Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-07-30
Domestic

Domestic
William Jennings Bryan, declining
the unanimous nomination as stand
ard-bearer of the Prohibition party
Aaron s. Watkins of Germantown,
Ohio, was nominated. d. Leigh Colvin
of New York City was selected as the
vice presidential candidate.
Peace by a resolution of congress
and after that an effort to form an
association of nations that would not
impair American sovereignty, were
promised by Warren G. Harding in
his speech accepting the Republican
nomination for the presidency.
The rihgt of the federal authorities
to limit physicians to 100 liquor pre-
scription blanks every 80 days will be
tested by an order obtained in the fed
eral district court at New York City.
Insurance companies announce the
inclusion of liquor clauses" in their
burglary policies to protect the own
ers of private stock. A charge of 20
per cent a year OF the original value
of the stock is made for the hazard,
and only one.fifth Of the total amount
of the policy may be on the liquor.
Federal agents are elated over tho
biggest whisky seizure in the history
of Ohio, when they confiscated liquor
valued at $4,000 on railroad siding
near Lang, Ohio.
The California Automobile Trade AS
sociation has Withdrawn charges fill
ed with the department tot justice tina.
productionof oil on the Pacific coast
was being held down in order to force
up the price.
William Jennings Bryan was nomi-
mated by reclamation as the prohibit
ton party's presidential nominee at
the national convention at Lincoln,
Neb. The nomination came after res
olution rendering him the position of
standard bearer had brought out the
fact in debate that he had telegraph
ed friends that he could not accept.
Formation OF shipping corporation,
capitalized at one million dollars, to
combat the proposed order of the in
terstate commerce commission, plac-
ing Memphis freight rates on "a dry
land basis" at a mass meeting of Men,
phis, Tenn, business men.
George H. White, former congress-
man of Marietta, Ohio, has been elect
ed chairman of the Democratic nation
al committee and manager of the party
campaign.
Rex o. ]. Kvale Of Benson Is dis
qualified as the Republican candidate
for congress in the Seventh Minneso-
ia district, and Congressman A. ].
Volstead, author of the prohibition en-
forcement act, is declared to be the
duly nominated candidate" in a deci-
sion filed at Benson, Mimi, by Dis
trict Judge Albert Johnson.
His death sentence once committed
to life Imprisonment by an acting gov
ernor, only to have the governor re-
turn, issue a statement that the records
of his office did not show a commu-
tation and order him from the state
farm back to the death cell, Charles
II. Ivy, 65 years old, was hanged in
the little red brick Jail at Pittsboro.
Miss, for the murder of Love Bagwell
in 1919. The men had been bitter
enemies for years.
Men employed in the locomotive
shops of the Santa Fe railroad shops
at Topeka, Kans., went ON a nine-hour
day, adding one hour to regular time,
in order to increase the output of To-
for moving the nations
grain crops.
Feeling of pessimism was evident
when the railway union leaders met in
Chicago to consider the government
increase award" and privately they
did not hesitate to declare that gen.
eral strike was a possibility. It is
certain that the union chiefs
will not call strike, but will submit
the question of accepting or rejecting
the boards award to referendum.
The advance in the retail prices OF
food during the thirty days ending
June Is has been placed at 20,
Fuel and lighting increased more
than 40 in Wholesale prices during
the month of June.
Villa mJennings Bryan says his
connection with other reforms makes
1t impossible for him to focus his
upon the prohibition ques-
ton alone, and he is not willing to
sever his connection with the Demo-
cratic party. He has not yet decided.
however, how he will vote this fall.
Charges that the Republicans are
raising a campaign fund Sufficient to
shock the sensibilities' are made by
Governor Cox, Democratic presidential
candidate, In an address to the Demo-
ratio national committee, which has
perfected It's organization for the com
ne campaign.