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VOL. XVII. No. 233.
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1916
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DL'IVI IIIMIIIS'. til F
irtiMu'GLfe; French confident
Crown Prince Directing:
Gains Made By AttackersLine of Trenches Six Miles
Long and Two Miles, Deep In Teutons' Hands Turkey
Protesting Continuance
low Russian Successes In
Capital Keeping Down
fccted Populace and Government Is Petitioned to Sue
for Peace
(By the United Fress)
London, Feb. 24. The great German offensive direct
ed by the. Crown Prince against Verdun marks the be
ginning of another drive on Paris, say Amsterdam dis
patches. The Germans hope to smash the defenses of
Verdun, and then being' the march on the capital.
Half a million men are locked in the struggle at the
fortress. The Germans have battered a strong salient
north of Verdun.
Berlin claims the capture of over six miles of trenches
to a depth of two miles, the greatest gain by either side
sintie the French drive in Champagne. The German los
ses have been terrific. The French are confident of stop
ping them.'
Turkish People Demanding Cessation War.
Athens, Feb. 24. Formidable peace demonstrations
have occurred in Turkey due to the fall of Erzerum, say
delayed dispatches. Many persons were arrested. The
Constantinople police are trying to prevent serious dis
orders. Frcftch Admit Losses.
Paris, Feb. 24. The French have been compelled to
evacuate the village of Brabant Surmause, eight miles
north of Verdun, it is said officially. The Allies have
lost a part of the.Caures Wood, east of Brabant. They
repulsed other attacks. The losses of both sides are ter
rific. French aviators have bombarded the railway sta--tion'at
MetzriBghWworkai-. -;-
The Kaiser is on the Verdun front to encourage his
troops to their greatest effort, say Berlin advices.
IDEA
EilPLOYED BY PvRENT
IN CHASTISEMENT BOY
Edwin Crabtree Said to Have Been
Hanged by Wrists and Arms In a
Barn for Hours and Severely Beat
en by Father, C. W. Crabtree, Who
Spent Night In Jail Rather Than
Bond Out
C. W. Crabtree, a well known man
of the Iron bridge neighborhood, was
arrested Wednesday night on the
charge of hanging by the arms and
mercilessly beating his 17-year-old
son, Edwin Crabtree. Crabtree,
seemingly angry at the interference
of the policeman and deputy sheriff
who arrested him, absolutely refused
to give bail, although he would prob
ably have had no difficulty in doing
j. He spent -the night in the county
jail, pacing up and down in his quar
f ters.
Claud Jones and J. C. Edgcrly, on
their way to Neuse river to fish,
heard cries of distress coming from
a barn on "Crabtree's property. , They
went to the barn, about seventy-five
yards from the road. A -woman sat
in the doorway of the barn, who was
heard by the fishermen to gay: "Stop
now, here come two men!" It vrai
Mrs. Crabtree, who had probably
been entreating her husband to stop
chastizing the boy. Jones and Edger
ly declare they saw the stripling
ytung. man suspended lay ropes from
a wall. "He was a pitiful' sight,"
Edgerly says. His lega were tied up,
and there seemed to be a tope an inch
or more in thickness under his arms.
The boy turned iris head around to
look at them, and seemed to suppli
cate for Aheir assistance, but eaid
nothing. Jones and Edgerly say
they did hot notice if there were
ropes on Die victim's wrists, but the
authorities are positive that ashea in
M wrists Were made by ropes.' The
Jrmeri assert that they heard the
lOUm! at YXnm -vWnWIn .! - Js.
( , ualX UvK
en having been struck with a piece
of harness while they "were makinir
their way to She ham. ; :..."
Edgerly and Jones did not inter
fere. Crabtree met them at the door
and asked: What will you have, gen
tlemen?" They informed him that
tbey had been attracted h th-
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terrific Assault Materia
of AVar Demonstrations Fol
Asiatic Empire Police of
Rioting Fall of Ezerum Af
BRAZILIAN PERFECTS
METHOD MAKING SILK
FROM BANANA PLANT
(By the United Press)
Rio De Janeiro, Feb. 24. Interest
has been, aroused in commercial cir
cles in this city over the announce
ment of the invention of a method of
manufacturing artificial silk from
the fibre of the banana plant. The
invention, which was perfected by
Sr. Adalberto Veiga, consists of a
chemieal treatment of the banana
palm in such a manner that the plant
fibre is reduced to a gum, from
which is span a fine, elastic, resistent
floss that has all the qualities of na
tural silk. It is claimed, also, thai
a cellulose suitable for the manufac
ture,, of paper, celluloid and gum of
tannin are by products of the arti
ficial ilk process. If experience
proves that this claim is well found
ed, Brazil will have discovered an
other great natural resource. Ban
anas grow in great profusion in ev
ery part of Brazil and cultivation
consists of just one process harvest.
BAD BLACK WITH GUN .
KEPT OUT OF PRISON
In a raid on a negro gambling
place in Snow Hill, says a report
from that town, J. R. Warters. po
liceman, and citizens captured every
player and spectator save one. That
individual was afterwards located in
a etore, but backed into a doorway
and there produced a long-barreled
revolver, which he pointed at the
would-be captor. The black then
calmly walked out of the door and
disappeared.
He assured them that nothing unusu
al was going on. The iwo left. The
police were informed and Crabtree's
arrest followed.
. Crabtree says , he was .punishing
the boy for Staying away from
school oh Wednesday ' It was said
by one of the officers who assisted in
the arrest that-the lad was -reported
to have been left hanging, his toes
barely touching the floor, for about
three hours. Crabtree is to be given
a hearing before She Recorder this
afternoon. v
SOUTHERN SOLONS SAY
GAMBLERS CONTROL THE
COTTON MARKET; FIGHT
(By the United Press)
Washington, Feb. 24. Southern
congressmen today were drafting a
declaration of war on cotton gambl
ers. An indignation meeting of
House members from the Cotton
States will be held tonight at the
Capitol to discuss the alleged "con
spiracy of cotton exchanges to de
press the price of cotton." Repre
sentative Hellin of Alabama will pre
side at tonight's meeting. The call
was joined by Representative Chandl
er, of Mississippi, and Jacoway of
Arkansas. Measures to regulate cot
ton exchanges will ho discussed. Re
solutions of Representative Heflin
or congressional investigation of al
leged manipulation of cotton markets
also will be urged.
PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT
WELL-KNOWN I'EOI'LE
Washington, Feb.. 24. Sir Ceci
Spring-Rice, the British ambassador
has many Turkish rugs in his house
:ind a Turkish table cover on a table
n the ball-room.
HOUSE WILL START TO
UNITED STATES FRIDAY
(By the United Press)
London, Feb. 'M -"Colonel House,
the President's confidential agent,
eft today to t;tke passage at Fal
month on 'the steamer Rotterdam,
sailing for New York tomorrow.
SEARCHING FOR SLAYER
OF WIFE IN MOUNTAINS
Marion. Feb. 23. A cold-blooded
murder occurred in the South Moun
tain district of Burke county yester
day when Charley Mace is alleged to
have ktl fed -tr?s" wife. Sheriff Berry
and a deputy with a posse , of thirty
men have been following him for
several hours in vain.
Neighbors report that children of
the family upon leaving home heard
their father and mother quarreling.
Later on they heard a shot. Upon
investigation the woman was found
lying upon a pallet with a bullet
hole in her head. An attempt had
been made to fill the hole with flour.
Feeling is running high.
WOULD HAVE FEDERAL
PARK AT SOUTH PORT.
Washington, P'eb. 23. Representa
tive Godwin introduced today a bill
to convert the premises connected
with Fort Johnston, in the town of
Southport, into a public park. The
sum of $15,000 is asked for.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
AIRSHIPS SINK TRANSPORT.
Vienna, Feb. 21. An Italian
transport carrying -troops from
Albania has been sunk by Aus
trian aeroplanes in, the harbor
of Durazzo, it is officially stated.
BELGIAN SHIP SUNK.
Amsterdam. Feb. 24 The Bel
gian vessel Zee Bruges has been
sunk north of the Hinterland.
The crew was landed.
FIVE FRENCH VILLAGES
TAKEN.
Berlin, Feb. 21. Five French
villages in a radius of seven
miles of Verdun have been cap
tured, it is officially said.
EMERGENCY REVENUE
ACT CONSTITUTIONAL
(By the United Press)
Philadelphia, Feb. 24. The war
tax of October, 1914, called the em
ergency revenue act, was today de
clared constitutional by Judge Dick
inson of the United States Court,
thus refuting the claim of a real es
tate firm that it was entitled to a
return of part of its taxes.
INCORPORATE THE NEW
' BANK" OF DAVIDSON
Davidson. Feb. 23. The Bank of
Davidson, a newly organized institu
tion, ha been chartered with a capi
tal of $25,000.'
BACKERS OF WILSON
HOLD OFF OPEN
REVOLT IN tO.(MSS
Members of House Afraid
to Ijcave the Floor,
Reported
TRUCE PROBABLY CALLED
News From Germany Con
cerning American De
mands in Armed Merch
antmen Decree Matter
Not Had Today
It
By CARL W. ACKEKMAN.
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Berlin, Feb. 24. Ambassador
Gerard plans to take (he stump
in America and defend the Pres
ident, telling the "inside" of
Germany's submarine warfare,
in response to the Republican at
tacks, if possible. He wants to .
visit the United Slates prior to
the Democratic convention, he
says.
Flood to Keep Lid on In House.
Washington. Fell. 24. Senator
Stone and Representative Flood con
ferred for an hour at noon. Flood is
believed to have reported that he
will be able to keep the lid on tight in
the House.
'Situation Is Tense.
Washington, February 21. When
Congress convened today it was in
dicated tihat the President had won
the first skirmish' with the forces fa
voring warning Americans to avoid
traveling on armed liners. "Any ef
fort to adopt such a resolution will
be suppressed, it is believed.
Von Bernstorff has not received
instructions from Ber'in on the ques
tion of joining the armed merchant
men decree, which it, is expected the
United States will insist on being an
nulled, with the promises in the I.u-
sitania matter to this government.
The administration, confident, that
it has the situation in hand, today
failed to make exported engage
ments with Senator Stone and Chair
man Flood of the House foreign af
fairs committee.
The (President is getting hundreds
of messages advising him what to do.
'Senator Brand ogee's objection to
day prevented Senator Gore from
getting a hearing on his bill to pre
vent Americans traveling on armed
merchant ships. The indications
were for a time of a revolt in the
Senate against the President's stand
against the warning. Senators opims-
ng the Administration are believed
to havo decided to wait a couple of
days. Several Senators are bitterly
opposed to the President's policy.
They hope that Germany will delay
putting the decree into force for a
month.
IjaFollcllc is hastening to Wash
ington to try to dissuade the Presi-
lent from his determination. Oth
erwise he will reluse to am.
The situation in the House is tense.
Members thore are afraid to leave
the floor.
PORTUGAL SEIZES LiREAT FLEET GERMAN
AND AUSTRIAN INTERNED SHIPS: BERLIN
AND VIENNA EXPECTED TO DECLARE WAR
(By the United Press)
Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 24. Germany and Austria are
expected to declare war on
Portuguese authorities seizing 30 . Teutonic steamers,
some of them large, lying in the.Tagus.
The vessels were seized because Portugal needed
transports, and it was feared they would escape to the
Atlantic and raid Allied commerce.
The action is popular in this country. .
Portuguese Army Mobilized.
.: One hundred and twenty thousand troops' have been
mobilized. It is possible that Portugal will raise as many
more. The indignation against Germany has been rising
since the sinking of two Portuguese steamers last sum
mer. .. . ' , . ' . . . -.
GRAND CHAPLAINCY
OF N. C MASONS IS
TENDERED BISHOP
Bishop Thomas C. Darst of the
RpiscoiNil Diocese of East Carolina
has been tendered I he post of grand
chaplain of the North Carolina Grand
Ixdge of Masons, according to a mes
sage from the Bishop to Rev. John H.
Griffith here. It is rcjioited that he
will accept the honor.
oraini Master A . u. Andrews, in
offering Bishop Darst the chaplaincy,
wrote: "The position of grand chap
lain has never been filled by a bishop,
though one of the grand chaplains,
from IH2!) to 1840 (continuously
through the time of the Morgan ex
citement and the anti-Masonie cam
paign) was the Rev. William Mer
cer tirceii, men prolessor ot belles
let I res at t he University of North
Carolina, who in IMfiO was consecrat
ed bishop of the Diocese of Missis
sippi, and so ably directed the affairs
of that diocese for 37 years."
Bishop Darst, it is understood, is a
member of St. John's Lodge in Wil
mington.
NO JAPANESE FLEET
IN MEDITERRANEAN
(By the United Press)
London. Feb. '',. r0rman reports
of the presence of a Japanese fleet in
the Mediterranean wee today autlh
eiilativly denied.
CAPITOL STORMED BY
CLAMORERS FOR PEACE
(By the United Press)
Washington, Feb. 24. The Capi
tol was stormed again today by peace
advocates. A special hearing on va
rious peace plans was held by the
House Foreign Affairs committee,
prominent speakers leing on the pro
gram. Among congressmen address
ing the meeting were Representa
tive Meyer Iondon, Socialist; Repre
sentative Schallenberger of Nebras
ka, Representative Bonnet of New
York, and Representative Curry of
California. Adoption by Congress of
a resolution urging the President to
call a peace conference of neutral na
tions was urged by Representative
London.
CAUGHT WITH 200
GALLONS OF WHISKY
Asheville. Feb. 2$. Slipping into
Asheville about .'I o'clock this morn
ing, with nearly 200 gallons of li
quor in their possession, R, K. Phil
lips and John S. Gentry, two white
men, were captured by the Asljeville
police department, and locked up to
answer the charge of transporting
liquor for sale.
FKDLRAL TLA INSPECTOR
DRINKS 100 (UPS A DAY.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 2.'! One hun
drew cups of tea a day is the record
of (i. A. Weienl, but he never swallow.-;
any of the tea. He is the fed
eral inspector of tea at 'this inland
i ity, ofllcally known as the P !'( of
St. Pyul. In addl.iion to necessary
customs inspection, there is a 'pure,
fowl inspection made here. The na
tion's tea is inspected doubly here,
and at San Francisco, Tacoma, Chi
cago, New York and Boston.
Portugal as the-result of the
CRONES APPLIED TO
A RICHMOND AGENCY
FOR WORK, REPORT
Threatening Letter Keceiv
ed by Police There At
tempt to Bomb Capitol of
Nebraska Partial Ex
plosion Caused Fire
(By the United Press)
Richmond, Fob. 24. Following re
ceipt ol a letter purporting to e
from Jean Crones, saying that he is
in Richmond, the police were tipped
by George K. Anderson, manager of
an employment agency, that Crones
hud applied to him for work.
Attempt to Blow Up Capitol
At Lincoln. i
Lincoln. Feb. 21. Discovery of
what is believed to have been an at
tempt to wreck the State Capitol
building here was today announced.
Guards found a bomb in trash burn
ing in the furnace. It partly explod
ed, and started a fire, which was ex
tinguished with small damage. Chem
ists are examining the contents.
Richmond Police Get Letter.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 2.'!. Police
Chief Werner today received the fol-
owing letter (literal copy):
"Richmond, Va., Feb. 20.
"Dear Chief of Police, Richmond,
Va.:
'I am here and I am going to
make hell for you and your police. I
eft New York midnight Sat. I was
Ulliing with a police today. Ho no
me not.
"Well so long.
(Signed) "Jean Crones,
"North St., City,
Bishop D. J. O'Comnell of Rich
mond, who was among the guests at
the banquet of Archbishop Mundelein
when Crones is believed to have poi
soned the soup, was notified but re
fused guards.
ALL EVIDENCE TAKEN
IN THE WEEKS CASE
Occupied Time of Civil Court Since
Tuesday The Argument Limited
to Four Hours Jury May Get Case
Today Only Nominal Damages
Asked
The evidence in Weeks vs. Tele
phone Co., in which Orrin Weeks is
suing the Carolina Telephone &. Tel
egraph Co. for damages because of
the alleged failure of the defendant to
remove telephone wires to permit of
the removal of a house by him was
all n when Superior Court rccos :ed
at no. in today. Clei k of the Court
Heath said it had been agreed that ar
gunient, which was expected to com
mence after dinner, would be limited
to two hours for each side, so that
th;s case might go to the Jury late in
the day.
Weeks vs. Telephone Co. is a not
ed ease. It. has been to the Supreme
Court once, from which it was referr
ed back on account of error. It has
been hard fought, and the present
trial has been drawn out since Tues
day afternoon at 3 o'clock. The plain
tiff is asking for about $400 damages,
according to court officers. About
ten or a dozen witnesses were examin
ed. Weeks claims that he lost the
sale of the hoirse in question liecause
he could not get it moved, through
fault of the defendant.
REPORT OF KINSTON
COTTON MARKET
Only two lales of cotton had been
soldi here today by 3 o'clock, both
bringing 11 cents. Today's New York
quotations were: Open 2:40
March 11.38 11.21
May 11.65 11.42
July 11.84 11.61
October 12.07 11.81
December .. 12.22 11.93
FOUNDER OF EUGENICS
SOCIETY PASSES OUT
s; New York, Feb. 23. Dr. David Al
len Gorton, founder of the Eugenics
Society of America, died suddenly at
his home in Brooklyn yesterday at
the age of 83 years. In his will he
directed that his body be cremated.
WILL EXTEND SNOW
HILL LINE, THOUGHT
Connection With Raleigh
Division at Walstonburg
or Stantonsburg Regard
ed as Likely Short Cut
to Raleigh and North
Norfolk Southern Railroad officials
visited Kinston and Snow Hill Wed
nesday with regain! to the proposed
extension of the Kins ton-Snow Hill
Railroad, a Norfolk Southern subsid
iary, from Snow Hill to Walston
burg or Stanton&burg. It is believed
in well-informed quarters that the
Norfolk Southern is preparing to
build the link, which would be only
14 or 15 miles in length. The busi
ness interests and planters of Greene
county are enthusiastic over the Idea,
and are bending every effort to in
duce the company to ex-tend the -line.
It is 'known that schedules on paper
for the proposed Kinston-Walstonburg
or Stantonsburg line, which
would be only about 30 miles long,
show tihat the planters along the
route would be afforded a much
quicker service for (truck to the
North,' and that passengers from
Morehoad City ami Benufort. New
Bern, Kinston and intermediate sta
tions could be put into Wilson and
Raleigh two hours earlier than by
the best existing connection. It . is
planned to run the trains over the
short cut lfrom New Bern to the Ra
leigh division.
The Norfolk .(Southern has thous
ands of carloads of rock to haul yet
under contract with the constructors
of the Cape Lookout harbor of ref
uge. The distance from the Never
son quarries to the docks on Bogue
and Core sounds would be consider
ably shortened by the route through
Snow Hill and Kinston. Only one
train a day is now had between Kin
ston and Snow Hill. At least two
passenger trains would be operated
over the extended line.
RUSSIA LENIENT TO
FEMALE POLITICAL
PRISONER IN EXILE
Boston, Feb. 24. The Russian
government's recent order banishing
to the unbearably cold extreme north
of Siberia the famous political pri
soner, Mrs. Katherine Breshkovsky,
now in her 72nd year, has been re
tracted through the efforts of mem
bers of the Douma. Mrs. Breshovsky,
who many years ago visited America
and is Well known to American Suf
frage and political leaders, has been
granted 'permission by the Minister
of the Interior to reside in the city
of, Irkutsk, according to information
received1 here today by Miss Alice
Stone Blackwell.
GLEANED FROM NEWS
OF NEARBY CITIES
Dr. E. M. Poteat. president of Fur-
man Universty, is to lecture in New
Bern on March 24.
There is a troublesome epidemic of
hog cholera in Jones couilty, govern
ment veterinary experts have been
informed. Steps will be taken imme
diately to check it. It is not known
about how many animals are affected.
Dave Evans, the negro slayer of
Joe McLawhorh in Pitt county. Is be
lieved to have been seen near Falk
land Wednesday. . ' .
There has not been a single known
violation of the internal revenue laws
in the vicinity of New Bern since the
latter part of October, according to
agents. This condition is without
precedent, -
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THE ODDEST STORY
IN THE DAY'S NEWS
Rio Be Janeiro, Feb, 24. Divorce,
hitherto absolutely prohibited, has
driven the entering wedge Into the
laws of Brazil. In the new Civil
Code, a more than six years work
of the Federal Congress commission
and signed by president Wenceslsu
Bras last week, absolute divorce is
permitted by. the unhappily married
but they cannot marry ja!n.