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AWs Land Shot en One of
Iluiw-Loas-IUnge Rifles,
Reported
Blfi . ATTACK MAY COME
Artillery Active Around
Ypres and Elsewhere
British Have Lost Quart
er Million Men .Since
Spring Fighting Started
(By the United Press)
Paris, May 4. Paris
newspapers have received in
formation from the front
that a lucky shot hit one of
the German long-range
guns Friday.
British
Casualties.
Wishlngtcsi, May 4j iBvitish es
timates ef their casualties in the
great West front battle to date show
250,000 killed, wounded, and miss-.
ing, according to dispatches to the1
British War Mansion.
Artillery
Battle Starts. ;
London, May 4. The Germans1
cpened a fierce - bombardment oni
practically the entire Northern part
cf the Flanders battle front early,
this morning, reports Gen. Haig.
"The enemy opened an intense bom-i
barJmcnt early this .morning frorni
the neighborhood of Locre all the
way, to Ypres," a statement said.
' Enemy artillery is showing activity
from Nippe Forest to the Mcteren
sector." -
The French took several prison-
ers in a local attack near Locre. "We
improved ' our positions slightly
Northeast of Hinges (three miles
North of Bejhune) in a local attack
last night, -capturing two machine
guns." 1 '
Belligerents'
Statements.
London, May 4. The entire West
front continued quiet yesterday, last,
(night's official statements of the
belligerents' showed. Gen. Haig re-!
ported local fighting Thursday night
South of Villers Bretonneux in which
the British and French took some
prisoners. Enemy artillery -was ac
tive yesterday in Beaumont Hamel
Bctor, North of Albert. The French
reporto a lively artillery engage
ment on both sides of the Avre
(Amiens -front) and on the right
bnkof the Meuse (Verdun sector).
IWTERMYER 1UU ABOUT THE ALLEGED
l1 ,fE OF FAITH OF ' ASSOCIATED PRESS
(B the United Press)
Washington, May 4. Charging that
the suit was brought "to embarrass
its business," Samuel Untermyer,
Bpeaking for the International News
Service in the Supreme Court yes
terday afternoon pointed out that the,
suit brought against the Internation
al by the. Associated Press was notj
begun until "after the Allies in 19151
and long before we entered the
war) refused and withdrew cable
from the defendant" . , ,
Assuming that the court would
create 'a precedent in a case where
it would be necessary to preserve
business against "piracy," Untermyer
declared, "in this case, both parties
and their respective members and
customer have, apparently from the
time of their organization acted upon
the exactly opposite construction and
understanding of the taw. News din
Played on bulletins and printed av7
sold m early editions of newspartf
has been :egarded as public Iy
erty, which it is in law and in j
Each of these parties lias freely jf
en the- other'sv news and . thtBe
twund by that practical const $o! ft
of their rights and obligation. The
feet that one of them claims that it
WANTS PROBE
ES
(By the United Pram)
Washington,' May 4. Investigation
of the use made of all war appropri
ations by the War Department was
demanded today by Senator Gailing
er of New Hampshire, Republican
leader.
Gallinger introduced a resolution
authorizing the Committee on Ex
penditures of the War Department to
make an inquiry, giving it full pow
er to summon witnesses and com
pel the production of records.
Baptists to Open
Summer School at
Wnrterrffie Monday
The first annual session of the
Winterville .Summer School of Re
ligious Education will be opened nt
Winterville Monday, to run through
Friday, May 10. It will be conduct
ed under the auspices of the Neuse
Atlantic Baptist Assaciation, the
Winterville High School, the Ro
anoke Association, the Baptist State
Board of Missions, and the Sunday
School Board of the Southern Bap
tist Convention.
Christian education, church organi
zation and management, evangelism
rural church problems, and Sunday
school work will be studied. Rev. W
Marshall Craig, Kinston; Dr. B. W
Swilman. KinWon: fRev. Walter N
Johnson, State corresponding se?re
tary cf the Baptists Rev. J. E
Kirk, Farmville; and Rev. A. L.
Brown. Beaufort, will be the in
structors. The school wilLbe the
last of a series of the kind held in
Ae State.
Chapter of
Red Cross Snow Hill
Sunday; Hollenga Soon
A large party of Red Cross work
era will go from this city to Snow
Hill Sunday afternoon to organize a
Greene County chapter. It is ex
petted that not less than 30 or 40
will make the trip.
Mr. E. G. Barrett requests that
the automobiles for the party be at
the corner of 'Gordon and Queen
II streets at 1:45. Members of the
party owning cars' should round up
those who will accompany them a
short time earlier, and report at the
corner named promptly on the min
ute.
Greene (County has had two auxil
iaries of the Kinston Chapter until
new. In future it wiil have its own
separate organization.
It is expected that Dan. S. Hoi
lenga, secretary of the Fayettevillc
Chamber of Commerce, will make a
Red Cross address here soon. He
made an addres at the annual meet
ing of the Chamber of Commerce
some weeks ago.
verifies and rewrites the story that, it
takes from the other whilst the oth
er doe3 not, Is purely a question of
business policy that in no wise af
fects their legal rights as determin
a" V
ed by their long continued acts.
"It may be here suggested paren
thetically that the record in the case
of the Chicago Tribune vs. the As
sociated Press hardly bears out the
complainant's virtuous assertion
rAiftt it swipes only tip from iU com
petitors.
f The'Associated Press has success
fully contended in the courts that this
class of news is public property and
cannct be heard in support of the
contrary contention because an un
expected turn in erents, brought
about by the war, renders it in its
interest to do so. Ever since the de
fendant's organization it acquiesced
JJ the view that publication destroy-
'd the property in news and it was
Vot until this suit was brought with
out notice or warning of a changed
attitude on Its part that it made any
such claim. It was after the Allies In
1913 (and long before we entered
the war) refused and withdrew cable
service from the defendant that the
effort was made to embarrass its
business by this suit."
NOW
It 1 w to?
(By the United Press)
Richmond, May 4. governor Seay
of the Fifth Federal Reserve Dis
trict states that his district probab
ly will oversubscribe its quota by a
large amount. It may go in excess
of $140,000,00.
ATTEMPT GET AWAY
(By the United Press)
Atlanta, May 4. An attempt at
wholesale delivery of the interned
iit'rmans at rori Mernerson was
foiled late Friday afternoon when
guards discovered a 50-foot tunnel
loading from the barracks toward the
barbed wire fence enclosing the pris
on camp.
Afl American Lynching
Stirs Brazil Negroes
tofrotesttoU.S.
(By the United Press)
Rio Ce Janeiro, Feb. 17 (By Mail).
iBecause of the alleged lynching of
Ligors Scott, a negro in Dyeshurg,
Tenn., U. S. A., the story of which
reached this city by a New York pa
per, a commission of negroes has ob
tained the publication of the story
n all the principal newspapers of this
il'ty together with the declaration
that they intend to send a message
to the North American government
"lamenting such sad occurrences in
he grand republic of the north,
TcTTpretends the most noble teach
ing of liberty and fraternity."
The color line is not drawn in Bra
siil and stories of negro lynchings al
ways provoke indignation which an
ti-American propagandists never fail
to foster. The Dyeshurg affair was
published in American papers of De
cember 3. -
Every Ounce of
Sugar Must Be Saved;
Great World Shortage
$t
Washington, May 3. If any man
has failed to see the reason why he
?hould cut his plentiful apportion
ment of two spoonfuls of sugar to the
one of war time, he can find it in a
recent publication of the Lnited
States Department of Agriculture ex
plaining the world-wide shortage
especially the shortage among the
Allies in the supply of sweets.
Not only has the supply of sugar
!n some parts of the United States
been short, but there has been an
actual shortage of more than 2,000,
000 tons annually in the world sine
the war began, and the shortage i3
likely to continue, the publication
says, primarily because of the de
struction of a large number of sugar
mills and the devastation of a con
siderable area of sugar-producing
lands in Europe.
FEW HOURS LEFT IN
IHCfl TO REG15TTR
This is the last day in which to
register for the -special tax election
to be held May 18, at which time the
"future of Lenoir County's schools
will be decided." Voters who have
not qualified should see their precinct
registrar at once. Registrar K. F.
Foscue, First Precinct, is at Ciy
Hal; Registrar Charlie E'agby, Se
cond Precinct, is at the Eagle Ware
house. Lenoir Avenue. A complete
list of the registrars in the county
is printed in this paper.
CHINA'S NEW; PARLIAMENT.
Peking, May sV-China's new par
liament, ta bee pnvened June 10, will
consist of two houses, . the upper
house to be composed of ICS memb
ers, 30 of whom are to be elected by
the different national organisations
and the other 138 by the provincial
electoral colleges, and the lower
house of 401 members, one for every
million of population.
up: city; state;
NATION UVHl TOP
Iujhstonians , Follow Presi
dent's Example and Buy
More Bouds
HONOR FLAG IS SHOWN
A Great Success All Round.
American Spirit at Home
Racks Up Armed Forc
es Abroad With Splend
id Financial Backing
(By the United Press)
Washington, May 4. Having
crossed the tap at the three-bilKnn-riotlar
trtark, America's
third great loan was sweeping
toward the four billion point early
today. At the close of business
last night incomplete returns
showed the loan to be oversub
scribed by $(,000,000. Vast
sums more are expected to be re
ported today. Between J 5.000,000
and 18,000.000 people have made
individual subscriptions.
The Third Liberty Loan closes Sat
urday afternoon. With Kinston, Le
noir County, and the towns of Pink
Hill and La Grange over the top, sub
scriptions continue to pour in to the
local committee.
Scores, possibly hundreds, of Le
noir County citizens "matched the
President"- Saturday. The banks
were selling $50 bonds at the rate of
$5 a month. 3Jhe President set the
example by buying a $50 bond on
the installment plan. '
The county has ione to the $300,-
000 mark. It has subscribed at least
?!0,000 more than its allotment. The
State and the Nution also are well
over the top. In fact, the loan has
been a glorious success. Kinston's
honor flag js displayed before Reg
istrar W. C. Fields' office on Queen
Street.
Millions of additional Americans
have become savers, and investors as
well. The war is teaching America
some things, as well as Germany a
gieat many things.
COTTON
Open. Close.
Futures quotations Saturday were:
January 23.75 24.00
May 25.05
July E4.G3 24.90
October 24.02 24.21
(December 23.80 24.01
Register for School TaxJElection Before Dark;
Tcis is fiie Final Day
LIST OF REGISTRARS AND POLLHOLDERS.
Following ere the registrars and pollholders for the
special tax election for school funds to be held (n Lenoir
County May 18, the first named in each group being the
registrar, the others pollholders;
Kinston No. J, K. F. Foscue, J. C. Kennedy and C.
Oettinger.
Kinston, No. 2, Charlie Bagby, II. F. Laws and E. Y.
Speed.
Falling Creek, G. R. Tollock, R. C. Hodges and D. W.
Dawson.
Moseley Hall, E. B. Wooten, F. I. Isler and R. G.
Creech. ''; ;- t
Institute, E. B. Byrd, L. D. Hardy and A. L. Gray.
. Vance, E. C. Carraway; David Worthington and J. II
Mewborne '
Sand HilL Lott West, Shade Sutton and G. B. Pate.
Southwest, II. W. Russell, G. F. Lofton and F. F.
Loftin. .. - ' .
Woodington, C. R. Stroud, W. B. Becton and E. II.
Waller. . ' '.
Neuse, J. II. Albritton, J. L. Jackson and Seth Croom.
Trent, J. G. WhitfieM, W. L. Hardy, Jr., and Jesse
Stanley.':.
Pink Hill, G. S. Willard, 1 J. Turner and E. K. Davis.
Contentnea Neck, J. R. Fields, D. W. Hamilton and
R. T. Langston. ' .,; ', I .
MORE ACTIVITY ON 1 TED
itfrpupipT
", - f V .. ui- t
(By the United Press)
Rcrlian via London, May 4. The
Fighting increased considerably
violence on the whole Italian front be
tween Giudcaria Valley uixl the Adri
atic tSea Thursday, it is officially an
nounced.
ffl II. IP
CONFER !N HARMONY
(By the United Press)
Paris, May 4. It was officially an
nounced today that the Interallied
Sup: erne War Council, which has
been in session at Versailles two
days, is in full agreement on all mili
tary questions. The results to date
are considered entirely satisfactory
No Riceless Days in
Japan Yet; Big Rise
Est Not Ttat Extreme
(Ry the United Press)
Tokio, March 23 (By Mail).
There will be na riceless days in Ja
pan not for the present, anyway
despite the tremendous rise in the
cost of commodities in line with the
skyward tendencies in nil the markets
cf the world. Baron Gpto, home
minister, was asked the other day if
the government' had any plan for
putting a restriction on the consump
tion of food and other necessaries of
life.
Barony&oto replied that he did not
th inkjjij
adopting measures to restrict the
consumption of food.
J1
(By the Unttod Press)
CASUALTIES.
Washington. May 4. Today's
casualty list i.hqwed three deaths
in action, five from wounds, 8
from diserse, one from drown
ing, four from accidents, 14 se
verely wounded, and 50 wounded
slightly, a total of 86.
LEONARD NOMINATED.
Washington, May 4. The
President today sent to the Sen
ate the nomination of Clifford M.
Leonard of Chicago to be a di
rector of the War Finance Cor
poration for a two-year period.
Leonard replaces Allen II. Forbes
of New Y'ork, who declined to ac
ceit the place.
OUIMNS
PRESS MAN
MM B? FRENCH
(By the United Press)
Paris, May 4. Henry Wood, Unit
ed press staff correspondent with the
French armies in the field was de
corated Thursday as a chevnlier of
the French Legion of Honor in recog
nition of his work on the French
front during the jiast 20 months. The
cross was bestowed at French gen
eral headquarters with traditional
ceremony by a major-general of the
French staff. The honor was con
ferred by the French government at
the request of General Petain.
Tobacco Wildfire in
Plant Beds Threaten
' to Do Serious Damage
The tobacco disease called wildfire,
which was so destructive in many
sections of the State last year, has
already appeared in the plant beds,
It can be recognized by the presence,
particularly on the lower leaves of
small, light brown spats. The tis
sues surrounding these spots are yel
lowish green in color. Affected
plants may either remain stunted, or
may die in the plant bed. Last
year's experience has shown con
clusively that plants will not recov
er. Jf they are set into the field
many will perish within a few dnys,
and those which survive will bear a
diseased crop. If, therefore, diseas
ed plants are transplanted, and if sev
eral rnlny periods occur during the
growing season, the crop can be ex-!
pected to be, at best, injured to the,
extent of 30 to 50 per cont. and may
even lie a total failure, say Depart
ment of Agriculture experts.
Growers shoiild- carefully examine
their plant beds now. The presence
of brown spots is 'not to be regar ded1
asr froBt injury, but as certain evi
dence of wildfire. I Plant beds, where
diseased plants ' occur throughout
the1 l)(!!l,r BhlWM"l)"lW!llHlUned. Great
care should be taken to avoid carry
ing the disease orr one's hands, shoes,
or otherwise from diseased beds to
healthy ones.
It Is advisable, where only n few
plants are diseased, to dig them put
immediately, with all nearby plants,
n the hope that by so doing one may
prevent the spread of wildfire over
the entire bed. Subsequent examin
ations will show whether or not it is
safe to use plants from such beds.
It is believed, but time has not yet
been afforded to establish proof, that
ono can grow a crop free ffoin wild
fire if he starts with healthy plants.
Many farmers have such healthy
plants, sufficient perhaps for our en-
tire crop. "
DEATH OF BROTHER. -
Mr. Earl Ormond, 19, brother of
Mrs. Lee Edwards of this city, died
at Goldsboro Friday. He had been
11 a week from appendicitis. .
ARMY OFFICER LIVED LIKE A WILD MAN
ON SIDE OF ?0UTH: CARCILINA MOUNTAIN
Capt. Albert Barr, 110th Infantry,
who disappeared from Camp Sevier
some time ago and returned recently,
lived for mure than four weeks on a
bleak mountain, Out of his mind and
subsisting on berries and shrubs. A
letter to The Free Press immediately
after Capt. Burr's return conveyed
this information, but was not pub
lished for the reason that the mili
tary authorities at the camp apparency-
were trying in every possible
way to keep the unfortunate offic
er's condition from the public. Now,
however, Capt. Barr's wife has writ
ten a letterto friends at New Bern
which is printed in the New Bern
Sun-Journal, and which tells In de
tail of his experience.
Capt. Barr went to the army from
Washington, N. C. He married at
New Bern. His father is a prom
inent resident of Norfolk. '
Mrs. Barr in her letter states that
Capt. Barr lost about 40 pounds in
weight. "He has about five weeks'
growth of beard on his face- You
would hardly recognise hint. Albert
told Capt (John Jl.) Manning (of
Kinston) that "on the day he disap
peared he was sitting onthe side of
his cot feeling very depressed when
it seemed to him u though aome-
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Friends of Education td
Make Speeches Ittoqsh- .
out Lenoir r. 7
TO OPIN UP AT C0AH03A
Nothing Too Good for Lit
tie Ones Last Weeks of
Educational Offensive to
Be Strenuous Ones . i
Moore and Hamme Starts
ers
" ' T
t
Leaders in the fight for the spec
ial tax for school purposes met Fri
day night and planned a strenuous
spcechma'ing campaign to be start
ed Monday. Politicians are being en
listed on the sida of the Bjard of
Education, to offset some of the,
propaganda employed by the "antis."
Many who have had experience M
politics 'and many whohave not are
to get into action. It Is true that it
Is not a political issue at all, but that
is no reason fire should not be fought
with fire.
The campaign has more to de wttN
'fttte children jthan 'anything else
J'hey cannot help themselves. All
other argument for the tax is super
fluous at bottom it is .simply si
question of whether anything is toot
good for the little ones of Lenoic
County, especially when the cost i4
ically trifling... 1
Now to get away from the editor
ial part of it. G. G. iMoore and J. I
Homme, member of the' 4ar, will
open the speaking Campaign St Co
ahoma Monday night. Other good
men will follow after them; at varl-
ous places. ' ,
, Every .meeting will be held at 8:30
oVlook. ; -
The blackboard will be nisei by 'th
sneakers in teaching the people of
the county why education must ba
fostered above everything else in the)
world except the spirit which Is win
ning the world for civilisation.
Alleged Sjmnatluzer
4VtASemany Slashes
lIpr'.p(Wd
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, N. C, May 4. J. S.
Ketcham of Greenville, a Federal
prisoner held here on the charge ot
making seditious utterances, cut hla
throat and stabbed himself fn the
breast early today. After receiving
medical attention he called for paper
and wrote his will. This afternoon
he is sitting up and out of danger
thing snapped in his held and he did
not know anything else . until h9
found himself on the side of a mouni
tain. He said that at that time he)
was conscious but just didnt TealixeJ
his situation. He told Capt. Manning
that he had .not had a piece of cook
ed food in his mouth but had been
living on shrubs ant berries which he
picked in the woods on the mountain
side. Two nights ago he came back.
He came into the camp and went irt
the mesa, hall and secured a piece of
cornbread. He had been sleeping in
an old abandoned house on the
mountainside, and he told Capt. Man
ning that the moment he realized
where he was he came down to thel
station and back to camp. Soma
lieutenant recognized him on th
train and helped him." Capt Man
ning and Maj. George Freeman after
wVM visited the abandoned house)
and found Barr's pistol. : All over the;
floor were twigs fram which En
had pulled cherries. The tree oh
whuh the cherries grew had literally;
been torn to pieces. It is said that
Capt. Barr has had similar, attacks
on previous occasions.' Surgeons at.
Camp Sevier are confident taht he,
will he restored to health. He hi
an extraordinary constitution, J;
nin riiminn