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VOL. XVHI-rN. 58." IF smmr. t rv. Strike Uallot Announcement iiiiadiperm 0BIAW;lIIB!IEDMflNSffl Representatives of Trainmen, Enginemen, Conductors iandFireroen and ItaUroads Great Labor Battle Would paralyze Xralqc AJU .Uvr Country and Have Verylar Reaching Effects on Other Lines of .Industry Men To- day Are Prepared to Walk Out Unless Something JTranspire to Change pension Acquiescence Tremor dously Expensive to Employers (By tha, ' New York, Aug; 7. (Jrimly determined, the railroad brotherhoods are ioday prepared for the strike which, unless heroic efforts avail, will paralyze 250,000 miles of railway fines. .. Announcement of the result of the strike ballot will ibe made tomorrow at a meeting of the officials of the brotherhoods and railroads; ' , Unless the roads grantthe men's demands, the most disastrous nd far-reaching industrial battle in the Na tion's history is likely. The railroads say acquiescence means one lun(ked jailliona of dollars additional a year. Mi AMERICANISM (Uy tb United Pta) -, ifieitoitMiAug.- 7 Kepublican KiHUAee IIugkeB' first appeal fr wtes otTkis tour of Speaking ir -far AaiMCMwaai. Ajl. expreaaion of hope of a gettinff-toether pi , it between capiUl aad. labor, and endorsement of the natioaal ;WHMt (pt the welfare f Af- -rkt worker. CHASE DESPAIR AND INTO THE Fitst of Lanterns at Wrlghtaville Will Jk' Novel and Spectacular Brilliant Illumination of BeacK Re rt Town on. August 18 art(l 18 (Special to The Free Press) Wtightsville Beach,, Aug. 7."-Letx tera eved here indicate that many I"5 from as far away as Alaba a will attend the Feast of Lanterna' w rhtsvil!e Beach August 17th i 18th. ; v Tiis event has' developed into nn annual celebration of large propor tions and its varied attractions, to-j aether with the spirit f unreserved gatety and fun which characterizes it; each yac drawing larger crowds J 4 he Feast of Lanterns this year -will Ay far edipse all former attempts. ! ihe tremendous parade of lanterns the wake of the monstrous ilium-: iwtcd dragon, which will chase Gloom nd Despair the entire length of the Wach and forever, fcanish 4hn, will nd when those in the procession dis band to witness-the most nii.i.la,. Tlvrn t r.; j: i . . i North Carolina, which exhibition will eontinue the allegorical idea of the Prade in celebrating the enthroning of the ten beautiful queens of Happi ness. - ' ;' Other features will be illuminated boat parades canoe-racing, shooting oreasers, May-pole ; dance, chil dren's parade, concerts dancing, wnquet of mayors, acrobatic stunts nd many other features ' There will something interesting every min ?te of the two days. V v : .;- (The railroads hare given exception "r low rate, and the people of North rohna, and other Southern SUtes expected here by the thousands. FRENCH SOCIALISTS y WONT JOIN GERMAN . (By tlM Unltd Preai) . pris, Aug. 7Bt a bii? frnch Congress of Socialists dJ T2 rea" relations with the an ,Sodalifit. ... SECOND EDITION Tomorrow at Meeting United Fnm) - " :-.::S- WORK KEEPS YOUNG FOLKS OUT OF k, OVERMAN DECLARES s Fewer Get In 4 Prison in North Carolina Than In Most Other States, Sena tor Says-Give Mill Men Time, Argues (By the United Press) Wiashinkr'ton, Aug; 7. Senator Overman of North Carolina in attack ing the child labor . legislation today said work kept fjme children out of Less children under fourteen and sixteen are jailed in North Carolina, where they work, than in 45 other States, he said. 'The least we can do is to give the mill owners two years' in which to adjust their plants to new conditions, he said. KANSAS NOMINATES WOMAN FOR SEAT IN (By thi United Prea) ' Topeka, Kan., Aug. 7. Unoffl cial returns today indicate that Dr. Eva Harding has been nomi nated by, the Kansas Democrats for Congress. She U the firat wo man in history to be named for Congress. ; t She is thought tohave a ma jority of 600 over Rev. Herbert Corwin. Both are Topekans. SPEEDERS HELD UP BY POLICE DETAI FOR A (By tb United Preat) -BalUmore, Aug. 7. With over $2,000 on his person, Joseph Ad ima, who claims to be cashier of the Chesapeake & Ohio, at Char lottesville, V, fa held here for the Charlottesville authorities. ' Adams admits be took the mon ey from the railroad company. ' Ernest L. Thnrston, 33, wh gave his addrrss as Richmond, Va fa abo held. The men were arrest ', ed for speeding. - ODEATHS SUNDA AT CAWPOLENN, OF THEM A SUICIBEflN - IhG OFFENSIVE Private Bacon of Third In f antry Shoots Himsel Through Head Cook Second Regiment Dies Iulmonary Trouble (SjM!cial to The Firee Press) Morehead City, Aug. 7. Lydall Bacon, a private of the Third Infan try from Henderson, suicided at 'Camp Glenn yesterday by shooting himself with a rifle. Bacon .probably had se cured the cartridges on the rifls range ine regulation army weapon was ised. The tragedy occurred in a tent the ccnpany street of C Compa ny. Ihe bullet went through the head. Bacon was 32 years old. He was morose over his inability to get out of the service. The man was well-connected, and ft cousin of his company commander, Captain Jenk ins. Tha remains' were sent to Wil son for interment. "' . 3?ock Head, a cook of Company D, Second infantry, whoso home is at Goldsboro, died Sunday morning from hemorrhage of the lungs. Head was 32 years old and was serving in his second enlistment.". The remains, ac companied by a detail to act as a fu neral escort, were. sent to Goldsboro SOLDIER PEGGED OUT BY HIGHWfiYMEN, SAID E. M. Jar-vis, a private of' the Sec ond Infantry, who was found In a road between Morehead City and1 Camp-Glenn Saturday, having laid for five hours, it is said, following an at tack upon him by negroes, was here for several months some time ago. Jarvis, a member of a company from Eaeiord and having residence in Washington, was here with a uni formed hand of relief workers. He changed his uniform for the soldier's olive drab when the National Guard asked for recruits. The assailants of Jaryis are thought to have been highwaymen. - '' ? REAL LIVE MODELS IN FALL BATHING SUITS By the United Press) Chicago, Aug. 7. Live models the livest of whom wore bathing suits and were exhibited in a special fountain characterized the fall style show of the Chicago Garment Manufacturers' Association which opened today and will continue all week. Wholesalers' invitations to buyers to attend the show at Bismarck gar dens dwelt particularly upon the group of feminine .swimmers in up- to-the minute bathing costumes. Why no one knew and none seemed to car, the hathing suit display for fall wear It was a great attraction. m i iu cirre to a ttd m r. I QIW OULD JTAfULIUlUli ORDER FOR HURT HE SUSTAINED IN LODGE G. V. Cowjr, Esq., will leave to night for Plymouth, Washington coun ty, to appear in personal injury suit in whkV a man named Ange is the plaintiff and the Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the World defendant The suit, Mr. Cowper believes, is the first of the kid ever instituted in the State. ' Ange declares he was permanently injured in an initiation in which an electrical appliance was used. - The nature of the. appliance is not stip ulated. He asks $3,000. The "order is foreign corporation, and hence cannot be sued for a greater sum in the State courts. If injury resulted to Ange, the defendant is understood to contend, it was from misuse "of the initiation device by the local camp t Plymouth and the instructions of the Sovereign Camp for its employment; were not followed closely." ... KINSTON, JN. C- MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1916 OTSil DNE STEPICONTRIBUTIONS FOR ONEMHER TO VICTORY Colonials' On High Ground Overlooking Bapeume, in Objective Point Fortify ground gained German Resistance Melts Under Stream of Fire From-Allied GunsStiff Fighting In Eastern The ater, Reported (By the United Press) Berlin, Aug. 7. By successful counter attacks the Germans have regained a portion of the Pozie res trenches, it is officially stated. London, Aug. 7. Tha important ridge west of Martinpuich is now firmly in British hands. The English have entrenched on the newly-won heights. The Australians now over look a slope rolling away to the city of E'-'psume, immediate objective of the offensive, less than seven miles away. Strong defenses of the village of Courocletto are being pulverized by terrific fire from the British guns. Martinpuich has been under a system atic fire since Saturday, when the British began bathing three miles of the German front with a stream of The Teutons are attempting to re sume the initiative from Volhynia to Bukowina, with Von Hindenburg in supreme command. Despite counters, ! $ie glavs crossed streams and took six villages,' Tho ; Austrian ' again countered, however, and the outcome! till is doubtful. The Turks have been driven ; back eighteen miles east of the Suez. German Counters Checked. Paris, Aug. 7.Two violent German attacks northeast of Verdun were cheeked today. The Germans Were repulsed in the sectors of Thiaumont, Vaux and Ohapitre, it is ofiiciallyde- elared. Intense artillery fighting is in progress on the Somme front. Six German aeroplanes and two balloons were brought down today. BULLETINS (By the United Press) STEAMER SUNK, v '. Barcelona, Spain,' Aug. 7. Bri--tkh steamer Mount Coniston fa reported here to have been sunk without warning. The officers and 25 of the crew were saved. SLAVS "CONTINUE ' ApVANCE Petrograd, Aug. 1j In the face f stubborn reetwUnce, the Lem bcrg advance continues. Strong Austrian positions south of Bro dy have been captured. Fierce Jiayonet 'fighting is occurring in iwamps along' the Sereth river . nd in woods, in bad weather. Se vere lighting is in' progress a Ion if the whole Caucasus front, BEAUFORT CASHIER IS REPORTED TO BE SHORT IN ACCOUNTS '; . (By the Eastern Press) Washington, N. C, Aug. 7. A Beaufort report says Thomas Thom- , for 15 years cashier of the Bank of Beaufort, is charged with a short age of from $10,000 to $25,000. and that T. A. Uztoll of New Bern, tha president, has taken ' charge-of the bank as cashier. Thomas, it is said, declines to make any statement There is no ex citement and depositors seem to 'be m nt fear of losing their funds. The alleged shortage is unexplained, but it is believed Thomas has lost in speculations. " , . , '" 1 STATE ilOOD, FUND CONTINUE COIIE FIN Numerous Contributors But No Large Sum Added to Kinston's Donation, Now $758J4More Contribu- tions Are Needed .Seven dollars and eventy-threq cents was all contributed to the State Flood SuJrercrs' Fund: through the" local committee in tno 48 hours end ing at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Of this only 2 -was donated by a white person. Color 1, contributors num be red many, and the small amounts that they gave made a total of $5.73. The committee is still hoping that the thousand-collar mark may , ' be reached he-. Several towns of ? the size m iEjt Carolina have eclipsed Kipston in contributions, and the com mittee is hopeful that the less than $250 need to reach the goal et will be forthcoming. , In the State, ths fund . by Sun day night had passed $35,008, 'Contribtitions here since reported Saturday were: Previously reported ,..$750.41 Capt G. D. Hawks ,.r 2.00 I;sciples church, (colored) through Edith Mirrill . ... :. . 1.58 Ilandsd in by Dr. Codrington, colored, to The Free Press, donations from colored per- oris:''": . ' ' Mrs. Rosa A. Jones , . .10 Paul A. Hodges ' 4 . .25 Arthur Williams .. 10 Jane Pollard . , .10 J. It. Edwards .. , i . . .25 Edgar Brown ................. .25 Sam Giles , ,.. . ,25 E. J. Blount .25 Garfield Kornegay .25 Ccsh .. .35 St. John's Free Will Baptist Sun day scfiool 1.00 Mrs. Lorenza Isir . , ... . ... .25 T. H. Isler ..V, ........ .75 Grand total to date,. $758.14 NUMBER t INFANTILE S HEATHS REACH HIG FIGURE More Than 1,100 Now, or About vOne out of Every Five, Cases -Philadelphia Alarmed ; Closes Moving Picture Shows (By the United Press) New York, Aug. 7 There were 145 new cases of infantile paralysis today, making the total over 5,000, and the deaths over cloven hundred. Now York, Aug. 5. Thirty-three ninths were caused by infantile par alysis here during tho 21-hour perrrl r.ding at 10 a. m. today, a decrease rf eight from the record of the pre vious day New cases of the disease repovted rnmbered 192, an increase of 24 over the previous period. Philadelphia Uneasy. Philadelphia, Aug. 7. Infantile '.pa ralysis is growing here at an alarm inj rate. The movies are closed to children under sixteen. . HOSPITALITY HAIR CUT AND NO BARBER IN IT (By the United Press) Houston, Tex., Aug. 7. Houston today claims the long distance hos pitality championship. A company of New York militia was passing a fire station during an exercise stroll while firemen . were shearing a horse with electric clip pers. One of the Guardsmen, whose head was hot beneath a heavy thr.tch, broke ranks and asked for a haircut. Not only was he accommodated but also a score of his fellow militiamen and it didn't cost 'em a ceit. . PARALVSI FOUR PAGES TODAY KINSTON BAPTISTS PRESENT CALL W. MARSHALL CRAIG Ask Well Known South Ca rolina Young Minister to Take Pastorate of First Church HereAction . Is Unanimous The congregation of the First Bap tist church here Sunday unanimously voted to call to the pastorate Rev. W, Marshall Craif? of Anderson, S. C.,"as successor to Rev. C. W'. Blanchard, resigned. The call was forwarded by telegraph, with letters to follow. No word hns been hal from, Mr.- Craig to indicate whether or not he will ac copt. Itcv. Marshall 'Craig is a young ministar, in his"twentis, it is under tooi. ' He wan until t'?cently aasist ant to the pastor of the First EMpWst church at Wilmington. "If he devel ops to bo only Oi-re-qiia-ter as good ha he is reported tc b, wc would be sat- sfied with him," one msmlver of the ocal church said today, The church here would afford quite an important pastorate for the young South Carolinian.' The local congrc. gation is one of the most influential in North Carolina. i .... ALLIED LOSE HOPE ROUMANIA, REP'RT'D 'allure of Enemies at Buch arest and Fact That Brit ish Are "Not, Gaining Give Berlin Populace New Confidence (By the United Press) Berlin, Aug. 7. Failure of tha Dri tiah to make any important headway in the great Somme offonsive, and the defeat of the Allied diplomats in Roumanifl, inspired tha public to fresh ennfidenctf today. Reports from Bucharest and Vien- m DIPLOMATS na indicate that the Balkan situation The others, it, 1s. believed, will follow) -x tt favorable to the Central powers. , All employes of the subway and er The Allies ane said now to have prac- evaied roads were increased one del ticaliy discontinued thoir efforts in lar a day beginning yesterday. -Routr.ania. I " , , . i ; .' HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPCED AND SENILE CATS, ETC (By the United Press, Cleveland, O., Aug.-'7. Crippled and senita cats and dogs will soon have a home here. The Cleveland An- BRITISH EXPECTED SOI REVERSES IN. BIG DRIVErBEGINNlNfi ftY, Sp A IVAR EXPERT; OFFENSIVE 1 S Sl!0 W, BUT SURE By JOHN BUC1IAN, England's Foremowt Writer on Mili tary Affairs. (Written for the United '"Press) . London, Aug. 7. When the bom bardmeht ceased on the morning of July 1st, and the Allied troops left their trenches in the big push on a 25-milc front, they did not expect an evert and steady advance. , A rigid line of German fortifica tions stretches from Nieuport to the Alps.. There are no gaps. The de fense has its first position, consisting Kof several trench lines; an intermedi ate position, and a second and final position some way back, of the same type as the first The labors of 18 months have made each position a. mi racle of human ingenuity a - laby rinth of trenches and a subterranean eity cf dug-outs. - -! V Na such fiM; can be broken', at the first attempt. ' " 1 " . - We are only at the beginning of the PRICE TWO CENTS ' FIVE CENTS ON TKAlNS THIRD STATE 1IIGII. iHOOLMiENOlR TO HE At MOSS HILL '. '' '-"'f. ' y i?T'v mmmm ' '-' :tt & Consolidation of Several JtoK ral Schools Is Pfacticajly , Certain Brick Building To He Erected; May Cost $5,000 - The County Board of Education to y discussed plans for a new Stat iph school at Moss Hill to replace tha group center school there. The high school is virtually assured;' funds enough to secure the State's aid-have boen provided by the county, members 1 pf the board said today. Conaelida- tion of several schools will be affect ed. No public transportation system is contemplated yet. The building" probably of brick, vill cost aboui , $5,000. Four or five teachers wH,b, employed. The Moss Hill school has long been one of the most ontcrprising m tha county. It will be tho site of the third State high school in Lenoir. Such -institutions are now located at LaGrango and Pink Hill, is allowed four. ' ' Tho county CAR PHILADELPHIA STRIKF RFfflMFS A THREATENING MIR (By tha "United Pre) Philaddphla, 1 Aug. 7-Five hun dred carmen will be on strike here by i o'clock, and at least one' thousand. third of tho entire forco, Is expect-1 ed to quit. Tho men demand an In- crease' of wages and recognition of " the union. t, t , ti . Mew York Strike' Seems About i ito End.. . ... , . .: New York, Aug. ?.-Thc end' of the' street car strike is in sight. One -of , i the companies has agreed to rocog- . r.itc the union and increase wages. imul Protective Association, having just raised ,$D,00(), is spending it for a home for domestic animal waifs. . There will bs a hospital, an ' ambu- ' !ance to chase after cat and dog Vic-' tims, ami an electric chair to end the miseries of "the incurable. The hos pital will be kept open night and day. .- ? i-i.-ji...;.:. .4--.. -i' x-y'-r: greatest battle in history, tt will be a slow and costly fight, for Ger many knows it k her last etand. Tha Allies will pursue thek pjan soberly and methodically, with ho attempt at blind rushes or wild ventures. The German man-power is shrinking low.' They have been compelled to Isend di visions from Verdun to help Hlnden burg against Russia, and in providing reserves for tho present battle they ire driven to scrape ' up battalions from every part of their western front. Reserves obtained in this way. men already wearied with much fight- mg, must inevitably be a frail reedi to lean upon. ' One battalion hurried' jp from the south was captured in tact by the British an hour or two after It had detrained. I; ; A French officer who was asked ' iboot guns, replied: "We do not want guns. Krupp can manufacture thera faster than we can take them. ', But Krupp cannot manufacture men. L
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