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PYrti Pit tH DAILY . . . i.'.l . 11 The Home Paper iWi i'rwt jZ .. VOL. XVIII No. 63 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS ois UntSerl J. ' AsTv Aj Showera v . v" '.'..' ' ' ' . ' ! : ., mi' 'in,! in", i i Ti ' i 'in. i i - ' i ii T Tolpiielai i mi Contra tin son's rasfc a s ' (Sdi iigiress sCiei f &ir ILegisBaiidii Fireveinii ao(Diniwic8e " ? ;j".i,ti 1 .!." .' ? j jjmjLirr1 c . it i SlOtTQ BROTHERHOODS DETERMINED TO TIE-UP TRAFFIC WITH GREAT STRIKE ORDERED EFFECTIVE M0NDAY-EX-ECUTIVES OF SYSTEMS AS DETERMINED NOT TO BOW 'LET IT COME AND SHOW NATION' IS THE STATE MENT 0F.0NE PRESIDENT DECLARES UNDER MILITARY MEASURE HE INTENDS ft) HAVE FORCED THRO' RAILROAD MEN Will BE FIRST DRAFTED CAN BREAK STRIKE WITHIN WEEK, SAY MAGNATES TRAFFIC WILL NOT BE PARALYZED, DECLARE VVAwIlNGTON, AUGUST 29.-THE PRE 1, . . KKOKjUN IZATION SPENT IN HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS THIS AFTER- 4 hf THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION. t; JHE ErGIIf -HOUR DAY FOR ALL RAILWAY WORKERS 3. AXOMMISSIQN TOt STUDY THE OPERATION OF THE EIGHT-HOUR DAY. AND REPORT TO CONGRESS -' " "" '. -' '- .' n Yu Xi- 4!AMi NDMENT TO THE FEDBRA !mE DIATION LAW PROVIDING FULL PUBLIC INVES TIGATION, PENDING WHICH A STRIKE OR LOCKOUT WOULD BE ILLEGAL. COMMISSI' RATES BY THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE 6. 'FEDEr'aI? CPEJR ATlb IN THEf IE VENT OF A STRIKE AS A "MILITARY NECESSITY." WASHINGTON D.' Auyus 29.-M,Uitay operation of the railroads of the country with the present train crews operating th$ trains wider military draft is a definite prospect. , If the strike,, now set for Monday by the Brotherhoods, takes place, that is the course that President Wil- ' The President is quoted as. saying to the Rattway Brotherhoods at a conference with their, leaders. last night: "I intend to get through a measure empowering me to draft into service men for military operation of , President Wilson will go hefore a joint session of Congress at 2:30 this afternoon and ask legislation. At Conferences last night, both with executives and brorher hoods, it developed that neither side would yield any-ihi;-..,ThV brottiejhopd refused Mr, Wilson's request to recall the strike order dated September 4. The exe cutives were defiant., ' . H ;" " , ' ' ' ,o "There's going to be a strike'said one 'executive. "Let it come and clarify the air. Show the people of jne country what really is going on in the jndustiWl 'world." -The President, it is said, will seek legislation providing for an eight-hour day for railroad workers, with a sufficient time to work out the details of its application; also a measure creating authority to operate the roads in the event of a strike, pending settlement, and increas ing the number of members of the Interstate Commerce Commission froin seven to nine, " . JS- - ;r Rai0a4resi4ents claim th,ey. can ."break the strike? within a week." They say traffic will not be para lyzed.. It will mean that trains will be run by emergency crews of pensioned employes and, a few loyal men. The inert are opposed to'any compulsory measure such as the Canadian disputes Act, which it is believed, is advocated for ihe President, providing that' both sides submit to arbitration in a certain period uitder that act, if hot satis Sea. - The men say this is not acceptable, as the roads utilize respite time in which to prepare to resist the strike. , ONE KILLER NUMBER STORM AT SAUSB'RY Big Damage In West Caro lina City and a Neighbor ing Railroad Town- Nar row Escapes Carpenter Met Death y Salisbury Aug,"'28.X storm ' of cyclonic proportions brought sudden death to Will Callaway, aged 45, a carpenter ( employ m1 in doinff repair "Pfk t the Marsh & MuTdock cot ton mills here, this afternoon, demol 5lc4 t.h,e .TOetory.'bjrj:k..buUd,in, unroofed dozepa of business houses and dwellings in Salisbury and also wrought many thousand of dollars1 ' In damage to property. The Wallace building, th Murphy block, and otfief , . buildings were damaged and many - stores flooded when tbe roofs blew off., - " ' ' Tie plant of the Norlj Carolina . v Public Service Conrpay was put out . of commission, and the city is in darkness, 'tonight. . The street cars weje also pt out by poles . beirig blown down, at vital points. ' : "The stprm played haYoc .in- East Spencer, demolishing' ' a two-f tory xbrick buildjng occupied by tiie gener ; al store of C. E. Fepermaa and the Majostic theater, blowing dwn a number of othr buUdings and injur ing a half dozen persons. The most seriously injured is Mr, D A. KIultz, 'who was caught under a ton or more of falling brick "from the walls of the store building.. One arm, one leg and her tip bone crushed, be sides other serious bruises, she was us'hed.ta a Salisbury hospital for treatment. In the store at the time was nUa Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Fes Jrman and four children. Seeing BUCK CUT A WHITE WOMEN: MOB HUNT'D Rocky Mount, Aug. 28. Prompt action by the authorities and a spee dy removal of Larry Books, a young negro, from Nashville jail to Louis burg nd thence to Raleigh later, probably verted soriouas trouble, for the negro was being sought by ,. a niob and posse of several hundred citizens for the serious crime of mur derous assault on Clarence T. Short, and for making'himself objectionable to Mr. Short's wife and mother. A fight followed the negro's de clining to leave the House when told to do so by Mr. Short, and the n. gro brought a'.knlfe and razor into! play, giving Mr. Short a number of stabs abou the body, two entering bis lungs and otherwise giving bus injuries which it is now believed are fatal.' The injured man was brought Uf the'ocky Mount Sanatorium and a report of bis condition today indi cates tat it is crtiaU t ,.. All CAMP GLENN POOPS TO GO ON PRACTICE HIKE NUMEROUS JOBBERIES WORRY THE NORFOLK SOUTHERN DETECTIVES According to the Sun-Journal of New Bern, "Special Agent (loorga Howard of the Norfolk Southern Rail road and the other members of the detective force are endteavowing to bwak up a series of car robberies which has been going on in this sec tion for several weeks. According to a statement mao by Special Agenv Howard, almost every time that a carload of merchandise is brought in to tho local yard it is , 'punctured and some of its contents stolen. Not on ly is this the case here, but it is oc curring at other points along the line. The detectives have been order ed to 'get' the thieves." Otis Smith -of Kinston was Monday placed under arrest by Howard on a. wanrant charging him with being drunk and disorderly on a train sev eral days ago. He is also wanted at New Bern on a charge of wifebeat- ing. jIU was jailed at that placa., - w Morehead Crty,? Aiig. 29. The'en Urc brigade of National Guardsmen Jiare ha3 been ordered on a racice nwch to a point toyo,. .arela. tnfaptry, cavalry, engineers and hos pital troops to the number of n?ar!y 8,500 "Witt participate. - the top of: the building had blown across the street they abandoned the store only to be covered with brick and' timbers falling in front. With considerable difficulty. they were, ex tricated and all were more or let injured. MORRISON VILLJ ADDRESS THE III DEMOCRAtS ItN OFFICER AFTER HIM, t DARKY MADE A GREAT GETAWAY FROM TRAIN Tho New Bern Sun-Journal Men day evening said: "With the train unni?is at a rate of speed estimated at forty miles an hour, an unknown negro yesterday morning made the most sensational leap frorn a passenger train ever seen in this section and escaped unhurt. "The negro, a passenger on the train, had been making love to the wife of another negro, and when ths woman's husband appeared on tht scene, the would-be Romeo arose and drew his gun. A "Special Agent; George Howard happened to be near and he made a grab for the colored man, took his gun away fronj bin) ami attempted to hold him. However, tho black man made a dash for liberty,"" reached the platform and sailed into spac. He struck the grounl ami far a moment seemed dazed, but ba soon arose and made a hasty retreac to ward the woods. How ths negro 03 capd death is a mystery to those who witnessed the affair." The darky is said- to have been Sidney Bruton, a Lenoir county farm laborer. T. II. MARTIN HEADS TOBACCONISTS FOR 1916-1917 Largely Attended Meeting .Monday- Night Sales Limit liaised Territory for , Drumming , to Be More Definitely Marked t ' - 1 f ' IH Kit Announcement was made today by Democratic County Chairman G. V. powper tjhat' Cameron' Morrison ot Charlotte, elector-at-large and, one of ( the mainstays of the 1 party in the". State, "will make an address here oa September 30. : :' " Chairman Cowper stated that spe cial efforts are being made to have the meeting t LaGrange Friday night which will inaugurate the campaign in the county a record-breaker. U is hoped that every s township will be rerpesented. The time ' of . speaking will be convenient for' anaay Kinston ians. They can leave here at 8:14 and return at ll:. . s - " Messrs. Cowper, W. D. Pollock, Hfnry Brothers and other will speak at LaGrange". ':',".-'. x ; ' -,r;...... , Chairman Cowper stated that spe ial efforts are being made to have the " meeting at LaGrange Friday night, which will inaugurate the campaign in the county , 'record breaker. It is hoped thai every town- shin will b represented. . The time of thepeaking will be for many JCinstonlaps. leave here at 8:14 aw 11:22. ' Messrs. Cowper, " W. nenry Brothers and others will speak at IGrange. - convenient They can Hurn. ' at ; i D. Pollock, The annual meeting of the Kinston Tobacco Board of Trade was held in the ofliceir'of the Hughes-Martin Com pany Monday night. A large num brr cf tho resident and season's to bacconists were present. Asido from tbe election of officers, the important matters given atten tion were the increase in the limit from 200 piles an hour to 240 or mbre and the appointment of a committee to circumscribe the territory jn which the Kinston warehousemen will not be allowed to drum for pattonage. Mr. T. II. Martin was elected pres ident and the other officers were: Vice-President, Mr. C. R. Dodson; Secretary-Treasurer, Mr. E. Y. Spaed (re-elected); Sales Commit tee: Messrs. C. R. Dodson, C. A. Jeffries and E. V. Webb Albiira tion committee Mr, T. 'A. Duke, chairman; Messrs. A. G. Jlobgood, Luther Carleton, G. P. Fleming and W. A. Knott; Executive Committee, Mr. L. P. Tapp, chairman; Messrs. J. II . rarham, G. B. Daniel, W, L. Holderby and R. L. Crisp. It was pointed out that with five igarehousfis 'now, operating here that the increasing sales would soon be-, come blocked unless the limit was Increased, and after' some discussion it wo8 decided to require the auction eers to average at least 240 piles to the hour. This will enable, the five houses to handle very conveniently,, it is thought, the large breaks which are expected from now on for the balance of the season and will en courage the farmers to bring their tobacco here because of the knowl edge that they will not be disappoint ed or held an unreasonable length of time for the sale. The matter of drumming for trade was taken up and gave ptomlse of provoking a spirited discussion, but tho appointment of a committee to designate the territory in which the local warehouses could not drum for patronage disposed of the matter temporarily. Messrs E. V. Webb and C. A. Jeffries together with a report at a special meeting Wednes day night.''' The idea in limiting the territory is to prevent tho local ware houses from soliciting within a radi us of a few miles of Kinston, tho far mers of which territory will logically bring their tobacco here for sale with- ) out solicitation and to stimulate the working of territory further away. This rule will, it i said,, require tho warehousemen to go into doubtful territory and bring tobacco here which otherwise might go to other markets. There is a determination to make Kinston the leading market of the East Carolina belt, and everything i going to be done, The Free Press is informed, by the Tobacco Board of Trade to stimulate the bringing of the weed to the local floors and the SUPSWWADPITIONS,; FLOOD SUFFERERS' FUND Contributions" to 'the Flood Suffer ers' Fund here are heavier today than in some time. TJonations of So. 32.43 ana ?1 are reported. The list now tands: ' , , Previously reported .. Pleasant Hill Christian church (JonesVcounty) through Pink- ney Small) Jtreasure . . ....... J. T. Watkini, Kinston ...... Caswell Lodge No. 445 (color ed), Falling Creek.,.;........, ROOMS ALREA DY ACROSS FRONTIER FOR INVASION OF HU NGARYj.WILL TRY TO CAPTURE tl TRAN SYLVANIAN CITIES Berlin Planned to Combat New Foe Before Declaration Sent Troops Eastward to Reinforce Austro-IIungari-ans Kaiser Plans to Put Roumania on Defensive wd Eliminate Country From War as Soon as Possible-- - Von Mackensen to Command Gerraan-Bulgars Rou manian Minister, Refused Last Interview With Chah cellor and Cot Away from German Capital as Quickly As Possible Roumanian Troop Movement Is Perfect, Says Report , , . (By the United Press) The Hague, Aug. 29. Field Marshal Von Mackensen; who led such a successful drive through Serbia a year ago, will command the German-Bulgarians operating against Roumania, say Berlin advices. Speedy Advance of Roumanian Army. ; ' ' 1 ' , London, Aug. 29. Eighty thousand Roumanians ire already advancing toward .the Transylvanian frontier for" the invasion of Hungary. OTheir advance guards have crossed the frontier in a swift advance on two Transylvanian cities, Hermannstadt and Kronstadt. ..The whole Roumanian troop, movement is going like clock work. The Germans acfed with equal swiftness, meeting the new-enemy in the Balkans. - , Dispatches from Lausann.e say Germany, closed the Swiss frontier in less than an hour after Italy declared war. The German staff knew this preceded; a1 declara tion from Roumania, and it is believed, began shifting troops eastward to reinforce theAustriahs several hours before the Roumanian declaration became , known." "; Germany is determined to push an aggressive cam paign, carrying the fighting to Roumanian soil, it is stat ed. The plair is to paralyze; Roumania With a blow that will eliminate that country in a few months. . The Roumanian minister $t Berlin refused a farewell interview with Von Bethmahn-Holweig, speeding home.. ,...$S03.6 6.00 LOO 2.45 Grand total to Jate $318.14 Germany Hxpcbta Greece? . to Fight; A6B Jagow Gaid to Have Thfwn Up Piece LONDON, Aug. 29. Germany is preparing for Greece's entry into the war, the Copenhag en dispatch states. ' ; ' ; ' A number of Greeks have left Germany already. Dip lomats in Berlin believe war is inevitable. Chancellor Von Bethmann-Holweig will receive the Greek minister tomorrow. ' 11 :" , " , . ' Roumanians attacked on the whole Teutonic; front yesterday, obtaining successes, says a Buchare&t dispatch via Rome by wireless. ' " ' Von Jagow Said to Have Resigned, The Hague, Aug. 29. A report is circulated in diplo matic circles that both Foreign Secretary Von JagoW and Under Secretary Zimmerman have tendered their-resignations to the German chancellor as the result of Rouma nian declaration of war. The resignations are reported to have been accepted. ' - EP HEMIC OF IS GI PARALYSIS WAY TO COOL SPELL For the Firs't Time Fewer) i Patient Are Being ' Ad roittcd to Hospitals Than ' Cischargedl37 Deaths Total So Far - ' (By the Uhiti 'Press) 'aNew York, Au. Cpol weath er is' checking the epidemic (of infan tile paralysis against which the lead ing nodical knowledge of ih coun try has batUed in vain for three months. , b . r ; Tfox the first time since the out break of the disease which has taken a toll of 1357 lives out of 7,835 af focttd, more patients are being dis charged' than are feeing received at hospitals in Greater NeT York, ." AR01IJ QUARTER OF iLlijf QUNDS IS LEAF TOTAL TODAY t . .. . . Nearly a' quarter of milKtit pounds' of 4ohacco was aold on tha five warehouse ' floors here today 4y the best estimate obtainable this af ternoon. "At 1:45 O'clock Ht was fig ured froni TOUgHi e13me!te that 234, 541 pounds had heen' golden off. At that hour only one warehouse had complete! iU tabulation ' Pricas Jumped a litUe, and the av erage,' it. seemi' from the guesswork averages Announced ." at the ware houses, went again almost to 21 cents, in spite of the fact that at some of the houses the offerings were 'inferior. Cloudy weather kept today's eales down, very satisfactory though they were. II mh tobacco that would hava come from a distance d'.d not reach the market.