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
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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-
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 . '
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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 .
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