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THE D P JP Q SS I OENS Ke Hone Piper -Tody' Nr Today." VOL. XXINo- 87 ' I i t ; i ft ,i j i. SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 1919 FOUR PAGES TODAY prick two cms "' rira cents oa vzi MORE THAN NINETY KILLED WHEN BLACK POWDER BLAST BLOWS UP TRAIN MOUTH OF COAL TUNIL; MANY BADLY INJURED PRESIDENT WANTED AREAS OF LAND CONGRESS FIXES TO WINNIPEG'S STRIKE TURKISH DELEGATES BREAK ALL RECORDS MAY BE SETTLED IN WILL HAVE LITTLE rnn innnnnnilTtllO rrur nnirnn nTinrrn rn nnr rrn minn PEACE TREATY LEAK SOUTH AWAITING IS TIIO'T run mwmu m rt huuko, oiAitu iu. mi iu alum NMM ' Two Hundred1 Miners Caught by Explosion Most of Them Casualties Disaster Near Wilkesbarre at Hour for Starting Work Sixty Scattered Among Hospitals, CAniA to Die Everv Mormie in the Town in Use-- PA Crowd at Scene Few Minutes After Accident ' - - - . Live Wire Supposed to Have Fallen Into Explosive- Mine Officials Think Number Dead Will Reach 100 Wilkesbarre. Pa., June 5. Over 90 men are believed t6 have been killed by an explosion in the Baltimore tun nel of the Delaware. & Hudson Coal Company near Wilkesbarre. Reports from the mine say scores of bodies have been removed. - - Mine, officials believe many bodies "are still under the ground. At least 60 persons were injured. These were taken to hospitals . , in Wilkebarre and many are not expect ed to live. 'MIC3 An electric wire falling on an open car of black powder is said to have caused the explosion. The car was one of 16 carrying about 200 men hich were being! drawn intj the tunnel when the explosion occurred. Every morgue in the city is utilized. The explosion occurred at 6:40. At 7 o'clock thousands of persons had gathered at the head of the tunnel. The death list may reach 100. Vocational Insurance for War Disabled; No Shoe-String Peddling Washington, June p. If you are a disabled soldier, sailor or marine, you should take out at once a re educational insurance policy with the Federal Board v for Vocational Education. ' "- " .". -'- ' - This insurance--is .Issued free 'of cost to disabled men not as a charity, but in recognition of the plain fact that they have already paid the price for it in full by service rendered. By placing himself under the guidance of the' Federal Board for Vocational Education and following the course of training elected as most suitable in each case, with due regard to the given disability and to natural aptitudes, preferences, and past experience,' the beneficiary un der Uncle Sam's reeducational pol icy is able, usually within a short time, either to return to his former occupation or to enter upon some other occupation equally as good or better than the one followed prior to his enlistment in the service. CIMUQUASEAS'N TICKETS ON SALE Tickets for chautauqua are now on sale at all the drug .stores and Skinner's. They are due to be withdrawn after Sat urday night from these places. Peprsons who intend purchasing season cardboards are advised to do so at once. PAGE GOES FREE AT EI OF THREE-DAY TRIAL FOR MURDER Former Chief of Police at : Mount Olive Acquitted of Crime in Killing Smith Brothers, Who Threaten ed Him At Goldaboro Wednesday night U. S. Page, former chief of ponce at Mount Olive, was acquitted of the murder of . Bunyan and Bernice Smith, brothers, at that town early in the year. A crowded courtroom staged iovous demonstration. It was sev- eraT,minutes 'before 'order could be restored. Page, ex-United States sailor and "mail order" chief of police at La Grange and hero of a number of gun fights with bad characters, had been on trial since Monday. Many prom' inent persons testified to his good character. including women of Mount Olive. Counsel in the case included leading lawyers of this part of the State. Page shot the Smiths after th' had threatened his life during boisterous spree in the business dis trict of the Wayne County town. Officials at Washington See His Hand in Hitchcock Investigation of Business men's Possession of Full Text (By the United Press) Washington, June 5. Congression al leaders and politicians see . the hand of Wilson in the treaty leak probe demanded yesterday by Sen ator Hitchcock. Administration officials today stated the President was fully in formed of the charges made by Sen ators Lodge and Borah that the full text of the treaty was in the hands of American businessmen in New York, It was stated he was anxious to have the resolution introduced by Hitchcock asking an inquiry into how the treaty reached the United States. Hitchcock says, it will be pressed to the limit. , '- , BULLETINS DOVER WINS FROM NEW BERN HIGHS 2ND GAME. Dover, June B. The local Highs won from the New Bern iHigh School baseball team here yesterday, t to 0. It wa(3 Dover's pVcond victory over New Bern. The game was lea- tured by several difficult catches and long, drives. ' After this gam the Dover Bear-Cats challenged the local Hifirhs and gave them a fine walloping, 13 to 6. N. S. Richard son umpired. COLORED POST-WAR MEETING. Rev. James E. Holder of Kinston took Dart in on "nf ter-the-war" convention held at Tarboro recently. A similar onnvATitmn iu fn fi lipid jhere shortly, Mid he wishes to meet toored pastors; teachers, busi nessmen and. others at - the Court house fnday evening at 8 just be fore the colored commencement ex ercises there for A conference on the post-bellum " meeting. . He also desires to learn the names f lead- wg colored men in all townships in Lenoir County. Pokeweed, a Poisonous Plant; Kills Parsons Who Use it for Food BASEBALL Wednesday's games: NtionaL At Boston 6-3; Brooklyn 3-8.' At New York 2; Philadelphia 8. At Chicago 0; Pittsburgh 1. (, At St Louis 4; Cincinnati 3. American., - . At Philadelphia f; New York 10. At Washington 8; Boston 8. MEFHNG ST. JOHN'S LODGE. SWohn. Lodge No. 4, A. F. and tiock work in the third degree. West Raleigh, June 5. Many per sons who are familiar with the ap pearance of pokeweed do not realize that it is to be regarded, as a poison ous Dlant. Its presence in door yards and in the vicinity of farm buildings is tolerated by such peo ple and also by those who eat the young shooh when they are prepared as one would cook asparagus. Sev eral recent cases of poisoning, one of which was fatal, direct attention to this plane. , It has been known " for a long time that young shoots of this plant may be boiled and eaten, since the acrid principle is dissipated in boil ing. The root, however, which is 'sometimes mistaken for) parsnips, horseradish or artichoke, is very poisonous even when cooked. EVELYN NESBIT AT GRAND THIS EVENING After many auccessea , on the vaudeville stage Evelyn Nesbit is back on the screen. She will be seen at the Grand tonight in the "Woman Who Gave." Evelyn Nes bit's beauty is world famous, and this remarkable story gives her un limited opportunities to show her capabilities as a dramatic star. (By the United Press) WILSON'S TRIP POSTPONED. Paris, June 5- President Wilson's trip to Belgium has been postponed until about June 15 at the request of King Albert, who is suffering from hay fever. HURRY, CRIES MRS. CATT. New York, June 5. Special sessions for immediate ratifica tion of the new suffrage amend ment, is the battle cry sounded " by . Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American , Wjoman'a Suffrage Association. Negroes Get Training in Agriculture N. C. West Raleigh, June 5. Over 142 negro pupils in eight counties of the State are, receiving agricultural training under the supervision of the State Board for Vocational Educa tion. . Schools now being conducted are located, in Pitt, Orange, Pamlico, Sampson, Bertie, Martin, Johnston and Wake counties. The pupils are cultivating 105 acres in crops and raising 35 animals. SOLDIERS, ASSERTS Congressional Committee Hears ; Advantages of Southeast. Related by Tariff ' Commissioner William Kent Expects to Pass Measures Renewed Intensity Appar- Will Be Regarded More as Calling for Expenditures at Rate of $300,000,000 Day Until End of Fiscal Year ent on Surface, But Lead ers Predict That Labor Battle is bearing End Both Sides Gain Witnesses Than Diplomats (By The United Press) Washington, Jund ( 6. William Kent, former congressman from California, now a member of the United States Tariff Commission, speaking at a hearing today before the House Committee on , Public Lands on the Mondell;" soldier settle ment bill, stated there is a tre mendous area of land; in the South ern States available for community settlements of soldiers and others. He mentioned especially lands in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia and Florida. ,; IL S. HAVE MINOR PART (By the tlnlted Press) Washington, June 5. Peace time records for passing ' appropriation bills in the House will be broken within the next 10 days if the Re publican plans carry. The rushing through of four large money mea sures and one small bill June 6 is the Republican program, according to their loader, Mondell. This will be necessary to get the bills ' through the Sonate before July 1, the begin ning of the next fiscal year. The bills pushed total over $3,000,000,- 000, which means an average ap propriation of $300,000,000 daily. Suffrage A mendment Passes; Goes to States (Ry the United Press) .Vanrouvr,' June 6. Street car men today joined , in the general strike here. Thousands walked to work or took the day off. The de cision ramo after a meeting lasting several hours. The Vancouver Sun, a mommg paper issued under a la bor censorship, carried not a line re garding the walkout Interburban street car service was effective. The gnneral strike here is in sympathy with the Winnipeg strike. Clearing Up at Winnipeg. Winnipeg, June 5. JJespite sur face indications of renewed intensi ty of the general strike here, leaders are hopeful of a settlement .within the next 24 hours. Authoritative mformalion indicates that the set tlement will be with honor for both sides. Secretary Ernest Robinson of the general strike committee backed this prediction by telegraph ing labor delegates from the entire province to appear here for settle ment of the strike. A 14.1. . 1. ml 1 ... i . 4-uuiuugn inis iouniry s Plenipotentiaries Will Be in on Discussion of Man datories Over New States in East : : ' j'iMZ (By the United Press) Washington. June 5. After a fight for equal suff ap;e lasting 40 years the Susan B. Anthony resolution Bring District Farm was passed by the senate late yesterday Dy a vote on nAmnnctrafinn HW VVUIVII4U UUVU AAlfU 56 to 25. - I H !: The proposition to amend the Constitution to permit women to vote now goes to the states, with ratification by three-fourths of the legislatures necessary for adop (ion The passage was greeted with prolonged applause. Most Southern senators, including both of larolinaV vo'tedfdgainst the amendment- Here From Tidewater Key me uniiea irresaj Paris, June 5. The big four to day derided . to call in the . Turkish peace delegates, according to an on official report The exact date was not fixed. From the same source K was learned .the Turks were consid ered as witnesses rather than m fully accredited plenipotentiaries. This is accepted as indicating there will be practically no opportun ity for discussion and that the Turks will have to accept the con ditions exactly as drawn up by the Allies. , America's part in drawing up the Ttirlnsn r.afw .vnuifiJ aim ' fined largely to an advisory roh, al though the question of acc-pt'ng mandatories : over former Turkish territories wall probably; figure in the discussions. - ' Answer to Germans Before- 12th. - . Paris, June 6. The Allies will answer the counter proposals hand ed them by the Germans before June 12, it is learned authoritatively. KO? STRIKE MAY SPREAD NEW BUSINESSES The following have been charter ed by the Secretary of State at Ral eigh: Norvell Motor Company, Asheville, $20,000; $3,200 subscrib ed. f armers' Bank Building Com pany, Greenville, $50,000; $1,100. Kline Sales Company, Raleigh (automobiles), $20,000; $6,000. Camp Mountain Timber .Company, amend ment increasing capital from $4,000 to $40,000. An amendment to the High Point city charter was filed, providing for creation of a school commission of five, two of whom may be women, etc.. LOUIS CUKELA, Lieutenant, 6th Regiment, U. ft. . . M. C Lieutenant Cukela was dec orated for conspicuous gallantry near VlUers-Cotterets, France, July 18, 1918. When his com pany, advancing through a wood, met with strong resistance from an enemy strong point Lieu tenant Cukela, then a sergeant, crawled out from the flank and made his way toward the Ger man line in the face of heavy fire, disregarding the warnings of his comrades. He succeeded In getting behind the enhmy' po sition. Bushing a machine gun emplacement, he killed the crew with his bayonet With German hand grenades he then bombed ont the remaining portion of the strong point His borne is In Minneapolis, Minn. 3 Ccrn Market At Ch'imtrn OTolnaatTjtV Julv cloS- 'ed at 1.70 3-8, September at 1.61 1-8. Unless There is Early Change for BetterAt lanta Reports No Change on Fourth Day of Its Wire Tieup The Chamber of Commerce has se cured offices in the Hunter building, '!iM,M?ltj5J:$J Monument Comer, for O. P. Mc- ijrairy, aistricc supervisor or larm ftamnnHfr.rnt.inn wnvlc fnr a : f i-ffiK North the State. There are 20 counties Wanf S WpslpHl Mm m the eastern ana tidewater sections in McCrary's district. He will come here from Washington, N. C, where he has offices in the Federal Build ing :' Supervisor McCrary was formerly agent for Lenoir County, and was promoted from the office here to the more important place. t)VMfe and Ice Fund Nears $300 Mark; Will Be Continued Adopted jii Mystic ; ;. ' ""East; America Best Gambling; Monte Carlo Tame; Big Sums Put Up (By the United Press) Washington, June -5. S. J. Konen- kamp, president of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union of America, de clares that unless the Atlanta situa tion is settled quickly the strike there will involve the entire United States and Canada. . i i .... .' rr tTTjii. j :i . Atlanta, J une o. wim surmma claiming steady increases to their ranks, Atlanta's telephone and tele graph strike today passed into its fourth day with the situation un changed. , In the "dime drive" staged by the Child Welfare Department of the ggj, Qm fly QVer A-iiisLuri vuiiiJwuiiiLy viuu, iv guise money for a milk and ice fund, $203.21 has been reported to date, Not all streets have been canvassed, and it is hoped . by the chairman, Mrs. H. II. Grainger, that the con. tributions may reach the $300 mark. The organization will be glad to ae cept donations to this worthy cause any time through tho summer. They will be received by Mrs. Grainger, chairman; Mrs. J. K. Wooters, COTTON Futures quotations Thursday were; Open. Close, July October ........ JT December I Local receipts to about eight bales, prices from 29 downward. PO.40 29180 . 28.50 , 3 o'clock 30.13 29.15 28.40 were ranging Opening Clinics for Venereal Cases Ind. Washington, June 5. The Indiana State Board of Health expects to have free clinics for the treatment of venereal diseases established in every city in the State with a popu lation of 10,000 and over. Indianapolis, Evansville, Terre Haute, East Chicago, Muncie and Anderson have appropriated a total of $?1,000 for clinics. ' treasurer, or the convenient milik bot tles placed in all the drug stores and other public places. The following letter has been sent to the physicians of the city, which will explain to the public the meth od of reaching those in need: , "The Child Welfare Department of the Kinston Community Club wishes to announce ' that the organ ization has raised money to the amount of nearly $300 -for the pur pose of establishing a milk and ice fund for sick babies of Kinston whose parents are unable to provide such needed nourishment. The pro ceeds will be expended under the di rection of the doctors of our city, and you are kindly requested to co operate with us in this Work by re porting all such cases that come un der your obsarvation to Mrs. Clar ence Jcffress, telephone 172-J", chair man of the dispensing committee." It is earnestly desired by the wel fare workers that no baby inside the city limits lack that proper nourishment and attention due "the least of them." . (By the United Press) Berlin, June 6. Monte Carlo was a gambler s kindergarten compared to "gambling Berlin" today. : If you are a stranger in Berlin hist ask the chauffeur to drive you to one of the five hundred gamblers' "clubs" Berlin has. Your looks will tell the chauffeur the class of club tp which he had better take you. Except for some lotteries and ties, at most of the clubs the pi is "Baccarat." JZ,, At no time in history has there been so much gambling at such high ttakes. At some clubs 5,000,000 marks change hands each night. The gamblers want to have all the action out of their fortunes before either the tax collector or the bol sheviks get them. The Teal gambling fever began during the last two years of tho war and seemingly had not reached its point yet. . - To prevent robbery of the clubs the military authorities provide the clubs with guards according to the size of them. .: Arthu" Susukl of this" city' ex pects to enter Columbia University to complete his education and ,then return to Japan, from which coun try he has been absent eight years, to enter public life. He is brimful of American ideals and hope to transplant some of them in the Orl Tit. His time in the Japanese mili tary academy corresponding- to the American West Point was not spent to the best advantage, according to some viewpoints, for in Japan the pick of the nation's youth go to the army and navy. Suzuki did not adopt such a career. America is the greatest country in the world, and Suzuki praises its hospitality and . open institutions. There is a mysticism about Japan, he declares, that forever bars the Occidental ' from the closest contact with the innermost life of the nation. He would have this changed.' Su zuki took one lesson at the mili tary academy from the stern j old Okumi, and the first question snap ped at him was: "Where were you during all the time that your par ents, their parents, and their grand parents were being born where were you during all those years T" It staggered Suruki. But he went off and applied his whole thought to that question, and in time solved the problem 1 by the Shintoist's line of reasoning. - ' PRESENT FROM PUPILS TO RETIRING TEACHER. More Chicks in South; Stock is Better, Too ! Washington, June 6. Increased intereat in poultry raising in the general farming sections of the South, with purchase of much bet ter stock, is reported by a specialist of the Department iofi 'Agriculture who recently investigated the status of old Mother Hen in Alabama, Lou isiana, Mississippi, and Texas..' Pro ducers are working not , only to sup- BUSINESS PERSONALS. ply th,e home market, but eggs are Richord W. Fowler and J. E. Har-jalso being shipped from Mississippi, ris of Richard W. Fowler & Co. will j Alabama, and Texas to Memphis, leave tonight for the North, on a St. Louis. New York, and other mar- business trip. - . ketinj centers. . The City Grammar School at chap el exercises Thursday morning gave Miss Jennie Shaw, who severs her connection with the schools Friday to be married a few weeks hence, a handsome pearl necklace. Mis Mary Oettinger made the presenta tion address for the pupils. The af fair was a complete surprise, even to Superintendent Curtis. The 600 boys and girls trusted no outsider with their secret, which was faith fully kept nearly a week. Miss Shaw's delight was unconcealed. As Superintendent Curtis ; said, "the youngsters are completely wrapped up in her, and she in them." The popular ex-teacher and principal, now a supervisor, will retire from a career of fine service with the un feigned affection of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls of all ages and degrees. MUST PAY LICENSE TAXES. License taxes on many businesses are due. The Sheriff is to run an advertisement in The Free Press Friday ljsting them. Professional men, manufacturers and proprietors of stores, etc., in many lines are subject- Penalties will be added July 1. Fines and 20 per cent additional are imposable. . SOCIETY .TO MEET. The Woman's Missionary Society of Gordon Street Christian Church will meet Friday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, at the church. All members are urged to be present. - ADULT ILLITERACY. Lenoir. County has 173 adults be tween the ages of 18 and 45 unable to read and write, according to Miss Elizabeth Kelly, director of adult illiteracy work in the State. Bun eombe County leads with 1,188, while Dare, most isolated of the eastern counties, has the fewest, 13. Dare is exceeded in. population and wealth by nearly all tha counties.
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