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jLAWS TRINITY PASSED BY SENATE; FEW AMMDMENTS .1 Accpmhlv Works To- inmmeni bv Dis- patching X 11VOV. uw tioMS TAX ON INCOME . P ai cnr .VF.NT f!RET)ITS Oi r , .. (eApBffllntteastag Solicitors : ; iTffT?H Aug. 24. The legislature VHd Well lOWO-lUa v f hn it passed on final readings measures which write the results 5 re-valuation law on the statute M ine : Carolina. revenue act, the municipal fi- x ma vine ud the trinity of "Sure necessary for putting re- ition on the tax books of thestate. taction On OT,at2 mnrnl.ir isea in ic ; ' Ith bUt feW a loseiJUJis a.u rr i r nt to the house for concurrence in slight amendments made by the The''only amendment of general lm Jrtuee to either of these measures ... that providing for the elimination" i. th consul unw"" . - lne v..41.i the, la trial at lira tn w tax on the incomes of solvent a 1 A .a A I vol. credits ratner man iw j a orem tax on this class of , property as it was presented by The measure 4. committee provided that the legis Mnre at any time in the future, it J saw At t0 d0 so' mlght l6Vy a taX if no to twenty per cent on the In 1S of solvent credits "in lieu -of in other taxes." It was this provision in worried nearly all the republi cs, and a good many of the demo- crete. - , Increase Solicitors' Pee ,' After a hort discussion the senate mMi on Anal readings the 'bill to In crease the fees of solicitors of the su perior courts of the state. It wm ld in defense of the bill that the av trace salary or solicitors in me o wag around $2,000 and it had not . in ertated for the paBt five years or more. It u impossible to get efficient men to prosecute the criminal docket for. this money. The increased fees, which will km to be paid by the violators of the Uw, for the most part, will Increase flu lalartw about 33 per cent. - This eirore has already passed the house Senator Scales introaucea m pro viding for the registration nd otlng' of women, which was put - on tor passage in its regular order.. The Guilford man prepared the -biu at the request of the committee on-elections, which had been assigned .the task br a resolution offered by Senator Coward last week. The ; bill r merely provides the additional machinery for the participation In tne election ay women, putting the state in shape to take care of the women if the Ten nessee situation clears enough to per ' init their voting In the November elec tions. ' No Road Commission The house would have no road com mission to make a study of the neces sary road legislation suggested by the Good Roads convention in its meeting here on August 10, and today voted down the proposal. It is understood that the measure did not meet the ap proval of some of the , leaders in thd 3ood Roads meeting In that it pro tided for the appointment of a commis sion from the membership" of the pres ent legislature. T. Leroy Kirkpatrick and others who fathered the idea of the commission; wanted road experts appointed on the commission.. - ; In compliance with the suggestion of the North Carolina Traffic association, the house today passed the Spariard ' bill providing fer the retention of the present passenger rates 'in North: Car olina for the remainder of the present year, and leaving with the corporation commission the fixing of freight rates. SAYS CANDY NO SOLACE FOR OLD LIQUOR HEADS They Prefer Ice Cream and The Movies : v WASHINGTON, Aug.rS4. Canfly a taken the place of alcohol for men ho formerly Indulged in beverages HOW Under tha n-rnMtn-n Va .tLn.narA- ng to Walter C. Hughes secretftTy of e national Confectioners associa Uon. . x ..... ' In a letter to the state department wative to the coming session of the 'wnauonal congress against alcohol "m Mr. Hughes today1 placed the con "onery inauatry aB flftn among ie benefited by prohibition. Savings linkB the soft flHnlr Imnatrv e ffam akers and moving picture theatres' in mat order had drawn greater propor "onate profits out of the dry edict than lfl candy trade, he said. - ; GIBSON UNDER CHARGES CHIC Ann A.. ni a..u .11.. Charles S. Gibson, of Detroit. arm Fanciers' association, - ntis- wopriated large sums of money from j"' ' association and conspired ,:with the . - Blake of New ork to defraud tWS DClation fey organizing; the Na tion Breeders and Fanciers' corpora triot WM filed ln the United States dis the flCurt today by representatives' of a u or&anlaation. . An injunction Bla a restraining Gibson and the n m stroylng the records of hrna.T a880ciatIon and from collecting nas frm the first association. v STRIKE STARTS RIOT I NARTTVTtt. . '.i'V. v r - of DPr. ' Au&- 24- About 'a score nd , 8 were arrested and two men in... "5ro woman were sliehtlv in otg Aiday-a8 a result of minor city d ln many sections, of , the of i;r, " in tblrd day of the strike taUm n car men, according to a one of those injured needed mad- v 1 attention, ' - . - f . . 'Nonp company omcials tonight. PROOF A T PITTSBURGH ;"; . IS PROMISED BY '00X0 OFFICIALS Governor Says He Will Fifteen MiUion Slush to Go On Witness Stand . . iax'IUJN, Ohio, Aug. 24mA. promise to prove, in his address at Pittsburgh next .Thursday, his charges that the republicans were gathering a $15,000,000 campaign fund was made by Gov ernor , Cox, democratic presidential candidate, prior to his , de parture late tonight on another speaking tour.. I f A He will make addresses tomorrow at Princeton and Evans yjlle,: Irid., and speak Pittsburgh ThursdaynightA ' v 5; : A Governor Cox also sent a telegram tonight to Senatorr Ken yon, -republican. Iowa; chairman of the senate campaign investi gating committee, assuring him of assistance in bringing out the facts. ? . ' . ; - " . addition to my statement . in Pittsburgh."- said Governor Cox's tele gram, in response to one from Senator Kenyon requesting information, "I will send to your committee such leads for information as I possess. I desire to assist in every ' possible way." . -.The governor told friends today that he stands ready to appear before the committee if it should desire personal VICTORIOUS POLES . PRESS ADVANTAGE Exploit Their Gains In Skillful Some Difficulty Manner, Though Facing PARIS,, Aug. J 4. The Poles continue to exploit their victory in ft most skill ful manner: V'"'. . h 'vA; 'A A r "Z . The bolsheviki northern army," even should lt-be able to out its way east ward, will find its road barred by Presi dent Pilsudski's forces, who have now reached Bialystok by a. rapid march. . .The bolsheviki, however, according to the- latest advices reaching Paris, are very active higher up the .Bug, notably in the region of ,Wlodawa,' seventy-two mile southeast of Siedlce. . . ..s v Xtts :3eete4 la, J'reneJv intlltary err-' cles that" he WI1! 4etaeh.pjtrt.1o "ihlsr troops -both to' ward against this, dan ger and; hasten tKe- 'liberatldn; orthe" territory. It,ls thonght Ftlsudfski will likely start a . double - move . northward ' toward Grodno, so as to restore strate gic liaoon with the Vilna Lithuanians, and to 'the .puth or southeastward ;so as to force a retreat-of the bolsheviki still -in positions on the Bug' river and in' Gall c! a. x: : f.; . r:'-. '.'A.-' i'-:' So ' far if has been plain sailing for the Peles, in the opinion jof the mili tary . observers, but It is. declared; fur ther duplication of . the .operations In volves a certain danger, for the Poles, who. would; be obliged to extend 'their front- considerably. It -isv pointed out that it was such an extension of front which placed the Poles in a position of inferiority at the 'time of ..the. bolshe viki offensive. . . 1 ,1k' gi t- Two Towns Cfiptured WARSAW, Aug. 24. Loraza, k seven- ! ty-flve miles northeast of Warsaw, and 1 Bialystok, fifty miles east of Lomza, have been - recaptured . Dy-tne.. ionsn armies, says an official communication issued by the war office here today.':, In the remaining - occupied sectors in the north the bolsheviki are crossing the 'Prussian frontier in. great num bers. Alns this region the' Eighteenth and Thirty-second bolshevik divisions have been smashed and all of the Fifty- fourth division have Deen : taicen pris oners. ', . ' . ' . - ' CHAIRMAN HAYS HEARS . OPTIMISTIC ACCOUNTS But Warns Workers to Avoid A Over-Confidence A ' a : NEW: YORK, AugV 24. Optimistic reports regarding republican success at the coming national election; were made today by: republican leaders of eastern states in conference with Will H. Hays, chairman ' of .the .republican; national committee. ' :-. Z' ' y-.! ' ' Mr. Hays said the meetings ..today were ' "most .gratifying" and -'confirm entirely our opinion ..and belief as to political conditions.". ' J- : Notwithstanding the optimistic re ports, Chairman Hays . cautioned his assistants not to allow over-confidence to lead them Into the error of heglect- ing- the smallest details of their, cam- . . . tlx. . w.... palgns i ana loia mem ; inerts uoi , uc no" let-up of campaign activities" until election day. The ground must be cov ered so well that afterwards there may be no csuse ; f or - regret,", ne, saw. .' 'COUHTTER OFFBNSIVBt LONDON, Aug. 24. A dispatch to- the Exchange Telegraph - says the iDutphe Algemein ZeTtung publishes, a report hat th Russian northernj army has commenced a- counter offensive which appears to nave partly succeeaeu. The dispatch that the Poles, have hMn rrn back in the "corridor" be tween Mlawa and Chozek; while in the , nelghtcorhooa ox iNeiaenuurs battle is in progress. V -- ' .i i ji r ' ti ji, ,.i ' DISORDER BREAKS OtJT ' -v; ABOUT BRIXTON .PRISON LONDON, Aug. 24. There 'were dis orderly scenes Jtonight near , the Brlx- ton prison - where Lord Mayor -Mao-Sweeney, of Cork, is , confined, incident to the assembly of several thousand person, who waived" red ? flags, boopd The oiipatch states that the Poles ha The dispatch states that the Poles have the government and -cried,. 'Up Sinn Fein. Up rebel-r ' ... - . '" .They rushed the ponce guaraing i avenue leading: to .the prison Several iierjps wjarjk-teUw. t . ..,.; ; Substantiate Charge off 7 A testimony, but doubted if it would be necessary. "I don't need a subpoena." he said. "If they want me, I'll go." v? -:"-,,.- ; ". Confidence in proving bis charges-was indicated, by the governor. His friends here declared that he had voluminous documentary matter,, including, consid erable received , today at Trail's' End, where he spent the entire day working on affairs connected"-with campaign fund questions and personal affairs. POM CREDITORS MAY DRAW FIFTY . CENTS' ON DOLLAR Certainly, Not "More Than That If Official Estimates A Are Correct BOSTON, Aug.- 24. A payment of less than fifty cents on the dollar to the, creditors of Charles Pop si's quick rich scheme, If official" estimates of his liabilities are correct, was indicated by his statement of assets at the receiv ers' hearing today.' ?;jrZKy-'$it i Assuring the ' federal : receiver that told of aasetff "which -frtoWtr-Deg. counsel. ;,for the receivers." declared were" hot worth ' anywhere near' $S. OOOOO? A - : ThCcfffieial estimate", of his liabilities, made after an ' audit of his accounts, stands at v-$7,000,000. Ponzi ' said ,. he though' this was-in error. He claimed that - .he - was i solvent ' and . had nearly $4,000,000 of assets to meet his'liabili- ties, which he set at f4,000,000. The hearing was - stormy at times. Danief H. Coakley, counsel for Ponzi, surrendered to the receivers, to assist m meeting creditors' claims, checks for S2S.000 each,, which had been. given to him and to Daniel .V. ' Mclsaac associ ate counsel, as retaining fees. ' He said that . when' he took the money 'he thought Ponzi was a millionaire, tjut now he wanted everything to go to the creditors. - .Jv,...;:.' . r- l '- J Tells, of Jjonnm -'r Ponai told of loans of I&0.000 each to Henry ' Schielinski, president, and William S. MoNary, ; treasurer of the Hanover .Trust company, which was PonzJ's principal depositary and which went to the wall with "his collapse. His announcement that he had loaned 910. 000, to JDaniel P. Desmond, treasurer of the Lawrence Trust company, of Law rence, was followed by Desmond's res ignation later in therday. Ponzi said he had made Joans of. several hundred dollars to the chief of police of Sharon and to John A. Ray, lieutenant of po lice, of Somerville. ' ' - Showing Ponzi stubs for six checks of 200,000each,;Mri .Dodge, asked, hlra who obtained, the -money.'-and for what purpose; Ponzi replied that he had withdrawn ' the money himself to pre vent attachments, and had deposited it later in other banks. ;(.NCoiBipons ;On Hand '..;. r't -i Ponzi smiled when he answered in the negative a question whether he. had any stock of international postal coupops, whieh . he had told investors formed "the. basis of his new-found road to riches, oh the ground that it might incriminate him, he; refused to say wh."eth'er helbad received any income from Europeanr sources or whether he had, any . income . except that from in vestors who bought his notes. , -. Miss Lucy Meli, eighteen years old, who since Jast April had been Ponzi's office : manager, succeeded him on the stand. She Baid she knew of no source of ' income' for Ponzi except what he received from Investors. When asked If she ? had ever ; seen V in the office ' any international i. reply coupons, she said there had been "one 'or two there, which we used as samples for investors." -The hearings were postponed indefi nitely, to allow Ponzi to go over his papers for further - information of. his assets, and to enable the receivers to collect those he has disclosed. Wilson tEAb s em ail " ift A A w 'i y, ,: iaf GETTING, THE . APPLAUSE W ".'A' ''".'A' A"- ! ".' -" . V A J- '. EAST' LAS VEGAS, N.- M .Aug. 24.- rresiaent lison s, ; name . Dj-ougnt r a t greater : demonstration at ' the demo cratic state convention here today than the -mention ot uovernor ... cox and Franklin D, Roosevelt, although - the candidates, were, generously cheered. . s More than 100 women Were delegates for the first time in the history of political conventions in the state. . omen .were admitted to membership In the state 'central , committee, which now -will consist of two men and two women from each county. - v RECORDER'S DOCKET LIGHT . Recorder's : court session was - brief yesterday with? only eight cases com ing up . for trial. Of. the , eight cases, flVe" t were J continued and the .- other threa-pavyer goatinued !SALARY,IKCREASES CKED BY HOUSE portune Time, Prices Com ing Down,- Solons Hold - Adjournment a ear - ' CSpecial to The Star) - RALEIGH, Aug. 24. The house to night killed all bills providing salary increases - for officers and clerks of states, claiming' that prices are-, com ing down and that it Is an lnoppor tune time for": raisings salaries. "ir The bills: proposed to inorease-'the state officials to five thousand; dollars; but none of them had a chance of get ting by the house. : - ::-:. In the senate : a partisan discussion developed on the biU, for the repeal .of the absentee voter law, Introduced by Long, of Montgomery, a republican, who claimed that . there - were frauds under, the administration of the law. ; Senator: Stacy charged that the re publicans - were - not . acting, in . good faith at the special Session and were trying .to' make oapital of the work of the general assembly. for- campaign purposes, v This was; denied by Slsk and Fisher. -''v , ;. All amendments to the revenue bill were voted down and the measure was put through its final reading. The house passed. a joint resolution for adjournment of the extra session at 1 o'clock Thursday morning, but the senate did not believe the engrossing clerk could complete Ms-wont oy mat tlntf: w elf action on the measure until Wednesday morning- , - Practically all bills have been. taken care of and all-roll call bills will be completed by Thursday. Adjournment D,that date B6ema certaln A .. .. '. SAYS -GERMANS ARE V -TJZrMariri SUPPLYING-BOLSHEVIKI Ammunition - Sold, Says Corre- i "i j"m' ' ' ''-. Spondent OI Times . ; " - -v ; ' 'I ., n vWa ;?-irflr.!fA'W smppea supywea viet Russia according to a correspon- dent of the London Time. who ta that Leon Trotky Russian bolshevik minister, o wr u; u.iw, o East Prussia, -in spite of official i de- mais i ,rw;- w.? ?'.'WV.T 08?wl,- A w Ai.k..iv"ii "The retreat of thebelshevik armies from" the agates ef Warsaw " declares SVKrv tfAd ? B? JI1: li:lm-at!;iSm armies duriM rHn5Wad to capture thePolish capltaLand made piana v w ' He crossed inte Germany ndreached an agreement with reseRtatlveaof the German government by which it would supply ammunition to the bol- "The JJs "wa-taus't now work to bring, back its i,,fawSU,t -tZl2ii?J!!J.?i? i wealth;, ijconomically, our country has which . includes " suffered very heavily from the war. Te B v" "fftJSSJyf peasants have become the greatest facr ryT 9npmn t of the country., through the great purposes, in .thoeast. but Germany in- forms. universal Suffrage and the di tisted upon cash payment.. Th ' second ft . Rumania nearly object of .Trotzky's. visit, to East Prus- y peasailt ig a landowner and thus Sla OT" 'rfXS we-have insured interiOrpolitical sta- reaching Poland, and to aOcomjlsh this bim wlth ttni8 condition bolshevisrn wHjtj ne "rt urv Willi muiiejr iiuui uio mius jwtc .wuw. A large traffic in . arms took, place he tween the Russians and Germans in the neighborhood jof Soldau.". OPERATORS DISCUSS rAAf PATJ aTlfXaT AfT? VUfALi twAJV PnUtt A AlxfU "Y,- -. . NeW Freight Rates A1S0 Taken 1 ' ' t A fi.i: ;. . ,' , Up ai iueewig - , , AknOXVILLE. Aug. ?4.A conference was held - here , this aiternoon ; oy. coal M m, -. . oneratora of the Southern Annalachian section to discuss, the coal car, shortage ana tne : new ireigni rates wnicn are to become, effective September i. Rumors that a conference with fed-, eral. officials "would be held, at which the price of coal was to be fixed, were absolutely denied fty een, w. T. Ken nerly, , district attorney, who is prose cuting a half-hundred operators and Droxers in mis section, ipr . aiiegea profiteering. - ' , , . Mr. Kennerty.r also . denied a 1 state - ment that; the , coal ? cases would be at a meeting called f.or the purpose of dropped or compromised as a - matter "expressing solidarity with the Russia of political expediency, declaring the soviet republic and protesting against only meeting he would have with the the policies 'by which '"the Capitalistic operators would be in the federal courts governments of the world have sought room. , - and . are seeking to strange the voice The coal men are to be joined by all of the .Russian people .Seymour other shippers of this, section in taking Stedman of Chicago, vice-presidential the recent rate- revision "before the candidate, was to have "been the prin Tennessee Public Utilities commission ninal sneaker, hut en s-aarementa in nhi. for appeal, it being the contention of cago prevented him from being present, tfn th.t there was a conspiracy be the shippers .Viat Tennessee has been Joseph D. Cannon, socialist candl-1 "enthV company and discriminated attains t. alleiH no- I haa rnvArr.ni'. rft!Al t, TTnf. tween tne Uia dominion ,uuipuy the-htghest freight rateof aby state in the south. r y ; . A GOVERNOR READY TO sAvh 1 i CONFEDERATE WHITE HOUSE k: MONTGOMERT. Ala.,. Aug. 24-Ad- Vised by a committee ofthe First Whi?e House of-the Confederacy commissionr composed largely Ot Montgomery wot men, that.negotiations were underway for the purchase of a site on-whioh to preserve the home of Jefferson" Davis, the only president of the Confederated States of . America,-: in this .-city jBiv- ernor "Thomas. E. Kllby announced that he was ready atany moment sign a warrant lor z,vu,:appropriatea ny the legislature of ";ll for the pur chase and .removal, of the aged: build ing. ; ,:r: ;-AA'AAA:-:" ) iy-'i:::' ' fAA MONTAITK AGROUND SAN -The United States shipping board steamer milt. frnM 7.W r uvni pine Island, .to : Auckland, N. went : Mfwuuw- ootu - iui - uvi n - i - ,jt v t...-,. east of Lit island in Manning traithpo race..w Solomons group; August 4. and Is be- lieved-to be t a total loSa,' according to advices received t by the marine depart- ment of the chamber of commerce. :; ,'The Montank' erw. was said to Xsafe. "'.'.' A A Mr. Harding's : "Speechograph e Bamd By Fair ( COLUMBUS, O., Aug. ?i.-Phono- rraph records as. a proxy for Sen- ' tor Harding at the state fairi. Au gust 21, presidential day; were ' ta booed today by 'the fair; manage ment. , , . - .Request was made for( space for a, tent seatine- 2,000 people, it was said .The plan .was to have -. reaublican, speakers,' and Harding phqnograph records represent '.the rfpubllcan cause daily. ; y.y;'A; ..,;..; . j;-. v,;.rSehator Hardin? lives within for-; ty miles of Columbus and if he wants his speeches 'delivered at-'the . state! fair he ought te come and deliver them himself," K- V. Wal4ron, fair manager, declared.- . v , Senator Harding in two telegrams asserted; he. cannot arrange his schedule to permit him to attend the fair presidential day. A LOSER IN LOVE, ; CAROL SEES DUTY Rumanian Prince Loolcs Forward to Service NEW YORK, Aug; 24. With a slight Bhow ef emotion; Prince Carl of Ru- . , , , mania, in an interview tonight, refer- red to his marriage to - twenty, years old titleless, dowerlessv Mme. Zizi Lam- brino and the subsequent annulment by his royal : parents. . . - . "I do not care to bring up past eor- rows." he said "The incident is closed and I only look forward to the dis charge of my duties as crown prince of Rumania and hear the throne." upon we , return 1 he said he would work with all his energy for the future prosperity of his country. , . . "My nresant visit to,, the United States ' is only an informal and unof- ficlal one" he said.' CA' A VI am very much impressed by 'the beaUty and charm of - the American .MJJW theTaU iuiidingl The? -ndfL; , "Your prohibition seems to be working fare of the people but in my country. where, we.drink light wines and beer in modost quantitie there is no need of w5tJgt"; JS . Ue e A neef ol "Ail Rumanians have kept In, their -heart most grateful remembrances of admlralIe work on by th Ameri, Redrbs aftd'tiie Anierieaa ieitesf igioic" .? t--,-..-- : iPrlnce Carol said that since peace had come Rumania had; doubled in size and the p5pulation haa Krown fronvseven At,ww itt. ....i. . 000,000" " ";;:. Y A ! cbot gain a grip-on my people The nrfnrra : nfl trl . - Rumania. an many natural products'; that it would soon become one .of the richest coun tries Europe. ? A ": .-. "We are; one of the granaries of .SSu- rope," he said, "and have oil in pro fusion." We have large forests, mineral 1 A. . i . . . namrai. eB., auu omer minerals wich will aUow Us to develop a large industry and commerce. "I can only encourage Americans to come over and see us and thus to know us. We have no aggressive intention against ..any of our neighbors, with t wbom to live : in Peace.- A. SOCIALIST CAMPAIGN OPENS AT NEW YORK Would Express, Solidarity With Soviet Russia twul u-e poaoux ojsm. seujeaMxiP - NEW 1URK. . Aug. . 24.The socialist 1 party "opened its campaign here tonieht ilates'VoVernmen't becausof fts a1 tltude toward soviet Russia and said inere-s.was: a- umo wwn- mi unueai I States not only-recognized a new Born - A n't want the United StaUs , to elP ' the Russia soviet repubUo,' said UVJ'. hav the United Stateslet it alone. ; - Munl?iPtL lSiJS'S Shl Whf JjiSS sae lbJIi An 2M&JPfSui thf e ia- ,fn not aid Poland, that that was up to C0"8T?a"t r AkI - But 8lx :w-ti.S mnnf ZtX?l"n f ll Si 112 TZTir '., dent and cabinet with betraying the constitution." . :; " -J - j-. r , -r , . .. . v . GIANT BALLOON CHRISTENED 1 OMAHA, Ne!b Aug. f 4. A giant bal- "SrT ArrayNO; 1, known as -uniiea states Army No. 1. of Fort Thomas, construct ed by soldiers. at,tbe, rort anct wnicn will be entered in the international Dai - A w. land, Ohio. , s .; - ? , The .baUoim.. has a capacity of 8,000 Cubic .feet, which, is . said .to-be , more beitnan -.twite as areat a, uubj. w. --sJw''wf ': A It, A . ; Steahboat;ijnes -given authority to raise freight Shipping Board Decision 'Per mits -Conformity With Ro - cent Rail Advances WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. Steamboat lines operating on the; Atlantic coast. Great lakes and Gulf ,of Mexico ' were authorized . tonight V hy the ' shipping board to Increase 7 freight rates from twenty to forty per cent and passenger charges from twenty per cent to thirty three and a , third per cent over exist ing levels on all-water traffic. The, .board's i decision t followed ; a hearing held last week on the applica tion of the water carriers to put into effect rates corresponding to, the joint rail and water advances recently au thorized ' by the Interstate commerce commission. "A.'-'-'. AAA . . A number of boat lines ' have" filed schedules, putting them" into- effect Thursday when . the rail; rates become operative. i5;--- For rate making purposes, the beard ruled that Norfolk, Vav is to be con sidered In the Norfolk-Atlantic sec tion to and from ports within the. lat ter! 'section " New : Orleans is to be considered in the Norfolk-New Orle'ans section to and from ports' within that section " and withla. the .' New Orfeans-Mexican-Border section to and from ports within the latter section. I a -As to increases in terminal' charges,' Norfolk " is to be - considered in the Norfolk-Atlantic section and New Or leans in the New ' Orleans-Mexican-Zorder section. ' Y ' N PROBLEM OF FEEDING CfERMANSCONSIDERED Harvests Are Not! Good, Herr , Hermes Declares : . LONDON, Aug. t4.-Methods of carry ing out the 6pa. agreement providing for better feeding of German coal min ers?, were 'discussed, today-at the con ference between Charles McCurdy, Brit ish food minister, and Andreas Hermes, German food minister;' L; The meeting also -was attended by the -French, Ital ian and Belgian members of the per manent committee of the supreme eco nomic counsel. ( . Herr Hermes, when interviewed later, said that the German harvests are not really r good ' and give no - security ;f or the future, V He stated that he had vis ited-1 fhViosaejrwacoej fieldstaiid b-ad found '.the miners doing - their utmoetrt despite the shortage of food. The min Ister added that he had'no doubt the coal deliveries would be: made if the miners were properly, sustained with abundant, and: cheaper food. V RAT-PROOFING PLANS ARE BEING DRAWN UP Public Health Service at Work On Matter WASHINGTON. Aug. 24. Standard plans for rat-proofing business build ings, dwellings and wharves are be ing drawn ; up by the v public health service as part of its campaign to stamp bubonic plague out of the country. The plans are to be fur nished to states and cities for incor poration in buildings codes. "While bubonic -plague is -under con trol in this' country, ; there will al ways be scattered' infection until the rat can be exterminated." said Sur geon General ;CummIng.. '1; "According to authoritative esti mates, there, is one rat f ot every on person in the United States. To main tain this huge number of rats costs the people, of " this - country approxi mately vone cent per person every day for rat food, an intolerable and un necessary burden for the people to carry." . DENIED INJUNCTION AGAINST ; CARRIER AND EMPLOYES whf n deered at the Old8! v nnn.n.inn trn.vmnn .t- a,,,- a .- In, denying .the petition Judge Hand said: '"The Old Dominion lines has ex pressed Its Inability to receive and f or- ward Byer s merchandise because sucn action would involve the discharge of i its employes. If the complainant had a remedy at la wf or damages, he can avail himself of It, and ought not to be alio 1 wed an Injunction because lis! prefers a non-union carrier." - GEORGE COMMISSION , A 5v t !..;,: - ACCEPTS NEW. RATES ' ATLANTA, '. Ga., ; Aug. 2 4. The Geor gia railroad commission today issued an order authorizing increases in intra state freight ana 'passenger 'rates and other ..carrier" charges, placing rates in Georgia, on tne same oasis as mose re cently ' authorized; by , the - Interstate commerce-1 commission." ""' ' y.- : T 1 f . The new rates .may; become effective September 1 by .the filling of blanket sot less than three days prior to the ef fective date of. increase-. I; a '--i- The. increase. In . passenger fares will not : apply to roads now -. authorized to charge five cents pe -mile." "1 ': The i. freight- rate increases do ' not apply 40 shipments of . cotton, ootton ROBERTS NOTIFIES , SECRETARY COLBY OF RATIFICATION Restraining Order. Set Aside By, Decision of Chief Justice -. ' Lansden SUFFRAGE FIGHT MOVES TO CAPITAL OF NATION Certification by Governor Tosses A Bombshell Into Camp .eOfAhtis'AA: ' " AWAIT REPORT ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 24. It is the expectation of . suffrage leaders that Secre-; tary Colby will make for- ' mal announcement of the: ratification ' of : equal v suf- f rage within twenty-four . hours. Governor - Robert's 7 certification is, m the mails," and immediate action. by the secretary of . state is ex pected to follow the receipt of this document. A NASHVILLE, , Aug. 24. Governor Roberts today certi fied by mail to Secretary of State Colby Tennessee's ratifi cation, of the woman suffrage amendment after receiving from , Attorney General Frank M. Thompson an opinion that a writ ( issued by Chief justice D. L.-' Lansden, of the state supreme court, last night - set aside a lower court order temporarily ; restraining, the', governor from : taking such action'. J y':: t " The . injunction was ' obtained Dy ciuens oi ;. ii asnviae opposea to suitrage. ; : - Issuance Vf the writ and the gever- ' Dior's certification serves to transfer to a Biniri srT.rn t n a nvrrifl u vnr i en im. uiv nr ratification. :;, Anti-suffrage ' leaders de- , - t n r k. v m n - 1 1 a o- .n. mtA shim aim n.a league-, was - preparea . wppiyxo District' Of Columbia supreme court Sat ' an . order Wstralning Secretary iOelby,' from Issuing a proclamation declaring the amendment 'in effect.' S6 far 'as court action in 'Tennessee is concerned the -only; thing 5 in -pros- .. peot ' f or ; the antls is' to request the , supreme court to rescind the individual ' action of Justice Lansden. - The court ' meets in Kiioxvllle - September' 28. Bombshen for Aatfs ' .Announcement this morning that Jus ; . tice Lansden had' Issued the. writ, fol lowed an hour later5- by the "statement that .the. governor had mailed the" cer tification, was a bombshell in the cams of - the anti-suffrage forces ana an agreeable surprise to the "suffragists. There had : been no Intimation - such a v" course was planned. Attorney General Thompson-filed the v. petition-for the writ with Justice Lans-" den at his residence last night on be- ' half of "Onvernor Roberts. Secretarv of . State Stevens j and r Speaker ' Andrew ". Todd and Clerk W. M. Carter, of the z senate, parties toihe restraining order. " Mr. Thompson argued the case, before the justice and, the writ was granted. The petition was; filed with the clerk ' of the supreme court at 8:68 -o'clock ; this morning and ' twenty-five jnlnutas later the certificate of ratification was ifl the mails on its way to Washington. Petttfoners Bitter " The petitioners Who obtained the in junction, their attorneys .and tlntl-suf-fragists generally were amazed at the coup and . the petitioners in a' formal Statement were bitter in their criticism . of what, they '.termed the "high-handed tactics and unprecedented methods". in volved inUhe.- case. ; 1 . ? Governor -'noberts'.wouM make v no statement, but . suffrage leaders . re garded the' battle-ended so far as the legislature -and the state are concerned .'. and prepared. to leave for their-homes. STATE COLLEGE ANNOUNCES ' yy. MANY TEXTILE .SCHOLARSHIPS .WEST RALEIGH," Aug. ? 2 4 A num ber of textile v scholarships have' been awarded the textile department of the ' State college,, which is the North Car olina textile school. For . the second, time the Aberfoyle " Manufacturing scholarships to young men taking 'the textile . course '' with ' the aim ln - view that these scholarships will- prove of assistance in i the. constructive . work the textile . department ' is developing in the textile .field. . ; t T. : i ' "' A number 'of '"mills in 'North1 Caro- , Una have taken out scholarships and others are sending '- young' men from their mills ""to take textile courses. Among these mills are the Chadwick-. Hosklns company, ' Charlotte; - Tolar, r Hart A Holt," Fayette ville; ' ICInston Cotton - Mills, Klnston; R ! M.? Miller, , Jr.; Charlotte ; W. H. Harfi ss, broker. New York cfty, andothers have iTen scholarships. ,-'. vv; . "'. ". 1 ; :;' ' ; A scholarship covers tuition which is $45. and is awarded" to textile stu dents ' whose work' and deportment ' is satisfactory. : ' , ''y'Ky.: : ' ;-yy y f ' r TO: HEAR CIVIL .CASES A-A' -1 A ' "-Av.-5v n. ; . :;d " ' , , Morgan Turrpntine, -clerk; of . the Uaited States court, yesterday received a communication from Federal .Judge Henry G.' Connor to the eff eet , that the liidff woiilrl rami to WllmlnKton- on September 115th for - the purpose of. Jjiewip 'argurntSjB & trtiin ?vlj 1 5 ,
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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