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PUBLISHED TWICE-A WEEK-WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
VOL. XXX V No. 58
KINSTON, N. C SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1916
PRICE FIVE CENTS
WAY 10 RIOTING;
Pertting Declares Martial Law Thonsands Mexicans
SeDfif )fef Citjh-Organiz Mob Tfcreitcbs f tross
BorJ?2cJ Avenge Butchery If Wasltectf aSJ' Car
ranza D6 Nit Act Sqon- CbnjesYedA&ii-.
tration Maf Not Be Able to Hold Intteck Ipe of
Aqjer Spreading Thrb'ngb CapitoAniericans Tn the
Nirth of Mexicoxning t oely 6f Texas-Villa May
Oriler iassacre Tbroighout Abe Dangerlone-Hnited
Stales steals In WStateSeailed '
(By the United Press)
EL' PASO, Jan. 14.-AMartial law was declared here
today byi General John Pershing, t commanding United
States troops in jthe. Department of Texas, following sev
eral 'hours' street" fighting between Mexicans and infuri
ated Americans. '
ftegulaTS dispersed the crowds, searched -Mexicans
for arms and patrolled the international bridge.
The hospitals are filled with wounded Mexicans. Rage
over the massacre was expected here, but it overran all
bounds Mexicans are, being, deported by the wholesale:
to avoid mobs. " The Mexican quarter is guarded by sol
diers with loaded rifles. .
Americans are reported to be organizing a regiment
of volunteers to invade Mexico if Washington and Car
ranza "do not take immediate steps to avenge the slau'gn
ter. A mob of a thousand
cans were gathering in -another part of the city, and made
a rush. The Eighth Regiment, from Fort Bliss, arrived
ust in time to halt them.
Rxh-i?aez and Almeida Detd.
Reports of further massacres con
tinue . to' filter in. David 1 Kramer,
father of Bert Kramer, previously
reported killed, is reported to have
'been executed.''. . .-. B ,-.'
. The 'death of General i Rodriguez,
the Villiata chief,, is confirmed, by
"'Carransa' authorities. .With 40 aids,
Rodriguez attempted to burn the
Pnai-cnn tninfnir nlknt at Mladero.
They twere surrounded by Mexicans
; and : Americans, .and .Rodriguez and
-Almeida "were executed. ,Their fol
lowers, are expected to meet the
'.same fate.
, CONGRESS WROtTGHT. UP.
Washington. D. O, Jan. 14. Offi-
cial Washington is seething over the
Mexican' affair. The repotted parti-
rfeaUon by American employes on
ithe Hearst rtnch, in Mexico, at Al
meida -of- forty men, it is feared, will
i deliberately provoke the Villistas'
-generaf to attack the Americans.
- General Funston is under orders
, to halt all border raids and depreda
tions. Indignant over the massacre of the
eighteen mining men, Congress is at
' white heat. An avalanche of reso
- Intions and speeches are in prospect
The administratis is Said to be pre
t pared, to head off hot-headed action.
' The, administration is considering the
' withdrawing bf air American -officials
i from Chlhuahoa j 'Durango ' and So
' nora. . It Is reported hat most of the
few. hundred Americans still in the
North of '3texk are fleeing for the
i border. Administration leaders are
; seriously concerned oyer the political
; effects of an attack on the adminis-
tratfon's -policy.,
t is reported that Carranea is to
send an: army to wipe out the ban-
dits.' ;J
Pliaefer Oceujtetien. '
(
Washington, Jan. ,14-It would
take 270,000 meff to clean op Mexi
coras Cuba was cleaned up, according
to the war colleen dans. .The force
would be omprised -of, 60,009 regu
Uafs, &0,e00 volunteers - and 20,000
marines. The regulars 5 would bear
the brunt Of . the work and -the voIuti-
i tears would he the amy of ccupc
tion. Xn expedition would start for
the- sooth 'from .Texas, the other in
land from"-Vera Crui. , :
No EipwIiUon, "IVllsea JJeterniined.
-Tl,n'ed troops -V'll-be sent
, acTVJi tne border at nrnh.
ever,, the President indicated today,
following a conference with Senator
Stone. State Department dispatches
say all Americana : in Madera bt
afe, disposing of a rumor that; 12
more had been killed. '
British Embassy Asks 1iat U. S.
V Hi Do. .. -. . -
Washington, Jaa. 14. The' British
EL
armed men heard that .Mexi
embassy ia preparing a request to
the State Department for information
regarding lihe United States' intend
ed action in Mexico, it is learned.
British Representative Holder at
Mexico City has reported that one
British subject, has been killed and
property damaged.
Up to Congress, Says Works.
Washington, Jan. 14. Sen. Works
today introduced a resolution declar
ing that the responsibility for the
United States action in Mexico rest
ed with Congress and not the Chief
Executive. It declared for interven
tion. It was the signal for hot de
bate by Lodge, Gall ingar and Stone,
Carranza After Bandits.
Carranza, in a message to Ambas
sador Arrenondoi today declared that
the bandits who massacred the Amer
icans are being pursued, -nd will
meet With condign punishment.
COTTON SALES ON
'LOCAL EXCHANGE
(Daily Free Press 14th)
About 75 bales of cotton had been
sold here today by 3 o'clock, accord
ing to weighers. Buyers stated prices
to have been 10 1-2 to 11 3-4.
5 JNew
were:
January
March .
May ...
July,..
October
York ; futures quotations
Open
.12.25
..12.45
..12.64
..12.78
..12.59
Close
12.30
12.58
12.74
12.85
12.68
BRYAN WONT OPPOSE
WILSON ON ONE GROUND
One-Term Plank Wili Not Be Rea
son: If. Commoner Fights Presi
dent's Renomination. Declares Bai
ley, Who Is Intimate Friend of the
Nebraskan, in . Washington Slate
meht Washihigton, 'Jan.: 14. Bryan has
no intention of fighting Wilson's re
nomination because . of the one-term
plank, Representative Bailey, a close
friend of the Commoner, today de
clared. - '.'-'-(..
NEBRASKANSSELL
f WOOD -ft) STOCKS :
Lincoln, Neb. Jan. i 14. Munition
makers in the ast are not the only
ones to whom tiie European war is
bringing increased incomes. Nebras
ka landowners who have walnut trees
about their homes or walnut timber
along the creeks . on their land Are
reaping a harvest. '--
PASO GIVES
ARTIAL LAW
OLD KING NICHOLAS
WEEPS AS HE SIGNS
TRUCE FOR NATION
Montenegro Virtually Out
of War; May Become
Austrian Territory
HE WOULD RATHER FIGHT
Advisors Persuade- Ruler to
Save -His Country From
Horrors That Befell Ser
bia Teuton Gunners
Had Range On Cettinje
(By the United Press)
.-Rome, Jan. 14. With Austrian ar
tillery trained .upon Cettinje, and the
gunners ready to lay the Monteneg
rin capital, in ruins, King Nicholas
has signed an armistice which virtu
ally eliminates the little country from
the war. The. aged ruler, wept as he
agreed upon the truce, which prob
ably mearis Montenegro's entire sur
render, and that the country is going
under Austrian suzerainty.
The King . wanted to take to the
mountains ' and fight , His advisors
said "that actionL would make the lit
tie country a second Serbia.
ESCAPED GERMAN
SAILORS LOCATED
Quartet Who . Escaped From Intem-
red Ships at Newport News Ar
rested Near DliPont Works in Del
aware, Says Report From Wilming
ton Were .Working As Laborers
In the Vicinity
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 14. Four
German sailors who escaped from in
terned veswels at . Newport News
have been arrested working near the
DuPont works.
YOUNG WOMAN TAKES
OWN LIFE WITH DRUG
IN DUPLIN COUNTY
(Daily Free Press 14th)
Daisy Wilson, white, suicided at
the home of a family named William
son in Duplin county late Thursday,
says a report which gave few of the
details. It is said quicksilver was
taken by the girl, who was about 24
or 25 years of age, and that she died
after physicians, who were helpless
in the case, had arrived. She was a
native of Wayne county, and was
staying with the Williamsons as a
maid or cook, it is said.
Persons in Pink Hill, the nearest
town to the scene of the supposed
suicide, knew very little about it to
day. They stated that the William
son family resided six miles from
Pink Hill. The causes for Miss Wil
son's act has not been ascribed so
far as is known.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
TWO BRITISH SHIPS
AGROUND.
Norfolk, Jan. 14. Three tugs
are endeavoring to pull the Brit
ish steamer Oilfield off a bar in
Hampton .Roads, where ahe la
aground. The British steamer
Priestfield Is also ashore, near
Cape fleary.
THREATEN STRIKE IF
v CONSCRIPTION PASSES.
Lodon,-Jam..l4-The Nation- ;
al Railway Men's Union, one of
the strongest labor organiza
tions, today defied the govern
ment -to enact the conscription -,
hUl wlten it passed a drastic res-.
lotion, threatening a strike. .
NO -SENSATION WILL
FOLLOWlQUEST AT
G0LDSB0R0, STATED
. . a t . :!
Coroner Terms Reports of
Lynching f Richards
"Rot"
NO ARRESTS EXPECTED
No one But Members of the
Mob Know Who Strung
Negro Up Northern
Press Overdid Account
of Affair
(Special to The Free Press)
Goldsiboro., Jan. 14. Coroner Stan
ley today expressed regret over what
he terms "rot" printed in State m-
pers to the effect that he would ex
pose a number of the lynchers of
John Richards, confessed murderer
of Anderson T. Gurley. The official
told the editor of the Daily Argus
here tiiat it was impossible for him
to name anyone connected with' the
lynching on Wednesday morning.
There i not the slightest thing to
base an accusation even of suspects
opon. The stringing up of the ne
gro occurred at an hour when the
streets were clear of all persons ex
cept a few policemen and the lynch
ers. No one, the coroner is quoted as
saying, other than members of the
mob, knows who comprised the party.
The coroner's jury ia to meet to
dlay to conclude the inquest. The
jury had not assembled at noon. The
verdict, there is every reason to be
lieve, will be that Richards came to
his death at the hands of parties un
known.' - ' "" ;
The story sent out that steel-jack-st
bullets had been dug out of the
tree upon which Richards was hanged,
indicating that militia rifles has been
used in shooting at the victim, is de
clared to be the farthest thing from
the truth. No government-owned ri
fle has been taken from either of the j
local armories, omcers, who are in
dignant over the report, say. There
are other makes of ammunition, they
point out, that is steel-jacketed.
Reports of the- lynching printed in
Northern papers are creating amuse
ment here. How 500 men, masked
and armed to the teeth, overpowered
the Sheriff and his deputies, Jtook
Richards to a point near town and
lynched him while he screamed, for
the murder of a wealthy planter, is
told by one report printed in many
papers. "There was wild excitement,"
according to the story. Gurley was
not wealthy, there was not more than
a hundred and fifty men in the party,
the lynching was so quiet that not
a person living around the jail or the
place where the man was hanged knew
it was going on, and no one has been
heard to testify that the negro
screamed. There was certainly lit
tle excitment. The one officer the
moib encountered gave them little
trouble.
Richards, it is now about conclud
ed, was shot to death before the rope
got in its work,' although the man was
hanging before he was fired at.
Have Been Few Lynchings in
This Section.
ILenoir county officials today recall
ed that there have been very few
lynchings in this immediate part of
North Carolina during the past half
century. Beaufort and Craven coun
ties have had their share. . Following
an awful crime in Greene county dur
ing Reconstruction times a mob took
a party of seven or eight blacks and
a white man who were 'accused of as
ssjlting two white women, mother
and daughter, to the bridge over Moo
cas: on river at Snow Hill and broke
the skulls of all with a hatchet The
bodies were thrown into the stream.
One of the victims recovered con
sciousness and made his way to the
shore. It was bitter cold, and the
man cried for help. It was not help
that he received. The mob finished
its work. At a bridge over Neuse ri
ver about where the "Iron bridge
now is, during the tame year, it is
said, although those who remember
the occasion are not certain, of the
date .nor the number of victims, four
MAN CHARGED WITH
POISONING' TATE IS
t
JAILED IN -CRAVEN
W. R. Hopewell Alleged to
Have Given Woman Poi
son last Summer
BURIED IN THIS COUNTY
Prisoner Won't Talk Mar
ried in Few Months' Time
Rumor That New Wife
Put First Husband Out of
Way Being Investigated
(Special to The Free Press)
New Bern, Jan. 14. Drs. Joseph
F. Patterson and Raymond Pollock,
appointed Ijy Superior Court to ex
hume the body of Mrs. W. R. Hope
well, alleged to have been the victim
of poison administered by her hus
band, are expected to go to a point
six rn'iies from Kinston. wnere it is
buried, on Saturday.
Hopewell refuses to say a word
about the . affair except to declare
that there is "absolutely nothing to
the charge." His present wife, who
has been suspected of the murder of
her former husband, M. F. Pugh, by
poisoning, has not been arrested. No
evidence to confirm the reports about
her has been secured.
Details of Alleged Crime.
New Born, Jan. 14. W. R. Hope
well is in the Craven county jail here
charged with poisoning his wife last
summer. The crime is alleged to
have occurred in June, but Hopewell,
a Bridgeton- man, was not arrested
until Wednesday night. The grand
jury had spent a considerable time
in ves titrating Mrs. Hopewell's death
and returned a true bill against the
husband. There had been gossip
concerning Hopewell ana tne wom
an's death for some time.
Mrs. Hopewell was before her
marriage in 1901 Miss ltachel 1'ar
sons of Lenoir county. She was ill
four or five days before death. Her
life was insured. The insuring com
panies are understood to have hesi
fnieil over payment of the policies.
In October Hopewell and Mrs. Han
nah Pugh, a widow, were married.
The first Mrs. Hopewell was buried
in Lenoir county. It is intimated
that Mrs. Pugh also poisoned her
husband. Mai. F. Pugh. The grand
jury is investigating.
Hopewell declines to talk about
the case, which has called to mind
the famous Casey case of a few years
ago, in which Leona Casey was sen
tenced to State's prison for the poi
soning of her first husband, Joseph
Whitty, in order that she might mar
ry Buyill Casey. Casey also was
convicted and sent to the peniten
tiary. Hopewell, it is charged, gave his
wife arsenic. It is understood that
the body will be exhumed for an ex
amination. A commission has been
appointed to do this. Counsel for
the accused has expressed willingness
for it, in order, it is stated, that the
client's case may be strengthened.
CAPT. AHRENS DEAD.
Charlotte, Jan. 13. Capt. F. W.
Ahrens, mayor of Charlotte from
1867 to 1869, and prominent here,
died at his home this morning at 3
o'clock.
or five men were lynched. They were
the members of an outlaw gang, most
or all of them negroes. The whole
sale lynching terminated a career of
crime which would shock the Nation
in th period of history. They, too,
wer "brained" by hatchets in the
hands of a mob. Once, about SO
yean ago, a party came here from
a rural township in this county to
lynch a rapist. A big dance was in
progress, however an all night af
fair with hundreds present. The mer
rymaker saw from the windows of
the second story of the Courthouse,
where the dance was being held, that
the would-be lynchers had gathered
in front of the jail. The officials
were notified, and nipped the attempt
in the bud. ' . . . i ,' . ,- :
6LANKENBURG AND J ITCH EL fM ATTEND
ANNUAL CONVENTION DFHAYORS OF THE
CAROLINA!) HERE DURING COMING SPRING
t
Infinite Announcement of Selection of Kinston for the
Meeting Place of Carolina Municipal 'Association
Nearly Hundred Chief Burgesses, CeoncUmcn" and
Commissioners Expected to Be Here Chamber of
Commerce to Entertain Kinston to Make Big Show,
Especially of Remarkable Paving Program One of
the Most Influential Organizations of Local Officials
In the Nation
DEATH CLAIMS GRIM
OLD HUERTA, BALKS
AMERICAN JUSTICE
Passed Out On Night of
Day Set for Trial On '
Conspiracy Charge
EVENTFUL CAREER ENDS
"Efficient atchful Wait
ing," He Said When Sol
diers Took Him Left
Great Fortune Grave
for Enemies
(By the United Press)
El Puso, Jan. 14Victoriano Huer
ta, former dictator 'ofMwrtCo7 dfed
here last night A recent operation
bnd old age combined caused his
death. He was under virtual arrest
for his part in an alleged conspiracy
to start a revolution from American
soil, and his trial, which his condi
tion would not permit to be called,
was to have been started yesterday.
With elaborate irony Huerta had
remarked when arrested by Federal
officers and soldiers at Newman,
Texas, "Ah, American soldiers to
jrroet me. That is very nice. Efn-
ient watchful waiting!" With the
passing of the grizzled soldier, tne
meteoric career of Mexico's last dic
tator who sought to rule with a mail
ed fist ibecomes history. Huerta be
lieved -the best place for an enemy
was the grave. He loved whisky.
Pain held no terror for him. Once a
cataract over one eye blinded him.
No anesthetic was applied at the op
eration. "Cut it off!" he command
ed. Huerta. after' the trouble with the
United States at Vera Cruz, relin
quished the dictatorship in June,
1914, going to Paris. He is said to
have left $60,000,000 in Paris.
Huerta was born in 1857 of well-to-do
parents of Spanish and Indian
ancestry. He was educated at Cha
pultepee military academy. He be
came' a general between 1892 and
1902, which years he. spent in sur
veying in Mexico. He declared him
self provisional president February
18, 1913. Madero and Suarez were
slain during his incumbency.
GOING ON IN NEARBY
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
(Daily Free Press 14th)
Craven county has no coroner. Dr.
Walter Watson, who held the posi
tion, resigned some weeks ago. His
successor will be chosen next month,
probably.
A new steamer line is to be estab
lished between Washington and Swan
Quarter by the New Holland Boat
Line, Inc. '
Clayton Lancaster of Vancebore,
who was charged with store-breaking
at that town has been cleared in
Superior Court at New Bern. Lan
caster Is white. V
Big meat packing concerns are
writing farm demonstrators in 'this
section to request them to encourage
the raising of hogs for Northern and
Western markets, ' especially in the
winter months. i
(Daily Free Press 14th)
Mayor John Purroy Mitchel of New
York or Mayor Blankenburg f Phil
adelphia, or possibly both of them,
will attend the annual convention of
the Carolina Municipal Association
to be held here in the coming Spring,
it is expected. The first intimation
that the big meeting would, be held
here was given to the public today,
when Mayor Fred. Sutton, who ia
treasurer of the Association, stated
to The Free Press that it .had
been definitely decided to honor, Kin
ston with the presence of nearly 100
officials of North and South Caroli
na cities for a two or three days'
gathering. Both Mayors Blaokenburg
and Mitchell will be invited, as
well as other persons . of national
note. Officials of the Association
have every reason to believe, says
Mayor Sutton, that both the. New
York and Philadelphia chief burges
ses will accept. Mayor Mitchell ia
called "the boy mayor,", and i prin
cipally f known for. his courage and
cleanness as a politician. Mayor
Blankenburg's municipality ' has tk
enjnany Jrtgpj . orwftrdjiacaJbia ten- -.
ure of office. The police foree -snider
three separate teonnhtsBionsT-fc0llce.
public service and parks 4s, accept
ed to be the most perfect , in the
country. Health education meetings
are held in all, parts of 'the city, the
traffic regulations, are a standard for
the nation, and .safety aonea on the
streets are the Mayor's especial hob
by, it is said, as well as municipal
concerts and other things. in, which
he takes an interest. -.-
' The executive committee of the as
sociation will meet in a few days to
perfect '-the program andf set the
dates. Kington's Chamber, of Com
merce will take the matter of enter
tainment in hand. There will he au
tomobile trips over the good roods of
the county,, shad and brunswkk
stews, oyster roasts and barbecues
for the mayors and others. The -ses
sion will be he'l in a public place.
At the lust annual conventions-held
in Charlotte, there were about ; 60
mayors present. This "year it ia in
tended to urge the attendance of
mayors pro tem, and councikaen,
commissioners, , etc., so that, every
city, and town of .any importance in
the two Carolirms can be represent
ed. It is the first time that the r As
sociation has condescended to meet
in a city of this size, but then,. Kin
ston has been in thet public eye; for
the past year or two. And the city,
says Mayor Sutton, , will, d itself
proud. It will act for the occasion
as did Singletary, the U. ofN. C.
football star, who before ' a famous
game with. U.. of Pa. i declared, ;that
though he weighed only 175 r 180
pounds, he would make every man he
tackled think he weighed 250. r Sin
gletary broke five ritw. Kinston will
burst clear out of harness if, neces
sary to look large in the eyes of the .
hosts. , , ; . '
The Carolina municipal . Associa
tion is one of the most influential or
ganizationa of its kind in the oun
try. A large number of farmer may-
ors are among its-members. -.Mayor
T. J. Murphy of Greensboro is firesi-'
dent. For the first 'time. Eastern
Carolina officials re expected do be '
in attendance ia aome number upon
a meeting. .; ,v . ...
' Kinston has some things that will
interest them to shew 'the men, who
will be its guests, too. They will sea - :
under construction the -most extens
ive paving program undertaken.iy a
town Of this size solely on its ewn m
sources in the world during the, pasj
.decade. - ' - . v." " -
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