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VOL.; XVII. No. 73
SfeCOND EDITION
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t ?RdsSian Chief oftiff Declares It Would Nol Be Wise to
Underestimate Teutons',' Strength, 'However War
4 Mlisl; llutT Its : Inevlfable Course' Roumania . Moves
Large Forces to Southeast and Admits Army . There
keihforoed" by Russians May: Have to Retire' Farther,
But Drive Into Hungary Has Progressed to Point 30
r Milesr Beyond Frontier Germans-Bulgars Penetrate
. ' Couhtry Fifty Miles in Black Sea Operations
(By the United Qtess)
i" iJoiidbrt.' 'Sent ::-9. Turkish troons have come
, - M - ; -
- - ss the-rescue of the hard-flressed Germans in
' Eastern Galicia ahd checked the Russian ad
vance on Halitz. v - ' ' ,
Austrians Were Faring Badly.
, , Berlin, Sept 9. (By Wireless to.Sayville),-Sept: 9.
-Admission that the Austro-German tenter, east of Halitz
, is being pressed back by therBussiana ? in. . storming at-
. tacks is officially madef at yj,gnna. The Russians have
" Lfraihed advantages in trie Carpathians, it'is also admitlled.
1 erpians OD Defensive at Verdun. f f- , , ,
,:WHh 'tne French Artoies.aUVefdun, Sept.i 9. The
'bernians are now entirely. the defensive at Yerdun.
' .Tjje'great battle, begun two hundrisd days ago, -has now
. veered -its third and last' staged j The jFrench are gradu-
ally, recovering their lost .positions.. s, The battle will grad-
ually expire like an extinct volcano. It is learned defin
v jiely jpiat the Germans were forced to remove huge quan
tities of artillery and men from Verdun to the Somme
frQnt.,thrGe weeks ago, to meet . the Allies' offensive,
.fighting on the west Jbank.of the Meuse has spractically
,jveased. Hill 304 and Dead Man' Hill,1 are now numbefed
. among thei glories of the past. . East Of the river the Ger
mans ate concentrating for a final desperate effort to re
tain Forts Vaux; and Douaumoht. H( -
" J - -(By Wmiam Philip Sintms) .
, 'Imperial Headquarters of the Russian ArhiySept. 9.
irfrGermany must send four hundred thousand men to aid
the demoralized .Aiistrians if she hopes to stiffen their re
"?sistance, General Michael Alexieff, chief of staff of Em.
' ?peror NiclKlas Armies, today told the United Press. Fur
tthcrmore, Germany 'must furnish the driving 'power - if
' ; rYon' Hindenburg attenipts the great1 eastern i offensive
fKPntemplated at Berlin. She cannot rely on the Turks for
substantial aid, -Alexieff says. . The Turks cannot - send
'ore -thair 40,000 'men to. 'Support'their'allies.. . k .
' --fcCfienerar Alexieff received me in a small, plainly ;fur
. wished office adjoining the quarters of-the Emperor. A
'flat top desk and atfew fchairs and maps'are the only fur
vnishings. The General sat behind his desk like an'Am
u erican business man. He resembled pictures of Rudyard
- KiplingivHis hair is beginning to gray, his" long inus
v taches are upturned, he has a fighting jaw and his' eyes
are piercing and deep set. .1 asked if he credited reports
that a combined Teuton and Turkish offensive would-be
commenced against Russian-He replied that that was riot
Jmpossibte, and that the biggest mistake the Allies could
, make would be to underestimate the enemy.
' ' - "Peace is some distance off. Neither side has attained
its object. The war must follow its inevitable, historic
course," he declared. ; . ! -
Situation in Roumania" 1
Bucharest, SepL 9 T,he Roumanian general staff has
shifted large forces of troops to the southeastern frontier
to check -the Bulgar-Germanic invasion it is 'semi-official-;.
ly announced. Important forces are now co-operating
- ,with the Russians on the Dobrudja frontier. A further
-retirement there may be necessary, but the military au
- thoritfes are confident that the, enemy will.be unable to.
cross the Danube in the advance on. Bucharest. .
i . The -Roumaniansjat Tutrakan", 'outnumbered four to
one, surrendered the town-' only'after a heroic resistance,
say dispatches from, the -scene., The Dobrudja-front now
extends for a hundred miles. The Roumanians are now
thirty miles within Transylvania in the northern drive.
"Berlin Claims Great Progress! , .. J
-Berlin, Sept 9. The Gentians and' Bulgarians have
advanced more than fifty miles beyond the Roumanian
frontfer in their operations along the Black Sea.
French Gain Reported.
' Paris, Sept S. The French captured a small 1 wood
east of Belloy last night Seven thousand and seven hun
dred prisoners have been taken since September 3 on
the Sommt front, it is said officially. The German losses
. in dead have been frightful. '
British Take a Trench. " '
London. Sept 9. The British captured a trench in
sharp hard-to-nand fighting in Foureaux wood last night,
' General Haig reports. . ....
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FOUR AND ONE-HALF EXAMINE 1 CHILDREN
HILLI0NP0UNDS OFIFOR CITY SUPLb
TODACCO UNTIL NOWj BEGINNING -. MONDAY
Sales This Week
1,760,22
Be Improving
Business in First 25 Days
of Season
. . . . i ...'. it.
Totalled ' A" l"e non-WSK,cnt encnEr8 m VI;B
. .. f ,. .v. .. ; sivy puwwr . -r
Prices -Said ; to the city Montlayi " few Wvo al-
frpftt ready arriwd, fcnt'tho majority ar
t r .-rore1 Monday morn-
"F .
One ' million, seven hundred i and
sixty ''--thousand, - 'two hundred ; and
twenty-five pounds of "tobacco ; was
sold inltinston this-week,: or an av.
erage of more than 350,000 pounds a
day for the five sales days, according
a President T. W. Martin of 'the
Tobacco Board of Trade. "Mr. MaHiaUecoroe six years
thinks the' averajre price' was "right
around 20 cents a pound." ' If the
average' reached 20 cents the week's
total brought more than $350,000.
"On Thursday and Friday prices im
proved considerably," Mr. ' Martin
states. This fairly large week's busi
ness would have been larger, possibly
had not rain during the first half of
the week kept many farmers away,
from the market. , ; 1
The ' season's total today is well
above 4,500,000 pounds, with the sea
son only 25 days old. r .-.-: :. r-
NEW BERN BUYERS HAD
m BETTER GO TO GRADING
COTTON; ALL CAPABLE
The New Bern Sun-Joumal friday
evening said:
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"Cotton buyers, in Cven, lianoir
and other counties, in which its has
been decided to atation expert cotton
traders, do not like the idea very
much, and declare that" it is a re
flection a their honesty and is, in
fact, n insult to them. The buyers
claim "that, they have been gTading
the cotton fairly and that they are
thoroughly competent to do this
work. Thry claim that an expert
cotton grader will cost five thousand
dollar a year, and that a man com
petent to do this work correctly can
command that price and get it. IIow-
The examination nf "conditioned"
pupils will be commenced Monday at
f a. m. Beginners will report ' at
the same' hour, whites to Miss Wat
son, principal of the primary school,
at; the primary building, and colored
to tho principal of the 'Tower Hili
school.
; Supt.'K. Curtis announced to
day that fio beginner Who docs . not
old until after Oc
tober 1 will bo' accepted for enroll
ment. All who arrive at that age
during the present month will be ac
cepted. '
RELIEF DAYS FOR WAR
SUFFERERE -ANNOUNCED
(By tho United Frees)
Washington, Sept. ' 9. President
Wilson today qamed OcWBer 22 Syri
an and Armenian relief day, and No
vember 1st' Lithuanian' relief day.
WEATHER FORECAST.
(By the United Press) .
Washington. ' Sept, ' 9. In the
South Atlantic and East Gulf States
the weather Will be generally fair,
scattered showers in the coastal dis
tricts. The temperature will aver
age near normal during the coming
weak, according to the forecast for
tomorrow. -
ever, several of the counties are go
ing to try out this plan and test its
merits."
'Not so much antagonism has been
manifest in Lenoir county, however.
County officials believe local buyers
are very well satisfied' with the de
cision to station- a grader here, and
one buyer at least has expressed
himself as pleaiied with the proposi
tlan. '
Monthly Forecast Puts
" IVheattFa Short arid
Shows Curtailed Prbdtic
lion In Most Other Crops.
Drought Cuts Corn
Washington, Sept 8. Heavy dam
age to the country's cereal crops dur
ing August caused a loss of msvr.y mil
lions of bushels in prospective '"pro
duction; cutting down the outlook for
wheat to " Ibelow the amount "requir
ed for home conSumption. ' The De
partment ; of Agriculture's , monthly
forecast issued today, estimates 'the
wheat crop at 611.000,000 bushels.
9,000,000. bushels less than is calcu
lated to be necessary ; for domestic
use. A carry-over' of approximately
100,000,000 tuahels pf old wheat
from last year's record breaking-crop,
however, will make op tho deficiency
and leave something like 100,000,000
bushels available to supply the heavy
demands bf foreign nations for Ameri
can 'wheat.
"Thi heavy .16ss in prospective pro-'
duction of corn Vaa due to brought.
In many sections, 'pirtftularly - in
Kansas and Oklahoma many fields of
corn, were cut for ensilage' 'fodder.
The total crop ia fdrecasted at 2,710,.
000,000 bushels, which is 22,000,000
bushels smaller than the average for
the last five years. -,. ' , ' ; ,t
; An tmuaually abort output of white
potatoes for winter supply is forecast.
Production of 818,000,000 bushels .is
indicated, ' the smallest crop since"
l91i;sand 46.000,000 b'ushla less than
forecast a month ago. r ' ( -"
Other losses from 'the production
estimates "made ft'imonth ago, 'ar.
Oats,' 43,000,000 bkshelsj ' barley, 11,
000,000' bushels;- buckwheat, 1.&0O.000
bushels; rice, il;400,000 bushels; cot
ton, 1,100,000 ba!g; apples, 8,500,000
barrels, and peaches 3,400,000 bush-
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DEMOCRATS EXPEGT
MAINE TT0TURN:UP
A NIFTY MAJORITY
Stamp Oratdrs ISpeakihg
v throughout State'lToday.
M6nday 1 Commohwealth
Will "PoiritlheHVa arid
-Edify-the Prophets
;:;.,;v.':-:-:,.fi,lt ''-',
(By the United Psass)
Augusta, Me., Sept. 9. The rau
ous voice of the campaign spellbind
er is resounding throughout Maine
today. Her rock-ribbed foundations
are ataggering under the weight of
Words, for Monday Maine '. exercises
her ancient prerogative of "pointing
the -way." '
x The Republicans expect a victory,
but not a complete one. Democrats
expect everything, j. ,;
'vRarI tehman. noted field worker of
the Toting 'People' Society of Chria
fian tn'deavor will - be In 'Klmrtoa
iWndayahd conduct " two'weetlngs
with the "young people of the various
cKufches of the city. The name f
Karl Lehmann is knowq tho world
around. " He has spoken In every
State and the island possessions of
the UniW States, in the interest of
the young people's work and his fame
has hrea spreadwherever the banner
ot Jesus Christ has been unfurled.
rlinstotiJana are fortunate in having
an' oliporturiity to hear and meet him.
He is the personification of enthusl
ism'and 'his roesaage will be stim
ulus 16 all 'who hear him. The meet
ings will be held in the Gordon Street
Christian church.-
' The foliowmgill be he program
for the meetings: ; , ' -
& Monday Afternoon, 4 O'clock. .
Junior (Conference and Rally.
rs lr f f - i i
Social 'Period. - ' ' -
AH boys and girls of junior ag
and teacher and leaders are invited
and tJrged to fee freaent fof Hits con
ference. , , ' . ,
Monday Nigkt, 8 O'clock.
Devotional Service, conducted by
Rev. Marshall Crig, new pastor
First Baptist church.'
Solo Mrs.' J. A." McDaniel, Jr.,
(nee Mies Verna Blow). . A s.
Introduction of Mr; iLehmann by
Mu. II. Gait Braxton.
'Mr. Lehmann't 'Address. '
Duet-Misses Hargett and Dvi.
w Short Conference' With Leaders.
Social Period. f. ;
Mr. Ijehmann'a work is purely in
terdenominational and representa
tives' or all'ithb''churces'rof'fthe city
ire invited ttf Hear Him llisraddroi
'n'the evehingwil! foe-of 'interest to
11 who are interested in better orr
lanieatipn and church work.
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TO FIGllT WITH YODr
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WILSN TELtS
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SAID iBORVICTSVARE
dMiIWama
We Shall Not Quarfet Over
,hMbthod of Obtaining, Suf
'irage, Siiys 4Tbuched
:Their HeaHson rheirl
i'SUliillic C'ityScpt 9-Presi-dent
IVllwoa left Atlantic City for
'Shadow "Lawn early today. He.,
was Well pleased with the recep- , 1',, Vparole' fdral
1 (By the United Prsss) i
Mobile, Ala., cpi. 9J-Strl6" tttat.
convicts at the Lucille State camp are
w ' .
vorked. in the mines 'imtiJ 'they drop
dead and' that fljj tonvlct Ws'for.
d to Iabor' with a 'JirbKen "arm, re-
iiunfed, in?Govefno'r llohacraon 'loday
ordering a special grand jury inves-.-
iagation. ,v , .
Another story, widely circOlatsd, i
that convicts generally - understand
that -officials will obtain them par-
tuoce.
NEtehOTES ?R0:,i OTHER
TOTOBTGE ACTION
4 Cecil Taylor oF 'Bekufbii ''has been
promoted by 'Ih'e "United 'Fruit Com
pany," In 'whose employ he has been
for 9verar-yearsv, 't 'tha? position of
assistant tcr the' -general manager.
He will have an office in Boston. For
a time he was stationed In 'Oentral
America. Y , ,
Foifty gallons of whsky is gone
from "thg "Oalhayen towti" jail. , Th
containers 'ire there all ' right,' but
whoever took'the whisky Toff replaced
it with water. '"The whole town is
trying to oolve the -mystery.
Grt en villehai 'aTrea'dy 4 propriat
4d rorTH0r,000Tworthr'of t$2it w
1ng" on Hhe"3esShl'ent'plailV Arid tho
mutilcrpality' is nhftikfng ct"hdmnr-
f
Bid BATCH INJURED
TARS TO HOSPITALS
(By the United Press)
Washington, -'Sept. r 9. Eighty
eight' injured seamenr, mostly from
the wrecked cruiser Memphis in San
Domingo harbor, are fceinff sent to
the Washington and Norfolk naval
hospitals.. '
FAITHFUL COLORED i
HIAIL; CARRIER' liAS
. ; MADE BIG RECORD
(By the United Press)
Dirham, Sept. Henry Reid, a
colored mail carrier of Durham,
completing his 27th year of service,
may be rewarded by the issuance of
lifetime free passes over ths South
em road. He has called out more
than 91,000 trains and daily meet
dxten. ,
Ation accorded him by the Nation
V. i -American WomanV !u1f nage 3
-Association. Fcr'thMr ar,"thc '
-suffragiHU are 'openly "delighted
with the-tilings tne President lold ,
'tl'icm. ,
Atlantic City, N. J.,' Sept. 8
Triuniph ' for the woman ' suffrage
cause "in a little While" was predioted
by "President Wibon ' rTcre tonight in
a" speech Ibcfore 'the annual Conven
tion'of 4he Hatibnal American "Wo
man 'Suffrage Association.
"''I have corns here' to light 'with
you," ' Ithe Plresldc-nt declared. ' Im
mediately the 4,000 women ! -present
stood and clieored. A few minutes
later Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honr
orary president of the association,
with Mr. Wilson still present' declar
ed: ' "We have waited long enough to
get the vote. We want it now, I
want it to come during your Admims-1 imr mre money to pfvide f or out
tration." Again the great auaience petitipiis
. . ', '.,.!irii.t'.ic..!:i:. . . Q (. . ..
oi women suooa ana cnucreu waving
handkerchief. '
The President' -pledge of'siippert
to'the' suffrage question Caused Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the
organization, to say in a speech
soon after he closed: "You touched
our hearts and won our fealty when
you said you had Come here to fight
with us."
The President did net speak on the
method by which , e would bring
about woman suffrage but said "we
shaMl not quarrel in the 'long run as
to Ijhe method." . 7y ( ,
Association Remains Neutral.
Atlantic City, N. 'J.J, Sepu 8-i-Tho
Rational American "Woman Suffrage
Association today reaffirmed it pol
icy of non-JH-Hisanship as an organi
zation toward national political par
ties and defeated by an overwhelming
vote an attempt to place the associa
BULLETINS
1 -(By the Urdted Press)
SLAV SUITS' SIfELL JJULGARS.
Petrograd, Sept 9-A fiaoaian
" naval force1 has engaged the Bul--girfana'
for IhrBrat' time, it is
,aid. Wr'pedo"to'aU1have bom
Jbafded Bafcnik (captured from
- the Kourtanlins by the Buigars)
' sinking 21 bargoa loaded wife
bread. 1 ' J , K
cot; Ato wrnitmcx
BEL0:mT0Ai;3Tii:
: During iht rush at tlie sales in thi
CTitrl .nhai-fr warclioiisa F.rulnv f
tion on record as in favor of support- j ternoon tha first ; check-graUa i j
ing national candidates who pledge j event to be reported this season u
their support to the proposed equal pulled iff." A Stranger? safd to tava
rights amendment to the Federal. been a white many' called ' for ca or
Constitution. The resolution! which der for, ?208.W. due Isaac V. ' . n, a
Was introduced fcy Mrs. Raymond colored tenant on the farm of O. II.
Robins, wife of the chairman of the
last national convention of the Pro
gressive party, was branded by some
of the delegates as ; an anti-Wilson
move ' despite vehement denials by
Mrs. Robins and thors who signed
the resolufion,
Pcpe between this city a:J !
secured it and had it cal.
First National Bank, tnaVi;
gjtaway. The stranger
iJentificd and t'.pre is rt
wnica -tne poi.e, i.oj :
him, ca wr-rl;,'
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