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KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1916
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FIDENCE OF THE
PPC K SOUGHT
BY RAIL COMPANIES
Inyestigators Hear. Pleas
'for Less Suspicion, Bet
ter Credit, Etc.
WOULD LIKE SPREAD OUT
And Become More Helpful
to, the Country Santa Fe
CAN
InjunCtion Case Held Upliy telegram was: "I am sincerely
Pending Conference of
r.mrornmCnf ol Peoria
(By the United Press)
Kansas City, Nov. 23.-The Santa
Fe injunction suit against the!
Adameon eig'ht-hour law, set for
hearing today before Judge John C.
Pollock, was postponed indefinitely
pending the result of a conference be
tween railroad officials and govern
ment representatives.
Railroads Have Inning at
Probe Hearing.
Washington, Nov. 23. Pleas for
'mere adequate railroad facilities
less suspicion of railroad manage
ment and -ibetter credit conditions,
were made by the railroads today be
fore the ' Newliaada railroad investi
gating committee . A. P. Thorn,
counsel for the roads, 13 slated to
bespeak a broader, more helpful at-
titudo to rail Ones so that they may
epread 'ou increase American busi-
ness and better serve- the public.
"IT
IN
SLOW IN STARTING
Declaring that they would rather
be in the Lenoir 'county jail than aUcrats stand solidly together and there
.j,larg3 in Duplin county, several wit-lis every reason to doubt if that will
nesses summoned to Kenansvllle to I
appear against Samuel Stocks, a!-1
leged lyncher, before the grand jury, I
returned Wednesday rather than to
spend the night in the Duplin county
seat town. They include Chief of
Police Skinner and Deputy Sheriff
H. V. Allen. They" left again on
Thursday. The grand jury was
start Its investigation in the after
noon, A former grand jury return
ed a bill "for Instructions," neither a
true nor an untrue finding.
Stoclirs was 'indicted following the
lynching of Joseph Black, colored
,who was taken from the Lenoir coun
ty jail last spring. He is from
Greene county, which, local officials
believe, furnished most of the lynch
ers.' The case has attracted much at
tention."' Kenansvllle, to which the
place the case was transferred under
a change of venue, is difficult to com
municate with. Solicitor Henry E.
Shaw, "active throughout tne several
irivestigatlons of the lynching, is in
charge f the State's case at Kenans
vllle. f ''
Sentiment in Duplin is saJH to be
in 'Stocks' favor. A weak 'point for
the prosecution, it is reported, is that
a detective named Barnes, who work
ed up the alleged evidence against
Stocks, has not been located.
BIDS ON AIRCRAFT .
FOR NAVY OPENED
(By the United Press)
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- WishingTon, Nov. 23. The War
Department today opened bids for 148
military hydro-aeroplanes. Prices
..ranged. . from Jf 12,000 . to $29,500,
wrth ipeeda ravging up to 90 miles
an hour and climbing power, to 6,500
feet in ten fninutea. "
COLDSBORO NEGRO ARRESTED.
Dennia Rowe, colored, was arrested
at a lumber mill here Thursday on a
capias from Goldsboro. Rowe told
Patroman Hamilton, who arrested
him, that he was wanted for a bill
of costs, a eae for. assault with a
deadly weapon against him having
beta disposed of.
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HUGHES': ADMITS AT
LAST VICTORY FOR
WILSON: SENDS WIRE
President Replies He's Ob
ed and Sends Well
Wishes Defeated Can
didate Heid Out Until
Uncertainty Cleared
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 23. President
Wilson's reply to Hughes' congratu-
Uwidged to you for your ravage of
congratuitwuus. aiiuw in; 10 assure
you 01 Jny good wishes lor the year
o come."
Hughes Telegraphs Congratulations.
Lakewood, N. J., Nov. 22. Chas
E. Hughes, Republican candidate fo
President in the recent eleuion, to
night sent to President Wilson a tel
egram congratulating him upon his
I re-election?
In hi3 telegram Mr. Hughes snid
"E'ecauso of the closeness of the
vote I have awaited the official conn
in California, and now that it ; has
been virtually completed, permit me
to extend to you my congratulations
upon your re-election. I desire also
to express my best wishes fur a sue
cessful administration."
HOPEFUL DEMOCRATS
WILL CONTROL HOUSE
Washington, Nov. 22. Representa
tive,. Old-field of Arkansas, who is a
member of the Democratic Congres
Ah,'.'
sional Committee, and of die House
Committee on Waye and Moan's, pre-
dieted today that the Democrats will
... At
control the next House.
I have followed elosely the politi
cal battle waged for seats in the
House In the close States," said Mr.
Olilfield, "and the Republicans have
but one more seat than the Demo-
be true of the Republicans. Any
Blight defection in the Republican
ranks would yield th? control to us
iiv! if this very likely contingency
Iocs not arise we shall get control
-jf u result of the voto of the indc-
P-i-idcr-t tnenrbers." ,
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Open Revolt Against Ger
man Deportation Orders.
Men Shipped Over Line
Must Work or Serve Sen
tences (By the United Press)
Amsterdam, Nov. 23. Two months'
imprisonment is the punishment
meted out by the German authorities
to Belgian deportees who refuse to
:!o the work their captors demand,
Recording to the newspaper Echo
De Beige.
The population of the Belgian city
of Lessines has openly revolted at
Ac deportation orders and attacked
the railway station, smashing win
dows. The German commandment
threatened to punish the whole com
munity. ALASKAN RAJES WILL
BE SUBJECT REARING
(By the Unitey Press)
Washington, Nor. 23. The second
of three hearings the Interstate com
merce commission Is holding In its in
vestigation of intra and inter-Alaskan,-
rail, rall-and-water freight an J
passenger rates is being held today at
Juceau. The third and last will b
at Seattle December i. -,.,.
KINSTON LIKELY TO
HAVE AN APARTMENT
HOUSE FEW MONTHS
Businessmen Favor Plan
for Big Building to Care
for Maybe Score Small
Families Would Be Mod
ernly Equipped
Kinston's first apartment house
'Li.lt for the purpose is about to be-L-ar.'.e
a reality. W. B. Douglass
siuiod Thursday that he would un
K' lake the promotion of a company
!'o:- (he purpose, and that the pros
pers were decalediy bright, what
vi: i the Interest of substantial busi-;h-
snien in the proposition and the
h -tage of dwelling houses. He an
no .need that he would get busy in a
day or two.
U is proposed to erect a building
.obtaining not less than 60 or 7o
rooms, and to cost not less than trty
iktusand dollars, to have every mod
cr:: convenience and be four or fivs
i !ies high, fircproofed and equipped
'vith modern fire escapes, and of at
tractive appearance. One man, Mr.
Douglass said, has evinced his inter--:t
to the extent of proffering a
.-onvenh.-nt site and offering to take
i Tvfit. block of stock. Kinston is
f. cviir a living-hf:i.M s'lOrtage.wh'ch
's ' iiiidly becoming serious. Rentals!
vi' highc than in Wilmington and
.ilr'.t uk high as in the big towns
':; .late. Mr. Douglass believes the
:-.-;! rti -n- houso will be erected with
-! :hc I '.xt- few months.
CROSS OF GLORY FOR
COOKS IS NEW PLAN
(By the United Press)
Washington. Nov. 23. -Delia has
i.-no in!o her ov."n and Mirandy and
V ah. For loyalty "below-stairs" is
he recognized and "cook" is to be
evarded.
A movement is under way here to
van! medals or testimonials of
: hful service to all domestic ser--iits
of proven worth. The move
.. is sponsored by Washington
' ! wf.mon. as a step in solving tha
.,!.)' problem, and combating the
, ; -iii'ly "ephemeral, and mercurial
! ;!. :i'fi.,!ics of domestic help."
" :j Ige, or cross of hone r, will
i vr'lued by "cook" for its in-
i :: , .i 1 Lie. but will !m treasured
.. :. "m-ighty good rcc'mand.ishun",
scr: of ca.le-blaiK-h", as il were,
'a'thfu! servants Will thereby not
r under the stigma of their
hif'lfs co-worke-rs, and will never
;M;t for a good "place." The long
:'tT.ri.i mistress will, ii is hoped,
wake '.: a new emancinution under
!, ne-.v regime.
WILL PROCEED WITH
PURCHASE CLUB SITE
The Governing Ebard of the Cas
w,.ll Country Club at a meeting on
W. 'i.c- dy night decided to go ahead
A-i h the purchase of 10 acres of tho
property at Gray's Mill on which pro
moter? of tho club have an option,
:r:l to begin actual construction of
'v building, the preliminaries for
. i-'ch have been iu progress some
:v.s. The plans tor the building
:' -( not been given out
MUST HAVE LARGER
TIPS ACCOUTT WAR
(By the United Pres
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 23. The ten
cent tip in St. Paul was officially ta
bc.owl, by resolutions of the Hotel
Bciimen of St. Paul today. At the
intermission between the ' kewater
glide and the suitcase shuffle, at the
annual bellmen's ball, resolutions
weia passed urging that tips be rais
ed to 15 cents en account of the war.
During - the ball, the orchestra direct
or was under orders to ring no bells
with the music, and no Water pitch
ers weraaEowed ta sight. ?What
the usaof taking the joy out of lire,"
E. J. Eyan, president of the club,
aald. ri.r
VIENNA TO MAKE NO
UREAT AFFAIR OVER
ITS BRIEF NOR JOY
Death of Franz Joacf Will
Not Be Cause of Usual
Big Demonstration and
Assumption Will Be Very
Quiet
(By the United Press)
-i den, Nov. 2'!r-Vienna will noi
i.
i.n'rior sorrow nor her weleonto
he formal observance at the fun
of the deceased Emporor of the
nptiori of the throne fiy his rrft'
o- jr, Karl Francis Joseph. Vienna
! ;i::tches today indicated a depar
' ire from the rigidly formal, ricblv
"'.'iT-sonl.il customs which iiitehrto
have marked the passing of a mon-
: ' :h. Tno pall of wr will be-cloud
?vi-n the pall of sorrow. Vienna lit
tally i.-, wrapped in a shoud, draiied
'. i id-.u-k. Franz Josef's body will lie
state in the imperial palace.
President Wilson
O.Wes Sympathy.
Washington, Nr.-. 22. President
WiHcn today sent th: following mes
.:',;; of condolence to Emperor Karl
F:v:;:: Joseph of A u-n ria-IIungary,
..( rcL"ipt of v.'oiJ of the death of
'!: 'a;o Kmperor Francis Josef.
"1 beg of Your Majesty and
tho
Irr.; -n
! and Royal Family to accept
'-he. .-''i;-fTost sympathy of Mrs. Wil
son and myself In the great losa
which yf.i have sustained in the
drain if your illustrious uncle, for
wh n. I entertained sentiments of
niL.h ertrcm and regard. I also ex
.( r.d to your Majesty the condolence
if government and people of tha
I." -ited States and convey to you my
belt wishes fur your personal well
'.ping and prosperity."
The President addressed the new
ruler as "Ilia Majesty Karl "Franz
Jm-.oph, Hn'jiercr of Austria, King
of Hohenna and Apostolic King of
Hrmgary."
mib ON IN OTHER
TOWNS km COUNTIES
OF EASTERN CmiMh
A Grr-- n "ill'' supposed "drunk" fir
ed a i evolve r b-jllvt into a restaurant
iV.to while iii-.o-s wore at the tables.
No one ; i. !;':!. Tho man with the
)ii?al xvas in an automobile and sprd
to safety.
The modern dance is more danger
oli.; to s i,'i:y than the open saloon,
declared Rev. J. D. Waters, a Chris
tian (Di.-ciples) minister, in a sermon
Aydcn.
A hundred laborers are at work
echstruflPine a hox and veneering
plant at Aydcn.
Charle- if. t: per was seriously in
jured in a lumber mill at ReeLsboro
when he f01 or n some way was
thrown again-t a saw. A thigh was
laid op:n and other injuries in
filled. George Andrews was killed when
a big drive wheel in a James City
lumber plant bursted from centrifugal
force, lie was knoclcei through tjie
building 'y a flying piece. lie was
badly mangled.
EHEVFD ROBBERS
EXPRESS WAOON GOT
BIG SWAG IN MONEY
(By the United Press)
Chattanoogs. Nov. 23. Two
m ?li who held up Fred. Corn lel
wn, s Southern Express driver,
are reported to have obtained as
high as forty thousand dollars. t
CornlclsoB -reported .tho - robbery
n hni he staggered through , the
Express company ofTki here to- -day.
lie Is hfld for further la
restlgatlon. The money was be
ing shipped to Southern banks.
IROOMANI
ANS,. ST1LLIBRITANNIC CASE
RETREATING B'
HANK' ADVANCE
Fall Back to New Positions.
No Fighting: in West
Aviators Active -- War-
ships Worst Teuton
droplanes
Hy-
(By the United Press)
Itiuhares, Nov. 23. -"We retir
ed from Craiova, says an offi
cial Roumanian report. The re
tirement continues from points
in Jlul Valley to old positions,, it
is n!so announced. In 1he AH
Valley Roumanian troops lire
maintaining Ihelr positions.
'Varis, Nov. 2:!. Lieut. Guy Nem
r downed hu 22nd German battle-
plant Inst nijtbt. All was calm along
the entire front today, it is said offi
cially. Water and Airerf.fr Clnsh.
London, Nov. 23. A succeasful air
raid against German hydroplanes by
naval forces is announced, by tho ad
miralty. ,
Koumania Silent.
London, Nov. 23. There is omin
ou t silence at Bucharest respecting
the faiie of the armies which Berlin
'.aims to hfivOjbeen encircled south
f th? Danube, causing considerable
.iner-sinoss hero. There has been no
reports from Bucharest since Sunday.
LARGELY BY THIS
iitifler Training Adding 150,000
Yonra to Nation's Life, Discovered
by Army Doc'iors Some of the
Hoys Woi'ld Lose Thelr's, Though
By WEBB MILLER
'i'uit d Press Staff Correspondent)
HI Paso, Tex., Nov. 23. -About
1 "0 000 years is being added to the
)'; -regate life of tho population of
he United States by the Mexican
si nation." Instead of spreading
cirh and disablement the campaign
"i f.frslco and the mobilization of the
;:'.: : nr.l guard are adding from a
v.v months to years to the life of
; ' r.v civilian soldier, army physicians
.'ochre. Statisticians have figured
h'. the average added to the lifo of
- irh guardsman will be nearly a year,
.tier four to six months of train
- liho an athlete, working in the
i: n air, sleeping in u tont and eat
w simple food a hundred thousand
I "!ffni?men win ffo. oacK 10 civu uin
.i ih a new lease on life.
Major Jam s F. Edwards of the
wilk-al on:-ps .of the Pennsylvania
Militia has been making a close study
f the general effects of tho inten
sive, training upon these men from
office, factory and farm. In civil
!:f. he is director of Public Health
of the city of Pittsburg.
"Nearly oye-ry man on the border
wil' h ! rTtpAted immeasurably by the
'.'ainirig be is undergoing," said Ma
jor Edwards. In most cases the In
sf ruction in personal hygiene and
right living will influence the militia
men for years.
"Even now the tftffereeO in the
health of our men can bo noticed.
Several months of daily exercise in
'he open air and sleeping in a tent
cannot but benefit. It is worth a doz
en vacations holled into one.
"But most important is the effect
of the army diet. Most civiliaifis eat
too much. AnI Intemperance is eat
ing is m'ie dang?rr't- ban any oth
er form of intemperance. .For four
mouths our men have been eating
the simple palatable army ration.
They don't eat too much and the
food value of what they get Is com
puted scientifically. This regime
with plenty of exercise cannot fall
to add something to the lives of our
citizen soldiers. j. - ' '
t E'jt there is no pleasing everybody.
To the man undergoing this training
It sometimes loses the vacation
physical training tinge and becomes
just hard labor. p
' "Huh," said one guardsman drill
ing in the sun when told he was ad
ding one .year to his life, "Iziat so,
well, IU give three off Qie other end
of my life to jo bom now," .
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11
E PROBED fiV THE
STATE DEPARTMENT
Sinking of British Hospital
Ship May Have Serious
Effect Qn Relations of U.
S. and Berlin Govern
ment
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. ' 23. Ptstruc
ti:n of tho great British hospital vos
te, Britannic, today seriously threat
ened to enter into the tangle possi
ble from the submarine complications
between tho United States and Ger
many. The reported presence 4of
American surgeons aboard the ves
sel rendered the case one for serious
reflection' of possible serious action
to be tnken in connection, with oth-
ra vhlch may show transgression of
German pledges and" International
fules.
On the other hand, the case may be
taken merely as an indication of the
way the German war wind is blow
ing, in tho event there were no Am
ericans aboard Under the rules of
tho Genoa convention, hospital ships
are Immunized from attack. Subse
quent changcshavo not affected this
stains of ship3 engaged on errands
o;' mercy, hence If American "sur
geons were aboard they are entitled
lo the safety of the law. The case
has been added 'to the list of sub-
miirino cases now being probed.
LONDON DIES
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TIME; MIDDLE -. AGED
Santa Rosa, Cal., Nov. 22. Jack
London, the author, died at his Glenn
Kle:i, Cal., ranch near here at 7:4-5
tonight, a victim of uremic poison
ing. London was taken ill last night
and was found unconscious early to
day by a servant, who went to his
i o":n to awaken him.
London is survived by a daughter
wb.o Is a student at the University of
Ca'ifornia, his mother, who lives in
Oakland, and his wife, Charmlon
L - don. AMrs. London was with her
h.l -qlin n 1 whon tlrtnth qma
London would have been 41 years
old 'on January 12.
Mr. and Mrs.-London recently re
turned from a sojourn of several
mont'bs iu the Hawaiian Islands, and
have been living on their Glpn Elon
ra'.ch, ono of the most elaborately
e Mippf d in Northern California.
ALLIES WEI Hp
'INNOCENT MAIL1
Washington, Nov. 23. The Allies'
delays iu forwarding "innocent" ma'l
after seizure will be attacked in the
forthcoming reply to England's mall
seizures note.
Around 75 bales of cotton were sold
here Thursday, at prices ranging
frcm 20.02 1-2 downward.
New York futures quotations, were:
Open. Close.
Jan 0.20 20.00
Mar 20.38 20.22
May 20.60 2(1.42
July 20.38
Oct, 18.63 18.23
Dec 20.05 19.80
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FAIR WEED SALES HERE !
ON A CLOUDY DAY
Rain helped keep down the sales on
the tobacco market Thursday. It Is
estimated that between 75,000 and
100,000 pounds was sold. Prices
ruled '"up f to the season's best,"
which is to say that they were un
changed from Wednesday's, .,
a mmm
TIME W$ 8IIRINE
TEMPLE
IS SET UP-
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Sudan's Institution tten4
ed by Big Throngfof Fez
Weareirs - FromrNurnber
of States Kinston Rep
resented ' ' ;': i " '
"Wednesday was 'certainly a great
old day. It was the biggest day New
Bern ever had. The town was put
on the map," declared; Mayor iFjed;.
Sutton Thursday, reviewing , the
events contingent" upon vh'e"lnstalfii
tion of Sudan Templet North CaroB-j
na's second Shrt'ner Outfit.' There
were wearers of the fas present from
mcny Virginia, North and South Ca
rolina and Georgia towns, as well as
national' functionaries . and visitors
from other regtbns, One hundred
and nine candidates were initiated on '
Wednesday nigkC These "" included
Dr. B.' W. Spilinan, the noted Bap.
tlst Sunday school workir1,' and 'Nslth.
Richardson,1 mayor of ' Dove'f inein.
bers of the local Masonic iodg. ifl'n
sten was largely VepresenfdJv,'Most
of the local' delegation retnrrted tn
automobiles Wednesday, night. i-; g
Olher temples in;thls recion are
Oasis of CharUtte, daddy of ;thoo In
tho territory, nd one of the strong
est in tlie country1 Khedive of Nor
folk, Omar of Columbia and Vaarab
of Atlanta. Kirstoh Shr-jreerp belipnV
to Oasis ahd Khedtve tempTles. ""It' ls '
optional with ttajpo as to : whether
they will transfer' to the new Wnpte
or not. It is incumbent ' upon - all
Shriners of dies in which "temples
aro located to belong to their home
ample, but, the surtoundtog mAVtf
is not affected hj this regulation .
There were huuareoe -ef, fex-wear-
ers present at the institution, Includ
ing a number of celebrities.- JBhririer
bhnds were on hand from,' Charlotte
and IjWilfc toother ' with 'ddan'a
diVnt corps ' and other ' muslc-tniakers.
J; Ev Cimeron of Kimftoiu who' "'is
high in Shrinedom and 'may be1 next
"MStffate of Oasis" Temple, "was
amonff- the "big dog" 'ori 'Mhartd.
"Daddy" Walter S, Uddell, who did
'he instituting, was . lohisedj .i he
'ounded the cult in NorU Carolina.
Potentato of the new. temple-Is A.
B. Andrews of Raleigh. Kinston
hwi no official in the temple.
J. T. Deal of . Norfolk and;Kins
on, Putontate of Khedive'1 Temple,
headed the Virginia city's delegation.
a hundred strohgi"' The Norfolk "Vir
ginian-Pilot printed Mr. Deal's pic
ture on the front page Wednesday
Kill THREE BEAkS
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Asheville, Nov. "22 Killing; three
I ears with the aid of a .23 caliber
ids and a 'possum dog is an- tabusU-
i! feat, but that is what-Lawrence
ind Ira ' Cogburn, two brothers ,.:of
Cruso, Haywood county, accomplish
od a few' nights ago. ' The" brothers
ocatod a black bear and"tw6?1ialf-
grown cubs. The big bear got away
with a smdl tbullet In heand tha
brothers killed the two cuhjs. They
Ucked the1,; bid bear and 4rov her
up a tree whre she was killed. ,
Portland. Ore., Nov 234A foTty-
ight hours of labor a week law for.
women wil be placed before the Ore
gon State Legislature whenf It, meets ;
the second Monday ia January, by the
Consumers' League of Porfland. '
This act provides that women 'may
not work' for wares mora than 48
hours f weafcx - It 'does 'not, however,
limit their lsbor(ttr eight Jhours a
dayfj The ideavls 'thai women ' may
work more thin eight "hours five days t
a week,' so they'lmay have half-hol
iday' on SahirdiyiK"""' ' f t '
j.k: sioRRteEY. vixD.
"' Clinton .NoviTD.Waraea. K. Mor-
rsey,"welT ifiown tt over East Ca
rolina, died here totfNyht at nine o'
clock following a stroke of apoplesy
from which he pever ralsl,
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