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VOL: XVHL-No. 133
FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1916
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A SHIP DUNN IS REELECTED AHCIIBOLD ST IVOAHO tANNflT LET llTISli POPULACE COPS WANT A RAISE
IN HELP; PREHBEUrr OF THE
OIL MAGNATE, LOSES
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VII IJSTilS STEAL A ALLOW CANAD
GERMAN. tliMl IN tllTATflES
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fflJNCL WOULD
LilLll U in
iTAlft STATED LOWER COST L
Teuton Vibe-Consul at Chi
huahua Reported to Have
Been Slain
APPEAL TO WASHINGTON
Americans in El j?asd Wan
Demand Made on Carran
za as to Fate of Six Per
sons Who May Have Been
Killed
(By the United Press)
El Paso, Pec. 5. Telegrams
from Charles Elmendorf at Chi
huahua City saying "we are all
well" are Interpreted bv officials
to mean that all Americans
there are safe.
Washington, Dec. 5. The fate
of thekldnapped German Con
sul Collma Is unknown, but the
American Government is doing
everything possible to rescue
him. Department messages to
day said American railroadmen
In Chihuahua are safe. It is be
lieved stories of the death of the
German Vice-consul and an
American at Chihuahua City
were rumors.
El Paso, Dec. 5. A petition to the
State Stats Department at Washin
ton to make a peremptory demand up
on Carranza government officials to
obtain news of the fate of six Am
ericans and other foreigners known
to have been in Chihuahua City when
Villa captured the city a week ago,
is being prepared here by their
friends.
Want to Know Fate of Americans.
Washington, Dec. 5. The abduct
ion of the German Consul Colima of
Matamoras by bandits said to be Vil
listas, was reported in State Depart
ment messages. Another report said
the German Vice-consul at Chihua
hua City had been killed, also one
American.
BO HIS LITTLE TO
HELP RAISE LEATHER
It will take $500 to carry out the
Salvation Army's Christmas plans
here. The members of the pest anti
cipate no trouble in raising the money,
fc en though the time new Is short.
apt. M. Vendeville says ?anta
Claus must provids a hundred pair3
of shoes. Some ask to bearin with,
with shoes almost as valuable as
eggs. Then, there are more than 40
families on the Captain's string win
will not get real Christmas dinners
on the 25th unless he engineer? it.
These are the two principal items.
The Salvation Army is advertisia?
for aid. The customary mean; are
being employea. Collections for 'he
cause are expected to Be ample.
OLD BUCK JOHfi GOT
BACK AT LAST; THEN
HE WAS DISAPPOINTED
Johri Loftin, colored, claiming to be
8(V years of age and looking every
da)r of it, wants to go back t oOk-
lahoma jfter finding that he' knows
nothing about Klnston tXter 65
years absence. The old - man 'says
he was born here and was the prop
erty of Loftins; that he was sold on
the famous sWe market at New Or
leans and eventually was carried to
Oklahoma,' where he 'ived bkiii re
cently. ; He'solof 'feana lie wys,
"Icrapin and scrapin?! always hop
,BS to get .back home, but always
tere waS smetSin? the way un
tfi a few weeks ago when his cherish
ed desir iT?ti1
GoldsbcVa 1W " R Thm (Knr nt
videnc fB'ih 7pstelff murder case
eontinned today. The jury, was com-
tleted late yesterday. ;-,; ' ; '
Certain Restrictions Rcmov -
cd-First btep by De-I
partmentof Agriculture f
to Clip Wings of Food
Products
By the Uniied Press)
Washington, Dec. 5. First
Congressional action towards re
lief from the high cost of living
was taken today when upon mo
tion by Representative Keating
the House concurred In the Senate
Amendment to his bill providing
for an Investigation of the cost of
living among wage-earners in the
district of Columbia.
Washington, Dec. 5. The fir-t slop-
of the Department of ap 'culture to
ward the policy expected to reduce
prices on food staples was taken to-!
day when an em'bargo on Canadian :
potatoes was ordered lifted. Ship
ments of potatoes, it is explained, j
must be certified by shippers t be as '
sound as is commercially pra-.'tVaMp :
and contain no more than tin ei-
cent of tubers showing tra:es of dis
ease. Heretofore, Canadian potatoes have ,
been admitted only at designate')
ports of entry. Under the amended
rule importers must apply to the Fed-;
eral Board for permits.
TIME TO MAIL NOW
POSTOFFiCE UR&
FOLKS GET MOVE 0
"Mail early!"
Everybody's 'beginning ti do it.
The Pcstoffice Department and post
agltating it. In the local efn.- Post
master LaRoque has placards posted
all over the building calling atten
tion to the necessity for mailing hol
iday gocds as soon as pss:'.!. .Mavk
oods "Not to be opened u;.;;i (':!!-
mas and, except for verv short, dis-
ances, fire them into the mail
before i
i vry
"::inc-J
ie.'dd j
if not i
I
M on
he real rush begins, is advic
There is le-is likelihood of y.
eeeiving rcugh handling a:
end will ibs served as well bv i
nrw as two weeks from now.
Postal employes say parcel
to men in the army .at El Pis i
be dispatched early next wee!.
sooner, if a package is-maile
day there is small likelihood f.iat
will reach El Paso before the w
follcA'ing. During the week '!:
Christmas the El Paso office will
crowded with the Christmas ina'i
oO.OOO soldiers in addition to ih
iliay population.
SUFFRAGE ARMY IS
READY FOR THE BIG
DRIVE ON CONGE
(By the United Press)
Washington, De?, 5. The front
line of the army of woman suffraa.'
farmed hare today for the "biz i; -M'
on CoTigrcss tk force through the
Susan B. Anthony amendment ai t h-i
short session.
The initial move of the campaign
depends largely upon whether the
a'ttitudq of President Wilson whir'a
leaves toward state instead of feJoral
action has at all changed. Some suf
frage workers believe it Kas, that it
may be passed on promptly to the
states of ratification. -
The foilowfng offlc'ai statniam
was made to fay by the Union through
the United Press: "The feeling is
gcnc-al that a demand 'for "a federal
amenilmcnt should '10 pressed much
more insislenfTy than heretofore m
view of the previous delay of congress ;
In deafing with the measured
"The ca4e for national suffrage has . .
been unanswerably presented. The administrr.tion will be fnvorable, te
movemcnt has been endorsed by wo-; cause the Democratic paly to main-
men voters at the polla and there is,
only one answer ine aamiiusxrawoii
can give, namely the passaged of a
feilnral amendment at this session,
.The wemen k jiot te.- jaooi toj
rook delay. ;-- I j
j "We are confident the attitude of the
j Attempt to Give Up Office
Was Not Tolerated By
His Fellows
CLEVER SECRETARY OUT
f'inady to Be Succeeded by
Whole-time Man to Act
lloth for Chamber of
Commerce and Its Lusty
Offspring
. !'. C. Hue:
of the Ki
by the To:n
ni.cht, ever
was reelected Pre-':
Fair Associa
d of Directors Mm:-
ly ni.cnt, ever nis pretest, in a;
his pretest. In
. hort talk Mr. Dunn (numerated his:
reasons for wishing to decline. The j
directors refused to consider his j
"resignation." Every other officer
w iih the exception of Secretary J. II.
'aaivly was recoct oil They are:
!"-t Viee-p'-oden-. 1 o .1. M. Par
rs' ; ,-: c.)?i l V;.-e-;re-;deot, Mr. E. V.
-; Trt-i u;:-er. W. I. IIoo l;
!''.; iiTive rommitteemcn, Mr. P. S.
Harper, iCli;rr. n; Messrs. J. F.
T: y. r, J. W. f:..o 1 a. a, N. J. Rouse
la I II. E. Mosel.y.
: ec.' el, try l aaa iy, to wnom tne
!rck!ed ie:
.'r" lovlr,
scrificc!
n---.n
::e tllinir f
H-ceiitly voted a hand
cup for hi ' two year1; o!
"vice a service which
more than nnyother
)h- li'in and 1910 fairs'
1 , es , --v: s Mllowe I, after his sin
c appeal to be relieved, to go
ei'. As per a plan agreed upon
,rao wo'ks ago, the directors an
v':ied a commlftee to co-operate
;th a s-'nvlar commit '.ce from the
har.i'ier of Commerce in employing
joint whole-lime, secretary for tho
i organizations.- The joint com
i:e will procec-il "immediately" to
i-e a proper man, but procuring
rn i ' matter of no mean .. ndeavor. !
.. iii'.,.-1. i-e secvetarv to both bodies, !
: itr c:ia:ge of the community pub
a"! a hand in all public mat
- 'i have to do with either the
a ,-'( r ar the Fair A ssor sat ion. as
,:; ,: :ix and the !il:e. lie must,
a: ': a prcfic'-":!. "fair man."
'-... .mmittee from the asso.iatirm'
.wnri,,,; by Mess. J. T. Taylar,
,ir:i,.in; T. W. Mowb.-m, II. II. Mc
e. i'. V. Dunn and J. II. Cana.dy.
P-ndijig the installation of the
... . -r. ta-j the a'ssa. -allien has no
...e:.i Mr. Ci: nri.lv already out..
:(. V-csident and Tiea uror will
have
mean' '.
F.
hr.-
) !i...
o ;sf
'rate r
iav r.:
e of affair.' during the
S.-cretlty fa-:
I -:.e of Th
wishes
- e Press
m in the
ai who assisle i
years. lie feeds
ta them, lie state,
ng.
"very
Tues-
III
I w.
PABDO!
1
Ml
O'veinor Craljr has granted a re
"ve for E. W. Mincher, the btg
x a-rjard of convicts of Lenoir coun
! under sentence to one year it,
'p-i county jail for whipping a prino
pending a hss-!r.fr before the
-. ernor fcr a piirden or commuta
: in proba'oly next week. Informa-
in to wis enecc reacnta me cixy
Tuesday.
Mir.cher's sentence by Superior
r -.a: t here was uphe'd by the Supreme
Cc art recently.
tMn itself must loolt to the rest. It
cannot, wm u :si. nuwui
'men voters; and to win their support
mast aid woman auff rage."
Mis Anne Martin of Nevada, na-
tiona dhairman ei the Woman's Party
is fa charge of the campaign. "
FOR
3uccumbed to Complications
Tuesday Morning Had
Keen 111 for Two Weeks
Bijr Flfurc in Nation's
Business
(Continued on Pige S)
Tarrytown, N. Y., Dec. 'x
John D. Archbo'd oil mag-
u?, died earlr tnd;ty vx 1 is
i e i - iii
iqre. i?'-- ueatn re
from eompla-atiorss
followmj?. an operation for
appendicitis. M-.-. Arohhold
ni;-do ,1 brave' fi.t-ht .for life.
' v two weeks in ke.'pinfr
with the traits of char.vjier
'-rought him success
n bus'ness, (logged tenacity,
,ib!e will and optiini?m.
BUUEIV
CTSy the United Press)
VIEW A ASKED TO GIVE
r.yrs.
V.'u. irnton, Dec. 5. The
r'i'icd 'iovc.rnmelit to
day inquired of the Austrian gov
('nruiit ronrernlng the facts
sorr-'andie.g (be torpedoing of the
Aruriran steamer Chemung by
an Austrian submarine.
MKS. M A USIIALL KHEED.
I: :on, Md., Dee. Mrs.
Rose Virss-lnln Mar:-hal!, charged
v lth imnrisotthig and kecplnr se
er;'. d her .i-tepda'iglitcr. v. as ac
t,u:?i :r! by a jury today.
west emim MAN
KILLED !N FHANCE
Winston-Salem, Dee. 4. News was
ceeJve.! lv -t. today of the death ot
B. T?etrar.i ''wens, 22 years old, and
..-. of y
! in l a;
October
!'. H. Owen.-, wh i was kil!
'.nicwhcc ;a France en
Younjr Owens, who
; from Win t'ln-Salem
. rs was in the Canal
eiiiistiitg in the H atish
.v.rs ago. He vas with
rxeeditionai-y fo'ce In
'1.
had been a."
'(! thro-
Zrc I ' e
Army t .
the V i"'-'0
France wh n
iillcd.
rrr?i
sr.:
LYNCHING NE($0
?. C, Dec. 4. Fifteen
-. --'e a .-rested here Laday
ai investigation of t'ie
nnth ago of Ant'ioay
i ...irro. The negro vas
v. attacked a white man,
hinsr followed. Suisc
ns of the aegro were
i a '. e the county. Gaver
:; ordircd an inveatiga-
ar-:st;" today resulted
.c.y made. Preliminary
'i irc'aaHy he granted to
: Some are accua-
:.- and others of murder.
Ai'-ev
white . -.
foil e-wi nt
Ciawfo -d,
alleged io
and the
quentiy
notified ;
nor M a'',
tion. '. !.
from ti."
hearings- i
the men t
cd of : :
wmm mm
TO FALL
ARMIES
1 1
of mm
(By the United Press)
Petrograd, Dec. 5.! tin
der; constant attacks by-sV-perior
Tcutoivc forces, the
Roumanians are retiring
around Bucharest, it is of
ficially stated.
Atlvariee Goes On. i v,
Berlin, Dec, ; S.Vort
Mackensen's armies havie
crossed the railroad 1! Iad
inj from Bucharest to Tar-e-dviste
and Petrosits :and
I Eastwards. The Danube
arn'ry ha3 gained a ..foot-f.
hold j in the lower ArgeSUl;
valley, it IS dnnOUHCed. ' n J
i
)
! President Says in Message
to Congress; Vants
Quick Action
GREATEST EXPENDITURES
In Tlisiory Face Congress
Mmv Than Billion and
Half Dollars Prepared
neps CnU for Rig Share
Sum
(By th United Pre)
W.-hi'viun. Doc. ii. De
clavinr: th-'.t the country
"cannot i:ad -ho;;ld not con
sent to vem-i'n !on.vor expou
nd to profomul industrial
dishbanc?" the Presi
dent appeared at a joint ses
sion of Congress todav and
a.rpealed for irdmediate ac-
ion on liis program of "set-
t lenient and regulation of
dffulties between rail
roads and trainmen.
Soon after the President
started speakking a big silk
banner was unfurled from
the House rrallery by a group
f suffragists. It bore the
:nsciiptin. "Mr- President,
what will yoii do for wo
men's suffrage?" A 'page
tore it down and created a
stir, but TTr. Wilson did not
stop reading. "'
By Bohert J. Bonder
i United Press Staff Correspondent)
' a aia'tian, Dec. 5. Following the
ut: i. a: ho c.stabii.a'ned when he
iir i assumed his executive duties in
the White House, President Wihson
today appeared before a joint session
" Ctrtrrew mid nei'f:on.al! v outlined
;:' da'ion he h -pes to have enacted
' y thiit. ibody. It was the third time
he has addressed the sixty-fourth
Tng. ess.
B. cause the makeup of the next
II '.- ipay resuit in hard sledding
.'' a- liera.icratic measures, the Presi
ii a: iiojied, by his appeal today, to
- :'.:!:. this Congress of the import-
t of immedia'e action on legisla-
:'. he particularly desires.
Tiie Executive box in the House
.aaUery was re a.'rved for Mrs. Wil
son and oilier members of the Presi
dent's family. .Members of the caibi
a.et, also w ire there. v
While ( oe;::;.-.s i i working on his
I't'eemme!' la' ions the Piesident will be
av.ay fr in Washington but little.
Should it be nacesanry he my recom-n-e:.d
tiia;. the customaiy Christmas
::.; ie dispensed with. This sug
f,s:i:i has been made already by
.'tju-ak. r Clark ami Chairman Filz
goiabl o fthe House Appropriations
' '( rimi; tee.
There is much to dj before March
'I the date of a-ljou, .-iment, if the
I'.'sident's wishes are to bo carried
t ;
OOMiNiCAMS
FIGHT
WilEN MARINES 8ET
IIP HjUTARY GOV'T
; Dashington, Dec. 5. The
Establishment of an Ameri
can military government in
Santo Jpb'mingo was attend
ed by fighting in which sev
eral marines were injured
Eleven Domjncans were
killed and six wounded.
BOLDT PROPKIE
F, DEAD
i (Sy the United Prftail
') y 'tw . yacV, ', Dec SGeorge
: Boldt,.' proprietor of the WaUff'
'Astoria, called the greatest hotel
; ' man of his time, died early today
from heart failure , '-
People Insist Upon More
Vigorous Conduct of War
- Council of Five Will
Probably Come From Agi
tation (fly the United J'resa) ,
London;' Deo. 5. On the highest
authority it Is known that Idoyd
Ceorge has resigned from the
cabinet . He sent In his resigna
tion an soon as he nHdved in
titvaffen that Premier Asquith
was unwilling t agree to a plan
for a council of which the Prem
ier would not be a member.
London, Hoc. S. Kngland's "Re
consti uction" of government now in
jir. grcs.; must be taken as an emphat
ic reiteration of Britain's determina
tion to fight the war to a finish. Thi
fact steed out tod. In the maze of
disruption. The cabinet crisis was
;i .( 't-ipitatod by a public demand for
a mo o vigorous conduct of the war.
M was conoe led that out of the crash
would i ome the organization of war
; "ircil, piobably of five members.
Wli'-'.h r this will mean a change in
he pi I's-umel of the cabinet or slm
a!y the designation of certain mom-i.-evs
to act in the new council Is un
Utir.wn. mm hoc crm of
fa'it'eton, Dee. 4.--T. C. Williams
was shacked into unconsciousness, hi.i
."ife's collar hone was broken and his
Hvo little girta wore severely hruisea
-.Iir i the autcmehite -in which th;y
were tut riding struck a hong and
turned over.
i u! in full at. this time and not en
furtcd to the sixty-fifth Congress.
More Than Hiiiion and a Half
NVedfd Hun Congress.
Wa -diingtor, Uec.
-It-will take
:: !,K!!,65t.O:! to run ih
govern-
meat of the United Stales from June
:;(!, 1917, to June 30, 1919.
Thi . Is the estima'o of heads of the
..ari"us -branches of the government
ef ie country submitted to Con'TPSw
t -day by Secretary of th,e Treasury
McAdoo.
Of this grand total of more thag a
billion ,'in-l a half dril.in the various
est;, o'fs'nmeais' estimates are set
forth
a s
fo'Iows: Legislative S7.-
i:fl.(i2fi,l'; Fxcrutivo, ?32,970,CC5;
Judicial, $l,.H."),7:in; Pepartmnnt of
Agr'cu't urc, $tl;!,0!:i'.!)'.)7; Foreign In-te.cou-se,
S"i,7f0.t2(.i!; Military ei-ta,l)lish-..aif.
!rtOO04,fiSl.W; Naval
i staidi !.m at, fi.)'',i;.070.(;,.l.t;7; In
dian Aira;rs, $1 2,2.10. :;r.f,.G7; Pen
JtiK rVi'JXOMO; Pjitama Canal
?.". 1 !".. '.'-J .Ti; Pa!)!! - works. .U !
1 IS,:1,'.! ! 1',; P.. -'.al service. $:)X-k-8:0;
Miac'tanmeas. $10(1,914.713.93;
Permanent. iinaual appropriations,
S141fi4.KH!.12.
The t.oi.l
the tcvk- v r,
eal y ar o
the amount
en! vear i -tt
1 hue ie fcr the needs of
, .1 during the next fir,-
by ?-",i07."a:vnn
.aupfopria. a! for the fis
ling Jyn- .10. 1917.
With h? exception
:,f !h
postal
ervfes ther.neds for !eft:. anl
prcpar t!ne-s as shown In the report
constitute lite largest single i'cr!';.
Amang tho estimates for the equip
ment, of the National Cuard are: au
tomatic machine rifles, $3,SGS,000;
field nrt'liery, .$10,00(),C,00; ammuni
tion far field artillery, $1 0,200,000,
aim.', uniforms, equipment, etc., $4,
570.000; r.upplyingand exchanging in
fantry equipment $800,000; and for
arming, training and equipping the
National Guard $12,727,000.
For quartermaster supplies, equip
ment, e'e, for a reserve officers'
training corps, $4.'.1S5J000 is needed.
The War Dcpartmsnt asks for $33,
999,481.21 for fortifications and otther
works of defense, and $32,136,063.93
for rivers and harbors. V; . .'. v
A contribution toward the expenses
of the Pence Palace t the . Hague
amounting to ?1,043.25 Is listed among
the'"items needed..? . -"
The Budget is to Be Ex-
ceededHisrh Cost
Liiirig Plea
of
ILLUMINATE MONUMENT
To Shine Like liay'at Cas
well Shaft When Big
Lights Are Tiirriel On
Street Men, Have Little
Increase ?'
flaw mueh does it take for a po
ll. -era a a to feed h's face, kerp a fam
:'y r.nd pet ;i shae ahltie "occasional
ly ? City Council Monday night threw
ap tho question-wished it off on
''ire and Police Commisioner M. M.
Hjpner. Now Mri Habper Is strug-t,-!'rtr
with the problem. He is to
.-ndiT'.a fepori at a cattcc! meeiinof
'he Council. Just when the meeting
will iic called Is not known; so Com-mf:s:c-c-
Happor is trying to pre
mie h'mrelf In o"der that he may
not e caught imping. He.has to do
lot if adding and subtracting and
lividing cn the basis of one police
man equals .so many fggs at 40 cents
-er dozen and the like.
Mr. flapper, frankly, (ifoesn'l know
vhai he is going to do. He said so
ri'esday morr.'ng.
Members of Councit'graht that the
?ot of living has increased." Some of
hcni at least are willing to give the
men an additional l(jf per cent. But,
it is learned on good authority, the
'it'dget will be exceeded. Also the
.if-lice have had a raise within a year.
They pet their uniforms gratis. Of
'iccrs in other towns have had raises
ccasioned by the increased cost of
everything." Lawyer J. F. Liles
waxed eloquent in the policemen's
?aine Monday night. Look what cith
er places have done, he argued, atld
none of them are in Kinston's clas3.
Kinston patrolmen now get $65 a
month. This paragraph sums up the
situation.
Employes of tho Street Depart-
m:nt have had miner increases during
he past 30 days. No other depart
nent has been nffectcd, it is said. The
itreet wo-kers' raises ranged" from
aic to two atld one-half cents an
hour.
Folio win.- fu" example sot by the
'lavc-iat-'ent in illuminating the Sta
tiie of Liberty in Kew York harbor,
he Kinston officials will in all prob
VHty Pght up tho Caswell monu--'eni.
nt M uniment corner. A prac
!c:i;!ty appears in the local matter,
h-.-wrver, t'aat did not occur in the
fjim.:'-. The monument cuts off
'a i't from portions of the surrounding
t e, t i j-ace. A oua tet of big elect
tic la;iip may be placed on its sides.
The rroai st of Dr. Ira M. Hardy to
instal ornamental lights on the side
walks at the Hunter office was turned
over t) the Water and Light Corn-
mis iioper.
iCom-cil a;:ree.l upon atj ordinance to
tahid the operation of elcctrii or au
:mat'c p:aii:s after the midnight
hour in Kin ;! a;. This was aimed es-
eciaily r.t reorts in the lower part
of Uiq c'y. ,
ILL1WLLL VUlLp
tEN TO ONL BUILD
1 COUNTY HOSPITAL
(Special to The Free Press)
Greenville,1 N. Cn -Dec. .5. Pitt
county Is voting 'on a county hospit
al ropsttion similar to that carried
InLenoir en November 7. ' H i im
possible to get an accurate line on
the rural prcctncis, du ureenvuio tt
voting about i0 to one for the. hos-
oitaL , Indicaticaj are that the hos
pital will carry, j ; " V