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VOL. Xyll. No. 193
SECONDEDITION
KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUAliY 8, i916
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RlfSSUNSWAGING
AND MAKING GAINS
Capture Trenches From the
Austro-Germans On One
Line, Reported
MILLION MEN ENGAGED
On the Tarnopol-Trembowla
Front Slavs Attacking
the Teuton Invaders In the
Styr Section, With kovel
As Immediate Objective
(By the United Press)
London, Jan. - 8. Fierce fighting
along the River Styr is reported in
dispatches today. The Russians are
assailing the enemy lines east of the
ItOIKytMfct town of -Kovel, and. have
taken iiro lines of trenches.
. There is also an important engage
ment in progress northeast of Czer-
florwitt along the Tarnopol-Trembow
la line, where nearly a million men
are engaged. The Russians general
ly are making advances, it i sreport-
ed. ' " , -. .
AJJies Occupy Milos.
- Berlin, an. S. -Anglo-French sol
diers have occupied the Greek Island
of Milos, ' according.1 to - Athens re
ports, tl jg stated that the Greek
public is indignant. ' . .
PRESIDENT SENDS LETTER
iW THANKS TO WILLIAMS.
Washington, Jan. 7. President
Wilson wrote ,to Senator Williams of
Mississippi today, thanking- him for
his address ijn the Senate yesterday
supporting Mr. Wilson's foreign pol
icy .end preparedness. In the address.
Senator": Wtfliams said the' United
States mut be ready to defend itself ,
.from "bully big" following the Euro
pean rar. vi n
JMTCF FIGHT TO
- IOSEAT JUDGE GARY
" (By Hut .United Press)
' New yorjk, an. 8. -A battle to Un-set-Judge
Elbert S. Gary as head
of the Steel Trust has been started,
-t is rumored.
THIRD STATE ROAD
INSTITUTE BE HELD
AT "HILL" FEBRUARY
' (Special to The Free Press)
, Raleigh, Jan. 8.-The third road
institute of North Carolina will be
held at the University, Chapel Hill.
under the auspices of the State. Uni
versity, the State'' Highway, Commis-
sion and 'the North, Carolina? Ceolo,
gieal and Economic Survey, Febru
ary 7-12, 1916, inclusive. The two
previousinstitutes have proved", of
great value to the engineers and su-
penntendents attending them, and it
a the purpose of the director to
make this, one of eveii more practical
value.. 1 ' ? ! .
A 'subject which will .be given spe
cial emphasis- this year .vis that of
road maintenance, and in : this con
nection there will be given illustrat
ed lectures instruction in the patrol
system and actual-. demonstrations vof
the se of 'the rood drag .and other
implement which have ,been-r- found
usefvll in the maintenance .of public
roads, .i; I1,.' . s . - . k
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EC?iZLLl TELLS OF THE
'HATIOriAL PROSPERITY
Y-.- 'Washington, Jan, 7. Secretary of I
; Commerce Redfield, ih" a memoran
dum on business conditions transmit-
ted to President Wilson today, pic-1
turcs Jhe country Jts .in the,u most f
.prosperous state of its history. .The I
earning, is added. -though, that the
-war's inflation of commerce will last
on'y unUl the war's end, and that
business foresight alone will prepare
the United States for peace.
The slump that wijl follow the war
abroad, the summary declares, must
A WAITED FOR YEGGMEN
IU lUMfc BAlK; THEY W
Gang Thought to Have Robbed
Pennsg rove, N. J, Postoffice Foist
night Ago Attempted to Rob Safe
Containing Pay Money of DuPoat
Employes Waiting Detective Got
Three of Them ' ." -
(By the United Press)
Pennsgrovs, N. J., Jan. 8. Two
weeks ago the local postoffice ws
robbed. - Yesterday, being . the pay
day of the DuPont Company, detect
ives on the acene allowed yeggmen
to break open a safe in the office and
then opened a terrific gun fight
Three of the six were captured. , ,
MARION EXPECTS NUMBER
NEW ENTERPRISES SOON.
Marion, Jan. 7. The -secretary of
the board of trade reports several
new industries in prospect for Mar
ion during the coming year. A new
cotton mill, ice plant, slack cooper
age mill, spoke and handle factory,
and a brick mill are assured if local
capital can ibe secured to meet the
demands of the investors. There Is
every evidence of an abundance- of
local capital in the near future.
A DUPONT PLANT IN
INDIANA BLOWN UP.
Terre Haute, Ind.. Jan. 7. Tele
phone advices from Stoy, JU., today
were that the plant of the DuPont
Powder Company there had been! de
stroyed by an explosion of nitrogly
cerine. Overheated boilers were said
to have caused the explosion. . 1
STRIKERS SLAY ANI
- . :.. . til
BURN IN SUBURB 0!
f.
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Many Wounded, Some, Fa
tally A Private Police
Chief Reported, to HaVi
Precipitated the Trouble
Militiamen On Hand iV f
(By the United Press) ' ;
Youngstown, Ohio, Jan. 8. Twen
ty-two hundred State troops .today
took charge of the steel strike situa
tion in East Youngstown, following
the riot-of last night. 1 . t
Strikebreakers were jeered .when
quitting work, and the chief of .the
companies' police force tired a ;snot
and was attacked., it is reported
4ay. . Saloons were fired and looted,
and the ames ' spread to a jewelry
Store and other buildings.
Some Injured Fatally.
Youngstown. 0.,, Jan, 7. Nine per
sons were shot, four probably fatally,
four- business buildings and ;two
buildings of the Youngstown Sheet
end Tube , works were burned and a
mob' of 6,000 people battled with pri
vate police . at the plant v early this
evening as the day shift at the mills
in East Youngstown wrere a strike
Is in progress left work.
Firemen from Youngstown arrived
on the scene, ' but c the crowd drove
thein, away; Many shots were fired
and the firemen departed amid a hail
of stones. v t. -
Troops Ordered Out
Columbus, Jan. 7.-TWO regimentf
of Ohio national guard the fifth and
eightli comprising a total of ap
proximately ,1,600 men, were tonight
ordered r by Governor , Willis to. pro
ceed at. once to .Youngstown for ser
vice in connection with the suppres
sion or disorder in. connection witn
the strike of tf el workers.
MfflY tolARIES ARE
PtEBGINTO WILS0
(By the United Press).
Washington, Jan. 8. The Presi
dent's nomination at the St.' Louis
convention, long regarded as .a ver
tain ty, is assured by the pledging of
delegates to him by many State prl
maries.' it is said here."-
find Americans ready to take their
share of the world's trade unhamp
ered , by provincial notions. ' False
xalues created by unusual conditions,
he fears, may loll the United States
into a fancied commercial security.
OHIO
PLEDGf S TO
AMERICA nip
AND BERLIN
Von Bernstorff Gives Wash
ington Government the
' News Today h
ONLY
REPARATION LEFT
it'.
As International Question
All Incidents Closed Let
ting the Persia's Sinking
Go As Unsolved Mystery,
May Be Decision
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. , 8. A final set
tlement of all submarine controver
sies with the Central Powers, includ
ing the Lusitania and Persia inci
dents, was predicted today as the re
sult of Von Bernstorff's note for both
Germany and Austria to the United
States. He has binding pledges from
both nations that in future submarine
operations will be conducted by biter
national law. , -
The only question left open now is
that of reparation. - ' ' '.'-;
The failure of the two countries to
receive any report on the Persia Sink
ing may leave that as a final mys
tery. ..-,. J y - . ' -4
United States Thoroughly . Satisfied
, By Last Note On Frye. t I .
Washington," Jan. 8 The last Ger
man note in the Frye can has been
given out after being withheld since
November 30. It reveals a complete
agreement to the American conten
tion that passengers of vessels sunk
by German warships should .not be
put in small boats unless the sea was
calm or land near," The- note also
agrees to '.the naming of experts to
aiibilrate. indemnity and other issues
at stake. . , i , ,
Ford Party Arrived In The
Hague Today,- After
Crossing Germany From
Copenhagen Germa'ns
Treated 'Em Fine !
ty CHAS. P. STEWART,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
' Amsterdam; Jan. 1 8. The ' Ford
peace party arrived in Holland from
Copenhagen today, by a special
train through Germany. . .
The members declared they receiv
ed the most courteous treatment in
crossing Germany. r - . , . .
NO SIGN OF VERDICT
IN NEW HAVEN CWB
(By the United Press)
New York, Jan. 8 There has been
no sign of a verdict from the Jury
considering the New Haven directors'
caset :The jury asked for additional
exhibits today. ' t ' -
CHURCffiM. ACCUSED
- - THEFT HALF MILLION
Embezzled Sum From More Than a
i Hundred Persons r Alleged Al
bert P. Millet of Rhode Island Ar
rested; Sensational . - Case Said
. He Lost the Money Gambling In
War .Stocks.. S .
: (By the. United Press) .
Boston., Jan. 8. Albert Miller,
Jr., a Providence broker accused of
embezzling a half million and losing
it In war stocks, has been arrested.
He was questioned today by officials.
Miller is ,a- prominent churchman.
His victims number more than a hun
dred, many , of them women arid or
phans. ' The- case is most sensational.
SOLEMN
VIENNA
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PACIFICISTS S A f E SENATE COMMITTEE
M liS IN; THE FAV'RABLI REPORTS
ni Trti rmiTii inur iirruniiv iiiciinurr
uuiuii iir 1 1 mm huh i ixmumn
FROM STEEL PLANTS
TO G0Vf.it.
IN STEADY
Tavcnner Cites Knox, Ba
con, Satterlce and Oth
ers As Instances .
IN THREE DEPARTMENTS
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"Armor Plate to Washing-
ton" plder Senators
Back Up Gallihger In
Asking ' j Withdrawal of
Nomination of Ruble
(By the United Press.)
Washington, Jan. 8. Further in
vestigation 1 of the Navy League by
Representative Tavenner of Illinois
has disclosed the fact, he said today
that there is a beaten track from the
armor plate and steel plants of the
country to high 'officers of the Navy,
Justice and State Departments. ',
Knox, Bacon, Satterlee, Beekman
and Winthrop are cited as instances
of men related to the steel business
having gone into government offices
having to do with the-nation's for
eign war policies, v.-' ; 1
Ask President Withdraw Ruble's
Nomination.
Washington, Jan. 8. Request has
been sent President Wilson by the
older Democratic' senators, asking
him to withdraw the nomination of
Federal Trade Commissioner Ruble.
He is opposed by Senator Gallinger.
VIRGINIA MILITIAMAN
GOING TO FRENCH FRONT.
Richmond, ,Va Jan. 7. Capt. W.
McKee DunftAquartermaster in the
Virginia State guard, is booked to
sail tomorrow ort the French liner
Rochajmbeau to Join the American
ambulance service at Paris.
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"Male Suffrage' Was thi
Outgrowth of Republican
Institutions, Why Should
Not Woman Vote?"-Eh-dorses
Amendment !
(By the United Press)
Washington Jan.. 8. -The Senate
Woman's? suffrage committee today
favdraWy reported the Susan B. An
thony . amendment proposing a con
stitutional amendment. . . '
The committee declared male suf
frage was the outgrowth of Repub
lican institutions and there is no rea
son why woman should not vote
well. - - .
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PLAN FOR SHIPPING :
:" l' COTTON TO GERMANY
Washington, Jan. 1 President H.
N. Pope of the Texas Farmers' union,
outlined today to Congressmen from
thei'Cotton States the Union's plans
for shipments of: cotton to Germany
by way of Sweden. , He said the cot
ton, would be concentrated at Hous
ton, that the first ship would sail on
February 1, and that regular sail
ing's were planned. The cotton would
be shipped, Pope, said in ships own
ed by- native born American citizens
and will fly the- American flag-. , The
cotton' has been- sold fo 27 Cents' a
pound delivered at destination,' and
will net the farmers about 20 1-2
cents. - ,
The market price is about 12 cents
and the British .Government has been
paying for cotton seized...' Inasmuch
as Great Britain, and Germany both
have put cotton on their contraband
lists, this latest move - may revive
the contentions-of the United States
against their action.
OFFICES
BE
PASSED ALONG WITH
SETTLING OF BILLS
Pay-Up Week Begins Mon
day Morning at Begin
ning of Business
MATTER OF CO-OP'RATION
Banners to Be Put Up by
Chamber of Commerce
Calling Attention of Citi
zens to Occasion Every
Dollar Will Help Cause
"This is Pay-up Weekt Pay your
bills end Pass Prosperity Along."
That is the slogan dopted by the
Chamber of Commerce Committee for
Pay-up Week, the first in Kinston,
which begins Monday morning when
the shops open and ends next Satur
day at the close of business. The mot
to Is being painted on at least three
banners which are to be strung up
across the principal streets today.
Pay-up week is expected to be a
success; in fact, It can be nothing but
success, for no mark has been set
and no one has been occasioned any
great amount of trouble to inaugurate
it. ' The result achieved can never be
estimated. -,It is' a matter of con
science, partly, and cooperation. Ev
ery citizen of Kinston is called upon
the Chamber, of Commerce to do
his best, thus, proving his allegiance
to the famous "Kinston spirit." Ev
ery dollar that can be spared to make
good accounts helps just that much,
and every responsible' person in the
community should try to pay up" some.
The purposely negligent and "can-help-it-but-don't"
elements Are invit
ed to apply the oil of thought to their
clogged-up consciences. ;. ; .
DANIELS WILL HAVE
TO DISCLOSE FACTS
IN FLETCHER R 'PORT
Secretary Wanied to Keep
Conterits From Fordgti
, aftlbris Senate Passes
Lodge Resolution Tells
of Ease of Invasion
(By the United Press)
Washington,' - Jan. ' sASeeretery
Daniels has been instructed by unan
imous vote of: the Steliafe to ; make
public the report of Admiral Fletch
er, declaring; that, a foreign fleet
would be able to land troops on the
shores of. the United, States, with the
passage of Senator Lodge's resolu
tion. Mr. Daniels Wiis opposed, to
giving out. the report on the ground
that he did not want foreign nations
to know its contents.' . .
DESCARTES' CAPTAIN IS
. ORDERED TO USE CARE.
Washington, Jan. 7 The ; State
Department' wa advised today by
Ambassador .Sharp, at Paris, that the
French government had ordered the
captain of the cruiser Descartes to
act with great care and circumspec
tion and not to stop any morei Am
erican vessels. The cruiser recently
stopped three in Porto Rican waters
and removed Germans who have since
been released,' : srl. )
BULLETINS
Harden's Magazines , Suppressed.
: ;Btlini Jan. 8 Maximilian Har
Berlin, Jam f 8. MsximiDSn
Harden, the brilliant German l
' Journalist, has . been prohibited
from public speaking and writ
ing for the remainder, of the
war. His magailm have been
suppressed. . " ,
PROSPERITY TO
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FR0W BULLETINS OF i
STATE HEALTH BOARD
Shallow Well and Open Closet of the
Country Home Condemned Cancer
Preventable But Cannot Be Cored
Except by Removal; On Increase
. Books aa Spreaders of Tuberculosis
"The great need Of the South to
day is the improvement of the rural
home.? says Dr. A. W. Freeman of
Washington, D. C. The ehaUow well
and the ooen closets are where the
rural home is ; weakest, he says,
"They should 'be condemned.
Cancer is increasing, aaya the
State Board of Health. "There is
but one real cure cor cancer take it
out. ' So-called cancer cures are
swindles." Consult surgeon right
off, the Board advises. ' The disease
comes from "too much pressure or
irritation on some particular spot,
such as results from a cigar or pipe
on the lip. a broken jagged tooth, on
the toncrue, a corset stay on the
breast, etc. ",' .
Keep children" at home when they
show signs of illness, is the advice
of medical experts. "By sending
your own child's tliW In danger,
you also endanger the life and health
of other children."
Books are disease spreaders. How
ever, "although a library book may
be grossly infected by a tuberculous
patient and while that Infection may
remain active for at least a few days,
the infection does not survive a pe
riod of one month," which is some
consolation, '
BIG LUMBER PLANT
IN SOUTHWEST PART
OE CITY i MAY CLOSE
Rumored, . , Apparently, - On
Good Authority, Kinston
Manufacturing Co. Will
Suspend Permanently
Deal En Route Here , :
kinston stands a chance of losing
one of its foremost manufacturing en-
tdh-prises. -. Rumors were circulated
Friday night to the efTect that the
big lumber plant known as the Kin
ston Manufacturing Company mill in
Southwest , Kinston had been, closed
down permanently. William Hayes,
general . superintendent of the . Kin-ston-Carolina
Railroad & Lumber
Company, today, stated that this was
not correct. Mr. Hayes declined to
give 'put anything for publication,
however, and would not make a direct
reply, to the interrogation if there is
a possibility for the mill's permanent
suspension. , ,
It Is stated upon good authority
that the big plant is apt to be closed
down before many days, and the ru
mors of Friday night were hot with
out foundation. J. T. Deal, the prom
inent Norfolk capitalist who has been
more or less interested in the industry
for some time, is now on his way to
Kinston,' it is .believed ' on business
connected with the mill. . Mr. Deal
is the promoter of the Deal railroad
into Duplin county and is interested
in a large way in the timber business
ift this section.
The loss of the mill to Kinston
would be a blow that would be felt to
a considerable extent. ; A large num
ber of skilled men. drawing good wa
ges, and common laborers would .be
driven to seek employment elsewhere.
Some of the skilled mechanics, it is
certain, would leave the city.
THE PRESIDENT NAMES
JEWISH RELIEF DAY
January 27 to Be Proclaimed Aa Oc
casion for Contributing to the War
Sufferers of Race In Europe Sen
V ate Resolution Will Call for Con
gressional Action, It Is Expected
(By the United Press) , . .
Washington, . Jan. 8. President
Wilson has named January 27 Jew
ish Relief Day, and will issue a pro
clamation" calling attention to the
needs of the Jewish people in Europe
as a result of the war. The procla
mation will be followed by a Senate
THE GODS MAKE MAD !
THEY WOULD
DESTR0Y4EC0RDER
Judge Wooten Replies to
Aldermen's Questions of
Conduct of llis Court
SAVOR OF CONTEMPT, SAYS
, ",.v: ! ; ;: , . , ..5';J-';,-'1"'':'0 - i..;-
"Inform. Yourselves, I, and,
Not Sadden Me With Your
Suggestions' One Quest
tion That of a Two-By-Four
Lawyer, Ite States -
In response to a letter from City
Clerk W B. Coleman,' who had been
directed by Crty Council to inquire
of Recorder T. C. Wooten, v 'Why1
State warrants are being Issued' by
his court for violations of the cit;
ordinances; at whose invitation doe
the solicitor appear to prosecute ti . ,
violators - of city ordinances ' wn
cases are not resisted; if fees not K
tilled by the act establishing the B ';.
corder's court are not being colleV
ed, and if it is true that in rin
cases as many as three warrants ; ,
Issued for what is generally cotr
ered one offense t" Judge Wo
Friday night mailed a lengthy it -ment
to the Clerk in which he '
"It gives me especial delight tcf '
swer your four questions." , l ,
"The Board of Aldermen n a , ,
knew," states Judge Wooten, s. '
the Recorder's, Court is a creaWrv -
legislative enactment and i inde
pendent of all persons and muuiCipal J.
control. It is above your honorable ;
Board t in origin and jurisdiction.' and .
the ineundoes so forcibly suggested ?
in your interrogations 'bordtir tin
contempt of eourfc.''.
1 "oprt first question
It is by rea-
son' , of the gross .neglect, carelessness
and indifference of. your board" that '
State warrants are lain issued tot
violatioms of "city ordinances, "Ybu j
have an imperfect and , void code of
ordinances, some of Vhich are absoy!
lutely obsolete nd r in contravention
of the criminal statutes of the State.,
Various sections , do hot denomK '
nate .the. offense or specify a penalty
or a punishment. This delect , ru.is t
throhgh your entireucodV until you'
reach the end, then they conclude by .
saying that !ii all brdinarices not spe-,
cifying a nne'or penfalty the offender
shall be fined not more than S50' or
imprisoned for 30 days. This defect
caps thvUmax of defects.' The-Su- .
perior and Supreme Courts havi'de-V "
clared these, ordinances void ''every :
into they have eonty. before them, -
basing decisions upon uncertainty bf
punishment" The Jfudg'e states thijt
"therefore, Jn this aelptesa condition
resorted tt any. limited knowledge
of the law and cur&l the defect 4n
many InstancesL byAsing State war-'
rants." . He says h'ewent before the,
Board asking foi remedial action,-
"What has been 'done t .. Nothing!" ; J
"Those whom the" Gods would de-
troy, ;v they first make mad," ho,"
quotes significantly, , .','. 't
t "My delight increases when I tin-
dertake to answer your second ques-
tion." HYear' the Solicitor has p
peared in a number of' these cases
without fees, and I know of no case ;
of this character in which- he has
collected fees." . It would be a viola-. ;
tion of the law, he states, for the Re- ,
corder-to assume the role of prose
cutor, address the jury and express ., -his
opinion 3 to the case. "Is it
not best for the Recorder and fair to -the
defendant to call in the Solicitor -ind
let the Recordert mind be blank f
as to the' facts T it i I assume' to
judge, prosecute and act as jury the
court, is 4 .Veritable farce, This is 1
why I cag ui" the Solfcitor. In the
name b B"eftv if I am wrong veU ;
it with thfc rnantlb of charity, because
I believe-In, ju -'" i fair dealing!" "
l'No," tj'h i4. a -d are not' be
ing coH ( xl,says. ." -Wooten..
KNot ...it of fyn '.t,-r passed .
thro. ;e- Recorder's huxC Costs
as fixca Ly law and fines as f,
the" Court are collected ly a
of yr r own choosing:, whose L.
is v .-hed for." He ass for i
mat' i and evidence." Us c,uot
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