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VjOL.XVII.-No. 217
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1916 1
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GERMANY HAY YET
SBY CrriNO PRECEDENT FOR
SINKING OF
One Loophole Left Seems Ample Exception Where the
Submarine Commanders Exceeded Orders, However-r-Conference
of President and Secretary of State To
day Will Determine Whether This Country Will Com
promise Lusitania Matter Von Bernstorff Ready for
Call From Lansing No Precedent In Arabic Negotia
tiohs, Washington Holds All Depends On Whether
Berlin Took Simple Little Precaution or Not
(By the United Press) .
Washington," Feb. 7 A sensational turn was
given to relations of the United States and
Germany today when Secretary Lansing issued
a statement that "Under Secretary Zimmerman
of the. foreign ( Office had made an utterly false
statement if he had said he was quoted by the
morning press to have said that the United
States has made new demands in the Lusitania
case. This is believed to bode ill for German
. hopes ofa compromise.
The, OHe Loophole for Germany.
WASHINGTON, FEB.
States shall compromise the
ed at a conference between
today. - . ,
One apparent loophole
many's latest proposal will
phrases irom a iormer note wmcn can oe usea as a pre
cedent for international law putting without, the pale, a
government which orders
Snips WlWiOUl WaXHUlg. J.U10
in iYia Anini'nn nf nffiria1s.
where a submarine commander exceeds the orders of:ms
government. If the government so orders, the command
er at present may sink without warning, is the idea
tJpernstorlr nas canceuea an
irom tne state jLeparuneru.
SteMfiR NOT GUILTY,
'TWO BLACKS CONVICTED
Another Charge Against All Three
Jury Returned ' Verdict Saturday
N'ighl Woman Hopes She Will
Not Be Tried Again Counsel for
Negroes Announces Appeal Trial
On Four Weeks
(By the United Press)
Providence, .& I., Feb. 7. The ju
ry in Aev case of Mrs. Elizabeth
Mohr and the two negroes accused of
the murder of Dr. C. F. Mohr Sat
urday night brought in verdicts of
guilty aa to the negroes, ' C. V.
Brown and Henry Spellman, and not
guilty as to the woman. Mrs. Mohr
swooned during the announcement of
the verdict. She is now at her home,
to spend the remainder of her life
with her children, she" hopes. All
three are charged with an assault on
Mias Emily Burger with intent to
kill, but it is not known when the
case will be brought jap. The jury
had been away from their homes for
four weeks. , ' .'
Dr. Mohr was killed - on a lonely
road oh the night of August SI last
The negroes - Brown and Spellman,
who the State maintained were- brib
ed by" Mrs. Mohr to commit the mur
der, appealed.
NEWS OFinGHBOniNG
TOWNS BRItFLY TOLD
A two-weeks', fivil term of Super
ior Court was convened at New Bern
today by -Judge H. W. Whedbee.
"-.Mr. S. B, Waggoner has resigned
as pastor of the Christian, church it
Ayden. It is not known where he
will locate. " J . ' 1 .
Kicks aSumrell, a prominent Pitt
county man, is dead in his 60th year.
He was a farmer, and was known
throughout this section.". '
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The newly-organized Building and
Loan Association of Ayden has been
chartered by. Jhe State, Department
.Mr, J. H. Dawson is undergoing
treatment fn a New Bern hospital.
J. Lambe Doted, agent at Wilming
ton for the Baltimore & Carolina
Steamboat Company, is seeking in
formation from the New' Bern
Chamber of Commerce with a view
of the establishment of a boat line
Vetween Baltimore and New Bern.'
AVOID BREAK WITH U.
ORDERING
VESSEL S WITHOUT WARNING
7. Whether the United
Lusitania case will be decid
the President and Lansing
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is left It is believed Ger
be acceptable if it suggests
submarines to sink merchant
HIC wouii. uuc uyto xiyvj yivy,
There would be exception
engagements, awanmg a can
TEAL WILL DEFEND
BRANDlMENfE
SENATE CONSIDERS
Did Not Throw Rate Cases
to th6 Railroads, Asserts
Pacific Coast Lawyer, In
Reply to Charge Brought
ByCffordTnorne
(By the United' Press)
, Washington, Feb. 7. Joseph N.
Teal, Pacific Coast attorney repre
senting the people in rate increase
cases, will defend Brandeis when the
Senate hearings open Wednesday.
Teal will reply to Clifford Thorne of
the Iowa railroad commission, who
has said that Brandeis threw cases
io the railroads. Teal declares Bran
deis was retained as an expert to
bring out the facts for both sides of
the controversy. ;
THIRD ATTEMPT TO
LOCATE HUGO STUt
proveSAfMure
.. Hugo, near the Greene county line,
with admirable community spirit. is
trying t get rid of its community'
still. Sher iffs Taylor of Lenoir and
Edwards, of .Greene county met, nad
gently searched through some square
miles of timber and a couple of ne
gro houses, one on each side of the
line. '. Both had search warrants. Hu
go folks had complained of the nuis
ance. .It was the third attempt to lo
cate the 'stilL Evidence ofits opera
tion was found some weeks ago, but
the plant had been moved, and could
not be located.
The co-operative spirit as very
much in evidence in connection with
the "enierprise.' The officials be
lieve there are a number of the ope
rators. '. Certainly the patronage is
handsome. Thevstill was for a, time
believed to be located within gunshot
Of a church and schoolhouse, but no
informant yet has been able to state
just where. " '
EPISCOPALIANS TO
HAYE PENSION FUND
Bishop Da ret Describes Method Bv
Which Denomination Will Take
Care of Aged Ministers Contrib-
v
ulory System $5,000,000 Needed
At Start System is Modern and
Sound, Stated
(Special to The Free Press)
Stonewall, N. C, Feb. 7. In a ser
mon in the Episcopal church here on
Sunday Bishop Thos. C. Darst of the
Diocese of East Carolina, said:
"The Episcopal Church has deter
mined to undertake the largest sin
gle enterprise in its history, namely,
to institute a system of pensions for
its retired clergy,
"There are 4,420 men in the act
ive service of the Episcopal church
in the United States. Their average
salary is $1,200 a year. This is not
all cash, but includes the value of a
house, when provided. More than
2,500 of these ministers, over one
half the total number, receive less
than $1,500 a year. Only 237 includ
ing the 125 bishops receive $4,000
or over. More than 700 men are paid
less than $1,000 and many of these
700 are the older clergy, with very
hard tasks.
"Railroad companies seek efficien
cy and enthusiasm from their men
through promises of a pension. It
is in the broadest interest of society
that every church should do the
same. '
"The Episcopal Church has passed
the exact vital statistics of the whole
oratory of the (best actuaries and has
adopted a pension system which is
modern and sound.
"It is a contributory system where.
by upon the payment by the parish
eaclTyear of an' 'additional seven per
cent., speaking roughly of the minis
ter's salary, he Will receive on relir
ing at 68, a pension equal to one-half
his average salary during his active
servicei At death, his widow and mi
or children will receive annual pen
sions; if disabled in active service, a
pension follows.
"In order to take care of those
who should be pensioned immediate
ly, and to give the contributory plan
time to move permanently on its own
wheels, an initial sum of $5,000,000
is to be raised."
TO REPLENISH SHAA
NEUSSE
Millions of Fry to Be Dumped Into
This and Other Rivers by United
States State Commission Gets
Assistance From the Government
Where Communities Could Not
A great number of young shad fry
will be placed in the Neuse river in
this section, it is stated by the North
Carolina Fisheries Commission. Cape
Fear, Trent and Pamlico rivers are
also to - be restocked. The United
States Government will give the fry,
and send a floating hatchery, the for
mer coast survey ship Fish Hawk, up
the streams for the purpose of dis
tributing the little fish. The shad
industry will become several times
more important and profitable than
now, it is predicted.
'For several years," 'says State
Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt," the
various sections' of Eastern North
Carolina that were not under the ju
risdiction of the Fish Commission
havemade application to the United
States Bureau of Fisheries for young
r.had to be placed in the rivers.
These requests were not granted, as
stated, by the U. S. Bureau, for the
reason that the Federal Governrosnt
oughl not to be expected to assist a
section of a State to' build up a cer
tain fishing industry that those sec
tions were not willing to protect and
conserve.' Since,' however, the crea
tion by the General Assembly of the
State Fisheries Commission, the U.
S. Bureau has expressed " itself . as
willing to assist the State Commis
sion in 'every way possible to; foster
and increase the fisheries , of v the
State." ; ; .. ;
It is presumed that the fry io be
brought to the upper , Neuse will
come from the Edenton hatchery, one
of the largest in? the country. .
Plans are under way at NewBern
for many new buildings to be putrp
during the spring, , sny contractors
there. ; - -
BULGARS AND TURKS
i
Awaiting Move'By Army to
Take Field for Allies-A
Big German Warship Re
ported Lost Durazza Is
About to Be Occupied
(By the United Press)
London, iFeb. 7 Bulgarian and
Turkish troops have moved to the
Roumanian border to meet the con
centration of Roumanians against
the Central Powers. Roumania is
expected soon to enter the war on the
part of the Allies.
Ship Reported Sunk.
Copenhagen, Feb. 7. No confir
mation of a Berlin report that a large
German warship has been sunk off
Cattegat has been received.
Durazza About to Be Occupied.
Rome. Feb. 7. Durazza, the cap
ital of Albania is expected to be oc
cupied by the Austrians in a few
hours. They are now four miles
away.
THE FORD TRIBUNAL
HOLDS SESSION FOR
FIRST Tit TODAY
Swedish Socialists Suggest
to the Stockholm Govern
ment Conference of Neu
trals Looking to Means
for Bringing-War to End
(By the United Press)
Stockholm, Feb. 7. Two Socialist
members of the Swedish Parliament
today announced a suggestion for a
peace tribunal. They will ask the
government whether it is possible to
arrange for a neutral peace confer
ee, with the object of ending-the
war as soon as possible.
The Ford tribunal held its first
session today.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
BIG MERGER CALLED OFF.
New York, Feb. 7-The mer
ger : of the Lackawanna and
Cambria steel companies and the
Youngstown Sheet Tube Co. are
off, it is announced. Lacka
wanna profits are now too late.
BASEBALL WAR
LEGALLY ENDED.
Chicago, Feb. 7. Federal Judge
landis today dismissed the Fed
eral League suit against organ
ized baseball, legally ending the
baseball war., '
BRAZIL MAY OFFER
" BfCMARKEf tlj 'U.
:S. COTTON GROWERS
Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 28 (By Mail)
-Brazilians now paying -: big prices
for their cotton goods believe there
is a "cotton combine here,; which, s
taking advantage of the short north
ern, razil icrop to boost prices. The
people believe a lower tariff would
bring prices down. Legislation f ( is
now 'ready . for passage looking to
ward this lower tariff and United
States cotton growers may find a big
market here to take the place of the
European market they have lost.
Brazil wears cotton--not only wears
it, but grows it There are more than
three hundred Brazilian-; mifla manu
facturing it,: These mills employ 75,
000 operators, i Therefore, when s 2
years' drought in the northern states
reduces he crop by hal and a com
bine of buyersV protected,' by a 4 cents
a. pound import duty, Corners this
half and make's the textile industry
pny an exhorbitant price for itj the
IVazi.'lan sits up and takes notice.
wmm BORDER
MOUNT HITCHEll TO BE
UP TO
One of the Beauty Spots of the West
ern Hemisphere Government and
Railroad Co-Operating In Project
' Maps for Tourists No Restriction
Except Precautions Against Fires
(Special to The Free Press)
Asheville,1 Feb. 7. Mount. Mitchell
National Forest, in the very heart of
the Southern " Appalachian Moun
tains, one of the most beautiful and
picturesque spots in the Western
World, is to be opened to the people
for camping and recreational pur
poses. In loveliness of scenery, in
salubrity of climate, in wonders of
natural resources and in accessibil
ity of location it will be the most
wonderful park in America.
Arrangements for the opening of
the reserve have been completed by
the Forest Service Commission of the
government in co-operation with the
Southern Railway. In protection of
the superb primeval forests and the
vast natural water sources, the gov
ernment acquired the area of the re
serve. After mature consideration,
it was decided to convert it into a
recreation park a magnificent play
ground for the people of the entire
country.
In conformity with this plan, the
Forest Service and the Southern
Railway are preparing literature and
maps descriptive of the reserve to
place at the disposal of these who
may desire permanently or tempor
arily to locate within the park. It is
the purpose of the government to
place within the reach of all either
location for cottages or sites for
camps. Here they may spend all or
any part of the year in an environ
ment unsurpassed in beauty and
healthfulness.
Free permits may be obtained for
temporary camping purposes, and it
is required only that necessary pre
cautions be taken in building: and ex
tinguishing the campfire, and that
the cutting of green timber be avoid
ed and that the grounds be kept in
clean and sanitary condition.
Chief Forester Graves has author
ized the District Forester ,to pre
part maps and reports upon the
Mount Mitchell National Park which
will disclose in detail its recreation
al features and explain to the public
the opportunities afforded. The maps
will indicate the main routes of tra
vel, those parts of the tract of spe
cial interest from a scenic or other
recreational viewpoint, and the local
ities which have special advantages
either for temporary camping pur
poses or for permanent cottage sites.
Mount Mitchell, from which the
park takes its name, is one of the
grandest upheavals on the Western
Hemisphere. Its summit is lifted 6.-
711 feet into a sky of deepest azure.
It is the loftiest peak in Eastern
North America.
HOOPS AT CHICAGO
SnlESHuWtOMY
(By tho United Press)
Chicago, Fob. 7. From Chicago
tonight messages of hoops and hoops
and more hoops, and short jackets,
and tight bodices, will be flashed to
New York, London, even to Paris ft-
Beginning tonight, Chicago gar
ment manufacturers, hatter . milli
ners and' jewelers will stage for a
week, "Nothing to Wear but Clothes,"
the clothes extravaganza around
wjiich Chicago'e jlSl1 wprinir style
show revolves. Pretty girls from the
Chicago Grand Opera will weaf the
i feminine togs. , .
t A ' peep behind the . scenes today
showed that some of the skirts tend
ed; toward" hoops ind ran down oyer
the ankles after being worn ' almost
up to the knees all wter. , r
The 'crinoline skirt too, was on the
jofc Tney' were rom in fabrics such
as. failles,' taffetas, grosgraing,- and
even garbardines end serges for the
promenade; and in ninon, marquisette
tulle, and chiffon combined with flim
sy laces and the snuggest bodices in
materials of different textures and
colors. 1 ' ' . ; ;. " . . '
" Work on a ew consolidated school
at Wintergreen Lane, between Cove
City and Fort Barnwell, is progress
ing rapidly. ' ; , - .
FIRST SKIRMISH ON
ENGAGED IN TODAY
Bill to Increase Number of
Midshipmen Provoked
the Clash. ,
MEASURE UP
Fate of Wilson Program
Will Soon Be Indicated
Republicans Expected to
Approve Bill to Let Con
gressmen Name 3 Cadets
(By the United Press)
Washington, Feb. 7. The first op
en battle of the opponents of pre
paredness is being staged in the
House. There is promised an early
indication of the fato of the admini
stration program. An emergency bill
to increase the number of Annapolis
middies in preparation for the arm
ing of more vessels provoked tho
first skirmish. The little navy men
opposed the bill. The Republicans
are expected to approve. Each Con
gressman would appoint three in
stead jjf two midshipmen by the mea
sure. President May Not Make
Another Trip.
Washington, Feb. 7. The Presi
dent is to urge the House and Senate
leaders during the week to aid the
constitutional army. He may devote
his energies to work for prepared
ness in Congress rather than make a
second trip.
PREPARE CHILDREN
FIRST FOR Jill
f HE COiJNtRY SAFE
Keating's Idea of Prepared
nessResolution Inves
tigate Child Poverty
Production ' of Feeble
Minded Increased, Says
(By the United Press)
Washington, Fab. 7. Representa
tive Keating today introduced a reso
lution to investigate the causes of
child poverty. "If we want National
Preparedness we must prepare the
human material on which the Nation
must depend," he said.
The production of feeble-minded
children has doubled in the last ten
years, he declared. f
Keating-Owen pill to
Friendly Committee. .,
, Washington, Feb. 7. Child labor's
enemies won a victory today when
the Keating-Owen bil was referred
to the Senate commerce committee
instead of the education and labor
committee, which is believed to be
unfriendly to prohibitory legislation.
LEADERS AT MOBILE .
GREAT STRIKE
Seven Hundred Thousand Men Would
Walk Out .If' Scheme Should Be
Put .Through Railroad Men Con-
(erring; With. Miners';' Representa
tives Over Idea AH Hands Want
Wage Increases 4 ', ? ;
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; (By the United Press)
.Mobile, Feb 7. A strike of seven
hundred thousand union coal miners
and railroad employes is planned by
agents of the railroad men's Union
conferring with the heads of the coa
miners here. They. want increased
wages.'
THE ODDEST STORY .
'-. ; ' . u , IN THE JAYS NEWS
- Gary," Ind. Feb. 7 Oiarles Ab
became so indignant when a. bandit
tried to hold him and his friend. Miss
Bertha Meyers up. that he chased the
rimber for arhour. He quit then Ic
canso he couldn't run any more. IV..
Meyers went on J---''-. ...
NEW YORK EXCITED
PLOTS' IN THE
Subway and Bridges Being
Guarded; Police Were '
In a Hurry r
WOULD WRECK WARSHlf
Cruiser Washington Men- '
tioned as Possible Prev
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for Infernal MachmeT- vv,.
Canadian Bridges and , v '
Plants Closely Guarded -
(By the United Press)
Ottawa, Feb. 7. Sensational re
ports of the discovery of new Ger
man plots are incirculation. . Parlia
ment id prepared to assemble this
afternoon to discuss the origin of tho'
capitol fire, ' 5
From Bridgeburg today came
report that Canadian guards ,had fir
ed upon a rowboat approaching tho
international bridge, on the suspicion
that an attempt was being made to
dynamite the bridge to Buffalo. t
Tho guards have been greatly in
creased at all public buildings and
factories, and the Welland Canal. ; .,
Danger to Warship Going Under
Bridges. , , ' , 1
Washington, Feb. 7. Two letters
have been received by Secretary
Daniels saying it would be easy for
a crank to drop bombs on warships
passing under the New York bridges. '
The messages, caused extra precau
tions to be taken, .There is consid
erable excitement in New York, it
is said at tho Navy Department. Or "
ders have been given Admiral Usher
to take action.
Everything Safe So Far.
New York, Feb. 7. The suWay is
still operating and the armored crui- .,
ser Washington is safe at her dock.
despite wild rumors of bomb plots,
which hurried police , to subway en
trances and the East river bridges.
ROW IN OHIO OVER
CENSORING FAMOUS
CIVIL WAR PICTURE
(By the United Press)
Columbus. O., Feb. 1. Ohio Stats
movie censors, backed by Attorney
General Edward C, Turner, today
were in Federal court hero to defend
their stand in barring the exhibition
in Ohio of the film play, "The Birth
of a Nation." " 1 f
. Producers of tho picture, which AW
picts the South in Civil War and re-:,'
construction days, have' sued for .
retaining order' preventing censors ,
from interfering with the exhibition
of the film in Ohio movie theaters. .
' The picture has been shown in
very State in the union except Ohio.
Censors first rejected ; the film two
months ago at the suggestion of Gov
ernor Frank B., Willis, to, whom, pro
tests had been mads by eivil war vet
erans, patriotic Mid negro organiza
tions. Movie exhibitors and film
company men claim Willis suppressed
the film for political purposes. ; ;
i. .Producers offered to make forty
four changes in-the picture, elimin
ating "objectionable scenes." Pres
sure was brought to bear on officials
and the film was resubmitted.
'. Attorney General Turner re-viewed
the film with the censors and fol
lowed ' their second rejection of tho
picture with a vigorous statement at- :
tacking it as an "insult to the North"
and a ''contemptible distortion of his
tory.' BETTER PRICES FOR
COTTOIi TIIAi S SOLD
Not more than dozen bales t
Cotton had been sokl here 'today by
3 o'clock. The best price was .about
11.37 1-2. New York futurei quota
tions were: ( ; . ; 1 j
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