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VOL. XVH.-No.198
SECQND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 1916
C PAGES TODAY
PRICK TWO CENTS v
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
PATIfiNCE OF AMERICA EXHAUSTED
WITH SINKING OF PERSiA-IS APT TO
GlM -TEUTONS A SLA IN THE FACE
ftcbcif ncjlcely, Consul at Aden, Going Out to His Post
"Ifoiy Be DeaMlost of Passengers and Crew of Brit-
9
; Jteaciship Submarined Near Crete Perished Near
Ultimatum Expected From This Government Cca
s'Jar'Agent' Appointed From This State-Two Other
Aeric22s!"fere Aboard Certain That Submersible
Was Attacker Most Serious Situation for This Nation
Since 'Outbreak of Hostilities
- . (By the United Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. Robert.. McNeely. United
States Consul to Aden, Arabia, was aboard the Persia,
euiift m uie iueuiierranean, h is iearnea Dy me state ue
partment- He was from Monroe, N. C. There is no at
tempt to disguise the fact that the news will be tremend
ons importance in the submarine controversy.
'" The State Department has received a report from
American Consul-General Skinner at London, of the sink
ing of the Persia. McNeely was en route to his post.,
'HS&retary Lansing said he is awaiting a further re
port bef ore taking action. He is seeking to learn if Mr,
McNeeiyvwas saved. Skinner said most of the passengers
perished. ?r If McNeely was killed there will have arisen
tKe'mOsfc serious situation the United States has faced in
the supnarine controversy.
United States Will Issue Near Ultimatum.
r" WASHINGTON, Jan. 1. If the Persia was sunk
without warning, State Department' officials said this af
ternoon, this Government will issue a note close to an
tjjtimatum. Aden was McNeelv's first post. He was ap
pointed October 18. The . station is important commer
cially.
Suni' -Thursday; Many Perished. .
IcWdhr Jan. 1. Th British liner
'. IVreria of 7,974 tons, was sunk in the
Mediterranean - Thursday, presuma
'fcly.l'by a submarine. ,Many lives
"fyliii "loiW Only' four ibbats contain
. fng "passengers and crew are report
; ed to nave' been saved. The ship was
en rouWfronf London to Bombay :",
V The British steamer Abelia was al
t so sufoniftmne. - -
Scene "(of Sinking Near Crete.
'London,' Jan. lXTh Persia was
11 suii$; oiT the Egyptian coast, south
east of the island' bfCre'te. The fact
that only four.boata got away indi
cates "that she Bank rapidly. The sur
vivor Were picked up by a -steamer
en route to Alexandria. ? It is believ
' ed they were landed there today. Line
1 officials said there, were no. war mu
nition aboard. . It is-estlmated that
75 to 209 were killed, including many
women and children. Charles H.
(Jrant and Edward Rose, Americans,
were aboard when the liner left Lon
don.
; ' President In Touch With
Developments.
boatr
. Hot Springs, Va., Jan. 1-The
- President is in close touch with the
. Persia developments. He has" receiv-
ed report from Secretary Lansing
oft he' facts, that have reached the
State Department. He refused to
coniment. '
itondon, Jan. ; 1. Latest dispatches
T establish definitely the fact that the
;. Persia , was submarined... The' offices
of the steamship cotnpany; here today
said h Persia carried , man passen
gers n'd large' cYew.yNot 'more
than '200 could have; escaped in four
boat& .
OPERATE ON KING . -;;
CONSTANTTNE TODAY
German'; Specialists Expected at Ath
.' Irns Ailment of ,: Minor Nature
and Will ,Not Keep Greek Ruler
In Bed. Long, Says Official Report.
Exact Trouble Has Not Been Dis
closed i i
(By the United Press) '
Athens, Jan. 1. -'King. Constantino
is to be operated on today. Profes
sor Strauss, a German specialist,, and
Prof Esselberg are expected to ar-
rive here late today to. perform the
operation. It is officially stated, that
the , operation will be of a "minor"
nature and not keep the King confin
ed long.
WILSONS HOLD NEW
YEAR'S RECEPTION
Hotel Guests and Residents of Hot
, Springs Guests of First Couple To-
day-iPresidenfs Colored Valet,
' Too, In Social Swim Honor Guest
at Big Time Affair Cullud Folks
- (By the United Press)
Hot Springs, Jan. 1. The Presi
dent and his bride today held a New
Year's reception for hotel guests and
natives. , .
Arthur : Brooks, the President's
valet, was a guest of honor at a re
ception and banquet give? by the ne
groes of Hot Springs.
PROSPEROUS YEAR.
"FOR MINES OF U.S.
ToUL Production May Reach $2,500,
000,000 In Value Geological Sur
vey Report Bears Out Estimate of
Secretary ; Lane ' Last . Summer
Great Mining Revival in Nation
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PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT . .
t WELL, liNON. PEOPLE.
WaViinjrtdnJ jirt.l.VtSenator .Till
man't' rrffe'e IufsT become j so, feeble
that lie can sctfrcelbtf heard in the.
.. .SeBale. chamber. . He leans wearily
against Ms desk as ,he',speaks. Till
(nan's onee1 energetic manner earned
. kim the'fiUe of "Pitchfork Ben."J
MISSOURI, FREIGHT AND
' PASSENGER RATES UP.
Jefferson' CSty, lMo, Jan. 1. In
creased transportation rates became
effective in Missouri today.. Passen
ger fates' were . increased from two
to two and one-half cents a mile.
Freight rates were increased ap
approximately S per cent The ih
creBjes. were allowed by the Missouri
Public. Service Commission aftef al
os4 a year's consideration of the ap
plication.: '
THE TURKS NEED MONEY.
(By the United Press) ;
Zurich, Jan. I-Turkish finances
are so bad that the Turks have ask
ed Germany for. a loan of $100,000,
000, according to ' advices received
here. ' - , ' , - . t. f
Special to The Free Press.)
Washington, Jan.; 6. The midyear
review of mining conditions reported
to the Secretary; of the Interior - on
July 1 by the Director of the United
States Geological Survey is well sup
ported by the preliminary reports
for, the year submitted today.
A; review of these statements con-
firms Secretary Lane's comment
last July to the effect that the min
ing revival is in full swing. In the
Western States alone the metal pro
duction shows an increase .in value
of more than $130,000,000 over . the
corresponding figures ' for 1914; and
the year's increase in output for the
prtuuiuai urcutis "measureu in value
more-1 than $250,000,000.' More.
overit is not unreasonable to expect
that when, " the full . returns , for i all
mineral products are compiled they
will show that 1915 was the country's
most productive year in the mining
ndusfcry. The total may even reach
two and one-half billion dollars.
fii the response to bettered condi
tions the production figures for cop
per, iron and zinc show, the largest
increase. . : . - . ,' .
DR. CROL SAYS NOTE ,
FROM VIENNA WRONfi
(By the United Press) (' S
New York, Jan. 1. Dr. Cecil 'Creil,
the American survivor of the Ancona,
today contradicted an Austrian . .re
port embodied in the last note, He
said the submarine fired on 'the ship
after she had stopped and that the
attacker fired no warning shot. .
DR. SPILMAN LIKES THE SIGN BEFORE THE NEW
CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND ENDORSES ADVERTISING
i i-A 4 ji . . , -f a . , w 1 ' ......
. Dr B W." Spilman, Sunday-school
secretary-f-the Baptist church, en
dorses theldea of dhurches"dvertis.
iwg,' Kkes"-thw .sign" placed' irf front trf
the new Christian church and tells
of :.-ome experiences --of .his own in
finding places of worship in va noils
fjties' vTsitecTfn'his" work. His inter
esting articie(follows:
"Have you seen that sign"out; in
front of" the Christian efcuren If you
hae been around ' town during the
past few daysjyou have seen it. That
is" he reasci for .placing It "Here
that the pa ssef-by' might see it. And
htf can see ii all right.';.: . ' ; ' ,
'Why should not. people who are
in business for the .Lord use some
sensible methods to call attention to
that fact? " I believe in publicity and
plenty of ilv" It would be well with
in reason to say that there -are., a
thousand people living , in Kinston
who did not know" which was the
Christian chnrch until that sign went
up. And strangers who coma for a
season might t do what v was . done
lome years ago when a minister came
to this city and made for the Chris-,
tian church; by mistake he blunder
ed into the Baptist, church greatly to
the 'delight of one of the- deacons
who wss to conduct the worship that
night. Said deacon had him preach-
ing--beqre he" discovered wherej
was. ' "- - ,
"I run around a good deal and see
thousands ofchurch houses. Most
of them impress jne as being owned
by congregations who-care very Jit
tle to let people know that they are
in business. Not a sign of any kind
to' tell people what cTiurch worships
there." A grocer "who does business
that way is not "on to the Jofe."
"Some years sgo I was in Vicks
burg,' Miss. I was to speak in the
Methodist church in "the afternoon..
I wenf up one' side of Mam street
and down the other asking every man
whom I met and went into, a score
of stores hunting for some, one who
knew the . name of, the superintend
ent of .the Methodist Sunday school.
I spoke in the church that afternoon.
but to- this good hour I do not know
the name- of that superintendentand
never hare. .
"I happen to be a Baptist and so
was glad that Baptist people were
on to the job better than that So I
went to a town of some five or six
thousand . people several hundred
miles east of Mississippi.' In fact, it
is so close home that I must not talk
out in meeting about it if 1 calj the
name. Itried to find the superin
tendent of the Baptist Sunday school.
(Continued on Page Six) r
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KAISER THREATENED
WITH BLOOD POISON
FRoiiiREs; lit
1''- " , ',
Carbuncles Keep Him In
Bed Also Has Severe
. Cold, It's Said -
RUSSIANS , ; PERSISTOrr
Attack Austrians in feessar
abia Twenty-seven Suc
cessive Times Bring
Many Guns to Bear,. On
. the Enemy
life
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(By the United Press)
Rome, Jan. l-Unoonfirmed : re
ports say Roumania.has concentrat
ed army corps on the Bulgarian fron
tier. . ' . ' , ,
The Kaiser In Bed With Ailments.
. Amsterdam, Jan. 1. Private jid
Hces from Berlin today reported the
ty to be auffering froni virulent
V It i reported that he; is
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ACCUSED DF PERJURY.
IN MISSTATING AGES
. OF COUPLE TO MARRY
John Hall, colored, who lives about
seven miles from the city, is charged
with perjury in incorrectly stating
the ages of a colored oouple for whom
h,e recently secured a marriage license
here. The mother of John H. Kinsey,
the bridegroom, is said to have swore
out the warrant. : Kinsey married
Mary Sutton, a girl raised since her
ninth year by Hall, who has a good
reputation. , Hall told the Register
that Kinsey was 22 and the girl 21
years of age. Kinsey's mother states
that he is a minor, several years
younger than Hall is alleged to have
attested. The woman told the She
riff that Hall had gotten license to
marry her son." 1
"Do you mean that he is trying to
marry your son?" asked the Sheriff.
She stated the alleged facts, enlight
ening the official.
Register of Deeds Pridgen said
that Hall had not. taken oath to the
ages of .tho couple and that the ne
gro was in no wise guilty of perjury
the woman declared Recorder Woot-
ten had been .een m the ease. and
promised to "fix" Hall. The latter'
friends -advised -him to lefthe case
go. on before th city judge, and see
what the consequences would be be
fore 'taking, alarm af a statement the
sincerity .of which would seem impos
sible.. , , ..
DH MELON'S BEING
MARRIED ABOUT fJOW,
-r IF LUCK WAS O. K.
ALDERMAN IS AGAINST
;J POOL ROKIS HE SAYS
Ald'erman IL P. ' Fort declared'
against poolrooms today. He says
he knows of no "evil" worse for the
young men and boys of the city. Mr.
Fort, regarded as a conservative
member of the Board,- did not. com
mit himself, to any drastic measure
to rid the community of the so-called
nuisance, but deplored their existence
certainly. ; .. ,-r ,. . -t
FIFTY THOOSIND -
;t: r: BLACKS Hi PARADE
- (By the Utitcd Press) ""
Mobile, Ala" Jan. VlF-Emancipa-(ion'
Day was celebrated by the col
ored people here with .a parade of
50,000 negroes and the reading of
Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.
(By the 'United Press) "
Pittsburgh, Jan. 1. If he had good
luck after he sailed from New York
for Athens some time ago, Dr. Geo.
W. Mellon of this city down in Bel
grade Serbia getting ready in the
midst of war for nis marriage to
Miss ' Zagorka ' Cabo, said , to be , one
of the uncrowned queens of the de
vastated little land. ' Dr. Mellon,
twice decorated for his work with
the American Ambulance in the ty
phus camps of Serbia, first by Crown
Prince Alexander and then by the
American Red Cross, has gone back
to Serbia with another hospital com
mand commission. , Dr. : Mellon met
Miss Cabo in the course of his first
hcsDi'tal work in Serbia, ,' She was
not,' however, a nurse. Just a visitor,
As Dr. Mellon's wife. Miss Cabo will
help him in his hospital work, which
thev expect to continue until ' the
war is ended. 7 Dr. Mellon continued
his wooing by letter and cable when
he. recently was- recalled from Ser
bia by the Red .Cross.,,, Miss Cabo'a
father lost practically ail his for
tune in the second fall of Belgrade.
Dr. Mellon is a graduate of the Med
icat School of the University of Penn
sylvania. '
IN WHICH OFFICIAL
: Mti i BLUNDER
POLICE: WATCH OVER
FORLT PARTY IN THE
CAPITAL
Feared They Might Be At
tacked by New Years
Eve Crowds
GUESTS OF MIN'R EAGAN
"It's !as dry.aB.a bone on Sun
day."
Sheriff A.; W. Taylor' was telling
in j interested person' this morning
about the pleasures of a' certain .city,
lie. did not know that a man compell
ed , to be in the vicinity by' business,
and who overheard the remark waa a
widelyjknown " minister of .the city.
Hei hastened, upon being informed of
the' other's identiy, to assure - him
that he was a staunch prohibitionist.
but the preacher haU gone and the
damage was done."
KANSAS IS A STATE '
. OUT OF DEBT TODAY
Topeka, Kann Jan. 1. Kansas got
out of debt, today.' State Treasurer
Earl Alters took Up the last out
standing bonds totaling, 1159,000. To
properly celebrate "the event, Akers
has suggested issuance of $25,000,
000 in bonds for good roads.
Who Made the Pacificists
Promise Not to Go Out
Alone Mme. Schwim
mer - Warned - Against
Speaking In Open '
By CHAS. P. STEWART, , -(United
Press Staff Correspondent)
Copenhagen, Jan. , lThe police
guarded the Ford peace party laBt
night, to protect them from attack
by the New Year's Eve crowds.
The party attended a banquet giv
en by American' Minister Egan, who
made them. .promise, not to leave until
thadinner was over. ' . Tha police
warned Mme; Schwimmer not to hold
street meetings, j. -. '
Business Manager Plaintiff is econ
omizing. He is , making v trT dele
gates carry their own hand baggage.
Fierce Fighting V,
Amsterdam, 'Janri.
to hand fighting has occuw. on the
ing to Czenowitz advices. Two hun
dred Russian guns along three miles
of the f ronC are raking the Austrian
positions rof several days. The Aus
trians have repulsed 27 separate at
tacks. Russian aeroplanes are raid
ing' i the 'Austrian concentration
camps, v . , ,,"
not suai ;a straight
. OLD TO'tViJ AFTER ALL'
Administration , Member J .Discover
That Certain Local Streets Are of
Varying Widths and That Side-'
walks In Some Places' Extend Be-
' yond Walks In Others Orie Block
Even Crooked .
The streets of Kinston are regard
ed by most residents as absolutely .
straight with., few, exceptions ,aucK
as .Kailroad, Street, laid alonsr '. th
Norfolk 5om them's rights-of-way di
agonally across' the city. Very fewv
persons probably1 have ever discover- -ed
that such' is not the' case.' The
sidewalk paving proves that in some
streets the width varies half a dozen
times.. Standing upon' the comer of
Caswell and McLewean, or at the in
tersection of .Independent and Gordon,
for instance, and glancing along the
sidewalk in. either direction will. show
one that one block's sidewalk paving
extends inches and feet beyond an
other block's.' In one plate the pav
ing of a block is actually1 bowed out.
At least one 'member of the admin-
istration has worried a lot over the
matter, but he takes solace in' the fact
that only a . person given to search
ing for details will ever, notice what
ha alludes to aa' "the" trouble.'. And
to say; the Wast, - Kinston is a much
straighter town so far as streets are
concerned than its average 1 neighbor
town now. "' . .
GALLANT FRENCH
.; SUBMARINE SUNK
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Monge Had Sent Munition Carriers
of Enemy to Bottom In Turn, Be
came Victim of Austrian Squadron
In Engagement 'Off Cattaro Part
of Crew; Saved'Plane Brought
Down i
; (By the United Press) ' ,
Paris, Jan. 1. The "French minis
try of marine1 today admitted that
the submarine Monge had been sunk
in the Adriatic by an Austrian squad
ron. It was stated that the French
submarine had sunk enemy munition
vessels in the Adriatic' It was among
those sunk in the ! recent naval bat
tle off Cattaro. Part of the crew of
the submarine was saved. An. co
rny hydro-aeroplane was .'
not hiuch munm
: GIVEN TO NEW YLR'S
DAY IN BUSY KSTON
" About the only observance of New
Year's Day here was at the postoflice,
where th customary holiday hours
were kept, and in the banks. ,
; Good resolutions, of course, are nu
merous. For instance, the tobacco
nists did a smaller business today,
perhaps, than on any day since Jan
uary l a year ago. Monday bus
iness will be nearer normal,-the nxS
day a little more so, and so on.
OSBORNE'S SUCCEC.
Albany, N. Y., Jan. 1. :
tions are attached to C
Kirchwey's appointment ;
of Sing Sing yri? " a-n
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