Newspapers / The Kinston Free Press … / Aug. 25, 1916, edition 2 / Page 1
Part of The Kinston Free Press (Kinston, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
i -A. . "W' mm f FREE PRESS The Home Paper ' The Weather i ' r 1 ' ' .TeVNw.tooV .fair',''.'. VOL. XVIIL-No. FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. C., FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, lp!6 FOUR PAGES TODAV PRICE TWO CENTS ;', , FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS OF REVENUE AND BROTHERHOODS ON ONE CARR WOULD DREAD GUARDSMEN WALKED mm SIDEMD RAILWAY EXECUTIVES ON OTHER TO SEE HUGHES IN FIFTY-THREE MILES IN EPSTEIN TRIAL A MUM FiGflT clan; mmm IN DEADLOCK OVER THESTRlKE QUESTION IN TWO DAYS TIF4E 8ia;;iF;jmjMiim PRESIDENT mm : mm m w. m ma w ibm Jxtitk .Edwards Says, ilcr Brothcr Abused pcfcnd yant Before KdUing SHE'D SUMMONED SLAYER Was Fiancee at Time Dra matic . EvidenceEpstein Cries and Emotional Fem inine Spectators Shed Tears With Him SfKScal to The Free Press.) ' GoMsboro, Aug. 25. -Counsel's Speeches are being heard In the Epstein case this afternoon .Ele ven are to be made. The ury Wilt not get the "cage before Sat- urday afternoon, probably. ', Goidsfeoro, Aug. 25. Miss Judith fcwar&e,ion the stand in the trial of Hvhtopetein, charged with th&' murder of Miss Edwards' brother, Leonard Edwards, Thuwaday after noon, aprons the, big sensation of the case when she bore out the state ment of the defendant that the vic MWi has accosted and cursed him. Miss Edwards Was Epstein's fiancee when the killing occurred a few months go; fee had been ordered by Edwards wet o tome to the house. Attractive Judith Edwards stated ifcat he had telephoned Epstein to vetne o the Edwards home, and that she was in the yard when her brcth said on the stand that Edwards, the larger man of the two, had manhan-1 dledliiin' ' Miss Edwards -did not witness the shooting. Mi Mary Wooten told of passing the Edwards homo and hearing curses curses and a pistol shot There were two Wren standing in semi-darkness.' One Wl on' a light suit. Sho saw the man in the light suit, his hands oVer his heart, standing in the street after the shot. Thcother man stood wt the dge of tho sidewalk . Hyman Epstein cried as H.' B. JVirlfer old of hearing the shot, how ISdwfcrAs was carried into IiiB'home vni laid out, and of a conversation with the young slayer, Many women were in the courtroof, and nearly all of these added their tears to Ep . ihatstein's. - - . . NATIONAL POLICE TO KEEP HAYTI ORDERLY Washington, Aug. 24.-r-koans for providing internal peace in the island of Hayti, and making possible the withdrawal of American marines were included in ap protocol amplify ing' the financial, economic and ad ministrative treaty, signed today by Secretary Lansing and Minister Men-? OS. ro ..",;-;--.v -.1. . . . :. ;:, ' ' The tiativa comtbulary' will con ist of ,100 nHated man with prob My about 300 American officers, Viominated by the President of the Jnited States and appointed by the tVesiilent of fiay ti. 4; The Americans Vifl Tim Replaced as fast as possible tiy native officers appointed after ex amination. ' " " ' ; V': MtonAjL EN(IPMENT v POl raBANS MEET KANSAS. CITY SATURDAY (By tha United Prsss) Kansas City, Mo, Aug. " 25. The Jvanguard f Civil War veterans be ga flocking into this city today for the fiftieth national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, which opens here tomorrow. : J ' Hotel lobbies weer alive with war talks and the boys of '61 did not seem to thonk it would be perhaps their l> encaammenL as many of the youngsters" thought. . Dby scouts mingled with the grey haired warriors of Gettysburg"' ami Shiloj The lads in Khaki acted as escorts ik! trtherwise busied" "them selves in the interests of the visitors. Practically every building - "in the! AdyiWfl iin;Pr Lines, t Overwhelming . the Teu . , ton Defense'.; 1 - - ALLIES ARE ADVANCING Upon Two Important. Roints In ' West Slavs Driving Turks Before Them In Caucasus Offensive Bit " lis Being Evacuated (By the United Press) London. : Aue. t 24. The Russians have resumed their advance in the entire Caucasus theater following the recapture of Mush, says a wireless messaee from Petrograd. The Turks are evacuating Bitlis. Capture of-Maurepas. , . Paris, Aug. 25. The French have advanced to within a mile and a half of fcomiles," an important railway canter, in furious fighting following tihe capture of Maurepas. The town has been under a terrific bombard ment for three days. Frencli infan try is advancing just south of Com bles to pocket up the Germans,! in the same manner that the British are closing in on Thkpval. Infantry at tacks follow cannonading. Artillery has bathed the Somme front with hundreds of thousands of shells. Tho French left their trenches at sundown last evening and scrambled over ruined German trenches in three waves that overwhelmed the Ger mans, capturing Maurepas in exactly thirty minutes, ; Gcnaral Haig's Eng lish drove forward for three hundred yards south of Thiepval, taking a German trench on a four-hundred 'yard front. French Repel German Attacks. Paris. Aug. 25. The French last night consolidated the positions won k in yesterday's advance north of Maurepas, and irepulsed a violent at- '.sck on hill 12). south ,of the village, It is officially isaid. Three hundred piis6ners hve been taken since yes terday aim-ning on the northeast front at Vtrdun. The Germans attacKeJ the villaze of Fleury, in, force but were popped in the region of Apre n-.ont'.' ." ,' '. Italians Near Trieste. With the Italian Army noar Gar itz, Aug. 25. General Cadornc has pushed his lines' to within fourteen mile of Trieste, gradually progress ing 'in difficult mountain country, where the Austrians are resisting with utmost tenacity. Monfalconc, like the other villages of tho Carso, has been leveled by artillery. The Carso plateau is strewn with corpse of horses and men, torn by shell fire. 3- it. f t.iainount -gwapitqMtas downtown section was decorated with the national colors .and the usual "weicome55 signs. ' There seemed to .be much specula- ition today as to the number veter- ans - that would march in the great parade Wednesday. '. Every old sol died already here insists he will he in line . when the bugler Marts the pro- cession, no mailer now ngn uje. mer- cury. climbs. (Cy the United Pross) Lynchburg, Vju, Aug. 25 Rev. - nae officer frem Blouat Airy, N. C, and MartinmUla, Va, ara hastening to be scene of a hoot 4ng between revenue men and al leged moooahincrs, aear Stuart. .Van in which Revenue Officer B. U. Mays was probably fatally wounded. Mays, with a posse trailing k wagon of liquor across the State line, called at the home of Wil liam Smith, demanding' Smith's surrender. The Smith clan open ed fire on the posse. ! William Smith was arrested but the oth ers escaped. i RUN-OFF PRIMARIES: IN TEXAS FIGHT BETWEEN THE WETS AND PROHIBS. Dallas, Texas, Aug. 25. Individu ality will be largely lost eight of to morrow in the run-off primaries for the Democratic nomination for U. S. Senator. Tomorrow's balloting will be a battle between wet. and dry forces, with odds favoring , the lat ter, politician? say. i "V Senator Charles Culberson and 0. B. Colquitt, former goveifnor, ar the principals in today's votng. In the regular Democratic primaries on July 26 Culberson got 80,000 votes to Colquitt's 107,000, and the present job-holder only Ibcat Dr. S. P. Brooks, former president of Baylor Universi ty, by' about 6,000. But tho nomina tion fight even then had resolved it self into a prohibition and anbi-pro-, hibiton and' apti-prohibitlon issue, with Colquitt u admittedly favoring the antis and Culberson and Brooks the pros. The prohibition vote split on its two candidates. ' submission of prohbation at a gen eral election to follow the next ses- n of the Legislature, carried in the primaries. The drys are expectr ed to unite behind Culberson, and despite his defeat byvt)olquitt in the first primaries Ihe is admitted by pol iticians to have the best of it "on paper. ; : 0 ROWE SECRETARY MEXICAN COMMISSION Washington, Aug. 24, Leo S. Eowe, professor of political economy the University of Pennsylvania, who was secretary of the recent Pa nama financial congress, will be sec retary of the American group of the joint commission which will seek a solution of Mexican difficulties. UDGE DEYIN NAMES( TILLEY COURT $RK IN DURHAM COUNTY Judge Devin, conducting Superior Court hers, Thursday night mailad to Nurham the appointment of E. I Tilley to the Clerk of Superior Court 'Durham county, which county is in Judge Devin's district. Clerk Tilley succeeds the late Clerk Caleb Green, who 'xiicd recently after many years in" office. , The Durham bar endorsed Mr. .Til ley. 'He is an attorney, and has been deputy clerk of the Court for some time. ' In that office he had made" good and earned the regard of his fellow lawyers and the public genen-Hy. , UPON a - riAv til i ui a a OILED BY AIRMEN (By the United Press) J London, Aug. 25. A second air raid wihtin 24 hours, when six leppe- lina bombarded the east coast, was dispersed by anti-air craft guns. An aviator who dashed in at close range reeled the machine gun fire npon th dirigibles, which mounted higlrut theclouds. , V V . SECOND RAID Neither AVill dive An Inch NticntUnion Heads Charge Nation-Wdie Lobby; Show ; Tetegrams Excitement erhood Men Into Conference-rTalked for Ninety Min titcs but Accomplished Little or Nothing--Wilson Will Stand Firm in Cause of Men, Leaders Say No. Cont promise by Enginemen, Trainmen and Others North- ern Pacifio Pays for Telegrams Favorable to Magnate's Side, Alleged (By the United Press) ; ' Washington, Aug. 25. With President Wilson and the railroad presidents apparently at loggerheads for the t:me being, the President today stirred up excitement by suddenly calling the heads of the brotherhoods to the White Rou?e for a conference. The conference lasted an hou rand a half. DEATH OF MRS. CARRIE : . M. FORDHAM AT NOON Mrs. Carris M. Fordham, a well, known woman, died in Memorial hos pital at noon todays following a long period of ill health. Recently she suffered a broken h'p in a fall, and that w y have hastened her death, it is thought. Mrs. Fordhara was about 80 years of asre. She was ths mAovr of the late Dr. A. J. Fordham, who died about eight years ago. She !Mips0oy:erment Tells Stand For The in vasiori London, Aug. 25. Germany has ordered Bulgaria to ciscontinue the Balkan advance and evacuate Greek ter ritory, fearing. Greece will enter the war on the side of the Allies, an unconfirmed. wireless report from Rome cays. Several Greek generals have refused to obey orders to evacuate Macedonia, the dispatch "said. r , Instead of preparing to defend the eastern forts, the Greek government is said to have laid this information before Germany, adding. that public indignation is so great over the invasion that the government cannot mas ter the situation. Germany then ordered htehewt ter the situation. Germany then ordered the withdrawal, the report said. i - F ' "COLONEL HEEZA LIAR and hi father, J. R. ft RAY MrT Brav U the originator of the Animated Cartoon and hi cvMtioas aro to bo Htn tolely on the Paramount Program in tho fotoro. CANDLER NOMINATED FOR MAYOR ATLANTA Atlanta, Ga., ;Aug. 24. Asa G. Candler, millionaire; soft drink man ufacturer, was" nominated - by mayor of Atlanta in the Democratic prim ary today ' over Jesse Armist, mem ber of the city council. " ' GOING IT TOO HARD? ' Overwork, worry, overeating . and lack of exercise and sleep are res ponsible for much kidney trouble. If your back aches and the ' kidneys seem weak, rest up and nse Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. A. W. Clark, 30C W. Blount street, Junston, says:. I had pains j Employes Becoming Impa Wlien President Calls Broth . v ; , Is survived by one brother, J. H Pugh of Clinton, and one sister, Mrs. Mary Wooten, who resides at the eAst end of King street, this ity. It was with the latter that Mrs. Ford ham made her home, and from the Wooten residence the funeral will be conducted Saturday at 5 p. m. Kev, E. N. Harrison of paswell Street Methodist church will officiate. Mrs. Fordham was a woman of an excellent type, a devout Christian and of lovable disposition. She was t member of tho Mefhodist chiy-ch. through my back and loins and suf fered from headaches ; and dizzy spells. The kidney" secretions were unnatural and my feet and ankles became swollen. I used different medicines with no benefit; in fact, I became worse. Finally I got Doan's Kidney Pills and began using them. The swelling in my imbs disappear ed and the other symptoms of the trouble were relieved." .Price C0c,"at all dealers. Don't simply "ask for a kidney remedy get ' Doan's ' Kidney Pills the same that Mrs." Clark had. Fostor-Uilburn Co., Props- Buffalo, JJ. Y." ' adv. Mi 5 j Ruth SIvst'ley at Grainger, friends WHITE HOUSE, SAYS 1 Declares Republican Candi Sectkmalism That Would date Is Trying to Stir Up t Damage South Wilson Called Great Durham, Aug. 25. Wilson is the greatest President sinco Washington, the wisest since Jefferson, in the opinion of General Julias S. Carr, multimillionaire owner of -the largest hosiery mill in the world. "Our dear Southland would have littla to hope for in th avent of He said Hughes was kindling a"pir Hughes' election," he declai'cd ;today. Ronth, which he thought had ' been buried with the Spanish war. - ALLEGED SLAYER IS TAKEN AFTER FORTY FOUR YEARS, REPORT Asheville, Aug. 24. After eluding the officers for 44) years, Andy Wise, a white man, charged with the mur der of John RogerB of this county, has been arretted at Williamson, W. Va., according to a telegram receiv ed by Sheriff B. M. Mitchell this Homing. immediately after the alleged mur der Wise was arrested by Sheriff Plemmons, who waa sheriff of Bun combe county at that thn, and was brought to Asheville to be placed in the county jnil. Sheriff Plemmons drove up to the old county courthouse with his prisoner, and as ho wa3 pre paring to hitch his horse to JJie post, the alleged murderer made a break for liberty, and had not been seen nor heard of since by any of ths suc ceeding sheriffs in tho intervening 44 years, until Stcvo Rogers, the son of the murdered man, rushed into Sheriff Mitchell's office on April 1st, stating that Andy Wise, the man who had killed his father, had been seen in the French Broad neijrhborhooa. Shetuff Mitchell procured an automo bile and hastened immediately to French Brad township, only ,to find that Wise had caught the train out of Alexander the morning before. After getting a good description of Wise, front the persons who saw htm on nts Drier stay, Sheriff Mttchall had a large number of circulars print-' ed an daent .them into the surround ing States, resulting in the arrest of Wise at. Williamson. WOULDjHAVE (JOTTEN r BY ALL RIGHT. BUT TAKING NO tHANCES William Atkinson, colored, a farm tenant, stood charged with larceny larceny of a watch in Superior Court here Thursday. There was some doubt as to his guilt so much Friday Sustains Its Record As Big Sales Day On Local Tobacco IY.arket ' Any estimate at this writing of the tobacco break on" the Kinston market' today is 'but guesswork. .These puesses run from two hundred and fifty thousand to half, million, pounds. The Free Press puts the ' figures be- tween three fifty and four hundred thousand. The prices' show no indication of falling. In the opinion of some the grades throughout the sales today would tiot average Up to those on some previous days, when the sals were much, smaller, and for that reason the average, price might not' be the highest of the season. ' This is merely speculative, and it is conservative to say that prices were entirely sat-, isfyiner and in many instances exceeded what the sellers! expected. The first sales consumed most of the morning, at the dirmer halt was taken in' the midst 6f the second; :.ales; it will be well on in the afternoon before the third and last sale of the day i$ concluded. . v v Friday always a big day on the market and tho quantity today was more than double any previous day of the present season. Good breaks 'are expect;.. 1 tl.-ily frrn now on and by the end of the comirT vTCiC it v, . i ; 1 , "rjTi?ing if the "criers' " voice u 'i I ;:i i ' ;, ! ' " ' ;" r' t Hv'! v"'1 Battalion of Third Infantry Marched, . From. Camp Glenn to Sportsmen' Camp Not Far From New Bern-tood It Well '(Special to .The Free 'Tress.) Oamp Glenn, N. CY -Aug. SGJ A battalion four companies of , ih Third infantry returned to camp lat yesterday after the longest hike (taken by troops kt-taio StaU in the War Betwaan the iSUtas. $ .They marched 53 miles in two 4y?r W was. done yesterday. , The ' : I)ntBvtral cmf yesterday, The battalion tramped to Camp Bryan, between .Newport and Hew wn. . TWO supply wagons and an ambulance accompanied the outfit, which was under command' of Major S. C. Cnambera. The men were hi good condition when they ' arrived here. The regimental and played them itno camp from a distance bo yond the resffryation. Fifty-three miles in 48 hours as rather unusual for men in marching equipment. Thirty miles would be considered fair, forty good. - . ' : ' Company A of engineers, nowlyor ffanlxed, is expected here from Wll wington tomorrow. Another ' engi ;'.cr company is soon to arrive from Charlotte. - ' Corp, Leo Kornegay' of Ccnpany B.j Second Infantry, has been trans- ferred to the headquarters cofltpany of that regiment . ' Harry Paul, who has Keen wrestling in the Middle i West as "Young Gotch",' has ' enlisted in" the Second; he has been attached to Com pany B, later to go into a supply .; company. ' " ,'' 753 TOWNS DESTROYED SINCE BEGINNING OF THE WAR Paris, Aug.' 25. Statistics front the Ministry of the Interior, ivaila bte todayi show that 53 towns have been deatroyed ifiee wiilRary opera tions were begun and up to June 30. that tiie Solicitor agwad 'to a sub mission to a charge of simple tres pass. William was not ' aware , of what was in progress, probably; William Atkinson sat there in tlwr courtroom and heard a couple of . do fendan soaked for 1? months' oach! That had a very depressing effect up on .William, who was under bond and, Atkinson's eounsei," having effected ; liberty" to go where We fleaeeld. . the' change whereby he could admit trespass and Jpay'for'it and g00f Willyum'a nerve had failed im and' he was gone. lie had toet some out of tho wood this morning. His coun sel frankly laid ihe facts before the court and Judge Devin allowed the altered charge to stand. . 'v; A white man whose sub-tenant Wil liam is, is trying to find the darky and reassure hinr. ' - 400,000 Lb it.
The Kinston Free Press (Kinston, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 25, 1916, edition 2
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75