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1WS OF HUH HERE I I 1 1 1 1 I I I 111 I lit ' ,.U U I H LJ 111 I 1 1 La-.- TPI : 'A II IT I I L I W II I I L I I I I'1 ill I' I T LL U.U I I L- !-. .. , j : - , , 11 t- tr t j ' ArbUCkley. lO RnOW. , lOday Whether- Indictment For Murder Ce Brought Up IS TO CE ARRAIGNED -BEFORE POLICE JUDGE Dail of $5,000 Is Ready ; If Manslaughter Charge Alone . , Is Returned, Today v (By Associated Press.) , LOS ANGELES. Sept." 16. More jthan ' 40 quarts of . liquor were con sumed in . the party in Roscoe Ar buckle's : suite , in a San Francesco, hotel that ended with the death of Miss 'Virginia ,'Rappe, according to linformation 'sriven 1 federal officers here, last .night : by Frederick . Fischr ' announced today by Robert Camari-1 jllo, assistant U. S. , District Attorney. ' .twenty Domes oi wnisicey, "... .mr. C'amarillo said Fischbach told ' hind, were taken in" Arbuckle's car from 'Los Angeles - to San : Frapcisco and iwhile he was at the hotel a case of gin wastaken to Arbuckle's shite by a "tall, thin man,": and : other . liquor 1 v "a, dark. etf-anger.V" ;j -ft ;; CTicials stated that at Fischbach's declaratien-a.-e-abstatlated,'- 1 Ar ,1 uckleV.'auto,- said to' be valued at K",0C& would be confiscated. j (By Associated Press). . ' SAN FRANCISCO,: Sept. 16. Dis trict Attnrnev . Matthew Rraildv. of San Francisco, has announced he will ;make public tbday his decision whether- to try 'Roscoe Arbuckle for (murder in connection with the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, or whether n win nrosecute .soieiv on i a man , slaughter indictment returned by the grand jury, , - ' - . ArDueme was tp oe - arraignea De fore a police judge ;, today for j pre liminary examination on a charge of murder preferred ty3Irs.(Mr B. pel rnont. , ;- " - '.i''-- Attorneys tor tne mm star yester day deposited $5000 ' cash I bail to . cover the manslaughter charge' and , should District Attorney Braddy an nounce his decision to prosecute on that charge1 alone . and .dismiss the murder complaint, Arbuckle ' would be eligible for release.. Otherwise -he less his council could arrange -for bail under this charge. Under.. Cali fornia law, first degree murder is not a bailable offense. . . (By Associated Press). -LOS ANGELES, Sept. ' 16. Lowell Sherman, motion 'picture actor, guest at the Arbuckle hotel party in San Francisco en Labor Day, as released jtrom a contract with . a laree motion picture production company here, it was. anhounced yesterday. RAN FRANCISCO. SeDt. 16. Dis- trict. Attorney Braddy . announced in !.the army geheral. staff acting in co the . police courf" of Judge . Lazarus (joperation with the state executives in today that "the peopfe- are 'ready, to I developing, the national guard along nn th. 'mnrr i-harw" 'n- ' nes of the new organic law design- ' gainst Roscoe C. Arbuckle, who ia held responsible by the - authorities for the death of Miss Virginia Rappe. The announcement came after a conference between Braddy - and po- M . ... , . A. . -l es woul be tried. -There are two murder charges and two manslaugh- ter charges pending against . Ar buckle. , ' Judge Lararus continued the case until next Thursday at 1 p. 14. T IL Large "Number of, the - Insects -'Are On Display at the Chamber of Commerce " A ' display of boll weevils at the . Chamber of Commerce is attracting much attention. The weevils were taken from cotton on the . farms of C." D. Bradham - and J. 1 E. Register. They have been . placed in a large glass jar .and several bolls of cotton have' also been put in the jar. weevils are "multiplying rapidly and " he' atects to have the jar full of them, within a-couple of weeks. Reports were received there this morning of . several other : farmers who had encountered the weevil on their farms. ISA EXHIBI Fair Gomes To An End - f At Midnight Tonight . Tonight will Imrk the Close of .the Eastern Carolina Fair. Everybody As 'agreed that the fair has been a suc- cess and tnat rom every point" of view it merited the 'patronage which " received.. r r.. - The ' Weather Man has . been most kindly and issued four perfect days or the big event, for which favor 'everyone Ms highly appreciative. .The attendance this morning was rather slim, but the crowd began to increase after dinner and during the early 1 afternoon there were a large number of people on th groundse. The majority of them witnessed the races'1 and free attractions from the grandstand. There were three un usually close ( heats on the- track and Local Rotarians And iQther Citizens "Are Invited To Visit Charlotte The Rotary Club of New Bern has received an invitation from the "Ro tarians at Charlotte to attend - the "Made-in-Carolinas Exposition," now in progress 'in Charlotte.,- . - .?. -T-A'-' telegram ' was v received1 -this "morning by President William-Dunn, of the -local Rotarians. it said, in part; "We cordially invite, you and urge- Rotarians and all ! your citizens to attend this exposition. Everybody will -.be welcome. ' Let the Rotary Headquarters serve you at the expo sition." , . It is understood that quite a- num ber of local , residents will take in the exposition.'' . : . - : (A - nTp TRn R , ,AR ,5,755 m vu ; v wr- OVER SHANTUNG ISSUE (Bv Associated Press) TOKIO, Sept. : 1 6 . It was i Intimafed in responsible circles here today that if China declines the recent propo sals -of Japan with regards to the turning of Shantung over to China, which 'the government . jconsidered eminently reasonable in nature, Ja pan may refuse to discuss the' Shan tung question at the coming Wash ington conference. The foreign office announced today that it had received no official infor mation that China had decided to de cline the. Japanese proposal for the turning over of Stantung to China. The government is making - public today the correspondence with dhina regarding the, Japanese proposals. ARE DEVELOPING NATIONAL GUARD (By Associated Press). . WASHINGTON, ' Sept. - 16. Sub- manual' progress is Demg maae Dy ed by congress to make that body .the first reinforcement of . the ; regular army in 'time of war. The - depart ment, up to September 1, had reor ganized an dgiven federal , recogni- a nAtlnnol (niQi1 linira awTA eratine 124,000 men, an increase of 146,000 approximately since January 1. The authorized strength also had been increased in the same period from 208,153 to 225,000. CONCORD IS TO HAVE t'i' NEW POLICE CHIEF CONCORD, N. C. Sept. 16.-In-terest here is growing in the appoint ment of a new chief . of police at the next meeting of the aldrmen which will be held on October 6. Chief Harry M. Joyner was ap pointed early this month to fill the unexpired term of Chief C. A. Rob inson, who resigned at 'the request of 1 a number of citizens because of dis- 1 satisiacuon . wiin. nis tsei vice uuimg I the recent textile strike here. Peti tions for four local men are being circulated and it is reported that four men from oher cities are in the field for the chief s job here. ANOTHER REPEAL IN INCOME SUR TES WASHINGTON,. Sept. 16. Repeal of the income" sur tax rate of 1 per cent on net incomes of more than $5000 and less than $6000 was agreed upon i today by the Senate Finance Committee. Reductions also were made in a number, of other brackets up to the maximum of 3.2 vper cent. WANT ROTES AT : EXHIBITION X J :. . j. t , - , there . was much excitement display ed on the part of the spectators. r The chief eVenV of interest on this , afternoon's program 'will' " be the f awarding of a: Kord automobile and Fordson tractor to the lucky holder of one., of. the season- tickets. . The drawing -will take -place at the- fair grounds at 4: 30. o'clock;' . 'Nothing: Marred- Success ' Nothing occurred at the grounds 'to mar the success of the fair. All who attended had a thoroughly good time and- enjoyed every minute of their stay.- The' fair officials -deserve the commendation of - the- county as a whole for their - energy: and tireless effort in putting on the fair. v Shortly after midnight tonight the fair, will be a thing of the past. A FiEISLT ; COL. HINSDALE . I.- Was the Last Surviving Colo- nel of jCivil War Living In - k North Carolina' - -' (By "Associated Press). V RALEIGH, Sept. 16. The : funeral of Colonel" John W. Hinsdale : who (died here yesterday, following an ill ness, of .pnly a few days will be held here- tonlorrow afternoon. w Colonel ifflnsdaievho. 'was one of the' o.ldesH and . be3tj.knJwn'Hawyers-of the state, was the last surviving colonel of the Confederate '. army living in : North Carolina. He was born in Buffalo, N. OT., n-1843 but,mo-ed to Raleigh When a Email . boy. At the outbreak of the Civil War," he joined the Con federate Army ' and - served on the staff of " hia uncle, General ' H. T. Holmes, but later became adjutant on the staff of Brigadier General Pettigrew and, as( such, served at the ,battle Of Seven Pines in 1862.' He was later commissioned colonel. : " ' X ' Night, In Honolulu" Is To Be Shown At the Show Shop '. September 23 "A Night n Honlulu" Is the open ing attraction which has been booked by the -Show Shop and 'which will play here September 23. ;- j This show is. said to be one of the best on the road this season.' The Richmond Times-Dispatch and other papers give it unusually good write ups and it is expected that. the attrac tion will please the theatre-goers . of NW Bern when they see it here.. Community Service Work Here Comes To An End, With ' Very Little Xccomplished Community Service Work- in New Bern has come to an end. Director R. C, Stearns, who has been in charge of the work here. leaves tonight for Community Ser vice headquarters in New York City. There has been some misunder standing relative to finances and. In order to avoid any disagreement or debate on the Question, it was Aor-i. ,ed advisable to discontinue the work here. Vs. , , Owing to the fact that the work was started in the summer, when many persons were leaving on their vacations, not - much . has been ac uurauusnea in community service here. Mr, Stearns had hoped to ar range an attractive program for the fall months, but the discontinuance of the work will prevent this from tak ing placed ARTILLERY COMMANDS ON REDUCED PERSONNEL WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, Twelve coast; artillery commands were plac ed today, on . the reduced personnel basis in-line with the reduction ; of the' army to -150,000 ' men. Districts affected Included Cape Fear, N. C GOOD SH QW IS COMING HERE R.C. STEIRNSTO LEAVE TONIGHT KU KLUX IS WARNED NOT HOLD MEETING (By Associated Press). LO CIS YILLK; . Ky., Sept. .10. The Board of Pablie 1 Safety today served notice on "all citizens to- remain, away" from n projiost!-d .meeting of the liu ' Klux Itlan Sunday iiisht, and warned owners , of public halls not ' to -rent Uielr l!are to " tbei - orgJuUzation. "Should any attempt be made to tioid tlno meeting: Jn defl- . stncif of this oi'der,."the board's announcement said, "any per sob who attempts to attend it, will b". regarded as an nnp - triotie citizen and law vlbla tr and will be dealt with ac- conlhglj-.",l Pnblfelicd ' - statements . sev eral days ago attributed to an nnnsmed member of U10 Klan tl.at It had 6000 pledged mem bers here-. - . , , FIRE DESTROYS STORES T CHARLOTTE Charlotte Mercantile Company , And Efierd's Store Are , - Heavy Sufferers DAMXGE WILL RUNAS HIGH vAS .$350,000 Buildings Covered V By ' Ihsur- I aijce, But '"Lftss - On' Stock' .Will Be Heavy ; .' : (By Associated Press).' CHARLOTTE, - N. C, Sept. 16. Less than-10 per cent of the stock . of the Charlotte Mercantile Company i and Efird's Department store com bined can be salvaged? officers of the companies estimated -when they, had made a survey of the damage done by blaze of undetermined origin. which early this .morning wrecked the 3tores of 'J:he two firms in the heart of the business , district of the city. : '. ' (By Associated .Press).- . CHARLOTTE, N. C, Sept. 16. The loss will run between $350,000 and $400,000, according- to estimates of the farm members. Insurance on the building will probably cover the loss, . it was said, . but insurance on stocks will fall short of the damage sustained. . ZR-2 VICTIMS ARE BROUGHT TO AMERICA (By Associated. Press) 1 NEW YORK, Sept. 16. The British cruiser; Dauntless, bring-' ins borne the - bodies of the six teen . offiiers and men of tho American navy, who lost their lives in ."the" ZR-2 disaster, ar rived off Sandy Hook today, es corted , bjy American warcraft. She was expected to wait outside the harbor until afternoon and tiien at high tide to come to the navy' yard. BABE NEVER DID HIT WITH THE BASES FULL (By Associated Press) NEW YORK, Sept. 16. In estab- lisbing his world's record for home runs fifty-five George Herman j("Babe- ) Ruth, of New York Amer- jcans, hit with them with none on base, one one base and. two on bases, but did not turn, the trick with the, j bases lull. , in maKing nis nrty-nrtn yesterday he drove home one run ner ahead of him. Nineteen of his homers came when there were no runners on the bass, 26 with on on base and 10 with two runners on the sacks. B. Y. P. V. All offices of the Tabernacle B.' Y, P.U., including group captains, are requested to meet at the home of the president, Miss Lillian Bryant's, 74 Johnson street, promptly at 8 o'clock tonight, for a business meet ing. CARPENTIER FIGHTS GIBBONS IN FEBRUARY; NEW YORK, Sept. 16. Geor ges Carpentier and Tom Gibbons will meet in Madison Square Gar dent next February for the pur pose of deciding the light heavy weight championship title of the world. A ' wireless message from ' Carpentier's manager was receiv ed here today, accepting: the terms of the contract. mm plans FOR THE AID OF TEXTILE MEN Want A 48-Hotar We?k :And t Increased Waesj For -'Tex- : tile Workers In South HAVE HEADQUARTERS AT CHARLOTTE SOON Organization Will Also Work , For the Abolition of Child: Labor in the Mills (By Associated Press). ' NEW YORK, Sept. 16, Organiza tions of unions in the American Fed eration of Labor will1 meet represen tatives of the United Textile Workers of America in Washington next Tues day to make plans for. a campaign to establish tl 48 hour work week and increase wages of textile workers in southern mills. . - The . announcement was made to day ! by Thqmas F McMahon,- after his election as president vof -the' tex tile 'workers at the .convention here. The; "meeting has been called by the federation executive . council and the 110 i international unions affiliated with the federation have been ; urged to aid in the ' campaign. - After the Washington meeting the textile workers and organizers of the' other unions will go to 'Charlotte, N. C, and establish campaign headquarters. "We will also work for the aboli tion ' of 5 child , labon in" th?S "Cotton mills," Mr. 'McMahon said, "and will demand sanitary .working. . conditions for i thousands of men, women and children, who now. do not have them." ' 1 1 0 - "fl He declared that the cotton mill workers in Norfh Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee and Alabama had been affected by wage reduction, ranging from 37 to 70 per cent and bonuses running as high as 120 per cent had been wiped, out;. He said the union would try to re establish - a "living wage." v LLIISON Was Released From Jail Tim Morning Under A Bond of One Thousand Dollars John L. Williamson, of Havelock, charged .with having been engaged in the1 illegal manufacture of ,liquor and who was arrested; last Wednes day, was released from jail this morning under a $1,000 bond for. his appearance at the next term of fed eral c6rt in this city. The bond was furnished by friends of William son at Havelock. , This is the second time that he has been in the courts, charged with engaging in liquor manufacture. - He was acquitted the first time but it is not believed that, he will get off as lightly at the next. term of court. GET READY FOR SCHOOL START Between 50 And 60 New Stud ents Enter Their Names at Registration Today- Busy scenes were in evidence at the city school this morning when new pupils were registered for the forth coming term and other arrangements were being made for the opening of the school next Monday. Between 50 and 60 new. scholars gave in their names this morning as desiring to enter the grammar .grades. This includes boys, and girls from other fSwns and does not in clude those who enter the first grade. Indications this morning also were that there would be a decidedly in creased number in the' high school. TWO MEN KILLED IN OHIO TRAIN WRECK (By Associated Press) CLINTON, O., Sept. 16. Engineer Lea and Fireman Johnson, both of Clinton, were killed when - the en-gine-.of- the Chicago & Northwestern railway passed westbound . passenger trajn No. 7 arid vas derailed by : a wash-out a mile and a half west of Belle Plain early this morning.- T1BERB Miss Miss Gloria Gould,, daughter of George Gould, is . seen here &8f she Appeared in a Spanish dance j she gave' as a benefit for a hospital at Spring Lake, N. -Y.7 t RETURNS FROM ENTI Local Pastor States That -the Meeting In Pitt County ' Was A Big Success Imagine, if you can, a dining table 3S0 feet lone, i filled three times a day for three' days in succession with barbecue, fried chicken, country ham, corn bread biscuits, pickles and everything else, that's good to' eat. Imagine also, j If your . imagination still holds good, 2500 guests appear ing at this table at, each meal. - No housewife would want the job of preparing those meals. ' . . -. . - - And yet, the housewives of Black jack, In Pitt , county, accomplished this feat and jli it in such splendid manner that the 2500 delegates to the Free Will Baptist convention .n Tuesday, Widnesday and Thursday of this week are singing their praises in all sections of the state today.; Rev. J. C. Griffin, pastor of the Free Will Baptist church . of this ,city, returned today from the con vention and said that it was one 01 the most successful ever held by this denomination. ' - .' , Among ' the ' important , matters brought up was the 'making of plans for a $250,000 drive, the' proceeds of which are to be used in the erection of a college building at Ayden.' Ten percent of the above sum will be used for I erecting additional buildings at the Free Will ' orphanage at Middle sex, - ' VENIZELOS WEDS; TO ITSIT HERE ON HIS HONEYMOON , t LONDON, Sept. 16. Ex-Premier Venizelos of Greece married - at . the St. Pancras Registry office here re cently Miss Helena Schilizzi. They were friends of long , standing. The groom gave his age at fifty-seven and the Jsride forty-seven. ' M. Venizelos confirmed the reports jbf an American honeymoon, saying he and his bride would go to Cali fornia. ' DEATH RATE FIGURES . OF MINE OPERATORS WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. lb. Reports received by the United States Bureau of Mines from operators of iron mines throughout the country show that accidents in the year of 1920 resulted in 106 deaths and 072 non-fatal injuries. The figures re presentdecreases of 33 fatal and 26 nonfatal accidents as compared with the previous year. The iron mining industry employed 45,090 men", which is practically the same as for 1919. The statistics indicate a fatality rate of 2.34 and an injury rate of 200.49 per 1,000 men employed. A notable feature of the year's activities was a gain or about. 40. per cent i in tne number of shifts worked in one-pit mining operations," in which the . ore is mined on the surface by means of steam shovels. Ther production of kiron ore io the country has been es timated .-by - the jTJnited -States Geo logical Survey at69,000,00 gross, tons which is approximately 13,000,000 tons more than was produced in 1919. Miss Gloria Gould f ' ft i s 1 i Viinvn pcnDPr i him nniiinr hbWI fe : W bm W1IW Imm REFUSED Cannot Permit Them To At tend the Conference As Del egates From A Republic DOOR IS LEFT OPEN FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT No Indication That the Truce, Established Two' Months Ago, Will Be Broken (By Associated Press). , . LONDON, "Sept. 16. Relations be tween England ' and ' Ireland today stood as they dfil "before Eamonn De yaiera tame- to jjonaon on JUiy 1 to discuss with Prime Minister Xiloyd ' George a possible basis for .ending the Irish controversy. The Sinn Fein leader yesterday made public his' note to the Prime Minister,' affirming his .stand that Irish . republican plenipotentiaries could tnter a con-i, ference only as delegates ;'oX ,-an in- - -dependent' pbwr . , and; n Mr. ( Lloyd Gorge quickly answered '. 'the,, cancel ation of his invitation of Irish lqad-. era, - paney, ai . inyerne3s. . . . . 11 ,:was -maae puunvDy- the I'VircrQ -Minister that -he -ou!d not meet the Sinn Fein, delegates if; the claim of ; Irish- independence - and sovereig-nty ulose the 4oor to-' further . exchabe with the republicans. -.; -. f ( - There was - no , Indication . here to! t ' day that (either the British ' govern ment or i the Sinn i Fein iv would de nounce : the true ; ; aranged . two destroyed f property .V"; valued in ten ' millions. . -. - i'w';, .'':. ' ' Warfare is the last thing that either ' side desires and no effort apparently' will be spared to prevent an overt kct that will place on either the re-, sponsibllity for resuming i hostilities. GENERAL MOHONHER ; ASKS FOR TRANSFER (By Associated Press) ' WASHINGTON, . Sept. i6. Major General C. .TV Menoher, chief of the irmy air -service, has formerly asked that office and' a transfer to, a corn mand of troops in the field. Long existing difficulties between General Menoher and Brigadier Gen eral William Mitchell, assistant chief jf the air service were said to have no relation Xo the desire of the chief to be relieved.1 The request was bas ed on a taesire by General Menoher to be- transferred from office duty to active field service. ; ' ' .'" , ', INTER-LEAGUE GAMES ' BEING ARRANGED FOR (By Associated Press) GREENVILLE, S. C, Sept. 16. ' Negotiations were heeun -todav bv the Columbia, S. C. club of the South Atlantic Association for a . post sea son series with the champions of th,e Piedmont and Virginia leagues to de-;' cide the championship of the ' South-j. east. vThe .. Greensboro and' High Point clubs of North ' Carolina ar now playing a post-season series for." the championship of the PiedmomV . League and the winner vill play Cafl lumbia. . v". ' y f ' t -: ' i- 0000 PRICES Farmer Who Split . His Barn- Found Out That New Bern .' .--...:". Paid, More For : It j. . Tobacco continues 'to sell, well on tl.? local ma: t That it is seit.r.j, better here than in.Fome other pUrxg"" is pro-;n by the experiencs .if W'. C. Wood, of Coe City, whn reiMVir st.iit his barn, took half ,of ;'t Je :i " ma'k-'l -In. -tin- ldjoning e 3ahV,--m:H nut !! ot'ifT half to. Nov .V.'n -7 8he tobacco jie sold on ,th6 outsida. market brought him J..7 cents poujidi while that which,- he - sold- in New . Bern brought htm 24 cents p. pound. ; C. :H.-RiggS,Valso of Cqv OHy, brought 604 pounds .-of lugs - her -Thursday nni rec vl rt . fjn'k nof $189.99 for his '.oad-Needles tp cay Jh was highly gratified wt;h.Jhis eale. OAS TO IET IRISH-DELEGATIONS- .-.....:' :' .5 4 ' V
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