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TT.TTT) TT"iTF$ ' ' TT TITh TF3 The Horn Pttpt TeV New. .ToAjr .Th Wil!)t . & a ir-s v-f ra n . i- ; 1 k V - V Showeri . .; ", VOI XVIII. No. 64 FIRST, EDITION KINSTON, N. G, MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 1916 FOUB PAGES TODAY PRICK TWO CENTS , 'V FIVE CENTS ON THAIWjr G "nifl Sbpforac .llfer nn Mia TOBACCO PLANTERS I1W ENGLAND'S ONE CONVICT GUARD GREAT STRIKE MAY VET BE AVERTED; NEW PROPOSAL BY WILJ50N IS THAT COSIMISS'M WORK OUT' DETAILS OF EIGHT-HOUR DAY KILLS ANOTHER I 'Ml reece mm EMBARGO AT WASHfN AFFRAY OVER JOKE U DAILY SB mm. mi Politicians and Crown Council Favored Stcp-Expected to jfeve Effect on (freeee cfiafest Will Throw Army Path (o Balkans for Russian Hordes, Thought Bul- f ars Will Ilave to Forsake Own Borders Against Powerful New Foe Transylva nia and Bukowina, Largely ppulated by Roumanians, Coveted byJNew Ally Italy May Have Influenced "the Action (By the tfiiittfj Piess) London, Aug. 28.-The Central News an nounces that Roumania has declared war dff Aus tria.1 ' " -1 - v r. . Confirmation From Berlin. ' uernn, Aug. Ja. KqumaniaMleclared war on Austria yesterday, it is officially announced. Berlin will hand his passports to the Roumanian Minister today. - x , Official Announcement. r . . 'Paris Aug. 28. It is officially announced that Rou mania has declared war on the Central Powers. - Berlin About to Declare on Roumania, -4 London, Aug. 28. The German Federal Council met this morning, probably to declare war on Roumania with in twenty-four hours, says The Hague dispatch. Bulga ria and Turkey are expected to issue similar declaration today, i ' " ", . , , , . A- Paris, Aug. 28. Roumania declared war on the Cen tral Powers following a meeting of the Roumanian Crown Council, according to dispatches received here. The Crown Council went into session immediately after a meeting of leading politicians, former prime, ministers, cabinet members and financiers. ' ' ' . - ' " The Paris dispatch thus far is not confirmed at any othef European capital. , 1 x . fiatst advices froni Bucharest to the other capitals, all heavily censored, reported that the 'Crown r Council would meet, and told of the continuation of war prepara tions. ; Italy's declaration of war yesterday may have been the, determining factor. . A -v ; - Roumania is the fifteenth nation to enter the war. Her1 action" may1 exert tfem'endous influenceiri Greece, wtiere the Venizelos war party held a great demonstra tion yesterday. AA immediate effect of the declaration pobably will be theswithdrawal of the Bulgars invading Greece to protect the Bulgarian ; northern frontier against a Russian invasion. The Roumanian presuma'-. bfy will form a junction with the Russians in the 'opera'- . flons In Bukdwina and throw an army across' Hungary Bto Transylvania, Jong coveted by the Roumanians. j " -Roumania has six: hundred thousand thoroughly drill ed and equipped troopsi Mifitary service there is compul-l Bory.? pjli aDie-Doaiea:men uetween uie aecs uj. twcutj dfle and forty-six must serve. Roumania's chief reason for entering the war is the hope of annexing the Austrian provinces oTransylvania and Bukowina, hich are in Kabked largely by Roumanians. CffeWThdfoirglrlrAroiisedrMay Fight , -'AthenarAng;-28. The Bulgarians' continued advance intoGreece has brought the country appreciably nearer to war. The "Venizelos pro-war party leaders . charged yesterday before' fifty thousand cheering adherents; thai; King Constantine has been victimized by Germany into " thwarting the popular, will and yiola$jng the constitution. ARTIST BLAKELOCK IS IS HffiDLETOWK ASYLM (Sf th United PreM),X Middletown, N. Y, Aug. 28 Ralph Albert Blakelock, the' famous artist, who has been confined in tha State asylum here ever since he ..went in ane over the poverty o. his familjf 17 years ago, is gone today to a pr5 rate sanitarium at Lynnwood Lodge, N. J, where his returning facultiei are expected to become -completely BotlnaL " It wa no until many years after he came to the asylum here - that filakelock waa electeJ to -v ember bip in the National Academy.-When & lost his mind he bad been eellinjr hat he eould of bis now world 1am us moonlight aeenea for scarce en- i am Favorable to theAUies--Bu Acrossllungary and Open Grecian Invasion to Defend BKEIEN ON WAYTO AN: 3ei4in, Aug., 27. The Berliner Ta gebhiat Hoday prints A m : interview with; Director Lohmann of the com pany owning the 'submarine Bremen, n which he eays the Bremen la on ter way to Baltimore and that trade iy means of , a aubmarine fleet soon ill be increased materially r ' wgh to buy. food for a few day. About a year ago Blakelock show d siyns of returninj anty and xn- nistakftble evidences of 4he retorn of louded genius. IFa fellow Ameri can artists started a find .to provide or him at a private eanitanum, with i cottage in which he will paint the icture marking his election to the cademy. Blakelock's family will lot be with him. ITALY TODAY IS AT welt t vv- a v -' WAR WITH GERMANY NOTICE IS SERVED Formal Declaration Made Through Berne Govern mentHad Been Drifting Toward Break for Long Time Helps Allies Berlin, Aug. 27. Th following of ficial announcement was made here today: , "Th9 Italian government has de clared through the Swiss Government that it considers itself from August 28 at war with Germany." t Paris, Aug. 27. A Hawas dispatch from Rome, gives a communication published by the Stefani agency and addressed by the Italian government to the Swiss government, ft requests Ll ri . t . ! it. ! me OWJ33 govemmeni xo lniorm ine German government that Italy con siders herself at war with Germany from and after August 28. . Italy and Germany have been drift ing steadily toward war. In fact, Italy's formal declaration amounts to little mare than official recognition of state of affairs which already ex isted. The declaration became inev itable when Italy recently sent troops ! Salonika to co-operate in the cam wign of. the Entente Allies on th Macedonian -front, as Germany is di recting the opposing forces and has iroops in this battle line. RESERVE BOARD HAS v. HELPED THE FARMERS Washington, Aug. 2. In a state ment tonight analysing results of the Federal Reserve Board's action a jrear ago an establishing preferential discount rates on ' commodity paper, Comptroller Williams says that on June 30 last, national banks were fending $44,34,000 on cotton ware house receipts,' "arid $79,749,0C) "on wheat, tobacco and other commodi ties. Of the total, "New England banks were lending $13,000,000; those of sfche Eastern SUtea $58,000,000; Southern States $37,000,000; Middlt States,' $25,000,000; Western States $2,500,000 and Pacific States about $8,000,006. Tli result, the comptrol ler says, has been to .give the farmer money at six per cent, insteai of at from 10 o 15 er cent JUST ONE DOLLAR IS - ADDED TO FLOOD FUND One dollar..ha b6n added to Che Flood Sufferers' Fund here. The list stands today: Previously reported . .. . . . . .$809.69 W. B. Becton ... J . . . . . . . .. . 1.00 Grand total to data ....,..$808.69 fNoRFOKKSpiimEm Operates Passenger Trains from North Carolina into Terminal Sta tion, Norfolk, without Transfer. , ' N." B. The following acheduW figi ores published as information only and are not guaranteed. , ; TRAINS LEAVE KINSTON , - East Bount' "Night Express." Pull . man Sleeping Cars New Bern to Norfolk. Connects for all points . North and West Parlor Car Ser vice between New Bern and Ner. folk. -:C: V' :V' :-; 70 a. m-Daily, for Beaufort, New. Bern and Norfolk. ' r 4:41 p. au Daily for Bea-Ifort- and Oriental. ' : ' West Bound 6:40 a. m Daily for Goldsboro. 10.-43 a. bu Daily for Goldsboro. 8:14 p. Dally for Goldsboro. -, (Pot farther information orVeerva , . t ' . . ' complain to Members o: Congress-Swanson Ad vocates Retaliation Col lusloit Big Companies Hinted at by Grower Is C(ky the United Prass) Washington, Aug. 28. Confronted with loss of ten to fifteen million do! lars, tobacco g;rowers of five States met with Southern senators and re presentatives at the Capitol today to urge formal protest against tho English embargo on tobaccj ship' ments into Germany, effective Thurs day. Senator Swanson charged 'bad faith"1 ow the part of England and demanded stern retaliatory meas ures. Joel Fort of Tennessee, a tc bacco grower, hinted at Collusion of the English Imperial Company and the American Tobacco Company. HEAVY BREAKS FOR FIRST DAY OF WEEK In spite of a rainy morning and it being" the first day of the week, breaks on the local tobacco market today were quite heavy. It was es timated at 2:30 o'clock that, 183,108 pounds were sold, but several of the warehouses' had not completed their tabulations : at that time.. ! ' The average price was slightly off, probably, from last week's' average, but the quality of the offerings was jot'eo goodjby any means, according to' warehouse reports. Between 19 and 20 cents was the average to lay. Heavy breaks are expected on Tuesday, should (the weather clear up,' and the remaining days "of the sales week. RAIL CARRIERS CAN CONTINUE OPERATE LINE OF STEAMERS In Virginia Waters "i or Public Benefit" Author ity Formally Given fy the Interstate ; Commerce Commission Today (By the United Press) Washington, Aug. 28. The Inter state Commence Commission today authorized continued operation of the Old 'Dominion 'sieamsnlp1 "Virginia Navigation, Chesapeake ; Steamship and Baltimore Steam Packet compa nies by Southern rail carriers. The action was taken "in tho inter ests of the public," vThe cmomrssion refused to allow the ' Norfolk and Western to operate the Old Dominion or, the Virginia Navigation, however, as that would "reduce water compe tition." ' ' - y ' tion of Pullman sleeping ear space, oapply to W. J. Nicholson, Agent, Kin ston, N. C. '"" - "';.-' ' .. E. D. KYLE, Traffic Manager, Norfolk, Va. H. S.LEARD, General Passenger Agt,' Norfolk, Va. CLEAR- SKIN COMES FROM f WITHIN , It is foolish to think you san gain a good clear complexion by the use of face powder. Get at the root of the trouble and thoroughly cleanse . the system with a treatment of Dr. King's New Life 'Pills. Gentle and mild in action, dd not gripe, yet they relieve the liver by their action on the bow. els. Good for young, adults and aged. Go after a clear complexion today, 23c at your druggist , adv Immms V. L, Dudley Shot to Death at Sand Hill Camp By ' Bain Rouse TAUNTED ABOUT SUPPER What But Cold Meal Could Rouse Expectr Arriving Latef Victim1 Had Ask ed Words and ' Fata Fight Followed Friends Bain Rouse, a convict guard, said to bo about 25 or 26 years of age, shot and killed W. L. DiKllcy, 32 or 33, another guard, at the Lenoir county convict camp in Sand Hill township between 8 and 9 o'clock on Sunday night v According to the account given by Supt. Bryant Taylor nd throe with neasca at the coroner's inquest this morning, Rouse visited Kinaton Sun day and arrived back at the camp late for his isupp.r The supper was cold and not very inviti.:g. Dudley joked Rouse about it He would 'have a special meal cooked for him he said. What more eould a man who arrived at' that time of the night for his supper expect? he is said to have asked. Rouse had been talking to the cook; he told Dudley that he -was not speaking to him a d d rascal." . ; ; Dudley, it is said, took up a chair, telling Rouse that if he repeated that pithet' he would kilf himv Shairp Words followed. Dudley, much the larger man of the two, slapped Rouse ringing blow on ihe face. The lat ter drew his revolver, a weapon of medium calibre, and fired, f Dudley threw himself upon Rousa and grap pled with him, and in the mixup two more snots were tired. One bullet struck Dudley under the ight arm; a second struck him in the region of . the " loft breast; the third, or rather the first, it is believ. ed, went wild. Either of ; the two shots taking effect could have caused death. ' Dudley' demise was Instan taneous. While those aironnd were busy summoning" "'phystelafr'IRcusf escaped, and up till noon today had not been' apprehended. Sheriff Tay- or and Policeman 'Walter Hamilton went to Chocowinity on a late train, thinking the slayer might board it somewhere along the countryside. .' Dudley was not married, .Superin tendent Taylor says; neither is Rouse. J Dudley's home was in Mid dlesex, N. C. He has a broter who fa chief of pbliee fheTe, k it said. Rouse ia a Lenoir county man. " The men had been on sfood terms, Supt TayW believes. Dudley was 4 fine specimen of manhood. The body laid at the undertaking shop of D. E. Wood & Co., on Queen street thi morning, -until after the inquest, to be shipped to Middlesex late today. The coroner's jury formally placed bhe blame fo the shooting upon Rouse. . ''' : . " . J)udley had been employed at the convict camp seven or eight months; Rouse a little longer time. COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF AT KANSAS CITY FOR G. A R. ENCAMPMENT ; (Special to The Free Press) ' : KaiCM City, Mo.,. Aug. 26. Com man&yr-in-Chief Elias R. Manfort of Cincinnati arrived with his staff Sat urday for the'opening of tho 50th an nual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic. Headquarters - for the organization was opened at the Hotel Muehlebach. f Union station . was paclced with blue clad veterans and their families. Each arriving train brought a quota of old warriors. Boy Scouts were Ini charge of various information booths and acted as escorts to the sixty-l-ers. ' ; .' Tho real work of the camp will not bocin until Monday, w'r.pn te com mittees begin tho'r - Would Allow a Year for the Business If Netcsfiary Stands Pat On Acceptance of Short Day principle Cut , Willing to Submit. All Other Issues to Arbitration Employes Willing to Let President Run the Negotia tionsAll Conferences Deferred to Give Railroad Exe cutives Time to Consider Proposition Brotherhoods' Have $15,000,000 Stored Up Against Emergency nd Plans Made to Quietly Inaugurate the Strike If Nec- ' essary ". v. (By the Unitcy Pre) Washington, Aug. 28. President Wilson today presented a new proposal to the railroad! , ' executives, by which tie hopes td avert the threat , ' ened final break. : y ' - ,-" v i Conferences were again deferred for consideration of this proposal. The President still stands cession of the eight-hour day principle, but is wiping that sufficient time elapse before putting it in effect to allow a commission of five men to investigate and work out all the detail regarding its application to railroad operation a year if necessary. The President is willing to submit all issues to arbitra ion except the-guestion of the eight-hour bfisie day. ; ; Emp' ?yes said they will approve the step. f ' 1 Brother roods' Great VWar, Washington, Aug. ,28. -Fifteen million dollars is m he "war chest" of the brotherhoods for distribution in the event of a strike. It would be doled out at the rate of brtv dollars a month as the tjreat f und has been gathered through weekly, contribu tions for a long time. , ; One httle code word -wired the country would be sufficient to precipitate the threat ened strike. Instructions been given. If the word should be flashed trams would be run to the nearest' -junction,, fires banked, the engines' oiled, and the men would peaceably leave the premises.- HUGHES 15 GREETED BY DENVER WOMEN VOTERS Denver, Aijg. 28. Coming to a lUffrage state tenbhused by his decla ration in favor of National Woman suffrage; Chafes E. Hughes wa jroeted by almost as many women a men on his arrival hero Saturday. I Union station was jammed ly :. i Towd which wanted to catch tho first ght o the RepuWican candidate for President. ' . ' (A committee of Colorado's leadinjp Ropuljlicans met Governor Hughes lid escorted him by automobile to h'w ftotel. Conferences with Repub Mcanf leadws were ot precede the first address scheduled for tonight at th municipal auditorium. Twelve thou sand persons can be jammed into this ball and an overflow crowd was ex pected. . Candidate Hughes,. Mrs. Hughes BELIEVED TROOPS Vi ILL UUIT CAUp : fipfOR THE BORDER COUNTRY A ' FEW DAYS FROM NOW; PREPARAT'NS , "There won't be a soldier left at Camp Glean Sunday"; That statement m from an exeefleat source, although is admiUed that the time limit may be rather close. And ' ......... . . , .' . the authority for it believes that the movement of the - fitst Brigade from Morehrad City to some point west or south, probably to El Paso, Texas, will be well under ' way if not completed in fire or six dsja. Rolling stock is expected to be assembled at Cama Glenn in a day or two for the movement. It is know , that empty stock cars are now being routed ia fhe direc tion of Morehead City. ' - r . Soldiers passing through tho city Sunday headed to - ward camp from points upstate stated that they had beea . recalled from furloughs by tefegraah. Liberty is said to hare bee cut off. .. , It will take seversl hundred sleeping, bafrgsge. eook Jng, flat and horse cars to take the brigade to Txs. One regiment would pass throueh KiRRton, ?e t'.roi 'i Washington and one thror-h V.;'-t -''i, sect - t the plan that wa .? a f. - w ' r . - ' pat on his demand for Con ' '"', Chest." union rules reauire. The, , , . ' to every railroad center in for running the strike have ANTHRACITE WORKERS '"GO RACK Ttt'UEES' Shamolrin, Pa., Aug1. 27.Slxteen thousand anthracite v mine . Worker r who had tied up' all Phflad'alphla and Reading Susquehanna Coal Company V iollicries in. this district, for. clove lays in an effort to uniooiza ths ' ninss, vntod today to rstum to work ' 'omorrow. It was declared A at tieir. -.'fforis waa succesaful,' . , ' ' n-t n. ;""; p- and the newspapermen who bars . crossed the continent with thtom will leave shortly after 4be meeting i for Cstcs , Part,. Colorado's , beautaf ui mountain resork, , where . Goveraor Hushes will spend a week" climbing hills and vacationirtj 4ii 'preparatioax , for his return to' the east -; ":e ; i ,t;