r OF"- IK i nn tot lr 3Dp The Home Paper r The Weather; Today News Today" JLL 11 ' Northestrt Wind. VOL. XVIII -j.No. 123 FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. G, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1916 PRICE TWO 'CENTS ' FIVE CENTS ON TttADfS FOUR PAGES TODAY GERlu'l CONTINUES MEXICANS Tffij CAROLINA SCRIBES WILSON WILL CALI 'ICQ GREECE lOTSElfO u OlDl THEIR TIE TO DEPORT BELGIAN i'-V 4 PROPOSITION FROM S. OR LEAVE IT TO HAVE INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY YET; G. 0. P. MUST oral MALES FROM HOMES OFCElMitft INDUSTRIAL FORCES HAVE FffjfR PROOF DAILY BROTHERHOODS rnvniMTiiHT UUltUliniULTM M IN STRIKE MATTER Possibility Willing to Wait and See What Happens Kansas City LABOR IS DETERMINED That Eight-Hour Day Shall Be Had Believed Strike In January Will be Avert ed Question 'Answered Later' (By the United Press) Washington, Nov. 21. A general railroad strike in January will' prob- ably be avoided. This is the inter pretation placed on remarks toy Chief Stone 'of the Brotherhood of Locomo tive Engineers, that the question of a strike will e answered later." La3t wesk New York Teaders de clared flat-footedly that there would be a strike if they didn't get a real eight-honr day. It is now believed the brotherhoods will be content to wait and test the constitutionality of the Adamaon eight-houT measure. The brotherhoods are shrouding their movements Jn eeerecy. Today the brotherhood chiefs at Baltimore will" address th American Federa tion oi Ojaoor convention in a move that portends co-operation between them and the federation to force an eight-hour working day through the strength of labor, rather than through legislation,, it Is believed. Meantime, the Department of Justice Is ready for the Adatfisbn test, when the Union Pacific and the Santa Fe begin injunction suits at Kansas to restrain the enforcement of ths law. The de cision then wWl be vital. Upon it will probably depend the strike de cision. The Newlanda committee of inves tigation will 'resume Thursday with the testirmy of the railroads. Labor to Fight Injunctions Making It Property. 'Baltimore, Nov. 20. The Ameri can Federation of Labor today re commended unanimously that any in junction dealing with the relationship of employer and employe and based on the dictum that labor is property, should be disregarded, "let the conse quences be what they may." The action was taken when the federation convention in annual sc.-1 sion here adopted a report of the ex ecutive committee dealing with a de cision of the Massachusetts Supreme Ceurt classifying labor as property. The convention also adopted a 'resolu tion urging organized labor to make the Injunction question "the para mount iesue in all of their future po litical activities" Brotherhoods Support Government. Washington,' Nov. 20. Heads of the railroad employes' brotherhoods, determined that the Adamson 8-hour law shall not be broken down, confer red here today with , President Wil son. Attorney General Gregory and their legislative representatives; de clared their purpose to aid the gov ernment in evey way in fighting in-jtmtt-pn aurta Ugaiiwt the law,' end tirade further plans for perfecting-" a Working agreement with their allies, Ike ? railroad men of the' American Federation of Labor. When the gov emftent attorneys, G. Carroll Todd, assistant to the attorney general. As sistant Attorney General Underwood and, Frank Hagenaa appear in the Federral Court at Kansas City, next Thursday to oppose the Union Pact ' lis and Atchison, Topeka 'and Santa Fe-suits against the Ada Bison law, they win iii fljAVSi by representa tives' of the brotherhood. 'it Is rooabl - that' the four brotherhood f heads fhelu'selves will be there Iteasra. TodJ. ard,. Underwood left tonight for Kansas City. "V t ; " Stripping Nation of Younsr, Manhood to Work In the German Plants in Face of Protests From Several Neutral Powers ' (By the United Press London, Nov. 21. Notwithstanding protests from America, Holland and the Vatican, Germany is still deport ing Belgian workmen. Moreover, the Germans are registering, presumably for future deportation, all citizens of Switzerland and the Duchy of Lux emburg, residing "in EVlglum. A statement by the Belgian Depart ment of Justice says the "deporta tion of Belgian subjects continues without respite." TIMELY SUGGESTIONS TO LENOIR FARMERS (By O. F. M'CRAKY) Mow that the old year h.is almost passed, and the new year is so near, it would be a good plan for farmers to work out some system of accounts whereby the y may be able to see how much profit they are making on their farm each year. The farmers should open an account witn each iieki it there is more than one field on his farm. He should charge expenses against this field at the close of his yeir's work. The system of bookkeeping need not be elaborate, the rrogrossive Farmer can furnish a simple record book for next to nothing. One of the main lessons the club boys and girl learn is to keep records of their work. At the end of the year it is an easy matter to see whether they have gain ed or lost, and how much. Thi. makes the Work a great deal more interesting than if no records wive kept. A prominent business man of Kin- stcn gave the county agent a reco'd cf his work with Irish potatoes las', summer. While the account is inter- tin.-r, it also shows that mme made growing potatc?, i ;sion. The report follows: Fifteen acres Irish potatoe may ov:rl fer-c-j!- dMO.i t?. Hi i'izer psr a ere: 1.000 pound.- seed meal, 150 pounds; bl.-od, 850 pounds; acid phosph per. cent. Cost: Fertilizer and seed, $787.4 '.: e'lor, picking, bbls., haul, $50 1.-'.: ; Tc si, ?1. 192.26. Sold: l,02!)-ton pk. barrels, $2 X41.- C; Less expense, $1,192.20; Net, $1,640.34. He also produced $400 worth of ay aft:r the potatoes, at an expense f $20. This leaves $380 net on the hay crop. This added to his net. gain on potatoes makes a total cf $2,029. 34 net on his 15 acres, or an average of $135.28 per acre. FAIR BREAKS ON THE KIXSTON TOBACCO MARKET It Js estimated that about 123.00C nounds cf tobacco wasold here nr Tuesday, at prices practically un changed. The weed was from a wide i-ar.ge of territory, Indicating that from no section fias all of the crop rcn cleaned up yet. The general ijuallty was excellent. HORSE PREVENTED , A JAIL DELIVERY "Jim." at City Ball, Kept Tunnel Dug From Cell Closed With Hla Heels. "Nab" Stole Shoes Off Fellow Pris oner Before Digging the Hole to Escape ' Bert Sellers, a fir wagon driver, topped a game of setback at the sta tion at City Hal Saturday nigb,t to go back to the stall of Jim, a hand tome black, and. remonstrate with him for the "worst carrying-on" one could imagine. For half an hour Sel la had been tolerating Jim's mon key business, and hoping: that he would "quit iu He found the horse studing In aa attltudo of intense ex citement,' ewrting and pawing : at (By the United Press) Allan lc City, Nov. 21. The final plan for the withdrawal of the American forcesand border patrol, with President Wilson's approval, are to bo presented to the Mexican 1'i'itce Commission erst with a statement that 'the ad ministration expects acceptance v ithout further wrangling. NORTH CAROIM CLUB YEAR BOOK VALUABLE WORK FROM STUDENTS (Special' to The Free Press) ' inpel Hill. ISov. 21. In tne ie- "r:"ly published Xorih Carolina Ye !' .k for 1P15-1C, which contains 21 !'--lies of conditions in North Caro lina by University students, the pur po e of the Kor'.h Carolina Club is vi -y cleaHy set forth. It Is defined as an "organization composed' of -.iu.I.'nls and faculty members who are bent upon acciira-", Inlimato ac quaintance with the Mother-State; '.v:':i her resources, advantages, op-pe-(unities and achievoments, with i1'!- prnduclion ::nd retention of v.-:a!th and the cenwrsion of wealth in: 0 welfare and well-being, with ni i'.kots and rrediis, organization and cc-'-perative enterprise, with schools' and colleges, churches and Sunday nols, with public healih and sani- iat'on, with the problems of urban t;' rural life wilh the wholo round -f conditions, causes and conse-qi;;-"CPS, force, agencies, and Influ ences, tendencies, drifts and move ments that have made the history we !; Cy today. nd that are we making ''. history our children will be stu dyrng tomorrow.". The rlub is further defined as "Know You:- Home State Cle'i," sine ;: : j concerned with the study of eco - :' and social problems in North -olina. "It is endeavoring to i- to the quick and core of the . ; ;enl movement, and n sound the . cm r' the nftertime to use th ? ? . ,!; of Henry the Fourth. " rround on one side of the stall. a.!-e of it all was "Nub." a !'. ene-armed, very ugly negro. ' rrig the engine house on one is what the police call the "cala .,'' which is aho.it a.s bad a to put a perso"n in as could be .erf!. The calaboose is not .mivatcd, and the cell-doors are of c-acks through which the in - fu .vintry winds blow at will. In the .-'! with "NVj" were four olher ne vroes. Threa faced a trifling gam bling c'ar.rge, and one was too drunk to care what happened.' ''Nub," how vrr, wa.t accused of stealing a pair uf trovtsers and had been caught afr a chase the afternoon before. Hs tunneled a way through the plank loo.- of the cell and burrowed through the ground into the horse's st all. He had no assistance and only the one hand to wo:k with, the others said. Through with hi .ask, "Nub" put his lead through to reconnofier. .He irr.tne liatoly withdrew it, however, and should be glad that he kept it. : A hoof missed his little black crani i im by the fraction of an Inch. The , .'ire horse stood guard and every time ; "N'ub" protruded his kinky head his : n.ito was fanned by the air from ! Jim's heels. That had been going on i for fully CO minutes before Sellars ; d scoverad the trouble, and all the ! prisoners were transferred to the ; -o'jnty jafl nearby. It was not fear but a spirit of sheer deviltry that im ; pelled the intelligent animal to "kick : ip." those at the fire house think. ; Jim used to pull a bell rope to annoy I his human friends, and Is admittedly i a little vicious. He has be?n on his skle of the polo for years and years now. "Nab" when he went" to the jail had on a brand now pair of tan shoes. They were the property of his proitrato cellmate. The on rat ed one 'had swapped; the stranger's were a little Urger and a lot better, he admitted." 'Nub" has spent the better part of four or five years past n the county roads.' : V ,.. , ' v The ; Recorder ifondsy morning sentenced "Nub",, to two years. - Former President Taft and Other Prominent Men to Lecture to Newspaper men of the State Next Month Big Affair An Institute for newspapermen to held at the University of North '' i: olina on December 7, 8 and 9 will ' " an important thing for the pro- :e.-.-i.i:n in the state. All members of the journalistic craft are invited to at!.. id the institute, at which a num b of eminent men will be present. T'-e feaiurcs'of the program as given . a: Tuesday follow: Thursday, Dec. 7-r7:"0 p. m. Ad dress by William Howard Taft. Fridi.y, Dec. 8. 9 a. m. The News paper and ihs Community: (1) Yoking up with the Agencies ef Progress. V. R. Dixon of the Wil son Co-operator. i2) The Newspaper and Communi ty Development, Clyde L. Davis, of Moore Counly News. ( !) The Print Paper Situation, II. 15. Varnrr of the Lexington Dispatch. ( ) How the Newspapers May Ftet-, 't Serve Their Woman Readers, M:.;. Al. Fairbrother, of Everything. Friday, Dec. 8 3 p. m. News and Editorials: I J) The Effective Editorial, J. H. Cairo of the Ashsville Citizen. (') The Hurdling of News by Wire, Rct-er Steffan of the Durham Sim. (?.) The Handling of State News. O. .T . Coffin of the Raleigh Times. (4) The Make-up of the Com-- Newspaper. T. J. Lnssitr-r ot Smith-fi-. 5.1 Herald. Fndi.y. Dec. 8. E:30 p. m. Ad .drosses by Taieolt Williams, dean of :he School of Journalism of Columbia Ur:-rcr?!ty, and Walter Williams. S-iiurday, Dec. 9 9 a. ni. Business !.t ! Adversi.-ing Prr-blems: ! 1) The Business End of the News ;-:- !' Pusin: --s. Den Seitz, of the New Y; rk World. (2) Tne J; j ma list's Relation to he Advert i-er. W. W. E'agley of the Kews and :. .e:-v er. (,1 Guara:-e-l Advertising, (proba bly Wa! er Williams). MORE SCHOOL ROMM NEEDED IN KINSTON Supt. K. R. Curtis of the City Schools .-n;,'v teachers are doubling up nov so th:i: the entire enrollment can In cared for in the present buildings. A part of the children attend In the fo-enoon and a part In the afternoon. The situation is not "grave," and not a large number of pupils are affected yet. But it' the enrollment increases ps it has for the pst five years, there will have to be something doing to prevent a handicapping congestion next year. It in apparently certain tfyit a now building will have to be erected before many months. green! county negro burned to deth in gin WelJ-fo-Do and Respected Man Lost Life Endeavoring to Save Property. f Exploding Lantern the Cause Boy Also Seriously Injured Daniel Edwards, a well-to-do and icisntcted colored man, livining Uj Greene county, was fatally burned on Ei iday night, when his gin at Bull Head was destroyed by fire anl his 15-year-old son was seriously, if not fatally, burned " - . According to the story reaching The Free Prsss, Edward was ginning about 9 o'clock Friday night, using a 'antern,, which was overturned and exploded, setting ire to the- gin. . In his' Attempt to put out the fire Ed wftds received barns from which he died Saturday. - Tha jrin was entirely destroyed. ; In Message to Congress Closer Co-operation Ask cd to Meet Trade Condi tions at End of the Eun pcan War (By the United Pess) Washington, Nov. 21. A call to American business to meet unprece dented trade conditions after the war, will be the keyno'e cf the President's message to Congress Tuesday. It is expected to appeal to the employer and employe, for more co- opei-ation, mutual confidence and eli ruination of class feeling, in order that the country's industries may ac r-omplish their maximum. W!LSONATNl)RFOLK ON ELEVENTH DEC'R l!lg Gathering of Southerners to At tend Eighth Annual Convention of Commercial Congress Many Dele gates From Each of (he 16 States In Dixie (Special to The Free Press) Norfolk, Nov.- 20. President Wil . on's coming to Norfolk December 1 1 to pa-ticipatc in the opening pro ;ram of the eighth annual conven tion of the Southern Commercial Congress following closely upon his re-election, will give an Impetus to i he southern' Invasion of Norfolk that is expected to assemble here that day the largest throng that has ever gathered for an event in Virginia. .. day will be literally alive with "eatures of the type calculated to e'rr.v crowds from distant as well as ' ear by cities and the lowest estimate that has been placed upon the ex pected multitude of visitors on Wood row Wilse-; day is 50,000. Henry G. Barbee, chairman of the Citizens' Executive Committee, estl- :n:cs that the four days of the con tention will draw to this city be tween 100,000 and 125,000 visitors. 7 he sixteen State executives of the House of Southern Governors have ca eh appointed upwards of 100 offlV eial delegates. Governor Stuart of Virginia is completing his list, which will include the names of probably 1,000 prominent Virginians. li,J I? ULO LET PEOPLE now mim BEEN EARN! Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20. Com mis -si -liter McChord cf the Interstate Crntmeree Commission announced to day that it wa3 his purpose to put im the record a table cf tha nit and jrro.s earnings of all the railroads of the United Sta'es during the last 15 years. His announcement followed a :'-!cment by O. F. Clark, general superintendent of the firand Trunk Lines within the United States advo cating an Increase in freight rates, the proceeds to be used by the rail roads in the purchase of equipment and in making oth;r betterments. At this point Commissioner Mc Chord said: "It hai been suggested here . by several other witnesses that the rem edy far this trouble is to increase freight rates. I am going to have prepared from the annual reports of the carriers a statement showing the net and gross receipts of all carriers, and also showing dividends paid and additions to surplus funds, and put it Into this record ; so that it may show just what has been happening durini tha last fifteen years." t , Mr. Clark was tha first representa tive of any of tha Canadian roads, whoso lines cross into , the United States to appear at the present hear ings, as to causes of recent car e : -B-es. - - .. (By the United Press) New York, Nov. 21. Replying to published reports. Chairman Wilcox of the Republican Nation al Committee, today denied that a telegram conceding the election of Wilfwn and congratulating the PreNldent, has been prepared. He is still awaiting the official count San Francisco, Nov. 21. .Tha Re publican State Central Committee to day estimated that President Wilson's plurality would exceed' 3,400. ONE KILLED J1ND THREE HURT AUTO ACCIDENT Greenville, Nov. 20. As the result -f an auto accident near Sheimerdine tnis ccunty, y?sterday, one man is desd and three others are more or !ei injured. R. W. Rubs, Dave Taylor, Hyman Adams and James Wy.nti were the occupants of the car. Mr. Rusa la dead and the others are suffering various injuries sustained when th et'ar turned over with them. VISITING SALVATIONIST. Sta.T Capt. Jennie Crawford of Atla4'j, socrotary for the Salvation Army of the work In . four States, will hold services in the Froe Will Baptist church here Monday and Tuesday nights. She will be assisted by Capt. Von Egmond of New Born The meetings will start at 7:30. The church is at Chestnut and Trianon streets. Tho public is Invited. ITEMS JE INTEREST CONCERNING RURAL SCHOOLS OF COUNTY Teachers' Meeting. The LeROir County Teachers Asso- iation will hold the second goneral meeting of tho year next' Saturday, November 25th, at 10:30 in th lec ture room of the Gordon Street Chris tian church. The program Is prob ably the best of the year, as Prof. C. VV. Wilson of the E. C. T. T. School and Mr. L. C. Brogden of the State Department will address the meeting and Supt. Hay Taylor of Greenville will lead a discussion on ' language work In the elementary grados. The Board of Education of fers to each group of teachers who ar? present and on time at the meet ing, a set of the books to be used in the State Reading Circle work this year. Every teacher in the county Is expected to attend the meeting Sat urday, and to hear Prof. Wilson's ad ire;;s. Mr. E'rogden wil speak to the teachers about gradation and clas sification of pupils and the prepara tion of seventh grade pupils for ex amination. Oak Dale. Oak Dale school will have a basket parjy In the school building next Fri day evening, November 24th. The public Is invited to attend the party, for which an entertaining program of amusements has been arranged. Smith's School. The public js invited to attend a rosette party and oyster supper at the school building next Friday eve ning, November 24th. Hickory Grove. We wish to thank the patrons and1 co-workers in neighboring schools and visitors for their interest and generosity In making the party at Hickory Grove, on Friday, November 17th, a success. Forty-ono "dollars was raised for school betterment Misses Ethel and Iris Ives, teachers. Farm Valley. i V ( ! The very enjoyable program and entertainment at Fa ran Valley school recently has been reported as on cf the best of the many social gather ing in the rural school buildings this year. I Sixty-five dollars h was raised for tho school. This amount was made, exclusiv of expenses. rink hhl ;;; -.v..-- T!.s class-rooms of the rink e Hill f 1 tuI'.JIrj are complete! anl Ca Ordered, BxAUiejiust Germanic and. Turkish . Ministers A. SERBS PURSUE TEUTONS Take a Number , of -Towns From RetreafingMnas tir Gairrisbn-rRoumaiii-ans Suffer Further Re- verses, Admitted (By tha United PrewO - London, -Nov. 21, The Creek ah- : inct has refused .am .Allied i demand that the German,' Austrian and". Turk ish ministers leave the capital be foro tomorrow, says an Athens dis patch. - -' . - ' Serbs Press Geraunsv . ' .yKit Salonika, ,N.ov. 21. Te. firbiM ire nojuy pursuing ' tne uuaqnan. Germans retreating from iMonastir; They captured the towns of Makoyo, OredOTO,' Vrancei, JRidarte, - Bttlanlk and Novak. -' 1T .k RoumaaJans Still ,RettvattBf ' f-r-v Petrograd, , Nov. Under Gap- v man pressure, the Roumanian!) hayo retired to Filiass, says the Eusslan 'w' office.-7 T---'1 Gorman Statenent ' '-t.ilit Berlin, Nov. 21. "Ow iaiantr new atand Mefore CmIotsC" ays '' Get man official jeport, telling: yl. l!o TcsUnlc sweep through Roumanla, By J. T. W. MASON, CWrtSteti for the Utait4 Presft 4 -New' r?lky -Nov,5 J!. Three? ten Hvc ate inow t the'dietght W "ttir, pre-r.ti'fA ias tne European confllct.ei ' tors ifo YliM 1 -'winter., For thaftrsj;" ;imo tho Khlli'tiry sltuatifti . wjrgeatjr i continuation of 'activities ( through-' - it the eero njonths.' - Ths Aflelo- KreniA 6nerislve along th Sotnmo mA Anere, tho Allied advance! awn ' ho Greek frontier, and th"Tto1C r mcvcWcn'ts tVi Roumania, alb. contain r:snibllitles ,of wlnler, surpxtees- Tha . orircqial probleni -is the effect the , ntonse arttllorjr ft ooncentnated up; n the 'froifei trenches. Since the sta:t of 'the fcoAfllct no effort has r n made to test tha ability i either , dde to withstand a trench bombard ment under the semi-numbness i of - winter. Hitherto the trench , fight-' ing has slackened into 'a draw with the advent of cold weather.,, V,' 1 The beginning of winter found the Allies better sitaatod on the weatoril i front, with the artillery po3ltlona on high ground, for hell blasting opera ' ions against frozen linos..: 'Along ho Greek frontier the advantage 'Is with the Allies because their lines of :ommunication are shorter, I' -i-V i-- The Teutons hold tha advantage In Rcumania because tb Boumantans obtain ammunition only frotn ",Rus- Ha, whers the supply Is Insufficient. The war's third w1ntr-rfH tfce ' 5tF!nm -test, -wot mly of : UiSi ng power of the beiligrejrta, votJtk Haying power of the non-combabaht populations. For this reason ritatn, ; France, Russia wnd-Jertnany ae- aa- ablishing new systems of conserrisg food supplies and industrial powas. v , school has moved In tho comfotja building Each room is oquippid with now- sirigft 'dests. A teadhtfra' desk tiasbeB bought for each rftqfn and new blackboards hava beeat mt in place. 'I- ' , ii The Beitetment 'AssoalaUoo a play Friday evening and a 4ayga crowd was present In the new school auditorium. ; ', - ? The : night school or mool l school ef Pink Ull sheets on HsruUy and 'Thursday nights of eacb cl. Twelve pupils have been enroHed add some real work Is being done. - s Airy Gme. Patrons' aivd -frietKit if te ' i are Invited to the. school build; Friday afternoon, Ny ' er C 2:89 aVlock.' A cf -tainment by the p '? -, " 1 - It is fcr-ei tl.at i'l . . i i