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PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK-WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
VOL. XXXV. No. 82
KINSTON, N. C SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1916
PRICE FIVE CENT3
ENGAGEMENT BETW'EN AM'RICANS
PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO
CLOSE END PRESENT
SCHOLASTIC MONTH
CRAIG WIILL TRY TO
THE LATEST MODEL MAXWELL
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SEND SOME OF THE
LYNCIIERSTOPRISON
CIAKEGIIIELA BANDITS LOSOT DEA
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VILLISTAS
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CUHIIED, TUtSDAY AT
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Carranzfetas Helped United States Troops, Says War
Depafthient-Two Outlaws Captured American De;
tachmehts Believed Close on Heels of Villa In Conn
try South of Chihuahua City Report Says Fugitive
Chieftain Has Two Thousand Men With Him and Is
Awaiting Arrival iDodd's Men Only, Advanced Pari
ties from Punitive Expedition About to Run In Upon
Guerillas; Rumored , - t
(By the
' Washington, April 7. Americans and Villistas fought
a third engagement Tuesday at Cianeeruilla. Ten Villis
tas were killed, two captured. Carranzistas helped the
Americans. The news reached the. War Department to
day. The Department also
between' Villistas and Americans at Agua Calien'tes Sat
urday. VJ
Americans Nearing Villa's
San Mtonio, April 7.
ments are believed to be near Satevpn, forty miles south
of Chihuahua City, hot on Villa's trail.
Villa Reported to Have 2,000 Men.
El Paso, April 7. Villa
men at Parral for a stand
nriTir to information reachinsr here from Mexican
sources. Dodd's advance cavalry is reported to be near
ing there. The Villistas' reported numbers surprised offi
ciate here who believe they may be exaggerated. J
HtniN WANTS THE
UTON 'CIIANOE'AT
ItTrl
To See If Bears Are Cons
pfring to Lower Prices-
Greatest Reduction In
Years of Winter Wheat
Crop 24 Points Off
'Washington, April 7-r-dlepresenta
tive Heflin today introduced a bill
asking for investigation of the New
York cotton exchange to find wheth
"( the market is controlled by a con-
- spiracy of hear operators trying to
lower prices. ' -
Winter Wheat Fourth Short
The reduction of 24 points of the
winter wheat crop as compared with
last year, is indicated in a report by
the Department of Agriculture. The
crop is estimated at 495,000,000 bush
els. The falling off was due to bad
weather and reduction " of acreage.
, The production was lower than in any
year since 1904. ' ;
. Chicago, April 7. Senator Warren
- G. Harding of Ohio was chosen .tem
porary chairman of ithe Republican
National Convention by the unani
mous vote; of the committee on ar-
rangemenbs of the Republican Na-
tiona( Committee here today. t
VOLUNTARY BANISHMENT
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(Dally Free Tress Apr"! 7)
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' . W. C. Boone, who -will leave the
U. S. about April 15 for a four
dears' stay in the Orient, as spending
two or tare days here bidding good
bye to friends-. Mr. Boone came from
Luniberton, his home town. He was
. stationed hew in 1915 as demonstra
tion agent for the Department of Ag
riculture. ;,: : fr l.'-'i.?:-?
, Mr, Boone' da tinder contract with
, the British-American Tobacco Com-
. pany to teach Chinese farmers how
to grow better weed. He will be sta
tioned in Shanghai, the Chinese cpast
4etropolia, where there is a - large
.foreign population. He is thankful
Jat he will have the chance to live
in the city, although his work will
rry hhn mto "rural districts" of
China frequently, and far away from
tfce habitats of white men, it is pre
SiiaieJ. " .
NVESTIGATED
United Press) '
confirmed reports of the fight
: V
Position.
American; advanced detach
has gathered two thousand
against the Americans, ae
G0LDSB0R0 YOUTHS
rr ARRESTED IN CITY
Trio Had 22 Pints of Whisky One
i-Jakes Slam Sat Police Hold AM
Woman Got Away Prisoner
Members .Good Families and Have
Good Characters Generally, It Is
Said' .
The police seized 22 pints of whis
ky from an automobile an South Kin
ston this morning between 2 and : 8
o'clock and s arrested R. L. Coker,
Marvin Best and S. F. Pate, charged
with violating the prohibition law by
transporting and having too much li
quor."'" Chief of Police Heath says Coker
declared ownership of the whisky and;
automobile and exonerated his com
panions. Assistant Chief Skinner and
policemen discovered the machine in
the resort section. They had spotJ'.ed
it previously. One of the men was
asleep in the car, apparently very
drunk. Skinner removed the whisky.
The others came out of a house and
one commenced a tirade against the
person or persona who had stolea"
the whisky. The couple were arrested.
The woman, who was not identified,
concealed herself, it is thought. She
was' not located. The three men, all
yOuiths, remained in custody, faili
to give bond. All are from Goldf boro.
The Chief states that the Goldsboro
police give Best and Pate rather good
characters. They are said to be well
connected. Cokerj he says, has been
suspected ithere for some time.
The-trial was expected to be held
this, afternoon. , "'''
THE DAY ON THE
I & $ COTTON EXCHANGE
- Sales on the local cotton market
were larger today, a score of bales
having been disposed of before noon.
The best'price by then was 11 1-2,
New : York futures -quotations
wore: V '''' Open . 2:40
May .'. '...........,..11.90
July .. ........12.06
October . , . 12.23
December ; . . . . . ....12.40
3 anuary . ........... . 12.43
11.83
12.03
12.19
12.37
12.39
SHIP SUNK ; 11 DROWNED.
Londoa, April 7. Elere Asi
atic members of the crew were
drowned when the Peainwla &
Oriental liner Simla sunk in tt
Mediterranean.
BULLETINS
Tro ot these Cars form the Capital Prizes in
UNiTEDlTATES NOT
WAIT LONG FOR THE
OERMAN STATEMENT
Government Is Absolutely
Convinced Teuton Tor- 1
pedo Hit Sussex
GERARD SEES NO DANGER
Of Break Between Nations.
V: ; Reichstag More Friendly
Toward America Since
. "Chancellor's Address,
Says Dr. Hecksher
-! (By the United Press) '
Washington, April 7. The govern
menf is absolutely convinced that a
German torpedo struck the Sussex.
A -German statement of intentions
Is awaited in the light of this fact,
and this government will not . wait
long. These facts were made known
today as the Cabinet assembled to
Consider ithe question.
Gerard Not Worried.
By CARL W. ACKERMAN,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
A Berlin. April 7. Ambassador Ger
ard doesn't believe the German-Am
erican situation is serious. Despite
English reports, he believes, Ger
many may meet America with com
plete willingness to settle the ques
tions on five ships now pending. Dr.
Hecksher of the Reichstag , foreign
relations committee today ' said the
whole tone in the Reichstag, former
ly anti-American, has changed sinee
the chancellor's speech Wednesday.'
1$ NOT Oi STICK
DYNAMITE IN CIITY,
SAYS FIRE CHIEF
Rumor That Had Reached
Officials to EfTect That
Hardware Dealers Kept
Explosives In Places Bus
iness Flatly Denied
(Daily Free rresi, Apiil 7) ; '
"There ia absolutely no foundation
for a rumor that explosives are stor
ed in local hardware stores," declar
ed Fire Chief T. V. Moseley today!
He had been advised that it was re
ported that dynamite or powder or
bolh were kept in conisderable quan
tities in certain of the establish
ments. "I have the word of every
proprietor that such is not the case,"
he stated; "and, in fact, I believe
there is only one concern here sell-
ing explosives." ; f.-''':-j s
The law requires explosives to be
stored in places a certain distance be
yond the corporate limits of a town.
The law is being obeyed by the lo
cal dealers, Chief Moseley said with
positiveness. He is satisfied tliere is
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Contest.
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HAVE SMALL CHANCE
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ESCAPING CAPTURE
Fall of Haucourt Makes
Garrison's Position More
Perilous, Stated
GERMAN GUNNERS BUSY
Pounding Away at Salient
to Prepare for Great In
f antry Attack Teutons
t Bent On Taking Verdun
'From the Northwest o
i ' (fy h ' United' Press)
London, April 7. The French po
sition at Bethincourt is greatly im
perilled by the surrender of Hau
court. It was under a terrific Ger
man bombardment all day yesterday.
The Germans apparently are prepar
ing to concentrate for a heavy smash
against this salient as the next move
in the new Verdun drive from the
northwest.'
Russians Take a Town.
Petrograd. April 7. Destruction of
a German airship southwest of Dvi-
nsk and the capture of the Galician
village of Svetkavtze are reported of
ficially. Much booty was taken at
Svetwavtze.
Russian Naval Activities.
Patrograd, April 7. The Russians
are advancing on Trebizond, the Tur
kish Black Sea port, from the east
and south, official dispatches today
said.'
In a naval battle Russian submar
ines saw a Turkish steamer, convoy
ed by a torpedo boat, and eleven sail
ing ships laden with coal. A Rus
sian battleship bombarded ilhe farm
er German cruiser Breslau, now fly
ing the Turkish flag, which fled.
HAVE ROADS AGREED
BUILD STATION ON
SITE?
Reported That N. S. and A.
C, L. Have Decided , Not
to Fight Location at Gor
don and -Independent
Might De BIufF, Opinion
(Daily Free Press, April 7)
- Rumors known to nave emanated
from reliable sources state the the
Norfolk Southern and Atlantic Coast
Line Railroads have agreed to abide
by the Corporation Commission's de
cision thait the new union passengei
station should be put at the South
east comer of Gordon and Independ
ent streets. ' No verification can be
(Continued on Page Four)
not a -stick of dynamite nor a keg of
powder anywhere" in Kinston. '
OfTicials had bec.i info.-med that
exj)losivcs were stored in the city.
DCTIIIlim
ULMNIUjU
The Free Press Voting
BRITISH SCOFF AT
TERMS OFFERED BY
GERMAN CIlICETR
Peace No Nearer From Von
Bethmann-Hol weig's
Speech to Reichstag
MORE MODERATE, THOUGH
Verdun Offensive's Failure
and Food Problem Have
Caused Teutons to Modi
fy Tentative Demands,
Say English Officials
(By ED. L. KEEN,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Jjonaon, April '!. Jfeace 48 no
nearer as a result of the German
chancellor's Reichstag speech. Every
British official interviewed today
scoffed at the idea that. England
would agree to the terms suggested
It is believed here that the terms of
the "chancellor are modified from for
mer suggestions. Officials give two
reasons, namely, ithe Verdun failure
and the increasing seriousness of the
German food problem.
Chancellor's Speech From German
Point of View.
By CARL V. ACKERMAN,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
; Berlin, April 7. The papers here
generally.dnterpreted Von Bethmann
Holweig's Reichstag speech as lay
ing, "before the world Germany's
terms for ending the war.
FARMVAmSCIIO'L
LARGELY; ATTENDED
Six Schools Participating In
Exercises at Central
! School Address by State
Inspector High Schools-
Big Country Dinner1
(Daily Frte Press, April 7)
Six or seven hundred persons at
tended : the group ' school commence
pent at Farm Valley school, Falling
Creek, . oday. The exercises com
menced jait 10:30 o'clock. At 1 o'clock
an elaborate dinner was : set by the
patrons of the school for the guests,
who were from a large territory sur
rounding. ' The following schools, members of
the Farm Valley group, participated:
Hickory iGrove, Daly's, Aldridge, In
stitute, Oak Dale and Farm Valley.
The group center school as one of the
model institutions of Ithe county's
system. : . '''' ' ;,' ' - - ;
One of the best 'declamation con
tests ever heard in Lenoir county fea
tured the exercises. Miss Mabel Foi
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rnimrjurii
Expected to OlTer Reward
TodayAct of Mob Wor-.
rics the Governor
TALKS WITH OFFICIALS
Solicitor Expects Develop
ments In Investigation
Soon or Will Call Halt to
Wait Until Somebody Has
Talked, Indicated ,
(Daily Free Press, April 7)
Governor Craig talked with local
officials over long distance telephone
Thursday might in regard to (the
lynching of Joseph Black, colored,
taken from the Lenoir county jail
Wednesday and shot to death by a
mob in Greene county.
The Governor seemed to be worried
over the affair. lie initends to press
the investigation, and prosecution of
suspects as well, to try to place re
sponsibility for the lynching and send
some persons to the penitentiary, it
la said. He suggested offering a re
ward, and asked the advice of the of
ficials on that matter. . He is expected
to announce the reward in a few
hours.
Solicitor II. E. Shaw thi morning
stated that he could give out noth
ing further about the investigation
to be started. He would not, say
that he expected to secure the con
viction of any persons. He intimated
that something would-develop in v a
day ' or two .(that the investigation
would be suspended to await develop'
ments.-
Greene county men today deny
that " the lynchers were "a Greene
cdunty mob," and assert that the ma
jority of them were from Pitt cmn
tyw Black lived npar the Pitt-Greene
line, they . say, as does Tyson, thj
white man whose life Was threat?!
ed by the negro. Colonel Shnw be
lieves "both counties" furnished con'
tingents.
INDICTMENTS IN THE '
CANriL CONSPIRACY
Expected In a Few Days Man Who
Assisted Tauscher In Engineering
Plot to Destroy the Welland Not
likely to Be Tried Von Dcr
Goltze Promises to Be Govern
meat Witness ,
Washington, April 1e Indictments
the Welland Canal . conspiracy,
in
which Captain Hans .Tauscher is al
leged to have engineered with llorst
Von Der 'Goltze, are expected wkhir
few days.' It ds improbable that
Goltze, will be indicted, since he has
promised to be a government witness.
AYDEN ILLUSTRATED
IN HANDSOME LITTLE
BOOK JUST PUT OUT
The Ayden Chamber of Commerce
has just issued a handsome 36-page
booklet of the vest-pocket size, set
ting forth the charms of "one of the
most wide-awake, progressive small
towns in the State, offering unlimilpd
pportunities to the home-seeker ana
the inVestor.'' . r ; '.
The booklet is well-printed and con
tains many illustrations. Fine busi
ness structures, churches, schoojs,
homes, etc., are depicted. ' )
"During the year of 1915," sayj
the pamphldt, "thia little v village
for a village it ' waa theninaugu
rated a campaign for progress, which
in less than six months' time termi
nated into one of the greatest periods
of progress and advancement in the
ent'rety of its hisbery." Pages are d
voted to a resume7 of industrial, ac
tivities, the schools, chamber of com
merce, civic league, churches, water,
lights and sewer?pe titanu, bank
ing houses, business houses, hotels,
nd "Ayden as a whole! ,
Eight-Months' Term Deter
mined Upon by Trustees
Thursday Night '
HOPED FOR LONGER YEAR
Board Could Not Very Well
" Finance Extra Months
Had Made an Earlier
Start Against Chance of ;
Running Through May
(Daily Free Press, April 7)
The city schools will end the scho
lastic year on April 28, it was an-
rcunced Thursday night, following a
meeting of the Board of Trustees.
The term will have run the usual .
tight months then. . . ; -The
school year was started a lit
tle earlier than usual in tho tad. in
the hope that the board might have f :
funds enough to increase the term
to nine months. , It was stated Thurs-
day that it was Kwsible that the
board would not its way clear to
finance the schools for the proposed
ninth month, and the meeting result
ed an Hhe decision to close them at '
the end of the eighth.
The trustees expect to be able to
make ithe 1916-1917 term run nine
months.
Members of the board say' that the
present year might have been stretch
ed to nine months! but that the f unds
would have been cut very" closely.
FIRE IN HARDWARE
STORE DOES DAMAGE
SEVERAL THOUSAND
Blaze of Unknown Origin
In Place, of D. VJ Dix
on & Son Early Today
Firemen Checked frames .
Immediately "'- m' , . .
(Daily Free Prss.1, Aprd 7) '
Fare shortly after 3 o'clock tins
morning did damage estimated at
$3,000 or $3,500 in the hardware store
of D. V. Dixon & Son at the South
east corner' of North and Queen
streets. The figures of damage are
those of Fire Chief Moseley.
The origin of the blaze ds unknown.'
The department was quickly on the
scene -and checked the 1 progress of
the flames within five minutes. The
fire was confined to the second tory
of the building, in which it started.
The blaze was a more or less stubborn
one; and it took the firemen about
30 minutes to completely extinguish,
it. Combustibles, such as paints, oils
and varnishes i threatened to make
trouble ; for 1 the ifire-flghters. The
water pressure was excellent'
' The fire was not' exactly a spec
tacular one, but quite 'tfnteres;tirK., ;
to quote Chief Moseley.' The depart
ment excelled their previous best ef
fort ami handled the blase in an ad
mirable fashion, he said. A stranger
who claimed long acquaintance with
Are departments in many places de
clared to a group of the men that he
could not believe them volunteers, so
nicely had they eoped4- with the
threatening situation, for Ithe flames
had gained considerable headway be
fore the apparatus was called. Much
of the damage was from smoke and
water.'-. , :7;j ; i ;
Insurance men this afternoon es
timated the damage to stock and
building at $5,000.
Philadelphia, April . 6. So many
school garden teachers have been cap
tured by Dan Cupid since last sum
mer that the board of education held
a special examination to fill the
ranks. Many marriages followed the
closing of the gardens Jast summer
and the eligible list was virtual' exhausted.
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