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VOL. XXXX. No. 101 5 4 KINSTON, N. C. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919 PRICE FIVE CEK
EIGHT HUNDRED MEN
GUARD CAMDEN CAR
PRESIDENT FLATLY CHILD WELFARE AND jWAH'S EFFECT UPON DORHAtt HAY HAVE SIX HUNDRED I
DENIES RIGHT COPS 'OTHER TOPICS CflHE POPliUTION UNITED 'LYNCHING IF NEGRO jllAVE MET DEATH ...
STEEL
18
mi it
LINES FROM MOBSITO GO ON STRIKE UP FOR DISCUSSION STATES BOTHERSOME ! ASSAILANT CAUGHT
TEXAS TIDAL WAVE
Men Will Leave Postsat 6
O'clock Monday
Morning "
NOTHING CAN STOP THEM
Says Chairman at Pitts
burgh, Where Details
Were Threshed Out
Thursday Up to Gary
to Act, Stated
Service Resumed in Parts Opposes Policemen's Unions State Council Hears Ex-Census Experts' Calcula-' Black Who Attempted to
of TerritoryMilitiamen
Augment Civil Forces
Doing Duty in the Trou-
e Zone
(By the United Press)
PHtst'iuph, Sopt. 18. Union heads
today continued firmly in favor of
roiiV ih-ouh With the nationwide
strike of the steel and affiliated in
dustries workers set for,1 September
22.
Promptly at 6 o'clock Monday
inoininjr the union steel workers
will leave their posts, to remain away
until Judge Gary accedes to the de
mand? of the men, John Fitzpatrick,
head of the general committee,, today
declared.
I'kial-- Talk.
Pittsburgh, Sept. 18. "The men
are going on strike. I can see noth
ing new that will stop them," was
the statement of both John Fitz
patrick, ch-alrman, and W. Z. Foster,
secretary, of the steel men's com
rnititee as the heads of the 24 depart
ments today went into conference.
Ptt7ptrick stated that) the nueit-
ing today va not for the purpose of
deterli'ipinji whether there would be
a strike. "The purpose is to lay
out a program and establish the de
tails of the strike," Ftapatrick said.
anteTaf MoreT
Than Professors at
Some Colleges; Say
fHS the United Press)
CamdunJfcN. J., Sept. 18. Partial
-V.4(
gervicfc wasjjjesumed on the Public
Service Company's street railways
over tt. southeA division this morn
ing under protects of a police force
consisting of 300 poemen, 100 fire
men, "00 members of&he New Jer
sey State militia reserves and 100
deputy sheriffs, all scathed along
the line." in operation.
Ow:vr to expected, disorders' the
vicinity of the shipyards no Xars
the shipyard, i
for Exertion of
Pressure
perts Colored Race in
State is Dying Out
Venerea! Troubles Prcva-
AMERICA SAFE ENOUGH!
Against Any Alliance of
Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, Et Al., Wilson
Tells Pacific Coast Audience
ticnx Upset by Recent
Conditions
FIGURE BY STATES .NOV
(Bv iPrl'n-t-; P-;.s)
Ch.roct Hi!!, St is. -To
program of the n!-weik Ft.it?
County Council ctl-J f.-r the
lowing:
Addn-ss by M' Clarence
Jchnsoi., child w!farr expert,
"cn?e work."
Talk on county health work by
State Board
ly s
and
fol-
W
on
Ihv' to Guess to Gns
" Ni.-ety City ToUfts--
I v, wa:u M;itt i'rpoaniv
Out rase White Girl is
Sought. by Sheriff's Posses-Fired
at by White
Resident
Estimates Range Upward
From 300; Driving Rain
Falls
RELIEF WORK HELD UP
Hu'J
dl':H-!8
by Growth
Centers'
In-
account1 kee-p-
Disi'ussen of countj
.ng.
Address on the income tax and sol
vent credit-- amendments bv George
Dr. B. E. Wfaafhmjrn
(Bv the United Pres) if H. :th official.
Washington, Sept. 18. President Adorers by E. W. James, F
Wilson in n telegram made public ihiglway' official
uprated on the shipyard, i here today came out flatly acrainst
Gloucester City and Trenton lines. kjPolieemen unionizing with a view to
Eight Hurt at Boston, fusing pressure to obtain their do-
Boston, Sept. 18. Eight guards- im'!s'
men are in a city hospital suffering I Brownlow, comnvis-sioner of
from wounds received when the gun lthe Df''t of Columbia, read the
of another was accidentally discharg-1 Pre,W?n,. telegram before the
cd, spraying: buckshot over a wide Senate conW;'tee which is conelder
area. The accident occurred at the in n bUPtfwithhold the pay of
Blue Hill Avenue police station.- All .Washington .rici'men wlw affiliate
he nen were shot in the legs, none!w!tn thc American Federation of
bein: 'enously injured, it is stated .Labor. .
at the hospital.
leral
(Bv thet'nited Press)
W-ts.hmgtatfc, Sept. is. Stff-.in)'
chamrec in , the growth and charac
ter "t thf population of th: United
Ftat'jJ re expected to lie shown by
the. ,.Wt) census, preparations for
e inder wav.
whirr
(By the United Press)
New Ycrk Sept. 18. College pro
fessors arc worr,2 paid than janitors
and scrub-Women in the same institution-,
ehat'ges Gardner B. Perry
"? Al'mny, a Harvard graduate who
is chairman of the Eastern New
York endowment committee to raise
funds for Harvard University. The
university wants $11,000,000.
"So lung as the janitors of pur
colleg? halls and the scrubwomen of
the libraries get larger salaries than
professors, just so long shall we be
in danger of seeing our universities,
become second rate schools of ad
vanced education," he said.
CORN MARKET.
GERMAN SEPIIJC'S
nnT urn lininDDV ic
DEARTH DIPLOMATS
Anzacn Can't Outvote J. S.
!San Franeisco, Sept. 18 In an
'address here ye?terdav the President
At Chicago Wednes'.lay September declared America' one vote, in the
losed at 1.44 1-2, December at 1.21 . jj(,arm. 0f XuMova assembly' would
be equivalent to Britain's six. There
is an equality of votes in the council,
he pointed out, and the assembly ha
exclusive jurisdiction only in admit
ting new members. The council pass
es on ether matters first.
Mr. Wilson said German propa
ganda is increasing. He denounc
ed "hyphenated Americans." China
wil) get Shantung back, he, declared.
The world powers have promised it.
Old Crop is Discredited NOT LEAST REASON FOR
While New Ones Are
Still Unripe Solf May
Come to Washington
Harden Out of It
By CARL D. GROAT
(United Press Staff Correspondent;
Berlin, Sept. IS. The new repub
lic is finding selection of diplomats
a real job. Of course, it isn't entire-
Health Officer Says Parents Should
Exercise CautionC6sts Nothing
Antitoxin Available to All Per
sons.
All :3rcnne florsn't ronifoul; jjf,.
Rursia where v it breeds bolshevism,
accord"-. tff T' T. F. Wickliffe,
head of thfle?.lth Bureau. It is a
nrettv gneal thing, and is a wrench
Miard inammons
E
Be Chosen at Series
Matches This Fall
(By thr United Press)
Now York, Sept. 18. Tourna
ments to determine the national bil
liard and pocket billiard champions
of America will take place this fall.
Ths tournament for the 18.2 balk
line b'lliard championship will open
here October 20 at the Astor Hotel.
The ' three-euahion championship
tournament will be held at the Moose
Auditorium, Cleveland, starting No
vember 6.
The pocket billiard series will be
held at the Parkaway Auditorium,
iiiiaeciphm, starting November 1.
The three 'champions decided in
the tournament will then stage an
e'Rhtecn weeks' tourney for Which
they win. receive ?100 per week and
up.
ly necessary that Germany make oat, often thrown into the gear of health
a whole slate of ambassadors and work. J
ministers just yet, particularly if "Tiseipon for diphtheria is on.
Entente nations only send here During' September and October we
charges d'affaires. But the policy of jh?v('' more diphteria than at any
the government will probably be, r other ,ensn. The schools open at
-such an event, to send out charges itJite time and large numbers of chil-
and ronruls the charge perhaps be
ins the man intended for the higher
post' of minister or ambassador w
full diplomatic relations with tie
outsidv world are resumed. '
Germany's difficulty arises from
the fact that some of the men cf the
old diplomatic service would .be per
sona no.i grata at certain ; capitals,
while ti e new regime so far" has net
produced many big prospects of am
bassadorial size.
So far in connection? with the
American ambassadorship only two
firen con'creirate.
f "Every child who has the least
sore 'throat or eold should stay at
home till well. The doctor should be
called early. - If he pronounces the
case diphtheria insist that he give
your child State Board ot neaitn
diphtheria antitoxin. It costs only
25 cents for the syringe. The bal
ance i paid by your taxes. There
are three products that your drug
gist ean furnish free to his patrons
smallpox vaccine, typhoid vaccine
ind diphtheria antitoxin. It does
P. Po'l, , ex-judge of the Corporation. The shifting of population because ,
Comn'.:s ;ion. , 9yM th war has upset the calculations'
"Discussion of "county govern- of census experts, who since 1017
nient is it might he in Nortli Caro- have considered it useless to attempt (
Una." ' to estimate population of any other I
Toright Dr. ChSrrles J. Bullock of rmtita tlnn states. Before ' thmt," it 1
Harvard University' is scheduled to ,was r,os's;ble to predict with a fir
speak on "The Model Plan of State, degree of accuracy the number of.
nnrl local Taxation," ,,J' persons in any given locality. I
Mgnty-iive conniies nave askeii i me "center ot population, it is
for Federal road aid,' State Highway believe-', has stopped Us westward
Commissioner Frtik Page told the movement, which wns continuous
council yesterjiyi 'from 1790 to 1910, when it was lo-
Dr. A. J. W'nrren, State Board of cated in Bloom'ngton, Ind. This is
Health, sanjv.'there has been a mark- heca'iso industrial cities in the Cen
ed d ecro wwffti the colored populaition. ,tral Last, such as Cleveland and De
The colored birth rate is lower than , t ixi t, have been growing alt a greatly
thi white, the death rate five times , increased rate during recent years,
as gTJi'at. Seven venereal disease 'as have manufacturing centers fUr
clinfcs44n this State are handling her east. Formerly the Rocky
4,000 cases monthly, Dr. Warren i Mountain and Pacific Const states
said. V ' i' increased in pooutetion with twice the
mniditv of Kastern nnd CpTifiml
afe""- -i
The ceming census is also expectc
to shew a continuation of the move
the country to the city,
en going on fori many
decades. A further decrease in
proportion of negro population is
pected. In 1900 negroes numbered
ll.fi per cent, and yn 1910 10.7 per
cent.
Western population is expected to
'increase at the old rate now that the
.var iy over.
It ir. expected that the percentar"
of fM,cign-born will show a mark".',
declin&j.due to the discontinuation j
mm if ratjon.
(By the United Press)
lu"Km, Sert. ;il8. nShetriff Har-
vard and Deputy King with blood
hounds :r.d a large posse are scour
ing we'd:! near here for an unidenti
(lied nere who late yesfterday at
, tempited to assault a young white
i . . . . ....
Kirl nr.'u iier home in tne eastern
part of the city. The girl was seen
runn'pg up a railroad screaming. A
n"igWor stopped her and after
learn 'fg the facts started in pursuit
jof the negro. Ho came within sight
of hir. and fired several shots at
' him. So far as eould be learned
none took effect.
It is thought a lynching will fol
low if the negro is captured.
Columbia Has Strong
Eleven May Better
Last Year's Record
I New York, Sept.
1 football candidates
18. Columbia's
were called to
report today by Coach Fred Daw
son. I Even better results are expected
f'ir the coming season than last year,
when the eleven, crippled by losses
of regulars to the army, went
through the season with a lone de
feat fiul that bo the unbeaten Syra
cuse team.
Soldiers Building City of
Tents Handicapped by
Weather Aransas Dead
More Numerous Than
First Reported
(By the United Press)
Coipur Christi, Sept. 18. The ;
diwth toll from Sunday's tidal wav
and hurricane is now estimated at
from 300 to 604. - ' ' .."
Rcpcrts from Aransas Pass today
estimated the dead at Port Aransas
at 35. but these could not be confirm
ed. Earlier reports placed the
known dead at not more than 30. -A
?hill driving rain Wfoich, oon-'
tinued for 3ti Itours ha added , to
ihe misery prevailing: -throughout -the
storm area. The construction of
x tent city started by military au
thorities on high ground here yes-,
terday was held up by the rain.
CM)Y TO GIRL WHO , .
NAMES NEW CLUB HERE:
rr
B
I,.1'" y
IS
J to shew a con
! nent from tlv
which has bee
WHO WON THE WAR?
BLACK JACK!
Washington, Sept. 18. Con
gress today told the world who
won the war Black Jack John
Pershing. The reception ft gava
the head of the A. E. F. hroke
al! records for enthusiasm. Sen
ator Cummins, representing
Vice-President Marshall, who
could not attend, greeted Gen
eral Pershing as "the man who
led the moHt impressive spec
tacle in all the annals of war
fare." Speaker Gillett and
Champ Clark added words of
praise.
i ISSUES COMPLAINTS
f IN SEVERAL CASES;;
Hundred Charter Members for Klna-t;
ton Social and Commercial Or
ganization Prominent Men ' f on
(..on'mlttees. v . ,
COTTON
Baptists Plan Five
Year Program Sunday
School Work in Drive
I'itlslvirgh and Chicago
Concerns Charged With
Making Fraudulent Rep
resentations to the Buy
iw; Public
i:
Futures quotations Thursday were:
names have been muflt mentioned .look like good business advertising
Ma'xinvl'an Harden jtfid Dr. Solf, the for y,Tar druggist to do this.
October
Decwr:ber
January
March
July ,.
Loe'ti! receipts to
three bales, prices
2S 5-8 downward.
10:40
eft.50
29.58
20.78
" o'ekk
ranging
(By the United Press)
W.'thi'nrfon, Sept. 18. The Fed
eral Trade Commission today issued a
formal complaint charging unfair
competition against the Ward &
Alack. y Biscuit Oo. of Pittsburgh.
(Bv the United Press) l The commission alleges the com-
Ralcigh. Sept. 18. Her is the pany's stock is of little if any value
program which the Baptist iSunday , and thfct fraudulent representations
schools of the South plan to'earry have bein made to the public in sell
out in connection with the Baptist ing it.
"75 Million Campaign:" Add 1,500, . Three Chicago grocery concerns
000 to the enrollment. Give $2,500,h-ave been cited in complaints of un
000 to the general cause. Secure fair competition alleging nifsrepre
150,000 diploma holders in, the teach- fen1ia,tton to the public. The comer-training
courses. Have 25.000 olaif; charge that the concerns of-
were senior-adult and 10,000 intermediate fer combinations of groceries, lwt
from legistered classes . in the organized 'ng raj'iJis at bargain prices and
department. charging hjore for other ttems.
2:40
29.09
29.05
29.98
30.12
30.17
Kinston Is' to hav , a-social, nrn?
T'ave teen ait work sevwiml, weeks. '
The prganization will occupy tne old ,
!rrnwry, formerly fitted up lor the
Elks. There will be approximately
100 charter members. At a latef
te other refdents and nonresi
dents will be accepted. A number of
.prominent men have not been ap
proached and it is hoped to have ;
many of Uiese join in time.
The club so far is nameless. The
membership committee will present
a five-pound box of candy to the
womar or girl who sends to T. V.
Mose'ey, chairman, prior to Monday
the best suggestion for a name.
Temoorary chairman of the or
ganizers is Felix Harvey, Jr., The
advisory committee is , comprised by
F. C. Dunn, Clarence Oetitinger, Fe
iix Harvey, Jr., the membership com
mittee by T. V. Moseley, Clarence
Oettimrer, Ernest V. Wetab, Robert
H. Rojse, L. L. Oettinger, Edwfln
Oettinger. Felix Harvey, Jr., Oscar
Greene, W. L. Burns and Dan. Quin- ;
crly.
Asiatic Cholera is .
Raging in Russian
Town; Hundreds Die
POME BASEBALL- CAME;
STORY BOOK FINISH
TO TIDEWATER MATCH.
Washington,. N. C, f?ept. 18.
Ninth inning. Score, Givlords 6,
Wash;ngfon 8. Bases full and two
Wen down. The spectators weren't
pectin'c a miracle.
"Candy" Weston never could be fx
Iwtcd to perform a miracle, any
way. Car-dy had two strikes and
tW3 ball! called on him. The Gay
icrds pitcher decided he was wasting
time throwing curves to such a punk
tatter. He put over a swift straight
one.
Westsn swung blindly. There was
, crack and the ball sailed far out
ever the right, fielder's head.
Score, Washington 7, Gaylords 6.
former colonial minister and latter
-'oreijrr minister iff' the closing days
cf but year. .f'1
Harden hasn''a chance to go to
the Washington post. He..has made
more less .of a name for. .himself
in A':erica-;-but that doesn't count
for anything with the present situ
ation. In fact he isn't taken seri
nusiy bv the present government in
that connection.
On the other hand, Solf has con
siderable backing for .the place, Solf
is a man of liberal tendencies.
OXE ET. WILL WALK
' FIVE HUNDRED MILES
TO ATTEND REUNION.
By the United Press)
Atlanta, Sept. 16. Confederate
veterans are coming to their twenty-
ninth minion in Atlanta in October
by every mode 'of transportation.
Not all of the veterans will come
nn trains, however. Col. Jack Hale,
of Arkansas, is walking to the 're
union, a distance of 500 mile. An
other veteran in South Georgia
wrote the committee that he will
drive up m his old-fashioned ox-cart.
Diphtheria is curable if antitoxin
is giver in time.
i "There have been 12 cases of diph
1 her in reported since September 1.
In al! but one case State Board of
Healt.1. antitoxin was , used. I feel
that it is important that we have
children vaccinated against this di
sease, especially '. children under 5,
with the toxin-antitoxin. If your
child has been' exposed use the old
antitoxin; otherwise, '". I wish to in
sirt utbn the new to(in-nt3tloxin.
It is furnished free. Culture. tubes
or diphtheria are available and it
is well, to have children's noses and
throat tested." ' : "
TOBACCO
BUY WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS.
Receipts Thursday were approxi
mately.:' 400,000 pounds; according to
wareliouse estimates. Prices ruled
very nigh. Kecetprs ior we wee
have Von close to 2,000,000 pounds.
More then 6,000,000 pounds have
been marketed since the opening
.Serttfmbe- 2, and (prices have in
creases spasmodically to an average
of 45 cent or better, ' v .
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(By the United Press)
Novorissk, Russia, Sept. 18. An
"pidcir.ic of Asiatic cholera is raging
n thi- city.
During the past week th death
rate from the disease has averaged
120 ner day. Sixty-five per cent, of
the ewes prove fatal. Shore leave
from ships in the harbor has been,
discontinued. ; :
Insruotions againat the use of un
' oiled water and uncooked food have
' een issaed, but careless living hab
its of the people render them averse
: v: precautionary measures. " :
. Physicians of the. Amerkrah' Red
'prosj are treating the. crews of for
eign snips. -
YOUTHFUL SPANISH PRINCES AND QUEEN FROM LATEST PHOTO.
Queen Victoria 'of Spain and her sons, the Infante Don Jaime at left and Prince Asturias at right ' are
shown embarking on the royal yacht to take part In the great regatta. The King of Spain is an ardent
n at i man and so are his sons. The Prince Asturias bears a marked resemblance to his father.
AEROPLANES IN DEMAND- !
IN TEXAS OIL FIELDS.
t'i- t ;
(Manufacturers (Record, Baltimore)'
The Curtiss company is finding a
jfield f r aeroplanes in the dil coun
try of Northwest Texas, and the oil
i .... ,,.... m. .;t.
All. nullity VUJIEin. IIV
roads: do not reacn all irtts, and
what roads there are are badly con-,
gested, so that passenger trains are
run at rare intervals and are never
on time. But the problem W in find
ing chauffeurs for the machines. To
meet this demand the Curtiss com
pany is securing pilots.
BUT THRIFT STAMF8.