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THE KINSTON FREE PRESS SATURDAY. MARCH 4, 15 HEAD OF NATION WANTS TO KN0W SENTIMENT AS TO HIS POLICIES INDICATIONS THAT NO RESULT YET OF ARID SHIP ORDER GOING INTO EFFECT First Tragedy, If Any Oc curs, Expected to Be In Mediterranean Different. and Better. WECTO-(Q)IL. 5C IN BOTTLES 5C FRENCH ARE HOLD'G STRONG PARTY ROME 'N -CONGRESS TO GO ONRECORD REGARDING PRESIDENT'S COURSE; EXPECTED BACK EXECUTIVE UP IN GERMAN CONTROVERSY FAVORS DECLAIM Offensive Today Centers WAR AGAINST KAIS'R About Two Strong Posi tions North of City PAGE TWO OWN AROUND VERD Conferences of Senate and House Leaders at the White House Today Test Vote Called for by Mr. Wilson Be in; Prepared For Administration Has Sounded Both Branches to Ascertain Sentiment When Von Bern- storffs Promises Were Made Armed Liner Was Un thought Of, Says Foreign Office Official in Defense of Decree Against Armed Merchantmen German Paper Declares If America Wars On Teutons She Will Be Made to Pay Latter's War Debts Washing-ton, March 1. Congress will go on record regarding the Administration's German course. Demo cratic leaders have ratified the President's suggestion for a test vote on his policies. The vote will be taken soon. Leaders today discussed the means of bringing about the vote, and the exact question to be determined. Senators Stone and Kern and Representative Flood con ferred with the President and then the President saw the Speaker and Representatives Kitchin and Pou. The res olution is not expected today, but the road is being clear ed for it It is believed the Administration has sounded both Houses to find what the sentiment is. - In a letter to Representative Pou, ranking member of the Committee on Rules, made public last night, the ed counsels in Congress in regard to the foreign policy a i. i. t-f J i.-J - oi me government is Deing maue muusinous use in in foreign capitals," that he believed the report to be false, but that so long as it is anywhere credited he feels jus tified in asking "that your committee will permit me urge an early vote upon tne resolutions witn regara to travel on armed merchantmen." The President called for a showdown, and believes the result will prove that his position will be patriotically sustained by Congress. Says America Would Be Defeated by Germany. London, March 1. The Frankfurter Zeitung, discuss ing the possibility of a war with America, pictures the Allies crushed as a result, and America defeated and forced to pay Germany's war debts. German Statement of Promises to America. By CAKL W. ACKERMAN, United Pren SUIT Correspondent (COPYRIGHTED BY THE UNITED PRESS.) Berlin. March 1. Germany's memorandum to the United States stated that the fact that armed merchant men would in future be considered warships does not change the pledges Von Bernstorff made, because they were given when an armed merchant liner was unthought of, Baron Mumm Von Schmartzenstein of the Foreign Office told the United Press today. Germany never once dreamed that the British would instruct liners to con duct defensive warfare, he said. He pledged that the de- crce is not contradictory to lormer promises. ONLY ONE ALUED SHIP HAS BEEN SUNK SO FAR Single Victim On First Day After Armed Merchantmen Decree Be came Effective Waa Russian Vea seL Loat With IS Live French Craft Submarined on the Day Be fore, Reported London, Mar. 2. On the first day after the rmed merchantmen decree became effective the Russian steamer Alexander WenUell was sunk, with a loss of 18 lives, aay dispatches. Mine Sweeper Sunk. Havre, Mar. 2. The French mine sweeper Aurevoir waa submarined Tuesday. The crew was saved, accord ing to the advices. REQUESTS THE FAVOR MER MANY YEARS Jim Driacoll Waa Promised Any thing He Desired to Fight the Mer rimae Government Will Keep Ita Word He's Going to Panama Ca nal On Warship aa Gueat of Uncle Sam AYDEN NATIONAL BANK WILL OCCUPY ITS NEW - BUILDING ON THURSDAY ; (Special to The Free Press) Ayden. Mar. 1. -Tomorrow the Farmera It Merchant National Bank of Ayden will move Into lta nand ome new kome, a three-story brick (tincture ra the center of this live town. ' The two upper floors have been rented out aa office, while vwo store rooms on the ground floor are already occupied by J. J. Edwarda & Son, general merchant. The build ing cost approximately $20,000, and is a decided credit to the town and to the able and energetic directorate of the bank. The officers of the bank are 3. R. Turnage, President; W. W. Ormond and 3. 3. Edwards, frit and .- irvi Vice-presidents, and D. R. ' " ,..'A, Cashier. The safe, vault ' f ' jres of the new bank are the ' ! - i.-rn procurable. :'5' , Washington, March 2. Jim Pris- coll, of the Hampton, Vs.. Soldiers' Home, will get a ride to the Panama Canal on a warship. He belonged to the monitor's crew in the war between the States, and was promised any thing he wanted for fighting the Morrimac. He has asked Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt to be permitted to take the ride. The next battleship going to the canal will stop at Hampton for him. THE N. Y. DEMOCRATS ENDORSE THE PRESIDENT Syracuse, N. Y, March 1. -The eNw York Democratic State Conven tion haa endorsed the President's re- nomination. Action Not For Severa Days Yet, However- Conference at Foreign 0:ce French Premier Advised Italians? Rome, March 1. A strong party at the opening of Parliament today favored a declaration of war against Germany. Action is not expected for some days pending the outcome of a cenference at the foreign office. Premier Salandra is expected to inform Parliament of the result of the French prime minister to this capital. BETTER BUSINESS FOR SOUTHERN RAILWAY Increaae of 20 Per cent In Gross Re venue In January Facta and Fig urea Given Out By Comptroller of the Big System Show That Pros perity Haa Returned in Good Meas ure (Special to The Free Press) Washington, March 2. The re sults of operation of the Southern Railway Company for the month of January, and for the period of seven months ended January 31, compared with the same month and period in 1915 and 1914, exclusive of interest, rentals and other income charge?, were announced today by Comptroll er A. H. Plant as follows, the com parison with 1914 being made for the reason that in 1915 the effect of the business depression was reflected h rough the revenues of the com pany: Gross revenue, Jan., 1916, $5,583,- 421, an increase as compared with 1916 of $935,019, or 20.10 per cent., and a decrease as compared with 1914 of $150,948 or 2.63 per cent. Operating expenses, taxes and un collectible railway revenues, January, 1916, $4,077,303, an Increase as com pared with 1915 of $131,025, or 3.32 per cent., and a decrease as com par ed with 1914 of $601,887, or 12.86 per cent. Corresponding results for the sev en months' period are as follows: Gross revenue this year, $39,964,- 815, an increase as compared with 1915 of $2,646,236 or 6.85 per cent., and a decrease as compared with 1914 of $2,756,193 or 6.45 per cent. Operating expenses, taxes and un collectible railway revenues this year, $28,194,706, a decrease as compared with 1915 of $1,573638 or 5.29 per cent, and as compared with 1914 of fi,357,517 or 10.64 per cent IFTY THOUSAND LOSS IN WILMINGTON BLAZE Wilmington, March 1. At a par tially insured loss of $50,000 the Tidewater Power Company machine shop, two city and one euburban electric car and much material, were burned at an early hour this morn ing. No one was injured. Before the ruins stopped smoking the offi cials laid plans to replace the build ing and cars. FOR CHILDREN'S COUGH You cannot use anything better for your child's cough and cold than Dr. King's New Discovery. It is prepar ed from Pin Tar mixed with healing and soothing balsams, It does not contain anything harmful and is slightly laxative, just enough to ex pel the poisons from the system. Dr. King's New Discovery la antiseptic kills the cold germs raises the phlegm loosens the cough and soothes the irritation. Donl put off treatment Coughs and Colds often lead to serious king troubles. It is also good for adults and the aged. Get a bottle tods v. A3 - GRAND TRUNK DEPOT AT MONTREAL BURNS, ORIGIN SUSPICIOUS (By the United Press) Montreal. March 1 The Grand Trunk depot here was destroyed today by a mysterious fire. Matty tons of freight and baggage were Incinerated and trains burned. BODIES WASHING TO SEA Swollen Meuse Carrying Of! Portion of the Number less Killed Lull In Fight ing Reported From Al Sources Today London, March 1. Official die patches from Berlin and I'aris indicate a nearly complete halt last night in the Verdun offens ive. I'aris believes the Germsns are preparing a new offensive on a gigantic scale. Enveloping Movement Anticipated, London. March 1 Six miles east and northeast of Verdun, the shift ing German attack is directing its greatest violence upon the forts of Devaux and Detavannes. The Teu tons are battering French positions on the Metz-Verdun Railway, with heavy artillery. The French are making a stand at the station of Eix and the guns of Fort Detavannes, 2 miles away, are beating back the charges. The Crown Prince is trying to encircle Verdun. Latest reports say the French are holding their own French Evacuate a Town. Berlin, March 1 A lull on the French front was indicated today by official reports. The French have been forced to evacuate the city of Fresnes, thirteen miles southeast of Verdun, says the Lokal Anzeiger. Germans Gain In Square Miles. Berlin, March 1. On the first few days of the Verdun offensive, the Grown Prince's army captured four square miles, more than the French gained in the Champagne drive, say dispatches. Bodies Wash to Sea. The Hague, March 1. Scores of bodies of the Verdun dead are sweep- ng into the North Sea from the swollen Meuse. Lull Repprted From Paris. London, March 1. A lull in the Verdun fighting last night was indi a led by wireless messages from Pa is. There was no reason to believe hat the offensive had been abandon eJ, however, it was said. FOUND BURIED VAULT PROBABLY A CENTURY OLD IN CITY CEMETERY ZEPPELIN DESTROYED IN AIR BY FLAMES London, March 1. Copenhagen dispatches by mail today reported that following several explosions in the air south of Jutland a burning mass, believed to have been a seppe- Iin. fell Children cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORi A On Monday afternoon when pre parations were being made to dig he grave of the late Frank Nunn, whose body was brought here from Somerset, Ky., where he was shot to leath by a railroad watchman, Cor oner Eugene Wood discovered an old teel vault in Maplewood cemetery which he thinks must have been there t least a century. The vault was a.-t!y on the lot of B. F. Nunn, fath er of Fiank Nunn, and partly under walk. It was intended to dace the remains of Mr. Nunn on a spot occu pied by one end of the vault, until t was discovered that the ground was already taken up. There was a small glass in the top of the vault, and the skeleton of female and part of the hair were dis covered to be within the vault. Had the body been embalmed it would have been almost perfectly preserved, Mr. wood tftinks, for the ancient vault was a fine piece of workman hip, and as good as could be built Mr. Wood has long been a believer in steel rather than brick vaults, and his find, he declares, adds to his con viction that the former is the most efficient The vault he found must have been very expensive, be says. The skeleton was of a person uniden tified. . - ' , DENIAL GERMAN CLAIM Merchantmen Not Ordered to Attack But to Defend Themselves, Says British Blockade Minister Italy May Suffer First By (HAS. I. STEWART, (United Press Staff Correspondent) London, March 1 The submarine decree, effective since midnight, has been resultless up to the present. A report of a torpedoing is unexpected for a day or two. There is nothing to indicate that the Thornaby was torpedoed or mined. If a great tra gedy should occur, the first is ex pected in the Mediterranean, where there are many submarines. Armed Italian liners are passing through .hose waters. The blockade minis ter, Lord Cecil, stated today that the German claim that merchantmen had been ordered to attack submar ines is untrue. He said they had been ordered to defend themselves, It is pleasant to the taste. It relieves fatigue. It Is gently stimulating. It Is very refreshing. Necto-Cola Hits the Spot. Call For It. i I J IF THERE'S WAR, LET IT BE WITH SALVATION ARMY, SAYS THE JUDGE "The President has called the bluff of Congress," was a fact Col. W. D Pollock called to the attention of Judge T. C. Wooten this morning. Then followed some talk about the international situation, the poasibili ties of war, etc. "I hope, if we go to war," said Judge Wooten, "that it will be with the Salvation Army." "And the navy of the Baptist church." added a bystander. SEVENTH REPUBLICANS SELECT BROWN OF WILKES Lexington, Feb. 29. The Seventh District Republican Convention here today unanimously named ex-Sher '.ft P. E. Brown of Wilkes to oppose Congressman R. N. Page. SAYS DRINK LEMONADE FOR RHEUMATISM ROOSEVELT WILL NOT ALLOW NAME IN HIS. (By the United Press) New York, March 2. Roosevelt withdrew his name for the fourth time froa a primary, declining to let It be used in Illinois. He had declin ed the honor in Nebraska, Minnesota and Michigan. '':-' Relief from rheumatism and sciat ica can be obtained by drinking lem onade and avoiding alcoholic drinks. To get rid of this stubborn disease however; to stop the twinges, pain 3nd swelling, and drive the poisonous accumulations from the joints and muscles, all generously-inclined druggists will tell you to take half a teaspoonful of Rheuma daily until all misery ceases. Rheuma is a powerful remedy, be cause only a powerful remedy can overcome such a terrible disease; but Rheuma acts speedily the first dose Uiken and you'll know that you will soon be your healthy, happy self again. J. E. Hood & Co. and all druggists know what Rheuma will Jo, for they sell a great deal of it and guarantee that two 50-cent bottles will overcome rheumatic agony or, money back. EVER HAVE IT? If You Have, This Statement Will Interest You. Ever have a "low-down" pain in the back! In the "small," right over theTips? That's the home of backache. If it's caused by weak kidneys, Use Doan's Kidney Pills. Kinston people testify to : their worth. Read case of it: I B. Higgins, baker, 115 S. Tryon St.. Kinston, says: "I have - used Daan's Kidney Pills with very good results and consider them a splendid kidney medicine. Another of my fam ily also suffered from weak kidneys and durwl pains across the back and loins. This one had headaches ; and i di7 spells and the kidney secretions were irregular in passsge. "Doan's Kidney Pills gave relief from ; the troubles." Price 60c, at all dealers. Dont simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mr. Higgins had. 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