The Home Paper " TpVt New. iTodiy ; il ii 11 11 DA v "VOL. XVIILNo. 61,; FIRST fa)ITION KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY twomoms FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS ODAY SANDERSON HAS GROWN VERY mode UE IS ?T0 BE Cfltt ED BAD SINCE iljOECUTiyESlElLUKl GRANTEIGilT IlOUR DAY AT SAME EXPENSE MOTJERVICE ijipupR.ii; DAYS IN A VERY FEW Regular Passenger and Freight Service to Beula yille to Be 7 Inaugurated By Scptemberl, If Possi ble, Said Daily "and f reight service on the Duplin 'County Railroad as far s Beulaville will ibe inaugurated by September 1 if possible,, Mr. Wm. Hayes, Superintendent of the Kinston Carolina Railroad,, announced today. A line which comprises a link of the new road "has been constructed to the latter point for some time, and a senni- weekly freight service em- Construction of the line miles .y farther and service to If Brotherhoods Will Work That Number of Hours for Eight Hours' Pay, Well andjGood Can't Agree to Fjf, v ty. Million Dollars Increase, HoweverPresident's. Pol ; icy Openly Criticized "Striking Down of Principle .of Impartial Hearing Threatens Greater Danger Than Conflicting Freight Regulations"--Success or Failure of Wilson's Efforts Will Be Toid by Night, It Is Pro .Jbable 1 v " , (By 'ths United Press) i , Washington, Aue. 24.-"Since midnierhtf the situation has taken a change for the worse.. The situation is very piyi serious," was $he statement of one of the executives as " t0 chinquapin, some the conference with the President he'oran this af fern nnn 'I South- progress, the President's course in "striking down the principle of ; point .w beied up in f!w impartial hearing" has threatened greater permanent in- e jury than the "multiform, . conflicting freight regula-1 "aplef f ,u' dn Perwco " ty' n .j ,r t tt j: ii7 ci6 i. t-i& tt. 8 T n tn tl6r future, as probable, Mr. pons,- said Walter D. Hmes for the Sante Fe, Hmes de- Ha fitated clared the President had without a hearing decided it was j lWiu" be one train daily to jy&fqr the railroads to pay fifty million, dollars a year . Beuiahviiie for the present. That jto trainmen through, the eight-hour day. j train mow runs as far as-Pink Iill,, ,Qne striking feature of the case, he said, was that the .The same schedule win be observed. rfesident s course establishes the proposition that labor may'pombine to stop the interstate commerce unless its "demands are granted, a!nd that in such cases the Presi dent's proper course is to "make up his own mind with tutU hearing as to concessions he would force employers tp make," " , " ' . " Final .'Negotiations On. "z fBv Robert J. Bender) . " Washington, Aug. 24. Negotiations for settling the .threatened raiir0ad strike today went into the final stages. , Tfyj success or failure of the President's efforts may be written before night. The sub-committee of railway executives who for three days have been wrestling with the eight-hour problem, met ' with the rest of the execu tives this morning, in the hope of reaching a conclusion before' adjourning. They are expected to lay their, final answer before the President at a conference this after-' noon. ' 1 The railroad executives, it is said, have agreed 'therfe is no other way to meet the crisis than to grant the de mand foi the eight-hour day." However, they are strug gling desperately to provide the eight-hour day, this con cession is not the same as demanded by the workers. Their efforts are concentrated on the tasfc of putting the brotherhoods on the defensive. To this end, it isecjared, there is general willingness to grant the. eit-hottr day, xbut not with the sanie wage as now.paid for the ten-hour day,; That would mean" a twenty'per'centincrease in Vages it is claimed. "If the brotherhoods are willing to grant eigjjt'.hoiirs for eight hours' V pay this, cpntrpversy woufd e "settled in twenty minutes," the President of the Santa-Fe-is reported to have said. , 0 ' SANDERSONS ON TRIAL FOR KILLING AMOS BECTON TODAY Bryant Sanderson, r young white farm tenini' was to be put on trial in Suerior Xjurt this afternooa for the killing of Amos Becton, en eld erly planter. 1X09, alleged crime oe curr4 in the spring t the home of a colored tenant on Etecton's plantation. Self-defense may be the plea of San d ere 00. The Solicitor has stated that he will not ask taf a murder verdict but w4 be satisfied with a conviction for manalaughtsr. : Cases disposed of Wednesday were Mary White, larceny, tkrht months. William Dove, Henry Fields and Aa tti: fields, a. with" d. w gci',t7, jud? mentnot passed. Jor.a? WMiamf larceny, 12 months. Williams, - Sow serving term on the oonty roads, ttadethe" in teres tkig request that he be sent to State's pruon at Raleigh to spend ths .year, atating thajt-'he tad been whipped whPe on the reads, 'endant's request.y Tobe Mayor, tried P appeal from the Recorder's Court WHAT'S. TEXAS HpAT ALONGSIDE THIS THE JAPS HAVE TQ TAKE (By , the United Press) Tokio, Aug. 24. American, militia men drilling on the 'Mexican border in terrific ny ol off wnen &e7 hear that' 2,000 Japanese soldiers ir arched and maneuvered for! twelve days in Formosa and he Pescadores with the mercury mounted as high as 130 degrees Fahrenheit ;. fad only three cascs .of sunstroke were report ed during the entire' .period, The first nine days were spent in constant marching,' the . troops cover ing 100 miles. Because of . the heat, the soldiers were permitted to wear any clothing they pleased. Some of them wore helmets, some straw hats, . m a knitted underskirt or a thin kimono. V" . ' ; ' " The maneuvers .were deliberately held in the intense heat, in order to give the experts ' chance 4o study the best way to Landle nvn under inch conditions., ' i'M lodge Devin ' complied with-the d- for reUiling, not guilty. , NEW TYPE ZEPPELINS WILL MAKE RAID ON I Germany Preparing New Air , Fleet for Purpose, 'v ..... Lord j Montague Warns Test Raid at Midnight Is Announced , , (By the United. Press) ' London, Aug. 24. A zeppelin raided the English coast at midnight, says an official statement. Casual ties are reported. Baron Montague has wanted the country of a probable air raid by new German dirigibles, - y .r RCTr-eaid t be under construction. The craff are 780 feet log, travel f?0 Tmile "n hour, can ascend to 3 miles to avoid gun fire, and carry 6 tons of explosives each, he said. The raid is expected in September op Oc tober, when the weather is favorable. Lest night's attack is believed to have heen to test England's new air de fenses. " ... ' . , Two of the new reppelina have been completed, Montague declared, end four more will be available in' the autumn. DEUTSCIILAND SAFE IN:lil!ANlllARBI)R AFTER L01 VOYAGE Dodged English : Fleet ' at s Entrance to Channel; Kept Under Surface WELCOMED BY BIG CROWD MAI. LEWIS GOES UP A GRADE IN THE ARMY Major Wiill Lewis, a former Kin stonian for many years in the army medical service, has been promoted to a lieutenant-colonelcy, relatives fcere have learned. Just before the' re ceipt of his new commission LU-Col. Lewis was ordered from the Presidio at San Francisco, where he has been stationed, to the Mexican border, where, H is said, he has charge of the sanitary troops along m pert of the front Forty thousand men are under his professional supervision. Col. Lewis's father. Dr. Richard Lew is, and several brothers and sisters reside , here. : He is well-known throughout the army. August Weather. I The maximum . temperature , here Wednesday afternoon was 95. Kin stonians had nothing to kick about, however, for on Monday the heat re gistered 104 in Cleveland, O. Ninety seven is the hottest this section has experienced. ' Submarine . Merchantman Did Not- Notify Friends of Approach Until Almost Under Guns of Helgoland -At Bremen GRAND JURY CHARGE COMMISSIONERS USE FUNDS IMPROPERLY (Bj the United Press) Copenhagen, Aug. 24-The Bremen,' sister ship of the Deutschland, will arrive in Am-6 erica in a few. days, it said from a German official source. Berlin, Aug. 23. The merchant submarine x Deutschland arrived at the twwlK of the .Weser on August 23. according to the Overseas News Agency. ' The agency says that the Deutsch land arrived on tho af temooti of Aug ust 23 and anchored before the mouth of the river. AH "on board were well. Arrived on Twenty-third. Berlin, Aug.; 24.--Tho submarine Deutschland evaded a score of war ships 'watching for her at the en trance to the English Channel, com ing to the surface Tuesday in the southern part of the North Sea, say U'remen dispatches. Not until ap proaching ;Hslgoland and out of dan ger did 4ie wireless news of her ar rival. Great crowds ga there on the docks at Bremen to welcome her. HEAVIEST SALES OF THE WEEK ON LEAF MARKET HERE TODAY It was estimated this afcemoon that 131,876 pounds of tobacco was sold here today. The average price was practically unchanged. It was right around 21 cents. c The sales were tho larges of the week, eclipsing those of Wednesday, the next best day, by more than 40, 000 pounds. The quality was on the whole, good. ' . Fair sale are expected Friday, and heavy broaks by the middle of next week. MORE LAND FOR THE NATIONAL FORESTS Washington, Aug. 23. Addition of 02,880 acres to the government's for est reserves in the Appalachian and White Mountains, bringing the total area purchased up to 1,396,367 acres, was announced tonight ' by the Na tional Fomt Reservation Commis sion. Fifty-nine itracts are compris ed in the new acquisitions, the larg est being in the "Kinkenny Purchase area," in New Hampshire, and cover ing 36,000 acres. " Smaller tracts were purchased in tho Southern Appalachian mountains, the -largest total on any area being that of 7,678 acres in Transylvania county, N. C, on the Pisgah Forest: Other Jracts in Avery, Caldwell, Ma eon and McDowell-- counties, on the Boone, Nantahala and ' Mt, Mitchell areas, aggregate 1,870 acres. HUGHES ABOUT READY FOR .VACATION ITESTES PARK Ogden, Utah, Ang..24 Ogden gave Charles E. Hughes a tremendous welcome this afternoon when the Re publican candidate arrived to address a crowd which jammed the city's big gest auditorium. While showing no marked effects from his campaign trip, Gov. Hughes i lookinglorward to a week's vaca tion in the Estes Park region of the Rocky - Mountains beginning next Sunday. : V - "Not Being Spent Economi- cally.and Justly to the Taxpayers" ASK FOR INVESTIGATION Desire Judge Deyin to Ap point Committee Whose Names Are Suggested , by JuryRoast : Reception at Roads Camp "We the Grand Jury, think the county .road funds are not being spent economically and justly to the tax payers." That (s the charge contained in the reoprt of the Grand Jury for the Au gust term of Superior Court made to Judge Devin late Wednesday. The report further says that tho Grand Jury believe that the funds "aro be ing spent for the benefit of a few men." ' V "W fmd ijmpqrtant ntn roads with heavy traffic neglected, ethers in a very thinly wooded community eight miles from the county seat be ing built at a very heavy cost to the county." The Jury asked'Judge Dev? in to delegate, to investigate the 're sults of $he expendiutre of'Vbout $40,000 since January," th following men: E. T. Moseley, Kims-ton township; R. H. Hardy, Moseley Hall; E . lf Hardy,' Institute; Jerry Sutton, Falling jek; .Mark Rouse, Vance;' W. O.' Wortlhlnig'Hon, Oon tentnea Neck; Zob Kilpa trick. Sand Hill; Forrest Kennedy, Southwest; Oscar Hardy,. Trent; Geo. Willard, Pink Hill; Sam Taylorj Neuse; and J. T. Spence, Wooddngton. The report eaid that "on our in pec1)ion ojf lljhe onxlicti apnp, wiej 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 superintendentr- also Mincher and Taylor. From the best information, Mincher is stall walking boss." 1 i Convict Guard Mincher has been in trouble in the courts several times ifor sjlegisd majtraatiment ot victs. An appeal is now pending before the Supremo court. Hlhe Girand Jutry (foan iaccord ing to the report, tho County Home to be "in good shape, very ably man aged by Mrs. Lee;" the jail very well kept dn sanitary condition; the Sherirs Clerk's and Register's of fi8ec well kept and the Clerk report ing that "all guardians' reports have been made Tcgularly." Comprising the Grand Jury were: J. W. Moseley, J. H. Leneave, W. E. Taylor, G. M. Henderson, S. H. Isler, W. M. Edwards, J. F. Hel ton, A. M. Etaincs, N. E. Smith, B. F. West, R. L. Pelletier, E. S. Mew bora, foreman, W. E. Boyette, E. L. Johnson, J. H. Dawden, Jr., E. J. Edwards, E. L. Hardy and Z. C. Gooding. BELIEVE BRITISH U BOAT SANK BATTLER IN THE NORTH SEA London, Aug. 22. A British offi cial announcement this afternoon says it is believed that a German battle ship of the Nassau class has been sunk by British submarine E22. The announcement reads: "The submarine E-22, Liout.-'Com mander Robert R. Turner, which re turned today from the North Sea, re ports that on the morning of Satur day last she mado a successful tor pedo attack ' upon ' a 'German battle ship of the Nassau class. The com manding officer reports that while the ship was being escorted by. five des troyers back to. the harbor in a dam aged condition, he attacked Azain and struck her with a second torpedo and believes she was sunk." - EPSTEIN TELLS HIS WmW KILLINu DFLEON'D EDWARDS 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 ' Turn's , Back On Him ' GREEKS FOUGHT THE EFFORT BULGARS IN TO CHECK INVASION : ., ;. . . v ... 1 ' - " t . . ' I Athenians Were Engaged On Nearly Every. Part of Front, Said ADVANCE BEEN HALTED (Special to The Free. Press) Goldsboro, Aug.. 23. Thefts , fense had not rested its case in the Epstein murder trial this af- . ternobn. There is no prospect for the ' case going to the Jury today or tomorrow, and it may even go over into next week. Coldsboro, Aug. 24 Hyman Ep stein, on trial for the . murder of Leonard Edwards, was on the stand in his own defense yesterday. Ep stein told of being encountered - by Edwards on -the street in front of the tatter's home, of his life being threatened by Edwards because he persisted in calling upon Edwards' aister, and of being forced to the ground by the man whom he shot. It was after he 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 he entered the courtroom. Ho - was well-groomed, and nattily dressed. In the room were his mother, 'hrothers and a sister., as well as Mies Judith Edwards, sister of -the slain man pna Epstein's fiance at the time he kill ed her hrother. Miss Edwards under stress of emotion reversed her seat to avoid looking at the prisoner. Edwards was a powerful man. He, like the slayer, was a member of a prominent family t. ALLIED OFFENSIVE IN THE BALKANS IS BUT A BLUFF, IT IS SAID Launched ior Its Effect Up on Roumania Entente Powers Would Not At tempt It Without That Nation's Help (By the United Press) New York, Aug. 24. To create a political effect dn Roumania is the main purpose of the Allied activity in the Balkans. There is no prob ability that a major offensive will develop at this time from the Greek base, unless the Allies are assured that Roumania intends to participate. Without Roumatvia'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 FIRED ON WITHOUT WARNING BY GERMAN SUBMERSIBLE (By the United Press) v Rotterdam, Aug. 23. (Via LoWon) According to information here the American steamer Owego, ' regarding a reported submarine attack on which the American government has inquir ed of 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, some of the shells striking very cjosc to hSr but inflicting no damage. ' EIENEMY Washington, Aug. 23. The , Navy Department was taxing its resources tonight to fill up the first hypothetic- Greek and r French . Troops ; Defending Seres Against Bulgarians Russians : Win Big Victory'" in Fight With Turks" (By the -United Press) f -;' London, Aug.? 24. The "ancient Greek city!WfSefesrt' 43 miles north east of Salonika, 4s under-a strong ottackby Bulgara, Athens despatches say. The Greek garrison is co-operating with the French forces in d f Hiding the city.1 ' The Sew garri son la beiuar y. reiofomd by ' maTl Greek detachments, which Retired up on the city after spirited : fighting with numerically, super jor .3igsrs on practically every other sector , of the Balkan front 4 The Bulgar ;offensiv has been brought to a standstill, - Slavs Claim Big Success. , t Petrograd, Aug. 24. The Russians have defeated 8000 Turks ; in ia great battle .near Mosul, capturinjf two entire rffimcnts it is said offl- , cinlly. Mucjj booty wa3 secured. Attacks 43n French. . . Barist Jug.. 24.V-.Two, German at tacka-near Sayercourt, south r-of the Sommtv preceded by an Intense'hom brdment,f wore completely repulsed it is officially suid. ' On' the right bank of the Meuse, northeast of Ttr d uii i ' the Germans " today bom oarded the Fleury-Thisumont ; front. : French aviators downed four pianos. ! . r ? Ml $ . 1"': - 7-t .1 t ' f , j - HATTIE WIIJLIAMS ' ' -The Moroteo-Pammeuat Star. " i 1 Miss Sudie Becton of Trenton pass ed through the city today an route to Ayden to; visit her sister, Mrs. Tingle. , - , , ARMOR PLANT, WILL BE LOCATED IN FEW WEEKS Washington, Aug. 23. Proposals from .various cities offering sites for the $11,000,000 1 government armor plant will be heard by Secretary Dan iels on September 13, together with such offers as any. private manufac turers may submit . for . the sale - of their establishments to tho govern ment. , al gap in the country's defense which has developed in the naval war game in progress off the Atlantic coast.' Theoretically, a mob of uniformed men today overpowered the naval guard at . SewcU'o" Point, . est Hamp ton Eoads, destroyed great stores of coal and supplies collected there far possible use of the 'blue" djutfndx x fleet, ni turned ihs piers

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