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DAILY FREE PR The Home Paper Today'a Nawi Today" A ONE CENT STAMP PLACED HERE 4 Will SmJ Tiii Fapr IoOm Of Ow SoMitrt h Fnnc. PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAIN! VOL. XIX. No. 123 Fair Tonight. FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. C. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1917 FOUR PAGES TODAY GREA T OFFENSIVE OF ALLIES SWEEPS OVER THE IKE ADLER AND NICK CAL0P0L0US FOUND GUILTY OF GAMING Fined and I'ut Under Good Behavior Bond lo Appear Next Term Court Thad Tyndall is Found Guilty G.W.SU1ELL FOUND TUESDAY'S SALES ON KINSTON TOBACCO MARKET APPROXIMATED 550,000 POlft AT AVERAGE OF 27 CENTS; 150,000 LEFT A Total of 700,000 Pounds of the Bright laf Was Hrought to Kinston For the Opening Day Wednes day's Sales Not So Heavy Decided Stiffening of DEAD IN CORN PATCH EASTERN PART CITY DEFENSES OF ENEMY French Wrest Dead Man's Hill and Other Places About Verdun From Hand of Teutons British Push On About Lens and Italians Go Forward With Terrible Toll of Casualties For Their Apponents The Most Fe rocious Fighting Marking Work Over Entire Fronts Except Russia. ' (By the United Press) London, Aug. 22 The war's greatest offensive went on fiercely, without abatement, with continued gains by the Allies. The French, it appeared, made the most rapid strides forward in the most sanguinary fighting. The German horde, that once clutched Verdun to a point of suffocation, was driven back still further. The bloody slopes of Cote Loio and the villages of Regneville, Hamog nrux, with the intervening fortifications were all clean swept of the enemy, whose counters last night made with desperation born of the German war chief's knowledge that the French offensive was only beginning brought the er.emy nothing but heavy losses. Next in violence, was the fighting in the great battle on practically the entire Autsro-Italian front. Rome reported continued successes for Gen era! Cadornas' drive. Every so-t of war machine was called into action to pulverize the rock fortifications of the Austr.ians monitors shelling from the ulf of Trieste, huge siege guna. British and French artillery, new highly developed bombing aeroplanes and trench mortars, and all the arms for i ankilling. The greatest gains were above Goritzia. Marshal Haig is again striking fiercely at Lens, which is now nearly t ree-fourths encircled by the British French Soldiers Dislike Limits. By Henry Wood (United Press Staff Correspondent) With the French Armies Afield, Aug. 22. Fired with the zeal that made their charge utterly irresistib le, the French soldiers, victors in France's greatest blow out of Ver dun, petitioned their commanders for permission not to be limited to specific objectives in their advances. The poilus want to keep on going and fretted yesterday at the stern orders limiting them to certain trenches, ov er which they swarmed in unbeatable waves, when there were more Ger mans just ahead that they felt could just as well have been captured. Dead Man's Hill was blacked by the blood of thousands on both sides, its slopes a gaunt spectre of naked ground, was entirely in French hands today. The myriad of defenses, on which the Crown Prince had spent months were levelled into mere crumbles of earth. The hill must for ever remain a gigantic monument of lost hopes. It took the Germans months to capture it, more months to fortify it, and still more to hold it. The French took it in the first morning's advance. 35.000 Austrians Fall Before Italians. By John H. Hearly (United Pres3 Staff Correspondent) With the Italian Armies Afield, Aug. 22. Austria's terrible toll lof casualties in the continuing Italian advance, reached 35,000 dead and wounded, according to headquarters estimates. The Italians have swept the enemy from the villages of Des cla, Brit Canole and Bonvrez Roga. All left in the burning heaps of ruins, shattered by artillery fire, was fired by the retreating Austrjans. Italian poet Gabriel D. Annunzio, was among the hundred or more sail ors participating in the great offens ive. FRENCH TRADESMAN FIND SAMMIES HARD UNDERSTAND (By the United Press) Paris, Aug. 3 (By Mail) It has been suggested-by a state funct ionary, who resides in the zone where the American army has taken up its quarters, that the tradesmen and of ficials of this district be made to take a course in elementary English. The idea was inspired by the difficulties "Sammy" has in making himself un derstood. The practical means of re alizing thisi' says the writer, would fce a wholesale distribution of a Pamphlet .giving the simplest En- gliah-American phrases and their French equivalent. . The pnoposal is favorably commented on and may, anortty.be realized. - SECRETARY REDFIELD DENOUNCED ATT'PTS AT PEACE LAUNCHED (By the United Prss) Washington, Aug. 22. The first formal utterance of any cabinet member or, other high official of the Government, since the Pope's peace proposals came, were made in a scathing denunciation by Secretary of Commerce Redfield ci the peace movements launched in this coun try. BULLETINS (By the United Press) ITALIANS TAKE NUMBER PRISONERS. Rome, Aug. 22. Prisoners taken in Italy's offensive reach ed a total of more than 13,000 men and 311 officers this after noon. The war office announced that 30 guns and a great quanti ty of booty were captured. COAL DEALERS LOWER PRICES. Chicago, Aug. 22. The prices of retail coal droped from $1 to $1.50 here following President Wilson's price fixing of coal at the "mouth of the pit" Reasons Assigned For Spanish Unrest Shown Recently By Populace (By the United Press) Madrid, Aug. 3 (By Mail) The movement of unrest which has been making itself more felt in Spain dur ing the last two months, is due to three factors; the agitation in mili tary circles, the discontent of the democratic Dartv. (which includes socialists, republicans and reform ists), and the unrest of the working classe, due to the privations of the economic crisis. The dissatisfaction in the army is due to what is held to be favortism, certain officers receiving advance ment -through court influence. It is claimed by the Officers' Committees that the King is aiming to form a personal party in the army on which he can rely for events. A second reason for discontent is the insuf ficiency of officers' pay and the need for technical reorganization in the (army. , ... ) CANADA'S POLITICS BECOMING A LITTLE MUDDLED & COMPLEX Premier Borden and Vot ers Have Hard Problems to Unravel This Fall Conscription Big Issue to Be Considered Ottawa, Canada, Aug. 22. Canada is racing its nrst crisis since the op ening of the European war. A gen eral election is to be called by Prem ier Bordon within the next few weeks for early in the fall. The life of the present Conservative government ex pires on October 7th. This will be the first opportunity the people of Canada have had to pass upon the war policies of the Borlen govern ment since the Dominions plunged into the great conflict. The government has been split wide open on the issue of conscriptior. British Canada, generally speaking, supports conscription. French Can ada is almost solidly opposed. The bitterest and most exciting political campaign in Dominion history is in prospect. Upon the result depends the continuance in power of the pre sent, Conservative .government and the enforcement of the compulsory military service act. Leading the Liberal opposition is Sir Wilfrid Laurier, ex-premier and the idol of the French-Canadians of the province of Quebec. A brilliant speaker and a masterly politician. Laurier is bending every effort to bring to his standard all the ele ments in Canada disaffected with the Borden regime. Already rwever, he has had to face the refusal of twentv-two non Ivench Canadian Liberals in the House from Ontario and the western provinces to follow him in his anti conscription liattle. What strength those conscriptionist 'Liberal party 'belters' can take with them to the polls has become one of the big ques tion marks of the campaign. In its answer may lie the final decision. On the part of the Conservatives TliSy have had to face minor but very sig nificant desertions from French-Canadian Conservatives. Canada has 406,000 enlisted men. Her over seas force is made up of five divisions. Four of these; are in France and one is held in England as a reserve division. Since the des perate, bloody day at Vimy ;e, heavy drafts have been made on 'his reserve. Canadwa must provide more men soon or Dominion tr).s will be left without reserves. .nis would mean the elimination, of Can ada as a fighting factor at the front. Candaa must raise 100,000 more men and do it quick. Voluntary recruiting is a thing of the past. Canada has no great wealth of man power. Eight million people is her top. Already the 400,- 000 men who so freely gave them selves to service have seriously tight ened the labor market in places. Far mers are in straits for help. In man cities clerks and municipal em ployees are given half holidays from their regular employment in order that they may go into the fields. This shortage is emphasized by the anti conscripiionists. Conservatives de clare there are hundreds of "slack ers" in the cities who could be spared and assert that these are the men they want to get to under the law. Intricate as is this problem alone, it is intermixed with the racial ques tion, an alien enemy tangle, a tre mendously difficult financial situa tion, involving the nationalization of 7,000 miles of arilroad and millions of dollars in advances to others, and a line" oMioary but stilly virulent po litical animosities, 4which stirred to gether offer the Canadian voter a po litical salad nnlike anything previous j in his entire political experience. Again Ike Adler and Nick Calopolous were convicted in Superior Court Wednesday of gambling. Adler was fined $100 and costs and Calopolous was fined $50 and costs and both were put under a bond of if 100 to appear at the next term of Criminal Court for final disposition of their cases. The charges were brought against them by Thad Tyndall, who alleged he had lost a considerable sum, about $250, in a game with them. Both of the men are alleged to be profession al gamblers and bear very unsavory reputations. Tuesday afternom Thad Tyndall was tried on another charge of as sault with a deadly weapon. The case grew out of an alteration with a man named Crabtree. Tvndall was convicted. Sentence was reserved as n the first case earlier in the day, pending the hearing of others. ELEVEN KILLED AND THIRTEEN INJURED IN AIR RAID DOVER (By the United Press) I London, Aug. 22. Ten enemy aer oplanes raided England, dropping imbs on Dover and Mart Lor:i Frenc'.i, commander of the home forc es, announced that tw.i invaders were downed. The raid was at 10:15 this morning. None were killed or injured at Margate. Eleven were killed and 13 injured at Dover. At Ramsgate none were killed or injured, but the hos pital and a number of houses were damaged. & $ One Dead & 40 Injured Wreck EAcursion Train (By the United Press) Toledo, Aug. 22. An excursion train crowded with retail grocers from Columbus and other towns was wrecked near Lime City, ten miles from here. One is known tobe dead and the injured may reach 40. STATE NEWS Roger Dunston, an automobile driver in Raleigh, was fined $50 for undertaking to drive his car when un der the influence of liquor, according to the News and Observer. Reports from West Raleigh n.ii cate that the attendance of the sh.jrt slimmer course at the State Coliece exceed all previous enrollments. Mjic than six hundred have entered. Major Charles M. Stedman, con gressman from the fifth District and one of the few Confederate veterans remaining in Congress, will probab ly make the race for another term, according to information coming from his district. A few monts ago Major Stedman announce! that he would not stand for re-election, but there has bee nconsiderable demand from his constituency 'that he con tinue in Congress. It is reported in the special cor respondence of the Greensboro News from Washington that Judge J. Crawford Biggs of Raleigh ,who has been appointed to succeed the late E. J. Justice as Special Prosecutor for the Department of Justice will re ceive a salary of $12,000 a year and all expenses. ' .'. Well Known and Prosper ous Business Man Died From Self Inflicted Knife Wound in Throat Grue some Find. Mr. George W- Sumrell, one of Kinston's leading business men, was found dead in a corn patch in the eastern part of the city Wednesday morning by Mr. Hamp Barwick, who' had gone into the lield to look af ter his crop. A gapping wound in the right jugular vein, a knife about six inch es from the right hand of the dead man told the story of self destruction. Mr. Sumrell was presdent of the wholesale grocery firm of Sumrell and McCoy. He had been associated with Mr. II. H. McCoy in the busi ness, one of the leading in this sec tion, for the past seventeen years. When last seen by his business as sociates and members of the office force at the store, about ten o'clock Tuesday morning he appeared in the best of spirits and left to look on at the tobacco sales, saving that he would bp back shortly. He was seen about 12 o'clock by Officer Hamil ton of the police department at the ntial Warehouse and was appar ently in good spirits and not under lie influence of liquor, according to Hamilton's statement. He was also i in front of the First National Bank by a representative of The Free Press between twelve and one. A resident of the neighborhood in which the body was found to'd the po- ice that she had seen him pass her house going, in the direction of the fatal spot, about 1 o'clock. Nothing fuitbcr had been heard of him from that time until his body was discov ered. There was onlv ne track leaiii.ig to the place where the body was found and there is little doubt !f destruction. Excessive drink is assigned as the cause of his suicide. He had been drinking rather heavily for the past ev weeks, it is said, but his asso ciates thought that he had gotten ov er his ".spree." He left home Tues day morning after breakfast and Mrs. Sumrell thought that he was in excellent spirits. She was uneasy when he did not return to dinner or supper, having expected him to come to dinner and drove by the store to get him. Although uneasv about lim she had sounded no ahrm unt his body was discovered. Chief of Police Skinner, Deputies Evans and Conway were piloted to the spot where the body had been located by Mr. Barfield a little after seven o'clock. They did not go within ten feet of the body until the coroner ar- I rived and took charge. Magistrate K. f. l-oscue acted as coroner, being appointed in the absence from the city of Coroner Wood. His verdict was suicide. Mr. Sumrell is survived by his willow, one daughter, Miss Marjorie, two brothers. Messrs. S. W. Sumrell of Grifron and Charles of Ayden, two sisters, Mrs. William Gilbert of 'ij 'i e! and Mrs. Joe Abbott of the sane place, lie had been married twice. His first wife was Miss Hattie Tull and his second wife, who survives Dim, Miss Stella Meacham. The daughter was by the first marriage. He was sixty years of age. The funeral will be held from the late residence on East Gordon Street Thursday morning at 10 o'clock. Miss Marjorie Sumrell was visit ing in Petersburg when the sad sad news of the death of her father reached her. . TRAINING CAMPS -.- FOR ARMY BAKERS. New York, Aug. 22. Army bak eries for j troops In training here are tobe established at Gettysburg, Pa.; Washington; Syracuse, N. Y.; and Fort Ethan AHen, Vt, by the quart ermaster department Capt. John C. Fegram U enlisting 1,000 bakers. Prices On Better Grades With Wednesday's Opening; Sales Remarkably High Prices On Scrap and Com mon Grades Being Paid With a total sale of close erage of between 25 and eft on the floor of one of because the market was blocked, the 191718 tobacco sea son came in Tuesday with a push that has never before hit the local tobacconists on an opener. TO CAMPS GIGANTIC TASK FOR RAILROADS More Than M llion Men Must Be Transported Within Next Six Weeks More Than 80 Thousand Care Required (Special to The Free Press) Washington, Aug. 'J.'. Plans for the largest tioup movcnr.nt ever sc.cdulcd in the history of this coun try are now beging perfected bv the Amirican Railway Association at the o'H'cst of the United States Gov ernment. Altogether .687,000 men will have to be transferred to tho va rious cantonments that the Govern ment is building to house the new N'atione' Army. The movement will start Septom 'ir ,r Between that date and Sep ten'v 'J the railroads will complete the iitrninment of 200,000 mci or a;iro innately :!0 per cent of the to till niimbei scheduled to be moved to Mm vara. us training camps. It is expected that a second movement of approximately 200,000 men will be gin on September 1!), continuing for four days thereafter, and a third movement of the same size October .1 Some conception of the magnitude nf the task confronting the Ameri can Railway Association in preparing schedules that will assure the safe and prompt transportation of these armies without interference with reg ular traffic may be gleamed from the fact that to move merely one field army of 80,000 men required fi,22! cars made up into .K!( trains with as many locomotives and train crews. Meanwhile in addition to moving the 0X7,000 recruits fro the National Army the railroads have been asked to supply transportation for the 350.000 members of the Na tional Guard to their training camps. This National Guard movement has already started and will continue in increasing volume until all have lieen moved. Dr Ki!gore Urges That Bakers Slop Return Privilege (Special to The Free Press) West Raleigh, Aug. 22. In a let ter to the bakers of North Carolina, Diiector of Agricultural Extension U. W. Kilgore has called attention to the fact that bakers may assist in the conservation of food for the State. Moreover, they are urged to observe every economy possible fn order that the supply of flour may he conserved. This economy should jxist both in the making and in the sale. One of the ways which has been suggested to bring this about is for the bakers to refuse to receive unsold bread returned to them by their customers. Mr. Kilgore has es pecially urged that this practice be put in operation in all large bakeries of the tSate. . i ,; to 550,000 pounds at aa av 27 cents, and 150,000 pounds Kinston's five big warehofsc i Sales Tuesday were held on the floors of the Eagle, New Brick, Knott Bros, and Central. The Atlantic fell heir to the first sale Wedneslay morn ing and went well in the day to dis pose of the big piles which could not be sold Tuesday. Messrs. J. H. Par ham and Co., proprietors of the Cen tral Warehouse, paid out close to thiryt-eight thousand dollars Tues day, the largest amount they have ever paid in a single day. Their av erage was about 27 cents. The aver nge at the other sales was in keep ing. Wednesday's opening sales early demonstrated a considerable stiffen ing of the price for the better grade3, which showel little if any advance Tuesday over the 11)16 average. A narked increase was noted Wsiines dny and the remarkable prices e vailing Tuesday for the inferior grades, especially scrap, which brought anywhere from 8 to 20 cents, were equally as noticeable Wednes day. Aside from the sale on tJie At lantic, which was blocked Tuesday, not more than a hundred thousand pounds, if that much, was sold Wed nesday. This is according to custom. No rush was expected nor wanted by the tobacconists Wednesday. They needed a little breathing spell to clean up from the unexpected ava lanche which swooped down on them Tuesday. Buy Fertilizers On , a Cooperative Basis Urges Extension Dept. (Special to The Free Press) West Raleigh, Aug. 22. There will be a delay in transporting fertiliz ers for fall use, according to indica tions now, and it is important that purchasers order their fertilizers early ami in large quantities. This is practically imperative says Direct or li. W. Kilgore of the Agricultural Extension Service, because of the fact that the supply fo fertilizers is not as large as heretofore, and because of the additional fact that that the railroad companies can handle the business more promptly and more economically if the orders are made early and in sufficiently large ship ments. The farmers who club to gether and take advantage of this will be benefitted by being safe in having their fertilizers for fall use and by having reduced freight rate3. Full carload shipments can be ada and the railroads will deliver earlier. AMERICAN AND FREN SAILORS FRATERNIZE AT AMERIC'N" PORT An Atlantic Port, Aug. 22. American and French sailors do not wait until they arrive in France to fraternize. The French tar,s are here with French troop3 lieing in the har bor, while American sailors by the thousands are at a navy yard nearby- Resident witnessed a novel sight recently. Four of Uncle Sam's sail ers and four from France paraded the main thoroughfare on a sight see ing tour. The men were paired and! each man wound his arm about tha. other's waist. Pah they were de spite the fact that they could not understand each other's language. ApparenUy it male no difference. Hundreds turned te watch them and momentarily reflect, perhaps, on th significance of the comradeship, . i.tNi i roil-? fir it. pity S ii , . r
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