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Irf- 1 BVOL; 46 NO. 149. i YEI JTY-TW 0 BAY FAST , FINDS MACSWINEY WEAKER -7 PRESIDENT WIFE APPEALS TO WILSON TO INTERCEDE WITH BRITISH GOVERNMENT! PRAY. ERS BEING OFFERED AFTER MASS. ' '' . London, Septr. 4.- Mrs. Ter- - rence MacSwiney has cabled to President Wilson, asking him to 'use his influence with the "British government in behalf of her husband, the Lord 'Mayor of Cork, who is on a hunger Y strike in Brixton prison and in a dying condition. ; This Is the " twenty-second Qay oi ma uu o ported to be weaker today. 1 Terrertce MacSwiney fainted in his bed in Brixton prison, due to strain - caused by the utterances, of "Thank God." He gasped the two words after his sister, Mary, read him a cablegram from ' Patrick McCartin from the United States conveying the hope ' that the t American -administration would intervene. , . The advices from his bedside after the fainting said that he was not suf fering except from acute palpitations f Vheart He was told that the VI. Jf .it', ' ...""A: . -- V ifope had re6ited the prayers for the :d$ngfor$te mass n tne PP' !;-vate -VaflcakapeE The Mayor, has ,.'.('. a ' ." . .. .: - .it.jr . ' '' ' i-lad nb'foodlfbr twenty-two days-- I His sister-read him the reflections . book'. The Lord MayotfrLedracort- ; vey a' message to Arthur O'Brien,' a ' friend, but lost his speech after say- in "I'm' going." O'Brien held hi I ear against the prisoner's lips. ;'-' Arthur J. Balfour, president of the ; i council, and Bonar Law, the govern- ment "spokesman , h6ld a conference V . ""and made the announcement that :..T' ' ' ..- "I ' - . : .- - - ' ' t' there would be no departure from I the decision already arrived at, The i - decision is to let-MacSwiney die if he continues to refuse food. -L WRANGEL FORCES COUNTER DRIVE Constantinople,-. Sept. 4. General . wrangel, commander of the southern Russia anti-Bolsihevik forces, ,jhas -launched a couater offensive against H;he Soviet army in Oriekov and Heli topol regions. . FRENCH PROCLAIM LEBANON STATE Paris, 'Sept. 4. The proclamation i of the new state of Lebanon- was made at Beirut on September 1 by French High Commissioner Gouraud. BOY SCOUTS COME ; : , FROM BATTLEFIELDS New -York, Sept. 4. The three hundred boy scouts returning from a London, jamboree and a visit to the French battlefields arrived here today.- DIAZ FOLLOWERS START NEW REVOLT ... Mexico City, Sept. 4. Revolution ary activity by followers of Felix Diaz has begun in Vera Cruz state, according to the newspapers here.' LIQUOR SEIZURE IN NEW ENGLAND Boston, Sept. 4. A quarter of a million dollars worth of liquor was seized while being illegally transport ed through New England, according to the prohibition agent who describ ed the liquor as of New. York output. DEMPSEY-MISKE FIGHT MONDAY Benton Harbor, Mich., 'Sept. 4. The referee for the Jack Dempsey Billy MLsks bout, to be staged here -Monday, is expected to be named to- -day. ' ' ' r i Dmpsey looks ready for the fight and says he is eager for the fray, while Miske is supremely confident that he can hold the champion even and prevent Dempsey from knocking him out. ALL THE LOCAL NEWS ROBBERS MAKE MEL Constantinople, , Sept. 4. Robber bands of Chetes, wlho have for months made travel in Syria unsafe and have held up American relief porkers twice within ten days, are operating under the orders of Turkish nation alists and of the Arab government, according to information' received by Dr. R. A.1 Lambert, director of Near East Relief activities at Aleppo.. Dr, Lambert he has received affida vits to support this charge. 'He be lieves it was one of these bands that last February murdered two Ameri can Young Men's Christian Associa tion secretaries near Aintab; . The circumstances which lead to these conclusions are described by Near East Relief agents .as follows; "the first hftldup.of American's oc curred in June when two motor trucks Un charge of John 0. Brian, a relief worker, that were carrying 19 Arme nians was halted between Aintab and Killis.T f" "( Though Brian . and all American property were not molested, the Ar menian men and all of their baggage were take-off before the trucks were allowed Jtojproceed. ,iOnly Brian's re peale'd pleading saved the women of a -similar fate. v On making the same trip a little nfoe than a week later, Brian Was tl again 'stopped, this time on Turkish tewitoryi' by Chetes under' the com mand of a young Turkish officer, who angrily refused tiv-believe Brian's statement that he was anVAmerican ; .... . . ., ... ;.. . - and compelled him to walk for more than three hours to the headquarters of the commander of the Turkish na tionalist f orcesjin that region. ' URGES HARMONY - - BETWEEN NATIONS Ottawa, Sept. 4.--A plea for Can ada td aid in bringing "the chasm of ignorance and the abyss of misrepre sentation" between-Great Britain and the United States was voiced here by Sir Auckland Geddes, British Ambas sador to Washington, in an address before members of the Canadian Bar Association. '', r' If the Dridge failed, and if trouble arose between the English-speaking nations, it would then be a foolhardy man who would look for auy peace in the future," Sir'Auckland said. -."''There would be collapse after col lapse and civilization would not long exist,". , , AMERICA PRODUCES 85 PER ' CENT OF WORLD CRUDE OIL The Continent of North America todya produces over 85 per cent of the world's output of crude oil. The British empire produces only about t.5 per cent of theworld supply, or, if Persia may be said to be under British influence, about 4,5 of the whole, ' . . USED CARS TO BE v SEEN AT THE "CIRCUS" '-Norfolk automobile dealers, tare planning one of the most novel feat- . ures to be seen in that city during the big Agricultural and Industrial Fair next week. ' Advanoe informa tion styles this feature as a "Used Car Circus" to be staged at the cor ner of Jranby street and Olney road. . Information now available points to a large gathering of practically every used automobile and motor truck. To carry out the circusidea arrangements are being made for a big parade through the business dis trict and specifications for a large one-ring affair to be used as a dem onstration space arenearing comple tion. A canvass wall will mark oft -the enclosure where tho; motor vehicles are to be collected during the week, and this with the brass band already engaged will serve materislly in add ing to, the circus atmosphere. GERMAN BEET INDUSTRY. Last year Germany grew 4,500,000 tons of beet, but only 3,500,000 tons were converted into sugar, the mainder being left to rot. re- A m m m m mm TARBORO, IJ 'S RATIFICATION ' ...... Women ..Take Advantage Of -Call Of The State . Legislature. . CAN'T BLOCK 'EM NOW ..... . .,.,:" ' v J...r Washington, ' Sept. 4. Suffragists will ask the Maryland legislature to reconsider its action rejecting the Suffrage Amendment and become tho thirty-seventh stato-to ratify. ' .This decision was reached by the National Woman's party after it was announced that a meeting of the leg islature had been cUod to handle women's votes. - Although proceedings brought by the American Constitutional League to enjoin. Secretary of State Colby from proclaiming Suffrage Amend ment are still pending before the Dis trict Court of Appeals, suffrage lead ers declare that no such action can now block The right of women to vote at the forM coming election., ; t. . ' - i " If. the S'lji'nme Court should be asked do paas otxTn fie validity of suffrage ratification, members of the National Woman's party say that they are prepared to put up a stiff legal battle with every confidenco in sucn cess. ' : . :'. ' v . NOTTS -1111 Bridgeport Conn., Sept. 4. Mrs Ethel Hutchins Nott, wife of George E. Nott, the gambler, Whose body was found 'in a trunk in a quicksand swamp' ten miles north of here, col lapsed on the witness stand when Coroner Phelan held before her eyes the long keen bladed knife and re- volver alleged to liavejeen used in Nott's brutal murder, - r "Do you Recognize this knife and pistol?" asked the coroner, ' Nott's widow took one glance at he .weapons, shielded her eyes with her hand, cried out, ''Yes, yes," and broke down in hysterical weepingT Two policemen carried her from the witness stand. ..-. .- Young Wade, who had pleaded in sanity as his defense on the charge of murder, caused a sensation in the court-room when, as soon as the ma- nnnlnn iitawa iiHnn4 4ir rt Vi la TYi nifl llttVlO WCltr t CU 11 VIJl 111 O VY liObDu he- darted to the side of Mrs, Nott, placed his hand on iter shoulder and rested his face against her's, whis pering words of comfort in her ear,. " "My God, Wade is kissing the wi dow of the man he is charged with murdering," gasped one of the fash ionably clad women spectators. The police at once separated the couple. JOHNSON GETS . NO-PRIVILEGES Elgin, Illinois, Sept. 4--Jack John son, the formerheavy-weight cham pion, who is awajting arraignment in connection with his flight after being sentenced to a year and a day In Leavenworth prison for violation of the Mann act, is receiving no lib erties at the Kne county jail, accord ing to a statement of Sheriff Poole today,"-n denying charges that he was giving the ex-champion too much freedom. The Chicago Journal made tha statement that he was allowed to take long Walks, goes automobile rid ing and stages daily training bouts to which the sheriff issues, tickets. ROADS APPEAL ' ' " . FOR PROTECTION Chicago, Sept. 4. Railroad execu tives have appealed to the district at tomey to stop an organization' cam paign ornabotage by railroad strik ers. Engines-are being stolen1 night ly and turned loose to run wild in the yards. Strikebreakers are being beaten, and recently one was killed, the rail road chiefs charge. GEORGES CARPENTIER LEAVES FOR AMERICA Paris, Sept. 4. Georges Carpen tier, the champion heavyweight pug ilist of Europe, left bday to sail from Havre for the United States. I MRYUII HYSTERIGS N. C, , SATURDAY, SEPT. 4, 1 SPEAKS AT Makes ; Principal Address At , -1 . Labor Day Cele- ' ' . ' bration. W. G. McADOO, NEW BERN . : v (By Llewxsm.) Raleigh, Sept. 4. Commissioner of Labor and Printing Shipman will de liver the principal address at Rocky Mount at the Labor Day celebration there Monday. The railway and oth er organized workers there plan to have a fitting celebration of the day, and JMr. ShJpman's addres3 will , be delivered during the morning hours RLaleigh will not observe the day very elaborately this ye"ar and a number of folks from here will go to Rocky Mount or jCharlotte to spend the day. Charlotte has made great plans and the biggest blowiut in the state Labor Day will occur at Char -iotte. : .... :.. '. :'. . . . A number of the admirers of W. G. McAdoo, former secretary of the treasury, who it is announced today will deliver -an address at the Nek Bvrn Fair, September 15. will en from ileigh and other places to hear t'n Jnguished speaker. He has many personal admirers in Raleigh. Raleigh's new superintendent of health announces a program of - re form with regard to the exposure of food and fruit for sale by merchants, and dealers generally,' that may well be followed by other cities. At pres ent many merchants display- merchan dise in tho open in front of their stores where it is exposed to dust and dirt' and : most anything ehie that comes along. It is - no uncommon sight here for coops of chickens to be displayed in front of stores along side of vegetables and other edibles without any sanitary protection. It is this unhealthy condition that Bupt. Long has started out to reform. . . - The appointment of many .women as notaries public continues to ! be made by the governor and there will bescores of them in the" business here .." . V -K . . , .... after. . .-- ... . , .i. ' , : i - Commissioner of Labor Shipman is back from Washington, where he went on a successful mission to ar range for the continuation of the federal .eniDlovment bureau service hlre. Mr. Shipman is the zone man ager of thjp work for several states, the office being one of "the patriotic character at one dollar per year sal ary, . When the legislature meets an effort will be made to have the state supplement the appropriation made by the Federal government in paying the expenses. COX DELIVERED 4 SIXTEEN SPEECHES . Chicago Sept. 4. Governor Cox" arrived 'here early today enrouto to Milwaukee, where he delivers two ad dresses today, one-at one and one this evening, returning here tonight for a conference- with partyleaders tomorrow. The governor "set a record of six teen speeches in Michigan yesterday. He planned to continue in his Mil waukee addresses his discussions on the League of Nations and the Re publican expenditures. -, , SIX THOUSAND MINERS TAKING "VACATION" r . - Birmingham, Sept. 4. Six thous and miners have quit work in the Al abama coal fields following a general strike order of National President Lewis, according to Mine Workers headquarters. It is expected the number will be augmented by two or three thousand during the day. AQUITANIA BREAKS 1 ATLANTIC RECORD Cherbourg, France, Sept. 4. The Cunarder Aquitania arrived an hour and a half under the former record from New York. v The White Star Line premier ship OlympiS is expected tomorrow, and despite denials of officials, the pas sengers of the two ships considered the voyage as a race and are said to have paid heavy wagers on their re spective ships. ROCKY MOUNT 1920 DE THE PRESIDENCY iii Health Loses To France A v Very Strong Political ; Leader. . "," ' -. - i MILLERAND TO SUCCEED Paris, Sept. 4. The resigna tion of President Deschanel, of France, will be officially an nounced soon, is the rumor in the highest diplomatic quar ters here. '"- ' i ; It is. confidently expected that Premier Millerand wilVbej elected to' the office. ; However, it is stated in govern ment quarters that the Premier will not accept the office unless the con stitution is revised, giving the Pres ident the same powers as those of the President of the United States. Observers comment on the unusual fact that the famous law firm of Poincare & Millerand is apparently monopolizing the principal office of the republic. Despite the. optimistic reports' that have been 'made, Madame Deschanel is extremely concerned over her husband's- poo health, and urged him repeatedly to give up his office. She finally succeeded in obtaining a letter of resignation from him, which for -the time being is kept secret, owing to the fear of bringing on a political crisis at an inopportune moment. ' ' . .' PLANES 1ST FLY . New York, Sept. 4.. Original Am erican design, high power, small size and greater speed than any recorded aeronautical performance of the past are features which the designers say are possessed by three airplanes en route to Parte to represent America in the Gordon Bennett Cup races be ginning September 27. 0 '.; Wright, Curtiss nnd the United States'Army, all pioneers in the con quest of the air, are the names which will bo-painted on the fuselages of the three American racers, each chos en for the promise if held out to bring back the trophy which has been in France since 1913. Upon- -these three entrants Ameri ca pins her hope of ever again pos sessing the coveted cup, which will become the permanent property of France if she wins again this year. The race will be held at Etampes, near Paris, over a circular course of $00 kilometers (18(5.3 miles), The prizes include 10,000 francs offered by the French government and the Gordo"n Bennett Cup, valued at f 2,- 500. :.. ;. ; ..'-: Two of the three American ma chines are monoplanes, while the army contestant, though of minia ture proportions, is a biplane. All three have been especially designed for the race, including special motors and devices to increase speed and en durance. It is said to be the opinion of flying experts that the Winners of this race must make over 200 miles an hour. HARDING PREPARES LABOR DAY SPEECH Marion, Sept, 4. Preparation of his Labor Day speech, to be delivered here Monday,' kept Senator Harding busy most of the day, 'although he saw a few visitors, including Senator Spencer, of Missouri. - j He had no front porch appoint ments. .. , , ; ) JONES SHIP BILL CAUSES PROTEST Stockholm, Sept. 4. Scandinavian premiers at a recent meeting in Co penhagen discussed the Jones naviga tion law and will seek formation from the American government as to the effect of the measure on Scandi navian shipping. . ONE YEAR AGO TODAY. Gneral Denikine, anti-Bolsheviki, took Kieff after two days' fightings President Wilson opened his peace treaty speech-making tour at Colum bus, Ohio. i i '-ITM SCRANEL QUITS MILES R .ASSOCIATED PRESS WM. DITTMANN EXPOSES Urga, Mongolia,Sept. 4. "Mon golia, restored as an Integral part of the Chinese republic, will' soon be opened to foreign commerce with an equal opportunity to all nations," said General Hsu Shu-cen, commander of China's frontier defense forces in Mongolia to the Associated Press cor respondent, enroute to Siberia thru Urga.. . ' "' It was General Hsu iShu-chen's army of 10,000 men marching 700 miles across the Gobi Desert in the winter of 1918-1919 which occupied Urga and put an- end to the -political power of tho Buddhist priests whose leader, ternied "the Living God," then ruled Mongolia as an autono- m ous state..'' "Alt Mongolian-Russian treaties, granting special privileges to Russia in Mongolia, have been abrogated," continued, "Little Hsu," as he Is fa miliarly called to distinguish him from President Hsu. "Kiadhta, al though a Siberian city, is still garri soned by Chinese troops because Kol chak's representatives asked the Chi nese to protect them from the reds and the date of withdrawal has not yet been decided." V Genoral Hsu stated that China was not at all inierested in the internal affairs . of Russia and that Russians taking refuge in China were treated alike regardless of their political .af filiations, subject only to Chinese law. He added that all Chines troops would eventually be withdrawn from Russian territory ; but that substan tial garrisons .would be maintained on the Mongolian border. . MILITARY DRILL TO BE ELECTIVE West Raleigh,' Sept." 4-The exec utive committee of the board of trus tees of State College, in a called meeting at the college on Thursday recommended that military drill be made elective instead of compulsory for members 6f the junior and senior classes, ; ' ' . It is expected, however, that a great many upper classmen will elect drill because of the advantages, fi nancial and otherwise, which the gov ernment offers through the R. C. T. C. Member of the junior and se nior reserve officers graining corps receive a cash consideration amount ing to 1 16 per month and in addition they are furnished uniforms. During the summer months' Unclo Sam main tains a camp for these officer candi dates where for six weeks the stu dents receive "special training -and draw tho pay of a soldier in the army. During the past summer the college men were encamped at Camp Jackson, S. C, and the boys express ed a great deal deal of enthusiasm over the outmg, v s - The executive' committee also in spected the various building activities going forward at the college, and were highly gratified with Uie radi cal improvements to Pullen Hall. It is believed that the alterations in this building will make it equal if not superior to any college auditorium in this section, DISCOVER NEW DYLSTUFF ' IN SORGHUM WASTE The discovery of a new dyestuff- in sorghum waste 1 announced. From the husks of sweet sorghum and those of sorghum! with black seeds the col oring gum is obtained. It is stated to have many very fine shades of color. ' CORKWOOD PRODUCTION. The total world production of cork wood is estimated at 396,832,000 lbs., of which 4$ per cent ia produced in Portugal, 30 per cent in Spain, 20 per cent in Algeria and Tunis, and 5 per ceit in France and Italy. DESPITE DEMANDS, U. S. TURNS OUT HALF AS MANY ENGINES Despite the demands the war has brought, the number of locomotives produced in the United States during the past few years has averaged but little more than half the output dur ing the .years from, 1910 to 1914. ' WTH MONGOLIA I h PRICE: 5 CENTS i RADICAL, SOVIET FAILURE REVELATIONS DAMPEN BERLIIN I ' WORER$5 , ARDOR FOR LEnJ i wxkii'M(:AmY,: of ; '. BUREAUCRATS." ' ''. . :i.;:h: J-i :'? J:'. ;y..i-: Berlin, Sept. 4 The Bolshe vist, or Communist party as it' is now called, which is the rul ing class in Russia, consists of' a total of 604,000 members and; of that number. only 70,000 are; active . workingmen.. Of the; other 89 per cent, 36,000 are', party officials; 12,000 trades-! union cooperative officials ; -162,000 are military, officers,? military officials, or soldiers ;j 318,000 are state and munici-j pal officials and 6,000fe as- j sistants in trade and commerce, j The entire party is' gradually j becoming "an army of bureau- ' . ..V X. V v.. V.. V. M . . V. William Dittman, one of the lead ers of the Independent Socialist par ty of the Reichstag, who returned with three'other German radical lead ers from Moscow, is authority for tha above statement. He said the res were obtained s f rom the Bolshevist Z' executive committee. "The revolution," he said, "was not able to change any of these prim itive people. They are not Socialists; they are iot Communists. ' In fact, " they haven't any real conceptions in politics or on the state of society." , He compared the Russian peasants with the German peasants of the Mid dle Ages. .:.,;: ' ;" : '"-y: '.; y::X '' '-, "The peasants," he continued, "now own the land and they do not pay taxes, therefore they fight for ' una DoiBnevisvs wnoiiy out m i. that they will lose their all if the T.-. shevists are overthrown, .but I., -1 are not Socialists or Cotnmun' i or anything else by conviction '1 rea soning," !' i. f - '. v. .Si " ' F ' Inexplaining how v.,a councils of . soldiers and workmen vanished Ditt mann said: j "The Bolshevist Jeadcrs came to a ' crushing realization that neither the stupid peasant 'onasses in the village nor the industrial proletariat of the cities are ripe for or capable of dem ocratic self-government, either polit ically or economically. , Bolshevism built on the creative power of the masses did not stand the test," 1 Jle described the Russlaii muses as "cultureless economically and po litically, ignorant and without Judg ment, and therefore incapable of ac- ' 'K tion." ' ' IN THE DAY'S NEWS Gordon Woodbury, the new assist, ant secretary of the navy of United States, is a NeW Hampshire man and has long been prominent in demo cratic politics In that state. He has served in the New Hampshire legis lature and was a member of the state constitutional convention In 1900, and in that body was a pioneer ad vocate of woman suffrage. He was a candidate for congress four years ago and was one of the delegates from New Hampshire "'to the demo cratic national convention at San Francisco. Mr; Woodbury was born In New Yoik city in 1863 and receiv ed his education at Harvard Univer sity and the Columbia University Law School. , For a time he practiced law in New York and then went to New Hampshire to become editor of a newspapei in Manchester. During the late war he served as a Red Cross officer in France. - ' TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS. General Count Luigi Cadorna, who ., commanded the Italian armies in tho" late war, born at Pallanza, 70 years . ago' today. Rear Admiral Corwin P. Rees, U. S. N., retired, born . t Reily, Ohio, 72 years ago today. , Simon Lake, inventor of tha even keel type of submarine boat, born at ' Pleasantville, N. J., 54 years ago to day. C. Bascom Slemp, representative in congress of the ninth Virginia dis trict, born in Lee county, Va 50 years ago today. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Umstead, Jr., are the proud possessors of a new daughter this morning.
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