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PUBLISHED TWICE-A-WEEK WEDNESDAYS AISD SATURDAYS
VOli XXX1Y No. 91
KINSTON, N. (X, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1915
price five cEirra :
OfANTCUNARDE LUSITAN1A FALLS PREY CHINA-JAPAN FIGHT
SMASHED BY THE AUSTRIAN SHELLS
WARN ITALY AS SHE
f.IAY0R; AND BOARD
ALDIieFORTERfj
BEGINNING EIAY .10
TO GERMAN SUBJIARI NE OFF IRISH COAST; AVERTED BY ACTION
TAKES FINAL STEPS
BfT
TO STRIKE
REPORTER TO HAVE G ONE TO THE BOTTOM
OFOTIO GOVERN!
Vessel -Torpedoed Thfe ' Afternoon at 2:33 O'clock Lon
don Says Passengers Were Saved--Many American
Citizens AboardUndersea Destroyer Laid In Wait
For Big Ship Blow Listed Great Hull to One Side-
Much Excitement in New
CONFIRMATION OF SINKING
' Liverpool May 7. The Cunard
Lin manager here says the Lusl
tanla was sank by a submarine at
3:83 o'clock (London time) this af
ternoon, eight milea south by west
of Old Head of Klnaale.
Submarine' ResponaiblHty -Questioned.'
v .
London, May 7. A report that
the Lusitania was sank by an in
fernal machine, and was not tor
pedoed, lacks confirmation.
(By the United Press)
New York; May 7. The Cunard
i - - ' - . ,i
Line this afternoon reported an un
confirmed rumor that the Lusitania
had been attacked,
The big Cunarder is one of the
largest ships in the world, and hqlds
the transatlantic record, made on her
maiden voyage and never equalled.
If the Lusitania has happened to
any considerable misfortune the
greatest loss of life on the ocean this
year has been made possible. There
is much, excitement in the offices
here, where the officials are bending
every effort to get the particulars of
the reported attack,';-. Whether - the
giant steamer was beset by , men-of-war
or a submarine is not known.
Submarine Off Lien Shore
Was the Assailant.
l New York, May; 7. The second re
por reaching here says the Lusitania
was attacked by a submarine which
. laid in wait for her off the Irish
coast. Confirmation is yet lacking.
Passengers Saved.
London, May 7-It is reported
..that the Lusitania 's passengers were
saved. 'Wx'-V1'' 'Or'
Liverpool Hears Ship Went Down.
Liverpool, May 7. The Lusitania
. had a heavy passenger list of Amer
icans principally. She was torpedoed
and sunffoft? the Irish coast. There
was a decided list to the steamer
when she went down. . Landsend and
Queenstown stations picked up wire
less messages that the ship was tor
pedoed at 2:33 this afternoon. '
LOIS CAMPBELL ENTITLED -
... TO HALF OF BIG ESTATE.
St Louis, May (v A unanimous
verdict, for ' the' defendants in r the
Campbell will case was returned by
the jury here tonight. The verdict
declares Lois Campbell,' now Mrs. El
sey Burkham, to be the daughter of
James Campbell , and therefore en
titled to half of his 316,000,000 es
tate, willed her by Campbell.
BISHOP HOSS TO MAKE ' .
. TOUR OF HALF WORLD.
St Louis, Mo., May 6. Bishop E.
E. Hoss of Nashville, Tenn' was as
signed to conferences during the en
suing year whkh will take him half
away arotind the world, at a meeting
r-f the College ; of. Bishops of tho
Methodist Church, South, here today.
He wilT preside1 at conferences in
China, Japan, Korea, Cub aand Aus
. tralia. - . - ."
: KORE THAN FOUR SCORE
LEPERS IN CHICAGO
State Physician Says Many Cases Are
i Unreported Patients Living ' Out
Of Quarantine Throughout
the Wiady-Oty. ...
(By the United Press.)
- Chicago; May 7-Chicago has 80
lepers living unquarantined, and nu
merous cases are unreported in va
rious parts of the city, t according to
Dr. George A. Zeller of the Illinois
Board of Administration. "
York
NOW I HE FANS BimB.
i THE TRAINING CAMP
Attribute Giants' Poor Showing to
the Place Back In the Styx Where
McGraw et al Spent the Spring
' Haven't Struck Stride, Pos
Wy .
- By Hal Sheridan
(Written for the United Press)
New York, May 7. New York
baseball fans are indulging in heat
ed arguments over the all import
ant and absorbing question of wheth
er the cause of the Giants' poor con-
dition can be traced back to the train
ing camp. It would seem, from ap
nenrance - anvway. that this is at
least a contributory cause, lor wnue
the former diamond : idols of New
York fandom have been limping along
the baseball j highway the Yankees
have been within walking distance of
the ton of their league on quite a
few jpecasions. The Yankees' per
formance indicate that their severe
spring training is showing in the po-
sition they occupy in the standing of
the clubs of. the American League,
In aTf the winter league "dope"
the Giants were rated as sure, con
tenders for the big flag right from
the start of the Season. Then came
the spring training period and from
the sport scribes traveling with Mc
Graw's men came glowing accounts
of the Giants being in the pink of con.
dition. However, ' when the Giants
returned to their old home town the
baseball fans soon ' saw . that ; there
wasn't even a shadow of coor in. the
former champions playing condition..
Of course the Giants had a big
bunch of hard luck at their training
quarters. Wet grounds often kept
them for days without regular field
practice at Marlin and a warm sun
nyday was a rarityj Hotel , arm
chair practice dont help much in the f
grand old game. - VI the montn spent
in the . sometimes sunny south less
lhan one third of this time was real
ly baseball weather. And not even
these days which could be called ideal
baseball days .were bunched near
enough together to make them worth
thinking twice about
When the pitchers needed warmth I
and sunshine at Marlin the weather
man ' served cooling Dreezes , ana
. i. ... ... i
cloudy skies. The pitchers did not
have enough good days to get their
arms in any kind of shape and the
games since the opening of the sea
son show the result Hot weather is
what the Giant pitchers thrive on.
But admirers of the Giants say
the McGraw men have not yet struck
their stride. And when they do, look
out for their dust- The McGraw ma
chine, 1915 model, has lees working
parts than the old champion style ma
chine, thanks to the National Com
mission, but followers of the Giants
will not admit fewer men have weak
ened the team. On May 1, McGraw
trimmed his team right down to the
bone, letting five promising recruits
loose ' on that date. ' And what re
mains of the Giants force is all meat
there's no excess baggage to be
pulled half across the continent
The argument is frequently heard
that the Giants need reinforcements
and not reductions of their playing
talent, but this is beside the point
None of the men who were divorced
from the. Giant squad this year, be
cause of I the limited - player rule,
could have aided the team to any ma
terial extent this season. Probably
not a single one would have ever bat
ted a ball in a regular game. .
They showed a flash of brilliant
form ' at the opening.' Since then
they have coasting. But New York
fandom is not discouraged. The
Giants," after all, are New York's
baseball . idols and the man in the
street never loses faith' in the gods.
Victory Rests With Dove of
Peace at the Height
of the Crisis
ADJUSTMENT. UNDOUBTED
Japan Said to Have With
Drawn Her Contention
Under Article IV, Which
Was the Unsatisfactory
Phase of Demands
(By the United Frees.)
London, May 7 Special dispatches
from Pekin say China has yielded to
practically all the Japanese demands.
Only the details now remain to be
worked out The reports say this ac
tion will surely prevent war.
Yuan Shi Kai Spent Entire Night
With Council.
Peking May 7. The Chinese gov
ernment has sent a new reply to Ja
pan, which is expected to avert a se
rious crisis. It is believed that the
note is an acceptance under protest
of the Japanese demands. The note
was sent after an all night confer-
ence between President Yuan fcnl
Kai and his advisers. 1
Japan Withdrew Alleged
Unreasonable Article 4.
Tokio, May 7. Peace between Ja
pan and China was assured today
when Article 4 of the Japanese de
mands, the one most obnoxious to
China and other powers, was official
ly withdrawn.
MRS. PANKHURST WILL
URGE MEN TO ENLIST
Suffragettes' Leader to Use Efforts
to Incite , Britishers to Serve
Their Country Makes ' Ad- s
dress This Evening.
(By the United Press)
London r May 7, Mrs. Emmcline
Pankhurst, the noted militant suffra
gette, will make a recruiting speech
tonight at the invitation of. the war
office in the biggest theater in North
London. She will be received at ihe
ntranfce by mayor and corpora.
tton officia8
BULLETINS
(By the United Press) '
BRITISH STEAMER
TORPEDOED.
London, May 1. The British
steamer Centurian, of 6,000 tons,
has been torpedoed and sunk by a
German submarine. : The crew is '
reported to be safe.
DUTCH HAVE RECOVERED ,
MANY DRIFTING MINES. .
, The Hague, May 7. It is offi
cially announced that Dutch mine
weepers which have gathered
mines on the coast since the war '
began have recovered 291 Brit
ish, 64 French, 32 German and
145 unidentified mines. .
CENTURIAN'S SISTER SHIP
REPORTED SUNK,
Liverpool, May 7. The Char
cot Liner Candidate has been
torpedoed off Waterford, Ireland,
by a. German submarine. 'The
crew was saved and taken to
Milford Haven. The vessel was'
a slater ship to the Craturian.
ONLY TWO SAVED FROM
ILL-FATED TRAWLER.
v Grimsby. Eng' May 7 The
trawler which strack a 'mine U
the North Sea today was - com
pletoly destroyed. ?. Only the
skipper and a deckhand were
saved. , .- .;
PANAMA FAIR ATHLETIC MEET
San : Francisco, May ' 1. Track
teams from all ' the leading Pacific
coast colleges hold their track meet
for the championship at the Fair
-yi-'i c i? - (:
View of the army museum in Belgrade, Serbia,- alter Its destruction by
Austrian shells.'
NOTAWARE THAT HIS
NM -WAS' BEING
OSEOI
Hon. N. J. Rouse would
Make No Further Com
ment on Story of His
Probable; Candidacy for
Attorney General
(Daily Free Press, May 7)
"Collector J. W. Bailey must beat
former Lieut-Gov, Doughton, N. J.
Rouse if Kihston, R, O. Everett of
Durham, and yet other strong ones,
according4 to the belief of Western
North Carolina lawyers who have
been here this week," is stated in' a
newspaper report ' Emanating . from
Raleigh. The report .' states ' that
Doughton 's strength in the West "is
not to be discounted," but "it appears
to be quite true that Bailey's friends
have worked while Doughton's talk
ed, arid that Bailey has a long lead
over the man from the West" Judge
Frank, Carter has not 'announced his
purpose, though Asheville's offering
a few days 'ago appeared to have the
sanction of the near-authentic." The
splitting of the West between Car
ter and Doughton would work in fa
vor for the other possibilities.
, "In the East" it is declared, "is
N. J. Rouse, the big figure of the
Carter-Abemethy ( case. Then, with
Everett and Bailey in the center, the
pawing-up process would be com
plete." "Only Everett and Carter would
be worried as to the senatorial side.
Doughton and Rouse , were as good
Simmons men as Bailey, and , all
would enter the fight without handi
cap. Everett and Carter are put
down with the anti-Simmons men."
"In all this political excitement it
is notable that no man has definitely
(Continued on Page Four)
N CONNECTION
EVANGELIST CROSS WILL PREACH SERMON OF
MUCH INTEREST TO
(Daily Free Press, May 7)
There were but two excuses wor
thy of any consideration whatsoever,
and no reasons for men and women
not becoming Christians, said Evan
gelist Percy Cross in his sermon on
rSome Kinston Excuses' for not Be-,
coming a Christian," Thursday night
The two excuses ' were divisions and
hypocrisy V In discussing? the: first
one,- Mr. Cross said the divided con
dition of Christendom was responsi
ble for many not coming . to Christ
They were simply bewildered in a
maze of theories and isms , and be
cause they did not know which way
to turn to best enter the Kingdom
they very naturally stayed out Fam
ilies were divided because of sectari
anism, said be, and there were many
instances where on Sunday morning
the various members of the family
took opposite directions, going to dif
ferent j places of worship, while
those who were not Christians went
to their clubs, offices or remained at
home. Mr. Cross plead for a return
of God's people to the simple New
Testament teachings, laying aside all
1 1 r.ii t.ii "J-i-a.,. I
WHERE THEIR SHIPS
WERE NOT TO COVER
THEM, ALLIES LOST
Claim of the Turkish War
nflW rWtftniinnnle
. F
Reports Gains of the Ot
toman Troops on the Gal
lipoli Peninsula
(By the United Press)
Constantinople, May 7. Ten mi
chine guns, much ammunition and
many prisoners have been captured
by the Turkish forces operating on
the Gallipoli peninsula, said the war
office today, It is claimed that ' all
success rests with Turkey .except
where the allied forces were covered
by their1 ship's guns. In the fighting
near Arribumu an entire battalion of
the enemy was annihilated. : . '
FORCED TO SIGN PAPER
AT POINT OF PISTOL.
Asheville, May 6. That Will Win.
fry of Cherokee county, was forced
at the point of a pistol to sign an
agreement whereby he promised not
to testify against Ed. White in a dis
tilling case at the present term of
the United States District Court for
the trial of criminal cases was a
startling development -of yesterday's
session of that tribunal. - As a result
of the revelation, -the defendant, his
father, W, T. White, and Mims Tay
lor are in jaiL 1
SUFFRAGE LEADERS TO PLAN
CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN
New York, May 6 The ; National
Board of the. National Woman Suf
frage Association issued a call today
for a conference of suffrage leaders
in Chicago June 6 to 9, to discuss
steps for a suffrage campaign be
fore the sixty-fourth Congress.
BUSINESS MEN TONIGHT
human additions, which have served
as fences to keep the divisions. The
second excuse, hypocrisy of the mem
bers, was rapped severely.' While
he did not think that' because one
man or woman was not leading the
life they ought to lead, was any rea
son for' others staying out of ' the
Kingdom, the responsibility of , the
church member t lead a correct life
and 'set the proper example was no
less on that account rf r
Ten responded to the Gospel invi
tation at the conclusion of the ser
mon. One or these was an eignt-year?
old boy; who Pastor Bernard Smith
had wanted to take the step for sev
eral days.
Thursday afternoon there was a
baptismal service held at the river
by Pastor Smith' and Evangelist
Cross. Seven men, who had express
ed a preference for the river," were
baptized.
Tonight Mr.' Cross will speak on
"Does It Pay to Be, a Christian." He
promises to discuss the matter from
a' standpoint, which will be of inter
est to. business men. "
Dual Monarchy's Cause
Germany's, Threat of
. the Kaiser
WILHElil AN OPTIMIST
British Troops Useless In
thVWest; Russians Los
nig Out, He Declares
Troop Trains Over All In
Italy.
, (By the United Press)
Rome, May 7. The railway admin.
istration has announced the suspen.
si on of forty passenger trains on the
main lines. It Is understood this ac
tlon was taken to facilitate the move
ment of troops and munitions of war
to concentration bases. Italy . his
been officially warned by the dlrec.
tlon of the Kaiser to keep out of the
war on' the side of the Allies. The
warning said that Germany would
make Austria's cause her's and send
tt"nny V y The Kai
ser notified Prince Von Buelow at
Rome, after returning from an in
spectlon tour to both battle fronts
that the English troops in the west
are useless, and that within a fort
night the Russians will be driven out
of Gallcia. Austria is rushing war
preparations.
Berlin Admits Gravity of Situation.
Berlin, ' May 7. German officials
today still refuse to abandon . hope
for a peaceful settlement of the Aus
tro-Italian crisis. Not an attempt is
made to disguise the seriousness of
the . situation, German successes on
both fronts, it is believed, will help
the situation as to holding Italy1 off.
Russian Offensive Entirely Killed,'' ;
Says Berlin. i
Berlin, May 7. Official statements
by both the Vienna and Berlin war
offices agree that the' Russian offen
sive in the Carpathians has been com
pletely smashed. The German war
offico said the Dukla Pass approaches
were all held by Austro-German for
ces. Vienna announced that Tarnow
has been captured, and the resistance
of the Russians along the Donajeo
broken. German aviators have bom
barded Grodno, causing much dam-
age
Many More Guns. Being Brought Up
By Germans. .
Paris, May 7. The Germans :i are
bringing up an enormous amount of
additional artillery and putting it in
to action at every point on the bat
tle line. The Germans apparently
are trying to blow the British out of
Ypres,
They continue the use of as-
phyxiatlng gas.
An . Athens dispatch to the Matin
today said a Russian aviator had
flown over the suburbs of Constanti
nople and dropped bombs, doing con
siderable damage. The Russians use
seaplanes, ascending from the Black
Sea fleet, in operating : against ': the
forts on the left bank of the Bospho
rus. ' : , .
PENNSY. OPPOSED TO ;
UNION INSTITUTIONS
The Open . Shop and Sympathetic
Strike Not r Welcomed by the
System, Supt Crtghtea Tells .
Industrial Commission.
. (By the United Press.)
Washington, May 7. -General Su
perintendent Crighton of the Penn
sylvania Railroad today told the in-
dUBtrM relations commission that his
road opposes the closed
shop and
sympathetic strike. .
MODIFIED DIUNX LAW .
FOR ENGLAND ASSURED
) (By the United Press) .
London, May 7. lit is officially an
nounced that an agreement has been
reached between the leaders of the
political parties and a modified drink
bill will be Introduced -and passed.
Took Oath of Ofilce, Thurs
day Night and Elected
Subordinates , .
SALARIES OF POUCE CUT
Two of Old Force Dropped.
Assistant Chief Elected
Douglas Mayor Pro Tern,
and CoL' W; D. Pollock
Assistant Recorder
Magistrate D. Oettinger' swore In
Fred L Sutton as Mayor of Kinston
for the second term Thursday even
ing between 8:30 and 9 o'clock. Im- '
mediately afterwards the Mayor ad
ministered the oath of. office to. Al
dermen E.' V. WebbW. B. Douglas,
M. M. Happer,' L. P. Tapp, R. B, -
Rouse and H. P. Fort The Counctf
went into executive' session to 'elect ,
officers, and held ' forth," entertaining
no company for more than: three
hours. There were exactly eight per
sons present, Including Clerk W B.
Coleman.
The appointments of lower officers .
were announced at the close ot , the
meeting, which was devoted almost
exclusively to that business. Com-;
misaioner ships.-were divided among
the aldermen as follows;
Street, Webb (reappointment), r
Treasurer; Fire and Police,; Happer.
Water and Light, Rouse,' (reap- ,
pointment). '
Sanitary, ' Fort (reappointment). ,
Cemetery, Tapp.-' ,t ,
Financa, Dodglas. "
The billeting of Mr. Douglas of
the First Ward to the Finance Com-
missionership put that gentleman in c.
the most important position on the -board.
- Tt carries with it from eu
torn, the honor of Mayor pro tem
and Mr. Douglas becomes the second
official of the city . in rankL ' '
Messrs. Webb, Tapp and Douglas :..
were named the Committee , on Ordi
nances, r ' ; ft 1 "
Police appointments were as fol- ?
lows! Chief, J. C. Heath,' second ,
term j Assistant Chief, from patrol
man, J. F. Skinner; Patrolmen Geo.
Rouse, James E. Dupreej C.W. Sum- ,-.
rell and Lonnie Buck, the first 'two j
for second terms.- The only chopping '
off of heads was in this department, -Sumrell
and Buck succeeding Richard :
Stroud and Floyd Kennedy. Salar
ies were Reduced nearly all ' around, . ,
Heath's from $100 to 190, and tha
patrolmen's from $75 to $65. Assist
ant Chief Skinner was given $5 per ,
month more,; making his remunera-,
tjon now $80 There were more than -
score of applicants for election to .
the force, and the Council had no .
trouble ' in : securing what they ' con- . .
sidered good material 1 for " this de-.;, .
partment 1
Col.- W; D. Pollock was elected As-..
slstant Recorder; to' sit in- the lMTuni-
ipal Court when, for any reason, Re- ;
corder Wooten is unable to be on his .'
Job. - '".V,
Tom V. Moseley was re-elected as
Chief of the Fire Department, and D
. Wooten, Assistant Chief."
City " Physician George E. Korne-
gay was re-elected,' John G.' Dawson
was returned as City Attorney, John
Weyher was re-elected Superin- v
tendent of the Water and Light De
partment, and Clerk' W. B. Coleman; -
was again put in' charge of the city's
business office. " All tha banks In the
city were favored in the agreement
deposit 'the municipality's funds
as nearly as possible equally between
them, r
The new officers will take office on,,
Monday,' although the administration '
now completely organized and in
charge of affairs. Three of the Board
of Aldermen are new members: May
or pro tern." Douglas ahd 'AUenr.cn
Tapp and Happer, tha first from the
first ward and the latter two frc.a
the Second. Mr. Douglas' cotleasuj,
Alderman Webb, and Llessrs. Fort
and Rouse, are beginnhij tl..'r sec
ond terms.