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VOL. XVIII. No. 5
SECOND EDITION
HLNSTON, N. O, SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1916
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SMALLER FIEFJ AND HAN mIEN. BRITISH WmmmTmv SHOCK WHEN TEDDY
REINFORCEMENTS APPROACHED THE SPOT BIG BUSINESS
Plattsburg, N. Y., June 3.-Jtfajor
General Leonard Wood, commanding
the Department of 'the East wants it
Admiral Scheer Surprised Enemy British Nervily Tried maie clear that the training camp Group of Financial Leaders
Line Up for Colonel for
for Help to Sink the Germans Four Thousand Eng
in re-
of aid to his country in case of war.
He fallal rennrfri tn hi VanA-
lishmen Went to Watery Graves Not a Soul Saved quarter to set at rest rumors that
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CitUafc T?lui tnere waa or would Ibe, any social
"Ulua distinction whatever hvm
cruiting men for the camp.
"Preparedness," said Major-Gener
al Wood, "has caught on. So far,
more than 2,000 business men and
others have signed for the Plattsburg
camp this year. Among these 'there I
are a great number of college stu
dents. Princeton is leading with the j
largest enrollment of the colleges.
Nomination
From Some Ships, a Handful From
German Battleships Accused of Hiding In Danish Wa
ters After the North Sea Battle Berlin Proclaims a
Great 'Victory' and People Go Wild With Enthusiasm
DEAD AGAINST HUGHES
N. B. MOORE, KINSTON
MAN, VICE-PRESIDENT
OIL MILL SUPERINTD'S
(By the United Press)
London, June 3. A Copenhagen report today says
one steamer iNaesDorg reported tnat tne German fleet in we expect to have between 20,000
the North Sea numbered 45 shiDS of all classes, white the and 25000 men here this v"-"
British had eleven ships of the second line at the begin
ning 6f the great sea fight. Later eight English first
line warships joined. The Naesborg crew confirmed the
fact that Zeppelins participated. The Naesborg's cap
tain said the firing was so terrific that his sailors, al-
lhni1o4l thp InAsVinror waa omron milao oiitqit nnnl -rrf
. 1 , m, 0 . 7 7f .7 .7 The New Bern Sun-Journal Fri
siay on aecK. ine engagement opened, ne said, with day said
several Lrerman vessels pursuing smaller jUnirlish crait. coi. w. d. pollock, one of Kin
Within a few minutes British cruisers sighted the Ger
mans and headed full, steam into action.
Bunch That Injected New
Problem Into Affairs at
Chicago Today Won't Tol
erate Justice Excitement
In "Candidates' Row'
POLLOCK CONFIDENT
HE WILL BE CHOSEN
IN PRIMARY TODAY
Germany Regards Victory as Great Achievement.
Berlin, June 3. England's claim to mastery of sea
has Men broken. This is the German view, resulting
ston's best known and most highly
esteemed citizens, is spending the
day in the city with his nephew, Dr.
Raymond Pollock, and is greeting his
host of friends here.
"Col. Pollock, who is a candidate
for the State Senate from this, the
irom vice-Admiral beneers worth sea victory. Flags trip through Jones, onsiow. and car.
aye being displayed everywhere, the schools have been teret counties and in conversion he
dismissed and Snecial services nf celebration and thanks- declared thai he was given assurances
..iiL J n xi Li - ''" the Democratic voters in thos
givmg cancu, aim uerxnaii enuiusiasin aruuseu as at no counties that he woud
time since the Kaiser s legions were driving toward Paris strong support
in the early days of the war. The victory is regarded as "Lenoir county has not had a rep
anotner step toward peace. The Kaiser is expected to
"urX.t---Wilhelmshaven tc congratulate the fleet and
decorate Scheer,
By Perry Arnold
Chicago, June 3. Suddon realiza
tion that Roosevelt has garnered 'the
support of a goodly portion of big
business, from which the sinews of
war must come, today injected a new
problem into the preconvention log
rolling on "Candidates' Row." Most
potent stand-pat arguments weaken
ed at the news, following the line
up for Roosevelt of Herbert Sctter-
lee, J. P. Morgan's brother-in-law,
Frank Vanderbilt, heading Wall
Streot'3 oil group, and Ogden Ar
mour.
Cossip along "the row" says big
business is dead set against Hughes.
be given
The Kind of 'Victory Germans Won.
London, June 3. Three more ships have been added
to the list of those lost in the North Sea battle the Brit
ish destroyer Shark, German cruiser Elbing and Ger
man superdreadnaught Von Hindenberg.
resenKatave in the State Senate for
nine years and the citizens of that
ounty feel that they are entitled to
representation there during the com
ing session and have selected Colonel
Pollock for Khe office.
"That Colonel Pollock will be giv
en hearty support there is not the
least doubt, and he will doubtless re-.
ceiye a large vote, Craven county."
The survivors of the Shark, landed at Hull, said that FRENCH HOLDING BACK'
first and last forty British ships, most 6f them small, par
ticipated, The Elbing's crew, landed at Ymuiden, said
Commander Madlung scuttled her.
Laptam Funt of the Dutch trawler John Brown, at
Ymuiden, said he witnessed the battle. "The Germans
had fifty ships, including dreadnaughts, when the Brit
ish, greatly outnumbered, approached from the, north
east. The engagement started at 4:15 o'clock. The Brit
ish pluckily tried' to cut in behind the. Germans and pre-
vent their retreat to Heligoland. While a fast British
cruiser hurried for reinforcements, a running fight com
menced. As soon as British reinforcements arrived the
Germans hurriedly withdrew, thus preventing the Brit-
isn attempt to cut them off.
The Berlin admiralty's reports claim a brilliant and
complete victory, emphasizing the British's superior los
ses. Holland reports today said eight German battleships
tok refuge in Danish waters. They were ordered to
leave in twelve hours or intern.
Reports today confirmed the use of zeppelins by the
Germans.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
AMERICAN OFFICER IN
BIG ACTION?
Washington, June 3. Grave
fears are felt by naval officers
here for the safety (of Lieutenant-commander
Powers Syming
ton of Baltimore, American na
val attache at London, who last
reports said, was aboard the
British battle cruiser Indefati
gable, sunk in the North Sea en
gagement. Secretary Daniels to
day said he did not believe Sym
ington was aboard the Indefatigable.
GERMANS MAKING HARD
ASSAULTS AT VERDUN ENDEAVORERS OF THE
QTATF m f nNVFNTTflN
Paris, June 3. The French last
night repulsed several most vio
lent German attacks along the
enUre battle against Fort Vaux.
The action continues with great
fnry, the Germans suffering
frightful losses.
Eighteenth Annual Session of the
Union Meet In Charlotte Presby
terian Church Sixty New Socie
ties Organized, President Reports
Charlotte, N. C, June 2. The In
terstate Association of Oil Mill Su
.perintendonts concluded itheir ses
sions today at noon by electing the
following officers for the ensuing
year:
President, J. G. McKcntle of De
mopolis, Ala.; Vice-President, N. B
Mooro of Kinston, N. C; Secretary'
Treasurer, Fred. Strickland of An
dcrson, S. C.
This afternoon at the annual meet
ing of the Association of Exhibitors
the following officers were elected
President, J. Russell Smith of
Muncy, Pa.; Vice-President, F. V. L
Smith of Hartford, Conn.; Secretary'
treasurer, Robert D. Allen of Cin
cinnati, O.
The sessiion just closet! was
largest attended meeting since
organization of the associations
the
the
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS
OTHER COUNTIES AND
CITIES EAST CAROLINA
A jury in a negro divorce case in
the Craven county court at New Bern
Friday was comprised by the follow
ing: Seven lawyers, the court crier
a court stenographer, a man under
indictment for wife murder, the jail
er, a socialist and a merchant. The
separation was granted. A nearly
similar jury passed on a trivial case
here a year or liwo ago when a judge
was in a hurry to wind up a term.
New Bern may lose the naval con
verted yacht Elfrida and the torpedo
boat Foote altogether, "because ithe
city furnishes no docking facilities.
They are naval reserve training
ships. Washington gets the Elfrida
for one-half the time.
Crops -in this section are in fine
shape, according to General Superin
tendent J. ' D. Stack of the Norfolk
Southern Railroad, who has been
over the lines around here this week.
New Bern's country club, newly or
ganized, has 'been chartered.
MORE SHIPS FOR U.
S. NAVY RESULT OF
NORTH SEA BATTLE
TO AUCTION OFF HIGH
SOCIAL POSITION FOR
ONE D AY AT NEW YORK
British Loss in Men Heavy.
Portsmouth, June 3. More than four thousand men,
including Rear Admirals Arbuthnot and Hood, are ad
mitted to have been lost in the sea fight. All aboard the
Defense, Queen Mary, Indefatigable and Black Prince
were lost About a SCOre from the Tippcrary and Invill- I hitherto only those whose names are
WIG were SaVeO. All Were SflVPri from trip WomVr "1C BWC,i" regisier nave oeen per
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lUll'lCU Mi diver.
Just who the: hostess ia to
(By the United Press)
New York, June 3. "Here you
are! Only ?5 a day in the most ex
clusive home in Newport! Buy a
chance, and if you win you'll he en
tertained by one of Newport's charm
ing hostesses!" This is the cry that
resounded today when .the Million
Dollar Allied Bazaar began in Grand
Central palace.
.Among the many things to be raf
fled off, from neckties autographed
by poets to high power touring esrs,
is a free 'trip to Newport and a day's
entertainment in. some villa where
GREfiORYNAS!TS STROM C
LEGISLATION AGAINST
NEUTRALITY VIOLATORS
' ' (By the United Press) ;
Washington, June 3. Legislation
aimed at breaking tp the activities
f foreign agents in the United
States in violation of neutrality obli
Stions was urged in a memorandum
iubmitted to Cdngress by the At
torney General today. Such a law
euld be directed against war plot
" generally. . -. '. ,
RAILROADS HAD GOOD
be,
whe.her it is Mrs. Vincent Astor,
Mrs. O. II. P. Belmont or somebody
MONTH OF IT IN APRIL eIse' has n d,8Closed
Washington, June ; 2. Statistics
show a great increase in revenue
during the month of April for car
riers operating In the Soii'h.
There were 400 more miles of
railroad operated than during April
a year ago.
Increase in operating revenue was
nearly four millions and increase in
net revenue was $2,237,000 more
than in April, 1915. .
BRANDOS WILL BE SWORN
IN ON TWELFTH JUNE
Washington, June 2. The confir
mation of Louis D. Brandeis came
just in time to permit him to be
sworn in before the court recesses
f jr the summer. The oath f office
will be administered to Mr. Brandeis
Jcne 12. 1 Chief Justice White will
wear the new justice in.
Charlotte, N. C, June 2. The 18th
annual convention of the North Car
olina Christian Endeavor Union open
ed this afternoon in the First Pres
byterian church. An unusually large
number heard and were filled with
the keynote of the convention as giv
en by Rev. C. M. Compher, president
of 'the Virginia Union. "Christ En
throned" is the motto of this con
vention. The evening session was featured
by the annual report of the president
and an address by Rev. C M. Com
pher. President Mitchell reported great
increase in the pat year. lie re
ported nearly 60 new societies ad led
and contributions doubled during the
year.
Rev. Mr. Compher spoke on the five
reasons why Christian Endeavor ap
peals to all denominations. He spoke
of Christian Endeavor as not denom
inational nor undenominational, but
supremely inter-denomina'ional.
, (By the United Press)
Washington, June 3. Two
dreadnaughts, one battle cruis
er and a flotilla of dirigibles will
be added by the Senate to the
House naval program, Senator
Tillman today announced, as the
result of lessons from the North
Sea battle.
ASHEVILLE TO HAVE A
PREPAREDNESS PARADE
Asheville, June 2. Asheville is
preparing to celebrate Flag Day, en
June 14, with a great preparedness
parade, at which time the facilities
of the mountain metropolis, as well
as the willingness of her people to
dtfend their country will be shown.
CUMBERLAND NEGRO
SENTENCED TO CHAIR
NO WAY TO TELL WHO IS GOING COME OUT
ON TOP IN PRIMARY IN LENOIR TODAY; JS
FIRST LEGALIZED PRELIMINARY ELECTION
G. O. P. and Moose Resting On Their Oars Bickett,
Manning and Incumbents Expected to Win In County;
for State Offices Most Interesting Contest Between
Sutton and Brothers for Representative Kitchin Ex-,
pected by Followers to Have Easy Victory Major Is
Splitting With Marshall for Vice-President Five Sur
plus Candidates for Board of Commissioners Returns
Will Be Late Coming In, It's Thought
Fayetteville, N. C, June 2. Arth
ur Smith, negro, convicted of the
murder of his wife, was this after
noo sentenced to die in the electric
chair on Tuesday, August 1, by
Judge Frank Daniels.
SLAUGHTER OF PENN.
ROOSTERS THIS WEEK
'Harrisburgh, June 3 -And now the
Pennsylvania hen is victim of com
pulsory birth control. Somewhere
between half and three-quarters of
a million roosters which trod Penn
sylvania poultry yards happily last
Monday morning have gone where
the dead roosters go. "Rooster Week"
waa proclaimed by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, and came to an
end today . Officials believe' final fig
ures will show close to a million
fowls killed. .
MRi NOE TO CONTINUE
IN OFFICE UNTIL THE
FIRST OF NEXT YEAR
Rev. Thos. P. Noe, whose resigna
tion as archdeacon of the Episcopal
Diocese of East Carolina was an
nounced this week, will, through
change of plans continue in his of
fice until January 1, eays a report
from Wilmington. --Mr. 'No resigned
following a motion at the recent
Diocesan Council here- to abolish the
office. .
Mr. Noe, who has bjsen an. efficient
worker to the cause of his church,
will take up an important -work in
Wilmington next year.
Elisha B. Lewis of Kinslon
was a popular candidate for
Vice-president of the United
States at today's primary in the
city. He ran neck and neck with
Vice-President Marshal and Gov
ernor Major. Even a Republi
can voted for Theodore Roose
velt and Mr. Lewis for the Col
onel's running mate.
Using the Australian ballot for
National (preferential), Congres
sional and State candidates for the
first time, voters of Lenoir county
today at the fourteen precinct poll
ing places are choosing their candi
dates. That is, the Democrats are;
the Republicans and Progressives
named their ticket at a wedding par
ty a few days ago. The primary is
statewide.
Democratic County Chairman G.
V. Covvper said the party in the
coun:y will come out of the prim
ary the better for it united and with
no side-sticking thorns whatever.
The primary has "been the most bus
inesslike ever conducted in the coun
ty. There has been more serious in
terest in 'the preliminaries. The bal
lots four in number are not as
complicated as many voters expected
to find them. Mr. Cowper had some
ttle doubt today that the vote would
be record-breaking, because of the
very few contests and the fact that
the Republicans and Progressives are
not voting. The latter are "playing
possum." Their policy is to stay
trictly away from the polls. They
ave their ticket named; why should
they vote? And they are playing
politics as well as 'possum to the
very lumit wih the cleanest, most
intelligent ticket they have ever had.
They are greatly interested in this
rimary, however, they want ,to
see what the Democrats are going to
o. They are working earnestly;
they will not admit futilely this time.
Returns W'll Be Late.
The (primary returns will not any
f them be complete before 10 or 11
'clock, because sundown comes so
la.e. It may be known by 10 or If
hat the county has done. Congress
man Claude Kitchin's strength will
tabulated here, but it is doubtful
f complete returns can bo secured
cfore midnight. All may be in ex
cept' Northampton county's by then.
lingman Mitchell's figures will go
into Wilson, probably, and from
there to Mitchell's home at Aulander.
The State senatorial figures will cer
tainly not be complete tonight. Rc
mo c districts of Onslow. Jones and
Carteret counties cannot possibly
report by midnight. The complete
esulLi in Lenoir. Craven and Greene
will probably be learned.
Fight on House Place.
Not one man in Ixinoir county will
be able 'to predict with any degree
of certainty before the polls close
how the Democratic fight for legis
lator is going. Most interest is ex
hibited here in that contest. Mayor
Fred. Sutton would not make a state
ment this morning, and friends here
of Henry Brothers, the Institute plan
ter, opposing Sutton for the place in
the State House, were equally reti
cent. The race, all agree, is likely
to prove the closest in the campaign.
There are 10 candidates for com-missionerships--R.
F. Churchill,
chairman, D. W. Wood, D. A. Whit
field, Lemuel Taylor and T. G.- Sut
ton, incumbents, and S. II. Isler, R.
E. Bland, Parker Howard, A. - T.
Dawson and W. C. Worthington. Who
will be chosen cannot be' prophesied.
Chairman Churchill and the other
members of the present board, S. H.
Isler and Parker Howard seem to be
particularly strong, . but by ihe
roughest , kind of guessing. ,
Poll-Holders Shelve Curiosity.
Even the poll-holders cannot begin
to estimate how the balloting is go
ing. The majority of them are mak
ing no effort to do ab. Many pt-ob--n'bly
most of the voters are at this
primary folding their ballots , and
dropping them into the little circular
holes in the tops of the locked boxes.
Bickett Expected to Lead. "
The majority opinion among the
Democraltic leaders is that results as
regards State officers dn the county
will be as follow:
For Governor a fair majority will
be given Thomas Walter Bickett,
but E. L. Daughtridge will develop
a strength that will surprise the
Diekett followers, who have been
resting self-satisfied that Bickett
had a walk-over.
J. Bryan Grimes, incumbent, will
lead J. A. Hartness and Haywood
Clark for Secretary of State.
iB. R, Lacy, incumbent, will get
the majority over J. E. Mann for
Treasurer.
James S. banning will lead "Thos.
H. Calvert, Edmund Jones and N. A.
Sinclair, for Attorney General.
Mitchell Lee Shipman, incumbent,
will get the majority over David P.
Dellinger for Commissioner of Labor
and Printing.
William T. Lee, incumbent, will
lead D. L. Boyd for member of the
Corporation Commission. r
W. A. Graham, incumbent, will
lead Samuel Huntington Hobbs and
A. J. McKinnon, who are "splitting,"
for Commissioner of Agriculture.
"By default," James R. Young, in
cumbent, who might have been beat
en in the county had the other man's
campaign been thorough enough, will
get the majority over iC T. McClen
aghan for Insurance Commissioner.
County Officers Unopposed.
The following Democratic incum
bents on ithe county ballot are unop
posed; Arden W. Taylor, sheriff;
Carl W. Pridgen, regis'ter of deeds;
John H. Dawson, treasurer; Demp
sey E. Wood, coroner.
The Congressional Contest.
Eli.tfia iB. Lewis, Kitchin's private
secretary, expects the Congressman
to poll about 85 per cent, and Cldng-
man Mitchell about 15 per cent of
the vote for congressional candidates.
Mitchell men as a rule are non-committal.
No Kitehin man will con
cede the Bertie aspirant more than
25 per cent. '
About all the voting for President
is for Woodrow Wilson. Many bal
lots are being cast for Major ' for
Vice-President as well as for Mar
shall. Everyone believes Col. W. D. Pol
lock will be chosen as one of the State
Senatorial candidates. Pollock seems
to have it easy. It is hard to choose
between Levi J. H. Mcwborn, Furni
fold Brock, Paul Webb and James F.
Wooten, the latter reported to be par
ticularly optimistic, for second place,
and the other nomination.
GREENVILLE TO PAVE
MORE STREETS; WHITE
IS SELECTED FOR JOB
Gilbert C. White, In charge of the
paving here, has been chosen pav
ing engineer for Greenville.
."It is mainly due to his efficiency
and enthusiasm that Kinston is now
the best-paved town in the State if
not ithe entire ' . South said the
Greenville Reflector Friday evening.
' Petitions have been presented to
the Greenville : town board by citi
zens asking the paving of a number
of streets, . : .