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KINSTON, N. C SATURDAY, MAY 27, 1916
PRICE FIVE CENTO
Will BEGIN GREAT AMERICANS GET BAD
NO RIGHT
WAITE, CONFESSING
WORST OF 'MYSTERY
TAFT SAYS COUNTRY
RECORDER MS 'WE
HAS RjGHT TO WARfALL)
OFFENSIVE AGAINST
SCORE OF CONVICTS
TELLS COURT ABOUT
FIRES; THREE WERE
IE JUDGE OF
TURKS AND EULGARS HIS BAND IN MEXICO
TAKf IN CUSTODY
COUNTY, SAYS BOND
PLAN TO ILL FOUR
TO PREVENT STRIFE
THE COURT ALONE'
it) WHIP
i THIS
Eliminate
Them From Wa
At One
Stroke, RomeOlears
TO END WAR DURING FALL
Is Object Troop
of . Four
Nations Concen
rated At
Salonika While
Russians
Continue to Adfance
On
Bagdad
Paris, May 26. The
pulsed violent German a
rencn re
cks on'the
West Meuse iBank, and
Verdun' in last night's
orthwest of
ighting, as
well as gaining pn the e
t bank, the
By smash
French re
yesterday war office today repor
ing a counter attack th
captured a trench lost!
near Thiaumon't. There
las been no
cessation, for thirty-six
cannonading around hill
ocourt.
urs in the
)4. and Av-
Great Offensive Planned. 1
Rome, "May 20. A terrific smash
within a few weeks aimeuat elimin
ating the Turks and Bulgars from j
the war will be the. Allies' first great
stroke for peace, was a report today
generally circulated. Heavy allied
blows from Salonika and in Mesopo
tamia will be followed .by a tremen
dous offensive against the Austro-
Germans in an attempt to end the
war before winter. French, English,
Serbians and Italians are concentrat
ed at Salonika awaiting the word 1 .
strike. Meanwhile the Russians are
pressing on toward Bagdad. ,' -
TAXES DIVINE TOUCH ,
, JO RESTORE FROM SIN
(Daily Free Press, May 26)
-Last night Rev. Luther ,B. Bridgers
addressed one of the largest audiences
that has yet attended the Queen
Street Methodist revival services. He
read from Ahe , eleventh chapter of
John the story of the death of Laza
rus and the appeal that was made to
Jesus to (restore him ; to . life.
The picture , of Lazarus was taken
by the speaker as a type of the sin-
ier'a condition in, Us world. Death
means a separation Ind.so sin always
separates man 'fromjGod and all that
ib jugnegt (inu duwbi, h uie. nmu.
just as Lazarus ha J
store himself, so thl
ent but must Tely f oi
no. power to re-
sinner is impofc
restoration com-
pletply on the mere of God. ,Jt takes
the divine touch" t restore a man
from m. No man sver overcame the
power at the devil as evidenced in
temptation withjn fimself. It ie al
ways the power of3G?d that doe it.
The natural drift ol the unregenerat
ed lif is away' frn God; God
alona can chawe ae-rift, .
The speaker 3aif much , stress onl
the , tnohgnt tkat . solvation is always
tke gif t of Godnif is' bestowed, with-
;out fail ;when map! Hecies for him-1
fieif to ie" saved from ain,
iKje.eall fesujtc t in large num
ber going, forward to $ie auar.v;
'.This morn ing service .was of a
characters to cont ibute , mightily' to
theupbuHdtngar J strengthening of
the Christian lifa It waa ,a conse
cration service
2:7 and fallowini
! which : Paul's com-
plete consecWtic
is so graphically
aet forth.';
Both Mr.ridgera and Mr. Milan
are excellent musicians and music is
made an effective part of every ser
vice. , Mr. 'Bridgers "anally-prefaces
liia sermons Ay -singing a -well-chosen
eolo. Tonight ne is to sing an at
tractive aelectioQ which is a prod ac
tion 'of Mr. Milan, the choral direct6r.
DURHAIJDULIES SEWAGE
. OTOTHEIEUSERIYER
Oarham. May 25. Tks ' -contract
for the construction of. ten and one-
half milM of eewerage line from Dur
ham to Neuse river was let tonight.
Allies Hope to
t.
Cervantes Attacked
Engi
neefs and Lost His Life
Trqpps Pursued Remnant
of arty and Bagged An
other Brace, Said
5By the United Press)
tFieldtfleadauarters in Mexico. Mav
1 2G.jCafdelario Cervantes, a bandit
. ' .
I leader, twho has terrorized the sec
tion abiut Cruces. was killed after
attempting to rush a party of engi
neers repairing a road six miles to
the aoufh of Cruces, with 20 of his
follower!.
Three-f Americans were wounded.
one dying later. The Cruces garrison
immediately pursued the survivors,
killing to and wounding others.
The pursuers were members of the
Thirteenl
Cavalry, under Capt. Guy
Cushman
Single
italk cotton culture is be-
ing taug
tt Craven county planter;
iral agriculture expert.
by a Fed
TACT WILL SUPPORT
11IF
I
AT CHICAGO, TIIO'G'T
Former President Refuses
to Comment, However
Roosevelt Will Have to
Toe the Line if Western
era- Follow Him
(By the United lress)
Washington, May 2(5. If Ropse-
velt wins the Chicago nomination
Taft will be for him, according to
information from friends very close
to both- men. The same sources,
however, said western Progressives
will refuse to follow Roosevelt if he
doe8 hot adhere, jrtrietly to the Pro
gressives' routes
Mr. Taft today refused to confirm
4
the report, snafely' chuckling, and
saying, "Why mould" I comment on
such a "violent Hypothesis?"
COMMITTEH AGREES ON
;Vf'nro" 4 nVirtininD'UiDH I
DILL
t , ;
(By thelUpited Press)
Washington. 1 May 25. The army
appropriation
111, carrying $145,000,-
600 and inch
g provision for car-
f ylrfg out the!
HayChamberlain re-
erf anization b
, was agreed to today
by thft House
ilitary commitee. Th's
fcillnindudes
oviston for a council
of execuCive
na'tion of and
of industries
ormation for co-ordi-
tries and resources in
nd resoarces in war
war time..
t ; - f
(B J United Press)
CAROLINA! STRAWBERRY
SHIPMEN'
Washin Jon, May 26Telegra-
phic repfts to the Agricultural
Departmfct show that 613 cars
m ...
f trawlerriea had been moved
from th Carolina up to May 22.
, One bunred and eighty carloads
and liberal boat shipments had
been inflved from Virginia. The
Gulf State season -has dosed. (
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MCBDEBERS SENTENCED.
Dnrkam, May 26 C. It Bur-
gin, traite,vaeateaced to 30 years,
and three negroes, jivea 25 yeara
eaeh. rwere foand . guilty in the
second degree for murdering E.
E. CantrelL Wston-SaIeB
nercaant. '
V
Sahocribe in The Free Press.
NOMINATED
Judge Orders flury to Find
Guard Guilty? in Superior
CourOCase
RESOLUTION f OF COM'RS
Was Authorij
for Lashing
of Junius
"Walking
Regularly
'otter by Big
loss" Lash
Used, Court
Learns In
'rial
(Daily Free
t'ress, May zb)
Margaret Pi
rtello. arruHrd of
murdering Ha
took the stan
fy Stein in March,
as the first wit-
ness in Super
had been on
Court today. She
etween two and
three hours w
tn the noon recess
i
came.
Members o
the bar declared
her to be an
Jeal witness. The
woman, fair-li
king and rath-
er well drew
answered every
question in
He cross-examina-
tion with ana
: and decision. All
attempts of
e State to break
down her set
(defense statement
failed..
She relatedla story to the cf
feet that Steif had been her lov
er for months They had had a
split and reconciliation. He was
jealous, she declared. He threat
ened, she. said, on the night of
the fatal shotting to kill her.
She .produced . a revolver and
ht him. He had mistreated
her, she stilted.
. E. , W, Mijieherji walking iias" of
the county roads force! was found
guilty by a jury in Superior Court
late Thursday of whipping Junius
Potter, a white convict, after Judge
W. M. Bond, presiding, had instruct
ed the jury to bring in such a ver
dict if they believed . the evidence.
Sentence was not passed. He was
put under a $500 bond!
Mincher has been in court several
times since being employed by 'the
county, on charges of ciuelty to pri
soners, gambling, etc. fie is a man
of large stature and
parently of
middle age.
.James Benton, who
is served six
months on the Toads a
has an un-
aavory reputation fro:
I his own ad-
missions, was a witnes
I against Min-
cher in the case. Be
m "guessed"
that Mincher struck
otter with a
strap some 15 or 20
times, utner
witnesses were Bryanj
Taylor, sup-
erintendent of the
lounty roads
force; Dr. H. Tull, ex-
airman of the
County Commissioner
and County
Physician Albert Pal
rott Taylor
had instructed Minchei
to whip Pot-
ter for insubordinatio:
it developed.
A resolution passed b:
the Board of
Commissioners empo
Bred the roads
authorities to use the
ush. No other
witnesses admitted th
Mincher had
struck Potter as man
, times as Ben
- About a half
ton thought he had
dozen .lashes was
enl's estimate. Dr,
superintend-
parrott had ex
Jisease and had
anvined Potter for a
failed to find any si
us of a beating
on him. .
But Judge Bond h
that whipping
of convicts was illei
tion of the commis
ttl. The resolu-
Soi.ers ' was void
in his opinion and h
Fquoted decisions
held by him to an
bl any such ac-
tion by local auth
pties. The com-
missioners. it is sai
on good authori-
ty, contending tha
vhfpping,of nn-
ruly convicts is essential to discipline
in e camps, wilcappeal the case,
whatever .the judgment may ; be, . to
the 'Supreme Court . Frequent cases
of whipping were aJmitied. , ,
It is understood Jhat Mincher is to
be tried on other founts.
i
Partello Case Stafted.
After concluding he case against
Mincher the court started into the
hearing of -the case against Margaret
Partello, a Somh Kinston women
charged with shooting Harry Stein,
a well-known merchant who died as
the result of a revolver bullet-wound.
The jury had nfft been secured when
recess was takei -
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Murderer Does? Not Think
He Is Crazy ;f Never De
nied cliir
HE IS MAKING NO DEFENSE
Intended to Kill Wife, Her
Parents and Ter Aunt to
Secure Peck Millions No
Plot In Tomb! to Fake In
sanity I
r
(By the Unitl Press)
New York, May 2fi. A calm ad
ft
mission that he planned to kill his
wife as well as her parents, Mr, and
Mrs. John Peck, oft Grand Rapids,
and Miss Catherine Peck, her aunt,
s made 'by l)r. jkrthur Warren
Waite when he todojjf tesumed his
amazing confession oan arch poison
plot through which he hopel to gain
the Peck millions. ; 1
Asked if he was cnizy, he replied,
"I think not."
'Do you care what ibcteonnes of
you f
"I want to do what right." hp re
plied. 5
Cross-examined, Waite denied a
Tombs conspiracy to fake insanity.
"Do you deny yoiir guilt?"
"I never denied it." .
"What is your defense?"
"I am making no defense," he slat
ed. . i
GEORGE gG(SJ5H0WS
RALEIGH REAL STUFF
Only 29 Men Faced Him In Capitals-
Asheville Game Thursday There
With Stick, Too ''Prettiest Exhi
bition in Many Days," Says News
and Observer iof Game
(Daily Free iPress, May 20)
Today's Raleigh News and Oiser-
ver's sporting page carried the fol
lowing, at the tip of the first col
umn; I
"George Suggsa Kinston boy who
has more than once turned back big
league ba'ters, yesterday came into
is own and conijlnced not only local
fans, but the Parmounts that he can
et pitch grand oeseoau: fuggs not
only gave the pettiest exhibition of
twirling seen oj? the home lot in
many days, but e won his own game
in the eighth inning when his single
to right-center jtent Manager Heinie
Busch across tht coveted rubber with
what proved th winning run. How
ever, to make tie score safe, another
run was added jbj the same frame an
the Capitals defeated Asheville 2 to
0. I
"When Bradsaaw, the first visiting
batter to face ijsuggs, got a scratch
it between fi nit, and second in the
initial inning if, marked the begin
ning and ending- of the Paramounts'
slugging. No aiatter how hard they
tried or how often, Hickman, Fenton
and Bitting, tap Asheville trio of
swatters, cameSto bat the matter of
hitting always remained the same.
Seven visiting Matters swung in vain
trying to conntt with" Suggs' offer
ings and only ftnee did the Kinston
itcher show oiy mercy in the form
of passes.
"Sujres had f everythinsr and 'then
CONFIRMATION OF B
WITHOUT ;V0TE AGAINST IIM PREDICTED
FOLLOViING MEETING
v Washiigton, May. 26. The confirmation of Brandeis
by the Selate this afternoon wthou a vote against him
as.fore&sted at a meeting of .Bepublican members of
the Judiciary Committee.. - V- I -
Only Sutherland is opposed to suc-h a pro-am. The
n is to have the confirmation withe ;t a roll t '!.
plan
T. W. Chase and Two Young
Daughters In Charge of
Sheriff This Afternoon
PYROMiNIA THE CAUSE?
Long String S.tuanjre Blazes
At Farmhouse South of
the City May End With
Arrists If Suspicions Are
I?ore Out
(D:i y Free Press, May 2(5)
Mis , Ijivinia Chase, aloul 17,
and J nvella t'hase, her sister,
Severn years younger, are in
cuxtod ' at the Sheriff's office
here this afternoon, together
with leir father. T. W. Chase,
to awt t an examination by phy
tiicianJto determine if either of
the th ie is afflicted with pyro
mania. : It is 'suspected that one
of the trio was responsible for
the lo g series - of fires at the
"mystt -y house" on the II. T.
I .of t in lantation. south of here,
and a ire on an adjoining farm
this ni irning which destroyed a
farmtu ise.
Both girls, especially the old
er one are greatly perturlcd.
Miss Chase cries almost con
stantlyl A married sister who
was present when a deputy sher
iff took, them in charge fainted.
-Chase does not know what to
think of the situation. The pant
a; . ,
wecK nas ncen ne oi me wursi
for him in Ids life, tile cannot
believe either of his daughters Is
to blame. lie has never known
to either act other than normal,
he declares. ; ,
A small tenant house on the farm
G. F. Loftin, four or five miles
uth of here, was destroyed by fire
between. 10 and 11 o'clock today. The
antation adjoins the farm of II. P.
ftin, on which there sits the "house
mystery" in which scores of fires
h
ve occurred since last batiuruay
mprnlng.
Children of T. W. Chase, the ten-
a
of the mystery house, spent the
i
ht ln the burned house, it is said.
it:
in;
s only a short distance away from
Cffiise's home. No one admits see
the firo 'this morning start. II.
P,
Loftin and others unhesitatingly
ddBared belief today that there is a
p on in the family or the neighbor
hoSl afflicted with pyromania, t4o
shnwd to be detected.
any times in the past five days
haw blazes, always caught m their
. - .. .... ...
lncfpiency by the watcntui ana ais
treed family, been started by some
untmermined agency. Suspected per
sons have been watched without re
sult! The best clue up till this after
noon! that a person was responsible
wasuhe discovery of a number of
matckos, some of which had been
strucM. in a place where children of
ChasWs Jarge family were accustomed
to pi
someVtbat a pitcher should have to
win Ames. He showed more stuff
than Irs . been seen in the league in
some Ime, and whenever he was not
puzzlifc a batter he was working on
a runfirr 'on base. -Only 20 batters,
two eftra ones, faced Suggs during
the niia innings of play."
RANUEIS T HIS P. M.
REPUBX'N MEMBERS
Perfectly Constitutional for
U. S. jo league With Oih,
er Nations for Such Pur
pose-fTakes Issue With
the (Jommoner
(Bi the United Press)
Washington, May 26. William If
Taft. spAking as a jurist, today
pluced hiiO. K. on the platform of
the LeagA to Enforce Peace. He de
m
clared it
is constitutional for the
United Stltes to bind itself with oth
er nation
'to declare war on any
;it starts war without first
o arbitration.
direct issue with Bryan's
cment on the subject. Mr,
country ti
resorting
He itoo
recent st.i
Taft said
Elie league won't try to stop
the prese
t war but will follow its
distinct ilirpose to prevent the re
currence "such a disaster to civil
ization.
LANSGVG DOES NOT
mm to resign
DECLARES DEP'MENT
Humor iThat Secretary of
State! Would Quit Eman
ated From a Questionable
Source and Was foster
itd by-1 Vopaganst?---
May 20. Denying unqualifiedly a
press association report thalt Secret
tary Laijsing will resign, the State
Department today doclared circula
tion of tae rumor part of a propa
ganda pr
eeding for several months.
A broa
intimation was made that
German
urces fostered the rumor
Mr. Lans
g appeared at the calbtnet
meeting
day and will return to his.
office Mo
lay, having recovered from
a slight
lness.
LENOIB CROPS DOING
FIIE; A SUCCESSFUL
POTATO 'EXPERIMENT'
y r ree I'ress.HWay zb)
Crops
n Lenoir county are in fine
condition generally, according to
to Mr., Is il. Grainger, wbo is one of
tie bests
informed men on the agr
situation. , It is. probable
"stands", are better than at
cultural
that th(
this sea
fen for several years past, he
states
Of cofrsc, the cool weather has re
tarded Button, but the staple is in
very saBsfactory shape, nevertheless.
Tobaccdlis doing fine, Mr. Grainger
assert. Some of the weed is knee
high. Mfttatoes are short, of course;
the croB is all over the country. "The
potato Brop was experimental. Fer-
tilizersvere scarce and the prices
were trh. Lienoir county potato
planteiB experienced a handsome
sireakftf luck, though, considering
the afieage. The demand is big,
and itStvill continue big. A govern
ment animate put the shortage at
90,00(UOO buahels." New potatoes
BV . a mr
are raiiing nere now at ? x. jnr.
Grairllrr expects io see them sell
for Iff and $7 a barrel.
Co Jt is not doing as well as the
other&rops. probably. -.s H
TO
iTS THE HEN A-
CJUNCE IN ENGLAND.
Lofaon, -May 10 Give the ben a
chan. With eggs ac 7 cents each,
Mrs.j Lionel. Guest, daughter of the
ate fohn Bigetow, American ambas-
adoftto Pans, is arging a plan here
toda- to turn London's public parks
into poultry farms.
C eenville has a building boom on.
Ten permits fW' build'.ngs Of consij
era' !e cost have been issued since
....... I,
Woot en Questions Right of
JudgaBond to Review' '
Ciurt's Findings
1VE, TCO, HAVE OPINION'
'Super ir Court Judges Are
As aone to Err as the
SpaJcs Are to Fly Up
warl Declares .The
Hatias Corpus Case
y Free-Prfss, May 26)
lowing signed communica-
handed The Free Press by
T. C Wooten this mornings
questions the right of the
Court to reyiew the findings
irt except by appeal, and de--
at he wilt continue to con
procedure of his court, as he
e, irrespective , of the rulintr
e Bond entered upon the Su-
Court records at Thursday's
. Judge . Wooten majntains
s court ts one.oi rperpeuiu
motiod," does not adjourn, but sim
ply takes recesses, and that jho ahall
continue to alter his decisions, "when
they ,appeal to the conscience of the
court." He promises to explain the
habeas carpus case disposed of on
Thursday later. . ..His communication
in full follows: ... .' t
We are settled in our opinion as
to the powers and llmijtatians of the
Recorder's Court, for these are -likewise
based , upon , rulea.. announced
from-ii.e, Cir,v-,Cc"'f -not
be guidod .by, ejL.par,Le.bi...u..
of Superior Court judges,' given to
gnd'juId':'$ap(iar , Court
can only revlewthe Recorder's Court
by regular andj proper appeal; not
by 'a free lancet : It is right that we .
Should be governed by higher author- ;
ity. , Superior Court judges ara as
prone to err i the aparks are to fly
upward. This is .verified by 170 Su
preme Court reports; a good load for '
a mule'170 'books of errors! . ;
"We, too,
to the effect
ve an opinion. .It. is
at the Recorder's Court
of Kinston
yes-automatically, and
is under th
bill' "perpetual motion
personified,
t never adjourns, takes
only recessei
The impact from 3d on- '
day mornin
to dead Saturday night '
keeps the 't
g' quivering till, during
morn of
day again- -Perpetual
motion, you
opinion of
ee. irrespective oi tn
arned . jurists, we shall
be the judgi
of the court alone. .We
shall do as we
have done cofttfol the
procedure
dgments ,and penal ties.
and make fcodifications when -they
appeal to th
conscience of , the court.
"We have!
lone , our best to make
the Recordefc
Court useful and ben-
eficial in evy. respect, and we have
been assure,
by, nany ..that it has
accomplishes
its purpose, ,
''We discolored the .court to be
out of ,. haBnony ,. with , .recorders
courts sooil after he left ihe
'trenches' in Bhe- 'charge.' .We were
impressed wlh the solemnity of his
strictures anl criticism f or the rea
son the deailt .aim .was carried into
execution witlout a 'joke.' No psase
for myth or
fciirth. 1 s " ."i - 5
"We are
constrained to say wa
shall conduc
tfiihe court on our own
ideas and op
ions-based upon the
law until we
ive final ardera from
the Supreme
urt 'Any mandate fro
eteat juriadiction will
a-court of coi
be respectfull
obeyed tai overruled,
ere to the erroneous
We .do. sot. a
idea that the
constitutional.
ecorders Court is un-
The question as to
lity settled by no less
its constituti
authority ttha
the Supreme Court.
When the
on appeal to
will do as we
aaes leave my court
e Superior Court we
ave always done, ev
iction or attempt to
appeal is withdrawn
ercise so juri
do so. If the
by consent of
the State, the . SuJze
and the defenu.mt, we shall take ju
s
risdiction to morfy the judgment If
justice and meri demand. This we
have a right to do under he ru'. in
of the Supreme Court. If some learn
(Continue J c-n ri;9 Tr: