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gjEigTME DAILY THB WEATHBR ' ' V ' ' i ""''HI FuVtonif M add to mo XL VOL. XVII. No. 196 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. G.TIIURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1915 & .FOUR PAGiES TODAY r PRICE TWO CENTS ' ' ' FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS Fill t BELIEVED THE CZAR OVElT Against Austro-Germans jri Galicia and for Inva- sion of Bukowina ' PRINCE WILLIAM'S ARMY la Comprised' By Rallied Bands of Albanians Who Drov6 Him From Throne Which He May Reoccupy. May Drive Out Serbs Br HENRY WOOD United Press Staff Correspondent Rome, Dec 80. -Prince William of Wied, former ruler, of Albania, has reorganised the, Albanian tribes and it cooperating with the Bulgarians in the attack on 'the Serbs east' of Scutari. I His plan now is to drive the Serbs from Albania and reoccupy the throne,, with the consent of the central empires. , , . Big Russian Forces Concentrating. Jerlin, Dec. SOV The concentration of 'large bodies of Russian troops in southwestern Galicia, on the Bukowi na frontier, lis reported.. It is believ . ed the Caar ' plans to drive General Von Linsingen in Galicia and the in vasion of Bukowina, 1 ; BULLETINS (By the Uritcd Press) TEUTONS TYPHUS VICTIMS IN RUSSIA, "T j Berlin, Dc30Seven thoua ani Aiwtro-German, prisoners " have died of typhus in one sec-; - Hon of Russia alone, it is report ed pv ; jafficers returned by the ex ? change of prisoners. V TWO AUSTRIAN DESTROYERS BAGGED. - ,,r.- Paris', Dec 30. The Austrian destrpyer Litta has been blown s up .and the destroyer v.Triglaw -' sunk i an action in the Adriatic : ' ea, the ministry; today announc? i ' 4 1 ' f ' -'-V '.. ' PURPOSES." I " B Paris, . Dec. 30. The Senate , , ; hag yjted tbe enactment of an income,, tax, measure , to jneet - war costs! ' ' ' , . '-K ":"' ;'.''!..'r i. "V '.': :"v . PTUMV STATISTICS ' OF PRESIDENTS; ETC (By the United Press) Washington,' Dec, 30. The death rate of presidents,' vice-presidents and congressmen is increasing, Prof. Irvisg Fisher "of Yale today told the Pan-American Scientific,, Congress, due tossedenJary life, . late hours and UTTLE : CHILD'S ; LIFE SAVED BY BANKER DOCTOR W RECEIVED 4 WIRELESS MESSAGE; OPERATOR AND niYSICiAFI BEIEMBERED BY A GRATEFUL MOTHER Washington, N. C, Dec 30 Dr. ouHmthe resident physician on Cape Hatteras, has received a check ' hre figures, and a wireless oper-J tor at the cape station an order for a substantial sum, as tokens of the sUtude of., a woman anKnown ". to either of there. r . .' " ' Several days ago, according to the story brought here today by Joseph retired globe-trotter who now lives on Ocracoke Island, there came to theIatteras . wireless station a essge of pitiful appeal from a Passing ship, several hundred miles offshore. The vessel, it is believed, bound for the Bermudas. " In a few short words, the radiogram told little child dying on board and mother's distress. The ship's doc tor, said the message, could not pre sVri1; the case " baffled him. The rrptoms were given, and any ope rator ho might get the radiogram was begged to get into communica- wih the most capable physician OSBORNE TO RESIGN AND MAY BE OUSTED, STATED v r Riley May Summarily Re move1 Sing Sing Warden Under IndictmentWill ing to Be Suspended Un til Matter Is Proved (By the United Press) New York, Dec. .30. Superintend ent of prisons Riley may remove Thomas Mott Osborne, warden of Sing Sing, following Osborne's refus al, to resign after his recent indict ment. Osborne declared he is will ing to be suspended until it is proved that the indictment was the result of conspiracy. . , Dean Kirchwey, offered the place, said he would take it only temporari ly until Osborne is vindicated. , Whitman Advises Against .. ' Hasty Action. Albany, Dec. 30. Governor Whit man is understood to have advised Superintendent of Prisons Ripley agajjst hasty action in removing Os borne, warden of Sing Sing, Hun dreds of telegrams today demanded that he be retained pending trial. , BULL DROVE MEN OUT - OF EXPRESS CAR AND MUSSED UP EXPRESS Mount Olive, Dec. 30. A young bull in an express car on an Atlan tic Coast Line train made the car un tenable for Express Messenger W. II.' Cox and a porter when he broke out trf his temporary stall, and it took , the i combined efforts : of the train - crew and bystanders at War saw station to quell the angry ani- rnal. The bull then had to. be driv en out of the car in a stock pen. The bull Taised a "rough house" amongst the express matte - t. PRESIDENT AND MRS. . VlLSON EXTEND'StAY Had Planned to Return to WaBhing . ton Monday, - But . May. : Put j Off Homecoming Until Wednesday o Thursday rNothing Especially , to Dra,and .Executive's Attention At Capital (By the ,Utited Press) i Washington, Dec. . 30. President Wilson, it was learned today, plans to extend his .honeymoon to Wednes day or Thursday. '' The absence ' of alarming hews regarding the negotl ations with Austria is his reason, it is believed. 1 He had planned to re turn Monday." : . : . . ." Couple Get Out for Afternoon. Hot Springs,, Dec. 30. A. balmy day coaxed the President and bride out of doors for n automobile ride this, afternoon, The morning ? was spent in. answering the deluge of birthday 'congratulations. " available and state the case to him. There was no one for the Hatteras operator to tell the story to but Dr. Sutton,, county M. D. ? He thought of sending to Washington to a special ist, but-Washington is four or, five hourjs'distant, by the speediest mo torboat at the Cape, and there would be considerable expense entailed for an utter stranger. He ran to I Dr. Sutton's dwelling.- s; . Sutton prescribed and in a tavi minutes the radio waves were dash ing and dotting on their way across many leaguea of ocean In a few hours, this" time very ,. faint, there came . another - message. . The pres cription had been filled, from the ship's harmacTi and even so soon the child was recovering not rally ing, but Actually getting well, i . The letters to "Wireless Operator at Hatteras" and Village JJoctor contained handsome checks and the thanks of the amall one's happy par ent. . " i T- " " V. LONG VIGIL OF ARMED SETTLERS ENDED WITH LAND OPENING TODAY By the United Press.) ' Imperial, Cal Dec 30. Seven thousand acres of land In the Impe rial Valley were thrown open for en try by the government today, follow ing one of the most remarkable, set tler siezea on record. Two months ago ' hundreds of claimants came upon the land, deter mined to camp, on desirable locations until filing time. For weeks the tense situation has existed. Bearded men, rifles ready, walked sentry-go on their chosen territory, ready to make it hot for trespassers. ' . ; At night scores of bonfires doited the landscape and in the glow from the. names the settlers could be seen preserving their vigilance. Several men built cabins. On account of con flicting claims, the government may have many legal skeins to unravel. TO MAKE NITRIC ACID . FROM AIR IN FACTORY BACKED BY J AS. DUKE New York, Dec. 29. The New York Times today prints the follow ing: , "Nitric acid obtained by extracting nitrogen from the air will be put on the market next Saturday by the Southern Electro-Chemical Co., ac cording to James B. Duke, one of its officers. ' "This announcement follows close upon the recommendation of Briga dier General William M. Crozier, chief of Ordnance of the United States "army, who in his annual re port published yesterday urged that the nation take steps to be independ ent of the Chilean, beds for the nit rates used in making gunpowder, "Mr Duke's company expects to turn out four-tons of nitric acid a day from .its works at iGreat Falls, S. C, about 50 miles from Charlotte, and to deliver it ait a lower price than that charged for acid made by the present commercial processes. CONVICTS IN THE KANSAS PENITENTIARY MUTINIED Leavenworth, Kan, Dec. 29. Fif ty convicts of the Kansas State Pen itentiary were placed , in solitary con finement today charged with being ringleaders in a mutiny yesterday in the coal mines operated ty the peni tentiary. According to Warden J. K. Codding, practically all the 300 con victs at work in the mines had a part in the demonstration... After a score of guards had been captured by mu tineers armed with picks, the prison officials granted the demand of the convicts for better food and agreed to meet a committee of prisoners to talk over working conditions. Then the mutineers dispersed. ' ;,. 8 ? . '. - . '. ;'j s: TODAY'S DOINGS ON "'THE COTTON MARKET The sales on the local cotton market today were small, only about six bales, according to the weighers, having been handled by 1:30 o'clock. Prices ranged from 10 8-4 to 11 3-8c. New, York futures quotations were: Open ' 2:45 January , 11.93 .12.08 March ......12.23 127 May , .......... . 12.51 -12.60 July .. ,: .'...12.65 12.74 October 12.30 12.37 PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE. Washington, Dec 30. The Mutt and Jeff Senatorial colleagues are Penrose and .Oliver of Pennsylvania. Penrose towers a full 12 inches over bis slight fellow member. LOOXINC FOR SHI? IN DISTRESS OFF "HOOF (By the . United Press) New York, Dec. SO. The coast ruard cutter Seneca today is looking for the Greek liner Thessalonika somewhere off Sandy Hook with her engine rooms flooded. . The ship's wkeleas is so weak that it, cannot give her location. - FORD PACIFICISTS America will WITH. VIENNA To Charter Another Ship Rather Than Risk . Jour f ney Through' Germany to V , . ' - ' , '(''. The Hague Expense Is More Than a Million (By the United Press) Stockholm, Dee.- 30 The Ford Peace expedition may cost more than a million, dollars, if , the conference at the Hague is held, it is estimated by the bsiness manager. The delegates fear to cross Ger many. I hey believe . tne united States and Austria are near a break, and will take another ship.. The Norwegian and Swedish dele gations have been completed.1 HIGH INSURANCE NOW SENDS SHIPS VIA HORN . (By tha United Press) London, Dec, ;,30. i.loyds has . tri pled rates of insurance on ships tak ing the . Mediterranean-Suez Canal route. The result will be that steamers- are to change routes to go via the Cape of Good Hope, v t ; ' . PHILADELPHIA LAWYER'S IDEA OF WORLD PEACE (By the United Press) Philadelphia, ; Dec - 30. Eternal world peace will only come as the re sult of the mingling of blood by in ternational marriages, Baid ' John Frederick Lewis, a legal authority, todays - s . - SMALL BOY FELL -UN GLASS, CUt THROAT AIM TO DEATH 5 Peculiar Accident In Insti tute' Township Fatal to Son' of Zeb: Harrison He Died Before the Doctor Reached Scene, Report A 12-year-old son of Zeb. Harri son, an Institute township man, died as the result of an extraordinary ac cident Wednesday afternoon, accord-1 ing to a report had here today.' t . The lad was carrying a piece of glass, tripped and fell ; down,, strik ing his throat against the glass, j A wide gash was cut in his neck, from which he bled to death within 15. min utes, before a physician -could be got ten to the scene. GUY LANGSTON LIKELY TO HAVE TO GO TO THE COUNTY ROADS, ST ATED iGuy Langston, convicted of forci ble trespass on indictments that had been changed from -forgery, .. late Tuesday, is in the: county Jail. Lang ston, Allen' states, wilj be sent to the county roads for four, months if 'the cost . and fine are not had. - The young man, who, in the excitement. f his dilemma, informed against more than a dozen men and boys ; with whom, he alleged, he had gambled in a poolroom and "elsewhere, resulting in' Recorder Wooten fining ten a nornr mar sura and Solicitor Shaw claim ing fees almost doubling - the . fines from them," is also to face trial, in Superior Court on a third charge of forgery' which was allowed to stand. Langston's whereabout, were Hot generally known until today. .It i reported that several of , those fined on, his information "have ft in" for him, and have openly threatened- to make it warm for the fellow whose predicament is altogether an unsat isfactory one for him. . . . BREAK FARMVILLE LAWYER KILLED HIMSELF BY TAKING DRUG, SAID . The body of E. M. Cox, 35, alleged suicide of Farmville, was interred at Rlchlands , late Wednesday or this morning. Cox was a lawyer with a large practice. The coroner of Pitt county found a bottle supposed to contain a drug when he was called to Cox's home in Farmville to view the body. ' Cox, it is said, had been drinking heavily following domestic trouble. He had to be carried to his room, which he did not leave again. Some friends poured him a draught from the bottle, which he said contained medicine. Some hours later a h"savy fall in his room was heard by othor members of the family, who found his dead body upon entering the room, i Cox had been in Farmville some years, having gone there from Richlanda. . . . WILL CONSTRUCT THE HUNTER BUILDING BY THE ORIGINAL PLANS There is no intention on the part of the builders of the new Hunter building at Monument corner to erect a five instead of a four-story struc ture, Dr. Ira M. Hardy, who is in charge, . today stated. It ia known that several weeks ago a Petersburg, Van man, in the belief that a big powder plant would be built here by the Dupont Company, attempted to lease four stories of the structure, provided it was raised to five stories, the ground floor already having been leased to Abe Schults of Wilmington for a department store. An excell ent price was offered. No ' terms were agreed upon, however, and Dr. Hardy says the building ia going on as originally intended by himself and sister, Mrs. Alice , Hunter, who is fin ancing the building. The rumor of the powder plant, although denied repeatedly by Du pont officials, still persists in . Rich mond and that part of Virginia, ac cording to local men who have recent ly visited there. In Richmond, Pet ersburg and Hopewell' many people think the Duponts will build in East ern Carolina in spite of the denials, and that Kinston will be the point selected. ' DR. GREIL ARRIVES TO MAKE HER DEPOSITION New York, Dec. 29. Dr. Cecile L. Greil, the Red Cross physician who was on the steamship Ancona when it was torpedoed and sunk, arrived here today on the steamship Rocham beau on her way to Washington to make a deposition for the State, De partment regarding the Ancona'a sinking. ' , Mrs. Greil declined to state speci fically that any of the lifeboats had been shelled, but she did say that a considerable number of the survivors were wounded before being taken off the Ancona. COLORADO WILL BE AS DRY AS A BONE AFTER TOMORROW Denver, Colo., Dee. 30. Colorado's saloons and liquor stores, to be closed by law after tomorrow night, enjoy ed great and final prosperity today. Customers were taking ;' home "sup plies for the expected long dry spell. There were many jqblot bargains of beer, wines and whiskies. After to morrow liquor can be bought in Col orado .only on a physician's prescrip tion or imported for private borne consumption. . The State bad 1,600 saloons. . , .-. " - One. of the saloon keepers forced to close up is the Colorado. Fuel ' and Iron Company owned -;. by .John D. Rockefeller. Their mining camp sa loons will be forced out with the rest INDICT THOSE BLAI.IED ' FOR DEATHS U FIAIIES '"' l ." ' ''-.' , "" ; , :' By the 'United Press) w New York, Dec. 30. Manslaugh ter indictments were today returned against owners of the buildings . and proprietors of the companies held re sponsible for the death of 12 persons. mostly young girls, in a Brooklyn fire on November 6th. i. ',"- IS ABOUT TO BASK IN GREAT PROSPERITY Even Better Times Than Recently Ahead of the Commonwealth, Says the Norfolk4 Southern Presi- " ....... . , dent "From our men on every division I gather that tho opinion is quite universal that North Carolina is en tering upon a period of greater pros perity than it has ever before known," President Joseph H. Young of the Norfolk . Southern Railroad was today queted as saying by a Ra leigh newspaper. "The feeling now seems to be that the business we are now enjoying is merely the forerun ner of the business that is yet to crtne.: The fact is, my information is that the merchants along the lines of the Norfolk Southern, and I have no doubt it is true on other lines, have been so busy selling goods that they have not had time to give at tention to the matter of replenishing their stocks -. I understand that they are giving notice, now that the rush is somewhat over, that when the tra veling, men come around after the holidays,, they will find the merch ants prepared to buy almost any thing the traveling salesman ' may have" to offer.". , - - v The truth of what President Young said U certainly borne ttit' by condi tions at the local railroad offices and in , , the .Kinston business district. Freight is moving" in remarkable quantities for this season, ordinarily a very dead time of the year. Queen street merchants, some of them now taking Inventory of their stocks," find that the recent holiday buying deplet ed them greatly1, and will be compell ed to buy in larger quantities than ever before for .the late winter trade. . Drummers, now beginning Jo "come back",, by ones and twos, de clare the past season's business was extraordinary "wonderful," , ' one says-and that they expect record breaking orders in January, BETTER WAGES FOR MANY THOUSANDS Mill Workers In Massachusetts and " New Hampshire Towns Get 5 Per Cent Raise Because of Improved , Conditions, Following Conference of Treasurers of the Factories (By the United Press) , Boston, Doc. 30. Seventy-five thousand mill workers in Lawrence and Lowell, Mass., and Nashua, Do ver, Manchester, Somersworth and Salmon Falls, New Hampshire, are to receive a five per cent, increase in wages, due to improved business con ditions. , .,,,, v New Bern has an epidemic of the grip. CAROLINA DEFENDANTS CLAIM SUPPRESSION OF PUBLICITY PROMISED IN LIEIT OF SUBMITTING TO CHARGES OF NAMING RECORDERS AND SOUCITOR DENY The - publicity given - the names of the ten young men mentioned in Wed nesday's Free Press as having been fined for gambling, by Recorder Woo ten was not expected by a" number of them, who stated that they had sub mitted their cases with , the under standing ' that . publicity , was to be withheld, and that, they did not con test the cases even , though Guy Langston, informant against thorn, was the only witness against them. Three or f our, - according.., to them, were given to understand that their names would not. be printed. Judge .Wooten, when the. incident came up in an interview with' hkn, admitted that it was his willingness to have the matter hushed up view of the young men's plea, but that he had made no attempt to prevent the press from having the f Solicitor H. E.,Shaw: this afternoon that he had Sa' ft of the young men that tho " of STRICT ACCOM PART OF IT IS APT TO BE United States Wants As- surance Austria Won't Repeat Act NO FIGHT, AT ANY RATE Whethe ' Vienna Punishes UrBoat Officer and Dis avows orfot, According to Officials rEmbassy Is Optimistic '; ' ' , (By the United Press) r : Washington, Dec 30. The United States will not go te war because Austria refuses to punish the subma rine commander or refuses disavowal in so malty words of the sinking of - the Ancona, The fundamental point ' insisted upon Is that Austria assures this government that American citi zens are not going to be placed in jeopardy by illegal submarine war If Austria, assures. ; the.' United . States there will be no further at tacks on passenger liners without warning and that due care is taken for the safety, of pass and offers reparation for the liv on the Ancona, the United 4. will be satisfied, high . State officials today declared. ' Statement From Embassy."' ' , "Nothing in our conversations with the State Department or what infor mation we have from, Vienna could possibly give rase to the pessimistic ' reports, regarding tho settlement of the Ancona .- negotiations .between Austria, and the United,; States," it was" said authoritatively at the Aus-1 trian embassy today, Charge ZweU denek conferred " with ' the German ambassador, Von Bernstorff, regard ing the case. It is believed they ex changed the latest intelligences from the two foreign offices. ; ... - ' . SUSPENDiROPOSED INCREASES OF RATES (By tho United Press) Washington, Dec, 3Q. The.propos- ed increased class rates from Dan ville, Va., to various points ia North and South Carolina, have been sus pended by ,the Interstate Commerce Commission to July &.' The- commis sion plans hearings to determine the. reasonableness of ' the increases. : ', KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS PLEDGED TO FAIRBANKS , J . !f---V-?-'"f''1 (By the United Press) Indianapolis, De. 30. Charles W. Fairbanks was today placed in the presidential race by a Republican love feast in Kentucky, when support was pledged by Blue Grass leaders. - publicity was a newspaper's own business, that there was no law "un der the sua" to prohibit it, and to The Free Press that he is first and last. in favor, of publicity. There shall be nothing to -come, under his official attention hidden? he declared. PIH COUNTY NEGRO ACCLDOTALLY1 KILLED Greenville, D -News comes y lection of .lental killing red, by Hen gro, while V. double f easy trig-' wked whila it. V.'.K uted, it ii was a', t hero from the. Pitt county of f of. Alonza .Watt ry . Williamsj , ar hunting. Willia barrelled shotgur ger, and it s sa' Williams was al liams is not to 1 understood. . Th? grown;
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