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TIE Kin ston EE PRESS Eft PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK WEPNESDA YS AND SATURDAYS - VOL. 42. No. 124 KINSTON, N. WEDNESDAY MORNING, APRIL 13, 192V 4 PRICE FIVE CENTS r!3 JUDGE PRHD'S TARIFF CONGRESS A TRAIN AT 11:30 TO WESTERN CAROLINA IS A POSSIBILITY DEATH A BUSY I GREAT REPUBLICAN UNTIL LATE FALL hi 1 i. REMOVES iteir Y Sentiment Grows Mine up, While ment Expected Workers, Industrial (By the United Press) London. April 11. Britai "" " threatened industrial revolution was regarded as crushed today. Sentiment against striking was reported to be growing in railway and transport tanks. There were indications that the mine owners and government rep resentatives would make important concessions to the miners to gain peace. The weekend - was free from vio lence, but both sides continued to make preparations for the fight. Es-nr.r-iullv lartre forces of troops were . jsent into Wales and Scotland. Blind Man Invents . Airplane That Will Hover Like Eagle (By the United Press) Chicago, April . 11. A blind man has invented a type of aircraft he says wilt revolutionize aerial warfare. He is Maxim Kaczmarek, a real es tate dealer. The sky-dreadnaught is called an "acreoplane. But a circular ar rangement of planes Kaczmlarek said his craft con hover in the air like an eagle. This stabalizing property would rive a bomber an opportunity to vastly increase the dumber of his II X hits. : jother new businesses and enlarge Kaczmarek declares " his machine ments. Usual improvements to to will rise almost perpendicularly and . bacco markets will not bevmade this land in a Spot nearly as small as its, summer, it is probable , .owing to the own base. Thus necessity of take off prospect for .a materially reduced and landing fields are eliminated - VYVim wie assistance ui a ovy jiiu tohwiif-th invenfor built his machine Mil mv v. mi " 1 ' WV...U...ft. - 1 1 ! ' '" g " '" Superior Court for , April Term Opened by Edenton Jurist ': Superior Court for the April term was convened by Judge William Bond of Edenton Monday forenoon. Both criminal cases and civil causes will be tried. The docket promises taw interesting eases. Fred Penn, color ed, will be tried for an alleged gun assault upon Arthur Lamm, a La- Grange poljceman, who narrowly es caped death from three bullet wounds, Baptist Students Make Good at Law in North Carolina r (By the United Press) asnviiie, April 11. In a recent examination of applicants for admis- un w the bar conducted by the Su j reme Jourt of North ' Carolina, "aB rorest College furnished 37 per cent, o! the. applicants, the larg est number sent 'im frnm Anv insti. tution. Wake Forest applicants pass- inn n' tnus maintaining the 100 per cent, record of the school In 'his matter. .-. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, IS BAPTIST STRONGHOLD. Nashville, April 11. More than one-third the population of Richmond, a, belongs to the Baptist churches, it is announced. In that city there are M white Baptist churches and 37 ne Sro Baptist churches. The combined membership of the 65 churches is wrfoo, while the population of the, ray is 172,000. Bin : Fire nt Wilsnn Wilson, April ; 11, (A spectaaJTar re which destroyed 'the five-ory frame building of the Wilson JRJbac w Company Saturday night jfltailed loss of $200,000, partially insured. REPLY ON NOTE IS . nrniTr &QVED (By ntted Press) Wash April 11. A reply to Secreta Hughes' recent note to the All on tne mandate question was tood to have been receiv- the State DoDartment todav . It was understood that the answer " to be. made public as soon as per-J mission from the government- or. governments concerned is obtained. I J- the) inetonr Jlfuiers Against General Tie Owners and Govern Make Concessions to Pit Letup in Preparations for Pending Settlement FEINERS LOSE WHEN Wt ATTACK HOTEL (Bylkhe United Press) Dublin, awril 11. Sinn Fein "erg were repined today in a sen sational attack on the London Northwestern Holy here, in tem porary use of the Efcck and Tan police. Three wereiJcilled and several wounded. BUSINESS PREPARES FOR BETTER TIMES THIS PART COUN Eastern Carolina business is mistic. It is preparing for prosper ty. There are many reports here of prospective new businesses and build ings to house them, while nearly ev ery important town in the section is reporting a modified building boom or the launching of small enterprises, "Settling" of conditions will cause the establishment of . several large mer cantile businesses here, including one of the largest department stores in the section. A new stock feed store is to be opened. It is rumored that one of the bigges tvariety store con- cerns in tne country will open a Drancn m Kinston. Laurange is to nave a "5-and-10." The latter town reports crop. Summer Term a . C. T. TvSchool to Be .Alteriied by Many Greenville, April 11. The outlook for the 1921 summer term of the East Carolina Teachers' Training School is brighter than ever. For a number of years the summer School at this institution has been popular because students taking the full eight weeks' term get credit for one-third of a school year and thereby advance the grade of their certificate very rapidly. The summer term is run under the same regulations as the .regular sessions of the school. Every room will be engaged before the date of opening June 14. . Norwegians in the Senate and Hons Number tfflirteen (By the United Item.) Washington. Anrilll. In the 67th Congress meetin now the Nor wegian immigrant sa&up will be rep resented by 14 njSnbcrs, 4 in the Senate and 10 inthe: 'House, Houi ing the senatorsJa this group, is the sturdy AmericjK, Knute Nelson of Minnesota. Anew member, elected last fall, is Rter Norbeck of South Dakota, whup relinquished the gover norship of Jnis state to assume the senatorial Jbga. Senator Reed Smoot, of. Utahiffis usually included In the group ftecause or his Norwegian motheJ The fourth and latest ad dition's Senator Holm O. Bursum, of .wevwaiexico. per Mill is to Shut Down. ew Bern, April 11. The John L. Lumber Company's sawmill iere will end operations the middle of this week. It is intended to dis mantle or sell the plant. . ' CoL Young, Best- ' Known Negro in N. C, Dies Raleigh BY MAX ABERNETHY (Special Capital Correspondent) Raleigh, April ll..Col. James H.I Young, best-known negro and lead er of the colored race in North Car olina, died at his home here this morning at 8 o'clock. He was 60 years old. I Colonel Young commanded , the Third North Carolina Infantry, col ored, in the Spanish-American War. At the time of his death he was the grand master of the negro Odd Fel- lows, endowment secretary of the State Masonic order of negroes and a member of the 'grand lodfye of the negro Pythians. ; ..lb. rip lhe United P Vril 11. reptWd todaj attack on tl tern Hld hei le of the Efccl Three were Ashcyille ' Jurist One of Leading Members of His Party' in South-Harding Sends Regrets Was Self Made Man , (By the United Press) Asheville, April 11. United States Judge Jeter Coney Pritchard" died at his residence here yesterday at 6 a. m. Pneumonia following a long period of ill health caused death. He was un conscious many hours before his death. Judge Pntchard was born at Jones- boro, Tenn., in 1857, the son of Will iam H. and Elizabeth Prttchard. Be fore he was 21 he walked across the mountains to Bakersville, N. C a distance of 35 miles. He had 10 cents, He worked in a print shop and studied at night. Building his career with the aid of influential friends, he was elected to the legislature in 1875. He was a United States senator eight years. . - ' '' In 1003 Judge Pritchard was ap pointed to the District of Columbia Supreme Court by President Roose velt. : In 1914 he was sent to the dis trict court bench here. He was na- 'committeeman for 'the North na Republicans for a time.. Pritchard was given an hon- oraryfy-ote for vice-president at the last RAublican convention. He is lifc-vived by his widow and one daughtt and three sons; President JiWrling yesterday wired his deep regreflver the death of Judge Pritchard. a&jlitical leaders at Washington today ewociized him ah! declared , him one 6ythc party's strongest men In the Si Bush Yelvet Bean Meets With Favor After Experiments (By the United Press) unitea rressj Washington, April 11. ReporMTl from 40O cooperators, of the Dept-' ment of. Agriculture who testofl the ... t ' . -17 Inm.;- bush velvet been in 1920 far the first time are highly commendatory, Three-fourths of thosejreporting consider the bean a marked success and over half of them Relieve it tq be superior to any, othrfi- variety, ev erything taken inf consideration Two uses of the bear meet with par ticularly enthusiflwuc praise. JFIrst, is its ; use in tiin, where its non. twining habitus very desirable, as It does not soil the corn down and make harsting difficult, as do the twinirtf varieties. Second, it is found ideWl as a cover and green xna-i nure crp in citrus orchards, being far serior for this purpose to any othejr legume yet found. Its use d considerably reduce the fer- ibill for citrus orchards. 1 $30,000,000 by May 1 Aim of Southern Baptist leaders (By the United Press) Nashville, April , 11. Every cner-. gy m all the states of tne aoutn- errt Baptist Convention is being em ployed to . the end that when the convention meets in ' Chattanooga May 12 a total of $30,000,000 rais ed in cash on subscriptions to the 75 Million Campaign may be report ed to that body. This session of the convention will mark the close of the second year of the campttign, when two-fifths of the total sub scriptions to the campaign will be due. Weekly Weather Forecast. ; Issued by the Weather ' Bureau, Washington, for the period April U to 16: For South Atlantic States: Fair and cool first half of week, with probably local frosts in north portions; normal "thereafter. i Tobacco Sales. Kinston warehouses save one re ported 166,909 pounds of tobacco sold during March, according to the Co operative Crop Reporting, Service at Raleigh. The average priee was 17.02 cents. -V ' O'CALLAOHAN MUST ,. ; i ' ' ' ' LEAVE THE COUNTRY (By the Onued Press) Washington. April 11. Donal O'- Callaghan, lord mayor of Cork, who arrived at Newport News in Janu ary as a stowaway wunout b pass port, must leave the country. Secre tary Davis made this Clear toaay in an informal statement jn wnicn he announced that Secretary of State Hughes had denied the plea of U- Callaghan to be allowed a political asylum .in the United States. ; v ruonai ffol: te for vice-pre ublican conven sHu-vived by h 'htm and three nt Herding ye regr.eflver itehard.a&jliti ton today ewot . him one o it 1 hoI lUper Revision of Import Laws and Taxes Two of Many I Bis: Tasks MAJORITY HAS ITS WAY With Little Chance of Being Hindered ' by Democrats. Latter Will Lose No Time, However Will Ob serve and Criticize ' By L. C. MARTIN (United Press1 Staff Correspondent) Washington,' April 11. The 67th Congress, organized for business today, has sent word ' ( to Harding that in response to . his summons it was prepared to hear from him what in his judg- ment it .should do for the good i of the Union. : j . The sessions of the House and Senate go under way prompt- ; : ly at noon. j Fifteen minutes later the Sen ate, ready for business," recess ed until 2:30 to give the Housi time to swear in new mem be and elect officers.: viauue tvitcnm or tne jrins- ton. N. C. district will M mi nority leader, Washington, April ll-The "tariff Congress," as the surial session of the 67th congress issuing called here, met today in response to the summons of President H As the namojfndicates, it is expect ed to devote jduch of its time to tariff revision, bdm temporary" and perma nent. AWng with that is to go tax law revJnon, and in addition, a' third i'g ljlfislative task which 'may be uWafiaken is the enactment of a soU bonus bill ;any other domestic issues are to .JtomeTief omeefore the session, which, many members excect.' will be so crowded with importww business tfaat it will merge into tharegular; session next thflki December. Th&awo houses met todaj under unu8uallyv,iavorable auspices for the majority hi'ty.j President Harding's program, 'ipected ; to be outlined in & messageo the iwd houses today or toniorrowrSn be put through intact if it meetsith the approval of all Republicans Con gress, for they have a clear woldtint margin of 100 in the house amnStj in the Senate, enough to render tin Democratic minority helpless. , Under vigorous leadership, however particularly in the senate, where Os car Underwood is in the saddle, the Democrats plan to make ' themselvef) felt. Their announced program is not purely obstructive; it is more nearly a program of constructive criticism, with a view to making a record upon which they can to the country in th$ congressional elections of 1922, in an effort to regain control of Congressj or at least reduce the margin of ile publican control. TOBACCO TAKES A STEP HIGHER AND IGNORES FORECASTS Four Hundred and Thirty Million Pounds Produced in North Carolina Gov-j ernment's Gups s -F a r Short of the Mark 1 ; (Special to the Free Press) Raleigh, April 11: The North. Car. olina tobacco crop made another re. cord step with its March sales made by the 114 warehouses that operated on 31 markets.. The total sales re ported were 21,528,883 pounds, aver aging $14.17, and about 85,000 pounds not reported. . The season's crop sold amounts to over 430,000,000 pounds, averaging about 21 cents. This sur passes the government's estimate by almost fifty million 'pounds and is ten million pounds more' than was ex pected even a'' month ago.. ' The Winston-Salem market led dur ing March with 4,749,086 pounds sold, averaging $13.61 per hundred pounds, of which 3,991,364 pounds were sold by farmers. Wilson was second with 3,336,955 pounds, averaging $15.20, and of this 2,586,935 pounds , were first-Jhand sales. Roxboro averaged the highest frice a $19.67 on 392,870 pounds. ; ': ' - . Wilson made a record season s sale with 62,607,026 pounds, exceeding the Winston-Salem market by over two million pounds. - : ' BUY Wl STAMPS Local Chamber, of Com merce Gets Information. Pell Brings Dope From Washington Encouraging to Travelers The Railroad Coiffmittee of the Kinston Chamber of Commerce and Secretary Van Hervie have been in correspondence with the Corporation Commission, urging upon that body the necessity of better connections at Goldsboro with the Norfolk ern. Developments looking to end .are encouraging. In a letter to Secretary Vanjfflervte Judge George P. Pell of thyCorpora tion Commission refers JjPm inter view given W. T. BosUTRaleigh cor respondent, pt the CjFensboro Daily News, and carriedJn that paper on Saturday. The arfkle refers to plans for the propqaril new train from Gcldsboro tojfie west. The schedule for departure from Goldsboro sug gested tyr.time, is 11:30 instead of 5;30 innie morning. Mr. Bost's ar ticle J0 quoted herewith: ileigh, April 8. That through n from Goldsboro to Cincinnati is ot thing incredible, Judge George P. Pell said today after returning to Raleigh from Washington, the seat of gloom. . .'. . i "The proposed highball from Gol.Is boro mgets opposition from the west because this train would displace No. 11 westbound from , Salisbury , and leave the westerners going in their natural direction, dependent on the alarm clock entirely.. - That train which leaves 5 Salisbury about 6 o' clock in the' morning lays , a burden on the' passengers along its route un til it gets half-way to Asheville. The westerners must rise eariy jto catch it. They have avoided; these inconven iences by having No. 11 running three hours behind the earlier train. . Brings Hope. ' "But Judge Pell brings back hope. He hears from dependable sourires that the Southern believes it possible to do better, J.The company never has been able to justify the long wait in Goldsboro ' for passengors who come in from Wilmington and Moreheat! di rections. These travelers reach Golds boro about1 11 in the morning and there they remain until-2 in the af ternoon. That awful Selma junction shibboleth is not a circumstance to the Goldsboro connection, albeit Golds boro can furnish advantages over Sel ma as loafing place. ' "The railway company hopes to atart its highball through North Caro lina by embarking . near 11:30 a, m. aruq reaching, ureensboro aDout .4 p m. "3hat would connect , with south bouncfcJp. 35 and give through travel ers fulfcapportunity to make a south ern trip. -4VwouId likewise give west ern North Carolina a break between Nos. 21 anoT5. But its chief purpose- would be-the establishment of a service straight; through North Car olina to the weslv,Its greatest. ad; vantage would be relieving of heav ily burdened No, 139 Hlych is always bulging with humanity, w Sought a Ing Time. "This train is as muchtike the original design as possible, the rail way workmen have been aftcWit a long time. They were held uf in Raleigh by the Selma connection. it the Selma trouble can bo attended now and one of the trains now split- ting the .eastern section through to Greensboro can be taken off. The morning tonic, 'short dawg,' which is taken at 7 o'clock, can be left for 8:52, .a better hour. "This is the news that Judge Pell brings back and he believes that there is'K very good opportunity to put this tram on the rails shortly. Ho desf not think it near time to give up the fight in which h: .i very commendable railroad intcresv k'h b ' the em ployees operating the truing and by the officials directing operations. Three Hurt When Part of Machine. Gives Way on Them Peter Walker and II. VV. Watson, white, and John White, colored, were injured at Hina's Junction Monday morning when a scoop or slide at tached to a rock 'crusher fell on them. I The scoop weighed 1,000 pounds and jthe escape of the men from death was remarkable. Watson and White are in the hospital here under observa. tion, but the condition of both is be lieved to be favorable. Dr. Mercer Parrott found all three men painful ly bruised, and Watson has a badly sprained ankle. BULLETINS SIIAUGHNESSY NAMED. .Washington, April 11. A re cess appointment of Edward H. Shaughnessy of Chicago to be second : assistant postmaster-gen-eral was announced today. Auguste VictoriaJPasses Away at Doom Wilhelm anUOne Son With Former Em presslMmbers of FamllyWith Possible Exception of Kaiser Will Accpmpany ' Remaps to Potsdam for Funeral . OF GOOD WILL FROM MIKADO , (By the United Press) Washington, April 11. Presi dent Harding, it was learned today, has received a message from the Mikado expressing the good will and friendship of Ja pan for the United States. Qcratermaster Corps Starts Mail School for Its Reservists (By the, United Press! Washington, April 11, With 500 lieutenants of the reserve as Its first class, the quartermaster corps of the army has started a correspond ence school, a military 'innovation. There will be two classes a year, each with a .series of ten lessons, and officers of the Quartermaster Reserve Corps who desire in time of peace to fit themselves for any emergency will be taught the gener al duties pertaining to supply, con struction, transportation and admin istration. There were more than 15,000 of ficers commissioned in the V corps during the war, and its reserve li3t is the second largest. Only the in fantry, an arm of the service far greater numerically, has more mem bers among the "reserve officers. Chinese Girls Have Campaign Under Way to Aid the Hungry (By the United Press) Peking, April 11. Chinese girls by the hundreds ;in this city, Tien tsin and " Shanghai, daughters of the wealthiest ; merchants or girls not so lucky ; in riches or, comfort, are forming societies to ' give food to other starving girls in the fam ine area. They are contributing funds by self-denial of some favor ite food. '-,--., ;f . - The up-to-kfate boarding ' schools are loaders 'in this enterprise. Hun dreds at the Baldwin School, Nan ch'ang, have pledged themselves t- go without meat and give the equiv alent in money to the famine fund. Tag days are to be observed in the coast cities. Cotton ' Futures quotations Monday were: Open. Close, January . . Ma; July OctobeVj.. 13.37 12.00 12.50 13.17 13.42 13 53 12.00 12.54 13.08 13.40 ijucembfldiv . T '....1 -A. Local receipts to 3 o'clock were about 8 bS!(, pricos from 11 l-2c downward, BE NEW V . (By the United Press) Romrl Aorll 11. Archhishoiii George W. Mundelein of Chicago was iOKva upon KHiay an inu possible successor to the late the Cardinal Gibbons. PRESIDENTS OF UNITED STATES AND CUBA SAY HELLO. Havana, April ( 11. Presi dent Harding's voice Is to travel today over the long est telephone cable in the . world. ' - . ' The 1 American President's conversation! with President ' Menocal of Cuba will mark the opening of the new line of communication between the United States and Cuba. It w-ill be possible to talk from this city to any point ' in the northern republic with the beginning of this serv- ; ice. ' Jk LIKELY CARJ11NAL (By the' United Press) Doom, April 11. The former empress of Germany, Auguste Victoria, died today at 6 a. m. The kaiserln's death was ' peaceful. The former' kaiser "and " her son Adalbert were with her . when she died. 1 Wilhelm accepted the loss stoical ly, reports say. The empress was a victim of; heart trouble. Her illness was ' Ag gravated by worries of the world war and the .kaiser's flight.' The funeral will be held at Pots dam. It is not decided whether the kaiser can make, the trip, but other members of the family will accom pany the body there. Potsdam is' the former home of the German Imperial family and is located near Berlin. Husband and Son Can't Attend Funeral of Kaiserin . Doom, April 11. Neither Wilhelm nor the crown prince will be per mitted to attend the funeral of the former kaiserin at Potsdam, ' if was ' announced this .i, afternoon. Other members of the family will be per mitted to attend. - . . High School Finals at Chapel Hill to -Attract Hundreds (By the United Press) Chapel Hill April 11. Nearly' 600 high school debaters . : and 'athletes, their superintendents, ' principals and teachers, will pour into Chapel Hill April 13, 14 and 15 for High School Week " at the University of North Carolina, when ehamuionship con tests will be settled by debating, teiyiis and track teams. It 'will bo the'-largest numibeV ;of high school, students ever in Chapel Hill at one time. Fifty-two .schools, survivors of the Statewide debating contest in which more than .200 schools all the way' from the mountains to th sea fought out the question of col lective bargaining through labor un ions, will send their Winning teams to Chapel Hill for the further elim inating rounds. This means 04 de bating teams or 208 debaters, near ly one-half of whom will be girls. National Chamber, of Commerce Meets ' ' Atlantic City 27th (By the United Press) Washington, April 11. Leading business men of Kinston may attend the big business convention to be held by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States at Atlantic" City April 27 to 29. This gathering, the ninth annual meeting of the national cham ber, ' will bring together representa tives of more than. 1,400 trade and commercial bodies. Many Banqueters Sick. - A good many of those who enjoyed the Shriners' banquet .Friday night last have been suffering from the ef fect of slight ptomaine ' poisoning" since. In fact a score or more from whom The Free Press has heard have been sick enough to require the at tendance of physicians. Numbers of others have been less seriously affect ed. A report has gained circulation that the salad was served from a gal- vanized receptacle. ' 'This is positively denied by the ladies who had charge of the menu and they are at a loss to account for the trouble. Snow in Mountains.' Bristol, Va.-Tenn., April 11. Snow -fieir in Bristol yesterday. Neighbor ing mountain tons were covered. Routed to ' Be 110 Years Old. Newc. Bern, April 11. Phyllis Dix on, nogss, died at her home in James City, aged 110 years. "She was born "February -12, 1811. WOMEN VOTERS OPEN (By the United Press) Cleveland. Amil 11. Twn ' tlinn. and women from nracticallv vu- atofa in fit- ITfi!.n I. A.f HJ3 U1I1U1I IUCL liCIV IUUUJT for the opening of the second annualV moot in r rvf f Via T V Women Voters. A number of recom- -. mendations for federal and state n " - w-- ivivvoua WVHUC V legislation will be made, .
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