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VOL. XVIJI.-NO, 8
FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
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ilVES m RUSSIAN OFFENSIVE
LISW DEAD FROM
MONDAY'S CYCLONES
BRITISH III THE
MITCHELL SAYS HE
CH'MBER COMMERCE
APPROVES THE STEP
. , - .V. " J-V
M CITY; SEN. BORAH AOAMT AUSlUlANS
GERMANS HAD SPIES
SEEMS TO HAVE WON
WfrllDRAWS FROM RACE FOR NDMNMn GROWS IN VIOLENCE
IS FAST, INCREASING
'R
OF COMMI!
REPMlMAli
Moosers Convene and Then
iGive G. 0. P. the Start
Old Liners Opens Hearings Hitchcock Claims Hughes
Has a Lead-Harding and
Inflicted, by ,1912 Steam Roller May Be Entirely Sealed
at Chicago This Session
-Enefnies-Busy Times In
(By H. L. RENN1CK, United
, Chicago, June 7. The
through' the rain and gloom
second convention, ready for
terms with the Republicans.
to start as soon as Roosevelt's name js mentioned.
. , Hasty conferences preceded the opening. George W.
Perkins, chairman of the National Committee arid a
peace delegate, prepared to
tion of Roosevelt before
gether. with the Republicans.
to order shortly after 1 o'clock. The delegates are more
enthusiastic than the Republicans.
More Trpuble In the Camp.
Chicago, June 7. Backed
lion yotes and half a million
mies of woman suffrage, the
this, afternoon demanded that the Republicans include a
cnfTrofro nlonV in thoiV nlorfm TTo nlsnnorl rn rlorrt.
JV lUillL 111 tliVli J1UV1V1 111 XiJ J- A CV 1111 V V- VU V1V111
onstratfr their strength by an afternoon parade. They
(expect 30,000 marchers. The Republicans are paying at
tention to the new party.
G. 0. P.'s Formal Start.
Chicago, June 7. The Republican National Conven
tion was called to order bv Charles D. Hilles. chairman of
iha ISiarwrrifll flnmrnifrAP nt
people (Were waiting when
Hilles arriifed at 10.
Roosevelt is the favorite
Hughes it six to 5, and Root
Crowds pouring into the
ing for half an hour.
The weather is rainy and
Rev. John T. Stone of Chicago made the invocation.
F"ii
ine temnorarv Officers
iidrumg,nairman; wjiuam r. stone; sergeant-at-arms,
and James E. Reynolds, secretary. The delegates are oh
meir jop,-impatiently awaiting the hrst show of strength.
Americanism and party unity were the keynotes of
Harding's speech formally opening the convention. Mr.
Reynolds read the official roll call. "There was a spasm
of applause when the bands placed Dixie and Old Ken
tucky Horne. Hilles presented Senator Harding. Sena
tor Harding's words were barely audible at first because
of the noise.
Borah Withdraws.
Chicago, June 7. The Republican National Conven
tion met at 11 o'clock today. , The temporary chairman,
Senator Harding of Ohio, made the keynote speech.
The resolution committee opened its hearings on plat
form planks. '
Senator Borah announced his withdrawal from the
race. ,
The favorite son's allies claim they can number Mr.
Hughes' votes. Hitchcock claims Hughes,-folloWing, out-
"umuers me allies VULeS.
The Proeressive convention nipt at noon. TWnnnrarV 1
Chairman Raymond Robins
committees will be assigned
until tomorrow.
Steam Roller Caused This.
Chicago, June 7. Jostling crowds on Michigan Boule
vard, the blare of bands, wriggling lines of densely pack
ed humanity in hotel lobbies, be-ribboned and be-badged
visitors, and the1 buzz, buzz of talk this was the opening
day of the Republican and Progressive National Conven
tions. At least, these were the outward manifestations of the
chosen few,)f two national parties meeting in solemn
conclave to' name a presidential ticket t
Four years ago the steam roller stalked its Gargan
kaniway tnroun Chicago's streets, down and through
the Coliseum and back into the roundhouse of political
history.
If the steam-roller hadn't performed, there would
have been only one national convention today. But those
who were quashed by the pancake-making wheels of the
juggernaut arose, brushed off their dusted garments and
fssuaged their mangled bodies with the balm of a conven
tion, candidates and machinery of their very own.
It appeared today that the bruises the steam-roller of
four yearsL ago inflicted might be entirely healed. The
republican man in the street and the Progressive man
w tne street hailed each other a? brother, not as political
Adjourn Until Thursday to
The Platform, Committee of
Robins Keynoters Bruises
Delegates Are Brothers, Not
Middle West's Metropolis
Press Staff Correspondent)
Bull Moose today tramped
to the auditorium for their
war or peace at their own
The fireworks are expected
block the premature nomina
the Progressives can get to- j
The convention was called
by pledges for half a mil
dollars to overthrow the ene-
National Woman's Party
11 -9f inVWk FiVbt. hundred
the hall was opened at 9. Mr.
In the betting at even money,
at five to one.
coliseum delayed the open
chilly
were flnnrmnoeH. as 'Sennrrrr
I
of Chicago is the keynoter,
and the convention adjourn
Million Slavs Now Massed
Against Teutons In Bes
sarabia, Said
MAW PRISONERS TAKEN
Austrians Are Moving Men
From Italian Front to Re
inforce the Outnumbered
Forces Menaced by Czar's
New Armies
(By the United Press)
London, June 7. Premier As
quith has taken charge of the
war office temporarily, it is an
nounced
London, June 7. Interest of Eu
ropcan m'ilitary critics is centered on
Russia. The offensive of the Slavs
h teen in operation a week, ad is
growing in violence. Thirty thous
and prisoners, says a Petrograd offi
cial dispatch, and quantities of can
non and small arms have been taken.
A million Russians are massed in the
Bessarabian rerrioti. (Critics todav
believed the Austrians have only half
as many troops. The Austrians are
believed to be withdrawing men from
the Italian front to bolster up the
northern defense.
British Lose Trenches.
London, June 7. German infantry
following the explosion of mines to
day occupied a section of British
trenches north of Hooge, it is official
iy admitted, other attacks on the
Hooge-Ypres line were repulsed.
NEGRO ON TRIAL FOR
HIS LIFE AT NEW BERN
Henry Jones, colored, charged with
shooting to death William Crawford,
also colored, at James City, went on
tpial for his life at New Bern t0(lay
ml r i . i 1 1 i
lne iaant pieaa sen-aeiense.-
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UNVEIL STATUE VANCE
TWENTY-SECOND JUNE
Likeness of Famous North Carolin
ian In Hall of Fame at Washing
ton Presented by the State to the
People of the Nations-Illustrious
Son's Memory Appropriately Hon
ored (Special to The Free Press)
Washington, June 7. On June 22,
in Statuary Hall, the Capitol, there
will be unveiled and presented to (he
people of the United States, a statue
of the late Senator Zebulon E1. Vance,
of North Carolina.
The statue has been prepared by
direction' of Governor Craig and the
Council of State, under a joint reso-
ution of the Legislature of 1907.
and pursuant to the Act of Conwess
dedicating this haii to the purpose
01 tnus honoring the memory of the
j good ana great men 01 we nation
I and giving to each State the right
to place therein two of her distin
guished citizens, illustrious for civic
or military virtues.
BRIEFS IN THE NEWS
OTHER E. CAROLINA
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
Greenville in a town election vot
ed down proposition far a public
library and voted for a private-owned
gas plant Jn -preference to a public-owned
plant.
' The North Carolina Building and
Loan Association will hold i: annu
al convention . in Greenville next
Tuesday and Wednesday. Several
core delegates will attend.
S. E. Jones of Askin, who swore
that a young woman for whom and
her fiance he secured a marriage li
cense was 18 years of age, when she
was only If!, was fined $25 and costs
in Superior Court at New Bern Tues
day. ' .
More Than 160 Fatalities
Reported So Far; Five
States Suffered
THIRTY LOST ON VESSEL
Steamer Capsized In the
Mississippi Arkansas
v Heads List With 78 Dead.
Injured Exceed a Thous
and, It Is Estimated
(By the United Press.)
Memphis, June 7. Over H0 per
sons were killed in the series of cy
clones which swept sections of Ten
nessce, Arkansas, Mississippi, Mis
souri and Kentucky Monday, reports
today showed. The deaths irtlude 30
missing from the steamer Eleanor,
which capsized in thj Mississippi
north of iMimphis, the dead being re
moved in a boat.
There were "0 deaths in Missouri,
78 in Arkansas and If) in Mississip
pi, so far accounted lor.
He-ber Sprinbgs, Ark., with a' sum
mer population of 2,000, was almost
blown away. Few buildings are left
at Judsonia, Ark. The total of in
jured exceeds a thousand.
MAJ. HEARTT IS NEW
CLERK FEDERAL COURT
Major Leo D. Heartt of Raleigh,
father of iMrs C. F. Harvey of this
city' and well-known to many Kins
tonians, has been appointed clerk of
the Eastern District Federal' Court
to succeed Col.-? . L. E'low of Green
ville, who died Sunday. The ap
pointment was made by Judge H.
G. Connor.
iMaj. Heartt had been deputy clerk
bout two and a half years.
NEW BERN DESIRES
INECTIONWITH A,
CLIN PITT COUNTY
Chamber of Commerce of
Lower Neuse City Wants
Line to Link Kinston and
Wcldon Branch With the
Road There
At a meeting of the New Born
Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night
Owen G. Dunn suggested that the Al-
antic Coast Line Railroad be asked
to build a line from that city to Grif
ton, -to connect wtth the Weldon-Kin-ston
road, according to today's Morn-
ng New Bernian. The A. C. L.
had previously agreed to build when
busjness picked up," it was said.
A committee the same that will
represent New Bern at the State
Good Roads convention at Wrights
ville Beach this month- will call on
the A. C. L.. officials at headquarters
in Wilmington.
JAMES THE PERMANENT
CHAIRMAN ST. LOUIS
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington Jujii ?. The major
ity opinion among the Democrats is
that Senator OIlie James of Ken
tucky will be permanent chairman of
the St Louis convention.
.
18 BUTLER SCORES
Chicago, June 7. Marion Butler,
former Senator from North Caroli
na, was elected ; a member of the
platform eommLtee of the Republi
cans over James J. Britt here yester
day, again offering proof, his friends
say, that he dominates the party in
the homa State. - -
Loss of Hero Causes Dc
mand for Indiscriminate
Internment
POLITICAL ROW LIKELY
Over Appointment of Sue
cessor May Be Robert
son or a Civilian Lloyd-
George Mentioned Re
cruiting Stimulated
(By United Press)
London, June 7. A marked i
cruiting stimulus and demand for the
internment of enemy aliens regard
less of sex, age or naturalisation!!
are the results of the death of EutI
Kitchener. A political struggle is
possible concerning the appointment
of his successor as war minister
Some want a civilian, others Sir Wil
liam Robertson, chief of staff. Lloyd
George, minister of munitions and
civilian, is mentioned.
The demand for internment is the
outgrowth of a belief that Creirmans
knew the whereabouts of Kitchener
and notified their government. ,
FILED BOND FOR SIX
MILLIONS IN IREDELL
(By the United Press)
Durham, June 7. A $c;000,000
bond, one of the largest in the his
tory of this State, has been file-1 at
Statesville by executors of the estate
of Louis Cabot, a Boston millionaire
banker, who owned extensive hold
ings in Iredell and Rowan counties
CAPABLE OFFICERS FOR
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVERS
Wilmington Has Majority of Officials
of the State Organization Promi
nent Workers Made Addresses " at
Recent Big Convention in Char
lotte Tarboro's Earnest Delegates
(Special to The Free Press)
Charlotte, N. C, June 7. Ten del
egates to (the recent State Christian
Endeavor Convention here, headed
by George Howard, drove from Tar
boro to the Queen City in two auto
mobiles, 270 miles each way, travel
ing 540 miles in all.
The Endeavorers far the new fis
cal year have a very capable admin
istration With the following officers:
President, George L. Mitchell of
Wilmington, re-elected; B. B. Reyn
olds of Wilmington. Rev. J. D. An
drew of Newton, E. P. Parker of
Greensboro, Rev. A. T. Banks of
Henderson, Rev. Wm. Hooper Adams
of Chairlotte, James Wells of Wil
mington and Rev. R. A. Lapsley, Jr.,
of Tarboro, vice-presidents; Miss Isa
bel McDougall of Wilmington, sec
retary; Newton Fisher of Wilming
ton, treasurer, and superintendents:
Quid: Hour and Tenth Legion, Rev.
O. G. Jones, D. D., of Greensboro;
Press, Miss Florence Ledbetter ' of
Greensboro; Prison C. E. Work, Rev.
C. E.- Newman of Raleigh; Mission
ary, Rev. J. C. Leonard, D. D., of
Lexington; Junior, Mrs. Lewis Mc
Farland of High Point; Floating C.
E. Work, Thomas C. Findlay of Wil
mington; Extension, E." M. Shepherd
of Winston-Salem; Transportation
Manager, B. B. Reynolds of Wil
mington, and Intermediate, R. C.
Boyd of High Point. .
Among those who made addresses
at khe convention here were Rev. C.
M. 'Compher of Virginia; Wyatt A
Taylor of South Carolina; Rev. J. C
Leonard of Lexington, N. C; Rev.
Wm. H. Adams of Charlotte; Rev. J.
A. Andrew of Newton; E. M. Shep
herd of Winston-Salem; H. Gait
Braxton of Kinston; J. T. IMaddrey
of Winston-Salem; E. P. Baker and
Rev. O. G. Jones of Greensboro, and
Karl Lehman of Birmingham, South
ern State3 Secretary,
HIS POINT, ANYWAY
Floor Leader Kitchin Now
'Boasts He Is Standing by
President Defeated
Candidate Thanks His
Friends In District
Clingman W. Mitchell of Aulaim-
er. defeated in the Congressional
content in Saturday's primary by
Congressman Claud Kitchin, Tues
day made the following statement
"I desire to express my warmest
thanks to the voters of the Second
District who honored me with their
votes. I have had some loyal friends
and I shall not forget them.
"The announcement made by me,
when I entered the contest with Mr,
Kitchin, may well be repeated here.
I had but one purpose, and I: hat was
that the member of Congress from
the Second District iJhould support
the Democratic Congress, in the ef
fort to pass needed constructive leg
islation, and to uphold the hands of
our great President. Though defeat
ed, I seom to have accomplished that
purpose. Mr. Kitchin now boasts
that he is standing by the adminis-
lation and the President. His votes
and speeches, for the last month, en
courage us to believe he will continue
to do so. If so, all will be well. If
so, Hon. Uaude Kitchin can render
the Democratic party and the coun
try gicat service. He cannot do so,
in opposition to i he part and Presi
dent. We have his word, and I do
r.ot doubt it, that he is now stand
ing by the President and te Demo
cratic majority. This being so, I
feel in answering the call of ioyal
and true -Democrats', to enter the con
test, I have not acted in vain, and
thnt I 'invo n-endered my pa'-ty and
t'.ie country some service. The con
test has engendered no bittern s?,
and I am ready to support uhe nomi
nees of my party with enthusiasm,
giving whatever of time p.n i myans
I may be capable of rendering."
TRIED TO READ HIS
LITTLE SAY IN THE
HOUSE; GOT PINCHED
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, June 7. 'Baynes N.
Westcott of New York, claiming he
had been shadowed by sleuths for no
rightful reason, (tried to read a
resolution in the House yesterday
from a gallery in which he stftod. He
was arrested. Westcott had been un
able to locate a Congressman he in-
tended to submit the document to,
and proceeded llo read it himself. He
claimed it was his constitutional
rifc-ht. Speaker Clark had to rap for
order in the, House. The resolution
demanded an investigation of the
Federal secret service.
FORTY-SEVEN GRADUATE
GREENVILLE TONIGHT
Iiickett to Make Commencement Ad
drcss at East Carolina Teachers'
Training School Alumnae Dinner.
The Class Officers, Flower, Motto
""and Colors Chorus to Sing
(Special to The Free Press)
Creenville, June 7. Fonty-seyen
young women graduates of the East
Carolina Teachers' Training school
will receive their diplomas tonight,
following the address by the Demo
cratic gubernatorial nominee, Attor
ney General T. W. Bickett
A well-trained chorus will render
special music. The alumnae dinner
will be given at 8 o'elock, preceding
the exercises, in- the dining hall at
the school. '
Officers of the graduating class
are Louise A. Smaw, President; Le
la Reid Durham, vice-president; Li-
da Harrison Taylor, secretary; Hat-
tie Thomas Turner, critic; Sallie
Cook Lassiter, historian, and Alma
Spivey, treasurer. The class flower
Is the nasturtium, the motto, "Loy
alty hi Everything," and the colors,
gold and white,
Resolutions Endorse Action
In Borrowing Money for
Extra Road Work
BOOSTING THE Y. M. C. A.
Directors of Businessmen's
Organization Will Lend
Support Will Take Lot
of Money to Equip Asso
ciation Here
The Chamber of Commerce direc
torate at the regular monthly tweet
ing Tuesday night passed resolutions
endorsing the action of the County
Commissioners in borrowing money
for the improvemeneit by contract of
between 30 and 40 miles of highway
additional to the regular program, 4nV
the county this year. The consensus
of opinion was, however, that a bond
issue should be voted to improve the
entire system. The Chamber hopes, ,
by consistent work, to bring the peo- '
pie of the county to favor bonds it
they are not already in favor of an
issue before many months ' -have
The proposed Y. M. C. A. was dis
cussed. The directors learned of the
activity of several prominent men in
its interest, and will -give support to
the proposition.
Dr. R. II. Temple, one of those
most enthusiastic over the Y. M. C.
A., says that with very little effort
pledges for between $1,200 and $1,600
were secured. - It will take around
$75,000, however, unless it should be
tli ought advisable to rent rather than
build quarters. The .Chamber of Com
merce is expected to formulate plana
for a campaign throughout the city.
With all the people informed " and
well-laid plans it would not be near
ly so difficult to taise the money, it
is said by the men behind the move
ment. BAPTIST ASSEMBLY BY
THE SEA THIS MONTH
Holds Forth From 25th to 2nd of
July at Wrightsville Beach Noted
Speakers Larger Attendance
Than Last Year Expected Chau
tauqua Talent of Exceptional Abil
ity (Special to The Free Press)
Raleigh, June 7. Much interest is '
being manifested in the approaching
Second Annual Baptist Seaside -Assembly
i:o be held at Wrightsville
Deach, June 25 to July 2. Speakers''
of national reputation have been se
cured and a very attractive program
arranged.
Secretary E. L. Middleton of Ra
leigh is busy sending out the pro
grams and he expects an "attendance
more statewide Ithan that of last
year. The annual convention of the
Baptist Young People's Union and
the organized classes will be held at
the beach the week prior to the as-
sembly, and this will likely add to
the attendance.
With exceptional talent secured for
the eight days, and in addition the
Chautauqua feature, Baptist people
will have the privilege of combining t
pleasure with intellectual develop
ment during the week. The railways
bave made reduced rates to the beach -and
Rev. J. A. Sullivan of Wilming
ton will gladly give information as
to special arrangements made for the
board of those who attend. :
Dr. E W. Spilman and , Rev. :
W. Blanchard of Kinston are on the
program.
GOVERNOR CRAIG MAY
PASS THRU KINSTON
Governor Craig is expected t
pass through Kinston this afternoon
en route to Uorehead, City, from
where he will cruise ' through the
sounds as the guest of Fish Commis
sioner IL L. Gibbs.