North Carolina Newspapers

Vrciltcr rcr::::t: s Market Quotations .f -i-v Quotations from all stock and cotton exchanges by The Asso- ' elated Press are carried in , The SUN-JOURNAL daily. .V,,',;,; North Carolina Local ' thun der showers Saturday and prob ably Sunday. : kSi Wi i i .... - . v -- 7 ' - -.,.' Vc! 2 26; Number 16. liESOLUTE LEADS 1'MLY HE 111 SECOND RAGE .... th Skippers Appear To . Be Holding Their Charges in Eye of the Wind OLUTE CROSSED THE STARTING LINE IN LEAD -nough Wind to Put Yachts cn Their True Racing Lines By Associated PreH.) v DY HOOK. July 17. 'e crossed the starting ad of Shamrock IV today second international cup ri;a starting signal; was at 1:4a p.. ra. ; c.cial starting - times l:13:2Sfor the Resolute, i3:37 for the Shamrock. 1 two sloops stood away to l the starboard tack, both :rs holding their charges ? eye. of the wind. Resolute : J , fron the shore to work r thn the challenger, and -.y thing to foot faster. j W3 not ' enough wind, try to put them down on ru racing lines. 01 ' llj WW HA 1 Charles Francis Adams, "er of Resolute, won all t the start. 'Soon after ck. crossed the ,line she r jibs. :: . " . 5 the line both-skippers - ay on a starboard tack, hold "lose to the wind as possible. which crossed first, -in 3outh seemed to work better vveather than the ; challenger, jck followed under her lee i nine seconds of the defender, sen minutes -after the start te was a quarter of a mile.to ard : and holding Shamrock 3:02 p., m., when theiyachts about on the port tack, Reso was nearly a mile ahead; i looked as if both sloops could e the first mark on, this tack. ' C3I3T GERMANY -I FLOATING HER LOANS (Br AiMcUted Press.) PA, Belgium, Juiy 17. The al ' governments will take appro e measures to assist Germany in lag loans to enable her to meet internal requirements and assist ; 1 the prompt discharge of her t ' o the allies, according to the lent signed here today by the ntatlyes of' Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Belgium and 1, settling problems relative irations. The distribution of Titie3 received , from 'Austria y and Bulgaria, was also pro i f - ta the agreement. PA.: iD BRITTANIA -f. V, ILL RENEW ALLIANCE (Tt Aocltei Press.) . ' HONOLULU, Jury 17. Japan and Great Britain have decided to renew the alliance between the two na tions, according to an .announce ment by the foreign fcfflce in, Toiio, which has been received by a local Japanese language-newspaper here. The foreign omce . aeciarea iaai rress reports from London last Tues day statin? the convention had been "automatically . renewed" for one year were misleading for , thi3 rea- General revisions of the treaty lave ten arranged and changes as : particulars will be made later, the ? nno"ncfm"nt is quoted as saying. i,u::::"::s of; wounded; ARRIVING IN PEKING " PRICING. July 17 -(By wireless to Tin Tsin via Associatea tress). Fighting between troops of the ri val tactions occured to-day at Kwan hun, thirty miles . Bo.uth of Peking. Numbers of wounded are arriving here. The city itself is quiet, but wire and rail communications with Tien Tain has been interrupted. The mediators sent ut in an effort to console the contending parties have returned to Peking, . their mission having failed. - JAPAN TAKES NO PART IN TROUBLES IN CHINA -- A.soclated Press.) . Tnvm Tiv 17. The foreign office today Issued a communique de 25V2!f lanan was taking any part in the present troubles in China. il stated, would main- tain strict neutrality and foUow a .interference and im- parualtty tarf lthe national, feuds in China. threaTmade to drive the TURK FROM EUROPE LONDON, Julrto drive the Turk from Enf , once and for all ' ' cubuuucu w aUied rU7 to the Turkish objections to thi peace treaty, -made public here ttday Such action might fol low Tiirkev's refusal to sign the reSure to put it it the reply' states:. ; Tbft timabmit for Turkey' fb 'make known, her de cision exP7res at mi4ai5Ht July 1 SIX PAGES TODAY 1 Director of Publicity For Democratic Women MARY HOLLAND KlNKAID" MIsb Mary Holland Kinkaid, direc. tor of publicity for the women's bu reau of ; the Democratic National Committee, is in San Francisco bus ily ' engaged in convention affairs. Miss Kinkaid '' is well known as a newspaper woman, bne senrea witn the ;committee on Public Information during the war. , . ' LI! E No Chance For; It to Pass at ' Special Session of s Legislature PROBLEM CONFRONTS CITY GOVERNMENTS Increase' Allowed -is Not Large Enough to Take Care of Municipalities ' (By MAX D. ABERNETHY.) ' RALEIGH, July 17. There is no chance of an ; amendment to the re valuation act being forced through the special session of the general as sembly which would permit tne rais ing of the tax rate as already schedul ed as a means of providing addition al revenue for towns and cities, in tne opinion of A. J. Maxwell, of the state tax commission. - - ! Agitation for Amendment. , Recently there has been some agi tation in the state for such' an amend ment so that the municipalities could replenish their treasures, which havu been too insignificant to meet tne heavy drains made upon them be cause of the increase in salaries, maintenance of water, electric ana sewer systems and current expenses this condition having arisen aiong with the upward trend in cost of oth er things. -The municipal league, or mayors and commissioners of public safety, considered the advisability of asking that an amendment to tne re valuation act be enacted at the spe cial session, the city fathers gener ally ha vine considered it not-only ad,- visable but absolutely necessary In order to keep the city -governments off the financial rocks. : r v - Members of the tax commission realize the problem that is confront ing the city government, but- point out that, virtually every municipality in North Carolina has . for the past twenty years been " unable ;to show anything but a deficit at the end of each twelve month period. They, of exist, but. thjink that after having be come accustomed to it one more year will make, very little if any difference. Income Most Sufficient. -That this position is taken by the tax commission is due to the fact that the revenue act specifically pro vides that the tax rate shall not oo in excess of ten per cent, over the rate prevailing last year, it is ap- narent that this increase win not ne sufficient to finance the cities proper ly, but the members of the general assembly are going to stahd by the neonle in seeing that the original pro gram is carried - out; - tne proposea amendment will, in ; the event it is Introduced, be deieatea. WHISKEY DISTILLING IS ACTIVE AT ROCKY MOUNT 4 (By Associated Press.) ROCKY MOUNT, July 17 Seven illicit whiskey stills in Wilson county and four alleged operators, and three stills in Nash county, with one alleg ed operator, along with a quantity of beer, was the . result of raids made during the present' week by federal agents in this section of the state. " ' ,...;' - ILLINOIS PEARL FISHER GETS MORE THAN $1,000. IN WEEK j DIXON, 111., July 17. Ross Coop er of Grand Detour, found a fresh water pearl weighing' thirty-six grains yesterday. He sold it to a Chicago buyer today for $850. He has "harvested" four tons of clam shells, sold at $60, bo has over $1,000 tor a week's work, v I limn twh "in i iiiiii ii i minimi ii inn liaL-' " S - : f ! i . 1 m ac iniirnTifn t n il Ulilulil ifUli I ora NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA SATURDAY, 2,500 EMPLOYES- II iii in i wsr pprATri will Bt mm BY THE DECISION Drivers and Others Will Be Given Hearing Later in ' ! Month SERIES CONFERENCES OPENING IN CHICAGO Chiefs of Practically All Unions Are Taking Part in Conferences ' 1 .. (Br Associated Press) . CHICAGO,. July 17.- Only 2.500 employees of the American Railway Express Company will be affected by the decision to be handed down Tuesday by the railway labor board, James J. Forrester, of the brother hood of railway clerks and a member of the federal board, announced to day. ' ' ' ' : Will Be Given Hearing. ' The 2,500 include blacksmiths, ma chinists, electrical workers, and their apprentices and helpers. : The 70,000 clerks, drivers and other express employees will be giv en a hearing July 22, at 10 a. m., and a decision will be rendered "as soon thereafter as practicable," Mr. For rester said. The classes included in . Tuesday' decision will be only those covered by the agreement entered v into by the unions and the , director general of railways last September. ,. . . ; Want Flat Increase. The clerks and drivers are asking flat increases -of twenty cents an hour; while train service workers are seeking an awatd comparable to that granted ' railway workers '' in seme lines. ' Chiefs of practically all recognized railway unions opened a series of conferences here today preparatory to receiving the wage ? award an nouncement by the labor board Tues day. . - , ' BUSINESS IN JAPAN IS IN MOST , CRITICAL! CONDITION . (By, Associated Press. TOKIO, July. 17. The financial depresion and the depreciation , of cotton yarn has placed the hosiery manufacturers of Japan in a .critical position Production in nearly all centers has either ceased or been re duce4 -oving to the market .prices of fered for the manuf acturea goods ana the closing of .:,the money market, which has cut the manufacturers off from their supply of funds. ; r CHINA PREPARES FOR BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION (By Associated Press.) - PARIS, July 17. The fifitieth an niversary of the establishment of the Third Republic will be celebrated on September 4 next and will be observ ed as a national holiday.. The pro gram, of the celebrations has not yet been drown, up, but officials have ex pressed the wish, that they be organ ized; on an eleborate scale and sur pass the fetes of July 14. , Conferences at Sarboaine. -j. (By Associated Press.) ; PARIS. July 17. Vacation Con ferences' at the Sorbonne, for the benefit of the educated public of France and foreign countries, es pecially visiting American students of both sexes, will be delivered from Jul 1 to October 30. SCHOOL TEACHERS PUT ON BIGGEST STRAW-RIDE EVER Six Hundred School Ma'ams Enjoy Delightful iOuting as Guests of V ,Mr. Page, of Raleigh WEST RALEIGH, July 17. One of the most enjoyable outings of ;tbe summer school of the State College of Agriculture and Engineering was th hay ride last Thursday evening Incidentally this was, perhaps, the biggest hay ride on record in North Carolina, and it -was made possible by the kindness of l- rank Page, chan man of the Stata Highway Commi3 slon, who placed a fleet of thirty big Packard trucks at the disposal of the 600 teachers. Wheal straw to fill the trucks was furnished by the farm of the Central Hospital for the In sane. Mr. Page, who acted as pilot of the leading truck, superintendent Charles Farmer, who drove the sec ond one in the long line, Mayor Eld ridge. Col. Fred A. Olds, Dr. W. A. Withers, and the pilots were the sup per guests of the school. ST. SWITHIN SHOWERS THURSDAY PRESAGE 40 DAYS OF WET WEATHER If tradition runs true to form, NEW BERN and vicinity is in for rain for the next forty days. Thursday was St. S within's day, and it rained two or three times during the day. Weather officials, however, scout the tradition. They place old St. Swithin in the same class with the much malinged groundhog. The official predic tion for today is rain, but there were showers yesterday. Here is the tradition to which St. Swithin fans pin their faith: St. Sw'thin's day, if thou dost : rain, :- For l'orty days it will remain; St( Swithin 's day, if thou be fair, . : For forty days 'twin rain na ; . . mair. ' . .. . toconfersSay over the issues Roosevelt Will Head Welcoming Delegation for the Ohio ..Governor ' INFORMAL ROUND OF CONFERENCES PLANNED Judge Ansberry Will Keep Open House for His Distinguished Guest (By Associated Press) ' ' WASHINGTON, July 17. Governor Cox, ' vthe democratic presidential candidate, arrived . hre at 2:15 p. m., today from Columbus, Ohio. He was greet ed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, his running nrte, and by a num ber of party rfders and govern ment and municipal officials and ; a crowd which packed practical ly every vantage point In tlie large union station. - After a re ception arranged by the District of Columbia commissioners In the presidential room at the sta tion, the governor drove to the home of Judge Ansberry, where he will.be a guest.- He will con fer with President Wilson at the white house tomorrow morning to discuss campaign plans in gen eral. .' '-. . y WASHINGTON', July 17. Friends and supporters otyGovernor Cox, of Ohio,- have arranged for a big dem onstration in hohor of the .demo cratic nominee - for the presidency, upon his arrival here this afternoon for; his ' conference tomorrow morn ing with President. -Wilson, at the white house. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Franklin D.- Roosevelt, democratic candidate .for the vice- presidency, will head the welcoming delegation. : i ' Although Governor Cox had indi- cated he preferred to go directly, to the home of Judge Ansberry, whose guest he will be, those -in charge of the arrangements decided to request that he hold a brief Informal recep tion at the station.' .While the con ference with the president was the only fixed engagement the governor had, Judge Ansberry, himself a for mer Ohio congrsman j will keep open house for biafguest, and plans were-' made t6rv1iulmel" continuous round of informal conferences with party leaders until he leaves tomor row afternoon for the return to Co lumbus. . ; ' ' : . The conference with President Wilson 'tomorrow, in which Mr. Roosevelt will participate, will be held on the- south portico of the white house, weather permitting. During his, convalescence the presi dent has spent much of his time there. ' ' PEOPLE REFUSE, TO BUY . COARSE GRADE CLOTHING (By Associated Press.) ' i BUENOS AIRES, July 17. The cessation of the demand or coarse grades of .wool for army - uniforms and the refusal of average people, in spite of the hight cost of living, to buy clothing made - of the coarse grades, has left Argentina with more than 200,000,000 pounds of almost unsaleable wool on its hands, ac cording ; to a local manufacturer of woolen cloth, Interviewed by La Na cion. :.'';--;;KA.. i--'A;.;.y-.; COL. AUS WATTS WILL NOT "FLOP" TO SUFFRAGISTS Plenipotentiary Who is Supposed To Confer With Him Has Not Yet Put in an 'Appearance . . . RALEIGH, July 17. Col. Aus Watts, erstwhile political prognosti- cator and for years a war-horse in the democratic party in North Caro lina, is in Raleigh this week in con nection with his income tax business, of which he Is the head. The colonel is interested in the proposed move of the national suffragists, who have shouldered the task of converting him to their cause. There is, of course, no chance of the colonel "flopping" on the suffrage question ; he doesn't, and he won't. Asked today as to his position on ratification, he stated that everybody who knew him, knew that he was not only opposed to ratification of the Susan, B. Anthony federal suf frage amendment, but that he was opposed to woman suffrage in any way. The suffrage plenipotentiary who is supposed to confer with him with the view of making a convert to the cause has as yet not had the con ference. SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF KAMCHALKA PENINSULA (By Associated Press.) ! YOKOHAMA, July 17. An expe-! dition fitted out by the Swedish So-i ciety of Anthropology and Geography, ! of Stockholm,' has left Yokohoma to! make a scientific survey of the penin-, sula of Kamchatka. The work will! last for at least two years, ! The members of the expedition are scientists from the University of. Stockholm and are under the direc-; tion of Even Bergman. They are prepared for a zoological, botanical, I ethnographical, geological and geo graphical survey of the whole pen insula. The collections will be do nated to the Swedish Geographical society and to the University of Stockholm. JULY 17, 1920. ONE Women Troops Positions to Defend Vilna; Will Hold 8 -Mile Front Heavy Struggle Ranges Around City, Which Lithuanians Are Pre pared to Occupy If Reds Capture It Poles Regain Dubno . Women Soldiers Fully Equipped Except Artillery .' (By . Associated Press.) WARSAW, July 17. Women sol diers have taken up positions for the defense of Vilna. They have been assigned to an eight-mile front. All the women are equipped with American boots and are being fed partly by the American Young Wom en's Christian Association. They are under the command of Mme. Georcz, who fought with Gen. Piludski against the Russians and who also operated last year with the women during the siege of Lemberg. Women Good as -Men Commander Goercz is 26 years old. She contends that women can hold their own alongside the men, even in the front line. Mme. Goercz has about 1,000 women under her com mand, many of them, are strong wo men of the factory type, who are eager for excitement and adventure. j The woman commander is in charge of alLher own transport system and rolling kitchens, ; and? all fighting equipment except artillery. Additional detachments of women are being formed throughout Poland for defense of the republic. As Boon as their numbers justify it ; Mme. Goercz will be placed in command of Poland's army of women. In the north, where the bolshevik! are using shock troops backed by crack divisions all along the -entire ironi line in tne effort to Dreak through the Poles' front, the bolshe-. ENTENTE FORCES Choose Rather to Agree to Terms and Continue to be Mas ters In Their Own Homes V"' Associated Press.) ... " BERLIN; jJuly 17,--A setfti-offlcial statement Telative to- the decision of the German delegation at Spa to de liver, two million 'tons of coal per month to the allies was issued here tonirht. "No other decision was possible after Marshal Foch had been sum moned," it declared. : "On the one hand there was invasion of Germany, with its Incalculable, political and economic consequences, and on" the other a reduction of eight per cent of the coal supplied to German con sumers, with the possibility, how ever, of remaining master, in one's own house." NORTH CAROLINA BOYS ENROLL IN NAVAL SCHOOL RALEIGH, N. C. July 17. - The enrollment of fifty-six boys from North Carolina' for the sum mer school Naval Training station at Hampton Roads, Virginia, is an nounced. . The capital city sends eleven boys of the first to recruit, the others coming from virtually all sections of the - State. Enrollment for the school will be allowed until July . 28, it is announced . from the naval recruiting officer here. . WILLIAM'S TOWN RESIDENCE IS BEING REHABILITATED (By Associated Press.) BERLIN, July 17. In the Berlin SchloBs, the former , Emperor Wil liam's town residence, on the banks of the Spree, is now installed the Psychological Institute of the Uni versity .of Berlin. Scaffolding is still up, and workmen are leisurely re pairing the front, which was badly scarred in parts by machine gun fire at the time of the revolution. NEW NORFOLK PAPER 4 IS ANTI-PROHIBITION NORFOLK, Va., July 17 Norfolk is to have a new dally newspaper, the Norfolk Tribune, to be printed every afternoon and Sunday morning. Re tail merchants are Interested and the paper will be operated on a co-operative basis. The plant of the Rich mond Virginian, which recently sus pended publication, is being moved to this city by the Norfolk Tribune, which will advocate light wines and beers and support Cox. The first is sue will appear about September 1. COMMERCE CHAMBER OFFERS PRIZE FOR THE BEST SLOGAN A $10.00 prize for the most ap propriate slogan for NEW BERN is offered by the board of direc tors of the Chamber of Commerce. Rules: Slogan must be short and snappy, must be submitted to the Slogan Committee of Chamber of Commerce before Saturday, July 31. Contest open to all residents of Craven county. Write your suggestion, sign your name and address and mail at once. . . .;;v.-;-; As a suggestion: Wilson, N. C, uses the following slogan: "The Town to Tie To." GERMANS FEARFUL OF AN INVASION BY SECTION TODAY Taking Up viki came in contact with Lithuanian troops, but there was no fighting, ac cording to reports received in War saw military circles today. It Js said the Lithuanians agreed to have Lith uanian troops ready to occupy. Vilna soon after, if Vilna was captured by the bolsheviki. v Would Open Door to Prussia . The fall of Vilna give the bolshe vik! virtually direct rail communica tion with east Prussia, which the Poles are concentrating their efforts to prevent, A thousand flat cars and cars of various types are being used by civilians evacuating Vilna and the railroad yards are jammed with peo ple desiring to depart. , It is esti mated 60,000 persons have evacuat ed VUna, utilizing vehicles of all kinds. ,'. . The roads to the west and south west are; lined with miles of vehicu lar traffic, and there are also thou sands p persons traveling on foot. Refugees already are arriving in Warsaw. - - On the southern front ' the" fight ing is continuous, chiefly between cavalry forces. Each day territory changes hands, owing to the wild, open country over which the fighting rages. . . - .. . y Kamenetz-Podolsk, against which the bolsheviki constantly directed in fantry attacks, was defended by the Ukrainians, who lost a general and several other officers in ; defense of the city. v;'--; . - '- - .-" - : . NATURAL HAUNTS OF Effort Made to Re-Establish Them on Lost River . Reservation (By Associated -J.-v TTNCORD. 'N. IL July ,17.-An effort to return the amphibian afchl- the streams and meadows of thv White Mountains country, from which it long since disappeared, is being made by the Society for. the protection of New Hampshire forests The lost river reservation is again the haunt of the dam-building ani mals, four beavers having been lib erated there as the first step in an effort , to return- thev amhibian orchi- tect to its former usefulness. With in the steep walls of the Kinsman Notch, through which tumbles Beav er Brook, a misnomer in recent years, the beaver will have Its favorite top ography in which to propagate and work under the foothills of Moosl- lauke Mountain. -'The animals set free were the gift of the state forester of Mihne sota. who selected them from a breeding colony at a state park sit uated at the headwaters of the Miss issippi. The beaver are descendants of a family introduced to Minnesota from Canada, which have multiplied .and prospered there, and are' now contributing to re-establishment of the species in another state, - HOLDS AIRPLANE FOR DAMAGE TO WHEAT MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 17 Louise Krech Grove farmer, .still has a "vagrant" airplane which landed in his wheat field, and Krech is still determined that the unknown pilot of the ship shall pay a Tan some", of $100 before he can fly away. The aviator paid Krech a visit, but refused to disclose any informa tion about himself : or his plane, other than that he was on his way to the Twin Cities from Georgia. He said he would' return for his airplane, but did not offer to pay for the damage to Krech's wheat crop, the farmer said.. Krech says the name "C. L. Innes is painted on the fuselage and the 'plane is a Canadian make. WOMAN MILKER KILLED BY BOLT OF LIGHTNING MANASSAS, Va , July 17. While milking a cow in an open lot at her home near Bunn Run postoffice, six miles north of Manassas, Mrs. Mary Jane Schaffer, wife of Homer J. Schaffer, was struck and killed by 8-year-old son, who was in the lot with her, was stunned but soon re covered. Mrs. Schaffer was 44 years ol daiid the mother of seven children She has three brothers and three sisters who live in Washington, B. F. John and Edgar Langyher, and Mrs Catherine Shumaker, Mfs. Dora Sliffer and Mrs. Edward Wells. GIRLS IN CAPTIVITY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS CHARLESTON, W. Va., July 17. Locked in the basement room of the St. Albert restaurant, where the police say, the girls were prisoners for more than a month, Virginia) Williams, 15, and Josie Graiser, 20 , years old, were found by Policeman1. Cdlcman. P. W. Glass, proprietor of the res taurant, is in jail on a charge of white slavery. AM CAN BEAVER Single Copy: Five Cents SUFFRAGISTS WILLI URGE BLACKLIST OF May Consider Morrison ' And Otjiers Who Are Working Against Ratification , ' SENATOR SIMMONS FIRST;, CHAIRMAN WARREN NEXT Suffragists May Svend Thousands of Workers Into Carolina and Tennessee WASHINGTON, July 17.N t'"nal -' suffrage workers ieavlni" V"n.3hingtori ' during the' . past . '"A hors for North Carolina and Tea neee have made It known that tbVr -Will not only urge these states to r-tlfy the Susan B. Anthony amend n.ent, but will also ask' the about-to , -be enfranchised women to put- a number of public officials la both states on their black' list. . ' 1 '. They put Senator Simmons on the black list sometime ago; in Bpite of the fact that he Issued ' a statement -on ' April 6 expressing .the opinion that it would be in the interest-of party' expediency for North Carolina . to ratify the amendment. -. On th strength of this statement, the -Dee mocratic 'state convention- passed- resolution calling on' the legislature to ratify. ::r. -: , ' v ' -- State ChairmaB - Thomas D. .War ren's job of runfiH, the party ma chinery in the sb r -I in danger as a result of this bit sting program. The suffrage leaaeroare ' counting not alone on the strength of the wo--, men when they get ,the ballot, tout they are expecting the men who are fighting for them to keep on fishting when old scores are being settled. 'V; Mr. Warren, according to the, wo men,' has; been doing a great many things ta prevent; the resolution k of ratification passing In North Carolina . law makers. It has been his assign-1 ment the women say, to answer the' claim of party leaders that it will inure to the benefit of the Democra tic party for North Carolina to rati- . f y. , Ha' is ' quoted as having practl-: cally declared that the action of thV convention- was a fraud, and ', -not- binding upon the-party.v rt"; v' -j' ' . , i Morrison and Parker; v v , , The r fact that Senator Simmons has beea-nlicsl-e-tli black"iist. of the 'suffragists. "when called" to h attention a short time ago only: dre?f a smue rrom tne senator. But if the women Insist on putting Cameron Morrison on the black list, that v f n another matter. '.The.1 RepubMcau candidate, John J. Parker, Is. one of the most enthusiastic suffragists "In r the state in fact he asked Governor Bickett to call special session) montha ago and if the women ot v North Carolina go after Mr. Morrison there might be a strange tale to be told In the state ,' on ' November i next. . . ' . .: The women invading the state are going there with lobbyists who hav followed the cause In almost every state in the union.' Some of the best politicians of ' the lot' are- going ' to camp around Raleigh1 until,, the gav els of the senate and house close thi -special session.' Besides a small sized army of personal worker. pi'ess -agents' and others are . going aiong no see tne Job well done, j. No , bet will be overlooked. . . . s A statement issued here before the invaders left Washington said Wt $10,000 ; would be spent in NortV Carolina and more If it were needed, U.S. Senator James. D. Pelhan, cotr- tributed $1,000 of this amount and a taxi driver carrying the suffragists, to the union station gave $5. The' whole sum came from, men and wo men in all walks of life. .. . r According to ' Miss , Sue Whit, Tennessee chairman of the suffrage ' organization, the militants have not decided whether they ' will picket Cam Morrison or not. ; They' are gbr ing to call on Col. Aus Watts and,, if they have been correctly ' informed; the colonel right now is not so sura but what it might be the best thin for the party for North Carolina to do as the women .wlsh. v In fact, -it is said, the colonel has gone- so far as to say that he will consent to' adr interview with a deputation of ladles. If they can get him on their side ani he can persuade Harry ' Grler, of Statesville, not to. fight them, there is a fine chance of the amendment passing. John G. Dawson and others of Kinston, , however,1 will fight whether Grier; does or not.' ; There " are three immortal "home savers" in the lot, Dawson, Fred Mints,' of " Wayne and B. G. Crisp, of Manteo.' . Pussyfooting Just Now ' Frank Hampton,' ; secretary to Senator Simmons, . returned tn" th capital today without any Infdrnia tion on the suffrage situation Ther has been a disposition other leaders' say, not to agitate the matter right ANT) POUTICIM S now. &ucn an opinion is held by , A. W. McLean, national , committeeman. -" But the women are : making their fight anyhow and expect to win-in epite of the lukewarm attitude of "the senator" or anything else. The -rejectionists camping around Raleigh fail to arouse any interest at all, ac cording to suffragists here, and are in as hopeless minority as the man who wants to see the saloon back. -These Tar Heels are visiting. In Washington: B. A. McKinney. Raj-', elgh; Miss Nancy Gwynne and Mrs Alice Hoyt, High Point; J. S. Lash ley, Greensboro andvW.-L. William son and Mrs. L. . A. Williamson, "of Charlotte. . ... Grasshoppers Destroy Crops. . " . By Associated Press.) ...... ; ' LAICHOWFU,' Shantunsr China,. J uly 17. Crops over a broad are in this district of Shantung have been destroyed by grasshoppers..