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VOL.XXXV-No.72
KINSTON, N. C., SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1916
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THAT AMERICA TRUSTS WILSON
, CiESOLIipN IS TABLED IN SENif;
GOVERNORS UNANIMOUSLY MOLD JHE
PRESIDENT; BOTH HOUSES FOR WILS
With a Nation Nearer to War Than Since '98, Congress
arid" the Great American Public Are Willing to Leave
All With the Man Who Has Never Rocked the Boat
Greatest Fight In Many Years Was Expected In Sen
ate Until Blin4 Oklahoman's Measure Was Put On the
Table Republican Chief Executives of States Say
"Stand By President," and Congress "Should Uphold
His Hand"
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. . V (By the United Press)
- Washington, March 3. The Senate this after
Jioon formally notified the World that it stands
py President Wilson. -Tt voted down the Gore re
solution to warn Americans to avoid travel on
armed ships amid dramatic scenes unparalleled
since the war with Spain, following the request
o'tfrje President. Senator James of Kentucky
forced down all debate, which necessitated the
vote. The fight lasted just ejeyen minutes.
The yote was sixty-eight to fourteen. : The Pres-
ln( was tolJ the result while he was at the cab
inet meeting.
Washington. March 3. The Senate has tabled
Gore jfesolution warnipg Americans to avoid travel on
armed ships. , '
Give Notice to World That America Has Not
Forsaken Wilson.
5 Washington, March 3. Efforts to keep America out
of yvar, which has loomed nearer in the last few days
thair since the administration of McKinley, reached a
climax at 11 o'clock; when the Senate met to give notice
to the worjdand especially to Germanythat a united
Congress 'and Nation are behind the President. Some
Senators had to be dragged to a stand, but an early count
indicated that when the vote is taken following what
promises to be a brief debate, the necessary number wm
have toed the mark drawn by the President to make it
plain enough to be seen by every European chancellor
tnajt ine nation is Wfin rescue niu
OweR and Pou at the White House.
Senator Owen early called at the White House. He
said the Nation must st-and for international law, and
that ihe situation is serious; v
Representative Pou" followed and told the President
that he would be sustained by the House. It is expected
that the McElmore resolution will be reported unfavor
ably today. '
Republican Governors Join With Democrats.
Washington, March 3. Democratic and Republican
Governors told the United Press in telegrams today that
they are standing by the President. All favored keeping
Congress out of the international situation. Governor
Brumbaugh the Republican Governor of Pennsylvania,
said Pennsylvania would stand by the president for the
fullest protectioh of the citizens and property of the coun
try!" Withycombe.' Republican,' of Oregon, said that 'at
a time of international crisis the Congress should uphold
the hand. of the President, who must administer foreign
relations. 1 ...
Member of Congress Clamor to See Wilson, r ;,
Washington, March 3. The submarine tight was on
in the. Senate when Senator .Stone called far it after the
convening today. Administration leaders are confident
of success in both Houses. ' r:'.&fgp&r. -k-
The President has, been positively assured that he will
be pborted 'unxiualifiedly.: ;; The bitterness of the oppo
tion, however,' is shown by statements by Gore tjiat the
lsdt is courting war. Criticism is iree.
jne Senate galleries are overflowing with notables and
ordinaries. Crowds in -the haljs ire' seeking admission.
The issue is promising $e bjggesght in yearsU All the
senators are on the floor, nervously preparing to take a
stand. : Friends and relatives of the ' President and lis
wife and cabinet members were waiting in the galleries
early.t ; j.. r --1 '.---.
The President is besieged with requests for confer
ences with House Democrats. His schedule is already
o vercro waea, and he is depending upon Jtne t eiepnone. ,
WIUE
UP' IN THE
EAST CAR. CIRCUIT
'SIGNS
Attack On Verdun Renew
edj British Assaulting
In Vicinity Ypres
Makes Third Town to Ac
cept Semi-Pro. Baseball
Proposition Kinston
Would Add Dignity to the
League
(Daily Free Press, March 3)
Greensville has "joined the pro.
posed East Carolina semi-pro. base
ball association. Aurora and Wash-
njrton hare given assurances that
they will provide clubs. New Bern
has declined to enter, claiming that
the fans there are in no mood follow
ing the rejection of schemes hatched
iff that city during recent years. Kin
ston, Williamston and Belhaven have
not announced their intentions.
Lindsay Warren, the Beaufort law
yer who issued the call for a meet
ing on March 15 to organize the
league, says: "A favorable report is
expected from Kinston." Mr. War
ren declares he is especially anxious
to have this city on the circuit, to
give the outfit dignity, since at least
four of the towns will be places of
5,000 inhabitants or less.
Conrad Lanier of Greenville has
assured Warren that Greenville will
"not only enter the Eastern Carolina
League, but we're going to win the
the pennant." The Greenville fans
are expected to hold a meeting within
the coming half week.
YON MACKENZEN ARRIVES
Joins Kaiser and Crown
Prince and Assumes Full
Charge of Fighting In
the West English May
Have Made Gains
AIL SCANDINAVIAN
PREMIERS TO HOLp
MEETING ON NINJff
Copenhagen, March 3. The
formation of a Scandinavia
league to uphold neutrality and
perhaps a move for peace, may
result from a meeting of the
Danish, Swedish and Norwegian
premiers, to gather on the 9th,
it is officially said. .....
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris, March 3 Paris is waiting,
calm and confident of the result of
the Verdun offensive. The renewal
of fighting has convinced the mili
tary experts that the offensive is
the real thing, however. German
dead are strewn through the Verdun
woods and hills. The heaviness of
the losses precludes the possibility
that the offensive is a feint to open
the way for a grand assault else
where. The belief is that the fight
ing is the heaviest of the war.
London, Marcb. 3. Artillery is
storming along the whole Verdun,
front, which together with vicious in
fantry attacks in the vicinity of Fort
Douaumont, marked the renewal of
the German offensive.
Stockholm today reported that
Field Marshall Von Mackenzcn, hero
of the. GaHcian and Balkan cam
paigns, has joined the Kaiser and
Crown Prince and is directing the of
fensive in the west. It is possible
that the British in tho Ypres sector
captured 800 yards of trenches when
they launched a great counter offen-
sive.
Germans Occupy Douaumont Town.
Berlin, March 3 The Germans
have occupied the village of Douau
mont, northwest of the fort, taking
a thousand prisoners, it is otlicially
said. They aro advancing westward
and southwestward.
DAVID EVAfUS PAYS THE pENA&TY FOR
DOUBLE MURDER WITH rIS LIFE TOD AY
TAX RTORM SCHEME W. L. HOUSE, POSSEMAN, FINISHED BLACK
ASIIEVILLE'S BOARD SLAYER Of 55'LAPl AND SMITH WITH
OF TRADE OUTLINED A SINGLE SHOT AT ! OF EVANS' WIFE
Local Chamber Commerce
Asked for Its Opinion On
Plan "Equitable and
Just" and Furnishes Suf
ficient Amount for Govt.
REPORT THAT MOEWE HAS
BEEN TAKEN BY BRITISH.
; Buenos Aires, March 2. Press dis
patches from Montevideo say that a
steamer arriving from Europe inter
cepted near the coast of Brazil a
wireless message stating that Brit
ish cruisers had captured the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Moewe.
TWO 2tPPELINS PUT , V ,
cut o? cc::::issi6N
' (By the United Press)
ndon, Jlarch 3-Two xeppelins
were' wrecked in Belgium on Febru
ary 2, according to Amsterdam dis
patches. One was hit by artillery
and fell at Ezhezce, damaging a
house and injuring eighteen children.
The other-fell at Maiznault :'
PEPP5py.j)iD .
AFMIDPEIN,,.
AN AMERICAN PORT
By the United Press)
Washington, March 3. -The Ger
mans can hold the Appam as - n
prjze at'' Norfolk, It is learned.
The court's review the matter
however, rafter than establish
the ease as a" precedent.
BRjNDE!S,qPPMD ,
BY ENEMIES ONLY
Washington, . March "2. Louis D.
Brandeis was described today by wit
nesses in his behalf in the Senate in
vestigation of his fitness to be a Su
preme Court justice as a public-spir
ited man of high character, who had
incurred the enmity of powerful fin
ancial interests by advocating move
ments to which those interests were
opposed.
Three of .those who appeared for
Mr. Brandeis testified that he had
been assailed only by men whose in
terests he Jiad attacked.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
THREE KLLEP IN TRAIN
COLLfSIQN. . '
Albany.; Alarch 3.Tliree hos
tlers were Jailed and out Injured
today when a fast freight ram
med the caboose of a horse train
in the New York Central yards.
POIXCAIRE COMPLIMENTS -
FORCES. ; ' i
Paris, March 3. President
Poincaire has returned from a
visit to the front, where he met :
General Joffre and others, com
plimenting . the troops In ' the :
name of the nation.
ENTER HIS MAJESTY
THE CRADLE HID 1
IEWFGHAJVEEK
Kinston to po homage to
Bowlegged Genus for 7
Iavs ancj je Taught By
Medicos How to Admiiu's
er paregoric and Squills
(Daily Free Press, March 3)
Saturday begins "Baby week"
throughout the Nation. Kinston will
make its observance, thanks to the
interest of the Mothers' Cluft and
tlia physicians of jthe city, as com
plete as will most any Itown of the
size in the country.
The merchants, some of them at
least, will have a part in "Baby
week," and it is the duty of every
parent in the .community to attend
as many of the' public meetings to
be held throughout the week aa pos
sible. For the ' former, (they have
been asked to make displays of babies'
accessories in the show windows dur
ing the seven days, and a number
will comply. Drug stores, dry goods
and furniture establishments will
have appropriate displays.
The initial public meeting will be
held in Gord,on Street Christian
church on Saturday afternoon at 4
o'clock. Mayor Sutton presjde,
and Dr. Albert D.'Parrott will make
the principal address, on "What the
Community Owes the Baby dean
Milk, Pure Water, Fresh Air and
Screened Homes." ; It had been hoped
to secure the mayor's office in City
Hall for the opening program, but
it could not be stated for certain that
the office would not be required for
some official use during the after
noon, and the Christian church was
chosen today.
The Kinston Chamber of Commerce
has been asked to give an opinion on
the tax reform idea copied below,
which comes from the Asheville
Board of Trade:
"Briefly stated, the North Caro
lina constitution provides that all
property, both real and personul,
shall be listed at full value wd
that all shall pay the same tax rate.
Of course, this' is actually not done,
and thereon lies Ithe reason of
all the present inequality and
trouble. A change in the consti
tution has been tried, but failed;
therefore, the law must be drawn
in conformity with the present
constitution, and the object should
be to leave no room for the pres
ent inequalities and discrimina
tions; and also the law should be
simply drawn because the adminis
trators will be numerous and with
out technical and legal training.
"Heretofore 'the property tax law
has been drawn with the idea of rais
ing certain sums of money that were
necessary for the different govern
ments, State, County and City, with
not much thought of what should be
fair and just to the owner of proper
ty. Now ever owner of property is
willing to contribute yearly some
percentage of his holdings towards
governmental expenses, but when
the law demands more than about 10
per cent, of the average possible in
come from property, or of its equi
valent in money value, the owner
will and in fact does evade payment
and in doing so has the sympathy
and even assistance of every other
owner, as well as of the tax gather- j
ers 'themselves. As under our pres
ent law the government is demand
ing for taxes forty to sixty per cent.
of the possible income from proper
ty or of its equivalent in money val
ue, naturally there is evasion, as well
as bad administration.
"The object !then should be a com
plete reversal of our present system
and to this it is necessary to first
fix a low definite tax rate, so that
the assessments may be at full val
ue, and an excuses or property own
ers about the Tax Kate eliminated.
To determine this rate the average
interest rate over the State, should be
taken' as a base. This is practically
six per cent. The owner can and will
pay not more than ten per cent, of
this six percentum. That would be
sixty cents on every hundred dollars'
worth of property, real or personal,
or a rate of sixty cents for the com-
c'ned State, county and city taxes
obtained by the property tax sys
tem.
"The plan now endorsed and ad
vocated then is this:
"Fijsf. Before any tax listing or
valuation is done let the Legislature
put a limit of five mills (fifty cents
on the hundred dollars), as a (total
maximum combined tax rate that
can be levied by ail governmental
bodies." State, county and city. '
"Second; Let the Legislature then
(Continued on Page Six)
End of Inciting Man-Hunt at 1 P..ftf. today Solitary
Searcher Who Entered House Greeted With Pistol
Shot Which Missed-Fircd Full Load of Buckshot Into
Negro Outlaw's Body Crowds View Remains of Des
perado at Ayden This P. M. House Will Get Sub
stantial Reward Woman Saw the Killing-Second
Supervisor of Pitt County Roads to Weet peath the
Hands of Escaped Negro Convict Died In Memorial
Hospital, in Kinston, Thursday Night
ARMED MERCHANTMEN
SNIPERS OF OCEAN
British Admiralty So Constitutes
Them, In Opinion of Dr. Heckscher,
German Statesman Lansing Has
Admitted Submarine to Be -Legal
Weapon, Says Impossible to Warn
By CARL W. ACKERMAN,
(United Press Staff Correspondent) '
Berlin, March 3. Armcd mer
chantmen are made of the snipers of
the seas, by the British admiralty
order instructing merchantmen to
fire on submarines, by which it be
gan a frantireur warfare on the seas,
declared Dr. Heckscher, the Reich
stag leader, today. Secretary Lans
ing had admitted that the submarine
is a legal weapon.
He said the fragility of submarines
prevents their warning armed ships
FINAL ACREMENTJ)N ,
PWJS REACHED
Washington, Mar. 2. Final agree
ment was reached by the House Mil-
bill for the increase of the army, and i
it will be reported -unanimously to the
House early next week.1 In round fig
ures the measure would authorize
the formation of an army composed
of regulars, national guardsmen and
federal volunteers with a total peace
strength of approximately , 700,000
men.
(Daily Free Press, March 3)
David Evans was shot to death this afternoon
about 1 o'clock.
Members of the nosse located him at the home, of his
wife, several miles from Ayden, in the direction of. Kin
ston. W. L. House entered the place and was greeted
by a .44 calibre revolver bullet, which whizzed harmlessly
by his body. ' " ;'' ';:";'""'.'.:.' .'
House carried a shotorun loaded witn DUCKsnot. ne
pointed it at the negro and pulled the trigger: TJie en
tire load is said to have taken effect. DavidEvans drop
ped 4ead, his wife looking on. 1 . ' ' .
The bodv was carried to Ayden, where crowds of thou
sands are gathering still to view the remains of ', the :
vicious criminal. ,
House, it is understood, will cet the rewards, aggre
gating about $400; for the crazy negro outlaw's capture
Redding Smith, supervisor of the
Pitt county roads shot by Pavid Evans
Wednesday afternoon, died in Par.,
rott Memorial hospital here Thursday
night shortly before 8:30 o'clock.' ;
Evans, who killed Smith's prede
cessor, Jos. McLawhom, with a blow
from a pickaxe on February 16, and
after secreting himself so effectually
that glimpse was not had of him
by an officer for a fortnight on Wed
nesday added to his "string" none :
Other than the newly-appointed Su
pervisor, was at 10:30 o'clock this
morning in tho vicinity of Hanrahan.
Ayden men were positive. Very few
men remained jout in the rain of
Thursday night - to search for the
slayer, but this morning when a new
trail was struck scores joined in the ,
search. More than a hundred were '
surrounding a pocoson near Ithe well
known Quinerly farm some miles
from here, their leaders satisfied that -Evans
was in the swamp.
When a physician passed the fugi
tive convict on a road near Ayden
Wednesday and identified him, in
forming the authorities,? Evans loi
tered in the vicinity until members
of a posse approached and Ithen fired
into them, wounding fatally Smith, -after
which he fled in a Southeaster
ly direction." During Thursday, how
ever, he changed his course, heading ,
towards Kinston. - He stopped at the
home of a negro and demanded food,
which was given him. He had just
left when a number of searchers ar
rived in the vicinity, and Evans' late
host betrayed him. A glimpse was
had of the crazy preacher and sever
al shots fired at him. but he reserv
ed his fire. He was out of range and
knew it He was said to have carried
Tifle, but the officials think there '
was some mistake about (that. Evans
took McLawhorn's revolver, and
with it shot Smith. Unless he ex
changed it for the gun during the
past 48 hours he still had the big re
volver, a .44 calibre 1 weapon, this
morning.
Evans told the negro who fed him
that there were two more men he
win ted to get before" he died Sheriff '
McLawhom and Chief of ' Police
Smith at Greenville.' :.
Superintendent . Smith . who died
hero last night was brother of Chief
of Police Smith of Farmville. killed
by Sam Pollard early in 1914. His
wife was with him in the hospital
when he died. Smith's life was des
paired of from Ithe time he reached
the hospital, there feeing a gaping
wound in his abdomen and eeveraNr
perforations of the organs . ia that
portion of his body. The funeral will
be held In Pitt county.
(Continued from i"? V - )
FOM sup MUST
CONFORM TO SEMIAffS
LAW AFTER TONIGHT
Washington. March 3. Foreign
ships tomorrow will be placed on the
footinir of American ships as res
pects personnel of crew, rights of in
dividual seamen and safety appli
ances. The LaFollette seamen's bill
goes into effect as to non-American
ships.
The power of the United Sltates to
refuse clearance papers to such ves
sels as do not conform to the re
quirements of the law is ordered in
voked by the terms of the act effect
ive tomorrow. Enforcement is in
the hands of the, Department of Com
merce. Hereafter, foreign as well as
American vessels must live up to
these requirements; -
' No -more passengers shall be car
ried than can be accommodated , by
the life-boats and life-rafts. Seventy-five
per cent, of the crew must be
able 4o understand the orders of the
officers. Forty per cent must . be
able seamen at least 19 years old,
anl with three year's experience, ex
cept as they are qualified by special
examination conducted by the De
partment of Commerce.
A sailor may leave his ship in port
at will; and the provision of treaties
and other international agreements
that officers of the United States,
must aid in searching for turn as a
deserter : and -returning him to - his
vessel , is repealed. He can collect,
however, hut a fractional part of his
wages, if he quits. this way,' 1