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SECOND EDITION
KINSTdN. N.C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1916
. PRICE TWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
I3S1BIE FOR mmW DISAVOW tllE
APPAH IS PREPARED
PPINT'S PLANS
CANADIAN PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WERE
Uf MANIA IS THOUGHT TO BE
TO HAKE LONG
TO BE ADOPTED ERE
RUINED BY FLAMES;
BPPWBIEtt CRISIS IS AT HAND
AT
DEATH IN FIRES IN THREE 616 CITIES
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bjtrationCAraicaDle Adjustment" Cannot Be Had-S-
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, lation International Law Pessimism in Washington.
Lansing Gets a Line on Message in Advance and In
forms Presfdent Wilson Expected Not to Recede a
Particle From His Position German Officials and the
Press Standing Together
By CARL W. ACKERMAN,
United Press Staff Correspondent)
BERLIN,, ,-Keb, 4. rUnless America waives the de
mand, for disavowal of the sinking of the Lusitania or
agrees to submit to arbitration The Hague, amicable
adjustment of the matter is impossible,, is the unanimous
view taken by officials and newspaprshere. The press
says Germany cannot admit the sinking was a violation
of international law. It is hoped that Colonel House
may b&able to present the German view to President Wil
son. Wilson Will Not Back Down, Washington Assumes.
Washington, Feb. 4. Deep pessimism prevails in offi
cial circles, over the latest communication from Berlin
on tfie Lusitania question. It is understood Secretary
Lansmg has received a forecast of the note from Ambas
sador Gerard, and. has forwarded it to the President. It
is believed President Wilson, as indicated in his addresses
on, hisreeent trip, will not
crisis. v
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. Ambassador Von Bern
storfldid not conceal his surprise and concern when he
was shpwn a United Press dispatch from Berlin today.
He refuted to make a comment He hoped, he said,- that
the ftprmkns' reDort sent by Colonel House will straight
en out the Difficulties. He believed the worst of the pres
ent difficulty win oe ine aeiay.
K0I$:JUR WILL BE
CHARGED ON SATURDAY
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Wife of Murdered Physician Soon to
naw. Her Fate Closing Argu
ment by Defense Today and Attor
ney General to Speak, for State
Final Effort to Save the Woman
Providence, Feb. 4. The final ef
fort to .save Mrs. Mohr is on today.
Th closing argument is being made
by John J. Fitzgerald for the defense,
after which Attorney General Rice
fof, the State will start. The judge
Is expected to charge the jury tomor
row. HUNDREDS OF CONVICTS-
FROM FLOUDS
iLibtle Rock, Ark., Feb. 3 The res
cueioday of the 300 negro convicts
marooned at the State convict farm
at fummins and the hundred or more
citizens of Gould. Ark. who were in
peril throughout the night, together
with continued clear, cold weather,
put a brighter aspect on flood condi
tions in this State. . The flood crest
in the, -Arkansas river now has "pass
ed Pino Bluff. V .
HFvVY RAINS CAUSE
RISE IN THE NEUSE
Trouble is Joaked for on the upper
Neuse within the coming fe hours.
It is expected that the river will
overflow at some places above here.
It will rise to a stage of about 'six
teen feet near Smithfield, it is pre-
dieted. Farmers have- been advised
to get their stock out "of, the low
grounds.
CHP,LAE0R COHMTTEE
, r,TETG AT ASHEVILLE
j Asheville, Feb. 3. Inspired to an
unusual degree of enthusiasm by the
triumphant passage of the Keating
Owen child labor bill through the
lower house of Congress yesterday,
the National Child Labor Committee
began a 3 days' session here this af
ternoon with Sanvuel McCune Lind
say, professor of social legislation at
Columbia University, and vice chan
cellor of the National Child Labor
Committee, presiding. -
yield - in any particular in the
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GOETHAtS WANTS BIG
SUMS FOR THE CANAL
More Thau Nineteen Millions Need
cd for. Completion of Work and
Eight and Quarter Millions for
Improving Defenses, General Who
Dug Panama Ditch Tells Congres
sional Committees
(By the United Press)
Washington, Feb. 4 jeneral Goe
thals today asked for appropriations
of $19,300,000 for the completion of
the Panama canal and $8,230,000 for
further fortifications before congres
sional committees.
CELEBRITIES TAKE
SI RECEPTION
TO CAt'N GASPARILLA
Tampa, Fla., Feb. 4.--Thomas A,
Edison, James Whitcomb Riley, Anr
drew Carnegie, George Ade," William
J. Bryan, Henry Watterson, Mrs.
Potter Palmer and about . 100,000
other Florida residents and visitors
will celebrate the festival of Don Jo
se Gasparilla, that ferocious cut
throat who sailed the Spanish Main
with a dirk in his teeth and a red
rag -on his head a century ago.
With festival dancing in streets,
allegorical and historical pageants,
and a sub-tropical fair, the carnival
is to last until February 12. . Harn
ess and running races are to be fea
tured daily. Most of the floats and
pageants feature the vain attempts
of treasure-seekers to recover the
vast quantities of gold which Gaspa
rilla and his crew, are said to have
buried on Gasparilla Island, near Bo
ca Grande.
TRUCK PLANTING NOW
; IS WELL UNDER WAY
County Farm Demonstration Agent
MeCrary is optimistic over the pros
pects for. the coming spring in Len
oir. 'It is a fact, he declares, that
with anything like a favorable year
13 per cent more farmstuffs than
was grown last year should be pro
duced. Truck planting is now well under
way. in Wayne, Duplin and Pender
counties, and in the Tidewater coun
ties. -. - Y "
Securely Anchored In Jtfew
port News Harbor Most
of Passengers Go to Nor-
t,
folk at Expense of Brit
ish Government
(By the United Press)
Newport News, Feb. 4. The Ap
pam is prepared' to remain indefin
itely1,' in this harbor if she secures a
berth The ship is now securely an
chor. Moat of the passengers have
left for Norfolk. The British gov
ernment is paying their expenses.
Legal, proceedings in the prize
court will now begin. England is ex
pected to file a claim with the State
Department
GOING ON IN OTHER
TOWNS, AND COUNTIES
OF EAST CAROLINA
Dare county citizens have pledged
support to a new steamer line be
tween Baltimore and North Carolina
sound ports.
Passenger traffic on the Norfolk
Southern Railroad la "very- gratify
ing, and "freight shipments are
-ri owing iwgaf everywimrc umnithe
lines," General Passenger Agent
Leard said in an interview at New
Bern Thursday.
Grave fears are entertained for
the recovery of Burl Reaves, former
ly employed on this division of the
Norfolk Southern Railroad, who was
assaulted with .a knife by a negro at
Allsbrook, S...C, Reaves' throat was
cut from eaj? to ear, presumably for
the purpose of robbery.
The hog cholera epidemic in Cra
ven county is decreasing.
Few shad are being caught any-y
where in this section. They should
be "running" well by February 15,
however. Prices now are skyhigh,
LUMBER RATES CASE IN
WASHINGTON IN MARCH
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(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, Feb. 4. The White
ville Lumber Co. et al., vs. A. C. L.,
freight rate case, will be heard by
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion here on March 7, it was an
nounced late yesterday. A represen
tative of the Commission started the
case in Goldsboro, N. C, this week,
but postponed it at the plaintiffs re
quest. , ;
NEGRO ARRESTED FOR
CAMP PfilKY MURDER
A report from Onslow county says
thatj Sheriff Henderson of that coun
ty has under arrest Richard Win-
field, colored, charged with the mur
der of Arthur Bryant, another ne
gro, at Camp Perry two or three
days ago. ' Bryant had been sent to
arrest Winfleld for the superintend
ent of the camp, who was determin
ed to punish the latter for thsorder-
liness, it is said, and was shot as he
approached the other man. Winfield
was at large until Thursday. He is
said to have stated that Bryant
came upon him with a gun, .that he
expected to be shot, and fired in
self-defense,
Winfield was to .be taken to jail at
New Bern. ,
REPORT OF TODAY'S
COTTON QUOTATIONS
Not more than eight bales of cot
ton had been sold here today by 3
o'clock. ; The best price paid vas
ii.20 for two bales of extra quality,
but prices ruled from 10 1-2 to
11 1-8. -New York futures quotations
were: ; ; .'. '
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March .. .,........11.95 11&5
May .. ...... 1 12.14 12.07
July .. 11.95 12.18
October .. .12.29 12.21
December .. .... 1242 12.32
Wilson Thinks People Are
Rapidly Taking His De
" fense Views1
ON WAY TO WASHINGTON
Chief Executive Gets Im
portant Messages From
Lansing Which Cause 'a
Mystery on Train Notes
on German Situation?
iBy the United Press.)
On Board the President's Special,
Seb. 4. That the President's pre
paredness program will be adopted
by Congress before the end of March
is predicted by those close to Presi
dent Wilson. This is based on the
enthusiasm he met with on the west
ern trip.
Possibly the development of an in
ternational situation was conveyed
in important messages received from
Secretary Lansing todRy. Mr. Wil
son did not mention Mexico.
The President believes the people
are rapidly taking to his view. He
roaches Washington this afternoon.
He may soon go south, as well as
further west.
DANIELS SPEAKS TO
JONES ASSOT'N ON
SE
In Which Naval Hero Spent
Youth To Lay Wreath
Oil Tomb Saturday Col
lection of Relics to Be
Placed in Grove Place
(By the United Press)
Washington, Feb. 4. Secretary
Daniels today addressed the John
Paul Jones Association, planning to
preserve the Grove house at Halifax,
N- C where Jones spent his early
years.
The association is to lay a" wreath
on the grave at Annapolis tomorrw.
It is reported that a fine collection
of mementoes of Jones will be estab
lished at the Grove.
BULLETINS
U-BOAT CARRIED
NO COLORS.
London, Feb. 4. The captain
of the steamer Commodore, tor
pedoed in the Mediterranean on
Wednesday, declared today that
the submarine was flagless.
THOMAS MAKES BROAD
ASSERTION.
Washington, Feb., 4 .The de
traction of the Ottawa Houses
of Parliament was denounced as
a wanton crime of incendiarism
in a resolution Introduced today
by Senator Thomas of Colorado.
He refused to say what proof he
had that the fire was set by an
incendiary. . ' - '
DEATH GENERAL COUNSEL
HAMILTON OF THE A. C. L
The law firm of Rouse Land are
in receipt or a telegram irom ueo.
C. Elliott, general solicitor for the
Atlantic Coast Line I Railroad, stat
ing that Alexander Hamilton, gener
al counsel for tho system, died at' his
home in Petersburg, - Va., Thursday
night None of the details of his
demise was given. .
Mr. Hamilton was a very capable
lawyer, was widely known in the pro
fession, and was of advanced age.
His position in .railroad legal cir
cles was one of the most important
in the South. J
PRESERVING HOU
MORE THAN A SCORE
ZEPPELINS SO FAR
One Sunk In North Sea on
Thursday Not Certain
How Dirigible Met End
Ship Sunk By Aircraft
First Incident of Kind
(By the United Press)
vLondon, Feb. 4. One aeppelin and
eight other German dirigibles have
been lost since the beginning of the
war, aeronautic writers estimated to
day after the report that the L-29
was sunk in the North Sea yester
day. It is believed it was hit by
English coast batteries or Dutch
guns when it approached the Holland
Coast.
The collier Franee Fischer, sunk
by one of the air raiders, is believed
to be the first vessel ever sunk from
the air.
WEEK'S TRADING HAS
BEEN SATISFACTORY
Bradstreet'a Reports Large Tobacco
Sales, Better, Demand for Lumber,
Activity in Dry Goods, Notions and
Shoea, Etc. Unfavorable Weather
But Retail Trad Has Been Fair
Richmond, Va., Feb. 4. Brad
streets today said for Richmond and
vicjnity: ,:
"Except for the deleterious effect
of unseasonable weather the week's
trading has been satisfactory. The
largest sales of leaf tobacco for this
season have been held this week and
prices have been good, the average
for the week being in excess of S
cents a pound. Wholesalers of dry
goods and notions and shoes report
good salesi Lumber is in better de
mand, particularly the lower grades
and most manufacturers in this line
are now operating full time. Local
building permits for the mpnth of
January amounted to $300,592, an
increase of $140,752 over January of
last year. Collections are generally
good. Retail trade is fair, though
somewhat depressed because of un
favorable weather."
DEI ANEY LEAVES WIFE;
" SHE HOPES FOR
at ' .-;! ;r
Frank Delaney, Schenectady. N.
Y., youth, who passed bad checks in
Kinston and other places in North
Carolina several months , ago, was
convicted in Superior Court at New
Bern and permitted to return North
after his mother had appeared be
fore the court and pled for another
chance for him, now has abandoned
Doris Sheridan, the chorus girl to
whom he was married here shortly
before his arrest, 1 in Philadelphia.
Ths girl had:: been working in New
York until Delaney went there and
effected a reconciliation.
A letter from Mrs. Delaney to
North Carolina friends stated that
she had just enough money to get
back to New York with, and that she
was going there immediately. She
never wanted to see the young man
again, she declared. Delaney was
given ten days in which to leave
North Carolina when his sentence
was suspended was suspended, but he
was gone inside of 24 hours.
M'ADOO AND ROOSEVELT
CANNOT COME TO SOUTH
i Washington, Feb. 3. Secretary,
McAdoo today announced that he has
Indefinitely postpbned his trip South,
which was to begin Saturday . and
would have taken him to Dallas, Tex
as; Birmingham and several other
cities. Pressing departmental busi
ness was said to be responsible. When
the trip wilt be taken is not known.
Roosevelt Sick. ' i.,
Washington, Feb. IAssistant Se
cretary of the Navy Franklin Roose
velt has cancelled his proposed peak
ing tour in the South on account of
illness. He was to have spoken on
national preparedness at a number of
Southern citi. 1 ;-
Five Millions Damage In Ottawa Six Known DeadW
Parliament Members Had Narrow Escapes-tllMany of
Them Leaped From Windows At Least Six Victims
of Flames Which Destroyed Overbrook Hotel at Atlan
. tic City Persons On Top Floors Could Not Be 'Ap
proached by Rescuers Caroline Tag, Member Brook
lyn Society, Who Was Soon to Be Married,' Gave Up
Life to Save Others Six Dead There " , ,'
(By the United Press)
OTTAWA, Canada, Feb. 4 Six are known to be dead
from the fire which last night ruined the five-million dol
lar Canadian Parliament buildings. The buildings are
filled with smoke. The fire swept through them in three
minutes. Many officials were injured. " . .
The origin is a mystery. It is declared guards made
it impossible for the blaze to be of incendiary origin,
Fifty members of the House of Commons narrowly
escaped. They received the alarm while listening.to dis
cussion of a bill. Many were forced to jump from the !
windows. , r t
Several Dead In Atlantic City Fire. :
ATLANTIC CITY, Feb, 4.-Six are dead and at .
least two persons are missing as result, of a fire , which
destroyed the Hotel Overbrook today.- , A dozen .wer in
jured. The building was at once a sheet of, fiame. Ef
forts to reach the doomed persons on the top floors were
impossible.r Several missing' arer believed to be cared for
nearby. ,, - .- , .
Fashionable Home Burned; Six Victims
( NEW YORK, Feb. 4. Six are dead, one missing and
two injured from a fire which destroyed the fifty-thousand
dollar home of Mrs. Casimer , Tag in Brooklyn.' i So-
ciety folk in nightgowns attempted to help in, the rescue
of persons on the top floors Carolina Tag, a daughter,
ready , to be married on. February 16, spread the alarm,
went upstairs to help get out the others ,and died, herself. .
Von Bernstorff Surprised. ( -v , m 2 '
Camden Has Big Fire. ; r" . 4
CAMDEN, N. J., Feb. 4. The business section, of
Camden .wa '
NORTH CAROLINA IS
1 " ANXIOUS TO LEARN
All About Subject of Preparedness,
and Is Now One of Best-Informed
States In Union On Matter, Says
Navy League of the United States.
Many Letters Received From the
State
Special to The Free Press)
Washington, Feb. 4. North Caro
lina has become one of the best in
formed States in the Union on the
subject of prspa redness as the re
sult of a letter sent to the Navy
League of the United . States early
last October by E. R. Rankin, assist
ant director of the Bureau of Exten
sion, University of North Carolina,
for material to be used by debating
societies. Mr. Rankin notified .th8
League at that time that more than
30ft high schools in the State would
debate "Resolved, That the Unitad
States should adopt the policy of
greatly enlarging its navy." ,
At his request the League sent to
the. Bureau of Extension a large
amount ot information as to the pres
ent status of ithe United States na
vy and reasons why it should be in
creased and improved to the point
where it would be strong enough to
defend our shores and commerce
against possible attack. . This mate
rial was distributed by tho Univeri
sity, and within a short time re
quests started to come in to the na
tonal headquarters of the league
from the high schools, Y. M. C A.s,
individuals and various social organ
izations for additional; information.
JWore than 220 such letters have been
received to date. ' '
INAUGURATION OF NEW,
f BIEREDITH : FRE9DELVI
'i Raleigh, Feb. 4. Jr. Charles Ed
ward Brewer, the new president of
i Meredith College, was inaugurated
Thursday ; with elaborate ceremony.
Many colleges were represented, and
nurmber of presidents of other edu
cational institutions were on hand,
including Few of Trinity, Rondtha
ler of Sa!em, Wright of the E. C. T.
T. school, and t '
CORRHL IS BASEBALL
r CQAtB AT THfeA'S BL
Member Senior - Class Has-, Played
O A. M. and Wake Forest
Nines -Member Columbia A A, L.
Club Past Two: Years Selected
From Number of Applicants by
the" Athletic Council
(Special to The Free Press) ;
West Raleigh, Feb. 4. M.-U Cor
ijeli, a member of the senior class of
A. & M. College, has been selected
to coach the baseball team this sea
son, succeeding Dr. Fred. A.: Ander
son, who resigned in order to report
to his club at ; an early date. The
election took place this week by the
athletic council of the college, after
a number of applicants had been con
sidered. ; Correll is one among the
best baseball players that have don
ned the red. and white uniform,, hav
ing ,been a member of the A. & M.
team o two years,anA of the Wake
Forest team one year.',. , During; the
past ; two summers he has. played
with the Columbia club in the South
Atlantic League, and was among the
leading batters in that circuit.
SUBSTANTIALLY NEW
BRIDGE IS APPARENT
The new county bridge over Neuse
river at the foot of Caswell street
will withstand more , of a flood than,
the stream so far has been capable
of. The substructure, now being put
in placed, is of the most modern
construction, and the process of put
ting it down is attracting a lot of
interest, although ' similar founda
tions have been placed under scores
of bridges in the eastern part of the
State. Seven "caissons" will bear
the superstructure. These big steel
"barrels," the largest of which is 12
or 14 feet in diameter, will be filled
with concrete and sunk. For hun
dred years the action of the water,
if it' gets to the stuff in the cais
sons, will serve to make the concrete
all the hnrder. The superstructure
i!l be bolted d--.vn upon t;w3 steel
and r'-;--'"y i ' t f ' ;", c t
1.