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VOL. XVI No. 288 SECOND EDITION , y KINSTON N. - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1915 FOUR PAGES TODAY
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ANS BENT UPON
GERM
WRESTING S0I8S0NS
FROM FREfiCil FORCE
Terriffic Onslaught By, In
vaders Upon Defenders
North of the Aisne
MOROCCANS STAND FAST
African Troops Repel : Re
peated Attacks Germans
. Shelling" Bridge City
Bombarded Battle With
in Sixty Miles of Paris .
(By the United Press)
Paris, Feb. 8 Fierce hand-to-hand
combats in the region of St Paul
mark the launching of the new Ger
man onslaught in the effort to a pas
sage of the Aisne at Soissons, with
in less than sixty miles of Paris. Mo
roccan troops on the outskirts of St
Paul, north of the Aisne, repulsed
three successive, German charges. The
Germans bombarded a bridge from
the north bank of the Aisne and
bombs were dropped upon Soissons.
The Germans seem determined to
drive the French from the north bank
of the Aisne. They have also start
ed new attacks against the Belgians
near Ypres.
Quiet In Alsace and Vosges.
In the Aisne region the Germans
are directing violent cannonading, es
pecially near Soissons. The French
repulsed an infantry charge near
Pierthes, and made gains in a coun
ter attack. Many prisoners were
taken. Heavy fogs today caused a
cessation of the operations in the
Vosges and Alsace.
..Efforts to Resume March Upon
Warsaw Fruitless.
Petrograd, Feb. 3. An entire Ger
man battalion was annihilated in the
Carpathians, it is officially announced.
The Germans are co-operating with
the Austrians for the defense of Hun
gary., The Germans' march upon
Warsaw has been halted. The Rus
sians resisted every attempt of the
Germans to pierce their lines. Along
Bzura and' in the region of Belimow
the Germans are attacking persist
ently. German attacks north of Bor
zhymow were repulsed with severe
losses. The Russians raided a num
ber of German outposts today in
marching upon Thorn. The German
effort to advance south of Lipno along
the north bank of the Vistula was
halted. The Austro-Germans have
abandoned their efforts to direct an
offensive northward to relieve Prez
mysl. German Success in Poland.
Berlin, Feb. 3. The village of Hu
min, east of Bolimow, has been tak
en and four thousand prisoners cap
tured A three days' battle for its
possession raged before at last the
Germans drove the Russians from the
village. Pressing forward towards
Warsaw the Germans are engaging
a Russian force northeast of Bolimow.
Russian night attacks at Bzura were
repulsed. North of the Vistula fre
quent infantry encounters occur.
French, attacks around Perthes
were repulsed. In Flanders artillery
duels are in progress. .
HOME, SAYS DR. SPILMAN
s. . ' - - ;
Baptist Sunday School Worker Finds
Conditions More Favorable
Here Than Anywhere Else
Visited By Him. '
Conditions are much better here.
than in any other part of the coun
try he has visited during the past
few weeks, Dr. B. W. Spilman reit
erates. Several weeks ; ago Dr.
Spilman traveled some thousands
of miles through the South, Middle
West and Southwest, and upon his re
turn told The Free Press that no
where had he seen signs of prosper
ity such as greeted him as he neared
Kington. - The noted Baptist field
worker was a few days ago in Flor
ida, having visited points along the
East Coast from St Augustine to
Miami. .
"Oranges are literally covering the
ground in the big groves, rotting for
want of a market" Dr. Spilman de
clared this morning.
Dr. Spilman believes no section
anywhere Is so fortunate as eastern
Carolina, 'and that no part of that re
gion is as lucky as Kinston and the
agricultural community surrounding
it
I(Sl).S.
TO GIVE; IIP BRIDGE
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WRECKER VAN 110
NEW BERN CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE AFTER
CONNECTION. NORTH
Dynamiter Claiming to Be A. C L. Officiate Assume a
German Officer May Have Different Attitude ; To-
Found Safety Across the ' ward Matter Than Was
Border -London and Ber- Intimated in Correspond
lin Both Concerned ence With Kinston Men
(By the United Press)
Vanceboro, Maine, Feb. 3.- Wer
ner Van Home, alleged dynamiter of
New Bern is waking up to the dis
advantage the people along the Nor
folk Southern Railroad's Beaufort
OHIO RIVER FAILS TO
REACH DANGER ZONE
Stream Receding After Going to the
Level of 281-2 Feet at "The
Point" Danger of Flood Has
Passed, It Is Thought
(By the United Press.)
Pittsburgh, Feb. 3. The danger of
a serious flood in the region of the
upper Ohio has passed. The river to-;
day reached twenty-eight and a half
feet at "The Point" and then began
to recede. - Several - cities besides
Httsburgh suffered slightly from the
flood. Families were forced to flee
to higher ground. A number of big
plants closed down and traffic was
hampered.
Cleveland, Feb. 3. The alarm over
the' spread of the Ohio river, due to
the rapl drise of the tributary rivers
subsided today with the' freezing wea
ther. The rivers are slowly assum
ing normal proportions.
Moundsville, W. Va., Feb. 3. The
Ohio river is still rising here at noon.
Forty-one feet is expected to be its
highest stage. It was nearly forty
feet this afternoon. No serious over
flow is looked for. .
the International bridge over the St division have been put to since the
forenoon passenger connection at
Goldsboro with that road was abandr
oned by the Atlantic Coast Line sev
eral months ago. The local Cham
ber of Commerce has been instrumen
tal probably in securing an early ad
justment of the matter, since the
Norfolk, Southern has agreed through
the Chamber's efforts to make a sac
rifice of half the tima necessary for
the connection to be re-established,
provided the A. C. L. would make a
similar sacrifice. The connection was
the greatest convenience the traveling
public from Kinston had, and most of
the people going north from this city
and vicinity took advantage of it
The New Bern Chamber of Com;
merce has now taken the matter up
with the Atlantic Coast Line. . In re
ply, T. C. White, the general passen
ger agent is declared to have said
that his road had curtailed their ser
vice, and that until the trains taken
off were put back that the present
schedule will remain intact Efforts
are being made by the New Bern peo
ple to have the A. C. L. reconsider its
decision.
The reply of Mr. White to the New
Bern Chamber is a little abrupt and
terse compared, with the letters that
came from the Atlantic Coast Lino to
the local Chamber. Although the A.
. C. L. has been in no wise as ready
to restore the connection as has the
! Norfolk Southern, the replies to Sec-
f -A - T ft-11 A .1 1
retary r. i. Buttons repeuwai mquir
Croix river, is being held here for
further orders. The Canadian auth
orities demand Van Home's surrend
re. Van Home declares he is an offi
cer in the German army, and cannot
be turned over to the enemy after
fleeing to a neutral country, it is
thought. A search is being made by
the Canadian authorities for Van
Home's accomplice. Van Home as
serts his accomplice is an Irishman.
Only snow and extreme cold kept
Van Home from completely destroy
ing the bridge at the point where the
explosion occurred.
International Complications.
Vanceboro, Feb. 3. Britain- is to
demand Van Horne from the United
States. Berlin's concern will make
the issue delicate, and America faces
a difficult diplomatic situation.
Long Discussion Over Abolition Long
and Short Haul Clause Amend-
ment Offered by Iobgood
To Reward Informants.
MN'FKIIIFDRY fiAS senate defers action
&?C;r.r;:i on justice repeal
tAI'LlMUN IN LUUlit
ROte?, WARREN, PA.
Leaking Pipe Cause of Al
most a Dozen Fatalities.
One . Macedonian Wood
man Only Escaped By
Leaping from the Roof
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
PORTUGAL SENDS MORE
TROOPS TO ANGOLA.
Berlin. Feb. 3. Reinforce
ments have left Lisbon for the
Portuguese possession of Angola,
on the west coast of Africa, ac
cording to reports. German col
onial troops now occupy the
greater part of Angola.
. (By the United Press)
Warren, Pa Feb, 3. Nine mem
bers of the Macedonian Woodmen
were created at Maybury, near here,
early today by a gas explosion in a
hall when they were holding a cele
bration. Six others were injured, two
fatally, were sent to a hospital. Six
teen men were in the building when
the explosion occurred. One jumped
from a window, and was the only
one who escaped. A disjointed gas
pipe is believed to have caused the
explosion.
JANUARY TRADE BALANCE
WAS A RECORD-BREAKER
Washington, Feb. 2. The balance
of trade in favor of the United States
during January was the greatest for
any month in the nation's history. Re
turns today from 13 ports which han
dle 86 per cent of the country's total
imports and exports, show a favorable
advance from January 2 to January
30, of $131,133,888. Ojcials pointed
out that a complete report would ma
terially increase that figure.
Exports for the four weeks through
the 13 ports reporting were $328,
574,096, an average of $59,643,525 a
week. Imports were $107,440,208, an
average of $26,860,052 a week.
NEGRO IN JAIL FOR
ALLEGED CLOTHES THEFT
I ies if something could not be done
! about the matter have always indi-
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN N. Y.
ALMOST IN SIGHT NOW
cated that the restored connection was
I being given "due consideration," and
hinting that an agreement with the
Norfolk Southern might be reached,
without saying, of course, whether
j such an agreement was desired now
All sewer construction work of the r 8 thousand years hence.
COUNCIL STOPS SOME
CONSTRUCTION WORK
Water and Light Department was
stopped Tuesday. Only nine men were
employed upon the piecemeal exten
sions, several of which have recently
been completed and several others
contemplated. The aldermen decided
that this work should be paid for
from the fund created by the bond is
sue recently sold. The laying off of
(By United P-sns) e m" , """"0O f ' " "
... ' . ... - that the $100,000 realized from the is
position, the concurrent resolution of t . ' , , , , .
fv o j a i.t - .. i sue will be available in a week or ten
Lower House Passes Concurrent Res
olution Without Opposition Sen
ate Expected to Follow Suit
Governor Will Sign It
RIG BUSINESS TURNS
LIGHT UPON ITSELF
Carl Ferrell, colored, was arrested
on East Bright street lato Tuesday
nicht upon the complaint of people
jwho claimed that Ferrell, represent
ing himsel to be the proprietor of a
pressing club, had secreted clothes
belonging to them and denied having
them. He is in the county jail. The
cft'.cers located a number of suits of
clothes, one of which was claimed by
a nexro immediately after. the arrest
This morning a man from the coun
try was seeking to connect Ferrell
with the larceny of meat from his
farm.
(By W. J. Martin)
, Raleigh, Feb. 8. After much dis
cussion today the House bill to re
peal the long and short haul clause
of. the Justice intra -state freight rate
act and an amendment by Hobgood to
suspend the clause only where lines of
less than 100 miles' length were in
terested, were deferred by the Senate
for final action Thursday morning.'
; Among the bills Introduced In the
Senate was one by Miller to provide
the Gregory supplements to the Pell's
revisal to superior courts of all coun
ties. Ward entered a bill which pre
scribed the details for popular elec
tion of United States senators.
in tne House Harden introduced a
bill to provide ten dollars' reward by
counties to any persons providing in
formation to convict violators of the
prohibition laws, and making the min
imum punishment three months on
the roads. The House is discussing at
great length the Sea well bill to put
the compensation of fire insurance
agents on a contingent basis, -
SEVERAL IMPORTANT
MATTERS DISCUSSED
BY CIVIC CHAMBER
Will Aid School for Fecble-
Minded in Getting: An
' .. Appropriation :
GOOD ROADS BILL PLANNED
Mass Meeting In Interest of
of . County Fair, to Be
HeldPlans for. Lyceum
Course Endorsed Slo
gan to Be, Adopted Later
BREAD GOES TO 6 AND 12
CENTS IN CHIC AM)! Dr. C. B. McNairy, superintendent
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce discussed several matters
of importance at their regular month
ly meeting Tuesday night, the prin
cipal topics being the; proposed new
buildings and equipment of the
North Carolina School foe the Feeble- :
Minded and the county fair.
of the State School, was present and
With Flour at $8 Per Barrel Bakers Joined in the lengthy discussion of the
Were Driven to Increase Prices.
Former Retail Rates for the
GrocersWheat, $1,65 1-2
(By the United Press)
Chicago, Feb. 3. With flour $8.00
a barrel, bakers raised the price of
bread today to 6 and 12 cents a loaf.
The prices to grocers will be five and
ten cents a loaf, and rolls will sell
for 12 cents a dozen.
BILL FOR GUILFORD'S
8-STORY COURTHOUSE.
Greensboro, Feb. 2. The county
commissioners, in session today, ap
proved a bill that has been drawn and
Which will be introduced in the Gen
eral Assembly providing for a $250,
000 bond issue for, the purpose of
erecting the proposed new courthouse
nd office building on the site now
occupied by the courthouse. , All ef
forts to clear the title to the proper
ty so it can be sold have proved futile,
nd this plan has been abandoned.
' The proposed new building is to be
act less than eight stories in height
nd will cover about 80 by 120 feet
WIRES BREAK AS THE
THERMOMETER LOWERS.
the woman's suffrage question to New
York voters passed the lower House
today. Its passage by the Upper
House and signing by Governor Whit
man in the near future is certain.
FORMER NAVAL CADET IS
NOW BRITISH OFFICER.
Spartanburg, S. C, Feb. 2. Mon
tague M. Nicholls of Spartanburg,
who went to England soon after the
outbreak of the . European war and
enlisted in the English army, has tak
en the oath of allegiance to Great
Britain and been promoted to the
rank of second lieutenant in the Roy
al artillery. This information was
contained in a letter received by his
family today. .
Until a year ago, when he resigned,
Nicholls was a cadet at the United
days. The bonds are now being printed.
Washington, Feb. 8. The search
light of "Big Business" was turned
upon itself here today, when the an
nual convention of the United States
Chamber of Commerce opened. "Big
Business" men from all parts of the
country gathered to diagnose busi
ness conditions and make prosperity
plans for the future.
Shortage of funds and the desire ' lonignt at a regular session oi tno
of the Council to reduce expenses al- Chamber, President Wilson has prom
. nw.h.hitr anmofhino f An istd a speech of importance. It is
with the suspension of the sewer
understood that the President will
work.
make a speech, as it affects Amcri-
' , 1 can business, on a par with his polit
t?ADH!II7D I ETICI ATAD CAVC 'c8' BPeec" recently at Indianapolis.
rUMiLn lXuljLAlUil OnlO Among the prominent speakers who
lirAATril IP V11TP VI Alt will address the convention will be
WOO 1 til a MA&lnll (lUUD Secretary of State Bryan and Secre-
tary of Commerce Redfield on devel-
S. C Brawley of Durham Is Quited opment of American foreign trade,
In Greensboro News , as Com
mending Action ia Making
Kinstonian Speaker.
particularly in Latin-America and the
Orient
J Discussion of the Federal Reserve
Act in its relation to trade expansion
will be led by Vice-President Samuel
S. C Brawley of Durham, a form
er member of the State Legislature, McRoberts of the National City Bank
former State Democratic committee- 0f New York.
man, and well-known throughout Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
North Carolina, in an interview giv- g scheduled to discuss the adminis-
States Naval Academy, and the star 'en the Greensboro Daily News at tration Ship Purchase Bill and en
quarterback of the Navy team of Washington, which was printed this largement of the American merchant
morning, declared ' ne oeiieves ire marine, uevernor Hamlin ox the red
North Carolina House made no mis- eral Reserve Board will give addition
take in electing Emmett R. Wooten, al interpretation of the currency re
the representative from Kinston, to form act
the Speakership. Mr. Brawley said: Commissioner of Corporation Da
"You will recall Iwas in Washing-' vies will tell the Chamberrthe scope
ton last May and predicted that he of the Federal Trade Commission. .
would be elected Speaker of the A banquet will be held tomorrow
House, and the action by that body night The President . was to have
has confirmed this prediction. I am spoken at the banquet but demurred
States sure they made no mistake. : at attending a social function so soon
. I The Greensboro Daily News, which after the death of Mrs. Wilson.
1913. He captained the team in the
Army-Navy game of that year.
CARR HAS NOTHING TO - ?
' SAY ABOUT CANDIDACY
Washington, Feb.. 2 Gen. Julian
S. Carr of Durham and Joseph Rob
inson of Goldsboro are among . the
North Carolinians here attending the
convention of the United
Chamber of Commerce.
General Carr had nothing to say, has been taking an occasional shot at ;
about the gubernatorial race. He the Speaker because of his appoint- VIRGINIA LAWMAKER IS
Chicago, I1L, Feb. 2. Falling tem
pera tares through tha MiMl W.t
added to the troubles of tele- said he was not talking about that all ment of Doughton to Bead tne nnanen j
ana teleirrnnV rmn..i lnnrtinl mMoof 4nt nnw '. "I am Committee, wmta a urj in wiucii.
FOUND DEAD IN BED.
wbose service has been hindered for' going to Philadelphia the latter part M might be expected in view of its Richmond,- Va-, Feb. 2-Delegate
wo days by sleet and snow. All com- of the week to hear Billy Sunday policy, there was little ' optimism S. F. Clements of Pittsylvania county
panies reported their wires were ' speak. I have been reading about the about the Legislature save the fact was found dead in his bed at the Lex
breaking with every degree drop in ' young man and I want to see him in that Mr. Wooten heads the lower fagton Hotel today, death being due
tbe temperature. . - - I action," said the general. House. .; . to heart
NEW YORK YANKEES
AFTER JOE JACKSON
New York, Feb. 2 Announcement
is expected to be made here tomor
row at a meeting of the American
League club owners of several trades
with the aim of strengthening the
Yankees. ' .
When Manager Donovan recently
visited Cleveland it was said he con
ferred with Cleveland club officials
over a deal whereby Outfielder Jack
son would come to New York.
COMMITTEE REPORTS
AGAINST SUFFRAGE
Speech by Dr. Anna Howard Shaw
to Joint Session of Legislature
Had No Affect, Favorable to
Issue, Upon Committee.
Raleigh, Feb. 2- The joint com
mittee on elections and constitutional
amendments, which heard the equal
suffragists today without a voice to
talk back at them, reported the bill
to submit the suffrage issue to refer
endum unfavorably and a ; minority
report will carry the war to the ene
my's country the floors of the
Houses.
The Senate voted four to three and
the House six to three against the
suffrage amendment Since the pro
position was simply a submission f
that issue and may have carried a
vote or two not entirely sympathetic
with the "cause" the outlook for ear
ly victory isnt rosy. The suffragists
are undismayed, however. They will
educate first and corporate next'
Before a crowd that had no half
sized chance to hear what she said,
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, the most
noted of woman suffrage
NEGRO KILLED IN THE
STORM AT BATTLEBORO.
Rocky Mount, Feb. 2. -One wo
man, a negro, was killed and several
other persons injured, when several
houses at Battleboro were unroofed
by a windstorm last night, according
to a report reaching here today. Tel
egraph and telephone communication
with Battleboro is severed. .
ESCAPES FROM SCHOOL
FOR THE FEEBLE-MINDED
narrlson Thompson, Who Was Sent
to Institution Because There
Was No Reformatory . Avail-
able, Causes Much Trouble
Harrison Thompson, inmate of the
School for the Feeble-Minded, prob
ably about thirteen years of age, but
undersized, is at liberty for the sec
ond time in a few months. Thomp
son came to the institution from New
ton, Catawba county, lie had been
in trouble there, it is said, and wan
sent to the school by the authorities
rather than have him committed to
jail, on account of his tender year.
Before Christmas Thompson, with an
other toy, left the school and got us
far as points in Northampton and
Halifax counties by swindling thpir
passage to Roanoke Rapids out of a
sympathetic rural, station master to
whom they related a heart-rending
story about a fictitious father being
in jail and how anxious they were to
got "home" to comfort their "moth
er.'? They were caught and returned.
When he left the school for hjs
present adventure, Thompson was ac
companied by Theodore Leggett, Both
walkod boldly off in broad daylight
An attendant gave chase, and Leggett
was captured. Thompson made good
his escape by hiding in woods until
the attendant gave up the search and
started back with his companion.
"FIGHTING METHODIST" .
RANKIN DIES IN TEXAS.
Dallas, Tex, Feb. 2. Dr. George
C Rankin, aged 65, editor of the Tex
as Christian Advocate, known among
Southern Methodists as "The Fight
ing Methodist of Texas," and one of
the leaders in Texas State-wide pro
hibition movements, died suddenly
here today. Dr. Rankin became a
Methodist circuit rider in 1870. af
terward holding pastorates in North
Carolina, Georgia, Missouri and Tex
as. He left a widow and six children
DOAK TO COACH U. OF N. C.
, FOOTBALL MATERIAL,
Chapel Hill, Feb. The athletic
management of the University, in
orators, ' session last night elected Charles G.
spoke to a joint committee of House Doak of Guilford College, as each
and Senate this afternoon. -of the 1915 baseball squad. '
Improvement of the institution, with
tho directors. A He was given every
assurance that the Chamber is deep
ly, interested,, and definite, action, was
taken in the appointment of two com
mittees. One, comprised by Mr. J.
F, Taylor, Mr. E. V. Webb and Sec
retary F. I, Sutton, was instructed to
write, , the . members, oi the., Legisla
ture's appropriation committees and
inform them that the Kinston Cham
ber of Commerce would like to
have them come here and investigate
on the grounds for the new buildings.
The other, composed ' of Mr. NT J.
Rouse, Drt J, M. Parrott, and .Secre
tary Sutton, was chosen to accom
pany Dr, McNairy before the .appro-'-priation
committees in Ralaigb on the
12th of: this month and! advise the
legislators that the local business men
are unanimous in advocacy of the ex
tensions. This committee : will bo
augmented by three other members
of the Chamber to be named by Pres
ident J. IL Canady.
The fair committee was empowered
to call a mass meeting for one night
next week, in which every interested
citizen will be given chance to voice
his opinion about the project. The
meeting will be well advertised, and
all residents of Kinston who do not
hold membership in the organization
as well as the farmers of the county
will be welcomed guests. To push
the fair along is one of President
Canady's pet ideas. He will endeav
or to have experienced men from lo
calities , where fairs have been held
in recent years come here1 for - the
meeting, and discuss with the local
people the best means for starting
und maintaining the proposed agri
cu'tural, mechuik'iii and stock exliib
No action was taken Dytthe direct
cis Tuesday night upon the matter of
accepting a slogan for, Kinston. A
number have been suggested and were
read to the members present, but
they were unable to make a choice.
The selection V was deferred until ,
March 2 and other suggestions, will
bo taken under consideration until
then. The good roads, committee re
ported that a. bill to enable the coun
ty to vote upon a bond issue is being
drafted. The draft would allow the
county commissioners to call an elec
tion in their discretion. The direc
torate endorsed the midwinter Chau
tauqua, brought to the body's atten
tion by Mr. Barron Caldwell, superin
tendent "of the cityl schools. The
chautauqua, an. indoor affair with tal
ent equal to that had here last sum
mer participating, will be held in the
new Grand Theater on Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday of the last week in
this month. Secretary Fred. L Sut
ton was named a delegate to repre
sent the local Chamber at the annual :
industrial dinner, of the New Bern
Chamber of Commerce on the 11th.
WILSON SEES NO HOPE
FOR AN EARLY PEACE.
Washington. Feb. 2-President Wil
son said today that while he saw
nothing definite now toward peace in
Europe, there was a strong hope and
sentiment for peach all over the
world. The President was askej if
there was anything definite in s'..t,
but he said he was sorry to say tV.ore
was not