HS , TRS- A TT TT W: THE .HOKE PAFEB. . I I 111 1 -,- - i ''" THE WEATIIEU Fair tonight and Sal. t 'B IE.' ' ' ' . . ' ' ' "".'.. VOL XVII.-No.jll SECOND EDITION K3NST0N, N. C, FRIDAY, MAY 26, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS WILL BEGIN GREAT AMERICANS GET BAD NO RIGHT TO If HIPl PTE, WORST OF -MYSTERY TAFT SAYS COUNTRY RECORDER SAYS 'WE SHALL BE JUDGE OF THE COURT ALONE' OFFENSIVE AGAINST MAN WITH SCORE OF CONVICTS IN THIS TELlS COl FIRES; THREE WERE HAS RIGHT TO WAR TO PREVENT STRIFE TURKS AND BULGARS HIS BAND IN MEXICO COUNTY, SAYS BOND PLAN TO IL FOUR TAKEN IN CUSTODY '4i I Allies Hope to Eliminate Them From War At One Stroke, Rome Hears TO END WAR DURING FAIL Is Object Troops of Four Nations Concentrated At Salonika While Russians n..i!-., t AJ.A A. continue w auu, Bagdad. (By the United Press) Paris, May 26. The French re pulsed violent German attacks on the West Meuse Bankand northwest of Verdun in last night's fighting, as well as gaining on the east bak, the war office today reported. By smash ing a counter attack the French re captured a trench ' lost yesterday near Thiauhiont. There has been to cessation for thirty-six hours in the cannonading (around hill 804 and Ay-, ocourt. S Great Offensive Planned s Rome,;, (May 26. A terrific smash within a few weeks aimed sit elimin ating the Turks and Bulgars from the war will be the Allies' first great f stroke for peace, was a report todajj f ; generally circulated. Heavy allied blows from Salonika and in Mesopo- .. tamia will be followed by a tremen- ." dous offensive against the Austro ' Germans in an attempt to end the war before winter. French, English, Serbians and Italians are concentrat- ' ed at Salonika awaiting the word t strike. Meanwhile the 'Russians are pressing on toward Bagdad. TAKES DIVINE TOUCH f TO-RESTORE FROM SIN! Last night Rev. Luther B. Bridgers addressed one of the largest audiences that has yet attended the Queen Street Methodist revival services. He $vad: from the eleventh chapter of I John the story, of the death of Laza- rus and the appeal that was made to i 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 I ; is highest and noblest in life. Then, " just as Lazarus had no power to re store himself, so the sinneris impot ent nut must rely for restoration com pletely on the mercy of God. It takes the divirie itouch t& Jstore' man .from sjn. No taan wer overcame the I powtfri of the devil at -evidenced in temptation within himself, It is al ways the power, of God that does it. The satnl Arif- f , nnrrat- ' ed life is away from God; and God tilnn- ii'jjia i'.. , The speaker laid iuch. stress on the thought that salvation is always ' tne girt of liod, and is bestowed, witn- outx fail when man decides for Mm self to be' Saved Jtrw.JimY-'.v'y'; . The jnill.tMted nnVnlargnn) ber' going 'forward "to"the frtr.v J ' V This - morning's servicer was f of a character to Contribute mightily, to the upbuilding and strengthening of the Chri!Jtiianlife.- It. wass a conse c ration e service based on Phillipians 3:7 and following which ' Paul's com plete consecration is -so graphically set forth.", '- . .'..;.;,.,; -v ; , Both ilr. Bridgers and Mr. Milan are, excellent' musicians -nd music is nade ari effective part of every ser vice. Mr. Bridgers '-usually prefaces his sermons by singing well-chosen olo, " Tonight he is" to sing an at tractive'aelection which is a produc tion of Mr- Uilan. the choral director. DUTIES SEWAGE INTO TIIE IUSE RIVER tuurhanu ltay. 25. The contract for the'eonstructic of -ten and One- half miles of sewerage line from Dur to Neuse river was let tonight Cervantes Attacked Engi- neers and Lost His Life-H Troops Pursued Remnant! of Party ah9 Bagged An other Brace, Said (By the United Press) iPinlH iHaiulniiArforn in ,Mvim Mm 2c-candeiario Cervantes. bandit leader, who has terrorized the sec ort Cruces, was killed after "attempting to rush a uartv of enrl neers repairing a road six miles to the south of Cruces, with 20 of his followers. Three Americans were wounded. one dying later. The Cruces garrison J immediately pursued , the survivors, killing two and wounding others. The pursuers were members of the Thirteenth Cavalry, under Capt. Guy Gushman. Single-stalk cotton culture is be ing taught Craven county planters by a Federal agriculture expert TAFT WILL SUPPORT T.R.IF AT CHICAGO, THfl'G'T Former President Refuses to Comment, However Roosevelt Will Have to Toe . the Line . if . Western ers Follow Him (By the United Press) Washington, May 26. If Roose velt Wins the Chicago nomination Taft will -be for him, according to information from friends very close to both men. The same sources, however, said western Progressives ffl 'wfu8e to foow Roosevelt if he does not adhere strictly to the Pro gressives' routes. Mr. Taft today refused to confirm the report, merely chuekling. and saying, ' wny snouia i comment on such a violent hypothesis?" COMMITTEE AGREES ON ZiKMY APPROPR'N BILL (By the United Press) Washington May 25. The army appropriation bill, carrying $145,000,. 000 and including provision for car- ryingout the HayjChamberlain re "ranization bill. Was' agreed to today thyiouse Military comnmee. bill includes provision ;.for council of executive information for co-ordi-fea'tion of industries and resources in of industries and 'resources T in war 'resources . was timel't';' (By United Press) CAROLINA STRAWBERRY SHIPMENTS i Washington, May 26. Tetegra- . phie reports to the Agricultural "Department -show that 613 cars of strawberries had been moved from the Carolina op to May 22. One hundred and eighty carloads and - liberal boat shipments had been moved from Virginia. The ' Gulf States season has closed. , MURDERERS SENTENCED. - Durham, May 26 C B Bur- gib, 'white, sentenced to SB years, and three negroes, given 25 years each, were found guilty la the second degree for j ordering E. B- Cantrell. " Wiastoa-Salem merchant. -" Siibocribe in Th Fr Pre. BULLETINS Judge Orders Jury to Find Guard Guilty in Superior 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- neas 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 said, on the night of the fatal shooting to kill her. She produced a revolver and shot him. He had mistreated her, she stated. E. W. Mincher,'a "walking boss" 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 in 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 rthe county, on charges of cruelty to pri soners, gambling, etc. lie is a man of large stature and apparently of 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. Benton "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 iCounty Physician , Albert Parrott. Taylor had instructed Mincher to whip Pot ter for insubordination, it developed. A resolution passed by the Bpard 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's estimate. Dr. Parrott had ex amined Potter for a disease and had failed to find any signs of a beating on him. V But Judge Bond held that whipping of convicts was illegal. The resolu tion ' of the commissioners 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. . i I It is understood that Mincher is 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 parteiio, South Kinston women j eharged with shooting Harry Stein, t well-known mere ha n't who died as the result of i revolver bullet-wound. The jury had not been secured when recess was taken. Murderer Does Not Think '. He Is Crazy; "Never De nied Guilt" ' HE IS MAKING NO DEFENSE Intended to Kill Wife, Her Parents and Her Aunt to Secure Peck MillionsNo Plot In Tombs to Fake In sanity ' (By the United Press) New York, May 245. A calm ad mission that he planned to kill his wife as well as her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John, Peck, of Grand Rapids, and Miss Catherine Peck, her aunt, was made ty vr. Artnur warren Waiite when he ; today resumed his amazing confession of an arch poison plot through which he hoped to gain the Peck millions. Asked if he was erazy, he replied, 'I think not." "Do you care what ibefcomieis of you?" "I want to do what's right," he re plied. Cross-examined, Waite denied a Tombs conspiracy to fake insanity. ''Do you. deny your guilt?" "I never denied it." "Wha't Is your defense?" "I am making no defense," he stat ed. , GEORGEJJGCS SHOWS RALEIGH REAL STUFF Only 29 Men Faced Him In Capitals- Asheville Game ThursdayThere With Stick, Too ''Prettiest Exhi bition in Many Days," Says News and Observer of Game Today's Raleigh News and Obser- ver s sporting page carrieu me 101- lowincr. at the ton of the first col umn: "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 Paramounts 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 single to right-center sent Manager Heinie Busch across the coveted rubber with what proved the winning run. How. ever, to make the score safe, another run was added dn the same frame an the Canitals defeated Asheville 2 to 0. "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 pitcher show any mercy in the' form of passes. "Suirzs had everything and 'then CONFIRMATION OF B AGAI Ml WiniOOTlTE FOLLOWING MEETING REPUB'C'N , - t (By th United Press) : Washington, May 26. The confirmation of Brandeis by the Senate" this af ternoon was. forecasted at a meeting the Judiciary Committee. . Only Sutherland i3 "opposed to .such a prr-Tram; The plan is to have the confirmation with' t a : 1 1 :U. T, W. Chase and Two Young Daughters In Charge of Sheriff This Afternoon PYROMAM THE CAUSE? Long String Strange Blazes At Farmhouse South o the City May End With Arrests If Suspicions Are Borne Out Miss Lavinia Chase, about 17, and Novella Chase, her sister, several years younger, are in custody at Ihe Sheriff's office here this afternoon, together with their father, T. W. Chase, to await an examination by phy sicians to determine if either of hei 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. Ioftin plantation, south of here, and a fire on an adjoining farm this morning which destroyed a farmhouse. . , Both girls, especially the old er . one. are greatly perturbed. Miss Chase cries almost con stantly,' A married sister who was present When a deputy sher iff took them in charge fainted. Chase does not know what to think of the situation. The past Week has been one of the worst for him in his liTelHe "caniibf believe either of hia daughters is to blame. He has never known to either act other than normal, he declares. ' , - A stnall tenant house on the farm df G. F. Loftin, four or five miles South of here, was destroyed by fire between 10 and 11 o'clock today. The plantation adjoins the farm of H. P. Loftin, on which there sits the "house of mystery" in which scores of fires have occurred since last Saturday morning. 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 Ihis morning start. H. P. Loftin ohd others unhesitatingly declared belief today that there is a person- in the family -or the neighbor hood ufllicted With pyromanin, too shrewd to be detected.. Many times in the past five days have blazes, always caught in their iricipiency by the Watchful and dis tressed family, been started by some undetermined agency. Suspected per sons have been Watched without re sult. The best clue up till this after noon'; that a porson 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. ? ; some', that . a pftcher should have, to win .games. He showed more stuff than has been seen in the league in some lime, and whenever he was not puzzling a batter he was working on a runner on base. Only 29 hatters, two extra ones, faced Suggs during tiie.nme innings of play." " RANDEIS T HIS P 51. NST HIM PREDICTED without a vote against him of Republican members of 1 ' 1 ' ' MEMBERS Perfectly Constitutional for ' U.S. to League With Oth er Nations for Such Pur poseTakes Issue With the Commoner (By the United Freu) Washington, May '2C William H. Taft. speaking as a ! jurist, ' today placed his O. K. on the platform of the League to Enforce Peace. He de dared 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 esorting to arbitration. He took direct issue with Bryan's recent statement On the subject. Mr. Taft said the league won't try to stop the present war, but will follow its disliinct purpose to prevent the re currence of "such 'a disaster to civil isation. - LANSING DOES NOT INTEND TO ' RESIGN, DECLARES DEPMENT Rumor That Secretary of State Would Quit femari ated From 'a Questionable Source and Was Foster ed by. Propagandists (By the United Press) May 2C.-Denying unqualifiedly press association report that Secre tary Lansing will resign, the State Department today declared circula tion of the rumor part of propa ganda proceeding for several months, A broad intimation was made that German sources fostered the rumor Mr. Lansing appeared at the cabinet meeting today and will return to his office Monday, having recovered from a slight illness. LENOIR CROPS DOING FINE; A SUCCESSFUL POTATO 'EXPERIMENT ;"! 4 -" a, ; Crops in Lenoir county are, in fine condition generally, according to to Mr. II. ii. Grainger, who is one of tie best info'med men on tiie agri cultural situation. S It is probable that the "stands'! are better than at this season for several years past, he states. i Of course, the cool weather has re tarded cotton, but tte 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 potato crop was experimental. Fer tilizers 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 00,000,000 bushels." New potatoes are retailing here now at $1. Mr.' Grainger expects to see them -sell for $6 and $7 a barrel. . , . Corn is not doing as well as the other crops, probably. TO GIVE THE HEN A i CHANtE IX ENGLAND. London, May W Giva the : hen chance. With efgs at 7 cents each. Mrs. Lionel Guest, daughter of ; the 'ate John Bigelow, American ambas sador to Paris, is urging a plan hsre today to turn London's public parks into poultry farms. Greenville has a building fcoom on. Tr:i permits for buildings of con !J- ' 'o c(t-have been isuvl ( Wooten Questions Right of. Judge Bond to Review Court's Findings WE, TOO, MYE OPINION .V ' . V: :,,,rjvv.r! 'Superior Court Judges Afe As Prone to Err as the Sparks Are to . Fly Up wafd "Declares the Habeas Corpus. Case The following signed communica tion was handed The Free Press by Recorder T. C. Wooten this morning. In it he questions the right of the Superior Court to review the findings of his court except by nieal. and de clares that ha will continue to con-; trol the procedure of his court, as he has done,-irrespective, of the ruling' of Judge Bond entered upon the Su perior Court records at Thursday's session. Judge Wooten 'maintains that' his court is one of "perpetual motionj" does not adjourn, but sim ply takes recesses, and that he shall coritinue to alter hia decisiona when. they appeal to the conscience of tha court." He promises to explain ttha habeas corpus case disposed of -on Thursday later. His communication in full follows t v . ; "We are settled in our opinion as to .the powers and limitations of the Recorder's Court, for. these are like wise based upon'irules announced from the Supreme' Court. ' We shall not be guided by ex parte opinion of Superior Court Judges,' given to i grand juries. ' The (Superior Court can only review the Recorder' Court by regular and proper appeal; not by 'a free lanee.' It is right that we ' should be governed by higher author ity. Superior Court judges are as prone to err as the sparks ara to fly . upward. This is verified by 170 Su preme Court reports; a good load for v a mule 170 books of errors! f ' "We, too, have an" opinion. It is to the effect that the Recorder's "Court of Kinston moves automatically, and is under' the 'biH' perpetual motion, personified. : It never 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 the opinion of learned jurists, we shall be ihe judge of :the court alone. We shall do as we have done cotttrol the procedure, judgments and penalties, -and make modifications - when they appeal to the conscience of 'the court. "We have done our best to make the iRecorder'a Court teful and ben-' eflclal in every respect, and w have been assured by many that it haa accomplished its purpose.' ' .. "We discovered the. court to . . be out t oi- narmony , wan 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 Tea- ' son the deadly aim was carried into ' execution without a 'joke.'.r No pause for myth or mirth. . , ,i . "We are - constrained to say - we shall conduct Ithe court on our own ideas and opinions based upon f the ' law until We receive final orders from the Supreme Coart. Any njandate fro a court of competent jurisdiction will be rpsp'ectfblly obeyed ill overruled. We do not adhere te the erroneous idea that tthe Recorders Oourt is un. constitutional. The traeetion as to its constitutionality settled by no less authority ahan the Suprteme' Court. "When the cases leave' my . court on appeal to -the Superior. Court we will do as we have always done, ex ercise no jurisdiction bi attempt ta do so. If the appeal ' is withdrawn by consent of the Sate, the judge and the defendant, we shall take ju risdiction to modify khe judgment if justice and mercy demand. This wa h:he a ri t to d u ; ' 9 ruling l.'arn- .1 t... ) ! the e Court.

Page Text

This is the computer-generated OCR text representation of this newspaper page. It may be empty, if no text could be automatically recognized. This data is also available in Plain Text and XML formats.

Return to page view