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4 VV ' u Til ' THB WBATHBR Fth-tiU friil tonlchl mni Id- I f I ll i ti in VOL. XVII. No. 2di second Edition , : - - KItfST6ft,N. C4 MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY , PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON. TRAINS DA ti:e i::::e f;.fB CARRANZA ASKS THE UNITED STATES TO REALIZEJOTION Up Against Real Obstacles - Irt-Campaign Against -Villa 'Bandits CORPSE . OF RODRlGflEZ Shown In Er Paso as Proof of De Facto Government's Intention of Business- Congress Inclined to Be Calm Over Situation (By the United Press) Washington, Jan. 17 Feeling over the SanU isabei massacre waa con siderably allayed today ' by Carran- za's assurances to, Consul Silliman that be iB placing the murderers out side' the law Carranza's appeal for consideration ofthe difficulties he faces in controlling the operations of the bandits ,ie expected to sober the indignation, -especially ,in., the Senate, and cause more sympathy fof. the Administration's policy giving Car rans chariee' to demonstrate hfs power to punish the murderers. Show CoYpst Rodriguez to ! . Americans.- EI Paso, ' Jan. 17. The corpse of General. Jtodriguez, the executed Vil la leader, was placed ' on exhibition here today Jto "show Carranza'a inten tion' 'to,', 'kill aH the leaders' of recent massacres. There is a general exo dus' of Americans and British ' from Mexico.' The British were warned to leave by Ambassador Spring-Rice. CarransaRenews Assurances. - ' f Washington,. f Jan. 6, General "Carransa'.today' renewed . his fcssur incea ,to the United States that he youldi make -every effort "to punish those respmsible for the murders of American-' mining men - near -' Santa Ysabel. A A "dispatch from Consul Sil liman ttf the State' Department dated at Queretaro,' , at 9:30 this morning said arranssa had personally assured Mr. Silliman, in reply to Jhe depart ment's demands ' that the murderers e' run down, that he "had issued or ders for the immediate pursuit, cap ture and ptoishfment of those res ponsible for the atrocity." , v, Contradictory Statements. Washington, Jan.;17rA : message : from Consul Edwards a at Juarez, saying he had asked ' for protection for Americans in the Cusi mining territory after Jbeing. asked by the State Department to do so, resulted in a denial today by Lansing that such message" had been sent IPAL INVESTIGiTION ' ATROCITIES IN BELGIUM Resident Cardinal Furnishes Vati t can ,With Mass .. of. Information ,' Bearing Out Allegations of Ger- mai( Misconduct tn Catholic ' Na tionCommission to Be Appoint ed hy Pope By HENRY WOCdV ' (United, Press Siarf Correspondent) ,; Rome, Jan.- 17-Pope "Benedict" is to name a" commission to conduct an Investigation into alleged German at rocities' in Belgium, ; it is learned. Cardinal Mercier J of' Belgium - "has turned over' to, the prelate , a huge mass of .documents, exporting Bel ghim'a charges. . PRESIDENT, TO CONSIDER , SUPREME COURT VACANCY. Washington, ' Jan;' 16, President ' Wilson will , devote much time ; this week to hearing delegation3,who will propose candidates for the Supreme Court vacancy caused hy the death of Justice Lamar. PIL'ttl-lFHIA GARLiEiT VpTis'oN stTi.;;e (By the United Press) Philadelphia, Jan. 17Most of the ten thousand garment workers here t on ; strike today., The remain der will be out before night . They ask an increase in wajee. PROPOSES REAL BLOCKADE ON GERMAN COAST NQW Would, Alter; Situation Ex- istmg r Between 'London Government and Airieri ca tb- Stime Degree, But Brfhg Up Other Matters (By the United Press) Washirfgton, Jan. 17. England sd the , United States are prepared to join issue over the question , of British trade interference. Agitation in London for an actual blockade of Germany to replace the orders in Council today promised to bring the dispute to a head., The, real block ade will remove objection to the last note over the present paper blockade as illegal, but will bring up the right 6f this country to ship to Denmark and other neutrals. BUGS NOW QUOTED ON THE OPEN MARKET AT TEN CENTS A HUNDRED 1H Coluhibus, 0., Jan. 17. If anyone happens to have a hundred live er bed bugs hartdy, and is willing to ad mit it; Professor P. B, Wiltberger ,of the Ohio State University will pay a "dime for them.y Prof. Wiltberger' believes they transmit trouWe much as the southern mosquito was shown to' have transmitted the yellow peril, The" existence of this new market was disclosed to fond .Columbus fathers and mothers . recently. when they heard their little boys talk of taking advantage; of it- Others saw the professor's ad. in the local payer- Wanted Live bed tmga for experi mental purposes. . Wifl pay 4n eenfai a.hffndfed. . Bj'irtg' to State Univer sity Pi .8. 'Wiltberger;- Prof. Wilt- berger'a ; Interest " ift' the wingless, hemipterous insect familiar to hint as a cimex lectularius, was occasioned, he said today. !by the: "peculiar fe rocity of those found in certain hoe telries." Some idea of the", sort -of ntghts the professor passed in these places may 'be gotten from his state- ent that "while-giving a series of lectures in an eastern State,,, "his trips, hrought. Isim "fnto such close contact with ;the pests" that he decid ed 'their mission in life is worse than commonly supposed. The professor said that such 'things are" scarce in Columbus. When he decided to study the bug, the professor 'went from door to door asking. strangers to search and eee if they had any. He says they not. only considered him a worse fcugHhan the variety he sought, but "evinced pronounced1 hostility at my suggestion that there might he some in the house." .. In despair i at last the i. professor went peering through all th'e vacant houses he could find. , The net catch of this hunt was only three live, adult gen tlemen in' minute glass houses now, but he wants some more,, preferably not gehtlemeij. ' He say, however, that he finds the genfemon reason ably content so long as he keeps them supplied with a generous supply of guinea pig whiskers. ""-The professor runs the barber ehow, too, keeping his customers in little" .pens! ' busily engaged in growing square mals. RAILROAD MACHINIST. . - y. CHtySHED BV LOCOMOTIVE ' Ashevi'lie. Jan. lfl.f-E. L. McClam myi a machinist . living oft 'Btanton street a jcrushed between a loco motive' and a post at 'the Southern roundhouse yesterday, and his injur ies are believed to be fataL RIOTING BY- RIVAL' FAtTluia lit CHURCH Scranton. Pa, Jail, ltf. Rioting which .broke oat between rival fac tions , at the ' Church 'ef the Sacred Heart of Jesus in J)uPont near here today, resulted in the death of one manthe probable fatal injury of two others and the serious injury of at least a dozen more. Knives, revolv ers and clubs played a prominent prt in the riot, eleven State' troop ers being among the injured. - ALLEN'S CHANCE AS GOOD AS ANY OTHER KIAN'S, IT'S MED Repre"sehtative Matt Allen Says North Carolina' Jus tice Is Bucked Most Vi Ofoiisly by Virginiaris Kelly and Montague ' v ; Representative Matt Allen of Goldsboro returned to that city today after a weekend visit in the home of his father, Judge Oliver H. Allen. Representative Allen is just back in the State from Washington, D. C. "Justice Allen stands equally as good a chance as any other man for ap pointment to Justice Lamar's place," he said, discussing the possibility of the President naming his uncle, Jus tice W. R. Allen of the North Caro lina Supreme Court, to the United States Supreme Court Senator Simmons informed him. Mr. Allen . stated, that the North Carolinian is fully as strong in Wash ington as any of the other possibili ties. Davis of West Virginia, who was for a time regarded as the fa vorite, aeems to have lost out, while Montague and Kelly of Virginia and Alhsn of North Carolina are looking up big, the Senior Senator told the Assemblyman. . : Judge Taft has a Very slim chance, is the general opin ion in.. Washington, Mr.; Allen aaid. The President is not expected to name his choice earlier than the end of this week or first of next, and he may not Make known the new Justice1 even hy that time. , ' COTTON SALES TODAY 'SMALL, PRICES GOOD The- weather's inclemency had its effect, on the Cotton Exchange today, and sales were very small. The prices paid for such as was marketed were very good. New York futures cfuo tations' were: . is: . : - . Opn dose January .V .12.40 12.38 March v 12.55 12.53 May .. 12.77 12.76 July : 12.89 12.87 October 12.78 12.78 IIANf BANKS LIE SHYLOCK 'OF OLft SAYS' GEORGIAN Repre'seritative Howard De- Glares iat Large " Num ber h So'utKern Districts Charge Usurious Interest Astelnvstigatidi (By the United PressX '' Washln'gton, ; Jan. 17-Many na tional banks, especially in the Atlan ta, New Orleans and Dallas reserve districts, are pictured . as modern Shylocka, charging usurious interest by Representative Howard of Georgia- ' " Howard quoted Comptroller of the Cfirrency Williams today. in support of his talk before the Rules Commit tee and asked for an investigation. WILS03 LOOKfcG AFTER PtfiKS MR' itoUZATION .'i, es f '.. . . Washington', Jan. , 15. President Wilson has begun to put into opera tion the plan he outlined in hi laet message to Congress for preparing the nation's "manufacturing,' railroad, and other-business resources for quick mobilization in ease of emer gency. It . became known tonight that he has written' to the heads of all the principal engineering, organ izations, that they appoint represen tative to collect, data for use. in or ganizing business for national de fense in time of danger. . Subscribe to The Free Press. STATE BUREAU Will TAKE HOLD UNIFIED EXTENSION EFFORTS Activities of Agricultural, Health and Education Departments Along Some lines to Be Conducted On Better Plan Now ! (Special to'The Free Press) Raleigh, Jan. p.-A "State Bureau of Commuhity Service" has been or ganized after months of preparation to "organize permanent community service leagues"jwith public schools as centers, "and. improve the education al, agricultural, health and social conditions of those communities." State Board of Health, Department of Education and Department of Ag riculture are cooperating in the new organization. Superintendent of Pub lic Instruction, J. Y. Joyner is Chair man. W. C." Crosby is the Secretary. Dr. W. S. Rankin, Secretary of the State Board of Health; Commission er " of Agriculture W, A. Graham. President of the A. &. M. College Hill and Dr. Clarence Poe are other mem bers of the Bureau. The State in stitutions which have been carrying Oil extension work separately will unite their efforts through the agency of the Bureau. ... TESTS OF BYNAVYDEPARTH'T Before They Will Be In stalled In Other .Submar ; ines, Decision Following Saturday's .Explosion On E4, At Brooklyn ? 1 (By the United Presi.) ' Washington, Jan. 17. Plans of the Navy Department for the general equipment of submarines with the new Edison batteries have been halted as a result of the explosion on the E-2 at New York. Further ex periments are to toe made before the batteries are given trials in naval vessels. The naval advisory ? board has been asked to assist Secret Investigation. New York, Jan. 16.-A etatement indicating that the new Edison stor age battery was not in any way res ponsible for the explosion on the snWiarine E-2 at the New York na vy yard yesterday, was made tonight by Miller Reese Hutchison, chief en- gineer for Thomas .A. Edison, and a member of the naval consulting board.' , , ' . 1 .14 The ' preliminary inquiry into the explosion wa held in secret today by the board of inquiry, appointed . by Rear Admiral ' Nathaniel R. Usher, commandant of the navy yard. Four men, three of Ihem civilians and one an enlisted electrician, were killed, and several were injured hy the explosion at the JJew York Na vy Yard late Saturday. ASIIEY1LLFS MEMBER 7 FORD PARTY IS RACK ? Asheville, Jan. 16.' Fred. L. S ley, proprietor of Grove Park Inn and Asheville's . only representative with the Ford peace party, returned) to'Asheville yesterday after making a special trip through England. Mr. Seely was the only member of tlv party to make this special trip. Ask ed concerning the prospects for good that the Ford peace party will be able to accomplish, Mr. Seely declar ed that "somebody in Europe will be seeking peace and will be seeking it : within a very few months," and that "when the time arrives, any organ ization that can hasten the arrival of peace by only one day, will have more than justified ail the expendi ture that hat been made on the Ford party ao far.- FllRTlR EDISON MIGHT INDUCE TV0 RAIL CONNECT WITH CITY Pointed Out That Dover & Southbound and East Ca roliha Lines Could be Easily Linked to Roads Entering Kinston Some of the "substantial business men are in favor of inducing Mr. Bridgers to extend the East Carolina Railroad from Hookerton to La Grange. The statement occasioned some interest here this morning, and it was recalled by men who discuss ed it that some years ago there was a plan on paper to extend the road to Kinstoif from Hookerton. The East Carolina could be extended from Hookerton to Grainger, a dis tance of only eight miles .or so, and connecting at the latter place wjth the Atlantic Coast Line, would fur nish a much more direct route to the North than is now enjoyed by the lo cal traveling public," . , . - Then,! there is a good chance to connect the Dover & Southbound with this city. A line to Raskins' Chapel, in Jones county, rune a part of the distance almost parallel with the P. &-S. B. It would be easy, said the gentleman, to build a connecting link to a point north of Comfort, a dis tance between' the two lines of only three, four or five miles. ; Comfort, Richlands and the well-developed sec tions around those towns' would he put into closer communication ' With this city by some miles. ' : : Neither idea is a "pipe dream." The benefits to be derived by the sev eral communities, especially Kinston, might; not be immediately very great, but Kinston is growing fast in popu lation, and m a very few years', time the benefits would be immense. With four lines already in opera tion and' another apt to be built, the city ia fast acquiring the best rail fa cilities enjoyed by any place in the Eastern' part of the 'State. It is but natural that other: roa'ds should be willing to make this city their term inus, since it is destined to become the railroad center of the region, it is pointed out. , , PUBLIC BUILDINGS ARMAMENT EOR HIM Between TWo Bills Clark . favors" Omnibus Brit ton Accuses1 ' Navy Dept. 6f Misuse of M6ney Iht provement at Charleston , (By the United Press) Washington, Jan. 17. 'Represen tative Clark of Florida spoke today in the House favoring the omnibus public buildings bill against prepar edness, if the latter interferes. - Navy Department Criticized. . ' The House Naval Committee to day heard Representative Britton of Illinois charge' that the Navy De partment hod yielded to influence for misuse of money to develop the Char leston navy yard. - . . NEWS IN BRIEF OF Neighboring towns A new sawmill. to be operated by the East Carolina Lumber Co. will be started up at Carolina City, in Pamlico county, this week. It will employ a large number of men. A seven-year-old son of Javan Rod- gerson, of the Bear' Grass section, cut four of the toes of his left foot off while playing with 'an axe. ' Joshua Mills will pay to the ad- ministrator of Ben Ormond $500, fol lowing a verdict by a g'ury in Supe rior Court at "Washington. Mills cut Ormond to death in a barber shop. A judge sentenced Mills to two years. He has just returrej from prison. INCREASED COMMUNITY EXPERT WlfJAliE ADDRESS i v-r f ' ft H Edward J. W. Profitt of ' New England to be Guest of Norfolk. Southern' In This State Chamber of Commerce to Entertain The Norfolk Southern Railroad wants Edward Profit, a tited muni cipal expert of the New England States, to see Kinston. The Chamber of Commerce is in receipt of a letter front Col. H, S. Leard, General Pas senger Agent of the Railroad, saying: ""We expect to have with us Mr. Edward J. W. ' Profflt of Providence. R. I., who has studied the problem of community interest for some time, and has become rather famous in the Northeastern States for his talks and suggestions in regard to same. , We will have' Mr, Proflt with ns as our guest in Charlotte and Raleigh; and would like to leave Raleigh on the hiorntng of February 2, via Southern Railway, arriving at Kinston at. 7:50 a. tri. Do you think that your Cham ber of Commerce would be enough in terested in this matter to hear an ad dress from Mr. Proftltt, say between 12 and 2 o'clock on that day? Mr. ProfRtt is making a study of the towns in the South, and we are an xious for him to be able to look over Kinston." - Mr.' ProfDtt will address the New Bern Chamber of Commerce on the evening of the 2nd. . Secretary Sutton of the Chamber after conferring with President La Roque immediately addressed a let ter to (Col. Leard stating that Kin ston will be very glad to have the NeW'EVgfand man for its guest from 7:50 ft. 4:41 p. m on the 2nd. and to hear him npeak at 2 p. m. An automobile trip Around town will be provided for the visitor and the ac companying railroad men. Arrange ments will be made to secure a pub lic hall in which Mr. Profntt can make his address, which the' Chamber hopes to be heard by er many of its mem bers as possible, municipal officials and citizens generally. - . HEAD BROKEN IN AFFRAY IN ASHEVILLE HOTEL AshevilTe, N. C, Jan. 16.--J, iC Miller of Waynesville is in the Meri wether Hospital; with a fractured skuD, and Clement Smathers, and Bradley Gilmer of Waynesville are under arrest as the result of a light at a local hotel last night in the Course ef which Smathers is said to have struck Miller across the head with a water pitcher. -' FORD LEADERS SAY "" MOST STUDY A YEAR -v. (By the United Press) The Hague,' Jan. 17.- A 7 year's study may be necessary, the Ford leaders today admitted, before' they can 'submit a peace plan to the bel ligerents. They expect the war to last that long. t . BUUETINS , . (By the United Press) SPANISH STEAMER SUNK. Is London, Jan. 17.-The Span ' ish steamer Belgica has been sunk by a aubmarine. Twenty , three of the crew were rescued.6 WAS PUPIL UNDER . PRESIDENTS FATHER. '! .Washington, Jan. I7wRev. A. ' W. Pitxer of Salem, Va-, visited the President today. ; He studied under the President's father. AUSTRIA PROTESTS ACT OF ALLIES. Vienna, Jan. 17Aastria to day retssted the occupation by the Anglo-French force of the Greek Island of Corfu, a note presented through AmbasaJor Pei.."i:U tViming treaty vi-'a tion. SECOND ROME ABANDONS THE IDEA OF S FORCE TO .. (G A Will Prtss Campaign on Austrian Frontier to . Shake : Off Teutons Mr 'I ENEMY IS PROGRESSING Vienna Expects All Albania ahb! Montenero tb ' Be In Hands of Central Powers Within a Month' SniajU Countries Crushed . (By the United Press) Kv Athena, Jan. 17Reperta that the Austrfana and Montenegrin! , : bad agreed upon an' " - armistice . were corroborated by today's dia : patches, ; - v " .. : Vienna, Jan. 17. Italy has aband- oned all plans for participating in the Balkan campaign, and is to evacuate . Albitnla, it is' reported. Her force's will be withdrawn, leaving the Mon tenegrins to be crushed between the Atistriana and Bulgarians. It la ex pected that before the end of nother . month all Albania ' and Montenegro will be in the hands of the Aostrians. ; The withdrawal will be the result of Italian conference which decided to pursue the campaign on the Aus trian frontier. ; Then,, .if victorious, ; Italy can loosen Austria's hold on the Balkans. ' ' " ' " British Cunners Killed Civilians. " ' Berlin, Jan. 17i-Sixteen "civilians were killed and w6urided" at' Lena by . British artillery fire, tit is officially Stated. Snow hnpedos activity in the ' East., ' ' I: " " $i )- k w ' British Victory In Mesopotamia. -. London, Jan. - HThe British for' coa' marching to the relief of. the -British in Kutelmara has defeated the Turks and captured a poaitibn, it Is said officially. - - . Russians Worrying Turk's. Constantinople,1, Jan. '17. The Turks in the Caucasus have heed foreed to retreat several miles by Grand, Duke Nicholas, it is admitted. Th Turkish Gallipoli forces are be ing rushed to aid the army on that front, and to the, East in an attempt to halt the Persians and British. GIVEN TBIE TO PROVE . HE IS FULL WHITE MAN Recorder Will Take Up Cases Against El If BALKANS - Claud Penuel and Girf He Married Thursday Both m Dangef JaQ Sentences if Gormer Cannot Dis prove Allegation of Hla Relation ' to Ham . w , K . . i (Recorder T. C. Wooten Saturday af ternoon gave Claud- Penuel .- until Thursday to prove that he is not of) mixed ' blood. Penuel . eloped t roitt Jones county with Cora Jones, spent several days with the girl' here, took her to Norfolk and," he ' claims, mar ried her. With them' came a mine Bister of the Jones girl, of her own free will, it is aaid. The coupte were . formally charged with fornication and adultery and kidnapping the child. . Judge Wooten. aent Cora Jones o Penuel back' to Jones county with rel atives. He had intimated before the Hearing of Saturday i was eoncraded that he would send both to jail if Penuel proved to be mixed blood, which would make the marriage void . in tiiis State and the5 couple aceord- ingly guilty of fornication and adul tery. Probable cause being shown in the kidnapping case, they would be -sent on" to Superior Court for Itrial on that count. Penuel remained here. He denies the admixture of blood, al though persons who know hint Say that he not generally regarded as a "white man" in Jones county.; 1 BIG PEANUT FACTORY t - AT SUFFOLK BURNED. Suffolk, ' Jan. 16. -Fire last night destroyed the LummU , peanut fac tory, a four-story brick structure, and one of the largest and oldest r!.,:ita of it3 kind in the city. iThe lo-s is '' fd at t'ot',veen ?;3,C?3
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