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YOUR HOME PAPER ii HE Daily Free Pr So i THE WEATHER For N.C-Fm brtr. elJ . 4f. ftmk N. W. wJ PUBLISHED B3ERV HFTERN6ON EXCEPT SUNDHY' VOL. SV1.-NQ 131 KINSTON. N. C MONDAY. MAY 18, 19U PRICE TWO CENlff WILL HOTLftND ARMS GERMAN SHIP WITH MUNITIONS FOR HUERTA. WILL BE WATCHED BY BADGER Agentof German Line Assure State Department Rifles and Ammu nition will be Returned to Hamburg Americans off for Niagara Falls. (By the United Press.) Washington, May 18. Another cargo of German arms and ammuni tion consigned to Huerta and due at Puerto Mexico today on the German liner Bavaria, is not expected to be landed. Agents of the line assure the state department that they will be returned to Hamburg. Admiral Badger is expected, though, to keep track of the liner while she is in Puerto Mexico hubor, because of the presence there of the two Mexi can gunboats. Preparations for the mediation conference at Niagara Falls continue The American commissioners leave for there today. Vice-Consul Silli- man remains in prison at Saltillo, it is authoritatively stated, despite the urgent demands of the state depart ment for his release. Secretary Bry an professes to be satisfied with the explanation that he cannot be sent to Mexico city because railroad communication has been interrupted Bryan made no public explanation of the department's uttitude in the case of Private Parks, killed by the Mexican federals near Vera Cruz after he had wandered , into their lines from the American outpost It is certain, however, that this case will not be permitted to complicate mediation if Bryan can prevent it. READY TO ATTACK SALTILLO. HE IS SKEPML THOMAS IS LEAK? 1ST TAKE MEXICO MORE ATROCITIES TAFT PRESENTS HIS VIEWS ON MEDIATION EFFORT. DOES NOT SEE PEACE AHEAD Calls Upon all to Aid President I" His Efforts to Find Peace, but Criticises Administration for Aiding Constitutionalists. Villa's Men and Federals Clash Al most Hourly East of Town Huerta Will Satisfy U. S. in Parks Case. (By the United Press.) Headquarters Constitutionlist Ar my, Rio Coahuilo, Mex., May 18. SSharp fighting is in progress eiirht miles east of Saltillo and the feder al guns are bombarding the advanc ing rebels, according to a report from Villa, who has gone on a re connoitering expedition. The en counters between 'rebels and feder als have occurred almost hourly since last night, and the general re bel assault on Saltillo is expected to fce under way tonight. Washington, May 18. Mex ico has promised to avenge the death of private Parks. The Brazilian min ister today notified the state depart ment of a promise from Huerta'fi secretary of foreign affairs that the dictator will punish the guilty men if he finds the killing occurred with in the federal lines. Simultaneous ly Secretary Bryan announced that -vmuuuo ior vonsui Biuiman s re- New York, May 17 William II. Taft gave his views on the Mexican situation today in an address at the Free Synagogue's celebration of Peace Sunday. White the former President expressed little hope that the pending mediation conference would accomplish its immediate pur pose, he declared the mediation offer and the United State's acceptance was an important step toward the future peaceful settlement of inter national difficulties in the Western Hemisphere. Mr. Taft's Speech. Mr. Taft's speech follows in part : "With our dreadnoughts and our battleships assembled at Tumpieo. Vera Cruz and Mauzatlan; with 5,000 or more of our 'regular army in possession of a Mexican city and with the rest of our available force assembled at convenient, strategic points for possible further invasion of Mexican territory, it may occur to some that it i not appropriate to have a peace Sunday or to hold a peace meeting. For those of us, how ever, who hope that we may not be involved in further war like activity, or in actual war, there could be no time more fitting for an expression of that hope. , Time for Candor. SHARP RACE FOR FA I SON'S SEAT IN CONGRESS, , GEORGE HOOD MAY BE SECOND Preferential Primary Throughout Third District Makes Exceed ingly Interesting Flflht Abemethy Again Solicitor. New Bern, May 17. After the first preferential primary ever held in North Carolina, the defeat of Congressman John M. Faison for the nomination in the Third seems cer tain and ex-Congressman Charles R. Thomas claims the lead. The Saturday primary wus mark edly the largest number of Congres sional candidates who have entered a district fight in many years in North Carolina. At the beginning every countv had one candidate and Craven had two. These made ne cessary the preferential vote and in addition to taking the lead in the first choice. ex-Congressman Tho mas' friends claim that he ban re icive(j a strong endorsement on the second choic e. It will not be neces sary to carry this contest to the con vention. George K. Hood, Goldsboro, np- pear-i to bo second choice in this tight. While he carried his home county. Wayne, by a large majority, Mr. Thomas received a strong pre fercntial vole and bis friends base their their hope of success upon the showing made in that counfy. Ow ing to the very lengthy ballot and the tardy count, the result isn't cer tain. Pamlico In Pamlico county, NO ALTERNATIVE LEFT U. S. SAYS WINGO. ORGES "UPHOLD PRESIDENT NEWS OF TAKING OF VERA CRUZ ' INFLAMES MEXICANS. For 400 Years Strife, Anarchy and Despotism Has Prevailed In Latin Republic Says Repre sentative From Arkansas. 'This not a time for wishing' Thomas led safely with Hood second that the past had been otherwise, but it is a time for candor and for a clear understanding of the situation. With deference to the views of oth ers, it is my judgement that if, in our course toward Mexico during the last year, we had not exerted such direct influence as we have to aid one of the contending parties, we would not now be so near general in tervention and war. Nor would we have been so responsible for law and order in Mexico to the world, as we are now likely to be if a new govern ment comes into power through our influence. But not for this reason, can I, or anyone who agrees with in-; in this, fail to approve and applaud every honorable effort that our gov ernment can make and is making to avoid intervention and further con flict. Desire for Peace. '1 yield to no man in my earnest desire for peace and in my detesta tion of war; but an advocacy of peace that ignores conditions and takes no note of what is practical, is futile and ineffective. . Threatened war between two stable nations is much easier to deal with than such a condition a confronts us in Mexico I am glad to feel that there is a nnj Charles L. Abernethy third. Carteret Representative C. S. Wallace took the bulk of Carteret's vote with Thomas second,, Guion third and Hood fourth. Onslow Thomas led in Onslow, Hood coming second. Craven Craven presented two candidates, Thomas and Judge Owen I. Guion. Mr. Thomas led with Mr. Guion a close second, Hood coming third. Guion carried New Bern over Thomas by about thirty votes. Duplin-Congressman Faison leads in his home county, but Thomas was the first choice in some of the pre- (Continued on page 3.) SMASHED AUTOMOBILE. lease will be again Dresented to t" ..... .. , o - iiuerta government. The ' agreem'p!, noteworthy movement toward the punisn me mi M .,o.,r- guilty the Parks case iq taken to mean Bryan's representations have further than a mere request f, ionnation. Tri. .. ' . .. --6v.uv icprcbeiuauons in m miise of the Smith family of in custody several weeks asaAnala, gone to the Huerta giti foment, , oecame known hmAoTy. The "Ply was thatHuert hasfirdered an immediate investigation . Nomina Mayo's.'disatch department today that t- . . c mpico chamber 7 "vraa ana - Mexicans for a jwced loan, but later this was modi- ed. "There has apparently been f o demand, onlj request," said S'CretaT7 Navy Roose. to the dicated st from ommerce adoption of practical machinery for 1 - . - a tevoidling war between (responsible governments, Disease of Revolution. "But what we have, to contend with in Mexico, however, is the dis ease of revolution. Eighty per cent. of the people are ignorant and i literate. They have suffered wrong and are struggling blindly with pur pose, more or less ill-defined, in a state of society whose bonds are al most entirely loosed. A three-year war has laid waste the country, de stroyed its industry and exposed all foreign residents to lawles8 violence and all their investments there to de struction. It has in fact become an international nuisance. ; "In such a case a neighboring na tion may properly intervene and help (Continued on page 2.) Machine of Dr. C. L. Pridgen Badly Used by Poys in Raleigh. Unknown boys in Raleigh Sunday morning took the machine of Dr. C. U Pridgen, formerly of Kinston, from the place where he had, left it on the street, and drove it into two telephone poles. The crash awaken ed sleepers in the vicinity. There were several of the youthful culprits, whose identity the police cannot es tablish. The ear was badly smashed, the wheels and fenders damaged, and the windshield broken. One of the telephone poles was shattered with the impact, and the other broken off at the bottom and left dangling sus pended by wires. McKinzie Wants Commutatinon. (By the United Press.) Raleigh, May 18. Governor Craig is hearing today a plea to commute from death to life imprisonment the sentence of W. II. McKinzie, of Scotland county, scheduled to die June 12 for killing his brother-in-law. 1 - Wilson Won't Make G. A. R. Speech. Washington, May 18. The presi dent today declined an invitation from the Grand Army of the Repub lie to make the annual memorial ad dress in Arlington National cemetery on May 30. - Washington, May 17. The future of Mexico and the relations this country would sustain towards the republic were brought out in' the house Saturday evening during dis cussion of an item in the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill for an embassy building in Mexico city Representative Wingo (Democrat) of Arkunsas, said there would be no ceed of such an appropriation, for events, he believed, clearly showed "what the future had in store for that country." While detailing what he regarded as an eventuality, Mr, Wingo was for peace, and expressed belief that the President's polic, ought to and would prevail. "We may be able to patch up peace there now," said Mr. Wingo, " but the history of Mexico shows that fo 400 vears it has bee one of strife, anarchy, revolution and despotism I do not want war, I hope that i can be everted, but I am not cherish ing illusions that we may have p;r manent peace in Mexico until we go in and take possession of the conn try. I - think I have carefully read the history of this country, and whether you do it this year or next year, 1 think those hearing me will live to sit in a Congress that will see the Mexican border pushed to the Panama canal." Representative Kaha (Republi can), of California, suggested to Mr, Wingo that he was not in accord with President Wilson's Mobile speech. "I have found that it never served any useful purpose to figure on be ing in accord with a -speech," replied the Arkansas member. 4,But wheth er I agree with it or not, I am will ing to pass on every proposition' the President puts up when it comes up. agree with him in his efforts, to maintain peace, and I think it is the duty of every one to help uphold his hands in his effort to bring order out chaos. 1 hope it may yet be done." DAIRY BUILDING BURNED. Fire of Unknown Origin Causes 52,000 Damage at Oakdale Dairy A building housing the bottling, washing, separating and other equip ment at Geo. W. Tull's Oakdale diary, near the city, was destroyed by fire this morning at 11:15 o'clock. The building and all the contents were a total loss, about $2,000. There was no insurance. The blaze probably started from the tire box under a boiler in the engine-foom. When the fire was discovered the biiilding, a frame structure, was in aj light blaze. Volunteers caried extinguishers from the city, but ar rived too late to be of service. J Nearly every bottlo owned by the dairy was destroyed. Jt will be ne cessary for patrons of the dairy to loan the nse of vessels for their daily supply of milk until others can be secured, probably, a cooperation which would be appreciated by the management. Dull Feeling-Swollen Hands and ; Feet, Due to Kidney Trouble . Tour kidneys need help when your bands and feet thicken, swell up, and you feel dull and sluggish. Take Foley Kidney PiUs. They are tonic, stimulating and strengthening and restore your kidneys to healthy nor mal action. Try them. J. E. Hood A To. (adv) TO Scores, of Murders Reported, Bu Difficult to Trace Them' to Source Brig Geneva taken With Passengers Who Finally Escape. San Francisco, Cal, May 17. De tails of the murder of Americans, tho capture by a Mexican transport of the American brig Geneva, ini prisonraent of Uuited States Consul Clement S.- Edwurd, of Acnpulco, and many atrocities on the Mexican west coast were brought in today by officers ani refugees on the Bri tish Kteamer Ceutriana which arrived from Manzanillo. The story of the taking of the Geneva was told by Capt. Ferguson, of the Geneva, to Lieutenunt Edward J. MiniUvr, Roy al Naval Reserve, commander of the Cetriana according fo the refugees when news of the capture of Vera Cruz bv the United States reached the west coast, it was taken by the Mexicans as the beginning of war, The Mexlcuns were inflamed to si high pitch, they say, and the Ameri cans ubandoned their homes and fled. AH believed they would have been killed if they had stayed. As the Cetriana got away from the dock at Manzanillo, manouvering adroitly out of what is reported to be an at; tempt to hem it in by four Mexican steamers, a rifle fire was directed against it. Many bullets struck the steamer. Upward of a score of, murders, mostly of Americans were reported by the Cctriana's passengers but it was difficult to trace any of them to nn authoritative source. On April 21 after discharging its cargo at Guuymas, Muzatlun und Sun Bias, the Brig Geneva was ready to sail north except that it needed water and provisions was ' the story told Lieutenant Miuitser by Capt. Fergu son. That niglit the news oi the taking of Vera. Cruz was received and the Sanblas Port officials noti fied the Geneva that war had been declared between the United States and Mexico. They would give Capt. Ferguson no water or provisions but told him to sail. He took on four Americun refugees', including u wo man with a, baby and sailed. Lack of Water. There was not sufficient water aboard for the Geneva to roach an American port and Ferguson decid ed to proceed to a point oil' Manzan illo where ho arrived April 2.r, five miles from the harbor. There was no American warship in sight and the Geneva headed out to sea. On April 26, she was twelve miles off Manzanillo in a flat calm. The Mexican transport Korrigan with an armed crew steamed out of Manzanillo and approached her. Ferguson hoisted the American en sign on their order. The Mexican commander hailed Ferguson, told him war was on and said he had or ders to seize the Geneva as a prize of war and all Americans aboard as prisoners of war. Prisoners of War. There was no escape and the Kor rigan towed the Geneva to Manza nillo. Port officials came aboard and got a statement from Capt. Fergu son. They were courteous, but or dered no one to leave the vessel. The next day, the 27th, the Cetriana ar rived.' . "I exchanged signals with Com mander Ferguson said Lieutenant Minister.' - "I was then informed that I eould not communicate with Ferguson as the Geneva's people were prisoners (Continued on page 3.) . ALLEH IS NOMINATED BIG MAJORITY OVER GRADY FOR JUDGESHIP. WOOTEN. HEATH AND DAWSON Chosen by County Primary Saturday Two Runing Close for Fifth . Commissionership All Re- turns Not In 48 Hours- i After BaJlottlng. ' j This afternoon all theoffleial re turns from Saturday's general pri mary in Lenoir county had not been received at Democratic county head quarters here . Chairman G. V. Cow per, of the executive committee, however, stated that in all of the. contests the majorities in the pre cincts heard from were pronounced enough to assure the lenders of no mination in every instance excet for one comraissionership. ' Judge Oliver II. Allen led Henry A. Grady, of Clinton, for Judge of the superior court At least three fourths of the convention vote wilt be for the incumbent. He also led in Duplin and Onslow counties, and probably split even in the other county in the district, Sampson, with Grady. J. T. Heath's majority over E. J. Becton for clerk of superior court will be slightly more than 1,200. Representative Emmett R. Wooten will have majority of 290 or 300 over A. Hooker. Treasurer John II. Dawson led II. L. Pate by a majority ranging .from 1,350 to 1,450, und thi may be in creased. Certain of election for commission ers are T. G, Sutton, Incumbent R. F. Churchill, Incumbent D. W. Wood and -DeL. A. Whitfield. The fifth place rests between Parker Howard and Lemuel Taylor, with Taylor slightly in the lead. Unopposed in the primary were C. W. Pridgen, for reelection as register of deeds; A. W. Taylor, for reelec tion as sheriff; D. E. Wood, for re election as coroner; Lee S. Overman,. for reelection as U. S. senator; E. L. Travis, for reelection as corporation commissioner; Claud Kitchin, forv reelection to congress; Henry E. Sliaw, for reelection as solicitor; A. D. Ward, for reelection, and Frank Thompson, for state senators; all precinct executive committeemen; and delegates to the county conven tion. Justices of the peace were al so nominated. Ryan Fears Mexicans Revenge. (By the United Press.) Washington, May 18. Admitting that he is in fear of his life. Dr. Ryan, recently held captive by Mex ican federals, declined to give more than a mere outline of the details of his capture. He told his story to Secretary Bryan and repeated it directly to the president. The doc tor admitted "the outcome of these conferences might have the effect of ifting the ban of silence which plac- d him under penalty of death." Golfer Travers Defeated. (By the United Press.) Sandwich, Eng., May 18. Jerome Travers, the American golfer, was eliminated from the international tournament here when defeated two up first round against Charles' A. Parker, of Ireland. Travers' early defeat was a great surprise to the Americans. Rosenthal' Widow on Stand. (By the United' Press.) New York, May 18. Rosenthal's widow glared across the courtroom ' into the eyes of Charles Becker, ac cused of procuring the murder of her husband. She described the associa- f tion between her husband and Beck er" and told of ; Becker's raids o& Rosenthal's gambling house. r IN 7 s. V, 4 Kit!" HA itr Nlii J i"
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