CREEK CROiyDS THOEATEN MARINES FROM IDEMOGRATIC PARTY TO BRING SKILLED
GERMANS FAILED TO
STATE DEPARTfM
HEN SAY LUSITMA
FRENCH SHIPS WHO LANDED AT ATHENS' SAVED THE NATION RIDERS TO KINSTON
SCORE IN DAYBREAK
PART; ALLIES TAKE UP NEW QUARTERS FROM CATASTROPHE FOR FAIR TOURNEY
ATTACKS ON FRENCH
NOTE NOT ACCEPTED
HUGHES iplCHIGN
TO DISCUSS TARIFF
AND LABOR ISSUES
Shore Party Quit Municipal Theater for Open Gardens But Put No Shackles On Aurora Horsemen Invited
Aviator and Ex-Militia
men to Battle Wednesday
Boy Scouts a Hospita
Unit
Jand Go Into Camp Soldiers Patrol Streets and Pro- Capital or Labor In the
mtoet Roval Palace Tense Situation Anti-Ally Ele- Adamson Bill
ment Stirring Up Trouble Huge Gatherings De
nounce Entente Powers' Action-Seizure of the Fleet KITCHIN'S LABOR'S FRIEND
Cause of Great Dissatisfaction Clash Between Ma
rines and Populace Not Improbable Aliens' New Posi- Unionists Will Support Wil-
tion Not Far From Palace
(By the United Pros)
Athens, Oct. 1& The Venizelos leaders have decided to
appeal to the Allies to formally recognize the new provi
sional government, established at Salonika, favoring
Oppoa's intervention in the war. The . decision was
reached after two days' serious disturbances in the Greek
capital, in which moos tnreacenea 10 awacK me Ainea
lr.arinPS. sat
. . I Kitchin, majority leader in the Unit-
Crasfa May Come. . 1 ed States House of Representatives,
Athens. Oct. 18. Threatened with attack by a huge in an to constituents in East
crowd pi anti-Ally demonstrators, tne jrencn marines
who landed at Jftraeus yesterday ana occupied tne Muni
cipal Theater, have abandoned the building and encamped
i; the Zeaphaelon gardens, near the royal palace. The
Greek troop, are still patroling the streets and guarding
tue royal palace, ine situation is most tense.
Anti-AHv leaders are working among the crowds, de
nouricing the Allies ior seizing tireeK warsnips ana at- did anything shabby
tempting still new demonstrations against the Allies' way.
sailors.
Major J. I. Brown, retired, will
I command a party of ex-National
SOn, Declares, Because His Guardsmen in a aham battle with
it , x , , . Monte Rolfe, an aviator, at the Fair
Heart Is With Working- Grounda here next Wednesday, it was
man A Tribute tO Gom- announced Wednesday morning
They will take up a position in ' i
I
HC1 s I make-believe fort and Rolfe will trv
to bomb their position. There will
ho n Int. nt rinrtwvAir anA tltWHn .
.tin.... u i " r -
nave nappenea naa Bov Scouts will oick d the "wound
.. . ii"
administration allowed the Nation-jed."
wide railroad strike to break a few Mr. "Press" Harper, Fair nthusi-
i . .
weeks ago, was pictured by Claude I st whose hobby is the "old-fashion
ed tournament," scheduled for Tues'
day, the opening day, Wednesday
planned to wire to Aurora for
number of skilled tournament riders.
The tournament seems to have gone
out of custom in every other part of
North Carolina. Good horsemanship,
keen eyesight and a willingness to
rig himself up in romantic costume
are requisites for a successful
"knight." The Aurora gallants are
accustomed to it. Mr. Harper will
tell them that good care will be tak
en of their horses and that they will
be shown a fine time,'
Kinston Tuesday night. The local
Congressman, who spent the day here
in the capital of his district, was
speaking to an audience comprised
mostly by workingmen and their
wives. He stood upon an elevated
rostrum, gaudy in decoration and it
lumination the Third Ward never
in a political
COTTON CONTINUES
TO SOAR;
I! DOLLARS BALE
(By the United Press)
New York, Oct 18. Cotton
reached nineteen cents today.
The prices of all futures advanc
ed a cent a pound in twenty-four
hours.
New York, Oct 18. Cotton
continued its record-making ad
vance today. At the opening of
exchange May sold for 18.85
cents a pound, a gain of two dol
lars a bale.
RAILROADS WILL HELP
DUPLIN ANl PENDER
Counties South of Here to Be Great
ly Benefitted by Kinston-Wilmington
Line, la Opinion 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 tiiggest thing that evei
happened for Duplin and Pender
counties, and a big thing for Kins
ton and , Wilmington,' according to
Col. iH.'E. 6haw, just hack from a
few days' stay in the country south
of here.
The people of the two counties are
enthused . over , the project, and , say
H will afford many of them a means
f getting their farm ' produce to
market at a minimum of expense and
in bulk for the first time in history.
The sand.roada they have had for
efteratiion have compelled them , to
rket iy "driblets.' Lack of tran
PorUtion facilities has retarded the
Progress of a people controlling a
eetion unsurpassed for fertility and
possibilities. - Col. Shaw recalls he
s acquainted with every "acre" of
the land some ,of the magnificent
plantations of which the sertion
south of here boasted in mrs gone
fcy. For Instance, there is the 'Stag
Park," a great plan in colonial days;
Lincoln Hall, and a lot of others.
The counties, have had no fanmigra
tion. .
WiUi the building of the railroad
through the very heart 'of the two
lot of splendid land will probaMy
he taken up by outsiders and Duplin
and Pender win be pven a hoost that
wfll Mo, Put them in the "forefront
of East Carolina counties. Kinston
ill be particularly favored, because
t will fee. the important junction of
COPS DOWN BEHIND
OWNERS OF GARBAGE
CANS RUNNING OVER
"We've been so lenient that
they believe we won't do any
thing," declared Police Chief
Skinner Wednesday in discussing
the failure of storekeepers and
residents to observe the sanitary
ordinances. Skinner said, blunt
ly that the Kinston Missourians
are to be shown.
Inspector Thomas Conway an
nounced that three warrants
were to be issued for well-known
men in front of whose places
trash had been allowed to over
flow from containers. "I am go
ing to pinch them indiscriminate
ly," Conway stated.
LAST OF CAMP GLENN
TROOPS HEADED WEST
A troop train of four sleepers, a
baggage coach and two box cars pass
ed through .the city Tuesday after
noon, cairryinir ontrineer companies A
and from Camp CUenn to Texas,
whet they will be attached to one of
the army divisions. There were 155
men aboard, including seven officers
The senior captain was in command.
One officer1 and ten of the men were
from the sanitary troops. Camp
Glenn is now practically destitute of
soldiers. '-.-,
HOOKERTON ITEMS
OF LIVE INTEREST
Hookerton, Oct 17 Mr. B, F. D.
Albritton has sold his home to Mrs.
J. W. Hunter and is .building a
handsome new residence on Kinston
street.
Mrs. J. S. Smith of Hugo is also
building on Kinston street, and will
remove her residence to Hookerton
within a short time.
A bird dog owned by Mr. J. T.
They would have mobbed the
White House!" he declared, describ'
ing the conditions that would have
followed the strike of 400,000 condufr
tors, engineers, firemen and train'
men, and asserting that with twelve
million men out of employment, the
price of meat risen to a dollar or
more a pound and flour to twenty-five
dollars a barrel, and actual famine
holding away throughout the length
and breadth of the land, the populace
in the frantic chaos would have held
the men in power to blame and
wreaked vengeance. Congress had
the power to stop the strike and did,
The passage of the Adamson act vir
tually left the matters over which la
bor and capital were contending in
statu quo until the commission ay
pointed could investigate the whole
affair, and put no illegal restraint up
on either party to the controversy, he
asserted. It simply served to avert
a National calamity, the seriousness
of which was apparent before the
strike order was issued. The results
of that strike would have forced the
Nation to its knees would have
starved its babies and starved its men
and women and played general havoc,
Mr. Kitchin , stated. Congress did
not have in mind the railway .mag
nates nor the railway workers when
it enacted that great remedial law,
but it asserted its authority in be-
half of the ninety-odd millions of
American citizens who would have
been made to suffer through the few
millions' disagreement.
The Second district's Representa
tive held himself up as the friend of
labor. His hearers applauded him
when he told of the work of the ad
ministration to improve labor's stat
us. For instance, the power by
which, at the behest of capital, they
had sent labor men to the penitenti
aries without the right of trial by
jury had been wrested from "two-hy-foiir"
Federal judges, and other
things enacted for the workingman's
benefit. A poll of union leaders, he
said, had shown that the very great
majority of the members will vote
for Wilson. He paid glowing trib
ute to non-partisan
(By the United Press)
BRITISH ADVANCE IN RAIN.
London, pet. 18. Notwith
standing a downpour of rain, the
British advanced at some points
last night between the Albert-
Bapaume Highway and Les
Bouefs, General Haig reports.
Federal reserve, the farm loan bank,
and other magnificent accomplish
ments of Democracy. He compared
conditions in North Carolina under
Butler and Russell with the existing
state of affairs. Every white wom
an and white child now is free to
walk anywhere in the old State's
bounds without fear of molestation.
He recalled with bitterness that But
ler and Russell had kicked 800 white
men out of office and put into their
places 800 negroes. He proudly de-
dared that no State in the Union
has made such headway in education,
and stated that taxes in North Caro
lina are lower than, in any other
State except South Carolina; the Pal
metto State's levies are a few cents
less. Taxes in North Carolina are
only about half what they are in the
average Republican State, he assert
ed. '
The Child Labor law was a matter
of interest ito East Kinston at its
passage. "I believe the President
was wrong. I, with every other .North
Carolina member of Congress, oppos
ed it. I believe it was a matter for
the State itself to handle," he declar
ed. "But would I vote against "Wil
son for that?" No, he said, that was
just one matter in which Wilson had
displeased him. Often had he been
made mad" by Democratic actions,
but looking down the long list of the
party's achievements, he saw so
many great things done that those
Samuel Gomp-1 which had "been against his will pal-
Desperate Assault Attack
ers Wiped Out Itouman
ians Again On Offensive
and Bucharest Is More
Hopeful v
(By the United Press)
Paris, Oct. 18. The dermans viol
ently attacked French positions south
of the Somme at 5 o'clock this morn
ing after a heavy bombardment.
few German detachments reached the
French first line trenches, but all
were either killed or captured, it is
said at the war office. A following
attack was checked 4y a screen of
fire
Bucharest Optimistic.
Bucharest, Oct. 18. The Austro-
Germana are attacking on the whole
Carpathian front, it is said officially.
Thus far they have been unsuccese
ful. Reports are reassuring. In the
Predeal Pass region, and south of
Kronstadt the Roumanians have re
sumed the offensive and driven back
the enemy on the Transylvanian hills,
Stubborn fighting continues.
BAMS -WILL HAVE A
'HOLIDAY ON TUESDAY
The banks of the city will keep
next Tuesday opening day of the
Fair as a holiday, together with the
Tobacco Board of Trade, As an
nounced Tuesday, al leaf ware
houses in the city will be closed for
the occasion.
THE DEVIL'S GOING TO
A TOUGHER PLACE YET
The present term of Superior
Court will expire by limitation.
With nearly all business at hand ;
cleared away, Judge Devhv will
leave for Oxford Wednesday
evening. He Wednesday sentenc
ed Blaney Dawson, colored, to 18
months for passing a Confeder
ate bill, Sandy Jackson, alias "The
Devil," to two years for false
pretense and larceny, and Will )
Mitlhell and George Crawford to
a year each for storebreaking.
Crawford argued his own case.
One divorce was granted.
The grand jury in Superior Court,
session for the October one-week
term, was discharged late Tuesday.
Sandy Jackson, alias "The Devil,"
colored, was convicted in cases for
false pretence and larceny of a to
bacco check Tuesday and Tuesday
ight. Sentence was not passed.-
Very OptimisticDelighted
With Reception at Sioux
City-Denies HeHadIn
visible' Policy New York
(By the United Press)
Chicago, 111., Oat 18. Governor
Hughes' second excursion into Micbi
gan was made today. He ks in the
best fighting trim since he was cho
sen standard-bearer of his party. He
is highly pleased over the impression
be made on his Sioux City audience
last night
Never before was a presidential
nominee more earnestly emphatic
more dramatic or more forceful than
when he hurled a vitriolic denial at
the charges that ha was associated
with an "invisible government" in
New York State. H will emnhasize
M . ...........
the Tariff and Jabor issues in 'Michi
gan.
PRESIDENT GOES TO
CHICAGO
FOR THREE
cncrnircTifimonJv
(By (the United Press)
Shadow Lawn, Oct. 18. Accompa
nied by Mrs. Wilson and Secretary
Tumulty, President; Wilson today left
for Chicago, where he will make three
speeches tomorrow. The President is
in excellent health, and the best of
spirits from reports from his advia
ors recently on what was regarded ab
he most favorable news of the cam-
ign.
Facts About the
Fair; Everybody
Wanted in Parade
ers, who, aitnougn he has generally I ed into Insignificance. What would
voted the Republican ticket, is sup-1 it avail to vote against Wilson for
porting Wilson now because the! that little thing? Why, had not the
i
school master statesman is the Jab-1 administration already enacted the
orer's champion. I Child Labor law. Hughes would even
Mr. Kitchin compared the pros-1 now; be promising its passage.
penty of the past three years with! y Mr. Kitchen v ind up in an e!o
Harrison created quite a stir in conditions in the foregoing sixteen of I querd; appeal to every man present
Hookerton Saturday night, when she
went mad, killed a litter of pups and
bit practically all the other dogs in
town before being killed. Her head
was sent to. Raleigh to he examined.
As far as is known, no people were
bitten. '
Republican-rule. He turned the old to support Wilson, the man of peace.
cotton fiction of the O. O. P. thai Every American heart is full of the
a Democratic . President was always hope of neace. he declared.
a ! - '
two important lines, making the most
direct route between the State's two
seaports Norfolk and Wilmington.
accompanied, by low-priced ' staple
into a joke. Cotton brought more
than 17 1-2 cents on the Kinston ex
change juat a few hours before he
spoke, f He told of the enormous in
creases, in bank deposits, export trade,
etc-, and the benefits that have al
ready come or are coming from the
The Halifax man spoke to an audi
ence of just the kind that suits him
best He called often his hearers
"boys," and as often "took it back"
to' include : "ladies and gentlemen.1
Mr." J, B. Mescham, superintend
ent of one of the cotton mills, intro
duced Air. Kitchin. ' '
Cotton sold for 18 cents here
Wednesday. The market for
good staple ranged from five
eighths to that price. Common
er grades brought from 17 l-4c
Receipts were in the neighbor
hood of 200 bales.
New York futures
were:
Open
January 18.67
March 18.73
May .. 18.85
July 1S50
October ....1.8.06
December 18.50
quotations
2:40
18.58
18.70
18.81
18.85
18.50
18.65
SPANISH KING AND
ENVOYS TO ALLIED
CAPITALS CONFER'G
Paris, Oct. 18. Speculation : was
aroused today by the arrival of
King Alfonso at San Sebastian, Jn
Spain, coincident with , the arrival
there of the Spanish ambassadors to
France, Russia, Italy and other dip
lomats. : 4 ' ,
Positively no season ticket for the
Fair will tie sold after Saturday, the
officials of the Association . etafe.1
These cardboards, good for five ad
missions, are now to be had at all the
drug stores. Adults' tickets cost $1.50,
those for children under 12 years of
age, 75 cents. 'Mail orders sire toeing
had from the surrounding country.
Information given wit by Secreta
ry J. H, Canady late Tuesday gives
in' eras ting facts about the Fair in
brief, Mr. Canady is notably con
servative. He says:
"The Grand Marshal's industrial
and civic parade will be nearly two
miles long. Everybody who will
come mounted is invited to partici
pate. People owning autos are asked
to decorate them and fall into line.
"An old-fashioned tournament on
Tuesday will 'be a winner;
'"Monte Rolfe, the famous aviator,
will afford a lot of thrills during the
Fair. He will perform the thrilling
death dive, falling headfirst for sev
eral hundred feet.
"Five or six thousand school chil
dren will assemble in the grounds on
Wednesday; the exercises will he
worth coming miles to see.
"On Thursday the annual stock pa
rade will be pulled off. The prize
livestock of ten counties will be ex
hibited. Aviator Rolfe will race a
motorcycle on this day.
"On Friday morning the athletes
of the section will engage in field day
exercises. Rolfe will carry mail in
his aeroplane. A postoffice will he
provided, where stationery end post
cards may be secured.
"There will be a foig racing pro
gram every day. The Better Ba
bies contest will be a feature.' There
will be more buildings; exhibits from
ten counties; special trains on . all
railroads; reduced rates; a special
train from Tarboro via Greenville on
Wednesday, the 25th, and Thursday,
the 26th; a splendid lot of decora
tions and a lot of other things." . '
Publication of Stories ; to
Contrary for Partisan
, Purposes
WILL NOT BE GIVEN OUT
Foreign Influences Also Be
lieved to Be at Work'
Department Refuses to
Be Drawn Into Domestic
Politics , ,- .
(By the United Press). .
Shadow Lawn, Oct mL-Follow
ing a conference with President
Wilson and teleprne nmw
tion with Aetinv Secretary ' .f . ',
State Polk,'. Secretary Tomulty '
today characterised as "absoluta - -fabrications'
published report '-.
that tha United States had ac
cepted a settlement of the Lnsi- "
tanla case based on the Ceraiaa '
contention that tha' attack waa' '
wasnington, ucu , isiuennany-s
nemorandum delivered last February-
ntended to settle diplomatic differ-
mces over the iLusitania torpedoing
Has not been accepted by this govern-
nent, and will - not be made public,
Vcting Secretary of State Polk aa
lonnced today,- At tha same im It;
ras claimed that reports to the con
wary, published, in morning paper,,
were made for partisan purposes. '
-ine note oas nog oeen accepxea.
t will not be given out to 4 print-
id for partisan purposes, The Stat
Department will not b drawn into a .,;
iiscussion at1 this time," it waa said.
t is plainly indicated at the depart-'
nent that official consider the pub
ication of the stories this morning as
political move to embarrass the .
department in its conduct of foreign
uTairs. It is also made clear that
he department believes, that foreign
nfluence ore seeking Jo take advan-'
age of the political situation in
ringing up the issue at this time.
uuuivugu u uuuiiu wiu any www
he Lusitania case will he settled, Jn
lications are that it will not he con
cluded until after the' elections, Mr.
Polk's view coincides with that of 8e
votary Lansing and President Wll-
son against injecting. foreign affairs
into domestic politics.
The storks to which Mr. Polk re
ferred claimed that Germany, in her -February
note, expressed regret over
the lots of American lives on the Lu
sitania, hut held that the act was
unified as a retaliatory act against
England. This was said to he sat
sfactory, taken In connection with
the payment of an indemnity, accord-;
ing to the stories.
GULF STORM RAGES;
SEVEN ARE KILLED;
ROPERTY WRECKED
(By the United Press) .
Memphis, Oct, lsV-fieren per
sons are reported to have been
killed when a hoase waa demol
ished at Mobile by a Golf storm
wind of 98 miles an boar veloci
ty. Ah unidentified schooner is '
floating on its aide . Mobile
Bay. It is reported that great
damage has been done at BUox!
and Mississippi City
GOOD PRICES Oil HIE
WEED F.IARKET JTiDTAY
. .- . . - ...
Not quite 150,000 pounds of tobae-.
co waa sold bare Wednesday, accord
ing to estimates made before the
day's sales were concluded. ;' Prices
strong; some warehouses re
ported an increase ' ever Tuesday's
good average..