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TOL. XCVIII-O. 14
WlIiMHSTGTOK, C, THURSDAY
, APRIIi 6, 1916
WHOIZE KXJMBER 39,545
WILL NOT
PRU5SIANISM AS A
BASIS FOR PEACE
Chancellor Hollweg Says the Ger
man Sword is the Only Answer
A to Such Suggestion.
INFANTRY ACTIVITIES CALM
French Retake Some Ground-
Germans Take the Offensive on
Russian Eastern Line.
The German , imperial chancellor. Dr.
von Bethmann-Hollweg, in. outlining
Germany's attitude . before the Reichs
tag, declared that any suggestions of
peace on the basis of destructiori'of "the
Prussian military power would- make
possible only one answer the German
sword. "If Germany's adversaries, de-
sire to continue the slaughter of men
and the devastation ."- of Europe, , the
guilt will be theirs" he said. i
He characterized as the silliest of all
the imputations against.; Germany . the
report that at the war's end Germany
would take . measures against . the
American continent and a attempt . to
conquer Canada. .With respect to Bel
gium the chancellor said:
We ' mustc create . real ": guarantees
that Belgium shall never be a Franco
British vassal; never shall be used as
a military or economic ;v fortification
against Germany. " ' ; '
He declared Germany V must assure
sound evolution of the Flemish race
and added that Germany wanted neigh
bors with which collaboration could be
carried out to mutuaL advantage.
Infantry Qolet Everywhere. ;
For the ; moment ' infantry of both
sides is quiet everywhere along the
western front 'in France.' On the sec
tors around Verdun the.; only, activity
has been intermittent .bombardment in
the - region of Douaumont and Vvux.
This rather ' unprecedented ' calm . fol
lows a successful French offensive, in
which they recaptured ' some ; lost
.ground and dreVe the 'Germans back.
On the Russian eastern line the Ger
mans have taken the offensive and are
heavily attacking, with' infantryand.
-rtillry the. Jisssian.- posltlOTse. -
official advices' from Petrograd say,
however, that' the; Germans' nowhere
have been able to penetrate the Rus
sian line in. frontal, attacks. :. (
Italians" and' Austrians are continuing-
their operations along the Austro
Italian; frontier, but no important
changes in positions have occurred.
British Capture Turkish Position.
The - British- in. Mesopotamia . have
captured an important Turkish posi
tion at Uram El Henna, on the Tigris
river, 20 miles below Kut El Amara.
This is considered in London as giving
hope for early relief of .British forces
besieged in Kut El. Amara since: last
December. The Russians also are suc
cessfully operating against the i Turks
in the Caucasus and Persian regions.
Berlin reports the loss during March
of 14 aeroplanes and of 44 British and
French machines. Thirty-eight of the
latter were brought to earth in air
combats, according to ' Berlin. : - !
Ambassador Page has forwarded
from London ito Washington metal
found in the cross . channel steamer
Sussex, recently damaged by explo
sion, which killed a number of persons
and wounded several, Americans. The
embassy in London is credited with the
belief that the metal came from a Ger
man torpedo.
Spain' has sent a note to- Germany
protesting against the torpedoing of
the Sussex In which several Spaniards
lost their lives. ' . . 1
A British patrol boat has picked up
off the Orkney islands, ScQtland, the
Brazilian steamer Sandana de Gama,
bound from Para, J Brazil, ' for New
York, with a cargo of rubber. As the
steamer was several thousand- miles
out of her course the British are in
clined to the belief that she was at
tempting to run the blockade.
SAYS PRUSSIAN MILITARISM
NOT TO GIVE WAY TO PEACE
Berlin, April 5. (By wireless)
Chancellor Von Bethmann Hollweg in
dicated in his Epeech today that any
suggestions of peace oh- the basis of
destruction of Prussian military power
would make possible only one answer :
the German sword.
The chancellor stated that if Ger
many's adversaries desired ; to continue
the slaughter of men and devastation
of Europe, the guilt would be theirs,
and that Germany would have to ''stand
it as men." - -
HOLLAND'S ACTION IS FOR
MAINTAINING HER NEUTRALITY
The Hague, via London, April 5. At
the opening of the second chamber of
the vDutch parliament today after a
preliminary secret session in commit
tee, the president of the chamber read
a brief statement declaring that the
recent suspension of furloughs of army
officers and men was a precautionary
measure, as Holland is firmly resolved
to maintain her neutrality and. there is
a possibility of it incurring increased
danger owing to the course of the war.
The suspension order, he added, was
not a consequence of present politjcal
entanglement but was decided upon on
account of certain information; which
which the'
t government does-not judge opportune
" mane puDiic. , , 4 '
The chamber then' proceeded; to the
consideration of domestic .affairs. -
SEES XO PROSPECT FOB THE ' v
GERMANS TO CAPTURE VERDUJT
Paris, April 5. "Verdun : will never
be taken. That is the sincere and posi
tive opinion of General Cadorna," said
a member of the Italian ' generalissi
mo's suite to the Udlne correspondent
of the Petit Hour.- '.'General Cadorna,"
he continued, "returns to,. Italy from
(Continued . on Fas Jeu. y :i
THINK VOLUNTEER
PROVISION S
Advocates in the. Senate Believe it
. Will Remain in 'Army Bill by
Narrow Margin.
VOTE IS AGAIN POSTPONED
Several Senators in Course of Debate
Denounce -Activities of Certain
National Guardsmen Against
the Measure. ,
Washington, April 5. Advocates of
the Federal volunteer provision of the
Senate army bill believed the section
had been ' saved by a narrow margin
when the Senate recessed tonight
without having reached a vote on the
Lee amendment to . strike it out. Sen
ator Chamberlain, chairman of the
Military committee, again asked that
action be deferred as one or two sen
ators still desired to be heard. -
Debate on the volunteer provision
lasted all day, champions of the Na
tional Guard supporting the amend
ment occupying most of the time. In
the - Closing hour, however, Senator
Chamberlain vigorously defended the
provision as vital to any military plan
and denounced attempts of National
Guard organisations to interfere with
legislation. He. was joined by Sena
tors' O'Gorman and Williams in a
warning that at the close of the Euro
pean war the United States would need
a- greatnavy and an adequate army t
back, demands on the belligerent pow
ers for indemnification for losses sus
tained through violations of her rights
as a neutral. .
'Must Prepare to Resist.
"Unless this country puts itself in a
condition where it can resist and with
stand hullying," Senator Williams said,
"we are going to be in trouble with
the victor in this war, unless we sur
render the positions . we have diplo
matically taken and timidly submit to
the rule which the victor may laj
down for immunity, or disclaimor.
"Self preservation Is the Internation
al code of the belligerents," said Sen
ator .O'Gorman, who contended that
rights of neutrals had been invaded by
all the warring European powers
""And protests of neutrals will" only
be " regarded," he added, "if backed by
sufficient .power to - enforce ; their . de-
Trfjatrd j.v XX;A' -i : h- fr.
Whh ltfsf war la okfc" aerttf Sna
tor Chamberlain. "If; we intend .to de
mand any satisfaction, then we ought
to be prepared to back all our demands
by force of arms if necessary. We have
not the -power to enforce a single de
mand we have made."
Senator Williams declared that while
increasing the army was .important
enlarging the navy was of first, impor
tance. -He said he would vote to. in
crease any "building programme that
might be framed , and favored a navy
by 1918 that could -meet and defeat
any force against it.
- "This war cannot last more than one
or two years," he said. "If it lasts
longer than that it will produce 'uni
versal bankruptcy." V
Arraisms - Nattonal Guard's Activity.
Senator. Chamberlain's arraignment
of the National Guard's activities was
supported by Senators McCumber and
Nelson who ealled attention to tele
grams from National Guard officials
sent to many senators urging them td
vote . against the Federal . volunteer
provision.
"If the Natidnal Guard intends to
come here politically and undertakes
to control legislation, calculated to
(Continued on Page Ten.)
HOHNE GF NEW HANOVER
Judge Erred in Expressing His
Opinion of Dr. Stovall.
Supreme Court Finds. No Error In Judg
1 meat In Case of AV ltte vs. A. C. L.
'- Railroad Reversal in Jphn
' T' ' man. Disbarment Case.
(Special Star Telegram.) "
Raleigh, N. C., April 5. In allowing
a new trial in State vs. Melvin Home,
under sentence of death in New Hano
ver county for the murder of D. L. T.
Capps, the Supreme Court lays down
the rule that a trial . judge has the
power to call, to the witness stand ex
pert witnesses who have not been sum
moned by either prosecution or de
f ense, "but this power should be , ex
ercised with care and the examination
conducted without prejudice to either
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The court holds that while the trial
Judge had the right to call in Dr. Sto
vall, as expert witness offered by nei
ther side, he had np right to throw Into
the Jury box his own good opinion of
the witness. ,; . - " - '
. Another important case is that of
State o relation of Solicitor vs. James
H. Johnson, from Cumberland. In this
the court ' holds that there was . error
in that, the Superio court Judge should
have passed "on whether or not convic
tion . of the crime of . selling liquors
was sufficient .to warrant disbarment
of Johnson as a lawyer. The trial
judge had entered a non-suit.-
" This is a : phase; -of - the sensational
wine selling'; cases against J otmson in
which the Gdvernor pardoned him. from
serving a road sentence j The Supreme
Court, Judge AIlen writing-.the -opinion,
holds that the 1871 and stat-.
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CHILD LABOR BILL
nrAnu
run oluhiq
Commerce Committee
5, to Report the
Measure Favorably.
ABE SEVERAL AMENDMENTS
One Change Seeks to Make Attack on
.. Constitutionality of Measure Less
': t Probable Some Other
; '. r Modincatlons.
Washington, April . The child: la
bor bill, recently passed by the House
in' spite of ' vigorous opposition by
Southern cotton manufacturers, ' was
amended in several important respects
by the interstate Commerce committee
of the Senate today 'and will be favor
ably reported to the latter body within
a few days, , The -amended measure
was approved by the. committee 6 to 6.
-The-" bill -as passed $y the House
would have prohibited the employment
of children by manufacturers of goods
shipped-in - interstate commerce. As
amended today it would prohibit ship
ment in, interstate commerce of . goods
in the manufacture of which children
had been employed. " The committee
held this change would make an. attack
on the constitutionality of the measure
less probable. , .
Another amendment makes a pro
ducer, .manufacturer . or dealer liable
to prosecution if he ships in interstate
commerce a product from a plant
where children have - been employed 30
days prior to such shipment. The
Ho.use bill . had made this period 60
days, but had established a rule of evi
dence In connection therewith which
was eliminated . by . the. committee to
day. : The bill will be reported to the Sen
ate by Senator Robinson, of Arkansas.
In analyzing the changes made in the
House, bill by the Senate committee to
day. Senator Robinson said: t. ;
-,Tae Changres Analysed.
"The,Htuse bill seeks to stigmatize
and "" prevent the shipment of products
into which prescribed chiJ,d labor. haa
entered; 'and it seeks to cbujple the ob
jectionable child labor with the par
ticular commodity sought to be Shipped.
The Senate- provision penalizes a
producer. . manufacturer tr - -dealer
with in- the-v s tate--of -nnuftctli re ? or .
l-jrdtictt ;W1&tbfpWrfeptito
ship in interstate or torelgn commerce
.any manufactured prodtict of ; a mine
quarry ;or manufacturing Establishment
If within 30 days before the removal
of such' product .-from -the mine, quarry
or manufacturing establishment, child
ren, have been employed in .the mine,
quarry or manufacturing ' estahllsh
ment within thelimits defined and pre
scribed. "
. 'Section 2 of . the House bill which
seeks to establish a 1 rule of evidence
is eliminated by- the Senate committee.
In-order to obviate--.the difficulty of
.proving that forbidden -child labor en
tered into the . production of the par
ticular ; commodity sought to. be . ship
ped, section 2 of the House . bill pro
vides that 'proof of employment within
60 'days prior to the shipment of the
product of prescribed child labor from
a mine,, quarry or other manufacturing
establishment shall be prima facie evi
dence that such product has been pro
duced by such, child labor. The Senate
provision makes unnecessary this rule
of . evidence and thus greatly simpli
fies, the-measure especially with refer
ence to its enforcement.
. "Under the House ' bill dealers are
penalized in states other than that of
tContlnued on Page Ten.)
HOLEAIf D IS AIMING AT
ALL THE BELLIGERENTS
Army Mobilized and , Actual Ma
neuvers Held Along Coast.
Virtually Every Private Motor Car in
the Country Seised- Is Irritated
- ". at Action of. Both England
and Germany.
London, April 4 (delayed)- "Holland
bared its teeth to the belligerents on
both sides so unexpectedly that the
putch public was as much astonished
as the remainder of the world," said
a prominent neutral just returned from
Amsterdam, to the ' Associated - Press
today. ; This ' person - stated; that not
only was. the .Dutch 'army mobilized
but actual maneuvers were held, as If
to repel-' forces landing from the North
Sea in the neighborhood of Flushing.
The mobilization was accomplished
swiftly, t '.Virtually every ; private 1 mo
tor, carj in the country, was. seized.
While .'mobilization ; took - place along
he;i German frontier maneuvers were
held only along the seacoaatT
The "returned neutral 'nms ' convinced
the demonstration was. aimed against
Germany as much as .England, VHe Said
irritation In Holland , against - all, bel
ligerents . had become so pronounced
that ! there waa a sullen feeling of hos
tility toward' both Germany and "Great
Britain? which was becoming; general.
On account - of , tl)e British , blockade
Holland is experiencing - - shortage of
food, tc; such, an.. extent that the mer
chant' commission 'for relief " of Belgium
has been " asked I to loan isonie "of t. its
food supply to certain . distrfctsl 'The
Dutch government has determined that
food shall be transported to Holland
in vessels commandeered by itwlthout
reference 4 tp. . nylImltatjon fixed b
agreement with the Netherlands Over
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ASSERTS VILLA IS
WOUNDED AND HIS
The Story isrjin Belated by
General Gavira, the JCarranza
Commaiider at Juarez.
MAKES PUBLIC A TELEGRAM
Confirms Reports - to American
Headquarters That Bandit is
Headed for Satevo.
El Paso, Texas, ' April 5. The story
that Francisco Villa is wounded and
that his capture is imminent was as
serted again' tonight by. General Ga
vira, Carranza commander ' at Juarez.
General Gavira made public ateiegram
he said he received from General Ber
tarii, at Ma'derast'ating specifically that
the bandit had bieen shot and was in
hiding somewhere between Bachineva
and Satevo. -
The message is confirmatory . of
American headquarters reports that
Villa was heading toward Satevo. While
the- story that, he-1 is wounded is still
accepted here with considerable re
serve, it is pointed out that, if Villa was
in full -possession of health and trav-
eling at his usual speed of , 40 or more
miles a day he should have reached and
passed Parrel byvthis time, a fact whioh
could hardly escape being reported.
Bachineva is. on the eastern side .of
the continental divide, about 30 .miles
from Guerrero, -with which- it is .con
nected by . the' famous Bachineva. pass.
It is through this pass that all accounts
agree Villa made' his way;; after defeat
of his f ojlowera by Colonel Dodd, near
Guerrero. , From Bachineva to Satevo
the trail runs Ubout" 70 miles through
a valley. On each-side ;ofthe'vallei
however, there stretches formany miles
the wildest mountain wastes. in Mexico.
Thoroughly to search this district
would take weeks, according to -Amerl
cans "familiar with-it-
- Mystery is involved, in the condem
nation to death Of three? ring leaders, ot
the allege'lot to; selae J Jfriare and
thir Riiiien renrfeve-at rttidnisrht bv
ternateiy nave - aescriDea,-5ine piot as
that of Villa and Diaz-, followers. As
Villa-is the i so-called champion . of the
peons and Diaz represents the property
and clerical- classes there is- much spe
culation here as to details of the-alleged
plot.- The alleged - conspiracy
was supposed to have been hatched in
El Paso, hut American authorities deny
any knowledge of it. Fifteen Mexicans
suspected of being. Villa followers were
arrested here today and are blng held
for - investigation. . '
MOUNTAIN INFANTRY TO AID ,
IS THE' SEARCH FOR VILLA.
At the Front in Mexico, Commanding
General's Headquarters, April '1, by
Aeroplane and Motor Courier to Co
lumbus, N- M, April 4. America's first
detachment- of mountain infantry, a
corps of specially, trained men for such
service as that, in the mountain stud
ded country of 'Guerrero, soon will be
active assisting the. cavalry In search
of the bandit, Villa. The; belief has
been announced that' such- a command
will prove Invaluable in the work,' con
fronting the American troops in the
Guerrero district.
FUNSTON'S REQUEST FOR MORE
AUTOMOBILE TRUCKS GRANTED
San Antonio, ' Texas, April 5. Gen
eral Funston was advised by the War
Department today that his request for
more automobile trucks '- had been
granted. While the addition of 108
more trucks to those already carrying
supplies along the line of communica
tions to the troops in Mexico will serve
to relieve the situation, staff officers
still regard the use of railroads from
El Paso as essential to the success of
the campaign against Villa. ;
With B.OOO'horses and mules to feed
every day ' and approximately that
many men, the Quartermaster's De
partment realizes the difficulties with
which he has to contend.
THE DAY IN CONGRESS
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v SENATE.- '
Met at noon.
Resumed debate on army reorganiza
tion bill. . -
Interstate commerce committee voted
to report child labor bill in amended
form. ' , ? -
Manufacturers urged labor commit
tee to approve legislation, barring
prison-made goods from Interstate com
merce. . - '.
Recessed at 6:05 P. M. to noon Thurs
day. ' - . ; . ." ' ...;'"
HOUSE. '
-Met at noon. ' ' .
Judiciary committee recommended
committee of five to - Investigate "con
tempt "charges. -against Unrted States
District .Attorney - Marshall of - New
York. 'a v. .. ; ; ' :
Naval Committee, 15 to 8, voted to
favorably ; rsport Senate bill for '$11,
000,000 government armor factory.V ;:
: -Judiciary -sub-committee ,' continued
Investigation f beef . matters.
. Passed Heflln resolution rfor - census
statistics on quantity of cJtton used in
manufacture of explosives.;;-. .- .
: - Kent bill- to i create "a bureau of I na
tional forests : urgedt at hearing before
public lands i committee.' r ;;i;V
. Debated without '. action the Johnson
bill to authorize .the." Federal govern
ment to accept as a gift the, homestead
of Abraham IJncoln,: in Kentucky. '
Federal co-operatton, jn iipprovement
of Saoramento Valley urgedat hearing
of Califotrnlans before " Flood control
committees... . i ,
Adjourned at 4.65 P. M. until II A. M.
Thursday,- . -' - t
REV. CALVIN B. WALLER, D. D. OF ASHEVILLE.
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the Chapman-Alexander" meetings are: to begin ; next' Sunday: 'Dr. Waller ia
pastor of the-First Baptist church of the ' Mountain v Metropolis, Governor
Locke Craig's home church. . ' i
Why Carranza Has Not Given Or
ders Regarding Use of Railroad
Remains Question. .
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WANTS EXPEDITION ENDED?
In ; the 'Meantime ' the Motor, Train for
Supplying American Forces at the .
.- Front , is .Belnar -.. Equipped.
' With More - Trucks.
Washington, April 5. In the absence
of further news of fighting in Mexico
between 'American" forces and Villa
bandits attention of officials here to
day centered "upon diplomatic aspects
of the punitive expedition.
Information of .the War . and State
Departments regarding . use of the Mex
ican railways to ship supplies ''to Gen
eral Pershing ,was conflicting. The
War-Department - had no reports indi
cating that Carranza - authorities at
Juarez, Had " received "orders to accept
shipments from General Funston. ' Sec
retary of State Lansing, however, said
he understood such . orders had bean
issued. Mr. Lansing . also declared he
thought i the difficulty, due largely to
disorganised condition of rolling stock
an droadbed of the Mexican nor.thWest
ern, ... -r . -r .
Some officials .stiU were inclined to
connect delay in permittng use of rail
roads with a desire on Carranza' s. part
to see the American soldiers , back on
on their own 'territory.;'. Already, it is
understood, de facto government offi
cials on the border have made infor
mal inquiries as "to how much longer
the expedition will remain - in-Mexico
and how much further southward it ex
pects to penetrate. As legally the
United States . now ' is ' pursuing
"& hot- trail" it would occasion- no
great surprise ;rhere . if CaYranza
should suggest soon that the -trail had
gotten cold and question the proprletry
o the United States proceeding much
farther. --- yt ; ; ; ,
Immediate necessity for lengthening
General Pershing's line of communi
cation caused Secretary Baker;to send
telegraphic orders - today for .108 more
motor tracks and two gasoline tanks.
There- already are six companies with
162; ears engaged- In- lines for Columbus.
Secretary Baker stated he 'was perfect
ly satisfied that under- existing con,
ditions and present campaign -arrangements
the mdt6r service -was adequate
without using railways.
General Funston forwarded -a mes
sage from General. Pershing, stating
that-, the latter conferred Monday at
Provldencla with Colonel Dodd. ' Provl
dencla is about eight miles north Guerrero--and"
only -20 - miles beyond the
southernmost end .. of motor communi
cation "lines at'Namiqulpa;, " Officials
believe General Pershing was at the
front of the advance lines and that. the
expedition , is combining ;r the country
about Guerrero without proceeding in
Strength farther, south.- . : , -
- Tampa, Fl a., "April 5. With' about
20O, members attending, the annual
convention of .the Southern Gas Asso
ciation was opened here today by Pres
ident iMcB. Dexter, of Columbus, Ga.
The sessions will lastthree days. Bir
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STEIE8 SUSSEX
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Report ; of Jich Adniirai Says
Ship Was Torpedoed Deliber
ately .Witkput .Warning.
GRAPHIC , STORY OF WRECK
Captain and Passengers "on Port . Side
of the Vessel Saw the -Approach
of the TOrpedo ;: a' Short
Distance Away.
Washington,-April- 5: A graphic ac
count of the wreck of the .British chan
nel steamer Sussex vith . the - assertion
that she was torpedoed.' deliberately
and without 'warning by an enemy sub
marine, . is .contained ' in.-, a : report by
Rear Admiral Grasset t& the . French
general staff,, made public here toniglfE
by the, French . embassy. The report,
dated at Boulogne, March "30, says:
"In ' conformity. with your instruc
tions I proceeded ' to Boulogne where
I conducted an enquiry relative to the
attack on the Sussex. On March 24
the Sussex, belonging to the State Rail
way Company, and running the" regular
service between England and . France
left Folkstone at lf25 p. m. for Dieppe.
This- boat carried about 325 passen
gers of all nationalities, -a great num
ber of these being women and children
as well as the Indian males. This ap
proximate figure is given by the cap
tain; according "to the-company there
were 383 passengers; the officer in
charge of the control of tickets was se
verely wounded and, taken to Dover;
he is not in a fit state to furnish par
ticulars. "She was not possessed of any arma
ment. The crew consisted of 53 men.
From the start 'the speed was set at 16
knots; after having passed at one mile
distance from Dungeness the captain
headed south three degrees east; tne
weather was very fine, the sea almost
calm, most of the passengers were on
deck. !
"Suddenly without the' slightest
warning the captain . who; was in the
bridge, saw before the port beam some
150 meters away,-the-track of a tot
pedo. It -was now 2:60 p. m.; the time
of the disaster being exactly registered
by the stopping of the clocks on board
the vessell The second '. officer ' and
deck officer who . were on the bridge
also distinctly saw the torpedo. With
great presence of mind, the captain or
dered the helm hard. a port,, and stop
ped the starboard engine,' In order to
avoid the torpedo by turning to star
board. These two orders were executed
immediately.; '
"The ship was beginning 'to swing
off, when, in. a few seconds after the
torpedo had been seen a terrific exploT
sion toofi place, throwing up an enormous'-
column . of water (calculating
from the distance , at which the tor
pedo had first been seen and the time
which, passed before the explosion the
speed -of the torpedo must have been
36 knots, the normal, speed of a tor-depo).;-The
ship was, cut in two oppo
site the bridge, the after part, thanks
to soliditity, of the 'bulkhead, contin
ued, to noat.' ..- .
"On deck . several passengers who
happened to , be - on the port side saw
the torpedo when quite close to the
ship; one of them even telling his
neighbor to . look . at 'that - great fish
, . (Continued on Paee.Two.) :
FATHER OF LITTLE
Aged Greene County Negro Taken
from Jail at Kinston by Hun- .
dreds of Quiet Men.
BODY FOUND IN GREENE
People Infuriated by Alleged TalK
of the Old Man, Following '
' i V Crime of His Son.
(Special Star Telegram.)
Kinston, N. C. April 5. Joseph
Black,' a negro about 50 years of age, -father
of Will Black, the young ne
gro held in; the penitentiary at Ralelgk
charged with criminal assault on a; lit
tle white, girl in Greene county, was
taken from Lenolr:county jail here thSs
morning a few minutes before 3 o'clock
by a mob estimated at several hundred
persons. ' Later the ' old negro's . body
was .found, between Maury and Lizzie,
in Greene county. A fusillade of shofe
had been heard, in the neighborhood
and it Is believed the mob despatched
the elder Black there.
Last week" Will Black, a boy not quite
grown,; attacked and viciously outraged
a six-year-old white child. Matti
json, in Greene . county. He beat her
momer in order to accomplish the
crime and afterwards shot two possev
men in a gun , battle. He was taken,
and hurried to Goldsboro, and from
there was later taken to Raleigh. .
Joseph' Black, his father, furnished
him with shotguns and a revolver, It is
alleged. But not that so much as al
leged threats and assertions by . him
caused the Greene county neonln tn tw
(his r life. It is. reliably reported that
ciacK stated that . the little girl, was
no better thanrhis son; that he would
burn the Tyson home and kill: the
child's father if he had anything to
do with, the prosecution. It is declared
that by ,his actions in the neighbor
hood following.' the. assault he provok
ed the -residents -.to fury.
The reeneMCOunty sheriff got Joseph"
Rlack soon : after , Will Black was.ap
tured, hiolding rhinv'.fdr - furnishing the
boy with weapons. .. .
' It took the -people days to reach the
determination ; to lynch the old man,
but, their mids made-up, Sheiiff Wil
liams knew better than to leave him
within easy reach of a mob. Williams
learned Tuesday evening that Snow Hill
jail .would. hot hold Black last night. He
rushed him to Kinston. t
Black- was incarcerated here at ,9:20
last night. H." V. Allen, the jailer
here, was. awakened shortly before the
lynchers appeared at the jail. ,
A' man was . informing him over the
telephone of the mob's approach when
leaders appeared at the door. Hundreds
of quiet men lined the streets near
the jail and filled the courthouse
square. '
A beardless man not more than. 25
years of age was spokesman. Allen
parleyed for time. A man with . a.
watch announced that he had half a
minute left. The youthful leader told
him to deliver up the kes or take the
consequences. Allen's wife and startled
children were at windows of their quar
ters. Two men seized the jailer, took
his keys and were directed by him to
an old death cell on the second floor. '
The leaders told Black to get-up and
drees himself. . ."We're going to move
you to another jail," he was told. Black
could not stand; he was too frightened
to speak: He was carrled-by men, al
most tenderly, It seemed to Allen,-down
stairs, out on the street and into - an
automobile, Black cried "MurHer." Al
len heard the noise. Black did . not cry
out again. Then a long procession of
automobiles, buggies, wagons and
mounted men, no one speaking, passed
on up the street, and out to Greene
county. -'
Electric lamps all about illuminated
the peaceable "storming" of the jail,
but Klnstpn did not know what had
happened until day had arrived, so
quietly did the Greene farmers do their
work. '
The mob had taken precaution -to
picket the principal intersections of the
streets against the police or a riot call,
but they were - not molested.
LYNCHING NOT CHARGEABLE
TO THfa COUNTY OF LENOIR.
The' following account of the , work
of the mob which took Joe Black,' of
Greene county, from Lenoir county Jail
at Kinston and left his dead body to
be found later in Greene county, was
carried lni- the Kinston Daily News of
Wednesday morning:
"A party of men estimated to have
been 200 and 300 in number came to
Kinston . this morning at about 2: aft
o'clock and took Joe Black, father , of
the Greene ; county rape fiend who was
hurried away from that county to pre
vent a , lynching, last week, and in a
few, minutes a number of shots were
heard on the edge of the city In 'a
northeasterly, direction and there was
no question of .the. fate of the negro.
"The negro, .who, was accused of giv
ing his. son, firearms and advising him
to use. -them, after his dastardly crime,
was brought ' to . this city at about "9
o'clock last; night by. Sheriff Williams,
of Greene county, to prevent a lynch
ing. ' Evidently the people of Greene
heard the negro had been brought here
and .the .lynching was the result. ;
" "Shortly V after 2 o'clock the' night
police force saw a crowd of men gath
ered around the court house, but be
fore any effort could be made to prd
tect'the prisoner-nine of the mob ap
peared at the Jail door and after in
forming Jailer Allen that-they did not
wish' to harm' him or his wife. -but
meant business,' they surrounded the
jailer to prevent him taking , any ac
tion.; Then;.one of them-blew a .whis-,
tie - and others swarmed . into .the.. jay
Securing the man they were after the
(Continued on Page Ten.) .
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