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KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
f R1CB TWO CENTS
F1VJB CENTS ON TUAIK3
'' . ' ... . '.V''- $"'&'Jf"L 'i"''n '''
Pass Goal
KOEfIG FEARS Tilt
SAYS. BRITISH HAVE POZIERES NOW WHOLLY IN POSSESSION OF
NOT EVEN BEGUN TO THE BRITISH; FIGHTING AS1IARD AS ANY
FIGHT, SO TO SPEM OF WAR ENDED IN EJECTION OF GERMANS
:SQ$miitliNi8 ALLIED SHIPS MAY
u-ejfqqi ucsvtisikia.qir westt nil iu nt tAiKtKIt
I S ' "3" '''' '
11 JlN JLL-- JLL
$557.91 ; REPuHTED AT TIIREE ; O CLGCK.
U GRANGE RAISEIIiUi OF tllEAtf St;
TRENTON ALSO REA GOOIliY SUM
Hurrah for. Kinston and the splendid committee,, of
young ladies, led-by Mesdames J..F.'Parrotfand H. H
HraWer. annotated tocanvass for- subscriptions for the
flood sufferers of Western North Carolina. . Two hundred
and sixty-one dollars" ands iorty-twa cents- and more to
come has already been reported' Dytne young women,
who answered the call with the same readiness that char-
acterizes. their response, to every, puonccan. a loiai oi
$567.9 had been reported toMessrs. Rouse and Douglass
at 3 o'clock this afternoon and .was reported by them to
ti state uommitiee meeting in xvaieiK". m.uuciuucu
$8049.from the citizens of LaGrange. The contributions
from Trenton amounted to fifty or sixty dollars, and were
feefrt direct and not included, as stated eisewnere in una
article. .'.' ..i.".-1..;.
' : Local response to the call fot help for the flood sufferers of
Wrstern Carolina was today as rfpontaneotui and , liberal a baa
charactrtized. the answer ta the apooajs for the part few days,
tike yuan ladtea have been canvassing closely, and they have
had, few, if y, refusals contributions, large and small, have
keen made, and all have been acceptable and will serve to aile-,
Wale distress, suddenly and nnwarnedly precipitated upon hun
dreds of goo people
The people In the country arc aiding as well as those in
fciastou and the other towna. The ( time allotted to the
canvass has made h Isssublt for n general response to be had
from the country diateicto jet, but those who have been able to
get to town, are doing their part.
LaCsaage has- raised a, nice sum, which was reported to
Mr. Rous of the SUte, Belief Committee this morning. Tren
.likewise haa notified Mr. Bouse that a goodly aroAunt has
see ubBCibed there, and would be included with the local
. contributions.; k' . 7'-? ' " '
A number o leading catered ettuens. today manifested a .
desire to have a part in the work of relief, and Messrs. Rouse
ami Dougisa,afte conference vtth sem thew, decided to,
appoint a committee of colored people to mk a canvas Dr.
C. B. Codiingtoiv Mrs. J. H. Sampson and John Banton were
named, an they, in turn. wiU appoint others to canvass among
the people,. Th funds thus obtained to be sent to the State
r, gwnVittee for distribution.
BITA
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IT ' ama r am r- a am
Fi H fhN Of Overstepping 3-MileLim
Hh Y TFT .osca
AND POBL'R M'CLURE new
MYSTERY CROPS UP
t(vt ar
CRttNVlLLE W0.'1N
WOUID-BE SUICIDE
, lreenv;illfe, July 26. A white "wo-
niai o the river section here, famil
iarly kftdwn as "Margaret" and whose
lest flams is an uncertainty, attempt
ed iufcide by swallowing . three hi
hlpdf mercury tahlets. Pbyai-
clan wefft hastily summoned; they
say k naayget welL
Dea$odwu;j following the death of
nea reJabive and heavy drinking
Vera given the eauaes
TURNER HAY, ICCATE
AT GREENYIUE, SAYS
ilreenville July 25.-r'Bui!aps" Tur
ner, brother of the famous Joe Tur
ner, and himself a wrestler of con
siderable renown, now of Rinston,
vitt locate here, he Says, if the local
porting fraternity will eupposfc ex
hibition matches in ' the near future.
Turner is a former. A. 4 M. foot
ball star. 1 '
fm HALF TURNS UP
Mobile, Ala., July 24 C. C. Green,
tformer banker and business, man of
Waynesboro, Miss., who disappeared
from his home January 10, 1915, and
who for more than 18 months wa
thought by his family to be dead, to
day returned to his home; He gave
as his reason for his long absence
mental pressure under a burden of
debts ajid his horror of going into
bankruptcy.
U. S. Thoughf Former Irish
Kelief Flap. Approved;
Was Surprised
' " ' ' ' . .:!'! . '
MUST LEAVE BY SATURDT
Magazine Man Was "Active
In Germany," Learned-
State Department to Ask
London to 'ExplainPage
Is Notified '
(By the United Press)
London, July 25. The British au
thorities today informed Ambassador
Page that S. S. McOlure. the Ameri
can publisher, must leave England
by Saturday. y It was learned that
tho deportation order mas issued be
cause of McCiure's "activities while
in Germany."
Thomas Hujrhes Kelly and wife and
Keiiys assistant, Joseph Snuth, were lights were extiniraished. whinb --
ako ordered deported. They will vented a wess of uhr ai
--
WJiat traosDired aboard.
What . Was the Timmins
Loading For, and Occa
sionally Extinguishing
Her Lights for, In Wee
Hours. This Morning?
By Carl groat,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Baltimore, July 2C.-The one beset
ting fear of Captain Koenig and hip
crew .13 the possibility that .Allied
watf-ships off the capes will be so Bea$
ous to captuiri the Douteohland tha(t
they might overstep tho three-mile
imit.
Mysterious movements of the Allied
patrol ha; ended in the contraction
of their line and furnished the basis
for this fear.
In the meantime a British tramp
lies anchored across the path of the
Deutsehland in a position to report
every movement During the early
morning the tug Timmins, the
Dcutschland's tow, engaged in a mysr
terious loading, Several times he
Report Had at Washington I Rome Reports Turkish Army Is Evacuating Erzingan in
States That Real Super
offensive, to Crush Cen
tral Nations Will Start
Next Year
(By the United Press)
Washington, July J26. The present
E'ritish offensive in France is not the
big drive" long forecasted, accord
ing to word received in local British
circles. It's merely, a preliminary
movement preceding a real superof
fensive next year, it was todsiy de
clared.
This "real offensive" is expected
early in 1U7. When such an enor
mous offensive will be started the
resent one will look small, despite
uib i at t mat it is tne greatest m
Face of Russian Grand Duke Nicholas Advance From
Caucasus Australians and New Zealanders on West
ern Front Won New Territory. Held by AUiei-rGer-mans
Fought With Little Hope of Holding Out for a
Week Before Anzac Contingent .Pushed Them Out of
Sector London Regards Gain as One of the Most Im
portant Since Beginning of Great Offensive
PROSPECT FOR SERIOUS FL'ODS ALONG THE
NEUSE VALLEY IS NOT LESS PRONOUNCED
TODAY; MAY GO OVER BANKS HERE SOON
(By tho United Press) f , (
Petrograd, July 26. The War Office today for
mally announced, the capture of Erzingen.
London. July 26. After three days of desperate
hand-to-hand fighting and grubbing in mud, and crum
bled masonry, Great Britain's Anzac soldiers have finally
taken the whole of Pozieres. "All of Pozieres is ;nov
held," Haig laconically reported today. The war has
seen no fiercer fiehtine than at this point, where for a
history. By it the Allies are eertain week the Teutons stubbornly, desperately and tenaciously
they will crush the Central Empires, held on in the f ace of death everywhere, because of the
great strategic importance of the place, until the Australr
ians and New Zealanders literally pushed them from the
village. "
Turks Quit Important City. - - .r
London. July 26. A wireless press report from Rome
jays the Turks have evacuated Erzingan. ......
Colonial Troops May Make Further Gains.
London, July 26. The capture of, Poziers endangers.
The whole German line from Thiepval to Poziers. The
British Territorials have begun an encircling movement
westward, menacing the enemy in this loop. The Ger-
Koenig and his crew do not believe mans are expected to evacuate. ,
the sister ship Bremen is in trouble. Berlin Frank to Admit LOSS. ' - -N
. . .Berlin, July 26. After a stubborn fight, the BntisH
have established themselves in Pozieres, a German official
statement admitted this afternoon. -
Tetrograd, July 26 Grand
Duke Nicholas' army has advanc
ed a quarter of the way to Ango
ra, the eastern terminus of the
railroad leading to Constantinople-
The Russians continue forc
ing back the demoralized Turks
with, almost record speed, "nearly
equalling marching time in peace
time. ." i
They still insist ho will dock.
MATTER FOR LATER
TERM
SEEMS
probably sail on the same boat with
McClure Saturday., ,
Surprise to the State Department
Washington, July 26. The United
states will ask Ureat Britain Wfty
-she refused admittance to Kelly and
hla party,. It is Teamed, following: re
ceipt at the fit ate Department of a
report from Ambassador Page. At
the time fhe State Department had
not been officially informed of Mc
Ciure's deportation.
The State Department expressed
TTLIZ' F"fcete Comi"B Fro'nUl' tho Country My Get Here
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JJelorc Mass of Extra Water In the River Can Escape Alleged Lyncher Told by So
At the Mouth Tributaries to East Adding Greatly to licitor to Go Home and
Surplus Railroad Gets Breaks. Repaired; All Lines
Being Carefully Watched to Prevent Disasters No
Letup of Rain on Sixth Day, and None In Sight, Pessi
mistic Report by Weather Man-Lowgrounds Gradu
ally Being Flooded, While Stream Constantly Rises
TRIAL OF STOCKS AitOlORED PEOPLE OF
were vised by the British embassy,
which approved hi a. Irish Belief plan
ALMOST DROWNED IN
SOUND; TWO DRIFT'D
OB DAYS IN A BOAT
Wait Until He Was Sent
For, and Courts Lasts On
ly the Week
CITV WILL RAISE k
FUND FOR UPSTAT
C0NS0UDATIOM SR
LfNOlB , CO.
i tist in
t
foreign pay untie
noy,iMpjshfter,
F ECRDOl SERVICE
Consolidation of six rural schools
in KToTntentTicaf 'Neck Township and
vicinity is in prospect, according to
oumw. wtiication 'v ithonta. lao
school are oot named, hut are de
clared to he among the most pro
gressive rural uiatiAutions in the lnr
oir ayatem. They employ 11 teach ens
at present; consolidation would dia-
Ipense with ahout five of these, it i
saadi "A brick building of the value
ot at least $5,000 or $100- would be
ereete4, and a i public- transportation
tsysaemj be provided... . 4 .;, ' t ,
(By the Sastern Press)
Neuse river today contused to rise, although at a les
rate than on Tuesdflv nr MnnA nt:Z j
- j and the continuous UlrsUU ' hS U "X
son have amved jyer an immpnsp vnliimo ,fn. u . l? i . ,
nu I r? ' j' "A"atcx' "uwever, wnicn is aue
Then-. Potability is,
a narrowing experience on raraiico Pnn Jai. n...iir , , - rv w uu. uiji aiiu hi- . lawyoi oit itrwBwu jn whs
and sound. The couple left here T TV? an OUtlVing COUntry, if it does not stated Tuesday that he did not
Tho trial of Sam Stocks, alleged
lyncher, at Kcnansville is not likely
W) come off this week as Solicitor
Henry E. Shaw a few days ago stated
it would. Stocks, upon presc-nting
hirasolf to the solicitor at Kcnansville
was told to return horaa and wait
until notified. says a 3rccne county
report today.
A lawyer here interested in the case
ex
- (By the. United Prew)
'Washington,, July 2&-Troops' on
he border will get "foreign pay" un
der the terma of an amendment to the
rmy -bill,.' dopteds today after a
kard fight fcy Senator Roed. but those
nlisted. hmeaftej will . get . twewty
per cect. and officers ten per cent, in-
is A D?jiTriErn: siciE
ADYElTISEZiTLN WEST
- (By the United Press)
Chicago, July 26. Along with fan-
Icy ribbons, women Y silk hose v. and
sport shirts, ; lumber ' can now be
bought over the' tountey aj! depart
ment stores, it was discovered here
today. ... v- .
It can be bought by the yard, odd
lengths can be secured in the bargain
basement, and varlou kinds of ' fancy
grains are. carried fc the mora par-
rlicular lumber customera.
Department store- hjflfiber yards- are
a reality in thirty-six- large cities in
the country, store people here declar
ed today. One western firm makes a
specialty of jobbing- this lumber,
supplying odd lengths and short
pieces of lumber that would otherwise
go to waste. ..
with the nearest land seven or eight
miles on either beam, the engine went
dead. -
Baugham and Wells were helpless.
They were driven out into the open
sound. Their small craft was at the
mercy of the gale-lashed waters, - It
mined incessantly. Frequently vfie
wind blew with hurricane velocity;
They managed to reach the island
after several days; they had' expect?
ed to get there- Friday night They
had tot be carried ashore, utterly ex
hausted audi almost-starved. i
mm SHOULD HAVE
BEEN IN JAIL; WAS
OBI WITH GABBLERS
' (By the Eastern Press), t..,.
" iWashmgton, N. C., July 26.The
local police" mm,, up against a email
sized shock when -tky arrsoted a
party of negro gamblers and tscx
ered among them, tin a Johnson,
Una was serving 3 day in. jail,
and her sentence had soma time to go.
How Una got out is something of a
mystery. She had not even -4 been
missed at the prison-house. In again
went Una, with a new charges fac
ing her.
i (ff crk rnnirtht Tu.. 1 i , . ... I . ....
early Friday in a small covered ". u xauiisuay, wnen Heavy IreShCtS Which Pec h tri' t0 ha; "
launch. At the mouth of the river. LJrvy. u tveu ue Stream 10 rise to the darurpr nnirir. at won be notified in case itwas to be
. . INmifhtinU n 1 J it m .. .'-. i ......
"...iMiiwiu, anu in mai section are exneeted to arr vp
nere, lor tributaries below here are emptying their ex- fc Kenansvill'a is for tbe
cessive contents into the Neuse faster than it can escape stocks i3 under 110,000 b,lU fltood
irom the main strea mat the same time that numerous by. VT?? he
creeks and runs above here are adding hundreds of thous- T T , f " T sumf 7 JudKe
fndsof tonsof water to the overtaxed river - Bond at th condu of the mves-
. TW i XT- tu uie uvu WAWi r vcr. . , tigation into the lynching of Joe
wixcuse wner it nas gone out or bounds m low
places i.s. gradually spreading out over pastures and
pamplands,., For-that reason the heavy freshets will
1 tigation into the lynching
Black a few weeks ago.
tavaFlv1 befihereismivh danger of a flood here. lS 1 I 1 f
Norfolk SUmfhArn naivo nnn. IwwlU I V Ul4 1 fi
im uav uinq is, returning to normal in tn& eastern
IE
E
besire to Participate In Re
lief Work in the Flood
CountryAlso to Giv to
Milk and Ice Fund for Ix
cal Use
OfROADSAPPROPR'N
part of the Sfate, and. every precaution is being taken, UIUUlOI utlDL UUl
eapcciiirjr jnoBfy,tne,xveuse, ta guard against further
washouts-, - As the result of a freight wreck near Grimes
land Tuesday Norfolk Southern trains had to be detour
ed over the-A C.'Ufrona Choeowinity to Greenville on
Tuesday night, while a biar crew was immediately-set to
work restoring the broken trestle over a swollen ; creek Nearly $300000 of Five Mil
.,.,nAj 4Va mi.. 1 . .1 1 .1 . . J It I- ' . ; -..
u3 wuuuie. we wrucKea wioge ai, naYQ- yl0l Available Goes to
tut on uus-vwhqus, outnern. irom wmcn a wreck sun.
day night was. possibly, averted by a . colored man's here-isnL-was
replaced bv a time Tuesday nizht to allow N6L
ft tram, from Beaufort to GoJdsboro, to cross it. an hour
or go- lata It had not been expected that the repairs could
be completed" before todays At a number of places, there
s fear, tracks are weakened. -
Still Raining? Na TelL'ng When It'll Stop.
Lone Star State-.North
. Carolina Aided to Extent
of $11481
(By the United Press)
Washington, July 26. Texas gets
largest slice of this year's, avaii-
SaVS indi- able sum out of the $35,000,000 eood
tr lions are that, a general precipitation will follow for- a 1 ppipriitioii,..- mm, $29,927.
(Cy or longer,-.. .. . ' i' .'iji.V111 tt,l.vlaNe;''Wts7eai la five
., A cloudy morning was succeeded bv a rainy after- the
r.oon, and Weather Observer II. C. V, Peebles says indi- able
'Kinsfom'a colored peoplo will hold
a mass meeting in the forum aft, tho -Towor
iIUll school Sunday afternoon
for the purpose, of raising in tund for
the West Carolina , flood; aufferera.
The idea originated with; John G,
Canton, cashier of a South. Kmston
colored bank. This is believed to he
the first place' in tho State Where
such a move haa been started hy ne-
grocs. Considerable enthusiasm is be
ing manifested, according to repre
sentative members of the race. .
At the mass meeting leading ora
tors of the race will speak with the
view of working the assemblage, up
to the poin of- generosity arid col
lection will be. taken. Collections for '
the fund may. be taken at the colored
churches. The meeting waj announc
ed at a negro theaber Tuesday even-
It is. now. the intention ef asking
that the - fund,, which wilLbe turned
over to the State Relief Contmittee, it
f euppoaed, he applied tward feed
ing and clothing negroes in, the flood
tone. -There, will, he nduiacial lina "
drawn as regards milk and ice fund
also to be raised by negroes here,
however.. This, tmi ,nia3f he turned
over to. the SaJvatio A)an jt be used
as Cap yeadvville ih local com
mandant, see. fit.. H wakes uo dif
ference whetb,er it goesj V white or
colored, .WH ret ours, anyway."
was the laudable- expression jof a col
ored a tjhia- morning. According
tj. -iiames Dbivj. generaijy known :
arwn4 town, "the- whjte people hava
been too good to ua for it to make
any difference.' r i ' . ;-.
millioB dollars ') ,1,
v The apwVcmmenf. '.irive Virgin!
$99,CC0; North Carolina ?U281, and