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VOL. 3 VI No. 296
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N-1, aiONDAV, MARCH 22, ld!5
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PRZEMM FALLS TO
CZAR'S MEN AT END
OF MONTHS' SIEGE
Releases Big Russian Army
for Fighting Duty In
Other Regions
PETROGRAD GOES WILD
Besiegers Numbered More
Than Three Times as
Many Austrian Defend
ersRussians Are Ousted
From Memel
(By the United Press.)
Petrograd, (March 22. The war of
fice today officially announced the fall
of the Austrian fortress of Przemysl.
The garrison surrendered to the Rus
sian besiegers. The siege lasted sev
en months. The fall of the position
automatically releases the Russian
army of nearly 160,000 men for action
in Poland and' along the Carpathian
front. This is the greatest Russian
victory since the war began. The
Austrian garrison that surrendered
to Gen. JDimitrieff numbered 50,000.
Four army corps formed the Russian
army. The wildest scenes of excite
ment followed in Petrograd.
Report Reaches London.
London, March 22. The Russian
embassy here today received a report
that the Austrian fortress of Prze
mysl has fallen.
No Confirmation in Washington.
Washington, - March 22. Austrian
and Allies' embassies state they have
received no confirmation of a report
of the fall of Przemysl, and refuse
to comment on the report.
Nemel Again in Germans' Hands.
Berlin, March 22. The Russians
THE FOREIGN LEGION
CEMETERY GREW FASTER THAN
By PHIL RADER. ,
(Written for the United1 Press)
(Copyright 1915 by the United Press)
ijonaon, March 1. At least one
American flag that I know of has
flown in the great war. My comrade
and I, in the French Foreign Legion,
went to war under its folds and as
we marched out from Paris about
the middle of October and started on
our one hundred and fifty mile tramp
to the front, the French cheered the
; Stars and Stripes with huge delight
i When "Ouida" wrote "Under Two
Falgs," she was telling of my regi
ment, the famous old French Foreign
Legion, in which every ; man fights
undep ?e ,encn flag and carries in
his heart the thoughts of hi3 coun
try's banner.
Of the fifteen hundred men I start
ed out with, only three hundred and
eighty-five were alive February 1st
There are strange men in the Foreign
Legion, men whose lives have been
twisted in one way, or another; men
with pasts; men with dark secrets;
men who want to die, but who" have
stopped at suicide.,., You never ast a
roim in the Foreign Legiop who he
really is." " ,
had joined the Foreign Legion
because L had e'nTVfd that, if I got
iuw us renin nying corps, which 1
wished to do, I must first become a
member of the Foreign Legion,
I didnl intend, to go to the trenches,
but, the first thing I knew, we were
under way; with our American flag
flying over us, bound, for the front
My arranpments for. entering the
flying corps had" gone .awry and here
I was, only an ordinary private car
rying a rifle, arid i pact weighing 96
pounds. We marchedfor six days,
ten hours a day, for forty minutes at
a stretch with five-minute rests. At
Ust we reached little iown Which,
; they told us, was three miles' from the
trenches. We had been all aglow to
Ret,into the fighting
"MI be just our luck to be held in
KMtM OFFirFil
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LOST IN BOSPHORUS
Lieut.-Com. Bricker and
Seamen Levering, Ford
and Dowel Drowned After
Boat Capsized Near Con
stantinople (By the United Fnu)
Berlin, March 22. Constantinople
dispatches stated today that Lieuten
ant Commander William F. Bricker
and three sailors from the United
States converted yacht Scorpion were
drowned in the Boephorus off the Tur
kish capital Saturday night. The sail
ors were Levering, Ford and Dowel.
Lieutenant H. S. Battit and another
sailor were saved. The boat upset.
Washington Has Not Heard of
Drowning.
Washington, March 22. Confirma
tion of the Berlin report of the drown
ing of Lieut.-Comimander Bricker and
three sailors has not yet been receiv
ed at the Navy Department.
CANADIAN COLONEL
KILLED AT THE FRONT.
Ottowa, March 21. Col. Fuquhar,
of the PrinceSiS Patricia's regiment,
has been killed in action, acsording
to an announcement at the govern
ment house here tonight.
have been driven from the German
seaport of Memel, it is announced by
the war office.
Austro-German Losses Heavy.
PetrogrVd, March 22. The Austro-German
losses in attempting sor
ties from Przemysl and in the fight
ing north of Tarnow in the last 48
hours totalled more than 000, it is
stated unofficially at the war office,
which says the Germans' entire plan
of campaign in the Carpathians has
been overthrown.
WAS PROUD THAT ITS
reserve." "We won't get
to the
trenches for a long time."
"I hope they get us into the fight
ing right away." We had made these
remarks hundreds of times during our
long march. An orderly came up to
the position where we were standing
and said, "We've to go directly to the
trenches." It was like a douse of cold
water. Wasn't this just a little bit
too sudden? We thought. Then a
terrific chattering broke out among
us. Every man was trying to prove
how ready he was. Men always do
that in a pinch, I found. Jokes were
made, in unnatural tones. Loud
laughs were high pitched. Men also
slapped others on the backs, boister
ously. I didnt know that all these
things were unfailing signs that fear
was tugging at our hearts. I had
hundreds of chances in the days to
come to study myself and other men
in the periods of danger, and I've
learned that fear always comes.
The brave man isn't the' man who
has no fear; he is the man who has
it and conquers it, or who fears the
jibes of his mates more than the bul
lets of the enemy. x
We marched a few miles more that
afternoon and at last found ourselves
in . a deserted little town. Our path
had been strewn with relics, French
caps, French napsacks, broken French
rifles, French graves. I found myself
wondering why we saw no German
relics. !egan to understand that
evil things could happen to us as well
as to the Geremans. We were going
to kill Germans but, in the meantime
what, were they going to do to us?
I was an average man, straight from
the sidewalks of Frisco, and what was
happening to- my mind could have
happened to the mind of any man I
know. We could hear shooting now;
distant rumbling. Our nerves were
strung tense. -
' "We've to cross the canal on Lit
tle Bridge and go to the farmhouse."
(Continued on Page 2)
GEN- SCOn DffLOMAT
, i n lirm l n imnniAn
A3 WtLL A3 YYAKKIUK
Chief of Staff of Army Bringing Old
Polk, Tse-Ne-Gat, Chief Posey
' and Young Brave to Justice.
"Personally Conducting"
Quartet to Sheriff.
Washington, D. C, March 21. A
laconic telegram came to the War De
partment today from Brig.-Gen. Hugh
L. Scott, chief of staff, at Bluff. Utah,
announcing that four Piutes were be
ing brought into Bluff. These Indi
ans recently lead a party of Piuto In
dians on the war path. The message
said:
"Successful. Have four Piutes de
sired by Marshal Nebeker and am, at
their desire, personally conducting
them to Salt Lake City to turn over
to Marshal Nebeker. Am leaving
everything peaceable behind us 1.1
southern Utah. Should reach Thomp
son Tuesday and Salt Lake Wednes
day." Newspaper dispatches last night
told of Gen. Scott's arrival at Bluff
with four Indians, Tse-Ne-Gat pnd
his father, "Old Polk," Chief Posey
and the latter's son. The party rode
in just ten days after General Scott,
unarmed and accompanied only by
an orderly and two Navajo scouts,
had started off on a snow coverej
mountain trail for the distant hiding
place of the Piutes.
ROBBED STORE AND THE
DEPOT AT STANTONSBURG
A store at Stantonburg, in Greer.e
county, was robbed by an organized
gang of thieves Friday night and a
large quantity of poods taken. The
store was left in such a confused con
dition that no estimate could be made
Saturday of the actual loss. The Nor
folk Southern depot was also entersd,
but it is not known if anything was
taken. No arrests have been made.
The residents of the town believe one
or two men could not have carried o!T
all the stuff taken from the store, the
owners of which are not learned.
CARTER-ABERNETHY
AT THE CAPITAL CITY
Witnesses Tell of Judge's
Alleged Unbecoming Ju
dicial Conduct in Court at
Clinton Kissed Woman
on Cheek.
- .- (By W. J. Martin.) .... -Raleigh,
March 22. The legislat
ive committee began the investigation
of the Solicitor Abernethy-Judge
Carter case today. Col. J. D. Kerr
and H. A. Grady of Clinton testified
to the alleged injudicial conduct of
Judge Carter in Clinton, in angrily
kicking over a box, skinning the shin
of a witness.
Mrs. Levy Carter testified that she
saw Judge Carter kiss Mrs. Williams,
wife of a Georgia hotel man, on the
cheek on account of having lost in a
"Dutch dime" bet.
H. A. Grady said Judge Carter used
the term "damned box" in an angry
reprimand to the Bheriff at Clinton for
not having removed the box from un
der the witness chair.
It was definitely decided, that the
committee will go to New Bern later
for a special examination of witnesses
in the contempt case there.
COL. JOHN LAMB'S SON ,
GETS GOVERNMENT JOB.
Washington, March 21The De
partment of Justice notified Senator
Overman's office that Luke Lamb' of
Williamston had been promoted to the
position of law clerk in the custom
division of the depeartmenf ih New
York. The new place pays two thou
sand a year with good opportunities
for promotion. Mr. Lamb is the son
of Col. Wilson G. Lamb.
FimiBF IN RFfiARIl
usvsau in iit,uiutu'MiUtar Authorities Prepared
TO BLOCKADE LINES! W
Thousand Miles Limit Ask
ed1 for; Might Fight!
Jafpan
GREAT BATTLE IN MEXICO
Villa and Carranza Will En
gage in Struggle at Tam
pico That May Eliminate
One or Other of These
Warring Mexicans
(By the United Press.)
Washington, March 22. It is
ported that 1,000 miles from
coast line will be the limit of
re-
the
the
blockade radius the United States will
ask in the protest note to England
regarding the German blockade. The
officials will not ask closer blockade
lines because that might embarrass
this nation in the even of the United
States going to war with Japan
the future.
Big Battle Near in Mexico.
in
Representatives of all Mexican fac
tions here agree that the coming con
flict near Tampico between the forces
of Villa and Carranza will be the big
gest battle since the days of Huerta.
Villa is in personal command of his
troops. It is expected the battle may
eliminate one or the other as a con
tending factor in Mexico.
Middlemen Benefit by High Prices;
Not Producers.
That producers and consumers are
greatly overcharged for the benefit
of a multiplicity of middlemen, was
a charge indicated in the ruling of the
Interstate Commerce Commission in
the cise of the Eastern Fruit Grow
ers' Association's complaint that rail
roads are discriminating against Vir
ginia, West Virginia and Maryland in
favor of New York and New England
in, rates on apple shipments. The
commission stated that while the price
of apples to consumers has steadily
increased, the increase has not gone
to the growers but to middlemen.
Protest to London in a Day or Two.
.It is officially announced that the
American protest against the British
order in council relative to the Ger
man blockade will be sent to London
in a day or two.
Villa's Tax Levy Not Being Pushed.
Villa's special agent here, Llorente,
said today that he had received a tele
gram from Raul Medero, governor of
the State of Nuevo Leon, declaring
that the taxes levied by Villa are not
being forced.
Eitel Given Time to Repair; How
Long Not Known.
Commander Thierichens, of the Ger
man converted cruiser Prinz Eitel
Friedrich at Newport News, has been
granted a definite time in which to
repair his ship, it has been reported
here. Officials refuse to make state
ments in the matter, to prevent wait
ing allied wafships from gaining an
unfair advantage if the commander
attempts to escape.
The department today received con
firmation of reports that the German
merchantman, Osenwald, in attempt
ing to dash to the sea from San Juan,
Porto Rico, was forcibly held up by
the American authorities. It is sup
posed the ship attempted to carry
contraband to German commerce des
troyers. -. .-. v
BOOKKEEPER, LNTOXICATED,'
KILLED BY FREIGHT TRAIN.
Fayettcville, March 21. The conduc
tor of the Atlantic Coast Line Ben
nettesville train, going south, ; this
morning saw the body of a man lying
between the double tracks, one and
a half miles south of Fayetteveille.
It proved to be, H. H. Riddle, about
26, bookkeeper for McMillan Trading
Company, McMillans Siding, Kobe
eoa county. He was killed by a
freight train going south at midnight
Saturday night Six witnesses testi
fiede that Riddle was put down from
an automobile at Holt Morgan vil
lage. Riddle was aid, to have been
drunk,
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Attack upon Paris.
(By the United Press.)
Paris. March 2.2. The greatest pre
cautions are now being taken against
a repetition of the Zeppelin attack of
yesterday. Military authorities are
prepared to spring a surprise next
time, said a well-known English avi
ator today
PRESIDENT ENJOYS SPRING
DAY BY WALK TO THE ZOO.
Washington, D. C, March 21. The
President celebrated the arrival of
spring today by walking from the
White House to the zoological park.
two miles away. With several secret
service men. he mingled freely with
the large crowd at the zoo.
CIVIL TERM OF SUPERIOR
COURT Iti SESSfoN HERE
Judge Peebles Presiding Many of
the Cases Will Have to Be Post
poned Because of Absence of
Attorneys and Death of
Hon. Em met t Wooten
Superior Court met this morning
at about 9:30 o'clock for a term es
timated to last from four to six days.
The term. is the regular March civil
term, abbreviated by reason of the
absence from the city of lawyers in
terested in many of the cases docket
ed and the death of Speaker Wooten,
who was of counsel In others. Ordin
arily the term lasts two weeks.
There are twenty-two calendar
cases. There are a few more than 200
cases on the docket
Judge R. B. Peebles is presiding, it
being his second appearance at court
here this year. His Honor expects to
spend next week at his home in Jack
sonville, Northampton county, as a
result of the curtailed term.
DR. M
HEARD IN KINSTON
BY 2 BIG AUDIENCES
Head of Universalist Church
Is Guest of Local Congre
gation State Executive
B6'ard Ifi S6&fon Ifere
Today Services Tonight
Dr. W. II. McGlauflin of Chicago,
superintendent of the Universalist
church in the Nation, addressed con
gregations which filled the auditorium
in the Church of the Eternal Hope
twice Sunday.
At 11 a. m. the distinguished Uni
versalist made an address upon the
late Dr. Shinn, a leader of wide re
nown, to whom a memorial is now be
ing erected at Chattanooga. It is un
der the auspices of the Shinn Memo
rial Lecture Course that Dr. McGlauf
lin is now touring the South.
At night Dr. McGlauflin had for his
subject "Oar Father." The audience
contained many of other denomina
tions, attracted to the Universalist
hurch by the presence of the noted
pulpiteer,.
Dr. McGlauflin remained over to
attend the meeting of the State Board
of the church here today. The first
session was held at 10:50 a. m. An
other is being held , this afternoon.
and a platform meeting will be held
tonight, at which Dr. McGlauflin and
Rev. J. L. Everton of Clinton will
peakv.
L-- L. Matthews, a prominent lay
man and1 superintendent of schoojs of
Sampson county. Is a member of the
board in attendance.' " ' .
would fixvc ittiiiiibMi
FOR JEWS IN PALESTINE.
.LbndonV March 21. The English
Zionist Federation, whose object is to
obtain for the Jewish people a legally
MFLINWAS
award of contracts for huniglpat, . ;
Improvements may be held op because
BOND PURCHASERS MM 0fff ttfNEY
City Administration Is Without Funds or Assurances
and Hour of Contract Letting Is At Hand Special
Meeting of Council to Consider Bids Is Called for
Tuesday AftefriobnV Hut Unless' Money Cdmes in the
PIean Time Work May Have to Be Deferredf tfndefi
nitely Unusuar State 6f Affairs
City Council will meet Tuesday af
ternoon to let the contracts for the
sewerage, paving and electric light
ing extensions without a dollar of the
$100,000 in bonds, voted last June,
in sight. '
Consulting Engineer Gilbert White
is expected here tonight or tomorrow
to advise with the Mayor and Alder
men, and several representatives of
contracting concerns are already here
and others are expected on every
train from now until. Tuesday after
noon to submit sealed bids to be open
ed at the meeting. The probability, is
that everything will be deferred.
Officials were making frantic e.
forts today to get in touch with the
Security Trust Company of Spartan
burg, S. and A. B. Leach & Co., of
New York, whom -some of them hold
jointly responsible for the embar
rassing situation which the city is up
against, although others regard the
Spartanburg concern as solely res
ponsible. The bonds market is not
good, and it is supposed thet te pur
chasers could not place the Kinston
issue and are caught in the fix that
they are not able to pay for hem.
The transfer has proceeded tt tile
point where the bondV have been sig
ed and sent to New York. The$
should have been delivered on or bj
fore the 13th. The city has been
prompt in every detail of the trans
action. - -
MRS. RAMSPOTT, FORMER
RESIDENT KINSTON. DEAD
Mrs. C. J. Ramspot. nee Miss Lil
lian G. Jackson, died at her home near
Jacksonville, Fla.. Sunday morning,
March 14. The funeral was held on
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
chapel of the Sam Anderson's Com
pany, 45 West Church street, Jack
sonville, Rev. J. T. Boone of the First
Christian church officiating. Inter
ment was made in the family lot in
Evergreen cemetery.
The deceased is remembered! as a
former resident of Kinston being the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Jackson of this section. She is sur
vived by her husband, Oliver J
Ramspot; her daughter, Mrs. J. D.
Carruthers of Jacksonville; her moth
er, four sisters, Mrs. E, A. Jones, Mrs.
M. Baskin, Mrs. Eula Edwards and
Miss Mattie Jackson, and four broth
ers, Messrs. Herman, Richard, Jos;ie
and Blaney Jackson.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press.)
ZEPPELIN WRECKED
AT LIEGE.
London, March 22. A meter
s tarn dispatches today reported
(,hat a zeppelin was wrecked at
Liege Saturday. No details are
available.
DUTCH ACCUSE GERMANS OF
IMPROPRIETIES.
, The Hague, March , 22. The
Dutch government has ordered an
investigation of reports that a
number of Dutch cargo boats had
been confiscated by the Germans,
and that a Dutch steamer was at
tacked by a German aeroplane. X
strong protest will be made to
Berlin if the reports are verified-
secured, publicly recognized home id
Palestine, says in a statement issued
by the executive council that It will
work with renewed vigor ? towardi
this goal, in view T.of the conditio 3
brought about by the war. .
The general opinion among the ad
ministration has been that the deal
was a thorough one, and that no dif
ficulty would be experienced. The
trade was' inade' some months ago
when a representative of thrf Spar
tanhiirg people appeared' before4
called meeting of the Council, ttated
a proposition that gratified the aldor
men in' a few sentences, and the. mat?. ,v
ter was fixed up satisfactorily for
concerned. Since then ,the purchas-
ers have, it is presumed,-been parry
ing for time, with disappointing rc-"
suits.
s'iated
Mayor Sutton this morning
that the City Council would meet on
Tuesday afternoon at 5 o'clock to
award! the contracts. This H, that
will be the purpose of the' meeting1, he
modified the statement a few .seconds
later. The mayor is as much in the
dark as anyone. elsev , ,;,". ii ,
It is certain that however optimis
tically the majority of the officials
and citizens, have v viewed the matter,
there have been' those who douhted, if
the Bonds' would ever be taRert over ,
by those who bid s'o eagerly for fhenV
in iiif.- These people we're among
Spartanburg c'6"ncer Wsoeeit "uj
against It" like the man who btfyY
say cotton,' for future deliver, and
failing to sell, cannot pay for it. on
the date promised.- - '
ZEPPELINS' RAID ON
PARIS NOT SERIOUS
Paris, March 21. Zeppelin airships'
raided Paris early this morning and
dropped a dozen bombs. The damage
done was unimportant. Seven' vor
eight persons were injured, but only
one seriously. Four of the aircraft
started for the capital, following the
valley of the Oise, but only two , of
them reached their goals. Missiles
also were dropped at Riebocourt and!
Dreslincourt, but without serious re
suit.
THREE HUJfDRED LOST
OFF SPANISH COAST."
Algeciras, Spain, March 21, via
Paris, 4:10 p. m. Four sailing ves
sels with Spanish dock laborers on
board have been lost in a great storm.
It is estimated that 300 persons on
board the vessels were drowned.
IMPORTANT MATTERS WILL'
COME BEFORE THE BOARD
Appointment of Tax Assessors and
List Takers for CountyRecord
ers fer Moseley Hall Town-
ship to Be Named in April
The meeting of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners on April (f will b
very important , Tax assessors and
Kst-takers wilt be appointed (hen. '
The assessors and list-takers hold
office for four years' There is one .
of each for all of the twelve town
ships, and i county assessor, who su
pervises the work' of the' other 12."
The chairman of the Board of Coun
ty Commissioners and the assessor
sit in July as a board of equalization
. The valuation of the property hi
the county in 1911 was around $8,-;
000.000. It is confidently exnected
(that this will be increased by about
$2,000,000 this year, the value of new
property being estimated at that sura.
Besides naming assessors anil list
takers, the board will fee called" upod
Co appoint a recorder and fuostuuU
recorder for Moseley Hall towiuLlp.
No candidates have yet come io the
attention of the officials here.
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