fTTVTF XT the ma m u r u i , THE WEATUI2X Fair Tonight JJ JUL, J VOL. XVII.-N0. 311 FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N.C, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY SSSStIains TTi T7v A- rtrr- t-tt rya n;-- n 1 tv- tt rrx -Tr IT I If I 1 . ' . L II , . I II. 1 V I li . ."V I I . . I : . l I . II r .JV..5 ( . WILL BEGIN GREAT OFFENSIVE Ail TURKS AND BULGARS Allies Hope to ; Eliminate Them rom War, At One Stroke, Rome Hears TO END WAR DURING FALL Is Object Troops of Four Nations Concentrated ' At Salonika While Russians Continue to Advance On Bagdad Paris, May 26. The French re pulsed violent German attacks on the West Meuse iBank, end northwest of Verdun in last night's - fighting, as well as gaining on the east bank, the war office today reported. By smash ing a counter attack the French re captured a trench' lost yesterday near Thiaumont. There has been no cessation . for thirty-six hours in the cannonading around hill 304 and Av- ocourt PREflppii PLAYING VHANDSOFFDf SECOND (Reproduced from New York Her ald of May 24th). A "President Wilson has no part in the Democratic primary contest be- , tween Representative Claude Kitch In. Democratic floor leader of the House, "and Clingman W. Mitchell, for nomination to (Congress from the Second Congressional district of North Carolina, and -he intends to take no part in the fight despite the fact that Mr. Kitchin set out to op pose the White House policies. The position of the President is in keeping with a rule laid down by Mr. Wilson soon after assuming office. This is that he will not participate in factional political contests in any State. This stand has been describ ed by Joseph P.-Tumulty, secretary to the President, in letters to the Secr ond district, where there has been some misunderstanding as rto Mr. Wilson's attitude. "Administration officials yesterday and itoday read with interest the spe cial dispatches to the Herald from Wilson, N.' C.i describing the prog ress of (the contest between Mr. Kit chin and Mr. Mitchell. They have heard in the last few weeks all sorts of reports about the probable out come of the . race, but accepted the Herald's estimate of the situation as correct "The administration has been on the alert to get any : information about the Second district fight, since its policies, which Mr., Kitchin op posed, have been the issue. The of ficials wanted to know if they had in terpreted correctly the sentiment of the people in favoring better milita ry preparedness and other questions, and .are well satisfied with the knowl edge that they did. . ' "No matter who is nominated at the North Carolina primarily on June 3, the White House will throw what ever support it can to the regular nominee.; Such aid will be unneces sary, however for there will' be no Republican nominee in the Second istrict 'v:"'v "This policy of supporting the reg ular nominee of .the party la to N followed throughout 1 . the country. Once a nomination places , a candi date in the November contest he is regarded as the duly chosen nominee and entitled to whatever support can be given by the parry organization." The man who gets the Democratic nomination in the" Second will worry through against any Republican can-1 didaie. DURHuT EU:: SWAGS INTO TIIE IiEUSE RIYER (By the United Press) Durham, May 25 The - contract for the construction of ten and one- half miles of sewerage line from Dur- to Neuse river was let tonight TAFT WILL SUPPORT I i. IF NOMINATED AT CHICAGO, TIIO'G'T Former President Refuses to Comment, However f Roosevelt Will Have to Toe the Line if Western ers Follow Him . . Washington, May 26. If Roose velt wins the Chicago nomination Taft will be for him. according to information from friends very close to ooui men. ine eame sources, however, said western Progressives will refuse to follow Roosevelt if he does not adhere- strictly to the Pro gressives' routes. Mr. Taft today refused to confirm the report, merely chuckling, and saying, "Why should I comment on such, a violent hypothesis?" LENOIR CROPS DOING FINE; A SUCCESSFUL POTATO 'EXPERIMENT' Crops in Lenoir county are in fine condition generally, according to to Mr. H. H. Grainger, who is one of the best informed men on the .ag! cultural situation. It is probable that the "stands" are better than at this season for several years past, he states. Of course, the cool weather has re- tarded cotton, but the staple is in very satisfactory shape, nevertheless. Tobacco is doing fine, Mr. Grainger asserts. Some of the weed is knee- high. Potatoes are short, of course; the crop is all over the country. "The 'tato crop was experimental, r er tjlizers were scarce and the prices were high." Lenoir county potato planters experienced a handsome streak of luck, though,, considering the acreage. "The demand is big, and it will continue big. A govern ment estimate put the shortage at .90,000,000 bushels." New potatoes are retailing here now at $1. Mr, Grainger expects !to see them sell for 6 and $7 a barrel. TAKES DIVINE TOUCH 1U KMlUKt dm Last night Rev. Luther B. Bridgers addressed one of the largest audiences that has yet attended the Queen Street Methodist revival services. He read from the eleventh chapter of John the story of the death of Laza rus and the appeal that was made to Jesus to .restore him to life. The picture of Lazarus was taken by the speaker as a type of the sin! ner's condition in this world. Death means a separation and so sin always separates man from God and all that is highest and nobles't in life. Then, just as Lazarus had no power to re store himself, so the sinner is impot ent but must tely for restoration com- nletelv on the mercy of God. It takes the divine 'touch to restore a man from sin. No man ever overcame the power of the devil as evidenced in temptation within himself. It is al ways the power of God that does it The natural drift of the unregenerat ed life is away from God;, and God alone can change the drift ; The speaker laid much stress on the thought that salvation is always the gift of God, and is bestowed with out fail when-man decides for him self to be saved from ain. The call resulted in a large num ber going forward to the ajtar. ; This morning's service was of a character to contribute mightily to the upbuilding and strengthening of the Christian life. It was a conse- era tion service based on PhiHipians 3:7 and following which Paul s com plete consecration is bo graphically j set forth. . Both Mr., Bridgers and -Mr. Milan are excellent musicians and music is made an effective part of every ser viced Mr. Bridgers usually prefaces his sermons by singing a well-chosen solo. Tonight he is to sing an at- tractive selection which is a produc- tion of Mr. Milan, the choral director. NO RIGHT TO WHIP CONVICTS IN THIS COUNTY, SAVS BOND Judge Orders Jury to Find Guard Guilty in SuDerior Court Case RESOLUTION OF COM'RS Was Authority for Lashing of Junius Potter by Big "Walking Boss" Lash Regularly Used , Court Learns In Trial Margaret Partello, accused of murdering Harry Stein in March, took the stand as the first wit ness in Superior Court today. She had been on between two and three hours when the noon recess came. Members of the bar declared her to be an ideal witness. The woman, fair-looking and rath er well dressed, answered every question in the cross-examination with snap and decision. All attempts of the State to break down her self-defense statement failed. - She related a story to the ef fect that Stein had been her lov er for months. They had had a split and reconciliation. He was jealous, she declared. He threat ened, she saidr on the night of the fatal shooting to kill her. She produced a revolver and shot him. He had mistreated her, she stated. W:,JIm"cherrirtSiralWngT)bis'r of the county roads force, was found guilty by a jury in Superior Court late Thursday of whipping Junius Potter, a' White convict, after Judge W. M. Bond, presiding, had instruct ed the jury to bring m such a ver dict if they believed the evidence, Sentence was not passed. He was put under a $500 bond. Mincher has been in court several times since being employed by ithe county, on charges of cruelty to pri soners, gambling, etc. He is a man middle age. James Benton, who has served six months on the roads and has an un savory reputation from his own ad missions, was a witness against Min cher in the case. Ben'ton "guessed" that Mincher struck Potter with a strap some 15 or 20 times. Other witnesses were Bryant Taylor, sup erintendent of . the county roads force; Dr. H. Tull, ex-Chairman of the County Commissioners, and (County Physician Albert Parrott Taylor had instructed Mincher to whip Pot ter for insubordination, it developed. A resolution passed by the Board of Commissioners empowered the roads authorities to use the lash. No other witnesses admitted that Mincher . had struck Potter as many times as Ben ton thought he had. About a half dozen ' lashes was the superintend' ent'a estimate. Or. Parrott -had ex amined Potter for a disease and had failed to find any signs of a beating on him." ' ' But Judge Bond held that whipping of convicts was illegal. The resolu tion of the commissior.ers was void in his opinion and. he quoted decisions held by him to annul any such ac tion by local authorities. The com missioners, it is said on good authori ty, contending that whipping of un ruly convicts is essential to discipline in the camps, will appeal the case, whatever the judgment may be. to the Supreme Court. Frequent cases of whipping were admitted- It is understood that Mincher it to be tried on other counts. ' Partello Case Started. After concluding the case against Mincher the court started into the hearing of the case against Margaret Partello, a South Kinston women charged with shooting Harry Stein, a well-known tnercharft who died as the result of a revolver bullet-woand. The j'Jry hal not been secured when recess was teUen. WAlTEj CONFESSING, TELLS COURT ABOUT Fi Murderer Does Not . Think He drazy; "Never De- HE IS MAKING NO DEFENSE Intended to Kill Wife, Her Parents and Her Aunt tq Secure Peck Millions Nq Plot In Tombs to Fake In sanity! (By the United Press) New York, May 26. A calm ad mission tha he planned to kill his wife as welf: as her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John '(Peck, of Grand Rapids, and Miss Catherine Peck, her aunt, was made yDr. Arthur Warren Waite when he today . resumed his amazing concession of an arch poison plot through; which he hoped to gain the Peck millions. GEORGE SUGGS SHOWS RAJUGH REAL STUFF Only 29 Men Faced Him In Capitals- Asheville Game Thursday There With Stiok, Too "PretUeat Exhi bition in Many Days," Say a Newa and Observer of Game Tftriav'a Rjilflio-h News and Obser ver's sporting pag;e carried the fol lowing, at the top of the first col umn;.,.. .f.. . George Suggs, a Kinston boy who has more than once turned back big league batters, yesterday came into his, own. and convinced not only local fans, but the iParamounts that he can yet pitch grand baseball! Suggs not only gave the prettiest exhibition of twirling seen on the home lot in many days, but he won his own game in the eighth inning when his eingl0 to right-center sent Manager Heinie usch across the coveted rubber with what proved the winning run. How- ever, to make the score aafe, another run was added an the same frame am the Capitals defeated Asheville 2 to "When Bradshaw, the first visiting batter to face Suggs, got a scratch hit between first and second in the initial inning it marked the begin ning and ending of the Paramounts' slugging. No matter how hard they tried or how often, Hickman, Fenton and Bitting, the Asheville trio of swatters, came to bat the matter of hitting always remained the same. Seven visiting batters swung in vain trying to connect with Suggs offer ings and only once did, the Kinston tcher show any mercy in the form ' passes. - "Sucrirs had everything and 'then some that a pitcher should have Co win games. He showed more stuff than has been seen in the league in some time, and whenever he was not puzzling a batter he was working on runner on base. Only 29 batters, two extra ones, faced Suggs during the nine innings of play." Dispensaries for typhoid vaccina tion are to be held, throughout Pitt county this summer. More than 4,000 persons took - the ' treatment - last summer. . . - .' Subscribe to The Free Pros. PLAN TOjil 01 PFIRMAJION OF DRAPT pp.il WITHOUT VOTE AGAINST IIIJI PREDICTED OLLOWIKG MEETING ' ' (By t&0 United Press) '; ' Washington, May 26. The confirmation of Brandeis by the Senate this afternoon vas forecasted at a meeting he Judiciary Committee. . Only Sutherland is opposed to.such;a program. The plan is to have the confirmation without a roll call WORST OF 'MYSTERY FIRES; THREE WERE TAKEN IN CUSTODY T. W. Chase and Two Young Daughters In Charge of Sheriff This Afternoon PYROMANIA THE CAUSE? Lonp; String Strange Blazes At Farmhouse South of the City May End With Arrests If Suspicions Are Borne Out Mis Lavinia Chase, about 17, and Novella Chase, her sinter, several years younger, are in custody at the Sheriffs office here' this afternoon, together with, their father, T. W. Chase, to await an examination by phy aicians to determine is either of the three is afflicted with pyro mania. It is suspected that one cf the, trio was responsible for the long series of fires at the "mystery house" on the H. P. Loftin plantation, south of here, and a, fire on an. adjoining farm this morning which destroyed a farmhouse. ' Both girls, especially the old er onel are greatly perturbed. Miss Chase cries almost con stantly. A married 1 sister who was present when a deputy, sher iff took them in charge fainted. Chase, does, not know, what to j think of the situation. The past week has been one of the worst for him in his life. .He cannot believe either of his daughters is to blame, ne has never known either of his daughters to be to blame. He has never Jknowil either, to act other than normal he declares,, , . - A small tenant house on the farm of G, F. Loftin, four, or fiva mjles South of here, was destroyed by fire between 10 and 11 o'clock today. The plantation adjoins the farm of II. P. Lof tin. on which there sits the "house of mystery" in which scores of fires have occurred since last Saturday morning.,, 1 Children of T. W. Chase, the ten ant of the mystery house, spent the night in the burned house, it is said. It is only a short distance away from Chase-'s home. No one admits see ing the fire Ibis morning start. II. P. Loftin and others unhesitatingly declared belief today, that, there is a person in the family or the neighbor hood afflicted with pyromania, too shrewd to be detected. Many times in the past five days have blaesj always caught in their incipiency; by "the watchful and dis lresed family, been started by some undetermined agency. Suspected per sons have been watched without re sult, The best, clue up till thi3 after noon' that a, person was responsible was the discovery of a number of matches, some, of which had been struck, in a place where children of Chase's large family were accustomed to play. Greenville has a building boom on. Ten permits for buildings of consid erable cost have been issued since May i. . Single-etalk. cotton culture is be ing taught Oaven county planters by a Federal agriculture expert, REPUD'C'N MEMBERS without a vote against him of Republican members of TAFT SAYS COUNTRY HAS RIGHT TO WAR to nnruniT OTnirr u riiLvmi oiiurci Perfectly Constitutional for U. S. to League With Oth er Nations ,f or Such Pur pose Takes . Issue With the Commoner (By th UUtod Pmt) V Washington, May 26.-r-Willim H. Taft, speaking as a jurist, today places his O.' K. on the pla'tform f the League to EInforce Peace. He de clared it is constitutional for the United States to bind itself with oth er nations Ho declare war on any country that starts war without first resorting to arbitration. LANSING DOES. MIT INTEND. TO RESIGN, DECLARES DEMENT Rumor That Secretary of State Would Quit Eman ated in a Questionable Source and Was Foster ed by Propagandists (By the Tjnited Press) r . May 26. Denying unqualifiedly a press association report thalt Secre tary Lansing will resign, ;the State Department today declared circula tion of, the rumor part of a propar AMERICANS GET DAD OF HIS BAND, IN MEXICO Cervantes Attacked Engi neers and lxst His Life -Troops Pursued Remnant of Party and Baggi, An other Brace, Said Field Headquarters in Mexico, May 26. jCandelario Cervantes, a bandit leader, who has terrorized the sec tion about Cruces, was killed after attempting to Tush a party of engi neers repairing a road six miles to the south of Cruces, with 20 of his followers. ' 1 ' " COMMITTEE AGREES 'ON ARMY AtPROPR'N BILL (By the United Press) Washington, May 25. The army appropriation bill, carrying $145,000, 000 and including provision for car rying out the Kay-Chamberhin . re tiganization bill, was agreed to today by the flouso Military commitee. Tfm bill , includes provision for a council of. executive information for co-ordi- na'tion of industries and resources in of ': industries and resources in war war time. ; CAROLtNA RAILROAD - TIME TABLE Wo.f- ' HBST-CLASS FKEIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE. Southbound --' Northbound 132. i . 83S A. M, '' P. M. 7:35 Ar,... Kinston ....Lt. 5s(K 7:29.. v Hines Junction S:06 7:06 PoU ...... ..f 50 7:00....... Dawaon 8:27 6:47....... Uiennem e:i 6:40 Suggs Siding ...f 5:50 6:80 Lt.... Snow Hill ...Ar. 6:00 An -mtrym nvemA h tha Norfolk Southern rules while uing the track from Kinston to Hines Junction, and subject to the orders of its upsrin- wndent . . . . . - , The abort scbeduie is giran as in formation only, and is supposed to b the 'time that trains will arrive and deDaxi. but is not uaranTeea. . General guperigteadet, , MAN WITH SCORE RECORDER SAYS THE jHALL BE JUDGE OF Tiir rnunT II n'Tt iiil uuuiu aluiil Wooten Questions Right. o Judge Bond, to , Review ,v Court's Findings TOO, HAVE OPINIO!? 'Superior Court Judges Are As Prone to Err as the Sparks Are. to Fly Up ward.1 , Declares r The Habeas Corpus Case . ; . The following ; igned( comm,vnicaV tion was handed The JJreo Presa ,by Recorder T. C Wooteiv tkis morning, v In. it he . questions the' right, of the Superior Court to rcviewtthi findings of his court except by PPalt and do- , clares that he will continue to con-' trol the procedure of his court, as he has done, irrespective of the ruling . of Judge Bond entered upon the Sii- ? perior Court records t Thursday' session. Judge ' Wooten biaintalns that his court ia one, of-"perpetual motion," does, not adjournji iu.t sim pljr takes recesses, and; that he hU , continue to alter, his decision when they appeal to the conscience, of tho ; court," lie promises to explain ithei :habeas corpus case disposed of , on Thursday later. His communication in full follows; , , ' MWe are settled In our opinion a to the powers and limitations of the Recorder" Court, for these are like wise based " upon rules ' ' announced from the Supreme Court We shall n$y guided Jbj exjwrte opinion , , of Superior Court Judges, given to grand juries; The (Superior.' Court , can only review the R.ecprderV Court by regular and proper appeal; not by .'a free lanoej It is righj that we should be govern e4 by higher author ity. Superior" Court judges are as prone to err as the sparks are to fly upward. This is Verified by 170 Su-, preme Court reports; a good load for ; a mule 170 'books of errors! ; "We, too, nave an opinion. It. is to the effect that the .Recorder's Court of Kinston moves, automatically, and is under the 'bill! perpetual motitfn ;, personified. I( neverf adjourns, takes only recesses. The impact from Mon day morning to dead Saturday, night keeps the 'thing' quivering, till during morn of Monday again.. Perpetual motion, you see.. Irrespective of tho opinion of learned jurists, W shall be the judge of the court alone. We' shall do as we have done control the procedure, judgments and ; penalties, ; ant ; tomtra mnrtiflialinna vlltn . tVifl appeal to the conscience of. the court. "We have.' done our best to. make the Recorder' Court, useful and ben- eficial in every respect, and we have been assured by many that; it, has accomplished its purpose ' . "We discovered the court to v be out of- harmony wjth recorders'' courts soon after he. left , the .. . 'trenches! in. the, .'charge, We were , . impressed . with the solemnity of his strictures and criticism f or the rea son the deadly aim was carried into execution without a 'joke.' No pause for myth or mirth. "We are constrained to say we shall conduct Ithe court on our own ideas and, opinion based upon, the . law until. we receive Qnal orders from the Supreme Court Any mandate fro a court of competent, jurisdiction will be respectfully, obeyed till overruled. We do not adhere to the erroneous idea that .the Recorder's Court is un constitutional. - The question as to its constitutionality settled by no less authority ithan the Supreme Court. "When the cases leave my court on tappeal to the Superior Court we will do as we have always done, ex ercise no jurisdiction or attempt to do ap. If the appeal is withdrawn by consent of the State, the judge and the defendant, we shall take ju risdiction to modify the judgment if justice and mercy demand. This we have a right to do under the rull j of the Supreme Court If some learn ed jurists are correct, an real t .k- (Continued e Taje Jl :c)