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t-OL. XVII-No. 228
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1916
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VICTORIOUS SLAVS
THREATEN REVENG
AGAINST THE TURKS
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For Persecution of Armen
ians Expected Execute
Guilty Officials
CONQUERORS ADVANCING
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Make Very Rapid Marches
Through Asiatic Turkey.
Within 50 Miles of Sea
port of Trehizond An
cient Town Taken
(By the United Press)
London, Feb. 18. The Russians'
right wing of Grand Duke Nicholas'
Crteaaus army is only 60 miles from
the important Turkish Black Sea port
of Trebizond, dispatches today said.
The ancient city of Bairburt, between
ferterum and Trebizond, has been
captured. The Slavs are rushing
through ithe mountains to capture
, Trebizond, Which i expected to v fall
trithiti a fortnight. .
The Russians are planning to ame
liorate the condition of the Armeni
ans, and are expected to execute Turk
civil officials responsible for the mas-
sacres. A definite statement of the
number of prisoners and guns is dai
ly expected. ,-.
Quiet III West Again. ,
Paris Feb.(18. The violent activ
ity on the western front has almost
entirely ceased, says, the Wa." office,
i There .was utter calm along the en
tire tfronit last night. ,
i Berlin, Feb. 18. The British lost
, heavily in an attempt to regain
Frenches; in Ypres, it is 'said ait the
war office. " . ' y .'. ,
RESIDENT WOULD
1 NOTGIVECONGRESS
MEXICAN REPORTS
Washington, Feb. 17. President
Wilson sent to the Senate today his
response to the Fall resolution, re
questing him to report on facts lead
ing up to recognition by ithe United
State of the Carranza government
ef -Mexico. It was in the form of a
letter tfrom Secretary Lansing sum
marizing the events Which preceded
recognition and transmitting a great
Volume of data.
f!he (President, through Mr. Lans
ing, declined to comply with that
part of the Fall resolution asking for
diplomatic and consular "reports on
political conditions and events in
Mexico.
JJOTHE APPEAL FROM
! SWEDEN TO AMERICA
Washington, Feb. 17. Another
note from Sweden has been address
ed to the State Department, asking
eo-operation with the- Swedish gov
ernment to maintain ithe , preserva
tion of rules of international law
concerning the protection ,of neutral
commerce and Navigation. Action is
proposed particularly against Great
Britain, , t.
NEW "PARK" HAS ITS
i NAME. BEFORE. DECORATED
The apace on the Norfolk " South
ern yards near the intersection of
Queen and Blount streets, where, the
- cotton w.eighers platform stood nn
, til Uiis week is to be parked,, it Is
vaderstood, ,and fenced in with iron
Pipes. The name 'Central Park' has
jtready been bestowed upon it by a
sinesa man in the neighborhood,
f&ity . officials do not' laugh at '0 the
name nor the parking idea, however,
ad say that trees, grass and flowers
and seats wifl be had, the owner will
Ing, if the itylnas to furnish the
money end men for the work,'
- W.-F. DEFEATS V. M. L
' Lexington, Va, Feb. 17 In a good
game of basketball played here this
afternoon, V. M. I. -was defeated by
Wake Forest College by the score of
4016.
LETTERS FROM CRONES
uTOWf0ffiWICE
Taunting Missives Spur Detectives
On In Search for Soup PoUr-rBe-lieved
He la Planning Further Mia
chief Anarchistic Newspapers, to
Be Barred From the Malls. Ex
pected. , ., ..... . ;l .
(By the United Press)
New York, Feb. 18.. Spurred on
by letters taunting the police, de
tectives are today combing the city
to find Jean Crones, the Anarchist
soup plotter.' The police believe he
is mingling with crowds and plan
ning further attempts.
Nation-Wide Campaign
Against Anarchism.
Chicago, Feb. 18. Several anar
chistic newspapers are expected to
be, barred from the mails at the ope
ning of a campaign to check the na
tion-wide anarchistic plot.
GOING ON IN OTHER
' TOWNS AND COUNTIES
OF EASTERN CAROLINA
When Harrison Gray and Dock
Stamps, colored men, appeared
against Annie iBryant, a negress. as
plaintiff and witness, respectively, in
the City Court at New Bern, the ta
bles were turned and the couple found
themselves in jail at the end of the
trial. The woman was found inno
cent of the charge against her and
Gray was ordered to pay the costs.
Failing ito procure the money he
went to prison, and Stamps, jacked
up on the instant for vagrancy, went
with him. . . ',, '. .
iHelpn,, Keller, the fattious deaf and
blind. woman, is' to lecture in New
Bern early in May.
A Craven county jury in the case
of Florence Simpkins ?by her nexit
friend vs. John Miller, decided that
Miller, with whom the girl, a minor
was living, had a right to chastise
her. Miss Simpkins, a 16-year-old
orphan, had. 'been spanked or other
wise "corrected," and asked $1,000
damages.
Rev. J . R . Matthews, rector of
St. Paul's Episcopal church, Green
ville, is conducting a mission in Au
gusta, Ga.
(By the United Press)
ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP
COAL, SHIPS.
Madrid, Feb. 18. Two dyna
mite cartridges, sufficient to blow
ithe vessel to bits, were found pn
the British steamer. Rosebahk,
from Baltimore to England, says
a Valencia dispatch. The ship is
carrying coat
KAISER ASKS BIG
SUMS FOR RAILROADS.
. .Berlin, Feb. 18. The Govern
ment has introduced a bill in the
Prussian House of Commons call
ing for the 'expenditure of eighty
' millions in railroad construction.
Tha Hungarian Minister of ,Fin
" ance has concluded a loan of thir
typv mllljons from .agrpups of
German bfnks.
U. S. STEEL BUYS BACK BONDS
FROM BRITAIN.
New York, Feb. 18. The U.
S. Steel Corporation is buying
back $22,800,000 of its bonds
from Great BriUin.' '
NOHOPE OFHNDING
iAf'iBERT POISON YIAL
Bottle Disappeared Authorities Had
Depended Upon, Finding It As Last
Lirdi Lti Chain of Evidence Against
Collegian Orpet, Held , for GirJ's
' Murder Youth'to Attend Inquest
" 5 (By the United Press)
Waukeean; IlL, ;Feb. 18. Ofllcials
have lost hope of Ending the bottle
thai contained the poison which kill
ed Miriam Lambert, for whose, mur
der William Orpai, of the University
of Wisconsin, is held.- The bottle was
to have been' the last link of. evidence
against' Orpet, 't is declared.
, Orpet is expected to attend but ot
testify at the iwjuest.
BULLETINS
nij Giif g
Mm Sfrise
ON tlir SEAS TOM
Anniversary Inauguration
of Plan Submarine War
" ' fare by Tirpitz
REVIEW OF THE CAMPAIGN
Admiralty Chiefs Order
' Resulted in Sinking of
800 Vessels, Loss of Many
Non-Combatants, Quar
rels With U. S.
(By the United Press)
London, Feb. 18. The Germans
have built a hundred new submersi
bles and are preparing to renew ag
gressive submarine warfare, accord
ing to the Geneva Journal.
British Shipping Takes Precautions.
London, Feb. 18. Extraordinary
precautions to guard against subma
rines have been taken by command
ers of British ships in ithe war zone.
Today is the anniversary of Von Tir
pitz's campaign which resulted in the
sinking of 800 vessels with a tonnage
of 1,400,000, and the killing of 2t000
non-combatants, including 118 Am
ericans. The sinking of eighteen to forty
submarines by the Allies, most of
lihem trapped in nets, declaration by
England of the actual blockade in
raprisal, and the involving . of Ger
many in serious controversies with
America all resulted from the cam
paign. YOUNG FARMERS WILL
' MOST WINTER COURSE
1 " A T JL A M. COLLEGE
(Special ito The Free Press)
West Raleigh, Feb. 18. The four
weeks course in Agriculture, which
has just closed at the A. &. M. Col
lege, will be of benefit to far more
than the 27 men actually enrolled.
These students have organized a
"Progressive Association of Farmers"
for the ensuing year, the purpose of
which is to spread throughout the
State a knowledge of improved farm
ing methods taught in the Winter
Course at the College. In that way it
is hoped that the work of the Winter
Course will reach hundreds of farm
ers whom it is impossible for the
college to reach directly.
NEW AUTOMOBILE MARK
ALLEGHANIES
.
(Special to The Free Press)
Pittsburgh, Feb. .18. With the
peaks' of the Alle.ghenies covered by
a glare, "of ice, and the hollows full
of drifted snow, Ray McNamaro, in
a 25-horse power-Maxwell, has amaz
ed- all Pennsylvania motordom by
driving from Philadelphia ito Pitts
burgh 294 , milesin eight hours,
nineteen minutes.
The, former record, 'set last June
by. J.'G. .Vincent in a high-powered
12ryiinder car was nine hours,
twenty, minutes. .'
MeNamara's run was thoroughly
checked , by newspaper men at both
ends and at New York, Bedford and
Ligonier, along, the route. ,
IHOS? CONTEMPLATING
l 'SUICIDE TAKE NOTICE
'." I t f ' M '
' V (By the United Press)
Amsterdam, Feb. 18-If it ia neces
sary to commit .suicide, please drown
or hang yourself." Thus reads a pla
card by the burgomaster -of; Boitea
ford,"a small Tillage hear Brussels
The .German military authorities re
cently fined the village f L250 because
s cit3en so far forgot himself as to
suicide by ahooting. i The Belgians
are forbidden to have firearm. The
burgomaster paid the fine but to 'save
the town treasury he appealed to the
villagers ' to die, if die they must,
suns 1u!!cts.
DEMOCRATS ASSERT
REPUBLICANS WANT
TO GET U. 8. IN WAR
No Other Interpretation
Could Be Put On Root's
Speech, Say Leaders,
Planning; Series to An
swer the Address
(By the United Press)
Washington, Feb. 18. Democratic
leaders are planning to answer the
Republican campaign keynote, sound
ed in the speech of Elihu Root this
week, plan a series of -speeches in the.
Capital and country.
Tha Democrats accuse the Repub
licans of favoring war with Germa
ny and Mexico and insist that that
can be the Only interpretation put up
on Romt's speech.
Rarnes Planning Trip to West.
New York, Feb. 18. With Roose
velt safely away in the West Indies
for six weeks, William Barnes is
plunning for a presidential raid in
the West to get delegates favoring a
conservative candidate, it is report
ed. REPORTS TO GERMANY
f SAY HlNtftlS IN EGYPT
ROSE, SHOT OFFICERS
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Feb 18. A whole re
gimettt of Hindus have mutinied
and joined other dissatisfied sol
diers, threatening a serious up-'
rising, say Cairo reports to the
Cologne Gazette. It is said a
part of the mutineers were kill
ed, and the rest fled to the des
ert They killed 12 officers.
MOTRN'S SLAYE
MAY BE HEADED FOR
KINSTONJS BELIEF
Pitt County Sheriff Says It's
Likely That Crazy Evans
Will Try to Get Train
Here for New Bern De
nies Report Shooting
(Special to The Free Press)
Greenville, Feb. 18. Sheriff Joe
McLawhorn, a distant relative of the
roads superintendent killed by Da
vid Evans, thinks it likely that Ev
ans has gone towards New Bern by
way of Kinnton. Evans was arrested
in Kineton some months ago for
some misdemeanor or other and re
leased.
McLawhorn pays no attention .to
a report that some , of the convicts
who escaped, with. Evans, passed
through Grainger last night. ."He be
lieves all are headed toward the Pam
lico river save Evans.
The Sheriff says the report that
one man had been killed at Grimes-
land was without truth.
Local Authorities On Alert.
Following a Teportfrom"Ayden
that a part of the negroes -who escap
ed from the Pitt county roads gang
Wednesday . were believed i to have
come through that town in an auto
mobile late Thursday, headed toward
Kinston, the; local authorities were
on the watch all night for the men.
The Ayden report "said that the ma
chine's curtains were drawn, that the
rattle cf , chains was plainly , heard,
and that the driver did Jiot slack up.
No sight was had of the party, and
the report is believed to have been
groundless. - :
, From Greenville this morning it
was learned that joo trace had been
had of David Evans, leader of the
mutiny and flayer of . Joe McLaw
horn. u'periandent of the gar.g.
Evans, as 4old in Ti'ir-.lay's Free
Press, 1to;;o J.T.Tjt. 1 .-n's t-;'.l vl'.h
a n:attitK. li? h r : r
HANS SCHMIDT WENT
TO THE CHAIR THIS
Former Priest Paid Penal
ty for Murder of His
Sweetheart
PROTESTED INNOCENCE
Said An Illegal Operation
Caused Her Death Last
Thought Was of His Mo
therTold Those He Left
In Cells Good-Bye
(By the United Press)
Ossining, N. V., Feb. 18. Striding
boldly ahead of attendants and stop
ping on the brink of death to express
a last fondness for his mother, Hans
Schmidt, the unfrocked New York
priest, convicted of the murder of An
na Aumuir6r, was electrocuted today
at dawn.
Sehmidit died protesting his inno
cence. In a statement, he said the
girl was killed !by art illegal opera
tion. He shouted good-byes to the
inmates of death cells. He died in
eljfhb minutes after going in the
chair. The chaplain, Father Fashlin.
claimed the body, to bury it for
Schmidt's -mother. -
SERBIAN ARMY WIPED
FROM C. ARRIVED
By William G. Shepherd
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Salonica, Gruece, Jan. 20. (By
Mail) The batterdest package that
ever arrived for wounded soldiers on
any battlefield has at last reached
Salonica. This will he of interest to
the ladies of Flat Rock, North Caro
lina, ,who semt it.
Its wrappings aro torn, its wax
seals broken and smashed, but its
contents, twelve pound of cotton
bandages, carefully prepared by the
Southern ladies, ore intact.
The stamps and other markings tell
Jhe story of its travels. ' It was mail
ed at Flat Rock on noon, August 23.
It reched New York two days later
and was put on the Greek steamship
"Athenai." At sea the steamship
took fire. All the passengers were I
saved and so was the mail.
There is (typewritten paster on
the package which says, "The Damage
to this package occurred on board the
S. S. Athonai, which vessel was on
fire and abandoned at soa September
19. All the mail was' saved. E. M.
Morgan, postmaster, New York iClty."
Again the package was started from
New York on another luckier boat
and after a long long journey it has
reached the American consulate at
Salonica. The .(Flat Rock ladies in
tended the bandages for Servian sol
diers, but with the exception of in
acessible Servian troops in, Montene
gro, the Servian army is dispersed.
Since the Flat Rock ladies put their
package into the Flat Rock post of
fice last Aujrustthe Servian army has
practically been wipod out. The
French Red Cross has taken the pack
age and it will be used to staunch
French instead of Servian blood.
BRANDEIS COMMITTEE
MUKNS TILL MONDAY
(By the United Press)
Washington, Feb. 18. Because
there were no witnesses today, the
Senate Brandeis committee adjourn
ed .until Tuesday. By then the at
torneys opposed to Brandeis must
file a list of charges and witnesses.
of, unsound mind.; No ,: more of the
fugitives had been captured since the
arrest cf three, Thursday afternoon
One of these was reported . to have
been killed at Grimesland when he at-
attempted to gpt away front his cap
tors. Nine in all escaped, i .
It is believed that the entire party
headed toward Grimesland and Cho
otv,vin;ty nnd that none came in the
1 rf K1"1"1.
HORNING
DAYBREAK
MAYORS EXPECTED TO
TALK PREPAREDNESS
National Security Leajrue Trying to
Interebt Municipal Oflicials In the
Subject, and That May Be n Prin
cipal Topic at Spring Convention
of Carolina Association Here, It
l Stated
National defense will be one of the
big issues at the meeting of the Ca
rolina Municipal Association here in
May. According to R. S. Winters,
a Durham newspaperman, "the Na
tional Security League will present
the merits of preparedness" and "'the
powerful levor" of the mayors and
other municipal ofllcials of the two
Carolinas "will be sought to wield a
sure and effective stroke for the
eati.-se. The National Conference of
Mayors, Icaled to meet in St. Louis
on March 3 ami 4, is a forerunner of
tho movement ithat will identify it
self ultimately with tht local and
Slate municipal leaders."
Mayor John J'urroy Mitchell, as
well ns Mayor Wunkeivburg of Phil
adelphia, will be invited to address
the Carolina chief burgesses and oth
er ofllcials hare. It is well known
that Mayor Mitchell is n sitaunch pre
paredness advocate, and should he ac
cept the invitation to speak here it is
not unlikely thut ho will have that
for his topic. The Tarheel mayors
held, out strong hopes that Mr. Mit
chell will come.
THEY WANTED ALL
THAt WAS COMING
1 TO 'EM, ALL RIGHT
rr
They live in squalor equal to any
that can be found in the - slums of
New York, or even London, probab
lyright here in Kinston. They are
a family, ithe man with tuberculosis,
the woman a very uninteresting spe
cimen and the children dirty. Church
people early in the week found that
there wasn't enough covering on tha
bed3 if heaped up to keep an infant
comfortable ui such weather, with the
icy wind blowing through doaens of
puneless( windows and chinks and
cracks. An automobile Avas pressed
into service, and tho people from the
other half of the world in a few
hours' time had set that family up
for housekeeping. -There were blan
kets a-plenty, all kinds of elothes and
enoush groceries for a Week carted
In. But poverty breeds the pauper
spirit ..under certain .conditions, and
the paupor. spirit is like dopeing it's,
a hard habit to break. . . ,
Next day a child pt the family call
ed upon one of tha benefactors. One
of her parents had sent her to say
to the gentleman (that they needed
wood. "Very well," was the res
ponse. "And don't forget the shirt,
waist for So-and-o." "All right."
And, turning baek'etiil again as she
was -leaving, "An' we haven't got any
sheets and pillow eases." ,
DR. SMALL AT GRIFTON
HAD LARGE AUDIENCE
Dr. Sam Small, the Georgia pro
hibition lecturer who made an iaddress
in this city Wednesday . night, was
heard by a full house ait Grifton
Thursday night. " The lecture was
given in the Methodist church there.
Dr. Small, who returned to Kinston
to spend today, stated that his re
ception at Grifton was a very agree
able one to him. He was to leave at
4:10 for Ayden- . ,
G. O. P. MEETINGS WERE
NOT VERY (ENTHUSIASTIC
The local leaders of the Republic
an party confessed today that the
precinct meetings held throughout
tha county Thursday were scantily
attended. The convention in the
Courthouse Saturday afternoon at 1
o'clock is expected to be attended by
about a hundred of the old liners. .
CHICAGO WILL SAVE
"MRS. WARREN IF HEW
EVIDENCE' IS O. K.
(By the United Press)
Chicago, Feb, IS the Anti-Car
pital Punishment Society expects
new evidence to eave Mrs. Ida
Ball Warren, of, Winston-Salem,
,.N'C, sentenced to die on Mareh
, 1. Officers of the society y say
. the woman's confession, obtained
by the third degree, 'will be re,
trsctod.
LODGE SAYS UNITED
STATES SHOULD NOT
AGREE TO Wit
i i i
"Inconceivable That Arm
ed Merchantmen Order'
Should Be Accepted'
WARNING FROM STERLING
Decree Means New Crisis
for American Relations
With Teutons, Declares-
This Nation Has Approv
ed the Right to Arm
(By the United Press)
Washington, Feb. 18,-Germany
and Austria propose piracy, deolar
ed Sunaitor .Lodge today, in the Sen
ate. .It is inconceivable, he said, that.
America will accept the plan t sink .
armed merehantmont without wsrn
ir;g. Precedents allow arming, and
America has approved the arming of ::
merchant vessels recently, he stated.
Abandonment of the right to arm ia
incredible, he eaid. .
Senator Stealing warned that the y
decree constitutes, America's, gravest
international crisis. .,. K j, t
Senator Thomas replied that Ster , '
ting's and Lodge's speeches were not
based on facts nor a desire to better .
International affairs. He said they .' '
were political. Senator Stone prom''.
ised an answer to the Root attack on
the administration next week.
FUNERAL OF MRS. W. ;
' C'KNOXlHIS'M'flRNING
rv .,U.,, ? vi '. J . vy
Tha funeral of the iate Mrs. W. C.
Knox was held-, in Maplewood ceme
tery this morning at: 10:30 o'clock.
The service anrtounced to be held. in
the Caswell Hotel was abandoned.
and all the rites conducted ait J tho ;
grave. i- Rev. C. W. Blanohard of the ;
First Baptist church, Mrs. Knox's
pastor, and, Rev. J.. II. Griffith, ree
tor of St. Mary's Episcopal - ehurch
conducted the service. . The , pall ,
bearers were .Messrs. W. M. -Herbert,
C, W. Pridgen, F. Clyde Dunn, J. t
H. Canady, Will Hood.'E.. B. Mars
ton, James Powers', and R. C. Strong. '
The funeral was largely attended,
and the floral tributes were unusual
ly numerous and handsome. :
NEW CROSSING SIGN
AT PRINCIPAL CORNER
A new style of crossing sign has
been placed at the intersection . of ;
Queen and Gordon sitreets. There
are three arms, two of them calling
upon chauffeurs and drivers -to keep
to the right and the other exclaiming
"Safety first," The sign, a atAioton
tial affair painted in white with black.
lettering, , Tcplaces the old red ".and
black "traffic cop'! that stood in the
center of that crossing forraerlyThe
idea was Street Commissioner Webb's.-Voro-of
the signs are to be put up,
it is understood.
NEGRO MURRELL DIED
FROM EXPOSURE, AGREE
The Craven County authorities and
a coroner's! jury have accepted
theory that Walter , Murrell, a color
ed man, whose body was found fey
Norfolk Southern trainmen in a ditch
between Cove City and Dover sever. '
si days ago, died from exposure to
the severe cold, ? It is theught than'
Murrell, who had been drinking, fell
into the ditch and was too near over
come by the cold to make any effort
to get up again, laying there until he
succumbed. " ,. " ' - - .
TODAY'S SALES N THE
; -;'-C0TI0NfflCHAi;GE
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- About 20 bales of cotton were mar
keted here today "y 5:30. o'clock, c
cording to . buyers' reports. Prices
were from 9, to 11 cents. New York;
futures quotations were; Open 2:20
March 4..V. .... .1L45 11.49
May .. ......... ...,.ll.C!i 11.71
Ja!y .'.......11.S3 ll.Pl
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