North Carolina Newspapers

FREE " )'4 I. PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS VOL. XXXV-rNo. 70 KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1916 PRICE FIVE CENTS CdtKMlNATION TO Clark, Kitchin and Flood Hours Without Success Favor of Warning to Citizens Against Traveling On Armed Merchantmen Not Expected to Take Any Ac tion Until Next Week Definition of Armament ment Will Try to Avoid Base Idea of Postponement of Decree On, However (By the United Press) AVashington, Feb. 25. bill making :t illegal for Americans to travel on armed I vessels in time of war, and cans to stay oil such vessels. Senator Jones introduced a resolution requesting the President not to break off relations with any country and place the United Stated in such a position as not to be able to avoid war with honor. The Jones bill said the honor of the nation is in the in the people, through their and that it IS the duty Of the 01 Complications Which might lead to War before Con- press, lioth the Gore and " ... - Ronroaontfltive Mn pmnw his i ill for the warning before the House foreign affairs comn lttee. Republican Senator Lodge today issued a statement supporting the President's stand. President's Stand Not Shaken by a riniment of Opponents . Washington. Feb. 28. The President's relusal to ac cept the armed merchantmen hours oi conierence wiwi japeaiver uuiv, huubc ucau Kitch'm and Chairman of the mittee. Flood. No action least todav. The unshot of the situation is that the President nas flatly; refused to budge trom tne pian to insist, on Amen can rights: Sneaker Clark today said the House is over - . - whelminelv in favor of. the .orr armea liners. vaar., -.ivituuu iu on"' "tVaU6& Mr Clark said the i ... i i ' peCted Dei Ore next WCeK. Senator, Stone is' skeptical. LlarK today expressed the hone that Germanv will icy. Secretary Lansing today had a ten-minute conference with the President before the cabinet meeting at eleven o'clock. No information could be had from the State Department, to justify a belief that Germany intends a postponement of , the decree. Germany Expected to Bend. London, Feb. 25. Germany's latest reply to the Am erican representations, asks Washington to define its omnion of what constitutes offensive armaments, say un confirmed Amsterdam dispatches. The reply is stated to State Department in one or are that Germany is seeking Letter From President to Senator Stone. President Wilson's letter to Sena tor Stone, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made public last night, follows: "My. Dear Senator: "I very warmly appreciate your kind and frank letter of today, and feol that it calls for an equally frank reply. - "You are right in assuming that I shall do everything in my power to keep the United States out of war. 1 think the country will feel no un easiness about my course in that res pect. Through many anxious months 1 lave striven for that object, amidst difficulties more manifold than can have been apparent upon the. sur face; and so far I have succeeded. I IX) .NOT DOUBT THAT I SHALL CONTINUE TO SUKCEED. The :x course which the central European have announced their inten sion of following .fa -the future with . .regard to undersea warfare seems , for the moment to threaten insuper able obstacles, but its apparent mean- ing is so manifestly inconsistent with explicit assurances recently given u , by those powers with regard to their treatment of merchant vessels on- the Ugh eS3 that I must believe that ex tt p,anaUors Presently ensue which 4, will put' a different aspect upon it. We have no reason' to. guestion their good faith or their fidelity to the - promises in the past and I, for one, feel I confident that wo. sliall have none in the future. ' ' ' ''-; Our Duty Clear. ; t : "But in any event our duty is'clear. nauon, no group o naLiwl8 ha8 UPHuLD U. S. RIGHTS Confer With President for House Overwhelmingly In Germany Will Ask American Believed Imperial, Govern Break Nothing Official to Senator Gore has introduced a a resolution warning Ameri custody of no one man, but representatives in Congress, President to lay the details Jones resolutions were tabiea. - A n ans tn iiKlc n hpnrincr tnr decree is unchanged after House Foreign Attairs Lorn will be taken in Congress at , i j A Z resolution to warn Americans House's decision is not ex. , delay the new submarine pol- two days. The indications to avoid a break. . Ig3s the right while war is in .progress to alter or disregard the principles which all nations have agreed upon in mitigation of the horrors and suf ferings of war;, and if the clear rights of American citizens should ever un happily be abridged or denied by any siuch action we should, it seems to me. have in honor no choice as to what our own course should be. No Abridgment of American Rights. "For my own part, I cannot con sent to any abridgment of the rights of American citizens in any respect. The honor and eeJI-respect of the tion is involved. WE COVET PEACE AND SHALL PRESERVE IT AT ANY COST BUT THE LOSS OF HONOR. To forbid our people to ex ercise their rights for fear we might be called uponl to vindicate them would be a deep humiliation indeed. It would be- an implicit, all but ex plicit acquiescence in the violation of the rights of mankind everywhere and of whatever nation or allegiance. It would be a deliberate abdication of our hitherto proud position as spokes man even amidst the turmoil of war for the law and the right. It would make everything 'this government has attempted and everything that it has achieved during "this terrible struggle of nations as , meaningless and futile. y ,' , "It is important to reflect that if in this instance we allowed expedien cy to take the place of principle, the door would inevitably be opened to still further concessions. Once accept single abatement of right and many other, humiliations would certainly - (Continued on Page Five) , GREEKS BEGINNING TO INCLINE TO THE ALLIES MORE, SAID (By the United Press) Rome, Feb. 28. Public opinion In Greece is veering toward intervention on the side of the Allies, say dispatches. The capture of Erzerum, General Serral's visit to King Constan tine and the failure of Uie Bul gars to attack Saloniki, as well as rumors of pending interven tion, are affecting the Greeks. RESTORE PLYMOUTH TOWN TO ORIGINAL , APPEARANCE, PLAN l By the United Press.) Boston, Feb. 25. When the ter :entenary of the landing of the Pil grims is celebrated at Plymouth in 1920, it will give people who visit that historic old town a chance to see it as it was 300 years ago. The Massachusetts State Commission on the celebration visited here today and wpnt nvpr t.hft .fnrtv ffilanjs thiv hsi.vA under consideration, a canvass of the members seems to indicate a gen- era! sentiment favoring the central feature of the celebration being ?gant nymoutn, wan a possi- I LI, 1 .1? 1 T" t le reproduction oi u in aosion. of it in Whatever is finally decided, it is cer tain that the original Plymouth town on Leyden street will be reproduced, ?o those who come to the celebration may see Plymouth as it was when the Pilgrims landed there, GiflGWAY FOR LITTLE SUGAR-COATED JOYS Telephone Operatoro Prove They Have Good Intentions They Are Going to Smile This Year Even If the Subscribers Can't See the Crinkles In Their Vlsaees Pro fessionals, They According to a telephone monthly publication, the Kinston telephone operators in a belated meeting adopt- ed the following 1916 resolutions: "We have resolved to be mote courteous to subscribers, and to con vince our employers that we ftfa in terested in our work and mean to make Kinston Jie banner office. -. We believe we will be successful in making our work- a profession in stead of a burden! (Punctuation not literal.) "We will strive to give the public rom for complaint, and make the best service obtainable. (Good hearted girls.) "As the year 1916 rolls on, our motto will be: 'Smile and give ser vice.'" BRIEFS IN THE NEWS , OF OTHER TOWNS AND. COUNTIES OF SECTION Capt. C S. Ridley of Wilmington, in charge of this engineer district, Col. Langfitt of Savannah and U. S. Engineer H. .T. Patterson of New Bern are at Cape Lookout to inspect the harbor of refuge work. Mrs. Ballentine Smith, said to be a wealthy resident of Baldwin, N. Y., died of pneumonia at Mansfield, Car teret county. She was spending the winter in Mansfield. The body is be ing embalmed for shipment to New York. , New Bern is to be put on the cir cuit of wrestling towns in North Ca rolina and Virginia. Max Schmidt, a well known mat artist is to locate there. CAROLINA GIRL IS ,,, MISSING IN RICHMOND Richmond, Va., Feb. 24. The po lice wer conducting a search today for Miss Esther Craven, 19-years old, who has been missing from the home, j of Mrs. A. Fowler, 617 North Elev enth street, since February 10th. At the, time of her disappearance ' the girl was employed at the local offices of the Chesapeake and Potomac Tel ephone Company. Her hom Is in Franklinville. N. C. 1 . ? , ' GERMANS MAKE VERY LITTLE HEADWAY IN VERDUN OFFENSIVE Murderous French Fire Is Holding Back Teutons; Supplies Stopped BLIZZARDS IN ARMENIA Russian Pursuit of Erzerum Garrison Hindered, But Slav Right Wing Is Cov ering Ground In Direction of Trebizond Port (By the United Press) London, Feb. 23. Paris dis patches eay JofTre has arrived at the Verdun front and is directing the defense. The news wa3 greeted enthusiastically in Paris. The Kaiser is personally direct ing the offensive. London, Feb. 25. The French arc now holding their own against the great German drive at Verdun ex cept at minor points, says a Paris dispatch. The Crown Prince has been under fire at the three Verdun forks, lie was exposed to a murder ous fire from French field redoubts and trenches from which the Allied army shelled the German advanced positions. The French are bombard ing the latter so heavily ithat the Germans are unable to bring up their supply trains. French and German air fleets clashed above the field dur ing the bombarding. The titanic struggle in the Mcuse woods is believed to mark the begin ning of the greatest German offen sive since the fettle of the Marne. Severe Weather in Asia Mhw. Petrograd, 'Feb. 25. Blizzards and snowstorms are hindering the pursuit of the Turks, fleeing from Er zerum. The Russian right is pro. gressing rapidly toward Rizehi east of Trcbizoriii. The Slavs have dis longed tne TiiiKs Irom their posi tion's in the Rideswith ami Sakhnc mountain passes, in Persia. The Turks are retreating to Kermansah. Offensive About Checked Now. Paris, Feb. 25. The German offen sive at Verdun is showing signs of slackening, it is officially said. There were no night attacks, and the artillery fighting is less violent. The French artillery is holding its own on a zo-flTiic tront. indications are that te offensive is checked, at least temporarily. The French are organ izing in new positions at Beaumont, on the heights east oi l,hampneu- ville and at Ornes. 1 Germans Claim to Have Taken 10,000 Prisoners. Berlin, Feb. 28. The French los ses have been heavy, and the Ger man what were expected in the Ver dun offensive, it is officially said. Ten thousand prisoners have been taken b'" the Germans. Six fortified vil lages and a number of farms have been taken. WEEKLY PAPER PAID mm Rir, win U1U IJUitJ, COMMITTEE IS TOLD Sullivan, Editor of Colliers, Says $25,000 Was His Fee From New York Publish era in the Ballinger-Pin-chot Controversy (By the United Press) Washington, Feb.- 25. Collicr'a Weekly paid Louis D. Brandeis 2o, 000 for his services in the Ballinger Pinchot controversy, Mark Sullivan, the editor, today told the Senate committee investigating Brandeis' fitness for the Supreme Court, t A New Bern bank is offering to loan pig dub boys money with which to buy. blooded stock. " BOIL DOWN COURT'S PROGRAM OF SECOND WEEK PRESENT TERM Some Cases Arc Eliminated From Calendar for the Coming Six Days WEEKS CASE DRAWN OUT Cause Has Occupied Nearly Three Days of This Week Argument Ran Over From Thursday Night Two Speeches This A. M. (Daily Free Press, February 25) The Weeks vs. Telephone Co. case in Superior Court was not conclud ed Thursday night as was expected. Two speeches remained to be heard this morning, and the indications were at the convening of court to day that the matter would not go to the jury before noon. This tedious, hotly-contested case had been in hearing since Tuesday afternoon. The jury was expected to get the jury case after dinner, Clerk Heath said at 1 o'clock. Because the Weeks case, in which the Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Company is being sued for nominal damages for alleged failure to re move telephone wires when requested to do so in order that a house might be moved, has taken, up no much of this week, the calendar for the se cond week of the term was today cut down considerably. The calemlar fior next week as it now stands follows Monday, February 28: 98. Hughos vs. Moseley. 107. Weldon vs. Railroad. 11. Matthews vs. Isler. 106. Copeland vs. Howard. Tuesday: 109. Hill vs. Railroad. 116. Potter vs. Walton. 178. Wartors vs. Page. Wednesday: 128. Hunter vk. West. 131. Kinston Cotton Mills vs. Coiv way. 132. Benj. Stanley vs. Davenport. 134. N. c. 'Mutual & l'. Ass'n. vs. Joseph. Battle. 135. Rosenblatt vs. Kinston China Co. Thursday: , iv 142. J. A. Taylor vs. Lenoir Oil & Ice Co. and City of Kinston. 144. Lngston vs. jjale. 147. Morgan vs.,Rountree. 123. Woof6n ysGoldsboro Lumber Co. ; Friday: ,. 170. Piirrolt vs. Forrest. Ifi9. Parrott vs. Rous. 159. Hairvey vs. Hamilton. lfiC. Darden vs. Harden. 124. Ives & Co. vs. LaUonuc. CRABTREE'S CASE GOES OVER UNTIL TUESDAY The caxe against C. W. Crabtree, anrestad Wednesday night for tieing up and beating his 17-year-old son, was continued in the Recorder's Court Thursday afternoon to Tuesday's ses sion. Crabtree will be tried by jury. That the defendant's alleged crime was not neary so heinous as was in dicated by State witnesses and the officers who made the arrest is eaid to be the conviction of several of the authorities. Crabtree, who admitted that he whipped the boy because he would not go to school, is said to have resorted to seemingly severe measures to discipline the husky youngster. Friends of the accused man doubt it he was cruel in punish ing the lad. . PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT V WELL KNOWN PEOPLE. Chicago Feb. 25 Governor Dunne of Illinois has admittedly, a - poor memory for names. He says it el- ways has been a failing he seems un able to overcome. - Recently while in Washington it caused the Governor some discomfiture when he couldn't for the life f him recall the 'last name of his son. Richard's fiancee. GERMANY TO DEMAND RELEASE OF SHIPS SEIZED BY PORTUGAL (By the United Press) Amsterdam, Feb. 2.". Ger many is expected to demand the prompt release of the German merchantmen seized at Lisbon, Bay wireless advices. Indignation at Kvrlin is high. More Ships Taken. Lisbon, Feb. 25. Flight Ger man steamers in St. Vincent har bor have been seized by order of the Portuguest Government. CLEVELAND INDIANS SAIL INTO A MONTH OF WORK IN SOUTH Cleveland, O., Fob. 25 With the departure of some from here within in next 48 hours and the arrival of others already on their way, the Cleveland Indiana will be ready Feb ruary 29 to sail into a month's strin gent practice for the 1910 season. Heaven knows they need it. The in and out fielders will start work the 29th. For the last week eleven pit chers and four catchers have been limbering up at New Orleans under the direction of Manager Lee Fold, who Vill start his second season as manager this year, and Ray Chap man, shortstop. NO REPORT YET ON THE HOPEWELL EXAMINATION Although weeks have passed since the body of Mrs. Rachel Hopewell was exhumed near Stonington orcck, to permit of an examination for poi son traces, the State chemist to whom the viscera was sent has made no report, says Solicitor Charles L. Abernethy of the New Bern district, in charge of the prosecution of tho woman's husband, charged with . her murder. Hopewell is still in jail at New Bern. His trial is expected to come off in April. Abernethy has writ ten to the chemist in Raleigh, in quiring what progress has been made in the examination. TODAY'S SALES ON THE f LOCAL COTTON MARKET About 15 bales of cotton Hvere sold here today. The best price was 11 cents. New York futures quotations were: Open 2:20 May 11.15 May 11.37 July 11.50 11.14 1U5 11.55 11.76 11.87 October 11.79 December 11.94 YOUTH CHARGED WITH LARCENY OF JEWELRY Norfolk, Feb. 24. l'Vanklin Beas- ley, 19 years old, of FayetteviLle, whs arrested this afternoon by Detective Mercer of police headquarters, on a charge of grand larceny. Bcasley was arrested at tho in stance of Solicitor A. B. Breece, of Fayetteville, who came to Norfolk this morning with a warrant for the arrest of the young man. Beasley is alleged to have stolen a diamond ring and a watch and an opal ring, all valued at about $200, from a jeweler by whom ho was employed in Fay etteville. MACE MAY BE LYNCHED , IF TAKEN; BIG REWARD Asheville, Feb. 24. Reports from Morganton at 10 oclock tonight stated that Charlie A. Mace, who fled to tho mountains leyond Morganton after killing his wife during a quar rel at their home, eight miles from Morganton, Tuesday night, was still at large. " Since the full details of the murdor, said to be 'an unusually brutal One, have become known, pub lic indignation has increased and tel. ephone messages ' are to the effect that there is much talk of lynching Mace should be be captured. The State has offered a reward of $500 for the' capture of Mace, dead or alive ' ' .-.' ' " MANY VESSELS LOSE WAV IN DENSE FOG OFF ATLANTIC COAST Two Steamers In Collision. Several Grounded Off the Virginia and North Car olina Shores Rescuers Go to Aid of Vessels (By the United Press) Washington, Feb. 25. The Mer chants and Miners steamship Crctal is steaming slowly to Norfolk follow ing a collision with the steamer Dor othy. The Cretal .transferred her passengers to the Dorothy. The hea vy fog caused many vessels to run aground, the coast guard headquar ters today said. Ships Aground on Virginia and Carolina Capes. Norfolk, Feb. 25. The Old Dom inion steamer Brandon, from Rich mond to this port, arrivd here today after grounding in the James river. Unidentified vessels are ashore at Cape Lookout, A Spanish ship aground at Cape Henry freed her self. A tug and the cutter Seminole arc rushing to the aid of distressed craft. THE LITTLE BATTLE WITHIfi THE BIG ONE ON WESTERN foONT By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, . Jan. 25 (By iMaii) A feud in the niddle oi a big war,s that is what this position of Jlartsmannewiller kopf is; a feuti just like they have down in Breathjt county, Kentucky. -For French officers will admit and so wilt German officers, that this posi tion on the western battle-tfroht has no more and no less importance, than scores of other points elsewhere be tween the. sea and Switzerland. . Every few days the. French end German, communiques mention scrap ping on the knob in the Vosges the French cn April 6, charged again, took all ithey had lost, together with the, big rock on tho far aide of the summit. '" Humiliated, the Germans prepared a counter attack, which they launch ed April 26, taking everything back to and including the summit, where they were feverishly eet to work or ganizing the position so it would be stronger that ever. All night they worked, but with the dawn came the Blue Devils, as the Alpine Chasseurs are called, swarming up the precip itous slopes of "Old Armand,"- and despite machine guns, rifle Are and bayonets, they reached the top . and put the Germans to grout once more. Immediately the Germans tried to rally but failed, though they estab lished trenches within seven yards of tho.se of the French at the top. So the struggle for the top of the mountain goes on. To hold it is an honor. To win this honor many sol diers have died. To the layman their death may seem vain, foojish, use less, but to the soldier not a drop of blood has Jeen wasted. For in war victory or defeat depends largely on what the French call "moral," and to hold the top of Hartsmannswiller kopf helps the moral of the whole , army of the Vosges. mountains known as "Old Armand," er Hartamannswillerkopf. One might imagine ithat the side holding this crest held the key to Paris ot Ber lin. It is not bo. It's simply the : feud going-on, each side determined to have the honor of holding the top , of the mountain. It is like the etrug--' gle about a flag; a matter of pride in taking and holding. ' V , The quarrel began exactly a yeas ago. A small detachment of French chasseurs established an advance ' post on the surnmit of Hartsmanns- ; willerkopf. . They were surprised by ' a larger force, surrounded and beat en. This was on January 15, 2915. . Fortifying -the position strongly ad , an observation point, the Gormans ' held the crest until March 23, when the French stormed the hill, took the . trenches at the top, and captured 10 officers, 84 - non-coms and 813 men, all unwounded. . . -. . ; Early in April the Germans re enptured part of tti? lost ' trenches int "'-!;, tm I: 4 La: V Hi 'J ' Ml : 1