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. t DAILY FREE 11 li il JG THE WEATHER Fair Tonight and Friday a iiv VOL XVII. No. 310 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY fRcESS Strains 'S POWER ODDS SMALL AGAINST JURY CLEARS NEGRO PRESIDENT PLAYING GREAT INCREASE IN MANUFACTURES JO, THE BLOODIEST IN REQUEST FOR MORE ENDS WITH DAY . SO WAR BETWEEN - THIS BOV . CHARGED . WITH HANDS OFF IN THE FIGHT IN SECOND HISTORY, IT IS SAID REGULARS, ADMIT'D FAR AS PENALTIES IS .V ., TOUTING AT. VERD'N REFUSED RECORDED MURDER OF ANOTH'R CAROLINA SHOM AWli m Wounded Continue to At- tack One Another When Unable to Stand BUTCHERY IS . HORRIBLE Men Go Insane Amputa tions Without Anesthet ics 7,000 Dead On 700 Yards of Front Battle In Dark Tunnels ' (By the United Press) Paris," May 25. The French have advanced along the west Mouse bank and east of Ctrmieres village in Gren' ade fighting, the war office today an. hounced. The Germans, attack fierce. ly, captured a French trench north of Haudromont Quarries. Violent artillery duels continue around Dou aumont. Story of Horrible Fighting. All French military experts here are agreed that this week's fighting about Verdun has been the bloodiest in history. The Germans have lost more men than in any other week of the war. The men are fighting in dark underground tunnels, using their knives, grenades and hand 6cardhlights. In some places hun dreds of soldiers have been buried alive' lit the wrecking of tunnels by shell fire. ' Scores are insane from the lust of the horrible butchery. Surgeons are performing amputa tions without anesthetics. They say the German and French wounded con tinue fighting with knives though unable to stand. One French captain reported sev en thousand dead heaped along 700 yards of front. YOUNG WIFE FOUND DEAD IN HER BED! Mrs. tBryant Davenport, about 25, wife of a.Neuse township farmer. died suddenly in bed at the home, some miles from here Wednesday. She had been in rather poor health for a time, and was the mother of an infant only a month old. It is supposed that heart trouble caused her demise. The husband discover ed her body. She was Miss Eliza Casey before marriage. She is sur vived by several children as well. as the husband. The funeral was conducted by 'Rev. W. 0. Bodell of this city at Wood- ington this afternoon. HfEETS DUTJ1AI.I IN FALL 1 (By the United Press) DUrham, May 26. -'Durham was selected for the' meeting-place for the 22d annual session of the Associ ation - of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States, No vember 15 to 17. The membership comprises 37 colleges and 45 second ary schools. HOPE TO ORGANIZE GUN CLUB TONIGHT There will be a meeting in the Ho tel Tull at 8 o'clock this evening to organize a gun club for Kington. Every one interested in shooting is invited to be present. It is hoped to St as many members m possible to nke a start before the recently opened season is -too far advanced. If the club can be organized this evening a team of shooters will prob ably be selected immediately to par apet in the State meet at Tarbo- in a few weeks. ' - Subscribe to The Free Press. ' Coast Artillery Branch Did Not heel That More Men Could . Be Spared Asked for Reinforcements Af ter Militia Called By CARL GROAT, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, May 25. That Funa- ton had requested additional coast artillery for the border service and had been refused, was confirmed to day at the War Department. The ex planation was that the coast artillery branch felt it would be unwise to strip the coast defenses any further. The request was made after the militia had been called out ,i '; .. .i -i i WAITlv TO TAKE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Counsel Announces That Youth Now Charged With Murdering Wealthy Father-in-Law Will Testify In His Own Behalf at Trial In New York Brother of Defendant First Wit ness (By the United Press) New York, May 28.Dr. Arthur Warren Waite will take the stand in his own defense in his trial for mur dering his father-in4aw, John Peck,! the Michigan millionaire, according to Walter Deuel, 'Waite's attorney, who outlined the defense on an insanity ground. Frank Waite, a brother, j was the first witness. t iff- TEXAS WHO REFUSED SERVE FACE COURTMARTIAL Baker Changes His Mind 116 to Be Tried Likely j Most of Juderes Will Be Officers National Guard (By the United Press) Washington, May 21. Reversing yesterday's decision, Secretary Baker announced today Jthat he will direct the court-martial of the 116 Texas militiamen charged with failinjr to present themselves for border duty. He refused to comment on the courtmartial's makeup, but the in dications are that the majority will be militia officers. BRIEFS IN THE NEWS ' OTHER EAST CAROLINA CITIES AND COUNTIES The State shoot of the North Ca rolina Trapshooting Association will be held at Tarboro1 on July 12 and 13. Clubs in Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, Durham, Asheville. Pine- hurst, Louisburg, New Bern, Wasn ington, Elizabeth City, Rocky Mount, Wilson, Morehead City and Rich Square will be represented. A modern steamer is being con structed for the Baltimore & Caroli na Steamboat Co, . to ply between Baltimore and New Bern. Cabbages are moving in heavy shipments from East Carolina. Pam lico county probably is sending the largest quantities north. PROPOSES USING U. S. WARSHIPS CARRY : MAILS TO NEUTRALS (By the United Press) Washington, May Z5, Representa tive P- F. Tague of Massachusetts to day introduced . a resolution propos ing sending mails between Ameri ca and neutral nations on navy ships. Judge Bond Rules That Ap Deals Withdrawn Because of' Modified Decisions Must Go Back On Docke for Trial No more withdrawal of appeals, changes or modifications in sentences imposed by the Recorders Court are m order, according to a ruling of Judge Bond, in the Circuit Court this morning in habeas corpus proceed ings in the case of a negro who was sentenced by Recorder Wooten to the roads for six months on a vagrancy charge but turned loose by Judge Bond after counsel for the Recorder had failed to show to his satisfaction that the negro had been convicted on a similar charge before. It developed in the course of the ,nJuiry mai,y casea which hBd been appealed from the Recorder's Court to the Superior Court had been subsequently withdrawn. Judge Bond asked the Recorder, who was pres ent, if such withdrawals had been be cause of any modification or change in the penalties imposed, and the Recorder stated that some of them had been withdrawn because of such "bargains.' . as Judge Bond termed them, whereupon Judge Bond ruled that the Recorder had no authority to change his decision in any case af ter the session at which such decision was rendered hod adjourned. Judge Bond stated that it was his opinion, and he so ruled that each day's pro ceedings completed themselves so far as those cases disposed of were con cerned, and, that the power of the Recorder in any case so disposed of was totally gone thereafter. Judge Bond ordered the Clerk of the Court to reinstate on the docket and sum mon for hearing before the August term of the Superior Court every case where such withdrawal had been made unless it be shown to the Clerk that such defendant would abide by Judge Bond made it clear he not desire any of the defendants who Had innocently withdrawn their appeals because of modification of penalties to suffer therefrom or their action in withdrawing to be prejudi cial at all to their interests. Solicitor Shaw called attention in behalf of the Recorder to the indefinite law under which the court is operated. This is a point that has been made before by the Solicitor and the Re corder. The ruling of Judge Bond will only affect the -cases, of course, appearing on the docket of the present term. There are nine such cases, The Free Press is informed by the Clerk of the Court. If, however, the ruing of the court was retroactive and cover ed the 'Recorder's Court proceedings since it began a very large number of cases would proliably be involved. The exact ruling of Judge Bond was as follows; "It appearing to the court in this matter that certain-appeals have been withdrawn after they were dock eted in this court, by defendants who had appealed from the judgments of the Recorder's Court because of sub sequent understandings as to change in the punishments, the Court being of opinion that after the Recorder pronounces his judgment his jurisdic tion is at an end and that he has no further control over the matter. "It is ordered, that notice issue to each man who has withdrawn his ap peal that he shall appear at the Aug ust term of this court for trial of his case, which case the clerk of this court is instructed to redocket, unless the clerk is notified by any particu lar defendant that he is willing to comply with the original judgment pronounced against him in the Re corder's Court." ; - 4 In connection with the habeas cor pus proceedings it was brought out by counsel for the negro boy that the warrant which he stated was submit ted as the original served on the nt gro' in the alleged first offense ' in September, 1915, was on a form of Warrant which was not in use by, the (Con. InaeJ oa Taje Tour) Strong Feeling In London That Sub. Commander May Cause Break V PMCE HAS SMALL SHOW Lloyds' Readjusts Things Following Grey's Speech. Three to One Offered That War Won't End Du ring the Present Year (Ui : fcf WILLIAM E. FORREST, (United Pres Staff Correspondent) London, May 25. Responding in stantly to Sh Edward Grey's decla ration that peace talk will be idle conversation until Germany changes her attitude. Lloyds today made a radical shift irt insurance rates against the war ending before De cember, 31. A few days ago the odds were even that the war would end in 1916. Brokers today wagered three to one that the war will not end in 1916, fotir to one that Sweden Won't join Germany within Bix months, and two iit one that the United States and Germany wont be at war this month. The last mentioned odds reflects a strong feeling here that a German submarine commander may unexpect edly upset German-American rela tions, by an unwarned attack on a ship carrying Americans. German Officials Pessimistic. Berlin, iMay 25. German officials cherish no high hopes for an early termination of th war, despite the increasing amount of peace talk in Berlin, Washington and London pa pers. Particularly the Conservatives. do not relish the idea of Phillip Schic-' demann, the Selalit leader, expressed in a recent United Press interview, that Taft or Wilson would be accept able as mediator. j Wilson Won't Act Save for All Europe. Washington, May 25. If President Wilson moves for peace he won't act on the behalf of any one nation nor family of nations. He will act in be half of Europe. This viewpoint was outlined to callers today, and may constitute the keynote of Saturday's address before the League to Enforce Peace. (By the United Prtss) 5,000-TON SHIP SUBMARINED. London, May 25. The British ship Washington, of 5,000 tons, the Urgent submarine victim for several days, ham been torpedoed, dispatches today said. Subscribe to . The Free Pre a. CORPORATION GOMMISStp CHANGE OF SITE OF FROM GORD'N STREET (By W. J. Martin) ' : Raleigh, May 25. The Corporation Commission to- Lcay approved the change of passenger station as agreed upon by the Chamber of Commerce and the Atlantic Coast Line and the Norfolk Southern Railroads. r- . An order to be issued will provide that the station be erected ' on the "Caswell street" site, at the present junction of the two railroads named above, instead of at the Gordon street or "Presbyterian church" site. The change was -agreed upon some weeks ago by repre sentatives of the Chamber of Commerce arid the railroads at a meeting in Kinston. . It is presumed that construction will be started in a very few weeks. The station at Kinston, it is reported on good' author ity, will be the handsomest east of tho i::..'.n line of -the A. C. L in North Carolina. David Lawson Went Free Today Trying E. W. Mincher, Convict Guard, for Cruelty In Superior Court This Afternoon David Lawaon, a diminutive negro, charged with the murder of James Evans, a smaller boy of his race, was acquitted by a jury in Superior Court this morning. The jury for a case against E. W. Mincher. a convict guard charged with brutality to prisoners, was se cured and the case was expected to be concluded during the afternoon. Judge "Counsel for Two Defendant. Alonza Washington, colored, charg ed with attempted criminal assault upon three or four-year-old girl of his race, and Herbert Coley, another negro, accused of a crime against nature, had no counsel when their cases were called Wednesday. Judge Bond, who is presiding, "represent ed" the defendants, not without pre cedent. Both got fair trials, every member of the bar attested. Both wero convicted, however, Washington drawing two years, and Coley six ntcnths on the county roads. Other cases cleared off Wednesday were: Stephen Kogers, assauu wun a deadly weapon, fine and costs to talling about $50. Lizzie Greer, as sault, not guilty. Will Mewborn, re tailing, appeal from the Recorder's Court, erasted from docket. Grand Jury About Through. The grand jury was expected to make its report this afternoon. The Customary visit to the county inoti tutiorts had been completed when the iurvmen went into session this m'ornlng. Partello Case Today. The case against Margaret Partel 16, charged with tho murder of Har ry Stein, is expected to be commenc ed about 4 o'clock today. LLOYD-GEORGE HAS CHARGE IN IRELAND (By th United Press) London,- May 26. David Lloyd George, minister of munitions, has been given full charge of the Irish pituation, Premier Asquith today fold the Commons. WEATHER ISNT GOOD FOR THf COTTON CROP Washington,- May 24. "The tem perature has been too low for the best development of cotton, and its growth has been considerably re tarded." says the National Weather and Crop ' Bulletin issued today. "Heavy rains in parts of the South have delayed replanting and the cul- PA! TU 'THE JUNCTION the site of the Kinston union N. Y. Herald's Correspond ed Makes Discovery" Administration Will Lend Aid to Party , Nominee, Whoever He May Be The White House is taking no part in the fight in the Second District. President Wilson very properly is playing hands off. ; There have been attempts since the entry into the race of Mr. Mitchell to give tho im pression that any fight on Mr. Kitch in at this time was frowned on by the Administration. Such reports were sent out by Washington correspondents to vari ous State papers. The Greensboro News perhaps car ried the first such information. The reports were discounted by the best informed people of the district, both friends of Mr Kitchin and Mr, Mit chell, for it was realized that Mr. Wilson would not take part in a lo cal party fight In this connection the New York Herald yesterday carried a statement from its Washington correspondent in which it quotes tha President's private secretary, Mr. Tumulty, as denying absolutely that the Presi dent .had made any comment or ex pected to make any on the fight now being made on Mr. Nitchin. ? The Herald goes further and aays that the President will give cordial sup port to whoever may be the party nominee, but that he will not take (Continued on Pago Four) MYSTERIOUS. YES! Biff SADDER THAN IT IS 1 At Least That Is the Im pression That One Gets From a First Hand In spection of the Scene of Mystery A case of mystery to be sure, but a case of sadness, whose unraveling will no doubt mean the discovery that some member of the family is suf fering from the mania to see things burn, is the way that ome at leas' of those who have visited the farm house on Mr. II. P. Lof tin's place, tenanted by Mr. T. W. Chase and family, analyze the unusual and ra ther mystifying scries of blazes that have beset the family since last Sat urday. ; Every member of the family of seven or eight is haturally -unstrung from the trying and nerve-racking experiences of the past four or five days. They can't account for the thirty or' more blazes, which have been discovered in different parts of the house. No one else has been able to place the responsibility. Upon'vis itinu the scene, however, one is im pressed that there is nothing out of the ordinary; no supernatural influ ences have left their marks. It is plain that the fires are of ordinary origin in so far that matches or some other combustible substance in the hands of some unfortunate, have been instrumental in their starting. The bedding burned : has caught near open windows or on the edges con venient to the doors and the quick work of one obsessed with the desire to see things burn is well within the bounds of possibilities when the sur roundings are considered. A close watch will have to be kept no doubt to maVe the sad di overy that acme of the family, heretofore unaffected by auch' desires, has ? auddenly be come stricken and that the dementia i must necessarily requiro the incarce ration ft safekeeping of that one, dear as he or aha may be. .The case is mysterious but sadJer: than it is baSing. V . ' -t . - J MXUWW Preliminary Statement By Census Bureau Provesf Biff Gains MANY MORE: WORKING Capital Invested In 1914 More Than Two Hundred" and' Fifty 'Millions' , Against Two Hundred and Seventeen In 1914 (Special to The Free Press) , , Washington, D. C, May 25. -A preliminary statement of the general results of the census of manufactures for North Carolina has been issued by Director Sam. L. Sogers, of the ;...!. Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce. The population of North Carolina1. ; ; at the census of 1910' was 2.2W$,0u0, . and it is estimated that it1 was2 930;000 ort- July I, 1914.' The summary shows a' considerable' - increase at the census of 1914 as com- pared With that of 1909. In the order of heir importance, from percentage alandpoinV the increases for. the several items rank as follows: Salaries, 48.4 per cent; materials; 0 39.5 per cent; primary . horsepower, 34.3 per cent; wages 34 per cent; value of products, 83.6 per cent; salaried employee, 38.9 ' pe cent; value added by manufacture", 28 'per cent: capital, 16.9 per cent; and number' of establishments 11.7 per cent. - , Capital Invested. ' , ,4 . The capital invested as reported .; In 1914, was $2fi3,$42,0OD, a gain of $"36,;56.000, or :16.9 per" cent, ovef $217,186,009 in 1909. The cost of materials used was" $ift,942(0OO' in 1914' against' $121, dGl.OOO In 1909, an increase 0 $48 080,000, or 39.5 per cent . , Value of Products. ; The value of products was 289, 412,000 in 1914 and 116556,000 in 1909, -the Increase being $72,756,000' ' or 33.6 per cent. The everage" per' establishment was approximately ; $53,000 in 1914 and $44,000 irt 19091 The value added by irianufacturea j represents' the difference' betwech the cost of materials used and the value df the products' manufactured', front them. The value added by menu factures was $119,470,000 in 1914 and $94,795,000 in 1909. the increase being $24,665,000. or 26 per cent. The value added by manufacture formed 41.3 per cent of tho total value of products in, 1914 and 43.8 per cent in 1909. . r- Salaries and' Wages. The salaries and wages amounted , . to $56,28.,000 in 1914 and to $41.- 259,000 in 1909, the Increase being $15,024,000, or 86.4 per cent. - The number of salaried employees' was 8,541 in 1914, as compared with 6,529 in 1909, making an increase of 2,012, or 30.9 per cent The average number of wage ear ners was 136,844 in 1914 and 121, 473 in 1909, the increase being 15, 371, or 12.6 per cent NEGRO SENIEKCEft TO - THE EttCTKlC CflAIR (Special to The Free" Press) Lillington, N. C.,- May 25. Jint MoCall, a negro, was st!ntened ' in Superior Ootirt here to be electro cuted on July 15 for a criminal ' as sault upon a six-year-old girl. - i .i i t - i - - ; CASEIENT IS OICTD , BY GHAIJIHIY TCDAY (By the United" Presi)1 London, May 25. Sir Eager Case ment and Daniel Bailey, n a"e"?l confederate, were indicted for 1. treason by a grand jury toJ .y. Case ment will go on tnal June 23.
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