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'rem' .J-r-- y-.rt'tvr"- lUY- TUEi PAPE& Showers Tonight . VOL. XVJH.-No. 53 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. TUESDAV, AUGUST 1, 1916 PftlCE two crura FIVE CKN13 UN TKA1N9 FOUHTAGES TODAY BAE Gbldre Bay's m HUGHES DENOUNCES WASH .1. t, . fc . : - ' lira ACCEPTANCE f-bceiecis pdr Flodcl SiifiFerei-- gsgiaaa EsmiiuMty spirit POLICY IN AT LAST STAND AS ARRESTED IN ..GPP SPEECH THIRD YEAR r incrh TOM ISLAND DISASTER;! LLOyDS Fine I .Fine ! is thev spirit : that is marking the splendid giving of the people of this community for the flood sunerers. As stated yesterday afternoon, more .- largo .contributions must be -forthcoming m order to bnng Kmston s participation up to the de- J 1 1 1 L 1 V 1 -J . ! 1 1 ' i. A.! sireu maris, duc pne nuniDer oi concriDUiors is most, grati fying. Particularly is the spirit being manifested by the colored citizens to be commended. "Today the Palace The- aier, me, local coioreu moving picture ineaier, Bent to ine Free Press $10.50, thejr entire proceeds from ? Monday night's performance. -A fine spirit is being shown by the colored committee appointed and they are working dili gently among their people for( contributions- ' - . Some citizens have taken the suggestion and increased their subscriptions, but the response so far to the sugges tion made' by Pastor Humble Sunday morning, and in these columns yesterday, has not been , very noticeable. The Free Press hopes that some large subscriptions may be recorded in the next few days, t They.ar.e needed to render quick aid to the unfortunate people. JBince Monday's report $45.75 has been turned orer to The Fre Press and sent la to the committee. The contributions to date are Previously reported .. , . . . . .?670.ip Reported by Dr. Codrington, colored: Cs1k U .V-.M Colored Theater (Palace) Mon- D. T. Edwards (additional)..... 4.00 i day's prpceeda 10.50 WERE Wat put IN PATH Of PREPARING TO SAIL Tug Dragging for Possible Trouble Finds Lots of Mud and Crabs Diplomatic Methods of WiV puropet Can't tand Much j,r.y '. DEUTSCHIAND HAS PILOT son Administration As sailed by Republican Noj miriec-jFavors Sulfrage for Other Sex Washington. Aug. 1. President Wilson is examining Hughes' ac ceptance Speech. The Cabinet is expected to discuss the at tacks. It is anticipated that the Administration will profess to be unworrled. ' The President's re ply is practically finished. latnnet members are unim pressed by the speech, they said this afternoon. It raised no is sues, they declared. New York, July 31 Charloa El More of the Struggle, AH Things Indicate A COMPLEX MIXUP, THIS Not Disastrous for Any Bel ligerent, ' . Economically, But Bad Enough for All In Every Way "Recon struction'!. Problems s Practically Entire $25,000,000 Loss Covered by, tnsnr?p" Death List Naw Stands At Five Iload of the ;wi Barge Captain Discovered In Road an.TwoXlhlU i . j1 Arc Missing Prosecutor end Jersey City ComroJssio!- cr of Safety Confer With Possible Result That Higl crups",WilBe Indicted for. Explosion and Firc.IIcad3 of Two Raijways Likely to Find Themselves Accused of Criminal Negligence ' Coleman, Who Brought Her In, to Take Her Out The Huhe' tf:night ouUine4 in his Bpcch Bremen Expected at Bal timore or Boston Today, Said Late J. W. Woodson . Bev. W. O. Bodel . . ........ Boy Scouts . k ilrs. Winnie Fields, B;F.D. 1. Atlantic Warehouse ......... Christian Science Church' K. E. Strtton. LaGrange Miss Bcttie Sutton, LaQrange. Wt lucy Harvey . , Cart '. 2.00 J. W. Gorham, colored . .50 . 1.00 Reported by Mrs., J. H. Sampson, .'3.00 Colored Committee: . 1.00 Pitt Union Meeting . .... 1.50 . 2.50 n Rev. K. W. Artist, col'd) 10.50 Sweet Hope Church, col'd , . . . 1.00 . 5.00 fiev. W. H. Hodgers, col'd .50 . 1.00 . 1.00 25. , Grapd total .5715 91 1 It Of AtLltS MHADiSJHE YEAR OPFNS (tie Doing on , Western Front, But Russians Are . -.i..:.f ""L ' ; Still Advancing MAN AHAOS tHiED Haig Reports No Change In Situation -L Turks Being Chased vby Slavs Ger mans Withdraw Supplies ' Eastern Depots i (By the United Press) fariB; Aug. 1. Two Gnnan sur prise attacks at Liheus have been Te NseMit'ii said offlciaH- :N Change in West.. -x.v London, Aug. ,1. There Is "no thange in the situation in' the west,'' Saneral Haig today reported. Slavs Pursue Turks. ' - Petrbgrad, Aug l'-CooUmjed pur suit of the Turks toward Missul - is atttounced. 5 . 6rinany Withdraws Supplies From the East. f T . .-v i London, Aug. 1. -Rom wireless re ports today sserted that Germany withdrawing heavy 4rtinry food nfl munitions from th depots at Ifo elfi in the face of the Russians' ad- vaice. jit is stated that Vladimir and Tqihyhakey hfte been evacuated. Big Gain By Slavs. ; V ' IVtrtgrad, U Aag. f IWCharging ttwugh Bjarshesthe Russians today rove iack the Teutons from the Dniester river to Keropiets. fAii FOR TROOPS. K FROM THIS STATE COTTON CROP WONT Vt-ji .-,'1 a' -f M' '' MIL LION (By the United Press) - Washington, Aug. 1. The cot ton crop is 72.3 per cent normal. The Department of. Agriculture forecasts a yield per acre of 173.4 pounds or a total production of 12,916,000 bales. Furst brigade Would- Uke to Hve , MOJO More Me-.Applicants Must Be of -Samd -rhysiue and Able to Read 4 WritaRecruit farSUUoaa : Camp Glenn; July 31-The follow bl letter has been sent out from the eadquarters of the First Drigade kert to Ah a newspapers of the State: ''North Carolina needs three thous and menf strong and physically fit, to recruit State troops at Camp Glenn o required - strength for field service. This j communication is to urge strongly that yoc co-operate- wjth re crufting officers to this end. "Pursuant to the proclamation of the President directing militia of the various states to mobilize at camps, three regiments of infantry, tws troops of .'cavalry, one field hospital and one ambulance company are now encamped at this point. These orga nizations are far below their proper- strength, and it is felt that 3,000 mow men is a moderate demand upon the patriotism of North Carolina.- ... "The State has always borne more than its part in the wars of the Na tion and it must not fall behind -in tho present emergency. We need fine able-bodied young men who can bear hardships: and . dangers just as their fathers ".bore them and we ; need i them now. ''' ;- f . : . ' - , '. '"Yeu ae, therefore, requested tc lay. -the matter before the community which you serve and so assist in arousing the national spirit of our young mem. "Any publicity you may give this appeal will be a real and effective swvice to' the State. ' l Applicants should be at 'least five feet, 4 inches tall, weigh at least 116 lle., be free from deformity and dis ease, with good eyesight and hearing, and be able to read and write. ; "Recruitjng offices are now at the following points: . ; T , "Greensboro, fayetteville, Wilming ton, HendersonviHe, Raleigh, Murphy, Wilkesboro, - Bakersville, Salisbury. Weldon. :.-.., ' .i- "LAWRENCE W. YOUNG, , "Brigadrer-GeneraL" By CARL GROAT, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Baltimore, Aug. l.It looked this afternoon as though the Deutschland was ready to sail. Affairs are warm ing up. A tug "dragging for mines so far has found a: ton of mud and a dozen crabs. Bremen Expected Today. Baltimore, Aug. 1 -Oweu Coleman, the pilot who brought in the Deutsch land, is ready to take her out It is planned' to start today. Th ' tug Timmins and a launch are dragging the path to the channel, removing ob structions and looking for possible mines. It is rumored tha the Bre men is due this afternoon, either her or at Boston-'-'"y" -, . . ,. - Bv j. V. Y-ODtli) , New York. Ausr. "1. The. death list remained nt four . instead of five this-afternoon.- Thn. roliro-annonwed4the- 'uscovery oi a nead of a woman hoMev(?i id o Mrs.wn- son's. . It has hoen found that the head is that of a half- burned image; the coroner eavs.' The "Investigation s re sult caused much amusement at the expense of the police. Another Arrest. ; " ' y--: - , $ Svu . E. T.'McKenzie, president of the National Storage Co.; Kas been arretted, charged with manslaughter. - , More Arrests Likely. ":--"-" ' - y-V''-. vv'Vii ?-wl with reference to Mexico. nudntdJof enormous losses and of indecisive IN eW . 1 OTK. AU?. K -ine arresr, ni "niKnontw irjl nance, of. American rights during the victories and defeats, have led up to -he Black Tom Island explosion Is expected trt YesHiM from European war, preparedness and otb tnc nal phaso of the great struggle 'fist night's CdnferenCG Of PrOSCCUtOf itlldsWCth and Gott! t great questions of the day. Hf which disclosas neither sido able as missioner 6f Safety HaGfUO Of Jersey City.' ' ' . v , . declared for a new policy of "firm. J vet to dictate terms to the other. The easf tVVO ' T)reSldentR"6f railroads termmatlnJ? " t of acceptance the issues upon which he will conduct his campaign for the presidency Mr.- Hughes assailed the Adminis tration for the course it has pursued (By J. W, T. MASON. (Written for the United Presn) New York, Aug. 1. The warrintt j nations of Europe are at their last stand, as they enter today upon the third year of the conflict'' Two years of prodigal expenditures, j ness and consistency" toward Mexico, for "the unflinching maintenance o! ill American rights on land and sea," wd for "adequate national defense; idequate protection on both ouir west ern and eastern coasts." -we aenounce ail plots and con piracies in the interest of any for- sign nation," Mr. Hughes said. "Ut terly intolerable is the use of our sofl for alien intrigues. Every American must unreservedly condemn them and iupport every effort for their sup pression." - '" The nominee assailed the Adminis tration for Hj'direction of diploroat- AUies and the Central Empires hsve mt even decided among themselves n to the details of their own terms. This must be the principal work of ;hcir statesmen during the third year if the war. - Tho two years of conflict have lemonstrnted that in a war as com plex as is the European struggle, oth- ?r forces besUlo thoso controlled by he militarists pluy an incroasinglj KAISER STARTS HIS PROPAGANDA TO GET UNIFICATION PEACE Tcrsev Cltv are exoecteo tO' be arrested. tv' The death usr today was increased to live. ponoe -an found a woman's head W a oad narbyi It !.i lie ieved lo be that of Mrs! Freda Wilson, wife of a barre bantam. J neir two cnnaren are mis .in. Tho loss ii practically covered by insurance. Lloyds is he chief sulierer: ' Fire Breaks Out Again "; ; 1 . New Yorlt, AV.fr. 1. Fire' broke out last'nwm tno niVq of Rlrtpk Tom Island. v;here thedisastrous anvmimU mportant part in tho final outcome, ion ploslon"of Sunday niorninff 'occurred and haKthfl rhc present war map, showing the Kre denartment of Jersey Citv, aided by titn tups rrom flormnn lines extending far into en- vt.1w Yrtvk haVhot. foUffht'tbe flamed; which CeHtrWl WMV my cotfntrit. and showing iilso thf wV,Prn.lanro nuantltleirdf iilirapnel M Wffh'fStpTo-. oss of GermanyV colonial empire; l . ..jlld- R-tr.Wino- hi tnado am almost' ic intercqurse" from the beginning, but one element that must enter into ?""' ,(,"uw rmnofto daciartn tvfcit ur hnM I ji'.u;AM f ; T.inn. nn I continuous cann.pnaae, Will Speak Simultaneously repute, With 50 Leading Germans to Prepare Public Mind for Pinine: Times He'si Hoping For declaring tWut where there should have been conspicuous strength and expertnass thera had been weakness and inexpertness. Ho cited San Po- mingo as an instance where appoint ments had gone to "deserving .Demo crats" and to the failure to continue Ambassador Herrick at his post in Paris after the war had started, as a "lamentable sacrifice of international platform in favor of woman suf frage, . Mr. Hughes declared. And he added, "Opposition may delay, but in my judgment cannot defeat this movement. J favor the vote for women." 7 t 1 "V f I uorrowings oi mi Til I 0 X1U V I V C I Rece3sary-' ' is 'practl 1 lLLlfiii l Oil I iJ I tnat 'n sm t tne war ' - t -. : -. i I thinlr dissruitrd aocialisti PoTU0; WAII51 TO READ HUiES' TALK (By the United Press) Washington, Aug. 1. Senator Tillman said, speaking today of the Hughes, speech, thai It is "too hot to read 8,00t words. If Wil son talked that long I be-d 4 if I'd vote for him.M- Subscriba to The Tree Press. -r By CARL W. ACKERMAN. t (United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin, Aug. 1. AHhoueh the German CommitUve on Honorable Pcscemet throughout German and the. newspapers wera IUe with comment on the speech de livered wmultsnsously at an tea , gatherings, public discussion was limited. The Kaiser Inaugurat'. ed the meetings for the purpose of unifying German sentiment for peace. Thu public evidently , is. not enthusiastic. Darlin, Aug. 1. The Kaiser today inaugurated a speech-making propa ganda throughout Germany to unify the empire on Germany's peace terms and to prepare the public mind for peace. Under the auspices of the German National Committee, an organization having the approval of th official censorship; fifty well known German wstors will make the same speech In fiftv German cities today. The speech i unofficially known to represent Chancellor von Bcthmann Ilollweig's peace term views. , '-'.:. The speech is being awaited with the keenest interest by both friends and foes of Dr. Hollweig. This propaganda may mark the be ginning of re-established friendly lationi between the Chancellor and those with whom he has politically disagreed on the conduct of the , war. Dr. - Hollweig is the man who engi- eered the ousting of Grand Admiam It Is known that the Moderate, neered the ousting. of Grand Admiral Conservative, National-Liberal and Von Tirpits and his submarine war- Catholic elements have been striving fare campaign and kept friendly re- to make a reconciliation between tht Iations with the United Statos when Chancellor and the Pan-German ele- a break seemed imminent. "ment.- my discua.sion of peace. Line sithcr side may hold, but once itiemy establishes a definite superior ity in man-killing1-power, this vilj have a new bearing on peace jrotiations. i, .- ,,:"' : Three other influences are at work n the final phase of tho war: finan- :inl, economic and food. Financially. Europe at large is approaching e !fmit of Impossible taxation after the "I endorse the declaration in the w8l-( to pay the interest on tho mon-1 y now being so readily borrowed" un der the influence of patriotic fervor. Belligerent statesmen are entering up on the third year of the war with so ious financial misgivings that will orobably stimulate interest in peace as new borrowings of billions become 'practically certain rring nationq istic seizures of property will have to be made, to pay Oic war bills, even if the war doestol last a day longer. If pence contimet to bo evasive far into the third year of the war, there will be few coun tries that In the end will bo able to lvoid widespread confiscation. Economically, the two years of war fare have not been disastrous for any f the prnicipal belligerents. Work- ingmen'g wages, in general, have ris- in higher than the increased cost; of living. The dispatch of no many mil lions of men to the front end the use of so many millions more in mu nitions' factories, have caused a scarcity of ordinary labor throughout Europe. . " -''.V" ' ' ; The Central Empires, however, will feel a serious economic strain when the war is over, because their' supply at raw materials is rapidly becoming sxhausbed. The Allies have been able to import raw materials continuous ly during the4 war,' while Germany nd Ausbro-Hungary have had to livf in their reserves. How to purchass raw materials from 'abroad in suffi cient quantities to provide for the millions, of Teuton soldiers returning to workshops and '"factories aftef peaca is declared, will present a se-t fious problem for Berlin and Vienna to solve. , : ; " .-,"'. For two years, the supply of food in the Teutonic countries has . been tonstantly dropping. - Tho enforce ment of a low dietary Scale upon the Germans has undoubtedly had some depressing moral effects, but there it Z Plate glass insurance underwriters voted at n meet. .1?! technicalities antMo-rCif fact nlace at once all windows jrJi&tefed fly'th explosidns.U ne- :9 estimated that the plate rlass lorft in Manhattan, Brook; Ivn, and New Jersey was 51.000,000;- PUBLIC . IlIILD'liS IN FRANCE iioiN THE ifi (By the United Press) .Washington, Ag. 1. The French Ministry of the Interior kas ' examined 7S4 towns in . France and found 116,669 edi l fleet wrecked and 2594 partial ' ly destroyed, says' h Department V of Commerce report. The report - does Hot include ' territory occu pied by the Germans. ALLIES MUST. "WBI TO punish jm. m TD!CC mm 0 Corifiict Cann6t Be, a l)ra$, Says txird Newton The "Dlood Guilty" Must Pay Penalty; New Hope for the Oppressed By WILRUK S. FOUKIlST, (United lress Staff Correspondent) London, Aug, 1The war won't be a draw.- The Allies will surely win; resulting in a now world and conditions -of comity and better, on dprstimding," declared Under Secre tary for Foreign Affairs Lord New ton, In ft statement to tho - United Press today. . - ;, The Allies must win to bring pun ishment to the "blood guilty," and new hope 'to the oppresse.-t, he stated. -4!.,.' t- REPUBLICAN --.CANDIDATE S FOR SUFF. AMENDMENT (By tha "United Presa) New York, Aug. 1. Hughes today declared for a woman suffrage amend ment to the Constitution in a tele gram to Senator Sutherland of Utah VBSK MAY I3AV THE CIATEST.CI STRIKE IN HISTOi tlon for the mass of the- people is im minent.' If the Russian armies, how ever,, can' reach the grain fields nnf cattle pasturages of Hungary and Ga licia before the August harvesting is over, the Teutons may yet bo starved into surrender. But as the third yeai of ths war begins, it seems as if thr Russian offensive started too late tc as yet no evidence that actual starva- accomplish this objective. - Thirty fThousan$ Surfaff .. Car Men.Thfeatcnj.-.TBjs?: Tie-Up to . Elevate anj Subway Lines; ; Unionism Issue - :; :-- , ' -:f"K y ; '-Ij't ' , (By the United Press) H . .'"ffew Ybrk, Aug. f.New York's 15,000 rnhes of street, .'cat . line were threatened with-the most rom plcte tie-up in history today; ' Right tn unionize is the iasuo. Unless it is pranted 30,000 surfaca car workers , hrcaten to carry the etribo to the efovat:d and'subwdy; Thfc. tie-up Vven 3? surface lines would seriously harq per business.' . PilBUSliERJiJjEi MAKEWAR0NP1 PAPER! AIFACT ? (By the United Press) J , v, Washington, Auc, 1 ?v'otlcf ' that warfare on print paper mam ufacturers will be made by th newspaper publishers was 'given today at the hearing before tlie Federal Trade Commission to tormine the reason for the tre mendous increase In the cost of paper. ..',.-'.,. , -. New Bern's city baseball Ipisqf dyinjr from lack of interest, it U f Tho city has supported a crcJk. ' amateur league for several t : I
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