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DAILY PHEE XBI WEATI1I13 y Partly Cloudy ; Tonight YOL.XVIIL-No.49 FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. C THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICB TWO CENT3 FIVB CNT3 ON TOAIN3 FLOOD SUFFERERS' FUND FROM PROTEST TO LONDON! ALFRED LYNCH SAID IS STILL BELIEVED AGAINST BLACKLIST TO HAVE REEN TAKFIV NFIISF Will BP Rlfi TJES CCI PAPER JJ JjTJI JM KINSTON SPY TRAMP WAITI1 OMING FOLLOW SUBMARINE DOWN THE BAY, SAID ' AjV;,.:,''.V;;'ilVy:,,l, T EIPRE SIONEY IS NEEDED -- SUBSCRIPTION LISTS ARE OPEN IS GOING FORWARD IN NEW YORK CITY STREAM THIS POINT The contributions for the flood sufferers from Kinston i .aCirnnve and the countvat larere have reached six hun dred dollars. This is actually in hand and been forwarded by the eommittee to Kaleign $tyt.3U ana several sudsctipt turns have been reported by phone which have not been counted.: '.' - '4V;'-;-' .The State Relief Committee, which met in Raleigh on Wednesday afternoon .-and canvassed the returns,, was gratified at the hearty response, and has expressed high appreciation for the work of the various sub-committees, and thejpeople generally, who have, opened their -hearts and Durses. ' The money in sight, however; is by no means sufficient' to alleviate the distress of the stricken district, and to do what is equally important; assist in the rehabil itation of the territory devastated. The subscription lists will be. kept open, and while no further canvass will' be made.; unless' it becomes apparent that such is necessary, everybody, who can, is urged to contribute as liberally as possipie. ine rree rresa ana Messrs. Kouse and Doug lass will continue to receive subscriptions so long as there is need for help. - Since yesterday's report -The Free Press is authorized to publish the following list of contributors: GERMANS BELIEVED k. Be Published Monday; Slayer of Manly Hatch Has Bulk of Flood Water From TO BE PLANNING BIG 1 001 III TO MOm 10 DISCUSSES Note Is In Two Parts, It Is Said EVERYTHING Fallen Into Law's Hands At Last, Reported How He Escaped After Crime Recalled Upstate Has Not Come Down Yet, It's Said MAfaf GOOD SIGNS NOW Will Try to Retake Pozieres, Connected With Boycotting SL A. Johnson, Griftoh Loniiic BucJ Jjifelia Gardner Iras Tapp . . George C tFaville . . , Young Ladies Miss '4.60Waitman Riley Hines .. . 1.00 Dr. C-H. Bynum (colored) 1.00 Cash (miscellaneous) . . . 2.00 ; 10.00 . l.OO . .39 A. 1.00 Total to date .$27.39 T.otaI through Committee . is VPrevi .$2ei.42A obo Experts ThinkAre Be ing Reinforced SLAVS HAVING f ROUBLE Heavy Rains the Teutons' A'lies In East Slavs Pro gress Some, However- Several Rivers Swollen In Galicia of American Firms The President Devotes Day to State Department Busi nessi Seated viously reported other than above ... 306.49 Grand total to date . . . .$595.30 NOTE. Request is made that if names of any contributors have been omitted that attention be called promptly, so that proper credit may be made. The utmost care is being exer cteed to avoid any omissions. f -H fell ffl" '; '-fii - Ml ?la . tit jv. 'x i mmm it 1 (f.1 " ' k'xl ; Ay - ,;.-(t4-"f - - '-' " 4 i'flH c" ,V ' " ' -vsU,L Vi III ', ' ' , n if , , ;- - 1 lis (By the United Press) London, July 27. Within a few days the British advanced lines must withstand Germany's most powerful counter attacks since the start of the Allied offensive. The new positions outside of Pozieres will be the point of attacks, say military experts.' The Germans are getting reinforcements, campaign to have the House pass the Slavs Combatting Elements. retrograa, July zy. weavy rams are impeding the Russian drive in Northern Galicia. The Styr, Stochod and Lipe rivers are swollen. Despite the fact that they are battling against the elements as well as the Germans, j the Russians are advancing. . Germans Use Weeping Gas Bombs. London, July 27 Hand-to-hand en- tlounters with he Germans And ect-i ivo rttllery pounding throughout the night, were reported today by Gen eral 'Haig, who said the Germans were using quantities of "tear" shells, making the soldiers weep. "There was no event of importance," he said. ,. ' If Alfred Lynch has been caught in New York it was since this morning, according to Sheriff Taylor, who has just returned from there. The Sheriff took with him a man who declared he had seen Lynch within a month and talked with him. He gave the address, etc Arriving in New York the two went to the detectiv bureau, where plain clothemeh "made a monkey" out of the Sheriff's companion. They said there was no such address. Sheriff Taylor spent two days with the man, who seemed never to be able to locate' the place where he saw Lynch. The Sher iff left the man there, and this morning was in communication with the detective bureau, the latter laconically stating that the Kinston detective was in need of funds. The Sheriff evidently was tempted to wire the New York headquarters to try to rake up some charge on which to jail his erstwhile sleuth, and keep him there. Information was had at New Born Wednesday, according to the Sun- Journal of that city, that Alfred Lynch, colored, whjo murdered Manly Hatch, a white commissary clerk, at a lumber cam near Richlands coU- MR. R; L BLOW CHOSEN AS pls of years h8d cptumJ . . I in New York and would bo returned PRESIDENT COUNTRY CLUB t. North Carolina. Lynch murdered the whito man or Brighter Skies : Railroad Traffic Better: Tobacco Crop Doesn't Seem to Be Damaged Very Much More Bridges Down- (E'y the United Press) By ROBT. J. BENDER, (United. Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, July 27. The Ameri'- can note protesting against the Brit ish blacklist was forwarded to Lon don last night, Counsellor Polk today announced. At the same time it was stated the President is devoting tht day to working on State Department matters. The note will be published Monday morning. The President excluded all visitors after hours of a conference with the House naval leaders, including Pad' gett of North Carolina, outlining the Senate naval amendments. The note is in two parts. It will de mand that England explain the black list's effect on American firms, and take up the whole question of the principle of blacklisting. Well Attended Meeting of Stockhold ers Held in City Hall Wednesday Night Board of Fifteen Directors Chosen Meeting Tonight the European war is pinching tender American toes and pocketbooks was shown here today at the closing ses sion of the Illinois. Shoe , Retailers' Association. ; O. L. Triebel, Jr., of Springfield, secretary, declared prices for shoes have jumped 20 .to 40 per coat, dur ing the last yenr, and it is up to the Lconsumcr to pay the price. Demand for leather for shoes for the European armies caused the advance. MAE MURRAY. THE "NELL BRINKLEY GIRL" : Who u to b Smn im LMky-Paimmouiit Ffcture. GUARDSMEN HAVE TO GO BACK HOME' CAST BALLOTS AFTER ALL ' (By the United Press) ; Washington, i July 27. Reversing yesterday's action, the Senate today killed the army bill amendment per mltting guardsmen on the border to ote in the' November elections" with out "going home.' - Senator WiHiama raised a point ; of order, and ; Vioe tPreaideni Marshall sustained ( him. Supporters s" of. the aniiendment ap pealed to the ' Senate but were de feated.'' ' V :i t - ' . .1 CAKOUNA RAILROAD .-, " ' TTtT TABR-B WsrV- ' - FIRST-CLASS ' FREIGHT ANB PASSENGER BERVIC& fionthbaaii ,t ., v. , .northbound 4I2 . ; . ' . 833 JL M. -... ; . P.M. , E2ne Juactiosr .A. 6:0S U Pools 60 tstvn ...... ,t 621 1 6:47....... Glenfleld 6:41 f 6:40.:;.. Suggs Siding .....t 6:50 6:30 Lv.. .. Snow Hill .. -Ar. IrfK) All trams governed by 4ha Norfolk Southern rules, wmie asuig tht ttmda from Kinston to Hines Junction, and subject to the orden of its iu parts tendont. ' . t . i The aborv adtahrls Is gtvaa a ta formation only, and is supposed to be the time that trains will arrive sadd apart, but it is not crnarantawl ; . WM. HAYES, .r r K Genl. jSapt, Kinston, IN. Q. G. A JONES, iFreight and Passgr. Agent, Snow Hill, N C PRESIDENT SIGNS THE ) Wasliinati) Julr' eiXThe Presi dent today signed, tiie rivers and'har bors bill, appropriating approximate ly $42,000,000 for . continuance of old projects and . the sUarting of a few new ones. ' f- . ' :- i "-' . .- -18 ALLEGED- MURDR ODiey, 111, July 27-Olney's mur der mystery was furrier, com plicated ! today when the defense intimated tha"?l aetts militiamen and Mexicans across Roy Hinterliter, accused of murdering j the border is declared to be uniporw l7-yeae--oKl Kathrme Rataiffe, is suf-! tant, principally because there were feriaff for another. . . . no cSsoaWes. . ' ; . THE GREAT AMERICAN footisMMthe PINCH OF THE WAR; kh foi'c W (By tits United Press) Chicago, J 27,-videiicfi of how jg th6 Jmpwasion of some of The stockholders of the proposed country club met in the City Hall on Wednesday night and elected a board of directors and took other steps look ing to the perfecting of the organ ization, which will give thoso who aire members of the club at least, an out ing opportunity. .-f,fTo formal action was taken on (the i)ame of the club, money, iie nired an automoDUe ana drove to ICinton. He motored down Queen street and stopped a ' few min utes to talk with acquaintances. The police wore notified- of the murder and that Lynch Was supposed to bo here or on his way lo Kinston. Lynr escaped in a race with officers in an it ii automobile. Lave nis nromor was arrested by the New York police by mistake. - , , SON OF MEXICAN CHIEF IN THE OHIO MILITIA (By tne United Press) ' Camp Willis. Columbus, O., July 27. The son of a Mexican bandit chief is in the ranks of the Ohio Na tional Guardsmen here today. He ds Oscar Jones, private, Co. I, Second regiment of Kenton. Osoar's father was chief of one of the lawless bands that ravage northorn Mexico and the border. ... . "His escapades brought ruin to us, and broke my mother's heart -that's why I'm i the ranks, hating my father's people," said Jones. ; "Jones is a willing worker. Hell make a good soldier, said Captain, Edward Collins. ,', .. . the leading members that the sug gestion of some . of the promoters to ; christen it "Caswell Country Club," Will be approved 'by the board of di- rectors. 1 Mr. H. L. Blow i. the first prcsi- dent; Mr. T. W. Mewborn .is vice ; president ?i J'. A. Bizzcll is secretary-treasurer. In addition to these officers, whoaro also directors a board of twelve was chosen. The full board is as follows: Messrs. T W. Mewborn, D. , L. Dixon, J. J. Stevenson, W. B. Douglass and H. UNIVERSITY'S SUMMER school closes After SUCCESSFUL SESSION Neuso river rose only four inches m the 12 hours after 6 p. m. Wed nesday. The rains which filled to overflowing practically every stream in North Carolina bast of ; Kalcigh. following the floods upstate have ceased, and there is prospect of bright weather over the section. However, tthe flood danger has not abated,, in the opinion of some. The slow rise here now does not indicate that the trouble la over, for the stream is spreading out in the low grounds. (Most of the water in the river at this point is termed as local, while the bulk of the flood waters from the Raleigh and Smithfleld sec tions is to arrive later in the week, according to' Weather Observer II. C. V. Peebles. "Wo may not have as much of a flood as in 1908," Mr. Pee bles said this morning, "but we are going to have a tig river,' neverthe-1 lesa." ' : Heports from all parts of the Neuse valley tell of bridges washed out In Greene county a bridge over the Moccasin river' 3s said to have gone down Wednesday. Mayor Fred. Sutton, back from a trip 'into Duplin county, reports that three bridges over Northeast river were awasn when his party crossed the stream several days ago. They got across on a fourth bridge; which aft'erwaid was closed. Coming home, the party motored to a point on the Atlantic Coast Line, where they left their ma chine, making the rest of the trip by train. . j. Railroad traffic throughout East Carolina ds nearer normal today than in a week. Trains ore running about on schedule everywhere. Damage to crops is placed at about 15 per cent, by a number of estim ates. Cotton suffered principally. Ardgryfe Ready to Take! Trail; Deutschland WilP: Sail Today V , SUBMERSIBLE - CLEARED British Embassy Requests, Possibility at Instance of U. S., Information of . the Strange Man-of -War Vis itor to Bay " (By the United Press) Baltimore, July 27. Either ?, alarming or good news of ths submarine Bremen is keeping tha- Deutschland at her dock. 4Mana ) gers of the venture refuse to say .' which. Orders for Sailing were r issued to the Dcutchland durinf the night and countermanded" to day. It is accepted as .a truth , that the Bremen, the Deutsch ? land's sister ship, has been heard from. It is suggested that eith er the Bremen has met with fciis hap or the managers of the lias have determined to hold the ves sel until her arrival. . .' s Baltimore, JuJy 27. When the) Deutschland sails she will be follow ed by the British tramp steamer Artt- gryfe as a spy. The tramp te waifr. ing, prepared to follow the submar ine. l ive Ardgrfe carries a crew ot Japanese. The Deufechland, will sail today, it is declared. Sha has clear ed (Special to The Free Press) Chapel Hill. July 27. The session of the University Summer School jyJj ftJJ OKOtKtO which came to a clos2 today, will bo a landmark in summer schools in the State for many renins. Not only has it enrolled far more students than ever mot together to pursue studies in this State during the sum mer months 1,050 in all. with 52 law students additional but it has been a record for consistent work, pursued H. McCoy, chosen for a term of three vemrs: Messrs. B. L. Blow. J. F. S. not merely to satisfy attendance Whitaker, E. V. Webb, W. C. Knox, credits, but with-"a desire to bring and Guy Moore, chosen for a term of about self-improvement and a more two years, a4 Dt.W. T. Parrott, thorough knowledge of the subjects Messrs. Hyman Mewborne, H. W. taught' in tho various schools of the MEXICO CITY THINKS . : NOTHING OF SHOOTING ACROSS THE BORDER : , (By the United Press) V Mexico City, July 27. The recent exchange of shots between Massadin Brothers, T., V. Moseley and J. A. Bizzell for a term of one year. The board of directors will meet this evenine at 8:30 o'clock at the office of the iKinbton Cotton Mills to further plan for the necessary build ings and other improvement of the grounds. State. Limerick "Earr," Invited him to "have a little something" and got away with it while astonished IMtishers gaped in amazement. Further than that, tlie dice-box be ing handy, he taught the Earl to . ' I 1 , 1 M . ! Races which: were scheduled to be " craP8 a"u -.-rn ,n held at New Bern 'Friday afternoon ' It. happened aboard the American liner St Louis, from New York to BACK TO DUPLIN TODAY Samuel Stocks was to return to Kenansvillo today to stand trial for simplicity in. the lynching of Joseph Black. It is now understood! that When Solicitor Shaw told the Green .county man to return home eanjy in the. week, he also told him to repont again on Thursday. However, this does not mean that Stocks will be tried during tho term, which expires Saturday, in the opinion of local law yers. One attorney here is interest ed in the case and would be called be fore it was commenced, in all prob ability. .,- have been postponed because of the bad condition of the track following the heavy rains. - Subscribe to The Fees Press. THE EARL WASN'T SUCH A BAD SCOUT; ROLLED BONES WIW AMERICAN By J. W. PEGLER, 1 f United Press Staff , Correspondent) London, July . 3 (By ( Mail) An earl isn't bad sort of scout at all. . Joseph Eichwald. a San Francisco tobacco salesman,' called tho Earl of Liverpool. Eichwald, long ,on conviv iality, but short on formal English etiquette, spied His Grace seated at a green-covered table in the smoking room. Two friends were with him. "I'd like to ask the Earl to have a drink,1 he confided " to his traveling companions. ' " " '"' " ' " ' ) "Well, why don't you? asked one of them. ; . . "r Eichwald did. "He, Earl, he call ed across the room, "have a drinkt" The Earl would, when he recovered from the momentary shock, and mov d over to the American's table to ORGANIZED SNEEZERS - '"ARE PREPARING FOR WAL CONVENTION (By tho United Press) , . 'Bethlehem, N. H? July . 27 Nobody nose how many members of the Ra tional. Hay Fever Assocaition will attend the annual, convention up here in the White Mountains August 31. But there are. 200,000 sneezers, snee zeresses and sneezerettes enrolled and a good many thousand of them " will be here, from all over the country. According . to the report of Presi dent John R. Pinover, these sneeze- ridden sneezers "sneeze some seventy- three sneezes a day, for an average of forty-one sneeze. days a year. This gives us 6 biUion, 3 million, 200 thou sand sneezes to look forward to this year. . .. . "... , Want to Know About Mystery Ship. Washington, July 27. Tho British embassy today cabled London asking' for information of the mysterious British cruiser sighted yesterday in Chesapeake Bay. . Whether the State Department asked for an inquiry is unknown. The navy is consriderlnjf the theory that the cruiser possibly was trying to communicate with - ,a small wireless station ashore. American Ships Watching Foreign Mcn-of-War,' Norfolk, July 27. Favo U. war ships and several aeroplanes any now' guarding American neutrality off tho Virginia capes against possible viol ations by British and French war ships awaiting the Deutschland, The cruiser North Carolina ami destroy- . era Beale, Fl usher, Sterret and Raid are guarding the coast from Beaufort, - N. C, almost to the Delaware Break water. The North Carolina is ten miles off the capes watching the for-" eigners. The North Carolina today maneuvered with aeroplanes, ' prac tiding the aviators. .' ' Men-of-War to EnfoVce Neutrality. Norfolk, Julj 27Almost simul taneously withy the clearance of tho submarine Deutschland at. Bal timore today, ithe United States. ar-, ; mored cruiser North Carolina and. two torpedo boat destivyers under orders from Washington to "onfotco neutrality" steamed out beyond Cape . Henry and took up positions, near the English cruiser which paid an tman- : nounced visit to Lower Chesapeake Bay on Monday night. TonighV tha United States ships, ware keeping near the foreign warship, apparently . about fifteen miles from shore. ; Cruiser Off Beaufort. Beaufort, July: 26. At least one cruiser, f the Allied powers was be lieved to be otanding - off , Eteauf or Inlet tonight m an attempt jto pre vent the entrance of the German sub- . marine: merchantman Bremen , now due at an American port after voy age similar to that made by her siste snip, the Deutschland. - - - . TRAFFIC 0YERA.CL SIAIN LINE RESUI3 ' 'T-'- " t ' v x : - i Rocky Mount, "July 26. With . the steel draw bridge over Santee river in South' Carolina still holding and the drift Wood and wreckage pushed; away the Atlantic Coast .Line this morning resumed the use of it S ma: line trackage for south, j V,