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Hit fn The Home Paper Tod New Todty . 7V Weather Fail Tonight and 51 VOL.XVIII.No.52 SECOND EDITION KINSTON. N. O, FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS , FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS DAILY RAILROAD BROTHEBII.OODS. IN ULTIMATUM - 'J V , t Prospects for Nation-wide GIVfrFEDERAL MORNING TO All Lines Nearer Than Ever This Afternoon Board of Arbitration and Mediation Impatient, Declare Leaders at New York Companies Willing Make Concessions, But Employes Will Listen to Nothing But Complete Acquiescence--Great Strike Faces "Country "Must Statemcnf (By tte New YorkrAug. 11. The served an ultimatum on the that its plan of settlement row, " , . ' i Board Asks for Time. New; York, Aug. 11. The tion and Mediation and the bmn W nnrm lv . . , xT , . " 1 1 irt Btion for A; settlement until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock.: ' The agreement followed demands by the broth- trhoods.that the board immediately submit what plans theyi had prepared- , The board requested until tomorrow mnrmriff t6 make their reoorts. -The decision on the ernes- tion of. a nation-wide walkout probably hangs on whether this report will be acceptable to the men. The roads, it is believed, would make concessions, but the men are declar- A .U'firm in their mnnHt fnr full rmiiesfenpp in cu uv, mv . their, qemanas.. Men Impatient; Quick Action NeWi; York, AUg. ll. rrOSPeCtS 01 a nailOn-Wiae rail- road tie-up loomed nearer rials declare the men are impatient over the delay in ac- .,;.' thain ffomanrla.- "Wp must, havfi immediate ac- ikuiAFbw.' r tion," the leaders said. All - t t :;-' ID: IN ONE PART wteIitory Believed. That Many Were Victims In Boone County, W. Ta. Militia Takes Supplies Work of Reha bilitation (By the United Press) Huntington, W. Va. Aug. 11. Hav ing recovered from the first shock of disaster the West Virginia flood suf ferers today set to work to clean up . and rebuild. The Second infantry is arriving in the stricken district with food, tents and clothing. The sym pathy of the nation is solicited. Much of the 400 square miles of affected territory has hoi; yet been penetrated. Boone county is said- to have suf fered heavier than the Cabin Creek valley. . In that neighborhood . one hundred persons perished, it is be lieved. , , - OFFICER LOST TWO if "HUNDRED DOLLARS Accuses a woman A National Guard officer said to have been J. L Shaw, told the Golds boro police Thursday (that! h had een ljobbed in a house there of $200 by a woman. who had been brought to the place, by a transfer driver. . The woman, said to be unknown to ShaW and the police, was staying at a CoJdsboro hotel in company with a man, it was reported. , , . The Kins ton police were asked to look out ior the woman. Shs is be lieved to have been here, together with her male friend. Such a couple spent shorl time in this city hot left, in the direction of. New Beiri, before the polics were notified. Shaw is a captayi in the Second In fantry;. He is at pfesent in command cf Company Arl from Tarboro. His fcome is in the southeastern part of e State.! JU was at different times small arms practice inspector and ad jutant af the Second. Subscribe to The Free Press. UNDRED PERSONS MEDIATORS UNTIL SAT'D'V PRESENT SETTLEM'NT PLANS Tie-up of Traffic on Nearly Asks for Shori Time Men Have Immediate Action," 1 United Proas) - railroad brotherhoods have J? eaerai tfoara 01 jyieaiauon must be presented by tomor ' ' Federal Board of Arbitra- railroad brotherhoods this ai- i'n niirnit.t.iner trip final nrnnn. ---- " : - ; imperative." today when brotherhood om- A HEAVY YIELD AND BIG'lCES tOlED E. V. Webb Thinks Record FOR BY TOBACCONIST , j j. ci i gressional Union; Miss Mabel Ver May Be Attained at baleS Nevada, secretary of the Nation ThlS Season S-C. Grades 81 Woman's Party; Miss Alice Paul, Unimproved Soaring But Prices While the grades of tobacco on the South Carolina markets sold this week had imDroved little or none over the weed marketed at the begin ring' of the season last week, aver f.ge prices have increased from about :iato abrtut 1612 cents, Is the sub stanon of a letter from Mr. W. Jj. Holderby of this city, now in the Palmetto belt, to Mr. E. V. Webo, Mr. , Webb interprets this as a fore cast of excellent, prices on the North Carolina markets this fall. Mr. Wobb holds a very optimistic view regarding the East Carolina to bacco crop.. As touch tobacco, if not more, will be rcld in the belt this year a? iast, n tmnits. Ana n , is beautiful veed cn the whole, he de rlares.- He has observed conditions in several parts of the belt. He would be little surprised to see record prices, and he is just about positive that the crop is in handsome shape in spite of the storms? BULLETINS K (By the United Press) BRITISH GAINS REPORTED. V London, Aug. 1L The British continue to make gains north west of Poiierea, Generat Hair '- today reported Trenches hsre ' been taken north at Be-MMDttn-le Petit, cotitater lattsdas rcpoteed and heavy losses in flic Ud by the. British. - ; , . . : , ; ,; i TEUTONS LOSE IN ! EAST. Petrograd, Aug. 11. Aa official statement saya the Russians are crossing the Bistritza, three miles from Stanislaos, and also have been victorious a the Serth riv er, where the Teutons were eject ed from several Tillages . and woods. ISUFFRAGE FIRST IS SLOGAN OF WOMAN'S PARTY FIXED TODAY Parties Come Second, Say i KiRht of 'Citizens Shal Not Be Abridged by Unit ed States or Any of the States J Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. 11.- By standing for suffrage first and parties second, the women voters of the 12 suffrage states can decide the result of the presidential election on Novemlier 7, they say. This was the desired end planned at a conference of .the National Worn an's Party in session here today. "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by an' state on ex " ousan nraony amenu Federal Constitution, failure to pass which during the prosent 8ession - of p., wm ru in'th nf-rot, here undoubtedly recommending that the votes for women be cast against Woodrow Wilson. Mr. Hughes the Republican candidate, has declared in favor amendment, The onfarcnec also was to decide whether the announcement July 31 by Charles E. Hughes of. his stand on the amendment entitles the Republic an candidate to the women's votes The amendment forms the sole plank of the National Woman's party plat- form, since the party was formed in Chicago on June 6 it has sent out tens of thousands of circulars, brought pressure to bear on the present Con gress and sent emissaries into every suffrage state to preach the slogan of suffrage first and party allegiance second. The Anthony amendment was the Subject of discussion at the morning Session today. , Miss Gail Laughlin, California?, the chairman of California branch of the Congressional Union; Mrs. Dora P. Buell, Colorado, member of the na- tional advisory council of the Con- New Jersey, chairman or the tJon- gressional Union, and Miss Ann Mar tin, chairman of the National Wom an's Partyy were to bfl speakers to day. After they are IJirough, resolu tions will ba presented, discussed and disposed of. Tomorrow there wilt be a gene-rial conference on the campaign, a conference of Sate - chairmen on campaign plans and a conference of national organizers on organization plans.--' REPUBLICANS TAKE THE HOUSE BASEBALL GAME Washington, Aug. 10. -The annual House baseball game went Republic an today by a score of Id to 13. It Was the first Democratic defeat in four years. The Republican representatives boasted after the game that : their well-balanced team was responsible for the victory, but the Democrats laid it at the doors of a country chao-, tauqua. They said the star Demo cratic pitcher, Representative Yates Webb of North Carolina who - for years had held the Republicans at his mercyj fell over a bench while reaching out to shake hands with an admirer after a speech in Virginia yssVicaj and sadly sprained his left arm. .Thi alibi., aroused . ; derision among the Republicans, who pointed out that Webb is a right-hander. -: MORE MONEY ADDED TO THE ROOD FUND V... i, .. i' .' . Two contributions were added to Kinston's donation to the State Flood Sufferers' r'und today. I he list now stands: previously reported ........ 1767.64 I John A. Ilerndon .. v...' 2.50 H. P. Lof tin . . . . . . 1.00 Grand total to date. . .. ... .$771.1 1 The State funj Thursday n'-'.t reached fCG. ZotlS. HOUSEWIVES START NATION-WIDE FIGHT AGAINST; DIME BREAD - (By the , United Preas) New York, Aug. 11. The first tepa i , nation-wide protest against 10-cent, bread were made when the '1 Notional Housewives' League instructed its officers in every State to arouse public sen .timent against the increase, which bakers aay is necessitated by in creased cost of materials and la bor. BAKERS SAY FEDERAL - ACTION IS NECESSARY, Washington, Aug. 11. The Mas- ter iBakers of Chicago today peti tionea vongress ior an embargo on wheat as a measure to prevent a flour increase. Vice-Chairman Hurley of the Federal Trade Commission left for Chicago, authorized to investl gate the proposed bread increase Bakers declare that if no relief is af forded by Congress bread will inev itably irise. R. ArNUNN OF NEW BERN NEW PRESl'D'T 0FA.rUC.RD.4D T. W. Slocumb Secretary Treasurer ; of Company Whose" Holding? Are Leased by N. S. Annual Meeting: Held R. A Nunn tot Craven county was elected president and T. W. Slocumb seci clary-treasurer of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad Ca. . Thurs day at the R2iid annual meeting of the stockholders, in Morehead City, The meeting was mare largely at tended than is usually the case; 17,- W57 shares of stock were represented in person and by proxy. , Directors named for the State aie: G. D. Canfield of Carteret county; T, G. Hym'an, Craven : C. B. Foy. Cra ven; K. E. Sutton, Lenoir; T. A. Uz- :ell Craven; C. W. WosketV Pan li- co; .Frank Gough, RobeSnn, ana K. . Nunn. Private stockholders nam ed these: Dempsey, Wood, Lenoir; L. H. Cutler, Sr., Craven; Geo. P. Folk, Wake, and D. W. 'Patrick, Greene. The following were elected members of the finance committees George Green, Craven, chairman; , R. G. Hodges, Lenoir, and O." H. Roberts, Craven. The following were made members of thj proxy committee, D. Oettinger, Ienoir; '; A. L. IJaker, Wake; C. 1). Bradham, Craven; J. M. Allen, Wayne, and P. M. Pear sal 1, Craven. ,:. The next meeting will Je at More- head City. , ; :i CABLE FROM RUSSIA TO UNITED ! STATES By PHILLIP SIMMS, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Petrograd, Aug. 1L For the - purpose qf bringing about closer relations between 1 the Unittid States and Russia, American Am . bassador Francis today suggest Ml to the Russiaa Government a direct cable between Russia and 7 America. The proposal was in formal after Francis' manner, which Is proving so popular in . Russian officialdom. '. i BRIEFS IN THE NEWS. r OF NEIGHBORS TOWNS ... ) jR. H. Thompson, an Aurora plant er, Wednesday killed ft bear in a corn field that weighed 210 pounds. Greenville may adopt a milk inspec tion ordinance. , t ' ' .New Bern is holding a racing mat inee this afternoon, with fans from throughout Ihis section present and or more horses reported to be en t. !. i J AMERICA DOES NOT INTEND TO PUBLISH THE GERMAN REPLY State Department Does No ' Consider ' Lusitania Inci dent Settled, and Embas sy Took Too Much for Granted Washington, Aug. 10. State De partment officials explained that the recent request to the German Embas sy for permission to publish one of Count Bernstorff s notes on the set tlement of the Lusitania case was an inadvertence, v At first it was denied that any such request had been made, but an investigation of the depart ment's files 'disclosed that a-letter prepared by a subordinate official had been signed either by Sacretary Lan sing or acting Secretary Polk and had been transmitted to the German embassy. ' 5 ?' State Department officials declared that too much importance had been attached to the request in German of ficial quarters and that it was not as interpreted an 1 indication that Ger many's proposals were to be accepted as satisfactory. , " , , State Department officials today broke their silence on the subjecttahd asserted that what Teally ' happened was this: . ; . ". A subordinate s official who assem bles the diplomatic correspondence, periodically compiled and published as a White took, wrote th German Embassy a lettoi, which Mr. Polk ad mitted was signed either by himself or by Secretary Lansing, for pcrmig' sion to publish one of the Lusitania notes submitted by the German am bassador on December 4. The Em,bas sy replied, giving its ftss'ent with the suggestion that the last note, dated February 10, be published at the same time. On the other hand, the sugges tion that any of the eorrespxmdonce be published was dropped 'at once on the decision of, higher officials that the circumstances which intervened to prevent a conclusion of tho nego tiations had not been altered and that the situation still was in a. condition which did not warrant publication of any of -thq correspondence. The Em bassy was not informed ''of the Chang ed plan. .; ' : .;' .,. The United Stste3jSovernment, it therefore ' appears, does not consider the matter settled in. any sense any more than it was last February when the declaration of a new policy to ward armed merchant ships came up to halt the negotiations after officials had - admitted' informally that Count Von Bernstorff 's note met the de mandSiOf the American government and offered a satisfactory basis for negotiating settlement of the Lusi tania claims?" WILSON TO FOLLOW N THE FOOTSTEPS OF REP'N OPPONENT (By the United Preas) Washington, Aug. 11. The President has decided upon a transcontinental stumping f tour, touching at many of the ' same cities as Hughes. The change from his former plans is believed to be due to a desire to give a direct answer to Hughes recent charges. . ' ' ROSPEOUS NEGRO v ACCUSED MOONSHINE John Stancill, a well-to-do negro planter, was arrested at his place be tween Greenville and Washington on Thursday by a deputy marshal, on a warrant charging him with ' illicit distilling. A still which Stancill is supposed to have been connected with was destroyed ty Deputy Collector I. M. Tull of , this city and other offi cers several weeks ago. ' . ' Stancill owns an automobile, lias a fine crop of tobacco and a nicely fur nished home, i STICLOW IS SAVED AT LAST; CRIME IS OWNED BY ANOTHER Had Been Prepared fdr the Death Chair Three Times,' Thrice Reprieved THIRD DEGREE'S TERROR Caused "Confederate," Ser ving Life Time, to Confess to Double Murder That Irving King Says He Com mitted (By the United Press) Now York, Aug. 11. Charles P. Sticlowi a subnormal German", three limes made ready for electrocution at Sing Sing and reprieved at the last moments, was today found innocent through the confession of Irving King, an itinerant junkman, to the murder of Charles Phelps and Margaret Wol cott, this housekeeper in 1015. Nel son Groonl, Sticlow'a "confederate." wa sentenced to life imprisonment. The fight to say Sticlow was one of the most dramatic in the history of Sing Sing. He was convicted on "forced confessioai' of Groom,- who was subjected to violent 'Hhird de gree" torture for whole days and nights. Stklow's attorney will move to set aside the sentences. , POPULAR IN PLACES licaufort and Morehead City Like 2nd Inf. Band- Chatnbcyr of Commerce Invites Organization to Former Town (Special to The Free Press) Camp Glenn, Aug. 11.- The Second infantry band is getting popular over at Beaufort and Morehead City. The organisabion does hot mind playing. nor praaticing, and laden down, with raw material when it left home less than two months ago, has now reach ed a state of efficiency that is a ,de- light to the officers of the regiment Last Saturday night the Beaufort Chamber of Commence invited 'the band' over, and other invitations a in store and will be welcomed, the musicians say. . ' . T ? " ' ; Comprising the band now are Drum-Major Kirby pittman, on leave at Kinston; Chief Musician was. Me hegan, director; Principal Musician, Jos. F. Ballard, baritone, on leave at Kinston; Sergt. Winnie Jordan, clari net; Sergt. J. B. Harkey, alto; Sergt. Roland llaynes, cornet; Sergt.- Ros- coe Daughety. mess sergeant; Corp. Ben, Foxman, alto; Corp. Hammond Noble, trombone; Corp. L. Hollings- worth, cornet; Corp. George Rhodes,. clarinet; Corp. Leslie Benton, clarin- ;Corp. J, B. Temple,- clarinet; Cook Oscar Palmer; Privates Ernest Boyd, bass; Gordon RhoIe8, clarin- Luby Hollingsworth, tronVbone; Rodolph Nunn, baritone; Ludy Brown, cornet; Elisha Thomas, bassj.Troy Foscue, alto; Ray E'roadway, trom bone: Hugh Cummings, cymbals; Richard Rhodes, bass; Paul Long, clan rinet; Everett Brinson, alto; Earl Brewer, bass drum, at .Kinston 'i on leave. Sergt. F. T, McDevett of the trumpeters, is acting drum-major in the absence of Sergt. Pittman, , It is generally understood among the men now that the brigada. will entrain for the border within the next two weeks. No,official orders have been issued here to that effect, how ever. A large part of the troops will pass through Kinston the way down. Company B of the Second is becom ing one of the most efficient units of the regiment. The mobility of its personnel is ereatlv improved. Lt j Faulkner, the junior subaltern of the KINSTON CIANS AROUND CAMP GLENN FALL OF STANISLAU HAY OCCUR At ANY MOMENT, IS REI Officially Denied at Paris That Capitulation Has Happened . SURPRISE AT GORUZ Garrison Didn't Look for Attack In Two Months, Prisoners Say -Austrian Lost 50,000 Troops In 48 Hours There (By the United Press) Petrograd, Ang. 11. The Slt tv have scored a complete aarpriae by taking Stanislaus by a swift ' advance from the northeast, for V ting its evacuation. A large part of the Dneister country held by the Teutons is threatened. ": ' ' Paris, Aug. 11. The French have taken the offensive hv t he Balkans, having crossed the Ser f biSn Greek frontier and captared . Dorian, which was evacuated ay the Allies In the retreat from Serbia. . This is the last great link in the great composite offen sive. ' - '-j - Rome, Aug. 11. The AustrianS lost 60,000 men In the two days pre ; ceding the- fall of Gorits. -' Half wef -in prisoners and half in casualties. East of Goritz, tJie Italian cavalry ' continues the pursuit of. the retreat ing Ausbrians and is reported to have reached. Lubione plains, south, of Gorrta on the Carso platean, af ter meeting with stubborn resistance, ,' Austrian prisoners report that t&tt . attack on Goritz was ft complete sur ' nrisp, and! was not expected to oce-jf fwi ; two tnontTis. Reserves) .reached the city U-o late, just as it was fall ii.g, V, . Sianlslau Ma Capitulate ' . Kny, Minute. " ;? " 1 " ' ; London, Aug. 11. The capture of) the GaJioian city of Stni3lau, sevea tv, miles southeast of Lemberg, by ; tjeneral Letchitaky'a army is report ed to be imminent. .. ' Paris Says Capitulation' Not Yet, Paris, Aug, 11. Military , critics declare Slanislau has been, taken, but this is disclaimed .by official inforrna tion. . 1 ' ' ' Important Russian alm , " - -' Petrograd, Aug; 11, Striking West v ward and smashing the enemy rapid- i ly, General. Lotchitasky'a- right wififf has reached the Dneister river, south, of. Marismpol and 10 miles from tha important town of Cuy Iltz, which Is the" key to Lemberg !rom' ""tto" ... southwest. " News of this important success overshadows t)Va capture of Stanisku, which it is believed will certainly occur in a few hours. Civilians Out of Stanislaus. London, Aug. 11. Civilians evaco ated Stanislaus several days ago, Ev- ery dispatch from Petrograd empha- sizes the magnitude' of the .Teutons' defeat in Southeastern Galicia. ROOSEVELT TO TAKE STUMP. New York, Aug. 10 -Colonel Roose velt will make his first campaign speech in behalf of Hughes in Lewis ton, Me., on August 31, it was an-. nounced today. Tho speech will deal only with national issues, it was an nounced, ' '. :' . - company; has been serving with Co. A of Tarboro, at times recently. That company for a while was short of of ficers. Lieut. Bart of Company A went to Kinston last evening ' With Lieut. Taylor, the clever first of Co. B.', v.. V-- : : C r:'':'V Colonel Rodman recently had Can interesting experience with a recruit who hadn't learned his A-B-Cs. The fellow didn't salute bim. "How long; have you been down here?" the C O. O. asked. "Oh, two or three days; how long have you been here, part ner ?" was the response. The Sec ond's C O. is a West Pointer. They dont hop off and get sore at ev-ery little thing. Tha fellow had to have time to learn, was probably what tha Colonel thought.
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