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YOUR KO"E F.FER , ra DA LY PRESS THE r PUBLISHED EERY KFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDRY, VOI-VINo.293 SECOND EDITION KINSTON N. C, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1915 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWOCENT3 RHEIMS CATHEDRAL AGAIN THE TARGET FOR GERMAN SHELLS Historic Building Suffers Severe Damage 20 Civ ilians Killed THREE MORE OUTLAW PIUTES SLAIN NEAR BLUFF IN FIGHTING Nebeker's Posse Had Sever al Men Wounded in , En gagement Which Began at MidnightIndians Try RUSSIANS FALLING BACK to Escape from Canyon. BILL IN SENATE TO ENLARGE "5 SYSTEM OF SCHOOL Ward Author Also of An other to Amend the La' Grange Charter Germans Having Best of It In E ast Spring Cam paigns Being Prepared in the West The French Gain Slightly (By United Press) Paris, Feb. 23. German ; gunners are bombarding Rheims. The Cath edral has again suffered severe dam' aire. Twenty civilians have been killed by German shells. Conditions in East Favorable to the Germans. Berlin, Feb. 23.-The Russian pf- f ensive northwest of Lomza is f all- inar back, i Many cannon . have . been captured and more than three hun dred prisoners. South of the Vistula the Russian attacks have been re pulsed. The French have renewed assaults upon the Germans around Perthes and mad slight gains. The Germans have captured a French position on the heierhts north of Muehlback. ; In the Vosges region the Germans have . taken Sattlekopf. British Miners Successful. - London, Feb, 23.-7-1116 Germans are increasing ' their activity around YpresI The British have successful ly mined a German trench to the rear of Givericby. The trench was, des troyed. The Germans were forced to retire to the canal banfe-i South of Lys artillery and rifle fire is daily increasing in volume. Gen. French has reported that both sides are tun ing up preparatory to the opening of the Bpring campaign. Germans Expected to Assail Warsaw From North. Petrograd, Feb. 23. It is admitted that the Germans are desperately at , tempting to press toward - the fort ress of Novoe Georgievsk, guarding i Warsaw from the north. Strong bod ies of Germans are passing southeas terly along the Bohr and Narew riv ers toward Przasnyz, where new bat tles are in progress. , (By the United Press) Cortez, Colorado, Feb. 23. Three more Indians have been killed and several members of the posse of U, S. Marshal Nebeker are believed have been wounded in a desperate fight which started at midnight be tween the Piutes at Bluff and the whites besieging them. Today's reports say at least three members of the posse were wounded, and possibly more. The Indians made a ' desperate attempt to escape from Cottonwood Canon. TWO KILLED, TEN HURT IN BIRMINGHAM BLAZE Paint Store Destroyed and Adjacent Buildings Partially BurnedEx plosion Injured Five Firemen. Leaped From Third Floor. (By the United Press) Birmingham, Ala., Feb. 23. Two were killed and ten injured today in a fire which destroyed a paint store and partially ruined adjoining build ings. An explosion occured when firemen cut their way through a wall and five , were hadly burned. Five others were injured when they jump ed, from the third floor. - "HIRE-A-MAN" CAMPAIGN IS ON IN PHILADELPHIA, t, rnnaueipnia, : r eo. zs. wnaer di rection of the Department of Public Works a "hire-a-man" campaign for the relief of the unemployed was in auguratcd here today. The depart ment expects to secure the co-opera tion of churches, clubs and other or ganizations as well as individuals. and requests that repair work and other odd jobs, "which would be done anyhow two months hence" be done at once. FALLS WANTS AMERICAN POWERS TO POLICE MEXICO Washington, Dec. Feb. 22. Inter vention by the United States, Argen tine. Brazil and Chile to police Mex ico with a view of establishing and maintaining order was advocated in The Hague, via London, Feb. 22. the Senate today by Senator Fall of Inquiries of the coast guard stations New Mexico, NOTHING IS HEARD OF . , MISSING MEN OF EVELYN During consideration of the army appropriation bill, Mr. Fall declared the safety of the United States from attack from across the seas depended upon the restoration of order in Mex in North Holland have brought the re l t HI t . V'J man noinmg nag been seen or heard of that part of the crew of the American steamer Evelyn who were reported to have proceeded for Hol land after the steamer was blown up, A very dense foe prevailed through- out yesterday and today along the VILLA'S MEN ROUTED : The Dutch marine department also is without information concerning the missing men of the Evelyn's crew. WOOTEN HAS GOOD DAY "If Condition Continues the Chances for Recovery Will Greatly Multiply". Affairs in Both Houses of the Assembly (By W. J. Martin.) Raleigh. Feb. 23. Senator Ward introduced a bill today to provide for the enlargement of the Kinston grad ed schools; also a bill to grant a new charter to LaGrange. Dr. Royster, attending Speaker Wooten, said this afternoon that the "Speaker is having an especially good day. If he continues to hold this condition for a few hours longer his chances for recovery will greatly multiply. His temperature is 100 3-5, his pulse 112 and his respiration 24. The Senate elected W. M. McNairy of McDowell, engrossing clerk, to succeed the lamented William Ay- cock. Senator McNider introduced lrbill to prevent railroads from issuing transportation to newspapers in ex change for advertising. A bill by Gilliam would provide for expert cotton graders. : Senator Wea ver procured a resetting of the child labor bill for a special order or Fri-' day. The Senate, in considering the revenue bill, adopted sections 32 to j 50 without change. In the House Representative Carr introduced a bill to prohibit girls un der eighteen from working in factor ies at night; also a bill to require roads to furnish refrigerator cars within one day after application. The House passed the Cameron Highway Commission bill with the appropria tion cut to 10,000. ' UNCLE SAM'S FIGHTING TOPS: i A- K' ; i aMftmstf ism OF BOTH DOGERIIMSI'ISllTO LAWYER AND JUDGE DRAG AMERICA L'JTO TO BE INVESTIGATED THE BIG STRUGGLE? This Appears to Be plan of k. S. Ships I Will Be Sunk Action li legislature De- Only By Design." Lord cides to Handle Carter Beresford . Abernethy Case Com-I mittee Hearing Thursday RIDICULE BERLIN ROT This remarkable photograph of the battleship New York, taken as It was passing under Manhattan bridge, show a close view ot the fighting topi on the lattice masts that are peculiar to the battleships of the American navy, Though machine guns can be mounted in the tops, their main value li for observation and gun control VALUABLE JEWELRY STOLEN FROM WIFE OF N. Y. C. PRESIB W WANT U. OF N. C. AND A. & M. TO RESUME RELATIONS. Greensboro, Feb. 22. A meeting of the local alumni of the University of North Carolina will be held tomor row night to discuss ways and means of getting the University to agree to play with the State A. & M. College in football. For several years the two institutions have had no athletic contests, but now" A. & M. is willing to meet the University. ENEMY WITH BIG LOSS HOLLAND AROUSED OVER GERMANY'S ACTION The Hague. Netherlands, via Lon don, Feb. 28. A tense undercurrent! of feeling is running through all clas ses in nolland. This is attributed to public concern over Germany's action w not replying to the Dutch protest concerning the North Sea war tone and nervousness ai to what. might re-1 supply traina were seized by Villa, suit irororthe (German blockade and! who is now pursuing the Carranzis- submanne activity, which might pro-ltas towards Manianillo. duce an untoward incident at any mo ment. . Carranzistaa Lost Sixteen Hundred Killed and Captured, .Besides Trains of Supply Wagons Vanquished Retreating To wards Manianillo. . (By the United Press.) Washington, Feb. 23. The State Department confirms the report that the Carranzistaa were routed by Vil- listas at Zayula and sixteen hundred killed and many captured. Several ureensboro, Feb. v. 22. Raymond Fair, a young whiteman of Proximity, oroke the plate glass window in the front of Bernau's jewelry store and stole about $125 worth of jewelry. Before he had gotten ten steps away from the building he was arrested by Policeman. He had a bottle in his hand which he had used to break the Window, and the' jewelry was found "m hia and returned to the owner. CHIEF JUSTICE SPEAKS ON : SUFFRAGE IN GREENSBORO Greensboro, Feb. 22. In the coun ty courthouse here tonight, Chief Jus tice Walter. Clark delivered an ad dress on woman suffrage before the Greensboro Equal Suffrage League, Opening his remarks with these words. "Ladies and Fellow Citizens," Judge Clark said that it would not be long before it will be sujeient in North Carolina as well as elsewhere, to say simply "fellow citizens." WOTHER OF NINE WAS WEDDED ON DEATHBED Salisbury, Feb. 22. Some twenty years ago A. C. Gibbons and Miss Lucy Litaker, a young couple, made a trip to South Carolina, and upon their return announced that they were married. ' Setting up housekeeping at Woodleaf, in Rowan county, they be came good, substantial citizens of the community, and have become parents of nine children. Recently Mrs. Gib bons was stricken with tuberculosis, and Saturday night, apparently real izing that she was near unto death, she related to a neighbor a secret that she and Mr. Gibbons had kept through a score of years. They were never married, she said, and the man she loved heard her tell the story and admitted its truthfulness. Unwilling to go out into the Beyond without le gally wedding her beloved husband she insisted upon a ceremony at once, and the husband cheerfully agreed with her. - Accordingly some' one was sent to Salisbury for license, although it was midnight and a preacher was secured so the ceremony could be per formed before the arrival of the Sil ent Boatman. Miss Mary Uzzell passed through the city Monday afternoon, en route to New Bern after spending the week end with relatives in LaGrange. Mrs. A. F. Smith Robbed of Gems Worth $50,000 at California Hotel $3,000 Holdup in Chicago Thea ter TodayNo Clue (By the United Press) Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 23, Rob bers entered the rooms of Mrs. A. F, Smith, wife of the president of the New York Central Railway, : stop ping at the Beverly Hills Hotel, and stole $50,000 worth of jewelry. Tho thieves left no clue. Chicago, Feb. 23. Four robbers today dynamited the safe in William A. Brady's theater, in the Loop Dis trict, and escaped, with $3,000 in cash. The robbers tied and gagged the watchman. SHERIFF TAYLOR RETURNS WITH ESCAPED CONVICT As forecasted in Monday's Free Press, Sheriff A. W. Taylor Monday night brought Matt. Manning, color ed, here from Craven county. Man ning was one of the; five negroes who escaped from county convict guards about a mile south of the city last Thursday night. Chief of Police Lupton of New Bern went to a point about three miles from that city to aid Sheriff Taylor in the capture of Manning. The house of an old colored woman was searched, and a suspicious-look ing bed attracted the officers' atten tion. Manning was under the mat tress. ., ' . Manning was sentenced in Onslow County Superior Court for vagrancy and sent here to serve his time. , He stated that Walter Harris, another of the fugitives, had been with him until a few hours before. A search for Harris was unavailing. He is be believed to be on his way to Eliza beth City. - Manning told the Sheriff that in the excitement he and Harris slip ped away from the guards together. They were unaware that Petty Teach ey, who precipitated the delivery when he attacked a guard named Woolard, and two other men were at liberty. It has developed that the Legisla ture will probably not only investi gate the conduct of Judge Frank Car ter in the Carter-Abernethy affair, but that of Solicitor Charles L, Ab ernethy as well. In executive session at Raleigh late Monday, House Judiciary Com mittee No. 1 considered the contempt ease, reviewing its history in all its phases. Several weeks ago Judge Carter, said something in Superior Court in regard to a case which the State was willing to postpone that caused Solicitor Abernethy to take it fot granted that tha presiding officer meant to intimate that the prosecu tion was not Inclined to do its duty in" the matter. The State's Attor ney started to "explain" and was or dered to ait down. Judge Carter de manded that he resume his seat sev eral times and ordered him in con tempt before Abernethy complied, and lined him $50 with the, provision that he be jailed if he did not pay. Abernethy publicly declared that ho felt his humiliation deeply and would seek redress.; The legislative inves tigation of the Judge's part in the affair promised to be interesting. Jt has been so far. The reported deci sion of the solons to extend their in vestigation to the Solicitor has been the most interesting development, Former Governor William W. Kit- chin and ex-Judge J. S. Manning ar- Habeas Corpus Suit Of Al- gued the Judge's aide befor the Ju , ... , , - n, I diriary Committee Monday. Accord icyeu luuiucici vi x a Idea That English Directed Evelyn Into Mine Field 13 Absurd, Admiralty Says. No News From Survivors of the Crew OFFICIALS FILE BRIEF IN THE FRANK APPEAL CASE ing to the Raleigh News and Observ er, Mr. Kitchln "objected to a legis lative investicratlon of a ntmW of Thursday or nday liy the State judiciary, on whispered ru mors of grossly immoral conduct." The ex-Governor said: "Specify these charges, and don't rake his character fBv the United Press) mm nne-tootn como a test wnicn Washington, Feb. 23. Attorney I V1 """ yJ,"'-r I obeyed instructions and went out of gan Girl Will Be Tried Supreme Court By EDWARD L. KEEN, United Press Correspondent, ' (Copyright 1918 in the United States States end Great Britain.) London, Feb. 23. "Germany will sink no American ship unless by de sign. The German torpedo finding as its mark the hull of an American ves sel will have been aimed and fired from Berlin. If an American mr ehantman is sunk tt will be for ths express purpose of dragging Amari ca into the War,", . - , i , The speaker was England's best known and best-loved sailor, Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, in an inter view with the United Press represen tative today. . , English Say Germans Would Dodge Responsibility.. An admiralty officer says s Gr man report that the American vel sel, Evelyn, was directed Into ths mine JleJd by British naval officer is absurd. 4 The Germans, lis says, are attempting to dodge ths respon- sibility for the sinking of ths vessel. Dispatches say nothing has been - heard of the thirteen members of the Evelyn's crew, who took to ft boat bo- fore ths vessel sank. - . 1 - Wilson Hears Evelyn's Skipper Was Imprudent. Washington, Feb. 23. President , Wilson has been informed that tho captain of the steamer Evelyn, clown up by a mine in ths North Sea, Us- General Grice and Solicitor General Dorsey of Georgia filed the State's brief today in the Supreme Court op posing the habeas corpus suit of Leo M. Frank of Atlanta, alleged mur derer of Mary Phagan, . The case will be argued Thursday or Friday. ... ...... kiv CAPT. JOHN HERNDON DIES IN DANVILLE Information was received Jier late yesterday afternoon of the' death at Danville, Va., of Capt. John A. Hern don, Sr., uncle of J. A. Herndon of Kinston. Capt Herndon was more than eighty years of age and his death was due to that cause. He had been in declining health for some years past, having been paralyzed about five years ago, and his death was not surprising to his relatives and friends, who had long anticipat ed it Captain Herndon was a veter an of the civil war having retired at its close as captain of Company D, 38th Eegiment; Virginia Volunteers, infantry, and having served through out and participated in many of the famous battles. The committee adjourned at 6 o'clock ! to meet again Thursday, A resolu tion for the Investigation of both Carter and Abernethy is now being prepared and is expected momentarily to be introduced in the House. Mr. T. C, Wooten and Mr. N. J. Rouse of Kinston are among Solici tor Abernethy's counsel. Mr. Woot en this morning stated that their side of the matter will bo given the com mittee Thursday. "If the Judiciary committee decides that the Supreme Court is capable of handling the ques tion it is possible that the Legisla ture will take no action and allow Mr. Abernethy to seek redress before (Continued on Page 4) ths course he was advised to take. . The President is not viewing tho cast with any alarm. Norwegian Steamer Sunk. London, Feb. S3--Tbs Norwegian steamer Begin was sunk in $hs Eng lish channel today : It is believed shs was torpedoed by German subma ' rine. The Rcgin was carrying coal from the Tyne ; to Bordeaux. She sank in less than fifteen minutes. Her ; crew was saved. . ' The Regln was sunk in the channel off Dover. Nearby ships picksd u ths twenty-two members of the erew, who were taken to Dover. - WILSON FOLLOWS FIRST PRESIDENT'S EXAMPLE Tart Pays Compliment to the Chief I ExecutiveCountry Threatened With Serious Invasion of Its Rights and Faces Crisis.. . Morristown, N. ' J, Feb. 22. The United States is threatened with a se- riour invasion of its rights as a neu tral by the warring nations of Eu rope, and in preserving its commerce He was a preacher I with those nations, is face to face in the M. E. Church, South, for many years prior to his death. He was bom in Pittsylvania county, Virginia, and spent all of his long life in the county of his nativity. He is survived by ' his widow, Mrs. Rebecca Hern don, and by a daughter, Mrs. C. W. Scott of Lynchburg, Va., and a son, Mr. Albert G. Herndon of Birming ham, Ala. He was buried in Green wood cemetery in his home city of Danville at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, J 'Mr. Herndon was engaged in the fifiht around Kinston during the Civil War, and has a number of friends and acquaintances in Kinston. with ft crisis, in the opinion of form er President William II. Taf t Iq the solution of that crisis, should it arise. no jingo spirit must be allowed to prevail. Mr. Taft advised; neither pride nor momentary passion should influence judgment Mr. Taft's reference to tho situa tion confronting the United States was made at the conclusion of an ad dress today before the Washington Association of New Jersey. , ' Tho ex-President declared that "President Wilson has been faithful ly following the example set and the admonitions given, by our first Pres ident" . ' LUMBERJACKS MUST BATHE NOW AND THEN. (By the United Press.) St Paul, Minn., Feb, 23. Debate on ft bill requiring all lumber men of Northern Minnesota to provide bath tubs in all lumber camps, for tho "ed ification and betterment of lumber jacks and their conditions therein contingent," was made tho first order of business in ths Legislature at 2 9 clock this afternoon. Debate is lim ited to six hours, with a vote this eve ning. , Senator Dick Jones, tho young est legislator in either Bouse, and the man who worked as a telegraph operator and station agent for the Soo Road when he was 13 years old. is the author of the bill. J TODAY'S ODDEST STORY, Glenwood Springs, Cohx, Feb. To doubting friends who have no ticed no signs of rabies, Emil FreU- helm, a rancher, is exhibiting s i foot and ft dentist's bill to prove t' S he was bitten by his false t Freidheun said that after go' j t bed he sneezed violent' an 1 ' ; teeth flew out on the oor. I ed Up to rescue thern f 1 t which had broken off V in the foot 3 j 3 1
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