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VOIIXyi-No.205
SECOND EDITION WINSTON, N. O, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1915
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Advice of Admiralty to the
People of Great Britain
r: Today ' :;v fw''.
fJJEH Of THE MCIA
- STAY J8Y THE S!0P
fftw pt 4taW Cotton Vrawl at
k Brest .Stay on Hoard Tending De.
cls'uw 4nf Prijie Court to
the Right of Capture.
PROLONGED i RESISTANCE
Will Be 48 Hours Before the
Fleet Can Reduce the Fort
, Even Now. Feebly Firing.
Namazicht Shelling Ships
With Vigor - "
-(By tha United Press.) ;
r .Brest, France, March 6 The mem-
t bera of tha crew of the American cot-
ton steamer Dacia, intercepted and
brought to this port by a French yes-
seL remain aboard tie vessel pending
. prizs court proceedings..
CLASSIC AUTO-
, 5 ; BACK TOMORROW
(By the United Press.) ...
London. March,, 6.f-According
to
San - Francisco, " March 5. The
Venderbilt Cup 'Auto Classic, which
pas scheduled for February 22 and
called -off 'on that date because the
exposition course track was not in
fit shape, is to be held tomorrow. The
starter's pistol is ,sohduled to crack
I at JO a. m sending off a field of the
fastest drivers in the country.
Athens dispatches, the Allied fleet is ; IMPORTANT QUESTION
within 145 miles of Constantinople,
and is etill ibomJbarding f cts k Kilid
Bahr and Chanaks. Chanaks'. fire
feeble. 'Officials expect the fleet, to
demolish; , the fort within forty-eight
hours. . The Admiralty says the heav
iest fighting yet is to begin, and tells
th( British public not io expect the
faS of Constantinople without an ob
stinate and prolonged resistance. Lat
est advices from, Athens say. Fort
Namazich, overlooking Kilid Basr, on
the European side, is pouring a ier-
rifle fire in the direction of the Brit
ish; fcattleshiDS. According to Bu
charest-dispatches Germany and A us
tria have refused to come to the aid
of the Sultan.
Six Submarines Have Been Sunk
, Dsrisg the War. - ,
" . - - t . 1
According to the Admiralty, six
submarines have been lost since the
beginning of the war. The announce
ment followed the reported sinking of
the German U-8 by a French des
troyer in the channel off Dover. The
Daily Mail today published a state
ment that a German submarine' pur
sued the British hospital ship, the St.
Andrew, on her latest trip across the
channel. The St Andrew escaped.
' The Admiralty today awarded Cap
tain Bell of the collier Thoradis, the
prize for the first unarmed merchant
man to eink a German submarine.
Captain Wyatt 4f the steamer Al
ston reported to the Admiralty today
that, he believes, his vessel was ram
med and sunk by a German subma
rine in the English Channel last Sat
urday. - , 1
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Russian Fleet Rpeorted to Be On
Way to Join Anglo-French Fleet -
According to Rome dispatches, the
Russian Black Sea fleet of sjx bat
tleships' and two i protected! cruisers
and a number of smaller vessels Is
steaming down the jeast coast of Tur-1
key to attack Constantinople.
being considered
Washington, .t March f. Whether
railroads may deviate from the Inter
state Commerce Commission's ; rule
requiring a fixed form of accounts,
iu order to comply with various State
regulations on the same subject, is
being considered by the Interstate
Commerce Commission today.
WILLIAM ELLIS STILL
INSANE JN NEW YORK.
KITCHIN DIDNT TARRY
AFTER ADJOURNMENT
Next Floor Leader Reached His Home
, At Scotland Neck Last Night
i Fsther-in-Law's . Sickness
Hastened His Return . . .
- Hon.f Claud -Kitchin, Democratic
Floor Leader of the House of Rep
resentatives of the next" Congress,
arrived at his home in Scotland Neck
Thursday night.' Mr. Kitchin was the
first member of the North Carolina
delegation to leave for home at the
expiration-of the Sixty-third Congress
that day. In less, than three hours
after the Speaker's gavel had fallen
for the final time at 12:20 o'clock, the
Congressman . from the Second dis
trict was on his way home. Mrs, Ki
chin's father is ill in Halifax county,
and that hastened the leader's depart
ure. ' ' f , ' ,Vl ;,
. It is not.known if Mr. Kitchin will
visit this part of the district in the
interim between the sessions, but it
is not unlikely that he will come here
some time during the progress of the'
construction of the n new , Federal
building to look it over, The Kinston
poatoffice was one of the new' build
ings in his district in which Mr. Kit
chin .took the greatest interest." v
STATE DEPT; ADMITSi NINE COUNTIES TOi:
THERE IS DANGER IN
SITUATION
MEXICAN
Obregon Orders Stores to
i Be Opened and Authorizes
Use of Constitutionalist
Money AsXegal Tender-
Outlook Dark
;. (By United Press)'
' Washington, March 5. It ia ad
mitted at the State Department that
the situation in Mexico City is full
of dynamite. :. , r ;
Secretary Bryan announces that
General Obregon has ordered . - the
opening of shops and authorised con
stitutionalist money as legal tender,
It is believed the Authorization of
constitutionalist money wijl relieve
the situation but little.
SKELETONS OF THIRTEEN
- CONFEDERATES RECOVERED
, Wilson, March . The work of ex
cavating in ib.e rear of the Smith to
bacco warehouse for added improve
ments to that extensive enterprise,
has resulted in the resurrection of
thirteen skeletons and from the num
ber of Confederate brass buttons In
termingled with the decayed coffins,
it is thought that the remains of those
resurrected are those of Confederate
soldiers who were buried there during
the War Between the States. , .
PITTSBURGH PROHIBS. MEET.
Pittsburgh, March 8. Senator W.
S. Kenyon, of Iowa, one of the prin
cipals in the framing of the Webb
Kenyon bill, was to be the principal
speaker tonight at a prohibition mass
meeting' under the auspices ' of the
Board of Temperance of the churches
of this city. .,
CASWELL CHAPTER
. TO ELECT OFFICERS.
Caswell Chapter, No. 38, R. A. M
will hold a regular convocation this
evening at 7:80 o'clock, at which offi
cers will be elected.', All members
are requested to be present. ? '
AND
COMPLETING BIG SHAFT.
New york, Mar. 4. William ' -B.
Ellis, formerly a wealthy tobacco
manufacturer ,of Winston-Salem, N.
who was adjudged insane ia this
State in J803 and fled jurisdiction, pe
titioned the Supreme Court through
his attorneys today to be permitted
to return to -New York without fear
of jarMst. Th petition was denied.
Ellis, who has been lately living in
New Jersey, submitted affidavits in
support of his petition. '
SSVLTE LASES GALE . .
Put-In-Bay, Ohio, March 7 5. -The
great bronze tripod atop the Perry
Memorial shaft being erected here
was completed today,, marking the
final stage in the work on the great
shaft that will overlook the scene of
Comodore Perry's ictory on the Bat
tie of Lake Erie. . The memorial will
be completed by June 1. One hun
dred electric, lights will bjink each
night through a huge glass dome
when the shaft Is , completed. i--r -n
TEXT OF CERUANY'S
BEFJLY HAD5 PUBUC
Washington, : p. C, Marr f Pub
lication of the official text of the Ger
man reply to he American proposals
for a cessation of submarine warfare
and for free shipment -of foodstuffs
to iCivilian populations of belligerents
gale Is swirling over Lake Michigan. was the onlf Btep taken by the Unit-
It isirfe of the worst Morms of the ,4 States government today ineon-,
winter nd has endangered : shipping . nect'on with the maritime situation
and forced at least one big boajt to as tt Meets neutrals.
, C7 the United Press)
Chicago, March A fifty-mile
run back to port.
SMALL INVITED TO i -.
SPEAK AT GOLDSEOKjO.
The State Department declined to
give out the text of the American
proposals because they still are un
der consideration by. Great - Britain
and her allies. Until some reply is
Goldsboro, March 4. The annual received from the allies it is unlikely
banquet of the Goldsboro Chamber of that any further move will be made
Commerce will be held on STednesday by the United States, though prepa
evening of next week, March 10, and ration of a prptcst to Great Britain's
the invited ppenVer will be Hon. John declaration of an em! arjro on com
H.' Small, Congressman ifrom : thermerce between Germany and neutrals
First" dNtrict. ' ' 'has been begun.
GRAVE DIGGERS
UNDERTAKERS BUST
ABOUT LAYLAND NOW
Vf SY''V,.:.:.. 'V;'..,;-"::''j'::j':C ,r;
Eighty-seven Bodies Rccov-
ered From Mine No. 3
Every American In Pit Is
Dead Special Trains to
Carry the Dead
DE REPRESENTED IN STEADILY PRESSED
BIG DISTRICT FAIR BACK IN E- GAIiCIA
MHome Raisedn Exhibit to
Be FeaturedAlsojiome
Stock-Old MBeckw ' to
Quit Plow for the Time
Stoclc Canvass Tuesday
Layland, W. Va., March 5. The re
covered bodies from the explosion- in
Mine No. S last Tuesday now , have
reached 87. There ia no hope jthat
any more are alive. All ihe Ameri
cans' who entered the mine Tuesday
are " dead. A score of grave diggers
are at work and undertakers are pre
paring for the bodies' burial. Spec
ial trains running between Qumni-
mont Junction and Layland are car
rying dead bodies. ? t .
CO-EDS NOT ARTISTS' MODELS.
.' (By the United Press.)
Columbus, Ohio, March 5. Seven
ty-six per cent of college girls have
eye trouble, 11 per cent, ear trouble,
12 per cent poor teeth and ?9 per
cent round shoulders, if a report ,on
the physical condition of Ohio State
University first year co-eds can be
taken as a basis. t . ,
This report includes 30 young
women, and shows that 60 per cent
have weak backs, average 116 pounds
in weisrht and 5 feet 9 inches ia J
height
Chairman J. F Taylor of the sec
tional fair committee, wishes to im
press upon the public the fact that
though stock in the big enterprise will
be, sold at only $2? a share, "that does
not mean that a person is limited to
$25 worth of stock." In fact, nobody
will get Jealous if a person takes sev
eral shares. As- stated in Thursday's
Free Press, the committee of four
teen will make a whirlwind canvass
next Tuesday morning at 10:30 ''
clock to sell from $5,000 to $10,000
worth of non-assessable stock to .be
paid for half down and half on .the
first day of September. "Everyone is
asked : to take stock," Mr. - Taylor
s.ys. He urges that all who are not
enthused over this notable commun
ity project become so at once. Dis
cussion of the matter with any mem-
bei of the Chamber of Commerce will
equip one with the enthusiasm . to
subscribe.
Nine counties will shre in the ben
efits of the fair to be conducted here
next fall and, if successful then, every
fall, thereafter. At the organization
of the holding company during .the
next week or two. K is likely that
plans will be mede to receive stock
subscriptions front the territory out
side , of Kington. ,r Vice-presidents,
honorary and active., - and directors
will be named from aty eections, The
Fair Association will b liberal in its
premium list, which .will ,be sufficient
ly attractive to induce he more pro
gressive planters, manufacturers and
merchants of all nine counties to
make ir exhibits. Nominal entrance
fees, it is supposed, will be fixed. :
Tobacco will have a big place in
the fair. Since that is the main crop
of ,jsome of the counties, and Is ex
tensively grown i n the j others, the
famous bright leaf of the section will
be given the preference probably over
the other crops. The association,
aims, however, to boost sky high the,
truck and grain and horticultural fa-,
cilities of the region, lines of agri
cultural endeavor yet practically in
their infancy. An extensive display
will be made by manufacturers - ot
farm implements and machinery, of
course. Kinston - sells hundreds of
thousands of dollars worth & year.'
The farm garden, the apiary, the:
barnyard, the creamery, and the plan
tation kitchen will not be plighted. i
The stock exhibit will be by far
the biggest ever seen in this part of.
North Carolina. Horses of all
breeds, tha best that the section pro
duces or owns in mules, and the fan
cy cattle of the territory , will be pa
raded for the admiration of outsid
ers and the edification, of the native
people. There are vast possibilities'
in the line of stock-raising, the mov-i
ing spirits of the fair are aware, and
they ai into be instrumental in caus
ing, the people to take advantage of
these "opportunities.' Sheep and goats,
will not. e overlooked.'.- Sw4r
behowB in greater number - tK
Other .kind of stock.' Especially the
Southern counties of .the district are
wealthy in porkers, and many of the
six, seven and eight hundred pounders
will je brought here for possible be
decking with blue ribbons and com
pensation for their owners. There
are a hundred . thousand domestie
fowls in Lenoir county ..alone. The
pick of the three-quarto of a mil
lion in the region will be on show at
the fair. . , o.'.l:-.". J
School work will have a big part i&
the exhibit. The children of all sine
counties will contest for prizes to be
awarded under the direction of, their
own educators. Ladies will have prin-
cipal charge of the department of do
(mestic, household and fine arts. Em-
Continue to Shell Ossowitz.
V Austrian Attempts Upon
Dukta Pass Unsuccessful.
. Ilussian' PfpsngVt JJa
litz AVas Threatened
Among other things. f interest . . e,ndtllttin -workdrawn
noted were: That 14 per cent, get knittingf whetted articles,
too little sleep less han eight hours) thet . nd crafts- olants
(Continued on Page 3)
and that 15 per cent.
swimmers.
are excellent
- (By tb Ujxlted Press)
Petrograd, Mar. ,5. The war office
admits that the Austro-Germans at
one stage of the East Galicia cam
paign threatened' the Dneister river
crossing at Halitz. .During the march
on Lemberg ' the j Germans J arrived
within five miles of Halite,' The Aus
tro-Germans in their attempt to cap
ture Stanislaus Ialitz, ih Lemberg
railway and the. railway JUrjdge Jead
ing ftver the Pneiater, hree nle
southeast of Halitz were beaten back.
The Germans are being steadily press
ed back in a big East Galicia battle.
Dispatches . from Warsaw aay , ihe
Germans continue to shell Ossowitz.
The Austrian a're making a violent
but , unsuccessful assault ,oo v the
south Dukla Pass.. " , '
French Ckcjopj Tillage After Fve
Days Fighting. . .
PariSi, March 6,-rAfter a five-days'
battle the French, have occupied he
greater patr of the village of Vauqu-
ois, southwest of Varennes.
Gef mans Repulse Attacks In West
Berlin, March It is officially an
nounced that the-Germans in Flan
ders and France have repelled a se
ries of attacks at many points along
the battle line from near Ypres to
Vosges.'' " ' - f 4 ' - ' ,
Fighting has been resumed in the
West near Warsaw and south of the
Vistula. , "
The British hav heen unsuccess
ful in an attempt to recapture ' lost
positapns in jthe Lotret,te Hills, . and
have retired, leaving many dead and
wounded on the open fleld.. '. .
As gold is tried by the furnace, and
the baser metal shown so the hollow
hearted friend ia known by adversity;
Metastasio. " i .'. . .'. . -
EARTHQUAKES FBIGBTEN
BOLOGNA AND LEGHORN
Strong Shock Reported From Cities
of Northern Italy Last Thursday
. Night No Damage, But Pop
ulationi Panic-stricken. 1
(By the United Press) j
v Florence, Italy, March .5. The cit
ies of Bologna and Leghorn reported
strong earthquake shocks at a o'clock
last night No damage was done, but
residents of the two cities were panic
stricken.
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mm mm
DID NllNSii
CLARK RESOLUTION
BRE.WERY TO PE A CREAMERY.
XBy ths United Press.)
Bellingham, Wash- March 5. The
Beliingham Bay Brewing plant, one
of the largest and most modern estab.
lishments of its kind in the North
west, will be a creamery after the
State goes dry, January 1, 1910, it
was decided by ths stockholders Ao-
day. ', N
fDAY ODDEST STORY. 1
j(By the United Press.)
Baker, Ore.,' "March-, 6. Frank
Rogers, at LaGrande, Ore., owed Joe
Paradise of this city a dollar." He
pasted a stamp on one aide of a silver
dollar, a slip of paper faatog Para-
dise'i name and address en (the th,er
side and sent it by parcel pos.V Para
dise is saving the coin as a souvenir,
hmmMW:
MAN MAY HAVE BEEN
flOK GIRL'S SLAYER
Virginus Mayp. Jtadiajtor
Manufacturer, Confesses
JThit He flfas jid Dpwble
life Young Woman For
merly His stenographer
(By the United Press)
New Haven, Conn., March - 6v 4t
will be determined today whether le
gal action will be taken against yir
ginus J. Mayo, wealthy head of the
Mayo Radiator Company, as the re
sult of the finding of the body of Lil
lian Cook, a "missing Brooklyn girl,
shot '"'tbrpierfc "hm 4ieart' on the top of
Cook girl was formerly' Mayo's sten
ographer." Mayo's admission' yester
day that he lives a dual life' caused
the police to make a thorough inves
tigation. " '
OTWGSTAte-wide
DEBATING CONTEST
FRISCO HAS NEW -
- ; , LABOR TEMPLE
San Francisco, March 5. The for
mal opening of the new Labor Tem
ple,! the home the : San Francisco
Labor, Council will take place tonight
when the council will assemble in the
building for the first time. The build
ing has been open for inspection since
last week and some pf the unions
transferred their headquarters there
during ihe present week, but , the
opening will not come until tonight
The building is one of the moat com
plete labor assembly, structures in
the country. " Its cost w. more th.m
$150,000.
Thousand nigh .School Sjadeuts Rep
resenting 250 Schools and 90
Counties, W1U Be Entered
This Interesting Event
(Special to The Frees Press.)
- Chapel Hill, March 5. A great
interest in ' North Carolina is being
aroused and maintained in the ap
prpoaching State-wide contest of the
High Schopl Debating Union. - This
interest embraces in its scope hoys
and girls, men and women, schools,
rural communities, small Aowns, and
large cities. i
, Two Jiundred and fifty schools, rep-,
resenting 90 counties fJ the State,
with one thousand debaters, all told,
now have their earnest attention and
effort centered on the triangular de
bates which will occur, on March $C.
AH of the schools winning both' of1
their triangular debates . will send 1
their1 teams to Chapel Hill on April
9 to compete in the final contest for
the Aycock Memorial Cup. This cup
is the trophy which the inter-collegiate
debater of the university have,
provided for the school which wins
out finally. It was won in 1919 by
the Pleasant Garden high schopl and
ln,J914 by the Winston-Salem high,
school ,
.The question to be discussed this
year is one of much timeliness:
"Resolved, That the United States1
should adopt the policy f subsidizing
its merchant marine engaged in for
eign trade." At present only 8.0 per
cent of American shipping is carried
under the American flag. The high
school debaters in their .eager search i
for vantage ground in Abe debase,
.will thoroughly thresh (Out ,tha sub
sidy as a meant of Jjuijding up the
marine, tt must be that these de
bates will .have a wonderfully in
structive effect upon the ;; 60,000 or
more i North " Carolinians ' who f will
a parti tne state university s
policy of extending Us helpfulness itc
every section of North Carolina, tie
High School Debating Union 4ak.es
high rank; It is safe 46 say that tir
series of debates wiU he the largest
in size and most far-reaching in. In
fluence of all debate series te he held
in the various States ot the Union
this year. , , ; t'
Inquiries from other States as .to
the nature and conduct pi the Debat
ing Union come regularly to Secre
tary R. Banking, From the State
universities of Virginia, Florida, Ken
tucky and California -have come, in
quiries about North Carolina '$ system
of debating. The university and high
schools have given Jo the .State a de
bate system which serves as a stand
ard wherever it is known. v -
The Kinston. High School is in a
triangle with the Greenville and Wil
son hih schools. -
: Carter and Manning pn
Floor of the Hoitse;
SENATE PASSES JUfi IAJ7
Conference :; Substitute f (jr
Anti-Ju . BUI
Shipments to One Quart
and Five Gallons 'Malt, in,
15 Daya-Prlmary BiU
i'v,
(By W, J. Martin.) ,-
Raleigh, March 5 The House bill
to ratify and legalize the $100,000
bond issue for Kinston. . , ' 1 '
1 The Senate passed the conference
committee substitute' for the anti-Jug
bill to limit shipihants -of f spirituous
iiouors" to one fluart -withur fifteen
days -to, a, person n4 five gallons tof
1'maM iiquors" te fersen Srithia fif
teen days., k , , . ' , 'i
lo the Woufl Represantatlvs Clark,
speakinsr to a personsj priyHpgei.jih-
swered udge Carter and Judge Man
ning as to the resolution for an. 'lh-
vestigation of the Carter-Abeirnethjr
matter." He denied that Abemethjf
or his attorneys had either instigated
or revised his resolution,' or that 4ve
has made direct charges against le
moral character of Judge Canter. He,
said ha merely insisted that a con
dition .existed that ought to be inves
tigated. He denied that he had' ih
any wsy sought p9 jdelay Jthe inves- -ligation.
. . 1 1 '
The House took vp iht Stete-wlde
primary bill and by a y.ote.of i5 to A
g new election was added, provlI'v i
for the election of delegates to na
tional conventions and national committeemen.
RIDDLE, EAST COAST .
. . - ' MAN AG EH DEAD.'
St. APgV8tne Ftao. Mar.
ton Riddle, .general manager ,of ; tho
Florida East Coast Railway, died here
today after a hrief illness. Mr. Rid
dle was forty-five years old and was
born in Petersburg, Va. He had heen ,
general manager of the flaglw sys
tem little snore than a year: Mr.
die was the third executive e ths
Florida East Coast Railway to die
within leap 4han three years, -
PRETTy GIRLS - . . ' f
. JN COLLEGE PLAY.
Boston, March 5. Pretty girls
wore trousers sod smiled behind silky
f else-beards this afternoon as they
strolled toward Agassis House thea
tre, where Radcllffe College freshmen
wiH give jhality Street,; J.; M.
Barrie's comedy, tonight V.
DANIELS GOING TO PANAMA.
Washington, ' March .Secretary
Daniels expected today to depart for '
the Panama Exposition, after whch
he will visit Ait JWaiian iabjndi.-,'
HURT W ESCAPING
FRom Buniiir;
n
Ivl
-t
1
G.'Bow-
ji ;
": Asheville, Mar. 4. Col. P.
man sustained a fractared knee and"
Mrs. Bowman haI her right leg brok
en as they attempted to escape from
the second floor of Jtheir burning home
st an yearly hour this morning. The
structure, "Strawberry Hill," one 6f
the handsome country homes . sur
rounding this city, was completely
destroyed with the contents with a
loss which will run in the neighbor
hood of $40,000. A small amount of
insurance was carried. ' The struc
ture was isolated and the two people
were blng blistered by the heat when
a servant residing on the property dis
covered the fire and summonci t!J.
Both patients were taken to a 1 r'
tal here, where it was state! t' it
they had suered many minor I r. ' s
in addition to the fractures a -1 t I
suffered from the heat