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VOC XVIII. No. 61
SECONDDITION
KINSTON, N. O, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY price two cents v i
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EPSTEIN TELLS HIS
GREEKS FOUGHT. THE
MERSi
COMMISSIONERS USE
STORY OF KILLING
DULGARS IN
BEUflttEl
OF lEON'D EDWARDS TO XHECiM
AFTER LONG VOYAGE
FUNDS I
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MPROPERLY
NVASIO
SITUATION -HAS (iROWN VERY BAB
MIDNJCtlt; EXEClfTIV ARE. WILLING, TO
ORANTtlGHT-IIOlIll DAHT SAJIOTE&
H Brotherhoods Will Work That Number of Hours for
tx$H JIouW Pay, WeU and.Good-Can't Agree to Fif
vty Million Dollars Increase, Howver President's Pol
Icy Openly Criticized "Striking Down of Principe of
Impartial Hearing Threatens Greater Danger Than
(inflicting Freight Regulations" Success or Failure
Df Wilson Efforts Will Be Told by Night, It Is Pro
bable ,
1 . ' f (Bythe
. WAshinjtoti, Aug. 24
hw iaken a change for.the worse.- The. situation is very the latter oint for ome time, and
erious,M, was the, statement of one of the executives "as 1 a weekly flight eervice em
jhe fohfereftce with th'e President began this afternoon. ployed. r .Ctfwtruction of the line
Tihe President's course In "striking down the principle f m caiquai)iot aomo ne farther
impartial hearing" has threatened greater permanent ia- south, in progress, and service to
jury than tho "multiform, conflicting freight regula- ihai fint H1 t-pod p & a ew
Mong, said Walter D. Hines for the Sante Fe. Hines de- nwnth8- '
Glared the President "had without a hearlne- decided it was mp. hsh, in Vendor county.
iupt for the railroads to pay
io wisunmen inrougn xne eignt-nour day' . . -
n One striking feature of the case, he saidwas that the
President's coufrse establishes the proposition that labor
my AmJbine to stop the interstate commerce unless its
aemandswire granted, and that in such cases the Presi-
dent'u proper teourse is to "make (up his owji mind with-
tut a hearing as to concessions he'would force employers
Final Negotiations On.
(By Robert 3. Bender) . . v
Washington, Aug 24. Negotiations for settling, the
threatened railroad strike today went into the final
stages.
v The success or failure of the President's efforts may
be written before night." The sub-committee of railway
.cawhwvcb wuv ivi vmw udjro nave uccii wiraumg niwi
the seight-hdur 'problem met with the rest of the ejeecu
iives Uiis mornfns. in the hone of reaching a conclusion
toet&m adjourning, r They are
answer oetore tne rresiaent
The railroad executives,
s 410 other way to meet the crisis than to rant tne ae-(
mat for the tight-hour tia'y. However, )thoseKtrug;
pmg uesperareiy xo proviue xire eigm-nuur nay, uuu wu
cession is not the same as demanded : by the workers.
Their eflforts are concentrated on the tak of putting the
brotherhoods oh the defensive. Tv this lend, it is declared,
thert is general willingness to grant the eiht-hour iay,
tut not with the fame wage as now paid for the ten-hour
day. That would mean a twenty per Cent, increase in
wages, it is claimed.- "If the brotherhoods ate willing to
grantkeightour for eight hours' pay this, controversy
would be settled in twenty, minutes," the President of the
Santa Fe is -reported to have
NtiOESON
1 TODAY
Bryaat -Sandersoa young ... white;
farm! teiwni 'waa b lt tr5al
in'"- Superior Ootfrt thk afternoon tor
the ItilMhg af Moos Bacton. an teld-j
erly plant. 'Th alleged crime oe
ctarrVd to the spring tit the home of
cotoid tefiaat Oti Becton'a plantation, j
. SeHf-dbfetrse hiay be the ptoa of Can
derfcaa.'ll Solicitor has stated tlwt
M wHl hot for a Inardor verdict
bdt"wfiD be satisfied with a conviction,
. fofc Baanstaughter. ;-- ' ..'. 'j
iCases tiiaposed of Wednesday t;
Sifry White, larceny, tighVtnotfkhs.
W.1;Ums:Dove, Henry Fields ana" Aa
Mt Fields, a. with d.? f cui!t7, jud."
Wentfnot passed. Jonar-W'liaa?
Iaeeny,;i2 months. WiHiaws, tiow
rving m term on the' ounty roads.
aad-the interesting request that he
be sent to State's prison at Ealeiyh
o apend the jrear, acting that he
ad been whipped whpe on tire roads.
lendanCVrequest. Tobe Mayor, tried
on appeal from the Recorder's Court
iimiii m J
AI.I0S SKI
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SINCE
United Presa) "
"Since midnight the situation
fifty million dollars a year
expected to lay their final
ai a conierence wius aiw
it is said, have agreed therej
said..
WHAT'S TEXAS HEAT
ALONGSIDE THIS THE
JjUSHAVETOifAKE
(By the United Press) ,
: TokiOii Aug. 24. 'Aarerican militia-1
men Wiling on the Mican barter.
in -terrific heat may cool off when they
bear that 2,000 Japanese . soldier
matched and maneuvered fof -twalve.
days in Formosa ad the Peso adores
with the mercury saauited a high s
130 - degraea ' Fahrenheit.- And only
three cases xt suhstroka were report-'
ed 'during the entire period. .(- . ;
fThe first tiifla 'days were spent in
constant -marching, the troops cover
ing 140 mules. - Becaaaa -of the heat,
the koldtera were fenaUted to wear
any clothing they pkwed. . Some of
them wore helmetsf some atraw hats.l
s.vnf a knitted underskirt or a thin
khuono. ' ;."".'
The maneuvers wore deliberately
held in the intense heat, in rer. to
give the experts a chance to',atady
the best way to iaadle mm tinder
such conditions. - . X t
Judge Devin complhd wiA the de
for retailing, not guilty. ' ,
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kegular Passenger , and
Freight Service to Beula
yille to Be ' Inaugurated
1 By September 1, If Possi
ble, Said 1
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Paasenger -and freight service on
the Duplih County R. R., as far aa
Beulavlllc will . bo inaugurated . by
September 1 if posadble, Mr. Win.
Hayes, Soperuitendent of the Kinston
Garolina Railroad, Announced today.
A line which comprises a link of the
new Toad has been constructed to
fatu,e iB hle M
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BOW M M far M Pink Hm.
Mme .hedui win be observed.
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Jl tin LlNu
IVIli MAKE RAID ON
ENGLAND IN AUTUMN
prn91.:no. xtpw
Air Fleet for Purpose,
Lord Montague Warns
Test Raid at Midnight Is
Announced
to Urn tJnlted Press) , '
. Inrndon, i Aug. 24.A seppelin
raided the English coast at midnight,
says .an oracial- statement Casual
ties are reported. Baron Montague
has warned the country of a probable
air raid by new tferman dirigibles,
ir?w Mtrd -to be nder construction.
The craft are 780 feet lo, travel
80 miles an hour, can ascend to 3
milw to -avoid gun fire, and carry B
tofts of explosives each, he said. The
Vaid ia expected m September vor Oc
tober, "when the Weather ia favorable.
Last night's attack is believed to have
he en to test England's new air defenses..--
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Two of the new teppejina have
been completed, Montague declared,
and four more will be available in the
autumn. ;'. -i
GOESW
3 V
EINTHEM1Y
"i ; Major WS11- fjewia, a former , Kin
stonian ftfr many years in the -army
medical service, has been promoted to
a lieutenant-colonelcy, relatives here
have teamed. JuSt before Jie y re
ceipt of his aew cohiraission LL-Col.
Lewis was aordored from the Presidio
at Sao Francisco, where he has been'
tatkned, to the: Mexican border,
where, it ia said, he has chaige f
the sjanitary troops along a? pert of
the drimL '- Forty thousand lnn aire
uiideV-his pwfiestional supervision,'
Col. lewis's lather. Dr. Hichard lew-'
ia, uid Several hrothers an! sisters'
reside here, s He is ' well-known'
throughout, the army. . ,
MEETING OF MASONS.
,i St. John's Lodge, No. 4, A. F.
and A: M.-rill meet Friday night
for work in Hie second degree.
ON THE DUPLIN R
IN A VERY FEW BAYS
latEWIS
AGRAD
Dodged English 4 Fleet at
' EWrance to Channel;
. Kept Under Surf ace . .
MCOMED BY BIG CROWD
Submarine Merchantman
Did Not. Notify Friends
y of Approach Until Almost
Under Guns of Helgoland
- At Bremen
(By the United Pns
Copenhagen, , Aug. 24. Tha :
Bremen, sister ship of tha?
Deutachland, will arrive in Am-6
erica in a few days, it aaid from
a German official source.
Berlin, Aug. 23. The merchant
submarine, Deutschl and arrived at
the moutb of the Weser on August
3. according to the Overseas News
Agency, i
The agency says that the Deutsch-
land arrived on tho afternoon of Aug
ust 23 and anchored before the mouth
of the river. All oh board were well.
Arrived on Twdity-thM.
Berlin, ' Aug. 24.- The submarine
Deutachland evaded a ecore of war
ships watching fot her at the en
trance to he English Channel, com
ing to tha surface Tuesday in the
southern jfart of the North Sea, say
E'remen dfepatches. Not until ap
proaching 'Helgoland and out of dan
ger did eh 6 wireless news Of hef aT
rival. Jrt crpwda gatjiere on the
docks at Bremen to welcome her. ''
SALES OF
THE WEEK ON LEAF
MARKET HERE TODAY
It was estimated this af wrnoon that
131S?6. pound of tobacco was sold
her today. The average rice was
practically unchanged It waa right
around 21 cents. .
.The eales were the largos of. the
week, eclipsing1 those of Wednesday,
the next best day, by more than 40,
000 pounds. The quality was. on the
whole, good. 1 '
. fair sales are expected Friday, and
heavy brinks by the middle of next
week. - .
UND FOR THE
IVAnOim FfiRESTS
. Washington, Aug. 13. Addition of
62,880 acres to the government's for
est, reserves in the Appalachian and
Waite Mountains, bringing the total
area purchased up to 1,306,367 acres,
was announced tonight by the Na
tional Forest Reservation Commis
sion. Fifty-fline tracts te compris
ed in the new acquisitions, the larg
est being in the "Kinkenny Purchase
area," in "New Hampshire, and cover
ing -SRftOO acres, (j . j '... ;
Smaller tracts, were purchased - in
the Southern Appalachian mountains,
the largest total on any. area being
thai .of 7,678 acres ; in Transylvania
county, N. C, On the Pisgah Forest.
Other tracts in Avery, Caldwell, Ma
eon and McDowell s counties, on the
Boone, Nantahala nd .M-t Mitchell
areas, aggregate ,1870 cres.
HUGHES ABOUT READY, FOR i
VACATION IN. ESTES PARK
:, Ogden, UtaVAug. J4 Ogden gave
Charles E. Hughes ? a- tremendous
Wekeme this afternoon when the Re
publican candidate arrived to address
a crowd which jammed the city's big-
gest-aaditorhim. t .
' thile sbewing no marked effects
from his campaign trip, Cov. Hughes
i 4oking forward to a week's vaca
tion in the Estes Park region of ttie
Rocky Mountains beginning ' next
Sunday.-. ' ,
HEAVIEST
"Not Being Spent Economi
cally and Justly to the
' Taxpayers"
ASK FOR INVESTIGATION
Desire Judge Devin to Ap
; . point Committee Whose
Names Are Suggested by
Jury Roast . Reception
at Roads amp
v "We the Grand, Jury, think the
county road funds are not being spent
economically and justly to the tax
payers." ;" : .',
That is the charge contained in tho
reoprt of the Grand Jury for the Au
gust term of Superior Court made to
Judge Devin late Wednesday. The
report further says that the Grand
Jury believe that tho funds "aro be
ing spent for the benefit of a 'few
men." '
"JVe find important mtsin roads
with heavy traffic neglected, hers in
a very thinly wooded , community
eight miles from the county seat be
ing tuilt at a very heavy cost to the
county." The jury asked Judge Dev
in to delegate, to investigate the re-
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suits of the expenditure of 'Vbout
f40,000 sires Jansary, the following
men:. IV T, Moseley, Kineton
township; ft. H .r fJafidy, Moseley
Hall; E, L. Hady, Institute; Jerry
Sutton, Falling Creek; Mark Bouse,
Vance; W. C. Wortihjrttgflon, don-.
tentnea Neck; Zab Kilpa trick, Sand
Hill; Forrest Kennedy, Southwest;
Oscar Hardy,. Trent; Geo. Willard,
Pink Hill; Sam Taylor, Neuse; and J.
T. Spence, Weoddngton. i "
The report said that "on our in
spection of the convict camp, we
were treated very discourteously by
the road superintendent; also found
some convicts had been beaten rather
severely by other convicts, under or
ders of the, superintendent, also
Mincher and Taylor. From the best
information, Mincher is still walking
boss."
Convict Guard Mincher has been in
tronblo in the courts several times
for alleged maltreatment of con
victs. An appeal is now pending
before the supreme Court,
The 'Grand Jury found, accord
ing to the report, tho County Home
to be "m good shape, very ably man
aged by Mrs. Lee;" the jail very
well kept dn sanitary condition; the
Sheriff's Clerk's and Register's of
fice ell kept and the Clerk-reporting
that "all guardians' reports have
been made regularly."
Comprkunr the Grand Jury wore:
J. W, Moseley, J. H. Leneave, W.
E. Taylor,1 G. M. Henderson, S. H.
Isler, W. M. Edwards, J. F. Hol
ton, A. Mi Etainos, N. E Smith, B.
F. West, It. L. Pelletier. E. S. Mew
born, foreman, W. E. Boyebte, E.
L. Johnson, -J. H. Davden, Jr., E.
5. Edwards, E. L. Hwrdy and Z. C.
Gooding. ,;,.,.,,.'.v y.,. ' y
IN Tift "NORTH SEA
London,. Aug. 22. A British K-
.cial annoupcement this afternoon says
it is believed, that a 'Gorman battle
ship f the Nassatt class has heen
sunk by British submarine E22. The
announcement reads: x; t ,;'-s4
."The submarine E-22, Liomt-Com
mander Robett R. Taraer, 'which re
tamed today from the North Sea, re
ports that, en- the taoming of Satur
day last she inmdo la successful tor
pedo attack bpon1 a. German battle
ship of the Nassau class. The com-
mandiwg officer reports that while the
shap was being escorted by . five des
truyers back to the harbor ia dam
aged condition, he attacked sjain and
struck her with a second torpedo and
believes she was sunk."
BELIYEMpHV,,
Larger Man Had Him Down
and He Shot In Self-De-fense,
Jury Hears
DEFENDANT NOT WORRIED
Well-Dressed and Calm
Mother and Others of
Family In Courtroom
. Former Fiancee' Turns
Back On Him .
(Special to The Free Press)
Oolddboro, Aug. 25. The de
fense had not rested its cass in
the Epstein murder trial this af
ternoon. There is no prospect
for the case going to the jury
today or tomorrow, and it may
even go over into next week.
Goldsboro, Aug. 24. Hytnan - Ep
stein, on trial for the murder of
Leonard Edwards, was on the jrtflnd
in his own defense yesterday. Ep
stein told of being encountered by
Edwards on tho street in front of
the latter's home, of his life being
threatened by Edwards because he
persisted in calling upon Edwards'
sister, and of being - forced to the
ground by the man whom he shot. It
was after' ho was down that he shot
Edwards, Epstein said. . .. : '
The Epstein jury was secured . in
two hours'- time. The defendant was
calm and apparently unmoved when
hs entered the' courtroom. Ho was
well-groomed and nattily dressed. , In
the room were his mother, brothers
d a sis ten, as well as Miss Judith
Edwards, sister of the slain man and J
Epstein's nance at the time he kill
ed her brother. Miss Edwards under
stress of emotion reversed her seat
to avoid looking at the prisoner. I
Edwards was a powerful man. He. si
like the slayer, was a member of a
prominent family.
ALLIED OFFENSIVE IN
THE BALKANS IS BUT
A BLUFF, IT IS
Launched for Its Effect Up-
on Roumania Entente
Powers Would Not, At-1
tempt It Without That
Nation's Help
(By the United Press)
New York, Aug. 24 To create a
political effect in Boumania is the
main purpose of the Allied, activity
in ths Balkans. There is no prob-m
ability that a major offensive, will
develop at this time from the Greek
ease, unless the Allies are assured
that Roumania intends to participate.
Without Roumania's aid the recov
ery of Serbia would require a great
er expenditure of men and munitions
than could be spared from the main
fronts.
OWEGO WAS FIRE1 ON,
WITHOUT WARNING BY
' CftilAN submersMje
O;' : (By. the; United Press).
' Rotterdam Aug. 23.-(Via London)
According to information here the
American steamer Owego, regarding
a reported submarine attack on Whicn
the American government has inquir
ed f Germany, arrived here August
13 and reported encountering off the
Isle 'of Wight a German submarine
which fired 10 or 12 shots at her with
out warning, it is declared, same of
tho shells striking very close to her
but inflicting no damage, i , .
Athenians , Were ' Engaged
On Nearly Every Part K
of Front, Said .
.DYANCE BEEN
Greek and ' French Troops
Defending Seres Against
" Bulgarians Russians
Win Big Victory in Fight
With Turks
a . (By the United rress) ' , ,
, London,- Aug.. 24.7-The ; ncieni
(ireek city of Seres 43 miles north
east of Salonika is under e strong
attack by Bulgars, Athens despatches .
say. The Greek, garrison is co-operating
with the French forces Mn de
fending the city. The Seres garri
son is bolng reinforced by ( auu0
Greek detachments, whkrh retiml up
on tho city after spirited ' flsrhting
with numerically superior Bulgars on
practically every other sec bo of. the
Balkan front, The .Bulbar osTenslv
has been brought to a standatill., (
Slavs Claim Big Success. , k
Petrograd, Aug. 24 The Russians
have defeated 80,000 Turks in','
great battle near Mosul, icapturuig
two entire regiments, it is said offi
cially. Much booty was secured.'1 '
Attacks T)a Freack. ' - " it ...
' Paris, ug. Ji. Two GermeU at
tuck near Sayetcourtv outh f tha
Somme jpreeeded by an intense bom
rhardment, were com.pletely repulsed.
it is officially .eaid.. --On the - right
bank of the Meuse, northeast of Ver
dun, the . Germans today bombarded
the Fleury-Thiaumont,. front. French
aviators downed four planes.
British Repel "Germans. .
London, Aug. 24.-The Germans
msde a strenuous attempt last night
to regain ground between Guiilomont
and J Barry, according to Gensral
Haig. They succeeded -m reaching ,
parapets e Bntish trenches at some '
points but afterwards wer repelled
wi th heavy Josses. . . i
Bulletins
n By Eastern Press) ; ,
t Berlin, Aug. f24.-The fiulffarst
have damaged the enemy J fresh' "
fighting on the Struma river, says "
an official statement jotJlie.lJul- i
garians. Anglo-French, It is said, ..
were put to Bight. fJl . , ',.,,
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GIVES ttOLLAMi )
ANOTHER CHANCE
Recorder T. C Weoten techay an-v
nounced that he weM hear St strongi
appeal" for clemency for John Hol
land Friday warning. Holland is
under sentence of 12 months -dor lar
ceny of money from ' windovr
display. r ..v,
ARMOR PLANT WILL BE
LOCATED IN FEW WEEKS
Washington, Aug. 23. Proposals'
from various cities offering sites ioi
the $1100,000 govcrBinent armor
plant will be heard by Secretary Dan
iels en September JL5.iogether-wi-Ui
such offers as any private manufac
turers way submit for the sale oj
their establishments to; the govern
ment. ; ' -.. . "
r,vREacsmYY
tEP6t HMIPTON ROADS
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Washington, Au. 23. the Navy
Department was taxing its resourced
might to fill up ,4hs firet hypothetic-
a! gap in the country's defense which) .
has developed in the naval war gam
in progress off the Atlantic coast. -Theoretically,
a mob. of unifonnoJ
men today overpowered the naval
guard at . SewclIV Point, on . Hamp
ton Roads, destroyed great stores of
soal and supplies collected there f .f
possible use of the ."blue" defer.,'.'. :
fleet, and burned the piers,