THE - DAILY Th? Honte Paper "Today's Newt Today" EE Freezing Temeritura ' ft' ' - VOL. XVIII-No. 119 FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. C THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY &&E&Wgim PRESS SESSIONS OF DISCIPLES' CONVENT'N WILL BE CONCLUDED HERE THURSDAY mm, MEET NEAT YEAR Mill WILSON CHURCH Address of Mr. Bagby of Washington, D. C, Featured Wednesday Night's ProgramLively and Interesting Business Session Thursday Morning Christian En deavor Work in the Afternoon Appreciation for Hospitality of Hpst Church and Kinston Expressed Daily Dinners Enjoyable Feature Mr. Walker to Preach Thursday Night and Social Period to Follow The State convention of Disciples of Christ, which has been in session in Kinston since Monday night, wil bring its meetings to a close with Thursday night's pro gram. The convention Wednesday night unanimously voted to accept the invitation of the Wilson church for the 1917 meeting, which was tendered througn tne commit tee on Time and Place. DWELLS ON DANGERS OF EATING TOO MUCH By SAMUEL G. DIXON, (Pennsylvania Health Commissioner) The children of thelnxjuais In ana, it. Is said, were trained to cat frugally and taught thai, overeating was far worse than under-eating. They .were warned that gluttons would be caught by a monster known as Sagodakwus. who would humiliate them in a most terrible manner if he found (that they were gourmands. Most people eat more than they need. This Is particularly true of that class of individuals engaged in sedentary occupations. Perhaps you do not feel that you come under this haad, but suppose you Itry a few experiments. Make some slight investigation of the nu tritive values of the different foods, cut your excessive allowances, eat slowly, and drink ' plenty of water but not at meal rtimes. Certain it is that an increasing percentage of our population suc cumb to degenerative diseases and the consensus of medical cpinion is that overeating is an imporCant fau sative factoir. BELGIANS GETTII RELIEF FROM THIS NATION 'DESTITUTE' At Thursday, morning's session un finished .business and committee re ports took up practically all of the time. The committee on Bible School asked for more time than it has been given heretofore for its part of the program and the prequest precipit ated a spirited but good natured con troversy. The iijquest was finally granted and next year one whole day of the convention will be given over to the Bible school and Christian En deavor work. The nominating committee recom mended the re-election of Messrs. J. W. Hines of Rocky Mount, T. E. Hook er of Greenville and George Hack ney of Wilson, whose terms on the State Board expired with this con vention. The recommendation was adopted without a dissenting vote. The committee on Resolutions sug gested suitable recognition for the various factors, which have contrib uted to the splendid success of the convention, especially was the hos. pitality of ths host church and the good people of Kinston emphasized Committees on literature, enrollment, obituaries and other outine work was attended to. Thursday afternoon the Christian Endeavor session, conducted by Mr. H. Gait Braxton of Kinston, World's Union Vice President from North Carolina, and an address on Church Extension iby Mr. E. E'. Bagby of Washington, ,U. C. filled the program. Mr. W, 0. Davis led the devotional service. The Christian Endeavor pro gram consisted of a "round table" question box pertaining to practical Work of the young people. Thursday night Mr. J. J. Walker, pastor of the Greenville church, will preach the concluding sermon and a social period will wind up the meetings. One of the most enjoyable features of ths entire convention has been the delightful dinners served by the la dies of the church at the noon hour each day. Wednesday afternoon was devoted (By the United Press) to the interest of the Atlantic Chris- j Washington, Nov. 15 It is feared tian College in the program of the ; America's relief of the destitute i" State Convention of the Disciples of Belgium will be seriously interred Chris. Encouraging addresses wers with as a re8ult of tn9 whoIesaIP de made by President R. A. Smith of portatjon of Belgians to Germany to the college, Professors W. O. Laps- abor in industrial plants, ley, teacher Of rural economics, A. i The State Department today ad G. Martin and W. S. Martin. The ' mitted that it has taken up the re convention went on record as endors- ter with the German government. The commending it to its brotherhood. ' German policy is understood to be to ing the good work of the college and declare "destitute" any Belgian rc Wednesday evening there were living relief supplipsi This, offi some interesting discussions precipi-j clai3 fear, may result in the AIlUs ie tated la, short business session in quf sting the United States to cease which ths reports of several commit- J giving Telief, since it obviously plays tees were Jieard. These were along int0 the hands of the German govarn constitutional lines. The principal 1 nf address of the evening v made by Mr. jE. B. Bagby, pastor of Ninth Street Christian church of Washing ton, D. C Mr. Bagby spoke In be half of the national benevolent work. He'told of the splendid work In eat ing for the aged and the orphans. His address , was particularly impressive, and pointed out many ways in which those who are blessed with abundance and tome to spare could lend to the - assistance and development of boys nd girls who otherwise would per haps not have the opportunities which th?y "could so well tak advantage of vWhen given a fair, chance. Air offer fa was taken for the -benefit of the ter.rrolent work and very !?ral response was Sported. ; ;'. - " y ' ' . . CAROL N ANSI TAR Ffl P ANTFR.S!Ms,fwgier weds . HUKTH UKUUN1AN TO IIItIK ANNUAL HELP RAISE BURDEN DEMOCRACY'S FAC'G MEET'G AT RALEIGH Lumberton. Nov. 15. Hon A. W. McLean, the Democratic National Committeeman for North Carolina, this afternoon issued a call to the Democracy of North Carolina to take "UPthoU3e this foon with Dr. H. Raleigh, Nov. 14. The North Ca rolina Farmers' Union convened in annual session in the Wake countv part in paying off the debt of over $.'!00,000 incurred by the Democratic 1 ty directing National Committee in conducting. :ho campaign which resulted in the ie-lection of President Wilson. All checks should be sent to A. VV. McLean, Lumberton, N. as Hu;rh MaaRae of Wilmington, treasure- of the finance committee, is out f the State for a while, and will not U able rto act. Q. Alexander of Mecklenburg coun- tho sessions as presi dent of the organization. N;w York, Nov. 15. Mrs. Mary Lily Flagler, widow of Henry M. Flagler, one of tho organizers of the Standard Oil Company, was married hero today to former Judge Robert Worth Bingham, of Louisville, Ky., son of Major E'ingham, of Asheville, N. C. Mrs. Flagler inherited an estate estimated at as much as $70,000,000 from her first husband. ALLIED OFFENSIVE TOO EXPENSIVE AND CANNOT ACCOMPLISH OBJECT, IS iRlft f-.4fr--. '!sr OPINION OF SITUATION IN THE SOIIE TYLOR GETS DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF ANIMALS The case in civil Superior Court of A. Taylor vs. City of Kinston mil Lenoir Oil & Ice Co. was settled Thursday with a judgment far the laintiff of $512.57 for the loss of a mule and damage to another through falling into an oDen sower in Kouth- a.-'.t Kinsi.on containinjr scaldiner wa- from the oil and ice plant. Tay- had asked for $S00. '"The cause i without complication and ths ju- y had little difficulty in reaching an jrveement. The next cause taken up was that f W. O. Wooten V3. Goldsboro Lum- Co., a 3uit to recover about eight months' salary, annroximatelv $600 n an allegation of a breach of con- ract. Wooten was dismissed from ho company's employ after about our months of a vear which he inims had been contracted for. The fondant claims no contract existed, WIRELESS FROM THIS COUNTRY TO JAPAN San Francisco, Cal. Nov. 15. Commercial trans-Pacific wireless service via Honolulu to Japan was inaugurated today by the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company with messages sent by President Wilson and other prominent men from Bo! inas Rid,'e, near here, to 'lie Emper : of Japan and other dijrnitarii s m I hat country. About 75,000 pounds of tobacco sold here Thursday brought prices nearly as high as any of the season. The average was between 22 and 21 cca's, according to reports from warehouses. FURNITURE MEN IN ANNUAL CONVENTION High Point, Nov. 15. The South ern Furniture Manufacturing Associ ation", an organization composed of nearly one hundrod manufacturers of furniture of all grades and of kind red lines, located in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, with its principal office ta High Point, held its annual meeting here today. NPRESBYTERfiNS HOLD PROGRAM AT MONUMT Greensboro, Nov. 15. The monu ment crecite.l by the Presbyterian Sy nod of North Carolina at Alamance church in this county, to commemo rate the organisation of tho Synod at that place one hundred years ago, was dedicated, with impressive cere nicuiea, this afternoon. Von Hindenburg Takes Terrible Toll of Franco-British Lives Joffre and Haig Can Take Only Few Trenches i-'i-;- and Villages at Disproportionate Cost, Teutons Be lieve Great Counter Rolls Across AliieS front; the French Give Slightly British Making Good Their Gains In Northern Region Naval Battles Iiti Inland Streams In Prospect Both Sides Preparing Fleets on Canals and Rivers . E COLD WEATHER CAUSE OF MANY DESERTIONS Gives Germany Excuse for Wholesale Deportation Citizens of the Stricken Country Labor In Teuton Factories ''oming, N. M., Nov. 15. Sixty nun have been arrested on charges of .i.,;ertlon, it was announced today at ': !::ade headquarters at 'Camp Dom ml-:';. Th; men, ; is understood, are fr rn the first provisional infantry ''K -ndo, stationed at Fort Bayard, N. M., and the deserting because of hn ,'dship due to cold weather. COAL HIGH, NATION'S PROSPERITY TO BLAME New York, Nov. 11. Prosperity may yet freeze New York'a popula tion to death. -. Such at least, was today the ex planation the coat man ladled ' out with each coal order $10 to 12 a ton and till going up. , The mills and factories ara to busy that their demands for coal Js stu pendous, is the unanimous averment They have simply grabbed every thing in sight and are aching to get the e hands on more. ' J mi tm-m HT-I!01 DAY MM BECOME MMWl AS RESULT OF TRUNIN'S AGITATION; COALITION OF BROTHERHOODS AND A. F.L GERALDINE FARRAR la Hr Second Latky-ParamounS " Pictur "Tempt-Uon'; S i i. K 1 1 m i i mm j i i r I f i g JfT 1 A 4 y 1 -v : lialtimore, Nov. 16. Leaders of the four railway 1 11 1 1 Ml -mi . , . . V orotnernooas will address trie American Federation o Labor convention here within a week, on the eight-hour any principle, ineir appearance is expected to lnauiru rate a concerted fight for recognition of eight hours as a working day for all classes of labor. At the same time the appearance of the brotherhood leaders is expected to hasten a coalition of the brotherhoods with the American Federation of Labor. The labor leaders hope to force the eisfht-hour 'dav not inrougn legisiaiion DUt tnrougn tne power ot organized labor. Lo-operation ot the brotherhoods with the feder ation toward eight hours would result in the ultimate coalition of the two greater organizations, leaders to day agreed. It is considered possible that when the federation del egates visit President Wilson Saturday they will discuss the question of national recognition of the eight-hour dav lor all employes. Government Ready for Labor War. (By It. J. BENDER, Unitd Press StafT Correspondent) Washington, Nov. 16. It was made clear today that the administration is ready to start an aggressive right in behalf of the Adamson eight-hour day law, now the ob ject oi a concentrated attack by most of the big railroads of the country. High officials declared that efforts to enjoin the operation of the law would fail. " It is suggest ed that the government not confine itself to defensive tactics, if it appears probable that the railroads will suc ceed in getting an injunction. Greatest Industrial Fight Coming. .New York, Nov. 11. Prospects for the greatest in dustrial struggle in history are increasing in the capita) and labor situation arising from the railroads' determi nation to fight the eight-hour law, accentuated bv the for mation of a vast organization of employes known as the National Industrial Conference Board. A new body, rep resenting eight billions of capital and employing seven million persons, propose that industrial legislation be watched closely, and that legislation be guided by public information and favoritism for labor eliminated. The significance of the new alignment increased with the United Press information that the brotherhoods will join the American Federation of Labor in enforcement of the eight-Tiour day in all industries, not by legislation but by the power of organized labor. New York, Nov. 15. Suits filed by i.-ailroadjs asainst the Federal govern ment to test the constitutionality of the Adamson eiprht-hour law also are expected, to result in the interpreta tion f the statute if it 1 upheld, therailroad nianagers comprising the national conference committee of rail ways announced In a statement here tonight,' , 'Suits designed to deH the validity of the law and to restrain tha govern ment from putting It into effect wer fihd in this city today fcy ahe New York Central and Eria Railroads. Similar suits are to be brought with in the next few days by each railroad in the country in each of the Federal (Ellsha Lee, chairman of the confer encJ committee. Mr. Lee issued a statement at the end of the com mittee's three-day secret session, ex plaining ithe railroads' program in 'tnefr fight against the law., Two questions are involved in tb appeal by the railroads to the courts for light on the :Adamson law: , 1. Is th law consUtutional? 2. If It Is constitutional what does is mean? ' 1 London, Nov. 16. Monastir is WitWrt rea'cTi of General Serail's French-Serbians after one of the most astonishing advances of the war. 6aYffing against driving snows over great natural mountain fortresses, the Allied forces have now reached the Plain of Monastir, sweeping back the Bulgarian-Teutonic line to within four miles of the city itself y Ber lin admits new positions in the Czerna sector are txf cupied. 4 (By CARL W. ACKERMAN, United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin. Nov. 16. General" Vbh Hindenbure is exact ing a toll of Allied lives entirely disproportionate to their trains in the Somme fitrhting. military authorities declare. Today he had their entire line under a terrific re, with ihe prospect of enormous casualties to be inflicted, if jtheir initial advance is repeated. All reports fro'm the " front . say the British attack has been eintirely .withoto rSrd to the sacrifice of human life. Officers admit that ty concentration of enormous stores of amrnunition arid fa'en on a small front the Allies can win a few trenches and . villages, but that the price will be tob costly. Tremendous Counter. . , London, Nov. 11. An unceasing series of attacks, and counters swept in a wave of fire and steel across, six. mjles of the Franco-British front todaywhenCM thrust the Germans have yet attempted was "directed, against the Allied lines. A continuouSjapple" is .going , on along the entire sixty-milfe froiit. , .TTte FrehhWere forced to yield slightly from the. ,tre'meijdo$s.'pe6e. Meantime, under desperate enemy onsteuglit tKeHBt ish consolidated advanced positions in the 'lector. Germans Occupy Town. . . Berlin. Nov. 16 The Germans have stormed and .oc cupied the eastern portion of the village of Sailliset, it is said, at the war office. , Allied Success In East. Paris, Nov. 11. The Franco-Russians have hurled back the Germans and now are within four miles of Mon astir, it is officially said. The - Germans are retiring throughout Macedonia. French Retake Ground. Paris. Nov. 16. After a violent battle, the French have dislodeed the Germans who yesterday partly occu pied the village of Pressoire, it is officially statea. Look for Naval Battles on French CanaR By WILBUR S FORREST, (United Press SiafT Correstumden!) London, Nov. 16. Inland navies may figure strongly wem in the war news frum the western frn. Constant pressure on the German front by the Anglo-French, according to the British war experts, muat in evitably mean a withdrawal of ih German lin enow lying acrosj the northern part of France and Flind ers, inis wouiu tnrow tne Ames ine near and across varlom canaU md rivers and bring a new branch of warfare into play. This new branch would be the inland navie Ivor and canal cruisers mounting fairly heavy guns and manned by ex perienced men. As first announced by the United service. The recent official Annotincement hero that Sir Airchih&ld Pnris; aa4 d'.her marine major generals hava b2cn sent to the front lends flavor to the conjecture regarding the in land navies. That the Germans may have al- That 'the Germans may have al ready organize dthe&r inland nary is indicated by the ppearanc of great numbers of German marines on the Somms front. Soma of these have been captured. While the real, sea-going navies continue to watch their chance to clash, It is believed not improbable that the Inland fleets may yet be tha first to figure again in th news dis patches. French Hold to Gams. Paris, Nov. 15. The Pranch pw- Press correspondent on the French grossed north of tha Somme, on Uie front, General Foch's canal navy has already been in action against heavy German guns mounted on Mount St. Quentin. These units, mostly moni tors, operata silently and slowly on the canals skirting the crooked course of the River Somme. But in the extreme North of France and northern edge of St 'Pierre-Vaast 'wood, it 1s officially said, following a most Intense 'wo-day bombardment. Despite a desperate counter in which the Germans utilised burning liquids and tear-provoking . ehells, all posi tions were maintained excefrt at Pre vols, where a small German detach- South of L'a'.gium, it is pointed out, ment gained a foothold In group rivers and canals are more spacious of ruined houses. t and afford real opportunities for ma- German Gains In Near East nsuvering. These waterways also in I 'Prograd, Nor. IS The Germans, terlock so that separate units and heavily remf oread, bava pushed fleets may extend their activity to back the , (Roumanians defending many areas. Neither ordinary scJ- the Juil Valley outh of Vuican Ps, dices or sailors would operate the Jt; ta. officially admitted. . ' land-locked navies. Such services as c r Bjchareat, Nov. 15.Twi Kounj" England's Royal Marina Light In- nians and Russians are again on tho fantry a ndRoyal Marino Artillery ffensrva in Dobrodja. Boaic, nlna would serve. These men are highly miles west of CzernaVoda on tha Dan trained for finch work as are their cbe, has been occupied, it 'Is oClclaily corresponding units in the French said, ' 1 ...... l- ,