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BAIL i f TEs Home ftjir Today's Newi Today." BE CENTS JHCOPY VOL.rXI--No.l05 SECOND EDITION s 6 KINffrONN. C, THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 26, 1919 FOUtt PAGES TODAY PRICB TITO CENTS riVM CENTS ON .TKAIX? nnrr rnvrrniwr errnrrinv 10 mniir rnnn vrnruo umii f BIG EDUCATORS ARE ROBERT BLALOCK ON OF OPTION THAT SIGNING ILL JAKE MUCH BIGGER T1IAN "4 If ERE IN INTEREST TRIAL FOR MURDER PLACE SATUUDAY; WAR OVER FOR HUNS YEAR AGO, 0 OF ELLIOTT- JONES 'If. COLORED rman Official Proclamation Calls Upon People to Tnin to Wavs of Peace Treaty-Italians, Will Sign in On Ceremony, ; Allhoufch NeW' Delegrates Leave for fan's Saturday Mueller Will Be One of Germany's 3 Representatives Situation (By the United Press) Paris, June 26. The decision to sign the peace treaty at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, provided the Germans arrive that morning, has been reached by the Allies, it is officially announced. PnWin innp 5?f?. -It is1 announced that the Italian com iioh at Paris n.9 been authorized to sign the Qermtn treaty. A new delegation is expected to leave Saturday for fails. ' iiiiupuwci uig believed to be from a wish ceremony at Versailles. The Senate voted 94 to 7 in fa- .mZ nf finnnt-nv Prince Colonna's resolution for express - ing confidence in the new Italian peace delegates and a fni.;Ttaiv's claims' triumn v The vote followed 11 ill IIVV v , a - a speech by the foreign minister. Treaty to Be Signed ' iurdav Afternoon, 'Paris, June- 2fi.-r-The peace treaty will, be signed at 3 o'clock Saturday afternoon, it is learned from trust worthy sources. Itf js learned unofficially that Foreign .- Minister Mueller, . Herr i-Giesberts .'and Merr Leinert have been appointed to sign for Germany. They will arrive at Versailles Sat urday morning. Herr Mueller is the new German foreign minister. Johann ,Giesbers, minister of posts and telegraphs in - Soheidemann ministry, ' waa ' a of the former peace deiega fflmert alao waa member of j ukJmJket committee. German Proclamation. Berlin. June 25 (Delayed). The government has issued, the' follow- Hntr nroclamatidn: "reace nas oecn concluded. All efforts must be di trected toward ; fulfillment of the treaty." - The Tageblatt today said hostili ties were progressing against Poland in thj region north of Posen.; Kiotine at Hamburg. Paris, June 26. 'Reports received by vtbe American peace commission ' today stated '100 persons had been killed in riots at Hamburg; Germany. Conference at Versailles. Versailles. June 26. "The situa tion has greatly improved and.un' less the ' unforeseen happens the peace treaty will be signed Satur day,"; Paul Dutasta, secretary of the peace conference, told the Unit ed Pre today following a, confer ence with German .representatives at the Hotel Des Reservoirs. ' Germans . Arrive Friday; Night . . London, June ' 26. The Paris cor respondent of the Daily News today reported that Jthe new German peace '. delegation jis expected to arrive at Versailles tomorrow 'night. Principal Causes of - Death; 3 Diseases ?to Blame for One-Third (By theUnited . Prees) Washington, June 26. The Census Bureau's annual compilation of mor tality statistics for the death-registration area in continental United States shows 1,068,932 deaths as having occurred in that area in 1917, representing a rate of 14.2 per 1, 000 of population. ( Of these deaths, nearly one-thir(i were due to three causes heart diseases, , pneumonia, and tuberculosis and nearly another third resulted . from the : following nine causes: Eight's disease and nephritis, apoplexy, cancer, diarrhea and enteritis, arterial diseases, in-per Huenza, diabetes, diphtheria, and t tooncnitis. The death-reciatration - - it area of the United States in 191T comprised 27 states, the District of Columbia, and -43 cities in nonregis- tratioT! states,-with a total estimated ! population of 75,000,000, or about 73 Per cert of the estimated papulation f the United States. (The territory ef Hawaii has recently been added to the registration area, but the figures given in this summary re late enly to continental United States). . , . . and Strive to Fulfill Terms of and Old Delegation Will Be at Versailles is Clearing Up w. uvivfeu. .fa.. not to aeiay in any way .. tne SULLIVAN FIRST REAL HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION Since His Day MX Holders of Title v. Save FStEBimmona, , Englishman Trained in Americans. Australia, Have Been New York, June 26, There was no real world's champion in the heavyweight class until John L. Sullivan made his claim to the title after .having .dofeated Jake Kilrainjr- ana rauuy nyaii. j-wo .wm won -cognized', as .vested in him ' at that time and has been handed down through a succession of pugilists. Sullivan was the first heavyweight champion , under Queensbury rule and engaged in the first heavyweight bout ever contested 1 with f gloves when he !. was efeated by James J. Corbett. Since Sullivan a time only one champion has held the title who was not an American Bob Fitzsimmons. Sullivan lost his title to Corbett September 7, 1892, at New Orleans Corbett was ibeaten in 14 rounds at Carson City, Nev., by Bob Fitz simmons. March 17, 1897. FitZ3immon$ was knocked out. in 11 rounds at Coney Island, N. Y., June 9, 1899, by James J. Jeffries. Jeffries defended ; his title s suc cessfully against several challengers, Jeffries retiredi in 1905. Jeffries waa induced to enter the ring to save the title from passing into the nan8 1 of a negro, but proved an easy mark for Jack Johnson in their memorable meeting July 4, 1910. The negro won' m 15 rounds. After Johnson's ascension of the heavyweight throne the class of big fighters declined steadily Johnson agreed to meet Jess Wil- lard April 5, 1915, in Havana. Cuba, 1 and was knocked out in 26 rounds, : Willard ,has defended his title just j once, ieieating iTanx iMoran in amines of that city quotes rreswent tame 10-round .bout in New York, I March 25, 1916. More Than 95 Percent. ' Trains b Region Ran -nnTimsTIWniff Mav (Snecial to The Free Press) Atlanta. June 25. New high re-1 'A- .1 cords for .' on-time nassenger train I service in the eouthern reeaori were I set hi May by the railroads under Govrnment control. Reports made public today fcy the United States Railroad Administration show that of nearly 50,000 trains operated dur ing the month by the 28 roads, 95.3 cent, maintained their schedules. This tonned the ADril record of 94.3. Which was believed to represent hitherto unequalled performance. i ' Such aervice was made possible by enthusiastic ' individual effort and team work amonz the railroad men, stimulated y competition among Jhe different roads. " For 17 larger roads, operating 47,403 trains, the May on-time re- Jord was 95.4 per cent, compared with 94.6 in ApriL The .11 smaller roads maintained an 'average of i5.3 compared with 94.3 in ApriL Increases Ransre From 14 to Nearly 350 Per Cent.- Tremendous Wheat Sup ply Should Bring' Down Price of Bread ' A t (By the United Press) Washington. June 26. The. De partment of Agriculture.: reports stocks . of all . commodities : much larger June 1, 1919, than a year ago I he increases , vary from 346 per cent, down to 14 per cent. That the supply of wheat should bring down , the price of bread is shown by . the fact that commercia wheat stocks -reported amount to S 5 ,52 represents holdings of &tm firms farms. 1 1 1 IPO 1ITII I f V I fT LlLLlLU H ILL LAlU I PAY FOR SUING (By the. United Press) Park. June 26. Sinking of the German fket at Sea pa Flow was not only a violation of the armistice but can only be regarded as a deliberate breach of the advance conditions of peace,-the Allied Powers declared in a note forwarded to Germany yester day. The same .was , also said to have been true of the burning .of French flags. Notice was given that the Allies will demand reparation for the sinking and trial of those re sponsible. ' ENLISTMENTS STOPPED. Washington, June 26-The -War Department has stopped further acceptance of enlist ments for service in France and Germany. Men accepted prior to today will be sent overseas. The replacement depot at Camp : Meade, Maryland, has forwarded detachments. Thousands have been rapidly inoculated and vaccinated and given preliminary training.- . , 4 ' COTTON Futures quotations Thursday were: . Open. Close. T1.. ' 93 OR October ! I ! i32.94 33.73 December 02j31 33.06 Local receipts to 3 o'clock were 20 or 80 bales, prices ranging from 32.00 downward. , i WILSON INTERESTED IN THE COLLEGE MATTER. The Chamber of,; Commerce at Wilson has been discussing Kins- ton's "contemplated effort to land Atlantic Christian College," and the Raymond Smith as having told the I body that "the agitation at Kinston is sincere." If Kinston "should do some great things," Dr. Smith assert ed, "the. trustees would be bound ;to take cognizance. Wilson . is . a very satisfactory place, but it is nece?- U7 for the college to do something shall move forward." ' THE WEATHER. .1 .' - ... For North Carolina: Unsettled; Probaoly showers tonight and ri day. Gentle to moderate winds, mostly south and Bouthwest CHARLES D. PRIEST, Chaplain, 358th Infantry. . Chaplain Priest (deceased) was decorated for extraordinary heroism In action gear Lea Iiult Chemlns, France September 20, g 1918. Chaplain Priest disregard- g ed personal danger by going six j hundred yards beyond the front line and with the aid of a sol- "dler, carrying back a wounded s man to shelter. Chaplain Priest's j home was at 830 North I Salle c suxet, Chltago, EL 5 jjMpglJ .1 1,11111 smmmmmm V.'''';-" ' s VJ . ' : ';"r 1 . 1 ' - ' i ii U SEAPI-ANE NC.4 AT MOMENT, OF COMPLETING OCEAN FLIGHT The successful NC-4 commanded by Lieutenant-Commander Read, rush- s ing. along the water to her anchorage at Lisbon, Portugal, after her ; flight .from PpnU Delgaia.' (Copyrighted). EX-CROWN PRINCE ESCAPES FROM DUTCH AND MAKES WAY. BACK TO FATHERLAND j (By the United Press) Paris, June 26.- Frederick Wilhelm Hohenzollern, former German crown prince, has escaped from Holland into Germany, the big,! three accompanied by a staff officer.1 Belief prevailed in some quarters today that Fredenci ed in the list of those accused of .war crimes which the Allies will present to Germany after peace is signed with a request that.thev be turned national tribunal. v! LITTLE LESS PEPIOUR SOLDIERS ARE FOR THE BEGINNING KILLED IN SIBERIA ' (By the United Press) Washington, June 26. The House Judiciary , Committee ; today decided to provide separate enforcement of the ats of constitutional and war time prohibition. The action will have the effect of slightly modifying the drastic enforcement of the mea sures during the life of the wartime act. .: VOTERS PASSING ON STATE OWNERSHIP North Dakota Staging Big Political FMture Special . Election Ite ouented by, .35,000 Voters in Pe titions. ., ' , : . - (By the United Pmssl Bismarck, N. D., June 26. Nation al interest centers today on the vot ers, of North Dakota, who will de cide the fate of the , Non-Partisan League program of State-owned in dustries in a special election called by .Gov. Lym J. Frazier, upon the iling of petitions asking for a ref erendum .on seven laws passed by the farmer" legislature, in January, this year. . . i 1 Two of the bills upon which a vote is being taken are the "parent measures" of the State-owned indus tries. .They ere the bill .creating a commission !-to manage - the, State ownel industries and the home build ing act and the North Dakota bank bill, necessary to finance the under takings. If these fail, the State owned flour milk and elevators can not be built, i .; V'. - a Other measures upon which a re ferendum is being taken are: State printing commission bilt. establish ing one official paperrn each coun ty to be chosen by the .voters at' gen eral ejection?; the hoard of adminis tration bill, creating a board which will govern the educational and pen al institutions of the State, the one- man tax commission, bull; commis sioner of immigration bill; judicial redisricting bill. : - . When J these laws were passed by the legislature, much dissatisfaction was vkweed through the (opposition press - of tne State ana viovernor Frazier, a Non-Partisan, announced that if petition bearing 15,000 signers were file the law requires 30,000 he' would call a special elec- tion. The peitions were undertaKen by th Independent Voters' Associ- tion of land in England. A resolu ation, an organization "opposed to the tion to thia effect will be introduced Non-Partisan League, and S5,Q00 Big- natures were scrmed. has been advised. He was Wilhelm s name is includ over for a trial by an inter - (By the United Press) Washington, June 26, Maj. Will iam Graves has cabled the War De partment that One officer and three men Of the ' American expedition in Siberia were killed and two - men wounded when they went .to the as sistance of .their comrades captured by anti-Kolchalk forces June 22. ipinos People of Learning; Education Gelling to Be Hobby , (By the United Press) Washington,) June ,.25. Seventy per cent, of the inhabitants, 'of - the Philippines over 10 years old are literate, as .shown by the 1918 cen sus,1 according to a cable Just receiv ed by tlje War Department from Vice-Guvernor Yeater at Manila. , It is pointed out there is every reason for the literacy of the Philip pines to be still higher within the next few years, through the action of. the Philippine legislature at its last session in voting 30,000,000 pe sos to extend the educational system so that schools will.be available to every child and1 youth in the Philip pines. , . . ... , Nationalization of Land One Aim Labor ; ' Party in England fBy the United Press) Sonthport, Eng., Juno 26. The National Labor Party opened its an nual convention here todaythe party's first gathering in its new role of second strongest party in England and official opposition in the House of Commons. , The party chiefs hope to evolve a new program, : strong enough to en able them to make a telling bid for victory in the coming parliamentary struggle for control of the govern ment. . " . A warm platform battle between factions is possible. It is certain that the convention will be called upon to consider a number of pro posals which a year ago would have been regarded as radical. Both, the Miners Federation of Great Britain and . the independent labor elements demand nationaiiza- and the party urged to press the question to a showdown, Dean Brown of Yale School of Religion, Director Brown of Howard Uni vcrsity and Others At tend Conference two celebrated educators are at leiuung a garnering aere in tne in terest of a better-trained colored ministry. They are Dr. Charles R. Brown, white, dean of the School of Religion of Yale University, and Dr. Sterling -N. Brown, colored, director of the Seminary Extension 'School of Howard University, Washington, D. C. The gathering is mcetinc at Kinston College (colored), in Lin coin City, and at various churches in the city. The final session will be held Friday night. The Howard University Extension Department is in charge. . , Mayor iDawaon welcomed Ihe vis iting educators Wednesday n ght Dr. Sterling Brown in reiaonding to the addresses of welcome said this is -America's optwrtunity and the negro's new chance," referring to the , end of the war and the bright hour that has come with peace. fThe world is coming to itself and finding Its basis in the Golden Rule." he de- clared. "The world will henceforth be impatient -0th those who live in the past. In the present day world reconstruction comes the call for brpadninded, big-hearted, far seeing states and for men of lofty ideals and kindly sympathies." - Thursday- evening at the First Baptist Church (colored), East and iBright streettl, "The Pfrayer Life" wjll be discussed by Dr. Sterling! Brown; "lhe Llements of Oood Citizenship'' by Dr. E. Albert Cook, white, of (Howard, and Dean Brown and others will speak. Mrs. Helen B. I ctri n. a rcti I n 1 flivannmani n fan I also oc heard. . She is a graduate in home ecdnomics. SA WIN Wl) I 111 K i . - WlTU Af n IAUM 1 Bowery s "Urst Aid.' htationg to Be Continued as Real Life Savers, With Bars and Brass Rails, and Soda Water' . Bv the United Press riaw York. June 26. Prohibition or no niYihihititm. th lit.tl nl.l hnuu rail, the mahogany bar and the foam- ing beer spigot are going to stick. Flrmlr pnnvinr-pH nf ihi. Wnnfii-iiil psychology of the brass rail, the Sal- yation Army has so decreed. " The "waterfront" saloon is too val uable a socializing and democratiz ing, asset to be allowed to perish with John Barleycorn, slum workers be lieve. The atmosphere of the saloon, deodorized of all iU stench, alone Jowa were 1- hard hit M will justify the continued existence a preacher's attack on the vice dis-,- of the saloon, they say. - "You can't take something away from a man without giving-a him .nmoll.m in rh,rn. RrfHier James Welte, purchasing agent for the Salvation Army during thenar, said today, . "The Salvation Army does not in- tend -.to eliminate .. the ..: taloon. It aims to reform it-make it a power I for decency and fcleanlmess rather than a demoralizing influence in the community." Already Salvation Army officials !n ' New York ; have secured options on ) saloon Jocations in preparation for the day when prohibition goes into. effect . But not for a aingle Jay will these - places close v their V me examination v.goiousry, at doors. The same old mahogany bar, tacking the conduct and character ef the same brass rail and the same Blal0CK- Attorney Moore drew con-bartenders-in many instances-will fcaawna that , Blalock had been ex- lemain. Oniy the. ."Kick" in tne drinks will disappear. MAY HAVE TO RAISE RATES AGAIN, SAYS . (By the United Press) Washington, June 26. The Rail road Administration is giving seri ous consideration to the question of raising freight rates again, Director-General Hines today told the Interstate Commerce Committee. He declared the administration faces a grave problem of obtaining reve nues to meet deficiencies. Jury Chosen tYiday Fore noon; Strong Array - -V' Legal Talent ROBERT Willi? nillTV - PaW! Porter, Convicted: of Manslaughter Jury Tied Up in Another Va grancy Qase--Policeman Ge'ts $500 - 1 Robert Blalock, charged with cona" degree murder, went on trial in Superior Court Thurrsday morning. Malock shot and killed G. Elliott Jones. The defendant is , a minor. Jones was a young married man. - 1 , Th,e following are counsel in .the C8S6: Cowper, Whitaker & Hamme, JKlnstonJ Larry Moore, New" Bern, and Solicitor James A. Powers, for I 0,6 prosecution; DawStonv ' Mataniiur . . . Wallace, Rouse, & Rouse, Kinston, and W A. Finch, Wilson, for the de- Ifense. I Th selection of the Blalock jury wa concluded about. 12:30 and - "eM taken until 2:30 for. dinner , J8nd (t!vo counsel more time to gat thmgs in shape. The following com- Prise the jury; S. H. Malone, Will Tuten, I. W. Sutton, H. E. Moseley, T.' G, Sutton, .J." L. Moore, Eddie atroud, Robert (Hunter, Jesse WeJ-1 M"06. S. L. Stough, Z. V. Wallace and sutton. Taking Evidence. The burden of proof devolveo upbn the defense in as much as the def end- I ant admitted his guilt and the charge I had been reduced to second degree I murder. Self defense will be the I Mr. A. Cheney a civu engineer, lwas the first witness -examined. He waa Introduced to nresent a man tJ ' Kent of the alleged homicide.; A- iiumoer oi iaaies were present Whn nnrf ffAnuanAjt ... Ji- ner recessi ijiese were principally relatives and friendi of iEHintt Jntuw for whose slaying young Blalock , to I being tried. The voting widow and "Uie three-year-old, son of the slain man formed a part of the group The defendant Was next called. He eiea inat ne was w on Decern- L A. " . I iLl V- n ber '.1918. He told of leaving home a"er suppe' n tne day of the trag- euy "na Mn w lnl nome or way ; Winfrey." a woman of South Kinston; B'aloi'k said after he reached tha wom' house, Elliott Jonea knock. ed at the door and asked if he (Bla lock) was there. He went out and Eliott said I am . going to beat tha out of him for some ra'' port that he had made to Mrs. Jones.', This was to the effect - that ha ami . T? - , , ' ' V . "evwe"1 lnl lne aeM 01 tne , w,,,c" """rs dim aiser , the fl'-8' interview On the CWnef;of Qeen and Caawell ttreeU. Jone hai asked him tf he had a weapon ,nw Pfkd d .' ' o" r ,ln ames interjected "UJ,"5",", ' f..- Blaloek illustrated to the jury how , ne.u yones nit mm unoer tne chin. He declared that he fired j ,.-"- im up anu osiore ...1 T 1 ..i. 1. ! j 1 ... : a enureiy r.gnteo nimaeu. did not see Jones when he fired. Cross Examination. 1 a.i t " ' I . ' I Allorney oore fhe cros examination He jumped. I " .-V . r .T . cf the ed ltht d,.stflct had ?n iinea. since tne auung xor apeeaing. Elalock countered well with the rapid-fire questioning of Attorney Moore. ' - Otn redirect examination Blalock was permitted to explain why he had armed himself at May Winfrey's house. . He said Jones had threaten ed him and he feared Jones because Jones was the better man, he thought - Ralph Cox . was next, called. He was examined as to a conversation had with Jonea just prior to .the tragedy. Jones had asked if he, Cox, had seen Blalock. Jones appeared to be drinking, he said. On cross examination Cox said he. (ConUnuel on page three)
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