North Carolina Newspapers

ralit TT TT-II S THE HOUSE-PAPEB 'ii nit: VOL XVII.-No. 299 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 12, 1916 S FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS FJVE CENTS ON TRAINS CONFERENCES CQME CTO :END RESULTLESS AND BAKER ORDEjiS SCOTT TO CAPITAL; AMERICANS PREPARE AGAINST ATTACKS AUSTRIAN STEAMER CHAMBER COM'ERCE TORPEDO'D WITHOUT TO ASK PASSENGER FRENCH -REPEL WO HEAVY ATTACKS ON WILL URGE ENTIRE ASflUITI! IN COUNTY GET ABOARD ORDERS HOLD;, UP YARNING BV ALLIES SHED AT QUEEN ST. GOOD ROADS WAGON OF XOURT-MARTlM 3 j l THE.WEATHEtt DUBLIN VFRDIJNSTRONGnLD Contraction of Line In Mexico Namiquipa May. Be Most Sank In Adriatic )Vas Un- Would Have' Two Stops In Advanced Position Entrenchments Being Xhiwn Up Columbus Surrounded by Defensive Works Warlike Orders for Guidance of Civil Population Mil- itia Begins Arriving Today Situation Up to Diplom atic Departments, of Two Governments Scott and Ob regon Did Their Best, Says American Secretary of of War Border Patrol Regarded As Sufficient armed U. .S.J Won't Pro testNo Americans On Board Attack Classed With Cymric Case City - When Union Station Is Completed Ticket and Baggage Facilities Only at Depot, Though (By the United Press) Berlin, May 12. The Austrian passenger liner Rubrovnik has been torpedoed. She was sunk without warning in the Adriatic, according to dispatches. The Rubrovnik was un armed. America Won't Bother Self About It. Washington, May 12. Unless Am erican citizens were aboard the Dub- rovrik this government will not pro test the attack. This was the offi cial view and it was said that even if it was proved the attack was illegal it probably would be placed along side cases like those of the Yasaka (By the United Press) Washington, May 42. Secretary Baker today tele graphed General Scott to return here and General Funs ton to return to San Antonio at their discretion as the re: suit of the unsuccessful conclusion of the border, confer ences. Baker's announcement was that the two generals, Scott and Obregon, had earnestly sought a basis for com mon action, but failing had left the matter up to their respective diplomatic departments. Army men consider the border patrol as it now stands Maru and cvmric which were tor sufficient. Just now absolutely no plans are contemplated pedoed without warning, but on 10r increasing me milllia IOrceS mere. which there were no Americans. Warlike Preparations In Progress. Columbus, N. M., May 12 Withdrawal of the advanc ed American, forces from San Antonio, Mexico, is in full swing. Motor truck companies are assisting in the move ment. Though Colonia Dublan is mentioned as the outer most point of the proposed new line, many here believe the contraction will stop at JNamiquipaand the Americans there will rush to completion of defensive works to meet possible attacks from hostile forces. Defensive prepara tions were completed here today when infantry put the finishing touches to a system of trenches surrounding the city, and an order for the conduct of civilians was issued by the military commanders. Two militia companies are expected to arrive today. The whole New Mexico State militia is expected Saturday or Sunday. Situation Worst Yet Washington, May 12. The border situation is more ABLE SPEAKERS AT BAR ASSOCIATION CONVENTN Even a Philadelphia Lawyer On the Program to Be Pulled Off at Wrightsville Beach Next Month Harry Skinner of Greenville Is to Preside Judge Bond Among the Speechmakers (Special to The Free Press) Wilmington, N. C, May 12. Pres ident Harry Skinner of Greenville will preside over the annual conven tion of 'the North Carolina Bar As sociation at Wrightsville Ucach on June 27, 28 and 29. The following is serious than at any time since the troops crossed the bor- the program for the occasion der. This stats of affairs confronted the Administration Welcome address by c. D. Hogue today, by reason of the failure of the El Paso peace con ferences. Serious cabinet consideration is being given the problem. The chief question is that of withdrawal, Carranza insisting that this be done before the other questions are considered and the United States insisting that it cannot withdraw the troops until the border raids have been suppressed. Carranza Will Make Another Demand. Washington, May 12. The State Department will pass the situation up to Carranza now, the military con ference having failed. Arredondo is expected shortly to renew Carranza's request, made a month ago, that the troops be withdrawn at once. The cabinet spent most of its session today discussing the Mexican situation. No reply to Carranza s request is contemplated until alter Arredondo again presents it formally. The Chamber of Commerce direct ors Thursday night received favorably the report of the chamber's commit tee on the union passenger station for the Cummings site at "the Junction," continued the committee to handle the remainder of the business of the station except approval of the plans find decided to ask for a shed for a stopping place at the site of or in the neighborhood of the present Queen street station. The shed would serve only to shel ter the passengers who might desire to alight from or board trains in the vicinity and would not care to go the additional half dozen blocks to the union depot. A ticket office will not be requested, nor baggage facilities The committee, comprised by Mes srs. IV W. JMewborn, (J. Jr. Harvey, J J. Stevenson, H. E. Moseley and E V. Webb, will with representatives of the Atlantic Coast Line and Norfolk Southern railroads go before the Cor poration Commission in Raleigh in a few days to ask the commission to change its order directing erection of the building at Gordon and Indopend- ent streets to cause construction at the site newly determined upon. Plans for the station are expected to.be s,u!b.mitted to he full chamber, HIGH POINT BUILDING STREET CARS FOR N. Y. of Wilmington; response by A. M. Scales of Greensboro; address by T. W. Shelton of Norfolk; address by J. C. Buxton of Winston-Salem; ad dress by Walter G. Smith of Phila delphia; address by Judge W. M. Bond of Edenton; business. Meeting of Commandery. , There will be a regular meeting of St. Paul Commandery No. 13, tonight at 8 o'clock. Important business will be up. TWO KILLED IN WRECK .ON SEABOARD AIR LINE High Point, May 11. The South ern Car Company has just received an order from the New York Rail way Company for 70 street railway cars to be used on the New York street railway line. CHECK FOREST FIRE IN DISMAL SWAMP SECTION Norfolk, Va., May 11. Reports tonight from the fire swept district of the Dismal Swamp are to the ef fect that residents of ithe sections en dangered have checked its progress, but great danger will continue un'il there is rain. J TELEGRAPH MEN IN CAPITAL -M AY QUIT Strike Threatened . Because of Dis charge of 11 Operators Because, Organization Head Alleges, They Were Suspected of Belonging to the , Union .National President Is Backer (By the United Press) Washington,-May 12. A strike of local telegraph operators that would seriously hamper communication with the Capital is threatened as a result of the discharge of 11 opera tors by the Western Union. Presi dent Guy iBlakely of the local organ ization today charged that the men were dismissed because they "were auspected of belonging to a union." S. J. Konekamp of Chicago, presi dent of the, national organization, promised to back the local union "in y step H takes." BULLETINS (By the United Press) REP. DYER PROPOSES REBUKE TO ENGLAND FOR THE EXECUTIONS By the United Press) -Washington, May 12. Representa Dyer of Missouri today intro duced a resolution asking: Congress formally to denounce the action of Great Britain in executing- the lead er of the Irish rebellion. ALLIES MAY SEIZE CREEK RAILROADS. , Berlin, May 12. The Allies have determined to use force if necessary for the use of Greek railways for the transportation of Serbian troops from Corfu to Salonika, according to an official - statement published in Petrograd ., newspaper on. May 5. (Special to The Free Press) Raleigh, N. C, May YL flagman W. C. Mingela of Henderson and Fireman Thomas, a negro, were kill ed, and Engineer Kit Stephenson of Raleigh, scalded about the head and face when Seaboard Air Line passen ger train No. 7, southbound, was de railed at Manson, N. C, ten miles north of Henderson, at 9:30 last night UNREGISTERED VOTERS SHOULD GET BUSY NOW ARMS EMBAFO PERMANENT. Laredo. Texas, May, 12. The government embargo on ammu nition which became effective a month , ago has been made per- manent. reports today said. SLUNG MUD; CARELESSLY AND GOT SELF ARRESTED . (Social to The Free Press) Washington, N. C, May 12. John Hollowell was the ''defendant in a "mud slinging" ease here. Not al legorical mud but the real stuff was thrown by Hollowell into an auto mobile occupied by Mr and Mjs. W. A. Thompson and Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hooker. Hollowell was shovelling on a road. Hollowell declared he did not see the ear. . A jury exonerated him. , BRIEFS IN THE NEWS NEIGHBORING PLACES Thirty-six gallons of whisky were seized by 'the New Bern police Thurs day. A negro was arrested. Twelve and one-half cents straight was paid for 232 bales of cotton pur chased by New Bern dealers. This promises to be a record breaking soft crab year for the Morehead City and Beaufort catch ers. The production is enormous so far. , ' IP WHAT INA SAID B; 1 TRUE 5HE IS A BRICK There is a railroad coupling pin, two inches thick, at the police sta tion which Ina Folk, colored, aays her husband. WillFalk, broke oyer her bead. - Some inches of the , pin are missing. She has a small abrasion on her head. The provocation js 'al leged to hare been the sticking of Will, with a hat pia. If men unregisteted want to vote on June 3 they should hasten to put their names on the Iwoks. The reg istrars today called attention to tho slow registration. Books will be open in the city on Saturday for the First precinct at the Courthouse, and for the Second precinct at the Eagle warehouse. The registrars will be at those places all day. The Germans Today Twice Vainly Assaulted Dead Man's Hill Positions- Italians Getting Best o Fighting, Says Rome (By the United Press) Paris, May 12. Two heavy Ger man attacks against the Western slopes of Dead Man's hill were re pulsed today, the war office said Cannonading continued in the re gions of Avoncourt, Douaumont and Vaux. On the A ustro-Italian Front. Rome. May 12. Austrian, attacks against Italian positions on the Gor itz front were promptly checked, the war office today announced. "Our for ces were victorious in an intense ar tillery duel," said a statement. STAGE ALL SET FOR LAST ACT OF THE FREE PRESS CONTEST ON SATURDAY Contest Manager's Final Count Ap pears in The Free Press Today Ballot Box Is Locked and Sealed Final Count to Determine Winners JUDGES Mr. W. A. Allen. Bookkeeper at Farmers and Merchants Bank, s Mr. Clarence Oettinger, Secre tary Kinston Insurance & Realty Co. . Mr. J. A. Bizzell, bookkeeper at the National Bank of Kinston. SOLDIERS FROM FORT CASWELL TO FRONTIER (Special to The Free Press) Wami'ngion, )May 12 Tte 31st i Co., -Coast Artillery Corps, com manded by Capt. Francis Cooke, a North Carolinian, isen route from Fort Caswell to-the border, together with ten other companies from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. FIRE DESTROYS M'ADOO HOTELAT GREENSBORO Greensboro, May 11 Fire this af ternoon at 3:30 broke out in the Mc Adoo Hotel and "three hours' later the three-story brick building, covering a fourth of a block was smouldering The loss is roughly estimated' at from 100,000 to $150,000, only ur tially . insured. The filial count to be made by 'the contest manager appeared in last evening's issue ot ine tree rress. The list will stand as it was printed last night and today until the final .unt is made by the judges Satur day night. If' you have any correc tions to be made on the counc as it appears today, be certain to do it before tomorrow noon, as. after that it will be too late. If you have any votes that you have not got credit for, explain it to the contest man ger and he will be glad to correct 11 errors. The ballot box is locked and pal- ed. The key is in the hands of the judges. And 'by the way- it is some seal. The box has guarded ihe inter est of millions of votes. The judges will have soon broken the seal that the contest manager so carefully set pon the guardian of the contestants' future, and the final count, which will spell pleasure and satisfaction o many, will at the same time add further incentive to the woc-begone osers to hasten on their dance of apology. inal Sprint. : . : There still remains the final sprint to be made tomorrow. Without that final spurt those who stand near the two touring cars could not. hope for success. And as the last few hours give place to the last few frenzied minu'es, the eontest manager can not refrain from repeating the old well worn warning, "do not overlook a single subscription, no matter how small it may be." You cannot afford it. As the end approaches, do not let your energies abate. Bring Them In Early. Again get your subscriptions in early in the day. Don't wait until the last minute. And above all things if you have any thing to ask the contest manager about, o r if you have anything to look up, do not wait until the last minute, for there is going to be something to do the last few hours and the contest man ager won't have time to do anything but to issue votes the last few hours. So if you wait until the last hours or so, do not expect to have the con test manager answer any , foolish questions or to .settle" any dispute re garding your, votes. ;XH such ques tions will be gladly attended "to at any. other time. s. Bring la your re port early. , Chamber of Commerce Re news Agitation for Bond IssueWill Bring Per sons. From All Townships Together for talkfest Good roads and the expenditure of as much as $300,000 or even more to secure them were discussed by direct- b of the Chamber of Comimeree Thursday night Overwhelming sen timent for improved highways was exhibited by the members present. Discussion lasted for some time. Dr. M. Parrott, the chamber's roads booster, was one of those who pressed for quick action in the matter. The chamber, long favoring a better sys tem of highways for Lenoir county, decided t6 get right down to work to tret it. A meeting will be held here some time in June at which good roads will bo the sole topic and to which every planter and businessman in the county will be invited. "Scouts" will be sent out to round them up, and they will be dined and entertained at the expense of the chamber. And ev ery mother's eon will hear nothing hut good roads until he is willing, if not already so, to throw in his ballot for a reasonable bond issue. Premier Investigating ' the Skeffington Case; Was Claimed Illegal SITUATION GROWS WORSE Affairs In Irish Capital Ad mitted to Be In Bad Shape .- Skeffington's Relatives Say Was No Cause " for His Execution JUDGE ALLEN THINKS THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT IS TOO BIG (By the United Press) London, May 12.-rPremier Aa- quith, arriving in Dublin today to as sume charge of the situation there admittedly growing more serious daily, immediately ordered post ponement of further eourCmartials pending the outcome of his investiga tion. He expects specially further to investigate the execution of editor Skeffington. j Relatives of Skeffington declare he was executed without cause and with out, the ..semblance of . .trial. SOY BEANS SHOULD BE GROWN IN LENOIR CO. Ideal Fall Feed for Hogs, Saya Farm . Demonstration . Agent Is ) Easily Raised Meat Cannot Be Produced Profitably On Corn at $1 a BusheL McCrary Advises Experimenta tion , "J '' (Special to The Free Press) Washington, N. C, May 12. "The First judicial district ns it stands to day is exactly the same size and contains as many counties as it did over n hundred years ago. Other districts have been spilt up into two and three parts but absolutely no chunge has been made in this one," said Judge Oliver Allen in Superior Court here. The district is so large that it has two Federal courts in it, while one Superior Court judge has to care for all terms held in tho Superior Courts, Judge Allen remarked. KILLED WOMAN HE WAS INFATUATED WITH AND ENDED HIS OWN LIFE Norfolk, Va., May 11 S. B. Beat night train dispatcher for Chesa- eake and Ohio Itailroiid at Norgo, i'ar wuiiamsDurg, vu., inis aiter oon shot and killed-Mrs. Vivian Fra- ier Alursilcn ano 'tnen blew out nig wn brains. Reatty was infatuated with Mrs. Marsden. FUNERAL DIRECTORS MEET NEXT YEAR IN BURLINGTON; ELECT (Special to The Free Picas) Goldsboro, N. C, May 12. The North Carolina Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association yesterday elected F. E. Vogler of Winston-Salem president and J. R. Wood of Ox ford secretary-treasurer and other officers, voted to meet in Burlington next year, and adjourned the annual convention here.- "Every farmer in the county should raise his: own meat and have f . . ... - ; . . .. t some to sell,' declares O. F. Mc Crary, county farm demonstrator, in a circular issued today. "Every far mer in the county knows that to do this with corn that is worth $1 a bushel and without pasture means little or mo profit. Every farmer knows also that , corn alone is a, poor feed. "Too many hogs have been raised at a loss to the former. iFor. thi3 reason some farmers are found wh raise no hogs at all. He is a wise farmer who stops the leak when he finds it. "The soy bean crop, if rightly used, will help you solve the hog problem and turn losses into prof its. If you haven t tried this crop for a fall pasture, plant an acre or two now. It is not too late. Plant in 3 1-2 feet rows with 500 pounds of acid or 300 pounds-of and it vill do veil. ; Plant,; .not, over. 11-2 inches deep and cultivate twice as you would corn. TurnjiDur hogs in on them . when the seed are . -well-formed in 4he podJ. . NEGRO BOY SHOOTS, KILLS WRONG PERSON SAYS NO DECREASE IN COTTON ACREAGE SOUTH The cotton stand in Eastern Car olina is not at all good, according to Farm Demonstrator O. F. McCrary. lie takes issue, however, with agri culturalists who have been quoted as saying that the crop planted was far short. As. much was planted as in 1915, he thinks. " , " ; The acreage planted in the South is as great as that of 1914, McCrary says-he. has -been, reliably informed; (Special to The F-ree Press) Washington, N. C, May 12. -James Dai-den. 15, shooting t, Ellis Marsh with a small riflo, nissedt his mark and killed Arthur Clari,tK Harden is in jail. All the foys are colored. FURNITURE DEAtERS AT WINSTON-SALEt Winston-Salem, Mayjlv2.-f About A , hundred members of tho. North Car ' olina Furniture' Dealers, Association , are attending ' the semi-annual con vention here. 4 '-'-r V THE DAY ON LOCAL ; COTTON,EXCHANGE Eight hales of cotton were ol& here by 3 o'clock, today, U bringing 12 cents . - - T ; A New York futures quotations were May v ..;.... ..-.,180 123 July. . .i..., il2.95 12.93 October -. ,..... ...".1115 , . 13.03 December ,.'.,.......13.31 13'f January ....... 13.34'. 23.C3 Lii . I ,1 r 7!