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I' Till DAILY THE HQLIE PAPEB THB I WBATEBZ ' Vnxrtlcd loniaM aad tomorrow , Wfm tomorrow VOL. XVII.-No. 142 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1916 FOUR PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS riYX CENTS ON TRACTS 'i ... ir- Off JANS HAVE GAINED, LARGE AREA IN I IS VOTE ON M'LHORE'S RESOLUTION TO BE HAD TUESDAY, tilO'T LENOIR CO'TY BOARD MOEEIS TO START INTEREST IN 'BABY WEEK' BY IWTON'S v,1 it.. ESTBUTMtEDTOBREAKTHEFRENCH OF AGRICULTURE IS NOW ASSURED FACT ANOTHER CRUISE AS hi USE IN TWO-WEEKS' BATTLE AT VERDUN TO TELL OF EUROPE AS REPAIRED WIDE-AWAKE . ' . "i , ..... .,.. GUEST OPf RESIDENT SOON Defenders Now Trying to Violent Fighting On Meuse By teuton Checked Losses Fifth of a Million Men Three of the Big Forts Before Verdun Seriously Damaged Devaux Completely Demolished, Dispatches Indicate-HDesperate Fighting In Small Section of the Front On Fifteenth Day of the Great Offensive ( (By the United Press) London, March 6. Three Verdun forts defending the city on the east have almost Jaeen wrecked by the German bombardment, say Amsterdam dispatches. It is said that Devaux has been ruined, and Moulainville and Detavan nes badly damaged. It is said ten thousand Germans were repulsed with heavy the Meuse river. . Desperate Fighting; Valiant Defense. " London, March 6. The fifteenth day of the great bat tle of Verdun saw a desperate effort by the Crown Prince to shatter the French center on DOuaumont plateau. There were violent clashes' in the Fresnes woods and the main struggle, say Paris dispatches, narrowed down to v two miles of front in the Haudremont wood, at Douau mont. The French are now checking all advances, and counter attacking in ah effort to recapture Douaumont village. The total losses have been4wo hundred thous and. -The Germans have gained ninety or a hundred square miles, but failed to Artillery Fighting During - Paris, March 6. Very Violent artillery fighting was in progress on the left bank mont. and ih th6 WoeVre region, last night, it is said, offi Maitv In imtiortaftti infantrv fiehtinsr is reported. In Argonne the French cannonaded the 'Cheppy Wood posi tions and works around the Avocourt-Malancourt road. Report From Berlin. vBei-li,; March -0. Minor engagements occurred on the east bank of the Meuse, north of Verdun last night, it is reported officially. The Germans took 950 prisoners. CLASH BETWEEN RACES; THREE NEGROES SHOT Lumberton, March Peeling against negroes at St. Paul in this county is running him and fear is ex pressed that race riots will result from trouble which began this morn- inr when Officer Townsend, of St.' Paul was overpowered and beaten ry several negroes when he went to the home of one to make an arrest, and reached its height this afternoon when three negroes' (who- werengag- j ed in the earlier trouble were shot in a pitched battle between a posse of citizens and the negroes. .. No one of. the wounded negroes is considered to be in danger from his wounds." ' ORPET EXPECTS TO BE ' MCTED FOR MURDER (By th United Press.) ' ' Waua-iiivalarclt'. The Lakej County: gWl)d jury-met -today to hear evidence concerning the "tra gedy of pretty Parian Lambert, an 18-year-old Lake Forest High School girl, Cor whose mysterioua'death Wil liam 'H Orpet, University,' of Wis consin junior, jar jn JaD. charged witH muror.. state's Attorney Ralph J. uy piannea to reveal chain of circumstantial evidence before ,the jury with- a request for epeedy in dictment' Orpet and his counsel ad mitted the probahility; f Orpet's in d.ctment, iut added that they were reserving their atxengt$ fotth trial. Orpet and lis attorneys predicted it will he established that Marian com mitted suicide. v , ; . ' "i J ?ustion for ft rrand jury to decide is th same hat faced a oroher' jury:. , "Murder -er suicide? which T- . Th kroner', jury; thou In Orpel because ; of circum tanlml evidence, made no attempt to swr the question in its verdict nJcre J February 21. Retake Dou'aumont Village Plateau Attempt to Bridge losses when trying to bridge break the French line. 1 Night. of the Meuse, west of Douau GOING ON IN NEARBY CITIES AND COUNTIES The Oreenville Knights of Pythias will give an elaborate banquet on Tuesday night. A number of fishermen are to be tried in Currituck county this week fur catching and disposing of under sized fish. , Curtis Whitley of Bridgeton suf fered a broken leg when a band saw in a mill in which ihe was employed broke and a piece struck him. Claud Suggs, who la charged with the murder, of ; his fafcher-in-Law in Onslow county during the . holidays, will be tried at ' Jacksonville this week. Jim Poulois, Greek, and M. Smith will wrestle at New Bern tonight. NEW OWNER OF THE INDIANS IS FROM - (Br tia United Press) , Cleveland, March 4 The new own- Per "of the' Cleveland Indians, ' James C' Dunn, hails from A 7 town made famous by that immortal pioneer of the national pastime, A. C. ("Pop") Anson : of Marshalltown, Iowa. It was in the Iowa tow -that Dunn (,who .weighs 240, and wears; a number 17 I collar, got his start at a contractor. The son of a farmer, he began con tracting on a shoestring when nine teen, and has amassed sufficient wam pum to buy the Indians or any -other old ball club he want without miss ing ihe change. Jim is 48 and-married. pHe lives in Chicago., ,, .VUNS SAY CARRANZA - OUSTED THEM FROM MEXICO Nevr Yark, March S.A party of thirty ntfns, members of the Order of Ealesians, who said their church and convent ' property at Morelas, Mex ico, valued at $250,000, had been con fiscated by Jhe Carranxa government, arrived here today on the steamship Antonio Lopes from Mexican ports. Account of His Findings to No Ears But Wilson's Personal Envoy Arrived In Capital Sunday Night From His Long Journey (By the United Press) Washington, Mar. 8. The Presi dent today conferred with Ciol. House, his personal envoy just arrived from abroad, regarding conditions in the belligerent countries. Col. 'House ar rived here last night, and was met by the President upon his return from Potomac trip. He had breakfast today with the President. He as re porting bis findings in London, Paris and Berlin. He refuscl to comment on the situation for publication. House Won'f 'Talk. New York. March 5. Col. E. M House, who sailed for Europe on foe- eember 28 on a confidential mission for President Wilson, airrived here today on the steamship Rotterdam from Falmouth. As soon as he land ed from a special coast guard cufcte which met the Rotterdam at Quaran tine, Colonel House announced he would leave at once for Washington to meet the , President. He declined to comment on his1 mis Kion or what he had seen or dona while abroad. FIRST-CLASS ENEMY WOULD FIND AMERICA EASY, SAYS MARSHALL (By the United Press) Chicago, March 6 America would be soundly drubbed if she went to war with any lirst-ckuw power, and her destiny would much depend upon the generosity of her conquerer, Vice-President Marshall today declared. WILL ALLOW WOMEN TO TRAVEL ON A WARSHIP Wives of Members of Commission to Buenos Ayres to Make Trip On Board Tennessee Will Break Na val Custom of Long Standing Daniels Announces Putting ' Aside Precedent (By the United Press) Washington, March 6. Secretary Daniels of the Navy today announc ed the breaking of precedent to per mit the wives of members of the In ternational joint commission to sail on the battleship Tennessee from Hampton Roads Wednesday. The commission is going to the ifuenos Ayres convention for better trade re lations with Latin America. It will include Secretary and Mrs! McAdoo, assistant Secretary and Mrs. Peters, Samuel and . Mrs. Untermyer and John Bassett Moore. , PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT WELL KNOWN' PEOPLE Washington, March (v-r-Senator Lane of. Oregon uses a doEeipiper cleaners a day. ; U. S. POWER SQUADRON FORMS A NEW BRANCH (By the United Press) Philadelphia, March 6. Tha Unit ed States Power Sduadron, a yachts men's naval , auxiliary ' organization witk fifteen branches throughout the counxry aaa oeen augmenieamy an other branch trbe known as pie Del aware llivef Power : Squadron. The formation of the new ; squadron- was ratified at a weeing of more than 100 yachtsmen her at which the pur poses of the, organization were out lined by Charles Chaplin of the New York MotOrboat Club, vice-president of the' United State Power squadron. The Delaware" River squad ron will have nearly 350 tnembers and rta territory will take in all wa ters from Trenton to Cape May, in cluding the Atlantic coast and the Delaware river and its tributaries. "German Flag Over Capi to N. Y. Newspaper Declares BRINGS SENATE DEATE President Confers With Re publicans Assured Mea sure Is Non-Partisan One, G. O. P. Members Join Jn Seeking Vote (By the United Press) Washington, March (i. The Presi dent today called Representatives Bennett and Lenroot, Republicans, of the Rules Committee, for a confer ence, to discuss tno rule lor tne mc- Lemore resolution. They told the President their action would lc strict ly non-partbtan. Vote Expected Tuesday. Washington, March i. The Mcle- more resolution was today placed on the calendar at the 'request of Repre sentative Foss, Republican. The Re publicans are believed to be joining the administration Democrats in seeking a vote, having been persuad ed that it is a non-partisan measure. The vote is expected tomorrow. In the Senate debate broke out when an editorial, from a New York paper was read aaying. that until the House tabled the McLemore resolu tion, the "Germian flag would be hanging over the Capitol." TWELVE VICTIMS OF AIRCRAFT IN NIGHT Three Zeppelins In Raid ' Over Eight Counties of England ROPERTY WAS DAMAGED 'ive of Dead Children Dwellings Destroyed and Stores DamagedForty Bombs Dropped By In vaders, Official Estimate (By the United Press) London, March 6. -Three men, four women and five children were killed in a night zeppelin raid over the northeast coast last night, it is reported officially. It is believed three airships drop ped bombs in the counties of Lincoln shirt, Rutland, Yorkshire, Hunting toni Cambridge, Norfolk, Essex and Kent. They dropped forty bombs, destroying houses and two terraces, and damaging several stores. ... 7 ' .. 1 ,. T7- NEWTON BAKER. FORMER CLEVELAND. 0.. AYOitWlLI; BE NEW WASHiWiil IIEASs ON GOOD ADTHORITY' . V . .(By tha United Tress) Washington, ."March : & Newton D. Baker, former Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, will be Secretary of WAr, ac cOTfjling to Tnfofmatioir believed to be absolutely reliable. AnTrouncement 'Win be made' in a dajr or two, it is'sald. It is understood that the President has told General Scott, acting secretary, that the latter cannot serve any longer than next Saturday, at the expiration of his thirty-1 days term, - i .--i--. I : t?si : ;': v::'-V; ' " Baker ferved as private secretary to Postmaster-General Wilson in 1890. His second term as mayor of Cleve land recently expired a: . ; ' Twenty-fonr Leading Men Named to Membership ' By Commissioners WILL ADVISE PLANTERS Each Township Represent edNo Salary for Mem bers Board Probably Is Second of Kind to Be Or ganized , Tho Hoard of County Commission ers this mornirtg adopted the pro posal of ' Farm Demonstrator O. F. McCrary for a Board of Agriculture in Lenoir eounty. Twenty-four lead ing men of the county, two from each township, will comprise the board. As told in The Free Press some days ago, it will be the duty of the members of the board to attend oc casional meetings here and keep in touch With the" resident agent of the Departments of Agriculture, by the latter means to inform the plunters of their neighborhoods of, all new muthods and discoveries in gricul ture and advise them" about how to post 'themselves on any subject de sired. The new lard will meet shortly to organize. Those comprising it are: , R. F. Hill and Geo. W. Tull, Kin- ston. C. R. Pollock and George F. Par- rott, Falling Creeki R.'J. Dawson and E. P. Wooten, LaOrange. Will Gray and W. II. Brothers, In stitute. Hcber Worthingtop and J. II. Newborn, Vance. ;-dr R. Teele and R. C. Langston, Contentnea Neck. . R. O. Sutton and Luko Jackson, Neuse. Sargett Stanley and Oscar Hardy, Trent. P. G. Nobles and A. G. Howard, Pink Hill. Geo. West and E. R. West, Sand Hill. " . Richard King and G. Felix Loftin, Southwest. E. H. Waller and W. B. Becton, Woodington. The first named in each township is to serve one year and the other two years. The members will draw uo salaries. (By the United Press) BRITISH IN ARABIA REINFORCED. Amsterdam, March 6. British reinforcements have arrived in the vicinity of Kut-el-amara, and there has been heavy fight ing .at Nasrye, Constantinople dispatches say. STEAMER SUNK. Ltfndon, Ma"rch 6. The Brit ish steamer. Mawunda, of 5,000 tons, has been sunk. All hands were saved. SECRETARY i WAR. Germans Jubilant Over the Raider's Exploits Safe In Port of Fatherland After Sinking 15 Enemy Ships Much -Plunder (By thti United Press) Berlin, March 6. The commerce raider Moewe, returned to port, will leave again in a few' weeks, after re pairs, it is suid. Berlin is jubilant over the .s-nin s exploits. , Moewe Sunk 15 Ship. - Beriin, March 5. Via London) Official announcement was made hero today that tho German cruiser Moewe arrived today in n German port, iihe bud on board a large number of Brit ish prisoners and 1,000,000 marks in gold bars. The announcement says fifteen Tssels were sunk by the com merce raider. UNDERWOOD CAN'T MAKE SPEECH AT FAYETTEVILLE. Fayetteville. Maivh 5. Senator Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama has declined an invitation to apeak in Fayetteville to the campaign clubs of Cumberland county on April 15 recently extended him byV. B. Un derwood, postmasteir of this city. RUSSIAN WSRCRAFT RAID TREBIZOND; NO HEAVY GUNS THERE (By the Udted .Press) Petrograd, March 6. Russian torpedo craft here raided Turk ish shipping in the harbor of Tre hizond, and sunk several vessels. The lire of the forts was weak, and it is believed the Turks' had moved their heavy guns in pre paring to flee before the advanc ing 'Russians. ' -i STRIKING STREET CAR MEN COMPEL MEMBERS of c6ngress Wipuf (By the United Press) Washington, March CThe street car strike here today forced ' con gressmen, government officials and forty thousand clerks to walk to work ov depend upon the Jitneys. The motormen and conductors on oill the lines are .striking for higher wages and better hours. It is threatened to cull a sympathetic strike of the elec tric plant workers. DISABLED SUBMARINE PICKED UP BY TUG. Washington, March 5. The naval tug Teoria reported to the Navy De partment late today that she' had picked up the disabled submarine K-8 aiuf was towing her to Pensacola. The K (i developed engine trouble ; while bound for Key West for maneuvers, and was reported in distress off Ju piter Inlet last night. RE-ENTERS UNIVERSITY 'AT AGE OF 83 YEARS. Charlotteviile, Va., March C. Rev. -C. E. Watts, an 83-year-old Methodist minister at Albemarle county, who is widely known through out Virginia, has enrolled as a stu dent in 'the Academic School of the University of " Virginia. This Is 'the second time he has entered the uni versity, he having been a member of the class f 1885-66. f THE ODDEST STORY IN THE NEWS OF THE DAY St. Paul, Minn., March 6. -The big State of Minnesota has inherited a machine that makes Tain unneces sary, but it may lose'it by a case in court today, Martin Gullickson, in ventor of the machine to se pulver ise the soil as to Wing moisture up from underneath, willed the, patent to the State when , he committed sui cide, Ilis survivors today are trying to break the w2I, Mothers Take to the Inno vation With Enthusiasm; Meetings Are Popular AN INTERESTING PROGRAM Large Attendance at Initial Meeting Dr. Zeb. V. Mos&ey.Is the Speaker Today West Kinston Meeting Tuesday Night The opening meeting of the Baby Week exercises here was held in Gordon Street Christian church Sat urday afternoon at 4 o'clock. Dr. A. DeK. Parrott, who was to hav made the principal address, couhi not ' be present because of professional busi ness, but his speech was read by Miss iBraikmi'a; Atiriwfrom Jfarrott Memorial HospttaL Mayor . iSuHion, presided over the sessioii, and made a tnief; talk. ; Mrs. H. -Gait Braxton, 4 president of . the Mothers' Club, which organization more than any other in the city was instrumental in having the week observed here, announced the program for tho week, Drv' Parrott's address was on the subjrct, "What the Community Owes the Baby-dean Milk,' Pure Water, Fresh Air and Screehtd jHoraea.' The attendance was large and' mostly of woman.' The argument ; of Dr. Par rott for the things' which Kinston owes its youngsters, waa 1 received with many a -resolve to see that some Kinston youngsters " at least get . them. , , On Sunday "The Duty the Church Owes the Citizens of Tomorrow" was the subject in one or two churches. 'This afternoon the meeting is be ing held in Atkinson Memorial Pres byterian 1 chur6h, on Independent (Street Dr. Zt'ft. V. Moeeley Is to speak on ''Baby Diseases, Causes and Prevention." : . ' , . i i Tuesday's meeting will be held at night, in the Caswell Mills 'office at 7:30 o'clock. "How to Bathe, Clothe and Peed the Baby" will "be 'discuss ed by Miss Ufewton. ' 1 Wednesday at 4 o'clock, In Gordon Street Christian church, Dr. Fred. Whitaker will speak "on "Artificial Foods and the Bottle-fed Baby." 'Dr. C. B. McNairy 4 will be the speaker on Thursday afternoon at 4. ' in Christ church, East Kinston, hav ing for his theme "Ca're of the Baby Before Birth." k. i Tho last meeting will be in Cas well Street Methodist church Friday night at 7:30, "The Development of Ira M. Hardy, the epeaker,-who "will gfve a stereopticon lecture. HI GILL'S POLITICAL UPS AND DOWNS AT IT AGAIN; FREiiK RECORD H- v ' ? . . -.. f---v;;v (By the United . Press) . Seattle, Wash.,; March 6J Hi Gill, mayor of Seattle, faces another cri sis in his up and down political ca- : reer at tho city elections tomorrow. Gill's former chief of police, E. Grif fiths, is his principal opponent in. this election.' : ' :' ' Even Gill's friends wonder: what this - election .will . bring ; fdrth." His record shows why: 1910, elected may or of Seattle, on an open 'liown plat form; '1911, recalled because. of , po lice graft; : 1912," be Wa defeated for 're-election .; on his promise to "reform"; 1914, elected by: tbe larg est"1 majority ever given Jnayoralty candidate. ' Pledged 'to : radical r, re form;; 1916, candidate for re-election on his so-called ' "corncob . pipe plat form." ,5 - 1 ST. LOUIS NATIONALS' BEAT ' TEX AS . LEAGUERS. San Antonio, Texas, March S. Tha St Louia Nationals, defeated yester day by the San Antonio team of the, Texas League, turned the tables to day and won the second game of th exhibition series, ll to 1). "C! ' 7' l L1' till Hi''-. ,v.". ft-.: Vt-i 1 X r A . 1 2' ' i, : n
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