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DA LY 1JV Hone Papa ii If TV I Ji li CBN-TS Today's News . Today.' KCOPY VOL. XXI. No. 104 i j, . ;4 SECOND EDITION .... KINSTON, NVC WEDNESDAY, JUNE, 25, 1919 FOUtt PAGES TODAY PHTCfcTWO CETT8 '.. FIVE CENTS 02T TftAITO TACTICS RESULT CLAIMS OF RIVAL LEADERS; IN SENATE W WM END: M KGAIW OUT TREAT IIAS, S IN PEREMPTORY DEMAND FOR NAMING Iff PLENIPOTENTIARIES WHO'LL SIGN (llt ElllF TEIflF PAPER,;: ADVIGE GET WIDER. APART LINES GIVEN BACK BUT NOT 12 MONTHS OFFENSIVE lirr - - -mi:' ! fr y- I ! - -V :") 1 i BEFORE WIRE FROMGEPJIANIRESSi 1 Weimar's Action Belittling Ceremony. Gets Attention From Kiir Four Trtaiy M. and 2 P. M. Friday sailles by Thursday Nifcht or Friday Morning Cere mony Will Take Three Greatest War in History Wilson to Leave lor America Saturday Morning (By the T. Paris, June 25. The big four are reported to have disuatched to Germany a peremptory demand for her to name tne aeieirauon wjiicn Dispatches from Versailles ktpr Mueller,' had been appointed head of the German delegation but did not discJose tne remainder oi tne com mission's personnel. r Everything Ready. Paris, June 25-The peace treaty will be signed by Germany between 11 a. m. and 2 p. m. Friday, the cere mony lasting three hours, according to authoritative information.. The new German delegation, head ed by Hermann Mueller, foreign min ister, is expected to arrive at Ver sailles either Thursday night or Fri day morning. " ' - President Wilson plans to leave for Brest immediately, after the cere mtmv. aailine from that port for New York Saturday morning. ,f Alt:n4 rnftn . ;i f -flHHMi3U fWW VVMl- , , lilies todav and fViwTr. for the ' formal .... - v . nit mil?" w ti wfc the palace completed. The big four discussed the sink ing of the. interned German fleet, at Scapa Flow but -reached no conclus ions in the absence of full official reports. - ... .' little Colored Bo Borned to Death; f ; Sad Farm Tra A 5-yearold colored boy, eon of Jack Coward, a farm tenant, was burned to death on the farm of John Scarper, near Grifton, Monday morn . ing. Coward and his., wife were in a field when the fire atarted. in their home. They arrived too late to save the child or anything else in the house. - The woman frenziedly rusr- eJ into the house and had to be dragged out. She was burned, but not seriously, it is understood. The house. ;The woman frenziedly rush dostroyed. Coward; owed for a part of the furniture. "BLIND PETE" MARRIES. "Blind Pete" Sugg, a Well-known colored character at Snow Bill, took a brida Tuesday. A dusky, damsel who secured a divorce in court there became. Mrs. Sugg immediately The decre "had .hardly been granted be fore, the ceflemony was underway. Pete Spgg'g affliction is a small handicap in his case. He knows Snow g,n like a book, haying learnT ed every nook andj turat in. the town before Josing his sight, and he gets around as easily as ' any resident. POTATO MARKET. Washington, N. ,C.,' June 25. The June forecast of early Irish potatoes in 16 states is 35,305 cars, against 48,934 last year.' North ' Carolina ,aa, wee., rangea irom M W 5.50. Vey, wnere mere w tne greatest organization of growers in the United States, paid $5.25 to $5.50 yesterday for cobblers, brand ed.. ! , peg's Strike ml end thursday (By the United Press) .1' Winnipeg," June 25. The general strike here, lasting over 40. days. ill end Thursday at 11 a. m. The announcement was made early today following an ,11-night session of the general strike committee. The sym pathetic strike in other cities will end t the same hour. The strike will lasted 11 a. m. six weeks to the hour Will Be Signed Between 11 A. Mueller and Party at Ver Hours Final Curtain Upon Will Be Lowered Slowly United Press) . wiu nuu me ut-acc netv. yesterday said Foreign Min- . : ' HUNGARIANS HAVE 4 DAYS TO EVACUATE . (By the United Press) Basle, June 25. General Pelle, French commander-in-chief of the Czech army, acting with author ity from the Entente has issued an ultimatum to the , Hungarian army, commanding it to evacuate all occu pied territory before midnight June 28, dispatches received, here report FLAGS OF REGIMENTS . IN HALL OF HISTORY. Colors and standards . of North Carolina troops in the world war are now grouped in th Hall of His tory at Raleigh. The , regimental flag of the 119th Infantry, decorat ed by order of Pershing for the reg iment's' gallantry t in the Canal Sec tor, Vpres-Lys and Somme fighting, is that of the old Second North Caro lina Infantry, parent of the 119th, and bears the inscription, "Second N. C. Infantry." The flag is of the regulation design, with the coat of arms in colors on a 'field of blue. One line company and, on paper, the headquarters company of tha reg iment were from this city. - Many Kinston men were in the various mlatoons of the headquarters com- oany, and some served in otier com- panics.:'. "1 5 (By the United Press) PLOT AGAINST SCH EIUEM ANN. : London, June 25. An, Ex-. change Telegraph dispatich from Copenhagen reports a number of arrests were made at Weimar , following discovery , of a plot ' among government troops to kid nap and kill Philip Scheidemann, former- chancellor. YICE PRESIDENT DIES. BupAos Aires, June 25.- Vice President ; Luna " of ."' Argentina" died this morning. Benito Villaucuva succeeds him, V ..-" Hcokerton UnioA to - Convene at fittCo. ; Cbnrch Friday P. M. TKft -tT1Vo.: f tv,. ciples of Christ wiil open a conven tion at Grimesland Friday evening. The final session will be held Sunday forenocn. The' president. Rev. BV P. Smith of this city, will preside. Friday evening devotional exer cises will be held,' addresses of wel come heard, the president's address delivered and committees announced. Mr.. Smith will speak on "Our Obli gations to Evangelize the Hooker- ton District" Rev. Ferrv Case of Wilson. Rev. S. L.' Sadler of Greenville, Rev. J. F. Atkins of Ayden, Rev. Richard Bag- iby of Washington, D. C, and others (will discuss evangelization and other 1 Subjects Saturday, and union busi- I Ml I i '1 J A Mi.lB.n Woman's Board of Missions session will be held Saturday evening. Sun day morning will be iven over to devotional and Sunday school activ ities. Several hundred delegates are Opponents of League Bad- Divided, ays Hitch cock Demand for Amendment is Sfronsrcr Than Ever, Says Sen ator Lodge (By the United Press) Washington, June 25. Opponents of the League of Nations in . tfia Se'nata are badly divided and split into factions. Its friends are united as one man. Sentiment for ratifica tion of the treaty unamended is .tPoni, thn ever, according to wtor Hitchcock, The demand tot amendment of the treaty is stronger in the Senate than ever and is continuing " to grow stronger,, says Senator Lodge. The3e statements vere mado to day by the leader of the force sup. porting the League of Nations :n the Senate and the leader of thosa on- posing it Millions, for Road . Construcfioa in. N. , C; Lenoir Leading (Manufacturers', .Record Baltimore) The county of Caswell, N. C, which has never had any real high ways, will expend $200,000 on roads of sand, clay and gravel. The coun- ty of otokes is voting by townships for, highways. At. the office of the Secretary of State of North Carolina it is expect- ed that the number of automobiles I licensed this "year will slightly" ex ceed 100,000, and as the average tax, which under the new law is now le vied on the basis of horse-power, is about 1 $10, this will yield $1,000,000 for public ' highways, particularly for their maintenance, County after county is voting fori bonds icr ftignways. Thia move ment is now like a big "wave f in North Carolina. The county of Le noir, cf which Kinston is the county- seat, leads the procession, having voted in April $2,000,000 for pads. GERMANY STILL HAS DREAMS OF CONQUEST Some There Are Who Would Found New Militarism . when Sting ? of Recent War Has Been Dulled Propaganda Yet. By CARL D. GROAT (United Press Staff Correspondent) Berlin,. June "24. Germany hasn't altogether lost her dream of mill tary conquest. .-. '; A few ambitious men are anxious to have Germany build up her youth through physical training in the schools, 60J that some day when the present war is well ; in the back ground and peace is years old, Ger many can build a new military ma chine. In the demonstrations of May , 18, an American ,here for several months declared that he had seen the repub ltcan colors for the first time. " An example of .how Germany has persisted in the things of the past i& illustrated m its publicity, were, there is still "propaganda" and con siderable figuring as to whether this or that piece of news will be favor able to Germany . when its - goes abroad. BASEBALL Tuesday's games: National. ETooklyn, 2-9r New York, 4-3, Philadelphia, 6-9; "Boston, 10-5, Cincinnati, 2-2; Chicago, 6-0. St. Louis, 9; Pittsburgh,, 2. Ameiiean. New York, 9; Philadelphia, 0.; Chicago, 0; Cleveland, 2. Detroit, 8; St Louis, 4. Washington, 2; Boston, 6. WHO WANTS A NaVy? London, June 25. One hundred and fifty obsolete warships are to be sold by the British Navy, accord ing to a statement by Under-Secre if v. . if ' if J' : " j ; CAPTAIN ELSIE JAN Affectumalely: known to the 4. E. F. a "That Regular Feller.l home agaiu after a year and three montha of almost continuous per formances for the entertainment of , American ' soldiers in France. (Copyrighted). . i INDEPENDENCE DAY IS ONLY A WEEK OFF NOW More Cause for... Celebration This Year Kinston Prepares for Ob servance on Big Scale iDeraon Ie-jDe titration of Gratitude. (By D. T. EDWARDS! A little over a week and he 4th of July will be upon us. ; 1' : This year's) celebration of the day will mean more to us than, fver be- fore. Indeed it will carry as differ lent meaning, in many respects. II has meant Undependende Day for Us as a nation. This year to us locallv it wiM. in addition, furnish a(i decision for extending a hearty welcome to thefee lyoung mien and women who have done ao much lor us and for the cause of righteous ness and justice in,' the earth. , Program Worked Out. Chairman ' E. V. Webb, Secretary Lewis awi the several committees have been hard at work on the pro gram; and it may now be confident? ly asserted that Kinston and1 Lenoir County will, welcome the ireturned men and women because there"are four brave nurses among the. return ing onesH-in an entirely wormy manner. The program has been subject to several revisions; but it is now about complote, and will within a day or so be published in, its final form. Everybody Get Ready. ' Meanwhile let everybody get ready for a big time in Kinston on "Inde. pendence Day." . , . . It would be most unfortunate for anybody to refus to enter, into the soint of the occasion, "t'usiness as usual" will have to give way to plea sure ana to a duty tnat we as a community owe to ourselves and to our returning heroes. ... We owe it both to ourselves and to them that we extend "the glad hand" to them and make them aware of the fact that their home commun ity, deeply feels the honor that they have . brought to us and, to them selves and, earnestly appreciate the aaerifirps thev have made for us and for the cause c-f .righteousness and' justice throughout the world. The program has been formulated with this purpose lw ?iew. And this purpose will be werked ovtt through the entertainment features that have oeen provided. No Ordinary Celebration So it is not an ordinary celebra tion that Kinston proposes ior tne 4th of July. It is to be this and more. It is to be a demonstration of the ' community's gratitude, its pride and its sense of obligation in these stirring times. But the. success of the occasion de pends on the cooperation of the folks; and with such a manifesta tion it will be more than a success It will be a triumph, and will leave bright spot in many a memory. CASUALTIES Killed, 3; died of wounds, 1; of accident and other causes, 8; of dis- . T At. .1 lease, 4; wounaea severely, w ue- gree undetermined, 9; sightly, 18; missing, 5; total, 92. CORN MARKET. Chicago Tuesday September at 1.74 5-8, December at At I closed 1.52 1- Bill Can't Be Ratified By Last , of June, While Agreement lias, Been Reached, for- Return at End of a Month , ; By; the Undto.l Press) Washington, June .25. Telephone andj telegraph lines will not be back In the hands of the owners before July 31, action of the House and Senate conferees on the wire control bill ; indicates. Ai agreement reached in the House makes provision that the lines snap go back at the end of the ca' endar month in which the act is ap proved. m . . Ajie .comeroes are certain W re port the bill cannot be approved by both houses and reach the President in time for his signature before July 1. Car Goes Over Bank,; Two Hurt; Mrs. Bessie. ; Fannie Under Machine Two persons were injured Tuesday evening about 9, o'clock when an automobile driven by Nathan Pate went over an embankment on the Danr Road, south of the city. Mrs, Bessie Fannie suffered several brok en ribs and severe bruises. Miss Gertrude Howard, of Pink Hill, visitor in the city, sustained slight bruses. Pate, badly shocked, was taken to the hospital with tha. others. Miss Howard did not remain at the hospital, Mrs. Fannie will probab ly- leave the hospital Wednesday af ternoon. ,...il;V.;'v One of the young women,', in the reaf seat, asked rate a question When he turned his head to answer the car went over the steep embank ment. Mrs. Fannie was caught un der, tho , machine. Pate was not speeding. ' ' -' Passing autoists brought the party to the hospital. ' " , ' TROUBLE IN THE LODGE; DEEK STARTED PROBE. Dock Wilson, colored, kicked up In a Mahonic lodge and fouii 1 himself arraigned before the nayor )f Cclr'sboro.' iDeek told his story in negro dialect., A "brother," it seems, ha4 been sentenced to tlje roads in Lenoir County, and , a fund t pay hiin out was1 raised. The "brother" paid himself out, however, and Deek Wilson called upon the treasurer of tne, iodge to account for the fund Uepk himself had, paid $1. Mayor Bain suspended the case, warned the lodge against taking up collections for, numbers in trouble In the future ano; recommended tnq election 01 a ney treasurer. 'Deek said he had come to Kinston to interview the Clerk of Superior Court about the matter. Millions of Roses Mark Alexandra Day in British Isles (By the United Press) .London, , June , 25.-JAIexandra Day," . which was inaugurated in 1913 to mark, the 50th anniversary of the arrival in England, of Queen Mother Alexandra, is being celebrat ed today, and from an early hour this morning pedestrians were wayr laid by white-robed women and girls, selling the little pink roses associ ated with the festival. . The pink rose was the only badge that ensured immunity from the attacks of the flower-sellers, 10,000 of whom storm ed London this morning. Over 14,- 000,000 imitation roses were made by ' crippled children and soldiers, the proceeds of the sales going to charit-es selected by the Queen- Mother. , , ' The flower-sell era. included; . most of the leaders of British, aristocracy and society, duchesses, marchion- "sses, countesses, leading stage beauties and others raiding the city nd fashionable West End districts. Huge collections .were made round the "ttock exchange, ' the financial magnates frequently paying ?50 and $25 for a Tose, EUY THRIFT STAMPS. Twelve With Yagrancy Case , Can't Agree Judge Guona Leaves I Up . to Them Homicide Cases ii Court The. jury in the case .against Lillie Gulley, . charged with vagrancy, brought in a verdict , of not guilty Wednesday afternoon j about 3 o' clock. Comprioing the jury were R. T. Stroud, Z. V. Wallace, J. I. Bak cr, J. F. Holton, F. P. White, D. L. Dixon, S. L. Stough, D. W. Hamil ton, Phil. Stroud, J. T. Skinner. J. W. Joyner and G. L Stroud. They wrestled with the case nearly two days. B'ing! Zip! Bang! . The justice mill in Superior Court began to grind vigorously Tuesday afternoon and Judge, Guion kept the sheriff's forces busy filling the jury panels, . Four juries were doing ser vice at one time. Deputies and court criers used the telephones and went out in tne streets to summon extra talesmen. Judge Guion let it be known that he was going to try to cut down Le noir's record for mistrials and turn ed a deaf' ear to all appeals from juriea which claimed to be deadlock ed. 1 no, jury in a vagrancy case, which went out Monday afternoon, sent the Judge word late Tuesdav that it could not agree if kept to gether for a year, or some ' such message. "Tell them," Judge Guion replied, "I'm sorry I, cant keep them that long but Saturday night at 12 o'clock is the limit with me." He then remarked, to ' the court assem bly that Lepojr County was tho hardest county in the State to get convictions on vagrancy and liquor cases. '. i v Willis on Trial Robert Willis, negro truck driver, went on trial in Superior Court Wed nesday for manslaughter. . The case was called about 11 o'clock and will probably consume the greatest part of the day. Winis qrivos fqp.ithe Henry French Grocery Company. In February last he was driving a, truck . which, ran down Mrs. Robert, . Nelson, an, agec) woman of the county, at the south west corner of Gordon and!,,' Queen streets. Mrs. Nelson succumbed to the injuries sustained, a short time after being carri , to the hospital. Other Cases.! . '..Iv:!-: . Dave Walker, young negro, was. onvicted on the. charge of man slaughter and recommended to the mercy of the court Tuesday after noon. The homicide 'grew out of a gambling row. Another negro was the victim. ' ' , Lillian Grey, a woman of the ten derloin, was tried and convicted of statutory tvagrancy. Sentence has not been passed. Louise Chandler, another woman from the segregated district, was tried for vagrancy. The jury re mained out all night and had not re turned a verdict at noon Wednes day. , ' . v : Wednesday morning Peal Grey, a negro man, was convicted or assault with a deadly weapon but judgment was suspended . until the August term of court ' G. E- Briggman, a" white boy, was assessed costs and required to pay Mr. J. B. Leonard, prosecuting wit ness, ?oU lor repairs to the latter' automobile which the boy is alleged to have stolen some time . ago. ; jEsse r,. funk, ; . Private, First Class, Co. L, 354th Infantry. ' Private Funk received th Distinguished Service Cross for conspicuous gallantry In action near Bois da BanthevlUe, France, October 31, 1918. Learn ing that two daylight patrols had been caught out la No Man's Land and were unable to return, Private Funk and another stretcher bearer, upon their own Initiative, made two trips five hundred yards beyond our lines, under constant machine gun firs and rescued two' wounded o fa cers. His father, Martin Funk, lives In Calhan, Colo. 1 HHWHHWrfi Signature . Extorted by ' Force Must Stand for' Naught RIOTING AT CAPITAL Finish of Germany Spoken of by One Pessimistic Journal-Strike of Postal and .Wire. Employes! Seems Certain . (By the United Press) " Berlin. June 24 (Delayed). The , 'l?er1in Viorwaerta, Majority Social ist organ, describes the pesce treaty as a scrap of paper. "The extortion- ate pressure renders our signs tore to the peace treaty worthless," it says. ; "we must ney?r lorge mat, , it is only a scrap of paper. Treaties bssed on violence keep their validity. only as long as force exists. Do not.. lose hope. A resurrection day will. come. - The Praussische Kreuz Zeitung ii an ed' tonal headed "iinis uer maniae" declares: "It Is our duty ' not to permit the Prussian spirit to be crushed." ' ; The National Volks Party an nounces sharpest opposition to tne new Bauer government. uonerai von Lutwitz has appealed to officers and soldiers to "continue to "do' their duty.'! - ,1 Several minor food riots occurred Berlin yesterday and last night' is feared they may grow in scope and violence today. A strike involv ing postal, telegraph and telephone employes seems certain. The gover nor of, W,est Prussia has announced, his resignation. BACK WITH PRISONER; NEGRO ARRESTED IN NORTH. Sheriff A. W. Taylor is ba:k from Philadelphia, bringing with him Gar field Clark, colored, Wanted here for lleged abduction of another negro's fflife. A' real A southern sheriff, Was omcthmg of a . novelty to yuajt-. Citv ' officials: they ' dined 'and fet Taylor" .The "sherifi'lbf the Qunty and chief of detectives said hey were , coming ' here on a visit. Sheriff Taylpr was urged to remain orth another day in order that news paper ipen might be given a chance for an Interview with him, Taylor ' couldn't stay' and the Philadvlpelphia papers missed a feature story; about some such subjit a prohibition in No'th Ca'lina or the activities of tho Ku Klux m 19H. , po no if Local receipts to 3 o'clock were stimatod at 10 bales, prices rang- ng from 32 1-4 downward. ' New York Report. New York, June 25. The cotton market opened heavy, off 20 to 52 points. Traders ignored the poor weather map. It was apparent the market had been overbought recent- ly when it was discovered that there were notices out that 25,000 bales on the market; had been declined. There was a good demand for July and Oc tober,, most of which came from spot houses. , ' : . ' NEW BUSINESSES The following have been chartered by the Secretary of State at Raleigh: Carolina Bank & Trust Co., Hender son, ?'20u,ooo; ?ioo,ooo. n juippa Phi Alumni Building, Goklsboro. (University of North Carolina chap- er house), S25.000: $1,100. PESSOA LEAVES WASHINGTON (By the United Press) Washington, June 25. Dn Epi tacio Pessoa, president-elect of Bra zil, ended his visit to the capital to day, lha special train carried him to New York. A large group of dis tinguished officials, led by Acting Secretary of State Polk and Second Assistant Secretary of State Long, bade the Brazilian goodbye, 'I: 1f; it : expected to attend. tary Slacnaruara. ft
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