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FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N, tt; SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY.
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WlB'MEM;-JOF COIIiiFl
The foiloWingf 4)pal.'foriitioreubscription3 from
Kinston to the State Flood Sufferers' Fund was made this
morning by' Messrs. "N.'Ji 'Rouse, member of the State
Vf .'T "V i;" Governor andKmbertf the State Relief Commit
. ' . 4e have gone thiwgh the iSood-strickan district of Western
North Carolina, and the word cornea to us from inemv that
... nwd f -help is far greater than seemed at first;' that in aaW-' .
" ' lion to -property losses staggering In amount, "thrre ia real snf
ferine from the want of the actual necessities and comforts of
life. At'irst askod -our people to give $5(MJ. To'this ap- '
pealthere has been a general response, and the amount has gone
. ... .beyond that figure until we are within a few hundred dollars of
' Jf.OOO from this city and vicinity. We are making this1 new
: ppnt to the generous people l the imn1iirityto iol us 4b ,
' reaching, and if -possible, -going beyond the $1,000 mark for this.
" most meritorious purpose. The people of the'extreme west, who '
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vhave .llwaya shown deep sympathy for the people of the bast,
4,hAYe,j!tgen visited by a Catastrophe unprecedented in the history ,
of people now living. Tie voice of sympathy now cries aloud to i
ns to1 come to their aid. . '
.i,";..'iiV.to -this section the good things r life are being literally r
' 'ahoweKd upon ua. Our tobacco is bringing prices beyond all .
expectations; our cotton promises to yield ns returns probably t
V aiMurpaiMed since the"early"day after the Ovli War; cotton-
- seed will probably bring lis as much as bushel of wheat brings .
. the "Western 'farmet j ahd; in' addition to that, our com ' crop is
i 1 bone,' jn the ml&sf of afl Ihis 'plenty and prosperity, w
"Ifflbw that 'feur rpopfeVilI'ii$. 'Witfchold liberal contributions
' from'tliose w,ho,Iiave"lt their -tf along the North Toe,-the-'
' '"n-Vonch 'tiroad,'thle Cktawba a'nd Ihe'tadkin, which, while bear.
' trig 'torrential floods, have carried deatruction to the homes of .
, ;B,uiany. . - . 1 1 .v . i
"Our appeal is to all, and particularly to those who, having ,
' given in hte light ot what (hen seemed' to be'a lesser calamity,
i ? ;w nope-wiU be moved to, renew their subscriptions in the face
tj .f sn appalling disastef vast In area,' astounding Jn cosequeftces.
'''Y'ou who hive already' contributed, Will yon not re-enrwi
' V- in tne!li'st of Bdditlbnal'cbntributSohsV "
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DOES SLOAN'S LlNfalENt HELP
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Ask the nan who uses it, he knews.
To 'think I have suffortd all these
years wjerj' one 25-cent bottle" of
Sloan's - Liniment eared me," write
one grateful user.' If yu have Rheu
matism or suffer from Jeuralgiai
Backache,. Soreness amT Stiffness;
don put off getting a : bottle of
pAUUXElTtEDERICKi '
Tk Fi PUyrsParamont(
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Sloan's. It will give you such wel
come relief. It Warms and ' looses
the sore,' stiff painful places and yon
fctl so rrwch bcttci'. Buy it at any
drug store, only 25 c: r.ts. " aJv.
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,'You .Don't Know a Thing
About Infantile Paralysis
and Are Trying to De
ceive Fiblic,thc Tarheel
Health Man Charges t
(Special to. The Free Press)
, Washington,, Aug. 19 Dr. W. S
Ka,pkln, n North ; ; Carolina's , SUte
Health officer, yesterday told the
gathering of healtn authorities of 33
States hare, to discuss plans tot
checking the . infantile paralysis
plague, that the Public . Hsalth Ser
vice, conducting the conference, knew.
nothing of the disease and that its
members were attempting to mislead
the people into believing otherwise.
Rankin's charges were made in rath
r bitter language. v '' '
He was informed thai; the efforts
of the National Health .' authorities
wers experimental, 4tnd that i such
steps as have been 'taken have been
in the hope of securing a cure or pra
ventive.
Dr. Rankin declared: "I am goinj?
homo and tell my folks that you don't
know a blooming thing about this dis
ease, and yet you are trying to de
ceive the. public Into believing that
you do. Any rules which may be
adopted will only go to show that we
will have to. go home to, our folks and
tell them that they are a bluff.' I do
not "believe that this " conference has
resulted in anything ' material. We'
will be called upon to report that the
regulations in ' force in New ; York
City are to be the standard. . I recall
that aevwal years ago there was art
epidemic f 'infantile paralysis and
that, despite the fact that' there "were
no regulaitons in-force, the epidemic
proved' no thlf so serious as at the
presaht ' time. : The people of the.
country are verediting officers of
the .United States Public Health Ser
es with absolute knowledge upon
thr subject ; If .1 can't put
into ecect methods worth something;
tften I intend to wash tny hands of
the Whole matter." ' ' '
IRST WAR GAME OF
ATLANTIC FLEET IS
TO START TOMORROW
(By the United Press)
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Newport, R. L, ; AogJ 19. Hasty
preparations were being v completed
by the Atlantic reserve fleet today for
the defense of the coast' line against
an enemy , attack ' tomorrow Battle
ships, destroyers, mine layers, sub
marines and fleet trains are at lneir
post and set to trepel the invasion;,'
At the first peep of Sunday morn
ing's dawn the Atlantic fleet will at
tack and attempt to effect a landing
with its Kiheoretical army of invasion.
It will be the first of this year's war
games, worked out by the War Col
lege." , '
";The .problem h: The reserve fleet,
In command of Rear Admiral J. M.
Helm, with the destroyer flotilla, will
defend 'the approach to the vital
parts of the coast from an attack by
the present Atlantic fleet, with the
submarines as auxiliaries Rear Admiral-Knight
will act as umpire on
the new superdreadnought Pennsyl
vania. " ' -1
CHILD LIBOR BILL SHIPPING Bill , IS
One of the Bitterest Strug
i gles ot k the Administr4
Hion Govrnn;nt tBoard
Empowered to .Rehabili
, tate -Marine .
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Washington, Aug. 18. Without d.
bate or record vote, the child labor
bill was accepted by the House: today
with the Senate amendments. It will
become a law one year after President
Wilson signs it . . '
As, it originally passed tne House,
the measure proposed to bar from in
terstate commerce products on which
child labor actually had been employ
ed, As amondod by the Senate nd
now perfected, it prohibits shipment
between the States of all products of
any -establishment ' which employs
hild Jabor.' ' r
It ba ' products of any mine or
ftjuanry employing children under, 10
and jproduots of any mill, canrrery,
workshop, factory, or ananufacturing
establishment employing children un
der Hf or which employs children
between 14 and 18 more than 8 hours
aday, more than six days a week or
earlier than Six o'clock m the morn
ing or later than 7 o'clock in the even-
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Prohibits -Shipment BS
.tween . States. of Products
: of Establishments Em
ploying Child Labor
; Senate Amendments
". Washington, Aug.18. Tho govern
nt shipping ill passed the S-enate
tonight by a. vote of 88 to 81, ending
one of the most bitterly contested leg
islative, struggles of the Wilson ad
ministration, .
The shipping bill provides for cre-
Bion oi a government snipping board
to acquire and operate ships for re
habilitation of tho American merch
ant marine and appropriates 850,000,.
000 for that' purpose, to ho tafced by
tne sale of Panama Canal bonds.''
MINNESOTASAVED BIG
SUM BY CARRYING ITS
INSURANCE THREE Y,RS
(By th United TPms)
St. Paul, Augi 19. Minnesof'i sav
ed ?224,811 by carrymg Its own in
three years,' .according r to records
surancs on State Institutions-. for
completed by II . D. Works, State
Insurance Commissioner, today. ;
GIANT GUNS THAT 0
BY ALLIES
D1UNGE FORTY-TWO
CENTIMETERS OF GERMANS BEING" USED
IN THE
WESTERN
OFFENSIVE
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Battering Down Teuton Defenses Shell Weighs Nearly
a Ton Make taping Holes in Enemy Wor&s-!-Cari
Fire Every fTwo MinutesV-Presence Secret Until Today
British and French Gains Friday MateriaMJerlm
Claims Russians and Italians Are Being Held: In
Check by Austro-GermahSv But -Petrograd Says Slavs
Have Gained Some in Carpathf arts wi "Way to 'Hun
gary Heavy.Artillery Fighting Along the Somme -
THINKS STREET CAR
FRES -WILL GO UP
(By the United Press) ' ,
: Denver. Colo., ug. 19. The pos
sibility of higher street car . and in
fcccurban fares for every city in the
country, as a result of Hie increased
cost of materials used in, traclion
opeNrtiohs. was not scoffed at by of
ficials, of the local lines (When tbey
declared today that their opera tinp
expenses have gone -up from 12 to
800 per entsin the last five years.
The "increased car fares would affect
evry street car and irrterurban f-3-tem
in t'n country, as all of t' -n
have !, iced the same 1.' tr
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business.
(By United Brats "
Ijondon. Auir. tQ.JLCl
Tamous -German 42-centimeters arp nlavinrr a rnn?f k:
ortant role in the Allied advance on both banks of the
fcomme. Dispatches from the Frejich front-today reveal
ed for the first tmie the presence of these hew artillery
aic tdpduic w uiiuwmg every two min
utes a shell weighing nearly a ton. The new Allied can
ion are blowing, great holes i nthe German defenses and
systematically , leveling fortifications. ., . , .- ' : .
;The intense artillerying by guns of all calibers pre
ceded yesterday's gains north of the Somrae. The -British
pushed forward towards :Ginchy; The French pene
trated the village of the Maurepas, imperiling the Ger
mans at Cloy..., , - ,
v . Berlin dispatches report deadlocks on the Russian
and Italian fronts, although Petrograd. claims an advance
in the Carpathians. Preparations for extensive cam
paigns in the Balkans by both sides are in the apparent.
LEAD WARSFfP shdrlu s atatshrdluu .atatshrd luataa
LondonEng., Aug. 19. The British, .struck: a great
north of the Somme, capturing the western outskirts of
the Village of Guillemont and making important cains on
the whole Somme front, General Haig, reports. t They ad
vanced more than half a mile between the.Oville river and
Thiepval and took hundreds of pris'oners,., The greatest
rain was fromtFoureaux woods eastward to the French
Junction point, penetrating 200 yards. .s .
German Counter Attacks Fail , . ..' ,
. j Paris, Aug. 19. The Germans entered a trench north
of 'Maurepas in violent counter attacks against all - the
newly won French positions north of , the Somme last
night, but were- repulsed at every other point, it is said.
On the Vertfun front the French capturedia few, ruined
houses in, the outskirts of Fleury -t owhich the Germans
still clung.; The German assaults reached their greatest
violence between Maurepas and Clery. Vainly they at
tempted to expel the French from the outskirts of MsV
repas have suffered heavily. Artillery is mos tactive on
the entire Verdun front The Germans have resumed the
offensive there with two grenade attacks 0n,hiir304 and
positions north of Avoncourt. Both were completely re
pulsed. The French captured 800 uhwounded on Thurs
day and Friday. " ; . "rr'ttiW
Sergeant Guinemer of the FrencK flying corps today
I rorrght down his fourteenth aeroplane. ;His record is
r i wthe two planers ahead of the famous Navarre.
IRESIDENTAND HEADS OF R0AD5 fiTArJD
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Wilson nas No Right to Ask Them to Abandon That
' -Principle, Declare--Public Has Right to- Expect - Ac
ceptance tof 8-Hour System by Owners, President
.Counters-i-'Thoroughly, Practical and Fair Program--Suggests
That Pay Matter Be Left Open 'Until Facts
nave Taken Place of Forecasts'--Would Have Comrhis
sien Appointed by Congress, to Investigate Phases cf
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(By Robert J. Bender)
Washington, Aug. 19. President Wilson 'today in a
.formal statement of his proposal for the settlement ?f the
lifliculty between the railroads and brotheThQOd,s,:mm-
eated his intention to stand pat on his insistenceithatjtbe
fight-hour day be granted the workers. i 1 ;s, H
"This seems to me tov bevathoroughly practical arid
entirely fair program,", he said, "and I think .the, public
has a right to expect its acceptance.!' ; In view of the fact
hat "onlv actual experience can make itertairv$otne re
arrangements would be fair and equitable.- 'I, therefore
wopose that the demand for extra pay'tforwrtime andl
the contngient proposal of the railroads ' M . wstboncd
until the facts shall' have taken the place of vaciila,tfdna
With regard to the effect of the exchange to the eight-
hour dav." the President suggested a commission of im
partial men,'' appointed by Congress to 'investigate thfe
question. - ' ':;. r
. -President Wilson this afternoon summoned additional
railroad presidents of western roads to Washington. Hale
Holden. spokesman of the railroad executives. -told Mr.
Wilson that they. continued, to istand for arbitration, ind
did not believe it was right for him to ask them to aband-
on that.pnncipie, . .
GR AND PRIX TAKES
jPlACEtLGWMCE
(By the Uuited Presis) ' ,
Speedway Park, MaywoodLlll
gus lSA-ParW drivers - tn speedy
tno'unts, having a' qualification 'iroeord
of frctier 4han 100 miles'an hour in
trial spins, lined up at the tape on
the 2-fnilo wood oval rTorerthis after
noon and waited for the 'official si se
pal to dash away on , the . Speedway
Ground Prix.Cup race of six laps, fot
tlCOOOjnpriies. -
Tne Grand Prix takes the' place of
the; TEljrln toad taee "which fr : many
years -was one of the -Mi jsporting
events fn automobile fcirclss. . ."
Mr.,Rodolph Nunn has returned to
Camp Glenn, whore he is sertln with
the Second Infantry hand, after a few
days'; t,tay with his parents,' former
SherhT na ' Mrs ., Park Nunn. '
RAILVMY
TraiaVNo. 21 testes Coldsbore
AS a. as- for Ratetsh, . Durham'
Greensboro, AshetflW and ' Wayne
rille. i' Through train to" AsheVilla
handles chair ' car to WaynesviHe
Greensboro. Handles , free chair ear
from Raleigh to Atlanta, making con
aaetim for New Orleans. Texas, Cal
ifornia and aU western points; alse
connects at Greensboro with through
trains for all nyrthtrn and aasterv
points, ,i
Train No. 139 Leaves . Goldsbora
ZiOO p. n. for Raleigh, Durham and
Makes connections at Greensboro for
aU points north and east, and at AsW
villa with Carolina Special for Cin
cinnati, Chicago and all western
points.' " .' '
Train Na. Ill Leaves Goldsbort
10:35 p. nu, for Raleigh, Durham and
Greensboro Handles Pullman sleep
through train for Atlanta and New
Orleans, also makes connection for
iflhe villa, Chattanooga, : St " Xouia.
Memphis, Wfrmingham and aU west
rn points. . ;
Train No. 1 1 31 Leavea GoUsboro
5.-40 p. m. for Raleigh, Durham and
Greensborav making connection for
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia,
New York and points South and West.
j. O. JONES, Traveling Passenger
Agent, Batelgh, N. C.
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Washington, N. r C, . Auj?.. 19-AIj
bert Warwick, 03, palming ,to have
walk'e.J more lihan ahy other per9n
on "earth, roUn'ded oirt 'niai' 200,000th
mile when he reached "here yesteirday.
Wu'rwick" aM Ke-'sia'rtcd Valkinj at
thft age of 14, that he harf teen' too
much of this married business," and
that ho expected to be walking ,stUl
when he passed the century mark.
He" Is "headed In the direction xf Wil
mington today."? ' ' ' J,
SHARKTIGIITERSTO
' PROTECT S m
(By the United Press)
Nantasljet,' Was.7 Augf l9.-iShark
fljrhters armed with long Tttilvea ac- "
cdmpahied the 'iwo long v "distance
swimmers,. Charles Toth; of iBosion
and. Henry -Sullivan -of Lowell, wen
they .struck out from hvre , n-a 40- '
mile swimmings race across Massa
chusetts, Day to Jrovincetown today.
This is one of the longest races ever v
staged. ; The shark fighters are'leep
ing searchlighta constantly playing
MAY iSK NEW PASTCH
tOIiIE itl .'FORTKGIIT
Rev. Wi. Narshoil Craig, the young
South Carolina nuruater: aaljed to tha
pastorate of the,. Kinston irst Bap-
has formally - aocepied and asked, it
is aaid, to be allowed to esmain un
til about -the middle f September.
The" eongregatTon, 1owe'verj may re
quest -that r. Craig take charge crt
the 1st. The members are! very an
sious for his arjrival.l it lis ' under-
stood. . : . ' " 1 '. i
Mr. Craig was until ,a short timet
ago assistant to' the fiasW of tha
lilrst. Baptist vhurca at W ilmington.
He is one of ,the-best known your j
tlergymen in 4he Carolina lIe w Zl
have, charge of quite a, lareg and in
fluential congregation here,' owning' a
handsome 530,000 .adiilca'm'li.kh L
expected'io lompleteJ to the la
detail by October 1.
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