BA T y Fill Today! New Ts4iy" Free tenlgnt ' TO VOL. XVIH.- 121 FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. O, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 191 FOUR PAGES- TODAY - IRrcfc' TWO CENTS FITS" CENTS' Olt TltAUCS "; BfllTAm OVER SpVEfST! MALE PCPLAra Seeking: Mean! of Repris als; All Nation's Man hood Affected i Kl TWO THOUSAND EACH DAY Are Deported From Father- land Torn Forcibly from Mothers and Wives to Serve Teuton Masters In Germany (By the United Press) London,- Nov. 18. England la seeking means of reprisals against Germany for the "enslavement"' of Belgium's men. Not since the execu tion of Miss Edith Cavell has there been such e wave of popular indigna tion It is -realized that the only hope of intercession to prevent a clean sweep from the desolate nation of all its manhood, lies with the United States. Stories of fathers and sons being oartfsd florcfcltf1 from mothers and wives by German soldiery have fan ned indignation to fever heat. Uiree hundred thousand male Bel gians above the age of -seventeen are Affected by the "employment" or ders. Forty-fiv thousand have been transported from their homes to date, at die rate ,I two thousand dally, German commanders are ruthlessly enforcing the orders, it is said. Gerard to See Chancellor. (Berlin,, Nov. 18. The American Embassy has arranged an interview with the Imperial chancellor for in :iormatioa recta rdiftg the transporta tion of Belgian workers to Germany. TRAVELING PUBLIC ' BENEFITS BY SERIES OF TRAIN CHANGES 'Effective Sunday, the following changes in schedules will be made on the Norfolk Southern Railroad - Morning trains: 1N0. 15, westbound, from 5:40 o'clock 1 to 5:30. No 8, eastbound, 7:50,. no change. No 7, westbound, from 10:03 to 10:25. The Atlantic Coast Line recently moved back a train connecting with No. 7 at Goldsboro, the Norfolk Southern do ing the same with' the latter, but still allowing a margin of 20 instead of five minutes for the connection. Afternoon and night trains: No. 10, eastbound, from 4:41 to 4:46. No. 9, from 8:14 to 7:39. No. 16, 11:21, no change. The moving up of No. 9 will allow another 15- minutes for the making of an important connec- tlon at Goldsboro. as is also the case with iNo. 15, in the morning, 10 min- utes tnore being- given. -,. HI7Aa VASCAB. CUD 1 AM WEDS. MISS BORDLAND fB the UniMd P0 New York, Nov. 18, -Miss En frer Borland, daughter of the late Mr, and Mrs. John- Borland! will be married' W Dr. Albert Moffitt, head surgeon' at Vassar Hospital, today. The bride' attendants will be Miss Marjori Curtis; Mis Mildred Rives, Miss Dorothy" Bigelow and Miss Eve lyn Smith. ; BRIEFS'IN THE NEWS New--Bert la after the Washington Nationals for the 191? training sea con. ;.v - V In a big shipment of lettuce from New Bern Thursday nignt there werV 438 basket. Ernest Eubank a Clark man, died suddenly while at work to a Jacksoavillr lumber plant. . An old Injury, in which" ha hA immW tf rib broken; is believed to have been J th causer tf leaves wife and ' three small children. mm mm Ntt 'LOST SOULS' IN fl.WCAp, SAYS HE'S SORE fin. A ntnxL TO Mr .' - 17 1 -Funston expressed resentment today at the action of the Baptist General Association of Virginia which adopt ed a resolution at Norfolk yesterday protesting against the alleged atti tude of the, general in forbidding evangelist telling soldiers they were lost. "Baptists who are distortinsr the statement of myposition regarding the kind of church work accsptable on border camps had better put their property in the names of their wives," 3aid General Funston. General Funston told Dr. J. B. Gambrell, representing the Texas Baptist State Board, that he did not want men, in the army to be consid ered as "lost souls." FORESEE UPPER NEUSE COMMERCE OF SIZE BY MEANS OF GASBOATS The gasoline freight boat may be come an important factor in the re sumption of navigation on the upper Ncuse river, which object local busi ness interests have steadily inclined to for two or three years past. With announcement some months ago that a steamer service between Balti Store, Norfolk and New Bern would be Inaugurated, the Kinston cham ber of commtfee and businessmen acquired a new hope that upriver wa ter commerce ould become a reality, a plan to deepen, widen and straight en the channel from a point below hers to Goldsboro having fallen flat, for the present at least. Recently a suggestion for a line of shallow-draft steamers from Goldsboro or Seven C34tyjaJliSton t0 New Bern was made, but whether or not the traffic would be large enough to war rant the operation of such craft is a question still undecided. An occasional very small steam boat and once in a while a motorboat makosf thls "port." Kinston business men believe that a regular service, with a schedule for the convenience of passengers, between this city and New Bern would pay the promoters of a motorboat line, and would be an impetus for the building up of a considerable upstream commerce. Near Bsrn and Washington have large fleets of such craft, operating on the Ncuse, Trent, Pamlico and Tar riv ers. Nearly ail tne vessels, some oi them as large as small steamers, are believed to be running at a profit to their owners. The passenger busi ness is quite large, and a number of small Pamlico river towns have dai ly connections with the railroads at Washington. It is pointed out that the construction cost of gasoline boats is small compared with that of the steam Vessels, and that the operation cost is much smaller. The trip to New Stern from Kinston could be made in three or four hours, and the return, against the current, in proh bly an hour longer. THREE OUT OF FOUR WAMCV TDirn rDccn ffUlUJ-11 liUia 1 IllHI The jury disagreed , in a case against Margaret Partello, charged with keeping a bawdy house, in City Court Saturday morning. It was agreed that the verdict in a case charging" Hazel Temple with vagran cy should be the same in cases against Lillian Young and Marian Naele, similarly charged. The jury found Hazel Temple not guilty and the othars were discharged. The Partello woman was held in bail. FIND STOLEN AUTO ON ROAD IN COUNTY i Boys are believed to have stolen the touring car of P. B. Hooker, a local tobacco man, reported by the police to be held in a LaGnf ge gar age. The car, a low-priced make, n noariv new. disappeared from Queen street last Monday night Th's police aay It was found aaIldoned, on a Lenoir county road. WEAVER IS ELECTED ACCORDING TO BCD Gets Majority of 10 Over Republican Britt "Out rageously Robbed," Says Incumbent Action After Mandamus Ashevnlle, Nov. 17. The publica tion of the certified vote of Buncombe county in the recent election by. the county board of canvassers tonight gava Zebulon Weaver. Democratic congressional candidate, an addi tional twenty-two votes, and a total majority of ten votes over his oppon ent, James J. EVlt the present Re publican congressman from lds, the Tenth North Carolina District. The unt fticial returns from the entire dis trie', and the official returns of the district with the exception of Bun combe county, had given Congress man Uiritt, a majority of just ten votes over his opponent. While no official statement has been made by Mr. Britt or his attorneys as to a future course of action, beyond Mr. B'.iit's declaration tonight that he had been "outrageously and unlawful ly robbed of his rights," it is said in apparently authoritative quarters that contest proceedings will be insti tuted at once. Tonight's action unexpectedly fol lowed the writ of mandamus issued a Hendersonville yesterday by Judge Th-mas J. Shaw cf the Twelfth Dis trict Superior Court, ordering the board of canvassers to comply with the law in the matter of certifying the county returns or show cause why it should not do so. SERBIA TO SEND A MINISTER TO U. S. (By the United Press) Washington, Nov. 18. L. Joubonir Mihaflovitch has been appointed Ser bian minister to the United States the Slate Department has be?n noti fied. He is the first Serbian minis ter to this country, but that nation has had a consul-general in New York. KIICHIN SPEAKER AT urn cam rn rnn it tiam Wc'.d'in, Nov. 17. A great crowd paiticiriaicd in the Wilson victory celeb: at ion hero tonight. The princi pal feature was the address of Con gressman Claude Kitchin, who spoke lo a crowded hcuss at the auditorium. He was introduced by Mr. W. L. Long of Roanoke Rapiids, and was re ceded with immense enthusiasm. HMGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN ( HCKJ THtHrC IT WOO LO 1 BE MORE MSBUC. TO LEARN SMiJrtlMV INSTEAD OF 60H y Doctor J j f ( MA, OO SON I 7 SLAYER OF 'LUSTFUL BRUTE HUSBAND WILL 0 ON TRIE AGAIN (By thftUnited Press) Newark, N. J., Nov. 18. "It was a case of the abuse of the birthright of a woman to defend hor life at any cost. 1 now feel that nothing can stand In the way of my being clear ed." Going to trial Monday for the sec ond tiime for the murder of her "lust ful brute" husband, Christopher, Mrs. Margaret Clare Beutlnger, mother of five pretty babies, today made tho above'statement, the first sentence re ferring to the failure of the first jury o acquit her. As at the first trial, she will tes :fy that she shot in self-defense whim her husband persisted in try ing to force pny3ieai attentions upon her after she declared she could not be his wife. The little woman will repeat the whole story, reciting how he beat her frequently during their married life, i She will tell of the many distressing L'x-periences she suffered at his hands a? they journeyed from her home in Jamaica, W.j I., to San Francisco, th? Philippines, thence to Siberia and a f to: ward to Europe. Mrs. E'eutinger, according to her testimony at the first trial, was In bed in her home when her husband approached her on the day of the i-huoting. She says that she told nim to stay away or she Would shoot. He advanced and she, screaming hys terically, fired until her revolver was empty. ! Though only 28 years old, she bore her husband seven children, two of whom died, BULLETINS (By the United Press) Washington, Nov. 18.- -Con- racts fo ri'aht dehroyers auth orized In the last naval bill were awarded today. NAVAL WAGE HEARING. Washington, Nov. 18 The Na vy Department today set Decem ber 14 for a hearing on wage claims of navy yard mechanics. RESOLUTIONS AGAINST ANTI-STRIKE Baltimore, Nov. 17. Resolutions declaring against President Wilson's legislative program "making illegal any railroad strike or lockout prior to the investigation of the merits of the case," and urging the creation of a federal commission to Investigate the increased cost of living and rec ommend legislation designed to rem edy this situation and to prevent Its recurrence," were adopted here today by the American Federation of Labor. Subscribe to THE FREE PRESS I GOOD JOB CAPTURE OF TRENCH The Regina Assaulted' In Eight Minutes by Perfect Team Work, Secured by the Breaking: of Day, Re ported London. Nov. 18. The British have made further advances north' of TicMucourt, General Hair reports. Russlani) Progress. Petrograd, Nov. 18. Constant pro gross of the Russians southward in Dobrudja against Von Macksnscn's Teutonic invaders is reported official ly. Ormnns Claim Success. nerim, inov. is. ine sanguinary repulse of the Allied forces on the p'.ains of "Monastlr Is claimed by the war office. Floods Around Monastic Paris. Nov. 18. The Allied ad vance toward Monastlr continues de spite heavy floods, it is officially said Capture of Regina Spectacular. (Copyright by United Press.) By WM. PHILLIP SIMMS, (United Press Slaff Correspondent) With the Canadian Forces on the Sommo Front, Nov. 18. Eight min utes of dashing across a sea of mud, of methodically advancing in the fae of a fierce fire and of quick work' in a trench fight sufficed the Canadians to take Regina trench, one of the smoothest bits of trench-takirig wit nessed in tne Homme drive. I saw tha Canadians, muddy to thetr eve- brows, but grinning, the day after .hry accomplished the feat. The as sault in tho short period of eight min utes was executed in brilliant moon light. Despite a terrific counter, German ibarrage fire and the sea of mud everywhere, the objective the Canadians sought was completely vcn and reorganized before the d.iwn by digging 250 yards of con noting trenchos in the night. A per-fc.-t. bombardment was speeded up ijin'.l at midnight it reached a con-tim-ous roar. The British barrage fne began fifty yards in front of the Canadian trenches. At midnight v. :y ma nwentover the parapet uni 'c-r the barrage fire, ahd commenced a move forward toward the Regina, b?d by the Prussian guard. Tho gun fire was perfect. The Canadian wave was enabled to follow clos'ely the as sault of what remained of tho Prus sian guard. JNot a human voice wa3 heard in tho whole" assault and the perfect silence in this respect during the whole action made the attack a mod?! of method and co-iteration of all the branches. A number of Am ericans participated. The command ing general is very proud of his men. They never wavered, once and fought like bearcats. JURY TO GET THE AIR BUBBLE MYSTERY CASE (By the United .Press) Olney, 111., Nov. 18. The now fa mous "air bubble" death of Miss Eli zabeth Radcliffe, seventeen and pret ty, for which Roy Hinterliter is in jail here on a charge of murder, will ffetoive the attention of the grand jury which convenes here Monday. At tho trial the State will seek to prove that HinUrliter, a young farm er, in attempting to prevent Miss Radcliffe from becoming a mother, pumped air Into her veins with a catheter and that a bubble of air reached her heart and killed her. An air bubble in her heart was the cause cf her death, according to a commis sion , of physicians which examined the body. v Hinterliter, the body of the girl across his knees, drove madly up to a sanitarium at midnight July 21st and begged attendants to revive her. He said she had fallen unconscious In his arms as they were driving along a dark-road. She waa dead. The authorities insist they can prove Ray and Elizabeth were be neath the tree the evening of July 21 and will attempt. to prove that the young farmer induced tha girl to let him use the catheter. MADE FAMOUS PIAINLANOUAGE TO EFFECT PRESlftENT TIRED , London,- Nov. 17. The visit' of Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian Foreign (Minister to Berlin, is stat ed to have been in connection with a conference with Dr. Von' Bethmann Hollweg, tha German imperial chafi cellor, regarding the relations of the two empires with the United States, according to a dispatch under a Berne date, given out today by the Wire less Press. The question under dis cussion, says the dispatch, was whe ther the submarine campaign should be continued in its present form with the possibility of a rupture of relb tion3 with Washington or whether it should be modified. "During the last few days," adds the dispatch; "the German govern ment has received a plain verbal warning" that President Wilson's pa lience was on the verge of exhaus tion." WItLROff. SECTION OF HOLLY TREES ALMOST, TffEXTWCTIOTi SAffi Forests of r?d' and green holly in four or five counties of this part of Norflh Carolina are to be stripped during, the coming 30 days to supply an abnormal demand for Christmas trees in the rtorth. Scattering ship ments are already under way. The price of the product is said to have Increased' 20 per cent, over last year; when heavy shipments were made frcm Onslow, Duplin, Jones, Craven and' Wayne counties, much of , the holly going through this city. Hun dreds of trees passed up in former yca-ra, will fall prey , to the lure of srold this season. Dealers in New York and smaller markets are re ported to ba clamoring for the ever green, ana- witn- slow marketing, prices may be expected to take O' rise, It Is said. The "crop" is in beautiful condition, partly because of tho mildness of the fall; birds, rob bing the tfrees of berries In severe weather when' more desired food is scarce, strip the holly trees, but this season has presented a plenty for the feathered creatures without then having to resort to this pillage. The red iberrles ori older trees- are as large as were even seen. One sam ple sprig exhibited here Saturday contained exceedingly large ones'. The production this year is said to be superior in Lenoir county; about GOO trees In the Bucklesberry sec tion are reported to be the finest in the region. Usually Onslow or Dup lin county produces the best holly. Mistletoe is scarce, and will probab ly' bring record-breaking prices . Hol ly and mistletoe will, of course, have first place in the sales of Christmas decoratwns, but hundreds of thous ands of small spruce and fir trees, the latter grown for the purpose, will be marketed in New York, the center of the business, Chicago and other cit ies. Crates are Ibeing manufactur ed especially for tlie shipment of holly this year, it is understood. Small, long boxes make preferable packages; heretofore most of the holly has boon shipped in barrels. A very ordinary tree will bring $5 or more at retail in the North this year, It is expected. TURKEY IS THE REAL KING OF BIRDS NOW Turkeys are 4 1-2 cents a pound higher now than at this time' last year. Dealers say the general' pros perity and not ft shortage on the farms is the cause. Good . timet struck the barnyards of this section long ago, and with hen eggs telling at forty cents in Kinston for, weeks past and apt to go higher, it is only reasonable that the Thanksgiving bird should be worth 22 1-2 Instead of 18 cents. There is probably wry little increase in the production over last year, bat ths demand is much greater. There ' B admittedly ;.. a handsome profit in tha fowls at the new price. ' . .' Subscribe to THE FREE PRESS WEt'l GET IP UBflff MT A REffi EFFORT Confers With. Adamso On Monday ; Legislation " May Hampered COMENTSOF A; F. L Union Men Calt on . Chief Executive Complicated Situation Before Govern mefttMSivideti1 CfdH&reai Difficulty Washington, Nov. 18. President Wilson is preparing personally to enter tile great tree-eornereoV fight' between labor and th rread ani tha government? for tha prevention of strike hti this country; Hr wilif oon- er with' Representative Adamtoni au thor' of tho eight-hour: !. Monday, regarding: thrcompletiorf:o5tlieWgts tative program WiA til Fftilrotd united and- comfbatylng tjia. conBHtu- t!halitxof.the eight-hoar U. labftr disputes, fey, legislation' qd! (SmtJ-tM apposing, the settlement of industrial widely divided "on these question. tho railroad problem thnatens seri ously' to embarrttBS' tHeleWslattm tttEcHihefjr'of1 thflf sessitfnT , ' U Laborttetf Call' 0 PrMtt' f ' C Washing ton ,i iNoV,U6gtt!cd lefcor wU pajr,iu. poaWtettoh' . xklh peot PrwWentf WilsftB; thujafrtr o wm when- several hundred delepata from the American Federation t of Labor,, convention will be-.received In tne east room, at .tne wntte House, v W i. . .......I. r oMiSimatJrciisr Columbus, Ohio, No. l7.The .Rii pubHcaB campaign In Ohio coat 373,- 3B1.98; accotdihg Vt r stateihem of oxpense- filed ' today : by n Chadrmaa Chas. S. Hatfield- of- the executive1 committee with the Seoretery at State. " '"".'. ;f: stoehor comris , 0 ter for-tiie i:p:rni The November term of Civil Supe rior Court will expire . by, limitation midnight Saturday, but the business of the term having been practically concluded by (Friday night, those in attendance were dismissed and Judge W. A. Devin left to'apend the weekv end at his home in Oxford, The ternt was opened three days late because of the elections. On Friday. Wil- liams vs. Williams, a contested dU vorce case, resulted in a mistrial The plaintiffs were awarded judgments in Carter vs. Garter, and Darden vft. Dsrden, causes involving points ; la deeds. In Cogdell' vs. Western Union Co., the plaintiff was awarded $25 for mental' anguish; , on the ground of delay' in the delivery telegram announcing illnesa of a relative. , - T " BUILD BI6 WARSHIPS OR ATIAHTIC Cffit Washington, Nov. 17.Thev New port Mews'" T Shipbuilding and ; Dry Dock Company will be a ded -the contradjr for two of the four, super dreadnaughts, bide. 'for which; were" opened, recently. This was annwiras ed today by Secretary Daniels.; The other two will' be built bf thV Nsw York Shipbuilding Company, i Cam den, N. J. ' K president won mn.:- TAKE YACATId!! YZT Washington, Nor. 17 Prelieni' Wilson has decided not to UVe'a-vs-eatkta before Congress convenes,-but may go on- one1 or more wcfeV-sni trips down the Potomac riv- r oa the naval yacht Mayflower. El