VOL. XVIII. No. 106
FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY FrENTSTiiAiNS
FIVE CITIZENS OF UNlTHj 5TATES; TWO OF
THEM FROM NORTH CAROLINA, DR0WNQ1
WHEN MARINA WAS
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Charlotte and Eayetteville Men Thought to Have Been
Losfc-Consul Frost Gets Affidavits of More Than Two
Score jSryiyprs-T-Horseship Was Struck Amidships,
Keeled Over and Went Down In 20 Minutes Crew and
Hostlers In Boats Spent, Many , Hours At Mercy of
Heavy Seasr-Boilers Blew Up Captain Last to Leave
Vessel; Delaya Cost Him His Life One Boat Smashed
Against Ship's Side
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov .1. With five Americans
believed to have perished as the result of the
sinking of the steamer Marina, no evidence has
been had yet that the submarine commander
gave tfiem a chance for their lives. The situa
tion is extremely grave. Germany has been ask
ed to have the submarine commander report on
the affair," while United States diplomatic and
consular officials have been directed to cable all
information available. If the present evidence is
substantiated by Germany, it is agreed here that
Berlin faces the necessity of taking drastic ac
tion to expiate the offense. The United States
declared in the Sussex note last April that a re
petition Would result in the breaking of diplom
atic relations. The German embassy announced
today that the submarine commander would be
punished if guilty of a violation of Germany's
pledges to the United States.
(By Robert J. Bender)
Binghampton, N. Y.. (Aboard Presidents' Train),
Nov. 1; President Wilson is being informed of every step
and detail of the Marina case from Washington. Every
dispatch to the State Department from Consul Frost is
forwarded immediately to the President.
The President is particularly anxious to get a report
requested from the American charge d'affaires at Ber
lin.. The government's course largely wiH be influenced
by thisrepOrt; Officials are disposed to give Germany
time foraj full investigation. ,
Mn at kercy of Gale and Cold.
London, Nov. 1. The Marina was' attacked Saturday
morning, while en route to Glasgod from Baltimore. A
torpedo 'Struck her amidships, tearing a great hole and
lifting lier out. of the water, survivors declare. The ship
rolled over on her side as she settled. She remained
afloat 20 minutes, until the boilers burst, splitting her in
two. ' ;
Captain Brown was the last to leave the ship. He
jumped gust 'before the explosion, and was drowned.
One of the Marina's boats rolled against the steamer's
side in the heavy seas and was crushed. All ;the occu
pants were drowned. The other boats drifted 18 hours
before the occupants were rescued. The survivors suf
fered terribly" from cold, great waves threatening to cap
sifcfi the boats at any moment.
Two of Lost North Carolinians.
London, Nov. 1. Five Americans are believed to hav
perished with the sinking of the British steamer Marina
according to latest dispatches. These are Daniel Thom
as of WilmingtonrDeL, Josh Brown of Roanoke. Va.,
4. C. Baird, Jr.; of Charlotte, N. C, George Sedbury
of Fayetteville, N. C, and G. M. Houz of Norfolk. Va.
' United States Consul Frost at Queenstown has taken
the affidavits of 42 American survivors, declaring thr
Marinawas attacked without warning.
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A V 'lA-V r
a
RUTHLESSLY SUNK'
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BUSY DAY
FOR BOTH SIDES IN
Hi r Hk . I
COUNTY CAM
Democrats and Republicans
Held Big Meetings at
Two Places
Wilson Followers Said to
Have Had Littte Difficul
ty in Capturing Town
ship Wednesday Clever
Boy With G. 0. P.
I he Democratic county spellbind
ers Tuesday assailed l.he salient of
lie; ublieanism in Trent township, un-
'.il Ihij year doul '.ful territory. More
than 200 men heard the oratory and
oaitook of several barbecued pigs.
J. Frank LHes, under two flags in
his campaign, and now safely and
aru?!y Democratic, led off with a
well-placed test shot. The crew scor
ed a hundred per cent. Col. W. D.
fVieck, Register of Deeds Carl Prid
hm; and others spoke. Liles appeal
ed to the radicals present to do as he
done reform and embrace a real
n-n?tical doctrine.
The Republicans had their first' real
mc.tinf; on Tuesday, also, at Kenne
!'.. Mill. They had almost afc many,
ioc it!y quit e as many, in thfc audi
nc? as did the Democrats. J. M.
Mc vliwne presided over the meeting.
7 hi.- various county nominees spoke,
v. G. Maxwell, one of the best ora
oi of the party in this section, di3
urcd national issues, reviewing
:;c:r ly everything there was lio be
sn:d in an address that lasted lonjr
r 'han an hour and a half. Edward
Br-ice Mowborne, schoolboy son of
r . J . M . Mewborne, read a paper
.viih which he won a debate recently,
'akinjf the negative of the question as
'.o whtl her Wilson should be re-elect-(1.
Young Mewborne is an unusually
iriclligent lad, and according to
''temocrats who heard him, would be
i power as a boy stump speaker were
he on the rig-lit side. "The boy's tai
nt is remarkable," was the flattering
"cmpliment ons hoarer paiefhim; "it's
dir-ply misdirected."
The Democratic host invaded and
:nv.Ue:l Pink Hill township Wednes
l:iy. The resistance is reported to
rive heen scant.
('.I. II. E. Shaw, Solicitor of the
oral district, back from Sampson,
k'Ms of "shelling the woods" there
an ! 'vepara ing the wheat from the j
chad"." The Colonel brought back a
n?w lot of slang. The "dope" hs
sr.ivr- i hem, he says, w:-.s romething
'!!;" llii.i: He sorted out the Popu
i fr.m the radicals and discarded
'.he latter, as incorrigible. He mads
no appeal to them wha ever. But as
Tor the Populists, he declared that
:hry were Democrats at heart.
"('.out? on back, boys. Don't be
med. Hut if you won t come
' r.;;i, f'ir go .dncss' sake, fctay home
in the 71 h and don't do any more
hvm than is necessary."
LENORB ULRICH
Th MoroMo-Paramount Star
TUESDAY
PAIGN
nil toSpjfeftissS-r- - ' .'. . ; , :: v
SPORTING ELEMENT
ENTERS INTO RAISING
OF CAMPAIGN FUND
Hon. N. J. Rouse, local member
of the Wilson-Marshall Campaign
Fund Committee in North Carolina,
is in' receipt of a telegram from Secretary-Treasurer
Hugh McRao calll
ing attention to the fact '.hat North
Carolina and Virgini.t are running
neck and neck in the sums of con
tributions for the re-election of Pres
ident and Vice-President.
The managers of th fund believe
North Carolina's poriiing blood will
prompt the people to donate liberally
luring -the remaining few days of the
(ampaagn. lney nope to nave tnis
State lead the region in the total of
roni ributions.
GINNERS Ull USE
NEW COHON GRADING
SERVICE; CHARGED
The following is a summary of the
w , -k done by the cotton grader for
tl-.b ilistrict at New Bern up to Octo-!-e:-
31:
Oafen county: Qins reporting, 10;
simplfs, 518.
I.enwr 'county: Gifls, 6; samples,
Onslow county: Gins, 5; samples,
l.0u7.
This report shoVs I hat Lenoir is
imning a close race with Craven in
,ho number ot, bales graded, but that
Onslow is :':2 bales ahead of both
Craven and Lenoir. Local Demon-1
i rration Ag?;it O. F. McCrary makes
the following appeal: "Mr. Farmer,
spe your ginner and insist that he
have your c,;tl on graded. It's his
duly as well as his business to do so.
Now while cotton is high is 'the time
to know your grades. And do not
rush your cotton on the market until
you hava the grade, card w3 h you.
See your ginner about it today, or see
'.lie eoowty agent." --
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CHAS.
amiivy
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THINGS THAT
5 ,. ! . ,v , , rr. 1,7, ,T W f . ' ' I'' I
) -.m'. ;r .. .itt, P. S. Ii. Harper, U. V. Job- ft ' . ' .
- H. H . M,C:oy. Eddie S.ioud. 1. ' ' '
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COMMITTEE TO HAKE1
CltV-VVIBE CANVASS
FOR SYRIAN RELIEF
Mayor Names Many to
Scour Kinston for Con
tributions to Fund
Sunday and Monday Relief
Days In Kinston Alone,
and Lity hhouid Make a
Good Showing To Help
Destitute Christians
Mayor F. I. Sutton, proclaiming
Sundav and Monday. November 5 and
c, Armenian-Syrian Relitif Days in
city .Wcdtuv.Iav moMiinj? an-
noue4H, a .fim31i,i,,; comprised
iy
neTib rs of v I' ioils chinches to can-
v:js the city fir sub.-icriptioni on
'h fc two days. The Mayor was
asked to name the relief days and
anoint a committee at a meeting of
ministers and newspapermen Mon
day aUtrnoon. In resolutions adopt
ed at the meeting it was explained
that the .nr. -tonal relief days, set
" -;:de by the President, had not been
. . horv?d here boi'niise of the failure
of literature upon which o base a
n ogram to arriva. Tlie donations to
, Joca fund wi)1 ,J)e forwarded to
ve in charge of the national fund.
A house-to-house canvass will bo
n: le -on Sunday, whik the business
;l:!rict will be visited by the mem
btr.; of the eommi tee Monday. TV
cvremittee is numerous enough to
Tisko the visiting of very business
j-'.ace and home in the city possible.
The members are:
W. B. Ward, B. C. Grady, Mr.
Clarence Wooten, Miss Willie May
Hroadway and Miss Annie Spencer,
,).-hn B. Williams, W. 0. Bodell,
J. ,J. GiifTilh, G. V. owper, Mrs.
V. T. Hines, Mr3. L. M. LaRoque,
VI . Dan W. Parrott, M. Abdallah,
"! J. B. Cumrnings, Mrs. R. R.
r...- . ns, Mrs. L. A. Otbb, F. P.
0 n law, Miss Hattie Daly, Mrs. C.
! -i x IIarv.v, Mrs. Dan Quinerl'y,
Mr -. R. E. Ccpeland, 'Mrs. E. Y.
r-'p. '.l, Mrs. Fletcher B. E'.zzeil, Miss
1 ! heth 'Copeland, Mrs. Mary Case
11 Toson, Mrs. H. T. Fisher, Mrs.
. . K . Hudson, Miss May Harvey,
Mi ss Annie Jordan, Mrs. L. Thneker
k 'er. Mrs. E. V. Webb, .Miss
A !!!.. Stephison, Mrs. L. P. Tapp,
i V s Ada Suggs, vMrs. C. W. Sand
! Miss Mynlo -Whitaker, Y. T.
ond, J. W. Ooodaon, D. N.
I Hiton, C. M. Jordan, N. B. Moore,
i :i:n wuineny, J. i . wniiiiem, ii.
v i T ' 1171 '.C.I 1 IT TJ,
Spence, L. P. Elliott, H. P. Fort,
r
"i Miss MvmIo -Whitaker, Y. T. . wfc7 1
i . .T W C.ood.,o. n. N. S ,A: r - 'J J V-J. .
, P. Woolen, VV. I). Hood, J. C. jP - V 7 r L' .V ' ' VA
ivm HAPPEN N -W'V?:V? - :
DED11IA1 AIBOVB M HER SECOND
SIT TO AMERICA
U-FIFTY-THREE REACHES HOME SAFELY
Monster Merchantman Submersible Docks at New Lon
don After Three-Weeks' Trip Through Stormy Seas
Million-Doliar Caro ot Dyestuffs and Medicines In
Good Condition Kocnig and Crew Glad to Get Anoth
er Glimpsv of Land of Peace May Have Mail for Von
Bernstorff Fishting Submarine Which Ravaged
ok:. : rv xr lv.i..j .,..4 1
Berlin States
(By the United
New London. Con., Nov.
perils, after buffet in $r rouch
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day after her second American voyage. Twenty-one days'
o'tt from Bremen the ship hummed through the outer har
lor shortly after midnight. The crew of lare happy
and hoiilthy. The valuable cargo of mediciiltestand dyes
is intact. : "; ; H:t- '. ;
The trip was uneventful, according to CaptainKoenig,
with the exception of bad weather.
''We are glad to see America again," he said. 'The car
go is said to be worth a million dollars. It is believed the
Deutschland carries diplomatic mail for Ambassador
Von Bernstorff. . v
U-Fifty-threc Is Home.
Amsterdam, Nov. 1. German submarine U-53, which
ravaged shipping on the New England coast, has return
el to Germany safely, say Berlin dispatches.
T. Edwn rds. C. W. Sanders, 11. C.
I' iv.ards. '( Andrews, E. (I. Bariett,
il. Gait I'.axtoM, K. I.. Crisp, A.
.7. Cher.-.on, R. Dunn, F. C.
Dunn, F.lsworth Freeman, V,'., G.
Grady. I. T. Hasskh), N. It. Hill,
W. T. If!!, Lovit Hines. Paul Hod
ge", W. D. . LaRoque, W. G. Mor-r-s,
II. E. Moseley, T. V. Moseley,
J. P. Nunn, Snow Nunn, J. F. Par-
oif, Drew Pollock, J. M. Quinn,
Kchcrt Rocae, Henry Scot)., Matt.
'lighter, Elbert Spear, K. R. Tun-
sta!!, L. Tu-ner, G. Ward, J. F. Tay
1 .-. Misses Anna Pridgen, Addie
Sr.'.iih, Eleanor Patrick. Mary Jeffrys,
M:s. J. G. Campcn, L. R. George,
W. M. T5onn, Miss Serf ia IIoHoo, '
Mr. Mik.-- Lee, Mr. .1. H. Se.Ht, ;
M M . G. Vick. Mrs. Ilertie Brown,
Mr. .1. F. Mill.ihunt, Mirs Mary Wat- j
son. Mr. J. I.'. Leonard. Mr. Goorfre
Patrick, Mr. Theo Stii'ihaok, Mr. J.
P.i!y f'ronm, Mr. J. K. Honner, Mr. !
P:- Cd'.ins, Mr. W. M. Herbert, '
Mr.-. K. M. llinir. ."-Jr. Pia.l V - j
! 'v. Mr. V. 15. louslas8, Mr. W. '
i. Mi.-s Sii.'ie C:ik:i!v
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J . J.J.
WHILE NOTED RAIDER
Press) r
l.Safe from the Atlantic's
Oetober gales, the German
1 ,',,V..J I, .A.lnt. .
157
F LIQUOR FROM TRAIN
A hundred and ninety-four hall
rsi:ii.5 cf whisky , in two tmnlts wese
oCc4 by th. police a); th? Norfolk
r"c',a -la-'.n station her .Tuesday' aiflkt
Th i owner was notrfotrnd". PollcfM
men George K. Rouse nd John Tay
lor dUcovwed the whiskey on a Jtrain
v,hi! : rrturninjr from a point east of
here. The trunks are held at th0
:el.'te station. The oorrtents are. aU
'!' (rio brand and a rather cheap qual-
iiJ'- One of the trunks is a substan-
iJrummcr's case. ' '.
1
Vhiiifrten, Oct. 30. The contract
fsfMtrtwclin -the l.WO-foot dry-
dccK at the .Norfolk navy yam was
awarded Siy to the Gdocr.a Leary
Co;-rs;rnctt)n Company of New York
at a prlca.of $242,594. The-limit,
of cost fixed by Conurress wai ?3,500.-
000.