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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
POSTPONE OPENING
 OF OLYMPIC STADIJM

Antwerp, May 14-The inaugura- tion of the Olympic Stadium, \origin- ally set for May g. has been postponed to May 25. The Stadium is virtually complete, and the only reason for the delay in it's opening is the absence of the King from Belgium, as he desires to attend the Belgian athletic fete which will attend the inaugural cere- monies.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
CANADIAN TRACKS TO REOPEN THEIR GATES

Montreal, May 14.---After a three- year suspension due to the war, thor oTShbCfed racing will be resumed in Canada today, when the Mount Royal track reopens.
 This meeting inaugurates the sea- son of the tracks under the Canadian Racing Association, which are located in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamfl- ton, Port Erie and Windsor.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
NEWS BY SORTS OF spORTs--LNE LOCAL GOSSIP :

second in the Antwerp championship tourney, arrived home yestedday on board the steamship Mongolia. It was the consensus of opinion among the players that the Canadian team was entitled to all the glory that goes with it's victory
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MiddletoWn.

Midd1etown, May 1+In the tennis match with Cornell on wet courts yesterday afternoon Wesleyan won one out of four sets of singles and one out of three sets of doubles. Ott was successful in the singles for Wesleyan and Capt. Swift and Steele in the doubles.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14

Washington, May H.--Ty Cobb. star 1ats1nan of the Detroit Tigers, and H1gfie Jennings, the veteran manager, were interested spectators yesterday afternoon in the. Senate gal- lery during the debate on the Knox peace resolution. They were there as guests of Senator Harris, Democrat, of Georgia
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14

Games Today. New York in Pittsburgh Brooklyn in St Louis- Boston in Chicago Philadelphia in Cincinnati
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Games Today. Chicago at New York Cleveland at Boston St Louis at Philadelphia Detroit at Washington.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
Games Tomorrow
American League. Cleveland at New York.

Eastern League Bridgeport at Hartford. Albany at Pittsfie1d. Waterbury at Springfield. Worcester at New Haven
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AMERICAN LEAGUE.

All games aEere postponed on ac- eOumt-0f NetAgrOun6
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GIVE ALL CREDIT TO
 CANADIAN TEAM

Half dozen of the American Olympic hockey team, which finished
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

New York 6, Cincinnati 0. Chicago 3, Brooklyn l. St Louis 9, Boston 3. Pittsburgh-Philade game was postponed on account of wet grounds
 Standing of the Teams
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
LEADING EATERS
 IN TWO LEAGUES.
RELEASE CLARKE.

RELEASE CLARKE
 Pittsburgh, Pa, May 1.-The man. agement of the Pittsburgh National League Baseball club announced that Catcher J. J. CNig) Clarke had been given his unconditional release.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14
League Standings And Results
EASTERN LEAGUE.
All Postpo

All FOSGk1OoHu AIy games scheduled yesterday post poned, wet grounds.
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Games Today. Br1dgeport at Hartford ABauy at Pitts6e1d- Waterbury at Springfield Worcester at New Haven.
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OTHER RESULTS

American Association.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-05-14

THE LAST WORD in color, for mems wear shown by the hund- red-dollar tailors in the great
 Metropolis - but our direct
 maker to wearer method, and our great volume of business, proves again that we supply the most exclusive fabrics at reasonable prices, because all unnecessary profits are elirni-
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
SEAL OF THE U. $. ATTACHED.
Congratulations Are Extended BY the
Secretary on Successful Cuhnina-
ton Of Many Efforts.

Washington Secretary Colby sign
ed the proclamation declaring the wo
man suffrage amendment ito all in
tents and purposes a part of the con
stitution of the United States
The secretary's signature was al
fixed to the proclamation at his home
few hours after he had received
from Governor Roberts, of Tennessee
the certificate that final favorable act
ion on the amendment had been taken
by the legislature Of that state com
pleting the required thirty.six,
THE seal of the United States has
been duly affixed to the certificate and
the suffrage amendment is now the
nineteenth amendment to the consti
tuition, Secretary Colby announced
on reaching his office two hours after
he had placed the signature to the
proclamation
Secretary Coiby's statement follows
in part:
THE certified record of the action
Of the legislature of the state of Ten.
nessee on the suffrage amendment
was received by mail
II congratulate the women of the
country upon the successful culmi.
nation of their efforts which have
been sustained in the face of many
discouragemerts and which have now
conducted :hem to the achievement of
that great object,
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
WILL ALSO REDUCE ACREAGE
Speeches Were Delivered by Governor
Cooper, Senator Dial, Lever, Pres.
ident Wannamaker and Others.

Columbia, s. C.-Four thousand
South Carolinians declared that they
would not sell their cotton at tho pre-.
vailing prices, adopted plans for the
formation of an export corporation
with capital stock Of one million
bales, pledging themselves to retire
25 per cent of the new crop from the
market and agreed TO reduce the
acreage of 1920 crop by 80 1-3 per
cent A legal contract was drawn up
to be signed by the farmers agreeing
to the reduction Of acreage,
There was not an auditorium In
the city CT Columbia big enough to
hold the crowd which gathered from
every section Of the state for the
meeting
Speeches were delivered by ].
Skottowe Wannamaker, president OF
the American Cotton association, Unit.
ed States Senator Nat b. Dial, A. +.
Lever, member Of the federal reserve
board. Governor Cooper and others.
There were many visitors present
from other states and all reported that
the meeting of the American Cotton
association at Montgomery on Sep.
teniber |, 2. 3, at which minimum
price for cotton will be fixed would be
the most largely attended meeting in
the history of the association.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
ANNUAL REUNION
OF c. S. VETERANS
HOUSTON PREPARING TO TURN
THE CITY INTO ONE GREAT
HoSPlTABLE HOTEL
VETERANS NEED NO HOUSING
Members Of Two Allied Organization
With Their Families and Friends
VIII Swell the Visiting Tide

Houston, Texas.-With the 1917 re-
union Of Confederate veterans only a
few weeks off, Houston Is preparing
to turn itself into one great hospi-
table hotel for the accommodation OF
the $4,000 visitors expected here dur
ing the week of October to s.
The veterans themselves need no
housing in the city. Soldiers to the
end, they will live in tents and mess
at the call Of the bugle. A great tenr
city is to be erected in one of the
city's wooded parks for them,
But the other visitors, who may out
number the veterans six to one. must
be accommodated, so house to house
canvass OF all Houston and its SUI
berbs is being made and pledges
taken for 50 many beds and so many
places at table.
These" other visitors viii include
not only the families Of the veterans,
but the members Of two allied organ
izations, and their families and.
friends, for this is triple reunion
the thirtieth for the United Confed-
crate Veterans the twenty.lifth for
the Sons of Confederate Veterans.
and the twenty.frst annual conven-
ton of the Confederate Southern Me-
mortal Association.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
NJ sweeney CAUSE
OF HARBOR STRIKE
LONGSHOREMEN AT HARBOR OF
NEW YORK HOPE TO TIE UP
EVERY OTHER PORT.
MANN|X MATTER IS INVOLVED
Irish Sympathzers Working on Bel
eian, American and French Ships
Have Also Quit Work.

New York. --Elated by their tie.ur
of virtually every British ship In New
York, the 1000 or mere longshoremen
who suddenly quit work expect to
spread their walkout to every port in
the United States in the hope of fore
ing Great Britain to release from Jail
Terence MacSweney, the lord mayor
of Cork, and permit Archbishop Man
nix to land on Irish soil
The women pickets who inspired
the unexpected walkout Of long
shoremen and the marine fremen. wa
ter tenders and oilers who joined
them. feel the same way about it,
They are not going back to work on
British ships, they said. until Great
Britain meets their wishes.
Irish sympathizers working on
American, French and Belgian steam
ships also quit work during the whiri
wind campaign the strikers waged.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Washington

Crane county, Texas, supplants its
neighbor, Cochrane county, as the last
populous county in the United States.
The figures give Crane county total
of 81 inhabitants, or 80 less than Coch-
rane.
Cost of producing refined sugar
doubled between 1914 and 1919. the
United States tariff commission Pc
ports. The labor cost amounted to
.076 per pound. Profits averaged 40
cents per hundred pounds.
Prices of coal have dropped in Bal
timore, where federal agents started
to gathering evidence against an al
legged combination of dealers who
were declared to have boosted prices
through repeated resales.
Announcement that the gunboat
Sacramento had been ordered TO La
Ceiba, Honduras, ready to protect
American interests If necessary re
vealed that officials at Washington
have been watching with growing con
Germ revolutionary movements in pro
cess of development in several Cen.
trail American countries.
Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Ar.
kansas coal miners will ask for an in
crease of $3.50 a day, bringing the
wage up from Sc to $3.50, which shows
that the propaganda stating that min
ers are getting SIS day has misrep-
resented the true status. 1t is stated
that there is likelihood that the in
crease will be granted.
Most recent figures show that in
one weel this month. $4,000 freight
cars were loaded. Railroad experts say
that this condition shows that the rail.
road situation is nearer normal now
than at any time In 1890
The British embassy has notified
the state department that damage
claim will be made against the United
States government because of re-
fusal to surrender promptly to Great
Britain eight former German liners, 1t
Ia learned.
Bids were asked by the Shipping
boards emergency fleet corporation
at washington for the purchase OF
plant, machinery, equipment and ship
building materials located at the yard
formerly operated BY the National
Shiphuilding and Dry Dock company
q savannah. Ga.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
BAD SETBACK FOR
ROADS OF NATION
PARSIMONY or THE CONGRESS
HAS SERIOUS RESULT IN
EVERY SECTION.
NO PROVISION MADE FOR AID
10 Danger Of Great Deterioration in
Road Equipment and Other Dam
age If Work is Not Carried On.

Washington. - Road building in
North Carolina will be badly handi-
capped unless way is found to rem.
edy situation caused by negligence
of the last Congress, the department
of, agriculture announced, The state
drew Sl,7O9,29O.35 as federal aid for
the year from July |, 1920, to June 30,
1921.
Congress made no provision for
1922. AS soon as this money Is used
up plans to make new projects will
have to drop unless new money is
found. 1t takes year to plan pro.
jects. Congress does not meet until
December II 1t appropriated money
the law would lcarcely be enacted
sefore January or February, cutting
down further the plans for program
Whit is true Of North Carolina is
true Of ev4rv other state. There is
danger of gleat deterioration in equip.
ment and delay II the road work can
not be carried on.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03

Plans OF 142 railroads to spend Rp-
proximately one billion dollars on i'm
provements and betterments have been
disclosed in report submitted to the
interstate commerce commission by
the bureau Of railway economics.
Candy has not taken the place OF al-
cohol for men who formerly INDUCED
in beverages now under the prohibition
ban, according to the secretary OF the
National Confectioners association.
He places candy fifth In the list
Governor Roberts OF Tennessee Ger.
titled by registered mail to Secretary
of State Colby Tennessee's ratifica.
ton Of the woman suffrage amend
ment alter receiving from Attorney
General Frank NJ. Thompson an opin.
ion that writ of certiorari and SUI.
persedeas issued by Chief Justice D..
l.. Lansden Of the state supreme court
in effect set aside an order Temporal
rily restraining the governor from
taking such action. This announce.
ment fell like bombshell on the ears
of the anti-suffragsss.
Attorney General Palmer has in.
strrcted all United States attorneys to
investigate alleged combinations and
conspiracies among dealers to increase
coal prices Information obtained by
.
federal agents is said to show that
dealers through repeated resales have
raised prices, though avoiding direct
profiteering. They have applied what
the Socialists call the Iron Law.
Congressman Edward G. Little Of
Kansas is spending his vacation in
Washington. He is preparing a bill o.
100000 words. which. he says. win
consist of the complete revised Gods
of the laws of the United States. and
will be ready for introduction and pub
LEGATION when congress convenes in
December.
With the forced release of sugar
stocks through frightened bank credit,
department of justice officials forecast
further tumble In sugar prices There
are indications that the unloading of
stored stocks might glut the market
and bring an additional drop. in add.
tion to the present decline, officials as.
sert. .1.-1
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
IMPORTANT NEWS
The WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS or rhIo
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS or THE SOUTH
What 10 Taking Place In The Sovtss.
land VIII BE Found In
Brief Paragraphs


Rioting has again flared up at Bel
fast and one civilian was killed and q
number wounded in the fighting. sait
a. Central News dispatch received n
London. The soldiers used machine
guns against the mobs and finally re
stored order.
Violent deaths incendiarism and
holdups were reported in the disord
ers in and around Dublin. Two girls
and man are missing at Dundkalk
where two residences and three bust
ness houses were burned Sim Fem
ers are accused Of settingIhe fires.
Constable Potter was shot and kill
ed at Knockrogerty, Ireland during re.
cent fighting.
Mails were held UP at Kildare, Bal
lywillam and Mount Temple Ireland,
by Sim Feiners and twenty houses
were burned at Mount Pottage.
At Clonakilty, in County Cork, Ire
land fifty persons armed with rifles
and grenedes attacked the police bar
racks
The war party'' in Poland appears
to be gaining the upper hand and
there were indications that the peace
negotiations between Poland and Rus
STA may he broken off entirely.
The eigltyear.old daughter of Mrs.
Laura l.. Brown of Fresno, Cal, Is
dead and Nrs. Brown and her ten-year-
old son are injured seriously as the
result, the police assert Of shots fired
by Mrs. Brown, who it Is claimed, has
been under treatment for nervous dis
order for some time.
George White, chairman Of the Dem
ocratic national committee, at New
York, denied the charge made by Rep
resent We Fred A. Britten, OF Hi
nois, in Chicago, that $4,000 appro-
priateed by the British parliament TO
be used Ivy the British embassy at
Washington for entertainment pur-
poses hal found its way into the
Democratic national committee"
Lomza, IS miles northeast of War
saw. and Bialystok. so miles east of
Lomza, have been recaptured by the
Polish armies, says an official COM
munication issred by the Polish war
office.
Warsaw dispatches say that many
Red detachments have been cut off
from retreat and IRE gradually being
gathered in. Peasants, armed with
hunting clubs and scythes are assist.
ing the Eolish soldiers in the process
OF cleaning up.
Bolshevik war prisoners in Poland
reveal that Leon TrotzkJ, the Soviet
war minister, has personally taken
over the supreme command of the
Russian army on the entire battle
front. They said that General Tuck
aczewski, who had previously COM
manded the Russians in Poland. had
been dismissed
That the Russian army has been re-
organized and has opened great
counter offensive against the Poles
was indicated by the Soviet was office
communque wirelessed from Moscow,
1t reported fighting Of the utmost vio-
lence for Brest-Litovss.
Immediate peace in the Russo-Pol-
ish theater war is not in sight, it was
declared at the Foreign Office. For
eign Office officials said they expect
ed from six to eight more weeks of
fighting before peace is concluded
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
American Lightweight WrestIers
Lose Out In Olympic Games,

Antwerp-American wrestlers in
the lightweight class we're eliminated
In the preliminary catch as catch can
BOUTS of the Olympia games here last
night when Stevenson, Of Sweden, de-
feated George Metropoules, Of Gary,
Ind. In the third round and Antilla,
OF Finland, beat J. Shimman, New
York A. G., In the quarter finals. The
Americans, however, qualified their
full quota OF two men in each Of the
other classes.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Tennessee Ant-Suftrsgists Request
Governor Roberts TO Resign.

Murfreesboro. Citizens of
Rufresfora county in mass meeting
here in protest against ratifica-
ton of the woman suffrage amend
ment adopted resolutions which after
expressing the belief that the suffrage
issue had permanently divided the
Democratic party in Tennessee under
the present party leaders, called upon
Governor Roberts to resign.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Modification of Priority Orders
Relating to Coal, an Urgent Need

Washington,-Mo Modification OF prior
ity orders for cars transporting coal
to lake ports and certain limitations
on exposition of coal'' were suggested
to the interstate commerce commits
sion as means of relieving the coal
situation in North Carolina.
The present situation "is serious"
Judge r. II. Sykes Of Durham, told
the commission. Lack of labor to
cut wood for fuel, makes almost total
dependency on coal.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
"Learn German Is the Advice Ex-
President Poineare Gives French.

Paris. Learn German Is the adj
vice former President Poincare has
given the French through the Asso-
citation OF Language Professors
M. Poincare said German mss ne
known by those who undertake the
administration of the occupied regions
and also to restore French to Its pro-
per place In Alsace Lorraine. Army
officers were urged to learn German.
The government has reinstatud that
language In the training schools.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Supply OF Teachers is Far Short.

Although the supply of trained
teachers is expected TO fall far short.
of the demand, the situation at this
tine appears to be more favorable
than last year, due partly to heahigh-
er salary scale offered In most of the
school divisions, NJ, d. Hart, State SUE
perintendent Of Public Instruction,
ststed.
"A substantial increase in the fund
for teachers salaries was voted by
the last General Assembly" Mr. Hart
said
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
British Government is Riskine no
Weak Points in MacSweney Affair

Lucerne Switzerland. = Premier
Lloyd-George, in a statement concern.
ing the case Of Lord Mayor MaeSwe.
ncy, of Cork. who condition is grave
because OF his hunger strike in Brixton
Jail London, said in substance that
whatever the consequences. the gov.
eminent could not take the RESPONSE.
bility Of releasing MacSweney.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Destruction Of Bolshevik Armies
May Now be Considered Complete

Paris The destruction Of the boil.
sheyik armies now may be considered
complete, according to advices re-
Ceived here. OF the host which swept
down on Warsaw nothing is left but
10000 fugitives The Poles have TAX
en- $4,000 prisoners thus far. but what
is more important they have captured
great quantities of guns and materials.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Committee to investigate Cam
paign Expenditures are at Work

Chicago Senate investigation Of
republication and democratic presi.
dental campaign expenditures has
started here The senatorial commit
tee opened its inquiry by delving into
the national campaign chests, both
the sums already raised and the
amounts which the party leaders
seek The inquiry, for the time be.
ing at least has became one of the
paramount issues OF the campaign.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Munitions and Hydro-Airplanes Are
Destroyed by Communist Workers

London Munitions and hydroair-
planes valued at nearly s2,000,0O0
which recently were confiscated by
the entente commission in the Pint.
sche works on the Spree river were
destroyed by the 5000 employees Of
the plant. most of whom are commu-
nists, says Berlin dispatch.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Legal Aid Bureaus Recommended to
Furnish Legal Advice to the Poor

ST. Louis Establishment of legal
aid bureaus throughout the United
States to give free legal advice to the
poor. was recommended as a means Of
checking the spread of radicalism, by
speakers at the convention of the
American Bar Association in session
here.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
OH Supply of Country viii be
Exhausted In Thirty-five Years

John Fox, engineer with the South.
ern Power Company, told rs Waco,
Texas. business men at the meeting
of the Kiwanis Club at Charleston.
that waterpower was the only source
Of energy which was dependable. He
said the oil supply according to scien-
fists, would be exhausted in IS years,
and gave figures on coal showing that
az an energy-produeing fuel, it was
subject to serious limitations, with
an incident waste OF 20 per cent.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Suspect Wanted in Trunk Murder
Mystery is Arrested In Brazil

Rio Acknowledgements Leroy, wanted
oy the police of Detroit, Mich, in con.
nection with the murder OF woman
supposed to be his wife, was arrested
on board the British freighter Dryden,
which had just arrived. Leroy WAS 4
member of the crew
Leroy was placed under arrest at
the request OF the United States au-
thorities here, and while the Dryden
is in port will be guarded by four
members of the maritime police.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
The "cat Step" and Camel Walk"
Have Been Tabooed in New York

New York.-The 'cat step" and the
camel walk" two of the most advanc-
ed variations of the modern dance,
we're tabooed in a resolution unani.
mously adopted by the American Ma.
tional Association Of Masters OF Dane
ing.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Florida Citrus Fruit Growers are
Alarmed over Cuban lmportations

Tampa, Fla,-Alarmed over the
amount of fruit being brought into
this state from districts of Cubs
where the black fly is prevalent, cit
rus fruit growers of this state have
called a mass meeting to be held at
Orlando September when action
will be taken through the state plant
board to interest the federal horticul.
tural board in giving protection to
Florida
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1920-09-03
Body Of William X. Vanderbilt is
Brought Home on Steamer Olympic

New York,-The body of William K.
Vanderbilt, who died in Paris, was
brought back on the Olympic 1t was
accompanied by Mrs. Vanderbilt vii.
liam X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and the Ouch.
es of Marlborough a daughter of the
deceased.