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i j ; i tTPMiS- iT. A iitr Ftw tenlht aaJ to. ,4 ftmwm a SECOND EDITION KJNSTQN, S. SATURPAV, FEBRUARY 12, 1916 6 PAGES TODAY r 4 PHTCE TWO CTNT ITVJ3 CENTS "liiiE ko;:e.f?e3 t. , r r- '1 " ! .. ,V AUSTRO-OERHAN IhLLjw f RPLEXINGONBFOR Nothing; to. Be Done By United States In Matter, With . Boycott of American Goods to Other Ports Than Qwn Threatened Allied .Vessels No Violation of Inter national.- Law On Latter - Citizens -to Keep Uff Liners Carrying Guns to Be Is sued Embargoes Likely Is Announced to Affect lieved In Washington " ; ' (By the United PressJ Washington, Feb. lWith thelarrival probably today-of the-notes f rqm Germany and Austria, decreeing armed merchant ships shall be treated as warships after . March 1st, the United States will face one of the most in tricate diplomatic questions arising since tha war begun. It ?s believed, however, '."that lftsjng;. I will . admW the Central Powers' contentions are sound. 4tris considered - possible that the Allies' ships .ftay.-boycott American goods billed to other ports than their own. This, it is Believed, would not be in contravention of . international :law. - ,:''';'.; . Aree'ment with the Teutons' orders is to be followed 1 by a formal warning for the citizens of this government ' to keep off armed Allied ships. It js expected the. emjjar goists in Congress wjiLppesn a cinipaign as soon as it is learned that it is certain a boycott is planned. ; Alies May Protest to the' United States. London, Feb. 12. -hp AJUe< is stated on good au thority will .send a strone note of protest to the United States If.Secretary Lansing ccepermahv's policy to treat armed merchantmen as warships. .'It is declajQd lere that the United States, lias alow armed merchant inen to enter its ports, and cannot change its policy in the middle of .the war, , r , vp my mm .CLOfflffilflRM'NS v; TllOUT WlOTN (By the United irtsj El Paso, Feb. 12VilU b re ported to have starfeno wt? ent Chihuahua American- Mar- man colony, w)efe five hundred persons tested". are practically unpro- SCillAR AGAIN torn C0MPANY V (By the Ufcited ,Pres) . Philadelphia', jFeb. 'l2harles M Schwab ,today resumed negotiations for the "purchase of the Pennsylvania Steel Company , for .; approximately fifteen-million dollars. He wants to odd 'the plant to the Bethlehem Steel Corpany . ' , , ( AYDEN piSPATf 11 IS ' EUSPZIIDED Y .OWNERS (Special to The Free Press) r ; Ayde'n, Jfeb.,l5-The board of di-e-ectors of the Ayden f res "WU Bap . tist j Printing Company .has ordered upenion of the Ayden Dispatch for a indefinite period, owing o the re rnfc)pn,.f Manager J. C. Griffin and , other matters. Mr.'3rilfin wil wor: in the ministerial Aeld., Ihere is no' chance'for immediate ppera tion'cf the paper. Heu-bert' B. Uley, the editor, will enter college o com plete his ,'education. , ' ; : . T:i',rSS.',lES pNTHE : : k ci cciTcri market I tt . ' Ahou 20 bales of cotton had been aold by o'clock .today, with the best price about It 1-ic. , Thee was no futures market in New York, on account of Lincoln's Birthday." ' SNOW HILL UP TOD ATE. . (Sjoiiil to The Free Pr Snow I!;!!, Feb. 12 The I Lt a I t il v pekly, i a lju-m'v, I Linotype mnv? f ." t ii T -,-e county. THIS GQVERNMEf Score--Formal Warning ; to Jo Geusyeii Boycott Retaliatory! Legislation, Be - , GOINGS IN OTHER. : OF. EAST CAROLINA Sampel M. Bledsoe, a yMl-known man, was run down by an automobile driven by Miss Bessie Hyman at New Bern Friday afternoon. He was knocked to the pavement, 1 and hia head struck the hard surface with seme force. :He was badly bruised, but physicians do not believe his in- luries iwill nrov . serinns. fobert K. (Dunn, who lost two An gers' in an 'accident' at the New Bern plant of the John L. Roper Lumber Company, was awarded $2,000 dam ages by Jury at that city Dunn was suing for I1&000. ; ft proved to be the (bage St Ni cholas, and not the tug Edgar F. Coney, which sun,k iff Cape Lookout late Tuesday night, said " report to day. The tug had fhe barge in tow. The crew of the -barge was" saved. Swanboro's .etreets are being im Firoved. , , , Episcopal fliahop' T. C. Darst will preach at Beaufort tomorrow. ; Carteret ibqiifr 'expects toehold a county school commencement in the month of March. ' 1 TAKE WHiTE CHILD (M . :mCpfliEGRSS ; ' . By thf lEaiftrni Press ' , . New B,ern, ' Jeb, 1 The sheriff and an agent of the .Chatty Poard yesterday took from Gertie utnn," regress,1 the 16-months-qU daiightef of white woman ot e Pembroke eetion named Russell, who claims to be from Raleigh! The negress had been given the infant to take care of. The autnoritles will place the little one in U home, stating 'thai the mqtb er is not a fit person to have the cus tody of hen , ' r; AntipfiopoizaN ; ORED ATRApUET . (By the United Press) .. Chicago, Feb. 12. A deliberate attempt to -poison Archbishop Mun delein, Govemor( Dunn and 4 hun dred other guests at a" banquet Thursday night was discovered to day. AH were ill following the din ner. It was found lha tarsenic was put into "soup ' "by an e m ploy? who dis-sppeared. WAR SECRETIN May Be Houston, Lane or a Dark Horse, Rumored ' . In Capital , IS EASIER ON CONGRESS Garrison's Resicrnation Gets Continental Army and Compulsory Training Qut of WayPresident Goes . on Cruise (By the United Press) : Washington, Feb. 12. Legislative skies for Congress have cleared as the result of Garrison's resignation, in the opinion of capital leaders. It oceans there will be no continental ar my plan in substitution lor militia under Federal control and no com pulsory training plan. Houston and Lane Mentioned. The President will bring back the name or the new secretary of war when he returns tomorrow from his trip down the Potomac. It is believ ed he will select either Secretary Lane jor Secretary Iouon erV dark horse now unknown. . . . ' t Will Roosevelt Succeed - : NEW i- ii :.v'f t-i?:t'.t '-Vilil i ' ... : nr-.Li.-I ' 'w.Vn o "TCTTaod Auatriafts ia attributed to olina friends of Admiral McGowan are booming him for, assistant sec retary of the navy in case Franklin D. Roosevelt is named secretary of war. ' '- i ' SAW ZEPPELIN RAIDS QVER ENGLISH CAPITAL Percy Trilnick, a ahoe salesman of Norfolk, here today fs just aix weeks out of London. The British, says Mr. Trilnick, "are to a man con fident ot victory in $he world war, Mr. Tnlnick talks interestingly of the Zeppelin raids over the metropo lis. "They are terrifying experien ces, he declares, escribing how the giant dirigibles swooped down in the night to bomb the most populous neighborhoods of the city, . killing and maiming many persons, wreck- ing property and starting fires, and how the anti-aircraft guns , ami searchlights on the tall buildings searched out the unwelcome visitors in the sky, but damaged them little. A lot of excitement was caused each time the Zeppelins came, he said, and the din of the bafitles was nerye-slhattering. fHEDREEiWONTSAY rep,vs:jallseat t (By'tie Eaatern Press) iNew Bern. Feb. 11. As every pol itician -m the State knows, it has been the (talk of the First pongress- ional district for -six months ..(that Judge- H. W. ; Whedbee of Greenville VakU mae the run gajnst John JfL Small, the present Representative, at tthel. next election. Judge Whebee bas been Conducting Superior Court here Hhis week. A State paper In- ucted its local .(Correspondent to get , the Jurist tfi admit or deny that he was about to throw up his posj tion on ,th bench to enter politics, "Mke him talk if you have to sit on him until h does, the correspond ent was' structed." s Jht best that the paper has qad yet was: "Whedbee talks but he az- tolutely refuses to talk about .the things we wajt to know." "r: r r;0?ETI!A!rSC0RE,QF ' luIIEET DATII r - i f ,.r. v '.'' :. :' : (bV -llhe 'United Press)' "'''" Johnstown. Pa., f eb. 12The bod ies of nineteen miners wee removed from a. shaft here today followjng an explosion last night. Three others sre missing. ITALY TO RECEIVE NO MORE V I French Premier Believed 'tj Have Influenced Gov ! ernment to Issue Decree. jsteej WaU Around Cen '. iral Powers Complete r By HENRY WOOD, (United Preaa Staff Correspondent) Jtome, Feb. 12. The last gap in the steel wall of the Allies around Germany was closed with the issu ance of a decree by the Italian gov ernment forbidding the importation of any products from Germany or Au8trm. The announcement was made fol lowing a conference, with Fren Premier Briand here. It is expected to thus throttle Germany's economic grip while battering away her battle lines. ' f Violent Fighting in East Petrogad, Feb. 12. The Russian front, from Volhyniad to Bessarabia, is the scene of violent lighting. Bulgarian Czar Conferring With Teutons, Amsterdam, Feb. 12. The Bulgar ian (Csar Ferdinand after a confer ence with thfr Kaiser is conferring with the Austrian General Staff re garding Roumahia's threat to enter the war on the side of the Allies. The increasing activity of the Russians a de sire to impress Roumania with a show of strength. . French Gain in West , Paris, Feb. 12. The French cap tured three hundred yards of trench es iji rgonne. . c05ipromise on the- Dependence bill ..." i ' v .. Rrought ii'fore House Today Like Jy.to Be Adopted Would Postpone ' the i Granting of liberty' to Inlands 'FouV'to Teniears Pfedges ;jUi mate Freedom of Possession 1 , ,, (By the United Press) ; , Washington,' Feb.V 12. Postpone ment of Philippine independence from four to ten years is a compromise plan before Congress today. The bill is expected to be so amended the House. The compromise .pledges ul. timate Philippine independence, i russell carteret repjis' chairman (By the Eastern Press)'' '.. Beaufort, Feb. -12. The Republic- an county convention for Uarteret county, elected N. H. Russell .qhalr- man of the executive committee. Del egates to the State and Congression al conventions are: Thos. h. Piver, C. R. "Wheat JflrW.' - r ("-' R. Wheatley, W. O. Noe, J. F. pun- can, A, Li. Wilson, George A. Willis, W. A. .Mace, A: L. Willis, Carl Gas- kill and Stephen Harris. .. ' BULLETINS , (By the United Press) FIRST DELEGATES. TP ' J RUBLICAN C.Q.NVENT10X. ' : Excelsior . Springs, Mo Feb. 12. The first, delegsfes to th publicaif Rational Convention are being named tt conven - tion here today. ' . DANES TO ENTER , ! FORD TRIBUNAL. New, jYark,, , Feb. 12v Five Danish r peace. delegates - have beeh elected to the Ford Tribu oaL it ia announced, v NO TROUBLE BETWEEN SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS Rio De Janeiro, Feb. 12. That diplomatic ; relations between Argentina and Bolivia are, se verely sprained et the ; old boundary dispute wa .stoday' ru in ored here but denied fromboth capitals. AMERICA MUST LEAD r ii SAYS DOCTOR' LILLV Preparedness Duty of the Layinen as JVell A f ,. :;: the Nation NEW THINGS DEMANDED vWf ii.e'' ;V w lmi Great Spiritual Awakening (at Hnd,.peqlarcs Rev, C. J. Thompson tq Laymen's Conyention In Progress In Grcnsborp By p. T. EpWARDS, Free Press Staff Cbrreapondeftt My purpose In life shall . in clude: 1. The adoption of Christ's purpose of world evangeliza tion and world welfare. a.. Aa erneat fffort to win men to 0rlat by "personal tes timony and appeal. ' k. The' adoption of a Scriptur al standard of giving, aa well aa system in giving. 4. Dally renewal by Bible atuy ind rjiyer, Including the "family altar."1 ) t Greensboro,', Feb. . 12. Th,e above is the preparedness program that Dr. Clay JMy, team leader and man ager of the convention,' proposes to the Christian men of America pre predn8 not for carnage,, but for spiritual world-conquest . Dr. Lilly of Nashville, Tenn., is a com para tively young man, aPjresbyterian by church affiliation,, and Jsfield secre tary of the ; Laymen's " Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada. As auch he has obtained, a complete grasp of the situation, and in his tremendous earnestness gives his hearers a clear impression of this fact. i , . . . Jn getting at the facts of the pres ent-day , situation , in the world hs bega)''wi'h cohdiioris existing about the time of our revolution when prac tically all authority was centered in the European States. Neither the West nor the Orient was at that time taken at all seriously. Even as late : 1839 Cllna , waa not . consid ered on the-missionary atlas. . , ; But when our Civit war came on Europe llega to '"take notice" of us as a 'power, and when jjapan whip ped China so completely and easily, Europe recognized an oriental power. war and the Russo-Japanese wars, Then came the ' Spanish-American War ami 'the Jlusso-Japanese wars and Europe realised that there were world powers In ;hoth the east and the west- , . ...... Thus our .position, has been estab lished in the world. But with posi tion and prominence, comes great re sponsibility For. today Europe is Ab dicating 'its once proud position. Through horrible' bloodshed and car nage she is committing self-destruc tion. Who is now going to minister to the needs of the world? i Japan ahd, America are left in the ascend ency; but Japan, war-stined. her self, aiid. "wihPut'j ihe Gospel of Christ, lis majjfeBtly ujitte for spiritual service. And It is loft to America to become the leader of a spiritual reformation of the race. 'oif i calling us for tht task. Are we ready for it T How much of tfte 'manhood of the Church ;is Teady for the conflict through'harty sup port of the preparedness program 7 Tha Worjd Cjisia and t ; ' Its Challenge. , , 5 , . .The same line of thought was pow erfully presented by Rev. C. "J. Thorpipsan of Raleigh, , field secre tary for, missions for the Southern Baptst convention. : A crisis is at hand, he declared one that may result in a great bless ing, and one liable, to result in much damage if unheeded, political orders are changing, new intellectual view points' are being taken and aocial or ders are crumbling and all this to day is ieverv before , in the history of he world.? People are demand ing new things and taking a new at titude toward Christianity. A "sur vey f the mission fields discloses a very grrat spiritual awfi';pr,;"? eM mtih hrnri GERMANS INTIMATE DID NOT' ASSERT TRUTH Dolgian Cardinal On One Occasion Compared Ger iftany With the Devil- rpiitical Agitator In the Cloak of the Church Berlin, Feb. 12 Cardinal Mercier's veracity is questioned in a seml-offi cial statement, replying to charges made by the Belgian prelate in his famous pastoral letter accusing tne Germans of various acts against the people of Belgium. . Mercicr ia accused of using the cloak of the prelate to operate as a political agitator, and Incite resist ance to, Germany. It is said that on one occasion he compared Germany with the devil. ' the point has been , reached where missionaries have "broken .the ice" and can do intensive work as never before. ' The epeaker called attention to Sherwood Eddy's account of evange listic meetings In twelve cities of China, showing how carefully t the meetings had been prepared for by the training of a large number of workers and the mobilization t of all Christian influences. Then a simul taneous campaign brought most re markable results. Dr. Thompson stressed the Import ance of team work as the modern method of accomplishing great things tn the mission fields, as at home! tie emphasized the importance of Chris tianizmg , China, that ' vast' empire, capable . of developing millions - of soldiers. He declared that India, too, was alive and a 'most promising field. :' ,' . " .-The question now seems . to be: ?Who can get on the ground first t" Heathen systems ye becoming mis sionary. . Especially , is this . true in regard to Mohammedanism, The Moslem realize that he is losing his grip, and is fighting to retain it. He consistently gives his tenth to propa gate his system and the result is that he wins converts. ' "' .,... r.. V- The non-Christian world is in a state of transition. But it cannot re main there. It must take some pos itive stand Boon. What shall that stand) be? The answer lies largely with he Christian men of America who now have nn opjiorturiity never before enjoyed. Dr. Thompson closed by calling es pecial attention to the fipe harvest, the waiting laborers held back by lack of means and our rich re sources, emphasizing . the fact that God has prepared us for the present world-emergency. , Dr. George Green's address on 'Healing the Sick . In .West Africa" was highly entertaining , as well t as spiritually uplifting! He denied that he was working among cannibals, but declared that the people ' were primitive though possessing much in telligence.. The scene of his labors Is an equatorial region and contrary to widespread ' opinion, men and wo men wear adequate clothes, though the boys and girls are usually clad only , in "smiles and sunshine." The country Is being opened up by rail roads,' automobiles, motorcycles and other modern agencies. pne of his difficulties was, Dr. Green said, to undo the work of the native medicine ' - men, : where . they had tried and made matters worse. His experiences as related, showed the importance of the! medical mis sionary. : ' 4Whe.n Dr. Sylvester Newlin, pastor of tie Friends' church t High Point, cam,e to speak on the f Pastor's Mis sionary Opportunity," he wanted to know how many pastors " he was speaking to, and so he called for a showing of hands. This disclosed the fact that's considerable portion of the audience were pastors. ' The speaker then took them Into his confidence, and m a. very strong message) told of their , opportunities in regard to missions. He declared that it was tbe "Opportunity lo give to laymr conception of the calKof Gf as listened to with marked i and appre ciation.- . (Cor.'--- V - ' - I f.llJll , mLillUII,!! CANADA CUARDSTflE NIAGARA lAliVST A RIA1 Reports That Germans Will Attempt Invasion Fjrow DESTRUCTION PROPERTY lii At Least 1vo Places Soldiers , With . Machine Guns Watch the Border Closely - Dynamite and Fire Damage Plants ; t. (By the United Press.) Niagara Falls, N. Y.. Feb. 13. OVEF MCA Following .reports that Germans in the United States are planning ' move against the border, detachments of Canadian aoldiers witp machino guna were rushed to duty on the edge of die ' Niagara river. : The guards at important places have been . doubled.' "' " Last nigWt a terrific explosion by dynamite wfeoked a' new 1uiWing t v the plant of the Castner Electrolytic r Cheonical Company, said to .be ..mak ing chlorine gas for the AUies.. Munitions Pla;nt fired. ' Montreal, Feb. 2. ia beieYed Qermn agenda, .started a fire damag ing the plant of the Canadian Car Foundry Comjiany at Turcot, imaklng munitionsC ' L .. . . . EAST XINSTON fUE t) CO. REGISTERS KICK Disputes' Statement That Downtown -Fjremen Put Jirst Wter "on the , BJaie ,'ln Chestnut.;. Stree.1 All .Hands There Promptly, So fThat 1 There Was '' Honor for, All-Chief . Makes a ''Statement " v 1 " r-rr' ) " A -'short local statement in Fri day's Free Press that the Caswell Fire Company had first water on a small blaze in Chestnut ' street ' Fri-' day afternoon raised a h,awi in East Kinston.' . The East Kinston ' Com pany dispute the ,asertwnr which had ome friwn .Excellent', authority, immediately the, paper was ion the streets. A number of members kept' ' the' telephone wires warm for a time with 'denials thai the ' downtown fire- men had been first to. get into action. The East' Kinston' firemen . want it ' 1 understood that they hd a- hand in putting out that fire. - Chief Tom Moseley today made the following statement: . '."Through lack ot full, information In, band at the iimfil the repor of the amallr fire pn Chestnut atree.tn East Kinston m Friday's paper, did the East Kinston Company an uninten tional injustice.' The" siatemanl' that the Caswell Company arrived on the scene first'was an error. East Kin ston' Company' airrived: first," wjtto the CasiVeJl a' itose- ecojid-!.' Both (com panies put streams on, the fire and did most efficient work.: As each company laid its line of hose and "played on the fire from different directions. there was a difference of opinion as to which company first put. water on the Ifire. 'The Chief thinks' it waa a pretty " close ' draw. Each : company performed its part well in extinguish ing the i fire.: This explanation it made to correct the impression giv en in the'paper "that Ihej CasweO . Company was entitled to at the hon ors, for not so by any means, as East Kinston ' was right there i with the goods. , The badly torn-up and almost impassible condition of our;streets at the . present moment in preparation for asphalt paving, renders it very difficult for our hose wagons to re spond to alarms, and any .slight de lay at arriving at a fire must nc4 be construed as a reflection, on our fire companies. . . - s ' SIDEWALKS TO BE PAVED in la gran on, i:onvr,i.Y ! (Special to The Frp-3 Trc ) : LaGrange, Ft l. 12 " : s t v a c missioners are ' n:i C ' ' '.
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