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VOL. XXXV No. 57
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1916
PROGRESSIVES APT
AMERICAN AGENT IN
GERMANY IS UNDER
FIRE FROM PAPERS
AMERIC'N PROPOSAL
MAY BE HANDED TO
BERLIN GOV'T TODAY
ENGLISH PLANNING
TO GAIN ON GERMAN
TRADE AFTER PEACE
EXPEDITION TO AID
KUTELMARA HAS DIG
TASK AHEAD OF IT
AMERICANS' WAY OF
DIG LUMBER PLANT
WILL BE OPERATED
FOR TIME AT LEAST
i
BACK TO OLD
PITCHING NOT JUST
SATISFACTORY, SAY
Jim
PARTY THIS SUMMER
If Republicans Nominate
Right Man Will Cause
Affiliation At Once
CONVENTIONS SAME DATE
Now Seems Probable Mr.
Roosevelt Looming Up
Big Three-fourths Com
mitteemenFavor Return
to the Foil
(Bjj the United Press)
'Chicago, Jan. 11. Three-fourths
of the Progressive party national
committeemen favor a return to the
Republican party if it can be ac
complished with honor.
It is extremely likely that the
committee at its meeting today will
decide to hold the national conven
tion on June 7, the same date as the
Republicans, so that in case Roose
velt or any personof progressive ten
dencies being nominated the Progres
sives can immediately affiliate with
the old party. The party is for
Roosevelt, and committeemen be
lieve the Republicans are the same
way.
Roosevelt Wires the Committee.
Chicago, Jan. 11. Roosevelt wired
today a preparedness plea, calling
upon the Moose to forget partisan
ship in the meeting of the Progres
sive national committee for the selec
tion of a convention date.
National Issues Up.
Chicago, HI., Jan. 11 Preliminary
WIUaiiBiBiBI! the Progressive
campaign for 1916 on national, not
State issues, were taken today when
the National Committee of the Pro
gressive party met here.
State, not national' issues, were
the basis for the fight last election,
Progressives cited. The progressive
party was founded on national is
sues, and its strength is there, party
leaders asserted.
Chicago, Denver and Cleveland
were bidders for the Bull Moose Na
tional Convention in June. Predic
tions were that the convention will
be held June 21, one week after the
Democratic National Convention at
St. Louis.
PRESIDENT AND MRS.
WILSON ENTERTAIN
CABINET THIS P. M.
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 11. President
and Mrs. Wilson this evening will en
tertain Vice-President and Mrs.
Marshall, members of the cabinet
and their wives and a number of in
timate friends at dinner in the
White House. The cabinet dinner is
to be- -the second of the series of so
cial functions of state to be cele
brated at the Executive Mansion dur
ing the winter.
Dinner ..will be served at 8 in the
state dining room. The guests will
le grouped about the great dining
table, the President seated in the cen
ter, with Mrs. Wilson opposite him.
On the President's right, Mrs. Mar
shall will toe seated with Mrs. Lans
ing on her left. The Vice-President
and Secretary of State Lansing will
be on the right and left, respectively,
of Mrs. Wilson. : Other members of
the cabinet, seated according to their
rank, will be present as follows:
Treasury Secretary and, Mrs. Wil
liam G. McAdoo; War Secretary and
Mrs. Garrison; : Attorney General
and Mrs. Gregory; Postmaster Gen
eral and Mrs. Burleson; Navy Secre
tary and Mrs. Daniels; Interior Sec
retary and Mrs. Lane; Agriculture
Secretary and Mrs. Houston;, Com
nitiV Secretary and Mrs. Redfield,
and Labor Secretary and Mrs. Wil
liam B. Wilson.
Judge H. W. Whedbee in his charge
t& t1 gTand jury in Craven County
Superior Court Monday : asked the
Jury to refrain - from whitewash
ing Its report as to the condition of
the county institutions. - :
Consul Higgins at Stuttgart
Accused of Making Some
Statements in Favor of
the Allies Gerard and
Berlin Investigating
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Jan. 11. The German gov
ernment is investigating the case of
United States Consul Higgins at
Stuttgart, alleged to have made
statements hostile to Germany, news
papers say.
Gerard Investigating.
Washington, Jan. 11. Ambassa
dor Gerard is investigating German
newspapers' charges againpqAjer
ican Consul Higgins at Stuttgart,
that he is favoring the Allies.
MOHR JURY GOES TO
SCENE OF SHOOTING
Accused Widow of Rhode Island
Physician Who Was Killed On
Lonely Road Decided Not to Ac
company Men In Whose Hands
Her Fate Will Rest Something
About Principals in the Case
(By the United Press)
- Providence, R. I.. Jan. 11. The
jury in the Mohr murder case left
today to visit the lonely spot on the
Nayatt road where the doctor was
ambushed and shot. Mrs. Mohr de
cided not to accompany them.
Principals In Mohr Trial.
Providence, R. I., Jan. 11. Mrs.
Mohr, wife of the murdered physi
cian, whose trial began here yester
day, was Miss Elizabeth Tiffany
Blair, formerly of Taunton, Mass
When Dr. Mohr first met her she
was employed as a sales girl in a
Providence department store. She
was 19 and the doctor was 35, when
they were introduced eleven years
ago. Mrs. Mohr is tall and of medi
urn weight, with black hair and eyes.
She is said to have a very emotional
nature.
Closely connected with the princi
pals in the tragedy are two other
women, Miss Emily G. Burger, who
was seriously wounded at the time of
the murder, and Miss Florence Orms
by, who succeeded Miss Burger as
Dr. Mohr's secretary. Miss Burger
is 28, tall and good looking. Her
father was a master brewer and he
now conducts a saloon in Huntington
avenue. She worked for Dr. Mohr
at his office on Stewart street until
last March when, she has stated, she
was compelled to leave her position
because of Dr. Mohr's attentions.
Five days before the shooting she
went to work for the doctor as his
housekeeper at "Montpelier," his
Newport villa, while his regular
housekeeper was on a vacation.
Miss Orinsby, who is to be one of
the State's star witnesses, is 19 and
was born in Danbury, Conn. She will
tell of alleged threats, oral and
written, made against the doctor by
his wife; and also of alleged threats
to kill Miss Burger or disfigure her
features with vitriol. Miss Ormsby
was allowed to read and write con
fidential letters for the murdered
physician, and says she is familiar
with, all the threatening notes Mrs.
Mohr is said to have sent her hus
band. ON THE KINSTON
COTTON EXCHANGE.
Good prices prevailed on the local
cotton market today. Not very
much of the staple was sold. The I
New York futures market closed at
below the opening .figures, quota
tions being: , ' i
tions being:
January . .
March . .
May
Open
12.35
.... 12.56
....12.78
....12.91
Close
12.33
12.53
12.74
12.90
12.62
July
October ...12.62
MINERS AT FRONT.
London.' Jan 11, About 170,000
British miners are making munitions,
and 270,000 are at the front
Compliance In Full Expect
ed; Lansing Busy On
Note to England
SOME TIME UNTIL READY
House Judiciary Commit
tee Decides Against Call
ing Upon President for
Names Alleged Foreign
Agents In Conspiracies
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 11. It is believ
ed that the United States' propasuj
for the settlement of the Lusitania
rase as agreed upon yesterday by
Lansing and Ambassador Von Bern-
storff is to be handed to the Berlin
foreign office today. Complete ac
ceptance of its terms is confidently
expected.
Secretary Lansing today was busy
with the note to Great Britain over
the contraband prooKfmations. It is
expected that it will be a long time
yet before the draft is ready to go
to the President.
Wilson Won't Be Called Upon
for Names.
Washington, Jan. 11. The Presi
dent should not be requested to name
persons involved in alleged hyphen
ated conspiracies, the House judi
ciary committee today decided.
DAVIS CANDIDATE FOR
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 10. West
moreland Davis, Loudon county, fre
quently mentioned for the Governor
ship of Virginia, today issued a
statement declaring himself a can
didate for that office in the 1917
Democratic primary.
MORSE BUSY WITH A
PLAN 1R AMERICAN
E
Thirteen Companies, Own
ing That Number of Ves
sels, Are Already Gath
ered Up Commerce Be
tween American and Eu
ropean Ports
(By the United Press)
New York, Jan. 11. A new world
ship combine is being formed by
Charles Morse, the former banker
released by President Taft from the
Atlanta federal prison. He has al
ready gathered thirteen small com
panies, with one ship each.
Morse plans a merchant marine
touching marine touching South Am
erican and European points.
TO GIVE SENATE A
REPORT ON WAR GAME
(By the. United Press)
Washington, Jan. 11. Secretary
Daniels today announced a plan to
furnish to the Senate Admiral Flet
cher's report of the war game for
the first time in history.
$10,000 SCATTERED ABOUT
DEAD WOMAN'S DWELLING.
Richmond, Va., Jan. 10, Mrs. Jo
hanna Houck, wealthy and eccentric
widow, who died here recently leav
ing an estate worth probably 75,
000 bequeathed $1,000 to her niece,
Mrs. James T. Anthony, Charlotte,
N. G, according to the terms of her
will probs ted today. More than $10.
000 in gold, silver and greenbacks
was fouf J "" "Taled in odd places
about ht I Mrs. Anthony, in
addition 1 p oney bequest, will
get a rei" terest in the estate,
it was st fight.
Would Have Clause to Pre
vent Enemy from Indulg
ing In Export Business
for T'o Years Boycott
Also Being Considered
By WILBUR S. FORREST,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Jan. 11. Insertion of a
clause in the European peace agree
ment binding Germany to refrain
from all export business for a period
of years after the war is one meth
od suggested by trade experts for
crippling German foreign trade. It
is declared that England ould have
no difficulty in enforces such a
clause, but Germany jnigh ,buy her
way out by a huge indemnity.
The Board of Trade is inquiring
into the possibilities for a boycott of
the Allies of all German goods for
some years after the war.
Won't Complicate Situation
With Britain.
Washington, Jan. 11 No test case
of cotton shipment seizures is plun
ned. It is learned that the State De
partment fears this would compli
cate the contraband question.
GOING ON IN OTHER
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
OF EAST CAROLINA
(Daily Free Press 11th)
At Beaufort, the sight of the
right eye of William Merrill, 9, was
destroyed when a shot from an air
rifle in the hands of a comrade
struck it. Th affair was accidental.
Baltimore capitalists are investi
gating the chances for success of a
steamor line connecting New Bern
with that city.
F. C. Harding of Greenville and
S. M. Brinson of New Bern are new
members of the Board of Trustees of
the East Carolina Teachers' Training
School at Greenville. These take the
places of John C. Parker, resigned,
and the late former Governor Jar
vis. The Moss Lumber Company of
Beaufort was awarded $1, 903.50 in a
case in which the Elm City Lumber
Co. of New Bern was alleged to have
broken contracts.
London, Jan. 11. Albert Ramber,
15, is sent home from the front, dis
charged. DULLETINS
(By the United Press)
NO EXCUSE FOR ITALIAN
SHIP, SAYS VIENNA.
Berlin, Jan. 11. The Italian
steamer Porto Said, sunk recent
ly by an Austrian submarine,
first attempted to escape and
then tried to ram the submarine,
Vienna dispatches today declar
ed. YOUNGSTOWN STRIKERS
BACK TO WORK.
Youngstown, O., Jan. 11.
Many strikers will return to the
local munitions plants, as the
authorities have agreed to inves
tigate the causes of the riots,
looting and arson.
GERMANS HOLDING TRENCHES
TAKEN SUNDAY.
Berlin, Jan. 11. Attempts to
recapture the positions taken by
the Germans Sunday have been
repulsed. One French airman
was forced to land and was made
prisoner. The Germans took
300 prisoners.
DEATH FORMER ATTACHE
TO VIENNA. !
Warrenton, Va, Jan. 11. CeL
Joseph H Dorst, United States
army, rcUred, former military
attache in Austria, and father
f Lieat. Arthur Dorst, milita
ry aid at the White Douse, died
today.
Must Cut Way Through the
. Turks Surrounding the
British (iarrison
DEFENSE WELL PREPARED
Ottoman Army Has Only
Small Guns for the
Attack' Reinforcements
Within 17 Miles of Post
Today
(By the United Press)
tnndon, Jan. 11. British forces
murctvmf? W&lhorelief of Kutelamu
ra are within 17 miles of the beleag
uered garrison, but must fight their
way through a Turkish army. There
is no news of the fate of the garri
son. It is possible that a decisive
battle has already been fought.
Not since the British force at La
dysmith was surrounded has a Brit
ish army faced a similar peril. The
post is fortified and there is a suf
ficiency of supplies. It is believed
to be impregnable to the small can
non of the Turks.
LIST OF FIFTY POSSIBLE
SUCCESSORS TO LAMAR.
Washington, Jan. 10. President
Wilson and Attorney General Greg
ory tonight began considering candi
dates for the vacancy of the United
States Supreme Court caused by the
death of Justice Lamar. They con
ferred for more than an hour, going
over the list of more than fifty men
suggested for the place, and elimin
ating many names. Afterwards the
attorney general said no decision had
been reached.
POPE TO TELL THE
GERMANS OF OFFERS
OF BELGIAN PEOPLE
Heard German Demands at
the Consistory, and Wed
nesday Will Receive Car
dinal and Bishop Who
Will Give Him King Al
bert's Terms
(By the United Press)
Rome, Jan. 11. The Pope hopes to
take the first steps looking to a
peace sweep when ' Cardinal Mercer
and Bishop Heylen of Namur arrive
tomorrow to tell the Pope what terms
Belgium demands.
The Pope is understood to be con
vinced that restoration of Belgium
is imperative as preliminary to peace
proposals. At the recent consistory
Cardinal Hartmann related terms on
which Germany would evacuate Bel
gium. Belgium's terms are to be submit
ted to Germany as the next step.
FALSE MEDICINE
LABELS MUST GO
Washington, Jan. 10.- The Sher
ley amendment of 1912 to the Fed
eral pure food law declaring drugs
to be miBbranded if the package or
label bears or coptains false and
fraudulent statements regarding the
curative or therapeutic effects there
of, was upheld as constitutional to
day by the Supreme Court.
The decision, which was rendered
by Justice Hughes, follows ten years
of legislation and litigation in an at
tempt to regulate statements as to
the curative effect of medicine in
interstate commerce. Numerous ac
tions against dm; concerns are ex
pected to follow it. ,
Scandinavian Delegates
Threaten to Quit Peace
Party Dutch at First
Meeting in The Hague
Applaud Speakers
l By the United Press.)
The Hague, Jan. 11. The several
Scandinavian delegates attached to
the Font party are threatening to
quit. They believe the plans should
assume a more definite form, and ob
ject to absolute control by the Am
erican steering committee.
The first public meeting in Hol
land was held last night. The speak
ers were well applauded. The stu
dent members of the expedition will
sail for New York on the Noordam,
it was stated today.
CONFERENCE FOR .
SOCIAL SERVICE
Fourth Annual Convention In North
Carolina to Be Held In Charlotte
Latter Part This Month Subjects
to Be Discussed Notable Men to
Be Among Speakers Child Wel
fare (Special to The Free Press)
Raleigh, Jan. 11. The fourth an
nual convention of the North Caro
lina Conference for Social Service
will be held in Charlotte, January 23
to 2(i, 191G. This is going to be a
largely attended and a very profit
able convention. Among the sub
jects to be discussed will be "The
Cbuwth and SociaL-SeOTeeLJflhe
Teachings of Jesus' as They Bear
Upon the Solution of Modern Social
Problems," "Christianity and Social
Progress," "The School and the So
cial Welfare," with numerous sub
divisions of this subject; "Current
Examples of Social Progress In
North ' Carolina," with several such
examples to be discussed in detail
by different speakers; "The State,
the County and the Municipality and
the Social Welfare," with various
subdivisions of this subject; "Organ
izing Society and State for the Wel
fare of the Child," with speakers on
this subject from the various stand
points of the church, Sunday school,
woman s clubs, iraternai orders,
chambers of commerce, young peo
ples' societies, Y. M. C. A. and Y. W.
C. A.; "Organized Womanhood and
the Social Welfare," with several
itums for definite discussion under
this heading; needed reforms and
miscellaneous subjects of the social
welfare, such as public amusement,
public health, constructive charity,
etc.
Among the speakers will be Dr.
William L. Poteat. president Wake
Forest College; Dr. Walter L. Lin
gle, of the Union Theological Semi
nary; Dr. J. Y. Joyner, Supt. of
Public Instruction; Dr. Clarence Poe,
Dr. E. K. Graham, president of the
University of North Carolina; Gov
ernor Locke Craig, Bishop Thos. C.
Darst, Mr. W. II . Swift of Greens
boro, Miss Julia Lathrop, director of
the Children's Bureau of the Depart
ment of Labor of the United States,
Washington, D. C; Mrs. Thos. W.
Lingle, president North Carolina
Federation of Woman's Clubs; Miss
Ella P. Crandall, executive secretary
of the National Organization for
Public Health Nursing, New York;
Dr. W. S. Rankin, secretary State
Board of Health; Dr. J. I. Foust,
president State Normal and Indus
trial College, Greensboro, N. C; Dr.
L. B. McBrayer, supt. of State San
atorium; Dr. Charles W. Byrd, of
Greensboro; Hon. Heriot Clarkson,
Charlotte, N. C; Mr. A. W, McAl
ister, president of the conference;
Dr. Melton Clark of Greensboro, N.
C, and a number of other speakers
of ability and reputation.
M'ADOO INVITES DEMOCRATIC
LEADERS TO A DINNER.
Washington, Jan. 10. Democratic
leaders of the House have been in
vited by Secretary McAdoo to a din
ner at his home next Saturday even
ing which is expected to furnish an
J. T. Deal Gives Order for
Resumption at Kigston
Manufacturing Mill
MAY BENEW CONTRACT
Local Business Interests
Hoping that New Agree
ment Will Be Entered In
to to Save to Kinston One
Its Leading Industries
(Daily Free Press 11th)
The Kinston Manufacturing Com
pany will resume operations on Wed
nesday or Thursday. It is not known
if the big plant in the Southwestern
part of the city, employing around
50 men nni paying about $3,500 a
week in wages, will be run contin
uously or only for a short time. At
the office this morning it was stated
that a message from J. T. Deal, at
the head of the enterprise, from Nor
folk, had directed reopening of the
plant. Mr. Deal's message was very
brief and contained very few par
ticulars, although it was given ver
bally over the telephone. He said he
had reached an agreement with Nor
folk Southern Railroad officials pre
sumably the legal chief of the rail
road and others. The manager could
not venture an opinion on how long
the plant will be operated. A mes
sage to Mr. Wm. Hayes, General Man
ager of the Kinston-Carolina Rail
road & Lumber Co., contained intel
ligence that the mill was to be re-
opflflftUitrip(aw . w,detaila ' The
manager of the mill was this morn
ing attempting to get into communi
cation wlfhvthe superintendent of the
logging force. Telephone trouble was
interfering. A train had been sent
out, it was said, to the logwoods South
of here to bring in a supply of timber,
upon receipt of which operations will
be resumed. t
The Kinston Manufacturing Com
pany about four years ago leased the
plant from the Kinston-Carolina R.
R. & L. Co., in which the Kinston-
Carolina Railroad, the John L. Roper
Company and the Norfolk Southern
are all interested directly or indirect
ly, the contract calling for 'the saw-
ng of a certain number of million
feet of lumber. Upon the fulfilling of
the obligation the lessee was at li
berty to cancel the contract, upon
three months' notice. The Notice was
given in October, the quarter expir
ing last week, and definite suspen
sion of the plant was forecasted by
The Free Press on .Saturday, the Deal
interests having failed to renew the
contract. Mr. William Hayes, stat
ing that the story in this paper on
Monday was entirely correct In all
the facts related, did not know until
late Monday that any attempt,would
be made to resume work at the mill.
There is general gratification in
business circles over the temporary
resumption of . operations by the K.
M. Company. Business mem hope
that the former lessee will make a
new contract so that the industry
may be saved to Kinston, with the
great amount of business accruing,
since it is believed to be practically
certain that if the plant is thrown
back upon the hands of the owners
they will make no effort to run it
That much has been gleaned from a
statement by an official of the K.-C.
R. R. & L. Co.
BOY GRASPED A LIVE
WIRE AND WAS KILLED
Washington, N. C, Jan. 11. Chaa,
Powell, 11, son of a marine engineer,
grasped a live wire at Main and
Academy streets late yesterday, ,and
was instantly killed. Workmen were
on their way, to replace the wire,
which, had blown down in a sale,
and arrived just two minutes too lata
to avert the tragedy.
opportunity for an administration
conference on legislation- to provide
additional revenue and the new mer
chant marine bill.