The Greensboro patriot [January 19, 1920]

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Jan. 18.—The British
Yarmouth, which left New
Havana yesterday with a
, liquor, reported in radio
! o-day that she was sink-pave
her position as lati-
,, degrees north, longitude 74
t „i,! s:ii«l that she was "24 miles
loalkvnt ot light vessel No. 3."
The message said "forward ballast
.. n|; leaking into engine room." A
,!.v. uiisl prevailed. The Yarmouth
725 tons.
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,1 Vessel is 35 Miles Off
Cape May, N. 9.
.,>. iphia. Jan. 18.—The com-
.;;,.:i officer of the Philadel-
;., ll:.v> yard said tonight that the
guard cutter Itasca, stationed
,. N,.„ v«»rk. and two steamers had
l„ n,e assistance of the steam-
, Yarmouth The distressed^ ves-her
S. (). S. from a position
,, B1j[es easl of north end lightship,
,r about liles east of Capt May,
nu„ ,,1 Liquor Valued at Two Mil-lion
Dollars.
S,.« Vork. Jon. IS.—The cargo of
,iH»r carried by the freight steam-
|,hhi Yarmouth, consisting of whiy-
,i\. pin and champagne, is valued
>:. .000. She left this port
esterday afternoon for Havana with
i heavy lial t" starboard owing to
haste willi which the longshore-aded
her in an effort to get
ier away before prohibition became
uYciire .:< midnight Thursday.
i:■-.■ in:- agents vrere at the pier
uichins i.i see if the ship would
ni - - ;i in tore the amendment
nlii riii, i. but at midnight
i \nr- siiil two barges filled
| ■ ■ ■■■ ST.- ". liquor alongside and
irtt >UH\- at il on the pier. The
•:iiiiv shipment was stopped by the
—Churchill God-for
the repose
asked' forgrre-ness
ot-^^.M^o "know not what
they do" Imf morning as he sat in
the electric cfmir *> dMe lor criminal
assault on a nino-year-old girl ot
Johnston county eight months ago.
He denied his guilt to the end.
Godley's execution which was wit-nessed
by the biggest crowd ever ad-mitted
to the octagonal deathroom.
•was one of the least spectacular ot
all the 40 and more which have
taken place there. The prisoner who
has raved at intervals and begged
tor his life for days had little pro-pulsive
power when the current
struck him this morning. He died
with as .little resistance as any man
whose life has been cut off by the
electrical shortcircuit.
Perhaps the largest number of
newspaper men ever admitted there
went out this time. Nearly all of
them had been trained to expect
something for "human interest."
They missed it all. Godley .walking
erectly and aplomb, put the feature
writers to rbtfC All that happened
was a pale, head-shaved, bony, little
n-ian's death in the electric chair.
Anything that the imagination cares
to supply will go, but Godley helped
the story not a bit.
The wretch, while and shaven lo .
the skin, walked easily down death-1
lane with two ministers comforting
him. When he entered the death j
circle he saw what never had been
seen at any electrocution, a crowd ,
too large to find quarters in the ,
chairs provided. The prisoner sat
Without direction from any official .
and watched himself unequally yok- !
ed with the chair. He wore prison |
garb on which was still the tag
showing the manufacturer's number. .
When he dropped into the chuir he
said with scarcely audible voice: |
"Lord, forgive them; they know not
what they do. I did not commit
rape," and he reiterated his confes- j
sion to Governor Bickeft. It was ad
PROHIBITION EFFECTIVE
M THE UNITED STATES
THE BR1
EFFECTIVE AT MIDNIGHT
LAST FRIDAY.
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW BECAME THREA
MIDDLE !
BOI
Washington. Jan. 16.—Nation- London,
wide prohibition by constitutional with Germs
amendment, the dream for years of i British p«
those opposed to the sale of liquor, sharply ag
became effective tonight at midnight I other war.
with the department ot justice and ill. secretai
the bureau of internal revenue, the Long, flrst^
two government agdncies entrusted Baron Beat
with enforcement ot the new basic grand fleet,
law, ready to take action against all Henry H.
violators. rial staff, U
The final step in the work on en- ing been
forcing the new form of prohibition Paris for H
was taken tonight when Secretary mier Lloyd'
Glass approved fitally the regula- ish officials
tions to be observed by agents of itary and
the federal governm-iu. This suml
John F. Kramer, general prohihi- nected in tj
lion commissioner, am>i unced that semi-official'
he practically had completed selec- day calling
tion of his corps of stale commie- ening siluatl
sioners and local agents, and had a result ot
been notified by them that they were cesses, whicl
prepared to start tomorrow morning ivirtual mast
FACE A
HfilLITY OF WAR
SITUATION IN
AS RESULT OF
SUCCESS.
NO CIDER IS ALLOWED
, BY THE PROHIBITION' LAWS. MEXICAN PRESIDENT IS
Washington, Jan. 16—Prohibition ' SEVERELY CONDEMNED
Commissioner Kremer has ruled that
fruit juices and ciders come within TRAVELING SALESMAN TELLS
the dry ban if they contain more
than one-half pf one per cent alco-hoL.
The commissioner's interpre-tation
of the law was set forth to-day
in a memorandum charging pro-
15.—Before peace
Is a week old the
|-has been brought up
the possibility of an-ton
Spencer Church-war;
Walter Hume
of the admiralty;
"commander of the
Field Marshal Sir
an, chief ot the impe-f
* _ I'm » a.3
; London .tonight, hav- —
EI„ . , prohibition laws of
riedly summoned to
COMMITTEE CARRANZA MUST
HAVE AMERICAN SUPPORT.
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 15.—De-claring
that President Wilson seems
hibition directors and" "inspector to nave Deen ^P"0"** *» Carran-on
the task ot enforcing the amend- ropean Ri
meat. not yefr con
There was little notice taken by entered Odeg
I government officials of the end of all |not be long
licensed sales of liquor except at the 'possession o
' treasury department, where much that vicinity^
activity was shown at the offices of
I cTteials connected with prohibition
! enforcement. Their task, however.
1 v s confined to the linking up of de-la
.'led plans for aiding local .author-ities
in driving out the illigitimate
dealer in intoxicants. Officials said
they expected a multiplicity of legal
and lesser tangles to ensue, but they
were making an effort to avoid as
many of these as possible.
Commissioner Kramer said he had
By their ■hjtories the
leicc
4 of
nsultatlon with Pre-jeorge
and other Brit-re
on important n..i-
1 matters.
ns is inevitably con-public
mind with the
tement published to-tention
to the threat-en
the middle east as
ilsheviki military sue-ave
given the Soviets
of the whole of Eu-for,
although it is
irmed, that they have
It is believed it can-fore
they are in full
the coast regions in
•Hi
Bolshevik
mous supping of transport ot which
they formerly were in need.
is active in the Eu-as
to what will be
of the Bolsheviki. It
certain that, flushed
they will not he con-it
. present conquests.
to extend Bolshevism
SpeculatiO!
ropean capifi
the next m
is regarded
with succes!
tent wwh
but Will 861
either oast
a staff of nearly 1,500 men ready to nert milita
begin their duties at midnight. belief that
About. 300 of these will work undef an "ttack
the direction of the state prohibition
enforcement officers Mile the others
will serve much as did internal rev-
,,ii, . .*<«.., bi «♦»« »». -—*-' en-ue agents before -War-time prohi- , m* j ii il ilj - in-. fl^-"*«»^-<MBrMi,«^.2A.^l^B*T£. -«^T*
IVarinuuih was permitted to proceed ' ,^,.'.. kllHAAII t.Hn »0 I, AM AAn I.L
I'ith vvlwi had been put aboard.
Abonl 3.008 eases of liquor said
I-" In- worth between $250,000 and
|v.iHi.nflii ■!( present prices were on
j hi' pier under police guard when
| ■ -•■ i»!Mii|i moved out.
Tim Yarmouth flies the colors of
In- Itlark Star Line Steamship cor-wation.
tho Hrsl company of Hs
dnrt io I. owned entirely by ne-
,1. HAMP. RICH ORDERED
TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY.
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Winston-Salem. Jan. 16.—J.
Hampton 'Rich, who failed to secure
transportation with President Wil-son's
party to Versailles, for the
peace treaty hearing, must pay his
wife and four children $100 per
month as alimony, according to an
order signed by Judge Ray, in the
o original intention Superior court.
Affidavits filed in special proceed-ings
brought by the wife and filed
with the court, state that Mrs. Rich
has received nothing from her hus-band
for several months; that lie
was in Montgomery, Ala., when last
heard from and' that she has reason
Tin officers and crew are ot
riiniliiiny's founders was that
• v ■:.,! go to negroes only.
er's bureau has $2,000,000 with
which to conduct its work until July
1.
Treasury officials anticipate some
trouble in handling the distilled
liquors in bonded warehouses. It has
been disclosed that in several cities,
large quantities of bottled goods I
have disappeared from bonded stor-age
despite the vigilance of revenue
officers. To avert further thefts, Mr.
Kramer's staff has been instructed
to guard such liquors with extra
enro.
states, and
London p
the Poles
a mvve.
KittM*u
manil formidable forces, but not suf-ficient
to warrant an attempt to ad-vance
both east and west.
:£-•"
with the added duty of examining za' an American salesman, who ask-the
alcoholic contents ot such ber- •* tbat hir"namR be withheld, told
erages. |th* senate sub-committee investigut-
Offlcials. in discussing the ruling ™g the Mexlcan situation here to-asserted
that such a step could not day *hat the Mex,can ruler "would
be taken under war-time prohibition DOt last thlrty days if the Am«rie»»
nor was at enforceable under the government should cease to support
most of the,hi™"
states. Hitherto, the hnreau of in-1 Carranza- when forced «• choose
ternal revenue has held fast to the between two ■»»" a"*»ies «n the
policy of assessing taxes against fer- S0Uth' 0ne led by the federal com-mented
liquors containing more than mander and the other known « »■•
one-half of one per cent alcohol but BoIshevik force- declared in favor
actually the regulations could not be °f the latter' he assured the com-applied
to ciders and fruit juices be- ,mittee' strik»os laboring men in
cause of the technical language of °tber di?tricts- he ■»•*• were ^ank
the law, it was said !ln their declaration of adherence to
Strict enforcement of the regula- *"* radi°a' CaU88 aDd almOSt CVery"
tion will hold liable dealers in fruit'' Wher6 he Went he found "n*1'8^18*
Juices and ciders in which the alco- 6d evidence of the success ot extrem-holic
content increases even while in ' ^ ' 0I<
storage. The departmen/ does not
intend, however, to gau^j all bever
ages thus produced, officials said, I
but a "watchful eye" would he kept I Wefe removed from a train tnat rel-
» on these manufacturers and dealers V* had attacned and burned' The>'
Natural fermentation will offer noiT marched off inl° tbe «•«"» an«
told by one of the escort they would
be hanged. His companion escap-ed.
' His own release he attributed
to his reply when he was asked if he
were an American. "Yes." he said.
"I am an American of Scotch de-scent."
Accounts of their experiences were
given the committee by Mrs. Mary
Joseph C. Bailey. The husband of
Mrs. Willis disappeari'l while try-ing
to get her out of lb • country. It
was assumed by her he i*. dead. The
husband of Mrs. Wrigli! died as a
result of hardship* c^LiOiI in Mex-ico.
Mrs. Wright told the commit-tee
how she and her daughter hid
for weeks in a cane brake to escaro
the revolutionists, described their
Removed From Train.
Tho witness told of a recent occa-ision
when he and another American
excuse for evasion of the reeulatinn
have obta,ne4 command of enor- it was d€cIared regulation,
Employment of a force of 2.500
watchmen to guard 69,000,000 gal-lons
ot liquor held in government
bonded warehouses is planned by the
internal revenue bureau to protect
the liquor against theft, which is oc-curring
daily. Prohibition Commis-sioner
Kremer tod iy told the housa '
appropriations committee. He ask-d
or westward. Ex- ed that Congress make $2.000 000
mion inclines to the avaiIabIe immediaEeIv for establigh.
■ next move will be ing tfc3 gujm,
land and tbe Baltis M„ „.ian f_. ,hrt - . .. , ,
., ■■ »nan Ior the final disposition
dispatches to the ot the liquor has been determined, on
?ady indicate tbat by the bureau. Mr. Kremer told tbe
cjpating such committee.
CLASH WITH LAWYERS.
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Lexington, Jan. 16.—Much excite-.
Luis Potosl and finally "their night to
the United States when word reach-
'ed them that the state department
had advised Americans to leave Mev
HOI.I.AM1 ASKED TO HAND
OVER THE EX-KAISER.
Paris. Jan. 16.—The
rouneil has drafted a note
Dutch government, asking
extradition of the former
ment was created on the streets here ,
this morning about 11 o'clock when"'00'
Baxter Shemwell was seen walking 1 „,, -T^,"" f° •Savo Ho,,,cs-down
Main street with a gash in his' testimony of Mrs. Bailey and
face and blood covering it iM,-s' WiIlis was of tneir railure '«
Meager details available at this •'"" their farmS in tUe state of
the time are that Mr. Shemwell went to Agua8Calientcs and ^^ subsequent
supremo
to
for the the office of Phillips"* Bower'- " escapes into tbe United States-
Sle:initT
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n Si
Ibirk l» Port
Pi otiihilion.
■I l»:.:i. Jan. IS. A wireless
■<■' i»i il i.ilc tonight at the
MI:II I lie const guard cul-
■'•:' had taken the Yarmouth
mid vv.n- proceeding with her
\ ■ ■ l.
and
German an argument ensued, that Mr. Shorn-'
emperor. It will probably be sent well drew two pistols, whereupon
|Saturda>- Mr. Bower hit him with a paper
The note refers to article 227 ol weight, inflicting the bloody gash;
Investigating .Navy War Dcromtfcnu itil,! treaty ot Versailles and Invites that Shemwell shot, the bullet peuel
Hating Phillips' clothing near the
waist, and that Phillips and Bower
Washington. Jan. 17.--Investiga-tion
by a senate sub-committee of
awards of
Holland to join the allied powers in
he accomplishment or this act.
navy war decorations I Ar,icle'227 of the treaty of peace
took a new angle to-dav when Rear'w,tB Germanv declares:
lo believe that he has abandoned his Admiral William S. Sims, the only! '"The allied and associated poWT*
Matthew Warner, founder of .%
colony of Americans near Tampico.
which was forced to move out of
Mexico, and P. F. Poorbaugh, for-merly
property owner in the state
of Vera Cruz told the committee that
American lives and property are in-secure
in Mexico.
V""l- MAN PASSES BUCK
<>N PRICE OF CLOTHINC
11 Lake City. Utah. Jan. 16.--
""""I • i II. It. King, i.i
n address before the
011al ""tail Clothiers' Associa-
* ■" Chicago yesterday, that cloth-
|S prices win advance from 25 to
r wnt. partly because ot high-
• wool prices, was characterized
« •absorU" by Dr. s. W. McCIure,
•■'tary ,„ thc, Ntational Wool
"ewers' .\SS|
family aud left for France.
Evidence submitted to the court
shows that Rich owns a 'printing
plant in this city and a valuable res-idence
in Greensboro, which should
bring in good monthly rents. The
court order places all of this prep- the war.
erty In the hands of the court clerk J.ack of full
for the purpose of administering commander of
witness heard so far. laid before the Ipubllcly arraign William II of Ho-committee
a long letter entitled, ihenzollern. formerly German emper-
"Certain Naval Lessons of tbe Great or- f°r a supreme offense against in-
War." written by him to Secretary .'ernational morality and the sancity
Daniels, arraigning many aspects oj "f treaties.
the navy department's, conduct of j "A special trlb'unsl will be consti-tuted
to try the accused, thereby as-eo-
operation willi the soring him the guarantees essential
disarmed him.
It is said that Mr. Shemwell then
came to his home on Main street, se-cured
a rifle, and started back up the
stract when Dr. W. J. Vestal saw
him and persuaded him to "come Franklinton. Jan. 15. —C. O.
back to his office and have his wound Pruitt. a prominent lumber man of
dressed. A warrant was sworn out this place, was killed here this
LUMBERMAN KILLED IN
TRAIN-AUTO ACCIDENT.
for Mr. Shemwell charging him with
assault with deadly weapon. Mr.
Shemwell has given bond.
American naval lo the right of defense. It will
the orders. Mrs. Rich is to receive forces overseas, the
>.o
..,-,,. , post lille«l by composed of five judges, one ap-
$2o0 at once and if found necessary Admiral Sims throughout the war. pointed by each ot the following
.he printmg plant may be sold. j was the general criticism made in powers-namely. ,he Uni,ed Zes
:— ; the letter. It contained also a state- 'of America. Great Britain. France
Small Boy Run Down by Aut< ment that just before he left
"To
sociatlon, to-day.
for Italy and Japan,
j London, Admiral Sims was told "not!
Ifurhngton. Jan. 16.—Late yestcr- to let the British
day afternoon au automobile
The article also declares that it
pull the wool over will be the duty of the tribunal to
manufacture a suit of man's
,n* requires about 63 ounces ot
' *nicn c'«i be bought in Boston
;lJ';'t J5.25. Thus, on a basis of
'"> Price
1 wool
.ere should be imposed.
Present, the total amount
iu an average man's suit can
ur
b0"»"i r,„. $.-,.23." said Dr. Mc_
ore.
*w may be some reasoii for
'""icing Ulft
M«Clurea«»
ran yow eyes," and that the United n „ •T .
down William, the 11-year-old boy States "would as soon fight the Brit ' P»"'«hment which it c.„,s:.i
of W. Levi Burke, of this city. From i*h as the Germans."
reliable source the facts are about: who issued these instructions was j
aSi°.1.l0WS:
I _ , . not bought out during the hearing, i
William Ira Ward, of Graham, but Admiral Sims said afterward the '
and his bride, .were coming up East statement had been made to him by •
Jadgr V. M, <.'<Mtk Vamm.
ClothinK -Men Warned.
Chicago, Jan. 16.—Unless cloth
ing prices go down people will lose
their purchasing power and indus-tries
will be idle, said H. R. Figg.
assistant attorney general, before
the National Association of Retail
Clothiers' here to-day.
"Most clothing prices are already vards-impossible
for a great number of
people In the United States." he add-ed.
morning when the Seaboard limited
crashed into the automobile which
he was driving. The accident oc-curred
at a grade crossing near tha
railroad station.
The train is due here at 7.1-i and
was running about 10 minutes late,
and was going at a high rate of
speed. There appears no reason
why Mr. Pruitt failed, to see the ap-proaching
train, as he had unob-structed
view for several hundred
The deceased recently came hern
from Wilkes county and was engag-ed
in sawmilting.
He leaves a wife and four chil-dren.
The remains were taken to-ol
a nice
lie,
Wash
price of clothing,"
asserted, "but it cannot
on the price of wool."
Davit street in a heavy touring car, "a high official.
when little William attempted to '■ —
cross the street in front of Coble; . -
Bradshaw's hardware store. Obser- ■ WaBt ***** *° Themsrt.es.
vers report that the child was knock-!
Mr. Figg urged the retailers to
Louisburg. Jan. 1C -New* was re- Avpohit a committee to co-operate
ccived here tonight of the death of with manufactnrer8 and wholesalers ■*•» to M" oW n<»" *» WiOtes
Judge Cotton Mather Cooke. long |B „nding , M,Bl|on of the problem. county for hurial. ■
one of the. leading public men of the , —■ w———■—
city.;
in
|state.a«d a resident of this city. Woman Poster Friend* rh.rch. t Potetoe* «tetag Higher.
Washington. Jan. 16.—Establish-!,)eatn occurred at a sanatorium in
ed down, the car breaking its left* ment of a separate state under thelMorgantoD- whcre he had been un- Winston-Salem. Jan. 18—Mrs. Ida Chicago. Jan. 18.—Manipulation
arm and severely bruising the child- protectorate of the United States for dergoing treatment for a nervous Lee stanley- of Gnilford county, has of shipments has caused a jump iu
„ I Ml ,.) | from his knees up to his shoulders. | the segregation of the nation's negro I disord«r for ^any months. No ar- ■«*•<■' the pastorate of the Friends potato prices from $3 ami $3.25 -
"Moflice Appropriation, j What internai i„jury U any is not [ p<,pUlaion was advocatea before the rangements have been made for fn-. church here and she and her hus- hundred pounds to $5 and $5.65. ae-st'off
m' ,aB- 16 -The largest known at this time for the child is house Judiciary committee to-day by ' neral- but " wil1 be helil here prob- band wi" soon raOTe into the new cording to a statement Issued to-d:iy
n[0(1
U(' ''"Propriati.on bill ever pre- not able to have an X-ray made to' representatives of the negro race. iabl>' Saturday. parsonage now nearing completion by Russell J. Poole, director ot tb.r
^carrying $460,977,868 for MM exactly what is his condition, i The committee is considering a' JudseCooke'is survived by his
!•»■> I "°* °' the dePartment dur- The child was immediately carried resolution by Representative Mason, j "ife and four sons. Edwin fteofce-. of
*a« passed to-day by the to Rainy hospital where everything. Republican, ot Illinois, providing tot Charlotte; Wifbur Cooke,*of Bre-ptod
|;iini,-
on Patterson avenue.
Wise.
'^.^iginal
•SOU to
*** for in
bureau of foods, markets and farm
products of the city health depart-ment.
; rossible is being done. Mr. Ward, j the appointment of a commission of
estimate was $391,- after running the chibi down, car- nine persons to "outline a plan to
house added $75.- r'e<l it into a nearby drug store, and ; promote more harmonious relations
in salaries ordered the best of medical aid be between the races dwelling in the
previous legislation, administered. United States."/
v.ird; Frank Cooke. United States
army, and Charles Cooke. Mrs.
Cooke has been making her borne
with Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Cooke in
Bifvard since her husband's illness.
"Flu" In Chieago.
Chicago. Jan. 16.—Two hundred On December 5. the statement ■*"*
and eighty now "flu" cases with only said, potatoes were selling at th«
one death have been reported to the lower figure. There was a grucMi-it
health deportment. Pneumonia's increase until January 5 when the
loll is 16 deaths and 92 new cases, price jumped S6 cents a hundred.
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