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VL. XVIX-No. 254
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1916
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FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
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RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
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BATTLE BETWEEN AIIERICAN TROOPS
SPEAKER TO MAYORS
AND GERMANS BEGUN
THIS
Expedition Will Arrange for Other Means of Transpor
tation if Carranza Withholds Permission to Use Rail
roads United States Does Not Wish to Antagonize
First Chief Siege of Bandits In Mountain Fastnesses
May Last Weeks Carranzistas Believed to Have the
Outlaws Hemmed In Desert Another Enemy of Flee
ing Mexicans Pershing
Hiding Places of Bands
Order
(By ROBERT J. BENDER, U nited Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, March 20. The President will do noth
ing to embarrass Carranza. The wishes of the Mexican
first chief will be followed out in every possible way, it
developed today after a conference between the President
and Solicitor Polk. If Carranza refuses to permit the use
of Mexican railroads, the United States will find other
means of transportation. The order was today issued
officially to take Villa at any cost.
No More Outrages Reported.
Sari Antonio, March 20. General Funston received no
word of Villa outrages upon American colonists in Mex
ico, it is stated.
PrepaBng Hospitals at Columbus.
Columbus, N. M., March 20 Forty ambulances are
here and a field hospital is being rushed to completion,
in preparation for expected bloody fighting between Am
ericans and Villistas in the Southern mountains. The of
ficers nere expect a long campaign and are preparing.
(By E. T. CONKLE, United Press Staff Correspondent)
Clash In Mexico Soon.
"El Paso, March 20. Reported hemmed up in canyons
of, the Guerrero mountains, Villa is believed to be sur
rounded by sev ral columns of Carranzistas. The Amer
icans are closing in from the north. Miles of mountain
ous desert and the net drawn by the pursuers make es
cape of the bandits unlikely. Aeroplanes are spying upon
their, movements.
, Villa is reported to have left a detachment at Hernan
dez ranch to hold back the Americans and permit him to
hide in the fastnesses of the Sierra Madres. Fighting
with his rear guard is momentarily expected. A second
request for permission to use Mexican railroads is re
ported to have been made by Washington. The State De
partment sent one request, and is waiting for a reply.
The consul here believes Carranza ' will grant the per
mission. . " : ;
WRECK ON SOUTHERN
NEAR GREENSBORO..
ONE DEAD; MANY HURT
Greensboro, N. C, -March 19 Sou
' tharn passenger train No. 43, was
wrecked at Jamestown, ten miles
south of this city, at U few minutes
before 8 o'clock tonight One wom
an was dead at midnight and other
passengers of the train were report-,
ed in serious condition. A list of
thirteen persona who were of tthe
werst hurt was available. arly. Oth
er less injured were numerous. The
passenger was crashed by derailed
freight cars of regular freight train
, No. 74, which was speeding north
Ward on a parallel track. The pas
senger' was pulling away from the
f station, hardly Jiaving gained mo
ft Hon. The dead are: Mrs. M. S. Hyr
a.tt of High Point, wife of a rural
mail carrier.
MILITIA BILL IS
SAFE, SMI STATES
;,(y the United Press) ; .
Washington, March 20. The mili
tia pay bill will pass Congress at this
term without a shadow of a doubt.
aia t irst Distinct Conflressman Jnn
Small at his home here' today. "Op
position to preparedness has dwin
dled to nothing," Representative
Small said. "
Washington, Mar. 20. Robert Lan
ding, Secretary of State, admits he
teJls fibs occasionally. When asked
recently whether lie had called at the
German embassy lie Mid he would
y no if he had.
and Men Rapidly Nearing the
Reiterate "Dead or Alive"
MARYLANDERS LOOK
. - UPON MRS. ENGLISH
AS HEROINE, SAID
By the United Press) -"
Frederick, Md March 20.
, The killing of her husband, Ar
thur English, a noted New York
lawyer, because he threatened her
: life, has ma3e Mrs. English a he
roine here. She is being guarded
in her brother's home. Wheth
er she will attend her husband's
faaeral fa, not known.
SAYS DEMANDS OF THE
TR AINMEN ARE UNFAIR
New York, Mar. 19. The confer
ence committee of managers for tthe
Eastern railroads, of which Elisha
Lee is chairman, in a statement is
sued here today "to the 300,000 stock
holders of these companies" charact
erized the demands of the railway
trainmen for higher wages as unfair,
and added that "ithe carriers cannot
and should not shoulder this burden
of an unwarranted increase of $100,
000,000 in the wages of a small mi
nority of the highest paid employes."
COTTON CROP LITTLE
OYER ELEVEN MILLION
RALES FOR LAST YEAR
; Washington, March 20. The
1913 cotton crop-Walled 11,039,
,430 bales, said a report by the
Census Bureau today.
Round bale umbered 111,718
' and Sea Island bales 91,920.
Franz Josef's Men Compell
ed to Retreat In One
Sector, Admitted
INTEREST QUITS VERDUN
For New Fighting In Near
East Violent Shelling
and Grenading of Armies
by Slavs Vienna Does
Not Deny Reverses
By Chas. Stewart
(United Press Stan" Correspondent)
London, Mar. 20. Heavy Russian
attacks on the Austrian and German
fronts today drew interest away from
the Verdun offensive. An official Au
strian report admitted the Teutons
were compelled to retreat near the
Vocicczko bridge head. The Rus
sians followed up a bombardment with
violent grenading. The first defense
line was withdrawn but other attacks
were repulsed, the Austrian war
office stated.
German Attack Repulsed.
Paris, March 20. The French have
repudsed a German infantry attack on
Pepper Heights positions, north of
Verdun, it is said officially. A bom
bardment preceded the attack. The
Germans showed lack of spirit, which
has been noticed several times recent
ly in German attacks. The enemy
was repelled by the French guns.
Henry Watson's Residence
Burned Saturday Night
Family Lost Everything
Colored Child Dies From
Burns Received Friday.
Henry W. Watson's 13-year-old
daughter had a narrow escape when
a dwelling at 309 Glenwood avenue
occupied by her father's family burn-
led Saturday night at 11:40 o'clock.
The family had retired and the house
was a mass of ifire before they were
awakened by the crackling of tthe
flame. 'Watson and his wife made
their way to the street, but the girl
failed to put in her appearance. Wat
son returned, almost fighting his
way through fire, amd carried the
daughter out.
The small house was gutted, with
damage approximating $300. The
family lost about all their furniture,
etc. The blaze had gained such head
way before the alarm was sent in that
it was impossible for the firemen to
do more than savo the shell of the
house, which was the property of J.
C. Chestnut. Watson thinks a mouse
or rat with a match was responsible
for the fire. li originated in a clos
et, at least six feet from a chimney
or flue. ' 7 '
Evelyn Smith, the 4-year-old ne
gro child burned at the home of her
mother, Josephine Smith, on Macon
street, late Friday, "died Saturday
evening. No hope for. the girl's re
covery had been entertained , rom
the time she was burned, after her
clothing had caught fire.
THOMAS TAGGART TO
SENATE SUCCESSOR ;
SHIVELY OF INDIANA
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'Indianapolis, March 20 Gor- '
ernor Ralston today appointed
Thomas Tag fart Senator to fill
the Tacancy caused by the recent
death of Senator Shively.
ROOM BLAZING HOME
Governor Hears Argument
and Reserves Decision
Until Tuesday Morning
Sure of Guilt, But Should
Woman Be Electrocuted?
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(By W. J. MARTIN)
Raleigh, March 20. Arter hearing
counsel plead for the life of Mrs
Ida Hall Warren this morning, Gover
nor Craig announced he would reserve
his decision until Tuesday morning.
The Governor says he is satisfied
of the thorough' guilt of both the wo
man and her accomplice, Christy, but
is undecided asfto whether he should
save the womaIbecause of the sen
timont against Jtrocujting a worn
an.
REPUBLICANS MAKE
A STRONG FIGHT ON
THE TILLMAN BILL
Leaders In the Senate De
clare the Government Is
Trying to Destroy Legiti
mate Industry Searched
Dictionary for Invectives
(By the United Press)
-Washington, March 20. Declar
ing that the administration proposes
to use the government's power .to des
troy legitimate industry, Republican
leaders in the Senate today launched
a bitter assault against the Tillman
government armor-plate bill. "Un
fair, confiscatory, wanton and venge
ful," were terms used by Penrose, Ol
iver, Harding, Curtis and Lippitt.
The vote is coming tomorrow.
The House agreed to vote on ths
Kafon 220,000 army amendment at 2
o'clock.
Senator Lodge said America gets
armor plate choaper than other coun
tries. BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
RUSSIAN SHIP TORPEDOED.
Petrograd, Mar. 20. The Rus
sian steamer Jaslabda was tor
pedoed in the North Atlantic on
March 9, say advices. The crew
are believed to have been saved.
STEEL TRUST HEARING MAY 15.
Washington, March 20. The
Supreme Court today denied the
government's application to post
pone the hearing on the steel
trust suit until fall. It was or
dered brought up May 15.
TRIED TO FORCE
PROHIBITION VOTE.
Washington, March 20. Dry
leaders tried vainly before the
Senate judiciary committee today
to force a vote on the national
prohibition amendment.
GLASSFORD HEADS
AVIATION SCHOOL (
Washington, March 20. Col.
William A. Glassford, chief sig
nal officer of the western depart
ment, has been appointed head
of the San Diego aviation school
as the result of the Goodier in
vestigation of charges of mis
management in the service.
ATTEMPT ASSASSINATE
THE BULGARS' PREMIER
' (By the' United Press) ;
Rome, March 20 A Bulgarian has
attempted to assassinate Premier Ra
doslavoff at Sofia, say dispatches. He
fired twice, 'One bullet struck the
boachman, the premier riding in the
carriage unhurt.
German Flyers' Visit to
England Cost Lives of
Eleven Persons
THE ALLIES PAID IT BACK
Return Call Resulted in
Damage to Seaplane and
Submarine Base at Zee
Bruges, Though Many
Airships Carried Bombs
(By the United Press)
London, March 30. In retaliation
for Sunday's raid by German zcppel
ins upon the English coast in which
11 persons were killed, 05 British,
French and Belgian planes today at
tacked Zee Brugges, the German sub
marine and seaplane base, and the
Belgian town of Houltade. Fifty of
the aeroplanes carried two hundred
pounds of bombs each. These were
rained on the soaplane station and an
aerodrome at Houltade. Fifteen ar
mored planes protected the bombing
craft. All returned safely. The raid
inaugurates a policy of immediate
retaliation for erman raids. One
Belgian officer was wounded.
Fayettevillc, March 19. The Cape
Fear Fair is now a member of the
North Carolina circuit of fairs, ac
cording to an announcement by Sec
retary Jackson.
GIVE BACK TO JEWS
THE ANCIENT LAND,
PLEA MME. PEVSNER
Cultured Jewish Woman
Addresses Two Local Au
diences - Relates Hard
ships of Race In Countries
of Europe
Probably the most interesting vis
itor to Kinston Sunday was Madame
Belle Pevsner, a native of Palestine,
who is touring this country in the
interest of "Jewish rights." Mad
ame Pevsner is perhaps the foremost
woman exponent of her old-new doc
trine. She is the house guest of Mr.
and Mirs. Wolfe Adlcr. She is a wo
man of unusual political ability, ex
itremely well educated and young.
She speaks with a strong French ac
cent, from long residence an France.
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock Mad
ame Pevsner made an address to a
large audience in the Courthouse.
Her subject was the Jewish people
their ups and downs in the world's
history. ; She narrated miafontunes
of the race in European countries,
paid itribute to the United States, and
argued for restoration of the Holy
Land and the Holy Oity to the Jew
ish people after it has been torn
from the Turk. That is what many
thousands of Jews and Gentiles, too
are preaching, but none more ably
ithan she. Madame Pevsner exempli
fies the Jewish patriotism that has
lain dormant but undying, under the ,
heel of oppression these many cen-j
turies.
Sunday night in the Whdtaker
building Madame Pevsner made an
address to the Jewish citizens. She
will remain, in the city probably un
til Tuesday night, but expects to
make no more public speeches here.,
DAUGHTER BURNED TO DEATH;
NEGRESS WILL GO TO ASYLUM.
Fayetteville, March 19. Oazed by
the burning to death of her daughter,
which she was powerless to prevent,
Annie Snrs:h, a. negro woman, is in
the Cumberland Jail here in state
of rating insanity, pending her re
moval to the asylum at Goldsboro.
Democratic Floor Leader
Hasn't Replied to Invita
tion Yet Atlanta Man
Who Is Enthusiast Over
"New Garden of Eden,"
Is Coming Here
Nearly every man invited to speak
before the Carolina Municipal Associ
ation's convention here in May has
accepted. Congressman Claud Kiteh
in is one of the two or three not yet
heard from. There is strong hope by
the executive committee that the
Democratic loader will accept the in
vitation, however.
Edward Young Clarke, secretary
manager of ithe Atlanta Chamber of
Commerce, writes that he will 13
here to preach on "The New Garden
of Eden." He alludes to the South,
and declares that in the building up
of this garden man has been selected
for God's co-worker. He isj a zealot
over the South 's progress and puts,
the old idea of hog and hominy an a
new light.
Mayor Ward of Birmingham, Ala.,
who was invited, prefers to have one
of the commissioners of that city,
who is an expert on the commission
form of government, address the
mayors ad other officials of the Ca-
rolinas, he has written.
BRYAN WILL CAMPAIGN
FOR DRYS AT BIRTHDAY
DINNER THIS EVENING
(By the United Press)
Lincoln, Neb.. Mar. 20. The annual
Bryan birthday banquet, given each
year in honor of the former secre
tary of state by his friends and ad
mirers, will be held tonight and ar
rangements have been made for the
usual large gathering. It was .fifty
six years ago yesterday, in Illinois
that Bryan was born, but because the
anniversary came this year on Sun
day the celebration was postponed
until today.
Following the banquet Mr. Bryan
will make a tour of many Nebraska
towns where there are local fights on
t)he liquor question, and following 'this
tour he will make a general cam
paign throughout the state as one of
the chief speakers for the non-partisan
anti-saloon committee on behalf
of the adoption of the proposed pro
hibition amendment to the Nebraska
constitution.
MILLIONAIRE ADMITS
HE'S BROKE AND NOT
CARING FOR SECRECY
(By the Eastern Press)
Washington, N. C, March 20. C.
H. Fuller, reputed millionaire jewel
ry manufacturer of Rhode Island, is
here "dead broke," he declares. "Do
not say I'm just badly bent," he told
a newspaper man. "Make it stronger
than that say I'm broke and put it
in capitals: Mr. Fuller is Broke."
Fuller has (for years maintained a
handsome steam yacht here. The
vessel is ithe largest of her class on
the South Atlantic coast Her furn
ishings are in solid mahogany and
she cost as much as many a large
passenger steamer. Her crew is b?g
enough to man a small gunboat. Ful
ler and-his wife and two guests are
expected to Heave for the North on
the 'Thetis." which as tthe craft's
name, but what will become of the
yacht is not known.
LOVETT LEE, PROMINENT
DUPLIN MAN, PASSES AWAY
Mt- Olive, Mar. 19. LovetJt Lee,
one of the wealthiest and most prom
inent citizens of Faison and for a
number. of years a resident of this
place died here this morning about
two o'clock at the home of his eon,
Faison Lee. -
Rutledge & Co. Losers to
Extent of About $15,000,
It's Estimated
FLAMES SPREAD QUICKLY
Firemen Checked Blaze In
Two Minutes and Saved
Surrounding Property
Partial Insurance Fire
Started In Engine Room
Fire at 11:30 o'clock this morning
wrecked the main building at the
lumber plant of Rutledge & Co., in
Southwest Kinston. Although the
big frame structure was almost gut
ted by the time the firemen arrived,
they attacked the flames with such
determination and skill that in two .
minutes' time their spread was check
ed. The kilns, planing mill, boilers
and house and office were saved. '
The blaze originated id the engine
room and apread Very rapidly. Sev
eral Jines of hose , were played upon
it with immediate effect.
The machinery in the burned build
ing was ruined. It . included large
saws and other equipment.
The loss was estimated this after
noon at $15,000, with partial insur
ance.
EYERY RURAL TEACHER
MAY BE WEN A HOME
Great Plan of National Lumber Man
ufacturers' Association -North Ca
rolina One of First States In Which
Plan Will Be Put Into Effect Na
than O'Berry Is Ardent Advocate
The biggest, most universal scheme
for social service in the history of
America, one affecting, every hamlet
n the land, has been instituted by the
National Lumber Manufacturers' As
sociation, in the proposal to build a
home for every rural school teacher
'n America.
North Carolina will be one of the
first States where the plan will be
carried into effect, and a thorough in
vestigation of the conditions in this
State preceded the announcement of
the social service plans of the lum
ber manufacturers. The association
has not as yet formulated its plans
for pushing this new department of
public service by actually assisting
the schools of the nation to build
homes for teachers, but work on this
philanthropic enterprise is already
under way and the association plans
to have its plans ready for announce
ment in a few weeks.
Nathan O'Berry of Goldsboro, a di
rector in the National Lumber Man
ufacturers' Association, was one of
the most ardent advocates of - the
project. .. , : , ,
TWO VESSELS GO DOWN;
' NUMBER PERSONS LOST
(By the Unltedl Press) '
London, March k 21. The British
steamer Port Dalhousie and Norwe
gian steamer Landell have sunk' with
the loss of several lives. ; Several of
the crew of the former were rescued,
but several jre missing. Sixteen sur- '
vivors of the Landeli were rescued.
The engineer of the latter was killed,
together with a postal employe.
CONGRESS THROWING
ASIDE ALL MATTERS
WpOUTACHAllCE
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Washington, March 20 Con
gress is jettisoning its cargo.
Many bills are doomed to burial
. Preparedness is being given all
tttention. It is indicated that
weeks and even months of Con
gress will be exclusively occuj led
by this ksIation.
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