VOL. XVII.-No.268
:,fv SECOND EDITION'
KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1916
FOUR PAGES
ntlCE TWO CENTS
IIVK CENTS ON TRAINS
j. AMERICANlIBASSlf REPORTS TO S STATE
LINER ZENT VICTIM
BIGGEST SUM EVER
SHAW WILL AHEMP
DEPARTMENT SUSSBX;WAS'TORPEDO'D BY
GERMAN SUBMARINE ; TENSION TIGHTENS
SUBMARINE; HALF-
PfiOPOSED; FOR ' THE
TO
HUNBR'D LOST LIVES
DEFENSE OF COAST
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TBIALFOR vMURDER
i
Renewed Fears of Break With-Kaiser, That Might Re
sult In War Attaches Scntby.iAmbassador to Paris to
Investigate the Matter Discovered Conclusively That
Channel Steamer Was Struck by Projectile From Teu
ton Underseaboat First Positive Information Had By
Washington-Prcsident and Secretary of State Ar
range for Conference That May Determine If America
,Washes,Its Hands of Germany
(By ROBERT, J. BENDER, United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington, April 6. American . embassy attaches
appointed to examine pieces of metal found aboard the
Sussex reported today that their-investigatioa shows that
. such pieces were parts of a German torpedo. Their find
ines are based on comparison of the metal pieces with the
;'. structure of captured German torpedoes at Paris.
The report made to the State Department is the first
positive information this government has received that a
i -u i A ii. . n
. German suDmanne auacKeu me oussex.
k The news immediately caused a tightening of the ten
sion in German-American relations. Fears of a diplom
atic break, with all the possible grave results, are renews
ed. Shortly after the report became public the President
and Secretary Lansing arranged for a White House con
ference. &&t?;$
Attackers Made No Attempt
to Rescue Persons Strug
: gling in the Sea
WENT DOWN FEW MINUTES
Lifeboats Capsized in Hur
ry of Getting Them Over
Eleven Were Landed at
Queenstown, Rescued by
Steamer that Stood By
GERMANS REPLACING
F
Seem Still Bent on Offens
ive at Vaux Front Are
Stripping Their Lines
f From Soissons to the East
for Reinforcements, Said
' (By United Press)
London. April 6 Heavy concentra
tion of Germans on the west bank of
Hie Meuse, and resumption of the
bombardment on the Vaux" front are
reported from Paris. The Gentians
,re stripping their lines from Sois
sons eastward for fresh troops and
exhausted regiments are being sent
to quieter sections of the line.
Fienth Official Statement.
Pris, April 6. The Germans
reached Haucourt village last night
in series of violent' assaults north
west of Verdun, the -war office today
announced. , Heavy German, attacks
on Bethincourt were repulsed. ' The
German advance was offset Vy an Im
portant French victory in the Cailles
woods. ' - . . - .-; ' , . .
MARTIN CO. MAN IS
SERIOUSLY -SHOT; A
NEGRO ENEMY HELD
Cecil Moore Wounded While
. He Slept Condition Crit
ical John Guilford Run
; Down by Dogs In Mar
, . tin Jail at Williamston -
iEWIS DEFENDS THE
":CITIZEN:50LDIERY
(By the Eastern Press) ...
Washington, N. 0., April 6. Cecil
Moore, white, is lying at the oint of
death at Everetts, N. C, and John
Guilford, colored, charged with
shooting Moore, is in the : Martin
county jail at Williamston. A delay
ed report states that Guilford is al
leged to have crep Ito the window of
a bedroom in Moore's home on 'Tues
day night and shot him as he slept.
They hal had cross words. -
Bloodhounds from this city (trailed
the coloied man yesterday. Guilford
is being held baillesa. ; ' ' ''
THE ODDEST, STORY IN
THENEWS 9FTHE DAY
National Guard Not a Political Or
A janization, But a Patriotic One--,
Vote Expected Soon On Striking
Out of Federal Reserve Front the
Qwpfwrlain Bill r
' ' - By Hie United Press)
" 'Washington, April , 6-HotIy - an-
ring the militia's critics, SenateM'
today declared the national
Uard a patriotic, and not a political
w!ani2ation,.in opposing the Cham
Main preparedness bill, on which a
is expected on the striking out
the measure of all provisions, for
1 Federal reserve. 1
DAN CUPIO MAKES THE .
SCHOOL BOARD STEP LIVELY
.V (By the United -Press)
Mmadelphia. Anril fi-So -manv
oc4 garden, teachers have beer! cap.
red by Pan Cupid since-last sum
-er that the! board of education held
vAamuuinaD io nil ;ine
Many marriages followed the.
of the- garuen4 Usi: gummer
J-ae rfiib,e Kst was virtually ex
basted. "
-lOntario, Cal, April 6. Y.! Etienne,
Frenchman, spied "Mado in Ger
many" on the razor his barber was
using.
'Vive La France!" -And Etienne
smashed the barber chair. "Abas les
Bodies!" and a table was shattered.
"Vive le. Jeanne d'Arc, vive Joffrc!"
-r-a settee crumbled into ruins, ' the
stove became debris, a mirror shiv
ered and the chandelier swung.
The neutral police came in.
XiOINGON IN NEARBY
H AtrnESMD ;GOUNTIES
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An unidentified white woman is in
a -New iBern hospital with a severe
Wound oa her head, inflicted;, with
some instrument, unknown to the ai
thorities. .Her condition is uncertain-
She is believed -to have gone to theJ
hospital accompanied " by a notorious
man-of the Pembroke section.
Ed. Stewart is the new mayor of
Washington, selected by the alder
men to (ill out the unexpired term of
Frank C'Kugler. resigned. tKugler
had a year more or less to serve.
Stewart is a. former maypr and re
tired business man.' , . v . J-':"
'The winter cruising fjenoA for the
coast guard cutter Pamlico has expired.
(By the United Press)
' London, April 6. The Elder liner
Zent lias been sunk. Forty-eight per
sons lost their lives. . The captain
ami ten survivors have been landed.
Queenstown this morning said the
Zent was torpedoed without warning
and sunk in a few minutes.
In an effort to get the boats over
quickly nearly every one capsized. A
submarine moved slowly ft", making
no effort to save those struggling in
the water. A steamer finally rescued
those taken to Queenstown.
ONLY TWO CASES FOR
TRIAL IN JONES COURT
. It is a remarkable term of court
that Judge Devin of Oxford, a new
jurist, is conducting at Trenton, ac
cording to Col. W. D. Pollock of this
city, just back from the Jones coun
ty seat.- "There were but two cases
and it a mixed term at that. There
was one criminal case. A white en
gineer was fined $40 and costs for
shooting a black, after the defense
had submitted. The court was engag
ed on the xnly civil case, not a very
important cause, when I. left.
"There isn't a prisoner in the Jones
county jail," Colonel Pollock says.
Sherley Bill Would Appro
priatc Nearly Thirty
five Millions
WANT MORE AVIATORS
Heads Department Militia
Affairs Advocate Million
Dollars for Equipping
National Guard Flyers In
Number of the States
(By the United Press)
Washington, April C. The biggest
appropriation for coast defenses in
the country's history was introduced
today by Sherley of Kentucky, car
rying an actual appropriation of $21,-
997,000 for fortifications, submarine
mines, field artillery and ammuni
tion. In addition it authorizes con
tracts aggregating $12,300,000.
Want National Guard Airmen. :
Washington, April C. lOol. Mclver
and Captain DeWiltof the division of
militia affairs of the War Depart
ment, today urged an appropriation
of a million dollars for a miliiUa avi
ation corps, with sections in Virgin
ia, Tennessee, California, Texas,
Kansas, Pennsylvania, Nebraska,
New York, Indiana and Rhode Island
DEATH OF A VETERAN OF
FOSTER'S RAID ON CITY
News has been received here of the
death of Mr. S. J. Langston at his
home in Grifton recently. He was in
his 85th year, and paralysis coupled
with the infirmities of old age was
responsible for his demise. The fun
eral and .interment were at Sharon
church. ' Mr. Langston was bom in
Lenoir county, near : Grainger, in
1931, and resided there until four
yearg ago. tie was a man of exem
plary character, well known and very
highly esteemed by his acquaintances.
He was a member of the Free Will
Baptist church. He served through
out the War Between the States. He
was injured during Foster's raid up-
this city, having his horse to fall up
on him. . He had been married forty
years, and is survived by his wife and
three children.
(By the United Press)
MUSS ADDAMS ILL.
New .York, April 6. Miss
Jane Adddms, the noted suffrag
, 1st sociologist, is suffering from '
tuberculosis of the kidney and is
in 'precarious state of health, al
though her condition shows some -
.improvement, , Emily Geebe
Blich said today before sailing as ;
Miss Addams alternate , at the
Ford peace tribunal in Stockholm.
REPORT.OF TODAY'S
.' COTTON RIARKET
Eight bales of cotton had been sold
here today by 3 o'clock, the bst, price
being 116-8 cents. ; New . York fu
tures quotations were: Open"
May 11-82
July-;; .....11.99
October .. .......... 12.16
December . . t 12.32
January 12 Jo
119
12.06
12.23
12.40
12.45
LA GRANGE BANK SHOWS
SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS
r:.
Rouse Banking Company Held Annu
al Meeting Wednesday Deposits
"Increased $45,000 Dividend De
claredOfficers Re-Elected Mr,
N... J. Rouse Is President
(Special to The Free Press)
LaGrange, N. C, April 5. The
stockholders of Rouse Banking Com
pany held their annual meeting at
LaGrange on Wednesday, April 6th.
The report of the cashier showed the
business of the bank ibo be in a grow
ing ,and flourishing condition. De
posits were $45,000 in excess of whaf
they. were at the annual meeting in
1915; the number of depositors had
grown so that now the bank has
nearly 800. The stockholders ere
highly pleased at itho showing made
by . the reports of the officers, ' Afie
large increase in the number of de
positors and the general business of
the bank showing that the institution
rests upon the confidence of ' the bus
iness community; and the ' deposits
and large-aimount of available funds
on hand and in banks, caused special
gratification, that the - institution
stood ready and . prepared to stand
back of and assist the friends and
patrons of the Bank in their business
endeavors and activities.
A dividend of 5 per cent.- was de
clared out of the earnings, leaving in-
tact the bank' surplus and unearned j
interest, which last item amounlted to-
several thousand dollars.
The stockholders elected the fol- j
lowing directors: K. E. Sutton, T. R.
Rouse, C. P. Barrow, D. L. M. Fields,
W, L. Hardy, R- G, Creech, Her
bert W. Davis, John R. Wooten,
Needham Grady, Alex. Sutton and N.
Rouse. Upon Ithe adjournment of
the stockholders' meeting , the Board
of Directors organized by re-electing
all the officers of the Bank; N. J.
Rouse, president; C. P. Barrow, vice
president; T. R. Rouse, Cashier, and
John P. Joyner and Emory P, Rouse,
bookkeepers. jf-
Has List Witnesses from a
Large Territory, Solici
tor Declares
THE SHERIFF IS SKEPTICAL
Doesn't Think Members o
Mob Who SJiot Joe Black
to Death Ever Be
Known to Officials "Per
sons Unknown,", Verdict
BIGGEST CHECK EVER .....
BEARS MORGAN'S NAME
TNew Tork, April i. A check for
slightly more than 70,703,600, said
to be the largest ever drawn,j)assed
through ' the New York Gearing
House today, ' It was made by J, P.
Morgan & Co. on a local bank to
the order of the Canadian' govern
ment in payment of ?75,000,00O par
value ' fiveper cent", bonds' recently
purchased by a syndicate of bankers.
Solicitor IT. K. Shaw has
started an investigation into the
lynching of Joseph Black. He
stated this afternoon that wit
nesses would be summoned from
all through surrounding coun
try. Col. Shaw declares that he
really expects to bring some
persons to trial, for "conspiracy,
breaking jnil and murder.'
"They , had no right to com--'
here and take that man out of
jail and lynch hint," he stated.
"That will nev,er do."
The Solicitor is hoping to have
a hearing by Saturday. ' ,
It is not likely that Will Black
will be lynched when he is carried
back to Greene county from the State
penitentiary for trial oh May 15, ac.
cording to what seems to be the gen
eral opinion in official circles. Gov
ernor iOraig is evidently trusting in
the honor of the Greene county citi
zenry in the matter; he is unwilling
to order a change of venue because
that would indicate that the law, in
hi9 'belief, could not be carried, out in
Greene. He did not set an earlier
date, of course, because a jury of cool
headed men in Greene would be a rare
se't now; it i3 improbable that they
could be secured. Besides, Whed
bee, who has the confidence of'th
people of this part of the State' in
the fullest, will 'be the judge presid
ing, ami every man. in lireene coun
ty realizes that there is no alterna
ive from, a death sentence possible
for the negro who assaulted a white
girl, beat a white woman and shot
two nien, and whose father was
lynched ill Greene county Wednesday
for incendiary remarks and furnish
ing the assailant with arms. .....
Kinston's frame of mind seems al
tered today. Nearly everyone ex
pressing nimseii. oeciares graurica
tion over, the fact that after the
Greone county men had raided the lo
cal' jail" and seized Joseph Black they
took the old darky back home witlh
them to execute him.
Officials do not like to taUk about
the matter. Some will; some will not.
So determined was' that mob that
there was not a power in the county
to stop them had all of Kinston been
advised of their coming,", according
to one. There are several persons
here who ridicule, tha't belief. J.'I.
Brown, commanding' the militia, said
Wednesday night in reply to a query
if, had he had an hour's time, could
he have stopped them: "I know I
ould have." He put emphasis on
the "know," and seemed positive that
with half a hundred disciplined men,
far better armed than the lynchers,
he could have kept Joe Black safe in
the Lenoir jail. ' Regulations of the
service or , State, laws forbid militia
using blank .cartridges nowadays,
forbid officers : parleying with mob
men, give them the authority to !take
over the Administration of a jail or
any placev without "declaring . mar
tial law, to go on duty without the
Governor's order or .anyone else's
and give them the privilege of acting
first and reporting", afterwards. . , ,
It is not improbable that a battal
ion of1, troops will go to Snow Hill 'to
"preserve order'? during the trial, it
is learned. from.a " higher-tip'?. source,
A ranking National Guard f officer
states that if anybody warits- to-fool
with the militia" he is satisfied some
body will get hurt. ': -'-','--;
i Sheriff A. W. Taylor today jpave
his account of the lynching! f .
.. "I did not know Joseph Black was
here. Sheriff - Williams of Greene
UNITED STATES TROOPS , AND CARRANZA
ADMIT THEY DON'T KNOW - WHERE BANDIT
LEADER. IS HIDING; FALSE INFORMATION
Villistas Deliberately Spreading Rumors to Handicap Pu
nitive ExpeditionPart of Outlaw Army Believed to
He Jn Country Between American Advance Guard and
Main BodySaid Villa Has Only 250 Men With Him
Many Arrests In Connection With Juarez Conspiracy
Funston Doesn't Want Field Artillery Sent From De
partment of Texas to Canal Zone Order Is Countermanded
Washington, April 6. At Funston's request the War
Department today countermanded the order for a squad
ron of the Fourth Field Artillery to go to Panama from
the Iirownsville district. General Funston merely said
the gunners ought to be retained where they are.
Villa Completely Lost to Troops.
El Paso, April 6. Villa apparently has completely
disappeared. Carranza and the American soldiers ad
mit they have known nothing of his whereabouts since the
Guerrero fight. Rumors are numerous, but these are con
flicting. Villa's friends are deliberately spreading some
to hinder the hunt. The latest information says Villa
has now 250 men. With eighteen arrests here and fifty
at Juarez, the insurrection plot is believed to have been
completely broken up. l.
Garcia Wishes Troops Were Home.
El Paso, April 6. Consul Garcia, chief of the Carran-
za officials here, today declared he favors . withdrawing
of the American troops from Mexico. . .
Expect Long Stay In Mexico.
(By H. D. Jacobs, United Press Staff Correspondent)
American Field Headquarters,; Near Casas-Grandes,
April 6. The. consensus of opinionat Pershing's head
quarters is that the object of the punitive, expedition is
still far from accomplished. A long stay, in Mexico is
expected unless an unexpected stroke places Yilla in the
nanus oi tne uniiea caaies suuuers or iarraiizasuus. auk.
Tenth cavalry's fight Saturday at Ojo Calientes, .which the
American vanguard passed two; weeks-agof-shows the
presence yet of Villistas between the Americans farthest
south and the border. . -
COLORED BABY -WAS
INCINERATED FIRE
One House Ruined, Two
Damaged Carelessness
of Girl Cost Childs' Life.
Monetary Damage More
Than $500 In Blaze Today
A two-year-old boy chi'U was ere-
mated, one house-was practically
ruined and two other houses damag.
ed by a fire in Carraway strept,this
morning at 11:40 o'clock. , The fire,
originating probably from a stove
in a dwcliing occupied by Mark Dog-
gett, colored, had gained much head
way before the department was call-
fed. ' The flames had communicated to
two adjoining house, but the firemen
quickly extinguished them.
The child was the son of Doggeit.
A 14-year-old girl had been left in
charge of the house. She had gone
out and the lire started in jher ab
sence. One other child in the house
with the infant saved itself. The
burned child was almost incinerated.
The itotal damage was between $500
and ?750. )
A;P.ERSON:DISLOYAL
ToaiiiioT
GOOD CITIZEN; SAYS
S. M. Brinson Tells Lenoir
People Constitution De
mands Allegiance to the ;
Cause of Enlightenment.
, Coahoma Commencement
WORKMAN INJURED.
John Miller, white, fell from a
house on which he was working in
the eastern part fit the city this af
ternoon, sustaining badly cut fingers
and a scalp wound from landing on
glass or other sharp material. ' '
county, anticipating an attack on the
Snow Hill jail, elecreUy tok Black
out and brought him to the jail here,
cpmmg over.,a. circuitous route, by
way of Grainger and (back streets of
Kinston. - Ha. bundled , him. jinto the
jail and told Jailer Allen not to say
a word about his incarceration. Wil
liams. - I suppose, (thought ; he had
fooled the mobi He had not. It is
believed that men of the Maury, Liz
(Continued on Fage Two) '
. - Between 300 and 400 persons at
tended tho Coahoma group com
mencement at Coahoma ?chool today.
Ail five of the -schools an the group
Coahoma, McGo wan, : Mill Branch,
Waller, and SMaple Branch were re
presented, and schools in. Ithe vicinity
not members of the group suspended
for the day in order that the pupils
might attend the exercises. They
were transported in wagons to the
group center. ' , , ':
"- Visitors included Supt. Kinsey, As
sistant Miss Hailtie Parrott, S. M.
Brinson, of Craven, and Asst. Supt.
Alice Bowman of Craven, and Mr.
0. P.-' Mc Ct a ry,-county farm demon
s' rati. in Bgtjlt.
A declamation medal was awarded '
to Miss Nell " Wooten of Coahoma
Echool. The donor waa Miss Kath
leen Wootorc of the Kinston schot)l3.
Superintendent Kinsey made the pre
sentation address. -
Mr. Brinson made the principal
address. His theme was (the import
ance of education. He declared that
any man who did not favor education
was disloyal to the Constitution ' of
North Carolina. A:
"A dinner was set for the hundreds
of visitors on the school t grounds.
Barbecue, chicken and all the other
native edibles were present in abun
dance. It was a feast he-tily en
joyed and ithe guests declared the
Coahoma people most satisfactory
entertainers. '. . ,
YA etory-telling contest, a musical
program and games,' including ath
letic contests, were features of the
program, . . '