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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.
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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."
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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.
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'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 '
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