pIesI
FREE
THE .WBATHEH
Fur taahrki d to- ... ,
tOL. XVII Na 203
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. G WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY , rmfcSS ontoains
" r- - "1 T" '
I REVOLT IN GREECE
IIFICISTS.WILL
THE DISAFFECTION
ION IS
EPISCOPAL COUNCIL
DEATH CLAIMS CHAS.
H. TOY AFTER LONG
FIGHT FOR HEALTH
FIRST SESSION OF
j,IAY BE RESULT THE
lIOlifJRESIfiENT
IN FIGHT
TO MEET THIS CITY
MAY TWENTY-FIRST
mi
TOfiEHELllTiHiIfr i
ON SPEAKING TOUR
ISSUE
ADJHNISTRAT
MISSflN
EflNFII KGE
PilESENT SITUATION
ON MEXICAN
England Denies Allies Have
Sent "Athens Two-Day ,
Ultimatum
- - ill
CLASH WW. COME SOON
Between Allies and Ten
tons on Greek Soil Con
stance Withdraws His
Troops From Bulgarian
Frontier
- (By the United Press)
London, Jan. 19. Peace nego
tiations ' between Austria and
Montenegro , have been broken
off) says an unconfirmed Rome
report It is accepted with re
serve Here.
London,: Jan.' 9. The Allied war
council is meeting. The foreign of
fice denies that a two-day ultima turn
to Greece, ha been issued. Dispatch
es froth Rotterdam and Germany de
clare a Greek revolution is feared.
Constantino's government is in dan
ger. The Allies' troops are still
landing and the Teutons' attack on
Salonika is' momentarily expected.
Shipload'Serbs to Aid Allies.
Athens, Jan. 19. A transportload
of Serbians Have been landed at Sa
lonika to co-operate with the Allies,
sajr dispatches. ' They were carried
from Albania on a British steamer.
Engtand to Furnish Coal for
Greek Railroads,
. tbndon, Jan. 19. All Greek troops
'eUtept one 'battalion will be with
' drawn Iron the Bulgarian frontier,
V it is announced.,- England has agreed
to export 6,000 tons of coal to help
, the Greek Railroads. " ' .'
GermansJEiave Loat Two Million
; and .Half Men. , .-..A .
London Jan. 19. -German casus,
ties during the war have oeeu 2,525,
. 769, Under War .Secretary Termant
todayfiihriounced to" the House ,of
Commons.: Six "hundred and thir
teen thousand were kiHed and 1,566,
649 wounded. , '
South Africans Reach Egypt
; Frefaria. South Africa, Jan. 16.
'The first, of the South African bri-
fades to be sent to Egypt has ar
rived at its destination, it ia announc-
1 '
Premiers Attend War Council
Meeting.
- London, Jan. 19. The French pre
mier an 'femier, Asquith and mili
tary; representatives are attending1
the war council, which went into ses
sion ft noon.
Mesopotamia Relief Movement, i
Stopped. ,
London, Jan. 19. The British ad
vancing to the relief of the besieged
garrison at Kutelamara have been
unable to make progress beck use of
the weather, India Secretary Cham
berlain '. today announced to the
Boose Of Commons. .
1 JWi
CONFESS. GERMAN
SPY MADE ESCAPE
; New York, Jan. 18. Ignatius. T.
Treblch Lincoln, a former member of
ifhe British Parliament and self
, confessed German spy, and who was
being held here pending extradition
to England, escaped from a United
States deputy marshal last Satur
day, it , was learned today, -and has
not been seen since. The United
States marshal We has notified the
, secret service and a ; nation-wide
search Siastbeen ordered.
fODAY'S SALES ON THE
LOCAL COTTON MARKET
, -Seventeen bales of cotton had been
sold her today by 3 o'clock, at prices
ranging from 10 7-8 to 11 3-4c.
Open
12.30
.......12.45
.......12.69
.......12.82
12.73
2:40
12.27
12.41
12.64
12.77
12.72
January
March ...
May .. .....
..July;-..
October '..
Bryan, Jordan, Villard.
Rabbi Wise and Hillquisi
Expected to Go On Anti
Preparedness Campaign.
Bryan Makes Statement
(By the United Press)
Miami. Fla Jan. 19 W. J. Bry
an approves President Wilson's pro
posal to speak on preparedness t in
several States. He says. Mr. Wilson
will find the real sentiment of the
people against hie plans.
People to Hear Both Sides.
Washington, Jan. 19. -Peace ad
vocates plan to follow the President
on his; speaking tour, Representative
Bailey of Pmwsylvani today said,
including Mr. Bryan, Dr. Davis Stan-
Jordan, Oswalg V. Villard, Rabbi
Wise and Socialist representative
London Morris Hillauist.
.'
PROTECT GAME BIRDS,
THEY'LL RECIPROCATE
Destructive Insects Ruin Hundreds
of Millions of Dollars' Worth of
Growinsr Stuff for Farmers of the
United States Annually, Says Au
dubon Society of North Carolina-
Put Up Bird Houses. . . -v
"Safety first. Protect the birds
and they will protect your crops , by
destroying injurious insects," is ad
vice from the Audubon Society of
North Carolina.
I-enoir county people evince deep
interest in the work of the society,
it is said here, and this county has
unusually strict laws for the protect
tion of imect-destroyinj birds. Tim
open season is ono of the shortest
jn the State.
Destructive .insects, says the A'.r
d;ibon Society, cost the com growers
of the United States $100,000,000 an
nually, the fruit growers $30,000,.
000, tobacco growers $10,000,000, po
tato growers, $17,000,000, etc. Nine
ty-eight per cent, of the food of
wrens is composed of insects, 76 pef
cent of meadowlarkfi, 64 per cent.,
of brown threshers, 90 per cent, of
kingbirds or bee , martins. "Put up
some bird houses. Do it now. Put
some water in the front yard for a
bird bath. Furnish some food for
the birds when it is scarce. Encour
age respeef for jgam laws."
NEWS OF? A DAY IN
OTHER LCAROLJN
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
The S. II. Adams Cooperage Com
pany, with $oo,w of iwvjwv paia
hi, is to start business at New Bern.
New York and Indiana men are in
terested". Staves, barrel headings,
etc, will be manufactured.
Bad weather is slowing down the
work: at the Cape Lookout Harbor of
Refuge. :-,'V,t;,:.
Commissioner T. P. Spencer of
Florence, S. C, has been at New
Bern making a study of that city's
streets.. -::!'-
A' family reunion occurred at the
country place of Dr. Earl S. Sloan,
the 'millionaire liniment man, near
New1 Bern " a day or two ago. Rel
atives- from Colorado, Ohio, Indiana
and Brrtfsh CoTumMa were present.
C. S. Carr, for many years cash
ier of a Greenville bank, has gone
to Norfolk to be employed by the
Royster Guano 'Company. '
When grip becomes prevalent t
frequently attacks as much as forty
per cent, of the population, says D.
M. T. Edgerton, Jr., whole-tame
health officer in Pitt county. The
disease usually manifest itself with
the symptoms of an ordinary cold
with fever and bronchitis. :v
TURKS HALT RUSSIANS.
London, Jan. 19.-The Russian of
fensive in the Caucasus was halted
by the' arrival of Turkish reinforce
ments. It announced , tnat xne
that the enemy is suffering from the
weather and other hardships. v
IN CHINA SPREADS,
PLOTS DISCOVERED
' - v
Many Arrests Followed the
Finding of Explosives In
Palace of Yuan Shi Kai.
Thirty Thousand Revolu
tionists in Yunnan
(By the United Press)
Peking, Jan. 19. (Numerous ar
rests were made following discovery
of a plot to dynamite .Yuan Shi Kai,
the new emperor. Explosives were
discovered today in the palace. Sev
eral plots have been found, and the
revolution in Yunnan province is
continuing despite' the presence there
of large bodies of troops. There are
80,000 of the revolutionists. Tokio
dispatches say the dissatisfaction is
spreading.
HALF MILLION DOLLAR
FIRE AT PASSAIC, N. J.
(By the United Press)
, Paisaic, N. J., Jan. 19. Half a
million dollars' damage was done by
a tire which had its beginning in a
dime store. The blaze left 50 fami
lies homeless ' and destroyed 1 the
- 1yle business blocks.
MANUFACTURES IN
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
Washington, Jan. 19. A special
census bulletin gives the number of
manufacturing establishments in
Winston-Salem as 73, employing 10,
964 persons, using primary horse,
power of 8,253 with capital of $25,:
703,000, and value of products $37,-
288,000. The estimated population
on.uly 1, 1914, was 29,000.
VIEWS
ON GREAT ALLIANCE
Some Want More Compre
hensive Plan. Others
More Time, Etc. Daniels
Announces An Increase
of Waffes at Navy Yards
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 19. Pan-Amer
ican replies to suggestions for an al
tisnce are reaching, the State De
partment Some are enthusiastic;
others want time. Some suggest a
ntore comprehensive plan for the Al
liance of the 21 western republics.
Navy Yard Employes Get Increase.
Master mechanics in all navy yards
will receive a five per cent, increase
in wages, Secretary Daniels announc
ed today. '" "'
BULLETINS i
(By the United Press)
FISHING CRAFT SUBMARINED.
' '
London, Jan. 19. The Lowe
stoft fishing smacks Foamcrest
and Sunshine have been subma
rined but their! crews rescued
probably, in the North Sea.
TWO ZEPPELINS DAMAGED.
Amsterdam, Jan, " 19, Two
Zeppelins, damaged by French,
fell behind the Germans' lines at
Rhehns, say dispatches. They
were taken to Germany and re
paired. .
THREE MEMBERS SHUTS '
CREW KILLED.
London,. Jan. 19. The liner
Ryhdam, damaged at sea, ar
rived today earryingihe bodies
of three stokers killed and four
injured persons.
AMERICAN
HOLD VAR'YO
President's Forces Today
Prevented Discussion of
Question in Senate
BANDITS ARE FRIGHTENED
Exhibition of Bodies of Ex
ecuted Villistas Scares
Their Fellows Into Moun
tains State Department
Report ' Today, Probably
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 19. The Mexi
can report of the State Department
is expected to be had today at a
meeting of the Senate foreign rela
tions committee. The situation to
day engrosses Congress, the Presi
dent and the State Department
Parade Bodies of Villa Bandits.
El, Paso, Jan. 19 Carranea's death
order terrifies the Villa bandits. 'A
public parade of the corpses of the
men recently executed sent many of
them scurrying to the mountains. A
third bandit U due for execution.
President's Forces Victorious in
Congress.
Washington, Jan. 19. The Senate
administration forces today sucoeed
ed in the hottest session yet of the
foreign relations committee, keeping
from the Senate floor discussion of
Mexico. The majority was against
reporting the intervention bills. Bo
rah, the opposition leader, said the
fight was poponsd to gain strength
s .. : rr !-
AMERICANS BELIEVE
REAL BiOCKADE IAY
I
British Fleet On That Du
ty Would Not Have to
Be Increased Would Be
Conditions Similar to
Those of War of W65
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. T9 That a de
claration of Britain's actual block
ade is imminent, officials believe pos
sible. Three rear admirals have said
that it would require no more ships
than the admiralty is using now in
the "paper blockade."
There would be a similar blockads
to that the North employed against
the Confederates. ,.
50,000 More Men for British Navy.
Lodon, Jan. 19. Provisions for
the addition of 60,000 men to the na
vy is believed to be a preliminary
step to tiie actual German blockade.
The addition indicates an increase of
blockading ships during the wst.
The number of men asked for is sur
prising. With this addition the na
vy will have 260,000 officers and men.
FINGER PRINTS ARE
, M0HR CASE QUESTION
Those On Dead Man's Clothing
Could Have Been Made by Hos
pital Orderly, But State Tries to
Prove Otherwise Witness for the
State Heard Accused Woman
Threaten Her Husband, Testifies
VL (By the United Press.) t v
Providence, Jan. 19. Mrs. Eliza
beth Mohr was bright when she en
tered court today with her attorney,
James Logan, an orderly ' at the
Rhode Island Hospital, was the first
witness. He told ' how his finger
prints might have gotten on Dr.
Mohr's clothes. The State is trying
to show that they might have been
the murderer's prints instead of Lo-
NSTITUTED
- .nil 'iV ' ' ' ''
Bishop to Make Ilis Official
Visitation to St. Mary's
Parish Then Annual
Session Diocese of East
Carolina-Dr. Hall 111
The Rt Rev. Thos. C. Darst, D. D4
Bishop ot East Carolina, has an
nounced that he expects to pay bis
official visitation to the following
Episcopal churches in this section of
the diocese: St Barnabas,' Snow Hill,
Sunday, February 27, at 11 a. m.;
St Augustus', church, colored, Kin
ston, same day at 8 p? m.j Holy In
nocents', Lenoir county, Monday,
February 28, at 3 p. m.; St. James',
Ayden, Tuesday, 29th. at 8 p. m.
Bishop' Dant also appoints Sunday,
May 21, that being the time when
the Council of the Diocese will be in
session in St Mary's church here, as
the date for his visitation to the lo
cal parish.
The Rev. J. Jefferson Davis Hill,
of the Galilee mission, Philadelphia,
who is well-known in this city, is
critically ill at the mission, having
suffered a serious breakdown owing
to continuous attention to the rescue
work connected with the mission. He
has been a worker in that field of la
bor for years, and has an interna
tional reputation. Before that he
was engaged In Christian work
among prisoners in Alabama. He
will be compelled to take a long peJ
riod of rest before he can enter up
on his' labors again. Galilee Mis
sion, in the business section of Phil
adelphia, is known to nearly 'every
person in the city, as la Dr. Hall, its
head. '.-.' "-'"'::K-p :
HONOR MEMORY LEE
AND JACKSON THIS
EVENING IN CHURCH
The Edifice of the Gordon
Street Christians to Be
Used for Services to Be
Participated in by Three
Full Congregations and
the Public
The congregation of Atkinson Me
morial Presbyterian, the First Bap
tist and Gordon Street Christian
churches will unite in regilioua ser
vices to be held in the edifice of the
Christians this evening in commem
oration of the natal anniversaries of
RobertrEdiwatd Lee and Thomas J.
(Stonewall) Jackson, and the gener
al public is cordially invited to at
tend. The services will be under the
auspices of A. M. Waddell Chapter,
United Daughters of the Confeder
acy. They will start at 7:30 o'clock.
The speaker of the evening will be
Mr. B. P. Smith, pastor of Gordon
Street church. There will be special
music
Nearly every ex-Confederate sol
dier in the city will, of course, at
tend these services. Hundreds of
persons should be attracted . through
a sense of patriotism, and many will
be present just to do homage to the
surviving characters . of the two
great Southerners', whose biograph
ers refer to them as "Christian gen
tlemen" and "soldiers of God and a
lesser Cause."
The customary midweek prayer
services in the three churches nam
ed will be dispensed with, of course,
and their pastors will attend the ex
ercises in Gordon Street church with
the congregations. . ' .
gan s. -' - i
George Rooks, brother-in-law of
Emily Burger, was a Stats witness.
He identified a card alleged to have
been sent by Mrs. Mohr threatening
Emily's life. " He said ha. heard the
defendant threaten et husland.
Well-Known Kinston Man
Passes Away In Jones
County Funeral Here
Tomorrow Was of Ex
cellent Character
Many months and thousands of dol
lars spent in pursuit of health avail
ed Charles H. FOy naught, , Mr, Foy,
59 years of age and one of this city's
well known men. died at a country
home in Jones ! county some miles
from here Tuesday evening between
8 and 9 o'clock. Tuberculosis was the
immediate cause, of his demise. He
is survived by hia wife, two daughters,
Misses Elisabeth and Ruby Foy of
Kinston, and one son, Mr. Henry Foy.
of Norfolk, and several, brothers-and
sisters. The remains weri to , be
brought here this afternoon. The
funeral will be held from the city
residence, . on McLewean street at
10:30 a. m. Thursday. ;
Mr. Foy had been in declining
health for several years. He had
travelled extensively In the West and
had spent some weeks at Michigan
sanatorium in : 'the hope of re
gaining his wasting vitality. Spe
cialists said chronic stomach dis
order was troubling him. ' Probably
that complaint ' aided the disease
which ycaused his death Through all
the months of his indisposition he
maintained excellent spirit and un
til he left the city for the country was
frequently on the streets to chat
with his Mends. The rural life, he
believed, would benefit him more than
all other treatment if there was any
improvement in store for him.
Mr. Foy was born in Jones county
and has lived practically all of his
life in this section. He was a member
of the Methodist church. He was a
large landowner and of independent
means. He was a Mason. His char
acter was exemplary. i
Interment of the remains will be
in Maplewood cemetery. The funer
al is expected to be largely attended,
bince the majority of people in. the
county were acquainted with the, de
ceased. He was prominently con
nected, -
-r-
FERRIS BILL IS PASSED
BY THE LOWER HOUSE
Washington, Jan. 18.--The Ferris
bill to create a system of 640 acre
stock-raising homesteads on arid,
semi-arid, and mountainous lands in
seventeen States was passed late to
day by the Hsoue. All three of the
administration conservation meas
ures, providing for water power de
velopment, mineral leasing and larg
er stock-raising homesteads, now
await the action of the Senate.
KEATING TO ATTEND
" ASHEVILLE MEETING
Asheville, Jan. 18. Congressman
Keating, .who introduced the Keating-Owen
child labor bill in Congress
and Congressman Britt will both be
present at the child labor conference
which is to be held in this city Feb
ruary 3 to February C.
MAY TRY WILMINGTON
OFFICIALS THIS WEEK,
i Wilmington, Jan. 18. II is ex
pected that cases against several
city officials charged with violations
of election laws which have been on
Superior Court docket since Septem
ber will be tried at this term of court
INCREASE IN CATTLE
AND HOGS REPORTED
iWashington, Jan. 18. -The De
partment of Agriculture's annual es
tkftafe of farm cattle in the country
January 1, issued today, shows 21,
988,000 milk cows, an increase of 3.4
per cent over 1915; 39,453,000 other
cattle, an Increase of 8.4 per cent;
49,162,000 sheep, a decrease of 1.6
per cent, and 68,047,000 swine, - an
Scores of Methodist Wom
en of East Carolina to
Gather in Kinston
AN IMPORTANT MEETING
Not Much Formal Tonight .
Rev. II. A. Humble to
Open Convention .- Ad
dress of Welcome by Mrs.
. Ret tie Lee
The majority of thfl officers and
ilrlcffst to the annual missionary
(oFifcrenee of the Methodist women
-f 'ths jffc'enf half; cf the Stats Will '
r.Hye on this afternoon's and even
iujf's trains, probbly p haif dosstn
Jiad arrived this morning: Homese :
tt'cre'awdgned for cbout 13i visitors
on Tuesday. . Mr.?. R. B. John, the .,
J'rt'sicVnt, will arrive this afternoon
from -Smithlleld. Members of the lo
cal society, of which Mrs. N. B. Moore
is the president, will meet the dele
gates at the depots and conduct, thein
to the hemes in which, they will be
entertained during the remainder of ,
tlhe week. Practically all of the visl- v
tors are expected to remain through .
Sunday. Thejr will be from as far -,
East as .Wilmington, Washington and
Elisabeth City and as far West as
Rockingham," Raleigh and Durham.
The first session of ths conference
will be held tonight at 7:30- o'clock in
Queen Street Methodist church, in
whkh edifies all the sessions of the
week will be conducted. The choir
of the church will render an, anthem,
after which' there will be scripture
reading by Paster H. A.( Humfcle' of
Queen Street church, another musical
number and a prayer by Mr. Humble.
Mrs. Bet tie Lee of the local society
will make a' brief address of welcome.
There Is no responses scheduled. With
Mrs., Lee's . speech .. the formal pro
gram of the evening will be conclud
ed, after whkh there will be a get
acqualnted period in which the isi- ;
ting women will be introduced to one
another -and their more than half a
hundred hostesses.
Not more than 200 will be in at
tendance upon the conference, it is
believed, but officers of the local
cicty will not be surprised If tl
number is attained.
The conference will get down to
actual business on. Thursday, with
reports and plans for future work.
Sessions will be featured during the
remainder of the week by addresses
by noted mission workms and ret
tiumcd missionaries, etc.
The (Conference Society is one of
the most influential organizations of
ilis kind in the Sovth. It raised be
tween $35,000 and $40,000 for mis
si on work last year.
FIRST REPORT SAYS GAS.
EXPLODED IN SUBMARINE
Washington, Jan. 18. Gas gener
ated by the new Edison storage bat
tery and ignited by a spark of un
known origin is held responsible for
the explosion on the submarine E-2,
at the New York navy yard Satur
day in s report to Secretary Daniels
today by ithe board of injury to de
termine the cause of the disaster in
which five men lost their lives and
nine were seriously injured. .
As only one of the survivors was
in a condition to testify, the report
is regarded by the secretary as in
conclusive. ; ' . ., : -
BABY DIED, FATHER
COULDN'T BE FOUND.
(By fne Eastern Press)
Washington, N. C Jan. 19. Tele
grams told relatives here of the
death yesterday in Denver, Colo of
the infant son of Thos. Clark and
wife. Mr. Clark was a prominent
business man here until ill health
drove him west ' Many attempts had
been made to locate him, but be bad
not been found when the baby died,
said the teram. ' Ha was trsvel
ir; ci C.9 re.:"; c--- .
; -