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VOL XVIIw-rNo. 194
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY ,
PRICE TWO CENTS
PITS CENTS ON TRAINS
I
AS GOOD AS
SAYING
THAT WILSON IS TO
RUN A SECOND TISIE
Grants Permission to Use
Name , on ' Indiana Bal
lot- White House Mum
PORK : BARREL IS FLAYED
Wisconsin Representative
Accuses Army Engineers
Practical Joker From
Tarheeldom Causes Stir
In Capital-Bomb Talk
'(By the United Press) V "
' Washington, Jan. 7. President
Wilson is a candidate for re-election,
politician here today agreed when it
was learned authoritatively that per
mission had been granted to place his
name on the Indiana primary ballot.
The White Howie is silent. . v J
Strong Attack On Pork BarreL ' -. -
Representative Frer of Wisconsin
today charged on the' floor of the
House that "political pull" had caus
ed army engineers .to allot money to
commercially" unimportant projects,
while giving small Bums to big har
bors. He made a terrific attack on
the "pork barrel.". :
Tarheel Causes Stir , ' - -
In Washington.' - --.
A, man who said he was Dr. John
M. Parker of Asheville, N. C, biased
into the' ear of Secretary Lansing's
messenger today "what Is to prevent
my -dropping a bomb in this hall?"
Jfa was pursued by watchmen' and
newspapermen. He declared he said
it aa a joke and disappeared.
Frank Agostine, an aged i sNew
Bern man who attempted to suicide
by severing one of the arteries in his
' wrists, will recover, hospital physi
cians ; say. Agostine had bled pro-
' tfusely before his predicament was
f discovered.
GEM HAS TRIED
TO T.IAKE PEACE IN
TWO CASES, STATES
Count Okuma Is Authority
for Declaration That Kai
ser Has Sought Separate
Negotiations vVyith Japa
nese arid Russians
(By the United Press) -London,
Jan. 7, Count Okuma,
the Japanese premier,; has told in
terviewers that Germany has made
overtures for a separate peace both
' to Japan and Russia, which were re
jected . s,, ,
v
officers is to undertake the campaign.
t Borliri, Jan. 7JGermany will send
no army to the Sues canal, it is be
( iieved. The Turkish army of one
million men, eorrrmnkd by German
officers, to undertake the campaign.
SUaYIYGIIS GREEK . SHIP
; . THESSALONIKI LANDED
New York, Jan. 6. The Bteamship
Patris hiving on board the 300 pas
sengers of the Greek' liner Theesaloh
Iki, arrived at Quarantine at 9:60 o'
clock 'tonight, and will dock Friday
morning. ,
DANIELS TAKES RAP AT"
U v "PESSIMISTIC PROPHETS"
New York, Jan. 6. Persons who
predict destruction of American in
dustry through- the "dumping" of
cheap foreign-made goods after the
European war were described as pes
simistic prophets of evil by Secretary
Daniels, pf the Navy, in a speech here
tonight at the annual banquet of the
Society of Automobile Engineers.
YEAR IN RICHMOND
DISTRICT REVIEWED
Bradstreet'a Geta Over the Achieve-
' menta of All Lines of Business-
Splendid Crops, Record-Breaking
r Bank Clearings, Activity In Build
ing, Railroads Striking It Rich
(Special to The Free Press) ,'
Richmond, ' Va., Jan. dJrad-
streets' report yesterday for Rich
mond and vicinity: , ' .
"The- closing month of the year
1915 saw revived activity in practi
cally all lines. Some industries in
deed were worked far above normal.
and the New Year appears to hold
bright prospects for further develop
ment in practically all lines of busi
ness endeavor. However, under ex
isting conditions the more conserva
tive advise guarding against over
trading. ' .
The larger part of the cotton crop
has been marketed at prices far' in
excess of early expectations. The
peanut market shows : a steady ad
vance' and prices for tobacco have
been good.'- These . conditions have
enabled fanners and general mer
chants to catch up with many of their
deferred obligations and at this time
collections average better than they
have for the past three years. Job
bing and wholesale business shared
months of the year. Wholesale dry
goods, notions, and Ehoes are very
active. The same is true of grocer
ies and provisions. A constantly ad
vancing market favored the whole
sale drug and chemical trade. The
lumber market, which dragged dur
ing the most of the year, now showy
more activity. Real estate sales al
so show improvement and prospects
are favorable for; thai usual sprin
activities.' " - " , '
"Building . operations during ' the
last five months of the year showed
an increase over the same period of
1914, and total figures for 1915 al
most equal those for the year ' pre
vious. .Local permits for December.
1915, amounted to $285,187, showing
an increase of $72,685yoyer Decem
ber, 1914. The total amount of work
authorized for the year 1915 amount'
ed to $3,244,752. The year saw ra
pid rehabilitation and development
of plants for the manufacture of mu
nitions of war, and those together
with other industrial activity were:
$69,381,620, an increase of $5,645,-
230 over November and an increase
of $28,193,767 over the same month
of last year. Local clearings for the
year 1915 were $537,261,585, the larg
est in the history of the city, and an
increase of $115,710,670 over 1914'
The Federal Reserve Bank at Rich
mond now has resources in excess' of
$25,000,000, and was the first insti
tution in this new system to declare
a dividend to its share-holders. Lo
cal banks distributed over $500,000 in
dividends on January first. Depos
its in banks show a steady increase
and legitimate business demands are
readily supplied. ,
Railroad reports throughout this
district show a steady increase in re
ceipts and the volume of traffic is
generally measured only (y the
equipment; this is particularly ap
plicable to freight trafli:.
Failures in this vicinity showed a
slight increase in 1915 over 1914,
however.' .'More than 70 per cent, of
these fell in the first half of the year.
Retail trade has been satisfactory
and showed marked improvement the
last four months of the year."
WILKES-BARRE CAR
CO. SUES STRIXERS
FOR LARGE AMOUNT
(By the United Press)
' Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Jan. 7. After
weeks of wrangling over wages and
working conditions with its 380 mo
tormen and conductors,' during which
local transportation has been para
lyzed and riot and bloodshed! have
become common, the Wilkes-Barre
Railway Co., has sued the strikers in
dividually and collectively for $200,-
000 damages for violation of their
contract and unlawful picketing." :
A large percentage of tha traction-
stock is owned by F. M. Kirby, whose
string of stores is amalgamated with
the Woolworth. string; and Abraham
Nesbitt, ' said to be the richest man
in Wyoming Valley. The strike be
gan October 14, 1915.
The strike is effecting a retail buy
ing population of 484815, a whole-
KIRCIIWEY FOLLOWS
OSBORNE'S EXAMPLE
AT MAN'S EXEC OTI ON
He Remained Away From
Death Room In Sing Sing
When Girls' Slayer Was
Electrocuted Deputy
Warden Cried Over Duty
(By the United Press)
Ossining. N. Y., Jan. 7. A sensa
tional chase of an escaped prisoner
over the roofs of Sing Sing today de
layed the execution of Antonoi Pon
ton, a young Porto Rican. The af
fair gave the officials the most har
rowing time that, has marked ; the
killing of a man here -in months. De
puty Warden Miller broke down and
wept, following ' the execution, over
"the killing of a fellow man."
Warden George Xirchwey followed
Osborne's example and remained
away as a protest Ponton stabbed
Bessie Kramer of Schnectady. The
escaped prisoner was recaptured.
ARRIVES WITH SAVED
FROM THESSALONIKI
' (By the United Press) ,
New York, Jan. 1. One hundred
and Beventy-seven passengers of the
Thessaloniki were brought to port
on ' the steamship Patris. . Cutters
have been sent out to seek the hull
and either tow it in or sink it
CASE OF NEW HAVEN
MEN TO JURY TODAY
- " (By the United Press) 1
New York, Jan. 7. Federal Judge
Hunt this morning began the chargi
to the jury in the trial of the eleven
New Haven directors charged with
conspiracy to monopolize New Eng
land transportation.
The case is expected to go to .the
jury this afternoon.
ALLIES EXPECTING
FIGHT AT" SALONi
IN VERY FEW DAYS
Anglo-French Are Waiting
Confidently Behind 37-
Mile Line of Fortifica
tions 200,000 of Austro-
German-Bulgars Ready
(By the United Press)
iSaloniki. . Jan. 7. Two hundred
thousand Bulgarians, Austrians and
Germans are massed on the Greek
border, preparing to assault Saloni
ka The attack , is expected quickly,
There great confidence in the Anglo-
French military officials. ' The Al
lien are behind a 37-mile circle of
fortifications ; waiting.
CHINA GOING IN FOR .
COTTON BUSINESS
Washington', Jan. 6 Chinese -cot
ton manufacturers, with government
aid, have made far-reaching plans to
wrest from the Japanese' their heavy
trade in cotton goods and yarns in
China, the. largest market for cotton
goods in the world.' long has' been
supplied chiefly by Japan and India.
The Chinese government has ' just
subscribed 40 per cent, of .the capi
tal to be invested in two cotton mills,
t Shanghai and Tien-Tsin. ; .
sale buying population of 851.639 and
a total population of 1,750,000. me
330 men are losing $5,000 a week in
wages and the company $3,000 a day
in fares. Sventy thousand United
Mine workers and 30,000 textile
fears. Ihree hundred special mounted
police and two troops of state police
have been unalue to preserve order.
BRITISH
GOVERNMENT IS NOT
ENVIABLEJJNE NOW
Under - Fire for Conscrip
tion and Failure, of Dar
danelles Campaign
MINISTRY GETS SUPPORT
Of Many Prominent Men of
Country Some Would
Welcome. General Elec-
. tion Three Ministers
Resigned
V (By the United Press) f
London, Jan. 7. The government's
position is most critical, under fire,
as it is by hostile Unionists opposed
to conscription, and for the Dardan-
es failure. Gen. Ian Hamilton has
ascribed the defeat at Gallipoli as
due to the failure to send reinforce
ments.:. '..'! :;"3Jr" '- : ;
Powerful men of all parties are
coming to the rescue of the ministry,
however, fearing the effect of an elec
tion. Some supporters : say they
would welcome a general election.
though thejj believe the people as a
whole endorse conscription, The vote
of 403 to 105 given the bill at its first
reading is a source of gratification.
The railway employes' heads hint
there will be a 1 great strike should
conscription finally pass. ' V ;'
London January 7. Arthur Hen
derson, George H. Roberts and Wil
liam Brace resigned from the. Min
istry following the adoption of the
conscription bill in the House of
Commons last jsjjf ht, The biU passed
the first reading by a vote of 403 to
105 Henderson Was president of the
Board of Education and leader of the
Labor party in the House; Brace was
Parliamentary under Secretary for
Home Affairs and Roberts was Lord
Commissioner of the Treasury. All
three are labor men.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
SUBMARINE FIRED 100 SHOTS
SUBMARINE FIRED 100 SHOTS
AT STEAMER. .
Marseilles, Jan. 7. The French
steamer Meinan raced into port
today after eluding a submarine
which fired a hundred shots at
her.
ENTIRE CHINESE PROVINCE
IN REVOLT.
Pekin, Jan. 7. The entire pro-
vince of Yunnan' '" is in revolt.
Government troops are being
sent to the scene. Fifty thous
and rebels are waiting for them.
BRITISH SUBMARINE SUNK. '
: London, Jan. 7 A Brjtish sub- .
marine has been sunk off the
Island. of Texel, the Admiralty
today announced. . The crew was '
rescued by the Dutch ' cruiser
'Noord Brabant
STORM THRESHING THE
ATL ANTIC FLEET AT SEA
Norfolk, Jan. .' 7 The battleships
of the Atlantic fleet maneuvering at
sea are being lashed by , a 70-mile
gale. The Louisiana and Delaware
left today to proceed with the fleet
to Cuban waters. The ' destroyers
Fanning,' Jarvis and' Jenkins were
held back by tlje storm ,
FIELD WOmR EVAIiS HfSE
PEOPLE S MEETINGS
Air. Charles F. Evans of Lexing
ton, Ky field worker of the All
Southern Extension Committee of
Christian Endeavor, arrived in the
city Thursday afternoon and eon
ducted a conference with the church
people of the city at the Baraca class
room of the Christian church this af
ternoon. The junior and intermediate
workers' plans were given special
LOOKS LIKE ALLEN
STANDS BEST SHOW
LAMAR
North Carolina Justice's
Record Sought By Presi
dent Is Much Younger
Than Davis Distinguish
ed Career of the Man
The Free Press was authoritative
ly told this morning Jthat the Presi
dent has called for the record of Su
preme Court Justice W. R. Allen,
who was Thursday, endorsed by Sen
ators Simmons and Overman for the
place on the United States Supreme
Court bench made vacant by the re
cent death of Justice Lamar of Geor
gia. Mr. Wilson has asked for a
complete history of the North Caroli
na Jurist's career. Messrs. Overman,
and Simmons are now getting the
data to submit to the President. A
telegram received at Goldsboro cM
ed for information. '
Justice Allen today is regarded as
the favored man for the place. Soli
citor General Davis, who, being from
West Virginia, is in the same district
the Fourth with '; Justice Allen,
was the bestbet until today. He is,
however, more than 60 years of age.
Justice Allen is 55. . ' ...
Justice William R. Allen was born
in DupJin county, : and has resided
close to Kinston all his life. ' His
private . residence ; now is in Golds
boro. He is the younger brother of
Judge' Oliver H.' Allen of the Supe
rior Court a resident of Kinston. and
the uncle of Representative Matt. Al
len of Goldsboro. V He was a judge
of, the Superior Court, by appoint
ment of Governor Carr, before he was
30 years of age. lie served until the
fusion 'period, when he was' defeated
by Judge' Wm. S. O'B. Robinson.
With the return of Democratic rule
Judge Allen ran against and defeat
ed Robinson. He later ran for a Su
preme Court justiceship and won it
He was twice a member of the Leg
islature, and twice chairman of ju
diciary - committees in the General
Assembly."
STAMPS WORTH ONE
ARE GONE
Also $5,000 In Cash, Taken
From Safe Blown By
Yeggmen In St. Paul Of
fice Robbers Got Plun
der of Much Value
(By the United Press)
St Paul, Minn., Jan. 7 The theft
of a million dollars' worth of inter
nal revenue stamps and $5,000 in
cash from the vaults of the internal
revenue 'office here was discovered
today. The vault had been wrecked
by an explosion, Officials say the
stamps are neg6tiable, and are worth
easily half a million dollars to the
robbers. '
SEVERED ARTERY WHILE
' SPLITTING FIREWOOD.
(By 'the Eastern Press)
New . Bern, Jan. 7. Mi's. R. C,
Wayne of 159 Broad street severed
an artery , in her wrist while split
ting wood with a hatchet The
blade of the hatchet struck her full
on the wrist. Physicians, ' hastily
summoned, stopped the oftw of blood.
FOR THE YOUNG fts
AFTERNOON AND NIGHT
attention.
Tonight in the Christian church
Mr. Evans will address the young
people of the city on the work of the
young people in the churches, and
his address will be followed with a
conference of workers. . Special mu
sic will be furnished by the choir and
a' social period will follow the pro
gram of the evening . , ,
SUCCEEDING
INTERNAL
REVENUE
MILLION
LAYING IT AIL ON ..
THE ADMINISTRATION
Washington Observer Talks of the
President's "Tepid Declarations,"
and Redfleld'a Ignorance (H Djt
stuffs Question The Defeating pjt
Payne Was "Monumental Mis
Mistake," Declares
"Contrast the tepid declarations of
the American President with the
frank and practical talk of David
Lloyd-George, the British Minister of
Munitions." says the Observer of
Washington, In a discussion of "Pre
paredness, explosives, dyes and Con
gressional opportunity" just issued
in bulletin form.
"The second voice to that of th
President in a governmental discus
sion of business matters should be
that of the Secretary of Commerce.
The report of that official seriously
proposes as a safeguard of American
chemical plants a remedy so ridicu
lously futile that business men are
laughing at it as the production of
an amateur. : Secretary . KeaneM
placed upon a miscellaneous collec
tion of consuls and other government
employes the duty of determining
whether the' products of the great
German plants were competing un
fairly with similar products in the
United States, and of excluding them
from this' country if, in their distin
guished judgment,' they were. In
other words, the Administration offi
cially and formally has declined to
come to the ' aid of the American
manufacturer and has preferred ' to
stand with the German exporter."
The Observer dwells upon the "en
actment of adequate protective du
ties" as wthe only means that will
enable American chemical plants to
live," and says that such a "monu
mental mistake" as the defeat of Se
reno E. Payne's efforts foe adequate
protection will not be made again.
"In fact already. Representative
Ebenezer J. Hill of Connecticut has
introduced a bil) which Is understood
to offer adequate protection to the
chemical industry." "
ANBvl)ORMITORYAT. ,
THE CASWELL SCHOOL
Being ' Furnished 'Will ; Accommo
date From 80 to 100 Children In
crease Staff of Matrons to Seven
Increase Enrollment at the Insti
tution Beginning About Jan. 15.
The new dormitory at the Caswell
Training School, for which the last
Legislature appropriated $14,000, has
just been completed, and is now be
ing furnished. It is located in the
rear of the girls' dormitory, and is
similar in architecture, dimensions
and the materials of which it is con
structed to the two "regular" dormi
tories. The building will be occupied
principally by girls of the lowest
grade of intelligence. It is not a
part of the original architectural
plan, which intends the handsomer
buildings to.be in a semi-circle, "with
the central building as the keystone.
Two new matrons will be added to
the staff of five already at the insti
tution, these to be stationed in the
new building. The dormitory will ac
commodate between 80 and 100 chil
dren, which will increase' the capacity
of the school to 200 or more. There
are now about 120 enrolled. About
January 15 the first applicants will be
accepted. They will be taken by ones
and twos and "broken in" to the life
at the school in that number, so that
it will be some weeks before the ca
pacity of tho new building will be
attained.
PREACHER HAD A FINE
SHOT, BUT DEER ESCAPED
(By the Eastern Press) .
New Bern, Jan. 7. Rev. R. W
Thiott, pastor of Tabernacle Baptist
church, became excited when a deer
tried to play tag with him in the low
er .part of the county.' The chance
that Mr. Thiot, who had gone a-gun-ning,
was looking for had arrived.
The animal walked directly in front
of the preacher at short range and
seemed to inquire what he was going
to do about it Rev. Mr. Thiot blazed
away twice. He is not certain a shot
struck the animal. -
Des Moines, la., Jan. 7. The Bap
tist church's Education Board met
here to plan a mid-western Baptist
university on the old Des Moines col
lege site.
AFFIDAVITS...' SCORE
OF SURVIVORS SAY
PEftSlA SOt WARNED
Grant's Testimony Taken
B y Consul, With That of
Twenty Foreigners
iMEICA'S HANDS TIED
Cannot Act Until Further
Information Is v Had i
Austria May Conceal,
What She Knows No
'One Saw Submarine L.
(By the United Press) 1
Washington, ' ' Jan.'" 7. American
Consul Carrels at Alexandria, today
enbled the State Department that he
has affidavits from Charles Grant.
American,, and twenty other surviv
ors of the Persia, saying the vessel
was sunk without warning, and .that
III! 9UUI!lIill W Ovarii. v ,
The officers 'and crew left for Eng
land before' an 'opportunity was had
to secure .their affidavits. ' This and
other Information of the sinking was
placed before the cabinet at a meet
ing at noon and was discussed at a
meeting of the House ' and Senate
Foreign Relations Committees.
All officials today , declared the
United States' hands are tied until
further evidence is produced. A .
v' Ambassador Penfield cabled ' thia
morning that Austria had notified,,
hhn that no report of the sinking had
been received. It is believed here
that Austria will withhold nothing so
far secured on the cause of the sink
ing. , " - ,
Lusitanla Case About Ended.
' Washington, Jan. 1 The Lusita
nia case mav be settled anv hour. It
is merely a question of phrasing, it
is learned. V Ambassador Von Bern-
confer this afternoon. Settlement of
this question would leave no subject
for controversy between the' United
States and Germany. '
SOCIETY OF T1H
E.
Will Meet In Queen Street
Church Here Janaury
19-23 To Be 175 In At
tendance, Including .a
Number Noted Women
: :' The annual meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Society of the North
Carolina conference of the Metho
dist church ' will be held in Queen
Street church here beginning January
19 and ending on the 23rd. The con
vention will be an important affair,
since there are 20Q separte societies
in the conference, which embraces
not quite, one-half of the State, with
6,000 members. The societies raised
between $30,000 and $40,000 last year.
There will be around 175 delegates
attending the several sessions a day,
it is expected. V Two returned mis
sionaries will be among those present
together with many well-known wo
men of the State. Mrs. R. B. John,
wife of a minister formerly stationed
here, is president of the Conference
Society. She is very well-known in
Kinston. Rev. N. H. D. Wilson of
Goldsboro, missionary secretary of
the conference, will preach on the
23rd, Sunday, at morning. Mrs.
Steele of Nashville, Tenn., one of the
general officers for mission work of
the denomination, will speak to the
convention on Sunday night
Salem, Conn., Jan. 7. Charles,
Henry and Elmer Harris celebrated
their birthday here today. They're
brothers, though not triplets, and all
left-handed, r They wera horn i.i
18G6, 1872, and 1S74, respect: vc'y, ot
January 7th,
WOMAN'S