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1 1 t 3 t .W, -v.- . ; . , . ' I"; Quotations from all stock tnJ irottoetianges-) by 'The Ian- elated ! Press are carried la The. 'SUrt-tfOURNAL dally, . ;j ' -1 i i lay i and Sat- i7 zrq.dily- locals showers t lira ay scnith and webt. '. Vc! ;r.;s 23; Numtcr 21. EIGHT PAGES TODAY , NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1920. ONE SECTION TODAY Single Copy: Five Cents '!,:.?J OF POLAND. H. IN TEE BALANCE Feat Amother War Faces Allied - Nation, .'fill i . i o 3 , iL : r .11 - : -.r.. . l ( I rF it.' ,. , . ... ... .i. - Vw. , J .( ., it,. - . . ; . . . - - .. . ' vaaaBBBVaVlaaaaaaaaBMBaaaa.jBSM ' ' 'iN. MOUSE OF: COMMONS Heretofore Impression Has Been v T.' nl If PniinH Worp VarpA I 7ith Invasion by the Bolshe viki as It Now Appears To Be Taced, England's Part Would T to Furnish Munitions, Bat Premier Declares British Are E iurj . to Give Every Assist ance in- Their , Power Only Opposition Comes From Labor . Party. 5:;; 'As i' - . ' (By' Asaootated Pre.) . LONDON, July 23. The British ' 1c is disturbed by the possibili confronting it that the allies may a compelled to enter another . Euro "an war to save Poland. This po i. T was made plain by Premier ; George's speech in. the houso t orrnnojis and ul the newspaperis e pculatir upon it. - i; i tofore tie impression has been ' "t Ilnslan4's part of Poland were ce 1 with invasion by the Bolshevi i a-i it now -'ears to be faced 01 1 be '.r.. . i to'' furnish muni Mr. JAy I George's statement t Great Krkain was bound to giye i j assistance in her power to save I and tht he may be compels "to plaee t!e v Lole positioii be- . parliament" however, . Is; Inter. I I i.je?' i i ' rn we; than thatr y tl .y1 opposition to j . ii , . . , i,,. ci' from the labor ty. That I u ty eriticized the pre i for fadvocatin strong measures s,i;p tlre.waivwlit i the Bolsheviki .e! wianing:, argii- 7 he should . ave rse l his power to prevent Po l.ir. 1 M'a-Jii war az&L t the Bolslie- r'v oil s ii v 7lopu!ar even if ;i r;-' 'is it i- i. "culir jn ' " ; - j - i t '(!'(' ' i,ewr- tiv, I' r.iay ' lvolve-.'the x ' . 1 1' i ' l;Vp and.be- . a t. ' t . :. ,1 id cci.a accord inf tt '.: 1 ! : f about, to the - i.: t f , !, t .0! chief political 1 sol t! - L i a crowlnjp and or- - 4i iized i.. for a, reduction of t-e covert-. c r t expenditures. 1 'er.ee in Danger. . ' ' 1: f Vili.i !si is laid on the danger to 3 of i "A I :i ( p by mw( of ' i s a . 1 the anti-bolshe is .v,-e la ilui Soviet advance i a t' -tei ir ination to destroy Poland. . n , her fear expressed is that if the bolsheviki victory reaches the. east ern frontier of Germany -a spartacist r monarchial u' t iviiig there would be inevitable eiUi r , of which they say would be equally fatal to the re t o'-'f ruction of Europe. I 'filers which have been consist ently (L tuibed over Germany forse that the military party of Germany no tonJy would find in such a ease an ezcuse for fu:"her staying the reduc tion of the reithwehr an d disband ment. of the civil guard' but would secure a direct line of communication with Russia and make herself master of. the Bolsheviki .; organization and Russia herself. -A-'.-s Moral Support. 1VASI1IAGTON, July 23.' Poland has aked tha ,tatd department to forr?fiUy announce to the world "The moral Bupport" of the United States to Poland la her battle with the Rus sian Bolsheviki. ; , , v , KiiE-sestion also was made that a similar ' expression' from President Wilson would be welcomed and would An much toward stiffening, the morale of the Polish people. .. ADIilANOPLE IS ' - SAID TO BE BURNING CONSTANTINOPLE, "July 23. Airplanes vhich flew over Adrianopla today reported that city was burning. Dili ISII Make No Reply to Demand - ' . Made Upon Them By v -Commissioners. ' , vn far as members of the board of commissioners, know, the National - suretv Company, of New. York, who are bondsmen for sheriff R. B. Lane and who have been called upon to - pay up an "alleged deficit in. amount wn,.(i he i3 due the county, about ' four thousand dollars, have made no ffinlir . -' r ' .... Th' commissioners . several days Adt-AAeA to make demand upon the bonding ccmipany for the amount which the Hilton , auditors say the thoriir la due the county., and also for' an additional amount which the sheriff is holding, claiming that this - io 4ii liim as commission. - It is expected that some action will 'be taken bj the bonding company in i W ANY ARD ROM the course or xne next lew uau. WARNING NOTE m. BOY SHOOTS A!ID KILLS SISTER Louis ElxTrt Cannon Slays Rel ative Now In Jail In This qty . Louis Elbert i Cannon,: son of Mrs. Myrtle Cannon whose home is near Maple Cypress, is being held in the Craven county jail on a charge- of having shot and - killed his sister, Eula Grace Cannon, while thetwo were engaged in an altercation in the yard of their home Thursday shortly before noon. The boy, who is ap parently about nine years of age,, ad mits, the shooting but declares that Lt was accidental. v ' " According to all accounts .of the affair received here the boy and girl, the latter, about twelve years of age, were out In the yard playing. , The lad says that his. sister had threaten ed to' throw clay on him and that he secured a single barrelled shot gun which he thought was unloaded and pointed this at the girt.. .She started toward him, he says, and he pulled the trigger, the full load of shot striking her In the breast.' , - "-- Her Last Words. "Oh Lordy have mercy on me," the boy says his sister said . as she wai falling to the ground. He stated that he ran to her and tried to pick her up while other members of the family hastened to the Bcene. , ; She never spoke again, be says. 5 A coroner's Jury investigated i-the tragedy and ordered that, the boy hi brought to NEW BERN "and placed in the county jail , for safe keeping until i,e could be placed, in 4,Tefor matory and he spent Jthe, night there. Early this morning two represen tatives of this paper called at the jail and asked to be allowed to talk to the slayer. Jailer White had tue outer door covering the .grated en trance to the jail closed tight, stat ing that he did this to-prevent the lad from squeezing through the bars, so small in statue is he. ? . r ; - Slayer Mere Child. ; ". ' The child, for he is nothing more, was found sitting on the iron steps looking as bright and as cheerful as a cricket. He came forward im mediately when told that a couple of newspaper men wanted to talk with him and for the next fifteen minutes he was busily engaged-in telling the story of the tragedy which cost the life of his sister and which will send him to a reformatory. Th lad, it ia apparent, does not realize tne gravity of his crime. "I want to gp home to day," .he said and added "mamma didn't want me to come down; here last night but some men said they were going to send me to school. When does school start here?" hu asked., ' ,,: x :ii ' Sorry for Crime. "I am' sorry I killed Eula Grace, the bov declared. 11 didn't . know that there was a shell in that gun and I sure ; wouldn't have shot her if 1 had known it." ' -:: . :i The Interview A ended, - the chila pased a quarter through the. bars of the door and asked jailer .White to get him a cold drink, a box of sar dines and a box of, craekers.- 'That's alrieht. sonny." said the jailer, "we feed yon here and in just about ten minutes we will bring you the best breakfast you ever had. "Well, any way, get me that cold drink," said the boy and this was done for mm. The case is one of the most patne- tic that has occurred in this section in a long while..; It is reported that the boy has been a most mischievous lad for years and that on a previous occasion he had threatened to kill his mother and sister,. this howeven he denies.. ' . , V As soon as arrangements can be made, the lad will be placed in a re formatory. : , , - HARDING HOPES TENN. SUPPORTS MEASURE (By Aaaoclated Preaa) MARION.' Ohio. July 23. "Ear nest hope" that republican members of the Tennessee legislature will sup port ratification of the woman's suf f rage amedment was expressed to-day by Senator Harding in a telegram to Jchn C. Houk a republican member of the senate of that state. HYDROGRAPHIC SHIP SPENDS NIGHT HERE 1 The steam yacht "Onward," one of the fleet of the hydTographic depart ment' of the United States, sailed from NEW BERN this morning after a short sojourn here during which time -supplies were taken on board. ' The "O ward" is engaged in sur vey work in lower Neuse river and Pamlio sound. ' AT HNU CYPRESS PULLMAN SERVICE TO CAPITAL CITY First Car From New Bern Will Leave City on July. ' . . . ' ' 28th ' - The Atlantic Coast Line Railway company J has issued the following announcement: - - - Effective Wednesday, July 28, ar rangements have been - made, as' a temporary measure during the sum mer season; for the' operation of a through, r service ' between Wilming ton, N. C., and Washington, D. C, upon the following schedule: Leave Wilmington ? :l0 p,"m.; leave Gold s bbro 10:20 p; m; leave Wilson 11;10 p.' m.; leave Rocky Mount 12.00 m.; arrive Washington 7:20 a. m. Re turning: Leave Washington 9:30 p. m.; leave Richmond 12:50' a. m.; arrive Rocky Mount &:00 a. m, ar rive Wilson 5:31 a. m. ; arrive Golds boro 6:5 a. m.; arrive Wilmington ?;45- a. m. . ' . ' This train will carry pullman cars fromWilmington to Washington and from New . Bern and Kinston, via Goldsboro to ' Washington. " In addi tion this train will handle the Wilmington-Norfolk sleeper .between Wilmington and Rocky Mount. ; The first car leaving' NEW BERN for, Washington will depart on the evening of July 28, at 6:20 o'clock, and will go straighten through to the nation's capital. " ; This, improved service was secu-red by the chamber of commerce, . and NEW. BERN people feel very grate ful for the efforts of that organiza tion along this lme.'",'" , ' - , ' GOVERNOR COX IS WORKING FOR SUFFRAGE (By Aaaoclated Preaa. COLUMBUS, . Ohio, July 23. Governor Cox," democratic presiden tial nominee, to-day told a delegation of the national women's party that ne already had "two or three men" working among members of the Ten nessee legislature to secure the thir ty sixth state needed for ratification of ; the . federal women's suffrage amedment. - The suffrage delegation asued tne governor to send a -per sonal representative to ; Tennessee and were surprised and gratified to hear the candidate had "beaten them to it"1 as they said. SUFFRAGE QUARTERS AT Miss Gertrude Weill, State Pres ident, Is in Charge of -' Offices : i ,r (By Associated 'Preaa.) RALEIGH, July 23. The North Carolina Equal Suffrage ; Association today; opened state headquarters , in Raleigh with Miss Gertrude Weil, of Goldsboro,. state president, in charge preparatory to make a fight to haye the Bpecial session of the legislature which meets on August 1, to ratify the Susan, Bi Anthony amendment. The association has taken a -poll of members of ' the legislature and while replies of the solons will not be made! public suffrage leaders ex pressed themselves as "most confi dent of the result next month." , INSURANCE MAN IS BACK IN THE CITY W C. Willis of the 'firm of Fod rie & Willie has returned 'from the annual convention of the Equitable Life Insurance Company, which he attended at White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. He reports a very fine trip and had the distinguished honor bestowed upon him of being the Star Agent from points of merit on general average of all the agents in the Southern States. , Mr. Willis partner M. W. Fodrie left . the party, on returning home to spend a few days at Ocean View, Va. MICHIGAN FARMERS SEARCHING FOR SLAYER lltr AnMX'ltited Preaa) , POTTERY' ILLE. Mich., July 23. Leaders of a band of three hundred fanneis . searching the countryside for an unidentified man who yester- day attacked and killed a thirteen- year-old, girl on a. farm near here, uBtMieu iuu iuuiuius tuy uau me fugitive surrounded in a swamp. OPEN RALEIGH RESOLUTE LEADING AT THE START OF T America's Cup Defender First to Dash Across Line This114 , Afternoon- SHAMROCK FOLLOWED HALF A MINUTE BEHIND Fojg Early in The Day Prevented Start Being Mde Before ' The Noon Hqur , B?u Aaaeelated Preaa.) , 4 FLASH Resolute wins. SANDY HOOK, July 23. Reso lute,, defending the America's cup, dashed first across the line today at the start of . the fourth, international yacht race which she must win to pre vent Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock IV from capturing . the priceless pewter trophy ; - : v Shamrock crossed about, half ' a minute, behind ( the . defender, ac cording to unofiicial time. -. s When the starting signal sound ed at 1 p, m Resolute crossed . at 1:01:33 , official .time and Shamrock at 1:01:56. Then both ran out on the first -ten mile leg of the thirty mile triangular course.' v;. - . Fog Delays Start. ' . Fog delayed the start of the fourth international yacht race. v "While the two cup contenders were loitering around the' Ambrose Chan nel light ship at 11; 30 in afpur knot breeze a thick bana of vapor enclosed themnd caused .the regatta Commit tee at 11:45 tp order 15 minute post ponements. i;;V ' .' ;' ; ;:;; - SANDY HOOK, N.. 5 July 23. Skipping along in, front 8f thevSham-rock- IV which needs but one more victory to capture the America's cup R esolute turned k the first mark in to-day's tri-angular race at 2:34:4T and sped, away- on' the second ten mile leg a reach 'out' tosea--? ' f The green, sloop followed the de fender around' the first mark: at 2:36:58. . ' , ' -V ;':: '' The wind hauled " a little east of south making the second leg a close rather than a broad reach. At 2:55 Shamrock seemed to be cutting down Resolute's lead and the race became exciting. ' Rounding the second mark at 3:25 45 the American sloop -dashed along the stretch of ten miles striving to win the race and tie the 1920 series. Shamrock turned at 3:27:16.' "v SANDY HOOK, July 23 Unable to pass the Resolute on the second leg, although gaining 4 4 . seconds, Shamrock rounded the second mark at 3:27:16 after Resolute had turn ed at 3 : 2 5 : 4 9. , The i elapsed time showed for the second leg were: : ' Resolute, 52:02. . Shamrock, 50.8. ' The total elapsed time? for both legs were: Resolute, 2:24:16. . Shamrock, 2 : 25 : 20 This gave Resolute a margin of one minute and four seconds, plus her handicap of six minutes' and forty seconds which put her seven minutes, forty-four seconds to the good. The speed of the two yachts on the second leg was. remarkable, averaging well up to 12 knots. As the wind piped to 18 knots on the third leg the sloops tore evenly more rapidly through the water f Shamrock seemed unable to carry her; big reaching jib top sail which her skipper took in without attempt ing to replace it with another head sail. At 3:45 with a black squall mak ing up ab".d Shamrock took inher jib sail. A minute later Resolute hauled in her jib and top sail and also prepared to meet the squall. At 3 :50 Resolute r was leading1 by a quarter of a mile with the finish line four miles away. Apparently most of the squall had passed off as there was a big drop irt the breeze which ' V at 3 : 50 camo around .. to the northwests -forcing Resolute to tack. Behind her came Shamrock with the last of the south erly. A signal shift in weather condi tions left both boats almost becalm ed at four o'clock four miles from the finish, hut with Resolute a quar ter of a mile ahead. SUBPOENAS ISSUED FOR RAIL HEADS (By Aaaoclated Preaa.) CHICAGO, July 23. Subpoenas for sixty railroad officials and union leaders to appear before the federal grand jury next Wednesday were is sued to-day at the request of District Attorney Charles F. Slyfie. - The witnesses are to testify in the investigation of- the activities of John Grunau, President of the Chica go Yardmen's Association and twenty seven other leaders in the authorized railroad strikes last April. Grnnau and his associates have, been out on bail following their arrest on charges I of violating the Lever law by bold- i ing up me movement oi iooa ana fuel. . HE FOURTH RACE POLAND IS SECURE Armistice Proposals Sent Direct Moscow,)' Following. Which a ed With W Witos (By Aaaoclated Preaa.) , WARSAW, July ; 23. Poland has sent armistice proposals di rect to the Soviet government at Moscow.. . - 1 .. - After these proposals - had been' dispatched by wireless at 2 o'clock this afternoon by the national . council of defense, a new coalition cabinet was form ed under the premiership of M. Witos. .. The new cabinet has the sup port of the socialist party; M. Datzenski, head of the socialist organization, is the - vice pre- RIOTING RESUMED IN BELFAST TOWN; SEVERAL KILLED .: .; ."Vs j it ' "i-. -" i' '. .-. ..'-- Following Bjtter Fighting ' 'Last . Night, Disorders .Broke Forth -t ' 'Again Today ' ' (By Aauociated Preaa) ; BELFAST, -July 23. Shooting was renewed tnis: morning in tne Chash'mere Street area where bitter fighting ocenred last night in clash es between Unionists and Sinn Fein ers with military intervention. Early in the renewal of the hostilities in this district one man wast reported wounded by ; a shot that passed through the window of his' home.: It was definitely stated this morn ing that ten persons were killed in last night's hostilities. , I Conditions Normal." , Conditions in riot-torn Belfast w.ere reported by the police at one oolock this afternoon to be ''normal." the loss of life and damage resulting from the two days and nights of fierce fighting between 1 Sinn ;, Fein and Unionist mobs with consequent loot ing by hoodlums. , ';:;.:; .-."; V ; ; ; ' Last night was one of terror and bloodshed but.. at three o'clock things quieted. Sproradic shooting "i this morning caused 'fears that the tur moil was to be continued today. V pp to one p. m. however the city had remained comparatively quiet under; a downpour or rain, aunougn pas-i,... ions were running high, and it was unsafe t predict what thA q f p. i hours might develop. PRODUCTION OF COAL IN ! : FRANCE INCREASES PARIS, July 23. Gradual lm-; provement in France s, coal produc tion, shown in figures ( brought out in. the Chamber of Deputies,' is giv ing comfort to economists but is not counted upon to relieve the chilliness ofhomes or markedly affect factories for some time. The mines damaged: ,e-Ze??J&0l ?lZ!Z SJm s nan 1Z "wr: A C:,; if all" goes well. This would 'be half of pre-war production. t It wjts, ad mitted the normal rate would not be reached for some years. Difficulties in pumping but flooded mines and repairing dynamited shafts have proved the chief obstacles." Or ders for machinery are accepted only for delivery in from four months, to f.-)uri years. ',.. '; -;; ;"" V-. , i i. Belgian firms finally have been en gaged to aid in the reconstruction work after negotiations with Ger mans failed. -;. ' " : '' .. NAMES OF GUESTS . UNINTEN TIONALLY OMITTED FROM STORY Inadvertently the names of sev eral of the guests at the party given by Miss Florabelle Brinson last Tuesday night were omitted from the account of the affair as publish ed. Those names not included in the list of guests attending were: Misses Anna Clark, Margaret Wheel er, and May Williams; : . '-I BUT IS PROTESTED Railway Union Members Decide to Bow to The Inevitable for' Present at Least . (By Aaaoclated Preaa.) CHICAGO, July 23. Railway union executives left Chicago today following a three day conference, at the conclusion of which it was decid ed by all of the recognized sixteen unions except one, the order of rail way telegraphers, to accept under protest, the railway labor board's award while waiting for a referen dum to the individual unions, -- The telegraphers referred . the award to the membership. The other fifteen expressed their intention to renew the cases before the board. Acceptance under protest was only finally made in; order to obtain for the men-top back pay from May 1st on August 1st, the union officials said. AVARD ACCEPTED SEEKING ARMISTICE To The Soviet Government New Coalition Cabinet As Premier. . mier. Aside f rv ' ..changes the cabinet remains same. . . . , , . a The direct ngotiations begun with' the Soviets are on the question of an immediate arm-. istice along: the entire front of about 720 miles. . The propo sals were wirelessed., after fail ure to reach any definite con clusions dealings with the bolsheviki, foreign ' minister through Premier Lloyd George, of Great Britain. The proposals ' were signed by the minister of foreign affairs. : NEGRO IS HANGED AFTER HIS TRIAL i TO END OWN LIFE Maryland Black Tried to Cheat The : Law But His Effort Was Frustrated ; I- (By Aaaoeiated Preaa.) t ! WILMINGTON, Deleware, July 2 3 -After an unsuccessful v effort ; to commit suicide in his cell Isiah Foun tain, negro was hanged early to-day in the jail at Easton, Md, Tor attack ing a fourteen year old white girl. ' . , A policeman found Fountain try ing to hang himself with the bed clothing Fountain escaped twice and thousands joined in the search for , him. . Several attempts by mobs to lynch him were frustrated. . On. one occasion the governor declared maVtial law and troops were station- ed "ound. the guardhouse. . Tne state paid a reward of five thousand dollars, for 'his second capture. MINISTERS REPORTED TO ; : V HAVE STARVED TO DEATH -(By' Aaaeciatrd Preaa,) :- ,--".;,.- , LONDON, July .2 3 At . leasts 25 Protestant ministers" are reported, to have died of starvation in England tha naran. ,, t,.,. iii I'icu t-iic iiauuuai uiwivai .umvu for "establishment of a minimum living wage for the clergy. While it is announced, the union will follow the trend of trade i unionism : the f clergymen have, declared they have no - intention to strike; to enforce their demands. " " -- They will seek not only to establish a minimum wage but also deal with provisions for adequate retiring pensions, and pensions for widows and orphans of clergymen. ' ' " Rev, C. . H. Lloyd Evans,; acting few of the "inferior clergymen" earn- more than 300 pounds a year and a great many earned less. The union will seek to enlist the sympathy of the public.; v DEATH OF "RED PRINCE" OCCURS UNIQUE CHARACTER !(By Aaaoeiated Preaa.) - BERLIN, July, 23. The death of Prince Heinrich, zu Schoenaich Car olath, known in former court circles as "the red. prince" because of - his democratic , proclivities, has Just oc curred., , ; : :'; ..; ,i T ;- v.:' .--v.; '; ' Deceased earned his appellation by the determined stand he made against all reactionary legislation, es pecially the anti-socialist law of , the 'eighties, for which he was threatened- with disciplinary military punsh- mena. First a member of the con servative party, the prince neverthe less often gave his vote to nroeress- ( Ive and socialistic pressures and he joined tne newly formed Democratic League soon after the revolution of 191 8. The prince was also 1 well known for his philanthropic and charitable works. ; ; v SEEK EMERGENCY Operators Desire to Rush This to Coast and Ship to England v at Once (By Aaaoeiated Preaa) WASHINGTON, v July ; 23. New emergency orders asking priority in the movemfentof coal to the Atlanticj seaboard for trans-shipment to New England to meet the full situation there were- asked of the Interstate Commerce Commision today by coal operators, dealers and railroad exe cutives. ;j The order . which was proposed would require half a score of rail roads tapping the coal fields in West Virginia, Maryland and Central Pennsylvania, to give the ' right of way to the movement through Hamp ton Roads, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York. A 4y V fhese two ' A ORDERS FOR COAL B00Y0FAI1E ;. MNISFilllNM HIDDEN IN TRUNK Discovered in Unclaimed jPa ' gage in Express Office at r' I, ' ' - New York - r:0 MARKS OF VIOLENCE 4 t WERE FOUND ON BODY f.aa Shipped From Detipitf Michigan, on Last Saturday , Record Shows -,' (By Aaaoehited Preaa. NEW YORK, July 22. The body of a nude woman jammed in a trunk was found today by employes ofhS American Railway Express company among the -unclaimed baggage in the company'B East ;44tb street, ware house. .The trunk had been received here from Detroit June 17th, .-! Believing that the trunk contain ed 'perishable : merchandise; ono Jhe expressmen opened it and. f d'uncf the woman's body. A' It had, beeij jammed into ' the. trunk; ani iae" clothes apparently had been thrown in afterwards. There were no mark's of violence on the body, express cpm--pany men said. , - 1 . v-" '" The police, immediately took pos session of the trunk and lta'eontent8 tor investigation. . ' - , ' 'j " The trunk was - shipped ' through;; the American Railway Express com" pany to this city by a man giving1 the name of rA.:A.. Tieturm of 105.- Harper street, Detroit." according. to .-. the; records accompanying ? the bag gage, the police say. It was ad dressed ' tp ''James Douglass," 'New York City; they declared. i ; ,. v . NEGRO SLAYER WILL- - i , DIE ON SEPTEMBER 10 . .. ' .v. -t f : : . - f (By Aaaoclated, Preaa.) ;;y,j. RICHMOND, Tauly 1 Wil-V Ham Turner, negro, convicted bf 'mur- ; dering T. Morgan Moore, government '. torpedo - expert ' of Alexandria, , and' robbing Miss Pearl Clarke, the slain man's r fiancee, : was ' sentenced toy Judge - Edmon4 - Giddell in Uplte Stages' District i Court Joday t.b hanged at the Henry County, jail-Sep- tember 10.; .' ' . : 1 - : r George Self eri's Optics Are Now Good aa They Ever Were, ' f f ' He Declares , : George Seifert, who lives on"Nusd. road a short distance from .the ltj4: Is the happy possessor of nev - eye; sight. . Strange tot relate, Mr. Se , f ert has been unable to see without difficulty for several yearB. - His tli- , ion being almost obscured, he Wat forced to where "strong glasses with out being very much benefitted. How ever several days ago, his eyesight, seems to 1 have ; returned . for, to-day he was seen as wellj as anyone with-' out the aid of ; hi giassei whiclj' he. enureiy aiscaraea. ' . ; . r : ' ', ' v.'- ALL KINDS OF JOBS ' ARE OFFERED whN 2,..' ' . : '--.r . ; WASHINGTON, July 28. Preat- " dent Wilson, on leaving the White House will have the opportunity "or taking any kind of position that., he wants., y Every day; ; there ; comes to the executive . mansion numbers of offers that Include. Just about, every A kind of a job ther is in existence..,' He has been known, to have been -offered the leadership Of. a acorasbi : . trig universities, . and hundreds Of newspapers are willing to have, htm ' at any price, and more than one, film corporation has made tentative -offers for his services in moving -pic ' rilPAO - ' .4 V -V -- '-'V, t t , Admiral Graysofir his r 'phyiic'lan. . said that he knew .'nothing of a . re ported offer from the University of the Philippines at a salary of $60, -000 to $100,000 a year to the; Preai- -dent to serve ae its head. . ; ' ,---'.'" .. ..'.'-' ;:': . "" WEDDED PAIR WRITE ;" ', v, V- r NOTES; NEVER 8PEA$t ; ' j;-. '-: 1 - - " . CAMDEN, N. J., July 23. Mrs. ' Harry. Hlncker Is suing her husband, a. for a "constructive"-divorce. They have been occupying the same house; ' for the last three years without speak Ing to each other. - . : ,5 Necessary messages have been'sent by notes. It is only through the" help and support that she has received from her close Bible study she ii'i strict Russellite that she has been . able tP endure the mental strain that has been continual eince 19 17, "Mrs. : Hlpcker explained.';.; ' ; - .; Ilincker does nothing toward - her entertainment; she says, and, through the. consequent loneliness . she "has turned to religion for comfort...1 At the same time she has cared for hit house, for . the children, : and h mended and washed, hi clothe. '-'' . V . IT "
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