11 ii ilia WA! TBE EOuEFtfEB HID JrK THE VEATHU FAIR TONIGHT VOL. XVIIL-No. 35 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. G, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1916 PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS LENOIR COUNTY MEN STAND 10 THOUSAND LANSING TEUS l FORCES GATHERING STATE DEPARTMENT BELlEVESlVILLA IS ALIVE; WAR DEPART M't NOT SO CERTAIN OF IT; BORDER EMBARGO MAY BE LIFTED : DULLAIt uUNU Ur SAftV 31 ULK3, ALLUitU MOAN GOV RNH T TO STOP SPREAD; OF TO PRESERVE ORDER IN CAPE FEAR CITY LYNCHER; TRIAL TO DE IN DUPLIN CO'NTV U. S. is GRATIFIED INF'TILE PARALYSIS as BATTALION TRODPS Bondsmen Decline to Permit Greene County Citizens to At Spirit Exhibited by De Fecral Experts and Red Participate Investigation Ends for; PresentQues tion of Jurisdiction Causes Place of i,Trial to P Be Changed From Onslow Reduction In Bail Sought by Attorneys for Defense Without Result L. Ilincs, J. H. Darden, Sr., L. P. Tapp, W. . Knox, R. S. Wootcn, W. D. LaRoque and Other Prominent Citizens Who Stand for the Defendant . . Cross Nurses Mobilizing; At 'New York Now Factos America .Prepar ed to Immediately Ex- change Views With Car- EPIDEMIC MAY, BE GAINING ranzistas. Savs in lerriDie Heat In Metrop olis 187 Babies Die Out of 797 ' Cases Libraries The Joe Black lynching investigation has taken a re cess to await the further convenience of those conduct ing it. ' - ' ' ' Sam Stocks, one of the defendants tried for alleged participation m the unfortunate aiiair, was held for th Duplin Supedor Court under an appearance bond of S10,OpO. Bond wag readily made up by prominent Kin gston and Lenoir county men at the conclusion of the sit ting this morning. : ' ' Arch ; Frizzelle, co-defendant with Stocks, was re leased on his own recognizance to appear when summon ed for hearing into his case. (By the United Prow) Washington, July 7. Inception of the diplomatic conversations which it Is hoped will result in a settlement of differences between the United- States, and the do facto government of Mex ico awaited . tonight a suggestion from General Carranza as to how they should proceed. Ambassador Arredondo transmitted tn his government today a brief and friendly note handed to him by Sec retary Lansing, congratulating him upon the turn of affairs between the two governments have taken. The text fojlpws: "Sir: : : "I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of Five Companies at Wil mington Today in Con nection With .Strike- Carmen Remain Out and Traffic Tied Up (Special to The- Free Press) Wilmington, July 8. Four compa nies of coast artillery of the North wiuocu iu viiiiuxuii uilUcr iw"n, ttuonai uara, armed as Reports Contradictory to Rumors That - Carranzistas Have Driven Him Off Say Bandit Chief Is On Way to Chihuahua City Stated to Be Making "Money,'? Which May. Be the Cause for Hundreds of Peons Flocking to His Colors Outlaw' Army Threatens to .Make More Trouble, for Pershing Not Intended to Remove Em bargo on Munitions of War Just Yet-rrThe Army's Dozen Flimsy Aeroplanes AH Out of Commission Sixteen (By the United Press) w iork, July 8 Six Federal experts are here, leading the fight against the dread infantile paralysis epidemic that has killed 187 babies out -or imi cases in six weeks. A bla zing day and stifling heat made the officials fear its greater spread today.' All the libraries of greater New York have been closed to children under 16. Ked frogs Nurse Assembling, Washington, July 8. Forces fight- These are the results of the five.dayshearing held in ! vS" "ZZ the Lenoir Courthouse by Judge W. M. Bond of the Su- f note aaed J me ' becre- . -i ,o;,fMtn of fV, tarV of Foreign Relations of your direction of Governor Locke Craig of North Carolina. Friday afternoon shortly after The Free Press was issued the hear ing against Sam Stocks was conclud ed and Judge Bond announced after listening to argument from his coun scl that he thought there was "pro vable cmse" and bound the defend ant over under a $10,000 bond to ap pear for trial at the next term of the Onslow Superior Court; there being some question as to the locality of such change of venue, Onslow not foe ng an adjoining county, Judge Bond ordered the sheriff to hold the pris oner until Saturday morning and at the session this morning the orde was changed to read Duplin county in place or Onslow. Attorneys Ormond and Pollock fori the defense made earnest and elo- tptent'appeals for their client, urging the .Court not to place a stigma on the name of the humble f ellow. Their argument was in the face, of the Judge's statement that he thought there was "probable cause." Judge Bond made a rather unusual ruling with regard to the property interests of the defendant, holding that as lie was not a man of means or property that it would be a comparatively easy matter for him to get away and skip a nominal bond and for that reason he thought it necessary to ask a bond, which in his judgment, would preclude the possibility of the man leaving or hir friends paying" the for feiture and assisting him to get ,away. He therefore fixed the bond at $10,000. no Greene" county men asked , to sign and the Lenoir men signing made it known that they did not want any Greene couilty men on the bond. ! Those signing-the bond were the following well known men: Lovit Hines, J. H. Darden, Sr., L. P. Tapp, W. C. Knox. R. S. Woot en, W. D. LaRoque, R. W. Fowler, J. B. Taylor, J. J. Wilson, W. E. Mewborn, J. H. Parham, P, S. B. government and to request that you will transmit to him the following reply: "Mr. Secretary: "I have the honor to acknowledge in New York are being reinforced by the Red Cross. Responding to an ap peal, Jane Delano, head nurse of the department, today atarted mobilizing the New JTork Red Cross nurses to prevent the disease's nation-wide spread. ', She goes to New York tomorrow infantry, arrived here today to take chargo of the street car strike situa tion. The jocal company of artillery was alreadyoh. duty. The others came from Greensboro, Raleigh, Sal isbury and Charlotte. Major E. D Kuykendall of Greensboro is in com mand. the receiDt of vour courteous note transmitted to me by Mr. Arredondo P0 confer with leaders bout battling on the 4th instant, in which von re- i ",lu u"aV oul lne malady. II nec- fer to my notes of June 20 and June 25th, and to assure you of the sincere gratification of my government at the ; frank statement of the' difficulties! which have unfortunately ; arisen in; our relations along the international-. essdry nurses from other States will be called. Harper, J. O. Miller, E. L. Hardy j border, and, the unreserved express- and Franklin ,Daa. ; Their Combined ion of the desire'of your government resources would probably aggregate to ireach an adjustment of the difli- between a half and a million dollars, culties on a broad and amicable bas- The next term of Duplin court will is. The same spirit of friendship and be held July 24, but It Is doubtful if solicitude or the continuance of cor the State will be ready for trial l dial relations between pur two coun- that time. : I tries inspires my government which When the hearings will resume is a J equally desires an immediate solution matter to be determined by Judge 1 0f the matters of difference which HUNDRED PERSONS MAY , HAVE DIED IN STORM (By United Press) 'Ulloxi, Misa., July 8. The' Toss of Stock to Be Tried In Duplin. - TJjw morning after the order had been changed to . Duplin county, Judge iBond heard Messrs. Ormond and Pollock again in. behalf of their dieni. They sought a reduction in th . bond; their arguments were to no avail, Judge Bond saying that he did not want to work an unnecessary hardship on the man, but that he had done his duty and he could not comply with the request of counsel for the defendant ' ' 1 Judge Bond referred to an editor ial appearing in the morning paper today and said that it was, "he felt, an injustice to him. He took cog nizance of the fact that the article ap peared before the hearing had been concluded and held in abeyance until later any action that he might ee fit to take in the matter. ' Court Crier Ashford created a rip pie of laughter when in adjourning the court sine die,' he added to the usual words and "God be with us till we meet again." ; Bondsmea AH Lenoir County Citizens Immediately after adjournment the bondsmen gathered and fixed up the Paper nd Stocks was liberated and returned to' his home in Greene, county. There was manifest ' sym pathy for him and no lack of aign . fTSfor hit bond. .. The bandsmen in 'tlude some of Xinston's and Lenoir's most substantial citizens. There were Bond later. CAMP GLENN BETTER have long vexed both governments. It is especially pleasing to my government that the de facto gover- LLID; OFFENSIVE BE OINS THE SECOND WEI PI FRENCH 41 BRITISH STILL ATTMI! AND HOLfllM TIGHT SPlLs (By the United FreM) Washington, Julv 8. The State Denartment's view that Villa is alive is based on reports delivered in person by Americans claiming they saw Villa within the month. Viuistas Moving Toward United States. JU Paso, July 8. Villistas are reported to be rushing' toward the Bier Bend country. A band of unknown , There was no disorder last night, strength is said to be movinsr toward Oiinaea. . Traffic remained almost completely Villa Becomin? Prominent In Situation. ' . tied UP- ... " VA Pnsn Jnlv S Villa i fPnnrtpH fn rP Pn rmifp frnm .- - j - -j " w f- - - ; Jiminpz fn nhihnariit Pifv Hpanifp tnrtraAot(rv re- NO RESOLUTION, TO,. rorts that Carranzistas had occupied Jiminez after drjy- IIRfF PPFCinrMT Tn mS the Pandits nortnward. rne villistas nave issuea UKUI1 rAtolUtfll lU new Mexican currency, millions of which is being held TRY SAYE CASEMENT tnrouSnout Chihuahua, proving the incentive to holders Departments Differ as to Villas' Status. Washington, July 8. -The administration is consid ering lifting the embargo along the -border, excepting war munitions at this time. . The State Department be lieves the reports that Villa, is alive, but the War Depart- ment is doubtful. ' . . . , Pershing's Last Aeroplane on the Bum. "v , Columbus, N. M., July 8. General Pershing again is being forced to rely upon cavalry patrols for reconnois sances about his advanced base. His last aeroplane went o . i. . .. ii : Li.j.i...nnJ ; life in the recent hurricane is expect- 01 Commission Wlien a prupeuer, Uiciue Miappcu uuuuk ed to roach a hundred. Schooners a scouting ight. Lieut. Christy and the observer landed Carrying over a hundred persons are sareiy. - , ,;;, , 1 ? Twelve aeroplanes are now iaie awaiting a rusn pruer of propellers. i . . . , . A disenvpnrthat information is reaching the Mexi cans through indiscriminate photography has caused the strictest censorship of pictures. , -v Target practice has begun in earnest, militiamen practicing in the blazing sun for hours The, general health of the militiamen is excellent. , (By United Press) 'Washington, July 8 A decision not to report a resolution urging the President to intervene to save the life of Casement was reached by the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate today. Subscribe in The Free Preat. unaccounted for. ment of Mexico is disposed to give DI Aft? Tumu DADnro KiMhL innil DUIUWir". . : . . .. ReHm. rr. rx nnnnn , :. . at;on in a spirit oi concord to tne i uwmiohs iiarc IXJSI OU,UVU 10 4U,UuU In Killed remedies which may be applied to the existing condition. Reciprocating the same desire, the government of thl JAPAN AND PUSSIA r AGREE NOT DISAGREE Since There. Are No Mexicans to Be Shot Examinations Yet In Prog ress, and Third Infantry Lone - Heavily Recruiting Needs An Im petus of Some Sort, It Seems Camp Glenn, July 8. Tomorrow will be Sunday. We of the troops wilHnock to the side of the track in the Morning, arid watch trains go by, laden with civilians for Morehead ity. We have 'quite a curiosity for eivEiansand. certainly that is only reciprocity. They will flock into the encampment and tell us they hope we are faring well, and that we will not get shot and that we certainly are sunburnt, beg to be allowed to sit Under real tents, inquire if wr have to buy our own tobacco and out of the corners of their eyes squint at us to see if we are clean. .A Things are more like normal here now. Exams, still , progress. There was a continuous series of shocks when the Second infantry' compan ies were put through the throughs. And now the Third is keeping up that galvanic battery business. A: - What there is left of the brigade is fints' It is a brigade that North Car olina should be proud of. And :. the heads that Vera lost were not so nu merous as to make anybody ashamed of the showing, as a fact A ' There'is general contentment here. Everybody seems to be just as will? in? to stay as to go to the Texas frontier since there is no chance for immediate action. We' would prefer td fco to Texas in the falL However, it is believed that just as soon as a efficient number of recruits are se cured , (o fill up the gap the whole outfit will entrain. Recruiting, all reports indicate, is not very success ful. The excitement haU died dowi? eligible do not think there, is need for them that is essentially the civ ilian's arpect and they are not com ing in fast . ' United States is prepared immedi ately to exchange Views as to a prac tical plan to remove finally and pre vent a recurrence of "the difficulties whi!h have been the source of the controversy. "Accept, Mr. Secretary, the renew ed assurances of my highest consider ation. "I am, sir, "Yours very sincerely, "ROBERT LANSING." l nr - - t ana wounaea and 2U,000 In PrisonersFive Thousand pi ivaisers favorite Troops Slain Hard Rains Turn the Battlefield Into Mud Sea, But French Make Some Headway British Strengthening What They Have- Russians Threaten to Drive Austrians Entirely Out of Galicia In a Few Days Cut Off Large Force From the Main Body Bothner's Army (By the United Press) Tokio, July 7. The Japanese for eign ouic today announced as tne substance of the Russo-Japanese con vention signed at Petrograd on July 3, the following: First. Japan will take part in no arrangement or political combination directed against Russia. Russia will take part in no arrangement or poli tical combination directed against Japan. Second. In case the territorial rights or special interests in the Far RECORD-BREAKING CROP OF TOBACCO PREDICTED .Washington, July 7 Crops this year better than the average for the five years from 1910 to 1914, but in most cases smaller than last har vest were predicted . today by the Department of Agriculture, basing estimates on conditions July 1. Compared with conditions as re ported on June 1, the crops showed moderate improvement. The feat ures of the department's report were a forecast of a record-breaking, to bacco crop and announcement of a heavy quantity of wheat held' on the farms July 1, the latter being more than double the amount usually so held. ; " ' ". '. ': CALL FOR NURSES TO. ; FIGHT INF. PARALYSIS ' (New jlfork, July 7 An appeal to the American Red Cross for nurses to aid in stamping out the scourge of . infantile ' paralysis here, which since June 1 has caused 196 'deaths among' children was made today by Health Cemmiaskmer lEmerson. "a intimated that several hundred t ' . I J 1 ' ers would be needed. view of supporting or extending as sistance for the safeguarding and de fense of these rights and interests. BULLETINS ' (By Edward L. Keen) LOndon, Jul V 8. The snnprnfiFVmsivo tlifl Ali;0 H.A ' l ; i ...... . ... CJl- r.K.. l tu me OCTAJHU WfiPK LOnaV. With rhO A Mioa mmmnithn Fof ,f n nr (1,. Mnlr.fini, ngrf! attacKinj? and maintain in fr thpiV pnriv n-oino of mqt;.ni wiiir-ii rppnit.ivpi w ii. nthr I - ... . O J CI I, Ul OV.U w I -.r I'vuiu, ucojjiuc Heavy enemy COUnter-attaCKS. A conlracl,nB party, are menaced, ua- downpour of rain last vnight converted the Somme bat- pan and Russia win nonsuit with each ueueiQ mCO a Sea OI mud. SeriOUSIV hamnprino- nnpratiAna Uer on measures to adopt with Despite this handiean. the Frnnrh 5 - P1"0"683-8011 of the Somme, and the taking of jMiisuiiexH. - ' The British, followiner vesterdavs imnortnnt. riip. tesses, spent the night improving the positions they had won. a A;:-: J a The Germans, it' is unofficially' estimated, have lost vliivj, Aunjr tnousana jcinea. ana wounded,, besides (By the United Press) twenty uiQusana prisoners. Special Pans dispatches to- shipping lost in uaJ vc muusana trussians, tne nower or the ri.ai- cul- stokm. sers army, naa Deen killed in the early fighting. The Russians continue developing their offensive. Ex perts say uoenners army must, retreat from Galicia un der the terrific Slav pressure in a few days. Large Force Austrians Cut Off. - ' Petrograd; July 8.--Between twentv and thirtv trmna. and Austrians are cut off by the Russians southwest of Kolomea, as the result of a sudden dash of Riis?i an in fantry, who seized Mikluiczyn railway station; stopping the Austrians', southward retreat, while the Russians' right wing advancing, on Nadvonia severed their com munication with the Austrians to the north Indications are that General Bothner is preparing to fall back along th ewhole Galician frost, v Austrians Adnlit Reverses. ; a Berlin, July 8. The Austrians have retreated from cidvanced lines in the bend of the river Styr in'Volhvnia, rcicre vasuy superior Kr.:nr.n lorccs, a Vienna - oSicial ;tatcrr;cnt today said. Mobile, July & Three schoon ers and a barge are lost and pro bably a dozen men drowned as a result of the hurricane which swept the Gulf ports Wednesday. Subscribe to The Free Press. 'AND THEi BARBER. KEPT ON SHAYING' THE SAME St. . Paul, Minn., July 12 Oscar Boston, barber, carries around with him at all times a lock of the hair of James J. Hill, deceased railroad magnate and empire builder, Oscar struck hard luck for the first few years after he reached this country. Hill had been lucky and amassed PARDON BOARD MAY FREE JOHNDIHZ,iEFENDB, OF CAMERON DAM SAID 'Madison, Wis.. July . 1?. Maybe they'll free John Diets, "the defend er of Cameron Dam.' His applica tion, it became known today, will be considered at the forthcoming meet-" ing of the Wisconsin Pardon Board. The five-year fight of Mrs. Diets has thus far resulted in the commu tation of his sentence from life to twenty years. She may now win his immediate freedom. It was to save her from injury when she was about to become a mother that Diets gave up the battle in the barricaded cabin in the Wisconsin woods and surrend ered to the authorities in 1010. 1 Dietz, a pioneer settler in . the wild . country near Winter, Wis. had his first difficulty with the authorities when he attempted to prevent the Chippewa Lumber and Etoom . Com- puny from using Cameron Dam in transporting jtheir logs. T Diets claim ed it was on his farm and demanded payment for the' legs the company sent over the dam A A A .7"A: ;The lumber company procured aa injunction against Dicta in 1904. The ; sheriff never was able to serve the injunction. Fortified in his little lotf cabin on the Thornapple river, Diets successfully evaded the authorities.) The 'log cabin, was riddled by two thousand bullets, fired by deputies. Oscar Harp, a member of the sher iff's posse, was killed, A " (DieU himself was wounded, but re fused to give up until it was called to his attention that Mrs. Diets was to become a mother, and might be killed. aV"A.A .: . , $300,000,000. ; Guided by the super- stition that a lucky man's hair might help him, Oscar swiped one of Hill's locks while cutting his hair and he has kept -it ever since. Oscar is still a barber. f ' si "I in, 1 ' p.