PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK WEDN ESDAYS AND SATURDAYS
- VOL. XXXV.-No.8S
KINSTON, N. C SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1916
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SPIES OF
GERMAN AT'ACK WAS
HURLED BACK WHILE
BRYAN TALKS WITH
WAR WITH CARRANZA SEESIS INEVIT'BLE;
PERSHING ORDERED STOP WHERE HE IS;
SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS HAKE TROUBLE
imiTrn CTiTce
PREFERS Bft'AK
WERE
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UllIIUJ OIULU Lit
liiOlIT TO ONE
V LITTLE HOPE
lilH
IANY
WILL CONCEDE NOTHING TfljTIIE
GERMANY
cimmr
II I11L
OF COLUMBUS RAID
Von Der Goltz Lets Cat Out
I
ON WAR SITUATION
Tapers and Officials Declare
' Not Bow, to Wilson's Ultimatum Kaiser Gets Note,
Forwarded From Berlin
ters Sinking of Another Ship Would Be Provocation
' for Break Unless Commander of Submarine Had Not
Received Order In Accordance With America's De
mand May Be Ten Days Before Teutons Make! Up
Mind Wilson Spoke to
'Dallying
r (By CARL W. ACKERMAN, United Tress Staff Correspondent)
' ' " (Copyrighted By the United Press.) t
Berlin, April 21. "Germany will concede
nothing more," was the statement of Admiral
.Vonv Holtzenderff, chief, of the admiralty staff, ,
today. He does not desire a breakl He denied
that a submarine sank the Sussex.
German People Will Not Permit Empire to Bend.
. Amsterdam, April 21. German newspapers declare
Germany never will yield to Wilson's demands. ;The
Vossiche Zeitung calls the note a "bluff." The Post says
Germany "prefers trouble without to trouble within'
Backing down, it says, would cause the latter.
kaiser's Reply Won't Come for Week and Half.
... Berlin, April 21. The text of the American note has
been telegraphed to the Kaiser at the army field head
quarters. - It is being published in the newspapers. The
reply is not expected to be made before the end of next
week..
Nothing But the Direct Issue, - ,
, (By ROBT, J. BENDER. United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, April 21. President Wilson's demand
that Germany stop immediately the submarine campaign
against merchantmen applies only to the matter, directly
in hand! If Germany complies, the other questions V will
,be settled later. President Wilson .will not be satisfied
with anything else.
Another Submarine Tragedy and Break Certain.
Washington, April 21. The torpedoing of another
neutral vessel, particularly if Americans were aboard,
would cause a German-American break unless it were
shown that orders issued had failed to reach the subma
rine's commander.-
DAMAGE AND DEATH
TROM A CLOUDBURST
to TORNADO SOUTH
, (By the United Press)
Dubuis, Miss., April 21 A do
zen houses were wrecked and
two steamboats sunk by a tor
nado here today. A cloudburst
filled the streets -ib a depth of
ten feet.
One woman was killed and one
hurt in Mobile, Ala., by a wind
storm. EYIDEXE ALL IN IN
CiSE AGAINST YEGGS
SUtesville,' April 20. The taking
of testimony in, the noted postoffice
robbery cases against Old Tom Dowd,
Grady Koonta and James Hackett,
alias Brooklyn Slim, on trial in Federal-
court here, was concluded this
evening and the case will probably
reach the jury by 'tomorrow .noon.
Over, fifty witnesses, coming from
several States, testified for the gov
ernment, and six for the- defense.
IlIliETINS
; (By the United Press) 4
SHIP TORPEDOED r
AMERICANS SAVED.
Washington, Apr. 21 i A
Hosting mine sunk the Nor
wegian steamer Terkje Yiken off
Lisbon Tuesday, the American
C ,Cmsul there today reported.
wo Americans in the crew were
saved. . . ' .,'
POSTPONE ERANDEIS
MATTER.
, . Washington, April 21. The
Senate judiciary committer to
'y postponed action on P.ran
dtw' arroIntrnrU. a
Imperial Government Will
to Grand Army Ileadcfuar
the Point and Won't Permit
BANDIT HOLDS UP A I
TRAIN, SHOOTS MAN
GETS ONE THOUSAND
(By the United Press)
New Orleans, April 21. A lone
bandit held up a Red River pas
senger ' train, shot a messenger,
and .escaped with a thousand dol
lars today.
CONGRESSMAN TURNS TO
FARMER TO TEST FREE SEEDS
Washington, April 21. To make
sure be is not deceiving his constitu
ents, and that he is not being dweiv?
ed by the Agricultural Department,
as well as to experiment in the pro
duction of first class vegetable seed,
Congressman Jesse S. Davenport of
Oklahoma today donned a pair i. of
blue overalls and -hied away across
the river from Washington to culti
vate a seven-acre farm and practice
on the government's seed crop.
ILLINOIS AND TEXAS WOMEN
TO HAVE FRONT -SEATS
.Chicago, April 2Jt.--When thirty
thousand women from the United
States and other nations meet in New
York on May 22 for the 24th bien
nial meeting of .the General Federa-f
taon of Women's-Clubs, the Illinois
delegation, by appointmerft, will have
the very best front seats. -
SAY. WAREHOUSE LAW WILL
COST COTTON GROWERS TWO
MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.
. Dallas. Tex., April 2L A cam
paign to force repeal of the State
cotton "warehouse law was inaugur
ated at a meeting of ' the Ginners
Association of Texas here today. The
ginners clam the' law accomplishes
no direct good for the producers, and
that it will cost the farmers of this
State ?2,l)OO,0U0 next year.
of Bag in Confession,
It Is Stated
BERNSTORFF IS EXCITED
After Eierhth Demand for
Return of V on Igd's Pa
pers Ambassador Riches
to New York - Wilson
Knew Before Ultimatum
Washington, Apr. 21. Investiga
tion of the alleged German connec
tion with the Villa raid at Columbus
is awaiting the return of the Ameri
can ''expedition,. The alleged spy,
Von Der Goltz has made a state
ment being investigated by the Jus
tice and State Departments. Ger
many's Mexican activities are be
lieved to have played a part in fram
ing of the President's ultimatum. .
Many Consuls, Etc., Suspected..
New York, Apr. 21. A Nation
wide Federal Grand Jury investiga
tion into the activity of German ag
ents will result from a statement by
Von Der Goltx. The German Consuls
at Chicago, Buffalo, El Paso and St.
Paul are named.
Von Bernstorff Hurries to New York.
Washington, Apr. 21.-The German
Embassy regards the Von Igel case
extremely important It today
made an eighth demand or the re
turn of the papers seized. Ambassa
dor Von Bernstorff went to New
York for the same purpose, .
WOULD BRING SOUTH'S
PRODIGALS BACK HOME
Railroad Man Proposes Co-Operation
of All the People of the Sec
tion With Industrial Agents, Com
missioners of Agriculture of the
States and Secretaries of Boards
of Trade
Daily Fru Piess, April 21)
"It is estimated that during the
past 'decade more than 60,000 of our
best Southern farmers, with their
boys and girls, have deft the South
to locate dn the newer States of the
West and Northwest," says the.in-
dustrial agent of the Norfolk & West
ern Railway Company.
He advances a very plausible rem
edy for this evil, as follows: "Al
most every family in ithe South has
one or more relatives or acquaint
ances that have ' gone into other
States. If all of us would write our
State commissioners of agriculture,
the agricultural and industrial agents
of the railways and the secretaries of
the boards of trade in nearby cities
or towns, giving a list of the names
and addresses of these people who
have left us, it would enable these
agencies ito get in touch with them
and send attractive literature por
traying our own advantages,, with
the probability that many of these
people can , be interested in investi
gating the opportunities that have
developed in the South within ithe
past'ten years."
Dr. Clarence Foe, here last week,
deprecated the fact that "they are
still going,", although in far smaller
numbers, of course. They can't or
won't realize the advantages . . that
are just developing in this section
about to set ithe pace for the world.
FIFTEEN CONSECRATED
AMERICAN AMBULANCES
STARTED TO THE FRONT
New York, April 21 Fifteen huge
motor field ambulances, one of them
the gift of William' ; K. Vanderbilt,
Sr., left this port today for service
on the battlefields of Russia, after
having been consecrated by dignitar
ies of the Greek-Catholic church in
this city. The other fourteen cars
were bought with cash contributed to
the American Hospital and Ambu
lance Service in . Russia.
Counter Assault Resulted
' In Recovery of Trenches
and Extending of Lines
Lieutenant ' of Crown
Prince Recalled, Said .
(By the United Press)
Paris. -, Apr. 21. The - Germans
have attacked along a mile of front
from the Northeast of Verdun, after
cannonading. The French, counter
attacked, recovered lost trenches, and
advanced their lines, capturing many
prisoners. The German losses were
heavy.
Field Marshal Called to Berlin.
London, Apr. - 21. Field Marshal
Von Haeaeler, the German Crown
Prince's chief lieutenant at Verdun
has been recalled.
PERFECT BILL FOR A
DOZEN REGIONAL LAND
MORTGAGE BANKS U. S.
Washington, April 20. A .bill to
establish twelve regional land mort
gage banks, as part of the adminis
tration rural credits legislation pro
gram, was perfected today by the
House Banking committee and will be
urged for passage next week by the
House leaders. The proposed banks
would make loans on land through
national farm loan associations.
REDFIELD TAKES THE
COMMISSIONERS FOR A
SAIL ON GOVT. CRAFT
Wilmington, April .20. Secretary
Redficld was host today to the Na.
tional Association of Fisheries Com
missioners on a trip down the Cape
Fear river to Fort Caswell, which
was. inspected by the secretary and
his guests. The trip was made on
the lighthouse tender Cypress.
GOING ON IN OTHER
EASTERN CAROLINA
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
Pitt county has had another forest
fire. About a thousand acres of the
moat valuable timber in thecounty,
three miles south of Greenville, has
been burned.
The New Bern authorities have
been unable to discover whence
came the body of an infant -carried
by a dog through-the streets there a
day or two ago. The body, badly de
composed, has been reintenrod and
the coroner's investigation is being
left open.
Improvements are being made to
the interior of the Atlantic Hotel at
Morchead City. , Walls are being
calsomined, the lighting ipant ; en
larged and the sewerage service ex
tended. W. F. Aberly of New Bern, a
timber man, says undergrowth in
forests should be burned off in Feb
ruary to offset the danger of fires in
the spring and summer, such as have
swept off half a million dollars'
worth of woods in the past week.
PAPER CALLS UPON
WHEDBEE TO STATE
WHAT HE4YILM0
(By the Eastern Press)
: Washington, N. C, April 21. -The
weekly Progress, an anti-Small pa
per, declared yesterday that Judge
H. W.Whedbe of Greenville should
make a statement of his intention re
garding his supposed Congressional
aspiration. The Progress intimated
that Whedbee should relieve the
minds of his friends in the First dis
trict one way or the other, or that
candidate to oppose Congressman J.
II. Small, of this city, should be
sou-; hi c be where.
Tells Them Wilson Has Not
the Authority to Start
J Hostilities
HOT FIGHTING PRESID'NT
. 1
Commoner Informs Solons
That Chief Executive Can
Only Conduct Diplomatic
Relations; After .That
They're the Big Show
(By United Press)
. Washington, April 21, William X
Bryan today conferred with mem
bers of Congress. He informed them
that Congress holds the sole, power
of declaring war. The President can
only carry on diplomatic, relations,
he said. He believes the majority
of Congressmen oppose war. , '
Bryan said he was not fighting the
President. ; He urged arbitration.
Secretary Daniels a nnounced . the
Summer fleet maneuvres, including
defense games at New York: and Bos
ton. The personnel of the navy is
being , increased. , '
JAPS PROTEST THE
IMMIGRATION
BILL
Washington, Apr, 21. Japanese
Ambassador Chinda today conferred
with the President on the Immigra
tion Bill. Japan objects to classifl
cation with Hindoos and restriction
of the number of immigrants.
A FLASHING STREAK "
OF VOTE-GETTING
All This WeekThe 40,000 Extra
Vote CIoscb Saturday Night Can
didates are doing their BeatThey
Deserve Your Support .
(Daily Free Press, April 21)
In checking over the results for
the week it was found that a great
number of good reports had been
turned in. Among some of those who
turned in the best reports are Miss
Roberta Aldridge of LaQrange, route
5; .Miss Fleeta JMarshburn of Dover.
Miss Sadie Waller of Kinston, route
5; Mrs. W. G. Morris of the city,
Mrs. Lillian Worthington of jGrain-
gers, Mr. H. L. Pate of LaGrange,
route 3; Mrs. Emily1! Maxwell of Pink
Hill, Miss Gertrude Maxwell of Re
saca, Miss Allie Oello Gaynor of Kinston,-
Mrs, Clara fiecton of the c'vly.
Mrs. Delia Gooding of Kinston, route
7; Miss Glenn Suggs of Snow Hill,
Miss Delia Hyatt of the city, Gor
don Boney of tho city, Mrs. Claude
Smith of the ity, Mrs. E. A. Best, '
Miss Laura Robinson of Deep Run,
Miss Nannie Stanley, Miss Janie
Hardy, Miss Dora Diamond, Miss Le
na Grady and Mrs. Jay Smith , of
Leon. These are some of the con
testants who have turned in excep
tionally good reports and deserve the
support of the public.
' Tomorrow night at nine o'clock the
big extra vote offer of 40,000 votes
on the five NEW six months ' sub
scriptions to the Daily. Free Press
and the five NEW yearly " eubscrip-
tions to the Semi-Weekly will come
to a dose. This will end the first pe
riod of the contest. This will have
been a most important week for by
the time that it is over the great
majority of the public will have de
cided whom it is best for them to
support during the final period which
starts Monday and lasts for three
weeks. If you have any promises
be sure to collect them and turn
them in Saturday for the votes are
higher now than at any time during
tbt contest.
Be certain to make a systematic
canvass. Take every house and
everyone you meet as you go along.
You will want an automobile to en
joy the warm summer nights. This
is your opportunity to get one."
Carranzista General at Chihuahua Has Hands Full Am
erican Newspapermen Stoned; Assailants Arrested
Aviator Forced to Flee Before Hail of Bullets
Troops North of Parral Dared to Proceed Further
Carranzistas Concentrating In Force Villa : Is Not
Dead, De Facto Government Officer of Bank Declares.
Bandit Not Even Wounded, It's Thought, and May Be
Hiding in State Neighboring Chihuahua
' (By the United Press) ' ' J-
Chihuahua, Mexico, April 21. Military Commander
r!iit(nMn Vtna nnnnnnnail rnaitl trilir fViof t Vl O Vlfkflv f1jlim
ed to have been Villa's was not that of. the bandjt, but
ia nnoWo fn eamivo ofinifo infnrmntinn nf Villa's where-
abouts. 4 j J ' '
Consul Letcher today reported that Villa was not at
lL . . Lnlit. 1 .v. n r. An4-A1 4- r y rtTft VvVA-n
wounded. ' s' '
Carranza has prohibited American aviators flying
over Mexican cities and barred from Americans use the
Mexican telegraph and telephone syslem's. .
Villa is reported to, be in Durano State unwounded.
Carranza Evidently Intends Attack Americans. ,
Washington, April 21.' Movements of Carranza sol-
rliofC! ara "rlionniof irifr" trt rvffipiol ?rflps C,frrSlT7.Sl an-
parently plans to check Pershing's southward advance.
The withdrawal may be nearing; Scott's report Is expect
ed to decide the Government's course. The communica
tions line has been stretched. Officials are still hopeful
that the Carranzistas intend co-operating with the Am
ericans.. ' " - . , ,
Aviator Fired Upon. '
WashWtnn Anril.21 The War Department re
ports firing upon American aviators at Chihuahua some
time ago. The Governor of the State apologized, and
tvoriii-0ri ?v?Ti!ri w'ffi trio RrinnHntr
Plan to Destroy Advanced Troops. ,
San Antonio, April 21. Pershing, has withdrawn his
advanced detachments to save them from a threatened
general attack, according
headquarters. The troops
plan to destroy them was
Condition Critical. ,
Chihuahua. April 21. Consul Letcher reported today
that the Parral fight was not
Other attacks are believed to
here saw Carranzistas fire
tor Wednesday. Citizens also fired. The aeroplane was
evidently seeking a landing; it fled toward San Antonio,
Mexico. . General Gutierrez says he does not know wheth
er Villa is dead or alive, the body has not been found.
The Americans have been ordered not to proceed south
of Parral. A thousand American cavalrymen under Col.
lirown and Major . Tompkins
Parral. Newspapermen have
rez arrested the assailants.
murring against the Americans. Gutierrez is holding a
trainload of oats and hay sent to American troops. "
ELDERLY BLIND TIGER
NABBED BY POLICEMAN
(Daily Free Press, April 21)
. James Newsom, white, 68, arrested
by Patrolman Claud Sumroll in King
street Thursday . night, was today
convicted of retailing in the Eecou-d-erfs
Court He was sentenced to six
months on the county farm.
Cato Sandlin, arrested a week and
a " half ago hy Policeman Sumrell,
was i also found guilty . of retailing
and was offered a chance to leave
tho county and pay a small fine. He
was given two weeks in which to
choose between banishment and a
road sentence.
BELIEVES MEN ON DARK
ROAD TRIED TO ROB HIM
. (Daily Free Press, April 21)
At a dark place on the Dam mad
between the city and the iron bridge,
Thursday evening, Bingham Bouse,
a convict guard, was ordered to stop
by men who, House believed, intended
to rob him. Rouse was riding a bi
cycle. He speeded np and escaped.
There were two or more of the hold
up men. House identified none, nor
does he know if they were white' or
colored. Officers searched for . the
men without finding them."
J
to staff officers at 'Funston's
fell back from Parral when a
evidenced.
the only clash of the kind.
have occurred. Americans
volleys at an American avia
are concentrated north of
been stoned here. Gutier
The Mexican troops are mur-
POLLOCK REGISTERS
WITH ELECTION BOARD
FOR STATE SENATOR
(By W, J. MARTIN)
Raleigh, April 21 W. D. Pollock
of Kinston today registered with tho
State iBoard of Elections as a Demo
cratic candidate for the State Sen
ate from the Seventh district; R. W.
Harris of Dillsboro as a Republican
candidate lor State Treasurer, and
C. R. Pough of Elizabeth City as a
Republican candidate for State . Su
perintendent of Public Instruction,
ASSAILANT OF WHITE
UIXL 1ft VlULiA IS
SENTENCED TO DEATH
Nottoway, Va., April " 20. John
Williams, the negro who assaulted a
young white girl near Blackstone,
this county, on March 29, -vhile tho
young girl, accompanied by a young
er' brother and sister, were on their
way to school, was sentenced to die in
the electric chair hero today. Tho
jury was out only thirteen minutes.
Williams will . pay tha penalty for
his crime on May 26.
-u' Mayor ' Sutton is at Kenansvil!
today.