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VOL. 23. No. 152 SECOND EDITION KINSTON, N. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1920 FOUR PAGES TODAY PRICE TWO CENTS, TIiires .MoFe Mayers Held In WILL HEAR IRE IN WAY LEAGUE STUFF HAVE YOU HANDED TO IS IT ECONOMICAL TO BUILD A STATE SYSTEM OF ROADS? IN YOUR CIJECK FOR TAKE HAND IN OPEN the --'World's" Series . Scanda FROM WHITE II0U$E V '' .-... :..". President Expected to Prove DEMOCRATIC FUND? DANCES AT CAPITAL "M. Magnificent White Sox Machine, Neck and Neck With Cleveland Indians in Fina Dash for American Pieces by ; Indictment of . Many of Its Members Comiskey Will Throw Al Overboard if Convicted Yankee Play ers, Other Participants in Spectacular Race, Offered 'to ernment Takes Look In Gamblers Nex (By the United Press) Chicago, Sept. 29. Three era are being held, according to no umpires. President Heydler of the 'will present evidence that a separate clique of gamblers oper . ated in that circuit. .' '. ..-'U " v. More offers of confessions kre said to have been received Joe Jackson today said the year, trying to win the pennant. After Gamblers Now. , - , f dieting eight White Sox players yes terday the grand jury investigating the major, league baseball scandal to dav went alter gamblers in New York, Chicago and Saint Louis on the basis of evidence t urmsnea py piay- "r.'''rJ,' V... V--. " ..'-' The gamblers are alleged to have enginereed a deal for throwing the 1919 world's series. Eight players have been suspend, i ed, wrecking the White Sox team, but Manager Gleason is busy rebuilding it now. - U. S. Interested. ." Washington, Sept. 29. Uncle Sam is interesting himself in the baseball - scandal. Tha .lnfmrnar Kovemno rHnrrnl 1A try in i? to learn whether the indicted players have returns on the alleged bribe money,' and whether- payers nf hrihp informed the bureau of the amounts paid.j)Ut.' as failure to com ply with these provisions of the law -carries fines and penalties. ; . Discharges in Order. '.. . , Chicago, Sept. 29,-The following are the eight players indicted for par ticipation in the alleged baseball scan dal. Eddie Cicotte, star pitcher who waived immunity and confessed, ac cording to court attaches," that he took a $10,000 bribe. . n Arnold Gandill, former first base- man. : -- ("Shoeless Joe" Jackson, heavy hit ting left-fielder. i i Oscar, "Hap"Fe1sch, center-fielder. 'r Charles "Swede" Risberg, short ' stop. - -Claude Williams, pitcher. , George "Buck" Weaver, third base : man. ' - ,"'r-;..,. i--, . . -j ..v-. ; iFredJMcMullin, utility player. . - With his team, the Wnite Sox, only one game behind the Cleveland In dians in the pennant race, the! veter an Owner Comiskey served notice on - the accused men, that if f ound guilty he would have them blacklisted for ever. ' , The New York Yankees' personnel has been offered intact to Comiskey finish the season. ' .. ;s The world's series will open October o, the national commission has decid ed. The first three games will be at Brooklyn. ' -' "i- - Hamme Case -Is Argued Before the Supreme Court ' on Appeal. : The Hamme case was argued he- iore the Supreme Court at Raleigh luesday. ,:. - li . '. ',-, V '. J. L. Hamme of Wilmington, then . city prosecutor of Kinston and a res ident of this cjty, was arrested last .; spring jn tne msi Q a campaign on mmercialtzed vice in South Kinston following a report by policemen that they had found Hamme in a compro mising condition with Mabel Holmes, proprietress of an alleged resort. 7 ?The case was bitterly fought, many persons taking Sides and political cap ital Demg made of the situation. ' . When an investigation was held be fore Jydge John Kerr in , Superior -urt Judge Kerr did not "pass upon the fact whether the defendant was in the house for an immoral pur pose, but adjudged that the defend ant jwaa "guijty of misconduct in of fice ' and that he had rendered him alf "inefficient to conduct the duties" of his office. ' ?" State Senator G. V. Cowper of thia c'ty presented Hamme's - case before the tribunal and Assistant Attorney General Nash -appeared for the State. ' Jfc i expected to be several weeks before the court's decision is had. COTTON Futures quotations -Wednesday ere: Open. Closs. January . 21.35 22.10 March 21.00 21.84 May 20.68 21.38 October 24.35 24.43 December' ....... 22 10 2.T5 'v . League Rag, Shot to Chicago Club Gov gambler and three more play State's Attorney Replogle, but ' . v- National League today said he White Sox played honestly this HEN WILL TAKE NO CHANCES IN MEXICO Remember What Happened When Washington, Re fused to Recognize Ilucr ta Extreme Caution Financial Circles . in ' Washington, Sept. 29w-Ameican financiers have informed the new Mexican, government that they will lend no money until it is recognized bv the United States. ; 1 Bankers are cautious on account of losses of huge sums to former Dictator Huerta. Wilson refused to recognize him and money loaned was consequently lost. - Diocesan Meeting In Interest Episcopal Campaign to Be v Held Here Friday. Delegates from throughout East ern Carolina will attend an Episcopal conference at St. Mary's Church here Friday, to discuss the carrying on of the Nationwide Campaign which was started last year. The delegations from the various parishes will include both men and women, About 1Z& are expected. : '-' '"'' 4 The principal sneaker wiir be ev. Louis G. Wood, of the central offices of the campaign. He is reputed to be a forceful orator. The Nation wide Campaign ; " of the Episcopal Church began last. fall with a gen- eral survey of the -condition 'of-the church and the heeds and future pos sibilities , of the work. The r first year's work in the campaign was marked by a drive for workers and for funds to extend the churcVs ac tivities. The Diocese of East ' Card- lina, of which Bishop Thomas Darst ia head and Wilmington headquarters, stands highest to Jhe United States in : the results achieved during the first year of the campaign. One hun dred and twenty-six per cenf. tf its anDortionment was raised. , bt. Mary s church here increased its pledged in come over 350 per cent, and exceed ed its quota 15 per cent, during the drive. ' During the remaining two years of the campaign this diocese will not have to expend any more effort on the financial side, but will be able to de vote its whole attention to a drive for more workers and for the "general deepening of the spiritual life of its members. The conferences here will open at 10 a. m. -and will probably close in time for delegates who are in a hur ry to catch a late afternoon train. It la probable that many will remain over, and a service will be held at St. Mary's at 7:30 p. with a sermon of general interest. .The preacher for this service has not been announced. All the sessions wf be open to the public and a special invitation to the evening service i.extended. Red Victory Bolxheriki Take Town 150 Miles East of Lemberg. (By the 'United Pess) Sept. 2. A ... Moscow London, wireless today saia soviet troops .day is arousing tpe interest of med liad taken NilolaeSf, 150 miles east ical men, who ssy the men might live of. Lemberg.. - ; .... DANIELS TELLS OF ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE FAMOUS 30TI Descendants of Boone's .Kind Made World Safe for Democracy . True Americans . Broke the Ilindenburg Defenses (By the United Press) ' Asheville, Sept. 29. Addressing the annual reunion of the 30th Division here today and reviewing in detail its epochal smashing of the famous Hindenburg line for the first decis ive victory of the World. War v two years ago today, Secretary of ! the Navy Daniels paid tribute to the true Americanism of its personnel. He said in part: "The men who made up the Old Hickory Division were Americans like Old Hickory. Ninety-five per cent, of the division counted as an cestors men and women who had liv ed long in this country. Most of them were brought up in rural homes ot in small towns. . Their traditions were deeply rooted in the soil of their states. Their forbears had fought at King's Mountain and at Guilford Courthouse. "They had trekked to Sevier and from their- to the frontier country. They had fought in the Indian wars and gone with Jackson to New - Or leans. In the War Between the States most of them had fought with Lee and others had fought with Grant, "They knew what hardships were, They had blazed trails. They had cut down forests. They had known pov erty and struggle, but they had rfever known or felt m sense of inferiority to any man under the sun. Whether these men came out of a mountain ' cabin or out of homes of comfort on the plains, there was no caste, or class, or gulf fixed. They were equals and comrades. They had the dignity of conscious self-reliance and true nobility It is unfortunately true that in communities more thick ly settled, there is sometimes lacking the spirit of independence and the feeling of equality between men of differing tastes and education. In your division, the man of coonskin cap, " with his ready rifle, - and ' the young attorney with his law books felt a mutual respect and met on an equal plane." - Page in ' Danger in ; Threats to Mob Chief of Police lit Dunn, Well-Known Here. : The threat of mob vengeance , on U. S. Page, chief of police of Dunn, for clubbing Enoch Wilson, .son of a wealthy Sampson County .planter, re minds persons here and at LaGrange of the spectacular career of the young policeman. ' Since the battle of Vera Crus, when the Atlantic fleet shelled the city and nearly precipitated the long-expected war between this na tion and Mexico, Page has been hav ing "experiences. He - was rjght there when the American guns began to bark;' " Shortly afterward he was discharged front the navy. ; LaGrange advertised for a policeman. Page saw the ad. and applied, He was sworn in to the service Of the town. : ' : While living in Lenoir County Page eloped, with a young woman to make her his bride'. He was shot by a negro. He went to Mount Olive and became chief of police. While there, he fehot and killed two brothers named smitn, It was reported that attempts to in timidate him failed utterly. Page has been al Dunn a ' year. When he ar rested young Wilson early . in ' this week he learned that he was' not pop ular with some Harnett countians. Wilson said that after pinching' him for carrying a concealed weapon Of fices- Page clubbed him without prov ocation while he was trying to locate bondsman. The victim was said to be in a serious condition? for some hours following the clubbing. Should the threats' to do Page bodily injury materialize the manhandlers will not nd him lacking in gameness. sat of ficers here familiar with his career. Mac Still - Alive While Some .Hunger Strikers on Their 51st Day. f , (By tis United Pres U London, : Sept. : 29. nMacSwiriey's condition was 'reported unchanged at the beginning of the 47th day of his hunger strike.- The condition of 11 hunger strikers, now on their 51st months. ., . , 0 He Was Broad Enough to Accept Advice From Other Than Democratic Sources ;i (By the United Press) Washington, Sept 29. Tangible assistance besides statements - wil', be rendered Cox by Wilson, it can be stated authoritatively. Some of the most talked-of devel opments of the campaign are com ing directly or Indirectly from the White House. . Promised developments will center about the League of Nations. The Democrats are hoping to show' that Wilson has welcomed and acted upon advice from outside his -own party in an effort to meet objections to the pact.. -, ,' v Harding -in Kentucky. - Ashland, Ky., Sept. 29. The ship of state- must sail with skilled crew as well as captain, and sailing orders must originate in the United States, Harding said in a' speech here today, promising to seek wise counsel if he is elected president. Today's speech was the last sche duled for the trip away from ( the front porch. ; ' The candidate spoke to , audiences packing Wheeling's largest halls last night. '. : . ..- Cox in Missouri. . . , ' , En Route With Cox, St. Joseph, Mo Sept. 29. Harding presented no substitute for the league because, the only .alternative was a return to the international conditions of 1914 with their autocratic monarchies, . sudden ultimatums, and secret diplomacy, Cox said today in hjs first speech in Missouri. . ,. . " , He attacked Harding's declaration that nothing constructive in character had been offered in the place of the league. BULLETINS' (By the United Press) . HONOR FOR PERSHING. Washington, Sept 29. Gener al FayoHe of the, French army, here to attend the American Ijp- glon convention at . Cleveland, will come to the capital to con fer the medaille , milit-airo, the' French government's highext decoration, ; on Pershing. The presentation will , be made at Fort Myer Friday or Saturday. RECEIVES PROTESTS. ".',"' i " - Washington, Sept. 29. -Protests were received at the State Department today against ;: the closing of the British port of Queenstown. They were, made in connection with the case of the Panhandle 'State, whose skipper said h would -enter Queenstown but was prevented. Guilty of Murder Son-ln-Law of Senator Nelson Ap. , peals From Verdict ; (By the United Press) Alexandria, . Mich., Sept 29. Gua- taf Nelson, son-in-law of 1 Senator Knute Nelson, was today found guil ty of murdering Josephf Middleton, a farm hand. : ' ' s i Nelson claimed his gun was dis charged accidentally while he .was scuffling with Middleton. The case to oe appealed. ; f " SAMUEL SMILEY'S FEW FACTS ON GOLD DIGGERS Question. How is the campaign for the $15,000,000 quota coming along? you .ask me. 1 Answers-Well, sir, it is the, worst epidemic of "gold fever" we have had in mis country Bince me aays or in California, but it was harder for the Argonauts to "get the money" than it is for the Sixnaughls (t!5r 000,000) boys to dig it out of Wall Street and the Republican "sucker list " ' You see. the Arcronauts ? had first to. dig their pay dirt and then pan it; the Sixnaughts "pan" the League of Nations and make the .oth er fellow "dig." , ! The Republican Gold Diggers of 1920 seem to have made a sort of a game of it, which they call "Quota, quota, who's got the quota?" Chair man Hays says he hasnt got it: and can't exactly remember what a quuta is; in other words, on the subject of the quota, he is Chairman Hazy. , - As near as I can make out,, the quota is the "asking price ' on; the Presidency, and the budget is yhat they'll take. '...-' ' ; The latest confidential Official Bul letins issued by Republican head quarters and made publia by Gover nor Cox, show that so many quotas re being filled there probably will be enough left over to put gold fillings Hardin? , Has Plenty of Money, Cox Depend on Masses to Come Across Every Little Bit Helps Causg , The Free Press will be glad to re ceive contributions to the Cox-Roose velt campaign fund. The candidates are appealing to the masses. They could get the money easily, they say, but prefer to be nice about the way tney get it. Your $5 contribution will help. If you preter to give less, that s all right And nobody will kick if the sum is larger. Recent dispatches said the Demo cratic campaiirn manairers had ex pended much more than they had col looted. ' The contributions forwarded to this newspaper will be promptly sent to national headquarters at New York and the contributors will be ' given proper credit, " ' The time is short and the principles are glorious. , LABOR EASIER WITH DROP IN PRICES OF FOOD, IS -NOTICED Few Complaints to Labor Department , Many Weekly Short Time Ago Strike Epidemic Appears to Be Ending- . , (By the United Press.) Washington, . Sept. 29. Organised labor is moderating its reported drive for wage increases, Edward '' Cun ningham, of the Conciliation Bureau pf the Labor Department, today de clared.' . f ' , . "Probably as a direct result of the price cutting wave" better -conditions have arrived. The ending of the strike epidemic should speed up production. - Only two labor disputes have been . refer red to the -Labor Department for adjustment . in a week, compared with 17 to 29 a week a short time ago. n , ..;';: Assault Charged Plumber Sought for Attack on Prom inent Snow Hill Woman. ; Reports to the police here Wednes day revealed a search which may ex tehd to other parts of the country for George Keener a plumber, by the Greene County authorities on a charge of criminal assault. Keene is alleged to have assaulted the wife of a prom inent Snow Hill resident whose name was not revealed. He was trailed from Snow Hill to Wilmington, which city he is believed to have left for a northern point. Keene is believed to have been tipped off as to movements of officers following his departure from the Greene County town. (Subscribe to the Free Press) QUESTIONS; A in the false teeth that Senator Hard ing wants to put into the late Hague Tribunal Although the Hague Tribunal died in 1914 and is succeeded by the High Court of International Justice formu lated under the auspices of the League of Nations, maybe Senator Harding can bring it to life by playing a cor net sola over its grave something, say, like "Blowing Bubbles." - That is, he may be able to do it if his mandatories will let him, but he appears to have so many of them with minds all pulling, in different direc tions, that he may only succeed in making the Hague Tribunal turn over on its face. ; ; ; - , .- - I suppose the Senator could put in a set of false teeth himself, but if it was a case of taking teeth out, es pecially eye teeth, he could call in the gold diggers, who all seem to be experts in extraction. V WKat effect will Governov Cox's exposure oi the Republican Uold Diggers have on, the campaign? you ask me. -. : '- , f.-.- . .'- Well, sir, it looks at this writing as if trie financial campaign begun by the Republican Ways and Means Committee may have to be finished by a i edoral grand jury. Whiskey Bottles and Ci garette Butts Too' Nu merous for Chief Bur gess General Observ ance Fire Prevention Day (By MAX ABERNETHY) ' Raleigh, Sept. 29 Raleigh -is con fronted with troubles arising from the publie dances which have been held in the auditorium, explained Mayor T. a. Lldridge today in expla nation of eight empty whiskey bot tles which adorned his desk. "These bottles," the Methodist layman may or explained, "do not represent any celebration on the part of the city commissioners, but were found In the city auditorium after last night's pub lic dance there, which was attended by a large number of State Collece students and other young people. " J he janitor complained to me this morning about the sanitary condition of the auditorium, and I went there to see for myself what condition the dancers left the building in. v I not only found the' ante-rooms in an un speakably filthy condition, but found thes eight empty whiskey bottles In and about the building. The main dancing floor was literally covered with cigarette stubs. The janitor must have swept up a peck or more. It is evident that the law against inoking in the . building . is being grossly violated, and the usual rule of etiquette which would prevent dancers smoking on the floor in the presence of ladies has also been vi olated.' ': -'."':"':' ''.;:.-"r,":. -,"'' The mayor Said the people of the city did not want the dances cut out, but that the conditions under which they were held would have to be im proved if the ' dancers continued to use tne pumic Duuaings oi tne city, It revives the- old dance troubles of a year ago when the Woman's Club made an effort to reform the dances, public and otherwise, held in the city, At that time the ladies decided to have chaperones on the floor at every public, dance, but it seems that the rule has never beenrried out very closely. Mayor Eldridge will take the matter in his own hands so -far as the city buildings are concerned, and in the future will station officers in the building to enforce the rules against smoking and against public drinking. , Fire Prevention Day. v There is every indication, declares the State Insurance Commissioner, that annual Fire Prevention Day, October 9, will be more generally ob served this year than in former years, for the number of inquiries about the celebration has been larger than us ual. . Each mail brings a large num ber of assurances from different parts of the Mate that the day will be fit tingly observed, - and programs have been sent to large number of schools. Civic : organizations and - women's clubs of many cities and towns hve also asked for data, advertising mat ter and literature about the clean-up week which will be held, if the sug gestion of the ; Insurance Commis sioner is carried out, 4n the week fol lowing October 9. Teachers' Salaries. . In order to clear up any doubt about the rules giving salary schedules for teachers, Dr. E.'C. Brooks has sent letters to all county and city school officials in the State calling attention to the following three points: 1. All teachers who have high school, normal school or college cred its, and whose certificates are in force, should be paid according to the pub lished salary schedules. :, 2. Teachers of proficiency, who do not have the college or normal school recofds to their credits, but who have 10 years experience in the schools, should be paid the highest salary to which their certificate entitles them, provided such - teacher has had 10 years' continued service in one school. 3. Any teacher who has taught in a county or state Summer school may be considered as having attended summer school,- and should -be given credit for such study during the sum mer. . . At a meeting of the North Carolina Association of Commercial secretaries held here on Tuesday, Burke Hobgood of Durham was elected president, H. Y.Scott, Wilson, first vice president L. Moffitt, Henderson, second, and W. C. Denmark, Goldsboro, secretary treasurer. The directors named were N. Buckner, Asheville, Fred M. Allen, Gastonia; T. L. Riddle, Dunn, H. E. Barlow, New Bern; James H. Cowan, Wilmington; C. W. Roberts, Greens boro, and N. Y. Chambless, Rocky Mount. ; ' .-; , The next meeting of the secre taries will be held at Durham in Jan uary. The freight rate situation was discussed, but the secretaries took no direct action on the matter, which is now pending before the Interstate Commerce. Commission. BUY ;h I S. Statistics Prove It Is; Pav? ing Reduces the Gaso- . , line Bill TRUCKS ARE SPEEDIER On Hard-Surfaced High ways Than on Dirt Roads. Wear and Tear Less North Carolina Woiildn't Feel Strain (Special to the Fret Press) Chapel Hill, Sept. 29. The secre tary of the North Carolina Good Roads Association, Miss H. M. Berry, in order to make the.associatioa's pro gram for securing a State system of hard-surfaced roads connecting Coun-" ty seats and other principal towns of the State as concrete as possible, has compiled the following figures relat ing to the cost of and the possible benefits to be derived from such a transportation system. It ia realized that it is well nigh impossible to enumerate the benefits that would ac crue from such a public improvement as this, but the figures given below are at least suggestive. The, Cost , It will cost from $100,000,000 to $150,000,000 to build a State system of 5,500 miles, the mileage necessary to connect all county seats and prin cipal towns of the State. North Car olina with her large territory and comparatively small population, can not afford to finance this tremendous undertaking entirely through current . revenue, but, by taking care of what wo can now and spreading the balance over a number of years, it will work no hardship , on this or ths coming generation. -To maintain the entire State system will cost approximataly- miiiion to a million and a half a year. , With the construction of more mileage of hard surfaced roads, the maintenance cost will undoubtedly he reduced. . ." The Saving. The proposed State system of 5,- 500 miles will carry approximately 80 per cent, of all highway traffic and 00 per cent, of the motor traffic, as most motor vehicles are users lot inter-county or State highways. Es timating the average value of all mo tor - vehicles at $1,000 each, we Bow have approximately $130,000,000 In vested in motor vehicles. Assuming that hard surfaced roads will prolong the life of a motor car from three to five times, which motorists will agree is a conservative estimate, the . an nual saving' in capital Invested in motor vehicles will rise into the mil lions. .. '.- ''; : -.',.:-,, ,?.!. A series of experiments has shown that it takes twice as much gasoline for a 2-ton truck to go over a geo4 earth road as it does over a good brick road and three times as much as it does to go over a concrete or other smooth hard surfaced road. The sasae proportion would hold for other ve hicles. , According to these teste a State system of hard surfaced roads would reduce our gasoline bill by at least one-third. Last year North Carolina. used 49,919,155 gallons of gasoline, which, at 36c per gallon would amount to $17,708,815. One third of this amount is $5,902,938, or 1 the amount hard surfaced roads would save in gasoline each mr,';-i. No tests have been made showing the possible saving , a State system of hard surfaced roads would effect in repairs, tires, and other acces sories but from common observation all agree that it would total several million dollars. v Tests-of Trucks. Tractive resistance tests conducted by the Ohio State College have shown that a 2-ton truck will maintain an average speed four times as great on hard surfaced roads as on dirt roads. According to these tests, we now pend four times as much time in mak ing a trip by truck as- we would if we had hard roads. In other words, the present system of roads impairs the efficiency of trucks by about 400 per, cent. no mean consideration, when we think of the Increasing use ' of the truck for commercial purposes. Our farms are being depopulated and the products ' of the farm cur tailed through inadequate transpor tation facilities. With well built and well maintained highways, farm life would be more attractive, the farm er could more readily market his farm products, thus saving much material which would otherwise go to waste. The increase M property Valus: increase in population, due to the trail of settlers which always follow good roads; the increased inducement to in dustry to come to our State; the con solidation of school districts; and the money which tourists would spend who would be attracted to our moun tain and coast resorts would many times meet the amount required t construct the entire State system.