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ARMENIAN MINISTER TO U. S
MORE V 50,000
SHOOT STRAIGHT TO
HUNDREDS RAILROAD
HARDING AND COX
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COX CONSISTENTLY,
SUICIDE AS RESULT
ARRESTS FIRST 6
PREVENT LYNCHING,
ORDER OF GOVERNOR
MEN AT CHICAGO TO
SURE TO GO TO MAT
OVER LEAGUE ISSUE
Republicans Continue to
Tell How Their Man Re-
gards Covenant
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OF SEVERAL THINGS
P
AWAIT WORD BOARD
t
uriPlllllCT
LEARNS
VAanimui'ii
Will Issue Campaign Docu
ments Regularly While
Battle is Under Way
LEAGUE TO BE STRESSED
About Everv Time Execu
tive Writes
Commending.
Snmpthinc
-
Candidate
He Will Ring in Thing
Nearest His Heart
(By the United Prees.)
Washington, July 19. The tenta
show that President Wil
son will step into the campaign to
.lect Cox as his successor immediate-
i ftpr the candidate' formal ac-
wno. mwech It is learned that
- w:un'. first camDaien document
will probably be a message of con -
gratulations to Cox on the senti- tors attempted to coyer up the ali
ments to be expressed in his speech cide. They first said it was an auto-
to be delivered? at Dayton early in
August.
All written utterances coming
from the White House to endorse
Cox also will deaV largely with the
League of Nations, which Wilson
has made plain is his chief concern
in the coming presidential battle.
Full Moon
Will Be Late Next Month and
Retard Tobacco Worms.
Tobacco planters may congratu-
late themselves over the fact that the
full moon in August will not arrive
until the close of the month. By the
same token, according to a theory ad-
vanced by an intelligent local farmer,
the tobacco worms will be cheated
out of a lot of square meals. Theler,
moon "controls" a lot of things in
the world, according to various the
ories, including the tides, fish, luna
tics of certain kinds, etc., and its
phases have now been found to have
all to do with tobacco worms.
June Worms Weak.
, The June "crop" tobacco worm is
not much of a nuisance, it is stated
by this farmer, "The worms soon go
into the ground." It may be that the
June rains or something drives them
into seclusion. They die in the earth,
it is assumed. The August crop, the I
second of the season, i capable of
playing havoc with the growing
weed. There remains the fact that
when tobacca is well matured and the
leaves are "tough," the tobacco worm
cannot chew the tobacco, - literally
speaking. This year's crop, being
Jate, would be susceptible to damage
from the August worms were it not
for the full moon's lateness.
Now the Rough Stuff.
When the moon gets full the tobac-
co fly which lays the eggs f the to-
bacco worm finds her nest; she is
kept from laying on dark nights, pos-
sibly having weak eyes. It is not un-
til after the sun goes down that she
gets busy. Late as it is, the tobacco
crop will be too tough for mastica-
tion by the crawling, pests toy the
time the August full moon gets
around. Statisticians at Raleigh who
see so much for the farmers to be
lad over may add another note to
their joyful ditty, if they believe this
theory has merit. "
To Ship 500
Out of Country Soon as Trans
portation is Had.
(By -the United Press.)
Washington, July 19. Fiv htm.
dred aliens, mostly Russians, are
waiting deportation when transporta-
iion can be arranged, it was said at
the Labor Department late today.
Most of them are now at liberty on
bail.
SIR THOMAS TO PLACE NEW
SKIPPER ABOARD SLOOP.
Sandy Hook, N." J, July 19-Sir
Thomas Lipton plans to take CapT
tsin William P. Burton from- the
wheel of the cup challenger Sham
ck IV. The deciaion to supplant
Captaia Burton as skipper of the
wpion sloop was practically decided
upon today.
am .
Wilmington, July 19. The Italian
fnier Ansaldo, Philadelphia to Wil-
Bungton, went aground on the Cape
few bar at Southport.
Wife-
Drunk
Disturb ance," According
Brother
to
(By the United Press.)
Berlin, July 19. Prince Joachim,
isixtn son or tne lormer Kaiser, com-
I . m . m
I id. l J r . i I i a: i i
I milieu suiciue uy BnooiuiK mmsen iq
I the breast as he lay in bed at his
villa, Leignitt, San S6uci Park, Sat
urday, as' a result of brooding over
his wife's desertion and the effects
of a drunken debauch. He died Sun
day morning in a nearby hospital.
Trince Eitel Frederick, only son of
the ex-kaiser in Berlin, stated that
the suicide was the result of a psy
chologic disturbance caused by the
pressure 01 events ami personal uu-
acuities,
Friday night the prince, returning
home, staggered into a railway stn
and called loudly for beer. Doc-
niomie case
Goes to Tennessee
Mrs. Catt to Nashville; Will
See Governor Roberts.
New York, July 19. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt, president of the Na
tional American Woman Suffrage As
sociation,, left New York for Nash-
villo t ttnfar with iho Tfinnpuen
auxiliaries who have the ratification
leampaign of Tennessee in charge. Mrs.
Catt will also confer with Governor
Roberts with reference to ratification,
Before leaving, Mrs. Catt said that
Senator Harding's reliance on the al-
leged record oi tne Kepuoncans on
the federal suffrage amendment was
sure to prove disastrous to the party
as an argument with tne woman vot-
BULLETINS
(By tie United Press)
RETREAT TO PEKIN.
Washington, July 19. Tlu,
forces of Gen. Twan Chai Juai,
former premier, have sustained
severe defeats and are now re
treating toward Pekin, the State
Department has been advised.
GIVEN $13,500 DAMAGES
FOR DEATH OF WIFE.
Asheville, July 19. Holdin gthat
the company was negligent in that the
runaway train which last November
tore down the mountain side, in Gra-
ham County, and crashed through his
home killing his wife, a jury in United
States District Court here returned
a verdcit awarding R. H. Brown $13,-
500 from the Babcock Land & Lumber
Company. .
AMERICA'3 TENNIS PLAYERS
WILL CHALLENGE AUSTRALIA,
Wimbledon, July 19. America's
greatest tennis players, Johnston and
Tilden, have won the right to chal-
lenge Australia for. the Davis cup by
their defeat of- the British team,
Kingscote and Parke, in the doubles
of the ; international lawn tennis
matches, 8-6, 4-6, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.
TWO AVIATORS KILLED.
: Tulsa, Okla., July 19. A. W. New
om and Robert F. Metcalf were in
stantly killed five miles south of here
when an airplane which Hewsom was
piloting fell 3,500 feet to earth. They
came here from Okmulgee.
Unique ; Wedding
Twin Girls and Their Mother Brides
in Triple Ceremony.
(By the United Press)
Valparaiso, Ind, July 17. Mrs.
Lillian Zane and her twin daughters
were the brides in a tripe wedding
here.
COTTON
Futures quotations Monday were:
. Open. Close.
January .
March ...
July" .. ..
October . .
December
32.69
31.95
4L00
33.00
33.50
32.52
31.75
4L75
35.63
33.26
Separated From
Had Been on
"Psychologic '
f
Garo Paslermadjian, minister of
Armenia to theJUnited States.' While
Mr. Pasdermadjian has been in this
country for the past three months,
the Armenian Republic was not for -
mally recognized by the United
States until June 2, 1920.
MARTIAL LAW MEANS
OF COMBATTING RED
PROPAG'DA PRAGUE
Government Proclaims Mil
itary Rule Through
out Czecho-Slovakia
American Officer Pris
oner Russian Bolsheviki
(By the. United Prees.)
I'rairue.- Jul v 14). Martial -luw hss
been ,pro.iaime(i throughout Czecho-
lovakia to prevent the spread of Bol
shevik propaganda.
American Officer Held
Warsaw, July 19. It is officially
announced that an American officer
in charge of a train 'bearing typhus
mVdical supplies has been captured
by red troops at Minsk,
Mistress Fined
For Invading Her Own Kitchen
to Cook Mutton Chops.
(By the United Pres.)
London, July l.--There is no
etiquette so strict as that which
dominates London life "below stairs."
With all the upheavals of the world
war, lhe9IgnTtyof ccoks and but
lers remains unassisted. A.
was recently neara n ine
Court wherein a cook took offense
because the mistress invaded the
kitchen and insisted on cooking some
mutton chops herself. The insulted
culinary queen immediately gave no
tice, and in this ehe was joined by
her husband, the butler. Whereupon
the mistress locked the back door
and thus got herself sued for "wrong
ful imprisonment.
Et!imiette.
During the hearing of the case the
iudire' asked why. if the mistress had
onlv locked the back door, did non
the couple go out by the front.
"That," said the butler, painfully
fii.mrised at the iudee's ignorance,
is airainst all kitchen etiquette.
j - - - ...
When a servant is engaged, he en-
ters the house for the first through
the front door. After that he re-
gards the back door as his sole means
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of entrance and exit. Wo sell-re-1
specting servant would dream of J
leaving his employer's house by the
front door!"
Damages!
On inquiry it was found that the
etiquette ruling such matters was a
verv real thing to the circle of over
lords and underlings of, the kitchen,
and the aggrieved pair were allowed
5 pounds damages.
Eight Entombed
Bv Explosion of Gas in Pennsyl
VaniA Mine. . I
(By the United Press) (
Unity, Fenn, July 19 Eight men
were entombed 12 feet below the sur-ed
face in a mine of the United Colleries I
at Renton, near here, today. The I
men were going down for the regular
morning inspection when it is believed
the cap light of one of the men ex-1
nloded mine gases. A rescue party
w rushed from Pittsburgh. V
One of Every 2,000 Ameri
cans Pinched--75,000 Of
ficers Assist in Enforcing
Amendment and Volstead
Law
(By the United Press.)
Washington, July 19 Prohibition
reports show more than 50,000 ar
rests were made during the first six
months of constitutional prohibition
A large percentage of the arrests
were made by police and officials co
operating with ConwiilsaHoner Kra
mer.
The total of 50,000 indicates that
lone of every 2,000 (persons in the
country was charged with a vlo
llator of the prohibition laws,
I An army of 75,000 persons is back
of the move to keep the country bone
Idry. 1
Forest Depletion
Causes Newsprint Shortage in
United States.
(By the United Press)
Washington, July 19. The funda
mental cause for the present short
age of newsprint paper is the eri
ous depletion of the forests of the
Northeastern and the Lake States
where there is an overdevelopment
of the pulp and paper industries, ac
cording to a report to the Senate by
the Forest Service, United States
Department of Agriculture, in re
sponse to a request for information
on timber depletion, prices, exports,
and ownership. The report is one of
the- most comprehensive ever pre
pared dealing with the lumber re
sources of the nation.
- Since-the - requirements of paper
making restrict the kinds of wood
that can be advantageously used in
making newsprint, four species
spruce, hemlock, balsam, and popu
lar supplied 84 per cent, of the
total amount manufactured in 1917,
according to the report. The occur
rence of these species chiefly in the
Lake States and New England1 has
led to the over-centralization of the
paper-making industry there, it is
stated.
Paying Penalty for Depletion.
Until recently, when abnormal de
niands, short supplies and resulting
high prices led to increaeed news
print production through the utiliza
tion of plants designed for and for
merly used in making other kinds of
paper, there has been no expansion
in the newsprint industry in tne
United States since 1909, and we
caHehave had to import large quantities
Highr pulpwooa and paper, tne report
points out. The demand, however,
has greatly increased, and , because
of excessive depletion of our own re
sources this country now is depend
ent upon foreign sources for two-
thirds of its newsprint or its raw
material.'
"Unfortunately it is upon the spot
market that the smaller newspapers,
least able to increase returns by in
creasing advertising and raising their
rates, must depend." The result has
een tnat many oi tnese small paper?
have been forced to curtail their is
sues and have had the greatest diffi-
cuity in securing enougn newsprint
to continue publication,
... .
umDer is going iast, tne tc
Pwt says. It is reported that in Now
York, Where nearly 50 per cent, of
pur newsprint is produced, oo per cent.
oi me puip anu paper miua nave aDso-
,1 t. 1 i t. . I
iuieiy no uniwr buF(," ui meir own.
On the whole, the situation of the
newsprint industry in the i Eastern
I United States is very unfavorable" and
there is little chance of its becoming
better. The only things that can w-
sure production of even approximate
mestic requirements are concerted
effort to increase the production of
pulpwoods m the Northeast and the
development of the newsprint indus
try in the West and in Alaska.
Alaska Offers Relief.
The timber on the Tongass Nation
al Forest in Alaska is said, by the re-
port to be of particular importance in
connection who, me iicwapriu situa
tion It is estimated that there are
about 70 billion board feet of Sitka
spruce and western hemlock well suit-
for paper making. The timber is
located in a comparatively narrow belt
along 12,000 miles or more of coast
line. Water power is available, as is
(also deep water - transportatioir from
numerous mill sites.
BUT WAR SAVINGS 8TA1IPS.
Three Negroes in Danger
at Graham One Be
lieved Guilty of Crime
Against Woman Law
yer Pleads With Crowd
(Special to The Free Press.)
Durham, N- G, July 19. No
attempt was made to lynch the
three negroes jailed at Graham,
near here, implicated in the as
sault on Mrs. A.' A. Riddls, after
a machine gun company arrived.
The company was on guard last
night. The negroes are servants
at a hotipital near the Riddle
home.
Raleigh, July 19. Governor
Bickett yesterday ordered the Dur
ham machine gun company of the
national guard to Graham to pro
tect three negroes, one of whom i3
supected of attacking a white wt-
mun. Bloodhounds were used to
trail the negroes and after they were
lodged in jail a crowd of several hun
dred men threatened to lynch them.
County Attorney !B. S. Parker is
said to have prevailed upon them to
let th law make its course.
Saturday night about 9:30 o'clock
. ...
a negro, pistol in hand, entered the
home of A. A. Riddle and criminally
assaulted Mrs. Riddle.
Bloodhounds were sent to Graham
from Raleigh and early this morning
they separately trailed to a servants'
house at Rainey Hospital. As a re
sult of the work of the hounds, three
negroes were arrested, buV the guil
ty one has not been identified. One
of the negroes is Arthur Beasley of
Eton College, and' the others are
named Lee- and Troxler, both serv
ants at the hospital. They were
taken to Alamance jail at Graham.
Protect Prisoners
at All CoHts."
Asheville, July 19. ''Protect those
prisoners at all hazards, and notify
the people I have ordered you to
shoot straight if an attempt on the
lives of the prisoners is made," was
the order given by. Governor Bickett
over long distance telephone from
Asheville to Captain Marion B. Fow
ler, of the Durham machine gun com
pany which is protecting the jail at
Graham, in which three negroes.
charged with an aesault on a white
woman, were lodged yesterday.
Later Governor Bickett got into
communication with Captain Fowler
and learned that the gunners had the
situation well in hand.
The county attorney for Alamance,
E. S. Parlaer, prevailed upon the
crowd' to let the law take its course
and assisted in keeping mob violence
down until the arrival of the ma
chine gunners.
Victory Medals
Now Being Issued to North Carolina
Veterans.
Since the 21st of June the War De
partment has been busy accepting ap
plications for the issue of the victory
medal which is being swarded to all
veterans of the World War, and the
first medals to be received in North
Carolina are now in the hands of the
ex-soldiers who fought-for the liberty
of the -world.
This beautiful medal, which is a
masterpiece of art, 1b made of bronze
one inch and a half, in diameter on
I hp fare of which a .renrAoeiit&tion of
w;ngei liberty stands in relief. The
reverse side has the words; ine
Great War for Civilization," with ap-
ipropriate insignia of the United
States. The names of the -countries
which joined forces to free the wwrld
of imperialism, France, Great Britain,
Belgium, Serbia, Russia, Montenegro,
Italy, Greece, Brazil, Portugal, Rou-
mania, Japan and China, are listed on
the, reverse. The ribbon to which the
medal is suspended is one inch and a
quarter in width and the length va
ries acording to the battle clasps
awarded for active service in the 13
major operations, defensive sectors,
or for service in France, England,
Italy, Russia or Siberia. The color
of the ribbon embraces the seven hues
of the rainbow, dark blue, sky blue,
violet, yellow, orange, pink and red,
properly blended. . As many as fire
clasps have been received by soldiers
in .North Carolina and. to those who
were hot fortunate ' enough to go
overseas the victory medal without
any claaps have been awarded for
their response to the calf of : their
country. m . ;
Silent as to Attitudes
"Strike Talk" Not In
dulged In Hold Secret
Sessions i Three Big
Groups of Workers
(By the United Press)
Chicago, July 19. Representatives
of the railway workers are here, di
vided into three groups,, to await the
decision of the Railroad Labor Board
tomorrow.
In the first group are 700 general
chairmen," etc., of the transportation
workers' unions. Leaders of the shop
craft unions comprise the second
group. The third , is comprised by
the operative chieftains.
Meetings today were closely guard
ed. Reports said the men were "get
ting set" for discussion of the awards
tomorrow. Union heads haven't the
power to accept or reject the decision
Any action, it is believed, will take
the shape of recommendations to the
ranks. The chiefs refuse to talk.
They say strike talk now would only
aggravate matters more.
CROPS IN LENOIR
AND STAI R: MARKED
!T
Expert Gives Figures to
Show That Big Produc
tioqs of Staples Confront
Local Farmers; Tobacco
Crop uig
(By
Frank Parker, State Agricul
tural Statistician.) .
The crops of thiH section of North
Carolina have improved remarkably
even though they are still late, after
the late winter and discouraging
weather conditions during the spring.
The June crop conditions improved 7
per cent., as the weather was very
favorable excepting for some spotted
hail hit sections. The crop forecast
is favorable at present as announced
by the State's Cooperative Crop Re
porting Service at Raleigh.
Lenoir County has 32,500 acres of
corn, or 101 per cent, compared with
last year, averaging 88 per cent, in
condition. The tobacco crop aver
ages 68 per cent, in condition. The
acres are estimated to be 93 per cent,
of the 1919 crop, and cotton is re
ported to be 17,350 acres, or 94 per
cent, of 1919 and condition 72 per
cent. "'v
this year is four per cent, below last
year's and indicates 89 per cent, of a
full crop prospect.
The State's cotton crop acreage is
perhaps increased slightly with a 74
per cent, condition. This is nine per
cent, lower than it was a year ago.
The improvement during June was
four per cent. The hail swept sec
tion around Lenoir County suffered
heavily.
The tobacco crop that put us to the
front and brought so much wealth in
to Northern and Eastern Carolina is
increased five to six per cent, in acre
age with a condition of 80 per cent.
of a full crop. This means that we
have a good crop prospect and if
prices hold up, we' will have another
high rank in the crop s value. Per
haps we may yet convince Kentucky
of the importance of the crop in this
State, since we are increasing the last
year's acreage which surpassed her's,
$125,000 Fire
Building and Stocks 2 Mer
chants Burned at Ayden.
A two-story brick building in the
business district at Ayden was de
stroyed by fire Saturday. The build
ing, owned by J. R. Smith & Bro,,
and occupied by T. R. , Taylor & Co.
and A. L. Jackson, merchants, was
entirely consumed, together with the
stocks of goods. The- loss : to the
merchants was about - $50,000 each,
and to the Smiths $25,000. Insurance
approximated $60,000. The cause of
the fire wss not discovered.
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DEMOCRATS REACH: OHIO
Ready for Meeting With
National Committee-
Complete Agreement
With Wilson Many De
tails to Be Cleared tip
(By the' United Press.)
Marion, July 19. Senator Hard-
if elected will refuse to take steps
for ratification of the treaty while
the League of Nations is intact, ac
cording to views of close friends to-
day.
The Republican nominee, they said, .
is confident the country is opposed
to entering the league as formulated,
and will go to. the mat with Governor
Cox on the league issue.
The G. O. P. "attack" on the league
today was the second in a week.
Cox and Roosevelt at Columbus.
Columbus, July 19. Complete
agreement reached with the President
on the league issue, Governor Cot
and Franklin Roosevelt arrived today '
ready to frame the campaign plans
with the Democratic committee.
Itineraries of stumping tours, where
the campaign begins, the new chair
man of the national committee, party
finances, campaign headquarters and
notification details are to be decided
at the meeting of the committee and
candidates tomorrow.
Both Cox and Roosevelt posses
much data from their conferences at.
Washington5 ttr be used li inaktng'Uiv"
plans.
Dead HejroY Mother
Honored on United States Ship
in jbastern Waters.
(By the United Press.) '
New York, July 19. The U. S; S
Cole," recently returned from Mexi
co, Palestine, the Bosphorus, Corinth
Canal, the Dardanelles, and points
east, had the unique distinction of
serving as a reviewing ground, her
officers said.
Proceeding from Constantinople to
the Adriatic, the destroyer , dropped
anchor in Cattaro Bay, Montenegro,
and elaborate ceremonies were ar
ranged in connection with presenting
Congressional medal of honor, the
highest award the United States can -bestow,
to a Jugo-Slavic mother of
member of the A. E. F. killed in
France.
...
The shin was dressed, a decorated
.... - ,
cutter sent ashore, and the mother
brought aboard. The dignified and
impressive ceremony, usually assoct
ated with the idea of an entire army $
corps drawn up in review before the .
commanding general, wss then gone
through. After the posthumous award
of the decoration, the tearful woman
thanked the crew and , officers for
their courtesy and went back to her
little home marvelling; at tbe far
reaching memory of the distant
"Gdd's Country;' for which she had
sacrificed her boy.
Threaten Strike
Memphis Worker May Walk
Out in Support of Firemen.
(By the United Press.)
Memphis, July 1-Witb 300 mK
litianten. in barracks, the city , today
entered upon the fifth day of the fire
men's strike with interest centered ,
upon the meeting of labor union lead
ers called for tonight Sympathetic
strike talk Is growing. , '
No Crisis Thcro
Brazilian Says South Ameri
' cans Wont Fisht, .
(By the United Press.)
Rio de Janeiro, July 19. Avavedo.
Marques, Brazilian minister of for,
eign affairs, in an interview with the.
United Press today characterized as
absurd rumors of international trou
bles in South America. Bras"! v
continue its policy of cooperation
the United States, b t ! !.
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