EVERY FARMER ; should sign up in the -Co"-;-operative Marketing cara paign foe cotton; and tdt. vbacco. It means better .'; THE WEATHER " Fair . and v Cooler Tonight. Wednesday Fair. , v. 1 prices. FOUNDED 1576 TWELVE PAGES TODAY NEW BERN, NORTH CAROLINA; TUESDAY, OCT. 4, 1921 Single Copy : Five Cents b r to 1 V n nnr I I l i I ll lniif HOI f' i 1 01 JULiLiLllJ U w UuuiPJuuLb LJ . LI LiLiLI viU . j"" -"' " ".' " ' '' ' ' ' ' .' " ' '"" '" - .W HSJ I ! Ill I II H r I I I W r , ErXtenstow C0UC3TY BOARD DECIDES WOT TD ADVERTISE Had Planned To Have List of the Delinquents Published ' Tomorrow . GIVE THE FARMERS MORE TIME TO PAY UP Sheriff Is Ordered To With draw Advertisement And In sert It November 1 v After Sheriff Williams had completed preparatibns'of the list of delinquent , tax payers in Craven county and had given same to the printers this morning for publication, the county commissioners . decided today; to give the" tax payers an - extension . of 30 days in time- and; notV to advertise property for r non-payment of taxes until November 1. - ; ' 'The commissioners, :after thorough ly diwcussirier the matter, decided that due toexItrng conditionsithere were many citizens, who, in spite of the. fact that they always paid their taxe3, were, unable to do so this year. Especially la this true .concern ing the farmers. They have been hard hit by the recent slump in prices and ase-. just-beginning , to get, on ;their feet again. The commissioners believe that when they sell more or their to bacco and cotton they will pay their . taxes and square themselves ; on the books of the county. -It was' decided, therefore, to' - notify the sheriff to withdraw '" the advertisement from publication tomorrow, as : had first been intended, and to delay insertion until November 1. . " ' ' Jeweler Granted License ;, ': W. J. Robbins appeared before the board and rfequested a .license for , selling Jewelry; in -. New. Bern. The board voted that he be granted an itinerant license, provided he paid the tax: It is understood that Mr. Robbins , paid the tax this' afternoon. ; GERMANY SELECTING ' WASHINGTON STAFF .BERLIN, Oct. 4. With the Ger man-American- treaty, ratified by the . Reichstag in record time, the For- eign Offica with - equal celerity has taken" up- consideration with various departments of the necessary pre paration for the resumption . of nor-j mal. relations with: the .United States. ' Reports from Washington via Lon don and Paris, have caused consider- able uneasiness in; government circles as to the fate of ratification by the American senate. .' Despite' the' pessi- v mistic despatches, which, describe the opposition as unexpected, strong' con- fldente is expressed that; the senate . will ratify. ' :,' :' V. ",, ' . ' One- of the . strongest arguments used by the : Nationals against bring ing'up the discussion as to whether Germany did or did not re-confess her; war guile in the ''Berlin Treaty," was that it would work, into the hands of the democratic opposition in .Washington. , .' '' .'..it'. '-y-S:. ':'': ' i : : -The, rapidity with which the Ger - man .government ia moving to take up diplomatic relations with Washington , is indicated by the fact that the for eign office has already submitted to the .state .department a list of the embassy personnel it - has planned to send to Washington. That : has fe 1 (eulted in the dropping of Hortsmann, son-in-law of Schwabach, one of Germany's - richest oankers, as icoun s sellor' to the . embassy and acting charge de affaires. ' ; ; ; An intimation, I 'am reliably in ' formed was given that Hortsmann was not desired. This is being dis guised by a statement given out that ' Washington j prefers Berlin ' would send no one formerly connected with : the embassy prior to the war. Sirigualrly, Washington also struck out the name of a young woman stfe- : nographer- from' the submitted list Meanwhile the name of Solif has again come, up-prominently as an ac- ceptable candidate for Ambassador, No decision as to the ambassador or counsellor, however, had been- made late today. - . -, Mrs. E. B.. Thompson, of Grifton, arrived in .New Bern last night for a visit, of 'several', days with her sister, Mrs. TEL' W. Paul on' Hancock street. FORTAXESfJOW Of ' Thirty Days . Given ' Rocky Mount Club To Remain In Va. League ROCKY MOUNT, Oct. 4. At a meeting of the directors and owners of - the Rocky Mount club of the -Virginia League, here last night, it the : club was decided that would continue to hold its franchise in the' Virginia Lea- DENIES MURDER IS. EASTL Miss Knox And Eastlake . Are Now Being Held In "Jail at - Fredericksburg ' ' ' (By Associated Press). '" ' FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Oct. 4. Characterizing 'the charge against her as "preposterous,"; although, she said she would be satisfied , to be charged outright with' the crime, it the authorities would release East- lake, who she declared to be abso lutely - innocent," Miss Sarah K.nox; Baltimore nurse, despite the warning of her attorney has given in detaii her version of the murder early Fri day morning at Colonial - Beach o Mrs. Margaret T. Eastlake. Mist Knox, with the - murdered woman's husband. - Roger C. Eastlake, is1 beihs neld in. jail here, charged with the crime. ' . . Miss Knox told how she came to know the v Eastlakes. It was when the second child was born, to the -couple seven years ago. the two. children even called' me 'Auntie,' she said,, and Roger too was beginning to call m by the same. They are trying to force this - crime on me because thej thought that I was intimate, with th poor bog in the next cell. The idea is preposterous. -Why, I am old enougr, to be his mother, nd that sweet little wife' of his, Margaret, was only a girl. -She was 30, y but she looked tc be only 20 " . , . . 1 . . a a. . - . J- r v "The boy -13 aDSOluiy lnnoceni, ',. she declared. "They should let him g( imniediately." , In his cell, next to the nurse, East- lake told of .how he had planned tt. be in Fredericksburg Saturday witl Hiis wife and children to, witness i military parade, when, instead he wa led to jail and charged with murder -'I am innocent," said Eastlake "and there is nothing I would not dc to see the slayer of my wife brough to justice. I am not concerned .as t whether the slayer was a maao: woman."- . .-' .- ASK SMALLER NATIONS TO THE CONFERENCE .. WASHINGTON, Oct, ' 4.--Invita ' ":ions to the government of Belgium Holland - and Portugal . to becom members of the conference on fa; pastern subjects were being preparec it the state 'department today. ., A. wreath' of Australian wild flow ers was. placed . on the grave of th' Unknown Warrior in .Westministe Abbey recently. It was sent' to Eng land frozen in a solid i block - of ice When the ice was thawed the flow, ers were found to be -just as fresh a when they were' gathered, respit their Jong journey through the trop ics. , F.ACES WORLD AGAIN WITH A LOYAL WIFE CHICAGO, Oct. ''4. James Mc Alevy and his wife were reunited and ,happy today. She had kept her pledge to him to wait until he came out of the penitentiary, so they could start life's journey a new. He is keeping his pledge to her and is "beating back." McAlevy had '. escaped i from prison and was a fugitive when he married the girl who has faith in him. When she learned of his past she sent him back to pay his debt to society. Sh'e said t him: "Tae your punishment like a man,' and "whether one year or ' ten I will be waiting for you when you return." They had been married two months and she had revealed to him another world, one of happi ness and love and sincerity. He telephoned Detective Sergeant Stapleton, whoshad arrested him in 1914, to come and get him. So back to the prison he went. That was last January. Prison of ficials are. stern with men who have escaped. -. - IE gue next . season, it was an- nounced today by J. L. Home, Jr., one of the directors. The 1 directors denied having vio- lated any league rules, Mr. Home stated, and declared that they have no intention of giving up the Franchise. NKERS ARE 0P-T15IIISTIC Convention of Leading Bank ers ' of the Nation Is Being .'-.; Held on the Coast ' ' i. ' (By Associated Press).' ''. . LOS ANGELES, Oct. - 4. There is nothing in. either the domestic or for eign situation to give rise to th& pessi mistic conclusion ; that the world is riding straight, to ruin, John S. Drum, banker of San Francisco, told the American Bankers Association,- of which he is president, at the opening session here, of its 47th annual con vention. : . r ' 1 "National examination of our conr 3ition today," he said, "must - prove to the greatest . doubter that.j. Our jjrjjblernjsaiwout the- most natural maiTiftestation of a world-wide adjust ment which great natural forces are working to remedy:". Reports from more -than thousand bankers provided the basis ".for his subject, he' said. '- LLOYD GEORGE FAVORS MEETj AT WASHINGTON (By Associated- Press). . . . ' - Inverness, Scotland, , Oct. 4. Prime Minister, Mr. Lloyd George, in speech here today concerning un imployment, deviated in his intro duction to refer optimistically to the forthcoming conference in Washing-J on on limitation of armament, de claring it will constitute one of those 'outstanding events which will affect mman ' history for centuries." : The Prime Minister touched on the rish question, declaring he London ;onference between representatives of he British government and the Sinri 7ein 'ean only succeed if those who inter it make up their minds definite y and" -resolutely to rust to the com non sense of their own people and lo not try to reconcile the ex remists." JEWELERS' I S UP IK COURT Vlr.VRobbins Charged With Operating Without License. . He Explains Matter "The Jewelers' War," in which ocal jewelers are objecting to the iperations of J. jW. , Robbins, of Portsmouth, Va., who ij conducting v special sale at Ed Clark's store, vound up in court this morning when .Ar. Robbins was charged with selling nerchandise without a license. Mr. Robbins explained that he did lot know at first that a licenss was aecessary' but that when he found he ivould? have to secure one, he imme- lia,tely made -application for same. Ie was unable to get one from the opnty, however, because the com nissioners were not in session. He stated that he would appear before the commissioners th'is afternoon and ask them to grant him a license to do business here. The case was tried before Magis trate Street, who dismissed it without taking action. FIVE NEGRO CHILDREN ARE DROWNED IN POND (By Associated Press). MADISON, Fla., Oct. 4. Five negro children from 7 to 11 years of age, all girls, were drowned Sunday in a p'on dll miles from here, when a rowboat, in which they were play ing turned over. In Queen Anne's time a man wast sentenced to life imprisonment" for writing a pamphlet to prove com munication with the dead was pos sible. V . - . -- . 1 - CLAIMS THAT SES Investigation of Activities of Ku Klux Was Held In ' " Chicago Recently ATTACK CLAIM, OF THE - 100 P. C. AMERICANISM Assistant District : Attorney Say. It Engenders ' Better -v Feelings (By Associated Press). CHICAGO, Oct. - .4 The Ku Klux Klan engenders "deep hatred" in the .hearts of creeds, races are discrimin ated againstj particularly when the Klan lays; claim to 100 per cent Americanism, John G. Klenny, assist ant : district attorney said today after an investigation. - ' ' -The investigation came when re ports reached federal authorities that a demonstration was, planned by the organization,, that might possibly re sult in race trouble -.""and property damage, Mr.5 Klenny said." Ha assailed the! Klan's ; .100 per cent American claim, asserting that all creeds and classes helped- win the -war.- , : TlTIliRDE IAS A ERIE 'Strange Plea For Pardon Is Received From 'Former Sol- ; dier In U. S:'.. Army . WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 One of the strangest pleas for pardon . ever received by the war department was brought to . light today., , - . It reveals Haider E. Perry, . former lieutenant of the 81st infantry, U. S. A.,, as "the man who i never knew." Perry is ill .Leavenworth prison. He admits he . killed -the, captain of his , "'company- in cold blood but makes the remarkable plea -that he never, knew it, was wrong to.-kill un til he was tried and convicted. He draws a picture of his life as a moun taineer boy in the Shell Creek, Carter county, in eastern Tennessee with a Winchester rifle as his" toy and where, he says, "folks don't know its wrong to kill." '.' - . Taught All His Life io Kill. In this environment h'e grew up until he was 17 when" he wnlisted in the army. And in the army he says, he again was taught-to kill but in. a scientific .way. . ' . The inhabitants, of the region where he was born and spent all the years of his life until he entered th army are in plain, . honest and simple folks" he writes, "but they know no thing of the love or' the fear of God." . ' ,They usually decide disputes with the Winchester : rifle" or other fire arms. xIn fact, it was esteemed an honor to perpetrate a murder upon almost any petext," says his remark able application for pardon. "Quite naturally I imbibed the ways of my environment." . . After he enlist shrdlshrdlushrdlu Alter his enlistment in the army he says he applied himself diligent ly to the studies of mi'.itary science. . So illiterate as to be unable to write his, own name when he entered the army he won apid . promotion though his diligence and just before America , entered the World War he i was commissioned a second liteuten ant, and assigned as regimental sign al officer of the 81st infantry station ed in Honolulu. . . A few months later he kil'.ed Cap tain Abram Posner, commanding of ficer of his company. He "says he could not stand Posner's treatment of him and adds: "Under the abnormal conditions created by the late war I yielded to an impulsive passionate anger and just about ruined everything." He admits the murder was delib erate. But he writes "consider my childhood environments and the mili tary education I received. What other result could be expected. Since my incarveration I have for the first time learned it is wrong to murder." His punishment hie declared did not bring about this realiEation but the knowledge he has gained during his imprisonment by assiduous study to improve his mind. ! "The man who 'never knew'is now 25 years old and he asks for freedom to continue his education and "to make the foundation for better DEEP HATRED T 101 tlgngs." w omen To Fighting For Rights WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. "By this time next year, American women will have won their age-long fight for equal liberties." ' .. . This -was the prediction made here recently by Mrs. O. H. P. Be'mont, New York society leader and pioneer suffra(gist, in an exclusive interview just before; leaving for Hot Springs, Va. 3Iuch More to Be'Done "Most people imagine : that when the suffrage amendment was ratified by the states woman had won her full place inf American political and civil life that the law had finally recogniz ed her and lhat there was nothing more to be done. . ; "But this i3 not true in many states. For instance, r in Louisiana, whioh was - largely settled by the Rrencli, the old obsolete 'code of Na poleon' still applies, and actually works, against' the interests of every woman in that state. ' By its provisions a'l of a woman's earnings, belong to her husband; so Norfolk Southern Tt Maintain Daily , Freight Schedule . From Goldsboro . ' ' KINSTON, "Oct.-:.4. The, Kinston Chamber of : Commerce .announced last night .that the Norfolk Southern had put' a daily freight : into opera tion again -between Beaufort ' and Goldsborof and ';Gofdsboro and tBeau f ort.. Up to yesterday,; when the first freight ran on the daily schedule, there had been lio such serviqp since December 15th, 1920. From that date till Monday,; only a trl-weekly freight had been run in each direction, which had been rendering as good service as possible. Recently the local business, men through the Chamber, of of Com merce put pressure to bear on the road and asked for the daily sched ule. - This the carrier replied was im possible that time, but the movement for this better service in order to serve the- public better and that Within the past few weeks freight had picked up -to such an extent as to warrant the change. He hopes that 'the increased business - .will soon make it a paying proposition, stat ing that at ."present, business . would not quite come up to an even basis.' Local business interests are well pleased with the change and it safe to say that full support will be given these-daily freights. PRINTING TRADES ARE , FIGHTING THEIR CASE (By Associated Press). RALEIGH, Oct. 4. The Supreme Court today heard arguments in , the appeal of the printing trades from the restraining order continued ' from a hearing by Judge W M. Bond in Wake county superior court several weeks ago, which put a blanket, in junction on the. printing trade, of Ra leigh, both as organizations and as Individuals, restraining - them from molesting and annoying In any man ner the nora-union people employed in several Raleigh printing establish ments. - I The case was carried to the sup reme court on appeal by the "unions and the arguments presented covered somewhat the same ground covered I in the original hearing before Judge Bond. BROKE SAILOR HAS LARGE FORTUNE LEFT TO HIM (By Associated Press). DUNKIRK. France, Oct. 4. Lan colle" Pneth. or 20 years a sailor, re cently was discharged at Ghent and same to Dunkirk in order to ship again. He had been two weeks ashore and having spent his- money like the proverbial sailor whs flat broke when called at the sr-ipping agents. "We -have been looking for you for four years," said the clerk after scanning the sailor's papers. Puech looked uneasy as he followed a gen darme to the office of a notary public. "Your uncle Sicard, who left for Argentina 30 years ago, died in 1917. He leaves you 38,000,000 francs," the notary told Puech. Puech says he is going to buy a ship of his own. An aeroplane railway, with the ma chine attached to a fixed cable, is be ing installed between Nice, on the coast and peira Cava, 4,500 above ) sea level. DAILY FREIGHT FDR BEftUF.QRT To Tkx: Continue do her children. A mother has no right to say how her children shall be educated or brought up. A wom an in Louisiana cannot be a witness in a court case, and her husband may if he chooses sell her home right over her head. . . "And if her husband should die the control of her children is trans ferred to their-stepfather, If she. mar ries again; The same condition slight ly modified exists in many. other Southern - States. . . ' ' . . - New Amendment Proixcel v " "We plan to eliminate these radi cal inequalities by the simple ex pedient - of passing Jtrhe twentieth amendment to the orfhstitution, . which is as follsw: " 'No political, tivil or legal disab ilities or inequalilies on account of ,sex or on account of marriage, unless applying; alike . to both sexes, shall .exist within tthe United States or any territory subject . to the jurisdiction (herof . Congress shall have power to enforce this' article by ''appropriate legislation.' i" . ' j ' '' '.-'.' OL GAMBLING Negro Proprietor of Pool Hall Was ' Tried This; v Morning j Before. the ; Mayor " J , f AssultS, in which knives, bottles Stnd chairs are alleged to .have play ed a prominent part, "were charged In several cases' brought before the mayor's court this morning.- ' " Leroy 1 Scott,' charged 1 with 1 an as sault' ori Martha Brock and Minerva" Jarman with a chair, - was released Upon payment of costs. ' - - Irene' Scott, for , assult on Annie Manning with a knife(: was also; re leased upon payment , of costs.- . - Annie Manning was tccused' of go ing after Irene with- a bottle. The evidence submitted in both cases, however, ' was not , sufficiently strong and she was released upon: payment Of COStS. ' -,: i . - W. E. Edwards, proprietor of a nool room in the colored section of ! 1 the citv. was 'arraigned on the charge of allowing gambling in 'his I place of business. He was placed un der a bond of $100 for his appearance before the recorder. CHAUFFEUR TURNED OUT TO BE THE KING (By Associated Press). - PARIS,' Oct. 4. Threo detectives in a fast touring car were sent to the Versailles gate by Prefect of Police Leuillier to meet" King Ferdinand of Rumania -when he drove in - from Tours the other day.: It- was quite darw when the regal automobile reached the walls of Paris) but the detectives spotted it and one ! of them went up to the chauffeur and asked: - - "Is this, the King's car?" "It is," -was the reply. -' "Then sonny," said the detective tapping- the driver familiarly , on the shoulder, "keep your -eye- on this red Machine ahead and don't lose sight of it. We will take you straight to the King's hotel. You are a lucky dog. to be driving a king. ' Then walking back a couple of steps to the window of the limousine and coming rigidly . to attention, the detectives saluted the occupant who returned the salute. -. v "You are indeed a lucky man to be driving a kind," said the driver of the King's car over his shouroer to the man in the limousine. It enables you to sit On the cushion and let the King' do his, own driving." . The detectives saw the". story in the newspaper the next day and when to lie- King's htel to apologize. He re turned 1,000 fanes richer. A man should weigh 28 pounds for every foot of his height. WOMEN MUST TELL TRUTH ABOUT AGE (By Asscioated Press). PITTSBURG, Oct. 4. Women must not quibble about their age if they wish to vole, according to a decision given in common pleas court here yesterday when an ap peal of Miss Elizabeth Walnot, from action of registration officials was dismissed. The court held the exact age is necessary for identi fication and that the words "ap proximate" age" will not suffice. . CHARGED WITH .'-r .-V- BOOSTER TRIP BE DISCUSSED AT MEETING If .COURT H I- Business Men; Are Urged ' To Attend Session Impdrtant ' Matters'. Coming- Up, TRIP BEING PLANNED. v THROUGH THE COUNTY Ways And Means For Aiding the Tobacco Market Will Also Be ' Considered, v All i business men i ;of tNew Bern ' artf requested' to ' be in attendance at a mass meeting to be held at tHe ' co'urt house 'Tuesday night-at 8o'clock for the. purpose',, of disqussing a booster campaign' throughout the county. , i . - 1 . The v call .for ; this, meeting was sent- out this morning - by the ' ? Chamber -i jf . Commerce and - the UwaBe.-i'eWry business ,.ima,n dru ethet city is 'earnestly 'desired' ' "Boost ;for New Bern", is the slo gan -under . whvck the. meeting ! has been held. .The .tobacco market and ways and(means fox; assisting, it 'in' the saie- of tobacco' this . year, will bo brought up. Trips " through various sections of 'the country" "are planned and other matters, will be discussed. . -VThis .meeting i3 going to be a very important one,',' stated Secretary Bar low this morning, -"and it is (absolute ly essential that a ' large attendance of local citizens be present if we wish to make it a success.";. ' Similar campaigns have been con ducted -in other counties .in this sec tion and excellent results- have -been' obtained." It is- believed that a trip I through the county by local' business men , wiH mean - -much in helping to bring the city - and : the . rural dis tricts closer together. , ; . r FORD IS MADE TO PAY FOR VIOLATING PATENTS (By Associated Press). y ... -CHICAGO. Oct. 4. The tTnited States court of appeals today reserv ed a decision of Judge A; B. Ander son, at Indianapolis, giving- the-. K, W. Ognition . Company a . verdict of approximately two million dollars .against the Ford Motor Company. J The ignitition company . charged the" Ford factory had manufactured fox its own use ignition coils on which the K. W.. company, lield a. patent. The appelate ( court held that, ihe defendant had . not "been.' notified ; of . any infringement of patent, rights. FRENCH BLUEBEARD SOON TO . BE TRIED (By' Associated Press). - VERSAILLEC, Oct. 4.--The indict- . ment against lienri Desire Landru, the French Bluebeard, : has been . drawn up. There are 215 counts, 11 of them charging murder. "of" women toT whom he - had - -promised mari-iage, and the remainder forgery and other : fraudulent operations.' ,. '; .: .. .. ' -. He will be arraigned for trial in the first week in November, having: been in jail since .April, 191 9. -s - COPLON ANNOUNCES FALL MERCHANDISE . S. Coplort & Sons are making their . fall announcement' in today's issue of -the Sun -Journal. Four solid4 -pages are taken up in the description . of their new fall merchandise io all de partments ,of ' thPir,J store. Shoppers . in New Bern and in other communi ties in this part of the state-will be., greatly interested in the announce- ment, as the advertisement contains many special bargains. ,Jt. is one o,f -the most attractive ,. advertisements . published in the ; Sun-Journal ' in , I some timeE and was. compiled . by , Mr. W. H. Simons,, advertising mana'1 ' gerv for the stores In addition to bo- ing published in the paper, it also has been sent out Ah circylarform, covering all parts of Craven vand . ad joining counties. - . a , . . . j'.: . Miss Catherine Boyd left for Chap- ' ,'el Hill yesterday to enter. ihe Univer- , ' sity, . ; '. . HOUSE-