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11 n PRE THE BOuE'PHFEB, THB WBATHBK Cloudy TonicUt rir and wimur 1c VOL. XVII. No. 258. SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. O, SATURDAY, MAKCII 25, 1916 6 PAGES TODAY : PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS DA3LY TO EL PA SAVS1P0RT SO; BORDER TOWNS CLAMOR FOR BE SENT PRO WflN: HORETROOPS MAY Bandit Chief Believed to Have Gotten Safely Away From Pershing and CarranzistasNew Mexico, Texas and Arizona Citizens Demand Reinforcement of Forces On the LineFear Attacks From Mexicans On the Other Side Wilson Disturbed by False Reports .Concerning Conditions Executive Says Only the Official Reports Should Be, Accepted President Preparing .Statement On Situation, Stated Funston May Ask War Depart ment for More Soldiers (By E. T. CONKLE, United Press Staff Correspondent) El Paso, March 25. Villa is believed to have escaped: Funston may have to ask for more troops. Demands are pouring in from border towns in Texas, New Mexico and jArizona for 'protection. , - Denial Disaffection Carranza Troops. , Mexico City, March 25.-Reports that Carranzistas are deserting the first chiefs army were denied in a;tele grarafrom the provisional capital, Queretaro; today. Car ranza is sending reinforcements to Chihuahua. " i , "3 President Worried by False Reports. (By ROBERT J. BENDER, United Press Staff Correspondent) - Washington, March 25. The President is embarrass ed at what he today termed outrageously exaggerated re ports of conditions in Mexico, alleged.to have been issued by interventionists He is expected to make a statement through Lansing, appealing to the people to credit only official reports. - The Government is investigating propa ganda issuing alarming reports. BRIEFS IN THE NEWS OF OTHER TOWNS AND COUNTIES OF SECTION The Ficklen Company is to build a tobacco stemmery at Washington. congressman Clause jutchm was born in Scotland Neck" 47 years ago. He celebrated hk birthday Friday. The breakwater at Capo Lookout is now one-eighth completed. Four thousand tone of rock were put down In one day recently. It is rumored that Gotdsbore eapi tal may lease the old John L. Roper lumber plant at Oriental, instal new machinery and operate it. h - r State Geologist Joseph Hyde Pratt, U. S. Forestry Agent J. L. Mattoon and J. S. Holmes of the North Caro lina Forestry, Association spent Fri day in Craven and other counties f this section, looking for a suitable place for a forestry demonstration camp. 4 Senator Simmons has sent word to the New Bern Chamber of Commerce that he will be unable to attend the chamber's annual banquet in April. It iSHEVILLE WANTS THE - CRUSHERS' CONVENTION Asheville, Mar. 24. -Members of the "local rolary clubt together With several city officials and hotel men, left last night for Chattanooga, where they will attempt to secure the next meeting of the Cotton Seed Crusher's Association, which meets in that city tonight Is THIS MOTHER BEiME TEUTONIC TR1GHTFULNESS?' (Sjy thfc United Press) London, itfarch 25. British fam ily doctors "are in a quandry. The finicky chronic patient who has been accustomed to taking a red, saffron or green elixir isnt satisfied with .the color now, Neither are the family physician's, according to the whole sale druggists, but there Is no alter native. The cochineals for the red tonic that does the 'chronic patient so much good, while it is red. is get ting scarcer and scarcer. The inocu Aus saffron which is secretly put Into the bottle just o majko .the mixture yellow jjj. about exhausted and the chlorophyll Which forms the basis for a pretty green fs simply . unob tamable. Meanwhile the chronic dys- iPetptica and, other' suffering chronics are getting sicker and sicker. Some 'Have fired the family doctor, but that does no good. ' The Germans have the dyes and will probably keep them un- GERMANS DONX RENEW ATTACKS IN THE WEST (By .the United Press) ... London. March 25. -The Germans have failed to renew the infantry at tacks northwest of Verdun, say Par is dispatches. tOWGISTHEljJGpT IN FIGHT WORLD; FANS COUNTING THE MINUTES New York," March 25. The scene is set in Madison Square Garden, i With almost reverent we the ting-side flunkeys have tested the topes, jarred the floor for possible flawjnd burnished the sacred water batiks. " Jess Willard and Frank Moran are to meet tonight The ten-round bout between the giants of the ring has all New York a tingling with expectancy. A considerable outside section of the eo-callnrf" training its ears for ringside tid ings. , Charley White, referee of the cost Jiest lO-roimd tussle ever planned, has his counter In trim. He is ready to toll ten over' either gladiator with 'uUSt nruwu impartiality. -ilW Doesn't Need the Money. New York, March , 25. Jess Wil Jrd doesn't need the $47,500 ill gamer for a few fleeting min utes in Ab cKjuure , -lonignt. Jess, while not a tightwad, is a fr. iral soul arid, to say nothing of what W collected for bumping the big ne. boy in Havana, he ha, been -- knofkinr out $2,000 a week with a us for the la. fifty weeks or so i EXPLOSION AT DU PONT PLANT; ONE MAN, DEAD Hopewell, Va., Mar. 24.4 One per son was killed and five others serious ly injured when a quantity of gun cotton carelessly left in a pipe ex ploded when the pipe was placed in a forge in the repair shop of the DuPont Powder Company's plant here today. NATIONAL FLOWER SHOW V- OPENS AT PHILADELPHIA Philadelphia, Pa., March 25. The (Fourth National Flower Show open ed here today. When the doors of Convention Hall awung wide, the public gazed upon one of the rarest collections of flowers ever, assembled. WILSON POLICE CHIEF . SHOOTS, KILLS BLACK v Wilson, Mar. 24. This afternoon between . 6 and 7 o'clock near Maplewood Cemetery, Police Chief John A. Wiggs shot to' death Phillip W'wrth, ' colored. ' RumorV are con flicting as to the cause. Some claim that the negro resisted the chief and struck him in the face; others state to the contrary. 'There Were three eye-witnesses. . , THE WELL-POWN COCK, ROBIN MAY COME BACK TO LIFE NEXT TUESDAY , (By the United 7 Press X ' Washington, March 25. So far as Mother Goose relates, tie original Cock Robin staged no come-back. Once dead; he' reniained decently "in that condition. Moreover, his women friends made no effort to bring him back; nor did they pester the official graveyard custodians. ? But the world has moved since Mo ther Goose lived, and the Cock Robin under present discussion, though offi cially dead, is raising a considerable oost-martem hubhub. and may be brought to life with a bang in Con gress next Tuesday. The present Cock Robin is the once called Susan B. Anthony suffrage amendment, rechristened Cock Rob in by Representative Carlin of Vir ginia. The graveyard attendants, tried and true if nervous, are the members of the House judiciary com mittee; and the pestiferous would, be revivers are the battling suffragists, ' The trouble all started when Carlin walked out of a sub-committee, which was to have reported the resolution to the whole committee, and announced, "Well, we've killed Cock Robin." He meant that the sub-committee had determined not to report the measure to the full committee, wbere one of those aye-and-no votes would havf to bo taken. ' ' However "here enter the lady revi vifiers, the suffs. They found tha the resolution had been referred to the sub-committee while four of their friends in the committee were away, and they began a campaign for votes to bring that measure back before the whole committee and a record roll- call. BRITISH SHIP SUNK IN THE NORTH SEA Announcement of Battle Which Occurred Late In February Just Made Teuton Craft Lost Hun dreds, Reported ' . (By United Press) London, March 25. Tho German raider Grieffe and British merchant cruiser Alcantara were both sunk in an 'engagement in the North Sei on February 2th, the Admiralty today announced. As the Grieffe sank ehe torpedoed the Alcantara. One hundred and eighty of the Grieffa crew were drowned, and 121 taken prisoners. recSSSTtp AMERICANS BEL'VED TO HAVE BEEN LOST described by PRATT ON SUSSEX; SURVIVORS SAW A TORPEBO; A lengthy article In tha Manufac- turers' Record for this week des cribes ."Reclamation of Swamp and Overflowed Lands in North Caroli na and is from the pen of Dr. Jos- eph Hyde Pratt, State Geologist, who furnishes pages of statistics and several photographs. ir. iTatt states that there are 3,022,120 acres of swamp lands tot North Carolina, with 778,572 acres reclaimed ? in process of reclama tion. The State is fifth in the South in swamp fand acreage. - Hyde county has -tha largest acre age in swamps of any of the North Carolina counties, 247.G80, and is re claiming 134,500 acres of 1t, includ ing the big Mattamuskeet lake. Of the lowland counties Edgecombe has the smallest swamp acreage, 5,000, but is redeeming 8,300 acres. Lenoir county is shown to have 40,000 acres of swamps, with 25,000 reclaimed and being reclaimed. FOUR WENT DOWN WITH HORSESIlIP, SAID Channel Liner Believed Submarined late Friday Con fusing Reports of Number of Victims Many Injured, Englishman, Bound From Britain to Maine for Horses, Torpedoed Off North Coast of Island Quartet of U. S. Citizens Unaccounted For Thought to Have Been Lost. Were Many Americans Aboard Likely to Make New Critical Situation In Washington-Berlin Relations ' Sussex Drifted Helpless for Hours THE DAY ON LOCAL COTTON EXCHANGE About 45 bales of cotton bad been sold here by 3 o'clock today. The high price, from buyers' reports, was 11 1-2. New York futures quotations were: Open dose May .. . .....11.85 July .. ....11.17 October . .12.09 December 12.24 January 12.32 11.91 12.01 12.13 12.28 12.31 TRINITY DEBATERS WIN ' FROM SWARTHMORE Durham, Mar. 24.-nBy - a two to one decision, Trinity college won from Swarthmore College in the in tercollegiate debate here tonight The victory for Trinity was likewise a fa vorable Jeci8'on or &e ; establish ment of an international police force la enforce international treaties and insure international peace. Willard is no fool about his financial investments and, while he bas a fine home in Chicago, also a car and other little comforts, he doesn't feed any of his long green to the birds. KANSAS PROGRESSIVE LEADERS MEET TODAY. ' : Emporia, JCan., March 25. Kansas Progressive leaders assembled here today to decide when and how to se lect delegates to the national ' con vention. -. The Sunflower State is en titled, to thirteen delegates to the Chicago convention. ' ;. MILEAGE TURNED DOWN, ' GETS THOUSAND DOLLARS . Greensboro, March 24. A jury in Guilford Superior court today gave a verdiat against the Norfolk and Western Railway for one thousand dollars in favor of E. W. McNairy, a prominent T. P. A. officer and travel ing salesman, because he was put off near Walnut Cove last September when he offered nis mileage on the train. TY COBB AND BENNIE KAUFF MEET.ON DiWD Dallas, Texas, March 25, Every fan in the country had his eyes on this city today. The New York Gi ants and Detroit Timers opened a two game exhibition series, and inciden tally provided the means for one of the most interesting events in base ball, the first meeting of Ty Cobb and 'Benny Kauff in actual play. Af ter the final game 'tomorrow, dope sters will have something definite with which to compare' the two great luminaries. Members of both clubs and visiting newspapermen will be entertained at a smoker 'tonight by the Newspaper Club. Subscribe to The Free Presa. REDFIELD WILL SPEAK TO SHELL-FISH COMUS (By CHARLES P. STEWART, United Press Staff Correspondent) , ' i- London, March 25. The most serious situation since the Lusitania incident today threatened German V rela tions with America with reports of the torpedoing of the Sussex, with the possible loss of Americans, and the sink- , ing of the Englishman, killing four Americans. , Reports ' of the loss of life on the Sussex are confused. The body of a Belgian passenger of the . Sussex was taken to Dover. It is reported that Elizabeth Baldwin has a broken leg and other , injuries. Her father " and " mother, have been taken to Boulogne. . BULLETINS (By the Eastern Press) New Bern, Mar. 24. JI. L. Gibbs, State Fish Commissioner, today re- rW-cnmoir Wh Woo On Siiy TVtla fitnrv 7 wnlV n S By JOHN H. HEARLEY, United Pres. Staff Correspondent) stating that he would attend the an- Boulogne, March 25. Two of 12 Americans known nuai meeting of the National aso- to have been aboard the Sussex are missing, believed to ciation of State Shell-Fish Com- ;ua ?' PU ;mtnnV- tinlAwin 'anA hew Mleoinnano Br Wl mimrMn I nm IS I ' ' . - J father of Philadelnhia. Three Americans agree that in accepting the invitation extended they Saw a torpedo. him, that ho would be present on the ' Tr. :a psHmflf pd that?fiftv. of the 38Q OaSSengerS Were Kiiiea. it is possiDie mai suiue weie eaveu aim wmh w other ports. The Sussex left Folkestone at noon yester--day, and wis nearing Dieppe when sho was "struck, four and a half hours later. . I was talking with other Ameri cans when the explosion occurred. ,One of the lifeboats was blown off and several passengers were hurled over board. Several Dersons are said not to have been pick ed un A Tinnic started, but was auieted. The survivors wno stayed on tne oussex were laKwi uu fast nltrht. hv thfi Maria Theresa and landed early today. w.v T,:. ---. ,, , Ti is-u Among the Americans aooara were w. u. renueiu, an I ivrnrn Kmnpnr. : iviiHS iiiice ivubc ui vuiuiouw, MtiyIpv, nrpsident of the ' United States Rubber Export .Tmir i V tl 1 IhTV.ilir riWV a XIT I 91 f k , -r . t-v 1 1 1 Ai iL A uivttu min.ca nun "' Company, and F rancis ni.uraKe, xieau ui uie tunipwi o Thp pxnlnsinn was forward.1 wounding many. The wire less house was shattered and it Was impossible to call for helo. The Sussex drifted in the Channel helplessly for , t It' :M 1 1 :.V:. .,' VA, ,. , nours, sginainng vainiy iur aeip. Sinking of the Englishman. (By the United Press) BRITISH SHIP SUNK. , London, March 25 The British steamer 'Salybia has been sunk. All hands' were saved. The ship was of 3,300 tons, and 340 feet long. Copenhagen, March 25. Nor way has demanded that Germa ny investigate the sinking of the Norwegian ships Lindfield and Kannike, according to Christiana dispatches. KINSTON BEST-PAVED SMALL CITY -IN THE SOUTH; MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS An Earlier Report .London. March. 25. .There were some casualties when the channel lin- or Sussex, with 20 Americans on board, was damaged by a torpedo or rnina off the French coast. say dia- IN SHEET ASPHALT; NEIGHBORS LEFT A LONG WAY ' . l'tnded at Boulogne, some others- at Dover. Of the 880 passengers, no lives, are known to have been lost. A patrol boat rescued mot of tho passengers, the crew staying !y tho ship. John II. Ilcarley, of the Unit ed Press staff, is believed to havo been aboard. Tho nature of the ex plosion is still unknown. Correspondents say the Sussex was Living in the best-paved small city in the South, is the prerogative of 12,000 'Kinstonians. This time last year the town had just three blocks of paved street today it has dozens of blocks, and by the fall it will have not many short of a hundred. In 1915 about $65,000 waa expend ed in the paving of eight blocks with sheet asphalt. Part of the money was from a bond issue for general improvements, , but property-holders were assessed the bigger portion. Layers of concrete, rough asphalt and "topcoat" converted those eight blocks into several short stretches of magnificent roadway. Some miles of sidewalks were included in the street improvements' paid for out of the $65,000. . .;' , x Then came the surprise. Property- owners, following agitation oy tne Chamber of Commerce 4he local Chamber of Commerce, by the way, has stricken out "failure" from the official ; dictionary clamored , for more paving. An extra $100,000 was already being spent by the munici pality, and the City Council, for a day, didnt know what to do. But the nncertairety lasted only a day. The proposition was advanced: "The ndividuals will do more than the municipality. Let .them stand 55 per cent" "It'a a go," said the Al dermen. Petition after petition was granted. The extra schedule today stands for around 80 blocks. . Given time to get their breath, : Council roughly estimated that it would take $275,000 to pay for the special work already agreed upon. Bonds for that sum will be issued early in the fall. The city will borrow and expend the whole amount, allowing the indi viduals to repay their S5 por cent, in ten annual installments. The city will redeem the remainder, in cou pon bonds, in thirty years. Not one protest has been made to Council over the slightly increased tax rate. : Nor ds any expected. The Kinston spirit would attract a great toj.pedoetl but line affent(t 8ay tho deal of attention in the Middle West or New England. Giving almost as much attention to the city's business as to his own considerable manufacturing inter ests is Street Commissioner Ernest V. Webb. He can tell within fifty feet where paving is in progress at any time of the day. ' Some individuals are being "hit to the "tune of $2,000" by the paving. Many Will pay more than $1,000, says Mr. Webb. Three-fourths of the property-owners in town are affected di rectly, the remaining fourth indirect ly. Every person is benefiting. Hun dreds of loads of fertilizer are being put on grass and flower plats left be tween many streets and ' sidewalks, and in summer Kinston will bloom like a great garden. And all the pe titions aren't in, probably. 1 Others are looked for. r.''V Kinsion, says Mr. Webb, wUl . be ten times as well paved as its aver age neighbor town, and five times as well as the best of its neighbors. It will he the best-paved town of the size in the South. -And no town of about 12,000 population in. the his tory of the world has laid 85 or 90 blocks of sheet asphalt paving in a year's time before this, is Commist sioner Webb's belief. , ' cause is unknown. The U. S. embas sy had no reports, but is expected to ' get affidavits from Americans. Tha Sussex was towed into Boulogne har bor at 9:30 today. Details of the in cidents are still lacking. Of the 380 passengers 270 were women and children. JARCENSEN HAD NO CHANCE AGAINST HIM. (By the Eastern Press) Washington, N. C, March 25. Getting two "Straight falls,1 Joe Wil lis of this place defeated Sam Jar gensen, the Chicago wrestler, in 65 minutes at the old armory. Willi was much the lighter, bat the quicker man.-...' . ; "'- 'k ''- Washington, Mar. 25. The Domin ion liner Englishman was torpedoed at an unnamed time and place, Ameri can Consul Airmstrong today cabled the State Department Thirty-three survivors have been landed at, a Northern British port. V : ' Four Americans are believed to have been, lost They are not reported among the saved. Their names are Peter McDonald of Boston, P. Buck ley and M. A. Burke, addresses un known, all horseman, and George MacDonald of Lawrence, Mass. A total of sixty persons are reported saved. Many Americans Believed on Board. Portland, Me., Mar. 25. Forty-one American horsetenders.are believed to have been aboard the Dominion I'ner Englishman, bound fof- Port land to take horses back to tho Allies. SHACKLETON'S PARTY REPORTED IN DANGER WELL-KNOWN CHARLOTTE MAN COMMITS SUICIDE Charlotte, March 25. Pat V. Moo dy, 47, and prominent, shot himself here last night, dying instantly. ; He was married. Moody was a broth er to W. J.. Moody, connected with the Treasury Department at Raleigh. HI health waa the cause of his act. Moody was for 15 years . deputy clerk of Superior Court : ' (By the United Press) ; London, March 25. While the Gov-: ernment is "making hasty arrange ments for a relief expedition to go to the rescue of Lieut Shackleton's . Antarctic expedition, the New Zeal and authorities have been ordered to try to get into wireless communica tion with the ship Aurora, which re ported the Shackleton party to be in peril. . ; ' ' . ; RELEASE AMMUNITION : FOR THE CARRANZISTAS (By the United Press) Washington, ; March 23. -Mexican Ambassador Arredondo has arranged with Secretary Lansing for tho re lease of a cargo of ammunition from New York to Vera Cruz. -
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