j 'I-.'. daily , mmB THE E II ........ ' THB WSATHB t it.;.,,.. Fair tooight tad tomorrow Warm tomorrow VOL. XVII. No. 241 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 1916 FOUR PAGES PRICK TWO CENTS " FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS ' " I l ' I ' i -ir 3 IIUUSE WILL NOT VOTE ON THE M' LOANS TO PIO CLUB HOUSE TO (I T SIX BABYJEEKFORH'LY ATLANTIC SEABOARD TEUTONS UNABLE TO MAKE PROGRESS ON THE MSTEfflONT Ml . RESbLUTION UNTIL MONDAY OR TUESDAV. BOYS WITHOUT ttlVT HUNDREfllOR BRAVE Sftt BY BLIZZARD r . .., i -.,1 $lf 8 KITCHIN; NEW OUTBREAK IN SENATE rMiv ' 1 .. L' si. I. ' rr ELMORE npfNFn in nmm OE SECURITY, PLAN DEED FRHJAY, SAID Farmers & Merchants Bank Sheriff of .Pitt Says About AT FOUR THIS P,H THE NIGHT DURING Single Between President and Congress Not Ened Yet Blind Gore's Trick Victory In Senate for Ad ministration None Less Complete Because It Was (De finition of War Cause Instead of Resolution Against Warning That Was Tabled, However Split In ( the House Today Postponement Causes Surprise Yte Been Scheduled for Noon-RepetRion of Senate Muddle Expected, Probably . Celebrates Eighth Natal Day, by Announcing Will ingness to Aid In Improv ing Breed of Swine That Sum Reward for Taking Evans WAS A DUE TO DEATH Today the Farmers & Merchants Bank celebrated its eighth birthday. 'Since its organization the Farmers & Merchants Bank has tried , to be of real benefit to the farmers of this and adjoining counties." That state ment is modest. The efforts have been highly successful. Last year the institution distributed thousands of bulletins and pamphlets on ad vanced and progressive farming, and it' "hopes the literature was of ad vantage and benefit to a large num ber of those who received it." The officers of the bank have kept as :loseIy in touch with the agricultural progress of the section as any set (By the United Press) Washington, March 4. It is practically Certain there will be no vote on the McElmore measure until Monday or Tuesday, Leader Kitchin said this afternoon, follow ing; conference ojLHouse leaders. The bill may be re drafted so as to make a 'direct issue of the merits of warning. More Discussion In Senate. Washington. MflrHh 4 nismssinn nf r.Ko nrmpH niAr, chantmen decree broke out affain in the Senate todav aiierT5ena,tor ijoage reaa a statement tnat the tfritisn f men in Kinston, and the planters government never warned its citizens to avoid armed have not failed to appreciate their liners during .the Japanese-Russian war. McCumber de- interest. This year the bank is going nourifced the "gag rule," and said that sooner or later he 10 hep the b0V8 of noir county by would get a vote on his resolution of warning. Congress ne'pns tne g cium figs is pigs - will be supreme in the last analysis, he said, and claimed thouh they ,ain,t such 8Carce crea- that toublic sentiment would force a direct vote, tie said the. indirect vote of yesterday failed to ratify the Presi dent s proposal. ' Whit the Senate Tabled. Washington, March 4. Senator Gore's resolution lhat was.voted on bv the Senate yesterday afternoon was not, as President Wilson had demanded, a measure calling v' . a j i j. 11 1"' a""1 " xur warning Aineoctii uu uiucu mciuwuuucu, note without any security back of it, Mr, Wilson hoped to have defeated to prove that the ex- 8xcept the honor of the boy who ecutiye branch was all-powerful m matters of foreign 3igns the note. The note will be for affairs, but a substitute that Gore had craftily iritroduc- an amount not exceeding" $15, will Two Men Who Fought At Outlaw's Cabin Knew .That One of Them Had to Die Evans Opened and White Man Finished Him tures in Ahis neck of the woods any longer, and the Farmers & Merch ants Bank realizes that the more pigs the better. It is going to lend, says Cashier L. J. Mewborne in a letter, as many as 25 members of Ithe Lenoir County Pig Club the money to buy registered sow pigs. "We are going to take each boy's plain - . . j . - ... X . . ed. It resolved that the sinking of an armed merchant raw interest at eix per cent Von'stftntk lustli'sufflcierrt'catise.of war between the United States and the German Empire." That it was which the Senate voted to table by a vote of 68. to 14. WOUld f the4ate of "the loan, and will be pay able oh or before December 1, 1916. It will be necessary, for a boy to secure the money, for him to be A division amoner the President's supporters in the ! m ? "fT House broke out todav after several of the administra- uoa is ,irienas proposed posiponemeni unui monuay ui Mr. Q. F. M(.nrfirv. Hen,nntrtmn the V.Ote on the McElmore resolution. A number, includ- agent for Lenair county." Mr. Mc- irig bherley, Allen of Ohio and Glass, began fighting to crary has toid the bank that he is force the vote today, claiming that the muddle created going to try to distribute these g bv the Senate vote should be cleared up immediately, .stered sows throughout the county," Shorter, however, rested bis action. ' ad next year the new members of A coterie loud irt condemnation of postponement are -no C1UD ean m tneir !t0Clt.M re mTl.esf.Annpf the rnlps Pfmimirtrtrtipr fn haw the rnlp rp- Istered P18 trom pose who had the . . . I .i K.,i.: i . I uuioutcu auwa iuus year. urar. jview- , w ...vu x ...v, . knrno r "Tt'i hln'4l.i W.. Vr. courage them' and make them" more self-reliant that they may be pro gressive and foirceful men." And this js a pretty mice way to celebrate a birthday. Cashier Mew-. borne, too. is interested in the fact that Lenoir county now grows corn sufficient for feeding the pigs what is pigs to be had, as well as the mul titude not so aristocratic now on hand. mm IlSiRESOLOTIONSOFAFFECTI'N FOR JURIST WHO IS FOND OF THE PUBLIC The people of Lenoir county, through the Bar Association and of ficers of .the Court, and Judge W. M. Bond exchanged compliments Friday night after the February term of . Superior Court, a civil term lasting a fortnight, had been finally adjourn- Judge Bond, who said he want ed. ed man t0 come creeping into his court fearing to be jailed for the slightest breach of order, but ito feel of 1 1 . .. "uure la premises that were as ,much his is the Court's, made. ' "P'naia impression" here, according to .CTerk of the Court J. T-. Heath. Judge Bond is the wittiest judge to preside Jiere u years and good hu mor prevailed throughout ' .the 'term, without the slightest departure" from the decorum that is accustomed to be had in this tribunal. V'1 " ' - Judge Bond had intended 'letting the term expire by limitation tonight, sutfjtd a son ill at his home in Eden ton, and treally felt unfasy I about nm, he said. Besides, he had "wtfrk ed overtime" and felt that the" day off was earned. He comes back to the district, to Jacksonville, Monday. 7e followiag resoluUons were passed by the bar and court officers: , That at the close of the two-week February term, 1916f0fth)S Court of Lenoir county, His Honor, W . M-. ond. Judge presiding; the lat.on3 between the Judge on the 'n', lhe fW" n the other, have TO LECTURE IN HOME? CITY FOR HALF WEEK been so pleasant, that it is the desire on the part of 'the Bar and officers of,; the Court to roake memorial of DR. SPILLM AN AGREES their appreciation or the unitorm courtesy, courage and fairness of the presiding Judge. "That no term of this Court for years' has accomplished more effect ive and satisfactory work, and our docket at the end thereof is in bet ter condition than it has been in in at least ten years. "That the presiding Judge will carry with him when he leaves the district the affectionate regard and high esteem of every member of. the barj every Court officer and juror and the public generally. .."That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Court, and published in the ; .press of this city, the Kaleigh ftews and Observer and the Greensboro Daily News." Judge Bond wrote the following letter i this paper: "Editor Free Press .v" : "Permit me to thank you for your kind allusions lo me, and : also to Express my keen appreciation of the many courtesies received at the hands of the good people of yflur progres sive city. ( f ' . Truly, :'. ': Vf"' ; "W. k BOND.x Judge Bond left for Edenton late Friday night V - ' On Ihe last afternoon of the term the suit of Matthews vs. Isler was dismissed at the desire of the plain- tiiT, who was assessed the costs. Dr. B. W. Spilman, the Baptist Sunday school expert, will give a course of lectures to the people of thii city on March 12 to 14. Kot on ly teachers and officers of the Sun lay schools, but all who will, are privileged'''.- ta attend. Though Dr. Spil man's lectures are exceedingly valuable and enjoyable, no charge is made for them. They are the genial Southern Secretary's contribution to his home eity. .'..- Dr. Spilman has few equals as r lecturer, and it h a great privilege to the people! of the city to, hear ium. Tne lectures will be given at after noon arid night, in the social rooms it. Gordtfn' Street Christian church. .where there ia a good equipment of chairs and tables and conveniences for refreshments. ; " PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT ' WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE. ', Washington, March 3. Senator Lane of Oregon ia besieging Vic President Marshall with requests to be relieved of "my operous duties as a member , of the Committee oa the Disposition of Useless' Papers in the Fxecitive Dppnrtments." y W. L. House, who Friday afternoon killed David Evans, Pitt county's now famous negro outlaw, today A- scribed the killing. I thought it possible that Evans would be at home," House said over long-distance telephone. The pie monition persisted, until House fin ally went to Evans' dwelling. He stepped into the doorway. The ap pearance of the negro himself in an inner doorway proved the surmise to be correct. The black had his ugly big revolver in his hand. House's shotgun was loaded with buckshot. Did you come to get me?" asked Evans in a matter-of-fact tone. "Yes," said House, "that's what I came for." The two men knew that one of them was to die, and wasted no words, ex cept that the black man uttered an oath. Evans fired. "I was just eight feet from him," said House today. ."His bullet missed me only an inch or two, but I was too excited to mind that. ""Tblew, his hand off." It was net the revolver hand, however. Then followed a game of hide and seek, with Hpuse on the offensive. He dodg ed between the door, and a window, firing whenever the opportunity pre sented. At the fifth shot Evans fell He lay on the floor and swore he would kill House yet. He was in the act of lifting his revolver, when House running towards him as quickly as possible, snatched it from. his hand, and with his own gun's muzzle at the negro's chest, "finished him." House does not think he has done anything "great." House's home is at Wmterville. He is a typical Pitt eduntyman. He will get rewards ag gregating about $600, the Sheriff at Greenville told him today. Evans1 body is at Greenville. If the Univer- sity Medical College will accept it, the corpse will be sent to Chanel Hill. City Expected to Take Live ly Interest In Great Na tional Movement for Con servation , of lives - and and Health of Babies The kid has his inning today and until next Friday night in Kington. He Is having it in a lot of other places throughout the country, , too. Baby Week was officially inaugurated in Kinston this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The meeting is being held in Gordon Street Christian church. Mayor Sutton is presiding, and Dr. Al bert Parrott is to make the prin cipal address, his Ruhjocl being the comprehensive one of "What the Community Owes the Baby Clean Milk. Pure Water, Fresh Air and Screened Homes." The prospects for a large attendance were fine. The public is expected to take a tremendous interest in Baby Week. There are not a niftier lot of embryo citizens in the world, and their con servation is Kinston's first thought. Every laddiabuck and ladybuy today fondlingihis or her little toes within the confines of a Kinston home has a better chance in the world for having been born or come to Kinston to live, is safe to presume. ,JThe doctors of the city and Mother's Club are de termined to make the week an inter esting one, and the public should, and most probably will, co-operate. Na ture has so failed in one particular that a lot of those most directly in terested can't get a Word in edgewise, ut could 'they talk they would howl for consideration of their rights. "Ihe Duty the Church Owes the CitiEens of Tomorrow" will be the subject of a number of sermons the city's churches Sunday morning. probably. Considerable Damage to Shipping on New Eng land and (Virginia Coasts Crew of Barge Lost An other Barge Missing (By the United Press) Norfolk, March 4. Shipping suf fered severely in one of the worst storms in years last night The tug Chanler lost two barges, one is miss Ing and the other in distress off the Capes. The coast guard Onondaga has gone to the latter's assistance. An unknown schooner is ashore in Lynnhaven Bay. The Chesapeake Line steamer City of Baltimore was aground in Hampton Roads, but has been floated. Damage to Shipping 'Considerable. Washington, March 4. A blinding blizzard swept the Atlantic seaboard last night and a number of vessels were damaged or lost. Of the crew of a barge lost at North Scituate, Mass., one was saved, but died on the way to shore. A two-masted schoon er is ashore at Cope Point, in Ches apeake Bay. The cu'tter Apache rush ed to her assistance. i VON MEYER TAKES A CRACK AT DANIELS; SAYS NAVY FEEBLE JUDGE ALLEN CANNOT,. SEE IT FROM. POINT OF VIEW OF PRESIDENT THREE THOUS'D MEN DIED ON PROVENCE The Big Converted Cruiser Sunk In Mediterranean Some Days Ago Carried 4,000, While Less Than 900 Accounted For Paris, March S. It was announced today at the French ministry of ma rine today that there were nearly 4,000 men on board the French aux iliary cruiser Provence when she was sunk in the Mediterranean Feb. 26. As the ministry of marine on Feb ruary 29 announced that the number of survivors of the Provence disas ter was estimated at 870, it is indi cated by the foregoing dispatch that upwards of 3,130 lives were lost The loss" of more than 3,000 lives in the sinking of the French auxili ary cruiser Provence is the greatest ocean disaster of modern times. (By the Eastern Press) Washington, N. C, March 4. That America should not go to war with Cermany because of the "fool- hardiness of a handful of agents of war order house," was the sentiment expressed by Judge Oliver H. Allen here today. "If America enters the war," said Judge Allen, "there is no telling when it will end. Hundreds of thous ands of Armenians are reported to have been massacred in Asia Minor and this Christian Nation did not in terfere, while there are many mil lions who today would plunge the country into a dreadful conflict be cause a very few who cross the seas for personal gain may be killed. am mi03t heartily in favor of warn ing citizens of the United States to remain off armed ships, and there after, letting them take passage on such vessels at their own risk." BRIEFS IN THE DAY'S NEWS FROM TOWNS AND COUNTIES NEAR HERE The chances for recovery of Gar land Eastwood, hurt several days ago by a fail from a fire truck at New4 era, are exceedingly slim. East ood's skull was fractured. Earl Gibbs, white, had a foot badly mashed when a locomotive tender ran over rt at Camp Perry. He is in a New Bern hospital. The New Bern postoffice is nearing the first lass. The receipts for the fiscal year may run to $40,000, ac cording to the Sun-Journal of that city, j A'-- a ' , Maysville has checked its small pox epidemic. There were as many as half a' dozen cases in the little town at one time. Jeff Laughlnghouse has been : ar rested at' Vanceboro by Federal offi cers on the charges of selling liquor and operating an illicit distillery. ; A negro was arrested at the same time tor having more than the legal quan tity of whisky. Both are being held in jail ' '.- ' . ' ' . ' (By the United Press) New York, March 4. If the United States should go to war tomorrow, the navyi under Dan loin, would be absolutely impo tent to check an invasion of the coast, declared George Von L. Meyer, former secretary of the navy, today. MORE MARRIED MEN ARE CALLED TO COLORS Action Today; Mostly Con fined to Artillery; and Sappers, Seems DEFENSE IS EFFICIENT French Hold String of Re doubts Past Which Ger mans Cannot Force Way. Offensive Explodes Mine, Frenchmen Retaliate 1 (By tha United Press) London, March 4 The French un der General Petain. ' are blocking all attempts by the Germans to1 capture Pepper Heights, north of. Verdun by flank attacks, aay Paris dispatches, Petain making a stand at a string of redoubts a mile southwest of Douaumont He is repulsing . with heavy losses Ifche charges by which Teutons hope to penetrate the French front, and cut off defenders of the heights. The French losses In kill- : ed, wounded and missing at Verdun are estimated at thirty thousand f Germans Explode Mine; Can't Us Crater. , Paris, March 4. Lively artillery duels are in progress on the front north of Verdun, it is said officially. No infantry actions resulting' in im portant changes-. The . Germans have exploded a mine at Parges, 12 miles southeast of Verdun. (French artillery prevented German occupan cy of the crater. XPECT BEGINNING OF SUEZ CAMPAIGN IN SHORT TIME NOW (By the United Press) London,. March 4 Proclamations have been posted calling to the col ors married men from the ages of nineteen to twenty-seven, inclusive. They must report by April 7. (By the United Press) . Berlin, Mar, 4 Constantinople dispatches are reporting the ar rival at Jerusalem of the Turk ish' dictator Enver Pasha and the commander of the Fourth Turkish army, Dyemal Pasha. Their arrival is believed to be the signal for the beginning of the Turkish campaign against Egypt, A GRAND BAWL THROUGHOUT COUNTRY STARTED THIS MORNING JO LAST A WEEK; HAIL, ALL DIMPLES AND TOES. ASKANCE (By the United Press) New York, March 4. -A cer tain Mew York physician today told of a new way to make the baby stop crying. The plan was successfully employed by a little boy to whose lot it fell to care for his baby brother a good deal. His mother marked the unwont ed silence of the infant when the brother was watching him, so she peeked around the door one day and saw how it was done. Broth er, It seems, waited until the ba by got his mouth open to let out 8 howl and then leaned over and blew down his throat. Washington, March 4. Babies of four colors and - two nationalities were the center of attraction in 1,0-9 tommunities in the- United i States, Alaska, the Philippines, Canada and the British West Indies today. Theyl will hold the spotlight for th suc ceeding six days of National Baby Week, inaugurated : by the Ceneral Federation' of, Women's : Clubs Jand sponsored by the Federal Children's Bureau. '', V: The babies dont know it, but they are the reason fot hundreds of nurs ing courses, child welfare exhibits, window decorating contests, bazaars, essay contests and general meetings lanned during the week in the Unit ed States and its possessions, not to mention again Canada and the Brit ish West Indies. Wisconsin proposed a State-wide i campaign to place emphasis on ade quate nursing, care and instruction for prospective mothers. Texas has its own Baby Week slogan; "baby health is Texas wealth." Mississip pi has a slogan of rts own. North Dakota is holding an essay contest in public schools. A Colorado set tlement forty miles from a railroad, a woman's club on a western recla mation project, a Montana -coal min ing town with large foreign popu lation, a southern mill village and several farm women's clubs are hold ing celebrations. t ' Child welfare exhibits vere pre pared by women's clubs in Omaha) and Lincoln. These will be eent throughout Nehraska,. A jSIaryland tewn will have a birth v registration day; a merchant has promised 4 tooth brush to everv ' mother who , goes to the city hall to find whether her baby's birth is registered. An- : other city inaugurated completion for the cleverest widow plan. Manilla will have its aaeetings du ring the week; the babies' on two In dian reservations will be brought from their wigwams, if their par ents Still affect wigwams, to share in the enlightenment, and to blink hor edly during? tribal conferences con cerning thera. - ' (Continued on r.".g Five) 14" mm .: .' v h'V 'Mv s ! v; ' ' ' .'. pi' . ft ' ' ix I. n I.