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Daily Free Press, I YOUR HOME PAPER PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOL. XVI. No. 263 ' KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1914 PRICE TWO CENTS . .ii . , CONSTITUTIONAL All MOST PROBABLY B SMALL MAJORITY, STATE CHAIRMAN EXPRESSES SUCH BELIEF. BUT CONGRESSMAN POU IS STILL HOPEFUL THAT SUCCESS WILL CROWN THEM. GUDGER DEFEATED BY BRITT IN TENTH; OTHERS SAFE IS'umber of Republican Counties in Majorities, Included in the List Are Jackson, Moore and Yancey Governor Craig and Other Leaders Are Gratified at National Results, Whereby Democrats Retain Control. Raleieh. Nov. 4. Confirmation of the loss of the Tenth District to Britt, the Republican nominee, and definite assurance as well that all the y Democratic, were developments through meager re- turns today. A numoer oi counues nereioiore nepuuu can have eriven Democratic majorities, including Wash incton, Ashe, Burke and McDowell. The Democrats lost Harnett by a small majority tnrougn a local ngnt. leie zrams to Democratic headquarters show that Dare coun ty elected a Democratic sheriff and county commissioners, Jackson gave 150 Democratic majority, Moore 250 to 500 Democratic majority, and Yancey is safely Democratic. All returns are remarkably silent on the vote on the constitutional amendments. Expert opinion is divided as in the result. State Chairman Warren believes the amendments are defeated. the meager returns closely, a definite figure will not be vass. Governor Craig says he come of the election in the State and nation, as evidence that the people sustained the policy of the President, who will be able to continue the great reforms begun. The Governor regrets that Congressman Gudger lost in the Tenth, but the continued overwhelming Democratic ma jority in the state will insure a continuation of its good government. BULLETINS (By the United Press.) RUSSIAN BATTLESHIP REPORTED SUNK. London, Nov. 4. News agency dispatches from Sofia stated that the Turkish Black Sea fleet has sunk the Russian battleship Si nop. There has been no official confirmation. RUSSIANS ENTER TURKISH TERRITORY. Petrograd, Nov. 4. It is stat ed that Russian troops have cross ed the Turkish frontier and cap tured seven Turkish villages. Tlie Turks' losses were large in a re treat of their advance guard with great confusion. HIGH CATHOLIC DIGNITARY DEAD. Rome, Nov. 4. prince Mario Chigi, marshal of the recent pa pal conclave which elected Pope . Benedict, is dead. SERVIA AND TURKEY AT WAR. Sofia, Nor. 4. The Servian minister recalled from Constan tinople today officially stated that war exists between Turkey and Servia. IOWA TEACHER'S MEET IN ANNUAL SESSION Des Moines, la., Novv4. The an nual meeting of Iowa State Teacher's association opened at the Coliseum to day, and will continue for four days. Among the prominent educators who will address the. 5,000 teachers -are Dr. David Sedden, commissioner of education, Boston, -Mass., Mrs. Cora Wilson Stuart of Morehead, Ky., presi dent of the Kentucky Illiteracy com mission , Dr. Henry Suzzallo of Co lumbia University, Dr. ;J. H. Mac Donald, editor of the Toronto, Cana da, Globe; and Dri George D. Strayer Columbia University. ... D. A. R. BEGIN - SESSION AT DURHAM. Trinity College, Durham, Nov. 3, The fourteenth annual conference. of the National Society of the Daughter we American Revolution in North . uiuviuu in iiwui i us provisional rresiuem ui mcitv vivi.ioip j v-.., , Carolina began its annual two days' I the Aguas Calientes convention, ac-I'Vets" Were victorious by large ma e"nm h today. fVi ; i-; 'cording to State Department reports, jorities. ENDMENTS HAVE EEN DEFEATED BY THUS MR. WARREN the State Have Rolled Up Democratic nine other districts are sale Jame3 H. Pou, who scanned believes they are adopted, but possible until the official can is much gratified at the out GERMAN FLEET DEFEATS THE ENGLISH IN NAVAL BATTLE. Valparaiso, Chile, Nov. 3. The German warships Gneiseman, Scharn horst, Nurnberg, Leipsic and Dresden today attacked the British fleet off Coronel, Chile. The British cruiser Monmouth was sunk. The cruiser Goodhope was very badly damaged and she was on fire and is supposed to have been bst. The British cruiser Glasgow took refuge in the harbor of Coronel and is now bottled up. The German bat tleships Scharnhorst, Nurnberg and Gneisenau anchored at midday today in Valparaiso harbor uninjured. The Goodhope, Monmouth and the Glasgow were under command of Rear Admiral Sir Christopher Crad- j South American coasts for several weeks for the German cruisers which had been destroying British mer- chant vessels. The Germans were superior in ton nage and guns, as a whole. CATTLE DISEASE IN MIDDLE WEST SPREADS. Chicago, 111., Nov. 3. The gravity of the epidemic of hoof and mouth dis ease affecting cattle in the middle west became apparent today when Dr. S. E. Bennett of the bureau of animal industry, declared the slaugh ter of suspected animals would be cheap at a cost of $10 000 000 com- pared with the incalculable loss which a general spread of the malady would WINDSOR FIGHT SEASON OPENS Windsor, Ont, Nov. 4.-Pal Brown, the Hibbing, Minn., lightweight, and Patsy Drouillard, Canada's best 133-! pounder, will open the regular boxing season at the Windsor Athletic Club tonight. The boys will mix in an eight round engagement. Drouillard and Brown met in 1913 and the Canad ian came out second best. VILLA WILL BE LOYAL TO GUTIERREZ. Washington, D. C, Nov. S Gener- al Villa lias pledged allegiance to slight margin. The senatorial situa Eulalio Gutierrez-, who was selected ; tion also was in doubt, Republican. DEMOCRATS HAVE RETAINED HOUSE- SENATE CONTROL GREATLY REDUCED MAJORITY IN HOUSE AND PROBABLE GAIN IN THE SENATE. OHIO GOES REPUBLICAN National Contests in Kansas, Illinois, Utah and California Remain in Doubt Reed Smoot Probably Defeated for the Senate. (By the United Press.) Washington, D. C, Nov. 4. On the face of country-wide returns, the Re publicans cannot take either House or Senate from the Democrats. Al though the Democratic majority in the House will be greatly reduced, the Senate is safely Democratic. It ap pears that the Democrats have a good chance of gaining three members in the Senate. The contests in Kansas, Illin ois, California and Utah are still in doubt. James H. Moyle, fusion candidate, is leading Reed Smoot, Re publican, in Utah, with the returns incomplete, and the chances for elec tion are favorable to Sherman Sulli van in the race in Illinois. A neck and neck affair in Kansas is the sen atorial race, which is three-cornered, with Murdock, Progressive, Curtis, Republican, and Neely, Democrat, ap parently wiih equal chances up to noon. SOCIALIST CONGRESSMAN ELECTED FROM NEW YORK New York. Nov. 4. Meyer, the London Socialist, was elected from the twelfth district to the house. He will be the first Socialist representa tive in the history of the state. The East Side is wild over the victory of a Socialist. REPUBLICANS WIN BY MORE THAN 100,000 IN "PENNSY Philadelphia, Nov. 4. Complete of ficial returns show that Penrose and Brumbaugh have been elected by a plurality of over a hundred thousand. OHIO ELECTS REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR. Columbus. Ohio, Nov. 4. Late re turns indicate that lion. rrank t. Willis, Republican, has been elected Governor, defeating the present Dem ocratic incumbent, Governor James M. Cow by l.carly 10,000 majority. New York, Nov. 4. Sweeping Re publican gains throughout the coun try, which leached a ciimax in this State by the overwhelming victory of Charles S. Whitman for governor, and James W. Wadsworth to succeed Eli- hu Root in the U. S. Senate, were in dicated in early returns of the elec-1 Democratic leaders, however, were pleased by a triumph in Massachu setts, where former Representative Samuel W. McCall was defeated for the Governorship by Governor Walsh. Senators re-elected as the result of hard battles were Frank B. Brande gee, Republican, of Connecticut, op posed by Governor Simeon E. Bald win; Albert B. Cummins, Republican, of Iow:a, who defeated Representative Maurice Connolly; Jno. Walter Smith, Democrat, of Missouri; Jacob H. Gallinger, Republican, of New Hamp shire, who was opposed by Represen tative E. B. Stevens. The triumph of former Speaker Joseph G Cann0I1( Republican over Frank T. O'Hair for Representative in. the 18th Illinois district, seemed certain on the early returns. Sereno E. Payne, Republican of New York, cne cf the oldest members of the "ouset'n Point of ervice was " - elected without difficulty. "l - V" Tm-I ernor Ben W. Hooper, the Republican incumbent, was defeated by Thomas C. Rye, Democrat. Defeat of woman suffrage in Mis souri and North Dakota was indicat ed. Meager returns from California showed Governor Hiram W. Johnson, Progressive, leading Fredericks, Re publican, and Curtin, Democrat, by a COUNTY CANDIDATES LEAD TICKET WITH AMENDMENTS LAST ONLY ABOUT 00 PER CENT. OF NORMAL VOTE WAS POLLED TUESDAY. COUNTY TABULATED VOTE County Candidates Polled 1,155; the State Tickets, 1,110; Congres- sional 1,100, and Amendments 742 Votes. OFFICIAL FAMILY OF LENOIR COUNTY AS IT WILL BE AFTER DECEMBER. Clerk of the Superior Court Jesse T. Heath. Register of Deeds Carl W. Pridgen. Sheriff Arden W. Taylor. Treasurer John Dawson. Coroner G. Felix Loftin. Commissioners R. F. Churchill, city; D. W. W'ood, LaGrange; T. G. Sutton, Sand Hill; Lem. Taylor, Vance; De L. A. Whit field, Trent All are re-elected except Mr. Heath and the last three commis sioners named. Apathy marked the election in Len oir county. Approximately only two- thirds of the normal Democratic vote was cast. The Republicans failed to patronize the polls even to that per centage, and not more than half of tin; usual Republican vote was polled. The fact that the opposition was in significant had the effect of keeping many Democrats from troubling themselves to vote, just as the lead ers realized would be the case for days before the election. The Repub- ican cause was, of course, regarded by followers of the G. O. P. as utter ly hopeless and they showed little in terest. The party's control of affairs is not endangered the slightest because of the falling off in the vote, Democratic Chairman Cowper said today, point- ng out the fact that not more than 50 per cent, of the Republicans voted. Twelve precincts had reported at midnight Tuesday. One, Trent, with very small vote, remains to be heard from. The returns are accept ed as accurate, but not until Thurs- ay, when the Board of Elections meets, will they be verified. The Democratic majority in the county was between 600 and 700, the ote of Trent township making very ittle difference either way. The tabulated vote as had at coun ty headquarters follows: Cl r OT rl' (6 2 ! H 5' . j 3. !? . . . ?? 55 n o o re S H Z SB o o 00 H M h M s to u te . en ao h ig CO H IJ M HtOi(tSUMOlfOOSOtCi o 3 c tO CO HMnMMHCCMMU fb OOUMHOOtJUlSKOlOtH -o 00 K M H -s O cnoo-jcc-joaotooooooog g J ' I CIIllONOOIvOMOOO(U"fl ' I en i-1 dr o 01 H H K -1 -3 CO C (O 3 3 a. n tO M H tC MitOl-' 3 2. W 01 The vote for the ten constitutional amendments which Tuesday's election ratified was small in the county, to telling only 742. Many voters who did not understand the amendments would not vote against them. Wood- TWELVE HUNDRED INFECTED CATTLE KILLED IN CHICAGO PACKERS AND GOVERNMENT EXPERTS CONSULT AS TO CLOSING STOCK YARDS. FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE L Middle Western States and Some New Tork Counties Suffering From I Epidemic Which May Seri- ously Menace Meat Supply. (By the United Press.) Chicago, Nov. 4. Representatives of the big packers today conferred with federal and State authorities to consider the advisability of closing the Chicago stock yards, this action resulting from the discovery of the "foot and mouth" disease in the local yards. Twelve hundred cattle have been ordered killed and their car casses destroyed by quicklime. DISEASE APPEARS IN NEW YORK STATE. Albany, Nov. 4. Foot and mouth disease has broken out in Erie and Seneca counties. A quarantine will be required. SHERIFF TAYLOR UNEASY BUT INSTITUTE IS SAFE Practical Joker Made Democratic In cumbent Believe He Had Lost His Home Precinct By Two to One Majority. "Institute has gone 20 to 10 Repub lican." Sheriff Arden Taylor hung up the telephone receiver. "Goodness, gra- ious," he said, or something else. It was a practical joker at the oth er end of the line who seriously in formed the pride of Institute that his own precinct had disowned him. "Yes, it's a fact a sad fact." "Say that over. ihe informant was compelled to repeat it several times. "Well, I'll be hanged!" the sheriff exclaimed. Immediately after this information came to the Courthouse Tuesday night the jailer of the present regime com- neneed negotiations for the lease of a furm. It was back to nature for him. lie had a vision of a black- whiskered person, as all Democratic incumbents see their successors of G. O. P. persuasion, doing the chores about the jail yard and drawing checks from the board of commission ers. The sheriff was stunned, and for an hour, he confesses, believed what he had been told. "You fellows cut up too much down here on rally day," the man in Institute had said with the rest. "Why, Henry, you know that ain't so." What had the well-meaning candidates done to of fend the said farmers of the town ship, the sheriff wondered. There was one man in town who was more than interested when Insti- tue township formally reported that it had voted to retain the present county officers by 47 to 3. DAVIDSON MAN HELD FOR ASSAULT. Lexington, Nov. 3. John Link, a white man, thirty years old, was lodg ed in jail here today charged with criminally assaulting Miss Lena Hill, age twenty, the daughter of Philip Hill, a prominent citizen of upper Da vidson. NEARLY HALF OF JERSEY'S CONVICTS ARE STUDYING i Trenton, Nov. 4 New Jersey's pri son night school for convicts has i again opened at the penitentiary here and the popularity of this feature of the prison's life is attested by the fact that over forty per cent, of its popu lation has enrolled for the fall and winter courses of study, according to figures given out today. ington and Vance gave a decided ma jority against them. Congressman Claud Kitchin's ma jority over W. O. Dixon, Republican, in the Second district, may run any where from 6,500 to 9,000. Dixon con ceded hia opponent 8,000 majority. THE WEATHER For N. C. Fair tent).! nd morrow, light touthwc at to north weM winds. BULGARIA CUTS R. R. CONNECTION TO ENTER FIGHT HER ACTION IN STOPPING COM M I N R ATION WITH SERVIA IS SO CONSTRUED. GERMANY IS AGAIN ACTIYE Allies Forced to Make Slight Retreat By Sudden Attack from Von K luck's Troops Big Battle In East Is Looked For. (By the United Press.) Berlin, (Via The Hague) Nov. 4. It is reported that railroad connec tions between Bulgaria and Servia have been cut. This is interpreted to mean that the Bulgarians will enter the war on the side of Germany, Aus tria and Turkey. GERMANS RESUME OFFENSIVE IN THE EAST. Petrograd, Nov. 4. The Germans have reorganized behind their East Prussian entrenchments and resumed the offensive. It is reported from the front that another general battle is apparent from the skirmishing in progress along the front. The Ger mans are heavily reinforced and have brought cannon from the barrier forts. ,f GERMAN WARSHIPS IN BALTIC. Copenhagen Nov. 4. German war ships are reported in the Baltic off the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. It is believed they are contemplating a raid on Russian coast cities, al though the latter are reported pro tected with submarine mines. GERMANS CONTINUE THEIR ATTACKS IN FORCE. Paris, Nov. 4. The Germans con tinue their attacks in force in the ter ritory between Lys and Arras, with alternate advances and retreats on t'oth sides, according to an official tatement. In the territory between Dixmudc and Lys, the situation is un hanged. The Germans have thrown fresh troops into action in the vicin ity of Armentieres. Fighting is again n progress all along the Aisne. The Germans, under Von Kluck, who have maintained their positions, for three weeks without any demonstration of activity other than artillery fire, sud denly attacked in force, and the al lied lines were somewhat weakened. The force of the Germans' attack was o strong that the Allies were forced to retreat slightly in some places. GERMAN EFFORTS TO RESUME OFFENSIVE. Paris, Nov. 4. The German center is continuing efforts to renew the of fensive. Military headquarters claim hey have not been successful at trategic points. Heavy reniforce- ments have been sent north to the Ar- gonne-Wovre region. STATEMENTS FROM NATIONAL BANKS ASKED (By the United Press.) Washington, Nov. 4. The Comp troller of Currency issued a call for national banks' statement of their condition at the close of business Oc tober 31. GOVERNOR TO SPEAK AT UNVEILING OF MONUMENT IN PITT. Greenville, Nov. 4. It is announc ed that Governor Craig will make the address at exercises attendant upon the unveiling of the Pitt county me morial to the Confederate dead here on November 13. The memorial is in the shape of an imposing monu ment. LESLIE DAVIS IS CARTERET'S LEGISLATOR. Beaufort, Nov. 4. Leslie Davis, regular Democratic candidate, was elected yesterday over Simon Styron, Jr., nominee for the Legislature of the fused Republican, Progressive and dissatisfied Democratic elements of Carteret county. The result was in doubt until this afternoon. 4
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