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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
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(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
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"'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