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VOL. XVIII.-No.-74
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KINSTON, N. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1916
FdUR PAGES TODAY
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PRICE TWO CENTS - .
FIVE CENT ON TKAIX1
BULGARIA HAS
NEARLY, All OF FIRST BIO BATTLE
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argentine people many workmen killed viien dig cent'l
Hold mass meeIg sMof famous Quebec bridge falls
Til
if BETWEEN LABOR AND
IN RIAINE ELECTION;
LOST
VAR CAPITAL ON STAGE
BOTH SIDES BOAST
AGAINST BLACKLIST INTO RIVER; MANY YEARS' WORK IS LOST
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DIIOSTOF.THETERRITA
T01UIIMIA
IN list BALKAN
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Thanksgiving $fcrvices Being Held Throughout Country. Amalgamated , Association
Russians-and Roumaiiians Itetraatimr. Arrjiin fiprman-l of Carmen at New York
Bulgars Take Many. Prisoners and Important Fortres
scs British Begin a Counter. Offensive Against Bui
gars From Greece Severe Fighting Under Way Al
lies. In West Make Gains and Repulse German Counters
Estimated That Gains of Central Powers In South
east More Than Offset Those of Allies in Attacks On
Cormany
Declare Financial
ests Are Determined
Kill Adamson Law
This is the first step in a great fight
between capital and organized labor,
ii is stated.
New York, Sapt. 10.--A strike of
(By the United press)
New York, Sept 11 The attempt
of the New York traction companies
lo crush "unionism" is the first di
rect result of the eight-hour day rail-
Way legislation, it was charged by
the Amalgamated Association of Car.
men todnv
T) TT:iJ Tl I
I- v it ,-,.,. , . I vi"wm uwca nut iiflu mat uns
uernn, oept. 11. a leading local newspaper declares Wisiation ever i.n,.tan th
me Bulgarians nave now conquered practically an towns books,- the said. The organization
they were forced to surrender by the treaty of Bucharest declared thai the New York traction
to the1 "Roumanians.- Thanksgiving services are being companies are backed, by tho most
neia throughout Bulgaria m celebration 01 the victory. pwenui aggregation or capital in
Roumania Has T,nst Ijit of TVrritnrv. . ' worW interests that
Berlin. Rent. 11. More than a th rd of the Bu hrarian uauK "" . w country
territory taken by the Roumanians at'the close Of the' se
cond Balkan war has already been reconquered by the
German-Bulgarians. The Roumanians and Russians are
again retreating toward the Danube, abandoning pdsi
uons.jiaHL aim ouuwieasu u.i uie luxtiess oi oiisue, say r stage employes, Icngshortimen, brew-
Budapest dispatches. In little more than a week the com- cry workers, machinists, bartders.
bined Germans and Bulgars captured far more of R6u-J moulders and printers in sympathy
manian territory than the Allies have been able to take Wlth he unionized carmen who quit
of German territory since the beginning of the war. Two thcir PIaces four dflys ae eu
Tfnnmnnifln fnrtrpssps. Turkakan and Sih5?trA havp fall- ed uPn at meeting of 'the heads
en. European Roumanian ana itussian prisoners numo- lu
. . .. ... M . a. i h i , u ii riii i nnuiHiiTi . nn I- 11 iwnt . . i"in ten
er ithirty thousand. Whether a real drive on Bucharest
is planned, newspaper critics are unable to decide.
Allies Repel Attacks in West ; , ' ''
'London; Sebt: li;The Germans iri two' counter at
tacls in thb night on the village1 of Ginchy. captured by
the Irish Saturday were driven off, it is reported by Gen
eral Haig. An attack,. near Mouquetsf arm, also wasjre
pulsed. Elsewhere all was quiet on the.Somme front.. Be
tween Neuvillest and.'Vaast and the. Labasse "canal,, the
British1 entered the enemv trenches at several points.
takihg1 a numbet of prisoners.'
' British, on Offensive in Balkans.
Pafis, ept.'lln The British have taken the offensive
n j n ii i-"'. .m .n-f.n. i mi. 1 -
in tne caiKans, it is saiu omciany nere. iney nave crus
. ed the Sblima at Orljax, attacking the Bulgarians at Ni-
volgen Kafad 'and JaqUeil. Heavy fighting continues.
The Germans in five attacks on the French lines South
oftheSomme, between Berny and-a point. South of Chaul-
ntes. last night used liquid fire. All were checked by ar
tillery, it is said 'at thenar office, the Germans losing
heavily. ,
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Claims of Landslide Made
By Both Parties J Voting
Is Heavy '
NATIONAL' ISSUES LEAD
an announcement by Hus-h Fravne.
i State organizer ' of the . American
Federation of .Labor. '-
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GE WINSTON
8
DEFEATED 1 THIRD
BY A
Local Affairs in Background
First Spinning of Indi
cator of Sentiment of
North as to Administra
tion Policies 1 .
Uy PKKRY ARNOLD,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
v .Boston, . Sept. 11. "Way Down
East' took the center of the nation-'
al political stage today. - Maine is ex-1
Declared at Bucrios AlreslTjitiR df ftrttinir It In Place Commenced TtWfav And flatfift-
1 hat Jo Weutral bhould tronhe Came Almost Immediatelv-AVorld Exnerts De
signed Gigantic Section of Structure That Was to Link
Up Transcontinental Railroads and Shorten Distance
Across Canada by Several Hours Second Big Acci
dent on Bridge Seventy Men Lost Lives There 1907
Placing of Wrecked Span Had Been Heralded as One
of the World's Greatest Engineering Feats
Submit to Such Violation
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of international Law By
Belligerent . ,
- (By the United Press)
Buenos Aires, Sept. 11The great
est demonstration against the British
blacklist fcy any country attracted an
immenso crowd to"the Plaza Congress
yeslcriay. Ten , political orjraniza
tiona and throngs &t businessmen pre
tested the ' blacklist. ... The British
were accused of attempting to break
down tho whole Structure of interna
tional, low.
.The mass meeting declared no neu
tral nation should submit to the
throttling of its trade by any beljig
(By the United Press)
Montreal. Canada. Sent. 11. -The central soan of the
(Jiiebeclbridge, which has been under construction many
years, ana wnich was to link the Canadian transeontm
pntal railways from Halifax and Vancouver, fell today as
it was being placed in position. . '
Many workmen were killed. The number is uncertain.
The span., weighing five thousand tons, was towed to
erent. Retaliatory leeblatlon passed i hp hnno-p sirf rma mnrninir Thi ninmor nf thP ttnsm nan
9 United State hlld Creatlv Knnn t.n.T)n am nA IUa wixnn' nnivinnnmnw Ait in i ;
iting the sentiment of the nation as! , thl) haiui . t " u,ci .aiucu aa unc u wic Kjcatcei, wBukviiu& xvauo ii
UtLn Democracy ,and Republican- i XS J &t0ry f the WOrUL. A C01?80" V
!...' y t the blacklist here. A num- n, tT; Cfn-n n rnn rA,,nA
uxiitcu (ouai-ccs, viicai, iJiiam iiiu , vie many vvj,ivv
out' thef plans. 4 . y., ' .
This was the second catastrophe to the bridge. Sev
enty lives were lost in 1907 .when a section, collapsed. Fol- x
lowing the accident, the Canadian government called in
world experts to complete the structure. The bridge was
to be used by eight railroads, and shortened transcontin
ental trips by two hundred miles. J
' It is estimated that ninety men were on the brfdg'eat
the time the soan collapsed. 'Arrangements have been
made to send divers down into the St. Lawrence, to deteiv
mine if it is possible to raise the Steel span and whether
traffic will be blocked. The death list is estimated at 25. ,
i3m. The crock-ribbed Commonwealth
voters arc balloting on a complete
Stats ticket', after probably the great- j
est preliminary overture of oratory'
that ever preceded a Maine election, ,
Weather and other 'conditions indi
cate a record vote.
Both sidas are claiming a landslide.
Local "issues are playing little part
and national questions are paramount.
The result will bethe first expression
of popular' sentiment, on Wilson's pol
icies, j i ,
bcr of speakers referred to the action
by the United States.
REDISTRIBUTION OF
MEXICAN LANDS IS
PROPOStDTOCOIfliS
Weldon, Sept. 10. Unofficial re
turns of the judicial primary give J.
H, Kerr a majority over- Judge F,
D, Winston of 1,700 to 1,800 in the
district for judge of the Third Judi
cial Pistrict. "
Kerr's majority in Halifax county
I will exceed 1,000.
MINGS ON TRIAL
ON CHARGE KILLING
niirnhi
ILn UrtLU U
WEST CAROLINA MAN
SHOOTS
FIVE; WIFE
IDlioEDliAH
Marion, Sept. 10. Virgil Butt, ' a
"white man, 85 years of age, shot and
eriously wounded five persona at the
home of 'Thomas Morris this' sfter
noon.- The wounded are Lawrence
. Morris, Roland Morris, J. L. Biddix,
.Mrs, J. H. L. Miller nd Mrs. Vir
gil Butt, wife of the assailant,
;-t Bubt'a wife was a cook at the home
of Morris, and supposedly against' his
:k will. About 6 o'clock Butt appeared
t the rear door of the Morris home
armea with a rifle and Shot his wife,
then entered iths home and fcegan
shooting at the other occupants of the
bouse. -
Mrs'. J, H. Ii. jMillei who- - was
shot in the neck, is in a serious con
dition . ' The assailant,esca"pe4 and. is .day morning at 9 -o'clock. With pret
yet at large with' several hundred ty -weather, on the opening day, Wed
mea onlhis trail. . , nesday, the tarra is expected to start
Butt has been a heavy drinker and off . record-breaking enroll
was regarded ' as dangerous when (nient, f
drunk. . ' ' ' i . . : i. . - -
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SC0TCHT.1EN KEEP QUIET
NOBODY CAN GET. SOUSED
ON THE BATTLf FIEDS
OF GETTYSBURG ANY MORE
'' G'tasgow," 'Sepl'. ''lOl-ameVA. O'
Hai'a.' a wourid'sd nd' discharged sol
Brcr",' learned ' the art of omb-throw-Tng
at th front and girew tallbus in
regard W&Ji results;- ' Early today a
f txjwd "of men and womeK' iii the' rear
of nis tenement became noisy. 'ti'Ha
ajs'slted loir qutict,and wncn he receiv
'ear a derisive "reply ljurleA a n"an:d gre
nade Into the crowd, i One man and
a girl of nine years were killed and
a"do.zenother persons were wounded.
, Gettysburg, Sept. 11. This is not
a dry town, ibut' sightseeing: parties
on the battlefield must be reasonobly
so. The licensed guides have been
instructed by the Battlefield Commis
sion to prevent booze, parties carous
ing on the field. This is the result
of ever'al parties of the sort
TEACHERS ARRIYING; tf
MEET TUESDAY A. IL
Examination of pupils of the city
.schools, is now in progress. Practi
cally all of the teachers are expected
to arrive during the day; and y will
meet' at the' Grainger building Tues-
THE PRESIDEOT GOES
TO SISTER'S BEDSIDE
BULLETINS
Long Branch, N. J., Sept. 10
President Wilson received word late
knight that the condition of his sis-'
r, Mrs. Anne frowe, who is critical-'
ill at New London, Conn., has tak-'
a a turn for the worse. j
The President immediately cancell-
cd 11 engagements for tomorrow and
"u-.ounctd he would start for New!
ldon early in the morning. ' . j
(By tl(e United P.-ess).
BERLIN W-Ir STATEMEuNT.
Berlin, Sept 11 The lo of
advanced trenches between Gin
chy and Combles to the British
. h admitted at the war office this
afternoon. Fighting for the pos-
' sevsion of - Ginchy continues.
South of the Somme, portion of
the village kt Berny has been re
captured from the French.
BULGARIANS EVACUATE VARNA
London, Sept, 10. The E'algarians
are evacuating Varna, he principal
part on the Black Sea, according to a
semi-official news agency dispatch
San Francisco, Sept, 11. The firat
of tho bomb cases resulting from the
murder of ten persons by the explo
sion of an 'infernal Machine" in' a
suitcase planted in the preparedness
parade crowd here July 22, began to-
day when Warren Billings, princi
pal suspect, went to trial. -
The Theory of the prosecution "is
that Billing and his -confederates
we're not anti-preparedness cranks, as
at first was supposed, but sought to
kill employes of the local United
Railroads, a division or waich would
have been passing the bomb suitcase
at the moment it exploded if tho pv
rade hadn't been, delayed. Thomas J.
Mooney, also indicted for complicity
in the bomb ;pIot, unsuccessfully had
tried to organize a strike among these
employes 'and the prosecution will
claim the bomb was used to set even
With the men.
The trials of the four other defend
ants, Mooney, - his wife, Mrs. Ren
Mooney, Israel Weinberg and, .Ed
ward Nolan, will be held later,
Evidence of a sensational charae-
(By the United Press)
, New London, Sept. - if. A re
distribution ot lands through a taxa
tion scheme which will break up largo
Holdings, was Suggested for one lu- i
tion of the Mexican internal pvb-
lems, which the Mexican commission
ers outlined to the Americans in the
peace conference today.
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KARL LEHMAN HERE
TO SPEAK AND HOLD
C. E. CONFERENCES
tor is expected to be 'given
The prosecution , is based on . the
theory that EKUings, under instruc
tions frcm Mooney, planted the bomb,
that Mrs. Mooney"was an accessory
before and after the fact; that; Nolan
Mr, Karl Lehman( the noted field
worker of tho Young People's Socie
ty of Christian Endeavor, and Mr.
Wyatt Taylor, a field secretary for
the South, arrived here today to con-
either manufactured or iisaistfd in J duct two important meetings of local
manufacturing the bomb and that j Endeavorers, th first of which was
Weinberg was an accessory in that
he transported the conspirators in
his jitney bus And had guilty knowl
edge of the plot. S -""
Four persons were killed outright
and the paraders panic-stricken when
the .bomb exploded at the intersection
of Steuart and -Market streets, In
the crowd of 20,000 people. One man
died of heart failure and 40 persons
were injured, of Whom 6 later died.
Among the leaden missies, automo
bile bearings and bits of metal that
sprayed th6 crowd like sfiraptiel, en
ough pieces of leather; and clockwork
mechanism were picked up to shovi
that the bomb had been set to ex
plode at 2:10 p, m.
Billings served a term at Folsom
prison for dynamiting.
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Estimated Mof e Thart 400,
W6 Fotinds : tTarfdlcd To
ay.Veelf Will Be Rcs
coi'd Bealter; Pf diction
of Tobacconists
Evidence of one of Kinston's big steps forward. - A street
recently asphalted, one of many improved in a paving
program that is costing the municipality and individuals
between. $400,000 and $500,000 Wide, - shady; surface
smooth enough to skate on. 5
commenced at 4 o clock and wmcn is
being devoted to Juniors' work,
Tonight at 8 the main conference I
will be held. The program includes .M(pft- tnafl mm podna8 of toV
the following features: ivouonai , . ...
Craig of the First Baptist ' church; ' Wrr 'toeedmgly 1
solo by Mrs. J. A. McDaniel, Jr.; Monday. The weed on the market
introduction of Mr. Lehman by Mr. was worth probably 80',000, fta aver
H., Gait Braxton; address" by Mr. g pt'te on most' wai-elibuse floors
Lehman; duet by Misses Hargott and heing estimated at around 20 cents'.
Davis; conference -with Endeavor , Offerings were' of all grades,
leaders' of the city; social period. Today's big sales presage, in the .
A large audience is expected to bo' opinion of tobaccViists, a record
present tonight. Mr. Lthman's breaking week, with anything like
work Is interdenominational. He is respectable weather. Should the
an enthusiast, and enthuses, others, '( ; day's 'average be maintained , two
and his address will be found to ' million pounds or more would be han
abound in interesting things. Mem- died in the five sales days, bill Wed
bers of all churches are invited to . ncuday's and Thursday's1 sales may be
hear him.
, The Gordon Street Christian
church is the place of the meetings.
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WILSON RESPONSIBLE
FOR LABOR; SHORTAGE
THREATENING COUffTRY
W. A . Thompson, former Repre
sentativo in the General' Assemjly
fi'om E'aaufort county and trustee of
the Caswell Training school, here Sat
urday night from . Aurora, declared
chut he had heard one prosperous end
very profane old plant?r of the
VSouth-side-of-the-rrver" country in
Beaufort express an opinion that Wil
son was driving the nation to , th
bow-wows. The prosperous and pro
fane old planter stated his belief to
another farmer, about as follows:
"Here I've gone and sold a pile of
tobacco worth $75 for $175. Who
ever heard of such a blank thing?
Well, if this dodgasted business keeps
up, Ve'll all be blank-blank million
aires, an' ithcreH be nobody to work,
an' the country 11 go smack to blank."
"Yes," he said, scratching his head,
"we got to get that fe!l?r Wilson out
of politics,"
expected to at least pass the half-mil-
lion mark. ; Warehousemen are very
optimistic over the prospect. , ; :
It is believed by a number of per
sons connected with tha market that
10,000.000 pounds will have been
sold hpre by October 1. "
LAGftANGE SCEOfcllS .
OPENED FOR THE TE?:i
The public school at La Grange was
opened today. - D. W. Arnold of
Goldsboro is the new superintendent
in charge, and the faculty has been
changed considerably from last yeaflr's.
RECREATION CONGRESS
. GRAND RAPIDS OCTOBER
' ' (By the United Press)
Grand Rapids, Sept. 11. A system
of play for little boys er.d girla to
fit them physically to take up tho
defense of their heme lr.nl 03 powir
ful men and women later on is t'
program cf the Internal'.oiial K-vcj.
tion Congress uhlch y" rnvXt l.ir.i
from the first to the sixth of Octo
ber. The meeting, are ta be e; ? ;
1J9 public.