j ; . Vcattcr Forecast; '
. Korth Carolina:, Partly .cloudy
I Wednesday. - thundershowers 1 at
Inight or Thursday. -
Market Quotations '
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cotton exchanges) by jThe . Aasor,
elated Tress' are carried in The'
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Volume 26; Number 13.
BUSH BARONET
LAOY to try for
G3 JALLEtlGE TROPHY
t ir Thomas Lipton Enters Sham
' reck in Another Inter
national Race
COM JENT OF SUCCESS
C "YE OF GREAT TRIAL
Yac! ! i Ready for Great Test in
V. ters Off Sandy Hook
Tomorrow ' '
ni,w YORK, July, 14 The first
race i- venteen years for the
America cup wilt start Thursday
x t Eandy Hook, the contesting boats
1 ::z the cup defender Resolute, and
t :.e chal, iger, Sir, Thomas S. Lip-
ton's Shamrock IV. It may ; be In
resting at .this time, both to
yachtsmen and to aTgf eat-many who
are not pquainted with" this, form
of sport read a few facts in con-
rect!:n ith 'tis historic yachting
trophy. ; .. v r
v Sup First Won
To c with the America's Cup
vt first .as not an International
trcy. In,fact it handsTg1arfr-
- ce r than being a prize off er-
l y 2 Royal Yacht Squadron for
r ' around the Isle of . Wight,
' V which was" open , to all
In . August, 1851, the
?! noner yacht America, owned ' by
Ccntr.odore John L. : SteyenB and
four other members of the .New York
Yacht club, won this race and the
' ) became their ' property. Six
;. ra later, Commodore Stevens and
sociates conveyed the prize to
New York Yacht' Club in trust
" perpetual international trophy
t has since been known ,as the
er. a's clup, taking its name from
schooner yacht which won it in
ish waters. " ' v -t".-, -;V
ha ; first, race for the America's
r , as an international prize, ;was
1 on August 8, 1870, over the
'ilar course - of the; New York
1 Club in New York's lower bay.
challenging boat was Cambria,
Tomoq iv,F to
I Yacht Squadron, England, and
cup was defended by practically
;' ? whole fleet of the 'New York
.1. , ' nil, ViU I. tf uvr -- ' -um.v
only Tace vin which the challenger
ever had to sail against a fleet and
t: 3 only contest in which the issue
v ? decided by a single race. , Cam
1 : by the way finished tenth in
il t event while the old America
f ; I tenth in that event while
tie cM America finished fourth, the
race I :nb won by Magic, the yacht
I Ilar nis':lng second. ;' .,;-?.!
Tii "re Contests in all .
In all tvre have been twelve
contests for the Cupy in'the second of
-which Mr. Ashbury challenged with
the schooner Livonia, and the New
York , Yacht Club agreed to defend
the trophy with only one boat in the
race. The 1871 contest was the best
four out of .seven races. 'Livonia
won a single race owing to. the steer-!
ing gear of the defender ; Columbia !
breaking down.'. Only: twice . since
that day October 19, 1871, has a
challenging yacht crossed the finish
line ahead of the defending boat On
September 10, 1895, Valkyrie III.,1
after following the defender, finished
1 minute and 16 seconds '. ahead of
the American boat, and on October 4
1901, Shamrock II finished two sec
onds ahead ', of Columbia,, but lost
to the defender 'by virture of con
ceding 42 seconds, time allowance.
In the races of 1876, 1881, 1885,
1886 and 1887, the contests were de
cided on the basis of the , best two
out of three races. From 1893 to
the last race in 1903 the agreement
was for the best three out of- five
races. . ' ?' .'v
On only three occasions has one
of the competing yachts for the
America's Cup failed to finish.; In
the last race of the 1895 contest, Val
kyrie III withdrew immediately after
crossing the starting line. On Oct
ober, 17, 1899, Shamrock lost her
topmast and withdrew in the second
race of that year, and on September
3, 1903, Shamrock Iir did not finish
in the final race of the series as she
was already beaten and had nothing
to gain by continuing. - '
One Yacht Disqualified
' Just once in the history of the
cup races has a competing yacht been
disqualified. This was in the second
race of the series of 1895, when Lord
Dunraven's Valkyrie HI was dis
qualified for fouling Defender.
The fastest time ever made In a
race for the America's cup is credited
to the old schooner Columbia. On
October 18. 1871, the day before she
was defeated by Livonia, she sailed
twenty miles leeward and windward
forty, miles In all in ' 3 hours, 1
minute and 33 seconds. It must not
h inform: however, that the Cor
lumbia was ' the fastest, yacht that
ever sailed for the cup. There is no
method of determining the relative
Rnnnrt nt two or more boats other
than hir ; thA results of a race in
whirh thov sail together. When
r.ninmhfa made the fast time re
ferred to-undoubtedly the conditions
of wind, weather, and sea. were most
' The fastest time ever made on a
fifteen mile course straight away and
return, thirty miles in an, is creau
ed -to the defenaer yiRiiani
In a
- K.i.iif .13. 1 893.. she. cov-
' ered'the course in,. 3 nours,n ft;, min-
1 ttt. 'dTi o'econds. r. ,: '--.j :
" jb 'iaalesttlme "t'iliiiii triagulag
SIX PAGES TODAY
race for the cup was made by Colum
bia on October 3. 1891, the time for
the distance, thirty miles being
3:30:18..
In the first three contests for the
cup the challenging boats wera
schooners. In all other contests,
however the yachts have been sloops
or cutters. ... ' ; ; ' : -: - .
The . smallest challenger in the
history of the cup race was Atlanta,
which was built at Bellville, Onta
rio, Can., In 1881. She measured
64 feet on the water line and was
the first sloop to appear in a con
test, ".
. The first yacht ever built especial
ly to defend the trophy was Poca
hontas. This was in 1881. Prior to
that year , the New York Yacht club
had selected from its fleet the yacht
considered to be best suited for the
purpose. Pocahontas did not come
up to expectations and wa3 rejected
in favor of. Mischief, one of the
finest sloops of the fleet. Since that
year, however, new-, defenders have
been biult for every contest.
There were two candidates for the
honor of defending the cup in 1885,
two in 1886 and four in 1893, and
in every contest, excepting one, since
the race between Atlanta and Mis
chief, the cup has been defended by
a yacht built, for that particular
race. Tne one exception was in 1901
when Constitution, built for the
race of that year, was discarded in
ravor or uouimoia, wnich success
fully defended the trophy in 1899.
SOLDIER'S WIDOW
FINDS HIM ALIVE
AFTER 17 YEARS
In Meantime She Has Married Again
and ; Has Children by Second
' Husband
! . (By AMocUlcd Preaa)
TOKIO, July 14. A letter has
been received from a man reported
killed in the Ruso-Japanese war in
North Manchuria by his supposed
widow, who has been married to a sec
ond, husband for nearly ten years.
A sergeant named Jinkichi Onishi
has been missing since the battle of
Liaoyang. ' The authorities, as well
As the family of the soldier, conclud
ed that he had been killed in the
field, and' funeral ceremonies were
observed. Hia "widow" subsequent
ly married again, two children being
Ijorn by the second husband. Now,
nearly seventeen years since the
death" of her first husband was re
ported, he writes reporting himself
safe in a hospital in Petrograd.
According to his letter, at the time
of the Russo-Japanese war he was
ralroti nrtcmrtat a r A . n ci n-rmim ntvtAA
r ' - i
. r t-.-ow- nuv,u
ne was never allowed to leave until.
after seventeen years confinement, ho
fell ill and. was removed to a hospi
tal in -Petrograd.
OLAILENINE
SOVIET
Admits There Are Yet Many
Difficulties Confronting the ;
Russian Government
(By Associated Preaa)
TOKIO, July 14. Nikola Lenine.
Soviet Premier of Rusia, aserts that
the most important problem con
fronting the Soviet government today
is how to harmonize capitalism and
socialism.! He made thai statement
in an interview in Moscow with the
correspondent of the NIchi-Nlchi.
The correspondent quotes him as
saying:
" Special Understanding.
'For that purpose, the Soviet drew
up a special understanding which was
made public in America some time
ago. Some of the powers mistook
the concessions made as a 4ign of
weakness and di?pitched expedition
ary forces to Russia. The result was
t a complete iaiiure on tnelr part, fin
ancially, militarily and morally.
He admitted that there were yet
many difficulties to be overcome be
fore the Soviet government was es
tablished on a solid basis, but he
believed that the hardest portion of
the work had been already accom
plished.! ' -, '
!It took Russia, he ; said, "no
fewer than thirty years to pss from
feudalism to capitalism. There H
nothing extraordinary in that. Old
systems may be overthrown In a day.
but it takes a long period to erect a
new one. In fact, the longer the
period involved, the surer will be the
basis of reconstruction. '
Development of States.
"The - development of .- a state,"
Lenine declared, "depends very much
upon the education of the rising gen
eration and it is the policy of the
Russian Soviet to pay every possibile
attention to the training of the youth
ful mind. , .
"In regard to the economic pros
pects of new Russia that is being con
structed, we believe that efforts
should be directed first of all to the
destruction of the position of land
owners in Poland. This is an essen
tial preliminary to the establishment
of a permanent peace and therefore,
to the improvement of economic con
ditions." AMERICANS AND FRENCH
ARE BOUND IN AFFECTION
' WASHINGTON, July 14. Confl-
dence that the ties Which bind the.
American and French people "In
fraternal affection and esteem are in-
destructible and will abide forever.'?
lis expressed by President Wilson 'id
a: Bastile Day " message to-day to
-President DeBchanne o Fraace, ';'1;"-
SEEKING HARMONY
NEW BERN, NORTHCARQLINA, WEDNESDAY,
NEW BERN MEN
HELP IN FIGHT FOR
SANITARY STATION
. . -- - .-. . - -
Conditions at Depot Vastly Im
proved Since Complaint
Was Made -
RAILROADS AND CITY
READY TO CO-OPERATE
Travelers Aid to Be Employed
To Look After Womei ,
' and Girls '
The SUN-JOURNAL is in receipt
of the following communication from
the civic department of the Woman's
Club, relative to. insanitary ; condi
tions at the Union station, which sus
tains the stand taken : by the SUN
JOURNAL In that connection and
shows that the fight on the part of
this paper for a betterment of the
situation at the station has. resulted
in an alleviation of the situation: .
i - Women Take a Hand. - V,
"Havinar , found the sanitary
conditions at the Union Station
in a very bad state, a committee
from the civic department of the
. Woman's Club met with Mr.
. Lewis, the 6uperintendent there,
and he promised to do all in his
power to bring about an inime-
. diate change in the situation.
Since that time a great improve-
i ment has been noticed, and Miss
Lula Pugh and Mr. Marion -Bow-den
have been put in charge to
see that this matter of sanita '
tion is not overlooked again.
The proper authorities have
also been approached in regard
, to a traveler's aid, and we hope
to be able to place a reliable per-.
: son in this position soon. " '
"A city's reputation for clean- '
llness and beauty is often, judg
ed by its railroad station. . Some
c one has aptly termed it the city's
front door. f Now what we want
to do is to clean up around our
front door, and keep it clean.
If the city will do its part we be
lieve the railroads will do their
part.". . - :-;V;'';'-v ri J
Station Given Cleaning.
It, is understood that the waiting
room at the station has already been
given a temporary cleaning, and that
the distressing odors from the toil
ets have been obliterated. The pres
ence of a traveler's aid at the station
will .relieve women travelers of the
necessity-of- having to ' ask aid of
strangers and will also give them op
portunity ..of, .securing Atr&nsportaifoa
to ' the 'hotels without subjecting
themselves to the insult ot hoodlums.
It is promised that such an official
will be installed at the station.
The Y railroads have promised to
co-operate with the ladies in keeping
conditions at the station clean. With
a matron in charge to whom women
travelers can ( apply', and a railroad
special agent and a city policeman on
hand to rid the station of undesir
ables on complaint, of the railroads,
there would, Beem to be no further
reason to fear that the habit of mak
ing the station waiting rooms a ren
dezvous for drunks and bums .will be
continued. j
. Improvements are In Progress
The people of NEW BERN will be
gratified to learn that .improvements
are In progress at the station. .-. Not.
only is an Immediate cleaning up to
be instituted, but the station and the
grounds surrounding it are to be kept
cleans s. The city's front door is to bv
properly safeguarded in the future.
The SUN-JOURNAL is glad of the
opportunity to have taken a small
part In this fight. The paper will al
ways -stand for a betterment of con
ditions in NEW BERN, and for the
eradication- of evil wherever it. is
found." The paper -hopes it will- al
ways be so right in itB contentions
that it will find the' women fighting
with it.
CELEBRATES FIRST
First Ascent of Pike's Peak Was
Made One Hundred Years
Ago Today
(By Aaaolated Preaa)
COLORADO SPRING, Colo., July
14. One hundred years ago today
Dr. Frank James astonished the
world by climbing to the top of Pikes
Peak, 14,109 feet above the sea.
Since that time 2,000,000 persons
have made the trip and today Colora
do Springs is celebrating the anni
versary with ceremonies all along the
18-mile serpentine automobile high
way to the summit.
Lieutenant Zebulon M. Pike is
credited with the discovery of the
mountain in 1806. As hardy a pion
eer as was the discoverer, he declar
ed the peak was inaccessible, and
none dared to doubt it until July 14,
1820, when Doctor James, a member
of the Major Long expedition, suc
ceeded in the attempt.
Christened James. Peak.
Major Long christened the moun
tain James peak, but the pioneers
and plainsmen persisted in giving it
the name of its discoverer, and Pikes
Peak it has remained.
The history of tourist travel to
I, : w that nf thfi rtfvflnnmnt of
hi?hwav transnnrtatinn First ramo
ai bridle path, in 1878; two years
later a wagon road was built and in
18 91, a cog wheel railroad was con
structed. - ,t,'
With the development of the au
tomobile industry, came the demand
COLORADO SPR
SUCCESSFUL CLIMB
for a motor road, and in 1916 the
present motor highway, winding
around the mountain in devious
curves, with precipitous rock walls
flush against the road , on the" one.
hand and deep ravines on the other
was completed at a cost of $300,00$;
It has an average grade of seven per
cent and a maximum of 10 1-4 per
cent. It was twenty feet wide ex
cept at the curf es, which were extend
ed to fifty feet for the greater; safety
of the motorist. - , j
Pikes Peak-is eight miles In an air
line . from Colorado Springs and the
greater part of the mountain is con
trolled by Colorado Springs - to safe
guard the city's water supply.
Tractor. Makes Ascent. -In
April, 1919, a government war
tank attempted to climb the peak,
but was blocked by snow drifts. A
month later, a caterpillar tractor
made the ascent.5
Walking races, burro races, motor
cycle and automobile races have been
held on Pike's peak. The first air-'
plane to cross the peak was flown
over the -mountain on August 3, 1919,
piloted by Alexander Lendrum, of
Colorado Springs.
The record for -motor cars over the
twelve miles: from Srystal Creek to
the summit is held by Ralph Mulford,
who made it in 18 minutes 26 sec
onds. - '
Next September the automobile
hill climbing eontest, discontinued
during the war, will be resumed. An
airplane race from Denver around
Pike's Peak and return will feature
the event.
RATHOM TO SPEAK
f IN KING WILL CASE
FOR CONTESTANTS
Means Showed "Will to Ra thorn and
Asked to ' Have It
Photographed
CHICAGO, July 14. John R.
Rathom, publisher of the Providence
(R. I.) Journal will be an impor
tant witness for Mrs. Mary C. Mel
vin who, with the aid of Gaston
Means, is fighting to prove ,the vali
dity of , the alleged second will of
James C. King, most of whose es
tate, now valued at five million dol
lars, will become Mrs. Melvin's pro
perty if ' the will Is ' held genuine,
counsel for Means announced to
day. V '
' They petitioned ' Circuit Judge
Baldwin to perjnit Mr. Rathom to
mako a deposition that Means
showed him the contested will in
October or November, 1915.. Judge
Baldwin consented.!. '. : : u .
.It is the contention of the North
ern Trust Company trustees of the
estate, that Means, before he show
ed the will to anyone' made a pro
longed and full investigation . of
King's life:, ---- -
."He showed' the- will to" Rathom
in 1915" Mrs., Melvin's attorneys de
clared, "shortly after-he found it,
and asked Mr. Rathom to have it
photographed because he wanted to
send photographs to typewriter
manufacturers to ; determine what
typewriter was used in writing the
will. ' The investigation was made
to t get evidence to prove the
genuineness of the will." -. ; !
RADICAL ELEMENT AMONG
. TEACHERS WIPED OUT
RALEIGH i July 14. Back from
Salt Lake City where he attended a
meeting of the American Educational
Association, Dr. E. C. Brooks, State
Superintendent Of Public Instruction
says that the "radical element" of
schoool teachers has been completely
wiped out and that at no time in
the c0untry's history have the
Bchools been in a more satisfactory
and wholesome condition. Teachers
in some of the hothern and western
states who for a time affiliated them
selves with labor organizations and
frequently threatened to strike for
higher salaries have been completely
submerged by the loyal element ac
cording to Dr. Brooks.
SOUTHERN TRAINS TO
THEIR PRE-WAR STATUS
RALEIGH July 14. Delegations
of citizens from Salisbury, High
Point, Kannapolis and other towns
appeared before the state corpora
tion Commission asking that South
ern trains Nos. 21 and 22, Golds
boro to Asheville, be restored to
their pre-war through Salisbury. Th
trains are how being . operated by
way of Winston-Salem. Representa
tives, from Winston-Salem were also
present and urged that no change
be made in the route of the trains.
The Commission took the matter
under advisement and -Will announce
a decision later.
MRS. SWANSON, WIFE OF
VIRGINIA SENATOR, DEAD
WASHINGTON, July 14. Mrs.
Elizabeth Lyons Swanson, wife of
Senator Swanson, of Virginia, died
tonight at the home of the family
in Washington. She had been ill for
several weeks.
Funeral services will be held at St.
Paul's church, Richmond. Thursday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, and interment
will be made in the Hollywood ceme
tery there. The body will be taken
to Richmond early Thursday, leaving
Washington over the Richmond,
Frederisckburg and Potomac rail
road at 11:30 a. m.
FEDERAL QUARANTINE
AGAINST COTTON PEST
(By Aanoclated Preaa)
WASHINGTON, July 14. Estab
lishment of a federal quarantine
against interstate shipments of cot-
ton from section of Louisiana and
Texas infected by the pink boll worm
will ho ofeantaA within a fnrtnioht it
was announced today at a conference I where a new belt has been opened
of cotton growers and state officials, up, will be watched with much in
with. the federal horticultural board, terest here. Weed of fair quality
JULY 141920. '-' ONE SECTION TODAY
!TY
PREPARES TO DRAFT
To Make LaFoIlette Presidential
'Standard Bearer Whether He
Will Or No
DOES NOT DEEM SELF
AVAILABLE CANDIDATE
Charge Made of Attempt to
Hold Progressive Platform in
Background
(Br Aaaoclated Preaa) -
CHICAGO, III., July 14.-Senator
LaFoIlette does not "deem himself
available as av candidate for the new
party" presidential nomination." He
sent word '.tp' the convention that he
did not want the nomination.
' "Immediately after Chairman Walk
er had announced LaFollette's deci
sion hot to accept the nomination Les
ter Barlow, leader of the world wa
veterans, entered and demanded . La
FoIlette be drafter despite his wishes.
Ridden by Secret Clique.
He charged that the convention was
"ridden by a secret digue and that
its, leaders were concealing the La
FoIlette platform for fear the conven
tion would adopt it." His 'passionate
appeal started an uproar and the dele
gates demanded the 'platform be
read. ' '- ',
. At the psychological moment some
one swung a large photograph of the
Wisconsin senator before the conven
tion and draped-it in an American
flag. The non-partisan leaguers from
the Dakotas started a parade with
the state standard1, and Btate . after
state fell into line. Pandemanium
raged tfor thirty minutes, punctuated
with cries ' of "read that platform"
and ."let's adopt it."
Committee Makes Report,
A majority report of the platform
committee of the fusion attempt at
creating a labor party, was finally pre
pared. They' represented chiefly the
labor party opinion and members of
the committee of, forty eight stood
ready after its presentation to serve
notice that Senator LaFoIlette of Wis
consin, generally proposed as the
fusion nominee,: would not run for
president upon it.
In consequence a part of the ma
jority report was still being held back
for endeavors, to reconule the diff
erences.' V: -,. "' V ''. . ''-r '
TWO AGEDOMENIw ct-
ESCAPED FROM STOCKADE
WILMINGTON, T. July 14. Lizzie
Nelson and Mary, Gurganeous, two
75-year-old white women, were con
victed in police court today of es.
caping trom tne county stocKaae.
where they were serving terms for
distilling, and sentenced to 30 day.
additional' imprisonment . The wo
men were arrested in an adjoinih
county, where they were posing' a;
victims of misfortune and were he-.
ing supported by the Associated
Charities and Elks. They" had $700
hfiiwfiftn them when arrested. 1 Y- '--i
GERMANS WARNED THAIVM
ALLIES NOT BLUFFING
- - A.
SPA July 14. Premier LldVd
George received Dbctor Walter' Si
mons; German foreign minister atl
the litter's reauest this afternoon
nd told him emphatically the allies
were not bluffing. The allies, Mr.
Lloyd George declared, intended ser
iously to take measures for enforce
ment of , the execution of the Ver
sailles, treaty unless the Germans
met the allies modified terms regard
ing coal.
L
ARE OFF TO BEGIN
T
Are Flocking to South Carolina
For Opening of Market
Within Few Days .
KINSTON, July 14. Eastern Car
olina tobacconists will flock to the
South Carolina markets in a few
days for the opening of the sales
season there, scheduled to take place
the latter part of July. At the Pal
metto centers the season will start
a full, month before the local mar
kets open, and more probably 40
days earlier, since present indications
are that the season here will not be
gin before September 1.
Hundreds of tobacconists make the
annual pilgrimage to the South Car
olina towns to view the first sales
and inform . themselves on condi
tions. Results there are accepted as
indications of what may be expected
here a few weeks later. Also, much
of the South Carolina product is
brought to markets in this belt after
being purchased by local dealers op
erating in the Palmetto belt.
Crop Generally Good
Reports from South Carolina
points say the crop there is of gen
erally good quality, but smaller than
last year's. Adverse weather condi
tions resulted in curtailment of the
i crop early in tne growing season.
I Large opening sales and high prices
lam an t ici nte.d Results in Georeia.
NEW FUS ON PAH
WISCONSIN SENATOR
CARO
NA BUYERS
BA 0
SEASON
was produced there last year. All
the northern and western growing
sections report tne crops well ad
vanced but with no prospects of
Dreaklng records for production.
First curings ares being made in
this belt. The barns are being fired
in a few scattered localities. The
curing work will become more gen
eral in the weeks to come until it
reaches full tilt about the last ' of
July or first of Angust. Many farm
ers will not have their work at the
curing barns out of the way for a
month or six .weeks, however.
' Prices Will Be High .
With prices as high as last year's
scores of markets will sell from $15,
000,000 to $20,000,000 or 25,000,
000 worth of tobacco this fall. Lo
cal experts ' predict a ""$15,000,000
business here. Just ten years ago
Kinston sold less than $650,000
worth of the golden weed, and it was
1912 before the million-dollar class
was reached. The business at War
saw, Goldsboro, LaGrange, , Snow
Hill, Rocky Mount, Washington, New
Bern, Farmville, Tarboro, Richlands
and many other points will run into
millions the coming season, barring
unlooked-for price decline while at
the larger - markets, - Wilson . and
Greenville, it will be enormous.
Millions of . dollars are being ex
pended in new buildings to' care for
the 1920 sales and store the product
Nearly every. market in the belt is
sharing in the improvements. Sev
eral new markets in small towns
may be opened. ,
CARL WANDERER
-TRANSFERRED TO
MURDERER'S ROW
Slayer of Wife Says Death by Hang
. Ing Cannot Come Too Soon
For Him
CHICAGO, July 14. Carl Wan
derer- was transgerred to-day from
the Hudson Avenue Detention House
to the county jail, where he was
placed in "murder's row." ' He is
the strangest and calmest inmate in
the history of that row, police said.
.The prisoner spent the greater
part of the ,day reading half a dozen
prayer books and bibles which were
brought to him by his father and
his Bister, whom he saw for the
first time since he was placed under
arrest. - , ' - ';.. .-v
- fhe former lieutenant, who slew
hia wife and a man whom he had
hired to be on hand so. he could be
killed and branded as a highwaymen
come too soon. r:
HUN FOREIGN MINISTER ,
SEES TROUBLE IN FUTURE
SPArV July 14. Members - of the
Oewna!-bAnetr aere held meeting
this afternoon. : Doctor: Walter Si
mons,' German foreign minister. Just
before, going into the meeting , said
"Germany is between civil war and
invasion." ",L ' ;: ,r".:-- ;v '
Eastern North Carolina Ware-
; itoase Association is in Ses-
, sion at Wilson
'f (Br Aaaoclated P'eae)
WILSON, July 14. No "scrap to
bacco" will be sold on the floors of
warehouses in eastern North Caro
lina that are operated by members
of the Eastern North Carolina Ware
house Association during the coming
season, It was decided at the annual
meeting of the organization here late
yesterday. "... ''"
. The changing of the date ef the
opening of the warehouse from Au-f
gust 17 to September 1, and the elec
tion of officers were, .'among other
business matters transacted at the
meeting.' :
Because the claim that the sale of
"scrap" has a. tendency to lower the
prices of better grades of tobacco,
and the fact that the warehouse men
believe that "scrap" is more valua
ble to the farmer as a fertilizer,
were among reasons given by mem
bers of the association 'for the de
cision not to handle any more of this
grade tobacco. ' ;
Approximately from ten to fifteen
million pounds of scrap tobacco are
sold annually on the eastern North
Carolina markets. '
The date of the opening of the to
bacco season in eastern North Caro
lina was changed at the request of
the trade on account of the present
financial conditions.
The officers elected included:
S. H. Anderson, Wilson, president;
Benjamin Cogart, Wilson, secretary.
COL. MATTHEW TINLEY
HEADS RAINBOW VETS
BIRMINGHAM, July 14. Colonel
Matthew A. Tinley, of Council Bluffs
Iowa, commander of the 168th Iowa
Regiment in the world war, was
elected President of the Railbow (
veterans Association at its first re
union here to-day. Cleveland, Ohio,
was selected as the next convention
city.
Wounded men and gold starred
mothers were given places of honor
in the parade., . A great majority of
the thousands of, delegates planned
to catch late afternoon trains for
their homes.
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Rumor That Mok Was Cpnuiijar
From Reidsrille ia Blow
; Up Rbxboro
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BLACKS INFURIATED AT i s
TURN OF THE EVIDENCE
Person County Sheriff SAya
y Roach Positively Identilitd
By His Vic
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;; RALEIGH, s, ttfy)';;14r-OoTr,-;i '
ernor . Bickett.thls afternoon' taj!
& proclamation pit ered iour biinVJ -dred
dollars reWaroT or any per-
. son found 'gnUty and convicted , ,
of participaUng jm' the iyncblng fv
of Ed Roach,: negr at: Roxlc ?7:
last, week. "'I "W , '
- roXboro;?
that negroe-.
ulyj-i Runjori S ;
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AssOCia-nflyiBg'f;
egf 0 who., was put '.to f;;';,
death by a Persbn: County -mob .Ut i'Viii ; '
week for an - alleged ; attack . on va w',:;
white - girl, caused,: iownviauthdrltl s : ;,v
to place armed guards afcout Roxbor '
last - night, but . the) ; .night pass!
quietly and. 'the authorities doti'i t
believe there will be any'trouble h '-
The negroes in , this . vlcinity. 'ac-
cording to tumors reaching Roxboro
officials yesterday, were said' to hava
become infuriated 'after. Nello .Teer.
a white "contractor, issued a sighed
statement a few .days ago .in .wMca
he said .Roach was innocent,, declar
ing the negro ' was at- -work ; at the
time, he was said to,. haver attacked"
the girl. Roach was " employed . As
a laborer .' with a road4 construction '
gang. . . . ;.; .
' Sheriff -Thompson " of ' Person
County- said -to-day that Roach :wju
postively Identified by. the. girl and
that a ' Bister, of the young .women,
also declared he wai. the right: mah;
' Sheriff Gattes, ' who made ra -pf'eA. '-.
liminary investigation v immediately:
after the lynching w(U open a formal
probe here thia, afternoon.
EFFORT MADETO SAVE
LIFE OF E.D ALEXANDER !
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Bickett heard Iredell proponent and ;
opponents, of commutation loir E(l. -Alexander
today; the' Iredell murder-
er now; being in deah r;row at tha"
siato prison. ; "v : . . , . ' ' . ' ,y'.'S
.Alexander killed J. C," Rayle, ln"a.
poolroom last fall, and recently lost v
his case. Chief Justice Clark writing
the opinion. Juatice's Allen; Brown: :
Hoke and Walker joined in the peti-t -tion
for clemency,, but Chief Justice '
Clark's name was not written there;"
It was not explained by tha.Tislt-
ing lawyers how Judge Clark'a nama
was absent, - -, , . ,; t -. ,
Dorman : . Thompson ; v represented
Alexander and Zeb Long opposed tn
condemned man.::. Dr.' James. K. Halt
eminent alienist ot Richmond. . and
personal acquaintance of Alexander -appeared
and made an lmpress)fa
statement as to the insanity of Alex- .
ander. Judge Shaw, who tried; th
case, declared tht he had hoped tha
jury would find murder in the second .
degreed but Judge Shaw has not jdt -joined
the petitioners for commute-
tion. ' . t :'-' ' -y - '; .
KINSTpN MEN THROWN;ifl
THROUGH TOP MACHINE f
KINSTON? July ; 14.-r-When i car
driven by David - Bronsteln, of pthU
city, and Fred Hill, said to reside . id
Green county, collided at a Northwest.,
Kinston corner- Hill and a companion
were thrown through the top of their
car as if they had been projected oiit
a cannon.. Persons in the car driv
en by. Bronsteln watched them riae
"fully fifteen feet" in the air and fall
heavily, and expected to tea both
severely injured. :' Both fell Jn a.6tt
dirt, one sustaining a cut on the head,'
and the other a slight cut, on ' the.
wrist. iair a aozen persona saw- tne
accident and wondered that the vlc
timB wnre not" k(Ild Rmnateln 'a'atd
young Hill and his Companion .wet.
tnrowa out after the cars came .-to-,
gether, separated rand the latter",
machine plunged heavily into a dftch.
Both cars lost wheels and. were Other
wise damaged. ' - J ' ;.' 11 S ,
KINSTON ELECTRIC PLANT 1
CARRYING TOO BIG LOAD
KINSTON, July ,14 Delay ;itt ;
erecting, and equipping a new muni
cipal power plant may result In -the
establishment, of a priority list for
users of current here thia fall. The.
load upon the : present plant' is near
the breaking point; it is said, and "wa
ter and light department officials ay
perfect service' cannot be . expecjad ;
th enext few months. Requests for
more power may haa to be turned '
down. Householders would - consti
tute "class 1" on the proposed prior
ity list, with industries already equiD
ped with motors as class .2 apd in
dustries not equipped but contempla
ting asking for power aa- class S'.'.k
"most uncertain clasa to be in."
XATION-WIDE CAMPAIGN K 5
FOR DEFECTIVE (CHILDREN
By AdRoclateaV Preaa) !-' M f-.'
WASHINGTON, July 14: Medical
associations of the United States have
inaugurated a nation-wide campaign
or the treatment and education.
.of
children who are 'deaf or dumb ' dr
both. A joint committee, including
members from - each organization,
has been appointed to draw up plans.1
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