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VOL. XVII No. 2S2
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C,TUESDAY, AMIt 25, 1916
FOUR PAGES
PRICE TWO CENTS t
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
VILLA RELIABLY LOCATED AND CAVALRY RUSSIA SENDS MORE
LOWESTOFT SHELLED
SUICIDE LAST WEEK
GERMAN-AMERICANS FLOOD WASHINGTON
WITli TELEGRAMS BEGGING GOVERNMENT
TO REMAIN AT PEACE WITH FAtllERLAND
IESTOVARD NfliJCAVA TD-FINISH' UP TROOPS TO FRANCE
BY A GERMAN FLEET
EXAMPLE TO ARTHUR
TO SHOOT' HIMSELF
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Letcn'er Wires From Clifliuahiia City That There Is Rea
sonable Certainty of Bandit's Location Column Hot
After , Jllm Outlaw Chief Seems to .Cave Played Into
Hands Of Pershing By 'Doubling In Tracks He Has
Decreased Distance Between Himself nd Pursuers
f and Enabled Americans to Shorten Their Communica
.?.. tion Line Obregon May Meet Scott At Eagle Pass-
United States to Recognize Him as Mexico's Great
Man?
Second Fleetload Was Pu
Ashore at Marseilles To
day, Paris Reports :v
FOKKERS RAID DUNKIRK
One Person Killed)1 Sevdra
Injured and Small Proper
ty Damage This Morning
Fighting Around Ver
dun More Violent Now
(By the United Press) ' ,
Paris, Apr. 25.- A second force of
Russian troops arrived today at Mar
settles aboard transports.
; (By the United Press)
, WASHINGTON, Apr. 25.-Rehewed hope for Villa's
capture arose in army circles today upon receipt of dis
patches from Consul Letcher at Chihuahua City "relia
bly" locating the bandit at Noncava, mentioned in Unit
ed Press dispatches earlier todav as the obiective of the
final'dash of the cavalrv. . The column after Villa is 60 mw Kawen by Airen.ps,
miles Southwest of Satevo and some distance to the. West r's' -2rfT German
f t.t.1' Th .Qr(rtvfa -nrnvo fttvtfcc otinoroTitlxr Vnnl Plane8 ra,ded Dunkirk this morning.
i -t-i- n i .-..l.f : cii.i :jaroppinir six bombs. One woman
nrmea wnen general ouss, acung v,mei oi oiau, waa killed and woundS(J
iroops uiiuyuuueuijr .wuuiu ue uiwik tu uic the damage to property was sjighi
region. On the strength of such reports of Villa s where? ,,Usjnp 1!qui(j fire the Germans have
abouts, army omcers saia tnac 11 tne reports prove irue, thnce fiercely attacked tiewiy-gained
it indicates that Villa has Stopped, hlS bOUth Ward dash french positions on Dead Man's Hill
and doubled in his tracks slightly to the Northward and They were repulsed with great loss-
Westward toward the mountainous resrion between Son- , the war office announced. An in-
nra and Chihuahua States. Thev exDlained that such Hen8e artillery bombardment occurred
tactics by Villa would work directly into the plans for
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snortenmg me American communication une.
Obregon and Scott to Meet.
EL PASO, Apr. 25. A proposed border meeting be
tween Generals Scott and Obregon is believed to indicate
the practical acceptance of Carranza's ablest military
leader as the'chief factor in Mexico." It is suggested .thaf
the meeting may be,hed at Eaglq Pass, since Juarez has Fishermen in seVerai;cUtie Rc
always been unfriendly to Obregon. It may be a weel? . jtus o Bp Reconciled Over Enforce
before the meeting is held, because of the uncertainty of
the railways between Mexico City and the. border. - It is!
believed here that Obregon may become the virtual mili
tary dictator of Mexico. , ,
Americans Chasing; Villa, Guarding Against Surprise, i
COLUMI3 US, Apr. U5. The final -dash for Villa is
reported to have ' been started by . an American detach
ment, while the 'main expeditionary forces are concen
trating at Namiquipa and Dublan. A cavalry column
is reported to be driving towards . Villa's lastlreported
hiding place, near Noncava.
during the night Northeast of Ver-
I duns " Crenade fighting occurred
Southeast of the fortress.'
MAY BE" MORE REP?!
VOTES ON ,THE COAST
ment of Fisheries Law, Which
Their Leaders Admit is Wise and
Efficient Campaigning May Be
Necessary '
MAY EQUIP FIRE CO..
FOR MlTCHELLf OWN
Residents of MitcheJtown are in
terested in a proposed fire company
for that section.. It is suggested to
' raise funds, having ' ithe "city appro
priate liberally, for the purchase of
a hose wagon and pair of horses',
making the third hose company in
the( department. Leading men of the
northwestern part of the city are
backing the movement. - ,
REPORT OF THE
COTTON MARKET
REGISTRATION BOOKS A
FOR PR1T.I ARY OPEN ON
APRIL TVENTY-EIGHTH
A number of 4he precinct regis
trars of the county secured the rig
isiration books for the -Jane 3 pri
mary from Chairman P. S., B Har
per of the, Board of Elections here
today. ' . , J ..
The books will be onened on April
28. ; Th.ey must be kept open for 20
days and ' then Inspected before the
primary.. "- . ' -. '
FORMER CAROLINIAN ,
- ' DIES IN NEW ENGLAND
' (By the Eastern Press) -Washington,
N. C, April 25.
Captiene P, Webber, retired, f
the CJst Guard, is dead at Portland.
Me... t ler an eventful career. This
city WM his winter home. He mar
ried Jiss Margaret Brown of Wash
ington While on' active service he
dI duty at every cutter station from
Maine to the Gulf and at some ports
n the Pacific. He was at one time
member of the Coast Survey, did
rvic in Cuban waters in 3 as
'ommander of a patrol ship and for
ome time was with the Bering Sea
i'atrul feet.
Colttfii futures were up consider
ably at today's close. The local mar
ket was good, prices ruling about like
the average for the past few days.
Today's New York futures quota
tions were; t Open Close
May 11.79 11.90
July .. 11.97 12.06
October 4 12.23 12.26
December .. 12.40 12.44
January , ; 12.45 12.53
HE'LL WIN WITH COL
: POLLOCK, SAYS WOOTEN
J, IFrank Wooten, the. former, Kin
stonian now living in Jacksonville
who is in the race for the State Sen
ate in the Seventh district, is in the
city. ,
Mr. Wooten believes he will go to
the Senate with Col. W. D. Pollock
of this city. He says there are three
other candidates out tFurnie Brock
of Jones county, Levi Mewborne of
Greene and Paul Webb of Morehead
City. . Lenoir, Craven ." paid Onslow
counties can nominate the men they
choose, and Mr. Wooten, feels conn
dent he will share honors with Col
onel Pollock in those counties.
Harm may have been done the De
mocratic cause, say reports from On
slow and Carteret, by the rigid
enforcement of the fisheries law dur
ing, the past few months. Leading
men of ilhose counties and Dare, Tyr
rell and other "fishing" counties as
sert that the law is ft wise one and
well regulates the industry as far as
it goes) and Secretary Redfi eld ia said
to have stated at Wilmington a few
days ago that it is one of the best
laws of the kind in the country.
Many of the fishermen who have
been democratic voters, however, are
dissatisfied and threaten to go over to
the Republican 1 party. Democratic
leaders' admit fear that the majority
in some of the coast precincts will be
reduced. next fall, 'unless the intelli
gent men n the districts take it up
on themselves to. persuade ; their
brethren that they are wrong: '
Light Cruisers Driven Off
After Engagement Last
' ; ing Twenty Minutes y ;
FOUR PERSONS KILLED
First Attack By Ships - Oh
English Coast Since End
of 19 J4 Men-of-War
Followed Zeppelins Sev
er? Bombs Dropped
t (By the United Press)
London, April 25. -A iGrman
squadron consisting of light cruisers
appeared off Lowestoft early this
morning, but were driven off, the
admiralty announced, by British' cru
isers and destroyers.
Two men, a woman and a chrld
were killed during the bombardment
None of the warships was sunk. The
engagement lasted "twenty minutes.
The coast raid followed by about five
hours the , appearance of zcppelins
off Norfolk county, a few miles north
of Lowestoft.
This was the first time German
warships had appeared off the Eng
lish coast since the Scarborough raid
in December of 1914. Lowestoft lies
100 miles northeast of London. Sev
en bombs were dropped by the zeppe
line and one' man was injured, the
war office announced. . .
TWELVE KILLED IN
STREET RIOTING IN
THE IRISH CAPITAL
Youth' of LaCrarige Section
Took Own Life Monday
' ' ' Evening
WAS A GIRL IN THE CASE
Like Joe Benton, Who Was
t Victim Tragic Affair At
Hines' Junction," Newest
Suicide Had Been Re
jected by Young Woman
Telegraph Companies Forced to Double Forces Twenty
Thousand Messages Monday Night May Cause Em
barrassing Debating In Congress Kaiser In Dilemma
How to Explain to People Necessity for Bending to
America Teutons Cannot Realize Necessity for Xtom-.
plying Immediately With Wilson's Sharp, Shori Note
..... .. f , .I.,.'' J'- ; . . .., .I'...-.,.. . a.
Ofllcials Inclined Not to Be Overly Optimistic Impe
rial Government May Have to Yield to (he Populace
B
German Agents Believed to
Have Been Responsible
for Outbreak Against the
Government1 in Dublin on
Monday. ' . '
The body of Jamca W. Arthur, 18,
was found In woods several miues
from LuG range today. Arthur, a coV
oner's jury declared, came to his
death by his own hand. A .32 revol
ver was laying by the corpse,
Arthur was the son of Mrs. I
Batte. who lives a mile or two from
LaG range. ' Neighborhood gossip
connects a young woman with; his
death. .Arthur ia said to have re
marked last week following the sui
cide neat hore of Joseph Benton, al
so of the iLaGrange section, who kill
ed himself because . a girl rejected
him: "I'm -in the same fix; I may as
well put myself out of the way." The
neighbors freely state that Arthur
had been turned down by-a girl. She
was not officially connected with Cor
oner Wood's ihquestJ The coroner
declined to state her name.' The ju
ry accepted the neighborhood state
ments and based their verdict on
them. On the jury were B. W. Wor-
ley, Dempsey Wood, T. J. Emmorson
C. L. Stricklin, George M. Bouse
and C. Ray Hardy.
Arthur was a rather nice-looking
fboy and bore an excellent reputation
The youth is believed to have kill
ed himself early Monday night. He
left thp home of his mothe Jn the
evening, but was thought to have re
turned at bedtime. He was not miss
ed until thi$ morning. His tracks led
to a copse a mile from ' 'the house
where the body was f ound.
JIL OMR TO GIVE
FUG AND BIBLE TO
f,I0SS HILL SCHOOL
The localcounril of the' Jr. Order
U. A M. will present A Bible end
flag to Moss Hill school, several
miles from the city, on May 2. The
3ag will be raised with appropriate
exercises." . " : '
"Sent in your nomination, yet?"
READY TO BUILD PINK
.HILL STATE HIGH SCHOOL
Materials are being assembled at
link Hill for tne construction of the
new ftate High School jbuilding
there. The house will cost about $5,-
000 without the ground. It will be
raiiy for occupancy by the fall. The
building' wlll'fee'of brick. t will be
Lenoir's first State high school. "
GOING ON IN OTHER "
, , TOWNS AND COUNTIES
0F EAST CAROLINA
(By the United Press)
London, April 25-Twelve persons
were kiHed in serious rioting in Ihib
lin " yesterday. Soldiers quelled the
rioters after a street battle.
The authorities are in control to
day. ;
. The rioting is believed to have been
a part of a German plot to stir up a
revolution in conjunction wiith .Sir
Roger Casement's landing.
SHOT WIFE AND HAH
,wn:ftWHOMAs
SAID TO BE INTIMATE
.John TlbTTowcir and Mrs. Chailes
Deans ar .in a Goldsboro hospital
suffering with gunshot wounds said
to lave been inflicted by the wom
an's ' husband. Charles Deans, who
gave himself up to the sherhT " at
Goldsboro, claims that he discovered
the couple in a compromising1 situa-.
tion on the bank of Neuse river near
that city. Both Hollowell and the
woman are suid to be seriously injured.
Here is a List of Contestants
and Partial Schedule of Votes
William Barr," charged with moon
shining, has been arrested tn the
Vanceboro section. He. will probably
bo tried in United States Court. Barr
was taken to .Washington,, where he
will first be tried for violation of laws
in Beaufort county, . Barr - showed
fight, but a half dosen revolvers were
presented at him. His wife cursed
the officers roundly, it is said."
; A forest fire at Dixonv near Jack
sonville, Onslow county, fcas destroy
ed several thousand doIlarsr worth of
timber and a schoolhouse and sever
al dwellings. .
Thomas Dudley, a Morehead tCity
man, is charged with illicit distilling.
t
f(. DISTRICT No. 1., , .
After the Capital prizes, two Max
well Touninjr Cars have been award'
ed, this district will receive one dia
mond ring, one gold .watch end one
bank account ot $25. All others m
this district who remain in the con
test until the close. . who do not win
one of the above prizes, and who com
ply' with the rules,, will be paid a
commission of 10 per cent. . -
DISTKiCT No. L.
Mra.rSosan Dunn Kinston L, 83,100
Miss Barbara Emery, Kinston 21,700
Miss Mary iarmer Kinston. 53,700
Miss Bessie Faulkner, Kinston 6,500
Miss Sarah Faulkner, Kinston 55.800
Mrs. Mamie Fitzgerald, Kins. 60,400
Miss Addie Ford Kinston,; .i 5,400
Mrs. Coy Stroud, Kinston ,., 46,200
Miss . Barb. Andrews, Kin., , 43,800
Miss Bettie Barfield, Kins.. 4 26400
Mrs. Clara Bccton, Kinston. 8,300
Mrs. Katie Bell, Kinston .. 5,400
Miss Maggie Bissett, Kins.. 33,200
Miss Nannie Blackwell, Kins. 38,700
Miss Ada Bostic, Kinston. . . 27,600
Mrstf, Henry Bradshaw, Kins. 26,200
Mrs. M. L. Braswell, Kins. . 54,100
Miss Alma Broadhurst, Kins. 33.100
Miss A L. Broadway, Kinston, 5,400
Miss G. V. Broadway, Kins.. 17,100
Mrs. Laura Cummings. Kins. 4700
Marianna, LaRoque, Kinston 6,000
Miss Carrie B. Cox,- Kinston. -55,100
Mrs. F. L. Hooker, Kins. .... 45,100
J. Colby Abbott, Kinston.... 40.700
Mrs. W: G. Morris, Kinston 0S.100
Miss Katie Brown . ........ 38,800
Mis Susie Canady, Kinston. 3800
Mi3s Lillio B. Cox 24,100
Miss Stella Buck,- Kinston ; . 29,700
Elizabeth Copcland, Kinston . 55,700
Miss Dora iDamond, Kins.. 59.700
Miss Katie Gayl'or, Kinston.. 8,200
Marguerite Goodson, Kinston 19,800
Miss Lena Grady, Kinston.. 61,300
Miss Lois Grubbs, Kinston. 55.'.00
Miss Alice Hart, Kinston. . ,' 28,200
Mary Hartsfield, Kinston ... 38,100
Miss Proosie Heath, Kinston. 49,700
Miss Scotia Hobgood, Kins.. 17,100
Mfss Delia, Hyatt, Kinston.. 69,100
Miss Lul Isler, Kinston .... 28,100
Miss Mana Patrick, Kinston . 4 1,200
Mis Terry Mitchell, Kinston 24.900
Miss Florence Moore, Kinston 22,600
Miss Annie Nobles, Kinston . 48,800
Miss Daisy Outlaw, Kinston 20,700
Miss Eoline Padrick, Kinston 69.900
Miss Fannie Pollock, Kinston 6,000
Miss KobWto Pridgen, Kinston 28,800
Miss Mary Pridgen, Kinston 24,600
Miss Nannie- Randolph, Kins.' 29,300
Miss Amanda Rhodes, Kins... 22,000
Miss Lillian" Rowe, Kinston ..15,500
Miss Lidai Lee Rhodes, Kins. 80,100
Miss Annit.L. Scott, Kinston 19,100
Misf Ruth Simmons, Kinston 21,000
Miss Rosa Simpson, Kinston 19,100
Miss Nannie Stanley, Kinston 65,600
Miss Annie Stephenson, Kinston 6,000
Miss Maria Sutton, Kinston. 56,400
Miss Vana Sutton, Kinston, 6,000
Mrs. Nora Taylor, Kinston. ' 7,300
Bessie V. Thornton, Kinston. 41.300
Miss Jane Tilfrhman, Kinston. 62,100
Miss Myrtle Tucker, Kins.. 21,100
. (Continued from Page
' (By the United Press)
Washington, ADril 25 The telegraph companies have
doubled their forces here because of the floods of peace
telegrams to congressmen. Twenty thousand were re
ceived over night, mostly from German-Americans. Many
are fearful they will cause an ' outbreak , of debating
which would greatly embarrass the government in the
submarine negotiations. .
Washington Not Certain of Good Results1 1
WASHINGTON, Apr. 25.A warning against over
confidence in the pending German-American negotiations
was given by officials today. Hope of a favorable reply
to the President's last submarine note was temjpered to
day by official word that the German Government faces
an extremely difficult task in convincing' its own people
of the justice of Wilson's demands. There, is no ques
tion that Germany wishes to avoid a break if possible. ,
On the other hand, dispatches explain," the suddenness
and force of the President's note brings Germany face
to face with the necessity for quick action at a time wheri
it appears difficult to convince the German people of its
necessity. 1 " " '
TARGET FEATURE
FOR WEDNESDAY
Daily Standing of the Nine Highest
, Leaders for Special Prizes Shown
By Target. " . '
SPECIAL NOTICE TO ,
CONTESTANTS.
In the announcement of spe
cial prizes in yesterday's paper,
an error was made in the closing
date of these prizes. The three
: special prizes run from Monday, :.
April 24th to Monday, May 1st,'
ONE WEEK. )he prizes will be
awarded to the three people who .
; turn in the most ; money from
Mondaj morning, April 21fh un
til Monday night at 9 o'clock,
May 1st j " '
Many people hijve asked the Con
es! Manager if the Contest would
be extended. ' It will close promptly
on the 13th of May at, nine o'clock in
the evening. Under no circumstanc
es will it be extended even for one
minute. Some people are confusing
this campaign with others. Ever
since the campaign has boon announc
ed the Contest Manager has insisted
that it would be different . from all
others. Ill has been different. ' The
Honor Roll which ran for two weeks
was a new feature in this section of
the country. It proved very interest
ing and at the same time very help
ful to the candidates and their
friends. Many candidates asked that
the Honor Roll be extended and oth
ers wished it carried throughout the
entire campaign. The Contest Mana
ger would have liked to have done
so but after advertising that it would
be closed, there was nothing "loft mo
do but to close it.
During the final 2 weeks of the con
test, the votes will drop in value. An
other rule makes it impossible for any
new candidate to enter the contest
during the last two weeks. This ia
contest In which energy and the
fupport of your friends will win.
Every rule possible has been made so
that those who have workod faith
fully throughout the contest will be
guarded at the end.
Target Feature. ;
In connection with the special priz
es a new feature will be introduced
hich like the Honor Roll will be en
tirely new to the public, and prom
ises to be one of the most interest
ing features of the contest. This is
known in the contest as the "Tar
got Feature." The three people
turning in the most money during the
next week will ; win the three
. Continued on page four)
THE EDMONDSON CASE
LIKELY TO COEIE UP.
AGAIN, IN FEW DAYS
It is expected that the case against
F. A. Edmondson, a. former banker
of Greenville, charged with white
slavery, will coma up at a term of
Federal court convened at New Bern
today. The case has been , in i the
couVts several times. , Edmondson is
j accused of having taken Miss Eula-
lia Dudley, a New, Bern girl, to Virr
ginia for an immoral purpose, crim
inally assaulting her on a sleeper
and at Washington en route.
Judge H. Gr Connor of Wilson Is
presiding over the term, which is for
two weeks. ' ' " v
NEW BERN POLICE GET .:
CLUES IN BABY CASS :
BELIEF OF OFFICERS
The New -Bern police;' says the
Sun-Journal of that city, believe that
the body of a small white infant re
cently taken away from a dog in the
business section there was dug . up
by the animal from the rear of the
house at 101 Craven street. , A blood- !
stained towel in" which the, body ia
supposed to have been wrapped and '
a bottle that contained chloroform -!
have been recovered. The police, who ;
have made no arrest, think the body
was partly burned after the anes
thetic was administered. " '
SALVATION ARMY TO
' CONDUCT REVIVAL
; ; BIG SCALE IN CITY
The biggoat revrval' ever conducted
by the Salvation Army in Eastern
Carolina will be held here in a week
or two, Seven leaders will partici
pate, including three from New York
and one from Atlanta. . Kinston may
become the headquarters of the Sal
vationists in the section in a "few
months. ? -v " ' '.j .-: -fv.--
Local clergymen will be asked to
assist in the services, by doing the
preaching in some of the meetings. In
northern towns, it is pointed ' out,
ministers of all denominations co-operate
with the army officers, v
You cannot enjoy summer if you
haven't an automobile. The Free
Press is giving two llaxwe'Js away
on the 13th of May.