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KJNSTON, N. O, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1916
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Persuing Takes Charge of
mor of Clash Between Villistas and Americans Mili
tia May Be Called Out for Border ServiceFears of
Uprisings On Border Cause Redistribution of Guard
Troops Brownsville Garrison Reinforced Because of
Danger of Trouble In Matamoras, Hotbed of Insurrec
tion On Opposite Side Protocol Accepted by the State
Department
(By E. T. Conkle, United Press Staff Correspondent)
El Paso, March 23. General Pershing has taken con
trol of the Mexican Northwestern Railroad south of Cas
as Grandes, his base, it is reported unofficially. It is said
he haS begun transporting infantry on the railroad to
ifafire, attempting to get in the rear of Villa, while Dodd
still pushes the bandits southward. Cavalry is protecting
the line. ! v ; ?
tlainitDiscovery of Big Plot In El Paso.
Feeling in El Paso, the "war capital," is tense. The po
lice today claimed discovery of a plot by two hundred
Mexicans to burn and loot the city. They arrested elevenj
including Melchior Herrera, brother of General Luis Her
f Ira, reported to have deserted Carranza to join Villa. El
J'aso .wants an immediate invasion. Carranza Consul
Garcia today denied that Herrera has deserted Carranza
with 2,000 troops. . He said Herrera is a bitter enemy to
Villa, and is helping the Americans.
Fearing an uprising of Mexicans at all points caused
redistribution of the troops on the border. The Fourth
Artillery has beensent to reinforce 5,000 troops already
at Brownsville. Matamoras, across the river, is a hotbed
bi Villa-sentiment reported clash "between Villistas
lid Pershing's, troops is unconfirmed. Pershing is pre
pared to run the Mexican railroads with Americans.
Polk Accepts Protocol.
"Washington, - March 23. The Carranza-American
protocol permitting use of Mexican railways as supply
routes, upon the terms ( being completed today, was ac
cepted by Acting Secretary of State Polk.
The fate of Aviator-Lieut. Gorrells is doubted. The
government is considering the possibility of using militia
on the border. -' V :x ' ' - v - ' '
Urgency Estimates Surrjitted py Baker.
Because of the expenditures for the Mexican expedi
tion, Secretary of War Baker today sent urgent deficien
cy estimates of nearly nine million dollars to Congress.
Newly-Arrived Troops to Line. " ? N " "'
Denver, March 23. Seventeen hundred of the Twenty-four!
Infantry,' home" from' 'the Philippines only a
fortnight, left Fort Russell, Wyoming, today, going to
the border. ' "
BfelFFIELD J)0ESNT
.. SPARE THE CASH TO
SUCCOR THE WOUNDED
Driffield, England, 13 a email place
only half as' large as Kinston, but it
evidently does things. The Driffield
Times, a weekly, In Its issue of March
4, told of a very successful Red Cross
sale there. A copy of the paper has
reached Mr. George Berry, circula
tion manager of The Free Press, who
was born h Driffield. It as interest
ing :to note Ithat at .the sale "a toy
''lamb made one -pound sterling, six
hillings sixpence (sold 14 times);
n auctioneer's hammer,' two pounds
17 shillings sixpence," and an apple,
sold 126 times, 16 pounds, "14 shill
ings fourpence.
"The total of the sale ami subscrip
tions is expected to realize one thous
and five hundred pounds Rather re
markable, that, and the more aston
ishing when one considers that J- a
pound sterling is worth' almost $5
(pFREHENSIVE COURSE
FOR FiRIIERS AT A. & M.
West Raleigh, March 23. The an
nouncement of the summer term in
.culture at the' A. &. M. College
lor-lngfe school superm'tendenta,
pnncl, tod fa just
and includes a comprehensive course
of study for those who attend this
year. The term will extend from
ne 1 to 28. The fact that a score
Railroad Unconfirmed Ru
CHANCELLOR OF U. S.
IWhW SOFIA
ARRESTED BY BULGARS
(By the United Press)
Paris', March " 23.-The Chan
cellor of the American legation
at Sofia has been arrested by
Bulgarians,': says a dispatch,
charged with bribing an official
to obtain passports. The Ameri
can minister has demanded his
release.
THE DAY ON LOCAL
COTTON EXCHANGE
The prevailing price for , cotton
here today was 11 3-8 for basis mid
dling. ' Receipts we're - about eight
bales.
NewxYork futures quotations were:
Open Close
May 11.96 11.87
July 12.10 12.00
October 12.20 12.10
December 12.35 12.25
January ..12.41 12.29
of faTm life schools have been ; es
tablished, and all but three within
the past two and a half years, shows
that North Carolina is taking " an
increased interest in Ihe field of ag
riculture. . The next five years wUl
probably see this number , multiplied
by three or four, provided 1 teachers
trained in scientific agriculture' can
be found for the farm schools, t
Von Hindenburg's Lines
Dented at Half a Dozen
1 Points, Stated
MILLION ADVANCE
Teuton Reinforcements Are
Hurrying to Sector Ger-
man Commander at Vil
na Offensive in Verdun
Region Resumed
By CHARLES P. STEWART,
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
London, March 23. Half a million
Russians, commanded by Kuropatkin,
are assailing Von Hindenburg's line
along 150 miles of the front They
have' dented the German line in six
places, says a Petrograd official dis
patct. A great battle is raging for
ty miles south of Dvinsk, the Slavs
drivjjbg westward toward the Vilna
Railroad. Whether they will at
tempt to offset the Verdun offensive
and .start a new great offensive is
unknown.
Northwest of Verdun the Germans
are desperately striving to capture
Douaumont Heights and Avoncourt,
so as to sweep the French positions,
Von Hindenburg at Vilna.
Petrograd, March 23. Von Hind
enburg has established headquarters
at -Vilna and is directing the defense
of the Dvinsk front. German rein
forcements have been pouring into
that sector for three days. '
Germans Claim Substantial Gain.
"Berlin, March 23. The Germans
have captured a ridge southwest of
Haucourt, on the west bank of the
Meuse and a strong pivotal position,
it is said officially, together with 440
prisoners.
French War Office Report ,
Paris, March 23. Northwest of
Verdun the bombardment has slack
ened. The Germans today failed to
renew their attacks west of the
Mouse, it is said officially. The French
maintain their positions on Haucourt
Hill. Violent bombardments are in
progress east of ithe Meuse and else
where. The French today attacked
trenches at Feyenhaye, taking a
number of prisoners.
WHAT HAPPENED TO
: BABY GIRL TOMMIES
FOUND IN A DITCH
1 By WILBUR S. FORREST,
United Press Staff Correspondent)
. London, March 10 (By Mail)
Phyllis Trenches, a bright, blue-eyed,
flaxen-haired baby girl 0 four, today
at Bedford, Eng., is the principal fig
ure in perhaps the most romantic
little story of the big war.
Phyllis is the adopted : pride and
joy of the Bedfordshire niJgiment.
Her name was derived from Private
Phillip Impey, who picked her out of
a ditch in an isolated and unroman
tic part of Northern France while the
Bedfordshrres - were i marching by.
"Trenches" is the only 'appropriate
surname for Phyllis because Phyllis
lived with her soldier foster parents
in a cold and clammy trench on the
firing line for eight long -days.
When and how this four-year-old
happened to be in a ditch, wet and
weak from cold, as Private Impey's
company was passing toward the
first line trenches, probably '' never
will be explained. r "
ANOTHER EXPEDITION
TO ARCTIC REGION BY
AMUNDSEN NEXT YEAR
. (By the United Press) '
Christiana, March 23. Capt
Amundsen today announced plans
for an Arctic expedition,' start
ing from Barrow Point, Alaska,
In the summer of 1917. Norway
is contributing $00,000.
Announcement Wednesday
Night That Yuan Shi Kai
Had Renounced the Em
perbrship Dissension
Proved Monarchy Was
Unpopular
Peking, March 22. A State De
partment mandate issued tonight an
nounces the abandonment of the
monarchy and resumption of the re
public. The mandate says the revo
lution shows that the demand for a
monarchial form of government is
not unanimous and that therefore Ru
an Shi Kai rejects the emperorship
and resumes the presidency.
The imperial documents, the man
date adds, will be returned by Yuan
Shi Kai :to the State council, . which
will reconvene as the Senate, presu
mably on the resumption of the re
public.
Hsu Shih Chang, who left the cab
inet because of the monarchial move
ment, signed the mandate as secre
tary of state, having re-entered the
cabinet
WILL BE ARRESTED FOR
MURDER FATHER-IN-LAW
Dr. Arthur Waite's Apartment In
New York Being Guarded by De
tectives Statement by Maid Al
leged to Have Connected Him With
Death by Poisoning of J. E. Peck
(By the United Press)
New York, March 23. The dis
trict attorney today ordered the ar
rest of Dr. Arthur Warren Waite,
son-in-law of the Grand Rapids mil
lionaire, John E. Peck, who died on
March 12, supposedly of arsenic pois
oning, me order is understood to
have followed a statement made by
a negro maid. Waite is ill, nis at
torney said. Detectives are guarding
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS
OF NEIGHBORING TOWNS
"Claud Suggs, who at the last term
of Onslow county court was convicted
of killing his father-in-law, J. J.
James, who was sent to the State
prison for a iterm of ten years; has
begun serving his -sentence and in a
letter to a friend in this city, he
states that he is well-satisfied with
his lot, and that if it wasn't for the
fact that he deplores being away
from his family that he would prob
ably be able to say he was enjoying
his stay at the. State's prison;", says
the New Bern Sun-Journal.
Governor Craig has been selected
speaker at the Craven county joint
commencement on April 14.
Machinery is being installed in a
new cooperage plant at James City.
The mill will give employment to
more than a hundred men. "
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
FRENCH BARK SUNK.
" Paris, March 23. The French
bark Dougainville has been sunk
The crew of 23 were saved.
NORWEGIAN SHIP SUNK. ,
London, March 23. The Nor
wegian bark Lindfield, of 2,200
tons, has been sunk. Thirty of,
the crew have been landed at
Queenstown by the bark Silas,
the rescuer. ' ' ' , "
WILMINGTON WANTS
r. CLARK SECT STATE
Wilmington, March 22. Endorsing
the candidacy of Capt. Haywood
Clark for secretary of State, more
than 100 of the leading citizens of
Wilmington have signed a commend
atory article which is being circulat
ed here. ;V . v -
Proposal for Big Volunteer
Force Overwhelmingly
Defeated
SCOn RESOLUTION UP
Would Give $50,000 for Cap-
ture of Villa Sherman's
Attempt for Call for Vol
unteers Getf Killing Blow
In the Senate
(By the United Press)
Washington, March 23 The House
overwhelmingly defeated the propose
al to create a Federal volunteer force
of 261,000. The Hay bill is schedul
ed to pass this afternoon.
Final debate is being had of a res
olution introduced by Representative
Scot!; of Pennsylvania to authorize
the President to pay a $50,000 re
ward for delivery of Villa to the mil
itary authorities.
The Senate tabled Sherman's at
tempt for consideration of a resolu
tion calling for fifty 'thousand volun
teers for Mexican service.
THE ODDEST STORY IN
THE NEWS OF THE DAY
(By the United, Press)
San Diego,. Jai., Mar. 2?. '-'Mr La
zarus of biblical note has nothing on
Anselmo Sosa of San Diego. About
1103 he mysteriously left his wife
and disappeared, v In J010 his wife
had him officially pronounced dead vy
the court, and she took his property
and married again. Anselmo, upon
hearing that he was dead, returned
from Mexico to get his property. In
1915' the court declared Anselmo was
alive again. Now comes word from
Santa Ana that Anselmo is dead once
more. They1 say they'vo got the
corpse, but the court will see it be
fore another move is .made.
SMOKE AND ANTI-SMOKE
FACTIONS IN CABINET
ARE EVENLY SPLIT NOW
(By the United Press)
Washington," March 23-The addi
tion of Mayor Baker of Cleveland as
Secretary of War splits the cabinet
evenly on the subjpct of smoking;
giving President Wilson the deciding
vote. Secretary Baker is a pipe
smoker. Prior to Baker's arrival the
cabinet anti-smokers had control by
a vote of 6 to 4. As the President
does not smoke, and as he holds tho
balance of power, there is no smok
ing at Cabinet meetings even now!
Baker, Lansing, Secretary Wilson,
Lane and Houston, smoke. The non
smokers are RedfieUI, Daniels, Mc
Adoo, Burleson and Gregory.
BIG COTTON MILL IN
S.C. SOLD AT AUCTION
Greenville, S. C, March 22. The
plant of the Carolina Cotton Mills
Co., which has been in the hands of
receivers for a year, was sold at
auction here today for f 204.500 to
A. G. Furman, a atock broker act
ing for" the Poinse'tt Mills. This com
pany, recently organized, is compos
ed largely of creditors of the Caro
lina Company.
TO ACT FOR PENCE IN
CAROLINIAN'S ILLNESS
Washington, March 22. W, R.
Bollister of St. Louis has been des
ignated assistant secretary of the
Democratic National committee, with
authority to act as secretary during
the illness of Thomas J, Pence, it was
announced ' from Democratic: head
quarters last night.
Subscribe to . The Free Press.
Officers of This Section Are
Not Doing Duty, Penn
sylvania Woman Tells
Governor -"Utterly Fool
ish," Says Sheriff
(By the Eastern Press)
Washington, f. C, March 23.
Mrs. Ella Glass, mother of missing
Jimmie Glass, has written Governor
Craig from Pennsylvania that she
did not think the officials of this sec
tion weri doing their duty : IpVG
matter of searching for her son, and
that she has had repeated advices
that the boy is being secreted by
gypttie in the region.
The Governor telephoned Sheriff
W. B. Windley last night At the
conclusion of the conversation the
Governor told Windley not to heed
any further "agitation over the mat
ter. .
Windley is mad. He character
izes as "utterly foolish", the asser
tions of women and even some offi
cers that the boy has been here, in
Ivenoir and in Martin and other coun
ties. The "white" child wilh the on
ly gypsy band in this section, Wind
ley admits, does resemble Jimmie
Glass, but if anyone attempts to
take that youngster away from his
Brazilian parents in Beaufort coun
ty there will be trouble, says the
sheriff.
SIXTH REPUBS. DIDNT
.SUGGEST A CANDIDATE
..' 4 t . i '
Fayetteville, March - 2?!.--The Re
publican congressional convention for
the Sixth district met here this after
noon and elected Irvin E-Tucker, of
Whiteville, Columbus county, dele
gate to the national convention, at
Chicago . . over D. C. Downing of
Cumberland county. The convention
made no recommendation as to a con
gressional nomination.
MIDWESTERN BANKERS :
PLANNING BRANCHpS
WORTH MANY 1IM0NS
(By the United Press)
Chicago, March 23. Middlewest-
ern financiers today were planning
the establishment of American banks
in foreign, countries as an aid to ex
tending the overseas market of en
terprising manufacturers.
Arrangements are already being
made for establishing one in South
America. Illinois capital will lie
tjely interested. John J, Arnuld,
e-president of the First . National
Bank of Chicago, declares that . it'
probably will be- located', in Buenos
Ayres. .From twenty to forty million
dollars, it was estimated," will be
subscribed by from 20 to 30 middle
western bankers, to back the propo
sition.
BIGGER THE DINNER
THE MORE COATS IT
IS PROPER TO WEAR
Berlin, March 3 (By Mail) John.
. Jackson, former American Minis
B
ter to Ithe Balkans, now attached to
the embassy in Berlin, tells of his
meeting with the old. King of Monte
negro In Cettinje.
"In Montenegro," Jackson said, all
officials wear, blue shirts every day
and over' these, blue coats. When
they go to Ithe palace on ordinary bus
iness they slip on a green coat over
the blue one, but at royal dinners
they put on a white coat over the blue
aim greea unci. , .
"That evening I dined with'' His
Majesty, I was on one side and ' the
foreign minis'ter on the other. All of
us had on regulation three coats. As
the dinner progressed we got warmer
and warmer, and finally the old king
said: "Mr. Minister you geli one-one
side and Mr. Jackson on the other,
and help peel me out of this white
coat-" It's too hot, ,
Loss Estimated From Four
to Six Millions; One or
Two Dead . '
MIUTIA GUARDING CITY
Firemen From Neighbor
inp: Places Still orkinpr '
On Ruins Finest Resi5 t
dences"- Burned Hospitt1
als Crowded
(By the United Press) a ', '
Augusta, March 23.The Are
was controlled at noon, with s
I(i8s of five millions. Several -firemen
were injured, and houses
covering territory one and one- y
quarter , miles square destroyed, ,.- ,
including ten business and fwen- , : .
ty residential blocks.
Augusta; Ga., March 23. Augusta .
is prostrated by the most disastrous
conflagration in Us history. Much-
of the business and finer residential -
sections are today, smoking, ruins.
One or more lives was lost, v . ;
The damage is estimated at from
four to six millions.' Thousands of
persons are homeless. Fire compa
nies from Atlanta, Macon-and" Ss
vannah are still working on the mine. '
The hospitals are crowded with In-'
jured Merchandise pijed "in ' the
streets Is being protected by militia
Nashville's Fire Loss Millions, '
Nashville, March '23.-. ire which
swept East Nashville yosterday burn-
ed itself out today' with a toss of ,
millions.- V
MARCH GALE TURNED .
LN1U A HUIUllUHIiH
Iligh Winds, Thunder and Lightning
and Heavy Rainfall Over Largs
Part 'of "Country -Telegraph " $er-
vice Crippled Negro Brakeinan
On'Ai C.VL Train Struck a Wlre.V '
Tumbled
A heavy electrical,' wind and rain
storm which.seenis to have been gen-
eral over this section of the country,'
raged over Kinston and vicinity on
Wednesday evening shortly after the '
supper hour. Very tittle damage was
done except to wires, so far as has .
been reported, Telegraph eervice
was badly handicapped from 5:30 un
til 9 jn' m. Wednesday,' and service
had not returnedto normal at noon
today. , The gale was especially se
vere west of here, it seems.( Beau
fort, on the east, also reported un
usual high winds, but little damage.
Greenville reports said the storm
there was very violent, but did na
great amount of damage. '
Jesse Faulks, a negro brakeman,
fell from the top of a" box car of a
freight train arriving here during the
gale. Faulks is said to have taken his
fall from striking a low-hanging wire
somewhere in the vicinity of Grif ton.
He was severely bruised, but sus
tained no serious injury-it is stated
at the A. C. I offices.
Washington reported a wind of 70
or 80 miles', velocity. AtjChocowin-
ity a email cyclone was experienced, ,
it is said. Buildings on the farm of
F. . H. Von Eberstein ; ithera were
damaged to the extent of (500,
PECULIAR FACTS ABOUT
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE.
London, ' March 23.- Ex-Secretary
of War Garrison is popular with the
London public, according to the pub
lic barometer, ' the movie theater.
Within a few days after Garrison re
signed his portfolio on account of dif
ferences with President Wilson, his
picture was appearing on the screen
in almost all the London moving pic
ture ttheaters. Invariably the crowd t,
whether in the West End or En t
End, cheered the American vocLf. ;
ously. ; - V- :T " :