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EINSTON, N. G, FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1916
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EED-HOT RAGE IN EL
WAY TO RIOTING;
Pershing Declarfis Martial Law Thousands ; Mexicans
Sent (M of CityOrganJzed Mob Threatens to Cross
Border and Avenge Butchery If Washington and Car
ranza Do Hot rAcj AoiH- Congress Excited- Adsiinis
trationaxPpTe Able to Hold In Check Ware of
Anger Spreading Through CapitoMAmericans In the
Nortt HrllciJco'Jlee to Safety of Texas Yilla May
Order alsacrejThrt
States Official la Three States
(By the United Press)
EL PASQ, Jan. 14.Martial law was declared here
today by General John Pershing, commanding- United
States troops jn the Department of Texas, following sev
eral hours'-street "fighting between Mexicans and infuri
ated Americans ;
Regulars dispersed the crowds, searched Mexicans
for arms anid patrolled the international bridge.
The hpspitalstare filled with wounded Mexicans. Rage
over the massacrejwas expected here, but it overran all
bounds. 'Mexican Ire being deported by the wholesale
to avoid mobs.'4' The Mexican quarter is guarded by sol
' diers with loaded rifles.
Americans are reported to be organizing a regiment
of volunfeers to invade" Mexico if Washington and Car
ranza do hot take immediate steps to avenge the slaugh
ter. A molo pf a thousand armed men heard that Mexi
cans were Catherine in another part of the city, and made
a rush. The '.Eighth Regiment, from Fort Bliss, arrayed
just in time-Co halt them.1 ; ' : , '
Rodriguez and Almeida Dead. ;
Report of Jfurtherpiassacres con?
Vtdnue to filter !n. David Kramer,
. father of "Bert Kramer, previously
reported killed, fis reported to have
been executed. - .
The death o ' general Rodriguez,
the Vjllista chief,, is confirmed, by
Carranza authorities, i With 40 aids,
. B&riguexattempted.;to 4ura the
Pearson mining plant ; a MJadero.
They were . surrounded by- Mexican
an -AmerioanaV -and "RodrigueJ! and
Almeida "vera executed.. Their fol
lowers are ' expected ito meet the
same 'fate. . ,- ,
CONGRESS WROUGHT UP.
Washington, C., Jan. 14. Offi
Waahinirtnn la seethine 'Over the
, Mexican affair. "The reported parti-
cipation , by ' American employes on
the nJteo, ,t A1-,
mejda OI ipry men, u is learro, win
deliberately pWeke ! 4e Villistas'
geaeral to. attack the Americans.
General Fuaaton Is under orders
: ' to Wit all border raids and depreda
tions. "
indignant over the massacre of the
eigjiteen mining men, Congress is at
' white heat. An avalanche of reso
lutions and speeches are In prospect
The administration js said to be pre
pared to head off hot-headed action..
'A The administration a considering the
withdrawing of all American officials
front , Chihuahua.) Durango and So
nora. It is 'reported that most of the
: few hundred Americana still in the
North of Mexico are fleeing for the
border. Administration leaders are
seriously concerned over the political
effects, of an attack on the adminis
tration's policy.
It it reported that Carranza is to
send an army to wipe., out the. ban-
Plana for Occupation.
Washington, .Jan. ; 14-It would
take $70,0.00 .men to clean up Mexi-
, co as 'Cuba was cleaned op, according
to the war college plans. The force
"would be, .comprised of 50,000 regu
Jars, i00,000 volunteers and 20,000
marines. The regulars v Would bear
the bnint of the work and the volun
teer would ba the army of occupa
One expedition would start for
&e south from Texas, the, other in
lnd from Vera Cruz.
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Expedition, . Wilson determined
No . armed troops will be sent
yross the border at present, how
fcJr, the President indicated today,
following a conference with Senator
Stone. State Department dispatches
y all Americana in Madera are
vafe, disposing "of a rumor that 12
more had been killed. '
British Embassy Asks What U. S.
ViUDo,
Washington.' Jaa. 14-The British
embassy is preparing a request to
the State Department fcr information
regarding the United States' intend-J
ed action in Mexico, it is learned,
British Representative Holder a'
Mexico City .has reported that one
British subject has teen killed and
property damaged.
Hp to .Congneaa. Says Works.
Washington, Jan. 14. Sen. Works
today introduced a - resolution -declar
ing that the responsibility' for the
United States action in Mexico rest
ed with Congress And not the Chief
Executive. It declared for interven
tion. It was the signal for hot' de
bate by Lodge, Gallinger and Stone.
Carranza After Bandits.
Carranza, in a message to Ambas
sador Arrenondo, today declared that
the bandits who massacred the Amer
icans are being pursued, ahdwill
meet with condign punishment.
COTTON SALES ON
,u 1 OCAt EXCHANGE
About 75 bales of cotton had been
sold here today by 3 o'clock, accord
ing to weighej-a. Buyers stated prices
to have been 10 1-2 to 11 3-4. ; '
(New York futures quotationa
were: ,
January
March .
May . .
July . .
October
Open j
12.25
12.45
.12.64
........12.78
........ 12.59'
Close
12.30
12.58
12.74
12.85
12.68
BRYAN WONT OPPOSE
; WILSON ON ONE GROUND
One-Term Plank Will Not Be Rea
son U Commoner Fights .Presi
dent's Renomination. Declares Bai
ley, Who Is Intimate Friend of the
Nebraskan, in Washington State
ment v .
(By the United Press.)
Washington, Jan. 14. Bryan has
no intention of lighting Wilson's re
nomination because of the one-term
plank, Representative Bailey, a close
friend of the Commoner, today de
clared, j . . " ; '.;
NERASKANS SELL
OOD
Lincoln,' Neb. Jan.: 14. Munition
makers in the cast are not the only
ones to whom the European war is
bringing increased incomes. t Nebras
ka landowners who have walnut trees
about their homes or walnut timber
along the creeks n their land are
reaping a harvest. , .
PASO GIVES
MARTIAL
LAW
OLD KING
WEEPS AS HE SIGNS
TRUCE FOR NATION
Montenegro Virtually Out
of War; May Become
Austrian Territory
HE WOULD RATHER FIGHT
Advisors Persuade Ruler to
Save His Country From
Horrors That Befell Ser
bia Teuton Gunners
Had Range On Cettinje
(By the United Press)
"Rome, Jan. 14. With Austrian ar
tillery trained upon Cettinje, and the
gunners ready to lay the Monteneg
rin capital in ruins, King Nicholas
has signed an armistice which virtu
ally eliminates the little country from
the war. The aged ruler wept as he
agreed upon the' truce, which prob
ably means Montenegro's entire sur
render, and that the country is going
under Austrian suzerainty.
The King wanted to take to the
mountains and fight His advisors
said that action would make the lit
tle country a second Serbia.
ESCAPED GERM AN
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Quartet Who Escaped From Intern
d Ships at Newport News Ar
rested Near DuPont Works in Del
3 aware, Says lie port From Wilming
' ' ton Were Working . As Laborers
In the Vicinity
By 'the United Press)
Wilmington, Del., Jan. 14. iFour
German sailors who escaped from in
terned vessels at Newport News
have been arrested working near the
DuPont works.
YOUNG WOMAN TAKES
OWNlffE WmDRUG
IN DUPULV county
Daisy Wilson, white, su icided at
the home of a family named William-
eon in Duplin county late Thursday,
says a report which .gave few of the
details. It is 'said quicksilver was
taken by the girl, who was about 24
or 25 years of ago, and that she died
after physicians, who were helpless
in the case, had arrived. She was a
native! of Wayne county, and was
staying .with the Williamsons as a
maid or cook, it is said.
Persons In Pink Hill, the nearest
town to the scene of the supposed
suicide, knew very little about it to
day. ' They stated that the William
son family resided six miles from
Pink Hill. The causes for Misa Wil
son's act has not been ascribed so
far as is known.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
TWO BRITISH SHIPS ' :
AGROUND. ' A .
; ' .NorfolW Jan. 14. Thre : tuga
are endeavoring to pull the Brit-
ish steamer Oilfield off a bar in
Hampton Roads, where she is ,
aground. The British steamer
Priestfield . is also ashore, near
Cape Henry. , '
THREATEN STRIKE IF
"; - . CONSCRIPTION PASSES.
'London, Jan. U The Nation-
al Railway Men's Union, one of
the strongest labor organira
tions, today defied the govern
ment to enact the conscription
: bill when it passed a drastic res
olution, threatening a strike.
NO SENSATION WILL
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FOLLOW INQUEST AT
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Coroner Terms Reports of
Lynching of Richards
NO ARRESTS EXPECTED
No one But Members of the
Mob Know Who Strung
' Negro Up Northern
Press Overdid Account
of Affair
(Special to The Free Press)
Goldsboro, Jan. 14. Coroner Stan
ley today expressed regret over what
he terms "rot" printed in State pa
pers to the effect that ho would ex
pose a number of the lynchers of
John Richards, confessed murderer
of Anderson T. Gurley. The official
told the editor of the Daily Argus
here that it was impossible for him
to name anyone connected with the
lynching on Wednesday morning.
There is not the slightest thing to
base an accusation even of suspects
upon. The stringing up of the ne
gro occurred at an hour when the
streets were clear of all persons ex
cept a few policemen and the lynch
ers. No one, the coroner is quoted as
saying, other than members of the
mob, knows who comprised the party,
The coroner's jury is to meet to
day to conclude the inquest. The
jury had not assembled at noon. The
verdict, there is every reason to be
lieve, will be that Richards came to
his death at the hands of parties un
known. , :
The story sent out that ateel-Jack
et bullets had been dug out of the
tree upon which Richards was hanged,
indicating, that militia rifles has been
used in shooting at the victim, is de
clared to be the farthest thing from
the truth. No government-owned ri
fle has been taken from either of the
local armories, officers, 'who are in
dignant over the report, say. There
are other makes of ammunition, they
point out, that is steel-jacketed.
Reports of the lynching printed in
Northern papers are creating amuse
ment here. How 500 men, masked
and armed to the teeth, overpowered
the Sheriff and his deputies, (took
Richards, to a point near town and
lynched him while he screamed, for
the murder of a wealthy planter, is
told by one report printed in many
papersi "There was wild excitement,"
according to the story. Gurley was
not wealthy, there was not more than
a hundred and fifty men in the party,
the lynching was so quiet that not
a person 'living around the jail or the
place where the man was banged knew
it was going on, and nO one has been
heard to testify , : that the . negro
screamed. . There was certainly lit
tle excifcment. The xone officer the
mob encountered gave them little
trouble. .' . . .: : '
- Richards, it is now about conclud
ed, was shot to death before the rope
got in its work, although the man was
banging before he was fired at.
Have Been Few Lynching in
This' Section. ' ' .
. ILenoir county officials today recall
ed that there have been very few
lyndhfngs in" this immediate part of
North Carolina during the past half
century. ' Beaufort and Craven coun
ties have had their share; Following
an awful crime in Greene county dur
ing Reconstruction times a mob took
a party of seven or eight blacks and
a white man who were accused of as
saulting two white .women, 'mother
and daughter, to the bridge over Moc
caaion river at Snow Hill and broke
the skulls of all with a hatchet The
bodies, were thrown into ihe stream.
One of the - victim Irecovered con
sciousness and made his way to the
shore. , It was bitter cold, and the
man cried for help. ' It was not help
that he received. The mob finished
its work." At a bridge over Neuse ri
ver about where the "Iron bridge
now is, during the same year, it is
said, although those who remember
the occasion are not certain of the
date nor the number of victims, four
MAN CHARGED WITH
POISONING WIFE T$
JAILED IN CRAVEN
W. R. Hopewell Alleged to
Have (liven Woman Poi
son last Summer
BURIED IN THIS COUNTY
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Prisoner Won't Talk Mar
ried in Few Months' Time
Rumor That New Wife
Put First Husband Out of
Way Being Investigated
(Special to The Free Press)
New Bern, Jan. 14. Drs. Josoph
F. Patterson and Raymond Pollock,
appcuioted by Superior Court to ex
hume the body of Mrs. W. R. Hope
well, alleged to have been the victim
of poison administered by her hus
band, are expected to go to a point
six m'iles fom Kinaton. where it is
buried, on -Saturday.
Hopewell refuses to say a word
about the affair except to declare
that there is "absolutely nothing to
the charge." His present wife, who
has been suspected of the murder of
her former husband, M. F. Pugh, by
poisoning, has not been arrested. No
evidence to confirm the reports about
her has been secured.
Details of Alleged Crime.
New Bern, Jan. 14. W. R. Hope
well is in the Craven county jail here
charged with poisoning his wife last
summer. The crime is alleged to
have occurred in June, but Hopewell,
a Bridgetoh man, was not arrested
until Wednesday night. The grand
"jury had epent a considerable time
investigating Mrs. Hopewell's death
and returned a true bill against the
husband. There had been gossip
concerning Hopewell and the wom
an's death for some time.
Mrs. Hopewell was before her
marriage in 1HU1 Miss Kachel Far
sons of Lenoir county. She was ill
four or five days before death. Her
life was insured. The insuring com
panies -are understood to have hesi
tated over payment of the policies.
In .October Hopewell and Mrs. Han
nah Pugh, a widow, were married.
The first Mrs. Hopewell was buried
in Lenoir county. It is intimated
that Mrs. Pugh also poisoned her
husband. Mai. F. Pugh. The grand
jury is investigating.
Hopewell declines to talk about
the case, which has called to mind
the famous Casey case of a few years
ago, in which Leona Casey was sen
tenced to State's prison for the poi
soning of her , first husband, Joseph
Whitty, in order that she might mar
ry Burrill Csey. Casey also was
convicted and sent to the peniten
tiary. '
itopewell, it is charged, gave hVs
wife arsenic. It is understood that
the body will be exhumed for an ex
amination. ' A . commission has been
appointed to do this. ' Counsel for
the accused has expressed willingness
for it, in order, it is stated, that the
client' case may be strengthened.
CAPT. AHRENS DEAD.
Charlotte, Jan. 13. Capt F. W.
Ahrena, mayor of Charlotte from
1867 to 1869, v and prominent here,
died at his homo this morning at S
o'clock.
or five men were lynched. ; They were
the members of an outlaw gang, most
or all of them negroes. The whole
sale lynching terminated a career of
crime which Would shock the Nation
in th period of history. They, too,
were "brained" hy hatchets in the
hands of a mob. Once, about 80
years ago, a party came here from
a rural township in this county to
lynch a rapist A big dance was in
progress, however an all night af
fair with hundreds present The mer
rymakers saw from the windows of
the second story of the Courthouse,
where the dance was being held, that
the would-be lynchers had gathered
in front of the jail. The officials
were notified, and nipped the attempt
in the bud, "', . . .
JJLANKINBUBG AND M ITCHEl MAY 0END
ANNUAL CONVENTION DFlIAYOIliS OFSllE
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lnuiiuiLuumiiu uuiiiuiu ui mini
Definite Announcement of Selection of Kinston for the
Meeting Place of Carolina Municipal Association
Nearly Hundred Chief Burgesses, Councilmen and
Commissioners Expected to Be Here-Chamber of
Commerce to Entertain Kinston to Make Big Show,
Especially of Remarkable Paving- Program One of
the Most Influential Organizations of Local Officials
In the Nation ? '
DEATH CLAIMS GRIM
IP HUERTA, BALKS
AMERICAN JUSTICE
Passed Out On Night of
Day Set for Trial On
Conspiracy Charge
EVENTFUL CAREER ENDS
ing," He Said When Sol
diers Took. , Him Lieft
Great Fortune Grave
for Enemies
(By the United Press)
El PasO, Jan. 14 Victoriano Huer
ta, former dictator of Mexico, died
here last night A recent operation
and old age combined caused his
death. He was under Virtual arrest
for his part in an alleged conspiracy
to start a revolution from American
soil, and his trial, which his condi
tion would not permit to be called,
was to have been started yesterday.
With elaborate irony Huerta had
remarked when arrested by Federal
officers and soldiers at Newman,
Texas, "Ah, American soldiers to
greet me. That is very nice. Effi
cient watchful waiting!" With the
passing of the grizzled soldier, the
meteoric career of Mexico's last dic
tator who sought to rule with a mail
ed fist becomes history. Huerta be
lieved the best place for an enemy
was the grave. He loved whisky.'
Pain held no terror for him. Once' a
cataract over one eye blinded him.
No anesthetic was applied at the op
eration. "Cut it off!" he command
ed.
Huerta, after the trouble with the
United States at Vera Cruz, relin
quished the dictatorship in June,
1914, going to Paris. He is said to
have left $60,000,000 vin Paris.
Huerta was born in 1857 of well-to-do
parents of Spanish and Indian
ancestry. He was educated at Cha
pultepec military academy. He be
came a general between 1892 and
1902, which yeara he spent in sur
veying in Mexico. He declared him
self provisional president February
18, 1913. Madero and Suarez were
slain during his incumbency.
GOING ON IN NEARBY
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
Craven county has no coroner. Dr.
Walter Watson, who held the posi
tion, resigned some weeks ago. His
successor .will be chosen next month,
probably.
A new steamer line is to be estab
lished between Washington and Swan
Quarter by the New Holland Boat
Line, Inc.
, Clayton Lancaster of Vancebore,
who was charged with store-breaking
at that town, has been cleared in
Superior Court at New Bern. , Lan
caster k white. '
Big meat packing concerns are
writing farm demonstrators in this
section to request them to encourage
the raising of hogs for Northern and
Western markets, especially in the
Winter months. . . ' ,. ..
Greenville and Washington are to
have new city directories.
.... .
if
Mayor John Purroy Mitcbd of New ' s
York or Mayor Blankotffiurg" of Phili'
adelphia, or possibly bulk. them,
will attend the jUiaT convention f
the Carolina Municipal Association
to be held here in the coming spring,
it is expected. The first, Intimation
that the big meeting would be held ' ;
hare was given to the public today,
when Mayor Fred. Sutton,, who is
treasurer of the Association, stated:
to The Free Press . that.' it had
been definitely decided to honor Kin
ston with the presence, of nearly 100
officials of North and South Caroli
na cities for 'a (wo or three days' .
gathering. Both Mayors Blankenhurg '
and Mitchell will be invited,, as
well as other persons of national
note. Officials of the Association
have every reason to believe, 1 saya r
Mayor Sutton,' that both the Now .
York and Philadelphia chief burges- '
ses will accept. Mayor Mitchell la
called -"the boy mayor," and i prin- .
cipally known for his courage and '
cleanness as a politician. - Mayor
Blankenbung's municipality has tak
en many steps forward since his ten- ;
ure of office'. The police force, under,,
three separate. , commissions police,'. '
public service and parks is accepU
ed to be the most perfect ' in thit
country. " Health education meeting's ,
are held in all parts of the city, the
traffc regulations are a standard for
the nation, and safety xones on (the
streets are the Mayor's especial hob
by, it is said, as well as municipal' "
concerts and other things in which
he takes an interest. . . ,
The executive committee of the as
sociation will meet n a few days to
perfect the program ". and set the
dates. ' Kin'ston's Chamber' of Com
merce will take the matter of enter- v
tainment in hand. ' There-will be' au
tomobile trips over the good roads of ,
the county, shad and' b'runswick ,
stews, oyster roasts and barbecues
for the mayors and others. The ses
sion, will be held fln a public place. ,
At the last annual convention, held
in Charlotte, there were about . 60
mayors present, This year it is in
tended to urge the attendance of
mayors pro torn, and councilmen,
commissioners, etc., so that1 every
city and town of any importance in
the 'two Carolina can be represent- ;
ed. It is the first time that the As
sociation has condescended to meet
in a city of this size, but then, Kin- , '
ston has been in the public eye for 1
the past year or two. And the -city,
says Mayor Sutton, will do itself
proud. It will act for the occasion
ss did Singletary, the U. of N. C.
football star, who before a famous
game with U. of Pa. declared that
though he weighed .only 175 or 180
pounds, he would, make every man he
tackled think he weighed 250. Sin- :
gletary broke five ribs'. Kinston will ,
burst clear out of harness if neces
sary to look large in the eyes of the ,
hosts. " , ' , '
The Carolina Municipal ' "Associa
tion is one of the most influential or- '
ganizatione of its kind in the coun-.
try. A large number of former may-
ors are among its members.' Mayor
T. J. Murphy of 'Greensboro presi
dent For the " first ' time, ' Eastern,
Carolina officials are" expected to be .
in attendance in some number upon
a meeting. H"
Kinston has some' things that will '.
interest them to show the men who
will be its guests, too. ' They will see
under construction the rqt extens
ive paving program' undertaken by a
town of this size solely on its" own re
sources Jn the world during the past
decade. : - " . l"'' " .
Subacribe to. The Free Press,