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VOL. XVIII-No. 13d
FIRST EDITION
PRICE TWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
KINSTON, N. O, MQNDAY, DECEMBER 11 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
SOUTH HELPS MOST
A TO-CLASS CASE
OFitiiffhllES
BELIEVE ASSAILANT ; LONBON AND PARIS ENGLAND WILL PAYi HEALTH RULES7 FOR
UNITED STATES IN
DUAL ROLE AT END
.. ',f . . .-. '' ' .
KEEP DOWN COST OF
BEEKER GIRL TRIED
FILLED . WITH A NEW' ATTENTION ONLY TO' SCHOOLS ANNOUNCE
LIVING
A ttlll-' OF ONE
ASSAULT SHALL GIRL
m WAR 1 EUROPE
AMBITION CONQUER VICTORIOUS PEACE
BI SUPERINTENDENT
,v
NATION
Bulk of Its Population Rur
al Dwellers and Produc
ers, Says Ransdell
CITIES TAKE FROM FARMS
Great Numbers People, Un
til Today Nearly Half
Population Is In Urban
Districts, Commercial
Congress Hears
(By the United Press)
Norfolk," Dec. II" Abnormal
growth o fthe urban population, es
pecially through migration from ra
mi districts cityward, is one of the
most "fruitful causes" of the high
cost of living, accordings to Joseph
Hansdell, addressing the Southern
Commercial Congress. He said mi'
gnition of farmers to Canada also
cuuses soaring prices. Thirty year
ago 70 per cent, of the American peo
ple ilved in the country; now only 53
per centy he said.
"An interesting fact is that the
South is the mighty balance wheel
of the nation. If it was not for the
South, with 77 per cent, of the coun
try .people,- the average of the na
tion would be greatly changed and
prices might now be even higher," he
raid. The South's rural increase in
the past decade was mucti greater
than its urban. In the fertile south
em regions with large numbers of
food producers, lies the nation's very
strongest hope of solving the high
coat of living problem.
A plea for passage of the Webb
bill to lawfully permit the formation
of a combination of Aferican export
ers far foreign trade was made by
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Peters.
Probe Begins.
Washington, Dec. 11. With the
departure of Special Assistant Attor
ney General Anderson for Cleveland
to assume direction of the grand ju
ry in the high cost of food probe the
government's real work started. An
derson carries evidence tending to
prove "vicious collusion" of food spe
culators in the Middle West. Bii
packers are under suspicion.
ARGENTINE'S RADICAL
A MYSTERY TO PEOPLE
By CHAS. P ".STEWART,
Buenos Aires, Nov. J8. ( By Mail)
'Man of Mystery" is a threadbaie
expression which should have been
saved for Hipohto Irigoyen, first ra
dical president of Argentine. Peo
ple supposed they would "get a line"
on Irigoyen after he took office, but
he is as much a mystery as ever.
Irigoyen was elected president of
Argentine on no platform. He made
no promises. As radical party lead
er he professed no purpose beyond
getting a fair national election. It
is generally agreed that he got it. It
was at this election that Irigoyen was
chosen president
It was assumed that Irigoyen
would outline a policy in his inaug
ural address. He mad no inaugural
address. It. was expected he would
explain himself through a manifesto.
He. had issued no manifesto. It was
sarjnised that the make-up -of his ca
binet would , give the public some
inkling concerning his plana. The
consensus of opinion is that his cab
inet , as subsequently constituted,
consists of eight rubber stamps, each
bearing tne impress:
,"flipolito Irigoyen.'' . ; ?
CONGRESRM AV iwn wrrs
HAVE 44 CHILDREN LIVING.
" Kio.de Janeiro, Dec. 11-Comes "a
story from Ypacaraf, 'department , of
Paraguori, Paraguay, that Jacinto
vnaavert, merchant and congress
n. and his wift are'the proud par-,States: The weather will os gener
ents of 44 children, whn W Wn'tlW fir wit temperatures -much De
priving for 'twenty years in equads'
two, three and even four, and are
U I;vi--j 5 r-j j.c.
Dr. Spilman Tells Congrega
tion !In the First Baptist
Church What ' Happened
to Jacob When Home Got
Too Hot for Him
Rev. B. W. Spilman, P. 1)., Field
Secretary of the Sunday School Board
of the Southern Baptist Convention,
preached both morning and evening
at The First Baptist Church Sunday.
The congregations were large. Dr.
Spilman is always an attraction ex
traordinary in Kinston.
At themorning hour Dr. Spilman
preached on the conversion of the
Phillippian jailor. lie drew the con
trast between the mastery of the
maid in Philippi, whose first object
in life was the acquisition of wealth
even at the expense of a poor, half
crazy fortune teller, and Paul and
Silas, who could forget the hardships
of life and sing praises to r, d even
while in jail. He showed how the
whole attitude of the jailer w:v- ( halv
ed with his conversion.
"When a good, first-class cue of
religion gets into a man's life it
makes a new man of him. From a
brutal, wicked Roman jailor tins m-in
became a kind, hospitable friend of
the servants of God. That is what
religion does for a man," said the
Doctor; "it changes his attitude to
ward God, toward the message of
God, toward his own household and
toward the servants of Cod."
m At the evening hour Dr. Spilman
preached on Jacob's return to Beth
el. "Jacob Was a home-loving !ov
But he was too keen a trader to keep
out of trouble. So when he and bis
mother carried out the plan bv which
he received the iblessing which hud
been intended for Esau, thine-s be
came so hot around home that he de
cided to leave home for a few d.ivs.
The few days lengthened out into
twenty years.
"On his way to Paddan-Arnnri Ja
cob dreamed at Bethel and in hi?
dream had seen the a'el of Cod
ascending and descending the la Hrr.
God promised him prospentv ami
Jacob promised to serve God r-iith.
fully. But he went away into a dis
tant land and became so busv with
L .' - . 1- f .....
ins new nie ana with ncpirin.'i
wealth that he forgot God and his
promise to Him.
"One day God told him it was time
for him to go back to Bethel 10 I
make a fresh start. He returned, re
newed his vows with God, made n
fresh start, had his name chanced
from Jacob to Israel.
"As the years slip away we look
backward. The past experiences of
our lives pass in review and heln in
on the upward way. It is well for ail
of us to stop now and then and re
member Bethel the place where
met God. But we must not make a'
permanent camp there. Jacob ' I
the best work of his life after he
came back lo Bethel. It was i i i
starting place for a fresh hold on God ,
and a fuller, richer life." 1
CALDWELL COMES BACK
TO FORMER HOME TOWN
Mr. Barron Caldwell, a former su
perintendent of the City Schools, is
here for a short stay from Cliff side.
N. C wheretlie is engaged in a
manufacturing and development bus
iness. He was here until last June.
Mr. Caldwell says Kinston looks good
to him and something about he'd
rather live here than any place. West-1
ous, he declares. : He is connected
with quite large interests' in the
western section. .
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.
For South Atlantic and East Gulf
low the seasonal average, ontil to-J
ward the: end f the week
warmer weather is probable.
when
(By the United Press)
Durham, Dec. 11. R. R. Jones.
vhite, 23, is held in the Greensboro
Jm! on a charge of attempting crim
inal sasault on a 12-year-old girl
there Saturday. He is believed by
the police to be the same man who
on Tuesday assaulted the 13-year-old
daughter of John Beeker here.
Jones left a local hotel mysterious
ly early Wednesday following his
fnme.
Miss Beeker has gone
to
fir, .i,1
.rcensboro to identify him.
Feeling
here is intense.
JWN HAS CROW TO
PICK WITH THE UNITED
STATES AFTER THE WAR
By RALPH II. TURNER,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
iokio, uec. li. Japanese approv
al is given here today to the state
ment made in America by Baron Sa
Katani that after the war Japan
would attempt to bring about a set
tlement of her immigration problem
vim the United States.
V. mlc the Japanese never have
w.uced the desire to break the gen
tleman's agreement, they feel that it
; a most unsat isfaetorv arrange
:::o:.t. With the rise of Japan's pov.--
it a iid her world commerce, the se
iment that the American ruling is
liscriminatory becomes stronger
!he 'belief that a revival of the ques-
Jii is inevitable is expressed by the
!,':io Asahi, regarded by some per
sons as the leading newspaper of the
:::pital.
' Baron Sakatani only voiced the
sentiment of the Japanese nation,"
avs the Asahi in speaking of the
baron's declaration m the United
M;;tes. "Why should the Japanese
Kmbassy have found it unnecessary
to denv bis statement? That the
J a nanese-A merican problem must be
;ded was n most representative
rtmtion for Baron Sakatani to give.
'The gentlemen's agreeme.it was
not d fundamental solution. It was
onlv a temporizing method. Baron
Sakatani expressed the wishes of the
' .panose nation that the two coun
triC'. come to a perfect understand
ing of each other so the issues pend
ing may be solved satisfactorily to
ill concerned."
CONFESS WILL LH"
THE FARMERS UONE
Not Going to Monkey With Embar?
foes M bich Might Inconvenience
New (.rent. Power in the Country,
Belie tef Mr. Lewis, Private Secre
tary to Floor Leader Kitclun
There
going to be
tuffs passed a
,f Congress,
. R. Lewis, p
ijority Lead
from a viit
cmbar
: o pies
the be
rate fee
Claude .o Wash-
.-res on '.
i it se
lief of M
rclarv t'
'fitch;n,
a
Vf
ir.gto;i. The consensus of opinion
ground the C.ipitol is that the embargo
Resolutions will not be taken seri
o.isly, ho says. Mr. Lewi:; expects
practically nothing to come out of
'he congressional efforts to reduce
t 'c cost of living; departmental in
vestigations may discover some ille
gal carryings-on, with remedial ac
ti ji resultant, but the lawmakers are
not going to meddle in the situation
to any depth, Mr. Lewis believes.
There are several reasons why the
embargoes will fail. By putting
them int effect Congress will lower
the prices of farmers' products. Mil
lions of other persons would be "ben
efitted, of course, but Mr. Farmer is
Mr. Most Representative American
Citizen now.
Besides, didn't he turn
thinsrs upside down in the Middle
West only last month? He's had his
ups and downs lots of downs and
now he's getting what is coining to
him. , ;
Mr. Iwis says the railroad legi
lative program will be carried out,
from indications. rThat is, a large
part of it j of course, one neve ; can
tell what Congress is going to do
(not quotinj Secretary Lewis) aiid it
may take a notion to improve noon J
the J?resident's ideas by curtailment.'
French Take New Courage
With England's Enthusi
asmAre Not Bothering
About Balkans Want
Daring, Quick Action
By WM. PHILIP SIMMS.
Tans, Dec. 11. More and more
England's limited war council idea
h paining support in France, and
more and more Lloyd George is re
garded as England's man of the hour.
France is not wasting time Ln pessi
mistic reflections over Roumania and
Greece, but contrarywisc, th enution
is setting its jaws more firmly in de
manding action tmmediate and dar-
mg. 1
Roumanians Retake Ground.
1'ctrngfo.d, Dee. 11. By vigorous
counter attacks the Roumanians have
,von hack positions along the hiirli
road frosi Ploeshto to Miselu, which
(hey lost Saturday, it is officially said.
Mtipland Electrified.
London. Dec. 11. Energizing the
nation alforce, Lloyd-George's magic
touch electrified the nation. Whilu
the new - war ilire-tor was loreed lo
bed in London today in his fever of
enthusiasm for the new order. th
seemincly impossible was nccon.
p'.ishei. TV hard shell of Brithh
conservatism was cracked and pra
cedents discarded.
Biilgnrs Report. Success.
Sofia. Dec. 11. The capture of th
west bridgehead at Czernavoda is
ennounced officially.
Anojher Protest From Greece.
Athens, Dec. 10. Jfmg Constan
tino's government made a f o-mnl
protest 1.0 thcjrAllied powers todav
'ainst the continuance of the Al
lies' blockade. . .
mmms mi
mm mm
GtleV
C, Nov. 10. llyman
1 with the murder of
ds in this city last
y declared not guilty
'(1 to trv the 1 i e
lor Court.
verdict this morn-
Epstein,
Leonard
d F.
April, "was v
-'V he j'ii v
1 W"a
Ucil'iW
ini- j u a ire .
v J
s-'oo
laced the defervi
bond for appenr-
ant under a
e at the
!u--;t term of Superior
; : to the charge of car
ried weapon.
:cm is alleged to have
! to (Mi-ss Judith Ed
be lulling occurred in
home on the night of
According to testimo
h;;d repeatedly been
a. e his attentions , to
; and stay away from
Court to an.sv
rymg a co;k-
Vcung Ens
orpn en" 1 r
wanls, and t
front of the
pri! 2fi, la-t
ny Epstein
warned to or
Miss Edward
the Edwards home, and the tragedy
neeniTfl when he was in front of the i
Edwards home waiting for his
sweetheart to come out and attend a
dance with him.
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS
OTHER CITIES AND
UNTIES OF SECTION
John Talton of Goldsboro was kill
ed and Arthur Klass of Hemp, N .C,
was probably fatally injured when a
Norfolk 'Sc-uthffrn freight struck a
motor truck on which they were rid
ing near Raleigh late Saturday. The
engine and several cars ran over Tal
ton.' The first farm Loan Association to
bk organized in Craven county is at
Zarah. The object of the organiza
tion ls to procur? benefits possible
from the Federal farm loan act for
the members. ' P"V -"-
. A big whale was penned up, In
shallow water near Beaufort by fish
ermen Saturday. , 'A large number of
tnea attacked the monster. Whale
oil and by products are more valuable
than ever, and a iafj"-ized animal j
wt:l ref a l;tt"e fortune. r
'By the United Press)
London, Pec. 11. Premier
I loyd-George today suffered a
severe chill and by physicians'
orders will remain indoors durr
mt: the day. It resulted from his
siiu rln.imin efforts to recon
struct the government.
, Lonlon, Dee. 1. Engand's every
resource is to he turned into the war.
Every luxurv is to be cut off, every
iness of !:t'hting. This is the pub
activity turned into the serious bus
he's belief lifter the announcement
of the new cabinet.
BRITISH STEAMER
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
(By the Umted Press
.Norfolk, Dec. 11. A submar
ine reported to have been sighted
off the Virginia coast was a Brit
isher, !n the belief of members of
members of the American naval
collier Proteus, on shore leave.
Officer will not dtycues the sto
ry. Berlin, Decfl 10. (Via London)--Die
iBritnh steamer Caledonia was
ujnU by a German submarine on De
ember 4. after she bad tried to ram
ho undersea boat, it was officially
,"oj te 1 today. lie.- captain vwi.s
aken prisoner.
SUBMARINE OFF NORFOLK.
Xr.ffolk, Vn., Dec. 10 That a Ger
nnn war submarine was cruising off
', iii'inn c i'-t ten days ago was
lie report brought to Norfolk today
v memhei s of the crew of the U. S.
rvu'iis v'veh arrived 111 Hampton
Joads late tocvy.
SPEEDING ENDED IN
ACCIDENT AT CORNER
ive Men in Car Hnd Narrow Es
raics in Northwest Kinston Had
Been Making Limit of Machine's
Speed Police Looking for Three
Unknowns in the Party
i'
se no children were at their
accustomed play on the side walk
rear the Southwest intersection ,of
1 enoir and Pollock streets Sunday
afternoon between three and four
0 clock perhap
ncc
ounts for their be-
in," alive now.
There wt're no casualties other
than a few minor hints of the five
O'vupant of a new Ford car, wllieh
was driven at a speed to excite the
attention of those, whom it passed
route to the point of accident and
overturned on the sidewalk at the
above mentioned corner. One on
looker when asked what he thought
the speed of the machine was prior
to the accident, was "How fust can
the things run?"; another thought
forlv to fifty miles not an overesti
mate. Who the owners and drive's of the
car were comld not be ascertained for
the simple fact that they declined to
divulge their cognomens. Three of
the men, including the driver, were
evidently under the influence of li
quor, and when asked their names
they gave various aliases and said
they came from Beaufort and Swan
Quarter. They claimed to be en
route to look at a farm. Their story
in that regard was substantiated by
Mr. Julian Everett, who was an oc
cupant of the car and who claims
iat he was directing the men to hi
father's farm. Dewey Belcher a
young man of town was also in the
car and according to his story was
acting as guide, he having been 0
tained to direct the way to the home
of Mr."Julian Everett. :
; Miw Everett sustained a sprained
back but was out on the streets a
usual Monday Belcher had a sprain,
ed thumb and the three 'unknowns'
suffered more or less bruises and skin
lacerations. ; TTie caSTv was tadly
scarred up but was able to eome tra
der its own engine's power to the re
patr - shop. The . police 'are looking
for the '.three men ar-J "
Strict Regulations to Pre
vent Spread of Contagi
ous Diseases in Buildings
Authority to Send Suf
fercrs Home
Below is a synopsis of the health
rules for the Kinston City Schools,
given out by superintendent iv. K.
Curtis Monday:
The Superintendent, principals, or
school nurse of the schools of Kinston
shall have authority to send home for
medical examination any pupil show
ing signs or symptoms of any con
tagious disease.
Measles.
No -child recovering from measles
will be allowed to return to school un
til all desquamation is entirely com
pete nnd the child has (recovered
trom the intercurrent bronchitis. At
lease two weeks should elapse from
the beginning of the attack before
the child will be allowed to return
to school, other conditions being fa
vorable. Those exposed to measlfs
las exposure. This rule mny not ap
jdv, in the judgment of the school 1
nurse, m tne case 01 children wno
have previously had measles,
frarlet Fever or Scarlatina.
No child recovering from scarlet
fever will be allowed to return to
school until at least three weeks
f-om the appearance of the rash and
all desquamation is complete and
there is an entire absence of discharge
f rom the cars, nose, throat or suppur
ating glands, and the child and prem
ises are disinfected. Those exposed
to scarlet fever are excluded ten days
from last exposure; except in case
cf children who have had scarlet fe
ver, wlio may return in one day, pro
vided they are isolated and their
clothing disinfected.
Dipthcria or Membranous Croup.
No child recovering from diptherin
will b allowed to return to school un
til a throat culture made, shows ab
sence of the KLEBSLOEFFLER
BACILLUS and the child and premis
es are disinfected. At least ten days
should elapse from the beginning of
the disease. Those exposed to.dip
thena are excluded ten days from
ls?t cynosure, except in case of child
receiving immunizing dose of nntitox
in. Then child will bo allwed to re
turn to school in five days afler re
ceiving antitoxin provided child is
not exposed to dmthoria after receiv
ing antitoxin and is free fro-m sick
ness. Whooping Cough.
No child recovering from whooping
(ought will be allowed to return to
school until the spasmodic stage of
the couch has ceased for one week,
usually about eight or nine weeks
from beginning disease. Those expos
od to whooping coueh are excluded
for two weeks from last exposure, ex
cent in case of thoe who have had
this disease previously.
Mumps.
No child recovering from mumps
will be allowed to return to school
until all swelling has subsided.
Chicken Pox.
No child recovering from chicken
pox will be allowed to return to
school until the scabs are all off and
the skin smooth.
Tonsilitis. " " T
All cases of tonsilitis are excluded
until entirely recovered.
Small Pox.
No child recovering from small
pox will be allowed to return to school
until the scabs are all off and the
child and premises are disinfected..
Contagious Skin Disease.
A child having any contagious skin
disease will be excluded from school
until cured.
Pediculosis.
AH cases of pediculosis are ex
cluded until all evidences of the dis-
1 ease are removed.
BY EXPOSURE Is meant residing
in the house orbeinjf in the presence
of the patient on or after the com
plaint or signs of sickness".
THE ABOVE KULES apply to ri.
piK tencsers, nn!t'r, er et"-
Must Be ' Both Strong Mm
and Good Angel for AU
theWorld o '
OUR GIHS NOT SO GRET
Only One-Twentietlfof One
Per Cent, of What - We
Have Received, Comptrol
ler Williams Tells Com-'
mercial Congress
(By the United Press) ,
Norfolk, Dec. 11. "--"This'1 nation'
n tint be ready after th'e warto stand
both as a SSamsonf and a Good Sam
aritan in its relations 'to the Vrorld,"
Comptroller of the (Currene'y' Wil-
iams told the ' Southern ' Commer
ial Congress today. America1 must
be strong - but ti-agnanimous. He
drew a comparison between1 the fat
suit of war trade and t the nation's
toi'cd purses of this nation as the re-
uitnlutions to suffering Europe.
Our gifts," he said, "have been but
one-twantieth'of one per cent, of our .
profits."
Congress Convenes, k
Norfolk, Va.,' Dec? ll.-With. "the
hanged "outiooii," produced ' by the
European war, 'as its theme, ,the
Southern Commercial Congress con-
enes here today will go thoroughly
into the question of commercial pre
paredness to meet the anticipated
ut-throat competition from across
the waters with the return of peace,
wid commercial phases.
Economic, financial, , agricultural
.11 d commercial phases of the prob- ,
lem will be(discussed by experts from
this country and abroad. A11 number
of the most notable men1 of the conn
try are scheduled to addresd the con
gress.' " ' ' " '
WANT W$GE INCREASES
FOR GOVT EMPLOYES
Washington,, Diec. 10. An organ
tjsed effort 'directed by the American
Federation of Labor to induce Con
gress to grant wage and salary in
creases to all employes of the Unit
ed States government from President
down to the humblest laborer, , was
planned at a meeting here today pre
sided over by Samuel Gompers.
BLUE MONDAY YOUR OWN
FAULT-IN MOST CASES
By Samuel G. Dixon, M. D., LL. D.,
Pennsylvania Commissioner of ....
(Pennsylvania Health Commissioner)
T)o you start for the office Monday
morning with a frown on your face
ami a glare in your eye that starts
the whole force with a grouch?
It isn't possible in a few words to
describe the Saturday to Monday hab
its of everyone. The majority of
people, however, are apt to fall into
two general divisions. One class tries
to crowd too much into the time and
take up their business Monday morn
ing exhausted and overtired. The
other goes to extremes by overeating
and under-exercising.
NEW YORK LEGISLATURE
TO ATTACK LIVING COST
Albany, N, Y., Dec. 11. Many mat
ters now, cf aiming the attention of...,
the people will be brought op for con- ,.
sideration in the Senate and Assembly
convening January S. One of these ,
is th high cost of living. The Wicks ,
investigaon committee, is expected,
will make a report and recommem
legislation ' which will Egbten . the
burden t of the consumers Efforts
will be made to secure , legislation.
which will provide market facilities y
hi New York and other large titles v
with a v v k e'.!"""
f the r'l-