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SECOND EDITION
KmSON;N. THURSDAY, OCTOPB 12,f l?16.
FOUR PAGES TODAY
RED SOX TRIliriPllANT FOR FOURTH TIME
SWINDLE PLANTERS
FROT WILL TAKE
MANNING AND BROCK FEDERAL FARM LOAN
GERMAN - SUB'E'ES
CiiftllOLDMli
THIS SIDE OB OCEAN
OUT OF, GREAT SUMS
chaiinesereMny
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IN.nASEBALL ARENA-DODGERS - BESTED
BY DARING SCHEME
HOURS, IT'S TIIO'G'T
VOTERSi WEDNESDAY
HEARING IN STATE
BOARD-WILL
. in' n 11
STANDING OF THE. CLUBS
iBostOB ..........
Brooklyn
FINAL) SCORE:
Boston
Brooklyn1
ha MIT .TON. Snort
twa; rw 15! Ur Rnatnn Red Sox are on the
.&-n'ixif.ttai- fmirfh , world a chamDionsniD
white the .Brooklyn Dodger
ball eclipse, one more smasn sucn as iuurwj , uiu
' an-navha a rn rfnwn for, the count. Onethttle shove is
all that is necessary to complete the tragedy "who put
bush in FlatbushV Thursday. wnen wey were uu earn
ed by half dozen rollicking: sluggers, the Bostons proved
their metal, in, the.field, kicked their heels loose from the
Dodgers' clutch. Within one game of ihe highest niche i of
baseball fame, the sox are.qeiermmeu w""'ulc
in today's battle on the Braves' field The Dodgers on
Thursday looked beaten when they left the field from a
contest which started with such a flourished I wound up
with the sound" Ol escaping
lacked the punch, and when
tne ience xne vauicio ubvh tyo
SHORE AND PFEFFER ON MOUND TODAY.
"-" Manager Robinson is staking his last chance on Pfeffer, and has
the, Wan receiving star. Chief Meyers behind the bat. Mana-
sjjan depend upon Shore to do the trick for the Red Sox;
Cad? is catching.
Not a scratch of any kind but a measly inexpensive error by
Brooklyn was made in the, initial frame of what is most likely to
be the last of the 1916 championship series.
BOTH SCORED IN SECOND.
Brooklyn scored in her half of the second inning, and Boston
quickly tied up the score when her turn came. Score at end of
tuning one to one.
BOSTON FORGES AHEAD BY TWO RUNS.
Brooklyn was at the "mercy of Shore in the third, and went the
one-two-three route. Boston again got busy with the stick, and when
the third down was made had piled p two-run lead, making two
hits Jtt the inning. Score how 3 to 1 in Boston's favor.
In the fourth neither side "hurt" the scoreboard. No runs, no
hits, no errors was the count for the inning.
BOSTON ADDS ANOTHER IN FIFTH.
Brooklyn auded one hit, but no scores in the fifth while Bos
ton took kindly tTtwo of Pfeffer's slants and tallied one. Score
at end of inning 4 to 1 with Boston having the advantage.
In the sixth Boston got a hit, but neither side was able to
score. Brooklyn did likewise in the seventh, but there was nothing
doing In the run-getting line.
Brooklyn failed to overcome the lead in either the eighth or ninth
try and the Boston Red Sox are again crowned as world, champions.
The score in this, the deciding game, was 4 to 1; the hits were 7
and 3, and the errors 2 and 3 for Boston and Brooklyn, respectively.
Seventeen twenty-seven and
one-half!
Cotton reached that price here
Thursday. It was the highest
price since the '60s. Three bales
brought 17.271-2, one of which
was long staple. The market's
prevailing prices were 16 5-8 to
16 3-4, basis middling.
The Kins ton market is fully as
strong if not even stronger
than Norfolk's.
It wss a holiday on the New
York fulures'etchange.
BREAD SEVEN CENTS
LOAF IN THIS TOWN
Winnipeg, Man., Octi W.-!-rWith
flsur rapidly approaching the 310 a
oarrel mark, bread today , sold for
seven cents a loaf and may' be ad
vanced another cent ' Floor sold to
day $3.30 high than before the
r. Millers say prices Twill " rise
higher, and that there is little chance
of a decrease at this time.
HEARKG OH TC3ACC0 i
- RATES I3 0RDERED
Washington, Oct llTh Inter-
state Commerce Commtsaion has r- the operation of which was postponed
dd a hearing held at Winston-Sa- by the Interstate Commerce Commis
Im, November J, on southeastern to- sion until next Jenuary. A protest
o, imrolving rates on cigars, che- was filed against ttie schedule by the
, plot and aoforth. from North K. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
rIiD 8r4 Carolina and Vir- and the American Tobaeco Company
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Games Won
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Lost
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are on the brink of a base
sieam. "
Gardner lifted his homer over
BIG LEAGUERS IN ON
BARNSTORMING TOUR
Dallas, Texas, Oct 12.Several
big league baseball stars are in the
line-up of the team which Joe Gard
ner, owner of the local Texas League
club, took with 'him today on a 'barn
storming tour through West Texas,
New Mexico and Arizona.
The following players are making
the trip: Trig Speaker, Claude Coop
er, Owen Wilson and "Happy"
Crouch, outfielders; Eoger Homsby,
Arch Tanner, Chick Knaupp, Tullos,
Ens, Al. Gardner and Snedecor, in
fi elders; Frank Snyder and William
Alexander, catchers; Cliff Hill, Com
pers, Sewell, Lewis and Coniey, pit
chers. BIT; AIRY EIAN KELS
SELF; CAUSEIINKNOWN
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Mt Airy, Oct 11-Mx. J. B.
NuU,. bookkeeper at the.' National
Furniture Company factory in ttk
city, committed suicide this after
noon by shooting himself In the fore
head. No reason' has been assigned
for .the- act ". ' ; i'..-.- ;
ginia points to southeastern stations.
TV Wrimr will be before Mr. BeH.
Vh mlmads ublished 1 schedule
"Farm Loan Bank" Fraud
Operated. In Wide Terri
tory, Said
BOARD GETS INTO ACTION
Department of Justice Noti
fled Governors and
Members of Congress
Made Dupes by Clever
Perpetrators
(By the United Press)
Washington. Oct. 12. Seeking to
aheek what is believed to be develop
ing into one of the greatest financial
frauds the United States ever knew,
the new Federal Farm Loan Board is
conferring with the Department of
Justice.
Clear across the continent in a
3trip of iitates from Virginia to Cal
ifornia, the Board today reported,
unscrupulous promoters have been
defrauding farmers through the for
mation of supposed "Farm Loan
Banks." Stock has been sol( on the
understanding that a chaiter would
be applied for.
In a single instance, it is said, farm
ers were victimized to the extent of
$350,000. Governors and members
of Congress have unwittingly been
parties to the operations.
IE EXHIBITS AT
AIRS BEING HELD
N
Sharon and Moss Hill Put
ting Forth JJest Efforts
County Experts Helping
Communities in First At
tempts The first community fair ever held
in Lenoir county, it is said, is being
attended by crowds of people at Sha
ron Schoolhouse Thursday. All the
schools of the Sharon "group" are
participating in the school exhibits,
.while the displays of agricultural and
domestic and fine arts specimens are
extensive. A considerable showing
of livestock i3 being made.
Friday a similar event will be held
at Moss Hill school, the people of the
Moss Hill, Sandy Botton, Byrd, Smith
and Albritton school districts parti
cipating.
Miss flattie Parrott, Assistant Su
perintendent of County Schools; Miss
Adna Edwards, Home Demonstration
Agent, and O. F. McCrary, Farm
Demonstration Agent, have been act
ive in promoting both enterprises and
have loaned their assistance to the lo
cal committees of men and women
freely. Experts in all lines of exhib
its are the judges. Exercises and
addresses are scheduled at both these
places. Complete entry listo were is
sued for both fairs, neat booklets.'
LOCAL FOLKS PRAISE iS i
THE G0LDSB0R0 FAIR
Quite a number of Kinstonians have
attended the fair at Goldsboro this
week. The general opinion is that
the exhibits are very good for a start
The racing has been fine. Tho crowds
have been large. All in all. to- with
hold nothing, the fair is not much if
any behind last year's fair here, al
though not so good as that which
Einston expects to puQ off week after
next, in the opinion of unprejudiced
persons. V- . 'v
The Kinston and Goldsboro High
Schools' football teams will play at
the fair Friday afternoon.
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Important Position At the
Junction of Roads South
of Somme
FIREWORKS IN FIGHTING
Aerial Torpedo of Allies
Wonderfully Beautiful
and Very Effective New
Weapon Discourages the
Germans
By HENRY WOOD,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the French Armies on the
Somme, Oct 12 Tightening the en
circling noose, the French hay ad
vanced their lines to within a few
hundred yards of the Important town
of Chaulnes. The French are pock
eting it in the same manner as the
Allies drove the Germans out of Com
bles. Chaulnes, to a certain extent, holds
the same important relation to the
German lines south of the Somme, as
did Combles north of the Tiver. It is
supporting point, and at the junc
tion of several important highways.
Its capture would enable the French
to dominate the surrounding country
for several miles.
Aerial torpedoes are wonderfully
aiding the French. Wire entangle
ments are being systematically des
troyed by torpedoes launched from
trench mortars Unlike the scream
ing shells, the torpedoes are noiseless
but visible to the naked eye through
out their entire course. They are de
scribed as beautiful, arising above
the French lines and darting down
ward with lightning rapidity into
She German trenches, creating havoc
and consternation.
CANDIDATE HUGHES
FINDS EXCUSE FOR
ACTING THE SPHINX
Won't Answer Charge He's
Hyphenated Nominee Be
cause He Has No Right
to Talk Foreign Policy
Yet, Says
(By the Un tod Press)
Pikesville. Ky., Oct. 12 dharlos
Evans Hughes is determined not to
answer the charge that he represents
the hyphenated vote . He believes it
his duty as a possible future Presi
dent not to commit himself on any
specific course of action regarding a
foreign policy.
He feels very resentful of attempts
of friends or foes to align him on the
side of either the Allies or the Cen
tral Powers, he said here today.
SECOND INFANTRY WELL
UMO FRONT OF REVIEW
f.v
" (Special to The Free Press)
Ft Bliss, El Paso, Tex, Oct 12
The Second North Carolina jwill
hold second place in line when the
Seventh division, comprised by ten
regiments of infantry and seTeral re
giments of artillery and cavalry
from North Carolina and Pennsylva
nia, parade before the major general
commanding tomorrow. The First
North Carolina will lead off'
SPECIAL LIQUOR SALES.
Richmond. Va, Ofct.12 Is their
efforts to sell 'oat by November 1 the
various liquor dealers here are offer
ing; ailaring bargain to prospective
purchasers of "quantity." .; .
Candidate for Attorney
. .,- ..- - '
General In . Good . Form
and Made Forceful and
Telling, SpeechMeeting
in Courthouse
Judge J. S. Manning, candidate
for Attorney General on the Demo
cratic ticket, and Solicitor Walter E,
Brock of fhe Thirteenth judicial cir-
cuit, addressed the voters of Lenoir
county in the Courthouse in Kinston
Wednesday night. A large number
of citizens turned out to hear the
well known campaigners discuss the
issues of the day.
Juilire Manning spoke first and
his address vwas an able presenta
tion of the questions before the peo
ple. He told of the splendid rec
ords of the party both in State and
National affairs.
Touching upon the, record of the
Democratic party in the State, Judge
Manning pointed with pride to the
splendid growth in educational facil
ities, saying that the Republicans are
criticising the expenditure of so muc'.i
money for school purposes, but that
they had failed to ' tell the voters
what had been done with the money
that was spent. Forty-eight hundred
school buildings had been erected,
212 high schools had been established
and 3,600 school libraries placed in
the rural sections, and that was but
little of the great work of the De
partment of Education, said he.
Judge Manning in speaking of the
tax rate, emphasized the fact that
United States statistics showed that
North Carolina paid the lowest per
capita tax in the Union except its sis
ter to the South, which paid the same.
The figures that he read from the
statistics showed that the per capita
rate for state and county purposes in
North Carolina was $4.45, while Cal
ifornia, under Progressive Republic
an rule, had a rate of $28.65; New
York under Republican rule a little
over ten dollars, and Ohio $7.66. ,
Mr. Brock was introduced by It. H.
Lewis, Jr., one of the younger mem
bers of the Kinston bar. He did not
dwell upon statistics or-records, but
"exhorted" the voters to roll up a
huge majority for the stalwart sons
who were in charge of the affairs of
tho nation as well as. potting a big
majority for the Democratic candi
dates in the State
THIRTY; CASUALTIES
IN BAYONNE STRIKE
DISTRICT; ONE DEAD
(By the United Press)
Bayonne, N. J., Oct. 12. One
woman has. been killed, four strikers
perhaps fatally injured, four police
men wounded and thirty persons alto
gether shot, in the 36 hours in the
"Hook district where striking Stan
dard Oil-workers'rule.
NEGRO STOREBREAKERS
. ; .ET10NG SENTENCES
George Crawford and Will Match'
ell; negroes, thought to be from the
tidewater country, were givfa.twelve
months each by the Recorder ' late
Wednesday for a robbery at Bines'
Junction.' Crawford ', and .Mitchell
were Wednesday afternoon seen, com
ing out of the store of John jConnor
The shop had been locked up,., but
the Wy' left in the door Connor ao-
titled the Bherifi's .omce. . iLwputy a.
V. Allen went to the place. . Both
negroes were loitering in the; vicini
ty.. One tied, hiding iri cotton patch,
but nt captured. The other gavs
himself up at the omcer's beckon. One
of the sea reyeeJed.4.75(,whiA he
had dropped "in the road. About $5
was the cash part of the loot, it is
said. '
McAdoo and Other Mem
tiers Coming to Raleigh
On October 24th
OF GREAT IMPORTANCE
To Farmers of North Caro
lina All Planters Invited
to Attend Information
Sought by Party, It Is
Announced
(Spocial to The Free Press)
Washington ,D. C, Oct 11. A
hearing of great importance to the
farmers and farm organizations of
North Carolina will be held at Ral
eigh on October 24 by the Federal
Farm Loan Board.
This hearing is for the purpose of
getting information to guide the
Board in determining the boundaries
of the twelve Federal Land E'ank dis
tricts into which the country is to be
divided for the administration of the
new rural credits law, known as the
Federal Farm Loan Act. The ses
sion will be held in the federal buUd-
ing at Raleigh.
The members of the Federal Farm
Loan Board who will conduct this
hearing are Hon William G. Mc
Adoo, Secretary of the Treasury;
George W. Norris, Fairm Loan Com
missioner, Herbert Quick, Captain W.
S. A. Smith, and Charles E. Lob-
dell.
The Board has issued an invitation
to ell farmers and farm organiza
tions of North Carolina attend tbip
hearing to get information about th
operation of the Farm Loan Act. and
to furnish the Board With informa
ticn about the arm loan needs of the
State. It has also asked interested
cities to present their claims, for tbf
location of one of the twelve (Feder.
al Land Banks.,,
NEW PRESIDENT OF
ARGENTINE INSTALLED
By CHAS. P. STEWART. .. .
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
E'uenos Aires, Oct 12 Jlr. Hipc-
lito Irigoyen, Argentine's first radi
cal president, was inaugurated to
day with the simplest ceremony that
over marked such an event in the
Southern republic.
NOT.QUTTE QUARTER
MILLION LBS: LEAF
About 220,000 pounds of tobacco
were sold nere xnursuay, according
to warehouse estimates. Prices ruled
about the same as on Wednesday .The
general quality of offerings, was good.
BAVARIA'S MAD KING :
OTTO DIES PRISONS
(By the Unite Press)
Copenhagen, Oct. 13. King Otto
of Bavaria, Europe's - "mad king,"
died suddenly at Fuerstenried Castle,
where he has been confined as insane
for several years,. today
C A. HOPKINS 70 BE J i
STARTER FAIR RACES
C. A. Hopkins. of- Pennsylvania
will be the official starter for the
races at the coming Fair, it is an
nounced. . He is now starting the
horses at Goldsboro. He goes from
there to Petersburg, and from the
Virginia city comes here, i , : '
"j-Mti Wayne Mitchell is In receipt
of a telegram from Richmond,' sent
Wednesday, stating: "I won second
money today; won first heat 2:15 1-4.
The second heat was in 2:13 14.. I
wDlhave 'about 25 entries for j Kin
ston. More races In Petersburg on
next Tuesday,
United States to Find Out
the Imperial Gov't's
Intention "
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WOULD BE INTOLERABLE'
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President Has Busy Day at
Indianapolis Immediate
Questions of UtBoat Matter-Already
Out1 of ' the
Way "; "
(By the United Press)
Columbus, Ohio. Oct. 12 The Pres
;dent will be at Indianapolis today,
where a busy program awaits - him.
Before leaving Shadow- Lawn h dis
posed of the immediate a - questions
arising out of the submarine activity,
. Careful inquiry will be made ,
:hrough diplomatic channels to ascer
tain whether Germany plans to con
tinue to wage the sub-sea , warfare
in this aide of the Atlantic." 'This
nay be stated on good authority
3uch action would be regarded as in
"olerable by this government. vr
THE KINSTON FAIR
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
HELD -; LITTLE LATER
In Order to Have Auspici
ous Occasion for Accept
ance of Flag, to Be Pre
sented to Banner' Demo
cratiq County
"A handsome silk flag will be pre
ented by the State Democratic Ej
sutive committee, to the county Demo-
racy giving the largest per cent, of
ncrease over its 1912 vote; basis gu-
bematorial vote, says a letter frotS
State Chairman T.-' O.; Warren " to
Lenoir County Chairman C Cow-
per. . The letter: was turned over to
The. Free Press by Mr. Cowper on
Thursday. . , ,
Furthermore, , "Governor-elect T.'
W. Bickett will present the flag to
the successful county on an appro
priate public occasion at the county
seat, the occasion to be arranged bf
bhe county Democratic executive com- :
mittee. All counties are invited and
urged to enter the contest."
GREECE YIELDS TO
EVERY DEM'ND HADE
BY ALLIED. POVERS
.. .,5 'Anf.i n in ifcf-ii jj;d'i3y-'-.
(By the United Press)
Paris, - Oct. 11 Greece has -accepted
all the conditions of the
Allies, including dismantlement
; of all forts,, internment of the
. Greek fleet, the use of railways
and canals by the Allies, tt Is ae '
nounced here. " " r
MASTERPIECE 0?m -
. ; INIQUITY REFQTID
. Dy the United Press)
- Petrograd, . Oct. 12 Poisoned
sweets and garlic Infected wiih
; cholera bacilli are being drorpei --
by enemy flyers attacking Ce
Roumanian Black Sea port
of
tonsunsa, it s e.-aa.
sa-
nounced here. ., ' ;
i The "War Office's allc;:" t'
Central Powers have "k
new form of -fri.tr' :
intense indignation i i t