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VOL. XVII. No. 281
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, MONDAY, APRIL 24, 1916
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WRY COLUMN MILE LONG EN; ROUTE GERMANS HAVE BEEf
CHARLES A. WATERS
CONGRESS HOPES NO
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MGER TO ADJOURN
GERMANY WILLING JO
N1MICO.FR0M COLUMBUS; THE ARMY
PREVENT BREAK WITH AMERICA, BUT THE
DIPLOMATS HAVE PEOPLE TO DEAL WITH
TO POL
I'RNPART OF REPUBLIC WITHOUT PERISCOPE
Oif GRAINGER ROAD
BEFORE CONVENIENS
fill
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GO A LONG WAY TO
TORPEDOING ;-SiIIPS
ICEKORTI
Redistribution if Forces Engaged lit Hunt for Villa Will
. Atfcw.Carrahzistas to Go
Zapata Revolutionists
" Villa Is Now Will' Not
Communication Lines Are
Funston Instructed to Redistribute Punitive Expedi
tion TrooJs to Suit Himself Short,' Quick Dashes Into
Wild Places for Bandits
l . (By E. T. CONKLE, United
El Paso, April 24. Renewed activity by Canuto Reyes.
ihose bandits wrecked a train between Torreon and Jim i
inez, has caused redoubled
forces' to clear this territory.
hopeful upon; receipt of reports of the death of Lopez)
and Baca, Villa lieutenants.
, Vill
approximate location is known to Pershing,
Columbus advices today said
i-! . J xi. - 1 . .
De resumeu unui me commumcauon lines are remiorceu.
A mile-long column of infantry reinforcements is moving
into Mexico rom Columbus. - " -Redistribute
Forces in Northern Mexico.
Washington, April 24.
ican forces in Mexico as at
sists largely of concentrating troops in districts better
suited for such purposes and
Wild sections can be made without danger of stretching
the communications line too far.' Involved is the retire
ment slightly northward from the farthest southern sec
tions penetrated. General Funston has been riven au
thority to make the redistribution according to his own
judgment. Such a plan would give the policing of north
em Mexico over to the Americans, leaviner the Carran
zistas free to go southward
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ninrrn irt
MJUUIIO Ad
CHAIu'rlAN; ASSUUE
WILSON HE : IS JAFE
National Democratic Lead
er Says Private Business
WiUPrevehHim Serv-
ing IntetldtO Leave Off
Politics Altogether
(By the United Press)
Washington, April. '24. Tho re
tirement of William . F. McCombs.
chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, was made public today
at thd White House. '
'Mr. McCombs explains that- the
formation of a new partnership re
quires all his time.; He means to re
, tire from active politics. ; ". , .
He said to 4he President: . ; ,; .:
The Democratic organiaation is
loyaf to you and your policies and
purposes. AU feel assured "of a tri
umphant result throughout the coun
ty in. November."
1 .? - :' j .-
DEATH OF J. J. BRYAN, '.
mimm institdte
Towi;2:iiP man, Sunday
J. J. Bryan died at his home in In
"stitnte township Sunday , morning
about 2 o'clock. He was in hiB 80th
year. ' He was prominent in his part
of te. county and was widely known
itij I section. ' Infirmities of old
age tused his demise. The funeral
was jleld late Sunday in Institute.
J. M. Quinn and Mrs. J. B.
Cumnrings of Kinston and several
other children survive him. '
Mr. Bryan was in the prime of
life a public-spiri led "citizen, active
in "business and politics, and was ev
er noted as lui intelligent and well
disposed man.
You cannot enjoy summer if yoa
fcawn't an automobile. The Fre
Pss is giving two Maxwells away
n the 13th of May. -
innritfriii
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South W Combat Diaz and
Pershing Knows About Where
Resume Actual Pursuit-Until
"Strengthened, ITowever
.
Press SUIT Correspondent)
efforts by the expeditionary
Officials are dubious, but
but the pursuit is not to
j . . ... i
Redistribution of the Amer
present contemplated con
from Which dashes into and,
against the Zapatistas, Diaz-
MITCHELL AS
OF FLOOR
LEADER C.
Bertie Man Efes Very Good
BOOST
OPPONENT
KITCIIIN
Chance to Represent the day t the office of the Contest Man
r i j r jT r j. t xt x ftef ' thB Daily Prea Press All
Seeond District In Next day long office of
CohjrreSS.' SaV Friends
Well Known Planter
. W. P. .Anderson, W. T. Clark, and
P. M. Miller of Wilson are here to
day in the interest of the candidacy
of, Hon. Clingtnan W. Mitchell of
Bertie county, who was announced
Saturday night to be a candidate for I
congress irom xma aiswici. uvir. lvuu-
chell's friends believe he can beat
Kitchin. , ,
Mt. Mitchell iB a prominent farm
er of Bertie. He has been in -the Sen
ate and House of the General Assem
bly, is a trustee of Chowan and
Wake Forest colleges and is known
throughout the district., as one of
strongest men. He is a man of high
tone and Congressman Kitchin recog
nizes in him a strong contender.
He is a staunch supporter of the
Wilson administration, and liases his
fight against Mr. Kitchin on the lat
ter's anti-administration attitude. .
FIGHTINS AT MDUN
SAYS FRENCH REPORT
(By tile United Press)
Paris, April 24 Another Tic-
lent bombardment
occurred to
the northwest - of the
CauretU
Wood last night, bat there
no important Infantry actions on
th Verdun front, the war office
today reported. " ;
Church Adams, a white man; ar
rested in Pitt for moonshining sev
eral days 8go, has been given his lib
erty under flOP bail by a commis
sioner at New Bern.
New Invention Docs Away
: With Necessity of Using
Sight Tube
I DEVICE IS
INFALLIBLE
Sound Drums Installed As
UBoats' Ears Submar
me Signal v Makes 1 Blind
Monsters Just as Effect
ive as Ever, Reported .
(By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD,
(United press Staff Correspondent)
Borne, Switzerland. April . 24.
German submarines have abandoned
the use of periscopes la most inci
donees, and torpedoes are now tired
according to sound, according to re
liable Swiss reports. During the past
twenty swings, no one has seen
irign of a submarine. ,
The new periscopelesa submarine
described here has great steel disc
for an ear on each side. An officer at
a receiver hears the approaching
ship 'unmistakably, ' 'and when the
noifte sounds equally strong in both
dead ahead and orders torpede fired.
(By the United Press)
GERMAN 'PLANE OVER .
D0VER
CHASED AWAY. . . ,
Londoiv April 24. A . German
aeroplane flew over. Dover about -'
noon. It was driven off before it -
1 J a: . 1 1.-
i cunni uruy any uumin. ;
THREE MORE PRIZES ,
ADDED TO THE LIST
Moat Money Turned In During next
Ten Days Will Win Special Prize
Saturday Great Day.
Saturday was- & most wonderful
Manager was besieged with the can
didates and itneir inenas wno were
anxious to take, advantage of the
vota offer that closes Saturday night.
The closing of the first period was
very important and proved (to ibe the
greatest day of the contest thns far.
Saturday brought to light where the
strength of the next three weetas'may
be expected to develop. Many 'of the
. M . . im
to their friends and 7 acquaintances,
but on Saturday they failed, which
shows that the .real strength was not
properly placed in their own minds.
Many new' contestants developed,
which leaves the contest more in
doubt than ever. Strength was pro
duced where it was least expected,
and several who have been holding
the leading positions have dropped
back to the lower . positions from
which they 'will have to extricate
themselves by sheer force of energy.
After all it was . a ereat day. far
greater than had Wen anticipated.
A Close Race. '
When ail of the reports for the
week were in the results showed that
the struggle for the golden prizes is
more in doubt than ever. The re
turns showed that the winner will J
have to be developed between now
and the end, for theire is not enough
of a lead held- by any candidate in
either district to make certain the
winning of any prize on the list or
any possibility of winning one of the
cars. Several new candidates came
to the front Instead of the few
leaders going ahead. ' it seems that
the public has given its support - to
those candidates who have hereto
fvo received no honors.
This Is the Greatest Week of AIL
' 1 his week is the greatest from the
efi tenants' standpoint , Besides the
largest votes of the contest being in
Continued on page four)
BULLETINS
Well Known Business Man
) Painfully " Injured Late
Sunday ) When- Automo
, ; bile Rolled Upon ; Ilim
Was Helping Another
Chas. A . Waters, the well-known
Queen steet. merchant, was badly and
possibly seriously hurt Sunday even
ing about 6 o'clock when, a short dis
tance this side of Grainger, a touring
car owned by 0. M. Rutledga' rolled
upon him. Mr, Waters was, severely
bruised and . sustained t an injured
neck, , bub probably no broken bones.
It will be several days before the ex
tent of- his injuries can' be determin
ed.' . .
Mr. Rutledge's car had in turning
around backed' off . an embankment
Mr. Waters, passing in his car, stop
ped and suggested that with help he
could push the car out A party did
push the car to the top of the em
bankment, and there it poised for a
second and began to roll back again.
Mr. Waters was directly behind the
machine, and in attempting to get out
of the way tripped and. fell, the car
rolling over him. The wheels did
not paes over his body. ; The truss
rod, it is supposed, rolled him se
verely over the rough ground.
In the Rutledge car were Mr. Rut-
ledge another man, two ladies and
several children. With Mr. Waters in
his car were Mrs. Waters, a recent
bride, and three other ladies. .
A partyof autoists passing"in a
car were asked by Mr. Rutledge to
bring the injured man to the city.
There was no one present who could
drive Mr."' Waters' car, and the Rut
ledge machine was still over the bank.
The passersby, unidentified, it is eaid,
declined, stating that they were bound
to Ayden. A lady in the Rutledge
party appealed to a Woman in the
other ; car, stating that Mr. Waters,
was apparently danarerously hurt.
he driver, however, refused to turn
back and continued on his way. A
car containing several negroes, head
ed for Greenville, approached.?- Mr.
Rutledge asked the colored chauffeur
if he Could'drive a car of tile make of
Mr. Waters'.1 The negro replied that
he could, acting admirably in leaving
his own party and bringing Mr. Wat
ers to the city.. After delivering the
injured:, man her . the colored man
started oufc to walk back to his own
car, four or five miles away. White
persons, learning what he had done,
overtook him and carried him in an
automobile. Mr. Rutledge is sorry
that lie could not get the man's name.
Here is a List of Contestants
and Partial Schedule of Votes
; DISTRICT No. I. " .
After the Capital prizes, two Max
well Taurine Cars have been award
ed, this district will' receive one dia
mond ring, one gold watch and one
bank account of $25. All others in
this district who-remain in the con
test until tiie close, who do not win
one of the above prizes, and who e om
ul y with the rules, will be taid a
commission of 10 per cent ;
- . DISTRICT No. 1.
Miss Sarah Dunn,, Kinston .. 16,200
Mrs. Susan Dunn, Kinston 33,100
MiBS Barbara Emery, Kinston 21,700
Miss Mary; Farmer; Kinston. 47,300
Miss Besaie Faulkner, Kinston 6,500
Miss Sarah Faulkner, Kinston 48,200
Mrs. Mamie Fitzgerald, Kins.. 41,100
Miss Addie Ford, Kinston.. . 5.400
Mrs. Coy Stroud, Kinston . .. 46,200
Miss Barb. Andrews, Kms.. 4300
Missr Bettie Barfield, Kins... 26,100
Miss Carrie L. Oieasley, Kmst'n 10,300
Mrs. Clara Becton, -Kinston. 68,300
Mrs. 'Katie Bell, : Kinston 5,400
Miss Maggie Bissett, Kms. , 33,200
Miss Georgia Bizzell, Kinston 11.700
Miss Nannie Blackwell, Kins. 88,700
Miss Ada Bos tic, Kinston.. 27,600
Mrs. Henry Bradshaw, "Kins. 26,200
Mrs. M. L. Braswell, Kins.. 51,700
Miss Alma Broadhurst Kina. 33,100
Mias A. L. Broadway, Kinston, 5,400
Miss G. V. Broadway, Kins., 17,100
Mrs. Laura Cummings, Kins. 4700
Mariarma' IRoque, Kinston 6,000
Miss Carrie -B. Cox, Kinston. 65,100
Mrs. P. L. I looker. Kins. .... 43,100
J. Colby Abbott, Kinston. w.. 40,700
Mrs. W. G. Morris, Kinston. 62,800
Miss Katie Brown 38,800
Miss Susie Canady, Kinston. 38,800
Miss LUIie B. Cox........... 24,100
Miss Stella-Buck,;. Kinston . .29,700
Will Settle Down to Grind
Out Record-Breaking
Mass of Bills
GRIST INCLUDES A LOT
Ship Purchase, Naval In-
; crease Rural Credits and
Philippines Will Come Up
: : During Coming Weeks
Can't Quit Before June
i (By the United Press)
i Washington, April 24. Having
given up practically all hope of ad
journment before the -June political
conventions, the administration ' and
congressional leaders are prepared to
grind out one of the biggest legis
lative grists ever .handled. It in
cludes the navy bill, ship purchase,
the Philippines bill, rural credits, etc.
I- . :
TO AMEND BURNETT1
BILL TO SUIT THE
JAPANESE GOVERNMT
- .-' (By the United Press) ,
Washington April ' 24 Amend
ments to the Burnett immigration
bill to meet Japanese objections will
be introduced in a few days, it was
learned today following a confer
ence between Senators 'Stone 'and
Smith and Secretary of State Lana
ing.' ' , r( v , , -
COLORED MAN FELLED
, BY BLOW FROM AXE BY
ASSAILANT IN DARK
Robber "is ibelieved to have been
the motive fv an unidentified person
who assaulted Starr Hicks, a well-
known colored man, at Hicks' home
in South 'Kinston early Sunday, short
ly after midnight. Hicks was knocked
down with an ake. The police say he
was struck in the back but not bad
ly hurt , The attack occurred in a
yard. The assailant, believed to hew
been colored, was secreted in a sta
ble to which Hicks went to put up a
horse. He is suposed to have known
that Hicks had money on his person.
After felling the victim with the axe
the other fled, without securing any
thing so far as is known. Hicks is
a storekeeper.
Elizabeth Copeland, Kinston. 19,100
Miss Dora iDamond, Kins.. 9.700
Miss Katie Gaylor, Kinston., 800
Marguerite Goodson, Kinston 19,800
Miss Lena Grady, Kinston . , 51,300
Miss Lois Grubbs, Kinston. . M, 700
Miss Alice Hart Kinston... 28.200
Mary Hartsfield; Kinffbon . . . 38,100
Miss Proosie Heath, Kinston. 49,700
Miss Scotia Hobgood, Kins.,: 17,100
Miss iDelia Hyatt, Kinston-, , 68,100
M iss' Lula Isler, Kinston , , . . 28,100
Miss Mana Patrick, Kinston 40,600
Miss Terry "Mitchell, Kinston 24,900
Miss Florence Moore, Kinston 22,600
Miss Annie Nobles, Kinston. 48,800
Miss Daisy , Outlaw, Kinston 20,700
MiBS Eoline Padrick, Kinston 62,700
Miss Fannie Pollock, Kinston 6,000
Miss Roberta Pridgen, Kinston 28,800
Miss Mary Pridgen, Kinston 24,600
Miss Nannie Randolph, Kins, 29,300
Mias Amanda Rhodes,. Kins.. .' 22,000
Miss Lillian Rowe, Kinston ..15,500
Miss Lida Le6 Rhodes, Kins. 30,100
Mis Annie L.. Scott, Kinston. 19,100
Miss Ruth Simmons, Kinston 21,000
Miss Rosa Simpson, Kinston 19.100
Miss Nannie Stanley, Kinston 60,100
Misa Annie Stephenson, Kinston 6.000
Miss Maria Sutton, Kinston. 66,400
Miss Vana Sutton, Kinston, 6,000
Mrs. Nora Taylor, Kinston, 7,300
Bessie V." Thornton, Kinston. 41.300
Mias Jane Tilghman, Kinston. 67,100
Miss Myrtle Tucker, Kins., 21,100
Miss Julia Tyndall,- Kinston.. 47.800
Miss Bettie Underbill, Kinston 29,700
Miss Lona D. Weeks, Kinston 44,700
Miss Katie Whitehurst, Kins." 39,100
Bfiss Camilla Aldridge, Kins. 27,100
Miss Evelyn Waters, Kinston 61,700
Miss Ella Haskett, Kinston. , 33,000
Herman Lawson. Kinstm..., 48,000
Mrs. Eva Cummings, Kins... 47.700
(Continued on Page Two);
How Not to Arouse Ire of Populace Question Confront
ingr Teuton GovernmentGerard Sends' Advance In
formation On Berlin's AttitudeCabinet at Washing
ton Will Not Meet Before Friday President Coins to
New Jersey on Tuesday to Vote United States Offi
cials Hopeful That Kaiser's Advisors Will Find Some
Way Out of Their Dilemma Reply Will Be Here With-
- in Twenty-four Hours,It Is Believed " ,
(By CARL W. ACKERMAN,
Washington, April 24.
Washington, according to
Germany will go a long way
erica. German officials, however, are said to be in a quan-
dary how to put up any agreement tnai ,wiii pe sausiac
tory to the United States in writing so 'thatii will pot
anger the German populace. Officials here are hopeful .
that the German diplomats will "find a way between the
aevii ana tne aeep sea."
Gerard's Message Forwarded. " w
Berlin. Anril 24. Germany's answer on the submar- v
ine issue may reach Washington tonightf or early tomor
rnw. Fnllowincr a Sundav conference with hiffh officials,
Ambassador Gerard has dispatched a long message said
to contain an outline of Germany's stand.
Cabinet Won't Meet Before
(By ROBT. J. BENDER, United Press Staff Correspondent)
Washington. Anril 24.
man-American situation are hardly expected before Fri
dayThe President will not have an opportunity to dis
cuss matters with the Cabinet until then.' The President
expects to vote, in the New Jersey primaries tomorrow, -which
will cancel the regular Tuesday Cabinet session. .
Indications in official quarters are that the contents of
the' German note will be made known in a long cable ,
message from Gerard.
" i l PJ 1, i ,, 4 k,
ORDERS MORE
TO VACATE GROUND
Now Demands Property jit
Claims to Rightfully Own
for Distance Half Block
North of Caswell Street,
Along Its Right-of.Way
John A. Guion," Esq., of counsel for
the Norfolk Southern Railroad, is
here today to serve formal notice on
number of persona holding proper
ty claimed by the railroad, ' lying
along its right-of-way between Cas
well and Gordon streets,' that they
must turn ii over, i The Norfolk
Southern asserts that it owns a hun
dred feet on either side and is pre
pared to enter suit if necessary to
secure the ground. The Corporation
Commission's final" decision that the
union depot must 'be put at Gordon
and Independent streets is stated to
be the reason for the railroad "dis
turbing" the property-holders.
Affected by the demand are said to
be the following; C. E. Spear and J
Stricklin, holding property on '. the
east side of East street; also Mr.
Stricklin's property on the West aide
of East; J. T. Skinner and RobU Cur
tis, both of them holding property
on the west side of East street; Mrs.
Thos. S. Grady. Mrs. Kate Cobb, C.
W, Hartsfield and Mrs. Stroud, hold
ing property on the west side of ithe
railroad fronting on Caswell street.
Every persons named owns a house
on the property, it is understood; Mr.
Skinner owns two, occupied by him
self and Atwood Bizzell. ;
The railroad will proceed to "re
cover" the ground as it did in the
case of property on the south side of
Caswell street, turned over to it by
half dozen or so individuals a few
weeks ago. The railroad in the latter
instance paid for the ground, and did
not depend upon suit.
. Craven eounty fiddlers will hold a
convention at New Bern on July 4.
NORFOLK
SOUTHERN
United Presa Staff Correspondent)
Official information reaching
high officials, indicates that
to prevent a break with Am
Friday.
Biff developments in the Ger
.
..I..
WOULD BUILD MODEL
STATION AND AVOID
TROUBLE JUNCTION
Much Larger Lot Than
That Selected at Indepen
dent and Gordon Streets,
and More Conveniences
Possible, R. R.'s Assert
Friends of "the Junction" site have '
ot given up hope altogether that -the
proposed Kinston union 4 pussenger
station may be put there, instead of
at Gordon and Independent streets,
which property is understood to have
been determined upon finally by the
Corporation Commission!
According tor tentative plans; the
station on the lot at "the Junction"
, would face Caswell street. It would
set well back from the street, and in
front there would be space for park
ed, grounds and a space for parking
vehicles. - It is doubted by the num
erous friends of "the Junction" site
if there would be enough ground left
for either of these purposes at the '
Gordon-Independent " site. There
would be built from the sides of the
station to.the Norfolk Southern track
on the west and the A. C. L. on the
east, wide, substantially put-up and :,
architecturally attractive sheds. And '
ihcre would not be the slightest dan
ger of congestion on the: Norfolk
Southern's tracks, as some persons
contend there would be if the Pres
byterian ground were selected. Con
siderable shifting and expensive over
time for train erews would be avoid
ed. and the danger of accidents would
be no greater than now. The sta
tion would be as near to most of the
hotels as it would at the place far
ther north. ; .
It is believed that the railroads
are anxious to have the site at "the
junction" chosen- The saving for
ground and in other expenses would
justify them in putting op a hand
somer building than they would be
willing to erect atvt;ie smaller but
more expensive site, it u tor.U:.l:L