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Y.'cather Forecast: r Saturday and Sunday, lit tV.ange in temperature. -gIJcDTUIIF A p V N. I I y v TRY A SUN-JOURNAL , , i'i . want ad. ; , THEY BRING RESULTS 1 1 ie 25; Number 141. . - six pages today NEW BERN SUN-JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1920. ONE SECTION TODAY Single Copy: Five Cents Cl'IPIlir m IF CONFUCIUS CAME BACK TO EARTH! I t - ' i.Li ULUL IU . .OER WEALTHY .BY YORK SPORT ::i Who Held Keys to His A;irtment Will Be Investigated SUSPICION NOT SUBSTANTIATED I veil Had Been Separated i Her Husband For Number of Years ' !? Annotated prea) . V :;; - YORK,. June 12. Twenty r r : rs after the murder of , D. El well, wealthy sportsman " t ...v. jfuuvjo au- ? , ' ' i v that fh air Tifwrt j.i,..f v it an important clue as to i : . t him at his home in this ': - tion of his quarters served e of convincing the police a was nothing to substan ht suspicion that he might 1 his own life. No weapons i in his home. s attached some impor-t- t1 9 story, told by Elwell's r, iward B. Rhodes, that he :Der or women friends ; s to Mr. Elwell's home. i were wont to come and '. odes told the police. , ; . .!, who had been legally 1 frc-ta her husband since questioned by the police a declined to make pub : Z regarding thia i&ter- r. I er or Suicide rt to determine whether ; murdered, or committed 1 '."3 of the city were closely i ty the police, who de : reveal the result of their i. The. mystery was in - f Hare of the police to i with which he had It became known that 1 on the Rita Carlton - night with a ,i party . o ' included :'r:-and r Lcwisohn, and Miss . I'rs. Lewi3ohn's sister. r others in the party. . ctel, the party went to t theatrical performance t 2 o'clock in the morning v rood-bye to the Lewis I way and 42nd streets. V ?9 to their Fifth avenue I ; : ,veli Btrolled in the di " IJirhth avenue. Nothing . n of his movements, un keeper, Mrs. Marie Lar-. i Uim in the living room , at 8:30 yesterday morn- I in an arm chair, facing t window.. : ! i i Early Morning. ' " n delivered mail at 7:30 h the police say was taken .w ;. The circumstances indi t a shooting took place in the ' ' it elapsed between the mail v E-d the arrival of his house- e r Ice are convinced robbery f t' . motive for thecrime as noney and jewelry were . - .loturbed. There were no ; cf a struggle. The house r .; i the doors were locked i ' windows bore no signs of i - : teen forced. '. " .-v., 1 was alone in the 14-room His bed had not been touched i 5 , evening dress clotaing had I i 'i and placed on the back f a ( .r after he had taken them c An empty cartridge was fonnd c i t:-. f.oor. The bullet,' after pass im ' through his head embedded it ' ! ii the wall. v:av;:esvillefolk HA IE DONATION TO LIi:?,ARY SCHEME Fi.-vt Town in State to Make Appro priation For Books for mvcij , ' bodyFund 12. Waynes ville is the fi'rst town, in the. state to maae a contribution lor ; ? """J The Books for Everybody project to which Waynesville has given sucn support has been launcnou : Amorin- hi ...AMotinn in. its pff.irt tn. ..qtablisnnient of public libraries to'reach , trie -bu,- 000,000 persons who do nui' , Thousands of men brought , mto contract with books througn i"o r. vnrir nt . i - nhrarv asso- "vrii. vi tuts ALuoriviau - - , ciation have returned'' to communi ties where there are no libraries. At present only 794 of " Zt . of the country contain a library of oiuuu voiumns or more. -Mioo a n n.itv nf . Greens boro, is state director for Norttt Car olina. E. p. Wharton, to ine Greensboro National banfc 18 stale treasurer. The district directors are H. E. Gruver, of ! Asheville T. S. Franklin, of Charlotte; Miss margaret uvell Bibson. w .-""- ton; Miss Carrie L. , Broughton, ol Raleigh and Miss Marguerite tiiggs, of Greenville. . ,'nrin'rns From Belavcn Mr George Charltun WoS" day fron a busiaaw visit, at tfei haven, ,,. - - "There are no foreijers any ' 1 more." : . c C. C Darnall, president of the ' Commonwealth Motors , Company of Chicago and Joliet, makes that tather startling statement, supple , ments it by interesting facts, and declares that the best possible cement with which to bind together a League of Nations is honest .cpm merce. ; v.-.' '.'.' " . "Only a short time ago we Hi this country were wont to call a Frenchman, a foreigner," says Mr: j Darnall, "but today there is a bond of blood, shed alike by Americans . and Frenchmen in the cause of civilization, so that. r. difference in lanemage does not count. . v "Many of us still refer to the Hindu as a foreigner, but do you realize that we are no further away from India today than Chicago was distant from New York a century ago? Do yon wish to communicate with a man in Shanghai ? Your message is delivered to . hir.v by cable in less time than is today re quired to go from Chicago to New VyYork. - . : : . Despondent Farmer Takes His Wife With Hand - to - Mouth Existence Staring Him in the Face Through ranure or mis Crop, George' H. Bryan, a Tenant Farmer Resid ing Five Miles From New Bern, Shoots Him self Through the Head in His Bedroom, Dying Instantly. - , Despondent over the failure of his crop, and seeing nothing but a season of , discomfort and; hand-to-mouth living staring him in the face, George H. Bryan, aged forty one years, who resided about" five miles from NEW BERN on a farm owned ' by f . A. Grantham and others, left the field where he had been , . working shortly before noon today, went to his bedroom and, securing a shot euu of the single barrel type, fired a load of small shot through his head, dying instantly. - The suicide had been a tenant on the farm for several months. From the very first he had ill luck with his crop, and yesterday he told neighbors that he was disgusted and despondent and that he felt like giving up. Thia morning ; he arose early, leaving his wife and three : little children at home; and went to the field to work. The day was an," excessively hot one, but he continued at his labors until a short time before noon, - when he returned to the house. ' r Wife Heard the Shot. v Mrs. Bryan heard him enter? and go to his room, and a few minutes later there came the report of the shot 'gun and the sound of a body falling. Realizing what had hap, pened, Mrs. Bryan ran ,to the home CONDITION OF SENATOR PENROSE GROWS WORSE :(Br Associated Pre) . PHILADELPHIA, June 12. Pro longed ' strain over the ' republican convention has caused a sudden turn for .the worse; in the condition of Senator Penrose. Reports to this ef fect were spreading throughout the city today. Two of the senators phy sicians were in attendance at his home early this morning, it was an nounced. . ' I JOUIl A. rarK VISUS JVins-ion , - John A. Parki owner of tne Kai- eigh Times, New Bern Sun-Journal and Fayetteville Observer, was an interesting visitor here yesterday, stopping over on. his way from New Bern to Raleigh. Mr. Park has not been here in a long time and spoke highly of the growth .-, of Kinston since he was' here. Kinstoax News. - AMElZtCAhf TOUQJSTS VlEW . GR&creo Tuouswros-or Yeai& v AGO NGARf! AM KirtG, CHINA ."v. : . ..iix;.:.--i J tiy i 5 ri.- ... J , A I ., : - - !' , , .1 - . I v ' ' "Modern science has eliminated' distance and wiped away the for . mer barriers of ocean and moun tain. Commerce has been the dnv- ms power, and honest . commerce established a bond between indi viduals and nations stronger than any treaty. "Recently within one week I en tertained here in these offices Em manuel Pironneau, an eminent com sultine engineer of France: B. R. Parelwala of Bombay, known as J tne ,'Kockefeller of India'; W. M. Joy of London; H. A, Whitaker of Hamilton. New Zealand, and W. A. Norman of Adelaide, Australia. I "They all came to this country to ' purchase - American manufactured articles.' I am happy to state that they all bought Commonwealth cars, and they all assured me that American peace,' American go -merce, aTe creating a greater feel ing of confidence, and a more en- 1 during respect for this nation in other parts of the world than all of our battleships. "Just one element is imperative ly necessary. Our products must ' Own Life: s Is Hysterical of a neighbor with her children. There, she told her story and friends went to see if they could render aid. E. J, Watson, a mail, carrier, was passing at the time and heard the re port of the gun. He and Nathan Sta ten, a colored man, investigated and found the lifeless body of Bryan ly ing on the floor, s It was apparent that there was no need of se curing medical aid ' for the victim, and the coroner was notified. t A SUN-JOURNAL. representativu was on the spot in a short time after the tragedy, and a scene of woe greet ed ,his eyes. The wife of the dead man was hysterical with grief, while three little tots who had been left without a father and upon the mercy of the world were softly crying for daddy. . On the upper: floor -in the dead man's room and- directly in front of an old-fashioned bureau lay " the body. , Some one had been hnmanu enough to spread a sheet over the dis figured countenance, but the walls and ' floor were covered with blood and brains. , On the bed lay an old, tattered slouch hat, which had ap parently been taken from his head and cast aside just as the despondent farmer came in from the fields. ; The horrible and gruesome .scene was made more so by the pathetic and frantic cries of the widowed wife ana the helpless little children. , '- Sister tn New' Bern. ' .Bryan was the brother of Mrs. Sal lie, E. Hartley, head - waitress at thv Gaston hotel, who some time ago lost her husband. Two of her children had been , making their home t with the Bryan children. She too was grief-stricken. She declared , It seem ed that her Brother had been born under an , unlucky star; 'H that - for years and years he had struggled against the ill-fortune which seemed to follow him, and that he had now given up the fight. ' ' 1 Coroner J.'L. Hartsfield will prob ably hold an inquest over the re mains some time aunng the after noon. ' v PLENTY OF SUGAR FOR PRESERVING PURPOSES NEW YORK, June 12. Thirty four million pounds of sugar will be available for commercial canners and preservers during the five months from June 1' to October 31, A. W. Riley, special assistant to At torney General Palmer, announced here today. Assurances that the sugar will be provided were given, Mr. Riley said, by representatives of the leading refiners. aTTRMPT Tn ACCAQSIWATr NEW, EGYPTIAN PREMIER ( Ht AxHocinH'd Irem) .CAIRO, June 12.An- unsuccess ful, atetmpt was made to assassinate the Egyptain premier by a bomb' to day, , , " -Jj v ,- . i- ' 1 ; ' " 7) l " - -' r ' r 1 1 1 continue cv be good, our dealings v . must be, absolutely honest, our promises must be kept. Dishonesty , and contemptible commercial prac tices have been tesponsible for every modern war. Could : every one in the world realize that fact, there would be no more war, even as there are no more foreigners." : LABOR -fEOERATl 0! REPUBLICAN PARTY Alleges Republicans Propose In dustrial Slavery and Abro 1 gation of Rights t : (By AitHoclatcd , Pretts)- t . MONTREAL, June 12. Amid tre mendous applause the American Fed eration ; of Labor at--its annual con vention here today adopted a report condemning the -republican V conven tion in Chicago for "turning, its back on labor" in adopting its platform. r : During the reading of the report, presented by Samuel Gompers and Mathew Woll, president and vice president of the federation, various sections of the republican planks which -were criticized by the report were hissed, while the criticizers re ceived applause. The - report was ordered, pjrlnted and distributed' to organized laboi ; It asserted that the labor declaration of the republican platform '"proposes an industrial enslavement' and an abrogation of rights as precious as life itself," and that , it , denies" tu right to strike. ' ' :. . v A congressional investigation into alleged unspeakable outrages " in flicted upon the mine workers by the "coal interests"; in West Virginia is demanded in a resolution unanimous ly adopted by the convention. ' "It will be noted that the plat form," said the statement, "is silent on the esential right of wage earn ers to of ganize into trade unions and to select their" own representatives, and -ignores the-fact that only by col lective bargaining , through sucn or ganizations of the wage earners can industrial justice be attained. . Mr. Gompers said, that the demo cratic party's platform pending a doption could be consolidated with the report made to labor on the day before the democrats meeting iri Chi cago to Mr. Gompers, Mr. Woll and other labor leaders. SAYS THAT PAGE IS TO ; AID MORRISON FORCES Son of One of Candidates in First Primary Offers to Assist in Final Campaign ' Among the, interesting bit of news coming to NEW BERN from Ralei gh is that to the effect that Thad Page, son vof Robert N. Page and as sitant manager of his father's cam paign in the first primary, has volun teered his services to the Morrison forces and has offered to assist in any way possible during the second campaign. Mr. Page ;has many personal friends in ; NEW BERN and this piece of news will be of Interest to them especially. ASSA ILS PLATFORM TURKIC THEIR AMMIW 10 : "BARK CANDIDATES READY FOR SECOND ROUND BOTHA P Official Count . Alone "7a' , M Who Leads in Gu. . torial Racd L. P. Park (By Max Abernethy) , HALEIGH, June 12. Both O. Max Gardner i and Cameron ' Morrison, leading candidates in the race for governor, were in Raleigh last night and held long conferences with their managers and friends relative to the work for the second" primary. Lieu tenant Governor Gardner stamped a false the suggestion that he had an idea of. dropping out of the contest. He believes the official count "will show him in the lead and believes that he has an even chance of get ting a majority of the votes cast in the last primary for Mr. Page. In fact ' he has already ' had, the assut ances of a large number of .the lead ers in the Page campaign saying that they intend to vote, for him on thw second round. v -1 , . Both Candidates Hopeful. V Both of the candidates were hop ing that the returns would.be offi cially tabulated by this time, ,but un derstand it was a mighty big job and consequently would take time, Mor rison was just as confident of being the next governor of . North Carolina as was the Shelby man. He believes he will lead in the first primary, but is not worrying; a great deal about lhat, ' for, a few hundred differences in the cumber of votes; doe n&t-mat- ter one way or another.' What he is thinking about now rs the second pri mary on July 3. a, ' , : : .',- .,' And unless present indications go awry the campaign between now and primary day is going" to be every bh' as hot as the weather, if not more sr. Neither Morrison or Gardner like tn campaign tactics of. the other, and after the firstxspeech or so next week there will be lots to ; read about j Gardner, today talked about the "ma chine" backing his opponent, while supporters of Morrison counter with i the "machine" of Gardner, ' Organ ization of course is a better name for it, but . "machine" rankles decided ly more; therefore, it is being ' used by supporters -of both. Mr. Morrison will open his second campaign in Greensboro on Tuesday, night, June 15, and will close in Ral eigh on the night of July 2, when a big time is promised. . His managers are hoping that Mr. Morrison will not be handicapped ? then as the' was on iis first visit here because of twe other meetings and a mass meeting in the city auditorium. No announce ment has been made as to wheri Mr. Gardner will resume his speech mak ing. - - Returns, had been received from ninety counties up to last night by Col. William G. Lamb, chairman of the state board of elections. It was believed that the others would reach Raleigh by today. The official can vass will be made of the ballots Tues day morning at 10 'O'clock, barring all accidents, and then and only then will it be possible to tell whether Mr. Morrison or . Mr. Gardner will enter the second round, with a lead. It is predicted, by all that the1 lead will, be less than 150 votes. . t FREE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NEW BERN YOUNG PEOPLE Superintendent of City Schools Calls Attention to These and Irges . Action Prof. H. B. Smith, superintendent of th'e' NEW BERN public schools and who is . teaching at Greenville during the vacation period, . came over to NEW BERN this morning for a day's visit and in conversation with a SUN-JOURNAL representa tive stated that he was especially anxious to call the attention of parents and pupils to the scholar ships at St. Mary's school at Ral eigh. . ; , : ';; Prof. Smith states that persons interested in these should enroll at the local school office for the exami nation! which will be held on June 15 and 16. LOCAL FIREMEN PAY BOSTON BOYS A VISIT Messages received in NEW BERN from ; members of the Atlantic fire company who are vacationing in the north, tell 'of a visit they paid to the Boston, Mass., fire department headquarters, Thelocal fire fighters found this up to standard and their missives give the firemen there high praise.- :. - -. . - - , WEDDED 13 YEARS, HAVE 13 CHILDREN; STILL GOING GOOD But ! Father Noav Before Court For . , Failure to Provide For His . Offspring. t, ' "; . : SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. 'Ifow many.c.hilrp have you?" ask Box 37S 11-20-20 jiorris .Onpenheim " ,rtez , appeared be fore him to answer to a charge of j failing to provide for his offspring. Ortez scratched his head and after counting on his fingers a moment, admitted, "I don't know." S But his wife, Marie, who was in court with most of the children, jumped to her feet and said! "Your honor, we' have eleven. .-We'- had thir-1 teeh, . but two of them died. The youngest is Isaac, here, and the old- esk, Marie, is fourteen. . One . baby every year, judge." ' ,i ,' v V The case was dismissed against Ortez when the court learned that he has already been (held. to answer to the superior court of Alameda coun-1 ty on a similar charge. . . STUDENT ELECTIONS GIVE STUDENTS MUCH INTEREST . CHAPEL HILL, , June 12. Not to be outdone by state politics, students of the University of North Carolina have completed 'the last big politi cal fight and election of the year in the atheletic association office: , Greatest interest, centered aijound the presidency -of the atheletic asso- Robbins Lowe,; or Winston-Salem; first base on the baseball team and quarter on : the " football team; the editorship of the Tar Heel, won by Daniel' Grant, of Snead's Ferry; and the managership of the . football team, won by- Donnell Van Noppen. of Greensboro, of the baseball team, won by Will Ruffin, of Louisburg, of the basketball team, won by J. A. Person, of Charlotte, . and of the track team, won by A. L. Purring ton, of Scotland. Neck, .. - - - Na tion- Wide A ttentioii Attracted To Training H Of Women At Asheville ASHEVILLE, June 12. The Unit ed States training corps camp No 2, under command of Susanna Cocraft, which will be conducted- here from July 15 to August 25, is attracting nation-wide attention. ; Mrs. B. F. Long, Statesville, -writes that she is being deluged with applications for information. - - 1 . '. - "'- Headquarters for the camp has been opened in the Board of Trade rooms on Broadway, a telephone in stalled and a secretary, Mrs. A. Mat thews, employed to give information at all times. : , - ;'. Prominent. Women Apply ,' , Already a, number of prominent women of the state have applied for admission, among whom, are Mrs. Jo sephus Daniels. Mrs. T. .W. Bickett, both of Raleigh, and Mrs. Lidnsey Patterson, of Winston-Salem, Miss Cocrof t, of course, will be In atten dance, she having donated free of all charge her services to the six weeks of the camp, as have the other prom inent women who ( are fostering the movraent. , . , ' - "A- wonderous vacation and rest," is the catchy title of excellently got ten up literature that ha been print ed and is now being distributed. The booklet on the camp has twenty-four pages, including five - and one'-half pages of pictures of the first camp, conducted in Wisconsin last year, and of the proposed site of the camp. The back page is an application blank. A folder of four pages has al so been prepared and is being mailed to prospective attendants. ; j The large booklet describes at length' the proposed routine, for the camp, organized for the promotion and maintenance of the health of wo men. ": -' ' : " The Origin of Idea . The origin of the United States training corps, like many other con structive measures, came during the late war.-, ;- '.-' '.".'''---'' "During the war women were sum moned to Washmington to take the place In government service of the men called to the colors, and they re sponded loyally," declares the bulle tin. ''.-: .-. - " "Unaccustomed to confinement in crowded offices, the difficulty in ar ranging for proper housing, and the depression - induced by homesickness caused these women, however, to re turn .to their- homes,, some weeks Senator Harding Seemed -To Be the Best Bet When the Convention Adjourned ; U n t i 1 4 O'clock this Afternoon, When a Supreme EfTort .Will Be Made to Name s a ; Presidential; ;Gandi date Wood, Lovden and Johnson Fighting 5 For Supremacy. . STATES "BREAKING Leaders Spent av Sleeps 1 ess N ight ; in Trying , to Arrive at a Solution Of Their Difficulty Early Balloting Resulted in a Practical De a d 1 o c k Among the Leaders It Looks Like a Stampede Is in Order When The Convention " Reassem bles, v ' ' , ,,;--;,' -.;-' . u ...' .'. .'. f .(Br Auoetated Prrs COLISEUM, CHICAGO, J : 3 12. With Senator .Warren G. Harding, of Ohio, rapidly zin ing ground, and with hi3 f im porters confident that he v ! t ? the nominee of the RepuLcan party, before the convention joiirns tonight, a rectE v rr dered after the eighth L.:. t i -day ' until 4 o'clock " this allcr noon, in order to allow the I d et4 time to adjust their, forces to the new situation, f i i ..-1. ' The convention assembled this morning with the "dark horse" tide loomingslarge on the hori zon. During the early ballotir .- - v- -'. ' v ' :" ') - - w (Continued on Page 3.) faster than they were recrulted.i This was disastrous to efficiency, and ..the . J efficiency board of the war depart--ment was called to consider the re- medy. ; v. . ,;; ": ''. ; - . , "As a result, the war department asked Miss Susannd Cocroft, the notr' ed . health specialist,1 to come , to ' Washington as a" ddllar-a-year man' to see what could be done to build -up the health afld spirits of the wo men employes i v '; "She cheerfully responded and or ganized 3.500 Office . women into ?0 companies, or three regiments. With' the aid of 75 officers detailed to ber ( by the war department, she gave the A young women military, drill, taught them to stand erect, to breathe prop erly and gave thtm pracitcal talks on health and hygiene. She did much to, . encourage sensible - dress " during work, with practical shoes tor busl- '.; ness. .. ' . ': ;'. - , ; .. -,"-v-. The result In health, happiness , and efficiency of these young women was so marked that it commanded i the attention and approval of the beads of all departments of our gov- erriment. and at their suggestion and advice the United Staitep. training' r-orns was organized November 22, 1918, to carry the benefits demons , strated at-Washlngtdn into bur nat tional life." ;V.V -r.: '', ' And it is this,' improved with expe-' rience. that Camp No. ' 2, at Ashe ville, will do this summerly "The camps are governed by semi-military regulations because this has - been found demonstrated the ' best means of regulating a large number of peo ole and the freedom of decipline is both " enjoyable and prpfltable." , Friends. And Supporters i , .. - So successful was the initial ven--ur e along '.the lines upon which Camp No. 2 are patterned that it called for letters of commendation and support from practically1 every .m Hilary man and from hundreda of, others. Among those who have com manded the work are MaJor'General Toiiard Wood. Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Brigadier General J. F. Kerr, of the adjutant general's offi-, ce; P. P. Claxton, U. S. commission er of education; Rupert Blue, ex-' surgeon general of the U. S., Harold -F. McCormick, president Internat- . ional Harvester company, and Harry T. Merrick, president of the Chicago , .chamber of commerce.- - -: t-
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