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CRISIS AP'ROTIIIl,
HTIE'S IS.fCMR
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King Restless; Roumania
Watching Greece; Kai
ser -in Balkans
ALLIES
GET TOGETHER
On Policies to Be Pursued
In Near EastNew De
velopments Soon to Take
PJace-eport of Monte
negrin Activities Doubted
' By the United Press)
"Rome, Jan. 20. The Montene
grin "minister today 'officially in
formed She 'foreign office that
Xing Nicholas ikas refusd all
' the Austrian peace terms; and6
thattfiBjhting ia to be resumed1 on
all the fronts. It is believed the
military commandera 'refused .to
follow the King in surrendering
and"tbat a general refusal then
followed.-
v v ah Eyes on Greece.
London, Jan. 20. -The Allies have
reached a definite agreement as to
future policies in the Balkans, it was
stated today following the departure
of the French Premier and militaiy
officers."':'
Athens is the' center of world in
terest: (today. It is reported that King
'Jpnj3taine is growing restless, Rou
mania'v.Is watching Athens closely.
Doubt is expressed over the accuracy
of " the. report that Montenegro is
breaking off the peace negotiations
with Austria. The presence of .the
Kaiser fa Bulgaria is expected to fore-
show Jiew Balkan jdeyelopmen.ts.
Russians In Armenia Advancing.
Jetrograd, Jan. 20. Grand Duke
Nicholas is pressing forward in the
campaign against Erzrum, the prin
cipal city of Turkish Armenia, and
tjow within two' days' march of the
objective. v
::. ::ft:L '. ''.:'"'
Spain Being Watched. -
London. Jan. 20. Every move of
the Spanish Government is being
watched. It is believed to be the plan
of iAtfcnso to invade Pontugal In case
. he thanks (England has its hands full
with Germany fEhis would immedi
ately range Spain on the side of the
Central powers. -
eIpLOSION TODvY
U0PWEL HULLS
Second In Two Days at DuPont Com
pany's plant Damage $100,000
Acid In Tank Blew Up Cause Is
Stated to Be Unknown, But Man
agement Believes Stuff Was Tam
pered With.
(By the United Press)
Hopewell, Va., Jan. 20. Explo
sion of an add fank today damaged
the "puPont plant to the extent of
,,$100,000. .The cause is unknown. It
'ia regarded as suspicious, following
.So closely upon yesterday's explosion
and Are heme.
,5dMEiUtIE4CASE
yfiYKEST WITH DEFT
New York, Jan. 19. -Danger from
hydrogen gas on the aubmarme E-2,
: was recognized by the commander
, shortly after the Edison batteries
were installed last September, and a
request for a hydrogen detector was
not, filled by the Navy Department,
Lieut. Chas. "M. Cooke, the command-
er, testified when he resumed the wit
ness "stand today before the naval
court of kiquiry investigating the re
cent fatal explosion on 'the craft.
Lieut. Cooke also said he recommend
ed that each of the 400 calls in the
two batteries be equipped so that the
condition of each cell might be de
termined mdependewUy,of the others
but the bureau of engineering of the
Navy Department would nat permit
this to be done.
NTEREST
sirssoymERtBs.
FAVOR JUDGE TAFT
South Carolina Man Tells President
Former Executive's Appointment
to.Supreme Court Bench Would Jie
Received . With Pleasure in Demo
cratic ,- Territory Georgians Are
Boosting King
(By the United Press)
Washington; Jan. 20. J. C. Mil
ford, a Democrat, of Honcapath, S.
C, today told the President that
many of the Southern States favor
the appointment of Tuft to the Su
preme Court A delegation of Geor
gians asked the appointment of Alex
ander King of Atlanta.
INJURED;
MACHINE WRECKED
WiWington, Jan. 19. H. A. Web
ber, manager of the Elks' Club, is in
hospital here as the -result o. an
auto smash-this afternoon when his
machine skidded and was wetted
on the Castle Waynes road near this
city. Three ribs were broken and
physicians are watching the case
closely, fearing internal injuries.
SIXINFAJIULYJLLWHH
PNEUMONIA, 1 SUCCUMBS
Wilmington, Jan. 19. The sever
ity of a pneumonia epidemic in cer
tain sections of Colummbus county is
indicated in the sad .plight of the
family of Mr. L. A. Byrd, Sr.,- of
Byrdville, whose funeral was held
Wednesday afternoon. In addition
to his death, which was of pneumon
ia, five others of the family, includ
ing the aged widow, are severely ill
wlHih the same disease.
POVERTY IS PRINCIPAL
CAUSE'OF:Iffl
Springfield, UK, Jan. 19 Poverty
is the principal cause of immorality,
a minimuni wage -for girls and -women
should be eight dollars a week,
and unregulated conditions of domes
tic employment render the home, in
many cases, a breeding place of com
mercialized vice, according to the Il
linois Senate White Slave Investiga
tion committee's report made public
tonight.
C. k m MED TODAY
MAf LEWOOD CEMETERY
The funeral of the late Charles H.
Poy, who died in Jones county Tues
day night, was held here at 10:30
o'clock this mornmg from the resi
dence in the northern part of the
dity. Kev. H. A. Humble and Rev.
E. N. Harrison, Methodist minis
ters, conducted the services Inter
ment was in Maplewocd cemetery.
The pallbearers were Masons, of
which the deceased was a member.
A numlier of relatives and friends
from a distance attended the funeral,
and a 'great many Kinston people
Attested their respect for Mr. Foy,
who was one of the cily's long-time
residents, and most prominent citi
zens. COTTON MARKET TAKES
TUMBLE TWENTY POINTS
Sales on the cotton exchange to
day amounted to about 40 bales by
3k o'clock. Prices ranged from 10 1-2
to 11 1-4. The New York futures
market was off 20 points from Wed
nesday, quotations being:
Open . 2:40
January .. ' ....12.19 12.10
March 12.29 12.20
May . .12.54 12.44
July .......12.67 12.56
October . ."'. 1 . ... . . . .12.66 12.56
WILSON'S ITINEEARY
COMPLETE) BY TONIGHT
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 20. The itiner
ary of the President's trip in the in
terest of preparedness may be com
pleted tonight. He ts . to start on
the tour this month.
s
STOtARRANZA
ill
bit Chirf Neyqt ; Will Be
Taken Alive, Is Belief
Foes
Sill
RENDEZVOUS A SAFE ONE
Secret Hiding Place Well
Chosen, It Js Supposed
Execution of More Cap
tured Villistas Was to
Take Place Today
(By the United .Press)
El Paso, Jan. 20. JFrom Francis
co Villa's stronghold In the Sierra
Mad re Mountains, there today came
defiance of t Onraansta's border pro
claiming the bandits life. "Come and
get me," was the text of the message
Villa sent out.
The leaders of the man-hunt expect
Villa to fight desperately, and there
hardly any hope that they will
take him alive. His secret hiding
place in the mountains from which
ha makes raids for food and loot Is
unapproachable to all save trusted
followers at present.
The execution of a number" of cap
tured ViHista bandits was scheduled
to occur in Chihuahua today.
May Have Followed Mexicans
Across Line. .
Washington, Jan. 20. Gen. Fun
ston's report on a clash at Boyle's
Wells Tuesday, was received today.
It said that it is estimated that six
bandits robbed a house at Conavull's
mine. Three men from a detach
ment at the wells and one mining
man. followed them south, and were
fired upon, a horse being killed. De
tachments sent out found tracks lead
ing into Mexico.
PREPARED M IW
AS Pf AS IN A POD
Whatever Gets Through
Congress Will Be Patch
worJpUTerent Ideas of
darrispn, Iay, Chamber
lain and Army Men
(By the. United Press)
Washington, Jan. 20. Any pre
paredness plan passing both Houses
will likely be a patchwork' of com
promtees, it is indicated. Many dif
ferent plans are being advanced. -
Garrison i3 for the Continental
army, army officers are insisting upon
a large standing force and reserve.
House Chairman Hay is advocating
the upbuilding of the National Guard,
Senate Chairman Chamberlain is fa
voring universal service, and the Pa
cificists are opposed to all the plans.
WAS GOING MAD, HE
COMMITTED SUICIDE
Oklahoma City, Okla., Jan. 19.J.
O. Welday, State chairman of the So
cialist party, and former department
head of the Oklahoma City high
school was found dead in his roan
in a local hotel today with a bullei
hole In his head.. A revolver and
several letters were found beside the
body. His death came a few hours
before his proposed marriage to Miss
Olive Todd of this city. 7
A not found in the room said: "I
have not slept for weeks. Madness
was lurking fast around the corner.
Srt I am going on the long, long journey.
ASpyPipFBR
NEGRO'S STORY .QFU, , (
THE MOHR SHOOTING
Driver of Doctor's Car Testifies that
Alleged Conspirators Lost Nerve
and Did Not Make Up Their
Minds to Put Him Out of Way Un
til Three Nights Later Contra
dictory Statements
(By the United Press)
Providence, R. I., Jan. 20. A. G.
Heilis, negro driver of Dr. Mohr's
car, detailed his story of the shoot
ing of the doctor on the stand today.
He said he and his alleged acoom
prices were to have killed Dr. Mohr
on a Saturday night, but lost their
nerve. lie stopped the car on the
Tuesday following, when the shoot
ing occurred. He declared Mrs. Mohr
told him to be sure to stop, so that
the- shooting could take place before
the pending divorce suit came up.
The negro contradicted himself on
cross-examination.
COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS
TREE BALANCE $11424
Amount' Today Turned Over to the
Treasurer, Mr. L. J. Mewborne, of
the United Charities for Use As
Needed Among the City's Poor.
The central committee of the Com
munity Christmas Tree held it fin
al meeting today at the First Nation
al Bank and turned over the residue
from the offerings to Unltei Chari
tios. This amounted to the neat sum
of $114.24, which was today handed
to -Mr. L. J. Mewborne, treasurer.
The financial committee's report
showed that $259.35 was subscribed
and the bag committee turned in $3
for sale of candy left over after the
bags were all filled; the total re
ceipts were therefore $262.35. The
cost of the entertainment totalled
$148.11, of which the larger part
was expended by the bag committee
for confectionery and material for
the bags". "
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS .
OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS
Miss Annlisse Carroll, aged fifty
seven, died at her home in Winter
ville. She was a member of the Mis
sionary Baptist church, and was re
lated to many leading citizens of
Pitt county. . r
A night school at New Bern being
conducted under the auspices of the
Woman's Club is a big success so
far, although in operation only a few
nights. Nineteen new pupils wee
enrolled at the last session.
Solicitor Charles Abernethy made
the address at Lee-Jackson exerciafest
in New Bern Wednesday.
New Bern had four false alarms of
fire Wednesday.
The new Jbrklge over Moccasin riv
er at Snow Hill, is expected to be,
put into commission about Februar
1.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
STEAMER IN DISTRESS.
Halifax, Jan. 20. The British
steamer Pol lent ia is leaking and
. in distress 70 miles off Cape Race.
The Italian liner Gulseppe Verdi
is going to her assistance.
DERELICT VESSEL
PICKED UP.
, Washington, Jan. 20. The coast
guard cutter Onandaga is towing
the derelict schooner Anna into
Newport News. She was found
off the Virginia capes.'
FILIBUSTER AGAINST .
THE KEATING BILL
Washington, Jan. ,19. Filibuster
ing itactics 4-esorted 4 by Southern
congressmen prevented the Keating
child labor bill from being taken up
in the House : today. It was an
nounced subsequently that the mea
ore would not be considered before
Representative Watson of Virginia,
submitted a minority report from the
Labor Commit t opposing the mea
sure. ' " " -
REPUBLICANS WILL
FIGHT PAN-AMI'CAN
IS BELIEF
Sherman Asks Wilson If
Any Agreement Jktween
Nations Now Exists
THE U. S.-ENGUSH TILT
Expected Soon Both Pre
paring Notes Success of
Actual Blockade Depends
Upon Ability of England
to Hold Narrow Strait
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. .20. The ques
tion by Senator Sherman to the Presi
dent if the United States has any
agreement with tihe Pan-American
countries is amwng die newest devel
opments. Here the question is re
garded as the opening gun-battlo ov
er the Administration's Pan-American
negotiations.
Hostile Minority.
Republican hostility to the plan for
a Pan-American union for defense ia
presaged. Pro-Intervention men are
awaiting for another atrocity to force
troops tato Mexic6.
England and U. S. Preparing Notes.
The diplomatic battle lines are
drawn today between. England and
the United States over the proposed
actual blockade of Germany. Notes
are being framed by both the State
Department and the British Foreign
Office. The success of the blockade
demsnds upon England's ability to
control the six-mile channel between
Denmark and, Sweden. 1
SEIZED 125 PINTS OF -v-..
LIQUOR IN VIRGINIA.
Norlina, Jan. 18. Deputy Collect
or Lipsey made a sekure of 125 pints
of liquor just across tiie line in Vir
ginia, near Paschal! station. The li
quor was taken from G. A. Harris
of Henerson.
flHlNG EXERCISES
Pastors Smith, Hanrahan
and Howard Participate
In Annual Service Held
Under Direction, of the
Daughters Confederacy
The annual celebration in honor of
Generals .Robert -Edward Lee and
Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson was
held 4n the Gordon Street Christian
church Wednesday night, under the
auspices of the A. M. Waddoll
Chanter, United Daughters of the
Confederacy. The birth anniversar
ies of the two great chieftains fall
within two days of each other, Lea's
being January 19 and Jackson's Jan
uary 21. Pastor Bernard P. Smith
of the Christian church presided
over the exercises and made the prin
cipal remarks of the occasion.
In the musical program were the
old hymns that were near and dear
to the Christian men in whose honor
they were sung. "How Firm a Foun
dation." "Nearer My God to Thee,"
"My Faith Looks up to Thee" were
among others used. "My Father
Knows" was very sweetly sung by
Misses Verna Blow and Callie Da
vis. Mr. C. W. Howard led -the
opening prayer and read the Scrip
ture lessons of .the evening, the se
lections being taken Jfrom favorite
chapters and passages of the depart
ed heroes. Mr. Smith gave separ
ate biographical sketches of the
South's beloved leaders, eulogizing
their splendid character traits and
Christian standards. -' v .
The meeting was well attended by
members of the .Daughters v of the
Confederacy,; Veterans, and church
peojilo of the congregations of tho
ARE KINSTON ADULTS. ,
MENTALLY DEFICIENT?
Who Knows? Lunatics' Can Des
cribe Little Dogs With Brown
Hair, Short Legs and LqngTailB,
But Cleveland (Ohio) Normals
Cannot Hasn't Been Tried Out
Fairly In This City
' "Although most of the city offi
cials and six of seven school board
members failed to psss ''the Binet
normal mentality test now officially
used on all Cleveland school chil
dren," says a report to1 The Free
Press from Cleveland.' O., "a major
ity of the insane 'patients at New
burg State Hospital passed the test
easily." Clevelandera want the test
abolished. "The test is part of a
system of examination under, which
1,647 school children have been de
clared mentally' defective." A child
of 12, to be normal, must, after
hearing it only once, repeat: "I saw
in the street a pretty little dog. He
had curly brown hair, short legs and
a long tail." Newspapermen in Kin
ston and a neighboring town, armed
with the simple little sentence, ven
tured forth to "get a line" on the in
telligence of prominent citizens of
the two . towns. In the neighboring
town only two out of a score of well
known men could repeat the lines on
a fair test Every school child ac
costed repeated themcorrectly. The
effort to determine the mental effi
ciency of Kinston citizens was given
up. The reporter with the strange
lines in his pocket saw the follow
ing: "a man known around town,
with a quart jar containing a liquid
preservaitive and. a ."pretty little
dog." Tho dog, according to an in
scription on the jar, was a "genuine
French poodle, worth $125," which
would be exhibited at a Queen street
haberdasher's. Its pedigree was giv
en. It wasnU a poodle, but a pret
ty little, healthy looking, black and
while, straight-haired purp. It's ca
Tecr had been Suddenly cut short for
the pickling,"" the newspaper man
guessed. It developed that the au
thoHties are watching the fellovy
who had the dog in the jar. The re
porter went into a man's office and
said: "Repeat this after me, please"
quoting the lines. The other's ex
pression of countenance could not bo
mistaken. He reached over for tho
telephone and called 345-J. "HereN
another one," he said to the person
at the other end.
"It's not a fair test. Any idiot
could rattle it off, and the more in
telligent a man is the less chance ho
has of doing it," explained a college
grad. after hearing the test recited.
POWERFUL WIRELESS
SYSTEM FOR COLONIES
Washington, Jan. 19. One of the
final s'-aps toward linking the Unit
ed States and its foreign possessions
toaether by. a great chain of wireless
stations was taken today when Sec
retary Daniels of the Navy, approved
a aontraot with the Federal Tele
graph Company of San Francisco,
for the equipment of the big radio
stations now. Hinder construction at
San Diego, Cal. Cavite, P. I., and
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. .
NAVY BETTER THAN IT
EVER WAS, $AY REP0R1
x Washington, &n. 19. -Stripped of
its military secrets, the annual re
port of Admiral Fletcher,' commander-in-chief
of the Atlantic fleet, was
made public today by the Senate. It
says that on June 30 last, the fleet
was v better balanced, and "doing bet
ter shooting than ever before in its
history, but lidts fifteen specific rec
ommendations as to conditions which
should be remedied, ranging; from
shortage of men and lack of swift
scout cruisers and aircraft, bo elimi
nation of tho compulsory feature of
the navy's educational, system.
First Baptist, the Christian, Presby
terian and others, which had ' ad
journed their regular mid-week, ser
vices in favor of the memorial ser
vices. Rev. Mr. Hanrahan, pastor of
the Presbyterian church, . led the
prayer,, following the remarks of Mr.
Smith.
MISSIONARY SOC'TY
GriSllill
IN
L!
Opening Session Wcdnes
day Evening Was Well 1
Attended
BUSINESS FIRST TODAY
Methodists' Conference Ad
dressed by President
. Roll Call Communion
Secretaries" Report A
Missionary, to Speak ,
The annual conference of tha Wo
man's Missionary Society of tha
North Carolina Methodist Conference
was formally opened in Queen Street,
Methodist church Wednesday;; even
ing, with the majority of the officers
and delegates present. About a do
zen mora arrived this morning and
quite a number are expected to come
this afternoon. In all, about 160 to
200 women are expected to be in at
tendance upon the convention during
the remaining days,
The opening session was short
Devotional exercises were held, con
ducted by Pastor H. A. Humble of
Queen Street church, and Mrs. Bet
ty Lee, speaking for the local socie
ty, welcomed the East Carolina mis
sion workers to Kinston. Mrs. Lee's
address was not elaborate, nor was
It intended to be, Ibttt it was cordial,
prettily phrased and altogether pleas
ing to the ' visitors, and the. several
hundred Kinstonians, mostly women,'
who sat in tha auditorium with them.
The music of . the devotional service
was especially good. r -"
'After the address of Mrs. Lea, to
After the address of Mrs. Lee, to
which no response had been intended "
' After the address of Mrs. Lee, to
which no response had been intend
ed and none was had, the congrega
tion "mixed up" in an informal man
ner for the "getting acquainted."
The hostesses of most of the visitors
had accompanied them to tha seer
vice, and these and the officers and
members of the Kinston society did
the Introduction honors. Nearly
every woman , present met . nearly '
every other woman, and the occasion
was most interesting. Handsome
compliments to "charming Kinston"
nnd the hospitality of its people were
paraad by the wholesale.
At 9 o'clock this morning the exe
cutive committee of the society met .
in the Queen Street church to pre
pare a program for the vvek Print
ed programs had not been prepared
in advance.
At 11 o'clock the society met for its
first busiineaa session. There was a
short devotional service conducted
by Mrs. R. B, John, the president,
after which Mrs. John made he; an
nual report. She reviewed the past
very successful year of the Socie
ty's endeavor, and encouraged the
conference to work , as hard during
th present year.' The roll of dele
gates was called. The communion
was administered by Rev. Mr. Hum
ble and Rev. E. N. Harrison of Cas
well Street Methodist church.
This afternoon the Society & hear
ing reports of district secretaries. 7
Tonight Miss Elisabeth r Lamb,
missionary to Brazil, who has been
iff that field about ten years, will
make an address on the work there
and its future. ' .
JIERICA'S INVASION
POSSIBLE, SAYS WOOD
' Washington, Jan. 19. Maj.Genl.
Wood told the Senate Military Com-'
mittee today that the coast line of
the United States was open to attack
by any well organized foreign army,
despite its equipment of forts, mines
and submarines, and that tho oceans
formed no serious barrier to inva
sion. He declared that in the coun- ,
try's present state of utter unprepar
edness for war, a trained force of
150,000 men ccmld infact incalculable
damnus I . f -e an army eou'J be as
sep-.l'i-i t raeH it,
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