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...: ' ". -1" V i : DAILY -:r :r, '. PRE ..).- E PR THE WEATHER ! Raiii Tomorrow VoL xVfl.-No.285 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 1916 FOUR PAGES PRICE TWO CENTS , FiyE CENTS ON TRAINS the. el;.:e,f.fe3 -jj l m i'' I I I 1 ,' 1 ', ' ' " ' ' .. , , AflMCAN PEOPLE. MiBLiETOIEm GOV'T, THOUGH BERLIN ISRfORE HOPEFUL Optimism Comes From Thin Air, Declares High Up Of ficialGerard Has Said Nothing for Himself or the Kaiser'4 Advisors One Warning of. Freighters Attitude on Armed Merchantmen Stated in Memo randum Issued Today Von BernstorfTs Attitude Ov- er Seizure of Von Igeft Papers Changes Completely Embassy Now Calmly Indifferent , - ' ; ' (By It Washington, Apr. 26. : ington pending the German ifon air," according to a - overconfidence was again today, warned against It was. pointed out tnat'Lrerard's cables merely have contained ' resumes of German newspapers' editorial opinion, and : not his own nor opinions he believes the German officials hold. f - Warning of , Freighters Big Question. '.'7 (By Carl W. Ackerman) Berlin, Apr. 26. Wilson's marines warn freighters as 1 -statutes most serious obstacle in the way of -a settle ment, it issaid. Other points in the controversy, it is Denevea, can te settled without trouble. , The feeling is growing nere tnat tnere will be no breaK. Embassy Now Indifferent Over Taking of Von Igel Papers. ; Washington, Apr. 26. Ambassador Von BernstorfTs return from. New York today was marked by a complete change of attitude at the Embassy regarding the seizure of the. now. famous : Von Jgel papers. The new attitude is one o calm indifference. The whole question is now considered, a legal matter simply, to be handled by law yers. If it be shOwh, however, that Von Igel is guilty of improprieties , as an embassy attache, which, of course, la nut, rtunuLteu, iUie tiunfaaoy oe recalled, as were Von Papen and Boyed. Memorandum on Armed Merchantmen. ?j Washington. A.pr."26. America's attitude, on the arm ed merchantment question noon in a memorandum from jjuuucauon is ior tne purpose oi denning clearly what the President meant when he demanded that Germany abandonee "present methods'' of. submarine, warfare. HOLDS DOWN: THE RIOTERS H DUBLIN COUNTY ' Troops Sent to Irish Capital From England City Still Cut Off From Communi cation Rebels Hold Parts of the Town ' 1 (B the United Press) fondon, Apr. 26.-l-Martial law has Jen declared ' inv Dublin ... counity. Troops transported from England are in charge of the Irish Capital. Prompt Step's Taken, " - London, Apr.' 2(J. Prompt and en trgretic steps ere being taken to put down the Irish insurrection in Dub lin, which city is still cut off from Wegraphic communication.'7 - Parts f Dublin are still held by the re- HOPE TQ RLISE fJiiiJONV ; FOS SUFFERBliS New York, Apr. 26. A million dol lars, k Aft YwAn maI Am 4-Vi a minimum 4a j V, htalned as a result of 'the Aliles I izaar to be held at Grand Central .Valace, New York City, June 3rd to f 14th. under the auspices of the Na- -nmcu ,: xvenei jommiuee aia the War Relief Qearing House for France and Her Allies. This means 01,1 mion dollars or ; as orach re as can be secured will be uUIia d for ithe relief of the sufferers of the various Allied nations of Europe. I You cannot win v one of the cars "n's you try. The thing to do is o try. . - - -.- . ; . MMIALLAW NEED NOT BE SO SURE Difficult Point Seems jto Be Well as Liners American J. Bender) , , Optimism prevailincr in WasK negotiations comes "from high official. The danger of demand that German sub well as passenger liners con uKcs tiie view mat ne win was made clear this after the State Department. The iPilili OF THE. FRENCH; ACTIVE OVEH KWt AREA Zeppelin Attacked and Dam aged Torpedo Boat is Bombed Famous Fok ker Brought Down In tense Bombardment - by Germans '. Paris, Apr. "26. An intense bom bardment of Avoncourt ' Wood and hill 240 by the Germans is reported by the war office. ' , . French aeroplane at 8 o'clock this morning attacked a zeppelin off Zee Bruges at a heightof 13,200 feet. throwing nine incendiary shells. The dirigible is believed to have been re turning from an English attack. The seppelin tilted, nose upward, appar ently damaged, the aviator reported. : At the same houra' Frencji aeroplane- dropped bombs upon a German torpedo fooat off Ostend.. jThe extent of the damage is unknown: ' t i At Luneville, near Nany, an avia tor brought down a famous German Fokker whose pilot was made' a pri soner. v: :."- 5 iPRKlDMiULOffid !, PLANTS TREE Washington, Apr. 25. -President Wilson ; returned to Washington " to night after a day's trip to Princeton, N. J, where he voted in the Presi dential primaries, planted a tree in honor of Abraham Lincoln, and de livered a brief address, eulogizing the martyred President. PERUVIANS SHOWING DISPLEASURE : OVER AN ALLEGED SLIGHT Miffed at Inferred Insults Minister of Foreign Af fairs Tells Other Govern ments About Conduct McAdob's Commission c (By the United Press) v .Lima, Peru, Apr. 20. The Peruv ian Minister of foreign affairs to day dispatched to all South Ameri can governments a detailed state ment of an alleged inferred insult to Peru by Secretary iMcAdoo'a Inter national High Commission. ' Newspapers here continue denounc ing the party. . : Dispatches say Chilean newspapers are doing .likewise. .. , , THE ODDEST STORY IN THE NEWS OF THE DAY Salem, Ore., Apr. 26. The mys terious disappearance of 320 miles of highway in Lincoln "... county as shown in the biennial road report of Oregon; caused the Department of Agriculture at Washington to won der. When Malheur, the biggest coun ty iij the state, howed an increase of 2,000 miles of highway in two years, the department demande an expla nation from State Engineer Lewis. Today ' Lewis made this explana tion to Washington: The 1914 road report from Lincoln county was made when the tide was out." . When the 1916 report was made the tide was in, and 320 miles of coats highways were under water and couldn't be counted. - ,- THE DAY OK LOCAL COTTON EXCHANGE About 60 or 65 bales of cotton had been sold here today by 2 o'clock. The prevailing price was 11 1-2 cents. One local buyer yesterday purchased 60-odd bales in Craven county. Today's New iYork futures quo tations were: Open 11.94 12.10 12.29 12.47 12.55 2:20 11.93 12.05 12.23 12.39 Mar. July Oct. Dec. Jan. , 12,49 NORTHERN METHODISTS MEET SARATOGA SFGS (Special to The Free Press) Saratoga, Springs, N, Y., Apr. 26 The 27th delegated quadrennial ses sion of the General Conference af the Methodist Episcppal church' wilt con vene here on May 1. ., Delegates from 133 annual conferences wi!l at tend. Organic union with the Soulh- ni church will be one of the import ant matters of discussion.- 'v AUSTRIA-HUNGARY NOT FAVORABLE TO BREAK Washington, Apr. 25. Secretary Lansing announced late today ithat dispatches from Vienna, quoting Austria-Hungarian newspapers, in dicated the opinion there semed to be against Germany taking action that would lead to the severance of diplo matic relations with the United States. . '- N ; Y -l" ?ii '.' V '; : BULLETINS (By the United Press); GERMANS AND JAPS BEHIND NEW REVOLT? ' Mexico Oty,: Apr. 26 -Many . , Germans are directing a new re volution from Guatemala it was learned today Japanese are said to be furnishing arms and am- - munition te the rebels. ., Subscribe to Tha Free Press. Mrs. Geo. Taylor; LaGrange, Hits Balls Eye; First Target Miss Eoline Padrick of Kinston Gets Second Place, and Miss Glenn Sugg, of Snow Hill is Third A Most In . tercsting Feature As was promised tha public by the contest management,' the first Bulls Eye 'of .the leaders and" the near leaders for the special prises are shown today for the first time. The target needs no further explanation. There you will find tho tilne leaders for the special prises as they stood up to nine o'clock, last evening. ' Sev eral good reports came in too late to be recorded on the first target, but they were in time to be counted on the records for today. There were imjiny other contestants who were less than two yearly subscriptions be hind the leaders. When you thmk what this means and you realize how close together are one half of the contestants on the list, some vague idea oi what an even and hard fought battle is being waged throughout the territory covered by this interesting contest. . Mrs. George Taylor of R. F. D. LaGrange was the first contestant to hit the Bulls Eye. Mrs. Taylor is what may be called a new contestant, for it is only with this week that she has commenced work ,in real tamest. Miss Eoline Padrick of Kinston comes second and may also be called a new contestant since .this is the first Week that she has attempted to do any . real work In the contest. But THIS LIST GIVES AS TURNED IN UP DISTRICT No. 1. f .: After the Capital prizes, two Ma well Touring 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 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. I - DISTRICT No, 1. Mrs. Susan Dunn, Kinston .. 33,100 Miss Barbara Emery, Kinston 21,700 Miss Mary Farmer, Kinston 53,700 Miss Bessie, Faulkner, Kinston 6,500 Miss Sarah Faulkner,! Kinston 65.800 Mrs. Mamie Fitzgerald, Kins 65.200 Miss Addie Ford, Kinston,., 5,400 Mrs. Coy Stroud. Kinston 61.700 Miss Barb. lAndrews, Kins.. 43,800 Miss Bettie Barfield, Kins. .. 26,100 Mrs. Clara Becton, Kinston 69,100 Mrs. Katie Bell,, Kinston .. 6,400 Miss Maggie Bissett Kins.. 33.200 Miss Nannie Blackwell, Kins. 38,700 Miss Ada Uostic. Kinston.. 27.600 Mrs. Henry Bradshaw,' Kins. 26,200 Mrs. M. L. Braswell,;Kins. : 54,100 Miss Alma Broadhurst, Kins. 49,050 Misa A. L. Broadway. Kinston. 5.400 Miss G. V. Broadway, Kins.. 17,100 Mrs. . Laura Cummings, .Kins. 47,800 Marianna LaRoque, Kinston ' 6,000 Miss Carrie B. Cox, Kinston. 55,100 Mrs. F. L. Hooker, Kins. . . 60,200 J. . Colby Abbott, Kinston . . S8,;t50 Mrs. W. G. Morris, Kinston 72,250 Miss Katie Brown 38,800 Miss Susie Canady, Kinston 49,100 Miss Lillie B. Cost........... 24,100 Miss. Stella Buck, Kinston ..29,700 Elizabeth Copeland, Kinston. 55,700 Miss Dora Diamond. Kins. 65,150 Miss Katio Gavlor, Kinston.. 8.200 Marguerite .Gbodson,' Kinston 19,800 Miss Jena-Crady. Kinston . . 61,300 Miss - Lois Gfulbs,' Kinston 68,400 Miss f Alice Hart,," Kinston Mary Hartsfield. Kinston 28,200 38,100 49,700 17,100 74,350 28.100 Miss Proosie Heath, Kinston. Miss. Scotia Hobgood. Kins.. Miss Delia Hyatt. Kinston. Miss JLula Isler, Kinston Miss Mana Patrick. Kinston. 41.200 Miss , Terry Mitchell, Kinstoh 244)00 Miss Florence Moore, Kinston 48,700 Miss Annie- Nobles. Kinston. 48.800 Miss Daisy Outlaw, Kinston 20,700 Miss Eoline Fadrick, Kinston 72,200 Miss Fannie Pollock. Kinston 6.000 Miss Roberta Pridsren, Kinston 28,800 Miss Mary Prfdgen, .Kinston 24,60.0 Miss Kanme Kandolpn, Kms. 29,300 Miss Amanda Rhodes, Kins... 22.000 Miss Lillian Rowe, Kinston , .15,500 Miss Lida Lee Rhodes, Jtms. 47,100 Miss Annie L. Scott. Kinston. 19.100 Miss Ruth Simmons, Kinston 21,000 Miss Kosa Simpson, Kinston 10,100 Miss Nannie Stanley, Kinston 72,400 Miss Annie Stephenson, Kinston 6,000 Miss Maria Sutton, Kinston 67,100 Mi3S Vana Sutton, Kinston, 6,000 Mrs. Nora Taylor, Kinston 34.200 Bessie. V. Thornton, Kinston. 41.300 Miss Jane Tilghman, Kinston 75,600 Miss Myrtle Tucker, Kins.. 21,100 Miss Julia Tyndall, Kinston 61,000 Miss Bettie Underhill, Kinston 29,700 Miss Lona D. Weeks, Kinston 64,100 Miss Katie Whitehurst, Kind.. 68,800 Miss Camille Aldridge. " Kins. 27,100 Miss Evelyn Waters. Kinston 69,700 Miss Ella Haskett, Kinston.. 33,000 Horman Lawson, Kinston 72.100 Mrs. Eva Curamings, Kins.;. 47,700 Miss Kyle Hargett, Kinston.. 8,600 Mrs. J. B. Leonard. Kins.. . 39,700 Miss Velma Hill, Kinston 49500 Mr. Gordon Boney, Kinston 72,300 Mrs. M. L McCullen, Kins. 39,100 Miss Victoria Burscll, . Kins. 71,200 Miss Isabel Baily. Kinston... 28,200 Mrs. Claude Smith, "6800 Miss Janie Hardy .......... 74.100 ilias Ruth Dail 17,100 not so with' Miss Glenn Sugg, the third candidate for this prises. Miss Sugg is one of those who has ac eomplished good work from the start of the contest and who though han dfcapped with her school work has accomplished wonderful results, Miss Delia Hyatt, Mrs. Claude Smith. Mrs. Mamje Fitzgerald, Mrs. W. G. Mor ris, Mrs. Lillian Worthington,' and Miss Aileen Jones, the other contest ants who succeeded in placing their names on the target at the first ap pearance are all in the first class and deserve the support of their friends By following the race for the spe cial prises which will be shown daily by the target one may realise how exciting is the race for the grand prizes at the end of the contest la this struggle for the extra, prizes the various candidates are trying their mettle and it is certain that those who lead in this weekly battle will also stand high at the finish. By th record of the targets even as by the record of the Honor Roll, the pub lic will awing, their support. Every contestant who has any hopes of win ning should do their best to place their names on the target and to win one of the - special prizes. Hit the Bulls Eye. ; At least put your name en the target and keep it there. THE TOTAL VOTES TO LAST NIGHT Mr,. PhiUips Brooks Miss Lucy Freeman 63,200 63,400 73,200 72.850 Miss Allie Delle Gaynor Mrs. b. A Kest ... Miss May .Oettmger 28,100 Miss Susan fniiiipa . 20,100 38,200 47,100 69,100 . 7,900 i , Miss Susan A, Martin ..... Miss Lillie Smith, Leon . . . Miss Lottie- Whitfield, Leon Mrs. Inda Deaver, Leon ... Mrs. Jay Smith. Leon 75,600 Miss Mattie Kennedy. Hallsville, j R. F. D. 4 ............... 66,300 Miss Gertrude Maxwell, Re- saca . i-i, ..;,..... v 69,750 Mr3. Don. Maxwell,, Resaca, 38,300 Mrs. Swannie Mewbome, La Miss Rena Elmore, LaGrange 41,700 Mrs. Leslie Creech, LaGrange 32,600 Mrs. Fannie Rouse, LaGrange, K. v u., m,i l . i.M . v. , . . za-aoo Mrs. Eva Carlisle, LaGrange. R. F.' D No. 1 ..... . . . . .' . 26,300 Miss - Ruth Dail, V LaGrange, ; R. F. D. 75,100 Miss Lucy Herring, LaGrange, R.. Ft D. No.-1, ..... . ... . . 2100 Miss Mittie Harrison, La Grange; R. F. D. 5 72,400 Miss Roberta Aldridge, La Grange, R. F. D. 6 74,650 Miss Doll Waters, LaGrange R. F, D. No. 5 ........... 28,100 Mrs. Ada Newsom, LaGrange, R. F. D. Nd. 2 .... . ........ 21,700 Mrs. George Taylor, LaGrango, R. F. D. 2 75,150 Miss Glennie Britt, LaGrange ,R. F. D. 2 71.300 Miss Fannie Mercer, Walston .burg ..4..-' 72,000 Miss Murtie Rouse, Walston - burg I . , . . . , . ........... 10,400 Mrs. Mary Ramsey, Trenton. . 12,800 Miss Lou Doughorty Trenton 73,450 Miss Lillian Haywood, Tren ton 28,300 Miss Nannie Scarborough, iGraingers, R, F. D., Kin-' ston ...................... 62,400 Mrs. Daisy Speights, Grain gers, R. F. D., Kinston..... 38,700 Mrs. Lillian Worthington, ' . Graingers, R. F, D, ...... 75,100 Mrs. Mary Heath, Kinston, R. . Miss Theresa Kilpatrick, Kin- ' ' F. D. 6 72,200 Mrs. Annie Daugherty, Kin gston, R. F. D..No. 6....... 19,400 Miss Elvis Sutton, Kinston, ' Ston, R, F. D. 6 ...... v, ... . 67)00 Mies May Stroud, Kinston, R. '. F. O. No. 5 . .. . , . . 26,100 Miss Sadie Waller. AKlnaton.""-''"'"- R. F. D. 5 7200 Mrs. J. E. Rouse, Kinston, B. F. D. No. 6 .1800 Mrs. Minbie L. Tyndall, Kin ston, R. F. D. No. 5 r.k... 19.100 Miss Glenn Gray, Kinston, R. F. D. .Nov 2 ..... .. i , ; i 43,100 Mrs. Ashley Mercer, Halls-. ville v, ....i........... 2800 Mrs. Auther Whitfield, Halls--ville... 24,500 Miss Lula Qninn. Hallsville.. 6.000 Miss Sudie Thomas. Hallsv'le. 29,100 Mr. Willie ,Grady,(Seven Spgs., R. F. D. 1 .... .......... 71.100 Miss Lucille Brown, Ayden 6800 Miss Gennie P. Taylor, R. F. D. No. 2, Kinston 18,900 Mrs. S. H. Grant, R. F. D. No. 3 .''.......,......;.,. 13,100 Mrs. Martha Colie, ' R.' F, D. - No, -iJLu at.oon Mrs. J. R. Gray, R.F.D. 1. . 19,300 Violet Adkinson, R. F. D. 1. 2700 Mrs. Ada Phillips. R. F. D. 1 72,250 Miss Lucy A. Cauley, R. 4 .. 19,000 Miss Lillian Isler. R. F. D. 4 48,300 Mrs. M. A. Miller, R.F.D. 7.. 28,100 Miss Delia Gooding, R. F. D. 7 72,200 Mrs. II. M. McDonald, R. F. D. No. 7 10,900 Miss Sue M. Nobles, Trenton 72,650 - (Continued on page two) - AMERICANS ARE THOROUGHLY BEATING UP MEXICAN MOUNTAIN COUNTRY IN THE NEW SEARCH FOR VILLA; A REPORTED MtLE ' s ' '' - ' VV-,'--,' : ; " Columbus Says Several Troopers Have Been Killed in ClashEvery Clue Being Run Down Insist Upon Immediate Evacuation by Punitive Expe dition, EI Paso' Learns De Facto Government Can not Pacify People 'While United States Soldiers Re main Across Border, Stated Mexican Stalesman General Expected to Meet General Scott on tne Boun dary, Friday for Conference , ' . tne United' Press) t . "' . El Paso, Apr. 26. Several American soldiers have been killed in an engagement in Mexico, Columbus re ports stat& " Troops Run Down Every Clue. . Pershing's Headquarters, Mexico, Apr. 26. Several : cavalry columns are actively engaged in running dovvTi the Villistas reported to be in the mountains along the com munication lines extending border. Every' clue that low the new limited field of Obregon to Insist Upon Withdrawal. 1 "y . (By E. T. Conlcle) ... t;.;.: El Paso, Apr. 26. Speedy withdrawal of .the' Ameri-. can expedition win De msistea upon, oy ypregon in tne border conference with General Scptt, according; to. 16- : cal Carranza officials. The Mexican i de facto govern ment's plea is that it cannot pacify the country; while American troops are on Mexican territory. Opregon will -demand evacuation on practically his own terms. , Gen eral Obregon is1 expected to REPUTATION OF MISS DUDLEY COURT-ISSUE Girl Had Been Indiscreet Before Al leged Criminal Assaults by Banker Edmundson Occurred, Evidence, is Introduced to Show Physician Had Refused Criminal Operation Local lawyers who attende Federal Court at New Bern : Tuesday stated that the trial of F. ; A. Edmundson, charged by Miss Eulalia Dudley with white slavery, was rather Interesting. Edmundson prolmbly would be proved technically guilty,' they etated. Miss Dudley, a New Bern girl, claims that Edmundson, a former bank cashier of Greenville,-induced her to, go to Norfolk with him, end that he twice criminally assaulted i her. Evidence was introduced to show that the girl's reputation prior to the trip out of the State, declared by her to have been spotless, had already been blot ted by indiscreet actions upon her part A young man was named. A doctor said that he had refused to perform a criminal operation upon the girl at the request of the youth. TIRED SEEING DEAD MEXICANS; NOR DOES ' ... HE LIKE THE LAND (By the Eastern Press) Washington, . N. C. Apr. 26 In the Mexican mountains the American Soldiers of the punitive expedition frequently have to build windbreaks to protect their camps, writes Corp. A. A., Nichols of a cavalry machine gun troop to relatives here. ' The wind whistles through, the peks at a rate of 75 miles an hour "on the slightest excuse." , "Fierce country,? he declares; "one almost burns up in daytime and nearly freezes fv at night'! Nichols has frequently as sisted in tha task of burning bodies of dead Mexicans, and is tired of seeing them, he states. RIOTING BY STRIKERS IN EAST PITTSBURGH Pittsburg, Pa- Apr. 25. The first serious rioting in the strike of ,13,000 employes of the Westinghouse Elec tric and Manufacturing-Company in East Pittsburg occurred tonight Sev eral shots were fired and an unidenti fied striker and a detective were in jured, . ' 7 : i three hundred miles below the does not carry the troops Tbe- operations is being run down. v reach Juarez Friday.' - : TICOIIMEKIEE wini aqt Tiiohirnii HILL LiUI lilllUUUll USUAL THREE DAYS Orator Not Yet Eleterhiined Upon Exercises' liiono!ay and (Tuesday and Sermon Sunday Evening Pri- j mary School Program - Superintendent Caldwell ' of the City Schools today announced the following tentative program for the ' annual commencement: - Sunday evening,' April 30, at 8 o'clock; Annual sermon by Rev. H. A. Humble, in Queen Street Methodist church. - " Monday, May 1, at. 10 ft. m.: Play- ground exercises alf Lewis ' building, by primary children. At 8:15 m. Class day exercises by sonior class. Tuesday, at 10 a. m.: Declamation contest for Faulkner medal," '. At 8:15 p. m,: Annual address, award ing of honors, medals and scholar ships, and delivery of diplomas. The orator has not been announced. ; STRAWBERRY CROP IN THE CAROLINAS SAID TWEYE HUND'D.CARS Washington, Apr. 2Cj A Depart ment of Agriculture statement says the North and South Carolina straw berry crop wiy be about twelve hun- ired carloads. .Thirty-one cars have already been shipped North. TO PUNISH PARK COPS FOR STOPPING SPOOLERS Pittsburgh, Apr. 26.- Here is Po lice Superintendent Matthews pro aoucement concerning spooney lov srs in Pittsburgh public parks: - "Any policeman who is so Lacking In brains as to disturb any exercise of that kind will be placed on the books. Such an officer would not be humane. , Yesir; you can say for me that spooning "goes in the parks. It is the Spring of "the year epecia"7 Cat young, hearts turn to love ani L-ve loads to marriage and happy fcc:-:. :-.. s.
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