V'.'i- Itie Weather Todaj'i fiewt Today Fair Tonight VOL. XVItt No85 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1916 SIX PACES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS Hi ta. 1 41 via OUT ENTIRE 1 MM POSSIBLE AID lit LIVELY TIME EXHIBITS BIGGEST BE ABANDONING ROIIMAI It COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN POLITICAL WAY IN EAST CAROLINA EVACUATE IMPORTANT PLACES CAPTURED -HT 1 r& Gflf EftSSAYf IIMREDS OF AT SHARflN NEXT THREE WEEKS JWANT TO MAKE FAIR GE11ANS AND BULGARIANS REPGHTED - TO . : -.. . O.'.ri....... ti'...-'-i WINTER IF NECESSARY TO WIN THE BATTLE New York Shudders as Time Approaches for Suspension of Industry Biggest Place in the World Will Be Shackled Practically All Down Unionists Throughout Land With Strikers to the Limit, Declares Great Leader Complete Tie-up Will Come Wednesday More Than Half a Million to Walk Out Turning Point In History of Unionism Crippling of Enterprises Will Be Complete (By the United Press) Washington, Sept. 23. The New York traction strik ers and six hundred thousand "sympathetic" strikers on Manhattan, will stay out all winter if necessary to win the fight, according to Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor. Gompers is here after spending several days at New York. The noted labor leader declares that the New York ! a. . . . - a . -4 . i 1 1 1' situation isrecognized as a vital turning point m tne nis tory of unionism. He declares organized labor has ac cepted capital's, challenge, and will back the New York workers tofthe last limits of its moral, physical, and fin ancial power. The New York fight is a fight foru-ecognition of the ierht to organize. I am with these men body and soul. Every union man in the United States is with them. We j will all stand behind them. To Make of New York a City of Dead Industries. New York, Sept. 23. New York today awaited with apprehension the next turn in the labor war, threatening to break next Wednesday, when the general order for the "suspension of work becomes effective to maKe the larg est city in the world a city of dead industries. The de velopments of the last twenty-four hours have injected much bitterness into the situation. The general strike order as interpreted by union leaders, is merely a notice to union men not to ride or work on cars run by non union men, but its effect will be a complete tie-up of industry. i I CITY BEFORE NIGHTFALL Troop Movement From Camp Glenn Commences. First Infantry Getting Away Bj Way of Wil-mingtonT-Second Not Yet It is reported that troop; from Camp Glenn will p:ws through Kin ston Saturday afternoon. This in formation is not verified, and there is a possibility of a mistake, it is admitted at (he source) which gener ally is very reliable. The Second in, fan try is routed through Kinston, but these troops which may come through within a few hours are not of the Second. They are probably Troops A and B of cavalry, Ambul ance Company A, the field hospital company, engineers, all or a part of those troops. All these had been routed by other lines, and it is sup posed there has been a change in the route. Thj First infantry was to leave early Saturday afternoon for Fort Bliss, going via New Bern and Wil- mington. The outfit has been equip- j ped with winter clothing. The other ! regiments are being outfitted .gatur-j dav- ' I The units., which may pass through j in the next few hours are looked f or ociween o ana 5:30. The Second in- fantry is not expected to move be- fore Sunday afternoon. Tha Third ! may pull out early Sunday. ! NEW HIGH RECORD FOR STEEL COMMON (By the United Press) New York, Sept. 23. During the heaviest two-hour, ssBsion since 1908, United States Steel Common today jumped to 117 1-2. advancing 41-2 over yesterday, and setting a new hlll r...f - . ! HAY PASS y. r. ' ' Factories Will Be Closed ! i UNIVERSALIS HOLD ANNUAL CONVENTION Open-Aair Sessions In Grove at Smith's Chapel, Duplin County To Continue Through Sunday Dur ham Expected to (let Next Year's Meeting The L'niversalist State Convention was opened at Smith'-. Chapel, Dup lin county, a few miles south of Pink Hill, Friday. The sessions will last through Sunday. The attendance is large. The convention is being held in a big grove adjacent to the chapel. Jltst or all of the ministers of thi denomination in North Carolina are present, together with several score officers of the convention and delc Katc.i. The church in the State has its largest congregation in Sampson county, and its handsomest edifice here. J. Matthews, president of the Convention, is superintendent ot schools in Sampson. The 1!I17 convention is expected to go to Durham. Saturday was th; biggest day of the new season on the cotton ex change. It was estimated at 2 o' clock that nearlj 135 bales had been handled. Good prices prevailing the past several days were responsible for the big quantity of th staple marketed, Today's prices are ranged from 14 to 15 5-8.- Nev. York futures quotations were: Open cio.se January 16.01 March 16.11 May 15.32 October .: . .15.78 16.12 16.27 16.49 13.82 16.01 December .. ..15.93 GERMANS HOLD DUICH SHIP AND PASSENGERS (By the United Press) The Hague, Sept. 23. The Ger mans have captured the Dtitch steam- rer Prim Hendrik, from London to ' Flushing, and taken her into Zee Rrngge with her 80 ppssengws. Consolidation of Half a Do zen Small Institutions As sured Brogden, Dr. Par rott and Other Enthusi asts Speak The si'lioulhoiiS!' at. Sharon v:m crowd :d with interested friend--, aiul patrons of the schools in Group No. 1 at an educational meeting Friday night. All the schools in th ' group were represented, and thcr" were a numb ! of visitors from school-; out s; ic th community represented by Group No. 1. The teachers and jIj pils rendered a short program of re citations and music which was much enjoyed. Following the program by the chil dren, Mr. L. ('. Brogden addressed 'he meeting on the subject of "Ivt ter Schools for the Rural Communi ty." Mr. Brogden foremrly was cor.ni ctcd with the Kinston school?, is weil-known in the county, and in re turn loves old Lenoir, i He is now onnected with the Stat? Depart ment of Kdticntion. Dr. James M. a.rott next spoke of the immediate essibilitv of a larger and better cimipped school for th? Sharon com munity. Several of the leaders in 'ni! wo k made encouraging talks. That Contentnea Neck township will at an early date have in its midst a school of a larger type a commun ity s-hco! is an assured thing. Attending the meeting Ftiday r.iir w?re Dr. Parrott, who is chair man of the County Board of Educa tion; Superintendent Joseph Kinsey. the Assistant Superintendent, Mis? Hattie Parrott, and Miss Adna Fd wards, Home Demonstration Agent. VIRGINIAN HONORED BY BANKING INSTITUTE New York, Sept. -?.. A statement issued here today on beh;'.lf of the railway executives' advisory commit tee, representing th-? railroads af fected by the Adsmion 8-hour law, explained the purposes f its hverii tion put under way with a view to meeting the problems p;-cs"nlcd. The objects are "to ascertain if possihl?, iirst, the effect of the law as a prac tical operating problem; and second, its legal status." BIG VERDICT IN THE SAMPSON COUNTY COURT Ciii.lon, Sept. 22. A Samp.-ou. county jury gave verdict for $"i,n(H) damages last ni-.-ht, the largest vt-r-ilict. tver awarded in this couity. Henry 'wr. v.-;: ; sueing the Cn.i.d Line for internal injuries sustaineil some mnn'li-i ago, while he was driv ing an autcmobile a.:iss the t;-acks of the defendant road near Wade, N. C. At the time a Mr. Pusey, another occupant of the ca-, was thrown from' the machine and killed. A suit for recovery of damages for his death is now ptnding in the court BULLETINS GERMAN WAK STATEMENT. Berlin, Sept. 23. The Rouma nians have halted theh- retreat in Dobrudja, and are attacking the German-Bulgars, it is said offi cially. NOT TO TRY BOY FOR CAPITAL CRIME. New Orleans. Sept. 23. Little Willie Zimmer. a child who shot his mother to death, apparently in a sheer desire to murder, Ju ly 14. will not be tried for mur der, it was decided today. BULGAR HORSE PIRSUIXG ENEMY. Berlin. Sept. 23. Twenty bat talions' of Russc-Roumalnians have been routed in Dobrudja. They were pursued by Bulfarian eavalry 'nntil dark yesterday, says an official report from Sofia. Cam. Morrison, Brock and PoJk to Make Addresses In the County CLAUDE KITCHIN COMING Floor Leader May Make Two Speeches In Lenoir. Cowper Called Out of the County for Several Spell bind intr. Efforts . The Democratic campaign manag ers in Lenoir c-.'.;niy will break loo during the ne:;t th-ee weeks with their heaviest artilfcry. '1 he timid lukewarm offensive Mat the G. O. P. Mas i: 'cn waging vr u i,ki, like an unde-sized Sunday sethool picnic com pared wi'.h the hattie at Verdun when this counter is gotten under way. Cause, on Morrison, ine of the long range orators in the h-hele campaign will come to Kinston next Friday and sptak at 11 a. m. Saturday. Mr. Morrison will reply to J. J. Parker, Republican candidate for Attorney General. Pa ker, it is intimated, has been trying to offset Jlorrison in the campaign. The "dope" he has used local Democrat-; say, htfs -I:?en cairn- !?.uu :o undermine T-ne t n..-..j;te man's argumeii.. but has failed make a dent. Morrison has p:-. unit-ad to come banc with the best in his shep in his speech here. Walter K. Brock. Solicitor of the Thirteenth district, will be in Lenoir on October .10. The place of the speaking has not been dec id ail upon. Hon. Matt. Allen of Goldsbom will make a series of speeches in the county romoiime afte- the Sth. Hon. Claude Kitchin, Fioor Lead er of the majority in the House of Representatives, will he the biggest figure in the local campaign. The date of his coming is undetermined; he has so many rails to fill in the State that it will be some time be fore be c;rn give Lenoir county a date. Come he will, however, an 1 may speak both at a proposed coun ty rally in LaG range, as well as in Kinston. Ah -mot-rat ie County Chairman G. V. Cowper wiil make an address at Jacksonville tn O.-toV-i 2. He has .'..'so been requested in -ipcak at points in V'ayne and lup!:n counties, mit .dde tlw di..l! id. GREASED GI LLS WERE HELPLESS; ONE MORE .lOB FOR THE MAIM V ' S (Special to The Free Press) Poerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Sep-tcmb-r UL-- Crude oil that had lie -t. thrown overboard by Unc'e Sam'; w.-i.-hlps to ipiell the raging waters whi' h de.-.troyed the U. S. S. Mem phis during th-e recent stjum, -stuck to the w'Mgs of sea gulls and other water fowl taking refuge in the bay.: clong the roast, and rendered thonrt helpless and unable to fly for m vr-i -al days. Members of the United Slaj; Ma rine Corp-:. rn cxp'ditionafly'' du'y a! this pki.-c, captured hundred; of the birds with their naked hand-;. The oil egrimed fowl wa:.oei"d up and down on the beach, crying pitifully, whUe the marines stood on guard !o see that boys did not li.i'-m hem. Many of the beach birds when in distress uttor sounds '.ha! wouM shame a crying infant in -onie way -. DESHA KKS SAY IMPORTED (.OWNS NOT NEEDED NOW Chicago. Sept. 22. Fall gowns oc cupied the attention of leading fash ion experts of the countr in attend ance at the Fashion Art League con vention here today. Designers said the gowns this year are a vast improvement over those of other years. They said it .would not be necessary to import 'French, gowns hereafter as the American de signers have proved thilt they are just as original" in creating new styles as the French. Full Displays of Agricultur al Products and Live stock Essential A Lot Up to Farmers In IJig Co operative Effort Just, line month remains before the opening of the Ten-County Fair here. A g'-eat amount of work remains to be done, and the oflieers of the asso ciation are putting m hours daily planning and soliciting exhibits. The fair is intended to be the best , mayiv the biggest, in the eastern part of th- S:a;e this fall. .n !l:it-.- sippea. :.; made to le. in who c.'-rnpnse the lialk of the popula tion to which the big event enters, to famish i.::h!l:t.i. Choicest specimens of cotton, tobacco, grain, fruits and garden truck; finest h,.g;, catt'e, jheep, horse.; and mules are wanted to make the agricultural and livestock displays what they ahould lie. They were surprisingly line la-.! y.'ar, but it is intended to make this year's fa r about, three timts as big as that one, which was successful beyond any expectation from viewpoints of at- tendarce. rcfit and genera! n ;i The chances arc th.it a numb: tropic f.cm outside th? territory win attend , th-e local fair this ye:,,-, its famo haying snrcad abroad last fall. These folks wiil want to see what the section offers, and nothing should be concealed from them. A little t rou ble, timidity or anything else with a tendency to hamper progress should not he allowed to keep the planters from coming up with their exhibits. i- AUSTRALIAN SHKTE" PASSES COMSCRIPCON (lly he Urdted Tvs) M.liH.urne, X-pt. The Auslra- i'lip Scmt" today pa'-sed the con se:i;rtio!i measure recently passed by tin- Houpo. It i.; now to be sulimit tcd to a referendum. INVESTIGATE POTASH DISCOVERY IN CUBA Washington, Sep'.. Z'l. The report that grat tpiantities of potadi have befn found in Cuba is interesting Washington -llic'ils anil will interest cctlon farmers of the South. The Dtpa tment of Commerce to day cabled the -American Consul Gen eral at Havana to investigate, a pub lishe I n-'iort that miPioys of tons of ;ota -h have been di covered near Mo'.cmiio. on the .Matanza ; and San ta Clara border, r.Tth dtjiosits aver ring 25 per cent. pure. The war has cut, o(f the supply of potash ami tairv-s have had to do withoui it. ILLINOIS .MAY HAVE El 'GEN ICS LAW SOON Chicago, Sept. 2.'?. Illinois is to have a real eugenics law if a fie-ht bejrun today to that end" and hacked by p-ominent members of the bench d mun:e:pa! and Stale leader U successful m the next session ot the SIo i e I.O'-i..!:it or-v lf".f wild a-el other mental defect ives are aimed at in particular, while restrictions against the maniage of the physically unfit also wil; !. in corporated ill the jii opose 1 law. The failure of fo'-mer eugenic laws to withstand the constitutional test in c&u-t, will not deter the ad vocates of the plan, who will frame a bill according to these decisions. WAR MAY CAl'SE REVIVAL OF WAYSIDE SHRINES IX FRANCi: AM) ENGLAND London. Sept. 23. The war may cause a revival of wayside shrine3 and wayside prayer. Churchmen are c'amoring for road shrines since the Tommies have taken to praying be. fore them in France. This has long been dene in Russia, but it is a cus tom Ion? lead amonjr the E.iclish, Ketreating He fore Allies French Aviators Engage In. More Than Half Hundred Aerial Tilts British Make Another Considerable Gain In l)ii action of Bapaume Airmen Make Successful Raid On Teuton Aerodrome In Belgium Turks Send Picked Troops to Aid German-Bulgars Hard-Pressed In Dobrudja Ottomans Replace Weary Fellows-in-Arnis in Trenches Russ Torpedo Boat Sinks Number of Vessels Flying Cres-v cent Flag (By the Cnitcd Press) ' London, Sept. 2-'. The Uoumanians are again on the offensive ag.iinst Field Marshal Von Maekcnsen's army of nermann. Titrk.-: and Bulgars, after repulsing attacks in Dobrudja. Berlin statements report that the Roumani ans have attacked near the Danube, and southwest of a point w here the Germans claimed a victory Thursday. . Sofia reports say twenty thousand Roumanians have attacked a Bulgarian wing, but were driven off both in Transylvania and Macedonia. However, the Teutons an .lonaee victories. The Germans have captured. Vulcan Pass, threatening Boumama with a fresh invasion from ;ho northwest. Berlin denied claims of AJlied gains on-. the Somme front last night. Fighting on the' Russian front is slackening. Roumanians Take Offensive. London, SVpt. 28. An unconfirmed wireless report-, f'om Rome says the Gern -a n-Bulgarians are retreatincr from Roumania. Fortreeatul vacs ao(, ))v 'on Mackensen. Atrme'Verv Active. Paris, Sept. 2'1 Fi-eneh aviators engaged in no less than fifty-si : air battles ye-terday, downing ten enemy , . flyers, it is said officially. It was probably the most active day of the war aerially. British Tell Usual Story of Night's Work. highway leatinjr to Bapaume reports. East or CoureeHette K'j. II .IIV.H.O V CIO W CA j'tUl X-V4 I'll CV ing with those taken between the jirevious night. In the two nights, the British advanc-1-, ed on a front of a mile and a half in the direction of .Bii-,' paumo. The Gerroans emerged from the trenches around'" Thiepval in a violent attack west of Mouquet Farm, but"' were driven back With heavy losses. Airmen raided a German aerodrome at St. Denis, iri Western Belgium. The attack was "highly successful," :-ays the Admiralty. Turkish Shipping Sunk. Petrograd, Sept. 23 A Russian torpedo boat has sunk; three Turkish ships and several sailing vessels loading ; with coal at Port Eregli, 120 miles east of Constantinople,-'" it is officially said. ' Turks Helping in Dobrudja. London, Sept. 23. Large bodies of Turks are moving northward through Bulgaria to join the German's and' Bulgars now engaged in heavy fighting with the Russi ans in Dobrud ja. The Turks are veterans of the Darda-ne-lN's campaign. .Several Turkish detachments have been " m ret ion against Roumanians, replacing Bulgars shifted to i he Macedonian front. After several days' fierce lighting the troops in Dobrudja have settled down" to trench warfare. M DEPARTM? .Hi NOT SO SURE VII S A n rmmiAHii (By the IJrut-i Pre.,.-) W.iMiii.;:: ,:i, -Yp. Th" W:,r Department hus j. .;iniU'i a -ii ' ii.-vc-stiirati"n of ihu rmirc".; of inf.. ma'i'in . n which (iuu- :il H--'!, at I-"' I'a-'., Im-:1 it'-; r c nt r p :'.. -that Vi!!:i ijj.jicariil ' n p :i tit the re cent attack on Chihuahua City, dis patches indicate that the informa tion was wholly from persons whn are said to have cone to El Paso di rect from Chihuahua after the at atlack. Secretary Raker today indicated that be thinks the accounts were gar bled, -either unconsciously or pur posely. He and members of the gen eral staff do not believe tho Villis ta were the only ones responsible. There is no reason to credit Villa's recrudescence, tho War Department says. It has serious doubt that the Silistra, occupied 'two have been abandoned. " last night, General 'Halg'!-jV a strongly fortified systettt , I1HU IHHV W11UVUW. Flers and MartinpuicrT-dn. -5S RAILROAD EXECUTIVES -t STUDYING ADAMSON LAW ( in.-iiii - ..f i: I! rii i- 1 et, , We. i ;:i l-,r i'i. Sept. L'J. II. J. Proc-.t-!:m-.ini wa.i elected . vic i f the American Institute r here to-lay. E. (J. McWil-. I.n-i Anirctos, being chosoa An address by Paul it.' of the Federal .Reserve i'.uul was the principal thing of in V:-.. t ua today's proji-ani. j EXPERT'S EVIDENCE j. IN THE WYATT SUIT (By the United Press) Durham. Sept. 2."!. E. B. Fa'rra--bcc. an alienist, testified that Jffs. John W. Wyatt, young wife of a far mcr, who is suing Y. E. Smith, wealthy cotton man, for criminal as iault in her home, is suffering front symptoms of insanity. : j ...... ' ' .. ' -: . i "Fox of the Sierras" is alive. The ma jority of the ; officers, however, be lieve be is alive, but eliminated as a real factor ia Mexico. y tit l f: vt" Di l -. .,(.-..- C m ji IV .it' i In: S "a. i - if