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VOL. XVII. No. 272
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, ATOIL 12, 1916
FOUR PAGES
MICK TWO CKNT8 1
IVE CENTS ON TRAINS
mm M REPORTED;
t ' SUPPLIES SHIPPED (
IE pi FOR FIIST Til OFFICIALLY
Quartermaster at El Paso Consignor of Trainload Grain
and Jlay for ' Mounts Carranza Censor Suppresses
News of Rumored Engagement Between Jiminez and
Parral National Guard Will Be Called Into Service If
More Are Needed In Campaign Death of Villa or In
ability; to Get Enough
Would Prevent Sending
' (By the United Press)
- Washington, April 12.
regon. o tne Mexican embassy today said Villa, accord
ing to reports, has gone into the mountains wounded
witn 150 foubwersv; ; ' ; ; , ' .
i fiumor "of BattieOver Line.
Militia Mav Yet' See Sorvfrp. ' :
Washington, April 12. Although army men today
believed the Villa hunt' forces sufficient for the task, they
admitted that State militia troops must be drafted if any
..llW.A .JJ.1 1 A - 1 1 -1-1
wr-y-MMgv- uuuiucr ui auuiuunai iroops is neeaea later.
Two conditions making such a step unnecessary are Vil
la's capture or death or that supplies now being snipped
prove .insuuicient ior ine troops.
El Paso, Aprfl 12.-AA. battle is reported to have been
fought between Jiminez and Parral, but the Carranza
censorship makes it impossible to learn 'the forces en
gaged.'";'," ' -
Supplies Officially Sent by Rail .
Washington, April 12. The first supplies with a U.
S. quartermaster at El Paso as consignor, left El Paso
yesterday over the Mexican Central Railroad for Parral.
TheV consisted of four cars of oats and five of hay, The
shipment was the first oyer
affords a more direct route
ESOSTMLOCK F(IR
THE STATE
W THIS DISTRICT
Colonel Called Best Man
' - Available by Friends A
Vigorous Campaign Ex
pected to Send Him to the
Assembly Popular Man
Col W. D. Pollock was "brought
out1 for State Senator at a gathering
of his friends- in the law offices of
Loftin. Dawson & Manning Tuesday
wening at 8 o'clock. It was decided
to begin a vigorous campaign in fa-
wr of the Colonel's candidacy and
. have him elected, for which there
: eetni to be a good chance, it is said,
as Lenoir' county candidate and as
tfie best man available. He is popu
lar in those counties of the district
in which he is 'well-known. 1 As a law-,
yer he has the acquaintance of many
prominent persona in all six of . the
counties Greene- "Lcnijir, Craven,
Carteret, Tones 'and " O.isloiW, The
district "is entitled to two Senators'.
IvTio'will be Colonel Pollock's col-
,dgue is noi geAcrt'Iy known, if
incwii at all to hi's champions here.
, i'cmocratlj t. leaders nay p. Co iel
OMW.-K. ts iR'i .,ronge3 5 puss,
in the 'district for 'th V f ll'ce.' H
long and, rrediUibls record.
Iwloclc 'ts lha t.'troncres!; possibility
Ha has
as a
Pt-tyman. to some campaigns he has
been the keynoter. His eloquence fs
gowned, and frequently has tpk-J
n the tump in advocacy 'or defense
of spjne issue for the right and his
Party.' , v . ,
i "Letters will he written to leaders in
.sll the counties calling to their at
tention ithe merits of the; Lenoir can
didate.
!
OF THE DAY .
ON COTTON MARKET
, Seven bales of cotton were
sold
here today. - The best price was
JH-2 cents. ,. Todays futures oraota-
tions were:
aV .. . .
"y ..
Ortehw'.v
fcember
January . .
Open
.11.60
.12.06
.12.21'
Close
il.83
11.97
12.12
128
12.34
r
.12.43
SENATE
VER RAILROADS TO
Supplies - iiito Mexico Only
of Militia ' v
A dispatch from General Ob-
the Mexican Central which
tnan tne JNonnwestern.
PA
Bar Association (Deplores
Sad Event at Wilming
ton Judge "Bond Tells
. Superior Court Brth-er-in-Law
of Rountree
The case of lOopeland vs. Howard
was non-suited in Superior Court
this morning. This cause followed
the serving of a claim of delivery for
a mule upon S. M. Howard by Cope.
land Bros. Howard took the matter
to court. He appealed from tho
court's action today.
4 Jadge Bond delivered a message of
the death of the late Hon. Junius; Da
vis, the noted Wilmington lawyer, to
the court at the opening this morn
ing. Mri 'Davis was known to many
persons here; he was a brother-in-
law of Judge George Rountree, for
merly of this city. The Bar Asso
ciation passed the following resolu
tions:, ' .'
r At the opening of court ithis
morning 'Judge JBond suggested to
the bar present, that in his judgment
it would be. appropriate that we ex
press regret at the death of Hon. Ju
nius Davis of Wilmington, Whose well
rounded career, the papers announce
has Just closed. Also that we tender
our sympathy' to his family.
'6n motion of Col. W. D, Pollock
such resolution was adopted by a ris
ing vote, and the cleric was request
ed by the presiding judge to enter
this memorandum on the minutes and
send a copy to Hon. T. W. Davis at
Wilmington, N. C." " ;
JUNIUS DAVIS. LEADING
WlLEilGf ONIAN, IS DEAD
, 'Wilmington. April 11 Junius Da
vis, Esq., one of the foremost law
yers ofahe State, and regarded as
one of Wilmington's leading citizens,
died shortly after 3 o'clock this after
noon at . his home on Greenville
Sound, after an illness of three years.
He was in" the' 71t year of his age.
Mr. Davis was a eon of George Da
vis, member of the cabinet of Jeffer
son Davis. , - "
regre;
UNIUS
DAVIS
SED HERE
lis
CONGRESSMEN THEY
AREN'T 'WHOLE SHOW
"Almost Belligerent" Be-
fore Committee On Dis
trict Affairs
FOLLOWS DAD'S EXAR1PLE
Daughter of White House
Broke a PrecedentShe
Wants Grown-ups to Be
" Allowed Use of Schools
After Hours She Won
(By the United Press)
Washington, April 12. The race
issue was injected into a hearing of
the House committee on District of
Columbia affairs today when it grant
ed a proposal by Miss Margaret Wil
son that school buildings, be used for
community centers for grown-ups out
of school hours. It was the first time
a daughter of a President ever ap
peared before a congressional com
mittee. The big caucus room had to
be used because of the crowds.
Miss Wilson stood the Southern
members', near-heckling in an almost
belligerent fashion. The race!ssue
will take care of itself, she itold. the
committee.' ' Congress has no busi
ness to tell the people how they shall
use their own school property, she
said. .
Daniels Must Give Senate
Information. '
Washington,' April 12. The Senate
today ; unanimously adopted the
Lodge ' resolution 'directing Secretary
Daniels to publish two fiitherto sup
pressed documents of the report ; of
the General Naval Board in Aug
ust, 1914.' and another, by Admiral
Fiske in November of 1914.
CHINESE PROVINCE .
SECEDJED, REPORTE
(By the United Press) ,
iShanghai, ."April ' 17-The Chi-
province I Che Ktang ihas seceded
from the Republic, according to dis
patches, t rih. ,
WILL TAKE OCCASION
t" . v ' . -
TO ROAST COLONEL
Interest Centers In Coming
Address Before .Common
Counsel Club Wilson to
Outline Administration's
Achievements ' '
(By the United Press)
Washington,", April 12. Political
interest is centered on the address
President ;, Wilson : will make tomor
row at the Common Counsel Club's
banquet to the Democratic State
chairman. :
ilt is believed he will studiously
avoid strong political utterances. But
will point out what the administra
tion, has accomplished and what it
hopes to 'accomplish, if it gets four
years more.
It is thought he may take some hot
shots at Roosevelt.
Minister
n
it
y(Bj ihe United Press)
' Durham," April 12.-L. E. Robbins,
a Methodist minister, was today sen
tenced in Greensboro court to aixty
days on the' Guilford county roads for
passing worthless checks. Tie was re
leased on a f200 bond pending appeal.
MISS
WILSON
PRESIDNT
SALVATIONISTS TQ
LOCATE
IN NEXT
POST HERE
FEW WEEKS
Officers of
the Army Here
to Secure Quarters
Three Persons' Will Com
prise Garrison for Start
Some Resident Members
A Salvation Army post will be
opened here about May 1. according
to Capts. Leonard Van Egmond and
Vendeville, who are in the city mak
ing preparations for the establish
ment of a garrison. Captain Vende
ville will be "in charge of the post,
for the first (few weeks, at any rate.
Both officers are from New Bern,
where there has been a flourishing
post for some years.
There are now several resident
members of the array in Kinston, and
numerous friends of .the great inter
national organization. The forces in
the State have worked in the city
spasmodically for many years. Once
or twice before efforts have been
made to locate a garrison, but each
time there wai difficulty in securing
quarters, etc. Capts. Van Egmond
and Vendeville are looking about now
for a place for barracks. They evi
dently intend to continue 4he quest
until successful,' this time. Captain
Vendeville will have bs his assistants
to begin with bis wife and one help
er, tfept. van fegmond is a Hollan
der, but has takeh out his first pa
pers for citizenship.
Miss Lucile Brown Wins
Place on the Honor Roll
The Race for This Position
Yesterday's IJst Revealed
feature of The Free Press
Very Interesting Everyone Has a Chance
Prize
HONOR ROLL
Highest Daily Cash Report on
Subscriptions .
Two-Pound Box of Lowney'a
Chocolates, fresh , from Skin
ner's, at 127 N. Queen Street,
will be given to each Honor
Roll candidate. ' 1 v-
Mr. II. L. Pate, La Grange.
R. 3, Monday. ' 1
Miss, Lucille Brown, Ayden.
?"The aVguThent lor the second posi
tion on the Honor Roll of the Daily
Free Press contest is over. The race
for the position was as close as the
one on Monday, After the final re
turns were in and counted, it was
known that Miss Lucille Brown , of
Ayden had, succeeded, in reaching the
highest place. This is the second vic
tory for District No. 2.
, Miss Brown, as the winner on Tues
day, is entitled to a two-pound box
of Lowneys chocolates from Skin
ner's at 127 North Queeh street.
j Mr. H. L. Pate, who won Monday,
was a very close second. There was
very little difference between ; the
two reports. Running just behind
Mr. Pate was Miss Janie Hardy. Oth
er candidates who turned in good re
ports were Miss Jane "Tilghman of
this city, Miss Sadie Waller of R. F,
D. 5 ,and Miss Dora Diamond, of Kin
ston. Today the race promises to be
even more ' exciting than " ever, as
more people are becoming aware of
the benefit that can be derived from
the honor of this position. Then, too,
there H i the chocolates. - ,
New Candidates Entering.
'iMany, new candidate's ; have been
taking advantage of the Honor Roll
feature and have entered tha, contest
with the hope of placing themselves
at the front immediately. This is
precisely for what the Honor Roll is
intended. . A few hours among your
friends will place any person in prom
FREP DRVE BACP
GERMANS AT EVERY
ASSAULT, REPORTED
o .. . . . . . . . . . ,
Teutons Fiercely Attacking
Approaches to Dead
Man's liill "
UQUID FQtE PIPL0YE0
Athens Reports Beginning
of the German Offensive
" Against1 Positions on the
Frontier of Greece Held
By Allied Forces
(By the United Press)
Paris, April 11 Transferring act
ivities back to the west bank of the
Meuec, the Germans are fiercely at.
tacking the northeast approaches ol
Dead Man's Hill through the Cuerette
woods. Flaming liquids are again be
'ng ujed. The war offtco announced
that all attacks have ieen repulsed.
Activities in Near East.
Athens, April 12. Groek papers
today announced that a Gorman of
fensive is beginning against the Deve
Tepe fortifications on the Greek
frontier, held by the Allies.
Berlin, April W.-More than three
thousand British have been killed and
wounded and a thousand wounded in
an unsuccessful attack on the Turk
ish line near Kut-el-Amara. the Tur
kish war office today reported.
Is Becoming Very Keen
Many New Names This
Contest Is Proving to Be
for the
inence with any candidate on the list.
You may not necessarily want acar
or any other of .the prizes on the list
Vou may have everything that you
wish and still 'you will find that the
contest is worth your while to enter,
There is plenty of excitement prom
ised. , There is the friendly competi
tion tnat your (father or husband 4s
meeting . with in a sterner manner
every day of his business life. In the
end there fs success, the result of a
well directed campaign,, of friends.
and of energy, all due to your person
ality. Besides, yon Will meet new
people, make more friends, and learn
a great deal about human nature from
actual experience. Others have en
tered for those same reasons, so why
not you before H is too late. And re
member, there is the special prize
this week, the two-pound . box of
Lowney's " famous chocolates ' fresh
from Skinners." Start .today and
make the Honor Roll.'
Reserve Coupons. '
Many candidates do not yet under
stand about the reserve vote coupons.
For their Ibenefitj this feature will be
explained again. First of all every
vote that is turned in is counted. You
will not. ; lose a ' single ; vote that fs
turned in at the office. When you
turn in a subscription, the coupon is
given back to you.! In the case of the
out-of-town 'candidates, is is mailed.
This is the coupon at the bottom of
your report sheet. The amount on
tins' coupon is not placed to your
credit on the list in the paper until
you send it hack for that purpose.
Thus you control your own votes. The
same way with the clipped'eoupons.
If you send in more than can be pub
lished, a coupon is made out for that
extra amount and returned to you.
These coupons that you got back are
good for their face value at any time
during the contest. . But as long as
you hold this coupon it is not placed
to your credit oft theliskIt is not
a receipt of what is printed in. the
paper. They are your reserve votes.
The list will be published in the pa
per on Tuesdays and Saturdays' -
GILES AND
DROGDEN
ATTEND A RY GROVE
CO'MENCEM'T TODAY
Half Dozen Schools Parti
cipate In Group Excr;
cises at Vance
mi SUPT. THE SPEAKER
Large Crowd Present Oak
Dale Girl IIedal Winner.
Certificate to Pupils Who
Had Concluded Seventh
Grade Work
The Airy Grove group commence
ment was held at Airy Grove school,
in Vance township, today. There are
six scnooi in tne group uaK JJaie,
Hugo, Wheat Swamp, White's, Fair
field and Airy Grove. All participat
ed. The attendance numbered hun
dreds. The usual dinner on the
grounds, musical program, story-tell
ing contest and athletic events and
games were to be held this afternoon.
B. F. v Giles, Superintendent of
Schools of Wake county, made the
principal address. His subject was
education, and he made an appeal for
better efforts still in that line, though
commending the peoplo of Lenoir
county and the State for extraordi
nary accomplishment in the field in
the past few years.
A declamation contest was a fea
ture m the forenoon. Miss Clair
Worthington of Oak. Dale school was
the winner. She was presented a
handsome medal offered by the Airy
Grove Betterment' Association. Sup
erintendent Joseph Kirrsey made the
presentation speech.-- - . - -
A notable Visitor was Prof. L. C.
Brogden. State Supervisor of Ele
mentary Schools. He assisted in the
program by awarding certificates to
pupils who had concluded the cv
enth grade work.
THREE KILLED BY EXPLOSION,
Blueficld, W. Vs., April 12.
Three persons were killed and
several injured when an explo
sion at a powder plant wrecked
the town of Nemours today. -.
ENGLAND DECLARES
GERMANS TAKEN OFF
CHINA MEANT EVIL
Were Engaged In Inciting
Trouble In India and Con
templated Equipment of
Raider In Eastern Seas,
Reply States
(By United Press)
.Washington, April 12. That the
Germans seized from the American
steamer China were engaged in un
neutral service and were shifting the
base of their operations from Shang
hai 'to ''Manila is 'the' contention of
England in answering the American
protest.
England mentioned bomb plots and
other activities of England's enemies
on neutral soil, saying these Germans
had been engaged for some time in
collecting arms and munitions for
clandestine shipment to India and for
arming a "far eastern Moewe." '
P. H. Davis
The Writer)
Passes Out
V4,". (By the United Press) '
New York, April 12 Richard Har
ding Davis, the oted War correspond
ent, author and playwright, is dead
of heart failure. He died at 9:30
last night while receiving a telegram
over the telephone at his Mt. Kisco
home.
FOR COMMON OF
MUNICIPAL ASSOC'N
r
Notable Men. to Make.. Ad
dresses at Meeting May
ors and Others
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KINSTON, MAY FOUR-FIVE
Commission Government;
Health, Fire; Prevention, '
Streets and Roads, Parka
and Playgrounds, Etc., to
Be piscusseoj
The mayors and other officials of
Nonlh Carolina cities and towns who
gather here next month for the an-'
nual convention of the Carolina Mu
nicipal Association are to be given a -sail..
There's no mistake about it
It's to be a "sail a real,' honeat-to-
goodness sail on Neuse river. "There
isn't a sail boat anywhere in the 'vi
cinity, but excursions on steamers
and power launches are often called
sails, and Mayor Sutton states that
every craft of every 'denomination
will be pressed into service for the
occasion. It is expected to be an in
spiring spectacle. '
The fleet will' travel at the speed of
its slowest unit, as they say in' the
navy, up "or down stream a distance
of some miles, y It should be an"ln
teresting trip; " there Wever was ' :
prettier, river and there is a lot of
historical stuff to be called to the at
tention of the, visitors. Certainly it
will be a safe voyage. '' There has not
been' a marine tragedy on the upper
Neuse to amount to anything sines
the sinking of the ironclad during1 the
war, and it' has often been stated
that her floodcocks were opened after
the: builders had discovered that, al
though they had built a handsome
ship, she wasn't of any use because
her draught was greater than . the
channel depth.' " l'
The'iChamber of Commerce will al
so conduct the visiting dignitaries on
a tour of Lenoir county. '' Scores of
automobiles will be needed for that
event There will be a barbecue din
ner and a fish stew, in Parrott's park,
.The convention here will be tha as-
sociation's eighth. President T. i.
Murphy, who is Mayor of Greensbo- '
ro, announced the' program today, tt
follows: "
Thursday, May 4,10 a. m.: Meeting
called to order by the President' ' ' -
Invocation by Mr. B. F, Smith of
Kinston. .' ' ; ' J "" ''" i
Address of welcome by Mayor .
Sutton. ' '
Response by Mayor James I. John- ,
son of Raleigh. ' ' " " "
Annual address by tho President, '
Address on . commission govern
ment' by Commissioner J. It. Horna
day of Birmingham, Ala. '
Barbecue and shad-stew, Parrott's.
park. '
From 2:30 to 4 p. m.: Automobile
ride. ' '
At 4 p. m..: Address on police effi
ciency by D. fliden1 Ramsey, Com
missioner of Ashevillo, ,' '"' ?,
, " Address ?on 'fire' prevention ' and
protection by James 1D. McNeill, x- '
president National Firemen's Assoc i- ;
ation, FayettevUle.' ' - ,' :
Address on public health,'by Dr.
J.- iM. Parrott, ex-president 'North
Carolina Medical Association, Kins
ton' 'V : ' i ",
At 8 p. m. Address by lion. Claude '
Kitchin, floor leader of the House of
Representatives. '
Friday at 10 a. m.: Address on -city
school systems by J. L. Mann,
Ph. D.; superintendent of schools of
Greensboro.' ' . ' '"' T
Address on legislation by Mayor T,
L. Kirkpatrick of Charlotte.' ;
' Address on "city planning by May
or O. B. Eaton of Winston-Salem.'
From 2 to 3 p. m.: Automobile ride.
' Address on parks and playgrounds
by Mayor J.' C. Cibbar of Fayette
viUe. ' ' v .
j "Address on streets and roads by
Mayor 'P. tj. Moore' of Wilmington.'
Address end exhibition by TJaard
Young Clatc, secretary of tha A'.I
lanta Chamber of Commerce,
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