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i ',.;... Daily Pill YOUR HOME PAPER i p I I " 1 1 m "i 1 i t." ".ii 1 im 7 r. -" ' i mi. -i,, I, , - PUBLISHED EiEFY HFTERNOON EXCfePT SUNDRY, VOL. XVI. No. 259 " KINSTON, N. C, MONDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS .' .' . - ...I .. Mi ll I , , DEADLY FIRE FROM ALLIES' BATTLESHIPS FORCE GERMANS TO ON MAIN ROAD LEADING FROM OSTEND CENSORSHIP IS MORE RIGID, BITT IT IS .CONFIDENTLY BELIEVED THAT DEATH GRAPPLE IS BECOMING MUKB FEROCIOUSvAND APPALLING. GERMANY THREATENS TO SEIZE FRENCH PROPER!? PJPPBM i Effort of ;Freck la Belieyed to Be to Force German Right to Retreat and Cauae Change or wure Front-Russiana Advancing In Some Placet and Holding German-Austrian Linee Elsewhere. (By the United Press.; Paris, Oct. 26. As a consequence of the deadly nature of the sh,ell fire from the coasts the Germans have abandoned the positions along the main roadway, connecting Ostend and Nieuport. They have posted bat tripg at all Doints. where a hostile force could land, to prevent an at tempt at a flanking assault. Much complaint is made over the increasing rigor of the censorship, and it is cer tain that the fighting is increasing in ferocity. It is estimated Hhat ten thousand are lost in killed, wounded and prisoners taken each day. Many of the Scottish and Irish regiments fighting along the Somme have lost fully forty per cent, of their enlisted strength within the last ten days. GERMANY THREATENS TO SEIZE FRENCH PROPERTY, Washington, Oct. 26. The . French embassy is advised from Switzerland that Germany intends to seize the property belonging to French resi dents of Alsace-Loraine as a reprisal for seizure of German property France. The French foreign minister has declared his government took the property as trustee. GERMANS FAIL TO FOLLOW UP; ADVANTAGE Paris, Oct 26. The t war office has officially announced that the Germans crossed tpie river Yser in great force, but failed to follow -their advantage, It is stated that the allied line, oppos ing the enemy at that point is intact, andl positions are held i everywhere. The government characterizes . the German losses as "considerable." The war office today, issued this of ficial statement: "Our front extends from Nieuport to Dixmude, to the re gion of the Ypres and Rohlersr then to Armentieres and Lille, west of La basse and west of Lens, near Arras. In Russia, west of the Vistula and north of the Pilica rivers, the Gerr mans have been thrown back and their advanced points taken at the bayonet point." Paris, Oct. 26. It is believed that the French, by pressing the .battle in Argonne and Woevre will cause the German right to retreat and thus force a change of plans of the entire front. GERMANE MOVING HEAVY GyNS TO DESTROY ENEMY'S BATTERIES, Paris, Oct. 26. It is reported that the Germans have crossed the Yser in enormous force and ..are pressing slowly forward, encountering deter mined opposition east and northeast between Lille and Armenderes. The Germans , brought heavy artillery to destroy the French batteries com manding the St. Michael road through Thisucourt and Nousard road. RUSSIAN! FORCES PREVAILING V. . IN EAST. Petrograd, Oct. 26AThe war office has announced . definitely that the German advance in Russian Poland and the Austrian progress in Galicia has been checked. It is stated that the Germans aro using the Austrians to cover their retreat. The Russian center and right continue to advance while their left is maintaining new positions, taken on the west bank of the San river. ' -v - SERVIANS AND MONTENEGRINS . FAIL TO CAPTURE SERAJEVO., Cettinje, Oct. 26-It is officially ad mitted that the attempt pf.the Montenegrin-Servian army to take Sera Jevo, the capital of Bosnia, has failed. It is stated "the combined "armies finding itself outnumbered from three Jo one, retired from an advanced po E ABANDON POSITIONS Directed Against German Lines So At sition in the vicinity of Serajevo af ter inflicting heavy losses upon the enemy and being unable to dislodge the secondary defenses or pursue the advantage gained." AUTO ACCIDENT KILLED FOUR INJURED THREE (By the United Press) -New Philadelphia, Oct. 26. An au to crashed over an embankment, killing four and injuring three. FIANCEE HASTENED TO MAN ON SICK BED. - Asheville, Oct. 25. J. Morrison James, a well known Asheville busi- ness man, and Marie Louise Singe - walde, a popular Baltimore young woman, were married this morning at the groom's room at a local hospital, to which Mr. James was rushed Fri - day afternoon, two hours before he intended to go to Baltimore, where the wedding was to have taken place tomorrow. Mr. James was completing arrange- ments for his trip when he suffered an. attack of appendicitis and physi- cians told him that only an operation would save, his life. LEO FRANK CASE AG AIFT BEFORE SUPREME COURT Constitutional Rights Involved In Present Appeal, and Case May Go to 'Higher Court If State De cision is Unfavorable. (By the United Press.) Atlanta, Ga.f Oct. 26. The fight for-Ufa of Leo M.. Frank, the young factory superintnedent under sen - tence of death for allied murder of, 14-year-old Mary Phagan; an em. nn Anril 2fi. 1913. w9 no-nin n. c... .", T ank, whoso con-i day- Two motions of Frank, viction was based almost entirely on circumstantial evidence and the con fession of alleged accomplices, and has attracted nation-wide interest. have been before the court Argu ments were begun today upon the mo tion, to set aside the conviction and death penalty because Frank was ab sent from court room at At'nrta when the jury brought in the verdict. Frank's attorneys claim this whs a violation of his constitutional rights and, if the motion to et aside the verdict is denied by this court, will be the basis of an appeal to the U. S. Supreme Court. Frank's other motion, which was denied October 14 was a request for new trial based upon alleged dis covery of new evidence since his con viction. This motion was , based chiefly upon the sensational move early this month of William M. Smith, former attorney for "Jim" Conley, an alleged negro accomplice of Led Frank's. Smith declared he was con vinced that his former client, Conley, was the murderer of Mary Phagan and that Frank is innocent. The negro, Conley, was the chief witness against Frank. Conley said Frank forced him to aid in dispos ing of the girl's body by hiding it in the basement after taking it from the second story. Solicitor Hugh M. Dorsey of At lanta,, who conducted Frank's prose cution, had charge, of the opposition today before the supreme court : of Frank's motion. Dorsey presented af fidavits from Judge Roan, , the trial justice; the sheriff and J Tan s , at tomeys regarding the motion based JURY DISAGREED AND MRS CARMAN LOOSED ON DAIL TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOL- LAR BOND REQUIRED BY THE COURT. MAY NOT AGAIN BE TRIED Jury Stood 10 to 2 for Acquittal Minority Wanted First Degree Verdict In Good Health, But Disappointed at Results. (By the United Press.) New York, Oct 26. Mrs. Florence Carman left the Brooklyn county courthouse today a free woman under a twenty-five thousand dollar bond. I It is understood the case is closed as rar as tne Mate is concerned. Mineola, Oct. 26. Mrs. Flor-nce Carman reported in good health. She is still depressed because of the fail ure of the jury to acquit her. It is believed the indictment will be dis missed. Mineola, N. Y., Oct. 25. The jury in the case of Mrs. Florence Carman, charged with the murder of Mrs. Louise Bailey, failed to reach a ver diet after thirteen hours and ten min- i utes' of deliberation. At 10:55 a. m. today it reported its inability to agree and was discharged. j Ten jurors are said to have voted for acquittal and two for conviction 0f murder iri the first degree on the final ballot. 1 District Attorney Lewis J. Smith 8aid tonight it was unlikely that Mrs. Carman ever would be brought to trial again. The defendant collaDsed in the courtroom after the jury was dis- charged, and it was said at 4he jail tonight that she had been crying con- stantly ever since she was. returned to her cell. M'ADOO WOULD HELP THE SOUTH OUT OF DILEMMA Announces that New Banking System Will Become Operative November 16 Because of Emergency Conditions in the South. Washington, Oct. 25. The twelve Federal Reserve banks of the new i i a ..11 u - j e ;u' "K m 1 u.u "esa ."i,, u Secretary McAdoo, authorized by . ",e currency ac, W mu u.o uyc-.-s date, made the announcement. His i chi f tne sixteenth was made des- f pite the recent recommendation of the A . . ., . , directors anu guvemuis ui uie lwcivc banks against opening before Novem ber 30. Mr. McAdoo declared he had reach ed his decision after discussion with the Federal Reserve Board and be cause of emergency conditions in the South. ARKANSAS MOB LYNCHES NEGRO. New Port, Ark.. Oct. 25. Howard Davis, one of three negroes who shot and killed City Marshal Payne here last night, was captured by a posse of citizens today and hanged. Another of the negroes, arrested by a sheriff's posse, was taken away from New Po?t late today while a mob was forming and placed in the penitenti ary at Little Rock. Citizens are in pursuit of the third. Payne was at tempting to arrest the negroes on a minor charge when he was killed. ROLLING EXHIBIT FEATURES FAIR. (By the United Press.). Columbia, S. C, Oct. 26. The South Carolina State Fair, opening here today was featured by a "roll ing exhibit" of the Southern Railway, illustrating the dairying, farming, scientific and allied industries of "Dit- ie." . : on Frank's absence from- the court room when, the jury was brought in. Submission of the verdict waa post poned from a Saturday to a Monday, August 25, 1912, because of the high state of public feeling, in the case. REVOLTING. CRIME IS UNEARTHED IN AN INDIANA TOWN K.VIDENCE OF ' FOUL PLAY IN CONNECTION WITH DISAP- PEARANCE OF GIRL. , LEFT HOME LAST AUGUST Detective Are Now, Searching for Slayer of Fifteen-Year-Old Haiel Macklin.i Who Waa Outraged in Summer Resort. (By the United Press.) South Bend, Ind., Oct. 26. The mystery surrounding the disappear ance of fifteen-year-old Hazel Mack lin, who has not been heard from since she left home one morning in Aug ust for her work, was partially clear ed up today with the finding her body in the vault of a summer resort. Detectives are attempting to dis cover the identity of the slayer of fifteen-year-old Hazel Macklin. She left home in August for work and nothing has since been heard from her. The body was found in a vault in a summer resort. Death was ap parently caused by her being stran gled with a piece of underclothing. The body showed plainly that she had not died without making a struggle to defend her honJr. ANNUAL "STYLE SHOW" OPENS (By the United Press.) Washington, Oct. 26. Society and near-society forces turned out icdsy for the annual "style show" of tailors and merchants at a fashionable hotel. Beautiful models wearing the latest gowns were the magnet for male as well as feminine attendance. Pro ceeds are for the war relief fund of the Red Gross. CLEVELAND SCHOOL SUPT. IN CONTEMPT OF COURT Dismissed Teachers for Participation in Formation of Union and the Court Upheld Rights of Or ganized Labor in Case. (By the United Press.) Cleveland, 0., Oct. 26. Judge Neff, upholding the right of labor to organ ize, today found School Superintend ent Frederick guilty of contempt of court for failing to heed the court's injunction not to discharge teachers because of their activity in forming a union. BULLETINS (By the United Press.) JAPANESE SINK AUSTRIAN CRUISER. Pekin, Oct. 26. The Japanese legation has been, informed that the Austrian cruiser which sought refuge in Kiao Chau har bor at the beginning of the war was sunk by Japanese heavy ar tillery, which was posted upon the hills at the harbor mouth. BIG FIRE IN CHICAGO TODAY; ONE FIREMAN INJURED. Chicago, Oct. 26. Fire swept the five-story building of the Fleishman Malting Company to day. The damage is estimated at $300,000. .One fireman was in jured. DISCHARGED FIREMAN SEEKS REVENGE THROUGH ARSON. Wheeling, W. Va Oct. 26. Dismissed, from the city fire de partment, George Kraft set sev en fires. Released on bail, Kraft, today started seven more within two hours. OLD STORY OF USING V OIL WITH FIRE. ; Dunkirk, N. Oct 26 ; : While filling a stove with kero sene, the can exploded,, killing, the woman with the can and in juring her husband and son. FRESSo LEGISLATORS ARE NOW CHOOSING THEIR CUSHIONS SEVERAL CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER , LOOK SITUATION OVER IN RALEIGH. WOOTEN AGAINST FIELD Lenoir's Representative ia the Recog nized Leading Contender foe, Pre siding Officer of the Next General Assembly.' Tom Bost, writing from Raleigh Jo the Greensboro News in a story which was played up on the front page of that paper this morning, says "members prospective of the January General Assembly have been here the past week selecting their cushions for the session, and nearly all of them are placed. Two candidates for speaker, A. F. Seawell of Lee, and E. R. -Wooten of Lenoir, have been here, too. Mr. Seawell and Mr. Wooten have their seats selected the speak er's chair." There is yet another candidate, T, C. Bowie of Ashe, and he and Seawell both promise to furnish much inter est. Bost says that "the supporters Of Wooten feel that it is he against the field, and they know that he has a fight." i His -friends in this part of the State are . satisfied that Representa tive Wooten . has the i speakership clinched. They have made a count of his certain supporters which they say gives him an easy majority from the members, who can be depended on. Of course, he is sure to get his hare of the doubtful men, and the Democratic leaders in Lenoir county and elsewhere in this section are con fident that he will preside over the next house. FINAL WEEK' OF. COUNTY CAMPAIGN BEGAN TODAY Kinston to Have Twa Rallies This Week Hon? S. M. Bririson and Judge Francis D. Winston to Speak Thursday Night. The last week of the Democratic campaign in Lenoir county commenc ed with a rally today at Falling Creek. The candidates were greeted I there by a considerable audience, the weather being fair and the speakings having been thoroughly advertised. A number of the most populous precincts remain to be canvassed this week. These include Institute town ship and the city of Kinston. Both the Kinston precincts will united in Saturday's rally, the final event of the campaign, in the Court House. The .big event of this week will be the speaking by Ex-Judge Francis D. Winston and S. M. Brinson of New Bern, on vThursday evening in the Court House. They come under the auspices of the .State committee, and except Hon. J. W. Bailey, who ad dressed the voters of the county here last Tuesday, will be the only cam paigners sent here by the Raleigh of fices. 91 COUNTIES SEND STUDENTS TO U. OF N. C. Chapel Hill, Oct, 25. Ninety-one of the 100 North Carolina counties enlisfe students in the State Univer sity. The nine counties unrepresent ed are situated either in the extreme easterly or westerly portions of the fitat-A namalv Rlarlon CnmAan flav Currituck; Dare, Garham, Polk, Swain and Transylvania. The distribution of students by counties indicates a nip and tuck race between several counties for first place in number en rolled in the university. Orange county presses ahead of Wake coun ty by one student for first place, 47 and 46 students, respectively. AMERICAN COTTON : U ; NOT CONTRABAND. (By the United Press.) Washington, Oct. 26 The State Department has been formally noti fied by England that there will be no the weather: Fat N. C UitMttUd tonight and TucacUy ptofeably , locJ rUM wodwut wind . CLERK OF COURT AND EX-DEPUTY WERE LOCKED UP PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT WERE THE ALLEGED OFFENSES. DUPREE MADE ARRESTS' On Principal Thoroughfare of City Saturday Afternoon Released on Bond Deputy Had Concealed Weapon. Plato Collins, Clerk of the Supe rior Court of Lenoir county, and J. T. Queries of 307 East Blount street, a bookkeeper, were arrested on Queen street, near King, Saturday after- "hoon about 5 o'clock, for being drunk and disorderly. Quarles 'had a con cealed revolver and will also have to stand, trial this evening t 7:30, when the pair will be arraigned in City Court, for carrying a concealed wea pon. Patrolman James Dupree made the arrest. It is understood, but the police have no verification, that the men had made threats to do Dupree bodily harm if he attempted to take them into custody. Collins is a county official who will retire in December, when his success or, the Democratic nominee for the office, will take charge. He has held the clerkship for several terms. For the past few weeks, but little of his time has been spent in the office, a, stenographer . having charge for the -most of the time of the county's af-, fairs therein. v Quarles was until a short time ago in Collins' employ as deputy clerk of t . the. court. At 9:80 Saturday night the, men were released on bond, when the po lice considered that they were capa- le of competent conduct at large. OREGON'S MAMMOTH , PRODUCT SHOW OPENS. ; (By the United Press) Portland, Ore., Oct. 26, Oregon and the whole northwest are finding out what they really possess, through the agency of the Manufacturers' and , Land Products Show, which opened here today at the armory. With at tendance from every corner of this State and the "Inland Empire," the gates swung open early upon a scene that almost dazzled. Ranged in booths, on long tables, in enclosures and on walls were specimens of every manufactured thing that is produced in the northwest. In adjacent tem porary structures are samples of every plant that grows. Five gover nors are scheduled to help open the show today Governor West of Ore gon, Governor Lister of Washington, Governor Haines of Idaho, Governor Spry of Utah and Governor Johnson of California. They also plan to hold a conference of governors on matters of mutual interest in state develop ment and conversation. The show will last for three weeks, with every suc ceeding day set aside for a special day for this and that element in the population or industry. RAILROAD ONLY ONE MILE LONG. Greensboro, Oct. 25. Mrs. Moses H. Cone of this city spends a great deal of her time at her magnificent country estate near Blowing Rock, is having a small railroad about one mile in length built to connect the large orchards .there with the pack ing houses. Apples fro'm her orchard are now on the market and are great ly in demand. The apples are prob ably the best grown in the State. Mr. Moses H. Cone, before his death, planted large orchards, on his big country estate at Blowing Rock and the orchard is now just about old enough to give large crops of apples. , The railroad that is being built climbs the mountains and a cable and station ary engine will draw the cars. " n interference with cotton shipments, -as cotton is not contraband. -1 : Washington, Oct 25. Sir Edward Gfcy, British foreign minister, has as sured the United States that Eng land will not interfere with American cotton shipments as "contraband of v war." ' , I
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