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DAILY TOTS WEATHBK TUin lonilit and to- ' ' . VOL. XVIL No. 205 SECOND EDITION FOUR IMAGES TODAY , , "PRICK "TWO CENTS KINSTON, N. Cn FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1916 ;.. FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS h:e ,i::::e F.PEB IER JR0OPS N IAN FOR NEW CAMPAIQ Fortifications ,on Seacoast Reduced ' by, Anglo French Vessels FIRST JDVAKCE CHECKED Force Met Superior Num bers of Bulbars and Had to Retire Back to doast Turks at Gulf, of Saros Shelled by Allied Ships (By the United Press) Athens, Jan. 81. The French squa dron has silenced the Bulgarian forts at Portolagos, destroyed the gun em placements and landed troops. There were few casualties. The troops mov ed North and met a superior Bulgarian force, after which they retired to the coast It is believed the movement was preliminary to a landing in force. Turkish positions on the Gulf of Sar os have been bombarded. Shifting Munitions Workers Abound. London, Jan. 21. Imperative need of more amnntnitlon' has forced the govci nment to, propose to place "stall ed" union men on minor tasks with semi-lnBtftllcd men and women, trans ferring' trained artisans' to more im portant tasks. -The support of labor men for the measure Ms being asked. PLENTY TROUBLE FOR m BABOVER WOMAN ,;Wij!mijgltwsi, Jan. 20 The distress of Mrs.' Harvey Riley of. Manhattan, Wilmington atrmirb, over the recent death of her' father in Europe and ifoe'fact of her three brothers being in the trenches itv France, was 'in creased this' week by news of the tra gic death ' of another brother, Mr. Thomas ,CaA&inder, in Canada, who standing by the side of a well when the atone curbing crumbled, was pre cipitated into the well to his death. HANGS ailLDREN AND TAKES HER OWN.LIFE . , Lyons, N. Y., Jan. 20.Mrs. Ed "Win Pfcyne, 36 years old, hanged her lour-year-old daughter, her two-tear-old son And herself with three separate pieces of clothes line at , itached to a hook in the ceiling of the family home to Alloway, three miles wouth of here, this afternoon. Mr. Payne found the bodies of his wife . and children when he returned home from work tonight. -He told the cor enerVjury his wife had been acting Strangely for several days. IOdIy'S SALES ON THE LOCE COTTON MARKET . About 70 bales of cotton had been eold here today by 3 o'clock. The best price ipetd waffrl 11-2 cents. : NewYork futures quotations were: - . Open . 2:40 January" 12.10 12.15 March J. . 12.24 .12.30 May ...;;.... 12.49 124 July 4 .'. . .... . . 12.61 October : .-,v. . , 12.68 .-'ii.-, ' :iv i,--;;- 12.67 12.65 rOYT.CASIj DIES ASTiESijLT OF WOUNDS StatesviHe, Jan.' 20. Mr. Hous- f who ws secretly fired ?- on Vhile landing in the'dmiwr room of her lamer, itobert L. Wimecsoff, in fte Amity section of this County, Sunday evening between 6 and 7 o'clock. iJi today front the effects of her wounds, and her huAand, Houston Overcash, who hes been in jail here since Mon "7, will be tried Ai Ireden Superior : Court for his Subscribe to The Free Press. BUM son. N LIVESTOCK IN TIf E - M STATE AND VALUES United States Bureau of Crop EU mates Gives Number Horses la N. C. at 182.000, Mules 200,000. Milch Cows 321,000,Other Cattle 387,000, Sheep 170,000 and Swine 1,600,000. (Special to The, Free Press) Washington, Jan. SO. A summary of numbers and values of live stock on farms and ranges on Jannry l for North Carolina compiled by the Bur eau of Crop Estimates, UnltedStates Department of Agriculture, is as fol lows: T" Horses. Number . 182,000, compar ed, a year ago and 168,000 Ave years ago. Value per head, $122, compared with 1130 a year ago end 1126 five years ago.' Mules. Number, 200,000, compared with "184,000 a year ago and 178,000 five years ago. Value per head, $140, compared with $151 a year ago and $146 five years ago. Milch Cows. Number, 321,000, com pared with 315,000 a year ago and 312, 000 five years ago. Value per head, $34.00, compared with $36.50 a year ago and $28 five years ago. Other Cattle. Numer, 387,000, com pared with 369,000 a year ago and 388,000 five years ago. Value per head, $16.80, compared with $17 a year ago and $13.40 five years ago. Sheep. Number, 170,000, compared with 177,000 a year ago and 203,000 five years ago. Value per head $3.20; compared with $3.30 a year ago and $2.98 five years ago. Swine Number, 16000000, compared with 1,525,000 a year ago and 1,351,100 five years ago. Value per head, $7.80, compared with $8.20 a year ago and $7.60 five years ago. SOTHERN AND MARLOWE WILL QUIT THE STAGE (By the United Press) New York; Jan. 21. E. H. Sftthern will quit the American stage wile Jul ia Marlowe, his" Mfe,' and the couple will settle on an estate in England. .' VETERANS TO MEET NEXT IN BIRMINGHAM JJew Orleans, Jan. 20. Tho twen ty-sixth annual reunion of the Unit ed Confederate Veterans will be held in Birmingham, Ala., on May 10, 17 and 18 next Omvial announcement of the date and place of the reunion was made here today by William F. Mickle,"" adjutant general "of the yet-" erans organization. COAL MINERS MAY CT MORiE. PAY, IS BELIEF (By the United Press) Indianapolis, Jan. 21. It is believed the wages of coal miners will be rais ed and a strike avoided' at the con vention of mine workers here. I - -- - - NOCHANCpFOKES., MONEY SUPREMACY England Has Dumped American Se curities Into This -Country, Secur ing Funds to Bring Exchange Up to Normal, Thereby Patting ' Dam per on Hopes of Financiers on this Side . (By-the United Press) ' New York, Jan.' 21-England has puf a damper on Americans hopes of financial supremacy, bankers admit ted. She has dumped a great quantity of American securities Into the IJhiV ed States,' thereby securing funds to bring exchange up to normal. ' PRESIDENTS FIRST v TRIP TO LAST WEEK ' Washington, Jart.' 20 President Wilsoflr plans to speak in Pittsburg, Cleveland, Chicago, 'St. Lou u, Kan ake to lay his national defense pro sas City, St Jostph, Des Moines and Davenport on the first trip ha, will take to lay his national defense pro gram before the country.' He, expects to leave Washington January 28 and remain away one week. , f . VJILA NOT CAPTIVE W REPORTS FjlQSl THE BORDER TODAY General Herrera Makes De nial and Washington Has No News NEW REVOLT IN TORREON Carranzistas Captured and Executed by Insurrec tionists De Facto Gov ernment Sends 'Expedi tion to Quell Uprising (By the United Press) Washington, Jan. 21. Thore are many conflicting rumors of Francisco Villa's capture. The State and War Departments and Mexican Embassy are without news. All American Ag ents have been ordered to run down information. According to El Paso, Carranzista officers today believed Vil-1 la still at large, but his final capture Inevitable ! Official Denial Bandit Chiefs . Capture. v - . El Paso, Jan. 21. Denial of Villa's capture was made by General Herrera today and caueed great disappoint ment. A new revolution is reported from Torreon. Carranza troops there surrendered to a superior force of re bels and were shot or Btrung up on telegraph polos. A big force of Car ranzistas has been Bent to stamp out the revolt. Eighteen Bandits to Be Executed. Washington, Jan. 21.- Eighteen prla Ohera, alleged participants in t'fie re cent massacre of Americans, will be publicly, executed at Chihuahua city today, according to an El Paso dis patch to the State Department. It say 4 the reported capture of Villa is un confirmed. IC , LODGE OF N. LLED Address by Grand Master AndrewsClaud Pridg en,. Former Jftnstonian, is Depujty Grand Master pradjey's 31st Term (peclal to The Free Press) Raleigh, Jan. 21T The officers of the North Carolina Grand Lodge of Ma sons were Installed yesterday after noon, and Immediately afterwards the anuual -meeting here came to a close. Past Grand Master R. N. Hackett con ducted the installation, with Past Grand Master B. . Royster assisting. The new Grand Master, A. B. Andrews, made a short address and resolutions regretting the Illness of Past Grand Master F. N. Winchester nd of Grand Tiler R. H.. Brdley were passed, at the final session. The following were the officers In stalled:' Grafid Master Andrews, Dep uty Grand Master Claud Pridgen of Wilmington, Grand Senior Warden G. $. Norfteet; Of Winston-Salem, Grand Junior Warden Henry A. Grady of Clinton,-' Grand Treasurer Loo D. Heartt ot Raleigh, Grand Secretary John C Drewry of Raleigh Grand Lecturer R. F, Edwards of Grumpier, Senior Grand Deacon J. S.. Braswell of Whitakers, Junior Grand Deacon. 3. Bafley Owen of Henderson, Grand Marshal J. H. Webb of HIHsboro, Grand 'Sword Bearer H. M. Potest or Wake Forest, Grand Pursivsnt j. Le dtew'ard B. F. Hill of Asheville, Grand Grand Everett of Rockingham, Grand Steward O. W. Spencer of Salisbury, Gland Tiller R. H. Bradley of Raleigh, Grand Historian M. Del Haywood of Raleigh, Auditor T. R. Robertson of Charlotte. C "-'yrj Deputy Grand Master Pridgen is OFFICERS JASON GRAND I ARE FINAL REPLY FROM -SIN HATTER Will Be Delivered ShorUy Now Being Prepared Will Guarantee Safety pf 'Neutrals In Future End to Controversy at Last (By the United Press) Berlin, Jan. 21. Germany's ,flnal re ply in the Lus&tanla matter Is being prepared at the foreign office. It is expected to be delivered shortly, to settle all submarine difficulties. It's drafting follows several weeks of informal excbangelng of views. It Is understood that Gorman y will guar antee future Safety for neutrals pas senger, ships; : ' 1... ,t- ' " ANOTHER. MISTY TO BE HELD BY THE Is Believed to Be Contin uation of His Peace Pro irram Ostensibly for Conference With Cardin als from Two Countries (By the United Press) Rome, Jan. 21. UtnioBt importance is attached to the announcement that the Pope holds' another consistory in march. It is regarded as a continua tion of the Pontiff's peace program. It ostensibly was called to confer with the Red Hat Cardinal Mr. Soap anelli of Vienna and Manager Fru'a wirth of Munich. OFHCIALSUUGH AT STORY OF JAP v TROOPS IN MEXICO (By the United Press) Washington, Jan. 21 The War De partment today ridiculed a report that three hundred Japanese soldiers are encamped in lower California. United States regulars encamped near the re ported scene of invasion would have notified the department. MOHR DRIVER AGAIN , ON THE STAND TODAY One of His Questioners a Lawyer from South Carolina, But South erner Could Not Break Negro's Story Doubt as to Its Truthful ness Could Not Remember, Often Replied (By the United Press) Providence, R. L Jan. 21. Cros- examination of George, H. Ellis, the negro driver of the Mohr car, con tinued today. Attorneys Lewis and Edwards, the latter from South Caro lina, did not break his story but cast much doubt upon his veracity. He again contradicted himself upon smal ler details and often answered that "he could not remember." BULLETINS ' (By the United Press) STEAMER TORPEDOED. London, Jan. 21, The British steamer Sutherland has been tor pedoed In the JTedltcrranean. The erew were tsvid. ' - ' ; y"'v; :- 380STESEGR0 FLEADS.' FOB AID. ' '"" Paris, Jan. 21 Kinjr Nicholas has appealed to the Allies to Im mediately aid Xontenegro's fore en and save them from annlhllatfoB. native of Kinston and . resided there until a few-years ago. ; Grand Tiler Bradley is serving In that office for the 31st time. GERMANY TO 11 MANIA POPE DURING MARCH NEUTRAL EUROPEAN NATIONS ARE TODAY IN THE LIMELIGHT Sweden and Spain' Being Watched With Interest By Diplomats STATEMENT BY WIlMlS Comptroller Before House Committee Supports Rep resentative Howard's De mand for Probe Into Usury Alleged Practiced (By the United Press) Washington, Jan. 21. Sweden and Spain today loomed large on the di plomatic horizon. The efforts of Swe den to Induce the United States to Join In the protest against the British blockade was widely discussed. Swe den Is reluctant to strat the protest alone, as In her weakness it might cause her embarrassment. The Entente agents here are investi gating reported large purchases of arms by Spain, which It has been said, was preparatory to her entering the war against the Allies. William Details Usury Charges. Usurious practices by many Nation al banks, especially in the outh were detailod by Comptroller of the Cur rency Williams before the House Rulos committee today in support of the de mand by Representative Howard ot Georgia the demand for a Congression al investigation of banks. Attack Administration Plan." The Administration's Merchant Ma rine and naval program was attack ed today by former Secretary ot the Navy, Mayco and others before the National Security Congress. In vernation of Dairy Products Rates. Washington, Jan. 21. A Nation wide Investigation of rates on milk and cream has been ordored by the In terstate Commerce Commission. RIGHT TIME IB GET PRESIDENT TO THIS CITY FOR A SPEECH If He Should Travel Over A. C. L. In Preparedness Tour Might Be Induced to Come to Kinston- Dist rict's Impediment Since it is rgarded as settled that President Wilson will come 8outh to i speak for his preparedness program, persons hero are wondering If he will not drop off in Claude KUchln's dis trict to argue his point. The Presi dent's Southern itinerary has not been announced, but it is' almost a cer tainty that he will come through North Carolina over one of the main line railroads. If it should be by way of tho A. C. L. that he travels, it would not be unhandy for him to make Kln Hton a short visit, or Wilnon or one of the other important towns In the dis trict which furnishes the most determ ined obstacles to his. plans Repre sentative Kitchitt. It Is not Improbable that Mr. Wilson will be Invited to come here, although the Chamber of Commerce has made no move toward extending the .invita tion. ' ... TUFTS NEW OF N. C AffilCUaJrtmt SOCY. (Special to The Free Press) -r - Raleigh, - Jan. 20. Leonard Tufts was elected President of the North Carolina Agricultural Society at a meeting of the society here yesterday. He Is a prominent Pinehurst man. The society decided upon Improvement of the State Fair grounds before the Fall fair. Praia convicted ; : TO KEEP RACE PURE Say Lawyers Alleged Some Ances tors Were Colored Girl Who Eloped With Him Probably Will Never Be Subjected to Imprison ment Man Will Go to Supreme Court If Necessary, Says The marriage of Claud Penuel and Cora. Joneg .the Jones county couplt who have been in trouble here for some weeks, If it really extBted. was made void when Penui was proven to be part colored" In the Recorder's Court late Thursday, a stated in The Free Press that afternoon, the couple were convicted and sentenced to 12 months each. The man would have gone to the roadi and the girl, accord ing to the sentence to Jail. Witnesses for the defense admitted that ancestors of Penuel two or three generations back were mulattos or oc toroons. v- The couple were technically charg ed with fornication and adultery. There was also a kidnapping charge pending, which grew out of the bring ing to Kiti b ton of a minor ststor of the girl, which the authorities were ready to bring up. With the Court's accep tance of the testimony that the man was of mixed blood the prosecution ceased. Penuel and Cora Jones claimed to have been married in Norfolk. Pen uel is understood to have declared that he will take the case to the Superior, Court. . i Persona acquainted with the case believe the uperlor Court will uphold the 'Recorder's judgment as to Pen- uol. Of course, no one expects the country girl, who according to sym pathizers could not have expected to realize what she was doing, to have to go to jail. "Nobody on the Inside ev er had the slightest Idea of such a thing," said a member of the bar to day. " She was convicted but there plenty of time for the sentence to be put aside. '','' , , The White man's unvarying resent nicnt against miscegenation, the pride of face of the whites and the pro tection of the race are the points In volved. ESCAPED CERMAN SPY.., . ASKS FOR IMMUNITY (By the United Press) New York, Jan. 21. Ignatius Lin coln, confessed German spy who s caped from Secret service men re cently, wrote today to newspapers and Federal Authorities promising to give himself up if promised immunity. BELIEVED GEORGIANS LYNCHED SIX BLACKS Half Dozen Charged With Murder of Sheriff Moreland Taken From Jail tqt. Sylvester by Mob Fate Un known, But There Is Little Doubt That AH Were Strung Up By the Angry Whites SylveBter, G., Jan. 21. The fate of six negroes taken from Jail here by a mob is still In doubt this afternoon. It is believed they have been lynched. The negroes were charged with the murder of Sheriff Moreland of Lee county. NEWELL NEW HEAD OF -WESLEY FEDERATION Faycittevillcr Jan. 20. On motion of the laminations committee, ap Tointe3 at yesterday afternoon's ses sion, W. IL Newell of Rocky Mount, superintendent of the First Division of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, waa . elected presiden t of he North Carolina Wesley Bible Class Federa tion today. - ' ' AGED NEGRESS GUEST AT . i WHITE FOLKS WEDDING , Asheville, Jan. 20. "Aunt Fannie" Wood, 90 years of age; born a slave, and the property of Rev. J. Smith, a Presbyterian minister of South Caro lina," rode to the First Presbyterian Church i an automobile yesterday and saw her old master's great granddaughter, - Miss . Julia Smith, married to Rev. Robert Dabney Bed mger. The aged negress was res plendent in finery of day long gone by. . : EXCttLENTBEPflRTS Fill Jlteiio N CONFEfxCE in niccin IUUIU New Bern District's State- ; ment of Year? Work Was Remarkable SPEAKER FROM BRAZIL Returned Missionary Tells Methodist Women ofthe Work . and : Conditions. There "Uplifted Christ" Is Need of People There The work on Thursday afternoon of Woman's MiasddnaTy Society of the North Carolina Methodist conference; . now in anuual session In Queen Street church here, .was given oyer to the various committees from i until 4 , o'clock. -'At '4 the conference was call ed to order by Mrs. R. B. John, the ' President The devotional service was led by Mrs. Marvey Boney, who based her message of love on 2 Cor. 13. The reports of the districts were then tok en up. ?'" - . .'.'?,; :f The FayetteviUe district was report- t ed by the district secretary, Miss Ve ra Herring of Dunn. The district showed an advance In missionary spi- -rit and an increase of over 1200 over last year's financial report of that dis trict. The auxiliaries la the Elizabeth City district showed a steady interest and growth In numbers and figures. . Mrs." H. J. Faison ; of Faison. sec"y of the New Bern district, and district hostess of the conference, made a re port .'of almost - phenamenal growth. The membership has Increased; the spiritual uplift is bard to measure, and the figures show more than 11,009 In- -crease over any previous year in the district . Miss Nettie Allen of Henday- -, son gave some fine statistics for the Raleigh district After, the diatlnct-"-Ive features from the different auxil iaries' reports had been caUed out and many interesting questions brought about by Inquiries made by Mrs. Hume " R. Steele, educational secretary of the Council, the session closed with a ben ediction by the pastor ' ot ijueen Street drarch Rer H. 'A. Humble.. -Thursday Evening Session. .The evening service opened with a beautiful anthem renederd by the ef ficient choir of the church. The de votional exercises were continued by Miss - Florence Whltesides, deaconess at Edenton Street churoh, Raleigh. She read Acts 3 and admonished jthe conference memebers , to give mora than silver and gold to the helpless about thorn, to give themselves In the namo of Jesus.' Dr. L. S. Massey of Raleigh led In prayer, Hymn 137 was sung, and Mrs.' R. B. John then intro duced the speaker o fthe evenlng.Mlss EHzaboth Lamb missionary to Braill. Miss Lamb spoke of conditions in that country and the outlook. She gave to the . conference something of "the history of the great South American nation, told of Its wonderful resources and described the types of character to be found among its people. She dis cussed its educational interests and its religions. A bi.rdseye view of a lead- .;. ing Methodist school waa, exhibited, and what it has meant In stimulating , and holplng school conditions In Bra sll was outlined. Miss Lamb lastly gave an Insight into the type of Chris- . . tian developed in the Methodist school -and churches there. The present need of the country is, she declared, "The uplifted Christ" She closed "with a prayer. Hymn 410 was sung and the ' benediction was prounounced by. Mr. Humble. - Today's Morning Session. This morning's session, was start ed off with a devotional service by Mrs. Stover of Wilmington. Dr. L. S. Mas sey, editor of the Raleigh Christian Advocate, addressed the conference. He outlined a (Ian for Increasing the circulation of the Advocate and pro--moting the work of the society at the : same time. ' The measure proposed was adopted. Miss Sallie Lou McKonnon, the cor responding secretary, made her annual report She gave the statistics ot the .(Continued cn rn'i' '1
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