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VP VI-No. 286
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KINSTON, N, C MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 1915
GUESTS AT SCHOOL
F03 ! FEEOJLE-F.SINDED
GREATLYjnrjJESSED
Dr. and Mj. lcNairy and
, jAssistants y ere Hosts
Saturday -'-.r;-
BIC'IINENT PEOPIE MRE
State-at-Iiarge Represented
and yisitors r; Delighted
With Work .of .School, As
Shown In Exercises Given
and Property Inspection
THAW SCORES DECISION
IN FIRST BOUT IN N. Y.
JusGce Davis Denied Jerome's Appli
I canon to Hare Notorleas Prison.
t Remanded to Matteawan
Aaylumtr-In Tombs.
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; (By the United Prose.) ,
New York, Jan. 25 Harry Thaw
won the first preliminary bout over
his return to Matteawan today, when
Justice, Davis denied the request of
Attorney' Jerome to return Thaw to
Matteawan. He will atay in his cell
at the Tombs prison, where he was
safely landed Sunday after being
brought here from New Hampshire
SIX PAGES TODAY 42 COLUMNS
PRICE TWO CENTS
About 100 people accepted the in'
vitation of Dr. C. & McNairy, super
intendent of the North Carolina
School for the Feeble-Minded, to
his guests at the institution, two
miles west of ,the city Saturday even
ing. Forty-eighJSanstonlans, a num
ber of Lenoir county folk from the
country, and several distinguished cit
izens motored or drove there late
in the afternoon. Threatening wea-
ther prevented an even larger num
ber from enjoying ihe hospitality of
Dr. McNairy and family and the fac
ulty of the school.
At 6:30 o cook the visitors were
conducted over the grounds and the
buildings were inspected. The admir
able system called forth many com
pliments far inose in charge' of the
institution. On every hand it was in
evidence, in the well-kept dormitor
ies and central building and all
around th e big grounds. The build
ings impressed .the guests as being
bright and comfortable and housing a
happy, colony of 'inmates.
At ,0:30 o'clock children, aided by
teachers, rendered a Jprogram of exer
cises in ihe assembly room of the
girls' dormitory. Instrumental num
bers, jiongs, recitations and a clever
kindergarten motion exercise set to
. ., . i i
music wpre exceiienuy carriea out.
The progress of the inmates in the
short time they have been the charges
of Dr. McNairy and his efficient as
sistants surprised the audience. The
little folks were as apt in their parts
as age normal children, 'usually, on
such occasions. Miss Sallie Shaw,
head of the faculty, beamed her pleas
ure at the success of the occasion and
the auditors congratulated the parti
cipants and their instructors generously.
The dinner, with about a hundred
at table, was started in the central
building at 7:30 o'clock. The follow
ing menu was served:
Oyster Cocktail, Barbecue, Turkey,
Cranberries, . Pickles, Nut Salad,
Mince Pie, Pumpkin Custard, Coffee,
Ice Cream and Cake, Fruit.
Rev. George B. Hanrahan, pastor
of Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian
church, invoked a blessing upon the
feast and the diners.
The speeches were numerous. May
or Fred. I. Sutton started the pro
gram off with "Our City." Our city,
according to his- version, which, of
course, was accepted as authoritative
by nearly all present, ts about as near
to a Utopian community as exists
pnywhere.
Mr. tieorge I a roll, sneaking fr
the neighborhood, discussed th
fiicndship of "We Country Folks" for
me hew State institution. '
Hon. N. J. Rouse spolxe .of.... "Our
School.' The speech was declared by
one prominent man among the very
representative' gathering'' to be i
gem." 1 Mr. Rouse's address embod
ied a sentiment Bhared by nil his
Rev. H. A. Humble, pastor of the
Queen Street Methodist church, spoke
upon "Feeble-Mindedness from Ue
ligiuus 'Viewpoint" The quintessence
of leligion is service to the needy, he
stated. - -,,A'-;" -: .V
Mr. Barron .Caldwell, superintend
ent of the Kinaton City Schools, dis
cussed'! Teeble-Mindednese " from- an
Educator's Standpoint" There had
been much said about the subject in
many educational meetings he had at-
tended during the past decade, Supt
Caldwell said, but he had learned more
In his present visit to the State scboul
than ia U the ten years. As an edu
cator, lie complimented Miss ' Shaw
pon the thoroughness of her meth
ods, and their results!
Col. S. E. Shaw gave the lawyer's
idea of the subject in his speech on
Feeble-Mindedness From ' a Legal
Standpoint.".' - - ... i;, - : , .; j
: - Dr, Cyrus Thompson of ' Jackson-
PROMPT PROTEST HAS
BEEN MADE IN EACH CASE
Bryan fai Lengthy Document Sent to
Stone Defends America's Action
. In Protecting Foreign Inter
ference With Shipping,
t
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 24. The U. S
Government today issued a lengthy
defense of its interpretation of the
rights and duties of a neutral in the
European war.
A document of 5,000 words long,
prepared by President Wilson, Secre
tary Bryan and Counsellor Robert
Lansing of the State Department, af
ter several days of consultation, was
made public in the form of a letter
from the Secretary of State to Sena
tor Stone of Missouri, chairman of
the Senate Committee on Foreign Re
lations. While the letter is a reply to an in
quiry from Senator Stone for infor
mation as a result of complaints
made in (the press and in letters from
various parts of the country charging
the Washington government with un
fairness to Germany and Austria, il
also is intended as a proiouncement
of policy on some questions of neu
trality previously unexplained.
"The letter answers nineteen separ
ate and specific charges and calls at
tention to the fact that the United
States has promptly 'taken to task
Great Britain as well as Germany and
every government which in any way
has infringed upon the rights of thi
country. .
HEAVY RAINSt HAVE' SHIPS BADLY USED
IN THE FIERCE GALES
SWEEPING ATLANTIC
CAUSED NEUSE RIVER
TO LEAVE ITS BANKS
Western Side Is Inundated
and Water Still Rising-
Railroad Service to South
ern Part of Country Sus
pended Indefinitely
UUERTA SUPPORTER "LIDARING ASSAULT.BY
lAitlDJ Uil AAUIT rUUll !
As the result of hard rains recent
ly Neuse river is at the highest stage
in years. At points upstream it has
... a , if . i . .
uvcniowea inio neias, ana is threat
ening livestock and other property.
Opposite this city the river is out
of bounds, with the prospect that it
will continue, to rise for some time
Heavy freshets up the river are not
due for some hours. Old river men
say the flood will .reach and probably
exceed the proportions of the one sev
eral years ago, when the water reach
ed the level of first-story windows on
the west side of the stream from here,
Trains on the Kinston-Carolina
Railroad have been annulled indefin
itely. One section of the track about
fifteen feet in length has been wash
ed away, and more of it is threatened
by the rising tide. Passengers on an
incoming train this morning were re
quired to walk from the break into
the city. ,
The rain which began here Satur
day night continued almost without
let-up from a drizzle to a downpour
for more than twenty-four hourn.
Heavy winds which accompanied the
precipitation early Sunday morning
reached velocity sufficient to blow
down trees but did little damage to
property. The rainfall was very hea
vy throughout the section, but no re
ports have come in of damage in the
outlying country.
CEASE FIGHTING
THAT THEY MAY EAT
Belgian :Relief Ship from
Frisco Towed Into Hali
fax Minus Her Rudder
HAS PEACE
PllFWEXICfl
,;f...
MORE GERMAN PROTESTS
Claim Now That .U. S. Is
Making, Airships for Eng'
land and Russia Sayre
Baby Gets More Shoes
Than Can Try On
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
AUSTRIAN PREMIER REPORTED
TO HAVE RESIGNED.
Rome, Jan. 24. A dispatch
from Vienna says Count Sturgis,
the Austrian premier, has resign-ed.
ville, "silver-tongued orator of the
East," stated in his talk ipon "The
Forefathers of the Institution" that
Lenoir county was the birthplace of
the idea for the school. ; Dr. Ira M.
Hardy, a Lenoir man, originated the
plan, and the Seaboard Medical So-
its achievement, the Jacksonville man
said.
Dr. J. M. Parrott discussed "Fee
ble-Mindedness from a Medical
Standpoint" The noted physician
made one of the best speeches of the
evening. He showed how the school
was nroductive of improvement of
the people in a number of lines.
Dr. A. A. Kent of Lenoir, N. C, a
member of the Legislature, declared
in his discourse upon "The; Stat'tes
Duty to Its Feeble-Minded that Kin
ston hadone well by the institu
tion, and assured his hearers that it
would grow, and that its expansior
would accrue to no other commumty-s
benefit like Kinston's. N
T Miss Mary Scwarburg, a mission
worker taking the whole scope of life
in the western counties of the State
for her task, made a very edifying
talk. She was well acquainted with
her subject ' ' - f ' X '
The final; number on the speech
making program was by Hon. Mark
Majette of Columbia, N. C State
Senator, and one of the first friends
of the School for the Feeble-Minded.
Senator " Ma jette responded to the
toast, "He, Has Seen Us, and What
He Thinks f Us.". The senator de
clared he waa delighted with what he
had seen' predicted a useful future
anoVa wider scope for the schooL
-"e evening's pleasures came to an
end at 11:30, when the guests return-,
e to the city, all much gratified atj
what they had witnessed and heard.
n-ni fha remilt nf the efforts
of Dr. McNairy and his cooks, anT
entertaining very cordial opiniona of j
the host and his assistants, j
People of Lower Hungary Protest
Against Iron Hand of War De-N
Against Iron Hand of War Dc
priving Them of Food Dem
onstrations of Anger.
(By the United Press)
Rome, Jan. 24. Serious outbreaks
are occurring in lower Hungarian cit
ies. Citizens are protesting the con
tinuance of the war and the result
ant increase in food prices. It is re
ported that messages have been sent
to Budapest in protest. Demonstra
tions aDDroachine riots occurred in
many cities this week.
EQUAL SUFFRAGE BILLS
IN THE LEGISLATURE
Raleigh, N. C, January 23. Sena
tor Hobgood in the Senate, and Rob
erts of Buncombe in the House intro
duced bills to amend the constitution
so that women will have the right of
ballot on eouality with men. The bills
carry an amendment to the grand
father clause so that similar regula
tions will apply to women until 1918
Hobirood introduced a bill in the
Senate to pay families of town and
county convicts some compensation
for the work of the convicts.
The Nash bill for arbital courts
i
came up as a special oruer ana was
deferred indefinitely.
The House passed the Senate bill
allowing women to be notary publico
and then reconsidered it, making the
measure a special order for Tuesday
of next week.
SOUND REFUSES TO
- GIVE UP VICTIMS.
New Bern, Jan. 22. Late reports
from Engelhard, the point nearest the
to the effect that the searchers who
since last Saturday have been endeav
oring to locate the bodiesof J. W.
Murray of Burlington, Mrs. W. E.
Porch of Beaufort and J. P. Dodson
of Norfolk, Va, who lost their lives
when the yacht Julia burned to the
had met with no success. -
BRITISH SINK GERMAN
SUPPLY SHIP. -
London, Jan. 2 1. The admir
alty announced yesterday that an
unnamed British battleship had
sunk a supply ship for the Ger
man eru&era in Parific-Anstrali- '
an waters. The crew has beea
imprisoned. ' It is supposed the
supply ship fnrnished the Ger
man cruiser Bremen with sup
. plies. ' : ' - '
(By United Prtsj)
Washington, Jan. 25.-The Italian
freight steamer, Angelo Parodi, was
dashed to pieces off Atlantic City by
a strong south gale. The revenue
cutter Itasca has gone to her assist
ance. '
Secretary Bryan has made com
plete answer to the German protect
at United States' neutrality policy.
President Wilson today greeted
Miss Mary Custis Lee, daughter of
the famous Confederate general, Rob
ert E. Lee.
The Belgium relief .- ship Camino,
which was disabled in the North At
lantic en route to Belgium, put into
Halifax today. . She was in tow of a
tramp steamer, the Kanawha, which
ciuight her distress signal Saturday
about 100 miles off Halifax. A dis
abled rudder was the cause of tho
Camino's distress.
Leaking- badly and with masta tles-
troyed, the schooner, Mary L? Baxter,
is in distress thirty-ffye miles south
ofCaoo llenry. Tlhe cutter Seminole
has gone to the rescue.
, Germany today protested to the
State Department at the manufacture
of hydro-aeroplanes in the Unitec
States for use in England and Rus
sia. The note declared that the Cur
tis works had sold England six hy
dro-planes and thirty-five others of
different typos, were now under con
struction. Also' that Russia had or
dered a numler for use by her navy.
Francis Sayre is doing fine. lie has
been the recipient of more shoes than
he could wear out in a lifetime. Gifts
from all parts of the country arc arriving.
Carranzistas Make Prcgrcss
and Take Guadalajara
Obrcgon Reinforced By
Yaquis-Would Call Back
Former Huerta Friends
Destroyed Automobile Worka and
Four Hundred Machines; Being v
- Made for German Army , ,"
' Works Located in Easen
(By the United Press)
Guadalajara, Mexico, Jan. 2!v
This point fell into the hands of Car
ranzistas Sunday, Eight hundred Y:i-
qui Indians arrived from Pueblo to
reinforce Obregon. Arturo Elias,
former Huerta -pupporter, in sterling
a now peace movement, urging all
former Huorta supporters to ietur
to Mexico.
(By the United Press)
Amsterdam, Jan. 25. The Krupp
automobile works and 400 completed
machines were I destroyed by bombs
dropped on Essen by a British airman.
Essen is in Rhine Province and the
machines were ilndcr construction for
the German army, ' , V
JUDGE PEEBLES OPENS
FIRST COURT OF YEAR
GUARDS OVERPOWERED BY
BANDITS, WHO ESCAPE
Three Desperadoes in Syracuse, N. Y
Jail Put Gun in Attendant's Face
and Demand Keys Escaped
In Taxicab
(By the United Tress)
Syracuse, N. Y., Jan. 25. The po
lice are. searching for three bandits
who Inst night escaped from the eoun
ty jail after forcing tho guard at the
point of n gun to give them his keys.
Their escape Was made in a taxi
which had evidently been provided by
confederates.
I
REIGN 0? TERROR
IN MEXICO CITY
28 DEPUTIES JA
FOR MURDE
STRIKING LABO
NGTWO
EES
Face Trial for First Degree
Murder Sheriff Blames
the Strikers
THREATS OF DYNAMITING
Other Men Walk Out in Fear
Families Will Be Killed
Officials Afraid for Pub'
lie Funeral of Victims
Convention Garrison Discharged Po
lice and Oilier Civil Officials and
Outrages and Panic Follow
ed Numerous Charges.
(By the United Fress.)
Washington, Jan. 24. A reign of
terror in Mexico City exists as a re
sult of outrages committed by Villa's
and Zapata's soldiery. .Zapatistas
hae dismissed tho police force and
employes of the government. Panic,
disorder end outrages resulted.
CROWN PRINCE OF GERMANY
(By the United Press)
Roosevelt, N. Y., Jan. 24. Twenty
eight deputy sheriffs who killed two
strikers last Tuesday are in the court
ty jail at New Brunswick charged
with murder in the first degree. Ann
ed guards still patrol the fertilizbr
plant. Admittance is refused to all.
Roosevelt officials fear, public funcr-
8 Is for the two victims would rouse
the strikers to violence.
Engineers, oilers and firemen em
ployed in the Ltibig, Armour and Wil
liams & Clark plants quit work to
day. They told the officials that dur
ing the night they received : letters
threatening their families with death
if they continued to work Many were
told that their homes would, he dyna
mited. : ;
Special Sessio nto Probe Strike.
New Brunswick, Jan. 23. The Mid
dlesex county grand jury will profce
the case of the. strikers at Roosevelt
at a special session beginning Tues
day morning. The sheriff claims the
strikers fired first shots.
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, New Photograph of the crown
prince in full uniform.
Over 260 Cases Docketed for One
Week Term, But None Import
antFew Jail Cases Judge's
Charge to the Jury.
The January term of criminal Su
perior Court sat here this morning.
Judge R. B. Peebles opened the term
at 10 o'clock. It is the first court of
the year here, the civil term sched
uled for earlier in the month having
been called off at the instance of the
Bar Association, Judge Peebles will
conduct all the spring courts here,
until June SO. His home is at Jack
son, N. C.
The docket is, fairly heavy. There
arc between 200 and 270 cases listed.
However, there is not a single case
of more than ordinary interest, and
none promises to be hard to try Many
are for failure to list taxes. There
are the usual number of "c. c. w"
"a. aml.b." and similar matters which
can be quickly disposed of, and al
though the term lasts but six days it
is expected that the docket will be
nearly wiped off in that time. There
are less than a dozen . , jail cases.
These, of course, will be given the
preference by the court.
Judge Peebles charged the grand
jury about 10:30 o'clock. He called
attention to the? peculiarly construct
ed laws which have made America
great land in a short time, and which
allow to the citizens of the -United
States privileges and liberties not en
joyed "by those of any other nation t
He dwelt upon the responsibility
which the jury was to assume in view
of these conditions, and explained to
it thoroughly technical rules which
should govern it during its incomben
cy.
GERMAN FLEET UPON
LAUD REPULSED
British Fought Enemy Back
to Mine Field Off Cosst1
w at Jleligoland -
BIG CRUISER DESTROYED
Only 123 of the Bluecher's
885, Men SavedTRaid By
German Aviators ; In. Al
lies' Uniforms Upon City
of Dunkirk
RQUMANIA TAKESTHE
LAST STEPS FOR WAR
Hospitals Established In Schoolhouses
and War Stamps Issued Aus-tro-German
Diplomats Strive
to Prevent Declaration.
(By United Press)
Rome, Jan. 24. German-Austrian
diplomats are making a desperate ef
fort to prevent Roumania from en
tering the war on the side of the Al
lies. According to reports, Roumania
is preparing for an invasion of Tran
svlvanla. Roumanian schoolhouses
have been converted into hospitals.
War postage stamps have already
been issued.
MRS.
AYCOCK'S CHANCES
ETTER OVER SUNDAY
Washington, D. C, Jan. 24. That
Mrs. C. B. Aycock will be appointed
postmaster at Raleigh became in
creasingly apparent here today, al
though there has been no tangible de
velopment in the situation smce yes-
rday. North Cardlinicais here have
become convince:!, however, that her
appointment, aside from being a good
solution of a political tangle, will be
the most popular appointment in the
State. . : '
WILMINGTON STILL
HOPES FOR
BASEBALL
Wilmington, Jan. 24. A meeting
of baseball fans of Wilmington, Fay
ettevillc, Rocky Mount, Goldsboro aid
other eastern North Carolina towns
will be held in Wilmington the lat
ter part of next week in ah effort to
revive the old Eastern . Carolina
League. The opinion prevails ' her'
that a league will be organised. Sc
far, all the towns jn the eastern pait
of the State have manifested inter
est in the proposition except NeV
Bern, and it is thought that she, too,
will eventually fall in line.
(By the United Press). ,
Berlin, Jan, 25V The sinking of
a British battle cruiser in the naval
engagement in the North Sea yester
day morning is officially claimed. The
loss of the German cruiser Blucher
is officially admitted. It la claimed
the other German ships have return
ed but little damaged. Four German
battle cruisers, four, small cruisera
and two torpedo boats engaged
British fleet of five battle cruisers and
several smaller cruisers and twenty
six torpedo boat destroyers. J,
English Account of the Battle. ; '
. London, Jan. 25 It is V reported
that a four-funnelled German cruiser, .
badly damaged, was sighted.trfT the
Holland coast early today, going at
half speed for the Island of Borkvm.
Only 123 of the crew of 885 of the
Blucher were rescued.
German aeroplanes bombarded Dun
kirk Friday, patnted With the trMol
or of France under their side wings.
Twelve German aviators wort uni
forms of the Allies. Nine were kill
ed and twelve wounded at Dunkirk.
Unconfirmed reports say American
Consular Agent Ban Morel was bad
ly wounded. A shell partially de-"
molished the American consulate. It
is reported that a German pilot and
observer was captured when one
Taube raided Dunkirk, and was shot
down.: The men were executed. They
wore EngHsh and French uniforms.
The official statement does mot Men
tion the sinking of a British battle
cruiser m the North Sea. An engage
ment is admitted. The British aband
oned the fight off Heligoland. It i
declared pursuit was dangerous be- .
cause of the .German mine fields. The
British statement gives , as British
losses of ships or men. . (
Pontoon Bridges Destroye.
Paris, Jan. 25. German pontoon
bridges across the Meuse at St. Mi
Mel were blown to pieces by French
shells. The shells fell in, the city of
St. Mihiel and caused considerable
losses among the German defenders.
The French have made gainst east of :
St. Georges and near the seacoasU
Many Bavarian prisoners, have been
taken. An infantry attack was made
on Lorrain. The German infantry At
tacks on Bery-an-Bac were. 'repulsed. -
In the champaigns region th French
have demolished the German earth
works. From the river Lys south
war dto the Oise severe cannonading .
is in progress. .t
Germans Claim Everything. "
Berlin. Jan. 25 The Frehch , ad
vance in the Rhine and lowef Ahace
regions has been repulsed with heavy
loss. The Hartmannsweiier iierman
artillery halted tha French . charge.
Four hundred dead among Frencn
and many prisoners taken., The Rus
sian attacks on Gambinnen - in East
Prussia wer repulsed." The War De
partment officially denied the Russian
claim that , the Germans were pushed ;
back twenty or thirty miles in Pilica. .
Russians Repulse Germans. '
Petrograd, Jan. 25 The German
armies advanced nVangarod, the
main fortress protecting Warsaw, on . '
the South, but were repulsed.' Bloody '
battles have occurred in Vincenlynof
and near the railroad bridge crossing
the Pilica. The Russians are making
progress at Fortress Thorn. Th Aus
trians are attempting to resume the
offensive at Bukowina. . . ' ; '
WHEAT MADE NEW RECC7J)
ON CHICAGO tlriST
(By the United Press) V
Chicago, Jan. 25 Wheat react? 1 a
new high mark today, when it Vent
to f 1.45 per bushel.