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VOL. XyUL-No
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESpAY, JULY 19, 1916
I ASS flF LIFE CONTMIE TO
THE FREIGHT RATES
SOUTHERN SENAT'ljS
WON'T HEAR OF THE
i t M 1 tt A ' US
CHILD LABOR BILL
'T
DM
INVASION
M'NEILL HEADS THE
CAROLli FIRM
AGAIN; BIG PARADE
Fine - Pageant , Ushered In
Annual Tournament of
Volunteer Association To
day-rBegin Races This
Afternoon
BOTHER AFFAIRS iflF
SWEPT CAROUiiAIS GRADTLY
G0LDSB0R0 TUESD'Y
ALLIES, THEY THINK
FROM OVER M'TAINS
III RUSSIANS
RESTOR'A
1 . :
Thirty-five Known to Have Died.jnWesterp Jrttof the
State-Many Places Report From One to Eight Drown
ed or Killed Landslides
Disasters Manufacturing Plants Beginning to Re
sume and Wire and Rail Service Being , Resumed , at
Some Places Whole Town May Have Been Wipe
Ant Sva Ronnrt renditions RaDidly Bettering In
Eastern Tennessee
- .' (Vly tha United Pnm) ""
Charlotte, July 19. Restoration of communi
cation with Mount Island today revealed the fact
that five factories and cotton mills were wiped
off the face of the earth by the' floods There
was no loss of life. ,'Teti are reported missing in
the Chimney Rock section. ,
tai nf Deaths Uostate Now Thirty-five.
Asheville, July 19. With
1 il- . n - ,1
ing to normal in uie iiuou man ivs, cyan cu vc6i
lines today brought mote tales of death and disaster. Lat
est dispatches said John Heath and mother and -Mrs.
Caldwell Senteland child were killed by a landslide at
Brevard, and Mrs. Edgir Hunter and twd children were
killed at nicitoryiiut vap, "c , , .
Cave.Section- and Misses Susie and Polhe Collins were
This brings the death list
tlVAll manufacturing plants not totally destroyed , are
narinir to resume. The damage is now estimated at
$15,000,000.
DttA In Asheville Section Now
NsW 28.' 1
: Aheille, H. C, Jly ilSV-The list
of tfcti from the flood in this aec
tibn reached :a total '-of 28 tonight
, ybw reports from the Bat Cave eec
tion of North Carolina stated that
eight persons have 'been drowned
there Sunday, and that twe women,
Miss Susie Collins and Miss Pollie
Collins, sisters; metath at Volga.
Tennessee River Falls. ; ;W A 'k
Knoxville, Tenn., ' July 18. The
Tennessee river, 'which drains 'all of
East Tennessee west of the 'Appala
chian monataia ' range, readied ' its
crest in Knoxville at noon' ; today,
vhen the guage showed thirty feet.
Tohight at six o'clock there had been
a drop of three feet and the weather
bureau predicts that by Thursday
morning normal conditions will have
been reached. - ' .
Feared Others Drowned.
Asheville, July 18 The receding
waters f the diststrpus floods that
swept the French Broad Valley from
Transylvania to JIadison counties
Sunday gave up fifteen additional
bodies today, and it was feared here
tonight that the death list, which now
reaches a total 'of 28 for the entire
section, will he mach Jarger, when the
rivers return to normal levels.
Marked improvements is shown in
condition. The French Broad river
in the Asheville region k falling ra
pidly and manufacturing plants have
begun' the Work of clearing np debris,
as a preliminary jto the Tefluinption
of operations. . Train service, how
ever, is still badly demoralized. The
Catawba river is receding almost as
fast as it rosetwo days ago, when
the great wall of water rushed down
from the watersheds, carrying brid
ges, factories and homes before it.
Railroad and other totalities, compan
ies are using large construction gangs
repairing damage in the Catawba
Valley. i Several weeks, will be re
quired, it it said, to restore formal
train service on' some "of the rail
roads and hundreds of thousands of
. i
cotton epindles may be idle for": a'
aww'th. No reports have reached the
outside world" from Hickory and Len
oir neai he headwaters of the Ca
tawba, since Sunday.;;
Chistney &ock Thought Destroyed. ,
Spartanburg, S. Jnly 18. The
village of Chimney Rock, N. C, has
been destroyed by high water, accord
ing U reports reaching here tonight.
rhehetel nd several of the dwell-,
togs of the town are in he bottoms,
fourteen miles below on Broad river,
near the Cox-plantation. - There has
heen loss ot life, but the extent is
unknown. The buildings have not
keen reached, but with the exception
dog the roof of one there is
no sign of life. There was a popnla-
Added to Horrors of Sunday's
"r , V '
conditions gradually return-
:W-nniwn1
in that section up to thirty-
SECOND WOMAN'S PARTY
TO BE 0RGAMZED TODAY
Br tt Uaited fteji) '
St. Paul, July 19.The women pro-
kiljitlonists of the United States; will
organize their own national political
convention here today in connection
with the National Prohibition conven
tion in session. The women are well
represented in the dry ranks, but
they want to express their own sen
timents on the subject, of liquor in a
platform all their own.
The Woman's Prohibition Conven
tion, as it is called, is being held
under the direction of the National
Prohibition Federation.) The women
will indude a strong plank in their
platform endorsing the Susan B. An
thony suffrage amendment to the
Federal Constitution. Official repre
sentatives of the National Woman's
National Party are here to take part
in the proceedings. ; Among the well
known women leaders of the' conven
tion are Mrs. John Bidwell of Cali
fornia. Mrs. Eugene Chafin of Arlzo-;
na, Mrs. Francis E. Beauchamp of
Kentucky, the Misses Marie Brehm
and Helen Hood of Chicago and Mrs.
Emerson Wold of Minnesota. ? This
convention does not expect to name a
Candidate. '
A TIP FOR AMERICAN
COCAINE MEN; PLAfE
IT IN BANK'S CARE
(By the United Press) v :
Paris, July 19 They have as much
trouble with the cocaine traffic in Pa
ris as they do In New York, Chics-
go, .Cleveland, San Francisco ' and
othef American eities. The tricks re
torted to by law-breaking vendors of
the "snow" are juite as ingenious a.i
a shrewd American could "puH." :
.Today the police discovered a new
one Jeanfarduv pharmacist, hit
6 pott the happy Idea of keeping bb
stock of "coke" in safety deposit
boxes at the Credit Lyonnaise. The
police yanked him up quick, and he's
just been put in prison ' and fined
Although the police had been cer
tain for months that Nardin had been
selling "snow to victims of. the ha
bit, repeated searching of his store
revealed only miner quantities of the
drug. Nardin's repeated visits to the
vault in the bank led to his arrest
tion of ISO at Chimney Bock. The
Chimney Bock highway has been destroyed.
Will Be Resumed atxWasJi
ington Petitioners Were
Heard, But the Railroads
Have Not Had Their Say.
Time Not Designated
(Special to The Free Press) ,
Washington, July 19. The hear
ing held here today and yesterday be
fore Herbert Watkins, attorney-examiner
for the Interstate Commerce
Commission, to determine the justice
of existing freight rates between
Baltimore and interior Carolina
points, via "Wilmington, as compar
ed with those via Norfolk, adjourned
tonight after the petitioners had
submitted all of their evidence. The
hearing will be resumed at Washing
ton at a time to be designated by the
commission. Then the railways' side
of the question will' be presented.
The evidence heard tended to show
that the Norfolk Southern, the Sea
board, the 'Southern and the Atlantic
Coast Line were discriminating
against Wilmington in favor of Nor
folk as a water line terminal.
WOULD ABOLISH THE i
TEACHING jff,fRENCH
AND ENGLISH BERLIN
(By the United Press)
Amsterdam, July J9.--The sugges
tion that German educational insti
totiMW abojish forever ilkftsijeaching
SHEPiiOto, tiliESPONDENT FOR UNITE
PRESppKpmGpRDITIl
FIGHTERS OF EUROPE
:.M .tij (By the
San Antonio, July 19.
Press war correspondent,
pean battlefront; arrived today to starts tour of the mili-
ia camps. He will write a series of stories for United
5ress papers, including The Free Press, comparing mili
iamen with the European fighters. - . .
IWACOKrpCHICA
THE SHATTER FACES OF,
SECURING ASTONISHING RESULTS: ONLY SCARS LEFT
By William G. Shepherd,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, June 20 By Man That
horror of the soldier, a shattered face,
is being abated in the British Army
by a set of Chicago surgeons in their
field hospital near the British front
today. Their success is largely due
to expert dental surgery.
Col. Dr. Jj M. Neff of Chicago,
head of this unit of 32 surgeons; Col.,
Dr. George Davis of Chicago; Major
Dr. Sidney JHoCallln, formerly of
Chicago, but now of London, and,
Major Dr Charles Magby, eye and
ear surgeon of Chicago, are daily
performing operations on wounded
men . hitherto unheard of in medical
science.'"; ;' '.' H-
These American surgeons : have
proved that' Napoleon's adage ? taat
an army travels' on its stomach is
old-fashioned. An army travels oo
its teeth. Without good molars the
best stomachs go to pieces. Twenty
months : ef war demonstrated ' this.
American medical men established
the fact ; thaf'caring for the soldier'a
teeth is the sapreaiely important
thing in caring for his health.
To this American surgery t the
British limes eoldiors come suffering
from - disordered digestion, sore
throats, influeaia, rheumatism, shat
tered nerves. Most .of them are men
who have gotten no relief from sued-:
icine. Usually H is doscovered that
an injured tooth is the poison center
I tha Ja disrupting the man's physic
al organization, and be is qnickjy pnt
on his feet again.
It is in jaw surgery that the r.-n
Threaten Keep Senate n
Session All the Summer
By Filibuster
BITTER CAUCUS COMING
.... i ;
Kern. Owen, James and
Others Declare . .They'll
Stay Until . Election nay
to Bring Measure to !
Vote .
(By the United Press) ,
Washington, July 19. lied" fby
Smith of South Carolina, Southern
senators today served notice tihat
they will keep the Senate in session
for the remainder of the summer, lis
tening to a filibuster on the child 1
bor measure, fostered by "Northern
politics." r7 ' '
Leaders close to the Whits House,
like Kern. Owen and James, retorted
that they "will hold Congress until
election day if necessary to press the
bill td a final vote. ;
Indications point to another hitter
caucus to get the measure before the
Senate. '
of French aiid English in their school
work has been endorsed by the lead
ing Berlin newspapers, according to
information , here today. The sug
gestion came from 4 pamphlet writ
ten by Adolph Iteinecke,' a German
author. . 4
4
AND TELL ABOUT IT
United Press) J
William G. Shepherd. United
who lias visited every Euro
EUROPEAN SOLDIERS AND
astonishing results havo been attain-
led. When we read or hear of sol-
diers so horrlMy disfigured tiiat other
humans do not , are to look ' upon
them, we do not care to diagnose the
details." But these Chicago surgeons
have discovered that 11 these wouids
oocur to the lower part of the face. A
wound on the topper part of the head
usually causes (djeath, but wounds of
the jaw do nothing but turn men's
faces into terrible caricatures.
Bullets play strange tricks with
jawbones. They enter a cheek, mak
ing a email wound, shatter the jaw
bone and pass out 'through a tiny
wound'on the other side. The shht
tered bone changes the structural out
ward appearance of the face, often
with horrible effect. . In other wars
the wounds were eewn ' up and' the
bones permitted to knit, if they
would. '
In this war, when part of a jaw
bone has been lost, several surgeons
carry the patient into - the amphi
theater. A piece of his shin-bone' is
removed by the bone surgeons. The
dental surgeon takes this piece, which
has been cut to shape and size desir
ed, And puts H in place in the sol
dier's jaw. t
Photographs in the Chicago sar
geons' hospital show that men who
came to the surgeons with faces too
horrible to contemplate in every day
life have departed with their feat
ures normal except for a scar or two
that looks as though it might have
been caused by a raxor slip. These
marvelous operations are every day
evenU now.
That Attitude Leads U. S.
"to Lose Hope Modifying
Blockade
WILSON WILL PERSERYERE
But Officials Admit Little Is
Expected to Be Accom
plished Entente Powers
Fixed on- One Big Pur
pose
By ROBERT J. BENDEK,
(UniUd Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, July ' 19. -Although
tho President will, continue his vigor
ous efforts to modify the British
blockade, it may be said that govern
merit officials have practically lost
hope of accomplishing this purpose
soon. With Britain's refusal to per
mit Red Cross supplies to rach Po
land and the announcement of a black
list on certain American firms, it is
stated authoritatively that there is
little hope held for a successful cul
mination of the present diplomatic in
terchange. , . '
High officials today said the "Al
lies are in dead earnest. They have
their teeth set and eyes fixed on a
given goal. They have given little
attention to anything else. They will
accede to no demand which they be
lieve may delay the approaching end
of what they are striving for. They
have told us in So many words that if
we donH like the smell of the frying
over there we'd better keep out of the
kitchen.
IYRICK TELLS THE
CAPITA!, CITY TRY
Logical Place for One of
Dozen Loan Institutions
to Be Set Up by Federal
Government, Advises Ra
leigh Men
(Special to The Free Press)
? Raleigh, July 19. Herbert Myrick,
head of the Orange Judd farm pub
lications, and nationally known as
farm betterment advocate, addressed
hundred businessmen here last
night on the subject of the farm loan
banks to be established by the Fed
eral Government. He strongly
boosted Raleigh as a place for one
of the banks and urged the city's
business interests to get busy to se
cure it. ' '
A committee appointed at the
meeting to name a campaign- com
mittee met' this afternoon and is se
lecting a large number of prominent
men to work for the locating of a
bank here. '. ' , , :. .
BULLETINS
SUBMARINES PLAY" HAVOC
WITH ALLIED TROOPSHIPS.
' (By the United Press) ;
Berlin, July 19. Three large
enemy transports have been sub
marined in the Black Sea and a
fourth forced to ran ashore, the
' Turkish admiralty today ' report
ed. ' '
RANKING OFFICERS .
NOT ALLOWED TO SERVE
(By tte United Press)
Washington, July 19. Secre- .
tary Baker today sustained Ma- -joj-General
Wood's orders reject
ing Colonel Conley ' and Lieut
Col Thelan, of the 69th New
York National Guard, Infantry,
because of physical disability.
Slavs Cross, Carpathians at
Last; Teutons Rear Is
Threatened
ADVANCE SWIFT, STATED
French Make Further Pro-
a
Kress Northeast of Ver
dun Advance In Direc
tion J unc, tion of Import
ant Highways .
' (By the; United Press) -
London, July 19. The Russians
have crossed the Carpathians for the
first time since their defeat a year
ago by tho Germans, and have enter
ed Hungary after a long march, the
Petrograd correspondent of the "Even
ing Star today reported. The swift
Russian advance threatens the rear
of the Austrians northeast" of the
mountains. ? -French
Gain ai Verdun.
Paris, July '19. The French fur
ther progressed against the Germans
northeast of Verdun In grenade fight
ing last night They are advancing
in the direction! of the intersection of
the Fuer and Vaux roads. V
German Counter-Attack Against
British Successful.
London, July 19. The Germans
have obtained p. footing yfn the out
skirts of Lonevel village and a
part of Dellev&le wood, in a heavy
counter attack! against the English
Somrae armiest right wing. - The at
tack was made in force at dusk last
evening, General Haig today report
ed. - The fighting continues and is
still violent.
Best Work of Teutons Lately. .
iBerlin. July 19. The war office to
day announced the recapture of Lon-
gueval and Dellavelle wood from the
British after violent fighting. The
capture marked the most important
successful German counter-attack
since the great Allied offensive be
gan, isy noiding ionguevai tpe Ger
mans may cheek further British or
French advances along the Somme.
SAID D
Jl
MAY WAIT. FOR THE
BREMEN TO ARRIVE
Before Leaving Baltimore.
Preparatory Steps Taken
for Sailing Wireless Is
to Be Sealed Up
By CARL GROAT,
(UniW Press Staff Correspondent)
iBaltimoro, JuJy 19. Due to delay
adjusting her machinery, the Deutsch-
land was still at her pier here up pl
noon. She will get away probably on
Sunday or Monday. Her wireless is
slated to be sealed nnder neutrality
provisions, after a ten-day stay.
One report today said the Deutsch-
land awaits the arrival of the Bre
men to ascertain the position of war
ships off the coast The report said
the Bremen would dock Sunday. '
The Deutschland is slated for a
trial submerging today. ,
TWENTY THOUSAND OF
ITALY'S PRIESTS IN ,
SOLDIERS' UNIFORMS
. (By the United Prms)
Rome, July 19. Statistics avail
able here today show that 20,000 of
Italy's priests 'are nnder arms. Of
this number -only about 800 are chap
lains. . A few thousand more '. are
Red Cross and relief workers, but the
vast majority ,of them, are eommou
soldiers bearing arms ia battle; -j.
UTStHLANB
(Special to The Pree Press)
Raleigh, July 19. The North Car
olina ' State Firemen's - Association
last night re-elected James D. Mc
Neill of Fayetteville president Cap
tain McNeill has held the office for
many years. The other officers were
re-elected lso. They arei A. H.
Doyden of Salisbury, first vice-presi-dent;
A. " M. Clark. Southern Pines,
second vice-president; John L. Mil
ler, Concord,' secretary; Charles
Schnibben, Wilmington, treasurer; T,
D. Davis, New Bei.i, statistician.
Today saw the beginning ef jthe
big annual tournament of the firemen.
The parade shortly before noon was
witnessed by thousands of people.
Gaily decorated apparatus and hand
somely uniformed men comprised a
fine pageant many blocks long. Kin
ston hnd two wagons and a good
handful of men in line. New 'Bern
alsd was well represented. The Ra-
leigh paid department, motorized to
the last piece of equipment, helped ,
to lengthen the parade.
The State hose wagon races, so
called because they are closed to
teams from other states which ,are
allowed to participate in special "in
terstate" events, were started at 3
p. in.
Kinston firemen are" exhibiting a
model 'of a new-f angled hydrant in
vented by a member of the depart
ment there. The hydrant permits th ;
use of four streams- instead of two.
and additional streams can be turn
ed on without -deadening any line in
use from the hydrant
SHIPPING BILL IS :
REPORTED TO SENATE
(By the United Press) ,
Washington, July 19 With amend
ments designed "to assure solid party
support the administration shipping
hill was today reported to the Sen
ate.
MONTANA EDITORS TO ,
TRAYE WHILE MEETING
IN ANNUAL CONVENTION
(By the United Press)
'Livingston', Montana,' July id The
newspaper editors of Montana ' met
tn extraordinary convention aboard
a bunch of Pullman cars here today.
Their business sessions and ' their
special train started at the same time
and will keep up a fast clip around
the State from now on for the next;
seven days.
The trip and . the - convention
stretches from here to Hunter's Hot
Springs and thence into Wyoming,
where the Wyoming and Montana ed
itors will meet in joint convention on
July 25th. There will be a daily pro
gram of sociul events aboard the spe
cial after each editor has edited hia
paper for the day by wire and th9
solemn business of the convention
has been done and shut up for the)
day. '
A big crowd of Livingstonians
gathered at the train to see the edi
tors got away.
NEGRO FIREMEN WILL'
MEET IN WASHLTGTO:i
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, N. C.r July 19. The
colored Volunteer Firemen's Associa
tion of North Carolina will hold its
here on August 15, IS and 17. Four
or five hundred negroes will be in at
tendance. White people are donating
for their, entertainment. Winston
Salem and Washington have been as
popular wkh the negro firemen in re
cent years as have Wilmington e-!
AshevEIe with the white voir ' -,