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SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 191G
FOUR PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
ARE GOING TO
FRENCH ADMIT LOSS
HUGHES VIOLATING
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TO PUT CHAUTAUQUA
NEW SUPFRINTEND'T
LOCAL SCHOOLS IS
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RACE MEET ON JUNE
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Colonel Willing to Speak In Chicago If He's Wanted-
Nothing Unusual Doing In G. 0. P. Convention Except
Selection bMffardhig to B6 Permaiicnt Chairtnari-
-Opcitirig !Delayed;AgainJohnson Apt to Be On Ticket
With Former President, Thougfht-Platforms Outlin
ed Preparedness Harped On By Moose and "Ameri
canism" By Old Party No Prohibition Plank In Re
publican Platform Suffrage Unfinished
By H. L. RENNICK, United Press Staff Correspondent.
Chicago, June 8. The Progressive radicals believe
Roosevelt will be nominated by the Moose convention be
fore midnight. The conservatives believe not. This is
the difference of opinion in the background of the fight
now waging. Committee sessions were continued this
afternoon whe nthe convention reconvened at 2 o'clock.
"I believe the convention will nominate 'Roosevelt by
midnight, after which it will be squarely up to the Re
publican's to take or leave him," said William Allen White
of Kansas. N , ,
(Jdvernor Johnson will probably be the vice-presiden
tial candidate.
Reports of the credentials committee, the permanent
organization committee, the rules and order of business
committee, and the selection of the national committee
will be on the program this afternoon.
Republicans Slow.
By PERRY ARNOLD, United Tress Staff Correspondent.
Chicago, June 8. The second day's sessions of the Re
publicans started when Temporary Chairman Harding
caned the convention to order at 11:23. The convention
was delayed again. At the starting time only 400 of Jwo
thousand delegates and alternates) were seated. Neither
Chairman Hilles nor Harding was on the platform, and
not more than 5,000 people in the hall. It was still
raining and .gloomy.
The conventionists are livening lip, however. Chair
man Harding called for the report of the credentials
committee on credentials and .permanent organization?
Harding was madeermanent chairman. The first
spontaneous outbreak in the convention occurred when
the delegates cheered Harding for five minutes. Senator
Harding briefly spoke, thahking the resolutions commit
tee. The platform draft is expected to be reported this
afternoon. The program today is mostly routine.
Colonel Is Willing to Go.
Oyster Bay, June a In Col. Roosevelt's reply to
Committeeman Jackson 'he said that if the convention
wanted him he would be glad to speak. He said he hopes
the Republicans and Progressives will keep their minds
on the gravity of "the crisis." i
"Americanism" G. 0. P.'s Hobby.
By ROBERT J. BENDER, United Press Staff Correspondent
Chicago, June a The Republican platform, to be
.vcu -uouay, Desiaes demanding Americanism, will fa-
ux navy searing no power and a, standing army -sufficient
to form a nucleus of -an effective mobile force "war.
The suffrage plank is unfinished. Xhere will be no pro
hibition plank. . The proposal to complete government
control of 'transportation, supplanting State railway ser
vice commissions. nerhaDS ,will be adopted.
The Republicans want a strongMexican and foreign
j.j,, icoounduic tcuiu, um literacy, test ior immi
grants, a child labor law, ship subsidy, and military and
industrial preparedness. No mention is made of compul
sory'service or federalization of the militia.
Preparedness Moose Platform Keynote.
t By KARL A. BICKETT, United Press Staff Correspondent
Chicago, June & The Progressive platform, to be
adopted today, makes preparedness the keynote, declares
that the regular army should be a quarter million men,
nationalized with a system of citizen military training,
and that the Nation should have the second greatest na
vy, m. ;:,:iJ.;:.M- :.:;' j , .
Roosevelt Doesn't Mean to Go to Chicago, v w
. Oyster f Bay, June a "I have no present intention,"
Col, . Roosevelt replied today to a question as to whether
he was going to Chicagd. . He is preparing a reply to the
invitation .of National Committeeman William J. Jack
son of Maryland to address the Republican convention.
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V By CARL D. GROAT, United Pres. Staff Correspondent.
Chicago June R The liveliest Republican spot in
LniJago is along the Favorite Sons' Row. : It is believed
a compromise candidate will be chosen. Roosevelt and
Hughes have been killed. The field there is-narrowed to
Fairbanks, Sherman, Root, Weeks, Burton !and Cummins.
1 he? allies are conferring, hoping that one of them will
be named. V -
Vaux, Near Verdun, Occu
pied by the Crown
Prince's Army
THE BIG LUTZOW SUNK
Giant Battle Cruiser and
Small Rostock Went
Down in Recent Battle
Russians Drive Austrians
Back In the East
(By the United Press)
Paris, June 8. The French war of
fice today admitted the occupation of
Fort Vaux, on the oast bank of the
Mouse, by the Germans.
Merlin Admits Loss Two Men-of-War.
London. June 8. A German official
statement received at Amsterdam ad
mits the sinking of the big battle cru
iser IUtzow, of 28,000 tons, and the
small cruiser Rostock, cf 4,822 tons.
Austrians Lose Ground.
London, June 8. An Austrian
statement admits the Teutons have re
treated three miles in northeast Buko
wina. It says the Russian artillery
is tremendous.
The bridge across Neuse river at
Maple Cypress, in bad condition for
some time, is to be repaired.
LETTERS OF ORPET
Rep. Murray Says Justice
Will Bring Court Into
Disrepute
ATTACK BY OKLAHOMAN
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Such a Precedent Tends to
Make It Training Schoo
For Candidates, Declares.
Ouaht to Re Free From
Politics
(By the United Press)
Washington, June 8. Represents
tive Murray of Oklahoma today
slashingly attacked Justice Hughes
candidacy In thoVHouse as violative
of the American rule that the courts
must be kept '''free from politics.
He declared the precedent that
Hughes has set is bound to hring the
Supreme Court into disrepute, and
make it a training ground for can
didates. He said Hughes' speech in
the National t,atnodrai hohool was
hailed as a keynote speech indicating
his candidacy. He stated that the
reactionary press would "Be aroused
instantly, if an attempt was made to
boom Brandejs while he is on the
bench. f
LAMBERT
ARE READ IN COURT
Reveal In Succession Infat
uation, Love, Cooling Ar
dor and Dread of Results
of Illicit Relations The
State's Claim
(By the United Press)
Waukegan, 111., Juno 8. liove let
ters which Will Orpct wrote Marion
Lambert, his sweetheart, for whose
murder he is on trial, were today tar
ed in court. The State introduced as
its strongest contention the allegation
that Orpet murdered the girl to pre
vent the disclosure of illicit love.
The letters ran through a gamut of
infatuation, love, cooling passions and
calculation of consequences.
KILLED AT ELECTRIC
STATION IN HENDERSON
Henderson,- June 7. J. W. Adams
was killed at the Carolina Power and
Light Co.'s substation here. At least
GO.OOO volts of electricity passetf
through his body. Adams was fifty
six years of age. He is survived by
a wife and three sens.
MAN ELECTROCUTED IN
THE GALE AT DUNN
(Special to The Free Press)
Dunn, June 8. Bruce Coats was
electrocuted by a fallen wire in the
storm here. The gale, which swept
nearly the entire State Wednesday,
csused injury to several other per
sons in this, vicinity and did prop-
erty damage estimated at from $15,
000 to $25,000. ?
CRAVEN TO IMPROVE
ROAD TO JONES CO.
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The Trent road from New Bern to
the Jones county line is to be paved
with Lillington gravel.
"The people of Jones county pre
fer doing their trading in New Drn,
and since Trenton, the county-seat
if Jones, is about as near to Kins
ton as it is to New Bern, the county
(Craven) must offer to the people
of that county good roads in order to
get them to come to this city," says
the New .Burn Sun-Journal.
PORTRAIT OF RAMSEUR
PRESENTED TO STATE
(Special to The Free Press)
Raleigh, June 8. A portrait; of
the late Maj.-General Stephen Ram-
seur, Confederate States Army, was
presented to the State yesterday.
The exercises were held in the Su
preme Court room. Chif Justice
Clark made the address. Secretary
of State Grimes accepted the picture.
It was the gift of Miss Mary 1). Ram-
fieur, a daughter of the subject.
Knox, Mitchell, Webb, Mar
tin and Fields Promoting
Event for Lovers o
Horse Flesh Purses Ag-
negating $500
Kinstonians and lovers of hors
flesh throughout this section will be
treated to the "sport" on the after
noon of June 2i), when three fas
races will be pulled off at the Kin
ston fair grounds.
The aggregate purses will be $500
two races for a purse of $200 and
one for ?10U. W. C. Knox, W. A
Mitchell, W. C. Fields, R. V. Wcbl
and T. II. Martin are the promoter:
and guarantors. The program
now in preparation and advertising
matter is being gotten ready to be
sent throughout the district. Prob
ably thirty-five or forty horses will
o sent here to compete for the
money. Assurances already have
teen had that a score would be en
tered.
mis will tie. mo second racing
event, aside from the Fair races, to
to staged in Kinston's new Fair
grounds. i he Jirst venture was
nigniy successtui ana served to "in-
tiaite"' the new grounds most satis
factorily. The promoters of the meet
to be held June 29 are confident that
their efforts will be equally as well
received.
SAWMILLS OF THIS
COUNTRY WASTE LOT
OF WOD, DECLARED
Sawdust, Shavings, Slabs,
Etc., Total 36,000,000
Cords Per Annum For
eslry Service Working on
the Problem
NEGRO ACCUSED OF
TVIURDERlS SET FREE
Henry Jones, colored, who plead
self-defense when arraigned at New
Bern Wednesday on the charge of
murdering William Crawford, anoth
er negro, was freed by the jury late
Wednesday. He shot and killed Craw
ford.
DANIELS SPEAKS AT
NEGRO UNIVERSITY
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, June 8. Secretary i
the Navy Daniels made the com
mencement address at Howard Uni
versity, the famous negro institution
here, late yesterday. There are 1,500
students and 133 graduates. ,
KILLED WHEN THROWN
OUT OF VEHICLE
(Special to Hie Tree Press)
Henderson, June 8. Stephen Cur
rin, 2-1, thrown against a tree in a
runaway, is dead. Eugene Wortham,
also thrown out of the buggy in
which the two were riding, is in seri
ous condition.
MONROE HAS A WOMAN
OFFICER ANDIrOUBLE
-Monfoe, June 8. Mrs. H. R. La
cey has been appointed a sanitary po
liceman here, tat a term y of one
month "on trial." The. Woman' Club
is backing her. A majority of the
aldermen' favor her appointment The
mayor. Griffith, and others opposed
her election. .-"It's the biggest fool
thing I ever heavd of," doclnros
Mayor Cr'i.
(Special to The Free Press)
Wiashing'ton, May 8. There are
more than 48,000 sawmills in the
United States, and their output of
waste in the form of sawdust, shav
ings, slabs, and other wood refuse is
estimated at 36 million cords per
year. This is equal to over 4 1-2 bil
lion cubic feet of waste, which is the
capacity of a bin onc-hulf mile high
with a base covering a forty-acre
lot. Or, Considering each cord to
contain eighty cubic feet of solid
wood with -all the cracks and air
spaces taken out, these 30 million
cords would make a block of wood
more than a quarter of a mile on
each edge.
Perhaps one-half of this so-called
waste product is not, strictly speak
ing, wasted, but serves a useful pur
pose as fuel under the boilers. Much
of the remaining 18 million cords not
only serves no useful purpose, but in
most cases is a source of inconveni
ence and danger, and costs the mill
time and money.
No Solution Yet.
No well-managed mill would pro-
douce waste if it could bo avoided.
This, however, is not possible, so the
next best thing is to seek out some
method of utilization ' of the waste
so it will pay for its disposition. The
Forest Service is working on this
problem, tut has not yet found a sat
isfactory solution, '
HENRY A. PAGE WANTS
TO BE SPEAKER HOUSE
a Aberdeen,-June 7. Henry A-4age
of Aberdeen has announced his can
didacy for the Speakership of the
House of Representatives.
hr. Page was nominated to repre
sent Moore county in the recent pri
mary by a big majority. - . -
S.-n'thfielJ Doy Scouts are camp
h'Z t Il.ivclxk.
Will Be Possible to Secure
Season Admissions Up to
Night "Before Opening
Summer Festival Opens
Next Wednesday
Tickets for the coming Chautauqua
will go on sale Friday. The follow
ing, who will make a canvass for
subscribers for season cardboards,
comprise the ticket committee: E. Y,
Speed, chairman: W. Ed. Parrott, T
V. Moseley, R. E. Mewborn, J. C
Hood, W. 1). Hood, Misses IJeah Oet
linger, Susie Perry, Margaret Cowl
son and Ann Hymnn Harvey.
Season tickets will bo available
until the night of the 13th. Chau
tauqua starts on the 1th next Wed
ncsday. The public is asked to co
operate with the guarantors and be
liberal in ticket purchases. The per
sons who'aflixed their signatures to
the guarantee were prompted by pub-
lic-spiritcdness; they stand to lose
if the public does not co-operate
therefore the 'public should help its
shai'e.
Dr. Lincoln Wirt. Arctic explorer,
ami the Choir L'oys, youthful sing
ers, will be on the first day's pro
gram.
Greenville, New Bern, Washington
and other neighboring cities Will be
holding chautauqun simultaneously
with Kinston.
K. R. Curtis Comes . From
Portsmouth, Vao Head
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WELL PREPARED FOR JOB
CONFERENCE OF THE
IN FULL SWING NOW
Opening- Session In Ceriten
ary Methodist Church at
New Bern Wednesday
Night Rev. Mr. Love
Conducts Session Gil
bert Speaker
(Special to The Free Press)
New Bern. June 8. Three or four
undred delegates from all parts of
he State are attending the ninth an-
ual conference of the. Epworth
.eaguc in North Carolina here. The
opening session was new last night.
The conference is meeting in Cen
tenary Methodist church.
The following program was observ-
1 last night: Devotional exercises,
conducted by President W. A. Gra-
im; addresses of welcome by R. A.
Nunn for the city, Kec. Euclid Mc-
Whorter for the church and W. C.
Chadwic for the local Leaguers; re
sponse by II. S. McGirt of Wilming
ton; reception by the officers.
This morning from G:30 to 7 a
prayer service was held, conducted
by Rev. W. W. Peele. At 9 devo
tional exercises, at 9:15 a business
session, at 9:45 an institute for the
third department, conducted by Miss
Gertrude Koyster, at 10:15 a session
for the hearing of reports and at
11:45 a model missionary meeting,
conducted by Rev. F. S. Love, were
held. Mr. Love was for several years
pastor of Queen Street Methodist
church at Kinston. At 10:45 Prof.
John Wesley Gilbert made an ad
dress. He is ene of the Methodists'
strongest men in Epworth League
work. League problems were dis
cussed from 11:15 to 11:45.
Tonight devotional ; exercises and
an address by Rev. Fred. R. Chenault
of Richmond will comprise the' pro
gram. ' ; . v w
ANTI-AMERICAN RIOT.
Chihuahua City, Mex, June 7 An
antkAmerican riotj f incited by J
mass meeting, was put down here
tonight by the military.
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WHEDBEE PUTS BLACK
iWAY BECAUSE MIGHT
GTT HIMSELF LYNCHED
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If allowed to remain 'at 'large he
would commit a crime that would
cause him to be "butchered like
hog," said Judge Harry Whedbee in
sentencing Will iCherry, colored, con
victed of a serious crime, in Craven
County Court at New Bern Wednes
day. He sent Cherry op.fof seven
years. . ,'"'- '..:''
Judge Whedbee intimated belief
that the defendant was of brrsound
mind. ..v- I
FOLK "COMMENCEMENT
OMTORAT TRINITY
(Special to The' Free Press)
' Durham, June 8. former i Gover-
of Missouri Joseph W. Folk delivered
the commencement address at Trinity
College yesterday. He dwelt upon
the American spiritV declaring the
Nat'.j is as ideal now as in the day
of its infancy.- He advocate J rre-
aredness and preJ!cteJ a j
ourr.
Recommended by Such Ed
ucators as Joyner, 'Walk
er. Brooks, and Others
Was Reared In "Bertie
County Young Man
K. R. Curtis, supervising principal
of a section of the Portsmouth, Va.,
public schools, will be the new super
intendent here, it was announced on
Wednesday evening. The local trus
tees had agreed on Mr. Curtis sever- -al
days previously, but had withheld
the announcement'pending his accepts '
anco. ' Mr. Curtis eucceeds Bmn
Caldwell, who resigned a few weeks
ago to engage in a manufacturing
business in the western park of the -State.
Is a Tarheel.
Superintendent Curtis was born in
North Carolina. He was reared in
Bertie county, not far from Kinston,
and was educated in the State. Ha
graduated from Wake Forcdt Col- '
lege. He took a postgraduate course
In Columbia University to prepare
himself further for the teaching pro
fession, which, lite friends here say,'
he intends to make his Jife -work. H
is married and has a youngster of his
own. He is .about & years of age.
fie is known to quite a' few persons
here. v
Started at the Bottom.
Mr. Curtis began teaching in rur
al schools, gradually advancing until
to was called to Portsmouth two, :
three, or four years ago. . His posi
tion here will he a promotion, since
he Was not the superintendent, but
an assistant to the superintendent at '
Portsmouth. He has recently sperit
six weeks in Washington. V. C,
studying the model system of the Ca
pital. He was made a vice-president
of the Virginia Teachers' 1 Assembly
somo.time ago. He was recommend
ed to the Kinston trustees by uch ,'
prominent educators as Supt. J. Y.' '
Joyner of North Carolina, 'Professor
Walker of the University of .North
Carolina and Prof. "Brooks of 'Trin
ity College and many others.
It is expected that Mr. 'Ourtis and :
family will come here during the
next month or two to take Up their
residence.
The Portsmouth man was chosen
out of fully half a hundred appli- '
cants. The Board of -Trustees had '
been kept busy for several weeks ex- - '
amining the merits of the, various.
candidates.
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