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M V KINSTdN, K C 3Af tJliDAY, NOVEMBER 24; 1917 PRICK TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS SIX PAGES TODAY GREAT BATTLES IN "PROGRESS ON Ttt'0 FRONTSr AUSTRO-GERMANS MASSING FOR TREiNDOUS ATTACK ON ITALIAN LINES Of CENTRAL POOL OF RAILROAD WANTS TO HEAR OF DECLARES UNITED STATES IS POWERS PARCEL but IN WAR TO HELP PUT Alt EUROPE OUT OF BUSINESS FOR OW N AGGRlDiZEilENT INTERESTS TO GET IMPOSITIONS UPOR TROTSKY TOWERS IN MIRAGE Pretty Things They Think IMPROVED SERVICE CONSUMING: PUBLIC Soche Reinforcements Hurled Into Gaps to Stop Haig's Resumed Drive in est British Take Point's Over looViirig Hindenburff Line Tightening Grip on Cam- trrai Magnificent Defensive Operations Before Teti tonic Armies on Venetian Plains Concentrated Shell Fire Sweeping Country Between Two Rivers Through Which Enemy Will Try to Advance to Shatter Allied Front Prospects That They Won't Succeed, Seems ' (By the United Press) London', Nov. 24. Gen. Haig has made further gains. He today reported that around Cambrai British troops bad carried important dominating ground after severe fighting .ftmnd Bourlon Wood, between Moeuvres and (Jueant, Important observation points over the Hir.den bu'rgline t6 the North and West were captured. Further ground Vas captured around Bullecourt last night. Prog ress was made East of Bourlon Wood and in the neigh borhood oP Fofltaine Nctrc Dame. Astride canal Bun ford, the British are advancing for Moeuvre's capture. . .':vi.';- . --. - - - -?.-- - - ngntewng up Arovna cambrai. London, Nov, . 24.HBtitisi troops are threatening the , secondary de fense t the Vqii ikindenburg line in a battle i dispatches say is grow ing hourly ' in Vioiooce.r Over 15 xnilea of the arc arouncl Cambralot. the.j British .troops, the Germans . -are bitterly contesting ev ery inch of the line with troops picked hurriedly from a dozen sec tors on the Western front. Presum ably Cambrai is under direct Are from the British guns. The Germans are concentrating counter assaults on Moeuvres, Bourlon Wood and Crev- ecoeur. -j - - Crisis in Italian Fighting. With the Italian Armies, Nov. 24. A blittte lipon Which the fate of the Venetian plains may depend is developing. In a fury of concen trated, ftra Jbetween the Erenta and PiiVe riVM the GeVman and Austri' an staffs are massing a tremendous force. At this point the Italian de fetise is magnificent. The report ed withdrawal of enemy troops from half a dor en other points indicates that the enemy plans an overwhelm ing assault. ; New types of German guns have made their appearance in the battle They ar of large caliber and mount ed on huge motors. Sheep Shipped by. 10 a rcarec in the Mountains. ( Special to The Free Press) Washington, Nov. 24. By the use of a three-decker Ibarge capable of carrying 2,700 sheep at a time, hith erto unused range for approximately 25,900. shejp V the head t of Lake Chelan, in te CheSan ' Natioial Forest, Washington, has been made available for use. . . ' .'. . ( Off iceri of the Forest Service suggested .the" construction of a barge iq ., be, towed, by amaij, steamer, wljich. would v make it possible . to transport. the sdieep to the head, of , the lake. The suggestion was car ried out. with the aid tof the railroad, And 37,000 sheep were put on this practically new range the first sea spn. .'. . - . About 200 Hotels Pledged Save Food s r. in North Carolina. (Special JA The Free Press) Kaleighi, If ov, 4. Approximate ly 200 Jhoteli and cafes in North Carolina have signed the .hotel food pledge anl A larger number are ob serving "Meatless Tuesaays and "Wheatless Wednesdays" as a" pari of their program . in co-operation with the Food Administration. 0OE3 TO NAVt. Fountain, "N. C, Nov. P. LassteT, . ; principal of .the graded school here, has tirown up hlg jdb to wear tfcS n&vy thlfornf. Lassiter leaves a good salary to serve his Uncle Sam. Bis enlistment ia ap proved by the school atrthoritie as patriotic jbove. BULLETINS (By. the United Press) SUFFS. NOT. CokON PRISONEld Alexandria, Va., Nov. 24. The woman's party picketers won a complete ricToiry tcday from Federal Judge WaddHI in their legal fight for removal from the O'ccotjuan, Va., work house. The civalrous Southern jurist ruled that prisoners of the suffragists' type should not be compelled to serve in a work house. The chivalrous Southern employed at hard labor or de nied privileges and comforts given inmates of a Jail. BRiTISlt COMMANDERS. London, Nov. 24. General Plumer is announced to be the commander of the British forces in Italy. Lieut-Gen. Sir W. Marshall has been named sue cesstf to the late Gen. Maude as British commander of the Meso potamian forces. CALL FOR BANK STATEMENTS. Wiashingltn, Nov. 24. The Comptroller of the nrroncy calls for reports of conditioA of na tional banks at the close t'f busi ness November 20. WAR BRIEFS Secretary -Baker may give more details about American operations in France, but he is not to state the number tf men there. Lord North- cliffe has been made a Viscount. The E'ritiah jWant to best.r, decorations upbi-'A ribmber 6f American sailors, but tiBey cannot Sccfept them because of United States laws. Charles E. Gerlairh,. civilian, officered! an army transport, sea tenced to.flye years, by an army courtmartial, is to be takeh before a civil judge. , Army authori ties will insist that the courtmartial had jurisdiction, The mercnant of ficer who assert that his constitution al rights have been violated declined t stand watch on a trip. TEACHERS HOLD MEETING. The County Teachers' Association held a meeting at vfordon. Street Christian Churcn' Saturday morning. The attendance ,was , Lwge. The teachers, discusse'd.-and ,planne3 for events and" work to eome later in the scholastic year. The session was a ROBBED DOCTORS. Greenville, : C. Nov. 24. A Farmville report says. wbolesale haul of cocaine was ma.-e by a rob ber there who broke into a. number of physicians': and dentists' offices. Quantifies of morphine jwere -also taken. A dope user is suspected. They've Got Being Divid ed Up Bill, Charlie, Ferdie and the Turk are Holding a Conference (By the United Press) Rome, Nov. 24. Kaiser Wilhelm Charles of Austria, Ferdinand of Bulgaria and Enver Pasha of Tur key are reported, to be in conference on the Italian front The Central Powers are trying to reach an agreement as to Germany's and Au stria's spoils of war. ine press ana puoiic are en thusiastic over reports received here that the first step taken by Con press after convening will be a de claration of .war against Austria "UNBIRNESS OF ITM" M4Y DRIVE HIM TO QUIT Dave Robertson, Who Used to Play Around Kinston, Sick of Way Baseball Public Treats a Fellow Hasn't Tried Hard to Be Great Star. . By H. ip. Hamilton (United, Press Staff Correspondent) New York, Nov. 24. Dave Rob ertson, rijrht fielder for the Giants, is getting all set to declare it all off between himself and base'oall. Sev eral times in the past Dave has per formed thus, but it newr took. Now he says that if he does make up his mind to slip the game a srood-bye it will be a real wake. Dave's troubles now revert back to the world's series. In that stocrt, luckless set of contes Robertson compiled the greatest batting aver age that ever skidded from the bat of a rlgul ar in world's series com- petittcn. He faced White Sox pitch era on twenty-one occasions and ten hits banged back at the flingers. uave contends his Helding errors were not tremendous enough to over shadow the massive offensive work 'he displayed, and the fielding errors at that were not overly glaring save in one instance. As a matter of fact, Dove's fielding was very good up to the final game, when he allowed baseballs to trickle all around him. His 'fleeing in the first two games played at the Polo Grounds was al moBt miraculous. Dave's temperament has been the cause of many of his baseball troub les, and it probably is due to this that he is Ehouting now about un fairness. It cuts hint ti discover , .u (Continued on Page Six) REWRITE THE of mm& Afraid Soldiers FrpnY .Lost Provinc es '..Will 'i Tell too jklu'cK to Folks Back Home Regular System Be ing Employed Special Depart ment at Sfuttgiut. t-t .. By Henry Wiiod (United Press Staff Correspondent) , With the French Armies, Nov. 1 (By Mail)-pffermahy's - domination of the inhabitants tof Atsaae-pxnraine has now become so uncertain that they are no longer allowed to re ceive letter from the male members ot tbe families serving on the va- nous iierman rrcnts.. This curious state of affairs has just been dis covered by the finding of orders es tablishing the new system of gov ernment letter transmission for the two provinces. Germany's -precautions, are -; pre sumably .dictated by fear that the soldiers in her f armies from Alsace Ind Lorraine; migbt , communicate to their families mifitiry or other useful information, and that this in turn, might be communicated by the inhabitants of the two provinces to the" French across the border. All fetters from German" soldiers of Alsatian or Lorraine origin must (Continued aft Pag I) Reflation in Triirtspbrta tion Methods Ban of 500 Unnecessary Products to Let War Supplies MoVe Rapidly though V. S. ,,(By the tTnHed Press) Washington; Nov. 24. A revolu tion in American railroad methods is being worked out to relieve the war transportation congestion by pool ing railway, interests and equip ment ta the most radical, revolu tionary extent er dreamed of. It will shortly be announced. An embargo will be nlaced on non- war products, ijt is not in the pow er of the railroads to stop them, but brewery products, candy, jewelry and 500 other unnecessary things hould not be ttaiported ahead of war materials, ;fficial3 say. DEPTH CHARGE GETS YiW dUD (By the United Press) Washington, JSTov. 24. Admiral Sims reports that an American de stroyer has sunk a U-boat with a depth charge. It accomplished the feat while the boat sunk was being towed, 'The crew are beliefcd to have perished with the boat, The name of the destroyer was not giv en. , Chalrtbcr Says Sale Christmas Seals a Creditable Thing. The following resolution has been passed by the Chamber of Commerce approving the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals here: "Whereas the Kinston Chapter of the Red Cross has taken part in the nationwide sale of feed iCross seals, the proceeds of which will be used for the prevention, and treatment of tuberculosis, and "Whereas 75 per cent of the funds so raised will be appropriated for help of sufferers in our own community, therefore be it .USesOlved by the Klhsttm Cham ber of Commerce through its Board of Directors that it hejrtily en dorses this effort of the Red Cross Chapter to combat tfse ravages of this dread disease and pledges its earnest support to the raising of funds in this manner. "B. IB. LEWIS, Secretary. "T. W. MEWBORN, President." W. J. Newsom suicided Thursday by shooting himself. He iwas a bachelor merchant at Lucama. J. M. Sides, 75, a Connelly Springs boardinghouse proprietor, was struck by a train and killed Friday afternoon. .... , The Henderson Red Cross has sent 103 Christmas packages to soldiers. Miss Aedita de Carravannas, whose home formerly wan at Madrid, Spain,, is visiting at Wilson. Her father was killed in the naval battle at Santiago fighting lor Spain, but Miss Carravannas, who is acclaimed beauty, is a patriotic American now. She has an officer brother with the American troops in France. KIDS RIDE TO SCHOOL. Formville, N. C, Nov. 24. No town in Nortn Carolina is as con siderate of its children as Farmvile, probably. Pupils residing distantly from the public school are hauled there In a conveyance maintained at the community's expense. For some time a horse-drawn venieie nas corn used, but now the town has Acquired a motor, bus, similar to those used in some- rural sections febere schools have been consolidated. rrnmii nn UtE(l IHtate'pI Food Administrator Hopes Cases Similar to Tnat in Vhich Dealer Charged Excessive Price fbr Su gar Will Be Reported Hon. -1$. J. Rouse, Lenoir County food administrator, Saturday solicit ed the public's aid iti preventing ex tortion by locW mercbants. Ha is sued the following: "I deem it fair to the public to call attention to the fact that while a Queen Street dealer received quite a consignment of sugar during the week and sold it at a reasonable price, I am informed tn,t at least one purchaser from him resold it at a very excessive price at a price which would probably, if proven to the satisfaction of the State Food Administrator, result in an order forbidding dealers here;:er to sup ply him. "One of the objects of the Federn' Food Administration law is to pre vent imposition upon consumers and to enable those who must biiy the necessities of life to get them at fl resonable price. As one of those to whom has been committed the task of trying to make effective this law, I will say that I shall be glad if incidents of imposition, if they shall occur, as I hope they will not, bo re ported to me, and it will then bs my duty, which I shall perform, to sub mit the matter, if attended with sub stantial prtJof, Jo the consideration of the .State Federal food commis sion, for appropriate action. "I hope the public will be dis criminating and beir lh mind that by excessive prices are meant prices which take advantage of one's sit uation and bring excessive profits. The scale of prices as compared with the past ranges high, and the word 'excessive' must be understood to re fer to prices in excess of those sanc tioned by the Federal Government. "N. J. ROUSE, 'Tood Administrator for Lenoir County." Rerj Cross Seats to Go Oa Sale in City Monday; Aid The annual Red Cross seal sale in Kinston is to begirt Monday. It will be ushered in by an active canvass of the business district. Commit tees of young ladies will visit the merchants and professional men. The kcal committee plans to distribute the seals throughout the county and in carrying out tfiis plan will seek the aid of as many merchants as it is possible to find who will' place the seals on tale and push them from now through the holiday season. The young ladies who are to can vass will meet at Mrs. Marshall Craig's ftome Monday morning at 10:30. The directors of tfie Chamber of Commerce have endorsed the sale of the Red Cross seals. Their form al resolution appears elsewhere. As is perhaps known to most read ers of the paper, the proceeds cf the Red Cross seals go to the fight being waged on tuberculosis. Not only are those who becteme victims of the dreaded disease cared ;? and restor ed in many instances; to normal health, but correct methods of living and safeguards against the disease are taught. The seals sell for 1 cent each. , They are in attractive holiday design for use on letters ani packages. , SHIPPING ITEM. "The steamer Kinston arrived last night from up Neuse River witn X full cargo tf cotton." That was printed 32 years ago in a New Bern paper, and reprinted Friday in the New Bern t Sun-Journal's "In - the Acbives of New Bern". column. The Nessa was 4 more used avenue of commerce then than now, needless to state". Arid He Doesn't Care Much for the Country, Anyway Unification Behind Petrograd Peace Decree; Asserts. Dispatches Bear Him Oul; Slavs arid Bochcs Mfcins Up With Glad Tidings All Along Eastern Front Prussian-Riissiari Handshaking Expected by London. Kaiser Sends Trusted Gangster to Slap Allies Be trayer on Back Won't Be Russian Soldier in Field ia Short Time, Appears to Allied Side fEy the United Press) London, Nov. 24. Leon Trotsky denounced the Unit ed States in a speech made Between 35 and 40 bales had been sold here by 3 p. m. Saturday. Pric es ranged from 20 3-4 to S8 1-2. Fu- ures quotations were: Open. Close. 28.86 28.58 28.si 28.16 267 January . (March . . 28.55 28.20 27.98 27.81 29.00 May July December BADLY CUT TRYING TO REPRESS ROWDYISM C. at. Fordham Assaulted by James Houston at Country SchboP BK'ke Up Party Successful Un til Fight Came On Three Ar rests Made. , A ; asket" or "box" party at Smith's School, in the Deep Run part Lenoir County, was broken up Friu.-,; night when James Houston, 21, attu.' ,"i C. M. Fordham, .a mid-die-agod m. '"int, with a knife, se verely cutting h'-i on an arm, both sides and the bne,.. Sheriff Ard'en W". Taylor, Deputy Thomas Conway and Policeman W.i .(- S. Hamilton went to the nelghb: !Hcd in an automobile at midnight, pt- resting Houston, Carl Woyette and John Davis, all three charged with carrying concealed weapons - and Houston with assaulting Fordham a ',v;J. The party (a; r-hool was a jol cfMr. It was laigely upended. It was a Jx'.rwflt event of a kind wou krvown in the cin and about $200 had been secured vSeii acuston, al leged to Ihaye been diihlcinjr, walked In. He is said to have been boister ous. Fordham tried to quiet him. There was a scoff le and the cutting ensued. Houston also had a pistol. Men, women and children rushed from the place when the Mvtit was , ih progress, it is reported, leaving nearly, deserted. She officers early Saturday morning passed and hblpcd themselves to a quantity of ico cream. Boxes were hying around, some of which had sold for as much as $15. Fordhttm's condition is not neces sarily serious, although he is expect ed to have a painful time of it the next few days. Railrdads Hatilcd Million and Half Soldiers to Date. . (By the United Press) Washington, Nov. 24. Troop movement figures to date indicate that the railroad's of this country have safely , transported opproxi maUly 1,500,000 sotjters to train ing camps and embarKation points since Atijrusl 1, according to a (State ment just mode public by Chairman Fairfax Harrison, of the Railroads' War Board. Five hundred thousand of these men have maa journeys necessitating overnight travel - and have been moved in tcwist or stand ard sleepers furnished by the Poll man Company. On on of tbe long bauls, 8,000 men -wer moved dram training camp' Aft' the' Western Coast to a point n fhe' Fastern Coast, a dis tance of 3,700 milw in a litUe less than "eck. to the soviet Wednesday. . "America entered the war to pro mote its financial interests by aid ing in the complete exhaustion of Europe. It probably will be more willing to consider Russian propos als than those of other nations. Rul ers will realize that the peace., de cree is not a mere party proclama tion." . . Denmark dispatches Jdcclare fra ternization between the Russians, Germans and Austrinns is practical ly complete along the Russian front. All semblance of fighting activity has ceased. It appears certain that Russia will withdraw all iti soldiers' from, the battle areas.' 'Amsterdam dispatches today reported Quartermaster-General Lundendorff to b hurxying , to the Eastern front on business regarding an armistice with the Balsheviki government. Trotsky , Prepared to ' Tattle. Petrograd, Nov, 24. Trotsky to day prepared to make good hia threat to publish secret diplomatic contents of the Russian - archives. .The announcement caused a storm of disapproval from conservative pa pers, which referred to his action as high treason. Washington Perpleked. ' Washington; Nov." 24. This Gov ernment will fco slowly . and -carefully in dealing with Bolsheviki ov ertures for an armistice 'and univers al peace. Officials say the.peace'ma neuvers ,c,re not consider! as other t'lan serious. The Russian situation is cenfusing. College Service Flag Has More'n ; 500 Stars on It. v . . . (By Jh United Press) Stat College,. Pa., Nov. 24. Pennsylvania State' College's (latest decoration is a huge service' flag, carrying more than i00 stars, th handiwork of co-eds and of wives of college instructors; ' Each star represents either o ficulty member or an urtde'r-grad-uate- who has answered tlis calL Each man's name is embroidered on his star. Christmas Boxes The Chamber of Commerce will assist the Ked Cross Chapter of Kinston In prepar-, ing and sending t6 all our Le noir County soldiers at the various Camps, a ' Christmas box. t , We have the names of our boys in Company" B, the Band, the Ambulance Cirps, t and those of the selective draft, but there are ,' many ft ho volunteered and are now serving in the various depart-, ments of the army and navy whose names and addresses we do not know. In crder to get these addresses without delay we ask that any relation or friend of a soldiw now in ser vice who volunteered, not in cluded in the above named (classes, send his came ' and present address at cn:s to E. B. Lewis, Secretary Chamber of Commerce, Kinston, N. C These boxe should.be ready ' to send by December 1. Scr.J names at cure. E. B. Lewis, p -r, criArr- c c---
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