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VOLUME TWO; NUMBER 1M
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15,000 Are Homeless From
Fire Which Swept City
Os Berkely California
MV
4 Soldiers Search Ruins
On Chance That All did
Not Escape The Burn
iffr Buildings
1/ (By th* Associated Prats )
Berk lap. Calif., Sept ll—Heaps of
wa(*r-nonkoß a shea and (aunt chim
neys pointing to tbs skies was alt
that remained today of the north
•surn'pdrt of the residential sec
j 'of tfela city- Soldiers paraded
tla rains tonight and searched with
flashlight for bodies on the chance
that all Bight hart not escaped from
the wind-swept flames
It waa the belief of acting chief of
police Lee that all escaped as the
district offered many avenues of exit
▲ number of children were posted as
missing today, but they, wars school
children who did not get back to their
homes |
The armory of the University of
California, the big halls down town
the naarby churches, and many other
public and semi-public places were
crowded with refugees tonight Be- 1
twsen 12,000 and 15.000 are homeless I
the Are having swept a highly popit .
lated district for 65 Mocks.
GUI TO H
eier snow sitidiv
Priiet Will be Given To Utile
Dears of Various
Ag«fl
Goldsboro is to hart a baby show, i
And as tha babies entered fill bf
Goldsboro babies, they will be better j
kales. I .oral woman tours Prided 1
that tha little darlings heraaouta
* shall be voted upon on Saturday. Sep
tember l|. between tha bbura of 1:10
and I in tha afternoon.
A lot on the oorner of Virginia and
Walnut street is to pe_ prepared to,
receive the show, what ever prepara-'
tlons necessary to doll it up for a ba- ’
by show. Prospects are that the at
traction drill be Hooded with exhl
blla, » i
Prises will be awarded, the entrants
being grouped according to ages Into
three clsasaa. The first class Includ
ed children from 1 to 6 months old.
tbs second from II to eighteen months
and the third from II to 24 months
Those visiting the show win act ad
Judges, each person casting a ballot
In conjunction with the show the
IndUs preparing the event have ar
ranged 4 program of games for the
children and will alao serve refresh
, , meats
rO-OPfl HKT OMB MILLION
ktfelgh. Bept. ll.—According to re
ports recelrad from the twelve staM
oottoa cooperative marketing associa
tions id the South, she total balage
elgpad up for this aeason will run
above 1.100.000.' This Is an Increase
of percent over last
year’s stgtt-dp.
j-v. ■ -a.:
Farmers of Johnston and
rv. ' 0
r
Wafjne to Study Dairying
A t Florence, So. Carolina
The boll weevil la toking some 60 i
Johnston county termers In 10 auto
mobiles di Florence. South Caroline,
tomorrow. A number of Wayne farm
er* are expected the trip » •
them The fact tfiai the weevil Is <ak
ing the (armors to Florence la ex
plained in this wise
Last year Johnston county, of
which let It be said that Brelthfleld
*- the county seat, was on* of th..
'toner cotton counties of the state
v xt year aom* 69.000 bales of cotin .
were produced in the county. This
year expert* estimate that the total
will be 98.000 or 40.000- « decrease of
80.000 hales at the least
Smith Held business men and Jnhn-
V* farmers, urged on by the F.a*t
».n Carolina Chamber of Commerce,
have begun to cut about for a mean*
of psGlng hark the money that the
weevil has eaten. A 500 cow datry
and cooperative creamery has n-celv
ed most of attention at. the hands of
the lateral ted parties. Several meet
ings have bun held to stimulate in
terest In the proposition and facts
and flguras have bean gathered from
every source Instance* of what oth
•r weevil,stricken termers have turn-
THE GOLDSBORO NEWS
GOLDSBORO, N. C„ WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER It 1*24
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HATH MARTIAL LAW LIBEL
Oklahoma City. Sept. 18— A
statement declaring that Gover
nor Walton s action In placing tlo
Oklahoma under martial law was
a libel to the entire state was pub
lished by the Dally Tfmos tonight *
The newspaper asserted that the
gofVrnor was seeking publicity
for his intended race for Presi
dent of the United States on an
tntf-Ku Klux Klan ticket.
Eftoyir
. sum GOOD
Requests For Help Exceeded by
100 Appliautions
Made
Raleigh, Sept 18.—-Requests for
l.ilp made by employers during tbr
week fading September 16 to the fed
rsl-state employment offices In
North Carolina exceeded tlwt number
of (.ppllcatlon* for employment by
nearly 100. according to the
report of M L Shipman, state com
y.ilsslcner of laborrand printing, who
is also director of the employment
service in North Carolina
In announcing the weekly employ
ment returns Commissioner Ship
man advised that the commissioner-.,
of Charlotte and the county of Meck
lenburg had Increased thetr local ap
propriation* to t’.e Charlotte cm
plorment office for the next two
yearn. He expressed great satisfac
tion In the action of the commis
sioners of and Mencklen
burg county which he termed as mar
Rest approval of the service ran
dered*' The salary of the superin
tendent of the Charlotte -office he—
been raised Horn 112 to 8150. he an
nounced This la paid by the state
while local authorities, the eomml
sloner e.pla'eed. take care of cleri
cal assistance and telephone charge
The federal government furnishes or
lice quarters, equipment, suppi •*
itnd.dht frtnilt ua privilege
Directors of Eastern
Chamber to Gather
The monthly meeting of the direct
ors and officers of the Eastern Caro
lina Chamber of Commerce will be
held In WHson at 5:30 Wednesday,
.September 26. according to- announce
ment made by N O. Bartlett, secre
tary of tb eassoctatbqn who was In
Goldsboro yesterday. C A. Barefoot,
of Wilson, one of the directors, will
entertain the body at luncheon. O. C.
koyall, of Goldsboro, is president of
the organisation. °°
ORDERLY MARKETING
Raleigh. Sept. 18.—Increased jjitey
rags In the orderly marketing life* A?
evidenced by the fact that numbers
of.farmers are signing contrsctsMo
deliver cptton to the North Carolina
Association. The Field Service De
partment reports several hundred
new members last week.
ed to have been presented
The business Interest* of Smithfteld
are Just as Interested In the proposl
«lon as are the fariki-rs, realizing
thst their Interest In th.- cti CMcpcnd"
upon the farmer':, financial condition*'
They have decided that they will In
vest 825,000 in u creamery for th<
town If farmers of the county will
secure 600 cowa- of hiph-poSrcred
mt)k production
At Klroence, South Carolina farm
srs who have been weevil-ridden sr
reported to have found success and
happiness by tuning |o the dalr)
and creamery bualne** and the
Johnston and Wayne mjti who will
leave Smlttofleld Tlmr.d.o
morning beaded for the Foutli Caro
Has city They will mafic a thorough
study of the methods that have been
employed there and the result of tl
trip Ii expected to be a creamery for
SmUhfleld, supplied by 500 high-pow
ered milk cows owned by Johnston
farmers. s "■
W- <£. Bartlett, secretary of the
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Com
merce, Is one of the leading engineer*. ,
of the proposal' and will arc- mbarv j
themen on their trip tomorrow,
- PRFSSMEII'S STRIKE -
LEMS HEW UK
. WITMIT PIPERS,
||Cities Millions Without News of
Their Own or W orld's
Doings
(By the Associated Press.)
New York< Sept lit. Nr* York
went without its leading newspaper 1
for 24 newspaper* today when a
strike of 2.000 webb praftsmen pre
vented publication of u majority of;
!the city's leading morning and after ,
, noon papers. i
From midnight last night until this;
cvrnlng the city's million* of news
paper readers practically were cut
off fro&» news ortohelr own and the
rest of the world's doings
I Tbs metropolis hwoke to And It*
' breakfast and Its ride to daily chores!
made dreary by she absence of Its I
daily newspapers. Limited midnight
editions which were run off before
I the pressmen walked out had been
exhausted by late theatre crowds.
I An early edition of the New York
r {Evening Post, run off by a hastily
recruited corps of presanienV'wvip the
only one to appear this afternoon and
when that bad been exhausted the
news stands, usually loaded with fre
r quent editions of the afternoon .lgi-i
lies, were bare and the hundred* ofi
’ | loud-mouthed newsboy* were mute, j
JGMTSIO LEISt
QUESTION KRE EiEII
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Infernfnle ( ommerce Commit**l
Kion Will Make
« Ruling
(By the Associated Press)
Raleigh, N C. Sept. 18—Hearing
on th* proposed leasing of the t’aro-j
Una. 'CIU-bAeld and Ohio railroad to
tht Atlantic coast IJne was brought
to g close here today before the State
Corporation Commission with argu
. tnents of attorneys representing In
terested railroads
During the two day hearing before o
the commission representatives of the
9. A. L. Southern, and Atlantic
Line werg heard It was declared by
attorneys urging the approval pf the
commission of the lease that North
Carolina would be beneAtted greatly
by the proposed linking of the Coast!
Line and the C. C and O lines with
a direct route to the coal Acids At
torneys opposed to tlu> lease argued
that the Coas Lino seeks to obtain a
virtual monopoly of North Carolina'*
outlet to the coal field* and that It
would prove detriments' to the state
The hearing here was held at the
request of the Interstate Commerce
Commission which will Anally act on
the matter.
Federal Council
Rejects Proposal
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(By the Associated Prese t
Sept 18—Complete
* rejection of the Clalbrrne-
Adams check collection plan "and
adaption were the change* of the
Federal Reserve Board "Regulation
J.” penallslxng banka falling to remit
at par was recommended to the board
tonight by the Federal Advisory coun
cil at the end ofUAiflll session
The Clalfmfne-Adam* proposal,
waa put forward by Cha*. De Clai
borne and L R Adams. Atlanta, and
provided for par clearances within
*be limit of cac reserve district It
was opposed by all member* of the
cooflcll.
Athletic Commission
Passes tip Fiffht
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New York. Kept 1« The New
York fct'ae athletic commission took
too cognizance of th< Dempsev-Firpo
I heavy weight debt today desp-te rff •
I port* that It might act "pan the crit
| ld*u) directed at Referee Johnnv
{Gallagher becuuM- of his nerlec to
compel iX’mpM'jr to follow Instruc
tion* on several oeegrlon* duriur the
Asht The commission dlsctiewed u«
match at. Its regular weekly m.otlnr
hut i*"»ed no formal statement of p.
proceedings
(M R HOI HE FOR HIGH POINT
High rolnt. N C. Sept 18 -Con
tract has been awarded for the Wec
tlon of a commodious club house at
H'gh Point's recently organiser
r«nntry club and the builder to whom
the contract vs* awarded has sn
nounced that the club house prohshlv*
Will he completed by January 1. 1924
The High Uolnt country clnb was or
ganized the early pari of this year i
and work begun Immediately on a i
iClhe hole golf course, which was (
I completed during the summer and Is t
| how being used dally. >(
FfVF COUNTIES WltL
i BE REPRESENTED**!
< SCOUT MEETING HERE
Department* of Tuttcarora Coun
cil Will Re Created at
Gatherinff
A meeting for the purpose''of or
ganising the Tuscarora Council <it
Boy Scouts, embracing Wayne and 4
adjoining counties, has been called
by tha President. John L, Borden, for
16 o'clock Tuesday, September 26. at
1 Ihh Kennon Hotel. W. W Rivera.
1 district executive has mailed card*
I to some Afty member* of she councj)
In Goldsboro. Kinston. HnslthAald and
Snow Hill, requesting their presence
at the meeting.
Immdrlately after this meeting at
the Kennon the council charter will
l bs presented by H. O. Hunter, scout
I executive from Southern headquar
ters at Macon. Oa. meeting will
probably be held In the chamber of
corarasrfa rooms and the public will
be Invited to he In attendance.
The members of the council expect
ed to attend the organization meeting
at the Kennon are:
John I. Borden, Goldsboro, presi
dent; Ttrnre Hodges. Kinston, vice
president ; H C. Woodall SmltbAeld.
, vice-president; O. A.
s; boro, vice-president; ('j F Harvey.
Kinston, vice-president; r J. £. Van
j story, Goldsboro, secretary: Italic
■ Well. Goldsboro; National Council
Representative; Herman W-il, 'Chbl*.
boro; Treasurer Alfred Cheney, Kins
ton; Scout OoTumhriloner; W. W.
.Rivers, tjcoul Executive; D. F Woot
en. Kinston; Chester M. Walsh, Klns
:on: J. T. L'xum, Snow Hill; Dr. Zeno
Wall. Goldsboro; H M. Laud, Gold*-
boro; C. E Wilkins. Goldsboro; 11 It
Jones. Kinston; U. E. Wood. Kinston,
j 1. J. Sparrow. Kinston; J N longest,
Goldsboro; A A. Joseph. Goldsboro;
C. H lf Miller, Goldsboro; P. L. Bor
den. Goldsboro; Dr - Witltoo) H Smith
Goldsboro; G A. Norwood, Ooldslmro;
E Y M . hi. KJastoa; L Mcßride
; White. Kinston; W. E Bdllay Kins
ton; 11. Galt Hraxton. Kmagpu. A E
Cory, Kinston; lb fl. Wtiftafeeir. Klns
ton; H Stadleui. Klnstotm | R, Tun
stall. Kinston. K, QfllMi Kinston.
H M McDlsrmld. Klnstofl; C. K.
Preotor. Kinston; G. V. Cow per, Kins
ton; N. M. Ijiw rence, Kinston C. C
t Young. SmlthAcld; J. H Abell. Smith-j
Aeld: c V Roberta. Snow Hill: Fred
Durant. Snow Hill; W. J. Bdwards.
Snow Hill; and T. W. Dickinson,
lShow Hill
Raleijrh Will Hold
Fall Festival
Raleigh. Sept. 18 —Raleigh haa long
been In the limelight os the Cepitol
of North Carolina, but It waa not un
til last year that the retail merchants
began a concerted drive to put It on
the shopping map
The Arat Fall Festival proved sugfc
a big success that It Is to be repeated
again this Fall For three daya. Rul
elgh la going to forget politics, and
devote Its time to getting acquaint
ed with Its business men, and the
folks who came to Raleigh to trade
The dates for the second aijnua!
Fall Festival are September the 26th.
26th and 27th On these three days
thousands of the Tar Heels are ex
pected to get toegther In a grand
Fall Get-Acquainted festival occasion
There Is to he no lack oL Interest
ing features, nnd' the result will be
something doing “every minute of the
three day event. ' % M
The Festival wtil open on Tuesday.
September the 26th, with a general
value-giving day by the merchants on
whlPh reduced prices on standard
merchandise will he made This will
he known as suburban day, and will
he designed especially with n view to
grttlng out-of-town ohopperi to come
nnd gat acquainted with Raleigh
merchants, their afore*, their snlea
men and salesladies, np#' their mcr
chandlse. There will be evorv effort
made to cc that the v d'oru are made
to feel a* tome, ho ,t In nnd out of
htttrn a.
HAHMULI, It I HI I TS
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National I ysirue.
Poeti'fi 2:
New York 10;- St. ouls 4
American league.
Cleveland 8: N>w York 3.
St l,o!||* 51; WkMUlfftolt I 9
Itetrolt x 0 Philadelphia 2-10
Piedmont League
< post s.-ril
Danville 6,
Hally-Virginia League
(Post Season' Seri*-*)
Charlotte 4; Wilson 2
Host here 1 eagae
Little Rock T»ls Birmingham *-e
rh.'.ttapooga 6; New Orleans X.
Nash vine 9: Mobile 8
NEW IOH k C OTTON
New York, Sept Jg—Tha cotton
market closed quiet today. Mid
dling 20.75- Futures were steady
October 2*00—88; December 2861
65. January 28 03; March 28 00—02;
dav 27 86—*0. ,
|WILL PROTECT THE !
j CiSTITUTIONJSL :
RIGHTS OF BLACKS
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■ i (rovemor I‘inchot Wires Na
tional l.eagut' for Uolored
Advancemeftt
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(Ily the Associated Prttas l *.
11 New Vurjt, Sept. 18 Governor Pin
I .hot of Pcnnaylvaala today sent a
, telegram to the National Association
r for the Advancement of Colored Peo*
( | pie announcing that the 'whole now ,
er of this common weak h will be Atser
, If necessary to maintain cnnatttu
I tional rights at Johttatown, Penn.."
I where wholesale deportation of n»-
, groes I* alleged to have been ordered
by Mayor Caulfield. v
t The Governor s telegram which was
I made public stated that be had wired
; Mayor Caulfield, "oakin* him for a
. full stateoivut of fact* and reasons
I f or the actions taken.”
f Governor Plnchot's telegram was
I In response to a protest tmade by ike
association again*! the alleged action
• of Mayor Joseph CuufUeld In order
Ing all who have not b.vo
reeldeate for aeveo years to leave >
JohiHdown Immediately, following htc
■ killing of two (police uad the wound
. i'g of four other* tho crimes beln;;
■ «hargtul to the negroes.
The Association protested ‘'agaln-i'
thlc high handed injustice through
■<ui-h <l> p4rtaGoii of ni“n r< gardles*
of their innocent,, „ r q u IU nolely he- ,
cause (heir skins are black." nd ,
points out that the only action that i
'11001(1 have been taken would have |
ts-ep to scu'k out and punish the ,
guilty
OR BROOKS SPEIKS j
IT FOUCTIDN MEET i
Os THE ROTMir CLUB:
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Thtf Moat Powerful Kdurgfton- (
«l Force in GoMnhonp W«*
Query - i
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'Wbat la the moat powerful edu- ,
rational farce In Goldsboro?” This t
query was proposed to the Rotary ,
flub usl a number of special guests *
last night by Dr E C. Brokoa, presl
dent of Rtate College and sixteen ,
years aro superintendent of the lo- 4
cal school ayatem
Before naming the forces that In |
reality e(ju,-ate the youthful genera- j
tlons. Dr. Ryook* decried the whole- j
■isle Indictment at times made flf pres- j
I ent day high nchool students. ”! be
lieve thst the hoya and girls In our ‘
high schools today are Just aa moral,
courageous, brave and cultured ea In
I any sge," he declared. "If their '
elders," he stated, holding thst while ‘
schools are a factor In education, the !
moat powerful Influence making for
, education In any community la the
adult population.
I . As Illustrative of bla view* on the !
subject, Dr. Broqka graphically ra
i .counted a story appearing In a flc- 1
tlon magazine A committee was ap
pointed to name each ten years the T
citizen responsible for Improved con
ditions In an Imaginary city during 1
the decade In turn the honor was 1
accotdTlbl a nilnlstre "he showed us 1
the way to peace.'' a school teacher— *
"he gave us truth and honor,”--a wo- 1
mss—"she taught us bow to live,” a
mayor- "he gave us beauty through
parka and atreets,” a manufacturer— *
"he made u* self supporting” An
award could not he made for the next 1
i period for the reason thst the. clfl- !
zens had retrograded through the
election so an administration that
went Into office on a. platform pledg
ing repudiation of a city debt merely j
on a technical error. i 1
"Knowledge* and school work are
only a mean* an end." Dr Hrooka
•aid In ronclualtni The heat Ideal--,
the tdeaD of peace, truth, beauty, !
honor, *r !f-rel!an< <•> chouH be hell'
ti» by th* adult population for :; »ir
children |o follow "
It was September Educational •
tAle» ting with the Itotaj lans, who o 1
number was augmented by the foi l
tow ing Httecially Invited rnests:
AJlle Freeman and Mary
Moore, 'fra H. K Fennell, Mr* W,
1) Cieech, L. H la«'twlch. J K Kelly! ,
of Mount Olive, J Arthur Best, of ,
Fremont and Ar. til.- Dn VMIIIi.im ,
Avcock. of Warsaw, r IX Raster, of
Ncwu York and Dr Corbett Wayne
• county Health officer, also attend
ed
t) A. Hamilton, superintendent cf
•ckcKvl*,
Goldsboro High School haa an enroll- *
meut pf 307 "Hevsnteen high school 1
•indent* have not yet returned,” he *
said "Should they seek to rapenter, *
It would be a problem to us, for tho
school Is overcrowded now.” •
t
After the diamond the ruby stands 1
supreme among precious atones, he-
Ing the most popular of all colored '
gem*. i
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'American and Italian Vie
5 , . ‘ % S>,
For Center of the Stage
Os League of Nations
tT * . • - « ; :/• ; g
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THIRTREN INJURED : 1
IN ACCIDENT
Summerville, Ga., Sept ,88— (By
| the Associated Press )—Thirteen
per Mons, Um children, were tnjur
»d when au automobile truck
plunged down the side of a moun
tain near here today The machine
turned over three times and went
over u thirty foot vllff before It
was halted. The Injured were
brought here for treatment.
TO PRESOIT PEHUIT;
IT S SCHOOL MEET
0 r
Gf(t»l I'lans Made For Mwrtlng
6f Wavne Hody; I’rominrnl
Sprakeru
Oue feature of the approaching
Wayhe County Sunday School Con
vention at VAYnxlland ChurtJi, live
miles from Gold*boro, Saturday nnd
Sunday, St pi 29'b and 30th. will hi
the prc .cntatinn of a-beautiful peu
nant. 18 x 36 incbcH, to the Sunday
it hool having present the largest!
-lumhci of repyeaentailvea over all-*
'eeu years of age. according to the
number of miles traveled. The num
ber of representatives from a glveb
Sunday school will be multiplied by
the number of miles from that < bureh
to the convention church and the
school having the largest total will ,
receive the pennant. The Sunday |
School with which the convention .Is
held, and any other school within ansi
mils -
There wRt also be a roll cell of :
mile, will not compete for the pen-1
township*, when n record will he
made of the number pf Sunday
"obools represented from each town-j
*hlp as well as the number from
each school, and the number of pes- j
tors, superintendents and teachers
present.
The county nnd township Sunday
School Association officers who are
promoting plans for the convention
ur«: County Preset ent. Mr. J. Beck
Thompaon; County Secretary. Mis*
Bertha Casey; County Vice President'.
Mr Edigar H- Haln of the First Bap
tist church, Goldsboro; .County Super
intendent of Children's Division. Mrs
A P. Howell of St Paul's M. E
church, Goldsboro; Towushlp Prasl-t
!dents, ('has. H Coon. O. J. Howell, i
John W o<M>dwln. Jamas Edwards. ;
J H Williams W. Wood, Mrs A
M Rich, J M Parks, and J Henry'
Parker.
These officer a are requesting the ■
co-operation of all pastors, superln
tendenta and otther Hdbday School
lhadnra In the effort to make the i
convention a aucceaa.
■tyic two out-of-county speakers on
■he convention program will be Mlea
Clora Davie, Raleigh, Aeeletnnt 8u
porintendent North Cnrollnn Sunday
School Association, and Mrs. D. W ;
Donu dson Professor of Religious Ed
ucation, Washington Collegiate Insti
tute. Washington. Both Miss Davis
.nd Mrs Donaldson are well trained
and experienced Sunday School work
ers, WHb thsoe two outside apeak
r r« and the splendid local talent, the]
county officers feel that an Interest-1
top ptoftram U assured
Legal Questions Will
Be Threshed Out In
Tulsa This Morning .
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(Ujr the Aiikociatrd Pnm.) pus esUta la Oklahoma tad despite
Tulsa, Okla, Kept in. Tulsa want military law and Uorrrnor Walton's
to tw-d t.ialght In a feyllng of sympe order suspending tba right la tha le
thatlr tab* 11 ion It wa* |>erple*ed ar gal question Involved
to who ruka the too*' the military Are military auiborltlea reapoaalMa
or the rivtl authorities to tb<> civil courts during a period of
A district Judge haa ordered the Insurrection and rebellion, aueh an
Htatn Adjutant to app<ar in a elate aow exist* throughout Oklahoma bp
court tomorrow with thr*-< Huhturyreason of the Governor's proclaims
prisoners. The summons, delivered non. will he the question precipitated
to the civil sheriff, he» been remanded hr the failure of the militia officer to
to the military sheriff, who may or eonra or obey the civil atunmoae
may not aervr It on hjs superior offl- The townsfolk* are all exeltad np,
oar. but hnaineee la as usual, and aside
The situation wee further compll-i from tke half-doaea guardaaeed oa du.
ceted with the departure of Adju- ty and the mesaalae Door of the dtp's
tant Markham who has left for Okla-; lending hotel and two eonra of their
home City. The ftrst skirmish" Is comrades quartered la aa aaUjrtag
Scheduled for It o'clock tomorrow armory there la no farther lad tea
when the summons |s returnabla. H*»n of tha situation whleh gripe tha
Whether the right of hsbeans -jor-idly,,
[ MEMBER Os! f
J ASSOCIATED PREBBI
, =tr
PRICE FIVE CENTS
Presence of Mr. Porter c
To Represent America
0 n Opium Question
Shows Country Inte
rested in Humanita
rian Efforts
(By the Associated Press 1
Geneva. Sept 18 Bt«*phea O. For
ter, chairmen of the foreign affair*
commlt«e#S)f the American Hones of
KcpraeentnMrae and Signor flalmndra.
head pf the Italtna delegation, were
all uncoaeclonaly la rivalry today re
specting which would occupy the cen
ter of the stage at Genova.
Mr. PorteCe appearance ea
llelal representative of Abe WpghUf
ton oh the opium question challeng
ed general attention that the United
States waa actively participating In
; the humanitarian part of the League
effort*. _ .’
But when Klgnor SaUndre. 4a the
next room began before the council
, a defenee of Italy's act log and an
uounced that Daly waa net able to
ilLcuas . the rompetenpy question,
tbers wsa a general wove meat pf -
the public to this meeting. Tho Ital
ian delegate Jnatiiied the occupation"
(of. Corfu and even sold other eonn-
Dries, Including t|>« United fltatee. had
taken similar steps, In matters lose
aerlous than the occupation of Oorfa.
By the time he had reached the prtaf
pipal argument*, the op4wm meeting
had adjourned, perhaps with Into*'
Gen. end the delegatee flooded into
the council meeting.
The Italian held that there was nd
nocueelty to\ diecuae the qgeeilne es
the Leegne competeeep heeenee ge
Npeoifle cose a misted 4a fh»fli lo Ml*
terprel the covenant, ItaWevar. he
added, Unto would not aydgna
era! Interprautlon of hy
authortaxed persons, prnenmshly ra
.ferring to the permanent court es In- •
teraatlonal justice.
Commissioners Order
School Tax Election
Wayne County ('ommloalonefi to
trs session yesterdny acted favoraMp
upon the b petition r~r~flttl (Pita
school committeemen who toot Satur
day and ordered that n tninlal elec
tion be held on November Nth lo de
termine tha creation of n spatial
r-chool tax for tM antis* eonaty, ex
i eluding the city epttenla 6f OeldPheto,
Mount Olive, and Pramd*!; it a rata
l.nf 30 rent*. Public sentlmeat $t pre
sent would Indicate tho foyeraMe ’
' adoption of the proposal at polU
| Already *ome 18 dletftota la the eona
ty have a special school tat pad the
county-wida rate would ‘ notr' roles
their eaeesemeoi
op- ' ,
n FGio “
Hattiesburg, Miss, Sept IS.—John *
Gray. 26. negro, was shod to death lost
night on the Rlchtpo-Hew Aagnet
highway by a band of Iratfl rtUsena.
whoforced officers to torn their pris
oner over to them aftdP" Gray had'
-hot Z. w w alley, of Rtahtoa. father
'of Drs. W A. Whllop. and Date
Malley, both prominent Jackson,
Miss., physlrina.
One divorce Is (mated every four
I minutes in the United State*.