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THE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS r VOL743. No. 18. KINSTON, N. CSATURPAY, NOVEMBER I91921 prcETmrcENTs America Will Oppose Further Modification of Teh-Year Plan . . r This Government Suggestion for Elimination Big Under sea CruisersWashingpn With China Jor Open Door rangements Conference Becomes Seal ed Book to Casual ObserverClosed Doors Before Busy Delegates Now CBv the United Press) Washington, Nov. 17. The ings of the arms conference will oppose any modification of its proposal for a 10-year naval holiday, such as has been sug gested y Great Britain. Outlawing of big cruiser subma rines, also proposed by Britain, will be approved by the Amer ican; delegates, it was learned front most authoritative sources todav. ' i . Two Months Long Enough. " "Washington, Nov. 17. The Arms limitation conference -will finish its Iwork ; within two -.months, one of ; America's "big four" delegates- pre. dieted today. - The parley, fie said, .is Shaking better progress -than expeot- d wi 'both arms limitation and Far 'Eastern 'questions. Britain Stands Pat . , ' for Big Sub, Cut. '"'Washington, Nov. 17. Great Brit ain-' 'wilT drive hard for a big cut, .probably' one-half, in the submarine (tonnage allowed under the Hughes arms cut plans. ..'-.. 'Through1 a semi-official spokesman today, the British delegation let the correspondent -know that this cut "will loom ' very . large ' in ithe conference and countries concerned." ' .; This- spokesman likewise revealed the .British argument to be that-a big submarine program tends to "cheapen war- and make it easier." Secrecy at Conference. , ' Washington,1 Nov. .17. The arms limitation conference today was deep ly involved in controversial questions regarding .limitation of naval arma ments and settling of Pacific and Far Eastern questions. 'From the viewpoint of casual on lookers the conference has slumped badly. . There is little to see and less to hear. But behind closed doors far reach,lngJiegotiations' are iii progress. America Backs China. ' ' The United States will support Jicartily much of China's plan for settlement of Asiatic problems. This applies to the "open door" articularly and to points 9 and 10. which provides for an arrangement for "peaceful settlement of interna tional disputes in the "Far East" and for reconvening a Far Eastern con ference from time to time for "de lermination of common policies." - Paris the Gay Comes : to Dfe Again With - ,. tights and Lot Pep By WEBB MILLER (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Nov 17. For the firsrt time since 1914,' Paris is regaining her pre-war outward aspect? ; - The Parisian subway system has just put into effect the pre-war 'schedule as regards number of trains and speed. " The motoribus companies have just extended their service by inaugurating ' after-theatre busses. After more than two years' steady labor the streets are back almost in pre-war "Condition. Throughout : the. war scarcely any repairing was done and scores of smiles- of streets re sembled a shell-pocked sector on the front. "' '' ' Owing to the increase in mortor transporation Parisian civic authori ties are wrestling with a "traffic crisis." "'! ' '' ' -l. Little by little the city has aug mented the street lighting until Paris has regained her pre-war title of "the city of light." ' .''The cafes have been relieved of the war-time' restrictions and boule vard cafes remain open until 1 o'clock in the morning and the specially li censed cafes in" the Monmartre dis trict are ' open, all night. Most of them close about dawn when the last , merry-Shaker has been loaded into a taxi. ''' - .-. . Jennings Millions a V. , Myth; Never Was Any t. -V Such Fortune, Seems (By the United Press) , London, Nov. 17. A heartless newspaper ha just solved the mys tery, of . the ""Jennings millions" which have cost members of the ex tensive Jennings family all over the world years of worry and tons of money. ' ;- - .. .-' ; f The solution is that there aren't any Jennings millions and never were." AThere are over 23,000 claim ants to the Jennings millions, ac cording to unofficial estmate3. The millions have been estimated atvari jus sums. One recent claimant sug gested , 25,000,000 pounds. As '. a .matter of fact, the fund which the estate wag supposed to be paid to await a claimant total 1,490,000 pounds disi'ibuted over 4,100 seperate estates. Also, the "Jennings mil lions" were never in this fund. ,The myth originated following the death of Thomas Jennen 1! n!l ing his since -han;-'l i .m-i hy. to Approve Britain's and Far Eastern Ar United States in future meet- DR PLATO DURHAM TO BE SPEAKER AT TEACH ERS' MEETING Schoolma'ams Meet at Ra '" leiirh Thanksgiving -Time for ' 'Annual Assembly. Two Thousand Expected to Attend Sessions (Special 'to the Free Press.) , ' Raleisrh, Nov. 17. Printed 'pro crams of the annual meeting of the State Teachers' Assembly, which will be held here November 23-25, are off the press and will toe mailed out from the otfiee or A. l. Allen, secretary treasurer. Rev. Dr. Plato T. Durham of At lanta will preach the annual sermon to the teachers Thanksgiving Day. The three-day session will be crowd ed with addresses by many promi nent educators It is expected that the attendance will be about 2,000, and arrangements are being made by the local Chamber of Commerce and other civic organizations to provide accommodations for the' teachers -in hotels and private homes. , Membership of the assembly will show a decided increase when the re ports, are, made next weeit. Jj33t year there were 8,030 teachers enrolled. Cholera Wiped Out in Most Localities North v Carolina, Says Owea Hog cholera, costing North Caro Una livestock breeders hundreds of dollars in years past, has reached its minimum as a destroyer of swine, it was stated here Thursday by Dr. Fred. I). Owen, in- charge of the fed eral elimination force in the State. A small body of government veterin arians stationed at' Raleigh,. Wil mington, -Kinston, Elizabeth City, Washington and elsewhere has prac tically eliminated the disease from most sections. Complete eradication is not practicable; the germ causing the malady has not ben isolated. "Jiecentfy there have been minor outbreaks near . Durham and Elon College," Dr. Owen stated. - "A new man at Washngton has not had time to thoroughly familiarize himself with conditions in that vicinity. Everywhere else conditions are known to be highly satisfactory. Wilming ton reports less cholera in - that area than ever before. -Adoption of mod ern methods of preventing the disease has resulted in its being stamped out in many localities." 1 Work on cholera limitation coupled with the activities of the pig clubs has resulted in the improvement of stock throughout the State and the, importation of thousands, of register ed animals. There are more than 100 registered sires in Lenoir County alone.. Livestock standards in Greene County are higher than in Lendir, and that small eastern county is set ting the pace for the entire state in the matter of purebred swine. Morehead Mast Go to Chair for Murder, is . Decision of Governor By MAX ABERNETHY (Special Capital Correspondent) Raleigh, Nov. 17. Coventor Mor rison after hearing the appeal for commutation 'made for Claude More head, Guilford County wife slayer, yesterday afternoon announced that he would not interfere with the death sentence. - ' , ... . MoreheaQ was convicted in liuilford County, at the September term .of Superior Court, of first degree mur der, and was sentence dto be electro cuted. His appeal to the Supreme Court was denied, the Governor-fixing November 30 as the date i"or the electrocution. rForh to Richmond. Richmond, Nov. 17-Mnrshal Foch will be the guest of this city 12 hours on Novtmber STORK SEEMS HAVE SPECIAL iNDNESS FOR NORTH STATE Babies Everywhere in Big Numbers Cherubim Bom in Tarheelia at jlate of Thousands a Month Funerals Out of Fashion By MAX ABERNETHY Jiaieien. isov. 17. The croo of Tar Heel babies will be the great est in the State's- history, and there will he tewer deaths ot all aires than in previous years, according to com pilations made bv the btate Hoard of Health todav. ' tigures are .available for the first nine months of the year, showing the total number of births for thut period, to be 64,952. For the same period in 1UB0 tt-he births total 62,987. The- increase, for the W21 nine months is 1,905. Deaths This Year and Last. Deaths reorted in 1920 totaled 25,B2.r, while the deaths for the Jan uary-heptemoer period ot this year are 22,198. This indicates a decrease of ,3,427. The net increase of births therefore, is 5,392. While these figures are not with out possible enjor, it is the opinion of Ur. F. M. Register, State epidemi ologist, that final revision will in create rather than decrease the to tal number of births and if any changes are made in the total num- ber of deaths reported the ratio will not be noticeable. v Trinity to Play New V York University on Northerners Field (ByUbe United Press.) New York, Nov. 17. New York University is making big prepara tions for its first intersectiona! foot ball game, which will be played Sat urday when Ohio Field is invaded by lritity of Durham. : New York Uni versity and Trinity established ath letic relations last spring with a 3eries of baseball games, but this is their first meeting on the gridiron. The boys from the "Hall of Fame" :ire particularly anxious to score a victory Saturday because the honors in the diamond meeting went to the Tar Heel Methodists. New . -York won and lost one at Durham, and then the Trinity team came north and won the rubber game by a score of 2 to 1. Advance indications are that Saturday's game will be a social event as well as a football game. The demand for tickets makes a big crowd certain, and many box parties have been arranged by former south erners now prominent in New York 3ocial lite. . -v , , : ; New York U. is considerably in the dark as to what to expect from the invaders. The record of Trinity's games for the year is available, but does not niean a great deal here be cause Trinity has played no teams that are known in the North. New York is heavier than Trinity but the Methodists are exceedingly .fast. Army Gas Mask Not Infallible; Won't , Work in All Ways (By the United Press) " WashinKton, Nov'. 17.-Warning that the army gas mask, while capable of giving protection against the dead ly eases met on the battle field, does not protect against all the gases or atmospheres encountered in mines, in the industries and in fire-f iprhtinir is given by the United tates Bureau of Mines. The dangers from gas that city firemen face and the need standard ized methods of protection against them have been pointed out The need of a knowledge of such gases on the part of the city firemen has been especially emphasized by over- confidence in the capacity of the army type of gas mask to protect the wearer against industrial- easses. an assurance that has probably arisen because soldiers were taught that the United States army gas mask would protect them against , all the gases thev might encounter. -' This state ment, true for the battlefield but not true for all industrial gases, includ ing products of .combustion, has been brought back by soldiers and spread generally among workers.. Further more, city firemen and mine operators have been circularized with letters aSd advertisements of army gas masks offered for sale by certain persons who made unreserved state ments, probably through ignorance, that the masks would protect wear ers In mines and burning buildings. The falsity of these statements wag evident to the Bureau of Mines, which took steps immediately to notify the public that army gas masks had seri ous limitations. This warning1 has been verified by thaacual experiences of some, city firemen,, though the eveoMent qualities of the masks have !so been demonstrated at stine SIT IN CONPRENCE AT CRAVEN CAPITAL Bishop Darlington Presides Over Big New Bern Meet ing Historical Society Hears Addtss and Elects Officers New ' Bern, "Nov. lt. The North Carolina Methodist Conference con vened in annual session here today, with Hundreds' ot ministers and lay delegates present. The visitors found cordial receptions in many; homes thrown open to them. Bishop U. V. W. Darlington is presiding. The con ference got finder way with forma! organization. . ' Bishop uanimgton and the nine presiding elders were on hand i last night.' These . will hold daily "cabi net sessions." Rev. Thomas Ivey, T. D., address ed the Confeif nee Historical Society at Centenary Methodist Church last night. Rev. W. A. Cade, president of the society and Rev. W. H. Brown, secretary, were officers elected. Annual Meeting State Historical Body Will Be Held December 1-2 Raleigh, Nov. 17.-The , annual meeting of tjie State Literary and Historical Association will be held in the capital -.December l-nd 2 A special feature ot the session will be papery on North Carolina his tory Iby schdlr.rs and writers and original poems by Dr. Benjamin Sledd and Rev. John Jordan Doug lass. Dr.,D. D. Carroll, dean of the school of commerce at the University of North Carolina, will lead a prac tice discussion of "The Bread and Butter Element in , North Carolina History."'' ' ' . ' ";- Miss Mary -tt. Palmer, secretary of the "North Carolina Library Commis sion, will review one chief books of the year which were produced by North. Carolina writers, and will irive a complete list of all books written by North Carolinians during the year. Gerald W. Johnson, associate editor of the Greensboro Daily News, will disquss "The Historian and the Daily I'ress. -. v ' "An Old North Carolina Election" will be the subject of a paper by Miss fjouise Irby, protessor of his tory in the North Carolina College tor, Women. 1 Cake Missionary Was Sent Increased From , $4,50 to More'n $30 A local church's women's mission ary society will not send a cake to ts representative in Argentina this Christmas. Jt did last Christmas, Looking forward with keen en thusiasm to 'what -they may do at the coming Yuletide to make folks happy, and with the missionary in South s America well in mind, the members have no intention of baking for the latter any such Jelitditful confection as was shipped away from here about this time last year. The Argentine government called it a confection. That was -where a lot of trouble came in. . Jt was a rare sort of a cake, a fruit cake with icing and frills and calculated to bring cheer- to the heart of the missionary supported by the society in the far southern country a cake remindful of plum pudding days back in the The cake cost $4.50. exclusive of the labor of love that went into the baking and some ingredients that may have been donated- free. :The express charge was $7. The cake found its way to Argentina safely. There the missionary was told to come get it." The customs func- ionaries charged $0 for duty. The $4.50 cake by that time had come to be worth $41.50, and the missionary could not spare the money. The duty on "confections was high, the of ficials-explained.- 'The missionary seemed not to, be likely, to get the cake. The diplomatic machinery of the United States of America was set in motion to solve the dilemma for the missionary. It was finally delivered as something not so valu- ble as confections, possibly farm machinery or toothache drops. The society will send something this year more compatible with the Argentine tariff. .:,'-....' .'...-. ;-. UNIVERSITY NOW TURNS TO SEASON'S BIG GAME. Chape! ' Hill. Nov. 17. All the football matches except the one with Virginia are past. iNow the Univer sity of North Carolina is looking forward, to the Thanksbiving Day game with an anticipation that is doubly keen because thje battle is to be waged on the home grounds. It is regarded as a splendid omen that Carolina has played its best against teams outside the State. It lost to A. & E. and tied Davidson, but it walked over Maryland in Baltimore and the Virginia Military Institute in Richmond. If this habit of wallop ing outsiders continues in . force, Thanksgiving dusk will be greeted here as the end of a perfect day. Washington, Nov. 13. Cotton con sumed, exclusive of linters, for Ocr tober, 15)21, totalled 404,745 bales, the Census Bureau announced today, 3 against 401,325 curing October of lust year. METHODISTS AT NEW BElt PRAY BEHALF OF ARMS MEETING Rev. 11. II. Willis Confer ence Secretary - Sunday School Officials Hold An nual Session and Hear Tennesseean Speak (By the United Press) New Bern, Nov. 17. Rev. Willis was yesterday elected R. H . sec re- tary to the North Carolina Methodist Conference, whim opened its annual meeting nere. . - . .'..sit i The conference prayed this after noon tor the success of the disarm anient conference at Washington. Ruv. L. S. Massey, president of Louis biirir College, delivered the Teirular conierence sermon to the delesates who number hundreds. Kinston was represented bv a large party. Last night the Sunday School Board held its anniversary session. Rev K. H. Snence oreaided.' M. W. Brnd- ham of , Nashville, Tenn, addressed tne session. , . National Safety Week to Be Observed in U. S. December 4th-10th "National Safety ; Week.'! . durinr Which it is planned to stress safety education among grammar school pupils and teachers, will be observed throughout the country December 4 to 10 as part of a national safety campaign being conducted by i the Highway aim Highway Transport Education Committee. Official proclamations settinir the week aside are to be issued in many states, fochools are arranging speci al exercises, and in many cities civic clubs , and other organizations - will discuss the best means of reducing the ''number ot .automobile accidents. BULLETINS (By the United Press) $500,000 KIKE. '--..' -. -. Fort Smith, Ark, Nov. '17.: Estimates today fixed cotton loss sustained in a fire at Fort Smith Compress Company's plant last night at $500,000. Six Killed When Car Goes Oyer Bank Near Pennsylvania Point (By the United Press.) " Johnstown, Penn., Nov. 17. Six persons were killed here today when an automobile in which they were re turning from a party at a friend's home plunged over a 30-foot embank ment bordering ' the Pennsylvania Railroad. Five men and .a woman were the victims. - Freight Cut to Save Shippers 55 Millions in a Year, Estimated (By the United Press)' - ' New York. Nov. 17. A 10 per cent. reduction in agricultural freight rates saving the .shippers of the coun try $55,000,000 annually will become effective within 10 days, it was an nounced hero following a meeting of railroad executives. f- - President Agrees to Surtax Compromise; 40 Per Cent. Suits (By the United Press) Washington, Nov. 17. President Harding agreed to approve maximum surtaxes of 40 per cent, in the new revenue bill today. This is a com promise between the House level of per cent, and the Senate figure of 50 per cent. Accidents in Gold, Silver and Other Kinds Mines in U. S. (By the Un-ted Press) Washington, Nov. 17. Accidents in 1920 at mines producing gold, silv er,, and miscellaneous metals caused the death of 117 menand the injur ing of 5,704, according to reports re ceived by the Bureau of Minea from operating companies throughout the country. Reports from 2,358 mine operators show that 29,933 employees worked 8,354,830 shifts, an average of 279 working days per man. The figures how a reduction as compared with the previous year of 72 operating companies, 2,197 em ployees, 222,265 shifts, and 9 fatali ties. There was a gain of 12 work inr days per man, and an increase of 235 in the number of men injured. The accident rates for 1920, based upon a standard of 300 working days to the year, were 4.20 .killed and 204.32 injured per 1,000 employes, as against 4.41 killed and 15)1.29 in jured in 1919, Op Sessions en Rendered a Knockout Bryan Declares Hughes' Proposal Made in Secret V)eetiiig;yould Have Brought on Mass of 'Diplomatic Intricacies Question Put Squarely Before Delegates and World Looking On, Nothing ,J for i uwers lxufjresejiuiUYes iu jlu ijui cept on Spot, Says Commoner By WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN (Copyrighted by United Pre) Washington,; Nov,, J 7. Only two sessions so far and yet they prove the incalculable benefits of open session. Suppose Secretary Hughes had made his proposal at a secret council and then waited for a cohfidentialy reply from the other na tions. Haw different the situation would be. -j. " . " The delegates would be involved in a mass of details and in a confusion of pleas, replies, rejoinders, etc. At the first session the United States took the world into its confidence and ;the world gave affirmative' answers. That has jarred secret diplomacy off it throne: ' - ' QBREGON WILL NOT SIGN ANO'lERICA CONTINUES ADAHANf -i. ,i Mexican president Will Not o Purchase Recognition at Expense Wliat He Con siders' : National Honor. No Guarantee to U. S. ' t (By the United Press) Washington, Nov. 17. Informal neuotiationis (between the United States. and Mexico regarding recog nition ol the Obreeon eoverniment have reached a deadlock, according to information here - today. Obregon flatly Tefusea to sign an agreement Dledainfl; protections to American lives and property which. Secretary Hughes insists i upon, ana tne totaie uenan. ment shows no intention of abandon ing this demand as -a condition -'of recognition, it is said. Japanese Labor Wants to End uar; Worker a Loser Aii Way Around Bv CLARENCE DUBOSE 1 (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Tokio, Nov. 17. Bunji Suzuki, "tne Samuel Gompers of Japan," wants an international labor cooperation to end wars. Suzuki is in hot water just now. He usually is. Being a labor leader in Japan is beset with difficulties, and jai's may await at the end of every meeting. i He is under arrest, but at liberty it present, on a charge that Ins or- amzation sent commendatory let- tei-s to shipyard strikers at Kobe. - buzuki tountled the Yuaiokai, the largest labor organization in Japan and is working to the exten possible under restriction ' obtaining here, for the organization of a real feder ation of labor and labor unions in Japan. i 'The friendJy cooperation of labor unions oi various nationalities is the best guaranty of international peace," Suzuki said. "If the-labor unions in the world realy cooperate with one another in the cause of peace they will be able to do a great thing. 1 look forward to the day when the world's ai-maments will be entirely abandonedithrough the inter national cooperation of labor." Suzuki issued a statement urging workers to support the .ideals of the Washington conference. "War never benefits the laborer, whether it is vic torious or not," he said. Ulster Sends Reply to Britain; 'Phoned to Absent Premier (By the United frcss) ' London, Nov. 17. The reply of Ulster to Lloyd jGeorge'3 plan for an Irish settlement was delivered at Downing Street today. Attendants here inunediately telephoned the con tents to the Premier t Bourne mouth, where he is spending a few days. ' : - . ' ... Cotton Receipts Thursday were about 50 bales, prices ranging from W 1-2 downward- Futures quotations were: Open. Close. January . March . . . May July .... December 16.55 16.50 16.50 16.15 16.70 16.64 16.69 16.58 16 20 . 1GJS1 Punishment for Students. Rocky Mount, Nov. 17, One hun dred and fifty students who took Armistice Day as. a holiday over the protest of the high school officials here will have to, attend school Fri day after Thanksgiving as punish ment.- Other punitive measures are to be taken,' i v- ' u Mr. 'Balfour set forth Great Brit ain's tantwer as to hsr willingness to cut her navy and it i well that the world hoult! know that view-' Never before has Great Britain been ah'.e to lay her arguments before so, many people at one time. If war "jw-to continue a larjja Jiavy it, necessary to the very existence of the Bntith empire. To the -world "large"'--ig-a relative term. When all Jiavie;wer sjnall, a little navy, might, be, laTge enough for Creat-Britain, but when .several tuitions build biff navies, the biggest pavy of all becomes .,m un bearable burden and Great Britain ! well deire substitution, of dif ferent policy. . ,. , . . Japnn's Opportunity.. ,. , . , . The open .meeting also gave 'Japa a chance to deny before the world lals. accusations that have been made against her by those unfriend ly; When has Japan ever. been. able 40 lay her case before so maiiy peo ple as she did, yesterday? To get such -a hearing is worth to-her i. all the expense . which her ttendanc may incur. She answers her accus ers with the assertion that 'h baa never .insisted on a navy equal to Great Britain's or the United States'; that he has never contemplated a pavy for offensive purposes and, that she heartily concurs in the proposal that sweeping reductions be made. Hertin is forumi from which she speaks to the world. These questions , aio going to be fought- out-- and thought out. It is impossible; that re sults should be otherwise than good. Frankness I'revaiis. " . : Frankness triumphed in the begin ning and will, gather momentum as the conference progresses. The ben efits already assured have compelled conviction that a permanent tribunal, one that can 'be convened at any tim for consideration of any internation al problem, is the' supreme need of the world. . " ' ' Even on questions which cannot b submitted to arbitration and. whore the conclusions must rest upon their merits rather than upon any bindihg agreement,, publicity will create pub lic opinion .that will in the end con trol. - Reason will thus be substitute! for foice and ia new spirit will regulate uvtornttbional relations. . lx '. ---- Five Bandits Seize . , Bank Messenger But : Get No large Sum (By the United Press.) Chicago, Nov. 17. Five bandits kidnanoed a Northern Trust Com pany messenger early today and stole a sack of mail consigned to the bank. The robbery occurred in front of. the fostoffice in the downtown section, t was announced that the "loss was not greut."-, .... ;; . - Prince of Wales ia . India for His First Visit to Old Empire 'By the United Pres) " Bombay, Nov. 17. The Prince ot Wales arrived here today on his first visit to India. Martial Law Declared in Coal Fields Where Strike Follows Slash (By the United Press.) i Walsenburz. Col.. Nov.. IT Mar tial law was proclaimed today In th Colorado coal district, the acene of a bloody mine war -in 1914. A walk out of union miners started at mid right following announcement of ra 25 per cent, wage cut. Union lead ers said 1,200 men would be out by noon. . . $ .-. Christian Rally Sunday. Interest is erowinsr in thn rallw t be conducted at Gordon Stret Christ ian Church Sunday by Messrs.. Manly Morton, a missionarv t TAMcnm-ir and F. E. Smith, secretary . of the department ot the Ministry of tha United Christian Missionarv Sncintv. It is probable that these two interest ing speakers will, be accompanied by Miss Myrtle Azbell, secretary of tbe Woman s Missionary Societv nt ttm fitatei Messrs Morton and Smith will also visit the churches at Wheat Swamp and Airy Grove Sun Jay a'a-r-noon at 3:30, one goin; to estcd ? Have
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