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HILLS STILL QUIfT
BUT FACTIONS ALL
READY FOR RENEWAL
KINSTON WILL HAVE
LID ON SUNDAY FOR
FIRST TIME YEARS
MEXICO WILL USE
JrQieS; irorce
SOLDIERS PREVENT
FACTIONAL TROUBLE
Take Oyer Additional Towns Allied
Plebiscite Guards Retreat Before Ad-
! yance ot HsurentsGerman Irregu
lars Get Into Action and Kill Hundred
Poles in Assuming Full Control at Gog-
. lin
(Bv the United Pre)
Oppeln, Upper Silesia, May 17.
More than 100 Polish insurg
ents were killed by German ir
regulars at Goglin, where the
Germans assumed full control
today. The German losses were
trifling.
BeBrlin, May 17. Polish insurg
ents strengthened their hold in Up
per Silesia today, according to re
ports from the plebiscite area re
ceived here.
Italian soldiers who have been
holding several cities in the capaci
ty of plebiscite guards were com
pelled to withdraw, being outnum
bered by the Poles.
Korfanty's men also entered the
(own of Nikolai.
The German forces operating in
Silesia are "irregulars," for whom
the German government is no more
responsible than is the Warsaw gov
ernment admittedly for the actions
of Korfanty and his followers. They
are supposed to be fairly numerous
and to include numbers of men who
saw service in the war, but their
equipment at last reports was not
ample and their officers owed no
acknowledged allegiance to the gov
ernment here.
ISriand Not So Obstinate.
Paris, May 17- The French gov
ernment today indicated semi-offie-ially
a desire to restore harmony
with Great Britain. While Premier
Briand met with the cabinet to draft
his views on the division of Upper
Silesia, declaring he would not aban
don his support of a partition which
would give the bulk of the coal land
to Poland, it was indicated that ho
would be willing to compromise with
London.
Music Week in Denver
Sets Everybody There
to Trying His Yoice
(By the United Press)
Denver, May 1Q. All Denver i
whistling, humming or singing, wher
ever possible, this week Denver's
Music Week.
Beginning today, 34 separate ..type?
of concerts will be given in the ci t
auditorium, the civic center, church
es, theatres and clubs. High school
orchestras and glee clubs, amateui
and professional musicians and com
munity choruses will combine to
; make this Denver's most tuneful week
Community singing will be held in
lactones, stores, city fire stations
music stores and charitable institu
tions. A municipal chorus of 300 will
smg "Martha" two nights 'at the city
auditorium.
Tobacco's Foes Are
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Losing Ground, Say
American Editors
New Rork, May 16. Statutory
prohibition of the use of tobacco by
adults is still a long way off if the
editors of the country truly interpret
public sentiment in their communi
ties. This statement is based on the
results of a questionnaire conducted
by Edward A. Moree of this city for
the Tobacco Merchants' Association
of the United States. The question
naire was sent to nearly 13,000 edi
tors. , Replies were received from
nearly -63 per cent., representing a
total icrculation of 22,000,000. .
Of the 7,847 editors replying 7,393
or 95 per cent declared their com
munities against tobacco prohibition.
Only 3 per tent, of the remainder
found any considerable ' sentiment
favoring such prohibition.
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(By the United Press
Washington, May 17. A fa
vorable report on the, nomination
w David H, Blair of Winston
nalem to be commissioner of
internal revenue was ordered to
day by the Senate Finance Com-
m,ttec- ' , 4)
n To Deliver Address.
, Dal F. Wooten of this city will
W'ver an address at Shady Grove
Uiureh next Sunday at 11 o'clock.
ooton's subject will be "Chris
tian Education.?
PHAB
REPORT
Former Embassador To
France Reappointed
"4.
Myron T. Herrlck, of Ohio, for
mer Ambassador to France, who
has been reappointed to that post.
Campaign Will Start
Friday Raise Funds
fcr Salvation Army
The annual appeal for funds for
the maintenance of the Salvation Ar
my in the southern division, com
prising the states of North and
South Carolina, Georgia and Flori
da, is on this month. The quota for
Kinston is $3,000, and the local ad
visory board of the army, of which
II. II. Taylor is chairman, has des
ignated May 20 and 21 as the cam
paign dates for Kinston. The mon
ey to be raised iri this community
is to be devoted to the maintenance
and support of the local corps.
In this day of numerous cam
paigns and strained financial con
ditions $3,000 seems a large amount
but at such times the demands on
the army for relief are much great
er and the money is more urgently
needed, and the army appeals to all
friends to come to the rescue in the
present campaign just as liberally as
in the past, according to L. W.
Throckmorton, field representative.
In addition to the religious work
and various kinds of relief work in
the -corps centers, the Salvation Ar
my maintains in this division three
industrial homes for men, two room
ing houses for women and girls, a
maternity hospital, a home for chil
dren and three hotels for men.
"A man may be down, but he is
never out," is the slogan of the ar
my, and its workers seek to alleviate
the suffering and misery of the un
fortunate wherever found. Ely J.
Perry has been appointed by the lo
cal board of directors as campaign
manager and has already started
prepaiatioris' fof the campaign.
California Expert
to Speak to World .
Advertisers in Ga.
Atlanta, Ga., My 16. There is a
best way to sell goods and to keep
down the high cost of getting goods
to the customer and some brass-lack
ideas on this best way will be offered
to merchants by Paul Findlay, of Lot
Aneeles. at the world advertising con
vention to meet here next month, 12th
io lUh. His address on "Merchan
dising" Will be an important feature
if the retailers' "departmental, ou
Monday,. at-the auditorium.
In making announcement oi . mis
feature f the convention program,
the Advertising Association states
at retailers may attend these and
:3ier sessions of this year's conven
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tion without Being mcninrn
Associated Clubs of the World.
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Machine Guns Pointed at
Mountains Sheltering Op
posing Sides - Harding
and Weeks Discuss Need
for Troops
(By the United Press)
Williamson, W. Va., Maj 17.
Fears of further trouble were felt
today following a comparative peace
of two days in the industrial war
fare in the hill country east of this
town.
The factions in the fighting are
still posted at advantageous points
in the Kentucky and West Virginia
hills, ready to rake the opposite
mountains with machine pun fire
!nt any sign of a renewal of hostil
ities.
Weeks Confers With Harding.
Washington, May 17. Secretary
of War Weeks today conferred with
President Harding at the cabinet
meeting on thej question of whether
martial law should be proclaimed in
West Virginia and Kentucky to quail
the coal miners fighting there.
Genius Atop the Bos
Used Bell to Signal
to Buddy; Made Row
'Bv the United Piv-ss)
Washington, May 17. A red-headed
sailor from one of the battle-ships
resting in the Hudson River didn't
nif an to hold up Fifth Avenue traffic
but he fairly succeeded in doing it.
'lhe bell of a trowed bus began ring
ui.tr and the conductor signalled to
stop. No one got off nor even look
ed interested in getting off. As the
bus started again, the ringing start
edshort, intermittent little rings
The conductor climbed to the top
deck and took a survey. "Who's
ringing that bell?" he cried. '"Why
I was," said the sailor. Then he
gathered from the sputtering out:
hurst that th.: conductor didn't can
for it and that he had stopped the
conveyance. "Oh, I'm sorry,'" he
said. I didn't mean to do that. My
buddie was sitting down stairs 'cause
there wasn't a seat up here, and I
was to ring a Morse code message
as soon as one was empty. See, there
he comes now."
Participation of U. t
S. in Conference on
Children is Desired
(By the United Pre')
Washington, May 10. Plans are
being completed, according to informa
tion received by the Department of
Labor, through the Children s Bureau,
for an international conference on
child welfare to be hold at Brussels
under the auspices of Uw Belgian
government July 18-21, 1921. Ameri-
an participation in the conference is
much desired by the Belgian Com
mittee on Organization.
The object of the confereice is the
discussion of a series of questions
dealing with the physical and moral
welfare cf children, and 'he rearing ol
infant3.
Prescribing for a
Sick River is New
Work Health Experts
fBy the United Pre)
Washington, May 16. An Inten
sive study of stream pollution with
special regard to the establishment of
a general plan by which -any polluted
stream in the United States might
be purified at a minimum expense
has been begun by tho United States
Public Health Service.
As is will known, a polluted stream
tends to purify itself, but its power
in this direction , depends on the
amount and character of the original
pollution, on the volume and speed
of the current, and on the extent tc
which new pollution is added along
ist course.
The service has selected for study
the Chicago main drainage channel
and the Illinois River (which empties
into the Mississippi), chiefly because
all the primary pollution, of this
stream originates in Chicago and is
accurately ascertainable, both as to
amount and character.
WHOLESALE
PRICES
43 PER CT.
(By the United Press)
Washington, May 17. The level of
wholesale prices now is 43 1-2 per
cent, below the peak of high prices
leached in May, 1920, the Labor De
partment announced today.
New City Administration
Decides Too Much Trade
on Sacred Day
SCHEDULE FOR THE CAFES
Proprietors of Eating Places
Threaten Make Trouble
Cause Partons Go Hun
ffrv. Say Authorities.
Reckon Without Patrons
Not many '-restaurant men
have any 8erb.-us intention of
rinsing their places Sund:iv in re
taliation for the new blue laws,
officials said Tuesday hIutium-h.
At least two restaurateurs told
authorities the new ordinances
were satisfactory, it was reliably
stated. Mayor Hiipper Tuesday
declared there had been n demand
for restrictions, and that it was
a case of nailing the lid down
light or allowing one drug store
to remain openVl Too many places
had kept open, and the ne.v ad
ministration could not blind it
self to the situation.
Now Kinston restaur-atcursj are
threatening to stage the :Mc-;t hung
er urtke on 'record in retavatmn t.
the new Sunday blue tans imjanv
by the City Council. William 15, (U-
man, city clerk, ";ail. the laws win
into1 effect today, but their real sig
nificance wil'l not be felt iint.'l Jit;
22, intended to be the first "blue Sun
day" this town has known in seven
years. On ithe authority of the p:
lice, it is reported that the u- taui;..i!
proprietors will refuse to open tht'.i
uoors feunday, thus driving huniht i
jf pati':n3 to lay in'-supplus iatur-.l:ij
night or "do like the folks over tin
river" on the first (lay of the week,
li '1$. assumed that , the folks on Iht
other side of the river would g Ir.m
iiryy. '- "
The gi'boJule for restaurants a lopt
ed by. the. council Monday night pro
vides the fk'.iQw.ing open hours: six
to 9:.'10 a. m., 12 m. to 2:30 p. n., nr.
h to y:,i0 p. m. Kestaurant ir. 'ii say
that numbers of patrons do not leave
their bed on Sunday until alter
a. m. Officials expecit the ftsiaura
teurs to De lowed to open as well ac
comply with the law. The pressure
tnat a nost ot nungry patrons win
exert will drive them to give service
it is believed.
The penalty provided is a fine of
from $10 to $j0. Under the new 'laws,
which were unanimously adopte.l, "it
hail lie unlawful to keep open, any
garage, hop or store or Ito sell any
article of 'nierchaiv I i se other thin ir
. ....
the tirug stores, one ot which may
keep open from 8 lo 11 a. . ni. an
I; 30 to 7 p. in. Ice manufacturers ar
exempted... Garages may receive cars
for .storage at any time. Ice cream
(k'alers may nMc ik'liverios in nuan
tities of ono pint or more, whuti the
orders have been given on t.le day be
fore. Meat may l;o delivered until !
a. m. lhe soda toutitains are intend
ed to be closed except those in drug
stores, and to secure this concession
anly one drug store wu'l be open each
bunday, the proprietors rotating,
Preference Will Be
Given Relatives of
Men Who Served U.S.
' (By the United Press)
Washington, May 17. As a result
of a fight waged on the floor of Con
gress by Representative Hamilton
Fish, Jr., of New York, a prominent
American Legion worker, relatives of
aliens who served in the American
army, navy and marines during the
World War are entitled to preferred
right to, entry in the United States
in the three per cent, immigration to
be allowed during tho next year
under the new immigration bill.
The provision in tho bill wihch
gives this preference in immigration
to the relatives of ex-service pien
was introduced by Mr .Fish as an
amendment to the immigration bill,
when it was being considered in tha
House of Representatives.
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A FEDERAL VICTORY
(By the United Pret)
Washington, May 16. The federal
government by a decision pf the Su
preme Court today won one of the
most important tax suits in recent
years when the court held that the in
creased value of natural resources
held by a corporation is profit and
therefore taxable as Income. - The
decision means that many million dol
lars will be kept in the Treasury, ac
'cording to government estimates.
Socialists and Catholics For
bidden to Meet Together.
50 Casualties in Recent
Morelia Fighting Cause
Obregon Act
(By the United Press
Mexico City, May 17. President
Obregon today ordered the war min
istry to use aimed forces to prevent
clashes between tho Socialists and
Catholics.
He also ordered that the militant
groups be prevented from meeting
either in public buildings or churches
in the republic.
The orders grew out of anti-Cath-o,lic
disturbances at Morelia, where
50 were killed in a battle last week.
National Chamber of
Commerce Has Bureau
of Education Going
' Bv tne United Press)
Fashington, 'May 17. The Cham
ber of Commerce of the United States
announces the creation of a bureau
of education. This is the first of
four new bureaus to be established
in the chamber's department of civic
development. The other bureaus to
be 'created are housing and city
planning, immigration, and national
civics.
William Mather Lewis, of Chicago,
formerly director of the savings di
vision of the federal Treasury De
partment, is the. chief of the edu
cation bureau. As director of the
savings division of the treasury, Mr.
Lewis was in charge of the govern
ment's campaign for thrift, savings
and sound investment. Aside from
the time he was with the government,
Mr. Lewis had been connected main
ly with educational work. He was
resident of the North Central Acad
emic Association, of Illinois; in
structor in English, Illinois College,
and spent a year and half in Europe
studying educational and economic
conditions.
White Said to Have
Good Talent Lined
Up for Local Club
(By tho United Press
Washington, N. C. May 17
It was announced here today that
Jeannette of Wake Forest has
been signed to manage, the local
baseball club. lie played here
last year.
"Jim" White, manager of the new
baseball club here, is expected to bring
several players with him when he ar
rives, in a few. ways, lhe Wake For
est coach ' is iaid to have strings on
Jeannette and Armstrong, of Wake
Forest, and Shirley and Llewellyn, of
the University of North Carolina
Shirley hails from Greene County,
near this ity
j Con. Lanie
of GreenviWe, and
Llisha B. Lewis, of this city, an
wrestling with the 'schedule for the
new Eastern Carolina Ldague. They
will start from June 13, it having al
ready been decided to open the first
series on the 9th, at Greenville anJ
New Bern. Double-headers will be
played July 1, so timed that each town
on the circuit will get a game.
More Commissions to
Privates of Marine
Corps; lu j C:l Them
(By the United Press)
Washington, May 1G. Adhering to
its policy of rewarding meritorious
members of its enlisted personnel
with commissions, the; United States
Marine Corps will open an officers'
training 'school in or near Washing
ton this summer, to fill oyer a hun
dred vacancies in the commissioned
personnel of the corps. During the
war more than 800 enlisted men were
commissioned in this country and
France. The highest rank so far at
tained an enlisted man who" received
his commission as a reward for meri
torious service is that of a senior
oloncl. , .
RADICALS DEFEATED
(By the United Prws.)
Roma, May 17. Jlcturns from the
national elections today rolled up an
evergrowing conservative ; majority.
The reports came slowly from wide
ly scattered districts, however, and
the press hesitated to make predic
tions. . , :
RETURNS
INDICATE
Irish Skies
RedihHjgKt
Thirty-Three Dead in Whitsuntide Fighting-
British Answer Ambushes With
Raids-j-Families Driven Out of Homes
by Lloyd George's Men and Torch Ap
plied Erin's Sorrow Grows With Many
New Graves
POLICE HOLD HEAVY
CLUB OVER CALKINS
PARK ON CAPE FEAR
Sunday Activities Curtail
ed Claimed Agreement
With City Council Violat
ed by Bluecoats Defense
for Management
The Wilmington Star Monday tolc
of drastic action taken by the police
in establishing a Sunday "censorship"
over the Calkins Amusement Com
pany's park there. I. J. Calkins, hca:
of the company, and "Dick" Richard
son, the manager, are former KinsLir.
boys who went to the Cape Fear cit;
a few weeks ago. The Star said;
"As the result of n apparent mix
understanding between Councilmai
.las. M. Hall, in charge of the De
partment of Public Safety, and Cluel
of Police N.ithan Williams, all activi
ties except boat renting and the sil(
of soft drinks anil articles of food a
Lakeside Park were stopped by lh
police early yesterday afternoon ovs
the protest of tho 'management of th
Calkins Amusement ' Company, wh:
were having their firt Sunday al th
park since, they Heared the place frot:
th.3 Howard-Wells Allurement Com.
j-.iny. Chief 'Williams told The SA.v
that he' assumed all' responsibility fo
sending officers to prevent t'he opera
lion on Sunday cf several amusemcii
devices, while Mr. Hall stated that h.
told- the chief that city ordinance,
and the State laws should be'enforcet
during the day and emphasized thai
no amusement or concession that sa
vored of gambling should bej per.nit
ted to oeratc
"Percy W. Wells, whose companj
recently leased the park to the Calk
ins company, said that he' was greatlj
surprised when the situation was re
ported to him, in view of his having
an agreement with City Council as ti
just the sort of amusement that couli!
be put on at the park. He had beer,
informed, he said, that in the fuLX
of an understanding that riding de
vices could be operated if their mush
feature was eliminated, officers hi
stopped one such device which W.v
running yesterday afternoon with ;t!u
organ silenced, and that he was nin'rt
keenly surprised when he learned thai
the police had .refused to permit ii
sacred orchestral . concert that bac
been planned, lie was very positive
in his. statement that .there was in
gambling place on the grounds. I. J.
Calkins of the Calkins Amusement
Company, was operating under , "the
same agreement the lloward-WelU
Company hail with City Council, he
declared, and was at a loss to under
stand the reason for being closed up.
No Violation.
"He declined that it appeared that
not one provision of the (agreement
with.Tfte city government was vi
olated and that it seemed the police,
no matter by whose instructions, had
overstepped their 'authority in order
ing stopped everything except rent
ing of boats and the. sale of drinks
and eatables. It was stated that the
only two concessions on the grounds,
one a doll rack and the other an ar
row throwing contraption, had nnt
been opened when the police arrived
Mill issued their closing order.
"In the parlance of the streets, the
Calkins Amusement Company man
agement was 'up in the air' as to
where they stood with regard to
amusements at the park, and it is
probable, judging from developments
yesterday, that efforts will be made
before another Sunday arrives to have
a definite understanding as to what
the. authorities propose to permit."
FIRE DOES HEAVY
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GA. CITV
(By the United Press)
Atlanta, May 16. Damage amount
ing to 1125,000 was caused by fire
which this morning destroyed stocks
in several stores here. The fire orig
inated in tho kitchen of Max Peitch's
cafe and spread rapidly to other bus
iness places in the building. Six fire
companies worked' four hours before
the blaze was entirely extinguished.
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(By the United Preil
Dublin, May 17. Summoned
by S. (). S. signals to Kingstown
naval wireless station, reinforce
monts from the fleet of destroy
ers there repulsed the Sinn Fein
ers in an attack here last night.
A small guard at the wireless
plant was overpowered by a sud
den rush of Sinn Feiners, but the
operator on duty managed to
flash a distress call.
London, May 17. Smouldering
ruins dotted the southern part of
Ireland today, memorials of an orgy
of violonce in which 3J lives wer
lost over Whitsuntide.. Many new
graves are being dug.
Up to last night there were 33
dead. Most of these were members
of the crown military and police for
ces. Then three additional dead were
reported. These were prisoners who
were shot when they attempted to
escape during the night after their
capture by a British raiding party:
The reprisals of the English for
ces followed swiftly, in line witb tha
military's policy, when the Sinn Fein
followers launched their outbreaks.
Every ambush was followed by a
raid. Families ofsuspected Sinn Fein
sympathizers were given an hour's
notice to remove their valuables, af
ter which, their homes were fired by
the troops.
From Cork to Dublin the skies
wero reddened during the night.
Says English Must Withdraw. ,
, London, May 17. British troops
must be' withdrawn from Ireland be
fore peace there is achieved, Arch
bishop Mannix declared today In an
exclusive interview with the United
Press just before sailing for Austra
lia.' ' "v-
The famous Australian prelate
presented three "essentials" to Irish
peace. They were:
Immediate withdrawal of the "in
vading army."
Acknowledgement of the island's
right to self-determination.
Negotiations between both coun
tries on an equal footing with a de
sire to overcome their difficulties.
MANY INVOLVED , t
IN WHOLESALE THEFT
OF AUTOMOBILE TIRES.
Washington, N. C, May 16. Four
youths named Wilson, Alligood, Har
ris and Singleton are held here on
charges of stealing automobile tires
valued at $1,200 to $1,500 from a
motor . company, while others whose
names have not been revealed are
understood to have been taken in cus
tody and still others are expected to
Ije arrested. The four named are al
leged to have confessed to 'participat
ing in the theft or aiding in the dis
posal of the . tires. The police say
they expect to recover the tires.
BULLETINS
BAPTISTS LEAVE FOR HOME.
Chattanooga, May 17. With
the last session of the 66th
Southern Baptist Convention be
ing held today, the several thou
sand delegates are beginning to
leave for their homes this after
noon. Washington, May 16. The val-
idity of the prohibition amend
ment was reaffirmed by the Su
preme Court today.
TO PROBE ALLEGED SWINDLES.
Washington, May 16. Con
gress this week will tttart inves-
tigation of charges that several
recently-formed service, men's or
ganizations are nothing more than
"Ot-Rii-h-Quirk Wallingford"
schemes for their promoters.
Army Quartermasters s ;
to Banquet on Three
Continents June 16
Washington, May 16. A record-
breaking long-distance dinner will be
given June 16, when captains of in
dustry and business . men who sup
plied the army during the war will
sit down , with, quartermasters of aU
ranks aud kihds, ? reserves, guards
men, and regulars, in commemoration
of the 14Gth anniversary of the es
tablishment ot , ,the Quartermaster
Corps, June 16, 1775, in Carpenter's
Han, Philadelphia. Tables will be
set from Coblens to China, and from
Panama lamost to the Pole, on thsee
continents and in all the insular pos
sessions ot the United , States, for
this wide-reaching celebration, the
first of its kind ever held in the army.