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'.'"I ' PftgE mm OA LY TEe Home Par Today- "Read It Firet fa .... ) ' ' The Free Press VOL. 23. No. 32 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. O, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 12, 1920 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS ' d at. t x A k. ! VlilHkTdDiSw Think WILSON MEETS TWO DIPLOMATS; TO SEE IN G. 0; P. CARRANZA STARTED OFF WITH ELEVEN SELF-PRESERVATION BRITISH POLICY IN DEALM WITII-ERIff PLATFORM FOR NEW For Himself Daniels Declares OTHERS ERE LONG MEXICAN AHITUDEIfiAINS; ALL TAKEN WireAlAmerican Naval Representative at London That England Apparently Was Helpless to Point of Panic in Face of Submarine Crisis nd That He Should Try to Advise Something to Be Attempted by American Forces Reply Was List, of Generalities Dealing With Britain's Achievements Congressman During War Got Idea That Sims Ought to Be on British. Payroll, Says Secretary Making a Monkey of Admiral Right Along . , (By the United Press) Washington, May 12. Secreta ry Daniels today told the Senate Naval Affairs Committee that President Wilson cabled Admir al Sims July 4, 1917, that Great Britain was helpless to the point of panic in the submarine cris is. The cablegram was strictly confidential. - Wilson declared the British Admir alty was failing to use its naval su periority effectively. He urged Sims to send recommendations "without re gard to the judgment of anyone on that side of the water." Daniels said Sims' reply was "a long telegram of generalities as to what the British Admiralty was do ing." He said Sims also cabled that regardless of any future developments "We can always count upon "support of the British navy." Daniels declared that Sims, was "hypnotized by British influence." He said Sims told Congressman Carlin ef Virginia, visiting London during the war, "that ns compared with the British navy's our achievements . amounted to little. England protect ed ui on the seas. In view of this friendship it was not necessary for the United States to desire a navy which equalled Great Britain's." He said Carlin declared Sims should be tn the British payroll, notAmerica's. 'Plane Astonishes Chinese at Shanghai See One for the First Time. (By the United Press) Shanghia, May . 12s .Aerial joy rid ing was introduced into China for the first time today when Major William R. McBain, former squad ron commander of the British air forces on the Western front, made an ascent in his private airplane. His iB the first privately owned plane to he brought to this country jmi as he soared over the native city he created consternation among' : the hordes of Chinese there, most of" Wljom had never before seen a flying mach ine, although the sight was not new to the people of the International 'Settlement. Major McBain was shot down twice m the war and has an official record of thirteen planes. His squadron brought" down 207 planes. Beside, having built a private. ban far and workshops, the major has constructed a private landing field on the outskirts of the settlement. The plane 13 an Armstrong-Whit-worth. ' CONSERVATION OF PAPER THE G0VERyMENT' (R f. .... . , Wash n Li Sn,ted10PreT88 . . Washington, Mav 12. Joinimr in the !.., - , , ior '"tuicui ittr tne conservation of paper, the Postofface department 's having re-stamped several million m the old twoent post ards that j' 'V Z thev mv h j . J history of the town oneent rate. This not only saves Paper, but saves the Government the cost of printing the new cards. Want Increase Bkers Ask $3 a Week More and the 8-Hour Day. ' "'" : (By the Unr-l Press) Wilmington.-May 12. -Bakers here , iU strike for a $5 weekly increase nd the eight-hour day. Bottomley Again -onn Bull Editor Savs Ladv x S sPIe4 by Flattery. - ?y the- United Press) - wdon, .May 12. Horace Bottom- "soiled by flattery in her social reformer- . ,, Stamp . Has Mumps Counterfeiters Make Bunglcsome Job, Dunn Points Out. Acting Postmaster R. B. Dunn to day issued a warning to thrifty per sons hereabouts, to be on their guard against buying counterfeit war sav ings stamps. Fraudulent blue stamps of the 19r9 Beries have been made by counterfeiters, the postmaster has been advised, and are being sold to the unwary. "But the fraud can be easily de tected," the postmaster said. "Ben Franklin's picture, appears on the stamp, and in the counterfeit stamp, old Ben seems to have the mumps in his left jaw. Indeed, there is a pro nounced swelling. Then under the portrait the lower of the two left dots is comparatively indistinct, and the vertical opening between the lines in the lower left part of the numeral '2' in the date '1924' is closed. The prin cipal feature of the fraud, however, is the swollen cheek. "It" should be remembered that the counterfeit is only of the 1919 series, and, like the original, is blue. Blue war. savings stamps can no longer be bought from post, office or other au thortzei. agencies. , Only the 1920 stamps, which are red, are now being sold by agencies. Sales of last year's stamps are not legal. No one should buy a 1919 stamp, though it is true that some have been improperly of fered for sale. "Everyone who bought 1919 stamps last year may feel perfectly safe," the postmaster SBid in conclusion, "be cause the counterfeit was not made until after the first of this yeaiv The blue stamps had then been withdrawn from sale by the authorized agencies, and the red 1920 stamp was being sold. Don't buy any 1919 stamps, and keep a look out for the picture of the man with the mumps. If -you see one let me know." TRACTOR AMUCK DOES NOMINAL AMOUNT DAMAGE. A tractor employed on the county road work frightened two mules off the bridge, ran into a ibicycle stand ing against a post ami smashed it and collided With., a truck, at Cas well Street Bridge Wednesday. The 'unruly monster, was controlled be fore further damage was dorie. No person was injured, according to on lookers. NEW BANK BUILDING. Snow Hill is to have another costly business building-. Tie Snow Hill Banhjng ltT . cqu!va .business section there. The probable cost has not been announced, but it is understood the ' building will be .one 1 . . . . . tin-. tne nanusomest m ine iown. nor will jbe commenced in .a few weeks. Building operations at Snow Hill are . probablj , the most extensive in the $5.75 FOR CITY'S COAL. It will cost the city of Kinston al most twice as much to keep the boil era at the municipal - plant hot this summer and fall as lasf year. -Coal has been contracted for at a price of $5.75" a ton. The fuel is West Vir ginia, run-of-mine bituminous coal. Last year's coal cost $3. John E. Wcyher, superintendent of the water and light department, recalls the hap py state of affairs which existed in 1911, when best fuel was had for 95 cents.'- COTTON New York futures quotations Wed nesday were l : . ... ' . -January 34.92 34.35 March ........ . 33X8 33.88 May . . . . ...... . . ' 40.20 , 40.42 July . ..... .. ...A l: 38.01 . 38.15 October ......... ' 35.93 December .v..;.. , 54.70 35.04 NEW - POLICE CHIEF WEEKLY; COUNCIL'S MADE ANOTHER ONE Thompson Choice, Week's Last Week's BurseU's This Favorite Cop Who Lost Place Last Veek Back in Favor Now Charles H. Thompson, elected chief of police last week, is out of a job now. Thompson was elected by the City Council with four votes to his credit against three each for his twol opponents, rvow the aldermen claim a majority and not a plurality- was necessary to elect the chief, a busi ness which is conducted annually so that the wearer of the gold badge is never certain of keeping the position more than 12 months. He can be only reasonably certain at that. Concluding that it would have to hold the election over, the council considered the' same three men again Tuesday nig'ht, giving B. Frank Bursell six votes, Thompson two and Thomae Stroud one, one member be ing absent. Incidentally. Bursell is the third chief of police Kinston has had within eight or ten months. Thompson declares he had prepaF 1 his resignation to tender to the council, but that the meeting caught him unawares. He didn't' know it was to be beld until it was over. .Stroud did not want to be nomi nated. The new chief has been a member of the force a number of years Stroud is also a policeman. Thoirip soh was a member eome months be fore being promoted to the chief taincy last fall. He is a native of Canada and formei'ly resided in tl Northern -United States. Members of the force say his administration was as clean and businesslike as any since its organization. George K. Rouse, a patrolman who lost his job last week, has been reinstated, the council voting almost unanimously for his restoral to duty. Mount Airy Grows Upstate Town Has Increase of More Than 23 Per Cent. (By the United Press) Washington, May 12. The Census Bureau today announced the popula tion 'of Mount Airy, N. C, to be 4, 752, an increase of 008, or 23.C pet cent. ' ' ' DR. SALLADE'S MOTHER DIES AT IIARRISBURG. The funeral of the mother of Dr. I. G. Sallade was held at some point in Pennsylvania Wednesday.- Mrs. Sallade died nt Harrisburg, the cap ital of the State, May 10. Friends bere have learned very few of the details. Mrs. Sallade had been ill some time before her death. Antic ipati'ng her demise, Dr. and Mrs. Sallade went north early in the month, but after their arrival the patient appeared to imjprove. ' .. She suffered a relapse, however, and suc cumbed. Dr. Sallade is the federal agent in charge of animal industry work, in. this district. He is well known and many ..friends wil? sym pathize with him. ADVANCE AGENT OF CHAUTAUQUA IX CITY, Miss Madeline Davis, representing the Swarthmore Chautauqua - Asso ciation, was here Wednesday to meet with the local guarantors. Chautau qua here will open June 5 and close the ,11th. The program, it 'is under stood, will be one of the most inter esting yet offered here. A number of brand new attractions will be in cluded in the bill. Tornado in Texas One Dead'aod Fie Injured at Paris; $1,000 Damage. (By the United Press) ' . Paris, Texas, May 12. A tornado late yesterday killed one and injur ed five here. The .property damage was $1,000. . : First Representatives of Foreign Governments to Call at White House in t Many Months Agents Uruguay and Belgium (By the United Press) Washington, May 12. The White House today announced that President Wilson met Baron de Certier de Ma chinenne, Belgian ambassador, and Dr. Jacob Carela, minister from Uru guay, at hiR first meeting with for eign representatives for months lie cause of his illness. It is expected that he will see oth er diplomats soon. The Belgian and Uruguayan representatives were in vited first because they were wuiting longest. Caught at Still Revenucrs Take Two Men With Jugs in Sortie at Night. Zeb. Kinsey and another man pour ed moonshine whiskey into jugs at a still a' few miles from here Tues day night, according to local authori ties, and took no pains to remember the old moonshine adage, inherited from the Indians, that any tree or bush niay- have eyes and cats. Re venue officers lay .about on the ground, watching the pastoral pro- ceedure. They did not Disturb Zeb. and his companion until their jugs we're filled with the beady distilla tion nd they started away with sev eral gallons of the contraband one of them for the professed purpose of administering "a drop to a sick baby." They were easy prey for the federal oflficers. Both men gave bail. Industry Growing Bee Expert Says Honey Production is on Increase. C. L.' Sams, bee expert of the State Department of Agriculture, here Wed nesday declared the production of honey is rapidly becoming un im portant industry in Eastern Caro lina. An eastern county, Martin, has probably given more attention to the business than any in the State. Many farmers are giving more attention to bee culture. Conditions are as fa vorable in this section as anywhere in the country. An cx-Canadian sol dier whose father is the owner of an 800-colony apiary in Jamaica has started a 100-hive establishment in Beaufort County with excellent pros pects for success. The ' demand is enormoustnd as a substitute for su gar honey excels the cane product it self, Sams declared. Anniversary Coins Half Dollars to Commemorate Land ing of Pilgrim's. (By the United Press) Washington, Mav 12. -The Presi dent today signed the bill authoriz ing coinage of 50-cent pieces in com memoration of the 'tOOrh anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims. ft-. I if- 0) I: -fern? ? r . MODERN SPORTS INVADE AFRICA. . . -' Modern sports in Africa find high favor with the natives. Bere arc three beauties in "tennis hats" and racquets ready for a set on the courts ear their chief's kraal e ' - : - .-. l - 1 Would (Jive United States Right to Protect Its Citi zens Below Border Would Not Advocate Ac tual Intervention (By the United Press) Washington, May 12. 'It is learn ed authoritatively that a Mexican will demand thut the United States have the right to protect American ives and property in Mexico if the Mexican government is unable to. It will not advocate American inter vention. , The plank is to be embodied in n report on Mexican affairs resulting from the now Mexican investigation. To Deport Carranza. Washington, -May 12. The ' Mexi can revolutionary representative here today saiil Carranza will probably lie banished from the country and that Gonzales and Obregon have effected an agreement. STAY-IN-SCHOOL DKIVE DEPARTMENT. STARTED BY Washington, May 12. In its cam paign against illiteracy the thit- dren's Bureau of the Department of Agriculture has orgranioed a May stay-itf-school drive to help show children the value of remaining in chool to the end of the session. This will be followed in the fall by a back-to-school drive. R EVEN U E COLLECTIONS HEAVY LAST YEAR. Washington, May 12. Bureau of Internal Revenue collections for 1019 amounted to $:j,a0,l.")0,78.5'. Its expenditures were $20,573,771,52, or cost of only 53 cents for each $100 of collections. SI CAR COINC. HIGHER. The public may as well prep.tre for lie worst, merchants hwe declare. Sugar will be selling at 45 cents .shortly, some shopkeepers predict. There is a steady demand for sweet ening now at 35 cents, although some 1ms been available during the week at ;0 cents. Underwood Again Alabama Senator Apparently jr,,00l" Majority. Has (By the United Press) ' Birmingham, Ala., May 12. Sena tor Underwood, minority leader of the Senate, was apparently reelected yesterday by a majority of 15,000. BULLETINS GERMANY TO SPEAK UP. Berlin, May 12. Dr. Adolpb Koester. foreign minister, today said Germany is going to the Spa conference to make clear Ger many's economic position, finan cial situation, food and raw stuffs problem and the neces sity for security and interna tional peace. i3 Had Thirteen and a Half Million Dollars With Him; Lost It CANT BE TURNED LOOSE It Did Him No Good- American Charge Says Captive President Pulled Out May 7 Congress Called at Mexico City (By the United Press) Washington, May 12. George T. Summerlin, American charge at Mex ico City, today ndviscd the State De partment that Carranza left the. city May 7 with 43 cannon, 10 trnius of equipment and supplies and one train of funds, and thnt all were captured by the rebels. Carrnnzn took 27.000,000 pesos, or $13,500,0001. The artillery supplies were hem at Mexico City railroad station hours after Carranza's flight. The trooj trains proceeded with Car ranza. Summerlin reported that Deputy (Noriega had Ibeen appointed gov ernor of the federal district and Mex ico City. A meeting of deputies and senators has been called to decide if the (presidency is actually vacated. Beaufort First Tidewater County Leads in Salvation Army Drive in State. (By the'tlaited Press) Atlanta, May 12. Information was received at headquarters of the Sal vation Army here today that . Beau fort County was the first county in North Carolina to raise its quota in the Salvnlion Army's second home service fund appeal. Beaufort County, which is in the New Bern district, raised its quota of $1,780 in one day, the campaign having opened there Tuesday. Reports from other sections of North Carolina, nnd in fact from every state in the South Atlantic di vision, indicate that the Salvation Army's appeal for funds with which to carry on its work among tho nee dy is meeting with unqualified suc cess. j The amount ujbscribed is already! approximating 25 per cent, more than was obtained the tirst day of the campaign last year. Garden Text Books Government Furnishes Them School of the Country. to (By tho United Press) Washington, May 12. Manuals of garden lessons adapted to the five climatic zones of the United States have been published by the Burcnu of Education. These manuals are sent free to teachers. They have been adopted in a great many cities and towns, and in some oases by entire States. They should help greatly in making gardening a recognized part of the course of study in all schools. The Southeastern Division Includes the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. "Lessons in School-Supervised Gar dening' for the Southeastern States" contains 80 practical garden lessons and a number of illustrations. "Home Gardening for City Children of the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Grades" is the result of three years' experience of the special field demon strator in Virginia and the Carojinas. This manual is prepared on tho pro ject basis and is used as a textbootc in many southeastern cities. : Copies of the above publications may be secured for the use of pupils from tho Superintendent of Doeu mehts, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. Dozen Suspects la Chicago Murder Case Quizzed by the Police. r i (By the United Press) , Chicago, May 12. The police today quizzed a dozen suspects in the mur der of James Colorimo, a cafe owner shot last night. Two brothers of his 'wife are held,- T - - " - . Ireland Integral Part of Empire, is Lord French's Explanation BiG PARK OF ARTILLERY War Between the States Furnished Similar Situa tion for America Antici pates No Friction With United States By WEBB MILLER (United Press Staff Correspondent) Dublin, May 12. This is a report of a conversation not an interview with Field Marshal French, viceroy of Ireland. Lord French insisted up on making the distinction. The viceroy is evidently a brave man morally as well as physically. because only a few minutes before the conversation he had drafted a repudi ation of a similar conversation with the correspondent of a London news paper as being "unauthorized and a misrepresentation of what passed." Despite his previous experience with 'conversations," the doughty old field marshal consented to discuss the Irish question for American newspap ers, saddling the responsibility for whatever was published upon the cor respondent. You know, I never give inter views," lie said. "Of course, I have conversations with pressmen and whatever they write is their own af fair. But I am not responsible for what they say I said or did not say, aud do not authorize anything." ' The correspondent decided that his moral courage was equal to tfid' Field Marshal's in this instance.4 So Lord French is hereby relieved of .respon sibility for whatever appears in this report of the "conversation." But to the "best knowledge and belief" of the correspondent this is a faithful report oft what transpired. Britain's Reason. In a remarkably frank half-hour onversntion the field mnrshal dis cussed the underlying" Reasons for Britain's present policy toward Ire land. He conveyed the impression that the British policy is dictated by that strongest of human instincts self preservation, while the policy from the physical standpoint is based upon the geographical position of Ire land upon the flank of England. Replying to the correspondent's statement thnt many people in the United States probably knowing little of the real situation were unable to understand why England would not grant full self-determination to Ire land, the Viceroy explained why Eng land was forced to withhold complete self-determination. , . "We can't grant Ireland full self determination," he said emphatically. "They're too close to us. Self-deter- . initiation has its limits. It must be applied within reason otherwise tho nations of the world would break Up -and eventually revert to something like the ancient feudal system if self determination were carried to ex tremes. For instance- the city of Dublin might say, 'We will have noth ing to do with the restf Ireland' and the city of Belfast might do the same. I might sit here in the Viceregal Lodge and say I'll have nothing to do with the rest of Ireland," he added laughingly. "Your people in the United States are able to understand our attitude towards Ireland if you remember yoar War of Secession. It's partly a ques tion of proximity." In reply to a question regarding dominion home rule, the field marshal voice similar objections. "They can't have dominion home rule. They are not a dominion, they are a part of the United Kingdom. We cannot give them a governmont like that of Canada because they are too close to us. It's largely a geo graphical question, fhe same as your War of Secession." American Interest. The field marshal discussed the In terest of the United States in the Irish question at length and declared that in his opinion it would never af fect the good relations existing be tween the United States and England. We understand and sympathize with your, difficulties with certain ele ments over there. I know the Unit ed States and love it and believe that - your people will understand our po sition and the attitude resulting f row Continued en page four) m 21 IT II i k , fsi:i m if q M II In Ifcir i w5S k - . j V - ' . ' . . - . . - - ' -. . ' -
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