North Carolina Newspapers

Volume 25; Number 117. THE SUN-JOURNAL, NEW BERN, N. C, SATURDAY, MAY 15, 1920. Single Copy; Five Cents :':'-::j7ecis 7mm In a Message to Revolutionary Ti t on The Border And WJ Ich Was Forwarded to New York, General Obregon Says Deposed President Had Sue ceeded in Breaking Through The Revolutionary Lines ' and, Accompanied by . a Small Es- . curt, Was Moving Southward Into the Mountains Previous Report Told - of v Carranza's ' Surrender With Eight Hun t!rtJ of His Men General Santiago Also Said to Have Civen Up at The Same Time. (By Associated Press) , Y.'A5'IIXGTOX, D. Cl, 'May 15-1- :ij i.Hia escaped' from the revolu tionary forces who attacked i his t r! ; s nciti Esperanza was reported today by General Obregon 5 In a message to revolutionary -"ts on the border which was for ' here Obregon said the depos ' i'nt had succeeded in break 4h the revolutionary lines ,i companied by a small escort was moving southward . into the. !! .untaias. . ; . ."' ' l'i message added that Carranza was 1 .Ti:;5 pursued by the revolution ists. -; ;y- x ir.I rejiorts reaching: AVashrng lay contain no atlditional news c orations begun a week ago i t the capture of the fleeing inn t f I' ' t. Recently information, i indicated that the fiIiting t Icon as severe as reported "y. Apparently- the, revolu ' tomrjands'i-sv had used the : r.-ilculate-l to inKict the I ist i loss with the idea of cany? ; -on's iat met ions against - 4 '' '.' - . " tho President was ; ori'jiiiicnt ofiicials here : a complex feature to the .te, with him at large ! 1 to be rallying point for (. - ; ; 4 I o tike forces. . - CAr.HANZA SURRENDERS Xir.7 YOItU, May 15 General CiUi ' . tiii J ciht hundred of his nu'!i Lave surrendered to the forces Mirt'ouivilflg them r in the Mexican mountains, according to word receiv ed tv!ay via Nogales.- . This information was given out-by Man'.irl Dcla Pena, self-styled com mercial attache in this city of the new liberal Mexican government. ' He had received this information from Al I house Almada of the Mexican' bu rcau of information at Nogales. ' V General Santiago also surrendered with General Carranza, according to word received by Dela Pena. Troops umS'er command of General Holes are iii possession of the port of Mazaltnn, . on the west coast ac- eoitlin'g to the same source of In for mation. . . ' ' . UNKNOWN HUN HURLS ' ROMR INTO A CROWD . 1 '(By Associated Press) BERLIN, "May 15. An unknown inan threw a hand grenade today in to the hall at Enslinger near Stutt gard whece a meeting was being held in favor of the candidacy of Former .Vice Chancellor and Minister of Fi nance Mathias Erzberger for the Reichstag. A few persona .were htruck by fragments and injured, but none seriously., , ;'OIIDEIulFBI.ttN. AS 0;:E AnACKIMG HER Guilford County Negro Arrest ed by Policeman On Assault ". - ' Charge I ; -GREENSBORO, May 15. When a'ioung white woman saw him in a .tell at the Guilford county jail this ' nernoon sue reaaiiy identified a ".'S negro, Tom Johnson, as the who made an-assault upon her at i ome yesterday afternoon. The was captured-at noon todav bv ian Jeffries, 6P the police de- : : - t, on theoutskirts of . the ,nX, ' SX,afl .1- - n....i .. - i. t"!- Sheriff Stafford brought the v.-c ::an here for identification and he with no trouble picked him out or n crowd of five as the guilty one. Offl c r JeiTriea got on the trail of John !i at an early hour today and traced Li hi to the negro's home, where he wiis arrested without any resistance. cj JUU lie insists that he is innocent. John on has a bad record, beinir rorontiv convicted in municipal court of lar- -ency and sentenced to six. months-' In'- Amenne, .twenty-tour, -.-an; aliegea ae - jail. . . '. m;'.-.. userter fronv the. 48th 'diTlsion,-. 'has Though. feeling in the community-surrendered himself to military au - had been running high, the officers do not fear any attempts at violence1. f . - , . 1 ,it' Gafm Mm Est Eedol . District in Germany Occupied by French Troops, Their Commander, and Cities Where Ebert Forces Attacked "Reds" w1 is- VomtsasntA --. f . .... .' ! . ' I ' , - COLOGNE v. ' " V t-f ' British 5 ' ? J SHADING 5lOW5 I , " ; , fo" NON-MILITARY ZONE WOR-MS1 . - . jij y WWCH ALLIES OCCUPY ; ; j .. . f f . MILS . The map shows the Frankfort and Darmstadt section , which -has been occupied b? the French forces under General Degoutte in . circle) . and from which they have begun to evacuate the district ; about . Essen, which has been occupied by the Reichswehr and German shock . troops, sentthere by the Ebert governmentto put down .the communist rebellion, 'is also indicated. ,'... Mi v 1 ii DIVIDEilDS DEAD Republican Members' of The ,Ways and Means Committee Reject This , (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D.. C, May 15. A tax on stock dividends to raise money for the proposed soldier relief legislation was rejected today by the republican members of the ways and means committee. The defeat came as a result of a tie vote 7 to 7.. Wfth this action on the stock tax the republicans completed work on the relief bill and announced it would be presented; , to the meeting of the full committee next Wednes day. ' " . TO SHOW THE FARMERS ADVANTAGE OF TRACTORS In order to show his fellow agrl culturists just how great is the need of a tractor on the farm. Dr. N. M. Gibbs has arranged a demonstration next Monday afternoon, at his farm at the end of the Howell road. A giant tractor is to be. used and farmers from all over this section are! extended an invitation to go out and see this. JOINT RESOLUTION IS TO BE VOTED ON : (By Associated Press.) 1 WASHINGTON, D.1 C, May 15. A vote will be taken by the senate at 4 p. m. today on the republican res- l olution designed to repeal the joint resolution which declared a state oi war' between the United States and Germany and Austria. Opinion in congress was that, adoption or tna peace, resolution was) certain with itsf.su'bsequent veto by President. Wil son regarded as equally inevitable. ALLEGED DESERTER I 1 : - . 1 J "I Carl Amerine Surrenders After Nearly Two Years Of Hiding (By Associated Press) CHILLICOTHE, O.; May 15 Af ter nearly two years of hiding in the caves of Hunting Valley near Adel phia, Ohio, in the fear that he would face a firing squad if discovered, Carl thorities at Camp Sherman, near IVSHlSELFff here, it became known today. ..t - : nztt l utionikts BE Ml ID IN BOND THEFT CAUGHT Nicky" Arenstein Arrested In The Office of N. Y. District Attorney , 1 (By Associated Press) V NEW YORK, May 15.-Jules W. (Nicky) -Arnstein,' putative "master mind" of New. York's five million dollar bond theft plot was arrested here today in the district attorney's office when he appeared there with his wife, Fannie Brice, the actress. . Arnstein told the reporters he had been In Pittsburgh all the time the police had been looking for him. '. Bail for Arnstein was fied at $75, 000 and he was sent to the tombs in immediate default of bail. The indictment aginst Arnstein specifically . charges him with crim inally receiving $42,000 worth, of crucible stock certificates , which were stolen from the Clarke, Childs Company here, last October. ABERDEEN WOMAN HAS ACCEPTED APPOINTMENT ' (By Associated Press) , RALEIGH, N. C, May 15. Mrs. J R. Page, of Aberdeen has accepted Governor Bickett s appointment as a member of the board of managers of the state home and industrial in stitution at Samarcand. She succeeds Mrs. Stephen Burgaw. AGED MAN FALLS ON - BUZZ SAW KILLED 4. r (By Associated Press) . " : . RTCHMOND, VA., May. 15. J. itadlord liibD, seventyrthree, was killed last night as a result of falling on a -saw at a saw mill in Amherst county, his left arm being cut off and his left leg nearly severed at the hip. Mr. Bibb is survived by his fa ther who is 102 years old and eight children. GEORGIA DEMOCRAT TO DE HEARD HERE Congressman W. D. Upshaw To Speak Here Next Tuesday- Night Democratic voters itf this city have a rare treat in store' for them in tho apfearance here next Tuesday nigbt 1 of Congressman W. D. Lpnam, m Atlpni, Gi., wbo copies to 'this city .;t0 m'ake a 'political address. ' I - Congros'sman .Upham will speak -out 1 (he subject of party issues and.it is' predicted that a large crowd will hear him. BAPTISTS SELECTED CHATTANOOGA,! FORM Tennessee, City Today Chosen For, Next Convention Of Southern Body . (By Associated Press) WASHINGTON, D, C, May 15. Chattanooga, Tenn., today was chos en by the'Southern Baptist conven tion as the meeting place for the 76th annual session May 11, 19 21. . The Teport of the committee on '.emperancef and social service sub mitted to, . the convention today ipeaks of what.it terms the "sorry ipectacle" vof the governor of one itate "swearing to uphold and en- orce the cdnstitution of the United States and itf the next breath declar ing-that to the extent of his power ne would make his state as "wet" as .he Atlantic. N "We do not call his name", the re port continued, "because we do not wish to confer upon him an honor to which he is not entitled nor to add o the shame of the good people of his state ,,who are loyalu Americans and deplore sueh : principles." The convention-: eannot cease its ef forts in the interest . of prohibition because the liquor- traffic "seeks to compass Heaven and earth v to cir cumvent the la" the report said and added: v ' ''We have the further sorry spec acle of another state lending its fair tame-to an effort to nullify the fed eral constitution." "Because the li quor forces arejrtetermined to destroy the law and order to reestablish the saloon, according to; the report, it s me tasK 01 ne convention to see ;o it that the constitution and the laws are upheld.' : ... "We must see-to it", continues the report, "that only honest friends of law and order are elected to office whether the office be legislative or executive; that every officer does his duty and that in doing his duty. ha3 our unqualified and unhesitating sup port. ' .This rule1 should apply air the way'from president to constable. ? THE STATE CAPITAL ; r L t , V'.-v' .. ) Mr. MaxAbernethy Ta Furnish 1 Sun-Journal With Daily Service Through a desire to afford its readers good news 1 service THE SUN-JOURNAL, has arranged for a daily news letter from, Raleigh to ap pear every day. . The new service be gins next ; week and' it wi1 be fur nished by .' laxr. , Abernethy. ! Mr. Abernethy on .the staff of the kaleiuh TIMES and he has an or ganization which furnishes State cap- tal news to several differeat papers. His items will appear in this paper every day coming; by mail and telegraph.- ' i This North Carolina service In ad dition to the very thorough news ser vice of the Associated Press will af ford SUN-JOURNAL readers the. very best service from, outside points. With some early - additions to the local stajf, the new management ex pects1 to materially increase tho pa pers value to both readers and ad vertisers. GERALDINE FARRA.R TO APPEAR ON THURSDAY ... . . -.- . RALEIGH, N. a, May 15. Miss Geraldine Farrar, who was to have sung in Raleigh on Wednesday eve ning of last week, but who was forc ed to postpone her engagement on account of an attack of laryngitis, is now fully recovered and will appear in Raleigh next Thursday night. HEARD BYSTUDENTS 'Uncle" Andy Johnson Ad dresses Student Body at "The HiU" (By Associated Press.) CHAPEL HILL, N. C, May 15. "Uncle" Andy Johnson, old negro janitor of the medical building and President of the Janitor's Club at the University of North Carolina,' ad dressed the student body at a regu lar chapel exercise yesterday by re quest of the students. Gerrard Hall was crowded to the doors and all the negro janitors at the University were present by invitation. "Uncle" Andy paid a tribute to the old time darkey, who he said was rapidly disappearing from Chapel TI ill and he asked his hearers to help jkeep in the younger negro the best 11 ciita ui tut; uiu Lime udi nvy . nc iuiu " 7 U Tp, nn .n who I 1 doan the dormitory rooms and he asked them for co-operation in their work. -The students listened with close altt-ntion and at . the end r f his talk applauded the old negro with enthu siaBm. EN!) IETNG NEWS 0 RECT FROM NEGRO JANITOR S STATE DELEGATIONS WRE-TO BBCOTODVN Republican' Cbnventiim Com n Js Oul Lieh 4-1 'mitteeiSentte .Instructions . (By Associated Press.) CHICAGO, ' May 15. Instructions from the convention committee in charge of the republican national convention here next month notified national committeemen to cut down their state delegations to the author ized number were on their way to day. In at least six states the records here show extra delegates have been chosen with fractional votes assign ed to them. v "No more than. 984 delegate seats can or will be placed" said L. W. Hanley, secretary of the convention committee. ' . ' "National committeemen have been informed that the state delega tions 'muil decide within their own ranks who will occupy the state's seats." . 1 BOLSHEVIK, DIVISION REPORTED ROUTED (By Associated Press.) WARSAW, May 14. The rout of the 10th Bolsheviki division in a bat tle in the region of the mounth ot the Besesina River is reported in an! official communique issued today. In an attempt to escape across the Kneiper . the remanants of the divi sion were killed or captured. 4 PLAN TAXATION OF Republican Members . of Con ; gress Agree On New Plan To Raise Bonus , v WASHINGTON, D. C, May 15. Taxation of stock dividends was vir tually agreed on today by a majority of the Republican members of the House ways and means committee as a new plan tor raising'.part of , the moneys to pay the costf of proposed soldier, relief jegislation.' ' Ftnal.'ic tienxi expected to be taken today; coiJlmitteetnen'satdJi -. j!" v The" i Republican : committeemen wore said to have been unable today to agree on the amount of the tax or' whether it should be retroactive, and if it so for what period of -time. Strong opposition to the stock divi dends tax developed among the Re publicans Chairman Fordney . being said to have led the attack on the proposal. Supporters : of , the plan, however, said that its final adoption was; assured and . that Democratic committeemen who were not at the meeting had promised to support the new scheme. While various rates and dates for the tax -were placed before the com mittee, the consensus of opinion was said to be that the tax should be a levy of . five per cent of the value of the stock dividends. Some com mitteemen were said to favor making the'levy retroactive to the date of the Supreme Court decision holding the old. income tax on such dividends un constitutional, while others favored going back for a longer period. Other changes in the soldier relief bill .also were agreed upon finally by the "Republicans, who expect to end their drafting of the measure today. Among them was thaa specifying that cash bonus payments should be $50 quarterly with the maximum bonus to anyone being fixed at $500 with the corresponding value of the op tions o fthe cash bonus being limited to $625. Another provided that yeomen women navy clerks, who served abroad during the war would receive the benefits of the bill. Two hun- dred women, it was estimated; would be affected. , HEAD OFTHE LIST Increase In Population Breaks All Records Thus Far Reported (By Associated Press),., . WASHINGTolSr.lD. C, May l5.l All records for increases in pdpula tion as reported in 19 20 were broken today by two Detroit suburbs, Ham tramck and Highland; Park (which sinoe.. 1910 have increased 4266 and 1 OS 1, pfr cent respectively .fetheI llmtramack or "Highland Park had more than a few thousand inhabitants ten years agov Detroit automobile factory workers sought ithe two towns for homes and today the Census Bureau reported a pop ulation of 4S.63 5 for Hamtranck and 46.599 for Highland Park. MARTIAL LAW IN MOSCOW. May 12. A decree is sued bv the central executive com- mittee 'dated May 11th proclaims martial law in the provinces of .cen- - tra and northern Russia and Arch angel. j STOCK DIVIDENDS MICHIGAN TOWNS AT FRENCH S ' CO 7 4? T Force Also Is Being Taken Out Of The Darmstadt ' Section (By Associated Press.) j PARIS, May 15. Withdrawal of the French troops from the Frank- rort and Darmstadt regibns it is un derstood has already been begun al though formal orders' for complete evacuation of this territory have not yet been issued by the French gov ernment. The1 latter is awaiting the last checking of the interallied mili tary commission upon the retire ment of' the German forces from tin Ruhr. ; The French withdrawal movement begun early this week and has been preceeding, gradually so that at pres ent only a mere .skeleton '; of the French occupational forces remains. AMERICAN LEGION IS , - TO KEEP HANDS OFF (By Associated Press) . ' ? INDIANAPOLIS, 'Ind., May 15. The policy of "Hands off" for the American Legion as an organization BEHHDRAWN OM FRANKFOR in all disputes and controversies be- Methodist Episcopal church on a bal tweehV", employers and employees or lot taken yesterday, the general con between Capital and labor is outlined ference in session here was informed by Franiklin .D'Olier, National Com mander ibf the Legion, in a letter mailedjtoday to Thomas Goldingay, state adjustant of New Jersey. YOUNG MAN FINED FOR J? ACCOSTING YOUNG WOMAN WINSTON SALEM, May, i 15 C, E. Jackson, a young man, was. fined $25 Knd costs in the municipal court for assault , on a prominent young married woman :of this city. .Jackson was arrested at a local theatre last night for continued annoyance of the plaintiff. The officer making the ar rest stated he had been requested to keep' watch on Jackson, that he took a seat beside him 'in the treatre.last night and saw: him place' his hancj on the woman's back three times. . 'I- ;-V',::- ..... I .;. i TO BE ED Premiers After Talking Matter V Over Reach -This Decision (By Associated Press) HYTHE, Eng., May 15. Premiers Lloyd George of England, and Mil lerand of France at their conference today decided the Spa conference be tween members of the allied supreme council And the German, leaders should be postponed from May 25 th to June 21st. - It is understood that Premier Mil lerand accepted the principle of. fixr ing a round figure for the German indemnity on the condition that France should have priority in the time of payment and that she should receive a partial payment at the ear liest possible date. , . 1 TARHEEL! P. A'S El d , , " Session at Salisbury Comes To a Close Greensboro Next SALISBURY, N. C, May 15 The North Carolina division of the Travel ers Protective Association after a two-days convention in this city ad journed this morning after selecting Greensboro as the net meeting place.' The following officers were elect ed: , '; " ' . ' ' ' : . President, H. T. Morris, Hender son. N.C.; First vice president, Will Weill, Charlotte, N. C. ; second vice president, A. C. Bardin, Wilson; third vice-president, D. Webb Davis, Goldsboro, N. C; secretary treasurer, D. C. Crutchfield, Winston-Salem, N. TO T Takes This Action in Protest Against Severity of The Peace Treaty (By Associated Press) CONSTINOPLE, May 15. mo Turkinh Sultan will resign his throne SPA CO FERu CE POSTPON fCONVENIION TURKISH AN RESIGN HON in protest against the severity ot tne that1 he was 111 fit trim now and was ; peace treaty presented to Turkey by feeling better every day. , . the allied powers, according to a.,, Congressman Brinson will remain - rumor : today which is- accreaitea Vmany quarters. t HUH COMMUNISTS ; NEW INSURRECTION Berlin Dispatch Predicts This Will Be Attended By NumeW ous Murders (By Associated Press.) 7 ' LONDON, May 15. German com munists are planning a new insurrec tion which may be attended by whole sale murders according -to a Berlin dispatch to the Exchnnpa To!ranh Company quotine a sttement Tv ,a conservative member of the Reich stag. " -T,i:.- ,:, .. , The dispatch.says the ministry of defense has been advised that meet ings of communists are being held regularly in Mecklenburg and the question of whether land owner alone should be put to death, or, whether tneir wive3 and chil:rn hr,nM a like fate is beine maintains it is said that "there is no doubt but that. Mecklenburg will be the scene of fearful slaughter." !7 BOSTON MAN IS : i ; ELECTED AS BISHOP (By Associated Press DES MOINES. Iowa.., May '..15. Doctor L. J, Birney, of Boston.' Uni versity, was elected a hfshnn nt thn toiiay. tie wa3 the only one elected on that ballot. His vote was. 549.'. The number necessary for election was 537,' v -: '; ;: . IN ;. IN CLOTHING TRADE Textile Worker Proposes Combi- nation With the Garment - BOSTON, May 14. The Commit tee on Resolutions of th Amalgamat-, ed,.ltthing WorkerB of Americ, lu conveiitloR here( - considered a rpro posai that .their ' organization uai. with-the Amalgamated Textile Work ers of America. It Was made by A. J: Muste, General Secretary of the Tex tile workers," who urged a considera idation to be followed by a gradual expansion of the organization to in clude workers of every textile and clothing 1 trade in 'one big union." The , t Resolutions Committee - re ported ' proposals for a forty-hour week in the garment-making Indus try for recognition of tb Russian Soviet Republic and release of " all political prisoners in - this - country. Action will be taken later. . 8 AMERICAN VOiEN , ; V AT THE ROYAL COURTS Many Who Aspired to Honor, to Be Disappointed Extreme . in Gowns Barred , . , r ES A BIG UNI LONDON, May li. Ambassador Davis will have the privilege of pre- ' sen ting eight American women at thff Royal Courts to he held in Junet There were more than four times that number of applicants for. this honor,- and so;. there, will be some, heartburnings when the list ot tb " successful ones becomes . known., for' some of the aspirants have crossed the Atlantic in the hope they would be among those to be introduced. , The Royal Courts will have much " of the pre-war brilliancy this year, but extreme styles for the women will not be tolerated. This pats a ta boo on "jazz" . or short-skirted1 frocks. The men as usual will wear ; satin knee breeches, and those who are not provided with' them will find the high cost of living has affected ; these articles of court raiment' as . it has all other kinds. 1 ' :S. IN THE CITY TODAY Appears Much Improved After a Stay At Seven ;;SpHftg&. 'tn . inniiil"iJ(l CongresmamSimuel MT Bfinson', ; appearing much Improved 'after a stay of several days at Seven Springs in the interest of his health, he hav-. ing been afflicted with an attack of jaundice, is in the city today after having visited points, in Wayne coun I ty in behalf of his candidacy. - - A rumor was started by one of the (newspapers in the Western part of I t'ie State several days ago that the I congressman was contemplating re ' ttrine from the race on account of nis health., Congressman Brfnson de- clared today that this was false an in m tne city an immeaiaie section lor several days. mm