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DAILY OUR -BODE PAPER THE WEATHER i . . . 1 . . .- . Fair toniihi and Ftidty. Not mack 3 TrTHtvTrTT" TTv tt rj , - - VOL.XVI.-No.277 ALL ENGLAND GERMAN SHIPS' UPON II Lll UL1L11ULLLUU Majority of Killed and Wounded Were Women and Chil- dren; Fifteen School Boys Were Among the Killed at Hartlepool THE BRITISH CABINET English Army Will Be Increased by Thousands as Result of Bombardment Spies German Ships from English Coast Being Sought Ship ping Stopped on Account Have Been Dropped By Fleeing German Ships (By the United Press) London, Dec. 17. Calm, but dead ly anger is the keynote of national sentiment following the sensational and outrageous raid upon British coast cities by German cruisers yes terday. The raid will not interfere with the present plana of the admir alty. The latest casualty lists place the killed at 75 and the wounded at 2G7 in the three attacked cities. The war office estimates the casualties at Hartlepool fortress at seven soldiers killed and 14 wounded. The British cabinet met in full ses sion today to discuss the raid by the German warships. A majority of the killed and wound ed at Hartlepool were women and children. Fifteen school boys were among , the killed. Many of the wounded are not expected to recover, as they are suffering from gaping wounds torn by fragments of shells Hartlejiool suffered the worst injthel number of persons killed by burst ing shells. Fifty-five are dead and 115 wounded there. At Scarborough 18 were killed and 150 wounded. At Whitby two were killed. English Army Will Be Greatly Increased. The English army will be increas ed by many thousands as the result of the bombardment of the three unfor tified coast cities yesterday. English Searching for Spies. Scarborough, Eng., Dec. 17.- vigprous search for spies is on here, Reports of a mysterious flashlight signalling the night before the bom bardment are had. It is believed that spies were signalling the positions of the railroad station and other build ings upon which the fire was center ed. The damage here is estimated at 1200,000. Shipping Stopped Account Mine Peril Londonfi Dec. 17. The admiralty today issued a warning to traffic be tween Flamborough Head and New ; castle. Endangered by mines, all traffic has been ordered abandoned witil further notice. WIT HOLDS DP u MANAGER OF BANK Esttpe in Automobile With $8,000 e Took from Man He Held Up I Broad Daylight Nervy Act In Cincinnati. Cincinnati, O, Dec 17. An armed bandit, in broad davlierht today, held ?"&i3fetr"T3ugTie3 of a branch of "e Provident Savings Bank & Trust Company, seized the $8,000 carried by Hughes, leaped into; an automobile and escaped' FEEDING OF SALMON WORRIES OREGONIANS I Portland, Ore, Dec 17y A discus ion of the best means of raising funds to defray the expense of feeding sal mon fry while being held in retaining Ponds, occupied the time of the staU "sh commission which met here today. "Vaa ubtful if the state legisla j"re whldh meets in January .could be DISCISSION OF THE IMMIGRATION BILL Washington, ; Dec 16. Discns- f the immigration bill's literacy J?.8 Provision o which President uson xpre8sed disapproval, be- m the Senate today.. No propos y o strike out the restriction was of jered, but Senators Thomas and Wil- submitted amendments to i emptiors from it. ex- SECOND EDITION IS INDIGNANT BECAUSE OF ATTACK COAST TOWNS MET IN FULL SESSION TODAY Thought to Have Signalled to of Peril of Mines Thought to BULLETINS (By the United Press) AUSTRIANS HAVE RETAKEN BOCHNIA Vienna, Dec. 17. It is officially announced that the Austriana have recaptured Bochnia, SERVIANS HAVE CAPTURED 80,000 AUSTRIANS Nish, Dec. 17. The total num ber of Austrian prisoners captur ed by the Servians is 80,000. In the battle of Tarlak for posses sion of the heights of Belgrade, the Servians captured 10,000 men. RUSSIANS TAKE TURKISH TOWN Constantinople, Dec. 17. Sarai was taken by the surrounding """eftemyywho, however, are now re treating toward Koetur. BRITISH FLEET BOMBARDED BOMBARDED TURKS Athens, Dec. 17. Turkish troops concentrated near the Gulf of Saros have been shelled by the British Mediterranean fleet. The extent of the damage from the bombardment is not known. TWO STEAMERS STRIKE MINES AND GO TO BOTTOM. London, Dec. 17. The steam er Elterwater struck a mine to day, and sunk off Flamborough Head. Six of the vessel's crew are missing. .The freight steam er Princess Olga struck a mine and went down nearby. The pas sengers and crew of the latter vessel escaped. Flamborough Head is fifteen miles south of Scarborough. .Members of the crew of the Princess Olga say German cruisers dropped the mines overboard while fleeing af ter the bombardment of the Eng lish coast Wednesday. FRATERNAL ORDER MEETINGS The Jr. O. U. A. M. will nominate officers tonight, at the lodge's regu lar meeting at 7:30 o'clock. A full meeting of the council is urged. The Knights of Pythias meet at 7:30 o'clock this evening. The rank of esquire will be conferred. NOTHING DOING FOR THE NEWSPAPERS THEN London, Dec. 16V The official press bureau and censor office have decided to take a holiday from 2 p. m., Decem ber 24. to 9 p. m., Christmas Day, during which period no news will be passed for transmission. WESTERN GUNNERS TO SHOOT TODAY Washington, Dec. 17. Western clubs of the the National Rifle asso ciation of America were slated to open their 1914-1915 contests today. The eastern clubs will start their contests ; next week. Hampton, S. C, Dec. 16 Allen Sey mour,' a negro, accused of having as saulted, a ; Tounir white woman, was recently removed from the county jail here 'early today by a mob and shot! to death. ; The jailer was overpower-1 ed. No arrests have been made. I Ex-State Senator J. R. Baggett of Lillirrgton ; " W. A. Thompson, ex-rep-1 resentative from Beaufort county of Aurora, and Dr. W.' HY Dixon of Ay den are among the directors of. the School for the Feeble-Minded here to attend the annual meeting tonight." PUBLISHED EVERY HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, KINSTON, WILSON CONFIDENT : ft i a - PEACE WITH MEXICO 1 1 .1 r -l:;-' ..... ... CAN BE MAINTAINED Zapata's Army Marches on Vera Cruz, Forcing Car ranzistas Out of Pueblo As It Advances on Dis gruntled Leader's Abode (By the United Press.) Washington, fw. 17 Tho Pe- dent is in personal charge of the Na- co situation and today conferred with secretary of War Garrison. Mr. Wil son is confident he can avert hostili ties. The State Department is noti fied that Pueblo, between the capital ana vera cruz, has been evacuated by Carranzistas in the face of the ap proach of Zapata's army, believed to be headed for Vera Cruz. Secretary Garrison today denied that Colonel Goethals' visit here was in reference to the violation of isth mian neutrality by foreign warships. DEATH OF MR. NOAH BIGGS IS MOURNED OVER STATE His Many Philanthropies Stamoed Him As One of the Common wealth's Leading and Most Useful Citizens. Of the late Noah Biggs, philan thropist, business man and church man, who died at his home in Scot land Neck Monday afternoon, many lo cal people who enjoyed his acquaint' ance point out as the thing which will nearest perpetuate his memory his benevolence. His most notable con tribution of the present year was the $5,000donation for the Biggs build' ing at the Kenedy Memorial home at Falling Creek. Mr. Biggs was also a substantial benefactor of the Bap- tist orphanage at Thomasville, par ent institution to the Kennedy Home He was greatly interested in orph ans, and contributed liberally and often to their welfare. He was one of the first to agitate the State Bap tist Orphanage, and built the first dormitory there. Mr. Biggs was a trustee of Thomasville orphanage for years, as well as of denominational colleges in the State. Noah Biggs was born in Martin county near Williamston in 1842. He was a Confederate veteran. After the war he engaged in business in Scot land Neck and in time became one of its most prosperous citizens. For half a century he was active in the business life of the entire State and was connected with a large number of commercial enterprises. Mr. Biggs was instrumental in the establishment of more than twenty- five Baptist churches in his section of the State. N. Y. G. O. P. HOLDS BIG POW WOW TODAY New York, Dec. 17. Jubilation over recent successes and the laying of plans for the future will be the program of the Republican State Com mittee when it goes into session to day with the sixty-two county chair men. A dinner at the Waldorf-Asto ria with a guest list of 600 will take place in the evening. It is expected that a rather definite legislative pro gram will .be mapped out at- ihe mcet- ing which will be submitted later to Governor-elect Whitman for his guid ance and approval. THE PRESIDENT DOES : . HIS CHRISTMAS BUYING Washington. Dec. 16. President Wilson did his Christmas shopping today. He went into the downtown district at the rush hour, visiting a department store, two book stores, and a Jewelry store for his gifts. All of the places were crowded and at times the President had to push his way energetically to get what he wanted, , He was recognized by many shoppers and greeted all who spoke to him with a broad smile. t Washington, D. C, Dec. 16. Dr, KatI Von Ruck of Asheville, rhose method of treating tuberculosis by tne injection of vaccine was the subject of an unfavorable report last week by the United States Public Health ber vice, is in Washington attempting to secure another federal investigation of his remedy. This time he is en deavoring te have the investigation made by the Senate Committee - on Public Health. ' ") :: N. C, THURSDAY, PECEMJJEB 17, 1914 BELGIAN REFUGEE Three hundred .thousand Belgians and are concentrktedrjn a number of these camps at Jrg.pp-Zooui, with MRS. JOHN POLIO CALLED TO HER REWARD tr- !' ,. , f Death. Came Late Wednesday After noon Following a Long Siege From Which She Was a Great Sufferer Funeral Friday; frs." Agnes Pollock, the well-known greatly esteemed wife of Dr. John A. Pollock, passed, away in their home on North Queen steet, Wednesday af ternpon about 5:30 o'clock, after a lingering illness.! Mrs. Pollock was the victim of a complication that had kept her in bed fdr more than a year. Mrs. Pollock vas a daughter of William Groom afid wife, two of Le noir county's most prominent people of former days, and was connected with many of the leading families of the present time. . The venerable lady , was of admirable-triapoBkion, and had been noted all her life for her many splendid character traits. She was a j consistent member of the First Bap tist church here for many years. The husband and three children sur vive, ur. Kaymond follocK ot New Bern being the oniy son, and Mrs. B. W. Spilman and Mrs. J. Herman Can- ady of Kinston, the daughters. Mrs. Pollock was the hulf-sister of Mrs. W. L. Kennedy of Falling Creek and Mrs. Bettie Hardee of this city. The funeral will be conducted Fri day morning at 11 o'clock, by Rev. C. W. Blanchard, Mrs. Pollock's pustor, and interment will be given in Maple- wood cemetery. STORE CLOSED OUT OF RESPECT TO MRS. POLLOCK The hardware store of B. W. Can ady & Son is closed today out of res pect to Mrs. John A. Pollock, mother of Mrs. J. H. Canady, who died late Wednesday. Business will be resunv ed after the funeral Friday. NAVY'S PERSONNEL SHORT, ASST. SECRETARY STATES, Washington, Dec. 16. The navy is "from 3$,000 to 50,000 men short of its needs, as laid down in the confi dential war plans of the war college," according to Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, who testified today at the House naval committee's hearings in naval appro priation bill; Mr. Roosevelt explain ed that many additional men would be needed for purposes other than manning ships now in commission. Asked why serviceable vessels were laid up in reserve, he said no nation kept all of its ships constantly in commission. SENATE RATIFIES SEA SAFETY CONVENTION. Washington, Dec. 16. The interna tional convention for safety of life at sea, signed at London January 2, 1914, by many world powers, was ratified today by the Senate after a resolu $ion had been adopted reserving the right to enact higher standards than the treaty prescribes for health and safety on American vessels within its territorial waters., HERRICK EXPLAINS HIS PLANS TO PRESIDENT Washington, Dec. 16 Myron T. Herrick, former ambassador to France, took up with President Wil son today his plan for establishing a clearing house for affording relief .to European non-combatants. ; He told the President of hia experiences m Paris, and Mr. Wilson Warmly com mended him. V " CAMP IN HOLLAND have found a haven of safety In Holland camps. Tlio photograph shows one of Us women and childrep refugees. MISTRIAL ORDERED IN WHISKEY SELLING CASE Superior Court Disposes of Several Minor Cases Jail Cases Are Be ing Handled Now, and Doubt ful If All Will Come Up. The jury in the case of State vs. Jarvis and Joseph Jones, father and son, white, for selling whiskey, re ported to Judge Daniels in Superior Court Wednesday that they could not agree. His honor ordered a mistrial. Only two of the twelve, it is said, fa vored conviction of the men, who were arrested in South Kinston sev eral months ago. Other cases disposed of Wednes day, when contested trials hindered the progress of the court were: Hay wood Metts and John Mewborn, ne groes of Vance township, for affray with a deadly weapon; guilty, three months for Metts and Bix for Mew born. E. W. Wade and Pearlie Wade, fornication and adultery; guilty, not sentenced. The Wades are Vance township colored people of ruther close kinship. George W. Waters, assault; not guilty. J. T. Quarles, carrying a concealed weapon; taxed with the costs. The jail cases have just been reach ed. There are a considerable num ber of these. David Berns, palmist, has not been tried for the fraudulent extortion of money from a Coye City man named Heath. This case is one of the most interesting on the docket, the for tune-teller having gotten into the public eye several weeks ago when he systematically swindled, it is alleged Heath out of more than $50. Berns stated late yesterday that he and hia wife would go to New York to spend the Chriatmas holidays, from which it is presumed that he is confident of acquittal. Judge Daniels this morning called the grand jury in to inform them that before coming to the court he had re ceived an anonymous letter from some one in the city, in which it was stat ed that prominent men of the city, their names not revealed by the in formnnt, are living in adultery. The unusual missive the judge con sidered of enough importance, in ac cordance with his plan of eradicating the vice in Kinston, to be called to the attention of the grand jury, whom he instructed to be diligent in un in vestigation, so far as they could in vestigate without the facts which the letter failed to contain. RELEASE OF MEAKER DEMANDED BY CONSUL Douglas, Ariz., Dec. 16. J. T. T. T. Paxon, British consul here, made a demand totiay on uovernor wose Maytorena for the immediate release of H. Perry Meaker, a British sub ject, held on a charge of having aid ed Carranza to escape into Sinaloa. Meaker, it is said, was deceived by the Mexican rangers, who induced hini to furnish transportation for them, after they learned that a mes senger carrying their pledge of loyal ty to Carranza had fallen into the hands of Moytorenn's Yaqui Indians. CRUISER TO PATROL . ' 4 WATERS NEAR CANAL. Washington, D..C, Dec. 16. Secre tary Daniels tonight ordered 'the cra- iser Tacoms tt proceed from San Do mingo to Colon to guard against vio lation of the neutrality of the Pana ma canaL. A destroyer or gunboat may be sent from the west coast of Mexico to the Pacific entrance of the canal. DISASTROUS FIRE SWEPT TWO BLOCKS OF POTTSVILLE, PA. I Center of Anthracite Min ing Industry Has Loss of More Than Two Millions. High Property Valuation and Rich Section (By the United Press) l'ottsville, Pa., Dec. 17. The loss was two and a half million dollars in a fire which swept two blocks today in tho centrul part of the business section here. Pottsville is the center of the an thracite mining industry of Eastern rennsylvama, the station of about half of the State constabulary force, and is a commercial center of about 30,000 population, located in a trib utary territory containing two mil lion people. The property valuation is higher than in any other city of similar size in the country, nossiblv. because of the many millions of dol lars invested in the mines surround ing. ine lown is noted for a monu ment to Henry Clay. The water supplies from the neighboring mountains have beon in adequate for several months, and this handicapped the firemen of the local department, and those from Mauch Chunk, Ilazleton, Tamuqua and the neighboring towns, who assisted them. The fire, which started in the Wool worth building, entirely wiped out two city blocks. The lack of water and freezing temperature rendered the firemen from the start unable to cope with the flames. GIRL'S UNTIMELY DEATH FROM AN OPEN GRATE Miss Susie Hill of Sandy Bottom Died Shortly After Her Clothing Had Been Burned From Her Back. Father HI With Typhoid A belate report from Neuse town ship Wednesday night told of the burning to death of Miss Susie Hill, a fourteen-year-old girl ' of Sandy Bottom. The girl's clothing took fire while she was standing in front of an open fireplace in the home of hei father, Jacob Hill. She became pan icky and ran out of the house, follow ed by her mother and another woman who could do little toward extinguish ing the flames, which completely en veloped her as the girl ran toward the wind. She lived several hours, suf fering intense agony in her conscious moments. Jacob Hill, prostrate with typhoi(" fever, witnessed his daughter's pre dicament when she first caught oi fire, but was too feeble to assist he and suffered great mental agony a: he lay helpless listening to her piti ful screams. TRUSTEES OF SCHOOL FOR FEEBLE-MINDED IN SESSP No Important Details of the Meet ng Held Wednesday Night and Thursday Morning Have Been Given for Publication. The trustees of the North Carolini School for the Feeble-Minded met ii annual session at the institution, nea. here, Wednesday night. The board is in executive sessioi today, and it has been impossible a; yet to learn any of the results of thei. deliberations. Wednesday night Supt C. B. Mc Nairy made his report, and memler; of the board made short talks to thi children in the school. Thursday afternoon the board in spected the property. . SECRETARY HOUSTON SPEAKS AT ABERDEEN Aberdeen, Dec. 16. Diversified ag riculture, the curtailment of the cot ton . crop, the raising of beef cattle hogs and poultry, dairying and the co-operative work .of the people wen emphasized as the need of the SoutI by Secretary of Agriculture Hous ton, who this afternoon made a forci ble address here, full to the core oi valuable suggestions for farm anc community life. This was his first address in. the South on agriculturt since he became a member of Presi dent Wilson's cabinet. PRICE T)VP CENTS AVIATORS CAUSE GERMANS TO SHIFT POSITIONS Activity of Air Men and Vigorous Bayonet Work Has Driven the Kaiser's Forces from a Number of TrenchesShips Help FRENCH (By the United Press) Paris, Dec. 17. With violent shell ing of the German trenches and re peated infantry attacks, the Allies, between Arras and the sea have kept . up a determined assault during' the' past forty-eight hours. Aided by warships, an effort has been made by the French and English to swing the Germans back from Ostend. .French aviators have been active In the Aisne Argonne and Woevre regions, and have destroyed many batteries. Their activities necessitated.' the constant shifting of German positions. French AcUve With Bayonet Paris, Dec. 17. An official com munication says the French have captured several German trenches in Flanders at the point of the. bayonet. Continued success follows the French in their advance in the region of Verv meilles. The artillery duels are the liveliest today in .the regions of Tra cy, Deval, the Aisne, Champagnie and in Argonne, about Verdun. Between the sea and Lise the French took sev eral German trenches at the point of ' the bayonet. -; , , Berlin Claims German Successes. . Berlin, Dec. 17. -The Germans have repulsed the Allies' attacks on the western front and quelled the Russi-' an offensive attempted againBt Silesia and Poseur Attacks iri the region of Zillebeke and Labasse were repulsed with heavy losses. German artillery frustrated a French attempt to bridge the Aisne at Soissons. A German . force is pursuing the retreating Rus- sians in Poland. PACIFIC COASTERS DISCUSSING SILAGE " Chehalis, Wash., Dec. 17. A numb er of addresses and papers dealing, with the raising and keeping of for age for dairy cows were heard by the State Dairymen's Association, which is holding its annual convention here. A paper read by Prof. George Sev erance of the Washington State Col lege contained valuable information -as to the proper forage for dairy cows, its planting and harvesting, and an other by Donald Mclnnes of Dunge- ness, thoroughly covered the subject of Silos and Silage. MUNICIPAL GALLERY FOR QUAKER CITY Philadelphia, Dec. 17. A sail army of workmen engaged today in mak ing excavations for the new $5,000,000 municipal art gallery to be erected at 24th and Spring Garden streets. At the present time Philadelphia lacks a gallery that might be com pared favorably with any of a dos- en smaller cities in this country. Such pictures and statues of merit housed here are privately owned, or the prop- . erty of historical societies. ' . When the new structure is complet ed it is hoped that many art subjects will be loaned or given to the muni-. cipal gallery. Others will be purchas ed. BOSTON BRAVES TO ' HAVE COSTLY. NEW PARK. Boston, Mass., 'Dec. 16. Cement stands to seat 45,000 spectators will be built at the hew Boston National League Park. President; James E. Gaffney said today the grounds would be constructed something af ter the manner of the Yale bowl. The Braves will use Fenway Park until the. new park is; ready early in July. TRY THIS FOR ; NEURALGIA Thousands of people keep on suf fering with Neuralgia because they do not know what to do for it. Neu ralgia is a pain in the nerves. What you want to do is to soothe the nerve itself. Apply Sloan's Liniment to the surface over the painful part do not rub it in. Sloan's Liniment for 25 cents of any druggist and have it in the house egainst tV for find Swollen Joints, ' , and like lu'm.-r.ts. Y 1 if not f I ' tl!
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