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DAILY THE WEATHER Fur d lf tiilr m tonih And PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOL. XVI. No. 282 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1315 FOUR PACES TODAY 28 COLUMNS PRICE TWO CENTS YOUR " HOME PAPER ' ' XI XL - WOOTEN IS FOUR OF MAJORITY ADMITTED BY BOWIE Lenoir Man Will Be Choice On First Ballot for the Speakership THE BEST BET IN RALEIGH Matt Allen to Nominate Kinstonian in Caucus To night Gardner Certain to be Selected for Senate President Pro Tem. (By V. J. Martin) Raleigh, Jan. 5. Every indication points that Kmmcl R. Wooten of Le noir will In- t ho choice of the Demo cratic House caucus tonight for Speaker, 'lis friends claim the ma jority for Wooten on the first ballot. 'I'. (',. Mo-.vio. his closest opponent, ad mits tba' Woolen is within four of a majority. Supporters of Seawell of Lee and L. H. All red of Johnston m the event no one is nominated on the first ha! lot will decide the Speakership hy their alignment after the first ballot "Wooten on the first ballot" is th most general prediction. He will be nominated by Representative M. TI Allen of Wayne, a son of Judge 01 ver Allen of Kinston. Bowie will be nominated by R. A. Doughton of Al leghany. The Senate is sure to select Max Gardner of Cleveland for president pro tem. CHICAGO POLICE IN TWO PISTOL BATTLES Officer and Burglar Killed and An other Crook Fatally Wounded in Exchange of Shot Attempts of the Gunmen Foiled (By United Press) Chicago, Jan. 5. A policeman and a burglar were killed and one holdup man fatally wounded in two revolver duels here last night. Two gangs of gunmen and policemen who surprised the gunmen in the act of robbery en gaged in the fights. SLAYER OF BURNER FAMILY WAS WILLIAM NICHOLS, WHO SUIC IDED THE NEXT SPEAKER WAS CERTAINLY THERE All Four Candidates for House Lead ership Were In Hotel Lobby To gether Monday Night, Each Seeming Very Confident. "The next Speaker of the 1915 House of Representatives of North Carolina was seen in the lobby of the Yarborough Hotel last night, but what his name is, is left to the con jecture of the readers of this paper," this morning's Raleigh News and Ob server stated. Emmett R. Wooten of Kinston; L. H. Allred of Johnston county, T. C. Bowie of Ashe county, and A. F. Seawell of Lee county, the four can didates for the speakership, "were present in the flesh, all active, smil ing and debonair." Rumors were heard Monday night of combinations that might be made whereby the strength of one candidate might be thrown to that of another, but the Raleigh paper believed it was safe to assert that all four men would go into the caucus at 8 o'clock to night and be voted on at the first bal lot A number of prominent Kinstoni ans are with the Lenoir county rep resentative in Raleigh today, all of them working as hard as a man who Luray, Jan. 4. A coroner's jury, investigating the murder of Mrs. Charles E. Punier and her three lit tle children in their mountain home. five miles from here, some time on Saturday night, today returned a vcr- ict that they came to their death at the hands of William Nichols. The ody of Nichols was found this morn ing m the homo of Weslley Price, where he had blown his head off with l shotgun. Nichols, it is said, had been paying unwelcome atiention to Mrs. liurpor. md jealousy over the return of I ho husband, recently released from U. State convict force, is assigned as th cause. EXTRA SESSION-HAY FOLLOW IF WILSON'S MARINE BILL FAILS President Intimates He May Call Congress Back Into Session If Ship Purchase Falls Through Import ant Decisions CROSSING THH LINES BLINDFOLDED t r I '.JTT. m-'it, :? -n , i KARLSRUHE HEARD FROM OFF CANARIES (By the United Press) London, Jan. 5. Advices from Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, soy the German cruiser , Karlsruhe has sunk four British and French mer chant vessels. The crews were brought to port by a German convoy steamer. ENGLISH SHIPS BOMBARD GERMAN AFRICAN TOWN (By the United Press) Washington, Jan. 5. The Presi dent today intimated that he might call a special session of Congress if the shin purchase bill fails. Bartliolt Says Canada Violates Our Neutrality. The Supremo Court today sustained the Ohio .workmen' compensation anil .Maryland automobile license aws. Representative Bartholt, in the louse, charged that Canada is vio- a'lnc; American neutrality l.y seini ng soldiers across Maine. 3FFCE0FlUPERVJS0R OF ROADS ABOLISHED Work formerly Looked After by That O.'N.-i;.! Will Now Be ( and for I'.y Superintendent of Con s'niction Bryant Taylor. ' i t i a m. f v i i ';i i t jn' .tv TiT7 ' J. r tm CITY COUNCIL LOOKS INTO PLAN FOR CITY MANAGER Committee Appointed Monday Night to Ascertain Legal Status and Report Grade Crossing Gates to Be Insisted Upon. TRENCHES HELD AND LOST MANY TIMES BY BOTH SIDES IN WEST Irjvi or- en r-r. ... -il: or ir w X sum !i; ottw-r on the battle front in wer.iern Kuropo lit liuea of tue eneiny for ne v i.w ions, mt sli nvn in this pholu.'ii-.ii!i of a (!oni;:m oiiicor The liuard of County Commission ers abolished the office of "supervis or of roads." This official was in charge of the upkeep of bridges and highways and worked separately from the construction overseer. The combining of the two departments will give Bryant Taylor, superintend ent of construction, supervision of all the work. N. B. Wooten, the former upkeep supervisor, will he retained as a utility man, principally to keep up the bridges in the county. The commissioners officially recom- Nairobi, British Fast Africa, via London, Jan. 4. The British battle ship Goliath and light cruiser Fox have carried out successful operations against I)ar-Es-Salaam, capital of German East Africa. The warships bombarded the town, inflicting con siderable damage. All German ves sels in tne naroor were disaoici Fourteen European and twenty na tives were taken prisoner. The British loss was one killed and twelve wounded. Dar-Es-Salaam, the best built town on the coast of German East Africa, is a military station with an excel lent harbor, forty miles south of Zan zibar. It is the terminus of an im portant caravan route, the residence of a governor and has large commer cial interests. The white population in 1909 was estimated at 1,000; the total population at more than 20,000, " ! t!, ih, v STATE AH) ENCOURAGES GREATER IMMIGRATION St. Paul, Jan. 5. That 350 families have moved to Northern Minnesota during the last two months, which months are admittedly poor for im migration, was the statement of Fred D. Sherman, covering a period ending today. There were 1,000,000 acres of can't get "on the inside" may. Mr, Wooten's friends left at home are con fident, of course, that he will be cho sen on the first ballot by the House caucus tonight, ( undeveloped land in Minnesota last fall. Much of this is tamarac swamp, which is being drained through state aid. KICH SOUTH CAROLINIAN SUICIDES BEFORE FAMILY Anderson, S. C, Jan. 4. In the presence of his wife and in spite of the efforts of his grown son to pre vent the act, U. E. Seybt, prominent and wealthy citizen of this city, com mitted suicide this afternoon at his home in the suburbs of Anderson. He had been discussing with his son the advisability of the latter returning to college on account ef financial depres sion and worry over this and other business affairs is assigned as the cause of his act. FLOUR HIGHER THAN IN SIXTEEN YEARS (By the United Press) Minneapolis, Jan. 5. Flour sold at the highest price in sixteen years to day when it was quoted at 5.0.00 per barrel. sending of Dr. John A. I'aleigh ns a represent.'.- (.onlederate veterans in to appear before the Leg- behalf of increased pen idea, it is said at the el'- iimissionet's, is to have v-uud to all veterans, make affidav it that they of the allowance or not rido prevents many a de- going before ixvr.iesl tlu ; in the num.- mended th Pollock to tive ef th the oo'oey i.-dal'jre i". SlOP fice ef pension: v. hirii'.ei are in mn At lO'osei'.t sorvir:;-- i. id I'eilow from the pep I'.o board to Stale'.--, aid. The decre: I ft i if i! SCOTT-FAILS IN! MISSION 10 CHIEFS OF RIVAL FACTIONS OiSSOLIJTI T nnw nirn Y FED. LEAGUE Could Not Secure Neutral ization of Border Sea man Killed in Boxing Match No Developments Regarding U.'S. Protest btr of nor. doners will be large in the next few years, and the State can af ford to do a little better by the re maining survivors, it is contended. SEVENTY PICTURE, BRIDES FROM JAPAN San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 4. Sev enty picture brides from Japan arriv ed here today to meet husbands they have never seen. Fifty more had ar rived within the week. In the eyes of the Japanese law the brides have been married. There has been an exchange of photographs, an approval by the heads of the two con tracting families, and a formal decla ration of intention. The brides come tagged and numbered, are correctly awarded to the right husbands, and then usually are taken in hand hy the Japanese Association, which escorts them to the marriage license bureau, al ter which a religious service is held. THREE HURT IN WR OF FAMOUS TRAIN BIGGEST RAILROAD . ; FERRY BUNS TODAY San Francisco, Jan. 5. The south ern Pacific's new train ferry, Contra ; "AND SO AT LAST THEY WERE HAPPILY MARRIED Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 4. A ro mance started when both were school Pallas, TovJ mc:i were injur ,ty Limited, s. on today. The fir turned over and Pullmans !: were no casual I -Three train- in a wreck of the 1 I ound, near Deni ogiiie and bajnnigc wt all the cn-iciics ; the rails. There (By the United Press) Washington, -Jan. 5. General Scutt, chief of staff of the army, to d".y wired that the garrison is in no immediate danger of an attack at T-ien hv thp rfinffreet ViIIm !rmv. General Scott's negotiations to in duce the Mexican factions to neutral ize the stiips along t!:e bo.d-: have failed. Edward C. 01 1, ordinary sM'ra.i '.n the battle diip Florida, v.us l.ilkd f.;.t unhiy nieot in n friendly boxing bout alioa: l the vessel. Ott's home v. a.' Indianapolis. No Solution of Mcxicr.n Problem In sight. The second day's session of the peace convention in Mexico, sitlieg for the election of a provisional pres ident brought the delegates no near er to a solution of the problem, but fighting appears to have been tem porarily suspended. President Wilson today pointed out that there have been no developments in the British shipping protest mat ter. This government i.-i still awaiting the reply. According to the Presi dent, there is no present intention of thin government to send a special peace envoy to the Pope of Rome. Big League Presidents Are Named as Defendants In Suit Claim That Agree ment Under Which It Operates Is Illegal (By the United Press) Chicago, Jan. 5. The Federal League today filed suit in Federal Court to have (he National Pasel.nl1 Commission declared illegal. It, nam- eague presidents as the de It is contended that the st under which the National ion operates is illegal ant cd big Cendant iiLToenn ( '.iirii.h void. City Council Monday night discuss ed the "city manager plan," which is being employed in a number of small cities and in one or two places of con siderable sise in the country. The mayor, city attorney and an alder manic committee of three were select ed to consider the legality of putting the plan into operation here. It may or may not require an amendment to the charter. This action, of course, does not necessarily mean that the city will adopt the plan, although it is known thut a considerable senti ment for it exists. Several North Carolina towns of population similar to Kinston's are employing munici pal managers, and successfully. The aldermen granted an extension of ninety days' time to property-owners who have not complied with the - ) Fighting of Fiercest Kind Over Possession Stein- bach Continues ALLIES ARE REINFORCED Battle Around the Position Said to Have "Only Be gun" German Armored Steamers on Vistula German Airmen Active (By the United Press) Faris, Jan. 5. With the weather aw reouiririr all residences loiated ,1 i , .J..IW.1. Hi,,. 1... rtn...w.lA,l Illliu UVIIIK OIU UCI lllttllM me vuiiutu ao mc.'iii. 10 sewer line up l.y January 1. The plumbing es tablisbmeiits have been overworks and could not complete all the connec tions in the time provided, the Coun cil was told. Other matters which came before Council were: An application to ex tend McDaniel street, which was re ferred to Street Commissioner Webb; withdrawal of application to erect an abattoir in Northeast Kinston by P. A. Hooker and the ordering of an investigation of the failure of the railroads to install safety gates at street crossings in compliance with a recently-passed ordinance. DERRICK TURNS OVER; THREE BELIEVED DEAD. THREE MEN FATALLY SHOT IN STREET DUEL (By the United Press) Buffalo, Jan. 5. In a street battle in Dante place today three men were fatally shot over a dispute about su loon property. STOCK LAW MUDDLE WILL KEEP DUPLIN MEMBERS BUSY THIS SESSION WOMAN -FATALLY HURT BY FALL FROM MOVING TRAIN. Rocky Mount. Jan. 4. Mrs. N. Lo nerno, mother of Guiseppe Loperno, children, culiminated today when Dr. j sf,;, to be a wealthy sponge exporter Albert Bessessen of Albei t Lea, Minn., married Miss Beatrice Gjertsen na tionally known opera singer. Miss Gjertsen had just returned from a tour of Europe and was booked for Costa, .the Jargest railway ferry in .' Minneapolis.- The doctor attended me the world, i, now n operation on the J ltU- AIU)T tte reciUI he, "el ine Carquinei strait, between Port Costa i BU1Ker at a reception. School day ro nd BenecU, California. The Contra nanc WM renewed. Costa's length over guards is 433 ! " feet, ths width over guards 116 feet! MID-WEEK PRAYER MEETING. our tracks with twelve foot centers,! The regular mid-week prayer meet-j of Tampa, Fla., either leaped or fell from an Atlantic Coast Line train near Pembroke yesterday and sus tained injuries from which it is be lieved she will die. She was taken to a hospital at Florence, S. C According to railroad officials, who brought the news of the accident here, Mrs. Loperno, with her two daugh ters, was traveling from Washington, D. C, to Tampa, Fla. When near Pembroke, Mrs. Leperno suddenly the Will Accomodate fvn will be held in the First arose from her seat, rushed to either 36 freight on 9i nanr Bantist church Wednesday night at ; platform and either leaped from the j 7:30. train or fell headlong to tha ground. cars. R. 1. John -on and K. L. Carr, Senator and Representative, respect ively, to the Legislature from Duplin county, reached Raleigh last night with a bigger responsibility beating upon ih.ii- sV"".ld.r than is oaviid 1ry any other members of. the tnni i A ---eitddy, possibly. The trouble is all "back home," and ,i i 1 . 1 n . . ..-.:.. aooui. me siosk law. i ne is a i i j . . I . i j . e t ciuerii in linpiin opnoseil in me fence law, and the matter was an issue in the last county campaign. It is up to Johnson' and Carr now to get ih'j Legislature to permit an elec tion in the county to decide if Duplin shall re '..lip c- throw aside the law. It is t! .-jg'il. tho .elements favoring and opposing fences are about equal in means and numerically, and the matter, if it cones to the polls will certainly be hotly Contested, and the result in double until the final count HAWK EYES GETTING THE ALIBI READY Des Moines, an. 4. Commercial clubs all over Iowa are busy aiding the assessors in the various counties count the, people of Iowa. The Inst federal census showed Iowa with a loss in population the only state in the union w'ilh Ibis sort of showing, lowans assert there is no less although many people have made such money here they have gone abroad to spend if. To insure a full count commerc ial clubs are aiding the assessors in taking the state census which is ex pected to show an increase. FOUR PULLMANS DERAILED BUT NOBODY WAS KURT I SUPREME COURT READY FOR LONG HARD GRIND Washington, Jan. 1. A big batch of decisions were certain when the Supreme Court reconvened today, fol lowing the holiday recess, incident ally the court entered upon its "long stretch" of continuous work, no more recesses being in sight, before spring. Important eases in which decisions might he expected today were those testing the anti-negro voting "grand father clauses" of Oklahoma and Ma ryland, and that testing the consti tutionality of the Oregon minimum wage law for women, upon which hangs the fate of similar laws in many other states. Morganton, Jan. 4. Members of a wrecking crew sent from Ashevilk to clear up a freight wreck here on the Southern Railway were buried be neath their derrick', which, early thif morning in trying to hoist an oil tank ens from the bottom of a r0-foot cm ban'iinout was overt u'rned by its loan and three .ore believed to have beer killed. The body of Ernest Lewis was recovered about noon today, while Signalman Bailey and an unknown ne gro are reported to be still under the wreck. $150,000 KIRK IN CHARLOTTE MONDAY Charlotte, Jan. 4. Fire which ori ginated in the dry cleaning establish ment of Ben Vonde tonight at 7:30 o'clock, destroyed the Ben Vonde buildings and another adjoining, oc cupied by Overcash and Brothers, contractors, and Tomlinson Decorat mg Company and Messner and Drane chemists. The loss is estimated at $GO,ooo. (rating for a new offensive east and southeast of Ypres and Labasse. Con tinuous fighting is going on in upper Alsuce. In the vicinity of Steinbach positions have been taken and re-taken as many as six times. The French have the advantage at Steinbach. They have been furnished reinforce- ments and the indications are that the fighting there has only begun. On the heights of the Meuse the artillery duels are without interruption. German Naval Activities on Vistula. Petrograd, Jan. 5. Naval battles on the Vistula are now certain. Ger man armored steamers arc being Util ised on the river at Vischegrad to try to force a crossing for troops. A for' of Germans has been trapped In woods south of Plock. They retreat ed, leaving many prisoners and ma chine guns. In an all-day fight at Ardagon yesterday Turkish positions were carried at the point of th bay onet. Success of Daring Aviator. . Berlin, Jan. 5.---A German airman dropped bombs on the British ammu nition bases at Coudekerque and Ro senbael, suburbs of Dunkirk. He des troyed a large quantity of ammuni tion. Both places were set on fire, and at Coudekerque partly destroying the village and killing and wounding about a hundred. Germans Fire French Hospital. Paris, Jan. 5. The Germans have been pressed back at several points. They lost heavily in counter attacks which were repulsed. The light from burning houses at Camay illumined the surrounding territory last night The Germans failed in all attacks to retake Camay, a temporary hospital in South Camay was bombarded and set fire to by the Germans. Most of the patients were removed before the fire gained much headway. "On to the Rhine." Gains have been made at Nieuport and east of St. Georges of from 200 to 500 yards. Belgian artillery sil- I encedGerman guns in the vicinity. (By the United Press) I Gecjftan sappers attempted to mine Washington. Jan. 5. The Comn- jwench positions, but were prevented troller of the Currency today issued" by the shelling of the German post a call for statements by national banks of their condition at the close of business on December 31. CALL FOR NATIONAL BANK STATEMENTS LITTLE BOY ACCIDENTALLY KILLS COMRADE ON HUNT (By J.he United Press) Warwick, Ohio,. Jan.' 15.-Four pullmans of a Baltimore , and Ohio New York-Chicago Express today left the track here. There were no casu alties. - ' - ... 1 BL'NDYS' BABY IS A CHAMPION, TOO Santa Monica, Cal., Jan. 5. Mrs. May Sutton Bundy, said by experts to be the best woman tennis player in the world, and Tom Bundy, her hus band, who represented ' America in a Davia cup tennis competition, are glorying today in the highest honors their famous family have ever won. Their . two year-old son, Nathan, is the champion 'baby of "hii class in the Santa Monica bay region. He won his title in hard competition at the recent Santa Monica baby show. Louisburg, Jan. 4. David McKin- nie, the sixteen-year-old son of F. B. McKinnie, cashier of the First Na tional Bank, was accidentally shot .md in-tant!y killed this afternoon at 1:IK) o'clock l.y Henry Rufl'in, son of .he president of the same bank. The accident oesun- ! while the twe boys were out hunting about one mile from Louisburg. WYOMING MAY CHANGE CAPITAL TO CASPAR Cheyenne, Wyo., Jan. 5. A determ ined effort to bring about the remov al of the capital of Wyoming from Cheyenne to Caspar is to be inaug urated during the coming session of the legislature by Representatives Stephen Tobin and Robert Grieve. They plan to introduce a resolution submitting a capital removal consti tutional amendment to the voters at the 1916 elections. To become ef fective the bill must receive a vota of two thirds of each house of the legis lature and the amendment must re ceive a majority of all votes cast at the general election. Tho advocates of the change con tend that Cheyenne is not centrally located and is not as accessible to all sections of the state as is Caspar. tions by short range heavy mortars, which literally blew the trenches to pieces. The French are gaining in Alsace. The slogan, "On to the Rhine," is being generally voiced in Paris. The Situation as Berlin Regards It. Berlin, Jan. 5. A 200-meter trench has been captured from the Allies north of Arras. Several French as saults at other points have been re pelled and many prisoners taken. Frequent bayonet charges continue in the Alsace region. Positions in northern Poland are unchanged, and there is little fighting. The Ger mans are continuing their , attacks east of Bzura and northeast cf Boli mow, but because of tho weather con ditions are making very slow progress. MANY ASK U. S. TO STOP EXPORTATION OF ARMS. Washington, D. C Jan. 4 Hear ings on pending resolutions to restrict the export of arms and munitions to European belligerents began today before the House Foreign . Affairs committee. Delegations from New York, Phila delphia, Chicago, and Baltimore, rep resenting ' German-American and Irish-American organizations, ap peared before tjie committee. All urged immediate action on Represen tative Bartholdt'a resolution to em- tion of war supplies.
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