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" - DAILY PR :'"- -y li 1 11 J lie ' Free Press : ' , ft ''' -- . , ' ' 'VViM yOlI 23 Nj, 44 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C.f WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 26, 1920 SIX PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS COMMITTEE'S TO, CONSIDER THE Calls Colby, Baker and Bry an1 to fell About Condi ' tions in East. " TO COMPILE ESTIMATES i. . . Of Military and Naval, Fin ancial and Other "Needs of American Administra tion in Near EastLot t)f Uncertainty (By the Urv'i Press) ' Washington, May 26. House For, cigni Affairs Committee is to consider President Wilson's ' request for au thority to assume the Armenian man date Secretary of State Colby, Secretary of Wart Baker and W. J. Bryan have bee isvited to appear before the committee to discuss Near East prob lem. - Chairman Porter today said the committee will make estimates of the naval and military forces the United States would have to send -to Armenia, the probable boundaries, the financial costs , and to what extent, accepting the mandate would make the United States responsible for conditions in the Near East. WILMINGTON PHYSICIAN 1 IS SUED BY W. G. CROOM. (Special to The Free Press) Wilmington, May 26. W. G. Croom, a Pullman conductor, who runs on the Seaboard between this city and Char lotto,, is suing Dr. J, G. Murphy, of thisicity, for damages in the sum of 120,000 for .alleged carelessness in the Conduct of an operation on the nose of- Croom's 13-year-old child. The case was called for trial in civil Superior Court here yesterday afternoon - and will . consume s over a day. The operation was performed on May 9, 1919, and Croom alleges that the administering of ether to the child caused its death. He alleges that the physician should have known from a proper investigation that the child could not stand ether. The phy-, sician denies these allegations and says that the operation was perform ed as cases of this sort , are usually accomplished and that the adminis tering of ether did not cause its death Down Comes Meat Drop of 20 Per Cent, at Wilmington, Delaware. (By the United Press) Wilmington, -Del., May 26. The Krst drop in meat prices in this city occurred today when meat packers announced a reduction of 20 per cent. AlfiENIAN MsMIATE USE ALL AVAILABLE LAND FOR GARDEN PURPOSES; IS NEEDED Many of us think of gardening as work to be done only during a few brief weeks in the spring. This is wrong. Your garden will do its best for you if plans for it are made in tiie autumn and much of its prepara tion done then. re are some things 'you should ; think of in planting a garden:-'' .- Size. The average boy or girl can easily spade and care for a gar- den 10 by 30 feet. A garden of this size will go., far to supply, vegetables for a family, of four. Your garden . should be sufficiently large to grow . wough vegetables to make it worth while, but . not so large as to make rfs care too much of a task. 2. Width - between ' rows. Rows must be farther apart if -Jiorse or hand-wheel cultivator is useS than if you use hand tools, such as a hoe or rake.-'- . 3. Path -Sineo vmf ntnK,. - . - j piaiiba must receive, personal attention, you should - tUn 1 ..... "ur garaen with1 paths so that Ju can- reach all parts of it without tramping down the plants. r K Rotation, This- means using T t""6 Pcund for 0,15 growth of V kmd of crop, followed by anoth- ' 'Z "ierent kind, as a. crop of r ,rB . W owed by . crop of beans. Tan -wu.&i . . eme should avoid ' Wwing the me.kind of plants over na.ow on the same irr,. a V pm row rdeI work. ! I ! nlinr swings, you can ' '. ' r .. ' Unconstitutional Sections Pour and. 26 of Lever Act Held Not Valid. V (By the muted Press) Indianapolis, May '26. Federal Judge A. iB. Anderson today declared sections four and . 26 of the Lever Act' unconstitutional. He sustained the motion to squash 13 of the 18 oounts in an indietnienft i charging 125 coal, miners and operators with violation of this law, The court up held section nine. Gas Substitute Knutson Would Have Government Try to Discover On. (By the United Press) Wilmington, May 26. Represents tive , Knutson of Maine today intro duced a bill providing for an approp- nation of $250,000 to enable the Agri cultural Department, to conduct ex periments' toward discovery of, a new t.-t : auiomooue engine iuci. SHRINERS WILL HOLD CEREMONIAL GREENSBORO. Greensboro, May 26. Everything is in. readiness here for .the spring 'cere monial of Oasis Temple of the Mys tic Shrine, which-will be held here next Thursday and Friday. About 5,000, visitors are expected to be hero for the ceremonial. The membership of Oasis Temple is thirty-seventh in number in the country, the official roster showing 3,088. The great ma jority of these are expected to be here and many of them will bring their friends and wives. There are about 355 candidates for initiation,, these coming from all parts of the Temple's domain.: . REBELS WILL HAVE JOB SETTING UP GOVERNMENT. Washington, May 26. Advices from Mexico indicate that the revolu tionists have much to do. before a stable government can be establish ed. Military leaders are reported in various parts of the republic with small forces of men under arms, eith er still loyal to the Carranza regime or for other reasons hostile to the de- facto government. These groups are recognized by Mexican observers here to be possible nuclei for the organization of new re volts. , Representatives of the new government, however, minimize their importance. Francisco Villa, whose force of men is variously estimated at from a few hundred to several thousand is reckoned the most important of the independent leaders. It is evident from news dispatches that Villa is not in accord with the new regime. Florence Grows Increase of Nearly 4,000 During the Decade. (By the United Press) Washington, May 26.-r-The Census Bureau today announced the popula tion of Florence, S. C, to be 10,968, an increase of 3,911; the Hampton dis trict, with Hampton City, Va., 6,138, an increase of 633; Lexington, Va., 2,870, a decrease of 61 since 1910. have fresh vegetables at all times dur ing the gardening season. 6. Use all your land. Vegetables which ripen quickly may be grown among those which ripen slowly. Thus lettuce, radishes, spinach, and like vegetables may be planted in the soil between tomato plants, potatoes, corn, etc. ;.',- 7. Plants to grow. The kinds" of plants to be grown will determine very largely the nature' of your plan. Radishes and lettuce may be planted closer together than cabbages or corn. 8. Adding a touch of beauty. Finally, 'If you wish to make your garden . not only, productive but at tractive, flowers may be grown about the borders. '.' An easy way to drawia plan is to measure the length and width of your garden and then make a map of it , Allow, half, an inch on your, map for each foot in your garden. Then decide what you are going to plant and rule in your rows. In making your plan remember these things: " Put tall crops like sweet corn and pole beans on the north or west side. On level ground run the rows north and south.- On hilly ground run the rows across the hilL . . Plan for parsley, Swiss chard, or carrots along - the front border. In shady places plan for lettuce, chard, cucumbers, or squashes. .Plan for companion or succession crops, or both. BOLSHEVIK! Warsaw Brands as. False Report of. Kief f's Fait Situation-in River Coun try is at Standstill Reds Use Workers Loodonv . May 26 (According to the latest official statement the Bol shcrviki offensive has definitely bro ken. down. A dispatch issued at Warsaw to day stated: "The situation north of the'Dvina and along the Upper Berezina River- i stationary- ": "The report of the capture of Ki eff by the Bolsheviki is absolutely false. The Bolsheviki are bringing troops from many other fronts, inj chiding red army workers normally engaged in agriculture, to stengthun their troops on the Berezina front," For Suffrage Labor Interests of Delaware Urge Passage. ; (By the United Press) Wilmington, Del., May 26. Labor interests will send representatives to Dover tomorrow in behalf of ratifi cation of the suffrage amendment by the lower House of the Delaware Legislature. The central labor or ganizations have officially endorsed suffrage. f Americans Held Relieved Villa Was Captor of Two Taken at Jiminez. (By the United Press) Washington, May 26. The State Department 'had been advised by the American consulate at Chihuahua that two American employes of the American Smelting & Refining Co. .were taken -prisoners at Jiminez. It is assumed the men were taken by Villa, who was last reported to be advancing toward Jiminez. The men's names were given as MaoDonald and Homer Carr. Bergdoll Seen Say Reports From Several Places to the Police. , (By the United Press) Philadelphia, May 26. The police are investigating clues reported from several places that Grover Bergdoll has been seen. Bergdoll, wealthy lo cal main sentenced to five years for desertion from the army, escaped from noncommissioned officers here a few days ago., , Planted Bones Surgeon Kept Them Alive for Injured Brain to Heal. (By the United Press) Springfield, III., May 26. An oper ation on a boy's skull, marking a new departure in medical science was per formed here recently by Dr. G. N. Kreider, a local physician. The boy, 5-yeaold John W, Wil son, was kicked by. a horse and his skull fractured. Two large pieces of bone were driven into the lad's brain and a considerable portion of the brain substance lost. . Doctor Kreider removed the two pieces of bone and "planted" them in the flesh of the patient below the lower rib on his left side. By doing this the bones were kept alive for re placement in their original position after the wound in the boy's head healed. Fifty days after the - skull had. been fractured the, bones were removed and replaced in the boy's skull. The wound has entirely heal ed and the lad is hale and hearty. An injury, such as he received causes death in many cases. BULLETINS (By the Uiited Press) RECEIVES DIPLOMATS. . Washington. May 6. Presi dent Wilson today received the Brazilian ambassador. Augusto Cochrane Alencar, and the Brit ish ambasador. Sir Auckland Geddes, last of the 10 waiting envoys received by Mr. Wilson ia the last two weeks. , IS NEW SOLICITOR OE Chosen by Council Tuesday Night to Succeed ; Ham me Five Members Sup port His Candidacy Is Well-Known LawyeY Frank Wooten vas elected city prosecutor by the' Board of Aldermen Tuesday night to succeed J. L. Ham me, recently removed by Judge John W. Kerr of Superior Court. Wooten recently returned the practice of law after having given a year or two to other, business, lie is a half brother of T. C. Wooten, one of the oldest members of, the bar, and uncle of the late Emmett R. Wooten, who was speaker of the Hons' of Represen tatives at Rajeigh when he died in 1914. Solicitor Wooten has had an active political career. He .formerly resided at .Jacksonville, N. C. Mr. Wooten was opposed by George rB. Greene for the office. The alder men voted as follows: For Wooten, Sanders, Bailey, Pato, Abbott and Kennedy; for Greene, May, Mewborn and Walsh. The result was a vote of 6 to 3. Mr. Greene was nominated without his consent, he said. He had askc-d that his name be withheld as he wa not a candidate. He appreciated his aldermanic -friends' interest in him but had objected to use of his name am not worked for tlu- office. DECLARE FORMER CZAR AND FAMILY LIVING IN JAPAN. (By the United Press) Geneva, May 26. The Gazette de Lausanne publishes three columns concerning statements ot Kussian nobles and officers, recently returned to Europe, who declare that the form er Russian czar and his family are still living, having escaped disguised by way of Vladivostok to Japan where they are now living peaceably. Their existence is being hidden for political reasons, the returned Russians say. One curious fact is recalled by the newspaper, which says it has-been re vealed that out of the 10,000 inhabi tants of Wkaterinburg, not one saw the murder or burial of the royal fam ily, while even the bolshevik accounts of the incident lack-confirmation. CRUSHED TO DEATH BY A LOGGING ENGINE. Beaufort, May 2ti.-James Atkin son of this town lost his life near here iby being crushed to death be neath the wheels of a locomotive which he was trying- to board. At kinson was an employe of a lumber company and with other men hail gone into the country on the com ipaity's log jtyaii. The (engine arud the tender had 'been-? disconnected from the rest of the train and all the men had gotten into the tender ex cept .Atkinson. Just as the engine started he attempted to get jn and in some way caught his foot under a wheel and was drawn beneath the tender and terribly mangled, death being almost instantaneous. He Was about 38 years of age and leaves a wife and three children. RECORDER'S i ' '''''''T''TI C ' -' " " ""'Cl '& " T r-T , . -A-tijj - ii , ' .... . . t(i . .. - : THE JAPANESE BANNERS, IN THE SUFFRAGE PROCESSION. The wide-spread agitation in Japaa on reached its culminating point oa .. ' prime minister announced the dissolution -of the Diet. The photo shows representatives of sixty-nine different suffrage bodies. ROOT. N. PAGE HERE IN INTEREST OF HIS OUB'RNATOR'L RACE Candidate Spoke Wednes day to Large Audience Made Good Impression Emphasized Need for Business Administration Honorable Robert N. Page of Bis coe, gubernatorial candidate, spoke Wednesday afternoon at the" Court house in Kinston to an audien'e which comfortably filled the house and which gave close attention to the inKI less, lasting more than an hour. E. G. Barrett introducted. Mr. Paire. Mr. Barrett paid tribute to the character of the men who had serv ed the State as Governor and intro- luced Mr. Page as a worthy success or to the best of thi'm. Mr. Page's speech was well re ceived, lie reviewed the obstacles and trials encountered Iby the Stat following the War Between - the States and the reconstruirtipn period, saying that when h was-tt boy liv ing within a few miles or the State Capitol, that there were practically no educational facilities. He spoke of the changed conditions, trie pros perity that had grown and the op portunities and agencies that had developed. He referred to the fo-1-i owing departments ot the State, Government: the Agricultural De partment, Labor and Printing De partnvrnt. State Board of Health, Kducntional Department, Department of Roads, etc., and said that the in stituthm oif these various agencies demonstrated how rapidly the civil ization of the State was developing. He paid tribute to the administration of the State Government during the past 20 years, saying that it was not perfect by any means, but in his estimate, the best that any state in the Union had enjoyed. At the same time he thought there was room for much improvement by the application of modern business and efficiency systems. His object in being a can- lidate, he said, was to bring to the State Government, if (elected, the benefit of a business training. For 35 years, he declared, he had been intimately identified with industrial -problem of the State and for ' 14 years he had seen something of the side of the law-maker while serving in Congress. He thought that there was much overlapping in the opera tion of the affairs of government that could by the' application of bus iness methods, be elipiinated. He did not agree that the Governor was without power or influence even though he did not have veto power and his province was, largely that of recommendation. 'He didn't pro pose, he said to become "a (rubber stamp" for four years and if he felt that there would not be given him an opportunity for great service to his State, if elected . he"1 would not offer for the place. He de clared that he was not ready to ad mit and he didn't think his hearers were, that Vance, Jarvis, Aycock, Glenn and Kitchin had failed to leave their impress On the State. His first recommendation to the general assembly, if elected,' he said, would , be that expert organizers (Continued on page six) the subject of Uaiversal suffrage February 26tL, , when, the, Japanese Tremendous Gains By Corporations in Spite of Heavy War Taxes. (By the United Press) , Washington, May 26. Representa tive Hull of Tennessee, one of . Con gress' financial experts, declared in a statement today that the war prof its of corporations after, payment of heavy war taxes were 75 per cent greater than the average peacetime business returns before the war. Constantine Moves Former Greek King Will Not Return Home, However. 'By the United Tressl Rome, May 26. Ex-King Constan tine has arrived in Salso, .on the Swiss-Italian border, with permission of thg Allies to leave Switzerland. Reports says Alexander will not re turn to Greece, but will accept exile with his father. It is predicted an English prince will succeed him. BOND ISSUE OF $160,006 IS APPROVED AT ROCKY MT. Rocky Mount, May 26. At a spec- iul meeting of the board of aldermen held in the recorder's courtroom of the municipal building Monday night, a resolution ratifying and approving the $160,000 gas improvement bond issue.; voted weeks ago, was unani mously passed, and the bonds will now be advertised, and sold through regu lar channels as soon as possible. With the money obtained from the sale of these bonds the capacity of the local plant will be practically doubled in order to meet the increas ing demands made upon it by the large number of new takers. At the present rate at which new takers are being added, the limit of the plant will be reached in a very short time, and it is to meet this highly prob able situation that the bonds have been issued by the city. FOUR CANDIDATES ASK TO BE POSTMASTER AT WINSTON. Winston-Salem, May 26. If is not definitely known just how many ap plications have been sent to Washing ton for the Winston-Salem postmast ership. Blanks weresent here from the postoffice department and it is known that they were filled out by several parties and returned to Wash ington, they being due there this morning. Among the known candi dates for the appointment to succeed Postmaster R. S. Galloway, who re cently sent in his resignation, effect ive July 1, include Assistant Post master J. R. Walker, derk I. G. Cherry and Letter Carrier Irvin Ful ton. COTTON Futures were: January . March July .... October . quotations Wednesday Open. Close. ...... 33.28 32.95 37.80 ........ 35.00 34.02 33.65 33.20 38.10 35.30 December 34.27 CHICAGO DRY FOR CONVENTION; PROHIBITION AGENTS GET BUSY (By the United Press) Chicago, May 26. The cider, grape juice, ginger ale and near beer beverages -will flow during the G. O. P. national convention here begin ning Juno 8, but the lid is on on hard liquor. ' j' Government prohibition agents, aided by dry sleuths, were prepared today to censure vtoaely what is drunk, at the coming convention. , Reports that bell boys have form ed a trust and , agreed not to sell whiskey for less than $40 a pint have come to prohibition agents and the prospect of several of them getting jabs as ibell hope was considered en tirely probable to prevent any smug gling of liquor into the rooms of guests. Soft drink "bars" are expected to do a big business. What space has n't been grabbed by politicians for a headquarters has been taken over for convention week . by soft drink sellers and confectioners. Thece is a plentiful supply of whiskey; and beer in Chicago, but'talize the situation in every way. Ha thia is mostly sealed up by the gov ernment and can only be sold on physicians' prescriptions. . But local Republicans say they have some to spare for a few drink and it is hop ed by the thirsty that Mayor Will iam Ualo Thompson, national com mitteeman from Illinois, may loosen the lid a little to allow delegates to have- "good time." .... - Cabarets are to run full tilt- dur- ing convention week. The old tender- loia district Just, south of the Col- iscmn,. where the convention will be REGIMENTS LIKELY BE USED IRELAND Eight Battalions Being: Held in Reserve, Says London Dispatch LOOKING FOR TROUBLE Thirty-Six Outfits Desig nated to Enlist Addition al MenRailway Strike Officially Over But Men Remain Out (By the United Press) London, May 26. According to a dispatch received todsy, fol lowing Ihreat.s to burn or raze the government buildings in Ire land the Sunn Feinera last night attacked and destroyed buildings in many sections. . - Indon, May 26. Eight battalions are being held as reserves in antici pation of need of reinforcements in Ireland. The government last night issued an order naming 36 regiments tobe permitted to reenlist 100 men each for service in the United Kingdom. Although the strike of Irish rail road workers has been settled in an agreement reached with the railway men's union, the men have declined to return to work immediately. - Kitchin Better Can Return to Washington Rut Must Be Careful. (By the United PresB) Washington, May 26. Representa tive Claude Kitchin of North Caro lina is greatly improved. He was stricken with paralysis while making a speech in the House several months ago. His physicians will allow him to re turn to the capital at any time. They will, however, prohibit him taking an active part in congressional affairs until the next session. PREPARING FOR THE SCHOOLS'. COMMENCEMENT. Preparations are being made for the closing of the City Schools Fri day. Examinations are in progress. Class work will be kept up until the very last. It will be a commencement with fewer frills than the usual. Class Day exercises will be held Thursday night and the graduating exercises Friday night. D. ,G. Bnummitt, the speaker of the State House of Hep resentatlves, will deliver the adJrvstt to the graduates Friday night. starred, is taking on new life and the notorious 22nd Street ihafl op ened several lively cabarets, with "drug stores" next door. ' . Here until the hours of 5 and C in the morning dancing will be permit ted without interference, i Each, state, will have a reception -headquarters for its delegation at one of the Michigan avenue hotels which have been booked to full ca pacity for. the entire week at the rate of from $20 a day for each room op. Entire suites have been taken ov er by presidential candidates to en tertain delegates and their wives. Convention week will be featured by scores of teas, dinners and dances. Regular shopping tours will be con ducted for the benefit of the women visitors. Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio haa taken over the Florentine room at the Congress. Maj.-General Leonard Wood has the gold room and. Governor Frank O. Loavden of Illinois has the Elizabethan roora. Mayor Thompson intends to capi- has. secured tha Pompeian room at the entrance to the Congress Hotel, sndi ail visitors must pass his headr. quarters, which will b emphasized by signs and banners with Thomp son's name on them. . ' -- , Furthermore the mayor will fit his headquarters for the convenience of. the delegates.' Fleet., of automobile will b placed at their disposal and tha home town newspaper . will bo on . file, Messengers and socretarie will be on hand to do personal ser vice for delegates. 1! j hi 1: 1 if IT; J 1
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