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KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1916
PRICE TWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
NEUTRALITY THROWN ASIDE BALTIMORE
Td HONOR KOENIG S A HERO; ELKS MKE
HIM A FULL-FLEDGED ME6IBER OF ORDER
BUSINESS MEN FROS
ELEMENT
RUSSIAN JAPANESE
TREATY NOT AIMED
RALEIGH TO SPEND
IliL UUUtL. mi bii i v
IN GERMANY WOULD
RISK AVAR WITH U. S.
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To Snap the Leashes of Von
Tirpitz's Submarine
Hordes
WHOLE
NIGHT
AT. UNITED STATES
HERE
Secrecy as to How Deutsehland Will Escape Waiting En
emy Vessels Goes to Norfolk Thursday to Load for
ReturnExpected Craft Will Submerge In Darkness
and Put to Sea Without Showing Herself Stated the
Rremen. Sister Submersible, Is' Now On Way Across
Ai-,ntiVTTnitpfl States Wonderincr What Stand It
w I,
Will Take If Visitor Is Attacked Nothing for This
Country to Do If Commander Disregards Law
' (Tlv Pari firnatl .
Baltimore, July 12. Just how the Deutsehland in
tends to dddge the Allied patrol is the deepest mystery
now The ship will be empty tomorrow, when she will
begin reloading with precious nickel and rubber for Ger
many. Capt Koenig plans a brief stay at Norfolk. He
will probably submerge at night and remain deep down
and attempt the start of the run without even a periscope
showing. Captain Koenig is a real hero. Neutrality un
officially has gone to smash. The Elks conventiofning here
today made him a full-fledged member of the Boston
lodge. German Ambassador Von Bernstorff comes to
morrow to compliment him.
Bremen Reported at Sea.
Baltimore, July l-r-The Bremen, the Deutsehland s
sister ship, is now at sea, the United Press today learned
officially. The- place of docking is kept secret, but the
ship is expected to be here within two weeks.
Officials Studying Deutsehland Case.
(By J. P. Yoder)
Washington, July 12. The United States will watch
carefully any action the Allies may take, against the
Tw.i,iaiif nn nfficial today said. A stand to be taken
even in case of attack is causing thought. The presence
or non-presence ot Americans auuaru wi uc
nw AmpnVans' nresence would be the one conai
tion on which the United States could base a protest, m
the event of attack. . -However , the presence of Ameri
cans aboard wpuld not make the Deutsehland immune if
X, unTnandfir did not strictly adhere to the rules of
IrfAAV VWM"" ' . " w
visit and search.' " . w,,..;- -
More Than Hundred Com
ing On "Sociability Tour"
On July Twenty-fifth
LONGEST STOP KINSTON
Nearly Score and Half
Places to Be Visited In
Two Days by Men Wish
ing to Get . Acquainted
With Their "Neighbors"
WILMINGTON STRIKE
OYER, MILITARY IS
Ordered to leaye
Wilmington, July 11. Four com
panies of .State troops here as a pre
caution against disorder in connec
tion with the strike of trolley car
men which ended today entrained at
10:30 tonight on a special train, re
turning to Salisbury, Charlotte, Ra-
leigh and Greensboro, respectively,
having been here four days.
ELKS TO MEET IN
M BOSTON NEXT YEAR
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Baltimore, July 11. (Edward 0.
"' Righter of New Orleans, was today
elected Grand Exalted Ruler of the
; Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks over Lloyd Maxwell of Marshal
town, Iowa, at the annual convention
of the order in session here this week.
The contest was declared by older
members among the delegates to have
been the hottest in the history of the
organization.':-; Bos-ton - was selected
for next year's convention. ,
OPTOMETRISTS MEET -
RALEIGH NEXT YEAR
Ilieh Point. July 11. The North
Carolina Optometry Association ad
journed today after selecting Raleigh
as its next place of meeting. The
following officers were elected: N.
Rosenstein of Durham, president; G
E. Bissinger of Hickory," vice-presi
dent; R. H, Leonard of Mt. Airy, sec
ond vice-president; C. F. Denny of
Durham, secretary; Frank N. Jolly
of Raleigh treasurer.
BAD BLOCKADE IS
u WOUNDED BY RAIDERS
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Raleigh, N. C, July 1L Ed Ham
mond; Jr., desperate, blockader, fired
njne. times with . an automatic Colt
ifvolver into United States revenue
raiders, three of them taking' effect
iij iPoase'man Frank Knight,, and then ,
h in turn was probably fatally shot
a, shot by on of the revenue officers
having taken effect in bis head,, just
above the, right eye:..it ; . .
:Th raid, was being . made near
Kennebeck, this county. One of the
raiders, Frank Knight received flesh
wounds in both arms end in his thigh.
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ELOODS JN SOUTHERN
? - STATES ARfi RECEDED
Washington, July 12. The South
ern floods are receding with the pass
ing northward of the tropical horri-
r-'--- , .. . .... .
TYPHOID SITUATION
" IS SERIOUS, MEDICAL
: MEN OF CITY STATE
OfRcially, City Physician Stan.
Whitaker knows of the existence of
little or no typhoid here. The cases
have not been reported by 'attending
physicians to him. Dr. Whitaker has
been informed that nearly or quite a
dozen cases ' have-1 been reported to
the papers. It , may be, say3 the
municipal doctor, . that the typhoid
was brought into the city from, the
outside. r
Several doctors' admit that the sit
uation is serious. Dr. W. F. Har
grove is one, among the number. Wfk
could be a cause, he says. There may
be a "germ-carrier" at it dairy who,
although he did not have the disease
himself, could be responsible for its-spread.-'
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' STRIKE IS BROKEN.
Newport ' News, Va., , July
& O. Railway ofScials today etated
that. the coastwise ' longshoremen's
strike, at this point had been broken
completely.. - ..',.;':'..'" i f ,vc-'.
cane which '.eiruck the gulf " coast
last Wednesday, leaving a list of
dead and missing of approximately
85 persons and property damage of
from seven to ten million dollars.
A weather bureau announcement
that what remain of the disturbance
i.i now over Illinois leads to the be
lief the worst has been tokl of the
disastrous weather conditions which
have .gripped the South for the last
six days. '
Word has, come, ;from Raleigh tha
Kinston will be included in the itiner
ary of .the "Socialiility Tour" to be
conducted by the Raleigh Chamber
of Commerce July 25 and 20.
Between 125 and 15Q Raleigh busi
ness and professional men expect
to be on this tour. They are going
to put into practice the wise business
principle of "Get acquainted with
your neighbor you might like him."
The special train bearing the party
will leave Raleigh at 9 a. m., July
25, and will return to the Capital
City at 6 p. m. the next day. A band
of ten or twelve pieces will be along.
Stops of from 15 minutes to an hou
and a half will be made along the
way at tho-following points: Gard
ner, Auburn, Clayton, Wilson's Mills,
Selma, Pine Level, Princeton, Golds-
boro, LaGrange, Kinston, Grainger,
Grifton, Ayden, Winterville, Green
ville, Farmville, Walstonburg, Stan
tonsburg, Wilson, Sims, Baileys, Mid
dlesex, Zebulon, Wendell, jEagle Rock
and Knichtdale. Kinston will be the
largest town visited.
The longest stops will be made at
Goldsboro, Kinston and Wilson. The
niht will be spent in this city.
Chamber of Commerce officials are
expected to arrange for an elaborate
entertainment of the visitors.
EDITORS OF NORTH
I10LD1
L
Bull City Host; Sessions At
Trinity College Melville
Stone a Speaker Kins-
ton Editor on Program,
" But Missed Connection
(Special to The Free Press)
Durham, July 12. The 43rd annu
al convention of the North Carolina
Press Association, was called to order
by President James H. Cowan of
Wilmington shortly after 9:30 a, m.
in the 'East Duke building, Trinity
College. President James H. South-
gate ot the Durham Chamber of Com
merce delivered the welcoming ad
dress. Mr. H. G. Braxton of The
Kinston Free Press, who was to
have .made the. response, arrived too
late, having missed a connection in
Goldsboro. , - , . ' ,
The principal address of the day
will be delivered by , Melville E.
Stone, general manager ofj the Asso
ciated Press, at1 5:30 p. m-, in the
Academy of Music -. ; t
The vangnard . of newspapermen
began arriving Tuesday afternoon.
They were met at the union , station
by the reception .committee end es
corted to the headquarters hotel. A
brilliant . reception" and dance was
tendered the visitors last night at the
country club by the Chamber of Com
merce. . C :' -. , -i.
PITTSBURGH MINISTER
COM 53, TQ. GREENSBORO.
Greensboro, July llRev. E. L.
Folk of Pittsburgh Pa., has accepted
a call to the Firsl Lutheran church
of this city, and will assume the pas
torate next Sunday.
CHANCELLOR IS DOOMED
Unless America Takes Ac
tion ' Against England,
a Conservative United
Press Man Learns From
High Source
Slav Counsellor At Tokio
Who Broached Subject,
Says Idea Absurd
By CARL W. ACKERMAN,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Berlin, July 12. The overthrow of
Chancellor Bethmann Von llalweijr,
GERMANY WAS THE CAUSE
Before the War Kaiser Con
stantly Sought Alliance
Against Mikado, i ozatov
Declares Open Door to
Be Maintained
By PHILIP SIMMS,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Petrograd, July 12. Counsellor
Kozatov of the Department of For-
champion of a conciliatory attitude eign Affairs today told the United
toward America, and the unloosing of Press that the new Russian-Japanese
the German submarines within three . treaty docs not. affect China's open
months is predicted by Von Tirpitz's J door, nor was it made because Japan
supporters. Such will be the case fears the United States. Kozatov
unless President Wilson acts against
the British blockade.
From a private source close to tho
Foreign Office, it is said that "unless
America does something against
England within three months there'll
be a bitter fight against the chan
cellor. It is impossible to tell wheth
er he can hold his own against such
powerful opposition."
Despite this, Americans believe
the chancellor will emerge victori
ous.
raARYTELLS
HOW
LOTS OR PIN MONEY
CAN BilADE HERE
Individual. Canning Plants
Would Absorb Over-Pro-duction
4 Garden Truck,
Says Government Expert
Cost But Little
It is a mystery that Farm Demon
strator McCrary cannot solve why
Lenoir county has no canning clubs
or small plants such as are found in
nearly every community in the South
now. McCrary is art enthusiast over
the individual cannery. ' There are
thousands of dollars for the people of
the county to be had with little capi
tal and trouble. He dreams a dream
of East Carolina, through the medium
of the small farm herd and drove and
the small cannery, feeding itself.
They can be purchased for a few
dollars, these little plants," says Mr.
McCrary. "A fine equipment, sub
stantial and ample for the canning of
several hundred quarts ' a day, can
be had for about $25, It isn't neces
sary to know anything about it The
government teaches one for nothing.
I will see that any person is inform
ed," without expense other than the
postage for inquiring."
Beans, for instance, have been go
ing to waste hero in Kinston. The
production was ao great .this sum
mer that tons have been going left
unpicked. It could have-heen pur-
hilmeslf first broached tho treaty
when in Japan last winter, and
therefore, is an authority.
"Such a belief is' utterly absurd.
America was not thought of. Etefare
the war Germany constantly talked
of -China and repeatedly asked Rus
sia to join her against Japan. There
fore, the treaty was to prevent Ger
many from doing toAThina what she
did to Turkey," saidHhe counsellor.
(By the United Prci)
PRESIDENT MXY APPEAL
FOR POLAND.
Washington, July 12. The
. President may personally appeal
to the belligerents to permit th
relief of Poland, it is reported.
1 ,
'New Bern, July 12. J.' S. Miller
was elected president of the local
Chamber of Commerce last night to
succeed C. L. Ives, resigned.
GUARD AGAINST DISEASE.
Norfolk, , July 11. Incoming pas
senger steamers are examined by the
City Health Department with a View
to preventing any person with infan
tile paralysis, or any germ-carrier,
from entering the city. r
GERM'N ARMY AND PEOPLE HAVEN'T LOST
HOPE WITH THE GROUND THAT HAS GONE
TO ENEMIES IN GREAT 0FENSVE, REPORT'
Reliable Reports Prove They Are Not Dpwn-Hearted4-i
Pessimistic Statements Passed by Teuton Censor May
Have .Been Intended to Mislead Attackers Allies Tak
ing No Chances Fine System and Careful Strategy
Used In Somme Fighting and by the Russians Driving
Back Austrians in the East Everything Done Accord
ing to Schedule, Even to Lull in Battle Tuesday Nights
Steam Roller Prepares for Another Move
(By tha United Press)
London, July 21. The Germans are fighting with the
greatest bravery oh the Somme battlefield, contesting
stubbornly every inch of ground, though unable to halt
the Allied offensive. No indications have been, had that
the Germans are down-hearted or willing to concede de
feat. For several days the censor has been passing dis- ;
patches of the most pessimistic nature, intimating that
the army and the public are discouraged. It is believed
here that these were purposely -passed to mislead the Al
lies. , " - '
United Press Berlin dispatches reporting that the Ger
man army and public are in good spirits, are corroborat
ed bv reliable private advices. Therefore, the Allies in
tend to continue the offensive carefully and methodically
in view of the possibility of the Germans attempting to
conceal special preparations. The , same methodical ad
vances continue on the Kussian iront. ,
A party of Irish Fusiliers has penetrated German
renches and a stromrlv-held position i near Loos.. The
Irish remained twenty minutes, killing many and retiring
with slight losses. :
The Germans have regained some ground Detween
lametz and Trones woods. ? ,. , .',
Steam Roller Rests and Prepares to Move On.
, (By Henry Wood)
Paris. Julv 12. The Allies' great steam roller is mov
ing eastward throughout the length of the German lines, ;
exactly on schedule time. Last night's lull on the Somme
front was scheduled, just as every. other, steam roller,
must pause to recoal and level its road. So ;the Anglo
French steam roller is preparing for the next infantry
rush. ' i '
SUBMARINE SHELLS
v "A.BRITISH TOWN
(By tho United Press)
liomlon, . July 12 The English
coast town of Seaham Harbor, Dur.
ham county, was bombarded durine
the night by an enemy submarine.
One woman was killed.
chased for two or three cents a Vjuart
and the picking, says Demonstrator
McCrary. The price of No. 2 cans,
such as retail for 15 cents, and could
be sold to merchants at 10 cents since
there would be no freight to be paid,
is insignilicant.
"The merchants are willing to
support these individual canning
plants. They are eager for the
home-canned products. Spare time
Could be utilized with good profit in
the operation of them," aaya McCrary.
1ANY NATIONAL GUARD OFFICERS WILL BE
DRAFTED INTO THE FED'RAL S'VICE AND
;:'V (By the, United Prass)
Washington, July 12. -The War Department lodav
ordered guardsmen lieutenants and captains who did not
leave for the border, to be drafted into the Federal ser
vice io command recruiting , agencies (for -the , guard
nrougnout uie country. , .
They will be chosen on recommendation by State ad-utant-generals,
three from each regiment, and one for
ach separate or otner, individual unit left behmd. '
FORESTRY CONVENTION
DELEGATES AT BILTMORE
Little Business Transacted Today At
Big Meeting In Aslieville Thurs
day Another Day With a Full
Program Get-Together Dinner U
Be Ht'ld Thisi Evening.
Asheville, July 12. The delegates
attending the annual Southern For
estry Convention here this morning
inspected the famous Biltmore for
est plantations, near Asheville. ,
This evening at 7:30 there will be'
an informal get-together dinner at
the Battery Park Hotel.
" (No business sessions were sched
uled for today. The opening session
wa3 held and addresses heard yester
day. Thursday will be another day
devoted to business. On Friday there
will be little doing aside from an all
day trip through Pisgah National
Forest Mt.. Mitchell State Park will
be visited Saturday.
DAN PATCH, FAMOUS
15 PACER, DIED TUESDAY
Minneapolis, Minn., July 11. 'Dan
Path, racing stallion, owned by M.
W. Savage of Minneapolis, died of
athletic heart at tho owner's farm at
Savage, Minn., today. In . 1906 ' he
paced a mile over the St. Taul track
in 1:55,' the world's sulky record. He
was bought by Savage for $00,000,
but was withdrawn from the tracks
several years ago. ,
MEN WILL HAYE PAY
- HIGH FOR FALL DUDS,
SAYS A N.Y; REPORT
Todpy marked tho formal open
ing in tho woollen trado for; the
lightweight lines for next spring,"
said New York report Tuesday, and
"many of tho principal buyers, fore
seeing the advance In prices on ac
count of the war, laid in their stocks
some timo ago, "so that tho mill agents
do not expect to eo very great
TO PRESENT PORTRAITS '
THREE' DISTINGUISHED
DUPLIN MEN TO COUKTY.
; f .y il i ( ?f
Portraits of threedistinguisbed Du
plin county citizens will be held in
Kenansville beginning July 24. The
subjects are Stephen Miller, tho first
lawyer to practice in Duplin, of whom
there ds any record; Bev. Stall
ings, another noted member of tha
bar of former times, and ex-Congressman
J. M. Faison, a recent Represen
tative. . y , .
The finest cf lection of portraits in
any North Carolina temple of justico
in the Courthouse at Kenansville.
WANT JOHNNIE OLIVER ;
BROUGHT TO KINSTON
The mother, of Johnnie Oliver, 14,
"red-headed and freckle-faced and
with disposition to match," a local
boy who ran away from a married
sister's home at Roanoke Rapids," in
which he had been placed and wound
up in Norfolk, there he is said to
be in the custody of a 'probation of
ficer; has appealed to the police here
to ask the Norfolk authorities to
place him on a trajn and send hint
home; , . .; , ' ., ." ;
This morning the local police had!
done nothing. It is not known if
they will , iiiterferg The . Norfolk
probation-man has a good intention
in regard to Johnnie, and if he geta
him a job nnd keeps an eye on him
be will .be aboat as well, off as he was
hefe it is said. ' Johnnie Oliver has
not even any pin-feathers on his!
shoulders yet ;.
rush of orders at the present time."
Kinston clothing merchants say the
prices for fall' clothes for men are
the highest, they have ever knows
Goods already, in and special order
suits and garments , are "out o
sight," compared with last spring.
"There is stiU a largf part of th(
clothing trade to hear; from, how
ever, and it Is certain that they wiH
have to pay record prices for their
needs," says' the New York report, ;