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youxxxV-No. 6
KINSTON, N, Cn SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916
MHCE FIVE CTIOB
llllllMG lETtE 11 fROKI PRESIDENT
HARD FIGHTING IN
UNITED STATES CAN
SAM SMALL TO HAKE
tlllMlDSOSIETllli TO W
ADDRESS THIS CITY
STATEAT?le,'H7
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TAKE UP OFFENSIVE
OF CENTRAL GOVT'S
ON NEXT WEDNESDAY
EXECUTIVE WTEE
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HEN W CALL
ORDER
FOR MEETING
OF TARIIEEt LAYEIEN
Rev. J. C. Dale, Col. Half ord
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"PTlsbh flaa Askca Ilim td Draw Carefully the ftistinc
tipn JtWceh Personal Views and Tnose of Admlriis-
xiiotr lit Sptch to U.
fopfiesslsitl!eiiieiin
StarjHe'3 by Action of Secretary Thursday NigR
Preckenrfdge Followed Chief President Made UpTlis
t ind lii tfuick Order Speculation As to Successor-
Chief of Staff Scott In Charge of Department
'u (By the Eastern Press)
Washington, Feb. 11. Major General Hugh Scott,
Chief of Staff of the Army, is acting Secretary of War
Vyhile the President makes, up his mind as to who he tvill
choose to be the successor of Lindley.M. Garrison, whos
Resignation last night startled Washington. . Therep
trruch speculation i Over MiV Garrison's successor
Consideration of the incompatible differences be
tween the retiring War Secretary and the President re
garding national defense indicates that Garrison regard
ed the differences as of principle and not of methods, the
"?tterA wends ;sa4ptherwise, he would not have i-e-sif&
IheVHKThfev declare, that : this Opinion .is
borne out by the fesijjhatioh of Assistant Secretary H.
. S. Breckenridge immediately his chief had stepped down.
" . The Secretary is known to have considered as humili
ating a reouest from the President that the speech he
was scheduled tb deliver yest$fday bet 'the Rational
Chamber, of Conlnierce draw carefully the distinction be
tween Mr. Garrison's personal views' and those of the
Administration. s, - . I : ' i',
. The Secretary considered the Clarke amendment lb
the Philippine Bill, giving the islanders charge of their
affairs in from two to four Vears.as abandonment of the
duty of the Nation. He also believed the passage of t.Ve
Hav Bill, putting national defense into the handa of the
; Action upon the Secretary's resignation was decided
upon Dy, treswent ison siii
i Ila v Savs Defense Won't Be
' . Washington Feb. ,11. Secretary Garrison's resigna
tion vurnave no ettect on tjongress, Kepresentative HaV,
chaifman of the Military committee, today declared.! He
said the committee will go ahead with its affairs and that
the resignation would not prove a blow to the general
cause of defense. w ?i
Successor ttt Be Named Sottn. .
Washington, Feb. : 11. Announcement : of Garrison's
successor will be made in a day or two, Democrats of the
House of Representatives believe. They think he will be
-a-man who can work with the representatives, they sayk,
Daniels Was ShoCke'd by News.
r Secretary Dahiels today declared that his relations
with Mr. Garrison Tiad beeh so friendly and cordial, and
that fie entertained so high a regard for him that he
deeply regretted his resignation. He said the report of
Mr. -Garrison's action came to him as a shock.
Garrison Has Quit Politics, Says.
ew York, Feb. 11. Former Secretary Garrison de
clared here today that he has retired from politics. If e
would not for a moment entertain the idea of taking the
stump against the President, he said. 1 t
Cabinet Expresses Regret. . . . c
. Washington, Feb. 11. The Cabinet at its meeting to
day expressed regret over- the resignation of Secretary
Garrison. : The President, this, aftejuoon issued a formal
order designatingGeneral Scott acting Secretary of Wat
imtil Garrison's successor has been appointed and qual
ified.
SiAtt. in Charre at Denartment. I
:Wntiinirtn. Ifeb, 11 Maior-Gen-
erai Scott," chif of staf .of- the ar
my, automatically became Secretary
of War' ad interim when Secretary
. Garrison resigned yesterday because
the President would not support
"irrevocably" the continental ' army
idea, and Assistant Secretary Breck
enridge followed suit out of sympa
thy with Mr. Garrison.
The President -accepted boUrtes
ijmationa immediately. ..
' !7""tion of Garrison Surprise.
ocreury Garrison's resignation
was a great surprise in the Capital.
He ri-' 1 left tae city sdme hours be
fore t..e announcement was made,
t ut it was generally thought that he
1)1 ?ne to New York to accompa
ny I' 5. Garrison to Cat city.
IV .:: r.t Wilson 1 .tj written the
f y tV.it la was in favor of
t ' " cf t';e r 'litary forces
' ' ? Nation, Lut tliat he could
' Cargre? no "specific
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Between ivb Washington
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I hopelessly . d isagree," ; he wrote
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NATIONAL CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE ADJOURNS
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(By tha United Pres
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Wsflingt6n, Feb. 11 R. G. ,
Rhett former mayor of Charles- '
tdn, S. A banker, was elected s
' president of ; the Chamber of .
Commerce of the United States
at the concluding meeting today.
Resolutions Adopted. ; i
; Wasnrr.gtdft, Feb. I0v The Cham
ber of Commerce- of : the United
States closed its -three-day annual
convention here today with the adop
tion of resolutions calling upon the
railroads and their employes to ai
just their wage controversy by arbi
tration, and the ratification of ft pro- j
gram for national defense which
proposes universal military training,
an i.-teres"t?d navy and the creation
of a c j '1 of ntional defense , to
nu.l-i'.;.. v.'. - :i ru t .11, all the na-
:, f.,!,un, industrial,
iMiunierci..
e l sj'cnt
Action Spreading All Along
Lines In France and Bel
giumSlavs Are Fiercely
Pounding at Austrian
Front in Eastern theater
(By the United Press)
London, Feb. 11. Purtous .fight
ing is spreading all along the western
front, it is reported. The Russians
are furiously attacking along the
eastern Austrian front
Austrian Occupy Dufatzo.
Vienna, Feb., 11. Austrian troops
have occupied Durazzo without being
resisted.
French Attick Smyrna.
1 -.jPrhi, Fk' U.-FJ-ench aviatohi
attacking Smyrna killed more than
150 of the Turkish "garrison. It is re
ported, y ' : ;
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NO MORE SUFFERING
8 FOR MM FANCHER
Woman Who Had Been In Bed Half
Century as Result of Accident Was
Hopeful of Hairing President Vi)
son With Her on Fiftieth, Anniver
sary Died Today Was . Cheerful.
' ' (By the tJn'lted Press
New York, Feb. 11. MolUe Fan
cher, who recently Invited the Pre
ident to be her guest on the fiftieth
anniversary of her being bed-riddel),
instead died today. She was Injured
while riding when 17 years of age,
and bad never been out of her bed
since. She was noted for her chee?
fulness. . a
NAYAE RESERVES Ml ,
PLAY felGGER PART NOW
Washington, Feb. 10. Plans for
the training of the naval militia of
the country on a far broader scheme
than ever before attempted, have
been worked out by Secretary Dani
els. The naval militia in the South
Atlantic and Gulf States coasts. will
have practice cruises on destroyers
with Key West, Fla.. as a base, while
a fleet of Teserve battleships, carry
ing the reserves and militia from all
parts of the country will participate
in the summer - maneuvers of At
lantic and Pacific fleets if Congress
approves the necessary expenditures.
MORE WATERPOWER ON l"
THE CATAWBA RIVER
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.Statesville. Feb. 10. Another tre
mendous water power development
on the Catawba fiver is in prospect.
Mr. R. H. McNeill, a Washington at
torney, who is now in Statesville, Is
Securing options on property along
the river for northern capitalists' who
contemplate the building of a mam
moth, dam and power .plant at what
is .known as the Letter and Clark
water power, 12 miles from States
ville. . t . , - ,
STATE HAS FIFTY
' ; F0UR NEW LAWYERS
(Special to The Free Press)
Kaleigb, Feb. 1J Fifty-four ap
plicants, for license to practice law
have been granted certificates by the
Supreme Court. Fifteen applicants,
including three negroes, failed. One
woman, Miss Lillian E. Clement Of
Asheville, was among those . who
passed. , 1 , ;
No license was granted to a Lenoir
county applicant .!.,-
roniiAi ACTION TO
- 'HETjUH SUGAR TAX
(TJy the United Press)
Washington, Feb. 11. Democrats
of the Ways and Means Committee
today took formal action to continue
the present duty on sugar, and are
ready to place the matter before the
Putting Armed Aletchant
Ships In Class With War
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LONDON SEES TROUBLE
Predicts More Difficulties
Between This Nation and
Vienna and BerlinAm
ericans May Be Warned
Keep Off Armed Craft
the United Tress.)
Washington, Feb, ill. The United
States, it is stated tipon highest au
thority, cannot protest the announced
policy of the Teutonic-powers to sink
ing armed merchantmen after March
1 without warning. -. It is teemed cer
tain that this government will issue a
wifnW to citiieha hot t to travel on
belligerent shins carrying guns of tiny
30rt. Announcement by the State De
partment accepting the Teutonic clas
sification would mean that armed lin
ers could Only enter American porta
once in eix months, and stay only 24
haars. ,
T It ie admitted ths.t the Austro-Gat-
man crder may seriously cripple the
export trade of te United States.
London Predicts Trouble. yi
London, Feb. llv New Issues grave
for those revolving around the Lusl
tania incident may arise between the
United States and the Central..? ow
ers s the result of the announce
ment that all armed enemy merchant
vessels will be. treated as warships by
the latter, it is' believed Jiere.-; - ,q ,
Ambassador'a io'Get Formal
Word today. . (
Washington, Feb; Jl."-Ambassa
dor Gerard probably today will be
handed Oermany's formal announce
ment of its intention td attack armed
merchantmen without warningaft er
March 1. Ambassador Perefleld at
Vienna is expected to be given a
similar message, it is said at - the
German embassy., IfTs thought that
the State Department may shortly
make an announcement disclaiming
responsibility for Americans 'travel
ing on armed merchantmen. i
PEACE MEETINGS IN
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Berne Conferees Believes
a -Fortnlg-ht's Armistiee
Could I Be Made Per ma"
itent Delegates at Stock-
'? r,
(By the United Press)
Berne, Switzerland, Feb. 11- The
first definite move to end the world
war was made today by the Perman
ent Committee to Establish Lasting
Peace. .It met to formulate propos
als for an armistice. -The commit
tee hopes to secure a two-weeks' let
up, after which it is believed the war
never will start again.
Ford Tribunal Meets In Sweden.
(Stockholm, Feb. 11. With Mayor
Lihdhagen presiding, the Ford Peaqe
conference opened here today. :
CUUCTIilS
(By the United Press)
APPAM TO REMAIN IN
GERMAN HANDS.
, Washington, Feb. . 11-The '
President has agreed, it is under
stood, to Secretary Lansing's de
cision presented him today that
the Appam is to remain in the
hands of the German command
er. . ' -.
SWISS
Noted Georgian to Lecture
In 87 N. C. Cities and
towhs In Interest of An
ti-Salooh League, Is An
hbuncement
Rev. Sam W, Small, the noted an
tl-saloon orator of Atlanta, will lec
ture here on Wednesday. February
16. Mr. Small Is to tour North Caro
lina in the interest of prohibition, it
was announced by the Anti-Saloon
League of North Carolina today. He
will visit 8? towns in the State.
Dr. Small is an acknowledged mas
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tef of geriumo 'platform "work.- He
is one of the class to which belong
ed Cough, Talmage, Sam Jones, De
Motte and Copeland. He has an en.
cyclopedic store of "humor, - wit ..'and
playful sarcasm.'- His lectures are on
solid thetnes of' timely Importance
always, . but bis. unique . manner in
treating N them affords an entertain
ment ;of. delightful character. That
accounts for the-prominence and en
during popularity -of 6am Small with
American audiences, say his friends.
BLAMES BATTERIES FOR
VSllBRlARINE EXPLOSION
New York, Feb. 10. Responsibili
ty for the explosion upon the subma
rine fcl-2, at tho New York Navy
Yard, whfch resulted m five deaths,
was placed upon the Edison Storage
BatteryCompany by Lieut C- ; W.
Nrmitz, counsel for Lieut. Charles
M. Cooke, commander of the vessel,
who summed up the evidence in the
case this afternoon before the Naval
Board of Inquiry. . v , i
A PROHIBITION BILL
THAT HITS CAPITAL'S
BARBERS AND BAKERS
Washington; Feb.' il.-The Wasi'
Ihgtoh man wjho keeps bay rum for
his hair and the housewife who puts
vanilla' In the angel cake are' both
likely to be visited by the Metropot-
ital police if Sehator Sheppard'a pr9-
hibition bill for the District of Co
lumbia becomes a law. . .
, The bill not only prohibits the man
ufacture, sale of giving awBy of li
quor, but it provides that the mere
possession of liquor shall be deemed
sufficient evidence to convict a person
of selling it y ,
Five wholesale druggists only are
to be allowed to sell wood, grain or
denatured alcohol.' Anyone buying it
must make an affidavit that he is 21,
not of intemperate habits and not
addicted to the tis of narcotic drugs.
To obtain wine for sacramental
purposes priests and ministers are
required to make application to the
District ' Commissioners, v specifying
for what sacramental purposes, the
wine is necessary, and bow long the
qucntity applied for will last
THE ODDEST STORY ; ; :
IN THE DATS NEWS
HarrisWg, Pa., Feb. 11. Dauph
in county had difficulty getting rid of
Its' discarded gallows, useless since
Pennsylvania ha adopted electrocu
tion for capital punlBhment. Finally
a colored kindling wood dealer who
wa.'n't Superstitious ' paid CO cnf
Time ahd Place of Holding
Democratic : Convention
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to Be Determined at the
Meetin;ih Sdtaate Cham
ber, Raleigh, March 8th
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New , Bern, Feb. ll.-Democratic
State Chairman (Thomas D. Warren
today issued a call for a meeting of
the Executive Committee in Raleigh
at 8 p. 'to. on Wednesday,' March 8,
in the Senate chamber, for the pur
pose of transacting the , following
business: .'---'V ' ',: v ;
To fix the time and place of hold
ing the State convention to fix a
common day on which All precinct
meetings ahd primaries (where not
provided for by law) shall be held
for election of delegates to the coun
ty conventions'; to fix common day
for the holding of county conven
tions for the purpose of declaring
the results of the precinct meetings
or primary elections xttl for ascertain
ing the choices of all elector in mass
conventions (where not otherwise
provided for by law) or for appoint
ing delegates to ' the State, - Congres
sional, Judicial and State Senatorial
conventions; to decide upon the man
ner, by which delegates and alter
nates,, to, the Democratic National
convention and . the Democratic Na
tional convention shall . be selected,
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ana w proviae necessary- ruiea ana
regulations :.,eng;Mleetlqn
of same; .to transact all other bsi-
ne'ss that may come before the com.
mittea, ' ,, (
MODERN RIP FOUND
IN BEAUFORT :KNEW
NOtHING ABOUT WAR
(By tihe Eastern Press)
Washington, Jt C, Feb. 11. W.
H. , Mayo, a leading planter of ' th,e
lower part of Beaufort county, de
clares that he has discovered a mod
ern Rip Van Winkle in the South
Creek section. Thomas Jenkins, an
elderly hermit, did not know until
yesterday that there was a, war in
Europe. Jenkins came to the sec
tion twenty years ago,' no one knows
from where, and has cultivated ; no
acquaintances. He makes ne or two
trips a year to the city for supplies.
He is apparently a man of consider
able intelligence., Ha, resides miles
from his nearest neighbor. , ,. j
Mayo was passing and dropped in.
The conversaljlon lagging, he brought
nn tfh mihiWh hint tfca
jfar j isj that?" ' asked Jenkins. Hi
was gteatly surprised when inforra-
w ..ujni, tivurty . varee-ioufl-ina oi; ma
world was fighting, h "And it'a Geiri
many! is itX" he asked. He" .thought
Queen Victoria was;' still ruling Eng
land,' and had not "stopped' to think"
that Roosevelt's second term must
have expired, "Who is this, fellow
Wilson??, he wanted to know.
DURHAM MAN IS NEW
- v; VICE-PRESIDENT OF
AMERICAN "TOB. CO.
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(Special to The Free Press) '
' Durham, Feb. 1L Julius H. Mah
ler of this city has been elected act
ive vice-president of the American
Tobacco Company, with ; offices' ' in
New York. . Ilia salary will be $25,
000 ' per annum. Mr. Mahler . auc-
ceeds ,T. B..Yuille, resigned after
four, years in office. . ,
Mr. Mahler ., Is a native of this
State and 3. years of age. He has
been in the tobacco business many
years. For fourteen years be has
been associated with the Durham
branch of the A.' T. Co.
ASHEVILLE MAN CUT
. THROAT; APT TO DIE
Asheville, Feb, 10. Dae Jloore, of
West Asheville, married, and. the fa
ther of four children, today cut 1
throat with a razor. It ii t
that the T' '-1 w . !
! rva
j ahd I3r. lIcnflerMAi'
"poW Today '
LATIN - AK1ERKW KEED
Described by Minister Who
Spent Many 'Years in
Mexico OverfloV Meet
' inks This Af ternbon De
hominatiorial (Meetings
nT D. T "EDWARDS.1
Free Press Staff Correspondent.
Greensboro, Feb. llWoxkw per
meated by . thought and transformed
by prayer is the one means of ac
complishing jthe great, work ahead of.
the Church,, declared Dr D Clay Lil
ly in opening the morning session of
the State Convention .of the Laymen's
Mission, Movement. , Songs,,,,. Bible
texts, and sentence prayers prepared
the great body of laymon present for
the work of the morning.; - .
, The. first, speaker.-was. Rev. J. C.
Dale, missionary secretary, fox ' the
Associate (i,vReformed Presbyterian
Church, who discussed the oall ef La
tin-America in an exceedingly enter
taining and instructive way. Mr.
Dale spent 1$ years as missionary i
Mexico jiod but foe thja troubled, con
iition. wou1d... fc- there jiow. JIv
t tatin-Ameriva Je not
L,..,, h rvurri,aa., nimoniTv
efforts, He arraigned the 'Roman Ca
tholic Church, as,-responsible for the
appalling conditions existing in -Latin-America,
"and declared that . the
people, are breaking away from its
clutches,., and hence, the, opportunity
for protestantism. , , i -.. i
Mr. .Dale (was followed by Col. E.
W. Half ord, ' soldier,, (-editor s and
statesman, vice-chairman of the Lay
men's Missionary Movement' of the
United States , and .. Canada. He
spoke on tie. "open, door for laymen"
and showed 4vp the apathy of the lay
men and. the great need -for; them j to
awaken,, to, ther duty and privilege
in. reference to Qod'a, kingdom, Ha
cited any facts; for laymen. "The
world Is . .in a" universal movement
toward Deraocracy,JVJie said. JUia
sions is essentially a democratic en
terprise, i Jdissionairy enterprise be
comes the mother of business. He
spoke iorcefuuy and wraiiy. vf s
The next, speaker j was Dr. J. H,
Henderson of Cbattanooga,i mission
ary secretary for the Southern Bap
tist convention, who fspoke , on "fin-
aping, the kingdom." used a
blackboard outline, in giving a. com
prehensive treatment of, his subject,
and vwas heard , with much, ,, interest 1
and practical benefit The convention .
decided, to, have, the outline printed
In, if.ana.a1 ImA ', 'v. . .... X: ,r. .
Denominational conferences are to
be held thia afternoon, an4 (wo over
flow meetings besides, the main meet-
DANIELS APPiOYES
cms,:dis:.iissAi;
Washington, ..Feb. Y 1L--Secretary
Daniels today approved the academ
ic board's order for the dismissal, of
82 cadets of , Annapolie, who failed
in their, examinations,. . . .r,1-. .:.v-.-
REPORT OF TODAY'S
COttOIl tlARKET
' ' Free 'Press ibfL is
The little cotton sold here today
brought - - fair prices; Receipts were
small, however, as has been the case
all the week. New York futures
quotations were: - Open Close
March' .. 12.00
May .. ...12.19
July .. ...........12.34
Octoi)er '.. ...........12.C3
December ,. 12." )
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