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DAILY SOUTHERNER THE WEATHER THE BEAT ADVERTIS ING MEDIUM IN EAST. . ERN NORTH CAROLINA RAIN TONIGHT VOL. 40 NO. 158. Dill PICKLE JONES E Inquiry Into Death Of Former New -York ":" Artist. JONES IS I. W. W. HEADER g ' Chicago, Sept. . 15.- Federal -- official are making an inquiry into', the death of Mrs. John A. ' , (Jack) Jones, bride of the pres ident of Chicago' famous ''Dill '' Pickle Club," who wai drowned in Lake Michigan. . Jones, who was picked up seven' miiea off Racine, Wis.r after clinging to an overturned boat - for many hours, will be questioned by the au thorities. f Jones is an I. W. W. leader and was divorced a few months ago from - Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, noted wo- man I. W. W. agitator. ..His wife was said to be an heiress, a portrait pain ter, of Greenwich Village, New York city. They were married August 12 end were on iheir hone"yinoon trip by motorboat when Mrs. Jones was drowned. According' to Jones' story he suc ceeded in righting the dory twice af ter it was capsized. Mrs. Jones, he said, "Clung with liim to the bbatfor several hours, but was unable to con tinue toehold on and slipped under the water to her death. " The boat is an 18-foot dory and carried a heavy motor and a tall mast. Lake Coast Guard officials are skeptical of Jones' claim that he was able to right -the ' boat. ' . - ; i -Jones will be questioned by Coast Guard officials and a report sent to the United States district attorney at Milwaukee, ones is in a hosp'ital slifr fering f.rom exposure. ;: v .Jones and his bride had left Chi cago on thjir moneymoon in' the little launch. They put into Ephraim, Wis consin, onj August 21, with difficulty. A stormhad disabled the boat and it was half swamped. ThejpiWent as ii s vvasmngioii.. isiuna, .isuose .....n j ....-ii. .t quriii.i;, umi were on ineir .return trip. They left Milwaukee "on last Saturday afternoon. , ; ;'Sis- At 3 o'clock the motor: "suddenly stopped. ' The waves were high, and while Mr. Jones tinkered with the motor the day passed into night, and suddenly ther-"boat capsi?ed."5-w l tound my wif e struggling ' m the water," Mr. Jones said. "I got "her into the boat after I had righted it. I put her in the bow. Then came another heavy sea and the crazy boat tipped over'again. " ."Then I got the chain and fast ened the poor girl. I thought she was secure-but t he waves released her from the chain, shot her Into the lake and carried her beyond my iCALUt - . "Meantime-1 had been burning clothing soaked in gasoline. - .; No: body saw the signal. Nobody.; came. I saw passing craft all day, but could not attract the attention of, any of them."- -. '''v: MARSHAL PETAIN MARRIES SWEETHEART Paris, Sept. 15 Marshal Petain, commander in chief- of the French armies, was married today to Madame Hardon, a wealth lady and a child hood sweetheart of the French hero. AMERICAN SHIPS v - INCREASE TONNAGE Washington, Sept. . 15. Shipping under American registry increased by eight hundred and , sixty-nine vessels and nearly three and a half million tons during the fiscal year of ,1920, according to the Department of Com merce. ' ' ;- ' REPORTS FALSE OF ISLAND CAPTURE i i Fiume, Sept. 15. The reports that D'Annunzio's troops had, occupied Ve glia, Cheszo and Arbe islands is now stated to be unfounded. MAC SWINEY PASSES . 34TH DAY OF FAST London, Sept. 15. Little change 5a apparent in the condition of May or MacSwiney on his thirty-fourth day of hunger strike. He is conscious and his mind is active. COTTON INTERESTS WANT MORE, CREDIT Washington, Sept. 16. A "delega tion representing southern agricul tural -and business interests, appoint-, ed by the American Cotton Associa tion, are here to confer with the Fecf eral Reserve Board and request the removal of some of the restrictions on credits. Governor' Harding, of the Federal Reserve Board, renied the request for governmental advances in mar keting the cotton crop. The problen p'es with the produc ers themselves, he said. " , RID ALL THE LOCAL NEWS MORRISON CHAMPIONS WOMEN NOMINEES DEFENDED THEIR CAUSE IN THE DAYS WHEN CONDITIONS MADE IT UNSAFE FOR THEM; SUMMONS TO AID TOBACCO GROWERS. (By LLEWXAM.) Raleigh, )Sept. 15.-Considerable favorable continent is heard here on the speech of R. 0. Everett' of Dur- hamKand especially that part of. it relating, to the service of the demo cratic, nominee for governor in be half of , the women of North Carolina in'the politically dark days when the wonVen most needed friends, -His declarations : along that line were especially timely because of the persistency of certain newspaper men the Raleigh correspondent of the Greensboro" News especially in try ing to make it appear that any con siderable number of white women are unfrfendly to "Mr." Morrison because of his conscientious position on the question of ratifying the Susan B Anthony amendment a position that held by the majority of democrats of the state. This disreputable attempt, is being kept up in spite of the known fact that Mr. Morrisbn was among the first to urge prompt acceptance in good faith and good humor of the decision in its favor, after the ques tion was decided. V , Of course sensible people under-' stand "that a pro-Republican indepen dent newspaper like the Greensboro News is repeatedly printing such mat ter for political effect, for if it could have anv effppt at oil it would be to oVaata HiaaenaiAn in the democratic! party. Such misleading statements and speeches as. are employed,, however, are- always susceptible to correction and fpeeches like that 'of , Mr. Ever ett merit the fullest publicity in the interest of the truth, and the. proper enlightenment of the voters of the state. The mothers of eastern North Car olina have not forgotten the great work done for them, when negro do mination in many counties subjected thorn to the infamous conditions that obtained for a time, and it is not likely that they will fail to inform their .daughters that Camerort Mor rison, '.democratic nominee for gov- ernor, was one 01 uie. mu wuvci rfaitd-ective workers' among wBlTSBt men who removed "those intolerable conditions for the sake of the white women of the state! A report from Durham giving an outline of Mr. Morrison's speech says:' ; "Mr, Everett devoted his speech, to the discussion of the revaluation , act, 1 the woman suffrage question and the League of Nations. He de clared that "the revaluation act as now in operation in the state was "an earnest effort on the part of the state t 0. have an honest and fair tax law, and that the act was one that was, fair to all. "In defending Cam - Morrison, from, the criticisms that have been made as to his stand oil woman suffrage, Mr. Everett declared in -the days when the women needed defense Mr. - Morrison wentNfrom one end of the state to the other fighting day and night against the terrible "conditions thatmade it unsafe for our women, and chil dren, and fought side by side with r the women who rose up in desper- ' ation to secure protection from the conditions' that had prevailed. "Mr. Morrison, had always teen the champion of the rights of wo men, in their hour of danger and 'the - women - of the state wed to Cam Morrison a debt of gratitude for his fight for their protection, and he would have the support of every : woman who knew of ,. the j dark days when his help meant so a much to them." v A statement just issued by Sena tor Simmons to the effect that'he has' succeeded in starting a movement that will result in the relief of finan cial situation affecting the farmers and business men of this state, will be received with satisfaction. This re-! lief is to follow the conferences the senator has had with government of-! ficials at Washington during which he stressed ' especially the condition, of the tobacco market. " . - J CARDINAL URGES TO VOTE Baltimore, . ept. 15. Reversing his former opinion on woman - suf frage, Cardinal Gibbons now urges all -women of the nation to vote, not alone because it is their right, but be cause it is their' duty. He said that although he had been opposed to woman suffrage because he felt -it would withdraw women from the more delicate and sacred pursuits of life, now that the ques tion had been settled they should use the ballot to the. material and social progress of the tate. II , SAYS EVERETT U.S.IW VAWIP CLUTCH SAYS JEWISH RABB Philadelphia, Sept. 15. A vamp destroyed Sampsn. . And now a modern Samson the United States is in the languorous death-compelling Clutch of a modern dimple-knted Delilah, or "half un dressed" vamp. Such was the theme of a New York discourse by the Rev. Dr. Joseph H Krauskopf in his sermon at the Ken oseth Israel , iSynagogue here. In his review of the "sin that do stroyed Babylon, Greece and Rome" Dr. Krauskopf said "Society - wom4n adopt the styles of undress for reasons not very dif ferent' froA those for which they are adopted by the prolessionai courte sans, "Plays unabashed in exposition of nakedness are presented that rob wo manhood ofthe aurora and mystery that constituted its greatest charm and glory and that rob the home of its chastity. "Think of the) young women who drive young men far. out into the country at night and who regale themselves with strong drink taken from their father's cellars "Whenever and wherever a people substitute the worship of gold for that of God and make indulgence of , animal lusts its ruling passions, its decadence is not far distant and ruin has set in." Divorces have increased at ' such an alarming rate, said Dr. Krauskopf "as to excite wonder whether mar riage will not eventually be discard. ed T01AW TAX RATE . a . . . .V -l' T MJ. dred dollars of property, divided' as to twenty-three "cents - for general purposes and seventy-seven cents for bonds and sinking fund. In giving this information it will be noted that the amount for ft-en-eral fund is less than half the limit allowed, which is fifty cents on the hundred dollars. Upon inquiry, requested by sev eral citizens, The Southerner is in formed that the contract price for the work on the two town bridges is approximately $30,000. These are not exact figures,; but as given as being approximately correct. ' ; T Superior Court was occupied most of the morning in the hearing of . the case pf the State vs. J. D. Douglas for the sale, for beverage purposes, of a mixture said to be bay rum. It was shown by the evidence that Douglas, who is a colored druggist in Rocky Mount, Edgecombe county, had in his possession eightty-seven gallons of. the decoction and also that he had' destroyed his invoices for same. This mixture was said to con tain forty-eight per cent alcohoC The case "was given to the jury about' noon and was still with' them at three o'clock, time of; going to press. y : . . Richard Williams, charged with homicide, which case took up most of yesterday, submitted to a charge of manslaughter and "was sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary .Other cases disposed of were: Durward Bullock and Alvina Branch. F. and A., not euiltv. -Carl Whaley, housebreaking and larceny, 18 months on the roads. Henry Taylor, vs, Madfe Taylor, colored, divorce granted on statutory grounds, and also to Lula Harrington vs. Jerry Harrington. WILSON WANTED IN DEMOCRATIC CAMPAICN New York Sept. 15. President Wilson will be as'-cJ to participate actively in the Democratic campaign, Senator' Harrison, chairman of the speakers bureau, announced today. He also announced that McAdoo would speak in every state that it was possible for him to reach before election day. - Human legs are not of the tame length. In S4 cases -in a hundred th left leg is stronger than the right and a trifle longer. ' ' HUNDRED 1 A OCCUPIES CQUR TARBORO.vN.-C WEDNESDAY, TO Confers With Soviet To Effect v Exchange Of Men. HALF MILLION MEN HELD Berlin, . Sept. 15. Dr. Fridtjot Nansen, the Norwegian explorer, is enroute to Kovno to meet the. head of the Soviet Prisoners of War Ex change and Herr Hilger, German rep resentative, both of w horn will 'go to Kovno from Moscow. Nansen is exercising the utmost offoi-ts to bring the thousands of Ger mans and Austrians, some of whom have been prisoners in Russia' ; for more, than live years, back to their own country. Thoy are reported to be suffering severe privations. There are more than 450,000 Rus sians in Germany, the foreign office declares. Of these, 180,000 are pris oners of war 20,000 are Red soldiers interned when they crossed into Ger man territory during the recent Rus- so-Polish fighting, and" about 200,000 are the so-called White, or monarchist Russians, who fled here during the revolution in their own country, and about 10,000 are non-combatant bol ahevists. ' PART OP LEAGUE ' London, Sept. 15. The Hague 1. . - Committee of Jurists, of which Elihu Root is a member and upon whose sessions he Has been in attendance for the past few months, has issued the text for a permanent court, of nternational justice. - Thedraft gives the exact terms of the entire project, consisting of ixty-two articles,-divided into tjiree hapters, on organization, competence of court and procedure. The court shall consist of fifteen embars, eleven judges and four de puty judges, which may hereafter ;be increased by the assembly by the pro posal of the League -of Nations to a total of fifteen; judges and six deputy judges. , . The members of the court are el ected for nine years, and. the. presi dent and vicV president, selected from the members of the court, shall serve for three years. The seat of the court is established at The Hague, and a session shall be held each year beginning June 15. An .extraordi nary session may be called whenever necessary by the president. The court shall liave jurisdiction over suits between states and the court is open by right to stater be longing to the league. Other states may have access to it under condi tions provided by the league- When a dispute has arisen between states and it has been found impos sible to settle it by diplomatic means antf no agreement has beenmade to choose another jurisdiction, the party complaining may bring the case be fore the court. The court shall first f all decide whether the preceding conditions have been complied with; f so, it shall hear and determine the dispute" according to the terms and within the limits of the next article. The questions which the court is competent to determine between the members of the league are given as follows: "The interpretation of a treaty. "Any question of international law. "The existence of any fact which, if established, would constitute any breach of an obligation. "The nature or extent of repara tion to be made for the breach of an international obligation. "The interpretation of a sentence passed by the court." The court also shall take cogniz ance of all disputes of any kind that may be submitted to it by a general or particular convention between the parties..-. The court in considering questions applies international conventions, in ternational customs, general princi ples of law recognized by civilized nations and decisions and teachings of the most highly qualified public ists of various nations. ; A state desiring to have recourse to the court makes application to the registrar, who notifies the court and the members of the league. If the dispute concerns an act which is im minent, the court has power to sug gest provisional measures to preserve the rights of the parties. The hear ings in court shall be public and the decisions of the court shall be by majority of the judges present at the hearing. In case of a tie the presi dent casts the deciding vote. The official language of the court will be French, but another language may be authorized at the request of par ties to a case. The draft also provides extended provisions for the recording revision of judgments, etc - KEN AR HERS COURT OF JUSTICE SEPT. IS, 1920 JUDGE KERR ABSENTEE'S JAP AND KOREANS IN PITCHED BATTLE Tokio. Sebt. 15. Many Koreans and Japanese police were killed in an attack by the Koreans on the po lice, press dispatches from Korea state. The authorities announced the lift ing of the censorship on Korean events, thus permitting the publica tion of details. Accounts emphasize the fights in which guns were used, which reached a climax about the time of the visit of thp American congressmen. The polico are now in control. "CHAMPAGNE KING" DEAD IN PARIS Paris, Sept.; 14. George Kessier, the "American champagne king," is dead in Paris, following an illness which confined, him to his home. Funeral services will be held at the American .Church of Paris tomor row. The burial will bo in the Pierre La Chaise Cemetery in Paris. REUNION OF VETERANS. Port Huron, Mich., is to be soene today of a reunion of surviving vet erans or Custer's Michigan Cavalry Brigade, INTERNATIONAL, CONFERENCE 'UNDER LEAGUE MEETS TODAY - The International Communications Conference, called under the auspices of the League of Nations, is to meet in Washington today with delegates present from many countries. ; BfCKETT CALLS COTTON GROWERS Raleigh, Sept. 15 Governor Bic- kej;t has issued the following procla mation for a call of meetings of cot ton growers Tn North Carolina to meet iri their respective county seats at 11 o.'clock on Monday next" to perfect plans and organization for holding the present cotton crop until fair and just prices are offered for it, and to more-fully utilize the pres ent warehouses and to build others. The proclamation ia as follows: "Whereas, North Carolina is pri marily an agricultural state and the state's'cotton crop is one of its chief sources of wealth, and "Whereas, the recent astonishing decline in the price of cotton pre-; sents a situation which cannot be properly dealt with by individual -(jot-ton growers, each man acting for himself. There must be united ef fort on the part of the men who grow the cotton, and on the part of business men and bankers whose prosperity depends so largely upon the farmers' prosperity; and, ."Whereas, the American Cotton Association at its recent meeting in Montgomery, Ala., asked that Mon day, Sept. 20, be observed in all tho cotton growing counties of tho south as 'Cotton Pay,' the farmers and in terest! business mun of each cf unty be tf;keJ tJ asscmrle at th county seats at 11 o'clock on the morning of that day to join farmers and bus iness men from all other parts of the cotton bait in a Southern campaign xur Attn piiL-uu tutwii anu iui uia wiui. it means to our people. "Now therefore, I, Thomas W. Bickett, governor of North Carolina, in accordance- with these wishes off the cotton growers of the South, and acting in cooperation with other gov ernors of cotton growing states, do issue this, my proclamation, calling on the cotton growers of each cotton producing county in North Carolina together with other citizens interest ed in their welfare, to assemble at their county seats at 11 o'clock. next Monday, September 20, 1920, to discuss-the following subjects: "Plans for holding the cotton of the county until fair and just prices can be obtained, together with plans for cooperative marketing. "Plans for fully utilizing existing warehouses and warehouse facilities of the county, and for erecting addi tional warehouses with .special em phasis in this connection on practi cable plans for financing the crop. "Plan for immediately-increasing the acreage in fail sown small grains, as the one wise and certain plan of effecting a reduction in cotton acre age, pledges to this effect to be ta ken" , Thumb nails grow the slowest and middle finger nails the fastest. The nails of any two fingers do not grow with the sama rapidity. ASSOCIATED PRESS TO HEAR VOTERS CASE DECLARED A POLITICAL MOVE WHEREB THE YREPUBLICANS HOPE TO GAIN PARTY ADVAN- TAGEj UNCONSTITUTIONAL! TY CLAIM RIDICULOUS. (By LLEWXAM.) Raleigh, Sept. 15. The hearing of the first stage of the injunction to restrain the state board of elections from functioning the absentees vot ers' law in the November election comes up tomorrowin Raleigh be- fore Judge Kerrof the superior court at which time the chairman of the state board and the state treasurer and state auditor will appear and "show cause' why the application should not bo granted. ' The particulars of this proceeding have been given in this correspond ence and since the first application to the court it has become thoroughly understood that it is a political move, pure and simple, whereby the Re publicans hope to. gain some party advantage, irrespective of the right of qualified voters ta preserve their ballots, -even though they are un avoidably absent from their homo precincts on election day. The suit is brought in the name of the Republican candidate for state troasurer, J. J. Jenkins, but the state Republican headquarters and man agement at Greensboro is understood to be the instigators, and two Repub lican lawyers of Greensboro will be here to prosecute it. Democrats here say the claim of unconstitutionality is ridiculous, that a similar law is in force in Ohio and other states, and Senator Harding, Republican nominee for president, is on record as endorsing tho law. They expect Judge Kerr to dismiss the application. If the Republican plaintiff appeals to the Superem court, that tribunal may get it in time to act prior to the election. TIT. LI t-w ... muaiiinne, L,nairnian warren re minds all voters of their right to reg ister now, and not wait for the reg ular registration period, September 3U to October 2, if they expect to be absent from their home precinct I during the registration period. Ap plication to the county chairman of the county board of elections by the voter is all that Is necessary. jColWilsou, G. Lamb,ehajrnian of the state board of elections, hac 'ar rived in Raleigh to be in attendance at the hearing. TOBACCO COMPANY INCREASES CAPITAL New York, Sept. 15. The Amer ican! Tobacco Company stockholders authorized1 the increase of Class B, non-voting, commoif stock from fifty million to one hundred million dol lars. ' The company does not offer any additional stock to the public now, it is announced TO ES Cherbourg, Sept. 15. Preparation for the shipping to the United States of the bodies of the American sol diers who fell on the battlefields of Fiance is going forward. Hundreds of carpenters are build ing coffins and scores of seamstress es are making funeral ornaments. Great warehouses have been trans formed into mortuary chapels. MJLLERAND F0R FRENCH PRESIDENT Paris, Sept. 15. Premier Miller- and is prominently mentioned today as the next French president. Paris newspapers generally, agree that the , president's health will not be restored and the situation cannot continue. LITHUANIANS AND POLES FIGHT Warsaw, Sept. 15. Lithuanians and Poles are again fighting, the Pol ish war office announced today. Hostilities are centered in the Su- walki sector, near the German bor der. -. ' ' SEEKING WHISKEY; BEATS UP FARMER ' Danville, Va., Sept. 15. G. M. Clark, a Brownsville farmer, is in a serious condition in the hospital here from a beating sustained when pro hibition agents raided his farm. ' Clark objected to the search being made, the officers said, and threaten ed to shoot them, The next tournament of ihe Middle West BoWling Association will be en tertained at St. Louis, Nov. 19. ' Guatemala has the highest death rate of any civilized country. Dl SOLDIER BE SENT ROM 0 PRICE: 5 CENTS LLUYD GEORGE'S ) TILT WITH ENVOYS Ma : k H -k' M - , . . Charges Russian Broke Pro paganda Pledge To Country. HOLDS UP COMMERCE ACT London, Sept. 15. "You are dis honest and a double crosser. Out." "You are mistaken completely." The above is not the exact lang uage u.scd by Premier Lloyd George I and Leo Kanicnuff, the Russian emis- sary to London, at their meeting yes terday. It is far fromt. But from the' account c f the meeting carried in the, lloi'iild, Britain's labor paper, the rough language is the only ade quate epitomization of the meeting if the spirit in which it was conduct-, ed is to be portrajd... KamonefF, with his fellow emissary, Leonid Krassin, called on the premier to tell him something of iv commercial arrangement they had made as be tween Russia and Great Britain. They were informed that talk of commer cial relations would bo held in abey ance and then tho premier unburden ed himself. , lie is quite a human. He said that since it was learned that 75,000 of bolshcvist gold was available to the Daily Herald it would be considered that the pledge of the Russians not to spread propaganda in Great Britain had been broken and that other matters would not be con sidered until this was cleared up. Krassin was exempted from the ac cusation of broken pledge. It was explained to the premier, the account of tho meeting continues, that the money that came to the Her ald came without the cognizance of the Russian mission in London. The premier then went on to say, it isjreported, that Kameneff disposed of the Russian crown jewels in Great Britain, that he had relations with Labpvs Council of Action, and that he misrepresented, with the intent to' misrepresent, tho terms of peace which Russia would offer Poland. As a climax he is said to have i timnted that Kameneff was. gen err untrustworthy." , " Kameneff entered a complete ' ; of denial. The episode is generally : 4 t have completed tho i It - .,; e of tho attempt to restor" (: s', if not diplomatic relation?, .rV c'n Russia and "Great Britain. ' ILLINOIS PRIMARIES TODAY Primr. res. in Illinois, featured by the faction fight for 'Republican control in the state, will Be held (to day for the nomination, of candidates for governor and other state offices will bo filled at the November elec tion. ANTI-SALOON LEADERS CONFER Washington, Sept. 15. Enforce ment of tho prohibition amendment and world prohibition topics aro bo fore the Anti-Snjoon League leaders n conference here today, preliminary to the International Congress Against Alcoholism, beginning next wecJc, Tho .aixti-saloon leaguers appoint- , ed a committee to draft a resolution ' warning xeaerai judges that unless they "sacredly perform their sacred duties" in enforcing prohibition, the league will seek their impeachment. It is charged that some judges "coddled violators" and made a farce of the law by light fines. D. A. R. MEETING. The Miles Harvey chapter, Daugh ters of the American Revolution, was entertained by Mrs. E. L. Roberson Tuesday afternoon,-September 15. This was the first meeting of the season and activities were resumed with enthusiasm. V The meeting was opened with a prayer, followed by the Americans' creed, after which'the regular, rou tine of business was transacted. It was moved, seconded and passed that during this anniversary year 1920-1921 we devote our study to Pilgrim mothers and fathers. After the- business meeting closed a delicious salad course was served by the hostess. ' ALUMNI MEETING TOMORROW There will be a meeting of Edge combe Alumni Association of North Carolina College for Women tomor row, Thursday afterntfon, at five o'clock in the rest rooms of the First National Bank. - . SUSAN WOOTEN, Secretary. POLES DEPART FOR THE PEACE MEETING v Warsaw, Sept. 15. The Polish delegation negotiating for peace with the bolshcvists departed in a special train enroute for Riga, where the conference will be continued. Mrs. Orren Williams has returned after spending a month in the moun tains. ".'
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