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RAILROAD
IE DEMAND , FOR HUNDRED MILLIONS PER
ADfilTlGNAL
Strike Ballot Announcement
ANNLJ
Representatives of Trainmen, Engincmen, .Conductors
and Firemen and Railroads
Paralyze Traffic All Over. Countryand Have Very Far
Reaching Effects pa Other Lines of Industry-Mcn To
day Are Prepared to Walk OuV Unless Something
Transpires to Change Decision Acquiescence Tremen
dously Expensive to Employers
J$y tin
New York, Aug. 7. Grimly determined, the railroad
brotherhoods are today prepared for the strike which,
unless" heroic efforts avail, will paralyze 250,000 miles of
railway lines. V
Announcement of the result of the strike ballot will
? be made tomorro Wat a ' meeting of the officials of the
brotherhoods and railroads. fv
Unless he roads grant the men's demands, the most
disastrous and far-reaching industrial battle in the Na
tion's history is likely. The railroads say acquiescence
means 6ne hundred millions "of dollars additional a year.
hues BEGINS HIS
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PLEA AMERICANISM
fjif tfea United nraa)'. 1
' Btrojt, Vug. 7. Republican
Jflomtiiee TInghes first appeal for
- wifea ob his lour 'if Speaking for
the iiredidfeiey 'here 'ww aplea
, for Americanism." An expression
'. of hope of a getting-together a'pl
rit between capital and labor,
' and endorsement' of the National
demerit for the welfare ef Af-
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OD OLD DRA0N TO
HASE JESPAIR AND ,
(iOOMjuNT
Feast of Lanterns at Wrightsville
Wifl Be Novel and r Spectacular
Brllliunt Illumination of Beach Re
sort Town on August 18 and 18
(Special to The Free Press)
Wrightsville Beach, Aug. 7. Let
ters received here indicate that many
persons from as far away as Alaba
ma' ijil attend the feast of Lanterns
tfTxigitsville Beach August 17th
Hif 18th.
This event has developed, into an
annual celebration of large propor
tions and its varied attractions, to
gether with the spirit of unreserved
gaiety and fun Which characterizes it',
M each year drawing larger crbwds;
by far eclipse all former attempts. ''
The Feast of Lanterns this" year will
The tremendous pacado of lanterns
in the wake of the monstrous illum
inated dragon, which will ihase doom
nd Despair the n tire length of the
eacfh and forever tbaniah them, will
end when those in the procession dis
tend to witness the most spccUcular
pyrotechnic ; display ever given .- iri
Norft Caroliha.whieh exhibition "will
continue the allegorical idea of the
parade in celebrating the enthroning
of the ten beautiful queens of Happi-1
ness. ..
Othe4- features, will be illuminated
boat parades, canoc-raemg. , shooting
the breakers, May-pole dance, chil
dren's I parade, ' concerts, dancing,
banquet of mayors, acrobatic etunts
nd many other features. There will
be something intrestingVery min
ute of the two days.
The railroads have given Weption
"y low rates and the people of North
Carolina and other. Southern States,
re expected here by the thousands.
FRENCH SOCIALISTS
; WONT JOIN (MIAN
(By the United Preai)
Pri, Aug. 7By a big vote today
?French Congress of Socialists de
Hot to na, relation, with the
vrman Socialist. - " ,
MAKE
FIRST EDITION
DETERf.IIN D TO OUIT
IS WOT MET BY Ri R.'S
Tomorrow at : Meeting ; of
Great Labor Battle Would
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United Fw)
WORK KEEPS
FOLKS OUT OF JAIL,
Fewer liet in rnson in
North Carolina Than In
Most Other States, Sena
tor Says-rJGive Mill Men
Time, Argues r
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(By the United Press)
Washinjg'ton : Augv 7. Senator
Overman of North Carolina in attack
ing the child labor legislation today
said work kept me children out of
jail
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 the United Press)
Topeka, Kan, Aug. 7. Unoffi-
v
cial returns today Indicate that
Dr. Eva Harding has been nomi
nated 4y4he Kansas Democrats
for Congress. She Is the first Wo
man in history to be named for
Congress. '
She is thought to have a ma
jority f 600 over Rev. Herbert
Corwin. Both are Topekans.
SPEEDERS HELD UP
BY POLICE DESTINED
FOR A BIG ROBBERY
(By th United Frew)
Baltimore, Aug. T. Wita over
$2,000 on his personJoseph Ad
ams, who claims to be cashier of
the Chesapeake k. Ohio, at Char
lottesville. Va, la held here for
the Charlottesville' authorities.
Adama admits he took the toon
ey from the railroad company.
Ernest L. Thurston, 33, who gave
hia addreaa aa Richmond, Va-, la
also held. The men were arrest
DECLARES
ed for speeding.
TWO DEATHS SUNDAY
AT CAMP GLENN, ONE
OF THEM A SUICIDE
Private Bacon of Third In
fantry Shoots Himself
Through Head Cook of
Second Regiment Dies of
Pulmonary Trouble
(Special to The 'Free, Press)
Moreheod City, Aug. 7. Lydalf
Bacon, a private of the Third Infan
try frcm Henderson, suicided at Camp
Glenn yesterday by shooting himself
with a rifle. Bacon probably had se
cured the cartridges on the rifle range.
The nijfulation army weapon w
used. The tragedy occurred in a tent
in the C(npany street of C Compa
ny. The bullet went through the
head. Bacon was 32 years old. He
was morose over his inability to fret
out of the Service. The man was
well-connected, and a cousin of his
company commander, Captain Jenk
ins. The remains were sent to Wil
son for interment.
Dock Head, a cook of Company D,
Second infantry, whose home is at
Coldsboro. died Sunday morning from
a hemorrhage of the lungs. Head was
32 years old and was serving jn his
second enlistment. The remains, ac
companied by a detail to act as a fu
neral escort, were sent to Goldsboro.
S0LIDIER PEGGED OUT
BY HIGHWAYMEN, SAID
E. M. Ja'rvis, a private of the Sec
ond Infantry, who Wa3 found in a
road between Morehead City and
Oamp Clenri Saturday, having laid for
five hours, it Is said, following an at
tack upon 'Mm by negroe3, was here
for several months some time ago.
Jarvis, a member of a company from
Raoford and having iresidence in
Washington, was here with a uni
formed band 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 swimmer 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. "
MAN SUES FRATERNAL
- ORDER FOR HURT HE
SUSTAINED IN LODGE
G. V. Coww, Esq., will leave to
night for Plymouth, Washington coun
ty, to try a novel personal injury suit
in whiV a man named Ange is the
plaintiff and the Sovereign Camp of
ths Woodmen of the World defendant
The suit, Mr. Cowper believes, is the
first of the kid ever instituted in the
Stated , ' "' ' . ", -;
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 a-foreign corporation, and hence
cannot be sued tor 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 at
Plymouth and the instructions of the
Sovereign Camp for its employment ;
were not followed closely.
KINSTON, N. O, MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 1916
ONE STEP
NEARER TO VICTORY
Colonials On High Ground
Overlooking Bcpeumc,
Objective Point
try . ,
FORTIFY GROUND GAINED
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German Resistance Melts
Under . Stream of Fire
.From Allied Guns Stiff
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 Pozic
res trenches, it is officially stated.
London, Aug. 7. The important
ridge west of Martinpuich is now
firmly in British hands. The English
have entrenchad on the newly-won
heights. The Australians now over
look a slope rolling away to the city
of E'jpsume, immediate objective of
the offensive, less than seven miles
away. '
Strong defenses of the village of
Courocletto are boing pulverized by
terrific fire from the ritish guns.
Martinpuich has been uutler a system
atic fire since Saturday, when the
British began bathing thee miles of
the German front with a stream of
fire.
The Teutons are attempting to re
sume the initiative from Volsynia to
Bukowina, with Von Hindenburg in
upreme command. Despite counters,
the Slavs crossed streams and took
six villages. The Austrians again
countered, however, and the outcome
till is doubtful."
The Turks have been driven back
eighteen miles Cast of the Suez.
WANT TO SEE IF THE t
PEOPLE LINE LOWERING
INCOME EXEMPTIONS
Washington, Aug. 6 Democrats of
the Senate Finance Committee who
voted yesterday to lower the income
tax exemptions in the irevenue bill
are anxiously waiting to hear ' from
the country on the recommendation
which will be submitted to a party
caucus sometime this week for appro
val. Protests against it already have
been heard within the party. Its pro
ponents will use as one argument a
suggestion from President Wilson in
his annual message to the Sixty
fourth Congress for a ' reduction in
the exemption.
The amendment ould lower the
exemption for persons with families
from $4,000 to $3,00b and for single
persons from $3,000 to $2,000,
PHILADELPHIA CAR
STRIKE BECOMES A
THREATENING AFA1R
(By the United Press)
Philadelphia, Aug. 7. Jive hun
dred carmen will be on strike here by
3 o'clock, and at' least one thousand,
a third of the entire force, is expect
ed to quit. The men demand an in
crease of wages end recognition of
fhc union. r:. -1
New York Strike Seema About
to End. - ... X '
New York, Aug. 1 The end of the
street car strike is in sight One of
the companies has agreed to recog
nize the union and increase .wages.
The others, it is believed, will follow.
'AH employes of the subway and el
evated roads were increased one dol
lar a day beginning yesterday. ;
FAriflUS LONDON CHURCH
CALLS I0Vi nrnsTER
London, Aug. 6. Dr. Joseph F.
Now tin of Cedar Rapids, la., has been
' I to accept the ministry of the
ORITISI
INFANTILE
PARALYSIS DEATHS
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more man l.iuu xnow, or
V m mi a a e r
About One 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, ami the
deaths over c)even hundred.-
New York, Aug. 6. Thirty-three
ai'uths were caused by infantile par
u'ysls here during the 24-hour peri ri
vling at 10 a. m. today, a decrease
r eight from the record of the pre
vious day Ntw cases of the disease
-po.'ted l umbered l!)2,' an SncreaH'
of 24 over the, previous period.
Philndelphia Uncaay.
Philadelphia, Aug. 7. Infantile (pa
ralysis is growing here at an alarm
ing rate. The movies aTe closed to
children und.T sixteen.
MORE HARVARD STUDES
JOIN AVIATION SQUAD
(By United Press)
Mineola, N. Y., August 7 Seven
more Harvard students .joined the
aviation squad at the Thomas and
Wright flying schools at 'Mineola and
Ithaca, today. k
The recruits were chosen by. th
Harvard undergraduates' aero train
ng fund committee.
HOSPITALITY HAIR CUT
AND NO B ARBER IN IT
(By the United Press)
Houston, Tex., Aug. 7. Houston
today claims the long distance hos
pitality championship.
A company of, Now York militia
. v
was passing n hre station during an
exercise stroll whilo . firemen were
shearing a horse with electric clip
para. One of the tiuardsmen, whoso
head was hot beneath a heavy tlintch,
broke ranks and asked for a haircut
Noj, only was he aaeommodatod but
Iso a score of hie fellow militiamen
and it didn't cost 'cm a c3:it.
HERE'S TO THE PORK
CHOP; LONG MAY IT
WAVE; BUTCHERS MEET
(By the United Press)
Omaha, Nob., Aug. 7. That the
ays of the beefsteak shall bo Jong
in the land and the festive porkchop
wave forever was the pica today 'of
the United Master Butchers' Aaaoci.i-
tion of America, which began its an
nual convention here this afternoon.
Contending . that dessicated hear.3
or petrified ccrn-husks never can
take the place of meat, the organiza
tion members planned today to con
tinue a quiet, thorough-going fight
against vegetarianism. The conven
tion will close August 11.
HUGHES' AR LOOKED
OVER BY A SOLDIER
(By the United Press)
Niagara Falls, N. Y., Aug. 6 Chas.
E. Hughes, westward bound on the
first trip of his presidential , cam
paign, spent today at Niagar4. Falls.
Mr. Hughes and his wife went for a
long motor ride in Canada this after
noon. During the automobile ride xin
Canada, at a lonely spot, a Canadian
soldier with fixed bayonet ordered the
driver to halt, and searched the car
for explosives. ; The soldier, ' when
told of Mr. Hughes' identity, replied
with a grin that he was sorry, but
military rules made no exception.
City Temple, afteij filling the pulpit
of the famous church in a manner
highly gratifying to his congregations
during the first two Sundays of the
month. ' - ..- ' , . ,
FOUR PAGES TODAY
BAPTISTS
PRESENT CALL REV;
W. MARSHALL C
Ask Well Known South Ca
rolina Young Minister to
Take Pastorate of First
Church Here Action Is
Harmonious
'The congregation of the First Baft
tist church here Sunday unanimously
voted to call to the pastorate Rev. W.
Marshall Craig of Anderson, S. C, as
successor to Rev. C. W. Blanchard,
resigned. The call was forwarded by
telegraph, with letters to. follow. No
word has .been had from Mr. Craig
to indicate whether or not he will ac
cept. ,.,
Kcv. Marshall Iraig is a young
minister, in his twenties, it is under-
tood. He was until wontly' assist
ant to the paster of the First EMptist
church at Wilmington. "If ho devel
ops to be only one-qr.?'-tcr as good as
bd is reported tr- bo, we would be sat'
isfied with him." -Mie member of the
local church saif today.
The church here would afford quite
an important pastorate for the young
South Carolinian. The local congre
gation is qno of the most influential
in North Carolina. .& , .
ALLIED DIPLOMATS
LOSE HOPE : WINNING
ROUMANIA, R'EPRT'B
Failure of Enemies at Buch
arest and Fact That Brit
ish Ar "Not Gaining'
Give Berlin Populace New
Confidence
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Aug. 7 Failure of the Bri
tish to make any important headway
in the great Somme offensive, and the
defeat of the Allied diplomats In
Mournania, inspired the public to
fresh confidence today. f
Reports from Bucharest and Vien
na :n;!ieatc that the Balkan situation
favorable to the Central powers.
The Allies ars said now to have prac-!
ca'ly discontinued their efforts in
Koitniania. ,
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HOSPITAL FOR CRIPPLED
AND SENILE CATS, ETC
(By the United Press,
Cleveland, p., Aug. 7. Crippled
and senile cats and dogs will soon
have a homo here. The Cleveland An-
BRITISH EXPECTED SOME REVERSES IN;
BIG DRIVE; BEGINNING ONLY; iSAYS A WAR
EXPERT; OFFENSIVE IS
By JOHN BUCHAN.
England's Foremost Writer on Mili
tary Affairs.
(Written for the United Press)
London, Aug. 7. When the bom
bardment ceased on the morning of
July 1st, and the Allied troops left
their trenches in the big push on a
25-mile front, they did not expect an
even 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
of several trench lines; an intermedi
ate position, and a second and final
position some way back, of the same
type as the first. The laHors of 13
months have made each position a mi
racle of human ingenuity-- laby
rinth of trenches and a subterranean
city cf dng-out. : ;
,No auch fi'u can be l.-oken at
e f!rit attempt. " -We
are only at the beginning of the
rnins TWO CENTS f t
. FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
MID STATE HIGH
S
CIIOOL FOR-LENOIR
TO BE AT MOSS HILL
Consolidation of Several Ru
ral Schools Is Practically
Certain Brick : Building
To Be Erected ; May Cost
' $5:000 '
The. County Board of Education to
day discussed plans for a new State
high school at Moss Hill o replace" the .
group center school there. The 'high .
school is virtually assured; funds
enough to secure the State's aid have
been provided by the county! members y
of the board said today. Consolida
tion of several schools Will be affect
ed. No public transportation system
is contemplated yet The building,','
probably of brick,- wall oet about
$5,000. Four or five teachers will ha
employed-
The Moss Hill school has long been
one of the most enterprising in the
county. It will be the site . of the
third State high school in Lenoir.,
Such institutions are now located at .
LaGrnnge and Pink Hill. The county
is allowed four.
BAKER BEGINS FIGHT-s
ON HAY AMENDMENT
Washington, Aug. 4. Secrttary
Baker, with the eupport, it la under
stood, of President Wilson, has r
gently , requested the ; Senate ifd
House conferees on the army appro
priation hill, to reconoidw their deci
sion accepting representative "Jay's
amendment , to the ircvised articles of
War, Which would exempt from" the
military criminal code officers and n- -Hstcd
men on the retired list '' -j;
OS INYESTlGAtlNC '
LETIMBRO'S SINKING
. Washington, - Aug. 4. American ..
consuls, in Italy were directed today to
renort on tee circumsuuvcoa , unaer
which the Italian mail steamer ltinv
iro was shelled and sunk by a subma
rine in the Mediterranean. Dispatch
es from London yesterday ald the
submarine continued firing after the
linnr had stopped, and that maftyt
members df tho passengers and crew,
were believed' to have lost their lives.
" . . I :
imal Protective Association, having
just raised $5,000, i fcpendlng it for
a home for domestic animal -waifs,
There will be a hospital, an ambu ,
lance to chase after catand dog vic
tims, and an electric; chair to end the - -miseries
of the incurable. Th Jhos a
pital will be kept open night and
day.'" '. - -. V
SLOW, BUT SURE.
greatest battle in history, tt will"
be a slow and costly fight, for Ger
many knows it is her last stand. The
Allies will pursue their plan Soberly
and methodically, with no attempt at ,
Hind rushes or wild vonturea. The;,
German man-power is shrinking tow;
They have been compelled to eend di
visions from Verdun to help Hinden
burg against Russia, and in providing
reserves for the present battle they
are driven to scrape 'up battalions
from every part . of their ' western -front.
Reserves obtained in this way,'
men already wearied with much fight
ing, must inevitably be a frail reed
lo lean upon. One battalion hurried
op from the south was captured in
tiwt. by the British an hour of two
after it had detrained. ; . ''.
A, French officer who was aske4
about guns, replied: "We do not want
t
guns. Krupp can manufacture them
faster thanwe can take them. But
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