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KESTON, N. G4 TUESPAY, OCTOBER it, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODA
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L BUT THIRTEEN
ITHOUT WARNING;
SuWhctsibW CoMrandenf.
AmericaThey'll Banished, Said In Gennan Circles
at WasWnston-rftaiseir Stands Ready to DIjsaVow Ma
rina and Kbwannjore Acts and Offer Full Reparation,
Assert Consul ro$t Goes
Landed at qastJtown ;
Washington jlmmediatelyMarina Went Down In Ten
Minutes In Heavy Seas
. (By the ITnitwi Press)
Washington, Oct. 31. If the British shins Marina and
Rowanmore were sunk by
ftion of Germany's pledges to
f trie suDraanxie waare, me
' nvow the acts, offer reparation and punish the command
ers. German officials here declared today. Thef are loath
; to believe any commander
OnlyKThirteen unaccounted For.
tendon. Oct. 31. Thirteen of the crew of the British
steamer Marina, reported torpedoed without warning,
including 'probably some Americans, are still missing,
United States Consul Frost today telegraphed the Ameri-
r :. i u . Cl ! 1 i l r .
can JSmDassy. survivors aeciare tne Manna was rorpe
daed4without warning in a heavy sea, and sank in ten
Krnimftes. Consul: Frost added. v
i-; ' ; Ffty-two ofthe Marina's crew among thlfee reported
( missing yesterday have been landed at Castletown, the
i consul, telegraphed.
Survivors report that 36 Americans were aboard when
the y&el was siirik, It is believed Frost already is en
route" co,Cast!etpwn to take the affidavits of American
earvivors These will be forwarded to the State Depart--!nient
immediately:; -
p British government omcials and omcials oi the Don
aldson-line, rth6 Owners, deny that the British Govern-
merit had tKe' Marina under government charter, there
:Jjr partaking of the claracter of 'an admiralty tessel sub
h ject to attack without warning.
.LansfnKnows Little.
v,V tWington, Oct. 31. Pending further information
Secretary;.- Lansing will not' discuss the sinlcing of the
steamer Marina. Present reports are unconvincing, he
declared, however. He said he is unable to state whether
the ship was torpedoed or sunk by shell fire, whether she
Was warned or .what the condition of the sea was at the
. time of the, attack. ! The London embassy has been , di
- rected to forward additional information immediately.
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iff LEADEiAREllIG NEW ARMY WITH
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LYFOE!
1 PRAISllitl UP
Has Accomplished More
Along Lines Favored by
Progressives Than They
Could Have I)one Them
selves, They Admit
(By tha" United Press)
'New York, Oct 31. Eleven of 19
ttemberst oft the Progressive resolu
tions committee Which "drafted
Chicago convention platform, endorse
. president Wilson -in . a .signed state-
" "Without a candidate "ft, 'our own,
unalterably favor ihe retention of
President Wilson, under whose lead
veahip more "progressive', principles
.-have been 'enacted intovlavr th'anwe
; otieve would have been accomplish
. d had the Progressive been in pow
. says the "statewenU-:' if ., t
TOlTftOF.ElATL
. ( t JONES tUNfAnONj ?.
; 1 DEPOSITS VALUABLE
v VAt Ieast, tnrei hundred iwres oi
6 Jones county plantation of Mr.
Lovit Hines "of. this city U underlaid
,, feet thick with, marl of the finest
qna,,tJr' fading ton annonnce-
nKmt Tuesday byO. p. McCrary.
JpJent faraJ delnonsfraiaon Jkgent
. McCrary lhM carefnjiy inspected
:-r P'nttion; few niiies 'eduth of
j "k of "exploration" is
' ZJ? aie,lns Ptedt-an4 the de-
1S0N
" WW known to be the case.!
O.RIUB
INOT ARE
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HSSEtlSSDBlIARIN'D
SURVIVORS DECURfe
Broke Gerittany JPledge to
for Affidavits of Americans
Will Forward Byidence to
V
German submarines An viola-
the United States regarding
uerman ijovernmeni win ais-
was guilty of such a violation.
VILLA JS SHORT 0
(By the United Press)
El Paso, Oct. 81. Americans ar
riving at the border hist night con
firmed the Villa capture of Santa Ro
salia. Villa is ow marching on Par
ral and Jiminel, it is stated. The
bandits, numbering 4,000, and mount
ed on horses, mules and burros, are
in large number, unarmed.
CONTRACT LET FOR
BIG NEW DRYDOCK
Washington, Oct. 30 The contract
for constructing the 1,000-foot dry
dock at the Norfolk navy yard was
awarded today to the George Leary
J Construction Company of New York
at a nrice" of $242,594. The limit
of cost fixed by Congress was $j,owo,
000. .'
Limestone and iron stone abound, and
crop out at places in the" ditchbanks.
State experts will' b called shortly,
Agent MeCrary says, to view the
place. The mart supply is nearly in
exhaustible Petrified fragments of
animal and vegetable -fafe M other
ages abound. MeCrary brought
away the tooth , .o ,;& -u monster,
probably a shark,. Jsfhat jnustJhave
ccmo from a monster 60 feet long.
The marl w covered with ; shallow,
black and very rich foani. ' Ditching
through the marl, aithoogh' tedious
and expensive, will drain the farm
through a porous underlayer. wwch
more efficaciously than at present, the
demonstrator says. Marl if" ; being
. D.Ad nrofit in" the State
REPUBLICANS
J
ITES AFTER
GRAY'S MILL RALLY
Embrace the Faith Without
Shame Liles Proves At
fachment for , His New
Love Like Backwoods
Meet of Old Days
Not on the schedule was a regular
old-timey Democratic rally at Gray's
Mill Monday night. A c-owd of be
tween i.) and 100 enthusiastic men
hoard addresses by Register of Deeds
kCarl Pri.lgcn, J. Frank Lilei, Sheriff
A. W. Taylor, Oeortr: Green. G rover
"ox and others - who motored out
from i hi- city. Eighty pounds of
meat was consumed, although most of
tho'-c present had had their suppers;
no one goea( supperless in this era
of unpreefdented prosperity.
Interesting was an address by Mr
Lilei. Le-tg than a week ago he
noiiniod the RepuMican party; Monr,
i':rr night he denounced it. He !?-
"!'i:'od to the Repulilican.-! among his
Mr rers that . Democracy is lust in
pvv'cinlo; ho had felt ashamed to
live amergst these COO'! people and
cling to the flimsy iP.j-ion; of the
dead party. The lawyer reaped good
fru:t; up came an old-timer who an
nounce! gleefully and like a man who
had divested himself of a ff'iat big
burd.-m, that he would vote the
st.-,i'a:ht. Democratic ticket. There
were oiiers present who accepted
Wr-odrow Wilson.
Kiom hack of ths tail pines be
hin.) which next Tuesday the sun of
Kiii'-.'hlic.'imsm over North Carolina
set forever, a bright moon smil
ed (1 iwn upon the gathering. The af
fa!" was just like they hud twenty
years ago. The old moon that had
p.'on so many. dark deeds done in the
nigl:! witnessed a good act in a'
na.ii'hty wo?kl and saw men rejuven
ated and made clean in an hour,
st":!ing before other men when mak
ing their ablutions and being accept
ed by blood brothers after the brand
had been erased. It was like a pic
ture of reconstruction times, when
men gathered in the gloom to prac
l ice patriotism, but there were no
while robes nor solomn oaths. The
mira-le of vanishing the leprous
scales in an instant vva.s profoundly
impressing, though.
Other night meetings will be held.
Th y are to be extensively advertis
ed in the neighborhoods in which
they are staged.
Tuesday morning the canvassers in
full force went tp Tull's Mill, where
a big audience was reported to bs
awaiting them. Wednesday they will
curt- the cimpaign into Pink Hill,
The Republican salient there will be
attacked with the heaviest artillery
the Democrats have. Tuesday night
Col. A. C. Davis will speak at La
Grange. He is Wayne county's cham
pion orator.
TO OLD FRANZ
JOSEF WREN BERLIN
FAILS COME GLEAN
By JOnN HEARLEY,
(United Press Staff forrespondent)
Rome, Oct. 31. Unofficial , advices
received here point to the resumption
shortly by Germany of the most ex
tensive employment of aircraft yet.
Ah appeal has been made to Emperor
Franz Josef of Austria, following
evasive answers from Germany gto
p: 3U;station3 against unrestricted
submarining by neutral agencies.
LOUISIANA, MOOSER
STUMPS FOR
Oiicagor Oct. 30. John M. Park
er of Lbaisianaj , Progressive party
nominee for vice-president, will cim
paign irr Jlichiganc for President"Wil
son beginning iWednesday, November
1; ; With him will be. number of
other Progressive leaders and the
party will travel by irecial' train.
WILSON
tYERYC SECtlON :StiTi
WILSON-RIARSHALL FUND;
The Wil8tn-Mae8hafl Campaign Lenoir county kas done fairly
Fund in North Cablma is in reality a ' Wel!' but not s msch as Jt. hould
popular affair. vIt. is interesting to ! da; " city f Kif t'V l,Mdonated
! 123 and LaGr&ngo tT2, making a to
note." says SecreUry-TrfeasUrer Hughjj flf 175 from theTounty.
McRae, in a letter to The Free Press, ..Th'is fund not ml represents the
"that practically eve'y section of the loyalty to tho admwislration from
State has taken a creditable part" in
raising it. '
The total Taised in the State so far
is $l308.2S.f;'''Porsyth county still
leads, and will probably continue to
lead. The great part of its $11,09-1.-50
was subscribed by one citizen.
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LIC- KNOWS . ALL1
ABOUT ApIR WltHiSTIFF RESIpNCE
iERMANYf DECLARES
President Replies to Lodge Retreating Forces ii Dob
Charge In Regard to Al- rudja Make Staid to
ieged Postscript to Lusi-' Fight Rear Cuard Action
lania Note Was Not
Contemplated
Lonar Branch, N .J.. Oct. SO. Pros-J
iJerit Wilson tonig-ht characterized as
"unt'iio" the statement made by Son- !
ator Henry Cabot Ijodge, of Massa
chusetts, to the effect that the Presi
dent had seriously considered adding.
a woaKening ijostcript to nis ius-
tania note. j
. i
The President telegraphed to Wai- j
t: r Lippmann, of New York, editor of
t!-o Xew Republic, replying to a mes
sapo from Mr. Lippmann regarding
Senator Lodges statement. the
President's telegram follows:
"In reply to your telegram let me
say that the statement made by Sen
ator Lodgre is untrue, ' No postscript
or amendment of the Lusitania note
was ever written or contemplated by
m? except such changes that I myself
inserted which strengthened and em
phasized the protest. It was suggest
ed nftor;thc note was ready for trans
mission that an intimatioii ' bo con
veyed to the German government that
a proposal for arbitration would be
aecsped and one member of the cabi
net spoke to me about it, but it was
.never discussed in cabinet meeting
and no threat of any resignation was
ever made for the very good reason
that I rejected the suggestion after
giving it such consideration as I
thought every proposal deserved which
touched so grave a matter.
"It was inconsistent with the pur
pose, of the note. The public is in
possession of everything that war,
said to the German government.
(Signed)
"WOODROW WILSON".
HINGS THAT.
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"upcc'a'i I ALWAYS "vMADeO .
L,L'T A POtuT NEVER Vf
C"t 0 )f T ACCEPT CHRISTMAS Jc
V hoo -5Afi! f (hv&ovs pur yy
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DONATIONS I
UP
Indivjdnal citizens! it shows th
splendid team work hleh'has boon
done by the members if the commit
tees throughout the state who have
volunteered to devote Uheir best of
forts to the national Wrvico," says
Mr. MacRae. L
ROUM ANIAPS t OFFER
TO VON IfACffiNSEN
Until Artillery Cn Be
Ferried Over Dariubc
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(By the United Presi
Berlin, Oct. SI. Von Madwis
sen s
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pursuing forces in Dobruujp are
clashing with the Russo-Roumnians
for tho first time since the 'nemy
retreated Srom the ConstanzaJCorna
veda railroad. The Roumanian have
r firmed their lines and are insist
ing along a line 55 miles north f the
railway, saw dispatches.
Sharp fighting began Sund$ bit
m yet, has not assumed the prejor
tions of a general engagement. It
is believed liere that the enemy at
tempting a stubborn rear guarrf ac
tion to cover the withdrawal of artil
lery across the Danube.
BOTH DEUTSCHUND AND
BREMEN LOST, BELIEVED
Geneva, Switzerland, Oct. 30.
(Via Paris). The National Zeitung,
of Basel, prints tho following con
cerning the German submarines Bre
men find De,utschland:
"P'otk the Bremen and the Deutsch
fand have been lost either captured
r.r sunk. The Bremen never reached
the United States nor returned. The
Ik'utschland during her second trip
across tho Atlantic in September un
der the.name Weser also disappear
ed. (Submarine U-&3 was sbtit in
search of the vessels, but found no
Lace of thena. The loss of the two
commercial submarines has not yet
been officially admitted.1
NEVER HAPPEI
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Sunday and Monday to Be
Observed r .City-VJi?
Canvass All xsked to
Contribute r War Ha3
Brought Famine to Peo
ples of These Countries
A hundred representative citiaena
are to be named a committee to can-
vass the city next Sunday and Mon
day for subscriptions for Armenian
Syrian relief. Mayor Sutton has,
tha appointment in charge, pastors of
the various churches of the city sug
gesting members of tho committee.
On Sunday members of the commit
too will visit nearly evt'ry homo in
Kinston, while on Monday the busi
ness district will be canvassed. The
committee will probably be announc
ed Wednesday.
Tim plan outlined above was adopt
-1
od at a meeting of ministers, newspa
per men and Mayor Sutton Into Mon.
(i: y in Ihe Pythian Castle. The con
ferees passed a set of resolutions
c.il!i;:g the attention of the local pub
li'! to the needs of the Christians lin
ger Moslem iu!e, and incorporating
the President's proclamation provid
ing relief diiys. The relief d:iys set
apart by the President were October
tfl and 2i. but. the resolutions state,
th y could not be properly observed
hc:c for luck of literature, etc. Ac
cordingly, tho Mayor is asked to pro
cla'm Novemiber T and (i as joint ro
l ef days locally.
Unsolicited donations may be left
a' the banks, any of which will re
'riw them. It may be that some
-ens may be overlooked by the
canvassers wha woi'M like to sub
sc, .ie to the fund.
3hc ministers will preach special
sornsns on Sunday morning.
ttfjo: :ts from missionary and offir
Ciul purees indk'nt? that of all' the
war i(ferprs tho Christians of' A 1,1
Minortiave fareil worst. The Turk
ish trais have been charged with
ruthless .daughter of thousands of
Armenians, while that :ac and the
Syrians bivj crpefiente.l all the. hor
rors of ab'eet desliiution, it ij r'.
The Syriats look forward hopefully
to the sucsc.s of the Entente Allies in
the world ynr, when government of
tho countryly thd .French will bring
practical lilfeity to the people. Ar
menia, with'ietory for the Allies,
will become, a Russian province, pos
sibly, at anyiate, will be redeemed
to civilization
PRICES ON TOBACCO
MARKET AS GOOD ,1S
ANY OF THE SEASON
More than 225,000 pounds of to
bacco was sold h("-e Tuesday. The
breass were the birjre t in several
days.
Warehousemen report the best
prices of the season Tuesday. The
a.'. !'e.'e ir. nearly all te.houses was
2- c.nts or bette" It is reported that
tho sales at one place' averaged
around a (uarter. This i v n t eon
firmeil. Certain it :i thAiirh, that
planters were gratified ovc-r ) day's
business, and a fine air of aptimism
prevailed on tho market.
Larsror breaks .are looked tl- Wed
ncsday. -1
"About r00 bales of cotton wer Viid
to have been sold here Tuesday b 3
o'clock. Prices ranged . from ; 7 i-4
to 18.40. V., . v.'' I
TJew lork futures quotations won
: Open . CloV
January ....... .... .55 19.10
March ' .. . . . ... . i .. - y .13.61
May , ...... . . . .t,i . .18.70
193
19.37
July .!. u7. . ....13.71 . 19.35
RELIEF
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AND SYRIANS
orld ovf a
OhtinOI SFAiJ:
Will Spc?k in Buffalo and ' -
-Then UsBXo, .
i1 s lilt ilHUMtlUlM.' ..
IMAGERS NEED - MONEY
CaVt ; Stand to Republi-.
; cans In Newspaper " Ad
k7tfcrtisin Campaign--Fi- 4"Sf
", nal Address by Executive ; ' ,
Saturday Likely ' . -v '
. ' ; tJy K. J. BENDER,
Lruit?d Presa SUflf Correspondent)-,' ;
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Io-r TtwnoK N JOcL' 2I.T '
tlriv, homo the"" jnnal.bloWs irC his" ' -i?
em', 'or, re-election,1 Prc'sldcn jji , ' Jj
Wilton. Will Ssavo tonight for Vtwo ( Jj
day?' iii'Kow Yorit ; State. Trm a " ' . 4l
fol't'cal stm'pOwt'lthe speechos- at " " 'jj
BuWo tomorrow iiigrht ni in New".'(
Yck" C'ty; Thursday, pronis.to be, li "'
f ImHicH importance. ' - 1,,w- ':'f'l -
the President's' liutenartlE profen "A, 4 rf
jqorsinoss at what they termv"un- , '
prfeedonted' sums of. monoy'r dispen v -
lido i to Wilson.' n-Democrats - "t"
c!a ta tho lietiubVicnnj have t'hrice as " ' r
fvcli money at their disposal as has t'.i
7 U m. The -lack -of funds makes iV
, provide for the Pemocats' to re-j .
i.!y to the Rpobllcan' nowspapor -ii- if ?&:.
vc.ti..np,. managers declare. r,
Tri President will return to Shad- &
i 1 iwn Thursday nightu following
av Yo-k addressV, le wlU make -' ;j
b.- i ' speech at Shadow tawrj Sat- "f'f-',
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Oilumbus, Ind., Oct. 31 iOandidata.
Publics is on his second swing into
Indiana. Ho is due to make four
spt vhe3 today, winding ip at Ev-
nniv.lle t anight. lie will, cottribute
five ;neeches tomorrow. The itepub
Sicns are anxious to elect tw, ena
ivirs in Indiana Jbeaide- a .C Qv- P.
Pi i .i dent. ( . "
BULLETINS.
(I9y the Untod Proes)
T i nrs Sl'FF. TBAtX
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(.'hicnjto, Oct. 31. After a ' t
w'lirlwuid tampaign in Illinois,
tre Iluf.hes women's special is -
e;;:!'ctcd here this afternoon.
! O UNO BRITAIN DEAR.
I or! n. Oct. 31. BritMn kill
cd, wounded and misninjf since
(ipl-iber 1 number 108,00,' ssjrs ;!
the ofiicial asuay list. .A 4TtkV
ol thes were lulled. .
FHBIFSS, CHAIN FOff-
BStEBalG OF SWINE
Thu "endless chain' "will 1
tluccJ, m Lenoir conpty. f
th s -propagation f pedi ; -All.
restored pifrs own
b(ys, 'many' of . whom wi.
procifjingr them last sprir
n lftans from the'Farwe
chart Banklhw"wTll l
raresta- thef numbsrv m.
Kpesroiaori f the bay'
t furmsh elher I -td
repay ihq lui'
ithus spread re2;r;
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