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KINSTON, N. C. SATURDAY, DECEM1JEU 5, 1911
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PRESS
8 PAGES TODAY .
MENACE AMERICAN
Mobilization Given As Reason for Resignations, But De
niedReported Tender of German Apology Is
Disclaimed By Berlin Authorities.
FIGHTING LINES SO CLOSE ARTILLERY CANT BE USED
Eye Witnesses Bring Reports That Men In Trenches Are
Fighting Hand-to-Hand More Russian Victories Are
Claimed Allies Keep Germans Busy In Flanders Bat
tlefield Austrians In Complete Possession of Former
Servian Capital Allies Claim Advances in Argonne
(By the United Press.)
Lisbon, Dec. 5. The Portuguese
ministry has resigned. Premier Ma-
chudo, the only member to attend the
closing session of Parliament, pre
sented a note announcing the resig
nation of the ministry en blocfl. That
the resignations were caused by the
mobilization was denied. Germany
has tendered an explanation of the
invasion of Angola, a Portuguese Af
rican possession.
Germany Will Not Bend to Portugal
Berlin, Dec. 5. A report that Ger
many has apologized to Portugal for
the Angola incident is unfounded. An
official statement says that "an apol
ogy is quite out of the question."
Hand-to-Hand Fighting in France
London, Dec. 5. Eye witnesses'
reports from the front say fighting
in the trenches is at extremely close
quarters. The Germans use hand
jfrenades. The artillery is unable to
he. owing to the closeness of the
combatants at some points.
Russian Successes Reported
By Petrograd.
Paris, Dec. 5. A Petrograd mes
sage declares that in Loloise the bat
tles terminated in a brilliant victory
for the Russians. The Russians cap
tured many prisoners, cannon and ma
chine guns.
Fighting in Poland at Critical Stage
Berlin, Dec. 5. Reports that a
British aviator dropped bombs on the
Krupp gun works at Essen are un
founded. It is generally believed that
the fighting in Poland has reached a
critical stage. Owing to the numeri
cal superiority of the eyemy it is ex
pected the campaign will yet be of
considerable duration. Confidence is
maintained in Germany's ultimate
success
Hard Fighting on the Polish Fronts
Petrograd, Dec. 5 Desperate fight
ing is still in progress in Poland. The
official statement does not mention a
Russian victory at Lodz. On the left
bank of the Vistula obstinate fight
ing is in progress and along the Glo
vena-Lowicz front and on the west
ern roads towards Lodz and Piot
rkow. There is .also heavy fighting
on the northern and southern fronts,
but on both the situation is unchang
ed.
Allies Keep Germans Busy at All
Points.
Paris, Dec. 5. The Allies in north
ern France, from Flanders to Alsace
are making sporadic thrusts at the
Germans. Despite bad weather in
Flanders the Allies are giving the
Germans little rest that might enable
mem to gather strength for a final
assault to reach Calais. The center
of the fighting in this region is Ypres.
Austrians Penetrate Farther Into
Servia
Vienna, Dec. B. Belgrade is com
pletely m control of the Austrians
ineir further advances in Servia
were unopposed. The army took three
hundred prisoners. West and south
West of Arandjele plain the Servians
ade fierce attacks.
Turks Claim Success Against
the Russians.
Constantinople, Dec It i offi
cially claimed that the Turks have
Had success in their operations
gamst the Russians. In ,the neigh
wnood of the river Tschorok and
Adschara the Ottomans are advanc
es successfully northward. Another
eplumn is proceeding eastward to the
Neighborhood of Ardegan, from which
Russians are retreating.
Progress Made by Allies in North
Paris, Dec 6. It is officially stated
4 the Allies have further advanc
d their lines in Northern France and
frium. The western end of the
. ttk lne ! has been extended in
Sonne, where .desperate fighting
tontinues. There has been progress
north of Lizs. Two lines of trenches
have been taken and a position be
tween Dixmude and Ypres captured.
Rheims if again being bombarded.
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Arizona (Jovernor Protests Three Offices Showed Profit
to War Department Care- of More Uian Thousand ,
lessncss of Mexicans nniiarfi Varh
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ANOTHER MAN IS KILLED LOSS IN CLERK'S OFFICE
(man on Building Kill-
jrmany Says She
ight to Take Coal
From American Ships
After England's Example
$400 More Expended Than
Fees Amounted to The
Books of All Offices' In
Good Shape, and Audit-
-r
or's Work Approved
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(By the United Press.)
BRITISH CRUISER VENUS
SAFE IN PORT
London, Doc. 5. The cruiser
Venus, for which there has been
some apprehension, it was said
today, forced by a storm to take
refuge in port.
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY AT
"JEWEL" PRESENTATION,
Hon. George lurner and Mrs. Ada
Turner Honored bv i'ink Hill
Mystic Circle Prof. Kinsey
Made Principal Address.
A WAR OF CREEK
ROMAN CATHOLIC
GERMANS TAKE
1,200 PRISONERS
Berlin, Dec. 5. The situation
in the Mazurian Lake region is
favorable for the Germans, who
have taken 1,200 prisoners.
GERMAN VIEW OF
SITUATION LACKS DETAIL
Berlin, Dec. 5. Fighting is still
in progress in the east. The sit
uation in Flanders is unchanged.
AIRMEN TEAR UP
PORTION OF RAILWAY
The Hague, Dec. 5. French
aviators today dropped bombs on
Freiburg, in the Province of Ba
den, destroyed a portion of the
railway. The aviators escaped
safely, despite a fusilade from
German guns in the vicinity.
AVIATORS DROP BOMBS
ON GERMAN SOIL.
Berlin, Dec. 5. Aviators today
dropped four bombs in the neigh
borhood of Freiburg.
KILBANE TO FIGHT
AS A LIGHTWEIGHT
Akron, O., Dec. .r. Champion John
ny Kilbane. the Cleveland feather
weight, will invade the lightweight
ranks tonight, when he is scheduled
to fight Joe Mandot of New Orleans.
Articles were signed last month in
Cleveland for a twelve-round bout
and each man agreed to make 133
pounds ringside.
The Pink Hill ruling of the Fra
ternal Mystic Circle Friday night con
ferred handsome jewels upon Hon
George Turner and Mrs. Ada Turner,
who as past worthy rulers, have been
extremely efficient in the improve.
ment oi me louge. ine cnurch m
which the ceremony was conducted
was packed to its full capacity. Thos
Grady, supreme deputy, of this city,
presided.
Prof. Joseph Kinsey, superintend
ent of the county schools, delivered
the presentation address, and accord
ing to several of his hearers, made
the best extemporaneous speech of
his career. Prof. Kinsey went to
Pink Hill, he says, with inadequate
ideas about what the occasion was
intended to be, but a spectacle which
preceded his time upon the rostrum
so impressed him that he was pre
pared to talk with enthusiasm. Th
many members of the ruling present
stood and took an obligation to fos
ter and guard the infants in cradle of
the members who are parents. The
sight, the superintendent of schools
says, was sublime. Prof. Kinsey
spoke at length upon fraternal or
ders and the part they play in edu
cation. He stopped at one point to
land that Hon. 'George Turner,
the "father of Pink Hill," be patient,
as if he were to get the "something
which had a last come to him," he
would be unapprcciative of the re
mainder or his speech, which he was
determined that the honored frater
nity man should hear and enjoy to the
fullest.
William Shepherd Learns
Russians Will Execute
Bishop of Lemberq;
PENFIELD'S AID IS ASKED
Whether American Ambas
sador Will Be Able to Save
Aged Romanist' Uncer
tainReligion a Factors
in War in the East
NEW BISHOP TO PERFORM
HIS FIRST PUBLIC ACT
Washington, Dec. 6. Thomas J.
Shahan, rector of the Catholic Uni
versity, will perform his first public
act as a bishop tomorrow when he
administers the sacrament of conlrm
MR. H. C. V. PEEBLES IS
AGAIN SUPT. CHARITIES
ation to
church.
class in St. Martin's
TRIED TO ASSASSINATE
COUNTY CONVICT GUARD
E. W. Mintchew. a guard at the
county convict camp at Deep Run, 12
miles from here, and another guard
named Rouse, were fired at from am
bush by two unknown men shortly
after dark Friday night, according to
report which reached the city to
day. Neither was struck.
All the prisoners had been confin
ed for the night, and the two guards,
who had been relieved of duty for a
few hours, were leaving the encamp,
nient when they were fired upon.- It
ia not certain how many shots were
fired, but a pistol or rifle bullet pass
ed dangerously near to Rouse's head.
They returned the fire and ran toward
their assailants, who fled toward
Southwest creek, escaping. The
tracks of the two measured 11 and
12 inches. ..
There is no clue to the identity of
the attackers so far.
Mr. H. C. V. Peebles, who was the
first superintendent of the United
Charities when organized several
years ago, was Friday night, again
appointed to the office at a meeting
of the hew governing board in the
directors' room of the Farmers and
Merchants Bankfl He was assured
the support of the people, and a so
liciting committee, comprised of
Messrs. J. W. Goodson, D. V. Dixon,
George W. Knott, J. II. Canady and
W. O. Bodell, was appointed to as
sist him.
Mr. D. F .Wooten was chosen to
succeed himself as president. Other
officers elected were: Mr. J. VV. Good-
son, vice-president; Mr. L. J. Mew-
born, secretary and treasurer. The
by-laws of the Charities are to be re
vised, it was decided, and plans de.
By -William G. Shepherd
(United Press Staff Correspondent )
Vienna, Oct. 1(: (By mail to New
York) Roman Catholic circles here
have been aghast evi.r since the fall
f Lemberg concerning (he fate hang
ing over the head of the old bishop
f Lemberg. The earliest rumors to
reach the Catholic diplomatic circles
here were that the liishon of Lem-
erg had been imprisoned by the Rus
sians, these rumors were vairue and
onld not be confirmed. But within
the past few days an Austrian 1um-
ne.-s man from Lemberg has succeed-
d in reaching Vienna with the posi
tive informal ion that the aged Catho
lic bishop of Lemberg is to be exe-
utcd by the Russians.
I happened to be at the American
embassy here when two black-
f rocked priests from the Catholic
diplomatic circles nere were received,
their faces stamped with worry and
distress. They a-ked Frederick l'm-
field, the American ambassador, who
through the tangle of war repre
sents the Russian government in
Austria-llmu ary. to save the life of
the Lerohen: churchmen.
Whether Mr. IVnfleld will succeed
in his efforts is a tjuestion. I wanted
to know why the Russians wanted to
kill a Roman Catholic bishop and in
vestigation in Vienna disclosed the
fact that the war between Russia and
Austria-Hungary is in certain sections
a noly war. u is me jreeK against
the Roman church. I cannot find that
the statesmen of either country di
vide their issues on this line, but the
Russian soldier in the field fights for
his true Cross, the Cross of the Greek
Catholic church and the Austrian sol
dier fights back for the Cross of Rome.
It is only on the border between the
two countries that severe fighting has
DELAY IN COMPLETION
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING
High School Will Not Occupy lis New
Kuarters as Early As Had Been
Planned Grammar Grades
Move Monday Morning.
I he High School will not go into
the now East Lenoir street building
on Monday, as the officials of the
schools had hoped, it was announced
oday. Various reasons will deter the
removal of the classes, principally
incomplete plumbing.
I he grammar grades now in the
building at Peyton avenue and In
dependent street, eight in number,
will wiih one exception, the 4A, take
rooms assigned them in tho new
bouse Monday morning. There is not
room for the excepted class. The
High School is expected to follow
within a week or two.
(By the United Press.)
Washington, Dec. 5. Governor W.
H. Hunt of Arizona, protests to the
War Department that firing, endan
gering American lives still continues
across the border. Antonio Bracemo-
to, working on the front of the fed
ernl building at Naco, was hit by a
stray bullet and killed.
The American lives along the bor
der opposite to Naco. Mexico, have
been seriously jeopardized by the re
cent assaults made on that point. Fir
ing across the line has not been infre.
(pient, and many Americans have been
wounded and several killed.
Washington, Dec. 5. Germany re
gards the seizure of coal by German
warships from American neutral
merchant vessels no more a violation
of American neutrality than the seiz
ure of copper aboard such vessels by
Great Britain, the State Department
has been informed.
CHILE ZEALOUSLY .
GUARDS NEUTRALITY I
BIG STEAMER GROUNDS
ON HER TRIA TRIP
(By the United Press.)
Philadelphia, Dec. 5. The Great
Northern, u three million dollar
steamship, was blown ashore off Fort
Mifflin today by a forty-mile wind
hi her trial trip. Tugs which have
'one to the rescue will try to get her
nlo deep water at high tide.
Philadelphia, Dec. 5. The Great
Northern was, this afternoon, rescued
nd proceeded on her trial trip.
vised for prosecuting the winters
work. The soliciting committee will I taken place and it is among the border
invite individuals, fraternal orders people of both countries that the re-
and churches to co-operate with the
Charities.
DIET OF NIPPON
WILL MEET TODAY
ligious feeling is parmount to pa
triotic sentiments. If the Russians
penetrate farther into Austria-Hun-
. t I A ' il
gary the cnances are mat ine re
ligious aspect of thepresent conflict
Tokio, Dec. 5. The Imperial Ja-1 against the priests in each town they
panege Diet will convene today, ac-have taken is that they are acting as
cording to official announcement pub- J spies. The border towns in Austria
Ushed recently. J Hungary contain many Slavic inhabi-
LEACH & CO. ASK FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
Leach & Co., the New York pur
basers of the city's $l0!f,M)0 bond
K.sue ol last June, are determined
bat there shall be nothing left un
done in the consummation of the
deal through which they are to pay
the municipality par and accrued in
terest lor the entire issue. They have
now re(insted that a copy of the
printer's affidavit that the law had
been complied with as to publication
of the election returns, etc., be ex.
changed for the original affidavit.
This, as in another case recently
when supplementary aldermanic ac
Liiiii on some trifling detail was re
quested, is not regarded by tho al
dermen as picayunish, but rather as
evidence of the business thorough
ness of the buyers.
It is hoped now that with compli
ance with the last request, nothing
further will hinder the completion of
the transaction, and that payment
for the bonds will soon be made. It
is not unlikely that actual woik on
the paving, lighting and sewerage ex
tensions intended will be commenced
In January if the bonds money is re
ceived before the end of this year.
(Ry the United Press.)
nniiago, i,nue, uec. o. mere is
anxiety for the Chilean warship Ba
quedani, sent to investigate rumors
of u German naval base in the Juan
Fernandez Islands. The vessel should
have returned November SO.
i
Chileans Capture Boatload of
Germans
A further attempt by the Germans
has been made to evade the neutral
ity laws. The police today captured
a cutter belonging to the German
transport Prinz Kithel, containing
eight men d carrying provisions,
food and life buoys.
The county finance committee, com
prised by Chairman of the County
Commissioners H. Tull, Mr, D. V. Dix
on and Auditor C. Oettinger, spent
two and a half or three hours Friday
afternoon in going over the books of
the county in the register of deeds'
office. The task was completed in the
comparatively short time by reason
of the thoroughness with which Aud
itor Oettinger had executed his work
and prepared the books for inspection.
The saving to the county through
the salary system over the fee sys
tem was found by the eommlttee to
be thousands of dollars. Three of
fices showed a profit, as follows: Reg
ister of Deeds', $1,200; Sheriff's, $1,
400; Treasurer's, $ 1,400, One, the
clerk of the court, presented a loss of
around $400. The total profit was
$3,600.
The expenditures by the commis
sioners for roads improvements- and
from the general funds were $66,-
273, nearly $48,000 of which was for
the former. This sum was more than
the tax and other receipts, but m con
siderable portion of it was from the '
roads fund created by the sale of the ,
county's A. and N. C. Railroad bonds,
and accordingly, there Is no deficit.
BIG
PEARL HARBOR DRY
DOCK TO BE COMPLETED
CHU'AGOAN ADMITS
DOUBLE CHARACTER
Washington, D. C., Dec, 4. Secre
tary Daniels announced today that a
supplemental contract had been sign
ed with the San Francisco Bridge Co.
calling for completion of the great na
val dry dock at Pearl Harbor, Ha
waii, by July 1, 1918. Work on the
dock was suspended nearly two years
ago when the bottom heaved. The
new contract calls for completion at
a cost of $1,261,350, which is $238,
650 less than the amount made avail
able by Congress.
Chicago, 111., Dec. 4 Carleton Hud
son, wealthy lawyer, for years a res
pected churchman and citizen here,
and C. 11. Belts, who fled from New
York in 18i4 when he was free on
bond, charged with forgery, are the
same man. Hudson, avrested yester
day at the instance of heirs of his
former bondsman, admitted his iden
tity in a statement issued tonight by
his counsel, Clarence Harrow.
Hudson was arraigned here today
and given a week's continuance.
COLORADO JOINED THE
PROHIBITION LIST.
RALEIGH "HIGHS" ARE
EASTERN CHAMPIONS
By Defeating Washington's Team
Capital City Boys Have Undis
puted Title to Honors for this
Half of the State.
Denver, Col., Dec. 4. Statewide
irnhihition rnrried in Colorado by a
majority of 11,572, according to the
official canvass compiled today. The
vote for the measure was 129,580;
against 118,017.
Goldsboro, Dec. 5. Raleigh and
Washington High School football
elevens played here this afternoon
for the championship of the eastern
half of the State. Raleigh over
whelmed Washington with a score of
73 to 6. Raleigh has defeated the
Virginia champions at Richmond,
and will now have to play the west
ern Carolina champions for the cham
pionship of the two States.
FAMOUS CAMPAIGN
MULE DIES IN UNION
tants who always wildly welcome the
coming of the Russian soldiers and it
is these' Slav town folks who are
Greek Catholics and who usually ac
cuses the Roman Catholic priests in
their- town of acting as spies. The
Russian - soldiers and officers hear
these charges eagerly and though defi
nite information is lacking I am told
that no less than fifty Romish priests
have been executed as the Russians
advance into Austria-Hungary.
MR. OYERBY SERIOUSLY
HURT IN COTTON GIN
Mr. George Overby, about 50 years
of age, a prominent Snow Hill man,
was badly injured in a cotton gin near
that town late Friday, losing one arm
as a result. Mr. Overby was work
ing around the gin when he was
caught by projecting cogs and drawn
into the machinery.
Dr. Tom Parrott of this city that
night amputated the badly mangled
right arm and took more than a hun
dred stitches in fearful wounds on the
victim's face and arm. His right eye
in endangered by severe abrasions.
Mr. Overby is expected to recover,
and rested well during the night. He
is well known here, and is a brother-in-law
of Mr. P. S. B. Ilarper of
Kinston ' ;;:-V s
Monroe, Dec. 4. "Old Dan," Squire
McWhorter's famous old . campaign
mule is dead. This was the famous
campaign horse or squire McWhor-
ter which was written about In the
State papers years ago. For many
years Squire McWhorter and "Old
Dan," have campaigned the county,
seeking. to enter the legislative cham
ber, but without success. ' It will be
remembered that Squire McWhorter
was the clerk in the Legislature sev
eral years ago who refused to accept,
payment for his services, thereby
stirring the whole State by his pat
riotic move. '
EXPERT TO DESCRIBE THE '
, SOCIALISTS' PART IN .WAR-
Boston, Dec. 5. The attitude of the
Socialists in the present European
war will be described by .William 1
English Walling tonight before the
Twentieth Century Club, .