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Second feniTioN
KINSTON, N. Oi SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1916
6 PAGES TODAY
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INDICATIONS THAT
IHUTIA NOT -GOING
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MENCH iAIIEN IN
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VOTE ON HIE My
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President .Favors Hay Bill
.for 140,POO;Men,:,ItJs
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v7uc.iMauoik.ccioiiu -uiuieu oiaies asks permission
for Use of Goyernment-ControUed .Railroad In Mexico
Uy atpops-wiiQ esaie
nree orqer&tates way
tionarVlye
Line, Otncially Said at War Department
(,By the United Press) . , '
Washinohairch 18.4-!The nlWd States has asked
or will 4'sVpermission Sot the. expeditionary, force to use
a government-controlled railway in Mikico. Funston'is
said to have asked for the permission
Dodd Approaches .Villa's Position.
San Antonio, March . 18. Col. Dodd's column is within
thirty miles of Villa's forces in the Galena district, is .in
formation that came to Funston's headquarters today.
An engagement may occur in a few hours if Villa has de
cided to make a stand. .
Sending Many Mexicans Out of U. S. ,
t Whplesale , deportation .from ;New Mexico, Arizona
and Southern California, of Mexicans is believed to be
affiliated - with ' a ,Felix Diaz-Villista movement, "reported
impending,1 or activities here of 24 prominent Mexicans,
former Huerta cabinet members, which caused an inves
tigation last week.
AjliSayBaker. , , '.,
Washington, March 18. All is quiet in the portion ot
Mexico containing American troops, say War Depart
ment reports! Secretary Baker said the only excitement
nafl oeen'.ai xainpico, jana mac oniy lempurary.
Dodd pundred Miles South of Jfjne.
l-JEl i?asp March IR-jColDodd and his cavalry col
umn have passed Janos, a hundred miles across the bor
der! without firing a shot on
Aeroplane scouts are today guiding Pershing's troops,
Additional troops are reported to be crossing the border.
Funstqn has asked permission to use .the Mexican 'rail
ways. ' ' " (J . ' (. ; vtikffl'i
The Peon sentiment in the Torreon district is strong
ly anti-American. Villa is reported to be in Durango.
NEGRO CHILD BiNED: .
ISEXPECTEDfODIE
Fire Department Was Called When
Small Girl Ran From House In
Blazing Clothes Josephine Smith's
' Daughter Cannot Recover, Believ
ed Small Fire In South Kinston
Today !. '
... A four-year-oU daughter ef Jose
phine Smith, colored, who lives in
f an alley near Macon street, was. burn
! ed fatally, probably, 'Friday eyening
about 7 o'clock, when . her clothing
1 caught fire, The child ran from; the
: house and was . badly seared before
persons caught her. and extinguished
the flames.Physicians said sihe would
nat recover. An alarm .was turned
' in and the department made the use-
less run to the scene. , ! .,
Today at 8:45 a. m. the firemen
were called to the home of John
I Scarborough, colored, in South Kin
gston, where a blaze was extinguish
ed after rifling5amage 'had been
? done. A defective flue was given as
fthe cause.
- The department was called out be
: tween 3 and 4 o'clock today by a false,
alarm, . - '' "
YOUTlEAjpriF
CI BERlM REGARDLESS
London, March 18. You may .be as
American as you please, but as .a cor
respondent in Germany for the press
of your own country, you will figure
inevitably as a "herr" In the Eng
lish newspaper. The mere fact that
Cart w. Ackerman of nhe United
1ress' for instance, came from Indi
ana, doesn't make him any exception.
He is considerably quoted in London
dallies, and it is always as "Herr
Ackerman," or as ' "Herr Karl W.
Arkermsn."
ace. ereindit Arm
De-
Deportation of Mexicans from
Reconnected jth Keyu-.
"IiejQw the
A -I
the entire trip, it is reported.
THE
Nephew of W. T. Hines Saw Where
Villistas Fought Slocum's Soldiers
alnd' Murdered" Non-Combatants
Execution Done by - Troopers Was
Not Fully Told of In Eastern Press
J. M. Hines ofeming, N. M.,
describes a Visit to ithe 'battlofield"
at Columbus, N. MM in a letter to
his uncle, Mr W. T; Hines, of this
city. The field which was the scene
of the Vfytiatas" attack was about
two miles south of Columbus and jon
ly SO yards from the. border. he
states. A large party from Deming
who visited it took away Mexican
saddles, 'revolvers, cartridge belts
and plunder of nil .kinds. A silver
mounted saddle which he saw wa3 a
handsome affair and rather different
rom the ordinary. - '
"They burned the dead Mexican
soldiers. There wero 48 in' one pile
and 29, in another. The ones that
fell out of the town and away from
the road were left where they fell,
however. T Forty to a hundred Mexi
cans were killed on the-other side of
the border. Theire were about forty
Carranza troops stationed at ' the
boundary gates where the shack that
answers to the name of customs
house is located, and one troop of
our men- were scattered along the
line."; ' ,
The Villistas had to stop in their
retreat to cut a fence, says Mr.
Hines, and American troops ambush
ed them ithere and "got a big bunch
of them." Garranza's men did not
fire a .shot. An American officer stop
ped by a Carranza soldier shoved his
automatic into the Mexican's person.
He' passed! Two companies of in
fantry wereexpected at Deming for
the town's protection when Mr, Hines
wrote. Eastern newspaper accounts,
he said, were severely criticized at
Doming.
Will Discuss Resignation p
Von Tirpitz Next Week,
Expected ,
STATEMENT BY GOVMENT
Kaiser Will Outline His Pol
icies, .ThoughtBills In
Parliament Would Pre
vent More Agreements
i
Except as to Liners, Said
By - Carl W. Acker man,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Berlin, March ,18. The resignation
of Admiral Von TirpitE will figure
v. r
in the Reichstag's debate of the sub
marine policy next week, it is gener
ally reported. It is possible that he
government will make a statement
of its policies with the intention to
conserve the rights of neutrals.
Bills in the Reichstag.
The Liberal party has introduced
bill dn the Reichstag directing the
chancellor to make no agreements
with cither nations limiting Germa
ny's submarine warfare except : in
cases Ki passenger ships A similar
bill was introduced by the conserva
Hive party.
SpipiNJJOJH
LEGS: PEARL GRAY ,
. : WASTED NOlULLETS
John Joyner, colored, exhibited pis
tol' ball wounds in both of his legs at
a hearing in LaGrange on Fri
'day afternoon. Pearl Gray, also col
ored, was fined $20 and assessed the
coats for the shooting. 1
The assault occurred at a farm
some miles from LaGrange, and fol
lowed an altercation. Gray, it is said,
had, at ithe point of his weapon', or
dered a party of blacks to hold up,
expectig an attack from them. Joy
ner did not stop, and Gray fired two
shots, effectually and with artistic ef
fect. John McLaughlin, colored,; was
among ithose present and ammed.
Someone restrained him from using
his gun. McLaughlin was not tried.
JUDGE CALLS THE MANN
ACT )iN UNFAIR AFFAIR
(By the United Press)
Atlanta, March 18. The most dis
reputable girl lis made an equal with
the most moral girl by the Mann act,
Judge Newman today said, in charg
ing a jury, which acquitted . H. L'i-
gou of violation of the law.
BARBER, MILLIONAIRE,,
TO FOUND GREAT FAJtM
COLLEGE ON HIS PLACE
(By the United Press)
Barberton, 0. March 18. Ohio C.
Barber) millionaire maker of matches,
now 74, plans to make "the best far
mers to "the world' at greatest
agricultural school in America." Bar
ber Is drawing plans to convert his
famous $3,000,000 3,500-acre ; farm.
Anna .Dean, into an agricultural
school adjunct of the Western Re
serve University, Cleveland. " Accord
ing to Barber, his institution will ri
val M; A. C, Illinois, Wisconsin, or
Cornell, in agricultural teaching and
experiment work.
MEMBER ALLEN GANG
REPORTED K
(By the United Press);
ML Airy, March 18-jack
Allen, a member of the famous
Allen clan of feudists, has been
killed in the mountains, says a
rr port.
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Consul at Amsterdam Be-
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AMERICAN ; FAMILY SAFE
Germany. Hears 4 British
, s Submarines IWere In. the
Vicinity of Spot 4 Where
Tubantia Sunk, , But Lon
don Admiralty" Denies
(By the United Press)
Washington, March 18. An official
report from the Amsterdam consul
today tended to clinch "the- reponcs
that the Dutch liner Tubanua, with
Americans aboard, was torpedoed.
The message to ithe State Depart
ment said two ship's officers on look
out swore she was torpedoed, and
that most of the passengers held the
f aane view,, The Americans, Rfchard
Chilling, representing "a New York
life insurance company, wife and
daughters were unhurt. Four are
still missing, it is said. It is as
sumed ithat the consul is gathering
affidavits.
Hinted British Submarines to Blame.
Berlin, March 18 Amsterdam cor
respondent of the Vossische Zeitung
today telegraphed that two British
submarines were in the neighborhood
of the Tubantia on the day before she
sank.
Denial From London. '
London March .18. The secretary
of the admiralty today denied .he
Berlin report that British submar
ines had been near the Tubantia.
All Hands Saved.
Amsterdam, March- ,18. Every;
person aboard the Tubantia when she'
was sunk is reported by the compa
ny to have been saved.
THE -JIMMIE GLASS
S .SMALL
BOHEMIAN, ASSERTS
Chief of Police at Washing
ton Declares Kidnapping
Stories Are Boshw Wo
man's Club Insists Mar
tin Sheriff's Search Frut
less (By the Eastern. Press)
Williamston, N. C, Mar. 18.
The Sheriff of Martin county late
yesterday visited a gypsy camp
at Parmalee and after a thorough
search returned and declared that .
the.e was ho child with the band
answering the description given ?
of 'J muni e Glass, the "movie
boy," 'kidnapped in Pennsylvania
some months ago, '
Washington, N. C, Mar. 18.
Richard Roberts, the chief of police
here, today took ehatrp issue with
statements to .the effect that a party
of gypsies who left here this week for
Martin county had with them Jimmie
Glass, . small son of a New Jersey
family : kidnapped in Pennsylvania
May 12, 1915. . ' ' - , ! 7
There was a boy with ,the band,
Roberts says, of about the same age
as ithe Glass boy, but of unmistakable
Hungarian - or Bohemian extraction.
The champ was watched closely, he
declares. He calls the rumors "bosh."
The president of the local Woman's
club is positive that a boy of Ameri
can parentage, blue-eyed and light of
hair, was concealed by the nomads. A
New Bern report cays the police there
hold to the same theory aa the woman.
George B. Waters f New Bern has
been appointed a deputy U. S. marshal.
Here's One National Guard
1 9go iga.-
' ed His Kit and Greased
His Pistol SecoW ' In
f antry.Prepared
(By the Eastern Press)
Washington. N, C, Mar. 18.
"The sSeeond florth Carolina intfan'
try could assemble at , Camp .Glenn,
Morehead ,City, .on 0 hours' notice,
Col. W. C Hodman, tho commanding
officer, said (today. Colonel Rodman
da just up from a eick bed. "There
would be only one thing that could
prevent mobilization of the regiment
in that time failure of the railroads
to furnish' facilities," he stated. There
are .800 men in the Second, and if
war strength should be called for it
cpuld be recruited to the necessary
1,500 or a few more in half a week,
the . 'Colonel , said. "If the regiment
should be (rushed to the ilront, how
ever, it would probably depart with
peace strength and have drafts as
signed to it somewhere en route or
at the general mobilisation point
He does not expect a call for the
National Guard in the "(immediate
future." ".The Second would be one of
the first regiments called for. Its
equipment fa identical with the ser
vice paraphernalia , of the New York
and Illinois troops Jhe best in the
country, he said. Col. Rodman leaves
tonight or in the morning for Wash
ington. '
OPEN UNIVERSITY'S
NEW ATHLETIC JIELD
m THIRD OF APRIL
Messrs. O. F. York and J, f. Mit
chell, .traveling passenger agents, re
spectively, of the. Southern and Nor
folk Southern railroads, were here
Friday evening. ,It was, stated by
Mr. Mitchell that a" special train
would be operated from Goldsboro to
Chapel Hill on April 8 for the open
ing of the new athletic field of the
University of North Carolina. The
baseball iteams of,. the U. of N. C.
and U.. of Va. will. play their annual
game at. The Hill en that date, Mes
srs. jMitche and .yqrk stated.
TO BOOST CANNING
: ' ' " "CtOBS'JN IEN0IR
; JCannjng.club work is 0 be given
an impetus in ,Lenoir county, it is
probable. A week or ' two ago a
representative of the' Wayne County
Tomato Club secured big orders from
Kinston merchants for fruit packed
in Waynes "Why buy them?" "Why.
say gTOcerymeh in 'reply to the ques
tion, "they are as well packed as any,
and put up under the supervision of
an expert in hygiene, which is not al
ways the case in the big canneries.
Then, too, the product is eelect. Can
they compete with the big fellows?
They aire doing it"
FOUR OF KAISER'S
SK.SQNS INJURED
JN ttjE WAR SO FAR
Amsterdam, Mar. 18. The wound
ing of Prince Oscar of Germany on
the Russian front makes four of the
Kaiser's sons who have suffered bod
ily injury in the war, according, " to
accurate journalistic records here.
Only the .Crown , Prince and Prince
Adalbert .have escaped thus far. Au-:
gust Wilhelm, : the Kaiser's fourth
son, was wounded during the battle of
the Marne by a bullet in his left awn.
The second on. Eitel Frederick, was
thrown from his horso ' in October,
1914, and Buffered a damaged knee.
Joachim, the sixth son, was wounded
by shrapnel in the right thigh ' in
September, 1914. ' Joachim was also
nearly captured by the Russians in
the following December. He was res
cued by a German aeroplae. Oscar,
recently wounded, sufTers from palpi
tation of the heart and collapsed from
this complaint after a l :,'."o v 1"1S.
Bombed Njimber .German
. utiles, 'psiuons, oiavtons,
Suppjy Pepots
ALMOST UNPRECEDENTED
Raid On Largest Scale Ever
Known, Probably Thir
,ty-two (Separate Clashes"
With Teuton Aviators on
Western Battlefront "
(By the United Press)
Paris, March ,18. (French. avSators
made five great raidB upon German
cities and important positions last
night, and engaged in 32 duels on
the Verdun front, it is said officially.
The activities of the last 24 hours
were almost unprecedented.
Eighteen aeroplanes attacked fthe
railway station at Conflans, the sup
ply depot of the Crown Prince for
the Verdun offensive, and dropped 40
bombs. Another squadron attacked
Sablons and the station ait Metz, and
caused three fires at the station and
many explosions along the railway.
One -squadron dropped ten bombs
upon the uerman aerodrome at
Dieze, and five upon the AraaviUe
station. , ,
No Fighting at Verdun.
Berlin, March 18. The Verdun of
fensive has slackened because of the
weather conditions, it Is sai3, official
ly "A heavy mist today hindered op
erations en the entire front.
IJIDN7 CHECK yATER
PRESSURE TO LOWER
MAIN; DID flICE JOB
A really remarkable piece of en
gineering was directed by John ,E.
Weyher, Superintendent of the Wa
ter and light Depantanont. on North
Queen street at the verge of Vernon
Heights Friday afternoon. Five hun
dred feet of 10-inch water main was
lowered a disitance of four -feet with
the full pressure on, without a break.
Only 10 men were employed in .the
work, and it was completed in four
hours' time. After the ditch had
been dug the pipe was lowered grad
ually until it rested nicely at the new
depth. The work was preliminary to
paying in that section.
THE ODDEST STORY
IN THE DAY'S NEWS.
Xenla. O., March 18. In the grave
exactly one thousand, six hundred
and thirty-five times and still Jiving
is Ithe unusual distinction of J. II.
Rickman, who has just resigned as
sexton of the Cherry Grove Cemetery
after twenty-Jive years' service.
SAN DIEfO EXPO. IS
STARTING ITS SECOND
YEAR WITH MEW ;NAME
(By the United Press)
San Diego, Oal., March 18. The
San Diego exposition, now in its sec
ond year, was rechristened at noon
today "The Panama-California Inter
national Exposition an Exposition
of Peace.", While Son Diego made
holiday and thousands thronged the
grounds of tho palm-girded show
city, President Davidson's toast to
the exposition and to peace was re
peated In the principal cities of the
United .States and Canada. Nineteen
nations, United States possessions,
western and California counties are
represented in the exposition. As the
chimes of noon struck,. Davidson pro
posed the toast to "an institution
which promotes every fruit of civili
sation that js being destroyed in the
other hemisphere," and to fulfilment
of "the highest obligations that can
devolve on a people's exposition of
ircjress." , '
Thinks Senate Will Pass
His Bill and That a New
and Larger Army Wijl Be
Formed From Best Points
- of That and Hays flVi
(By United Press) , ;
Washington, March 18-The House
today debated the army increase bill,
Speaker Clark taking the floor. .Many
amendments were offered suggesting
a larger increase. ' , .
The Hay bill provides for an army
of 140,000 men. : A vote is expected
next week.
President Approve Hay . Bill. . V' '
, The j President -has approved the
Hay army . reorganisation Ml, iQhajav
man pay of the .military committee
today declared in the. House. 'Baker
also approves it, he said. . - "
The army, with a war strength of
nearly 800.000, was recommended to
the Senate in a committee report on
the modified Chamberlain .bill. This
is the largest force suggested by any
proposed legislation. Chamberlain
announced that he would ask ,he
Senate on Monday .to lay aside all .
other business to consider it.. He Jn
dicated that theSenat would .pass
tne oiii and tnat tne xiouse wra
pass ithe Hay s bill, both then getting
together to settle upon the final
form and ize of the army. :
H0,50L()RED1IENJHAP
Jri
SMAUSIZED BARROOr.1
Percy Lamonte "and Paul Brooks
were arrested on whisky 'charges by
policemen in the vicinity of" North
street', .on the edge of Ithe business
distirict late Friday night ' JThejnen -are
said to have been t suspected or -
some .time. Assistant t Chief JSkfnner v
and Patrolmen Dupree .aSumrell
raided houses in which the two were
staying, .and seized -jthem and.ahout
thirty 'quarts 'of ywky.
It is believed the men, who are to
be tried this afternoon, went to Nor '
folk together. They came to Grif
ton by train and walked the' remain ,
der of the distance to Kinston) It is
said.' They went tto jail in default
of bait. ' .,,.,
.Lamonte and prooks .have .been re-
sponsible for some little disorder in
the southern and soupieaatern parts ,.:
of the city, according to fhe airQiori-
ties. It has been their custom upon
returning from a 1nwp . to arfpiljb
to take up positions Sn those sections .
and dispense whisky to white a well
as colored persons. - :.
GW:HAS",NPW
ENEMY TO DEAL WITH
(By the '.United, Press) .
Berne, .Switzerland, March ,18.
German scientists aro concentrating
their minds on methods of extennin
ating field mice. As a result of the
mild winter the mice have multiplied
enormously and expert agriculturists
say they threaten to damage the next
crop seriously. In view of the enor
mous importance of a full yield, .the
government took the alarm immedi
ately. ENYER PASHA TUTaiS U?
AUYE,ITISnLrC:iZ)v
(By the United .Press)
Athens, March 18. Enver JPssha,
reported assassinated or wou 1 ty
an assassin, has returny-1 t C n
sUntinople from a touT cf i
say today's advices.
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