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VOL. XVII. No. 215
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, : THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1916
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INVESTIGATION OF FITNESS OF BRANDOS
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CHEERED AS LANDED
ON AMERICAN SOIL
USE FORCE UPHOLD
AMERICANS' RIGHTS
WH OFFENSIVE BY
GERMANS FORESEEN
BY BERLIN PUBLIC
Citizens Elated Over Activ
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Capture of Appam- Un
true Story Americans
Warned Off Ships
SECTION, THINKS NEW ENGLAND
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(By the United Press)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. Behind closed doors the in
vestigation ol the fitness of Louis Brandeis for the Su
preme Court bench was opened today by the Senate sub
committee.1 Clifford Thorne
sioner, is opposed to Brandeis because he said the rail
roads needed money when asking for a five per cent, rate
increase.
Brandeis' friends are confident of his confirmation,
END OF THE 10HR
TRIAL IS IN SIGHT
First Speech for the Defense to Be
Started by Negro Attorney Late
Today Accused Woman and Ne
groes Implicated With Her Will
Know Their Fates Before Many
Djys, Indicated
(By the United Press)
I Providence, Feb. 8. The end of
the trial of Mrs. Mohr and two ne
groes,' accused of complicity in the
Mohr murder, is in sight. John Ed
wards negro counsel for H. Spell
man, is' to deliver the first of the
three closing arguments for the de
fense, starting late today.
BULCAME ALL RIGHT
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It really happened. The eclipse,
local!, at least, 'was a success. As
tronomers who had staked their re
putations on the prediction that the
sun and moon would get together to
day, with partial elimination of the
former from the skyscape have no
explaining to do. In nowspapers'afl
over the country they had forecast
ed that the eclipse, would pass over
half the world, including the United
States and parts of both of the great
oceans." Father F. L. Odenba'ck of
St. Ignatius College, Cleveland, had
furnished a number of papers with a
tip that there would be no visible
eclipse, but The Free Press .for one
was not willing' to take the good fath
er's word for if. He may have be
;nevd .that it would be a cloudy day,
but he was (taking a big risk in dis
puting the opinion of hundreds of
other skilled astronomers.
' It wasnt a really remarkable
eclipse. Besides, it 'was delayed for
some time by bothersome clouds. But
an eclipse it was a partial eclipse,
Just as 'ad been forecasted, with a
little corner of the sun hidden by
the moon.
The eclipse,, according to some
whose belief may 'or may not have
been well founded, was responsible
for the bad weather of the past 48
hours.' There was sleet in abundance
and some snow Wednesday night and
early this morning. The official pre
diction is that it, will jemain clear
for some time now, however, but will
be much- colder. . In , fact, freezing
temperature may come tonight.
SEVEN CABLE LINES
ABJE OUT OF BUSINESS
. London, Feb. 3. Seven of ; Eu
rope's cables tov America have mys
teriously been put out of business.
The remainder are badly Overburd
ened. It is believed cable" - cutting
submarines did the job.
clirk ame!:d:.ient .
5pa::d in senate
Washington ' Feb.! -Vice-President
Marshall 'cast deciding vote
in the Senate today on: the- Phdlip
jrine hll helping to pass the Clark
amendment to withdraw the sover
eignty of the United States from the
islands not sooner than two years
nd not later than four. Fifteen of
the Democrat voted against it.
- "SSBBSWea -
The 14-months-oId son of A. E.
Stepp and -jfe 0f pjtt C0UJTty j, je,
from the effects of drinking a pint of
kerosene. Several months ago the
Stepps lost a small firl by an acci
dent, ter clothes having caught fire
from an open grate and the child
of Iowa, railroad commis
KEATING BILL IS
PASSED IN HOUSE
Vote 376 to 46 Now Goes to Sen
ate Opposition From Southern
ers Webb of North Carolina Held
It to Be Unconstitutional Heavy
Penalties for Interstate Shipment
Washington, Feb. 2.The Keat
ing child labor bill, barring from in
terstate commerce the products of
child labor, was passed by the House
today, 337 to 4(5 ,and now goes to
the Senate. It imposes heavy penal
ties for interstate shipment of any
commodity made in whole or in part
by children under sixteen working in
mines or quarries, or by children
under fourteen working in mills, can
neries, workshops nr manufacturing,
establishments. Where children are
employed at night or more than ' 8
hours a day in this latter class of
industries, the minimum age is six
teen instead of fourteen.
The House spent the entire day
debating the Wllw Opposition came
largely from the South. Representa
tive Webb of North Carolina, chair
man of the House judiciary commit
tee, urged that It was unconstitution
al and sought unsuccessfully to ex
empt the children of widows from its
operations. V
TURKISH CROWN PRINCE
A SUICIDE, IS REPORT
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Feb. 3. Constantinople
dispatches today confirmed the sui
cide of Prince Yussof Izzedjn, heir
apparetn to the Turkish throne. He
severed the arteries in an arm.
Was In 111 Health.
London, Feb. 2. The suicide of
Yussof Izzedin, heir apparent to the
Turkish throne, is reported in a dis
patch received by Router's Telegram
Company from Oonstantiinop'ie ' by
way of Berlin. ' .
The message says the crown prince
ended his life by cutting arteries, in
his palace at 7 o'clock yesterday
morning. Ill health is given as the
reason.
fAKE FOREST-TRINITY
INCIDENT CLOSED WITH
A CO mm DISAVOWAL
Wake Forest, Feb. 2 Six students
of Waken Forest College were sus
pended, all inter-collegiate athletes
were placed on probation for the re
mainder of the present term and a
resolution disavowing the act of cer
tain of the students -who recently
participated in the painting episode
at Trinity College was passed by the
faculty 'of Wake Forest College at a
meeting held last night. .
; The resolution passed reads: Re
sol vedr "That the college disavows
the action of certain of its students
in defacing the property of Trinity
College,; with proper apologies and
the assurance of reparation." ' ! ,
REPORT OF TODAY'S .
" COTTON! QUOTATIONS
Less than a dozen bales of cotton
had been sold her today by 3 o'
clock, with the best price paid about
111-4. V .
New York futures quotations were:
-V?: '' '- Open . Close
March ...11.93 11-94
May .. ............. .12.12 12.13
JulyTr ....... .... 12.22 126
October .. ........ V.. 12.C6 12.30
December .f ii33 12.42
Prize Ship Moved to New
port News; Berg Gets
Orders from U. S.
BRITISH ASK RELEASE
Say There Is No Right for
Holding Vessel in Neu
tral Port Convention of
The Hague Violated, Al
leged (By lths United Press)
Washington, Feb. 3. The Ap
pam is a, war prize in the official
view of the United States, Secre
tary Lansing , announced today.
It is learned that but few of the
passengers were landed this
morning.
Crew Still in Charge of Ship.
Washington, Feb. 3. The Appam
is how held by her German crew at
Newport News. She i3 a German
lawful prize of war, temporarily at
least, by formal announcement. A
declaration that this government will
observe German rights and the eon-;
tentioatnat she a'TrUC a'fid hot a
naval auxiliary are expected Ito be
made today.
A vigorous protest is expected
from the "British as soon as the final
formal announcement is made.
England wiil demand that this gov
ernment observThe Hague conven
tion, which says a prize in a neutral
port must be turned over to the ori
ginal owners. This clause was nev
er ratified by-the United States or
England, while the treaty of 1828
with Germany was. Internment of
the German crew is expected.
Was Captor Moewe or Ponga?
Newport News, Feb. 3.-yThe Ap
pam unloaded her prisoners this
morning. There is increased mys
tery over the sea raider which cap
tured her. The captains of 4 British
vessels declared that the raider was
the converted fruit steamer Ponga,
and not the Moewe. The Germans
insist the ship was the Moewe. The
passengers cheered as they were
taken to a dock. They told the story
of the fisht on board the Clan Mac
Tavish, which stood oft the raider for
an hour with one 3-inch gun. She
was finally blown to pieces by broad
sides and torpedoes. German boats
rushed to the scene and rescued four
of the crew.
Commander Takes Orders
Old Point Comfort,' Va., Feb. 3.
Lieutenant Berg of the German na
val' reserve, is holding the command
of the prize ship Appam untif this
government determines the vessel's
status. He is to take instructions
from the American officials. All the
passengers on board Were informed
by Collector of he Port Hamilton
last night that they were free to j
leave the ship. A passenger asked
if they could consider themselves un- j
der American protection. Lieuten
ant Berg objected to the term "Am
erican protection," and was repri
manded by the Collector, "You have
sought protection under the Ameri
can flag," declared Mr. Hamilton;
Awhile you are in these waters you
wilf be afforded protection, and all
the others wiU be given similar pro
tection."; Berg made the contention
that on board the .Appam the British
passengers " were equivalent to being
on German soil. Hamilton assured
him that such was. not the case. The
Britishers cheered Hamilton. Those
allowed to leave the ship do not in
clude the prize crew,' the Appam 'a
crew and twelve passengers who the
Germans say have military connec
tions. .
BLACK IS HELD FOR ,
ATTEIPTED ASSAULT
Elizabeth City, Feb. 2. George
Berryman, a negro, thirty-five years
old, is in jail here charged with at
tempted criminal assault upon . the
four-year-old daug-hter of Mrs. I. G.
Phillips of Bethel, Perquimans county.
(By the United Press)
Berlin. Feb. 3. The capture of
the Appam, the zeppelin raids over
England and Paris and the new ag
gressive activity of the submarines
are accepted here as preludes to a
general new offensive. News of the
Appam capture was received with
the greatest enthusiasm. A sensa
tional story that President Wilson is
to ullow no Americans to travel on
belligerent ships has been received
with disbelief here.
NOTE TO THE STATE
DEPT BY SATURDAY
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Bernstorf f Expected to
Settle Dispute Should
Be In the Ambassador's
Hands In 4S Hours
(By the United Press)
v Washington Feb. 3. Ambassador
Von Bernstorff today received a Ber
litf cable' telling that a memorandums
on the Lusitania. answering the last
American note, is on its way to him.
It fs believed it will arrive here Fri
day or Saturday.
It will be communicated to the
State Department Saturday. It is
thought to be calcula.d to end the
long dispute.
S. J. BUSBEE TO BE
NEW WARDEN STATE
PRISON AT
(By W. J. MARTIN)
Ralejgh, Feb. 3. The State's pris
on directors are meeting to solect a
warden. They have conferred with
Governor Craig. An agreement has
been reached for the election of S. J.
Busbee, who has been in the prison
guard service many years.
Busbee will succeed Warden Sale,
who died several days ago of heart
failure, following the double execu
tion of two negroes.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
FRANCE WANTS , v
ANOTHER LOAN.
New York, Feb. Jb France
wants one to two hundred mil
lions of American money for. the
war. It is understood J. P. Mor-
gan is en route to Europe today ,
to arrange the loan.
KING SIGNS
CONSCRIPTION BILL.
- London, Feb. 3. -King George
today signed the government's
conscription bill, to become ef
fective February 10.
NEWS OF A DAY IN
NEIGHBORING TOWNS
The New Bern Board of Aldermen
has appropriated for a trained nurse
for the colored citizens.
'Arthur Bryan, colored, was shot
and killed by another negro, name
not learned, at Camp Perry, says a
report from New Bern. It is under
stood that Bryan had been sent , by
the white superintendent, to arrest
the other negro, a bad character, and
was killed by the latter when he ap
proached him. The slayer made his
c-- . re.
Wilson's Topeka Speech
Contained Threat to All
the Belligerents
ENGLAND WAS INCLUDED
Interference With Com
merce as Liable to Be Re
sented With Resort to
Arms as Slaughter of
Neutrals by Germans
(By the United Press.)
St. Louis, Feb. 3 Eight thou
sand pcrnons heard the President
speak in the coliseum this morn
ing. He warned Missouri to pre
pare to uphold American rights
and ideals. It will be necessary
to mobilize the nation's econom
ic resources as well as military,
he declared. America is at peace
because she entertains a real
friendship for the rest of the
world. If great issues involved
tm, if it were necessary to defend
Ourselves we would not be at
The danger from without is con
stant and immediate, he declar
ed. He has tried to make the admin
istration one of genuine neutral
ity. "We must prepare to take
care of this country." Plans are
now before Congress, he said,
intended : to "prevent American
lives being throws away,
Germany Not Only Nation
We Might Have Trouble With.
Washington, Feb. 3.--Congress
and the diplomatic corps were stir
red by President Wilson's Topeka ad
dress, in which he said it may he ne
cessary to use force to vindicate the
right of Americans everywhere to
enjoy under the (protection of inter
national law. He aimed at English
interference with commerce as well
as Germany's submarine warfare.
Congressmen protesting against
England's interference with cotton
shipments 'are elated over the Presi
dent's reference to the right to send
cotton abroad.
American Patience Has Limit
Topeka Kansas, Feb. 2. Presi
dent Wilson told an audience of 5,
000 persons here today that "Amer
ica is not going to abide the habit
ual nor continual neglect" of ' its
rights under (international law, eith
er with respect to the safety of its
citizens or its foreign commerce.
COURTMARTIAL NAVY
MEN WHO LET CODE
BOOK GET OFF SHIP
(By the United Press)
Washington, Feb'. $.Lieutenant
Herbert Jones and Ensign Robert
Klrkpatrick of Mare Island are" to H
courtmartialled for the loss of the
Destroyer Hull's nay code book.
TRADE AT HOME, IS
SLOGAN LABOR MEN
Wilmington, Feb. 2. The Allied
Trades Council, the Central Labor
organization for Wilmington, has
started an extended movement to in
duce Wilmington people to spend
their money at home. ' ' The labor
people expect to enlist the support
of all the commercial bodies and the
individual business men.
FARMER KILLED IN
, AUTO COLLISION
FayettevHle, Feb. 2 Luther Ow
en, a young armer, living near Red
Springs, was Instantly killed at that
place last night when his automobile
collided with Dr. Roscoe McMillan'
car which was standing before a res
idence at the time. Although . the
impact was such that Mr. Owen's
nec k was broken by the shock, neith
er c-ir wns ' '"': '
Edward V. J. Proffitt of Providence Declares Southern
Tour Has Been Series of Revelations to Him Advises
Chamber of Commerce to Get Manufacturing Enter
prises Established Here Excellent Field for Toy
Business Might Supply Country With Wooden Toys
for Christmas Region Cannot Prosper to Fullest Ex
tent Unless It Takes Upon Itself Shaping Up of Own
Raw Products, Opinion of Man Who Knows tot P?
Things
"Why, up in New England they
don't know that you have anything
down here except Pinehurst." Ed
ward W. J. Proffitt, advertising ex
pert of national reputation and com
munity .'improvement worker, was
discussing the South with a news
paper man at City Hall Wednesday
night. He stated that the much
boasted hospitality of the region is a
fact; he has experienced it, and tra
dition has failed to do it justice.
And of North Carolina: "It has been
one series of revelations to me, the
trip through 'this State. You have
everything: tremendous possibilities
and much more already achieved
than we people 'up there' realize.
Why, in New England, they don't
even know.-that North . Carolin...
one xrr vne cotton TtiatiufacTuring cen
ters of the world."
There Were only about two-score
persons to hear' Mr. Proffit's ad
dress. The occasion had been well
advertised, but the weather was aa
bad as any of the season and the in
clemency and s grip epidemic were
both in the waynof a real Kinston
audience for the visitor. There was
never a more attentive audience,
however, and tbe truth of what the
energetic young Northerner! who, -is
ait official of the Chamber of Com
merce In his own city, Providence, a
member of the National Chamber of
Commerce, and a publisher, had to
say was drunk in almost greedily by
his hearers.
Col. H. S. Leard of the Norfolk
Southern Railroad, who accompan
ied Mr. Proffit to the city,: was call
ed upon by President Walter D. La
Roque of the Chamber cf Commerce
ta introduce the speaker of the eve
ning. Colonel Leard "just talked"
for about ten minutes, and told bis
auditors that Kinston was the "brag
town" of the Norfolk Southern. Mr.
Proffitt before him in conversation
had said that it was the first place
in North Carolina that he had heard -
of. The compliment to Kinston's
spirit that General Passenger Agent
Leard paid was prettily put, and the
applause that rewarded him was
whole-hearted.
South's Wonderful Resources,
Mr. Proffitt is a rapid-fire speak
er. "No longer, you have determin
ed, as is proved by the number of
factories you have built in the last
few years, shall ' the South, a coun
try of wonderful resources, complain
that its lot is hard, and that the
wealth of the Nation is Tapidly con
centrating in the bleak and barren
States of New England, where, to
quote the famous phrase of a South
ern gentleman, ex-Govemor Coke of
Texas, we fiave nine months of win
ter and three more of darned cold
weather," was an appetite-stimulating
bonbon from a basketfull of
sweets he passed - out.
But "no exclusively agricultural
country can ever successfully com
pete in the race for wealth against
manufacturing industry. The land
that produces and ; sells raw prod
ucts alone is rarely continuously
prosperous or happy. Such a' sys
tem may be romantic, but it Is de
void of common business sense," he
went on to say, getting down to the
brass tacks of his' address, which had
for its central thought the opinion
that the South must, have factories
and enough of them to ever come in
to its rightful own.
Select the manufactories which
would utilize the raw products of the
region and then build them, he ad
vised. Build a plenty of them, build
ing wisely, of course." It is no won
der (that the South does not possess
the wealth that it should when every
thing nearly that it produces is sent
to the North .and manufactured,
then shin.-.l l'-'k-w:th a r"'"- 'f
from 100 to 500 per cent, to tha
manufacturers and freight both ways .
added. Get out of that! Let tha
South use its own raw products. Its
advantages are splendid. This im
mediate section, for instance, has ex
cellent transportation ' facilities," no
great labor problem like' exists in
parts of the North,' but an abund
ance of good and varied labor," and
there is no such competition as ex
ists in the great manufacturing dis
tricts of the North. Induce Nor-Y
ern capital to come here to assist
the South in building-up its manu- .
factures. If the capitalists up there
knew what the section has to offer .
they would hurry to take advantage
of " these exceptional opportunities. ,
'Toi'lsanxcellent field in this
section for toy factories, said Mr.
Proffitt New England is manufact
turing wooden toys now. Japan is .
supplanting Germany-as the- chief
producer of toys now, and secured
orders" fo millions of dollars' worth
from 'the United States "the paBt sea
son, j "Build such factories here'.
Communicate with' capitalists. Toft
them your sCTap' wood Is being burn- .
ed 'up." Japah is foin to have a mo.
nupedy of the business Jf the' United
States does' not get busy, he declar
ed, and this section has ideal fadlU
ties for making enough toys to sup
ply the country. -. "
The Chamber of Commerce should
be the central body of the commun
ity. It should be fostered and given
all the support that It deserve?, Mr.
ProflVt declared. : Ha described how
several New England cities built up
their chambers and boards of trade.
In Boston they have a chartered com
pany hi the Chamber of Commerce
which gives financial aid to deserv
ing enCerprizes .through means of a $
practical and simple plan that has
proved its merrit '
Mr. Proflltt suggested for Kinston
K - fWtory sub-division, owned by the
city say a hundred acres, divided
into a hundred factory sites. 'Along
with it. he advised a home site sub
division, to be sold off by lots ' to
workingmen. The profit from tha
home site lots should be made to pay
for the factory sites, which' would
be deeded free or at a small price
to manufacturers. The proper com
mittee from . the Chamber of Com- .
merce,. however, should investigate
any enterprise proposed to be locat
ed on the factory" subdivision before
land is sold" or "given f or' lt.v If the
enterprise should prove hot tolbe of
a needed sort or apt to fat) through,
then ' its location here should be dis
couraged. ' . . ' ' ; 1
The New Englander, in the course
of his address, , said nice S things
about Kinston's fine streets' excel
lent water supply and citified appear
ance. ; He had been driven over tha
town and seen much in it that was)
commendable. ; The lair was a thing
about which he had heard much,
and he did not believe, he said, that
he had ever heard of an undertaking
of the kind being so successful right
off from the start.; : . 1'
Mr. Proffitt warned against indi
vidualism,, which he declared had
been the curse of New England, and
the cause -here he waxed poetical
of the downfall of Sidon, Greece and
Rome, and other communities of tho
ancients. When ' every person feels
that he is absolutely necessary to
the scheme of things, and that ho
must assist in all the public affairs
of his community, then there can be
no such thing as failure for a city,
he said.
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