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E ID) ABLY TF"tt- THE-HOKE-FilPEB -4 KLU THIJ WBATHBX ' FW toniakl aad to- mamwi aotdar , in VOL. VII No. 218. SECOND EDITION vv "it KINSTON, N. C TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1916 FOUR PAGES PRICK TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS c KITCHENER M$ f A LENOIR TAXPAYERS MUST VOTE ON PITT fflllV BEFORE 0. S. CONSIDERS 1 BILL INCLUDES ALL Mill INAIMISCM HATTFIK (IF MflN CO. CAUSES CONFUSION mm iLiiu ui & El BEAT ROBBERS, Sffl. SEN. itiN IMPROPER NUMBERS P- 31 I f 1 f. tt - - ' ii1 ft ti ' i MM I W PV mm Optimists Have No Conception of Administration's Mind Last Memorandum From Berlin toGo Before Cabi net Today German Financiers Standing Behind Gov ernment In Its Refusal to Disavow Sinking, Although They Have Important Interests In This Country That Would Suffer In Event of Break American Business Men Appealing to Gerard to Tell Teutons Wilson Is Determined (By the United Press) WASHINGTON, FEB. 8. The Germans' last mem orandum on the Lusitania is to go before the Cabinet today, it is expected. Some optimism is pervading Ger man official circles. In Congressional circles it has re ceived a setback. Statesmen and high officials of the Germans who are optimistic have-no conception of the mind of the Administration. It is believed the Admmi stration is standing firm that Germany must make fur ther concessions. Germany Money Interests Behind Kaiser. ' BERLIN, Feb. 8. Leading German bankers and financiers with large interests in America are standing firm behind the foreign office in its refusal to disavow the sinking, of the Lusitania, This was learned follow ing the adjournment of a conference yesterday. Ameri can business men are appealing to Ambassador Gerard to tell them to leave off. Leading bankers hope there will be no break, but say the government cannot admit the sinking was illegal. - Situation "Hopeful." Washington, Feb. 8. Secretary Lansing conferred with the President today at 10 o'clock ; at 11 both went to the cabinet meeting: Mr. Lansing shook his head to all questions. From official sources came information that the situation is hopeful. It is likely that negotiations will be continued in any event . , i Ambassador Von Berristorff is to see Secretary Lan ding .this, afternoon , Chairman in march ; !J ffy 1 .. 1 Attempt Being Made to Get Con- i yention Business Out of Way Sim ply Because Wilson Will Have No 'Opposition Likely to Be Race for lce-Presidency of Fre-for-All UKfcid ' ' '"4 (By the United Press) St. Louis, Feb. 8. There has been no attempt to rush proceedings pre liminary to the .Democratic conven tion, despite the fact that Wilson will ia all probability have no opposition. It, is, expected, that selection will be made of a temporary chairman in New York next month. An open race for the vice-presidency is predicted. AH Right to Use President's IS ante in bhio.. Washington,- Feb. 8. President Wilson will write, a letter to the Ohio Secretary of State giving his consent to the use of his name on the prim ary ballot in that State, it is under stood, ':, . ' ' BAPTIST, MINISTER !rSHJ)I BYANGRY WOMAN (By ,the United Press) 'Sherman, Tex., Feb. ; 8,Rev H. M. Cadle is dying and Mrs." Annie Faust, wife, of a farmer, faces trial forvshooing him as the result of a religious; feud in the Sherman Bap. tist church. Jiach headed, a faction. They hal words in the public square before te woman 'shot: the minister. Woman Claimed Slander., ; : The wiman pulled a revolver from her handbag and fired. five shots into the man' body. When arrested Mrs. Faust said, according.to deputy sher iffs, that, the minister hadrflandered her and she had shot; irt revenge. ' VERY LITTLE OTTON , SOLD OLOCAl HAftKET f ,, Only four bales of eotton- -v were old here today. The best price was 11 1-4, New York " futures' quota tions were: jv ... . Open March 4 ..11.89 May ..; .12,10 July 12.21 dose 12.07, 12.26 12.40 ,;...i2.pi WEEKLX COTTON LETTER OF ROUNTREE COMPANY Decline-of Past Fortnight Discussed. No Basis for Bull Market at Mo ment Question of Supply On Hand Important Item Market Ir regular Ten Cents Predicted for Cottonseed (Special to The Free Press) New York, Feb. 7. The decline that started week before last, con tinued last week, until at one time July sold within two points of 12c, the lowest leve 1 since the advance started before Thanksgiving Day. This was not only a decline in con tracts, but spot cotton as well has lost ground in all Southern markets. In fact j it was the selling of hold ers here and there that started the general slump. For two months,- and more, South ern spot markets have presented a solid wall of strength, and this has maintained values to such a degree that there was no inclination to look for any decline on the part of trad ers. But this week various spot mar kets have weakened to the levels quoted durin gthe January liquida tion six weeks ago, and, in some cases, very little actual business has been done at even these figures. TheMatter part of the week cov ering in Liverpool started an im provement here, but the recovery of a quarter of . a cent in the contract market failed to bring about any de cided ' Improvement in spots South . This is ' undoubtedly due to the fact that the season is now rapidly mov ing", on, toward the period of planting preparations Here and there, hold ers who do not desire to' carry cot ton through, another season" . have been contented to take hid prices. Under th existing conditions, pre vailing throughout the world, we can not help feeling that the basis for a bull cotton market is not to be seen ftt the moment. Serious floods in the western sections of the' Mississippi Valley have ' attracted attention," and the fact that Eastre is later,, 'this year than it will he for another for- j ty-three years, leads many to look for a tardy spring. The enormous consumption" of cotton in thU coun try, and the urgent need of cotton jv ammunition purposes,' go far to the absence of a market in cen- "-one, but on the other hand, Rumored He Will Resign to ' Oppose Von' Der Goltz In Asia SEIZING GERMAN PRINTS British Holding Up Lot of War Literature London Government May Send a Special Representative to This Country, Said (By the United Press) London, Feb. 8. Pavid Lloyd George and Lord Derby are being mentioned as successors to Lord Kitchener, if the latter steps out of office. There is no confirmation of the rumors of Kitchener's resigna tion obtainable from any authorita tive source. It is reported that he may be sent to the East to oppose Von Der Goltz. German Literature Held Up. England is slaughtering tons of books, pamphlets and newspapers printed, in Germany and shipped to Germans in neutral countries for use in a great propaganda. Among them are several thousand copies of Bry an's speech on British rule in India, printed in Germany and addressed to persons in the United States and South America. England May Have a "Col. House." London, Feb. 8. Wilson's plan of sending a confidential diplomatic del egate abroad has been so successful that England is considering sending a "Col. House" of her own to America to clear up. the difficulties of the Blockade regulations. BRIEFS IN THE NEWS OF NEIGHBORING T&WNS Craven county will build an im proved road from the Maple Cypress read to the Pitt county line. Plant ers will pay a part of the expense. Amos Stroud, GO, of Seven Springs. and Miss Ella Hardy, 42, of Pover, 0. couple well-known throughout this section, are to be married, according to the Register of Deeds at New Bern. Twenty-five carloads per diem are now being hauled from the Never son quarries -to the Capt Lookout breakwater construction site. Claude Suggs, who killed his father-in-law at Jacksonville Christ mas night, is to be tried before Judge Allen in Onslow County Court nexc month. (By the United Press) GERMANS TAKE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. 'V Berlin, Feb. 8. In " Pursuing "defeated Russians . af Muendzil, , the Germans took six hundred prisoners. , the South has over four and a half million bales to come forward, as shown by the Censm figures of cot ton ginned during the seasons of 1914 and 1915, and six months of ithe cotton year have already passed. As the aeason advances toward the preparations for another crop, the question of supply bn( hand will, of course, be a more important item, unless the new crop gets a . poor start. . The market itself seems to be an irregular, affair, wirth good support on declines, but with the South willing to feed the market on any advance in prices. . , .-V : Cotton seed oil continues its steady aJthonfh slow, advance. Ten cents ia freely predicted by the bulls. Con ditions, seem to favor a further ad vance. - j.--Coffee has had a good advance on the rise in freight rates from Braiil. This will probably be the dominat ing factor in fixing values in the fu ture, v'-. - ;- 'I R. II. ROUNTREE & CO. J'enrose Warns Naval Com 4"lktee That Government WiQFind Manufacture of PlateMore Expensive Because Private Patents itel (By the UnitedPress) Washington, Feb. 8. The United States and armor plate manufactur ers are lined up for the biggest fight yet. The Senate naval affairs com mittee, which hail before recommend ed for passage a bill for the govern ment manufacture of armor, was warned by Senator Penrose that pri vate patents would add $200 per ton to armor plate, or $24,000,000 to the total of the present plans which then would go out of business when the government plant had finished. The committee recommended the bill. "We will beat an aggregation of robbers," said Senator Tillman. GERMAN FLEET MAY BE PREPARING FOR DASH TO NORTH SEA Dutch Reports Say There Are Indications of Such a Move Biff Air Fleet to Accompany Men-of-War On the Expedition. (By (he United Press) London, Feb. 8. Rumors that the German fleet is preparing for its long expected dash into the North Sea have reached here from Dutch sources. All marines have been sent to Kiel and leaves of absence to offi cers cancelled. A great air flotilla will aid the ships, it is expected. WRESTLlNfi MATCH WAS F0LL0WE1)BY KILLING (By the Eastern Press) Washington, N. C, Feb. 8. After a wrestling match between the two in the lower part of Beaufort coun ty, Virgil Smith shot and killed Mel ton Jones. Both men, negroes, seem ed to 'be in good humor until Smith suddenly produced the gun and shot the other down. INVESTIGATION FIRE AT OTTAWA STARTED (By the United Press) Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 8. Investiga tion of the destruction of the Parlia- ment buildings by fire was begun to day. Precautions against the en trance of German agents from the United States have been redoubled. The entire border is being guarded. ENGINE KILLED The Seaboard Air Line's Florida Special, a fast train from New York to Florida, which left New York Monday afternoon,1 was wrecked this morning, probably after 3:30 o'clock, near Southern Pines, and Dave Wright, S. AiL engineer of Raleigh, was dlled according to news that came to the Kinston-Carollna Railroad 'office here ' today . The detail were meager. It wai presumed that the flyer went through an open switch and crashed into a freight The damage to the trains could not be learned, and m far as was known .. Wright was the only victim. . '.. w vL';''"v i -.'' ' v - -' Mr. Wright waa a brother-in-law til Mrs. W. B. Douglass, wife of Mayor Pro Tern. Douglass of this city. Mr Douglass left today for Raleigh. -. . -. ;., ,. . ".: '. "- Attempt to Pass All Reven ue Legislation In One Measure NOW BEING CONSIDERED Rural Credits Bill Practic ally Completed Work of Moss More Than Any one Chamber Commerce of U. S. Is Meeting (By the United Press) Washington, Feb. 8. One omnibus ibill to include all revenue legislation in a single bill is the strategy under consideration by administration lead ers. The plan is to force it through with a single vote. It will be con sidered by the ways and means com mittee Thursday. The bill would in clude revision of the income tax and a new inheritance tax, repeal the war stamp tax, increase the duties on whisky and cigars, tax war munitions and create a tariff commission, con tain an anti-dumping clause, retain the sugar tax and repeal the tax on mixed flour. Rural Credits Bill. "The rural credits bill has been practical completed toy the banking committee, and is to be brought be fore the House soon. It is chiefly the work of Representative Moss of Indiana. National Chamber Commerce Meets. Secretaries Redfield. Garrison and Daniels and a dozen Representatives and Senators addressed the opening meeting here today of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Clark and Mann Side by Side. Washington, . Feb. 7. Speaker Clark and Republican Leader Mann fought side by side in the House to day for adequate national defense, with party lines obliterated, most of the members followed their leaders and two navy measures passed with out a dissenting vote. One, to pro vide for adding 300 midshipmen to the entering class at Annapolis next July, passed 1711, to 0, and ithe other to equip navy yards for construction of battleships numbers 43 and 44, passed without a roll call. CHICAGO MAN, MIND BliANK, f 0 ASHEVILLE Asheville, Feb. 7. Leaving Chica go a week ago Saturday, his mind in ia daze as the result of the recent death of his five-year-old son, and his nerves shaken by reason of incessant application, to business for the past two years, John F. Avery,, a promin ent lace manufacturer of Chicago, landed in Asheville last Tuesday without any very definite idea of the route taken in getting here, and has recovered fully through long tramps taken over ithe mountains. Mr. Av ery says that the mountain tramps must have cleared his mind, and re stored his nerves to normal- - IN WRECK NEAR PINES EARLY THIS A. M. i Which Their Children Are to Attend Small Minori ty Living in Lenoir Part of District Protested the Bond Issue Lenoir county citizens' objection to being taxed for a new school in Grifton, a Pitt county town, was overcome Monday when the Board of County Commissioners here ordered a bond issue election for $20,000 for the purpose, the election to be held in the portions of the district in both counties simultaneously, of course. The commisioners had no alternative, the Lenoir County Board of Educa tion having passed favorably upon tho matter and its word being law in such cases. There are probably six or seven times as many people in the district residing on the Pitt county side as on the Lenoir side. If the is sue carries the $20,000 will be ex pended for a hndsome brick graded school building for the town of grif ton and the rest of the Grifton dis trict. Lenoir citizens voiced strong disapproval of the project before the commissioners. Another claim for damages from a road being built through private property was presented to the Board Monday, by John D. Walters of La Grange, who asked more than $800. A claim ior a smaller sum from a landowners in the same section was refused by a commission a few days ago. The same road, the Jason-La Grange highway, is now involved. A committee of commissioners will in vestigate Walters' claim. The Board kicked out of harness when it came to paying a water bill presented by the city for the fiscal quarter. It held that the West .Con struction Company, doing the street paving in the city, had used water from the Courthouse' or jail to fill the boiler of a stenmshovel, and ask ed the City Clerk to render another bill for the amount minus what the construction people had used. The City Clerk would not agree to that, and suggested that the Board pre sent a bill to tho West Company for the excess. That was done. An easy compromise was had this morning, the West people paying about $18, estimating the amount the county had used as being the same that was consumed in the corresponding quar ter a year ago. NEWS OF THE DAY TOLD IN IfARAGRAPHS Chicago, Feb. 8. No more fine food for civilian rookies at training camps in the Middle West this sum mer, according to Col. D. A. Freder ick, in charge of the central depart ment today. The citizen soldiers will have to prepare their own meals. London Among latest treasures added to Princess Mary's collection of war souvenirs is an Austrian of ficer's beauty case with mirror, bril- llantine, rouge and manicure powder. iHarrishurgh, Pa. One of every ten Pennsylvania farmers has an au- jtomobile; The total, 22,608, is more than 14 per cent, of the total num ber of licensed cars in the State last year. London A Sussex magistrate is reported to be making a practice of allowing all game poachers brought before him, four days to decide as to whether they would like to become "snipers" at the front or go to jail. Chicago W. A. Holbert, - puMman porter on a train running out of here edits, the Pullman Porters' Review between runs. He has a staff com posed of pullman porters who do much of their writing while speeding around the country. UP TO COURTS TO CORRECT LYNCHING EVIL, HE SAYS Wilson, Feb. 7 Judge H. P. Lane, who is holding criminal court here, during his' charge to the grand jury this morning in referring do lynch ings, stated as his opinion - that lynching a disease of the law and a contagious disease that seems to be spreading." V To Letter Carriers, Deliv ery Boys and Others', Council Told MATTE TO BE REMEDIED Names of Streets May Be ' Changed Ex-Richmond Policeman Made Plumb ing Inspector for Kins ston Sanitation Mr. H. D. Spence addressed City Council at its regular monthly meet ing Monday night, in behalf of the city letter carriers and delivery boys ; of Kinston. He took for his text Numbers going all the way np thaf , multiplication table nearly and dis proved entirely , the popular belief , that a letter carrier won't talk when there is occasion. Mr. Spence would make an excellent after-dinner speak er. J he Councilman were very much amused, as well as edified,1 by hia lit ; tie speech. In some residential sec tions of the city, he declared, houses ' are numbered so that if a United States postoffice inspector were to get wind of it delivery; would be sus pended on certain blocks.- He didn't understand how delivery boys ever , got through with their work. Cer tainly it was a job for' the letter car- 5 riers, It happened this way(he un derstood : Some houses were , impro- ' i perly numbered. At the last muni cipal census ; the census-takeri who"' was Mr. Chas." Bagby, undertook to correct what mistakes 'hernoticed. Ho ' was efficient, and tore off a lot of numbers, substituting, according to his notion, the proper numbers with a crayon or lead pencil. Chalk and ; chaos! There was bound to be con fusion for a little while, andL when the city did no follow up Bagby's work and' place permanent numbers" where they should be put, as Mr. Bagby had expected, a lot of darkies got the. idea that they were not get ting their mail regularly 'and tacked up the old numbers; Result: Three hundreds, five hundreds, eight hun dredspossibly all of these and some more on the same block. Mr. Spence was informed that the city intended correcting the situation and that the numbers had been or dered and were expected to arrive soon. Following discussion of house numbering, Alderman WeWb iug gested that the name of Hazcard street in Northwest Kinston be chan ged to Washington street" extended, as it really should be, because the ha-. zard of the present name was a per ilous risk indeed to the residents, Mr. Webb also gave.i as his opinion that' Washington and Lenoir streets should be made avenues. They are oases, he said, in a whole desert of avenues as Peyton, Grainger, Capitola, and numerous others. Mr. Henry French, too. he stated, had asked that La Roque's alley's name be altered to Glenwood avenue. Mr.. French had read in a paper about a man being killed on a Glenwood avenue im an other city; Mr. Webb said, although he did not indicate that that was ' Mr. French's reason for desiring the change. The Council has the matter of ' changing the names under con sideration. . . ' 1 'I T, A. Conway, a plumber recently from Louisburg, N. C, .was named plumbing and sanitary officer at a -salary of. $75. He would have the work of inspecting all plumbing con nections; electric light wiring, visit ing premises to see if the sanitary ord Inancea were being observed, etc Mr. Conway, the Council had been in formed, is a capable man. - He has -served as plumbing inspector in cit ies where there is no other duty at tached' to the office, has been on the ; Richmond police force, etc. Council granted petitions for two and one-half blocks of asphalt pav ing in northwest Kinston, bringing the total of the extra paving op al most to 60 blocks. X block 1 it half on 'North Il.r::.- - f'- V:s I
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