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VOL. 23. No. 80.
SECOND EDITION
KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 7, 1920
FOUR PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
Roosevelt as Running Mate,
Coi Pm Starting Campaign
New Ydrker, Only 38 Years Age, Demo-
cratlc Candidate tor. Vice-President-
! CumWiings May Be Ohiban's Choice for
fcaniiBaagii Manager Johnson Says He
Will St&ndl GiO.P.Ha1-dings Down
to Routing With Mrs. Harding Consult
iiifc Her riiisoaiid About Dinner and
tapa Harding Entertaining the Callers
bne Would Think the Old Man Was
the One to Be Voted On Republicans
See tHeleMgue ai Big Issue
(By the United Press)
5an Francisco, July 7.The managers of Cox's campaign
will be selected at el conference either at Dayton or Columbus,
Ohio, within fwo weeks. At that time, after learning Cox's de
sires, the ctfnimitteemeM will elect the chairmen of their of tic
ial bodies. There is general belief that Homer Cummings, the
present chairman of the Democratic National, Committee, will
. ,' . ' . .1 : : r... : I J 1. J
be COX 8 cnoice IO aireci UIO campaign, uinuuug ucuucu
he will not take the responsibility if anyone else is available.
Cpx wis sit Dayton today. He expressed himself as pleas
ed with the selection of Roosevelt as the vice-presidential can
didate. ... , . . ... '::&'im&
Declaring that the overshadowing question in the cam
paign is whether the weaker maelstrom of European politics
and Asiatic politics and diplomacy shall drag this country into
it, or whether America shall live her own life in her own way,
with her independence unfettered, Senator Hiram Johnson to
day announced that he would support the Republican party.
Stampede for Roosevelt.
San Francisco, July 7. Franklin
D. Roosevelt was nominated for vice
president by the Democratic conven
tion yesterday afternon. .There was
a stampede for the New Yorker from
the time his name was placed in nom-
ination. When the other candidates
withdrew and the rules were suspend
ed Roosevelt was nominated by ac
clamation. He received the support
of Tammany and Taggart.
Governor Cox's running mate is
only 38 years of age. At present he
is assistant secretary of the navy.
Other names placed in nomination
and withdrawn when Roosevelt's
name was mentioned were Tyson,
former Governor Hawley of West
Virginia, Vaughan of Oregon, Gov
ernor Stewart of Montana, E. L.
Noseley of Los Angeles. The conven
tion adjourned at 5:40 p. in. .
Marion, July 7. The Harding
household has again settled down to
its daily routine. Senator Harding is
spending most of his time on his ad
dress of acceptance.
Following breakfast Harding goes
through the back yard to the build
ing that houses his offices. Mrs,
Harding after finishing her early
wprk calls across the way to ask
what her husband wants for dinner,
uccasionally a neighbor or friend
drops in. There are no crows. The
Senator's father does most of the en
tertaining.
League the Big Issue.
Lnicago, July 7. The League of
Nations as the paramount issue in the
IJJO presidential caniDaien is accent
ed by Will Hays and other leaders of
the Republican party who are laying
the groundwork for the Harding
ngnt.
HORSE STOPS BUGGY
ON TRACK, ifeTM
DEATH FOR
MASS MEETING FOR
SECOND TIME GIVES
BONDS ENDORSEM'T
Ueprcsentative C i 1 1 z e n s
Pledge Support to School
Board's Plan
NEEDS ARE OUTLINED
Mrs. Alex. Morton Killed,
Daughter Injured En
gineer Saw Tragedy.
Powerless to Help Vic
tints Child Unhurt
Trustee Harvey jSays As
suredly Board Will Not
Issue Bonds Any Faster
Than They Are Needed
Number Spteak
Mrs. Nan Morton, wife of Aleoc.
Morton, was instantly killed, and
The second mas meeting called by
the Board of Trustees of the Kins ton
Schools, met Tuesday evening in the
SLEEPING-CAR FROM
NEW BERN TO NORTH
IS NOW CERTAINTY
Atlantic Coast Line Prom
ises Service Kiristoniahs
May Travel to Washing
ton Without Leaving Pull
man Shortly
Julia Grace, her daughter, seriously Loui-thAuse and unanimously approved
injured, when an Atlantic coast une the j,roirram M presented by the
train struck a horse and buggy in the board, preceding the formal aip
Pollocksville section Monday night A nr.v, verrt citiiens sooke in be
little granddaughter of Mrs. Morton kalf of thJ gchooi and w?ed that
escaped injury. . eteD8 lbe taken to provide adequate
According to the engineer the horself jIiti s
driven by Mrs. Morton apparently There were by actual count 106 peo
realized the danger and stopped, but -u nresen Tha meatin was called
she, frightened, urged it v forward,
thinking the rig could clear the ap
proaching "train. The horse cleared
the track and stopped again, leaving
the buggy in the path of the train
Bodies and the wrecked buggy were board whidl was
thrown in several directions by the
compact.
BUFFALO INCREASING
IN YELLOWSTONE PARK
Yellowstone Park, Wyo., July 7. R !McNairy, C iF. Harvey, a member
to order by .William Hayes, chair
man of the board, and on motion of
D. F. Woolen, D. T. Edwards was1
made chairman and H. Gait Braxton
secretary. The report 01 the school
presented to the
first mass meeting, waJ aead again
and Rev. C. L. Reed moved its adop
tion. Chairman Edwaotle' called on
various people present for expres
sions. The .responses included ir. K
Governor Sets Aug. 10 as
Date Convening Assembly
(By W. f. BOST.)
Raleigh. July 7. Governor Bickett and the Council of
State today -called a special session of the legislature for August
10.
Inability to get the tax revaluation affairs in shape will
cause the delay.
The Governor does not specifically ment on anv other sub
ject than taxation, but leaves the way open for any delibera
tions, and he will recommend ratification of the suffrage
amendment. ,
Adjutant-General Melts was called this morning to Landia,
10 miles south of Salisbury, to settle a strike, the exact conai
tioh of which is unknown to the department in Raleigh.
ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION IN
MALARIA AND HOOKWORM FIELDS
(By the United Press)
New York, July 7. The second In
stallment of the president's review of
the work of the Rockefeller Founda
tion for 1219, to be issued in a few
days, tells of its campaigns for the
control of malaria and of hooltworn
disease: Regarding malaria, the re
view says:
"Malaria i sa crippling' and deadly
disease which attacks or threatens
the eight hundred million people who
live within the zone of its influence.
The southern part of the United
States, the whle of Mexico, Central
America, and the West Indies and the
northern countries of South Ameri-
the International Health Board of the
Rockefeller Foundation were present.
After full discussion these men work
ed out a program which was subse
quently approved and adopted in ten
Southern States."
Hook worn Control.
"Hookworm control has proved a
most successful means of convincing
communities that health is a pur
chasable thing.
"In 1919, hookworm control meas
ures were continued in twenty-five
different states and countries; sur
veys or campaigns were inaugurated
in eight new areas.
"The general tendency has been
ca lie within the malaria belt, which steadily toward a reduction in the
practically coincides with the tropi- prevalence and intensity of the in-
Convirieing evidence that the wild the D. p Wooten, F. C.
buffalo ot ellowstone National pane, Dunn j. g. Dajwson, Plato Collins,
the last surviving remnant of the
great herds which once roamed the
western plains, are on the increase,
instead of dying out, was feared, has
been obtained in the discovery of a
new group in
of the park. -About
observed, evidently a part of the' old
herd, which it is thought grew so
G. G. Moore, Mesdaimes J. F. Par-
rott, and S. C. Sitterson, and P.
B. Harper, B. . Grady and others.
E. B. Lewis read resolutions adopt
ed white the mass meeting was in
the southeast portion by tj,e Joseph Dixon Roun
Lbout 15 animals were tree Foat the American Legion.
On the suggestion of D. F. Wooten
and motion of Clarence Oettinger,
HARDING'S PORCH
RIVALRY KILLS THE
CHAUTAUQUA MEET
Marion, O, Julr lr-So much is ex
pected fromth4:',Hrding "front
porch" campaign fn fW wnv of intel
lectual up-lift tnat W directors of
he Marion- Chautauqua .Association
decided today to cancel contracts
made last year for , s! Chautauqua
meeting lasting eight days.
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Wilson and Co
New Bern newspapers say the At
lantic Coast Line Railroad has prom
ised sleeping-car service from New
Bern over the Norfolk Southern and
Coast Line to Washington, D. C, as
soon as cars can be secured from the
Pullman Company. A. R. Marks, sec
retary of the Chamber of Commerce
there, has received a message from
W. J. Craig, Coast Line official, stat
ing that service will be installed for
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a "trial period, a car 10 oe uivmuu
between New Bern, Kinston and
Goldsboro. Persons from these cities
who have traveled north over the
Coast Line in the past have slept in
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a Wilmington car wnen uiey weiu
able to secure accommodations. Kins
ton at present has only one section
two berths in a sleeping-car, except
when other places have left-over
fterths.
The news was received with much
interest here. Kinston Chamber oi
Commerce officials have worked with
the New Bern businessmen for the
service. F. Clyde Dunn and John G.
Dawson attended a meeting at Wil
mington some weeks ago at which the
promise of service as soon as possi
ble was made.
It will be possible for a Kinstonian
to board a car here and not leave it
until its arrival at Washington.
To Confer
at White Home., Shortly,
Thought.
(By the United Press)
, Washington, July 7. Administra
tion officials expect a conference be
tween the President and Governor.
Cox will be arranged soon, they said
today. It is probable the conference
will be h-Id at the White House, un
less the President suddenly changes
his plans and goes away for the re-
01 toe summer.
Such a get-together move between
Cox and Wilson is almost a necessary
Preliminary to the Democratic cam-
large that some of its members were Messr8. Oettinger, Wooten and Plato
forced to break away ana seeK newi, wepe appjnted, a committee
pasturage. I Jv, geif 25 citizens to act as a steer
Definite information has been ob- in t0mmittee to cooperate with the
tained by park authorities that there I sohool m making the campaign.
are now more than 100 01 tne wuai Tne remarks of C. F. Harvey,
buffalo in the park, formerly mere 1 number cf the .board, were substan
were only about half that number. Itialilv as follows:
"As soon as the agitation for in
creased school facilities began, the
board was aisked by the friends of the
school to formulate a plan that would
a I rule It oka cate not onlv of its immediate
needs, but of the needs for several
years to come. It, therefore, made a
Press) Iverv careful and extended investiera'
tion to ascertain' the probable in
Jiminy Crickets
Up Goes
Cost of Living
Higher Now.
Troop
BOSTON HAS POPULATION
OF ABOUT 1.500,000
Boston, July 7. A compilation of
1920 census returns covering what is
generally known as Greater Boston
shows that the population of Boston
and its suburbs has now reached al
most exactly 1,500,000. Unlike most
of the larger cities of the country,
Boston has annexed very little of the
- . . . .
territory Immediately adjoining ana
has a total area of only 47.8 square
miles, as compared with 287 square
miles in Greater New York.
The Boston metropolitan district,
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covering an area wtnm a lo-nwc
radius from the State House, includes
26 cities and towns in addition to Bos
ton proper. The 1920 population of
all of these except Watertown has
been announced and the total Is 732,-
541, for the suburbs. . '
(By the United
Washington, July 7. "Approxi
mately $9,600,000,000 will be added tpcrea8e of pupils during the next few
the Nation's living cost for the yearlyears and of the cost of the equip-
beginning September, J. L. Weather-1 ment absolutely necessary to take
ly, economic expert of the Justice De-eare of this increase. It desires to
partment, today predicted. Increased I emphasize the fact, however, that in
freight rates wluch will probably be I arriving at this increase in attend
granted by the Interstate Commerce Lhce, it based its estimate of the in-
Commission will be the main cause. Icrease on the increase during the past
four or five years in out city schools,
as well as on the increase . of the ad
joining cities. In estimating the cost
of the buildings and equipment deem
ed necessary by it, it must base this
cost on the present cost of materials
and labor, though it earnestly hopes
that before actual construction of
some of the buildings is begun, there
will be a substantial decline in the
price of both.
"If a 14-room grammar school
could be completed by the opening
of the next school term in Septem
ber, there would be sufficient attend'
ance to fill it. The .board is, there'
fare, of the opinion that the contract
should be let and a grammar school
building pushed to 'completion at the
earliest possible moment, ' though it
cannot hope' to have it completed be
fore the fall or winter of 1921
It is further of the opinion that,
perhaps a year from now; a con
tract should be let for a second gram
mar school building, which can hard
iv be comnletedL before the fall or
winter of 1922; and it the ratio of
increase in pupils is maintained, that
building will also be full as soon as
completed, or very soon afterward.
Tbesetp buUdfngs, exclusive of
lots and equipment, would cost today
$175,000 each, according to the esti
mate of architect and con tractor.
"It is necenuiury to replaca the an
tiquated system of heating, ! 1 'H
.8-
as
tot
that
(the
Revolt by
s is
Reported
(By ta United Press)
Washington, July 7. A wave
of revolt by army officers against
the new De La Huerta regime in
Mexico was reported to the State
Department today. General Ri
esrdo Gonzales with a small force
of men was reported to have cut
the railway and telegraph lines
south of Monclova in the State of
Coahuilla. Gonzales is a nephew
of General Pablo Gonzales, candi
date for the presidency under
Carranza. General Jesus Gua
jaro with 300 men fs reported in.
revolt near Torfean and ad
vancing toward the American
border. Advices from the Amer
ican consul at Tampico confirm
ed reports that General Carlos
Ojuina and General Larrabee
Aguidir revolted.
POWER ON BLINK, THE r ;
PAPER THROWN BEHIND. Lewis building and to inert
Wednesday's1 editions of The Free radiation of the one in th'
Press were late because of trouble Ibuikfinc; to provide large
at the city power plant. Difficulty in ted facilities at the colored1
keeping steam up for an hour or two (that, too,, io full to i ot
was ssid to be the trouble. The li- Icertam repairs ns necoss
ootype battery in the newspaper shop the present echoo! buiJdir
'was put out of convniMion for a Ito provide lots, baQd arv'
time. , ' . . -j (Continues oa ps
cal and semi-tropical regions of the
earth.
'The practical measures for fight
ing malaria are clearly indicated.
'(1). To eliminate the anopheles
mosquito- (the species which carries
the malaria germ from one person to
another) by preventing their breed
ing;
"(2) To screen the houses against
this mosquito; . ,
"(3) To sterilize by quinine the
blood of human malaria carriers.
"The object of these demonstra-'
tions was to show that metfiods of
control which have been successful in
large towns and cities are applicable
to villages at an expense which the
communities . can and will assume.
The results have fully confirmed ex
pectations.
Public Funds to Fight Malaria.
"As a consequence of these demon
fection, more efficient and more wide
spread sanitation, an increase in the
financial burden assumed by govern
ments, and an education of communi
ties in the possibilities of general
public health policies.
"BiAzil and Australia afford strik
ing examples of the way in which
hookworm campaigns widen into com
prehensive public health programs,
In the former country a million dol
lars has been appropriated for rural
sanitation, chiefly as a result of the
hookworm work begun in cooperation
with the International Health Board,
"Lee County, Mississippi, under the
leadership of the Department of
Rural Sanitation of the State Board
of Health, has expanded a hookworm
project into a health program which
is arousing the enthusiasm of the en
tire population. Local pride has been
stimulated.
'The County Pe Soto was seek-
ALLIES AM) GERMAN
DELEGATES AT SPA
NOT ON BEST TERMS
Teuton Chancellor Expects
Concessions; Threat
From Other Sid
EYES ON SAN FRANCISCO
While Balloting in Progress
British Disappointed
Because McAdwo Wasnt
Nominated Germans
Glad It's Over
control operations are now being ap-;ing is one of its health slogans, 4,
propriated faster than sanitarians can j 000 of which were produced by the
be found to lo the work. school children in a country-wide
"From the outset of its health work prize competition.
the Foundation's International Health! " 'Chew your food; you have no
Board has entered an area only at the gizzard' won first prize.
invitation of the government con
cerned.' All of its work has been
based upon at least three primary
considerations:
"(1) Cooperation with the authori
ties.
"(2) The community's assumption
of some part of the expense, and
"(3) An agreement that if trie ex
periment is successful, the govern
ment will take over the enterprise as
a part ot its omctai machinery.
"In June, 1919, a Conference was
held to plan a concerted campaign
against malaria in the Southern
States. Representatives of the United
States Public Health Service, of the
State Departments of Health, and of
"Fifteen hundred health slogans
greet the traveler from mile-posts
which enterprising merchants have
installed on the county highways. At
the county fair the health exhibit at
tracted chief attention.
"The campaign began in July, 1919,
During the first three months, 2,712
homes were surveyed, 8,907 indi
viduals given examination, 200 vac
ciliated against typhoid, 1,100 school
children , medically inspected, an epi
demic of scarlet fever controlled, 30,
000 pieces of literature distributed,
and 52 public meetings held. It is
said that the establishment of a per
manent county health department is
assured for tho early future."
EUROPE MAY CALL ON UNITED
STATES TAKE PART BIG LOAN
' (By the United Press)
Brussels, July 7. Despite Ameri
ca s repeated retusal to be drawn in
to European problems since the
armistice, the war stricken countries
still look to the Occident for the re
vivifying factors that are to aid in
tfeir reconstruction.
According to well-informed officials,
an international loan, to be principal
ly subscribed in the United States and
South America, win be rec amended
by the International Financial Con
ference which is to meet here July 23.
M. Ador, ex-president of the Swiss
republic, will act as chairman of the
conference. At least. 25 nations will
be represented, including Germany,
Austria, the United States and possi
bly Russia and Bulgaria. The ques
tion of whether the delegates from
ex-enemy countries will nave the
right to vote, or merely be consider
ed as associate delegates will be de
termined by the -conference itself, i
In nearly every case, the govern
ments attending will be represented
by their financial ministers.
An international .loan. It is agreed,
is the only means through which pro
duction can be re-established through
out Europe. And increased produc
tion all agree, is the only way to re
store stability and normal conditions.
America and South America are the
only nations, with possibly the excep
tion of Japan, that can invest heavily
in this international loan, consequent
ly every development, both financial
and economic, that occurs in the Oc
cident and Orient is being watched
closely.
A figure that is oftenest mentioned
as the amount that will be necessary
to put Germany on her feet, is 300
to 500 millions sterling, nominally a
billion and a half to two and a half
billion dollars. The fixing of a sped
ficd sum, however, will devolve upon
the financial experts, after scrutiny
of reports on the situation.
Among other matters which will be
discussed at the conference are, is
ternal finance, including taxes: in
ternal debts; currency and the regu
lation of exchange; commercial bal
ances, showing the effect of depre
ciation of exchanges; . restriction of
exports; policies on exportation and
importation; economic conditions over
the world; and reconstruction includ
ing the question of transport, coal,
foodstuffs and raw materials.
Each country represented will pre
sent full data concerning its external
debts, public 'finances (including
taxes, ' currency and international
bonds) and external commerce (com
prising exchange, credit restriction on
imports and control of exchange) and j
its attitude on these questions.
(By the United Press)
Spa, Belgium, July 7. Allisa and
German diplomats here displayed
keen interest in the Democratic presi
dential nomination.
In British circles there is disap
pointment that McAdoo was not
nameu. i ne uermans are glad , tne
nominations are over. They said:
"Perhaps now Europe will recelvs
some consideration."
Unless delegates give, unequivocal
assurances tbat disaraiament hi ac
cordance with the treaty terms will
begin immediately, the Allies will
discontinue the negotiations, it was
learned in An official source today as
both sides held informal conferences
preliminary to reconvening tho main
conference this afternoon.
Chancellor Fehrcnbach declared the
situation serious so far as the result
of the Virtual ultimatum of the Allies.
Negotiations thus far have been very
difficult, but the Germans believe the
Allies will make the necessary conces
sions in order that Gernian "internal
order may be maintained," Fehren
bach said.
FORSYTH RIOTERS ARE
s GIVEN THEIR PAROLES-Winston-Salem,
July ' 7 County
officers have been advised that Gov
ernor Bickett has signed paroles giv
ing freedom to the eight men whs
were serving terms on the Forsyth
County roads for participation in the
riot here in November, 1918. Several
men convicted had already besn given
conditional pardons by the governor.
Those paroled include George Dou-
thit, J. E. Savage, W. L. Carter, Chris
ChapelleV Ira Whitaker, A. R. Casi-
tevens and Carl Fields. Frank Hester,
one of the men whose terms were
commuted in March, escaped from the
convict camp about a month after he
was put to work and his whereabouts
are still unknown to the officers.
Grows Good Cotton
Big Crops
on Formerly
and in West. '
Worthless
(By the United Press)
Los Angeles, Cal., July 7. Seven
ty-five million dollars is the ' esti
mated value of the 1920 cotton crop
now growing largely on what 10
years ago was barren desert, in Cali
fornia and Arizona.
Figures compiled by the Pacific
Cotton Exchange show 260,550 acres
I an ted to long Staple cotton this year
in the two states.
Of this total 130,000 acros is in tha
Salt River Valley of Arizona, irri
gated almost entirely by the Roose
velt Dam which turned the Arizona
desert into a flower garden almost
over night.
The California acreage is 43,550
and ie enpecW to yield a crop worth
$25,000,000 at present prices. Tha
Arizona crop is expected to bring
close to $50,000,000.
It is the largest cotton acreage yet
planted in the Southwest. The bulk
of the product is sold to rubber com
panies for use iu automobile tires.
China's Goat
Pays
the Country Big Profit;
ports Tremendous. .
Ex.
(By the United Press)
Shanghai, July 7. Mary's littls
lamb has nothing on China's goat. It
has rambled over to the United States
ia sections.
An American consular report issued
here says goatskins set from .China,
to the United States in the quarter ef
the fiscal year ending on March 31
were valued at $7,083,480.
And China's goat approximated 25
per cent, of the total exports of tha
country for that period. .
Raw silk exports were estimated at
$10,500,000. - v : c