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YOUR HOME PAPER -' 1 : s" ... vm-.. .. " i ' " ' ; J UiE; Daily THE WEATHER For N C. Cmicnllr fi Joniilu tod Thuradj, n0 varwLU PUBLISHED EERY HFTERNO.ON EXCEPT SVNDTtY' VOli'VI.-NO160; KINSTON, N. O. WEDNESDAY JUNE 24, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS' ZAGATEGAS FALLS THE VEEVIL CAPTURED JUNE 19, BELATED REPORT SAYS, ANOTHER TOVVNTO CAPITULATE Washington Does Not Believe Rumor That Rebels Have Secured Great Quantity of Huerta's Am- , , munition. ( (By the United Press.) TXT -.!! t T r a mi . (By the United Press.) - - """""oa, une ine con- Washington,- June 24. Zacatecas . . fell into the' hands of the constitu GAINS COTTON PEST ON INCREASED ACREAGE. ' DEPARTMENT TQ TAKE STEPS Infests 296,000 Acres, 22,000 Mere Than In 1913, When Production Was 13,982,000 Bales. tionalists on June 19 after hard fight ing according to word received here from high authority at Tampico, San Luis' Potosi is expected to fall in a few days. A big battle is imi nent at Querretaro, according to the same dispatch. Further advices are to the effect that General Aguilla, the constitu tionalist commander at the port of Tuxpam, has succeeded in intercept iag 3,000,000 rounds of ammunition landed by the German vessel Vpiran ga at Puerto Mexico for delivery to Huerta. ; State department officials are inclined to doubt the capture of the ammunition, but believe the cap ture of San Luis Potosi is only a few days off. -The railroad is being re paired in an effort to cut off the re treat of the federals. Many rebels have been sent from Monterey to aid in the pursuit of the federal army. Niagara Falls, June 24. A full conference of the mediators and dele gates is in progress to draw up protocol covering all the points ex cept that of the provisional presi dent. And many a man you wouldn't be heve under oath never faced a bar tender m his life. ' PEOPLE TAKEN OFF GROUNDEO LINER (By the United Press.) St. Mary, Seilly Islands, England, June 24. The steamer Lioness ar rived today with 86 pasengers and 95 of the crew of the Red Star liner Goethland, which went on the rocks near here'. ' GERMANY WOULD OUTBID U. S. Urges That $3,000,000 Offered Nica ; ragua for - Canal Right is Not .. ' ' ; Enough. .Washington, June 23. Attempts by German interests to outbid the United States for rights to construct an . inter-oceanic canal across Nica ragua were revealed today to the Senate' Foreign -Relations committee by Nicaraguan Minister Chamorro. The minister said Germany had urged that the $3,000,000 offered by the United States for canal rights and other concessions was not enough. Tornado In South Dakota. " Sioux City,1 June' 23. -Nine persons jwere killed and 40 injured, some fa mily, and 300 buildings destroyed by S tornado that swept through Water- town, S, D., tonight ' 7 vil is reported by the census bureau, : It is estimated that 296,000 acres are infested,- this being an increase of 22,000 acres over la3t year.' Last year's crop aggregated 13,982,000 bales. The agricultural department will commence a strenuous and practical campaign to check the spread of the weevil MUSI SERVE TIHEIPOSTSHEH'S STRIKE IRON WORKERS' COMMUTATION ENDS. PRESIDENT REFUSES PARDON Shannon, Painter, Mooney and Shupe Will Begin Sentences, Though Two Others Have a Chance. KILLED BY RECKLESS DRIVER Nash County Boy Struck by Auto mobile and Dragged Many Feet. Rocky Mount, June 23. Struck by an automobile, said to be -speed ing 50 miles an hour, young Noah Vivrette, 15 years old, was dragged 46 feet entangled in the gears before the car was finally stopped, and is in a dying condition at the home of his parents, near Dawes, Nash coun ty, about three miles from this city The eye-witnesses to this tragedy declare he was run down by the heavy touring car of G. B. Chapman which had been taken out Without his knowledge and was being driven by his colored chauffeur, John Harris. BATTLESHIPS SOLD TO GREECE. House Accepts Senate Amendment to Authorize Transaction. Washington, June 23. Sale of the American battleships Idaho and Mis sissippi to Greece was approved late today by the House, which by a vote of 174 to 87 accepted a Senate amendment to the naval appropria tion bill to authorize the transaction and the building of a dreadnought with the proceeds. Formal protest from Turkey has not altered the American administration's plans and the warships probably will be in the hands of the agents of the Greek gov ernment .within a week. ITALIAN DETECTIVE . SHOT BY BLACKHANDER (By the United Press.) Washington, June 24. The Presi dent today denied fhe application for pardon of those responsible as form er heads and agents of the Interna tional Bridge and Iron Workers' n ion and convicted of the dynamite conspiracy. He ordered the commu tation of the sentences of four of the defendants, Michael J. Shannon, Frank K. Painter, Fred J. Mooney and William Shupe, toexpire at once The President agreed, however, to consider an application for executive clemency to John II. Barry and Paul A, Morris. WEALTHY MAN'S MURDER A SCANDAL (By the United Press.) Stamford, Conn., June 24. Beaten to death at the door of a fashionable woman's apartment house, Waldo R. Ballon, a rich city councilman, was found this morning breathing his last gasp. Mrs. Helen Angel, a wealthy widow, was arrested. Ballou's head was crushed. There were blood marks on Mrs. Angel's door, and a blood-stained hat was found in her apartment. SERVIA'S KINS GIVES UP THRONE (By the United Press.) Belgrade, June 24. King Peter today abdicated the throne in favor of the crown prince on account of ill health. TIES UP DELIVERY SERVICE IN " ? FRANCE. '" '"r'i OPEII CHAUTAUQUA MARKED BY APATHY FIRST SESSION HELD THIS AF- SMALL VOTE; TURNED OUT IN TERN00N. ' BONDS ELECTION. SALARY; DEMANDS REJECTE Strikers Barricaded In Buildin Where Police Beselge Them Without Effect Troops May Carry Letters. (By the United Press.) Paris, June 24. Strikers barricad ed in the postofflce department build ing are surrounded by gendarmes vainly attempting to gain admittance The postmen struck in protest of the rejection of their salary demands. The men are getting food by strings thrown out of windows. The government says the situation is not serious, although no postmen are at work. Some authorities con sider.tbat a forcible attack may be necessary. Troops may be used to deliver mail. (By the United Press.) ! Chicago! June 24.- Frank Demaria Sicilian detective assisting the po lice in trailing ' blackhanders, was shot today by an unknown assas sin. ' '- .-.'".;-. TO DROPSPEER CASE. Try Out Wanamaker Craft , mmmondsport, N. Y., June 23 beveral trial flights made here today by Rodman Wanamaker's trans-At-Jan tic. flying boat America showed the machine flies fast, is well balanced and is handled almost as easily ad a flying boat of .less than half its size and weight. . - -k : . War Heroes Honored. ' 1 ? , Easton, Penn., June 24. A monu ment to the memory of those killed in, the Spanish American war was on veiled here today with appropriate ceremonies by civic and military or ganizations. . " " Subscribe to THE FREE PRESS udiciary Committee Thinks Further Proceedings Not Justified. Washington, June 23. The House judiciary committee today consider without action recommendations of. a sub-committee that impeach ment charges against Federal Judge Emory. Speer, of the Southern dis trict of Georgia, be dismissed. It was understood there was no oppo sition to reporting to the House that evidence secured by the 'sub-committee after several months of investi gation did not warrant further pro ceedings.'1 . ' V Resolute Easy Winner ' Rye, N. Y., June 23. The Herres- hoff sloop Resolute, completely out classed her rivals,". Vanitie and De fiance, today, in another trial pre liminary to the choice of a defender for the America's cup, winning by a margin of 14 minutes, uncorrected time over Vanitie. Defiance was left far behind. ';.. ..: DELEGATES NUMBER 4,000. At International Sunday School Con vention in Chicago. Chicago, June 23. The 14th In ternational Sunday School conven tion began here tonight with 4,000 elegates from the four corners of the earth in attendance. The main session was held at Medinah Temple, with the president, William N. Hurts horn, of Boston, presiding. Various churches throughout the city housed important conferences. Mrs. Folsom Committed to Asylum. Portsmouth, N. H., June 23. Mrs, Mary Folsom, of Somerville Mass., who shot and killed her husband, Henry H. Folsom, near Exeter, N. Y., Sunday, today was committed to the State insane hospital at Concord for observation of her mental condition. MANCHESTER, N. H, HAS RIG BLAZE (By the United Press.) Manchester, N. II., June 24. Fire in a paint and ammunition warehouse early today threatened the city. Five firemen were hurt in an explosion, Nearby hotels were emptied of thier guests, many of whom were in scanty attire. The loss was $300,000. Engineers In Session. Chicago, June 24. The . seventh annual convention of the , National Gas Engine' Association opened here today and will be in session for three days. Mechanical engineers and professors of mechanical engineer ing from all over the country are in attendance. . " , : 1 STORM DEALS DEATH IN THE NORTHWES (By the United Press.) . Chicago, June 24. ruty persons were injured, some fatally, and many houses wrecked by a storm which swept through Watertown ami moved eastward through Minnesota, accord ing to dispatches, received here today Communication with the Northwes is broken. ftiuinea pons, June Zi.lvto un known are dead, two others ure miss ing, and scores are seriously injured as the result of a tornado which struck this citv. The loss is estimat ed at $100,000. When the cyclonic wind struck there were 300 boats on the lake, and many of these were washed up today, occasioning grave fears that many are lost. Watertown, S, D., June 24. Twen ty-nve were injured and three are dead as the result of. the tornado here. ROADS LIABLE FOR MILLIONS, Seventeen Companies Owe Great Sum to Shippers. Washington, June 23. -Seventeen railway companies which constitute trans-continental freight routes are liable under the decision of the Unit ed States Supreme Court in the so called inter-mountain cases for mil lions in reparation on shipments made since the institution of the cases. The precise amount involved in the claims already filed with the interstate Commerce Commission .ap proximates $12,000,000,. One batch aggregates more than $2,000,000. Scores of cases, involving amounts ranging from a few hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands have been filed by individual shippers and by commercial and shippers' organiza tions acting for their members. U. S. BUYS 27.000 ACRES OF FORESTS (By the United Press.) . Washington, June 24. The for estry division of the department of agriculture has bought 27,000 acres of forests in the southern states, in cluding 13,000 acres on Mt. Mitchell, n. c. .. ". v -.:: Challenger Given Trial; ,-.; Southampton, June 23. The Bri tish challenger for the America's cup, Shamrock IV, had her first hard weather trial today with the older Shamrock and acquitted herself well In a stiff northwesterly breeze the challenger worked out a three minute lead in a-five "mile run. " ' 4 P.M. AND 8:15 P.M. DAILY MANY DIDN'T 60 TO THE POLLS Dr. Plass and Concert Company En tertain In First Day's Program The Junior Chautauqua. Chautauqua opened this afternoon on a lot on Lenoir street a short dis tance east of Queen, At 2 :30 the opening exercises were held, with.a speech by Mr. E. G. Bar rett, the local chairman, who was in troduced by Mr. Herman Canady. The numbers of the afternoon pro gram were a lecture by Dr. Norman riass on vvny the unglisnman," a concert by the McKinne Operatic Company, and impersonations by Els- worth Plutnstead. The audience was large. Announcement of a change of the hours of the chautauqua sessions was made by Chairman Barrett this afternoon. Beginning this evening, the evening programs will be com menced at 8:15, and the afternoon programs at 4. The hours original ly named were 2.30 in the afternoon and 7:30 at evening. This evening the McKinne Opera tic Company will render another con cert and A. Roy Fred Carter will de liver his lecture, illustrated, on "The Panama Canal und the Panania-PacK flo Exposition." Every session will be started promptly on the minute. ine junior chautauquu, sessions are held at 9 ia the morning. During the .lrst half hour the juniors sing songs, in the next half hour stories from English legends or wild west tales are related to them, and at 10 o'clock Mr. Lucas, who is captain of the tent crew, takes all the boys out into the field and teaches them new. games, builds pyramids of the boys and does other stunts which will appeal to his proteges? While the boys are out with Mr. Lucas the lady leaders will teach the pirls folk dances and games under the tent. At 11 o'clock junior chautauqua is dis missed. Minses Bretta Crapster and Reba M. Camp are the ladies who direct junior chautauqua. Junior season tickets, which cost $1, cannot be used by adults. Issue Carried Easily, With More Than Hundred Majority and On- ly 29 Votes Against lm- provements.'-Vm;! The majority of the issue in Tues day's municipal bond election was. 128. The figures given out by City- Clerk Coleman show that 394. ballots were cast for bonds. Under the enabling law, it required a majority or the registered voters to carry the election. Only 29 votes : were cast against bonds, but 237 qualified men who remained away ' from from the polls, many from apathy it ia assumed, added that many negatives to the minority. That there was practically no op position to the issue was assured early in the day, and the only trouble- feared by the bonds workers was that they might not get a sufficient number to the polls to give the majority. There was less interest in the elec tion, probably, than any ever held . here. The registration was . about 300 smaller than for a general elec tion, and the percentage of the regis tration voting was disapiwinting to . the bonds advocates. A unique point advanced is that had the issue been for a greater Bum. the vote would have been larger for it. Many voters expressed themselves as favoring a larger issue, although - those who worked for the $100,000 carried contended that to defeat it' because of tie small amount would mean the discouragement of future administrations to attempt an issue. GERMAN ARMY AVIATOR KILLED (By the United Press.) Berlin, June 24. Lieutenant Kolb, the driver, was killed, and his pas-' senger was injured when an army aeroplane was overturned near hero today. " PRESSING HAITI FOR PAYMENT. 30 FISHERMEN DROWN IN LAKE CONSTANCE (By the United Press.) Frederiohshaven, Wurtberg, June 24. Thirty fishermen are missing after a terrific storm which swept Lake Constance. Ten bodies have been recovered so far. TORRENTS IN KANSAS. Rivers and Creeks Out of Their Banks as Result of Heavy Rains. Kansas City, Mo., June 22. Doz ens of creeks and rivers in Northeast Kansas today left their banks and flooded the surrounding country as a result of the heaviest rains in years that fell last night and early today. In the vicinity of Poteer, Kansas, 14 inches of rain was reported and at Valley Falls the precipitation was 9 8 inches. . Railroad traffic is demoralized. Four lines out of Atchison have' annuled their trains. , Many towns are isolated as the result of water- covered tracks and destroyed bridges, and it probably will be several days before normal railway service is re sumed. " ,- Wires are down at many points. Whole wheat fields were swept away and corn damaged and much live stock lost. T . f France and Germany Threaten Black Republic. Washington, June 23. News has reached Washington from unofficial sources that France and Germany have warned Haiti that her custom, houses will be seized unless arrange-1 ments are made to meet the out standing Haitien financial obligations. Secretary Bryan today said no no tice that such a step was contemplat ed had come to the United States from the European powers. Weather Fine in Cotton Belt Washington, June 23. Crop grow-' ing weather during the week which, ended last night was, on the whole, the most favorable thus far this sea Bon in the cotton belt, the weather bureau announced today in-its na tional weekly weather bulletin. , Children Hurt in Atlanta Park. Atlanta, June 23. Fifty children were injured here today when a pa vilion at a local amusement park col lapsed during a picnic given for the " inmates of the local Hebrew Orphan's Home. None of the injuries were fataL ' . , , - . Occasionally a promising young man pays. ' ; r . v Delegates at Montenvers. Montenvers, , France, ' June 24. ' American . delegates to the Interna tional Congress of Chambers of Com merce, visiting here, today ascended Mont Blanc. They will visit Evian tomorrow. . , - .
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