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KINSTON, N. O, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 191
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Seeking: Mean! of Repris
als; All Nation's Man
hood Affected
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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.
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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
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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.
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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. ' . .'
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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
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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. '
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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.
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