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ti lls Hone P?:r r Today' Nw Today,' f. -it. VOL. XXJNo. 213 i " SECONP EDITION KINSTON" N. C. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1919 SIX PAGES TODAY peicb two aam r nvx curra cut TBAixa is THIRD RED CROSS WILMINGTON HOPES LAUNCH NEW LEAGUE IN THIS SECTION OF ROUNTREE POST ROLL CALL; DRIVE DURING NEXT WEEK sserf OF AMERICAN LEGION IIIH E2 CENTS Are Qiti.Umm Officials A l trikcf fective in Every Iceyiew of Results in Enhanced Production Thousands Remain L - Week Will Be Resumed ' t (By ' Washington, Nov. 1. .With many at the center of the industry, the guessing contest as to what wpukL peared to be optimistic.' The operators wore an air of indifference. They intimate that- they will let the strike deeply concerned. The Government the publicthe great majority in affect so many millions of people, icy breath of winter, he -Government considers it an outlaw strike. Its armed forces stand ready to protect M -m .... t.;- . 1 7 - wuiuire ox,, wo iiuuun. Garfield Names Committees. Washington, Nov. 1. Commjttees to take charge jf coal distribution in the"iight regional railroad districts have (been appointed by Ttail Director Hines, the Railroad Administration announces. The committees will have headquarters at ' Philadelphia, Atlan ta, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Chicago, Boston, New York and St. Louis. Fuel Administrator Garfield ' will have a representative on each com- . mitee. The personnels' of the com mittees have not Ibee nannounced, it is said. They have been made up. of operating officials and Garfield's' " representatives. , Miners. Claims by Districts. ' ' The- bituminous coal miners, defy ing the government's injunction, went on strike early today. " , ' ' 'Early reports based upon claims of union officials. indicated the respons to the strike order had. been general in some districts. ' , Federal troops are ' mobilized at strategic points ready to act im mediately in case of any disorder. The union leaders - claimed that ever 100,000 miners walked out in the Pittsiburgh-jClearif id districts of Western Pennsylvania. The op erators countered with-a cliam that , 40,000 non-union miners in the Con nellsville region remained at work Other unionv claims are: Central Illinois districts, 80,000 out, . Kansas districts, 12,000 out. Ohio, West Virginia district' 45,000 to 50,000 out. Maryland district, 5000 to 10,000 out. Southern Illinois' tricts, 31,000 out. - Southern Indiana out. . Missouri dis.- practically all Cambria, ""Pennsylvania, nearly 15,000 out. ; C district, tastern Tennessee and Southeast ern Kentuckyf 17,500 out. ransutawney; - Pennsylvania, . dis trict, 9,000 out. v - Wheeling, West Virginian district, ii,ow out. T , Increased, Output.' , Uniontqwn, Pa., Nov. 1. Inde pendent coal operators in this section expect greatly increased mine outputs during the coal strike. Forty thou sand miners employed by H. CTick and at other 'independent mines re mained at work. For the first time in a year, these mines will worksix days a week beginning Monday. Finest Blood at NewV Xprk's Acnnal Horse Show Uliddle of MonlBt By, thi TJnited .Press ew lork, Jov. 1. Some of the best Woded stock in the world will be . . exnroiiea at tne annual national horse ! .1.. V.- f 1. w w nem in jmaaison .square garden November 17 to 21.V The en-; America's finest horsesL headed bv iV. t TT- ... , ., hib umoui n-eniucny inor,oughbreds, cunrpete-against jiuropean en tries Including a stahle of prize win- nin.g Arafbian stallions. ' Jree1Issels BY BRITISH London. 27ov. 1-Three hnlsh ships were sunk Jiv ' RritWh flo V when red forces attempted a land ing in the Gulf of Finland, according to reports received here. Principal Bituminous District Many Localities' Announced m One Set of Mines, Where oyal to Operators and 6-Day for First Time in Months the United Trent) thousand union bituminous miners idle strike (sJtuatloB today became largely be done nexV , The strikers' leaders ap wear itself out. The Government if ha taken it upon itself to represent the .controversy. Because the walkout coming as it doe almost with the first the properties of the owners and 4he I ' I BULLETINS (By the United Press) MURDER TRIAL. ADJOURNED. Charlotte, Nov. 1. The police murder trial was adjourned early Saturday until Thursday, No vember 6 to give attorneys op portunity to meet other' court en gagements.- Little new evidence has been brought out by the prosecution since Wednesday. TWO ' BODIES FOUND. Amsterdam, Nov. 1. With the , recovery of .two bodies in the burning Y. -L O. Coal Co.'s mine here rescue forces are working desperately to clear the mine 'of gas . and debris with . hope of " saving lives of the 20 more men ; believed imprisoned further un der ground. PERSHING RESUMES. , , Washington, Nov. 1, Promo tion of army officers by selec-' tion instead of seniority was urged by Genera Pershing to- , day. . Such a plan would tend to eliminate dead timber, he said. Pershing resumed - his testimony on the military 'reorganization bill before the joint meeting of.. the House and - Senate military . affairs committees. BELGIANS ON WAY HOME.v Washington, Nov. 1. A mes sage from the King and Queen of the Belgians and the Crown . Prince was sent by carrier pigeon Washington today and received Washingtonn today and received here by J. H. Nye chief special agent of the State' Department, who escorted them on,, their tour ' or this- country, the- message read: ., "We miss you very. much. With thanks lour best souvenir." ... The pigeon carrying this message - arrived at Fortress Monroe at 530 p. m. yesterday. j Nine-fear-OId Girl , " v ' is Musical Prodigy; Coining to the U. S. Rio De Janeiro, Nov. I. Maria An-1 tonio the nine year old daughter of siermor vital Kamos ce Castro,' and Brazil's second Jnf ant musical pro- &gy is going to the; United States to give a series of concerts and to complete her musical education in that country. - ' : I - Since the' time of Senhorifa diii-li..! - j - i mar Novaes, whose remarkable pian- istic abilities won international fime . , . ., . . .. . I 'ana wnose xaient roused the wonder and admiration of handreds of thoJ . Timiiiwi a musical genius eoual to" that now dis- .played fcy Man Antonio de Castro. . . . ..... Maria Antonio, : in spite . of her (short nine yearsof life, has accum ulated outspoken praise and: eulogy of the music critics , j - ' COTTON. ; . Futures quotations Saturday: . December ' ', 36.60 ' 36.99 January " - '35.90 36.05 March ......... : - 35.30 350 led May .. 3497 35.85 July ........ 34.39 Local receipts to 3 o'clock about 150 bales, prices from downward. '34.80 were 87 1.2 fl.i. ..'!) ill, J....:,. Jl ; i.lm':- ..'..'.'r'.Hiln' llllll,'..!!!!!, I II I I' M l I HI IH -ty ! o ,; " ; : rfz ' ;fj ' r V "' fx :: : : ' ( Kj i i ' ' " " ' :" -I ! ft: ii--i P..-.' J': 1 i ; : i j I WINNER OF THE TRA Left to right, Lieutenant Kiline and command 'of the airplane which DAWSON IS BENT ON PUTTING GAS PLANT THRO Mayor's Hobby Approved "by Many Petitions Get " Many ' Signers Chief Burgess Himself , Circu lates One Paper Mayor Joe Dawson will bring the gas plant' issue to a head Monday night when he presents petitions to the City Council asking for immedi ate action on the proposition to . sell bonds and' install works to supply piped .fuel and illumination to resi dents. : , , Dawson himself circulated one pe tition Saturday. He said it would contain 600 names, possibly more, by night. Hundreds of signatures had been had by. noon. Two other pe- Itkions were-out, he said. The mayor declares the .people Want a gas plant and will insist upon getting it. Many eff Saturday's signers were prom inent business and professional men .The council at its last, regular meeting decided not to take immedi ate action on the gas plant proiposi Ition, but authorities say an enabling resolution passed weeks before that was not affected by this decision and I automatical! v became law when the legal time had expired. Dawson esti mates the plant will cost . between $75,000 and $100,000. .. .. I , Glenn Walter Gets . in Wrong; Artless Scribe His Betrayer The "Town Gossip" of the Waeh- ine-ton Daily News : relates this on Glenn C." Walter, for the past few years a frequent visitor to Kinston aT1d - well known here: "Mrs. Qlenn Walter stouned me yesterday and asked me if I belonged to the Masonic t u t a;a AnA ip ii 11 1 v r. m. lulu uci t uju. - aeked me if the-lodge had held a L;n nn Tnafio nitrht to oonfer J the depres of roval wohunkus. 1 Uas surorised and told her 'no' And I she Isked me if the lodge had met on Monday nignt .to comer me ue gree of Sons of Senacherib. I told her I hadn't heard of it Then she wanted to know whether the lodge met Saturday rrigh to read and to Undv about ancient happenings in piAHnp. and T Kad tjt amit that in spite of the' fact I tried to attend every meetinz that was a new one on I me. And sne asked m if I'd ever (heard 'of the Order of Bluey and Knights of Ezekiel, and other strange decrees. I told her 'no.' 'She thank- me. This morning in comes Glenn with an awful lcjig face and tens me I've played the mischief and have ruined him. But just the same, he uii). he felt relieved. It was an aw- Iful strain to think up names.' PROPOSITION NSCONTINENTAL RACE. Lieut. B. W.' Maynard, the latter in won the crosscountry derbyr y. M. C. A. MAN TU ADDRESS AUDIENCE HERE SUNDAY P. 1 Albert Chesley, Noted Spec- ....! ' ialist on Boys' Work, WilPSpM to Mass Meet ing jit Christian Church. Public is Invited , "The Boy As An Asset To The Community" will be the subject of an, address Dy Aiioert M. unesiey, noted specialist on work with boys, at a mass meeting at Gordon Street Christian Church Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. Chesley, of New York City, is associate editor of "As sociation Men" the official organ of the North American Y. M. C. VA was for 10 years City secretary for boys in Washington, D. C, and later State secretary for Pennsylvania. He is the author . of two well-known books on boys' work. Mr. Chesley was, induced to come to Kinston by E. G. Wilson, State Y. M. C. A. sec retary, to ipresenj to the people of this city a plan for a work among the boys of the community. Friday afternoon Mr." Chesley met witha number of representative men and women at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Walsh, on McLtWea'n street, arid described vividly the results possible through an organized work for boys. Pres ent at this meeting were Mesdames C. F. Harvey, Sr., S. C Sitterson, N. J. ' Rouse, W. T. Hines, Miss Kate Pribchett, Mr. Brjggs of High Point. City Solicitor J. L. Hamme, Rev. B. P. Smith, pastor of Gordon Street church, Rev. W. .(Marshall Craig, pastor of the First Baptist Church, and D. T.. Edwards. These persons organized themselves into a commit tee to hold the mass meeting Sun day afternoon, in order that the peo ple of Kinston might have an oppor tunity to hear Mr. Chesley. v AH men and women are invited to attend the meeting. "All of Kinston shdulrf fee present," said Mr. Chesley Saturday, " for as It said on viewing the ? unprecendented- -prosperity of this city, what shall it" profit a com munity if it gain-the whole world and lose its' boys?" . 1 ; IRE MONEY ASKED FOR NITRATE PLANT - fBv the Unttwt jesl Washington, Nov. 1. A bill to ap propriate $12,000,000 ;for improve ment of the Mussel Shoals, 'Alabama, nitrate plant was introduced today by 'Kepresep.ative Kahn of Qahfomia, at toe request or Secretary oi war Baker. Kahn said he Deiieyed tne $70,000,000 already put into the plant wou .1 be a dead loss unless t.ie aa- ditior.al niorey was etcnt. Temporary Officers Named JTriday Night Hundreds Ex -Servicemen Eligible to Membership in War Vet erans' Order Robert H. Rouse wa elected tcm porary chairman of the new post of the American Legion here at the or ganization meeting Friday night. A rntr number or ex-service men at tended the session -t the armory. Charles A. York was named ternpor ary vice-chairman and Ben. Foxman temporary secretary-treasurer. The following were appointed a commit tee on constitution and bylaws: R. A. Whitaker, chairman; Reynold Al len, Thornton Hood, C. Felix Harvey, Jr. The following comprise the mem bership committee: George Skinner, chairman; John Duffy, Troy Fosoue, Rev. Leon M. Hall, Will, A. Allen, P. D. Croom, C. B. -Martin, David Dion, C. T. Morris, Jack Temple, Paul Bissette and Earl Brewer. AU of thfe sevenfl hundred ex-sol diers, and sailors in Lenoir County are invited to join. Those enrol Id ng prior to Armistice Day will be char ter members. 'Meetings will be held on .Friday nights, at the armory for the present. The poet, to be named for Joseph Rountree, first local man killed in France, r will acquire quarters and equip them as early as practicable. JOHN HALIFAX REACHES JAPAN AND IS POPULAR Antiquated ; Character . of ' Fiction Offends Nipponese Modesty by .Making Love Censor , Gets Busy With Comical Result. , . (By the United 'Press! New York, Nov. , l.i-"Pollyanna" is the year's greatest success in Ja pan, with "John Halifax, Gentle man," a close second, according ..to a report received by the Interchurch World Movement of North America, whose national ' headquarters is in New York City, from American missionaries in the Orient. ' The missionaries report that While they are seeking to counteract the unwholesome continental! literature that is found in Nippon, the Japan ese paradoxically have expurgated the love scenes in "John Halifax, Gentleman," in accordance with their peculiar sense of delicacy. : The ro mantic proposal of the hero to the heroine, for instance, is indicated .in the Japanese version only by a rony of asterisks, with a footngte explain- ing "At this point he asked her to marry him." " " Ralph Connor's "Sky Pilot" and "Black Beauty" also have prominent positions on Japanese ' bookshelves. The jUtter book is said to have had great influence on the treatment of animals by the Japanese. . In China, "The Wide, Wide World," favorite in school libraries here a generation ago, heads the list and it is said to be no unusual sight to see a stately mandarin reading the Chinese translation - of this book as he rides through the streets of Pekin or Shanghai in his sedan chair. mPORTANTREUGIOUS ' CONFERENCES BE HELD Lenders of National Prominence to Attend . Meetings at. Points in Southeast One Will Be Staged at Raleigh. . (By the TJnltod Press) . Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1. A series of important ( religious conferences cov ering the nine states of the South east and bringing together the lead ers of the Protestant denominations is being arranged for the month "of December under the auspices of the Inteichurch World Movement of North America. -. Present at each of the conferences will be a group of religious leaders of national prominence -who will pre sent the problems which are to be met. The meetings, however, will not be made up so much" of addresses as of round table discdssioTfi by the various representatives of all the de nominations which are represented. Tlieje conferences will begin the first of December and will continue until December 20 on the following hedulc: December 1 to 3, Wash- Americans' Dollars to Be Gathered in for Relief Work, and Americans Pledges of Services for Benefit Humanity (By D. T. EDWARDS) The "Third Jted Cross Roll Call, which is to be conducted next week will be a momentous occasion American life. v For nearly a 'half century the Red Cross ha played an important role in American affairs. But until the work! war began, the organization was comparatively small. When the Hun invaded Belgium the society sprang into greater importance and began to grow; and when America centered the lists the 'growth, became phenominal. ' Then began a record of Red Cross activity that is one of the glories of the darket period in the world's history. However, those daya have passed, now and within a short while the war-time task will have been closed. , Red Cross Must Not Demobilize. But ''America cannot allow a dis integration of 'the noble spirit of hu- manitarianism developed in the times of ' stress and organized by the Red Cross for service. ' : . The Red Cross has bectfme Hhe greatest human service organization that the world has.ever known. And though the war has passed the spirit of service must not Joe allowed to die, The peace plans of the organization are more important to America's fu tu re than its war program was. ' Health, Happiness and Prosperity. Its purpose is to foster conditions that will make for the With, happi ness and protipejity of every jroeri- ean hotne, (by coordinating and sup' fplementing all public health activi ties in such a way that no, future call of any kind will find over third of our man-power unfit for full service, : H Just at this time we are apt to suf fer from relaxation. The war is ov er and most of pur men are back at home. But for years the home ser vice department of 'the Red Cross will be a vital -necessity: and its plans for health-ibuilding and home- preservation j are' revealing - a pro gram that is most alluring. We cannot afford to demobilize the Red Cross at this critical time in our national life. Its strength must not only be retained but augmented by an enlarged membership if "Vc would accomplish' our purposes. , Will Be A Eye-Opener. -.- So we are facing a crucial period; and next week's canvass will show just what the American people are willing to empower its relief organi nation to undertake for the future. That is why Mr. R. F. Hill and associates will make an effort from . until armistice day November 11, to enroll through the local chap; ter all the patriotic citizens of this county, y This is not a -campaign for funds, so much as it is a 'campaign for enlistment in the service of hu manity. - -.- " And in order to do your part in this great work all that you need is a heart and a dollar that will secure membership. ' i PRESIDENT HAD A GOOD NIGHT OF IT (By the TJnited Press. Washington, Nov. 1. President Wilson had a good night; his condi tion is satisfactory, the White House stated today. The President ehowed no ill effects from .bis exertion in connection with the coal strike. ngton, D. C, Jackson, Misa., and Miami, Fla.j 3 to 5, Richmond, Va., Lexington, Ky, ' and Jacksonville, Fla.J .8 to 10, Macon, Ga.plO to 12, Atlanta, GaH- Lynchburg, Va., and Paducah, Ky.; 15 to 17, Raleigh . C, and Montgomery, Ala.; 17 to 19, Nashville, Tenn., aTrdvCiolmbia, S. The purpose of the conference will be to discover, if possible, a program of cooperation among the various de nominations of America whereby lost motion may be eliminated and the entire country can be thoroughly overed in ,a vast campaign for . the Christianization of the Nation, as well as foreign lands. Kinston Asked Send Delega tion to Me.eting,There ; Tuesday ; WANTS CLASS C BASEBALL Chamber of Commerce of Cape Fear City Backs Movement Both North1 and South Carolina Towns Invited Enter Will D. Hood, secretary of. the - Chamber of Commerce, Saturday ap- ; pointed (he following to represent Kinston at the baseball meeting to be held at Wilmington Tuesday: George Suggs, Ernest V. Webb, def ence Oetlinger, Will Harvey, Henry siarston., lite .following telegram from the Wilmington chamber Friday night brought about immediate ac tion on the part of Mr. Hood: "Be licvlni that the cities of Eastern North and South Carolina are ready . and enthusiastic for baseball and that they do not want to be outside the : sphere of professional ball next sea son, as well as responding to (re quests from several of, these towns, the Wilmington Chamber of Com- merce invites your city, to 'be repre sented at a meeting in Wilmington next Tuesday, November 4, at 3 p. m. for the purpose of forming a Carolina League. If we have league ball we must 'act at once. Please place this wire in the hand of those hacking , baseball in your city and "re ply Immediately by wire. Have your representatives at meeting clothed with power ,to act." , , . , . . (Special to The Free Press) . Wilmington, Nov. l.-Aibsolute con- . fidence was expressed here , this ; morning by those who are agitating - new baseball, league to be compos ed of Eastern North and South Caro lina towns and cities that such' . a. league will be formed next Tuesday when nine of the principal citietj in iiiib AWbiuii -win nave reprcseiuatives at a meeting to ne new in winnmg- ton. Those .cities invite to be rep-' resented at ' the meeting are Kins ton, Wilson, Rocky Mount, New Ijern, Fayetteville, Goldsboro, Sumter and Florence, and word received here late last night from part of those named was to the effect that- they : wii have delegates at the Coming meeting. The session will take place- in the rooms oi the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and will be called to order at 3 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. If is believed that by early Wednes day morning the cities admitted to membership in' the league can begin making their plana for the playing season, s Fast League Can Be Had. William A. French, president ' of the Wilmington club, declared in an interview granted here last night that, in the event the South Carolina and North Carolina cities unite in the -present undertaking, they can pro duce a - faster and more successful ' league in every ' respect than either the South Atlantic Association or the ; Piedmont League. . Thus far not one of the cities in-'-' vited to send representatives to the meeting has declined to do so, and '"" fans here Jire hoping that all nine cities will be represented. It will be possible to admit only eight at the-. utmost and possibly only six, and it : therefore behooves the fans in every ity "Vn the proposed circuit to bestir thentselves at once. ' It ts declared by James A. Cowan 6f the Wilmington Chamber of -Com- ' merce, who last nighf issued the call for the meeting, that an effort will be made to secure a "C classification for the jeague and that in all prob ability the same player limit and sal ary limit will prevail as are in force in the South Atlantic Association, 14 player and $2,000 per month. Yea or No. . . : Shctdd the present effort for or- ganited baseball in Eastern iGaro- ina fail, it will mean that th&re will be v professional baseball played next summer in this immediate sec- tioi of the State and the fans of ereral cities concerned are. there fore greatly exercised and are await- rg the outcome of Tuesday's meet- g with more than a i;t? i ' ere it. Secretary Cowan Las n- : i t' a (Continued en ; . f : )