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VOL. XVII-No. 145 ALLOIICiS mm cum is out DUE: Alexander, aide-of Phillies Squad Took Young Sljdre's Measure PHILLIES 3; BOSTON 1 I Veteran Alex; More Liberal ?JihitsJIMiiEj(J,ar Heel, But Not When They Meant Runs -Shoi'e'g Passes Expensive FINAL SCORE: PhillpM Bog ton ........... R. H. E. ..3 5 1 ..1 8 1 By GEORGE R. HOLMES, (UnitHS Presh Staff Correspondent) Philadelphia Oct 8. Before a big -.. trowtT which taxed the comparatively mall park of the Philadelphia Na jfonals, the nineteen fifteen world's leries was opened today at 2 o'clock. " ; is half- been predicted, Manager Mo ran called on his one "best bet." Gro-"-. rer Alexander, to carry the Philadel , phia colors and Manager Carrigan sent hftr young star, Shore, to the i. mound. The first four innings were of the priei. two, three order, neither i)de being able to put one across. Fifth Inning. In the fifth Paskert singled and scored a few minutes later on an in fie4d hit. The score at the end of the fifth steady Pjlilliiri; Red Sox 0. - Sixth Inning v Sixth frame passed without inci . dent in the scoring line. . Seventh Inning The end 'of the seventh found the ieore still one to nothing in favor of the Phillies. Boston is outhitting her rivals, having gotten seven hits off of " Alexander, to the Phillies' three off Shore. " In the fitst part of the eighth Tris Speaker, the great outfielder of the Red Sox, took four bad ones and went to first." He tied the score on a single. Eighth Inning . In the last half of the eighth Stock j for Philadelphia walked and scored on Bancroft's single. Bancroft Also 7 scored. Score at end of the eighth in ning stood: Philadelphia 3; Boston '. -.V. Ninth Inning. In the ninth neither side was able to do more in the scoring line, the first game of the series going to. the HnHies, 3 to . . : ;-' Five hits"were made off Shore, and eight off Alexander. Shore, the young ':' North Carolinian, acquitted himself m splendid style, but lost. , Boston batters reached bases in every inning, but Alexander tighten ed np and prevented scoring. Six Red Sox went down by - the strike-out route before Alexander's slants, while four Phillies bit the dust from Shore. Before the Came. Philadelphia, : ; Oct 8Baseball's 6?t battlefield was cleared for etion today, :i and the combatant . fillies and Red Sox stripped to figfat M trim for the conflict that will end another World . Series hurtling Into baseball history. . Seldom in basehall ' history have teams stood on the brink of . a orU series clash with so much di- . -.sity of opinion regarding their rel ive merit ; If it were possible to an electoral vote of thf neutral Prtators, if is qrtte probable the Jwlge would declare-a dead heat. : ' .Hie Phillies, pilots . by Irish Pat -Moran- TdVt figure' from a , . team standpoint , - ' , w" Alexander against' the Red Sox, not the Phillies, according ! to random's Tersioa of the annual dra ma. . , .' ----- - :.'-, - : j i : Nww one player, and one wn, arrted; the burden of his side's Wense and defense ow his shoulders Z soca tent as does the big this breWy October day, - Can Alexander do it alone?" That question has probably been sked and1 answered a miffion times . (Continued a Page Three) " - . RELIABLE I I I nil SECOND EDITION LOOil ALIKE TO lORAN'S BIO DRILL FIREMEN AND CHILDREN CITY POSTPONE Weather Too Bad Little Observance of Local Fire Prevention Day Satur day Is Date for Statewide Clean-Up TJiis is local Fire Prevention Day, although the feature of Fire Chief Moseley's program for its observance was abandoned. He had planned to have a. joint fire drill of the children in the schools and the fire depart ment, but the bad weather made it impracticable to employ the children in the plan and the muddy streets would have mussed up the apparatus. Chief & eley will spring an alarm at a future date when neither firemen nor children are expecting it. Li trie attention was paid to the oc casion othrwise. Tomorrow, however, is State Fire Prevention Day, when every place of business and every residence and other building in North v Carolina should present a clean ap pearance and be empty of trash and other " things encouraging to confla grations.' Locally, squads from the Feire Department will inspect all pre mises. If they see dangerous litter, gasoline or other inflamables fare lessly placed, defective flues or any thing else under tthe ban somebody wilj hear of it "The warning will be in a genteel way, so that no one need be offended, but the advice will be given at all risks. Two million dollars of property in the State is destroyed annually by reason of incendiarism odnwright criminal negligence. Sometimes lives are lost because of the same. And a good part of the million dollars loss that the State insurance depart ment puts down unqualifiedly as "un avoidable" is open to suspicion. "It's a serious business," says Crief Mose ley. "Let's everybody in Kinston do something. Just sweep away a pile of trash or find a better ptace for a box of matches or a safer receptacle for gasoline or kerosene. You have no idea how much those little things count for." . MAN IN LONDON FOR TRIAL CHARGE Alleged Priest, Who Ran Away From University and Enlisted in British Service, Tried to Sell In formation to Germany (By the United Press) Washington, "Oct. 8. Charged with being a German spy. a 20-year-old Princeton' studfent, Gustave Kenneth Wood Triesf, is being held for trial in London' The State Department is trying to have his triar postponed on the ground - of insanity. Triest raw away from Princeton last spring and enlisted in the Brit ish navy wireless service. , - That he wrote a letter to the Ger man government offering to sell war information Is charged. -r KNIGHT ADMITS THEFT OF $8tf0 FROM BANK. Wilson, Oct 7. Hubert N. Knight, postmaster at Middlesex, who was ar rested in this city, charged with the theft of $1,100 from the vault of the Middlesex Banking Company, had r a hearing beyore Mayor Johnson last light , in Middlesex. " Knight admit ted on the stand that he was guilty if taking $800. He was bound over to the November term of Nash Supe rior court in Bond of $1,000. SCHOOLS HOLDING ATTITUDE TO ALL IN THE V Bulgaria Gives Serbia Rea sons for Joining Teutonic Allies in the War TO uniteIIl bulgars Austro-German Drive Over Save Said Repulsed Concessions by Berlin and Vienna to. Sofia Mate rialDidn't Believe En tente Nations (By the United Press) Athens, Oct. 8. The Greek govern ment has decided to declare the Greek attitude one of "benevolent neutrali ty" toward all. Many Agrarian Leaders Arrested. Zuriek, Switzerland, Oct. 8. For opposing Bulgaria's entrance into the war, leaders of Ihe Agrarian party are being arrested by the wholesale, according to a Sofia dispatch to Bud apest. Serbs Claim Save Invasion Repulsed. Paris, Oct. 8. Desperate resistance of the Austro-German drives into Ser bia across the Danube, Save and Dri na rivers is reported from Nish and Rome. Nish today claimed that the Save invasion had been repulsed. Teutons Promised Bulgaria Territory. Berlin, Oct. 8. Bulgaria joined the Teutons in order to unite all the Bul garian people, according to the mani fest to the Servian government, printed today in the Frankfurter Zei tung. It said Germany and Austria had promised Bulgaria parts of Ser bia. 1 It said Sofia disbelieved the Al lies' pledges and denounced the ambi tions of Russia, France and England. It upheld Germany and Austria as de fender of property and peaceful pro gress. Servia Awaiting Bulgaria's . Declaration. Nish, Oct. 8. The Bulgarian min ister has received his passports. The declaration of war Is only a matter of hours. Invasion Progressing, Says Berlin. Berlin, Oct. 8. The three Austro German invasions of. Serbia are pro gressing satisfactorily, it is officially stated. Answering a socialist peti tion protesting the high food prices, ; the chancellor today promised to j name a commission representing all parties to seek relief. The Germans, have progressed south of St. Marie,! where the French recentl ythreatened; the Germany supply railroad, it is of-1 ficially announced. 1 MARBLEHEAD WOMAN'S , BODY IN A BATH TUB Water Scalding Hot May Have Caus ed Death of Mrs. Crowningshield. Wife of Famous Naval Architect and Boston Clubman Tragedy in ' Hotel Room Husband Has Na tional Reputation J . (By the United Press) Boston, Oct. 8. Lying in a bath tub of scalding water, the body of Mrs.:; Priscilla Crowningshield of Marblehead. was today found in a ho tel room. She was the wife of Bow doin Crowninngshield, prominent Bos ton clubman and naval architect of national reputation. , ' .' - ' -- BROilD OPEN DAYLIGHT JAIL DELIVERY TODAY (By the Eastern Press) Greenville, Oct 8.--"Babe" Flem ing, Jack Moore, John-Atkinson, Pitt Parker and Sylvanus Burse, all ne groes, cut their way out of the sec ond story of the Pitt county Jail here at 2 o'clock this afternoon, dropped to the ground and escaped through a hole in the fence. None of them has been recaptured. . KINSTON, N.C FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1915 ORPHANS tIEGE BELIEVED TO HAVE PEEN VISITED BY ALLIED BIRDMEN Five Heavy Explosions Pos sibly From Bombs More Violent Fighting On the Western Front Today Than On September 25th By WILLIAM PHILLIPS SIMMS, (United Press Stff Correspondent) Part, Oct. 8. With Ralkfln-eam-paign opening, the terrific artillery fighting is being contniued in the Ar toia and Champagne regions. The Germans ae pressing the Russians hard and the Allies are making Utile progress against the Turks in the sharp trench battle southeast of Ta pure. Heavy Artillery Fighting In West London, Oct 8. That the Allies' aviators had raided Liege was report ed when five heavy explosions were heard from. that direction, said a Gemmenich dispatch today from the north of Liege. The guns roared more violently on the northern front today than during the terriffic fighting of September 25, according to a central news Amster dam dispatch, quoting reports from the Dutch-Belgium frontier. HERNANDEZ KILLED BY OWN SOLDIERS. El Paso, Texas, Oct. 7. Official reports at Juarez today state that General Rosalio Hernandez, who was reported to have revolted from Villa, was shot by his oWli men when they learned of his intended defection, Carranza advices had stated Hernan dez's command had given battle to Villa's rear guard last Sunday. FARMERS OF STATE URGED TO SELECT SEED CORN FROM EARS IN FIELD SATURDAY SEASIDE FOR THIS Tomorrow is corn seed selection day in North Carolina, as set apart by the State Department of Agricul ture. The local farm demonstrator, O. F. McCrary, today issued the fol lowing statement on the subject: "It, is a common practice with many North Carolina farmers to se lect seed corn from the crib in the spring just before planting time, when the quantity is small and the quality poor. This method may give better results than no selection at all, but is far inferior to field selection. Selection of seed ears can better be made in the field than in the crib, es pecially in the case of two-eared or prolific varieties. Selection in the crib tends to reduce- the proportion Of plants bearing two ears, and thus it may even be the means of reducing thi yield. , This is because in the crib, the largest ears are chosen, and these are most frequently from plants that produced only one ear. Selection in the crib is of more value when only one ear per plant is desired. But even in this case, crib selection may serve to perpetuate points with ears borne too high on the stalk, or having other serious faults. "It has been stated on good author ity that the yield of North Carolina corn could easily be increased two bushels per acre, by careful seed se lection, which would he worth about four million dollars to the farmers of the State when corn is selling for 75 cents per bushel. By adding one kernel per ear to the present yield, through the use of better methods of seed selection, the value of the North Carolina corn erop would be increased from $75,000 to $100,000 000 In one year. "Most corn in the South needs to be improved. Among the qualities needing improvement may be men tioned, increased yiejd, production of two ears per plant, improvement in the shape of ear and kernels, more uniformity among kernels, ears, and plants, strength,'- or power of the plant to stand up, lower position of the ear on the stalk, more complete covering of the tips by shucks, tend ency of mature ear to turn downward, RED SOU STOPPED UNTIL THE END OF CONFERENCE Armistice Called Pan-Am erican and Other Con ferees Meet Saturday WILSON PARTY LEAVES President. Mrs. Gait and Others Go to New York- Garrison Wants Biff In crease In Army, Said Submits Plan to Wilson (By the United Press) Washington, Oct. 8. An armistice has stopped fighting between the Vil Iistas and Carranzistas until after to morrow's Pan-American conference. Villa and Obregon have ceased mili tary operations. 'Lansing today con ferred with the factional representa tives. President Goes to Philadelphia. The President's party, including Mrs. Norman Gait. Dr. GraysOn, Miss Bones and Mrs. Belting, left for New York at 10 o'clock. Crowds smiled in appreciation. . Garrison's Plans Submitted. Garrison's national defense plans have been submitted to the President. The derails are secret, but it is un derstood he recommended a20,000 in crease in the standing army, reorga nization of the militia, the creation of a reserve, increase in the reserve sup? ply of ammunition, a large increase in field artillery, and the extension of Plattsburg plan of citizen soldier camps. a decrease in the size of plant in some varieties. "Corn inherits many qualities from the stalk on which the seed was borne. By selecting seed in the field, we can produce the kind of stalk and ear we want, and these qualities will be transmitted to the next genera tion. Among the qualities that corn inherits may be mentioned height of plant, height of ear, length of shank, direction in which the mature ear points, number and width of blades, tendency to bear more than one ear, tendency to. produce suckers, ability of the, mature plant to stand erect instead of being blown down. Prac tically all the peculiarities of ear and gra'r are hereditary. "Get busy,' Mr. Farmer, and select your seed corn in the field. October Ninth (SatUrday)-r-has been set apart for the purpose, but if the weather should not be favorable then, select it later. The point to remem ber is '.o select it m the field not in the crib. "Remember, do not select seed corn from extremely high stalks. Ears should be about three feet from the ground. Do not Select ears having long shanks you are not supposed to be in a shank-growing contest Se lect ears that droop enough to shed rain. Select seed only from stacks that produced at least two good ears. Do no,t select seed from stalks that produced suckers suckers are not corn. ' Do not select ears from stalks that have grown so high that they have; fallen down. Better look for a stalk that stood up against the Wind. See that the tip of each ear h completely Covered by the shuck. "I hope to write an article later on the points to be considered in each ear - for seed purposes. Do not he afraid of selecting too much seed corn. ' The more you hav to' pick from, the better will be the quality of the corn.-Jf you forget everything else, do riot forget to take time to select your seed corn in the field this fall Saturday, if possible." )UR PAGES Di W HAN THE irDflDTQ UlUU Unusual Number of Deaths In August and September But Birth llnie Greater- Local Registration Fig iires Given Dr. J. R. Gordon of the Vital Sta tistics Department of the State Board of Health, who recently issued a statement criticizing New Bern as "showing perhaps the worst sanitary indox of the fifteen larger towns in the State" during August and Sep tember, probably didn't know what he was talking about when he put Kin ston in the same boat, together with Winston-Salem, Fayetteville and Con cord, in the belief of Coroner Eugene Wood, who is the local collector of vital statistics. The report said the sanitary index of a town as explained by Dr. Gordon is based on the number of deaths from preventable diseases per 1,000 population. There were but 37 deaths in Kin ston in Atigust and September from a population of easily 10,000 people, according to Coroner Wood. That number included still-born children. etc. The death rate if that was the general average would be less than two per thousand per month. Mr. Wood thinks the average for all the time is considerably less, since there was an unusual number of whites m the September mortality list 43. Deaths of whites in the two months were 17, of colored 20. , Dr. Gordon stated that the death rate in New Bern was considerably higher than the birth rate. . " Such a condition does not exist in Kinston. There were 45 births here during August and September, or eight in excess of deaths. In August there were 34 births against 18 deaths. In September deaths did not actually exceed births, but Septem ber, according to the coroner, was an unusual month, anyway. Then, it is hardly fair to criticize a town in this sectioirfor an inferior showing in hot months. , Nearly everyone knows that births are more numerous in winter and deaths less frequent from such causes as fever, etc. POSSIBLY IT MILLION FROM TRAIN THEY ROBBED Bold Hold-Up 50 Miles from Parkersburg, W. Va., To day $1,000,000 of Un signed Paper Money, Good as Signed, Stolen Parkersburg, W. Va., Oct 8. Two masked bandits today held up a west bound Baltimore & Ohio train , in central West Virginia, fifty miles east of here. They uncoupled the mai'. car and engine, and forced the engineer to take them to a toll gato six miles further west, where they rifled the mail car. . : , It is reported that, they escaped with a miMion dollars of unsigned pa per money and $300 in cash. At the toll gate they boarded a waiting automobile. They rifled the mail pouches and registered letters. The United States authorities formed an automobile posse. Unsigned Paper Is Currency. Washington, Oct. 8. -If West Vir ginia bandits got a million dollars in unsigned paper money they got real money, the office of the comptroller of the treasury today stated. Un signed money Is good. It Is stated that the government's loss will be shifted to the ftompany. ; 1 Another repo i stated that the robbers did I the unsigned currency,' II' NOT LEI DEAT1IS KINSTON PRICE TWO CENTS ' FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS FIRST GAME PEOPLE IN KINSTON. NUMBER NEARLY TEN THOUSAND BY COUNT Census-Taker Thinks He May Have Missed About Six Hundred INCREASE 40 PER CENT. Original Estimate of 12,000 to 13,000 Was Missed by Thousands, But the Gain Was Still Bjg Enough to Cause 'Satisfaction Census-Taker Charles Bagby today , completed the 1915 census, taken by direction of City Council. He counted 9,706 heads within the corporate limits. The increase 1 was almost 40. per cent, from 1910, when the government census showed the population to fie a handful less . than 7.000. ' Mr. Bagby believes there are at least GOO colored people and 100 white v people in the city whom he failed to ' count He may catch up with some ,of these in taking the school census, which he has yet to complete, so that the figures, 9.706, are not final. There were over 4,300 people list ed in the last local directory. All . persons over 16 of consequence in the community were listed. Census-Tak- aw DaiwKn a cV a . that anu nnraAna .. c . . , i. - m ... l M whom he has failed to enumerate in . the new census report to him. Those overlooked should have public spirit.. enough to be wilirng'to help swell the list for growing Kinston 'g sake. While the former estimate of 12,-? f 000 to 13,000 people was far too large, there is yet cause for gratifi cation over the very substantial- gain made in the half decade. Very few towns in the East and South have snuwn tt w pur cent,, jm-reaau in uie 1 L I t 3. 4.1.. past two or three decades. KM P0UCE1EN GUARD THE PRESIDENTS PARTY Mr. Wilson and Others to Dine With Colonel House, New York Host, This Evening, and Later a Attend Theater Secret Service Men Keep Watchful Eyes Out Against Mis hap New York, Oct 8. Hordes of po licemen and secret service men are guarding the presidential party. The President and Mrs. Gait will be honor guests at a theater party tonight, fol lowing dinner in the apartments of Colonel House. WANT FIVE MILLION U DOLLAR LABORATORY Washington, Oct 7. Organization of the Navy's new civilian advisory board here today with Thomas A. Ed ison as chairman, was followed by the adoption of a resolution propos- : ing establishment oi a great research and experimental laboratory to cost . about 5,000,000. . It is probable that the recommendation wilt be included '. by Secretary Daniels in his estimates to Congress this winter. Other officers elected by the board were: ." . V -; 4 . , 1 ; First Vice-Chairman. Drw Pete Cooper Hewitt, . New York. t" Second Vice-chairman, William L. i. Saunders, Plainfieldt N., J. , ., , Secretary,' Thomas Robing, Stam ford, Conn. , " . ' J Assistant to the Chairman, M. R Hutchinson, Orange, N. J. PAID MEN FOR THE FIRE ' , DEPARTMENT GOLDSBORO, (By the Eastern Press) Goldsboro, Oct 8. The city is ad vertising for applications . for posi tions iiv.the fire department The de partment Is-to be put on a paid basis, with volunteer companies augmenting the regulars. 'u.if
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