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TT1 T'i'rTVTr' d,. imKA ' 1 JU Home Per " ' WXl ti'n ili.i iir i I ii rr ' ) LA ii VOl XVm. No. 88 FIRST EDITION KJNSTON, N. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1916 : fourpac: 3 ' VI J .'- 7i, ... i DARING OERfJAN UNDERSEA COATS 111 WAR TO NATION'S VERY DOOH; HALF DOZ'N FOREIGN SHIPS WERE TOPECflED SUNDAY United States Jealous of United States Jealous of Lives and Property of Ameri-cans-Onc False Step by Officer Might Precipitate An other Crisis With Kaiser's Government England Ex pected tp Set Up Howl Over Admission of U-53, One of Ocean-Crossing Flotilla, to Newport Harbor Ship ping, paralyzed; New England Shocked at Foreigners' Audacity; American Liner Held Ud Vessels Hug the Shore LineL-Destroyers Say Hundreds! of Passengers antf. Members of Crews . . ; ' (By the United Press) ' J Boston, Oct 9. Allied warships are rushing to th submrthe apne. The cracking of the wireless of three British warships already is mingled with that of the Am erican destroyers out to sea on missions of mercy. Res cue reports indicate that there is certainly more than one submarine striking terror along a great international highway The transatlantic lane, over which has flowed a steady stream of munitions and supplies for the AUies, is in the grip, of submarines of the -Kaiser's navy. Six unarmed merchantmen are known to lie.on the ocean bot tom south of .Nantucket, . , . Affidavits From Americans. Washington, Oct 9.-Affidavits wiU probably be tak en from American survivors, it is announced at the State Department The department desires fullest information before detenriinirijg Upon the course this country mijst take. Secretary I5msmg refuses to discuss the submar ine matter. -' ' Wilson Won't Talk Yet. - Asbury Park. Oct 9. Secretary Daniels todav re- pi ,vu xicameia nuson uiat ixuLuerman suumannes haveconiplied with all the rules of international law. A f ormalreport will- be made later. The President will makb no statement until, the complete facts are in his 'hand;, - ' 1 t-.--Vp. ; English'Paper Predicts Row. f v ' London Oct.. 9. A possible disagreement between Great pritain and tKe United States as: the result of Ger map ubmaripe depredations on the American coast, is forecasted in the Daily Chronicle. ! Supply Ship Along. 1 ' .Wasljington, Oct. 9.The Navy Department is con vinced that the U-53 is.convoyed by a supply ship, as the result of private dispatches. , ; Survivors Landed. , i Boston, Oct 9. A German submarineother than the b-53j hated the American steamer Kansan, the officers of the ship declared on reaching this port Their state ment after viewing photographs of the U-53, taken dur ing; the U-boat's htlrried visit to Newport Saturday is mcent as conclusive proof that more than one German submarine was operated off the New England coast Sun day,; when six foreign ships were f)mk. After studying the photo, both officers and men said the shiD hailing them was of a different type. It is believed Huge American flags painted on the bow and stern and the letter "U..S. A. pn the eides, saved the Kansan from 'destruction. Af ter Mewing e ship's papers, .the submarine disappeared beneath the waves. - The captaindeclared she had hardly departed when a wireless call for help was heard from the, west -at point some distance away, This is addi tional evidence that there were other U-boats. ; ,; Dripping with brine, which stood out" like sweat on their steel sides, from prodigious efforts in rescuing pas sengers and crews "of the six torpedoed me'rehant ships, Jour United States ' destroyers 7 arrived before dawn, bringing the first stories of the War brought to America's doorstep; They carried 216 survivors. The crew of the steamer Kingston, sunk, are still unaccounted for. -All were saved from the other vessels.'- ; ' P' . Terror has seized the Atlantic seaboard. Sailing sched ule are cancelled. Ships ,are huddled close within ,the thrge-mile limit i Fears are expressed for passenger shjps known to be in the danger zone." fti Washington Fears Trouble With Either Allies or Berlin. Washington, Oct 9. -The shadow of a grave inter actional issue has again arose,' England is expected to protest vigorously against the admission of, submarines to neutral ports. It is feared the German submarine act ivities may take' the proportions of a blockade of Ameri- sn ports. A crisis with Germany would immediately occur in the event any American life is lost or an "Ameri can ship is, torpedoed p -;;,: . .' 4''v-;C-; i-J Si Shi;-i EmJu ,J, . t s t r . ravaged shipping off the eastern coast Itoston, Oct bV-tW submarine of the United States today. , j. rm ai the Imperial Cmnsn Nsvy Four British, we Dutch and .one WS Wwwn VJM 1 UIUUW Prom !S9SiVIiaiMSfflSsiiia!TiioAy i : f and of AmerProperty Lives sh : - UIOJCOII , . s Norwegian steamer "were sent to the bottom or left crippled derelicts off Nantucket Shoal.' Tonight, under the Jight . of , the Hunters' Moon, the destroyer flotilla of. the United State Atlantic, fleet was picking up passengers and crews of the destroyed vessels and bring ing them into Newport, ft.' I. ' So far mm known thara vu tia of life, though at iste hour the crew or Ui Bntisn steamer Kingston hail iu.1 m.Mmt-A k marine held up the American (en er Kansan, bound from New York for Genoa with steel for the Italian government, but later, on establish Ing her identity, allowed the Ameri can to proceed. " v The Kansan came into Boston har bor late tonight for her usual call here. The hostile submarine is believed to be the U-63, which paid a call to Newport yesterday and disappeared at sunset Some naval men, h6wev - er, declared that at least two subnia-1 rines are operating close to the Am-1 encan shore though outside the three- mile limit. v;j&"i The record of submarine warfare, as brought to land by wireless dis patches, follows: , The Strathdene, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket, The Westpoint, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket. ine ssteptiano, oiritisn passenger liner, plying regularly between New torpedoed southeast of Nantucket while bound for New York. The Kingston, British freighter, torpedoed and sunk southeast of Nan tucket Bloomersdijk, Dutch freighter, tor pedoed and sunk south of Nantucket. The Christian Knudsen, Norwegian freighter, torpedoed and sunk near where the Bioomersdijk went down, Throughout the day and up to lata tonight none of the patrolling fleet maintained by the British and French to protect their own shipping and American ships carrying munitions of war, had been sighted Frantic ap peals were sent to Hax. Something like a panic .possessed the minds of shippers in this city and at other points along the coast when the first reports of the torpedoing were received from the radio statioa. The stories regarding the U-53 which appeared in theJSunday papers had aroused much speculation as to her mission and tha nav that alia hA attacked British vessels traveled fast.dteM n audience in the Courthouse The U-63 which anchored for three hours in Newport harbor yesterday afternoon while .Commander Hans Rose sent ashore correspondence from Germany for the German ambassa dor, Von Bernstorff, and exchanged official calls with y' iBear Admiral Gleavea and Bear Admiral Knight, commandant of the Narragansett Bay station, slipped out of the har bor and submerged Just inside' the three-mile limit at 7:06 o'clock last night. The booming of the submarine's guns, apparently fired in warnings was distinctly heard ' at Nantucket. It was plain that the submarine haa placed herself in the lane of passen ger and freight traffic and terroriz ed shipping along the coast Immediately after the S. O. S. calls from the West' Point were pick ed up at Newport a today. Admiral Cleaves ordered mt the destroyer fleet to give assistance. ." Victim Carried Passengers. t Newport, R.-1 Oct. 8. The Brit ish steamer Stephano, bound from St. John's, N. P., to New York, car rying nearly 100 first and second ca bin passengers, including many American-tourists, was sunk off Nan tucket lightship at 4:30 p. m., today, presumably by the German aubmar- ine U-B3. ' The United States torpe- do boat destroyer Balch "reported the I loss of the liner by radio to the na val station here, stating -f that the ship had been torpedoed. The mes sage from the destroyer said that the , ship had been torpedoed. The j messa from the, destroyer aaid that tne crew was aaie sDoara tne eaicn, i but made no mention of the "passen-J gers who, ti was thought here, also DELTOTS TO OPEN rnm.Tifr.iin on it First Rally of Campaign to t Ik Led by ;Col Pollock, '' ' Senate Nominee 1 " " ... ,.. .. - T ' - ; ' .,, '-.. : . : 7-.- MANNING AND W. E. BROCK Speak in Courthouse Wed . oeiOT. Mj-vf. - TTncfub ,.i.,v - Orator Kinsman of Can didate In This District Working Up a Crowd The county Democratic canvass will be opened with a rally at George West's Store, in Sand Hill township, Tuesday at noon. Practically all of the county candidates are expected to be present Senatorial Nominee W. 'D. Pollock, Register of Deeds Carl iPridgen, Sheriff A. W. Taylor and Treasurer John Dawson will swing around the circuit of eleven precincts and . make speeches at each place. During the finst few days; Colonel Pollock will probably act as keynot er: vnairman . V. uowper is ao- sent from the county, and If not ex pected to return for several days. A barbecue will be had at every meeting, and it is intended to nave the spell-binding at about noon , in each rural precinct visited. The campaigners will observe the following' schedule: Kennedy's Mill (Southwest town ship), Wednesday. Luke Jackson's (Neuse), Thurs day. Waller's schooMvouse (Woodington) Friday. Airy Grove School (Vance), Octo ber 25. ... i - . ' - l Sharon School (Oontentnea Neck), October 26. ' Institute, October 27.' 'L Institute, October 27. 1 Tull's Mill Trent), October 31. Pleasant Hill Lodge (Pink Hill). November 1. Dawson Bros.' Store ( Falling Creek), November 2. Courthouse, November 4. ' There .will be jl number of speak ers other than candidates present on some of the occasions, .f On Wednesday night of this week Judge J. S. Manning and Solicitor Walter E. Brook, the latter of the Thirteenth Judicial district,' will ad here. , Urgent invitations are to be sent out to persons throughout the county. Judge Manning is the fath er of JohA Hall Manning of the local ban now a captain in the National Guard in Texas; he is the candidate for, the attorney-generalship, was once appointed to the Supreme Court, and ia known throughout North Ca rolina. , Mr. Brock is a kinaman of Furnie Brock, State Senatorial Nom , inee with Colonel Pollock in this dis i trict. Both men are polished speak- era. They will hold forth beginning at 8 o'clock. - BULLETINS (By the United Press) SHELLED BY SUBMARINE. 'Galveston, Oct 1. The Leyland liner Mercian arrived here today and reported being shelled by a German submarine off the coaat of England. British warshipa wait her'reaoia, '''"j":- were takes are of. Legitimate, ISays Washington. Washington, Oct $. Submarine warfare at tha very doors of the Unlt- ed fitates does not ' necessarily por l.tend further complications with GeV many so long as it is carried on with- in the limiutaons law.1 '- rof internatloniJ t.V . That is the view f official . Wash ington tonight on the record of one day's operations in which none .of the ships destroyed appears to have" bem auacKea - witnout warning or wiu.o : proper measures having been ti' f for safety of tiose aboard. . EL PASO IS DANDY PLACE; SAGEBRUSI RATTLERS RPTEY Texas Varmint Not In the Same Class With His Tar heel CousinLittl More : ProlificAntosj Use De- .; pends, Upoil Caste (Special to The Free Press) Fori Bliss, Texas, Oct. .4. Writing this half an hour before reveille. Af ter that there wouldn't be time. Be sides, this wants to get away on the first maH; I hope to get tt to Us des tination by Thanksgiving Day. Oh, yes, there's plenty of light Thect's hardly any night here. Over. to El Paso last night. It's more of a town than Morehead Pity It's larger, has taller buildings, etc In fact, it claims more than a hun dred thousand population and actual ly has about 75,000. We all like the place. If they would garrison us El Paso we would be willing to stay a longer time.' As it is, averybody seems to be . about agreed that they will haul 'us "off by Christmas. , The War Department however, is not known to be gadding around blowing about the date.' This army life is something like that at Camp Glenn, except ,; that Camp Glenn was a mere three-pound et as compared with this 42-centime- tere business bagatelle. We work' ed a little harder at camp . Menn . The long marches jthaj they fcsag about down here won't touch those at Camp Genn ( The discipline is about the same.' ' There are more insects. The writer is the only man in the Seventh division who hasn't aeen 11 rattlesnakes He has only seen 10 He boasts of moderation in all things. But if one stalks out in the chapar ral the snakies vr'&l sat up a hue and cry, Tne brush is not thicK tuce tnat in a Carolina pocotqn. It's dry land. Looking down, one can see the ground everywhere between . the ., growth. These Texas snakes ean be seen, two and three in a little while, tenderly embracing a little spriny bush. The devils don't like to coil, it seems; neither do they think about running. They would not make a good meal for a North Carolina rattler, those that have come to the knowledge of your naturalist.. But they are more energetic. They kick up tremendous ly. There isn't much danger of being bitten. They make too much noise. It may be that they are pleading not to be disturbed'. These Texans boast about them, they do. This camp is a corking place. Most congenial lot of men possible. The fare is good ; The - morals- of i the man are good. , The, water is bad. Tha alkali dust Is fierce, We even have automoblles-rhe officers and truck train men. - They are different kinds of autos, though. STATE FAIR FEATURE WILL BE MIENJOS, NOTED SWISS AIRMAN , (Special to The Free Press) Raleigh, Oct. 7. Secretary Joseph . .... ,. . . .. Pogue has received a letter. from Secretary Taylor of the Interstate Fair at Trenton, New Jersey, one of the greatest State fairs in the coun try, if not the greatest in many res pects, cordially endorsing the work recently done there by Jean Domen- Jos, the famous Swiss aviator, who has onJy recently arrived in this country from Brazilian and Argentine cities. Mr, Taylor says that "dur ing the last, ten years we have prob ably had the best of all .the fliers, but t want to say right here that the fly ing of Domenjos during the week just oassed was the most sensational I have ever witnessed, and especially his flight of Thursday morning." The startling performer has done things that other now dead aviators tried, ta do one time too many. Domenjos is the first man to ever get over the Andes, and he wu us "'eriot in Ealeigh at the Stale Fair, t as h& did when looking at V - ! i cf t'-.e earth along .the - t .' ' i range." Tti Second Gaino cJl"r:r,7 'i . Sorid S 10 t. , (By HAMILTON,1 Sporting- Writer United Press) Boston, iOct 9.With the weather somewhat unset-, tied everything is, ready for the, second;.round". of the champjonship contest for world honors in.the,basctall arena. ThQ followers of Robinson,' who hil from across the famous bridge from Manhattan, are . notf at all dis mayed by the result of Saturday's fray, and prqcUimtin confident tones that the honors will be good and even be- , fore the msts,of, today's , battle have cleared away. - Jack Coombs., veteran twirler and hero, rof several world series victories, is the offering for; Brooklyn in, the second go at the Red Sox. The Dodgers are ready to re sume that ripping, tearing attack on the opposing pitch ers, which characterized the ninth inning rally of Sat urday's game and niade of ary . i X' lf i, ' i ' c i ' i " ; The Saturday ninth inning rally served tq show to the Dodders that the Boston Ditchers are not invulnerabls to becoming bewildered by sucli attacks as their , iPlusw made, on them in the opening contest; There is agreeable ; Surprise among the Superbas and their friends to know , that they-can hit the American League champion twirl crs wits as much1 gusto as they are wont to go after, the hurlers of Tener's circuit 1 . i - . ' ' ; Coombs is not on the mound for Brooklyn! The bat- v teries introduced at the opening of play were: for? Bos ton, Ruth and Thomas, while Smith and Miller are je&Iled tpon by Manager Robinson to do the; honors for the . Brooklvns. ' '" DODGERS SCORED IN FIRST INNING. - the Dodgers put one over in the first frame or fAftsecomi ct WW the Red Sox were unable f fe scratch ttt Iff s three erder.,- i x rt , - a i v, ir fi t Boston got ime hit in the seconfl inning, M WH tft tT W ' -score. , Brooklyn adde nothing to Uie mn 'Th ' BOSTON TIED SCORE IN, THIRD Boston tied the, score in the third, making one ruty off hi) ee terror, while, the, Brooklyns stood, aUlL. t , In the fourth frnme there waa nothing duinf for ftier de, A , clean slate rf o hits, runs or erron), .j , , t r j f tl . Boston, Oct 7 The World's Chantpiqn Ced Sox, came out at the end cf a thrUUnj n;r,th,l 1 ning Brooklyn rally with 6 to 5 victory. Gs:r.3 into the ninth pparently-teels:;!;'. zf:zi with the score six to one, the. Defers tr :d czx of the most remarkable finishes ever witr-crii. a .worlds series. .Shore was forced frcn hc under a fussilade of hits,, netting, few Tur.s l fore the rally died on JJauDcrt a roir tarrt- . PEOPLE MUST OPEN UP HOMES TO FAlli i WEEK , GUESTS CITY Need for Accommodations for Many, Says Secretary Canady-4-Houses p to Be Listed Aeroplane Flights Interesting : Accommodations must be had for Pair Week visitors, Secretary J . n Canady of the Itlnston Fair Associa tion announced Monday. ' The city is expected to be filled with people from the surrounding counties on the lour days of the fair, and' hotel facili ties will fall far short of taking care of them. Every person who can act cocmodate one or more boarders ..-. or lodgers is requested to advise W. P. Hood immediately, The Lenoir Drug CJomfiany's place at (Monument Cor. ner, will be headquarters or the com mittee in charge . of, entertainment during the week, and Mir. Mood can be called there most any time. The houses opened to visitors will be list ed. - ...',.. r u'l' Much interest will center in s the aerial program at the fair grounds week after next Monte KoiXe, jthe noted English flyer who is billed to make spectacular flights in a Bleriot plane daily, is a venturesome spjrit, and will furnish many a thrill. I ' ,. -': ., ' ta the machine 'today very largely used, by the French in their air bat. tleji with the Germans. It is a light er and swifter machine than the Ger man, although not so stable for fhat very reason. Still the Bleriot now so famous in world war history is t the best product of franco, and it will be interesting to most North Carolini r s v,s9 have been reading cf this t;-r-e of flane without ever having 5 n one. : , G T- it a contest out of the ordin FBA.WE. t,., , A; jP4 , .i.'t ' ' vi.iifir " t. MSETS 07 r?.Ew'J3 190aPitUburgh Boston Americanawn bj.lUnitim, 8 rameaq.ji; 4904io aerie placed.;. , .r lH05-Nei, fVerV,.; Nationals jta. Philadelphia Americans;, Won by iitw . York,' 4 games e '. ' , " 190ft Chicago' National vs. Ctica io Americans; won by Americani, 4 games to 2, ' ,, ; ' .' " ' " "r ir-, ;' y. ; .: 1907-TChicago Nationals v. jDe- troit Americans j won by Chicago, 4 to 0, one tie anie. , t A -t . 10Q8 Chicsgo, Wtionals, &e- troit Americana, woft by Chicago, '4 games Jo I., i 5,;., c . .1909-Pittaburgh National v. De troit. Americans, .won. by Pittsbur;h, : 1 games M V ,,'; ,,4 " 91(-Chicag Katkmal vs. Fhl'.i. delphia Americana, von by Phil.dt phU. games 4,5,, , , i 1911 'New, York. ,Natipnal , . t. Philadelphia Americans won by fhll adelphia, 4 games to 2. . . 1912-New tork ,Natknalsv v. Boston Americans, won by Boston,' 4 rarne to 3, one tie game. V vltflS New York Nationals vs. Philadelphia . Americans; . wan by Philadelphia, 4 games to 1. ; v . 1914 aoston Nationals vs. PhHa delphia Americans, won by Boston, 4 games to 0. ' 1915 Philadelphia Nationals vs. Boston Americans, won by Cost on, 4 games to 1. ' , . The Cube and Tigers played 11 1 longest world's series game on rec 1 when they battled thirteen inn'. ta a tie on October 8, 1907. The American Lea:9 tc. :t v ners have triumphed vn tl-tvj ! world's series. The r.i'.- '1 ; has won only five wo. 1 ships For the Ar?:1 i T , t' ' n has won tr-.?, . . U.ree, end C-'- 0. ; National f.r-.; ... : : c "'', T. ' n ' t;.J i : ; Nationals i ve.