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VOL. XVI No. 86
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1915
FOUR PAGES TODAY 28 COLUMNS
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BUYER IS SAID TO BE
Silt IN ACCOUNTS
R. W. Carlton Sjrid to Be
Behind With, Warehouses
About $12,000 Friends
of Young Man Claim No
Wrong Was Intended
When R. W. Carlton, a prominent
young tobacconist of Snow Hill start
ed for the, Kentucky tobacco markets
Monday the authorities at Goldsboro,
Rocky Mount, Wilson, Petersburg and
Richmond were asked to apprehend
and hold him. He was accused, re
ports from Snow Hill today say, with
the embezzlement of twelve thousand
dollars from the tobacco interests in
the Greene county town.
This morning Carlton, it is said
having gotten wind of the excitement
that bis departure occasioned, return
ed. Prom the beginning there was
division of opinion in Snow Hill about
his intention, and his friends, wh
hooted the idea that he was abscond
in?, are triumphant Carlton is said
to have immediately sent $2,500 back
to Snow Hill as evidence of his good
intention.
Carlton owns property in Greene
county. He has lived there but a year
or so, but during that time has be
come popular socially and in business
circles. His brother was left
charge of his affairs when he left for
Kentucky.
Carlton, according to a Snow Hill
man's opinion, is of "the best type of
man industrious, frugal, economical
nnd capable." It is said that as soon
as he had gone his affairs were made
the subjwt of investigation, and
much wrangling occurred over them,
The tobacconist, who has been em
ployed as a buyer, by important con
cerns on the snow, mil marKet, is
said to have made no attempt to con
ceal his departure, but had spoken to
several of his intention of going to
Kentucky, the season at Snow Hill
being about over.
PRICE TWO CENTS
TIGHT HONEY MARKET
CAUSES SUSPENSION
NORFOLK
SOUTHERN
Grafton, W. Va, Bank Clou. lul
Doors Temporary, It Is Said
Has
To
READY TO
-temporary, It Is Said .,
Half Millioa DepoHita II I(C
Reopen in 2a Months. llllllL
CONNECT
(By the United Press)
Grafton, ) W. Va., Jan. 19. The I ttor frnm Traffic f
Rraftnn Rank nrtth a unnital I
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Kyle to Chamber of Com
PERKINS CHARGED
ONLY WITH ASSAULT
Bostonian Who Killed F. W, Hinman
at Sea Arraigned at Columbia,
No to, Stand Trial for Mur
derHearing Today.
(By the United Press)
Columbia, Jan. 19 Two charges of
assault and battery, instead of mur
der, faced George Perkins of Bos
ton when he was placed on trial this
afternoon. Perkins shot and killed F.
W. Hinman of Jacksonville, Fla., on
the steamer Mohawk off Charleston
last November. He was supposed to
have been demented.
An Earlier Report
Columbia, S. C, an. 19,The fed
eral district court's January term
opened here today with the case on
the docket of George B. Perkins, of
Boston, charged with murder on the
high seas. He shot and killed F. W.
4- Hinman, manager of the Jackson
"He, Fla., "Times Union" and wound
ed two others last November off
Charleston, S. C.r on the steamer Mo
hawk. - ..
A jury in Perkin's case will Drob
ahly be called Jan. 22. . Postponement
oi the trial is possible however be
cause of Perkin's poor physical con
dition. He has been in Roper Hos
pital in Charleston since his arrest on
the Mohawk.
Since his brother-in-law, Herbert
n. Holton of Boston, left Charleston
some weeks ago, few persons have
seen i'erkins, whose frenzy is said to
have caused by an overdose of head
ache powders. Perkins attempt to
cut his throat with, a razor November
16 and has been under strict surveil-
lance, although he is said not to be
Jespondent He" is extremely reticent,
uowever. vr-
Captain Ingram o the Mohawk and
B- R. Wright, a passenger both of
vnom were shot by Perkins, are, like
y to be witnesses. They and FTmnan,
ho was also president of theutb
ern Newspaper Publishers Aslocia
aon, were talking in the lower deck
loon of the Mohawk when Perkins
pened fire upon them without wani
ng ....- ? , .
The prosecution is in charge of U.
District Attorney Francis H. West-
and his assistant, J.. Watts War-
dred thousand dollars and deposits
of five hundred thousand, failed to
open its doora today. It is declared
the closing will be only temporary
and that it was the result of the tight
money market. The bank will prob
ably open again within sixty days.
merce Suggests Willing
ncss to Meet A. C. L. Half
Way in Giving Service
BILLY SUNDAY IN
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
The Norfolk Southern Railroad hus
offered the Kinston Chamber of Com
merce to do the "right thing" about
Washington, D. C, Jan. 18 "Billy" making the connection with the At-
Sunday, the revivalist, visited Wash- lantic Coast Line's morning north-
ington today, called at the White bound train at Goldsboro, which un-
House, and later talked to some five 'ts schedule was changed two or
thousand people about "If Christ three months ago to a time impossi-
came to Washington." Members of d1c for the Norfolk Southern to make,
the Cabinet, Congressmen, diplomats, was Kinston's principal means of
and government officials were in the
big audience that listened to the pic
turesque sermon of the baseball evan
gelist, who climbed on a table and
getting to the outside world west and
north of us.
The business interests and travel
ing public of Kinston, New Bern and
GERMANS RETIRING.THE GRAND THEATER, . JPI1T
iuuttu iu w uiua:
IHKUWN OI'tN III
FROM PROVINCE OF
PLOCK, DEVASTATED
i I
Campaign Resulted Success-
fully for Russians and
Kaiser's Men
THE PUBLIC MONDAY
BACK TO OWN FRONTIER
Allies View Situation in the
West With Optimism
Berlin Denies The Claims
of Success Around Labois
selle Bad Weather
(By the United Press)
warned his hearers that "God must I LaGrange have been protesting the
be served."
Champ Clark presided over the
meeting and Secretary Bryan, Attor
ney General Gregory, Secretary Lane,
and J. P. Tumulty, secretary to the
President, sat on the platform.
STEAMER ASHORE
ON MARYLAND COAST
(By the United Press)
Ocean City, Md., Jan. 19. The
steamship Grib, Boston to Newport
News, went ashore in a storm last the Coast Line people arranging their
niffht twentv miles smith of rVoan present schedule on morning train
A. C. L's action ever since the chancre
was made, especially the local Cham
ber of Commerce, but without avail
until recently. The Chamber this
morning gave out a statement to the
effect that the A. C. L. has declared
that it had tried to get the Norfolk
Southern to co-operate with it in
making the connection, but without
result. A letter received today from
E. D. Kyle, traffic manager of the
Norfolk Southern, was in contradic
tion of this. Mr. Kyle's letter is
quoted as follows:
"There must be some error as to
City. The vessel is reported to be
in good condition.
MORGAN SAYS AFFAIRS
HAVE IMPROVED OF LATE.
Washington, Jan. 18. J. P. Mor
gan today told President Wilson that
there had been a marked improve
ment in general trade conditions as
affecting international exchange and
that increase in exports to Europe
had decreased greatly American in-
"FORE!" AT PALM BEACH
Palm Beach, Fla., Jan. 19. The
new year golf tournament opened
here today with unusually large rep-1 the earlier departure made
from Goldsboro, northbound, only af
ter they endeavored to induce us to
adjust our service in such way as to
make connection at Goldsboro with,
this train, as I have examined the
files in our general passenger agent'i
office very carefully and the records
show that we were informed that
this schedule had been arranged, and
at the same time asking us to rear
range our service accordingly.
"However, eliminating what has
happened heretofore in connection
with the readjustment of our sched
ules, I beg to advise that we will be
willing (provided we do not meet with
serious opposition from our patrons
at Beaufort and Morehead City as to
neces-
resentation of golf cracks and a big
gallery tourists.
VILLA IN CAPITAL
AND GUTIERREZ IN
FIELD FOR BATTLE
sarv) to meet the Coast Line half
way, and get our train, now reach
ing Goldsboro at 11:25 a. m., to that
point at 11:05 a. m. This means de
parture from Beaufort at 6:40 a. m.,
twenty minutes earlier than at pres
ent, and as far as the Coast Line is
with their northbound train twentj
minutes later than at the present
time."
Mr. Kyle feels sure the Chamber
will agree with him that the proposi
tion he has made is "a fair one." He
cites that it means a difference of
Convention Chieftain Is Ex- time equal for both. The traffic man-
I ager assumes tnat ne win, inrougn
peCted 10 liring Uraer UUl the offices of the Chamber of Com
e nu T? merce in the matter, hear from the A,
vi uww-iuiuiu, x c L. in repy to the proposition in a
sional President Believed few days.
to Mae witn -barranza president to hear
BOTH SIDES OF THE
ny uie unueu jrreso;
Washington, Jan. iv. vma is re- Washington, D. C, Jan. 18. Presi
ported to be in Mexico City, where J ,jent Wilson today received the im-
he is expected to cure the trouble ex
isting. Ex-Provisional President Gu
tierrez, with five thousand men, is
lining up his forces for battle. Gu
tierrez is expected to side with Car
ranza.
Guttierrez Joins Obregon.
Washington, Jan. 19. Guttierrez
has joined Obregon's army and their of restriction.
allied strength is twenty thousand. ,
. The Haitian cabinet has split and
two members resigned. Another res
ignation is expected. The cruiser
Washington . with extra marines on
board will leave Hampton Roads for
Cape Hitier today to protect for
eigners. v
migration bill as passed by Congress
and, yielding to appeals for hearings,
set aside three hours next Friday to
give ear to those who would urge him
to approve or veto the measure.
The bill went to the White House
with the restrictive literacy test for
admission of aliens unchanged, des
pite frequent declarations of the Pres
ident that he did not favor this form
HE WOULD ABOLISH
STATION PORTERS
(By the United Press)
Chirago, Jan. 19. Insistent demand
will be brought to bear on hotel keep
er and station masters throughout
thA TTnitfM-I States to abolish the rail-
EARTHQUAKE m-LFZZTftJtZZ
ITALY; NO FATALmES
demands by roughly handling the bag-
(By the United Press) I gage. As an institution they are a
. Rome, Jan. 19. Violent earthquake J "survival of obsolete conditions," says
shocks today in the province of Cosen
ta threw thousands into y a panic
There were no casualties. It is re
ported that most of the damage lie
in Luzzi.
Wooley. "Why should men and worn
en who must travel be assailed wher
ever they stop by men yelling like
maniacs and trying to natch their
baggage?'' ... .
Petrogrnd, Jan. 19. The bloody
battling for the possession of the
northeast section of the Polish prov
ince of Plock has resulted successful
ly for the Russians, the Germans be
ing pushed back to their own fron
tier. Mlawa is in ruins following
successive bombardments, and the
surrounding country is devastated
The Germans, heavily reinforced, are
making a desperate effort to resume
the offensive. The Austro-Germans
are advancing upon Warsaw from the
south and have reached Apoczno. The
Russians are strongly entrenched at
Apoczno and fierce fighting is ex.
pected. In the Transylvania and the
Turkish campaigns, the war office to
day stated, "progress is being made.
Berlin Refutes Enemies' Claims.
Berlin, Jan. 19. French claims of
success in the fighting for the posses.
sion of Labosselle are officially de
nied. Heavy snows and fogs impede
the fighting on the western battle
line. Russian attacks in the east have
been repulsed, and the Germans have
captured hundreds of prisoners. The
Germans claim victories at Nadzonow,
Ojoshun and Sierpex.
Turkey Denies Russian Claims.
Constantinople, Jan. 19 The Turk
ish war office today declared that the
Turks in Caucasus are gaining des
pite the Russians' superior numbers.
It is said that Russian claims of
disaster to the Turks were unfound
ed. The Russians are said to have
failed in an attempt to flank the
Turkish positions, and to have been
repulsed with heavy losses.
Conditions Favorable to Allies.
Paris, Jan. 19. The capture of ad
ditienal German field works in the
forest of Laprettie, southwest of
Metz, has led to the belief that fur
ther progress of the French in that
region will cause the complete with
drawal of the Germans. Violent can
nonading is going on in the north
west from the sea to Arras. Military
experts are expectme a renewal of
activities about Soissons. It is be
lieved the Germans will soon begin
a supreme effort to force a gap in the
allied lines. Heavy snows prevailed
in the regions from Arras to the sea
and around Vosges.
Hope for Victory by Kaiser's
Birthday.
Paris, Jan. 19. Severe fighting is
progressing lor tno control oi la
boisselle and the forest of Lapretre
The Germans are taking the offen
sive, hoping to gain a decisive vie
tory before the Kaiser's birthday,
next week. Soissons has been partly
destroyed by the German guns. Crack
Prussian brigades occupy positions
north of the Aisne.
Kinston's Beautiful New
COUNTY
Ward and Houghton Waal Legista
ture to Quit Ik-fore Time Limit
Expire Wooton Makes Ap.
point men ts of Chairmen.
OVERRUN
AND SNEAK
BEING
t ' - -
BY-YEGGS
THIEVES
(By W. J. Martin)
Raleigh, Jan. 18. Senator
Ward
Playhouse Was Crowded . intro,luced in h senate, and Repre
8entative Dough ton in the House to-
Uy An Appreciative Audi
ence for Its Opening Mo
vie Bill -Piano a Feature
BULLETINS
(By United Press)
SMALL AUSTRIAN
SUCCESSES.
Vienna, Jan. 19. Austrian vic
tories are reported from Zakliczn.
tories are reported from Zakli
czn. They are said to have cap
tured a number of Russian
trenches. The general situation
is little changed.
AMERICANS HELD UP
BY THE BRITISH UNDER
THE GODDESS SHADOW.
Washington, D. C, Jan. 18 Re
publican eader Mann read to the
House today una . wireless message
to him from Oswald F. Schuette, a
former Washington correspondent, en
route to Berlin on a Dutch liner.
is
More than a thousand people wit
nessed the performances ' in the new
Grand Theater Monday evening, when
the handsome new show house was
thrown open to the public for the
first time. The management had is
sued many complimentary tickets for
the occasion, but the paid admissions
were in excess of 900, it is said. The
seating capacity of the first floor and
gallery was not ample for the audi
ence at the opening performance.
The Grand's very attractive inte
rior was greatly admired by those
who attended the opening perform
antes. The lighting scheme and de
corations were shown up to good ad
vantage, and complimentary remarks
were many.
The opening bill was nine reels of
pictures. The motion picture pro
grams of the new theater will be gen
erally of "specials," but the manage
ment has assured that whenever de
firable bookings may be secured first
class dramatic offerings will be made,
toirether with vaudeville, and other
features.
The real feature of the Grand
the "orchestra, which was purchased
through Mr. J. B. Leonard, a local
dealer. The instrument plays every
class of music with the best of ex
pression, even in playing classical se.
lections the expression is perfect. Un
like most self-playing instruments,
this piano, with the assistance of the
orchestra attachments affords the lis
tener a musical treat. It represents
a seven-piece orchestra and combine
the following in one instrument
regular piun'o, with mandolin attach
ment, violin pipes, flute pipes, snare
drum, bass drum and triungle, tam
bourine, horse trot, torn torn, fire gong
and telephone bell. At the proper mo
ment, just as if a real live dress
suited director were commanding or
imploring the thing, everything in the
box to the right of the main mechan
ism, which contains the piano, cuts
iosn all at once, er aa much of it as
is necessary, or all ceases, possibly,
with tho exception of a single "in
strument" which may be doing a solo,
The erTect is remarkably perfect. The
orchestrion tan create an awful lot
of ragtime racket or real music, as
the occasion demands. The cost of
such a machine is no less than $2,000,
and there are only three similar to it
approaching but not quite equalling
in the State.
"The Lure." a feature, and four
reels' of Belgian war pictures will be
presented as this evening's bill
PRESAGES A GENERAL
RISE IN BREAD PRICES
(By the United Press)
Chicago, Jan. 19. Bakers of twen
ty-five large cities are today in se
cret" session here to discuss tho ad
vancing prices of wheat and flour.
WALTER JOHNSON
- CHICKEN FANCIER
Washington, Jan. 19. With some
coops shown by Pitcher Walter John
son from his Kansas farm, the an
nual show of the capital Poultry As
sociation opened here today.
CRAZY BLACK MADE
ASSAULT ON BANK.
Gastonia, Jan. 18. Roy Chatman,
an insane negro, apout mircy-nve
years old, attired only in his night
clothes, forced open the front door
of the Gaston Loan and Trust Com
pany at 7:30 o'clock here Sunday
morning, smashed tne. large piaie
glass window in the front of the
building with an iron stamp holder,
demolished the wall clock and then
seated himself in one corner of the
building and quieUy awaited to be ar
retted. The police were immediate-
notified and the man was taken
to the city jail, but waa later trans
ferred to the county jail for safe
keeping. When asked for his reasons
in entering the bank the negro stat
ed that the Lord had told him to go
to the hank and wait and he would
be given ? 1,000."
day joint resolutions declaring it the
sense of the General Assembly that
the work of the session should lie com
pleted and final adjournment taken
within forty days instead of sixty
days, the constitutional limit for leg
islative sessions. The resolutions
were referred to the committees on
rules.
Speaker Wooten announces the ap
pointment of Gallatin Roberts of
Buncombe, as chairman of the com
mittee on appropriations, and R. A
Doughton as chairman of the commit
tee on finance; H. A. Page as chair
man of the committee on insurance.
A bill was introduced in the Sen
ate by Cooper to amend the State law
so that any sized packages of meal
can be sold, just so it bears the
weight, and whether bolted or un
bolted.
BRITAIN WONT PERMIT
THE DACIA TO SAIL
Question of Registry of Interned Vessel-
Must Be More Fully Gone
Into, Says Government Unit- .
ed States Notified Today.
(By United Press)
Washington, Jan. 19. The British
government has notified the United
States that it would not consent to
the proposed trip of the cotton steam
er Darin to Rotterdam before taking
up the question of the transfer to
American register.
Farmers Iking Annoyed by
Burglaries and Railroad
Stations Robbed -Most of
Offenders Elude Officers
Who Continue Search
GRAVE LOOK HAS LEFT
THE PRESIDENT'S FACE
Washington, D. C, Jan. 18. Pres
ident Wilson's talks with callers to
day centered mainly about the 'new
White House arrival, his first grand
child, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fran
cis B. Sayrc. Thousands of congrat
ulatory messages and presents have
arrived.
The grave look Mr. .Wilson has
worn since his wife's death was sup
planted by a broad smile. -
TO BURY DEAD ANB
RESTORE TOWNS THE
TASK THAT REMAINS
Relief Work in the Italian
Earthquake Zone Is Now
Completely Systematized
All Living Relieved Re
covered From Debris
(By the United Press)
Rome, Jan. 19. The burial of thr
dead and the restoration of the towm
are the only things left to be done
in the earthquake district. The re
lief work has been completely sys
tematized. The authorities are en
deavoring to prevent an epidemic. AH
iving victims have been recovered
with possibly a few exceptions. Tht
least a week before the authorities-
relief work is slow. It will be at
have a complete list of the casual
tics. It is expected that all resident:
of the stricken region will require
government care throughout the win
ter. Many will be housed in Rome
and Naples.
ELEVEN STRIKERRS
SHOT BY DETECTIVES
(By the United Press) :
Roseville, N. Jn Jan. 19. Eleven
were shot, two seriously today by de
tectives who charged three or f out
four hundred strikers had surround
ed a train in an attempt to persuade
strikers from going to work.
PART OF DERELICT
BRIG'S CREW LOST
Los Angeles, CaL, Jan. 18. Sb
men of the crew of the brig Lurline
now a derelict oft the coast of Mexi
), are believed to have perished, by
An epidemic of robbery in Pitt
county is alarming the rural popula
tion. Reports from several sections
tell of successful entries or attempts
recently. At Cobbdale a negro at
tempted to rob the home of C C
Cobb. The dwelling is equipped with
a burglar alarm system, and the in
truder was frightened off. He then
tried to get into the home of J. V.
Smith, overseer on Cobb's farm. He
was again foiled, but persisting in
his efforts to steal something, went
to the house of Miles Smith. In the -pantry
he secured a quantity of meat.
He tried to raise a window opening
into the room of Smith's wife, who
saw him and screamed. He fled and
was not seen again. The three at
tempts were all within an hour's time '
and the authorities are satisfied were
made by one person. Bloodhounds
were put upon the trail, but did not '
accomplish anything. . . V
At Farmville a policeman discov
ered a gang about to break into a
store. He fired a shot into them
and they scattered, all getting away
with the exception of two, a white
man and a negro. Two other white
men are being sought, while the cou
ple under arrest are being held. About
the same time another officer shot a
negro in the hip in the colored sec
tion of Farmville.
Burglars blew open the safe in the
Atlantic Coast Line station at Win
terville Sunday morning, and took
the contents, about $12. x Nitro-gly-cerine
was used and the safe was
blown to pieces. ,The robbers, pre
sumably professional yeggmen, left,
no clue. .
YACHT JULIA DESERTt.
BEFORE EXPLOSION
Mrs, Murray Only Survivor,. Passed
Through Kinston En Route to
Her Home In Burlington She
Was First to Discover Eire.
Mrs. J. W. Murray, only survivor
of the party on board the yacht Julia,
which blew up in Pamlico Sound, off
Engelhard, Friday, passed through ,
the city Monday evening en route to
her home at Burlington, N. C. She
was brought to New Bern at noon
that day by the revenue cutter Pam
lico, which had been engaged in a
fruitless search for the three victims,
Mrs. Murray's husband, the Burling
ton banker who owned the Julia; Mrs.
W. E. Porch, wife of a Beaufort ho
tel proprietor, and G. P, Dodson,of
Norfolk, an athlete, who was oper
ating the gasoline engines on the
yacht at the time of the explosion.
Mrs. Murray confirmed the belief that
there was no one else aboard when
tho explosion and fire that ensued
wrecked the handsome little craft.
Mrs. Murray stated that she awoke
on Friday morning ana aiscoverea me
yacht on fire. The flames had pro
gressed too far to be checked and the
two men and two women put on life
preservers and leaped overboard. Dod
son was asked by Mrs. Murray to as
sist her, but the hardiest one of the
party, it seems, viewed the prospect
of rescue as a futile one. "I'd rather
give it up," said the former athlete,
"than keep on only to freeie to ,
death.w The water .was very cold.
Dodson sank beneath the waves, a
couple of miles off the Hyde county
mainland. After the others had dis
appeared, and an hour after the ves
sel had sunk fishermen who saw the
light of the flames picked up Mrs.
Murray, rescusitated her from : her
half frozen condition, poured hot cof
fee down her throat and took her
ashore. At Engelhard She was cared
for by women of the town. The fish
ermen, the survivor said, lived up to
the traditions of their calling la their
gallantry in rendering aid to one in
distress. ; V,.". ; Irr. . . i
I Nearly two hundred men assisted '
n tno searcn lor tne ooaies oi tne
drowned. ,;: '. ' .' ; -. 'J
officers of the steamer Panama, which
arrived here today with the remainder
of the crew.