-V' IT THE IXE WEB THB! WEATHBJf 1 Partly Cloudy Tonliht uj 1 omorrow, Wnn VOL. XVILNo. 262 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1916 FOUR PAGES PRICK TWO CENTS " ir IVE CENTS ON TRAIN! VILLI DREW FUNDS FROM AMERICA AND ELSEWHERE, STATED MALANCOURT APT TO IS LITTLE DOUBT LEFT NOW THAT AMERICA WILL SEVER RELATIONS WITH KAISER IF PROVEDTHATSUSTX WAS VICTIM U-BOAT FALL INTO GERMAN TO MAKE A BID FOR E. CAROLINA R'ROAD HANDS SOON, BELIEF FREE PRESS Golden Festiial In Kinston and Vicinity for Coming Weeks . .. ,-'-l . Jl J. -if '- '1'- ' '., I Bcsnd ta Interest All .Who -two Big 1916 Model Touring Cars-Six Otter Val Bible Prizes to Be Awarded Faithful Contestants As predicted by the Contest Man ager yesterday. ' the announcement that The Free Press would five away two touring oars and many other prizes absolutely without cost dur ing the next few weeks, caused much comment, and no little excitement in the City of Kinston as well es the outlying territory covered by the Daily and the Semi-Weekly Free Press. Many people were quick to see what this campaign could be made to mean to them, and haatoned to enter the -contest. A large number of nominations have already been re ceived. They have come from near ly every locality where Tho Free Press- circulates. They represent some of the most prominent and best known people in the country. The full details of this wonderful contest, all about the prizes, how they are to be awarded how to enter, how to vote, etc., appear in today's issue of The Free Press. Study over the details of this campaign, then enter your name or tho name of a friend at once. The Prizes. The prizes in this great enterprise ar many end Mst v)"6- There are first of all, two of the very lat est modeJ fully equipped Touring Cars ""These, two cars will be award IffiGETT SAVES THE OF NAVY ill Would Not Let Him Be In terrupted During Very lengthy Statement BEVY OF-BIG NAVY MEN 'V , . Were Ready to Go After Daniels'. Scalp Explains How It Will Be Necessary to Enlist 23,000 Men to Secure Stated Increase t (By the United Press) - ;Washihgton,"March 30. The long Anticipated heckling' of Daniels by big navy men was staved off today by Chairman Padgett of the House na val committee, when the v secretary appeared before the committee.. Pad get insisted that Daniels foe permit ted to complete a 'long statement be P' kein questioned. Daniels ex plained, his plan to increase the navy personnel 5 by fifteen thousand men, and warned the committee- against paying too much heed to recommen dations of individual officers who do not agree with the general board. 4Mr-, Daniels explained that to in crease.the membership by 15,000 men H would be necessary to examine 140,000 applicants and enlist twenty, three thousand, owing to a number of enlistments expiring. Daniels Outlines Plan. ;To increase the officers of the navy Mr. Daniels recommended ! the ap pointment of 30 civilian engineers each year for ten yearsand appoint ent of 23 civilian Aviators each year for five years.'a well as con tinuing assigning of naval officers to the aviation corps, and the ap pointment of civilian educators at Annapolis so that a majority of the 90 officers there could be available for .active service. He urged the appro priation ot $150,000 for civilian edu cators at Annapolis. o mm m X A .JL f - u ire Ambitious and Energetic ed to the two people in the contest who secure the two highest vote to tals, regardless of distract limita tions. For convenience, there are two districts. The City of Kineton is dis trict one, and all" territory outside of the city is district two. Each of these two districts will receive three prizes as follows: The First Prize in District One is a Genuine Diamond Ring, perfect cut white stone, Value, ?75, purchased from the Mewborn Jewelry Company of Kinston; the Second Prize is a 14-K Gold Watch, Elgin movements, purchased from the Mewborn Jewelry Company; the Third Prize is a Bank Account of $25 at the First National Bank of Kinston. The First Prize in District Two is a Genuine Diamond Ring sim ilar tothe one offered in District One, value, $76, purchased from the Lynch Jewelry Company; the Second Prize is a 14-K Gold Watch, similar to the watch in District One, purchased from Mewborn Jewelry Company; the Third Prize is a Bank Account of ?25 in .the Farmers and Merchants Bank of Kinston. There wilK be awarded .after the two touring cars in order of the standing in each district. All others who take part in the contest and do not win one of these prizes will be paid a commis .. (Continued on Page Three) ; RAILROAD EMPLOYES SEND IJLTIMATUM TO HEADS OF C'lPANIES Demands for 8-Hour, Day and Time-and-Half for Overtime Submitted By Leaders of 36,000 Men Threatening to Strike (By the United Press) Cleveland, March 3p. Three hun dred and sixty thousand employes to day submitted demands to 458 Am erican railroads for an 8-hour day and time and a half pay for overtime. The roads are notified that a writ ten answer is expected y April 29. SAY LENOIR'S LINK HIGHWAY BAD SHAPE Craven Autolsts Criticize Road's Con ditionSome Overhauling Will Have to Be Done to Prevent Bad Report by Inspectors Next Month. "A New Bern autoist who yester day, made the trip from New Bern to Kinston declares that the Central Highway. in, Craven county, the road leading to Kinstoh is in fine shape, and that he covered 30 miles of this in one hour, but when he struck the Lenoir county section of the highway he encountered a ibad road and only covered ten miles in an hour," said the New Bern SunJournal Wednes day evening. A number of similar reports had been had, the newspaper stated, "and unless Lenoir fixes up her section the inspectors next month will doubtless criticize them for their negligence." V Although autoists from New Bern criticize the, Lenoir road, they "give high praise to Kinston's well-paved Streets and declare that the town is now one pf the best-paved In the State." Kinston has spent "several thousand" dollars in improving her streets. ."': i-v '. Six Craven county now seeking divorces. persons . are Justice Department Has a Mass of Evidence, Admit ted Today WILL BE MANY ARRESTS Agents In Position to Make Some Now, But Do Not Want to Frighten Off Men Higher Up In Plot Conspirator Knows Lot , (By the United Press) Washington, March 30. The Jus tice Department expects early devel opments in the investigation into the mysterious source of Villa's funds. It was iearnea today mat tne depart ment has a mass of evidence tending to show 'that there has been Ameri can and foreign support for the ban dit , v , Ilorst Von Der Goltz, brought from England to testify in bomb plot cases, was formerly with Villa in Mexico, and has been questioned along this fine. He is believed to-have valua ble information regarding large funds given Villa. The department already has evidence justifying the arrest of several persons, but wants to wait to prevent "higher ups" elud ing the net. MANY- pEMS ARE HURT IN SMASHUP ELECTRICS Collision Near Chicago In Fog To "" day Twenty to 30 Injured, Report edBoth Trains Telescoped None .Killed Suburbans Came Together . On Argo-Cicero Line in the Dense ' Weather Chicago, ,, March 30. Twenty to thirty persons we're injured, some se riously, when two suburban electric trains crashed head on on the Argo Cicero line in a fog today. Both were, "telescoped. None wa3 killed t VILLA IN MOUNTAINS TO AMERICANS LEFT PERMISSION TO USE Carrahza Immediately Complies With Second Formal Re quest From Washington Government and Officials Are Relieved Chase for Outlaw, Known to Be In High Country, Resolves Itself Into a Man-Hunt Dodd and Cavalry Column at Turning of Road Into Mountains Raising Big Reward for Bandit at Monterey Officer Dies From Pneumonia Contracted Below the Border (By the United Press) Washington, March 30. The Villa expedition contin ues merely a man hunt. The last fear of complications is believed to have been removed by Carranza's agreement to let the Americans use Mexican railways for supplies, officials today believed. . San Antonio; March 30. Unofficial reports to army headquarters declare Villa is in the Guerrero mountains, and Dodd's cavalry has reached the railroad that swings southwest from Chihuahua City. Officer Dead of Pneumonia. El Paso, Texas, March 29. J o seph V- Allison, second lieutenant of the Thirteenth Cavalry, who was brought back to the base hospital at Fort Bliss Tfrom General Pershing's army in Mexico Buffering from a cold that developed into pneumonia, died today. ' V Carranza Gives Permission for Use of Railroads. Washington, March 29. One of the anny's most serious problem in hunting Villa was solved today when General Carranza promptly granted the renewed request of the State De partment for permission to use the Mexican Northwestern Railroad in Teutons Making Furious Assaults; Seek Town and Roadheads TERRIFIC BIG GUN FIRE French Gunners On Dead Man Hill and In Other Positions Striving Hero ically to Prevent Capture of Important Position (By the United Press) Paris, Mar. 30. The repulse of German attempts to recover the French positions in Avoncourt; is reported at the war office. The Germans have been completely checked at Malancourt. London, March 30. Having gain ed a foothold, at Malancourt, the Ger mans are driving forward furiously to capture the whole village and two important highways intersecting the town. The French position s ex tremely perilous. German artillery is pouring a ter rific fire into the French works. . The French are replying from Dead Man Hill and other points which com mand the Malancourt highways. HARTNESS HERE, GOT LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT J. A. Hartness, candidate for Secre tary of State from Statesville, called upon the Jocal Democratic leaders Wednesday afternoon. He said he was gratified over his reception here, but it is known that Mr. Hatrness got no especial encouragement from the Lenoir county bosses. Grimes, say those , who claim to know, is looking up far and away the biggest of tho candidates in this section. "He has improved considerably during his ten ure, and he will be sent back beyond a doubt," according to one man sup- porting the Pitt county man BUT NO HINDRANCE WITH SRANfft OF MEXICAN RAILROADS carrying out the pursuit General Carranza received the new request this morning; his answer was in Washington before dark. It was contained in a brief message from John L. Rodgers, special agent of the United States at Queretaro, saying the head of the de facto government agreed to the commercial use of the line. i ' - ' Big Reward for Villa. Brownsville-, Tex Mar. 28. Ameri incan and Mexican business men at Monterey ere endeavoring to raise $50,000 in gold as a reward for Vil la, dead or alive, it was reported here today. It is planned to have the reward go either to the captors or to a .charitable institution! . Chamber of Commerce to Urge Bridgers Extend to This City CONNECTS AT GRAINGER Only 7 Miles of Track Would Have to Be Laid Could Build On to Pol locksville for a Junction With New Bern, Etc Snow Hill, it became known today, is to have a rival bidder for tho East Carolina Railroad, reported as certain to be extended from Hookerton to some other point within the next two or three months. The Kinston Cham ber of Commerce is going after the road, and going after it "good end strong,' 'too. But seven miles of track will have to be laid to connect tho road with this city. The Chamber will propose to Pres ident Bridgers of the East Carolina lhat the road be extended to Grain ger, aoout nve mnes irom nere, ana use the Atlantic Coast Line's track into Kinston. That would give the East (Carolina a continuous route from its Northern terminus at Tar boro, to the terminus of the Kinston Woldon branch of tho A. C. L. here. "Big business" will be offered to Mr Rridgers and his associates as an in ducement. The connection, the Kin ston Chamber estimates, would be a tremendous thing for Kinston and the road as well. . . Mr. Bridgors will be reminded that the Chamber understands that the Atlantic Coast Line has a right-of- way f rom this city to Pollocksville, on the New Bern-Wilmington branch The extension to Kinston would af ford numerous shortcuts. The dis tance to the North from this city, New Bern and Wilmington, by the connection at Pollocksvil , would bo considerably (shortened. The Nor folk Southern Railroad, of course, would probably find the new line a lively competitor.- The East Carolina has contemplat ed extending to Snow Hill, and from there either to Fremont or Seven Springs. If the owners will not build direct to Kinston from Hookerton, the present southern terminus, they will be asked to direct the route to Grainger from Snow Hill instead of taking it southwest or west. Cham ber of Commerce officials believe they will find it easy to convince the East Carolina owners that the connection with Kinston is the best thing pos-ai- for the road. 'EGGS' BV THE MILLIONS; A PROFITABLE INDUSTRY Wilmington, March 29. Wilming ton fishermen are being offered $20 a million for shad eggs. While this would not figure out a dozen basis with hen eggs, tho fishermen are finding the industry more profitable. The master of the government fish hatchery, Fish Hawk, takes this means to replenish the supply of shad in the Cape Fear. The fisher men do not even give the "lady shad" time to cackle, remove the roe and sell the fish, - making consider ably more than $1.50 from each roe shad. PORTRAITS TWO NOTED TARHEEL Richmond, March 29. Two par traits of distinguished sons of North Carolina were presented with impres sive ceremonies today to the North Carolina room in the Confederate Museum. One of the portraits was that of Major Orren Randolph Smith, designer of the Confederate flag, and the other was that of Col. Risden Ty ler Bennett of the Fourteenth North Carolina Regiment, C S. An and af ter the war a member of the Nation al House of Representative? Another Campaign of Terror Seems to Have Beeni Com menccd by Teuton Submersibles Under Direction Von Tirpitz's Successor Affidavits of Americans On Board Vessels Recently Torpedoed Now On Way to Wash ingtonOnly Complete Settlement of Entire Contro versy Will Satisfy Administration Germans Say Sus sex Was Not Sunk by Teuton Undersea Boat and That Englishman Case Was Justified (By United Press) Washington, March 30. Any expectation that Ameri ca will recede from its determination to sever relations , with Germany if it is irrefutably proved that a German submarine sunk the Sussex has been removed. It was in timated today following news of the latest torpedoing, thaf rf ihn Wcurla Pri"f vm'fh Amorinona ahnarrl that. Wllv prompt and complete settlement of the whole submarine issue can prevent the threatened rupture. Some officials believe a settlement would be more likely after severance ; of relations than before. New Campaign Submarine Terrorism. t London, March 30. The view is taken that German submarines have entered upon a new campaign of terror ism despite contrary Berlin reports, following sworn statements concerning reported attacks upon four ves sels with Americans aboard, now en route to Washington. Von Bernstorff Sees Polk. , Washington, March 30. German Ambassador Von Bernstorff today at noon spent a few minutes with Coun sellor Polk of the State Department. They, merely dis cussed commercial questions, it was said. The latest sub marine activities were not discussed. No German U-Boat In Sussex Case, Declared. 1 German circles here express the belief that no Teuton submarine was concerned in the Sussex case. As for the Englishman sinking, the Germans insist she was legiti mate prey, since she. attempted1 to escape. . - , MORE THAN TW'NTY THREE HUNDRED IN CITY SCHOOLS NOV Increase of More Than 400 Over Year 1915 Maximum Enrollm'nt Spare Room In Buildings Being Used. 200 More Negro Children Two thousand, thres hundred and tent That is the present enrollment of the. Kinston City Schools. The fig ures are calculated to cause surprise to most persona in the city. The increase is more than 400 over last year's maximum. The largest enrollment during the 1914-'15 scho lastic year was 1,851, Children are -overflowing from the two buildings for whites and the ne gro school on Tower Hill road as well. The new High School, occupied during the present school year was designed to take care of the city's school needs for the next five years; that is. together with the Peyton avenue building, and the colored school on Tower Hill oad. Office rooms and basement space in the white buildings are being used now. A new structure will have to be had immediately, it seems. Another in crease of 459 in one year's time would send the authorities hustling around to lease vacant dwellings, or storerooms, etc., probably. It is due the colored people to state that they came in for more than their proportion of the increase. They sent about 200 more of their young sters, to school this year. Strenuous attempts to enforce the compulsory education law had a desired effect on many colored parents. New York, March 28. The Aero Club of America announced today that because, of the law which pre vents the- United States government from, accepting gifts, it had offered to sell to the government for 1 dollar each the two high-powered aero planes it recently proffered for use in Mexico. - y -. - CHAUTAUQUA TO BE BIGGER Sit THIS SUISMERJAN LAST Expected to Be Held In June Swarthmore Peo pie to Have Charge of At tractions Again To Take In Larger Territory Kinston is expected to have its an- ' nual chautauqua in June this year. it was stated at the Chamber of Com merce office today. The dates have not been announced. The attractions will again be furnished by the Chau tauqua Association of Swarthmore, Pa., which company has put on ex- -cellent programs here in the past two yeais. A meeting of all the guaran tors has been called for Tuesday night at 7:30 o'clock,' in ,the Cham ber's rooms. Directors of the Cham ber will meet with them. The chautauqua this wear will he advertised to the limit. A larger tar- , ritory will be billed than last year. This city in 1914 and 15 was one of tho best places on the circuit, the' chautauqua managers stated, and it is intended for it Jto make a record for the State this summer, regardless of the populations of larger towns on the circuit. Following are the guarantors: Wm. Hayes, N. B. Evans, C. W. Harts field, D. E. Wood, T. V. Moscley, Htjames M. Parrott, D. F. Woot en, E. W. Bizzell, T. W, Mewborn, Dr. R'. A. Whitaker. L. T. Whit field, W. E. Parrott, J.: W. Braxton, G. T. Fleming, "W. C Fields, J. F. Harvey, Geo. B. Green, Chester A. Walsh, W. C. Knox, W. J. Mathes, R. R. Rouse, Bernard P. Smith, Y. T. Ormond, H. E. Shaw, W. E. Mewborn, W. H.- O'Berry, O. M. Ratledge, R. L. Patrick, W. B. -Douglass, L. C. Parrott, F. Fitts, G. G. Moore, H. A. Humble, II. F. taws, Sol. Oeftinger, K. E. Blaml, W. B. Coleman, L. A. Claytor, I -. Ira. M. Hardy, T. II. Eritt, Dr. Z. V. Moseley, John G. Co:, J. A. (Continued on Tyje I )