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Statesman; 'Trained as a WarriorAged Emperor's Long
ileJirllyas Unprecedented
Be uriM With Body and
Those of Many Predecessors frariz Josef Will Be
13rd of the House of Hapsburg to Occupy Niche in
ftoyarCrypt-tfody Will
burg Augustiner Church
(By the United Press)
London. Nov. 22. The eves of the world today turned
to Charles Francis Joseph,
Hungary. Although Vienna
confirmation or tne aeatn oi tne agea rimperor n an. ,ju
sef. his demise is confirmed in various sources. The new
ruler is twentv-nine years, of
commanding the Austrian armies in the Carpathians. He
is known to have a good military education, to be demo
cratically inclined, but lacking in diplomatic training. He
' assumes the throne at a time when the strongest or men
would have a great task in maintaining the integrity of
the nation.
Hungary is growing restless under the Hapsburg
yoke. The death of the strong figure of the aged mon
arch,, it is feared, may result in an increase of Prussian
ddftrination. A mere stripling, unversed in statecraft,
succeeds Franz 'Josef. Germany probably will find him
pliant to Prussian wishes.
The Vienna court isthe most formal of all Europe.
Many curious medieval ceremonies will attend the prepa
ration of the body, the burial, and the interment, and the
crowning of the hew ruler. According to custom, the
heart was removed today and placed in a separate recep
tacle, later to be buried with the body.
Sixtyeight years ago, when the last previous Haps
burg ruler died, his heart was placed in an urn and pre
served with 55 other urns, each containing the heart of
a member of the royal family. Franz Josef issued a royal
decree against this ancient custom."
The body will probably lie in state a week in the fiof
burg Augustiner church, our hundred years old. Inter
ment "Will be in the royal crypt, for- four centuries the
keeper of the Hapsburg -dead. Franz Josef will number
the 133rd.
Condition Not Generally Known.
London, Nov. 22. Emperor Fran
cis Joseph died last night at nine o'
clock at Schoenbrunn Castle, accord
ing to a Reuter dispatch from"Vl
enna, by way of Amsterdam.
The first intimation deceived here
that Emperor Francis Joseph's health
was again the subject of solicitude
was contained in a dispatch dated
Nov. 12, emanating from a Vienna
newa agency, which (reported that
the Emperor had been suffering for
some days from a slight catarrhal af
fection. Subsequent reports from va
rious sources, more or less conflict
ing, represented that his condition
was becoming worse, but none of
them Jndicated that his illness threat
ened to reach ft critical state, and
from Vienna came assurances that
he was still able to give audiences to
one or more ministers daily.
What gave some credence to the
suspicion that his condition was much
graver than the official bulletins in
dicated wag the report, which still
lacks confirmation, that it had been
decided to associate the heir to the
throne Archduke Charles Francis,
in the government of the country and
that he was to assume the, position on
December 2, on the sixty-eighth an
niversary of the Emperor ascension
to the throne.
So far aa is known here Archduke
Cnarlea is tllt at the front in com
mand of the army.
Unprecedented Reign.
The. death of Francis Joseph is a
remarkable climax to the long list of
tragedies in the Hapsburg family
a list nnparallellel . in any other
reigning house in Europe. i He dies
in ine midst of the world's greatest
war, which he himself largely brought
about fcy his determination to avenge
the' act of assassination of his heir,
the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, as
the i esnlt of an alleged Serbian con
spiracy, - while on "a state visit to
Bosnia on Jane 28, 1914. ; T
Francis Joseph- was 86 years old
at the time of his death. s He waa
born August 18 1830. He was only
nineteen year of age when lie ascended-the-throne
of Austria, upon
the adbication of his uncle, .Ferdi
nand I, December 2, 1848, making his
lieart ftemoved But Will
Not Preserved as itave Been
tie In State Week In Hof
Ancient Customs at Buria)
the new Emperor of Austria-
so lar has witnneia omeiai
age, and new is supposedly
active reign extend over a period of
G8 years, all but the first twenty of
which he was also Apostlic Kinjr of
Hungary. It is doubtful that if in
all history there ha3 bsen an active
r.uthcnticated reign that was ljn.:x.
shiners Hold new
bern in grip fun;
temple institutee
Sudan Tempi' of Shriners, a new
temple authorized in a dispensation
a few months ago, is being institut
ed at New Bern with elaborate cer
emonies. New Bern is filled with
fea-wearers from throughout North
Carolina and the Virginias. At least
one New Bern hotel has advise;!
d:ummers who are its regular pat
rons to stay away from the city on
Wednesday and Thursday. Kinston
sent quite a delegation to th? insti
tution, including Messrs. John E.
Cameron, J. T. Deal, Will Mewborn,
O. D. Jobson, Fred. I. Sutton and
others. New Etern Is gaily decorated
for the occasion and the pilgrims are
formally in possession of the city.
BIG DAMAGE TO CRO S
iff SOUTH FROM COLD
Washington, Nov. 21. Wide
spread and sever damage to crops in
ths We stand South was done by the
record-tbreakfng cold wave of Novem
ber 10-17. The weather bureau an
nounced today in a special bulletin.
Dunnage to cotton was J Slight, but
t.-uck farms suffered heavily.
Mammoth steel plant
" for maryland city
Baltimore, Md., Nov. 21. Charles
M." Schwab, of the Bethlehelm Steel
Company, who was a guest of the city
at a testimonial dinner tonight, an
nounced that plans call for an expendi
ture of about $50,000,000 In plant and
equipment here. From 15,000 to 20,
000 men ultimately will be employed.
Will Try to Launch Move
ment for Big Bond Issue
In County
REST ROOMS NOW CERTAIN
Businessmen Will Finance
Proposition Mav Have
One Secretary for Cham
ber and Kinston Fair As
sociation
' Gj;.(1 roads' was again the sub
ject of considerable discussion at a
ny-piiny of the Chamber of Comerce
directorate Tuesday night. The Cham-!ie:-
has long had better roads for a
hc.'iliy, and is expected to 'boost an im-
ii .Ii.ite bond election in Lenoir coun
y after a meeting on f'riday night,
it which the matter will be thresh-
out thoroughly. Tho county may
asked to expend from a quarter to
.i half million dollars on the im
provement of every mam hi;nway tn
thi" county. The (Chamber i3 also
at!y interested in tho proposed
Kinatnn-Swansborn highway, which
i?. - every chance of becoming a real
ty, and th? directors at this meeting
w ' e iven the contents of a letter
Yrm Richlands urging that the road
e carried through that hustling town,
h:ch is something of a tobacco mar
cel and has long wanted closer ' in
.ceourso with Kinston. Sentiment
the local bond issua is said to be
"avirable.
Water transportation was another
n't: r taken up. Virg'l Walker, in
' ootr.l in tho new steamer service
i n Rallimore to New E'ern, talksd
ivrr the matter of promoting a local
nrnnany with the directors. Mr.
,V:ilk - is a well-known New Bernien
nil a transportation expert. He ad-;;.-atc''
the organization of a com-
;;.; to build or buy and operate boats
a.hipud t tho upper Neuse naviga
Vn, c-nneet Kinston with the
' '.!' n lino's terminus at New
') -,). The i'lea was given over to the
rh:!T; erY, Transportation Commit
i:"' for consideration.
The directors heard Miss Adna
IMuarus. L:-poir county Homo Dem
onstration Agent, outline the plans
f(.r the proposed rest rooms for coun
: y wirr.cn in the downtown district
f the city, anil promised support. It
-, expected that the business men,
i- iler the Chamber's auspices, will
.'V ance the project from start to fin-i-h.
One- banker enthusiast suggests
pprnding "not less than $1,000!" It
s l;kely that four rooms in the build
in:' in rear of the Hunter building at
M:miment corner will be taken for
rroms. A ki'ehen will be among the
conveniences. Nothing will be done
in the matter by the Chamber until
after next Tuesday night, when a
me ting of the Kinston Fair Associa
ion will be held at which the offices
(if secretary of the organizations may
combined, business which if it is
consummated the Chamber would
prefer to hove out of the way be
fore taking further steps in the rest
vc ms matter.
The securing of the services of a
Middle Western concern making a
busiar-s Cf boosting chambers of
commerce and boards of trade to build
up the local Chamber's membership
and finances' was authorized. New
Bern's and chambers in other neigh
boring cities have been given new life
by this means.
TARHEEL GETS YEAR IN
VMCINIA
Richmond, Va, Nov 21. One year
in the penitentiary was the penalty
which a jury today gave W. F. Ham
met, a young white mary from Dur
ham, charged with stealing an auto
mcbils hero and trying to dispose of
ft in Raleigh, where he waa arrested.
Sentence raa suspended pending. ar
gument on notion for a new trial. -
(By4th United Press) to
Washington, Nov. 22.
PVe-eongressional develop
ments forecast a bitter
fight in the House over the
question of establishment
of a foodstuffs embargo. Re
presentative Fitzgerald an
nounced today that he will
introduce an embargo reso
lution following the conven
ing.
JONES COUNTY MAN
iot by wm
HE THREAT'N'O WIFE
Arthur Koonce Declared He
Would Take Helpmeet's
Life Edgar Koonce Fir
ed Load STtot Into Par
ent's Body
Ar'.lur Koonce, a prominent man
cf tho Comfort, section of Jones coun
ty, was shot and badly wounded by
his 20-ypar-old son, Edgar,, Monday
night. The victim has a good chance
for recovery. Sheriff Hargett of
Jones county, confirming tho shoot
ing, Wednesday stated that the elder
Kocnce was intoxicated and mistreat
ed his wife, threatening to kill h:r.
A shctgun was the weapon used, the
load taking effect in the lower p.irt
of Koonce's body. The family is well
txio and stand high in tho communi
ty. Another shooting at Comfort ce
nently was accidental. -A 10-year-old
negro boy was killed. A 14-year-old
sen of W. C. George, white, took a
revolver from a mantel to examine it
and the weapon was discharged in
his hand. There was but one bullet
in thi revolver. It struck the victim
in tho head. A coroner's jury exon
erated young George.
About a hundrrd ba!e3 of cotton
we're sold hero Wednesday, with com
petition at its keenest and the staple
actually bringing from a quarter to
half more than it was worth in Nor
folk. Prices ranged from 20:40 down
ward. New York futures quotations were:
Open Cloac
January 20.73 20.43
Marc 20.95 20.C0
May ...21.17 20.88
July 21.13 20.88
October 18.85 18.73
December 20.65 20.34
BIG SHIPMENTS MERCHANDISE.
Unusually heavy shipments of mer
chandise are coming into the city
over tho Norfolk Southern Railroad
now, Agent W. 3. Nicholson said
Wednesday morning, although freight
traffic in general is somewhat light
er than two weeks ago. Perishables
and holiday goods are being handled
ia big quantities, indicating that Kin
ston will have tho merriest Christ
mas, barring a catastrophe, in its
history.
STOCKS WITNESSES LEAVE.
. The local witnesses in the case of
Sam Stocks, alleged lyncher, whose
case is famous in the State, left "Wed
nesday morning for Kehahsville,
where the grand Jury fn Superior
Court is Investigating the case for fhe
second time. Stocks is charged witn
being member of a mob, thought
to iave been comprised principally fcy
Greene county men, who last spring
stormed the Lenoir county Jail here,
and removed Joe Black, colored, and
lynched him. The case ia in Duplin
by a change of venne. ...-.
Fifty Men Are Lost When
Great' Steamship Goes
Down VVas In British
Army Service as a Hospi
tal Vessel
(By the United Press)
London, Nov. 22. The hospital
ship Britannic, formerly a White
Star liner, one of the biggest ships
afloat, has been sunk in the Aegean
S?a.
Fifty wore lost, 28 injured and 11
hundred saved, the Admiralty today
announced.
It is assumed that tho Britannic,
which transported Allied wounded
from Salonika, was sunk directly on
tho route from this port.
MAY CAPTURE JONES
COUNTY MURDERER IN
TIDEWATER COUNTRY
Nick lOollirts, tho Jones county
:!:mtcr who shot and killed Abram
C i'ilins, a distant cousin, a few weeks
ago, la expected to fall into custody
'! 'a short time. Collins is said to
V've b:en spotted in Tidewater Car
nlina. A quiet search for him has
born Th progress ever since the
.hooting and his escape.
Tho Collinses fell out ostensibly
;r.-er a boundary between their farms,
V't the Jones county authorities be
lieve that the slayer, suspected of
tmonshlning, thought Abram Col
lins had Informed against him and
and that that occasioned the crime.
B, th were in moderate' circumstances
and both wore regarded as somewhat
eccentric, especially Nick Collins. The
fclr.'n m;m bore the best reputation In
general of the two.
EUTSCIILA1 GETS
UNDER WAY SECOND
TIME, IN DAYLIGHT
New London, Conn., Nov. '21. The
German merchant submarine Deutsch
hnid with a $2,000,000 cargo and of
firial mail for Emperor William
.board, made another start for Brem
en this afternoon, her dash last Fri
day Toeing frustrated when she sank
i convoying fug, necessitating a re
turn to port for minor ifepairs.
Her skipper, Paul Koenig, instead of
:stoaling out to sea under the cover
of darkness a'8 last week, boldly
.steered down the arbor in broad day
light and without convoy.
ALABAMA ELECTOR IS
UNDER GRAVE CHARGE
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 21. Y. M.
Qulnn, of Franklin county, wo was
chosen at the general election Novem
ber 7, as a Democratic elector from
Alabama, was indicted today by the
Franklin county grand jury on a
charge Of embezzling about $45,000
from a bank at Russeilville, Ala., in
wnich he was employed. Qulnn waa
said to have made good all but about
$14,000 of the alleged srortage.
MONSTEtt MEN-OF-WAR
FOR AMERICAN NAYV
Washington, Nov. 21. Naval de
signers are planning battleships
which have a length of 700 feet
100 foet longer than ships . already
provided for and ordinance experts
are working on a 16-inch 60 calibre
rifle for new battleships, which win
be the most powerful naval guns' in
the (world, ' according to statements
made today at the hearing by the
House Naval sub-committee on Che
new naval appropriation bill,
Teutons Seem to Be Mak
ing frapid Progress In
Offensive There
LOT SMJES AT STAKE
Great Quantities of Wheat
May Have to Be Aband
oned Germanic Forces
Attacking British in the
West
(By the United Press)
London, Nov. '22. Active artillery
filing from the enemy is reported by
Gorcral Haig from the Ancre front,
where tho enemy has centered his at
tention upon the British right wing.
North of Ancre the British chased a
hostile patrol, but there was ne oth
er action of Importance.
Germans Penetrate Works.
L'.tlin, Nov. 22. Penetration of
two German detachments into Brit
ish trenches and the destruction of
defensive works and capture of a
number of prisoners is announced of
ticially. .
Roumanians Being Worsted.
1 London, Nov. 22. Mflftary ex
ports today made no attempt to dis
guise a feeling of gravity over die
Germans' whirlwind advance into
Western Roumania, indicated in the
capture of Craiova. They are wond
ering whether the Roumanians will
bo able to save their vast stores of
wheat supplies beforeretiring. Tern
porary local collapse of tho whole
Wallacha province campaign is fear-
ed. :
SL AYER OF GIRL TO
DIE FOR HIS CRIME
(By the United Press)
Durham, Nov. 22. Charles Wa'fc
e'r, a young white man, was toJiy
sentenced to the electric chair. Wal
ker murdered Florence Sultfln of Le
noir. He was taken to the State pen
itentiary because of higi feeling.
Jealousy is said to have been the
motive for the muf'er.
DAMAGES FROM LOCAL FfRM.
In Superior Court at New Bern on
Tuesday Elijah Hickman was award
ed $310.30 in a suit against the Rut
ledge Lumber Company of Kinston.
Hickman was injured (while loading
logs on a car.
'
EXPRESS OFFICE JOBBERY.
A Norfolk Southern Railroad : de
tective passed through the city Wed
nesday en route to Dover to Investi
gate a robbery in the express office
there. About 100 packages of whis
ky and other goods are said to Have
been stolen. No clus Js had. The de
pot and express office at Dover have
been rcfabed a number oif times in re
cent, years. -.
MEETING COUNTRY CLUB.
The governing board of the Caswell
Country Club will hold a nimportanl
meeting in the Kinston Cotton MiHa
office Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'
clock. All others interested In the
club are Invited to be jfresent.
MRS. FORDHAM'S
WILL PROBATED,
. . The will of tie late
Fordham nla been yfobateii iiid tt.
F. Wooten has quaiffleS 4 executor.
The estate ia" nominal! &ri. "May P.
Wooten. a atste of the deceased, ia
the only beneficiary,
Supreme Court Soon to
Pass On ttihsiiiuiioMty
of Adaniifin Law'
UtMB Cify TEST CASE
Will Soon Be Concluded ind .
Matter Sent' On to Wash-.
ingtOH, Opinifln oT Coun
sel On Both 'SidesGov
ernment In a Hurry
(By the United Pj-esah :.,
Kansas City, Nov. 22. Judge
Hook holds the Adamson law an
constitutional and invalid. uHe
refused (a ilsmJsa ia apDlica
ron of the tilaaoaU Okfahoma
tf mil Rafffoad aa mflnlr.
tion agftnat infoYceln&i
law. The govenuaent attorneys
are expected tt aft)?! file t&t
to the- Ssnmn Crim lAmCtfliflf-
ly for flnar teal ;f fee Itett
constitutionality. v;' ,.,
"My decision waa merely v to
rush the case to the Supreme
Court." f Save given the govern-
ment until S o'clock' & perfect ita'
appeal 'fo WW UliUr cort
JAfge4 Ho& : aaM. " ' "
Kansas City, Nov. 22. That the
test case to determine the conetltn
tlonalrfy oi the Adamwm eight-bour ;
law will ! fce on Its way to tne ' &x
p'reme -Court fcy hfglit waS ne feelfet
vfd-iy hi Mi&Ayt "n ftott -'WSk'
etfgrf Waffai & H6ot Si ft! ,
9. Drttrtct Court, wla fef-'decWe ,
whether he eonsldeta tlta htw foAati
tudonal or invalid. V..
FaMh hi PreaMent -
Eafktawre, Nov. , 2ai!-OrfBiikl
!a'5or J(oea noi jbefievA. the 1preal'deit
WlTt frisfat on compulsory airfcitratfoh-befafe-etrik'ing
fegTaiation Tne lead-;
ers beiieve the President la "wltk
them," ";!J.-";---4&v.,
Supreme Court to Do All It Dw.
Wasnington, Nov.' jti$&imVh
ly ptwsAte, " Ihe Supreme fowt wfli
pass on the constitutionality of ;the
AJamsoti eigbt-hour law before Jan
uary 1. Everything will be don to
expistftte fhe test in Kansas Ciiy, due
for its ftrat hearing in a few hours.
GdvetottIK WimWs.
Kaneaa City, itS., Nov, 2LLegl
skirmishing' in" the ffghl ol the rail
roads of the' United States against
the Adamson 8-hour raw was brought
to a sudden issue today by a motion
filed by the government in the Unit
ed States district court here, which, it
Is expected will result in av decision
on the constitutionality of the law
by the Supreme Court before ' Jan
Qary 1, when the law" fi & o into
efect. '..-. '." ",..-jit' -
"Prolonged!, unnecessary anj scat
tered MgiticM shduld-ff 96ttible be
avoided, otherwise injury mayjiresult
i the public and! tr failroafls Imd
their ' empksyeS," the ' g overnrfint
says ih its W6tfoh as" f reason W its.
action.,! " ' i -
A. F. of L. and Brothernooda 6illf
Together.- r" 'iK (
BantlnVoTe, Ui Nov. SlEffort
to eflect air affeliatforl fcSlweJn Jhe
AmeHcan 'teieiiiioi '.of' LaAfe and
the four fete ralWy 'brotMhoda
received a'decRtei ImpVtui ttoOay
wheif the tfedeiaticm oirvMion Bare
entlnisiastfcally reitvW tecWir '
'th'ldurrepxeeentatives hi ffie ialiriir
ent brotherhoods anj rtiJeiSt Coin-1
pers,; favdrhur such action. N- -
Leaders of the two organizations
tonight were preparing to bmufUratV
a joint figH for betlef wdrkfng c'dh
ditlons, particularly ' lor Railway
worker Of tdi "classes, and agamat
all compulsory arbitration nfeasuiia.
us'u'al goo6 pkicES
.. ON TOBACCO market
. NiAiety-flv fiSusaltd pounds of to
ofceo wii sold ber Wednesday, ae
f6rdlng t. wfehoiie estimates ht
' , " s V
The weed averaged ifM in quail '.y;
while prices "were ibout as goad it
any time this season. ' '
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