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A movement to restore personal .
its and liberties of. wl-ich the
people have been deprived by the
HiijLieenth Amendment to the Con
siltution and the Volstead law, will
be mala by. the , Constitutional
Liberty he? Te, which is rapidly
eitendir" i;3 organization through
out the Ur-c. i states. Men whose
- lies f re ioly interwoven with
,:r' i history appear as found
: s cf t 3 crranization, which has
1 t .it 3 irirr.e i purpose the Testor-
- l ? J rre3ervation of the con
... 1 : tts of American citi
s illy conceived by the
. f . t a government. ' ,
v " " ii rot a "wef, tr
"i the defeat of
. . v - "ch it hopes to
, . r-i rrobably bring
r ' 1 i;I-t wines. The
i i a is that the radi
1 j 3 V: o i.tliieved the two
7 3 ly E!:xewd manipula
tes whea our youn; men
... " t m I Vance, went far
3 i. Lt3 T"hich the found-
T U.
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CiipHIIIMI.WINS
REPUBLICAN FIGHT
Tenth Plinnesota Delegates, Fa
' voralle to Johnson, Ordered
: ' , Seated , ' "
"LILY .WHITE" GROUP ,
" IN- LOUISIANA LOSE
? umnstructed Delegation r rom
That State Will Take Part
In Deliberations ; -
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, July 2. In its
' first decision affecting the Jphn-v
son forces in the convention the
republican national committee, '
1 "by 38 to 12, voted to seat dele-
gates from the tenth Rlinnesoto
' '. district who are counted as fav-
orable to the candidacy of the
California, senator.
Resuming work on contests
the committee today seated
twelve untnstructel delegates '
from ljouisiana, headed by Kmile
. Kuntz, of New Orleans, nation
al committeeman, and dismissed
! the j rmtpsts nt ih H1t white" ;
group,' led by C. S. Herbert and
: Victor Lolsel, of New Orleans. ,
STEEt SHIP B TO BE
LAUHCHEd lN FEW DAYS
Vessel To lie Put Into Water at Ben
nett's Shipyard Other Con
. ' s t tracts Secured
The management of Bennett's ship
yard, where a number of steel ships
are being constructed, had planned
to put another one of these vessels
into the ' water today or tomorrow
but owing to the fact that George o.
Bennett', owner and manager , of the
, plant, is out of the city the Jaunch
:ng has been uostponed until some
time during the coming week.,,
v It Is understood that this plant has
the contract for tha nnntruction of a
.'number o fother -steel boats after the
- ships now on the ways : iave
been
mind when they
f rafted the Con
stitution.
Men whose nzfpes are linked
closely with AmeriJan tradition are
supporting the mo emenL Some of
them are Dr. jyles .Standish,
whose forefather i advocated - the
doctrine of speakii t for one's self;
Frederic Winthxoj; i a great-great-nephew
of Govercr Winthrop, of
old colonial days;! Hugh H. Ban
croft, Robert S. Hqa, a descendant
of Nathan Hale; Francis Peabody.
General Samuel D. Parker ' ard
others. - ,."- . . '
Paul Revere will again ride the
New England countryside, figura
tively, to warn the, people against
the attack on the American Consti
tution andn alarm VUr-be. sodd
ed calling on 11 'American citizens
who wish to guard their rights un
der the Constitution to stand to
gether and fight the new radical
measure to a finish. .
The Little Buildings in Boston,
where the Constitutional . Liberty
League is assembling its member
ship is only-a stone s' throw from
JEaiaJtheLbittjiptof fioilLeagu,e.s.
CHILD
KIDNAPPED
WHILE MOTHER AND FATHER ARE ASLEEP
IN ADJOINING ROOM: LADDER USED
Mother Aroused by Noise
Found Baby; Go n e,
.Screen Removed From
Window arid Ladder in
Position Against; Side
of House No Clue To
I The Kidnappers.
(By Associated Press
' NORRISTOWN, Pa.; une 2. The
police of Montgomery and adjoining
counties are searching today for kid
nappers who entered the home .? of
George H. Coughlin, of this city, and
stole nis tnirteen-montns-oia son,
Blakely, from his crib. ' ;
The child was asleep in a room on
the second floor adjoining that of its
parents. Shortly before 2 o'clock
this morning the mother was arous
ed by a noise. Absence of the-child
was immediately discovered. It was
from a window A ladder against
the side of the house furnished a
clue to the kidnapping.
The child is" described as having
light hair, blue eyes and - a chubby
face. It is usually heavy for its age.
E
IMPROVE CERTAIN LINES
To Give Patrons Better Service Be
tween New Bern ami
Norfolk, Va.
In order to give their patrons bet-
TELEPHON
COMPANY TO
ter service between NEW BERN and president ot Mexico last week, took
Norfolk, Va., the Home- Telephone the oath of office at 5 o'clock this
and Telegraph Company are making -afternoon in the chamber of depu
severar improvements which, when ties; There was a great military
completed, will, give the office here' display. The galleries of the cham
the very best communication with1 ber were crowded and thousands
Norfolk that it is possible to secure, thronged the streets.
At the present time it is necessary
to make connections in a 'round COMMITTEE TO INVESTI
about way before Norfolk can be se- - -rr,,, .
cured and even then it is often diffU; GATE BERGDOLL'S ESCAPE
cut' for either party to hear the eon-' '
versation of the other. When the new
line is in operation this latter annoyance-will
be done away with.
VlsiUnf In City
Miss Pearl 'Aman, of Columbia,
S. C., Is spending several daya in -the
- citjr visiting friends... v
r
PAULDIWfi
5xec. ls
im p
it,rec$or
American ; Liberty. Charles S.
Rackenian. of Boston, is president;
Ralph Adams Cram is vice-president,
Dr. Charles, M. Green, vice
president, Francis Reginald Banks
is secretary and Alexander Lincoln';
is treasurer. Fred C. Spaulding, :
who was a director in . the figfifc !
against the League of Nations, ia
in charge of the . executive work.
Louis A. Coolidge, former Assist-' .
ant Secretary of the Treasury, is
one of the leaders in the movement.
Arrangements have been made by i
which members of the American'
Legion who are opposed to the
Volstead Act and the Eighteenth
Amendment, to the Constitution
may give expression to their views
through the mtdiunj of theLeague.
Steps' will be taken to merge the v
interest of all .state organizations,
with similar purposes with the
Constitutional Liberty League. '
, It is . reported a considerable '
number of Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress have ai
ready placed themselves on record
as favoring the stand taken by thei
. i
RALEIGH AVIATOR
KILLED BY FALL;
BODY RECOVERED
Young Man Was on First Salo Flight
When His Machine Went Into
Tail Spin
(By Associated Press) '
ROXBURY, N. Y., June 2. The
body of Naval Lieutenant Richard
W. Thompson, who was killed when
his airplane fell into Jamaca bay off
Rockaway point, April 9, was found
floating in the water within two hun
dred yards of the accident."
1 ' Lieutenant Thompson's father and
mother live in Raleigh, N. C. He
was on his first solo flight, which
would have quilified him as a naval
avaitorr when his machine went in
to a tail spin at a height of three
hundred feet.
RALEIGH MERCHANT IS
CHARGED PROFITEERING
' (By Associated1 Press)
RALEIGH, June 2. The trial of
W. A. Myatt, a Raleigh grocery mer-
FROm HIS CRIB
chant, charged with selling sugar at iaS
a nrnfit in excess of the margin al- The board, taking various extenu
lowed by the amendment to the Lev
er act, began
this morning.
in federal court here
HUERTA TAKES OATH AS
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO
' (By Associated Press)
MEXICO CITY, June 2. Adolfo
de la Huerta, elected provisional
I (I.!v Associated Press.)
' WASHINGTON, Junf 2. The res
olution ordering a congressional in-
rvestigation of the escape of Grover
Cleveland Bergdoll, rich Philadel-
iphia draft evader, 'was ordered fav-t ing defeated by the lower house the
I orably reported today by the house! resolution was passed by the senate
rales committee. :
RAILVAY GL iS
L
Men Must .Return to Jobs
Thursday Morning Or
Definitely Quit v
By
STRIKE IN SYMPATHY
STARTS ON SOUTHERN
Two Hundred Men Quit This
Morning at Spencer and
Salisbury :
(By Associated Iress.)
SAVANNAH, Ga., ' June 2.
Despite the fact that national;
officers have declared the strike
illegal the clerks of the Central
of Georgia Railroad unanimous
ly voted to remain out this morn
ing and to pay no attention to
telegrams srtit out by K. II. Fitz
gerald, Grand President of the
Brotherhood of railway clerks. .
They say they , wiU only recog
nize instruction .given through
the 'proper clwutfiels.
Jt ,
(By Associated Press)
SAVANNAH.' i. G&.i' June 2 . De
spite the fact that national officers
have declared the: strike illegal tne
clerks of the Central ot Georgia Rail
road unanimously voted to remain
out this morning And to pay no at
tention to telegrams sent out by E. H.
Fitzgerald, Grand- President of the
Brotherhood of railway clerks. They
say they will only recognize instruc
tions given through', the proper chan
nels.
ROCKY" MOUNiy June 2.
Ing advices from Grand
Follow
President E: H. Fitzgerald nd Vice-Presidents
Nelson and Gillard of the Railroad
Clerks' union, the' clerks have been
ordered to return to work and Mr.
P. R. Allbright, general manager on
the Atlantic Coast X,ine; has today is
sued a formal statement,' declaring
unless the men return to work Thurs
day morning, June Zi "it wjll be nec
essary to fill their places in older to
protect the service."
We have received a number ol
offers from eommericial bo4iesv busi
ness men- and .ititlaens .endermg
their services $o prevent a serious
interruption of traffic, and we cannot
longer delay acceptance of such co
operation", the statement , declares.
Reports today indicated that the
clerks were out on the Atlantic Coast
Line at Fayetteville; Florence, S. C.,;
Waycross, Thomasville and Albany,
Ga.,; Montgomery, Alabama, and
High Springs and Palatka, Florida.
Southern Clerks 'Walkout.
SALISBURY, June 2. About two
hundred members of the order of
railway clerks employed by tha
Southern Railway in this city and at
Spencer quit work this morning. No
strike vote was taken, according to
the secretary of the local,, but' the
men quit work as individuals in pro
test against the present wage-scale
and in sympathy with the striking
clerks of the Central of Georgia Rail
road. The men, all checked off for
work this morning, but shortly af
terwards resigned in groups. The
strike affects every department.
BRAZIL WILL ENTERTAIN
KING OF THE BELGIANS
(By Associated Press.)
RIO DE JANEIRO, June 2. Bra
ziT already is making plans to enter
tain the King of the Belgians when
he makes his projected visit to thi6
country later in the year. The steam
er Uberaba, one of Brazil's best mer
chant vessels, will be sent to Ant
werp to bring him to Rio. Gunabarw
palace, where the royal guests will
be housed during their stay here, has
been extensively re-decorated and re
furnished. AMERICAN LEGION. ASKS
CITY BE CONSIDERATE
Members of the local post of the
American Legion Tuesday night ap
peared before the board of aldermen
and asked that body to cancel sever
al bills - which" the city had against
that organization resulting from the
visit of a carnival which the legion
brought to this city several weeks
- ! ating circumstances into considera-
tion, were inclined to grant the re
quest and the matter was referred to
a committee for action.
SUFFRAGE TO BE
ALLOWED TO DIE
Delaware Legislature Adjourns With
Amendment Bill Still Pending
In House
(By Associated Press)
DOVER, Del., June 2. The spe
cial session of the Deleware legisla
ture met for its final session today !
with the resolution to ratify the wo-1
men's suffrage federal amendment
still in the house committee, where ,
its opponents predict it will be al-!
lowed to die. Both houses passed a'
concurrent resolution last Friday to
adjourn sine die today. After be-
on. May 54 .
GEORGIA
CENTRA
ORDERED TO WORK
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
WINS FIGHT IN
L
Federal Suffrage Supporters
Voted for Amendrf t to
state Constitute
4
DON'T MEAN ADOP
OF FEDERAL SU RAGE
Is, However, Indicati - t The
Strength of Antis ir State
(By Associated Pre
BATON ROUGE, La., k June 2.
The house of representatives today
at noon passed, by a vote of 9a to 17,
the proposed amendment to the state
constitution giving the right of suf
frage to women." A great many of
the federal suffrage supporters vot
ed for the state amendment, and it
is felt this does not necessarily mean
adoption of federal suffrage, but is
regarded by many as indicative of
the anti-federal suffrage strength.
SECRECY OF MISSION
OF RUSSIAN MINISTER
(By Associated' Press)
LONDON, June 2. While the se
crecy which has surrounded the mis
sion to London of Gregory Krassin,
Russian Bolsheviki Minister ' 'for
trade and commerce, is being main-.
A : 3 . - 1 : -' . . 1
laineu, several newspapers nere
Print reports On the progress the I
Soviet envoy is making. It is gen -
erally expected he has received of-'
ficial permission to establish a Rus
sian trade bureau in this city. Some
newspapers go further and declare
he has secured a lease on premises
in London. ,
MEN BURIED UNDER
MANY TONS OF EARTH
: ;i (By Associated Press.)
? PITTSBURG, Pa.v June 2.-AX
lAffcf ai v man ' txcro Irfllarl hv ar
ANA STATE
plosion in'the coaLfihaft of tle On- ieading cities of Asia Minor with
ttffiii Gas CoaL ComnahV TietJokJddquartc.M in this' uity. . In ,4 he
burg Pennsylvania, today. The men -
were buried under tons-of earth and t
the foreman in charge of the work,
said he would not be able to tell the
exact number of dead until the bodies ily is searching for news of missing
had been .recovered. I members. . , -.
Carriers Eagerly Await
Opening 0 Campaign For ,
The Free Mountain Trip
Great Opportunity Open to Boys of The More Ambitious Sort, For
a Five-Day Vacation in The Mountains of Western North Car
olina Plenty Good Things to Eat and a General Good Time
Hunting, Fishing, Mountain Climbing and Theatre Going
Store For Carriers of Park Publications.
The ink had hardly dried Monday pretty well howlie . stands with his
afternoon on the Park Publications regular subscribers and is depending
announcing a " grand and glorious on them to renew their subscriptions,
trip to the mountains of Western Here's the Proposition
North Carolina when every . carrier i . . , . . .
on THE RALEIGH TIMES, THE The five carriers in each of the
FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER and' three towns, Raleigh, Fayetteville.
THE NEW BERN SUN-JOURNAL ' and. NEW BERN. who- secure the
declared they were ready to put up :'mst . points,, according to the sche
a hard fight to win the free trip dule, will win the trip. In addition
which is offend to those who se-l-this. the carrier who secures more
cures the most points on collections
and new suhacrintinna between June
7 and July 3. 1920.
AH Expenses Paid j
.Five of the most ambitious car
riers from each of these papers will
be given this five-day trip with all ex
penses paid. In addition to this they
will be paid their regular commis
sions on all business turned In.
Can you imagine any energetic
boy failing to take advantage ot this
opportunity when he has an equal
chance of winning a trip f or both his
mother and lather as well as him
self? Every carrier is eargerly a
waiting the opening date of the cam
paign June 7, when they will make
the greatest drive for subscriptions
ever witnessed in North Carolina by
newspaper carrier boys.
Of course, a good carrier knows
Campaign Manager,
THE SUN-JOURNAL,
New Bern, N. C.
Enclosed please find $ .for which you will extend my
subscription months from expiration of my present
subscription. I want to help my carrier earn a trip to the moun
tains. Kindly give hini credit for the points.
Yours truly,
Address
Name . .
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Points oh Old Subscriptions Points on New Subscriptions
Period Price Points Period Price Points
1 month .0 5 5 1 month . . $ .65 10
2 months 1.30 25 2 months ..... . 1.30 50
3 months 1.75 75 3 months ...... ,1.75 150
6 months . 3.50 , 200 6 months ....... 3.50 400
12 months . . : , . . 7.00 760 f 12 months . . ; .',V 7.00 . 1500
: . yt . . -V"- " - "i . ' $ ','r i V . j ' . ' 4
BICKETT DELIVERS
PRINCIPAL
TO OLD
AMERICAN
SHIPS
MAY BE SOLD TO
Senate Provision For Permanent
Shipping Board is Retained
In Bill
AGREEMENT IS REACHED
AFTER ALL NIGHT SESSION
Reserve Fund of Fifty Million
Dollars is Ordered Cut Ex
actly in Half r
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, June ' 2.-Sale of
American ships to foreign interests
if after diligent effort-the shipping
board has been unable to dispose of
4- V rt w 4 " A m rtwinnwin i rt vtrt mri rt M
it 11 Cllt IV AU1C1 llidUS, 19 PIUVIUCU1UI
. in the merchant marine bill as finally
agreed upon - by senate and house
session669 after virtua!ly an aU niSht.
' Vnder the agreement senate provi-
sions providing for a permanent ship-'
ping board of seven members were1
retained, but the senate amendment!
authorizing the board to set aside an-
,'nually for the -next five years fifty
!., jni)9Tll fPnm the! nmppoa nf
h art orn anri- aaloa fnr the onnetnir.
tion of new ships was modified so as
to nrovirt for a reserve fund of onlv
twenty five million dollars annually.
ARMENIAN FAMILIES -.
ARE BEItfG REUNITED
CONSTANTINOPLE, 'June 2.
Hundreds of Armenian families are
being reunited monthly through the
efforts of the members of the Ameri
ron, committee for relief in the near
past, who are scattered throughout
deportations of the lastfour.-,years
Armenians have been shuttled about
before various military movements,
with the result that nearly every fam-
in
fi-'-W ih& any other in hlstown
"'v Vve the privilege of selecting as
a-ci.perbne his father, his mother or
some' relative with all expenses paid.
Better still, the boy who leads every
othtfr' carrier of all three papers will
be flowed to take both his mother
and father, or two relatives, with all
expenses paid.
Notice To Subcribers
Points will be issued on subscrip
tions from one to twelve months as
shown below. For your convenience,
a coupon will be found below which
may be used in sending your sub
scription direct to the office in case
your carrier should fail to see you.
Fill in this coupon and mail it today.
Show your carrier you appreciate hi3
services. "
CXMPAIGN OPENS JUNE 7 AND
CLOSES JULY 3 AT 8 P. M.
June , 1920
OF POINTS
FOREIGN
t '
,.'.
ADDRESS
VETERANS
Old Men March in Pa
rade, at Fayetteville
' This Afternoon, To Be
Followed by a Grand
Ball Tonight Thou-'
sand. Soldiers Attend .;
..State Reunion ' -
METTS RE-ELECTED
Fayetteville is, Elabor
ately Decorated for the
Occasion, : AVith V The
"Stars and Bars' of the
South in Evidence on
Every Hand City Vis
Filling Rapidly - Wi'tft
Reunion Visitors, r v
(By Associated Press) '
FAYETTEVILLE, June 2-One of
the principal features on today's pro
gram of the annual reunion of the (
Noi ih Carolina Division oj ' the
United Confederate Veterans.' which1'
convened here yesterday, will be th
Parade late this afternoon of the old'',
soldiers. '. y
The morning session today was
devoted to a general "get together,"
meeting of the veterans,1 Daughters
of the Confederacy, Sons of the Con
federacy, American Legion and citi
zens of Cumberland county. ;j. . . ' .
uu'kcu miirera Auurraw H.
Governor Blckett . delivered the'
principal address at a dinner given
the old heroes this' afternoon by '
Fayetteville chapters ot the Daugh- '
ters of the Confederacy. ' -'
Other events today included a re
ception tendered the veterans by the '
citizens of Fayetteville and a trip to
the state home for Confederate wo- i
men. ' The festivities ot the day will
cometo a close tonight with a grand '
Da 11. ' v : :. '. . ::.,';:.'. ...
. At a business session held yester- "4
day: General James-, I. M:etts was re-
)cr.tef commandinAl general' 'oil -the
divifclou and General W.-E. Kyle was
ie-i;icu v vvuii:iiur pi me latru
Brigade.. r, .w ;, . ?
' Upwards of a thousand old", war
riors are attending the reunion, and
the number of visitors is being aug- -mented
by arrivals on every train.
The pricipal streets of Fayette
ville are elaborately decorated .for .
the occasion, with the "Stars and -Bars"
in evidence on all sides.
- Resolution of Thanks
The following 'resolution adopted
during the business session Tuesday
was wired to Major S ted man: ,
"June 1, 1920. .
"Major Charles E. Stedman.
"House of Representatives,
"Washington, D. C. -
''The state reunion. of Confederate
Veterans, assembled in Fayetteville,
extends to you its heartfelt thanks
for your timely and eloquent speech -in
defense of those loyal patriots,
Lee and Jackson, and their notable
defense ot the southern cause. May
you : long live to represent them m '
the congress of. the United States." -
In addition to the election ot Gen
eral Metts, of Wilmington, the fol
lowing were elected this morning!
First Brigade A. H. Boyden,
Salisbury; Second Brigade--W. 'A. "
Smith, Anson; Third Brigade r-W.-E.
Kvle. Favetteville: Fourth Brleade
J. M. Ray, of Asheville.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
PREPARES REPEAL'
EMERGENCY LAW
Except I .ever Food Control Act, Es
pionage Law and District ot Co- w.
lumbia Rent Profiteering
' (By Associated Press) . '
WASHINGTON, June 2. By un
animous vote the . house Judiciary
committee today ordered out a res
olution repealing all : war tlma , -mergency
legislation except the Lev
er food, control act, the espionage
law and the District of Columbia
rent profiteering measure. - -
Chairman Volstead told the com
mittee that he would attempt to have
the house adopt the resolution, be
fore adjournment Saturday. House
action,, he said, would be atettnpted
under a suspension of the rule i
which would permit only forty min
utes of debate.
CLOSES; NUMBER CASES
Judge George Connor Quickly Dis
poses of Large Docket And -Ends
Session - . '
Although there were eighty-eight
cases docketed to be disposed of at
this week's term of Craven superior
court for the trial of criminal cases.
Judge George Connor Tuesday after
noon wiped away the few remaining
cases on the docket and ended the
session. '-. .. . ' . '." i :
No cases- of any great importance
came up for action at this term and
k.lk iha Miirt an1 inunhan nf lh
I bar . rushed the work as rapidly.
.possible. ,-. A
ONEWEEK TERM OF COURT