PUBLISHED EiZERV KFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY,
VOL. XVI-No. 283
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. G, SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1915
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UHIPLETE VICTORY
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BY RUSSIANS AVER
SULTAN'S ARMY
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Two Big Units Badly De
feated and Eight Trans
ports Sunk
ANNIHILATED
REGIMENT
Great Quantities of Supnlies
and Thousands of Men
and Animals .Captured
News Formerly Withheld
Causes Irritation
DESTITUTE ITALIA!
fir i n i ivrn ' I n mii
IN GROUPS N OPE!
Fear-Stricken Survivors of
Earthquake Faced With
Starvation 30,000 Dead,
Official Statement Says-
Communication Difficult
S$r Kf ! FERAL RESERVE BOARD IN CONFERENCE fci:
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(By the United Press.)
PetroBrad, Jan. 16. A great Rus
sian victory over the Turks in Cau
casus is reported. Eight transports
conveying Turkish troops from Ana
tolia were sunk by Russian Black Sea
flpot. It is believed most of the
troops were drowned. The Turkish
eleventh and tenth army corps have
been completely defeated. Fighting
in the vicinity of Ka"ra Urgan is of a
desDorate character. The Turkish
sixty-second regiment was annihilat
ed as a result of a Russian bayonet
charge. Five thousand prisoners and
10,000 head of cattle, as well as an
enormous quantity of other supplies
urn captured.
i The Russians re within forty miles
d the fortress of Thorn. Germans
assisting in the defense of Hungary
are carrying great quantities of ar
tillery, indicating the intention of the
Germans to wage a defensive cam
paign.
All Parties Reinforcing.
, Paris, Jan. 16. The fighting in the
vicinity of Soissons continues. The
French are reinfocing, anticipating
a new attack in the Germans's effort
to hack their way to the sea. Ten
German army corps have been sent
to the front stretching from the Aisne
to a point north of Arras. A new
British army has been sent to the
threaten! positions alonsr the front.
French Big Guns Effective.
- New French artillery rushed to the
Aisne is holding the German advance.
The French artillery in the territory
from Soissons to Rheims is doing ef
fective work. The Germans have re
taken French trenches near Carency.
The French are making slow progress
at Blagny. From the sea to Ypres
there is violent cannonading. From
Some to the Meuse the infantry of
both sides is inactive. The Germans
have been shelled from positions in
the hills north of Clenery. and east of
Ponta Mousson.
JAMES K. WATSON
CRITICIZES WILSON
Former Whip of House Saya Presi
dent Broke Precedent to Deliver
Partisan Speech in Off Year.
Says Tariff Responsible.
(By United Pma)
Indianapolis, Jan. :, : 16.-r-Vigorous
twiBts were made at President Wil-
wft Indianapolis speech today by
femes K. Watson, former "whiD" of
e House. - He stated that for the
ifir&t time in the history pf the coun
try a President felt it necessary to
ave the White House in order to
make a partisan stump speech in an
off-year." Watson sajd tiu) Demo
cratic tariff is responsible f for tie
tkree million idle working inen." : J
WOMAN STRUCK BY ' " : ; I
SOUTHERN TRAINJ
Salisbury. Jan. 1 ,Mia Muriel
umn, an elderly woman, representa
tive of toilet article house.' was
struck by a freight train late today
near the Henderson street crossing as
she was walking along the Southern
track and seriously hurt, her injuries
being mainly about ik. haaA aha i
(By the United Press)
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il..lt...y t -ril; It ..it. .2lSi
Rome, Jan. 16. Rescue and re
lief work !b still occupying the at
tention of the Italian officials and
makes impossbile a tabulation of
a definite list of casualties. The
census bureau today showed the
casualties to be at least 30,000.
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This Is the first photograjih made of the federal reserve board la conference la iho board room. Loft to rteht
around the table are: Secretary of the Treasury W. O. McAdoo, Comptroller of tho Currency Juhn Skelton WU
Hams, Adolph C. Miller, Frederic A. Dolano. Dr. H. Parker Willis (secretary), W. I C. Harding. Paul Warburg and
Charles S. Hamlin (governor). '
THREE KNOWN DEAD
RESULT EXPLOSION
ON GASOLINE BOAT
PROM NENTjMGl
MAN, JII. T. NORRIS,
M1B BY BURGLAR
J. VV. Murray, Burlington;
Mrs. W. E. Torch, Beau-
fort and R. H. Dodson,
Norfolk, tVictims Acci
dent in Pamlico Sound
Rome, Jan. 16. Huddled in groups
in the open country without food, fuel
or extra clothing, thousands of Ital
ian peasants are today facing death.
It is officially announced that 30,000
were killed and 100,000 injured by the
earthquake. Communication with the
center of the stricken district is still
impossible. Many injured are dying.
Refugees bring heroic stories of res
cues.
Two Hundred Met Death at Worship.
Two hundred men and women were
killed -in a church. Every house in
Antosano was ruined. The police at
Massadalbe report many persons still
buried alive there, and urgently ap
peal for help. Hundreds are dying
at Sora from cold and hunger, still
buried in the ruins.
QUEEN STREET M. E.
iING
LAYMEN
ARRAI
Organization Recently Per
fected In line With Ac
tion of General Confer
ence of Church in 1914
Co-Operation Planned
ANOTHER SEWER EXTENSION
The Water and Light Department
has just completed a new sewer line
on North Heritage street, containing with their pastors in a more aggres-
The General Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
at its quadrennial session in May,
1914, among its enactments adopted
the following: "The laymen of the
church are authorized to co-operate
250 feet o 8-inch pipe. Another ex
tension is to be made immediately in
that vicinity.
VIILA HAS A WAY
FOR FIXING IT UP
Will Simply Take Tampico to Avoid
Foreign Complications Over Oil
Fields Trouble Carranza
Says Can't , Get Taxes.
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan, 16. Villa soys he
will solve the oil problem. The cap
ture of Tampico would prevent trou
ble with the United States and Great
Britain, he declares. Carranza says
many owners of oil concessions at
Tampico and elsewhere ignored the
claims of the Carranza government at
Mexico City.
Guitterez Will Continue as President
Zapatista delegates to the peace
conference have agreed upon a con
tinuance of Guttierrez as provisional
president until July 1, 1916.
American cattlemen arrested at
Nuevo Laredo are not in danger of
execution, according to a message re
ceived at the State Department. Gen
eral Scott, chief of staff, arrives at
Washington tonight to report upon
the border situation.
$600,000 FOR INLAND
WATERWAY IS PASSED.
- Washington, D. C, Jan. 15. A
$600,000 appropriation for the inland
waterway from Norfolk to Beaufort
Inlet, N. C; $1,500,000 for continuing
improvements on the Dejaware river
from Philadelphia to the sea, and $1,
500,000 for the Hudson river, to con
nect with the new State barge canal,
sive evangelism, to develop mission
ary interest and intelligence, and to
promote lay activity and liberality in
co-operation with the regular consti
tuted boards of the church." An ex
ecutive committee of the Laymen's
Missionary Movement was constituted
by the election of John R. Pepper, T.
S. Southgate, C. F.. Reid, F. M
Daniel, Julian S. Carr, C. H. Ire
land, P. H. Enochs, R. S. Munger, W,
Erskine Williams, and R. F. Burden,
to encourage laymen to organize for
effective service, to promote a sys
tematic church-wide distribution of
literature bearing upon Christian
stewardship and missionary infor
mation, which committee is to re
port the progress made in the enlist
ment of laymen in the various forms
of Christian service to the next Gen
eral Conference.
In pursuance of the enactments of
the General Conference, the church
conference of Queen Street church of
Kinston has elected a committee on
Lay Activities, which committee is
composed of the following members:
J. C. Hood, E. P. Dixon, D. T. Ed
wards, J. W. Goodson, C. Felix Har
vey, W. D. Hood, Y. T. Ormorid,
Dan Quinerly, E, Y. Speed, J. T.
Whitfield, Dr. O. L. Wilson, CM.
Jordan. J. J. Bizzell. E. W. Biz-
zell, R. F. Churchill, L. McCullen,
G. D. Hawks, J. C .Hewitt, J. A.
Herndon, N. B. Moore, C. W. Sand
ers, Dr. R. A. Whitaker, D. V. Dix
on, P. S. B. Harper, G. P. Flem
ing, E. J. Becton, J. F. Edwards,
J. E. Hood, P. A. Hooker, S. H.
Isler, B. R. Taylor, C. A. Waters
and H, P, Fort
The committee met on Sunday af
ternoon, January 10th, and perfected 1
its organization, J. A. nernuon pe
ing elected secretary, and the second,.
Sunday afternoon in each month be-
CONNECTION NORTH
VIA G0LDSB0RO MAV
BE RESTORED SOON
Rumored That A. C. L. Will
Be Required to Hold the
Train, at .Goldsboro for
Norfolk Southern, Pass
ing Kinston at 10:30 A. M.
iinnA nM-ms fliA iwinnffn nt nrnidpfil in
, , , F . .,, , ' ing chosen as the regular meeting
the nver and harbor bill approved to- y fcy of his
day and tonieht by the House. AH
"North Carolina items were retained.
SHARP DROP ON
" ' CHICAGO WHEAT
; t
(By the United Press)
Chicaeo. Jan. 16. There was a
sharp decline of wheat today. " The
office of Lay Reader of the charge, is
chairman of this committee. This;
committee is divided into three sub-i
committees, the first eleven members
composing the Missionary Committee,
with Y. T. Ormond as chairman, D. T.
Edwards secretary, and J. T. Whit
field treasurer; the next eleven con
stitute the committee on evangelism,
with C M. Jordan as chairman, J. 'A.
Herndon, secretary, and "C W. San-
It is rumored that the Corpora
tion Commission intends to order the
Atlantic Coast Line to change the
schedule of a morning northbound
train through Goldsboro so that the
Norfolk Southern's westbound train
passing here at 10:28 may make con
nection with-it. Until a month or
two ago the connection was mado,
but it was suddenly changed and Kin
ston and the -other towns along the
Beaufort division of the. Norfolk
Southern cut off from their principal
connection with the outside world.
The traveling public and the local
Chamber of Commerce protested in
vain.
The rumor has no more substantial
foundation than the gossip of com
mercial travelers. However, it has
a true ring to it, and is believed by
the local man, who overheard the
travelers discussing it to have origi
nated in quarters close to the Cor
poration Commission.
No one has ever explained the A. C.
L.'s reason for discontinuing the con
nection, "arid it has been generally re
garded here as an inconsiderate piece
of business.
SEVERAL COWS IN
LOCAL DAIRY HERDS
WERE CONDEMNED
Drs. Foley and Haret
Found Trace of Tubercu
losis and Promptly Had
Animals Cut Out of Herd
No Cause for Alarm
NEW RECORD FOR FLYING
MADE BY ARMY AVIATOR
(By the United Press)
San Diego, Cal., Jan. lfi. JLieut.
Byron C. Jones, army aviator, is hold
er of a new record for a continuous
flight e rHemained'in the air for
eight hours and fifty-three minutes.
NEGRO AND THREE
CHILDREN LYNCHED
BV A GEORGIA MOB.
service, with D. V. Dixon as chairman
and E. J. Becton as secretary. , ,
It was decided by the committee to
make the Every-Member canvass for;
missions on the last Sunday in Feb
ruary. 1915. at which time Rev. E.
Monticello, ' Ga., , Jan. 15. Four ne
groes, two women and two men, were
taken frbrrf the county jail here last
night by a mob of about 200 masked
men, marched to a tall pine tree in
the center of a negro settlement on
the outskirts of Monticello, hanged
one by one, and then riddled with bul
lets. The bodies were found early to
day hanging to the tree. The negroes
were Daniel Barber, his two married
daughters, Eule Charles and " Ella
Charles, and his son, Jesse, 4 .
An attack on Chief of Police Wil
liams, when he attempted iq .arrest
the negroes Wednesday night on Jthe
charge of selling intoricants illegally
led to the killings. The officer was
badly clubbed and claimed Barber's
Wife, daughters and son beat him
while Barber himself threatened to
shoot him.' The negro's wife was shot
and badly wounded during the sti-ug-gle.
.
The administering of the tubercu
lin test to practically every cow in
the dairies supplying Kinston milk
Consumers having been completed, E
G. Hargett, a veterinarian of the
State Department of Agriculture, who
has been here assisting City Inspector
Foley in tho work, left for Ralegh to
day.
The two experts found conditions
in the local dairies as good as they
"could expect." Inspector Foley's re
port has not yet been made to the
mayor, but that several tuberculosis
infected cows were located is not de
nied. The Free Press had intimation
of the discovery , of the in foetal ani
mals early Friday, but whs not until
that night that the officials would
discuss the matter. ' However, the
cows, from three to six in number,
were probably isolated. The number
of infected animals is admittedly very
low, considering that there had been
no expert supervision of them until a
few weeks ago.
Drs. Foley and Hargett declared
that the discovery of the affected cows
is no reason for consumers of milk to
be worried. They are now safer than
ever, and those who have heretofore
been supplied with infected milk,
through no intention of wrong-doing
by the dairymen, Dr. Foley gives as
his opinion and wishes it stressed, will
in future have only a product above
suspicipn if the inspector's efforts will
avail them protection.
COUNTY
TEACHERS IN
MONTHLY MEETING
was roshed.to a sanitarium where to- fc i .44 .
wght it is stated time is necessary to wheat dropped to $1.40 and the ders, treasurer, and the last, eleven
uewrmuM yut how badly she is hurt jjest scene of the past two weeks constitute the committee on social
PRESIDENT HOLDS MCHT 1 ' ' " ' '
i MEETINGS OFjJABINET. THOUGHT HORSE KICKED
Washington, D. C, Jai( ,15,-Pres- ; HIM; WAS BADLY SHOT.
went Wilson inaugurated), new cus-; '
torn tonight when he 1U.T h .w.f T-onishurir. Jan. L. Siencer,
together for the firt f r, ' nrominent and nrosDerous Dlanter.J H. Rawlings, ef Nasnvine, ienn one lor in cnarge, anu oy iu acuv.iy u.m
of Friday niefat 4nfcm.i Ai..L..'-t miu north of this city. ' of the secretaries of the Board -f spirituality hag made himself ftn en-
government Auiiaess. He plans to ' was shot through the right eye and Missions of the Methodist Episcopal viable reputation in our city as a
wntinue the practice indefinitely. The-, very seriously; if not fatally, wound- Church,5 South, will be present to as- pastor and preacher, and as a leader
abinet was in session for - nearly ' ed early this ; morning before, day, sist in the canvass and in the prepa- in 'the general activities of . his
in February, 1915, is expected te be
a "big day among local Methodists.
Rev. H. A. Humble, who was sent
from Laurinborg, N. C, to Queen
Street church by the Annual Confer
ence in the fall of .1913, is tie pais-
three hours. :
j while feeding his stock.
ration therefor, and the last Sunday, church.
The Lenoir County Teachers' As
sociation met this morning in the
Courthouse. The session was mark
ed by enthusiasm oh the part of the
teachers, and was presided over by
Miss Hattie Parrott, assistant super
intendent of schools. Mrs. G. R.
Richardson, teacher of Sand Hill dis
trict No. 1, read very good paper
of interest to the profession. All the
teachers In the county ore, submitting
encouraging reports. The attendance
at today's meeting was about 85 per
cent, of the total of . teachers in the
co hty.
NORWEGIAN STEAMER
ASnORE OFF LOOKOUT.
' ' 1 :' V
Norfolk, Jnn.'15i The Norwegian
steamer Trafalgar, New York to Sa
vannah, is uwhore , near Cape Lookout,
on. the North Carolina coast. . The re
venue cutter Seminole and a wreck
ing tug have gone to her assistance.
The revenue cutter Seminole reach
ed the 'stranded Vessel tonight and re-,
ported 'that she, could probably be
floated without damage. , ; '
MRS. STONEWALL JACKSON
CONVALESCING FAVORABLY
J. W. Murray, a prominent Burl
ington, N. C, banker: Mrs. W. E.
Porch, wife of a Beaufort hotel man,
and R. H. Dodson of Norfolk, Va.,
are known to have been killed or
drowned when the gasoline tanks on
the Fmall yacht Julia exploded when
the craft was off Long Shoal river,
about twenty miles from Engelhard.
N. C, Friday. Engelhard is a small
town in Hyde county and communi- j
cation with it is difficult because of
its remote location.
It is believed also that the two men
comprising the crew of the Julia,
names, unobtainable, were victims
Their loss would bring tho total of
victims up to five.
Mrs. J. W. Murray, wife of the Bur
lington man, was the only survivor.
She is a good swimmer, and was pick
ed up by fishermen in the vicinity.
The Julia, which was entirely
wrecked and foundered, was a 42-foot
motor cruiser, and had aboard abou
.'id or 40 gallons of gasoline for fuel
The cause of the explosion is uncer
tain. Mrs. Murray, it is reported from
Relhaven, managed to get hold on I
piecr of plank from the wreck and
kept herself afloat in that manner un j
til rescued.
A searching party today left Wash-,
incton, N. C to look for the hodit
of tho victims.
found Dead With Pallet
Hole In Head B&rly
Thla MivnSno,
BODY LAY NEAR KITCHEN
- ' -ii ii i n"F '
Wife Heard Aged Business
Man Go Out to Investigate
Noise, and Thought : He
Had Returned Encoun
tered Housebreaker
AUTHORIZE WOMEN
NOTARIES PUBLIC
Action of Legislature May Not Be
Constitutional, , However, and
t Supreme Court . Will Pass
Upon the Matter.
(By W. J. Martin)
Raleigh, Jan. 16. The Senate to
day passed by a large majority, a bil
to authorixe the Governor to appoint
women as notaries public, with thr
understanding that Governor Craig
Court passes on its constitutionality
which is doubted by Senator Ward
GIRL WHO KILLED BREWER
KOEI1LEU LOSING HER MIND
(By the United Prest.)
San Antonio, Texas, Jan, 16. Al
though her case is set for trial Feb
ruary 1, it is probable Miss Hcdib
Burgemeister will not bo able to ap
pear in court on that date and an
swer to the charge of killing Ottf
Koehler, millionaire brewer, Jwst No
vember. She has been brooding ovc
the crime mid it is feared she maj
lose her mind.
"If I could only die!" is her cor:
slant wish.
"Death to me would be the great
est relief for this world holds noth
ing more for me," she said in a rc
cent statement.
Immediately after the killing o'
Koehler, Miss Burgemeister attempt
ed her own life by cutting her writ;1
with a sharp case-knife, but the time
iy arrival of a doctor saved her. Sb.
was found kneeling over KoehlerV
body. The tragedy occurred in he
ledioom. It is said that Koehler;
invalid wife is still unacquainted wit
the facts of her husband's death.
MRS. M. J. STANLEY
DIES IN ARIZON
Mrs. M. J. Stanley died in Phoenix
Arizona, last night, where she wenJ
for her health in September, last year
Mrs. Stanley was the relict of th
late M. J. Stanley, sixty years of age
aiul prominently connected. ;
The following brothers and sister;
survive:. Mrs. Jleien Kenedy, Mrs. L
A. Cobb and Miss Bertha Rovntrc:
of Kinston; Mrs. J. A. Winfrey ; '
Glen Allen. Va.; Urt Charles Row
tree ot Crifton; Mr. David Rountre
of Wilmington; Mr. frank Rountre
Charlotte, Jan. 15-Mrs. Stonewall
Jackson, who has been ill for weeks.
has convalesced sufficiently to be on i of Kinston; Mr. Ed. Rountree.of Max
her porch today. At various periods ! ieo City, and Mr, Joseph Rountree of
of her long illness her life was des- Arizona. The remains will be shipped
paired of. but she la gaining strength to Kinston, and are expected to a;
and manifesting interest in tho affairs rive here alout the middle, of next
of life again. .- ' . . week.
(By W. J. Martin)
Raleigh, Jan. 16. M. T. Norris,
early today was found dead at bia
residence on North Blount street with
a bullet hole through his head. Mrs.
-Norris says Mr. Norris got up about
4 o'clock, saying he heard someone
down stairs, but he returned a lit
tle later and must have gone to sleep.
His body was found about $ o'clock
by an old'negro, who lives on the lot,
about ten feet from the entrance to
the kitchen. Boxes were found aet
up under the kitchen window for
climbing in, and the window was rais
ed, indicating burglary.
Mr. Norris was sixty-three years
old. He was married in 1876 to Misa
Cornelia Norris. ,. There ' ar four
children, including Mrs. Henry Coles
of' Atlanta, Mrs. J. K. Marshall of Ra
leigh and Mrs. Jack Crawford of Mar
tinsburg, W. Va,
Mr. Norris was for years the head
of a big wholesale business, and was
prominent in business circles. He was
a brother-in-law to Solicitor Herbert
Norris, of the Seventh judicial dis
trict, containing Raleigh. He was se
verely hurt in a . railroad accident
about eighteen months ago. . -
BANK ROBBER WAS
CASHIER, BE ADMITS.
Waynesboro, Ga, Jin. 15. Thomas
F. Buxton, former cashier of the
First National Bank of Waynesboro,
confessed today that he was the
masked man who held up the assist
ant cashier and attempted to cob the
bank lost Tuesday, according to Sher
iff Story.
Buxton, who was arrested shortly
after the attempted robbery and plac
ed in jail here, already was awaiting
trial on the charge of embezsling the
bank's funds while connected with the
institution. The sheriff said that the
prisoner told him that his purpose in -going
to the bank Tuesday was to
obtain certain papers connected with
the embezzlement proceedings which
he believed were in the hank's vaults.
YELLOWJACKETS PROVE TO
BE HORNETS NEST"
Suits Being Tried in Duplin Because
of Effort of Water Boy to Get
Rid of Stingers, Resulting In"
Timber Damage. .
A yellowjackets' nest is said to
have been responsible for two dam
age suits in Duplin county Superior
Court at Kenansville. The Kinston
Manufacturing Company was the de
fendant in both cases, and the plain
tiffs were Quinn, et al and Bostio, et
al., each seeking to recover la 'f. the
sum of $1,500.
It is reported that when a crew of
workmen for the Kinston Manufac
turing Company were clearing a
right of way for a railroad lin ia Du
plin their progress was stopped by
the yellowjackets' nest, which hung
directly in their path. A sma)l negro
water boy was given the task of get
ting the vicious insects out of the
way. tie buut a lire arouna tne nest
and smoked them out, aad incidental- '
ly set fire to two tracts of timber. It
was for the burned timber that the
plaintiffs were asking damages.
According to Attorney G. V. Cow-
per, Just back from attending the Ke- .
nansville court, Jadge R. B. Peebles
intimated that he would non-suit both
cases, taking the position that the
lumber corporation was not responsi
ble for the burning of the timber a
crime committed by one of its em-'
ployes. The Judge adjourned Court
until Monday, giving the plaintLTs
until then to prepare for further con
tention of their portion.