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ThtWtathtt VOL. X VIII.--No.67 - EDITION KINSTON, N. O, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CftNTS ON TRAINS PISiDEl FOR JEN MILES KINSTON; BANDSMEN ClliiilNA llREPORTEPrJOJIAVE ' - i ' EVERY SIDEKI iRnif ATFn THRdlUF. RRflM PmNiT KflW 'r""".".' ----- IS N0 MAN'S LAND FOR WEEK-END - 1 f 'lt ' . 1 W ! . . , - , , . ...... w 1 - . ' . a . , tr ' t -" I - - - tr i -" L. V ir V- ,r I BIPEGTS Bill TO KINGC0NSTAN1 N5T0N BODY TELIS CABINET HE I lAMSON lIEASUREWILL BECOME LAW IN NElTlfHOIS Eastern RoatJsf.WaitHHg. for . llowcefore.) Rehtovjng (.Embargoes Which J Are DrivhigjUp 'Prices of Foodstuffs in CitiesProduce and Meats tip 25 PervCenfc ties 'PrCoatinff tor Prosecute Unscrupulous Dealers RailrCtacl Companies. Declare Congress j Is Working &g3lnsi TbewaadJrhat; They Will Tfcke Grievances to 'Supremo uri-Goverhinent May Have to Enforce Wage Increases, Intimated t'fftyiho ViultA Press)'' , " " Ve'rit'the impending strike of four hundred thousand rail wayemployts was'!mdii:Wa7aWrio6h.:-.'when the lHbue 'adopted a special rule tinder vhlch it is proposed tcpass the Adamson eight-hour bill before night. ,r President Wilson told the cabinet this afternoon, that 'hecpfidently 'expected its passage bf night. The legist Iatioh Vas'given'prec'edence in both Houses. A bjll was ilitrbduced in each.? The two bills conform and obviate the committee delay on the question of time in which thd Drovisions of the bill Would henrtTYir' nherativp. whiVb ha Deen causing disagreement. Jbood rnces soar Alarmmerlv. New York, Sept. 1. The big eastern ' roads jre wait ing more definite assurances that the strike will be avert 'ed before removing the embargoes, effective today and 1 tomorrow. v Embargos on all foodstuffs, perishable goods and munitions are now in effect. The larger cities will pass Sunday without a f resh supply - of vegetables and meats unless the strike is suddenly called off. Prices are advancing. Poultry is tip eight cents a pound, and pro ducers up twenty-five, per cent' as well as meats. Muni cipal action is likely agajnst dealers who take unfair ad vantage of the situation. , . Fight Promised. - , ? Chicago, Sept. 1. Railroad executives today indicat ed that they will take tlieir fight to the Supreme Court? 1t J - .1 Al. "it 1 L i. 1.1 -It .ll" nivy ueciar uie preBent pruposeu legisiauon is an, euon to fix wages.: "The bill might postpone the strike, but it cannot settle, the issue," .they said. It is indicated. that the . roads will f efue to pay increased wages despite the bill. Then the government would have to sue and compel them w pay uiciii. " , : Washington Hopeful; Congressional Action Looked For. :. . Washington, Aug. 31. Belief grow in all quarters, here tonight that the " iuuau Okll&O CttMCU IVL IICAI Mohday morning would be averted At the close of a day of conferences and hearings j Cdrtgres$ ,'atparently ttmn J l , . "o jicpruu mj pass wm arrow or which heads of the employe broth- erhoods have declared officially will caus them to telegraph ? the codB : message necessary ta revoke the v - strike order. . , ' " . Although President Wilson still de res strongly to see hig whole legis lative program accepted, and Demo cratic leaders in the Senate "have &eai bf their own abbiii what should be done, administration Bpokesmeu virtually conceded tonight that the fcill firtally passed would provide only for: : -r:;.r - -V V "An eight-hour day for trainmen m interstate commerce, effective De cember 1, or January 1, with the pres ent ten-hour rate of pay and pro rata overtime; and, . ' "A small commission appointed by the -' President to investigate the working of the law for from eix io line months and report to Congress." This, in substanceia the Adamson Ml devised by Representative 4 dam son and Democratic Leader ' Kitchin fter conferring with President Wil son, which A. B. Garretson, spokes n for the brotherhoodj stated fcr '"ally late today would be considered "it'sfactory settlement- and pre sent the walkout-. -tnight the Inter3tate Commci-ce Cmr"'tU-e 'agreed to repo;. ou. a 'm''. .,. ... ... IS CONFIDENT THAT MYTIHNGG1VESWAY MoreiDcfinit? Assurances - - New Ydrk Local Authori ' v . 1 and roads undef 200 miles in length excepted. " v . OYSTER SEASON GETS ' UNDER WAY; BIVALVE TO BE REAL LUXURY i in hi v M.r i AraAuii uiicucu wua.vi Dealers , are expecting -a big season, it will be several weeks before the ivaiveg wiu jjfr brpught hero in any nsiderable ' nua'Yititv. because nuite a bit of warm weather can be ex pected yet and no one wants to eat oysters with a. temperature of 90 or 95 'shrivelling . the carcasses. . And now, as- WilKan Shakespeare said, anybody who wants' to cry on the subject .get ready to ched tears, for. shippers predict a rise in prices for .these reafeons in addition to an other: "General higher wages' to la bor; higher cost of gasoline and lu bricants (not or the rsters) ; higher cost of boat equipments, tackle and implements; higher cost of cans and Cases; higher cost of paper and all printed matter; higher ost of ehell stock, wnyS must undoubtedly fol low the above; higher ost of shuck ed stock packed." ' Operates Passenger Traina from North Carolina into Terminal Sta tion, Norfolk, without Transfer. '.H. B. The following schedule fig ures published as information only and are not guaranteed. TRAINS LEAVE KINSTON ' East Bount 1 1 LINK CHAIN OF WIRELESS Anniiwn THE u nuuunu mil Ban Diego, Sept. 1. The third bf five links in the longest, chain in the World from Washington, D. C, to Cavite, Philippine Islands, via the Panama Canal, was completed here today. The chain is the Navy's and the links are wireless stations that will enable United States fleets all over the world to keep : in touch with Washington without the aid of car rier pigeons, mails ' or prcstidigita tion. ' San Diego' link ..consists of three tbwers, each 600 feet high. They wfi. connect with the two stations already in working order at Arlington, Va., near Washington, and m the Canal Zone, half way between the CartaPs Atlantic and Pacific terminals, and with the proposed huge station at Pearl Harbor, Honolulu. The Hono lulu station will connect , the Philip pines with the United States. The San Diegro radio cost Uncle Sam $250,000.' - .V.: When the wireless chain is com plete the United States will be far ahead of all other nations in this re spect. ' " The formal opening of the big ra dio station here will take placa later, iiiossibly not before December 1, whdn the first messages will be dent out to the world by vthe proprietor, Uncle Sain. K ; :,,;:.. A force bf tviren ty. operators '' will be on duty at the station. The equip ment provides for the reception and dispatch of messages at ite sank time. The flashes will travel practi cally around the earth at the speed of light. , 1 Lieut. J. M. Ashley of the Navy will be in coitimand here. ' r ' PAULINE FREDERICK . Th Famous PUyrt.prmniotint.Staj man Sleeping Cars New Bern to Norfolk.': Connects fori all points North and West. Parlor Car Ser vice between New Btern and Ner vfolk.- '. 730 a. m. Daily, for Beaufort, NeW Bern and Norfolk. 4:41 p. m Daily for Beaufort and Orientals V . --" -West Bound 5:40 a. m Daily for Goldsboro. 10:03 a. m. Daily for GoTdsboro. 8:14 p. bi. Daily for Goldsboro. j v Por further information or reserva tion of Pullman sleeping ca? space, oepply to W. J. Nicholson, Agent, Kin- stop, N. C Traffic Manager, Norfolk. Va. n. S.tJCARD, k ANOTHER mm h HUilLU 1 F f . I if ft If 5 b: -v u$ in - M'J Tobiaccoriists Dassen't Drum 'for Trade in That Territo ryCan Go to Halifax Jf ,r they Want to Ontside of Restricted Territory Thef Tobrco Board of Trade' has gone on record for good roads for the first time. At a recent meeting the board instructed the ' secretary to write the Board of County Commis sioners urjynK improvement of high ways leadi!t into the city, for tha benefit of -the tobacco market and the general, public- While its morii- bera- have nearly all long been known to favor batter roads, tBo Board prob ably considered such action not strict- T -ii :i . : v l - r , iy wunin ys, province nrciorore. At the same time the Board of Trade proclaimed all ihe territory surrounding Kins ton for a distance of ten miles in all. directions, neu- tral ground." That is, the members will not "drum" in that territory. There are a number of co'od reasons. acccrdinjr ' to tobacconists, amonir them the fact that the weod in the rritory is coming to kinston any way and that all hands 'Interested might not get a fair shake in the bartering. ' V' Outside of the neutral zone a Kin ston tobacconist may seek trade: any where. Hs may iro to China if he ikes; and it is his bounden duty to fetch, business here from any' point outwd th--' -Man's Land" thai he can. ' ' ..' ,. FARMER. HAD A BEE: STING IN THROAT; INNOCENT VICTIM Clem. Heath, a young farmer from Cove City, appeared, at the office of Dr! A. D. Parrott Thursday night with,' an unique ailment.' Heath had a beo sting in Jus' throat. Opening his mouth, he exhibited a small spot in'the back bf the throat aibout which pus had formed. Ir. , Parrott man aged to get the sting with a pair of tweezers at the first attempt,' and Heath got immediate relief. The lit tle A art which had lost i ts owner had made a painful sore, and had been a source of irritation, under constant rubGinjr of the victim's tongue all day. Dr. Parrott, exhibiting the a" tiny; black affair, explained ting, that a bee's sting when inserted has tendency to hold fast., Down the sides are rows of barbs, pointing backwards, which make it a formida ble weapon to bo no larger than-lhe 500th part of a grafn or such a mat tor.' " - --; , Heath said he ban" gotten the stini? while eating honeV for' breakfast. An uncle by marriage, he stated, had had similar experience with the -result that a cancerous growth was started over the sore and the .victim died. THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR MILLION AND HALF POUNDS 0' TODACCO IS ESTIMATE FOR TWO DAYS ON THE MART! Bic-ger breaks of tobacco were sold Thursday were had Tremendous piles of the golden product nllea every ware house almost to tne overflowing TDomt Thursday s over- Sow was disposed of today. At 2:30 it was estimated the day's sales, in addition to 650,000 pounds sold Thursday. ecord-breakmg both in Quantity and value; the record for value was established only one' hundred thousand dollars Sales at several warehouses had not been finished or had not been started in the forenoon. Those which had sold had maintained an average price of right around 20 cents. When the records for the vo days' cares are com pleted it is believed that nearly a million and a half pounds will c2 shown to have ., i ii i .i 1 1 ? Organization 'Intact' Gets 2-Day Furlough Bring Instruments and Make Things Merry Get Rea- ! dy? Mother Camp Glenn, Sept. 1. The Second infantry band is going home tomor row. The whole 28 or 30 nen or tne headquarters company comprising the band detachment are expected to entrain here early' In 'the morning. reaching Kinston about 10 o'clock or 3uch a matter. They Will carry their instruments; Director Jim Mehegan promises to play a few tunes for the benefit of the' public. The visit of tjie 'musicians might win a fw ve- cruit, although that is not primarily the purpose ofthe furlough. The band wilPplay a selection at every way i . " . . station and New D.-rn, according to the program, arriving at Queen street a'l wrought up and tready to fall all over thei'' mammas, poppers and oth- ! , 1 jl. . . , vv nicmoerai tu ineir lamiiics in sneer Kmston is the nearest tovrai to haye ! &ny considerable number of men in camP nelef an1 tne wind is the first i outfit of any , aiae to get furlough all together or any' length of. time, for the return will "not be made, accord ing to the special order granting the trip, until Sunday evening. The wri ter is asked to advise the heads. of the various households interested that chicken would not be out of place at Sunday's dinner. : ' HAYFEVERITES' HEAD SCTS IT WAS JULIUS - SNEEZER, NOT CflSAR Bethlehem, N. IT., Aug. 31. Sev eral hundred members of the United States Hay Fiver Association -blew in here today behind their handker chiefs. They came for the annual na tional convention representing 200, 000 hayfeverites. Theirs is nn orga nization not to be sneezed at ;by any one but members. , , The official slogan of the conven tion is a quotation from a funeral oration by the oiiginal hayfever vic tim. Marc Antony, wherein he said: "You who have tears to shed, "Prepare to Bhed them now." It has long been generally Relieved that Antony was exhorting his hear ers to weep over the death of Cdcsar. but the association's research depart ment, under the direction of Presi dent John II. Pinover of , Brooklyn has definitely established that Anto ny merely interrupted himself to warn his fallow sufferers of the hay fever season's approach. Mr. Pino vtr "here today also rx-v pressed the suspicion that there was, really, no such man as aes.ir; that hisname as a matter of fact, was Sneezer; which of course, explains what Antony meant when he said:, "I come to bury Sncexcr, not to praise him. ' : than were sold Thursday on the local market today. that vOo.OOO pounds would be the between 550,000 ,and Today's sales total may be Thursday, when more than was turned loose! . been sold, at a value bf three REGENT J MD GREEK All Y CALLED, SAID -r i' i .. '-.:' T". ; ". ! ' " Unconfirmed Report States That VenizelosJs Support ing in? Cabinet and Indicates That Athens Is Prcpar ng to Enter War Against Central Towers Roumani ans and Russians Joined In Smashing Advance Into Hungary Austrians Abandon Wide. Strip oLTerrito ry to Invaders, Vho Occupy Important Towns With out Much Resistance Roumanians Employ Tactics Copied From Germans In West With Great Success 1 Move Forward Everywhere . (By the United Press)- t V' ' : London, Sept. 1.' Twenty-si vyca.r-old Crown Prince George has assumed the regency following his father's abdication, Salonika reports. He ; is . thejdol of the Greek populace and pro-Ally in sympathy. He is understood to have the back ing of ex-Premier Vcnizelos, leader of the pro- . ; war party It is believed Greece will immediate declare war. j '-., Salonika, Sept. 1. A revolution has broken out in sev eral Greek cities.1 The revolutionists today surrounded the Greek srarrison at Lessi Kara Burnu, which surren dered. A revolutionary committee is now administering this. part, of Macedonia". The Salonika garrison was be sieged but the attack was repulsed. Three persons were killed.1 Three regiments of revolted. Bulgaria Declares on Bucharest. ' ' ' Salonika, Sept. 1. Bulgaria today declared war on Roumania, it is officially stated. fc . . Germans Gain In West. London. Sept. 1. The Germans delivered their heav iest 'counter assaults in the launching five separate attacks on a front of two miles in the region of Ginchy High1 Wood, after a terrific bom bardment. General Haig says four of "the. assaults were repulsed with heavy losses tured one advanced trencrv' ' "t Reported King Abdicates: Mobilization On.' " " ' ' London. Sept. 1. An unconfirmed reporuto Reuter s from Salonika says King Constantine has abdicated'his throne, that the Crown Prince has been appointed regent; and that a general mobilization ot the army ha3 been or dered. Venizelos is supporting the Zaimis ministry..- - Bucharest Elated. . Bucharest, Sept 1. The to advance in Transylvania ions, it is said officially. In ;,ant places fire how occupied. "Fighting Fire With Fire." London, Sept. 1. Using cracker" tactics, the Roumanians are advancing rapidly, ; squeezing the Austrians out of all southeastern Transyl vania; The ! Austrians, caight by the offensive's center, are in danger of being crushed in the "jaws" of the "nut cracker." They have already abandoned 400 squard "miles of territory. At least a dozen towns have been captured, with little heavy fighting and Koumartian right is linked Bukowina frontier, and both famous old Hungarian city VAN VLISSENGEfi, OUT OF PRISON; FARMHAND I. Chicapo, Aug. 31 I'etor Van Vlis- senjren, after ij?nt years in tne Stale Penitentiary at Joilet Priiion fur gi gantic frauds in real estate .securi ties transactions committed by for geries which shook ChicaRo's busi ness circles, is working as a larm- hand near Chicago unknown to those around him. . , - Van Vlissenger does not propose to go back to the financial and busi ness mart of Chicago or any other eity.'" lie plans to become a social service worker. ' "I will never tiandlo other 'people's money again' he e; 1 today. I have learned that trans gressions entangle a person in toib of his conscience as the spider web entangles a fly." ' : , WAR DEPARTMENT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT; TROOP -HOYOffiff FROM LINE , Washington, Ang." SI. National guard ' regiments nd regular coast artillery companies cn route to ' r from the border have been ordered equipped with extra supplies for the journey agains the possibility that a general railway striko will d?!ay their movements. SVcrt-'.arv EAf'r ai I :f..r V.'ar Greek troops at Vodena K&ve , t Somme offensive last night. to th Teutons, but-they cap ' . ' Roumanians are' continuing with successes in all direc- Tarlung valley several impor- " , , , , the famous German- "nut few' prisoners taken. The with the Russians near , the armies are advancing on the of Bistritz, HUGHES STARTS EAST- - ' AFTER HIS VACATION (By the United Prese) I- KnlM Park. Colo.. Sept l.-Re-, freshed ly a week's ' vacation , here, Charles K. Hughes and his campaign party left thi afternoon for Topcka and KansUn city, where he W schedul ed to deliver 'two speeches itmirroT on the last lap' of his western tour. BRAGGING AEQUTBK SALES -IN OLD BELT ,' WinstonRalem, Aug. 31.4-0nf of the very bigirest" breaks in year in the' local ioha'ceo market for Au gust occurred hoi e today vrhun ap proximately lOb.Oisi) pounds of tobac co' was sold in" the various ware houses, the price "averaged about 12 1-2 nts aTionnd; ' - : , CUS3 TtJiorLs that tho 15,000' guards men " suddenly fcrereil ' northward last night we're being- movsil as a precaution 0gan3t strike violence. It is known, however, that the States t which the troops are returning ara those where only a small portion of the guard was nou "called ia! t' i Faderal service and in r.i-t of t' large railway trrrrinals rs !
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