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.V " ' '' ' " .' ' 0 ' . i " i The Home Paper The, Yveather Todaj'i tfewss Today" Fair- !V0L. XVIIL-No 122 - If-SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1916 onTTD r rtfo ipnntv - - -r.r PBltS& TWa CENTS - H OUR PAGES TUIAY five cem on tkains .4 . UNITPSTATES WILL NOTSTMUFOIi ANY FIJBER ?ROERASTrAX! CONFnENCE MM WERICMlEttl KNOWN H FEU TO VILLA SLEW RIGHT! DEMOCRATS SHOULD AIR RECORD OF THE WiP LABOR ALLIES JN VICTORY OF BRILLIANT SORT AND LEFT WHEN HE I RALLY TO SUPPORT YEAR MApE BY RUTH LAW, A PLUCKY GIRL w - -DAILY 11 :flJB Al CAPITAL FIGHT IT BE LAID BARE r I," ; "V'' .'.,' At Sessions of Congression al InvstatorStaxted ' At Washington TOOK JiiNEZ TOll! OF NAT'L COMMITTEE A I 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. mm 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; !;?!. i 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 . 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