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WILSON, N. O, MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1921
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Vol. 18 No. 232
THE JUAIIJY TIMES i
FORMER
GERMAN
E
MORNING
BEEN ILL FOR MONTHS
Death Occurred at Doom, Hol
land, Where Former Emper-
; or William and His Wife
Had Lived Since November,
; 1918. Her Health Was the
Cause of Concern
Doom, Holland, April 11. For
mer Empress Augusta Victoria died
here at 6 o'clock this morning. By
a strange coincidence the end came
just one year after she suffered her
first serious heart attack.
The former Emperor William and
Prince Eidlebert were at the bedside
when the end came. They had been
called by Dr. Hasener who attended
the former empress throughout her
residence in Holland. The death came
as a shock to the dwellers in Doorn
Castle as last week the patient's con
dition was much improved.
. Last night the patient was only
semi-conscious. She was kept from
suffering by frequent hypodermic in
jections but her breathing appeared
to become more difficult.
As the day broke breathing became
: 'more and more difficult. It was then
evident to the physicians that the end
was near and Dr. Hasener warned the
former Emperor of its approach. The
Ex-Empress became unconscious and
her breathing became fainter until
at 6 o'clock the end came.
The. ex-Emperor stayed at the bed
side with bent head as death came
to his consort nad he remained for
sometime afterwards.
Collapse of the Central Powers and
the vicissitudes of war that drove
former Emperor William of Ger
many and his consort to practical
exile in Holland in November 1918
was the lowering of the curtain in
the life -of the once beautiful Em
press and Queen of Prussia, Augusta
Victoria who, for nearly 4 0 years,
had been the most beloved hausfrau
' of the German people. In the Neth
erlands, where she and her husband
.resided first at Amerongen and then
i
at Doorn, the fojrmer Kaiserin's long
continued illness rwas made more
grave by her yearning to return to
j Berlin and Potsdam. On several oc
! casions, since her residence in Hol
) land members of her family had been
j summoned to her bedside in antic
ipation of her death, but she rallied
and survived.
The ex-Empress gravest cloud,
next to the abdication of William II.
Prince Joachim, who committed- sui
. cide by shooting himself in Berlin
in 1920. She was never informed, it
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REVOKED BY WILSON
t
V -
The Fact Was Disclosed Today
by Filing of Government
Uriefs.
Washington, April 11. A permit
for the operation and maintenance of
the ' Western Union cable between
Key West and Cuba which was re
voked by President Wilson after re
ports that the Western Union would
use this line to connect their line
from' the Barbadoes to South Amer
ica with a cable to American shores
was disclosed today by the govern
ment brief filed here.
PROlti. COON'S FATHER DEAD
Hickory, April 11. David A.
Coon a prominent farmer of Lincoln
cpunty dit d at his home yesterday,
age 87. Mr.', Coon was a lieutenant In
the Confederate army and was
wounded 9 ttfmes in the second day's
battle of the , Wilderness. He is sur-
rived by .8 children among who
is c. uv uoom . superintendent o
Coon
MESS
DEO
CAB
PERU WAS
Wilson countychools.
WILSON T
OBACCO
COMPANY REDRYING
PLANT WAS BURNED
SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT
The Loss on the Building is
Around $175,000 With Only
55,000 Insurance on Same.
400.000 Pounds of Tobacco:
TV.:. R.,;M;nr Destrovedl
1 1 A A UI0 c w
With $50,000 Insurance.
rw nr thA largest fires that Wilson ,
has had for a number of years oc-'
curred Saturday night about mid-
night when the redrying plant of
the Wilson Tobacco Company located
on the Coast Line railroad in this
city went up in smoke and with it Ben Jerdon a colored man who in
around 400 hogsheads of tobacco formed Warden Sunny Lester and
containing about 400,000 pounds of Sheriff Howard and the plan was
the weed were also consumed. frustrated.
j When they reached the jail it. was
The plant was one of the largest . found tnat some twelve of them had
in the state, and the best equipped. It broken out o their cells with the aid
contained twelve stemming ma-!of a pick and were engaged in tear
chines, and one of these was the larg- ing out the brick in the waliS( and in
est in the country. As a result of the ; anotner twenty minutes would have
fire 150 people are out of work. 'escaped. Six more were in their cells
The building was valued with its in the upper corridor and these two
fixtures at $175,000, and there was mignt have escaped but for the dis-
only $50,000 insurance on same. On
the tobacco contained in this buliding
400 hogsheads either in hogsheads or
being worked, there was $50,000 of
insurance. The large storage ware
house at the rear of the redrying
plant was not damaged at all and the
4,000,000 pounds of tobacco contain
ed in this building was not damaged
in the least. This building was used
by the Wilson Tobacco Company as a
storage house, and by Messrs. An
derson and Whitehead and W. T.
Lee. We are requested to statv by
Messrs. King and Schaum of the Wil
son Tobacco Company that they are
still in business and that their stor
age warehouse which contained the
bulk of their tobacco is intact and
the tobacco contained there is not
damaged in the least.
The fire was first discovered about
11:30 and burned fiercely. The low
er floors of the five story building
were of brick while the upper stories
were of wood. But for this fact the
fire would have swept the entire
front along the railroad and consum
ed a storage warehouse belonging to
the American Tobacco Company, and
most liKely the plant of the Standard
Oil 'Company alongside.
The wind was blowing in that dir
ection and the efforts of the firemen
saved these buildings. The heat was
great, but. in the face of the roaring
flames, they stood on the roof of the
onro o- -it o roll miOQ rf tYi a A m on QT1 i
o.cc iv Uv.
Tobacco Company and fought the fire i
which was stopped after it had con-J
sumed the copper shop adjoining the Paris, April 11. News from Asia
redrying plant on the south of that J Minor received in Paris during the
building. Rocky Mount was called on iast 24 hours indicates that the
for assistance, and the firemen fron Turks are pressing the Greeks in the
that place came over in very short southern sector as well as north in
time, and did valiant service. The the region of Brusa.
origin of the fire is unknown but isj Tne iosses of the Greek northern
believed to have originated in the army are "indicated by the decima
engine room. It was two o'clock be-ti0n of three divisions which accord
fore the fire was under control, anding to reports show 6,200 killed and
continued to blaze all during yester-j WOUnded. The 10th division is de-
day in the brick walls of the redrying i
plant with streams of water constant-;
ly playing on it. The big brick stor
age warehouse of the company ar
rested the flames on the east side. If
this had -been destroyed there is no
telling where it would have stopped.
The redrying plant was built in
1896 by the Richmond-Maury Com
pany, and was remodeled in 1918. It
is owned by Dibrell Bros, of Danville,
Va., and the International Planters
Corporation of New York.
PLEASED WITH WILSON
Mr. C. J. Marten, superintendent
of the Home Purchase department
of the Equitable Insurance company
was in the city Saturday inspecting
the town and the property on which
the company is making advances.
So greatly was he impressed -with
the city . and its future that he
agreed to ' tnake additional advances
on "property over and above the
amount already") loaned. Mr. Mar-
fen was accompanied by Mr. Harry
T. . Adams of Rsbleigh, State mafia-
L Fpr fflrthe. Equitable.
PRISONERS TRY
1
TO BREAK EROM
THE WILSON JAIL
THEIR PLANS FRUSTRATED
Colored Janitor Hears Them
Working on the Walls With
Pick at Nine O'clock Last
Night and Arouses Sheriff
Who Finds a Dozen of Them
Out of Their Cells
But for the discovery in tne nick
of time last night probably twelve
or more of the inmates In the Wilson
county jail would have been at large,
As it was the noise they were mak-
ing attracted the attention of janitor
covery.
SMALL FIRE
YESTERDAY MORNING
Yesterday morning about eleven
o'clock while the people were - on
their way to church an alarm " was
sounded and a fire was discovered in
the store on the west side of Golds
bbro street occupied by the Southern
Pawn Shop. While the damage was
slight yet if the fire had been dis
covered a little later it might have
been disastrous, since it was eating
its way into the lathes in the wall
and would soon have been on the
second floor and in the stock of fur
niture of the Wilson Furniture Co.,
who used the upper story as a stor
age room. The fire was discovered by
Mr. L. M. Garner of tlra Wilson Fur
niture Company who happened to be
in the building at the time.- The fire
originated from an electric iron
which had been left with the current
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IN ALL SECTIONS
Greeks Sustain Heavy Losses
m w -w w v -a
m Southern as Well as
iu.,fLol. Irt.i
scribed as having been virtually an
njhilated and 3rd division reduced to
2 battalions.
IRISH HOTEL ATTACKED
Dublin, Apil 11. A battle raged
for 20 minutes this morning around
the Northwestern hotel here when
civiliians armed with bombs and fire
arms attacked the hotel where gov-
ernment auxiliaries were staying.
FROST TONIGHT
I .I $';
For North Carolina: Fair and con-J
tinued cpld tonight with frost Tue6-
day. Faif and warmer wun uimmiju-
TURKS ADVANC
I lit
1 I 1
Ing Nort and Northwest winds
irllif;
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TO COMPETE
1TH 1921 CROP
WILSON HEADS MARKETS
Report of Director of the State
Crop
Reporting Service'
That the Month of
Sh
ows
March
t
Served to Swell the
Record
i
by the
Already Established
1921 Tobacco Crop.
Raleigh, April 11. "A large stock
luuaicu is ua uu.ua to compete
TOBACCO ON
!
HAND
with: the 1921 crop,", concludes today at the call of its first session
Frank 'Parker, director of the State which is expected now to continue
Crop Reporting Service in the con-j probably until fall,
cluskttj of his report of 21,000,0001 Except for reorganization of House
pounds of tobacco sold in North ' are at liberty to make up their tables.
Carol ina markets in March for an day's meeting was somewhat per
averige price of $14.17 per hundred functory marking time until tomor
poun is. j row when President Harding's first
M rch broke another record fortmPssap i vneftefi nntiinlnir his
tobalco sales in North Carolina, and views on important problems,
servld.to swell the record establish- This Congress is the first controll
ed by the 1920 crop which exceeded ed by Republicans to meet during
even', government estimates by fifty ; a Republican administration in a
million; pounds when it went to a' decade. The Senate had previously
total of 430,000,000 sold for an been organized at the special session
average of 11 cents per pound. No which began March 4, but the House
such amount of tobacco has ever been ' proceeded to reelect Fred H. Gillette
raised .'Jn the State before, and of Massachusetts speaker over
March, has never seen so much on Claude Kitchin of North Carolina
the naarket. j the Democratic nominee to succeed
Individual records of sales went; Champ Clark. The vote was strictly
alon with the State record. Wilson on party lines and Gillette was elect
heads the list of markets in point of ed by an overwhelming majority,
pounds. sold, with 62,000,000 pound,?.! Frank W. Mondel of Wyoming was
ton-Salem runs ariose second
little more than. 60,0(f0,000
pounds. The latter sold somewhat
more during the month of March '
than did Wilson, but Wilson paid a
little more for the tobacco. Roxboro's
mtrket led the State with an average
of $19.67 per hundred.
WILSON A COSMOPOLITAN CITY, district in Oklahoma came on the
The Registev for- the election on ' floor. She carried a bunch of red
proposed bond issue for additional roses.
school buildings for Wilson informs j Fully a thousand bills and resolu
us that less than ten per cent of tions were thrown into the hopper
those who have registered are native long before the House got under way.
Wilsonians which shows that Wilson There was no Peace resolution in
has drawn many new comers to make the lot this being held back until
their homes here. Up to today over President Harding has expressed his
twice as many men as women have views on the question.
registered.
USMESS SUSPENDS
IN HOUR OF JUDGE
Death of Judge Jeter Pritch-
ard Causes Wide
Spread
Sorrow.
Asheville, April 11.
proclamation from Mayor
requesting all business to
With a
Roberts
suspend
ten minutes Tuesday afternoon at mistic average of settlements.,
3 o'clock the city together with sev- . New york April n.Cot;on fu
eral other smaller towns in west- tures opened firm. May 12.00, Ju
ern North Carolina and eastern Ten- y 12.50, Gctober 13.15, December
nessee planned to pay its last re- 1342. January 13.57.
spects to Judge Jeter C. Pritchard
who died yesteraay.
Many important personages from juiy 12.63, October 13.16, Dec&ra
Washingt'on, New York, and other fcer 13.50.
points are en route here to attend ; The market closed at 3 p. m. as
the funeral to be held Tuesday af- follows: January 13.54, March 13.
ternoon at 3 o'clock at the First 73, ay 12. 02, 112.55, October
Baptist church this city of which the 13.11, December 13.42.
deceased was a member. j Spots Wilson market 10c.
Interment will be in Riverside
cemetery this city where also rests, STOCKS
the remains of another distinguish- New York, April 11. The truce
ed North Carolinian Zebulon B.
Vance, war governor and for 25
years United States senator from
this State. , I
Judge Pritchard succeeded Mr.
Vance as United States senator from 0-s particularly the European cli
North Carolina. j vision were strong. The textiles, to-
bacco and rubbers also improved.
MUCH ILLICIT DISTILLING
The cases before the Federal
court in session here last week in-
dicate there is much illicit distill-
iv e in "Eastern North Carolina.
nnnrt made cood time in fhe
handling of the cases, there being
200 on the docket, and 107 were
disposed of. T?e fines and costs
V i,
were . 5 ao.o uuu ui muuut
$5258.46 was daid. E-uOk Carpenr
SIXTY SEVENTH
CONGR
ESS
MAY
LAST TILL FALL
CONVENED NOON TODAY
Reorganization of the House
Resulted in the Election of
Gillette, Republican of Mas
sachusetts, House Leader
Over Claude Kitchin Who
Will be Democratic Leader.
Washington, April 11. 67th Con-
cress asembled DromDtlv at noon
reelected Republican leader while
Representative Kitchin becafBgTJenf
ocratic leader by reason of his earlier
nomination.
Nearly all of the 345 members
were present.
Crowded house galleries broke in
to applause when Miss Alice M.
Robertson Republican of the second
MARKETS
COTTON
New York, April 11. The more
favorable British labor news was ac
hy a sharp advance in Liv-
the cotton market opened
at an advance of from 24 to 30
i,
points on covering
by
Wall Strept
There was
and Liverpool buying
some Southern selling bringing July
( to 12.61 but the offerings were all
iwell absorbed at reactions of 10 to
is points from the best and-the hope
Qf early settlement of British labor
trouble was reflected in the opti-
The market at noon was as fol-
1
lows: January 13.60. Many 12 .VS.
in the British labor situation and a
stronger showing of the Federal Re
serve bank were among the ele
ments which contributed to the fir
mer tone fo the stock market. The
I '
ter received a sentence of one year
and a day in the Federal prison at
Atlanta with an additional sentence
i of $500.00 and costs.
Buck Boon, anpther old offender,
was given two. months in Jail and
$100.00 fine and coBts.
:. ' Henry Buck Dickerson was given
four months in 1ail with $100.00 fine
- i
and costs. w
VIRGINIA LEAGUE
IS DEFENDANT IN A '
. SUIT FORDAMAGES
WILSON CLUB IS NAMED
President of Former Richmond
Club Alleges That the Club
Was Illegally Expelled from.
League. He Names Wilson.
Athletic Association as One
of Defendants.
Richmond, Va.. April 11. Dam
ages to the extent of $50,000 are
asked from seven clubs of the Vir
ginia league of professional baseball
club in legal proceedings initiated
today in the circuit court of Rich
mond by Ben W. Wilson, former
owner of the Richmond club.
Alleged illegal expulsion from tho
league at' the meeting held in Nor
folk on November 6, 1920, was cit
ed as grounds for the action. The
notice of judgment specifying that
Mr. Wilson received no notice that
h or the Richmond club would be
tried on that night and had no op
portunity for preparing a defense.
This is alleged to be a violation of
the h-aguo constitution.
W. B. Bradley, president of the
Virginia league, is named as one of
the 30 defendants, it being alleged
that he presided at the said meet
ing and "aided and abetted and ad
vised the said unlawful forfeiture oC
said franchise".
The suit does notinvolve the
preseni kiclllaonll uaseball club in
any way it having been organized
alter Mr. Wilson had ceased to be
a member, of fhe league. Nor u
any action to halt the Virginia lea
gue here or elsewhere contemplated
as result of the league, according
to announcement here.
The defendants named in the ac--tion
which sets precedent for cases
of fhat kind, are: V. B. Bradley,
W. S. Moye, Virginia league Profes
sional I.-iseball clubs, L. L. Kidd,
E. H. Crutcbfield, E. H. Heine
mann, C. M. Barry, Perry W. Ruth...
G. S. Barnes. W. S. lieamon, R. L
Roe. II. P. Dawson, F. D. Lawrence,.
F. M. Wilder, E. H. Wright, J. U.
Home. Jr., C. B. West, C. - Wood
ard, Dr. J. P. Speight, M. P. Daw
son, J. C. Eagles, Petersburg Ath
letic and Amusement Corporation.
Petersburg Sports Corporation,
BaseUall Corporation of Norfolk,
Newport News Athletic Association,
Inc., Suffolk Athletic Association,
Inc., Portsmouth Tvseball Club. Inc.,
Rocky Mount Athletic Association,
Inc., The Tar Heel, Inc., and the
Wilson Athletic Association.
VISITING MIS FATHER
Mr. Herman Booker, foreman of
the Williamston Enterprise, was in
the city yesterday on a visit to his
father, Mr. J. P. Booker who is
manager of fhe job department of
the P. D. Gold Publishing company.
MAYOR OF CORK
PROBABLY RESHIP
Secretary Davis Expresses Be
lief That the Lord Mayor
Will Leave Soon.
Washington, April. 11. Secretary
Davis in a formal statement today
said he had "no doubt" that .Donald
O'Callaghan, lord mayor, of Cork,
would comply with the "logic of the
situation" and. reship for a foreign
port as an alien seaman within 60
days of the date of the ruling of
the state department that he was not
entitled as a political prisoner to ant
asylum in this country.
HONOR ROLL FOR CARRIER BOYS
The following is a list of our car
rier boys who did not have a eonu -plaint
on their route last week.. k '
Route 1 Calvin Williams
Route 2 Ernest Batten.
Route 7-1 John Stallings.
Route 7-2 James Denny,
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