North Carolina Newspapers

DESPERATE CLASH ON NORTH SOMME IS IN PROGRESS Allies Claim to Have Made Further Inroads In West FRENCH DRIVING IN THEIR WEDGEJ Bulgarians Report a Success In Macedonia "No Im portant Attacks," Says 1 i Petrograd. . Desperate fighting has been in pro gress along the North Somme front, where the British have made inroads on the German positions. London reports heavy counter-attacks near the Stuff redoubt and de clares that the division of the British army in the battle acquitted itself rreflitably. Further down the line the Frcjieh have resisted the attacks of the enemy and are pushing further tbr wedge into the German lines, in ihr region of Rancourt. The new French advance, according to Paris, was scored by ir.e::is of head-grenades. In Macedonia the Bulgarians re port a success, near the Serbian bor der, where a Serbian position was cap tured, after severe fighting. No im portant changes in the situation of the Macedonians in Rumania are 'report ed . Petrograd reports that there has byn no important attacks on the Rus-is-.ms in the Caucasus. LEADERS IN THE LEAGUES Ball Player Who Have Dis tanedJlipir-Brethren -w;-- So Far Chicago, 'Sept. .30. Leading players in the major leagues baseball clubs ami their averages, including the somes of last Wednesday, are: Leading -Batsmen r American, Tris Speaker, of Cleveland, .392; National, Chase, of Cincinnati," .334. Leading Base Runners American. ('ol)b. of Detroit, 65; .National, Carey, of Pittsburgh, 58. Leaders 4n Total Bases American, J.T-kson. of - Chicago, 283;- National, V. lipy.t. of Brooklyn, 259. Leaders in Home Runs American, Tipp. of New York, 11; National, Wil liams, of Chicago, 12. Leaders in Runs Scored American, Cobb, of Detroit, 108; National, Burns, of New York, 99. Leading pftchers taking part in 25 fr more games are: American, Bo laii'.l. of Detroit; National, "Hughes, of Boston. WILL HEAR ROOSEVELT SPLIT THE OZONE Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 30. Re publicans and Progressives from all over Michigan gathered here today to hear Theodore Roosevelt make his second speech of the Republican cam paign. Tho occasion was a big Republican rally and it was arranged for Colonel Koosevclt to speak in a huge. tent. He in expected to begin speaking at 4 p. in. FELL THROUGH E Slatesville Man Badly Bruised When Bridge Collapses Team Uninjured. Statesville, Sept. 30. While return ing to his home near Harmony yes terday about noon, John Dalton, "who was driving - a two-horse1 team, was precipitated in the Yadkin river when the bridge he was crossing collapsed. Dalton was not seriously ; injured, but was badly shaken up and bruised. ,His team was rescued and neither seem to be any worse for their acci dental swim. The bridge , on which (he accident occurred is a wooden structure and was. ,about twenty : feet above the water. It Is reported that the bridge has been considered un safe for some time' . M RIVER ARRANGE LOAN - . i ' Big American Financier Sailed Today on Board The Liner New York GREAT DEMAND NOW FOR BONDS Ambassador and Mrs. , Page Are Today Returning to LondoVi On-The Same " I Stealer ' Hi t,-' v New York, Sept. 30 J. P. Morgan, financial agent of the British governr ment in the United States; engaged passage on the,, American, liner New York, which is sailing today It is reported that Mr. Morgan, is going to London to arrange . qr.;f the flotation of another British .loan of i$250-,000.000,. to be backed by American securities. Bankers who were questioned about the opportunity .for floating the loan said that never before has there been such a denrand for bonds. Walter Hines Pages, American Ain bassador to Great Britain, and JJipa Page, are passengers on the New York. New Bern Section Also Being Drawn' on For, Colored Toil ers -Big Dipping Vat. New Bern, N. C, Sept. 30. Recent ly a large number of, the colored la borers in jjftis section have gone North to work on the - docks and in railroad yards and, "in consequence, the supply .Qt : local labor has been di minished and the farnfersofjsl t!6n are feeling tKS eifects ofl this. ...One Craten .county jfarmei-was in FEELS SHORTAGE . i'ir it IN U. v New Bern today endeavoring to se- counting booksT The Iowa Associa cure cotton pickers 'and in conversa- tion makes the interesting statement tion with a newspaper man he de- that' although the farm and live-stock clared that it was almost impossible to secure sufficient help to get the fleecy staple out of the fields'. Good prices are being paid to the cotton pickers and fnere ?s plenty of work for all who ca.'e to do -manual labor. . ' Somewhere between New Bern and Chicago, 111., there's a concrete mixer that belongs to this county and which is badly needed here. The mixer was ordered to be used in the construc tion of nine miles of, brick road in the county and until it arrives the worK cannot be started. The first work is to be done out on Trent road, where four miles of brick are to be placed. All is in readiness to begin ,as soon as the mixer has ar rived. ' A tracer has been started after the missing machine and the road build ing forces believe that it will arrive shortly. Dr. M. G. Smith, of . the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, and whb is in' charge of the erection of the public dipping vats in Craven county, is going rapidly ahead with the work and expects to have a num ber of these' completed and in opera tion within the next week or two. Several of the vats have already been constructed by Dr. Smith and are now in operation and are proving of real worth. The stock-raisers of Craven county have taken kindly to this dipping vat question and are doing everything possible to aid in the work ,ol erection., Three Were Fined in Mayor's Court-One Concern Took Appeal to Higher Court Wilson, N. ;J'9Wb. Many cider venders were- ;in . Wilson some days ago, but since the town has passed an ordinance that - its , sale would henceforth be unlawful the swillers who were accustomed to gather around the drinking places are becom ing scarce. This 'checked the nuisance to some extent, but several ; dealer have taken chances and have faced the Mayor on the Qharges. -Three of those who have recently, appeared be fore "his honor" were , fined . $50 and another concern took two appeals to the Superior Court, claiming that they were; acting as agents, for; a town: ship constable who manufactures the juice. i' l i. 'i I'1 ESSSPWN TDTRE BA ii The Agricultural G amission Makes Most Iritei ing Report ' Kansas City, Mo., Sep 0. Pro- gress made by the agricultural com mission of the American Bankers' As sociation since it undertook, Ave years ago, , to extend to every state in the union the doctrine that safe and sound agriculture means safer and sounder banking, was reported by Joseph Hirsch' of Gorpus Christie Texas, a member of the commission, in an ad dress before the convention of the As sociation here yesterday. Some , of the things that have been accomplish ed in the several states he summar ized along the following lines: Today forty-twd pf the state bank: ers' associations have standing com mittees on agriculture. ' Indiana, Illinois and Minnesota, have been foremost in the develop ment of thi consolidated rural and ag ricultural high schools and good roads movement. x North Dakota has excelled all other states in the union along teh lines of diversification and the change from one-crop to an intelligent, self-sustained livestock farming state. In the state of Washington commu nity bankers and business men's as sociations are being organized; Cali fornia is conducting a vigorous cam paign for the . co-operative marketing of her products; Idaho has enrolled over eight thousand children in clubs which have raised products that amounted to over $50,000 last year. Michigan conducted "Oat" and "Corn" weeks last spring, looking to better seed selection and cropping methods, and. the state now has over HO agricultural schools, due largely, it is stated, to activities of Michigan bankers. . Missouri has done remarkable work with county agents, and the bankers of that state have distributed thous ands of dollars in prizes for the boys and girls clubs. Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and "Okla- noma an report notable progress Areciiej a '" jpaVilcuIarly" notable work in6ie distribution1 of thousands of farm ac- industries or the state exceed a bil- lion dollars - annually, it is estimated that less than ten per cent of the Iowa farmers keep books. Pennsylvania and Ohio are making progress, with bankers in the latter i sunt; evincing a nveiy iinei est in me county agents and children ' club work. Vermont and New Jersey are start ing work, and the bankers even in manufacturing Massachusetts are de veloping a large agricultural commit tee and organizing county leagues to combat the decrease in rural popula tion and cultivation. Southern bankers, it is said, have been particularly active, 'because of the need of agricultural development has come more closely home to the bankers of the South. Mississippi has done remarkable work in the eradi cation of the cattle fever tick, which has causedvthe South the loss of un told millions of dollars; and, together with Alabama, it has made progress in the development of boys clubs,v in home demonstration work and in up building of the livestock industry; The Virginia, Bankers' Association sent twenty boys through an agricul tural college course last winter and has found this such promising work that it 'is announced it is proposing to send a hundred boys and girls to college this winter. I Georgia bankers are doing similar work and in South Carolina many banks have advanced funds for the purpose of raising of thoroughbred cattle. The Wisconsin bankers association has stressed the importance or pure bred grains and corn, his distributed 30,000 ; monthly bulletins relating to agricultural betterment and has or ganized the famous bankers-farmers excursion to the State Agricultural College. Texas has been active in county agent work, and last year the Bankers warehouse capacity of the state' by Association there cdnducted a cottca warehouse campaign, increasing the over 700,000 bales, and the committee is hoyr conducting a state-wide cam paign for increased live stock .produc tion,;. "' "Last year," Mr. Hirsch said, "cot ton .states bankers, by a vigorous, ahd concerted ; warehouse and gradual marketing campaign, are said, by em inent authority, to have added over $100,009,000 to the value of the cot ton crbfr, while this year,' southern farmers, stimulated by a, south-wide publicity plan undertaken jointly by Southern bankers and Southern Newspapers,-, have saved million sof dollars in feed" and, food stuffs produced at home," and," at the same time, have au tomatically held cotton production - down to barely the world's require- '"-Vf NEW INVTlON-TbRENDER TORPEDOES HARM it ' .S. :o"v"w:Al.J:ov.v...yTv.v.'Xv 3s 1 13 - 15 fe The picture show,? a new torpedo catcher undergoing tests at the Naval Station at Newport,. Jft; -I. In the picture the -torpedo ;is" striking. thev net after it has been fire'v;;vv " " N : -vt Th catcher is an; Arrangement of half inch wire cables tn net form on an L" shaped sliding1 steel frame and when used by ships is hung at the ship's side about 25;'teet -away. As the tropedo hits? -.the net its head is held, and the rear eftd of tn,e torpedo comes abpve water allowing the pro peller tospin harmlessiyi-: -, '": ; . ' v -t '' v If the governmetiaecfeBts 4he r new inventicW.W ssems-probable5' it will be the means of savg iny torpedoes tion for ships I ffttr?ri -Tfth Hi ft n r f r r H B fl MB I U I U I - -1 LlIU L. Gave The Dodgers Crushing! Defeat in Today's Morn ing Game New York, Sept. 30 The Philadel phia club climbed into first place in the National League this morning by defeating Brooklyn 7 to 2. The game was played in the fore noon, because Manager Robinson, of the Superbas, objected to playing a double-header in the afternoon. Lu der's batting was a big factor in the success of the Phillies, although Rixey pitched a strong game.' Peffer was hit hard throughout. , Score: v R. H. E. Philadelphia ...... ...... 2 10 3 Brooklyn . , . . ... '..'.. 7 5 I Batteries: Rixey and Killifer; Pef fer and Miller. The Boston Americans appear sure of being contenders in the world se ries for they must, lose all the. remain ing games and Chicago must win three out of four to bring about any changes. . FAIR WEATHEHR. ON TAPIS FOR NEXT WEEK Washington, Sept. . 30 Generally fair weather will , be in the South western States during the week be ginning tomorrow, the Washington weather bureau announced today. Tha report says that the tempera ture will-be below normal, for the be ginning of the week, - followed by warm weather thereafter. - Temper ature above the normal , is indicated for the West Gulf States. ments, and, as a result, the value of the 1916 cotton crop will probably ex cee'd ttfs amazing total, of $1,000,000, 000." . Mr. Hirsch dwelt on the energetiof way in which various other state asso ciations of bankers had taken up the work in their own localities.. He paid particular attention to theh work of . the county agent as a means of '.bring ing the educative work to the farmer's door. . ' The chief economic value, of the new system ox- general iana Daujta, said Mr. Hirsch, lies in the extended period of payment afforded the .'bor rower. V-lsVjhv' considered ,of far greater r importance .than j a slight les sening of the 4nterest- ratfrr-if , the act lessens the rate at alll -The great rur al problem . to ' this country, :, he : said, as it has been to all countries, is to make it a nation of land owners. . .-..; v. - ...in. . ... ...-.(. . ' - u i r i i i LESS. -r 4 -:-r. i "3 A? V.W.V.--y-,WWPy'V.VWATOK.V.V.TOt-AUJf.,A'W.-.WW i's in pract Internal Revenue Men Are on'o Lookout For Operators of Stills New Bern, Sept. 30. That New Bern has one of the best hospitals in the South is the opinion of Mr. Gros venor Dawe, notedlecturer of Wash ington, D. C, who has been spend ing several days in the city. Mr; Dae referred to St. Luke:s hospital, Over which he was ' shown yesterday, and which he declared was -fitted put in a manner that .coknpared most favorably with: the large insti tutions in the Ndrth. - . Mr. .Dawe, declared that New Bern ians should ff eel proud of this insti tution and. should hold it up - to the remainder of the State as an example. United States Deputy Collector I. M.Tull, of Klnston,.is spending a few days in this section attending to some matters in connection with the Inter nal Revenue Department. , Rumors have reached the ears of Hie' Federal authorities that" there are a number 6f illicit distilling plants in operation in'' this section and every effort s. being made to break, these up and to , apprehend the operators. Several raidsvhave been - made re cently and a few of these have . been successful. Others will be made be fore court convenes here and the of ficials hope to have a number of of fenders before Judge-H. C. Connor. If the New Bern High School does not have a strong football squad this year it will be -due to the fact that there are not enough pigskin experts here to make this possible. The athletic association of the school is especially desirous of securj J " a j ' j il . n a I ing a strong team lor me iio-jl ierm and with this end in view they will soon begm organizing such, ' Arrangements are being made- to play games with a-number of teams in nearby towns. : "HELLO, KID!" WAS60STLY. New York Sept. 30 Accused of hug sinz Etl el Ouinn. twenty-one years old. of No. 213 Seventh avenue." and strik-1 ine her in the face win his fist. ! break- ing her, eye-glasses, Matthew; Simma, nineteen years old, who refused to say where he lived, was .sentenced tP tho . Akfo' ? I'll f IMS 1 'i ' iiBlililnl I . T ; m k mm m m ' .' M. mm mmx m rJi-OH NMAI HI-HN j II LHII ill-IB UL.IIIB i . . - . . . ' . WOrkhcuse by Magistrate C6rneUinjPrize it highly as a relic; : j Jefferson Market Court, r t -n jr i x j. - ' i Accordirig to-Miss Quinn Simida ac costed her at Seventh Avenue and Tw jventy-first? street Tuesday, night and , id "Hello w,! kid!" ' ! . - J said A big crowd heard the young vwom i an's . screams arid ? badly I heat i Simida and dragged himHo the ".West Twest- , tieth Street Police , Station. ',,Mi3S. Quinn charged him with: assault: JAP FRANKS ' , ' , - Famous 4Brbther.Case Wasi Disposed bfIn Short Order r j y JUiy Raleigh, Sept. 30. The jury that wilted' the hundred imes under, the heat of the Jap Franks trial of a week, returned a verdict in his favor last night and acquitted him of stealing the meat of his more fortunate broth er, Hallie Ftanke. - The "verdict came late in la even ing - when all "the 'dope" was another night of It. It was 10.30 when -t'h? men filed in and reported . They had not wrestled very long. The issues were not so desperately difficult.'. -The story of a black man. against a' white man was about all involved and the average white jury knows how A to avoid embarrassment to jthe white. It is to be set down in his favor that Franks offered something akin to an alibi and his accuser was Green Vafuc a rtaorfn - mhn rnfllfl.SRAn that, i who - confessed that v"w memuers oi. me iuuiig- mvu. a xjvuxv- he stole the meat at the behest of Jap. lcratic clUD of Nwy0rk,' -Jap took the ftand in his own behalf t 1 TheNeWi Jersey' Regiment recently"'--and while he did shone as a returned from theJbVder And cm this he was a, whiter witness than Green racc6unt the President felt a particular f who won the souDnquic joying urem before and since taking punishment in the county ail. " , Lying Green is therefore convicted by his-own. statement and, Hermaii McCulIers and Thornton McCullers; other blacks, are acquitted niong. with Jap . Judgef Bond neither .praised nor condemned the verdict'; The first sohi at it vwas- a' mistrial rand- - everybody agreed - that the defense did. a better joh the1 second -time . - , A njdvement to' raise $250,000 as an endowment for , St . iMary's School, Ra leigh', has taken defiuiteand business jike shape through the, church, and the commercial organization, liere i. : , October 8 has been; set; tor, tha, date for beginning. ; Raleigh is not to raise tr ntiarter minion' oTAcourse. oul win set up tjne tenth and the plans will head of, the big enterprise and fras come here to bepin work . . The school has had little, incom, The school has had little income from an endorsement but has con- i tinued to do big work. It is one bi& accomplishments of Bishop (Cheshire's bishopric j The State today chartered the A. Dallam O'Brien Company, of Wil J mington, a company .organized to do 1 construction work, altering, decoratr ing, furnishing and fitting. The capi tal paid in is $500, that authorized $25,000. The subscribers are A. Dal ian O'Brien, Edwin P. Bailey, and M. H. O'Brien. IN HEART ATLANTA ) Corn Booze Was Being Turn ed Out Neair The Terminal Station Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 30. Discovery of a moonshine distillery in the heart of Atlanta, turning but corn liquor with in a block of the Terminal Station, has convinced the police authorities that they have merely scratched the sur face in arresting the negro ' black smith who was operating the distill ery in question. ( He installed the machinery in the basement of his blacksmith shop, ar ranged the flue so that the smoke j would mingle with the smoke from his forge,, and connected his pipes with the cityiwater supply and his dis-j charge with a . city sewer. j A United States Revenue officer who descended into the 'basement, through a trap door stepped' into a caldron , full of boiling hot mashlngs. and scalded both bis 'feet. One thous-i and gallons of "beer" Was seized and! the distillery was taken outby the roots and hauled to the Federal build ing in-an automobile truck, to be used as evidence in the blacksmith's trial. On top of the discovery of this clev erly concealed distillery, a county po- licemanl early yesterday1 inorning, ran .down a traveling corn liquor factory mounted on the back of an automobile and this apparatus j is now in the hands of the "county authorities, who- 14 'r-r ' a airoro nr a it a rna - ta iiia n For 'several ''weeks the - police de partment, tin co-operation with the ! county police and the; United ' States ' revenue officers,, have been engaged in war on the purveyors of corn liquor, and have made it so, hot for the moun- talneers hauling ; the same into the city that ; those shrewd citizens have been obliged to Exercise their 4ngen-j uity to the utmost, " j .. . - HSOlJ IS IT' Hi HIS BUSIEST DAY OF THE BE! Will Address the Young MenV, Democratic Club of New V -York j r r TO TROOP IN BY V SPECIM TRAIM President Reviewed- The .Re. " cently, Returned Fourth New.' v ' r Jersey, lhat Had Jtieen ' v ' An ooraer uuiy- Long Branqh, Sept. '30. President Wilson's program for today was tho v busiest aranged for him since oomlng T; to ; Shadow ikwn , This morning ,ho ', reviewed the Fourth'fegiment of Newt, v Jarsy infant ryrt Seagir-and-this afv ternoon he j will receive and., address - . . .-. .. iv.r-' "ri ;-ir, A ' -.) jnterest in it.' He reviewed the torn- , mand on horseback. Representatives vof the. Democratic National.' CommitteVarrived .early - tO" day to:, complete jthe annagements fo? th Young Men's Democratic club, ; 6l!. New Vorkwho" are expected to arriva . by special train about o'clock.' . : r v .vv-r w ; . . -.v Berlin . I'ress i mnks iti?en Berlin, Sept 29 (via London), Sept., 30. Practically all the Berlin news-' , papers contribute to the bitter critl cism which is being made of Ameri-V cans' who have joined the French army. - , . The news of the death of Kiffin Rockwell has precipitated a storm of ' crtlcism . The Post ' says that the , presence of Rockwell in the enemy's camp cannot be regarded as an act of -an individual, but declares that Am- V erica sends its citizens to Europe's waf theatre to fight Germany. J The paper says: , - "To what a " depth regard for"" neutrality has sunk among our enemies in, America. You can understand that If conditions are to be met they -deserve to be labeled in the plainest way - and not forgotten." , - man loitering arouhd the river front and daily watching the progress of the work oh the ' new-Custom House had been s out of employment for some months. In fact his finances , had reached rock botom .' he had only twenty five cents ; left to his name! He was in a predicament as to how. to best spend this Vthree-bits'V 10 cents of it was to go for y coffee and pie 5 cents for cig arettes and 10 cents for a few ' collars being held for laundry; payment. He wanted work and decided to do without the cigarettes, coffee and pie and collars. He invested the Whole ; twenty five cents in 25 word business local, for a position wanted. His ad. connected , with a firm who needed this young- man's services. He secured the position and says, this quarter x was the best in vestment he ever made. Such experiences are-not unusual when yoUv avail . yourself of . The Dispatch '- -Business Locals. m Confer with us. ' - , Phone 176. .v nr Rnnrnin k mi mm muiMin.il w 1 7 mm -