VOL. XVII.No. 277
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KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 1916
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Kaiser Must Bend or Relations Will Be Snapped Wilson
Intimates Tliat . Germany Has Lied Submarine Disas
ters "Singularly Tragical, Unjustifiable and Constitut
ing Terrible Example , of r Inhumanity of Warfare
Which Commanders of German Vessels Have Con
ducted,'' Says President In Quarter-Hour Address to
pongress His "Duty to Inform Germany Policy Must
Change or United States Must Break Off Relations" 1
(By ROBERT J. BENDER, United Press Staff Correspondent) ,
Washington, April 19. "Unless the Imperial German
government ' should ; immediately declare and effect the
abandonment of the present methods of warfare against
passenger and freight carrying vessels, this government
will have no choice but to sever diplomatic relations with
the government of the German Empire altogether," the
President told Congress this afternodn The conclusion
of a fifteen-minute address. '
"This decision has been arrived at with the keenest
regret. The possibility of the action contemplated I am
sifte, thoughtful Americans will look forward to with un
affected reluctance." , "
This was the President's ultimatum to Germany It
is considered as final. 1
ME Wilson cited the German announcement of Feb
ruary 15, declaring its intention to destroy enemy ship
ping, the American protests which" "charged Germany
with "ruthless disregard of assurances and wanton,' un
justified wholesale sacrifice of lives of non-combatants,
both passengers and crews," of the Sussex, Climax, Lusi-
tama, and Arabic, among the ships attacked were unarm
ed, ' v ,
"No limit of anv kind has been set on the indiscrimi
nate pursuit of the destruction of merchantmen of -all
kinds and nationalities," said the President. The "roll of
Americans who'lost their lives m ships thus attacked and
destrovpd has frrnwn until the ominous toll mounts to
hundreds. The latest and most shocking instance, the
destruction of the Sussex stands for this, like the Lusi
tania ease: singularly tragical, the unjustifiable, and
constituting a terrible example of the inhumanity of the
submarine warfare which commanders of German ves-'
sels have conducted. I had hoped against hope that the
Cferman government would prove its assurance in goocf
faith.. The facts are now susceptible of - bub one inter
pretation. It is painfully evident that the use of the sub
marines to destroy enemy property is incompatible w ith
the principles of humanity, long established, and the in
controvertible rights of neutrals, sacred immunities of
non-combatants.. My duty is to inform the German gov-
must, break off diplomatic relations."
Responsibility Confronting President. u .
, Washington, April 19. -America's place in the history
of the world, war was likely to be determined When the
President appeared ' before Congress this afternoon.
"$Vhat he would 'say only Mr. Wilson knew beforehand.
He gave no one advance, information. The galleries were
crowded. ' ... .
There is little hope that Germany will meet the de
mands Ambassador Von Bernstorff is still hopeful of a
peaceful settlement, however. -There is some belief still
that he will give Germany another chance; - -
The Mexican situation also is acute. The President
and Secretary Baker were informed in an official report
from Funston today that the Carranzistas had failed to
AM'iVthA -Villa hunt '
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Army and Sugar bills also is up to President Wilson. He
lias his hands full. The Senate Army bill's passage is
considered an indication that Congress and the country
are ready to back the President whatever is undertaken.
Ranking members of the foreign relations committees
conferred with Mr. Wilson this morning. A serious calm
prevailed throughout Washington. It was considered
improbable that the President would break off relations
without an ultimatum first.
Note Virtually An Ultimatum. .
Washington, April 19. President Wilson's not to , Germany, serving
notice upon the Imperial Government thai it must stop the submarine cam
paign immediately ' "'"Tin tic relations will be broken oft,' was sent s
an ultimatum. - ' . . '.
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TRIAL OF PARTELLO
WOMAN EXPECT'D TO
BE HELD THIS P. El
Postponed From 10 o'clock,
Burial of Stein, Victim of
Revolver Shot Fired by
Her No Ante-Mortem
Statement by Man, Said
The preliminary hearing in the
case against Margaret Partello, now
charged with the shooting of Harry
Stein, who died in Parrott Memorial
Hospital early Tuesday, was ' post.
poned from 10 a. in. to 4 p. m. today.
The inquest is expected to be held
tonight at 8 o'clock. It is not ieliev
ed that new evidence will be secured
to offset the woman's self-defense
story, in effect that Stin had kicked
and beaten and advanced on her with
a drawn knife before she shot him,
on the night of March 29. She may
secure bail by habeas corpus. r
The funeral of Stein was held this
morning shortly -before 11 o'clock, in
terment being in the Jewish ceme
tery. Stein was a member of the lo
cal Masonic and Woodmen' of the
World lodges an"d the Fire Depart-
meat, and members of .those organi
zations attended the funeral. Gen
tile friends sat up. with the remains
during the night ' '
According to Aaron Adler, who
will administer upon Stein's estate.
the young man was not very well off,
Mr. Adler believes that aside Irom a
$1,000 insurance policy most of the
personal property, about $2,000 and
eonsiderable of it in collectible ac
counts, will go 'to creditors. The in
aurance money, he states, will go to
a sister, Miss Rosa Steini in Russia.
Stein has an uncle in New York, but
the relative was not here for the fun
eral. s
Stein made no sltatement before
death which could be used for evi
dence against the Partello girl, it is
said.
COUNCIL ACCEPTS
:r. OFFER FOR BONDS
Stacy & Brailnd of Toledo Will Give
Par, Accrued Interest' and Premi
um of $2,000, Delivery Not to Be
Made Until Fall, for Extra Pav
ing Issue Another Block to. Be
; Asphalted ,
City Council -at a special meeting
Tuesday night formally accepted Ihe
bid of Stacy & Braun, Toledo, .0.,
bond brokers, for $275,000 worth of
City of Kinston extra paving bonds,
the concern offering' par and accrued
interest and $2,000 premium. A good
fnitb check of $3,000 will be required
of the .concern. Municipal officials,
however, have utmost confidence in
the Toledo men; they have purchased
bonds here before. The forfeit de
posit is a matter of form.- As told
in The Free Press two or three days
ago, .the city is supposed to have sug
gested such a bargain to Stacy &
Braund. It will be September br Oc
tober before the bonds are delivered.
. A petition for the paving of Vance
street for a block in front of Parrott
Memorial hospital was granted. Bids
will be received on May 1 for street
pavmg work agreed Tipon since the
last contracts were let. It is rumor
ed that still more petitions, calling
for the paving of several blocks, are
being prepared against the May
meeting of 4he Council. V J .
SHAW HASN'T dlVEN.COSlMISSIQNERS DO
UP" ! BRINGING NOT 'ACCEPT FED'AL
LYNCHERS TO TRIAL OFFER FOR HIGHWAY
SO t -
Subpoenas Issued for An
, other Hearing Here On
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i Saturday
STATE; MEANS BUSINESS
"Will j Accomplish
Some
thing' Before He Quits,
Declares Solicitor Eight
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or Nine Greene County
Persons Are Summoned
Solicitor Henry E. Shaw today ad
mitted that subpoenas had been is
sued for eight or nine persons in
Greene county, requiring ihem to ap
pear at a j second hearing into the
lynching of Joseph Black, to be held
here Saturday. The witnesses are
members of the coroner's jury who
viewed the remains of the negro, tak
en from the jail here several weeks
ago, and shot to death somewhere be
tween Kinston and Maury, and "oth
ers." .
"Persons are ridiculing my attempt
to bring' to- trial members of ' that
mob," Colonel Shaw said, "without
stopping to consider that the law
inaftes 'the investigation and further
action if possible, my bounden duty."
"I have not given up the effort,
and shall 'hot until I accomplish
something," he declared. He would
not say that he had securod any
"likely" evidence, v
ui.
Decided Today Not to Ap
propriate $50 Per Mile for
Maintenance Under Ex
pert Supervision of More
head City-Tenn. Road . .
The Board of County Commission
ers, after twenty minutes' delibera
tion this morning - rejected the pro
posal that Lenoir county donate $50
per mile fr maintenance of the Cen
tral Highway under Federal supervi
sion for a year. The proposition was
advanced Saturday by State High-
MEXICAN AMBASSADOR ORDERED TO TELL
WASHINGTON GOVERNS WILL NO
LONGER BE TOLERATED SOUTH OF BORD'R
Villa Is Dead and Pershing's Object Fulfilled, Claim of
De Facto Administration; American Army OfT::: 3
Ridicule Reports of?jEnd , of , BanditGeneral Z .1.
Hastens to Line By Baker's Order New Revolution
Will Be Started If Forces, Are Called Out, Department
of Justice Agents Watching Diaz, Believe Not
Enough Soldiers On the Frontier, Texas Militia Is Pre-
narrd and Await Emerp-pncv Ordpl . ':'!
DEPARTM'T JUSTICE
CLAIMS ARREST IGEl
FULLY
WARRANTED
German Was Not Connect
ed. With. Embassy ( Until
1915, Says Welland Plot
In Previous Year Would
Have Been Immune, Said
Mpxien Cit.v. AnHl 19. .Thft Mpyiran smhrsi;ifnr" at
way Commission and United States Washington has been instructed to demand the immedi-
office of. Roads representatives stop- J ate withdrawal of American troops.! savs" an official
statement. The government claim that'the Villista bands
have been broken up. -
General Scott Goes to the Border: .
Washington April 19. iChief of Staff Scott leaves to
day for an Antonio to confer with Funston,over the
Mexican situation. .'Secretary Baker is said to have re
quested Sfcott to go to secure accurate information. :
Americans Deny; Mexicans Reassert, Villa Dead.
(By E. J. CONKLE, United Press Staff Representative)
El PflMn. AYVHl IH.l-l'hpTiSrfrnpktit. nf ' Tnftfirp'no'intj nro
investigating the activities' of Diaz. They expect a new
revolution when the Americans withdraw. . Army h"eads
ridicule the Villa death report. ' Carranza officials at
Juarez insist that the confirmation is positive.
Texas National Guard Ready.
San Antonio, April 19. Twenty-three hundred addi
tional .troops recently concentrated at Columbus have,,
been sent to aid Pershing. The border guard has been
depleted. The Texas militia is ready to be called.
piiig off here from a tour of inspec
tion of the ocean-to-mountains high
way. Provided several of the coun
ties clubbed together, dividing the ex
pense at the rate of $50 permile for
their respective links, the United
States would furnish an expert for a
period of one year to supervise up
keep of ihe road for 'the distance
through the contributing counties, the
Commissioners Were informed.
The acceptance would cost Lenoir
county between $1,100 . and $1,200,
the commissioners estimated. -The
county also would have , to furnish
everything that it now does men,
material, animals and machinery
except the engineer, according, to
members of, the board. At the call of
the Federal- supervisor convicts, no
matter what work they might !be
employed on, would have to be trans
ferred to the highway, and inconven
ience might be caused sometimes.
The .county can maintain the ' road
satisfactorily at less expense, com
missioners think. 1
. The Board's action virtually kills
the proposition for Eastern Carolina.
Do you enjoy seeing your neighbors
driving out in their car? Perhaps!
But you would enjoy a car f your
own much better. Alf that is needed
is some of your spare time.
(By the United Press)
Washington, April 19. Am
bassador Von Bernstorff confer
red this afternoon with Secreta
ry Lansing. Mr: Lansing order
ed the return of papers seized
from Wolf Von Igel, at New'
York. The embassy requested
the release of Igel. .Von Bern
storff considers the case equal in
importance to the Sussex affair.
New York, April 15J The arrest of
Wolf Von Igel, former secretary to
Captain Von Papen, and. seizure of
papers alleged to reveal the Welland
Canal -dynamiting plot, have assumed
:the nature of international complica
tions. If Igel was attached to the
German embassy when the alleged
crime was committed he is immune.
The Justice Department today al
leged that the crime was committed
in 1914, while Igel was not attached
to the embassy until 1915. . "
WIDOW'S BODY FOUND;
POLICE SEEK A BLACK
(By the United Press) ': '
Philadelphia, Apr. 19. Mrs. Nellie
Sweeney, a witow was found dead
today. The body was . mutilated.
The police re seeking a negro ten-
RACE FOR THE 40,000
, EXTRA VOTE COUPONS
Now at It.r Height Saturday ' Prom
ises to Produce a Leader Con
; testants Need Your Support Right
' Now- Today '
The Honor Roll has passed by, but
the contestants still turn in good re.
ports. Miss Glenn Sugg has shown
by her good reports that , she is a
real active, candidate for one of the
Maxwell touring , cars.' Mr. H. L,
Pate of LaG range, route 3, also con
tinues to turn in his good reports,
Mr. Pate is a worker. Never1 a day
goes by but what he accomplishes
something.. True it may be that his
reports are not always large, but in
the end when they are added togeth
er the results will be most promising.
Other contestants who are doing ex
ceptional work are Miss Delia Hyatt
of Kinston. Miss Allie Delle Gaynor,
Mrs. E. A. Best, Miss Sadie .Wal
ler of Kinston, Route C, Miss Rober
ta Aid ridge of LaGrange, Route 5,
Miss Laura Robinson of Deep Run,
Miss Victoria Bursell of Kinston, Miss
Janie Hardy (Miss Nannie Stanley,
Miss Dora Diamond, Miss Lena Gra
dy, Mrs. Jay Smith of Leon and Mrs.
Delia ooding of Kmston," Route 7.
The struggle is about evenly divided
between the two districts, neither one
seeming to have the advantage.
Look Out for Changes.
In very few contests are the can
didates ' so evenly ' matched. The
standing each day changes very
slightly owing !(o the efforts of every
candidate. The majority of the con
testants advance each but the advance
seems to bo uniform all along ' the
line. It would appear that by the
en. I of the week this condition would
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SIX MEN KURT WHEN
STAGE AT SAWMILL
FELL THIS MORNING
' Six men wore , hurt when a-scaf
fold, used in building operations, fell
at the Kinston .Manufacturing Com
pany's plant in Southwest Kinston,
this morning shortly before 10 o'clock.
G. W. Parker suffered broken ribs,
scratches, bruises and an injured
ankle. A. T. Parker of 311 East
Gordon, son of G. W.; I. J. Sparrow
and Harry Davis, white, and Edgar
Phillips and Andrew ay, colored,
were bruised or suffered flesh wounds.
The men were given medical attention
by Dr. I. M. Hardy. .The stage fell
about 15 feet.
PENDER AND DUPLIN
WANT ATTORNEY-GEN.
TOR GOVERNOR, SAYS
ENGLAND'S CABINET
CRISIS IS GRAVEST
YET; SOME MAY QUIT
(By the United Press) ; v ;
London, April 19. -The cabin
et crisis is today considered the
gravest since the formation of
the coalition cabinet. There are
minors that Kitchener. Lloyd
George and others will resign
unless Asquith consents to im
mediate conscription.-.
Pender and Duplin counties are
for J3ickett, in the belief of Mv. Jas.
A. Powers, just back from a visit in -those
counties. , Mr. Powers attended '.
a township Democratic meeting from
which nearly every man went away
bearing a Uickett badge. He it con
fident that the lawyer candidate has
the advantage of Daughtridge in that '
section. 1 ', .
ENGISH AND FRENCH ,
REPLIES TO BLOCKADE
PROTEST ARE ON WAY
(By the Eastern Press)
London, Apr. 19. The British re
ply ito the American blockade protest
is en route to Washington. It is of
ficially announced. Also going for-'
ward is a supplementary' French note.'
BRYAN AND BROTHER ,
CHARLIE, PROPHETS
OF NO 'HONOR, SEEDS
(By the United Press) . ?
Omaha, Neb, April 19. Scat
tered primary returns indicate 1
that Charles Bryan for Cover '
nor and the "dry" State issue,
were defeated. W.- J. Bryan's i
election as delegate i to the Na-.;
al Democratic convention is Tery
doubtful .
STRIKERS RIOT IN A ,
NEW YOftK TOWN TODAY
(By the United Press)
Hastings, N. Y.t April 19. Sheriff
Wiesendanger asked for three com
tanies of State militia' following a
lash of two ; thousand munitions
trikers and commuters today.: Sev
ral Bhots were fired, but no one was
Injured. v
TUN KILLED WHEII CAR
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(By the United Press)
.Paterson. N. J, April 19. Harold
Smith, 26, , was killed and ; Albert
Reese injured when an autJ.T.c': Ha
overturned here today.