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Volume 26; Number 24. .
SIX PAGES TODAY
NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1920.
ONE SECTION TODAY
Single Copy: Fire Cents
RESOLUTE IS LEADING IN DECIDING RAGE
CLYDE IIDEY HAS
XEIOUIID
ATTOffi'Sl
Believed lie Would Be Accepta-j
ble to Senators and To Pres
ident Wilson
MUST BE ADHERENT OF
, WILSONIAN POLICIES
Others Who Have Been Suggest
ed Do Not, Measure Up To
Requirements J
t (By PARKER II. ANDERSON.)
WASHINGTON. , July, 27. For
mer Lieutenant Governor ,T. C. New
lands, of Lenoir, has been offered the
district attorneyship tor western
North Carolina and declined the po
sition. Newland's declination was
because the department of Justice
has inaugurated a new policy of hav
ing the office of district attorney at
some place where federal court is
held, Newland wanted to move the
office from Asheboro to Lenoir, and
refuses to have the job unless he can
take It hame with him. The depart
ment insist that he cannot do this.
Hammer Ready to, Resign.' :
Senator Overman, having been ad
vised within the past week that Ham
mer, the present district attorney
and the democratic nominee for
congress, Is now ready to resign the
job, is looking around for a man
suitable to himself, the department
of Justice, and, last, but . not least,
Thomas Woodrow Wilson, president
of the United States and political
boss of America up to a few weeks
ago, when he reluctantly relinquish
ed the latter in favor of Jimmie Cox,
of Dayton, Ohio. 4
There are at least two active can
!dates for Hammer's job. They are
1 . C. Erook, solicitor for Hammer's
trict, and D: '; Hackett, of North
ilkesboro. Either one would prob
ably be acceptable to Senator Over
' -an, '-and Senator Simmons would
jice if Brook could, land and
. uli not be .ul. , leased --with- Hack
t. But there is another tinaa who
...Is abetter chance of getting the
., b than any other, if he cm be per
aded to have it. : His name is
Clyde ' Roark Hoey, of Shelby, the
nan who is now representing the
trnth congresional district , in congress.-
' " - v . :. ' i:.
It is not known whether Hoey
wcild have the job or not. But it ia
a fact that his friends are trying to
get him in ,the mood to accept thu
place. Hoey, the department of
justice says, was the best assistant
district attorney the department has
ever had. '. . , ' " ' i ,
It is figured, too, that there would
rrnhahlv be. leas obiection to Ho'eV
on the part of the President than any
other man "Jn the race.- Hoey ia a
strong suffragist; definitely and firm
ly committed to the Wilson league
of nations, and is considered by ad
ministration officialsva Wilson denv.
ocrat, whatever that may mean.
Attitude . on Suffrage.
With Senator Overman fighting
woman suffrage because of states
rights, if there ,is such an animal
these days, and Senator Simmons op
posed to it because he thinks it would
be "bad for the women," neither of
the two Tar Heel senators may ex
pect very many favors at the hands
of the present administration between
now and March 4. It is not outside
of the range of possibilities that ha
will select the man to fill, Hammer s
place without regard to the wishes of
the senators unless they themselves
remove such' a possibility by recom
mending a man entirely in sympathy
with his policies. It is thought Hoey
would be entirely satisfactory to the
White House. , A v ; .
There would be little, If any diffl
culty in selecting a man to serve out
the short term in Congress should
Hoey be accepted as district attorney.
The district committee could name a
candidate to serve who would only
have to go before the, people in the
general ' election in November, thus
eliminating -. the necessity of having
a primary.,, Hoey's term expires
March 4..; when Major Bulwlnkle
comes in, provided he gets more votes
than his republican oponent, Jak
. Newell. : ' - - .;..
- ". Republican Opposition, v j
' It is not believed that the repub
Urtm Senate would opose the con
flrmation of Hoey. The crowded
docket in the western district is such
that it would not be wise for them
tn Helav the appointment or a sue
' cessor to Hammer. It is necessary
that no time be lost, and it is cer
tnin that Judges Boyd and Pritchard
thp-twn republican Jurists in th
west, would be against any delay be
cause Of partisan pouuca.
a, soon as the district: attorney
' ship is settled Judge Webb will ap
nnini . man to succeed Luther Blay
lock of Greensboro, as chief clerk
tn tho court. This man-will be Jim
Hartness, of Statesville, provided
Trca Rovd and Pritchard agree-to
let Hartness have the place. It is
not believed that either - Boyd or
Pritchard favor Hartness. : But this
difficulty may be overcome. -
Sam Jones,! 01 mecnienDurg, wants
to succeed Dave Smith as assistant!
district an.o"' """"
probably that he will be given the
job The assistant's place has been
begging Blnce Hoey quit, and the
main dimculty days 18 to find a
man who 1 wants- the place., It Is
1,,o.htr.Joiier' can' be appointed
CI!
To Investigate
Conduct of Tk$
Military Lien
Governor Has Ordered ' That
Hearing Be Held Early Aa' 7
Possible Next Week ' 'I' .
. RALEIGH, July 27. Investiga
tion into the conduct - of the mem
bers of the Durham machine gun
company, national guarasmen, ai
the Alamance county Jail at tiranam
on the night -of Julj 19, when, it Is
alleeed. an attempt was made to
storm the jail, one. man being killed
and others .injured, will begin in
Durham next Monday, August 2,
Governor Bickett - announced yester
day afternoon. r '
The governor's decision to ; have
an investigation into the action of
the state troops followed the action
of the civil authorities,, the coroner's
jury , having found that' "Big Jim"
Ray, the man who was killed, : was
fired upon without provocation. The
findings will b y Submitted to the gov
ernor at the conclusion of the hear
ing. '.s,,,-'v..-... ? .-k-
Following are the members of the
commission ' named ... by Governor
Bickett to sit on the Investigation:
r Former Adjutant General Beverly
S. Royster, of Oxford; Col. A. H.
Boyden, of Salisbury, and Judge H.
W. .Whedbee, of Greenville-
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE
WILL CONSIDER SUFFRAGE
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(By
NASHVILLE .Tenn., July 27.
Governor Roberts has issued a call
for a special election on August 5 to
fill, thirteen vacancies in, the legis
lature, which will meet in special
session about August 9 to consider
the , federal suffrage 1 amendment.
The state wide primaries yill also be
held1 August 5. Most of those yhose
seats are 'scheduled to be filled have
indicated that they are preparing to
contest the election on the grounds
that they, have not vacated office. v
FIFTEEN HUNDRED AMERICAN
DESERTERS STILL IN FRANCE
. (By Associated Press) ,....
PARIS, July 27. Deserters from
the American . army ; that came to
France still , number 'fifteen hundred
in the Paris district alone, according
to a report made by the Paris policy
to Captain JA;.Warren who jj
pervising y the apprehension V6f . ihe
deserters in addition to investigating
bills presented against the American
Expeditionary Forces. .-.
Japanese tTnempIoyment
TOKIO, July 27. Unemployment
is on the Increase in Japan. This
is shown by the results of the latest
Investigation into the movements of
factory workers. During May, 56
factories announced the discharge of
a total of 50,000 operators. ,
North Carolina Leads Southern States -
, In Amount Of Its Federal Tax Returns
(By Parker R. Anderson)
WASHINGTON, July 27. North
Carolina led every southern state In
the amount of federal taxes paid for
the fiscal year ending ' June 30 by
more than six millions of dollars,
and ; outdistanced Maryland, Dela
ware and the district of ; Columbia
by more than forty-eight millions of
dollars, according to official state
ment given but here today by Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Wil
liams. . . ... ' v .
r The Old North State paid into the
coffers of Uncle Sam for the above
mentioned period $169,206,077.77.
Texas, with its vast territory and its
nourishing, oil industries, was the
Ll(
IS TO CO-OPERATE
II
Railway Company To Help Make
Tobacco Market a
Success
A committee composed of H. .E
Barlow, secretary of the chamber of
commerce, Harry Murray and John
A Glenn, returned to the city today
from Norfolk, Va. where they had
been to confer with officials of the
Norfolk Southern railway company
relative to that company's co-operation
in making the local tobacco
market a success.
The committee sought, in addition
to spur tracks upon which cars for
the loading and unloading of tobac
co could . be carried on, a covered
platform which could be used in this
connection. ,
- The railway officials Dromised a
track sufficient to accommodate eight
cars, this to be located in the sec
tion suggested by the committee and
which Is near the warehouse district.
The matter of erecting a platform
sufficient to take care of the hand
ling of the tobacco was agreed to by
the railway officials and now only
awaits the official action of President
Young.
; The work of putting down the
necessary trackage will be started
immediately and completed in the
course of .the next few weeks,
n
u
TH
tu BflAn vn iirnr
HiniviMmvLi mi
Women Appeal
jiCarolina Solons
For Ratification
Deny. Any Responsibility For
Raising - Fund for Campaign
During Special Session
RALEIGH, July 27. Letters by
Miss Gertrude Weil, president of the
North Carolina Equal Suffrage As
sociation, and Mrs. ' T. Palmer Jer
man, chairman of the ratification
committee of that organization, have
been sent to all members of the state
legislature denying any knowledge
of of participation in a reported plan
of suffragists to raise a fund' of tea
thousand dollars to be used in this
state in connection . with the cam
paign for ratification of the "Anthony
suffrage amendment at the special
session of the general assembly next
Monday. ( -. . .
They also denied responsibility for
"hordes of imported workers" from
Washington, who are said to be com
ing to North Carolina to work for
ratification of the amendment. If
speakers or workers are being sent
here from; outside the state, the let
ter states, they probably are repre
sentatives of the woman's party.
The Legislators are appealed to in
the letter to ratify the amedment "in
the name of the women of North
Carolina."
GOVERNOR BICKETT HAS .
NOTHING FURTHER TO SAY
RALEIGH, July 27. Governor
Bickett stated today that he had
nothing further to say. about the
proposed investigation of North Car
olina's prisons and prison camps by
the Prisoners' Relief Society. When,
his attention was directed to Wash
ington dispatches quoting E. E." Dud
ding, president, as saying that in
most instances the "epidemic of com
plaints" as to Inhuman treatment in
North Carolina prison camps had al
ready been investigated, the govern
or pointed out: that such investiga
tions would not have the marks of
officialdom. '
SPEED YACHTS READY
FOR A FINISH CONTEST
(By Associated ' Press.)
i. ON BOARD THE STEAM YACHT
ViTJCORIAtjr S5tndvHaok4 Jnly..2li
(By ; wireless - to the' Associated
Press.)-1 Announcement, was made
today aboard Sir Thomas Lipton's
chartered yacht that the cup sloops
would a be drydocked '; tomorrow if
they were unable to finish within the
time limit in the event a start of the
fifth race was ordered today. If,,
however, no start is made today the
big single, stickers will race tomor
row. - . .
only state in the South which even
approached North Carolina, with a
little more than one hundred and
three millions, the second New York
district, which includes the old third
district. Is the only New York district
ahead of North Carolina, and Chica
go, Boston, Detroit, Cleveland, Phila
delphia and Pittsburg districts are
the only, other one in the country
that pass the tar heel mark.
Of considerable interest in connec
tion with the repor just released by
the department is a statement from
the comptroller of the currency snow
ing that there is one deposit account
in North Carolina for every ten per
sons in the state.
IDGE
FORMALLY NOTIFIED
Informal Luncheon Was Tender
ed Committee at Candidate's
Home at Noon
NORTHHAMPTON, Mass., July 27.
Governor Calvin Coolidge was for
mally notified to-day of his nomina
tion as the republican candidate for
vice president in exercises which be
gan with a meeting of the notification
committee and an informal luncheon
for the committeemen at the Cool
idge home at noon, and concluded
with the ceremonies of notification at
3 p. m. on Allen Field, at Smith Col
lorn
This little college city was decor
ated with the national colors, and
pictures of the governor were every
where displayed. All business was
suspended during the afternoon and
the city Vas crowded with visitors
from the adjoining - hijl town" sec
tion of Massachusetts. Special
trains brought delegations from Bos
ton and neighboring states. Scores
of influential leaders of the party
also were here.
Population of Peking
PEKING, June 27. The popula
tion of Peking according to latest
tabulation - by the police authorities
was 978,5552, of which 645,725
were males. These were 156,213
families, '
CALVIN
HE IS THE NOMINEE
RESOttnt IN LEAD
IN FINAL RACE FOR
AffiRICA'WHr
Challenger is Footing Fast In
Light Air and Holding Her
Own Well
BARGES THREATEN TO
BLOCK RACE COURSE
Resolute Increases Gain And
Seems To Be Getting Bet-
. ter Wind
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Associated Press)
SANDY HOOK, July 27.
Shamrock IV today led Resolute
across the starting line in the
"final" international yacht race
to settle the ' destiny of the
America's cup.
The official starting time was
the. same for both boats at 2 : 17.
because both txad failed to cross
within the two-minute handicap
limit. t
Having beaten Captain Adams
of Resolute, for position for the
first time in the series, Captain
Burton crossed the line on the
starboard tack . and then came
about on the port tack, appar
ently hunting for a better breeze
oh the Jersey -shore. The Reso
lute did likewise. ' ' s
; SEA WAS VERY SMOOTH
The sea was very smooth and
there was very little quartering
wave from; either yacht. The
surprising feature vof the first
five minutes of sailing was the
way Shamrock held herself on
the edge of th4 wind. She point
ed' as well as! Resolute for the
first time in their fight for the
America's cup. She increased
her gain as she moved inland
and it seemed as if she was get
ting a better wind than the Am
erican. - She . was about ; fifty
yards ;;to ;the windward 'of the
defender. ' v - v
. Although the official " starting
time for both boats remained at
2:17, Shamrock actually crossed
forty seconds ahead of Resolute.
She flashed across the line at
2:17:05 and Resolute at 2:17:45.
At .2:30 Resolute came about
on the- starboard I tack and it
looked from the shore as if she
had been forced about by-a line
of barges in tow. Shamrock ap
peared to have just cleared the
line of barges. - ;
The challanger footed ' very
fast . in the light air, and con
trary to his former tactics her
skipper kept her right on the
edge of the wind. -The air was
streaky off shore, but Shamrock
seemed to thrive best on what
the yachts were Eetting..
CROSSES RESOLUTE'S BOW
Shamrock crossed f. Resolute's
bow at 2:32. .
As the , yachts approached
each other CaptainvAdams saw
that Shamrock would be able to
cross his bow. Thereupon Reso
lute went about on the starboard
tack at 3:08. The yachts were
very close together, with Sham
rock leading and to the wind
ward, but the difference between
them could be measured in
yards."' -:'.y '
The wind came in variable
streaks and first one and then
the pther yacht would point bet
ter. '
Another tow of barges threat
ened to block the course again
soon after the start. A revenue
cutter, however, soon turned it
to one side." "
RESOLUTE TAKES LEAD
Resolute at 4:19 began to slip
out ahead of the Lipton craft
and had taken the lead from the
challenger, although it was a
slight one.
At 4:22 Resolute tacked to
port and crossed Shamrock's
bow.
IIINDENBURG LINE IS
TO BE SEEN IN CITY
R. P. James, in charge of the
replica of the Hindenburg ' line
through which the North Carolina
and Tennessee boys crashed and
which is being carried about over the
country and shown at various points,
will arrive in the city tonight with
this exhibit and tomorrow it will be
on display, probably in the Hackburn
building on Pollock street. This is
an exact reproduction of the f amoub
Hindenburg line and will doubtless
prove of interest to local citizens.
No admission charge is made but any
contribution will be accepted as that
is how the exDense of carrvine ii
about the country is paid. The state!
of Tennessee is sending this over the
country.
Polish Supply
Train Held Up
By Hun Police
Cars Were Stripped of War Ma
terial, But Officers Accompany
ing It Were Not Molested
COBLENZ July 27. A Polish sup
ply train of thirteen cars, bearing
arms and munitions from France,
with five Polish and one French of
ficer ; aboard which left the Ameri
can area Saturday evening, was held
up by a German police , and a; crowd
of civilians at Marburg,, sixty miles
east of Coblenz, Sunday afternoon J
The Germans completely stripped
the cars of : their, war material and
the train crews refused to convey
them further. . , -.
The Polish and French officer, the
latter accompanied by his wife, were
hot molested, and reached Coblenz
on a passenger train this noon.
LITTLE CANNON BOY IS
GIVEN HIS FREEDOM
Louis Elbert Cannon, nine years of
age and who shot and killed his
sister, Eula Grace, out near Maple
Cypress a few days ago, has been re
leased from the, Craven county jail
where he has been confined since the
killing. .
The child was arraigned before the
probation officer on ' Monday and it
was seen that the slaying was more
or less of an accident and the court
decided to place the lad in the custo
dy of an older half-brother, the lat
ter promising to look after him.
Through the efforts of the SUN-
JOURNAL the little chap's stay , in
prison on Sunday, was made less
lonesome for him. He was present
ed with fruits, candies, comic papers
books , Containing ? pictures, NEW
BERN people answering the appeal
for help for the youngster. , '
Louis has gone back to the farm
and he promises to be a better boy
forever afterward. -V' , .;, . '
KILLED AND HURT, WHEN
CAR ROLLS OVER A CLIFF
DENVER:, July 2 7. Lon ; Moore,
of Defiance, Ohio, a circus clown,
was killed; Charles Hite, .confection
er, of Irontown', Ohio, was fatally in
jured and three Denver- people seri
ously injured when their automobile
rolledf'off; a two hundred : foot cliff
in Bear- Creek Canyon early to-day,
William Hart, a taxi driver, of Den
ver, and his wife were in tne front
seat. It is said the woman became
excited,, and grabbed the .steering
wheel and turned the-car over the
edge of the precipice.
ENGLAND WONT ALLOW
ARCHBISHOP TO LAND
LONDON, July 27. The ambigu
ous statement of Premier Lloyd
George in the house of commons yes
terday that v Arch-Bishop Daniel J.
Mannix, of Melborne, Australia,
would not be , allowed to land "in
England" because of his recent acti
vities, was cleared up this afternoon
when it was declared in official quar
ters that Arch' Bishop Mannix would
not be allowed to land in the British
Isles. . ' -
GERMANY INVENTS
CHEAP PAVING STONE
BERLIN, July 27. Out of the
ashes left in Berlin's incinerators
from the city's burnt refuse, a pav
ing stone is being manufactured
which is said to be as hard and servi
ceable as granite. . As Germany no
longer can afford to import paving
materials, which Sweden used to
supply, the discovery of this cheap
by-product is greatly welcomed.
E
OFFICERS STATE
Is Learned Also That She Was
About to Become a'
Mother
DETROIT, Mich.. July 27. A
statement to the police by Mrs. Leo.
Trumbull, wife of Patrolman Trum
bull, that Mrs. Eugene LeRoy, vic
tim of the Detroit trunk murder, re
cently had confided in her that she
was about to become a mother, in
jected a new phase into the case to
day. The police to-day divided their at
tention between hunting for LeRoy,
husband of the slain woman, and a
second trunk, believed to contain thd
vital organs of the body and which id
known to have been sent from the
Harper Avenue apartment ' house,
where the LeRoy's lived.
The police believe examination of
the organs might reveal whether
death was due to a criminal opera
tion, as might be possible since Mrs.
Trumbull made her statement. It
was Patrolman and Mrs. Trumbull
who indentified the victim through
plothing found in the trunk.
Mrs. Trumbull was to go to New
York to-day to view the body.
The police declared they -had es-
tablished tne tact mat Mrs,
LeRoy
planned an attempt at suicide be
fore her death.
WOMAN N TRUNK
PLANNED
U D
RUSSIAN SOVIET
READY TO CONFER
ON PU PEACE
Russia is Required to Acknowl
edge AU of Her International
Agreements
DECLINES TO SURRENDER
ANTI-BOLSHEVIK LEADER
United States Will be Asked To
Participate in Conference
At London
PARIS July 27, Premier Miller
and, accompanied by Marshall Foch
and other high French officials, left
at 18 o'clock this morning for Bou
logne, where he will discuss Jwith
Premier Lloyd George the Russian
Soviet proposal for a conference be
tween the, allies 'and representatives
of the Russian Soviet government. .
It Is reported that Premier Mlller
and, supported, by the British gov
ernment on the question, gave as his
primary condition to entering nego
tiations with the Russians the
acknowledgement, by the Soviet 'of
international engagements of former
Russian governments and affirmation
by the Russian people of the Soviet's
authority...'
The probability is also expected
that M. Millerand will refuse to agree
to any request in the Russian note
for the surrender of. General Rene
gal, anti-bolsheviki .leader in south
Russia, and that he will , ask the
United ; States to participate in the
London conference, if jt is held.
Conference in London ' -WASHINGTON
The state depart
ment still was without official infor
mation to-day as to the proposed con
ference at London between represen
tatives of the allied and soviet gov
ernments regarding peace between
Poland and Soviet Russia. .
Arrange For Meetings
VIENNA The ; Soviet military
command -has notified the : Polish
commander that he regrets he Is un
able to arrange a date before July
iJBtbi 'lor th? preliminary armistice
meeting - between Polish representa
tives and those of Soviet Russia, ac
cording to a wireless message picked
up here. ... y : . v.
ANOTHER PLEA IS MADE
ON BEHALF TOM MOONEY
WASHINGTON, July 27 An ap
peal in behalf of Thomas J. Mooney
and Warten K. Billings, convicted
in San Francisco in connection with
me preparedness parade bomb ex
plosion in , 1916, was presented to
the white nouse to-day by a com
mittee representing the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees of America. John
B. Mooney; of San Francisco, a broth
er of ThomaB J. Mooney, headed the
committee.
MONEY BACK IN FULL
FOR THOSE WHO WANT IT
(By Anoelated Picu)
BOSTON, July 27. Payment in
full of claims and the investments of
those who wanted 'their money back
was made today by Charles Ponizi,
head of the Securities Exchange Com
pany, who announced yesterday by
agreement with District Attorney
Pellitier the suspension of public
participation m his international ex
change operations, which he says
have netted him millions of dollars
within a few months. " .
ALLIED DEBT TO
DNITED STATES TO
BE
: ' ; ..
Various Countries Agree Apply
. Amounts Awarded To
Them
WASHINGTON, July 27. Reduc
tion of the allied debt to the United
States by application to the debts of
the various governments' of amounts
awarded them on claims against this
country growing out of the war was
considered to-day by the treasury.
Payment of claims against the
United States will not be made in
cash or credit to debtor nations, ac
cording to present plans, but amounts
recovered from this country will be
charged off the American bills.
Negotiations are under way with
France to settle in this manner
claims amounting to nineteen mil
lion dollars awarded that country by
the war department. France is said
to be anxious to receive the amount
of the claims in cash so it may buy
certain commodities in the United
States, but the treasury takes the
position, according to officials, that it
cannot pay out if a greater sum is
owed in return.
REDUCED SOME
nil n niTr ninipn
UANuluA trA t (
TELLS LEGISLATURE
WHERE TO HEAD III
Gratuitous Advice From Repub
lican Can H Iate in a 4SpeciaIi,ff
. .Slessage"-.
TAX REFORM AND THE V?.
SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
Mr. Parker Believes, in '. Enact
ment of Australian Bailor!
:- - . System " .
i (By MAX ' D. ABERNETHY.) ' f
RALEIGH, July,. 27. On, the jefe
of the special session of Vibm. North
Carolina General Assembly, called ty
Governor . Bickett for the purpose -'of
rounding out the tax program -na'der
the' new tax system; members or th'a
legislature are receiving "special
message"- from John J. Parker, " Rs- i
publican nominee for governor, ask,- :
ingv that the revaluation act be ' re
pealed :,;v: ' ' ', - ,.' " : ;. - - , .
The communication, signed .. by
Candidate Parker, is addressed "To ,
the members of the General Assem
bly of North Carolina." prefaced with
the information that he is the nomi
nee of the, republican party, tor (go's- - v
ernor and ; considers . it a duty v to
"comment on the action of the legis-
lature with respect . to certain mat- 1
ters of vital importance to our peo
ple." t Mr". . Parker states that. Inas
much as he is going to have occasion
to comment on the action of the legis
lature his sense of fairness forbids
that he criticise their action with re
spect to certain matterB until he has
first presented the -course which; tb
his mind they should , follow.; c-
i Blatters ot importance, .) , ; .
Three -matters of great inrportanoe ,
which demand action at the special
session, in ihe" opinion of 'Mr. Parker':
which should not be . delayed and
which should' be 'considered at the ' "
special, session, -are-th reform of the
election laws, the extension , cf suf
f rage" to women and .the-retorm of 'th
tax laws " ' '. .
'As a first step towards tax reform
the Revaluation., act I should be re
pealed," says Mr; Parker '-"special -rwessage"-
to tthe members of ibd
General 'Assembly. -H6 contend that .
the ' revaluation act la not a reform
in any true' sense, ''ia ; merely a. .new
method of enforcing.'ihe old system
of the general property 1 tax,' and Is
a . buraaucracy y wrong in principle
and opposed to the genius of a free
. . '11 iL t. ...-
peopie. in repeauag s ine i.aci;.uu
would not destroy , the' provision'
which requires property; to be. listed
at its fair market value in money.
but vould "mean merely that w.
take away: from the State Tax CobS
mission the listing ' of property : and.
restore, the system of local appraisal
with right of appeal to the courts'
Parker and Bnttnge. ; 'f
..Reverting to "woman suffrage 'Mr? .
Parker urges that the proposed nine
teenth amendment to the . Federals
constitution, the Susan B.- Anthony
suffrage amendment, ; be tatifled: t
His reasons for asking for Its ratlfl-
cation are interesting, since he ssjs
not a word about "party expediency"
or that it is Inevitable. It is just and .
right, he says, because "no argument '
can be made in ' favor pf manhbdd
suffrage that cannot te made with '
equal force in favor ;,of suffrage ..for
women." In taking this view of rati
fication Mr. Parker goes far afield' of
his national party, which endeavfed
without success to persuade. Govar,"
nor Clement of Vermont to call a spe- ;
cial session pf the legislature to?r
tify the proposed amendment on"tli '
grounds of "expediency,", , ' . .
Mr. Parker believes that the enact
ment "of the Australian : ballot and
the repeal of the absentee voter lwv
which, he says, "has ;proved to be a
yeritable flood gate of corruption.'
will give the State a fair election Jaw
in keeping with a 'democratic sUta,
USE OF GLIDERS ON . '
RIVERS OF ARGENTINA
BUENOS r AIRES, ' July t27.-TJe
use of gliders for transporting, pas
sengers, and mail on some of the
swift and shallow; rivers, of Argen
tina may result from a trial under
taken on the authority of the Minist
er of Public Works. On the trial
trip Just made on the Bermejo Rlv.
er it was shown that a passage which
commonly occupies ten to fifteen days
by the ordinary steamer could be
made regularly with a j;Jideiin about
ten hours providing no stops were
made. These gliders are a French in
vention making use of the flying prW
ciple for navigation on the surface
of rivers. The plan Is to import
parts ana maufacture the machine
In this country ' ' .
CHARGES FILED GAINST -INTERNAL
REVENUE MEN
WASHINGTON, July 27. It be
came officially known today that
charges have been filed with Com
missioner of Internal Revenue Wil
liams against Internal Revenue em
ployees in North Carolina whom, it
is alleged -have been to oactive in
politics during the past few months.
Commissioner Williams today said ne
could not discuss the matter at this
time, but would probably have some
thing to say within a few days. Fur
ther than this he declined to discuss
the matter in any way. He wants
time, his, chief clerk said, in which
to go over the papers mora fully than
he has been able to do up to the
present time. . .