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VOL. XXXV No.' 69 - . . KINSTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1916 PRICE FIVE CENTS
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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 " '
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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
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(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.
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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.
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(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
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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
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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
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(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.
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; 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.
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