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ANTI-VICE STATE CAMPAIGN STARTS IN RALEIGH AND
ARRESTS MARCUS M. SMITH AN ERSTWHILE
, ' 4 RELIGIO US WORKER. ' '
COTTON GROWERS MEET IN RALEIGH
(By Maxwell Gorman)
RALEIGH, July 15. By the
incorporation of The American
Publishing Co., with E. A.Wom
ble as chief promoter, a second
afternoon daily newspaper plans
to make its appearance in Ra
leigh about October first.
Sh Womble, who has been con
nevted with newspapers for 20
the new enterprise for a year and
he expects to see the realization
of his hopes when the newsboys
begin to announce, "Here's your
Evening' American, la-a-st Edish-
CHILD LABOR
LAW HEARING
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Cotton Growers Meet
hi response to the call issued
by the executive committee of
the North Carolina Cotton Asso
eiation, there are many cotton
choppers expected to be gathered
in Raleigh this week to counsel
together. One of the subjects to
be taken up will be the freight
rate on raw cotton and the asso
ciation Avill press and continue to
pres for better terms in which
the grower of the staple is the
party most concerned if he can
get it to market where prfces
rule highest-
Crop of Candidates Reduced
With Senator Simmons' an
nouncement declaring anew his
preference for Cameron Morrison
for governor and the elimination
of Col Albert Cox and Mr Dough-
ton as possible candidates, one
?ms to see more clearlv into
the prospects of next year's pri
ory, with Morrison, Gardner
and Bob Page as probably the
only three to make the race-
State Campaign Against Vice
The arrest here of Marcus M.
ith, a life-long resident of Ra
jli and a man wno has been ac
tx? in his zeal to do "religious
Vf,1V on charges of promoting
institution and maintaining a
domino- hmisp TirYi : i
0 irucio iiiiuiurai
induct was carried on. caused
something of a "sensation."
oiliith is rplafprl
ere an while he had been re
garded as emtio -u
-... Xli ucmeati-
;Jr at times and at the mannpr
ln which he attemnt.Pd tn A
lle claimed, there was no thou-
in the general public mind
lat his ronrninor Vinr, 4.1,
( "to iwi me
irking girls," where they were
Pnsed to be protected from the
. Ues0f the evil disnncod ,
10ral place as is now charged.
of arrest is one of the results
iu le campaign against vice be
onckcted under the direction
fen,. K' BurSess of the vice
CTlthe State board of
tll. Ol.rl 1
nxuun under machin-
While the law forbidding the
employment of children under
fourteen years of age in stipulat
ed occupations, which are very
broad in scope, the Child Labor
Commission is empowered to
make exceptions and regulations
of a modifying nature.
The Commission however taken
the position that the law went in
to effect July 1 in all its implica
tions and will remain so unless
reasonable cause is shown why
the commission should make
some modifications.
In order that the commission
may be frilly advised on this mat
ter it has set August fifth and
sixth for a public hearing to be
held in the hall of the House of
Representatives. Any party who
believes that any modifications
should be made in the law are in
vited to be present for the pur
pose of stating their position.
Letters will be accepted by the
commission from any persons who
are not able to be present and
same will be given due consider
ation. From letters received by the
commission it appears that some
parties have been expecting some
announcement regarding the mod
ifications of the law. The com
mission therefore is of the opin
ion that no prosecutions for vio
lations should be pressed unless
occurring after July 15 by which
time this announcement will have
reached the public.
SWISS FORBID
SUNDAY AUTOS
BERNE, July lg. Some of the
Swiss cantons, including Zurich
and Thurgau, have forbidden au
tomobiling on Sunday.
SWISS STRIKE
OF TYPES
ETTERS
BERNE, July 15. No newspa
pers were published in Switzer
land today owing to a strike of
the operators of the typesetting
machines.
The men demanded a forty two
hour week.
I
The Lord loves a cheerful giv
er, and we love a prompt payer.
Owe us anything, brother?
er
. 111 several detectives
'V anrl
j pense money provided
file W,.i.4.
-Biaiure last ivinfor
inflnrL
'Iff M, O J V.ULU
6 Ollp fnmo1 .
U'iric, "QJe operative, is sleu
th r the weak women and
over. CPactors in vice, the State
ja wno tt j. a
,,r' "Sleuthed" in the man
en4 on here-and there
U. S. MARINES
LAND IN CHINA
WASHINGTON, July 14i
That American, British, French
and Japanese war vessels at Shan
ghai are prepared to land marines
and sailors on account of the anti
foreign feeling growing out of
the boycott of Japanese goods by
the Chinese was indicated in re
ports received by the State De
partment. There has been some
fear of a general attack on all for
eigners by Chinese mobs worked
"P by agitators.
The present boycott is the 4th
against the Japanese- It aims at
the future restoration of shan
tung and appears to be of a deep
rooted character. The boycott
is reported to be assuming -a Bol
shevik color.
STRIKE RAGES
THROUGH ITALY
ROME, July 15. Strike disor
ders occurred at various places
in Italy today.
At Luyera eight persons were
killed and thirty wounded.
Near Genoa two anarchists
were killed, at Sestre Ponente, 4
miles west of Genoa and four o
ther anarchists were arrested-
A general strike took place at
Caltan Setta, Sicily. The people
there marched through the streets
crying "vive soviet" and forced
dealers in food stuffs and other
necessities to reduce prices fifty
per cent-
PERSHING UNDER
GUARD OF HONOR
LONDON, July 15. General
Pershing, commander of the A
merican Expeditionary Forces
in France, who arrived here with
his staff this forenoon to take
part in the peace celebration, was
met at Dover by General Home
and a guard of honor-
CABINET GIVEN
CONFIDENCE VOTE
ROME, July 15. The govern
ment of ; Premier Nitti, which
took office several weeks ago, re
ceived a vote . of confidence in
the Chamber of Deputies.
s
:N KILLED IN
MINE EXPLOSION
PARIS G
WILD
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CELEBRATION OF VICTORY
ft?
TIES
DAY CARRIED INTO
SMALL HOURS OF THIS MORNING WITH THE
GREATEST GAIETY
THE
WASHINGTON, July 15. One
officer and six enlisted men have
been killed in the destruction of
the American mine sweeper,
Richard P. Buckley, by the explo
sion of a mine in the North Sea
on July 12.
w
Wt CONFER
WITH WILSON
'J
"GIRANDOLE" FEATURE OP PARADE
-o
WASHINGTON, July 15. In
dications are that President Wil
son would not be asked to appear
before the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee for a discussion
of tb peace Treaty.
nmission however is i?aid
to iiavxj been received instead.
In administration quarters high
administration officials intimated
that they;.had been informed by
some of the members of the com
mittee that a majority of that
body seemed hostile to the sug
gestion that the president be ask
ed to appear or that the commit
tee, as a body, confer with him.
MAY EXTRADITE
DISTRICT AHY.
CONCORD, July 15. Charging
conspiracy in the prosecution of
Gaston B. Means for the alleged
murder of Mrs. Maude A. King
and for subordination of perjury
in connection with the trial of
Means in 1917, warrants were is
sued here today for John T. Dool-
ing, assistant district attorney
of New York, and William B.
Miller, attorney of the Northern
Trust Company, of Chicago.
Dooling assisted Solicitor Hay-
den Clement in the prosecution
of Means, in December, 1917, and ial traffic
RODD RECEIVES
SILVER CUP
CLEVELAND, July 15 Lieutenant-Commander
Reade, of the
American seaplane N. C-4 and
companions of the trans-Atlantic
flyers, Lieutenant Commander
Bellinger, of the ill-feted N. C-l
and Lieutenant Commander Tow
ers, of N. C-3, were guests at a
public reception today at which
Ensign Herbert N. Rodd, the
Cleveland wireless operator on
the N. C-4, was presented with a
silver cup by the city.
R. R. RETURNED
END OF YEAR
WASHINGTON, July 15 In
view of the statewent by Presi
dent Wilson 4hat the railroads
would be returned to their ow
ners at the end of this 3rear
Chairman Esch told the House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Committee today that it would
be useless to consider plans for 5
year extension of government
ownership.
"I think I should not have
spent much time on that. There
are many problems to be worked
out in the bill for the regulation
of the carriers, we are taking up,
and in view of; the president's de
claration nothing can be gained
by discussion of the situation,"
stated Mr. Esch.
but
DAYLIGHT LAW
REPEAL L0S1
PARIS, July 15. Weary
still bent upon continuing its fes
tivities until the last ounce of
celebrative energy had been spent
Paris kept up its Victory Day
celebrations well into the small
hours of this morning.
Each traditional attraction of
the fourteenth of, July, fireworks,
performance in the national thea
tres, street dancing, found its
particular crowd.
The climax of the nights pro
ceedings, however, was the- ap
pearance of "girandole," espe
cially brought from Florence
where it was made for the occa
sion. It consisted of a series of
connected panels, brilliantly ilium
inated and adorned with protraits
of allied.rulers and celebrities to
gether with inscriptions recalling
the principal events of the war.
WASHINGTON, July 15. The
Daylight Saving Plan, under
which the clocks of the country
are turned forward one hour in
March and moved back in Octo
ber, will be continued indefinate-
This was assured yesterday
when following President Wil-
CD
son's veto of the thirty three mil
lion agricultural appropriation
bill, because ol; its rider repealing
the daylight saving act, the house
refused by a vote of 247 to 135 to
pass the measure over the presi
dent's veto.
TRAFFIC LAWS
FOR AIR CRAFT
PARIS, July 14. Anticipation
of future commerce in the air has
led to the unanimous adoption by
the delegates o the chief powers
RELIEF SOUGHT
IN CHILD LABOR
RALEIGH, N. C, July 15.
Hudson-Belk Company, of this
city, has opened the question
with the State Child Welfare
Commission relative to the em
ployment of children under the
age of fourteen as wrapping clerk
1 during vacation time which has
at the Peace Conference 'of a
draft of a convention, in the form! caused the commission to instruct
HOUSE KILLS
2 34 PER
CENT BEER
WASHINGTON, July 15. Pro
hibition forces took full control
in the house today, refused to
permit, a vote on a straightout
motion to repeal the wartime act,
defeated overwhelmingly an a
mendment providing for the sale
of 2-34 beer, and stood solidly
against all attacks on the general
enforcement measure.
Just as fast as one "liberal"
amendment was offered by oppo
nents of prohibition, it was vot
ed down without ceremony, al
ways by a triple vote, for the
minority, fighting every inch of
ground, demanded a division af
ter the ayes and nays were called,
and then asked for tellers. Be
fore the house got through with
the first section of the first part
oi the three-part bill there Was
more disorder on the floor than
at any time his session.
The real battle of the day, how
ever, was over the amendment to
define an intoxicant as a beverage
containing more than 2 alco
hol, instead of one half of one
per cent-, as written in the bill.
After 2 beer had been bowl
ed over by a record vote of 151
to 90 and this was about the re-
of certain laws to regulate aerJits executive secretary, Mr. E. F- lative division on all amendments
i i no . . . - - - .
representatives of the Northern
Trust Company were witnesses
The purpose of the convention
jis to faciliate the development of
for the state. Means was ac- j international navigation in the
quitted 'fet the conclusion o a sen air and proposes the creation oi
sational trial lasting three weeks, j an international commission of
The evidence upon which the j aerial navigation.
may be other "surprises" in
store in the course of human c
vents and the vice campaign.
warrants were issued will be pre
sented and witnesses heard by the
grand jury of Cabarrus county
Superior court here August 11
next, it was officially announced
today, and if a Irue bill is found
the governors of New York and
Illinois will be asked to extradite
the defendants for trial here.
Routes of transport are to be
a country to be forbidden areas;
airships and aeroplanes are to be
registered as automobiles are reg
istered today; certificates of ap
titude issued to pilots as they are
now issued to chauffers, and reg
ulations are laid down for airship
logs lights and signals.
Carter to relieve employers from
liability under the new law which
goes into effect today where
good reasons are given for the em
ployment of children under the
age of fourteen-
COTTON MARKET
Close
July 35.40
October 35.05
December . 35.07
January 34.70
March 34.60
Local Market NOMINAL
the prohibitionists went after
another amendment by Represen
tative lgoe, Democratic, of Miss
ouri, which would have stricken
out all definition of intoxicants,
killing the proposal, 128 to 83.
There was the utmost confus
ion at times, despite vigorous
whacks with a gavel, and some
of the prohibition leaders ap
plauded every move in their favor-
The galleries, filled largely
with women, and officers of aoti
liquor organizations broke ink)
applause when the house roaqed
its disapproval of 2 beer.