North Carolina Newspapers

:ber 34. EIGHT PAGES TODAY NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920. ONE SECTION TODAY Single Copy: Five Cents A P.BW.P'IPR ThKMftifW A TUT V ElmwMmter- MemsfaMcMast Of WarmiM XSJLVJLJLLJl. V -L .11. -U. -U. V-L.V- :imrr m HUill !U 2UI i Hammering 3 East of waging in front cf the Soviet - j Icn Preas) 7. Russian ::crir.2r the . t and east :ve encoun-'--ce. With ' i n round .: i: -i relish : by. the 1 report -they have rate fig'ht- IlETIRE , 2 I ccn forced tel, about : t-Litovsk ";:c, about . Thus the 1 a foot L tf the tut it . :r progr C3 the 1 : i years c ' r.vzzt -be . are . :;zive '! 1 t-Litovsk ; tl.s Polish ! J a terrific r rth on the t Lattie line ' :r t fought; 5 have been is and the t. At a point tl. a German Vilzs are well t 1 : : ? Idiing their cf t' 2 heavy as 1 i ..Ir positions, ti.i j ;:tor of the : : i ; cf a serious j seen to be fr V. 1 Confer " v 7 Premier Mlller at 7:30 o'clock to- ! l ' t wi.l ( ! ti 1 t: j c,r ( i i ' f . prer -r i. ty t at " It e .r elry ; a:: i.- f pt ti j nd, where he it h Premier - Lloyd to t ; e Polish sltua Fo a will accompany , 1 lor Toland, consisting t 3 divisions each, from t . Eritian. Hungary, Let via and possibly other 3 of the emergency I e discussed, by the two plan, as well as oth , been recommended h and British missions i pointed out that Hun arly can send good.cav- a t field. - r - , it is understood,' would , ft J and it has been pro- tnese reinforcements take ire Warsaw to defend cf Poland. ' ..; ' Note to Powers ' Aug. 7. The Polish c; co has sent a note to the i a Ei ecial note to the United n the actual political situa v; i learred to-day,. -. ..: ,:- ' TO.V LEDGE iIAT- PAYS -cvledge is bought by ef t ikes time and money: to .;- it.', " ' , c lore makes a pan' ' 1 -re of current events i-i opinion respected v-t. - r: :-.(( niake3 his ser- ; ..hiable. . " . fr r ac lr. n.i . vl ' .. .. 1 what d.ej advertising ' - . ' It : ' i to- his knowledge. -It ! r3- blm abreast of the t! - i -filing teaches . how to : o.st in value and en ' at the least, expend!--v, 1 it he has earned. -; '-rs are a type-'. - ;ty. . - advertisements i - ' -..-iwledga' that J foi'tj: allies ; Ktat( i ( tion, it MARYLAND DECISION ON PROHIBITION MAY AFFECT ALL STATES 1 (By Parker R. Anderson) WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. The ot torney general of Marylan has ren dered a decision regarding the pro hibition enforcement law which may ultimately affect all states, including North Carolina, if his contention Is upheld that the Volstead law enforce- rnent is solely a federal function and that state officials have nothing to do with it. i . Won't Enforce Prohibition Attorney General 'Armstrong, of Maryland, 'rules that Baltimore city policemen and other state officials are not bound or authorized to make arrests for violations of the Volstead law.. He says that prohibition is a matter to be enforced by the inter national . revenue -bureau through commissioner -Williams and prohibi tion director Kramer, and that local officials are not, bound to take any cognizance of its violations. His de cision is the most sweeping yet ren dered by' any state official. , , Commissioner Williams,' of the In-. ternal Revenue bureau, the legal de partment of the bureau and John F'.j 111! CONFESSES SLAYIt.'G HUSBAND fffiiy YEARS AGO Buried Body Under Stable In Trunk and Then Went Away BAYEUX. CALVADOS, France, Aug. 7. Self-confesed slayer of her husband, whom she admitted having killed fifteen years ago, Madame Hu- chez walked away from J the local court house a free woman, the police commisioner powerless, under the law, to arrest and arraign her. ' Martial IJfe ITnhiippy. ?- ' . Madame Huchez and her 'itusband in 1905 jointly kept the Inn of the Golden Lion on the outskirts of this town. Their marital life was unhap py, violent quarrels often breaking the monotony of long periods of . buI kiness and mutual silence. Then one day Monsieur Huchez .disappeared. Madame explained that he had -abandoned her and eloped to America with another woman. She sold the Inn six months later and lsft town. A vicious horse lashed out with both heels in the stable of the "Gold en Lion" a few days ago. The kick ing . animal uncovered, .below the broken planks of his stall, a rusty old trunk. It; contained the skeleton of a man. : -- ' - 'r. ' : - ,."( Police Locate Woman.' - ' The' police, remembering the dis appearance of "the former landlord, set out to find Madame Huchez, whom they promptly located in Grenoble. At their invitation she returned to Bayeux. "-; Cool . and collected,, ; she accused two, former - stable hands of having murdered her husband. . Both had since died. Eneouraeed. and wish ing to press her success, she linked the name of one Montrory as an ac cessofy after the fact. He is still liv ing and was immediately summoned He admitted digging a hole beneath the floor of the stable- and having, placed therein, at Madame Huchez s request, a large trunk which the lano Iadjf told him contained silverware and linen that she wished not to in-; elude in the impending . sale of the Inn. v,- :v' . Broke Down; and Confessed. Madame Huchez . broke down and .confessed. L The police took her at once before the local judge. He im mediately1 discharged her from custody.- 'i " ' v: According to Article 637, . of the French Code, the crime is outlawed, as no legal action or. investigation had been taken within ten years of the day the murder was committed. Before departing from Grenoble, where she will resume her ocupation as a boarding house keeper, Madama Huchez purchased a long, heavy black veil.' For the first time in fifteen years she was officially a widow'.' . PORTO RICAN RATS COST SIX DOLLARS PER MONTH - (Br Aasoclated Prean) SAN JUAN, P. R. Aug. 7. Porto Rico has a rat population of 2,500, 000 two to each inhabitant and it costs the island $15,000,000 annual ly to support them. This Is the esti mate of Major G. M. Corput, of the United States Public Health Service, chief quarantine officer of Porto Rico. Each rat, according to Major Corput, consumes ' provisions, or damages crops and property to the extent of six. dollars monthly. V ''. ; Feeding the Frenchmaii. ':'. ' - -iBr' Aaaodated Preaa) , PARIS. Aug. ' 7. Moderate-price restaurant owners here have agreed American Library Association to ap among themselves to close one day point a similar committee to confer. In seven.; SOch restaurants in each . The library association, accepting quarter of the city will take turns in ! the invitation, has just constituted closing so that the hungry man with its own committee. John Adams a flat purse will .not have to walk too tar for his food.. - - -J Kramer, federal prohibition enforce ment officer, are to .confer over the policy to be announced by the federal government following 'the decision of attorney. , general Armstrong, that Baltimore, policement have" no attorney general Armstrong that make arrests under the Volstead pro hibition law. i- . ... Returning to Washington today, Mr. Kramer said he would make no official comment regarding the Mary land attorney general's opinion pend ing full consideration of the official text of that opinion by commissioner Williams and his immediate assis tants. However, Mr. Kramer said it was safe to assume that if the Balti more police are not to aid in the en forcement of the federal statues In Maryland the United States govern ment would do its level best to en force the law. , . s Will do Best They Can. , v s "This may result, he said, "in sending additional federal officers to Maryland, territory. We are going to do our best to enforce the law. Po- ( Continued on page four.) EXTENT IN AUSTRIA TODAY Fl Clothing , Will Get Results For ? ; Food That Money is Unable to Buy. ; (By .AMoeiatei Press) - ' VIENNA, Aug. tf. Only Ameri cans of a generation ago who traded farm' products atthe crossroads storefor "everything from shoes ; to sugar can realize the. extent of barter; in Austria today. With the. country flooded with cheap money,, the pea sants 'Stockings and bank accojtnts fat , with currency, and legislation impending for a compulsory levy t)n fortunes,' the paper crown virtually Is spurned by those who produce the necessities of life. r . XYkt. Int frrii l in TVf nnCT For eggs or butter, cheese or white ! flour, fat geese and ducks, pork pro ducts and all the things that the Austrian city dweller must do with out, the peasant' wants something more valuable than the paper" con stantly j turned out - by the ' Austro Hungarian Bank.' , "Prodigious offers' of crowns fail where a Jinen shirt, ' silk stockings (even much darned), rugs, musical instruments, shoes and such things bring results. The story of how the bourgeois and poor nobility of Vien na have parted with their wardrobes and furniture, their pianos and car-, pets, for" food, has been- often told. Now everyone is" getting back to. first principles in trade. Y; j Visiting a retired officer in his lit tle country place the correspondent j. 1 mi n 1 j i. BdW """'Tr , T 00 crowns apair for gloves for a wife and three daughters. But he had three roebuck hides from ani mals he had shot this season? He ex changed them for two dressed hides. The village glover made them into gloves, taking in payment cider, mut ton and some veal from the little farm.; : ':: t ' : ;;: -;: U Problem of Clothing. ; :. Thein came the problem of stock ings, almost unpurchasable in Aus tria. There were eleven sheep graz ing on the place. Sheared they yield ed enough wool to exchange for yarn sufficientto knit the family hosiery for the coming winter. The apple crop of this tiny estate b 0 Xiysi3 joj paSBSiom uaaq sq neighbor who has no fruit, and the miller will take his pay in toll. The host who entertained in the little cottage now his home, ' filled with American and English - periodicals, once trod the quarter deck of his own cruiser. A uniform stripped of ornaments and recut in civilian style is his best suit. UNIQUE BENEFITS OF LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (By AKHnclnted Press.) i " CHICAGO,, Aug. 7. Borrowing a book from the public library in one city and returning it to the library in the next town where he makes a stop may be arranged for the bene fit of the travelling man. "The "national council of travelling men s .aoaiions nas appointea l uu.uiibirc , yt acu niidl vail uv UUIlc alonn this line and has asked the I Lowe, vice-Librarian of the Brooklyn public library, is its chairman. - OF BARTER 1 NECESSITIES E LISTING FOR TAXES 1ST Concession to Urge of Farmers Wlb Objected to Original . Plan . . TAXATION LIMIT FIXED AT 15 CENTS HUNDRED Interest Continues to Center in Woman Suff rage and State- wide Primary (By MAX 1. ABERNETIIY.) RALEIGH, Aug. 7. The sub-com- mitteea on finance of botn houses today by one majority votel to sub mit a measure to the full committee which, would cbviga the time for lisc- mg taxes back to M-ay 1 instead of January I, as is provided in tlje re valuation bill. -This measure, pass ed after considerable debate, and is doubtless a concession - to the ur"ge made by large numbers ot the farm ers of the stale who have objected to the new listing time because they felt it was not fair to make them list before. they had sold the major por tion of their crops. - There has been considerable kick against this feature of the- bill, and the fact that the tax commission has repeatedly pointed out that the far mers are taken care of in the provi sion,, which allows them to exempt their debts when listing,- has not changed the general attitude of --the farming classes toward this feature of tle measure. Of ' course -. the amendment to the bill will have to pass muster of the full committee and. of . the legislature before it be comes a - law:-' '. , o-s The committee also today ordered drawn the amendment to the ma chinery act which will fix the tax lim it for cities and towns. The consti tutional committee finally , left this matter to the legislature rather than niiLke, an2 efftsrt f s to. ifeuoporatel the rate limit ,ior municipalities in the constitutional amendment, which will be voted on in November.' , Fifteen Oemt Rate. The sub-committee on constitution al amendments has finally agreed on a bill which will fix the constitution al limit of taxation at fifteen cents on the hundred value, in place of the present tax limit of 66 -2-3 cents on the hundred. This figure is not bind ing, because the committee has not yet received the full report from the f xilBl "2 I in the state, but it has enough infor- mation to feel safe in recommending to the full committee that it . nave p rinted the first tentative measure fixing the constitutional limirat this low figure. - : This limit will apply to the statt and to counties, while the legislature will fix the rate of eities and towns by statute. The new rate will be writ ten into the-onstitution, instead of being placed there through an inter pretation of the relation the proper ty tax shall bear to the poll tax. v The state will be allowed to levy a -poll tax of two dollars arid cities and towns a poll tax of one dollar. The income tax will be voted on along with the amendment to lower the constitutional limit. , If the grad uated'' income tax is made a part of the constitution it will mean that the state will be able to raise the great er portion, if not all its revenues from this source and from inheri tance taxes, without bothering the general property taxes. The gener al property will be left for cities and counties to get their revenue out of. It was decided by the committee that the constitution already provid ing that every county must furnish a six months school for its children, this money would be to be raised without reference to the constitution al limit. After the six months school is' provided communities -wanting more schools and a better grade of schools that the constitution requires may vote special taxes for these pur poses. There will be no sonstitution al limit to the rates that may be lev ied for school purposes, provided the people vote for; these special taxes. r Committee on Constitution. The committee on constitutional amendments -has adjourned to meet here again on Monday afternoon, when the printed copy of the bill sug gested by the sub-committee will be gone over and such changes as deem ed . necessary made before the legis lature meets. The committee on finance and on constitutional amend ments will also have the benefit of the conference with city officials on Tuesday afternoon before the bill is put in its final shape before intro duction in both houses Interest continues to -center on the suffrage measure and the proposal to abolish the state-wide primary. Not Lenough of the representatives have reached here yet to make an intelli gent guess at what the special session will do with either of these measures. There will doubtless be a close fighs on suffrage. And considerable senti ment has developed for repealing the aistate.wide law Pictorial . Farming . Methods. PARIS, Aug. 7,--Motion pictures showitig modern methods on the farm and other ' useful information are to be produced by the ministry of agri culture . Money prizes and medals have been offered by the government for acceptable scenarios. 11 FOR BACK TO MAY AMERICAN DEMOCRACY UP BATTLE GAUGE . 1 5 .. . m FN WORLD UNDER LEAGUE PLAN Willing to Have "Interpreta tions" That Will Not Affect Principles LEAGUE OF NATIONS "ISSUE OF CENTURY" Ohioan Accepts Democratic Nomination for Presidency Amid Plaudits . (By Associated Press) : DAYTON, Ohio, 'Mug. 7. Peace for America and the world by this nation's entrance into the league of nations with "interpretations"- NOT disturbing its vital principle, was pronounced tSday .by Gov; James M- Cox, the democratic presidential standard-bearer, as his paramount policy, v - -- . In his address here accepting the democratic nomination, Gov. Cox militantly championed the league -as proposed by President Wilson, with interpretations ; insuring good faith and understanding, and denounced what he termed the dishonorable pro posal from Senator Harding, hisre publican opponent, for "a separate peace with Germany." , . (ssue of the Century " : League or no league, the demo cratic nominee declared, is the Issue between the two parties.- the su preme" issue of the centUry h said. 'The question is," Gov. Cox. de clared," whether we , shall or shall not join in this ' practical 1 and hu mane movement. ) President, Wilson entered ; the league in our name, senator" Harding, as tne re-i publican, candidate for the presiden cy, proposes, in plain words that we remain, out of it. .As the democratic candidate I favor going In. ? i "The first duty of the new admin-1 fstration will be ratification of the treaty," Gov. Cox said, predicting that friends of the league would ral ly to elect a senate with the requisite majority for ratification. ' , . Gov. Cox said the "interpreta tions" should state "our Interpreta tion of the -covenant as a matter of good faith to our associates and'as a precaution against any misunder standing in the future." Assailing the Lodge reservations as emasculat ing, Gov. Cox suggested two-specific "Interpretations," as outlined sev eral' months ago in a newspaper article.-. One declared America's con tinuance in the league should depend upon the league's use only as ; an agency for world peace ; the other stated the understanding that this nation could act only within the constitution, declared unalterable by any treaty. The door to other . "interpreta tions'' was leftxopen by Gov. Cox, but he said that the democratic plat form "speaks in a firm resolution against anything that disturbs the vital principle" of the league. No room, for doubt was left as, to the governor's position on the league as the pre-eminent political battle ground. As on other subjects, he stated his position squarely.v We are in a time which calls for straight thinking, straight talking and straight acting," he said. "It is no time for 'wobbling." In position, the league question fed the candidate's address and to it he devoted three thousand words of the 10,000-odd total. ; . The prohibition amendment and Volstead law were not specified In the address, hut Gov. Cox promised emphatically strict : law . enforce ment. ' - ' Abide by Constitution "The constitution," he said, "is the license and limitation given to and placed upon the law-making body. The legislative branch of govern ment is subjected to the rule of the majority. The public official who fails to enforce the law is an enemy both to the consttiution and to the American principle of majority rule. It would seem unnecessary for any candidate for the presidency to say that he does not intend to violate his oath of office. Anyone who is false to that oath is more unworthy than the law violator himself. Morals cannot easily be produced by statute," Gov. Cox continued, in passing to a plea against abuse of the writ of injunction, f Regarding woman suffrage, Gov Cox urged ratification .of the pro posed constitutional amendment, de claring women "are entitled to the privilege of voting as a matter of right, and because they will be help ful in maintaining a wholesome and patriotic policy." , ' His opposition candidate, plat form, leaders and congressional re cord were flayed by Gov. Cox in scathing terms throughout his long address. A "senatorial ?oligarchy" IS COXS SLOGAN (Continued on page six.). OPPONENTS FOR Governon, Cox Formally p. : enkdby Leaders'; to The American Electorate- -Ail States and Tetrl- . tones Represented " l rail's fcnd." ACCEPTANCE ADDRESS WAS A FEATURE Governor and Mrs. Cox Entertained at Luncheon For Members-of National Committee and Other Prominent Leaders Dayton Declared : Half . Holiday tor Occasion. Told That Convention Reached Its Decision Without Induce- 1 f ... ment or Coercion , DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM - CLEAR ON EVERY ISSUE Declares That Trouble in Coun try Due to Non-Performance , in Congress . ; ... i, .. (By. Associated Press. - Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 1. Hailed as a candidate in whose selection "neith- or midnight combinations Bor .-piuto, Governor James M. Cox was formally notified . today by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, chairman of the noti fication committee, that he hail been chosen by the Democratic Na- tional Convention as the party's presi dential nominee. .x : : . '- ''The convention reached its deci sion through the exercise of untram melled judgment by - the delegates without inducement or coercion from political bosses,", the l senator said. "The honor and r responsibility at tending this nomination came to you because your ; position - respecting campaign issues is known to he in harmony with the platform adopted and because the record of your pub lic service demonstrates rare leader ship."' -.v-V-v Progressive Legislation . Senator Robinson outlined the pro gressive legislative measures'in Ohid which he said Governor Cox had se cured against opposition. Of the Ohio budget system included in the list, he said: . -... -' , "The measure as proved so satis factory that the Republican nominee has declared for a similar system of coordinating nationl income and .ex penditures." V ' The democratic platform was "clear and - unmistakable" v in ,-; its meaning as to the League of Nations, the' senator said, while the Republi can platform on the subject was "be yond the power of the human , mind to analyse or understand" and sus ceptible of various constructions." "We believe," he continued, "that the treaty should he ratified and that this country should cooperate with other governments which have enter ed the League of Nations for the pre servation of world peace. ' "The republican nominee has de clared for defeat of the treaty and the rejection of the League. He has made clear that it is no longer a controversy about reservations. It is proposed to restore peace by act of Congress instead of by treaty and to leave unsettled all the vexed and difficult questions growing out of the war. It is propsed to place Germany on- anequal footing without govern ment in the negotiation of the treaty, to leave her at liberty to reject; our just demands and to attempt to im pose upon us unreasonable condi tions." : ; Restore Party Control . At another point : Senator Robin son said it was reported by the press that- the Republican nominees had agreed in conference "to base their campaign primarily on the necessity of wrestling the government from what they term 'personal . control' and restoring 'party control. This implies that other features of the Chicago platform are to be Bubordi-i ifated to the false based , on pre judice and misrepresentation that President Wilson performs- the role of dictator." -I Since the President's trip to Paris It had been the policy of Republican) leaders to "assault him as an usur-j per," the senator declared, adding ' that "this was a just campaign" was I continued in spite of the fact that for almost a year and a half the Preslr dent has been, too -ill . to perform, without great suffering,' the joperative duties of his . office. ; f " , A OB N ON MAKES ADDRESS TO NOMNEOF PARTY TAKES WITH ITS PRESIDENCY in Todays , Program at O1 .. , , ' (Br Associated Press.) DAYTON, Ohio, Aug. tional democracy today took the " battle gauge with its repubi lican opponents ;j for America's greatest political t i- prize the ' presidency.. , J , , "J V With today'3 formal notifica-v tion and the acceptance by GoV-" -ernor James M. Cox of the dem-' ocratic presidential; nomination' voted him at the, San Francisco convention July 6, the national', campaign was on between :,thef, two dominant parties except; ojily for similar ceremonies next! Monday at Hyde Park i New' York, for Franklin D. RooseVelt, i the democratic vice-presidential nominee. ' " - - ' ' Democratic;, legions by the" ' thousands, representing the par tv's leadershhj anrl rar.lt nnd fl ,' j Joined.todaf in the cersr.cny cf ' Ptcscuiiug - iueir jtaaer io ine r American electorate.- All states and territories were represented in today's . program, which cul-' minated in Governor 'Cox's ad-" dress of acceptance stating the democratic cause. ' , . . PROGRAM AT FAIR GROUND J Dayton gave itself over to thisV its first presidential notification.. A half holiday was in force for the ceremonies this afternoon at -the '. Montgomery . county fair ' grounds, about a mile from the center of the city, while Ohio' . and other states sent thousands, some by special trains; automo biles and other conveyances. The formal program at the' grounds was brief except for the acceptance address' by Governor! Cox,- which was released for piib-3 lication throughout the country at IT o'clock, local time, every-: where, , and the 'notification speech of Senator Robinson,' of. Arkansas, heading the notifies- tion committee by virtue of hist ; chairmanship at San Francisco. ATTEND LUNCHEON " J. S. McMahon,: local demo ' cratic leader, and close friend of Governor Cox," was the presiding officer. Clergy ' selected for the invocation and -benediction re spectively were the Rev. William 1 A.' Hale,, of .the Reform Church, , and the Rev, Martin T. Neville, of Holy Angel Roman Catholic church here. -;. . Prior to the fair grounds cere,-v ' mony, the Governor and Mrs. - Cox had as guests "at a noon luncheon at Trail's End,", the members of the notification and national . committees and other prominent leaders, v ; ',; , Mr. Roosevelt, his wife and daughter, and Chairman White, , of the national committee, were among the governor's house guests for the: . notification pr Danielsto Battle : -For Woman Suffrage - (By Parker R. Anderson i . JVASHINGTON, Aug. 7 Sec ro tary of the Navy Daniels, who- is; perhaps one of the strongest sup porters of woman suffrage, will in all probability go to Raleigh next week and use his influence with the legislature to have the woman suffrage amendment ratified. -'' "I am not certain that I wilLbe, able to get away' said the secre tary this mdrnlhgi "but I certain ly; hope . to . do boJ. .You . &now, of: course, that I am for the adoption' of the amendment and will do a rTcanlor is i ratification." - - l' J