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VOL. 'XVII. No. 290
' SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 2, 1916
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OBREGBN CONF'ENCE IN SIGHT PERSHING COMPLETELY ENDED
REVOLUTIONISTS IN
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GRADUATING CLASS
BY DR EDG'R KNIGHT
PREPARES FORCES AGAINST' OCCIDENTS' MH GREAT LOSSES
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Commander in Mexico, Being Informed by Wireless of French Nation Is Wild With
Everything Going On at Meeting of Carranza and Ba- Enthusiasm; Gen. Joflre
ker Representatives, Will Take No Chances Interven- . Makes Big Gains
tionists Active In Border Country Trying to Influ
ence Officers War Secretary Has Utmost Faith In A SERIES OF VICTORIES
Thief of Staff Scattered Detachments Over Border
Rpine- Recalled to Bases Forecast of Exnected Break Parct Satuiday Publica
' . tion Today Revealed That
Ttotwwn l.nnfprpps Tnnav
, i rni r mi 1
mure man une mousanu
Yards Trenches Were Oe
cupied One Place
(By the United Press)
Washington, May 2 Intervention interests at El Pa
so have been endeavoring to befog the atmosphere, and,
if Dossible. influence the opinions of military men, Secre- (By the united press)
iWv Baker has been informed. Paris' May 2-In the most sue
'' , T. . , , , , , - . cessful offensive blow delivered by
decretal y uaivei, uuwevw, icpuoea uieuuuuauaiui i Genoral Petain since the Crow
!i Vi' ii J ii. in l?i!i i- l 11- i.1
General cou ana me iauer s aoniiy 10 nanuie uie saua- prinee began his Verdun offensive,
tion, despite the fact that many other military men pri- the French yesterday captured over
wat.Pl v are Dro-interventionists. nv.e nunlm1 ya,ds or German iM
, ea Southeast of fort Douaumont.
Pershing Taking No Chances. German trenches taken by the French
Columbus, N. M., May 2 General Pershing is concen- on Dead Man's hm Saturday and
trating and disposing OI his forces as though an attack Sunday, the war office today announc-
were momentarily imminent.
' With the Scott-Obregon conference hanging fire and
the situation admittedly tense, he is takirrgxno chances.
Every movement in the conference room is being report
ed to the commander by wireless. Scattered columns
will be called in to their bases. Additional defensive
works are being constructed at several points.
EI Paso Expects Break In Conference Today.
V Pasn. Mav 2 The Scott-Obregon conference is ex
nected to reach a deadlock today, when Washington in- CRAVEN TREASURER
structions telling Scott to refuse at this time to discuss
withdrawal reach here. General Scott is expected imme
diately to tell Obregon of Washington's decision. Obre
gon is expected to politely but firmly tell Scott he won't
talk anything Until withdrawal is discussed. Under such
circumstances immediate adjournment of the conference
is anticipated. Interventionists are openly active along
the border. Every effort is being made to offset their
activities.
Mexican Officials Admit Situation Grave.
Washington, May 2. Mexican officials today made no
effort to minimize the gravity of the situation. They said
there is always a possibility that isolated Carranzistas,
through dislike of the American soldiers, partial friend
liness to Villa and dise-ust over the slowness of receiving
their pay, might attack the American forces. The longer HE'S INTERESTED IN
the Americans remain the greater this danger becomes, IIAlir mIIP m.n rnrP ,,
it is believed. nUW WAR UUM 111
ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA
ed, amounted to a thousand yards of
from three hundred to six hundred
feet in depth.
Publication of these facts jtoday
caused the wildest enthusiasm, and
was interpreted as meaning that the
German drive has been definitely
checked, with the offensive taken up
by the French.
HURST HURT IN AN
ACCIDENT ON ROAD
iNew Bern, May 2. Craven Coun
ty Treasurer I?. B. Hurst was seri
ously hurt in an auto accident two
miles from here, when a touring ear
driven by L. I. Mooire, the well
known lawyer, was ditched. Hurst's
right arm was broken in two places
and a shoulder dislocated. Moore
and several other persons in the car
escaped injury.
WILL PUT WIRELESS
TELEPHONE TO HARC
TEST OraiDAY
Man-of-War Far Out at Sea
and All Yards to Be In
Communication With Na
vy Department at One
Time, If Plan Carries
(By the United Press) ,
Washington, May 2. For the first
time in history wireless telephone
messages will flash to shore from a
battleship far out at sea. At the
same time the Navy Department will
be in instantaneous telephone com
munication with every naval sta
tion on the Atlantic and Pacific
Coasts.
; The time will he Saturday, and the
New .Hampshire will be the battle
ship. The tests are designed as pre
paredness measure.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
FREXCH GAIN NO MOrV
SAYS BERLIN.
Berlin, May 1 Fierce French
"Malta SonUr of Fort Donan-
ont aad Caillette Forest today
we completely repulsed, the ;
: wJr offic iced. . ; ,K V
MAKE PREPARATIONS
FOR OBSERVANCE OF
THE TENTH OF MAY
Men Caught Armed to Be
Transported for Arraign
ment; Suspects to Be Giv
en Hearings In Dublin,
Authorities Announce
(By the United Press)
London, May 2. All rebels who
bore arms in the Irish revolt will Ik?
brought here for trial. All suspect
ed Sinn Feiners will be tried in Ire
land, it is announced by the author
ities. Reconstruction work in Dub-
ing is going rapidly forward.
Soldiers Say 500 Kelnds Were
Killed.
Dublin, May 2. At least live hun-
Ired rebels were killed and fifteen
hundred wounded in the seven days
fighting here, soldiers estimated today
after a canvass of the city.
Many bodies are believed to be un
der ruins, and the hospitals are full
of wounded, including wdmen! and
children. Officers say several fanatics
are still holding out, without food,
several buildings are expected to be
taken shortly.
Class Day and Declamation
Contest Held Diplomas
and Award of Medals to
Conclude Exercises 1916
School Term Tonight
ATLANTIC COAST CO.
MOVES TO PETERSBURG
(Special to The Free Press)
Greenville, May 2. The Atlantic
Coast Realty Company is today mov
ing its head offices from Greenville
to Petersburg, Va. The Virginia city
is more logically located for the bus-
ness of the company, is the princi
pal reason given.
NARROW ESCAPE WHEN
CAR WENT INTO RIVER
New Bern, May 2. W. E. Holt, a
Norfolk Southern employe, drove a
motor car through an open draw at
the Trent river bridge here. Holt
nd the car plunged 20 feet to the
ater. Holt in a good swimmer and
escaped.
A. M. WaddelT 'Chapter of the
United Daughters of the Confeder- words, dead English
Isaac Hailos of Jones county is
probably the only person in North
Carolina directly interested for a pe
cuniary reason in the famous Meso
potamia campaign, which has been
responsible lor so many misspelt.
soldiers and
BISHOPS OF NORTHEN
CHURCH FAVOR UNION
OF METHODISTS IN U. S.
acy is making preparations for the
observance of Memorial Day on Wed
nesday of next week. The program
has not been fully arranged yet. Hon.
Larry Moore of New Bern, as an
nounced some days ago, will be the
orator. That feature of the celebra
tion will be held at 11 a. m.
A .barbecue dinner will be served
the veterans participating in the ex
ercises by A. M. Waddell chapter,
at a time not determined upon. The
usual parade and decoration exercises
in Maplewood cemetery will be held.
COTTON TWELVE
fENTS HERE TODAY
vouon sour
IS
cents
here today. Prices ranged from
11 1-2 to the former figure. Thirty-
nine bales had been sold fey 2:50 o'clock.
New York futures quotations were:
Open 2:40
May . . .. i. ...12.18
July -.12.35
October .. 12.4?
December-.. .12.66
January i ..13.74
12.39
12.46
12.66
12.70
12.77
BUILD CONCRETE ROAD.
By the Eastern' Press)
Washington, N. C. May 2. Beau
fort county is to build three miles of
concrete road from Pamlico river to
Chocowinity. ,: , -
Turks and false reports and hopes.
Mr. Bailos, here today, declared
that he was one of the owners of a
rather big vineyard in the regio
Mesopotamia, he stated, means an
island; i. e , the island between the
Euphrates. He was raised there.
The vineyard was .possibly 300 years
old. There are or were 9,000 vines in
it. His father made wine for sacra
mental purposes and dried grapes for
raisins, etc. .Bailos would like to
know how the vineyard is getting on,
but considers it as rather certain
that it has been destroyed by the sol
diers. The other owner, a brother, is
in the Turkish army, against his will.
POLICEMAN PAGE TO
ii QUIT LA GRANGE SOON
ChieTof Police U. S. Page of La
Grange, "here on Monday, stated that
his resignation, tendered some time
ago, would take effect this week.
Page may go-to Virginia town or
some other place in North Carolina.
He is evidently much in demand as a
policeman. Flattering offers 'have
been made him. He located in La
Grange after the commissioners" at
that place had advertised for a p
Iieeman He served with the United
States fleet at the capture of Vera
Cruz. He has participated in a num
ber of interesting adventures in this
section. He i a very young: officer
Subscribe in The Free Pres.
(By the United Press)
Saratoga, N. Y., May 2. A union
of the Methodist Episcopal and Meth
odist Episcopal South churches was
indorsed by bishops in their annual
addresses before the General Con
ference of the former today. All
forms of child labor were condemned.
The Keating-Owen bill was endorsed
PRESENT BIBLE AND
FLAG AT MOSS HILL
Members of the local council of the
Jr. O. U. A. M. went to Moss Hill
school today to present a Ifible and
flag to that model institution. In the
absence of Supt. Kinsey a. citizen of
the section was to receive the gifts.
Dr. Edgar W. Knight of Trin'ty
College will deliver the annual ad
dress before the graduating class of
thu Kinston High School tonight. The
diplomas will be given, medals of
honor awaiiTed and the closing exer
cises of the 19H session held.
The "Class Day exercises were hel'd
in the auditorium of the Grainger
building Monday night. An audience
which filled every available seat and
standing loom in the. building greet
ed the young people, who are to make
their "commencement" in the larger
sphere of the world's activities. A
drama in three acts took the place
of the usual "speech making" and the
exercises were thoroughly enjoyed.
The following program was carried
out:
Prologue Address of Welcome
El wood Boney.
Act I. "The Past." . Scene I. Zelda
Brooks' Home. Seniors Plan a Sur
prise Party. Scene II. Same as
first. 1 lass History Mamie Ruth
Churchill.
Act II. "The Present." 1 Sing
ing of Class Song. 2 Class Poem
Ppul Whitaker 3 The Senior Con
vex Mirror Thelma Elliott. 4 The
Class Statistics Percy West.
Act III. "The Future." Wood
land Scene Seniors Having Picni
1 The Class Prophecy. 2 The Last
Will and Testament Will Lewis.
Epilogue 1- The Farewell Ad
dress. President of Class. 2 The
Presentation of Class Gifts. 3
Singing of Farewell Song
President Elwood Honey of the
graduating class presented in behalf
of the class of 1910 a statuette of the
Goddess Diana. Superintendent
Caldwell accented the gift in a few
well chosen remarks, expressing an
preciation for the spirit which prompt
ed the gift.
This morning the annual declama
tion contest "free for all" students
- for the Faulkner medal was held
There were six contenders for tht
honor this year and the efforts of all
were most creditable. Those partici
pating were: Albert Scarborough of
the Ninth grade, his subject was,
"The Curse o f Kegulus"; Mary
Pridgcn of the Junior Class, her se
lection was . Edgar Allan Poo's
"Quoth the Raven Never More";
Robert Collins of the Freshman class
delivered an extract from Henry W.
Grady's speech entitled "The South,
and Her Problem"; Mildred Hill of
the Sophomore class, rendered one of
Uncle Remus' stories; Julian Mc
Cullen of the Senior class delivered
the oration on the death of Benedict
Arnold and Bryce Woolen of the
Sophomore class, presented "Hi
awatha's Wooing". The high school
glee club rendered several selections
interspersing the declamations.
(Continued on Page Four)
Hundred and Fifty Persons
to Participate In "The
County Fair" on 12th and
13th Rehearsals Start
Today Enthusiasm
KAISER MAY ASK FOR FURTHER PARLEY'G
OpV SUBMARINE QUESTION; IS LIKELY TO
TEMPORIZE; EMBASSY OFFICIALS THINK
(By the United Press)
Washington, May 2. German officials at the embassy
believe the Kaiser's expected note to President Wilson
will temporize.
That it will suggest, if not actually request, further
negotiations on the submarine issue, now a year old, is
the anticipation at the embassy.
It is believed by the American officials that Von Bern-
storff shortly will receive instructions to ask for a re
sumption of the "informal conversations' with Secretary
I-ansing, pending which Germany is expected to agree to
make the submarine warfare meet the American de
mands. ' - z'tviiztfTri'n -' - '
At a special meeting of the Moth
ers' Club in the hoiue of Mr. J. W.
Goodson, on East Washington street,
Monday, it was. decided to give a big
home-talent musical comedy, "The
Cotinly Fair," in Iftin's Opera
House, on May 12 and 13, for the
purpose of raising funds for a public
playground.
The spirit of improving Kinston
has seen wonderful development
within the past two years, and the
spirit for a public playground has
gradually been 'developed; bu! though'
the question has been agitated, nev
er until now has any active work
been started.
That the Mothers' Club will make
a great success of the entertainment
is indicated by the enthusiasm which
set the members to work Monday af
ternoon and evening. More than 100
persons of the 150 required have al
ready been invited to participate.
The first rehearsal was held in the
opera house this afternoon. At 3:30
o'clock each afternoon the children's
rehearsals will bo conducted, while
the rehearsals of high school boys
and girls in the cast will be held at
4:30 and those of the adults at 8 p.
m.
Annie Sara Brock, who has made
home t'llent entertainments her life
work, will have charge of the coach
in sr. Wherever her entertainments
have been givwn they have been big
successes.
The following committee on pre
liminary arrangements has been ap
pointed: Mrs. Howard, Miss Mildred
McDaniol, Miss Pridgen, Mrs. II. G.
Braxton, Mrs. S. C. Sittersou, Mrs
G. V. Cowper, Mrs. W. A. Mitchell,
Mrs. W. T. Moseley and Miss Edna
Fellows.
Advocates of Paving Won
With a Clever Bit of .
Sleight-o'-Hand
MANY BLOCKS ARE ADDED
To Program The Norfolk
Southern Must Pave With
Brick at Crossings En
gineer's Estimates for
April Heavy
MISS GLENN SUGG
WINS FIRST PRIZE
Mrs
L.
W. ('. Morris Is Second and II.
Pate Third Other Contestants
Very (lose Interest Continues In
This Unusual Contest
Monday was the greatest day of
the entire contest, ft was-the big
gest day for every contestant on the
ist. When the entire results for the
week were in and the totals liguretl
up. it was necessary to make two
counts, as the standings tor the spec
ial prizes were so close. The final
results showed that Miss Glenn
Suggs of R. F. D., Snow Hill, was
the winner, and she will receive the
?15 in gold. Mrs.. W. G. Morris of
this city was second. Mr. II. L. Pate
of LuG range rural delivery wa
third. Mrs. Morris will receive the
$10 and Mr. Pate the $5.
Miss Eoline Padrick of this city
was fourth. Then came several of
the contestants from each district,
whose names appear on the target.
Besides those mentioned on the tar
get, ithe contestants who ran a strong
race for the prizes are as follows:
Miss Mabel Barwick of Seven
Springs, Mrs. Mamie Fitzgerald of
Kinston, Miss Sadie Waller of Kin
ston It. F. D.; Miss Glennie Britt, R.
F. D., Kinston, Miss Jane Tilghman
of this city, Miss Lillian Worthing-
ton of R. F. D. Kinston, Mr. Coy
Stroud of Kinston, Mrs. Emily Max
well of Pink Hill, Miss Laura Robin
son of Deep Run, Mrs. Jay Smith of
Leon, Theresa Kilpatrick of Kinston
R.,F. D.; Mrs. Claude Smith of the
city district. Miss Allie D. Gaynor of
Kinston, Miss Sallie King, Comfort,
Miss Gertrude Maxwell of Resaca,
Miss Carrie Davis of Pink Hill, Miss
Dorothy Taylor of La Grange and
Mrs. Emma Grady of Albertson.
There were many others whj turned
in; worthy reports, that put thern
within reach of the prizes at the end
' (Continued on Page Four)
City Council at the regular meet
ing lor May on Monday ni-givt in
creased the present extra paving pro
gram by granting petitions for the
asphalting of the. following stretches
of streets:
Peyton avenue between Queen and
Mitchell streets; Independent street
between King and North streets;
Rhodes avenue between College street
and the Snow Hill road; Rhodes ave
nue between College auiu fotlock
streets; College street between the
Central highway and Warren avenue
a dozen blocks, more or less.
Very interesting was a little tilt
by citizens on the Independent street
paving. Representatives of proper
ty owners along 'the two blocks "wore
before the board defending and op
posing the petition. Messrs. J. J.
Bixzell and C. W. Forlaw were the
spokesman for tho ayes and Messrs.
E. B. Whitehurst and Casper Ray
ner for the noes. There seemed to
be some doubt about the petitioners
having the signatures of the neces
sary majority of the, 'persons inter
ested. Mr. Forlaw made a short ad
dress in which he pointed out the
wisdom in ordering tJie paving at
onec; there were certain very good
reasons, he declared, why it should
be done as sooa as possible, etc., and
ho was satisfied that the majority
wero with the proposition in heart
if not in ink. Mr, Whitehurst also
made an address, a little lengthier
one than his opponent's. Absent
trustees of a church were invoked,
etc. Mr. Rayner followed up the
floor leader for the opposition. One
man deeply interested had told him:
'To h 1 with it!" he declared. The
debate was stopped when Clerk Cole
man arose to inform Council that
Mr. W. G. Jones had signed the peti
tion for something more than 200
lineal feet. That clearly gave the
signers a majority. There was a
large audience, and there was ap
plause over the outcome of the con
troversy. Not half a dozen persons
present knew, probably, how Mr
Mr. Jones' signature was secured. It
hud been stated a very few minutes
before that he had not signed. Some
person slipped out with the petition
while the debating was on, secured
the well-known citizen's name to the
ist, returned and craftily slipped it
aver or through the railing to the
lark's desk,- it is presumed.
Another long diccussion was occa
sioned by the request of Stacy &
Braun, 'purchasers of the extra pav
ing bonds, that their certified check
for $3,000 not be held by Council un
til the bonds should be delivered, in
the fall. They would lose money
thereby, they declared. Alderman
Webb favored not requiring " the
.heck. He declared the bond buyers
:o be a thoroughly honest and reput
able firm; counsel bore him out, and
other members of the Council recall
ad that the word of the firm was gen
erally considered 'to be as good 49 a
xmd. Aldermen Tapp and Happer
'naisted upon the check being held by
Jie city, as a matter of business, The
.heck was ordered to be asked for. 1
The West Construction Company
it Chattanooga was awarded Aha '
ontract for 25,000 yards more of tha
oavmg. The company's price was
he same as for tha work already
:ompleted and under way. ThcTa
was no other bidder. - v
A representative f tha Norfolk
Southern Railroad asked Council to
allow the company to pave at cross
. (Continued, on Page Three) ' ,