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DAILY '' Hie Hoine Paper Tod m Today-: VOL. XVIIfeNo. 134 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1910 FOUR PAGES TODAY il OIG LINDBERGH I If Belligerents Won't List- ejn, Then Cut Away Front Them INHUMANE AND Representative's Opinion of Strife Shouldn't Make t-u a ,iVQn Ponnio TTpin tle American People Help Pay for Foolishness Foreigners of (Continued on Page 3) Washington, Dec. 6. A resolution calling for an immediate conference of the Senate Committee on foreign relations and the House Committee on foreign affairs with the President, to formulate ' plana- to bring about peace negotiatiortsfamong the warring European nations, was offered in the House .today by Representative Lin dbergh. ,It also provides that if un able to Ofbtain speedy action toward ending the war, the committee shall report hack so Congress can then proceed to regulate commerce and business. The people should "not be forced to endure the existing circumstances nor be Icriger made to contribute to the expensive carrying on of the inhu mane, senseless war now raging," Representative Lindbergh said. SYSTE&IATIC LARCENY COTTONSEED ADMITTED The Sheriff Tuesday might arrested Haywood iMoye and JToses Taylor, negroes, on a charge of stealing be tween $100 and $125 worth of cotton seed from Dave Worthington, Will Heath and Frank Pope, Vance town ship planters. One of the negroes confessed, implicating the other. They had made several trips to the city after piOTlqining. the seed, he said, on one. occasion "borrowing" a mule without, the owner's knowledge. The two stole the seed at night, he add. BATTLE CRUISER JBID5 (By the tanked Piws) wasmngton, tec. 6. iiids were opened at the Navy Department to day, for the construction of four battle cruisers, the first vessels of this class to be built for the Unjted States navy. Tb.ey will cost $25,000,000 apiece. ' t The legal maximum Which the bid ders must- meet is $16,500,000, ex clusive of armor and guns. Theyi will have a speed of 35 knots, a length of between 825 and 860 feet, a little under 200,000 horsepower, 33,- 000, tons displacement, electric pro pelling machinery and a main bat tery 6f 14-Inch guns. RAILROADS SEEK LAW BOOST PASSENGER RATES I By the jMai Press) Ining Mich.i Jee. 6. Michigan's legislature; heavily .Republican, con. venet ja. January to face the task of making -jeffective thevnew prohibi-J i .won amendment. ' ; ' v Among other things, the 1917' law makers .win be- asked to pass a1 ton na? an anti-lnjunctlnact xi a real estate 'brokers license to adopt the budget system, oi appropriating public money, , and to . V n a measure, put forward V Michigan railroads to increase' intra passenger Tates from two cents le to two and one half or Jhree S11ES fflGLM TO IUU LIU111UI11U 111 From Ships Not Engaged in Commerce Likely to Ben efit AUies in War-United States Again Dis pleased (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 6.- Fresh trouble was stirred up today between tne United stats and England as te result of the British refusal to supply coal at her sta tions dotting the globe to any ships except those en gaged in commerce bene ficial to the Allies. The State Department intends to do all it may to alter the policy, but there is little hope for any material change for the present. JJ EDWARDS TELLS STORY EPSTEIN CASE Her Testimony Decidedly Favorable for Man Who Slew Her Brother Had Not Told All She Knew at First Trial of Goldsboro Youth Goldsboro, N. C, Dec. 5. The trial of Hyman Epstein, charged with first degree murder, in connection with his admitted killing of Leonard Edwards here on the night of April 20, took a decided turn in the defendant's favor today, when Miss Judith Edwards, sister of the dead man, testified that her brother was armed at the time of his encounter with Epstein. Miss Edwards said that she saw her brother and the defendant together on the sidewalk in front of her home tamediately before the shot which killed Edwards was fired and that she had heard Epstein say, "Let me go." Miss Edwards' testimony today was more extensive than that given by her in the first hearing, which re sulted in a mistrial. She explained that before she was torn by conflict ing emotions and telt that her duty to her dead brother demanded that she keep silent as to some of the im portant facts. Her conscience, how ever, she said, had compelled her to tell all that she knew. BEAR AND NOT BULL SANE BUSINESSMAN, SAYS FED. ATTORNEY Boston, Mass., Dec. 5. Hysterica', panic-stricken, "bunched buying" is responsible for much of the ris3 in foodstuff prices, according to Federal District Attorney Geo. W. Anderson, recently appointed to take charge of. the nation-wide inquiry into the caus es for the high cost of living. "The 1hrar' and not the 'bull' is the sane business man of today," declared Mr. Anderson. DEBT ON SCIENTIST CHURCH IS PAID OFF The First Church of Christ, Scien tist, is free from indebtedness. The congregation raised the final pay ment n the new edifice at Gordon and East streets the past Sunday. The church cost aljout $6,000. The congregation is one of several of the Scientists in this part of the State owning buildings. The building was erected several years ago. cents. Efforts of the railroad i to get permission to boost jjassnger, fares will be a renewal of the fight that went against them in the last legis lature. At that time, "their proposal was turned down by a bare margin of hail a dozen votes. After years of agitation, adoption of 'the budget system "in the state's finances seems assured. ; Gov. Elect Sleeper is' pledged to the reform, and It was endorsed in the platforms of fcoth major parties. METHODISTS CONVENE AT DURHAM WSDNESD v Bishop Kilgo Presiding large Body Ministers and Laymen Nearly 90,000 Members of Conference, Which Has 350 Preachers In fluenUal Gathering: (Special to The Free Press) Durham, Dec. 6. The 80th annual North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church was open ed in Memorial church here this morn ing. Bishop John C,. Kilgo is pre siding. ' There are nine districts in this con ference. All aro largely represent ed. There are nearly 3.50 preachers and nearly 90,000 members in the conference. Increase of lay delegates will be an Issue at this convention. Several nunured ministers and lavmen are here. The number may reach 'a thou sand. About 50 bales of cotton were mar- Keti'd nere Wednesday, at prices ranging frcm 18 1-2 to 19.62. The market was itronger than on Tues day. V New York futures quotations were: Open. -" Close. Jan 20.02 20.08 Mar 20.28 May 20.53 July 20.53 Oct 18.48 Dec 20.33 20.53 20.52 18.55 19.90 MEASLES THREATEN CLOSE SCHOOLS OF CITY; PLEA MADE The City Schools will have to be closed down If parents con tinue to send children to them from homes in which there are cases of measles, or children who have been otherwise exposed to the disease. Superintendent of Schools Cur tis, using every means to check the spread of measles and keeping the work of the system from being In'.erfered with, states ;'iat then: Is a possibility of suspension of lhc schools. Wherever detected childretj from Infected homes are being returned. The cooperation of pa trons in this matter is absolute ly necessary. Mr. Curtis solicits it. BRiTT CASE TO AWAIT SUPREME COURT ACTION Raleigh, Dec. .5. Judge Bond closed the hearing on the. petition of J. J. Br'tt tor a restraining order against the State board of elections to stay issuance of a certificate of election to Congress from Tenth dis trict to Zeb Weaver at 4 o'clock this afternoon and assigned, the order merely continuing .the hearing to Df cember 19 in expectation that by then the Supreme court will have passed on the appeal from Judgo Adams' ruling as to the Buncombe Board re turns. Counsel for Weaver argued and pleaded non-jurisdiction and right to be heard now in answer to the Britt complaint, but Judge Bond persisted in his insistanc? that rights of neith er party could be impaired in con tinuing the case. BULLETINS (By the United Press) PREPARE FOR INAUGURATION. Washington, Dec. 6. Robert Hayson, banker and prominent local Democrat, will be chairman of the committee to arrange for President Wilson's inauguration TO WORRY if RESIDENT, MAYBE. Washington, Dec 6k De- t nunclation ami heckling of Wilson . wOl be made by speakers of the national convention of America of the .National Association to oppose suffrage, to.be Jield here. BLACK SEA AND NOT BUCHAREST GOAL OF Germans Will Not Be Con tent With Capture of the Capital NEW INVASION OF RUSSIA Will Probably Follow Capi tulationOdessa May Be Obiective of Successful Offensive in Southeastern Theatre By Carl W. Ackerman With the German army at Pitesci, Roumania, Dec. 3. Bucharest s fate is a matter of only a few days. Des pe:ate resistance (by the Roumanians can only delay the occupation of the capital. i To an observer of this great Ger man achievement in Koumama, tne r?al of the offensive in the movement now approacning its enmax is not, Bucharest alone. The Germans' ob ject first is to destroy the Eouman n armv, Drensf atorV to a march toward Russia, with perhaps Odessn as the final goal. Just Another Chapter Same Old Story. iVwi'ograd, Dec. . Continued Ger- ni.m iiracKs on tsucnarest irom me North, made in the direction of Ter- govistea, in the Poleshti region and around Dokaneshti, have been suc cessful, it is officially announced. Be cause the Roumanian front was pierc ed in this fighting, the Roumanians were compelled to retire. IMA IS GOLDEN NATION; FINANCIAL RGGRESS STRIKING Has "Connianding Position in World," McAdoo Says in Annual Report Far mers to Benefit by Farm Loan Act Washington, Dec. i "The finan al strength of the United States-- the greatest in our history gives uf commanding position in world fi nance. We nave Deen transiormeq from a debtor into a creditor Nation. On November 1, 1916, the stock of gold coin and bullion in the United States was estimated at $2,700,136, 076, an increase of $714,597,804 in the past 10 months. This is the largest stock of gold ever held in the United States or in any other coun try of the world." Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo in his annual report gives credit to the Federal Reserve System for a large part in bringing about this state of affairs. The report deals with every phase of departmental work, including the Federal Farm Loan act, banks, the new coinage, war risk insurance, cus toms, internal revenue, public health service, public buildings, the Coast Guard, war relief work, etc., and In its 163 pages includes abstracts from bureaus' and divisions' reports'. "The farmers of the United States have suffered more than any other class," the report says, "from lack of essential credits." The Farm Loan Act will remove handicaps; 'Mt Is impossible to estimate the beneficial effects this, new system lvill have upon the devlopment of the farming Industry. CHARLOTTE HIGHS DOWN WINSTON-SALEM. Davidson, Dec 5. Charlotte highs defeated inston highs 20 to 0, The gams iwas well fought Whalln and Crate starred for Winston and Pharr for Charlotte. Charlotte outplayed Winston throughout. . BAPTISTS IN ANNUAL CONVENTION E. CITY About 300 at Opening Session Tues day Night Judge Gates Again President Dr. Wuller Preaches Prominent Kinstpuians Present. (Special to The Free Press) Elizabeth City, N. C, Dec. 6. The North Carolina Baptists opened their 80th annual convention in Blackwell Memorial church last night, with nearly 300 messengers present and many rrnre expected today. Judge J. A. Oates of Fayetteville was relected President. Dr. Calvin B. Waller of Asheville preached the annual sermon. He scored the "trivial," flippant pul ipit of today." Dr. B. W. Spllman, Field Secre tary for Sunday school work of the Southern Baptist convention, and Rev. W. M. Craig, pastor of the First Baptist church, are among the Kinston delegation here. FOIQMHEHRERS ONE FAMILY INDICTED ON WHISKY CHARGE Daniel Williams and his three sons, Henry, Durwood and William, were served' with warrants late Tuesday and Wednesday morning charging them with retailing whisky. The men ae well-known. Nearly a score of persons have been or are to be summoned for witnesses. These in clude regular customers of a store maintained by members of the Will lfams family in' the Southern piftt of the city. The ' witnesses are of "all walks in life" and inc!uding "nearly everything hut preachers, and not excluding an exhorter or two," ac cording to the police. The Williams- es, who are under bail, will probably be given a hearing Friday. W1UME FIND OF HONEY IN DWELLING Magnolia, Dec. 5. Workmen that were engaged in repairing a house on a farm owned by W. D. Murray a:ui known as the "Dr. Herring place," f:w days ago got about 100 pounds of very nice honey. It is said that there has b?en a colony of bees in tho house for twenty years. NOT GUILTY TAKING TRANSFER MAN'S CAR E. ti. Skinner, white was dis charged and Guy Freeman was taxed with the coats in a case 'before Mag- strate II. C. V. Peebles Tuesday af ternoon in which Freeman, a trans fer man, accused Skinner of taking an automobile belonging to mm. Skinner admitted having the machine but there was no evidence of intent of keeping it. He paid the cost for B'reeman in exchange for the use he had made of the car, this act being entirely on hi3 own initiative. MORE THAN FIFTEEN MILLION POUNDS OF Fifteen million, four hundred and forty-six thousand, nine hundred and eighty-five pounds of tobacco has been sold here this season. This is probably more than has been sold by December 6 in any previous season. The value of the crop has exceeded that of any previous season, it Is be lieved; Secretary E. Y. Speed of- the Tobacco Board of Trade announced Wednesday afternoon (that the re mainder of the present crop Is ex pected to be marketed by Christmas. About 46,600 pounds were cold here Wednesday, at prices "unchanged. SECOND INF. SERGEANT TO BE MADE OFFICER. El Paso, Tex., Dec. 6. Sergt Carl Batts, supply company. Second North, Carolina infantry, has .been recommended for apopintment to a second lieutenancy. He would prob ably be assigned to E company, from Goldsboro. Batt's home is In Wilson. SOLD CHECK EMBARGO MEN UNTIL WILSON GETS IN WORD TO SOIONS No Legislation Toward during Prices Until Pres ident Speaks Procuring Information Frojn Official Sources (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 6. Action by Congress on any food price legisla tion will await recommendation of the President and cabinet. Such ex ecutive recommendations will be bas- ed on reports, some of which the Pres ident already has been receiving for several days, from various govern ment departments conducting invest! gations. This plan, it is stated on the best authority, has the approval and will get the full support of the Democratic Congressional leaders. They 'believe they can take care of the food embar go agitators until a detailed plan is decided on. ARGENTINE PRESIDENT TO BARE GREAT GRAFT (By the United Press) BusnoS Aires, Dec. 6. The venti lation of scandal as awful or worse than the Pennsylvania state house scandal connected with the construct ion of the Argentine national capi-. tol today promises to be an early inci dent; of Hipolito Irigoyen's rcently begun regime as President. Work on the capitol was started aibout 10 years ago. It is nearly but not quite done. The original plan was to spend 6,000,000 pesos, or $2,646,000 United States money. In feet, 82,490,820 pesos, or, to ibe exact, $1495,696.81) has gone into the building. It has been charged in print and practically, proved that, of this sum, about 12, 000,000 pesos, or $5,280,000 was "graft" It is understood that President Irigoyen is getting ready to start ci vil and criminal proceedings against the person accused of sharing in the plunder. , Pin COUNTY TURN? DOWN COUNTY HOSPITAL ( Special to The Free Press) Greenville, Dec. 6. Pitt coun ty yesterday overwhelmingly vot ed down a proposition for a coun ty hospital such as Lenoir is to have. The vote was, according to complete figures today, 2,008 against to 577 for. Greenville gave a big vote for the hospital. WOMAN'S PARTY SPENT FAIR-SIZED FORTUNE (By the United Press) Washington, Dec. 6. The National Woman's Party expended $50,036.17 during the campaign, according to a statement filed with the House. There is a thousand dollar balance. Of the amount collected $24,284 was in sums of a hundred dollars or more. MYSTERY IN FINDING TRUNK IN CHESAPEAKE Baltimore, Dec. 5. While the lighthouse keeper off Barren Island, In Chesapeake Bay, was cleaning his beacon light yesterday, he noticed an object floating in the water near the light house. Getting in his boat, he rowed to the object and found it was a trunk. Upon opening it he found it belonged to J. F. Fulvcher, of Greenville, N. C, and contained a lady's black hat, a black suit of men's clothing and a lot of other pieces of wearing appareL Just how the trunk got Into the water Is not known hut the keeper is holding It at Honga, Md, for the owntr to claim it. . i ;-i: wimmi vill fit NEXT CIUEF OF NeW Cabinet at Kinx Request , ....... PREFER ASQUI7H fllHTS Resignation Following Ex " V: IssssMsssssssAssi) ."r' ' citing I?ay npuncecl T?sday igrttle " Doubt About New Ppme Minister (By the .United Pre) London. Dec. 6. The King .today summoned Lloyd George, whose resignation as Minister ol iWar. iafceed 'er Llovd-Georer fearlt-'fodav conferred with tfOnar jjaw, who" refused 'to 'become London, Dec. 6. That Andrew Boa ' iLra'tne Unionist feadeV fits def initely declined the proffer 'from tfca Kin's nae' hut nlghthat neVom a new 'ministry, 11 Vas "auftefkatlve- ly stated today. " This apparent final decision of Law declining to' accept toe Premiership and' form new" BrltW" cabinet l construed to mean that LloydGeorge will be' called to perform ' Cs "task. There is U title doubt the fetter weuld accept and be the next Prime Minis- King Summons Ministers. ' London, Dec 6. The Kin today summoned the eoalitfon' cabinet mem bers in a council at the Palace' to dis cuss the cabinet situation.' King Calls for Bonar Law. London, Dec. 5. Herbert H. As- quith" .tonight resigned the British Premiership w.1lc,h' he had held for elgrht storms; years jf domestic mnd Mjreign .pBiory, ana ine g;oviernment crista . found a solution which' has been considered the ' least probable of practical alternatives. The Unionist leader, Andrew Bon ar Law, was summoned to the palace Immediately after Mr. Asquith had departed, and the King offered him the Prime Minister's commission, which he had just accepted from Mr. Asquith's hands. ' T No announcement regarding Mr. Bonar Law's decision ' has yet been made, and there are some doubts whether he will accept the' heavy re sponsibility. If he ' declines, it ia considered certain the honor will fall to David LloydnGeorge. The contin uation of the coalition cabinet, with, some changes and the speeding up of the war management, Will Jbe jjhe pol icy in either event. The Premier's decision to resign and advise the king to aummond Bon ar law to form a cabinet was taken after a day of extraordinary political excitement and activity. There were constant comings and goings of the political leadefs between Downing Street and the various government departments. Mr. Asquith met sev eral Unionist leaders1 in consultation, including Early Curzon, Lord Robert Cecil and the Early of Derby. , ' ACCUSES WHITE EIAN : OF SERIOUS CRCIE Durham, Dec 5. A case was re ported late this afternoon In which Mamie Beeker, a .14-year-old girt on North street, told of : the horribto crone perpetrated by an tmidentlJ fied man. He presented himself aa an agent for a woman' journal and criminally assaulted the gtrL She was alone at home. Her father Is paint er in Petersburg, .Vs. Her mother la dead. Jthe criminal "has not beea ap prehended? 1 . ' : J the fiatish ftatanqt .sftaltfup, -to the Pakce. frr. Mflter " ence. SUch a summons it Ippked u4?Merea4nflittJ-
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