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.Free ruin-1? ... - f6 I II ' ' ' . , ,1 I ' I, i ' I I I I m i i i 11 1 ia i i i i mi ! iii i i 1 iii i iii i i f . - PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK-WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS ' ' ' l v ; : ' VOL. XXXV No.' 69 - . . KINSTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1916 PRICE FIVE CENTS 1 QUN NOT UIIY mm THE ARID t: Americans Taking the Risk Must Suffer the Conse- quences, Stated PUBLIC DEMANDS ACTION Warning to the Passengers Against Sailing on Es pagne, Due at French Port Three Days After New Rule Is Effective By CARL W. ACKERMAN, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlini . 22. I here is no evi dence in Berlin of a desire to with held submarine warfare because of the American protests. .The feeling here is that Americans must suffer the consequences if they embark" on irmtd , merchantmen. The public at the new kind of warfare. The "patjvnt" attitude during the Lusi fsaia negotiations has ceased because f the feeljng that America is hinder ing Germany's plans. Wartoiag to Prospective Fsaagne Passengers. Jtfew York, Fb. 22. Anonymous letters warning them against sailing on the liner Espagne have been re ceived by Americans. The liner sails Thursday, and must pass out through the wr- zone after March 1, being due at Bordeauv on March 4. Warn ing Vs published by Mrs. F. Banker HiHUMU .who received a copy. The htearnehip officials are investigating. Cranks Doing the Warning, Sr Embassy. -. Washington, Feb. 22Notice is be " ing stmt to England by the British mbsisy warning Englishmen not to takfl passage from there on the E agns Tho German., embassy be tffVM the scars to be the work of cranks. . - Litiuilaf-Bentstorff Conferences m Ead, '. ,. ,.: : Washington, Veb. 22. An end to the informal negotiations between 8ssrtary Lansing and Ambassador Von Bflffitstarf f is inevitable, it is be lisd.. ' This -government has dis patched a final formal rote to Ger many emphasizing the need of une quivocal assurances regarding sub marine warfare practically decided on by the United States administration. Ohm thin might intervene the ar rival $f definite assurances that the merchantmen decree will not become effective on March 1. The decree must be made to fit the . promises Hade in the Lusitania case, i It is said the administration be lieves the confidential discussions be tween, Secretary Lansing and Von Bernstorff have outrun their useful tress in View of the bad personal feel ; ing supposed to be existing between the two. Wilson t Gjrf Public News. Washington, Feb. 22, The Presi dent "and Secretary Lansing confer t red today for half an hour on ' the LusitanJa negotiations. ), Mr .Wilson s planning to give more of the for eign negotiations to the public. His iriends have urged him to let the country know how the situation now elands " ' mm BREAKS BONES "SXICGCf GERMANY . Jj CABL W. ACKERMAN. ' v (United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin,' Feb. 22, Ambassador Ger ard's collarbone was broken and a leg injured while skiing at Munich. He is fceing rushed to Berlin. He will be taken to a hospital, where an X-ray examination will be made. v SAY J tl tlUAUXEE .a (By the United Press) Ainwaukee, Feb. 22. The police have been notified by Chicago infor- tnation that Jean Crones, the plotter, is hiding in Milwaukee. soup FEDERATION OF THE NATIONAL GUARD Compromise for the Continental Ar ' my Farther Than Garrison .Rec ommended In Providing for MHi : Ury Reserve Supplies The First Year's, Program Calls for About $174,000,000 v Washington, Feb. 21. National preparedness ' legislation took a long step forward in Congress today when the House Military Committee reach ed a practical agreement on the out line of the army bill it will unani mously present for passage. Chair man Hay was authorized to frame the measure, which is a compromise for the continental army plan advo cated by former Secretary of War Garrison, and President Wilson. Complete federalization of the na tional guard will be substituted for the proposed continentals, and the White House was informed during the day that the committee was a unit in supporting the plan. The measure will grant virtually the en tire program mapped out by Secre tary Garrison for the regular army and go even farther than he recom mended in providing for reserve mil itary supplies. A total peace strength of 575,000 men in the standing army and the guard combined will be pro vided for, with reserve systems to more than double the force in war. The expense for the whole establish ment this year is roughly estimated at $174,000,000. . MORGENTHAU SAYS HE WONT SUCCEED GARRISON AT WASH. i -- -. 't (By the United Press) New York, Feb. 22 Ambassa dor, Morgenthau " arrived today from Constantinople on his vaca tion. He denied rumors that he Win succeed., Garrison aa. Secre tary of War. He said he will return to Constantinople by the first of May. N. Y. SUFFRAGISTS APPEAff BEFORE THE ". "LEGISLATURE TODAY Albany, N. Y., Feb. 22. Suffrag ists and anti-suffragists are schedul ed to meet here today on a legisla tive battle ground. The Legislature has set a public hearing on the pend ing constitutional amendment, pro viding for equal suffrage. A similar referendum was defeated by last No vember's elections. The suffragists anxious to re-submit the question to the 1017 polls favor the present mea sure. , tniruenced by last fall s deieat, legislative leaders say they are "pretty busy to bother with suffrage this year." Advocates of the cause, however, have a well organized lobby in operation and refuse to be put off. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FET IN FIVE STATES Atlanta. Feb. 21. An eapth trem or of slight duration but distinct na ture that made itself felt through out Georgia, North and South Caro lina, Virginia and portions of East ern Tennessee and Alabama was re ported early tonight as having been felt at about 5:45 p. m., central time, today. In no case was any damage reported, and while in some instances persons hurriedly left buildings there was nothing in the nature of a panic. SCHOOLMASTERS WHO - ARE NOW GOVERNORS ' ADDERS EDtJCAtORS Li'. i v Detroit, Mclu, Feb, 22. Addresses by the three former school masters who are now Governors will feature the six-day mid-winter convention of the National Education Association, which began here today. They are Governor Woodbridge N. "erri of Michigan, Governor Frank B. .Willis of' Ohio and Governor Martin B. Brnmbaugh of Pennsylvania. (School superintendents -and principals from most cities in the country of more than 5,000 population were here to day for the Convention. Noted edu cators will discuss important details of education?! work. DUTCH BELIEVE AND IHMIE WAR VILi A Germany Can Do Them Lit tle Harm, They , Think, But Britain May Neth erlands River Might Be Coveted by the Victors By CHARLES P. STEWART, (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, Feb. 22. Most Hollanders draw. This information is gleaned from recent conversations with jDutch leaders at The Hague and in Rotter dam and from well-informed Hol landers here today. The Dutch believe Germany has accomplished about all nhe is going to accomplish in the war. Being in close touch wiht Germany, they real ize the Germans are suffering severe ly. Nevertheless the Dutch do not be lieve that Germany can be crushed. They think she can hold out indefin itely, no matter how terribly she may suffer andhow great the damage wrought to her people by continuing the war. The Hollanders believe both sides will find a deadlock has been reach ed and will be ready for peace about the end of the present yoaris Dutch leaders will be satisfied with this solution. They believe a decid ed victory for one side or the other would bt detrimental to Holland's in terests. They Ibelieve the victor would insist on complete control of the river Schelot, sparing off a slice of Dutch territory. The Dutch sympathize a little more with Germany than with the Allies, perhaps because of English commer cial restrictions. But they fear Eng land more' than they do Germany. They no longer consider Germany ca pable of a successful aggressive move against Holland, tout they realize the possible effects of a complete British blockade of their coast. VILLA AT HEAD OF FORCES BESIEGES A His 900 Men Outnumber the Government Troops In Guerrero Said to Have Executed 80 Prisoners Appeal for Assistance (By the United Press) El Paso, Fe!b. 22 Villa with 900 men has besieged the city of Guerre ro, it is officially reported. The com mander of. the Carranza garrison has appealed for assistance. It is said the Villistas outnumber the garrison, who are trying to hold .the town. Eighty prisoners taken by Villa near Cui are reported to have been executed.- FIVE PERSONS DIE IN BOARDING HOUSE FIRE IN NEW YORK (By the United Press) -New York, Feb. 22. Five per sons died in a fire that swept through a theatrical boarding house in W. Fortjc-foarth street today. Four were trapped in the house. The fifth man Jumped from a rear window and was killed. GERMAN SOLDIERS NOW WEAR ANCIENT HEADGEAR ' Amsterdam, Feb. 22. On account of the lack of military equipment, the German soldiers at Suderwick. on the Dutch frontier, now wear headgear dating back to 1813, which was worn by the Prussians who fought against Napoleon. This headgear is not far out of style as rompared wiflrl modem helmet. The Gern J inera nejmeis oi vK-igi DEADLOCK "CAlANZA POSITION REFUTE STATEMENT BY GREY OF GERMAN POLICY IN BELGIUM Britisher Said Teutons Had Refused to Allow Raw Materials to Go Into the Comjuered Territory 13 Not True, Said (By the United Press) Berlin, Feb. 22 Sir Edward Grey's statement that Germany has refused to aid in the industrial rehabilitation of Belgium was denied today by the semi-official North German Gazette. In a lettar to the Belgian minister in London, Grey said Germany had refused to agree to sending raw ma terials into Belgium. GREGORY'S POSITION ON CASE Of WATSON "Neither Threats Nor Slander Will Affect His Duty" Will Not Hesi tate to Institute Criminal Proceed ings Against the Georgiun If Fed eral Statutes Have Been Violuled Washington, Feb. 21. Attorney General Gregory tonight made pub lic a letter to Charles C. McCrory of Ellaveile, Ga., stating the position trf the Department of Justice in regard to prosecution of Thomas E. Wutson of that State, for alleged sending through the mails of obscene and in decent matter. The letter answers protests of Geprgia members of Con gress against' reported plans of the department to prosecute Mr. Watson outside the Slate of. Georgia on the ground thai; a air trial could not be had in that State. Mr. Gregory makes it plain that he will not hesitate to institute crimin al proceedings against Mr. Watson in other jurisdiction if he is convinced that federal statutes have been vio lated outside of Georgia, or that a fair trial cannot ibe had there. He says the Department of Justice has data to show that Mr. Watson has violated the section of the criminal code prohibiting the mails to obscene matter, and 'that neither threats nor slander will affect his duty as a pub lic official in the case. BULLETINS (By the United Press) FORD STARTS ANTI PREPAREDNESS PROGRAM. New York, Feb. 22. With dill page' advertisements in newspa pers throughout the country. Ford today opened his anti-preparedness campaign. SMALL SHIP SUNK. London, Feb. 22. The British steamer Dingle, of 580 tons, has been sunk. Several Uvea were lost There is probably only one survivor. COLLEGE RESCUES : A MUSICAL GENIUS FROM POOR (JlD AGE (By the United Presa.) ' Oxford, Feb. 22.-3tather than per mit financial poverty to stifle the 'ge nius of the ageing and world famous composer of symphonies, Edgar Still- man Kelley the Western .College for Women here has placed hint on the faculty and endowed him with a comfortable home and nothing to do but write music, The "New England Sympheny," the music, in "Ben llur," the modern music in "Macbeth," .the symphonies "Gulliver" and ? "Aladdin," and the opera, "Puritania" all are products of Kelley's pen. ; .. ; ; In a little farmhouse ' two . miles east of this city Kelly "spent two years writing "New England." - .With his wife, herself a talented musician, Kelley now lives at the col lege. He is 68 and such an indefatig able worker .that his , wife has to watch him carefully. to see that he aSSun' t forget 4.hat his dinner is sit HAMMER CLEARED OF RANDOLPH COUNTY ELECTION CHARGES Letter From Justice De partment Says W. Caroli na Dist. Attorney Is Guil ty of No Misconduct or Lack of Diligence Washington, Feb. 22. The Justice Department after investigation of charges against W. C. Hammer in connection with the Randolph county election controversy has written Hammer and Marion Butler that "there is no evidence tending to show any personal or official misconduct" upon tho part of the District Attorn ey, or any "failure to perform public dmiy." Siimuel J. Graham, Assistant Attorney-General, has sent Mr. Hammer the following letter: "The Department has considered your reply to the charges and speci fications utfecting your personal and (dk'ial conduct submitted by Messrs. Butler & Vale, attorneys for certain persons, concerning elections held on November 3, 1914, in connection with the said charges and specifications and has reached tho conclusion that there is no evidence tending to show uny personal or official misconduct upon your part or any failure by you U perform your public duty in not presenting the matter to the Federal Grand Jury. "There Is enclosed a copy of a let ter of the Department to Messrs. But ler & Vale for your information. In view of the fact that the information lias reached the Department that the inatter of these charges being fi!d against you, 'has been given publicity, permission i granted you to make s ich use of this letter and tho copy of the letter to Messrs. Butler & Vnld as vou may sec fit." POSTOFFICE TO BE D NEW U. s. LB'G Service at Federal Struct ure Wednesday Expected to Br Carried On With out Confusion Prepar ing for Removal Today (Daily Free Press, February 22) Kinston will beginning tomorrow get its mail from the United States postoflice at Queen and North streets. The postoffke force wa3 preparing to day to move from the Gordon street quarters tonfght. ,, The arrangements have been made fbr a speedy remov al,, without undue confusion. Wed nesday morning the mail will be put .up in the lock boxes in the new structure, and the carriers will set out from there just as if there had been no change. Today being a legal holiday, and the service curtailed ac cordingly! the force was able to put much in readiness for. changing the quarters tonight. The new structure is one of the handsomest Federal, buildings, in the State deyoted exclusively to postof flee purposes. Its cost completed was -around 8100,000. The furnishings are handsome, and the interior roomy and fitted with; all modern improve ments, for expeditioua handling of the mails. ... . .,. ., W. N. ROYALL DIES AT HOME IN WILMINGTON . If 4, :'-V ? 'V iiv . ' - Wilmington, Feb. 2L W. N. Roy all,, aged 64, ontil November general manager of the Atlantic Coast Line, died at Ma home : here this morning after being in declining health since August, . 1914. He began his career here forty-eeven years ago as clerk ami steadily rose in the service until his election as general manager. His funeral will be held tomorrow morning at his olJ home in T!" . COUNCIL CONSERVING JUNIOR POPULATION Frowns On Petitions of Youngsters to Be Allowed to Use Sidewalks for Skating Some Cleaning Up In Ancient Houses Possible Weyher to Supervise Electric Wiring In the lily (Daily Free Press, February 22) Mayor Sutton told tho City Coun cil at a special meeting Monday night that numerous children had petition ed him verbally to use his influence in having the anti-sidewalk skating ordinance modified. The law, the youngsters hud told Mr. Sutton, was a very disagreeable one and deprived them of a lot of innocent pleasure. The Council declined to take any ae tion, preferring to see the youngsters deprived of their innocent pastime to having their dear little necks broken, etc. Council instructed the Sariitary In spector to investigate the conditions of the old "College" and Webb build ings, well-known frame structures in the Eastern pact of the city, ami take remedial steps if any were necessary. The supervision of electrical instal lations, it was decided, shall remain a duty of Superintendent Weyher of the- Water and Light Department, thus separating the offices of plumb ing and wiring inspectors. Mrs. E. M. Hodges declared that the paving of Heritage street from Washington street to Peyton avenue would prove a great burden on her. She asked that the street not be pav ed. 8ho has a life Interest in the bet ter part of a block and paying her proportionate part for the proposed asphalting would put her to consider abia expense. The Council took no action on the protest. ,v ; ; The Mayor and City Attorney Daw son were selected to act for the city in the Conway damage case, in which; Charles Conway, a boy who wa burned in a ditch in East Kinstoit containing scalding water, and hi fathor aro understood to be asking $10,000. A compromise mayJlo ac cepted. The municipality, however, holds that if the plaintiffs are due damages they should come from the Leijoir Oil & Ice Co., from whosa plant tho city contends the water came. , j MILLIONAIRE TO BE PUT ON TRIAL TODAY FOR WHITE SLAVERY Chicago, Feb. 22. William rtufas Edwards, millionaire lumberman of St. Paul, Minn., was placed on trial in Federal Judge Landis' court here (today on a white slave charge. Edt wards is accused of transporting his former stenographer, Miss Ada 'Cox, from St. Paul to Chicago. She is a government witness. The case has been continued a dozen times. Ed wards is married and has a brand new baby 'boy at his home. His wife has stood by him staunchly. ' and his trial was postponed several times be fore the child was .born. BUILD MAKE-RELIEVE CAPITOL OF U.S. OUT OF BARS OF SOAP, ETC . . '. i (Daily Free Press, February 22) There is being erected in a show window, at the Queen street store of T. W. Mewliorn & Co. an imitation of the Capitol of the United States in soap. A decorator in the employ of the Royal Cuticle Soap Company is setting up tho miniature Capitol, and using, it is said, 50,000 cakes in the construction. The likeness is to be 15,feet in length and tall m -proportion. , . --. : : ; The display will he "unveiled" this evening at 7:30 o'clock. . The unveil ing is expected to be witnessed by a large number. , i ' f The soap building is strikingly like the magnificent edifice at Washing ton It done in green and the Na tional colors. Many electric light bulbs will illuminate the structure. Incidentally, " the builder : declares that the window display is being put up In is the finest he has aeen in North Carolina. ' ; The best price for cotton on the local market today was 10 3-4 c ' , with very Y.: :'e $ ' ?. T ; ' TO BE BESET BY FOES ON TWO SIDES, STATED British Reinforcements Are Movinp; Up Tigris to Re lieve Townsend THE ARMENIAN RETREAT Ottomans Continue to Fall Back Along Long Une- Anglo-French Squadron Shells Eppesus, Ancient Town in Asia Minor By William L. Shepherd, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Athens, Feb. 22. The ancient city of Eppesus, in Asia Minor, is the latest Biblical town to feel the war. The place has been bombarded ' hy three Anglo-French warships, say Constantinople dispatches. Four persons were killed and several were , wounded. . "' Indiana March to Relieve Townsend. London, Feb. 22. 'Falling back all along a 200 mile front, the Turks are m on acted from a new source by the movoment of largo bodies of British reinforcements up the Tigris toward Kut-el-Amara.. Well trained and fine- -ly quipped Indian troops are moving to Reinforce. General Ayimer, south east of Kut-el-Amara. As soon as the . weather permits they will advance, it , is .believed, to the aid of General Townsend, beseiged at Kut-el-Amara. The Turks are evacuating Armenia botween Ewerum and MusK -I The i Russians are following up their suc cesses in the vicinity of Khinisa, and are now advancing against, the vil-r, lages of Bash, Chifpik and Oghnat. Zeppelin Destroyed. London, Feb. 22. Paris announce ment of the destruction of , a leppe lin and Rotterdam report of heavy loss inflicted upon the Germana In , Flanders by the British were receiv ed here today with enthusiasm. Turks Bum Town Occupied by Greeks.' 1 Athens, Feb. 22. The Turkish au thorities have' fired thfc town of Voor la, on the Gulf of Smyrna, largely inhabited by Greeks. The dispatches say the town was completely destroy ed, The Greeks were warned In ad- vanee and were taken off by Greek ships. ' Germans Take 300 Prisoners. " ' Berlin, Feb. 22. The Germans have captured 800 yards of French trenches and over 300 prisoners east of Souches, it ia said officially. Big Gains by Germans Admitted. iParis, , Fob. 22.Seven German battalions in a violent attack on the French front in the Bois-Givenchy re gion carried over half a mile of firBt line and many second line tranches', it is officially admitted., They occu pied the first line- positions on a front of over 800 yards. They were repulsed from the' second line in'a counter attack. .The German losses were heavy. - r- BERG OPPOSES EVERY MOVE OF SAUNDERS Norfolk, Va., Feb. 21. U. S. Mar shal John G. Saunders of tho East ern District of Virginia, has gone to Newport News from Richmond, and taken personal charge of the situa tion growing out of the Federal Court libel proceedings instituted " against the steamship Appam by . the own ers of the vessel, which on February , 1, was brought into Hampton Roads by a Germuri naval prize Crew. Mar shal Saunders arrived yesterday and found Lieutenant Berg, commander of the Appam, in opposition to prac- . tieally his every move, and asked the assistance of Collector of the Port Hamilton, the only official Lieuten ant Berg recognizes as having au thority over the Appam. Democratic F!::e CI::" If: oil If ;i 1 i.' If 4 k. a HV rv" i. to tm-m ' ' ";.- irfii, '': ; ' tia i 1 m r 1 X : i " 1 M