tS . ''"4 , K'C PA -? 3 5 3 THE WEATnnt() Probably Shower Tuesday ..... K )! THE HOI'E PJiFEB VOL. XVlI. No. 313 SECOND EDITION ...... i KINSTON, N. C, MONDAY, MAY 29, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS i r itri JAMES J, HILL, EMPIRE DMLDER OF THE NORTHWEST, DIED INST. UjlJ A.JJ. FOLLOWING OPERATION IN SON'S HOUSE .man ItVnnit Tfifrannrti tmak iHmar ' nl ti ni w . a ii ' ' ' ' ILNINETEENUI RTMIIIIP ANQTHER DEMAND TO FOUGHT ON STREETS IN THE NEUSE FIVE .tTENTlibuS S DESERT WASHINGTON GOV'T? SAT'D'Y AFTERNOON MILES FROM HINST'N TT PI ALL! A (By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS, United Press Staff Correspondent) Petrograd, May 29. Russia will fight twenty years if necessary, until Germany; terms, Michael Rodhianko, the United Press today. He sian revolutions. "There's no peace party "This is a German lie. ; The Duma is solid in a to fieht until Germany puts Emperor, Duma and peasants are united in this, he said. "You needn't accept my word exclusively. You are wel come to the Duma floor, where you can talk to anyone. AH will tell you what I've told you. With a better spirit it 1 ? t A, .1.1.1. 1 T- in tne army, wnicn is now will fight until Germany is may do," he declared. WAITE WILL DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR AS PENALTY FOR GRIME Man Who Murdered. Fath-er-in-Law for Money to Be Sentenced on June 1. Even His Counsel Said Verdict Was Just (Special to The Free Press) New York; May ' 29. Arthur Warren Waito, the , daper young dentist who murdered his father-in-iaw, John. Peck of Grand Rapids, and plotted to kill ' hia wife, mother-in-law And another relative of Mrs. Waite In order to get the Peck mill ions, conviflted of first degree murder, in a few minutes' time iby a jury yes terday, will' be sentenced to the elec tric chair, on Thursday. The execution will probably take place in Julyi ' Even ; counsel for the confessed murderer declared the verdict was a just one. . . ""'" GROUP OF FUTURE SEA LIONS lEADY AT THE j NAVAL ACADEMY NOW Annapolis, Md.. May 29. June week at Uncle Sam's Naval Acad. emy began today. The receptions, drills and dances three days ahead of June itself and two days behind the informal opening Saturday, when army and navy nines met in their an nual baseball game, marks the in troduction to the practical , work-a-day orjd o Uncle Sam's 1916 class of future naval commanders. Exercises hy honor of the. gradu ating class that will go fonth from the academy as ensigns,' started .this morning with a reception to the board of visitors and regimental Infantry drill. ; F riday . the program wHJ i be closed'.. In the morning the gradua tion exercises will be held.. At night, in a Wg farewell bau Annapolis will say goodbye to thenew ensigns. ? BULLETINS W (Bjf &e United Pressor , . VIRGINIA CONVENTIOX ' V .. .WANTS WILSON- f:---r;-K.:'':rr-; . . Washington, D. G, May 29 " , ' Representative Carter . Glass headed a 'delegation today that asked' the. President to attend , the, Virginia Stat convention, on j June! i .'1 '::' ' j - -j .. .. , , . -BERLIN WAR STATEMENT, . ' Berlin, jMay 29, Tw French atUcks at Cumieres last night were coitpfetely repulsed, the war office today announced. Vio lent artifery fighting occurred on both Heuse bank. " Attoraey-Jkneral T. W. Bickett, candidate ffr Covernor," p'Ske to a "s mee:i,g ,t Bayboro Saturday. is forced to accept the Allies' president of the Duma, told scoffed at the danger of Rus M if , in Russia," Dodhianko, said ' demand that Russia continue her cannon in a pile. The iar Deuer equipped, Kussia beaten, whatever her allies TOBACCO MERCH'Tji IN BIG CONVENTION WASHINGTON TOBAY $1,500,000,000 of Capital Represented Statistics Of .Industry in Country-- Costly Cigars at Banquet to Be a Feature (By the United Press) Washington, May 29. A billion and a half dollars of capital was re presented here today when the great est convention of tobacco merchants in the history of the country began at the New Willard." There are 500 delegates from 'every section of the United States, and representing every branch of the industry from growers to leaf dealers, manufactur er, jobbers, find the men behind (the counters. It is the first national convention of tobacco merchants. Cigars that a king couldn't afford to buy in any quantity will be smoked at tonight's banquet. When a man trie$ to stop smoking via the drop-it-in-his-coffee cure route, he takes a chance on contract ing the cocaine or other drug habits, the conclave was told. It plans a fight on the 42 varieties of com pounds which claim to destroy the desjre for, tobacco. Impressive figures of Vu? tobacco industry were reported showing ithat tobacco raising utilizes thousands of acres of land, the Federal govern ment collects $110,000,000 revenue tax, the industry pays $175,000,000 wages to 200,000 workers and adver tising gets $30,000,000. a year. RIYERS AND HARBORS FILIBUSTERS SHOCKED ' " 1 1 ': Motion Including Provision for $20,- , 000,000 to Be Apportioned by the - Engineers Defeated by 41 to. 27 . . Resume Action This Afternoon to r Prevent Final Action On Measure 1 , ;: (By the United Press) Washington, May 29 Filibusters against (the rivers and harbors bill were, jolted today when a motion to recommit the measure, carrying with it instructions to the commerce com mittee to report a $20,000,000 appro priation to be governed by army and navy engineers, Wa defeated 27 to 41., .They will resume action to pre vent final action this afternoon. SIHIKEEREAKERS AT THE OLD DOMINION WHARVES iNorfolk, Va., May 28 -Five hun dred strike-breakers, composed .of foreigners, and negroes imported by water from Hopewell, Va, were to day landed at the wharves of the Old Dominion Steamship Co. .to take the place of longshoremen who .have quit Work to enforce a demand for an In crease in wages. Mexican r Representatives Deny; Something On Way, Rogers Says THE TAMPICO SITUATION Alleged Confiscatory De crees Reported Affecting Americans The United States Will Protest If the Confirmation Is Had By CARL W. ACKERMAN, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, May 29 Conflicting opinions as to whether Carranza has or will address another formal note to the United States developed (to day, Manuel Mendez, reported as bringing such a note, arrived, but de clared ignorance or any such mis sion, lie said he is merely on a va cation and stopped off here when he read reports of the note, Consul Rodgers at Mexico City (tel egraphed that a communication of some kind was on the way here. Mexican Ambassador Arnedondo said the fact that copies of the report of the Scott-Obregon border conferences are in the mails may have led ito re ports of another Carranza note. A protest rathen than representa tions will (be made by the United States if it develops thait decrees af fecting Americans at Tampico are confiscatory,, as reported yesterday. CONGRESSMEN LEAVING CAPITAL BY DOZENS wa9nington, May zs. The pre- convention exodus of members of Congress already has begun, many members of the House and nearly a score of Senators having left Wash ington for preliminary business per taining to the Republican convention in Chicago next week. Democratic leaders will begin to depart later in the week on political missions con nected with the St. Louis convention V ) 1 ' . ., . . . . NOTHING DOING ON COTTON EXCHANGE No cotton had been sold here to day by 3 o'clock. New York futures quotations were: January , 13.05 13.13 March 13.19 13.24 July 12.73 12.80 October 12.84 12.91 October .. ...12.84 12.91 December .. 13.01 13.08 ROOSEVELT HEADED FOR KAS. CITY FOR flF WFST i ill iii.iii Begins Pre-Convention Pre paredness Campaign Platform Speech Tomor row Will Make Biggest Card 'Hyphenate Talk By PERRY ARNOLD, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Cleveland, May 29. Theodore Roosevelt passed through here , this morning en route to Kansa City, where he will open a brief pre-con- rention prepsr'dness campaign :n ithe hope of . winning the West. His Kansas City speech tomorrow is ex pected to be his' platform declara tion and a pronunciamenfo of . the policies for which he stands. He is expected to go farther, than in any previous speech on Wednesday at St Louis in defining - the "hyphen ate." ; Supt. Caldwell of the City Schools, and Ex-Postmas ter Parrott, Mix Broken Nose, Knife Wounds and Other Bruises Result Superintendent Barron Caldwell of the Kinston ti railed Schools, ana lor mer rostmaster j. . I'arrott, en gaged in a most unfor.tunaiie diflicul ty Saturday afternoon 'between five and six o'clock, near the corner of Queen and North streets. As a re suit Mr. Caldwell is suffering from a painful knife wound running around the back of his neck from ear' to ear and Mr. Parrott Is nursing a fractur ed nose and badly bruised eye. The affair created a great deal of excitement and rumors were rife on the streets Saturday night. The Free Press has interviewed both the prin cipals and is authorized to state that it is the desire of .both that the matter) end without further combat This statement is made that rum ors to the contrary and ito the effect that deadly weapons wore to be brought into play may be Bet at naught. The difficulty arose over the award ing or a meaai, wnicn Mr. rarroti thought his daughter was entitled to, and which he claims was promised by Supt. Caldwell. The score was an old one, dating back to the close of the schools for the 1915 session, and it seems from the best accounts that it was revived a few days ago in the ex change of notes bq'.ween Messrs. Caldwell and, Parrott. Accounts very naturally differ. Mr, Caldwell's Statement Mr. Caldwell claims that he re ceived a. letter from Mr. Parrott in the mails Saturday afiternoon, which ho thought required an explanation from both himself and Mr. Parrott. He. left the postoffice, and walking up the streot. saw Mr. Parrott stand ing on the sidewalk and asked him to let him sneak to him. Mr. Cald well states that ho had no desire or purpose to precipitate a oiincuny; that he lold Mr. Parrott that he thought explanations were in order, whereupon Mr. Parrott said that he did not want to discuss the matter further. Mr. Caldwell pressed the matter of explanations further, and claims that Mr. Parrott called him a liar and that he then struck Mn. Par rott with his fist, whereupon Mr. Parrott undertook to stab him with a Knire anu more wows were oeuver . . l. , ed. In the mix-up Mr. Parrott cut lr. Caldwell, evidently raking him across the back of the neck, mllicit ing a wound which required seven teen stiches to close. Mr. Parrott's Statement Mr. Parrott claims that he was at tacked wij.hout warning. The essen tial details of the opening of the con versation which ended in the affray of Messrs. Parrott and Caldwell agree, although ithe immediate words before blows were exchanged differ. Mr. Parrott states that he expected ho trouble and denies that he called Mr. Caldwell a liar or used any other language which was offensive. He did tell him that he did not wanit to talk furtheq about the matter. Mr. Parrott claims that he was standing talking fto friends and was whittling with his knife, which accounts for it being open. After the scrimmage on the streets, Mr. Caldwell went with friends to the office of Dr. Albert Parrott for medical attention and while there Mr. Parrott, accompanied by two of his brothers went to Dr. Parrott's office. The difficulty was renewed but by quick interference of others no fur ther serious damage was done. The impression was . abroad Saturday night that the Messrs. Parrott went to Dr. Parrott's office to look for Mr. Caldwell, and there was some indig nation expressed by the friends of Mr. Caldwell. Mr. J. F. Parrott states that he did not know (that Mr. Caldwell was In Dr. Parrott's office and that it was. for medical treat ment that he went Ithere, and with no intention of attacking Mr. Cald- (Continued oa Tage Four) Roy Spence Gave Life In a Fruitless Effort to Save Small Lad FOIIR SAW THEM CO DOWN RqVS Who Stood On Bank Were Unable to Swim Double Funeral of Vic tims This . Afternoon Were 17 and 13 Roy Spcncc, 17, and Burrell Spence, 13, sons , of Maley Spence, a Neuse township planter, were drowned in Neuse river Sunday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock. The bodies were re covered an hour or two later. Coro ner Eugene Wood visited the place and decided that an inquest was not necessary. Roy Spence died in a herr effort to save the smaller victim. According to the father, who was here today, the two boys, together with another brother, two small un cles and a sixth lad, left for ithe ri ver to swim, about 1 o'clock. They went into the stream at a point five miles South of Kinston. Burrell Spence alone remained in the water when he struck a deep place. He could swim li title or none, and was drowning when Roy Spence plunged overboard and swam to his aid. The smaller boy clutched Roy Spence's leg and carried him dowif with him The two drowned while the boys on the bank, unable to swim, looked on helpless to assist them. The funeral of the brothers was to be held at New Hope church this afternoon. Rev. G. W. Blanchard, pastor of the First Baptist church of this city, was to conduct it FREED AT TRIAL FOR MURDER,, FACE CHARGE OF STEALING MONEY (By the United Press) Atlanta, May 29 The work of selecting the jury to try Vic tor and Ida Innes was begun to day. Atlanta, Ga.. May 20. Tried and acquitted in Texas on the charge of murdering the two daughters of Mrs. John W. Nclms of Atlanta, Lawyer Victor E. Innes and his wife, Ida May Ines, went to trial here to day for robbing one of the girls of $3,397. Mrs. NelmV two protty young daughters disappeared in June, 1914. and have neyer. been found. FARR WANTS UNITED STATES SPEND. HALF BILLION ON DEFENSE Pennsylvanian Advocates 16 to 25 Dreadnoughts, 250 Subs, and a Thousand Flyers Good Insurance Against War, Declares (By the United Press) Washington, May 29. A building program, of 16 to 25 battleships, 250 submarines and a thousan air ships, was advocated by Representa tive Farr of Pennsylvania today. "Do you realise that your program would cost $575,000,000 for construc tion alone?" Hardy of Texas asked." "If we went to war we'd spend $25,000,000 daily. I'd vote for five hundred millions - to prevent war," said Farr. Mr. EJ. Hill of Arba-vras-a-Eia- (By the United Press) St. Paul,-Minn., May 29. James J. Hill, the railroad magnate and empire' builder, died at a son's home here this morning after an operation for infection of a thigh. He was rushed here by a special train. Mrs. Samuel Hill of Washington, D. C, hurried into the death chamber just in time to grasp the hand of her dying father, who was unconscious two hours before he died. - ' AUSTRIA PROMISES GREECE SPOILS TO KEEP OUT OF FIGHT Reported Teutons Have Of fered Athens Governm'nt Parts of Serbia and Alba niaFrench Have Upper Hand at Verdun (Copy right 1916, by United Press) Amsterdam. May 29. Greece has been promised a slice of Southern Serbia and Albania by the Austro-Germans if she re mains neutral, according to Ber lin reports. Paris, May 29. In a five-hour battle on the west Mouse bank, (two violent German attack from the Corbeaux Woods, west of Oumicres, were completely repulsed, : the war office today anouncod. The , second attacks, at about midnight, was wag ed under a ghastly glare from illum inating bombs. NEW YORK GROWERS TO ORGANIZE ON A , CALIFORNIA BASIS (By the United Press) Lockport. N. Y., May 29. To do for New York and the Eas what or-ganiza-tion has done for Southern California orange growers and Ore gon apple men, to lay the founda tion for the standardisation, grading, packing and marketing of Western New York's famous apples and peaches, the farmers' congress will be held in Lockpont June 1, 2 and 3. Several thousand farmers are ex pectcd. Parades vill be featured. MOUNT OLIVE BERHY CROP IS ALL IN NOW Mount Olive, May 28. The etraw beqry crop for this season has prac tically all 'been gathered and ship ped and will approximate - 25,000 crates, which is considerably below the average yield of former seasons. GOLDSBORO-KINSTON PRINTERS ORGANIZE BRANCH I. T. UNION Goldsboro-Kinston Typographical Union No. 762 was organized in Goldsboro Sunday, with nearly a score of members. This branch of the International Typographical Union is the fourth largest in North Carolina; there are but three larger in Virginia. A representative of the national association organized the men, who include foremen, machine operators, ad-setters, proof-readers, etc . . ..' Features of ' the national organiza tion include, better working "condi tions, elevation of the craft, death benefits, a magnificent home in the Colorado mountains for consumptive members, and an unfailing custom io permit no member of the pi Anting craft to be buried as a pauper. The International ' Typo-raj hu-r.l Union meets in annual convcr.'.:.n i i T-CiU more shortly, "and the local vnim v "1 le represented there. LITTLE FIRE FIEND SUBNORMAL, RESULT OF MENTALITY TESTS Novella Chase Now; Ajri In mate, of State Institution. Not Interested In Any thing Until She Saw Fire Today; Then She Cried (Novella Chase, the little girl of 13 or 14 years of age who is alleged to have started 30 or 40 fires in the home of hen father, T. W. Chase, a farm itenant. during the week be tween May 20 and 26, and to hav burned the home of a brother-in-law in the same, vicinity a few miles South of here, was. Saturday night committed to the Caswell Training School, the State, , institution near hear, where she is under surveillance. Her father agreed to her committ ment, which was advised, iby local authorities and a State insurance in spector, j , t j .Novella Chase is subnormal. .'Sup erintendent C. (B. McNalry admitted as much this morning when he said she was not nearly as old mentally as physically. He has mada several testa.. ' 1 . r 1 1 The girl was stolidly, indifferent to everything around her . until- this ; morning when trash was burned in the rear of one of 'buildings at the school. She saw the jblazingpile and four's into, tears, ' JUDGE' BOND'S-REMARKS. ANENT CONVICT SYSTEM Statement Spread Upon Records, In' Superior Court In Case of E. W. Mincher Sentenced, to Jail for 12 , Months Case Appealed , There was much interest in th re marks of Judge Bond Saturday after noon in Superior Court, when he sen tenced E. , W. Mincher, the eonvict boss, convicted of inhuman treatment in adminiltering punishment to pris oners, to, 12 months in I the' county Jail. The decision was rendered too late for more than the bare facts to ' be related in Saturday's Free Press. Today we give, the words of Judge Bond: ! -: ''" ';:Z: "This 'conduct, rith the rec ord standing as it does, portrays . a career of beating " that the Court has not yet seen equalled. "Some years ago, during the Span. ish-American war, Senator Thurston and his wife went to Havana. : They there saw ' drunken Spanish . officers laughing at and mocking Cuban wo men walking by their windows beg ging for bread,' with starving chil dren in their arms. It so overcame Mrs. Thurston thait it prostrated her, and tshe exacted of her husband the promise that he would make a speech in the Senate of United States to try to help the Cubans; and he began his great speech, his wife having died before then, with the statement that he spoke by command of silent lips. Unsigned , Appeals to Court. "I feel that what I am saying bears to some extent, an analogy to that this evenink. The men who have been maltreated," except t';o?e whose " terms are our, cannnt le l:t-J, ex cept tnat : e cj ;rt r.ij Inn li ,(c : r ?