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FpDff'IifiFSip' GREAT BRITAIN WILL SEND SHRINERS OF CITY II I 1 PI ArV M. UUUcUUlJUiS) VS' VERGE OF -BIGGEST INDUSTRIAL FIGHT DELEGATION TO U. HOLD BANQUET AND PLAN BIG TEMPLE Si , I - L ,V n or? B,Dli Tariff, Budget, Bonus, Taxation Among Big Problems CohfrbntmgChgresi 67th Session Cbriye nev feill to Be eintroducedExpectecl to Be Massed by Middle 'of Week (By the United, Press) Washington, April 9r The program of t? 67th Congress today had not I taken concrete shape. It is still in the hands of the leaders of. the House and Senate. f . ' '' Curtis, Republican whip of the up per house, today said the session, will probably consist - of the following legislation: Emergency tariff and anti-dump- ing bill. Tax revision. . Permanent tariff. The national budget bill. Soldier bonus. . The army and navy appropria tions. -Reclassification of government employes. The Colombian treaty. . -There is enough work in the pro gram to keep Congress ,in session until the fall. The Fordney tariff bill wilrbe re introduced in the House Monday and it is hoped to pass" it by Thursday. Too Loose-Fitfing , i Windows Run Up the ' Coal Bill for Many iUt, t-ha TInltnd Press) Washington, April 8. 'Stopping up cracks around doors and windows is CaroJina faces a liquor problem searce an important factor in cutting down seriou3 than the one which UBauiBu"i -i -- ' - the coal bill and keeping the rooms comfortable, according to rarmeia. Bulletin 1194, ' "Operating a Home Heating Plant," just published by the United State Department of Agricul ture. More foil is consumed in, a house with loosly fitted windows than in one where the cracks are protect ed. In the windward rooms of some houses on particularly cold, windy days, the leakage about window and door framing will be so great that the rooms can not be heated to a comfort able temperature even by forcing the furnace to its limit. i Tight-fitting windows, says the bulletin, are essential if leakage losses are to be kept down. Ordinary felt weather stripping helps to ; re duce this loss. Metal weather stripp ing is still better and aids materially in saving feul. Egg of Passenger V Pigeon is Worth a Thousand Dollars (By the United Press) Urbana, III., April 8.How would you like to buy a dozen eggs, guar anteed stale, for $12,000? With pric es of ordinary "hen fruit" fluttering back to near reasonable levels, $1,000 seem high for any egg, but that is the estimated value of a single egg in the "Natural History Museum, of the University of Illinois here. It is the egg of a passenger pigeon, an American bird now extinct. ; The egg was given to the University by T, E. Musselman, a former student. The last known passenger pigeon died in the (Cincinnati Zoological Gar dens about five years ago. Follow ing the bird's death, the American Ornithologists 'Union offered. $7,000 to anyone proving the .existence of a nesting pair, but- none of the original ppecies was ever discovered. . Passenger pigeons were once so numerous in the Mississippi Valley that their migrations darkened the sky. . f ACQUITTED OF MURDERING TWO JAPANESE SEAMEN. NnrfnlV 4.;l Q l?(iii 1ninl men charged with killing two Japanese seamen nere unristmas eve were ac quitted last night.; The jury was out 24 Vlnnra Tlio mm nun nllpe-ed to have slain the Japanese in a f'Knt on board the steamship Kaisho Ma tti TVi ; nl 11 itvit that the , defendants posed as prohibition umcers and boarded the snip in qu" of whiskey. 4 f j still to be heard against them in connection with the Killing ol Hadie Sesakie. . CARIW CHID iT.MIAMl t FURTHER PLANS OBSCURE. Hfiom; o ti Wpslern Union table ship Clowry, halted a few weeks ago in. an attempt to con nect' the Miami-'Barbadoes cable at this port, is here again. She came up from Kev West. Local officials of the Western Union said the crew complained because "they could not get what they wanted to eat at Key West- - . ,. HEALTH BOARD GETS SAY ON HATTER North Carolina Makes More Than Any State and it is Injurious to Its People. Supply Means That There Must Be Demand By MAX ABERNETHY 1 (Special Capital Correspondent) ; Raleigh,! April 9.--North Carolina's unenviable rocord of illegally manu factured liquor as set down, by the limited States government is brought into play by the State Board of Health in its campaign for "a healthier but less intoxicating citizenship. Whether the health authorities are disappointed that the J921 General Assembly, refused 'to enact more stringent prohibition laws for the State is another question, but the fact that "for twelve years North Caro lina has been prohibiting the manu facture -or sale of intoxicating 'Ji- innnrK and despite this "today North caused the adoption of prohibition laws years ago" is commented upon. "The records of the United States government tend to prove that there is now more illegal manufacture of liquors in this State than -in any oth or" anw thp bulletin. "The records of the various courts of the State are filled with cases, from simple drunks to foul murders which are founded upon strong drink, either its making, selling or consumption. Demand Must Be Great. "Prnhahlv as lone as there is sut- ficient demand for liquors there will be found those to supply such demand. The evils that follow the filling of the human body with alcohol hayt been pointed out time and time again, tnd still there are many wno wm run Uiriost' any risk to obtain it. f'Alcoh&l and good health do not go ,linir ton-ether. Alcohol tears down, and makes ready the way for degen erative diseases.- - It, like, a traitor, weakens all defenses ot tne ouy jgainst tuberculosis and other mice- Its use meuns an in- a ,lonth --rate.' From a public health viewpoint the State Board of Hcnlth is deeply interested in me ine jent condition." likewise is the Anti-Saloon League in North Carolina interetsed in the sals of liquor in Tar- heelia.- So is the Federal .prohibition auneryisor, who months ago lunuura .. ' ..1 1 .,.VAUSa Innllilitv to North Carolina. Ana ne uum communication to the then Governor Bickett urging the establishment of a State constabulary to. drive out the The letter reached the enccutive of ' tv.o oTivfimors were chang ing, Mr. Bickett finally receiving the uommunication which he presented to the morning ' newspapers neie.ua , ,. F.nterorising corr respondents at the capital forced the letter into print and the reading part 1 .u. is.ia fn th first time: learn- ed that their commonweal, .mu tured the prize f the numoer ox quor distilleries operaieu. ... Artist Salesman on Trip to Take . Him Arouni Wor(d mv the, United Press) nl... vi inrii o An artist can be a salesman, too. J. Monmckdam, from Holland,' is. out to prove it. He arrived in New York the ether day on a trip around 'the world, on which he is to make his own expenses traveling and livingas he goes, by ltin Ms own nictures; If he suc- cmhIs in doing ift, he has a fortune ta him from a wealthy Hollander who is interested in helping young artists and offered fnr thn trio. The only con dition is that the artist must not sell to' dealers or" agents. In London, iMnnnickdam . obtained an audience ,.,Hh- Kmir Georfird. whd commission ed him to paint several pictures. The money from these was sufficient to pay the expenses of him and his wife iONSHII UQUOR to New York. , Conference at Premier's House Believed to Have 1 Been Resultless TWO MILLION WILL QUIT But Half of Workers Are Expected to Stay by Their . Jobs Men at Liverpool and Some Other Points . Refuse to Walk Out - .. (By' the United Press) London, April 9. With Great Britain tottering on the verge of. the , greatest industrial war in history the government continued its effort today to avoid the plunge into the abyss, .-" Premier Llovil Genre a received a special deputation from the Triple A llifl)v , .in secret conference... Fbl lowing the meeting the labor lead ers refused to ' discuss what trans pired, but all had a serious mien. The mere fact that the labor lead ers consented to the meeting with the premier is regarded as a good omen in official circles, however. -Refusal of the railway ana trans mit workers of Livemool and other centers to accept the strike order is regarded as indicating the truth of the, irovernment's contention that on ly about 50 per cent, of the four mil-' lion workers will respond to the strike call on Tuesday. Fish Ducks Will Make the Niagara a Fishless Stream (By the United Press) Niagara Falls. N. Y.. April 8. Fish in iha Kincrara .River will 80011 be a thing of the past and the famous ri.v-: er will be known as tishiess. v Fish-eating ducks are devouring thousands of fish daily. The shell drake or cowens will kill more fish . A Jt .1. : in a day tnan an expert iisnernmn. rinr-ka Villod in the snrinir are always found with their crops filled with fish. Sportsmen are advocating an open season for ducks in the spring on the Niagara Kiver in order to protect the fishing. Fish-eating ducks are like rubber and are not . especially good game for eating. Plan Rifle Matches. Wnnhimrrnn. Anril 8.- Rules and regulations to govern the national riflo and nistol matches this year ouprn . mm nleted at the War Depart ment yesterday. The matches will be held at Camp Perry, O., in August. PELL'S OPTIMISTIC OVER BETTER TRAIN SERVICE SOUTHERN Believes North State Flyer Will Be Put on Between Eastern Carolina and the Mountains Reduction of Time East to West By MAX ABERNETHY (Special Capital Correspondent) Ralpio-h. Anrtl 9. Corporation rmmislnnpr. Pell and Maxwell re- ii.niner tri fhp ritv from Washington in the reverse order with one day in tervening, disagree over the pros ports of a through train trom uoius. boro to Cincinnati by way of Greens k Rnlishnrn and Ashevillo. it Commissioner Pell, wno spent & Washineton than his colleague, wishes to be recorded as ...!. Wo is. reason to believe the carn nf f ipinls- will "see ihe light" in due time and will accede to tne nf tlio traveling nublio: desir ous of journeying from Eastern Caro lina to the mountains, ine ikoiui si(o niwr hfl thinL'B. will soon be finldsboro to .; Asheville, making the long trip in much better time than Nos.' 21 and Vi oy w insion Salem ind Barber Junction. In Distress. T.irDnnnia Fla..i Anril 8. The Spanish schooner-Santa Eulalia has arrived here in tow of a British ves sel after losing her rudiier ana sus taining other damage in a severe gale. ;The craft was bound from s Cuban port to Spain. To Join State Health Forces. Raleigh, April 8.-Ceorge F. Cat lett of Wilmington has been appoint ed to the State Board of Health as assistant sanitary engineer. Friendship Mission Will Ar rive in May, Washing- ; ton Understands ' BE- MEMBERS OF DIET Japanese Ruler Hopes to Bring About Better Re lations 'Between Powers at 1 Both Ends "of Pacificl Program Comprehensive s (By the United Pre) Washington, "April 9. Japan is about to make s number of import ant gestures to strengthen relation between that country and the United States, it was learned today. ; The present relations between the two countries are reported to havf influenced Japan to lake this step. ' To Send " Parliamentarians. .The Mikado will send a mission of members of the Japanese diet to the United States next month. A pro nouncement': on American-Japanese relations is also expected from tha Mikado. All efforts art to be made to pro mote friendlier relations btween the two powers. Rctarians Gather at Norfolk for 4 7th District Meet , (By Rotarian J. A. Parham) -Charlotte, April t). During the next 48 hours Rotarians between 1,500 and 2,000 in number, representing 40 local clubs in North Carolina, South Carolina ami Virginia, will be packing their bags and getting off to Norfolk forthe' Seventh District conference, which' will be held Tuesday, Wednes d.iyani. Thursday - It will be decidedly the greatest gathering of Rotarians ever held in the southeast, in 'the opinion of Rogers W; Davis, of Charlotte, former dis trict governor and at 'present chair man of one of the international com mittees, and therefore the highest Ro tary official in several; states. SAYS SOUTH BELONGS TO METHODISTS AND BAPTISTS. Roanoike. Va.t 'Aprl 8. A declara tion by Dr. Henry Snyder, president of Wofford College, that the "entire South belongs to the Methodists and Baptists," and a statement by Rev. E. B.' Chappell, Nashville, Tennessee, Sunday school. ''editor ..of the church, that the "world now is facing moral as well as financial bankruptcy. marked the opening session here to day of the 137th annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Dr.. Snyder, who is assistant director-general of the Christian educational-movement of the church, added that "other denominations may be accomplishing something in this territory but that preponderance of numbers of 'Methodists with tneir z,- 250.000 members and Baptists with their 4,000,000 members, justifies the statement that the future ot tne South depends on the Methodists and Baptists." " . bulletins: BIG BOUT WILL TAKE PLACE IN JERSEY. New York, April 9. Tex Kick-i ard today ' announced that : the, Dempsey-Carpentier fight v will be held in New Jersey July 2. WOULD SELL ARMY ; SURPLUSES. IN EUROPE. Washington, April air-secretary of War Weeks today an nounced that he had recommend-,; ed to the chairmen of the Senate and House Military Affairs com mittees the authorization of his department to sell surplus army food supplies to European eoun tries by act of Congress. A ban now exists on selling army food tq Europeans. LftST BALLOON BELIEVED FOUND IN GULF MEXICO. Pcnsacola, Fill April 9 A balloon tought to fte the one aboard which five aero nauts from the naval station here were blown to sea more than two weeks ago was found floating at sea 20 miles off Panama City last night, re port here today stated. The balloon was picked up by a. small boat and towed to Panama City. . One report slated that the bag was deflated and that no signs of life were found.. .A seaplane (' tis dispatch! by naval ' officials to inve ;:.;:ite J Lot of Wits Make Merry and Festive Board C roans With Table French VISITING " NOBLES TALK And Some Local Ones Too Much Song Artists Trill Lays Felix Harvey's Parley Vous Trimmings for Good North Carolina Eats The Kinston Shrine Club held its first annual banquet Friday night in the Kinoca Club rooms, 150 or move nobles and ladies participating 'in the festive and joyous occasion. A pro gram full of merriment and pep snd good-fellowship, spread over two or three hours, served to drive away an care for the time being at least of those who enjnyed the hospitality of the occasion. Plans for the erection of a com modious Masonic home which will housfe all the branches of the fraterni ty here were revealed and it was de clared by several speakers that be- f6re another year rolls around a sub stantial start to that end will be made. The biggest feature of the occasion, aside from President relix Harvey, Jr.'s success as toastmaster, John Michaelson's debut as a chorus direc tor" and "Lish" Lewis' address of welcome, was the successful launch ing of a movement to bring the1 1!22 spring ceremonial of Sudan Temple to Kinston. Potentate William II. Smith, of Raleigh, affectionately re ferred to by his fellow nobles as "Bil ly, "was present and aside from mak ing a fine speech, gave -approval, to Kinston's plans for entertaining tne pvnmnnial. Dr. Joseph F. Rhein ot New Bern, recorder jf Sudan Temple .n,! Mrt Rhem werd honored euesis. Mhl( Tiheni .responded to some ot ihlo Lewis' remarks in a happy vein raying he would always be on hand alien there were eats. Nobles Will iam T: Hill of New Bern, F. B. Crow- t.m nf r.nldnhoro and I. M. JindgcK jf Wilson were present and told of inoir nlnnRiire at being so A num ber of local nobles werecallel on by foastmaster Harvey, -who kopt tne 'pot boiling" with felicitous introduc tions. Among tnose wno suo Noble E. B. Lewis who addressed the "Ladies and what you brought with you," following up his alutation with a cordial atuirehs t welcome. Noble W. f. tiaruing of fered the invocation. Noble Jonn Michaclson jntroduced as an Asia Minor bass," and Noble fcly mry, .,k m ilnsiirnatod as the "Whiskey Tenor"were asked to sing a duet. John got out of the ordeal for all conccrneu with a monologue account of his "suc cess on the operatic stage" while hly shifted the burden to the shoulders of four other nobles "who diun i re- pond." After reciting tne nrhi stanza," John called on the gather nir to stand and join with him in the second. They dul, while John beat time with a cabbage bou quet, which had been "hurled" at him. ' . r. I If If linn Nobles uuy union ami m, npr. successful aspirants for recorder- ship and mayoralty honors in the re cent primaries, were given an oppor tunity to speaK. JMiiow, as sec tary of the Shrine Club, told of some of its activities of the past year. Hap- per admitted that he had been speaK in. mnttv strenuously for the past 30 days and asked to be excused from a lengthy address, but expressed ap preciation for the honor that had been bestowed upon him by the .city and promised an adminis:--,tion that wouw bring some .suipn: .. , - Harvey, Sr., and the new p.v.,.Junt of the club, Fred I. Sutton, also re minded to the toastmaster s can. The following delightful menu was served by the ladies of the First Pres byterian Church: "Fruit cocktail a la Rhem, Chicken salad vous la Smith, Chees straws s'il vous plais Bradham, Pjckles and beaten biscuit encore An derson, ice cream and cake et el Dunn, Coffee avoir fais Divan, smokes n'es Nobles." ' with tha notice, fPlnnse. don't blame the committee for the above we don't know what.of tne gtate jemanded. They have it means BUT ask Felix Harvey been K;ven by indirection what they confidentially, he wrote it"). fter(aske(J for by direction, the speech-making and banquet, the i jf tnere to be a general reduc hall was cleared and turned over toJtiorl in valuations, the tax rate will the young people for dancing. jg0 sj(yWard in order to save the coun- The new officers of the Kinston tje. from f inanoial embarrassment Shrine Club are: Fred I. Sutton, pros-J an(J the state be just where it iint' Dr. Mercer Parrott. vicepresi dent; W. F. Harding, treasurer, and Guy Elliott, secretary. JESSE JAMES BROUGHT UP TO DATE BY PEONS. (By the United Press) Buenos Aires, April 8. The south ern part of Argentina is being rav aged by bushrangers who use meth ods that would do credit to Jesse James. It is estimated that more than 1,000 bandits were in the sad dle at one time recently. Proprietor of "Death Death Penalty by Jury s Recommenda tionMurderer of Eleven Blacks on Peonage - System Plantation Breaks DownCounsel Moves for New Trial' L CLEAN - UP IN OF CITY Women Deserve Most Cred it for Big Results May Take Another Inspection to Determine Winners of Prizes Offered in Cam paign In spite of the inclement weather, and the excitement of the town- pri maries, annual Clean-Up Week this year has been more thorough than ev er before in the history of Kinston. The members appointed by "the civic department of the Community Club to direct the campaign and to make suggestions are loud in their praise of the splendid cooperation and will ingneas manifested by every woman to elevate the standard of hygiene in this city. The officers of the Health Department are surprised at the im mense improvement wrought in the 'appearance of alleys and back yards wherever they have made their exam inations. Homes and yards never looked so tidy and well cared for as they do now, Kinston is one of the healthiest and cleanest towns to be found anywhere. Indeed judges finl it very hard to single out the homes entitled to prizes offered for the cleanest premises and best kept lawns; And another final inspection may have to be had to determine the prize winners. ' ' " All the credit for results must be given to the members of the gentler sex. Upon them alone rests the re sponsibility for making homes more attractive, and upon them alone fell the burden of the work in removing the rubbish and accumulations of ref use. They have succeeded wonderful ly well in their efforts to make Kins ton a far cleaner, healthier and more attractive town to live in. They worked heroically and demonstrated their ability to accomplish extraordi nary results. REVALUATION WILL SOON BE DEAD IF CHOPPING KEEPS UP Raleigh Sees Action of Com missioners Many Counties as Menace to Bickctt's Ambitious Scheme High er Taxes Are Coming By MAX ABERNETHY (Special Capital CorreKpondent) Raleigh, April t). Revaluation ad vocates about the capital today are not tickled to death over the way county commissioners have been slaughtering the Bickett tax law throughout the State In horizontal re ductions in assessed valuations, and wonder when it will end. , Their opinion is that unless it I'flnplips nn end soon little will be lelt of revaluation. Frankly, there are but few who do not already see that the 1021 General Assembly in put ting its work back in the hands of fKu (.nimtips: in reality repealed the ,. Thi was what the Renublieans was oetore revaluation waa upon the statute books. written Cotton , Futures Quotations Saturday were: Open. Close. May ' 11-60 n-75 July ' 12-12 12.15 0,-t.oher 12.70 12.85 Decemher ' 12.96 13.11 January 13-09 1329 . Prices today .were about 11 l-4c downward. Farm" Saved From (By the United Press) : Covington, Gav April 9. John S. Williams was found guilty of the murder of eleven negroes ' killed on his "death farm" by the jury at 9:50 this morning ,-. - A sentience of life Imprison' -ment was immediately Imposed , by the judge. - Williams' attorneys moved for new trial. Williams was stoical for a time, but finally broke down and cried. One small daughter of the defend ant fell from Jier seat and was car ried out. - '::" In 1 rendering Us verdict the jury recommended mercy, which automat-', ically fixed the sentence at life im prisonment. t .i i" . Williams is the owner of the plan tation on which it is alleged .peonage was maintained, negro laborers be-" ing requires to wotk as virtual slaves. Federal and State investigat ors ' found eight bodies buried and three in nearby rivers. Clyde Mea ning, Williams', negro loreman, was y the principal . witness for the State. Manning is to stand trial as an ac cessory. Declares Innocence. . Covington, Ga.', April 9.-J'l am . innocent of the charges," was the' . only comment Williams ' would, make.' It was stated today that' an 'effort will be made to Indict Williams' tot' the murder of three or fou,r addition al negroes whose , deaths had.' not been revealed previous to' his convic tion. . - '" -V(, i,i ' ,' V Aldermen to Look ; Into Finances of; , , Recorder's Court The City Council will hold-An. ex ecutive meeting Tuesday night, to' go into the matter of an apparent short age in the funds 'of the' Recorder's Court and has asked Clerk Kenneth. V. Foscue of the court to appear be fore the meeting.' A rumored short age of about $3,000 is Involved. City and county officials interview id Saturday said they were confident that unpaid jail fees and .other mon ;ys would account for a part of tha .noney. The chief of police, county ifficinls and members of. the Board if Aldermen' generally felt un inclin ed to hold Mr. Foscue guilty of any irregularity until the matter was prob ed to the bottom. '' ' Foscue told The Free Press that 'every cent of it was in uncollected fines unci costs and he did not see that the sole responsibility was upon. him lie denied a report that he had re fused to appear before aldermen in stigating the matter. Select Seed Sweet- Potatoes With Care . . to Increase Yield (BY ,G. A. CARDWELL) Wilmington, April 8. To check sweet-potata disease care is neces sary in choosing and treating seed, potatoes, preparing hotbeds and crop otations Sick sweet potatoes are dangerous as seed; do - not plant them. Ten million to fifteen million bushels of sweet-potatoes are lost every year through diseases. That means at the 1920 average farm val ue . from ll,00Of0OO to - $.17,000,000 out of the American farmers' pock etbooks. Most of this big loss can be pre vented. Save your share of the crop and the money by fighting- mease. start fighting by planting seed from, only the potatoes that you know are safe and sound. Eight Rules to Be Guided By. Following are eight rules to be ob served: . 1. Select seed free from spots or rots of any kind. 2. Treat seed with a solution of bichloride of mercury (1 ounce In 8 gallons of water) for ten, minutes. , ; 3. Replace old soil in seed beds with new soil, or preferably sand, from a high place in the woods or from where sweet-potatoes have not been grown. - 4. Disinfect after old soil Is remov ed the bed and surrounding area with a solution of formaldehyde (X pint formalin to 25 gallons ol wa ter). ' 6. If bed is temporary move It each year to where sweet potatoes have; not been grown for' at least eight or ten years. ; 6. Don't use fnanure In beds or fields from stock to which sweet po tatoes rave been fed unless the po tatoes were previously cooked, '
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