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KINSTON, N. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916
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AND LEFT WHEN HE I RALLY TO SUPPORT
YEAR MApE BY RUTH
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At Sessions of Congression
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At Washington
TOOK JiiNEZ TOll! OF NAT'L COMMITTEE
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Only Baker and Daniels Know. What Plans Are In the
Event of Disbanding of Commission Southern Repub
lic Will Be Held to. Stricter Accounting Should Atlan
tic City Meeting Break Up Without Result Protection
of American Rights and Property Big Tiling With
This Government-!Few Days Will Tell Story of Peace
or Invasion, It's. Thought Patience of Washington Is
About Exhausted
By R. J. BENDER)
Washington, Nov. 20. The.Administration will stand
but little more "manatna" delay from the Mexican side
4- 4.u Ail r no. j ti a?
l uie .nxiauuy iity peace
the breaking point. A few
tious developments. The Mexicans will be told emphati
cally that the United States cannot sit in the peace ses
sions il dilatory, obstructive tactics are pursued. The bor
der patrol is but a part of the Administration plans. Pri
marily, the protection of American rights and property
in Mexico is tne big problem. If these are unobtained the
border patrol will be uneffected and new steps will be
taken. The United Press today learned authoritatively
that what the alternative course will be in the event of
failure at Atlantic City, no one can say. Secretaries Lan
sing and Baker alone know. It is intimated, however,
that a shift of policy will result in a stricter accounting
from Mexico.
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RAITED BY STORM;
AN UNPLEASANT TIME
Stbrmjbttond for five days In one of.
the worst spots on the whole Atlantic
coast. Mr. Dempsey Wood returned
late in the past week from a cruise
through Pamlico sound, which was
not a very pleasant one. Mr. Wood
and others of a small' party left to
make a visit to each of the East Ca
rolina sounds on a small yacht. They
were off Ocracoke, in Pamlico sound,
last Monday when a heavy gale
struck their little ship. There was
no chance of making' the passage
through the sound In the weather, and
the yacht was anchored right at the
entrance to Portsmouth inlet, a short,
shallow and very narrow passage,
very seldom used as a ship channel
because of its treacherousness. The
anchor held; had it not, with the
wind from the quarter ft was most of
the time, the little vessel would have,
been blown to sea or stranded, with
a still less chance of weathering the
tempest, in the inlet. Thursday the.
gale abated, but the seas continued
so high and the current so strong
that it was not until Friday that the
crew could take up anchor and leave
the place. . There was no suffering
on board. The yacht was quite com
fortable and well provisioned, but
frequently there were tense moments
when "most anything could have
happened." The anchor was
means of salvation, all right.
the
NEW HANOVER GETS
GOOD; JAIL EMPTY
Wilmington, Nov. 19. For the
first time within the history of Wil
mington the New Hanover county jail
is empty and the jailer enjoys the
distinction of having a position that
calls for no duties.
BRIEFS IN THE.NEWS
NEIGHBOIUNG TOWNS
A 12-year-old cyclist named Swan
ner, colliding with an auto at Wash
ington, was badly crushed betwen
the car. and a tree after being drag
ged fifteen feet, and may die. ,
" Pitt county's roads are being Ira-
, proved at a rapid rate. The Grifton
road to Greenville through. " Aj den
will He a fine highway in a "few
. weeks. Grifton la nearer to Kins ton
than Greenville, but the Pitt county
5 market is making a thorough i and
quiet fight for the trade of the Grif-
ton section. - --v;-,;---"- : '''
George A ," CWer, 61, a well-known
New BenT man died J at his home
there Saturday. '- - - v - :
conierence. us patience is at
days may5 bring about porten-
BIG LOSS OF LIFE
IN TRAIN SMASH UP
Laredo, Texa3, Nov. If). One hun
dred and fifty-nine persons wore kill
ed and many more or less seriously
injured in a railroad wreck cm the
Inter-Oceanic Line to Vera Cruz be
tween Dehesa and San Miguel near
Jalapa, on November 12, according to
reliable reports roceiv.ed lure tonight.
HORN'S CASE MOVED
UP BY SUPREME COURT
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 20. The Su
preme Court today agreed to advance
the case of Werner Horn, allege!
dy-
:ti'
the in
namiter and German army o.'SVo
oused of attempting to-blow up
Canadian international bridge
Maine.
bulletin;
(By the United Press)
HOLLAND TELLS BERLIN
HOW IT FEELS.
Amsterdam, Nov. 20 The Dutch
minisler at Berlin has been in
structed to notify the uerman
government of a "painful Impres
sion" In Holland resulting from
the deportation to Germany of
Belgian workmen.
MORE SCHOOL ROMM
NEEDED IN KINSTON
Sirpt. K. R. Curtis of tho City
Schools says, teachers are doubling up
icw so'that the entire enrollment can
be cared for in the present building?.
A part of the children attend in the
forenoon and a part in the afternoon.
Tho situation is not "grave," and not
a large number of pupils are affected
yet. But if the enrollment increases
as it has for the past five years,
there will have to be something doing
to prevent a handicapping congestion
noxt year. It is apparently certain
that a new building will have to be
erected before many months.
FINANCIAL GIANTS
MEET TO SOLVE THE
GOLD RUSH PROBLEM
Washington, Nov. 20.- Twelve big
bankers, representing1 financial Amer
ica in their capacity as members of:
th Advisory Council of the Federal
Reserve Board, met today with the
board to discus?, among other things
m ?an of controlling the huge floor
of gold that as swept Into the Unit
ed States with the tide of war prog-
Serb Stronghold Has No
Military Value, However,
Berlin Claims Garrison
In New Positions to the
North
(By the United Press)
London, Nov. 20. With rain and
suet, interfering with operations in
tin? Somme, interest tcday switched
to the lialkans, where further news
in-, .-eased the billiancy of the Allied
vut.uy in ths capture of Monastir
It in doubted if the Germanic forces
c.;;i completely seape the rapidly cn-
rircling Allied vise.
d'.rmany Not Especially Worried.
liorlin , Nov. 20. Ths evacuation
f Monastir was "prepared for since
si veral days ago," according to a
special revievy of the Balkan fight 'ng
''The city h without military import
ance.
Monastir Garrison Pursued.
London, Nov. 20.- Energetic pur
suit of the Teutons retreating from
.V.masUr is proceeding, says a Serb
ia:! offk'hil statement. News of the
crating of Monastir, ancient city
Serbian Macedonia, caused proud
tislactian and great joy in Serbia,
rlin Report on Western
Situation.
Berlin, Nov. 20. Ejection of the
tish from the western part of the
atfo of Grandecourt in a hand-
f: : .'na'te engagement is omcially re
p-ted. liie uritish sustained neavy
n-ses in attacks against German
: - -itions. The French were repulsed
.viiilo attempting to enter thj St.
I' '" Te-Vaast wood from the north-
v.vst.
"N'ew position north of Monastir
hue been occupied by our forces,
wiliont being disturbed by the ene
rvy." it is said officially. Now Ger
ir.anic forces have arrived In the
lighting zone,
il'mnianians Fall.
I'ct.-ojrrad, Nov. 20. Admission of
i.Oxe of Roumanian attacks in the
Klmpi'Iung region of Transylvania is
cf '.ally made.
FFMS OF INTEREST
IE11I RURAL
IIOOLS OF.COUNTY
Teachers' Meeting.
Th Lenoir Countv Teachers' Asso-
; i'o'i will hold the second general
'.eetin;: o' the year next Saturday,
evember 251 h, at 10:30 in th? lec
v: -e -room of tho Gordon Street Chris
lian church. The program is prob
. ;;;y ibe licit, of the year, as Prof. C.
W. Vi'-on of tho E. C. T. T.
School and Mr. L. C. Brr;-den of
the State Department will address
.: mciing and Supt. Hay Taylor
i Ce'Tville will lead a discussion
e lang;:rge work in the elementary
; rades. The Board of Education of
f ';s to e. ch group of teachers who
:r? present and on time at the meet
'. i ". a set of the books to he used in
'-! State Reading Circle work this
y ir. Every teacher in the county is
pvted to attend the meeting Sat
vi lay, and to hear Prof. Wilson's ad
':t Mr. F.'rogden wil speak to
tec 'cachers about gradation and clas
s'licatlon of pupils and the prepara
tion of seventh grade pupils for ex
amination. Oak Dale.
Oak Dale school will have a basket
P'!-ty in the school building next Fri-d.-.y
evening, November 24th. The
public is invited to attend the party,
for which an entertaining program
of amusements has been arranged.
Smith's SchooL
The public is invited to attend a
rosette party and oyster' supper at
the school building rrfxf Friday eve
niag, November 24th. ' . '.''...".
Hickory' Grove. 0" ;
Wa wish to thank the patrons and
co-workers - in neighboring , schools
and visitors for their interest ' and
E Taso, Texas, Nov. ID. an n-
identified American was killed when
a Yiibi band took Jiminez and four
Americans were scon" under a guard
or bandits at Parral during Villa's
occupation of that town, according1 to
r; ports believed by Federal agents
to ho authentic, brought t'J the bord-p'-
by refugees.
Refugees further state that the dis
trict between' Parral and Jiminez has
Iice'i cleared by Villa's followers'' of
ncr than 200 Chinese. The Ameri
can killed at .limine?, was described
a.", about C0 years old and known to
tram To-reon on his way to Chi
a;: -,'rn City. He was murder.;!, said
.h c rcfageos, in the Jiminez h tel and
body lay for some time in front
-.i- the building when after being roh
t.el ef clothing and valuables it wai
placed on a bonfire.
The same refugees say that two
Mexican women who had married
Chinese and their five half-caste chll
d'on were found and thrown alive in
the fire In sight of the crowd. The
b'-dios of seven murdered Chinese!,
according to the same authority, wore
seen in the street:-; of the town.
JOHN W. WOOTEN DIES
AT HOME IN NEWBERN
John William Woolen, a well
known N:w Bern man, died follow
ing a few hours' illness. Ho was 72
ycers ef ago and a native of Fay
tftteville. Ho once lived in Jones
county. The funeral was held In
Tr:nton Sunday afternoon. Children,
brothers and pls'?rs sof Mr. Wool
en live in Baltimore, Cove City.
Maysvillo, Pollocksville, Kinston and
o:ber places.
STRENGTH OF NATION
IN ITS YOUTH. SAYS
Norfolk. Va., Nov. 10. "Tho
s.'.'-ength of a nation Is found in the
character of in young manhood and
the Y. M. C. A. is unsurpassed by any
othir i n 1 : u ; ion in the work of char
acter l ;il !;.!,"." declared Josephus
Danif!'-., Sec;'', uy of the Navy, to iw
audience of nici this afternoon that
;prckc.I the Acid' my of Music.
Referr:::,r I be navy he assert:.;
"that the y inh of the enliste 1 nt'-n
! ; res ;):::.-:' -1 .- '"r the strength r.t.d
. '.nor cf t!-.e American navy today."
This ar.ntse I nthusia-.-.m among the
enlist. d men present.
generosity in making the parly at
Hickory Grove, cn Friday, November
17th, a success. Forty-one dollars
was raised for school betterment.
Misses Kihel and Iris Ives, teachers.
Farm Valley.
The very enjoyable program and
entertainment at Farm Valley school
recently ha? been reported as one of
the best cf the many social gather
ings in the rural "tchool buitding3
this year. Sixty-five dollars was
raised for the school. This amount
was made-, exclusive of expenses.
Pink Hill.
Tho class-rooms of th? Pink Hill
school building are completed and. the
school has moved in the comfortable
building. Each room is equipped
with new single desks. A teachers'
desk has been bought for each room
and itew blackboards have been put
in place.
The Betterment Association gave
a pl3y Friday evening and a largo
crowd was precent in the new school
auditorium.
The night school or moonlight
school of Pink Hill me;ts on Monday
and Thursday night3 of each week.
Twelve pupils have been enrolled and
some real work is being done.
Airy Grove.
Patrons and friends of the school
are Invited to the school building on
Friday afternoon, November ; 4, At
2:80 o'clock. A .program of enter
tainment by th pupils will be given.
It Is hoped( that all patroK of the
school !!! tie present.
In all probability Jt was the laat
i $300,000 spent by the Democratic Na
tional Committee which assured Mr
Wilson's re-election, ths Finance
Committee for North Carolina thinks
The national fund is about that much
short.
Hugh McRae, secretary-treasurer
for the State, writes The Free Press
"Will you not make this matter of
Democratic credit the Ibasis of a re
quest for a popular subscription, (1)
trom all Democrats who wanted to
give to tho original fund, but for
any reason failed to do so; (2), from
those who gave to tho original fund,
but who would be glad to give more
liberally; and ('!) fram those who
were liberal in tho fust instance, hut
who ft el sufficient joy over the vlctO'
ry to give more, in order to make a
clear record, as well as a glorious
one, for tho Democratic party?"
GAMBLERS AND OTHERS
IN THE POLICE COURT
Monday morning's chapter of tri-
lations In the Police Court follows:
Willie Cobb, Jacob Fleming, John
c.y Jones and Lonnie Matthews, gam
lilinjr, ?5 and costs each. Jesse Con
way, speeding, $5 and costs. Eugene
Rayner, assault with a pitchfork,
r:rj costs. Johnny Gregg, disorderly
a::d two enses for assault on a fe
male, judgment reserved.
SUFFRAGISTS READY
TO HAGGLE CONGRESS
(By the United Press)
Washington, Nov. 20 The suffrage
hosts mobilizing here for the "Ibig
drive ' en Congress during the com
ii:g session, when they anticipate the
enactment of Federal woman suffrage
legislation.
NORFOLK SOUTHERN
OFFICIALS IN CITY
Marsden J. Perry, Chairman of ths
' rfo!k Swthom directorate, and
l'V-e.-'ident Jocoph Young and a num
i r of other directors and officials
. isiied Kinston Saturday afternoon
n a special train of six cars. 'The
;;rty was on a tour of inspection of
i system.
INSTITUTE NEW BERN .
TEMPLE ON WEDNESDAY
New Bern is all ready for the In
vasion of that city Wednesday by
ii'indi-eds of North Carolina and Vir
ginia Shrinors to assist in and wit
ness the installation of Sudan Tem
;i!e. Ihe temple will be given a
Itan.lsnme start in life. Many Kins
t l Shrinors will be present at the
institution. New Bern Masonry has
W' ll.ed for the temple for years, and
th' dispensation was granted by the
Imperial Council at Buffalo a few
months ago.
Cotton brought from 1!) 3-4 to 20
1-4 here Monday. Somo market! Re
ef ints were around fifty bales.
New York futures quotations iweie:
Open Close
January 20.80 1.60
March 21.02 21.25
May 2155 21.40
July 21.30 2LS8
October 19.05 19.20
December 20.. 90 20.95
VISITING SALVATIONIST. -
Staff Capt Jennie Crawford - of
At!a.):a, secretary for the Salvation
Army of the work In . four States,
will hold services In the Free Will
Baptist church here , Monday v and
Tuesday nights. ; She will be assisted
by CapU Von Egmond of New Bern.
The meetings will start at 730. The
: ' . H is at Chestnut and Trianon
Tse public i; !;?!.
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Flying 8 Hours and 59 Min
utes, ShetLands at New
York, Af tpr a Cold Trip
From Chjcago in Out-of
Date Machine
(By the 'United Press)
New York, Nov. 20. Ruth Law,
smiling little Amer-an, took her
place as the premier woman aviator
of the world when she equalled the
American record of cross-country fly
ing and landed on uovernor s island,
r.tn'tig flown 840 miles from Chica-
iu an obsolete type of aeroplane,
with but two stops, when she was
forced to descend for gasoline. Ex
posed to a cold wind owing to the
fact that the type of her machine
forced her to sit out in front of the
motor, and without a shield, the
plucky young woman outstripped Vic
tor Carlstrom's record for a continu'
ous flight mode1 on November 2, with
a latest type machine, and then con-
'nuexl her journey and flew farthest
of any woman in history, flying eight
hours and 59 nfinutes.
Miss Law got a rousing reception
rn her arrival. Carlstrom character
ized the flight as "tho greatest avia-
on feat of the year."
SEABOARD MUST GIVE
IN TO CITY RALEIGH
(By the United Presq)
Washington, ' Nov. 20. The Su
premo Court today affirmed the North
Carolina court, 'denying the Seaboard
Air Line an injunction to prevent en
forcement of aclty ordinance by the
City cf Raleigh, requiring the road
to remove certain tracks from a pt
1c street.
I0RSE PREVENTED
A JAIL DELIVERY
Jim," at City Hall, Kept Tunnel Dng
From Cell Closed With His' Heels.
"Nub" Stole Shoes Off Fellow Prls-
oner Before Digging the Hole
Escape
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to
Bert Sellars, a fire wagon driver,
topped a game of setback at the sta-
ion at City Hall Saturday night to
ro hack to the stall of Jim, a hand-
cmo black, and remonstrate with
him for the "worst carrying-on" one
could Imagine. For half an hour Sel-
ara had been tolerating Jim's mon
key business, and hoping that he
would quit it. He found the horse
tandlng in an attitiide of intense ex
ilement, nnorting and pawing at
h':; ground on one side of the stall.
The cause of it all was "Nub," a
small, one-armed, very ugly negro.
Adjoining tho engine house on one
side is what the police call the "cala
boose," which is about as bad a
place to put a person in as could be I
discovered. Tho calaboose is not
fteamh-iated, and the cell-doors are
full of cracks through which the
wintry winds blow at will. In the
cell with "Nub" were four other ne
groes. Thres faced a trifling gam
bling charge, and one was too drunk
to care what happened. "Nub," how
ever, wa3 accused of stealing a pair
of trousers and had been caught aft"
a chase tho afternoon before. He
tunneled a way through the plank
floor of the cell and burrowed through
the ground into the horse's stall. He
had no assistance and only the one
hand to work with, the others said.
Through with his task, "Nub" put
hi head through to reconnotter. .He
Immediately withdrew It, however,
and should be glad thac he kept It.
A hoof missed his little black crani
um by the fraction of an Inch. Th
fire horse stood guard and every time
"Nub protruded lis kinky head his
pito was : fanned by the air, from
Jim's heels. That had been going on
for . fully 30 minutes before ; Sellars
discovered the trouble, and all the
prisoners were transferred ta the
county jail nearby It was not f "r
but a Fflrit cf sV.eer deviltry t' i i -
w1
EVERY PHASE BE. fROBED
Adamson to See . President
About Restrictive Legisr
lation-A. P.- of k Won't
Stand for Anti-Strike Le
gislation (By the United Pra)
Washington, Nov. 20. The curtin
was lifted here today on one of the
most dramatic battles of industrial
units in the nation's '" history; when
tho joint congressional committee In
the interest of cemiserc started' Its
investigation of conditions veiaUnff
to commerce and labor. Every
influence of capital and labor will
clash during the hearings. In the
atsanUmt tftgovernment wlli keep
watchful eye on the interests r of
the pubrte. Today Representative
Adamaon, author of-the eight-hour
iw, will confer with iVesf dent Wll-
-on regarding additional legislation
;v ci.oea for Ua settlement aim pre
vention of fndus trial disputes- The
American Federation of Labor - has
already challenged ' irjr;'legislalion
which might limit the right of labor
to striks." - - w
WW .tft See Labor ImsW.
Washington, Nov,. " 20,-JMsia'ent
Wilstju, vflll, cpnfer with te tour
brotherhood leader at ; the ' White
House this afternoon. He granted
them 15 minutes just prior to the p
ptitntment ot PreSf&isiit Wlfton witk
ON ELEVENTH DECK
IUg Gathering of Southerners to At
tend Eighth Annual Conrentlo of
Commercial Congress My- l)ele
K4s From Each of the 16 States
In Dixie
(Special to The Free- Press) ,
Norfolk, Nov. 20.-rJ?resIdent WIK
on's coming to Norfolk ".December
1 to participate" la the' opening pro
gram of the eighth annual conven-
ion of the Southern Commercial
Congress following closely' upon his
e-election, will give an impetus , to
ho southern invasion of Norfolk that
s expected to assemble here that day
the largest thflong that , has " ever
gathered for an event in Virginia.
Tha day wilf be literally live with
features of the type calculated to
draw crowds from distant" as Veil as
rest. by cities and the lowest estimate
that has been placed upon the ex
pected multitude of visitors on Wood-
row Wilson day is 50,000
Henry G. Barbee, chairman of the
Citizens' Executive Committee, esti
mates that tho four days of the con
vention will draw to this city be-
tween 100,000 and 125,000 visitors.
Tha sixteen State executives of the
House of Southern Governors , hjtv
each appointed upwards of 100 Offi
cial delegates. Governor Stuart " of
Virginia is completing his list, which
wilt include, the names of probably
1,000 prominent Virginians, - 4 - ,
polled the Intelligent animal to "kick
np those at the -fire house thin.
Jim used to puTl bell rope to annoy
his human friends, and Is Admittedly
a littir vktous. He has fafen on hit
side of the pole for years and years
now. "Nub" when he went to the
jail had on brand new pair of tan
sheet. They were the property of
his prostrate cellmate. : The one-armed
one had ' swapped;' the stranger's
er a little larger and a lot better,
he athhiileJ. ' . Nu has epent the
bilttf - I ti f fve yars past
cn t" o