; ICinstqn Free Mess. !' PUBLISHED TWICE1 A WEEKWEDN ESIXAYS AND SATURDAYS ' - ' VOL. XXXV.-N0. 83 KINSTON, N. WEDNESDAY, APRIJ. 19, 1916 SPLIT IN KAISER'S BRITISH DEFEATED EXTENSION OF MAIN HARRY STEIN DEAD CM BE OtORIOUSiy ORUI IJV KINSTON eLI AMERICAN OFF; NO CERTAINTY CAPITAL OVER THE BY TURKS ON RIVER STREET AND OPEN'G AND PARTELLO GIRL 5 GRAVE SITUATION DEMANDS OF WILSON TIGRIS AGAIN, SAID a- iV i - ' r OF VERNON HEIGHTS IS HELD BY STATE FOR HVENTY CENTS PTTH PRICE FIVE CENTO a 7ii m i n iMiin i mi i iiiiii iir 111 ii'iiw rnn hMWiux huh I tm ium rnn n k yETlfflT'S DEATH Refusal of De Facto Preside to Agree to Punitive Exple'. Einperor ' and ' Chancellor Driven Dacfe' By Countw ; fon Wvw Concern Pershiny Believed to Have Sent . Want Relations Main- Attacks-French . Assert Alarming Reports to Funston6iHcial 'Identification tailed ; Opposition ' Germans Have Made No of Corpse by Mexicans Would Be Embarrassing: for : United States-arral May Be Attacked by Troops, fir IS AGAINST CONCESSIONS Protection, of Americans 'Deliberate Attempt to An- Material Gain In West, Berlin Report Different Planned by Persons Who , Would Develop Property North of City-Would Remove Near Mansion From End of Street nihilate Tompkins' Command Must Use Railroads, Says Funston, or Change Base ' .' ' Reichstag Leaders Willing Note to Public' Friday' ' ' (By the United Press.) , Berlin, April 18. Reichstag leaders favoring a vigorous sub marine warfare oppose further concessions to America. The Kaiser supports the chancellor, desiring to maintain friendly re. la lions. Note to Reach Berlin Friday. (By ROBERT J. BENDER, ) (United Press Staff Correspondent) (By E. T, CONKLE, United Press Staff Correspondent) ; Washington, April 18. Carranza stands pat on his withdrawal request until he receives a formal reply,; Con sul Rodgers at Mexico City, today informed the State De partment. .The army's report of the Parral fight was sent by'Rqdgers. Villa's death is yet unconfirmed. Situation Critical. - ; Ef Paso, April 18. Protection of American troops is the foremost consideration of army heads, said to be about to attack Parral. Carranza's withdrawal request makes the situation critical. Pershing is understood to have reported adverse conditions to Funston. Failure to verify the identification of Villa's corpse is due to tha wire being down, Mexicans here claim. If the Mexican Government officially identifies the body of Villa, the Am ericans cannot dispute the statement and will withdraw. Americans Concentrating. . , San Antonio, -April 18.' American advanced ; detach ments! aiG C.Onomtratincf at Sar.PVn fnr n rmrlr nlanrtnA VilM.fhasP. nprnl FimstAn aacorf tnw tlfof ,,1 Oongress leaders. The Cabinet ap- troops will be unable to advance beyond Sate'vo with the roT px-cswiu cumMiuxuuauui a. -Mie use. VI Mexican railways peaceful outcome of the negotiations. Or a Change Of baS. Will be, necessary. , . The President and Secretary Lansing Washington Doesn t Believe Villa Dead. conferred today. "'Washington, April 18 Withdrawal of the American Von Brnstor,ir nd Lansing confer. forces from Mexico is expected soon. It will be accom- Washington, Apni is. Ambassa nli'sW with t.hfl hrpnlnno- nn nf all trio Villo hanAa Ra. dor Von Bernstorff asked for a con ports of further clashes between Mexican civilians and the Americans may delay the withdrawal. Parral Attack Vicious. With the American Army in Mexico, Wireless to Col umbus, April 18. -The men in the Parral fight describe the Mexican attack as a deliberate attempt of Carranzis tas to annihilate Tompkins' command. The Carranzistas attacked Americans and killed one. (By the United Press) T.rmlrtrv Anvil 19 TIia Tm-l d tiaA tO trO tO Any Extreme agrain. defeated the British expedition Rather Than1 Modify the attemtin it0 reIiev th 'm : . . garrison At Kot-el-Amara. Tlie Brit- bllbmarine Warfare. The ish have been driven back on the south bank of the Tigris by Turk counter charges. French Statement. -Paris, April 18. The French today repulsed a German attack" on J(he easit bank of the Meuse. Germans in Charges captured one a-edoubt Tho cannonading continued. Losses have been heavy on both aides. . Many German Captives. Berlin, April 18. The war office today announced the capture of .im portant French positions near Ver dun, and seventeen hundred prison ers. Washuitrton, April 18. The note rreSr4t,2rs it forest fires burning It will reach Germany Friday. The contents will be unknown until then. The President today conferred with OUT AROUND BELHAVEN " ty..1$ Eastern Press) ' , Belhaven N.: C.', April 18. The forest fires which have raged un checked in this part of 'the State for days are beginning to burn themsel- The development of that part of Vernon Heights lying at the north em end of Queen street will be un- dartaken soon, it is expected. The handsome brick home on 'Sarahurst. ths place of Mr, and Mrs. D. T. Ed wards, possibly will be moved to face a contemplated extension of Queen street. Chattanooga, Tenn., capital was several weeks ago said to be in tnrested in the property, but no fur ther overtures have been made to the owners, it is stated. If the Edwards house is moved, as sHtms likely, Queen street will bo opened up for a distance of several blocks farther north, and there will probably be started one of the finest residential sections of the city. The city authorities favor the ex tension of Queen street and develop ment of the property, of course, but nothing official has been said to the owners in the matter, and any action that may be taken will bo by the lat ter voluntarily, it is said. ves out. No new fires were report ed today, and the pall of smoke that has hung over this town since Thurs day is lifting Hhis afternoon. 'j ! si , -r . lerence witn secretary Lansing on the Sussex situation (this afternoon. ! INVESTIGATION OF SISAL INDUSTRY Here is a List of Contestants arid Partial Schedule of Votes FOUfJER SECRETARY Mm VONPAPEN AROOTD NEW YORK Von Igel, Fifth of Alleged I tWelland, Canal Plotters Taken,' Fought Four Offi cers' When Taken Into Custody, Says Report (By the United Press) Washington, April 18. Wolf Von Igel of New York, former secretary of Capt Von Papen, is the fifth man indicted iby a New York grand jury in the. Welland canal plot, the Jus tice Department today announced. As secretary , he handled Von ,Papen's employes' correspondence". . Arrested in New York, Igel fought Jour officers. . - " CONSTITUTION HOLDS ONE GREAT LIE, ;SAYS DR. CYRUS THQMPSON "No greater-' lie Was ver pen.! ned than the Declaration of In dependence in which it is declar ed that all. men were created free and equal" That) according to reports in this morning's newspapers, was a statement made by Dr. Cy. Thompson of Onslow county be fore the North Carolina Health Officers' Association in Durham Monday night, , He was discuss ing "The Physician and Public Health." ; It might be heresy to make such a declaration, Dr. Thomp son said, hut he was not a politician. Ordered by Federal Trade Commis sion International Harvester Co. Accused of Controlling Business Through Commission in Mexico and Holding! Up Yucatan Ship ments DISTRICT No. 1. After the Capital prizes, two Max well Tourinjr Cars have been award ed, this district .will , receive one dia mond ring, one gold watch and one bank account of $25. All others in this district who remain in the con test until the close, who do not win one of the above prizes, and who com ply with the rules, will be naid a commission of 10 per cent. DISTRICT No. 1. Miss Sarah Dunn, Kinston .. 16,200 Mrs. Susan Uunn, Kinston ... . 8,600 Miss Barbara,., Emery, Kinston 21,700 j Miss - Lucy Freeman Herman Lawson. Kiriston.... 31,400 Mrs. Eva Cummings, Kinston 33,800 Miss Kyle Haiyett, Kinston.. 8,600 Mrs. J. B. Leonard, Kins... 16,100 .Miss Vetma HUI, Kinston. ... 28,600 Mi4. Gordon Boney, Kinston.. 38,i00 Mrs; AT.-L. McCullen, Kins... 24,600 Miss vtclona hursell, Kinston .l!,7tW Miss Isabel Buily, Kinston... 28,200 Mibs cortnna Mial, 18.100 Mrs. Claude Smith 44,300 Miss Jania Hardy 43,800 Miss Ruth iDall 17.100 Mr. Phillips Brooks 28,900 30,700 Young Jewish Merchant Plenty of 'Jamaica Cinirer Died Early This Morning 'Lemon Extract and From Revolver Bullet Wound Self-Defense to Be Pica of Assailant 'Spirits Nitre' (Daily Free Press, April 18) Harry Stein, shot by, Margaret Partello in her South Kinston house on a night laite in March, died about a. m. today in Parrott Memorial Hospital, where he had been confined since the shooting. As stated in Monday's Free Press, Stein was im proving from his wound -an abdom inal puncture from a revolver bulkt until Sunday, when a chanire for the worse occurred. htem was well-known in the city. He was an installment dealer with a tairiy large business; was a native of Russia and has relatives in , Rus sia and this country. He was prob aoly 30 years of age. His parent ive in Russia, and he has a brother SIX TEMPORARILY INSANE From Drinkincr lOO-Can- dlepower Dope, Accord ing to Officials Little Drops of Drugs, Oceans of Alcohol (Dally Free Press, April 18) By applying at ono of several drug stores or numerous edgeof town groceries and securing "Jama ica ginger," spirits of nitre or"es sence of lemon," one may get drunk as a lord for about 20 cents. Recor der T. C. Wooten and members ' of the police force say so. These things in the medical service of tne armv . ", r w" U"1 - i muias; of that country, thought to be an of ficer, now a prisoner in Austria. Margaret Partello, a woman appar ency nouut so or zo years or age. not bad looking and of better address nd appearance than most of her class, was held -under guard at City Hall this morning. She was under $1,000 hail also, fixed some time ago. She shot Stein after he had kicked, oeaten and choked her, she stated, following ithe shooting; she declared that she held no enmity for the man, that, in fact, he had promised to mar ry her in the summer. Self-Defense wi'l be her plea. If Stein made an ante-mortem statement assuming the blamewhich cannot be determined Ginger: Alcohol, 931-2 per cent: extract of ginger, etc., 6 2-3 per cent , , Spirits of Nitre: Alcohol, 92 per cent.; "other ingredients," 8 per cent Essence of lemon: , Alcohol, about 70 per cent: "other fnrMi o about 30 per cent "It is against the law to sell these things with more than enourh alec-' hoi 'ta actually preserve th medicin . al or culinary -ingredients," , Judge Wooten declared today, "and some-' body's going to get in jail." Druggists, if there ar any violat. ing the law, as the Recorder says,' know better: the' erocers. -mW f " Uciay because of the absence, of his utter jbvsician, Dr. J. M. Parrott, from the I . . . . - va vi vim m ma arucies was Miss Marv Pannsr Tfinstm 9ft 7nn Washington, April 18. The Fede- Miss Bessie Faulkner, Kinston 6,500 ral Trade Commission today ordered isa Spah Faulkner, Kinston. 31,800 Mm. .Mamifi Knycrara Irt. Kina'n 11(1(1(1 an- investigation of the sisal indus- Addie Ford. Kinston.. . 5,400 try. The International Harvester Mrs. Coy Stroud, Kinsion. .. . 37,900 Comnanv ii armd f .rtnHvillino- ylvsa arD. Anarews, Ains... 34,.iuu company is accused of controlling Mjgg Bett-e BarfieIdj Kins 2(,100 ;the industry, increasing prices, it is Miss Carrie L.'BeasIey, Kinst'n. 10,300 alleged, through a Yucatan commis- M. Clara Becton,; Kinston. . 41,600 sion and holding up shipments. Mis3 Maeirie Bissett. Kins.. ... 29,700 Miss Georgia BiiSiell. Kinston 11,700 nITrniro Burn Bfrrnr Miss Nannie Blackwell, Kins. 38,700 rljlltnlCd MJlN MEET Miss Ada Bostic, Kinston .... 8.200 iienry uradsnaw, Kins. 2.auo IN WIf MINHTHN TAnAV M. L. Orasweli; Kins 29,300 111 IfUilHinUiyil IVUtll Miss Alma Broadhurst, Kins. 33,100 - lL, Misis A. L. Broadway, Kinston, 5,400 National Association of rmmiHmn. Mm y- V. Broadway, Kins. , 17,100 ers Hold Atanual Conventionlied- Marianna . LaRoque, Kinston fielrl nnH Craicr in Ha inuuii iha Miss Carrie B. i Cox. Kinston. ,c..i,., nf- r-. c-- t Mrs. F. L, Hooker, Kins 40,700 Speakers-Many Coast SUtes Re- j , Abbott 3nston. . . . 31,700 preseniea 10 visit Hatchery and Mrs. VV. U. Morris, Kmston i Miss Allie Delle Caynor . 8,'00 35,500 6,000 4:j,200 BULLETINS Army Post ' (Special to The Free Press) Wilmington, N. C., April 18. The opening' session of the annual con-' I vertHon of the National Association i 44,700 22,600 38,800 CHAMBERLAIN ARMY E!' LIS EXPECTED PiSS SENATE TODAY (By.'ihe-.tJnited Press) , Washington, April 18.AThe Cham herlain army bill is scheduled to pass tne Senate today. It provides for 180,000 regulars and a fifteen-millioh-dollar government nitrate plan. ROOSEVELT HASNT ,1 PLAN'IED.GQ CHICAGO (By the United Press) -1 velt baa not arranged to attend the Chicago conventions. He will make n stumping campaign. He contem plates two pre-convention speeches, however. - (By the United Press) REPORTED RESIGNATIONS BRITISH MINISTERS. . London, April. 18. The coali vtion cabinet today considered the conscription issue. The resigna tions of David Lloyd-George, Bonar Law and r Lord Curzon were rumored. MANY LOST ON TORPEDOED SHIP. . London, April 18. British lin ; er Zent has been torpedoed, un ' warned, and 49 killed, and the dutch steamer Ejdijk submarin ed and beached. 19.800 19,100 45,600 8,200 19,800 36,800 38,700 7,000 28,500 41.700 STATE B. P. 0. E TO fJEET IN. WASHINGTON I Craft of Alabama; T Florida; Frederick L. Perry of Con necticut; Joseph Hyde Prafet j of North Carolina; Swepson Earle. of Maryland; Henry D. S. Woodbury, member of the Sea and Shore Fish fries Commission; George W. Field of Massachusetts; IL L. Gibbs i of (By the Eastern Prtss) i North Carolina; Prof. E, E Prmce Washington, N. C, April 18. Of- of Ottawa, Canada; ; Hon. WUIiaTB ficers of the local lodge of Elks an- EedSeld. Secretary of Commerce, and nounced today that the State conven- others. " ' tion will be held here on May 17 .... The fish hatchery on Cape Fear ri aiid 18. A thousand Elks are ex- ver and Fort Caswell will be visited nected to attend the meeting. Ion Thursday. Miss Kate Brown. Kinsrton Miss iusie Canady, Kinston. Miss Lillie B. Cox, 24,100 Miss Stella Buck. Kinston Elizabeth Cop-eland, Kinston. Miss Dora Diamond, ,Kins,.. Miss Katie Gaylor, Kinston.. Maro-iioritfi OfKWffinri. Kinalnn of Fisheries Commissioners was Miss Lena Grady, Kinston. held here thi morning. The conven- M'ss ! Orubbs, Kinston.. . , . .. , , , v Miss Alice Hart, Kinston . . tion will Jast through Thursday. Marv HartsfieM. Kinston Scheduled to sneak during .the Miss Proosie Heath. Kinston. three davs ar firtvemop Ti-aiir Mav Mlss ocowa . noogooa, Kinston. o.ouu tnree days are Governor Craig, May- Misg Deia Hya;t Kinston... 45-300 or Moore, Judge W, P. Stacy, Ed. Miss Lula Isler,; Kinston...... 6,700 Chambers Smith, chairman of the Miss Mana Patrick, Kinston 40,600 ,, ,. ,. . , . . Miss lerry xaitchel , Kinston. , 6,000 North Carolina r.shenes Commis- Miss Florence Moore, Kinston 22fi00 sion; w, JUclJonakl Lee of Virginia; Miss Annie Nobles, Kmston.. 21,400 Deputy Commissioner H. F. Moore, V K'kZ of the . U. S. Bureau of Fishenes; Miss Fannie Pollock, Kmston 6,000 Brayton A. Round of Rhode Island; Mls Koberta Pridgen, Kinston 19,100 r t xt. t. -m Miss Mary Pridgen, Kinston 24,600 George A. Mofct of New Jersey; W. Mis, Nannie Randolph, Kins. 19200 H. Maltbie - of Maryland; John Miss Amanda Rhodes, Kins.. . 22,000 RJ Hodges of r.8 lj,?lllan Kowei Kinston ..15,500 Miss Annie U Scott, Kinston. 19,100 Miss Ruth Simmons, Kinston 21,000 Miss Rosa Simpson, Kmston. 14,700 Miss Nannie Stanley, Kins.. 44,700 Miss Annie Stephenson, Kinston 6.000 Miss Maria Sutton, Kinston.. 41,300 Miss Vana Sutton,' Kinston, 6,000 Mrs. Nora Taylor, Kinston, 7,300 Bessie Thornton, Kinston. 28,600 Miss Jane Tilghman, Kins... 45,200 Miss Myrtle Tucker, Kinston 5,600 Misa Julia TtmdiiH K"!ntn mtmn Miss Bettie Underhill. Kinston 29.700 I lln. Tommi's KntmeV. rmVnri Miss Ixr D. Weeks, Kins... 37500 1 R. F. I). No. 1 . 21,300 Miss Katie Whitehurst, Kinston 600 Miss Eula Eubanks, Comfort Miss Camille Aldridtre; Kinston 6.400 ! R. F. D. No. 1 9.4 tim Miss Evelyn i Waters, Kinston 42,800 Mrs. Bertie Hardy, Snow Hill &A0Q miss uapnne waters. Kmston 6,200 ; Mrs. L,. Pridgen, Snow Hill, R. ' Miss Ella Haskett, Kinston., 8,4001 "(Continued on Page Three) Mrs. E. A. Best 89,200 Miss May Oettinger 26,700 ." . DISTRICT No. 2. i This district includes all territory outside of the City of Kinston. After the capital prizes, two Max well Touring Cars have been award ed, tnis district will receive one dia mond ring, one gold watch, and one uanK account oi $zt, ah others va this district, who remain in t he con test until the close, who do not win one oi the above prizes and who com ply with the rules, will be paid ( commission of 10 per cent. Mrs. Mabel Barwick. Seven 1 Springs 39,700 ivirs. winnie mompson, seven i Springs ,....10,200 Mrs. amma uarwick, seven Springs 21,300 iviiss liuia uuuaw, seven Springs .. 12,800 Miss' Mabel Grady, Seven Springs , 44,700 Miss Effle Stroud, Seven Springs . . . .10,900 Miss Lola Rouse, Sev. Spgs... 38,200 Miss Gertrude Grady, Seven Springs, R. F. D. No. I..., 28,800 Mrs. J. J, Harper, Deep Run 28,000 Mrs. Lula Blizzard, Deep Run 23,700 Mrs. Annit- Stroud, Deep Run, R. F. D. No.' 2 u . . . . -. ..... 31,000 Mrs. Addie Boyett Deep Run, R. F. D. No. 2 , 26,000 Miss Sue Davis, IJep Bun, R. F. D. No. 2 .............19,100 Miss Tiffany Hill, Deep Run, R. F. D. No. 2 43,200 Mrs; Mildred Outlaw, Kenans- , ville 28,600 Miss Jimmie Kornegay, Ken- . ansville 34,500 Mrs, Nancy Smith, Kenan s- i,vaie 14,700 Mrs. Mary P. Russell, Fort Barnwell 38,100 Mrs. S. W. Lamb. Fort ; Barnwell , . ....... .... .... 28,800 buss jbaiue r rencn, fort Barnwell innnn iruss Amy Kutn joyner, Fort ? Barnwell ................ 24,600 Miss Sudie Cox. Richlands.. 9.100 Miss Bona K. Basden, Rich lands .; 28,600 Mrs., Jno. R, Shaw, Richlands 43,300 Mrs. S. Lee Sadler, Richlands 15,600 Mrs. D. E. Pickford, Richlands, - R. F, D. No, 2 ........... 28.100 Mi Josephine Whaley, Rich- lands, R. F. D. No. 2 .... 19,200 Miss Katie Sanderson, Rich- r ' lands, .R. F. D No. 2 . . . . . .23,200 Mrs, R. W. Hill, Comfort R. T.-w. jno. i i5.4nn ty the woman will probably be given her freedom. Margaret Par- olio, in one statement said Stein approached her with a knife, and that she shot following his declaration tha4 he intended to kill her. The Jewish congregation took the remains of Stein in charge today. The funeral will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday, the Jewish ritual service being held in the Queen Street syn agogue and interment following in the Jewish cemetery in Southeast Kinston," He was a member of the Fire Department, Woodmen of the World and Masons, and members of those o'-ganizations are requested to rffer their, services for the custom ary death watch over the body in the synagogue tonight. CONTESTANTS BECOME , MORE ENTHUSIASTIC New Contestants Entering Mon. day's Report Indicates An Exciting Week 40,000 Extra. Votes Make Work Harder With the closing of the Honor Roll t i n i ... , . lust oaiuruay evening several new names were added to the opportuni ty list of the Daily Free Press' great contest. Some of them have assum ed high importanco at the very start of the campaign. This shows that Lhere is no limit to the interest that one's friends will take in your be half in the contest When one stops to consider that a very few subscrip tions will give a great many thous and votes it can be readily seen wjth what ease this great battle of ual lots can be waged and won. Even now one can enter the contest and soon win a high position- The work that has been done so far has been spread out over auch a large terri tory and divided among so many con testants that any one can soon place themselves at the head of the list. I There are two touring cars that are awaiting- the winners at the end of the contest on the 13th of May.' You can get one of them if 'you wish it We have given you the wishbone with which to wish, but you must furnish the backbone to win. House-to-House Canvass. : i . It is time for each contestant to start a systematic camnaiirn. Here- continued on Page Three) seised from a North Kinston . man several days ago., . The police that he was drunk from it ' He wail con victed and fined and appealed. He declared the seizure of his goods in outrage and talked of a claim of de livery to recover . it - WH 1, they'll do anything to you up there I" 'h ia alleged to have said, commenting on the to him unfair treatment . he had received. The same man is offi cially stated to have threatened to bake his own life and that of a well known quack medicine dealer in the '-ity Monday night A South Queen street watchmaker idmitted to officials late Monday that he was suffering from "illumination" from alleged essence of lemon. "He was yeUowJ" and felt bad! and, acted -, like a house afire! There are today no less than aix am in Kinston temporarily insane '.om "extract of lemon," "Jamaica g:nger" and 'Wits of nitre " . the authorities say. Two drinks - of the tuff, diluted with any soda drink," :re good for a small-sized jag and a large-sized headache; two bottle, or four drinks, will make one hat his poor old grandpapa. An agent of a certain Pennsylvan ia manufacturing concern is going to do time on tha roads of Lenoir coun ty, North Carolina, and some , at that unless he watches his step, ac cording to Judge Wooten. The par son Buspected is believed to have ' "stocked up" a number of the email groceries in the outlying part of town with the so-called drugs and cooking extracts. IVE KILLED, MANY HURT IN, WRECK AT ., BRADFPSP,: COIufT . (By tha United .PreMy -New Haven, Conn, April 18. Five passengers, were killed, three of them burned beyond recognition, and 31 In jured in a collision between two pas senger trains at Bradford station last night The cause is unknown. Four coaches and the passenger and tha freight stations were burned. If the name of your favorite can didate does not appear on the Tit, nominate him or her. The fc'i-!; f,r that purpose is on ar.otir x