i- t. DaIiLY THE HOME PAPEB J n J :. v ft urn I'' 1L Jta tanlrhlancl kx wrow; colder J' f VOL. XVII-No. 219 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1916 FOUR PAGES TRICE TWO CENTS ' FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS ; J! Li. . . . . Except In .Germany, Where Pessimism Yet 'Exists In Some Circles VON TIRP1TZ OBSTINATE 1 Doesn't Fancy Promise 11 to United States of Modified Submarine Warfare Washington Believes Al tercation About Ended (By the United Press) Washington, Feb. 9. Berlin today received a cable message of Ameri ca's tentative acceptance of Ger many's last word on the Lusitania, provided it was rephrased to satisfy this government The final note, it is understood, will be a formal dis avowal of .the sinking. What the President considers as more import ant is that it lays down a precedent for international submarine warfare. A long cable message from Colonel House is understood to have been the last word on the settlement The de sire of Von Tirpitz and the minority is for a .return of uncontrolled sub marine warfare. It is understood there that the forthcoming note will not contain a word of disavowal, but does contain equally stringent prom ises that Germany will not repeat the act. It is tbelieved that the com ing note will finally close all negoti ations. v :,;f Germany Courteous to American , Newspapermen. . '. s '-" - Berlin, Feb. 9. As an indica- -tion that Germany hopes for a satisfactory outcome of the Lu sitania Incident, all American correspondents have, been invit ed to take a three-day tour of the' German front. Local news papers are withholding com- USERS INSIST UPON INCREASE IN WAGES Operators Suggest Renewing Pres cnt Scaie for Two Years Union Representatives Attending Mobile Coherence Would Not Hear of Barons' Proposition Raise Or Strike, Is Threat (By the United Press) Mobile, Feb. 9. iCoal operators in conference with miners' representa tives over the miners' wage scale to day suggested that the present scale be renewed for two yeaTS. The min ers will not recede from the demand or an increase. ' ELEVEN GERMAN , . PRINCES I0LIED (By the United Press) London Feb. 9. Newspaper rec ords in London show that war mor . tality among: German princes is as suming alarming proportions. Prince , Maximdllah "Jpf ; Hesse, 1 the ; Kaiser's nephew, is : the ' eWenth and latest memberof "German reyal families to be lcilled.i Th6 others killed since the war Jbegan are:; princes Frederick . Wilhfai of .Xippe, Ernestof Lippe, . Henry XLVI of Eeuss, Frederic of Saxe-tMieningen and his son, Ern est Victor Walrad of Waldeck, Wil - ! . Hani, of Frugges, Frederick of Rech- ' teren-Limpourg, , Charles of, Solms J Braunfels. and William of Carolath Beuthern. . , . ' ... - LfiSITM MATTER t jj REGta) WM F SEES TROUBLE AHEAD x m TRADE CF.WORLD ' (By United Press) . ; . Washingtoa, Feb. 9. Only a union of neutral States following the war , will prevent destructive competition of business, Edward Filene of Bos ton today told tho Chamber of Com merce of the United States. The merchant marine is to be the subjest of a campaign by the chamber. i t I CONDUCTORS : ARE HOLDING OUT Won'f Stand for Auditing of Their Affairs c by "Crooks," Declare Railroads Discharging Men All ihe Time, Why Shouldn't They Do Something for Their Own Interest, They Ask The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad need not rest too assured that the conductors on the system will be con tent to stand for the auditing of their affairs by men of the White agency, said to be a Chicago concern whose service is now had by the railroad in other lines, according to local rail roaders. The conductors, a hundred strong, contend that the auditors would be permitted to spy upon them and at any little mistake "hold them up and demand to go through their (business right on the spot." It is declared by some of the men that the "auditors" are in some cases "crooks" and that being decent men they will not stand for their "meddling." A vote is being taken, it is under stood. The danger of a strike, it is known, is not past by any means. As for the eight-hour working day whion they are said to demand of ficially, the conductors point out that the number of employes of railroads are being constantly reduced. "They are putting on bigger engines all the time and getting rid of men. Why shouldn't we do something for our selves " they ask. SHIRTWAIST MAKERS GO ON STRIKE TODAY Two Thousand In New York De manding Higher Wages and Union Recognition Police Expect Troubled-Three Girls Arrested for Dis order in Connection With Propos ed Walkout (By the United Press) New York, Fob. 9. Two thousand union shirtwaist makers are going On strike this Afternoon, demanding higher wag es and recognition of their union. Three young women were arrested for creating a near riot. The police reserves have been doubled. BCCOMES ARCHBISHOP OF CHICAGO TODAY Chicago. Feb. 9. Services for the installation of the Most Rev. George W. Mundelein, D. D., as Roman Cath olic Archbishop of Chicago and met ropolitan of the Province of Illinois, began today at the Holy Name Ca thedral. The Most Rev. John Bon zano, Washington, D. C, apostolic delegate to the United States, offi ciated at the installation. ROADf ROM ASHEVfLLE TO KTOGlEST ASSUkED Asheville, Frlb. 8. A special train bearing over 200 good roads dele gates from Black Mountain, Ridge crest, Swannanoa and intermediate points arrived at AsTieville this morning. The delegates went before the commissioners and before they left secured the promise of a splen did sixteen-jmile road, reaching from Asheville to Ridgocrest on the Mc Dowell countyjine. ( f ' -v i-1 "" 7 ' ' 1 ' ' i PROVIDE fOtJ fKANlflJN . COUNTY CANNING CLWB Ijouisburg, Feb. 8. The Franklin County ommissionerS yesterday ap propriated $200 to employ a supervi sor of the canning club' in this coun-, ty-. The BoarcT of Education will add to tis amount, which will be supplemented also by the State, ta snfiknent amount to employ a nome demonstrator for five months. '. ' SUPPUEST0PAIEST1E New' York, Feb.. 8. The United States collier Sterling, ; it was an nounced here today, will be used to transport supplies from this country j to Jewish sufferers in Palestine.' London, Feb. 9. An appeal is be ing made by the Irish press; for a boycott of Turkish carpets in f for of Don "ets, declared to be be sup' ,5ie Turkish variety. foreign 4 - : a V. I ft I IKNRMlfflfi TO BE SENSATI Three High Consular Rep resentatives Among Those Indicted MANY PLOTS, REPORTED Neutrality Laws Violated By German and Turkish Consuls at Pacific Port a Number of Times, Fede ral Authorities Charge (By the United Press) San Francisco, Feb. 9. A trial ri valling the famous Hamburg-American case is expected to follow the in dictment of German Consul-General Bopp, Turkish Consul Hall and more than thirty others here for conspir acy to violate the neutrality laws. The details of many plots are ex pected to become known. Other Indictments to Follow. San Francisco, Feb. 9. A Federal Grand Jury here has returned indict ments against Consul-General Franz Bopp and Vice-Consul Baron Von Schack, German representatives here, and Maurice Hall, the Turkish Con sul-General at this port, alleged to be involved in the plot for complicity in which C. C. Crowley was arrested some weeks ago. lUrowley, alleged nro-German agent, is charged with having undertaken to cripple muni itions shipments. The consular rep signing to damage Canadian railroad property and employing a vessel from American ports to supply warships on -the Pacific ocean, which -ship, was interned by the Chilean Government. False clearance papers were secured in the United States, it is alleged. Indictments against "56 others sus pected as having had parts in the plots arc expected to be returned Thursday. BILL TO REGULATE , CLOTHES OF WOMEN (By the United Press) Richmond, Feb. 9. jDelegate Wil liam M. Myers of Richmond- intro duced a bill in the Legislature today which would make short skirts, bare necks and transparent gowns unlaw ful. He says he wishes "to protect men"! MINISTER SHOT BY WOMAN SUCCUMBS TO WOUND Sherman, Tex., Feb. 8. Rev. II. H. Cagle, who was shot here yester day by Mrs. Annie Faust, wife of a farmer, died late today without re gaining consciousness. Mrs. Faust was arrested at the time of the shoot ing, but later was released under bond. She charged that the minister had "slandered" her. CHADBOURN PLANTERS HAD PREPARED IN FALL. ChadJbourn, Feb. 8. -The farmers,' through this section are not very much concerned over the fertilizer situation. Many of them bought fertilizer last summer and fall. Those who didnt think they can use cotton seed and compost to advantage and feel very confident o results. m . . (By the United Press) :4 ; ."';:;V ' ' ' ;-V ' BRITISH IN MESOPOTAMIA NOT AFRAID. . - ; London, Feb. 9. Gen. Town send's forces at Kutelamars are in no danger of capture, accord ing to dispatches from the Indi an army. .They could cut their way out easily. , 4 4 . GERMANY HAS BIG RESERVE YET, SAYS. ; . , London, Feb. 9 Germany ' has reserves of two million men and - there will be no ending of the war until they are exhansted, , says CoL Replington, the Times military eipert. (Ml LAIN 11 THOUGHT 4 i I HAVE CAPTURED JR SUNK BIG STEAMER Orissa, "Bound From South America to Liverpool, Is itfissiiig Rumors Dis turb New York Insur ance Rates Doubled (By the United Press) New York, Feb. 9 Anxiety for the safety of several large passenger carrying transatlantic liners was felt today following circulation of reports that a large liner had been captured or sunk in mid-wean. It is believed to have been the big vessel Orissa, from Chile to Liver pool. Nothing has been heard from her. Marine insurance has doubled, and all captains have been instructed to watch out for raiders. MEETING OE H ' L. t ' if 1 TO HE OPENED THIS EVENING GATE CITY Expected That 2,000 Will Attend Student Volun teer Movement Conven tion to Be Held Saturday. Sessions Through Sunday (Special to The Free Press) Greensboro, Feb. 9. The North Carolina annual convention of the Laymen's Missionary Movement will be opened here tonight. Sessions will last: through Sunday. Fully 2, 000 prominent persons are expected to be in attendance at the opening session this evening. Nearly half that number were here this morning. Winston-lSnlem will have the largest number, prrtbably 400. Nearly every tewn of any importance in the State will be represented. The first convention in the State was held in this city six years ago. Siince then the movement has grown in Nation and State until now it is regarded as one of the biggest fac tors for spreading the Gospel in the world. Business methods are pur sued by the businessmen-churchmen who are enrolled. Presiding as chairman over this convention will be Dr. D. C. Lilly of Nashville, Tenn. Denominational conferences will be held on Thursday and Friday afternoons, and on Sat urday the Student Volunteer Move ment convention will be held. AYDEN AFTER COTTON AKD FERTILiZER MILLS (Special to The Free Press) Ayden, Fein 9. Ayden business men are discussing fertilizer and cot ton mills for this town. The Cham ber of Commerce is understood to be behind the projects, and some local capital is available, it is understood. "Ayden is in a position where it can offer great inducements to manufac turing enterprises," and it has been ascertained from a very good source that the two mills may be had in the near future. , SOL iNVESTIOAT N BAw( DlTclRyjlin HHfflollramirf J " V I 1 - , t t ? .' j .IS 1. j S, 1 j. -1 4 , - - ... ' " J (By the United Press) ' ; Washington, Feb. 9.-f-Louis : Brandeis' friends are considered to have won the first step in the contest to in vestigate his fitness for. the Supreme Court bench when a resolution by Senator Clark to send the matter back to the full judiciary committee mittee today. "r. . - :X - . Clifford Thorne of Iowa read a letter which he said indicated that Brandeis refused to . support , the side of the people in tne nve per cent, rate cases. ! SUA? REMAIN. IN CHARGE HAITI DECADE YET Treaty Establishing Ten Year Protectorate Fa vorably Reported ' f " r , v t t i PLATE MAY GO UP Manufacturers Will 'Run the Price Up to $200 Ton If Government Insists on Manufacturing It, Said Tillman's Reply Later (By the United Press) Washington, Feb. 9. The Senate foreign relations committee by a unanimous vote today favorably re- norted a treaty for establishing a ten-years' protectorate in Haiti. Armor Plate Men Make Threat. Plans for early passage of the gov ernment armor plate bill were an swered today by threats from the ar mor plate men to boost the price to the government two hundred dollars a ton. Senator Tillman will take up the reply Monday. Save Oil Lands for Navy, Daniels Urges. Secretary Daniels today protested to the land committee the giving up of grants of oil lands in California. lie said the oil is needed by the na vy. AFRAID OF PROHIBITION, WANTS U. S. CAPITAL MOVED TO MILWAUKEE Washington, Feb."8.-Representa tive Cary of Wisconsin, today intro duced a resolution for transfer of the United States capital to Milwau kee. He said he did it because of pending legislation which might make the District of Columbia dry. Prohibition, he said, was "a menace to society, and good government." BIG tlJMBER CASE ; HEARING AT RICHMOND The case of Freeman vs. Bryant, Ellington, ct !., appealed from the J Circuit Court, will come up in the U. S. Court of Appeals at Richmond on Thursday. Mr. G. V. Cowper will be one of the counsel for the defend ants. The case involves commis sions of aboiut $40,000, claimed toy Freeman for his activity in arrang ing for the sale of lumber mill and thntbcT'lands property hare. FEW KINSTON LAYMEN 1 TO BIG CONVENTION IKinston will not have a large del egation at the Laymen's Missionary Convention in Greensboro. So far as was known, this afternoon, only about gour persons had announced their in tention of attending the big meeting' of the State's laymen. - They were Messrs. J. A. Herndon, C W. Howard and D. T. Edwards and D. V. Dixon. Mr. Edwards will be present in the capacity of staff correspondent for The Free Press. Others may go, but the pastors : of the churches can speak for none (but the above men tioned. ..i WON 1ST POINT was defeated in the subcom :- -':' - y 'V-v;:vvv - UNITED STATE TQTULtlOMMITTEE life U. OF N. C. FIFTH . IN THE SOUTH NOW In Students and Instructors Univer sity Also Is Fifth In Total Income But Eighth In Productive Funds Texas Leads Interesting Statis tics From-President's Report (Special to The Free Press) Chapel Hill. N. C, Feb. 9-Statis-tics from the recent report of Presi dent Graham to the Trustees show several very interesting facts in re gard to the standing of the Univer sity of North Carolina among the other universities of the South. In the first place, the University of North Carolina stands fifth among Southern Universities both in regard to number of students and number of Instructors. In regard to the total income and productive funds of each . university, Nocth Carolina stands fifth in the t'tal income rank (with $190,000 yearly) and about eighth in produc tive funds. The rark o? the South ern universities as regards total yearly income is as follows: Texas, 2,003 students) $828,000; Virginia. $344,315; Tennessee, $293,000; Ala bama, $200,000; Louisiana, $193,000: North Carolina, $190,000; South Ca rolina, $170,000, etc. But the table on productive funds is still more in teresting. In this Virginia heads the list with $2,288,745; Texas. $2,025, 000; Mississippi, $700,000; Alabama, (1500 students), $565,000; Tennes see, $427,000; North Carolina's en dowment fund, both for general and specific purposes, only amounts to $182,594. GOING ON IN OTHER TOWNS AND COUNTIES OF EASfN CAROLINA In Superior Court at New Bern an interesting civil case is being heard, that of W. E. Turrtbull vs. Pullman Company. Tumbull en gaged two berths on a sleeper from Goldsboro to Washington, D. C, fail ed to make the connection at Golds boro. got to Wilson iby other means and caught the train, demanding his berths, to find one of them occupied. He is suing for $3,00. D. E. Henderson of New Bern claims the longest name in the State. Ho is a lawyer. Despite the fact that he uses only two initials, his name is in reality Jackson Ezekiol David James Nathaniel Sylvester' Willis Edward Demosthenes Hender son, after a multitude of uncles. He is well-known here. The high water in Neuse and Trent rivers, say reports from Craven, is resulting in overflows near their mouths. Considerable damage has been done on farms. Charles Powell, a Washington ma rine ngincejv is suing ine munici pality tere for $10,000 for death of a small son by a broken electric wire. When a freight car on a "flying switch" crashed into his automobile Dr. N. M. Gibbs, a New Bern physi cian, had a narrow escape. The car was damaged some, but Dr. Gibbs escaped injury. LUKEWARMNESS THIS CITY.NO REASON FOR NOT HAVING LEAGUE A Goldsboro report states that the lack of interest in baseball here is no reason why there may not fee an East Carolina baseball league this season. "Kinston is not the only town." It is intimated that others, especially Goldsboro, are more inter ested than ever in the idea of reviv ing the old six-iown association. . "Kinston came near, with the aid of a nearby sister town, in breaking up the East Carolina League upon one occasion,'' it is declared, although no local fan can be discovered who knows anything about that. S. A. L. MAY TAKE OVER , ROAD TO SOUTHPORT, SAID Wilmington, Feb. 8. Jt' is report ed here today that negotiations are in progress for the sale of the Wil mington, Brunswick and . Southern Railroad, from Navassa to Southport, a distance of about thirty miles,- to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, af fording the latter road deep water terminal at Southport, AtBERT t. INDIGNANT OVER PROPOSAL OF w, --Tiu- !.;." TP PEACE f Rum Understood Kaiser Offered Restoration and Payment for Destruction t,'t'i.ii. v;lC iii t-':V i I ? KITCHENER WONT LEAVE Official Denial That He Will Quit London for Foreign Service Turk. Submar ine Sunk By. Russian Ves sels Off Asia Minor (By the United Press) London. Feb. 9. The govern ment machinery for the enforce ment of the conscription set was put into effect today. The call was issued , for, bachelors from 20 to SO years of, age to report " with the colors "March 2. Belgians' King Angry. ; , . London, Feb, 5. Belgium has, .re fused separate terms for peace offer ed $y Germany, according toa Rome dispatch, said to have come from Va tican sources. The Kaiser was win ting for restoration of the country, and agreed to pay for the destroyed structures provided the country re mained neutral. ..;, i King Albort indignantly rejected the terms, it is said. : w Kitchener Won't Leave Office. , London, Fob. 9. It is denied in of ficial circles "here that Lord Kitchen er ds to resign to be succeeded y Lord berby. ' Turk Submersible Sunk. Petrograd, Feb. 9.A Turkish ' submarine which attacked a Russian squadron on 'the Anatolian coast was bombarded and is believed to have , been sunk.;; ; V 'Vl;:,U : uV:'J-: REMAINS flF ENGINEER- Seaboard Air Line Man Killed Near Southern Pines Tuesday 'Was Na tive of That City. and Brother-hi-Law .to Kinston Woman .Family Survives Locomotive Left Rails Two Hurt (Special to The Free Press) ,i Raleigh, Feb. 9. The funeral of David K. Wright, S. A. L. enginem'an killed yesterday wben the Florida Limited's locomotive left the track near Southern Pines,' is expected to be held in Fayetteville today. The remains were carried there this morn ing. A negro fireman and a baggage master were painfully but not se-' riously injured. ,',(-., , ... t ' ' Engineer Wright, who was a broth er-in-law of .Mrs. W B. ; Douglass, ' wife of Alderman outclass of Kin ston, was 41 years of age and a na tive of Fayetteville., He had been a railroad man ihe better part of his -life. He went with the S. A. t. in 1900. He was at one time a member of the Board of Aldermen of ithis city. He is survived by his wife, a young son and a daughter aged eight. He had resided in Raleigh a number of years. THE ODDEST STORY - LV THE DAY'S NEWS . St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 9."When I get this blindfold off II) show you a few points," said Louis W. Hill, pres ident of the Great Northern Radlroad, equipped with a pair of ' boxing gloves while being initiated into the Elks. Some fellow in front of him had tapped him several times with a gloved hand. Just then the blind fold was snatched off. Mike Gibbons, probably world's middleweight cham pion, stood in front J of Hill, who bought. : ') l FORCOiBim INSTE PRESIDHiT l " : (By the United Tress) , Albany, Feb. 9 Governor Whit man is out for re-election for Gover nor. This drives a e in 1.U pres iJerst'ul 1(K"m; BERLIN my .A ill 7 i i m Lit !i : 1, v Ms;-,