i : ..,..-- 4 I I I I, . ! t I Raia tonight I VIII. No. U8 FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY FIVE CENT3 ON TRAIN8 L,niltyjPMINO PLANflS BRYAN TO WORK FOR 'DRV DEMOCRACY' IN COMING FOUR YEARS PENNSY IS SEEKING GOVERNMENT PLANS TUESDAY NIGHT'S PROGRAM IN CAN WIN GREATEST PROPOSITION WORTH DEFENSES IN WORLD WHILE FOR KINSTON CHRISTIAN WOMAN' BOARD WAS MOST INTERESTING N VS. THE HANDS OF INVESTIGATE FOOD PRICES "IN NATION Officials Inclined to Suspect Unfair Practices by the SHORTER WORK DW INSTRUCTIVE Continue to Assault Ger- manorks in Tremend ous Artillery Battle TEUTONS FEE SECURE Farm Expert Scouts Idea That Erection Would Be Too Expensive Many More Hogs and Cattle Would Be Raised Have j Burrowed In Like Rabbits and Taken Big A packing plant here can be operat ed successfully and would be the big gest factor yet for the promotion of GunS With Them Im- the meat-growing industry, Farm Denmon3tration Agent O. V. McCrary declared Wednesday. The proposition has been discussed during the Fall and there are many skeptics In the city. McCrary, however, maintains that the establishment would not cost $100,000, nor hardly more than mense Expenditure Steel and Blood of (By the United Press) New York, Nov. 15. William J. Bryan will devote the next four' years of his life making Democracy J "dry." The former Socretarv of State today declared that the "party cannot afford to take the immoral side of a moral question." Ho said, "We must not allow the party to bo buried in a drunkard's grave. INVESTIGATION OF MOVEMENT NEGROES (By the United Press) Philadelphia, Nov. .13. The Pennsylvania Railroad today fil ed suit in the District Court to restrain the Uni.'ed States gov ernment frtfm putting into oper ation tht 8-hour law. GOVERNMENT CONTROL WHEAT IN BRITAIN Middlemen COMMISSION GETS BUSY (By the United Press) London, Nov. 15. With no abate ment of the fury attending its Initial six-tenths of that sum. The Chamb smash, the British storm of metal er of Gommerce may not have inves- and men against Germany's " vaunted tiga ted fully enough when it tem-sub-surface fortifications on both norarilv abandoned the idea of pro- sides of the Ancre Brook continues, motlntr a plant, he thinks. Much smaller towns than this in Georgia, in much poorer counties, have pack eries, he says, and some of them if not all are being operated at a profit Thousands more animals are being raised in those communities. The plant as Mr. McCrary con ceives it should Include abattoir,' re frigorating department and cannery Operated on the cooperative principle, small individual planters could have their animals inspected by exports carefully slaughtered and stored for an indiefinite time at a tiifling ex pense. The promoting organization might operate the cannery. Beef an pork are necessities; there is never a poor market for the packed meat. Such an enterprise would make the animal Industry much more profitable to planters of this 3ction, McCrary thinks. They would be encourageJ to raise more pigs and cattb. "They would not be driven to dump all thr meal they have made onto tne local market, with a resultant reduction in prices and possible loss, at the first warm spell after the slaughtering. The refrigerating plant, would obviate that." Late' dispatches from the front re port that German counters are fu tile against the new British posi tions at Beaumont and Hamelibea- court in the St. Pierre division. The lavish outpouring of high explosives and .shrapnel from the British big guns today appeared to center on the German lines About Miraumont, north of Grandcourt. South of there a ter rific ,ffort is being spent on the capture of Beaumont, coupled with other operations, which led military experts to believe General Haig is inaugurating a flanking movement encircling (Miraumont. Haig official ly reported this morning that he has completely secured the recently won ground. Most Wonderful Fortifications In the. World. By CARL W. ACKERMAN, . (United Jre88 Staff Correspondent) Somewhere1 on the Somme, Nov. 10. (Via Berlin and Wireless to Say- ville, Nov. 15. Germany 13 defend ing the Somme with buried artillery. In their assaults the French and British are attacking only the sur face of the greatest fortifications in the world. Germany built a surprise for the Allies here in a wonderful series of artillery-proof fortifications. These defenses are, built so close, are dug so deep, and cover such a wide area that what the Allies are today attack ing with infantry, tanks and artillery are only the outskirts of a powerful system of underground forts. The bombardment is terrific. Fields, woods and towns are torn to pieces by the cont;antJy-ex,podrng shells. But underground nothing is touched'. And it is from her sub-surface forts that Germany Is repelling the Allied stuck. For a week I have been over the Somme battlefield. From a height near Peronne and to the south of Arras, pur party twice penetrated the shell area, viewing Peronne and Ba- paume, the two immediate objects of treason, German officers explain, why fire. It marked the first time since! the Er.erlish cannot destroy the de- the Somme battle began that a neu- fenses, . tral has beeft. permitted to inspect We stopped at a plowed field, walk- thls.part'bf tbe underground fo.-tifi- ed to a hole in the ground, and enter cations, constructed by ihe Teutonic cd an underground battery. Above force Watting in the library of a ground, in seme spots, so many castle serving as the headquarters of 1 3hells had exploded it was impossl 'one of the commanding generals, the ble to count the shell craters. windows rattled and doors shook underground, not a cannon J (By the United Press) (By the United Press) Washington Nov. 15 Facing n se rious wheat shortage, ireflt Ei it air. has appointed, a royal commission to take ever whest importations, says a consular report. ARADIA THROWS OFF YOKE AND SETS UP A KIIDOM (By the United, Press) Washington, Nov. 15. Confir mation of the establishment of an independent kingdom in Ara bia is had by the State Depart ment from the United States Em bassy at Constantinople. Th? Turkish minister of the interior, declares the revolt was "fostered by British gold." from 'the concussion, of bursting shells. With these constant explosions in our ears, and escorted by intelligent officers, we motored to the heights of Bapsume. There we watched the British fire Into the town. Only one church spire and one" chimney are still standing. . Although in approaching the front we encountered seventeen lines' cf trenches and wire entanglements, the Somme battle no longer being de fended Trom-the trenches, but with buried artillery. For miles as -w walked we passed holes in the ground large enough for neu to crawl Into. These were the entrances to- thous ands of underground fort which the Germans have built In an endless chain. '. . , .-. . : The underground defenses vary In E'ut was scratched. The officers and artillery men were living with many of the comforts, of home. The Allied method of attack on the Somme has been to use heavy ar tillery, gas bombs, handrgrenades, and tanks. In one village, the Eng lish fired during one night 30,000 gas bombs, but the next morning the Ger man soldiers crawled out like rab bits from their holes lnd went to work again. Unanimous opinion con cerning the tska Is that they are a costly fatl'tfe. They can travel on ly four miles an hour and are easily overturned" by artillery. . Some Tom my prisoners declare they put the fear of God into the Germans. It Is admitted their first use caused sur prise, although now there is nothing to fear. All the soldiers have had si. opportunity to study small mod- t.'day. ' We are endeavoring lo determin? Washington, Nov. 15 Progress ; j whether reported cases of attempted the investigation into the movement ; rfsris'fcration of these negroes were of thousands of negroes from Sou'h- , is:it'd or part cf a general movr ern 5 tntes was reported to the Pros-: men: toward illegal voting." Secre ident by Attorney General Gregory ' t.iry Gregory stated. THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN Copyright, To Discuss Soaring Cost of l'-iving at Session Next Friday Chicago Judge Orders Local Probe Com menced y 1 of the orchestra ( 1 ".f'' J V. RI6HT M THE cENIfR) I HAVE r irireL - M for ywemt Five y ,T ri6.ht J -T5P VCENTS! HAME- f HCRC I ' ' . '- j' &l MM " .'IK (By the United Press) Washington, Nov. 15, Strong ef forts to abate the high cost of liv- fng, wi-11 soon b? under way, adminis tration officials today declaring that the foo.l prices are to he subject the subject cf a searching investigation. It 'iccime evident that tho Presi dent's reference to alltged unfair practices by middlemen in a speech here alst night, was not accidental, whrn a discussion of the subject next Friday by ths Federal Trade Com mission was announce:! from th- White House. Investigation In Chicago. 1 Chicago, Nov. 15. Federal Judge Carpenter tcday ordered a grand ju ry investigation of food prices to be gin Monday. H-charged that com mission men havo cornered produce aa) forced up prices. PRESIDENT NAMES THANKSGIVING DAY (3y the Uniced Press') Washington, Uov. 15. The Pr3i Il.H formally requests that Thursday, Xovrrrber 30lh, be set a3lde as Thanksgiving day. GRAVES Cf!SE PUT OFF TILL DECEMBER 1 . (By the 4 United Press) j Washington, Nov. 15. The Unit ed Ft ate i Commissioner today post pined until December G the case of Dr. Arnigaard O.-aves, "German py," charged with blackmailing Countess Von Bernstorff, wife of the German Ambassador. The Bible School Work Featured Wednesday Morning's Exercises in the State Convention ... of the pjscjples College Session In Afternoon and Address On' Pcnevo lences Wednesday Night Thursday Will Ge Given Over to Unfinished Business and-Reports of Commit tees and in the Afternoon the Christian Ejndeavor Ses sion Will Be Held The North Carolina brance of the Christian 'Woman's Board of Missions, a powerful ally of the Disciples, of. Christ, that has expended more than five million dol lars for the carrying of the Gospel into all the lands dur ing the about two-score years, of its existence, was in charge of Tuesday night's session in Gordin "Street church, where the annual State convention' of the j)isci ples of Christ is being held. Following a very; busy day of two programs of rapid-fire business, the yomeri heard reports and transacted other business and listened to an address by Mrs. Josephine McDaniel Stearns, corres ponding secretary of the national organization, until a iew minutes after 10 o'clock. There was no dull woment in their session. The reports were for the most .part terse, very business-like and filled with interesting4 statis tics. Practically every department and every district re ported progress ,and most ofcthem in about every line. Mrs. J. F. Taylor of this ""v, tn" j i , treasurer, drew a compliment n-omwry CrvnCtwriDI V Mr. Bernard P. Smith, pastor of the.VM I JMWJWM $400 FOR ASIATIC OmiSTlANrT-EllEF host church, in open convention for the manner in which her report wan J (rotten up and rendered. It was elo quent in the mass of information that it contained when its brevity was con-! J 11 Mdcred. Two of the most interesting , .u m. u ... 'fom Klnston to CJwrAW -,R-Crane, reports were those of Miss Hattlo ..--- ,.?(v Parrott cf Klnston, Superintendent NaW Treasurer for of the Literature and Young People's -a Ref,, movement, J380.- Department, and Mlaa Etta Nu-nn, Historic Scenes in Old New England t w n " tr , Tut w 1 lv "'i-itlife fcrs:-SS ' ,(w: Scene of The.Battle'ai Bloody Brook in DeerfieldlaVSi d?p from a few, feet to as much as Uu back of the front, and the artil Ixty feeC No ehtar yet Invented lery "now knowe how to destroy the ean penetrau them. And this la the. real Units. 7 - In passing through South Deerfiehl, Mass., nutoists cross the historic old stream called Bloody "Brook, 8 came derived from the fn ightful massacre by Indians which occurred there on tho 18th of September, 1675. . In those days King Philip, eacliem of the Pokanoket tribe of Indians, was on the warpath; -He-had sa terrified the settlers of the Connecticut Kiver Valley that the northernmost towns of Northheld and Deerfield were ordered abandoned. , . y . : In abandoning Deerfield the settlers had left large stores of newly harveited grain, and it was in quest of, these needed store that Captain Lathrop, with a picked troop of eighty men, proceeded to Deerfield from the town of Hadley, twenty miles south. The grain had bcensucce.fujly procured and the party was some eii miles out of the settlement of Deerfield when it prepared to ford a stream. The stream was" bordered, by thick woods, and tradition telates that the men imprudently placed their, weapons in the wagons and scat tered to gather the wild grar.cs which abounded. "Thus disarmed, they were quickly and completely over-! whelmed by the hordes of Indian estimated at 700 strong, by wlrortf t,hey had been ambushed. Of the eightj. or more men in Captain Lath- op's command not more than eight waped alive. , Two other scouting squads of "Englishmen which were in the vicinity hurried to Be scene upon bearing Utile, but could do nothing except drive the Indians away to that. the. Lodica of their comrades might be de cently buried. ' ' :,.,. v.- v- ' ; ,vi'-.J. " -: fa-:w J V A monument now mark-- tic scone of thia horrible massacre, eiaJ tho stream where Ihe disaster occturrea is known to this day as Bloody Brook. ; ; ,.. -iii ; !-.- State Corresponding Secretary, who, living in New B:L-n, is a frequent vis itor to this city, and is well known here. Miss Parrott gave facts and fijrurcs about the various young peo nle's auxiliaries, their memberships, ntriliutlcns, growth, etc. Miss Nunn, noted for heir enthusiasm, told of the C. W. B, M.'s .progress in North Carolina, outlined work con templated, and in an unconscious way revealed to her hearers that this live wire woman has herself done nearly incredible amount of work luring the past fiscal year. Presiding over the session was the President, a gracious Kinston woman, Mrs. R. F. Hill. Mrs. Hill made an deal presiding officer, and combined the qualities of good business judg ment with the cleverness and charm of her sex and conducted the meeting as if she were born to such a work. Her annual address was most inter ssting. Thu last number on the evening's program was to most of the audience house-filling in number, the most In teresting. Mrs. Stearns, the Nation al Secretary, delivered an address on the accomplishments and prospects of the C. W. B. M. in the United States and the world. iShe Is a cul tured, well-educated woman, a graceful speaker, and brimful of In teresting information. She told of the millions expended, how the or ganization waj cultivating the mis sion fields, of the work here In the Nrtion, etc. Home missions are an important part of the labor, she de clared, and told of how t!he C. W. B. M. Is combatting EHiddhism In Chris tian Los Angeles and a more regret fjl heathenism actual teaching that therr. is no God among foreign whites in Chicago. Many more young people are going out in obedience to the injunction to "Go ye into all tho world," etc. she said. She related j ersonal experiences with ( embryo missionaries, and manifested elation over their zeal and the sacrificial spirit of Christian parents. Mrs. Stearns knows exactly how to get and, hold tho attention of an audience. She began by telling of a famous in cident in connection with the Victor ian jubilee; about how, when the cer emonies the teemlnf masses " from every corner of the globe had ' en gaged In were nearly, over, Kipling, asked long before to compose a jubi lee poem, rendered his Immortal piece, containing these words: "Lord God of hosts be with ua yet. lest we forget; fcrt we forget,' The poem has been a valuable- thing for ? the pmt two or three weeks. A portion ; of this money w3 raised by means of a house-to-house canvassi1 The city having failed to observe the two days named for nation-wide tfdvlag for tbJtr cause,, through failure to-eecttre instructions as to - how ; j,o srceed, ministers and the Mayor took the mfttteli ln hand .wlth( this gratifying result. 1 HOOKER GETS AWARD ' IN NOTED LAND SUIT , Jn clvJl Superior Court Tuesday the case of Hooker vs. Allen, whkh has Attracted considerable attention, iwaa settled with a judgment for the plain tiff of $3,390. JHe had asked for learly double that amount. In the :ause J. F. Hooker contended ev shortage of acreage In land .purchas d. while the defendant, E. 0,( Allen, :laimd that the sum total in the deal was exchanged for the land tn lump, x certain acreage, more or less. Tuesday the court took up hut did not finish the case of Taylor vs. City" )f Klnston and Lenoir Oil and Ice Company, involving alleged damages o two mules from falling Into an open sewer In Southeast Kinston fill ed with hot water from the oil and) ce plant. The plaintiff Is asking 000. NAYY SOON TO HAVE ITS fIRSTDIRIGIBLE (By the United Press) .Washington, '-Nov. 15- The Navy Department wifl Aooa. advertise for bids for the first --XL S.zeppelln, It is learned. - The department has been gathering InformtUon .-.about the construction f or months by study ing samples of European machines. , In (Civil Court , ' .The jury could not agree lt the case of Williams vs. the .Klnston Manufacturing Company, ' ' cause commenced in civil Superior Court Saturday. A mistrial was -: ordered Monday. Most of Monday was taken up with the trial of Hooker vs. Allen, involving a land maftter, and the case was not completed when adjourn ment was taken. :;' J " . ' '.'--v'. Christian cause. In it, 'Mrs. Steam showed, the master, writer aubordln ated the gentle subject of all the mortal pomp and glory to the great