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SUPOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PBICE CENTS vw. FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS CONGRESS ADJOURNED TEN O'CLOCK THIS WAR COSTS ALLIE ji AND TRIO OF NOTABLES MORE THAN HALF AINiBEPPPAN MOllM MORE THAN MILLION FIFTY TII'S'D DALES MILLION POUNDS ON LOCAL LEAF MARKET TOWNS FALL TO THE 1 . ..M'i:. OF YEAR HiST'RY-MAKING ONE MEN THREE MONTHS COTTON IS GINNED II VOUXYmNo..72. EIGHT; IIIINDRED S.PEAJ(EIiS;ATl DINNER GREENSBORO TEUTONIC WADERS Si Little of the Spectacular at Close, Bat Fiery Speechmak in? In Senate In Last Hours-Canadian Officials Ac cused of Lobbying1 Jn, favor Ordered Lewis Charges ing tq Prive American, Trade From Orient and Takes State Department to Task for 'Peculiar Silence Pres ident Signs Bills and Leaves Summer White House at , (By the Washinsrtdn, Sept. 8. o'clock this morning after a enjoyed, more dranjatic moments than any ' of recent years, and appropriated more money, than; any that had preceded it. . The session was closed amid scenes that contained UU tie of the bizarre or spectacular. President $Vilson went to his room in the Capitol arid ing the closing hours. These inermen's compensation, deficiency and widows' pension bills. - . - V ''W.-WW Serious charges were made today of a lobby by Cana dian officials, inpluding Sir passage of an amendment to have prevented admission into the United States of froz en halibut and salmon from the North Pacific, except when sent in bond from an by: Senator Curtis ordered an ' yvi l committee, senator ivnamoeriain ueciarea - ine urue nas come when the country-must know just how far foreign countries are going inrougn agencies, iiiuuence- wiigx cooiuiitu icgipianuxi. n- President Wilson left after the adjournment for At lantic City, to address the "suffrage convention, and Long 7) U ' -.-.U U iri M rtntvrt AJi. UlAV.iJ . MV V 1 ' wis Scores State Department. ','. f Washington, Sept. .- ueciaring tnatf japan ana ltus sia are combining to: force Ainerica; out' of : the Far East,;i Senator Jyewis scored tne t?tate Department toaay ior its "peculiar silence" and "apparently little effort to insist on American rights in the Orient." ' If DISH RIGSDAG TO DISSS SALE OF, RAlLftOAD NEARESJ iSLAlS IN NOVM'B'RIILTHf NORTH POlt (By the tQjiited IJ ossj' ' Cop?n,hagenh t;. f $,y-l if an Jiouncd that the new "Danish Rigs- dagr (is to neet November 1. to dis-' cuss ine nmnojwi saie 01 irne uanisn L.f ' . t.r. w West Indies to the United States for C finn aaa - : . f ;. .- - P JUKsdae is the Danish Con- . . j. . . 4 ..... grass., The House o Representa tives is called the Folkething. It will recruit new members at an election in October. The Senate is called the Landsthingr. Election to membership thepeirl will be held "about the same time.'; t . Although there has been some asr for tbyislatid and some hint of pressqre fcy .the Vn!tJ ' States hav ing baen-brought to bear tapoii Den mark jto force the sale of the isflands, ft w ioC Expected that- there will be ny ofcposltion to thp sale's conrple- U-U - T . - . ... nun, A TRAGEDY II Uf 1' By the United Press)1 London, Aug. 20 (By i: Mail) CBed to th colors ms man, a wo- wh had masqueraded in male ttxie nd pretended to be married to noer woman; so hsr husband could 801 find ket, was forced to acknowl her hex before the army medical today. . - - , - thsppily married six years ago ,fT two babk dead, this woman en kasband nd w he to" k, masqueraded as a man and CALlttOEOliSiu m liiilA mum of Fisheries Investigation Russia and Japan Conspir for Atlantic City and the Long Branch United Press) 4 . ; , , Congress adjourned at 10 session that lasted longer and signed the bills passed dur include the revenue, work- Joseph Polk, to prevent the the revenue bill which would American port. A resolution investigation by the lobby 1 J . -i 3 - a! 1 aipiomauc anu commercial iiAmA fiinn' i.'n"illitftWA , " www-- ANOTHER STRIP ' - (By the United Pass) - V? -Wianipeg, M9,ni-, Sept. 8. -Rails wiH bo laid the last of this month to a point near. Kettle Rapids, as n x- tnndnn tn tho Hnricnn iv Kaiirnart. fV ! u V i ( wr,. -r F . xiniMf linn in thm wr.rlt tn the North Pole. The road is now 800 or mors miles north of the Pass. It will run as far north as weather permits, j SMALL FIRE TODA.' Trifling damage was done at a house in Shine treet wned by Bct . tie Lawrence at about 12:50 p. m. I A defective flue or spark probably , started the blaze. , " riTRTAir.Kn Kr.FCTRIO SKRVICE v Electric service will be had in the eity only during the hours of church services next Sunday, because of al terations at the light plants ' After that all-day 'service will be furnished on Sundjaysai"well as bn W&k"daysl married her 4oarding house keeper's daughter". ., J-'i,.5 . -' .-;.' Tlie. cireumstajices of the "marri sge we sid1hV 9 , Havhig a"reay .atiswcethtfaii who' had betrayed 'and daserted her, -the landlady's; -daughter faced' feaV troV bk . "SB e told tne. man-woman, who had confessed the disgnise to her and, her mothenr ; So, they Were "married" and Wok a tottage in Lon Jcn. When the baby was born none of the neigh bors suspected but that the. "husband" was' its father. . ' . . ' The "famEy" lived tlm War 'or four years and had it not ben for the conscription act, the ruse might never have been discovered. Her pica for exemption from service on the ground of , "indispengability" having failed and, facing medical exami nation by the officials, she confessed. Is German Estimate; Russi ans Lost. More Than 600,000, It's Figured 1 LITTLE TO SHOW FOR IT Berlin Boasts That Empty Victories' Have Been Won by. Enemies Toll In Flesh and Blood Has Bfen Appalling ; (By the United Press) ' Berlin, Sept. 8. The Allies have lost more than a million men in kill ed, wounded - and missing eince the grand offensive of the Entente pow eps ' opened with the Russian attack attack three months ago. The estl mate is by Geiman military experts. who believe it is conservative. Against these losses the Allies have only the jonque&t o Bakowina and some Galician territory by the Rus sians, the capture of Goritz by the Italians, the shallow thrust into the German lines oh the Somme, and the occupation of mountainous Transy I vanian territory by the Roumanians u positive military achievements The armies of the Central powers are keeping their lines intact "ievery- Where under tremendous presaare, while at the same' time they have struck back with success m'the Bal kans..? '"". :s f'xU'r:. The Allies' losses are estimated as follows: Russian 600,000; British, 230,000; French, 150,000; Italian; Ser bian , and Roumanian, . 50,000. , tThe Russian losses may wxceede 800,000; the British and French combined may have lost more thafn 400,000, it is said." Official London lists place the losses of the British at 125,000 in August alone. BULLETINS (By the United Press) ' THOUGHT GREECE WAS ENEMY. Athens, Sept. 8. A German submarine is reported to have fired on the Greek steamer Eleni, the commander apologizing later, , saying he thought Greece wan at war with Germany. ':'''':' " '. '- ' :::"' Vj ".: ...... .... ENGLISH SHIPS SUNK. j London, Sept. 8 TheEllerman. t liner Tagus, the British steamer Stratsy and the British steamer Hazlewood have been sunk, the latter off Tarmouth. The rew : of the Stratsy was saved. The. Tagus wasQf 6,000 tons and the ' Hazelwood of 3,000. . OAST ARTILLERYMEN 4 s BACK FROM THE LINE Wilmington, ' Sept 7. After hav ing spent nearly half a year on the Mexican border, the 31st Coast Aj tillery arrived in the city this morn ing and later in the day embarked for Fbrt'1 CasweH where they were sta tioned previous- to being ordered to thft : border. : The company left the border several days ago and has been travelmg'-continuously ever since in tw pullmans and; one: express cat. It Is iij cpmmand of Capt. Francis N. Oooke and Lieutenants!, Prentice and Welschner.- -' - . ..V. IN H SMASHUP . . 'i 1 Albemarle, Sept. 7. Two men are dead and another seriously injured as the result of a cojh'sion of a Ford mo tor truck and passenger train No. 63 of (the Winston-Salem ' Southbound Railway Company, which' occurred j.te this afternoon, just north of the city. The dead are O. K. Kearnes and John Merrrtt. both of Albemarle. The injured is C5aud E Merritt, a brother of John Merrit. , TWO flF;i.K!UP : . AUTO-TRAIM Thiit jMu;h. of ; New Crop Had v Been Handled by ; S9PJternbcr J, Jleport, In dicates464,000 Bales by Same Date Last Year i N (By the United Press) Washington; Sept: 8. -A report by the United States Department of Commerce, shows 850,000 bales of cotton ginned from the 1918 crop prl , I or to September 1, against 464,000 by the same date last year, and 440 bales of Sea Island against 1,913 last year. Domestic consumption in ths fiscal year ending last July was 1,400,000. IN NO HURRY BRING t (By the United Press) Washington, Sept. 8. Ne'ther the militia on the border nor Pershing's column will be Withdrawn until the Mexican-Americ;V peace commission reports, it- is stated on high authority. Ijt the moantime the plans to send other guardsmen to the border will not be altered. 1 CiqWAKpRS STRIKE BUT SOON RESUME WORK Greensboro, Sept. 7. One hundred and sixty employes of a local cigar factory here struck today io enforce a demand for higher wages and change in working" hours. A com mittee appointed by the workmen called on the management of the fac tory and afteftr a conference called off the strike. It was understood the change in working hours was grant ed but that the increase in wages was refused . BAB AMAZONS BREAK. MONOTONY IN POLICE COURT; LONG TERMS V ri .:::.. J V-v.,.:j:,...-7:;:- -V. Ada McNeil and ' Elisabeth, . Arm strongs who drew 12 months ; each when convicted of assault, disorderly conduct, etc., in the Recorder's Court Thursday, were responsible for the most interesting session of the local tribunal in months and months. "In dependent," "sassy," "bull-headed" and at times ' downright ., venomous, they ikt Ilia'' Honor the Court know that they didn't care 'a " what he did w&h them They expressed pre cisely that sentiment when they walk ed down stairs to go to the-jail, , . The couple ''jawed,',' at each other in 'court. "Wilmington's my ' home; I guess I kin, ride on trains as much aj I phase," and "She never" played Wid me; she played wid my" sister; she's a show gal." and "Dat gal, she tried jo kill me; she Vo agoln 'i'tb stick a. knife-right down iniy head," were some of the statement "of the principals. Frequently they -voluntarily Assisted in the examination i of witnesses. - One had a id wound 'on her head, inflicted by the other.' One Was -ery drunk; the' other rifcqrly x The local police court rs no plac'fof amnseineni but the epoetators1 coifld n ot resist their 1nclinatim tolaugh. One woman referred to ai officer iai a "graveyard policeman," and when that same officer assisted In ; taking the prisoner sont of court cursed; him in a proifae masterpiece' of Wu a dozen words.- They were inadvert ently put ,Jnto the same cell, where upon ihi soberest inauired of a pol- iceman, 'VTiat did they do with, thiattha sk!e of a tbridge when the driver 'oman?" Informed that they both drew alike,-; she; expressed satisfac tion; had it been otherwise she in tends J t.) - t her sister in misery to frrX .I'H'areJ. Conservation Discussed By Baker, mall:an4 oteat. Tell How to Preserve and Buil; Up National Re ' sources . . . (Special to The Free Press) 'Greensboro, Sept. 8, Secretary of War Newton Jr Baker Congressman John H, Small and f resident W L, Poteat of Wak Forest College were the honor guest and, speakers at the second annual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce and 'the State Normal College, held at the college . last night. Tho conservation of the na tional resources was the theme for the dinner. At the first dinner, in : . .. ..... . . ' . t ' . the , Fall of 1915, Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo was the principal peaker, and Pan-Americanism his subject. .. . . -1 ' Secretary Baker declared that the people of the Nation mu.it make sac rifices for the national good, that physical betterment should be the aim of the populace, and that the Democratic . party had accomplished a great dea looking toward the con servation of the country's mources. Dr. Poteat confined himself to the "Conservation " of the Resources of Noiah Oarolina." Mr, Small, rfath- er of thelnland wa,terway," discussed transportation problems ! and stated that North Carolina has magnificent possibilities in its rivers and other in land waters. -. - . , iSecretary Baker made an address to a thousand persons, nj Winswn-&a- lcin during the afternoon. f V 1 mm, , J ALLIES CAN BACK DOWN : WITHOUT HUMILIATION Washington, Sept. 7.The expecta tion of offifiala here is that any change the Allies may decide to make as a result of. tho. trade reprisal pro- I visions in the (revenue bill will be -made, gradually rather than in the form of a blanket modification of the blockade. By exercising greater len iency in casea of detained, cargoes, by less rigorously enforcing the black list, by permitting,; mails to pass through more quickly and by similar means, it is pointed out, a groat part of the annoyance to Americans could be eliminated without formal ac knowledgement of defeat in tho dip lomatic controversy. " " GOING ON IH OTHER ,r TOWNS AND COUNTIES OF EASTTi CAROLINA ' New Bern's water commerce m now picking up. "Not a day passes but that half a doaen echoonert and bar ges, cither' come into this port from the North or leave for that section with cargoes," says the New Bern Sun-Jouirnal. i Heavy rains this week Lava caus ed half a' dczon" or; moro . washouts along the Wilmington-New Bern line of-the A. C. L. ' '-An hinusual number of last; year's high school - students ' returned ; - to schooPat Greenvill this fall,-in fact, all -but nhree-exeept graduates. ' A --An automobik, found Ugetlier with four bodies of" negroes in Pantegro cref k at Belhiven Thmtdaf, was the property of Virgil Howard, !on of the victimsL Tho bodios of Howard, Allen;' Main, Dora Harding and Bes eieWaha were recovered. There is beliwed to have beers a fifth passen- ger. It is thougt the ear went over Jost control of it. . Pantcga erwk is a river in width, and it is thought the fifth corpse rray be found some dis tance fro-T v'p'-e 1e car was locat ed. I Breaks May Be as Heavy as Thursday's, and 'Average s Price as Grm or Better- Very. Successful Week all Hound Today's N sales of tobacco promise tn be as heavy if not heavier than Thursday's. About 575,000 pounds was,, estimated to be the total, on hand. Sales had not been commenc ed on ome floors early in the after noon, and there was a prospect for a block.. A: v'X''-'::' . The averago price, it is 'said, will be fully up to Thursday's, which was the best in several days. The bright, warm Weather, and the tendency of prices to increase, were, among . the things responsible for (the big breaks of today ,vi Planters were here, from the country north of , Kinston in greater number than on any preced ing day of the season, it is said. A number were from the neighborhoods of nnwkets of considerable import ance. The local market, tobacconists declare, is leading the belt just now, and it would be no big (Surprise to some to see Kinston wind up in first place for the season. " Well ftbove a million pounds wiU have been sold by the time the week's business is over. The total for the five days, with bad weather for mor than half of the week, may even go to 1,500,000 pounds. FORD SUES CHICAGO j .. TRIBUNE FOR MILLION Chicago 111., Sept. 7.-Suit for $1,- 000,0(S0 waa filed by Henry Ford, the Detroit manufacturer, against the Chicago Tribune in the United States pistriot court here today,; Mr Ford asks for personal damages as com pensation for an editorial printed in the Tribune, June 23, Vhich, it is al leged called Ford an anarchist. - COTTON MARKET TODAY; NO SALES THIS CITY There ware no receipts on the lo cal cotton exchange today. -? Today's New York futures quota tions were: Open 2:40 15.20 15.43 15.58 15.03 15.20 January . . .......... 15 . 33 March. .. .....15.50 May ... ... . 15.62 October . . .......... ,15.14 December . ....... ..15.22 By an inadvertency in reporting quotations on Wednesday and Thurs day it was made to appear that the staple had jumped considerably on the latter day, while the opposite was the case. th' . 'v ;' " . rINE TOBACCp SALES , ON PINK HILL MART V ':" v-,-K,'-i. ' - ' v,-. . :': ' it; Pink Hill, , Sept 7.' The; tobacco sales on this market yestereday were very heavy.' The warehouse was fill ed from wall to wall and good aver ages were made. Some of the finest tobacco grown inline" world is now showing up,"' Willie Westbrook, who livea on Mr Loiinie Smith's place ki Smith's township, near,' Pink, Hill, sold bus fnttfc crop on the local mar ket yesterday. ' His net sales atter all. warehouse charges were deducted, riette him 69.88 per acre. Mr. Westbrook tan raise tobacco for a while "tonger ' despite the vajvtinie price of supplies. ; Many other good averages! were made on this eale, ranging fxom 65 cents down. " H IN Tilt POLICE COURT ; ' Margaret , Par tello, charged - with vagrancy, was, found not guilty by a jury In-' the Recorder' Court today. Sue Huggins and Bessie Morris, col oped; charged with assaulting Pearl alleged assault being stated to have occurred at a South Kinston func shun," were fined $10 and cost each, with the privilege of going to jail f tr thirty days if they preferred that. . , While Entente Powers New Allies Capture Orsorva; Gateway to. Hungary. FRENCH TAKE TRENCHES Is German Admission Tur- kish Foreign Minister -At Berlin Elkus Made Fine Impression In Kaiser's Capital, Said Sofia, Sepi. 8. The Bulgarians and, Cermans have occupied tho Roumani an towns of Dobsi, jpalcWka.CaYar na and Koliekpat- it. is, reported-oOl-cially. It is admitted that the Hw manians, have taken Orsova, the "Iron Gate" to Hungary . Berlin Statement. v Berlin, Sept. - 8. The Roumanians have di-iven back north of the Rou manian town of Dobric after a strong attack, it is said officially. The Car mans have lost sections of trenches to the 'JFrcnch south ot the SommOvand west of Berny, also northeast of Sou.- viJIe, on" the Verdun front, it U oftl cially admitted. -' . 1 Halil Bey, the Turkish foreign min ister, has arrived ir. Bsrlln and ex pects to confetf with Chancellor Von Uethmann Hollwoig and Foreign Se cretary Von - Jagow. Conferences haver been arranged with leading bankers. 'The object o( his vwnt. 5 undisclosed. T .- '! Abram I, lkus,. the new United States ambassador to Constantinople, has arrived at Vienna after a few days in Berlin,' where he madik a fin impression . He will reach his post Monday ". '(, ' ' "' Nojt Much Doing In West . Last Night. London, Sept. 8. ArtiHorying; south of Ginchy constituted " th only activity in the Somm sector: last night, ' . ... . . PROGRAM FOR, ATHLETIC PAY AT KINSTOf) FAIR The Kinston Fair Association an nounces this program for amateurs on Athletic Field Day at the coming Fair:'; " Running, 100, 220, 440, 880''jamd 1 mile events. ' Jumping, " standing high, standing broad,' running "high and irunnine broad events.i Relay race. 1-mile, by fourteen team. ' ' These contests will be ' open io am ateurs only. A- silver cupw8 to the team winning the greatest nunw ber of points in ths ten events. OoM medals will be. given, first pjize -flon-ners;, ribbons tq 'second and third prize winners. Athletic day' wilf'be Friday, Octobcf 27th.; All towns "and . . .. 1 I.. .!M . 1- i ! 1 J x . sena reams. ----.,:" ?- i 4-; VALUABLE CARTLOAD OF ? ! TOBACCO SOLD HERE iA. S. Johnson, manager of Mko May Harvey's farm, eold a dump bodied cartload of tobacco tips at ths Central : Warehouse Thursday foe I22C.87. -- , ;." T AMERICAN, Sf HOfllNE' LOST. Washington, Sept, .T.vjLos of tba American schooner peorge ?. Dudley off the coast of Iceland ' wag reported to the State Departnvznl today.' Tho crew was saved .v . ' -. . , - ' SAYS PACIFIC COAST ?s V LEAGUE IS A TRUST ' San Francisco, Cal, Sept. V , A ailili charging tha the - Pacific Coast League is a trust and that it has con spired to monopolize baseba" in Cal ifornia to such an .extent that' play ers outside the leagae are 'unable to' make a living, was filed, in the U. District Court here today.' "Mrs. Es ther Jacobs, the complainant, seeks tj recover $31,500, ; three times C.i-j amount she claims h ;v r- r defunct Sacramento clu", who-ve f chise was sold to the f ait La'..e C . . v. J.