iv" f W Iff M W' iPltf 1
tdshipmemFl&y
cntfv ran31
':tpebi -to
M
Arrc.n -rements For Run-
. nin z A Special Train
To the Game is Have
Been Completed.
TICIIETS ARE SOLD
Fr.ns Are Urged To Se
cure Tickets As Soon
As Possible For the
' Cnnmal
ft .!!
J , 'Jkii. - j
' - If was , officially ' , announced
tr ! afternoon that a special train
would be operated - by the. Nor-, ;
....folk Southern railroad from Mew
T,Wn to Raleigh and return on ,
l't v in of the football
i s . Mr to be staged at the-capital ?
" 1 -wi'i-n New Kern and Sanford v-
l;.sh Schools. , : " ' . ' '
The.lrann. it, was elated, won Id -
. Jeave Jnw-nt 7iV'' , nv ana :
would leave Raleigh at' , 7:15 -p.' ;
vt Itoand-trip fare will be only:
.i.50. , -The announcement ? that a special
train will , be operated for the - big
giime was received here , today with
considerable gratification on the part
of local fans.-; At' three o'clock . this
afternoon ' scores Of ; tickets already
had been sold and it is believed that
there will be at least three hundred
I ans' to make the journey to Raleigh.
In view of the lo wfare and the convenient-
schedule it' is thought that
many who had intended making the
tiip in their cars Will abandon tAeii
plans and , will . g . on the train in
iicad. ": - ' "1 - ., .: v:v-
; Tickets may be secured from any
oC.the following: - Dean pell, A. A.
Kafer. The Sun-Jurnal-New , Bern
fci'n office, Professor Harris, The Stag,
AV Joudy's store, the T. M- C. A.,
Paul Mengel, Bquib Moore's . - place
and Ed- Clark's. ; . - '' ' ::.'
- -Several ot' the 'fans were.' out . this
niorftmg raising funds so as to per
mit the school band to take the trip.
Vp to three o'clock , they had raised
in the, neighborhood of ? 25.00 .for
this ,.purpose. 'Mote is needed.
Aa effort "also will be. made to get
the ;Elks drum corps ' to make the
trip; ' ,
'. When the team starts out against
Sanford on Friday, indications are
that- there Will be a large group of
loyal rooters on hand to . support
laem. ," ; v -. . , . .
Ate you going.?, - . v " ,
POLITICAL PARTIES
! 1 ALL ALIKE, HE SAYS
. DETROIT, , Mich.,' Nov. 27. The'
republican and democratic partie5
are J"nothing more than the right and
left-wing, of the same bird of prey,"
A len McCunrdy; qf New York, na
tional secretary- of-the Committee ' of
Forty- ' eight, told- the . state confer
ence of that .'. 6rga-ni2ation " herefc. last
night. He advocated thft forming of
a new ' party V which, he . said, . would
be, second parly. This was an oppor-
tune time Mr. McCurdy said, to rally
progressives - and liberals around aj
dominant issue ..and 'launch a newj
To Elect New Directors, For .
The Local Y. M. C. A. Board
v For the purpose of electing new
members to replace those whose term
expires on the Y; M. C. A. board, a
) meeting of all Jthose who contributed
to the ! local T,! M C. A. fund has
ben called . a d will he held at . the
Firsts Baptist church Wednesday eve
ning of next week, beginning at 7:30
c'olockf'. ': ' ' ' .. -'". '
. It is urgently -requested that u
! large a number as possible be pres-
. eut at thisvmeetinS' i;
' , A meeting of the; old board of di-
. i'Ttors was held yesterday afternoon
at The Y. M. f. -A. .halt at which H.
. Jt: HmSthv chairman, dohn Taylor,
Dr. W. L.' Hand, ,-Dr.; Z. .V. Parker,
Catl -Ooei'ch, Harlow Waldrop, -Wilr-
FANS
MAKE .
EM F
EIIIAV
OFFICERS
H LEGION in
W, C. DISTRICTS
J. ; B. Mullineau ; Appointed
District Service Officer, for '
Thi; Section of . State
Pi'
Nov.
' HIGH POINT, N. Nov. 27. Dr.
I," T. - Mann, of High, Point, depart
ment service officer of the North Car
olina American Legion, has announc
ed the;: -Qlfowing district f service vof-,
fleers: '
. First district, VvlC. G, DixonAy--den;
second district, Bryce Little,
Wilson - third district, SJT. 0. tuflin-?
eaux, New. Eern;v fourth -district, "W
8. Um3tead, Durham r sixth district,
B. C Cantwell, Wilmington seventh
district,' O. B.' Wilson, Hamlet.'- 8th
9th 1 district, . A- J.- BealU Charlotte;
tenth district, C. A.'.Sloane, Oteen.
EARTHQUAKE ' DOES SOME
DAMAGE IN MIDDLE WEST
i (By Associated Press) . , ,
i ST.' LOUIS, Nov. 27. Considerable
property damage was caused by earth
tremors of . moderate intensity - n
Eastern Missouri. Southern Illinois,
Western Indiana,- and "Northwestern
Kentucky last night, according to re
ports reaching here today. -
The tremors shook buildings . and
homes, toppled ehimneys and resi
dences, . broke - windows, knocked
chinaware from shelves and fright
ened , residents in' parts of the four
states, the report, said. f " a
- - ' " " " . " .5
INSTANTLY. KILLED AS
HIS AUTO TURNS OVER
i. - (By Associated Press)
LILLINGTON, N. C," Nov. 27.--George
Fuquay "was instantly killed
in Little " River township la'e - yester
lay when the automobile- he- Was
driving; overturned, according to a
message- received here this morning.
A man named Kelly, who was riding
with Fuquay. received a. painful in
jury and is in a Sanford hospital. -
ELIZIBETH CITY CHILD
DIES RESULT OF BURN
(By Associated Press)
;; ELIZABETH CITY, N. C, Nov.' 27
Flora Crainks,, age 4, , died .- here
early today :of burns suffered Sunday-
afternoon when her clothing
caught fire while she was playing
with matches in' the yard at the home
of hr narrnfo
. i
In Peilirt-, the
V.'.j th' cabin?. has
liam Chadwick, and Beemer Harrell
were in attendance.' The recent ca n
paign was discussed and other mat
ters, pertaining to the financial sta
tus of the organization, were taken
up. Mr. Harrell told of work that
was being done at the boys' camp
preparatory to making it ready for
the boys next year. He also gave a
general resume of what the Y. M. C
A. was doing at the present time and
its plans for the future.
it was decided to hold the general
meeting or those interested in the
Y.M. C. A. next week in order that
those present might decide whom
they wanted to put on the board of
directors to take the place of the re
tiring members.
Secretary Says That Cadets
Drunk At Army - Navy Game
' .,t ;', . (By-Associated Press)' ,
' ' WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 The "conduct of' the - Annapo
lis midshipmen: at the " Army-Navy football game . at Phila
delphia Saturday, was arraigned . in a public statement to
day by Secretary. Denby,, of the Navy Department, declaring
that members of the corps had brought disgrace not only on
themselves but on the Nayal Academy. . :.
' ; "How many midshipmen drank heavily I do ., not know,"
said the Secretary's statement, but, he added that despite the
good behavior of many, enough midshipmen had "failed to
do their duty to ; their uniform and their country to bring
shame upon all." : He announced that an investigation vould
be ordered. r '
Five Charred Bodies Found In
A -Building. Including Those. " v
o-,Wif; and Daughter
; (liy Associated-Press)
i BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn.,.'- Nov. a7:--Ben
Burkfleld. age 41,. will be. brought
here late tonight from, the Blounts-
ville jail artdr given -a ihearipg on the
charge of ttiUrder in .connection, with.
:he finding ot five charred: bodies, be
lieved tdh&ve been slain in the house
in, which they were -found -and which
had 'been set fire early yesterday.
Uhe -(dead include the wife and
daughter of J the man ' held. Officers
say they evidently had been beaten
to death was an ax and the house
set Ufa to hide any trace of the
crime. . ' - -. . .
Calmly . Chewing a piece of guln.
Burkfleld i showed no concern . when
he vieed the five bodies late ,. yes
terday after his capture in Johnson
City, Tenh.' '
- According to the. police, Burkfleld
and his tvlfe were- separated. They
say he is alleged to have made threats
against - her : after ascertaining that
she'-contelnplated getting a divorce.
Party of Picnickers Victims of
Disaster Which Occurred
' . ' Near Buenos Aires'-
. - ' (By "Associated Press)
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. ,27 Thirty
four - lives .'Were lost In a collision
Sunday between a launch , and a ferry
boat in' the Parana river, northwest
of this city. : -
The Collision occurred in the dark
ness at O'clock last night. The
launch ."filled 'with picnickers, many
of them children, struck the ferry
boat. while going at full speed. So far
as is known there are only three .sur
vivors of , the ' excursion party and
the -launch crew.
U;
S. TO MAKE SPECIAL
TREATY WITH TURKS
PARIS, . Nov. 27. Preparations of
a .separate treaty between Turkey and
the United States -is under consider
ation at Laussane, says a dispatch to
Le TP"- The correspondent sug
gests that this perhaps was the subr
ject of yesterdya'is long conversation
between Richard Washburn Childs
and Ishmit Pasha.
TEXTILE STRIKE HAS
COME TO SUDDEN END
'"it By Associated Press)
BOSTON, Nov. 27. The return to
work of as many of the operators of
the Amoskeag Manufacturing Com
pany, in Manchester, N. H.. as could
be accomodated, marked the virtual
end of hie great textile strike in New
England, The Amoskeag union call
ed off their strike -yesterday. :;'; :r
ACCUSE IN OF
WIFE'S MURDER
34 LIVES LOST
IK COLLISION
FUNERAL TODAY
OF IS. CIS
Mother of ,Dr, N. M." Gibbs
Passed Away 1 Yesterday ; at
, - Lake liandsngf HydeCo -
Word was received ; here -yesterday
of . the death of ' Mrs; Battle Gibbs,
age;75 years. t Lake Landing", N. C,
foUowing an, -.illness - of -some - time.
She - was practically an invalid, dhr
ing be last year-of her-life. The
funeral, services took nlace today at
Lake Landing. , . - i-
' Mrs., .Gibbs :wa one of the ' best
had a -large number of devoted
friends in that section of the state.
church and a devout Christian. She
5s survived by a son. Dr. N. M Gibbs
and a daughter, Mrs J. D. Hathway,
of Elizabeth City.
PROPOSED PACKING
MERGER IS DEBATED
. WASHINGTON, Nov. 27. The pro
posal of . J Ogden Armour that the
government approve the , purchase by
Armour . .& Coy, of Morris & Co., and
other f the "Big Five" Chicago pack
ers, was the subject of a White House
conference- today between -President
Harding, . Secretary Wallace- ahd At
torney General augherty.
, JCeither . the.. Attorney General nor
Secretary Wallace would discuss the
conference and.- -there was -no an
nouncement -from the White House
regarding -it. It was understood, how
ever, that - there is - a different of
opinion, as to -.whether the merger
should be approved. . -
Ghent Prayer Service .
The regular Ghent prayer service
will be held Tuesday night at 8 o'
clock at'the home of Mrs. s; L. Buck,
512 Rhems Avenue. B. F. Hagood
will be leader at this meeting.
First Snow Here .Today
-'The first snow of the season fell In
New Bern early this morning. It was
sufficient to cover the roofs of the
houses but did not make much of an
impression upon the ground. By nine
o'clock this morning all traces- of the
snow had vanished.
This is the earliest fall of snow that
has taken place in New Bern in many
years. Reports from Kinston and
Goldsbpro are to the effect : that a
1- slight snow also fell at those points.
Russian Delegates Want Honor
LAUSANNE, Nov. ' 27. The Rus
sian to the Near East Conference sent
a communication to the President of
the conference today, demanding ad
mission of the. Russian representa
tives for the discussion of all ques
tions on the agenda so that a durable
peace might be signed.
CHOSE
IS NOMINATED
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE
(Special to Sun-Journal) .
Washoington, Nov. 27. Federal
District Judge John Crose of Bal
timore was nominated today by
President Harding: to the United
States , judgeship for the Fourth
circuit comprising- the states of
North Carolina-, South Carolina,
Virginia Maryland and West Vir
ginia, j-?
(PIE
11
SAVS
ARE FIGHTING
Shipping Board Commissioner
' Asserts Misrepresentation
' I3 Being Made -
SEEK TO KEEP DOWN
AMERICAN SHIPPING
Plummer Declares Foreign In
terests Are Campaigning '
Against the 1 Bill.
' (Bx Associated Press). ,
MILWAUKEE, Wis.. . Nok'. 27.-
British and other foreign-, shipping
nterests and journals are engaged, in
v sturdy campaign of misrepresenta
tion - ana propaganda tor defeat the
American ship subsidy bill; Edward
1. Plummer, commissioner ' of v the
J. S. Shipping Board declared in a
peech. prepared for delivery today
bef ore' the Middle West ! Merchant
Vtarine and Foreign Trade." (ionfer
ence. : . -v , ' -: - - : ' j-
As long as the possibility that the
American shins will take frn.ni'-thm
some. 6 "per cent "of . AmertCftir?hse
orts, wliich are now carried in for
eign ships, the foreign -shipping in
terests .. are ' using every possible
means , to- discourage the upbuilding
the merchant marine in ' . this
ountry; Mr. V Plummer said. ; ':". ; ..
; "They've ' been feeding their-' cat
tle in our pasture so long that' they've
;orne to think they own the land,"
ie declared. - "'So when wp.i litirt ' ln
I put in some stock of our own they.
'Sin! fr Ln,f n
Z t tir trespass to
about
man
" in ... n ha .hahamJ : A . . . II - 1.
iCLYYZi die CIUUILCU III A.U&LriLliil, . ESOUXa
Africa and . other places to aid -Brit-1
Ish shipping.
JESSE LI PATTERSON
DIES AT STATESVILLE
WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, Tov. 27
-r-Jesse Lindsay; Patterson,' a promi
nent citizen of Winston-Salem, ; and
one of the state's leading lawyers,
died in a sanitarium in. Statesville
last night after several weeks' ill
ness. Hq was 64 years of age. f C .
MURDER CASE
Somerset Grand Jury Takes up
Evidence In the Hall-Mills
Mystery
SOMMERVILLE, N
J.. Nov, 27.
The Somerset county grandjury re
assembled today after a three-day
Vacation to continue hearing wit
nesses in the Hall-Mills murder in
jury. Twelve witnesses, including Mrs.
Jane . Gibson, whose eye-witness ac
count of the murder is considered the
state's chief asset, remained to bf
heard. The hearing will be completed
tomorrow, prosecuting officials predicted-
' '
ENGLAND SUPPORTS
OPEN DOOR POLICY
IiAUSAXXE, Nov. 27. Ixml
Curzon, the British foreign secre
tary,' today authoribed. an official
statement to the press that Eng
land supports the American
"Ojen-door policy" in Turkey and
regards the San Remo agrement
for division of the Mosul oil dis
trict as mil and void.
Observe Week of Prayer
The Elizabeth Hendren Missidnary
Society will observe ithis wee'k a
"Week of Prayer." Wednesday the
Bright Jewels will have charge of the
service. Thursday will be a special
Thanksgiving offering day. A full at
tendance is desired at all these meet
ings. The ladies of the church are
cordially invited to attend the ser
vices. -
Many, former bartenders are hopin.7
I TISH
RESUME OUERY
they are future hartenders.
I J
OVERHEARD
(Expressions heard , locally from
, . . various persons on various
v topics.), -v.-' 1
The bridge over the Roanoke river
at Wiliamston shortens the "distance--.
U. X' . . - ' . .1
uciwccu j.icw cern ana rsiroioiK about
56 miles. . . . "-, -
However, few cars are taking that
route,: owing to the bad condition nf
the roads between Suffolk and Wind
sor. Most of them are 'still going the
old way. John H. Parker. '.
aT' -: .'-. '-'
" Even though' the Commimity
T .Y. C. A-. did not do another
; . thing for five years, it lias moi-e
. than paid f p ritself in the results
: thus far accomplished. '-It is an
t organization whtah Is doing a
wonderful work among our boys
, . and : young men and should re
( oeive every financial and moral
aid. Dr. Z. V. Parker.
. . The second payment of the Tobacco
Growers' Co-operative Association tc
the farmers Is going to help business
considerably. ' fn the : meantime,1 we
are ready to 'advance the - .farmers
their second payment in anticipation
of the date which will be announced
.ater. T. A. Uzzell.
;-; As a new-comer here, New Bern
Impresses' me as being one of the
finest- towns of its . size in which I
ever have been. . There are. just- two
things lacking: paint .for some pf
the houses and trash cans on .' the
streets, D. L. Latta.- r
Shooting Occurred In Harnett
' County. , Believed Wounds '
Will Be Fatal ; -
(By Associated. Presg) -
LILLINGTQN, N. C., ' Nov. 27.
M:
rs. Foster van Cannon, wife of a
farmer living 'in- the Anderson Creek
section of Harnett county, .-was shot
and probably fatally injured Satur
day nightas she sat in her home
rocking her baby. The shot was .fired
through a crack in the log cabin in
which she lived and the bullet struck
Mrs. van Cannon in the head. Sheriff
McCarden stated this morning", that
he had information - that probably
would lead to ah arrest during. . the
Say. ; - . .. ... . .--.', -'.',, .
TAKE MAN FROM. HOME
AND GIVE HIM BEATING I
IIKSHOr,
WHOli
1 . ; - i attack- on the provision, there were-
, (By Associated Press) - cries from both sides of thehouse for(
1 LtLLINGTON, N. C.,- Nov. 27. A U vote. It came a few. minutes later.,
enant farmer, named?. Green, living ! Mr. Graham declared he wanted to
on the farm of. Tom West, about ten support the" measure but-insisted,
miles from here, was .taken frorii his
home 'last Friday night by four un-jhe
inasked men. and, given a severe
whipping, according to ' information
reaching .the - authorities '. here today
sheriff McCarden said that informa
tion reaching, him today was that the
men accused Green of stealing some
yhigkey belonging to them. '
Organizing New Bible Class
A pan for organizing two Bibie
claisses" out oC the present Berean
2lass at the First Baptist church, was
1 ccf,,l at f i-o.ntfir r, A t" i n nf
the class yesterday. One of the div-
Isions will he 'com nosed of the odler
men and the other of the younger
irowd. The only objection, to the pir.n
.nov. v.o ,-1 nno in thp i-lsBs
lllireoia -- ..v
Plf oualified to belonc
.v.... , -. . -x - -
'o the older division.
LaFolIette Is In Favor, Of
Scitppiiig Two Big Parties
PHONE1X. Ariz., Nov. 27. Sena
tor Lafollette, of Wisconsin, told
him in a long-distance , telephone
conversation from Washington that
the people had spoken twice to the
majority party and that if they would
have to speak again it would be to
welcome a third party, George W.
Hunt, governor-elect of Arizona, said
here last night. He may be a repre
sentative to tlie meeting of progres
sive leaders at Washington on De
cember 2.
Senator Lafollette said he would
just as soon see both the old parties
scrapped, according to Mr. Hunt,
pointing out that radical or progres
sive candidates in eight states had
been victorious in the recent elec
tions through close combination of
organized farmers and union work
ers and that an analysis of the re
turns would show Mr. Hunt's elec-
In
y j- u u u v u vv
; . ' v
IB
II' iin
T IN U.S. TO
SPREAD TAEFY
""' . " '"- ' 11 ,- C ' x'-s-.' -V..- , z
Declares He Will Pursue His
Own Tactics, . Regardless . .:
of Whom He Offend ,
DOES NOT NTEND .TO ' j
OFFER COMPROMISES
Has Received Dozens of Tele'
grams Urging Him. To Tone
J Down 'His Utterances r
Aboard. Clemenceau's Private car'
en route to Chicago, Nov. 27. lcep
in a campaign for Rran'ce- that al
ready has brought attacks by Demo
crats as well as Republicans on the.
senate floor and criticisms from the
British government, Georges Clemen
ceau today declared he wou!d seek
his Deace out in his nwn wav .no mat -
ter whom rhe offended.
The French Premier of war days, "
it was-learned,, has received dozens ot -telegrams
from France nad welj- '
wishers of Franoe,. urging himto tone
down his . remarks, so that they-. -Will
Jnot offend any part of the nation
which he tame to-wini One telegram
urged him to-"say things that.Atoer-'
ent." j
::'rf'f did not came to be 'expedient,''
. he .'declared when he recevied this .
message "1 came - to tell the truth.
I did not come to say pleasing thing
but' to , say. the things .that would
bd of value in my judgment to help:
preserve the, peace of the world.'?.
"'I. have not been a eompromiser. '
Now 'that X have 'one - foot in .tne'
- grave,' Ieaset of allr'WiU .1 ..make 'a.. ;
sacrifice - to be exp'edient. I .- don t -want
i,success ' of expedlency.,"
TO RESTRICT. SALES 1 OF
SHIPPING BOARD SHIPS
-; . (liy Associated Press)., ' .
WASHINGTON, . NOV. Zi. With-:
out a record vote, the House . today
eliminated 'from the- -administration,
shipping, bill a section . which - would
have- permitted the- Shipping Board,
to sell any vessels of ' -the govern
ment's merchant fleet without a-3-vertic-ig
for competitive "bidding-. ,---The
Lmotion to strike out the secr;!
tion' was .made , bv -i.Tlepresentativ.-.-
of - the three-day fight over amend-,,
ments to the measure.. Aa soon as, Mr. .
Graham had concluded a five-iiiut
j had to be so changed jn principal that,
could stand for it Republican-?, he
added, should accept suggestions from
their own side if they .wanted it .pa-
cu. - - .. . -. - , --.'
By a vote of 81 to 78,. the House
today adopted an amendment' to .th.o.
i shipping bill, providing that . the
steamship. Leviathan.- now being re
conditioned at Newport News at a.
cot of $7,500,000, should not be sold ,
at a price less than the Coat , of re
conditioning. Meeting of Eastern Star
I The regular meeting of Craven
1 Chapter, E. O. S., No. 29, will be held
j tonight at 8 o clock by order of the,
1 Wnrthir Mnlrmi. ATI .members are re--
1 J . . . ' .
! minded of the Thanksgiving off en n?r
..- -.
for the orphans.
tion bv such a combination.. Mr. Hunt
him to the conference. -
"The iron is hot; it is .time to
.strike." was one of Senator Lnfol
lette's expressions, Mr. Hunt declar
ed. "The psychology of the dissatis
fied Jmasses dissatisfied because
they are not getting living wages
because they are not getting sulh-;
cient rptwrns from their, crops to
pay taxes and buy groceries, is fit"
the back of this practical upheaval'',
Hunt asserted the Wisconsin senator
told him.
"I feel confident that Senator- La
follette has the best interests of the
people at heart in his efforts to .es
tablish this bloc," Mr.. Hunt said,
"but I- cannot get away from the idea
that the p lace to make this fight for
the people is in the. democratic
party." ' . ' - , ,.
NU