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ETNSTON; N; G$ THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO COTS
GERMANY AND JpSTIllA JU4ITG PLANS TO
WAGE GREAt, OFFENSIVE r AGAINST ALLIED
POLITICAL FUNERAL
LASTING PEACE Al
NAVAL BOARD JS TO
ITY OPENS
DEMOCRATS DOJIATE
LiWiLY , RESULT
OF KIAlNE ELECTiOlJ
OF COLE BLEA8E A
RESULT OF ftnufef
OF ALLIES,
VISIT MANY PLACES
BALto AT BIG CONFERENCE
TELLS THE CHAMBER
RAPI
PRESS
IINIVERS
BRIAN
BIG
D REGISTRATION
Teuton Military Leaders
rieadquarters-Protoosed
Thousand -Men Against
Serbs Now Co-Operating
British Join French in
Defense of Peronne Serbs Make Gains of Consider
able Advantage, Paris Hearst-Berlin Feels Good Over
Way Things Ate Going
" Cheeked -
(By the United
Rome, Sept 14.Tentatjve plans for a giant Balkan
I offensive by the Central Powers are being drawn up. at: a
; conference n6w sitting at the Kaiser's headquarters, say
v diSDatches received here.
. mans and one hundred thousand Austrians will partici
pate, it is believed. ' ' ' 1 ,
j Co-Operation at Combles. - - ' ( t
1 London, Sept. 14. The. British progressed last night
north of Ginchy and are co-operating witfy the French in
a movement to encircle Combles," the principal support of
Peronne and the BaupEUme line,- General Haig reported,
Serbs Successful. '""-.
: r ' Pans. Sept 14. Progressing west of the Vardar riv-
er, the Serbs have carried Bulgar trenches between Kovil
1 and Vetrimk. Also progressing m the direction. Of, Kait
I matchalon, northwest of Lake Ostrovo, ays an official
1 statement, the' Serbs carried a height west of hill 1500
i after most violent fighting.
-Solkes Malkanidy. The Bulgars suffered heavily.
Bending Ever Effort to Check Somme Drive.
? 'Paris, . Sept. 14. Tfie Germans have shifted ' more
-.. troops "from Verdun to the Somme front'in an effort to
' check General Foch's drive on Peronne. . The French war
; office announces an unsuccessful . counter attack on hill
76 yesterday, led by a fresh German division that was
j hastily transferred, from Verdun. Several attacks on
. hew French positions northeast of Verdun, on the Vaux
Chapitra fronts were repulsed.
i Berlin Report Optimistic, v " '
' ? Berlin, Sept. 14. The new Allied offensive in Macedo
na has been completely halted, say Sofia dispatches. Very
large British: forces attempting to advance in the region
have been repulsed with heavy losses! The Serbs on the
Bulgarian left wing, after a few temporary successes,
have, been, driven to -their former positions by a, strong
Counter. Ojperatfons in Southeastern Roumania under
Field Marshal Von "MacKensen are pirogressingr-. ''"-':.".
TWELVE YEARS FOR
vtfia.tRMNftOBBtR
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: ,L Martinsburg, W. Va,, Sept. -3.
Charles Jefferson Harrisori 'of ' San
Antonio, Texas, made a full confes
sion of ihe train robbery wth which
fie was charged, before Judge Day
ton, in the United States Court here
today. Sentence of twelve years' .im
prisonment . in the penitentiary at
Atlanta, was immediately imposed,
t Th crime to which he confessed
was the robbery of a Baltimore and
Ohio train near Central Station, W.
Va, on October 8, 1915. .
NARROW ESCAPE,WIIEN
HIS DWELLING BURNED
? (By the Eastern Press)
. WasMiigton, . N.' C., Sept. 14!
. The 'htftoe' of Beverly Moss, a mill
man, at Washington Park, was burn
ed to the ground last night- Defect
ive 'wiring is Relieved to have been
the cause, The loss was $8,000, with
13,000 Insurance. The, family got
afely 'oOt, But Mi. Ttfoss, returning
to try to save valuables, was badly
burned on the hands and feet, escap
ing juat. as the roof fell in.
DIG U ISLAND AND
DYE-IT TO BUFFALO
Buffalo,' Sept. 14. Sand Island, it
w announced here today, is to be
d"g gradually ort of its home in the
ddle of the Clarion river near here,
ni movid to town. The moving day
Ust ten years. It is such a fine
mJe of moul.lers sand that not a
of H is to be watsej.
Discuss Movement at Kaiser's
to Utilize Three v Hundred
British, French, Russians and
Against ; German-Bulgars
Drive on Combles, Important
In Field Claims Allies Are
. ' ' ' ! - V
Pries)
Two hundred thousand Ger-
The advance guard reached
VETERAN TELEPHONE.
Gmt's l6ng record
-"'Columbus, Ohio, , Sept. ' 14. Two
million, four hundred thousand con
versations on love, business, gossip
and whatnot is the rccordf of Miss
Nell Taylor in twenty-four years'
continuous aervice as hello girl
here 1 ' ' ' 1 -
The first eight years she spent at
the switchboard handling calls at the
rate of 1,000 a day She spent an
other veight years as supervisor, an
swering foolish questions.'
"Will you marry me?" she says,. is
the silliest jind most frequent ques
tion asked. She still is single and
glad of it. ' ,
When sbe started to work twenty
fonr .years ago Miss Taylor: was fif
teen There were only 1,650 tele
phones in Columbus then, as compar
ed to 45,000 todaV! ,.r
RIMMEflGERSCN
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BIG SHI? IN TROUBLE
. Wilmington, Sept. 13. Local Fed
aral quarahtine officials have wired
to Washington for advice as to what
disposition 'to make of the fifty-one
passengers, absard the British freight
and passenger liner Mayaro, West
Indie to New York, which put into
Southport today, listing heavily be
cause of the shifting of its cargo of
asphalt in the northeast gale which
it encountered yesterday. There are
no quarters ' at the local quarantine
station for the accommodation of the
passengers, who could not be allow
ed ashore until they pfls the immi
gration regulations.
.'. ' . '
Oscar LaRoquc, Private Se
cretary to Manning, Tells
Free Press' Via fcong Dis
tance That Pardoner Is a
Dead Issue . J ' ,
According to Mr," Oscar LaRoquc
private secretary of Governor Mdn
ning of South Carolina, Blease'g' pol
itical funeral was held Tuesday, when
Governor ' Manning defeated him in
the run-off primary for the Demo-
cratic nomination.- Elease can't over
come the handicap o fhis defeat two
years ago for senatorial honors to
I . ;
gether with ' the present "licking,1
thinks Mr. LaRoque. f
The Free Press interviewed Mri
LaRoque over long distance phone
this morning. ' He, a smost readej-s
of The Free Press know, Is a former
Ranstonian, brother o fMesars. Mab.,
Walter and 'Frank." In addition to
being the Governor's private secretk'
ry, Mr. LaRoque managed the carti'
paign and naturally he and his
friends are proud of the fine showing
made.
The treturns to the time f the in
terview weire: 70.972 for Manning, as
against 6647 for.BTease, giving the
o'rmer a majority of 47,25, with
about 1,200 scattering votes "Ho 1 be
heard from. , ". ' " ' .
The interest in the 'South Carolina
campaign has been "keen throughout
the country. The fight has been one
of good government against the at
tempt of Blease to ' come back arid
he country at large has looked on
with unusual interest. Mr. LaRoque
ays "we were simply showered with
olegrams of congratulations and one
cable came from Cuba." The mes
Jages, 240 in (number, came from all
parts of the country. "
The vote polled in Hhf second pri
mary was about the same as that of
the (first, 'one hundred ' and. thirty-
eight thousand of the possible v one
hundred and fifty thousand register
ed voters exercised( their rights. -fr.
LaRoque. tTiinka that the
Tllease forces turned out in force and
polled theip full strength. About, 5
per" cent, of the Cooper vote as the
estimate given1 Blease.
GOOD WEEK FOR THE
COTTON CROP, SAID
Washingloh, Sept. 13. Cotton
opened rapidly andthe work of pick
ing and ginning i progressed under
generally favorable weather condi
tions last week', according to the wea
ther bureau crop bulletin issued to
day. ; The boll weevil is active ' in
parts o:rj 'Mississippi. Texas and Ten
nessee, according to this report v :
TRUE BILL AGAINST ;k
SPANNELL AT ALPINE
Alpine, Texas, Sept. 13. Indict?
ments charging ' Jlarry J. Spannell,
an' Alpine hotel keeper with the mur-
er of hia wife and Lieut. Col. M. C.
Butler", Sixth Ut S Cavalry, were re
turned by f county grand jury here
today. - Spannell will be brought here
Thursday from El Paso, where he
has been held": for "safekeeping to
plead to the indictments. r
LOCAL MINISTER IS j, :
HEAD OF PRESBYTERY
- News reached the ci7 Thursday
from Stovall, U. ., where rthe Al
bemarle Presbytery has been meet
ing, that Rev. G. B. Hanrahan, pas
tor of Atkinson Memorial -- church,
this city, had been elected to the of
fice of Moderator, highest place in
the Presbytery. s '
HUGHES PLANNING AS
SECOND LONG TOUR
New York, Sept 13. Charles E.
Huches' second campaign trip will
Declares Teutons - Can Only
Be Oh Defensive From
" Now On
SOLIDARITY IS COMPLETE
Entente Powers Working
Together , With Unity of
Purpose and With Better
Prospects for Success
Than Ever, Says
By HENRY WOOD,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
' Pttt i3, Sept. 14. That lasting and
durable pcafca will be imposed by Ki
lled agreemert has been insured by
the estabhshmt-nt of complete unity
among the Allies. '
Prcimicr Brianii declare J today In
a srevlew of the" war before, the Charn
ber of Deputies v that the "tntervefa
tion of Roumania and Itoly'i! decla
ration of war, on Germany completed
the solidarity of action by the'' Allies,"
said the French Prime Minister.
i
"Their action completely reduces the
Central Power to a defensive polidy
and deprives them of all initiative in
military operations."
OFFICER SAYS THERE,
IS NOTHING INDICATE
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS
Rumors are floating around to th'e
effect that the troops at Camp Clenn
are getting ready to move. Some
"signs'' have been seen by enlisted
men coming to or passing through
this city. 'However,' if anything hds
been ordered to move or any crder
ig contemplated ,thos in authority,
.who.are in aposition to be ven-in-
formed, told The Free Press over
long distance telephone ' this after
noon, that he knew of nothing to in
dicate an early removal ofHhe men
to the Texas frontier. Railroad men
here state they have heard of no or
der for the-assembling .. .of rolling
tock at Camp Glenn.
MARSHALL TO BE TOLD
ABOUT IT THIS P. M.
Indianapolis, Sept 14. Democrats
from every" State gathered here to
day for the formal notification to
night of Vice-President Marshall that
he has' been renominated " for that
place by the Democratic party. Na
tional Chairman Vance ' McCormick
and western leaders were also ' to
confer on the political situation.
Martin II. Glynn, ex-Governor of
New York, will deliver the notifica
tion address tonight at Tomlinson
Hall. Governor Ralston will ; pre
side. ' - " ' - "l
. Tonight's notification will be the
third held in Indianapolis, in the
present campaign'. Republican Vice
Presidential Candidate Charles War
ren Fairbanks, and Prohibition Pres
idential Candidate J. Frahk Hanly
also received the official notification
of their selection, in this city. '
; BULLETIN! '
(By the United Pros)
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NEW RECORD
STEEL COMMON. ' .
New York, Sept 14. A wave
" of public buying today boosted
United States Steel Common to
' a new high record on the Stock
Exchange of 106 1-2, leading the
market. "
take him through Illinois, Wisconsin
nounced here tonight. . The Republi
can presidential nominee will leave
Ne York Monday, September ISth,
and will. enJ the trip at Buffalo on
SaturJay night, September 30th.
Merits of 125 Cities and
' Towns . Have Been Laid
Before the Commission-
- Protection In ... Time of
War Consideration
I
(By the United Press) , .
Washington, Sept. 14. With . the
conclusion of arguments for the 125
cities seeking the government armor
plate pi' it, the Navay Boai-d today
decided -. y visit a majority of the
sites proposed before making a deel
siot). A section of the bill providing
for location "with special attention
to safety in time of war," is the prin
cipal issue. Some points, such as
Southport,' N. CV atid Wilmington.
are defended by guns of 'forts. :
Washington, Sept.- 14. Proximity
cf cheap and abundant raw materials,
adequate : transportation . - facilities,
sheltered deep waters, six trunk lines
reaching within 24 hours all eastern
shipping centers, accessibility to the
Indian Head testing grounds, lar
available naval supplies, 'a granite
foundation on the water front to
within ten or twenty feet of the'sur
face, and the' strongest "defense
lines" on . the Atlantic seaboard, are
Richmond, Virginia's, claims for the
proposed government armor plate
plant. x '
GERMAN PRESS SORE
WITH GERARD AG AiNj
REMARK CRitlCIZEO
Berlin, Sept, 13, (Via London)
The American Ambassador, James W,
Gerard, again is under fire in a sec
tion of the Gorman press, this time
for remark attributed to him re
garding a speech made recently by
Dr.. Gustav Stresemann, , National
Liberal member of the Reichstag, ad
vocating among other things, a re
sumption of the submarine warfare.
Ambassador Gerard is ouoted as
saying that' he did' not understand
howthe representative of .'districts
for which export to America was a
vital question could advocate -ruth
less submarine warfare The Na
tional Liberal Press Agency, in a
communication ,i to the newspapers,
takes the Ambassador to task for
what is termed "unwarranted inter
vention fn a purely German ques
tion." ,' ,
PROPOSES TO STOP.,
BLACKLIST BY LAW
Buenos Aires, Sept. 1. Represen
tative Avelaneda is waging a vigor
ous fight in the Argentine congress
for passage of a bill, introduced by
himself, prohibiting in this country
all commercial practices of the nature
involved in the British blacklist of
enemy firms in business , in' foreign
cohntries. -r-.:.. . : .
. For violations of the proposed pro
hibition, the bill provides maximum
fine of 2,000 pesos ($800), imprison
ment up to six months and cancella
tion of the offending firm's charter to
transact business in the country.
Avellaneda is ex-Speaker - of the
Argentine House of Representatives,
and one of the most influential of its
members. His feil)is considered to
stand an .excellent chance of adop
tion.
DUNNE AND LOWDEN the
ILLINOIS CANDIDATES
Chicago, ; Sept 13. Former Con
gressman Frank O. Lowden of Ore
gon,-111, and Governor Edward F
Dunne, incumbent, were nominated
by large pluralities for Governor by
the Republicans and , Democrats, re
spectively, in the' Illinois . primaries
today according to estimates based on
incomplete returns tonight. ...
Number Students Soon ' to
v pass 1,000, Believed Ad
dresses' hy President and
Dean SelMIelp Men
Numerous .
(Special to The Free Press) v
Chapel Hill," Sept 14-The session
of 1916-1917 at North Carolina was
formally ushered in today with ap
propriate exercises in Memorial hall.
College songs were sung, announce
ments of faculty changes and other
matters of importance made, and
Dean Marvin II. Stacy and President
Edward K. Graham delivered addres
ses to the student body. ;
Registration has been going on
apace since early Tuesday morning.
Tuesday night found 620 students en
rolled.' and it is expected that, the
number1 will reach 1,000 shortly. The
first classes enet at 8:30 this morn
ing and will continue regularly dur
ing the rest of the week and there
after. - , '
Tha self-help committee recently
met with about 125 . applicants for
work to enable them to go through
college this year. There were post
ed 65 names, from which the walte.'j
in Swain Hall will be chosan. Many
boys -earn their board in this vay
aeh yeair. . '
NEARLY THIRD, OF A
MILLION SALES ON
Righfaro'und 300,000 pounds of
tobacco possiblysten or fifteen thous
and pounds more than that amount.
wns sold here today. Prices were
better than Wednesday's, some ware
housemen , state,' although offerings
on the whole were not quite as good,
t is believed. Prospect of rain again
kept the , breaks' smaller than they
would have been.' ' ,
iSd far a million and a half pounds
or more of leaf has been sold here
this week, with another , sales day
kft. ' '
.Twenty bales !of cotton had been
weighed here today by 1 o'clock. Re
ceipts were theft thought to be about
all in. .' Prices ranged from I21-c
to 14 3-4c. '
New York futures quotations
to-
day were: f . ' t
. , ' Open
2:20
15.75
t5.3
16.10
15.54
15.69
January .. ,' ... . . .15.74
March 15.90
May .. ...16.14
October .. ...15.45
December .'. .....i... 15.62
" ' (By the TJmted Press) " '
Washington.- Sept U. Tennessee
militia V&a today Aro'ered to the 'bor
der. ' Thebrigade consists of two re
giments 6f Infantry , on troop of ca
valry and one field hospital, totalling
2,200 men. - - '
London, Sept. It. Lleut. Robinson,
the 21year-old British aviator who
shot, down a. zeppelin in the recent
raid over London, 'was widly acclaim
ed at the Baltic Exchange today when
he was formally presented with a
$2,500 purse raised by shipping men.
A great crowd cheered and sang "For
ne' a Jolly" Good Fellow. Robin
son was led to the platform blushing
to tlie roots of his hiar. He made
the first public speech in his life, six
words long: "Thanks. I only did my
duty.".; ; ;";': ' VV.'
TEUTONS TRY TAKE :
OFFENSIVE.
Petrograd, Sept 13. The Teu
; tons have been . unsuccessful in
an attempt to take the offensive
on the Halits front and are cross
ing the Bistritza river, it is said
officially. -
Defeat Taugnt Party That
OverCohlldence Is Oat
of Place Campaign Con
tributions Pout Into tne
Headquarters Now e "
, . (By the Urited Brews)
Long Branch, N.' J,' Sept, 14. Th
Maine election started a boom" in
campaign contributions, according to
tha guiding' heads of, the Democratic
party. The-defeat .caused an awak
ening .which is said to be "just .what
the party needed at this 'time." t
During the last two days popular
subscriptions Tanking frctn ' one to
one hundred dollars ' and totalling
about eight thousand dollars a '.day,
have poured in. Th'e increased' act
ivity of party leaders which1 obviates
the danger 6f Taxity due to over-con-,
(ldenc4, Is manifest oh All sides. ""'Ef
forts are being made tor instil! punch
and pep in the campaign.-, - t
THIRTY THOUSAND
STOLEN-AUTOS TO ?
fiffi ;Ms, sAVs
St Paul, Minn., Sept. 14. Thirty
thousand automobiles stolen in the '
United States during the last year
have been unwittingly purchased by.
representatives of the : Allies ; and' 1
shipped to the front, according to G.
A. Smith, a local detective, here' to
day1, " 4 ' ' -'
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MINNESOTA HAS A LITTLE
, TIMBER LEFT YET
St. Paul, Minn., Septt 14. -Despite
the general belief that tiniber d'a's
are past arid gone In Minnesota, there
still is a little matter of ten millfdn
acres of merchantable timber ' still .
standing in the State, tha Depart
ment of Forestry" siid today;
yt: ;
, MACLYN ARBUCKLE
As "The Reform CndiUt"la the Fallal
Paramount Picture bated f B hi
- r.. .awnpUyUt. J
EXECUTORS' NOTICE.
The undersigned having qualified
as executors of thelast will and, tes
tament of W.. W. LawrencV,'deceaed,
this is to" notify all" persona having
claims against the estate of said do
ceased to exhibit them to C P. An
thony, Weldon, N. C, or Mrs. Sarah
V". Riddick, Parmalee, N. on or
before the 15th day of August, 1917,
or this notice will be pleaded in bar
of their .recovery. All persons in
debted to said estate will please make
immediate payment. . ' " '
This the 11th day of August. 1916.
v MRS. SARAH V. RIDDICK,
C. P. ANTHONY, -
Executors of the .ast win and tcs
tament of W. W. Lawrenca.
8-16-law-6wks. '
SLAVS REPULSED IH
BUKOWINA." 4 ' "
"l "Berlin, Sept. 13 f.us ''is as
saults on the I- ii-:i f, t
hare been rrpi.' -1 v ! '. I y
losses, it is said ,
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