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OL. XVII No. 244 . . . SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1916
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HOUSE FOLLOWS LE4I) OF THE SLNATE BV
SITUATIONaINWEST
LIFE
STRICT MEDICAL SOCIETX AND
0ifP!0I0 -lilMORITY v FOR PRESIDEN
CONSOLIDATES WITH
NUMBER INVITED (ill ESTS ENTERTAINED
BY DR. & MRS. M'NAIRY, cAsWELL SCHOOL
IN
STILL AT IT
CAROLINA ASSOC'ION
FIGHT
AGAINST WARNING TtESOLUTIO
Vote 276 to 142 for Tabling
excutive Branch Has Full Authority In Matter of Ne
gotiation WithForeign Nations, Congress Decides-r-
Tarheels Stood by Wilson
Throwing In His Vote With Rest of Delegation Pou's
Glowing Def ense-Americah People Do Stand Behind
Man In the White House,
man Says He Believes
(By the United Press)
Washington, March 8. When the
House of Representatives late yester
day tabled the McElmore resolution
to warn Americans off armed ships, a
decisive victory was won by the ad
ministration in its fight for control
or tne negouauvus wiin arniany anu
k 1 1 ' l- i-i t
other European nations.
After the sensational fight which
began at 11 o'clock had ended with
the roHall, it was announced that
the resolution was tabled and virtu
ally killed by the vote of 276 to 142.
The President, confident throughout
the seven hours' battle, was given the
news as Boon as 'the vote was record-
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; The part that the North Carolina
delegation took was especially nota
ble. Pou it was who started the de-'
bate for the President. His address
was eloquent. "Is Woodrow Wilson
alone in his . stand 1" he asked.
"Thank 'God, no; I believe the Am
erican people are behind him." Small ,
itlso spoke against the warning. Kit
chin and the entire delegation voted
against the resolution. , - '
MEND RAIL LINE s
FROM S. C. TO GAST0NL4iailfd dol s-ic at
(By the United Press)
w 'Greenwood, S. C., March 8. (Di
rectors of the Piedmont & Northern
Railway today decided to extend the
line from Spartanburg to Gastonia
as oon as justified. J. B. Duke was
elected president.
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TRYING CLAUD SUGGS
1fONSlOVVflilSP.i
(Special to ThFree Press)
1 Jacksonville, N. C, Mar. 8. -Richard
Winfield, colored pleading self
defense, was found hot guilty of the
n'urder of anotlier negro by a Su
Ferior Court jury today.
. .Claud Suggs, white, charged with
(he murder of his father-ifi-liw, is
being tried this afternoon. A man
slaughter or second degree is expect
ed by Solicitor Shaw."
MILLIONAIRES GUARD
AGAINST BOMB FIENDS
(By the United Press)
New York, March . 8. Henry C.
'Frick, Morgan and other' financiers
are spending thousands of dollars a
day to, guard themselves and "thei
buildings against? bomb plotters,
Frick la protected by two women
detectives as well as men. '
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WLUSTAS SEIZE AN
AMERICAN RANCIQ1AN
;(By tie United. ss) .' ; '
EI Paso, March 8 The .Carranzi
authorities' at uarei have lieen ask
ed to sn'vestigatB- report that .Ar
thur McKinneyY 'an rterican ranch
foreman, has been captured bV Vil-,-
listas and carried off to an unknown
(By tha United Press) .':
I tndon, AMarcn 8. Romors were
rife today when Sir John Fisher, for
mer admiralty lord, attended a war
council hearing. His appearance fol
lowed Churchill's speech, accusing the
Present admiralty of weakness.
the McLemore Measure Ex
td a Man; Even Kitchin
North Carolina Congress
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NOTES tO AMtRlCA
FRflilJOTH ALLIES
AND BERLIN TODAY
Anglo-French Forward the
Message on Mail Seizures
Von Bernstorff Hands
Lansing Another Memor
andum On Armed Decree
By CHAS. P. STEWART,
(United JPress Staff Correspondent)
London, j March 8. -London's
view on tie German-American
situation has changed. The belief
is growing that the relations are
tenser and that there, are possi
bilities of war. The feeling of
bitterness iS growing in Germa
ny, say advices.
London, March 8. An Anglo-
XJZA!
wasningion. ine uruisn repiy in
the blockade controversies ds to be
forwarded shortly. There are eight
thousand words of themail note, the
contents of which ire unknown.
Lansing and Von Bernstorff Confer.
Washington, March 8. Ambassa
dor, Von Bernstorff today gave Sec
retary Lansing a memorandum on
the question of the submarine war
fare on armed merchantmen. It is
believed it contained a further ex
planation of the German decree. The
two discussed the Appam case at the
conference.
Note Due Next Week.
Washington, March 8. The Anglo
French reply to the mail seizures
notes is expected next week.
GETS BIG JOB WITH THE
. GOVERNMENT AT PANAMA
Spencer, March 7.-From a posi
tion as machinist in the Southern
Railway shops at Spencer to master
dredgeman on the Panama Canal,
with a salary of ?500'per month, is
the record made by B. E. Swaim, a
former Spencer young man. ,
RUMORED ENVEH PASHA
DEAD AS THE ffirMlXi
tfF WOUND BY ASSASSIN
Tattle United Press)
Athens, March 8.An uncon
firmed persistent rumor says fcn
ver Pisha, the Turkish war lead
er. is dead. It was recently ru
mored' that Enver Pasha was
wounded in an attempted assass- ,
j inatioi at Jenisalera.
goldsboro wonperingf
when Shad will cOsie
Goldsboro, Marc.7. A few fresh
water fish have been caught in Neuse
and Little rivers by' local fishermen,
such as horse fish, fresh water rock,
etc-i but no white shad have been re
ported, although: some few have been
caught at Washington and New Bern,
which is a hopeful indication by local
fishermen that they are on their way
to this section. ' Hickory shad," which
are said to be a forerunner of the
white shad, have not even put in an
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Germans Preparing to As
sault Two Hills Held By
French, Thought
PLANS OF THE RUSSIANS
Believed Czar Will Concen-
trate All Power Possible
for Turkish Campaign
Hopes to Take Bagdad
and Constantinople
(By the United Press)
London, . March 8. The French
holding (the village of Regneville are
nearly ' surrounded and perhaps will
be forced to evacuate the town. The
Teutons are shelling it with the
greatest violence from the banks of
the Meuse. They are trying to bridge
the river and are believed to be pro
paring to assault Goose and Dead
Man hills.
Heavy Artillery Fighting.
Paris, March 8. Heavy artillery
fighting occurred last night on both
banks of the Meuse, it is said official
ly. The situation on the north of
Verdun is unchanged. The cannon
ade is the most violent on the west
bank of the Meuse.' It is believed
the enemy is preparing to assault
Goose and Dead Man
Hills. The
French have recaptured
trenches in
Champagne.
Russians Won't Attack Germans,
Stockholm, March 8. Russia has
abandoned her spring drive against
the Germans. The Slavs are concen
trating against the Turks in the hope
of capturing Bagdad and possibly
Constantinople, according to all in
formation. ,
German Official Report,
Berlin, March 8. The capture of
the villages of Forges and Regneville
and the Heights of Raben and Cumi
eres is reported officially. The cap
ture included ten cannon, 3,277 men
and 58 officers. Fighting northwest
of -Verdun continues, it is announced.
Official Austrian reports claim the
capture of a thousand yards of
trenches from the Russians north of
Tarnopol
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CHEMICAL FAGTORY
Damage at Niagara Falls Is
Immense Flames Still
-Spreading One Person
Known Dead, Many Miss
ingMany fexjplosions
(By the United Press)
Niagara Falls, March 8. The Elec
tro Chemical Company's " plant is
Burning following "a 'terrific explo
sion at midnight which rocked the
city like an, earthquake. , A peroxide
plant was. blown to atoms in fifteen
explosions. Eight more explosions
9 o'clock today started new fire,
which - is approaching a chemicals
storage house. If the fire reaches
there it is feared adjoining buildings
will be damaged or the entire plant
wrecked. 1 On man is Known to be.
dead and a acore are missing. The
company makes most of the chloro
form made m America. ' .
Boilers were bfown througn walls
a loot rtrncK ana tne rooi oi me pe
roxide building was blown hundreds
of feet into the air.
Officials state that the fire was not
accidental. Besides . the one dead,
one is said to have been fatally 'in
jured. ' Firemen are'this afternoon
trying to save the storage house.
The students at tie East Carolina
Teachers' Training achool, .Greenville,
are celebrating Baby .week.
Kinston May Take Action
WitHRegard to Baseball
CUih During Coming-Few
; Days Aurora Fail Says
Statement Is "Nervy"
The Norfolk Southern Railroad has
offered to make reduced rates for
the proposed Eastern Carolina base
ball league, and to run epeciml trains
at any time during the Summer when
it might be necessary. Col. H. S.
Leard, General Passenger Agent, is
understood to have stated as much
to Lindsay Warren, the Beaufort
county lawyer who is the principal
promoter of the scheme;'
Kinston fan have been powwowing
over Warren's proposition. , wo ac
tion has leen taken yet, but it is un
derstood that meeting oi 3ome sort
will be held during the next week to
name delegates to the organization
meeting on the 15th. If Kinston fails
to enter the association it will be
made a four-town affair. Greenville,
Washington and Aurora are already
pledged, and the other club would be
chosen frdm Wdlliamston, Belhaven
and Plymouth. Belhaven is under
stood to be anxious to get on the in
side. I
J. W. Chapin, an Aurora man for
merly a well-known Republican poli
tician, is astounded at "the nerve of
some people" in connection with the
baseball proposition. He is menr
tioned in a newspaper as carrying
about a clipping from the Raleigh
News and Observer in which appears
the statement that the promoter?
hope to get Kinston signed up to give
the outfit) dignity." Audacious, is
what Mr. Chapin thinks about it. But
Aurora, dt is undersfbod, is as hope
ful as the other towns that Kinston
will become a member of the league.
This city would be the largest place
in the six it' is hoped to start the
playing season with.
GARY AND OTHERS ARE
INDICTED FOR TRYING
TO KEEP DOWN WAGES
(By the United Press)
Youngstown, Ohio, March 8.
Judge Elbert II. Gary, president of
the United States Steel Company,
has been indicted with six other
steel companies for violation of the
Valentine trust and .State laws for
conspiring to keep down Jaborers
wages. The indictments are the out
growth of the YoungstoWn riots. '
(By the United Press) " ' r
SWEDEN PROTESTS GERMAN
MINE FIELD. '
Copenhagen,' March 8. Swc.
den, has protested, I to , Germany'
the sowing of a mine field south
of Falsterbo, in Swedish waters,
say Stockholm advices, and de
manded compensation for the
sinking of vessels there.
FOR DAY..
italiAn Ring at home;
Rome March 8. For the sec
ond time duVing the war, King
Victor. , Emanuel has returned
from the front to confer with ila
ministers. ' lie . plans to return
to army headquarters today. ,
GERMANY SEND
ULTIMATUM TO tlSBON. '
Amsterdam, March 8 -Gcrma-.
ny is preparing an ultimatum to
Portugal. Berlin advices 'say .i'or-
tupl ignored Germany's first .
note. .. . ...
NEW PoWmASjTER AT
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, Washington, March ' 8.-The
President today nominated, V. B.
McFadden to be postmaster at;
Rock Hill, S. C.
Subscribe in The Free Press.
BULLETINS
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Local Company Goes With
- Uhiied , Insurance Co. of
New itampshire
YOUNG APPROVES TODAY
Merger Formally Effected
On Tuesday Herndon
and Dunn to Remain In
City With United Com
panyLarge Assets
As authorized by the stockholders
of the North State Life Insurance
Company, at a meeting in Kinston,
on February 24, a consolidation of
the business and assets of the com
pany with the United Life and Acci
dent Company of Concord, N. IL, was
effected on Tuesday, March 7. This
brings id the protection of the policy
holders of the North State combined
assets of upward of $1,000,600, and
clear surplus to jioflicyhulders of
$650 000.
"The United Life and Accident In
surance Company was planned upon
national scale; its stockholders are
numbered among 'the , leading citi
zens of every State an the Union, and
the holdings of each shareholder and
the aggregate holdings in each state
are limited.' v (Its management aims
to make it first and foremost a home
company in every ' community in
which it operates, with people of that
State interested as stockholders.' as
well as policyholders," said a state
ment.
Mr. J. A. Herndon. general man
ager of the North State, remains
with the united company as manager
for North and South Carolina, the
field formerly occupied by the North
State, and Mr. Sam Dunn, who har
been cashier sincp the North State,
commenced business, remains in
charge of the collections in this ter
ritory. North Carolina is already repre
sented in the roster of officers of the
United Company in the person of R.
it. Burns, its general superintendent
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DISCUSSION FOODS
EOPMALLJFEL
NO TEETH
Dr. Fred. Whitaker Today's
Baby Week Speaker To
Tell All About Artificial
Nourishment and Bottle
Fed Babies Troubles
TODAY'S PROGRAM
At 4 o'clock, in GoVdfon Street
Christian cniirch, address by Dr.
Fred. A. Whitaker on "Artificial
Foods and the Bottle-fed Baby."
Today's Baby Week meeting itf be
ing held in Gordon Street Christian
church, with every indication for one
of the largest attendances of the
week. Entrance to-the lower part or
th, church, in which the meeting is
being held because of painting in the
Baraca rooms, can . only be had from
the East side. Dr. Fred. A. Whitaker
will be the Spelcer- -.i
That the nlan for a baby contest
here has iiot been abandoned was re
iterated by the leaders in the Bahy
iVeek movement todav. The post
ponement from this week was made
necessary because an expert to con-
duot the contest could not be becured
from Raleigh for month yet. It ia
likely . that the competition will be
held later in the Spring. A number
of local merchants and an insurance
company had offered handsome prizes,
" and all of these it is understood, will
be allowed to Und." Tho interest 'and
cooperation of the ' donors is - highly
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110 HAVE
Exhibit of the Splendid Work of the State. Institution
Which Is Caring So Nobly for the Unfortunate Boys
and Girls Who Have Been Brought Into the World De
fective and (Incapable of Providing for Themselves,. Be
cause the Sins of the Fathers Were Visited Upon Tnem,
Viewed With Interest by Those Assembled
CHAMBER VERGE
WILL INSIST UPON
DEPOT RIGHT
To Request Corporation
Commission to Get Down
Behind Railroads Silk
Mill May Be Started Up
Again Other Matters
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday night at their
regular meeting for March decided
to nag the Corporation Commission
into action on the matter of the un
ion passenger station for Kinston.
After it had given the railroads am
ple time to recuperate from the busi
ness depression following the out
break of the European war, the Com
mission some months ago ordered the
depot constructed as soon as prac
ticable, etc. No move has been made,
so far as -is known. ' ,
The site, at the Southeast corner
of Cordon and Independent streets,'
was selected many months ago. The
railroads have no alternative but to
build it there, many local people
think, but it is believed in some
quarters that railroad officials think
differently. Whether it is located
there or at some other place, the
Chamber, it is expected, will insist
upon its being erected, and immed
iately. The Chamber has had numeis
ous inquiries from citizens concern
ing the matter. Present kpot con
ditions, are regarded generally in the
city as being nearly intolerable.
The directorate discussed possible
new enterprises for Kinston. Inter
ested parties are to come here soon
to investigate the advantages the
city offers for a creamery and a pa
per box factory, the directors were
informed. The silk mill in the North
eastern part of the city came in for
considerable discussion. It is hot un
likely that the plant will be reequipped
and put into operation by outside cap
ital, it was stated. The mill would
employ a large force of operatives
and pay wages aggregating $50,000
or more per annum.
CALDWELL HARDY OF
NORFOLK IS RESERVE
AGENT AT RICHMOND
(By the United Press)
Washington, 'March 8. Cald
well Hardy, president of a Nor
folk National Bank, has been
appointed Federal Reserve agent
at Richmond, to succeed William
IngK
Sli ALL BOY STABBED
FATHER'S ASSAILANT
Mortfanton. March 7. In a fight at
Brindletown, John Tate Epley i re
ceived a wound from which he lies
desperately ill at a hospital in States-
ville. Details of the affair are mea
zer. but a report says that Bob Lane
and his ten-year-old son, of Morgan-
ton, were at Brindletown on visit.
The elder Lane and Epley had some
words that resulted in a fight. While
Epley had Lane on the ground Lane's
boy got out his knife and stabbed his
father's assailant in the aide.
spoken of by the officers of the Moth
ers' Club, wider whose auspices the
contest will be held.
AWAY
The Second District Medical Socie
ty is in session at the Caswell Train
iiig School this afternoon. , The Via-'
iting doctors and a number of invit
ed guests front Kinston wore enter
tained by, Sir. and Mrs. McNairy at
dinner today; there wore about
hundred seated in the spacious dining
room of the institution to partake of
the refreshing and delicious 5-coUrsa ,
dinner. ' t .
A number of those who were ached
uled for toasts were detained and
their places filled by others. Dr. Ir
M, Hardy,, the founder of the insti-.
tution, was to have served is ioasi
master, but found et tho last minute
that he could not be present, end Dr.
W. T. Parro'tt took hia nlaco at ihe
head of the board and called npon
the various speakers of the occa
sion. Rev. C. W. Blanchard,' pastor
of the First Baptist church invoked
the blessing of the occasion.
The first tqast. f Qttr institution ,'
which was to have been responded
by Mayor Fred. Sutton of .Kinston,'
was in. his absence assigned io Miv
k. Gait Braxton, editor of Tne Free
Press. Mr. Braxton paid ttribnte , to
the work of the institution under tiie"
administration it Dr. McNairy, called
attention to the possibilities for he
future of tfi'e'wwkr to the favorable ;
impression that the exhibits of prog
ress and developmnt,.jnade upon all
who visited the school; Hon. N(J
Rouse responded to the toa "The
Care of Mental Defectives from, an
Economic Viewpoint''. This eubjoct
had been assigned to Dr. Chaa. OIL
Laughin'ghouse ' of Creenville, who
came in late. Mr. Rouse said that he
of course, c6uld not discuss 4he aub
ject very intelligently without having
had opportunity to consider 16, care
fully, but impressed upon hla hear
ers the fact that the institution was
worth' while if it should always re
main entirely dependent upon the
State, and never become in any amea- ,
sure self-sustaining; this he did not
anticipate, but of all the benevolent
work of the State he considered the
Caswell Training School the crown
ing effort of North Carolina; '"This
Physician, an Educator of Eugenios,''
was ably and interestingly discussed
by Dr. K. B. Bonner of Morehead
City. Dr. Bonner spoke of the in
difference of the public to the need of
eugenics, and called attention to the
fact that not only the laity, hut the
medical men themselves V nad been,
slow to realize the importance of the
propen thought and consideration ot
the pssuntials of' brinenir feealtny
and sound children into the world;
the work of the health board, he said,
was to keep the body sound and pro
tect it from ailments after birth, and
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BERG ADMITS $ATU.
S. COURT HAS RIGHT
TO TllV iMl MATTER
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Richmond, Va., March 7Admit
ting over a formal note of protest,
dated February 22r from Count Von
Bernstorff, German Ambassador . to
the United-States, to Secretary of
State Lansing, that .the United States
District Court for the eastern' district!
of Virginia has jurisdiction Over the
British owned steamship 'Appam,
captured on ' the high seas by the
German raider Moewe counsel for ,
Lieutenant Hans Berg, German mas
ter of the Appam, today asked and
was granted by Judge Edmund Wad
dill until March 20 in which to an
swer the amended libel filed by at
torneys !for the British 'African
Steamship Company and consented to
a tentative agreement, under which
trial of the case oh its merit9 will be
gin during the week "of March 27.
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