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The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1920-06-24
STATE MAYORS TO
HOLD CONFERENCE
IMPORTANT MATTERS TO BE
DISCUSSED WHICH AFFECT
ALL MUNICIPALITIES.
Chief IS RETALIATION ACT
Question Of Limitation Of Taxation on
Automobiles and on Many Other
Things VIII be Threshed Out.

Cnarlotte.-Mayors and financial Of
acers of cities and towns OF North
Carolina will hold conference In IA
leish June p and % and possibly last
ing through the Gath, the effect OF the
revaluation act on municipalities being
tho chief consideration of the gather
ing.
Thu conference comes as q result
Of letters sent out to mayors OF sew
eral cities and towns of the state Dy
Mayor McNinch about two weeks ago,
Mayor T. B. Eldridge of Raleigh nav
ing sent out letters about the same
time and on the same subject to sew
eral mayors.
discussion will be held on the
effect of the clause in the reValuaGlo-1
act which has been interpreted &c
mean that no municipality can coAec'
more than an increase OF 10 per CEN
| in taxes this year over the recelpt'
last year, Mayor McNinch stated.
Another consideration will be tina
! of the present state law which pre-
vents a municipality from taxing
bix industry, or limits that tax u
$40 a year, Mayor McNlnch statn'
that in many instances sucn pus
nessss use the streets, have hre an
police and other perfection afforded o
the city, paying nothing or pract
cally nothing for these privileges.
Taxes on automobiles for MRS
private automobiles and trucks an
numbers Q fothe rthings from Wh1c
Municipalities receive little or y
+axes will also be considered, it
announced.
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Copyright. by Doubleday. Page & Co.

on the ship that could go tO-the
only one I wanted to trust mother
to-"
Notwithstanding the bitter disap-
pointment of the day, Win Shute
went into dinner that night with
heart as buoyant as a toy balloon.
He was planning walk and a talk
by southern moonlight with Miss
Riley.
But all evening she paced the deck
in earnest conversation with Jerrold
Mansel.
Win Shute figured out to his own
satisfaction why things were thus. He
knew that Miss Riley was receiving
wireless messages had seen Man
sci hand her more than One-and
Shute decided that the operator was
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New Bern.-Four cases OF smallpox
have been discovered at Bridgeton'
inst across the Neuse river from New
Rern, and the residents of that COM
munity are considerably e1c1teo anu q
worried over a possible epidemic Oh
the disease, particularly as very llt'ls
urecaution has been taken to prevent
a spread of the malady.
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PART II-continued.

rho xrorv did not get to Miss Riley
a1-,nrcated form. An uncOmpli-
IL COW remark had been made about
nnr-"Oh, nothing of any consequence
h1oss YOUR heart, nO!"-and James
80 +bouqht himself called upon to
n l"eond her with his fists. 1d1otic boy!
Win Shute, in his wholesome ana
,-ooont view of things, believed that
49,. unfortunate affair in the smoking
. uoon, would be hushed up. Having
,.,,,ro11v rewarded the steward for the
tronhIp that had been caused hlm' ana
t,,in1-ino that "those present. would
.a+ tho episode from the standpoint
- tbo least said the quickest forgot
", Win went about in high spirits,
=. If nothing had happened-headed
c+roicht for Miss Riley.
Thpv we're getting on famously. To
ro+hor they had won many OF the
o,.onts in the sports, and at ships ten
nc which required agility and sure,
quick grip on the elusive rOpen rings
tEo,, were in the finals to be played
+bo+ morning. Miss Riley couldnt
have avoided seeing him had she been
60 minded. They won, and were pro-
claimed champions of the sea-at
least of that part of it dominated by
the steamship COlonla.
IF had been a hard-fought match, in
which physical condition played not
small mart. Miss Riley rather amused
Win as thew we're resting in steamer
chairs on the boat deck by saying:
..You seem to be pretty fit"
"Fit?" His tone had in it a shade
of sarcasm. I'm always ht-aiWays
ready to jump in and play-anythlng'
"Alwavs?" She looked at him quiz
zically.
He was blind as a bat. "You bet
in season and out of season."
"You must have a splendid const1tu
ton"
81 baye-but I don't abuse it.
want to last" This had queer mean
inc he saw too late, but he didn't tr!
to explain.
To his surprise she said, quite i'm
puIsively: II do believe that's sure
And for emphasis she rested her han'
for a moment on his sleeve. He
touch gave him an ODD thrill.
Miss Riley got up to go to her state
room, and then, as if under the spel
of impulsiveness, added quite shyly
"It was good of you to take my par
In the smoking ROOM"
you didn't hear?" asked Shute, HI
face horror-stricken.
ooh, I didn't hear verbatim whs
was said about me-" she explaine
her tone a little hard. But 1 ca
imagine. Men are such brutes-mo
men. And l wanted you to know th'
Il liked what you did, no matt'
what others say about it. I must {
now
She slipped away, leaving w
happy and angry, turnabOut; happy
her unexpected tender Of gratituo
angry at the man who had blabbe
But happiness soon took the ascen
ancy. In his limited experience
hadn't much to compare it with, e
cept breaking into the majors Il
very summer he graduated from c.
lege. This, on second thought, seem
most unhappy comparison, as MI
Riley didn't care for baseball.
Then she could never care for pl
fessional ball player! He had
thought Of it before, but now,
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Good Substitute for ceIby.

Chapel Hin-Substitutins Ia Splen-
did fashion for Secretary of State
Bainbridge Colby, who was deta1pea
in Washington at the last minute by
important business, Roland MOTIFS
American ambassador to Japan
speaking at the 125th commencement
exercises of the University Of North
Carolina, said that the principle Of
unselftsh service applied to America
international relations was the caae1
hope for the establishment OF M1ena
hest relations between America aHo
Japan.
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mad Fall Of Suffragette.

Raleigh.-Mrs. s. MCMAHON FeSAs'
tered from New York, he1d worker
OF the National Equal Suffrage asso-
citation. who is in Raleigh to coaIor
with North Carolina suffr@sists re-
sarding plans to secure the rat1hca-
ton Of the Susan B. Anthony amend
ment by the legislature in July Tell
from a chair in her hotel room and
broke her right leg below the knee
She was removed to q local hosDlsa1
To her assistance went Alice w. u
White, who is said to be here In the
interest of the antf-suffrag1sts.
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taking this means to keep in touch
with her Whereas q steward would
carry Marconigrams to other passen-
gers, Jed Mansel invariably delivered
Miss Riley's messages himself. Nat
urally this attention would be recOg-
nized by an appreciative person like
Miss Riley.
That Jerrold Mansel was downright
crooked, there wasn't much doubt.
Rut Win had to admit that his proof
was far from conclusive. iris FOrd'S
wireless was q fake-but there was
the possibility of taking somewhere
along the line of transmission. Man
sci had bet heavily against the Giant
killers-but so had thousands of 9TH
er persons. The operators remark
about the player who would be missed
from the lineup was strong circum-
stantial evidence against him-and
still it could have been a second
guess" he might have heard after
| the series that one Of the best men
had been out Of the game. Certainly
there wasn't enough solid proof to
| warrant Win Shute In denouncfng the
! wireless operator.
| And If he did-if he warned Miss
Riley against Jerrold Mansel-it
| would involve a disclosure of the fact
that he, James Winton Shute, was
professional baseball player. He
wasn't ready to make that admission
The fact that the finest girl didn't care
a hang for the national past1me con
stituted a mighty serious problem. II
wasn't pleasant to continue to mas
ouerade as "Mr. James," but it was
an incognfto enforced. So things were
| permitted to drift.
It was moonlight ON the Mediter
ranean, the last night but one of VIII
Shute's long voyage to Naples from
| Inconsistencies. He had started on
to act the part Of a ''trusty''-to d.
nothing against the captains author
itv. but secretly to work toward on
end. namely, the circumvention OF hi
enemies. After a fortnight at sea, al
though he was naturally interested Il
his own case, he had lost much
: his violent anger against those VIII
had forced him to become a passenge
r had remained at home-he would nc
have met the finest girl! AS iris For
y would have said: '"There amt notf
e ing to that"
It was early, scarcely dark, but wit
d a full moon, and together they wer
)" On the lookout for the first sight c
2 Genoa. They had arrived at that In
l. nortant stage of their acquaintanc
= when the original discovery was I
> he made of front names.
e you've never told me your name
t he urged.
l. Mother always calls me 'G1rl1e,'
she responded, half in fun.
i, ST know-but I never was strong Il
pet names-in public, mean. lie
It me your real name"
n CTO BE CONTINUED9
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Lumberton.-J. D. Seasons, a younB
white man, is in critical condition In
= hosnital here as a result OF taking
a large quantity of Paris green. SOS
.orca was found struggling in a often
in the northern part OF LumDerton
by some oolored men. Med1cai atten'
tion was administered at once ana ne
has a slight chance of recovery.
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Zebulon.-In the severe electrlcaA
storm which passed over this to"n'
lightning struck the Baptist cnurcn
here igniting the steeple and burned
the building to the ground. Hero1e
work with the use OF the fire nose
with water stored in the water tank
saved the nearby buildings The water
system is not yet completed, but WIN
the use Of the system az it now exists
II made friends for the water sys'
tenn.
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Her Touch Gave Him an Ooo IH''
some imperative reason that he d1dn
try to analyze, the idea forced itself
upon him. If she couldn't care, what
then?
1--WE land at Gibraltar tomorrow.
Win Shute heard a passing remark,
and suddenly it dawned Oh him that
the day he once had looked forward TO
most keenly, but which he had al
most forgotten, was at hand. At last
he could move against his enemies
Now he could establish his identity
But something held him back. MISS
Riley wasn't fond Of baseball! She
had come to like "Mr. James" but
would she, real swell" ever loOh
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Aristophanes was partial to slang IN
his writings long before the Christina
era.
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TELEPHONE IMPROVEMENTS AND RATES

For past "a has not chaaeod j" tee
pAone rates everything O have again ana
again during these years Eas 10 oaeer Be had q n ss?e
enancs system and the co0stRscO0 Of new a he*e
increased three danes since peossnt rates were
Labor also and raPd ed's toward high prices
until ct rhls tinne paying double the old pFiseo
has been necessary advance t'aphons rases to Cd
.a% areay And the company Aaa
made plaHs 70 nO&an Great expoOo the a0Oac to'"ho0"
system.
Ths iuoaAeOa hes ssady been saeted ana VIA % pu"
A ~ esr1n n the shnrtee psosibbo Whh1n yeeT
IN oxpecend THAI ts system will DO In operation Ia hea
ona az ia arue ees a6opt the sySeem
NORTH STATE TELEPHONE co.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-14
JUDGMENT PASSED
 IN ASSAULT CASES
Male and Female Offender Pay Fines
 Today-Automobile Violation Case NolIcd.
Case Nollcd

Mrs. Paul Paul paid a fine of s10 and costs today for assaulting Con- rad Cianci yesterday afternoon fol- lowing an argument over money mat ters. Mrs. Paul's husband worked for Cianci for a time and was dis charged for alleged thefts. Because of that fact, the employer withheld his wages and yesterday refused to pay the money to the wife. She be- came angry when called a thief and slapped the face of her offender, later picking up a house-brick to strike him. The brick was taken from her and Officer William Hayes called to make the arrest.
 A s20 fine, with costs, was exacted from Salvatore Mendito for assault ing Joseph Gosnodik, a driver for the Max Fucker Furniture company. The assault took place yesterday aft France of 137 Pleasant street, when De Franco refused to keep a stove purchased from Fucker and Gosno- dix refused to take it back to the store without first receiving orders from his employer. Mendito. who is a brother-in-law of De France, de- manded that the stove be taken back and when told it was none of his business struck the driver. The ac- cused denied the charge offering an explanation that the driver might have been injured by pumping his head against an ice-box in the house. A nolle was entered in the case of VincenZo Parono, charged with parking his car in a restricted dis trict.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-14

swindle. Rural bankers are becoming wary of the eloquent stranger who appears to have unlimited capital be- hind him. thanks perhaps to the "wallingford" tales of George Ran dolph Chester. Many other new means of exploiting people have been exposed.
 But 1t seems that they are turning to the old things. Perhaps many have gotten away with it This man did not. Even in New Britain a pe- destrian was accosted the other day on the street and asked if he had ever been Tn a certain town. The man had visions of the attitude that would have been assumed by the questioner had he replied in the affirmative
 II thought so,'' the uuestioner would have said. There would per haps have followed a recounting of incidents remembered by the man &C., costed. culminatng with a request for a loan to get home
 Men have more than.the high cost of living to look out for these days. and that little thing keeps one very busy. thank you.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-14
EARLY DECISION EXPECTED
Question of Whether Or Not Rev. A. K. Kvale Was Nominated Against VoIstead to Be Settled by Court.

Benson Minn., July 14.-A deci- sion is expected next week in the suit contesting nomination of Rev. A. K. Kvale who defeated Represen- tative Volstead author of the prohi- bition act, at the recent republican primaries.
 Rev. Kvale testified yesterday why he regarded MT. Nolstead as an atheist. He said Volstead did not state the truth in a statement that the non-partisan league was com posed of socialists and anarchists. He also alleged the congressman used vile language.
 A campaign circular said to have been issued in behalf of the congress- man was put in evidence. In it ref erence was made to the parable Of Christ feeding a multitude with five loaves and two fishes. Volstead was quoted as saying that anyone who could feed 5000 persons with five loaves and two slices could settle the profiteering question:
 This statement kvale testified, strengthened his belief that Volstead was an atheist. Volstead denied the charge.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-14

lined with estimable people standing barefooted in the water. None of them are to he blamed if they had their legal permits.
 Nevertheless you would not care about drinking the water that had filtered between the legs of those hundred men.
 Cries will he raised undoubtedly that 1t Is a shame in these days of the high cost of food. 10 stop mans getting bit of relief from the fish he may catch. Parents of many lads who arc successful fishermen will undoubtedly grow angry that the pleasure of their boys has been in- tcrfered with just because a mans rubber boots touched the water of ono reservoir.
 Let there cries he raised. But let tho board of water commissioners go on with their action and let the city's water supply be kept as pure as possible. The man with the rub bcr boots probably did no harm. But many fishermen, using the reservoirs for this purpose would do more than stand in the water in rubber boots Men and boys do things while on fishing trips other than standing in tho water
 These things arc not conducive to purifying the water. The germs of disease are prevalent enough with out encouraging them. May those who are looking after the health of the city continue what 1t would be no exaggeration to call life-saving.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-14
THE CYCLE or THINGS.

Old-fashioned furniture is all the craze. One is especially enthusiastic about some old piece procured from someone who did not realize its value and who was making a most ordinary use of it.
 In women's apparel at times the old things become so old that the fashion is revived. bringing attendant en- thuslasm.
 But it was thought the gold brck" con game was dead. Not so. It has been revived in the manner so often described in tales of more or less in- terest. man has been arrested charged with selling gold nuggets made of brass. Of course he assumed the pose of a prospector. Probably he gave the impression that he was broke" It was scarcely the gold brick swindIe of old times. but if the facts as reported are true 1t was n swindIe nearly as old.
 And the significant fact fs that II was probably the characteristic of an tiquity that made 1t work. People have been warned against selling their Liberty Bonds in order to invest in mining or oil stock. and people are getting wise to this recent favorite
New Britain herald., 1920-07-14
25 YEARS AGO (From The Herald of That Date)

Howard M. Steele has sold his blind stallion ''Tobaggon" to parties in Camden, N. J.
 Telephones are being consected at the switches between the PlainviIIe and the New Britain electric road way.
 A. J. Sloper has gone to the White Mountains.
 A raid was conducted in Berlin last evening with the result that many dozen bottles of beer were confiscated Berlin is dry due to the temperance law that prevails.
 George s. Talcott will take a trip to Montana this year.
 Rev. $. G. Ohman and Carl Young blad have been appointed as a com mittee to arrange a concert for the Swedish Lutheran church benefit.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-14
IS VESSELS SUNK
Fishing Boats Go Down in Terrific Wind Storm Which Sweeps Harbor of Mar Del Plata.

Buenos, Aires, July 14.-Fifteen fishing boats were sunk yesterday in the harbor of Mar del Plata, 230 miles southeast of this city during a storm. Twenty-four ,seamen were drowned.
 The storm caused shutdown of electric power companies here. The high wind which blew down the Plata river drove tho water into the estuary to such an extent that the power companies were unable to secure water to run their plants. The city was plunged into darkness and no street cars ran.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-14
JAPANESE IN THE U. S.

The Japanese question which is alarming residents of California is one that must come up now for na- ticnal consideration. In view of :he figures and facts. the obligation to in ; cludo it within the scope of national matters is imperative.
 Twenty years ago the Japanese population of California was merely nominal. Ten years ago there were over 10000 Japanese in the state, and today it is estimated that there are twice that number. The Japanese reproduce rapidly; they are able to live and work on a scale impossible to the native born American. The danger to citizens of this country liv- ing in that state is real. How long before 1t will become a national menace?
 And yet the Japanese have their side of the question. The proposed legislation to be adopted after ref erendum would prevent the care of their children after the manner of Americans and would prevent their holding land according to the rights of freemen.
 The party which returned from Ja- pan but recently. under the leadership of Frank A. vanderlip, brings word Of the alleged intentions of the Japa- ncse to remain friendly to Americans and to become law-abiding helps Tn the work to be done in this country.
 The information thus far given out by this group of Americans, or the representative who presumably speaks for them, savers strongly of Japanese propaganda. For that reason 1t should be examined with more than ordinary care. Yet data gathered by an American party under the guild ance Of such a man as MT. Vanderbilt should prove of great value to the ua- question. which may no longer be postponed.
 We are all too ignorant of a situa- tion which up to this time has been considered merely local to California. It Is asked by Japan that we consider it a national question. There seems to be little hope for the Japanese if the matter is left in the hands of California alone. Hence their ap- peal. But despite the fact that il would be granting something to them | to take the whole consideration oi the problem out of the hands of tho state of California. it Is believed that | 1t must be done. Not only must the | national authorities study it, but eacl individual must become posted on tn, facts as affecting not only California
 but the rest of the country.
New Britain herald., 1920-07-14
INSANITY DEFENSE
 TO BE WANDERERS
His Mother Committed Suicide
 Six Years Ago E

Chicago, July 14.-Carl Wanderer was transferred today to murder CTS row. iii the county jail. He is the strangest and the calmest inmate . in the history of that row, the police say.
 He spent most of the day reading half a dozen prayerbooks and Bibles brought to him by his father and sisters.
 The former army reutenant, ,IKho slew his wife and a man whom Cs. had hired to be on hand so he could be killed and branded as a highwayl man, said that death by hanging could not come too soon. Anxious to Hang. The relatives of Wanderer are pre- pairing a defense of insanity for him. He says he will make no defense, as he wants to hang and get it over with. His sister, Mrs. B. G. Roth, said yesterday that their mother s{H- years ago cut her throat with a pair of shears after a wild dream in which the neck.
 "It has come out the way mother 1 dreamed it would" sho said. I can never forget the terrible night the dream came and how it drove her to kill herself. When I look back on that morning it seems that see death in her eyes. It is hard to be- lieve your own brother would do the l thing he has confessed doing" said | Mrs. Roth. but, if it is true. the fact i that he is my brother doesn't make | any difference in what I think of l the case. He should be hanged Y l Wanderers affair with seventeen 1 year-old Miss Schmitt is consider, ] an innocent incident His greed fc\ 1 money is displayed in repeated com 1 plaints about the $60 in taxicab fares | she cost him. Alienists have exam ; | ined him and pronounced him sane!
 Of the Schmitt girl Wanderer said: l "Why, I never took that little kid | seriously I took her to Riverview.
 once or twice, she didn't know I was | married. What was the difference? I tell you, she meant nothing to naAs | What a sucker I was. Just think of all the money I spent on that girt | For taMcab rides, too. Say, s' amounted to $6o. That's $40 a ride.
 It cost me as much as the sconus !
 got from the army"
 ! Didn't Know He Was MaIried. ! ''I didn't know he was
 the girl says, T didn't knck
 deal about him, except that hbl
 been an army officer and seemed nSe
 nice young man. When he itooka
 me h Jme he called me sweetheA rtx
 and he kissed me. After that r sAW
 him three or four times. He seemedY so good and talked so pleasantly that I got to like him better. I4a ar25 ! through with men,"
 The identity of the man he leaSRo | slaughter is again doubtful. J. J.
 Maloney of Pontiac, R. l., is reported
 forty years old. The dead man is
 not more than twenty-fi and is ! smaller than Maloney. -N~