VOL. XXI.-No. 151
SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 1919
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DECLARES 'MARTIAL TROOPS, IN CHARGE
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LAW IN SILESIA TO AT CUDAHY, Witt
TO BORDER
CONTROL THE POLES FIGHTING OCCURRED
FEDERAL GUARANTEE HDNDRED TAN
STANDARD RAilROAD THOUSANDS
RETURN ADVOCATED SHIPPED
Executives Put Proposition But Military Authorities
for Control Up to
Government '
CUYLER OUTLINES PLAN,
Suggests Exclusive Nation
al Control New Securi
ties and Capital, With
Creation of Transporta
tion Board
Say Their Transfer Has
Nothing to Do With Pre
sent Situation Ordered
Weeks Ago
(By thUnlted Press)
Columbus, 0., Aug. 20. It
learned authoritatively that 100 tanks
of the one man type and 3,000 rifla
have been shipped from the army n
servackn and reserve depot hre to
forts on or near the Mexican border
within the past week,
The consignments were divide! be
tween San Antonio and Fort ISliss
(By the United Press) j , Officers eay th present Mnxica
Washington, Aug. 20. Continua- situation has no bearing on the ship
tion of present railroad rates and alment. Orders for the transfer o
Government guarantee of a standard I the equipment were received several
return until conditions again become I weeks ago,
normal were advocated today as the
only way of preventing disaster by
. Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of
the Association of , Railway Exe
cutives,
Other prominent features of the
plan of the executives as given by
Cnyler were:
Creation of a Federal transports
tion board to have general over
sight of the railrdad problem n the
.public interest.
Greater un if icationof -public regu
lationti with exclusive national con
trol of the issuance of new Securi
ties and expenditures, of new capital,
with provision for Federal incorpora
tion of nterstate carriers.
Figure This Out for
Yourself; Eugenie's
a Very Live One Yet
' ( By the United Press)
Flans, Aug. 20, -A Fans news
paperman believes that he - has dis
covered the longest living connection
wfth the history of the past. This
writer has pointed out that there
lives today a woman who can truth
fully say, "When my friend's hus
band was present at the court of
France died early In the eighteenth
century. A living link joining the
present day with ijfiat long-ago peri
od seems almost impossible, but
Empress Eugenie, wife of Na$ol
I fmn III. vtnur h.vmir in rorirfmienr .
Aid in Rehabilitation met' in he,. yuh' the widow
lot a DuKe of Richelieu. The duke in
I hie youth, and long before his last
Bucharest, Aug. 20. "To impart marriage, was a member of the
to the newly-awakened 'peoples of QPand Monarches court I during the
the old world the American capacity j feer part of Louis' reign.
Roumania Asks U. S.
to Send Teachers to
for organization is the greatest . im
mediate duty of the American peo
ple," declared Dr. Dimatri Jonescu of
the University of Bucharest in an
address at a. banquet 'given to the
members of the American Red Cross
mission..
"We hope that the work of the
American people will not stop with
the splendid achievements in Rou
mania of the Eed Cross,'? said Dr.
Jonescu. "Send us some of your
masters to explain to us the results
The Duke of Richelieu married, in
1780, at the age of 84 years, a very
young woman. This was his third
marriage, he having been wedded
under three kings, Louis XIV, Louis
XV and then under Louis XVI.
It was the Duke's third wife, who,
as a very aged Duchess of Richelieu,
met the young girl who was later to
become the., Empress Eugenie, and
through whom the present age is
linked with the past. The duchess
related stories to the young Eugenie
oi your researches and your splendid about the times "When my husband
methods ol work to accustom us to Jwas Dresent at the court of Louis
jour uiscipune oi tne mind, to yourixiv
spirit of organization, which, during
the war,Nwas shown to be so far su
perior to the formerly so-much
praised German methods.
umimanm wishes to thank the
American people for what ieyhavc
uuhc iUf uB-7-ine queen, theTcing and n j if o t
the royai family join with me in ex- pending V. O. DOOZC
pressir.g pur thanks."
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A HERITAGE FOR THE AGES.
A sign-board near a ruin at Ypres, Belgium, asking that the debris be left untouched as it is holy ground
and a heritage for all civilized peoples.
GERMAN COMMITTEE
TO LOOK INTO WAR
IS
Would Also Investigate Vi
olations of International
Law and Prolongation of
Strife in Face Peace
i h-i 'v.:
Chances
PIHMAN WANTS TO CARRANZA HAS NOT
STOP GONTROVESISY FIREB THE BRITISH
SOON AS POSSIBLE CHARGE D'AFFAIRES
(By the United Press)
Weimar, Aug. 20. The constitu
tional committee of the German na
tional assembly yesterday recom
mended appointment of a commission
of 28 members to inquire into the re
sponsibility for the war, Its incep
tion, its ' prolongation and why Ger
many was defeated.
Investigation also will be made of
alleged violations of international
law as well as the much-discussed
question as to whether the" opportun
ities for peace were carefully handl
ed. '
TAIfS WHEAT FAR
SI
Democratic Senator Intro
duces Resolution in Line
With President's Idea as
to Separate Interpreta
tions, Etc..
Germany Takes Steps to Wisconsin Guardsmen Pro-
Protect Interests Au- claim Martial Law
thorities Say Only 15
Teutons Killed Govern
ment Not Blamed
Packing Plant Under
Close Guard Onei Kill
ed, Several Injured
(By the United Press)
Berlin, Aug. 20. .Martial law has
(By the United Press)
Milwaukee, Aug. 20. The
HCK-
boen declared in Upper Silesia as the ling town of Cudahy near here was
result tf the clash between Gorman I declared under martial law today by
and Polish forces. Col. P. C. Westnhal. who designated
Gerr-an government repr3senta- a military governor until the ou-
tive minimized the seriousness of ble resulting from yesterday's fatal
the situation yesterday, howeve", dc-1 strike rioting has passed.
daring Oiat so far only IS Germans
had been killed.
inanceitor Bauer tola tne assem
bly at Weimar that the Polish gov
ernment is not implicated in the Si.
teslan ' attacks, saying the soldiers
which invaded German territory are
not regulars. The German command
is master of the situation, he said.
Dock Shepherd Still
-Active at Age of 74;
Chaplain is Ei-Pog.
Early today a train from, Camp
4M State guardsmen and 16 oft le
ers, who took charge.
Cordoris of sentries were immedi
ately spread over the Cudahy prop
erty, comprising 100 acres. Every en
trance and exit was closed.
In yesterday's fighting one man
was killed and eight wounded. ,
MANY BEING IMMUNIZED.
AGAINST nPHOIDJQW
(By the United Press)
Washington, Aug. 20. Senator
Pittman today introduced a resolu
tion carrying out President Wilson's
idea of interpretations of the peace
treaty separate from the resolution
of ratification..
Pittman, Democratic memiber of
the Foreign Relations Committee, is
a strong Supporter of the treaty. H
said he did this to settle at once the
controversy over reservatione and
interpretations.
Simply Notified Govern
ment Departments That
Cmnmings Has No Of
ficial Standing1 Nation
Hasn't Recognized Him
Hence, through the lives of three
individuals the claim is not only com
plete fcut formed entirely by, people
who f nlaved prominent' parts in
French life.
Pictures Solve Some
Big Problems; Fruit
Growers Use Camera
Into the Orient; is
Ready Market for It
(By the United Press)
San Francisco, Aug. 20. John
Barleycorn, exiled from the United
States, is miVratincr to China in
Itavis, Calif, Aug, 20. "Send an thousand-case lots; With the French
expert" has been the erv of nuzzled IffKamnfltrne" Drodueinsr districts ra
vaged by war, there is such large de-
California horticulturists to the Uni.
ersity of California College of Agri
culture. "Send a picture too busy to
ave," is the new reply of the col
lege. - By means of t studying nhoto-
mand ' tbrouirhoub the Orient for
California chammeurnes ; and other
American Kquow that the firmis
caught with tremendous supplies
have a splendid chance , to "get out
from under" at a splendid profit be-
graphs submitted of ailinar trees or I fnw hh Shpmmard Art becomes ef-
bushes, the college experts are sav- feetive in January.
ing time and travelling expense. Several steamers are leaving here
Problems concerning pruning espec- every week with an indecently large
'ally ire handled with m. the
'ege returning the photograph with in their "innards," but as January
a letter , advising wbat, ; branchea approaches, there will be still heavi-
snouid. be lopped off or what should er cargoes of liquor, to avoid confis
cation in America. Shanghai firms
are the main buyers.
be done to improve the fruit tree.
STATE NEWS
n
will
is expected that 1,500 Shriners
attend Sudan T,ii'a
nxmial at WrightsviUe Beach Sep
tfmber 1. Mack Williams, a farmer,
t a 250-pound bear near Trent
ood farm recently, says New
"ern wPrt. The beast bad destroy-
ijrariy two acres of corn in a
le light. Washington says J.
,.V",T.,MettV 'overly colonel of
H9th Infantry, i, being groom
. for lieutenant-governor of North
Urolma by friends there.
BASEBALL
: Tuesday s games:
American.
Chicago 8; Philadelphia 7.
St. Louis 5;- Boston 0.
Detroit 7; Washington 2.
Cleveland 5; New York 1.
National. '
Boston 2-2; St. Louis 4-1.
Brooklyn 0-1; Cincinnati 1-6.
New York 3-5; Chicago f-1,
Philadelphia 4; Pittsburgh 5.
(By the United Press)
Rome. Aug. 20. Italy's t wheat
crop is estimated at 4,000,000 tons,
888,000 less than the average crop.
Thi will necessitate importation of
2,000 000 tons this year.
GREAT SALARIES.
Richmond, Aug. 20. Harris
Hart superintendent of public
instruction, would increase the
State tax for schools from 14 to
20 cents. He made this state
ment today in replying to the re
solution introduced yesterday
asking for Information regarding
the 'schools. Hatt's (statement
shoved the average salary of
school teachers in Floyd Coun
ty to be $209 a year. He stat
ed that some schools might as
well have been closed up last
year because the teachers were
so incompetent.
Mistrial in Case of
Woman Charged With
Breaking liquor Law
Tuesday's business in Superior
'Cburt. included no very important
case. A mistrial was recorded in
the case of State against Anna Belle
Clark, charged with retailing liquor.
Witness'. testified that the woman
sold whisky at her South Kinston
house and swore in refutation of this
evidence. The jury could not agree
and was discharged.
Ned Rollins wf found guilty of
TnwnnnvT TU oonforwo iwaa Tint TVT1-
dered. Duffy Collie, charged with " 1 -V. L" "1
JULIET W. TOMPKINS
IS FAMOUS WRITER.
Th3 story of "Little ' Comrade,"
the latest ' Paramount picture in
which Vivian Martin appears, is
.based upon "The Two Benjamins,"
by " Juliet ; Wilbor Tompkins, one of
the best-known of American novel
ists. ,The picture version, which will
be seen at the Grand Theatre today,
was made by Alice Eyton and di
rected by Chester Withey, both well
(By the United Press)
Mexico City, Aug. 20. Sensation
al reports that British Charge d' Af
faires William Cummings had been
expelled from Mexico because he
was persona non grata with the Mex
ican government are - denied at the
foreign office.
The United Press learns that Car
ranza merely notified the various de
partments of the government that
Cummings has no official standing
because of the attitude of the Brit
ish government in refusing recogni
tion of the present administration.
TROOPS OF FRANCE
ITALY CLASH
(By the United Press)
Cleveland, O., Aug. 20 In the
dusk of almost any summer evening,
when the toil of the Cleveland docks
is stilled, a chunky old man, former
bartendw and prize fighter, can b
heard laving down the law of the
Bible to the workers of the lake front.
' Thy graying sky roofs his churchi
the open dock is his pulpit and audi
torium and the eoft swish of the
gleaming waters against the piles
is his choir.
Chaplain J. D. Jones, for all of his
52 years as the shepherd of the
docks, hasn't forgotten to apply to
his religious teachings the lesson he
learned in the prize ring to put a
high pressure wallop in every punch.
He carries his 74 years lightly and
deifies , weather, laibor and illnes in
his ministrations to the water front
colony.
Combining practical with moral
suasion. Jones has collected and dis
tributed more than $100,000 among
the needy and temporarily em'bar-
raseed.
Health Department Vaccinating 200
to 300 a Week in Lenoir County'
New State Inspection Service.
(By the UnMed Press)
Rome. Aug. 20. -French and Ital
ian soldiers clashed at Taranto yes
terday, .. resulting in casualties on
both siuc3. Taranto la a seaport in
.the southeastern end of Italy, in the
instop of the Italian 'Iwot."
assault with a deadly weapon and
carrying a concealed wetopon, was
found not guilty as to the first
charge. He was fined foO and costs
for carrying a weapon.
Louise Walker is awaiting sen
tence for vagrancy. The woman was
found not guilty of disorderly con
duct. An error and omission in the
record caused the report to be print
ed Tuesday that she was found not
guilty of vagrancy. , ; : ,
on Paramount pictures. In the sup
porting cast is Niles Welch, who
plays the leading male role, and a
number of other well-known players.
SOMETHING NEW IN WAY
OF BASEBALL THIS TOWN.
Washington, N. C-, Aug. 20.
During a negro ibaacfball game here
a.' Washington player stationed him
self on first base while players wctc
havinir an argument. There were
SENATE TO -TAKE UP
TIME CHANGE LAW
(By The United Press)
Washington, Aug. 20. The
. Senate today passed .the bill re
pealing the daylight saving law
over Wilson'a veto. The vote
was 57 to 19. '
' Washington, Aug. 20. Senate
leaders are preparing for early con-
eideration of President Wilson's veto
Elks Indorse Federal
Plan for Protecting
Elk of the Country
(Special to The Free Press)
Washington, Aug. 20. The Grand
Lodge of the Benevolent and Pro
tective Order of Elks, at ija recent
meeting in Atlantic City, indorsed
the program for the conservation of
the elk herds in the United States,
as formulated by the Forest Service
of the Department of Agriculture. A
committee .was instructed to cooper
ate with representatives of the Fed
eral Government in putting this pro
gram into effect. The -meeting 1ao
memorialized i the United States
Congress to pass a bill providing for
the addition to the Afbearoka and
Gallatin forests of a narrow strip of
land, extending north from the Yel-
i lowstone National Park and situated
."between these forests, with the auth-
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vate lands that may be offered, or
to give other Government lands IA
exchange for private lands needed
for elk protection.
already men on second and third, of the daylight saving , repealer,
The game was resumed and ; the which 'was overridden by the House
steal" wa not noticed by the visi- yesterday. All daylight saving votes
Kors frcm Jiameaville. The nervy in tne senate so iar nave snown mat
individual scored after the men on sentiment in that body is overwheltn-
the other base. - mg'y for repeal of tne law.
HERE . YOU ARE; COME
ON AND LETS GET A
BUN ON WITH "WINE."
Wine appeared for sale on Queen
Street Wednesday the one-half of
one per cent, kind but bearing the
latbel . of a well-known maker and
designated "wine." The injunction
to look not upon the wine when it is
red wouldn't touch the dope. It was
a pale amber in color and looked, as
impotent ae soda pop. It brought
90 cents a quart.
Somebody Lets This
Town Go to Guinea in
Food Bargain Sale
With many thousand other postof
fices in the country acting as selling
agencies for, Uncle Sam's army food
surplus, no orders are being accept
ed at the Kinston office, and the
reason assigned is that no instruc
tions have been received.
Wilson, Wilmington, and it is as
sumed every other town in this part
of the ' country are being permitted
to buy the army chow from Atlanta,
Newport News and other points,
KEPT THEIR MARRIAGE
SECRET FOR FORTNIGHT, specters will get started at this work
-By DRf T. F. WXCKLIFFE
(Health Officer)
The Health Department i now
vaccinating from two to three hun
dred people a week against typhoid
fever.! If a j person has not 'been
vaccinated within three years, he
should be numbered among those now
being immunized,
The sanitary inspector is making
I louse to house - inspections and
person is liable to have his premw
ss inspected any day. One should "
have his back yard as clean as his
front yard. When I was a child I
only blackened the tips of my shoes
uni neglected the heels, thinking
that they would not show. I am
afraid that k about what the average
citizen of the City of Kinston "is do
ing about his back yard. If you are
doing this, then thia article is meant
especially for you, as a warning. If
you wed way out in tine country,
half a mile or more from your near
est neighbor, and your premises were .
unsanitary, t would only be to the
detriment of your own family, but
if you live within 300 yards of an
ther family, your infection will
spread to that neighbor's premises,
and the new Statewide ' law will
"regulate" your failure (to have your,
premises clean and a sanitary place
provided for the use of your family.
State Inspectors. :, ' '
The State has been divided into Iff
sanitary districts, with an inspector
ill vuaigtr ui. cavil uiDinub, wnuao uuuj ....
it will be to Bee that none of ; us :.
shirk our part in living up to the'
anitary regulations of this State
law. If any one as found failing to
do his part toward sanitation ho will
be ovornutly prosecuted. These in-'
Mi3i Elizabeth Tilghman and Mr.
Hal. King were married August 7
at the residence of Rev. S. W. Sum.
rell in Lenoir County, Mr. Sumrell
officiating. The marriage was kept
secret until Wednesday 'afternoon,
the reason not being revealed. The
bride is the daughter of Mr. John
Tilghman and the bridegroom the
. i 1
in the very near iuture, ana your
Health Department is very anxious
that you be warned in time to avoid
any unpleasantness by being hailed
into court. Therefore I hope that
you will sanitate your premises with
in the next 30 days after reading
this notice; especially Is thm im
portant should you live wrohin 3UU
son oi Mr. Kicnara lung, Doth oe-i yards of another lamuy. mis Mate
ing. members of prominent ; families. inspector , will not know any one
The ccuple did not get out of the car within the district and I warn, you
in which they drove to the minister's I now 'that he will make exceptions in
to be married.
SELL RED TAPE.
Londcn, Aug. 20. Among surplus
war cfiice and munitions ministry
stores offered for sale are several
miles of tape, red and other colors.
The , government, ; however, is re
taining sufficient stocks of the red
variety.
COTTON
Futurts
were:
quotations Wednesday
Open. Close.
60.89 30.23
80.80 ' 30.47
....... 30.75 30.37
80.77 3a46
Wefe about five bales,
favor of no one.
Free Literature. :
If you desire a copy of the T, S.
sanitary bulletin, ybuf Health Officer
or Health Board wilt fumisb, it' to
you free, with pleasure, and .will, da
you any favor that they possibly can.
I also .wish to call the attention
i of alt people in Contentnea Nock
Township that Dr. W. B. Hair ine
of my assistants is working in that
region. He ia vaccinating against
whooping cough, typhoid fever and
smallpox, and also demonstrating the
latest methods of remodelling old
toilets, so aa to make it into a mod
ern pit privy, wwen is ny proon ana
hence sanitary.
October .
December
January .
March .
Receipts
prices ranging from 30 cents down
ward.
CORN MARKET.
At Chicago Tuesday Septer " c
closed at 1J83, October at 1.4 i 5 8
Buy War-Sa; -