- II . fit II l fit Home Paper Tod.y'Nf Today .. .. . ." f v.v .f Goody 'Tonight v PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS VOL. XVIIL-No. 93 , FIRST EDITION,. QKS1ONJf CnTyE?D AY, OCTOBER 17, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY TEDDY TAKES THAI SAYS ALLIES NEVER OSBORNE BELIEVES GERMANS AT'EMPT'G ROFRANO: MAY GO TO ARIZONA, GREATEST WILL BREAK GERMAN iTHEREIS NO HUffiMRIVEii WEDGE CHAIR OMDENCE OF FIGHTING SHIPS, DEMOCRATIC RALLY: M LENOIR li t 11 Id mm HUGHES MOLEHILLS Colonel to Rip Things Wide DEFENSE IN TOO BAD' TO EXIST OF CONDEMNED MAN LAUNCHED N'W YORK Open Iii Five States Nu merous Chances to Earn Publicity Tackles Ken tucky Hard (Bv the United Press) New York, Oct. 17. Republicanism tcdr.y drew out for play its left bow. er Theodore Roosevelt. The Colon el left this morning for a big west em trip. Hs speaks in five States r.ntiu-w. Arizona. New Mexico Colorado and Illinois. Roosevelt's greatest effort will be in Kentucky, where he is scheduled to make thirteen stops before swoop Anarn unon Loutevillo, the first h j real offensive point of the tour. Of ;vn is meant both ways. The Colonel said he intends to make it for the Democrats. He re. turns October 28. RAILROADS WILL HELP DUPLIN AND PENDER Counties South of Here to Be Great ly Benefitted by Kinston-Wilming- ton Line. Ia Oninion of Colonel Shaw People Are Interested The railroad from this city to Wil mington, to be constructed onward from its present terminus in Duplin, will be the biggest thing that evei haoDened for Duplin and Pender counties, and a big thing for Kins. ton and Wilmington, according to Pol. iH. E. Shaw, just back. from a few days' stay in the country south of here. TV people of the two counties are enthused over the project, and say it will afford many of them a means of getting their farm produce to market at a minimum of expense and in bulk for the first time in history. The sand roads they have had for generations have compelled them to market by "driblets." Lack of tran sportation facilities has retarded the progress of a people controlling a sectiotu unsurpassed for fertility ana possibilities. Col. Shaw recalls he is acquainted with every "aero"' of the land some of the magnificent plantations of which the section south of here boasted in nw-i gone toy. For instance, there is the '.Stag Park," a great place in colonial days: Litaoln Mall, and a lot of others. ilte counties have had no rmmigra- With the building of the railroad allot of splendid land will "probacy be taken up by outsider and Duplin and Pender will be -given a boost that will soon put them in the forefront rrt Fnni -1 : . .r i uui, counties, tunston will be particularly favored, because it will be the important junction of two Important lines, making the most direct route between the State's two stfeports Norfolk f W 'Wilmington. TO' THE WORD; NO DISREGARDING IT St. Louis, Oct. 16. Elimination t the word "obey" in the .marriage service was recommended in a minor rty report of the joint commission on common prayer " submitted to the House of Deputies of the Protestant EPcopaI general convention here to day. . t The House of Deputies (referred bk to.the commission 'all proposed changes ' in the marriage Ceremony, in catechism and in the institution elergymen, and these'? questions not ome before the1 general con- ion, again, for three years. ... ' - - - .-. ... . UNSKG Wil NOT BE ION SIElffEf CAMPAIGN Oct - WSecreUry of - lng t0diy out ftcainrt 2Mti"t foreign, is into dome- polities, -in anm,- v. j --..i.i Mini, vm " aai take Pgn. th stump during the t - " (By the United Press) Berlin, Oct. 17. The "tragedy of the Somme seemsnear a climax," said eome official today in reporting the frightful Frfench and British los ses in the recent attempt to pierce the German lines north of lie Somme. It is becoming more and more prob able that the French and English will bleed to death on an unshaka ble German front, just as the Russi ans were in Galicia. CHILDREN'S PROGRAM FOR FAIR SCHOOL DAY Supt. of Schools Katcr Curtis on Tuesday announced a tentative pro gram for the exercises to be hold at the Fair Grounds on next Wednesday School Day. The exercises will be commenced at 10 a. m. A band se lection will star the program off. 1 There will be song numbers by chil - dren of the city Primary School, tho Moss Hill and Kinston High School glee clubs, and an interesting num ber by the city Grammar School. WANT HOUSEWIVES TO EXHIBIT BREAD, ETC. Pantry and Dairy Department o fthe Fair Calls for Large Display of Flour Products Comprehensive Premium List Covers Wide Varie ty of Articles The Pantry and Dairy Department) of the Krnaton Fair Association ask that bread, biscuit, and. other things that rine be given particular at tention by prospective exhibitors at next wesk's event. It is hoped to ve an especially fine display of such things. Directors of the de partment are Mesdames R. W. Woot en, II. F. Brown, J. H. Mewborn, V. Webb, and Miss May Oettin- ger. iMrs. frown is cnairman. in ull premium list of the department follows: Best display of, fruit, preserves and vegetables in glass jars by canning clubs, first, $5; second $2. Best display of fruits, preserves nd vegetables in glass jars by mdi iduals, first, $5; second $2. Best single glass jar of fruit by ndividual, $1. Best singls glass jar of preserves by individual, $1. Best display of jellies by individ uals, first, $3; second $1. Best display of pickles by Canning Club, first $2; second $1. Best display of pickles by individ uals, first, $2; second $1. Best loaf of bread, $1. ' D-'st dozen rolls, $1. Best dozen risen biscuit, $1 . Best dczen' beaten biscuit, $1 . Best bunch of cheese straws, ?1. Best fruit cake, $1. Best chocolate cake, $1. Best pound cake, 1 paid $5 ladies' shoes given by Mark Cummings. Best dozen doughmits, $1. Best dozen ginger cakes, $1. Dt dozen sugar cakes, $1. Best display of-dried fruit, $2. Best display of strained honey, $1. Best display of honey in the comb. $1. iBest quart of molasses, $1. j j Best quart Cider vinegar, $1 . Best ham, $1. ,. T7 Best link of sausage $1. V , Best piece of bacon, $1. Est Tom Thumb, $1. .Best five pounds lard, $L Best applie pie, fl Best peach pie, $1. , "Best lemon pie, $1. i :. ' ', "'.."' Best pound of butter (quality), $L Best bottle of eatstrpy 50e. -Beat bottle of grape juice, 50c. Best bottle strawbefry 60ci Best bottle blackberry acid, 80c;; Home-Made Candies. ' Fudgs 50c, Cocoanut 50c, Cream 50c, Mima 50c, Molasses Taffy 6flc, Peatrut 50c. Butterscotch 60c, Pulled Sugar taffy 50c,' Sea Foam 50c, Wal nut 50c, Candied Grape. Fruit 50c, Fondant 50c Con- suiting? 'Engineer for i . lv" ..fir- son OfficialsCertain His Method Will Prevail Some Day v By GEORGE MARTIN, (United Press Staff Correspondent) New York, Oct. 17. Out as "hon or system ward in of s;ng Sing, Thomas Men Osborne i3 established in New York as "consulting engi neer" on nrison reform to any penal institution in the world. His ser vices, are free. 1 am still convinced there are no bad men in the world," he said to day. "I am sure my method is right. ii5omo day it will he tnc only one used." "You think Dr. Arthur Warren Waitp, who confessed to murdering !his wife'3 parents, is a good man? j he was asked. ' 1 th!r!k Wane is insane, exces- i i:veiy atinri-mal. i studied Waite in the death house. He is unique. He is not even of a typo, he is one in a generation . " "But should he die in the electric chair?" he was asked. "I would not kill anybody. Waite should be locked up for life. But Waite': case stands alone. In all but th2se isolated instances the honor system iv a complete success. Its. "nemit'3 cannot hurt it. Whether I am in Sing Sing or in my grave, it .vill tfo right on." )PENING DAY OF FAIR A TOBACCO HOLIDAY The Tt bacco Roard of Trade makas next Tuesday cpening day of the Fair a holiday. All warehouses will be closed for the occasion and as many planters as can be commu nicated with are being notified of the fact. HIS OPPONENT SAYS KITCHIN'S A BIGGER MAN THAN PRESfD'T Congressman Claude Kitchin never, had a bigger compliment than was paid nim here Wednes day. W. O. Dixon, the G. O. P. nominee for Mr. Kitehin's job. was here to hear the famed Halifax man speak. Mr. Dixon is not entertaining any hope; he is a (ruthful Republican and asserts that he is not a politician. He knows and likes the Floor Lead er, he says. " I consider Mr. Kit chin the biggest Democratic Con gressman from North Carolina, and a bigger man than President Wilson," the Hookcrton "candi daff" stated. FIFTH OF MILLION POUNDS OF TOBACCO About 200,000 pounds of tobacco Was sold here Tuesday, according to warehouse estimates. The total may havs surpassed those figures by a lit tle margin. Individual warehouse reports ranged from 25,000 to 70,000. Prices were a little stronger than last week. . i- CAROLINA; YOlfRE A " P SWEET, SWEET LAND Calumet, Mich Oct. 16. Th hea viest snowstorm of any autumn in the last ten years prevailed in this sec tion of the copper country today. At boot two inches had fallens ' Lake Superior shipping was forced to seek shelter, ' ' ' Sets Himself lip As INTO ENEMY FRONT j ' Hope to Divide Rnssian and Roumanian Armies and Cms! New Ally HARD FIGHTING IN EAST Great Battles In Progress at Number vof Points, Includ ing One ( On Roumanian Soil Dobrudja Situation Unchanged (By the United IVesst 4 L'etrograd, Oct 17. The Au. tro-German offensive near the Roumanian frontier and soath of Dorna Vatra has been checked, 'it is said officially. London, Oft. 17. What is believed to be the beginning of Von Hindcn berg's vttidely heralded campaign to crush Rounvinia, was launched with the inauguration o fa groat new of fensive near the northwestern fron tier 'of Roumania. The Teutons are aiming to drive a wedge between the Russian and Roumanian armies. Strong Teutonic forces are attacking the Russian front in South Bukowi na. near the junction of the two arm ies. The German war office announced that the Russians were driven back at this point. The Roumanians are falling back upon their own frontier. Southwest of Kronstadt the Teutons are attacking in great force, with heavy fighting on Roumanian soil. The situation in Dobrudja is unchang ed, say official statements from all capitals. iMrs. Komcgay's Father Dead. Dr. George Kornegay is in receipt of a telogram announcing the death :U Cleveland. Miss., of his father-in- !aw, Mr. Matthews. Mrs. Korne-I America's Sense of Fair Play m Case of Albania While the people of the United States havg be?n sending thirty mil- lion dollars' worth of relief to Eu rope and Turkey, two hundred thous and women and children in Albania have died of starvation. , While each woman and child in Belgium has had plenty- to eat, writt en and' children in Albania have gnawed at the carcasses of dead horses in tho streets. . f- William Willard Howard of New York, who has returned from his third trip to this hunger zone of Eu rope, predicts that the entire popula tion of Albania will die of famine and pestilence unless helped. He says that in Albania com is fifty dollars a (bushel, flour eighty dollars a sack, and macaroni five dollars a pound. "The-tragedy of Albania." say Mr. Howard, "is that a nation is dy ing pf hunger, whils the people of the United States, laden with gifts for the rest of Europe and for Tur key, pass by on the other side. . -? 1'Thirty millions of dollars have teen, given by the people of the Unit ed 'Stites for relief work of various kinds in 'Belgium, Poland, Armenia, Syfia and the warring countries of Europe, -while two hundred thousandl women and children in Southeastern Europe have starred to death ua ivetded. and . untaxed for. Not one woman or chi'd has died of hunger in Belgium; two hundred thousand in Albania'. ' ' Is it fair is it human that the innocent- women and hildre, of Al bania, who ntver did anyone any harm, should he trampled under foot and left 9 perish; at time when all othar arc fed? s . ";: ; V" fls this -American" fair play? i "I hare appealed for help In high places. ; I have begged "n crust of bread of those who have given mil lions to Belgium, Poland Armenia Being Tried In!New York ForMurder ;,;of r Political Enemy Montimagno Is Brought front' the Death House to Testify (By the United Press) New York, Oct 17. Out of Sing Sing's death house to give evidence that may bring another there, weasel-eyed little Gaeteno Montimagno today testified against Michael A. Ro frano, charged with murder. Rofra- no, a broken boss of little Italy and former deputy street cleaning commissioner of New York City, is on trial for killing Mike batman, a political enemy. Montimagno says Rofrano gav. him $300 and a dirk to stab Gaimar to tieatn, Montimagnon will give more testimony before he goes back through the little green door of the 'oath s house. OVERMAN DECLARES THE COUNTRY'S SAFE Durham, Oct. 16. .Based upon re ports from the Western and Middlo Atlantic States .that have been sent him by distinguished Congressmen, and political observers. Senator Lee S. Overman, in an address before 850 ?A Trinity College tonight, predicted the rj-elcction of Woodrow Wilson. The tide hns turned within ten days, according to the North Carolina Sen- ntor, and a notable ' communication was divulged from Senator akh of Montana, in which he told of itho drift "Wilsonward" in the far Western States. The Trinity Wilson-Bickett Club organized tonight with; 450 charter members. gay was present at the death, having arrived a few hours previously. Mr. Matthews was 55 years of age. and Syria. I have begged in vain. "The Albanians are as much enti tled to sympathy and help as others. They fivo not taken part in tihe war. They fed and sheltered the refugocs from Servia, even with the last measure- of corn that the famine-smitten villages posw.5sed. They have not daiio any wrong; yet armies have swept over their country, taking what could be found'to take; leaving to the starving women and children only tihe carcasses of dead horses in the streets. "I ask only American fair play for the fam'ishod children of Al. ania. I ask of all fair-minded men and wom en in the United. States: Why should the Albanians three hundred thous and of whom are Christians be left to starve, while we press forward, in generous rivalry, to feed the others? The Albanians are more numerous (than the Armenians; yet we feed the Armenians and let the Albanians starve. j. i "Having appealed to deaf ears in high places, I . now appeal to the plain people to fair-minded men and women who Would not let even a dog starve to death, no matter what .his breed. I want to go back to Albania with a shipload of food. I have ar ranged for a ship a new American ship, just launched and fitted for sea. The ship is ready and waiting. - " u"A number of distinguished gentle men in New York mostly clergymen and editors of newspapers will co operate in an appeal for a relief car go for the ship. The treasurer se lected to receive contributions is the Bey. Frederick Lynch, D. 0-,'editor pf The Christian Work and secretary of the Carnegie Church Peace Union. Contributions fa anyamount from the price of a loaf of bread upward may be aentr to . the Balkan Relief Fund, TO "Fifth : avenue. New York (By the United Press) New York, Oct. 17.The supor- dreadnaught Arizona, queen of all fighting ships afloat, was launched today. It is said to be impossible for a submarine to torpedo the giant ess. She outstrips the Queen Elisa beth, pride of tho British navy. The vessal was completed in rec ord time, and fr a million dollars less than the estimated cost. She will be given a trial cruise in sev eral weeks. WILSON BUTTONS BRING PREMIUM AT N. HAVEN New Haven, Conn., Oct. 16. For the first time in history, at least far this city, a political campaign button has become a marketable commodity. There aren't enough ''Give me Wil son and the eight-hour day" buttons to mset the demands. of trainmen and other workers, and as a consequence, the buttons are being sold by boys for from two to ten: cents each. BULLETINS (By the United Press) STORM IN CARIBBEAN SEA Mobile, Ala., Oct 17 Shipping of all kinds, including a hundred fishing smacks, scurried back to Gulf port today following reports of a dangerous storm heading northward from , the Caribbean Sea There is fear for a num ber of tramp freighters bound for Europe. . . (. .... FIGHTING IN NEW SECTOR. Ixtndon, Oct. 17. The British, advanced north of Ancre last night, entering trenches west of Sorrc, General Haig reports. Since the beginning of the Somme offensive there had been no fight ing on this front The fall of -' Thicpval opened the way to the advance. Kitchen Speaks to Lenoir Folks The "big gun" of the Democratic campaign in L,enoir was tired Tues day afternoon when HJon. Claude Kitchin, floor leader of the majority party in the National House of Rep nsst'itattives pnjd, incidentally, Con gressman from this, tho Second dis trict, spoke in the Courthouse in Kinston. Mr. Kitehin's coming had been well advertised : and admiring friends from Lenoir and adjoining counties were on hand to bid him j THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN 1 r. ' ' 1 ' I iNStEAO OF 6046 OUT Ni6t AfltRy - -' ..,- r-forCyHit HtBBSBBBsassvtfssrvst mmiBm0BBUBnBmmmmm'm " UJBIJI11Llli--L,-iJJL """"" ' ' "" To Be Staged at LaGrangc About First' of Novembei:. v Victor Bryant ' Not " to Speak Here Friday Night,. Announced Democratic' County Chairman G. V Owner announced Tuesday tha Hon. Victor Bryant's engagement t spviia lie; i o i-iiun uiqmw i, .- cancelled, as have other dates of the. Durham man in East Carolina. Mr. Cowper .stated that-. Senator F. M Simmons would lead county r rally to be held at LaGrangp about ' November 1, the exaet date' to be announced as soon as determined: Tho'' entire county Democracy will be urjf- -ed to give Senator Simmons a rous ing welcome., v - j One bale of long-staple" cotton ' sold here Tuesday for Ul-4.:' - The market ranged front 17 to . 17.55... ' , About 12a bake had been, oold .t here by 2:45 p. m.. New York futures quotation,,. , were aa followaj . ..r-, , Oj5m .JSf January . . . . '. ....... .17.80 18.J4 March . , M ay .. ., July .. ......... October"'. wyriVf .17.94' 18.20 w .18.08 -18' : 18.0ft" 18.8 .17.70 17.90 December'. , v'tnf rI7.W "' 1831 NO SEnUESfftFOa-?.1- relief Of poiand ; lly ROBT. J BENDER,, ' . ( United Pread Staff Correspondent i Shadow Lawa. Oct. 17-Becansei of Important idiffirenoes that;: still ' Ixist between the Allied and Central Powers, under wbieh Supplies y He sent to starving t Poland, , Presi dent Wilson today announced that he M "not yet been' successful in eo- eluding "a 'settlement." "", "' welcome, and hear his. "report" of he, great stewardship, o Democracy. Many Republicans were present, in cluding Mr. W. O. Dixon, candidate of his party in opposition to Mr. Kit chin. Mr. Dixon roplied to a Jocu lar remark tendering him a division of time, prior to the speaking, that he would prefer a division of voteac The Atlantic Coast Realty Compar ny's band furnished the music and led the procession to ihe Courthouse.