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VOL. XVIII. No. 2
SECOND, EDITION
B3NSTON, N. G, WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1916
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KAISER MAKING LAST SUPREfilE EPFORT JO
ANTI-TRUST LAW IS ROOSEVELT IN 110
COMMENCEMENT AT
UNITED STATES MUST WITHDRAW FARCES
OR CARRANZA WILL CONSIDER. ACTION IN
KEEPING THEM IN MEXICO "UNFRIENDLY"
TAKE MILLIONS; OF TEllTOJ
NOT ADVANTAGEOUS SPEECH FLAYS THE
CASWELL TRAINING
WILL BE ASSAULTING BY END OF WEEK
TO BUSINESS, SAYS HYPHENATES IN U. S
SCHOOL THIS A. M.
i
Hundredth Day of Greatest
Fresh Troops Arrive to
diately Train After Train Racing With Men. From
Russian Theater Austnans Said to Be On Way to
Help Germans More Intense Is Fighting Both By the
Gunners and Infantry
Grandest Attempt Any
of Battle Reaches the Decisive Moment
(By the United Press)
Paris, May 31. The hundredth day of the world's
greatest battle at Verdun found the German Crown
Prince rushing fresh legions to the front amid the roar
of great guns along the Meuse.
Military experts are convinced that this latest offens
ive, begurt Sunday, will be the final supreme effort to
pierce the French lines. The volume and violence of the
artillery, fire and the frequency and intensity of the in
fantry attacks eclipse anything seen on a battlefield in
the world's history. '
The Kaiser is sending every man he can spare into the
Verdun sector. He is himself expected to be present at
the last desperate assault. For the past 72 hours trains
have been unloading divisions from the Russian front.
One of these divisions has already suffered terrible los
ses.
The, report is current that
route to DarticiDate. It is
numbering millions will be
end of the weeK.
Looks As If Germans Will
Throughout yesterday.' last night and this morning an
unprecedentedly violent battle raged northwest of Ver
dun. Between the Meuse and the Dead Man's Hill front
the G.erlnahs;'launched .attack after attack, whole, divi
sions participating, for the most part these were re
pulsed. ' -dbraian dead literally covered the slopes.
In the hundred days' offensive the Germans have cap-
iurea ja nunarea square miies oi territory ai an uncount
ed loss in .human beings, though slowly, "'despite almost
territying losses, the tiermans are conceded to oe gradu
ally' gripping' their hold on the country about Verdun
French military experts say
whether the tiermans have
defense depends likewise on,
DUTCH WAR lOYEfAS
CAUSED BY ALLIES;
NOT BY THE KAISER
The Hague, May 2. (By Mail)
Despite the statements of certainr
pro-English newspapers, it'' 1s ' now
known authoritatively thtft it was
fear of the Allies, and not of Ger
many, that prompted the Dutch gov
ernment to take war-like measures a
month ago.
Certain reports reaching the Dutch
government about steps taken by the
Allies at the Paris economic confer
ence caused grave concern here.
This does not mean, however, that
the anti-German feeling of the great
er part of the people of Holland has
been lessened. " '.
Hollanders are generally convinced
that Geiitnany has respected Dutch
neutrality in this war only because
she depends upon Holland for her
food 'supplies. '
C. A. MOORE, HNSfON
BOYi AMONG THE MANY:
GRABS. OF THE A. & M.
;- (Special to The Free Press)
. West iRaleigh,' May 31. Diplomas
were awarded to 89 graduates at the
' closing exercises of the North Caro
lina A. & M. College commencement
here yesterday. Of the number 80
graduated In agriculture, 3 in cbemis
1 19 in civil engineering,' 20 in
V electrical engineering, 10 in mechan-
kal engineering and 7 in textile In
W)istry. !
Ji K. L. Greenfield of Kernersville,N.
C, was awarded the oratory medal.
He is graduate in agriculture. His
object was "Pan-American Peace."
J- IL Mason of Charlotte received the
textile dcsijmJngr medal.
C. A. Moore of Kins". on graduated
err'r.ee:!.-'.
1 i ,' w ill fi-Hv W ";
Battle In History of World
Meet With Great Losses Imme
Emperor Expected to Witness
Army Ever Made When Tide
' J -i'Tw:3ai
a large Austrian force is en
believed here that Teutons
hammering at Verdun by the
Take City Finally.
German success depends on
more reserves. The French
reserves.
APPEALS ;T0 WOMEN TO
HELP GET P. MASTERS ,
BEYOND EYIL POLITICS
New York, May, 31. An appeal to
two million American clubwomen to
help take the postofficc department
out of politics was made by the civil
service reform leader, Richard Henry
Dana of Boston, before today's ses
sion of the federated Women's Clubs
national convention here.
Dana declared the political ap
pointment" system has made the U.
S. postal service the poores't and the
most inefficient in the world.
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS
OTHER EAST CAROLINA
CITIES AND COUNTIES
New Bern naval militiamen 'took
the torpedoboat Foote, of Spanish
war fame," from Washington to New
Berni a 'distance of 108 miles, in nine
hours, which was by a good bit the
test speed that the shaky old ship
ha made-in years.
J. OF". M. Mills of Onslow county
ar.d George Wooten of Fort Barn
well fought on an A. C. L. train be
tween New Bern and Wilmington in
August of last year.- Now Mill is
suing in Jacksonville court because
he was arrested.
The Pitt county commissioners
have had the financial statement of
the board printed in pamphlet form
for the benefit of the public
COTTON 1IAKUFACTURERS
ilEET ATWmGHTSVILLE
Wilmington, May 80. The annual
meeting of the Association of Cot
ton Manufacturers of North Caroli
na will he held at Wrightsville
Beach, July 21 to 23.
Wisconsin University Prcsi-
dent Tells Natl. Lumber
Manufacturers It Should
Be Amended to Permit of
Co-operation, Etc.
(By the United Frees)
Chicago, 111., May 31. Declaring
the Sherman Anti-Trust law should
bo modified to permit business in
terests to co-operate and promote,
not restrain, trade. President Chas.
R. Van Hise of the University of
Wisconsin was applauded long and
loud at the opening session of the
National Lumber Manufacturers'
convention here today.
The address Was declared particu-
larly appropriate . at this time, when
business men in all lines of Ameri
can trade are trying to have the new
Federal Trade Relations Committee'
given authority to pass on. co-operative
contracts between business con
cerns.
They want the line drawn between
advantageous co-operation and
blighting monopoly.
President Van Hise, who went be-
lore a committee oi congress re
cently and asked the amending of
the anti-trust law to permit the lum
oen manuiacturers to curtail pro
duction, under federal regulation, to
a point which would make it possible
for them to profitably conserve their
forest supplies for future genera
tions, explained his views on this
point. He declared 'that under pres
ent conditions it might be possible
for an industry to waste its entire
future natural supply to meet a
present demand;
Mayor William H. Thompson open
ed the convention. R. A. Long of
Kansas City responded. The annual
address of the president was then
made by President R. H. Downman
of New Orleans.
At the afternoon session Dr. Her
man von Stirenk of St. Louis read a
paper on tests of fire-resistant paints
in which he touched on the latest
move of the nation's lumbermen, to
find means for making the nation's
lumber building material non-inflam
mable.
RESTA WINS EASILY
IN SWEEPSTAKES AT
INDIANAPOLIS TRACK
Indianapolis, Ind., May 30. Dario
Resta easily won the sixth annual
intenational sweepstakes on the In
dianapolis motor speedway 'today,
capturing the 300 miles in 3 hoifi-s,
36 minutes and 10.82 seconds. He
finished two minutes ahead of Wil
bur D'Alene, and three minutes ahead
of Ralph Mu'ltord. Kesta's average
speed was 83.26 miles an hour. Ralph
DePahna completed 300 miles of last
year's 500-mile grind at an average
speed of 90.21 miles en hour).
EARL COTTON, CONVICT
WHO ESCAPED SEVERAL
TIMES, KILLED AT1AST
(Special to The Free Press)
Asheville, May 31. Earl Cotton,
a white convict, doing a long term
for murder, and Charley Helton, an
other convidt, were shot, the former
being .instantly killed, when they at
tempted to escape from State prison
guards at Round Knob. Helton, , e
white boy of 18, 1s in serious condi
tion. He had but six months to
serve. . t ." '
Cotton had escaped three times
before. . , , - -
PINCHED FOR HIS ACT-;
AND NOTFOR HIS NAME
New York, May 31. Saerbes Rso
wrddes, 40, was today 'arrested when
eanght throwing bricks through : a
window at William 'Vanderbilt, Sr.'s,
Fifth Avenue Mansion, thinking H to
be Rockefeller's.
Denounces 'Moral Treason
of the Tribe In Kansas
City Address
'AMERICA FOR AMERICANS
Vents Wrath at German
American Alliance In
Yades Center of German-
Americanism to Deliver
Himself of Sentiments
I
By PERRY ARNOLD,
(United Press. Staff Correspondent)
St. Louis, May 31. Col. Roosevelt
in a speech today flayed, dissected
and excoria'ted hyphenated Ameri
cans in this city, having the second
largest German-American population
in the United States. The former
President has seldom been so vitri
olic as whan he denounced the "mor
al treason or tne nypnenatcs at a
City Club luncheon.
The 'HJerman-American Alliance"
came in for a part of Roosevelt s
wrath. He declared that it and its
branches are composed of people
"disloyal" to the United States and
"unfit for citizenship." He appealed
powerfully for "America for Ameri
cans," lauding in glowing terms
those immigrants who sought politi
cal freedom here and fought and bled
in proving their fealty to the Stars
and Stripes.
The Colonel said. "I stand for
straight Americanism, uncondition
ed, unqualified, and against any form
of hyphenism.r Ido not mean when
the hyphen is employed as a matter
of convenience, although that should
be avoided. I condemn it whenever
it represents any effort to form po
litical organizations along racial
lines."
Cares Not What Germans
Think of Him.
Discussing the German-American
Alliance, its aims from published
Statements and its warning to lead
ers in the "national conventions that
they must deal with the solid Ger
man-American vote, Roosevelt said:
"Such a statement represents mo
ral treason 'to the Republic. The pro
gram on which the Alliance wants
American citizens to vote is one af
fecting Germany, only Germany.
do not in the least object because it
denounces me. It has denounced Mr.
Wilson almost as often, almost as
severely."
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
ZEPPELIN WRECKED.
London, May 31. A zeppvlin
struck a tree in descending near
Velesk and was completely des
troyed, according to a Central
News Amsterdam dispatch.
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
CANT SEE PEACE.
London, May 31. The German
Chancellor's last speech holds no
hopes for an early peace, Prem
ier Asquith told the House of
Commons this afternoon.
PRESIDENT SAYS U. S.
WOULD FIGHT FOR RIGHT
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, D. C, May 31. In his
annual address at Arlington Ceme
tery yesterday' the President declar
ed: " '.:
"We are ceady to fight against
any aggression, whether from within
or without. ' tBut w must guard our
selves against any sort of aggres
sion which would be unworthy of Am
erica. We are ready to fight for our
rights when those rights are coinci
dent wkh the rights of man and hu
manity." Subscribe to Ths jFrea Fresa,
Interesting Exercises and
Address Feature Second
Annual Program of An
Institution of Which Kin
ston and State Are Proud
The second annual commencement
exercises of the Caswell Training
School, North Carolina's splendid in
stitution for the care and training of
the feeble-minded, were held this
morning. A large number of friends
of the institution gathered to wit
ness the interesting exercises and
hear the masterful address of Hon.
Joseph F. Spainhour of Morganton.
The exercises were held in the large
dining room, which had been con
verted into a most comfortable audi
torius with an improvised stage.
The exercises included songs and
drills and the parts were all taken
with credit to the pupils and institu
tion. Mr. Spainhour remarked in
the course of his address that he saw
no difference in the exercisej today
ar.d those that he had wicnonsed
his town's school commencement last
week.
Just Like Normal Kids.
Rev. G. B. Hanrahan of the Pre
byterian church invoked the blessing
of the occasion and without any an
nouncement 'the pupils in various
combinations came upon the plat
form and took their parts. When
the curtains were first thrown back
the entire school was on the plat
form for a song; then followed a doll
song by several of the little girls
AWSrig the numbers on the program
deserving of special mention were the
singing of "Old Black Joe" by a sex
tette of girls, a gun drill by five boys
and a tableaux in song and story en
titled "Queen Flora's Day Dream."
This was the concluding number and
it was most creditable. The children
were dressed in costumes to repre
sent various characters of dream-
land, and they carried their . parts
with evident joy and moslt capably
The undertaking of this number, in
which 30 or 40 children took part!
Would have been a difficult one for
any school, to say nothing of doing
so with subnormal children.
Mr. Spainhours Address.
Mr. J. D. Boushall of Raleigh, one
f the trustees of the school, intro
duced Hon. Joseph Spainhour, law
yer and legislator. Mr. Boushall's
remarks were brief and witty. Mr.
Spainhour delivered a most thought
ful address. lie spoke on the need
for preparedness of the boys and
girls of the State that a great State
might e -builded. He emphasized
the great importance o f education,
pointing out the necessity for edu
cating and developing every animal
and material thing that its useful
ness might be enjoyed to the fullest.
He urged the parents to give to the
children opportunities for fitting
themselves for life, but depreciated
the idea of 'the parents undertaking
to choose the calling for their chil
dren. Let them seek those vocations
to which they are best 'suited and
have a desire to follow. The parti
cular calling was of not so much im
portance as the mastery of the one
chosen; "Dping it a little better than
the other fellow" were Mr. Spam-
hour's Words of admonition to the
noys and girls who were preparing
for life's responsibilities.
One of the most forceful points of
the interesting address of Mr. Spain-
hour was his emphasis of the need
for providing educational opportuni
ties for every normal child as well
as caring for the unfortunate and
affl&ed. i
School Not As Well Known
At Should Be.
Dr.' McNairy thanked the friends
present for .their interest and asked
their continued help to spread the
good news of fthe work that the school
was undertaking to do. There were
many people in the State who yet did
not know ' of the institution, of its
function or needs, he said.
Among those present frost other
paTfts of the State were Hon. J. R.
Baggett of Lillington who made the
'Deliberately' Familiar Word Used 'Present Idleness' of
Pershing's Army Cannot Be Understood by De Facto
Government, Said In Communication Which Is Virtu
ally Ultimatum Received by State Deartment Today
Explanation Will Be Heard If Washington Desires to
Make One Believed Administration Will , Maintain
Army Exactly Where It Is and Defy First Chief to At
tackThere Indefinitely to Capture Villa
(By the United Press)
Washington, May 31. Unless the United States with
draws its troops from Mexican soil, or at least explains
its present purpose and reason for their remaining, in
view of their "present idleness," the Carranza govern
ment will consider the men's further presence a deliber
ately unfriendly act. This is the gist of the note from
Carranza, handed the State Department today by Am
bassador Arredondo. ,
Officials Reticent. ' , 1
The communication arrived this morning, it is report
ed. Following its delivery officials were reticent in dis
cussing its contents. At first they stated it to be' not an
'ultimatum," but merely a "continuation oi diplomatic
correspondence."
What action will be taken by the administration can
not be predicted at this hour, but it is believed generally
that the President will, in conformity with his previous
declarations, order that the army be kept where ' it is
until "its purpose" the capture of Villa, dead or .alive,
has been fulfilled.
TRIAL OF ROFRANO FOR
POLITICAL MURDER IS
SCHEDULED FOR TODAY
New York, May 31.-Mi!hael, A
Rofrano, the Tammany politician and
assistant New. York street commis
sioner who, for more than a year.
walked around under the very noses
of the Gotham police while they were
scattering his picture and a $5,000 re
ward offer through every cfty in the
country in an effort to capture and
bring him to trial for hiring a gun
man to do the political murder of
Michael Gaimari, is scheduled to "go
to trial here today.
Rofrano gave himself up. He said
he was tired of being hunted. He
had been living in a house near
Washington Square, had gone to pic
ture shows and stood beside police
men who were looking for him. He
went about to conferences with his
political followers.
EPSTEIN MURDER CASE
CONTINUED UNTIL AUG.
(Special to The Free Press)
Goldsborp, May 81. In Superior
Court here Judge Lyon grartted a
continuance of the'ease of young Hy
man Epstein, charged with the mur
der of Leonard Edwards, until Aug
ust.
PROFESSOR RIDDICK
PRESIDENT A. & M.
(Special to The Free Press)
Raleigh, May 31. Prof. W. C.
Riddick of the faculty was unani
mously elected by the trustees of A.
and M. College t suocecd Dr. D". H.
Hill as president. Dr. Hill's resig
nation takes effect tomorrow.
DECLINE ON COTTON
FUTURES MART TODAY
New York futures quotations were:
January 13.14 13.00
March . . 13.27 13.14
July .. .....12.81 12.66
October .12.93 12.81
December 13.08 12.95
address last year, Hon. J. D. Boush
all of Raleigh, and Mr. Spainhour of
Morganton, the speaker of the occa
sion. Mr. D. F. Wooten of Kinston
of the Board of Trustees, and . Dr.
Ira M. Hardy, founder of the school,
were also present as well as other
well known people and friends of the
SAFEBREAKERS MAKE
HAUL IN BRS PLACE
$30 More or Less Taken From Strong
Box in Office of W. T. JParrott
Door With Combination ' Opened
Without a ScratchIt Is Thought
" There Were Two Operators, One
of Them Expert
Dr. W. T. Parrott is inclined- to
the ibelfef that it was an expert who
opened a safe in his office on Gordon
street near Queen Tuesday night or
early, today, but that the expertHad
a novice for an accomplice. The door
of the safe waB .opened without a
scratch; after the safe had been rifled
and a strongbox removed the door
was locked again. ' Dr. Parrott and
his office assistant are positive that
the safe was locked Tuesday night.
It is believed no one else knew the
combination. y " )
Wooden drawers in the aaf were
pried ' open with some bulky instru
ment, and a very bunglesoma job
made of it. The metal box (was re
moved and one end forced open. A
sum of money, not exceeding $30. Dr.
Parrott thinks, was taken. The box
was found in an alleyway in the rear
of the office today. It Is thought that
the man who opened the safe door
stood guard while a companion, less
adept, finished ' the job." '
FINALS AT UNIVERSITY
NORIJJ CAROLINA TODAY
peciaf-ToThe Free Press)
Chapel Hill, May SI. An audience
hat filled Memorial Hall .heard the
Vommencement address by Secretary
orHhe Treasury McAdoo to the Uni
versity of North -Carolina graduates
here this morning at 11 o'clock.
Class reunion exercises were held
Tuesday. The class of 1911 parad
ed in sailor uniforms. ' Thcir's ' was
the big show of the day. Gen. Julian
Carr, 66, was present. ' ! -
JOHN BARRETT '"MAKES
ADDRESS AT DAVIDSON
1 (Special to The Free Press) '
Davidson, .N. C, May 3L- Hon.
John Barrett made the commence
ment address at Davidson College
yesterday. He recalled the' fact that
President Wilson was a student at
Davidson once in his youth, touched
on the effect of American civiliza
tion upon all the world, and urged
the graduates to do their part in
helping to maintain that irJ!uer.:?, ,