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KINSTON, N. C FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1916
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EUROPE WILL KNOW BY END OF THIS
BOTH GERMANS AND
DAVID EVANS PAYS THE PENALTY FOR
DOUBLE MURDER WITH HIS LIFE TODAY
DAY THAT AMERICA TRUSTS WILSON
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GOVERNORS UNANIMOUSLY. UPHOLD THEi
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With a Nation Nearer to
and the Great American Public Are Willing to Leave
Al With the Man Who Has Never Rocked the Boat-
Greatest Fight In Many Years Was Expected In Sen
ate Until Blind Oklahoman's Measure Was Put On the
... Table Republican Chief Executives of States Say
"Stand By President," and Congress "Should Uphold
His Hand"
(By the United Press)
Washington, March 3. The Senate this after
noon formally notified the world that it stands
;py President Wilson. It voted down the Gore re
, solution to warn Americans to avoid travel on
armed ships amid dramatic scenes unparalleled
Since the war with Spain, following the request
of the President. Senator James of Kentucky
forced down all debate, which necessitated the
Vote. The fight lasted just eleven minutes.
The vote was sixty-eight to fourteen. The Pres
ident was told the result while he was at the cab
inet meeting.? ? - ' .
Washington, March 3. The Senate has tabled the
Gqre ' resolution warning Americans to avoid travel on
armed ships.
Give Notice to World That America Has Not
Forsaken Wilson. '
' Washington, March 3. Efforts to keep America out
of war, which has loomed nearer in the last few days
than since the administration of McKinley, reached a
climax at 11 o'clock; when the Senate met to give notice
to the world, and especially to Germany, that a united
Congress and Nation are behind the President. Some
Senators had to be dragged to a stand, T)ut an early count
indicated that when the vote is taken following what
promises to be a -brief debate, the necessary number win
have toed the mark drawn by the President to make it
plain enough to be seen by every European chancellor
that the Nation is with President Wilson,
Owen and Pou at the White House.
Senator Owen early called at the White House; He
said the Nation must stand for international law. and
that the situation is serious.
Representative Pou followed and told, the President
that he would be sustained by the House. It is expected
that, the McElmore resolution will be reported unfavor
ably today.
Republican Governors Join With Democrats.
.Washington; March 3. Democratic and Republican
Governors told the United Press in telegrams today that
they are standing by the President. AU f avored keeping
Congress out of the international situation., . Governor
Brumbaugh, the Republican. Governor of Pennsylvania,
said Pennsylvania would stand by the President for the
fullest protection of the citizens and property of the coun
try; "Vyithycombe, Republican, of Oregon, said that at
a time of international crisis the Congress should uphold
the hand of the President, who must administer foreign
relations. ' :. . :
Members of Congress Clamor to See Wilson.
Washington, March 3. The submarine fight was on
in the Senate when Senator Stone called for it after the1
convening today. Administration leaders .are confident
of success in both Houses. : ' '
The President has been positively assured that he will
P? .Supported unqualifiedly. The bitterness of the oppo
sition, however, is shown by statements by Gore that the
"resident is courting war. Criticism is free.'
The Senate galleries are overflowing with notables and
ordinaries. Crowds in the halls are seeking admission.
The issue is promising the biggest fight in years. All the
senators are on' the floor, nervously preparing to take; a
stand. Friends and relatives of the President and his
wife .and cabinet members were waiting in the galleries
The President is besieged with requests for confer
ences with House Democrats, i His schedule is already
overcrowded, and he is 'depending upon the telephone.
TWO ZEPPELINS PUT
OUT OF COMMISSION
' (By the United Press) ;
London, March iS-Two seppelins
were wrecked in Belgium on Febru
ary 2, according to Amsterdam dis
patches. One wa8 hit by artillery
and fell at Ezhezce, 'damaging a
house,nd injuring eighteen children.
The other fell Vt Mafenauit. ;
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HOUSES FOR WILSON
War Than Since '98, Congress
GERMANS MAY HOLD
APPAM AS PRIZE IN
AN AMERICAN PORT
(By the United Press)
Washington, March 3. The Ger-
' mans can hold the Appam aa a
prize ' at Norfolk, it is learned.
The court's review the matter
however, rather than establish
the case as a precedent. I
IS TABLED IN SENATE;
GREENVILLE. 'SIGNS
UP' IN THE EMBRYO
EAST CAR, CIRCUIT
Makes Third Town to Ac
cpt Semi-Pro. Baseball
Proposition Kinston
Would Add Dignity to the
League
Greensville has "joined" the pro
posed East Carolina semi-pro. base
ball association. Aurora and Wash-,
ington have riven assurances that
they will provide clubs. New Bern
has declined to enter, claiming that
the fans there are in no moot! follow-
ng the rejection of schemes, hatched
in that city during recent years. Kin
ston, Williamstori and Belhuven have
not announced their intentions.
Lindsay Warren, the Beaufort law
yer who issued the call for a meet
in g on March 15 to organize tho
league, says: "A favorable report is
expected from Kinston." Mr. War
ren declares lie is especially anxious
to have this city on the circuit, to
give the outfit dignity, since at least
four of the towns will be places of
5,000 inhabitants or less.
Conrad Lanier of Greenville has
assured Warren that Greenvill will
"not only enter the Eastern Carolina
League, but we're going to win the
the pennant." The Greenville fans
are expected to hold a meeting within
the coming half week. ,
At SCANDINAVIAN
PREMIERS TO HOLD
MEETING ON NINTH
(By the United Press)
Copenhagen, March 3. The
formation of a Scandinavia
league to uphold, neutrality and
perhaps a move for peace, may
result from a meeting of the
Danish, Swedish and Norwegian
premiers, to gather on the 9th,
it is officially said.. . ,
REPORT THAT MOEWE HAS
BEEN TAKEN BY BRITISH.
Buenos Aires, March 2. Press dis
patches from Montevideo say that a
steamer arriving from Europe inter
cepted near the coast of Brazil a
wireless message stating that Brit
ish cruisers had captured the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Moewe.
BRAMS OPPOSED
BY ENEMIES ONLY
Washington, March 2. Louis D.
Brandeis was described today by wit
nesses in his behalf in the Senate in
vestigation of his fitness to be a Su
preme Court justice as .a public-spirited
man of high character, who had
incurred the enmity of powerful fin
ancial interests by advocating move
ments to which those interests were
opposed.
Three of those who appeared for
Mr. Brandeis testified ".that he had
been assailed only by men whose in
terests he had attacked.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
THREE KILLED IN TRAIN
COLLISION.
Albany, March 3. Three: hos-
' tiers were killed and one injured
today when a fast freight ram
med the caboose of a horse train
in the New York Central yards.
PPINCAIRE COMPLIMENTS
FORCES. ' '
Paris, - March 3. President
Poincaire has returned from a
visit to the fpont, where he met
General Joffre and others, com
plimenting - the troops in - the
: name of the nation.
GREAT OFFENSIVES
Attack On Verdun Renew
cd; British Assaulting
In Vicinity Ypres
YON MACKENZEN ARRIVES
Joins Kaiser and Crown
v
Prince and Assumes Full
Charge "of Fighting In
the West-r-English May
Have Made Gains
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris, March 3 Paris is waiting,
calm and confident of the result of
the Verdun offensive. The renewal
of fighting has convinced the mili
tary experts; that the offensive is
the real thig, however. German
dead aro strewn through the Verdun
woods and hills. The heaviness of
he losses precludes the possibility
that the offensive is a feint to oicn
the way for a grand assault else
where. The belief is thut the fight
ing is the heaviest of the war.
Counter Offensive By Britisher.
London, March' 3. Artillery is
storming along the whole Verdun
front, which together with vicious in
fantry attacks in the vicinity of Fort
Douaumont, marked the renewal of
the German offensive.
Stockholm today reported that
Field Marshal Von Mackenzen, hero
of the Galician and Balkan cam'
paigns, has joined the Kaiser and
Crown Prince and is directing the of
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fensive in the-'west. It if?
that the British in the Ypres sector
captured 800 yards of trenches when
they launched a great counter ofren
sive.
Germans Occupy Douaumont Town.
Berlin, MjiitIP 3. The Germans
have occupied the village of Douau
mont, northwest of the fort1, taking
a thousand prisoners, it is officially
said. They are advancing westward
and southwestward1.
ENTER HIS MAJESTY
THE CRADLE KID TO
BE KING FOR A WEEK
Kinston to Do Homage to
Bowlegged Genus for 7
Days and Be Taught By
Medicos How to Adminis
ter Paregoric and Squills
Saturday begins "Baby week"
throughout the Nation. Kinston will
make its observance, thanks to the
interest of the Mothers' Club and
tba physicians of- the city, as com
plete as will most any jtown of the
size in the country.; ' .
The merchants.-some of them at
least, will have a pait in "Baby
week," and it is the duty of every
parent in the Community !to attend
as many of the public meetings to
be held throughout the week as pos
sible. For the ' former, they have
been asked to make displays of,babies'
accessories in the show windows dur
ing the , seven days, and a number
will comply. . Drug stores, dry; goods
and i furniture 'establishments will
have appropriate displays. , ,
The initial public meeting will be
held' in Gordon Street Christian
church on Saturday afternoon at .4
o'clock. Mayor Sutton will preside,
and Dr. Albert D. Parrott will make
the principal address, on "What the
Community Owes the Baby Olean
Milk, fun Water, Fresh Air and
Screened Homes." ; It had been hoped
to secure the mayor's office in CHy
Hall for the opening program, but
it could not be stated for certain that
the office would not be required for
some official use during the after
noon, and the Christian church was
chosen today." J
TAX R'FORM SCHEME
ASIIEVILLE'S BOARD
OF TRADE OUTLINED
Local Chamber Commerce
Asked for Its Opinion On
Plan "Equitable and
Just" apd Furnishes Suf-
ificicnt Amount for Govt.
The Kinston Chamber of Commerce
has been asked to give an opinion on
the tax reform idea copied below,
which comes from the Ashevilla
Board of Trade:
"Briefly stated, the North Caro
lina constitution provides that all
property, both re:il and personal,
shall be listed at full value and
that all shall pay the same tax rate.
Of course, this is actually not done,
and thereon lies (the reason of
all the present inequality and
trouble. A change in the consti
tution has been tried, but failed;
therefore, the law must be drawn
in conformity with the present
constitution, and the object should
bo to leave no room for the pres
ent inequalities and discrimina
tions; and also the law should be
simply drawn because the adminis
trators will be numerous and with
out technical and legal training.
"Heretofore the property tax law
has been drawn with the idea of rais
ing certain sums of money that were
necessary for the different govern
ments, State, County and City, with
not much thought of wha't should bo
I fnir ani iiisf. tft Iho nwrnr rfif nrmiec.
possibier" ' "
ty. jnow every owner 01 propuriy is
willing to contribute yearly some
percentage of his holdings towards
governmental exiK(nses, but when
the law demands more than about 10
per cent, of the average possiblo in
come from property, or of its equi
valent in money value, the wner
will and in fact does evade payment
and in doing so has the sympathy
ami even assistance pf every other
owner, as well as of the tax gather
ers 'Ihemselves. Aa under our pres
ent law the government is demand
ing for taxes forty to sixty per cent.
of the possible income from proper
ty or of its equivalent in money val
ue, niuuraily mere is evasion, as well
as l)it(I administration.
"The ohjeet (then should be a com
plete reversal of our present system
and to this it is necessary to first
fix a low definite tax rate, so that
the7 assessments may- be at full val
ue, -and all excuses of property own
ers about the Tax Rate eliminated.
To determine this' rate the average
interest rate over the State should be
taken as a base. This is practically
six per cent. The owner can and will
pay no;t more than ten per cent, of
this six percentum. That would be
sixty cents on every hundred dollars'
worth of property, real or personal,
or a rate of sixty cents for the com
lined State, county and city taxes
obtained by the property tax sys
tem. "The plan now endorsed and ad
vocated then is this:
"First. Before any tax listing or
valuation is done let the Legislature
put a limit of five mills (fifty cents
on the hundred dollars), as a total
maximum combined tax rate that
can be levied by all governmental
bodies. State, county and city.
"Second: Let the 'Legislature then
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FINAL AGRELMENT ON
ARMY BILL IS REACHED
Washington, Mar. 2.Final agree
ment was reached by the House Mil
itary committee late today on its
bill for the increase of the army, and
it will be reported unanimously to the
House early next week. In round fig
ures the measure would authorize
the formation of an army composed
of" regulars, national guardsmen and
federal volunteers with a total peace
strength of approximately : ' 700,000
men. " ' - . ': ' " 1
W. L. HOUSE, FOSSEM AN, FINISHED BLACK
SLAYER OF M'LAWHORN and smith with
A SINGLE SHOT AT HOME OF EVANS' WIFE
End of Exciting Man-Hunt at 1 P. M. Todav -Solitary
Searcher Who Entered House Greeted With Pistol
Shot Which Missed Fired Full Load of Buckshot Into
Negro Outlaw's Body Crowds View Remains of Des
perado at Ayden This P. M. House Will Get Sub
stantial Reward Woman Saw the Killing Second
Supervisor of Pitt County Roads to Meet Death at the
Hands of Escaped Negro Convict Died In Memorial
Hospital, in KWton, Thursday Night
David Evans was shot to death this afternoon
about 1 o'clock. ,
Members of the posse located him at the home of his
wife, several miles from Ayden, in the direction o Kin
ston. W. h. House entered the place and was greeted
by a .41 calibre revolver bullet, which whizzed harmlessly
by his body.
House carried a shotgun loaded with buckshot. He
pointed it at the negro and pulled the trigger. The en
tire load is said to have taken effect. David Evans drop
ped dead,, his wife looking on. - 7 v
The body was carried to Ayden, where crowds of thou
sands are gathering still to view the remains of the
vicious criminal. 1 .
House, it is understood, will get the rewards,; aggre
gating about .$400, for the crazy negro outlaw's capture
"dead or alive."
ARMED MERCHANTMEN
' SNIPERS OF OCEAN
British Admiralty So CoiiKlitutes
Them, In Opinion of Dr. Heckscher,
German Statesman Lansing Has
Admitted Submarine to Re Legal
Weapon, Says Impossible to "Warn
By CARL W. ACKERMAN; '
(United Press Staff. Correspondent)
Berlin, March 3. Armed mer
chantmen are made of the snipers of
the seas, by the .British admiralty
order instructing merchantmen" to
fire on submarines, by whiwh it be
gan a frantireur warfare on the seas.
declared Dr. Heckscher, , the Reich
stag leader, today.'" Secretary Lans
ing had admitted that the submarine
is n legal weapon.
He said the fragility of submarines
prevents their warning armed ships.
FOREIGN SHIPS MUST
tONFpf TO SEAMAN'S
L AW AFTER TONIGHT
(By. the United Press) .
Washington, March 3. 'Foreign
ships tomorrow will be placed on the
footing of American ships, as res
pects personnel of crew, rights of in
dividual seamen and safety appli
ances. The LaFollette seamen's bill
goes into effect as to non-American
fchips.
The power of the United States to
refuse clearance papers to such ves
sels as do not conform to the re
quirements of the law is ordered in
voked by the terms of the act effect
ive tomorrow. Enforcement is in
the hands of the Department of Com
merce. Hereafter, foreign as well as
American vessels must live up . to
these requirements:
- No more passengers shall be ear
vied "than can be accommodated by
the life-boats and life-rafts. . Seventy-five
per cent, of the crew must be
able to understand the orders of the
officers.- Forty per cent' must be
nblo seamen at least 19 years old,
and with three year's experience, ex
cept as they are qualified by epecial
examination conducted ; by the De
partment of Commerce.. J; V
' A sailor may leave his ship in port
at will; and Ithe provision of treaties
and other international agreements
that officers of the United States
must aid in searching foe. him a3 a
deserter andvreturning him to his
vessel is repealed. He can collect,
however, but a fractional part of his
wages if he quits this way,
Redding Smith, supervisor of th
Pit county roads shot by David Evans
Wednesday afternoon, died in Par
rott Memorial hospital here Thursday
night shortly before ,8:30. o'clock. 4 ,
t Evans, who killed - Smith's prede
cessor, Jos. McLawhorn, with a blow
from a pickaxe on February 10, and
after wocroting .himself so effectually
that a glimpse was nob had of him
by an officer for a fortnight on Wed
nesday added to his "string" none
oUier than the) newly-appointed au
pervisor, was at 10:30 o'clock this
morning in the vicinity of Hanrahan,
Ayden men were positive. Very few
men remained (out in the rain of
Thursday night to search for the
slayer, but this morning when a new
trail was Struck- scores joined in tho
search.. More than a hundred were
surrounding a pocoson near Ithe well
known Quinerly farm some miles
from here, their leaders satisfied that
lifvans was in the swamp. y
When a physician passed the fugi
tive convict on a road near Ayden
Wednesday and identified him, in
forming the authorities, Evans loi
tered in the vicinity until members '
of a posse approached .and Ithen fired
into .them, wounding fatally , Smith,
after which he fled in a Southeaster
ly direction. During Thursday, how
ever; be changed his course, heading
towards Kinston. sHe stopped at the
home of a negro and demanded food,
which was given himl lie had Just
left when a number of tearchers ar
rived in the vicinity, and" Evans late
host betrayed him. A glimpse was
had of the crazy preacher and sever
al shots fired at him. but he reserv
ed his fire. He was out of range and
knew it He was said to have carried
a rifle, but the officials think' there
was some mistaka"about that Evans
took McLawhorn 'a revolver. ' and
with it shot Smith. Unless he. ex
changed it' for the gun during the
past 48 hours he still had the big re-
volver, a .44 calibre . weapon, this -morning.
Evans told the negro who fed him
that therewere "two more men ha
wanted to get before he died Sheriff -McLawhorn
and Chief - of Police
Smith at Greenville' - A V'V; .
, Superintendent Smith -who died
here last night was brother of Chief
of Police Smith of Farmville, killed
by Sam Pollard early in' 1914. Ilia "
wife was with him in the hospital
when he dieL Smith's life was des
paired of from the time he reached
the . hospital, there' being a gaping
wound in his abdomen and several
perforations of the "organs in that
portion of his body; The funeral will
be held in Titt county. :
The whole countryside between
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