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KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAV, JANUARY 26, 1016
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PRICE TWO CENTS '
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
ENBMND TO YILD
ED
STATES AND SWEDEN
Will Take Nr Risk of Be
coming: Involved With
Neutral, Believed
DENMARK IS NEUTRAL
Neither Side Will Give Lit
tle Nation Cause for An
erer Germany Wants
Use of Her Ports and Al
lies Foodstuffs
(By the United Press)
London, Jan. 26. The British gov
ernment has virtually decided to
stand pat on its present trade regula
tions. It is expected to make no &n-
nouncement of an actual blockade of
the entire German coast.
The present net may be tightened,
but the general belief is that the pro
test from the United States and Swe
den and the fear of becoming involv
ed with neutrals may halt the block
ade.
Lkntfiark Sure to Remain
Out of tyar.
London, Jan. 26. War rumblings
mav disturb Sweden, but Denmark
is certain to keep out of the strife.
If that country fights at all it will
be on the side of the Allies, although
it could be rapidly invaded by Ger
many. Germany wants her to re
main neutral so that she can use the
ports. England wants her to be neu
tral so she can .continue to receive
Danish food supplies.
English Reply to Note.
Yfachington, Jan. 2(5. England
has made a tentative reply, to the
American, note protesting against
the Seiit(re of mail between America
and other neutral countries. The
protest was made under the assump
tion that England has no jurisdiction
over iftrst-class mail addressed to the
neutrals. The reply will be made
public Friday.
.6'ttFrP shrdlu atatehrdl uatu adaa
MRS. MOHR TO TAKE
' iJTAtiD MTE TODAY
State Closed This Morning Worn
at Accused of Instigating Hus
bind's Murder Will. Tell of Their
RelationiHr-Has Stood Up Well Un
der Strain of the Trial Policemen
Testify . ,
(By the United Pressi
Providence, Jan. 26. Attorney
Gushing announced that Mrs. Mohr
is to take the stand late today when
the defense opens its case in the trial
of the woman for her husband's mur
der.? Her composure during the trial
has been good. .. , She will tell the
story of their marital relations.
The State, closed its case this morn
ing with the testimony of police of
ficials who told of the confession of
threjfe negroes that they had been hir
ed to kill, Dr. Mohr. ,
E PASO TtflfiKS NOT
, i (By the United' Press) v
El Paso, Jan. 26 Dissatisfaction
is felt here at the progress of . the
progress of the iCarranzista plana for
the jcapturo of" Vila. It is feared ao
Americans in Mexico Will be safe un
til YU&'s band is 'exterminated.
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WALL STREET E1UCH
; PLEASED WfTiI SELF
til l l it v M
"tan
. fBy the United Press)
2ew York,.Jai). 26,WaJl Street
ie pleased. ' Its judgment that the
outry is making money was vindi
cated y. theplacing' of Steel Com
mon, 1J, oh a S per cent basis. Afl
othf boom in' trading ia expected.
Thei was general surprise and gra
tification ' over the great I earnings
shown by the" company.
LIKELY TO DETERMINE
: If WOMAN WAS GIVEN
POISON, SAYS COMiER
Coroner Eugene Wood, who accdm'
panied New Bern physicians to Stoii
ington Creek Tuesday to secure the
viscera from the remains o'f Mrs.
Rachel Hopewell, wlos husband. is
being held at New Bern on the charge
of poisoning her, stated today that
the body was in very fair conditions
considering that it had been , interred
six months or so. The anatomical
parts to he sent to State chemists at
Raleigh for inspection for traces of
poison were well preserved. Water,
a natural preservative, wa3 found in
the casket with the corpse. Coroner
Wood thinks the chemists should be
able to discover, even this late, if the
woman was poisoned or not, he stat
ed after a conference with Drs. Pat
terson and Pollock, from New Bern.
New Bern reports the fifth and
oyster supplies both short.
AUSTRIANS OVE'RUN
, , ,.. ,
ALBANIA AND SWEEP
ENEMVBrtRETHt
Take Seaport and Large
Bodies Troops Are Made
Captives
TALIANS AWAIT THEM
Expected to Engage Vic
tors When They Reach
Sector in South Invad
ers Hope to Tie Lines of
Communication .
(By the United Press)
Rome, Jan. 2fi. Austrian troops
have occupied the Albanian seaport
of San Giovanni di Medua, and are
pressing southward toward Durazso,
according to dispatches. They plan to
form a juncture with the Bulgarians.
Part of the Montenegrin and Alban
ian forces have been captured with
Scutari.
The remainder of. the Serbs are
retreating ..southward. It is expect
ed that Italian troops in this region
will engage the Austrians presently.
R0M1NENT DUPLIN MAN
DIEifTUESDATEVffllNG
Mr. Scott Standford of Kenansville,
Brother of Representative Stand
ford, Called to Reward Beloved
and Honored, by Many
(Contributed)
Mr. Scott Hanford, a prominent
citizen of Duplin county, died at his
home in Kenansville, Tuesday after
noon. He was a popular and much be
loved man, and had many friends in
Lenoir county, who will regret to
hear of his death. His brother, J.
D. Stanford, represented Duplin
county in the Legislature for twenty
six years, and his grandfather, the
Rev. Sanruel Stanford, was a pioneer
of Preshyterianisrn in Duplin county.
Mr. Stanford never married and
had a great and beautiful life on his
old home, always surrounded by a
host of friends.
CONFERENCE LEADERS;
WfllLtlON WORKERS
.i' ii. '' .".,s,!tj -Being
Held In England Strong Op
position to thCj CoMcriptton Mess
re ;To piscus Taxation atid
Peace Soggestians 4owerfat Of
Kanization U Holding Sessions In
.. Bristol J -: ; iri
" (B the United Press)
Bristol, Eng., Janl 26--fitrong op
position to the government's wofl
scription bill was .reported by dele
gates at. the opening of the labor con
ference here today representing two
million workers. Labor's attitude
toward taxation and peacr sguges
tions are to be discussed. ,;
MEASURES
TO BE CONSIDERED
BY CONGRESS SOON
V 1
All Important Ta Bills
Come Before the
Committee
to
KEATING BILL IN HOUSE
Fight Reached Floor To
day Southerners De
clare It Unconstitutional.
Child Labor Bill Is Apt to
Carry, Believed
(By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 2(1.' Steps to
ward consideration of revenue legis
lation were taken today by the Dem
ocratic leaders of the House. The
ways and means committee will meet
next week to consider revision of the
income tax. inheritance tax plans,
taxation of war munitions and the
creation of a tarifF commission.
Opposition has developed against
lowering the income tax exemptions,
but all are for raising the tax on
large incomes.
Keating Bill Apt to Carry, Said.
The fight in Congress on the Keat
ing child labor tlll reached the
House floor today. It s believed the
bill will carry. . Some Southerners
oppose it and charge that it is uncon
stitutional.
President to Leave On Schedule.
Washington, Jan. 26. Democratic
leaders who formerly opposed the
shipping bill promised their support
when, they called at the White House
today for a conference with the Pres
ident.
All matters have been cleared up
preparatory to the President's start
tomorrow night on his eight-days'
speaking tour.
MASTODON REMAINS MAY
ATTRACT SCIENTISTS
Second Specimen of That Beast of
the Stoae Age to Be Found In
Eastern Carolina Uncovered Not
Far From Kinston Other Freaks
On Plantation Include Head of Un
classified Bird
The farm of D. W. L. WMkins, sev-
tn or eight miles south of here, is
rich in prehistoric things. Speci
mens of ammail and bird fossils tak
en from the WMkins plantation are
'being displayed at a local drug store.
They include a mastodon tooth and
the stone-hard head of a bird, the
latter unclassified. The antediluvian
elephant's carcass was dug up by
men cutting a canal, and according
to Mr. Wilkins, was practically in
tact. It's length he roughly estim
ates at 20 to 30 feet, and the beast
was fully three times as large as the
chief elephant of any circus herd.
Its limibs are of "fearful" circumfer
ence, wiiwns says ne aoes not an
tertairt the 'slightest doubt that, as
he has been told, a mastodon could
cut an average tree in two with its
teeth at one bite. The ditchers took
very small pains to preserve the
huge body intact, however, and now
the remnants are lying about on the
ditch bank, A student of preadam-
ite zoology here became very much
nterested in tha find, and has an
nounced the intention of cornmum-
cating with members of the Univer
sity faculty, so that a small-sised
scientific expedition may come here
during the summer to view the skel
eton of the monster. It is, so far
as is known here, tha second speci
men fotfnd, in Eastern Carolina. :
The fossilized head of the bird is
about the size of that of a chicken,
and similar In shape to that of a
wbodpeckar. The main peculiarity is
that its upper bill works instead of
the 'lower . Although. the head fa as
hard as rock.. the bill works perfect
ly on its natural ."hinge," The spec
imen cannot be classed with-any of
the native birds, and although found,
at a depth of only about 10, feet, is
STATE FORESTERS'
MEETING COMES tO
close with mm
New Bern Meeting Large
ly t Attended and Interest
Manifested Encouraging
to Friends of Conserving
State's Resources
(By II. Gait Braxton)
New Bern, Jan. 2C The State
Forestry Association concluded its
program Tuesday night with the il
lustrated address by Dr. James Hyde
Pratt, state geologist. The delegates
were the guests of the New Bern re
ception committee afterwards at an
oyster roast given in the store of
Hyman Supply Company.
This morning the delegates and
their friends were guests of the local
lumbermen in a trip to the Roper
Lumber Company's plant at Camp
Perry. Forty or fifty were in the
party, and it was announced when
they left that the return would be
made about 3 o'clock this afternoon.
In the story yesterday it was er
roneously made to appear that Mr.
Smoot had stated that the lumber in
terests took from the woods and
gave nothing in return. This should
have read that the State itself re
ceived in revenue from the taxable
timber lands and the allied industries
approximately a half million dollars
annually, and gave nothing in return
in the shape of appropriations for
the conservation of the forests and
the reforesting of the cut lands
The meeting taken as a whole, was
one of the most interesting yet held
iby the association, and the friends
of the Forestry work seem much en
couraged at he-interest manifested,
The next meeting place will be deter
mined by the executive committee
later. Raleigh sent an urgent invita
tion. .
TOUGH LOT OF MEN
AT HOPEWELL, BUT
FARE LIKE PRICES
They are the tougest lot of men,
on the whole, who work at the Du
Pont's plant in Hopewell that he ever
ran up against, says T. C. Conway,
. . i,.. i i
a steamntter recently cmpioyeu
there who has come to Kinston to
live. But the DuPonts treat their
employes well, he declares. The
scale of wages for men in the steam-
fitters' department is $5.48 a day for
full-time men and f 3 for helpers.
Meal-ticket books good for a week
are sold in the restaurant at the
plant for $4. A turkey dinner on a
holiday costs no more than a meal
on any other day just 20 cents.
The bunkhouse patronized by many
workmen is kept as well as could (
be, and the rate is cheap. In Hope
well the rent for an unfurnished
room is $5 a week, he says, and it
isn't much of a room at that. He
wa3 there during the fire. He says
that the arrival of the militia pre
vented wholesale disorder, and prob
ably many murders, . certainly , much
tooting. The handful of militia
there now, outnumbered three to
one by the DuPont's 375 policemen,
are much more efficient than the civ
il officers, he states. Conway pass
ed a place in a railroad cut on a night i
before the fire where 10 minutes lat
er a' white man was killed' by a ne
gro for 4 w dollars, the latter in
turn,' was "put out of the way" by'
another black who saw the murder
and robbery.
Conway beard frequent rumors
that the DuPonts would build a plant
in Kinston, but shinks there "must
be some mistake" 'about that ' !
evidently vt some primordial order.
Another fnterestrng find on the
Wilkins plantation was a sycamore
tree which stood in tha war of farm
ing operations. t It was -decided to
dig It out. , At the depth of many
feet the trunk was exactly vlike that
portion, abova ground, barked and
thriving, it is said. At CO feet down
the tree's rootrwere just beginning
to pursue their natural bent.'
CRAIG CRITICIZES
iMMEOiGi
CLARK ON LYNCHING
"Astounding That lie Holds
Courts Responsible
for Mobs" '
RAPS COTTON MILL MEN
For Employing Their Influ
ence to Defeat Inspection
Bill Such Conduct An
tagonistic to Anti-Child
Labor Helps Keating Bill
(Special to The Free Press)
iCharlotte, Jan. 2fi. "The press
and the pulpit and patriotic citizen
have spoken wiith emphasis and
sounded a clear note that public sen
timent in North Carolina is against
such deeds, declared Governor Craig
in his address before the Social Ser
vice Conference here late yesterday.
The State, said the Governor, wiH no
longer toleraW lynchinge. "Outside
of Wayne county there ds the one
discord in the note of qualified con
demnation and that is from the
Chief Justice of the State!" He was
referring to the recent lynching of a
black allege drourderer near Golds
boro and Chief Justice Clark's stand
on the matter. "It is astounding
that he should hold the courts res
ponsible for the . mobs," he said,
"This serious charge is made in gen
eral against our courts; it should
have been made special." The view
of some people of Wayne county
that leniency on- the part of judges
in Wiat county in former instances
was responsible for the recent lynch
ing had been, an general, sustained
by Justice iQark.
.. The Governor in his address up
braided the cotton mill interests of
the State. He spoke against child
labor. "The defeat" by the mill men
"of the bill providing for official in
spection was a blunder. If they de
ny to constituted authority to look
in upon their business they give col
or to the charge that like the white
washed sepulchre they appear beau
tiful outward, but are within full
of dead man's bones and of all un-
cleanness. It is such- conduct that
gives strength to the bill now pend
ing before Congress. But it seems I
to me that this measure is tainted I
with selfishness of industries in oth
er sections to avoid competition with
our industries."
WOM AN HELPED MEN
ROB B. & 0. TRAIN
(By the United Press)
Clarksburg, W. Va., Jan. 26.
Seaivh is being made for a woman
clad in overalls, who helped to hold
up a Baltimore & Ohio train recent
ly. She and her companions secur
ed thousands of dollars in unsigned
currency.
(By the United Press.)
BIG STEAMER BEACHED.
.London, Jan. 28. The Domin
ion User Norseman, reported to
hflve been sunk yesterday, was
beached without casualties, it is
reported today.
CHARLTON FREE,
COMING HOME.
i New York, Jan. 16. Porter
Charlton, the bank clerk who
killed his wife at Lake Como, la
Italy, is doe to arrive here today
from Italy after ending his sen
tence. .. - .
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GOUNARIS GREEK PREMIER?
j Amsterdam, Jan. 2S- A seri
ous state of affairs in Athena is
emphasized by the report that
Gounaris is to succeed Skoloodis
as prime minister. ' The King
believes he needs a younger and
more energetic man at the helm,
of the government. " , ;
NEGRO ALLEGED CHECK
FlUSHEk TO BE TRIED
a 1 "
ME HIGHER COURT
The Recorder this morning sent
up to Superior Court George Thorn
pson, colored, charged with forgery
and flashing a number of bad checks,
Barrett & Hartsfield were among the
victims. The largest sum called for
by bad paper alleged to have been
given by Thompson was about $25,
Thompson could not give bail.
Charles Gregory and Katio Gregory
are to be tried before the Recorder
Tnursday morning on a charge of for
nication and adultery. Gregory
is
alleged to have a wife living in Wil
mington, whom he abandoned when
he came hero.. He married Katie
Borden here'. If the prior marriage
is proved the couple can be convicted
of f. and a., the woman excepted of
course, if she knew nothing cf the
former marriage, since the second
marriage would be void. Gregory is
to be indicted for bigamy when an
officer arrives hero to testify.
COMPLY WITH
AMERICAN DEMANDS
Believed Germany Will
Backdown After New
Representations
UNITED STATES INSISTS
That Berlin Admit That
Lusitanias Sinking Was
Illegal --, Imperial Gov
ernment Won't Be Able
to "Save Its Face"
; (By the United Press.)
Washington, Jan. 2fl 'Ambassador
Von Bernstorff saw Secretary' Lans
ing at noon to again discuss' the set
tlement of the Lusitania matter. The
United States is insisting that-Ger
many acknowledge that the sinking
of the vessel was illegal. Germany
is attempting to "save her face," but
it is believed an adjustment will be
arrived at within a week.'
Von Bernstorff was to communi
cate the American demands to Ber
lin today. The backdown of Ger
many is expected.
SETTLEMENT BETWEEN
OPERATORS AND MINERS
Expected at Conference to Be Held
In Mobile Next Month Walkout
of Nearly Half Million Men to Be
Averted, Believed Union - Heads
to Get Increase Without Trouble . -
(By the United Press)
Indianapolis, Jan. 26. Operators
and miners' delegates will meet for
a wage scale conference at Mobile on
February 7.
President White is confident that
he will win the fight against a walk
oat of 400.000 men. The executive
committee of the miners thinks the
wage raise is coming without trouble.
immense tract near
covecitywiube
. reci!aimed, reported
A million yards of ditches Is to be
dug in an immense drainage project
m the vicinity of Cove City, plans for
which are now being made. Bids are
to be advertised for later. The Sou
thern Drainage & Construction Co.
of this eity may be a bidder. Prob
ably 25,000 acres will be reclaimed.
,The local company will in a few
days begin work on. a contract near
BayboroY Nino thousand acres of
Pamlico county swamp lands will be
about $30,000. The Cove City, or as
it is to be called, Core creek, project
will , ca!l for three times as mucb
work, estimated as the Fan 'a'o un
dertaking.. ;
GRUDGINGLY
WILL
ARREST WITHOUT A
WARRANT IN S05IE
CASES ALL RIGHT
..... ., w .v '
Judge Allen.
Superior Court Judge Tells
' Offlcei Must Use y
Discretion
REFERENCES TO CONNOR
Those Bringing More Than
Quart Subject to Inquiry
and Known Blockaders
Should Be WatchetfU
Investigating Mincher N
In passing a twelve-months' sen-
tence in Superior Court Tuesday af
ternoon on a prisoner convicted . of
retailing, Judge Allen took' occasion
to refer to Judge Connor's remarks
about making arrests without war
rants. He said that he thought Judge
Connor must have been misunder
stood. He gave it as his opinion that
Judge Connor was correct in stating
that a citizen could bring whisky of
any quantity into the State, provid
ed he brought it solely for his own ,
use; but one who did "took the risk
of having to explain, and if an offi
cer had reason to believe and was
satisfied that a person had whisky in
his possession more than a quart '
for. the purpose of sale it was his
duty to arrest. without warrant . Just
as much s6 as it would be, if, he saw '
a man on the streets and .was satis
fied he had a pistol on him to arrest
hint without a wsrrant." r
:: Judge Allen made it plain that re
putable citizens, he' did not think
were in danger of being falsely ar- '
rested, but that those who were .
known to the police to be violating
the law, and who were under euspi- N
cion, had better beware about com
ing into the State .with more- liquor
than the prescribed quart. He said
this also applied to, the cases of au
tomobiles which were used to trans
fer,! the liquor into the State, and
that it was not practicable ' for the
suspecting officer to go pflf after v a
warrant while a machine was speed
ing through the State with liquor.
The officers must use discretion, he
emphasized, and not make unneces
sary arrests or overstep their author
ity, but they mast exercise vigilance,
ana when they bad good reason to
suspect a law, violation, they took lit
tle chance, he thought, in making ar
rests on the spot,,, K .
E. W. Mincher, a guard of county :
convicts, is the subject of an inas'i
gation being conducted by the GrnM.
Jury of the present Superior, Court ;
term.' The Jury after : the customary
inspection trip, made Tuesday, asked
for subpoenas for witnesses. Tho ;
urors hear complaints of harsh treat
ment of prisoners by Mincher. It is
alleged that he is almost if not quite
brutal in his treatment of the men
in his charge. He has figured, in a
former court case in which bad con- '
duct was charged against him since he
has been a member of the force of
guards. ,
Cases disposed of in the Court
Tuesday were: Bichard Lane, hav
ing more than the legal quantity of
whisky, and for sale, 12 months on
the roads; Connie Jones, larceny, not
guilty; John Koonce, larceny, mis
trial; Guy Langston, forgery, four
months on the roads; J. E. Dupree,
assault, not ' guilty; Lonnie : Harris,
skipping fine and costs, held open. It
has . been intimated that , Langston, .
who when arrested for passing sever
al bad ichecks informed against a
number of men and boys with whom
he had played pool for money and
gambled ' in other ways, j thereby
causing quite a stir around town,
several weeks, ago, will not, be com
pelled to a jnt on the, roads .as a
prisoner. ; Langston, it is ) thought
may be hired out to give him anoth
er chance. ? ' ' 1 "'
The noted Penuel case is on today.
A Jury was secured shortly before
noon. In this cae Claude Penuel and
Cora Jones, the f alleged to be
of mixed blood, s':-- J f ocused of mia
ceirenaiion. ;' '