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m)in The Home Paper The Wither T 4i N Today Showera VOL. XVIILNo. 65 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C -WEDNESDAY,. AUGUST '30, 1916 FOUR IMAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS . -FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS aii't' Wilsoii COAST LINE ISSUES NOTICE MAY PLAtE EMBARGO ON FR'OHT ENGLAND IS TO BE ASKED TO LAV OFF nroiiffi Tfilk Jtaili f irtl' n " A! M EM DAILY 11 11 illL.? God i fill I L SHI i If.. HO POWER UNDER HEAVEN" BUT. RAILWAY COMPANIES' COMPLIANCE CM PREVENT. A STRIKE THAT WILL PARALYZE THE NAT! Every Passenger Train, Every Freight Train, Every Piece of Rolling Stock, Will Layldle When Wheels Cease to Turn at 7 O'clock on the Morning of Labor Day Already Embargoes in Effect, and Others Prob able Senators Charged with Using Situation Coun try Shudders at for Political Gaist Nebraska District Judge Issues Order Restraining Strike on Holiday- Not One Ray of Hope Congress Has Achieved Noh ing So Far. Mm LEADS THE ELD IN PALMETTO GOVERNORSHIP RACE 'Pardoning Governor' Will I? in Run-off Primary " .c Seems to Have Won for Lieutenant-Governor's Place. ' i uy the United Press) G..1-, Gcvc tiri:i corns: :v 13 (By the. United Pross) Washington. Aug. 30. First attempts to rush strike legislation through Congress were cheeked today when bitter charges were made that "certain senators are try ing to make political capital'out of the situation." PRESIDENT'S DRAMATIC ADDRESS TO RAILWAY HEADS. Washington, Aug. 30. "No power under heaven, can prevent the strike Monday, short of a satisfactory settle ment by the railroads" W. R Lee, the trainmen's leader, today said. 1 "Postponement is not even under considera tion." . , - ' ' "God forgive you, I can't," were the words of thepresi dent at the close of his final conference with rhr mikv, executes The railway strike Monday will tie up every I IZTi IZr X'-- "w! xii nit uiuinv m Opinion 01 UlC brotherhoods. The Strike order includes' passenger as wcji as iiuigrn, employees ' WILSON TRYING HOLD OFF STRIKE ; PROTHERHOODS STAND PAT. Washington, Aug. 30. President Wilson is today en deavoring to persuade the brotherhoods to witHdraw the strike order effective on September 4. - Officials say that ifvthe brotherhoods strike while Congress is debating mea sures favorable to labor, there will be such a tremendous reaction in the country against unions that midit turn the trend of events. The brotherhoods show no indica tion of rescinding the order. Congress "thus-far has only taken up the task. The Interstate Commerce committee of the Senate today announced hearings, at which all in terested are invited to present their views. SOUTHERN WARNS OF POSSIBLE EMBARGO. niHa, S. C, Aug. 30. Former ior R!a:m "Tha Pardoning ';!," is loading in the Gulierna- nu-n. Incomplete' returns place well in the front in the thrcc- ! fight, although he does not to have a majority. A second probably. It is indicated Might Become "Necessary Within Next 21 Hours," Said Telegram Today OTHER ROADS ANNOUNCE Orders Stopping Shipments of Foodstuffs Situation is Serious and Will Pe come More So in Few Itours, Are Indications. Washington, Aug. 30. Southern Railway . warning that an embargo on all classes of freight 4s pos sible within twenty-four hours unless. the strike situation clears up. If the strike is thought unavoidable the work of clearing the tracks .will begin several days in advance. The first freight affected would be perishable foodstuffs.' Other Southern carriers are expected to fol low suit. - , ORDER AGAINST LABOR DAY STRIKE. Omaha, Aug. 30. District Judge Sears today issued an order restraining trainmen from striking- on labor day. UNION PACIFIC EMBARGO. Kansas City, Aug. 30. Union Pacific today issued an embargo oh all freight unless it can be delivered by noon Saturday. . -;-: President's Message. . . " " Washington, Aug. 30. In hi? mes sage to Congress 'yesterday after noon in regard to the railroad strike situation," President Wilson, advocat ing more members of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the eight-hour day law,? Federal operation jn vtha event of a 'strike nsa "military nec essity" and otheriings, declared "The pubhV.-ia' he:n jfjida famil iar with the,a i.'s ol tha men rind the arguwr.f; vrttf in faxoi of them, rii!l a're familiar with 0ii .caT cn page 4.) ROBE rt fay, m ::m, mais ; EAST GET A IV ' MOM It EEOtliAL' pM?:AREipp, SAP 77' y (By.th. IV'eJ Piess) ' . Atla - Cf Aug. 3d. Federal authorities hr.ri it&rU P Jn - ligation into the - amadng czcape of Rcbert Fa, r . ; p& former German army ofHccr. under , son- There is no report of Fays capture yet It : is Aw i A JJC 12; null OUUUliCU WlLil iliL'IU'V. - v t Another prisoner, William Kr.oblerek with Fay, wrdk 1 kfront -entrance of the United States Penitentiary here .with tool kits, saying they were going to fi arc light s out- Bide damaged by a bad storra. - ' Warden Zerbcst charges carelesc ness on the- part of J- W. Pouncey guard at the gate. . " prim::; that A. J. BcUhea has defeated E. C. I,. A-lam:;, for Lveutenant-Kovenior, that S.imuel Carter defeated I). W Mflsnahiiii fur slate treasurer and thai W.l-Ham II. Dove won over W G. Wijla for Secretary of State.- Kariitr im port. Columl.Ia, S..C, Aug. 29. With aijoiit onc-ihird of the ejected vote 1 from unofficially in the state rimary, indications tonm-hi are that former 1 Governoi1 C.ilo Blease will mnka a second race for the gubernatorial nomTr.fvon atTaina t Biehard I. Manning, the .in cumbent, or Ilohert A. Cooper. Uieai has a lonjr lead over his op ponents but apparently lacks the ma jority necessary for nomination. IMSN FHOM DEATH . CELL TO A CHURCH Raleigh, Aug. 30c Hardy Wiggins, scint'iicsd to die in the electric eha$r, fnday, Tuesday aftenioon ' vraa tak en from the "penitentiary hep to Pul !en Memorial church, Baptist, and baptized. It was the first incident of ihrf kind to ever occur in this state. WijnriM is a Kaptist. He wanted to be immersed. ! hero were no facilities a the prison. (Jovernof QrxXg gave consent for nis removaJ toa church Wiggins, handcuffed,, was taken ill an automobile to The church. Pastor Diita of Pullen church, Warden Rus hse' ami another man were with him. The party lef t Mha, machine in a .hard rain. The hnndcuft, were taken off of 'Wirgrins wrists while the ordin tSnco .was hxtxig perform). ! While prepa rations yrera being made an or ganist played, "Shall we -Gather at the River?" In all only about half a down persons witnessed the baptism. Thcf condemned man, convicted " of murder, protests innocence. His wife visited him for the last time just aft er the "baptism. Mrs. Wiggins , declar ed her husband was with her at the tome the -murder of which he was ac ftusod occ.Lred. The meeting was pathe tic. Tho eoupfe embraced, Wiggins told hi3 wrfc that he would meet her in heaven,' and ehe loft to reium tft her Graham eounty home. . i. ,' ' i DISCONTINUE SUNDAY V.---:TA!if OH LINE'FROM ; CITY TO SHOW IIILL "Announcement was made today ' that the Sunday train from Snow Hill to this city and return on the . . Kinston-Snow 11:11 Railroad would . . not be operated next Sunday. It , hag been permanently annulled, or at least until its "operation is justified." y . .- . f . Lack of patronage waa given as the reason for the order. , ' . A Sunday train has been a regular inst'tationj on the K.-S. H. fof years but it k top or Us J that it wss never a pjy'ng affair. : ' , - "In ivkw of the strike order issucdlon the 23th by the four labor organizations, to become effective on Monday, September 4, at 7 a. m., you will , notify shippers that it may become necessary within the net twenty-four hours to place an embar go cn all freight loaded on our lines and destined to foreign lines." That was a telegram . received a the local offices of the Atlantic Coast Iinu today. A similar order was re ceived at froiirht stations in other places, and the instruction is suppos ed to hive been general. Tho Star of Wilmington, .in which city tho general offices of the A . C . I., are located, this morning had to say in part of the strike situation, which has aroused intense interest there: "While the railroads of the Wist end otter parts of the; countryare iimouwcingf embargoes on perishablt. flights and giving notice that . all freights h r accepted only 'subject to delays, except such shipments as can be delivered before next Monday,, no nich action has yet been taken by the Atlantic Coast Line, or, so far as known here, by the . Seaboard Air -ine. However, notieo has boon sent nut from the general offices of the ("Vtast Line here that such action may Se found necessary, in the immediate futura "Just what action the Atlantic Oonst Lna may take in thjs matte. Mr. E. A. Brand, fourth viepprpsi- 'ient, who is head of the traffic de partment, could not say last nijvht. hut ho intimated that the company would bna its actions upon conditions they develop. The action of the-railroads in olacing an embargo on perishable freights, livestock, etc., and acceptinfc r-thor freights subject to d-elay, is in anticipation of the threatened strike of the 400,000 trainmen next Mon day mowiing nt 7 o'clock which would so far as can be seen now, demoral- ''7.v, traffic on 25 arailroads. Those roais that ara refusing to accept per ishable freight are, do'ins so as a pro 'eetion against being unable to deliv-j er shipments after 7 o'clock next j Monday mornings Some of the rail roads are refusing to accept butter, iggs and similar commodities. "Aa announced by railroad manag- ?r hi Washington last night, the va rious raMroad3 are not acting in con cert in this matter, but each raid v handling this part of Hie problem in dependently of the other railways. It such action should be taken by the railroads generally ' throughout the country "vithin a day or two,-$ie pub lic would, even this week, begin to feel tne effects of the impending strike, which if carried ont as planned by tha 'trainmen, would ; absolutely atop the transportation- of -food sup. plks, as well as all other commodi ties. In that event,'it would not be long before the people, -even in a city no larger than Wilmjngton, would bi gin to wonder where tho ext-week'j rations were cominj from. ,- "There was the most intense local interest in the aerioua aspect of the" strike aituaiiion last night. ,. The posting of news that the rail road a have already begun to declare embaroea on 'freight was perhaps tha most diaconeertinif information y;t acrved to the local public, bring ing close to them whnt a natkm.wida strike of th trainmen would mean even to Wilmington. While perhaps Washington, Aug. 20 Full suppor. c the government was promised by Secretary Lansing toilay to 75 tobac co planters of Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Kentucky and Ten nessee who were here to protest against Great IiriUin's action in re newing restrictions upon tobacco shipments to neutral countries. A demand that the restrictions bo re moved probably whH be sent by the State Department shortly. BIG EVENTS MOVE FAST IN MILITARY AND DIPLOMATIC CIRCLES OF EUROPE; GREECE CONFRONTED WITH A C'BINET CRISIS, SAID '""'' . ' - - . ; ''"'..."-,'' - - . Zaimis Ministry's Resignation Predicted Kaiser Chops Off Diplomatic Heads In Ire Over Failure to Influence Roumahia for Ccnfral Powers' Cause Von IKndeh burp; Goes to Chief of Staff With Dismissal of Falfcen hayn -Von Mackenscn to Command All Teuton Arm ies in East Roumanian Horsemen Well Inside Trait sylvania and Threatening Herraannstad, First Object ive of Invasion of Hungary, Reported SAMEL M.SCKLLTZ OF GREENVILLE DEAD Greenville, Auj,'. .10. Samuel M. Schultz, G2 a prominent, merchant of this town, died in a Richmond hospi tal to which he had gone for treat ment following :t short illness. Mr. Pchultz was well-kncAvn in this part of the state. H eame to Greenville - . . ! i i r U in lSYo and siariea a onsineHH. ire ,vas the dean of the mercantile cora- munitv at the time of his death. He was a Maon. Mr. Schultz is survived by his wife, r . .. . . 1 . ttfjia was Misa liiuma awam i Kockv Mount and to whom he was married in 1SH8, and one son, Dr. A. M. Schultz. and Mrs. L. H. Bowling, The interment will be in the Hebrew cemetery at, Richmond COUNTRY CLUB BUYS ( TEN ACRES GROUND Tha Caswell Country Club has ac- iuired in fee simple JO acres of the several hundred acres of land recent ly leased by the club at Gray's Mill, uid on the 10 acres will erect the uhhouse and lay off tennis courts, it was rnnounccd today. Work prepar- il.ary to laying off the courts and rertin? the building will be commen 'i! next week, it was said. , In addi kn to tha clubhouse, pavilions, bath houses on tho edge of a lake oa the rriipcity, possibly boating and fish- jt piers, etc., will he construe ted. The club will install its own electric diting plant. The charter for the organization, A-hith has about 50 members and is mi ted to that number, has been con firmed, it was stated today. Ck( links will be laid off at a lat-time. (Hy the United Press) CARPATHIAN PASSES TAKEN. Rome, Aug. .10. Roumania and Russians have captured he prin ciple Carpathian passes, aay Iturcharest dmpatches. ROUMANIAN GUNNERS ACTIVE. Amsterdam, Aug. 30. Rou manian artillery is bombarding (he Bulgarian City of Rustchuk and the HuftgartM law Oraevo, say Vienna advirea. War Brought Home to Bucharest, Bucharest, Aug. 30. Zeppeliha and hostile aeroplanes bombard-' ed (his city last night doing no damage. -. the local community i4 as near sclf sustaininjr a any .community in,' the world,' no one seemed disposed . to minimize the locar effect an actual break would bring about. In one re spect at least Wilmington would not suffer a complete cut-off from the rest of the world by reason of Ita steamship linea and the various boat lines to the interior and around the eoaat to scacoast counties of the Ca rolina.;. . . ' , "More provi'dent householders are reported as early as several days ago to have comfortably provided ' the family larder against the day when previsions would cease to reach here from the granaries and smokehouses cf the West , - (By the United Press) . London, Aug. 30. Roumanian cavalry have crossed the Red Lower Pass, three miles inside of the Transyl vanian border, and are but a few miles from the City of Hermannstad, says a Zurich dispatch to the Central News. - , . 1 The resignation of khe Greek cabinet, headed by M. Zaimis, is foreshadowed on account of Roumania's en trance into the war, according to an Athens dispatch. . Radical changes in the GermaD military and diplom atic personnels followed Roumania's declaration. Dis patches from Berlin confirm the. dismissal of General Fal kenhavn, chief of the general staff, and the appointment of Vop Hindenburg to the vacancy. Vor Mackensen will probably succeed Von Hinden burg in suprerrte command on the easterniront. It is re ported that the Kaiser has ordered the dismissal f all diplomats responsible for the Roumanian failure, , : Roumanians Reported Defeated. Berlin. Aug. 30. -The Roumanians have been de feated at Verestrony Pass, soijth of the Red Lower Pass, on the railway to Hermannstadt, it is semi-oflicially stat ed. " . . , Vi.1 ' French Advance in Balkans. ' j . Paris, xug. 30.- The French have advanced West of the Vardar river in the Balkans. Artillery is active on the Struma froht around Lake Dorian. , giuuaw.'w.wutwig.gA'i DOWN BIG SALES ON THETOBA CO mW About' 215,000 pounds of tobacco was fvold here today, according to warehouse estimates. At the time this was written this afternoon none of the warohtfuwea had oomplcted tabu lation of the day's business. No ware house reported less than 46,000 lbs. wild, none more than 55,000. Each 'ire- ported an .average price around or a little 'better than 20 cents. The sub's total was probably a few thousand pounds heavier than on Tuesday. Clouiiy weather for tho first few hours of the morning again kept DANIELS MAKE APPEAL FOB PROGRESSIVE VOTE Thorndike, Maiae, A. 29.1 hia address here today Hon. Joseph u Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, wh claims to be a Progressive who has "started" on the road te real reforms and "cannot stop" until needed re forms are accomplished, spoktf in ly upon the Mt aineer members of Uw Progressive party owed to Wood now , Wilsen for carrying out - the measures they favored in 1912, and appealed, to them to support Wilson, as the only candidate who incarnated the best principles enunciated by tha Progressive party. the sales down some. Bright skiea this afternoon givos promiaa of big breaks Thursday. BIG- CRUISER MEMPHIS WRECKED IN SANTO DOMINGO IIARBOiir IS TOTAL LOSS; SCORE OE MEN REPORT'D LOST Subscribe to The Free Press. (By the United Press y Washington, Aug. 30. All but twenty men of the 990 aboard the cruiser Memphis, were saved when the ship was swept on to a rocks in a heavy sea. The ship- was sunk in Santo Domingo Harbor, officially stated at the navy department. Ten seriously injured and sixty-seven sligh tly hurt. Rear Admiral Pond, at San Domingo City, cabled the Navy Department that the armored cruiser would be a total loss, and although it wTa3 expected all on board would be. saved, 20 men returning to the ship from shore leavte in a motor boat had been drowned. - ; The United States gunboat Castine managed to escape by putting to sea. - - ; . ; ,-, j The Memphis formerly was the armored cruiser Ten nessee. I Jer name was changed May. 25, last Recently she has been doing duty in San Domingo waters ih con nection with the revolution. The Memphis was of 14,500 tons and has a horse power of 23,000. - Her complement is 990 men.. She was the flag ship of thef. cruiser force of the United States fleet. - ; The Memphis was launched in 1904 at the Cramp Ship building Company's plant in Philadelphia." She had a speed of over 22 knots an hour- She is armed with four 10-inch, sixteen 6-inch, 24 3-inch and four 6-poundcr guns and carried four torpedo tubes. She was 502 feet long on the water line, 75 feet beam and had a maximum draft of 2G 1-2 feet.- : ' .