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VOL XVttl.-NK6f
SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. V SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1916
SIX PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
PUREST DEMOCRACY iNlilLOSOM'ONFD MILLION AND THIRD
DOUBT EXPRESSED OVER THE REFOM
ABDICATION OF KING-CONSTAfjTINa
YOU TO AGAIN LEAD HOSTS PEACE AND POUNDS 0F T0BACC0
PROSPERITY, JAMES TELLS THE PRES'D'T IN THE HALF WEEK
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'OF PRESIDENT WILSON ;
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Prptfulpnfc T. IT Marfm nt a Ta
Never Before In American History Was a ManNomin- wo Board" of TrjLtoday eatimat:
ated With Such Enthusiasm, Unanimity and Earnest- , , T
i . J - was W her to the last half of the
ness, Eloquent Kentuckian Declares to Wilson , and Friday's sale on the central
inrong ai naaow lawn uiouay weauier uocs h junta today.
Drfr iirt From Gaietv at New Jersev Mansion Prcsi-1 amount of tobacco, averaging
f J 1 20 cents a Dound in value, wa'a wtuth
dent Jjeliverirtg Acceptance Address uosts oi .uemo- more than a quarter of a minion ioi-
Seat to Hear Schoolmaster-Executive Begin His Cam
paigrt for Re-election
CAN'T GET: FREIGHT
OUT OF KINSTON AT
I ALL THIS AFTERNOON
The freight embargoes on the At
(By he United Press)
Loner Branch. N. J.; Sent. 2. America's record of
'peace, prosperity and happiness," while the Old World
staggers beneath a load oi sorrow, insures the rresi
dent's election in November, according to Senator Ollie
tiaiHCJi Ul iVUHLUCJVV. All lUlIMdlly iiuwavmiS 1M.1. novn I Iantif r,oast T.in nd Norfolk Soirth
'.. i i. . . . .. a' ... ii. . ' t ' ";rt I . : 7 t
oi ms nomination dv me ieuiucraiic iuuveiiuuii, oena- ,Pn nmniia rete t hp.
. Till " 11 1. . . . ! .1 . 11. ...1.1 I
tor James stated tnai tne cnoice was inaue wim enuiu- 8pite the fact that the nouse had
siasm. unanimity and earnestness never surpassed m the passed the Adamson ,biu ami the sen
SjJitical lite of America. Kepresenatives oi the purest at wa expected to. No freight was
emocracy in -the world summoned you to again lead the being taken by the Norfolk southern
hosts of peace, prosperity and American righteousness, except to Gowsboro and pomts bo.
Tfio ncptuntnrn sSnppri f fiifl Prpsfrlpnf. is hpino- Hftlivprfid. tween Kinston and Coldsboro. None
having bein started shortly after the luncheon hour. 1 of ar,y kind wa8' J11 taken oW th
fn-it CjiiinAd at KhoHnnr I own , , Aiianwc VKNisi labo. ax jociock ill
President Wilson when he arose today prepared to take
A land breeze from the southwest indicated that the day f!. ,.. T.no0,,M,
would bd warm. A low mist nung over tne ocean, me rw. ..ti H.fc i,. ihm
forecast was possible that shovlirs micrht' not mar the
gala notification ceremony, scheduled for 4 o clock, party for past and future courtesies.
Despite tne cloudy . weather, however, the resident The big speeches of the evening
and Mrs. Wilson emerged from the mansion early for a were made by county chairman and
stroll around the grounds. The place is in a beautiful state National Elector g. v. Cowper and
and ablaze with Colofi Gay bunting and streaming ban- .-,w. d. Toiiock. Mr. cowper
noro nro nvwtSteYir XxrinAnvsr : hnnt fVifl flxsrr rnirif1rpcf!5 I poTfe for forty minutes on "What the
sues," prosperity, domestic ipoliciess of
the administration and othor things
lie declared that ttid i. U. r n
afraid to treat the domestic policies
of the Wilson administration ha ia
sues. Touching on one "bono of oon-
of American flags are streaming from long -poles. Secret
service mon and special deputies are scattered about the
grounds.. .More than two hundred are guarding'the Pres
ident. , - ' . r - ';.,'' , .
T Automobiles bf all descriptions began to arrive early,
filled with iovful Dembcrats .amid the increasing din of
horn's, cw bells and other devices which contributed their tctrticm, our international relations,"
raucus choiw to a general
Long liranch, N. X, Sept. 2. Presl
dent Wllsou received today b Shadow
Lawn, the summer White House,, the
formal notification of his renoinlnutloh
by the Democratic party f rofu the noti
fication committee headed by Senulor
,ollle James. - v " t
In response Mr. Wilson . spoke fn
partes follows: j ! h. .- '
Senator James, Oonttemoh. of the
Nrttlllcatlon Committee, Fellow ,Cltl
SpAb! 1 cannot accept the., leadership
n$, responsibility wtnttf tfte National
Democrntlc ' convention' has" Again,' in
such ueiierons fusfitbrt, nske'd .wtjr td
j accent' without first expressing my
profoupd gratitude W th party v lor
Uie trust It reposes in me after four
years Of fiery trial n th ttHdst of f
Ifatra of unprecedented dlnlcultyc and
ithe kfin sense of ndtted re(Hlblllty
; with , which this hope Jill l .lmd al
i most said burdens) we as" t Ui(nk of
,'the great issues ol'naflouaT life .and
;poucy Involved In the present and I in
tuedlat future con38rt of ml eovefU'
,nent 1 anil seek; as 1 Iiv4 lwys
Sought, W Justify the itraonnnary
IcotiHdeace thus reposed in tne by strl
lng to purg my heart ind purpose ot
every personal andnvf.efery iQMead-
ing party mtlve and devoting every
energy I hav o the service of the na
tlon as a wluije, praying that I may
contlnua to hue tlwt enel and p-
port of mil forvwd-looklhg men at ev'
ry turn of theUffttat tnttftWIs;
For I do not loubt that the people
of "the United atata wM-the
emocratie party to continue in con
trol of the rovernnient. They are not
in the habit of rejecting those wh4
Have actually served them for theft
who are making doubtful and conjec
tural promises of service... ,Lenst,,of
all are they likely Wr sufestt tutt those
who promised to rdhdor theai particv-
Jar services and proved false to that
promise for those who have actually
rendered those very services..
- (Continued on -Page .Five)
pandemonium.
CAP.1PW
OPFNS f
BIG STYLE MOSELEY
HALL FRIBAY Ni
III! I
Democratic Candidates Ad-1
" dress Big Andie!tc6 In
. LaGrange
tesiKr itanrrnri Mi nut p ' '
HANY LEADERS UN - dILLI and bowed to the schoolmaster
Amenea.
Mr. Cowper said
Mr.- Hughes asks: 'What does it
avail to use some of the strongest
words known lo diplomacy, if ambas
sadors cart receive the impression
that words are not to ibo taken seri
ously t' 1 answer y another ques
tion ( Did the. mailed knight of war,
the ' Iran' Ka i ser, wh o represen ts the
supreme lembodimeni: of force in this
century, take the -words of Wilson and
Lansine seriously? All the combined
forces of the Allies have been impo
tent to cause this prince of war to
hesitate for one moment in . his
course, and yet, when Woodrow Wil
son said. 'Thus far and no farther.'
this man who has amazed the world
with his warlike power humbly yield-
oi
BILLPOSTERS MAT mW '
PAINT THE1 TOWN BED
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Chicago, Sept. 1-By formal decree
of Federal Judg Landis : today the
Associated bill posters and distributers-of
the United States, aa4 CanaM,
called the billposters' trust, was dis
solved; and now every fmi with
bucket of paste and some posters h
at tberty'to splattef1 aft ftfl oTet tht
landscape. Tbe men charged that th
"trust" cuntro'led practically every
billboard in the country. .
National Elector, Senatori-
,' al Nominee and County
bftlceholders and Aspir-
Col. W. D. Pollock, who will go to
the Stats Senate next year "from all
indications, was last on the program.
He gathered up the loose threads of
Republican misgovcrnmcnt ; in North
antS Speakers CoWper When thrDemoraU wrested power
and Pollock Feature , , " f rom the G- -. p-and wisted lhem
intd an iniquitous Knot, tie uflt up
a card -house of Republican merit for
The Democratic campaign in the I his auditors and blew Jt to pieces m
coilffty' was atattcd off in fancy fasK- a fewishort breaths, .' He waxed elo-
ion at LaGrange Friday night. There quent, seized the prey in his jaws and
were tetween 200 and 300 porsdns would not . turn loosd, until he" had
bWkleii eaYWldtes 'present at an old- kkkevl and cuffed Republicanism all
fashioned rally; there "were "a few over the rostrum and ground It Into
Reptiblteafts Mattered, "aroond ia the a pulp.' He dragged fact and figures
b3iicV according to a man . whftjnito the inquest and proved a justifi
elalims fo-'havi 'apoOed ewral'v' I able "homicide; Col. Potfoek reviewed
Mr. Kirby Sutton, Moseley nail the progress of the State ih the past
township chairman, presided over the sixteen years, called up every good
meeting ;He explained the occasion, thing that has been' introduced 7 in
to the audience in a few very perti- that time improved health, increas
l ftf.i nk remarks. - Theft the an- 4 wealthV 'remftrkabie t advancement
dieflce., called ; for- eptechea-- from j n education and thef nice ana .corn
Chairman of Commissioners' R. P. j pawd these blessings with what had
OtiMm,lUt.A. IT. Daw4d Mfi been befJre.i He declared ihii with
D. W. Wood, Sheriff Taylor, Treae-I such a Democratic : aamimswation
arer.John.Dawson, Register of Deeds the Commonwealth is bound to be
Priia and Mr. Henry Brothersr come in 'time" the greatest Stat ia
AH ramie -.nifty little talks, They the Union." 3 V 'v
glfffifted Democracy,- protested iReJ TI apeehmaklng lasted nearly 8
Jdibl if aft ecandal charges, urged ' 1 hours. Many ladies were, in ttie udi
btggef'majority this fall and scoffed ence. Care was had fliat no word was
it Republican hopes. Register Prid- uttered condemning a certain mnova-
?en delighted the audience by stat- i'wn that has become an issue in some ,
ing that Sheriff TayW had been parts of the country. fc
ATtf?s 1tS 4-vv::-v '
1 L-'-" 1111 iin'iii iiihimii n't "I 'tm nil- " imidiif. ' .
British and French .Said to Have landed at CWek Port
Short starch From Capital Thought to Be GdfTfcOftlng
City Gerniany Sends Troops Into Transyrvania-J
Roumanians Drive Austrians Out of Principal Towns
Hermannstadt, Important Place and Former Capital,
Evacuated in Face of Fast-Marching Invadew-w-Ger-mans
Retake Trenches in West, But Weaken OfTenye
at" Verdun, Withdrawing Forces for Aid to U&rd
Pressed Austrians. .
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PASSAGE OF ADAMSOW BILL BY SENATE
EXPECTED BY NIGHT: STRIKE ORDER IS
ALMOST CERTAIN TO BE A DEAD
LETTER
Brotherhoods Prepared to Flash News to. Leaders In
Every Center Special Messenger Waiting to Take Bill
lo Shadow Lawn for President's SignatUe-fSouthctTt,higaiflst the Important railways at Halitz; "the Russians
Keassurcd, Modifies EmbargoDebating in Senate But dVV - ii'cr a-. ff -V " - : . ?
By the United Press)
London, Sept. 2. The revolution in Greece is
spreading' rapidly in Thessaly and Eplr1ls?sWk ,
Rome wireless dispatch. Martial law W'uW f a ;a
at Athens. King Constantme is ill. lllk 'mhW
tion is reported serious. - , . ,
London, Se'pt. 2.-The Ando-French belieVYtf'fiaVe
landed at Pireus after marching five miles toAffieW.
are thought to be garrisoning the capital, 2bmf mattrjrf
of Constantine's abdication is still lacking, and doWiS
expressed. Ah Italian, offensive launched in Southern AJ-
hanm will conhect with the Ames on other fr6ntst.CJ",IiA "
Berlin, Sept; 2. 50,000,? Germans 1 have ' amWaT
the Transylvaniart city" of KlausehbuTg td t?ytd
fheck uiry Koumawan invasion. - uther troops naveoeen'
withdrawn from the Verdun front and sent to ffMsypa
vania. ihe Austrians have evacuated Maros vasameiy.
with 25,000 inhabitants and a1 railroad town.' ' von,r ti J
jicrninruisiaui uvavuaicu. - -
Berlin. Sent. 2. Hermannstadt. with a DoWulatletf of
forty thousand and a former capital of TransyiValiidaW
Sepsi St. Gyorcrgy, have been evacuatetl before' the Ro1iT
manian advance, it is officially stated from Vienna. ;
German Gains Irt WCst: r
Para- Sept' 2.-thc Germatts reocciipied tfieftcht3'
south 'of Kstrets, lost 6ft August 3L in a atf aeR of the'
Most violent nature; it is said officially. The" Russians in-'
the Champaighe region on the western front disposed 6f
a German reconnaissance. In the Vetduff sector heavy
fighting took place last night. ' Germans were repulsed at
Fleury. , ' v .; : ..
An6thcf Report of RttttAtdhiait SacfccifseS.
Bucharest. Sept: 2. The Roumanians have occiitJiccl -
the Transylvahian cities of Kronstadt' Tohaflul-Czlcze
sog and Mouta Pedegimva, it is said officially". Rouihan-1
ian artillery is dominating the Orsovo-Temesvar Railway;
a supply route; JEighteen hundred prisoners and one huh
dred cars of war material haVe been takeitv,-" '
Russians Near Halitz. - " ' - -- 7TV
Berlin. Sept. 2. Advanciriff oh an 18-hiile frhtf
No Great Opposition Measure Already Through the
House No Amendment looked Fof Railroad Tresl-
dents Leave the Cdpital, Expecting. Men , to Wiri
Might as Well Abolish the I. C. C.,' Declares Sherman
in a resumption of the Galidih offensite:
in overwhelming vote hnVl passed the
Adamson' eight-hour day law and the
Senate had agreed to take a final Vote
on the' measure not later than 0 o'
jlock tomorrow evening.
'Although it is possible : that : Sen
ate amendments may nrake confer-
when the test comes the House hill
as lit stands, will be accepted and
rushed to Shadow Lawn, N. J., for
President Wilson 'a signature. And,
while1 no' formal statements ere
forthcoming from the employes' bro
therhood heads tonight it is authori
tatively stated that this will result
order for. Monday morning. , The Ad
amson bill as passed 'in the House by
' Vote of, 239 to 6(5, with minor
amendments, is tne same measure
which the brotherhood leaders ofli-
(By the United Prs-s) '
Wflshinortnn. Spnt. 2 Tfip TInitpd States Senate
snent todav in debate nrenaratrV to voting on the'eiefhf- h11 necessary it m generally beiiev
finnn rlar hill ra sgp1 lnr trio TTiK!P vottrAxxr P.qcmnnrp Ja N on both sides of the Capitol that
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oeneveu certain. "
Six o'clock is set for the vote. . A special messenger is
Waiting to rush with the bill to Shadow Lawn for the
President's signature today. The Senate was in session
till 11 last night, adjourning without a vote.
Southern Lifts Embargo. ;;-
Wflshirtfrtnr. Spnt. 2. Thp Southern Railwav has lift
ed its embargo on live stock and perishable ireight, it I in immediate dispatch f code me
destined to noints on the Southern railroad, to take ef-lsaees caiiine off the general strike
feet immediately. Advance arrangements , have been
made necessary for shipment to necessary points on con
necting lines. Other freight will be accented .without re
striction.'
f '-ft,w GfiTI TAl-wwiinAj4 . .
Washington, Sept. 2. That the Adamson .. eight-hour r""' dec " CZ
TH.A r. A
t 1 ' T f i ' , il PI" L V JMt,Jklwt I nrl lUlVTCIlt M- sis ut-wsu
inrlinnfiAnn I iff a ' AniAmf i a 1 fl 'rnrt Wanorn nriO rlfltyAIrtn- I "
ed. It is not believed the bill will bef amended. L . fc. SMnto . 1ntJ,rA cm.
The brotherhoods have made all arrangements for - .imiu the ef-
Hashing word to their leaders the' country over,f calling off native date at January 1 instead of
the strike- in the event of the passage of the eight-hour rwmwi. 1 91 c. nd exemnt ran
bilL Otherwise the- strike will proceed. " Instead a mes- roads less than 100 miles long and
saire WlJl liv ivilll ijuliuiu tne lic-uu lii.eiitcu. xu iuuu- eiecxric, sweei ana uueruroaii uurs.
ers today believed; however,Hhat this will.be'-necessary. Fight iioura Day's work,
Few railroad ; presidents ;are now ' left in town,; but ? Briefly,' it ' provides:
those still here had no doubt of the, passage of the bilk That-eight hours shall '.be. deemed
A8 f01 a fight On itS Constitutionally, that Will be decided U day's work and the sUndard for
later. -j I reckoning compensaiwn oi rauroao
Senator- Sherman attacked the bill with great bitter- pioy operating tram m inter-
an oio-ht-riftiir tin tr fnr tt commerce after January 1, 1917,
tsnrf omrlnvnc xra iriH hnw- it fnf rin fnf PVPrvj nth Ar 1 lRJ'
iunmsn. ine-Aiiwi atatc wmui oi c veetigate the effects of the eighW,our
aOinginiSUnuermre.il. ..... . standard for from aix to nine months
Washinrton. Sept.. 1. Prevention 'through-an-act .of -Congress seemed I and then report to Congress, present
of the threatened frailroad " strike assured tonight, after -the House by I wages not to be reduced during tne
mvesiigation or f sr" fliifty dis; af
terward, and over Urns' lo1 be 'pail '
oro rata. , . '
It wai after a day of hot debata
thai the House passed the" hill andVt
special rule brought in when Ke
ftublicah Leader Mann objected to its
consideration. Less than half of. the
Republicaiis followed their floor leaX
r in the opposition,: and when the'
Inal vote came seventy of them lined
ip with the majority, while only &4 ;
rated against the measure. Just two . .
Democrats, (Representatives fiteefs of
Pennsylvania, and Black of Texas,?
ttood out against the hill, and Reprq-
tentative London of New .York,' the
mly Socialist, voted for it'
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Brotherhood. Men Pleased. ' ; '. ,
While' the House was at work t!.;
Lhree brotherhood heads- at the invit-; .
ition of Democratic Leader, Kitchln,.
xx-upied the Ways and . Means com-'
mittee room near the entrance to tl.a
House floor, end were in constat. t
consultation with the labor ' spokea-
men in the House. They were insist-', "
ent that the eight-hour day provisiwi
go through without any of the wag -fixing
- amendments put ' forward f . r
debate. Representative ; Casey, t
Pennsylvania,. was constantly on t .
go between them and Representat;
Kitchin and Representative
of Colorado, who conducted their f,
on the floor. When the vote was t -en
they obviously were pleased.
CONVICT ESCAPES.
Will Sumrell, who e few '
began a year's eentence on V.-.t
ty roads for a convi.-f n oi. a
charge, escaped V, ' ' -. It
knoTi if he has K- . :