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KINSTON, N. C THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1918
FOUR PAGES TODAY
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
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MOSCOW tSOVICT IS
FOR 'RATIFICATION
PEACE WITH BOCHES
Looks Like Bolsheviki Prem
ier Will Gain His Point
in That Neighborhood
ATROCITIES IN RUSSIA
Germans Slay 200 Civilians.
SlaVs Threaten Reprisal.
May Shoot 160 Teutons
Held Near Pskoff Franc
is Goes East
(By the United Press)
Petrograd, Mar. 7.The
Moscow soviet has voted
overwhelmingly to ratify
the peace treaty with Ger
many following a visit from
Zionovieff and others. This
is accepted as indicating that
Premier Lenine's steam roll
er may succeed.
This is not the soviet gathering
called to meet March 12. ,;.
Huns Kill Russian Civilians, ' "
Petrograd, Mar. 5 (Night). The
Germans have shot and hanged 200
Russian citizens at Yurieff without
mercy, refugees from lEsthonia re
ported to the Smolny Institute today
Women's and children's ibodies were
thrown in the river, they said.
Trotsky was asked to notify the Ger
man and Esthonian officials that a
continuation of the German outrages
would result in the execution of 160
barons and landowners held as hos
tages near Pskoff.
Francis Reported to
Have Moved Again.
Petrograd, Mar. 7. American Am
bassador Francis, wiring from Vol
ogda to the Norwegian envoy here,
today urged the latter to afford Amer
icans dn Petrograd every protection.
According Ho the commissarit " of
foreign affairs Francis and staffhave
left Vologda for Perm, capital1 of the
province of that name, 650 m51eS East
of Vologda. It is less than 300 miles
from the Siberian border. Despite
the signing of peace with Germany
the Russian government is remov
ing its valuables from the capital.
Students Conspire; Killed.
Petrograd, Mar. 4 5 (Night) A
conspiracy of students and officers
to overthrow the Bolsheviki govern
ment resulted today in a raid on a
house near the Winter Palace. Six
students were killed. , ' ,
Whitehair Coming to y
This State iain in
Interest War-Savings
(Special The Free Press)
Winston-Salem, Mar- 7. That
Charles W. Whitehair, a returned Y.
M. ,C. A. worker from the Palestine
and the war zone, is to return to
North Carolina on a speaking tour
01 five days is good news to North
Carolinians, especially to those who
heard him in Raleigh on the occas
ion of the war-savings institute. He
will receive a great welcome from his
hearers in North Carolina as he com
pletely captivated his audiences on
his former visit '
He will speak dn a number of plac
es and as often as two or three times
a day. His first appointment is at
LeaksvilleSpray, March 6. r
Mr. Whitehair is an ex-professor
of Princeton University.
SWITZERLAND SORE
OVER RUTHLESSNESS
(By tne united Press)
Washington, Mar. 7 Switzerland
mdignant over the torpedoing of
hip laden with wheat for her by
ft Germans, cording to extracts
from the Journal De Geneve of
h 6.
GORE WANTS HIGHER
MINIMUM PRICE ON
WHEAT; $2 T0010W
7
Senator Gives Notice That
He Will Try to Upset
President's Figures
Haven't Served Purpose,
SaysSuggests $2.50
(By the United Press)
Washington, Mar. 7'. Further as
saults by Congress on President
Wilson's war measures are impend
ing. Senator Gore has given notice
of his intention to upset the wheat
prices fixed by the President
Gore is trying to get a minimum of
2.50 a bushel instead of the $2 fixed
by the President The President's
prices were announced to stimulate
wheat planting and increase product
ion.' Gore and McCumber declare price
fixing has failed to win as a war
measure because the prices fixed
have not been enough to induce the
farmers to increase the acreage.
COTTON
Receipts Thursday were seven or
eight bales, the high price 31 1-2.
Futures quotations were:
Open. Close.
March ,.' 32.10 32i25
M&y ............ 31.80 31.88
July ............ 31.35 31.42
October 3i.l8 30.24
December . .7. . . . . 29.88 30.03
Conference for Social
Service Picks Officers
and Hears Mrs. Booth
'(Special to The Free Press)
Raleigh, Mar. 7. the North Caro
lina . Conference fwir Social Service
last night heard an address by Mrs.
Maud E'allington Booth of New York
on "Out of the Shadows." About 30
men from the State prison here were
in the audience by special permission.
They wtre dressed in citizens'
clothes. , ,
Mrs. Booth told of the experiences
of 20 years spent in prison reform
work. She is known the country over
as the "little mother."
The conference yesterday after
noon elected the following officers:
President, Dr. Howard (E. Rond
thaler, Winston-Salem.
Viice-presidents: First, Mrs. Clar
ence A. Johnson, .Raleigh; second, Dr.
E. C. Branson, Chapel Hill; third, V.
S. Woodard, Charlotte.
Secretary-treasurer, Mrs. Thomas
Lingle, Chapel Hill.
Dr. C. B. McNairy, Kinston was
among those in attendance yester
day. : The conference closed last
night
EMPEROR CONGRATULLATES
LEOPOLD ON SUCCESSES.
(By the United Press)
Amsterdam, Mar. 7. Emperor
WJlftam, in a telegram to Prince
Leopold of, Bavaria, the Austro-Ger-man
commander-in-chief on the East
ern front, according to a Berlin dis
patch, congratulates him that after
three and a half years of struggle
the German armies have called a halt
to the "Sussian army, which ' with
an ovewhelmdng superiority of num
bers, threatened our country."
FIRE AT PACTOLUS-
Pactolus, Mar. 6. A fire started
by a tramp destroyed two Atlantic
fVmt TJna box cars here yesterday.
The cars were loaded with lime and
brick. The tramp, a foreigner, was
(arrested near ParmeJe during t&e
afternoon, confessed and was tasen
fo Greenville. - ' '
FIND STILL.
Greenville, Mar. 6.-Jitt County
officers raided and smashed a 60-gal-Ion
moonshine still in Beaver Dam
Township yesterday. It was Sher
iff McLawfcorn's 49th staH in three
years. - . w
ENCOURAGEMENT TO
FARMERS IN LETTER
FROM
Bickett Believes Laborers
Will Not Be Called From
Plantations for ' Army
Service Before July 15
Says Go Ahead
The Lenoir County board is in re
ceipt of the following letter from
Governor Bickett in regard to the
drafting of farm laborers:
"March 6th, 1918.
"To members of local and district
boards:
"I am glad to be able to announce
after a careful investigation of the
subject that, in my opinion, no farm
ers or farm 'laborers in the second
draft will be pent to training camps
lefore the 15th of July. I am giv
ing out this opinion in order that the
farmers and farm laborers may pro
ceed to cultivate- their crops upon
the assurance that they will not be
disturbed earlier than the 15th of
July, by which time the crops will
be laid by.
"This announcement, however, does
not include the deferred percentage
of -the first quota made up of color
ed men. Colored men who are liable
to call in the first draflt, are now
Piable to be called at any time.
"Please give to this announcement
the widest publicity possible. -v-"T.
W. BICKETT, , '
"Governor."
Wisconsin House of
Representatives is
Against LaFolIette
(By the United Press)
Madison, Wis., Mar. 7. The loyalty
resolution in the Wisconsin legislat
ure censuring Senator LaFolIette was
passed by the House of Represent
atives last night The vote was 53
to 32. The resolution had been pass
ed by the Senate.
Dry Zones Around 7
Naval Stations and
Academy at Annapolis.
(By the United Press)
Washington, Mar. 7. Secretary
Daniels has ordered the establish
ment of "dry zones" for five miles
around seven naval and marine sta
tions and the academy at Annapolis.
The stations include those at Nor
folk and Port .Royal, S. C. "Con
ditions amply justify" the order, says
Secretary Daniels.
18 SHiPS SUNK.
London, Mar. 7. The last week's
losses from mines or submarines
were 18, merchantmen, 12 of them
of 1,600 tons or over.
Kaiser's Getting
S., Says Edwards; Extravagance Helps Him
(By D. T. Edwards)
If you want to take your place (by
proxy) on the firing line in France
and shoot one of those big guns at
Hindenburg, Ludendorff, the .Crown
Prince or some other part of the ag
gregation of murderers and ravish
ers that are now terrorizing the
world, just join the Limit dub and
buy war certificates to the amount
of $1,000 and Uncle Sam will place
the shot for you.
It will take, thousand dollars to
fire one shot, so they say; but that
shot may be very effective.
If you want to shorten the war,
save a thousand lives and more, and
bring back peace to a distracted
world, the most effective way is to
join the Limit Club and do your duty
by your country as well as yourself.
Let the Dollar Do. the Work. . i
And it Trill do it Every dollar is
going to work for somebody or some
interest In the present state of
world-conditions ft must work eith
er for Uncle Sam or for Kaiser Bill
If it is engaged in stimulating in
dustry that is essential to the war
or if it is loaned to the Government
LITTLE ONES BEING
DEPORTED BY HUNS
(By the United Press)
Washington, Mar. 7. Germany is
deporting boys from Belgium as wolt
as older men, accor ing to Belgian
legation information Some chil
dren under 13 1-2 y lars have been
included, while in the Mons district
about 300 boys have been sent into
Germany. The destruction of in
dustries and carrying5 away of all
rail supplies continue.
PROOF OF NEED OF
MERCHANT VESSELS
(By the United Press)
Washington,. Mar. jf America
is falling behind in" the ship- -mont
of grain to the Allies at the
rate of 5,000,000 bushrfls a month,
due chiefly to the 1 k of ton- ,
naged. I
BULLETINS
STABILIZE STEEL PRJCES.
Washington, Mar. f. Prices
soon will be fixed on altmaterials
entering into the manufacture of
steel with a view to stabilizing
the ultimate producs, it Is learned
at the offices of the Var In
duHtries Board. Chrome refract
ory brick, crucibles ano) all ma
terials entering into the con
struction of blast furnaces are af
fected.
RAID REPULSED. ...
' . London, Mar. 7. A heavy raid
under protection of a barrage di-
rected ngainst the British troops
near Epehy last night ifl report
ed by Gen. Haig to have been re
pulsed. - ' - 7
NO MORE DESK JOBS
MEN OF DRAFT AGE
(By the United Press)
Washington, Mar. 7. Bomb-proof
Jobs for men of the draft age will
no longer be granted by the War De
partment.. The staff corps has shut
down on commissions to men of this
class except in the rarest cases,
where men are shown to be of un
usual fitness. Such types are called
swivel chair warriors and desk-gren-odiers
by the regulars.
No New Army Divisions
Will Be Formed 1918.
Tho' Many Men Called.
Washington, Mar. 7. No new
army divisions will be organized this
year, it is stated. The large numbers
of men called will be used in filling
up existing divisions.
Substantial Aid
that it may finance the war then it
is . worthily doing its work in the
world; and the lender has a right to
'point with pride to the fact that he
is represented so ably in the strug
gle with autocracy and the powers
of darkness.
The Traitorous Dollar.
iBut every dollar that is hidden
away, spent for things that are pure
luxuries, for non-essentials, in the
way of waste and extravagance, is
a traitorous dollar. It encourages
unessential industries, takes labor and
capital out of essential industries,
makes it more difficult and slow for
Uncle Sam to bring his strength to
bear "at the battlefront, sacrifices
American lives, destroys the homes
of our Allies and prolongs the agony
through which the world is passing.
Silent Allies of Germany
in Lenoir County.
These silent allies .of Germany
must be driven from tAmerica; and,
for fear we all look at The other fel
low, let us (realize the fact that they
must be driven from Lenoir County.
This good old county is not free from
them; for they exist wherever there
PETERSON FAILS TO
APPEARFOR TRIAL;
COURT TAKES STEPS
Solicitor at Raleigh Asks
Camp Jackson Command
ing Officer to Give Major
Up Judge Won't Con
tinue the Case
(Special to The Free Press)
Raleigh, Mar. 7. The chief of
police at Columbia, S. C, has been
requested to arrest Maj. George L.
Peterson, an army officer charged
with embezzilement of 7,(iOO while
military disbursing officer here.
Peterson, under bond for his appear
nrice in count here yesterday, failed
to show up. It was said ithe mili
tary Authorities would not permit
him to leavo his duties at Camp
Jackson. Peterson recently went to
Camp Jackson from Camp Sevier.
His home is at Clinton, N. C. Judge
W. P. Stacy yesterday declined to
continue the case again. It was con
tinued several months ago.
Solicitor Norris baa wired the com
manlh'nr general -at Camp Jackson
asking if he will deliver Peterson to
the Columbia police.
'Dots Miller Didn't
Enlist to Play Ball,
He Tells the Marines.
(By the United Press)
Washington, Mar. 7. Notwith
standing the fact that he's in the
Marine Corps as a volunteer, Jack
"Dots" Miller, former captain and
first baseman of the St Louis Nationals,-
thought he stood a good
chance of being "drafted."
The Marine Corps baseball team
in this city needs ;rcltjnfieldora , and
"Dots" Miller's name headed the list
of prospects.
"Gee, I dont want to be drafted
and play ball," grumbled "Dots" when
informed that he might be chosen to
play on-the crack Marine nine. "I
want to fight that's why I joined
this outfit And now they want me
to play ball. Can you beat such
luck?" But when General E'arnett
was informed that he would rather
fight than play ball, he declined to
order him to Washington.
Miller would probably have man
aged the Cardinals the coming seas
on had 'he stuck to baseball instead of
joining the colors.
COMMANDER OF FAMOUS
BATTALION DISCHARGED.
Richmond, Mar. 7. Major J. Ful
mer Bright formerly commander of
the Richmond Grays' iBbttalion, First
Virginia Regiment, has received his
honorable discharge from, Federal
military service on account Of defect
ive vision.
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er there is a slacker nickle, dime,
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After the Kaiser's Own Heart
They will help the Kaiser. They
will kill American soldiers! Waste
and extravagance take force from
the power of America. Every pen
ny spent for luxuries and unneces
sary things is a penny lost to the
production and purchase of food,
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As long as we spend wastefully
Germany will ireoeive powerful help
from America and just so much fur
ther away is the day of peace.
Become a War Saver to the Limit!
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GOVERNOR TO SPEAK
7'
COURTHOUSE AT 7:30
Will Spend Night Here-
Public Invited to Hear
Address on "Patriotism."
Be Guest Drs. IMcNairy
and Hardy
Governor BKckefct is expocted to
arrive at limes' Junction about 4:40
o'clock this afternoon. He will stop
at the Caswell Training School to
bo the guest of Dr. C. B. McNairy,
tfhe isupormtemlent, land Mrs. Mc
Nairy for an hour or two.
Tho Governor will come into the
city at 7:30 to deliver an address on
"Patriotism" at the Courthouse.
He will spend the night here as the
gueat of Dr. and Mrs. Ira M. Hardy.
War Thrift Speech.
The Governor in his speech at the
Courthouse will stress war-savings,
lie has been active in the campaign
for war thrift in the State. The
courtroom is being decorated for the
occasion. ' '
Dr. James M. Parrutt county war
thrift chmirman, will preside at the
meeting. Mr. John G. Dawson will
introduce the Governor.
All Invited to Hear Address.
Every perron is invited to hear
Governor Bickett, and women es
pecially. The prospect for bad. weath
er will ivo prevent him from being
heard by a house-filling audience, it
is expected. .
It appears that those in charge
may not be able to get an instrument
into the courtroom, and for that
reason a musical program planned
may have to be abandoned.
One American Tries
Going Over the Top
All Kinds of Ways
' By J. W. PEGLER
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
With the 'American Expeditionary
Army, France, Jan. 20 (By Mail).
If they ever invent a new way of
going over the top there's one Amer
ican officer who will probably be on
hand to try the new wrinkle.
The French Government has dec
orated him with the Croix de Guerre
for going over the sacks in every
way known to date.
First ho went . over with , the
French infantry in an attack last
Spring. Though detailed as an ob
server and not required to take too
many chances the American officer
was one of the first wave to cross
No-Man's Land. He stayed with his
unit until the objective was gained
and when they had to fall back before
a heavy counter-attack he fell back
fighting with them.
Some weeks later he went over the
top in a tank and followed that trip
a few days later by an aeroplane ob
servation flight For the greater
part of an, afternoon the plane
cruised up and down a German sec
tor watching the effect of big French
shells on concrete defenses. The
boche anti-aircraft guns made it
warm for the American flyer tmt he
was still an enthusiastic aviator when
the 'plane came to a successful land
ing on its own field at dusk, v
French Buying Agent
Embezzled Millions,
Charged ; i Arrested.
Washington, Mar. 7. JVank J.
Golds!!, a retired French soldier, is
under arrest here charged with em
bezzlement of several million dollars
in dealings ' with 'American manu
facturers as representative of the
Paris government. ColdsoU was born
In Ohio but became a French citizen
some years ago. He is wealthy.
Ohio State Has Given
4,000 Men to Nation;
to Have Service Flag.
Columbus, 0-, Mar. 7. Four thous
and stars, representing both grad
uates and u nder-graduate a, will adorn
a huge service flag which will be un
furled on commencement day, May
23, at Ohio State University.
WASHINGTON FEARS
JAPAN MAY MKE AN
ENEMY BV INVASION
. .
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Officials Say Russian
Might Join Huns in War
Against All Allies
NEW GOVERNMENT COMING;
America Confident Iienina.
Will Be Overthrown .
Finland Likely , to Be In
vaded by Swedish Force
Holland's View . ,
(By the United Press) Z'
Washington, Mar. 7. Authorities
here fear that if Japan invades SU '
beria Russia, remembering the last-,
blows from Japan, easily would side :
with Lenine's policy and join ' with
the German army to fight the Jap
ancse. The Russians would then be
used for fighting the other Allies..
Lenine in Danger.
Tho ousting of Lenine is anticipat
ed. That' another Russian govern'1
mont will arise is deemed! certain.
This Government may attempt to
upset a Rus-so-Gcrman - pact even"
though the task is enormous. , t .
Neutrals' Views. v
, Holland and Sweden have eon- v
demned the German course in Russia.
Sweden, may seize this opportunity :
for, a move against Finland. One
part of that nation is still strongly
Swedish.
City Has War Budget;
No More Soliciting .
. at Aberdeen,' Wash, ,
Aberdeen, Wash., Mat. 7. "Drive
less fund Taising" is the novel plan
under way here to id war relief. " -
To provide funds for the various
war relief measures to come during
the year, business interests are rais-
ing a fund of $75,000.-: From this,
Aberdeen's quota for future money ,
raising campaigns will be appropriat
ed, eliminating soliciting. . Only,
movements endorsed by the State
Council of Defense will be aided.
Largest Service Flag
in World Will Fly on
. Pinnacle of City Hall. ;
Philadelphia, Mar. 6. The larg-;
est service flag In the country will
fly from the city hall here if present '
plans are canried through. Police-.
men and boy scouts are now engaged r
in, taking a eensus of .the -city to de-. .
termine the -exact number of Phil-
adelphians in the United States and
Allied services. It is estimated that I
the number will total at least 50,000.
GERMANS STILL FOOLING
THEMSELVES ABOUT U. S '
Paris, Mar. 7 The Germans per-'?
sist in declaring that they are not
aware of the presence of American
troops on .the Western front, says.
the correspondent of the Temps with -
the British army dn France. This f
he says may be pretense or the result '
of what thejr have been taught, but
all prisoners, officers and privates,
taken in the latest operations whei
asked about the Americans in
variably reply:
"Yes, we know there is a division'
in France and there never will be
more. That is not enough to scare
us."
U. S. LINES 8 MILES LONG.
Washington, Mar. 7. The Ameri
cans in France now hold eight in ilea
of trenches.
FAVORABLE REPORT;
HUN PROPERTY BILL i
5
1 hi
(By the United Press) , .
Washington, Man. 7. The Sen. i
ate .Appropriations Coounibtee to-;
day unanimously reported favorabljrt :
a measure autnorrang tne govenv, j
monk to eeS ell alien enemy property s
In this country,