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. M DA LY TV Home Paper 'To&y Nw, Today : "MJ The Weather . Fm Tonight and Sat. VOL.XVIII.-No.52 , FIRST EDITION KINSTON; N. C FRIDAY, AUGtST, 11, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS' :l. ' FIVE CENTS ON. TRAIN 3 E JIUUU SIN ULTIMATUM SUFFRAGE FIRST IS America does- no A HEAVY HELD. AND STICLOW IS SAVED 35 RAILROAD BROTH B i E 1 I l I FALL OF STANlSLAll MAY OCCUR AT ANY MOMENT REPORT Officially Denied at Paris That Capitulation Has Happened GIVE FEDERAL MEDIATORS UNTIL SAT'D'Y SLOGAN OF WOMAN'S IINTfaD TO PUBLISI BIG f RICES LOOKED AT LAST; CRIME IS MORNING TO PRESENTfiETTLEM'NT PLANS PARTY FIXED TODAY THE GERMAN REPLY FOR BY TOBACCONIS OWNED BY ANOTHER prospects. forNation-wide. All Lines Nearer Than Ever This Afternoon Board ot a tort " V w r- Arbitration ;nd Mediation Asks for Short Time Men Impatient, Declare Leaders at New York Companies Willing , Make Concessions, But Employes Will Listen to No'thiriff But Complete - , i '' ' I Faces, Country Must Cfatamnnt - By the New York, Aug. 11. The railroad brotherhoods have served an ultimatum on the Federal Board of Mediation that its 'plan of settlement row. , ,': Board Asks for Time. New York, Aiic 11. The tion and Mediation and the railroad brotherhoods this af ternoon agreed upon delay in submitting the final propo sition for a settlement until o'clock The agreement followed demands by the broth- rhoods that the board immediately submit what plans they iad prepared' The board requested until tomorrow morning w mase meir reports, ine aecision on me ques- Jfio'n'bf a nation-wide walkout probably hangs on whether ffii.Q rpnnrf. will hp arrpnrahpl believed, would make concessions, but the men are declar ed to be firm in their demands for full acquiescence in their demands. v ; Men Impatient r'Quick Action New York, Aug. 11. Prospects of a nation-wide rail road tie-up loomed nearer today when brotherhood om dais declared the men are impatient over the delay in ac ceding .to theirv demands. "We must have immediate ac- ?nh " thp'lpnripra aid V, A HUNDRED PERSONS R , BED IN ONE PART FLOODED TERRITORY Believed That Many Were Victims In Boone County, W. Va. Militia Takes SuppliesWork of Reha bilitation (By the United Press) Huntington, W. Va. Aug. ll.-Hav. mg 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 Xo the 400 square miles of affected territory ha? not yet, been penetrated. ' Boone county is said to nave suf fered heavier than the Cabin Creek valley. In that neighborhood one hundred persons perished, it is be lieved. SEPARATED FROM WIFE, TOCII CARIBOLIC ACID Asbeville, Aug. 9 Briscoe WiUis, a young man about 85 years old, died ftt the Mission Hospital yesterday as the -result of a dose of carbolic acid, self-administered shortly before mid Sight ;J E. Johnson, who lives at Grace, Was-retuniin ghome about mid night when he heard alternate moan fng for help and prayers formercy from the car shed at that station. Coin over to the abed he found Wil li on the floor, ia terrible agony from the poison he had taken. Wil lis told Johnson that worry over his Accent separation from his wife was the cause of his action. ; - - ' v" ; . - KfllED BY EXPLOSION memiNiREDm Spencer, Aug. .-J. - H. BaOey, ged 23 yeari of Amity, Iredell coun ty, was instantly killed by an explo sion of dynamtie on Withrow creek, Rowan eounty, today. , Subscribe to The Free Press. Tie-up of Traffic on Nearly s-ani W 1 :, . - . .... ,. .... : Acquiescence Great Strike 'r " j . . ... ' Have - Immediate Action,' v : ' United Press) must be presented by tomor- '' Federal Board of Arbitra tomorrow mornin eat 10 r.n t.hp mpn. Thp maris, it is r ; Imperative. . A. INN OF NEW ,., '- . ,..., .,. - IS NEW 0FA.&N.C. T. W) Slocumb Secretary- ;. Treasurer of Company of Whose Holdings Are Leased by N. S. Annual Meeting Held R. A. Nunn of Craven county was elected president and T. W. Slocumb secictarytreasurer of the Atlantic & North Carolina Railroad Co. Thurs day at the 62nd annual meeting of the stockholders, in Morohead City. The meeting was more largely at tended than ds usually the case; 17,- 967 shares of stock were represented in person and by proxy. INST ALL LABOR-SAYING I MACHINES TOB. YLANT Eight New Stemmers at Northwest Kinston Factory Will Replace Al most 90 Women-Bjg Subs In Im provements . 4 Eight new stemming machines of the latest pattern are being installed in the tobacco factory of E. V. Webb & Co.,vin northwest Kinston. The machines have been purchased at a C08tf about $875 each, and each will tako the place of 12 female workers. One woman will fee required to oper ate each stemmer, thus snaking the machines take the place of nearly 90 laborers. Each machine will have a eapacity of about 1.200 set strips a day. They are of Ahe simplest de sign, and require no, skilled labor ex cept perhaps a supervising mechanic The company has recently completed a new building 'at the plant, a brick structure which cost $11,000. ' ; Ficklen & Webb, of which Mr. E. V. Webb is a member, will operate a new redrying plant - at -Washington this season, and a building is to be equipped at New Bern for a similar purpose, it is said. '' In the Tidewater section, Mr. Wepb states, is the pret tiest showing of tobacco in' the entire region this year. In that part of the belt little tobacco was grown . until bout five years ago, and prior" to Parties Come Second, Say Righr of 'Citizens' Shall Not Be Abridged by Unit ed States or Any of the States Colorado Springs, Colo., Aug. II By standing for suffrage first and parties second, the women voters of uic ic sun rage suites can aeciue aie result of the presidential' election on November 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 any State on account of sex.' This, In substance, Is the so-called Susan B. Anthony amendment to the Federal Constitution, failure to pass which during the present session of rwre., wm resuit in the confer. here undoubtedly recommending that the votes for women be cast against woourow wuson. Mr. Hujnes me Republican candidate, has declared in avor of the amendment The conference also was to decide whether the announcement July 31 by Charles G. 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 ohJ party alkgiance second. : , ine Antnony amendment was the Subjeot of discussion at the morning session today. Miss Gail Laughlin, California, the chairman of California branch of the Congressional Union; Mrs. - Dora JP. Bucll, Colorado, member of the na tional advisory council of the Con gressional Union; Miss 'Mabel Ver non, Nevada, secretary of the Nation al Woman's Party; Miss Alice Paul. New Jersey, chairman of the Con gressional 'Union, and Miss Ann Mar tin, chairman of the National Wom an's Party, were to Joe speakers to day. After they are through, resolu tions will be presented, discussed and disposed of . r Tomorrow there will be a general conference on (he campaign, a -conference of Sate chairmen on campaign plans and a conference of national organisers on organization plans. MORE MONEY ADDED , T OTHE FLOOD FUND Two contributions were added - to Kinston's donation to the State Flood Sufferers' Fund today. The list now stands: f Previously reported $767.64 John A. Herndon 2.60 H. P. Loftin . . . . .. ... ..... . . 1.00 Grand total to date $771.14 The State ' fund Thursday night reached $36,85418. ' PROSPEROUS NEGRO 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 fcy 'Deputy Collector I. M. Tull of this city and other offi cers several weeks ago. Stancill owns in automobile, has a fine crop of tobacco and a nicely fur nished home. . . , - that tobacconists who declared splen did weed could be produced in the low country were laughed at, and that in spite of the fact' that the first weed known came from Tidewater Vir ginia. k Stae Department Does No Consider Lusitania Inci dent Settled, and Embas sy To6k Too Much for Granted Washington, Aug. iu.&tate De partment officials- explained that the recent request to the German Embas sy for permission to publish one of Count Bernstorffs notes on the set tlement of the Lusitania case was an inadvertence. At first it was denied that any euch 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 Secrotary Lan sing or acting Secretary Polk and had been transmitted to the German embassy. f 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 indication that Ger many's proposals were to be accepted as satisfactory. . State Department Officials today broke their silence on the subject and asserted that what really happened was this: A subordinate official who assem tles the diplomatic correspondence, periodically compiled and published as a White E'ook, wrote the German Embassy a letter, which Mr, Polk ad mitted was signed either by himself or by Secretary Lansinnr. for Dermis sion'td publish one of the Lusitania notes eubmitted by the German am bassador onJecembeiM4. The Embas sy replied, giving its assent with the suggestion that the last 'note, dated February 16, be published at the same time. On the other hand, the suctfres tion that any of the correspondence be published was dropped at once on the decision of higher officials that the circumstances which intervened to prevent a conclusion of the nego tiations had not been altered, and that the situation still was in a condition which did not warrant publication of any of the correspondence. The Em bassy was npt informed of the chang ed plan. ' ' .. ': , The United States Government, it therefore appears, does not consider the matter settled in any sense any more than it was last February when the declaration of . a mew policy to ward armed merchant ships came op to halt the negotiations after officials had admitted informally that Count Von Bernstorffs note met the , de mands of the American government and offered a satisfactory basis for egotiating settlement of the ' Lusi tania claims. . , FRANCIS RECOII'NDS CABLE FROM RUSSIA TO UNITED-STATES By PHILLIP SIMMS, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Petrograd, Aug.- 1L For the purpose of bringing about "closer relations between the United States and Russia. American Am bassador Francis today suggest ed to the Russian' Government a . direct cable between Russia and ' r America. The. proposal was in- ' - formal after Francis' manner, which is proving so. popular ' ia Russian officialdom. . , BRIEFS IN tHE NEWS OF NEIGHBORS TOWNS B. H. Thompson, an Aurora plant er, Wednesday killed a bear in a corn field that weighed 210 pounds. Greenville may adopt a milk inspec tion ordinance. New Bern is holding a racing mat inee this afternoon, with fans from throughout this section present and 30 or more horses reported to be en tered. '.". 13. V. Webb Thinks Record . r - May Be Attained at Sales This Seasori-S- C. Grades Unimproved 'But Prices While the. grades of tobacco : sold on the South Carolina markets this week had . improved little or none over the weed, marketed at the begin ring of the season last week, aver age pricei have'lncreased from about Vi to abnui 16 1-2 cents, is the sub stance of a letter from Mr. W. L. fiolderby of thta city, now in the Palmetto belt, to Mr. E. V.' Webb, Mr. Wolo int6rpets this as a fore test of excellent prices on the North (rolina markets this fall. Mr. Wobb holds a. very optimistic view resiling the East Carolina to bacco crop. As much tobacco, if not more, will be rcld in tho belt this year ai last, h thinks. ; And it is lfutiful veed ctt the whole, lie de rlares. lie has observed conditions in severil parts of the belt He would be little surprised to see record prices, and he is just about positive that-the prop is in handsome shape in spite of the storms. - REPUBLICANS TAKE THE HOUSE BASEBALL GAME Washington, Aug. 10. The annual house baseball game went Republic. an today by a score of 18 to 13. It was the first Democratic defeat in four years. , . ,. i 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 chat. lauqua. They said the star Demo cratic pitcher, Representative Yates Webb of North Carolina who for years had held the Republicans at hh mercy, fell over, a bench while reaching out to shake hands with an RdMiror after a speech- in Virginia ysaUidaj and todly sprained his left arm. Tni alibi aroused derision among the Republicans, 'who pointed out that Webb is a right-hander. HOUSEWIVES START, NATION-WIDE FIGHT v AGAINST DIME BREAD ' (By the United Press) New York. Aug. II. The first teps in . a nation-wide protest against 10-cent bread were made when the . National Housewives' League instructed its officers in every State to arouse public sen timent against the increase,' which bakers say is necessitated by in creased cost of materials and la bor. BAKER SAYS FEDERAL ACTION IS NECESSARY. Washington, Aug. 11. The Mas ter Bakers of Chicago today peti tioned Congress for 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 investi gate the proposed bread increase. Bakers declare that if no relief ia af forded by Congress bread will inev- tably rise. 1 ; " , - ; COLBY GOES OVER TO IDE OF PRESIDENT s New York, Aug. ,10. Bambridge Colby, who nominated . Theodore Roosevelt for the presidency at the Progressive National Convention in Chicago, tonight declared himself in favor of the re-election of President Wilson. . ' s ' - - In a letter to Vance McCormkk, chairman ef the Democratic National Committee, Mr.' Colby accepted an in vitation to act on a Progressive com mittee, which is to have a co-operat tive relation with, the - Democratic Campaign Committee. Had Been Prepared for 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) New York, Aug. 11. Charles P; Rtklow:, a subnormal German, three times made ready for electrocution at Siiij Sing and reprieved at the last momenta, was today found innocent through the confession of Irving King, an itinerant junkman, to, the murder t4 Charles Phelps and Margaret Wbl- cott, his housekeeper in 1915.- Nel son Croom, Sticlow's "confederate,'' wa sentenced to life Imprisonment. The fight to save Sticlow was one of the most dramatic in the history of Sing Sing. He was convicted on "loreed confession" of Groom, who was subjected to violent "Hhird de gree" torture for whole days and nights. Sticlow's attorned will move , to set aside the aantences. KINSTON MUSICIANS POPULAR IN PLACES Beaufort and Morehead City Like 2nd Inf. Band-r Chamber 'of , Commerce Invites Organization to Former Town ' (Special te The Free Press) Camp Glenn, Aug. U.-rThe Second Infantry band is getting popular over at Beaufort and, Morehead City. The organization does not mind playing. nor practicing, 4nd laden down with raw material whan 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 Commerce invited the band over, and "other invitations arc 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 Jas. Me- hegan, director;! Principal Musician, Jos. F, Ballard, baritone, on leave at Kinston; Sergt. Winnie Jordan clari net; Sergt. J. B. HaTkey, alto; Sergt Boland Hayncs, 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 et; Corp. J. B. Temple, clarinet; Cook Oscar Palmer; Privates Ernest Boyd, bass; Gordon Rhodes, clarin et; Luby Hollingsworth, trombone; Rodolph Nunn, baritone; Ludy Brown, cornet; Elisha Thomas, bass; Troy Foscue, alto; Ray E'roadway, trom- Lbpne; Hugh Cummings, cymbals; Richard Rhodes, bass; Paul Long, cla rinet; Everett Brinson, alto; . Earl Brewer, bass drum, at Kinston on leave. Sergt F. T, McDevett of the trumpeters, is acting drum-major in the absence of Sergt Pittman. : " '. It ia generally understood among the men now that the brigade 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 greatly improved. Lt Faulkner, the junior subaltern of the AROUND CAMP GLENN Garrison ., Didn't ' Look for Attack In Two Months, Prisoners SayAustriana Lost 50,000 Troops In 48 Hours There ,J (By the UniUd , Press) , Petrograd, Aug. 11. The Slavs have scored complete surprise , by taking Stanislaus by a swift advance from the northeast, for cing its evacuation. A large part ; f the. Dneister country held by the Teutons b threatened.: ' : . Paris, Aug.' 11. The FrMidi have taken the offensive I the Balkans, having eressed the Ser bian Greek frontier and captured Dorian, which was evacuated, by the Allies in the retreat ', from Serbia. This is the last great link in the great composite offett- alve. ' ' ' ' Rome, Aug. 11. The Austrians lost 50,000 men in the two days' pre ; ceding the fall of Goits. Half wero in prisoners and half in castT.'" East of Goritz, the Italian i . . ' - continues the pursuti of the 're' ing Austrians and , is Reported"" J jto have reached Lubione plains, south of Goritz on Ihe Carso plateau, af ter meeting with stubborn resistance. Austrian prisoners report that the attack on Goritt was. 4 complete sur prise, and was not expected 'to occar fci two months . Reserves - reached the city too late, just as it was fall !r.y. Stanislau May Capitulate. Any Minute. . London, Aug.-11 The capture of Ifie Galician city of Stonislau, seven ty , miles southeast of Lemberg, by General Letch itaky's army is report ed to be imminent , Paris Saya Capitulation Noi Yet : Taris, Aug. ll. Military critics . declare Stanislau'has been taken, but this is disclaimed by official informa tion. '"v ' ' - .' ' WILSON TO 'FOLLOW IN THE FOOTSTEPS ....:.. ,! ': ...v . i : y OFREP'N (By the United Press) Washington, Aug,' 11 The President has deckled upon ; , a transcontinental stumping , 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. FRIENDS IN ANNU AL MEETING GREENSBORO Greensboro, Aug. 9 The 219th an nual meeting of the Friends' of North Carolina was formally opened at Guilford College this morning. ' company, has been serving with Co A' of Tarboro, at times recently. That company for a while was short of of ficers. 1 Lieut. Barr of Company A went to Kinston last evening with Lieut Taylor, the clever firit " b. i Colonel Rodman recently & interesting experience with a recruit; who hadn't learned his A-B-Cs. The fellow didn't salute him. 1 ''How long have yon been down here?" the C O. O. asked. "Oh, two or three days; how long have yon been here, part ner?" -was the response. The Sec ond's C O, is a West Pointer. They don't hop Off knd get sore at every little thing. ' The fellow hai to have time to learn, was probsLly what tha Colonel thought POPONENT T f r