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VOL XVII. No. 210
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C THURSDAY. JANUARY 27, 1916
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INVASION RIEXICa BY
IjNITED. STATES REG
RAIDERS ARRESTED;
Mexicans On Their Side Called Upon Americans to Swim
Itio -Grande Four Drowned Two Got Across and
Were ArrestedTroops
' ing: CountryiPeyond the
Funston Two or Three
United States Will Calf
rious Complication Is What Washington Things of the
Affair r ,
(By the United Press)
BROWNSVILLE, TEX., January 27-Mexicans and
American Military officials are making every possible
effort to prevent clashes as the result of four Ameri-
nana ln?nor r.ViPir Hvps wViilp nf f omnt in or tn rpsfnp t.wn
others who had been arrested by Mexicans. The four
were drowned swimming the Rio Grande. The two
were arrested while swimming. A party of Mexicans
ordered them to cross the river and submit to arrest.
.'. A vnMaf rriT-f T7- n-t fml-rf nan ,. Amorican anlrliprsi awnm
the river and searched houses of Mexicans under a cross
fire of Mexicans and Americans,
. Foteston Haa Two Officers
Arrested. r.
Two lieutenants have been arrest
ed for participation in the raid by
troops, by order of General Funston,
vihn antI if was finnftrnt that the re-
, " ...... rt
eponsibility for the invasion rested
- with the Americana, he having giv
en the strictest orders that no one
was to cross the boundary.
Washington Regards Incident as
Serious. '
Washington, Jan'. 27. What War
and State ' Department - officials de
clared to be one of the most serious
' ; complications' with Mexico since the
t on Huerta, faced the government to-day.
The capture of two Americans
Mexican territory by American sol
diers under s Lieutenants Mort, Pay
ton and "Waldrori . of the regulars,
was the cause; The lieutenants have
been arrested upon orders by Gener
al Funston. It is believed the gov
ernment may forestall demands for
an ..explanation of , the invasion by a
disclaimer. It will, however, make
immediate demands for the release
of the,tvo.aptuied,men.
OVERWHELMING BALLOT
AGAINSf CONSCRIPTION
' (By the United Press)
Bristol, Eng.,; Jan. 27. Resolu
tions opposing ; conscription were
adopted by an overwhelming major
ity at the National Labor conference,
representing two , million workers,
here today.
INTERESTING INCIDENT
IN REPUB. CONVENTION
Charlotte, Jan. 26. The feature of
the Mecklenburg County Republic-
,; an (Convention held here today was a
discussion of paragraphs contained
in a resolution introduced by Jake F.
. Neweky wherein he denounced the
foreign policy of the Democratic ad
ministration and suggested that
President Wilson had better resign
take a course ia a correspondence
school, ' -
Ex-Congressman John M. More-
heart Izmir i'mnuir!.i. ! A
what he characterized "as cheap wit"
said it was not the time to indulge
in that kind of wit" at the Presi
dent's expense, for whom he said he
ersoriaUy had the very highest re
tard. He -said the country owed
' President Wilson a great . deal for
keeping , the natibir'eut of war.
COTTON: PRICES BETTER ?
- ON KINSTON EXCHANGE
About 49, bales of cotton were sold
today before 3 o'clock, with the
st Price paid 11.40. .". '"
; w....4.;.i2.03"v 11.92
j y ...12.30: 12-15
",y, -v ,....12.42 12.28
Member .. 12.41
LESS THAN A SCORE
OIARS; OFFICERS OF
DISCIAM'R BY GOV'T
Immediately Pursued, Search
River Orders Violated, Says
Lieutenants In Arrest The
for Return of Prisoners Se
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT FOR
REPAIRING STEEL CARS
Southern Railway Company to Re
model Knoxville Shops for Handl
ing . New; Equipment Other Im
provements for Employes Being
Made Also
(Special to The Free Press)
Knoxville, Tenn., Jan. 26. So ra
pid has been the increase in the use
of steel cars on the lines of Southern
Railway,, that Jt has been.found nee.:
essary-to provide e special shop for
repairs to equipment of "this dask to
be located at the Coster shops near
Knoxville. ' ' '
The new facility will consist of an
all-steel main shed 73x480 feet, with
three tracks extending through same
and a workshop 51x100 feet, both
equipped with overhead power cranes
and full complement of machinery
and tools for repairing steel cars.
During the past ten years South
ern Railway has purchased 23,000 all
steel and steel underframe cars, and
the new shop will provide better fa
cilities for keeping them in repair
than couId be had in the old shops
which were originally built for han
dling only wooden cars.
(Contract for the construction of the
steel frame for the main shed has
been let. Construction will begin be
fore. .April 1st, and will be complet
ed within six weeks from that date.
Other additions to be made to the
facilities at Coster shop will include
a scrap dock with reclaiming shop
for handling and reclaiming future
accumulations of scrap resulting
from repairs to cars and an addition
al wash and locker room for the use
of employes. The erection of these
buildings wijl necessitate a revision
of ithe track layout at the north end
of the yard.
With the exception of the steeJ
frame fdr the steel car repair shed
all construction will be done by com
pany forces.
PRESIDENT'S REASON
IS TOLD TO KITCHIN
Washington, Jan. 26. President
Wilson today sent a letter to Chair
man Kitchin of the House ways and
means committee, explaining why he
had withdrawn his opposition to a
tariff commission and now was urg
ing the creation of such a body by
Congress. He wrote frankly that he
had changed his mind because "all
the circumstances of the world had
changed." ' . V ,
FAYETTEYILLE MAY CLEAN
UP SEGREGATED DISTRICT
Fayetteville, Jan. 26 A. campaign
which will have as its object a clean
ing up of the segregated district in
Fayetteville, or a placing of it un
der stricter police surveillance, will
likely be started here soon. ..
PRESIDENT IN NEW
YORK TO BEGIN (IIS
DEFENSE CAMPAIGN
Wilf Make Three Prepared
ness Addresses During
Day Mrs. Wilson With
, Him Couple Expect to
Return Tonight
(By the United Press)
New York, Jan. 27. President
Wilson arrived in New York early
today to open his campaign for the
Preparedness Program. He will
make three talks here, before the
Federation of churches, at the rail
way Business Men's Association Din
ner, and at the Motion Picture Board
of Trade Dinner. He is accompanied
by Mrs. Wilson. They will return to
Washington tonight.
TWO WOMEN SLAIN;
MADMAN SUSPECTED
Double Tragedy Followed Dinner
Party to Father and Husband of
Couple, Just Returned to New
York From Chicago Disappeared
Following Feast Thought He Is
Insane Axe Was Used t
(By the United Press)
New York, Jen. 27. Following a
dinner theatre party celebrating their
husband and father's ireturn from
Chicago, Mrs. Rebecca Pullman and
daughter, Mrs. Gertrude Basel, were
found dead, their heads crushed with
an axe. Pullman has disappeared.
He is believed to be insane.
Pullman Suicided.
, New York, Jan. 27. Pullman end
ed his life this morning By jumping
from the third story of a Third ave
nue hotel.
PROPOSE, BUT LOOK
UPRATING FIRST, IS
ADYICE LAWYE PUGH
(By the Eastern Press)
Washington, N. C, Jan. 27. Miss
Lucille Pugh, who was a stenogra
pher for the late W. P. Baughm here
just a few years ago, still a young
woman and quite pretty, is now en
joying an income of $5,000 per an
num as a lawyer in New York. Con
gressman John Small loaned her law
books and gave her all the assistance
that he could. From him, she de
clares, she "got her inspiration."
Free "legal advice" from Miss Pugh
on "leap year proposals" is being
widely printed. She told one New
York newspaper that a young wom
an should, if she chooses, propose
but only after consulting Bradstreet.
ARGENTINE UNIVERSITY
AWARDS SO. RY. MEDAL
Washington. D. C, Jan. 27 In re
cognition of the efforts of Southern
Railway Company to promote inter
national trade relations between
South America and the United States
and the effective and noteworthy re
sult of those efforts in stimulating
the study of the Spanish language
and literature and Latin-American
history and economics in the schools
and colleges of the Southern States,
the ancient University of Cordova,
Argentina, whicn was founded in
1613, has conferred upon Southern.
Railway Company a large and hand
some silver medal, which has recent
ly been delivered to President Harri
son. WINSTON-SALEM SAVES
PLACE IN STATE LEAGUE
Winston-Salem, Jan. 26. The suc
cessful efforts of the Rotary Qub.
yet in its infancy here, saved base
ball for Winston. The Rotarians
scoured the city this afternoon and
completed a two weeks' campaign fcy
selling almost two hundred books.
President Bramham was wired to
night that "Winston-Salem would be
there with bells on." - ',
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DEMQCR'TS ARE NOW
GETTING TOGETHER
ON MOSTOF ISSUES
Agreements on Everything
Except Preparedness
Matter
LEVER BILL REPORTED
Passage Would Enable the
Planters to Store Their
Crops and Discount Notes
Secured by Govt. Bonded
Warehouse Receipts
, (By the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 27. Senator
Pomerene conferred last night with
Senator Callinger, who insisted up
on opposition to the confirmation of
Federal Trade Commissioner Ruble.
An attempt will now be made tojover
ride Galiinger
Democrats to Present Solid Front.
The President and congressional
leaders are reaching an agreement
whereby a solid front can be main
tained on all issues except prepared
ness. ' The elimination of complet
government ownership provisions
brings the support of formerly'; op
posing leaders for the sTiip purchase
bill. Hairmony is anticipated on the
tariff commission plan. Amend
ments to the Philippines bill brings
the party together on that. ;
Lever Bill Favorably Reported. ;
The Lever bill authorizing a sys
tem of warehouses licensed and bond
ed on the authority of the Federal
government was favorably repojrted
today by the House agriculture com
mittee. Passage of the bill will en
able farmers to store crops and dis
count notes secured by warehouse re
ceipts, Underwood Opposed to Tariff
Commission.
Washington, Jan. 27 Senator Un
derwood, author of the present tar
iff law, today announced his opposi
tion to the tariff commission. He
says the government has sufficient
agencies, especially the Department
of Commerce, to obtain all facts
needed.
Great Petition Against
Munitions Shipments.
Submission by Senator Kenyon of
a petition bearing 1,0'S8,000 names
against munitions shipments stirred
the Senate today. Both Klappe and
Kenyon denounced the shipments.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press.)
ADEN ATTACKED BY.
OTTOMAN FORCES.
Berlin, Jan. 27. Twenty thou
asnd British defending the Ara
bian seaport of Aden are under
heavy attack by Arabs and the
Turks. The city is reported to
be in danger of capture.
FRANZ JOSEF'S CONDITION
CRITICAL?
Rome, Jan. 27. It is reported
that Emperor Franz Josef of
Austria has suffered two apo
plectic strokes and that his con
dition is critical.
CROZIER AGAINST GOVT.
OWNED ARMOR FACTORY
Washington, Jan. 26. Estimates
were given the Senate Military com
mittee today by Brigadier General
Crozier, chief or ordnance, showing
that a plant costing $400,000,000,
operated by a force of 750,000 work
men, would be required to manufac
ture ammunition and war materials
necessary to keep an army of a mil
lion men in the field and equip an ad
ditional million recruits. "
General Crozier etrongiy disap
proved any proposal for , government
monopoly of the manufacture of war
supplies, insisting that best results
could be accomplished by relying up
on private establishments to 'supple
ment the output of government plants
in time of wan' 1
LYNCHING FAULT OF
OFFICIALDOM, SAYS
THE CHIEF JUSTICE
Clark Replies to Governor's
Speech to Charlotte
Conference
A FAULTY JURY SYSTEM
Too Many-Challenges The
Lawyers Help to Cheat
, Justice-r-"End Carnival
of Homicide" Trouble
of Long Standing, Says
(Special. to The Free Press)
Raleigh, Jan. 27. The people of
North Carolina are on the whole
law-abiding and the chief cause for
lynchings, which are not so frequent
after all in the State, is the faulty
system of gettiing jurors, declared
Chief Justice Walter Clark in a
lengfhy statement issued late yester
day in reply to Governor Craig's
Charlotte speech, In which the Chief
Executive criticized the Supreme
Court's head for "Maiming the courts"
and excusing the mob which recently
lynched a negro In Wayne county for
murder.' The Governor spoke after
reading from a letter written by the
Chief Justice to John D. Langston of
Goldsboro.
"It is astounding that Governor
Craig should intimate that in my let
ter to Mr. Langston. I excused the
mob who hanged the negro Richards,"
says the Chief Justice in the state
ment. "The letter begins with de
nuneiation of the lynching and states
that-it was anarchy, and there Is not
a line of apology in it for those who
committed the offense."
''The cause of it is not with our
people, hut with officialdom."
The statement says: "There would
be no lynching if the public were sat
isfied that they would be protected
against murder by an efficient admin
istration of law against murder. Our
people are as much opposed to
lynching as any in the world, and
they all earnestly desire that crime
should be prevented by the courts.
But the average man is not willing
that the present carnival of homicide
in North Carolina shall continue in
order that a few lawyers may make
cheap reputations and good fees by
acquitting murderers through the ex
cessive number of challenges and the
other devices by which justice Is
cheated in the courts. The Gover
nor thinks that I should specify. But
no one case of acquittal of a guilty
murderer, nor any dozen, nor the
the lack of confidence caused by any
one judge nor the excessive use of the
pardoning power by any one gover
nor has brought about this state of
things. The trouble is of long stand
ing, else the people would not have
been goaded on in any occasion to
take the law in their own hands."
The remedy, says Judge Clark, "is
to so reduce the number of challenges
and so change the system of getting
a jury as to make the administration
of justice certain."
ANNUAL DEBATE A. &
M. AND THE A, P. I.
(Special to The Free Press )
West Haleigh, Jan. 27. Friday
night A. & M. College and Alabama
Polytechnic Institute will hold their
second debate. A. & M. will be re
presented by J. F. Williams of
Mecklenburg - county and D. A.
Moore of Moore county, who will up
hold the affirmative of the proposi
tion, "Resolved That Great Britain's
policy of non-interference in i- the
people's "affairs makes for a higher
civilization . that , Germany's method
of governmental control."
NATIVE OF WILMINGTON
v - DiES' IN BALTIMORE
Baltimore, Jan. 26. James Har
vey Payne, a civil engineer and a na
tive of Wilmington,' N. C, died here
today after a short illness. A' trip
to South 'America recently Is said to
have affected.hisnealthi ,' . . -v
UNITED STATES NOW
IS INVOLVED WITH
TWO MODERATIONS
"Crows to Pick" With Italy
and France Blockade
and Armed Merchantmen
Causes for Contention
v (By. the United Press)
Washington, Jan. 27.- -The diplo
matic problems continued to multiply'
today, - France, being drawn tnto the
controversy over the blockade against
Germany and Italy ever mounting of
guns on liners.
With England the lines are drawn
for a renewal of negotiations over
the order in Council. With Germany
the negotiations over the Lusitania
have been suffered a. slight respite,
while Berlin considers the United
States' demands.
Arbitration ' of the proposed "ac
tual" blockade is expected to be the
final, outcome. The administration
sympathizes with the Austrian view
that, armed merchantmen are not
"peaceful," it ,is hinted. v " "
Allies May Present Joint Reply.' '
London, Jan. 27. A joint note
signed by all the Allies replying to
the protests of neatrtfls" on alleged
trade interferences, is in contempla
tion. ' , - . . . ,
Partial Prohibition Imports. .
London, Jan. 27. The British gov
ernment has kted uPon partial
prohibition of, importation of many
an article not, absolutely necessary,
to relieve the shipping situation, it
was announced today in the House of
Commons. The United States will
be hit. the hardest. Imports of wood
pulp, glass and tobacco wiU be" lim
ited. ' Vl.ffi;: K,i.'Vv'
DENIES SHE PLANNED
MURDER PHYSICIAN
Mrs. Mohr Still On Stand Relates
Indignities Suffered-Flat No to
Questions If She Plotted to Put
Him Out of Way Had Hoped for
Reconciliation, Accused Declares
(By the United Press) ,
Providence, Jan. 27. Mrs. Mohr
continued on the stand today relat
ing the indignities she suffered at
the hands of the murdered Doctor
Mohr. She flatly denie! that she
planned to kill him, and said that
she had hoped for their reconcilia
tion.
NO NEW ITEMS FOR THE
RIVERS & HARBORS BILL
Washingjon, Jan. 26. The Rivers
and Harbors committee voted today
to include no new projects in its for
to include no new projects in fti
forthcoming bill but to confine , ap
proprlations solely to projects al
ready authorized, thus limiting the
total to approximately $44,000,000.
IMPRESSING THE FACT
ON TRINITY STUDENTS
That Wake Forest Basketball Quint.
Defeated Methodists Score Paint
ed on Buildings and Everything
Baptists Accused "Vandalism" '
Don't Blame All, Request of ' W. F.
Faculty
(Special to The Free Press) '
Durham," Jan. 27. There will, be
proescution if the faculty of Trinity
College can discover who painted the
inscription, "W. F. C. 28 T, C. 20,"
on dormitories and other buildings,
lamp-posts and lamps, steps, ' gate
posts, seats and the flagpole at the
college, following a basketball game
between ' Trinity and Wake Forest
quints, in which the latter were the
winners. " A handkerchief, paint
smeared, bearing the name of a Wake
Forest .student, is the only evidence
so far except empty paint cans.' Trin
ity professors call the painting "van
dalism." ; Wake Forest faculty mem
bers regret the act, but say the en
tire student body should not be blam
ed for the' work of a few "over-teal-
ntn1 mpffl .
NO MISCEOTOTfON,
says jury in case
jonescouNty pair
Pcnuel White Enough to Be
Husband of Woman With
Whom " He Was Accused.
Father of Latter Wanted
to Drop Case' Before '
- The jury was given the case a few
minutes to one, and in about three
mimit8v time was back with 'a ver
dict 'of not guilty.
The Penuels prepared immediate-.
ly to go back to Jones county to
take, up their, residence .unmolested.
The witnesses and others who came
here with them, including many rel
atives of the couple, left this after
noon. It was stated authoritatively
that before the' case ever came to
the Superior Court the young wom
an's father, who ad opposed the
Ynamsge, declared a "desire -t nave
the prosecution stopped, to whiohf the
State: would not agree,:! He had no
money .with "Which ,to prosecute j the
case himself,, he is said to have re-
marked, and was willing tihat the
couple should live together, w
, After, spending nearly the .whole
day in She preliminaries and hearing
evidence, argument was commenced
in the Penuel case in Superior Court
late ' Wednesday. CSaud Penuel, a
Jones county youth, and Cora Penuel,
Ms wife by the statements of both,
are charged witVmlscegnation. "Mr,
G. V. Cowper, for that defense? spoke
first,', and court was adjourned' after
his address. Col, W. D. Pollock as
sisting .Solicitor. Shaw, was the-$rst
to apeak, this merning. Mr,. Fred. L
, Sutton foirPentiaVf. Solicitor
were yet to .speakat 10 o'clock.. It
was generally conceded that the girl,'
a country maid; who states that she '
was married to Penuel in Norfolk
shortly before : they were arrested
here a few weeks ago, would be
found not guilty of at least be dis
missed at the conclusion of the trial.
According to court officials who
heard all of the about 15 'witnesses
examined Wednesday, the jury will
have to say whether Penuel m legal
ly white, or by having a certain
quantity of negro blood in his veins,
colored. It was (brought out in the
evidence that his grandmother on
one side was a mixed-breed. She
was the child of a slave-owner's
daughter who became infatuated with
a black on a Jones county plantation.
it is alleged. If Penuel has inherited
a certain proportion of his part-colored
ancestor's taint, in the opinion .
of the jury, he will' stand convicted
for the purity of the race and liable
to imprteonment.. , ,
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS
OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS
R. L. Leon of Maxton and M. C.
Mclver of South Carolina spent Wed
nesday at Maysville looking over the
field for a barrel and stave mill
there.
There has been a considerable de
crease in the number of grip cases at
New Bern. At one time there were
200 sufferers there.
This will be the most prosperous
year in the history of Eastern Caro
lina, Col. H. S. Leard believes. The
Norfolk Southern's General Passen
ger Agent is in this section looking
after the company's interests.
GUION MIGHT BE MADE
' AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE
(By .the Eastern Press)
'New Bern, Jan. 27-Jt is believed
here that if President Wilson ,'p- :
points JJdge W." R., Allen to the Su
preme Court bench, former Judge O. :
II. Guion of this city will be named
to t the North X Carolina f Supreme .
Court to succeed Judge-Allen. . Such
is the prevalent belief in v Raleigh, It :
is understood . here, '- . '" " '" ''
y Judge Guion would; probably have
the support of Senator Simmons. The
two are close friends.'
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