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VOL XVII. No. 309
FIRST EDItlON
KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1916
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FIOOTING AT VERPUN VILLA RECRUITING
PRINCE VON BUELOW SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE BY VOTE
KAISER MAY FORCE
ITALY TO DECLARE
WAR AGAINST B'RLIN
EPISCOPALIANS TO
MEET IN ELIZABETH
CITY COMING YEAR
BLOODIEST OF THE PARTIES FOLLOW IN
WILL PROBABLY BE TEN TO EIGHT ON PARTY LINES TODAY
OOTIJV STATED WE OF AMERICANS
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CONFIRMATION
Ten Thousand Killed in the As Forces Withdraw Band-
Battle That Started On
Tuesday Night
MEN USED THEIR KNIVES!
its Pick Up Peons in the
Country Evacuated Say
Chief Is Coming Back to
Command Forces
Great Gray Tide Rolled Up
on French Positions Until
(By the United Presa)
Columbus, N. M May 24. Villa
bandits are recruiting in the wake of
TrOOpS Grappled Both the withdrawal of the American for
Sitea T.irprnllv Tlafhorl Tn ces- according to information from
I Pershing's front.
Fire Heroism Remnants of bands that Pershine-
dispersed are conscripting peons at
the pistol point, saying Villa is com
ing back to lead them and promising
them rich loot.
(By the United Press)
Paris, May 24. Following a
terrific onslaught, the Germans
have penetrated the , French
front west of the Meuse, the
war o;ce today admitted. All
other attacks were repulsed.
Paris, May 24. Ten thousand men
have gone Jown to slaughter in what
is rapidly becoming the bloodiest en-
Miemenii of the three months' hat- Mack Blount- colored, supposed to
tie of Verdun. The Germans last have faIlen from a Norfolk Southern
night rolled up 80,000 against the freiKht car was ki!led a trai" on
Pron -omi4 n T)aA Man Will the Neu'se river railroad bridge at
while two brigades time and ae-ain New Bern Tuesday. One leg was se
rushed the French, defending Douau- vered and the hody bad,y cut
BRIEF NEWS NOTES
FROM THE NEIGHBORING
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
Reported He Will Succeed
Von Bernstorff at Wash-
ington Embassy
ANOTHER SIGN OF PNEACE
Say Diplomats Former
Chancellor Active In that against confirmation
Respect Von Bernstorff
Expected to Go to Anoth
er Important Post
(By the United Press)
Washington, May 24 The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee today recommended confirmation of Louis D. Bran
deis as United States Supreme Court justice, by a vote o
ten to eight, on strictly party lines.
Senator Shields of Tennessee, who arrived in the las
minutes, voted with the Democrats, favoring confirma
tion.
Cummings was not present, but his vote was alio wee
mont. After bathing the French po
sitions from Thjaumont to Douau-
mont in a steady roll of fire, the
grey columns rushed the .works in
the face of a machine gun spray,
coming to close grips. Groups of
men struggled so close together that
only knives could be used,
maim tors? help
for
PEACE
Taft Asks Them to Communicate to
Churchmen Plan of the League to
Enforce Peace, Which ISeeks to
Establish International Court of
Conciliation No Disarmament Yet
Ex-President William H. Taft, as
head of a special committee of the
League to Enforce Peace, recently
wrote to preachers throughout the
country asking them to, inform their
parishioners on 'the program of the
organisation, which is to hold its
first annual assemblage Friday and
Saturday of this week.. Several oth
er prominent members of the League
affixed their signatures.
, Ministers in Einston to whom let
ters were sent are Rev. Willard Q.
Bodell of the Church of the Eternal
Hope, Universalist, and Pastor B. P.
Smith of Gordon Street Christian
ch,
"There is no reasonable ground to
hope that, the nations of the world
will disarmand creaite an interna
tional police.t We have not got that
far," says the letter. But "ib seems
practically possible that at the end
of this war the nations will be will
ing to enter a league to enforce the
submission of all di sprites to an in
ternational court or council of con
ciliation, for a complete examination
before war can he declared."
Commencement exercises of the
Greenville schools will start Friday.
Pastor B. P. Smith of Gordon
Street Christian church, has been
asked by the Federal Council of the
Churches of lOhrist to bring to the
attention of his congregation "a nation-wide
effort for the relief of the
sufferers by the war in Europe and
Asia,' on "Memorial Sunday, May
28, or on as near a Sunday as may
be practicable." Probably other lo
cal ministers have been similarly
appealed to.
The council proposes to acquaint
the people with not only the relief
plans, but "a movement that shall
prepare our Christian churches to
play the vital part that belongs to
them in the period of reconstruction
and reconciliation that must follow
the close of the war."
(By the United Press)
London, May 24. The Exchange
Telegraph stated this afternoon that
it had learned on authority that
Prince Von Buelow, ex-German chan
cellor, is slated to become German
ambassador to Washington, rcplac-
ing Von Bernstorff, as part of the
rearrangement of the German diplo
matic service. The statement is un
corroborated, although it has been
frequently reported that Von Bern
storff was slated to be recalled to
fill an important post in Europe.
Diplomats today said that if the
report is true it is another indica
tion that Germany plans to move for
an early peace.
Von Buelow's name has been fre
quently connected with peace rum
ors, especially during his long stay
in Switzerland.
Members favorable to Brandeis are jubilant.
A protracted fight is expected in the Senate, with
filibuster likely when Brandeis' name is reached within
a week or so. A division on party lines there, however, is
expected to give the nominee a comfortable margin.
PARTELLO WOMAN IS
BACK TO FACE THE
COURT FOR MURDER
Alleged Slayer of Harry
Stein, Said to Have Been
111 In a Norfolk Hospital,
Returned Tuesday Night
Case Today
MYSTERIOUS FIRES
IN FARM RESIDENCE
CONTINUE TO BURN
SUFFRAGISTS OF THE
NATION TO ORGANIZE
'WOMAN'S PARTY' JUNE
SHRINERS HOLDING
SPRING CEREMONIAL
AT RALEIGH TODAY
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POOR HALF WEEK ON
THE COTTON MARKET
Bad weather today again interfer
ed with tie cotton market. Sales
during the week have been practical
ly nil. - ' : - '
New York futures quotations were:
January , .13.03 13.17
March . ............. 13.16
May .12.81
July ...12.88
October .. ...........12.82
December ,. ....'.....12.96
13.30
12.18
12.96
12.96
13.10
VICE-PRESIDENT IS
CRADUATORATOR
(Special to The Free Press)
Greensboro, May 24. Vice-President
"Marshall made hte literary ad
dress at the commencement exercises
of the state .Normal and Industrial
College here yesterday. ' ,
(Special to The Free Press)
Raleigh, May 24. Nearly 2,000
Shriners are here for (the two-dav
Spring ceremonial. Members of
Oasis patrol and friends from all
over the State are present A long
parsde at 10 this morning was re
viewed by the Governor.
John E. Cameron of Kins ton, as
Illustrious Chief Rabban. is one of
the big personages of the patrol.
(By the United Press)
Chicago, May 24. All is in readi
ness for the thousands of women who
will attend the Woman's Party con
vention here, June 5, G and 7, in' an
swer to the call of the Congressional
Union. Suffragists from all enfran
chised States will determine how
they can throw their votes in the
next election in order to best serve
the cause of nation-wide suffrage for Charlie Gregory, bigamy,
Several cases were disposed of in
Superior Court this morning. None
was of especial importance.
The court planned to commence
the case against David Lawson. col
ored, 12, charged with killing a
younger colored boy, this afternoon.
Margaret Partello Hack.
Margaret Partello, alleged slayer.
of Harry Stein, who was not in
court when her case was called early
in the term, returned Tuesday night
from Norfolk, where, her counsel
states, she was seriously ill. She is
said to have been in a hospital. It
is supposed ithat her case will come
before the end of the week.
Tuesday's Cases.
Cases disposed of Tuesday were:
judgment
Number in House On IF. I
Loftin Plantation Nearly
30 Since Saturday The
Cause Yet Unexplained
Experts Asked to Aid
women.
The last day of this convention will
be the first day of the Republican
conclave.
COMMENCEMENT OVER
AT EON COLLEGE
INQUUIRY INTO THE
SAFETY AMERICANS
IN IRELAND LIKELY
Resolution Favorably Re
ported Investigation of
British Blockade Proba
ble Motive of Aiiothcr Re
solution, Thought
(By the United Press)
Washington, May 24. An injuiry
Into the safety of Americans in Ire
land was ordered in a resolution fav
orably reported to the Senate by the
Foreign Relations Committee today.
The committee also reported a reso
lution asking for the executive de
partment's report to the Senate on
what obstacles stand in the way of
sending relief to Poland. This is
said to be aimed at the British block
ade. If so it is deeply 'significant,
as it is the first time the foreign re
lations coumittee has ..emitted Sn
ete discussion of the blockade.
(Special to The Free Press)
Elon College, N. C, May 24. Dr.
James I. Vance of Nashville, Tenn.,
delivered the literary address at the
closing exercises of the Elon College
commencement here yesterday.
suspended and costs with certain sti
pulations. Robert Dudley, carrying
a concealed weapon, six months. J.
E. Gibson, resisting arrest and dis
orderly conduct, two months, Tobe
Williams, assault, $15 and costs.
Walter Mewborn, assault with a
deadly weapon, judgment suspended
and costs. Adolph Parker, assault
with a deadly weapon, not guilty.
JOHN MM -FOUND
GUIIILTY OF T
PART IN REBEi
HOW RUSSIAN FISHER
MAIDS' BRIGADE GOT
TO THE FIRING LINE
Secret Courtmartial ;
Irish Professor Wj
President of Sini
ers Organization)
Once Civil Officer N
r
as
(By the United Press)
Dublin, May 24. John McNeil,
president of the Sinn Fein rebels,
and a professor in an Irish univer
sity, was today convicted of partlr
jation in the rebellion. McNeil for
merly was a .civil officer of the Four
Courts. He was secretly courtmar
tialled, having been arrested on his
return to Dublin. "".,'
He bad left there after clashing
with Sinn Feiners over the advisa
bility of starting the rebellion come
time before the hostilities broke out
(By the United Press)
Petrograd. May 24. The spirit
that animates Russian women to fight
was shown among the fisher-folk col
ony at Novgorod recently when Pe
legeva Manurin returned wounded
'rom her regiment after fighting in
ven actions.
She recruited sevvn'ty girl warriors
among the fisherfolk and when Gen
eral Kuropatkin arrived from his es
tate at Pskoff She fell on her knees
before him and implored him to allow
the fisher girl's brigade to go to
the front.'
Kuropatkin refused because wom
en are "not allowed" in the Russian
army. So they crib off their long
hair, dressed as men and scattered
themselves among the troops over
J the (thousand-mile front. These fish
er-girl warriors rely on the unwrit
ten law of Russian regimen'ts for
their protection.
A series of mysterious fires which
started in a tenant house on a farm
of Hi P. Loftin, four miles south of
here Saturday, continued today. It
was estimated this afternoon that
nearly thirty blazes had occurred a
intervals of from a few minutes to
a few hours.
What causes the fires is a puzzle to
Mr. Loftin. T. W. Chase, the tenant,
who with his family lives in the 5
room dwelling, and numerous other
persons who have seen them break
cut. S ate chemists from Raleigh
will lie brought to he scene if pas
sible. Federal authorities in Wash
ington also have been appealed to.
It seems not to be the house, but
the contents which are so peculiarly
affected. The furnishings have been
moved out of the house. Part of
them were taken to a dwelling
short distance away. Almost imme
d lately when taken to the other
house a piece of matting burst into
flames
The fires have been seen to break
out without a moment's warning, in
bedclothes and articles of furniture
garments hanging on walls, etc.
The family of Chase are a normal
lot. They are greatly perturbed and
cannot sleep in the house.
There ia nothing unusual about the
residence. It is a frame structure,
and has stood for a lon;r time.
Two outbreaks occurred today.
FR ANCE WILL SHARE
MUNITIONS WITH THE
CZAR, SAYS PETROG'D
Subscribe to The Free Pre a.
LITTLE BOY DROWNED
IN SPRING UP-STATE
Hickory, May 23. Sam, the three-year-old
son of P. A. Miller, a local
liveryman, waa drowned in a epring
near bis home in the suburbs of
Hickory.
(By the United Press)
Petrograd, May 24. The French,
wtth pplentiful supplies of munitions,
now are undertaking to supply Rus
sia, through Archangel. The Hud
son Bay Company is said to have of
fered all its 100 ships to carry mu
nitions from the United States to
Russia without profit.
BRYAN MAY RUN FOR
PRESIDENT AGAIN
AS PROHIBITIONIST
Chicago, I1L, My 23. If he will
consent to make the race, William J.
Bryan may be selected as the candi
date of the Prohibition party for
President' Recent ' atatemerit : of
Mr. Bryan were discussed by Prohi
bition party leaders here today.
Washington, May 24-A bill '
reported to the, House by, the.
Naval Committee today carries
nearly $361,000,000. One item
Expected to Give Personal
Affront by Visiting Aus
trian Forces on Frontier.
Demand in Rome for De
claration Now
(By the United Press.)
Rome, May 24. The demand in
some quarters that Italy declare war
on Germany follows the announce
ment that the Kaiser expects to visit
the Austro-Italian front, where Ger
man troops will aid.
A widely circulated report is that
the Kaiser hopes to force a war de
claration by a personal affront like
visiting the Austrian Crown Prince's
headquarters.
SAYS TIME SOON SHALL
MERGE WITH ETERNITY
Annual Council of Diocese
East Carolina Came to
k End Tuesday Night
HONORS FOR LOCAL MEN
Rev. J. H. Griffith, Dr. L M.
Hardy and Mr. G. V. Cow-
per Get Places -on Boards
of Trustees or Important
Committees
Evangelist Bridgers at Queen Street
Methodist Church Tells Hearers
That Peter Wrote of the "Last
Days" In Fourth Chapter Special
Service to Be Held On Thursday
Morning
The message of Mr. Luther B.
Bridgets last night to his hearers at
the Queen Street Methodist revival
service was a striking one, ana one
delivered with much power. He read
part of the fourth chapter of I.
Peter and pointed out that Peter was
there writing of the "last days.'
This period, the evangelist declared,
we are now going through with, be
cause wo are now living in tne dis
pensation of the Holy Ghost, which
will comparatively soon be over
when time shall be merged into eter
nity.
Again Mr. Brldgers appealed to
the church to right itself in the pres
ence of God, calling especial atten
tion to the question, "And if the
"righteous scarcely 4e saved where
shall the ungodly and sinners ap
pear?" The "ungodly," he held to
be the unfaithful follower of Christ
who thus became a hypocrite, which
character always receives the scorn
of - the world just as, upon it. was
heaped the most scathing rebukes of
Christ
It was in this way to church mem
bers who might realize a lack of
Christian grace in their lives that
Mr. Bridgers addressed himself es
pecially. And when the altar call
was made a large number thus con-vk-ted
came forward and solemnly
reconsecrafted themselves to the com
ing of Christ.
Following up his general discus-
ion of the baptism of the Holy Spi
it, Mr. Bridgers this morning ap
pealed to a fine audience -to realize
that all Christians may know an ex
perience of grace much deeper ant'
icher than comes through mere con
version. This deeper experience
comes if iChristians will pay the price
for it by complete self-renunciation
and full willingness to assume the
Cross of Christ.
Mr. Bridgers called especial atten-
ion to the service proposed foi
Thursday morning. At that time he
will discuss "Holiness and Prayer, or
The Deepest Secret in Prayer."
Services morning and evening at
10 a. m. and 8 p. 'm., respectively.
RAJG AGAIN HEADS
SCOTTISH SOCIETY;
CANADIAN SPEAKER
(Special to The Free Press)
Red Springs, N. C May 24. The
Scottish Society of America in an
nual convention here yesterday re
elected Governor Locke Craig of
North Carolina, president of the or
ganization. - - -
Dr. James A. MacDonald, editor of
the Toronto (Canada) Globe, and
Governor Craig were speaker. A
committee1 to continue the canvass
for an endowment for Flora MacDon
ald College here was appointed,
The closing session of the annual
Council of the Episcopal Diocese of
East Carolina, in session here since
Saturday night, was held in St Ma
ry's church Tuesday night.
Rev. Lester Bradnor, Ph. D., of
New York. Educational Secretary of
the General Board of Religious Ed
ucation, a profound scholar and a
native of New England, made an ad
dress principally on the subject of
Sunday' school organization. Bishop
Dasrt Darst delivered his charge to
the clergy, commenting on the splen
did opportunities offering to advance
the church's work in the Diocese.
Delegate R. R. Gotten, from St.
Paul's parish, Greenville, offered ft
resolution of thanks to the rector,
vestry, congregation and friends of
St. Mary's parish for the hospitality
with which the Council had been re
ceived and entertained. The iresolu
tion was adopted by a rising vote.
The Gloria in Excelsis was sung, the.
Bishop pronounced his benediction,
and the 33rd Cotrtieil passed nto his
tory. " '
Local Clergyman Again Editor
of Organ.
Tuesday afternoon's session was a
full one for the delegates. Many sub
jects of importance to the church
were discussed and much business
disposed of. Rev. John II. Griffith,
rector of St. Mary'a pariah,- waa
unanimously re-elected editor-in-chief
of the official organ of the dio
cese, the Mission Herald. He waa
the editor Xor the past, year. The
Council was informed that for the
first time the journal is out of debt,
for which credit is due Mr. Theodore
rartrick. Jr.,of Clinton, the enter-'
prising young business manager.
Local Men Trustees of Institutions.
Dr. Ira M. Hardy of St, Mary was
elected a trustee of the Thompson
Orphanage at Charlotte, a position
of Statewide importance, since tha
institution is maintained by all three
dioceses in North Carolina, Rev. J .i
H. Griffith was flattered - by being
named a trustee of St. Mary's Coin
lege, Raleigh. The conciiiar elec
tions occupied, a good part of the af-
ternoon.
Bishop's Salary Increased.
The Bishop's salary was increased
from $3,000 to $3,600. In addition
to the salary the Diocesan head is'
furnished the handsome bishop's
house at Wilmington and expenses.
Rev. John II. Griffith was re-elected
chairman of the Social Service
Commission, and Mr. G. V. Cowper
of Kinston was elected to the com
mission. The report of Mrs. James J. Stat
on of Williamston, president of the'..
Woman's Auxiliary and ' Parochial "
Society, for the concTliar year, read i
at a joint meeting of both houses at
the afternoon session, showed that
more than $3,000 had been given to
various phases of woman's -work
through the Auxiliary for the causa ,
of missions,
Elizabeth City Next Year.
The 1917 Council will be held h
Elizabeth City, beginning .. on May
15.- , . . '
The Finish at St Augustine'a.
In St. Augustine'a church, colored,
South Independence etreet, where the
colored delegates v met during the
Council, the final service " waa held
Tuesday evening simultaneously with
that in St Mary's. Revs. J. W. Her.
ritage, J. B. Brown, S. Alohzo, Mor
gan and R. I. Johnson participated.
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