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VOft. XVt-No. 296
SECOND fcDITlbN kfaiSTON, N. C MONDAY, MARClk 8,1915
FOUR PAGES TODAY
SAYoALUlSlADTviO
VESSELS;?;
BY FIRE TUR!S GUNS
MaSXaaBMasaaiMss)'
British Admiralty Denies
Import , From Constanti
nople j$at rejicl Cjruis
er Wa Driven From Ac-
' turn With English Vessels
(Bj the United fnu)
London, March 8. A Constantino
ple message via Berlin today said the
Turkish Dardanelles fort have suc
ceeded in puttings a French cruiser
out of action! and badly damaging a
British cruiser, It is stated that sev
eral shells exploded on the French
man's deck, klng many, jyhereat, the
ship was steered from .the firing line
with her upper, works Waling. ;.The
British ' Admiralty denied the story.
Violent Germs Offensive in Poland.
Petrograd, Jtfarch 8.-r-The Germans
have resumed ..violent aggressive tac
tics In southeastern Poland. A huge
battle has developed along the PUicla
river. , . . :
Germans Successful in West.
Berlin, March 8.rr-The , Germans
were successful in .today's fijghtjjag oo
the". Flanders-France Jine. .Severe
fighting occurred, in the Champagne
region The French are storming the
German tranches unsuccessfully. '
TERBB HAUTE OFFICIALS W
, WILL GO ON. TRIAL TODAY-
' Indianapolis, arv.fcWQne hundred
and fifteen Terre Haute; politicians
were to be arraigned today lor trial
in the Federal court on charges . of
gross election frauds, Ruling of the
court a few weeks ago upheld the in
dictments ;
: Of the 115 (indicted, 83 have plead
ed guilty and five "not, guilty. Mayor
Don M. Roberts and Judge Eli Bed
man of the Vigo circuit court, and
Sheriff Dennis Shea are among the
most prominent who will .fight the
case. With them are most of the
Terre Haute official family. -
IEEE YEWS F03 . ,;
F0.1GING PASSPORTS
Carl
Charged
Ruerode,
One of Five , Men
With Attempts to Get
German Spies From America
to England, Goes to Prison
(By the United Prose)
New York, March 8. Cart Ruer
ode,' one of five jGerrnan-Amerkans,
accused of forging passports for the
purpose of sending Gorman spies to
England, pleaded guilty today and he
was sentenced to three years in the
Atlanta penitentiary, ' ' .
iiMN MURDERED
.MAN.F0R SMALL SUM
Rocco Tassone, Executed In Pennsyl
vania Today, Killed Victim for
2S t instigation oat Men
, Who Wished to Blackmail ;
t (By the JUnited Press.); - -1
Rock View,! Pa, March 8. Rocco
Tassone was today i electrocuted for
murdering another Italian at Lancas
ter for a consideration of twenty-five
dollars from, two countrymen, trying
to hlackmajl - tho victim. ",
THEOifslRt
IN TOOTS NEWS
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. EMPIRE BUILDER ON TOUR.
- St Paul, Mirm-. Mar. 8. James I.
, Hill,, empire builder, today started on
a trip with several live stock experts
through the Northwest. Mr Hill will
bear the expense of the trip, which is
for the purpose of explaining to farm
ers of the Northwest, the advantage
of live stock raising.- .' V , T - :
WHITE SOX IN ACTION. '
San Diego, Cal, March 8 The first
of nine games, between the Chicago
White Sox and the Vernon .Coast team
was played Here this af ternoon, The
games were arranged by the athletic
committee of the San Diego Exposition.
PREPAllM FOR ANNUAL
REUNION OF THE YETS
Rail-fay Will Enlarge Facilities for
, coming Big Event in Richmond.
Expert Baggage Men and
Special Officers Engaged
- jBy the United Press)
Tacoma, .Wash., Mar. 8. One drink
will cost 'Thomas Cannally $4,000
that Is,- if he takes it. Sue weeks ago
Cannally appealed to Police ..Justice
Evans to bo released, offering to de
posit $4,000 Jn cash, to be forfeited
in case he took, drink before his
term would ' have expired. . Justice
Evans agreed and placed the money
on deposit in a local bank,
The money was still in the bank to
day drawing Jt per cent, and Cannally
was occuping a seat high on the ?wa
ter wagon.
i
CD-OPERATION WON
APPROPRIATION FQR
Caswell Training School
Was Treated Very Well
In Comparison With the
Other State Institutions
$86,500 Allowed.
GOOD
CO-OPERATIVE
PROFIT-SHAPING
Plan ita tried
Employes of Caswell Cotton
tyills Successfully Oper
ate Supply Stored Enab
ling Them to Gel First
Class Good and Dividend
; , (Special to Free Press.) v'
Richmond, ,ya Mar. 8,-UAntici
pating that Uiousands of the jmen who
wore the grey, their sons, daughters,
and friends will come to Richmond
to attend the annualjre-union of the
United Confederate Veterans, June J
3, the Southern Railway has already
begun making arrangements for en
larged facilities for this event and the
perfecthvof a special organization
for which it will draw from a) parts
of the system men who have had ex
tensive experience in handling re
union and other large crowds.
Preliminary details were worked
out at a meeting attended by twenty
seven officials of the passenger and
transportation departments, and it
was decided to follow the methods
which proved so micopsful in hand
ling the larpe crowds which attendnj
the reunions at Macnn, Chattanooga 1
(Continued on Tz;e 3)
The Legislature made an appropri
ation of $86,500 for the Caswell
Training School, formerly the' North
Carolina School for the Feeble-Mind
ed. The money will be used as fol
lows: For 1915 maintenance, 230,000;
1916 maintenance, $40,000 girls' dor
mitory, $14,000; improvements to pre
sent buildings, 52,500. -
This makes the total expended on
the institution up till now $225,434
17. It is noteworthy that while in
the appropriations for other State in
stitutions moneys in the funds of the
institutions were : deducted, , no ac
count was taken of that in possession
of .the Caswell Training School, and it
may be used for such purposes as the
trustees see fit
The friends of the school do not re
gard the present appropriation as ade
quate for all purposes, but in view of
all conditions, are gratified.
' President J. Herman Canady of the
Chamber of Commerce speaking this
morning of that body's interest in and
work for the appropriation, declared
that the success that accrued was
just one more proof of the advantages
of co-operation. He says the "pull
together" spirit displayed by the peo
ple of Kinston in this instance should
characterize their ' attitude towards
the proposed sectional fair to be held
for the first time here next falL The
fair, Mr. Canady intimates, will be as
sured or killed tomorrow. The suc
cess that the stock-canvassing com
mittee meets with will determine the
future of the enterprise.
The Slate's appropriation for the
Training School de'ig-hted Dr. C B.
JIcNairy, the superintendent.'
Operatives and. other employes of
the Caswell Cotton Mjlls, in West
lunston, comprise the stock company
which conducts what is probably the
most successful mercantile business in
the city the Kinston Co-Operative
Mercantile Company, capitalized , at
about $600 and not incorporated. The
store is just five weeks old. At the
end of the first month of business the
concern paid a dividend of 16 2-15 per
cent, or about 80 cents profit on every
share of $5. Skeptical operatives who
naa witnneia tneir nara-earaea sav
ings fronr the enterprise immediately
got busy when the dividend was an
nounced. t
The co-operative store was the idea
of General Manager J. W. Black. Mr.
Black had a building erected for it in
the model mill village, ; which Tr,
Stiles, marine hospital expert and
discoverer of the hookworm, some
months ago declared to be, the clean
est and most sanitary mil Itown he
had seen In the East with the possi
ble exception of one. Therefore,, the
business saves the expense of rent,
but in other lines it Is liable to the
same expense as any other similar
enterprise. . The stock is comprised
of groceries principally, and trading
is not limited; but no outside capital
is wanted that is understood.. The
150 employes of the mills, will take
all the stock needed to keep the thing
going, and many- of them own one
or more shares now.
A. Spencer, master mechanic in the
plant is president of the. company,
and N. B. Hill, overseer of spinning,
is vice-president J. T. Brown is the
manaeer. . The shop is conducted
much as is any other small store, ex
cept that the business methods are
probably a little better than in some,
Goods are delivered, of course, and
the stock is carefully chosen.. The
mill people patronize the enterprise
unstintedly.
YOUNG MAN DIED jt
HE ENTERED ROOM OF
DEAD FATHER-IN-LAW
Unusual Sadness In Wash
ington arid High Point
Homes Due to Dual Death
of Prominent Citizens
Mr. Willis and Mr. Ferris
(Special to The Free Press.) ,
Washington, N. C., March While
the body of E. X. Willis V is lying in
a coffin in the handsome home of his
family at Second and! Harvey streets
here Sunday morning, his son-in-law,
a prominent High Point lawyer, who
had just come for the funeral, walked
into the room where the casket was,
gazed into the face of his wife's dead
parent for a moment and fell over.
stone dead. Heart failure probably
caused Ferris death : ,
With him was his wife, who was
before her marriage Miss Mabel Wil
lis, is one of the most beautiful wo
men of the State, and prominent in
society. .Mrs. Ferris was almost craz
ed by the tragedy which added to her
already intense grief. -
Tbi double funeral will-be held this
afternoon. . ,-
; Mr. Willis was. a wealthy ship
chandler ' and merchant He was
known throughout the eastern part of
the State, He was a leader in St Pe-
JEWS IN HOLY LAND
ARE IN NO DANGER,
GERMAN ASSERTION
Turkish Government Toler
ant Towards All Relig
ions. Embassy States ;
THE MEXICAN SITOATIok
Obregon Overdoes Things-i-
How Can ; Capital Fjeed
Villa's Thousands? Goe
thals Resignation ' Ulti-
mate Certainty i
(By the United Press.) j
Washington, March 8. The Ger
man embassy today issued a state
ment denying that the Jews in Pales
tine are endangered. It admitted there
had been unrest among the Jews it
some places owing to over zeal pf
local Turkish officials, but the central
government's policy is tolerant , to
wards all religions. It has. taken
steps to remove anti-Jewish officials.
The statement asserted that the Ger
man and -American ambassadors at
Constantinople are co-operating . jo
protect the Hebrews, whose future se
curity is assured. j
Mexican Situation Continues Serious.
Secretary Bryan today admitted
continued seriousness of the Mexican
situation. He said he had not been
informed bjrCarranza if Obregon had
been definitely recalled; but that the
latter apparently exceeded Carranza's
orders is taken as an indication that
Carranza will have difficulty in con
trolling him. Advices today indicat
ed that Villa is eA route to attempt
the .capital's capture, but his .success
is uncertain. . Besides, jt is hard (to
understand how bis 40,000 troops can
improve the situation by entering the
foodless city. ,
Goethals Threatened by Tropical
Climate.
No official news has been received
of Goethals' reported resignation of
the - Panama' governorship. Friends
said, however, that if he has not re
signed he undoubtedly would soon be
cause a longer residence in the trop
ical " country would endanger his
health. . , . '
W. Va.'s 2-Cent Fare Not Upheld.
The Supreme Court today refused
to enforce West Virginia two-cent
passenger rate law against the Nor
folk and Western Railorad. It said
the reduction would compel the road
to carry passengers for a merely nom
inal charge if not actually below cost.
LEGISLATURE- WILL
PROBABLY ADJ
WJORROWMORNI
OURN
Nlj
Members Boards Education
Appointed, pearly Tee
Millions Appropriated for
institutions and Depart
mcnts, and Other Matters
SHERIFF'S PARTY MADE .
ANOTHER TRIP FOR NEGRO
Desperate Character Who Tried to
Shoot Officer Last Week Return-'
- ed to Hia Boarding House,
But Eluded Capture
John Williams, the negro outlaw
who Friday engaged in a revolver du
el with Sheriff ; Taylor near Elm
Grove, Sunday morning about 3 o'
clock appeared at the home of Cicero
Jones, where he boarded recent
ly, and asked for hit clothes He pre
sumably intended leaving this part
of the country. Jones informed him
that the authorities are holding his
clothes and bicycle, which are in the
sheriff's office here. -
Upon receipt of news pf his reap
pearance the sheriff. Superintendent
of Roads Bryant Taylor, Deputy Hed-
Allen and i Policeman Richard
Stroud went in an automobile to Elm
Grove, but Williams had been jrone
several hours before they arrived. In
the belief that he had headed toward
Trenton, the officers drove almost a
far as the Jones county seat, but
without getting a glimpse of the des
perado-who is accused of pointing a
pistol at and fixing three shots at a
trio of white men on the road near
the Iron bridge on the night of Feb
ruary Z7 and robbing a noy witn
whom he was riding, of a dollar as
- C?y W. J. MarUn.)
Baleigb, . March Hie omnibus
bill to appoint members of boards of
education for the various counties to
day passed both houses. It carries
the Appointment of P.. A. Hodges for
Lenoir county. ' '
The general appropriations bill,
carrying nearly three millions for the
maintenance and permanent improve
ments appropriations for State insti
tution and department was i put
through immediate passage without
amendment by both houses on the
same course they observed the omni
bus bill, appointing members of coun-J
ty ooaras oi-eaucauon ana .oniy in
troduced this morning.
The Senate refused to concur in
amendments to the state-wide prim
ary bill by the House. Conference
committees were appointed.
Bills passed by the Senate included:
To provide $5,000 additional for the
main building at the North Carolina
Home for Confederate Women at Fa
yetteville, so that the contract can be
let March 80, for a $16,500- building
to accommodate sixty-five inmates; to
provide a State forestry commission;
general appropriation for the Nation
bl Guard. . - ' . - , .
Every indication now is for final
adjournment of the Legislature Tues
day morning.
ORPHAN SINGERS .
OFF ON STATE TOUR.
Oxford, March 7. -The Oxford Or
phanage Singing Class has started on
its annual tour, visiting the various
towns and cities in Norjth Carolina,
such visits being made upon invita
tion from and under the auspices of
the Masonic Lodges and friends of the
Institution. -
ter's Episcopal church and had been well as resisting arrest and shooting
active in all phases of uplift locally, at the sheriff.
TOURAINE
NEARS
LA
HAVRE WITH FLAMES
NOW UNDER CONTROL
Big Liner in Convoy of Rot
terdam Makes Slow Time
in Fog In Fear of Mines
arid Submarines No
Danger, It Is Declared
(By the United Press.)
Paris,' March 8.r-The French liner
La Touraine is reported today to be
still burning and steaming through
a fog a hundred miles west of the
English channel. It is believed the
fire is under control. The Holland
American Jiner Rotterdam continues
to act as her convoy.
. They are expected to reach Havre
tonight or tomorrow. The slow speed
of the vessel is due Jto danger of the
mines and submarine attacks. The 4
Rotterdam was only a hundred miles
from La Touraine when the wireless
distress call was sounded. The Tou
mine's passengers and crew were nev
er endangered except from the explo
sion of ammunition in. the cargo.
Warships Escorting Steamship.
London, March 8. A wireless mes
sage from the Touraine today said the
fire was nearly extinguished last mid
night Several warships have joined
the Rotterdam as escorts.
. Truth from the mouth of an honest
man and severity from a good-'
natured man have a double effect'
Ilazlitt "
WARNS GIRLS BEWARE
OF fiOYIE STUDIOS
AttempU at White Slavery Made By
' Parties Who Pretended to Taln
' Film riayerf. la' jsy ' York, )
. Police jjnspector Declares "
:- . ,
(By tho Unltod Frost)
New YorC' March 8. Inspector
Devery today issued a warning to
girls visiting movies studios Indis
criminately. He said he has learned
that white slavery attempts had been
made under the pretence of creating
movie stars, ;, V''"'"!
GREECE ENTHUSIASTIC
OVER PftOSPECTS WAR
King's Premier Will d It Hard to
Get a NeutrU Cabinet in the Ath
enians' Kingdom Now Mar
tial Demonstrations.
, (By the United Press.) '
Athens, Greece,' Mar. 8 The Greek
population today engaged in enthusi
astic war demonstrations." It is very
doubtful If the King's choice for pro
mier will be able to form a cabinet on
neutral basis.
SNOW FEU HERE SUNDAY
NIGHT TH S05IE SLEFjT
A heavy fall of snow, mixed with
rain for the better part of the hour or
more during which it fell, marked the
weather in Kinston Sunday night The
white flakes failed to cover the ground
because of the dampness ' resulting
from an intermittent rain throughout
the day. v ':i:;:. '; ;..'v'vr -
Early this morning there was sleet
and hominy snow, which adhered to
rooves and tree limbs for an hour or
two, but went away with tho coming
of dawn. The temperature was rath
er low, but not far enough down to
freeze the precipitation. t
DEGIN THAW'S TRIAL
FOR CONSPIRING TO
ESCAPE lIATTEAWAN
Defense Will Claim He Was
Insane When He Killed
White, But Sane When ije
Escaped from Asylum
Co-Defendants ,
-: (By the United Press.) ;
Kew york, March 8.- Thaw's trial
has begun on the charge of conspiring
to escape from Mattcawan. Co-defendants
are "Gentleman . Roger"
Thompson, "Big Dick" Butler, Thos.
Flood, and Michael Eugene Duffy, ac
cused of aiding in the escape The
empanelling of the jury has been
started.
Attorney Stanchfield. for Thaw, in
dicated that the. defense will : claim
that his client was Insane when he
killed White, but sane when he escap
ed from Matteawan, and therefore,
that the escape was no crime. ;
TO PROVE RIVER ' NAVIGABLE.
Bismark, N. D., Mar. 8 Plans were
being made today, whereby newspa
per , men, who are members of ' the
North Dakota Press Association, in
their annual meeting hero in June will
prove that the Missouri river is navi
gable, by taking atrip up and down
the river in a boat usually used for
hauling grain from river towns. V
CLEVELANP ISSUES ONDS.
Cleveland, O., March 8. Four mil
lion dollars worth of municipal bonds
for lighting waterworks and street
improvements were offered for sale by
the city today, boosting Cleveland's
bonded indebtedness to $54,000,000.
PIRATES OFF .'.
FOR SOUTHLAND
Pittsburgh, March 6. The Pirates
leave today for Dawson Springs, Ky.,
their Southern training quarters.
CENSUS TAKERS ROT
DETERRED- BY: Ml
SUNDAY mmwi
Canvass nequired A Little
More Time Than Estimat
edComplete Compila
tion of Returns Being
Baptist (realar) 871
BVpUst (Free Will) ... . . . . hi
Baptista '(MmiU ve) ,....,.
ChrlaUao "'J.'",. .805
Crin.Scleiico .......... . ;5
Episcopal 28
Holiness .V.
M. EL, South ............. 1.131
Presbyterian .. ........... 114
Unirrsaliistt , . ... .V. . ..... S8
Total ;..I4U
The religious census of the city tak
en Sunday afternoon under the aus
pices of the pastor of the various
Churches was npt completed in the
two hpurs that had be'eo set ppart for
the work, .but by 'p' V"9 Kst
worker of the hundred or more who
set but to get the' data had reported.
The 'results were ' exceedingly gratt
fying. The city had been divided into
districts and the census-takers, work-l "
ing in pairs, visited practically every .
white home in tfce city, got the names, '
ge membership or nclintion, ftc
of every member pf the .fsynliy, ,ad
turned them (n for bulation jto those
In charge of the eensus.- Bad weath
er and, ' pf course, the .absence ; (of
families pora ' home) ' were .deterjrent
to the workers. :
This morning the following pas
tors went over the cards and canvass
ed them thoroughly, adding up tho
lists and separating the' non-members
and non-regulars from tho members
and regular, jchurch-goera: JRe. fi. ,W.
Spllman, Rev. ,C W. Blanchurd. rirst
Baptwt; Rfy, George B. Ha.nrahah, '
Preabyten; Jley. ohn H. Grlfil0i,
St Mary's Episcopal; Pastor B. J. -Smith,
tGordon Street Christian; Rev.
H. A. Humble, Queen Street Method
ist, and Rev. E. N. Harrison, Caswell
Street Methodist . ' . .
The pastors wlil take the 'cards con- '
tainlng the names 1 of non-merabert
with expressed inclinatoins and make
these a matter of special work in tho
near future, to tiring - as many .of
them into the ohurch folds as possi
ble, r . ' ' '. .
The lists at noon were not com
plete, although ,put two block wore
left to be canvassed. TJie figures of
membership and inclination as near '
as possible to get them at that hour
were:"1"
Do naught to others which, If don
to thee, would cause thee pain; this is
the sum of duty-Mahabharata. ...
EDISON PLANT WA$
IN DANGER AGACI
Another Fire Today In Plant Par
tially Destroyed Some Weeki
: Ago Inventor Jn Laboratory
1 , ' When Alarm Came ' In t 'f
t (By the United Press.) .
West Orange, N. J?' March S-r-The
remainder of Thomas Edison's r fire
damaged plant' was again threatened
by flames early today. Only the fire
men's desperate efforts saved inval
uable records. Edison was in bis lab
oratory wjien the fir started.. His
wife rushed Jto $he scene and found
him ankle deep in water directing the
work of saving his papers. v'
call for o::::al
&in STAii
!I3
. By the United Treis.)
Washirgton, Jlarch 8. The C
troUer of the Curroy t'y i
call for statTneii's of t' f-"
National PinV-s et tv r'-e rf 1
ness on J!arrh 4.
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