North Carolina Newspapers

S 5 . T HE DA I LY XHERNER THE WEATHER THE BEST ADVERTIS INC. MEDIUM IN EAST ERN NORTH CAROLINA RMN TONIGHT SO U VOL.40NO. 158. COMPTROLLER WILLIAMS ASSAILS NEW YORK BANKS CONTENDS MONEY TRUST HAS THROTTLE HOLD ON FINANCE THAT INTEREST CHARGES OF 18 TO 30 PER CENT IS DE MANDED ON LARGE SUMS. Washington, Sept. 14. So tight it the grip of the Money Truit on New York that on six recent days two or three of the great national bank in that city, loaned more than 25,000,- 000 at rates ranging from eighteen to thirty per cent. " ' A f tli - mm lim. mimhllp t( ntll- er big national bank put out many additional million at the tame "in. defensible," rates which, according to John Skelton Williams, Comptroller of the Treasury, "are a distinctly dis- turbing factor in the business and ' financial situation." J "During the past "year the burden some and oppressive interest rates to . which the Senator refers have been, exacted, not in one of two possible ... insignificent instances, as one New York paper expressed it, and not as 'to the 'high figure,' as another paper 'expressed it, 'for about ten minutes one afternoon the middle of last No vember but in thousands of instanc es at numerous .times, and upon call Joans aggregating hundreds of mil lions of dollars.. I "The information On this subject requested as of August 5 from all of the New York City banks has been supplied by nearly all of them, and is now being compiled. But in an ticipation of a more complete state TUgnt, which s will be available later, it may be interesting to the public to know that the amound of demand loans,' upon which two or three of the banks only (exclusive of various others which were charging same ' i. -i.: . nn t. . rates; were eAacMJig uj yei cent ui more per annum interest in""some " ..." - ... instances as high as 25 and 3Q per cent was on November, 191 Walnut $50.000.000.. and anLNaveJnbef , 1 A 1919, about $40,000,000. "The new call loans at the rate of per cent per annum made by one these banks at the .close of the tr on December 29, 30 and 31, ag. negated about $20,000,000. ,, "On January 2, 1920, the two or three banks- referred to were lead ing at 18, 20 and 25 per, cent inter est about '$75,000,000. "On January 3, 4 and 5 the two or - three banks referred to were lending at 18 per cent interest from- $60, 000,000 to $70,000,000. "On February 6, 1920, at 20 and 25 per cent interest over $40,000,000. "On February 9, 1920, at 20 per cent interest about $40,000,000. ,. "As late as the end of June it ap pears that interest as high as. 14 per cent per annum was being demanded by these banks on millions of dollars of call loans. - "These illustrations are from the official records of only two or three of the thirty odd national banks in New York city, but are sufficient, I think, to show the unfairness and in correctness of the criticisms of Sen ator Owen's just condemnation of the excessive interest rates which for some time past have been a distinct ly disturbing factor in the business and financial situation. . "I am pleased to confirm the state ment which I made some time ago that although the aggregate amount upon which unjust and oppressive in terest rates have peen exacted by some banks is -very large,' a majority ' have made a comparatively small pro portion of their loans af these inde- fensible rates." "V in. wt. r-i n f K t - t Washington, Sept. 14. Remark able growth in population has been shown by a number of Southern cities in the last ten years, preliminary sta tistics of the Bureau of Census show. Announcement of 1920 populations have added four cities to those of the inn nnn -!- Ik tlia Rnnth -malcino- a total of ten, while seven cities have advanced Into the class with 25,000 or more population, making a total of 35 in that class. In all, the South has 45 cities with 25,000 or more The cities which advanced into the population. 100,000 class are San Antonio, Dal cities in this class Houston showed las, Houston and Norfolk. Of all the ALL THE LOCAL NEWS LABOR AGAIfiST REVOLT ; Italy, Sept. 14.- By. a vote of six hundred thousand to four hundred thousand, Italian labor has decided against an immediate revolution over Italy. . , , . The vote was taken at the session of the Confederation of Labor here after continuous debate for sixteen hours. . , . The mills, plants and factories that have been seized by the metal work- . ers will be held, however, as an ex periment. Negotiations with ' the employers for worker representation on boards of directors which control industries will be entered into at the beginning of the week. It is likely that these negotiations will continue for several weeks. . . - The decision not to carry out the seizures throughout'Italy also carried the order that all factories other than those in the metal trades be turned back t) the employers. ' . BAPTISTS STOP L Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 14. Gam bling which flourished here to an ex traordinary degree after the armis tice has suffered a severe check at the hands , of the new government headed by Premier Baptista. Up to two months ago, the gambling houges remained undisturbed, but since Bap tista's government took office the law has been rigorously enforced and to day there are 'few visible signs of the prosperity the gamblers have en joyed for a year. .. . . . ,The gambling mania begwv-to man ifest itself as soon as the war ended. Magnificent clubs on which big for tunes must have been spent suddenly sprang up like ' mushrooms; gilded, glittering clubs, splendidly furnished, such "as Lisbon never dreamed of po&sessing. Palaces belonging to the old aristocracy were rented at in. credible prices and transformed into "The' Majestic," "The Palace Club," "Maxim's,! "Palais Royal" and dozen of others on the same scale, with res taurants, ballrooms and ' gambling rooms; everything being perfectly planned and "carried out on the most modern and expensive lines. Hun dreds of .smaller imitations followed, until it may with truth be said that not a street in Lisbon was without two or three gambling houses. ' When the Baptista government came into office strenuous measures were taken. The magnificent clubs, the glittering restaurants, the smart ioreign women an disappeared as suddenly as they had burst upon the scene a year ago. For a week carts and camions Con veying roulette tables and other gam bling paraphernalia to the police sta tions formed' the -chief attraction of the Lisbon streets. Frequent, attempts have since been made to reopen resorts. Recently the Palais Royal Club was re-established, ostensibly as a restaurant. Three days after it was closed by the police, after a raid. - ' Mr. James Mac A. Laird, of Sa vannah, Ga., is spending a few days with Mrs. A. W. Macnair before en tering college". r TVT O I T C L iv d kj o the largest rate of growth, 75.2 per cent. Dallas was second with 72.6 per cent; Norfolk "third with 71.6 per cent, and San Antonio fourth with 67.0 per cent. Nashville show ed the smallest rate of growth, 7.2 per cent. In point of numbers, Dal las had the largest growth, the in crease' in the ten years having been 66,872. San Antonio was second with 64,765,. Houston third with 69,276, and Norfolk fourth with 48,325. New Orlean3, the South's largest - city, showed s numerical icreaae of 48, 144 which was fifth largest and s OPEN 1 TARBORO, E ITALIAN Plan Of Premiers I To Isolate Great Bri tain. CUT ITALY FRQM ENGLAND Paris, Sept. 14. Isolate Britain. That was the watchword of the con ference held at'Aix les Bains by Pre mier Giolitti, veteran statesman of Italy, and Premier Millerand, of France,' who loosened French ties with England when he recognized Baron Wrangel'as the leader in the movement for the rehabilitation of White Russia. M, Millerand, it is learned, en tered the conference io make a su preme effort to detach Italy from Great Britain, and as inducements France, it was forecast, would grant Italy fre"e hand in the Adriatic and would recognize the Fiume question as an internal affair of Italy's, to be settled privately by Italy with Jugo. Slavia. In exchange France will ask Italy to dismiss from Rome the diplomatic representative of Soviet Russia, who has been persona grata for several months, together with a promise from Italy henceforth to refuse to enter negotiations of any kind with Russia. Also Premier Giolitti will be asked to join with France in barring Ger man representatives from any Inter- Allied conferences, including the forthcoming one at Geneva, having to do with the amount and modifications of the German war indemnity, which, according to French policy, strongly backed by Washington, should be placed entirely at the discretion of the Reparations Commission. ANTI-RED RIOTS IN PETROGRAD London, Sept. 14. Serious anti- Bolshevik rioting are taking place in Petrograd, according to reports re ceived from Berlin, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch. ;'.':" Six Bolshevik commissioners are said to have- been drowned in the Neva and others are hiding. Paris, Sept. 14. Foreign office re ports,, through. Copenhagen, say that rioting at Petrograd, when the news of Soviet defeats reached there, be came menacing and assumed counter revolutionary proportions. NEGRO HIDING . IN THE SWAMPS Monticello, Ga., Sept. 14. John Sillers, negro, who killed James Faul kner and probably fatally wounded John Faulkner, farmers, is" still sur rounded today in the swamps near here. Lynching is freely predicted if the negro is captured. SIX AMERICANS .. GUILTY OF THEFT Constantinople, Sept. 14. Six for mer American soldiers virtually con fessed to part of the thefts of the said total of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of supplies from the American Committee of Relief for the Near East, officials say. Investigators declare the . thefts also involve officers of other charity and war organizations ' who worked temporarily with the Near East com mittee. . ,";'' Mr. Paul Jones returned yesterday from a trip to Franklin county. Mrs. Frank Pender left today to visit her daughter,- Mrs. P. B. Tom linson, in Plymouth. "vm tr .n .v tv SL r J rate of growth of 14.2 per cent. Of the cities of the 25,000 to 100, 000 class, Miami, Fla., showed the highest rate of growth, its percent age having been 440.1, while Wichi ta Falls, Texas, ranks second with 388.8 per cent, and Tulsa, Okla., third with 296.4 per cent Tvisa ad vanced from 50th city of the South to 16th, Wichita Falls from 111th to 32nd, and Miami from 175th to 43d. Other cities of this class which have more than doubled their population in the ten years are Knoxville with 114.1 per cent and Winston-Salem uric SEEKING E N. C, TUESDAY, SEPT. 14, WILLIAAflS TRIAL. State Rests At Noon And Su '. perior Court Takes Recess. GEORGE DICKENS, VICTIM After calling a dozen witnesses for the prosecution the state rested about noon in the case of State vs. Richard Williams, charged with the homicide of George Dickens on July 18 on the farm of Mr. Bill Braswell, in No. 6 township. " hi; ,Sd far as the case has gone it ap pears that the two men, the dead man and the accused, had gone tb Mamie Williams' house to "prove something" what, it had net so far transpired and there was an argument and prospective fight, when Mamie called to James Pittman, who apparently was the only eye-witness to the kill ing, to take George Dickens, the de. ceased, away and she would take care of Richard Williams. . ' According to the evidence of Pitt- man, he took hold of Dickens and be gan to lead fhim away, Mamie having taken Williams by the coat and drag ged him into the doorway of her house, when Williams turned and' fir ed, the bullet entering the small of Dickens' back. Pittman asked Dickens, "Didn't he hit you?" Dickens replied, "No, but he burned me a little." He then stumbled ten or fifteen feet and fell dead, face foremost This is the evidence for the state when it rested and court was adjourn ed for dinner, to meet again at two o'clock. 1 The one-week term of criminal court, which convened h yesterday, with his Honor Judge E. H. Cranmer presiding, made quick work of many of the forty-five cases on the docket and it now appears possible that the court will adjourn Thursday. The grand jury will inspect the va rious county buildings and adjourn today. The composition of the grand jury is as follows: Jas. B. Lloyd, foreman; Fred L. Taylor, M. Williamson, P. E. Keel, L. L. Keel W. B. Walston, J. R. Daughtridge, J. D. Blount, Edmond Edwards, K. C. Knight, W. H. Mears, H. L. Pippin, C. B. Bradley, R. T. Corbett, D. B. Harris, J. E. Daugh tridge and Turner Webb. - Silas Rowe Lucas of Wilson is ad mitted to practice law in the courts oi worth uarouna. The following cases were disposed of: ',-.' State vs. Will Harris, capias and continued. State vs. Robert Summerlln, capias and continued. ' . State vs. Thomas Davis, capias and continued. State vs. Berry Cotten, continued under former order. , State vs. Elliott Faison, capias and continued. " State vs. Lance Dickens, continued under former order. State vs. W. A. Hardy, continued under former order. State vs. Jerry Sugg, capias and continued. State vs. L. E. Fountain, assault, nol pros. State vs. E. N. Lane, abandonment, nol pros with leave.. State vs. Lloyd Williams, prayer for judgment continued. . State vs. R. W. Armstrong, nol pros with leave. State vs. Or G. Smith, transporting liquor, continued. State vs. Dan Love, retailing, 10 months on roads. n m. K l U r with 113.2 per cent. It is not possible to give the 1920 rank o all Southern cities of 10,000 or more population as the popula tion of several has not been given. The following list shows the 1920 rang of cities of 25,000 or more, which is not likely to be changed by the population of cities yet to be an nounced. The remainder of the list shows the relative position of the cities having less than 25,000 popu lation. Their 1910 rank will show how they have grown In the ten years in comparison with other cities. CHARGE 1920. POSES AS FIANCEE TO GET CLOTHES Obtains Four Trousseaux From Prospective Grooms. THROUGH AGENCY GAME Kanuas City, Sept, 14. Mrs. Edith M. Snook, fifty, mother of two chil. dren and happily married, obtained four complete trousseaux from men after becoming engaged to them and refusing at the last moment to make the journey to the altar. She used the mails to beguile the prospective grooms to be, it is said. She ha; been arrested by post office inspectors on a charge of using the mails to defraud. Mrs. Snook,' the inspectors reveal ed, wanted pretty clothes and she hit on a matrimonial agency as the me dium through which to procure them, After obtaining the names of her vie tims from the agency, she would en ter upon a lively correspondence, representing herself as a youthful divorcee. She became engaged to four men, but when they insisted on setting a wedding day, she wrote that her parents had objected. Mrs. Snook was held under bonds for the fedLeral grand jury. COX IN OREGON AND IDAHO TODAY Huntington, Oregon. Sept. 14. Governor Cox carried the Democratic fight into eastern Oregon and Idaho today. His principal address will be de. livered at Boise, Idaho, tonight. INSULTS WOMEN; WHITE MAN LYNCHED Montgomery, Ala., Sept. 14. Alto Windham, a white man, was lynched near Hartford, Alabama, for alleged remarks to young married women, D'ANNUNZIO'S MEN SEIZE 3 ISLANDS Rome, Sept. 14. D'Annunzio's treops have' occupied the islands of Arbe, Cherzo and Veglia, southwest 'of Fiume, according to reports reach ing here today. , The Italian garrisons - in each oi these islands have joined D'Annun zio's forces. State vs. Lloyd Chrisman, violating auto law, $25 and costs. State vs. Joe Pens, L. & R., nol pros with leave. . State vs. Zoeller Hinton, A. D. W., $50 and costs. State -vs. Zoeller Hinton, C. C. W., prayer for judgment continued. State vs. Herbert Jones, L. & R., prayer for judgment continued. State vs. Will Petway, L. & R., prayer for judgment continued. State vs. Pauline Parker, vagrancy, $25 and costs. State vs. Lloyd Chrisman, Scl. Fa., judgment absolute to be discharged on costs of Scl. Fa. State vs. Joseph Williams, A. D. W., 12 months on roads. State vs. Frank Leggett, A. D. W., $250 and costs. C. W. Bloxon, L. & R., forfeited his bond. State vs. Claud Davis, retailing, 12 months on roads. State vs, Geo. Kendle, robbery, 6 months on roads. State vs. Frank Leggett, A. D. W. prayer for judgment continued on payment of costs and bond for good behavior. State vs. Frank Leggett, A. D. W., prayer for judgment continued. 'W f rn o U u i The list follows: " 1. New Orleans, 1st, 387,219. 2. Atlanta, 2nd, 200,616. 3. Birmingham, Srd, 178,270. 4. Richmond, 6th, 171,667. . 6. Memphis, 4th, 162,351. 6. San Antonio, 7th, 161,308. - 7. Dallas, 8th, 158,976. 9. Nashville, 6th, 118,342. 10. Norfolk, 11th, 115,777.. 11. Fort Worth, 10th, 106,482. 12. Jacksonville, 16th, 91,658. 13. Oklahoma City, 13th, 91,258. 14. Savannah, 12th, 83,252. 15. Knoxville, 24th. 77,818. ASSOCIATED PRESS LABOR HAS GOOD FRIEND IN SENATOR OVERMAN GRUNEAU ADMITS STRIKE CALLED OFF Chicago, Sept. 14. John Gruneau, leader of the Switchmen, Yardmen and Enginemen, who yesterday wild ly denied any idea of the strike being called off, today admitted that the strike, which has been going on since May, has been abandoned. PRIMARIES TODAY III MANY STATES Washington, Sept. 14. Voters in South Carolina, Louisiana, New York, Washington and Colorado participat ed in state-wide primaries today. Republicans and Democrats are selecting state and congressional tickets in New York, Colorado and Washington, while only Democrats participated in South Carolina and Louisiana. In South Carolina the contest is a run-off for Senators and a few state officers, owing to the failure to select the candidates in the first primary. RUSSIAN NOBILITY IS ' FORCED TO WORK. Paris, Sept. 14. Many of the Rus sian nobility who fled from bolshev ism to France now meet its chief re quirement that all must work with their hands that they may eat. The roster of deposed royalty is long but every few days there comes to public knowledge the situation of another Russian person of promi nence whom adversity has not con quered. A large dairy farm has been estab lished near Paris by Count Paul Ig- natieff where members of that fam ily and some of their noble friends are reconstructing anothe-r fortune. The Duke of Leuchtenberg-Beau- harnais is farming near Tours. The Prince Lyszezynski is a bank clerk. Princess Mestchercky and a number of others are commercializing their knowledge of art, doing interior dec orating. Prince GoudachefT, once the Russian ambassador to Spain, is now a farmer. General Nicolujefl drives a truck, and many Russian officers are mechanics and some are taxicab chauffeurs. AMERICAN CHARGE SUMMONED HOME Washington, Sept. 14. George T. Summerlin, charge d 'affairs of the American embassy at Mexico City, has been summoned to Washington for a conference with the state de partment. It is understood that the confer ence will pertain to the protection of American rights, oil and agricultural interests in Mexico. HARDING PATS PACIFIC ON BACK Marion, Sept. 14. Senator Hard ing told a California delegation that the nation "must stand behind" the Pacific coast states to relieve them of the difficulties of oriental immi gration. - "The dangers of racial conflict must be recognized and reduced to a minimum," said Harding. Miss Jennie McLaughlin spent last Sunday with her mother in Fayette ville. Mr. and Mrs. William Austin are at Seven Springs. v I I T"1 TV TIT n I T I T"1 O n XV i i n i i l o 1C. Tulsa, 60th, 72,07r. 17. Charleston, 14th, 67,957. 18. Little Rock, 17th, 64, 997. 19. Mobile, 16th, 60,161. 20. Chattanooga, 18th, 57,895. 21. Portsmouth, 27th, 64,387. 22. Macon, 20th, 52,995. - 23. Augusta', 19th, 62,548. . 24. Tampa, Fla., 22nd, 61,252, 25. Roanoke 25th, 60,842. 26. Winston-Salem, 39th, 48,398. 27.016,26,111,46,318. 28. Galveston, 23rd, 44,255. 29. Shreveport, 30th, 43,874. 30. Montgomery, 21st, 43,464. PRICE: 5 CENTS GENE HOLTON'S . POLITICAL MOVE SET BACK BY LABOR ORGAN, WHICH TELLS OF JU NIOR SENATOR'S ACTIVITIES ON BEHALF OF LABORi COM PERS SUPPORTS COX. (By LLEWXAM.) Raleigh, Sept. 14. Republicans in North Carolina and throughout the United States, and an element among labor leaders whom the monied inter eats think they can control, have been greatly disconcerted by the position taken by the non-partisan committee appointed at the last meeting of the American Federation of Labor, who in the printed report of the investi gation they were charged to make as to -the relative friendliness of labor interests of Cox and Harding, made Cox appear (according to the record and his expressions on vital subjects) in a much more favorable light than Harding. Hera in North Carolina soma of the more radical members of labor organizations have condemned Sam uel Gompers for publicly announcing a few days ago that he would sup port Cox for president, because he can be depended on by labor for a square deal in preference to Harding as far at matters affecting the inter ests of labor are concerned. Just before the special session of the General Assembly adjourned the Republican candidate for U. S. Sena tor, Eugene Holton, of Durham, made a loud political bid to attract the votes of labor by sending to Gover nor Bickett the draft of a working men's compensation law, in the be lief that he could forestall the action of Bickett on the subject and the P" tivities of Morrison when the legi?li ture meets in January. Parson T i Bost, . Raleigh correspondent fr ! Greensboro News, was prompt V ..ie diet that politician Holton .., .aid di vide the labor vote with .' .-aator- Ov erman in November. But these peorL- did not know as much about the tie which exists between- Overman and labor as the workingmen know. The proof of it is in the following editorial which appears in the last issue of the well edited Union Herald of Raleigh, rep resentative of the organized labor at Raleigh and in central Carolina. The Union Herald says: When Senator Overiman of North Carolina was chairman of the Senate Committee on Immigration, he made a record for activities in keeping out undesirable foreigners, and for the restriction of immigration. Organiz ed labor was much pleased with the North Carolina Senator. But the "reds" and other anarchists hated him so that they sent him a bomb and tried to blow up our Senator. North Carolina workmen will remem ber that on election day. Overman was not running for office when he attracted the opposition of the "reds." What hb did was the spon taneous act of the man and Senator. By their fruits shall ye know them. WEST VIRGINIA VOTE SUFFRAGE Charleston, W. Va., Sept. 14. The West Virginia legislature met in spe cial session today to provide voting machinery for women. Mr. Augustus Bryan leaves tonight for Meicersburg, Pa., where he will attend school. Messrs. T, H. Sanders and Arthur Bass are back from a snort trip to Richmond. 31. Beaumort, 42nd, 40,422. 32. Wichita Falls, lllth, 40,079. 33. Waco, 31st, 88,500. 34. Columbia," 32nd, 87,524. 35. Newport News, 44th, 35,595. 36. Austin, 28th, 84,876. 37. Wilmington, 33rd, 33,372. 38. Columbus, Ga., 43rd, 31,125. 39. Pensacola, 39th, 31,035. 40. Petersburg, 85th, 81,002. 41. Muskogee, ,34th, 30,277. 42. Lynchburg, 29th, 29,956. 43. Miami, 175th, 29,956. 44. Fort Smith, Ark., 36th, 28,811. 45. Asheville, 48th, 28,504.