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yOL. XXL-No. 84
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. O, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 2, 1919 FOUR PAGES TODAY
- rKIUi TWO -
riVJI CENTS U3 lUUJ
PEACE TERMS HANDED AUSTRIAN PARTY NATIONWIDE
COPS TAKE CAR WITH -
TAKES
HEALTH OF HEATHEN
FOREIGN
TWO GALLONS UQUOR
AT ST. GERMAIN; WILSON LATE, HOLDS OVER
AT
ACID IN
RACES BE IMPROVED
DECLARES,
Raid Houses and Get Four Gallons-
UP PRESENTATION TREATY SHORT TIME ATLANTA
Three Arrcsta Succesnful C-pef
1 PRESENCE PUPILS
BY If. S.
ALLIES
FALSIFYING'
' ations Against Traffic in South
Kinston.
UNLIKELY
Skeleton of a Treaty With Nothing J About Armed
Forces, Boundaries or Keparations, inmgs to lie
Threshed Outj Later Ceremony Between 12 and 1 P.
M. MondayWashington
With No Intention of Complying With Terms Brock-
dorff-Rantzau's Attitude
lum Policy of Regarding
FRv the
St riArmnin Tun
... . j i i - i m
the Ausinanaeiegaiesaif-ijx".
late arrival prevented tne
Jate. He wasthe last delegate to reach the chateau, en-
or?nr tVio nail at t9'd Thp document is regarded here
11 Uilt. v v awiM m v
as a skeleton treaty. -
Financial, economic, reparations, military and bound
jary clauses are either wholly, or. partially lacking.
A Shade of the former
Glory of Hapsburg. .
St. Germain, June 2. The condi
tions of peace of the Allied and as
sociated powers with the, exception
of military, reparations, financial
and certain boundary clauses were
(handed the Austrian . plenipoten
tiaries at St Germain today. The
clauses not ready for presentation
trill be delivered as soon as possible.
The Austrians will, be given op
portunity to begin work on the great
er part of the treaty in an effort to
facilitate their final decision. . The
Austrian treaty provides exactly the
same outline as the German and in i
mativ places is (identical with it ex-j
cept for tne change oi name, it
quires the enemy to accept the cove
nant of the League of Nations and
the labor charter, recognize the in-
Jugoslavia - and recognize an inde-
pendenV-xepubTid in the name: of the
Bepubijc of Austria, " '..;,
. Both new Slav . nations and Rou-
mania must be assured freedom of
transit and, equitable treatment fin
. foreign commerce. Austria , must
recognize " the full independence 'of
territories formerly parts of Russia
The Brest-Litovsk treaty is an
Bulled. The treaties concluded with
(Russian elements since the revolu
tion are annulled. The Allies! re-
. Verve the right of (restitution ' for
Russia from Austria and consent of
abrogation of the treaty of 1839, es
tablishing Belgian neutrality.
. The Austrians must agree to the
new Belgian boundaries fixed by the
Allies, accept Allied disposition" of
Austrian rights in Turkey and Bui
gana. accept arrangements V with
Germany regarding Schleswdg-Hol
stoin.1 Austrian , national of all
(races and languages and reljgions
must be equal before the law. The
entire Austro-Hungarian navy must
be surrendered to the Allies. Twenty-
one specified auxiliary cruisers must
be disarmed and treated as mer
chantmen.. Warships including sub
marines, under" construction must be
brokenup and ; used for industrial
purposes only. All naval arms and
materials must be surrendered. Fu
ture use of submarines is prohibited,
uMihtary clauses are reserved
Germany Will Sign, But.
Washington, . June 2. That Ger
many will " sign the Allied peace
treaty but feels it cannot and will
not fulfill the provisions; is the in
terpretation officials place on Count
JJrockdorff-Rantzau's final answer to
tte Allied terms,
THE CASUALTIES
Killed, 6; died of wounds, 6; of ac
cjdent and other causes,. 12; of di
sease, 22; wounded severely, 36; to
egr undetermined, 25; slightly,
w, missmg, 18; total, 228.
Ambulance Outfit
at Camp in Jersey
A telegram received by Dr. Ira M.
ay Monday from R. E. Todd.
Ambulance Company 817, tells of his
iPniM? - - m
""na Presumably the tlnit's
-at Camp Oix, N. J. The company
n,pr,sed in large Trt of Enston
en, was with the 8Hh Division ov
erseas. The company fa m Tegn
rmy outfit, but seed with a divis
frlKa UP I 8eIective
Expects Germans to Sign
in Keeping With Ante-Bel
Treaties as Scraps of Paper
TJnlted Freasl
The nPflPfi t.lfflt.v was ruindpH
.--" , r J i. iiri
rieMueiu..miMMi
meeting irom convening until
o
, '
WHY NORTH, CAROLINA
SHOULD KEEP FORESTS
This and Neighboring States Rich in
Woodlands But Timber Supplies
Rapidly Being Exhausted, Say U.
S. Experts.
(By the United Press)
Washington, June 2. The wood
men are nearing the end of the trail.
The forests of North Carolina, Ten
nessee, and Kentucky, along with the
forest s of ' all other atates in the
East, are rapidly being exhausted
If the " cuttina-out of the forests
gve " " "
out any provision fot preservation
of part of them or for the growing
Of new forests, in a surprisingly few
years tnere wui ne no lumoer-pro-
ducing forests left ltf' the East.' This
Forest Service.
These three are regarded by For
est Service officials as among the
most! important ' forested jstates of
the East. . ' '"
North", Carolina,";' Tennessee, and
Kentucky still liave great areas of
forest lands." Kentucky has 9,500,-
000, North ' Carolina 18,000,000 , and
Tennessee 12,0o40O0) acres in for
ests. "V, -ris-
North Carolina . ranks high in
wood-workine industries. It has
many1' furniture factories and exten
teive vehicle and implemtent plants
that depend, upon the native forests
for their , raw material.
' Other reasons why the forests
must be preserved art that many of
the streams : traversing the ' states
hav thpir ' origin in the woodlands
and depend upon them for their reg-1
ular flow. ...
The : forests of North Carolina, I
Tennessee, and Kentucky hold the ky
to tiro future -happiness and pros
perity of the people of one of the
most beautiful sections of the Unit
ed States. The evidence that , they
pre being exhausted can not be de
liekJ. The Ashevilte conference
Jun 4 is designed to bring Federal
and . state officials and others to
gether to decide what should be done
about it. ''."'
Trade, Report Shows
Conditions Fair to
TL! firiMAt I
Good inis District
, (By the United Press)
Richmond. Mav 30. Bradstreet's
said for Richmond and vicinity:,.,
"Generally speaking business-has
been good durring the month, though
continued high prices have contin
ued o retard sales, particularly for
future deliveries. Retailers continue
to buy principally for immediate
wants, in most lines. Wholesale
trade in shoes has been fairly active.
Cotton goods are quiet. Paints and
ila are in better demand. Provis
ions, are fairly, active though fruits
nd produce are quiet except in ship
ments of early vegetables to north
ern' markets. Manufacturing is not
generally as active as in recent
months. Tobacco and cigar manu
factures are quiet. , Building per
mits show an increase and supply
dealers are having an active demand.
Labor is plentiful but as yet there is
little over-supply except in clerical
workers. Collections are irregular,
but generally satisfactory. Few
failures have occurred during the
month. Crops are in good condition.
Winter wheat prospects are excel
lent" '
pureiy a Affairt
Says President of
graphers Walkout
Tele
Will Be Staged Unless
Girls
Reinstated
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, June 2. Arriving at
Washington from Montreal, Itesl
dent S. J. Konenkamp of the Com-
mercial leiegraphers' Union of
America ailenced talk of a nation
iwme wbikoui oi wire womers as tne
of the di8Charge of 100 At.
hanta telephone workers.
The Atlanta situation is a local
one, he said. "We will call out all
our wire workers In that city if the
girls are not reinstated today. The
situation there may prelude a bigger
strike now .pending. The date of
that bigger strike has not yet been
set."
South Over Top in
S. A. Drive; Twice
Quota in Southeast
(By the Dn!ted Press)
.Atlanta, May 31. Late Saturday
night Edward Younk .Clarke, direct-
lor of the Southern Division, an
nounced that the South was "over
the top" in the Salvation Army cam
paign. He said: "Last minute re
turns from all parts of the South
make it sure that the quota has been
raised." The Department of the
Southeast has more than doubled its
official quota.
jnOlMied llieekS.
Useful Work for a
Quarter Million Kids
(By the United Press)
Washington, May 31. The South
eastern States division of the United
Statss School Garden Army, includ
ing . Virginia, West Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and (Mississippi,
rtports an enrollment of nearly
250,000 children. This huge army of
children is being directed by over
2,000 teachers. '
Virginia and West. Virginia alone
report an enrollment of 95,000 chil
dren working under the direction of
650 teachers. '
Coilf ereilCe Oil Social
i
Work Opens Atlantic
City; Big Attendance
Atlantic City, .June 2. .Men and
women prominent in educational and
sociological work in all parts of the
world gathered here today for the
46th annual convention of the Na
tional Conference on Social Work,
whicTi opened today for a 10-day ses
sion. : ' ,
Reconstruction through social work
and child welfare were announced
as the chief topics of the convention.
Henry W. Thurston, New York
School of Philanthropy, will lead the
child welfar! di8CUS;i0nil.
m
Unrest
Shop
by Training This Case
(By the United Press)
Washington, June 2. When a rest
less condition akin to bolshevism re
cently began to develop among work
ers in a rather small' shop in a lead
ing' Ohio city, the management re
sorted to industrial training and
found it an excellent corrective of
the incipient "discontent Soon after
the disturbance became apparent in
the slant an investigation revealed
that it centered in one of the common
laborers who seemed determined to
"start something." Much of his
spare time was spent in magnifying
defects in the present social system
and in preaching doctrines of unrest.
According to the V. S. Training
Service, which has a report on the
ease, the superintendent of the' shop
recognized .that this disturber had
considerable native ability and it was
Police Chief Hamilton and Pa
trolman George K. Rouse at 10 p,
m. Saturday seized a Ford automo
bile and between one and two gal
lons of whisky and arrested Hosea
Wilkina, colored, at a point in South
KinsHon. Another negro named
Rich and an unidentified man es
caped. The car was without lights.
When it was stopped at a corner the
officers investigated and found the
rear seat bulging. When they lifted
it to see what was beneath it the
negroes ran. The car, the police un
derstand, belongs tot Mallie Spence,
white. ' t
The police late Saturday found ov
er two gallons of Hvhisky secreted
in a closet at the homo of James H.
Guy, 103 East Bright Street, and
arrested Guy. He fe a well-known
colored man. 'I
Louise Baker, colored, threw a
handbag containing nearly two gal
lons of whisky out of a window at
her homo in Lowry's 'Alley when of
ficers entered the house late Satur
day. She was arrested.
BULLETINS
. (By (he United Press)
BURLESON WITH STRIKERS. ;
Washington, June 2. If dis
ern wu ieiepnone company, ai
Atlanta are removed because of
union affiliatwna . Postmaster-'
Pnn.i.n I lln.laaAn will onnniltiA
an order for their immediate re
instatement. COTTON
Futures . quotations Monday were:
Open. . Close.
July , 4
31.9(V 31.55
50.99 30.63
30.70 03.27
October
December
Local receipts to
3 o'clock w
about 20 bales, prices ranging from
31.62 1-2 downward.
Condition of Crop.
Washington, June 2. The condi
tion ' of the cotton crop May 20 was
75.6 per cent, normal compared with
82.3 May 25, 1918, 69.5 per cent. May
29, 1917, the Department of Com
merce announces. -
WeMnown Minister
Accepts Charge East
Carolina; Was Y Worker
Mr. Richard1 iBagby, formerly pas
tor of the Christian Church at Wil
son, has accepted the call to the pas
torate at Washington, N. C.
Mr. Bagby has been doing Y. M.
C A. war work for tve pus year or
two, having resigned his Wilson
charge to enter that splendid service
when volunteers were sought in the
State. ' He is one of the most prom
inent of the ministers of his church
in the State and Is well-known by a
large number of local people who will
welcome his return 'to the work in
North Carolina.'
He wm move to Washington m
the next few weeks, it is understood.
(Buy War-Savings Stamps)
decided to give him the chance he
had so many times said was denied
him. Accordingly, Frank was asked
to lay,, aside his broom and to oper
ate a machine. With the aid of a
competent instructor representing
the firm's training department he
soon learned to run a simple ma
chine. After operating it for a
time he was promoted to a more dif
ficult machine where he was given
further instruction. . According to
the shop management the change in
attitude which came over this em
ployee was really remarkable. Each
pay-day he drew approximately three
times - as much money as he had
while wielding a broom, and soon be
gain payments on a home. His an
archist discourses gave place to a
spirited condemnation of bolshevism.
Cured
Helen Savage, 15, Dies Un
der Tragic Circumstanc
es Drinks Poison From
Ink; Bottle on Ground
Grainger School
Helen Savage, 15, residing at 300
West Blount Street, took carbolic
acid on the grounds of Grainger
School, Lenoir Avenue: and East
Street,; about 8:30 a. m. and died at
the offices of Dr. James M. Parrott
at 10:50. The cause had hot been
assignH " Monday forenoon. There
was talk of a girlish love affair.
Supt. K. R. Curtis of the schools said
he didjiot know if she was. worry
ing over ner standing tn ner studies
This probably was not the case, how
ever, since she was to be promoted.
She was a pupil m the fifth grade;
The girl was pretty. ' -
There were a handful of children
on the grounds of the school when
Miss feavage took the poison. She
was about midway between the side
walk and the building when she
drank it from an ink bottle. Super
intendent Curtis was in the building
and was notified by pupils. Mr., and
Mrs. A. . Chesson drove up as she
fell. Mr. Curtis and teachers phced
the girl in Mr. Chesson's car and she
was hurried downtown in quost tf a
physician. Dr. Parrott was the first
ocated Miss Savage lingered hope-
Iessly more' than two hours. .
The little victim was the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Savage.The
father, a farmer working in Wayne
County, was away from home at the
time. Mrs. Savage became hysteric
al from grief.
Miss -Savage was born in . Pitt
County. She came here with the fam
ily about a year and a half ago. She
is survived by her parents and the
following brothers and sisters: Mrs.
Ethel Mae Ealdree, Miss Olive Sav
age, Charlie J., Hyman and Herbert
Savage, Mrs. Bessie Fannie.
The funeral will be held at 6 p. m.
Monday. . . ' .. -
Coroner Eugene Wood will in
vestigate the matter, probably Tues
day.
Doctor Goes to Trial
for Murder of Wife;
Innocent, Declares
New York, June 2. The Wilkins
trial was today postponed.
Mir-.cola, N. Y., June 2. Dr. Walt
r Keen Wilkins, 67, is scheduled to
face trial in Nassau County court
today for the murder of his wife,
Julia, at their Long Beach home on
February 27 3a(t. Justice Seeger
will preside. '
Many peculiar circumstances sur
round Mrs. Wilkins' murder. Dr.
Wilkins' story was. that they return
ed to their summer home at Long
Beach from New York City. Open
ing the door, the doctor said, he was
struck on the head with a blunt in
strument. Three men then grabbed
Mrs. Wilkins and struck her several
times on the head. She died within
an hour.
"My wife and I lived in complete
harmony," he declared. "We were
always very happy; it's an outrage
that such a charge should be brought
against me."
Government Prepares
Valuable Bocks on
Various Industries
(By the United Press)
Washington, June 2. The Govern
ment is about to make a contribution
to the literature on various import
ant trades which, it is said, will be
of inestimable value in helping cer
tain industries adjust themselves to
affter-war economic conditions. The
contribution consists of a series of
pamphlets prepared for the benefit
of employer and employee,' setting
forth the proper methods of teach
ing certain trades and operations, to
workmen. These booklets are being
prepared by the, Train ing Service of
the Department of Labor. -
The subjects being covered by this
series are texti! making, garmept
making, shoe manufacture, paper
box making, lithography, piano man
ufacture, foundry work, rubber man
ufacture, and general foremaoship.
Big Conferences During"!
Summer First in This
State Others North
' East and West Ameri
canization Also
(By the United Press)
Atlanta, June 2. "The productive
capacity of the world would be at
least doubled if the health of the
non-Christian races could be brought
up even with the level of the health
of ths Christian nations."
This deduction, based on sta
tistlcs of progress everywhere, is the
underlying idea in a program for the
study of life-conservation to be pre
sorted in a series of summer confer
ences ' just announced by the Inter
cTiurch World Movement of North
America. . :"
r Americanization of our , foreign
born citizens is the second great
plank in the platform for the meet
ings.
Practically, every organization of
any magnitude ' connected with the
missionary and welfare work of 76
Protestant denominations will' be
represented at the conferences, which
are to be primarily training schools
for leaders of the great intei-church
campaign.
The series begins with a meeting
at Blue, Ridge, N. C June 2-1 to July
3, followed by Silver Bay, N. Y July
to 13; Estes Park, Colo., July 11
to 20; Asilomar, Calif., July 16 to
24; Ocean Park, Me., July 18 to 27
Lake Geneva, Wis., July 25 to Au
gust 3, and Scabock, Wash., July 30
o August 8.
Small Registration t
for Tax Election in
City School District
Five' hundred and eighty-six elect
ors qualified to vote in the special
school tax election to be held in the
Kinston district June 14. It will
take a majority of these to carry tho
(proposition. -Fhe registration was
not large in either precinct, but it
was especially small in the First. In
the Second ' 405 registered, in the
First 181.
adianapolis Man is
Sweepstakes Winner
Indianapolis, June 2. The motor
sweepstakes here Saturday after
noon ended m a victory for Howard
Wilcox of this city. He won the first
prize of $20,000, making the 600
miles in B44 21-7S. Two drivers and
one mechanician were killed and two
other persons injured during the
race.
Working Women in All
Lines to Organize
Philadelphia, June 2. Organiza
tion of all working women into trade
unions will be the aim of the Na
tional Women's Trades Union League,
which opens here today. Tin's is the
sixth biennial convention of the
league.
BUILD PAVED LINK
OF CENTRAL HIGHWAY
IN LENOIR AT ONCE.
The County Commissioners Mon
day agreed to borrow money for the
county's part of the expense of pav.
ing two miles of the Central High
way west of the city. The Federal
Government is aiding. The project
was authorized years ago and held
up by the war. ataxe Commissioner
Page, here Saturday, urged immedi
ate construction. The County High
way Commission Monday asked the
commissioners to negotiate the loan,
to be reimbursed by the commission
Inter.
TWO GIFTS TO TRINITY
COLLEGE ANNOUNCED.
Durham, June 2. Members of his
family at" Kernersville have estab
lished aw endowed scholarship at
Trinity College in honor of John
Thomas Ring of the class of '16, who
was killed in France. Dr. J. W.
Neal of Monroe has established a
loan fund in memory of his son, John
William Neal, Jr., who died a few
weeks ago.
Tchitcherin Gives First
Wireless Interview ;
to U. P. t
MISLEADING PRESIDENT
Says Red Official at Mos
cow Kolchak Badly
Whipped, Asserts Petro
rad Not Deserted, But
Armed Camp
Budapest, , June; 1 Delayed), C
Through the first wireless interview
the United Press today obtained
from ForelgH Minister Tchitcherin
of ; the Bolshevik' government " his
views concerning the situation ih
Russia.. ...
With permission of the Hungarian
slovfet government the correspond-
nt wirelessed a series of questions
to Tchitcherin. v " '
The following was wirelessed from
Moscow! : ' " ; . i . , .
"I am informed the Alliod govern
ments have decided to give recogni
tion to Admiral Kolchak. In view
f this fact I wish to give 1 the
American public the truth about Kol-
hak's alleged offensive. Paris cir- ,
cles ninder President Wilson from
-eceiving the truth. False press re
ports follow the same object
"Kolehak's troops are not ad
vancing. Ori' the conrtrary, they are
ctreating in disorder. Kolehak's
Position gets worse every day. Re
garding the ; situation at Petrograd,
iress dispatches reporting fires and
txplosion .of. Ammunition , stores, as
.veil as the evacuation of the city are
untrue. ; ' '
"Petrograd resembles an armed
military, camp." . . . '
WARRANTS ISSUED FOR
COUPLE NEW HUSBANDS
ilas Wilson Charged With Over-
stating Bride's Age, Herman
Wetherington With Abduction of
14-Year-OId Miss. V
Silas Wilson, a cotton mill r ,em-
nloye in West Kinston, waa arrested
Monday morning charged with per-
fury in procuring license to wedMiss
Vmanda Emory, daughter of W. A.
Emory. W. A. Gurganus was ar-
ested on a. similar charge for ag
isting Wilson. i . .
At the same, time officers ,were
seeking Herman Wetherington, , 3G,
harged with abduction. The war-"
ant was sworn out by J. N. Baker,
residing two miles from the city,
who alleged that Wethcringtott stole .
14-year-old daughter Sunday
night.
Wilson , and ? Miss Emory and
Wetherington and Miss Baker were
married by the Rew Abner H., Out
law at the Free Will Baptist Church,
East '. Kinston, Sunday night. Mag
istrate K. F. Foscue was called from
his bed twice during the night to is
sue warrants ftgamst tne oride-
rroonu and against Gurganus. Bak-
r told the magistrate his daughter
was a mere child. Wilson and uur-
Tanua said they were told that Miss
Emory was 18 years of age and acted
in good faith in applying for the li-
ense. Katie Baker's age was given
rs 19 years. -
Magistrate Foscue (required only .
$5 each bail from Wilson and' Gur
ganus. The charge against Wether
ington looked more serious, he said.
GIVEN KEYS FA YETTEVI LLE.
Senator G. V. Cowper, Sheriff A.
W. Taylor, Register of Deeds- Carl
V. Pridgen and Thomas W. Heath,
cashier of the Caswell Banking &
Trust Co., in attendance upon Cum
berland Qounty Superior Qourt at
Fayetteville recently, were given the
keys to Fayetteville," according to
the Observer of that town.: Tha
he riff of Cumberland , and others
were hosts to the party, and the Ob-
sorver called the Kinston men" "dis
tinguished." The "writeup" that
newspaper bestowed upon them was
hrilllngly entertaining. Sheriff
Taylor is said to have ' become so
conspicuous during the lionizing that
the ! presiding, judge, his jealousy
aroused, threatened to put him in
jail. The party went to Fayet
as counsel and witnesses in a casa.