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VOL. XVII No 309!
SECOND EDITION .
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 1916
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VILLA eJ JlEqRUlTliNOlPIiiNCE VON BUELOWl SENATE JllCIAjlY COMMITTEE BY VOTE
KAISER MAY FORCE
ITALY TO DECLARE
WAR AGAINSTB'RLIN
EPISCOPALIANS TO
IET IN; ELIZABETH
CITY1 COMING YEAR
Annual Council of Diocese
East Carolina Came to
End Tuesday Night
MIEol, Ut I lit PA I ltd rULLUWi IN WILL BABLY BE TEN TO EIGHT ON PARTY LINES TODAY
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OFFENSIVE,: STATED WAKE OF AMERICANS AMBASSADOR TO U.S.
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Ten Thousand Killed in the
BattleThat started Un;
Tuesday JNight
MEN USED i THEIR i KNIVES
Great Gray Tide Rolled Up-
on French, Positions Until
TrOOpS Grappled Both
OJJ T!fnll "Dofl, T
Fire Heroism
(By the United Press)
Paris, Hay 24 Following a
terrific onslaught. : the Germans
have : penetrated the French
front . west of.' the Meuse, the
war office today admitted. All
other attacks were repulsed.
Paris, May 2JU-Ten thousand men
have gone down to slaughter in what
is rapidly becoming the bloodiest' en
gagement of the three months' bat
tle of Verdun. The Germans last
night rojled, up 80,000 against the
Frenchi works-); ' on ; Dead Mas JBSOi,
hil W Mm time and m
rmkail the French kfendimr Douau-
aiont. ;. After bathing the French po
sitions from Thiaumont 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 .dose grips. Groups of
men struggled so close together that
only knives, could be wed..
WS.MSTORSrHElP
FOR ENFORCING PEACE
Taft Asks Them to Communicate to
Churchmen Plan of the League to
Enforce Peace. Which Becks 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 prosram of the
organization which is to hold its
first annuel assemblage Friday and
Saturday of thia week. Several oth-
e? prominent members of the League
affixed their signatures.
Ministers in Kinston to whom let
ters were eeat, are Rev, Willard 0.
iBodell of the' Church of the Eternal
Hope, Universalis t and Pasttfr B. P.
(Smith of Gordon . Street Christian
churchy . .
"There is no reasonable ground Ho
hope that the nations of the world
will disarm and create an interna
tional police. We have not got that
far," says the letter. But wfb 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 disputes to an in
ternational court or council of con
ciliation, for a complete examination
before war can be declared." '
FRANCE WILL SHARE
MUmidNSWftHTHE
CZAR, SAYS; PETR0(TD
(By, the United. Press)
Petrograd, May .24 The French,
with plentiful supplies of munitions,
now are undertaking to supply Rus
sia, through ArchangeL The Hud
son Bay Company is said to have of
fered all ita 160 ehips to earry mu-j
, nitions from , the United States to
Kussia without profit '
VICE-PRKIPENT: IS :
GRADUATES ORATOR
J (Special to The Free Press)
..dreensboro, May 24. Vice-Presi-!
dent Marshall made hte literary ad
dress at the commencement exercises
of the State formal and Industrial
to-e here yesterday.
I As Forces Withdraw Band-
itsick Upr .Peons jn qiepVon Bernstorff at Wash-
Country Evacuated-Say
Chief Is Coming Back to I
Command Forces
(By the United Press)
Columbus.j M.. M.. Mav 24. Villa
bandit8 are xecruems ia wake of
J the withdrawal of the American f or-
according to information from
Remnants of bands that Pershing;
dispersed are conscripting peons at
the pistol point,' saying Villa is com
ing back to lead them and. promising
them rich loot.
BRIEF, NEWS NOTES
FROM THE NEIGHBORINCI
-
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
Mack Blount, colored, supposed to
have fallen from a Norfolk Southern
freight car, was killed by a train on
5 the Netfse river railroad bridge at
New Be Tuesday. One leg was se-
I vered and the boAy badly cut P-
Commencement exercises of ithe
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 IChrist to bring to the
attention of his congregation "a na
tion-wide effort for the relief of the
sufferers by the war ' in Europe end
Asia. on ''Memorial Sunday, May
28V or on as near a Sunday as may
be practicable." 1 Probably other Jo-
I cal ' ministers have been similarly
'appealed to-
The council T proposes to acquaint
the people with not only the relief
plans, but - "a Movement that shall
prepare our Christian churches to
Iplay the vital part that belontrs to
them in the period of reconstruction
and reconciliation that must follow
the close of the war."
SHRINERS HOLDING
SPRING CEREMONIAL
AT RALEIGH TODAY
(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
parade at 10 this morning was re
viewed by the Governor. .
John K. lUameron of Kinston, as
Illustrious Chief Rabban,. is one of
the big personages of the patrol.
INOUIRV; INTOJ THE
SAFETY AMERICANS
IN IRELAND LIKELY
Resolution Favorably Re
ported Investigation of
British, Blockade Proba-r
ble Motive of Another 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 reso
lution asking .for the executive de
partment's report to the Senate on
V.iat 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 committee has '.-ermitted Sen
ate discussion of jne biocka.ie.
Reported He Will Succeed
ington Embassy
ANOTHER SIGN OF : PEACE
Say Diplomats Former
Chancellor Active In that
Respect Von Bernstorff
Expected to Go to Anoth
er Important Post
(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, replac
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.
SUFFRAGISTS OF THE
NATION TO ORGANIZE
.TOWS PARTY' JUNE
(By the United Press)
Chicago, May 24. All is in readi
ness for the thousands of women who
will attend theNiVoman's Party con
vention heie, June 5, 6 and 7, in an
swer to the call of the Congressional
Union, Suffragists from all enfran
chised States will determine how
Ihey can throw their votes in the
next election in order to 'best serve
the cause of nation-wide suffrage for
women.
The last day of this convention will
be the first day of the Republican
conclave, v
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COMMENCEMENT OVER
AT ELON COLLEGE
(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.
JOHN! NEIL F01D
GUILTY. OF TAKING
PART IN REBELLION
Secret Courtmartial for the
Irish Professor Who Was
President Of , Sinn Fein-
ers'-Organization Was
'
Once Civil Officer 1 1
(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 partly
pation 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 had left there after, clashing
with Sinn Feiners over the advisa
bility of starting the rebellion ome
time before the hostilities broke out
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'-, By the
v 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 of
ten to eight, on strictly party
Senator Shields of Tennessee, who arrived m the last
minutes, voted with the Democrats, favoring confirma
tion.
Cummings was not present, but his vote was allowed
against confirmation.
Members favorable to Brandeis are jubilant.
A protracted fight is expected in the Senate, with a
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.
PARTELLOIflIIAIS
COURTOT MURDER
Alleged Slayer of Harry
Stein, Said to Have,Been
111 In a Norfolk Hospital,
Returned Tuesday Night
Cases Today
Several cases were disposed of in
Superior Court this morning. .None
was of especial importance.
The court planned to commence
the case against David Laweon. col
ored," 12, charged with killing a
younger colored boyt this afternoon.
Margaret Partcllo Back. .
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 (that her case will come
before the end of the week.
Tuesday's Cases.
Cases disposed of Tuesday were:
Charlie Gregory, bigamy, judgment
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, lobe
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.
HOW RUSSIAN FISHER
mMbrigadegot:
to the firing line
(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 Mandrin returned wounded
from her regiment after fighting in
seven actions.
She recruited sevonty girl warriors
among the fisherfolk and when Gen
eral Kuropatkin arrived from his es
tate at Pskoff he fell on her knees
hnfnrn him and imolored him to allow
the fisher girl's brigade to go to
the front.
Kuropatkin refused .because worn-
en are "not allowed" in the Russian
army. So they cuV off their long
hair, dressed as men ' and scattered
themselves among the troops over
the ithousand-mile front. These fisher-girl
warriors rely on the unwrit
ten law of Russian regiments ; for
their protection.
LITTLE .B0PR()WNED
IN SPRIII j UP-STATE
Hickory, May 23. Sam, the three-
year-old on of P. A. Jliller, e local
liveryman, was drowned in a. spring
near hU honw' in -the suburbs of
Hickory. . '
United Press)
lines, ,
FIRES
INiFARH; RESIDENCE
CONTINUE TO BURN
Number in House On H. P.
Lof tin Plantation Nearly
30 Since Saturday The
Cause Yet Unexplained
Experts Asked to Aid
A series of mysterious fires which
started in a 'tenant bouse on a farm
of H. P.' Lof tin, four miles south of
here Saturday, continued today. It
was estimated- this afternoon that
nearly thirty blazes had occurred at
intervals of . (from a few minutes to
a few hours.
What, causes the fires is a puzsle to
Mr. Lof tin,' T. W. Chase, the tenant,
who with his family lives in the
room dwelling, and numerous other
ptrsons who have' Been them break
cut. State chemists from Raleigh
will be brought to the scene if pos
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 a
short distance away. Almost imme
diately when taken to the other
house a piece of matting burst into
flames.
The fires have been seen to break
out without 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 is nothing unusual about the
residence. It is a frame structure,
and has stood for a Ion? time.
Two outbreaks occurred this morn
ing. BRYAN MAY RUN FOR
PRESIDENT AGAIN
AS PROHIBITIONIST
Chicago, 111., May 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 statements of
M,r. Bryan were discussed by Prohi
bition party leaders here today.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
NAVAL BILL REPORTED.
Washington, 'May 24.A bill
reported , to the House by the
Naval Committee today carries
nearly $361,4)00,000. One item
calls for the expenditure of $3,
000,000 on the Norfolk yard.
iBrownsviJIe, May 23-Col. Louis
Morlin, charged with planning a Mex
ican uprising, and Victoriano Ponce,
were shot to death when they ' at
tempted -to escape from Texas Ran
gers last night.
Expected to Give Personal
Affront by Visiting Aus
trian Forces, on Frontier.
Demand in Rome for De
claration Now
(By the United Pre.)
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,' whore Ger
man troops will aid.
A widely circulated report is that
the Kaiser hopes to force war de
claration by a personal affront like
visiting the Austrian Crown Prince's
headquarters.
SAYS TIME SOON SHALL
MERGE WITH ETERNITY
Evangelist Bridgers at Queen. Street
Methodist Church, Tell Hearer
That Peter Wrote of the "Last
Days" In Fourth Chapter Special
Service to Be Held On Thursday
Morning
The message of Mr. Luther B.
Bridgers last night to his hearers at
the Queen Street Methodist revival
service was a striking one, and one
delivered with much power. He read4
a part of the fourth chapter of I.
Peter and pointed out that Peter was
there writing of the 'Jast days,
This period, the evangelist declared,
we are now going through with, be
cause we are now living Ah the dis
pensation of the Holy Ghost, which
will comparatively soon be over,
when time shall be merged into eter
nity. v.':; .'y:-;
Again Mr. Bridgers appealed to
the church to right itself in the pres
ence of God, calling especial atten
tion to the question "And if the
righteoue scarcely be 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 scaitbing 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-
victcd came forward and solemnly
reconsecrated themselves to the com
ing of Christ. '
Following up his general discus
sion of the baptism of the Holy Spi
rit, Mr. iBridgers "this morning ap
pealed to a fine audience ' to realize
that all Christians may know an ex
perknee of grace much deeper am'
richer than comes through mere con
version. This deeper experience
comes if Christians will pay the price
for it by complete self-renunciation
and full willingness to assume the
Ctoss of Christ.
Mr. Bridgers called especial atten
tion to the service proposed fo
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.
CRAIG AGAIN HEADS
SCOTTISH SOCIETY;
CANADIAN SPEAKER
(Special to The Free Press)
Red Springs, N. tL. 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 epeakers. A
committee to -continue the canvass
for an endowment for Flora llacDon
a3J College here was appointed.
HONORS FOR LOCAL MEN,
Rev. J. H, Griffith, Dr. I. M.
Hardy and Mr, G. V, Cow
per Get Places on Boards
. of Trustees or, Important
Committees
The closing session of the annual
Council of the Episcopal Diocese of 1
East Carolina,' in session here since
Saturday night, was held in St, Ma-;
ry's church Tuesday night. "
' Rev. Lester Bradner. Ph." of
New York, Educational Secretary of
the General Board of Religious Ed-r
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 hia charge ta
the clergy, commenting on the splen
did opportunities offering to advance
the church's work . In the 'Diocese.'
Delegate R. R. Cotten, . from St.
Paul's parish. Greenville, offered a ,
resolution of thanks to the rector, h
vestry congregation , and friends of
fy'j, parish for the hospitality
with which the Council had been re- t
ceived and entertained, r The resolu
tion was adopted by a rising vote.
The Gloria in Excelsis was sung, the
Bishop pronounced his benediction,
ml the 33rd Council nassed into his
tory. , i
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 H. Griffith;
rector of St Mary'a parish, waa'
unanimously re-elected editor-in-chief
of the official organ of the dio
cese, the Mission Herald. He was
the editor for 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
Partrick. Jr., of Clinton, the 'enter
prising young business - manager, v,
Local Men Trustees of Institutions. -Dr.
Ira M. Hardy of1 St. Mary'e was
elected a trustee of the Thompson
Orphanage at Charlotte, a position
of Statewide importance, since the
institution i maintained by all three !'
dioceses in North Carolina, - Rev. J
II, Griffith . was flattered - by beipg
named a trustee of St., Mary's Coli
lege, Raleigh. The conciliar . elec
tions occupied a goo!, part of the af
ternoon.
Bishop's Salary Increased.
The Bishop's salary was increased
from J3.000 to $3,600, In addition -to
the salary the Diocesan head Is
furnished the handsome bishop's
house at Wilmington and expenses.
Rev. John IL Griffith was re-elecU
ed chairman of the Social Service
Commission, and Mr. G. V. Cowper
of Kinston was elected to the com
mission. - ' ''
The report of Mrs. James G. Stat-
Woman's Auxiliary and Parochial
Society, for the, conciliar year, read
at a joint meeting of both houses at
the afternoon session, showed that
more than $3,000 liad been given to
various phases of woman's work
through the Auxiliary for the cause
of missions. - , ' :
Elizabeth City Next Year.
- The 1917 Council will be held in
Elizabeth City, beginning on May
15. -,
The Finish at St. Augustine's.
In St, Augustine's church, colored,
South Independence street, where the
colored delegates met during tbe
Council, the final , service was held
Tuesday evening- simultaneously with
that in St Mary's. Revs. J. W. Her-
ritage, J. B. Brown, S. Alonzo, Mor
gan and R. I. Johnson part. -at vL
(Continued on Y: T r:c)