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NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1920.
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' Destroyed Behind Flee
ing Army.
T.IVE?. BUGLAST
LII IZ OF DEFENSE
British Government Has
Dispatched Sharp Note
of Protest to Soviet
Russia. , . ' ' ;
(P-y AHitni'lated Press.)
PARIS, A: 4. Warsaw will
" ave to L 2 evacuated within two
tr thrri c!?.ys, in the opinion of
the 1 rer.ch cr.i British military
experts here, and the govern
ment is expected to be moved
liLin that period, probably to
Crr.r : .v. ' -.,- . . .. T.;:V-.-:
TI.2 rf-rt cf the members of
the i".: 'rry r.i.c.sion, tele
rjz7x ' ' 1 -st night, declares
that t!,: I'd 'sh army along the
liver 1. ; I " I retreated so pre-ci-ititdy
that it did not even,
? U )y th 3 bridges behind it.
This river was Warsaw's last
line cf dEfer.-e. , :.'.-.- (
A r-scial Russian cavalry
corps, ths nilitary men report
ed, was drivir : southwest along
th;
cf the Al'enstein dis-
tri:
-
I zi yesterday reached
:rty r.izs from Mlawa,
nilcs northwest of
i ths enly direct rail-
S f 0. t t - -
thlrty-r :
the bolshe-
.1
ss cavalrymen
' taded through
tl.3 Polish corridor
. J 1
reported that the ,
were demoralized. I
th
'ral fr:
'he r.
v,"!. : .
; northern and cen
1 were falling back.
tiry men said they had
rtnahy r! ::doned hope of the
"lz3i raahiaj a stand now
British Government Irritated- ;
LONDON, Aug. 4. The British
vernment i3 irritated over what it
lieves is soviet Prussia's equivoca
n over the British. suggestion that
'-, Russians halt at the armistice
? of demarkation in Poland 'to be
peace negotiations. 'It has; dis-
ched a sharp note to the soviet
vernment demanding a yes or no
wer as to whether that govern
ant Intends to listen to the sugges
n. - . ; .: ; ;: v- . .
"he note it is reported, contains
threats and ?.s not in tlx nature
, an ultimatum simply requesting
quick answer (a8 to what Soviet
'issia intends to do. - : ' '
What was regarded here as'omin
as silence of Warsaw,, so far as of
:ial mesages were concerned, was
roken today, but the dispatches
;ntained, little to indicate what was
oing on. The foreign office this
ternoon received message dispatch
ed at 3 p. m., yesterday saying the
British mission to Warsaw was still
there, but indicating that it might
'eave. . i "i
An unconfirmed report today said
hat both the British and French
aisions had left the Polish capitol.
An V English semi-official agency
v hich ' normally receives many mes
ages daily giving full details of con-
itions in Iland, received today its
rst message from. Warsaw since
Tonday. It showed evidences of cen
irship, being reduced to i inconse-
lential information. ; v v
Discatches from the Associated
ress correspondent at Warsaw giv
ae full information of conditioni
here have ' been coming through to
New York with fair regularity in vir
tually ;the normal time of transmis
sion. One message received this
morninjt . was timed ' In Warsaw at
10:40 o'clock last'night. , -
; h Execution of Poles -
ALLENSTEIN, East Prussia,- Aug
4. Threats : by the Russian soviet
forces to execute instantly any civil
or military subjects of the allied
powersiwho cross the frontier are re
ported by refugees arriving . here
from the region to the east, being
occupiel by the .Russians. This has
caused the lnter-allied commission in
this district to announce mat no per
sons "will for any reason be permitted
to enter the Russian controlled zone.
These refugees declare that the bol
shevikt are shooting all land owners
and 'others suspected of having
money. The wearing of a white col
lar,' they declare, is sufficient evi
. dence for a death warrant. ': '
! . ,4.' :n ' I' V
' Ambassadorial Council.
PARIS, -Aug. 4. In view of the
tniih situation urgent telegram"
- were sent today to the allied ambas
sa oi 8, ' including the ' American am
- bador, asking them" to-, return to
' Paris from their .vacations for a meet
ing of, the, ambassadorial council to
be held iipmprrow.,. - '; S'
WASHINGTON STATE
WILL PUT STOP TO
USTYSIS
Is Making Careful Investigation
On Which to Base '
Legislation
, (Br Associated Presa) '
, TACOMA, i Wash.;. Aug. 4. Prog
ress is reported in the movement in
the state of Washington to 'devise a
better way to settle industrial dis
putea than through strikes and lock
outs.' v t
The Washington Industrial Code
Commission for. more than a year has
been gathering data from employers
and employes to be used as the basis
for a new" law to be presented to the
Btate legislature when it convenes
next January.' The commision was
instructed to frame a law which will
settle .disputes between labcf and
capital without recourse to the cum
bersome weapons of the past; that so
often work a hardship on the public
at large!
Open Hearing for All.
Before the law is written this fall
the commission plans to give a hear
ing to very person in Washnigton
who thinks he has a solution and will
have- studied the . statutes of ; every
state in the union that has attempt
ed to better the relations between la
bor and capital. Already hearings
have been held in most of the larger,
cities of ' the state and the commis
aiQn made a special trip-Jto Vancouver,-
&. Cf wliere labop leaders - and
employers'; wererinet and where ' the
Canadian Industrial Disputes Act was
thoroughly discussed. " r t : V
bia Secretary Dewitt M. Evans, of
tne commission, saia, mat councils
of employers and employes within an
industry - are proving beneficial.
These councils are more important in
getting ;the two interests together
than are the tribunals provided in
the British Columbia act.". : ,
; Naturally according to Mr. Evans,
there is some discrepancy between
employers : and; employes regarding
the best way amicably to settle dis
putes, but both are agreed that the
huge economic loss resultant from
Btrikes should be prevented. This
desire to abolish strikes and lockouts,
Mr. Evans .believes, is the best indi
cation that the commission will be
able to draw up a workable piece of
legislation. ;
Can't Abolish the Causes.
-; tfThe commission realized it can
not create a law that will abolish the
underlying causes of contention be
tween labor and capital," said Mr.
Evans, "but it does believe it can
frame a set of rules and regulations
for handling disputes so that the in
terest of the public and both parties
to the contention will not be disas
trously affected. . . :
"The commission expects to estab
lish in Washington -, the machinery
which will avoid the large number of
strikes and lockouts that arise pri
marily because there is no agency to
prevent them." . v
The members of the commission
are Mr. Evans, of Tacoma; Edward
P. Blake, Seattle; H. Alvin Moore,
Seattle; John Pattison, Spokane, and
W. L. Dimmick, Yakima. There are
employers, employees and represen
tatives of the public on the commis
sion.
COST OF PUBLISHING
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
(Br Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. The cost
-aaj ibuois9j3uoq eni pausirqnd 10
ord, the government publication rec
ording daily everything that is said
and done in Congress, as well as
some things outside, was $537,640
last year, practically the same as for
191&, but about $300,000 less than
the 1917 cost.
These figures were given recently
by Russell O. Beene, accountant at
the government printing office, in
answer to an inquiry of representa
tive Magee, of New York, asto the
possible saving that would result
from the dtacontinuance of the rec
ord. Mr. Beene gave the cost for
1917 as $801,790.88 and for 1918 as
$537,640. '
WESTERN UNION CABLE
IS BARRED FROM LANDING
iBr Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4. Presi
dent Wilson is understood to have
issued orders to both the army and
navy departments not to permit th
Western Union Telegraph Company
to land on American soil at Miami,
Florida, a cable line from the Barba
does. B. W. I., until permission has
been obtained from the state depart -
ment. Construction of the cable from
the Barbadoes end is said to
have
been started.
BAR ASSOCIATION
ASKS RATIFICATION
OF PEACE TREATY
Recommendation Will Be in Ma
f jority Report of Specially
, Named Committee
ANNUAL MEETING SOON
IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS
Legal Lights of Country To
Pass on Pending Cam
paign Issue
ST. LOIJIS, Aug. 4. Ratification
of the peace' treaty, including the
league of nations covenant, without
amendments, will be recommended
at the convention of the American
bar association here, August 25 to 27,
inclusive. The recommendation j will
be in the majority report of a special
committee, appointed to consider the
.4
treaty. V . .
The committee which signed the
report was composed of Edgar A.
Bancroft, of Chicago, Willam H. Wad-
hams, of New York, and the late
Frederick N Judson, of this city.
' Charles Blood Smith, of Topeka,
Kan., and Henry St. George Tucker,
of Lexington, Va,, will present a
minority report. Jn which they assert
they are "unable to concur" with the
majority committee.
Sections of reports to be presented
at the convention iave been received
by members, oi , tne locai arrange
ments committee. The reports treat
of various subjects. '
Ratification of Treaty..
Your committee is of the opinion
that the treaty,' including the pro
posals for a league of nations, should ;
be ratified without amednmehv the
majority report Qft the treaty declares
'The worldisranxious to. return. to a'
more settled condition whicby awaits
the termination of the great war. If ;
amendments are: proposed . by the
United . States, . other government
would undoubtedly propose amend
ments, and It is unlikely that a sec
ond conference could produce a more
satisfactory treaty. ' " .
It is particularly fitting that the
United States should support the pro
posal tor this League. The league
is based upon our own experience
in ' a federation, of states enjoying
liberty and peace. It has been-our
high destiny to join- with our Allies
in preventing the destruction of lib
erty and establishing it has been the
erning principle in the life .of the
states. , . -
Upon entering the war we ex
pressed it as our desire and purpose
to secure not only for ourselves, bu.
for all nations of the world, an en
during peace; based upon, those prin
ciples of j liberty and of . justice
which we enjoy." ,The league is or
ganized : for , that purpose. . Should
the United States refuse to enter the
league it would defeat it organiza
tion; should the United States join,
it gives the. best assurance of its
success." '
Dealing with the subject of amend
ments and reservations, the reports
Iterates that amendments are de
structive to the pact, and empha
sizes that only interpretative reser
vations should be permitted.
Abandon Short Session
Another report suggests that " the
election of the President of the
United States ,and his inauguration
he brought nearer together, and that
the short session of the old congress
be abandoned. V '
The interval between the election
and Inauguration of a President, this
report declares, is a "serious evil,
fraught' with much "danger, because,
if an administration - is discredited
by a popular vote of want of confi
dence, the prestige of the govern
ment at home and abroad is weakn
ed and there is danger of humiliation
and disaster to the Republic;" The
report does not recommend any other
date for he election or the inaugura
tion, Recommendation that the making
of rules for the conduct of aviation
be held in abeyance until airplanes
become more numerous, is set forth
in another report.
The committee on international
law will present a report which
states that, after outlining develop
ments of the reconstruction period.
it'fiinds little to record of wise and
final adjustment or of complete ac
cord." Commenting on the meeting
of the Organization Committee of the
Permanent -Court of International
Justice under the League of Nations,
the report says: "At last a body
distinctly legal, a body of our cloth
and profession, is seeking Interna
tional Justice and preparing for
its enforcement in the world."
Prominent Speakers
A large "number of prominent
speakers are expected to address the
association, including Sir Auckland
Geddes. British Ambassador to the
United States; Franklin K. Lane,
former Secretary of the Interior; Al
bert J. Beverdge, of Indiana, former
! United States Senator,
and Judge
I Ben B. Lindsey, of Denver.
H amp-
t ton L. Carson, of Philadelphia,
is
president or the association.
SE
NAM
HARDING
DELIVERS
Oi
FRONT PORCH TALK
Uses Specious Argument to De
cry Effectiveness of League
of Nations
SOCIAL PEACE AT HOME
SHOULD BE OUR AMBITION
Decision of Our : Obligation to
r. The. World Should Rest
With Ourselves
MARION, Ohio, Aug. 4. Decrying
appeals to classesas a menace second
only to surrender of nationality to
inter nationality, Senator Harding, in
his second front porch presidential
campaign speech to-day declared that
if he could choose but one he would
rather have industrial and social
peace at home than command the in
ternational peace of the world.
- " Barter: of Nationality
He asserted It would be unwise for
this country to permit "our activities
in seeking for peace in the lod world
to'blind us to the essentiality of peace
at home," and added that ''if Ameri
ca can be made to forget the attempt
ed barter cf nationality, well and
good" but that when nationality is
surrendered to internationality lit
tle else matters and ' all appeal is
vain." .
The address was delivered to a de
legation of Wayne Countyt Ohio, re
publicans. ..
Taking up the league of nations,
Senator Harding declares it to be the
other extreme to 'a referendum on a
proposed 'declaration of wart" ' "
"I emphatically agree," he said,
that no auothortty Other ; than 'con-
ges3 ,may . call 6ur- bojs,to battle.
Accepting tnis.trjittt, why make a
covenant which violates the : good
faith of the nations?" .
. Position of Executor
"Suppose." he continued, "that
under Article X a program of armed
force is agreed upon and the congress
of the United States declines to re
spond- The executive would be call
ed upon to carry on a war without
constitutional autohrity or we should
prove our compact no more than a
sc.ap of paper. : We are compelled
on the side of both safety and honor
to hold for ourselves the decision of
our obligations to the world.
TRACTION LINES
IN GERMANY MAY
BE DISCONTINUED
Fares Are No So High That Ma-
. jority of People. Are Forced to
Walk Anyhow
(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Aug. 4. Owing to the
enormous increase in the Cost of
operation, street car service in many
of the smaller German cities has
been discontinued. Jena, ,Wuerz
burg, Freiberg and Heilbronn are
among the towns trying now to get
along without trams. Attempts were
made to keep the lines going by radi
cal increases in fares, but the public,
unable to pay the price, took to walk-
Ing.
Berlinand other large cities, where
street car traffic has fallen off alarm
ingly because of increased fares, are
lacing me promem or reorganizing
the service, retaining only those lines
wnicn are absolutely necessary for
tne accommodation of persons hav
ing to travel long distances.
Wagons and carts brought out to
give a lift to pedestrians during re
cent strikes of street car emnloves
have indicated which routes through
iJernn are vital for transportation.
THE TWO ENDS
OF A TELESCOPE
With your eye to the right
end, objects spring forward
and details are easily seen.
Look through the wrong end
and away they go, out of reach
and far away. Details are lost.
Buy through advertising and
you've got your eye to the right
end of a telescope. Your vis
ion is enlarged. The things
that interest you are brought
close at hand. New buying
pdwer is gained.
Through advertising you
learn the important things
about merchants, stores, goods,
services all the things of
which you may be a possible
customer. You get a clear,
telescopic view a "closeup"
before you buy.
Advertising eliminates guess
work. It affords the positive
way of getting what you want.
READ THE ADVERTISE-
MENTS IN THIS PAPER.
GET YOUR MONEY'S
WORTH!
CONCRETE STEAMERS
TO BE CONSTR UCTED
AT NEW
Newport Shipbuilding Corporation Cinches Big
Contract for Government, and Announces That
Work Will Be Done as Far as Possible at Home
Port May Also ConveYt Cars Here.
Seven concrete river steamers
w411 be constructed in NEW
BERN by the Newport Ship
building corporation, according
to a ' statement made to . the
SUN-JOURNAL this afternoon
by F. E. Engstrum, head of the
company, who this morning re
turned to the city after spend
ing several days at Washington
in conference with government
officials. -
In addition to this, it is very
likely that a number of larger
vessels Mill be built here (plans
and specifications for these now
being worked out by govern
ment engineers) and also that a
large number of acid-carrying
cars will be converted into tank
ers, the total contract amount
ing to more than six million dol
lars. ., . ..
BUILD NUMBER OF SHIPS
As stated in this paper Tues
day afternoon, NEW BERN has
been fortunate in securing the
construction of seven large river
steamers, at least, these to be
built of concrete. There are a
number of much larger ships,
also of concrete, to be built as
a part of this contract, and as
soon as the draught of these has
been ..determined : it will . be
known definitely whether- they
can be built at the NEW BERN
yards. In this latter connec
tion, government engineers and
TREATIES
Offices Will Be Opened and
Equipped for This Special
Purpose
(By Associated Press) '
LONDON, Aug. 4. Sir James Eric
Drummond, secretary-General of the
league of nations, has just notified
the members of the league of nations
that an office for the registration and
publication of treaties has been set
up in acocrdance with the terms of
the memorandum approved by the
council of the league at its meeting
in Rome in May. A statement is
sued from the secretary-general's
office says: . k
"Article 18 of the covenant of the
league of nations reads:
" 'Every treaty or international en
gagement entered into hereafter by
any member of the league shall be
forthwith registered with the secre
tariat and shall as soon as possible be
published by it. No such treaty or
international engagement shall be!
binding until no registered.'
Strength in Publicity.
"And the council of the league of
nations declared in its memorandum
of May 19, 1920: 'Publicity has for
a long time been considered as a
source of moral strength in the ad
ministration of national law. It
should equally strengthen the laws
and engagements which exist between
nations. It will promote public con
trol. It will awaken public interest.
It will remove causes for distrust and
conflict. Publicity alone will enable
the league of nations to extend a
moral sanction to the contractual ob
ligations of its members. It will,
moreover, contribute to the forma
tion of a clear and indisputable sys
tem of international law.'
"A treaty will have legal existence
after.it has been presented for regis
tration by the parties concerned, to
whom a certificate of registration
will be delivered.
"In addition, in a second register,
a page will be reserved for each
treaty. All relevant information will
be entered therein, signatures and ra
tifications by the parties, and if nec
essary, subsequent accessions, of
withdrawals.
Treaty Now Be Registered.
"Certified extracts from this regis
ter may be delivered to states, tri
bunals or individuals concerned.
"The treaties will not only be reg
istered, but also published. They
will appear in a special section of
the Official Journal of the league of
nations, through which they may be
come known to all.
"Moreover the council of the
league of nations, actuated by the
spirit of Article 18, has authorized
the secretary-general to register and
to riublish treaties concluded be-
tween countries not members of the
league, should they request it. The
league of nations thus hopes lo
realize, within, the limits of possi
bility, the system of open interna
tional engagements."
LEAGUE NATIONS
TO REGISTER ALL
WORLD
BERN
others who are interested say
that even should the draught
be . such as to require some
dredging - for an outlet : fijom
NEW BERN to the sea, this can
be done before the completion
of the work on the seven smaller
ships.
' Returning with Mr. Engstrum
this morning were H. E. Bar
low, secretary of the chamber of
commerce; Dr. J. F. Patterson
and John F. Aberly, who went :
to Washington early in the week
to render whatever assistance
possible in clinching this ship
building contract for NEW
BERN. These gentlemen are
enthusiastic over what has been
accomplished and declare that
it will mean much to the city,,
WORK WILL BEGIN AT ONCE
Just when the construction
work on the first of the seven
steamers will start has not been
definitely decided, '.Mr.' Eng
strum stating this afternoon :
that he would await the return
of R. H. Arnold, who has charge
of the actual operations at the
plant and who is now at the
national capital, before giving
out any information in this re
gard. It Is said unofficially that
operations will begin in the
course of the next three or, four
, weeks and that the work will be
carried on as rapidly as possible
thereafter. -
CITY OF CONCORD
Hundred Delegates Present For
Convention, Which Will Last
Through Friday
(By Associated Press.) .
CONCORD, Aug. 4. The thirty
fifth convention'of the Women's Mis
sionary Society of the North Carolina
Synod convened in St. James' Luther
an ChurcA in this city this morning.
About one hundred delegates, ar
present for the convention. .
The delegates were welcomed by
Mrs. S. A. Wolff and the response
was made by Mrs. J, L. Morgan, of
Salisbury. The, report of the presi
dent, Mrs. F. A. Bassinger, of Wil
mington, was one of the chief features
of the morning session. " -
During . the afternoon session a
short study in missionary methods,
conducted by Doctor E. C. Cronk, of
New York City, was hard and fol
lowing his address the reports of the
departmental secretaries were re
ceived. ,
The sessions will continue through
Friday. :-
FRANCE VERY RAPIDLY
RECOVERING FROM WAR
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, Aug. 4. "France is on the
way to recovery," Eugene Schneider,
the ironmaster, tojd the delegates to
the International Chamber of Com
merce at its dedicatory session in the
Sorbonne. He' supported his opti
mism with figures on the reconstruc
tion of the devasted regions. These
showed that 2,412 factories -employ
ing 2 35 persons were operating in
the invaded departments. This, how
ever, was compared to 3,336 factor
ies employing 668,000 before the war.
BRITAIN HAS OUTLINED
WISE RAILWAY PROGRAM
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON. Aug. 4. The govern
ment's railway program, intended as
an alternative to nationalization of
the roads, which are now subsidized
provides for the formation of the rail
ways of England and Wales into six
groups, the main groups to absorb
all the smaller lines. Present share
holders are to form the majority of
each board of management, but each
board also is to include "members
elected from and by the workers on
the railway." Direct competition be
tween groups is to be eliminated.
New Agricultural Head.
(By Associated Press)
WEST RALEIGH, Aug. 4. R. E
Bosque has been elected to succeed
Professor Dean G. Carter as head of
the department of agricultural en -
gineering at the State College. Pro
fessor Carter will return to Iowa to
engage in extensive farming opera
tions.
WOMEN'S SOCIETY
HOLDS CONVENTION
IpTORSARECfi
, ASc TD nil)T
AT "111 IlltJ 111 I I III I
f wiiTU Aiiiirnnrirr
I MiiiiHmLHUiiitm
i - - ti
Declare They Will Not Trouble
Suffrage Until Suffrage;,. -,
Troubles Them
i ts t
DIRECT LIMITATION V
TAX RATE QUESTION
First Comers for Special Session
Are Giving This Matter
Special Study
(By MAX ABERNETHY 1;
RALEIGH, Aug. .4. That the con
stitutional amendment limiting the
tax rate should be a direct ' limita
tion rather . than an indirect one;
eems to be - the , sentiment of the
majority of the members of. the sub
committees of the. house, and senate '
on finance, who are' in the city- for
a series of 'conferences on legisla
tion for the special session. , ' ;
The r committee spent the major
portion of its' first session in a dis
cussion of the constitutional amend
ments which are" to be prepared for
submission to the people in the No
vember election,- and while no defin
ite ideas were .formulated' some of '
the -most influential members of the
committee : intend - to make' a stiff
fight for the direct. Umltation. of the
tax rate.. - r-t -r - - fv .
As everyone i knows, the present
constitutional , limit of 66 2-3 cents
on the hundred dollar valuation1' js
arrived at through an interpretation
of the poll tax clause of the consti
tution, .and this : clause leaves loop!
holes which allows' different com
munities "to levy more than the con-,
stitutional- limit for -'necessary, ex
penses." ' SenatorvJoe. Brown, of ' the
committee, believes that the .phra'sr
elogy: of the amendment-should be
direct and ;to the point, which would .
leave little or no loop-holes for' court
interpretations of what -are necessary
expenses; , "-' t ; -'", v - ".. ' v i. '.
Is Hearing AU Sides . '-
.The committee, however. Is hear
ing all side sof s the, question, and,'
recoginizlng the financial trouble
of municipalities as a4- result, of tha
ten : percent limit ! on' new. revenues
under the re-valuation act, they have
called a conference' on next Tuesday
of the mayors, city and county offi
cials and other interested citizens in
order to get their ideas of ways nd
means for the relief of the cities-
The committee o, members are In- '
dulging in discussion of general prin "
c I pies' now; in view of the fact that"
the tax commission has not been able .
to give them the complete tabula-
tion of the new tax values. ' The tax"1
commission has promised .these re
ports by the latter part of this week,
At. the present time thirteen coun
ties are missing from' the. lists and
these missing conhties are expected
to send in their reports . Wednesday r
and Thursday. -,,';.;.::" ";' ' ,
Neither the tax commission 'nor
the committee would "make a definite -guess
as to the, possible maximum "Of
the increased values of : property. x
shown by. the : re-yaluation -act, but
it was generally conceded that the
new values would be somewhere In -the
neighborhood of lour billion" d61-T
lars, or four hundred per-cent ln--crease.
his would permit quartering
the present tax rate., . , V , ,
Suffrage Another ' Question '.
"What about suffrage," was the
query put to a group, of the mem-.
bers of the' legislature, here for the
preliminary wDrk today. ... '
"That's another i question,"., came
the answer to the newspaper" man.
question. --'--
And that represents the attitude" (
and ideas of those members of the, 't
legislature 'who ..are first on the
ground: They are devoting theli"
full time and attention to the tax .
program, and do not Intend to trotf-
ble suffrage until suffrage troubles,,
them. That does not mean that
they are indifferent to the fact that
suffrage will be a vital issue before
them at this special session, for they
are thinking about It, and -ar ,
watching the Tennessee situation.
with a great deal of interest.
Chairman Tom . Warren, . of the .
democratic executive committee,' who v
has opened headquarters here over
the Briggs hardware store on Fay-
etteville street, says that the legls- -lature
has the boards and will hold
the attention of the voters for the
next four weeks, so he is not doin
very much other than getting the. or
ganization - in shape. Tie has al-
ready started his stenographers- to .
work, and is. sending literature out
William Joyner, a young attorney -of
Raleigh, has been made secretary to.
take the place of Secretary - Whiter
hurst, who resigned because of the
pressure of private business. 1 -''
INDICTMENTS RETURNED
IN STRIKE INVESTIGATION
..',
(By Associated Press)
j CHICAGO, Aug. 4. The federal
grand jury investigating the recent
railroad strike reported at 2:30 this
i afternoon, it was announced at the
federal building today. Iti was re-
ported that the jury had returned in
dictments against forty one leaders
in the strike. '"'
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