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VOI- XVIII.No. 56
SECOND EDITION
TRICEtWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS ,
KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
VIOLENTLY
COUNTV IS EXPFCTCU
1 1 ' . k "I '
CITY SCHOOLS WILL
COUNTRY WILL FACE P FOOD SITUATION
IF RAILROAD MEN 00 OH STRIKE; SENATE
IT BE, INITIAL THROUGH THE NIGHT
TO GIVE THOUSAND
OPEN FOR TERM ON
tOHMlSS'N ON WESTERN FRONT
1
TOM FLOOD FUND
THIRTEENTH SEITR
LAYS ASIDE RESOLUTION FOR
mi
p w
THE ME PAPER
... ts A j. ' '1-' '"''l ''
FOUGHT
flUESTION; THAT
HEDWi
Reply to Last American Note Handed State Department First Germans and Then
Tdv-StresseK Fact Ttiaf U. S. Commissioners Shall French Attacked In the
rf
Engage With Carranza 'Delegates In Settlement of
Pnints thp Do Facto President Would Like to Have
Cleared Up-Belicved at Washington That the Mcxi
can Commissioners Will Agree to Thresh Out Question
oi Border Guard Along With Those of Patrol, Bandit F"h Retook Thiaumont
Verdun Sector
SEEMS LITTLE CHANGE
Raids and Recall of Pershing and HisJ'orces
Redoubt Only to Be Chas
ed Out of It Again Teu
tons Massed to Assault, Is
Rejx)rt
(By the United Press)-
Paris, Aug. 4. In a violent battle
northeast of Verdun last nigh', the
(By the United Prats)
Washington. Auet. 4. jCarranza still insists that the
first thing to be decided upon by the United States and
Mexico is withdrawal of the American troops.
Ambassador Arredonda today handed Acting Secre
tary of State Polk the reply to the last American note,
suggesting tnat me commissioners sei,uc nai l Gt,lmans lost cnorm0uBiy. Tbey re-
the outset. The communication lormauy namea me
pea ted their counter-attacks in mass
Mexican Commissioners. It laiu StreSS On me iaci Uldl ed formation, it is said officially, and
iheAmerican commissioners shall "devote their time to fought aii night. This morning one
the "points mentioned in our (the Mexican) previous note." and 'hn the other side was advanc-
TIipsp nninta are the withdrawal, settlement of the oues- ini?- The French, it is said, rcoccu-
iint, nftha WrW rmtrnl Jinrl ifiYino- t.h'P rpsnrmsihilitv fnr M'kd Thiaumont redoubt but were dri
V eruifi- wnnrvti ia marin nf rr.o Wrier rmostinn 1rititih Nt Very Active,
i.-ii i-x xL- Kf...: ...:n ' London, Aug. 4.-Ihe left wing of
out 11 is wiougia tue meAicaii.wiiuiiiaaiuiiWB win agice the mtiA in thc Somme offonsivc
thresh out the whole question. Kained last night jn minor operations
May Meet in Atlantic llty. ' west of Pozieres, Gsneral Haig re
iTie note says Carranza "congratulates himsell upon ports,
the laudable enort of the American government to arrive Germans Retake Ficury.
at afiftlution OI the existinff difficulties." and that. ArrpH- Berlin, Aug. 4. The Germans ire-
ondo is authorized to discuss the place and date of the pturod the village of Fieuy 'and
meeting. The Mexican commissioners are expected to trenches to the west and northwest of
rf the commissioners, is already en route. The others
are Luis Cabrere and Albert Openy. It is rumored that
Atlantic City or Asbury Park will be the meeting place
Mark Set by Local Commit
tees Can'Iie' Attained by
Givhiff About $250
PJf CQNTRIBUTORS ADD
WC 4 ; i.
Only One Donation In Near
Jy 24 Hours, Bringing To
tal Up to $742.41 Kins
ton and Lenoir Will Do
Their Share
MEXICO RpAlUf
WES COMMISSIONERS
. V v h T
Mexico, tMty, Aug. 3. It was offi
cially announced at the Mexican for
eign office trfday that Lute Cabrera,
Ynacio Bonillas and Alberto Pani
have leen selected as the commis
sioners to negotiate with the United
States commissioners regarding ihe
questions at issue between Mexico and
the United States.
Cabrera is Carranza's minister of
finance; tBonilla is under secretary of
cenvmunications; Alberto J. Pani is
presitlent of the national railways erf
Mexico. i
dPSBOKO WILL HAVE -L'OyiNG
HCTURE STUDIO
Greensboro, Aujr. 3. Greensboro ia
to have a moving (picture company, to
he known as the Gate City Moving
Picture, Incorporated." The au
thorized capital is $100,000, and its
oflkws are some of the city's best
known business men. The purpose of
the company is to make films, feat
uring Roland Hill, a wellxknown
young man of this city, who is al
ready a moving picture actor. Work
will be commenced on the studio in
Greensboro in ' a few weeks.
GREENE COUNTY MAN
11 WORKED IN A BARN
WITH BIG RATTLER
Albert Harper, a planter, had ob
jectionable company in a tobacco
barn near Snow Hill Thursday after
noon.. A big rattlesnake was enjoy
ing something more than 100 degrees
of heat after having found its way
into the barn from the wet ground
outside. When Harper discovered the
reptile's presence he secured a gun
and shot it.
, The snake was probably the larg
est ever killed in, the section. It's
body was carried to Snow Hill and
measured, proving to be four feet
eight and a half inches long. TJis
reptile had twelve rattles and a but-j
ton. It was placed on exhibition.
, 1 j"
NEGRO BELIEVED TO
MM VICTIM
in violent fighting this
morninff. t he t rench took them du
ring the nfght.
Further Slav Gains.
Petrograd, Aug. 4. In driving to
ward Koval Russian detachments have
crossed to the left bank Of the Stock
hod in the region of Lubecho, captifr-
ing a series of heights.
BIG ITALIAN UNER
TORPEDOED; NEARLY
A
Women and Children Are
Among Those Who May
Have Perished First
Submarining Passenger
Ship in Months
craves Magistrate
deports women from
pembroke after row
nw Rem," Aug. 4. After C. M.
FrariV ,,4 boatman, and William Ke-t-eham-
a farmer, had been severely
beaten for hoodlums at Pembroke,, a
local suburb, they took refuge in the
house of Grace Marshall. The Mar
shall , woman and- another who was
with her went ut with unnamed men
from Kinston, and the gang, who had
followed Franks' "and Ketcham to the
ouse, rtcrmed ; it ..'for dmittarjce,'
which w gained. A rough , and
JTnble fight followed. A revolver!
was used but no one injured. , '
; The sheriff intervened. One arrest
was made and four gir,ls were de
tained for iritoOMca. They knew lit-.
of the fracas and spent most of
Aeir lime in custody explaining their
presence at. Pembroke, ihe repaU-
of Vhich place ia not rd.
is
VIOLENCE
Lazarus Rouse, colored, about
M years old, shot at his home in
the Liddell section several nights
ago by an unidentified assailant,
believed to have been a metrdwr
of a party of white men disguised
as negroes, died today. The sher
iff's office received the informa
tion this afternoon, and Sheriff
Taylor nd Cewmer Weed prepar
ed to go to LiddctV , .'
Rouse in believed to liave .heen
shot because of Jisrcspcctfid ut
terancee about white girU. ,
GREENVILLE MIISTEK ;
MAV JOIN THE ;EEGL'LARS
- XJreenville, Aug. 4. 4ft - is learned
hare foom n authoritative , aource
ihai Adjutant-General ' McCain of
the army will recommend the ap
pointment of Rev. H. K. Blanchard,
pastor of Memorial Baptist : church
here, to a chaplaincy 'in the army
with the rank of first lieutenant.
(By the United Press)
London. Aug. 4. Eighty to hun
dred persons are missing and may
have perished in the submarining f
the Italian mailer Lctimbro in the
Mediterranean. The missing include
women and children. Three boatloads
of survivors have been landed, two
at Syracuse and one at Moltz. The
Lctimbro was the first big passenger
ship submarined in months.
The females were ordered by Mag
istrate Hancock to leave Pembroke
and Eddie McCoy was bound ove to
eourt for resktio arrest 4
YOUNG PHYSICIAN OF
"THIS STATE HEROIN
PHILADELPHIA llRE
(By the Eastern Press)
Washington, N. C., Aug. 4. Phila
delphia . newspapers devote much
space to a daring feat pulled off by
Dr Allan Moore of this citv. a young
Episcopal hospital interne, in a fire
which did three-quarters of a million
dollars ' damage in a manufacturing
setion of the Pennsylvania city. '
Moore and another physician climb
ed ladder to a roof far above the ,
ground and rasucitated two firemen
overcome by smoke. They in turn
were overcome. Firemen finally got'
afl ; few down after considerable;
trouble. A big crowd attracted by the
blase cheered the doctors. J
Only $5 was added to Kinston's
and Lmoir county's contribution for
the West Carolina flood sufferers
from the time of Thursday's report to
p. m. today. The fund in the
State reached about $31,000 Thursday
night. .
Kinston and the county have done
handsomely by the cause, but Messrs,
N.J. Rouse and W. B. Pouprlass of
the local committee are hoping to
raise a thousand dollars here Now
that the extent of the damage in the
floodsd country is more capable of
being realized, looming up larger
than formerly reported, it is suggest
ed that persons who hastened to con
tribute when the call was first made
add to their donations, if they feel
inclined and ablo to do so. Some', it
is supposed, might like to do this, not
having been fully cognizant of the
gravity of the situation a few. days
ago. A few have already done so.
A i 1 i .....
anyway, me -local contribution is
likely to go to th: thousand-dollar
mark, n an opinion ventured on the
ground hat Ainstwi never fails to
accomplish what it cuts out. A lit
tle morn than $2G0 is needed to bring
it to that sum. The subscriptions to
date are as follows:
Previously reported 737.41
W. II. Howell 5.00
Grand total to date
.$742.-11
AHMED SUBMAFi
CONVOYED KOENIfi'S
SHIP AWAY, STATES
Germany Had Fighting
Submersible" Off Capes
and AHicd Patrol Knew
It, Liner Master Says at
Washington
(By the United Press)
Washington, Aug 4. Ocean-going
fighting submarines were off the Vir
ginia capes protecting the Deutsch-
land, according, to Capt.. Georga. .
Knowell of the Norfolk-Washington
steamer Southland. Ho says that is
the reason the t)eutschland escaped..
The warships knew they were there,
he states.
FATAL ROW. AT MCTOLtJS.
Pactolus, tN..C, Aug- r-Elistua
Ward, colored, was shot and k&od in
stantly by Robert Wilson, Jr, another
negro, her' yesterday. The slaying
occurred in tobacco barn and follow
ed a -dispute.
IfE SHELB1NE IS
SUICIDE? 0 REASON
KNOWN FOR HIS Act
(By the Eastern Press '
Greenville, Aag. 4. Lee IShel
burne. 25, son of Mr. and. Mrs. E.
H. Shrtburne nd a member of
ne f the mt prominent famil
ies here, suicided some time dur
ing last night by hooting him
elf 'through he head with a re
yplvcr. The act was committed
4a the heme of A friend. '
y reason 4a Iuiowb for the
wicide, bat Shelbarne im Mid to
bare been drinking.. Sheibarae
was ell-kawa ia Kinsto and
titer places ia this aectiea.
Three Advisory Committees
Named at Suggestion of
New Superintendent
MAY HAVE LUNCH PLACE
To Feed Youngsters at the
Noon Hour $300 Availa
ble From sSlatcr Fund for
Industrial Training Col
ored Pupils
Th- Kinston city schools will begin
tin l!l(i-17 scholastic yoar on lieu
kmbor 13. The day is Wednesday.
Th's was the announcement following
meeting of the Board of Trustees
Thursday night.
At the suggestion of Suot. Kater
Curtis, committees on "teachers and
policies," "buildings nnd equipment,"
and finance, were named by thc trus
tees. The members have not been an
nounced officially. These committees,
it is stated, will be advisory only, and
will have no administrative authori
ty. They will lc consulted by or
make suggestions to the superintend
ent and. trustees on the things within
their spheres, when advisable, it is
understood, but will not be empower
cd for any action without the D-iard's
or the Superintendent's formal ap
proval.
Consideration is being made' of a
proposition to donate $3Q0 to supple
ment an equal shm frofc the well-
known Slater fund for domestic sci
ence instruction in the Tower Hill
school, colored. Th Slater money Is
not available unless the local authorv
ties appropriate. Favorable action
is anticipated.
A proposition to establish a lunch
place for tho schools .in orth Kins
ton was heard by the Trustees Thurs
day nij;ht. No final action on this
matter has been taken. The lunch-
stand idea is not new, although it
Mcldom inaugurated in a place of
Kins ton's size.
TREATY BETWEEN 0.
MARK IS
SIGNED AT NEW Y(M
Employes Regard Action as a Victory for Them Con
troversy Matter for Themselves and Companies io
Thresh Out, Assert-rPrcsident Calls for Another Cem
ferenee With Judge Chambers and Cabinet Discusses
Threatening Trouble Evident That Government Will
Try to Prevent Walkout That Would Tie Up Traffic
Throughout Nation Interior Cities Would Fare Bad
ly From Lack of Supplies and Business Would Be Paralyzed
("; ho United Press)
New York, Aug. 4. The United States would face one
of the most serious food situations in decades if the
threatened strike of 400,000 trainmen materialized and
lccame a protracted light, according to o?)inions collected
bv the United Press. Coast cities and cities on navigable
rivers would suffer least, but even they would be hard
hit. Rabies and children would suffer heaviest, tiocaage
of the shortage of milk. Perishable foods would present
the most serious ptoblem. ' , ...
Government Plans to Take a Hand.
Washington, Aug. 4,Indication that the government
?s formulating a course of action by which to handle the
railroad strike situation was seen by a series of confer
ences today between the President and Judge Chambers
of the Board of Mediation and Conciliation. After the
nrst conference the President asked for a second, and the
cabinet discussed the matter. ! '
The trainmen were victorious when the Senate com
mittee tabled a resolution calling mediation of the contro
versy by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The train
men say the matter lies between themselves and the com
panies. v -
AND MASSACHUSETTS
-COlONtL1 ADVANCED
TO BE RECOGNIZED
'or Transfer of West Indi
an Possessions of Latter
to This Country Must Be
Katified by Legislators
and People
(Dy the United Press)
Washington, Aue;. 4. The trcnty
between Do.nmark and the U. S. ro-
idi:i for the purchase of the Dan
ish West Indies for $25,000,000, was
iirncd in New Vork todayby Score-
niy Lansing and Danish Minister
run, the State Department today an
nounced.
Th? treaty will have to -tie ratified
by the House and Senate, the Danish
Parliament ami the people of the
islands. The United States gets the
three islands of St. Croix, St. Thorna-s
and St. John, east of Porto Rico, and
relinqniishes discovery rights in Greenland.
(By the United Press)
Columbus, N. M., Aug. 4.- Militia
rnon from western Massachusetts
have been assigned the honor of
juardinjr. the base camp. A cordon
of troops is thrown around the entire
camp avury night. It is a duly of
;rcat importance.
The customers already have dem
onstrated their efficiency. 'Colonel W.
C. Hayes, commanding the Second
Massachusetts regiment will testify
o that todiiy.
While inspecting the guard linen
last night the Colonel and his adju
tant were riding ;through a lonely
stretch of desert in pitch darkness
south of the carnp.
"Halt," came the sharp command
from an alert guardsman.
"That's all right, my man," said
C'd. Hayes soothingly. "This is 'Col.
Hayes inspecting the guarj."
"I don't care who you say you are,"
came the menacing reply. "Discount
and advance to be recognized, and
don't loiter, either."
In the darkness the Colonel could
see the dim outlines of the sentry with
his rifle leveled. ,
"And I didn't loiter,' the officer de
clared. "I fairly tumbled off that
horse and advanced. I doubt if any
suspicious characters get into camp
through the lines."
TOTAL PHI!
COUNTY MORE THAN
nine
111
The total wealth of Lenoir county
asid from property assessed by tb.6
Corporation "Commission is ' $7,748,
106, acooidmg to Register of Debris
Pridgoriwho has jast finished bti
Inting the taxlisters abstracts. With
Hi '(poration values added the. to-,
tal will be in excess flf nine millions.
Of the $7,748,100, $4,08C,71 is real
tuwl 2,701,415 personal property.
The total wealth of Kinston whites
is " $3,433,4if;o and of Kinston color
ed people $252,490, aside from Corpo
ration values. ... : '
IMPEACHMENT CHARGES t
VS. MARSHALL DROPPED
, , '
- - A-
(By the United Press) .
Washington.' Au-j. 4.-Th.e- House
Judiciary committee today decided to
drop the impeachment charges against
District Attorney . Marshall of New
Xork, brought .by Representative Bu
chanan, who was indicted by a New
York grand jury in connection with
the labor peace council's - activities
and German propaganda. ' .
STRIKE 0' TRAINMEN
IT SO LIKELY, IS
OPINION CHAMBERS
(By the Unrted Press)
Washington, Aug. 4. Judge
Chambers of the U. S. tymrd of
Mediation and Conciliation today
conferred with thc President over
the threatened strike of 400,000
trainmen. lie said the situation
in aet as serioua as - claimed.
' The Senate Interstate Commerce
Committee also discuHHed the im
pending fllrikc, v
Hot air is tho motive power that
operates the human talking machine.
CONGRESS SETS ANEW ;
RECORD APPROPRIATIONS
Washington, Aug. 3. Appropria
tions of the present Congress passetf -the
$1,500,000,000 mark today and'
set. a new record. The bill for sup
pott of tha District of 'Columbia csr-
ied tho appropriations over th pre- x
vious mark. Leaders expoct , appro
priations of another hundred millions
before adjournment.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
TWENTY-EIGHT DEAD rs'
KENTUCKY FLOOD. ' '
Middlcboro, Ky Aug. 4.- Re- -ports
from the Blair's Creek dis
trict fix the death list from yes
twjay'g flood at 28. The proper
ty damage was two flour mills,
two storehouses and fire dwell
in gsend crops and livestock were
4ost ' ''
TORNADO IN MINNESOTA. ,
; St Paul, Minn Aag. 4-Uuild-ings
were wrecked aad blown
' across railroad tracks, and . cryp
- damage estimated - at I a million,
resulted from - a .tornado this'
morning .in Southern Canada and.
Northern Minnesota. The Crook -nton,'
Minn,, district .was the , .
heaviest hit. It .ia believed ko
lirea were lost, .... , ,
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