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VOL. XVIH,No. 83,
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, TUED AY, OCTOBER 3, 1916
Four pages today1 rRICE CENTS
ROUMANIANS IVHft CROSSp DANUBE MEET JNO; DREWRY, GR'ND NEED JGR GETTING
COUNCIL TARES ON CHAMBER (MERGE
SVORD AS THE LAST
WTON RESISTANCE; BfflLE IN SECRETARY MASONS. BUSK IN ENTERING
LOAN OF FIFTH OF WILL TALK PACKING
RESORT,IFNQTni;;G
ELSE V1LL DP; SAYS
MM MONITORS ASSIST IS IN PROGRESS DIES CAPITAL CITY BABIES IN CONTEST
A MILLION DOLLARS PLANT FOR KINSTON
Invaders Met With Little Opposition While Passing Over Was Prominent Citizen of Mothers of Prospective Con-
Stream River Warcraft Covered Landing At Least
20,000 Men In Offensive, Critics Believe The Russians
Beat Back Germans Who, Reinforced, Make Desper
ate Attempts to Take Slav Positions--Serbs Progress
Northeast of Fiorina British Repulse the Bulbar
Counters In Balkans Little Action In-Western Thea
ter
btate 111 Long Time-
Active In Public Affairs-
Funeral Conducted by
Grand Lodge
testants Warned That the
Lfet Is to Be Closed On
October 18 Big Fair
Promised
Feature
Rale'tch, Oct. 2. John C. Drewry, The committee of the Mothers Club
grand secretary of .'he North Caroli- in chaise of tha Better Babies Con-
na Grand Lodge of Masons, died this test to be held at the Fair this month
Not to Increase Indebted'
ness, But to Retire Exist
ing Obligations
LADIES HAVE NO TROUBLE
Would Stabilize Local Mar
ket, Encourage Livestoc
Industry and Bring Lot
of Money Into City, Say
Advocates of Idea
afternoon after 13 months Hlness with
the end expected at any time for scv
i-xiu luuiiiiis jiasi.. nv was born in
Drewry.sville, Va., in 1800, and locat
ed in Raleigh in 1S8S as State raan-
ajrer for the Mutual Benefit Lifo In-
civic and political affairs and served
rc-i'-t illy as pre.-wdeiu of the Cham-
'x:- of Commerce and of Capital Club.
Mr. Drewry was married twice, fira
.o .J ss Emmie L. Man?tim. ami nf.
er her death to Mrs. Kittie Mebane
Holt who survives with one son
John . i.)."ciwry, Jr. A daughter "by
the fir.-.t marriage was Mrs. P. H
Jianes, Jr., who d.ed a few months
ago.
Tito Orand Lodge of Masons will
hs in charsre of he funeral vhiph will
(Dy the United Press) '
London, Oct 3. Bulgarian forces have attacked the
Roumanian army that crossed the Danube and invaded
Bulgaria bunday, and a violent battle is raging east of
the Fortress of Bustchuk. An Amsterdam disnatch re
ports that the Roumanians forced a crossing with little u,anC8 Co- lfe served a.s grand
opposition and threw up strong entrenchments beiore ieciy of the -jrand Lodge of Ma
tney were attacked. Roumanian monitors on the Dan- 'ons see isw. ne was active
ube first silenced the Bulgarian shore batteries, and the
invading forces landed under cover of their fire. The
size of the army, is unknown, but military critics believe
it must number at least twenty thousand men. .
Russian Report Conditions In East.
Petrograd, Oct. 3. Massing considerable reserves, the
'leutons today hurled large forces against the Russians
along the river (Jemuvka and on the heights on the right
bank oi the Zlotalipu, but were beaten back with heavy
i :i :j j2;n.. t. ji i ,1
josbus n is saiu ouiciauy. in mis region aione tne Slavs
have taken 5,000 prisoners in the last three days. East
i XT A 1 j: 1 Jl i i . - I
oi inovo AiexanarovsK. aense uerman columns attempted be held from Christ Episcopal church,
to advance alter neaviiy bombarding Russian trenches. which he was a vestryman, wed
but were repulsed with machine gun fire. The Teutons m?sti:i' morning at 11:30 o'clock,
also were repulsed m a midnight attack in the Sereth riv
or sector, near Krinkiostassin, following a bombardment
Italians Active.
Zurich, Oct. 3. The Italians have been violently bom
barding Austrian positions near Monfalcone for three!
days as if in preparation for the renewal of the drive on
ineste. Air squadrons are bombarding the enemy com
munications. Austrian pres3 comments on the severity
or the bombardment and warns that withdrawal from
,omme points may be necessary:
Serbs Take Trenches.
Paris, Oct. 3.- Continuing their advance northeast' of
.norma, the berbs have captured first line trenches on
i the heights of. Stakoggrab, it is said officially. Bulgar
counters against the new British positions on the east
bank of the Struma have been repulsed with heavy losses.
German Counter Foiled.
A German attempt against positions east of Combles
last night was quickly repulsed, it is officially stated. Else
where, with the exception of violent artillerymg in the re
gion of Rancourt, the Somme sector was quiet. The Ger
mans attempted to debouch from (the St. Pierre-Vaast
wood, but were caught by a French mitrailleuse fire and
thrown back.
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EETEB By QU
UNEXPECTED GROT
IS
Winslow, to Have Been the
Speaker Before Board of-
Agriculture, Might As
Well Have Been Republi
can Campaigner
have issued a call for prospective con
testants to get a hustle on that is;
the mothers of prospective entrants,
The statement reads:.
"The timo is drawing near, moth-
', for you to enter that fi.no, sped
men of babyhood in the Better Ba.
hies Contest to be conducted at Kin.
sto:i during Fair Week under the
auspices of the Mother's Club of
Kinston. Remember, the entries" be
gin October 9, and those who wish to
enter their babies should not delay in
.vriling Mrs. E. G. Barrett of Kin
s', cn for application blanks. Alter
these are filled out and sent in to
ihe committee, mothers will receive
appointment cards, telling them ex
actly when to hriiifr baby to the Bet
ter Dabks Boo'.ii at the Fair Grounds
to be examined.
"There will be no examination of
babies on Tuesday morning of Fair
Week, as the forenoon will be teken
up with the parade and opening exer
cises, but all Tuesday afternoon and
On Thursday, their scores will be
computed by the scoring committee,
Wednesday babies will be examined.
and on Friday there will be a pro
gram in the Health Exhibits Tent,
consisting of music, a lecture and the
awarding of the prizes, besides' some
moving pictures kindly furnished by
the Stato Denartment of Health.
"All prizes and literature for this
contest have been courteously contri
buted by the Woman's Home Companion.
"Entries for this contest end Octo
ber 18, so mothers are urged to' he
prompt if they wish to get their ba
bies in."
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce at a meeting: Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock will take up the
creased Appropriation matter of a packing plant for Kins
MnAlI, Qr.lifr.nxv. Pom'r.rv ton
Representatives of Library
Association Secure In
On the Bum
Citj Council Monday night heard
a request from a delegation from the
Kington Public Library Association,
comprised by Mosdamea J. A. Mc-
Danicl, E. B. Lewis and Horace
west and Miss JJora Miller for an
'c.fsse in the city's appropriation
fo tha library of from $12.50 to $25
pr month. It is quite unnecessary
"It is a well-known fact that the
farmers of this section are producing
more meat and more feedstuff s than
evar before," aid Secretary F.
I Sutton Tuesday. "It is equally well
known that pork, and beef can ba
produced here for ne-nwl to one
half of the cast that it is grown in
the west. We have a not very satis
factory condition here every year,
During a part of the year meat is
dipped into Kinston and the con
sumers pay high prices. During the
winter the market is at times glut-
to state that the increase was grant- ted with the home-grown proiiirct and
BULLDOZING UPPE
HOUSE CAUSES JAP.
TO REM
Okuma Was Opposed by Co
alition Premier Nearly
80 Years Oldftato or
Terauchi May Be Named
Successor
(By the United Press)
' Tokio, Oct 3.The cabinet, in-
eluding Premier Okuma, have re
igntd. ;'- . .
Embassy Belierea Parliament
to Blame. . . " ,
t Washington Oct 3. The' persist
t opposition of the Japanese upper,
Xm-eJective, House of Parliament to
tte policies of the premier, was res
ponsible for his resignation, the em-
oassy believes. He controlled the
lower house, but a coalition in i the
upper was formed against him.; V
It is said Okuma contemplated res
ignation in a few months..
' Vwconnt Kato, former minister of
foreign affairs nnder Okoma, is said
to be hU choice to succeed himi Ka
to's opponents are prging Count Mar
haKTerauchio, governor general of
Korea, who holds the highest rank in'
the army. Okuma is 79 years old.
IIS
SUPPLY IS CUT OFF
State Investigation of Very
Grave Situation
Prosecutions Baby Hos
pltals Still Getting Suffi
ciency, Said
(By the United Press)
. New York, Oct, 3. Twenty-five to
31 per cent, of the usual milk supply
is reaching Now York, according to
estimates made by both sides in the
big milk strike. Hospitals for ba
bies are still being ; supplied with
fresh milk, butrestaurant3 in many
easci are ' without , the product and
householders are only, partially sup
plied. The SUU V" authorities are
rushing an investigation. Jt 13 al
leged that it is distributing and pro
ducing combines which are at logger
heads. : An attempt to ! determine
whether ' the, Dairytnan3 League is a
combination in restrain f trade and
whether the big distributors are guil
ty $f price-fixing is being made.
A met;in? of the County Doard of
AgricaUure that was to have been
iic'd in the Courthouse Monday af-
rrnoon h.sd to be called off because
!!. Winibnv, agent of the U. S. Of-
ice oi Koaus in cnarge ot this aec-
on of the Central Highway, was
present for an address, which, of
course, could not 'be delivered to emp-
ty chairs with any degree of satis-
actioVi. The chair's in the Court
house are quite inconsiderate crea-
ui-p?. ana wouia probaiwy refuse to
hear a good roads address. They
e: of such coarse breeding and un-
sed to progress. Mr. Winslow ex
pects a Federal appropriation for
his link of the highway this month..
The County Board of Education in
regular session Monday ordered a
n"w .(iki.iI iiisirict in woodmgton.
May Be iawnship-
I rri n l . . si
ine uoaru oi uouncy tommission-
rs afrer transacting routine business
Monday visited the spc:al contract
road work in progress in the county,
inspecting the construction, etc. The
Board authorized the purchase of a
second motor truck for the building
and maintenance of highways. The
machine will cost about $5,000.
1N1E0I1IIIE
CARTER MILLION TO
UNIV.
(Dy the United Press)
Charlottesville, Va.. Oct. 3. An
nouncement was mada at the opening
of the 93rd year of the University of
Virginia that an unnamed beflefastor,
described by President Alderman as
a "distinguished, high-minded, unsel
fish American citizen," donated a
quarter of a million dollars to tho
scnooJ. ins university opens wrui
the largest enrollment in its history.
SAYS WILSON WOULD
JOT Alh HillRFR IK
i nay uiiULii in
HIS PEACE SCHEME
VILLA HOLDS NO MALICE 1
AGAINST GEINGOES NOW
His age may have been responsible
for his action, it is thought by some.
EI Paso, Texas, Oct. 2. Villa told
the Mexican mining men at San An
dres, Chihuahua, after capturing that
town from Carranaa troops Septem
ber 24, that he had no enmity toward
the Americans and asked them to no
ifv American friends to resume work
St their mines in eastern Chihuahua,
33 he would give them all guarantees,
two Mexican mining men who arrived
last night from San Andres reported.
Villa, in an impassioned Address to
the townspeople, ; declared he was
(Py the Untcd Press)
Rome, Oct. 3. A Zurich dispatch
today asserted that the Kaiser had
personally appealed to President Wil
son to end the war, but that the Pres
ident had refused to intervene at this
time. '
COLLAPSE NEW YORK
CAR STRIKE ABOUT
COMPLETE; COPS OFF
(By the United Press)
New York, Oct. 3. The practical
collapse of the street car tri!ce is
fighting "only the traitor Carranza," j evidenced by the withdrawal of p dice
hsy said. '- :'- - ' protDction from tho subways.
eel. I no Mreet Commissioner was
instructed to proceed with the open
ing up of Chestnut street from Tif
fany avenue to North street, in ac
cordance with a former order of the
Council. James W. Taylor was elect
ed a patrolman in the police depart
ment to succeed John McDusttreli,
resigned. Council enacted an ordin
ance extending the fire line between
Kinjr and Gordon streets to take in
additional territory west of Queen,
the new limit on the west between the
two streets running 210 feet beyond
Iloritage. Dr. C. B. McNairy, aup;
erdntendent of the Caswell Training
School, was before the body in con1
ncction with the lighting of that in
stitution, which has been receiving
free illumination from the municipal
ity. There is a question as to wheth
er the school is entitled to free light
after this fall or not, and no definite
conclusion was reached at the meet
ing. By mutual agreement the ques
tion was left open until next month,
by which time all the records in the
matter will be looked up.
Council hpard John J. George of
Sherry vilio, N. Cv in a proposition
to advance the city $200,000 at 5 per
cent, to retire present" indebtedness,
he njpresenting Sidney Spitzer & Co.,
bond brokers of Toledo. Mr. George's
offer was accepted. He then made a
b:d for the entire issue of improve
ment bonds of the city, up to half a
million dollars, offering par and ex
penses. This offer was mot accepted.
Council desires to wait until the bands
are ready for delivery, which may be
several months yet, before making a
deal, he was informed.
The Norfolk Southern Railroad is
fo be iistructed, by Council's order,
'hat its plank paving at crossings i3
not satisfactory. A request for im
mediate remedying of the trouble is
to be made. The pansr is all riirht.
it seems, but the manner of laying
it anything but pleading to the ad
ministration. The railroad officials
realize that the work was not satis
factory and are expected to make no
protest.
prices drop to & trifling level. The
packing plant would stabilize tho
market, encourage the production of
meat and bring a lot of money into
the city from the outside. The Sup
porting country is splendid, and it
is generally conceded that it is going
to be the South's best livestock sec
tion."
The expense of establishing th
plant might reach a hundred thous
and dollars, according to some est)
mates. That, however, is a small
thing for a city of this size, especial
ly in view of the co-operative spirit
of tho community and the tendency
of the business interests to boost
Kinston, it is pointed out.
ONE MAN KILLS FOUR '
DURING ELECTION ROW
LAST OF FLORIDA BANK
ROBBERS SURRENDERS
. Fort Myers, Fla., Oct. 2.-r-Chase
for the four bandits who robbed a
bank at Homestead ,Fla., on Septem
ber 15 of ?6,O0O ended today when
the body of James Tucker, one of the
robbers, was found in Lopex river,
and Hugh Alderman, who police eay
confessed his part of the crime, sur
rendered. Tucker was drowned while
trying to swim the river. , j,
Tucker's death makes five result
ing from tha robbery. During their
flight down the Florida east coast the
bandits fought several pistol fights
with pursuers, and three possemen
nere kiHed. They escaped from that
section, went to Key West and start
ed trp the west coast. Leland TCice,
said to have been ths leader : f the
? . !, wa3, shot and killed ly a resi-
Managua, Nicaragua, Oct. 2 In a
fight which, broke out here yesterday
during the election of General Emil-
iano Ckamorro as president of the re
public, Salvador Zelaya, a nephew f
firmer President Zelaya, attacked a
group of conservatives, shooting and
killing four of them. During ; the
fight Zelaya himself was seriously
wounded, while a number of other
persons were also hurt. The police
quickly intervened and quelled ths
disorder.
SOUND PHYSIQUES IS i
HOBBY OEMOCIAFN
(By the United Press)
Grand Rapids, Mich., Oct 8. -To
stir up enthusiasm ifor an American
Physician Rennaissance wh-.ch shall
result in the elimination of physical
weaklings by making them strong, is
one of the tasks to which the Play
ground and Recreation Association of
America, in Congress here, has con
secrated itself.
The Congress, today, tomorrow.
Thursday and Saturday, will listen to
speakers of note giving ideas on
how to bring about an awakening of
interest in physical well being and
how to best organize playgrounds.
Cowper, Tells .Onflow, Coan
ty Voters Belligerent ',
-.;;V''' .'.': ;. i' ?tr;
Fear Wilson- t ' '
ON PAR WITH WASHHOT
' l.; . -..:' 7i ' "''
"Our Honor Preserved In
Pristine Purity" Jack
sonville Gathering Be
comes Mass Meeting for
;; Peace
CONVICTS PUT UP A
REWARD FOR ESCAPES
Ossining, N. Y., Oct. 2. Escape
of two convicts from the "Honor
gang" working outside Sing Sing
prison stirred the Mutual Welfare
League, a convict organization, today
to offer rewards of $100 each for their
arrest. The outside branch JC the
league, in New York City, also noti
fied Warden Thomas M. Osborne this
afternoon that efforts would be made
to capture tha refugees If they ap
peared in the metropolis. ' . '
dent of Chokoloskee Island on Sep
tember 23, and the next day Rice's
brother, Frank, was shot and dan
gerously wounded when at attempted
to board a schooner near the island.
(Special to The Free Press) '1
Jacksonville, N. C, Oct 3.
"Thank God) up to this hour ; when
tho Democratic , President -has : calmly
but firmly said his last word, 4 has
Keen heeded.) and .every .foreign porr
or has decided: that something els
ivould do rathert han go to war with
this country while Woodffow Wilson
'4 commander-in-chief. I say it was
a pa,rt of one consistent and. continu
ing purpose to place America firs.
to prpteet !iar thout.tha;.iecsssity
of thehor,ror and deatpicyqp of(wa,
if this can be done with, honor, but
with the sword as the last resort, if
nothing else will do. ,
O.' V Cowpor, Democratic county
chairman of Lenoir county, in .an ad
dress to a large Democratic gather
'ng here yesterday declared that "Wil
son is on' a par with v Washington, "
Jefferson and Lincoln, and that !)
has followed the precedents of, tha .
three;- When Wilson said,' "Thus far v
and no farthor," the Kaiser heeded,
while all the iforces of the AJJics bd
been Impotent o caus this prince tox
war to change hia policy of ubmar- :,
ne warfare on iota, Mr. Cowper said.
"I prefer ons accomplishment, lijke
his to a thousand mere idle words
of a candidate who hopes to gain the
presidency (Hughes) . fay picking; ;
.Taws in tha quiet man of action who -
tood and still standi in the heat of .
the actual emergency." The rowa
ng glory ' of this administration.
the brightest star in the galaxy of
Democratic achievement, is thai in ,
his troublesome time, when - tha
whole world is like an armed amp,
he cries of anguish, from hundreds
battlefields, mingle, with, ths .teara
orphaned children and widowed
mothers, we have been spared from
he cruelty of war, and yet, our honoi
has been preserved in its pristine pu-
ity." . ' V '
The Lenoir chairman talked -mostly '
about the administration and its for
eign policy, and the Mexican .aflto".
The gathering was resolved into a
mas? meeting or peace and frequent- .
the speaker, was, halted , by the
beers of the farmer following ot the v
Man of Peace who has brought the
teople back to "the doctrine of the ;
atherhood of God and the brother :
hW of man."- " ' ' ..
Mr. Cowpar discussed . the tariff,
'he constructive legislation , of jthe
tdminlstration," what Kepublicana .
vill not make the issues," and "what .
hey do make the issues. He touched -
ghtly upon State matters, saying
that it was his part injthe campaign :
principally to talk of national affairs.
He went over the achievements of
ths successors of Russell in ths com
monwealth, however, and showed how '
North Carolina is eradicating illiter
acy, how the State has progressed to
a brilliant stand m ihe matter of
public health, and how every other
State in the union has a higher tax '
rate. The Republican campaitrn ar
ument is a mass of nothingness, he
mid. "My heart swells with the
pride that knows no' bounds," hs de
clared - in telling of Democracy'
achievements in North Carolina.
TWAS A GLORIOUS 50L1DAY
WHEN HE GOT A DAY OFF.
Cape Giradeau, Mo, Oct. 3. John
J, Neal, station agent, worked thir
ty years without a vacation sj Vr.zt
when he took one it wtu1J be a d tn
dy. He took it last week a s--hour
visit with a farm friciid. J ' i
couldn't stand idleness.
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