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SECOND EDITIO 1 N. SATURDAY, JULY 1, 1916
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UNITED STATES BY INSOLENCE IN CRISIS
Message, Not Had This Afternoon Friends of De Facto
President Certain That Reports' of His Stubbornness
. Are Overrated Will .Try to . Xpnyince Washington
1 Tlnjt jverty otSouthern epubJic Is Infringed by
Maintenance of Forjeign Army WMJun. Its Bounds
Pershing, Almost Surrounded by Mexican Army, May
jJJ! Week-Ten
Thousand Militiamen Expected to Arrive Today
. (By Carl W. Groat.)
w lashington, July 1 Contrary to messages in certain
diplomatic quarters, adyices to 'Carranza's American
friends tbdajr indicated that he will not adopt a defiant
attitude in this coming note answering the United States'
demands.
He instead emphasizes what he considers infringe
ment of Mexican sovereignty by the presence of Ameri
can troops. - '
v ' A United Press inf ormant who has been correct here
tofore; today indicated that he will not bring about any
breach.
"foreign Minister Aguilar's defiant statement issued
in Mexico City yesterday is regarded as solely for Mexi
can consumption. The reply had not arrived early this
afternoon.
Pershing Soon to Be Reinforced.
El faso, July .1. Before the end of the coming week
there will be twenty-five thousand guardsmen from here
to Columbus, releasing 6,000 regulars to reinforce Persh
ing.? The advance 'guard of the militia, ten , thousand
strong, is expected today. With the regulars released,
- Pershing-wiir have "seventeerTth6usand men in Mexcio,
about one-third the" number of Carranzistas concentrated
in horseshoe formation about Pershing.
AMBASSADOR FRANCIS, PJilN AMERICAN, MADE B1G;
HIT WITH.THE RUSSIAN ROYAL FAMILY; EMBASSY AT
PETROGRAD ONE OF RUSSIA'S PLEASANT SPOTS
By WILLIAM PHILIP SIMS,
(United Press StaDf Correspondent)
Petrograd, May 6 (By-Mail)
'David. Fsancis, former Governor
of Missouri, now new American Am
. fssador t Russia, has solved the
riddle of. 'Why is an American Em
bassy.. Incidentally he is a hit. And
they say he; is doing it by being a
plain American.
"I don't pretend to be a diplomat,"
ExGovernor Myron T." Herrick re
marked shortly after he had been
named ambassador to France. "I am
just a 'plain American sent here by
the American government, to look &L
ter theinterests of the American peo
ple, and that is what I am going to
dodo to the, very best of sy ability."
This Herrick did. ' When the war
burst n Europe like a thunderclap
he. cut red lape right and left, and
figuratively went at thing? in f 'his
shirt sJeeves. He assisted Americans
in plain, effective, .' straightforward
ways. And he made the biggest hit
with the French, high and low, of any
ambassador emce Franklin. N
FTomyfthat Americana here say
David JsTFrancis bids fair to dupli
cate Herrick'c success,- an5 in much
the same .way. He has turned the
Amerkaa Embassy at 34 Furshtats
kya into an' epen hourse for Ameri
cans, i The Yankee abroad :does not
have tp fcring letters from prominent
politicians at home v to gain admit
tance. . H does not fee) )ik an ln
trader when he calls.' The place is a
. beehive for ' work. yt ko-secretary is
too busy to"- be plearatit. - Kohody
smirks but neither doea anybody glare
when'a visitor appears at the door.
There i neither fawning nor frown
ing, neither servility nor stuckupish
ness the entire atmosphere of the
place is one of plain, simple Ameri
canism. . . ' . - , '
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WOT DEFIANT
WiOTE;OiY
(CANS' SIDE
I 1 .
lltt tt THE
LA u
PRESIDENT Pimm
MEXICAN POLICY UP
FOR CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Squarely Confronting Poli
tical Opponents; Nothing'
Secret About Stand
WAR ONLY IF NECESSARY
But If It Is Necessary Wil
; son Won't Shirk It Ra
ther Than Withdraw the
Forces, f He Will Have
Them Increased
t By Robert J. Bender,- .
(United Press Staff Correstondert)
Washington, July 1 President WU
sorf has. taken his Mexican policy for
a campaign issue and put it up to his
political opponents.
This is' the opinion of political and
officUK -Washington m view of' his
PhiladerpMa and New York speeches,
which showed unmistakably that he
would Jiot countenance a war. with
Mexico except as the extremeat re
sort' in settling the border troubles.
' However,' he brakes it plain that no
step will be omitted In eompletest
preparation for the worst while hop
ing for ttie best. . ' ':
Those close to the President are
convinced that the Pershing expedi
tion will not te withdrawn. The for
ces' .on the border . are to be steadily
and rapidly increased.
If THE
OF CASE
BELIEVED BROCK OF
JONES IS HAVING. A
WALKAWAY FOR SEN.
Leaving PauJJYebb Far Be
hind in Balloting In Prj-
, mary for CoUW. D. Poj
lock's Running Mate, Ad
herents Say
Voting here in the State Senator
ial run-off primary today between
Furnifold Brock and Paul Webb was
light. Brock had everything his own
way in Vthe local precincts. La-
Grange was giving the Jones county
man a big vote; Webb was polling on
ly few scattered votes there, if any,
it was reported.
Jones and Lenoir counties will give
Brock overwhelming majorities, it is
thought. Greene county will favor
him, and local politicians declare Mr.
Webb will carry no county in the dis
trict except his own Carteret.
COTTON ACREAGE IN
COUNTRY IS THIRTY
SIX MILLION, SAID
Government Statistics for
Last Fiscal, Month Give
North Carolina 469,000
Acres, and Crop Condi
tion Quarter Off
(By the United Press)
(Washington, July L An agricul
ture bulletin today said 3&.994,00Q
acres of cotton were under cultiva
tion in the United States from May
25. to June 25. .
Virginia had 130 per cent, of the
1915 area under cultivation, local es
timates putting the acreage at 44,000,
and condition at 00. North Carolina
had 113 per cent, of the 1915 acreage
under cultivation, with a total acre
age of 460,000, and condition at 76
per cent, as compared with last year.
1 South Carolina reported 115 per cent
of tha 1915 acreage under cultivation
with a total acreage of 938,000, and
condition at 74 per cent., as compared
with 1915.
BULLETINS
CROWN PRINCE
RENEWS DRIVE.
(By the United Press)
Paris; July 1. The Crown Prince
has resumed the Verdun drive
with most" powerful attacks on
. both the Meuse banks. The Ger
mans again have penetrated the
Thiaumont works captured by the
French yesterday. The French
retain the outskirts. - .
E-3ay Bi!f Passes
(By tho United Press) ,'
Washington, July.l-The
ing two million dollars for militiamen's dependents pass
ed the House 296 to 2 this, afternoon. It authorizes the
War Secretary to pay militiamen's families without in
comes $50 monthly.' - . ' ' ;
' . James of Michigan and Small of North Carolina voted
against the bilL . v " ; 1
SECOND : INFANTRY'S!
TRIAL BY; FIRE AT
CAMP GLENN TODAY
Medical Men Weeding .Out
; tjie Physically Undesira
ble--Men , )Pare Not So
Badly Hoping to Get - to
: the- Border , Soon
(Special to The Free Press)
Camp Glenn, Morehead City, N. C,
July 1. Things are not dull here to
day. The Second infantry, in which
Kinston is quite considerably repre
sented, is being manhandled, punched
and thumped by a lot of army and
National ."3urd medical officers.
They are conscientious doctors. Of
ficers of the regiment today said we'd
lose a smaller number, of men than
did the First, however. That is their
firm belief, -professedly, but company
officers' opinions on such matters are
lik John McGraw's or Hugrhey Jen
nings' pre-stason statements.
Things, are different here from
what they are at "militia" encamp
ments. Still, on the whole, they do
not get worse. Holding their own,
you might say. Every doughboy here
is holding on to what he has, too. As
soon as the medical examinations are
over and the company cooks forgive
them, though the men won't net a
little more proficie, well be as cozy
as ihigs in rugs.
They have a praying man in ohe
Second company here. He's in the
sergeants' tent. And when he'd fin
ished his silent prayer last night a
Jentmate started coaching him, about
like this: "Nowsay Gfod Mess papa
and Cod hlesB mamma, and" The
prating one was sleepy. He drawled
along his pinion on persons "who do
not like public prayer in military
camps Sn about this wise: "If you
don't like it 'you can step clear to ,
And I'd pray on 'brigade review if I
wanted to and jick anybody ins : the
outfit who tried to stop me. And, be
lieve me, this is a half -cocked sort of
a business anyway, to the way things
are run where I was sending jny lit
the radio talk.," Then he dozer, off.
No one said a word after that. ' Jhey
are the 'best men in the brigade, these
fellows who dare to do that. Most
of them who do pray don't let their
bunkies get next, it seems.
'We hear we're, to entrain in a few
days. Let it come. There s no es
pecial news for Kinston. I've inter
viewed Jim Mohegan, a band private,
a Company B.'cook, Sergt. Charles
E'dgby and several others and they
assert emphatically that they know
nothing.
GOING ON IN OTHER
TOWNS AND COUNTIES
OF EASTERN CAROLINA
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Max Smith of New Bern and
"Dumps" Turner of .Kinston will
wrestle at Morehead City Tuesday
night. The match will be a feature
of the July 4 celebration there.
A slight wrock occurred, on the A .
C. L. between Wilmington and New
Bern' when a caboose and coal car
jumped the track at Verona. A ho
bo was badly shaken op Ibut no one
was hurt. ;
A small son of J. Nat Taylor of
Robersonville was killed by the acci
dental discharge J of. a rifle a brother
was carrying into, the house- The
bullet penetrated the victim's eye and
brain. ..- - ... ,
use
IJay resolution appropriat
WILL OPEN: KINSTON
TOBACCO MARKET ON
THE I5TH OF AUGUST
Greenville and Wilson Are
Expected to Follow Suit.
Five Warehouses to Do
' Business Here Crop ' Is
Reported; Short
The local tobacco market will open
on Tuesday, August 15, it was an
nounced today. The Tobacco Board
of Trade declined to accept a propo
sition from 1 Rocky Mount tobacco
nists to delay the opening until Sep
tember 1. It was believed the Rocky
Mount men wanted time in which to
buy on the South Carolina markets.
Greenville and Wilson will start tho
season on the 15th, it is thought here.
There will ,be five warehouses, in
cluding a new one erected this sum
mer on East Lenoir avenue, to do
business on the local market.
The crop in the Kinston section is a
little off, according to warehouse
men's reports. They say there has
been too much rain.-
TO LEVY A TEN PER
CENT. TAX INCOMES
OVER HALF MILLION
Revenue Bill Will Make Big
Interests Pay for Fre
. paredness
SMALL INHTNCES EXEMPT
Believed More Than Two
Hundred Million-Dollars
Can Be Raised Under
Provisions of Measure In
troduced Today
(By the United Press)
Washington, July 1, Income, in
heritance ahd munitions taxes will
pay the preparedness costs, "it there
is a war bond issues will pay the
costs, shifting the burdens almost en
tirely . upon, accumulated wealth and
RELIEF COMMITTEErTO KEEP ALL DEALINGS
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WITHSOLDIERS' FAMILIES CONFIDENTIAL
AND ASSURE THEM THEY'LL NOT SUFFER
With that same fine spirit that
dominates every movement for the
public good undertaken in Kinston,
the "Connmittee for the Relief of
Soldiers' Families," organized Fri
day 4jnder the direction of a steering
committee appointed the night lefore,
by the Chamber of Commerce direct
orate, today got down to work.
The committee named an investU
gating committee, the members of
which, prepared for a start with a
list of names of about 25 . or 30 de
pendents of National Guardsmen here
who "might possibly" be "willing to
accept" assistance from , the Relief
Committee "in any, possible .way,"
are now quietly and unassumingly in
quiring into the conditions that exist
in the homes of the 25 or 30 depend
ents of men who are. absent on the
country's and Kinston's business. ,
The persons approached will be giv
en, to understand that they are not
considered objects of charity. Not by
a long shot! Rather Kinston is in
clined -to glorify them. They are a
Pfirt of this community. They have
given most that they have to a cause
that requires sacrifice. - It is Kin
ston's dutyr a pleasant duty to pro
ride for these citizens. .
Should anyone be willi:? to accept
aid the public will never know about
it It is intended to keep, the busi
ness of the committee strictly- confi
BRITISH ! BEGAN OFFENSIVE: WESTERN
THEATER THIS
PUT TO THE SEVEREST TEST. OF THE VMR
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Long-Looked For Drive Followed Four, Days of Inces
sant Big Gun FightingSmash Directed Particularly .
Against 20 Miles of Trenches In the Somme, Sector ,
First-Line Works of the Teutons, TakenIntense En
thusiasm In Ixndon Confirmation of the Capture of
Kolomea Along Sixteen MiIcs of Fr9nt , Allies nave
Broken German Defenses -Almost Hundred Miles of
Trenches Subjected to Heavy Bombardment
(By Edward L. Keen.)
London, July 1. The long-expected British i offensive
began at 7:30 o'clock ias morning ..with a1 tremendous
smash against the Germans' twenty-mile front in- the
Somme sector. Information contained in brief dispatches
say first line German trenches were taken, as well as
many prisoners. :. '. -' . . - . '
The British attacks are violently continuing.
This news, coincident with the announcement of the '
capture of vastly important' Kolomea by the Russians,;;
has aroused intense enthusiasm. ' " , . - '.'
The forward thrust followed four days of the most la
vish expenditure of shell fire the world has" ever known, -in
which the German front for ninety miles was literally
bathed with projectiles from Classed artillery. It was said
early this afternoon that the British have broken the
German forward defenses on 16 miles of the front '
British Report Gains. .
London, July 1. The British have captured . Serra V
Montauban, it is semi-officially announced. The French :
troops have advanced over a mile at Curlu and .Suvier
Wood. . , '
German Statement Refutes Enemy Successes. , ,
- Berlin, July 1. Repeated British and French attacks
everywhere have been repulsed, the war office today anT
nounced. , ; ' i t
incomes. The new administration re
venue Ml is to be intioduced in the
House this afternoon.
Experts helieve the new bill will
raise a, hundred million- dollars. from
incomes', sixty million from inherit
ances, and fifty million from muni
tions; The income tax begins at ?204
000 and increases at, the rate of one
per cent for each: classification until
ten per cent; is levied on all incomes
exceeding half a roillion. Inheritance
tax provisions exempt all estates un
der $50,000.
Danville, June 30. Dr. Reyborne
M. Williams, a prominent dentist, was
killed today by being thrown from a
horse. ' - -
dential. In fact, it is hardly prov
able that all cases will be known to
the full committee.
Information is solicited by the com
mittee. Anyone who needs or might
need help should be reported at once.
iNo call has been made to the pub
lic for contributions. Nono will be
made unless necessary. It is intend
ed to let the public sirhscribo volun
tarily to a fund when an estimate of
what sum will be necessary is secur
ed. The following comprise the Cham
ber of Commerce's ocmimttee: E. G.
Barrett, D. F. Wooten, C. F. Har
vey. E. V. Webb and J.'H. Canady.
On the general committee with the
above are: J. O. Miller, W. D. Ward,
Dr. I. M. Hardy, J. B. Meacham, J.
H. Dawson, II. E. Moseley, Y. T.
Ormond, F. P. Outlaw, J. I. Brown,
A. L. Harrington, Mrs. James F.
Parrott, Mrs. W. D. LaRoque, Mrs.
R. F. Hill, Mrs. L. P. Howard and
Mrs. J. F. Taylor. ,
The following are the investigating
committee: E. V. Webb, J. B. Mea
cham, J . I . Brown. Mrs. W. D
LaRoque, Mrs. J. F, Parrott, Mrs.
J. F. Taylor and Mrs. R. F. Hill. ,
' The" executive committee of the
Relief Committee la comprised by E.
G.' Barrett, Chairman; C. F. Harvey,
Secretary; D. F. Wooten, Treasurer,
and H. E.' Moseley and J. 0, Miller.
; 0ERE1ANS BEI't'G
COMPANY B HAS HEN
fROM OTjlEJl PLACES
IN ITS LONG
preenc, Lenoir, Craven and
Pitt Counties and Dur
ham Represented Full
List of Non-Commission-od
Officers Now
(By ROSCOE BARRUS) .
Camp Glenn, Morehead City, July
1. -Following is the roster of Oop
pany V, Second infantry, as it stands
to date: "
Captain, A. L. C. Hill company
commander.
1st Lt., J. O: L Taylor
2nd (Lt., W. A. Faukner.
1st Sergt., Jesse. A. Jackson..' ,
Sergts., L. H. Aldridge, Clyde R.
Hight, G. G. Tarker, . Sidney . L.
Fordham, Arthur G. Booth and Geo
S . Taylor. (Sergeants rank alike, ex
cept that first sergeant is a higher
grade.) '.
Corps., Jesse C. ConWay, E. B.
Jackson. 'Raymond Jackson, D. S.
Barrus, E.'S. Pittman, W. II.
ery, lo W, Kornegay and Samuel F,
Lifraga,'4 ;.
f Artificer, W. II. Kennedy. (Arti
ficers rank with privates but draw
more pay.) 4 ' " '
Musicians, A. T. Parker and J.,
L. Waters. (Musicians rank with and
draw the pay of privates.)
Cooks, E. R. Bailey and H. C .
Sumrell. (Cooks rank with privates :
but draw twice as much pay.) '
) Privates Askew, Thos.; Adams, -Bingham
; Abernathy," Ivey; Avery,
Seth; Avery, Richard; Booth, Lee;
Drinson, Leo T.; Brown, Clande H.; ,
Boone, II. D. ; Barnes, Ellis;- Bal
lard,: W. IL; Bond, Paul; Canady.
Jas.; Crane, Noah; Crane, Luke M.;
CummingSj Jas. B.; Carter, John F.;
Daugherty, Chas.; Flowers, W. E.;,.
Frizzelle. Jas. J.; Grubbs, Leo; Gr
dy, J, K.; Gwaltney, Akmzo; Hay,
R. C; nammond, E. A.; Holland, R.;
Holmes, Wm.; Jones, 5am H.; Ken
nedy, Walter Herbert; Kennedy, F. J
Kennedy, W. H.J Kennedy F.; Ken
nedy, W.; Koonce. J, T.; Langston, J.
M.; Leggette, John W.J Lee, Brad
ley F; Lanier, Joseph : R; Martirf
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