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FREE ' Pli DAILY THBiWEATHEJ Fir lonicKl aad Mhim fimm Utnptntwt . ..." VOL. XVII. No. 188 NERVOUS fmf!N their Mm FifiiPllteii Hellenic Troop$, retUn Out of Salonika; But Hang Onto Fortress jpIOU - PIOUS SPRINTERS Sentry Ordetfcd Party to liait I ney Didn't ana Got Shot At Russian General Removed Cen tral Powers Near Line (By the United Press) Berlin, Deci 21. Greek gunners at Fort KaTwbunaj which dominates Sa lonika, have fired, upon a French de tachment which failed to halt at t sentry's warning. The French fled The Greeks have refused many re ' quests to turn over the fort to the Allies. Most of the Greek troops have been- withdrawn from Salonika, however. Russ Gmeral Kuskf Relieved of Command. '. Petrograd, Dec. 21. General Rus- sky has "been "relieved of the com mand of the northern army, defend ing Riga "and the Dvinsk line. The cause is stated to be "ill health." He is the first Slav officer removed from command since the war began, except Grand Duke Nicholas. Bulbars Intrenching Near Greek Border. Amsterdam, Dec, 21.Bulgarifcn , troops are entrenching on the Serb' .. reek f romtavruid 10,000 or more ' Austro-German troop, are approach Turks Claim Victory inV Gsllipoii Evacuation. . - - Berlin, Dec. 21. Constantinople claims a great Turkish victory in the withdrawal of the British troops from the Suvla Bay and Anzac re gions of Gallipoii. The Turks are oh, the offensive in the violent fight ing around Anaf arta and Aribuni and the enemy is fleeing. Counter attacks on Seddul Baihr have been repulsed. NEUTRAlimi&JORITY , IN GREECE VERY LARGE (By "the United Press.) Athens, Dec 21. Incomplete election-returns give former Premier Gounaris' "neutrality party" a ma jority of over one hundred in the new" parliament, i DOG BIT BABY ON HEAD WHILE AT PLAY. Warsaw, Dec. 20. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Sheffield, while at play was1 badly ,,bihten by Shef field's bird dog. The little boy, aged 15 months, rolled a toy wagon over the dog's foof which made the ani mal angry, and caused it to bite the child on the head, "inflicting a scalp wound which jieeessittaed . several stitches being taken. ? - ' : WANT STATE HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN lENOIR TOWN Mayor Geo.. Willard and other lnk HH men were at the Courthouse today with a petition concerning the establishment of a State-aided high school at Pink Hill.- It is understood yat the community must raise about $3,000 to secure fl'OO from the State for a $4,000 building," built ac cording to Stata specifications. The State would appropriate a comfort able sum per annum for the institu tion's marintenance, and Pink Hill, al ready being in a special tax district, would have no difficulty in keeping the model school a-going. The in kwst of the County Board of Edu ction is solicited byv Mayor Willard nd the citizen generally of the town j .W of here. The present graded in PinTc HH1 would' be done wy with after the establishment of State high schoolr'whfch would be 20th of iu kind in North Caro- ''na. Tnjtin- ,! l. free to " "l"t nuuti wis uw, any child in Lenoir county. SECOND GOVT. OITPSHIP OF ; , . FORESTS JUSTIFIED i - - - : United States Forester's Report Says National Forest Conserve Tim ber Resources and Wate Power Financial Burdens On Private Own era of Uncut Timber Explained In Report (Special to The Free Press) Washington,' Dec. 21. The annual report of the Forester of the Depart ment of Agriculture made public to day comments on the government ownership of water-power sites and timber as exemplified by the Nation. al forest system. , The financial bur dens resting on private owners of uncut timber are held to have forced the manufacturers of lumber with out regard to. market demands, and with consequent, demoralization of the lumber industry and wasteful use of timber resources; while facts and figures regarding the water pow er situation are given to prove that more rapid development of water power in the West is mainly pre vented by the lack of consumers. rather than by the absence of suit able legislation. Water power permits taken out for national forest projects, says the report, involves a total of 1,261,500 horsepower. Free permits cover 70,. 628 horsepower, and the plants act ually constructed or operating Juno 30 had an output capacity of 341,276 horsepower, the rentals paying $80,. 000 during the year. . NEW EVIDENCE IS HAD AGAINST PAUL KOENIG . " (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 21. The Justice Department has evidence along ' an entirely new line of Paul Koenig's neutrality violation. : The new evi dence points to criminal intrigue. BOER REBELS FREED INCLUDE GWLDEWEf (By the United Press) Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec. 21.--General Christian Dewet and 119 Boers who rebelled shortly after th war's outbreak have been releas ed from prison upon paying fines and promising ;to refrain from politics COAST GUARD SHIP IN BAD GALE WAS . STEAMER'S FRIEND (By the Eastern Press) New Bern, Dec. 21. The coast guard cutter Pamlico 'has returned from an adventuresome cruise in Pamlico Sound "arid adjacent waters. The ship was in the open Sound last Friday when the hard gale struck her. The storm was severe even on the mainland, and the little cutter got it going and coming. The Pamli co draws but little water, being built for work in shallow sounds and other streams, and good seamanship is an essential when she gets mixed up with a gale. That commodity, and a plenty of it. was on board. The cut ter pulled the steamer "Josephine," a small river boat from Hobuckcn, off shoal in Goose creek. The Jose phine's crew and six passengers were in grave danger. The steamer had been blown up on the shoal and was in danger of capsizing. BULLETINS (By the United Press.) TWO BRITISH SHIPS SUBMARINED. London, Dec. 21w German submarines have sunk the Brit ish steamers Huntley I and Bel H ford. , Both , crews were saved. NOT MUCH FIGHTING IN WEST. : Paris, Dec 2L The French Communique today reported pa trol fights from Somme to the Aisne. The cannonade in the Ar tois region is diminishing. RUSSIAN SHIPS SHELL varna. ; .y " y-: ',' London, , Dec 2L A Russian cruiser and two destroyers, es corting sixteen troop transports, . have vigorously bombarded the Bulgaria port of Varna; EDITION SPAIN BUYING WAR MUNITIONS IN U. S. AND TRAINING Nation Least Interested In Great European Conflict Today Comes Into Lime light With Discovery of Preparations for Army (By the United Press)' Gibraltar. Dec 21. Great signlfl cance is attached by English military observers to the activities of Span teh forces. Sixty thousand Spanish carbineers are exchanging their Mau sers for Remington rifles and i large number of recruits are in train. ing.- y ;.-;:;y ,y ' Military Commission In America . for Months. . ;' New York. Dec 21 Spain is buy ing heavily of munitions with a thir ty muiions' credit Several million rounds of small arms ammunition has been purchased. . A special commis sion of five men' has been here since February, it has now been learned. Four hundred million cartridges and shells have been ordered. . . VILLA'S WIFE NOW AT EL PASO WITH BELONGINGS Conference of Representatives of the Chieftain Who Has Been Shorn of Nearly All His Power, and Carran xa Delegate Is In Progress In Texas City End of Bandit's Activ ities . (By the United Press) Washington, .Dec: 21.-1110 filial conference at El Paso marking the end of the Villa movement in .Mexi co is in progress between former Vil la ' and : Carranza officials. ' Villa's wife is at El Paso with much person- 1 property. Villa Gone to the Mountains. El Paso, Dec. 21. -Deserted jty his own brother and seven generals, Vil la is believed to be leading four thou sand loyal followers "into the Chi- ;iahua mountains to continue his op position to the Carranza governmefft. ailure to receive amnesty is foehev 1 responsible for his continued re volt.' . f . , HOTOGRAPHERS QUIT VICINITY HOT SPRINGS (By the United Press) illot Springs, Va.,' Dec. 21. Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson took a walk at noon. Mrs. Wilson wore a dark bluer walking suit. The President re fused poses for photographers, who are leaving this afternoon empty handed. BABY LEFT ON TRAIN V GOES TO SOCIETY HOME. Greensboro, - Dec. 20. A bright eyed baby boy,' just three' weeks old, was deserted by its mother at the Southern Railway passenger station. The child was placed on the outgoing Winston-Salem train with a bottle of milk and left A card was placed on him by the mother. Officers of the railro'ad company turned him over to, the North Carolina Children's Home Society SERBIAN PATRIOTS S ARRIVE IN IT ALY ; ; (By the' United Press) Barl,; Italy, Dec. 21. Over a hun dred leading Serbian artists. Parlia ment members and professors have arrived here after a flight afoot over the Albanian mountains. MAJOR MOTON NEW HEAD OF TUSKEGEE New York. Dec. 20. Maj. Robert R. Moton of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Va-, was selected to succeed Booker T. Washington as president of Tuske gee Institute, Tuskegee, Ala, at a meeting of the trustees of the insti tute here today. MEN KINSTON, N. C TUESDAY, HAVE NO INTENTION TO QUARREL WITH U. S. OVER THE ANCONA Count Tiscaj Gives Assur ance Austrians Will Give America Satisfaction SURPRISED, HE DECLARES , ! Statesman Next to Franz- Josef in Power Speaks of the Situation Regarded In America As Grave as v "Sheer Nonsense" (By the United Press) Berlin, Dec 21. -Count Stephen Tisoa, next strongest Austrian to the emperor, today granted me'an in terview In which he declared the trouble between Austria and Ameri ca is "sheer nonsense." " After returning from a conference regarding the. Ancona with the Em peror, the count said he was "great ly surprised at the American note. It is far from our intention to quar rel vrath America The matter must be settled satisfactorily. We are now occupied with naming Dumba's sue cesser." - " . - ONE KILLED IN CORN FACTORY EXPLOSION (By the United Press) , New York, Dec? 2li- Ope man is reported to have been killed and sev eral injured In an explosion in a com products plant at Edgewater, N. J, causad.ipoUAii'ii.'-co'mbustion, , Tw a're missing and eleven injur ed, ftome fatally, it was later learn ed. -The plant was wrecked, with a loss of $100,000. . A. & M. A. P. I. DEBATE IN RALEIGH JANUARY 28. West Raleigh, Dec. 21. The an nual debate between A. & M., and the Alabama Polytechnic Institute of Auburn, Ala., will be held in Raleigh 6n January 27. . The query to be de bated this year is': ,S "Resolved, That Great Britain's Policy of Non-Inter- ferenoe in the public affairs makes for higher civilization than Ger many's policy of governmental con trol." ' The A. & M. has the affirm ative. The debaters selected at the preliminary were Mr. D. A. Monroe of Moore county, and J. F. Williams, Jr.. of Mecklenburg, with W. K. Scott. of Alamance as alternate. ( t t Ml FOR MORE MONEY MUST BE SUBSCRIBED COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS TREE The committee in charge of the Community Christmas Tree en . tertainment is very anxious that all the money needed to provide the tree, the decorations and the bags of confectionery be raised by voluntary contribution without the necessity of making a canvass, and to that end all who expect to contribute are requested and urged to do so at once so that a canvass will not be needed. The contri butions have slackened up during the past day or two, and unless there is a decided picking up by Wednesday morning the Finance Committee will have to make the rounds. This ought not to be nec essary, and if the people of Kington realize that the canvass can be avoided if they respond to the call promptly, there will be no necessity for a soliciting committee. Contributions large and small will be most acceptable. This is a community enterprise and all should feel a pride in doing their part in making it a success. " " Previously Reported: Woodmen of World $25.00 Cash .'. .. 5.00 Knights of Pythias 10.00 Knights of Harmony 5.00 Junior Order $25.00 Presbyterian S. S 10.00 Queen Street S. S.... 25.00 Christian . Scientist 10.25 G. E. Kornegay ; ... . . . . ... 1.00 Christian Sunday -School... 25.00 - f Added Today: First Baptist Sunday School 15.00 Miss Isabel Nunn T. V. Moseley 1.00 Csh .. 1.. ...i 1.00 . Subscriptions are being received at the stores of L. Harvey & Son Coh t.; W. Mewborn & Co., and Barrett &' Hartsfield, and at the newspaper offices. The Free Press in glad to collect and turn over to the Finance Committee any funds that It is convenient for donors to leave at It office. " DECEMBER 21, 1915 TAKES SHARP TURN IN FAVOR OF FORD Newspapers Now Praise American's Idea But Still Ridicule It Auto Manu facturer Very 111 and the Party May Be Detained By CHAS. P. STEWART, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Christiana, Dec 21. Henry Ford is sick abed. His illness is serious, and it is possible that the peace par' ty will remain here till he recovers, Public opinion veered sharply to- ;y in favor of Ford. ' The newsna pes are praising, but still ridiculing liio idea. Spies are thought to have been sent here by the belligerents A Norwegian peace delegation is certain to join Ford's party. The Chamber of Commerce at New Bern has received definite assurance from the Norfolk Southern Railroad Company that the shops there recent ly burned will be rebuilt. MRS, ASQUITH SEEKS : TO PROTECT PREMIER Gets Out Injunction Against London Paper Preventing More Alleged Li bellous Printed Attacks On' Her Husband, Under fire' In Some Quarters Because ' of Government Policies ' " (By the United Press) London, Dec 21. Mra. Herbert Asquith, , the prime minister wife, has secured a. tenigoraryJnJnnc$ijm to prevent the London Globe from al leged libellous attacks upon her hus band. BLACK TONGUE p DOGS PREVALENT; IN SOUTH. Washington, Dec. 21. The disease known as black tongue, which 'is ap parently peculiar to ' the Southern Slates, results in a heavy mortality among dogs in thai section. Many valuable hunting dogs have been lost from this cause. Recent reports in dicate its occurrence jn Alabama, Ar kansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina. Okla homa, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Various investigators have con sidered the disease identical with the so-called typhus of dots as occurring in Europe; others have attributed it to the eating of putrid carcasses in the field. , ' ; l Hi Ml MMmiM I ! MM i MhHhmh MeiefHMMi S. H. Loftln ..... Mrs. Lloyd Wooten 1.00 1.00 1.00 5.00 10.00 5.00 4.00 5.00 Mrs. Alice Fields Red Men St, John's Masonic Lodge Universalis! , Church . . . . Mrs. S. H. Isler Charles F. Harvey. 1.00 .50 R. F. Harrell ... ....... FOUR PAGES TODAY BIG HEAD, MAYBE, AND PURSE REAL FLABBY Not Much Else Wrong With J. T. Barnes, Who "Disappeared" He Wanted to Stay On Board Train at Station Here, Bent On GetUng to r "Kinaton" Another Railroad Man Gone J. T. Barnes, the Norfolk Southern section foreman, who "disappewed" from his family, here Sunday morn ing, was located on a passenger train arriving here at 8:14 Monday even ing. Barnea told ' his wife that he had been to Norfolk. He had been intoxicated, it is alleged. " The $75 with which he left home, according to relatives, had dwindled to 75 cents. Watchers at the station searched for Barnes in vain. The conductor was interrogated and stated that the man was in a compartment by himself. He was asleep when located and insisted upon being left alone. He wnnted to "get off at' Ktnston," he said. H? wns gotten to his home end a happy wife and five children. Mrs, Barnes was ; afraid thai t her huslnd, ' who v.'han lust seen, according to all the- information she had, was at a bridge over Neuse river a mile or two from here on Sunday afternoon in company with two strange men. had met with foul play. Jler fears wore strength ened by the fart that Barnert, usually teady worker.- had .'-failed to re turn to his job Monday morning. He was bosslnsr hw section rani? todav. Another "disappearance" of a Nor folk Southern employe is given little attention by the force at the local of fice of the railroad. , S. Bays Mont gomery, a young man who hadbeen n the clerical department, left the freight offices and, so far as any of his intimates know, the city, on or about the 15th of this month. There is nothing against Mont. gomery's record. The youth is well- known n the city and is of excellent family. , , His character is not bad Those at the Norfolk Stmthern 'oflWfs canqpaffftpHt for Jlantyotaary'atJth. senca, but thank 'trivial financial af fairs, wanderlust or an affair of tho heart was' responsible fo rhis leav. ing, WANTS LIQUOR SALE ' ON TRAINS STOPPED. New York." Dec. 20. Superintend ent W. H. Anderson of the Anti-Saloon League of New York State, has sent an open letter to the presidents of railroads operating in New York State, urging them to stop the sale of liquor on dining and buffet cars. FOURINAUTOiTHAT TURNED TURTLE HAD YERY CLOSE SHAVES (By .the Eastern Press) New Bern, Dec. 21.- George T. Penny, a well known real estate man and ones of the famous Penny broth ers, auctioneers, C. E. Thomas, J. R. Thomas and H. T. Hartman, trther realty men. narrowly escaped death injury when, their automobile skidded and turned turtle about eight miles from " here while the party were en route to Pamlico county, The machine, which was being driven at fairly fast speed, struck the 'end a bridge and turned over. None of the occupants were seriously hurt All four are from Greensboro. FRENCH CRUISER TOOK PURSER FROM VESSEL New York, Dec. 20. Wilhelm Gar be, of Brooklyn, purser of the Am erican steamer Borinquen, was re moved from the vessel off the har bor of San Juan, Porto Rico, by offi cers of the French cruiser Descartes, according to the Borinquen skipper. The ship arrived here today. According to Capt. Dow of the Bo rinquen, the incident occurred about l a. m., on December 15, while his ship was five miles outside San Juan harbor. :, , ESTHETE FOR MILLION MORE BRITISH SOLDIERS (By the United Press) - London, Dec 21. Premier Asquith today presented a supplementary es timate for a million additional men to the House of Commons. He con gratulated the House upon tho suc cess of the Dreby volunteer system. PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS ACCEPT OPINION OF JUDGE GEO. CONNOR ' ' 1 1 . Person Cannot Briny More Than . Quart of Whisky ' Into Kinston REASONS. FOR HISSfAlil) City Judge Asks to Be Pointed to Proviso Which , Allows As Much Whisky As? One Wants for Perso nal Use Own Opinion "In conseiueice' of the construc tion phwed upon the prohibition law last wwk in Superior Court, I have had three white men and seven ne- $iwa approtteli me nnd a?k if they i could bring from Virginia what liquor they need for their own use," Judge" Ti C. Wooten of City .Court today told The Free Press.' , .-"Will you please state that I do not norrpt the Judge's (Connor) con- ' stmction of tlf? North Carolina li qwir law.' -t - :, -"Ihfre is no stntute," liaid Judge Wooten, "and no decision from tha Snpwme Court of our State tftatVUl corroborate or affirm , the Judge's construction. I shall hold In the fu- Wre as I have in the past that the person who has possession of mora than a quart of liquor stands guilty in my opinion of violating the law. "To hojd that a person caft g6 over into Virginia and bring back all that. he desires i. virtually ignoring, the"' ftrqhibition 'law. Whnt is legal for" '. led to bring in" what they need for personal use, then it is , possible to . put in Kinston tor Christmas 10.000 gallons. , We have about 10,000 Inha bitants. : Did the Legislature intend . to let every man have any quantity of liquor of his own choosing, just so it is labelled for personal use? If this is the law then we will have no prohibitory restriction on the trans porting of liquor. 'What is the ar gument? Common carriers can only transport a limited quantity one ' quart of liquor or four doeen bottles ' of beer. Any individual not a bona fide resident can bring Jn or trans- . port an unlimited quantity, provided it is for individual or personal use. Will the advocates of the whisky r construction' please point me to the statute or a decision that gives force to the proviso 'for personal useT' There is no such proviso in the stat- . ute, hence I shall enforce the quart law. . - "I am constrained to do ao under' my construction of the law and my o..tn or otnee." ; To begin business with Monday, the Greenville express office had 71S quarts of liquor left over fr6m Sat urday and of arrival on Sunday to distribute. - THEY ARE MAILING EARLY AND POSTAL -MEN ARE DELIGHTED The postoffice employes are grati fied at the commonsenae the ' local public is showing in "mailing early." The past three or four days : have been busy ones at the office, ' which dicates that the rush of the 23d and 24th will not be so great. Deliver ies are large for four day . befora Christmas,, and the carriers think there will not be nearly so much for them to do on Saturday as on Christ mas of last year. The public, however, is not posted in the matter of addressing. Wrap ping generally is very good, but one simple requirement is often neglected the marking of the package with the return address. Persona who go to the window with packages without the sender's address are wasting just so much of their own, the clerk'a and more apt than not, other busy peo ple's" time. That return address tnu?t be there, and it is useless to try to get a package through the windj.? whhout it, - ' v !
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