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PRESS TUB WEATUI3 Generally Faif ,1 i w . 11 VOL. XVIII- No. 45 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. G, FRIDAY, JULY 21, 1916 FOUR PAGES TODAY , PRICE TWO CENTS FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS PRESSURE OF ARMS OF THE GERMAN NUT BIGGEST OF NAVAL PRETTY TEXAN AND CRACKER ON VERDUN'S SIDES RELIEVED PROGRAMS IS UF TO AIUJY OFFICER ABE BY GREAT WEDGE ALLIES HAVE INSERTED SENATE FOR A VOTE SLAIN IN JEALOUSY FRANCE WOULD GIVE WILL DLACK DIES IN ELECTRIC CHAIR AT UP AMERICANS If U. STATE'S PRISON FOR CRIMINAL ASSAULT? S. NEEDED 'EM HOME DEATH CHAMBER CROWDED WITH WITN'S'S f3. " i V ' , - - Teutons Being Defeated at and Strengthen Positions f)n Thursday More Allied Successes All Along the Line In West Floods In In Dneister Country, But mer Away at Riga Lines Terrific Attacks Directed by Slav General Against Defense In Pojand-Germans Lost Heavily Thursday v (By the London. Julv 21. While vented a nut-cracker saueezinir attack at Verdun,1 the n TJ-ifJol-i nvmlna . r ra icui u 0 , "'"" c v" T " anHa fv msprtinor n wAri'TP as thfl fulcrum Of the nut- - r r'LT ulTrr..!" nn,; n " C.raCer: dOSea an openeu iiuracnei; .iiic amw xC dosed one. . Such a scheme is now operating m the Pe- rffline Sector. ' - Floods are helping the Germans to withstand the Al- lied attacks. - In Galicia, Petrograd today reported Wie Overflowing Of tne uneisier is nampermuit; ftUMwn auy; tm TiorLn. nowevei, xi ubhuh vwiwuuw w, . .v r , - attacks against the German Riga front. FWnih f!nver Themselves vith Glory. Paris July "21. Heavy barter, nnsitions the French reoulsed. The victorious French hurled the Germans 1 i t- w4-sa aaot inccaa JTiffi i imrK vVlLIl Ui cav woovo cx iniiv strenffthened their new ment reports French successes jail along the line. rYoi irkttnria Mnrp Cains. , ia. .;J,2V5s51J,S3' lied 10 PUSH lUrwaiU, Uiivuig nonn 01 Daeuuxi , auu mans made their customary terday's British advance ana partly successful. ; v ' ' -' STRANGESH1B NEAfflQSS 0FU DEUTSClPi ADPS TO GROWING MYST'Y Bears No Name and Crew VonV'Talk"! ;Watchers Along River Bank, While Submersible ' Sticks at Dock ' By CARL GROAT, " (United Press Staff Correspondent) 'Baltimore, ' July ?1 The Dgutsch- and Is still, at her wharf, thereby wowding for first place in mystery jwwpstakes. aji, -inside information" as to when shell leave has gone askew Lonsiderable additional mystery- to day attached to the arrival Just be yond the Deutsehland's pier of. a strengei tramp steamer showing no name, whose crew mumbled nnintek hgibl replies to. aU 'questions hurled The mysterious stranger is equip ped with wireless. Also there was discovered .a string 'of watchers trctched along both'sidea of th fa tapscn river. W TP JELL HOV.' OCRACOHE IN BAD GALE ; (By the Eastern Press) -Vashingtoni H.- CL,' July 21Ko ord had, been received here this af ternoon, from Ocracoke, where - 600 Iteople are believed to have been en dangered by a evere gale in the t 48 hours. Seamen believe the na did little damage there. A gale is rag-pg over lower Bean- Ion "d HyJe counties now. NOT A WORD m Own Gsine Fre nch Hold They Drove Enemy Out of East Check Russian Advance Bnisilof Continues to' Ham- United Press) the Crown Prince has in lnvflli'ii re f 6k . rmf ' PM lfl" -vol prolan,' authors by - ' ' - ' ' . German counter-attacks won yesterday were today viv v nun fiiriiiiiiiii .t-i 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 isiirzL positions. An official state , . -, . . j1 uui. ui ..viuiuuiu,,,, uuiumu v v,x - , night attack following-yes- were unin vouay a acuun , . , . r FLOODS YET STANDS AT SEVENTY -THREE No Additional Casualties Reported From West Ca- rolina This Mommff GUARD FLUAlmU llMtilliK - t . Governor Issues Proclama tion Warning Lumber Thieves Estimate ) of Damage Puts" It at Fif- teen Million i Charlotte, N; J:,"July 21-There have been" no additional report of Casualties In the flooded country of west Carolina. ' ? ' ' ! The loss of life still stands at 73. There has been ao reduction in 'the estimate of property damage, which was put at fifteen millions. . A report that 10 persons , were drowned at Alta Pass - has ' been proven- unfounded. , Railroad traffic is atiil demoralized. It will be weeks before trains run on anything like schedule time. - Governor Craig lias issued a pro clamation declaring that the taking of J any lymbeir or other property washed up by the river is a crime j and has ordered special officers ap-1 pointed to guard i against timber thieves, Vho were reported to be active in - the Asheville section.' . , CLOAK-MAKERS STRIKE. Washington,. July 20-Settlement of the strike of cloak-makers in New York City which has been in progress for twelve weeks, probably will be ttempted by the Federal Bureau of Reconciliation. . x , Would Provide for ., Eight Capital Ships In the ' V First Year THREE YEARS BUIlOlfjG - 0f 57 Vessels of All Kinds. Total Cost Would Be $588,180,576, .With' More Than Half That First 12 Months (By the United Press) I . , Washington, July21.-Tho roost any country in om ear np for senate's final approval. The Amoral I naval bill, directing immediate con - struction of four dreadnaughts and Iour batUe cruisers, is ready for a te, together with provisions for a tI promoted from the The program would cost hundred and fiftn million, thn firt year. At the end of three years the United states would have added 157 warships of ail clauses. The cost of the .three-year program . wouid bo 1 ' ' ' ASKS IF A iiniimiii wMwii..f HH MM rHr 1 11. Y rnirrnniTTn irn irrT ici ' (By the United Press) Washington, July "21. The Presi dent was Vailed upon in jl resolution introduced by Representative Mad den of Illinois today to inform Con gress if an emergency still cxistB in American relations with Mexico, iand if so why has not he issued a draft for the national guard. , j ihe resolution also propounds a query regarding the hcalUi of! the guardsmen on the border. ' EXPECT RUSSIAN TO ; ' BPP A FpiUARI LANGUAGE IN EURQPE Russian language, hitherto almost unused in Western Europe, promises to become a well-known tongue, of the future. German, French and Spanish eere the. three leading tongues taught in Great Britain before the war. per- man has been almost; abandoned, French and, Spanish, respectively, now rank second and third to Russi an, which is eagerly sought by 'per sons looking to vast commercial In tercourse between Russia and the Al lies after the war. ( On the other hand, Spanish leads f in liermany, according to- reports loss of trade with the Allies, but in ner. The Germans see a temporary tend to breach the gulf with a great ly increased South American trade. BRITISH GOLFERS LIKE THE NEW GIRL CADDIES London, July 6 (By MailJ-Brit-jgpectacuigr ish golf-players alUabove nulitary I age just now re ltoiiK xvi .um caddie. . , ' The club-carrying member of the I opposite ex is a decided success, What she, lacks in carrying clubs she I gains by lapk of irritatmg comment I Experienced and .veteran goiters alike declare that the feminine cad die perhaps fails to take such a keen interest in the game as they boy caddie, but she doesn't attempt to take all the joy out of a perfectly played four by piping: "Mr. So-and-So always does that hole in three." - ; The girl caddie is doing the work on- scores of British links while her brother is making munitions. Husband Shot Mrs. Span- x nell and U.-Col. Butler While Motoring WONT JIAKE STATEMENT . J Spannell Seems to Be Indif- ferent Butler an Ex Senator's Son The Oth er Victim Daughter of a Millionaire 1 (By the United Press) Alpine, ; Texa July 21.iH. Spannell, in jail, today refused talk, 'and maintained an attitude of indifference ;reffarJinir hia hotnff to death of bis wife and Lieut-Col. M. C. Butler. U. S. A., as they were automobile. riding yesterday. threcrnnfc ' maJr waa too son of for mr U s- Sator BuUer from South j ' ana Wtt8 02 01d- Mrs. Spannell was regarded as one of the most beautiful women ia Te as. Hor rather, John E. Hollt-nd, is a millionaire cattleman. Spannoll met her when she was a student and he a musical instructor at Baylor University at Waco. They were mar ried fifteen years ago, having otic child, a child, a boy of seven. Holland gave s"" an . interest in one of his many ve ventures, t KINSTON FIRE LADS AND MOREIIEAD CITY SPLIT PRIZE , MONEY Won In State Tournament At Raleigh Wednesday- Would Not Run Off Tie- Spencer Hose Reel Team Takes Two Events (Special to The Free Press) 'Raleigh, July 21. It was agreed that the three companies which , tied for first place in the horse hose wagon race in the State Firemen 3 tournament here Wednesday, should not run off the tie, but by . mijtual agreement the three divided i the prize money , between them. : 1 he companies were Kinston No. 1, fSast Kinston and Morehead City N. 1, their time being 27 2-i seconds., In ( a 150-yard hose reel race yes terday the Spencer railway sjiops team won over contestants from fCan napolis, Chapel Hill, East Spencer, Winston-Salem and Concord. Spen cer shops also won the grab reel dash, the same teams competing. The time in the first event waa 23 2-5 and in the second 16 2-5 seconds. j (Fireman Upchurch of Chapel Hill won the improvised -100 yard foot race in 10 4-6 seconds. , Thursday afternoon a Dutch lunch eon was tendered, the .firemen and they witnessed a baseball game be tween Carolina League teams. At nignt tne Kaieign nremen put up a life-saving end hook and fodder drill v west Carolina firemen who were lorevented from comina- hv thn floods are greatly missed at this tourna- meat Their absence will be com pen&ated for, however, by: the iact that the next convention and tourna ment will be held in Asheville. Today's events include v interstate hand reel, grab reel and hose wagon or reel race and a firemen's ball in the City Auditorium. ... - " RECORDER VERT ILL. Washington, N. C, July 2L W. L. Van-han, the local Recorder, ill with ty;'i-id fever, is in a Critical cc M s '',--!n,r two hemorrhages. OfTicial Decision-Would He- ; lease 900 Trained MenIn cluding Some Expert Av iators If We Were to Go to War ; , By HENRY WOOD, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Paris, July 21 In the event of war between the United States and Mex ico or any other country, France will release at once from enlistment all American!! now ' serving with the French army, who may wish to re turn home and fight for their own country. The official t)ocis'or of France to this effect was today communicated to the United Press by high officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Despite the statement recently published in German papers in Am erica that 30,000 Americana are now -serving with the Allta - Armies, France as unable to. account for more than about 000 of them. Th release of tho 70 American aviators now serving, with the French army would give tho United States tho nucleus for an aviation service of the most priceless kind. What an influence the return' . of these men to America might have in all parts of the country, is indicated in the following list just prepared by the Foreign Office of the original American enlistments, showing how they are divided among almost all the States of the Union: , New York 187, (Michigan 140, Illi nois 00, Massachusetts 58, Pennsylva nia &1, Ohio 50, Minnesota 29, Wash ington 27, Wiscohsip 20, Missouri IS, Indiana 19, California 18, Iowa 15, Alabama 14, Rhode Island 11, Oregon 11, Nebraska 11, North Dakota 10, Connecticut 10, Virginia 9, Texas 9, Vermont 8, Colorado 8, Tennessee 6, Kentucky 6, Maryland 6. Idaho C, Maine 6, Louisiana 5, Kansas 5, Flor ida 4, New Jersey 4, Jew Hamp shire 3, Oklahoma 2, District of Co lumbia 2, Arizona 2, North Carolina 2, Georgia 2, Wyoming 2, Utah 2, Arkansas 1, West Virginia 1. ' The above list comprises only the original 875 American enlistments in tho French , Foreign Legion. , Those that have followed, however, . have practically the same general distri bution as to states. BROOKLYN PHYSICIAN MAY HAVE FOUND CURE INFANTILE PARALYSIS New York, July 20. About a doa- en cases of infantile paralysis have bepn treated by Dr. N. McL. Whit taker of Brooklyn with beneficial re sults, by means of hypodermic in jections of quinine and . urea-hydro- chlorine, according to a statement made here by Dr. -Whittaker today. The results of his experiments have drawn keen -interest from health de partment officials who have been at tempting to discover a remedy for the disease. Dr.'1 Whittaker said to night that this prescription can ibe used internally, but that he prefers to use it as an injection because ' it acta as an anesthetic and does not disturb the child's stomach as it does when given internally. In all cases he had treated, he said, marked .im provement had been observed. FARMERS MAKE LOT OF MONEY PUTTING BRIDGE BUILDERS OYER RIVER Spencer, July 20. Trainmen re turning from points on the Charlotte division below where' the Catawba bridge was washed away state that 500 or more men are engaged in building a temporary trestle over the Catawba river. Farmers are report ed to have bagged a lot of money by putting men across the river in a boat at $1 each. One man is said to bnve taken in $000 per day for two d.iys at this business, . - " , Greene County Negro Who March Pays the Penalty Electrocution at 10:30 To dayCondemned Makes No Statement and Faces Death1 Without a Quiver Current Has to Be Turned On Three Times By Warden Nothing to Say About Kcmorsc or Fear Corpse Goes to Undertaker Takes Just Little More Than Five Minutes to Finish Job of Putting Youthful Fiend Out of Way (By W. Raleigh, July 21. Will for criminally assaulting little Mattie Tyson at 10:30 his morning. He went to a quiver, leaving no special b lve minutes and forty the Greene county rapist entered ihe death chamber un til- he was pronounced dead. voltage by Warden Busbee ine Doay win necurnea over to a local unaertaKer. The death chamber was crowded with witnesses. . LOCAL SOLDIER IS ORDERED RELEASED DY FEDERAL JUDGE I Connor llold That Con tract Between' Private Avery and V. S. Was Not Binding When Parents of Youth Protested Judcre Henry G. Connor of the Eastern District Federal Court has ordored the release from tho Nation al Guard of Private H. C. Avery .of Company B, Second infantry, N. C N. C, and instructed the marshal to bo to Camp Glenn 'and secure . the young man and turn him over to his relatives. 3 v At a habeas corpus hearing sever al days ago it was contended . that Avery had enlisted without pefmis sion of his parent or parents, he be ing under ageu In making his deci sion in an exhaustive opinion hand ed down, Judge Connor held-that as minor part of the controversy, the contract of enlistment was good, but was voidable upon the petition by the soldier's parents for his releaso from the Guard." t li'oth the Wjir Department and the National Guard office U at Camp Glenn fought Avery's release vigor ously. A threat had beon made to prosecute the 1 Kinston soldier , for swearing falsely to his age, and the next move of 'the military authorities is awaited with interest. NEBRASKA'S VHLAT CROPS NOV IN STACK Lincoln, Neb., July 21. (Nebras ka's big wheat crop today is in the shock and stack in splendid condition. While .less wheat acreage was planted in this State this year than last, weather conditions more than made up for this difference and Ne braska has one of the best wheat crops in her history. It la believed that the total crop will not be far be low 100,000,000 bushels. CHICAGO CHANCE KING CHANGES THE ODDS ON , PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST t - ! 'x ; - . -. : ; 1 v .; -.. Chicago, July 21. Jimmy O'Leary, Chicago's king of chance, has chang ed his odds on the coming presiden tial election "because of the war,' 'as he puts it, to "even money on Wil son and Hughes; take your choice." Up to the latest Mexican ;' crisis Hughes ruled 5 to 6 favorite, while Wilson was quoted A to 5, j . O'Leary claims Wilson strength has increased recently, Outraged White Child In J. Martin) Black paid the death penalty his death in the chair without statement. . . seconds elapsed from the time Three applications of the were necessary.1 BUILDINGS AT FAIR GROUNDS NEXT WFK 4,000 of $5,000 to Be In vested Secured Big Ex-' hibit Building to Be Erec ted for Women's and Fine Arts Departments . Construction of new buildings At the fair grounds will be commenced next week.. . Another . exhibit build ing,, 40 feet wide by 100 feet long, and additional stables fpr stock ex hibits are to be erected. These ad ditions will make the plant adequate for the coming fall event. "The floor space at .the initial fair last year was not quite adequate for the sur prisingly numerous exhibits. ; : Four thousand dollar of ($5,000 afeked has already , been subscribed. A committee, of which Mr. T.' W. Mewborn la chairman.- is still at work securing subscriptions for ad- ditional stock. Nearly every section of East Car 'I, olina waa represented at last year's , fair,' and an even larger patronage is expected at the coming event, on ly a little more than 90 days off now. The fair association will -make every - effort to . accommodate ' exhibitors from any part of the tributary ter ritory, , and advises that prospective patrons begin saving the choice ' specimens from their tobacco,' grain. cotton, fruit and truck crops for ex hibition. The prize list is now being prepared. , , ' The new building is to be devoted I principally to finer arts and women' departments.- FORESTS OVERSEAS . f AEROPLANE SERVICE IN A SHORT TIME NOW New York, JuTy 21. An oversea aeroplane service between Europe and America and veritable, aeroplane ar mies in the Clouds on European bat tlefields are expected - by a French aerial expert who talked about the probability today to materialize with in the present year. . He pointed to the trip of the giant submarine from . Germany to -Baltimore as justification for what might otherwise be termed a wild guess. ' . 1 . ' "There are going to be flocks and . flocks of aeroplanes used on both, sides and aerial battles, with aero plano armies, Will become important and features of the great war, said, he. -' '-...'..'.'''' C3oud3 of aeroplanes are going ta darken the sky before the war is over and some of them will be huge air transports ,, n , overseas commerce. The aeroplane has only begun to b9 used." - ' ON NEW V i - i
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