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VOL. XXI -No 74 ,
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N.'CU WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1919 FOUR PAGES TODAY
DA
11 II II 11
Germans May Be Granted
Paysavioi- Heard In if
Extension of Time in Wh'ch to Enter Counter Proposals
Keported Not a Single American Delegate Appears
l to Be in Love With Treaty Allies Are Imposing Upon
Teutons Most Optimistic
tions Will Redeem Faults
Commissioners Arrive to
in Discussion of Belgium's.
ihv tna
Paris, May 21. A report circulated in French circles
avs the Germans may be granted an extensiorWrf four
dais to complete their counter proposals to tnepeace
treaty. The time was to nave expireu tumurruw,
Dutch Delegates on liana.
p,is Mav 21. The Dutch dele
gation invited" by the peace confer
ence to aid in revision of the Treaty
. i8a) ia in conference with 'the
council of foreign ministers and Bel
trian representatives.
The following demands have been
Til nde by Belgium:
Annulment of the-elause in the
treaty binding the country to per
Dftual neutrality.
Revision of the clause which cuts
off Antwerp from the sea.
; Removal of the constant menace
to the Belgian border created by the
peninsula of Dutch Li m berg, which
runs " down into jBelgiumJ (crossing'
the Mouse near Nasstncht.
(Copyrighted by United Press)
By LOWELL MELLETT
(fjnited Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris. May 21. The action of nine
members of the American ' peace
commission in tendering their re
signations in expression of their dis
approval of -the German treaty
hrought to light the fact that their
sentiments are shared by a great
portion of the commission, if fepliea
to inquiries made by the ' United
.Press can be "taken. a -indications.
Those disapproving the : terms form
, i considerable majority of the.com
mission, albeit they are the lesser
members. ...
In fact, inquiries have not yet re
"vealed any member giving unquali
fied approval, of the treaty,
The nearest "approach to approval
is from those who say the' treaty is
bad but the -League of Nations re
deems' its" faults.
NEGRO 'PLEADS ' CASES
IN COURT BUT LOSES
Will Barnes a Bight Good -. Lawyer
in Spite of Failure Number
Small Matters Disposed of. Tues
day and Wednesday.
Will Barnes, colored, was his own
lawyer irN Superior Court Wednes
day forenoon. iHe lost his cases.
Barnes, charged with assault with
a deadly weapon . and assault upon
a female, drew three months "in each
case. He used -a knife upon his
wife nd Shade Fields. 1 Fields had
a narrow escape from dying from his
"injuries. Barnes has a long jail
record, it is said. '
Barnes delighted' the attorneys and
spectators -with his cross-examina-tion
of witnesses. "He proved " a
quick wit. One witness testified
that Barnes had threatened to burn
the hrrnies of white persons--who 'had
aroused his ire. "That nigger sho
oid lie," sard Barnes en route back
to jail.
John Nobles was fined $50 and
costs for carrying a concealed wea
pon. Wilhe-Tyndall was fined $101
j . . ... i
costs ior assault with a dead
ly weapon. "
A decision as to the Robert Bla
lock riurder case will b made
Thursday. The defendant may be
Wed this week or in August.
. - O " HlllVllg VUUl. -DM
disposed of in the court Tuesday
wimp White and Myrtle Whitfield,
fornication' and adultery, prayer for
judgment continued, costs and bond
to appear at subsequent criminal
terms for two years to show "they
have remained apart Mary Walk
er, larceny, nolo contendre", prayer
lor judgment continued, costs. Toon
e Clark, violation of the prohibit
tion law, $75 and costs. Tooncie
"A, vwlation of the prohibition
'aw, praye,. for judgnlent contin
Zi CMt' and to appear -at
"" for "twi years!
,le Dixon, abandonment, judg-
w. E. Forrest, assault and
of Them Say League of Na
Admitted to Exist Dutch
Sit With Foreign Ministers
Claims
unitea xresnj
SENATE PLANS A!
ABOUT ITS
leaders Want to Know How
Certain Agreements
Were Made
MAY CALL ON WILSON
If Information is Not Pro
curable Otherwise, Re
publicans Won't Hesitate
to Ask President for It,
They Say '
By ' ROBERT J." BENDER "
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
. Washington, May ' 21. 'Inquiry
into the methods by which the peace
Settlement with Germany was de
termined upon is planned by mem
bers of the" Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, it is learned.
'Republican 'leaders in -this com
mittee ' ay they have known for
some -time that 'dissatisfaction ex
isted among the American mission
members at Paris. -With portions
of the treaty, they say,- they will re
quest a complete transcript of the
peace conference .proceedings, in
cluding conversations of the big
four,if such records are' available.
They will - ask experts attached to
the mission to appear to explain how
Saar Valley, Polish and Italian set
tlements - were reached and What
principles Wilson yielded to to ob
tain Allied sanction of the League
of Nations. . '
They will ask members of the
American mission and the President
himself to furnish details not pro
curable : f rom ' the " above sources.
BULLETINS
WAR DEPARTMENT
FOOD HOLDINGS.
May,
, Alar-
kets will be found
the United
States if possibl
millions
of pounds of m
and millions
of cans of
vegej
les held by the
War Depart;
it is learned,
holdj roughly
of meat and
The dep;
2,000,000
rent
ounds
100,000,0QjT cans of vegetables.
(By the Unite Press)
London,- May 21. Andrew Bonar
Law. Government spokesman, speak
ing in the' House of Commons late
yesterday,'-said the former German
crown prince and certain prison camp
commandants were liable to trial un
der the terms of the "peace treaty.
battery, nol prossed. C. C. Gray,
resisting an office, judgment sus
pended - upon payment of the costs.
T. A. Ccnway, assault and battery,
not guilty.
The grand jury entered 18 true
blils and six not true bills.
fi
VHJ been
JUT,
4
ans
IS
HOLDING 1-4; NOT
PLAYING WITH FATE
No Word From Hawker-
Navy Flyers Won't Run
in Face of, Providence
With Only One Unit Left
of Overseas Squadron
By the United Press)
London, 'May 21. No word has
had from Hawker and his trans
tlantic biplane. Hope that they es-
the sea is fast waning.
NoChances With NC-4.
ihington, May 21. Due to en
gine tuble, tne JNj-4 was forced to
postpone) the hop-"aff from Ponta
Delgada Vr Lisbon, an early dis
patch to tfc Navy Department an
nounced. ,
Admiral Jaexkson's radio was fil
ed at 4:30 a. nL Washington time
reaching here ati7:25. , It said the
NC-4 would not leike today. One en
gine was not funcfipmng properly,
Wit only one seaplane left, upon
which the success of fethe transat
lantic venture depends, navy offic
ials said no chances woula-be taken
with either the machine ypr the
weather until both promised m near
perfect functioning as possible.
.
Bradham Boosts S.
A. Drive; He Hopes
State Will Go Over
(Special to, The Free, Press)
New Bern, May 21. That it is the
dutp of every North Carolinian to
stand by the Salvation Army and
give liberal support to that organi
zation's campaign for funds, was the
statement made today , by C. D.
Bradham, ' head of the Pepsi-Cola
Company " and who was chairman of
the exemption board of the eastern
district of North Carolina : during
the period of that body's existence
President E'radham is one of . the
army s most ardent supporters an
IT
. wed
VvTta
North Carolina and he is taking afTthe Adk
vantage of every opportunity to I
boost this organization and vf-give
material . aid in the big qtoipaign
which is about to be wairand he
anxious to see this Safe go over
tne top in the approaalffig campaign
"The Salvation Afftiy was one of
agencies whiclw&elped our boys win
the war," s;w$'Mr. Bradham. . :
MS ROUSE BETTER.
J. Rouse, indisposed a day
was out lor a snort time
tnesday.
GEORGE H. MALLON,
, Captain, 132nd Infantry.
Capt. Ma lion was decorated
. for Intrepidity beyond the call
of duty In the Boise de Forges,
France, September 2J, 1918. Be
coming separated from the bal
ance of his company because of
a fog, Cnpt. Mollon, with nine
soldiers, pushed forward and nt-:
tacked nine hostile machine
guns, capturing all of them with
out the loss .of a man. Contln-
umg on uirougn me wuuub, uc
led his men in attacking a bat
tery of 450 im. howitzers which
were In action,' rushing the po
sition and capturing -the battery
and its ' crew. In this enewm
ter Capt. Mallon personally at
tacked one of the enemy with'
his. fists. Later when the party
came upon two" more machine
guns this ' officer ent men to
the flanks, while he rushed for
ward directly la the face of the
fire and silenced the guns, being
the first one of the party to
reach the nest. - The exceptional
gallantry and determination dis
played by Capt Mallon resulted
in the capture of 100 prisoners,
eleven machine guns, four 450
mm. howitzers and one anti-,
aircraft gun. Capt Mallon's home
address is 1931 Hallock street
Kansas City, Mo.
or tra,
TAX ELECTION JUNE
14: PROPOSED LEVY
30 CENTS ON S10
. . . i
Scores Note-Signers Stand
to Lose if Issue j
-'Fails
i
STOOD BY IN A PINCH
Additional; 1 Funds Badly
Neede(l-Majority Quali
fied Voters Necessary
Would Raise No Very
Larjre Sum
On June 14 the Kiniton School
District wilt vote on the question
of Rpecial tax to raise badly needed
additional funds-for the City Schools.
It is proposed to levy not in -excess
of !?0 cents on the $100 of property
and 90 cents on the poll
A. new registration is required.
and it will take a majority of the
qualified voters to put the proposi
tion over the top.
Among other things the money
would do would be to retire notes
for $1C,000 signed by scores of pub
ic-spirited -residents some - months
ago to-keep the schools going. These
persons came to the rescue of the
district's children at a critical time.
The revenue from - the special tax
would total not more than $15,000
per annum, it;. is' estimated by one
authority. -rtoundaiies
of School ' District
Following are the boundaries of
the Kinston School ' District:
Beginning in the' northern bank
of Neuse River at the corner between
property of N. J. Rouse and J.
Hood and running with said Ro:
western boundary line to the : riit-
of-v5y of thel Atlantic & NortiCar-
oiine Jaiiroad -Company, nswr oper
ated- th.forf olk-Southnti Rail
road G)nH)nny; thence tunnfhg east-
wardly "! wish said raifid right-of-
way to wne said ftriilroad crosses
Hull Road: Wen h Hull" Road in
a northerly (lir5non to the hickory
tree near tha4ri)rown nlace:" then
n a direcJU"f me a northeasterly
direction Jrf' a poiritiwherS the road
leading,om Frank vtaise's by ' W
JiRiiS -Crosses the .Sfcdkin; then
doafflt'said Adkin to a wint where
dividing line betwed. Ceorge
ouse and P. A. Hooker" fMersects
in; then with trre dftfWing
ine to the ' road leading from lithe
Worth place"- to the .Kinston Tfttl
Snow Hill road; then with the Kinsjj
ton and ' Snow Hill roadtowardsl
Snow Hill to a road running by the
Faulkner and Herring farms; then
with said road to the Phillips (now
Lang) corner; then with said Phil
lips or Lang line to the Herring
farm; then to the right or south
with the Herring line to Dunn
Branch; then down said branch to
the road; then with said road to the
William Dunn house; then with the
road running from the William Dunn
house to the S. H. Rountree house,
until it gets to the W. R. Rountree
line; then with the line or lines on
the north of his farm to Neuse Riv
er; then up Neuse River to a point
opposite Mrs. E. G. Outlaw's , east
line across ' said river; then across
said river and with Mrs. E. G. Out
law's east line in a southerly direc
tion around to a corner between the
proparty of said Mrs. E. G. Outlaw,
H. Loftin and Mrs. M. N. Loftin;
then with Mrs. M. N. Lof tin's south
line or lines to J. N. Parker's line;
then with said Parker's line or lines
to Mrs. G. W. Sutton's south line;
then with Mrs. G. W. Sutton's south
line or lines to the Wilmington road,
Mrs. R. I. Sutton's line; then in a
southerly direction with said road
and Mrs. R. I. Sutton's line or lines
to Mrs. Mollie Waller's line; then
ith her line or lines on the west
side of her farm to her northwest
corner on the roan, also a corner
between the said Mrs. Mollie Wall
er anJ Mrs. J. F. Parrott; then in a
northerly course to the Neuse River;
then down the 'river to a point op
posite the city limits; then across
the river and with the city limits
to a point where Manning Street ex
tended would strike the river; then
in a westerly direction up the said
river to tie beginning.
The following signed the not
for $15,000 to finish the school year
1918-'19:
F. C. Dunn, H. G. Braxton, C. A.
Jeffress. S. T. Pate, T. B. Brown, W.
. (Continued en page 4.)
FITZGERALD OPENS
FIGHT ON H. C. OF
Lj SHOT AT DEP'T
Chanres Baker's Outfit
Aiding Packers in
Gouge
HOUSEWIVES WITH HIM
Massachusetts 'Congress
man's Action Indicates
People Back Home Are
Bringing Pressure Bear
on Lawmakers
(By the United Press)
Washington, -May 21. Represen
tative Fitzgerald's resolution to
forceood8tuffs out of storage is
aimed principally at the War De
partment's announced plan of aid
ing packers in disposing of sural us
meat stocks without turning mem
onto the domestic market, the.
ton congressman states.
Fitzgerald's resolution is
first
indication that Congress i
hearing
from ' home on the subjd
of high
prices.
Women Back Him.
iNew York, May21. - American
housewives will hsJRi up Represen
tative Fitzgerald fight in ' Con-
gress to - bringfown the high cost
of living, acding to Mrs. Julian
Heath, prejfHent of the National
Housewiver League.
She yjPd him today pledging sup
port JT the Housewives' League,
whiuir has - members all, over the
-THIRDS LENOIR
COUNTY QUOTA RAISED
Salvation "Army Drive '"Here Pro
gresses Satisfactorily Compli
ment From Headquarters No Re
ports From Rural Parts.
Lenoir County is nearing its Sal
vation Army fund quota. The coun
ty Wednesday forenoon was-: two
thirds over the top." "More than
$2,000 of the-$3,000 had been raised.
Chairman Ci Felix (HalHey, Jr.,
said, no reports had come' from the
rural sections or LaGrange.
A bulletin from zone headquarters
said the drive, was progressing in
Lenoir far more satisfactorily than
any other.
istonian Heads One
Shootingest of A.
,L Force's , Platoons
"Th.v fir-ftljla toon of Company
321st InfanSfc Won the musketry
competition in tiNbSlst Division and
will represent the ifeyision at the ri
fle shoot at LeManSan May," said
the Paris edition of ii New York
Herald some time ago,
pany also -won the reg
pis
and tol "competitions for off ic
men and tha regimental ri:
petition for officers."
Lieut. .Reynold Allen of Kins'
commands the platoon. lie left
LeMans April 28 to represht hist
regiment in the A. E. F. .pistol .ccn
test. His platoon joined him there
May 10 to compete for the cham
pionship of the A. E. ..F, in the pla
toon musketry contest- Lieutenant
Allen's company claims the largest
representation ' at the ' LeMans
matches.
Futures
quotations Wednesday
, ' Open. " Close.
..... 30.75 3O.C.0
29i52 29.36
127.85 27.79
were:
May
July ....
October .
Local receipts to 3 o'clock Were 12
or 15 bares, prices ranging from
29 3-4 downward.
New York Report.
New York, " May 21. The cotton
market opened easy on the first call.
First prices were off over $1 a bale,
part of which was recovered before
the end of the initial half hour. Yes
terday's rise of $5 a bale was partly
the result of speculators- who had
money stocks rushing in to buy cotton.
Bo
m
y York, May
wives will ha
i Fitzgerald
to bringfbwi
'ing, acjding
i, prejplent c
iwivej League.
yjppd him tod;
X the Housi
V has - member!
JE
cowxry
N2
"The
lniemai
mi
Injunction Is Dissolved;
Goes to Supreme Court
Judge Daniels Finds for Defendants in Restraining
Order . Case LaCJrange Plaintiffs Who Would -Hold
Up Work on $2,000,000 Road Program Appeal-Special
Order for August Term-r-Able Array of Counsel at
Hearing Here--Commissioners Win First Round in
Iiattle of Statewide Interest
Judge Daniels dissolved the injunction restraining
the work on the roads of . Lenoir County under pro
visions of the recent S2.000.000 bond issue. Counsel for
the pU intiffs gave notice of appeal and an agreement
was had by the contending counsel that the question
should be mad' a special order for the Supreme Court at
the..ugust term.
IS
FOR SECOND LEAGUE
Hones to Smash Western
Alliance With Aid
. Orientals
RUSSIA IS THE IEY
If Entente and America
Can influence Slav Na
tion Berlin's Plan 'Will
Fail Much -Dissatisfaction
Asia
By J. W. T. MASON.
(Written for the United Tress) i
New York, May 21. 'Germany is
preparing to turn to the 'East for
revenge, German statesmen, crafty,
unscrupulous, and full of resent
ment - against the Western democ
racies, are laying plans to break the
peace treaty after the signatures
have been forced ! from the defeated
plenipotentiaries "at Versailles.
All Disappointed.
a Germany is looking to Russia,
China and Jarmn for eventual help
in creating a new league to over
throw the Western nations; control
of the world. Germany, Russia,
China and Japan are all disappointed
at the outcome of the peace negotia
tions, China believes she has been
deserted -by the Western powers;
and the Japanese are resentful be
cause they have not been recognized
as the racial equals of the white peo
ple of America and- Great Britain.
Germany's first step, therefore, in
her search for means to break the
peace treaty, is to form an intimate
(relationship with Russia.' Already
efforts are being made in Berlin to
this end. 1 German agents are in Rus
sia advocating the mutual advantage
of secret cooperation between the
two nations.
Once this movement shows signs
of progressing, its spread into China
and Japan will be daftly sought by
Germany's leaders.
The situation is certain to develop
to a serious menace unless the
tern diplomats quickly begin to
couieract the new Uerman propa
gandist Russia is the key. With
Russiafcostile to Germany's designs,
the Gortikans will be impotent.
Free
entforEx-
len, Announced
All sick . and Stjsabled soldiers,'
sailors, marines, amy and navy
nurses (male and female) who have
received honorable discharges on or
after October 6, 1917," are entitled
to physical examination without
cost and also to necessary treatment
free of charge, by applying to the
medical officer in charge, U. S. Pub
lic Health Service, St. Luke's Hos
pital, New Bern. This means that
any soldier, sailor, et cetera, who is
ill from any condition resulting
while, in the service or from disease
contracted while in the service, is en
titled to medical treatment, opera
tion if necessary, without cost, by
applying to the above-mentioned of
ficer. ' ,
Treab
Service
The hoaring -on the road building
injunction instituted by some citi
zens of LaGrange before Judge
Frank 'Daniels Wednesday attracted
a goodly number of representative
citizens from all parts of the' coun
ty. . .
An able array of counsel repre
sented the contending aides. .For
the plaintiffs, Messrs. J. H. Pou of
Raleigh and J. L. Barham of Golds
boro appeared. For ' the Highway
Commission and Board , of County
Commissioners, defendants in tha
proceedings, Judge J. S. .Manning,
attorney-general of North Carolina,
and the firms of Dawson, Manning &
'Wallace .; iand Oowperi Wfliftaker .' &
Hamme : appeared.
Attorney Barham opened with. the
complaint and argued the side of
the plaintiff, contending that tha
proposed expenditure of ' $2,000,000
was not a necessary expense and
that the act was invalid because - It
did not comply with the .constitu
tional provision for levying the nec
essary tax against the poll as well
as the property.
Judge (Manning and -Mr. G. ,V.
Cowper 'Spoke -for the -defense, ar-
guing that the building of roads was
a necessary, expenle, 'in the same
clas3 "With XWconstruCtiori of "Tou'rt
houses and other needed public im
provements. Judge Malnning cited
many decisions of the State Supreme
Court, to sustain his point. Mr.
Cowper argued that it was ndt tha
court's place to determine what
should be the material out of which
the roads should be built, but that
the matter was clearly for the legis
lature and the local authorities un
ler its direction to determine.
Mr. Pou concluded . the argument
following a recess for dinner, which
was taken at 12:45 p. m.
Mr. Pou spoke for moTe ' than an
hour, contending that the- burden of
the taxpayers in the State. was be
coming onerous, , that bond issues
were dangerous because none of them
were ever paid. He argued that the
act by which it was proposed' to is
sue two million dollars was not for
an emergency but the establishment
of a regular road building policy.
He asked that the injunction be con
tinued o that the matter might go
to the Supreme Court 'without new
conditions which would arise if the
Highway Commission was freed to
pursue its work.
Mr. F. E. Wallace for the defense
introduced affidavits from several
contractors averring that this was
an auspicious time to make con
tracts and cited 5 the Government's
interest as evidenced by the 10 per
cent, reduction of freight rates on
road building materials. He told of
$250,000 available by federal aid now,
which would be lost later.
' Judge Daniels commented on the
able arguments and said that while
there was much of interest in Mr.
Pou's contentions, he wftuld dissolve
the, injunction and let the Supreme
Court pass upon the matter. He
made it a rule, said . Judge Daniels,
to sustain the legislature, except in,
cases where there was flagrant vio
lation of the constitution, and let the
final authority, the Supreme Court
overrule the law makers.
ODD
FELLOWS ELECT
WADE GRAND PATRIARCH
Asheville, May 21. The grand!
encampment of IO. O. F. elected
John L. Wade of Fayetteville grand
patriarch at its closing session. jC.
H. Meine of Raleigh was elected:
high priest, A. C. Melvin of Durham
senior warden," J. C. Wright of Shi
loh, junior warden, L. W.-, Jeanner
ette, Asheville, scribe and J-E. Wood
of Wilmington treasurer. John D.
Berry of Raleigh was elected repre
sentative to the sovereign grand en-.
campment at Baltimore, to be hel4
in September, .