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VOL. XVII. No. 200
SECONt) "EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1916
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CARRANZA
AMERICANS TO GET
ACROSS THE BORDER
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Nothing . Heard Yet From
Expedition Chasing Vil-! '
lista Rfurderers
LOOKING TO FHtST CHIEF
Administration Giving De
Facto Government Time
to Act-ySenate Out of
Action Until Monday,
Washington Calmer Now
El Paso, Jan. 15. Americans are
today fleeing from Northern Mexico.
The Carranza authorities are lend
ing: them aid. Nothing has . been
heard from the special Carranza de
tachment which left Chihuahua to
round up the murderer of the 18
men on Monday. The city is quiet.
Administration Giving Carranza
Chance. "
Washington, Jan. 15. The Admin
istration is proceeding on its policy
of giving Carranza a chance to pun
ish the Villista murderers. Adjourn
ment of the Senate until - Monday
will give hit tjma to make a person
al pledge. It is indicated today that
the Administration believes sinister
interests, are attempting to foment
intervention, . I
mrf i fiftv limn?
BIG STRIKE SOON
'? Nearly 10,000 Garment Workers Will
wn.' n.. r ol ...... .
I Triteiir3tituioua Effort Being
Made- to Straighten ,5 Out Differ
"v:" 'enee With Employers Today
. i -By the, Utited Press)'
Pniladelphiftf Jan. IS-Nearly ten
thousand garment workers in this
city , will; Strike Monday if eleventh
hou negotiations on today fail.
British took a s,
1 SOLDIER FROM SHIP
New York. Jan. 14. Albert Clark,
a private' in the fifth U. S. infantry,
was, removed from the steamship
Santa. Marts today. After being de
tained ashore several hours Clark
was allowed lto return to the ship and
pToceed here. dark was proceeding
from the Panama Canal to Washing
ton, ,and was in full uniform when he
was temporarily removed from the
Santa Marts, which flies the Ameri
can flag. 1 w
NO lNTERNMEKI IN
'MEXICO FOR BODY
OF GENERAL HUHtTA
El, Paso,; Jan. 14. Garbed in the
showy uniform of a Mexican general,
the body of General Victorlano Huer
ta, former provisional president of
the Mexican republic, lay Jn state
here today and was viewed by a large
number; of his former adherents. No
funeral service, was held, it being the
plan of his relatives to take the body
to Mexico City and there hold obse
quies. ppon being asked when Huer
ta's body could be taken to the- oapi
tal of his country, Carranza officials
here answered positively "not in ft
thousand yearsV No request for
permission. te transport the body
through Mexican territory . had been
made oX the de facto government, it
was said. Meanwhjle it will be kept
in a receiving vault here in which it
was deposited later this afternoon.
AKOTra EXf LOSION
A tUPO.NT PLANT
(By the United Press)
Gibbstown, N. J, Jan. 15. An ex
plosion, today destroyed the amnion
ia house at the local DuPont plant,
injuring five men. The explosion was
from an unavoidable cause. The
damage was $23,000, officials said.
FROM BULLETINS OF
STATE
New Hanover's Death Rate Reduced
' From 29.43 ; to 18.4 "Efficient
,v Whole-Time Health Officer" Kero-
seae Ideal Insecticide Array Coin
batting Tuberculosis Is Winning,
The city of Wilmington and New
Hanover county are at this time en
joying an enviable record made in
health work. During the past five
years they have demonstrated . in a
fine example,: first, the value of an
efficient whole-time health officer;
second, that health is purchasable
and money invested in health work
pays handsomely; third, that the
death rate for any town or commun
ity is a reducible factor, and fourth,
that co-operation is a most essential
element in the accomplishment of
health returns. As a result of this
extensive health campaign, according
to a resume given by Dr. Chas. T.
Nesbitt, county health officer, which
embraces reports for each year since
1911, the death rate has been reduc
ed from 29.43 per 1,000 population in
1911 to 1G.4 in 1915.
For all practical purposes kerosene
oil has been found to be probably the
most efficient of all insecticides. It
has been found especially deleterious
to lice and bedbugs, and has recently
been given sanction by the Red (Cross
Sanitary Commission, now active in
the European War, by its daily use
on troops and prisoners. It is par
ticularly deleterious to body lice.
That the campaign against tuber
culosis has so far succeeded that it
can show figures as evidence of a
winning fight is encouraging both to
to the laity, who are active in.. the
fight, and particularly so o physi
cians;' The latest figures available
are those for 1913. In the United
States for that year 147,600 people
died from this disease, but 53,600
were saved. If the tuberculosis
death rate for 1900 had been main
tamed for 1913 there would have
been 201,200 deaths during that
year. , , , , "
' The tuberculosis visiting nurse is
now regarded by experts to be the
most direct means yet found - for
combatting tuberculosis in the home
and among all the people. The cured
or arrested patient returned from the
sanatorium has a great educational
Influence la his home and community
but the nurse's practical methods of
treatment and . friendly visits are
fnqre direct and,-surer .of results; be
sides, they, reach further in the di
rection they are worst needed. ' ,
FRANCIS DELANEY
IS MCK INN. YORK,
ON MOTHER
(Special to The Free Press)
; New- Bern, -Jan 15. Francis De
lteney, convicted check-flasher who
Was given his liberty by the Judge in
Superior Court this week, has ar
rived at his mother's home in Sche
nectady, N. Y. The Court, stated that
Delaney should have drawp a two
years sentence, but that, owing to the
presence at the trial of his elderly
mother.,, he woujd -.. suspend . sentence,
giving him 10 days in which to get
out of the State. Delaney is alleged
to have passed bad paper at Raleigh,
Norfolk, Kinston and New Bern.
Doris Sheridan,, the chorus girl wife
of Delaney. who was married to him
at Kinston a few days before is ar
rest, is said to be still in New York,
It is understood- that she has no idea
of returning to the young man.
BRIEFS FROM NEARBY
BOUNTIES AND TOWNS
Cadet William Wilson, appointed ft
sergeant in the battalion at West
Point,' is . from Greenville.
Ayden's opening, matinee on the
new race track there had to be post
poned because of jthe bad condition
of the course and the recent bad wea
ther. The date ha not been set for
the postponed event. , ; .
Three fingers were blown from the
left hand of Floyd Moore, 14. at Ay
den, by tha explosion of a dynamite
cap. v'-''.' 'H.- '.
Ayden now is "threatening" to
pave some streets. -,,
Governor Craig It expected to
make an address to the Stato For
estry Convention in New Bern on the
25th. ' : '
HEALTH BOARD
SOME SECRET ABT'S
IN WW OF TWO
IE 'TIME
Crooked Fellows Duped
Governments, Say Fed
eral Investigators
GERMANY HEAVY LOSER
Berlin Had Most Men On
String and Paid the Larg
est Sums for Intelligence.
Newspapers Duped Sus
picious Affidavits
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 15. The army of
secret agents recruited in this coun
try during the European war has cost
foreign governments as well as this
government thousands of dollars, ac
cording to Federal investigators.
Many collected money from both
sides.
Grand jury investigations . have
failed because too much credence was
put in affidavits of alleged agents.;
Many newspapers have paid for
supposedly incriminating affidavits
which turned out to be largely fiction.
Germany has been, the heaviest suf
ferer, because it employs the most
men and uses tne most money. .
Von Papen Answerable to Berlin?
Washington, Jan. 15. The nature
of the papers taken from. Von Pap
en are of no official interest, to me,
Von Bemstorff today declared. It is
understood the officers accounted for
his funds to the war office, and not
the embassy. He will probably claim
that a, check to Werner Horne, alleg
ed dynamiter was paid for legal ex
penses. . . V
TWO HUNDRED WILL
MISSIONARY,
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More Homes Must Be Open
ed to the Delegates to Big
Conference of Method
ist "Women Sessions to
Last Several Days
AkAuf 9nn txtranna nrp pvnepted to
attend, the Woman's Missionary con
ference of the Methodist church here
next week, The conference, at which
It is expected all the missionary so
eitiea of the denomination in thp east
ern half of the State will be repre
sented, is to ba held in Queen street,
beginning Wednesday the 19th( and
continuing until Monday. At1 last
year's conference there were, 189
present. Accommodations are need
ed for a number of. officeri and dele
gates yet. More homes should be
opened up during the next two or
three days, and the soonerYne better
it will be for those in charge of en
tertainment of the visitors. It is ex
pected that many Methodists will
proffer accommodations at Sunday's
services.
The following are stated to have
made known their . intention of at
tending the conference:; ,
iMrs. R. B. John, Smitftifield. .the
president; Miss Lillie Duke, Durham,
first vice-president; Mrs. N. H. D.
Wilson, Goldsboro, second vice-president;
Mrs. Harvey BoneyRoss Hill,
superintendent of Study and Publi
city; Mrs. W. H. Speight, Raleigh,
superintendent of Social Service;
Mrs. Ida F. Wilkins, Weldon, super
intendent of supplies; Miss Sailie L.
McKjnnon. Maxton, corresponding
secretary; Mrs. N. E. Edgerton, Set
ma, treasurer; Mrs. E. C. Duncan,
Raleigh, editor of the woman's page
in the convention organ; District Ser
cretaries, Mrs. J., N. Winslow, Eli
sabeth City; Mrs! B. N. Mann, Dur
ham; Miss Vara Herring, Dunn, for
the Fayetteville district; Mrs. H. J.
Faison, Faison, for he New Bern
district; Miss Nettie Alien, Hendec-
i t-. .
MEETING NEXT WEEK
WAYNE SIIERIFFSAYS
CRITICS CAN'T HE F
THEMSELVES AT Alt
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Will Conduct Office As He
Pleases Solicitor and
Other. Officials Investi
gating Lynching Sher
iff Defends the Mob '
A statement from Goldsboro late
Friday night substantiated the story
from that city printed in The Free
Press Friday to the effect that Cor
oner Stanley had no evidence that
would warrant anyone's arrest for
participation in the lynching of John
Richards, Farmer Anderson Gurley's
slayer. Solicitor Walter D. Siler had
held a conference with the Coroner
and Sheriff Edwards, it was stated,
and the trio had not announced any
thing. Coroner' Stanley said, how
ever, that it would be several days
before his ury completed its inves
tigation into the lynching of the ne
gro. Sheriff Edwards declared to The
Free Press today that he was pre
paring a statement about the lynch
ing. He said that "I haven't forgot
ten my experience in Mount Olive
when I went to that town and plead
ed for the life of a negro there."
The negro had killed a young white
man and he, Edwards had told the
would-be lynchers that the 'law
would avenge to the fullest extent
the "horrible murder." When con'
victed the prisoner got "only twenty
years in the penitentiary. "This, is
only pne case in many." The people
of the county had "good reason to
iear tnat tticnaras would escape
death for his crime," and, that his
"bloody work would soon be forgot
ten," Edwards, said, as he referred
also to a "heartbroken widow and
eight children."
The sheriff took occasion to pay his
respects to the newspapers of the
State in general, saying that some
of the interviews referred to were
about as accurate as he supposed it
was possible for newspaper report
ers to make them when they were
given verbally. Jle denied that he
had said anything to the correspond
ents of some of the State ., papers
about the "Governor and. a negro
with a sore toe," and asked that h
be not quoted on that score again., He
said that some of the editors of the
State were criticizing him and that
he didn't care what they said, he
cause he was going to conduct his
office as he saw fit, and that the edi
tors and other critics couldn't help
themselves. "They'll just have to
put. up with my way of doing things,
whether they like it or not," ho ve
hemently proclaimed. "If they try
to oust me they'll find it a pretty hard
job." t in response to. a question
about the prospects for making .ar
rests,, he said thecase was being in
vestigated, but that practically, , no
progress was being mado And no evi
dence had (been secured to connect
anybody with the. lynching so far.
The sheriff's tone, indicated that he
doubted very seriously if anything
would be done to, punish the guilty
ones.
Governor Craig has made another
statement declaring that the lynchers
shall be made known and punished
before, the "investigation" shall
cease, and that there was no excuse
for the mob's deed.
(By the United Press)
100,000 AUSTRIANS SLAIN
BY RUSSIANS.
London, Jan. 15 The" Ausul
sns lost' t) hundred thousand men
in the recent Russian offensive,
Petrograd declares.
Berlin? Jan. 15 Nearly 100,000
strangers cams to Berlin in Novem
ber, declare ' official reports- Tha
mnrfeer of. visitors exceeded that of
year ago. :. ,c
son, for the Raleigh district; Miss
Georgia Biggs, Rockingham; Mrs. R.
H, Willis, Littleton, for the Warren
ton district; Mrs. W. P. Baugham,
Washington; Mrs. W. F. Murphy,
Wallace, for the Wilmington district.
BUpiNS
VON BERNSTOREF IS
LlLrf(j?lTHIS
TIME, IT'S BELIEVED
British Make Public Von
Papen's i Papers Irapli
eating Ambassador
COLLUSION SHOWN, SAID
Photographs of Recalled
Attache's Check Book
and Documents Coming
From London - Miscon
duct Seems Proved
By EDWARD L. KEEN,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Jan. 15. The ForVgn of
fice believed it executed a clever
strike in making public thg docu
ments taken from Von Papen. It is
believed that collusion was shown be
tween German officials -and plotters
in 4he United States that will halt
the demand for a M-up of thg Brit
ish blockade, , , - w '
Ambassador In Embarrassing
Predicament.
Washington, Jan. 15. German
Ambassador ' Von Bernstorff today
faced embarrassing explanations as
the result of the publication, of docu
ments taken from CaptahvVon Pap
en, until recently attached to the em
bassy. Officials said there i smoral
certainty . that his misconduct wag
sufficient for, the, diplomat's recall.
The Administration today indicated
that it would insist upon an injuiry
into Von Papen's documents coming
from London.
FORD PARTY LEAVES
TO UNITED STATES
Envoys to Sail On Steamer
T ROtterdamSome Dele
gates to Remain Behind
to Assist In Organization
Permanent Peace' Court
(By the United Press)
The Hague, Jan. 15. The Ford
peace expedition ended today. The
delegates will leave on the, return on
the steamer Rotterdam tonight. Sev
eral of Ford's lieutenants are remain
ing behind to. help- start the perma
nent peace tribunal, the . movement
for which is now under way. ,
No session. Will be held for several
weeks yet, , . t , , ,
DANIELS WANTS MORE
MIDDIES T0BE TRAINED
(By the United Press) .
Washington. Jan, 15. In a letter
to Chairman Padgett of the House
naval affairs committee, secretary
Daniels today urged immediate in
troduction of a bill to increase the
numbec-of midshipmen at Annapolis
so that more appointments can be
made-, before the next academic year,
NET EASTER IS NOT
APT TO BE GAY ONE
Women Will Have to Wear Uncol-
ored Stuffs and Men's Suits Will
Cost Them. $4 to $5 Mere If Dye
stuff Situation Is Net Relieved, Ex
pert Tell Committee v N
(By the .Udted Press) v
Washington, Jan. 15. Women will
wear uncolored Easter hats and
men's suits will cost two to live dol
lars more," unless the dye situation
is quickly relieved, expert witnesses
today told the ways and' means com
mittee. - -. i
CHRISTIAN MEN OF STATE
Td MEET IN GREENSBORO
Laymen's Missionary Movement to
Held Convention In February-
Preparations for Large Gathering
Being Made Attendance Expected
to Reach Twenty-five Hundred
i (Special to The Free Press)
Greensboro, Jan. 15. "The North
Carolina Convention of the National
Campaign of the Laymen's Mission
ary Movement is to be held in Greens
boro February 9th, 10th, 11th and
13th, It Is the desire of the conven
tion committee of which Mr. A. M
Scales is chairman, to make this con
vention one of the biggest and best
of the seventy-five or more to be held
In principal cities throughout the na
tion. The committee is working for
a registered attendance of 1,000 men
from Greensboro and Guilford coun
ty, and of 1,500 men from the State
outside, an dthere is every reason
why this many men should be pres
ent. God is calling upon the man
hood of America to stand for Him
throughout the world. The Old North
State is rich in her (Christian man
hood.: The Lord is pouring great
blessings upon these and entrusting
them with large riches. It is right
and fitting that, these men should
come together to consider their
King's business.' Men who re lead
ers of , the Missionary activities of the
Co-operating churches will be pres
ent as speakers, thus insuring a
strong and inspiring program. Every
church should be represented at this
convention by its pastor, one or more
wideawake laymen and also a good
man, or. so,' not yet specially inter
ested in missions. If this is done it
is impossible toj estimate the beauty
and power of new life resulting.
God's cause in; this commonwealth
will be enlarged, and intensified, and
the light of ouf churches will shine
with increasing brightness and stead
iness even to the uttermost parts of
the earth. ;
FORMALLY APPOINTED
AGENT MAXWELl CO.
Formal notification has reached the
city of a contract whereby the Max
well car is to be handled here by the
Kinston Garage, Inc. This ratifica
tion was the conclusion of negotia
tions which had been informally clos
ed some time ago. The terms of the
arrangement, bringing as it does an
active and ample organization to the
''Maxwell amy," adequate repussen
tation for this popular-priced car la
assured here. The organization of
the new local Maxwell store is en
thusiastic over the possibilities of the
alliance.
MAY SEND PENUEL AND
' TfttOJAjl.
, Recorder - Wooten today heard the
evidence, in the cases agdinst Claud
Penuel and Coral Penual or Jones,
tlalmjng to be man and wife, accus
ed of fornication and adultery and
kidnapping. Judge Wooten said this
afternoon that not quite all the evi
dence was in ",fouf that ho thought
enough had . been . disclosed to prove
that Penuel is of mixed blood, in
which case there was "nothing for
the Court to do. but send Penuel to
the roads and the woman to jail."
They are alleged to have lived as
man and wife at boarding-house
here for several days before their
marriage, said by the couple to have
taken place In Norfolk this week. A
minor sister of the girt accompanied
them here from Jones county, and
out of that grew the kidnapping
charge. The Recorder expected to
bind them' over on that count. The
cases were expected to be concluded
tonight.
TODAY'S SALES ON
THE COTTON MARKET
About 60 bales of cotton had been
sold here today by 3 o'clock. Prices
ranged from 10 3-4 to 113-4. New
York futures quotations were: , ;
Open 'Close
January 1133 12.30
March .'. 12,55 12.47
May .. 12.80 12.G3
July .. 12.92 12.82
October .. .12.76 12.71
NICHOLAS MAY MAKE
PEACE WITH VIENNA
FROM ALBAN'N CITY
Whereabouts of Montene
hegrds King Unknown;
On Way td Scutari?
DIPLWS REACH SAFETY
Arrive at Scutari Rem
nants of Montenegrin
Armies Surrounded By
Enemy Except Scattered - . ,
Bands Which Escaped ; ,
(By the United Press)
Rome, Jan. J5. Fleeing from the
Montenegrin capital, the diplomatic
corps from Cettinje has arrived ati
Scutari, Albania, followed by scat
tared bands of Montenegrin soldiers
crossing the border to escape the Au
strians.y 1 - '.'.' 7
The whereabouts of King Nicho
las is a mystery It is believed he ia
making his way to Scutari, from
where he can conduct the negotiations
with the Austrian, who propose a sep
arate peace. The remnants.. of his aa
mies are virtually surrounded,
EXHUME BODY OF MRS.
. HOPEWELL NEXT, WEEK
Doctors Appointed to Make Exsmi
. nation' of Woman Said to Have
Been Poisoned by- Husband Could
Not Come Today Because of Ill
ness in Family of One of Them-
No Development
. ! (Special to The Free Press)
; New Bern, Jan. 15. Nothing How
has developed In the case against W. :
R. Hopewell, in jail here charged
with poisoning his wife last summer.
Drs. Ray Pollock and Joseph F; Pat
terson, appointed by the court. to ex
hume the body of the woman, inter
red at a point about 6 miles from
Kinston, did not go to Lenoir coun
ty today as had been expected, be
cause of the critical illness . ,of s
child of Dr. Patterson. .It is now
thought that the physicians will make
the examination Monday or Tues
day. ' '
Rumors that the second Mrs,
Hopewell, married to the prisoner
within, four months of the first wife's
death, also poisoned her first hus
band, M. F. .Pugh, who died) last '
year, are being quietly investigated,
but the authorities, have no idea that
anything will develop against the
woman. , , , -1 , ,
SARAH TO MAKE YET
, ANOTHER AtlEU TP US
By WILBUR S. FORREST. ,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, Jan. 15. All the plots at
work can't keep Sarah Bernhardt
from making another farewell tour
of America, she today assured ' the
United Press.
GERMANY REJECTS
BRITISH PROPQSAL
, 1 :', "
(By the United Press)
' Berlin, Jan. 15. The German gov
emment has rejected the British sug
gestion , In the Baralong - case, by
which a trial of officers of a British
steamer accused of the murder of a
German submarine crew would be
submitted to a court of American na
val officials. . . .
jaCOHONSEEDAIJ) -
" s mm STATISTICS
tKUii i
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 15. Cotton 6eed
crushed to January 1 totalled 2,628,
610 tons, against 3,338,176 toj Janu
ary 1, ia 1915, the census bureau to
day reported. Linters to January 1
totalled , 532,552 bales, " Co ttop seed
crushed in North Carolina totalled
169,516 tons, and in So ;!h Carolina,
207,229 tons.