DAILY thbwbXthbk ' 1 1 -' VOL. XVHwNo. 211. SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28- 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE'CENTS ON TRAINS LOUIS D; BRANDpS 0 E BOSTON NAMED TO SUCCEED ASSOCIATE JUSTICE J. R. LAMAR , .-.I. .,.' ...... - ALLIES WILL HOLD ONLY TWO POSITIONS Of THF Pitt . I 1 . i .-v. 1 ? Albania With Exception of One Seaport Now licing Evacuated 7' NAVAL BATTLE EXPECTED CIVILIANS URGE NO PRESIDENT MAY GET SHARP RETORTS FOR NINETEEN FHTEEN-SIXTEEN TOBACCO SALES SEASON HERE CAME TO A CLOSE TODAY; CONSIDERED SUCCESSFUL YEAR PUNISHMENT THREE ARMY IIEIMANTS ALLUSION TO LIARS ON THE UNITED STAT ES SUPREME BENCH (By the United Press.) s Washington.-Jan. 28. Hon. Louis D. Brandeis, noted Boston' barrister,; was today nominated for Associate Justice of the .United States Supreme Court to fill the place made vacant by the death of Associate Justice Jos eph.. Lamar of Georgia. Mr. Brandeis name was sent to the Senate for confirmation. ' : Among the favorite sons which have been prominently mentioned. f or the place and most generally considered as probabilities "by the public at large, Mr. Brandeis' name had not before been included. , Mr.' Brandeis is one of the nation's most distinguished lawyers.' A He has been engaged in the trial of many of the most prominent causes of the country, and on several occasions has been called in by the Government to' care for itrinterests in big suits and causes. ARREST FIVE MEN FOR ROBBING CHICAGO BANK I . - Daring Holdup In Business District Meii'ThreW $10,000 From a Win doit (Before Being Captured by the Police Small Fortune, Was Re covered From Street by Newsboy. (By the United Press) Chicago, Jan. 28. Five men ar rested as suspects in a spectacular bank robbery yesterday threw $10, OOff in currency out of a window, which was recovered by a newsboy. Nervy Holdup. , Chicago, 111., Jan. 27 Four youths, all believed to be under 20 years of age. otday entered the Washington Park National Bank, forced the 20 officers, employes and patrons to face the wall with their hands in the air, scooped up. $15,000 from the teller's cage, and escaped jn an automobile, Althdugti every available policeman and detective was placed on their . trail Immediately- no clue had leen found tonSght as to the Identity " of the bandits. MRSMpKR .MIXED UP IN HER ANSWERS (By the United Press) , iProvidence, Jan. 2ft Mrs. Mohr was again 0 badly confused on the stand today. when undergoing cross examination - by Attorney General iRice.i She was mixed in the date of the death of her mother. The last " question' was followed with inquiries of the frequency and number of beat ings at the' hands of her husband. I. KING PUDGES BRITAIN kTO;YINDIMIE -WORLD London; Jan. 27. Parliament was prorogued today until February .15. In the progrogation r King George said .', -' "We shall not lay down our arms until we have vindicated the cause which carries with it the future of civilisation." r t . The, speech of the King probably was the briefest on record on such an occasion.- ,-' AGED HATTERS AIDED BY FUND, DONATED BY LABOR , (By the United Press.) New, Xork, ' Jan. 28. Secretary Martin Lawler today declared he be lieved enough money had been con tributed by union' labor to indemnify all the aged Daixbury hatters who lost their all in the recent Sherman trust -law decision. FASTEST SKATERS ; v t COMPETE AT CHICAGO. Chfeago, . Jan. 28.Ice records were expected to go by the boards here today when the world's fastest skaters gathered here for the inter national- ice skating championship neet. The meet is to last three days. . None but stars are entered. Nearly very contestant entered must do a tnile in 3.00 or better. The follow ing cities have entries: Toronto, Montreal, Saranae', Lake, Cleveland, ew York, Des Moines, the Twin Cat- and Chicago. . . - ' i COUNTRY LOOKING FOR ACTION, SAYS President Tells New York Hearers That He Values Liberty and Honor of United States More Than Peace. Busy Day On Occasion of First Speeches of His Preparedness Campaign. (Special to The Free Press) Washington, Jan. 28. The coun try looks for" action, said President Wilson in one of his three addiresses here yesterday and last night, from the party in power. "Woe to any man who plays marplot or who seeks to make party politics or personal ambition take precedence over can dor, honor and unselfish, unpartisan service." He addressed the Moving Picture Board of Trade, the Railway Business Men's1 Association and t' Federation of Churches. The Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson, who accom panied him, had a very busy day4 of it Militia escorted' him on a drive downtown. s " 7- "If we are drawn, into the mael strom which now. surges in Europe we shall not be permitted to do the high things we would prefer," was one .declaration, America must be prepared, to protect the nation and the rights of its citizens, he stated, adding that he values the liberty and honor of the United States more than peace. THE ODDEST STORY IN THE DAYS' NEWS Hastings, Minn., Jan, 28. Club women of this little city, proud of being located in the Father of Wa ters, tired of eating the stream and organized a pure ice plant, after some one wrote a popular ballad, "Frozen Mud for Lemonade." At the end of the first year the women rebated $169.29 to their customers. GENERAL WOOD WANTS f TWO MIlM RESERVES Washington, Jan. . 27. The posi tion of the United States In a war torn world.- was described to ihe House military committee today by Major General Leonard Wood as like that of "a ship at sea, with typhoon signals coming from many direc tions." "We are living in an era of war," he aid, "and gradually are accumu lating most of the troubles of the world. A regular army of 220,000 fully trained and always under arms with at least two million reserves behind them should be provided he urged to meet this situation. STATE COMMITTEE TO MEET IN MARCH (By the. Eastern Press) New Bern, Jan.;, 28. Democratic State Chairman T. D. Warren has his hand on the "pulse" of the party in North Carolina, fee -thinks, and is very optimistic over the outcome of the coming election.-, The party will have a victory never equalled in the State, he says. The State commit tee will meet in March, probably during the first week, to "start the ball rolfing." Mr. Warren ia now making preparations for the com mittee meeting. Clash 'Between Vleets Near Valona Within Ten Days, It Is Believed Future Campaign to Attempt to Retake Ground in East (Ky the United Press) London. Jan. 28. liritiah casual ties to January 9 totalled &39.4C7, of the number 128,1.'!8 were killed, it is announced. Big Naval Battle Expected. Rome, Jan. 28. Albania, with the exception of the port of Valona is being evacuated by the Allies. That port is being heavily fortified, while Austrian and Bulgarian detachments are closing in from the north and east. The greatest naval battle of the war ia expected when the fleets at tempt to aid their respective forces at the port, within" ten days. Valona and Saloniki will be the only points held by the Allies on the entire pen insula. They will be bases for a fu ture campaign to recover the lost ground. England Interested In Balkan News. London, Jan. 28. Exclusive dis patches to the United Press from Rome reporting the evacuation of Al bania, except Valona, caused great (Continued on Page Three) PLAIN LANGUAGE IN ilGAN NOTE TO rf "Vexatiously inquisitorial" Has ; Been That Nation In Regard to Mails of the Neutrals, Page Instruct ed to Inform Authorities (Special to The Free Press) Washington, Jan. 28. The con tents of a note to Ambassador Page, instructing him to enter a "formal and vigorous" protest against Brit ish interference with neutral mails, have been made public. The note was sent to the Ambassador at Lon don several weeks ago. Instances of , detentions are cited. The alleged illegality of the British action is pointed out Even official dispatches of this government have been treated in a manner considered by Washington "vexatiously inquis itorial." "Strong feeling is being aroused by the unwarranted inter ferences," Ambassador Page was in structed to inform the British gov ernment A prompt reply is requested. BULLETINS (By the United Press) FLOODS MAKE MANY HOMELESS Memphis, Jan. 28. A thous and families are homeless be cause of " flooded Arkansas riv ers. . Train service in sections is suspended. COALITION ENDORSED BY LABOR MEN. Bristol, Eng, Jan. 28. By majority of 5 ..to X the represent-; tatlves .of two million worker! meeting beret approved today the action of labor members ia the House of Commons eatering into coalition with the government. Petitions Circulated Ask Leniency for the Officers Who' .Led Troops Across Border to Try to Retake l'risoncrs from Mexicans (By tho United Press) Brownsville, Texas, Jan. 28. Tlie military and civil elements on the American side of the border are di vided on tho case of the three arrest ed army oftVers who lwl men into Mexico yesterday. A courtmurtial has been prepared. Citizens are cir culating petitions to suspend discip linary measures. Kidnapped Men Returned; CroAsed River for Drink. Brownsville, Texas, Jan. 27. Pri vates William C. Wheeler and Viggo Pederson, of Battery 1), Fourth Field Artillery, who were kidnapped late yesterday by Mexicans and taken from the border, were rescued by Carranza soldiers and brought to Matamoras today,. They were turn ed over to American authorities dressed in Mexican clothes. Wheeler and Pedexsen said they were decoyed to the Mexican side of the river by the promise of a drink of "mescal" by a Mexican who ap peared on the bank while they were swimming. v Wheeler said the Mexi can did not appear to be a soldier, but when surrounded by eight Mexi cans later some distance from the bank they found their captors were all soldiers. , Both men ; were turned over to U. S. Consul Johnson of Matamoras, who delivered them to Fort Brown, where tTrcyTlre held in the guard house. 1 BELIEVED BIG SHIP WITH TWO ABOARD WENT Damages Lifeboats of Ap pam, New British Liner. Picked Up Thought to Have Been Sunk OiT the North Coast of Africa (By the United Press) London, Jan. 28. The African lin er Appam, with 200 passengers and crew on board, is believed certain to have .been .sunk. Was New Ship. Hull, Erfg., Jan. 28. The African liner Appam is believed to have been sunk off the Moroccan coast. She left French Senegal for Liverpool on January 11. Damaged lifeboats . . have been picked up. The Appam was one of the largest and newest of British merchant ships. HALF MILLION PAID OUT TITANIC CLAIMS (By the United Press) New York, Jan. 28. Half a mil lion dollars was distributed by bank ers today in settlement of claims of survivors of the Titantic and rela tive of victims. WARDEN SALES DIES FOLLOWING STRAIN OF DOUBLE EXECUTION OF NEGROES AT PENITENTIARY IN RALEIGH EARLY TODAY (By the United Presa) i Raleigh, Jan. 28 Succumbing to the strain at the electrocution of Ed. Walker and Jeff Dorsett, negroes. Warden, T,. P. Sales died in a few min utes after the double execution at the Stale Prison today. , lie had been the warden eight year. ' . Warden Sales was well-known - in Congressmen Who Take In timation Upon Themsel ves Will Talk Back OFF FOR WEST TONIGHT To Attend Cabinet Dinner and Leave at 12 on His Speaking Tour Bryan Fires a Parting Shot "From Winter Residence (By the United Press) Washington, Jan. 28. Official Washington is today asking itself who are alleged liars on Mexkfn affairs referred to by the President in one of his New York speeches. Sharp fetorts in Congress are expected from members who have been parti cular critics of the Administration's Mexican policy. The President and Mrs. Wilson re turned this morning. He will at tend a cabinet dinner tonight and leaye at midnight on his western tour.' H is 'believed the President will be in finhting mood all tho way, as in dicated by the unequivocable terms he used last night. "Good Bye" Word From Bryan. Miami, Fla., Jan. 28. As a bon voyage message to the President. W. J. Bryan today issued a statement challenging the executive to outline his reasons for preparedness. He says the President's program of work is a complete revolution of national ideals. TILLMAN IN SENATE DEFENDS SECPRY POLICIES His Virtues and Not Faults Worry Selfish Interests, Says South Carolinian In Debate Armor Plate, Liquor, Etc (By the United Press) Washington, Jany. 28. Harness ing navigable rivers to develops 27, 000,000 horse-power as a conserva tion move was advocated by Secre tary of War Garrison today before the House Commerce Committee. He pointed to the great saving of coal. He said the use of watorpower should be regulated by the government. Daniela All Right, Says Tillman. Enemies of Secretary Daniels, chiefly seifnh interests like the ar mor plate, liquor and political, have been offended by the virtues, and not the faults of his administration. Senator Tillman declared today in debate. Strict Election Publicity Laws. . Washington, Jan. 28. Three very strict election publicity laws were today favorably reported. Senator Kern's makes necessary the publicity of expenditures before election, and (Continued on Page Four) the State, and bore an excellent rep utation. His administration : of the prison waa very successful. . Numer ous feforma had been achieved dur ing his incumbency. . : Dorsett and Walker were the first prisoners in this State to go to death together. , They robbed and murder ed John Swain ih Guilfl 3 county. Planters Timid at Opening In September, Marketed Very Slowly Until Fair Prices Became a Fact Not Less Than Sixteen Million Pounds of the Weed Sold, Most Conservative Estimates Have It Statistics By Board Trade in Few Days Quality Averaged Good Rec- ord for Kinston's History Was i,ot Equalled Last Day's Business Was Small Prices As Good as In Mid season, However TRIED EDITOR FOR TECHNICAL ASSAULT ON YOUNG A'TORNEY 4Not Guilty', One Said Other Wasn't Reliable, T'other Said First Was a Contemptible Dog and Got Mad Foy A. Vause, a LaGrange editor, arraigned on tho change of assault ing L. L. Levinson, a lawyer of the same town, was found not guilty in Superior Court today. The Warrant against Vause also charged profan-. itq, but that charge was dropped when Judge Allen decided that the municipal ordinance under which Vause was indiqted was void because it was not specific enough in tho penalty feature. The assault of which Vause was accused was not alleged to have been actual. Levinson slated this morning that VauBO had made a harmful state ment about him in connection with Levinson's interest, in a legal capa city, in a recent controversy of some sort in LaGrange, and that he had called for a retraction. He hoped the retraction would be forthcoming to end the matter. George Faville, a newspaperman, described a near encounter between Levinson and Vauso Thursday. Levinson, he said, was tajking with another party about the matter, when Vause came up and declared that he was solely responsible for what had been print ed about the attorney. , Vause called Levinson a "contemptible cur" and used monosylabic profanity. He seemed to bo in a mood for combat. Levinson informed him early in their conversation that he was not desir ous to speak with him. but would prefer talking with a man "liable j and reliable," which Vause was neith- or of. Disinterested parties stopped ' the affair before blows were passed. Vause ,was haled before the Record er and fined $5. He appealed. The jury in the case of State vs. Joe Harper, charged with having too much whisky, remained out all night, and did not return a verdict until about 11 o'clock today, when it de clared the defendant "not guilty." BIG SLUMP IN COTTON PRICES TODAY'S MARKET About 25 bales of cotton were sold here today by 3 o'clock, the best price paid being 11c, The market was off considerably from Thursday's high est. New York futures quotations were: Open Close March 11.82 11.86 May 12.03 12.11 July 12.17 12.23 October .12.17 12,21 December ....12.30 ; f 12.35 CANADA EXPERIMENTS WITH HERD BUFFALOES f Winnipeg, Man., Jan. 28. The al most extinct buffalo may roam the northern plains in great herds once more. The Canadian government is today conducting experiments look ing toward that. Four bulls and six teen females of the species catalo. hybrid buffalo, have been placed in Buffalo Park, Wainright, Aha. The ,1915-16 tobacco sales season' closed with today's sales.' The last day's breaks were small, but it ' is worth mentioning that the prices ob- taining here were practically as good, taking everything into consid- eration, as in mldseason. The season was very successful, in spite of all the handicaps. War Con ditions wer responsible for a num her of drawbacks, of course, and thp , first sales in September were not es-. pecially interesting as a result. Thei planters waited to see what the 'mar- -ket would do, and sold slowly - all along until it was evident that- good prices were established for the sea- son. . Just how much was paid out here this season for the weed cannot he estimated. No tobacconist will be quoted on' that, nor the average price. The exact total of, the weed sold is not to be learned. The Tobacco Board of Trade expects to have all tht statistics available by the" first -of next week Most conservative es timates put the quantity handled du ring the five months : at 16,000,000 pounds, which was not' the record's equal by millions, of pounds. . All in all. the tobacconists and tho planters invariably agree, the season was very satisfactory, both as - to prices and quality. AGED MAN WHO HAH LOST1 JOB ;SUICIDED AT NEW BERN TODAY (By the Easterti Press) New Bom, Jan.' 28. Frank Aug uustine, 70, a Confederate veteran suicided today by leaping out of the third story of the Jaroes Hotel, in the business section. He was kill ed instantly. Augustine attempted to kill him self several weeks ago with a knife, and was but three days out of a hos pital. Despondency over the loss of a position was responsible for his acts, it is thought. He was a book keeper. NEWS OF THE DAY TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 28. Horse racing on ice was a feature today of the Northwest Outdoor Carnival that will last until February 5. Purses aggregate $2,000. Horace Irvine Is sponsoring the race program. La Fayette, Ind., Jan. 28. Chica go and Purdue indoor track teams are to met-t here today in the first Big Nine meet of the season. Winnipeg, Man.. Jan. 28. Drys and wets were today in the midst of the campaign preceding the vote to be taken on prohibition in Manitoba, at a general election March 10th. WAKE FOREST EXPECTED APOLOGIZE TO TRINITY (Special to The Free Press) Wake Forest, Jan. 28--It is re garded here as practically , certain that Wake Forest atudents did the painting at Trinity College, Durham, described by members' of the facul ty of the latter as "vandalism," in celebrating a basketball victory, of the Baptists . ever the Methodists Members of the basketball team de ny, however, that .anjr of them had anything io do with it. 1 With the re turn of President Potest, who is ab sent from 'the college, Wake Forest is expected to make an spo!ojy,