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PUBLISHED TWICE A! WEEK-WEDN ESSAYS? AND SATURDAYS "
VOL. XXV.- No. 87
KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY; APRIL 26, 1916
PRICE FIVE CENTS
VLLA RELIABLY LOCATED AND CAVALRY RUSSIA SENDS MORE
DASllES TOWARD NONCAVA TO FINISH liP TROOPS TO FRANCE
LOWESTOFT SHELLED! SUICIDE LAST WEEK
FLOOD WASHINGTON
BY A GERMAN FLEET
WITH TELEGRAMS BEGGING GOVERNMENT
tlll ATPEACEill FATHERLAND
FIGHT AT PAkRAL TO AID HER ALLIES
TODAY; SEA BATTLE
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GERMAN-AMERICANS
EXAMPLE TO ARTHUR
TO SlfOOf HIMSELF
WORK LEFT OFF AFTER
Letcher Wires From Chihuahua City That There Is Rea
sonable Certainty of Bandit's Location Column Hot
After Him Outlaw Chief
: Hands of Pershing By
Decreased Distance Between Himself and Pursuers
and Enabled Americans
tion Line Obregon May
United States to Recozhize Him as Mexico's Great
Man? -
N (By the
WASHINGTON, Apr.
capture, arose in army circles today upon receipt of dis
patches from Consul Letcher at Chihuahua City "relia
bly t' locating the bandit at
ed Press dispatches earlier
ftnaTdashof the cavalry.
miles Southwest of Satevo and some distance to the West
of 'Parrall. The reports .were further apparently con-
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U"V wiuuuuucuij, wuum
region un me sirengin 01 sucn reporcs 01 v ma s wnwe-
abouts, army officers said that if the reports prove true,
j. '?'vJiJ. 1T!11. 1 -i. 1 C...1 3 Jl,
It imucaies uiab Vina lias
and doubled in his tracks slightly to the Northward and
Westward toward the mountainous region between Son-
ora and Chihuahua States.
tactics bv Villa would work
aKAwfAviin"i-ttA AmoriMn nnmTniiniafinn ..
wi'M;; ' i
Obresron and Scott to Meet,
Ui,EL PASO, Apr. 25. A proposed border meeting be-
fwPPn Generals Scott and Obreewi is believed to indicate
tie practical acceptance of
ieader as the chief factor in
the meeting may be held at
always been unfriendly to
before the meeting is held, because' of the uncertainty of
the railways between Mexico City and the border; 4 It is
oejieved here that Obregon
tary dictator of Mexico. t - .1
Americans Chasing Villa, Guarding Against Surprise.
. COLUMBUS, Apr. 25.
reported to have been started by an American detach
ment,, while the main expeditionary forces are concen
trating at . Namiquipa and Dublan. A cavalry column
is reported to be driving towards Villa's last reported
hiding fplace, near Noncava.
MY EQUIP FIRE CO.
FOR MITCHEUTOWN
Besidente & MiteWtown- are In
terested in pnropoped fire company
f of that section. It is suggested to
raise funds, hating (the city appro
priate.'liberally. for the purchase of
a hose wagon and pair of horses,
making the third hose company in
the deparfinent Leading men of the
northwestern part of the city ,are
backing the movement. . .
FOR PR1MAKY OPEN ON
iPJtt TWENTY-EIGHTH
. (Daily Free Press, April 25)
A number of the r precinct regis
trars' of the county . secured the rig-,
istratlon books" for the June 3 pri
mary from Chairman P. S. J3. Har
per of the Board of Elections here
today.
-The books will be opened on April
28.- .They must be kept open for 20
days and then inspected before the
primary,, -
FORMER CAROLINIAN
DIES IN NEW ENGLAND
Washington, N. C, April 25.
Capt. Eugene P. Webber, retired, of
the Coast Guard, is dead at Portland.
We., after an eventful career. This
city was his winter home. He mar
ried Miss Margaret Brown of Wash
ington. . While on active service he
lid duty at every cutter station from
Maine to the Gulf and at some ports
on the Pacific. He was at one time
Vjmber of the Coast Survey, did
er;i in Cuban waters in "98 as
C0DXnder of a patrol ship and for
f'si lime was with the Bering Sea
ffeo-ol' fleet. ; , -
Seems U .ave Played Irjto
Doubling In Tracks He Has
to Shorten Their Communica -
Meet Scott At Eagle Pass
t .
United Press)
25. Renewed hope for Villa's
Noncava, mentioned' in Unit-:
today as the objective of the
The column after Villa ia r60PUrk Raided by Airships.
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uiapiicu .""'i'"
Buuuueu iu ouuuiwaru ua.au
' Thev explained that such
directly into the plans for
v ' .' .'
Carranza's ablest military
Mexico. It is suggested that
Eagle Pass, since Juarez has
Obregon. It may be a week
may become the virtual mili
The ; final dash for Villa is
REPORT OF THE
COTTON MARKET
(Daily Free Press, April 25)
Cotton futures were up consider
ably at today' close. The locat mar
ket was good, prices ruling about like
the average for the past few days.
I Today's New York futures quota
tjons were: Open Close
May 1J.79
July .11.97
October .. .......... .12.23
December .. 12.40
January ,t 12.45
11.90
12.06
12.26
12.44
12.53 '
HE'LL WIN WITH COL
; POLLOCK, SAYS WOOTEN
(Daily Free Press, April 25) i .
J. Frank Wooten, the former Kin
stonian now living in Jacksonville
who is in the race for the State Sen
ate in the Seventh district, is in the
city. ' - ' ;
Mr. Wooten believes he will go o
the Senate with Col. W. D. Pollock
of thi3 city. He says there are three
other candidates out Furnie Brock
of Jones county, Levi Mewborne r of
Greene and Paul Webb of Morehead
City. Lenoir, Graven and Onslow
ounties can nominate the men they
choose, nd Mr. Wooten feels confi
dent he will share honors with Col
nel Pollock in" thoso, counties. ;
JR. ORDER TO GIVE
: FUG! AND BIBLE TO
RIOSS HILL SCHOOL
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The local council of the Jr.' Order
V. A. M. will present Bible and
lag to Moss Hill school, several
niles from the city, on May 2. The
lag will be raised with appropriate
exercises. v
Second Flcetload Was Put
Ashore at Marseilles To
day, Paris, Reports ,
MAKERS RAID DUNKIRK
r
0ne Person Killed,' Severa!
Injured and Small Proper-
." I a-- 1-k . mi..'.- -r
. lJf carnage ixus morning
Fighting Around Ver
duri More Violent Now
(By the United Press)
Paris, Apr. 25. A second force of
Russian troops arrived today at Mar
settles aboard transports.
Paris- APr- 25-Five German
P,,ne raidetd mornln
dropping six bombs. One woman
I was killed and three men wounded.
The damage to property was slight
Usinp liquid fire the Germang j,ave
thrice A9nay attacked nwiy-gained
I . .
French posiUons on Dead Man's Hill.
They were repulsed with great loss
Us, the war office announced; An in
tense artillery bombardment occurred
durin the ni Northeast of ver
dun. Grenade fighting occurred
I Southeast of the fortress.
MAV DC MADp RrpTJ
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C VOTES ON THE COAST
Fishermen in several counties Ke..
fuse to Be Reconciled over Enforce
ment of Fisheries Law, Which
Their' Leaders Admit is Wise and
Efficient Campaigning . ' May Be
Necessary
(Daily Free Press, April 25)
Harm may have been done the De
mocratic cause, say reports from On
slow and Ciarteret, by the rigid
enforcement of the fisheries law dur
ing the past few months. Leading
men of those counties and Dare, Tyr
rell and other "fishing" counties as
sert that the law is a wise one and
well regulates the industry, as far as
it poes. and Secretary Redfleld is saiii
10 have stated at Wilmington a few
days ago that it is one of the best
laws of the kind in the country.
Many of the fishermen who have
been Democratic, voters, however, are
dissatisfied and threaten to go over to
the-Republican party. Democratic
leaders admit fear that the majority
in some of the coast precincts will be
reduced next fall, unless the intelli
gent men in the districts take it yp.
on themselves - to - persuade their
brethren that they are wrong.
READY TO BUILD PINK
HILL STATE HIGH SCHOOL
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Materials are being assembled at
Pink Hill for the construction of the
new State' High School r building
there. The house will cost about $ 5,
000 without the ground. It will be
ready for occupancy by the fall. The
building will be of brick. It will be
Lenoir's first State high school.
GOING ON IN OTHER
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
OF EAST CAROLINA
;:.-i-;'.'!;!'''""f'"i-:v. "Z .. .-S,''-:"-"''-
' . (Daily Free Press, April 25)
William Barr, charged with moon
shining, has been arrested in the
Vanceboro section. He will probably
be tried in United States Court. Barr
was taken to Washington, where he
will first be tried for violation of laws
in Beaufort county. Barr showed
fight, hut a half dozen revolvers were
presented at him. His wife cursed
the officers roundly, it is said. :
; A forest fire at Dixon, near Jack
sonville, Onslow county, has destroy
ed several thousand dollars' worth of
timber and a schoolhousc and sever
al dwellings. - "
Light Cruisers Driven 'Off
After 'Engagement Last
ing Twenty Minutes i,
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
First Attack By Ships On
English Coast Since End
'of 1914 Men-of-War
Followed Zeppelins Sev
en Bombs Dropped
(By the United Press)
London, April 25. A, . German
squadron consisting of light cruisers
appeared off Lowestoft early this
morning, but were driven off, . the
admiralty announced, by British cru
isers and destroyers, , ,
Two men, a woman and a child
were killed during the bombardment
None of the warships was sunk. The
engagement lasted twenty minutes.
The coast raid followed by about five
hours the appearance of Zeppelins
off Norfolk county, a few milos north
of Lowestoft. ' -
This was the first time German
warships had appeared off the Eng
lish coast since thg Scarborough. raid
in December of 1914. Lowestoft lies
100 miles northeast of London. Sev
en bombs were dropped by the aseppe-
ltne and one man was injured, the
war office announced. f
TWELVE, KILLED IN
STREET RIOTING IN
THE IRISH CAPITAL
German Agents Believed to
Have Been Responsible
for Outbreak Against the
Government in Dublin on
Monday .
(By the United Press)
London, April 25. Twelve persons
were killed in serious rioting in Dub
lin yesterday. Soldiers quelled the
rioters after a street battle. , '
The authorities are in control to
day. "
The rioting is believed to have been
a part of a German plot to stir up a
revolution in conjunction with Sir
Roger Casement's landing.
Here is a List
and Partial Schedule of Votes
1 8 K'r. DISTRICT No'.1 t. ! '
After the Capital prizes, two Max
well Touring Cars have been award
ed, this district. will receive one dia
mond ring, one crold watch end 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, end who com
ply with -the rules, will be said a
commission of 10 per cent. . ,
- ' DISTRICT No. 1.
Mrs. Susan Dunn, Kinston .. 33,100
Miss Barbara bmery, JUnston 21,700
Miss Mary Farmer, Kinston. - 63,700
Miss Bessie Faulkner, Kinston 6,500
Miss Sarah Faulkner, Kinston 55.800
Mrs, Mamie Fitzgerald, Kins. 60,400
Miss Addie Ford, Kinston,. . 6,400
Mrs. Coy Stroud, Kinston .. 40,200
Miss Barb. Andrews, Kins.. 43,800
Miss Bettie Barfield, Kins... 26,100
Mrs. Clarss-Becton, Kinston. 6800
Mrs. Xatie Bell. Kinston . . 6,400
Miss Maggie Bjssett, Kins.. 33,200
Miss Nannie Blackwell, Kins. 38,700
Miss Ada Bor tic, Kinston.. 27,600
Mrs. Henry, Bradshnw, Kins, 26,200
Mrs. M. L. Braswell, Kins. . 54.100
Miss Alma Broadhurst,' Kins. 33.100
Miss A. L. Broadway, Kinston. 5,400
Miss G. V. Broadway, Kins.. 17,100
Mrs. Laura Cummings, Kins. 4700
Marianna LaRoque, Kinston . 6,000
Miss Carrie B. Cox, Kinston. 55,100
Mrs. F. L. Hooker, Kins 45,-100
J. Colby .Abbott, Kinston 40.700
Mrs. W. G. Morris, Kinston OS. 100
Miss Katie Brown 38.800
Miss Susie Canady, Kinston. 38,800
Youth of LaGrange Section
Took Own Life Monday
Evening
WAS A GIRL IN THE CASE
Like Joe Benton, Who Was
Victim : Tragic Affair . At
' HinesV Junction, Newest
. Suicide Had Been ' Re
jected by Young Woman
Daily" Free Press, April 20 .:
The body of James W. Arthur, 18,
Was found in woods several miles
from LaGrange today. Arthur, a cor
oner's jury declared, ' came to . his
death by his own hand. A .32 revol
ver was laying by the corpse. ,
Arthur was the eon of Mrs. L B.
Batfs, who lives a mile or two from
LaGrange. : Neighborhood gossip
connects a young woman with ' his
death. .. Arthur is said to have, re
marked last week following the sui
cide near here of Joseph Benton, al
so of the LaGrange section, who kill
ed himself because a girl rejected
him: "I'm in the same fix; I may as
well put myself out of the way.", The
neighbors freely state that Arthur
had been turned down by a girl. , She
was not officially connected with Cor
oner Wood's inquest. The coroner
declined to stato her name. The ju
ry accepted the neighborhood state
ments, and based their verdict j 'on
them. Onjthe jury were B. W. Yvor-
ey, uempsey wood, i. J. Jtrnmerson
C, L'. Stricklin, Goorga " M.' Rouse
and C. Ray Hardy.
Arthur was a rather nice-looking
boy nd bore an excellent reputation.
The youth is believed to have kill
ed himself early Monday night.; He
left thf- home of his mother in the
evening, hut was thought to have re
turned at bedtime. lie was not miss
ed until this morning. His tracks led
tq a copse a mile from 'the house,
where the body was found. .', ,
SHOT WIFE AND MAN
- WITH WHOM SHE WAS
, SAID TQ BE INMATE
. John Ifollowell and Mrs. Chat les
Deans are in a Goklsboro hospital
suffering with gunshot wounds Said
to have been inflicted by the worn
an's husband. Charles ' Deans, who
gave himself up to th sheriff,, at
Goldsboro, claims that he discovered
the couple in compromising situa
tion on the bank of Neuse river near
that city. Both Hollo well and the
woman are said to be seriously in
jured. of Contestants
Miss "Llllie B. Cox,. , . 24,100
Miss " Stella Buck, Kinston ..29,700
Elizabeth Copeland, Kinsitoni 55,700
Miss Dora ' iDamond, Kins.. 59.700
Miss Katie Gaylor, Kinston.. 8,200
Marguerite Goodson, Kinston 19,800
Miss ..Lena Grady, Kinston.. ,61,300
Miss Lois Grubbs, Kinston. 55.'.i00
Miss Alice Hart, Kinston... 28.200
Mary Hartsfield, Kinston ... 38,100
Miss Proosie Heath, Kinston. 49,700
Miss Scotia Hobgood, Kins.. 17.100
Miss Delia Hyatt, Kinston. . 69,100
Miss Lula Isler, Kinston .... 28,100
Miss Mana Patrick, Kinston. 41,200
Miss Terry Mitchell, Kinston 24,900
Miss Florence Moore, Kinston 22,600
Miss Annie Nobles, Kinston. 48,800
Miss Daisy Outlaw, Kinston 20,700
Miss Eoline Padrick," Kinston 69.900
Miss Fannie Pollock, Kinston 6,000
Miss Roberta Pridgen, Kinston 28.800
Miss Mary Pridgen, Kinston 24,600
Miss Nannie Randolph, Kins. 29,300
Miss Amanda Rhodes, Kins... 22,000
Miss Lillian Rowe, Kinston .,15,500
Miss Lida Lee Rhodes, Kins. 30,100
Miss Annie L. Scott, Kinston. 19,100
Miss Ruth Simmons, Kinston 21,000
Miss Rosa Simpson, Kinston 19.100
Miss Nannie Stanley, Kinston 66,600
Miss Annie Stephenson, Kinston 6,000
Miss Maria Sutton, Kinston, 66,400
Miss Vana Sutton, Kinston, 6,000
Mrs. Nora Taylor, "Kinston, , 7,300
Bessie V. Thornton, Kinston. 41.300
Miss Jane Tilghman, Kinston. 62,100
Miss Myrtle Tucker,. Kins.. 21,100
(Continued from Page Iv),
Telegraph Companies Forced to Double Forces Twenty
Thousand Messages Monday Night Slay Cause Em
barrassing Debating In Congress Kaiser In Dilemma
How to Explain to People Necessity for Bending to
'America Teutons Cannot-Realize Necessity for Com-
plying Immediately With Wilson's Sharp, Short Note
. Officials Inclined Not to Be Overly, Optimistic Impe
rial Government May Have to Yield to the Populace
(By the United Press) '
Washington. April 25-The telecraph' companies have
doubled their forces here
telegrams to congressmen. - Twenty thousand were re
ceived over night, mostly from German-Americans. Many
are fearful they will cause an outbreak of : debating
which would, greatly embarrass the government in the
ubmarine negotiations. -
Washington Not Certain of
WASHINGTON Apr.
confidence in the pending German-American negotiations
was given by officials today.. - Hope pf . a favorable reply
to the President's last submarine note was tempered to-1
day by official word that the German Government faces
an extremely difficult task in ionvincing its own people
of the justice of (Wilson's demands;. There is no ques
tion that Germany wishes to avoid a tbreak if possible.
On the. other hand, dispatches explain, the suddenness
and force of the President's note brings Germany face
to face with the necessity for quick action at a time when
it appears difficult to convince the German1 people of its
necessity. - v
TARGET FEATURE
FOR WEDNESDAY
Daily Standing of the Nine Highest
Leaders for Special Prizes Shown
? By Target
J 4 SPECIAL' NOTICE TO
CONTESTANTS, ' '
In the announcement of spe- '
cial prizes In yesterday's paper,
an error was made in the closing
. date of these prizes. The three
- special prizes run from Monday,
April 24th to Monday, May 1st, ,
ONE WEEK. The prizes will be'
awarded to the three people who
' turn in the most money from -
Monday morning; April 21th un- .
til Monday night ' at 9 o'clock,
May -1st v '
Many people have asked Uie bon
iest Manager if the Contest would
he extended. It will close promptly
on the 13th of May at nine o'clock in
the evening. Under no circumstanc
es will it be extended even for one
minute. ' Some people are confusing
his campaign . with others. Ever
lince the campaign has been announc
ed the Contest Manager has insisted
,hat it would he different from all
others. It has been different. The
Honor Roll which ran for two weeks
was a new feature in this section of
the country. It proved very interest
ing and at the same time very help
ful to the candidates and their
friends.' Many candidates asked that
the Honor Roll be extended and oth
ers wished it carried throughout the
entire campaign. The Contest Mana
ger would have liked to have dona
so but after advertising that it would
be closed, there was nothing left u
do but to close it. - i
During the final 2 weeks of the con
test, the votes will drop in value. An
other rule makes it impossible for any
new candidate to enter the contest
during the last two weeks.'; This is
a contest in Which energy and the
support of your friends will win.
Every rule possible has been made so
that those who have worked faith
fully throughout the contest will be
guarded at the end.
Target Feature. '-
In connection with the special priz
es a new feature will be introduced
which like the Honor Roll will be en-
irely new to the public, and prom
ises to be one of tji most interest
ing features of the contest' This is
known in the contest as the "Tar
get Feature." The three ' people
turning in the most money during the
next week will win the three
' Continued on page four)
because of the floods of peace
. -
Good Results "
25. A warning against over-
THE EMOESON CASE
LIKELYTO COriEUP
IHfEW-DAYS
(9S ludy-'wmj" say &Vr
It is expected that the case agalns.
F. A. Edmondson, a former banker
of : Greenville, charged ? with white
slavery, wiQ come up at. a term of
Federal court convened at New Bern
today. v, The case has been in the
courts several times. ,;' Edmondson is
accused of having taken Miss Eula
lia Dudley, a New Bern girl, to Vir
ginia for an Immoral purpose, crim
inally assaulting her ' on a sleeper
and ' at Washington en route.
Judge H. . G. Connor of Wilson is
presiding over the term, which is for
two weeks. , . -'
NEW BERN POLICE GET
CLUES IN BABY CASE
BELIEF OF OFFICERS
The New -Bern police, aays the
Sun-Journal of that city, believe that
the body of a small white' infant re
cently .taken away from a dog in tho
business section there was dug up
by the animal from the rear of the
house at 101 Craven street A blood
stained towel in which the body Is
supposed to have been wrapped and
a i bottler that contained chloroform
have been recovered. The police, who
have made no' arrest, think the body
was partly burned after ltheanes
theitic was administered.
SALVATION ARF.IY TO
- CONDUCT REVIVAL
; . BIG SCALE L'l CITY
(Daily Free Press, April 25)
The biggest revival ever conducted
by the - Salvation Army In Eastern
Carolina will be held here in a week
ir two. Seven leaders will partici
pate, including three from New York
md one from Atlanta, Kinston may
ecome the headquarters of the Sal
vationists hr the section in a few
months. .. '.
Local clergymen will be asked to
assist in the services, by doing the
preaching in some of the meetings. Ia
northern towns, It is pointed out.
ministers of all denominations co-on-ate
with the army officers.
Thomas Dudley, a ',
man, is charged wiLli