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DAILY Thef Home Piper : Tea' New 'TaJky The Wealher mil' Fair T VQL.XVIII.-No.51 , SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY,' AUGUST 23, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS ' FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS IS NO WAY SIM ITALIANS WHO THE DUPLIN COUNTY LANE, DOCTOR -HOn MEDICAL INSPECTION FOR THE KINSTON SCHOOLS AUTHORIZED BY TRUSTEES; ElAlf EMPLOY SPECIALLY - TRAIN'D NURSE SdOi J OUT I'llGIIMOUR DAY WENT BACK FROM U. RAILROAD WILL BE AND JUDGE CRAY TO THE ; FUTURE S. IN GORITZ ARMY REAL CARRIER SOON REPRESENT THE U.S. Y PRESS f RAILROADS CONVINCED TIIFHF OF CONCESSION ANDASKFORPROTECTI (IN IN 4; I Fijg-hting: to Last, Ppwever, bitration, "Final BarrierjVgainst Labor Aggression- Trying to 'Save as Much age" -Executives of Systems Want to Know What As surance They, Have That ence, and President Sets fdn'g' Head Conf erring Chairmen and 1 Looking (By the United, Press) ' f ' " . Washington, Aug. 23. Efforts to save "the principle of arbitration" featured developments today in the negN nations-to settle the threatened rauroaa siriKe. fignt? ingto the last against abandonment of what they term the 'final barrier acrainst labor aggression." the railroad executives have asked President Wilson to make definite pome concrete proposition eigh-hour day, th$ roads us possible from the wrecKage.; aney wani proiecuon against further strikes arid'.Sssurances of increased rev enue to meet the added, expense they claim would attend acceptance of the eight-hour day. The President was immediately responsive. He called into conference Chairmen NewlandX and Adamson of the Congressional Commerce committees, and made inquir es into the jurisdiction of Commission in regard to investigations. . JWO FOREIGNERS; THINK TIIEYEU.S; SPIES -Swiss nd-EngBslr;Citoiis ArVSS at Piedras Neg- rps-Confrned Mn Bread hT Water llad Tampi co Passports (By tt Urfited Press) Eagle" Pass, Texas, Aug.: 23 Charged with being American spies, Dr. Walter jSJaub, a Swiss and Mal colm Muir, anErlishn.re ar rested by Mexican atithorities t Ne gras, and JiaVe" been 'In : jail for'the last twenty-four (hours on bread and water. ' '-v;-' . The two men are examining geolo gists of the tOorona Oil Company at Tampico. Both had passports from Nthe Mexican commander at Tampico. POLICEMAN CONVICT JS HIRED OUT ON FARM f Greensboro, August W, Slaughter, ex-chief of police of Dra per, N. C, recently convicted of manslaughter on a charge of killing Thomas Weaver, while Slaughter wa chfcf,V,Va:l)jte4, iout late .yesterday by the, commissioners of Rockingham county in session at Wentworth, to -P. L, Finoh, a tobacco planter of Meadows, on the Dan. Slaughter was sentenced ! to two years, i imprison ment with, authority 'given to hire him out. . He left immediately with his new mployer, who will pay to Rockirjgham, county tlW um; T$435. Mrs. Slaughter put In" a"bid' for her busband,' but the comnuasioners de cided (to put the' man in other hands. PONTINE'HATS PRIZES FOR WOMEfi AT NATL iTRAPSHOOTERS' MEET ' t (By ''th(T United Press) St Xouis, Aug. 23. Twelve nobby Itats will go to ihe twelve' women making the twelve Toigbesacores in the women's tournament at the Grand American , Trapshooting ; Handicap, which began here Monday and will end the last of this, week. ; c The hats are made of Pontine, a w material in the world of woman's tylesj. The hats .were designed and aad: by Phipps of t New York and re on exhibit in the Chicago, New rk and SL Louis stores. MEXICANS JAIL Against Abandonment of Ar as Possible From the Wrecl There Will Be V No . Recur About to Tell Them Na With Commerce Committees Into I .C. C. Powers for a concession of the basic are trying to, "save as much the - Interstate Commerce SANDERSON CASE TO f COME U? THURSDAY Man Charged With Killing Aged Far mer .to : Go On Trial In Superior CourV-Several Conviction Tues day Rapid Progress on the Term's Second Day ) ' - awwiMftaii .2"2 otirt Tuesday" continued the small cases on the docket in rapid-fire order. Many were cleared off. ., Aside from cases con tinued, etc, these were disposed of: , Win, Ferrel, larcany, .12 months. Joe, Jenkins, retailing, called and failed; capias. ' Alex Hobgood, car rying a concealed weapon, 6 months. Bettie Ewell, vagrancyj not guilty. Handy Flowers, false pretense, not guilty, " Arthur- Hardy, violating city bicycle ordinance, not guilty; -the ordinance "not being sufficient to .hold the defendant." " Gua , Washington, larceny, guilty, judgmenlt iiot ,. pro nounced. John Matthews, larceny, not guilty. - Bryant Sanderson, charged with the murder of old Amos Becton, wealthy planter, will go on : trial Thursday. The grand jury is ex pected to make its final report today. CHICAGO WILL EAT, 1 DRINK AND SLEEP TO MUSIC FOR A WHILE Chicago, Aug. 23. Life here is just one fox trot after, another. It got that way at an early hour and will continue so until September 2nd. The reason being that 450 members of the American National Association of Masters of Dancing including Louis Fretlow, ,75 years young are one-tepping - around .the Blackitone Hotel, getting ready for their thirty- third annual convention. . lAbout the only step these 450 deb onair gentlemen didn't invent is" the lockstep. But nobody cares, because that's going out s. . ANOTHER STORM IN ' THE WEST INDIES ' - , ' . f ' Washington, Aug. 22. A weather bureau storm warning tonight eaid a tropical' storm with a maximum wand velocity of 88 miles an hour passed over Porto Rico about 7 o'clock this morning, apparently moving toward the northwest, but that later reports had not fixed its location' other than a short distance north of Haiti, this afternoon at 5 o'clock. The disturb ance may be felt over the Florida peninsula by Wednesday night unless it re-curves sooner to the. northwest ward. All shipping near Bahama and off the Sotrth Atlantic coast was advised to use caution. Lots of Them Killed and Wounded; King With Cadorna's Troops GERMANS BREAK FRONT Of the French In the Somme Sector-Powerful Attack Results in Taking of More Trenches Activity Dur ing the Night (By the United Press) ' Paris, Aug. 23. Germans ., made a powerful attack last night on some trenches south of E stress and west of Sayecourt, penetrating the French line at several .points, it is admitted officially, .-The attack pwas preceded by an intense fire for several houn. North of Somme the Germans maih- tained a fierce bombardment against the French first lint and communicat ing trenches, both north and south of Maurepaa, but there were no infan Grenade parties repulsed a surprise try attacks. In the Vosges . French attack at Hartmann-Sweilerkopf, French Aeronaut Dorm downed his fifth aeroplane. Northeast of Per onne, French flyew with machine guns attacked lour uerman pianes, who were forced, to descend. - With Italian Army at Goritz, Aug. 23. Several thousand Italian-Americans are in the army which entered Gorita 'and da now storming the Aus trian southeast of the city. Many have been killed and wounded. King Victor Emanuel is constantly at the front encouraging the troops, regard less of all personal risk. He was in Goritz when the ' city was " heavily bombarded from the surrounding heights. Goritz is under nrartial law btt the 7,000 (remaining inhabitants ars gradually resuming their norm al life. The Italians are fortifying ho city to prevent its recapturo. Gen eral Cadorna's lines have been jjrad- aily advanced though some places ith the greatest difficulty. The Aus- ian pdsitSons Sttrrotmiding Goritz arij c-oifcd by ows,of electr::slly charged barbed wire. , Slavs Reprt Prgrasso Slavs Report Progres. Petrograd, Aug, 23 Russiir.3 op erating nearvJablonitza pass have captured the heights north of Kover la mountain, just south of the Hun garian border, it is said officially. Teuton gaa attacks at Krovo , have been repulsed. The Russian fleet to day co-operated with the land forces, epelling a Turkish offensive along the Black Sea. British Repulse Germans. ," London, -Aug. 23. The Germans made two despeVate attempts last ght to wrest from the British new ly-won positions . south of Thiepval, which msnace that German strong hold, according, to General Haig, but both were repulsed, although the Germans gained a temporary footing. TO HAVE OLD-TIMEY TOURNAMENT AT THE FAIR IN OCTOBER Mr. P. S. B. Harper of the rac ing committee of the Fair Associa tion has decided to have for a feat ure of the exhibit this fall an old fashioned tournament, with' plumed and beaashed knights racing over a course with make-believe spears , to capture elusive rings suspended from beam. This kind of an affair ia re membered by many of the older citi zens, but has fallen into disuse these many years. In one or two places in the eastern part of the State they still hold such tournaments occasion ally, but it has been many a moon since the like 'was seen hereabouts. , pkill with the spear and a good eye and cool nerve, and good horseman ship are requisites for - the partici pants in a tournament. There would, of course, be . the crowning of a queen and all that sort of stuff. ' Limestone Township In Du . plin Votes Bonds; In ' Operation Shortly ONE TOWNSHIP REFUSED J:4 To Carrr Issue Promoters Undeterred However, and Bent On Carrying Steel Route On Into Pen der and to Coast The Duplin County Railroad will be- in- operation within a very few months as the result of the carrying of a bond issue for $15,000 in Lime stone township, Duplin county, Tues day. , Cypress Creek township, South of Limestone, turned down the prop osition. It is assured, according to unquestioned authority, that the line will be carried inlo the latter how ever, and that passenger and freight service will be had in a short time. Local dissensions are believed to have been responsible for he failure of the issue to carry in Cypress Creek. That part of Duplin coun ty, in spite of denials of former state ments of factionalism, ds in an unset tled condition politically owing to the stock law, favored by some and do- tested by others. A large amount of; stock in the railroad is known to have been taken, and there is practi- ally nothing to hinder the comple tion of the road to, the edge of Cy press Creek township. That town ship may Vote bonds later j it is re ported iha"the promoters vof the line i are Jjent on carrying it into Pender j county, and ultimately to deep wat er at Wilmington. The Duplin Railroad will tap the rJchtfot part of the county one of the richest sections of the State. It will open up a large area for settlement and promote the development of an extraordinarily fertile agricultural country, with an ideal climate and average rainfall. Turkish Troops Enter the Balk' n Zone, ViniftMpf All Belligerent's Engaged (By the United Press) i London, Aug. 23. A great battle-of the nations, with troops of nearly every European belligerent involved, is gradually developing in the Balkans, as the fighting along tne 150-mile front increases in fury. Turkey is sending reinforcements into Bulgaria, says an Athens dispatch. At least one Turkish division is en route to join the Bul gars, while another division will be so placeu as to threatr en Roumania. should that country decide to enter the war on the side of-tho Entente Allies. Never in modern history have so.many nations ciasn ed on one battle front Forced to yield their advanced po 3;;rta tTio Allina have rrinfnrepA their lines and now are Strongly on1 the offensive at.Valdar Valle, northwest c4 Salonika. Tne jJulgars nave iunner auvauyeu uieir wings, owing to their numerical superiority, but the Aji-jic-French artillery has checked the" momentum of ta movement. . ' AVERAGE PRICE FOR TOBACCO HGH TODAY About 21 Cente, or By Fraction the ; Best of the Week Market Draw ing Patronage From Wide Territo ry Today' Salea Heaner Than - Tuesday's Today's sales on the local tobacco f - market wera a few thousand pounds hoevier than Tuesday's,' toUlling 90,790. The quality was about the tan. ; Prices . were a shade better, however, and the average wat about 21centa. , The tendency to increase a little was evident, a: fT ' the prices were hy a fraction the best of the week. A fair break ia expected again to morrow. Sales of from lOCOOO to 200,000 pounds are looked for next week. .. - ! In Mexican Negotiations y Appointments' Made Put lie Tuesday lNightAl Have Accepted Meeting Place Undecided (By the United Press) .!.'" .:!.'' ; ' Washington, Aug. - 23. Meeting of-the Mexican American Peace Commission will begin as soon as all the Mexican, members reach America, it ia indicated at the State Department Washington. Aug. 22. Secretary Lansing announced tonight, thai the American members ,of the joint com mission to undertake, sottiement of differences between the Upited States and Maxico would be Franklin K. Lane, Secretary ; of the Interior; Judge George Gray of Wilmington, Del., and Dr. John R. Mott of New York City. All of the commissioners have ac cepted their' appointments, the Mex ican members were named some time ago, and arrangements ior xneir meeting will be mads immediately by Secretary Lansing and Elizeo Arred ondo, General Oarranza's Ambassa dor designate. Virtually the only question to he decided is whore the sessions shall be held. The Mexicans are understood to prefer some resort on the New Jersey coast. , Scretary Lane will head 'the Am erican group, .. BOWWOWS DESERTED THE GERMAN WORKS (By the United Press) Southampton, Eng., -Aug. 23. An officer arriving from the front today related that just before the Big Push began four dogs came out of the German trenches "and despite the whistling and shouting of their mas ters, proceeded aeroes No Man's Land and deserted to the English. The Tommies hailed it as a good omen and charged singing. . CHANCE FOR LENOIR BOY . GET COLLEGE EDUCATION Notice ha been received by The Free Press from Aariaultural and Mechanical College at Raleigh that this county is entitled to one scholar ship' amounting to free tuition for four years. . Thia is an opportunity for some smart, ambitious boy. Par ticulars can be . had by writing to the college. Planters who have sold her dur ing the past three days have been from a wide range of country, is a fact that a number of tobacconists have noted. This is taken to Indicate that, although tho season has only fairly opened and the real big breaks won't occur for a fortnight or so yet, the market will draw from aa tx tended territory this fall Work Will Be Inaugurated If Possible Defects of Children to Be Ferreted Out, Parents Apprised and Individual Records Kept-rOne-Third of All Failures of Pupils Due to Physical Short comingsProgressive Step Will Result in Many Bene-f fits.. Believed Meals for School Children to Be Served By Individuals If Plan Superintendent. Is Authorized to Carry Out Is Put Into Effect ; . . ; The Rnnrd nf Trnsfppa night, adopted medical inspection for the system and de cided to employ a competent nurse, trained in tha.tline, for the purpose. Supt. K. R. Curtis today stated that no one is being considered for the position yet, but it j,s hpp ed to secure the nurse by the 13th of Septemberwbeh the schools will open for the fall. There are few nurses in this region, esneciallv trained in school work, and other Larts of the country may .be The plan cans ior a systematic inspection 01 every hilH The vinrRA will pxamine the eves: nose, throat' and' ears of evertf pupil, and in fact, make a general examiha- tion to discover any pnysicai 1 1.1- ! 1 J 3 4.1... the pupil and notify them, nat snouin be taKen lmmeaiateiy to onsec me ueiecu nf tha ii"tv will hp invii.pd to ffive the medical inspection plan, which is permanent, their sympa thetic co-operation. - HjMedical inspection is in iorce in tne scnoois oi many oi he mwp advancpA communities in the country. Its cost is' insignificant compared with tmra oi au me xanures m sscnuuia uc uuc w -.- tects, according to upt Curtis. . .,.,",' . ' ' . wkn xrM,v,ia hoa haein Arrpctpil in a on lid & careful record wil1 be ket of his work, to ascertain the increased ifficiency of the subject.8 1 Tne parents win oe Kept uuurmt d. The work of the school nurse will be in no small wisj educational. The School Board, with their customary progressive tess, put Kinston a step further ahead with' thi3 action, (.nnnnnnitv will hp frripatlv Indebted to them after tne benefits of the inspection system become; apparenV as chey will ere one school year has passed, say friends Oi the project. Supt. .Curtis favored the plan. i: Supt. Curtis has been authorized to close a deal with persons who have applied for the privilege of operating o iv. nAiintftr for school children. The individuals. ? whose names will be announced later, have agreed to su-, ply meiils during the noon recess period at nominal Cost, prOOaDly on me rjurypeau piaiie , LEADING MEN OF THE . STATE WILL ATTEND GREENSBORO DINNER (Special to The Free Press y, i A ,, , oft RivniifiA of Urreeirauviw, auj, Kb Rnlendiid results following "tha din ner served jointly by the State Normal :ollege and the Chamber of Com merce of Greensboro last year, at which time 700 representative men from all over the State were present listen to a discussion tof ques tions that vitally affected the wel fare of our people,, the State Normal College and the Chamber of Com merce have arranged to serve anoth-. dinner of the same character on the mning of September 7 and have de- n:a an annual event. The theme of the approaching finitely determined to make these din dinner is to be Conservation. Secre tary of War Baker is to be the prin cipal Bpeakerv It is also expected that Governor Craig, Hon. J. H. Small, Hon. Frank A. Linney, and Hon. T. W. Bkkett will also be pre" ent to join in the discussion. 0. MARKS, PROMINENT NEW BERNIAN, IS DEAD New Bern, Aug. 23. Oscar Marks, one of the eity's best known men, died at his home hero yesterday as tha result of an attack of paralysis of the throat. He was about 76 years of age and was born across the ocean. Helocated here in 1864 and became successful in business. He married Miss Fannie Green of New York in 1867. She. together ..with five sons and daughters, survive him. The latter are: Miss'Hattio Marks and Mrs. Belle Hyman of New Bern, Mrs. Fred. Thomas of Williamsburg, Va and M. M. and Harry B. MaTks at Opening of Scholastic Xzit. nf iheVAtv Schools TliesdaV looked to. . , , aeiect tnatmay exisu vvijen ...Ill nnAn fna tiDranfo rf advising them of the.stepd the beneficial results. One- 4 . - ; . . , Bulletins (By the United Press) ! ALLIES USE WOMEN - - , IN DIPLOMATIC GAME. .- T 1 ' Berlin, Aug. 23 The " Russi-, ans lost 5,000 in killed Alone , t northeast of Stanislau, between -August 14 and 17, against a Ger- man total of 80, says the Cologne t. Gazette. , Berlin ' charges that beautiful women and great stints . of money are being used by the . ' Allies at Bucharest in tha ireat : ;, diplomatic battle to bring Rou mania into the war to aid the Al- " ' l ",'vj ,: ITALIAN GAINS. ' : ; ' . Rome, Aug. 23. Strong ne . my positions in Tofan and Tra- " ' vanansea valleys have been cap- , tured by the Italians in a resumpx tion of heavy fighting, it said ;, " officially. . , . .. .. SPEEDER ARRESTED iB. T. Cannon, a tobacco man, was ' arrested by Patrolman . John Mc Dustrell Tuesday night for speeding. ' He was fined $5 and costs by the Re corder. '.. . REALTY TRANSFER Moseley and Parrott to Henrietta Daugherty, lot in East -'.Kinston, of New Bern. ; Several brothers and sisters ra living. The funeral will be conducted on Thursday at 10 a. m. hy Rabbi II . A. Mrfeld of Columbia, S. C, with in terment in the New Bern Jewish cem etery, .
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