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VOL. XVII.-
-No. 238
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCn 1, 1916
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Sentiment as to his policies
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Conferences of Senate and
HSSTOOUUMEn REGARDING
iSli
COURSE
House Today Test Vote Called for by Mr. Wilson Be
ing Prepared For Administration Has Sounded Both
Branches to Ascertain Sentiment When Von Bern
storff s Promises Were Made Armed Liner Was Un
thought Of, Says Foreign Office Official in Defense of
Decree Against Armed Merchantmen German Paper
Declares If America Wars On Teutons She Will Be
Made to Pay Latter's War Debts
, it vBy the United Press.)
, Washington, March 1. Congress will go on record
regarding the Administration's German course. Demo
cratic leaders have ratified the President's suggestion
for a test vote on his policies. The vote will be taken
soon., Leaders today discussed the means of bringing
about the vote, and the exact question to be, determined.
Senators Stone and Kern and Representative Flood con
ferr0(J with the President and then the President saw the
Speaker and Representatives Kitchin and Pou. The res
olution is not expected today, but the road is being clear
ed fpr it. It is believed the Administration has sounded
botj Ifouses to find what the sentiment is.
In, a letter to Representative Pou, ranking member
of the Committee on Rules, made public last night, the
President declared that "the report that there are divid
ed counsels in Congress in regard to the foreign policy
of the government is being made industrious use of in
foreign capitals," that he believed the report to be false,
but, that sq long, as it is anywhere credited he feels jus
tified in asking '.'that your committee will permit me urge
an ftrjy vote upon the resolutions with regard to travel
on armed merchantmen."
ftKe President called for a showdown-, and believes
the, jreult will prove that his position will be patriotically
sustained by Congress.
Says America Would Defeated by Germany.
Lpndon, March 1. The Frankfurter Zeitung, discuss
ing the possibility of a war with America, pictures the
Allies crushed as a result, and America defeated and
forced to pay Germany's war debts.
German Statement of Promises to America.
By CARL W. ACKERMAN, United Press Staff Correspondent
or, (COPYRIGHTED BY THE UNITED PRESS.)
Berlin, March 1. Germany's memorandum to the
United States stated that the fact, that armed merchant
men would in future be considered warships does not
change the pledges Von Bernstorff made, because they
; wferg given when an armed merchant liner was unthought
of, Baron Mumm Von Schmartzenstein of the Foreign
Office told the United Press today. Germany never once
dreamed that the British would instruct liners to con
duct defensive warfare, he said. He pledged that the de
cree is not contradictory to former promises.
HUGHEY JENNINGS IS
CONFIDENT OF TAKING
Ttf&YEAR'S PENNANT
Detroit, Mich., March 1. Manag
er Jennings of the Tigers expects to
win the 1916 American league pen
nant. He is going to stand pat on his
1915 lineup, which grabbed an even
hundred victories for him, but suc
W ceeded in finishing only second best.
J his lineup, he believes, will be stron
ger than it was a year ago.
The team that wins 90 games this
year, Jennings says, will win the pen
nant On the. eve of his team de
parture for Waxahatchie, Texas, the
new training headquarters, Jennings
let the Detroit in on; some of his
plans for the year. Most important
of his announcements was the state
ment that he would again rely on his
veterans.
Local baseball critics believe that
the Tiger attack will he stronger
this year than last, when it was one
ofthe finest in basebalL Old Sam
Crawford has only an average of J299
to beat, and he has had a great win
. iter. -
THREE TEARS FOR AIDING
IN RUIN OF YOUNG GIRL.
Asheville, Feb. 29C. C. Koon, the
young married man from the Fair-
view section, who was found guilty
01 Contributing iKt 'J.v: . . 1
vcunquesncy -
EXPECTED BACK
UP IN GERMAN CONTROVERSY
House Leaders at the White
IF THERE'S WAR, LET
IT BE WITH SALVATION :
ARMY, SAYS THE JUDGE
"The President has called the bluff
of Congress," was a fact Col. W. D.
Pollock called to the attention of
Judge T. C Wooten this morning.
Then followed some talk about the
international situation, the possibili
ties of wary etc. '
"I hope, if we go to war," said
Judge Wooten. "that it will be with
the Salvation Army."
"And the navy of the Baptist
church," added a bystander.
THE DAY ON THE LOCAL
COTTON EXCHANGE
Sales on the local cotton market
today were scant. Only 5 bales had
been sold by 1 o'clock. The high
price was 11 cents. . .-, -
New York future quotations were:
Open Close
March 11.28
May .. .........11.48
July .. ..11.66
October .. ... ...11.82
December . . , ....... . .11.93
11.25
11.43
11.63
11.82
11.97
of Amy Holsclaw, a girl under four
teen years of age. was sentenced this
f fofW nnr in BAnri tYrpAA troar Alt tTlP
.
county roaas. s - - -
FORD TRIBUNAL AT
-STOCKHOLM DECIDES
CALL PEACE POW-WOW
(By the United Press)
Copenhagen, March 1. The
permanent peace tribunal - has
voted to call a neutral confer
ence to end the war, say Stock
holm dispatches. The tribunal
is requesting that the neutrals
co-operate and that the belliger
ent governments permit the send
ing of delegates. The claim is
made that the plan has the act
ive aid of the Swedish govern
ment. BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
PROVENCE WAS SUBMARINED.
Paris, March 1. A German
submarine sank the Provence,
the Marine ministry today admit
ted: Six hundred and ninety-six
of the eighteen hundred persons
aboard are known to have been
saved, and others are believed to
have been picked up by a fishing
boat.
SWEDISH SHIP TORPEDOED.
Stockholm, March 1. The
Swedish steamer Torborg, .of
1,200 tons, has been sunk by an
Austrian submarine in the Med
iterranean. The crew took to
boats, were rescued and landed
at Leghorn, Italy.
ALL CREW OF SUBMARINED
VESSEL LOST.
London. March 1. The Brit
. kk-.sieamer lhM-naby, of 1,800
tons, has been sunk, say Lloyds
dispatches. It is reported that
all of the crew were killed or
drowned. -
AYDEN NATIONAL BANK
fe OCCUPY ITS NEW
BUILDING ON THURSDAY
(Special to The Free Press)
Ayden, Mar. 1. Tomorrow the
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
of Ayden will move into its hand
some new home, a three-story brick
structure in the center of this live
town. The two upper floors have
been rented out as offices, while two
store rooms on the ground floor are
already occupied by J. J. Edwards
& Son, general merchants. The build
ing cost approximately $20,000, and
is a decided credit to the town and
to the able and energetic directorate
of the bank. The officers of the bank
are J. R. Turnage, President; W. W.
Ormond and J.J. Edw.ards, first and
second -Vice-presidents, and D. R.
Hollowell, Cashier. The safe, vault
end fixtures of the new bank are the
most modern procurable.
WATCH MILK ORDINANCE
IN. EFFECT IN INDIANA
(By the United Press)
Gary,' Ind., March 1. This city to
day took the lead in a crusade for the
sale of pui milk when it started to
enforce an drdinance which author
izes only the sale of pasteurized
milk. It isa step that the State of
Indiana itself was not able to take
through its legislators and the out
came here is being watched through
out this and other States. The ordi
nance will force every dairyman in
the city to provide a pasteurizing
process.- . .. ." ' "...
THE DAY IN CIVIL
f SUPERIOR COURT
A jury in Superior Court today at
1 o'clock had the case of Warters vs.
Page, from LaGrange, in which the
plaintiff is suing U. S. Page, a po
liceman, for $5,000 for alleged false
arrest. The case was started Tues
day; Afternoon. ; ' '' ' - -: '.
Eliza , jones, colored, was granted
a divorce- from Morris Jones by a ju
ry. : - ' ;:
STRONG PARTY ROME
FAVOftS DECLAftAT'N
WAR AGAINST KAIS'IT
Action Not For Several
Days Yet, However A
Conference at Foreign
0;ce French Premier
Advised Italians?
(By the United Press)
Home, March 1. A strong party
at the opening of Parliament today
favored a declaration of war against
Germany. Action is not expected for
some days pending the outcome of a
conference at the foreign office.
Premier Salamlra is expected to
inform Parliament of the result of
the French prime minister to this
capital.
SfEGEL WALKS OUT
OF JAIL, ARRESTED
AGAIN iliATEtY
More Charges Against Him
Gives Bail Will Devote
to Making Good Losses of
Patrons of His Bank,IIe
Declares
(By the United Press)
Rochester, N. Y., March 1. Henry
Siepel, th failed nierchant and bank
er, was rearrested today when he
left the Monroe county penitentiary
at the end of a term of ten months.
Ho will iie arraigned on charges re
sulting from the collapse of his huge
interests before Justice Benton.
There are twelve indictments remain
ing. Seigc-I claims lie was promised the
charges would not he pressed. He
says h-j will make his life work the
repaying ot those wno los unrougn
the failure .of his bank. He was re
leased on bond of -25.000.
ZEPPELIN DESTROYED
IN AIR BY FLAMES
(By the- United Press)
tLondon, March 1. Copenhagen
dispatches by mail today reported
that following several explosions in
the air souths of Jutland a burning
mass, believed to have been a zeppe
lin, fell. V
SEEMS ALMOST AS IF PRESIDENT WILSON
WERE SPEAKING BY 6 fRECT MANOAtE FR'M
THE PEOPLE OF NATION, SAYS ED. I, KEEN
By EI). L. KEEN, ylho past , few days the British press
General European Manager of thttiLihas materially altered its previously
United Press)
Washington, D. C. March 1. "Of
course, we should uphold our nation
al honor, if possible but we must
at any cost keep out of this war."
According to the average Britisher
this was the average American's at
titude, when I left England a month
ago for a brief first visit home since
the war started. In other words
John 'Bull was satisfied that Uncle
Sam was far more worried about
keeping out of the war than he was
over questions of national honor, or
the rights of human, or the rights of
humanity, or the preservation of in
ternational justice.
"We should keep out of this war,
if possible but not at the cost of our
self-respect." - . ...
A two weeks' tour through the east,
south and middle west, which has in
cluded sixteen states, convinces me
that this is a much better interpreta
tion of the .. average American view
than the one that was sxKwidely prevalent-in
England before President
Wilson addressed his recent letter to
Senator Stone. In the. circumstances
it is not at all surprising that within
INDICATIONS THAT
FRENCH ARE IIOLD'G
Offensive Today Centers
About Two Strong Posi
, tions North of City
BODIES WASHING TO SEA
Swollen Meuse Carrying Off
Portion of the Number
less Killed Lull In Fight
ing Reported From All
Sources Today
(By the United Press)
London, March 1. Official dis
patches from Berlin and Paris
indicate a nearly complete halt
last night in the Verdun offens
ive. Paris believes the Germans
are preparing a new offensive on
a gigantic scale.
Enveloping Movement Anticipated
London. March 1 Six miles east
and northeast of Verdun, the shift
ing German attack is directing its
greatest violence upon the forts of
Devaux and Detavannes. The Teu
tons are battering French positions
on the Metz-Verdun Railway, with
heavy artillery. The French are
making a stand at the station of Eix,
and the guns of Fort Detavannes, 2
miles away, are beating back the
charges. The Crown Prince is trying
to encircle Verdun. Latest reports
say the French are holding their own.
French Evacuate a Town.
Berlin, March 1 A lull on the
French front was indicated today by
official reports. The French have
been forced to evacuate the city of
Fresnes, thirteen miles southeast of
Verdun, says the Lokal Anzeiger,
Germans Gain In Square Miles.
Berlin," March 1. On the first few
days of the Vcrtlun offensive, thu
Crown PrinceV army captured four
square miles, more than the French
Kainetl in the Champagne drive, say
dispatches.
Bodies Wash to Sea.
The Hague, March 1. Scores of
bodies of the Verdun dead are sweep
':ng into the North Sea from the
swollen Meuse.
Lull Reported From Paris.
London, March 1. A lull in the
Verdun fighting last night was indi
cated by wireless messages from Pa
ds. There was no reason to believe
that the offensive had been abandon
ed, however, it was said.
unfavorable opinion of the President.
Wilson today is doubtless almost as
popular a figure in England as Col.
Roosevelt.
After conversations with scores of
fellow-countrymen on the trains, in
cities, towns and country villages, on
the streets, in stores, and by the fire
side, and returning to Washington
just after the publication of the
Stone correspondence, it eeemed al
most as if Wilson were speaking by
direct mandate from the people, des
pite the fact that their representa
tives in Congress were apparently
not of the same mind. .
Bus the Britisher would make a
grievous, mistake were he to con
clude that the President is about to
plunge the country ruthlessly into
war. As he indicated ;jn his Gridiron
speech, he is quite aa much concern
en lest the country err on the side of
rashness as on the side of cowardice.
The impression in Germany today
t'.iat he is really seeking a break with
the Teutonic powers is just as far
from the truth as the notion prevail
ing in England recently that he was
secretly favoring the German C3use;
DAVID EVANS' BODY
SECRETED IN SWAMP
BY LYNCHERS, SAYS
Beaufort County Official
Satisfied "Small. Select
Party" Took Negro
VICTIM OF FIRING SQUAD
Slayer of Joseph McLaw
horn Stood Against Tree
and Shot to DeathSus
pect Taken In Pamlico
County Was Wrong Man
(By the Eastern Press)
Washington, N. C, Mar. 1
David Evans, who killed Super
intendent Jos. McLawhorn of the
Pitt county roads force several
weeks ago, will never be seen
alive again, in the belief of a lo
cal official high up, whose name
is withheld. That Evans was
captured on the day following .
McLawhorn's death, stood, up,
against a tree and shot to death,
- this official is willing to "bet
anything." ,
Several points lead up to the sup
position: Thirty or forty shots fired
at one volley in the swamps not a
great distance- from here, the state
ment by a negro who escaped at the
same time as Evans that h revealed
the slayer's hiding place upon threat
of instant death to a small select
party, and "other information." The
body of the cmy black may be
"probably is" Jying covered with
mud in the great ewamp near Choc
owinity. " ' ' . i "' ' '!
There was a report yesterday that
Evans had been taken in Bayboro.
Will Windley, the local cheriff, re
turned today from Bayboro, declar
ing that the man apprehended was
not Evans and that he had been re
leased from custody.
found buried vault
probably a cenjury
oCd in city cemetery
On Monday afternoon when pre
parations were being made to dig
the grave of the late Frank Nunn,
whose body was brought here from
Somerset, Ky., where he was -shot to
death by a railroad watchman, Cor
oner Eugene Wood discovered an old
steel vault in Maplewood cemetery
which he thinks must have been there
at least a century. The vault was
partly on the lot of B. F. Nunn fath
er of Fiank Nunn, and partly under
a walk. It was intended to place the
remains of Mr. Nunn on a spot occu
pied by one end of the vault, until
it was discovered that the ground
was already taken up.
There was a small glass in the top
of the vault, and the skeleton of a
female and part of the hair were dis
covered to be within the vault. Had
the body been embalmed it would
have been almost perfectly preserved.
Mr. Wood thinks, for the ancient
vault was a fine piece of workman
ship, and as good as could be built.
Mr. Wood has long been a believer
in steel rather than brick vaults, and
his find, he declares, adds to his con
viction that the former is the most
efficient The vault he found must
have been very expensive, he says.
The skeleton was of a person uniden
tified. "J'; -
SEVENTH REPUBLICANS
SELECT BROWN OF, WILKES
iiexingtoA, Feb. 29. The Seventh
District Republican Convention here
today unanimously named ex-Sheriff
P, E.' Brown of Wilkes to oppose
Congressman R. N. Page,
THE N.Y. DEMOCRATS"
ENDORSE THE PRESIDENT
(By the United Press)
Syracuse, N. Y., March 1. The
eNw York .Democratic State Conven
tion has endorsed the President's re-nomination.
NO RESULT YET OF .
ARMED SHIP ORDER
GOING INTO EFFECT
First Tragedy, If Any Oc
curs, Expected to Be In
Mediterranean
DENIAL GERMAN CLAIM
Merchantmen Not Ordered
to Attack But to Defend
Themselves, Says British
Blockade Minister Italy
May Suffer First .
By CHAS. P. (STEWART, ;
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London,, March 1 The submarine
decree, effective since midnight, has
been resultless up to the present.' A
report of a torpedoing is unexpected
for a day or two. There is nothing
to indicate that the Thornaby was
torpedoed or mined. If great' tra
gedy should occur, the first is ex
pected in the Mediterranean, where
there ore many submarines. Armed
Italian liners are passing through
those, waters. The blockade minis
ter, Lord Cecil, stated today that the
German claim . that merchantmen
had been ordered to attack' submar
ines is untrue. v He, id ftejr v had
been ordered to defend themselves.
BRANDED PXRTNfiR
TAKES UP DEFEND ,
B(JlCOffiilfftE
Washington, Feb. 29. An explan-v,
at'on of the various charges against" ,
Louis D. Brandeis, now being lnves ,
tigated by a Senate committee com
isdering his nomination for 'the Su
preme Court,! was begun today by
Edward F. MoClennen, of Boston,)
member of Mr. BrandeisV law firm.
He spoke from his ownjcnowledge of
the incidents at issue, from papers
connected with the matters and. from
the office diary of the firm. He will
continue his testimony tomorrow.
Mr. McClennen took the stand with -the
testimony of those opposing con
firmation of the Brahdeis' nomina
tion practically all in.
RAILROAtf WOSKERS ,
DEMANDS READY FOR
PRESml)T61)AY
(By the United Press)
Chicago, March 1. One of the
most important ' meetings , affecting
capital and labor ever : held on the
American continent opened here to
day. The executive committees of
the four railroad brotherhoods as
sembled to verify the. referendum
vote of 350,000 employe on an eight
hour day at ten hours pay, and time :
and a half for overtime. The" official
result of the vote, which; is under
stood to be overwhelmingly in favor
of the demands, wii not betannouno
for several days. If railway officials
are adamant, a shrike tieing op the
transportation system ,0 the entire
country, is probable, it is said. More
than 20 billions of capita 600,000
stockholders, 458 railways With 250,
000 miles of track, and 3,000,000 em
ployes are directly involve
GRAND TRUNK DEPOT '
AT MONTREAL BljRNS,
ORIGIN SUSPICIOUS
(By , the United Press)
' Montreal, March 1 The Grand :
Trunk depot here was destroyed
today by a mysterious fire. Many
tons of freight and baggage were
incinerated and trains burned.
HARVARD STUDENTS BUY
GOODS FROM? THEMSELVES.
... Boston, March 1! The . Harvard
Co-Operathre Students' Society's report-shows
. that its sales, in 1313
amounted to $200,000, an increase c j
$16,000 over the 1011 bu::"
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