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KLNSTON, N C,TIIURSDAY, JULY 29, 1915
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BEGUN IN CHICAGO
td SPARE HIS LIFE
HIAHERSTlfOPOPS
tically Same As In ,1914 Market
Opens on the Seventeenth
GERARD IS TAUONfi
PUINIY TO GERMAN
HUtf
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ROCK
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jjusiUnia Incident Closed So
Far Aa He Is Concerned,
It SCCTO3
XflE SITUATION IS CRAVE
No Doubt, Saya the-Untted
Pw?aa TorresDohdent At
k Berlin, That Status of Af-
' fairs Is, Regarded by Ger
roans as pous ; "
.. $.- ' V. ''" :,''r i. ,' ; ,
; ,., (By, the United Preea.) 1
.Berlin, July 2? There U, no; chance
jot doubt .that the litoatlon resulting;
from the new differences of the Unit-
l states and Germany ; is regarded
as estiremely serious' here.
Americans now to Berlin in, touch
thA American embassy' know
there is a feeling of! extreme gravity.
Ambassador Gerard has adopted; a
flrnj tone to his dealings with the for
eign office indicating that, the Lusi-
tanja, incident is closed so- far as he
is concerned as a representative of the
Uni States. . . 1 - -
SSOl OLD RUSSIAN :
CAPITAL DECAYING
Trading Fo4 Wd Fort Are Almost. In
flips The PresbvterUaa fission
- Scawl There Gimate All Bight
Splendid Agricultural Possibilities
.. of the Region ,
Dr,' V. F. Hargrove, who has been
snandine several weeks in. the Far
' Was;, is now returning home by easy
tages. He writes from Sitka:,.,
i ,Ths is the old Russian capital of
Ajisjta, I ve spent five hours here
tcitftay, It is an old, dilapidated place.
Tha, Russian trading post and block
house almost in view, are about the
onht evidences -of its age. The gov-
cronwt has ,an experiment station
neA tej"1? fhe products that, are
suitable to this north counry. . I ate
sots of the finest strawberries I have
eef en, and, the flavor beats ours
tta-pemes .grow to perfection in
Sitka, I saw some timothy grass 6
fee high. The winter' temperature
,- averages 3$ degrees and the summer
66 degrees. The population' is mainly
o4fta and Russian, with a sprinkling
of all. nationalities. Fishing is the
main occupation. .The Presbyterians.
have, a large mission school .here for
the Indians on. the coasts where the
girls are taught domestic science and
boys get manual . trammg, i-Parents
are required to pay $25 each , year for
each child sent to the mission. They
are kept thera au the me. They
have the ninth grade,- but few grad
uate. The- girls make all the cloth
ing and the boys do-all the repairs to
the school.
- "Sees of our party went out foT
two tours to catch black bass, and re
turned with the nicest string of bass
I ever saw. They toed hand lines,
and the pull: made -some pretty sore
hands. The fish averaged about four
, poemds each. ; . ,
t "We have now completed our jour
ney north, and start on the return1
by the same route wes came up on ex
cept a; to Skagway. .Saw two whales
Pjaying and spouting, shortly ' after
leaving Sitka. .
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PABTUL OPERATION OF "
' BIG BELHAVEN PLANT.
T . (JSpecia) to The Free Press) ;
.Belhaven, Joly 29 Manager Bar
, ett of he Interstate Cooperage Cotn
( ny said today that the saw-mill de
' partment will be reopened" In a day
er rwo. The main factory, ; however,
iU be suspended indefinitely. About
100 out of 80ft men' will .return to
ork. Manager Barrett said "this
'U relieve conditions in ' Belhaven
orn. but not a great deaL" i
Te L C Co. shut down when a
' Eayonne, N. J., strike-affected con
wa hich takes the bulk of its out-
Sulscribe to THE FF.EE FF.ESS
" Tobacco of , good grades nnder ex
Jstmg circumstances is apt to bring
good prices this, fall, in the opinion
of .a leading Queen street f-bpsiness
man. - Poor grades, he thinks, will not
be fax such demand as tfie .bess weed.
Therefore the wisdom of curing prop
erly. More pains should be taken by
the planters; than j ever to put j their
product on the market in ' the best
possible .condition. ' :A
" "And they should 'market;, slowly,
There is no need of dumping it all on
tiie market at once to get It over with.
he advises., ' iy(-tt--X 'i
The 'chances are, according to op
timists, ; that when the onarket here
opens on'the 17th, as it is expected to,
there wiH bw excellent prices, but none
sensational. Just' how much- of
crop' has been made- Jn the territory
few are willing'' to estimate for pub
lication even yet. ' It is a fair opin
ion, however, that-the production is
very little decreased, but hardly
creased at all.
in
CHIEF OF BUREAU VITAL
STATISTICS BROWNHERE
Spent Day Wednesday and Will Re-
' turn to Lenoir Shortly for General
Checking Up of Rural (Takers--
? System Being Improved
Peyton Brown, a statistician at
the head of the bureau of vital sta
tistics of the State Board of Health,
spent Wednesday, here. It develop
ed late in the day that the resigna
tion of Collector of Vital Statistics I,
T. HaskinS and appointment . of Mr.
u. w. woea to succeed nim ; occa
sioned Mr Brown's visit here.
Tho Raleigh man is chock full of
figures "and facts. He works more
hours than any man in North Caroli
na, probably. He has eight thousand
people on his mailing list. .
- Mr. Browa noted . with some inter
est the threat of tho State Board to
expose sanitary condition in Kii-
ston to the world if they do not come
up to the scratch. "That is the De
partment of Engineering and Educa
tion's workr a separate bureau from
mine," he said.. "Well, hard as it
may look and kick as the people may,
it will be a serious mistake to let
Booker and the Bulletin get down be
hind the town." Booker, it seems, is
the man "who has charge of the book,
the Bulletin. , m
If vital statistics were properly re
ported as the law requires, Mr Brown
stated, the board would be much bet
ter equipped for its work. The col
lectors do not turn in nearly all of
the figures, however. "They will
come to that; and they are going to
come to it quickly," he declared.
"I am soming back to Lenoir coun
ty shortly and get down behind the
rural takers. They may as well take
warning!"
JAP HOME MINISTER
ACCUSED OF BRIBERY
Resigns Following Implication In the
Election Frauds His Arrest Ex-pectedr-rEntire.',
Government May
Be Upset by Official Corruption, Is
Report Today
(By the United Press) ,
Tokio, July 29. -Home Minister Ou
rs has resigned, following his impli
cation in alleged extensive bribery i in
the recent general election - His ar
rest i expected. Fears for a com
plete government upset are increased.
TWO HUNDRED GERMANS
KILLED BY EXPLOSIONS
French Mines Under the Enemy's
Trenches at Two Points Assault
.Followed Discharge ef th Mines
Teutons Compelled ' to Fall Back
Before Assailant Dash
Paris, July t9. French mines ex
ploded under German trenches near
St Hubert and Malencourt killed out-
ight more than 200 men, the war of-
ce today announced. .The French im
mediately advanced and forced the
Germans to retreat slightly. ,
MackerisenAtrnpt to
y Sweep siavs Off , Feet Is
; Checked and He lxses
Ground . In , Counter ; At
tacks 100 Captured '
(By the United Press)
Petrograd, July 29. The Russians
who withstood three furious attacks
by Mackensen's troops near Hrubiesof
by brilliant counter " attacks ' swept
forward, recapturing three villages.
TV, A VMW tlfRit 4m4. aM II..
The war office today said. the. wave
of the German attack , is battering
fruitlessly on a solid rock of Russian
defense. The troops took fifteen hun
dred German prisoners with 'the vil
lages.
RICE,' VA. BASEBALL
STAR, TO WASHINGTON
(By the United Press)
Petersburg, Va.. July 29v-amlou
Rice, star pitcher for the Petersburg
Virginia League team, one of the best
all-round players on the circuit has
been sold to Washington. He will re
port Saturday.
NEGRO SHOT MINISTER
i WHO UPRAIDED HIM.
Norlina,' July 28. What came near
being a fatal affair occurred at a
Holiness church in the Oine section,
when Nelson Davis, colored, a deacon
of the church, shot Rev. George Sil
ver, pastor of the church, in the left
arm. It seems that Davis had not
been living as his pastor .thought he
ought tv .live and he was being given
a bearing; before members, of the
church, when he became enraged and
flushed a pistol in the preacher's face,
then pulled the trigger.
GERMANY HAS PROVE D EQUALTO ALL EMERGENCIES INTHE WAR
THE BRITISH BEGINNING TO TAKE MORE INTEREST IN AFFAIRS;
JOSFFRE THE ONE MANIN FORTY MILLIONS FOR GENERALISSIMO
AS SEEN IN BERLIN
Berlin, July 29.J-In the western
campaign Germany met new condi
tions of modern warfare and over
came them before the enemies were
able to do so. In the eastern war
area old conditions of fighting have
prevailed throughout the twelve
months, and , Germany again , has
shown that she is as skilful with the
old as with the new.
The more valuable territory which
has fallen to German arms in this war
is Belgium and ' northern France.
These conquered' districts are fat
more wealthy than are the captured
Polish and Baltic areas. Yet, with
out doubt, the chief glories of the
German armies have' been won in the
east, : Germany is proud of the year
magnificent record in the west, but it
is the march of events in the east that
thrills the German people to their
very souls. In popular imagination,
the might of the Russian Empire was
the most disquieting fact of the war.
This belief was encouraged by the
general feeling that if Germany were
to hold her own in the- great , war,
France; must be overwhelmed before
Russia's mighty .' millions could be
mobilized. . But Russia came" on be
fore France was overwhelmed. Ger
many had to meet her enemies on two
fronts at once. . The people of the
empire trembled last summer as Rus
sia's hordes crept further and : fur
ther into East Prussia while the cam
paign against the western allies was
yet to reach its height Germany was
not afraid of the western campaign,
but the fact is privately confessed
that the Germans did fear the ; out
come of the Slavonic rush. n';'
Then almost over night came the
news that the battle of the Masurian
Lakes had. been fought and had re
sulted in one of the greatest victories
for Germany in all history. Seldom
is a nation thrilled even in war time
as Germany was thrilled by the news
that Marshal Von Hindenburg had
j "T ii - t;
Federal Steamboat Inspect
ors Criticized by the Cor
oner's " Verdict Rcdfield
Conducts One of the In
vestiations
. (By the United Press.) j
Chicago,; July 29. With .six men
held for a aounty, grand jury aa ja
result f the coroner's inquest to fix
the blame for the Eastland disaster,
th presentation, of testimony was to
. . 1 . . 1 ' a,
dav. besun fat two new probes, that ef
the government steamboat inspection
serviced headed by Secretary Redfield,
and by the federal grand jury. .
The verdict of the coroner's r Jury
bitterly? arraigned the federal laws,
permitting inspectors to arbitrarily
increase boats' ; passenger-carrying
capacity regardless of the question of
stability. $ - ' ' 4
AMERICA TO ASK DAMAGES f
FOR LOSS OF LEELANAW.
Washington, D. C, July 28. With
the receipt late today of a practically
complete report op the torpedoing of
the American steamer Leelanaw by a
German submarine, State Depart
ment officials began the preparation
of a note to Germany requesting the
payment of, damages on the ground
that the Prussian-American treaty of
1828 had been-violated.
London, July 9 (By Mail A suf-
fragett erecruiting agent von - the
Strand severely berated a stalwart
young man. because he had not joined
the army. ''Have you no prido in
your country!" the suffragette asked.
"Yes, niadamjf have plenty of pride
in my country. I'm going back next
week. ' I am an American." The. suf
fragette vanished. '
AS SEEN IN PARIS
Paris, July 29. General Joe Joffre
must be enumerated among the great
successes of the first twelve months
of the war.
This goes at it stands, whatever he
may or may not do in the future. I
say this because Joffre is not without
his critics. ; There are those who say
he ought to move faster.
Joffre already deserves the undying
gratitude of his country if he never
strikes another blow,' He refused at
Charlerol to sacrifice his men for a
brilliant but temporary success
though he must have known the coun
try was waiting for him to make good.
He ordered that eoul-sickening re
treat before a superior foe when he
knew that every heart in France was
weighted down by the doubt concern
ing him and his army; he patiently
sought and seized the opportunity he
was looking- for, then instantly trans
formed the swift German advance on
Paris into a disorderly retreat; he
stopped short the mighty second Ger
man offensive in the west against the
channel ports and pinned his enemy
down for a long winter trench cam
paign where he held the advantage; he
had confidence of his men, individual
ly the most intelligent soldiers in ths
world, giviug them reason for their
cheerful courage which never faltered
even on coldest, wettest mid-winter
days.', -" ,V W-
lisstly, but by no means least, he so
oandled his resources In material and
men that now, at the beginning: of the
second year of the war the French ar
my is the finest fighting body in the
melee, Joffre was the one 'man in
France's forty million for the Job,
cleared East Prussia of the invaders.
Nothing that has happened since and
nothing that is likely to happen will
equal in Germany's estimation the
brilliance of Von Hindenburg's : suc
cess.
Preparations for Execution
, Mae Former rolicern
Will Die Like a Man, He
Says Gets Suit of Som
Jbre Hue
. '(By the United Press.) ? A.
'Afcany July 29. Mrs. Becker will
make a last-minute ( plea for execu
tive clemency for Charles Becker, late
today, ,, .She, t, will i; nee) .. ; povjprnor
Whitman about 7 o'clock this even
ing.. ) s , i f lit- .'. t . Vs . . , . r.
Becker Prepared for End." ' ' ; ---
Oshinlng-, N. Y, July 29 All pre-1
parations have been completed for
Becker's4' execution tomorrow. His
head hat been shaved-and he r' has
been given the black garb for those i
about to die.' The hour set is. 8:45 a.
m. Becker bears up well. He said I
today, "I will die like a man." t
AUSTRIAN RAID ALONG
THE ITALIAN COAST
Railway Object of Attack by Ships
and Air.. Craft Powder Magaxine
Destroyed Fano Station Barracks
and Supply Depots Shelled by the
Aviators. , .
Berlin, July . 29. A remarkably
successful raid on Austrian warships
and airships upon the coast of Italy
is reported 'by. the Vienna war office.
Great damage was inflicted along
the line of Adriatic Railway between
Ancona 'and the Pesaro powder mag
azine at Fano. J The magaxine ex
ploded, v Airships' shelled the station,
barracks and military stores at An
cona. -V !jfi
AS SEEN IN LONDON
" London, July 29. " Are we down
hearted T No!" with a heavy ac
cent on the "no." English equivalent
thereof, when the home team appears
to be getting the worst of it. And the
more precarious the situation the hea
vier the accent. , ,
Since the failure of ; the Anglo
French spiring offensive in Flanders,
the disastrous defeats of the Russians,
the news of the unsatisfactory prog
ress of the Dardanelles campaign, the
development of the Fisher-Churchill
scandal, the French-Kitchener row,
and the disclosures regarding - Brit
ain's woeful lack of the implements
of warfare, culminating in the disrup
tion of the cabinet, this attitude of the
bleacherltes has become the attitude
of the British public.
And when the British public says it
is not down-hearted it means it. Proof
of this lies in the splendid fashion in
which the workingmen of the 'nation
have answered the call for industrial
reinforcements (bear in mind that 80
per cent of the British public consists
of workingmen, their women and chil
dren);'' also in the marvellous . res
ponse to the Prime Minister's appeal
for an adequate supply of silver bul
lets. -Never in the history of any na
tion has a popular war loan met with
such success. " - -'
. Now it is- no longer "Kitchener's
war," it Is the empire's.
I Lloyd-George has told not only the
workingmen, but the .entire - nation,
the truth. And the most striking il
lustration of .the I; British working.
man's willingness to help the empire
in its great need is the fact that, al
though it was Lloyd. George himself
who first accused him of slackness
and drunkenness, the recruiting of his
new munitions army started with an
average enlistment of 10,000 per day.
. If industrial conscription should be
come desirable, there need be no fear
of industrial revolution.
State t-Department; loTell
. Ixadrs.of Factions JThat
There Must He aWay to
3et Food Into the City
Villa Losing ,
f , (Bw the) United' Press.) :
f Washingtov July .29 The , State
Depaitment rwil) make 'strong repre
sentations to the Villa-Carrnnxa fac
tions, it was announced today, de.
Mending that , the ' railway lm into
Mexico City be opened to allow the
entrance of food ' . , v
Afters sly hoars fighting the Car
ransistas- captured Pachoca, the Car
ranSa-agency antiouncod. .Villa's vol-
umn- sent to aid Zapata, was complete
ly defeated by Carransa troops, the
agency asserted. ' Arrivals today at
El Paso 'from Torreon said Villa had
evacuated the latter city.
SIX HUNDRED BOSTON .
MACHINISTS STRIKE
Concern Making War Munitions Af
fected by Latest Labor Trouble
Employers and Committee Failed
to Agree on Increase of Wages and
Walkout Followed ,
. (By the United Press)
Boston, July 29. Six hundred ma
chinlsts of the Becker-Brainard Mill
ing' Machine Co., manufacturers of
war munitions, struck today follow
ing the failure of a conference - be
tween the company officials and : r
union committee on the question of
a awge increase.
"NO PRICE TOO GREAT -FOR
ENGLISH VICTORY
Lloyd-George Makes Patriotic 'Ad
dress to Mine Operators Coal I
Called the Life-Blood of the Nation.
"Speed Up." His Injunction to Rep.
resentatires of Industry .
Lonon, July 29. "No price is too
great to pay for victory," , declared
Minister of Munitions Lloyd-George,
in a characteristic speech today, urging-
representatives of the mining in
dustry to, "speed up." He addressed
more than 20,000 coal operators in the
London Opera House. He said coal
is the life-blood of the nation. ,
MATTAMUSKEET PROJECT
PROGRESSING ALL RIGHT
Mr, M. S. Clark of Roanoke, Va., a
contractor, was here today from Lake
Mattamuskeet He has been assist
ing the superintendent of the recla
mation work there. "' '
'Some obstacles have been encoun
tered in the immense work," said Mr.
Clark, "out the task is a great one.
Fifty thousand acres will be redeem
ed to agriculture. The lake, twenty
miles Jong and seven wide, now is
crossed by three lateral canals ten feet
deep and encircled by(another for the
entire circumference, about 14 feet
deep. The water is to be pumped out,
early in 1916, it is expected, by some
of the biggest pumps in the world at
the fate of a million gallons a minute,
through a canal 73-4 miles long from
the lake to Pamlico Sound, This can
al is 12 feet deep. . When the lake
and the main canal are separated by
a dam at the pumping plant there will
still be a permanent waterway. Pro
duce can be. shipped almost directly
from the farms to market
"I dont know what is going to be
come of the fish. The water in the
lake is fresh, so, of course, they cant
be turned into the sound. There are
oceans of them chub, cats and other
kinds. Alligators, are still found In
the vicinity." ; : -
San Diego. Cal, July 28. Eight
hundred and sixty midshipmen from
the United States Naval Academy at
Annapolis, passed in review before
Col. Theodore Roosevelt today as they
marched from the battleships Missou
ri, Ohio and Wisconsin to the Pana
California exposition grounds, where
they were guests today, - . '
Landinp;
Forces-i-Frcrich Cruiser
- At Port Au Prince Lega
' Monsand; Consulate Are
Guarded v;; .vy v--.vA :::?
' t .' .''.'"
; (By the United Press.)
Port Aa-' Prificel f July 29. Haiti'a '
brbodyfrev6rutlbnrU today were cow
ed by five nondted United States, ma
rineatd, blue .Jackets, who surround
ed the United states' legation,' French
legation .and the United States consu
late.. 1,V'sif 'V.;yr,:?-.-
Two Porta Are Held By Americana,
j- Washiagtonv ':Jnly ' 29 American
marines are in 'control ef the two in-
portant ports of Haiti, Port Au Prince
and Cape .Haftien, Consul Livingston
today .'reported to the State Depart
ment A marine guard .from the U. S.
S. Eagle has been landed at Cape Hai
tian to protect the French consulate,
menaced by nobs. Tho French cruis
er Descartes, is at Port An Prince
The occupation is the resuK of the
violent scenes of yesterday, when
President Guillaume, who had fled j
from the revolutionists, was dragged
from the shelter of the French lega
tion, shot to death, and his body drag
ged through the streets.
GOING ON IN KINSTON'S
NEIGHBOR CITIES TODAY
'"'A MBeaannaa ; 'V' ' -
The most important event at More
head City next monh will be the
gathering there of the North Caro
lina Shriners. Practically all' the
wearers of the fex in Kinston wiH be
present, and a number will take their
families. , .
"Boss" Hackburn of New Bern and
his pet buldog, "Joss, Jr hsve been
delegated official welcomers The
last-named member of the reception
committee is being taught special
manners for the occasion.
There will be hundreds of Shriners
from Asheville to Wilmington at the
big meeting. - s' , 1 . ' -
Samuel Long, a member of the Ks-
lem firm, moving picture manufac
turers, is dead in New York. He was
a brother of W.'H. Long, a well
known Greenville (. man. ' He suc
cumbed to typhSid fever.
CHILDREN'S PET PUPPY
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
- The children of Mr, and Mrs. S. R.
Dunn are greatly grieved at the loss
of a valuable pet collie puppy, which
was run down and instantly killed by
an automobile on the Grifton high
way Tuesday ' afternoon. ' According
to Mr. Dunn's version of the affair,
he and his two boys, were driving in
their buggy on their return home af
ter a visit in the neighborhood and
the puppy, a half-grown collie, and
especial pet of the children and Mrs.
Dunn, was following' them, the auto- -mobile
came from the opposite direc
tion and was traveling at such a rata
of speed, Mr, Dunn, says, . that he
could not; recognise the occupants, the ;
dog was struck and instantly killed
and the machine did ' not . ilacken
speed. After the boys had had a good
cry over the death of their little fa
vorite, Mr. 'Dunn dragged the dead
animal into the woods. . When he and
the boys reached home and broke the
newt to the balance ' of the - family,
there was still more grief and it fin
ally, became necessary for ; him to
hitch up his horse and return for the -dog,
that it might be given a "decent"
burial. Mr. Dunn says that had the
driver of the automobile exercised a
Irttie care, and not been driving fas
ter than he should have been, that
the accident would not have coeurred.
BECKER DENIED NEW, TRIAL
MUST GO TO CHAIR TOJIGnilW
' New York, Juyl. 28. Justice Join
Ford of tho Supreme Court toni?;t
denied a new trial to Charles rocker,
the former police lieutenant undr
sentence of death for instiatLrj tLe
murder of Herman Eorer.' ', t'.i
gambler. ..This' decision rf '.r.s f t
Becker must be electro:. ' ! ci Y .'
day, . . i ?