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I? f- 1 V V - .:- v. A.-. "1 1 t" JOURNAL THE SUN-JOURNAL, NEW BERN, N. C SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1920. Single Copy: Five Cents . ; ' ', '. : :"..v. -". I, . " " 1 - -' . 7T7T T :::) r Lum- vcJ TO rp;i- , ill tMWh 1 to hava :id which : rtpr 10 rV (19-r ! River" ::otksville. I.re made - -o that min .n1 broke . Kpread to Lion who fl valuable . its equip thousand but . the Ri'.is and 1 feet of plant John :. - rt .'hinnons. i'n today 1 that it I os re ' about ranee. : i.tigest :(.t;on ot c ! busi r of peo : 1 uilt i - Mr. :.t T. ve srolen not gain i by aid a . the pen, "ag. try - Le- iUX- . rged r Or- 3 on 'j., at i part i the .onal to be .. the .... x .ij. meet i ft Z p.' m. is ! :. '.ring and try arrange : r of the Legion all service men : ice as wide publi t as to have as large thia Ivlcmorial Day !e. .. : - ; ;- ', Post Coumiandcr, .' ! - :Mll Voters Castir- Tal 'rfe Was Li-ht Up Until 'Noon levs are , nd fr: r scl. ainr : : t! tod iy cast-. more . this : 1 for mm .aEiSMfflEli uiiDGiv votes One of Party, Leaden?vMakes This Prediction At Convention 'PteiiTAD;:;;!iofi . ' (By Associated PressV--! ; : NEW YORK, May 8. An attack on tjie administration of President Wilson and, the prediction that the Socialist' party would poll t; more than t wo . -million votes in the presidential campaign, were made today1 by Mau rice 'Gillquitt, temporary "Chairman of th Socialist national convention at f iM opening eessiou here-today. He saM theparty would survive, the attacks, "upparralled in ferocity and lawlessness' made on , it In the last year ' ..by "all the . powers of dark ness , ;-nd oppression in the conntry." , He declared that the last three years rtad furnished the "most" strik ing .aiVl abhorrent proof of the fal lacy, of the Gojd Man", .theory in politics. .. - 'If tlfere remained any large sec tion of workers who ; put their trust in ' the old party Messian" he said, "Woodrow Wilson must have fatally destroyed their native faith. For be it remembered that in 1916 , Wood row Wilson ran as a radical." ? "He promised socialism through the short cut of the democratic party, and thousands of radicals throughout the country voted for him . rather than to throw &way their votes on (lie hopeless candidates of the social ist party." " TO PEI:jE STE Rocky P.Iount Workers Intend to Thus Cut Down The High . Cost of Living - ,r . (By Associated Press) ' , IIOCKY MOUNT, N. C, Vlay .-V At' a meeting of the central trades union council here last' nighjt attends ed by representative union ren from, virtually every crait ,and Jinion. -in I city, definite plans 'wjerej perfe'et c,; for co-operative 'movement among the unions whereby th laborers ei pect to -establish a g.erfefal mercantile business here and later operate other businesses upon a coroperatiE profit sharing basis in 'an effort t(' rombat the high cost of. tiving. r ' fv -. . IFE SbWER IS . -Ml LOilGTEI William -JI. Brokaw, of Virginia, Sent to Federal Prison fW : 1 - . His Crime 1 . (By' Associated Press )V Jf NORFOLK, Va.,. May. 8. William ! H. Brokaw convicted; in federal court of murdering his wife at Camp Ens tice, rVa., January 26th was today sentenced by Judge Waddell .: in United States district court to serve oighteen years in the, federal peniten tiary at Atlanta. Moton for -a new trial was immediately made by coun sel for the defense and-overruled by the court. . , i;- D. ANNUNZIO TOOK ITALIAN SIIIP TODAY . (By Aspociated Press) -'TRIESTE, May 8. Captain Gab riele D-Annunzio - toiday captured an Italian steamship bound from Triest to Catania with a caro of grain. He dispatched two anti-submarine craft to make the capture. The captain of the shp.' was ordered to proceed to Fiume. '. v . , ,.. , . ;, , , PRODUCTION OF WINTER WHEAT IS FORECAST ' . ' (By Associated, Press.) WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8.- Winter wheat production', this year was forecast at 487,647,000 bushels or .75.6 less than last year's crop by the Department of Agriculture today. SOCIALIST PARTY IS :-Y : HOLD IN G CONVENTION ! S'r'-ssl S. The social- evened its 1920 ; : r - today .wit'i : ! ionale ami of IS VIGOROUSLY ATTACKED Free t TO SUDDEN CLOSE Made Determined Fighi Against v Underwood Who Seeks Election URGES VOTE CASTERSTO Ky Associated . Press) BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 8. Wil liam Jennings Bryan today, concluded a two day speaking tour in Alabama in which he opposed the candidacy of Senator Underwood, who is seek ing re-election, and former Gov. "? O'Neal for the seat made vp. the death, of Senator Ban,kl Mr. Bryan endorsed the ' of. Representative Hessler, .. nent of.O'JSTeal and L.' B .n who .'is seeking Senator -.Vwh J v seat. ' .- ' ' ' , ' The prohibition , leader ' , Arc ititig yesterday , at Albany and H'jnffvt'lo mgea nis aucuence o- vote Itrstaau second choices in the - deiniAiatic primary May 11th for any ; oC Mha ary candidates. The Juiuor ot.es- tion is" as much an issue -an'-; St vfcas ever been, he said and plead i fori the defeat t)f both Underwood and O'Neal whom1 he characterized as : the' two 'wet'' candidates. SUGGEST RATIONING r f . OF SUGAR SUPPLY (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D. , C. May..' S.-A Rationing of sugar to manufacturers of non-essentials and an aggreeinent between the United . States and for eign countries not to i bid against each other for this commodity, ?vera suggested today by -Herbert Hoover, a3 means of relieving the' present ugar situation, "; c - i- ;- - Si BY DRY CROWD RUTHIiKr0RDT0N4IANfftrfec Mb.-atrwn according ks the j ' j- ' ' 't KILLS HIMSELF AT HOME RUTHERF:iRDTON, May 8.-r-H. A. Bell, of this city, committed suicide Wednesday morning by shooting him self in the mouth with a :32r'$aliber pistol, death' resulting almos-V in- rantiy. - . . There is no direct causs 't - the horrible act. ; Mr.' Bell went o bed last night as usual and got up early this morning. " He was assisting his wife iti preparing breakfast, when-he went tfna cifed his nephew and step ped ' in ' the hall and fired the , fatal shot.' .'He had his -will made last Monday, i About . two weeks ago he told his nephew, who lived with him, to keep in touch' with his children, as he:: was suffering from heart. trouble and j sonffething might happen any time," ' , ' . Mr. e31 was married the second time on March 17 past, to Mrs. Mary Cornwell, of Gastonia.- He and his wife seemed to be very happy lie eaves . a widow, one sister and brother and 4even children. :. He was well-known and well-to-do citizen and a member of the Rutherfqrdton Baptist . church. His children are expected here tonight and tomorrow. All seven of them were away from home, - being in various places ; of North and, South-Carolina. Priceless i Treasures Seen For The first Time In Pennsyl- A ania Museum i Correspondence- Associated Press) PHILADELPHIA, May '. 8. Gold ornaments, idols, crpwns, armor and othe,r "relics of 'great ' historic value which, date from thevt4yilizations of the Incas, Aztecs and otler Mexican and Central and South American peo ples are contained in a collection of 300 specimens recently. '1 placed, on view for the first time. in the museum of the University of Pennsylvania, , . The exhibit was only recently brought, to its present completeness by the purchase of obj eons which had xbejen In IpossesBioV' V la , noble l'renchv family Vinns. hitt. which were sold ause the family was imp. - uoitt wasu?. fees ana Incas . only' ft, emblems and Religions jbjects. iCortez shipped to Sr an'd .others in tnries were mi explains the r golden ,objects cen- This ' A ft! live J CM lombia, proved J It was apparei: a princessr, E ments-T'ere'di. clothe a mouei ,fparance,in j ceden a crs ; die. -arnlfts : penda?ei...&s. t ty of ioM-ci--. nnoT unni unnri TP PLACED UN EXHIBIT r inal (iniazing tx jects. - FURTHER COWIWIENTM ON THE DYE BILL Democratic Senator Calls At- ' tention To The Letter From . The DuPonts" "' - V; f. (By Associated Press) 1 v 'WASHINGTON, D.- C, May 8. There was further references in the senate : debate on the dye bill today to the letter from the DuPont inter ests, to Senator Moses of New Hamp shire, one of Major General Leonard Wood s campaign managers5.' which was presented -yesterday by Senator Kenyon, republican, of Iowov ; , :: ' Senator Thomas, Democrat, Col orado, - said . 'the : letter "virtually amounts to this"; that unless Senator Mosest withdraws his : objections to this bill the Du Pont-Company will withdraw its support and;1 Senator Moses and what that support is ev ery senator knws as well us 1." . ., 1 ' . : FJRE AT BLACKSTONE ALLEGE WAS fCOSTLY iBy Asvsociated Press) J- J i',LA(;Ki?YONl3. Va.. Mav 8 Esi mVi.es i today placed the loss caused by fire at BWckstone College last night at $200,OQO with $70,000 in surance. -The origin of the blaza which destroyed jthe main building is undetermined.' Rebuilding work will begin at once. . , ; p . .- Only Small Percentage of People Have Access to These Places1' , , ' WASHINGTON', D. C., May 8. Only 10.4 per-cent, of' the popula tion of North Carolina has access .to free , public libraries, leaving almost 2,000,000 persons not provided "with esuraaie oi cue uiuieu Biaies cureau of Education, made public today. f American Library Association of ficiafs declare that this lack, as re vealed hy statistics of public library development recently compiled by P P.. Claxton, Commissioner of Educa tion, will give : residents of ; North Carolina a conception of the benefit to- be deriyed from the Books for Ev erybody' movement launched by the association. To devote , to the task of making public library service a vi tal influence in every American com munity, the A. L. A. is gathering a "Books for Everybody" fund of ?2,-000,000.'.- Miss Annie F. Petty, Li brian of the North Carolina : State Normal College, at Greensboro, ' is the state director of the "Book for Everybody"' fund jn NqrUi Carolina.. ; The report for , North Carolina shows 36 libraries , that are classed as free public libraries, containing 108, 003 volumes and serving a popula tion of 230,180 persons, leaving 1, 076,107 persons without - access to libraries. . ,n. the . judgment of the Burea : of 'Education, the smallest li brary, that can; usually be depended 6n to render ah. adequate -service is one, of 5,0.00 volumes.,.; Only eight libraries. " in the State, measured by this standard, j can b& termed "uni versities of the people". They serve 154,045" persons, with 2,052,240 per sons ' practically deprived of the help of an institution which, more than any other, promotes adult self-educa"-tion. In 91 counties there is no li brary with as many as 5000 volqmes. Seven counties each have a library of this size which might serve as a nu cleus for a county library. . The county library is advocated by the American Library Association as the best method o$ reaching the rural districts; ; This form of library ser vice recently was1 endorsed byi CCom- missioner Clazton. - i.'i ' : . . , In commenting - on the results of the Bureau of Education's survey, American Library Association offi cials point lout that- the library de- velopment.'of the last several years, under? the .guidance of . the efficient North Carolina Library Commission, may be too' recent to bo taken fully into account. While revised Popula tion statistics would show a much larger public served by existing li braries, as the compilation is based on the 1910 census, it js indicated that the growth of population in the wide areas without public library service probably would tend to .keep the percentages, as announced by tho Bureau of Hdudatlon, nearly con stant. In view of the rapid industrial development - which is bringing intrti North Carolina an increasing number of ' I new Americans . from . foreign shores, who must depend upon public libraries to give them- their educa tion in American language, institu tions, and ideals, the general need for library facilities throughout the state is declared to present a serious situation. This condition, coupled with the widespread social and indus trial unrest throughout the nation, constitutes one Teason 'for the Amer ican Library Association's vigorous "ooks for Everybody"- movement, which points to a time when books will be freely available to every man, woman and child in America. . In the v "Books tor "Everybody" movement in North: Carolina! the Am- 1 erican. Library Association t will co- l operate-with the North Carolina Li brary Commission and with local li- PUBLIC LIBRARY RW 10 ;2iE0 0 NECESSARY FOR THE SUPPORT OF FAMILY OF FIVE Railroad . Brotherhood v So As serts Before Railway Labor -Board !E T.I (By Associated Press), WASHINGTON, D. C, May 8. - A 'minimum of $2,500 a year is nec essary for the support of an Ameri can family of five, W. Jett Lanck, consulating- economist for the rail road brotherhoods '.asserted today before the. railroad labor board. Mr. Lanck,. who yesterday charged cor porate profiteering with being chief ly responsible for, the present living costs, presented today a demand on behalf of the 2,500,000 railway; em ployees for the establishment of a minimum .wage throughout the. in dustry. ' He presented to the board compilation of budgets about the cost of living based on statistics made under his snnervrsinn -and hv feri- . , .. . , . t eral and state agents. v ; - "It is Impossible" he said, "for h family of five In -the United States to maintain itself even in decent pov erty under existing conditions for a penny less than $2,500 a year." Mr. Lanck in his statement declar ed that "the' fundamental cause of all economic instability,, all industrial unrest, all , Interruptions of produc tion and, disturbances has been high prices and profiteering by organized capital,, middle men-, and retailers, i HELP ANSON BEST Convicted Murderer May Not Go To Prison For Life, As ' , lr - Sentenced (By Associated Press.) . . ;, t PONTIAG, Mich., May 8.- Anson Best,- convicted last night of the mur der of Vera Schneider, a telephone operator,' and sentenced to jifes im prisonment at'MarqueUe, will' not be taken to the northern Michigan pri son' immediately.' A movement to fi nance an appeal by popular subscrip tion begun immediately after the verdict, was being continued today. - In his , statement before sentence was , pronounced Best called v upon Heaven to witness his innocence and a purse was immediately started. It was said to contain one thousand col lars this morning. . . -- MUCH LAW BREAKING Returning To Raleigh They Re port a .Very Busy ' -Week (By Associated Press.) ; UALTIGH, . N. C, May 8. Reve nue officers retprning to Raleigh to day from counties in-eastern North Parolina report one of the busiest weeks in several years.'teti stills hav ing been raided, much whiskey seiz ed and hundreds of gallons of beer destroyed and a number of arrests made. The stills were found in John son, Wayne, Sampson and Wilson counties. Policeman Cooper of Wil son, who was assisting the revenue officers in a raid in Wilson County Wednesday night was shot and pain fully injured by another policeman when the latter mistook Cooper for an alleged moonshiner running from a still. BODY OF MRS; EVA KING TO - Deceased Died at Durham Hos- pital .Had Number Friends In This City The body of Mrs. Eva Bell King, who died at a hospital at Durham and which arrived in the city yesterday morning, yesterday afternoon was taken to Bachelor, N. C, for inter ment, being accompanied by Mr. M. D. Taylor and his son. The deceased is survived, by her husband, Mr. Richard King; parents Mr. and Mrs.- C. T. Bell, of Bachelor ; three sirters, Miss Bessie Bell, of Bachelor; Mrs. J. O. Barber, of Beau - tort and Mrs. Elijah Connor, of Jacksonville; two brothers. Mr. Ever ett Bell, of Durham and Mr. W. L, VANTS MINIMUM WAC THROUGHOU Y RAISING FUND TO REVENUERS DISCOVER CARRIED BACHELOR Harris, of Blades.. ' t- THREE CAPITALS OF: STATES IN MEXICO TAKEN BY REBELS Revolt of Carranza Garrisons Made This Possible, Says ' t Report HAVE BEN WniB t (By Associated Press.) " EL PASO, Tex.; -May 8. Three state capitals in Mexico fell, into the hands of the - revolutionists , today with the revolt of Carranza garrisons Icoicident to unconfirmed reports giv I en out . hv revolutionists herft that Mexico City, the capital of the repub lic had! been - taken by General t en jamin Hill. ' 1 Revolutionary forces , have taken Mexico City according to .an uncon firmed' report received here today from Chihuahua City and made pubV lie by -revolutionary leaders here. The messages from Chihuahua said "it has been rumored President Car ranza left the capital for Vera Cruz." Saltillo, capitol of the state of Co ahuila, which borders on theUnited Stales, revolted late yesterday, re volutionary advices today state. t was announced that 'General Castro and another Carranza leader bad revolted with troops in -several gar-; risoned town's including Altil W : The Carranza government of Co-, ahuila which is the home state (it the. Mexican president fled with all the public funds to Monteray where Car ranza adherents were 'reported con centrating to resist the revolutionists it was announced. .' , j - ' Carranza troops at Lasvascas cross ed the international boundry from Delrio, Texas, and revolted according to local rebel leaders. 1 Coal mines and towns in northern Coahulia were reported in the hands of the revolu tionists. . "Pied r as Negres crossed the boun dry from Eagle Pass, Texas," the an nouncements said "and General Carza in a telegraphic communication from President Carranza asked him to re sign and said he was holding Laredo notwithstanding the fact that his sol diers were on the verge of joining the revolutibnary movement! MASKED MFN FLOG NEGRO TO-DEATH .Latter Had Threatened To Take The Life of a White 1 Man , (By Associated Press) BEAUFORT, .Texas, "May 8. Charles Arline, a negro, was flogged to death by forty masked men last Tuesday night on the road between Woodville and Koulze according to a belated message which s reached here late last night. - Arline' was charged with having threatened . to kill a white man". "From the evidence taken , by the coroner, the message said, it did not appear that it was in tended to kill the negro. Summoned To Appear in Ral eigh in Federal Court To' ' Answer to Charges WILSON, May 8. Deputy Marshal T. W. Bartholomew on Wednesday last served capiases on sixteen Sy rians who are charged with using the United States mails in a conspiracy to defraud, each of whom was placed. under a bond of $1,000 for their ap pearance at Raleigh in Federal court before Judge H. G. CoCnnor at the next term. The defendants are: Ed Itabil, of Kenly; Richard Lewis and Willie George Rabil, of Smithfield; Louis Abdalla and Joseph Abdalla, .of Selma, and eight others of Goldsboro. '"FIGHTER IS KILLED CJV Four Others Are Injured In Costly Blaze in That City Today BALTIMORE, Md., May 8. Chas. Parks, a fireman, was killed and four! nthor mpmhprs of the fire denartment WARRANTS SERVED ON 1 6 SYR AN MERCHANTS BALTIMORE were injured at a blaze which wreck-! LOUISVILLE, JCy., May 8. With ed the interior of a retail clothing twenty, two' thoroughbred three year store in Baltimore Street near Cal- old horses entered for the forty-sixth vert early today. The Emerson Hotel, ! ienewai oi v,ne jveniucKy ueroy ai ! two doors away, was menaced for a Churchill Downs this afternoon, ;, It I time but there was no panic among.was the unanimous opinion of trurf - , the guests.'- ; - i j,1 '1 ne loss ' oi itne- Duuamg v ana me. stock, of clothing of .the company wad and the ' - ' ,: . SPA CONFAB TO BE HELD AS PLACED Reports of a Possible Postpone ment Cause a Wave Of Protest ' FEAR IF THIS IS DONE V. IT WILL NEVER BE HELD (By Associated Press.) J ' PARIS, May S. Reports of a pos- sible , postponement of the Spa con ference between the allied and Ger man, delegates from May 25th ."to" June 10th have caused universal pro test from, editors of newspapers here:' They fear the meeting may be de ferred indefinitely. v' ; . : ,1.. Premier Millerand's visit to Lon don next week for the purpose of con- ferring with Premier Lloyd George as to the indemnity payment will be im portant, it was mentioned, as the Bri-, tish premier is believed to favor the ; payment of a definite sum by Ger many in place of the present plan by which the allies would be paid an in determlnate amount. .. - . 'The Germans, have not made for- r mal request for the postponement of the conference but' the questlon waa raiiiedyfnformally by Doctor Mayer; the German charge during his con versation with 'Premier Millerand on' Thursday. The charge intimated that such a request would be made. -' " To .Kefu.sc To Attend. BERLIN, May 8. German, dele gates to the Spa conference will re- fuse to attend the meeting if not as surred they will be given a hearing , said Doctor Wirth Minister of Fin ance, speaking at Dresden according o a Berlin newspaper. They will be prepared to lay the true state of af fairs before the allied representatives he declared, and will be able to dem-, onstrate that "the economic condition of the continent depends upon that of Germany , . t - . .; To Make Memorial Day Address , In This City, Monday Afternoon '. J The attention of the public is call ed to the memorial exercisesi to be ' held in Griffin auditorium next Mon day afternoon. The speaker is Prof. W. S. Bernard of Chapel. Hill. Par-? ents are asked , to encourage their children to attend and. to bring flow-, ers for decorating' the graves of the soldiers. ' On Wednesday morning at 11: 30 o'clock the first of a series of con-, tests in reciting will be held. The re citers are Misses Ivy Philips, Louise Honrine.i Harriet Dill. .Vinetta Crab tree, Thelma Williams, Katie Wiley, Margaret. Gibbs, - Susie .Eaton and Gomera Banks. - - - A' gold medal will be 'awarded to , the winner in the conteBL oomtnlt tee will decide, and1 announce .the name of the winner immediately af ter the contest Wednesday. : : -The public is invited to the exer cises Monday and Wednesday. .' : t , i .'-'--.-."'.'. -"t !: - s. ' ' ' ' H. B. SMITH, Supt. of Schools.. LARGEST HOTEL III ii Hostelry To Contain Four Thon ; sand Rooms To Cost' Fif ; ) teen Million (By Associated PreBs) an' CHICAGO. 111., May 8 .Plana for -the largest hotel In the world were made public today. ! 'The hotel willJ he in five units "with the . presaut Edgewater Beach Hotel, as onnunit ' and will front three city blocks on Lake Michigan and Sheridan -road. The' archUectsJ have - planned four ! thousand roo-J. The cost is estlmat- . fT;4t $15,Q00,Qu0. 1 j 1 1 " . I 'A theatre fceating a,50t)r t0 kitch- '.. ettes fb those who desire to cook - own meals and a sixteen, story ' fnr hpfholnra nro fnntiirnn i , A . . - A minimum charge of . $15 a day is one of tho units" is contemplated. 'GREATEST FREE RACE BEING RUN TODAY (By Associated Press)' jrouowers today tbat tne u.uuu au- jded money, classic would be the great- PROF. W. S. CEO JO BE HEARD HERE a. iimmnrnnri nnn WUKLUrUKUIllUHUU ,-oea money, classic wouia ue iiut greai,- ., . ; est and most ,open race ever. run,- ; .. V: :-4 1 - r A T
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