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VOL. 40 -NO. 144.
RUSSIAN COUNTER ATTACK '
- LAUNCHED NEAR tEMBERG
BOTH ARMIES ARE BEING RE
CRUITED PREPARATORY TO A
STRONG OFFENSIVE BY RUS
SIANS; PEACE CONFAB MOVES
TO RIGA. ;v.: '
London, Aug. 30. The Rus
sians, in a counter-offensive
east of 'Brest-Litovsk, occupied
four villages, according to a
Moscow wireless, which fur
ther states that treavy fighting
continues near Lemberg.
Paris, Aug 30 Warsaw ad
vices say that military itera
tions in Poland are limited to
local actions for the moment,
and that the Poles are regroup
ing their forces, separated dur
ing the recent rapid advances
against the enemy. . v
Paris, Aug.- 30. General
- Hozadowski, chief of staff, has
stated thafof the seventy divi
sions of Russians gathered
against Poland, there remain
barely thirty, but that they are
reorganizing new armies and
are spreading fire and blood in;
Eastern Galicia, arming bands
of peasants for guerilla war
fare and preparing fifteen new
divisions for. military operation
that will soon begin.
Warsaw, Aug. 30 The Polish pro
posal for thff transfer of the Russo
Polish peace negotiations from Minsk
Riga has been accepted by the
, Russian Soviet government, it was
announced from Moscow, by wireless.
A wireless from Minsk complains
about the treatment suffered by the
- Polish delegates. Thecommander of
. tne western Soviet army' had Minsk
v placarded with posters denouncing
the Polish delegates': as spies and
"warning the population against asso-
i,' ' ' . . " ' :rf.'4..."il,..a,; ..J
ciating with them.' The message adds
that the commander destroyed the
Poles wireless antennae, hindering
'communication with Warsaw.
Washington, Aug. 30. Italy has
informed the United .States that she
is in accord with America regarding
Poland's restriction to her own ter
ritory.
5
New York, Aug.' 30. "I know de
. 'finitely that liquor was sold in the
Lambs," Federal Supervising Prohi
bition Agent James jShevlin asserted.
"Reports from prohibition officers
wlio have been working on the case
ihave established this fact beyond the
, shadow of a doubt, and now, since I
Hiave thi3 fact in hand, this office in
tends to find out how the liquor was
xiold to to whom and by whom. We
are going to the bottom of the thing
and get the whole story. s I can also
: state positively that John J. McGraw
; purchased wihiskey in the Lambs the
.night of the reported fracas."
The condition of John C. Slavin
-was reported at St. Luke's hospital
tto have shown a slight improvement.
However, the physicians still refuse
to' permit the authorities to question
the actor as to the manner in which
he received his injuries.
. - Slavin, it is claimed by McGraw,
wan injured in a brawl at the Lambs
during which he was struck on the
(head with a bottle. After leaving the
Lambs with McGraw in a taxi Slavin
accompanied the Gaints manager to
his home in West One Hundred and
Ninth street and collapsed on the
sidewalk in front of McGraws',apart
ment house. -
CONETOE CHILDREN NEXT
AT THE DENTAL CLINIC
Dr. Schultze, state dentist, will fin
'ish the work with the children of
Township No. 1 on Aug. 31. -
.Sept. 1, 2, 3, and 4 are the days
assigned Conetoe school." The clinic
is being held in the Tarboro school
building.
'.The automobile tourists don't get
-much of an idea of the country they
peed through, but anyway they can
y they've been there.
LIQUOR
LAMBS
ALL THE LOCAL NEWS
RALEIGH PLANS
FOR STATE
. (By Llewxam.)
Raleigh, Aug. 30. A Sunday visit
to the fair grounds of the N C. State
FairTwhi.' opens fcr the 1P20 fair
in just seven weeks, beginning Oct.
18, for one week revealed many im
portant improvements being made
under tje direction of Secretary J.
E. Pogue and Treasurer C. B. Den
son. General Julian S. Carr, who
this year is again officiating as presi
dent of the fair, is also taking an
active' interest in the hope of making
the fair this year the biggest and
best State Fair ever held.
Marked improvements have been
made in the grounds. The roadway
along the midway and elsewhere has
been doctored so as to avoid mud
hereafter on rainy days and dust on
dry days. The midway space for the
shows has been enlarged, a number
of new pens and other accommoda
tions for sheep and other livestock
exhibits have been constructed, and
new and better seats are being added
around the race track and at other
places on the grounds. - A new terra
cotta drainage system is this week
being built, and the parking spac'e
for the automobiles has been greatly
enlarged. The general exhibition halls
have been given a new roof andhe
circus bleacher seats will be covered
by a canvass.
The;' premium list book has been
issue'd, showing large increases in the
premiums, and especially good purses
for racing, etc. A copy of the pre
miuftr Isit can be secured by any one
for the asking. The great reunion
of, thousands of North Carolinians at
the State Fair is a groat feature, to
which many look with pleasure.
FOOD COULDN'T SAVE
MAYOR, SAYS DOCTOR
London, Aug. 30. -The hunger
strike of Mayor MacSweney, of Cork,
has progressed so far that. food would
not save him, tlhe Brixton prison doc
tor says.
A change for the worse is expected
in twenty-four hours.
The mayor's wife says her husband
is still conscious but unable to speak.
POMMITTEE SPURRED
BY COX'S CHARGES
Chicago, Aug. 30. The senate
committee investigating campaign
funds began work today on presiden
tial expenditures.
The committee, spurred by Cox's
charges, are, prepared for exhaustive
hearings, with the chairmen of the
two parties and the treasurer's testi
fying, i
E. Old! DIES
AT BEAUFORT HOME
Beaufort, Aug. 30. Edward Carl
ton Duncan, the old war-horse of the
republica"nsKtf North Carolina, pass
ed away yesterday morning at the
Davis House, at the age of 58, after
an illness of several months.
By occupation a pilot Duitcan en
tered politics in 1890 when he was
appointed collector ofcustoms at the
port, of Beaufort. Later he served
two terms, 1895 and 1897, in the
legislature, after wlhich-he was ap
pointed collector of internal revenue,
in which office he served until 1D08,
when he became cne of the receivers
for the" Seaboard Air Line, which he
administered with such success fcliat
none of the bonds were scaled,
tThis spring he underwent a serious
operation at Johns Hopkins hospital,
Baltimore, and in June, although not
recovered, attended the republican
national convention in Chicago.
Mr. Duncan was twice married, his
first wife being Miss Carrie King, of
Beaufort, from iich union two sons,
William and Charles Duncon, of Ral
eigh, and one daughter, Mrs. Stokes
Adams, of Union, S. C, survive. His
second wife was Miss Alma Speight,
who also survives him.
S!
WELL ATTENDED
Orchestra Entertain
Harmonious
Music.
With
I DR. SHAFFER
CONDUCTS
The first Community Sing was well
attended and a great success i;i view
of the experiment it was to this sec
tion. Other places have had Commu
nity Sings and appreciated them.
Here it was appreciated also after
the people got into the swing of it, al
though it would have been much bet
ter If the people could have congre
gated in seats in front of a bandstand
rather than sit in automobiles away
off. However, we are very pleased as
it was pulled off as well as it was,
considering it was an experiment, and
all future sings given by Dr. Shaffer's
orchestra will have better attendance,
more community singing and larger
support.
Probably four hundred were pres
ent on the commons yesterday after
noon, which was extremely satisfac
tory considering that this is the midst
of summer and many of ojjr people
are away. That the attendance was
agreeable to Dr. Shaffer and his or
chestra we quote hi3 letter to us,
thanking the people for their co
operation :
"On behalf of myself and the
'Rocky Mount Community Sing Or
chestra,' I wish to thank the people
of Tarboro, and especially those who
took a leading part in the singing, for
their kind-hearted and generous co
operation in making the initial sing a
success."
BOLSHEVISM RIFE
THRU ENGLAND
"New York, Aug. 30. BritlshJabor
is forming Soviets throughout Eng
land and the Bolshevik movement is
making rapid progress botih in Lon
don and the manufacturing sections,
according to the Rt. Rev. E. V. Shay
lor, Episcopal bishop of Nebraska,
who arrived here on the Baltic, of the
White Star Line, t Bishop Shaylor
went to London to attend the Lam
betEi Conference of Episcopal Bish
ops, and was chairman of the-com-niittee
on industrial relations.
"British labor is far more radical
than American labor," he said.
"Their councils and committees are j
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VKiug 'iitiiiieu v leif-i, iiuu Jii liuiumii i
a greater soviet has been formed. ;
Labor in the manufacturing districts :
is decidedlv anti-trovernmont. and tho
soviet movement is progressing with
leaps and bounds." .
-Officers of the Baltic refused to
discuss the Mannix incident of their
last voyage from New -York during
COMMITY
which the archbishop was denied per- to deduct their income tax from their
mission to land at Liverpool and wasjwag-JS was carried cut. Near Essen
taken 'from the ship by a British de-. the miners struck because-the tax.
stroyer. Thomas Shaw, the Leeds was deducted. j
coal merchant, who wa3 injured when The Communist leaders have told I
a mob stormed the decks cf tho liner; the workmen, it is alleged, they can:
in this harbor, landed in England j beat the tax if the all stick together j
seemingly recovered from his wound, , because the government cannot jail j
thev stated i tens of thousands. j
i
The Baltic stopped at Queenstown '
on her way back and there took on i
a party of nine Catholic priests, all :
Ireland. They were escorted to the
boat by a large crowd of enthusiastic
Irishmen waving Irish "republic flags
and the police made no attempt to j
interfere.
DANCING PARTNER
BUYS DESLYS' BED
Paris, Aug.1 30. "I buy Ga;
by's bed if it takes my last cent,"
said Harry Pilcer, as he left by
airplane for London to attend
the auction cf the town house of
the late Gaby Deslys. The edi
fice, before the war, cost, $1,
200,000. The bed is a magnificent ex
ample of the Italian renaissance
art. It cost 140,000. Pilcer be
came the dancing partner of Ga
by when she b'urst into fame af-
ter the downfall of King Manuel
of Portugal, and had appeared in
theatrical productions with her
almost continuously up to the
time of her death.
TARBORO, N. C, MONDAY, AUG.
it'gooii
DIED
Af ter Amassing Fcviune, His
Debts Exceed
- Estate. .
HAD WORTHLESS STOCKS
New York, Aug. 30. N.ithaniel O,
("Nat") Goodwin, who was,, for sev
oral decades America's premier com-
ejiiiii and amassed a fortune in ex -
cess of $1,000,000,. in addition to the
reputation, of being one of the most
married men in , the country, died a
bankrupt, according to the account -
ing of his estate filed by his father,
Nathaniel C. Goodwin, sr., of P.o.v -
zury, Mass.
The elder Goodwin revealed the
interesting information that besides
being a plunger jn the matrimonial
market, his son found time, now. and
then, to take some spectacular fliers
in the stock market. "N
t" wasn't
very turewu in piCKing 'em, accord -
ing to his father, for his estalo in -
eludes the following slocks thai are
worthless:
278,998 shares of Kodink Cold
Mining Company.
Tjm $1,000 golj bond:; of the
South Utah Mines and .Smelter
Company.
Twenty shares of Hampton Road
Hotel stock.
One thousand sharer, in the Bea
ver Head Hydraulic Company.
"Nat's" father says that his estate
consists of $G,895, out of which came
expenses of administration of $.3,132,
leaving a balance of $3,703.
Out of this last item are to be de
ducted $901 f or funeral expenses
and debts of the actor aggregating
$15,000, which plunges the estate in
to hopeless bankruptcy.
ALLOT $250,000,000
f OR ROAD BUILDING
Washington, Aug. 30. The com
bined federal and stajte expenditures
for road building may reach two hun
dred and fifty million dollars during
the current fiscal year, according to
an announcement made by the De
partment of Agriculture.
ST
JE TAX
Berlin, Aug. 30. With the slogan
"Don't pay incoiae tax to maintain '
the capitalistic regime," the Com-j
mnnist leaders are resorting to a newj
arul exreodinndv nonnlne form of nro- :
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BHKRUPT
CIIII
T
TO M II
pagandajn labor circles which nowjnai.in appropriation of $25,000,000.
threatens to cause the government
much trouble. '
j More than fifteen thousand men;
i in the metal industries at Stuttgart!
! were locked out following the threat j
'to wreck the plant and do bodily in-,
jury to the management of the plan,
WILSON APPROVES
' WAGE REPORT'
! Washington. Aug. 30 It is under-1
stood that President Wilson has ap- ;l'"l '-ionization. Miss Halle, the
proved the wage report of the an-' present secretary, has tendered her
thracite coal commission. " -Resignation to take effect Sept. 15.
Washington, Aug. HO. The anth- Mr. West will take up his duties in
racite contract 'awards the miners a; Washington on Oct. 1, or as soon
twenty per cent increase, including! theiea ft -r :r, possible. He' was a vis
eighteen million dollars back pay. j Itor in Washington last week, when
--' - ' ' " ", - . i he met a number of the local busi-
MEXICAN BANDIT " j ress men, who were most favorably
BEING PURSUED : impressed with him. He has accom
Mexico City, Aug. lib Search for j ;plish'H wrae splendid work while in
American and British subjects, kid- ('''eem boro, and it is believed he will
naped by J'edro Zamora, the Mexican ; make a capable and efficient sccre
bandit, has been ordered by the war t. ry f r the local chamber.
department. ;
Government cavalry are purs-u ing FEDERAL TROOPS
the bandit, who is declared to be in a ' GUARD COAL iMINES
demoralized plight. i V.'illiainsoa, W. Va., Aug. 30.
'- ' ! Federal troops from Camp Sheridan
SENATOR HARDING PLANS
FOR SPEAKING TRIPS :
Marion, Aug. 30. Plans for Seji-j'ince the mine strike began, are pre
ator Harding's speaking - trips are paring to withdraw,
nearing completion, and it is under- The operators say that several of
stood that New York and Chicago their mines are operating and others
are certain to b on the list. are preparing to open.
30, 1920
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Girl Cashier Helped Herself
To ,','trcT": Car
Money.
MAN MARRIED ANOTHER!
. :;0- -That the man
I;!" '! her employer
L'ochosler, -u
- 1 ft r whuni gho :
j requited flier !'
ni. "ii by marrying
! another woman is ; ie :-tory told by
i
j Mis tT.uth I. Ie rim-m, at the trial!
; that resulted in tiie cor.virtien of Je-1
romo Wassman, for criminally reeeiv- j
jing stolen property and his sentence
; for a year in t'ie iiiio county peni-i
! tcntiarv. I
nroroTrn rn
Wassman's appeal war, filed with; The detectives noticed a taxi dis
thc clerk of the appellate division of j 'charge- four men at Third avenue and
the superior court n::d the matter will 1 Eleventh r.treet. While the detectives
be argued ihere in September. were questioning the chauffeur Jy
Miss Mcrriman testified that she j heard the scream of a woman and
j stole hundreds of dollai
from the,
' Chautauqua Traction Co. and gave
! tnem to wassman while she was em
them to Wnssitjan while she was em -
! ployed as n cashier by the company
at 40 a month. A Tier .'u-.-;man had !
profiled by too mo n y .-he had stolen;
married a Hi
i while ho"
v. as stationed in ('amp Jaekson, S. C.
For eight yevr.; ?i : fl.-rriiiiun says
she waa employed liy the Chautauqua
Traction Co., and fi r three years of
that time Eihe stole money for the
man to whom she had become en
gaged. ODD FELLOWS PICNIC. !
' Edgecombe Lodge No. 50, I. O. O. :
F., will celebrate Labor Day, Mon
day, September 0, by having a bar
becue and picnic.
Special speaker;! will be invited to
attend and address the members.
Every Odd Fellow and his family
are expected to be present.
Washington, Aug. .10. Hundreds j
of prohibition agents in New Yorki
and other cities have been guilty of j
taking big bribes from loca! saloon j
keepers for protection.
This was admitted at the office of.
Prohibition Commissioner Kramer. j
"If agents sometimes accept the j
bribes, it. is vorthr remembering that
the best salary we can pay them is
$1,500 a year. Our appropriation fori
enforcing prohibition throughout the ;
United Slates is only $4,.'i00,000. The (
nolicc (b nartnient of New York eitv I
, , - - - - ---
"T'"' "'y solution is an appi
priation big enough for Ihe job.
"The work of a prohibition agent
s 'i'd, dangerous and poorly paid
Three 0Ul' have been killed:
in the moonshine districts this year.'
A few weeks ago an agent had both;
hands broken in making a 'pull' in
Philadelphia.
WEST NEW SECRETARY
WASHINGTON CHAMBER
Washington, Aug. .'i0. Ceorgc W.
West, assistant secretary of the
Greeh-boro Chamber o' Commerce,
) has accepted the position of secretary
! for the Washington Chamber of Com-
mi'rt('- Announcement was made to-
!' 1 resident C. A. I lynn, of t ie
took nj positions in the cosl region
here todjr nnd-state troops, on duty
ADMIT DRY AGENTS
DO TAKE BIG OK
: i
ASSOCIATED PRESS
IRISH
CIVIL WAR TERROR
MAKES BELFAST HIDEOUS
TTIE
Hi
New York, Aug. 30. An ultemptj
to steal jewelry from a number of j
! w..-men living in' rooms on the first j
! tv.-o lloors of a three-story dwelling
, nouse was irusij'atod by Detectives
Sheehun ami I.evine.
After an exchange of shots that
inten-upted the rleep of the proposed
victims the detectives arrested four
'"en. The prisoners described tliein-
selves as John Began, Charles Mason,
Joseph Kelby and Walter Burcrcss.
ran toward the house. As they near-
ed the address one of the men, who
1 nau eviiieiuiy been stationed as look-
oiil, fired at the detective and then
rolre.iled through an open window
into the basement.
I" Hie basement several shots were
I exchang
while the women residents
screamed.
1
MI MARL
Upper Marlboro, Md., Aug. HO.
This town, oik; of the oldest in the
United .States, is in danger of going
out of W-.'noss completely. The town
fathers have made up their minds
that they cannot run the community
on the present revenue of $200 per
year.
Before prohibition went into effect
Upper IVarlboro was a favoiite ren
dezvous for tired statesmen. Mary
land fried chicken, hoe cake and oth
er delectable dishes used to be served
along with the wet goods and the
town retained 75 per cent of the li-
quor tax.
NEGRO MOONSHINER
HUNG FROM A TREE
j- Oklahoma City, Aug. .'10. The
body of Claude .Chandler, negro, who
was removed from the jail hero by
marked men last night, was found
hanging from a tree eight miles from
tho city today.
Ilevas captured in a raid on a
sill during which three revenue offi-
ceis were killed,
IBBITIS
wm
FOR GO
' FOILS
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Chicago, Au;r. .ri0. Representa
tive Fred A. Brittf.-n, who charged
that $87,500 appropriated by . the
British government had "found its
way into the democratic campaign
fund," will go before the senate
sub-committee investigating cam
paign expenditures today and ask
it to investigate the interest of in
ternational financiers in the can
didacy of Governor Cox.
Mr. Billion said he was glad of
the oppoitunity to appear and di
rect the rub-committee to a phase
of- tho campaign that has hitherto
been overlooked.
HOMEWARD BOUND,
PREPARES FOR TRIP
Ku route wi.h Cox, Aug. 30. Gov
ernor Cox travelled homeward today
to prepare for a swing around the
circle, beginning Septcmber3, which
will take him to the Pacific coast and
throug'i the northern and southern
states.
The democratic nominee plans to
reply soon to Harding's league
speech. i
MILLIONS HIKE
INTO NEW YORK
New York, Aug. 30. More than a
million Brooklyn residents depended
upon improvised conveyances to
reach their work today, owing to the
strike on the rapid transit lines.
- Limousines, jitneys, trucks and
hor?-drirwn vehicles were used by
thousands, while countless others bad
to walk miles to thejr daily tasks.
PRICE: 5 CENTS
UATTLE OF GUNS AND THE SET,
TING FIRE TO PROPERTY
SHOWS THE HELLISHNESS 07
MADNESS; MANY DEAD A. ID
WOllNDED ON BOTH SIDES.
Belfast, Aug. SO. Rioting
and destruction of property
was renewed today.
Serious disorders occurred in
the unionist quarter and far
ther grave developments arj
apprehended.
Shop3 Were wrecked in the
neighborhood of Ewarts Row,
and troops opened fire from an
armored car, critically wound
ing a woman and man.
Great excitement is in evi
dence in other sections and
j crowds gathered early, bent on
.fnl.ir.nlq
Six men were killed during
the height of Saturday night's
battle, and five others died lat-
; cr from W0Unds yesterday.
The people of both factions
are wrought up to a frenzy, the
result of which is difficult to
"from the use of fire
arms, which are playing havoc
on both sides, the destruction
of property by incendiarism is
immense. Firemen were hard
put to it to in any way control
the flames, and they worked
under the hazard of a constant
rattte of machine-guns.
'Sinn Feiners were well sup
plied with arms and ammuni
tion and appeared in strong
force. ,
Today's rioting is said by the po
lice to be the worst that Belfast has
seen.
Four additional deaths are known
to have occurred up to one o'clock
this afternoon and numerous persons
are being treated nt the hospitals for "
bullet wounds.
One hundred and thirty-five fires
have occurred since the rioting be
gan. "
A girl in n green blouse led the
Sinn Fein attacks on York r.treet and
numerous baton charges have been
made by the police.
T
Chicago, Aug. 30. Chairman of
Republican National Committee Will
ys submitted a statement from
go T. Carroll, who has been so
liciting funds to carry on the Cox
propaganda, that the object of Cox
was to amend tho Volstead act.
Carroll's letter described .Cox as
"pronouncedly wet."
Hays said the republican quota for
stales was fixed tentatively and as a
goal, which was always high, a budget
which called for three million and
seventy-nine thousand dollars, for the
national committee, which did not in
clude state funds collected jointly.
ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS
DIED SUDDENLY
Paris, Aug. 30. Cardinal Leon
Adolphe Amettc, archbishop of Paris,
died suddenly at 6 o'clock Sunday
morning at Antony near Paris, where
he was spending a vacation. The body .
was brought to his Paris residence
to be fuid in state.
Leon Adolphe Amette was born at
Douvillo, diocese of D'Evereux, Sept.
C, 1850, and received his education
at D'Evereux and St. Sulpice Semi
nary, Paris. Ho was ordained priest
Dec. 20, 1873, and became vicar of
the cathedral and secretary of the
areh-dioccr of Paris in 1880. He
was named vicar general of D'Eve
reux at this time and became bishop
of Bayeux on Nov. 28, 1898. On Feb.
21, 190C, he was made titular arch
bishop of Siden and -coadjutor arch
bishop of the arch-diocese of Paris,
in which office he was installed April
23, 1006. Monsignor Amette was
created cardinal at- the consistory in
Rome, Nov. 27, 1911, having succeed
ed Cardinal Richard as archbishop of
Paris earlier in the same year.
HAYS
ADMITTED
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