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PlEE ,. J HE . 1&INST0N .,, 11 1 111 1 . r, ( f I i ,, , , n . . ' ' ' - : PUBLISHED v TWICE A v WEEK WEDN ESD AYS"i AND ' SATURD AYS VOjL XXXV-No. 76 C ? - SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1916 V - PmCEmECENT3 i::aicAN ixPEPirioN ioday far intD :that WILL BE MORE THAN SAYS JOHNSON FOLK TAKE LOT INTEREST SEVEN MEMBERS QF FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH IN VA. CXiE mm OFiUIHUAIIUA; RESTED, EXCEPTOR THOUSAND MEMBERS LEISURELY MAKING FOR SIERRA MAbRES SHALL PART FRONT BY A CONTACT MINE PIG: CLUBS, THINKS IN GROUP SCHOOLS INDICATIONS vii i a rnnrF is . i . ;, Tvfo Cavalry Regiments Pressing Forward to Eastern Slope of Range--Bandit's Army. Is Evidently In No Hurry Villa Avoided Trouble at Mormon Colony5 and Passed Casas Grandes By sorship's Strictness Last Word In Secrecy Carrahza Gives Word Again That He LTWilling to Co-operate Gfiternment Troops, Expected to Join Pershing's Out fit in a Few Hours, Reported :- i - (By the Washington; March l?, - t ther assured that Carranza acquiesces in his Mexican policy.. A message from Consul Silliman today gave ad ditional ey$enc $ Qanwa'g wiUngness to co-operate. Wilson Signs Army Increase Resolution. The President today signed the joint war strength ar my resolution, making it effective immediately. MotSons Not Attacked. ' ; - Washington, March 17 Villa skirted the Mormon col ony, 80 'miles below Columbus, heading southward, say State Department advices. . The reports indicated that some Mexicans were killed recently, presumably by Vil listas, in the town of Colonia Dublan. Expedition Making Good Progress. v J El Paso, March 17. Swallowed up by . the hills and deserts of Northern Chihuahua is the expedition, in two divisions; seeking; Villa5 Its movements are surrounded by secrecy imposed by the Censorship. Driving for the eastern alone of the Sierra Madres, the Seventh and the Tenth, cavalry, under command oi uoionei uoaa, is ex peeled to arrive at Colojnia Dublan soon. ', Villa Moving Slowly toward Mountains. Mexico 'City, March ' 17. miles- southwest of Guzman, mountains. The Americans are going the same way. cer tain's Carranzista force, of 1,800 men, is expected to join the Americans in a few hours. ! No f fghting Yet. San Antonio March 12. There have been no casual ties nor fighting by dny of Pershing's troops, it is official ly said at Fort Sam Houston. . Hoilal Troops With Pershing. Washington, March 17: ana two field hospitals are with the expedition in Mexico. They have twelve motpr ambulances. Viia May Have Crossed Mountains. El Paso, March 17. The American troops are said to have found thn Mormons safe, and will continue their en forced march from Casas Grandes, in an attempt to cu off Villas retreat across the mountains into Sonora. Col. Slocum's column of cavalry; infantry arid artillery is mov ing slowly southward toward Palomas, where it will pos sibly be joined today by seven aviators, j Dodd will be late possibly, since it is rumored that Vil la has already crossed the mountains. Carranza cavalry is guarding the principal passes. REVOLT IN BULGARIA . iSTRIKE ON GlAf & S. . LIKELY, SAYS REPORT (By the United Press) London, March 17. A military re volt is imminent in ."Bulgaria, a Rome special today said, The populace al io is growing mtless, it is farted. . BoiiAs tnder Palace.' ' ; . , London, March 17, A number of bombs have been discovered under the Bulgarian royal palace at Sofia, Bays Roma wiralesi, Several arrests are reported. t YFJCUITEEAMT CCLifYL'iinjRRY;IlAD . ST'CICI BOY, SAY WOMEN . (By the Eastern Press.) ? Washington, N. C, Mar. 17. ' Whether he is Jimmie Glass or not, a party of gypsies who have just left here over the Atlantic Coast ' Line V'f- "maH flaxen-haired boy, very Hsely resembling the description of the Glass boy, with them when they feft, according to a member of the Woman's Club. She asserts that the lad, apparently about five years of age, was hidden under voluminous fokls of a womanress when officers -( searched the camp, andUhat at She station in ihe city he was milarly Mexicans Murdered Cen United Press) - The President has been fur Villa's forces were last re- moving leisurely towards the Two ambulance companies I. HAS BEEN SETTLED - (By the United Press) Mobile, Ala, March. rL-r The strik ing switchmen, flagmen and brake- men have agreed to return to work on the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad. The company has agreed to a 10 in stead of twelve-hour day and in-, creased, wages. , ,'V, : -. CONGRESS GETS BUSY ON THE f REPARIDNESS lEGISLAttOJl TODAV (By the United Press) v Washington, March 17. The Senate and House today respond ed to the 'President's appeal for action on preparedness and both plunged into defense legislation. The Senate army bill was launch ed. The House is considering the army reorganization, plan. secreted. The band left hastily after learning that" they were suspected, and evidently intended going some distance or otherwise they would hav$ travelled by caravan in the us ual fashion, it is thought the .Wo man's Club is trying to discover the party's destination. Quietln ycipity,Dead Man Hill and Bethincourt Nighty AttacJtS; On, ,Vux Fort and Village Hurled Back by the French. Said (By the United Pnis) ' Berlin, ; March 17 -ReporU that tfhe city of Essen was severely dam. aged by Airmen and that the asen railroad station was bembardedi have been semi-offlcially denied. French, Repulse AU Attacks. Paris, March 17. Transferring their activities to the east bank of the' Meuse, the Germans last night launched A series of violent night at tacks against the fort and village of Vaux, it is said officially. Two at. tacks against each were repulsed. At Bethincourt and on Dead Man's Hill all is quiet. , Will .MAP ADDRESS W RESTORATION OF JEWS Madame Pevsner, a Brilliant Wom an, to Lecture Here Sunday After noon -Promotes x Cause - ef the Great, Proud Wandering Race and Pleads for Its National Existence Once Again (Daily Free Press, March; 17) ' A brilliant woman, from repute, to make an address in ithe Courthouse here Sunday at 3 p. m. is Madame Bella Pevsner, "to whom has beeij given the rarest of minds, the t'ongi est of hearts, the knowledge of the Bavaht,'and ;thall-embracing viaipn of the prophet," who 'will speak un der the auspices of the local Jewish community on the condition of the Jews in some nations of Europe and the United States. Touching upon Madame Pevsner's mission, one newspaper says: '"The Jewish people of the world are in an hour of travail. All lands the bru tality of Russia, the freedom of Am erica, not exclusive of the various and varying temperamental aptitudes of England, Prance, Germany and other European countries are in Va rying measure contributing to ' the setting of this wprld stage of it world drama. Madam Pevsner comes preaching the highest altruism. She pleads, and with a wealth of convinc ing illustrations, for a return to 1 a national Jewish existence not it mere geographical limitation, nor a land-bounded materialistic environ ment, but a spiritual national endeav or, a cohesive pndp in the history, achievement and mentality of the past, as a guide and incentive to the present and future. She promotes the cause which, to those of us who are Christians, is also our cause, for we believe in ithe restoration of Jeru salem to God's ancient people." Every person interested is invited to hear Madam Pevsner, Gentiles as well as those of her own race and re ligion. There Will be no admission charge. , ' Cotton dp to eleven Daily Tree Press, March 17) . - About 23 bales of cotton had been sold here today by 3 o'clock. The high price was the best in some time, 11 1-2 cents. New York futures quo tations were: . Open , 2:40 May . . . . .li.93 . 11.94 July v. .: 12.16 12.12 October .....12.27 12.24 December , 1. :"... . ....12.4J 12.38 January ...........12.48 12.40 EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY; v ACTIVE COTTON MfllS - Washington .March 17. Eight hundred and forty active mills. 4,123, 466 tons cf cotton seed crushed in 1915, and 880,780 bales of linters ob tained, ware facts contained in a cen sus report today. Dutch Reports Agree That Big Ship Was Not Sub- maruied-Berlin. Willing to Do the Right Thing If Guilt Shown 15 Lost (By the United Press) . .Washington, March 17 Inves tigation of the sinking of the liner Tubantia with Americans board and reported attack on the liner Patria has been ordered by the State Department, acting Secretary , Polk today announced. The New York customs collector and the Llsb consul have been asked to Investigate the Patria case. The Holland consuls will investigate 'the Tubantia matter. Torpedoed, Officers Swear. ' ' Amsterdam, : March 17. Affidavits of the first and fourth officers of the Dutch liner Tubantia declare the ves sel was submarined, says an official report by the admiralty. Examination of the officers was made at The Ha gue. They swore, say the dispatches, that they clearly w the wake of the torpedo prior to (the ship's sinking. The majority of the passengers, ac cording to newspapers, declare the vessel was torpedoed, but that the submarine was unseen. Mined, Said Earlier Reports. Amsterdam, March 17. Berlin said today Germany would make prompt disavowal and pay (full com pensation if ft is shown that a sub marine sank the Tubantia. Rotter dam and Amsterdam dispatches both agreed that the liner was mined. The Dutch naval 'officers have started an investigation. -London Hear,, 15 May Have Been Lost, Jjondon, March 17. One of the Tu bantia 's boats, carrying fifteen miss- ing,"is feared to be lost, the Evening Standard today declared. 'UR1, FEAST OF THE , DELIVERANCE BY ESTHER Furim, a minor feast in the Jew ish calendar, falls this year on the ldth day of March. It recalls the de liverance of the Jews of Persia through the intervention of Queen Esther and her kinsman Melecal from a threatened massacre planned by II am an, the king's vizier. The feast bears the name of "Po rn." because it is recorded that Ha inan ithe ttrcn enemy ol ine Jews sought to fix the day of .their destruc tion by casting "Purim," which ac cording to a popular etymology given in the Book of Esther, means "lots," The feast is more social in character than religious. WRECKED PART OF A ., STILL IN GRAVEN COUNTY Deputy Collector of Internal Re venue i. M. lull nas returned irom the Vanceboro section, , where he oc troyed a 'part of an illicit still. The operators are thought to have been Warned of Tull's approach, since a part of the equipment had been mov- before he arrived. Several suc cessful raids have been mode in the vicinity - of Vanceboro in the past few weeks, r BULLETINS (By the United Press) STEAMER SUNK. " Copenhagen, "March 17--Aa unidentified steamer : has been mined and sunk sjoiith of Oeland, it is reported. The fat of the crew is unknown.! BERLIN WAR REPORT. Berlin,' March 17 The repulse of two French attacks at Dead Man's Hill is claimed, officially. Part of the enemy on the first at tack reached the German line, and were taken prisoners. t - - - - : Polk, Head of Move- . inent In State, . Arouses interest of Lenoir toun !$y Juveniles in IIog-Rais ing Organize Clubs B. P. Polk, in charge of the Pig Club Work in North Carolina, ac companisd by Local Demonstrator 0 F; McOrary, visited the Farm Valley and Hickory Grovo schools in Lenoir county Thursday. He was to visit others schools today. He talked to the pupils and others on the subject of raising pigs and better pigs, and had an interested audience at each piece. ' ' North Carolina is rapidly becom ing one of the greatest places in the world 'for pork. Mar. Folk wants to see community clubs as well as the County Club in Lenoir, , as in some other counties, and Demonstrator Mc Crary expects to push their organiza tion. "Mr. McCrary is no less an en thusiast than the State man. There were less t;hn 700 pig club members in North Carolina last year, and not many more than 400 of them owned pigs, Mr. Folk says.. The num ber should go to 1,000 or 1,200 in 1916. he thinks. The ejuba are des tined to bring the young breeders in to closer contact with 'one another. so that ideas may be exchanged and rivalry and enthusiasm stirred up. GARRIS BROTHERS ARE FINED FOR ASSAULTING PASSENGER JCONDUCTOH Barney, ' Tohe and Robert Garrls. brothers, were convicted in the Wayne County court at Goldsboro Thursday afternoon- of conspiracy and assault rpon Will Hinnant, well-known Nor folk Southern passenger conductor, ' The brothers were making them selves obnoxious on Hinnant's train one evening several weeks ago and he remonstrated with' them repeatedly. One of the men struck Hinnant a crashing blow' with his fist Passen gerB, one of them with a drawn re volver, stopped the affray and pre vented the other brothers from joining in the assault. The Garrlses were fined rather heavily, fines and costs aggregating $200 or a little more. BIG NEW ENGINES FOR . ftfcWT ANOTHER PLANT NEAR NORFOLK Two of half a dozen giant "con solidation" locomotives recently or dered by the Norfolk Southern Rail road have arrived at Now Bern. They were built in Philadelphia,' and are of the lsestt type. They are of consid erable more pulling power than any engines in service on the road at pre sent, it is said. The two new ma chines Will be used for drawing rock trains from Neverson quarries to Lookout harbor, - '' O :. The Norfolk Southern Thursday commenced construction of new shops, W cost a quarter of million dol lars, at Carolina Junction, near Nor folk. The shops will take care of a part of the company's increasing roll ing stock, likely that ' on the Nor folk and Raleigh divisions. , - ; . BRIEFS IN THE NEWS OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS Because big new locomotives could not enter the building, it has bees found necessary to change the plans for the Norfolk Southern roundhouse ,t New Bern to replace the building partially wrecked by fire some months ago. A modern planing mill will be a part of the equipment at the new shop.3. ' '' ' , Jeff Laughinghouse, alleged whis ky dealer who recently escaped from the Craven .county jail, is believed to have bwn seen In Norfolk. Assistant Superintendent Lenoir County Schools Tells of Witnessing Exer ' rises at Rural School Near Smithfield 600 Present (Daily Free Press, March 17) "To the teachers interested in and working -for the group center com' mencements in the rural of Lenoir county a few won?; about the same plan of work - in another county may prove to be encouraging, since this is the first year of the new plan in our county," says Miss Hat- tie Parrott, the Lenoir county assist ant superintendent. , , "A rural school in Johnston county visited on ' Wednesday, is about fif teen or twenty miles from Smithfield. For several miles before reaching the school we could see wagons, buggies and automobiles, crowded with the friends, patrons and pupils, and all going .toward, the three-room school building where the, commencement was to be held. Even with the very threatening weather and rain Utter, hers, were over 600 people at this meeting. " ". "There ore nine schools . in this ?roup, all taking pant in the exer cises, which included the following irogram: 1 "Welcome by the principal of the choot. " ' ' - , "Recitation contest The 9 schools were represented by girls from the 'ourth grade up. "Declamation contest. Nine boys ontes'.ed for the honor of represent' ng that particular group of schools it the county commencement. : "Singing contest, duets, quartets md sextets from the different schools, -vhich gave selections from "old- ime' songs. This number was a very pleasing and enjoyable feature of he program. ' 1 "The winners in all the contests will represent the group of schooh at the county commencement tto be Id at Smithfield, on, April 7. "The friendly rivalry between the ichools taking part in the contests was plainly an incentive for each one to do his beat. Those who were not r fortunate as to win are already ol finning to first, attend -the county ommencement and -encourage the ?roup representatives; second, make very effort to do better next ; year and hoping that their school will win text spring at the group center com mencement. . "The girls taking part in the exer- ises made the dresses they wore ust " plain, inexpensive, sensibly- planned white dresses. They have irganized sewing clubs 3n these schools, where the pupils who are members of the clubs receive instruc tion from the teacher one afternoon each'' week of the school term. , "The next'humber on the program was intensely interesting to "all present. It was a demonstration les son in the moonlight school work. A pupil about fifty years ' old stated from the" platform that previous to October, 1915, he could not read . a etter, nor could he write bis name or make figures. He read severad paragraphs from the book used in the moonlight school and 'read well. He then wrote his name on the black board, showing a fair degree of ease) legibility and rapidity in the writ ing.. This pupil expects ,, to continue his studies until he has theability to read papers and write letters, etc An educational address along the line of better rural schools was very attentively listened to by the inter ested audience. "Athletic contests, incldixig bas ketball, running and jumping and several relay races took place in the afternoon. - : "To one interested in rural school work, it was a great pleasure to vis it k meeting of this kind to see the coming together of the people in the nine school communities, and all in terested in helping each other and the whole group toward having better schools and giving the boys and girls of the rural communities every op- Ellsworth Fdut and 6 Chil dren Perished In the ' Flames ; MAN'S LIFE FOR YOICIG Had Rescued Wife and Ba by Son-in-Law Injured Trying to Get Girl Brieve Out of Blazing House at Clayville-Brother Hurt Cumberland,' Md., Mapch 17-BUs. worth E. Fout and six of bis children were burned to death, and son-in-law, i William Shears, "and brother, David Fout, seriously burned, fa fire which destroyed the Fourti horn at Clayville. Va., SS miles south of - here, today. . . . ' Fout died trying to save bis chi)- V dren, after saving bis wife and an fant child. -'' - - . Shearer was burned trying to save ; his aighteen-yearld bride. ' f NEWS NOTES FROM A. .. C. COUEGE, WUSOil IresUent.EM Makes Vwit-l'lay to Be Presented Baseball Sched uleHesperian Society Has New President Local Young Man to Compete In Coming Peace Orator , '!, leal vent 4 , ' Special to The Free Press) Wilson, March 17 State Superb ondent of Educatlo.n f,. Yv Joynef ,-ill, deliver the class address at AU antic Christian College on May 25. The faculty and ttudeut body an oyed recently a short visit from th resident-elect, Dr. Raymond A. Mnt of Beckley, W. Va. Mr. Moilberger, dean of Musla ' College, will on the evening of March 17, present Mis AHca :Privt in iano recital, Miss Prvetjf wil.l b issdsted by Miss Susie Montgomery, nezzo-soprano. s ' Miss Myrtie Harper,, the librarian, , ind Miss Frances Harpe.r of the do-, mrtment of mathematics, spent ths veek-end last week with their slstsr, VTrs. Whitley, at her home in Wen WL ' , Mrs, Aston, professor, of Latin,. Is reparing some of her students to ; rive the play "Julius , Caesar." It vfll be given in the college auditor!- , um. A schedule of intercollegiate jraraes s now being arranged by the A. C. Z. baseball team. There is also tha isual seasonal interest in tennis. The Hesperian Society haa'rWga-it oized and now has Mr. John M. Wa ters of Washington as its president. For the past four years they have furnished the A. iC, CY representa tives in the Intercollegiate Peace Or atorical Contests. In these A. C, Ci has won two prizes, thus not being . excelled by any other college cf the state. A debate on "Preparedness is being planned by Hesperians. Alethian Society was entertained recently through the courtesy of Mr. Ameson.: This year they send Mr. Toel .t Vause of Kinston to irepre wnt A- C. C. in ;. the forthcoming Peace Oratorical Contest at Durham, in which the nine leading colleges 'of the State participate. There has been effected a union of .... .. , v " ' young men's and young women's so cieties at A. C. C., thus the insti tution is co-educational throughout. The government will establish a vireless telephone station at Beau ort. it is reported. jortunity for the best in work and in pleasure. " ' ' '" "Johnston county is justly Jjroud cf ta schools, and ?upt Royall arJ l is ssistant, Miss Kelly, are k j a y jroud of the co-r"rat!un cf V a teachers, covr.rV. -na i .l ' rons la the eJj-.-a'Jw.al vc:' cf 3 county."