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VOL XVIII-No. 31
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
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Reply to Wgiin
lespectf el; Indicates
gtoe
Desire to A void
Break
JfRSHING RETIRING TO BORDER FOR THE
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PURPOSE OF WITHDRAWAL, SAY EL PASO
REPORTS; MEDIATION PROPOSAL PLANNED
Mexican Ambassador So Confident of Peaceable Settle-
ment that He Leaves Washington for a Picnic First
Chief Himself Wrote Note Conditions Bad, Admitted,
But Continued Presence American Soldiers Has No
Good Effect, Says Message Not to Be Delivered to
Lansing Until Wednesday Bolivian Minister Expect
ed to Suggest Mediation to Secretary of State Ardor
of Troops Is Not Dampened
JUDGE BOND HEAR'G
CASES AGAINST TWO
ALLEGED LYNCHERS
DIFFICULTY CAN BE
SETTLED IF CANDOR
AND PATIENCE USED
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Says, President Wilson In
Fourth of July Address
at Washington
WILSON MUST HAVE HELP
People Have No Right to
Take Law In Their Own
Hands, He Declares
A SENSATION IS SPRUNG
(By the United Press)
Washington, July 4. Carranza's reply was received
today at the Mexican embassy. It is conciliatory an'1,
probably will avert war. It will be delivered tomorrow
to Lansing by Arredondo.
The note was written bv Carranza himself. It sug
gests either mediation or direct negotiations for the set
tlement of the differences. The 'United States is asked
to describe its view of mediation.
Carranza admits border conditions are bad- but says
the presence of American troops in Mexico is a source of
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irritation, lie makes no demand tor tne witnarawai oi
the American, troops. The Mexican embassy is sure the
note will be entirely satisfactory to Wilson.
Arredondo today left the city with his staff for a pic
nic, convinced that all danger of war is past.
Bolivian Minister Gets Busy for Peace.
Washington, July 4. -After delivery of Carranza's
note to Lansing the Bolivian Minister is expected to sub
mit a mediation proposal to the Secretary.
Pershing's Men Retiring to Border.
El Paso, July 4. Couriers reaching here from Colo
ns Dublan say Pershing's expedition is to be withdrawn
from Mexico. The Seventh and Eleventh cavalries are
crossing the desert to the border.
The report of the withdrawal did not dampen the ar
dor of the Fourth of July celebration of regulars, and mil
itiamen on the border.
Anonymous Letter Suppos
ed to Contain Threat
Hearing Started This Af
ternoon Jailer Allen On
the Stand
Of People, Says Gompers
A. F. of L. Building Dedi
cated by Chief Executive
Labor Is Not Commodity,
Says
WINSTON APPOINTED
TO SUCCEED JUDGE
PEEBLES IN THIRD
Former Judge Goes Back
On Superior Court Bench,
It Is Announced
A LEADING CAROLINIAN
SECOND INFY. BAND
WILL SEND BUT ONE
OFTW'TMHOME
Makes Best Average of Any
Unit at Camp Glenn Ed
enton Company Loses On
ly 20 Joshua Allen Re-
v (By F. T. McDevett.)
Camp' Glenn, July 4. The Second
Infantry band, from ' Kinston, passed
the medical examination late yester
day with the loss of only one man out
of the 20 enroled.-," He was Sergeant
Joshua Allen. Sergeon Allen was too
light. This, I believe, without consult
ing ectatrstics, as the : best record
mad by ny unit of either regiment,
in camp here. The examination for
handmon is supposed to be identically
the lame as for line men. '." .
The band, however, stood to lose
one man, anyway. .The regulations
rstrkUbands to 28 men. . Jlk bam
had one extra. .
Company I of Edenton, Second In
fantry, also passed handsomely with
NIGHT RIDERS RAZE
FENCES AND SHOOT
UP HOMES IN DUPLIN
State and District Authori
ties Get Down Behind Or
ganized Gang
ARE ARMED AND MASKED
Stock Law Opponents Vent
Wrath ? on Adherents-
Party Formed f or Resist-
, ance General Sentiment
Against Band ,'
Night, riders, masked and armed,
are terrorizing a section of Duplin
county not far from Dulaville, on a
rail line southward from Kinston.
They " are organized : and reckless,
though few in number. . . ,
Rouses have been, shot up, fences
destroyed and sinister threats made.
Judge W. M. Bond of Edenton call
ed court to order about 2:40 p. m.,
Tuesday, for hearing evidence against
alleged lynchers of Joe Black in
April. Judge Bond, as reported in
The Free Press Monday, is sitting as
a committing magistrate.
Judge Bond briefly announced the
purpose of the hearing to ferret out
those who were responsible for the
lynching. He denounced lynching
and said it was unnecessary for peo
ple to take the law into thoir own
hands for crimes which any court
would punish quickly and adequately.
He said he expected to continue the
investigation until the facts were
known. The full authority and pow
er of the State would be invoked to
bring all necessary witnesses.
First Sensation Sprung.
Judge Bond told of the receipt of
an anonymous , letter typewritten,
mailed Monday in Kinston, addressed
to Solicitor Shaw, the contents of
which he did not divulge, but it is
presumed that it was of a threaten
ing character. Judge Bond announc
ed that the author of the letter was
not definitely known, but that every
thing would be done to find the auth-
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or. Ho tnereupon onerea a rewara
of $50 for information leading tothe
placing of the responsibility.
Witnesses Sworn.
At the conclusion of the Judge's re
marks the witnesses were sworn and
Sam Stocks, the first of the dofend-
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companies have done as well. J
Trouble Over" Fence Law.
The fence law is the cause for the
night riders' activity. It is in force
in Duplm. although the majority of
the population is now known to be
opposed to it. The masked rideTs are
men opposed ;to the law, and their
wrath is directed to adherents.
Judge O. H. Allen of this , city
states that news of the band's de
predations reached him while ho was
in Duplin county last week. A con
siderable area is being overrun by
the riders. .,. The majority of the pop
ulation m frowning on the - band's
work, Judge AHen declares. , ,
Authorities Get Busy.
- State official and Sol ioi tor Shaw
have been- notified of the situation
Jonas Brown, whose house was
shot dp "outrageously," has organis
ed his neighbors into a squad for de
fense and openly defied the night rid-
ers. Brown is stated to oe quiet
but desperate." He will shoot to kill,
he states.
Men acquainted with the situation
say' it is bad.
(By the United Press)
Washington, July 4. President
Wilson after reviewing the parade of
labor unions today spoko at the ded
ication of the new home of the Am
erican Federation of LAbor here. Ev
idently referring to the-Mexican sit
uation, Mr. Wilson said "Patience,
candor and a desire to get together
constitute the solution of all difficul
ty. In the position I occupy." he said,
"I am not at liberty tj think of any
one class to the exclusion of ..other
classes. Hence I am going to tS;e
the liberty of dedicating this build
ing to common counsel and common
understanding."
President Samuel Gompers was
wildly cheered by the crowd of 10,000
persons whence said the people must"
help the President to keep out of war
with any nations.
President Wilson, speaking of the
Clayton anti-trust law, said he was
sorry the judges had to be taught
that labor was not a commodity.
Was Defeated bv Man
Whose Place He Takes-
Has Been District Attor
ney In Eastern Federal
District in State
(Special to The Free Press)
Raleigh, July 4. Governor Craig
lute yesterday announced that form
er Judge Francis R. Winston, now U.
S. District Attorney for the Eastern
District, had been appointed Judge of
Ihu Third Judicial District, to suc
ceed the late Judge R. B. Peebles,
1io died in Norfolk last week.
Judge Peebles defeated Judge Win
ston for re-election in 1902. Judge
Winston has served in both houses of
the General Assembly, is famous in
the State as a public orator, is a mem
ber of several legal and historical .or
ganizations, prominent in fraternal
order circles, ami has been active in
polities many years.
CLEVEP) DEDICATES
FINE NEW CITY HALL
(By the United Pris)
Cleveland, July 4. Cleveland's new
city hall, costing $2,000,000 was for
mally dedicated today. The huge
structure, overlooking Lake Eric, is
a part of the small group c. civic
buildings. The exterior is of limestone.
BULLETINS
(By the United Press)
FORECASTS INDISCRIMINATE
SUBMARINING.
Copenhagen, July 4. Germany
is to embark on a policy of indis
criminate submarining, Captain
Perisus, a German naval critic,
writes in the Berlin Tageblatt.
KING OF SPAIN GIYES
BULL FIGHTING A BLOW
Madrid, July 4. King Alfonso, a
keen advocate of horse racing, is
taking advantage of the European
war to popularize the sport in Spain.
iSpanirfh bull-fighting, like Ameri
can baseball, now the national past
time, will have a rival within a few
years if the people take kindly to
the King's efforts. Ho has purchased
three English two-year-olds and has
entered into competition with the
Duke of Toledo, Spain's leading horse
fancier. ,
GOAT ROPING CONTEST
IN TEXAS CELEBRATION
fan Angelo, Texas, July 4. San
Angelo's goat got loose today and
skidded around the town common
pursued by a band of yelping, lariat
swinging cowboys in the newest
Fourth of July stunt. The goat-roping
contest enlisted cattlemen from
the surrounding country and money
that wasn't wagered on the horse
races was placed on the chase for
William G.
ALLIES HAVE WRESTED FIFTY SQR. MILES
OF FRENCH TERRITOR Y FROM GERMANS 1
THREE DAYS OF OFFENSIVE, IT IS CLAIMED
' ' - , . -.--aw
Made Some Progress Monday NightBritish Captured a
Town Rut Wprn Driven Onf of It VVnr nffir Arlmita-Li
Teutons Concentrating to Protect Important Railroad
Center Threatened by Anglo-French Russians Take a
Thousand Prisoners In Big Battle Raging In East i
Leopold With Hundred Thousand Men Attempting to,4
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ranovstch, Says Pctrograd Report to London
(By the United Press) ,
London, July 4. In seventy-two hours of fighting the
Allies have wrested nearly 50 square miles of French ter
ritory from the Kaiser s army. Some progress was made
iast night by the Anglo-French forces.
The British war office announces, that English" troops
captured the fortified village of Thiepval, but were later
driven out by Germans, v '
The Germans are concentrating troops to defend the'
railway town of Peronne. ' " " V
A Petrograd dispatch says General Brusiloff has cap
tured a thousand prisoners and five machine guns from
the Austro-Germans near Hokal. An intense battle is
raging near Baranovstch, where Prince Leopold of Ba
varia has 100,000 men strung out in this line along a
marshy region. - ;
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GIRL A SUICIBE INIFINAL ACTION POOL
HOME WEALTHY NEW
YORK'R; YOUTH HELD
Teddy" Roberts Was Seek
er of Bright Lights-Police
Won't Takb the Story
That Boy Found Her
Dead
SOLDIERS' FAMILIES KEED AID; KINSTON
INVITED TO ASSIST DEPENDENTS OF MEN
OFF ON COUNTRY'S DOTY; URGENT CASES
The committee for the relief of the families of the mea called for
military serA-ice has made a thorough canvass, visiting the home of
each family and ascertaining the exact status of each. J About fif
teen families hay been found, which will likely have to be assisted
'by the community, several of these are now in distress and the need
for Immediate assistance. la urgent, i As announced when the com
mittee was appointed," it is not the purpose at this time at least to '
make any canvass. ' Voluntary contributions will be depended upon
and the committee urges that these be made at once. ' , -
Contributions nuy. be made through Mr. E. G. Barrett, chairman
. of the committee,. Mr. CUF, Harvey, secretary.. Mr : D.- F Weoten,
treasurer or the newspapers, which have been designated by the com
mittee to receive for'transmissio to the committee and all contri
butions. ' " ; . i . ; -
i The Free Presa will, be glad to have auch-contributions reported!
and left at its office. , "
; Subscriptions;
Cash .....
$1.00
(By the United Press)
New York, July4. "Teddy" Rob
erts, an orphan (?irl who sought the
white, lights of Broadway to escane
onesomencfw, was found dead from
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gas aspnyxiauon wuay in ne nurai
of Charles E. Lister, a wealthy com
mission merchant of Brooklyn. List
er's 21-year-old son, William, enter
tained three prirls, including Miss
Roberts, and three boy chums at a
week-end party.
The police arc not satisfied with
young Lister s story tnat ne discov
ered the girl dead in bed after smell
ing gas. Liater is unuer arrest on a
homicide charge.
The girl was nineteen years old,
with relatives in Johnstown, N. Y.
ROOM QUESTION ON
WED. NIGHT, MAYBE
Council, With Members Ab
sent, Would Not Act Mon
day Nigftt Both Sides
Prepared s Against Sur
prisePetitions "For"
AMERICA'S GIRL CHAMP.
- SWIMMERS IN CONTEST
San Francisco, July 4. Swimmers
from New York and many other
Eastern cities competed here today
in the first national girls' champion
ship 100-yard swim. The competi
tion is under the auspices of the A.
A. U. The annual P. A. A. cham
pionships are being contested at the
same time. .
OVERZEALOUS TROOPS
HIRED OWN PULLMANS;
;r"TniI GOTERmiT PAY7
(By tha United Press)
Baltimore. July, 4.The First In
fantrymen who were 80 anxious to
get to Texas that they hired their
own Pullmans , now are wondering
whether Uncle Sam will pay the bill.
City Council at a regular meeting
Monday night did not take expected
action on the poolroom question. Pe
tions bearing 300 names were pre
sented favoring the poolrooms, iut a
strong delegation of "antis" was
present to offset those. Council cur
tailed the meeting because there were
members absent and it was desired
to have the full Council to act upon
the more important business at hand,
and because of threatening weather.
Another meeting, at which the
poolroom matter wirll probably coma
up, will be held Wednesday night;
Council refused to allow ice-cream
peddlers the use of the sidewalks,
passed a resolution requiring paving;
in front of all garages in front of
which automobiles are allowed to
stand, formally authorized the pav?
ing of McLewean street from Blount
street to Park awnuo, which had
been tentatively jgreed upon, and da-:
oided to have Me police enforce the
State law against persons under 16
years of age driving automobiles.
About 121.000 was the estimate
for the total expended on municipal
improvements in the preceding month
reported.
FAYETTEYILLE NEGRO
; : ROBBED AND MURDERED
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Payettevilldj July 3. Sidney Mc
Queen ft veil known negro of thia .
city, was found dead, apparently chok
ed to death in his bed at his restau
rant at Hay and Window streets thii
morning.- One 'hundred and fifty doU
lars which McQueen .had (n his room
is gone. There is no due, so far, t
the jdentity of tht slayer, ,