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FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, UESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
EMPLOYES OF; RAILROADS DON'T WELCOME
ATTACK ON HUGHES BERLIN: NEWSPAPER
FEWsJHORE DL LARS GERMANS RECAPT'RE
CITY TO HAVE ONLY
ONE POLICE CHIEF;
IDEA OF INVESTIGATION.OF TROUBLE BY
BY REP. HARRISON; SAYS BEMEN LOST
ADDED TO FUB FOR
WEST CAROWIANS
STRONG REDOUBT AT
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COM'ISSIOPf, SAY
IS DEFENDED ON WAY D AMERICA
TllfAUM'NT, ADMIT'D
COUNCIL'S DECISION:
Government Intervention and Arbitration Not Favored
Not Opposed to Principle But Dissatisfied with Recent
Awards-rPresidf nts of Brotherhoods, and Representa-
lives yi.iiuan.y a it-uaus in unuea places iuee.i.W.is-
cuss Workers'. Demands or Wage Increases Totalling
Hundred Million Dollars a Year, EtcV-Labor Thinks I.
C. C. Probe .Not Proper Because Commissioners "Are
Not Empowered to Fix Pay" f " '
New York, Aug- 8, It is reported ninety-four
( per cent, of the men favor a strike of the Broth
erhood of Trainmen, following official tabulation
of the ballot. ' .
New, York,, Aug. 8. Presidents of the four brother
hoods andrepresentatives of 225 railroads met today to
attempt a settlemen,t of the trouble which may cause a
national walk-out of-trainmen. The brotherhoods are not
favorable' to government intervention. They are dissat
isfied with recent awards of -the arbitration boards and
not with the principle. .They oppose an Interstate Com
merce Commission investigation on the grounds that the
commissioners are not equipped and not empowered to
fix wages. " , -
New York, Aug. 8. Nearly ninety-nine per cent, of
it . 1 J? xl ct 11 J 1 i 1
me employes gi ine oouwieasiern district ranroaas votea
to strike. . . . v. ' ' t .
War Department Authority
for Denial That Latter
(By the Uted Press)
Berne, Aig. 8.-The
Had Been Given Special U i. ,
uerman abmersible
clares ''! Bremen as sunk bv
an accidat to her
tiSS machin'ryjntheway
thority of the State Deportment" to- a. ' A - ' ' J.
ing to thelageblatt
of Berlin.
''ISiiS!;.
day that Cleveland H. Dodge, politi
al supporter of President Wilson, had
been given special privileges to ship
arms into Mexico, as intimated by
Representative Rodenberg of Illinois.
Harrison assailed Candidate Hughes
for consulting on the 'Mexican situa
tion with Senator Fall,', whose hobby
intervention,11 and Henry Lane
Wilson, "discredited ambassador."
ERSOM LETTER TO
KAISER FROM WILSON
(By tie United Press)
Berlin, Aug. '8. A personal letter I
from President Wilson regarding Pol-1
ish relief has been, delivered to the
Kaiser.
SAYS' HUMAN FLESH
EATEN BY: STARVING
PEOPLE OF ARMENIA
(By the United Press)
Bo8ton,-' Ang.r8. Rather than -
starve to .death, Armenians are
nting human flesh, according to
cable from a "higji diplomatic '
authority In Turkey." He says $
the Armenians, driven practical
ljr to animal' life, have devoured
the bodies of executed comrades
PRATT SAYS WESTERN
CAROLINA OUGHT TO
GET ALL ROAD MONEY
AsheviUe, Aug. 7Declaring that
even the great flood calamity which
ruined the roads of Western -Carolina
can be turned into a blessing, Dr
Joseph Hyde Pratt this afternoon
AUSTRIAN SOUiRON
MEXICO WILLING TO
rn to Tiir nnTTnii
DEFEATED ITALIAN. F" wwm
IS RERUN REPORT OF ENTIRE MATTER
1 (By the United Press)
BerllnjrAni 8. AusirianVfand?
Italian fleets engaged on August-
2 in the Adriatic!, says an official
Austrian report. ; The Austrians
registered many hits. It is said
the Italians "disappeared." ' "
The fight followed an Austrian
raid on Wolfetto. ' The Austrian
units were undamaged. ' v
But!f ishes C Military Diffi
culties Gotten Out of WflV man and Rev. C
First, Says Ambassador IargeIjr attended 'and iurai tributes
(By the Used Press)
TURKS DON'T 51NT10N
DEFEAT.
Constantinople. Aug. 8. An
official statement the advance
of Turkish troops :akes no men
tion of a defeat cimed by the
British to have bee inflicted least
nf the Suez Canal.n which it Ms
stated the Turks were driven
bark 18 miles and tit 3,000 pris
oners. The statemnt says the N
. Turks are as far i Roman!.
FUNERAL OF MRS.CNOTT
TOOK 11ACE TODAY.
The funeral of the' tte Mrs. Sallie
Hobgood Knott, who did at her home
in North Kinston Sumy night, was
held this morning at ) o'clock, with
services at the home ;nd in Mapfe
woodcemetery, where nternvent wai
made, conducted by- R!. E. W.- SpH-
W.Blanchard of
Te funeral was
Rehabilitation to Be Dis
cussed
GUMER WANTS TO BE
COLORADO GOVERNOR
(By the United Press),,
Mcnvcr, Aug. 8. The Democratic
State Assembfy met here; toduy to
nominate presidential electors and a
tate ticket Julius C. Gunter, Jorm-
" 'usl",e or the Colorado Supreme
Coiirt. Uraa vs.A.4;u.11.. i i..
-.i.....auun IJF crovernor. six aa
' herents of Woodrow Wilson will be
named as presidential electors. -
HOBOKILlEpONHR.
YARDS IN GREENSBORO
Greensboro, Aug. ,7. An onidenti
fied hobo, probably Wm. B. Biggs,
was instantly killed by train No. 1?
on the yards of the Southern Rail
way her at 12 o'clock last night. His
nead was badly crushed between the
wnder and the baggage car. '
SLIGHT WRECK ON THE
SOUTHERN; TWO HlfeT
Marion, Aug. 7-Train No. 36 was
peeked three miles east of Marion
u mornW et 8:10, tte engine and
0ne "' leaving the track. - No one
8enmly injured, though the en
Pneer and fireman received slight ib
The train was In charge of
Conductor Parker end Engineer
nes. The passengers were trans-
by work trains and a wreck:
crew wa niShed to the place.
MAY NATIONALIZE THE
CANADIAN RAILROADS
(By the United Press)
Winnipeg, Man., Aug. 8. Investi
gation of Western Canada's railways,
with a view of possibly nationalizing
transcontinental lines, at least so far
as the handling of mail is concerned,
was started here today. Alfred H.
Smith, president , of the - New York
Central lines; Sir .yHewjf Drayton,
chairman of the Canadian board of
railway commissioners and Sir Geo
Paish. well known , British statisti
cian, Jormed, the commission of in
vestigation. 1
(By the United Press) -
Washing ton, Aug. 8. Mexico is
willing to broaden the scope of the
conferences to include a discussion of
economic rehabilitation, according to
Ambassador! Arredondo, but wishes
military matters to be settled first.
The American commissioners will
be named today, probably.
were numerous and had3ome. OuU
of -town relatives and friends pres
ent included: Mr. A. Hobgood of
Smithficldi-JIr. S. H . Hobgood of
Henderson, Mr. O. R. Hobgood . of
Camp Glenn, Mrs. T. iV, Ozlin of
Kenbridge, Va.; Mrs. ., W. Mor
ria of Oxford, Mr.C andMrs. J. W.
Ferrall cf Auburn , N Ci Mrs.
Walter Brummitt of Clatori, Mr. R.
L. Knott of GoWsboro, Mr. and
Mrs. R. H. Knott of Rrmvillo and
Mr. Thomas Ferrall of auburn.
TURPENTINE MAKER
MET AWFUL DEATH
(By the United Press)
Gould, Ala., , Aug. 8. Thomas P.
Cravette, superintendent of a turpen
tine plant, was today blown by an ex
plosion Against a brick wall .and 're
bounded into a vat of boiling oil. He
is dead.
STARS AND STRIPES
; HEART OF BIBLE LAND
AND U. S. NURSES IN
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
(United Pre Staff Correspondent)
MONKEYED WITH BOMB
CONTRIVANCE, KILLED
V
Colorado Springs, Col., Aug. 7.
John Dorr, injured while working on
an infernal machlns at his residence
having regained consciousness.
TEXAS REPUBLICANS
iPetrograd, July ft (By Mail) The I here last evening died today without land others.
Stars and Stripes today nap in
breezes wafted across fields famous
in the United States as the land of
the Holy Bible. The flag flies free
over the door of an American hospit
al where pretty American girls and
able American doctors care for Rus
sian sick and wounded
The hospital is at Khoy, 49 miles
south of Julfa. on the frontier be
tween Russis and Persia. To " the
northwest of Khoy the icy dome of
Mount Arrat stands lined
BAR HARBORiUMER
COLONISTS TO WLD A
PREPAREDNEJS SHOW
Bar Harbor, Me., Aug. i-vThe pre
paredness caoarct, anotne summer
diversion for society ' folk( at their
cottages here and somethng of an
innovation altogether, will be staged
hero tonight. The prepardness cab
aret will be followed by tio neutral
ity ballet under the directn of John
Murray Anderson. . This i the first
of a series of specially naacd cabar
et performances. Among toe patrons
ahd patronesses ar.e: Mr! knd Mrs.
Walter Damrosrh, Mr. and Mrs. John
Ogden, Mr. and Mrs. Alfnd Anson,
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard M Thomas
Kinston's Contribion for
Flood. Sufferers i Now
' $76y4Need f More
- MoneyState Ha Civen
Over $35,000
The additions to the locabntribu
tions to the Flood Suffered Fund
wera only three in number ! the 24
hours ending at 2 o'clock -tj after
noon. Cash added was $3. The
State Fund increased scveraiundrod
dollars Monday. It is betwn $35,-
000 and $3G.000. ' . ! j .
The local committes againdls at
tention to the need for mormoney
in the devastated sections in Wtefn
Slorth Carolina. Although ti floods
subsided weeks ago,' the necdor as-
iistsnce for the sufferers is nre ap
parent now, with the work of stora-
"lon in progress, than before. '
Contributions since last ,reted:
Previously reported .. ... ..j 758.14
i i
I,, Isle--
Cash ..
John Wbitty A Sons, Polloclfe;
ville '
Grand total to date.
3,00
0
5.00
to;. 64
STREET CARiTlf!C
IN JEW YORK ffl
TO NORMAL: SEINE
Employes' Right to Oran-
hc Admitted Bisest
Victory Yet for Natlnal
Union Trolley Men, IT Is
Thought
(Ey the United Press)
New York,Aujr. 8. Normal car
traffic was resumed today after lore
than a week ,of the fltrvke. Tho Im
panics refused specifically, to rehg-
nizo the Amalgamated Associatiol of
Street Electric Employes of Ameipa,
;ut recognized the men's tights toor-
iranize.
It is ajrreed to receive a comrjt'
top of the men to treat for selji'
mert. . I
Tho victory so far is the grenlp
nver won by the union
trinmphu in Chicago and Boston
None previously was 83 peaceful
It folloviJ
GOING ON IN OTHER
PLACES IN EASTERN
PARTS OF THE STAT
Marriage Licenses. '.. ,
Howard Hazleton and Sybil Nobles,
a white couple of Lenoir cmnty: F.
HAVE THEIR MEETING M- Moore of .Durham anr ttie M
oruDos or A.inswn; vavui foy and
Adelle Hardy, a colored coiple ' of
Lenoir county. , '-,
(By the Sastern Press)
San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 8. The
Republicans are holding a State con
vention here today. " Owing to the
fact that 99 out of every .100. Texans
the skyline, 17,000 feet high, or. near
ly 2,000 feet higher than Mount Blanc.
Here Noah's arc is supposed to have
rested after the flood. '.;
To the southwest of, Khoy. lie the
slopes where Abraham and Isaac tend
ed their flocks. There, too, is the
scene of the most famous of all fa
mous crimes, the murder of Abel by
his brother Cain.
BAD TO HAVE A COLD HNG ON.
. Don't let your cold hang n. rack
agairTsthf" ;"h 8crat?hed when Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-HMey will'
Democratic ticket" it was expected
to be rather a lonesome affair,
CLARK IN CONGRESS
Washington, Aug. 7r When Repub
lican ' Leader Man . reminded the
House today that Speaker Clark has
Tbfre is no railroad from Julfa to j just passed his 33rd anniversary as
Khoy an! the dirt road is very bad. a member of Congress, Republicans
It takes four horses to pull a carri- and Democrats rose and cheered the
age. . - , W3ir.ci ir several minutes. - .
help you. It heals the inflammation,
soothes the cough and loosens ' the
phlegm, You breathe easier at once.
Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey is a laxa-
ttjtdtv Tirorr VPIDC uve r we P,ne w
iniAlI-iniViX IfJUtO Iheals the raw spots, loosens the mu
cous and prevents irritation of the
bronohial tubes. Just get a bottle of
Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey today, its
enaranteed to help you. At drug
gisU.' adv. ,
Mr.- J. B. Dawson has gone for a
short business visit. ,
Al. Nash of Salisbury and Misl
Myrtle Haywood of Richmond wen
married on the stage of a Washing'
ton theater. Rev. Mr. Gillespie o
Wake Forest performed the ceremo
Terrific Progress Continues
Around the Works, -
i . .
However '
NTRIE OUT A NEW. SHELL
Teutons Introduced Project
ile That Blew Into Ten
Thousand Pieces on Con-
, .
tact, But Missile Seems a
Failure i
WALL SL NEAR DOGTOWN
Was An. Alley, But an Im-
portant Thoroughfare -
To Be ' Paved, Together
With 4 1-2 Blocks on OthV
(By the United Press)
Paris, Aug. 8. Tho Germans re
captured the strong Thiaumont works
northeast of V?rdun in a powerful
assault early this monig, it is offi
cially admitted. Fighting is stilly
rarinf around the redoubt. "
Last nljht a terrific bombardment
and five violent attacks in larger
force were directed against tho French
positions from Flcury to "Thiaumont
redoubt. They were rspulsed near
Fleury, but in on attack ! at Cuille
mont, north of the Somrao, the Teu
tons, reaehod the outskirts of the vil
age. .-' . .
A w?w shell with a "fragmentation
of ton to fifteen thousand pieces was
introduced. Tho shells', have- burst
formerly into five or six pieces. The
Germans ara believed to have tried
glass shells to secure the high "frag
mentation." 'Powdered glass was
found where the shells ' had fallen,
The sf wore later abandoned because
thfl fragments Were1 too minutes, it is
believed, j,Tcsta of . German shells to
day show the fragmentation to bs loss
than one hundred. -The advantage of
the French is immense..
Germans, Attack Australians.
.London, Aug. 8.4-Threatened with
an enforced retreat from the. strong
Leipsfg cedoubt anil fortified villages
around Thkpval, the Germans are
attempting to dislodge the Austral
ians from Hill 161 on the Pozieres
Thkpval highway. A. heavy" bombard
ment is following four repulses.
New Slav Offemnve.
Pctrograd, Aug. ;8.Russians have
captured the Galician town of Tlum
acz, ten milas southeast of Stanislau,
in a powerful new offensive on a 17
mile front southeast of Lembcrg, it
is said officially.
Italiuns Begin New Offensive.
London, Aug. 8. Heavy Italian at
tacks on . the Lsonzo mark tha begin
ning of a new powerful offensive, in
tho opinion flf Roma correspondents
THIRTY CARS ENTERED
FOR PIKE'S PEAK
(By the United Press)
Colorado Springs, Aug. 8. About
thirty famous auto speed kings here
have entered cars for the race to the
top of Pike's Peak day after tomor
row. Drivers from the east will com
peto against drivers from the west,
The start will be made 5 miles from
nv. The coudIo are vaudevillians.
Lee Wright, a soldier from Campl11" l,ott,m frthe highway and the
filonn. ffivinir Winston-Salem' as his fi"isb will be made at an elevation of
home, was found on a street
James City Monday badly cut
Office of Night Chief Abol
ished; Heath Becomes f
. Assistant, Same Pay
er Streets
aj 114,103 fset above sea level.
He
was given medical aid at a New Bern
hospital and returned to the military
reservation. Wright is said, to have
been drinking. Negroes are .suppos
ed to have assaulted the man.-' ,"'
Eight women of the underworld
ordered by the New Bern police to
leave Pembroke, a suburb, inform the
officers that they will not leave, An
ultimatum was to have become effect,
ive Monday. The arrest of all hands
was contemplated Monday. .
TWO-CENT POSTAGE TO
ALL OTHER AMERICAS
(By the United Press) -Washington,
, Aug. 8.Postmaster"
General Burleson today announced
his intention to make the : two-cent
stamp carry anywhere in the Western
Hemisphere.-' A cut is probable by
September.
PROMINENT LUMBERMAN
LEAPS FAR TO SUICIDE
(By the United Press)
St. Louis, Aug. 8. George K.
ith, secretary of the Yellow Pine
anufacturers' Association and ' tho
ntional Lumber Manufacturers' As-
iation, leaped to his death today
ftim the fifteenth story of the Boat-
nun's bank building.
TEXAS FAVORS A DRY V
4 AMENDMENT, DEVELOPS
' Houston, Tex Aug. 1 An official
canvass here today of the vote east in
the! recent Democratic primary in
Texas showed that the proposal ' to
submit a constitutional v amendment
for State-wide prohibition received a
favorable majority of 2,103 votes
City Council Monday night decided
to dispense with one of JCinstoiy
two chiefs of police. For several
months the city has had the. distincT
tjon of being the only place in. the v
world with two heads with equal
rank and pay of one department,
Tho situation might have been eom-
pared with the Nicaraguan army, 'for
tho personnel of the force was 33 1-3 :
officers. Alderman Wetbb moved that
the office of night chief be abolished. I
The action of Council was unanimous
ly in favor of ths motion. Night'
Chief Heath, whose administatuon.oi -
the department nocturnally had.hen.
satisfactory (and whose ability is.un-
questioned, was named assistant phief, f.
to retain the same salary as hereto-
fdre, while DayChief Skinner was v
elected chief just straight . chiefs
Both officers are generally popular, .
and conditions have gradually 1m-f
proved urulet their vigilant watchful-)
ness and energetic efforts to squelch;
crime. 'Criticism of the "f reak'V ac-
tkmJof Council in aanwng.Jtwo chief'
is said by (administration snembers-to .
nave hail most Jo do with the deci
sion to go back to the ol .order of ,
things. ... . , . j
Walnut Alley, .between North and
Blount streets, on the sguare between
Queen and Heritage, Monday night
became Wall street The City Coun-'
cil changed the designation at the in-''.
stanco of Messrs. X. J. 'Rouse,' A. S, f
Copelandxand P. S. B." Harper, and!
after that action granted a petition
for paving the street, which Is, only;
a block long. . The three gentlemen,-
above are among those owning prop-f
erty along the thoroughfare;- nearly
all the property-owners "signed .the,
petition. The street is an important,
ono for wheeled traffic, especially in
tht) tobacco season, when it is, a
"shortcut", for hundreds of vehicles
and frequently relieves congestion on.
North street. It is not a financial
center, however. Mr. Harper states
that it does not come under the jur
isdiction of the Mayor of Dogtown,'
Mr. Eogue Rouse, who will In all
likelihood be delightod with the arts.'
tocratic appellation bestowed npon it,,
though, for it adjoins his domain on
the west Along "with authorisation
of the paving of Wall street, Council
granted petitions ior asphalting .. a
block on North street between Met;
Lewean and Independent streets, three
blocks on Independent between Blount!
street and Lenoir avenue, and about
lone-half of a block on McLewean
south of the present end 01 the pav
ing at Bright. '
Messrs. J. H. Canady, secretary,
and P. S. B. Harper of the fCiistm :,
Fair Association, asked Council to
furnish the grounds west of the city
with ? water and lights during the
coming exhibitl" This was granted.
Very little additional wiring will have
to be installed, and a temporary wa
ter pipe of small size will be run for
a distance of 2,600 or 2,800 feet to
the grounds. Members of Council evi
dently would have preferred putting
down a permanent water line, but it
was estimated that because of the x
pensiveness of pipe a temporary line
would be preferable this year. A per?
manent line Just now would cost pos
sibly $700. 1 Or I
started a movement to secure; for
Western North Carolina the whole, or
at least a major portion of $114,000,
recently allowed by ho government
for road work in this 'State. He de
clared that the people of Eastern Ca
rolina were willing to let theS west
have this money.
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