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J, -.,' . a 1 r " i' DAILY THE WEATHER UbmI4 mi Coldar tonickt tmi PUBLISHED EiZERV HFTERNOON EXCEPT SUNDAY. VOL. XVI- -No. 298 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1915 SIX PAGES TODAY price two cents; YOUR HOME PAPER J'Jq FREE PRE11 'DOING WHAT WE CAN BUT CAN'T SAY WHAT IT IS SAYS BRYAN U. S. Warships Powerless to Help Missionaries in Persia INDEMNITY CONFERENCE Brazilian Minister and Mex ican Representative Try ing to Agree on What Mrs. McManus Should Be Allowed (By the United Press.) Washington, March 27. A confer ence to fix the indemnity for McMan us' murder is in progress in Mexico City between the Brazilian minister, representing the United States, and General Palafox, representing the convention forces. Villa troops are making a supreme effort to capture the port of Mate moras. Men-of-War Unable to Aid Americans in Persia. With two warships in the Mediter ranean and a gunboat in the Bosphor- us, the United States is helpless to protect American missionaries in Per sia. Secretary Bryan says: "We are doing what we can, but cannot say what we are doing." Odenwald Forfeiture Suit Begun, The Hamburg-American liner Oden wald is now in custody of the U. S marshal at San Juan, Porto Rico, it is reportecT by U. S." Attorney Brown at San Juan. Papers in a suit for forfeiture of the Odenwalk have been filed. Nothing farther has been' done regarding special criminal proceed ings against the captain of the Oden wald. Allies' Warships Have Intelligence System. The Treasury Department has evi dence showing that the Allied war- ships in the Atlantic now have a com plete system for supplying them with information regarding the changing conditions on land and at American ports. It is believed the command' ers are especially posted regarding the Eitel Friedrich, by the means of fast power boats manned by French and British agents. The escape of the Eitel is believed impossible. Roosevelt Says He Knows Only What Public Knows. Senator Walsh today refused to comment on the courtesy of Roose velt's telegraphic reply to the request that he testify before the Senate ship lobby investigation committee. The message states that Roosevelt knew only what the papers and general pub lic knows. EITEL SHOWS NO SIGNS OF SLIPPING OUT PORT government lakes Precautions to Prevent the German Auxiliary From Leaving Newport News Without Papers (By the United Press.) Newport News, Va, March 27. There are no indications of the inten tion of the Eitel Friedrich. ' to leave port, but preparations have been al ready completed : by the government to prevent such an attempt without the proper clearance papers. a 1 THIS MA? 1 INFLUENCE ; ENGLAND FOR PEACE Shortage of Military Supplies and Re fusal of Working Men to Turn Them ... Out Ualeas Better "Paid Munitions Short (By the United Press.) New York. March 27. The admit ted shortage of military supplies in England and the refusal of workinir men to turn out war supplies unless Paid higher wages, may play an im'-j portant part for the bringing of. Peace. - j INNOCENT VICTIMS OF BROTHERS' DUEL Mrs. Raymond Smith Killed, Her Baby Shot, Her Husband and John Smith Seriously' In jured In Alabama (By the United Press.) Gadsden, Ala., March 27. Mrs. Raymond Smith is dead and her baby is dying as the result of a pistol duel last night between her husband and his brother, John Smith, on the form er's farm. Both brothers were seri ously wounded. Mrs. Smith, with her baby in her arms, tried to separate the men, resulting in her death. The sheriff has gone to the scene. POLICE STILL THINK AMY TANNER POISONED New Analysis Being Made of Stom ach of Girl Who Is Believed to Have Been Victim of "Broth ers" of New Love Cult (By the United Press.) Canton, Ohio, March 27. "Sacred kisses" and "divine embraces" charac terized the new "love" cult rites at the Brotherhood of God Home at Alli ance, wher Amy Tanner, the police say, was given drugs that caused her death. Expert chemists are making a new analysis of the girl's stomach. "Brother" W. B. Phipps said the members roll on the floor like the famous "Holy Roller" sect SUBMARINE CHASED SHIP THIRTY MILES Arabic, From New York to Liverpool, Eluded the Persistent German Craft Many Americans Were on Threatened Steamer . (By the United Press.) Liverpool, March 27. The White Star liner Arabic, from New York to Liverpool, was chased by a German submarine for 30 miles, passengers reported on the arrival of the ship here today. Many Americans were aboard. ELM GROYE NEGRO'S DOGS IN EXCITING MAN CHASE Cicrro Jones, Who Formerly Boarded John Williams, Desperado, Shot to Scare Intruder Who Was Attempting Entrance Cicero Jones, an Elm Grove negro, declares his dogs had a lot of fun in a man chase several nights ago. He was awakened 'by a noise and went, carrying his revolver, to a window, where he saw a black man creeping around the place. Jones shot twice in the direction of the intruder, whose form was silhouetted against a bright moon and offered an excellent target, He did not shoot to hit, however, he says. He is satisfied he could have killed the man, who he believes was one of several convicts who escaped from the county roads several weeks ago, Bind was in search of food. As soon as he had fired Jones' dogs, two in number, gave chase. It was a thrilling sight in the moonlight, Jones says. The man literally outran the beasts, and escaped unharmed. Jones formerly boarded John Wil liams, a notorious negro who engaged the sheriff in a pistol duel near Elm Grove some days ago, but he is satis fied that the man his dogs pursued was not Williams, who he believes is not In this section now. EARTHQUAKE FET NOT FAR FROM ROME Perua-ia. If1 Mrrh 27. Several eartaauake shocks were felt here to day. No reports of damage have been received. . Perugia is the capital of Utnbria, and within 85 miles of Rome. MRS. JACKSON RESTS - , BESIDE HER HUSBAND, Lexington, Vsu, March 26. With military honors, the body of Mrs. Ma ry Anna Jackson, widow of General Stonewall'' Jackson, the Confederate leader, was placed beside that of her husband today in the vault beneath the Jackson monument in' Lexington cemetery. . . : . SHERIFF TAYLOR'S LOOK-IN ON CARTER ABERNETHY INQUIRY Finds Judge Carter Appre ciative of Word from One of His Former "Victims." A Good Lesson Is Being Administered Judge Frank Carter was visibly moved when Sheriff A. W. Taylor in formed him at New Bern late Friday that the people of Kinston have "noth ing against him." The sheriff went to New Bern to hear a bit of the evi dence in the famous Carter-Abernethy legislative investigation. He went around to where the judge sat, deject ed in appearance and pale of face. "How do, sheriff?" the accused ju rist greeted the Lenoir county officer. He looked up suddenly, as if the call er had broken in upon a reverie. The sheriff said he hoped His Honor was well. "I hope your people have nothing against me?" He was informed that Kinston and Lenoir county in the controversy is neutral. "I am glad to hear that, for I have always entertained the highest regard for your citizens." The sheriff declares the judge wore the air of a man badly "ballywhack- ed," broken and almost ill. It was at a term of court here sev eral years ago that the Sheriff first made the acquaintance of Judge Car ter. A window was raised in the courtroom. The officer came in and lowered it at the request of lawyers and others. His Honor noted the ac tion and became angry. He discussed for nearly a quarter of an hour the dangers of tuberculosis germs float- ing around in a courtroom without ventilation, and gave the sheriff a se vere "calling down" for his act by which he unconsciously offended the court. The incident was brought to mind Friday by a county official who declared that if he had been in Tay lor's place he would have done the same as Taylor "got mad and said nothing" but that if he had been within arm's reach of His Honor on the bench he could not have restrained himself from striking the abusive ju- rict The sheriff, too, before Friday, had sometimes recollected the sting of the incident, and, not long since when the Legislature decided to have two main districts in the State, declar ed he would be glad when it went into effect because then Carter would have to stay in the West. He plainly never liked him after the affair in the court room until late Friday. The sheriff today is on Carter'3 side so far as just "sympathy" goes. He hopes he will "come out all right." He will have learned a lesson and some thing about judicial temperament by the time the investigation is conclud ed, Taylor says. That the judge's hasty temper, or whatever his much-discussed ailment is, would lead him into trouble, had been predicted at the Courthouse here long before he fined Solicitor Aber nethy for contempt because he would not sit down and brought on the pres ent investigation that has elicited the interest of the entire State. BULLETINS (By the United Press.) BREAD TICKETS TO BE ISSUED IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. Vienna, March 27 A govern ment order just issued regulates the consumption of bread, flour and. all other foodstuffs. .Bread "' tickets will be issued. GERMAN AVIATOR KILLS CHILDREN. Paris. March 27. A German aviator bombarded . the town of Wilier, northwest of Tbann, in $ Alsace, the war office announced. Bombs bust in the streets, kill ing three children. INCREASE! IN TRADE OYER LAST WEEK - Better Tone In Several Lines Spring Farming Operations Slightly Re tarded But Are Under Way. Rediscounts Increase. Richmond, March 27. Bradstreet's today will say for Richmond and vi cinity: "Ae volume of trade taken as a whole, shows an increase over last ticeable in several lines. Orders for agricultural fertilizers are being in creased in numbers. Farm machin ery is moving more readily. Drugs and chemicals show some improve ment in demand and the inquiries for lumber are more numerous. Some cotton mills are curtailing or closing down for lack of dyes for their pro ducts. Shoes and dry goods are quiet, though a fair volume of orders for immediate shipment are being receiv ed in these lines. Clothing is at its usual between season dullness. Spring farming operations are un der way, though somewhat retarded by unfavorable weather conditions. In some markets cotton is being market ed quite freely, the prevailing prices show an upward tendency. The shad and herring catch thus far has shown an increase over last season and prices are higher than in recent years. Rediscounts of the local Federal Re serve Bank show a steady increase, and the financial situation shows con siderable ease. Retail trade is fair in most lines. Collections continue very slow." NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS CAME INTO CITY!S COFFERS IN LAST FISCAL YEAR Kinston's affairs are rapidly assuming the proportions of big business. Close to a hundred thousand dollars is gathered in from the various reve nue sources of the city and disbursed in the course of a year. Kinston is no longer in the village class. Its citizens, especially the old-timers, have been slow to realize that fact, but they are gradually coming around, and they see that "what used to be" is no longer necessarily "the case." The annual report of collections of the City Clerk in the fiscal year ending May 9, 1914, showed that the income of the municipality for city general expenses was $61,187.70. Of this sum $16,346.21 came from general property and poll taxes; $92.40 from delinquents' taxes; $23,111.28 from electric light rentals, and $6,382.61 from electric construction; $7,684.53 from water rentals; $2,540.30 from privilege license taxes; $357.50 from the eale of water taps; $199.10 from the sale of wood; $941 from the sale of cemetery lots; $75 from grave fees; $78.50 from the sale of manure; $276 from dog taxes; lesser amounts from the sale of terra cotta, lime, brick, cement, sand, old brass, old hose and error in pay rolls, and $3,014.88 from police fees. Fines collected from the Mayor's Court, for the Jenoir county general school fund and having no connection with the general city fund, totalled $946.29. The bond interest, graded school, graded school bond in terest and sinking funds taxes totalled $27,926.33. also not used for general city purposes. The total of collections was $90,060.32. Disbursements in the same fiscal year, according to the report of the treasurer, were as follows: By Loan to Bond Interest Account , $ 2,328.13 Electric Additions (Permanent Improvements) 3,493.40 Electric Construction (Sale of Electric Materials) 5,672.11 Waterworks Additions (Permanent Improvements) 6,108.33 Operation Electric Pfant and Waterworks 17,681.57 Maintenance Electric Plant and Waterworks 1,449.79 . Street and Roadways, Caswell, Heritage, Peyton 8,090.45 Cemetery ; 1,502.01 Fire Repairs to Engine $ 750.00 Building in East Kinston 500.00 Equipment 848.34 Insurance, Salary and-Sundries 1,688.24 3,786.58 Sanitation 2,737.99 Expense 1,372.65 Health 166.40 Appropriation Library .Military and Fire Companies........ 375.00 Police Account : 4,876.19 Salaries Mayor. Aldermen and Clerk. 2,790.01 Property 180.40 Sanitary Sewers (Permanent) 7,707.32 Total For permanent improvements it will be seen from the above statement! that $3,493.40 was expended for electrical additions; $6,108.33 for water' nnvlrk imnntiiiani mrA 17 707 92 tnr aanitarv AOW.rl A fatal nf 117 OR t- .max .On0rt,c..- provement on UsweH, Heritage and Free Press is printing at this time public and taxpayers of the eity. EIGHT MORE SHIPS JOIN ALLIED FLEET FOR GRAND ASSAULT More Than 100 Vessels In Anglo - French Armada Expected Soon to Exert Their Best Efforts in the ' Dardanelles (By the United Press) London, March 27. Eight additional-warships have joined the Allied- fleet fo warships for a grand as sault on the Dardanelles forts in co operation with land forces, said to day's Athens dispatches. The addition of these ships now bring the total of the craft in the fleet to a number in excess of 100. YADKIN COUNTY PEOPLE DEFEATE ROAD BONDS. Winston-Salem, March 26 Accord ing to reports received here the bond election for $200,000, held in Yadkin county yesterday was defeated by 80 votes. -,., IN TWO CASES IN TENNESSEE. Nashville, enn., March 26. The Senate today passed a bill abolishing the death penalty in Tennessee. The bill which makes two exceptions, in criminal assault cases and in cases of life-term convicts who commit murder, now goes to the Governor. $70,318.33 ,.M w-i ?-.J8nowed intervals, never large reyton streets, me above figures me simply as information for the general SIXTY MEN ON SHIP POUNDING TO PIECES British Steamer Trostburg Apt to Break In Two Any Time Ashore On Morocco n Coast War Ships Standing By Her. (By United Press) Cadiz, Spain, March 27. The sixty of the crew of the British steamer, Trostburg, pounding to pieces near Cape Spartel on the Moroccan coast, are in grave danger, according to dis patches. The ship is believed about to break in two. British and French warships are standing by to he,lp. FRANK S. MYRICK DIES SUDDENLY Government Official From Washing ton Was In Richmond to See Baseball Game and Passed Away In Hotel Death Was Due to Heart Failure. (By the United Press.) Richmond, March 27. Frank S. Myrick, aged 50 years, a well known government official at Washington, died at the Jefferson Hotel here early today from a sudden attack of heart trouble. He was formerly in the traf fic department of the Southern Rail road for many years. He was in Richmond to witness the baseball game between the Richmond interna tionals and the Washington Nation als. JOHNSONfMARD FIGHT MONDAY WEEK Havana Clergymen Asked That ' j Not Be Held on Sunday and Pres ident Communicated Their 'Wlshes.,"t"T It (By the United Press.) Havana, Cuba, March 27. At the request of President Menocal of Cu ba, the Johnson-Willard fight' has been postponed from Easter Sunday, April 4, to Monday, April 6. An ap. peal was made to Monocal by Havana clergymen. DAMROSCH ORCHESTRA TO PLAY IN RALEIGH Famous Opera Singers Will Come, and Program Will Include a Wide Range of Classical and Light er Vein Music April 12 The Woman's Club of Raleigh, ever on the alert to lend to the general de velopment and uplift of the Capital City, is planning to bring the New York Symphony Orchestra with Wal ter Damrosch as conductor, to Raleigh for two performances Tuesday after noon and evening, April 13th, in the splendid city auditorium. The Wo man's club is anxious to have the whole State represented. The coming of the orchestra will mean one of the greatest musical events of the State. A company of operatic stars will appear, the program will be va ried, ranging from the heavy and the classical selections to the lighter ope ra ballet music and an effort is made to arrange a program to suit every body who will patronize the under taking. Tickets are now being re served, prices $2.50 to $3.00. Miss Sadie Duncan, 506 Tilden St., Raleigh, and Brantley's Drug Store, Raleigh, have charge of the tickets. MILL DESTROYED AT WATHA; LOSS $20,000. Warsaw, March 26. Fire which is supposed to have originated in the boiler room of the Parsons Lumber Co., at Watha, Pender county, yester day afternoon destroyed the mill plant, large amount of lumber stor ed on the yards, workmen's homes and other buildings, entailing a loss , of $20,000. - TRYING HARD TO SNOW. A considerable drop in the temper ature accompanied rain Friday night in this region, and this morning it 0,,. hn th,t be snow- tonight, and possibly still lower tem- jperature. CARTER-ABERNETHY INVESTIGATION BE IN RALEIGH M WEEK Judge Will Be Only Witness Except the Solicitor In Rebuttal CARTER OUT OF HEARING Had Headache This Morn ingChief Counsel Was ' Called AwayCharles R. , Thomas On the Stand for Abernethy ( Special to The Free Press.) New Bern. March 27. It was an nounced today that the Carter-Aber- -nethy legislative investigation would be moved to Raleigh at the conclusion of today's session.' Monday Judge1 Carter will be allowed to take the stand. No other witnesses will be heard there, except that Solicitor Ab- , emethy will be permitted to present his rebuttal testimony. , ; ,. The session this morning was : marked by the absence of Judge Car ter, who was confined to his room with a severe headache, and of former Judge Manning, who is conducting Carter's side of the investigation. Judge Manning was called to Raleigh last night. A few witnesses were examined this morning, the principal onejrt ,, them being former Congressman Charles R. Thomas, who was in the courtroom at the time that Judge Carter fined Abernethy for contempt. Mr. Thomas told the committee that he would have done the same as Ab-' emethy did when ordered to sit down without being given a chance to ex- . plain his position. . - JUDGE PEEBLES CLEARED DOCKET AND ADJOURNED Venerable Jurist Made Good Progress With Civil Term Left For His Home at Jackson to Rest In the Off-Week. Judge R. B. Peebles wound up the March term of Superior Court Frl-. day and left at 4; 10 o'clock that af ternoon for his home in Jackson. The term was called off when all the avail able business was cleared away, al though it does not expire by limitation until 12 o'clock tonight It was a two-weeks' term, if heeds were, and Judge Peebles could have utilized all of next week had not the short calen dar obviated the necessity for that. - Despite the fact that the term last ed less han five days, remarkable pro gress was made in clearing the dock et Clerk Heath said much more had been accomplished than was expected. Judge Peebles spent the time Fri day until the adjournment in signing orders, agreements 'and judgments and hearing motions. ATROCITIES IN PERSIA : : STIR U.S. TO ACTION , Washington, March 26V -Alarming reports of atrocities, including the hanging of sixty men taken from the French mission and five from., the American mission compound at Gul pashan. Persia, stirred the State De partment today to further efforts to obtain protection for American mis sionaries and refugees in the vicinity of Urumiah, Persia, where a Kurd up rising threatens a general Christian massacre. v v ... , - -;.';.,. Ambassador Morgenthau at Con stantinople has been appealed to by Secretary Bryan twice in the last few days to urge the Turkish government to send protection to the imperilled district and it was learned tonight that the State Department had receiv ed definite assurance from the Turk- ish government that protection would be lushed to the scene. tiif1 I-
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