FIRST EDITION - KINSTON, Ni C, THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 1916
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PRICE TWO CENTS . 4
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
GREEKS THOUGHT UNITER STATES FLEET
IMS nearTng to stand between allies
PRESIDENT'S PARTY
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NORFOLK HEARS THE
PENSACOLA IN GRIM BULLOCK AfMII REARER TO
DELIGHTED" AT WAY
U-FIFTlf-THREE HAS
OF WORST GALE IN JIM DAVIS TO MEET
PEROfiNE AS ItESULT
OF NIGHT ADM
ANIL VIOLATION OF ATHENS'; NEUTRALITY
CROWDS GREET HI
BEEN SUNK AT SEA THE CITY'S HISTORY COLONEL OUT V EST
VOL. XVIII. No. 95
DTsHlusionment Was JCrushlngr Blow to Hopes of Excited
Populace Alien Marines
tnr No Foolishness Greek Soldiers Stand By and S
Citizens Arrested, But
ctrntions Into. Submission
Prominent Men to Refrain From Actions That Would
Make" Matters Worse Pfeoph Had tPa'd That Ameri
can Men-of-Wa Were Approaching Piraeus
(By the
Athens. Oct. 19. Creek
trol of the situation here. The Anti-Ally mobs have been
disposed of for the present, and. the possibility of a seri
ous clash between citizens and the French marines seems
to have been averted. Anti-Ally leaders, however, contin
ue their efforts to organize demonstrations, and the crisis
is by no means pas$.
It is understood that King Constantine following con
ferences with the French and British ministers personal
ly appealed to the most prominent of his supporters not to
stir up Aathens crowds to acts of violence.
The collapse of reports that an American fleet was
approaching Praeus to intervent disheartened the citizens-
Rumors that American warships would arrive in a
few hours to prevent the violation of Gteek neutrality by
the Allies had greatly encouraged the populace.
The Greek cabinet met today. It is reported that the
members drafted a protest to the Allies against the ar
rest of Greek members of the Reservist League by French
marines last night. A crowd of Reservist Leaguers hiss
ed a French patrol, who dispersed them at the point of
the' bayonet. Greek troops, witnessing the arrest, failed
io interfere. ,
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Herbert W&terous, basso in "Robin Hood," at Grand Saturday.
NOTICE OP LAND SALE.
:.Tif.: Virtue of power vested in the
Btxkrtigned, , fcjr an order : of the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Len
oir county,. N. C., made on the' 2nd
day of Sept, 1916, in a certain action
entitled Frank Malpass et al, vs.
Charjlc Malpass, Willie Marpass, and
J P, Turner, Guardian, ad litem, I
wUl jbffer for sale, and sell to the
highest .bidder for ash, the follow.
in tract of land Ibounded as fol
lows: Lying and being in Lenoir
wnty, N. C.-, , in Trent township,
County, lying on th head of
Trent and big pond, "Beginning at a
take in the Lett Croom Kne and
T.with that line E. 80 poles to a
tke; thence S. 102 poles to pine;
lwnee W. 80 poles to a stake; thence
to Che beginning, containing 51 acre,
sort or less. And will offer said
"adi .on said premises, at the house
lit Charge of Capital Stand
Drive Crowds Hold'ng, Demon
Constantine Appeals to
United Press)
troops are in complete con
if
on said lands at 12 o'clock noon on
the 4th day of November, J916, it be
ing on Saturday, and sell the same
to the highest bidder for cash, said
lands being sold for division among
the heirs at law. of Malpass.
Remember date and place of sale,
and terms cash. This the 27th day
of Sept., 1916. 4
Til AD. JONES,
. Commissioner.
Kenansville, N. C.
S-W-9-30-4t '
-. ANNUAL STATE FAIR -
OCTOBER 16-21, 1911
Tickets on sale October 14th to
21si ' - '
' Final return limit October 23d.
Splendid arrangement vof .special
and Regular train service. '
For additional information consult
nearest,
agent
Norfolk
Southern 'Ticket
New York State Folks Par
ticularly Cordial Injury
to the Executive's Hand
Drives Him to Shake With
His Left
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By R. J. BENDER.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
doshen, Ind., Oct. 19. President
Wilson is today whirling through In
diana en route to Chicago, where he
is scheduled to make three speeches,
i he President greeted handshakers
with his left hand. His right is ban
daged because of an injury inflicted
by careless enthusiasm. A nail was
driven into the President's palm. Dr.,
Grayson ordered it bandaged, fearing
infection. Members of the party
ere greatly cheered by the recep
tions accorded the President all
through New York State. The cli
max was at Syracuse, wheire fifteen
thousand applauded him.
Crowds Cheer Wilson In New York.
Syracuse, Oct. 18. (On Board the
President's Special Train.) Presi
dent Wilson was greeted by cheering
crowds at ten New York cities and
towns during brief stops made this
afternoon and tonight as he oassed
through the State on his way to Chi'
CHgo to speak there tomorrow.
The President refused to make ex
tended speeches, but in each town he
thanked the crowds briefly for com-
ng to see him.
FIRST NUMBER OF THE
LYCEUM COURSE FRIDAY
One of the best attractions of the
winter is promised Kinston's trousic
lovers in the entertainment to !be
presented in the First Baptist church
Friday evening under the auspices of
the Mothers' Club. The Misses Low
ry and Lawrence, coming as the first
number of a lyceum course being
promoted by the club for a play
ground benefit, are among the best
known of lyceum artists in the East.
They are touring this season under
the management of a Charlotte bu
reau, they are versatile entertain
ers and skilled in instrumental and
vocal music. One of the duo is an
adept in use, of the harp, and rend
ers a delightful repertoire on that
instrument. '
COULD HAYE STEAMER
SERVICE TO NEW BERN
To Connect Kinston With New Ship
Line From North Good Business
Could lie Built Up at Landings On
Neuse, Thought Shallow Draught
Freighters
A boat line to operate on a regu
lar schedule between this city and
New Bern is an idea that may meet
with favor from Chamber of Com
merce members. The suggestion has
been advanced that when a new ser
vice to be installed between Balti
more, Norfolk, Washington and
Nev Bern is inaugurated, local bus
iness interests finance a line of ehal-low-draufrht
steamers to connect
Kington with the route. The Balti-mcre-New
Bern company is expected
to fctart operations eai-ly in the com
iii; year; it will put on one or two
? teel ships of a special design tg be-
trin with. The vessels will be f a
bund adapted to the waters they are
ply. The machinery will be well
aft, and freight-carrying facilities
will be great for craft of the size.
River boats of four to five feet
draught, built something on the or
der of the type familiar to the rivers
of this section, bnt a little narrower
in beam because of the crooked and
narrow channel in the Neuse, double
decked with the lower deck open, are
proposed for the Kinston-New vDern
line. A daily schedule could be
maintained. Passenger-carrying fa
cilities could be included nor of
less limited, of course. Five or six
men eould man such a vessel. Sev-
eral stops' eould be made between the:
cities, usually with profit
(By the United Press)
Norfolk, Oct 19. A German
submarines probably the U-53,
has beeivannk off Nantucket, ac
cording to a signal from a Brit
ish cruiser to the British steamer
North Pacific, in port here.
SOUTHERN . CUTTING OUT
MANY GRADE CROSSINGS
(Special io The Free Press)
Washington, D. C, October 18.
Ninety-three grade crossings of . the
Southern Railway's .Washington-At
lanta line have been eliminated in
connection with double track work
between Orange, Va., and Central S.
C.
Thirty-eight were supplanted by
overhead bridges, 83 by underpasses,
while 22 were removed by changes
in the route of Dublic roads.
In all construction work the fixed
policy of the Southern is to' separate
important highway crossings wherev'
er practicable.
RECORDER'S COURT IS
NOt tN THE HOLE YET
The report of the Recorder's Court
for the month of September, made
public Wednesday morning, shows a
total of $877.10 in moneys collected
by the court during the month. Of
this sum, $395 went to the school
fund; $154 was in Solicitor's fees to
the Solicitor or attorneys acting for
him, and $228.10 went to the city.
TO OPEN COURT HALF
WEEK LATE BECAUSE
OF THE ELECTIONS
Judge W. A. Devin In Superior
Court Wednesday granted a request
of the Bar Association that the con
vening of the November two-weeks'
chril term, scheduled for the 6th, be
delayed until Thursday, the 9th. The
elections will be on the 7th; the day
before that will be devoted to cam
paigning by a number of the lawyers
and court officials, and they expect to
be too much elated over the outcome
of the balloting to feel much like
working on the day after.
Four negroes convicted at the pres
ent term and sentenced to terms rang
ing from 12 to 24 months, asked to be
allowed to serve in State's prison
rather than on the Lenoir county
roads. Such requests have been hon
ored 'before. The business of the Oc
tober short term was concluded Wed-
iay afternoon, with three days
left over, and Judge Devin went to
his home in Oxford that night. The
term is still legally open; it (will ex
pire by limitation Saturday night.
Weather Puts Up Deep Stuff.
The Caribbean-Culf-Aktlantic gale
now holding away over the South
eastern part of the United Stales for
the especial benefit of Mobile, Ala.,
and Biloxi, Miss., Wednesday night
nd Thursday morning took a decid
ed fancy for Kinston. The wind was
nothing to brag about, but there fell
enough rain, if properly distributed,
to irrigate all the waste places in the
nation for months. At places the
streets were canals; the sewerage
system is adequate for ordinary occa
sions, but for nothing tike this. Bus
iness was on the blink; local politics
was at a low ebb; there was no ses
sion of the police court. AH night
nearly, and practically all the morn
ing the precipitation was torrential.
Says He's Escaped Convict
"David Adams," colored, arrested
for; misdemeanors at Norfolk, told
thb" police ha was an escaped convict
from the Lenoir county roads. The
county authorities hdje disclaim any
knowledge of such a person.
of Police Skinner thinks the
mav be Will. SumreU, who, ecapel
while serving year .for tra
in v. Holey.
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Hurricane Reaches Velocity
ofl2(TMileS Hotir at v
Florida Port
PROPRTY DAMGE HEAVY
Mobile Escapes With One
Death and Little Property
Loss Messenger Boy
Carried 80 Feet Through
a Window1
(By the United Press)
Washington, Oct 19. The Gulf
storm now centers In Indiana.
Storm warnings are being pasted
along the Great Lakes, aayri the
Weather Bureau.
Pensacola, Fla., Oct 19-"Whipped
and torn by the worst hurricane in
its history, of Pensacola today heard
reports of numerous persons injured
and the widespread unroofing of
buildings. The storm sweeping in
from the Gulf lashed the city furi
ously and reached a velocity of 120
miles an hour. It tore away the
weather bureau . tower, wrecked the
Louisville and Nashville grain eleva
tor, tore off a irallroad waronouse
roof, ruined several thousand dollars'
worth of goods inside and did othei
damage. '
The wind performed many freaks.
It picked up a -messenger boy and
hurled him eighty feet across a road
and through a plate glass window.
Public Works Commissioner Johnson
had both legs fractured. .; The street
car, telegraph and telephone services
are paralyzed.
Mobile Moer Fortunate.
Mobile, Oct One negress
dead and slight damage to shipping
and property were the results of the
hurricane here. Loss was $50,000.
OLLOCK TO SOUND
THE CALL IN ONSLOW
Carrying an appeal to backsliders
to
return to the "grandest party,"
Col. W. D. Pollock, the local Sute
Senatorial nominee, Friday morning
will invade Onslow county to drive
a few sledge-hammer Mows for
Pemocracy. He will speak at four
places, and his message to all the
audiences will be the same. Colonel
Pollock's schedule is:
Belgrade, Friday noon.
Swansboro, Friday night. '
Folkton, Saturday noon.
Snead's Perry, Saturday night.
EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS
IN SOUTHERN STATES
Atlanta, Ga Oct. 18. Two earth
tremors that shook buildings, knock
ed down a number of chimneys and
frightened thousands were felt
throughout Georgia, Eastern Alaba
ma, Tennessee and parts of Kentucky
late this afternoon. No material
damage was done and no injuries have
been reported.
Birmingham and Montgomery ap
parently seemed to feel the move
ment most severely. No point east
of Augusta, Ga., seemed to be affect
ed. " :
AND WHEAT IS GOING
SKYWARD, YOU KNOW
(By the United Press)
Edmonton, Alberta, Oct 19. C. S.
Noble, pioneer farmer of the Clares
holm district, today had an official
award from the Alberta Government
of the world's record for .raising
wheat flit 1,000- acre field averaged
52 bushels to the acre.', This is one
Chief bushel higher than the previous rec
negro ord, held in Polouee county, Wash-
:lngton, fa the United State
The
(rrain, iNoble aaya, will grade No.
Lard. " ! 't' ,
Seth, He Used to Enforce
Attention While Roose
velt Spoke; Jim Once Lost
Ail Ear In An Argument
-1 R. Delighted
By J. P. YODER,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
On -Board the Roosevelt Train, St
Louis, Oct 1. With the Kentucky
mountain district and its eventful day
behind him, Colonel Roosevelt is
Speeding across Missouri and Kansas
to the scenes of his "short-grass"
irange riding days. He is looking
forward to meeting soma old plaint
pals.
Two men have wired Col. Roosevelt
that they win meet him either at
'Phoenix or Albuquerque. One is
Seth (Bullock, who used to ait behind
the Colonel in political meetings with
a Colt in each hand to keep the au
dience .attentive. The other la Jon
Davis, whose left ear "was bit off by
a bentleman in an argument"
CoL (Roosevelt ii glad to be in the
West
RALEIGH CONCERN TO
DO KINSTON PAVING
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City Council at a special meeting
Wednesday night voted to award the
contract for about 6,000 yards of
sidewalk paving and some culvert
work to a Raleigh concern the low
est bidder out of four. The price
per yard for the paving' is .07 cents,
and the, totl, contract calls for on
expenditure ",ef nearly $9,000, The
West Construction Company, having
improved many miles of street and
sidewalks in the city during the paet
two years, failed to land the new
award by a considerable difference
between its bid and the successful
concern's offer. Council passed reso
lutions' necessitated by the recent sale
of the Public Improvement and Spe
cial Assessment bonds and a loan of
$100,000.
DAVID ANDRADA
David Andrada is the comedian in
Robin Hood," the best comic opera
America has produced, which will be
sung at the Grand Theater on Sat
urday, October 21.
The story of this popular artistic
success is based upon the old (Eng
lish tale of Robin Hood and , his
band of outlaws, a story used by Sir
Walter Scott in hie famous novel of
Ivanhoe. The romance of this pic
turesque bandit possesses charm
which can never die, and in the ope
ra of "Robin Hood," Reginald v de
Koven has given the world a music
al "aetting as immortal aa the wond
erful story itself.. The delightful
melodies are as appealing to the mu
sical public today aa when first sung,
and the opportunity to. hear , this
beautiful mask again is distinctly a
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Consolidate Positions Ret
cently Won ; Repulse
' German Counter ' 1
HEAVY: RAINS L7 SCZ!E
British Inactive Serbs
Take VillageGre Bat
tle ' In ? East Continues)
Germ'ns Use Gas Against
Russians i
(By the United Press)
Paris, Oct 19. French closed
in on Peronne last night, progressing
between Lammisonette ' and Bianches
in heavy fighting south of, the Som
me. . Deeprte uerman counters, . tna
newly-won Sailly-Sallisel positions
re now entirely in the handf of .the
French. ; v They were consolidated
during the nJgtib. . , t C '
Serbs Gain.- i
The Serbs' have captured the vil
lage of Barod, ettutheaat .f Monaalir,
from the plgara in brilliant com
bat, it is said officially. , -'
Raina Hard In West. . .
'London, Oct, 19. ilea vy rains im-
pedej operations on the Somme front
today, General Halg report
Big Teuton-Rosa. Battle Ragea.
Petrograd, Oct 19 The Ave dar
battle. In' Vdhynii continued . today
with. no: sign of interruption. The
Germans are using gas and large
rraantitles of ammunition against the
Russian Jine, The war office an
nounced the repulse of t attack ,e4.
Kldeiin, east of Svinieucni. where the
fighting is especially4 fierce, ' 1 ,
GREEKS RECALL THE
WORDS C? CLAY A!D
Athens, Oct 17-Vi London Oct.
18. After " the demonstration . bare
last night against the Entente ABiea,
during which a! procession of several
thousand persons marched to the Am-
ancsn legauuu luiu pruvceiea agaiOBB
the landing of French marines, del
egaxion oi six persona caiiea at um
American legation '' today' and! pre
seated resoftrtloris" askinf the sympa
thy and protecttoh: wf the UttiteoT
State against., the? encwathments l ,
the Entente Allies. The .spokesmen
said in 'English, in presenting the resolution:-
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"Henry Clay's speech ) in regard to :
Greece's struggle for liberty, aa well
as one by Daniel Webster, said" the
truggile Would have been - made
meaningfeaV if the liberies of Greece)
had been" subsequently lost" - f
The' American I minister, GarretC
Droppera, proSmaed to forward $ the
petition to Waahington. ii v ;,
ILLINOIS SUFFRAGISTS
IN ANNUAL CONVFJiriOll
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Springfield, 111., Oct 19. Te expe
dite the ' establishment of ful . suf
frage for the already partialy-en
franchised women of Illinois, dele
gates representing , more than two
hundred affiliated organisations ' me
in the chambers of the State Capitol
here today attending the forty-eighth
annual convention of the Illinoi .
Equal Suffrage AssociaiUon, - -, .
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PASTSOSE HUNDRED '
YEARS OLD THURSDAY
1 ' in-' " r'A 1
Stand tip straight, men; swing
your legs about first one, then) the
other, look at 'em, and the glorify
the memory of the man who Invent
ed trousers, pantaloons or just plain
It happened Just 100 reare ago to
day. A chap whose came is lonjf
since duet, grew, tired of breeches
with their encumbering enugness ancl
evolved the forerunner of the pres
ent etyle i trousers, ,