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; frrarr. rr. v , 'TLIIcniePcpcr ArcHcrrrrsTj? WB &4 Tliii Pdct ta Oaa .'il-.Mldf li.i.'iyri lWyi Nwi Today" Of 0 SUicMia fraM. J VOL. XX. No. 158 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. G, MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1918 price two Cents FOUtt PAGES TODAT5 FIVE CUNTS ON TBAC3 DAiiiLi'tf f Meeting; l:Must NO INDICATION THAT- LILIES ARE IN JlUulrlU UtAL Hi FROM AUSTRIA DELIVERED TO WILSON Chancellor Max Addresses With Note to President Commenced on Basis of RemarksTime is OpinionAllied Armies Continue to Pummel Bodies on Western Front and Admittedly Smashed Macedon- ian Front--Kaiser Issues ed Troops' , (By th United Presi) With the American Armies. Oct 7. The British Army is ready to answer posai as it answerea maroi,ine Ausinans a snon ajU. i i .ucii uiuii ruin. ivavb u.. & , continues," is the spirit of the soldiers. . ' . Washington. Oct. 7. The Swedish minister reached the State Department shortly after 10:30 a. m. to deliver to secretary ljansing wie Swedish minister has an engagement with President Wii 'n at 4:30 this afternoon. It iriiriderst'theenga inent with the President will deal-with . Swedish affairs Only, and not with the Austrian fceace proposal.-1 NOTE TO PRESIDENT. , ? Washington, Oct 7, The note lent through ') the Swiss government by Prince Maximilian, tfto lerma.i chan cellor, Jtf PreeMent Wilson follows '"The German government requests to take in hand the restoration peace, acquaint ' all -the belligerent states of this request and invite them to I send plenipotentiaries - for the purpose of opening negotiations, i ! "It accept the program set forth 'by the President of the United States in! his message to Congress on Jan' tiary 8, and in his later pronounce i ments, especially j his speech of Sep Umber 27, as a basis for peace ne- 6tiation -""With a view to avoiding further ' bloodshed, ' the , German government requests the immediate conclusion of -. ah armistice on land and water, and lit the air." . . ifo USE, SAYS BILL. ' ' The following H quoted as Emper . of Wilhelm'i proclamabion to his armies: 7'or months past the enemy with . enormous exertions and almost with edt pause in the fighting has stormed against our lines. In weeks of strug . glfe, often without repose, you have had to persevere and resist a numeri - Mly ' far superior enemy. Therein Tite the greatness of the task which as been set , for you and which you are fulfilling. " Tncops of all the Ger man states are doing their part and are heroically defending the father land on foreign soiL Hard is the task. ' .i;?-;;.;' . ?My navy is holding its own against tne muted enemy naval forces and is ' uftweveringly r supporting . the army mrts diffkult struirele; "The eyes of those at home rest with pride and admiration ton the deeds of the army and the navy. ! fetpress to you the thanks of myself M the fatherland, - The collapse of the Macedonian front has occurred in the midst of the hardest struggle. In accord with oar aHies I have resolved once more , to offer peace to the enemy ut I will ; only extend my hand 'for an hoifori . able peace. We owe that to the he- ' 7VA .1. V.U J . 11 . 1 1 I : niiu iiu uvwn ineir uvea ior inej latherlarid. and we males that our ; duty to our children. . : "Whether arms will be lowered is a question. ; Until then we must hot alacken. We must, as hitherto, ex ert all our strength unwearily to hold out ground agaimrt the onslaught of uf enemies. ', 1 1 The hour is grave but, trusting in your strength and in God's gracious help, we feel ourselves to be strong ough to defend our beloved father land. 1 ' . ' i ; '(Signed) - WILHBLM. MAXIMILIAN'S SPEECH. JiGopenhagen, Oct ( Night) Ad jessing th.Eekhstag, Prince Max, the new German chancellor, offered immediate aupension of hostilities HI lYILIItLf.1; Arl'tAL Reichstag and Follows Action Asking Jhat Negotiations Be the "14 Points" and Subsequent Ripe, Powever, in C Proclamation to "Overpower : , 1. 1 . the Germans' peace prOH- . Avistnaii ptfetee appeal, iuc correspondent today, f Max offered to aent'phjnipotentiaTieB to' some neu tral place $o discuss a proposition for league ? of nations, s at wtratiohi ahd disarmament. He, also invited the Allies to state their peace' terms. The picajpotenjiarlPt;. Wiairt. watuU.tl- 30 be empowered to discuss the ere atioit of a federal Auebria, right of self determination for Russian f ron tier states, restoration and: indemm- cation of Belgium; , autonomy for Al sace and the return of German col onies."1" v" t "' " ' - ( , " NOT THE RIGHT RING. ' Washington, 1 0ct. "6 (Night) Max's reported offer for suspension of. hostilities will probably be re? jected asfwas the' Ausirian". peace of fer. Authorities here have said any German) suggestion would have , to carry with K an. offer for complete withdrawal of Teuton armies from die' Allies' soil Officers .hold .this to be insincere and unacceptable. t FROM AUSTRIA TOO! Paris, Oct. .6. The proposal to "begin without delay peace negotia tions under the basis of the 14 points of president " Wllson't) (meesage to Congreas of January 8 and the four. points of his speech of February 12 and. also wider has declaration ,t September W has :"een aent id president WSleon by Auetna-Hun- gary, according to dispatches just re ceived. . GENERAL DOYEN IS DEAD FROM DISEASE (By the United Press) Washington, , Oct. 7. JBrlg.-Gen. eral Charles A. Doyen, who command ed the first contingent of marines to go overseas, died at Quantico today of pneumonia following an attack of Spanish influenza. - Jtern Ap!e Crcp ! Exceeds fete ; Bigger Than 1917s WavnpKvilla. TJct." 7.KeDorts to a representative of the division of mar ketrf at" Waynesvilla show 'that the yield V o' fapples' iit thif district is greatly exceeding all expectations.. Taking the district as a whole, the crop will run from 60 to 75 per cent, of a full crop, which is much higher than last year. -v TOBACCO Sales Monday approximated 200,000 pounds; prices remaining, practically unchanged from the improved figures w imaraw wc ices and PEN WORK FOR: LIBERTY LOAN THIS -COUNTY laboring With No Bluster, ' 'Getting ResultsAddress , by ' Local Enthusiast . at 'Moss' Hilf Friday JAfter noon Lenoir County is -colling up 1 its quota bf more, than half a .million dollars for the Liberty Loan at no slow ritte, and scores of" enthusiastic women are doing a big part of the work. While there has been com paratively little publicity given their efforts, the county organization doubt less feels that without the. women's assistance the work would not have been nearly so far advanced. More than three-fifths of the coun ty's quota has been subscribed. - Mrs, George B. Hanrahan will ad dress a meeting at Moss Hill Friday at -3:30 under the auspices of the County Women's Committee. , : AU subcommittee chairmen of the women' organization are asked to report to IMrs. John G. Dawson, and city workers are requested to turn ri applications in hand. ' - 1 Labor Board Not to Hold Meeting M icr.cay Night; JJeeji j f Grace isiwMassssMaMsswv TV" The following was issued Monday fin views of the prevalence of in. fluenza, notice n given that a meet ing 6fi the Community Labor Board called to be held at the Mayor's office at 8 o'clock tonight is postponed until next Monday night at the same hour and place. All notified to: appear will please take notice. "All those instructed to change oc cupations not later than tonight are notified that this order .will hot be come effective until next Monday ight at 8 o'clock!. "By order of the Community La bor Board, 'f."J. P, TAYLOR,'. , . ' 1 - "Secretary.'' WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST. For South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Fair weather will prevail with ' temperature generally ' above the' normal except for frequent rains in the Florida peninsula. , ... HOLD FORTH SENATE DOOR (By the United Press) Washington, Oct. 7. Four suf- frage pickets were, arrested today as they stood outside 4he doors , of the DOIpFINE UFFM LIST OF PERSONS VHOSE REGISTRATION CARDS ARE INLANDS 471, Kenijou Lloyd Whaley, : Kins ton, R. F,D. 8, white. - 472,' Caddie Casey aston, R. F, D. 6, white. .. 473, Ralph Earl Johnson, Kinston, R. F.' D. , white. 474, Ernest Claud Hunter, Kinston, R. F. D. 6 white. 47S, David Williams, Kinston, R. F. D.-5, whiU. 476," Oscar Tyndall, Kinston, R. F. D. 5, white. 477, Wollie .Tyndall, Kinston, E. F, O. 5, white, v;;- ": 478, Charlie James, Kunston, R. F. D. 6. white. ' ' '. 479, -Enet Lee, Kinston, R. F. D. 6, hite. ;i:v.;v', -v' 480, Howard Brock Jackson, Kins ton, R. F. D. 6, white. 481, Herman MacGlohon, Kinstcn, R. F. D. , white. ' - - .. 4S2, "Otis - Dowell Perry, Kinston. R. F. D. 5, white. y 485, Hardy Elijah Roberson, Kin- LINEN SHOWED 3YASNT QITJTE SATISFACTORY Short' Time in Whieh Kinaton Worn en Can Redeem . Selves French HoepilaU Sheets, During leadership of Mrs. E B. Marston, the local Red Cross chapter has con ducted a "linen shower;" and while the camDaiirn metVwtfth readv re aponse the results were not suffic ient to enable this chapter to com piete is assigned qupta. The call-was for Bath towels, hand Tboweki handkerchitffis, napkins and sheets to be used in! the French hos pitals. The need., fin these articles is great and about the only source of supply is the American home;, for the open market is', almost bare of such supplies in adequate quantity and reasonable priest. Yet Opportunity , to Redeem Ourselves ' Probably the nrostprominent cause for our failure to ineet' expectations in the "linen shower was the exact ing specifications given. Householders were asked to draw; upon their do mestle supplies and donate one or more of the desired articles; and cer tain dimensions were specified, tnak ing it really difficult to comply with the request made. ; While of course it .would be prefer able to have, the specifications com plied with.it Is not thought that any large-size article of I the kind -want ed will be refused, j And there are very, few homes in Kinston that could net,1 without inconvenience, draw on the home-supply for,! say, a bath tow- ell that would prove acceptable, r - The collected Jkrtdclee are to be shipped afonee buftlief e will fee at least a day in which we may yet re deem ourselves by mplffng contri butions. And that should be done; if possible. Help , at Home and 'Abroad, The "linen shower" -emphasizes the great variety of helpful things that the Red Cross organization is enabl ing the lAhierican public to do. From the Hospitals in France to a care lor the families of the fighting men here at home is quite a distance; but each activity is pushed with zeal Both are necessary to the winning of the war. Morale, a Most - ' M Important Quality. ' The most difficult of war problems, possibly, centers about the question of maintaining the' morale of the fighting men This factor or the American armv ie beinar looked after by the American Red Cross through its home service. work..'.. -.K". This work is of tremendous im portanee. And for the Kinston Chap ter the committee on : Home service is keenly aCve to its duties and re sponsibilities. With Mr. E. G. Bar rett as chairman the committee ( it doing splendid work and solving dif ficult problems making very large ly for the efficiency of our soldier boys at the front. Senate holding 'a banner demanding passage of the woman suffrage amentf- ment . ,V :V ' n, I M OF 10CAL BOARD 5:': 'iv I Mi '' 484, Claud Jones, Kinston, R. F. D. 5, white. , . ' ; i : 485, Benj. Josiah S pence, Kinston, R. F. D. 5. white. ' ; ' I " 486, Wm. Evander Brigman, Kins ton, R. F. D. 6, white. : , . f t , 487, Jno. Thadius Noble, Kinston, R.-F. D. 5, white. 4 i ; 488. Wm. Taylor, Jr.; Kinston, R. F.'D. 5. white, 489,' Jno. LcRoy Loftin, Kinston, R. F. t. 5. white. . ' i - 490, Jas. Hardison, Kinston, R. F. D. 6. white. - . i Si 491, Jno. Paul Jones, Kinston, R. F. D. 6. wh5te. '- - r 1 :; ; 492, Wm. Robert Dawson, Kinston, R. F. D. 6, white, r: ,Sh 493, Otta Braughtan, Kinston,' R. F. D. 5. colored. : ' " ! , 494, Thos. Wesley Battle, Kinstoni R. F. D. 5, colored. - , '? i t 493, Jas. r-uton, Kinston, R, F. D. 5, colored. . 4'. lxy Tcv-, V ---, P. jn . oi loweia, nn imm . nn irnnu nrttf I - , ... , ,. ,. .,.J. ...f? .,.' Ete. S . . UtAIID Ml VtKI mi CprMnn ' Vlriv li.nnrii Won, F. iAn. (By D. t. inward) , I mans Kctrcatinsr in Disorder Toward Danube! "Savs .... ni Liuii u v ; nuuiui iucsi cii" i : ; OF CASES OF INFLUENZA HERE Unofficial Reports Tend to Make Situation More - Serious dency to Postpone Court. Weekend Brings Increase in Patients Bad Country - t in. I In, conference with Dr, 3 S. Mitrhener, health officer, the lo cal Defense Council, Monday de- i nam to make recommendations to ' City ' Council Monday -night that all shows and piiblie meet ings be closed; individual service be maintained at soda ountaina, . Ice cream parlors, etc; spittoons in 0ob!ic places be cleaned daily and' that carbolic- or other anti septic solution be kept in them; Queen Street from the. south to Peyton Avenue and other streets in the. business diwtrict be washed down twice daily; the police en force, a "move-on" ruling to pre' rent .street gatherings; Abetter sanitat ion be observed In restau rants, and the anti-spitting law be enforced to the .letter. ' Time wan not discussed. The Tobacco Board- of Trade 'will probably meet in a few hours,, and it ta as probable that the tobacco mar ket will be closed. The Fair As Bociation i expected to meet to consider1 Indefinite ' postponement of ' the fair. ' - Superintendents Of all manufacturing plauta" wiH be ; asked, to report daily to the health , officer.- Closing of churches will be left to the discretion of pas- '' tors:' The situation may improve ' before Saturday. . The schools will . probably .be kept open, in view of the fact that . the school and health authorities are .in con stant touch. Parents are request ed to keep their children at home after school hours. ' The opinion prevails that children are quite safe at school. ' Extraordinary , precautions are being taken. The . trustees will watch the situation. ready to act immediately' In an emergehcy -:;f?y:lf.l. ft- Lacking official figures, the opin ion prevails . that the number . cf Spanish influenza case here increas ed materially Saturday . night and Sunday, It is certain that the disease is spreading in the rural districts of Lenoir County. , .,,.'. 1 . . ' , One physician Monday morning es timated the number of cases In the city at 300. , The number last week was undoubtedly much smaller. Oth er physicians (Monday morning were not to be consulted. . They Were busy with the epidemic. .Outside of medfical circles the number was placed by in dividuals, ordinarily .,; conservative at more than 300 cases. One man con tended that there were many cases in colored sections of which the authori ties had ho knowledge. The disease is not reportable, and the Health De partment makes no pretense of keep ing' 'up with individual cases. ' Officials Getting Uneasy. ' '-' it County and city officials report a number of persons seriously ill. There is talk of postponing the , October term of Superior Court. An officer who went to make an arrest Sunday found the person sought ilL Offic ers with subpoenas are finding num erous prospective witnesses down with; the- disease. i- i- Luck follows most sufferers. There was only one death the whole week end, and In the absence of a report on the cause there waa no assurance that j, this-, was ' from influenza, ueiense ooncu meets, iv- was ; announced . Monday Tore. noon that the .local Council of Ue. fense would meet during the day to furnish the. Health Department witU certain information and possibly ,te make recommendations. It, is report, ed, on . best authority that Dr.. J. S. Mitchener, head: of -the, department, Monday night will ask City Council to pass a stringent emergency ordinance in the hope jof Alleviating the situation in the city., . . . r . -k Growing Worse.":' " ' On lare employer of labcr here HUNDREDS NUMBER GROWS by y 1 a number of cases left (" "! (i t"' fonr) HUN ASKING FOR PEACE KEEP? UP HIS VORK OF DESTRUCTION; OM FIPIS.IN TOWNS BACK OE 1 '( At JLeast 20 Places in. Flames -Advancing, French, Find . Blazes at ianyPoints'Great Evacuations' Seem NearM:-South of Cambrai Germans Already jiava French Communique 'Albanian l)rive u Continues 1 (By th -With .the American Armies, Oct v7. Both wings of : Aleuse Riveif continue to advance desoite ereater efforts : by the Germians td increase their. resistance. ?. A German counteivattabkivaffaitst.'our.tright.'center-'' near; Cunel (truree milesjiwest o Brieulles) tempwrarily slowed-up' our procress. An extremelyi heavy bombardment aild the stiff est kind of fighting wnoie-tront; t r . '' (By the United Press) CLOSE STATE FAIR. ' Richmond, Oct. 7. Dr. Eennion G. William's, ' Sute health com missioner, ' issued -orders , shortly before noon today dosing the Vun gmia State fair, following receipt of telegrams stating that every precaution should . be tsken to prevent influenza. THE CASUALTIES. Sunday, 76 1-55 killed. ?; Tarheels j .4 ' iM ' Wounded severely: . Y" ' ' ; Pvt Willie F. Croker, Ashe bora. , j ' , . , , Pvt. Arthur F, Edwards. Brfdircton. ' -' Pvt.: Marcus ' Short, - King's Mountain. " :. Pvt; Ira C. Baxley, Fairmont Missing in action: f pvt. Jesse D. Grisdale, North . Charlotte. . 1 , . t , Pvt Jonah Wood, Sandy Ridge. Pvt Dennett Cornelius Thorn- asville. ' , r&H 'f i:'v'i : Pvt Walter L. Smith, Winston-' Sslem. Pvt Ray more Westmoreland, Thomasville.- ' " Pvt 'Roaco Brooks, East Dur- i ham. Total of casualties , to date, 40,671 killed, 7,990. ," ' Monday 1 morning, ' 467101 killed. ' ' -, r-' 1 ' Died of wounds: v ' ' Pvt' Charlie C Riddle, Can- dor."' ' ' v ' r ' ' t. Pvt. Clarence L. Waters, Cher- ryville.' -- ;. " , Died of disease: r Pvt Bandie Harris, Hsrrtsvllle." Wounded severely: . ' Pvt H. M. Flynn, Winston. Salem, ' K' Pvt Robert J. Hensley, Neals- ville. v ' ' - " Pvt Jess 0. Watson, Gastonia. ; Pvt William - A. Brown,' RoIh ersonville. -' ' A Pvt John F. Hiatt. Thorn asville. ' " Missing in action: Pvt." William It Marshville. ' Monday afternoon, killed. ' ' Leonard, 477- -lit 4 ; Killed: ; ' r Lieut' Daniel C. Culbreth, Thomasville. V " 1 Pvt Fred Mathls, Parish. - ' Wounded aeverely: Prt ' Marshall Pan I ns. Nor- wood. : -Hvtb'S Pvt. Walter Fitzgerald. Thorn- , asville. Jr;,, r'mm fi 'rS- Pvt Russell Horning, Parish. ' Pvt Gilbert Swindell, 5 Falr-q Held.- -" ' - 1 sisslNEWAPER MEN SEE By Joseph Shaplen - Washinsrtoni Oct 7.A party 1 ef Swiss journalists touring the United ftates under conduct by the Commit tee on Pubke Information will be re ceived by President Wilson late to- j BUUEfijf ; LINES PflESXGE RETREAT Important Town OccuDied ' : f , ' "tA T. United Press) are under way all along the ' j. w v:i v -. i,'1 " ' FIRES AT:..' i J1 i; ' J". '? " i MANY POINTS. , . i. .' lV Paris, Oct., 7 (10:30 . mTh'e ' , - ' Germans 'are burning villages' "and towns behind their lines - along'' flhs - U whole, front from Lille to Rhedmi. Thia is believed ...to-' presage' fetjra- ment on several sectors, ..South, of , , Cambrai the enemy Is reported, a- " '' ready-16 have fallen back two miles on ? a seven-mile front' At least -score of places are in flames. I. , ' Laon, great communication center " and base east of St Gohain massif. wos set on fire yesterday, , 7 ': Sallauminese, east of Lens, and aev-: - eral villages" southeast and West" of Lille and between Douaj 'and Bouiah ' arg burning,,? The French found'.No- ' gent, (Labasse. and Bein and all vil- ' , lagas m me uippe.vauey in iiamea, M. Cwrieux; wnting 'in the Matin, ; says: '."Fighting' continues 'and "will continue, to the end, until there ia. a general German retreat, 'This h re treat is announced by the burning of villages. Great evacuations seem near."-' "1 "i VICTORY IN .EAST. . - . , ' Paris, ' Octlft' ' 7. Austro-German troops defeated by the French and Serbians in Central Serbia, are ; re tiring northward in disorder,! a French , eastern v communique, r .an nounces. The capture of the im portant city of Vranje is confirmed. The Allied advance in A&ania is con tinuing. . - .I,.; . u'li ' VIOLENT FIGHTING. . .j"..? ' Paris, Oct. 7-4-Freneh troops have -made further advances northeast of Rheims, capturing ,St, Masmes and penetrating Hauvine, the war office -announces. , The Germans are offer ing powerful resistance all along1 the line,; particularly in the vicinity of Drthicourt Violent lighting con tinued through, the "night north of St Quentin, where the enemy made numerous counter-Attacks. city r . . COMPLETELY LIBERATED. ' ' ' Paris, Oct 6' (Delayed). The Ger mans have been pushed over six nfiles back from Rheims at their near-. est! point, completing the liberation -of the city,' the : French war office announces. ; Several Additional t vil lages have been captured around Rheims. More (progress has been made north of St. Quentin. . I : ; AIRMEN BUSY. , . i Paris, Oct. 7.--Jn spite of most un favorable ' weather conditions French ' aviators operated with 'considerable success October 4, a French official statement detailing air operations re ports. , HAIG'S REPORT. ' r - . London, Oct. 7. Local fighting Is - occurring north of St Quentin and between Lens and (Cambrai, - says General Haig. ' - . ' SLIGHT GAIN. " - .'v Washington,. Oct. .7. There was a ' slight," advance by American troops ; in the region of the Meuse and much sratlery action by- both sides Sunday, General Pershing reports. - -i" ' . Futures quotations , Monday were: January ,3L70 - 2 04 March ...,... - 3U0" ? May " 31.13 - 3 i October &l r December ,..;..; .1.43 Zl.i Local receipts to 3 ,o'c'xk v--" rami fo the Allies, accorJing t' a Berlin of the past week. ' ' ' ton, R. F. D. 5, white. " ' . ' iiovt ill ' j st a 1-4 1) 2
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