If Ton Want allhe'Newf About 1 i: Business Read the Ada Dailf' 1 Vt lur.-. 23; Number 32. SIX PAGES TODAY NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1920 ONE SECTION TODAY Single Copy: Five Cents '8 MAKE LAST STAND AGAINST R JuIGLANB ISSUES ULTIMATUM TW 7 w v:osn;i : 7 Tn nrnrii Its ci ri .il iu trai. :i ELECTIDIi LAV Ciatg Teitraticn of. Labor Ap- tola Vt'eidcd to Pri- r r:ry System :: cial co:i:.iittee to iiai;dli: tiid tax matter IVtb-bly Be Placed C.! ur.t3 to Be Lcvird 7" ! 1 11 XX IX AHERNETHY.) , PtALriGII, Aug. 5. Any effort td Tereal t; e ttate-wida primary law vill irifet with st.1'1 opposition from the State federation of labor, accord ing to s? timent gathered from la bor leaders here today who were ask 4 as to v I at action if any would bo taken ia the event a bill for the re- Tal cf tu3 law was introduced : at the f r " ' 1 - :,ion of the general aa tembly v.: meets here next week. The : l or leaders here declare that they e is rot only satisfied with the primary l at they will "do everything ossify to bring about fhe defeat of any ti.l i-'roduced either, atf the spe ci.il e i: i or the regular session cf the I- ' lators. That the primary 13 the orly democratic way ft select ir g t r ' i :: at is the . expression of the l .' r lrx 3 era, who point out-that thouli the e'ate revert to the old con vention 1 1 n labor's 4 wishes would not 1 c il'i out at"all. -s- ' 1 ' f Frimary Law. ; , . TI - . f rt-cal of the primary li'v v . l e one of the most reac- t'cnar; taken in North Caro-.' l'r. i h:i -, hi-years is the;way'one, j f t h -? i 1 "' - r heads -expresses t it. r ig out that even s ' : ( : ; : .. ays get what it de- 'r. - t r rimary it 'will at faction of knov- --nt for the candi 1 - i '' ". n's choice. - ; e tb.at-.th? spe . , ... : gisiature is going. X - -: . rv'- at full tilt during :3 t i; r iii order to complete the It !, but in -spite of this fact t. e.1. a I trir-.ir Two V.! t that ! Vnd " r ' ably will be intreduc : '. " :r 5 to the repeal of the " 3 of the legislature, ci house, stated today j ; c-ulJ sponsor such a hill.! i neither member wa3 - op- j irn! : ever securing the passage, f t .. . 1 at'thi3 session, they made '. i h ' . that they considered such a ove ir: ?' rative. .' .. Foil - ir t a long discussion by the! cml crs c f the subcommit'tees 'of ie bous9 f.nj senate on finance here jsterday Et tcth morning and after oon se : -3 it was decided to put ;e work c i framing a constitutional T. i: :;r:ie::.t limiting the tax rate un er tha r; luation act in the hands fa special committee. This com- littee has teen named and is n?w at 0. ix. . -. ... ' F-:r?'men.t of Jfajorlty. The sentiment of the .majority of he mer er3 of the two committees 3 for placing a limit upon the amount the state and -counties may levy, but there ia a wide divergence of Opinion as to what shall be done-with respect to the municipalities. Over this. fea ture fe hard fight is anticipated not nly before the work is completed ere this week by the sub-committees but it ia expected to be one eff the principal questiona-';. before both houses of the legislature.. While no definite figures are avail able from the state tax commission as to the state's taxable property, in cluding public utilities, it will more than likely run around $3, 500,000,- 000 as compared with $1,099,000, 000 last year. The tax rate, - of course, will be materially 'reduced as the result of this increase under th revaluation act. i LIFE CELT FROM LU51TANIA MAKES REMARKABLE TRIP Makes Horseshoe Journey Around Atlantic Ocean and Takes Five .. , Years for Tour . (By Associated Press) . PHILADELPHIA. Aug.- 5. Sclen- tiotn are er'eatlv Interested . In the probable route followed by the Lusi tania life belt recently picked up In the Deleware river off one of the city irn in. th center of Fmiaaeipma. "Thev estimate it traveled from 12,000 to. 15,000'-miles and required more than five years in its journey. The Lusitanla was torpedoed off r the Irigh coast en May 7'li&, nya rographers figure that the belt went . throueh the Irish Sea and around the north of Scotland; down through ' the "North Sea and the English Chan nel;" down the coast of France and Spain ana Ainca. lueiw mc im ' ..n krtr. it across the Atlantic. . En tering the Gulf stream, jit . was car ried north. It. escaped , from this ! current, and drifted to the ueiaware capes. Probably the propeller c of a steamship caught it up at the capes and prougni u up ine utsiawaio. When found afloat it was 100 miles " i - the river from the capes. " v- - '' The lifebelt ;waa covered .with 't):arn'aVie's; When 'these were' scraped off ; the'" in n;e of , the Lusitanla was founa -antt -easuy aecipuereu. J Wife of Democratic Nominee For Vice-President and Their Children Urn 1 ItfiWtl&i , ti r 1 1 1 -ori V mgrili tii a m m Mrs.V, Franklin D.' Roosevelt,, wife of President, and four of their fe children photographed' at their summer home on Campobello Isle.t Can.iUa. ; li'rom left to right Anna,' John, "Mrs: Itooseveltj-Franklin D., JrM and Elliot. on a fishing trip when this photograph Huge Bald Eagle Takes Wild Ride On ' Back of Salmon in Gulf of Georgia By AmoclateU Treaa)' ' ' SEATTLE, Wash., Aui?." 5. Every -.itian. aboard the- schoontsr; ' ... KooscveIt, from Uiio master to r the.-cook; la from rymmtvif age, said thy would take an oath w that they saw a. huge bald eagle ' , take a wil d ride on a ' salmon's ' back lit the, stretch of water bt- - v tween Cape Mudge and Seymour ': Narrows, Gulf of Georgia. 'And '. ; they brought the eagle to Seattle . to prove it' ', s jj ' , 1 J The Roosevelt was on its way ' to Seattle from the Ashing banks ' in Hecate- Strait. Shortly after . '- passing Seymour Narrows mem bers.of the crew said they notic- ' ed .a bald eagle" flying close to . , , r the water, near the vessel. As . ' tley watched the big bird skim ming near the surface, a spring - . salmon, estimated to weigh about ; twenty pounds, leaped clear of the swift moving current. Quick as a flash the eagle drove his sharp talons into the fish's back. . ' VOLUME ON TYPHOONS OF INTEREST TO MARINERS . "' (By Auoclated Preu.) SHANGHAI, Aug. 5.A volume of interest, to mariners who visit, Far Eastern waters is "Tracks of 620 Ty phoons." : by Rev. Louis Froc, S. J. which has been issued from Siccawei Observatory, an " institution conduct ed in ( Shanghai by French Jesuits. In a foreword . the author says the first purposal was to prepare the charts "as an appendix to a more general and detailed study - of oceanic storms of the Far East." The period covered by the volume is from 1893 to 1918. ., ' Poland Builds Railway ., (By Associated Press.) , WARSAW, Aug. 5. -The first new railroad line built by Poland since the armistice was formally h: opened for traffic recently, the line saving 70 kilometers, between Warsaw anU Poa nan, the two largest cities in the new republic. . , . Miss Harriet Mills to be Probably as Candidate for Secretary of State SARATOGA SPRINGS, Aug. 5. Miss Harriet May Mills, of Syracuse, has been unanimously decided upon ing the democratic state convention for the place on the state ticket which the men leaders are understood to have agreed shall go to a woman. ,'hV;.v- -.-:'--y' :,'. ' ' The selection of Miss Mills, who is thus likely to be the first woman candidate for a state office of either, of the major parties in this state, was made at a meeting of the women ; called by Mrs. John Sherwin Crosby. ; h--; . ':'.'h; " . .. v;- ' - - A committee, headed by Mrs. Crosby and Mrs. Ella O'Gorman Stanton, of the Bronx called upon state Chairman William W. Farley and urged the selection of MIss Mills for a place on the ticket. The particular place was not mentioned, but it is generally understood that Miss Mills will be considered for secretary of state. : Mr. Farley was reported to have said that it was for the women to select a candidate and-that the men would probably do their part. As the convention will not designate, candidates, the choice of Miss Mills is not- final. The present plan 13 to enter her in the primaries, but it, is believed that a general agreement w:il be brought about by which she will receive the support of the regular democratic organ'zations. i Miss Mills has long been active in .work for woman suffrage, was for merly head of the New York Woman Suffrage Association, atid was a delegate at large to the democratic national convention. Her candidacy is designed to appeal to women owing to the discontent among them over, the designation of Senator James W. Wadsworth, jv., for renomi nation by the republican state convention. ,; . 1 .,., I 'A , the democratic candidate for Vice- ' James, the eldest boy, was away was made. , ' '. , . ' 1 -' There was a great splash, as the big , springer dived, taking V. the eagle beneatJh the surface. All hankis nislned to thet rail t :. ftiiey said, tile fish and the bird disappeared in the .water while ' the Roosevelt isteered a coui-se rlose behind them. if Filially the eagle loosened its . hold on the salmon and flopped : over on the surface of the water completely exhausted. It had put up a game fight, but had lost it prey.- The. crew of the Rooser velt pulkl the bird aboard with a bait book. The eagle was Iicai-ly drowned, ' but on deck it soon recovered and showed flglit. ; While the battle between the bird and the fish was in progress two other eagles, the Roosevelt's men said, flew around the vicini- -ty screaming loudly. Captain Barney' Pedersam presented th - captured eagle to one o fthe local public parks. SENATOR COOPER STRONG SUPPORTER OF SUFFRAGE WILMINGTON, Aug. 5. Senator W. B. Cooper, who was nominated for Lieutenant Governor in the State pri mary, . leave Monday for Raleigh to attend the special session of the Gen eral Assembly. Senator Cooper an nounced this afternoon that he will support the suffrage amendment. Representative L. Clayton : Grant, of New Hanover county,! Will also vote fof the suffrage amendment. Strasbourg Cannon Restored STRASBOURG, Aug. 5. In con formity with article 145 of the Ver sailles treaty, the German govern mqnt has surrendered to the munici pality of Strasbourg "thirty-six old cannon removed from the city by the German troops in 1870. New Prohibition Ruling. BALTIMORE; Aug. S.-State's At torney General Armstrong has ruled that the police of Baltimore City do not possess the power to make ar rests for violations of the Volstead act. on Democratic Ticket as the choice of the women attend I BLACK EN ESCAPE WITH LOOT Police" Scouring Country Around Wilson in Effort to ApDre- to- hend Robbers TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ; IN LIBERTY BONDS' LOST Robbers Were Unable to Open Cash Box, Which Was Left In Street " WILSON, Aug. 5. Yeggmen early today combed the safe of the Black Crock. Bank, at Black ' Creek," six miles east of here, securing ' between , $10,000 and 1 $12,000 in Liberty Bonds. After . opening the door of the safe the intruders removed .the cash box form the vault and with a truck carried1 it to the street. The rob bers were unable to open the 4 box, which contained several thousand' dollars, and left it in the street, where it was found early this morning. No clues to the identity of the robbers has been found. .'. ' ; . ' The men are believed to have escaped in an automobile with their loot,' and police of every , city, and village in this section Jiave been notified to be on the i alert; . s:V.v-; A;,h ;-;'v:i,v- The village of Black Creek has no' police force, and reports reaching here indicate that the robbers went stbout their work with little fear of discovery. Police are today scouring the surrounding country in an effort to capture the yeggmen, believ ed to be four In number. DEMAND UNCONDITIONAL r; SURRENDER. OF CANTU ";4? ";'! ". J : J&:- ' ". ""(Hr AsnmAated ' Press.) '"" ' LOS ANGELES, ' Cal., Aug. 5. Unconditional surrender was demand ed of Governor1 Esteban Cantu, Joi the northern district of Lower Cali fornia, by the representatives of Pro visional President de la Huerta, who recently conferred with him at Mexi cali, it was announced here today at the agency 6f the de facto Mexican government. n : NORTH CAROLINA WOMAN LIVES OVER 100 YEARS RALEIGH, Aug. 5. The bureau of Vital Statistics has announced the death at Big Laurel, Madison Coun ty, of Miss Dorcas Griffin, at the age of 117, her age shaving been apparent ly verttfied by the Griffin's family Bible. She was born March 20, 1803 according to the Bible record, and died at the place of her birth several weeks ago. . ' IF TO FIGHT CAPITAL Tenants are Banding Together and Would Intimidate Those Who Would Oust Them (By Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Aug. '5. In seeking to have their tenants restrained from alleged intimidation of prospective tenants, Max and Rose Cutes, land lords of a Brooklyn apartment house, today filed papers with Supreme Court Justice Squires asserting that a "soviet" of twelve residents had been established there to carry on a vociferious warfare against "capitalist-rule." ' . At one of the alleged "soviet" cele brations on the sidewalk in front of the house, the Cutes complained, a soap box orator shouted that "capi talists should be strung up to a tele graph pole and then taken down and tortured until dead." Specific acts of which the "soviet" tenants are accused include hanging of "tenant strikes" posters from the fire-escap? and every window and intimidation of new tenants by threats of throwing out bodily both iem and their household goods. Butchers, bakers and other shop men were said to be included "as capitalists" by the soviet" which was alleged to be .ruled by a captian. CHRISTENSEN MAKES DENIAL I. W. W. CONTROL (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Aug. 5. Parley P Christensen, presidental nominee of the farmer-labor party, today issued a statement denying that the party was controlled by the Industria Workers of the World, as charged in Salt Lake Citv last nieht. bv two Dartv leaders resigning from the Utah stata organization. ROBBED BY YEGGN V FORMED NEW YORK TENANTS BREST LITOVSK HAS FALLEN; LAST BASTION IN DEFENSE OF WARS A THREE MEN HURT AN EXPLOSION Spark From Defective Exten sion Cord Ignites Gas Vapor and Blast Follows SERIOUS DISASTER IS BARELY AVERTED r inancial Loss Will Be Slight as Ship Can Be Readily Repaired , v' ' C. G. Fulcher; an employee of the Newport Shipbuilding corporation was badly 'burned while Edward T i Swindell and B. F. Dixon, also em ployed ,by that company, were more or less burned ' and shocked when vapor which they were blowing from one of the fuel tanks on the "Col. J. E., Sawyer, the first concrete steam er constructed at that plant, became ignited shortly after 7 o'clock wed- IN ON CONCRETE S neaday evening and caused an expio- Dunajeo campaign during the world war, and the Poles are repeat pftai outflanked and forced to leave positions; they have held ing treated is to the effect that he is for dayg against frontal attacks.- ; - , ;...; y :-. "W uSerStrcustancesblemi n. u TO ARRANGE ARMISTICE -! r probably be discharged in the course ' ' The Polish armistice commission leaves Warsaw '.foi Minsk to'- of the next few days. . day to nieet representatives of the Moscow government for the tanRke?ni arranging an armistice and beginning peace negotia- and fifteen hundred gallons of gaso- i110 v. -' u . . t1' , ' ',:: ' ; ' - line had' been removed therefrom; .There are many reports of allied, action to stop' the advance, of -jn .order that-op Poland, but m yet teltJzs . 2e?EW:S5riB has beenreported relative to this phase of the seem, afternoon to return at. 7 o'clock and Higly, desperate situation, confronted by, the infant republic. " blow the fumes from the tank, and - V The steady. march of the Russians upon Wat saw: has created i thdaccidenT doins kt tlm5 of situation which is causing grave anxiety in European capitals. V ;. . is; Probiemeticai. : ' C:). : CHECK MARCH OF RUSSIANS 1 ' ! I: '"I '. W.- i,Zut?t ifbe- Rallies are making representations to Soviet Russia in the Hid lieved to have been a spark from a of Poland, the British note dispatched yesterday .being now de- detective extension cord, instant- lLwiih?i!Lni plosion followed a double pa of gas tank exploded, and the! three men i who were most seriously injured were enveloped in flames and knock ed down. -U ' ':!.' : "- The terrific force of the blast did some damage to the tank proper, but tTiia rt Ko ronairod aava iha ',fiianM agement of the plant, at a cost of less than $200 and in a day ' pr two. Adjacent to the tank in which the ex- nlosion occurred and senarated onlv hv wall nf r-infnrcfid concrete, was another tank in which there were fifteen hundred gallons of gasoline. This latter tank was in no way dam aged and its contents undisturbed. Had this exploaded it is likely that the damage done would have been Immense and lives would probably have been lost. v Explosion Terrific. - v The force of the explosion wa.. heard for blocks and dwelling houses in that locality were shakenl Some thought that there had been an earth quake, but as soon as the full realiza tion of what iad happened occurred, an alarm of fire, was Bent in. , The shrieking of the fire sirens out at the city plant and that at the plant of the NEW BERN Ice company, com bined with fire engines shooting up and down the streets, one engine ans wering an alarm on the opposite side of town, brought hundreds forth and the yard and docks at the Newport plant were soon a seething mass of humanity. Had another- explosion occurred at th.it time the loss of life might ha,ve been frightful. Damages Slight. However, firemen were on the scene in a lew minutes aner me alarm came in and succeeded in sub duing the flames which had been caused by the explosion, while the injured men were placed in an ambu lance and rushed to the hospital for treatment. Later in the' evening the manage ment of the plant gave out a state ment to the effect that the amount of damage done to the boat was slight and could easily be repaired. They pointed to the fact that the big con crete tank adjoining that in wmcn the explosion occurred had held in tact desnite the force of the blast and were pleased at the showing this had made. The "Col. J. E. Sawyer," will have necessary repairs made in the course of a few days and will then leave this port to be placed in service. BRITISH EAST AFRICA ANNEXED TO THE CROWN (By Associated Press.) NAIROBI, East Africa, Aug. 5. The governor of the East Africa Pro tectorate. Major General Sir Edward Northey, announces that British East Africa has been formally annexed to the Crown under the name of "Kenia Colony-" The Sultan of Zamzibar's coast dominions, he said, will retain the statue of Protectorate under the name of "Kenia Protectorate." W IN HANDS All Efforts of Armies of Infant Repubiic; to 'Stem the Tide of . the Russian Invasion Seem to iHayV Been Fruitless Desperate Situatibn. Confronts The Defenders. POLES STILL HOLD GREAT FORTRESS ' - , . - ;.- ; . .-" --'''" ' 1 '' '' Russians are Advancing in Echelon and - aVe' Re peatedly Outflanking the Poles, Who are Being Forced to Evacuate Position They Have Held' for Days Against Frontal Attack. - ' 'X , - ' (By Associated Press) Efforts by the armies of the Polish republic to stem the Hde'df the Russian bolsheviki invasion, which threatens Warsaw, seem to have been futile. k . ' ; ..s ,l - -- Brest Litovsk, the last bastion in the permanent defenses east of the Polish capital, is in the hands of . the Soviet armies: and It g.- 0 o n l i r-w4 O nf o ilenn A , "r iuWU JUu.uu ,u S" ; Ut, noheast, and Kovel, northeast of Brest Litovsk, have been gitti., U e 'es ' L . , POLES HOLD West of Brest Litovsk .the Poles still hold the. great fortress that has made that city one of the principal frontiers of eastern, Europe, but the Soviet troops have crossed, the river Bug further to the northwest, and it would appear this move would compel the retirement of the Poles from their defenses. . . i '. The Russians are advancing in Echelon, after the tactics adopted by General Mackensen when he led scriDed in some quarters as in the nature of an ultimatum, !! though allegations that it contained a threat of war.are not con- by twep others as firmed in authoritative quarters. The Russian emissaries now,tn -is "pockets" in the London are reported to have recognized the gravity of conditions J and to De urgimr tneu government 1'oland. British Officials Anxions LONDON, Aug. 6. Leo Kameneff, president of the Moscow Soviet, is , "PurlBU lo nave Bent amessage w, i his government asking that Russial immediately the -original ( riiisn- proposals ror an armistice i "" -Poland. naiueneu, ii ia saia, seni nis message aner ne ana leonia n.rassin, . the Russian Minister of Trade and! Commerce, had a very plain talk I with Premier Lloyd George and Andrew Bonar Law, government lead er in the house of commons, last night. r Members Russian Commission Up to the middle of this afternoon no reply had been received M. Kameneff and M. Krassln are members of the Russian commission which came here to conduct negotla- tions looking to the restoration of iraae Detween ureat Brman and Kus- sia. The Polish armistice and neace H leeation left Warsaw for Minsk to-' day. accordine to advices recnlved here. . i day considered th ' Polish situation Among British officials and diplo-l and tftat "large quanities of war tna mats of other nations here, undis-i 'terial are t0 oe sent Immediately In guised anxiety is felt over the Rus-; sian-Polish situation. One high affi cial said: "The situation is as grave as that in August, 1914." Warefare is Threatened. Statements printed by extremist newspapers here htat Great Britain has threatened to declare war against Soviet Russia if the Bolsheviki ad-j vance into Poland is not halted, have not been confirmed in aufioritative circles. While it is generally agreed the allies are taking an emphatic stand upon the terms sent by Earl Curzon, British secretary of state for foreign affairs, to George Tchetcherin, Bol sheviki foreign minister, on July 20, in which he stated that if the Soviet government made war upon the Po lish people the allies would assist the Poles, nothing reliable is known which would justify the assumption that such assistance would take the form of a declaration of war, with all such a declaration would involve. May Declare Blockade. In military circles here the view ia taken that the allies principal wea pon against the Bolsheviki, if it is decided to oppose them, will be the blockade, and that the Poles will, if possible, be given supplies. Doubt is expressed, however, as to the pos sibility of conveying supplies to the Polish army in the event that the Bolsheviki capture Warsaw and close the corridor to Danzig. In this case a blockade might be the only means of helping Poland. Poles Prepare For Rally WARSAK, Aug. 5. The Russian RED AkMt -Svm4 i am sn4s'4 ml Km. S. sL FORTRESS the German armies In the great ' to check the Russian tnnrrh in - armies driving ' against'- the' PolUh Iinee defending Warsaw ' re-malnf taicing an average progreis of lit- .Ti.es per day Vi. tae direction of th - ?; - They are being held li the aonth, hever, and fa ( nse placet arft b-i ing pab& ha from lb 3 dUtrlcti east of Lerotrg. which was one of he objectives their-present cam- pa gn. . T ' -' To-day's offlcal statement, inuad a., general stair bet dquartva neclae the Poles have retaken tha town 6f Brady, near the Galatian frontie?,' and have forced the Bolsheviki back into Russia In the . region of Radquivlov, northeast of Brodyy " American aviators fighting v with the Kosciuscko squadron are battling aeainst General . Budeninc'av cavalrv and infantry along the Sereth River, where , the Soviet forcet hava iot , made any headway .V f, ' 1 , , . ., , : . - , - Britian to Stand Vtrm - LONDON, Aug. 5. Tha eranint News says that .the government . to concert wiin ranee. .. -. - "There is no intention on the part of the allies." the newspaper add; "to depart in the slightest degre from their position regarding Po land. : ;'v... ,'W"-1 , v -t ' . - ' . - -4- .' ,-' Poles Plea For Aid ' - WARSAW. Aug. 5. The Polish government has, asked the. membars of the Franco-British mission to, -turn respectively to Paris and Lon don, lay the real situation in Poland - before their governments and gira their opinion as regards suitable aid. Are Ready To Leave PARIS, Aug. 5.-r-It waa semi-ofn-clally announced here to-day -that Lord D'Alberhon, head of the' British mission to Poland; and J. J. Josser and, head of the. French- mission. Would leave Warsaw before the ad of the present week. " " FERRIS STILL IN LEAD FOR THE U. S. SENATE (By Associate Press.) OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Aug:' fc. Although late returns -from Tues day's primary , cut down somewhat the early lead piled up by Represen tative Scott Ferriss for the democra tic nomination for United States sen ator, he still had a lead of 24.6S0 over Senator, Thomas T. Gore ' on .a tabulation by the Daily Oklahoman to day of complete but. unofficial vre; turns from, 2,115 of the .2,708 are cincts of the state. ' - j " J