IBANSPORTATION
DID COAL SHORT
S'i ' "A . ' "
BEfIIOUS CONDITIONS FACING
OCfeAN BHIPPING AT PORT
OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
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DAILY LOSSES OF $1,000,000
Railroad and Coal-Producing Factor*
In Commerce Have Failed to Keep
Pace With Export Development
Norfolk, Va. —Lack of balance be
tween railroad and ocean shipping, be
tween American manufacturing caplc-
Ity and American transportation facil
ities, ia resulting In the loss of more
than 91*000,000 each day at this one
port.
The total of losses due to this un
balanced condition In the country as
a whole amounts to a staggering sum.
Here at Norfolk it Is possible to size
op the local losses and thus to sense
« glimmering of what the national
loss is.
The altuatlon here at Norfolk and
at Newport News, Just the
lame* river, their waters forming
practically a common port for th?
* whole Hampton Roads district, em
phasises the extent to which the rail
road and the coal-producing factors In
oar commerce have failed to keep
pace with our industrial production
and the development of our export
abipplng.
More than 300 vesiels lie Idle at
anehor at Hampton Roads today be
canse the coal and rail facilities are
not equal to the Industrial and ex
port shipping demand.
Lack of coal Is nominally respon
sible, but lack of transportation Is
keck even of the lack of coal.
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Former Governor McCall Recon.
slderlng the President'* Offer.
Washington, -r Former Governor
Samuel M. McCall, of Massachusetts,
who recently declined appointment as
a member of the United Btates tariff
commission, is reconsidering the offer
nt the request of President Wilson.
Armored Cruiser and Destroyer
Are Ordered to the Baltic Sea.'
Washington.—The armored cruiser
Pittsburgh and a destroyer have been
ordered to the Baltic sea to protect
American Interests there.
The vessels are now at Cherbourgh,
France, and It was announced at the
navy department that they would pro
ceed Immediately for Russian waters.
1# Wran gel Further Attack* Rede
It I* On His Own Responsibility.
London— Premier Lloyd George
stated In the house of common* that
the government had made It clear to
General Baron Wrangel, antl-bolihe-
Tik leader in south Russia, that. If he
farther attacked the soviet farces, he
most do so on his own responsibility.
Baron Beatty Rflrets Inability
to Aocept Invitation of Legion.
London.—Baron Beatty. commander
of the grand fleet, has wrttten to Job®
W. Davis, the American ambassador,
declaring he regrets that owing to of
ficial duties he will be unable to ac
cept the invitation of Franklin D'Olier,
national commander of the American
Legion, to be present at the second
annual convention of thk legion In
Cleveland, Ohio, next month. Barog
Beatty added: "1 am indeed flattered
by the great honor which I received
by the invitation."
The German Government Protests
Against Certain Boundary Lines.
Berlin. —On receipt of a note ad
tressed to the president of the Qer
man peace delegation in Paris regard
ing boundary demarcation In the West
Pruaslan plebiscite area, the German
government has instructed It* repres
entatives in London, Part* and Rome
to present a note to (he supreme coun
cil and to the governments in the cap-
Mai* named in which protest I* made
•gainst cutting off East and West
Prussia from the Vistula.
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91,000,000 Damage Done In Toledo,
Ohio, During Progrea* of Btorm.
Toledo, O. —Damage estimated at
91,000.000 waa done here by a severe
rainstorm which floated away great
stretches of city paving, flooded cel
lars and paralysed traffic. It was one
of the most severe storms that ever
■track the city and district
Rain tell in sheets during the hours
When the crowd* were trying to make
tbelr way to work. Automobiles
parked at curb* either floated away
isr stood with their floors flooded.
Coal Operator* Agree to Correct
Seeming Wage Scale Inequalltlee.
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Cleveland. O. —The bituminous coal
operators, of the central competitive
Held, in refusing the miners' demand
for a $2-a-day Increase In day and
monthly men and ten cents a ton for
Ptek and machine mining, offered the
miners a proposition agreeing to cor
rect the seeming Inequality of'the
present contract by advancing the
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LOOTED FROM ROM FAMILY
Enclosed About the Jewel* Captured
From Bwede Sailor Was Qunatlty
of Communist Literature.
Washington.—Traffic by bolshevist
agents In precious stones, supposed
to have formed part of the famous
Jewels of the Russian royal family,
has been unearthed by federal auth
orities.
The J3l diamonds found on Neils
Jacobsen, a Swedish sailor, by cus
toms, officials In New York July 23, It
became known were enclosed In a
package addressed to "Comrade Mar
tens." Using this as a lead, federal
officials began an investigation which
they declare has definitely connected
Ludwig C. A. K. Marens, self-styled
soviet ambassador to »the United
States, with the traffic. Disclosure.of
! the fact that the package was intend
ed for soviet agents in this country
was withheld by customs authorities
when Jacobsen was arrested.
Enclosed about the diamonds taken
from the possession of the Swedish
sailor, Jacobsen, whom officials ex
onerate from any complicity in the il
legal proceedings, was a quantity of
communist literature.
A Newly Invented Aeroplane Is to
Have Wings Like That of Bea Gull.
London^—The Creator was right,
after, all, Is the conclusion of the
Blackburn Aeroplane Company, which
has Just produced a flying machine
which has wings shaped like those of
a sea guli.
Oulja Board Is Causing Insanity
In Europe as Well as In America.
New York.—The oulja board is
causing as much Insanity In Europe as
here, according to Dr. J. Rudolph
Pats, of Amsterdam, Holland, who ar
rived recently on the Holland-Ameri
can line steamship Noordam.
Trial of Savage Cotton Company
For Fraudulent Shipments Is On.
Anhlston, Ala.—Trial of principals
in the Savage Cotton Company of Tal
ladega, charged with fraudulent cot
ton shipments to North and South
Carolina textile planU, involving
$500,000, has begun.
The Pope Bllps on Marble Floor
of Bedroom and Injures His Knee.
Rome. —Pope Bendict met with a
slight accident, slipping on the polish
ed marble floor while going from his
bedroom to his private library.
Messaggero tsates.
American Bteamer Washed Ashore
and Was Abandoned by Her Crew.
Halifax, N. S.—The American steam
er Montara went ashore five miles
eaat of Loulaburg and was abandoned
by her crew, who landed safely.
Polish Army Successfully Opposes
Russian Reds on Southern Front
Warsaw.—Polish successes on the
southern front, where the Russians
have been puahlng for Lemberg, are
reported. The Polish cavalry and in
fantry have ousted the bolshevik!
from Radsjechoff, Lopatyn, Stanysta
vesky and Toporoff.
Ancient Mosaic Law Is Invoked
Against Lightweight Ice Dealers.
Maiden, Mass.—An unusual punish
ment of the ancient Mosaic law, was
Inflicted on short weight ice dealers
by Judge Riley, in the Maiden court,
when he ordered them to make their
usual visits to two Medford realdents
and leave Ice without charge for the
term of one month.
Mannlx Declares Proposition of
Vlsyd George Simply "Prepoateroue."
London. Proposal* by Premier
Lloyd-George In the houae that every j
facility would be given the mother of j
Archbishop Mannlx of Australia, to'
come to London from Ireland to vlalt
her *on, were denounced as "prepos
terous" by the prelate in an interview
with The Dally Mail. The archblahop
said his mother could not possibly
travel, owing to her great age, no
matter how much aaaiatance should
be given bar. !i SSHD !
Women Should Decide Between Rule ,
of Right V, of Blood and Iron, j
Raleigh. Declaring that women
should have "the flrat right to apeak
when the lasue is whether or not the
world ahall henceforth be ruled by
reaaon and rlgbteouaneaa or by blood
and iron," Governor Bickett, In a spe
cial messace warned his democratic i
friends that the moat they would be ;
able to'do by dereatlns the ratifies-j
tion resolution would be to delay "for j
months a movement you are powerless
i to defeat."
American Views on Ruaeo-Pollah j
Situation Pleaalng to France.
Parla.—The French government Is |
sending a note to the United States
expressing pleasure that the French
and American view* on the Rnsso-
Polish situation are "Is complete ac
cord," It was learned hers.
The note Is 800 words long algned
by Premier Mlllerand. adds that
Franco "never varied In lta determina
tion to support the principles so clear-
*THI ALAMAKCE QLEAWEfI, GRAHAM, N. 6,
SPEEDING CHARGE
LAID AGAINST COX
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UNPLEASANT INCIDENT MARKED
ITINERARY OF DEMOCRATIC
NOMINEE AND PARTY.
ENTIRE PART? WHS ARRESTED
Governor Orders Cars to Proceed and
Informed Motor Cop* They Could
Find Him at Any Time.
Columbus. O. —An unsuccessful at
tempt to arrest Gbvernor Cox on a
charge of automobile speeding and
harmless accident to one of the cars
of newspaper men accompanying him
furnished excitement In the motor trip
of the democratic presidential candi
date returning from Wheeling, W. Va.
The attempt was declared by Roy
E. Leyton, adjutant general of Ohio,
to have been planned to embarrass
the democratic nomlfiea.
At Jacksonville, 0., about 32 miles
east of Columbus, the ogvernor and
hi* party rode slowly through, disre
garding outstretched arms of a shirt
sleeved man, and also a large group
of persons gathered th&re. Within a
few minutes two motorcycle officers
stopped the governor and press cor
respondents, declaring all under ar
rest and demanding their return to
Jackstontown. Governor Cox Identi
fied himself, but the officers said they
had order* from Jackson town authori
ties to arrest all four Automobile* of
the party "no matter who they con
tained" on charges of speeding.
"You can reach me at the execu
tive office at Columbus anjr time,"
Governor Cox replied, ordering all the
cars to proceed and leaving the offi
cers busy taking down cai; numbers
ion the fly.
New United Btates Minister
to Poland Leavea For Hie Post
New York.—Hugh Gibson, United
States minister to Poland, sailed for
his post In Europe.
Mail la Sent to Berlin by Air
plane From Incoming Bteamers.
Berlin. —A contract for carrying
malls by airplanes from incoming
steatners to Berlin has been closed
with the German-Lloyd air line by the
ministry of poats.
Preliminary Treaty I* Concluded
Between Ruaaian* and Armenians.
London. A preliminary peace
treaty has been concluded between
the Russian soviet government and
Armenia Bays a wireless dispatch re
ceived here from Mosocw.
Over 400 German Emmlgranta
Have Left Hamburg For Braxil.
Beriin. —Four hundred and twenty
eight German emigrants sailed from
Hamburg on board the steamer Cuy
aba for Brazil. This la the first con
tingent of a total of .2,600 German set
tlers who will go to Brazil at the ex
pense of that government.
Criminals to Go Und«r Knlfa For
Ramoval of "Criminal Instincts"
Detroit.—Allen Kellar and Joseph
Lara, who hate spent A great part ol
their thirty-live years of Ufe behind
prison bars, will probably go under
the surgeon's knife for treatment to
cure their alleged "criminal Instincts."
They have been ordered by the
court to a hospital for treatment.
Harding to Deliver Labor Day
Address From Hla Front Porch.
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Marlon, O/ Labor, the league ofr na
tions, agricultural Issues and the tariff
are to be made headlinera of Senator
Harding's cKfnpalgn during early Sep
tember under a program revealed her-j
In connection with announcement of
definite plans for the republican nom
inee's first speech outside of Ohio.
The labor address will be delivered
on Labor Day. Monday. September 6,
probably from the front porota.
Prim* Minister of Poland 9ays
the Country Will Not Cty»ltulate.
Warsaw.—Poland earnestly dealrM
peace but could not accept armistice
1 terms involving disarmament in any
form. Prince Eugene Sapieba, the min
ister of foreign affairs, declared.
"Poland la not goinrf to capitulate."
said the foreign, minister. "We will
fight to the last man rather than that
• There Is no question of disarmament.
If we are disarmed with the soviet
i troops forty miles from Warsay- tt
wonld be like throwing up our baads."
Austrian People Reprieved Prom *
Awful Hardship* of Last Winter.
Vienna.—Bountiful crop* of early
fruit and vegetables and promise of an
abundance of hardier later yields from
Held and orchard, with the big Ameri
can flour credit still available for the
ration of dally bread have given Aus
tria a reprieve from the terrible hard
ship* of lait winter
Pat* are as scarce as ever, howsvsr,
but in this gracious weather xhelr
need is aot so keenly ten. Meat, 100,
la seaaty and high.
ASK PERMISSION TO RECRUIT
Opinion Is Hsld By Soma Thai the
President Has Power to Bus pen d
the Anti-Enlistment L«K
Washington.—After Successive con
ferences between the Polish minister
and Secretary Colby, the state depart
ment took up the problem of finding
means of relnvlgoratlng the fast-ebb
ing strength of the Pollah state and
thereby of fulfilling the assurance of
support to the Poles contained In the
repent American note to the Italian
ambassador.
Polish officials have explained that
in addition to the desire for jrar mar
terlals .they were most anxious to ob
tain authorisation of . the United
States to permit recruiting by Poles
in America for the Polish arm?. It
was said that not only had many of
fers of enlistment been received by
the legation from Polish citizens, res
ident in the United States, but many
offers had come from former Ameri
can veterans of the wprld war.
While a statute forbids enlistment
(or armed expeditions in the United
States for employment against friend
ly power, some officials claimed the
President had authority to suspend
operation of the law under his war
time powers. ,
Agreement of Armistice Entered
Into Between Russia and Finland.
Heisingfors.—Russia and Finland
agreed upon armistice conditions at
Dorpat
Fate of Poland Appears to
on Battles on RussO'Pollsh Front.
Paris.—A great battle is in progress
on the Russo-Pollsh front upon which
bangs the fate of Warsaw.
1,000,000 Pounds Sugar Sweetens
Waters of East River, New York.
New York. —The East river was
sweetened with 1,000,000 pounds of
sugar when a 18-car float carrying a
western consignment went to the bot
tom-
United Btates Transport Brings
Home the Body of Qeneral Q org as.
Nejr York. —The b«tfy of Major Gen
eral William C. Gorgas, former sur
geon genearl of the United, States
army, arrived on the United States
transport Pocahontas. It will later be
shipped to Washington, where burial
will be in Arlington cemetery.
Union Printers May Work in Open
Shops Without Endangering Card*.
t Albany, N. a sharp
debate, the International Typographi
cal Union, in annual convention here
voted 171 to 79, against a proposition
to revoke the card of any member
who should obtain employment In an
lopdn shop.
Automobile and Liquors Belzed
to Value of a Half.
New Haven, Conn. —Automobiles
and liquors confiscated by prohibU
tlon enforcement officers as the re
sult of seizures on Connecticut state
highways this summer have a value
of a million and a half dollars.
A Formerly Widely Known American
Bportsman Dies on London Track.
London—"Walter Wlnans, widely
known American resident of London,
collapsed and died while driving hU
horse, Henrietta- Gay, in a race at
Parlsoes Park.
Mr. Wlnans called out for his horse
to be stopped, but before this could
be done he fell off. the sulky.
Illinois Man Haa Patented Auger
Boring a Perfectly Square Hole.
Peoria, 111.—A man here, Carl Sch
midg&ll, has invented an anger that
drills a square hole. It has attracted
attention the world over and foreign
countries are seeking the patent
lights. Recently a German concern
tried to purchase the lights, but Sch
midgall refused. It was the second
offer of the company. Schmldgall has
'patented the auger in America, Cana
da and Italy, and expects soon to be
gin Its manufacture.
Prance Haa Recognised the Bouth
Ruaaian Government of Wrangel.
London.—Great Britain has been of
ficially nolfled of the recognition by
Prance of tbe government of General
Baron Wrangel the de facto gov
ernment of South Russia and the
q»*stlon la being discussed between
the two government'
Something akin to consternation la
evinced liy the evening newspaper*
over the French action, which la Aar
acterlxed as contrary to British ideas
and a menace to enteate relations. _
Permission Is Asked by American
Express Company to Ralee Rstea
• Washington. Permission to In
crease express rates to absorb the
wsge avßud of the railroad labor
board at-Chicago estimated at $13.-
800JOS, was aaked from the Interstate
Commerce Commission by the Ameri
can Railway Express Company.
The express company also asked au
thority to increase by SO per cent Its
I rates on milk and cream t»n>M(t'the
increases granted the railreai ea the
NO SOME FOR
NORTH GAOOIII
SENATE* BY A VOTE OF 25 TO 23.
PUTB RESPONSIBILITY ON
NEXT LEGISLATURE..
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AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION
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Movement Will Probably Be Launched
to Allow the Votera Opportunity
to Decide Question Themselves.
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By a vote of 25 to 23 the'senate of
North Carolina defeated woman suff
rage by adopting a resolution offered
by Serf a tor Lindsay Warren, of Beau
fort, postponing ac'ion in order that
the people ot the state may have a
hearing and express themselves. This
means that the responsibility Is pass
ed on to the general assembly of 19?1
and that for the present' session suff
rage Is dead.
Suffrage leaders in the house said
that in ail likelihood ratification will
not come up In the'lower branch. It
is conceded that rejection would re
sult » There, are two measures pend
ing in the house.
A posibility, although it has not de
veloped - yet, is that there will be a
movement launched • to write an
amendment to tha constitution of
North Carolina and submit it to the
otejrs this', (all calling (or woman suff
rage as a gift of the people of North
Carolina and not a federal measure.
Coastwise Longshoremen, Long on
Strike, Vote to Return to Work.
New York. Coastwise longshore
men, members of tiie International
Longshoremen's Association, who
have been on strike since last April,
Lav4f voted to return to work at
once. 1
Sugar peddlers In Brooklyn Are
Rushed Off Their Feet by Women.
New York.—Peddlers selling sugar
19 cents a pound, wfiich is four or
five cente cheaper than the grocery
store prices—were nearly rushed-off
I their feet by womqn buyers in Brook
lyn's eastern district.
The Body of General Gorgas Now
,i at Rest in Arlington Cemetery.
Washington.— The body of Major
General William C. Gorgas, conqneror
of yellow fever in, Cubaaad Panama,
and former surgeon-general of the ar
my, was burled at Arlington Na
tional cemetery with impressive mili
tary honors. , •
The Citrus Fruit Crop of Florida
* Will Total Blxteen Million Boxes.
Tampa, Fla. —The citrus fruit crop
of Florida for the 1920-21 season will
total sixteen million boxes, some five
million boxes more than that of the
1919-29 season, according to estimates
made public by the Florida Citrus
exchange.
Colorado Judge Qives Beven Union
Leadel-s Ninety Days For Contempt
Denver, Colo^—Seven officers 6f the
local street carmen's union, who call
ed the strike of tramway carmen in
Denver, were sentenced to 90 days in
jail for contempt by Judge Greeley W.
Whitford In district court. The judge
found them guilty ten days dgo of call
ing the strike in violation of an in
junction.
TopeKa, Kansas, Man Nominated to
Congress on Rather Moist Ticket.
Topeka, Kans. —Returns from the
recent Kansas statewide primary, an
nounced by the secretary of state,
show that J. B. Wlllard. democrat and
former mayor of Ttfptka, who advo
cated beer and light wines In his cam
lalgn, won the nomination for Con
gress In the first district.
Military Forces of General Wrangel
Are Approximately 150,000 Men.
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Sebastopol.—The military forces of
General Wrangel, head of the antt-bol
shevlkl government In south Russia,
now aggregate afaftit 150,000 men,
one-third of whom we high class
troops. Russian officers estimate that
the bolshevik. forces arrayed against
General Wrangel are at present about
50,090 In number. Their estimates
are (hat the Soviets have some 300,-
0«0 troops on the Polish front and
190,000 reserves available elsewhere.
Report Says Russian Pressure
en Warsaw Is Greatly Relieved.
Warsaw.—The Russian pressure up
on Warsaw has been relieved, accord
ing to tbe official Poiiah communique
juat issued. The statement reported
that General Pllsudski directed tbe
couifter stroke that affected this relief.
The communique announces that
the Poles, in following up their coun
ter-offensive to relieve the "pressure
on Warsaw, have advanced along en
tin northern front. Thar bave pasb
ed the Russian*: beyond the Wyra.
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HI UCKETI
- SPEAKS TOSQLONS
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APPEARED IN PERSON BEFORE
THE GENERAL ABSEMBLY TO
DELIVER Hilt MESSAGE
REVALUATION AST IN DETAIL
The Governor was In Good Form and
Held Undivided Attention of Mem
bers and The Crowded Galleries
Raleigh.
Governor Bickett, appeared in per
son before the legislature to deliver
his messtge. He was in good form
and held the undiv!4ed attention of
both the members of the general as
assembly and the crowded galleries.
A part of that part of the message re
lating to the revaluation act follows:
Qentlemen of the General Assem
bly:
For many years the tax books of
North Carolina presented comedies of
error and tragedies >.. of injustice.
These unlovely exhibitions were not
due to *ny vicious principle- in our
organic law, npr to any moral pep
version of our people. The constitu
tion has always required property to
be listed for taxation at its true value.
The average citizen has always desir
ed to speak the truth and to do equity.
The errors and Inequalities that have
made our tax books look like the min
utes Ananias club were born of
machinery acts utterly unsuited to
modern conditions, and hopelessly in
adequate to execute the virtuous wish
es of the people as, declared in the
plain language of the constitution.
Thid* general assembly at the reg
ular session of 1919, consecreated It
self to the v task of devising p. machin
ery act that would find all the prop
erty in the stye and determine its
true value. I am grateful to report
that this high purpose has' been ac
complished with remarkable complete
ness and perfection. For the first
time in our history tax values are
true values. For the first time the
citizen and the stranger within the
gates majr go to the tax books and
find a fairly accurate Inventory of
tae property of the state,-and a fairly
accurate appraisement of Its value.
In the new machinery act the people
were for the first time seriously ask
ed to tell the truth, and they, have re
sponded, to this appeal in noble fash
ion. From every quarter of the state
word has come that the people are
happy to get away from the old sys
tem of concealments and evasions, and
to let the exact truth about their
property stand forth.
Taking the state as a whole, 76 per
cent of the assessments were made
at substantially the values sworn to
by the owners of the property 20 per
cent were substantially increased and
5 per cent were decreased.
The law gives to every property
owner the right to appeal from the
judgement of the county board to the
stf.te -tax commission. The local au
thorities. approximated true values so
.closely that ndt one person in a thous
and appealed from their judgement.
This is a record without parallel in
the history of judicial tribunals. The
real grievance voiced by a few peo
ple is not against the failure of the
act, but is against its success.
The high objective of the act Is'to
equalize the burdens of taxation and
to wipe oat discriminations. And just
in proportion as true values have ap
peared jn the tax books errors and
Inequalities have vanished. True val
ues are always equal* , values, but
neither wisdom nor virtue, nor ,prin
clpaltles nor powers, nor length nor
breadth, nor height nor depth, nor
things present npr things to come nor
any other creature can equalize a ket
tle of lies.
In the begining, when the earth was
without form and void, and darkness
was upon the face of the deep. "God
said, Let there be light." The true
valuation act is a conscientious effort
to execute that lilgh command. Let
there be light!.. Let the white light of
truth beat and blaze on the tax books
of North Carolina, and in Its shining
presence no injustice will live.
Assigned to Cox News Service
Winder R. Harris, son of Mrs. J. f,.
L. Harris, of this city who began his
newspaper career on Raleigh news
papei s. has been give 1 the very im
portant assignment by 'he IJnlversial
New* Se-vi-e as spe.-ia! correspond
ent with Governor James M. Cox,
Democratic presidential candidate
dprlrfg the national campaign, accord
ing to Information received
Since leafing Ra elfch, om. Harris
has been connected w!~.*i various pa
pers in North Carollnt and Virginia,
and the Universal News Bervice
The Governor on Suffrage
"I refrain from advancing the usual
argument in behalf of suffrage. I
leave entirely ont of consideration the
partisan advantage or disadvantage
which ratification; mifcht entail I urge
. jtlScatton, first In the hope of there
by clearing the political atmosphere;
second. In the belief that the suppres
sion of affective opinion works harm to
the whole body politic; and. fnally.
la the conviction that we owe immedi
ate action aa a measure of simple Jus
tice to American women. I trust yon
will help la this."
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Proceedings of The Legislative
Removal of justice 01 t~o o.ipreme
court and Judges of the superior court
from the operation of the prltaary law
is Authorized in a Mil offered in the
Senate by Senior Burnt, relieving
them hereafter from the necessity of
making a fight for nomination at the*
polls, and leaving their selection to
district and State party conventions.
The Moore county senator's meas
ure makes the 'second that has come
before the General Assembly at the
special session affecting the primary
both moving in the direction of repeal
ing It. Senator Brown, ivent even
further, and declared in a bill for the
abolition of the primary in Its entire
ty, and- returning to the old conven
tion system of selecting party nom
inees.
The third day's work of the lower
branch of the General Assembly found'
the committee bill submitting the con
stitutional amendments to the voters
this fall passed and on its way to the
Senate. There were seventy-eight
votes cast for and twenty-four cast
against on final roll call.
•©therwUe, the session was rather
tame. T*e, Crisp, of> Dare, offered
bills raising the salaries of all the
State 'officers, sonle one else offertd.
one to make Major W. A. Graham,
Cc-mmissioner of Agriculture, a mem
ber of the council of State, and Rep
resentative Bryant Introduced the
school bills l»vt flip burning question
—suffrage—continued to hold the cen
ter of the stage. «
Still another amendment to the con
stitution was proposed in a new bill
introduced by Representative W. O.
Saunders intended to -raise the pay of
somebody else —the legislators them
selves. Mr. Saunders and a number
of his colleagues believe that the
members ought to recelfe at least five
hundred dollars per annum for their
service to the State.
Representative Herring, of Samp
son, republican introduced Into the
the house a bill to repeal the absent
voters law. His reasons, privately
expressed, were that the emergency is
over and that the law leaves the door
open to fraud.
Opinion prevails among legislators
that Senator Joe Brown's bill for the
repeal of the state primary law will
pass. No adverse criticism of the bill
has been heard by the correspondent.
While suffrage and anti leaders con
tinued their respective maneuvers in
the ratification fight in the Legisla
ture, many members began to turn
their attention to other problems the
General Assembly is sure to grapple
with before it leaves Raleigh.
Chief in interest is the new plan
brought forward for dealing with the
measures aimed to abolish the State
wide primary. Democratic leaders of
the House said that a substitute bill
would be offered for the Brown bill in
the Senate and the Neal bill in the
House submitting the question to the
voters In November.
Buch a disposition of a matter that
is concerning some of the solons heav
ily will, it is pointed out, serve the
.purposes in the minds of the aboli
tionists and at the same time absolve
t-o General Assembly of any possible
reaction from the folks back home.
Daniels Somewhat Resentful
Coming home on wholly personal
business with no thought of adding to
what he had already sail! in behalf of
suffrage for women, and with no
thought to. bring suffrage pressure
upon any member of the General As
sembly, Secretary ot the Navy Jo
sephus Daniels, shown a tele
gram sent by W.JB. Willamson, a Ra
leigh cotton that called
from him a shag*.. retort, and a re
statement of his position on suffrage.
The Williamson telegram was di
rected to the Tennessee rejectionlsts,
declaring that "we are going to
despite pressure from the White
House, from Dayton, and from the
United States Senate and the Secre
tary of the Navy. If this crime is per
petrated, let it not be laid at the door
of either North Carolina or her daugh
ter, Tenneessee."
Secretary Daniels was keenly re
sentful of the charge that he, the
President, and *%he next President.
Governor Cox." were endeavoring to
perpetrate a "crime" in North Caro
lina, and gave vigours expression to
hi i resentment.
Tick Bill Unfavorably Reported
The tick bill eradication law was
killed in committee. It will be recom
mended that the bill do not pas*.
Representative William H. Sawyer,
of Wake bas Introduced into the
house a bill providing for "k state
board of accountancy. It was refer
red to Judicary committee No. 1.
Representative Shepperd of Wake
Introduced a bill to empower, the
state corporation commission to fix
railroad fares between points irnde
of Carolina.
Confederated Dedication Day
Major-General James I. Metts, com
mander pf the North Carolina division
of Confederate veterans, has issued
the following statement:
The committee has ann&inced that
the memorial to our beloved Generals
Pamsenr and Pettljrrew win be ready
ftr dedication #t Winchester, Virginia,
September tMT, which s.-» the only
dates open. II tfc earnestly desired
that all veterans who . possibly can
will attend and take part is the cere
monies Two more noble worthy and
gallant soldier* never Usti k
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