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remarked lzzy kaplan. "My
customers is just as worse
as<the Chermans, which they
wouldn't pay their bills or even send
little on account. The next time
president Hardinstein would send a
message to Congresscrs | am hoping
that he would do me for favo- and
mention in nice way that lzzy Kap-
lan's customers is tougher than the
Chermans, which nobody could say
they was even good fclers when they
had it, and they still got it.
II was thinking maybe | would write
book like Secretary Deniels and Sec
rotary Lansing, but everybody is writ
ing book now about what he done in
the war and how he won 1t, and there
is more book writer's left over from
Mr.. Wilson's demonstration than there
is shoe leggers on Park Row, ami Mr..
Brounstein, which he is in the book
business, says the books is worse than
the liquor is chencral rule or any
how has the same effects on the svs.
tenn as wooden alcohol.
There amt nothing left to do but
to go in politics with the Tommanv's
Hall boys and | wouldn't done it ONLY
| am getting to be desperate Teller.
| got lot more expenses on account
my old man Is here from Kovno and
got to get him a chob before Mr..
Mutt, the Sheriff, busts into NV photo-
grating studier.
A Bale Of RubIes
Worth Just $2.9S
Il had lot of tough luck with nv
old man. He told me that he cot it
a lot of Jake safed up, so sent him
ticket and I went out to meet him at
Alice Island. He had whole bale of
Russian rubes and everything looked
pretty good till took them to the benk.
The whole bale was worth s2.9S in
United States money. So the old man
has got to go to work.
"You should give me some advice, on
account wouldn't want to get in
wrong and waste my time with the
wrong politics. Does it look like Red
Mike would have the chob again or
don't it?
'Red Mike told me confidential that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-24
Eyetalian Noodles,
Which Is Very Nice

"Tony, the bootblack, which he used
to have chob in the street sweepers
and could give Teller lot Of good
political advice, is telling me that
maybe Mr.. La Guardia would run
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-24
Maybe A. Brisbean
Amt Right About Brains

Sometimes I think that maybe Ar
thur Brisbean amt right about brains
He all the time is writing about what
a wonderful thing is brains and how
Teller should think. I am doing more
thinking with my brains than anybody,
and what / got, nothing but a bill for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-24
London Debates Divorce Issue:
Stirred by New Problem Play
Production, Written Propaganda for Reform,
Brings Home Fact That Separations Are In
creasing at Alarming Pace; Insanity No Ground

again. she IS now faced with the prob
lem of choosing between the two men.
Meanwhile the daughter of the family,
on learning that there is faint Of In
sanity in her blood, feels it her duty
to break off her engagement with her
young sweetheart.
The father pleads with his wife to
marry him again, but, without arguing
the morality of the step, she leaves
with her sweetheart. yielding to the en-
treaty of the daughter, who feels that
she in turn must devote the rest of her
life to looking after her father, 80 that
the faint of insanity will die with
them
"Bill of enforcement"
Written as Propaganda
This brilliant play was brilliantly
acted, and the authors technique and
ability to handle dramatic situations
combined to make it striking per-
Torrance. Miss Dane has been on the
stage for five years, and was thus able
to write parts tina. we're both we'll
proportional and playable.
"A Bill Of Divorcement" was wri.-
ten as propaganda on behalf Of Lord
Buckmaster's report on divorce, made
last year to Parliament, which en-
bodied proposals for freer divorce laws.
The measure was widely supported, but
failed to be enacted into law. 1t prob
ably will be again introduced this year
II was very indignant against those
who defeated the BILL" said Miss Dane
in a recent interview, land when the
idea of this play came l had to write
it. / was strongly moved, and when
one is strongly moved one must do
something. The play began to take
shape and develop, and when the idea
had evolved I sat down and wrote it
IN six weeks time. 1t isn't feminist
propaganda-it's just meant to back
up the Buckmaster bill"
Startling facts about divorce condi-
tions in England were brought out in
the Buckmaster report that inspired
Miss Danes play. The movement for
divorce reform was begun in 1909,
when royal commission was appoint
ed to examine the subject The main
provisions Of the majority report Of
this commission were incorporated by
Lord Buckmaster in his bill. Under
the present law a man can obtain
divorce on grounds of misconduct A
woman must prove misconduct and also
cruelty. The Buckmaster bill would
have modified this law to include simple
misconduct, desertion for three years,
cruelty, incurable insanity after five
years confinement, habitual drunken
ness found to be incurable after three
years and imprisonment for life after
a committed death sentence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-24
Cruelty and Misconduct
Only Grounds for Wife

The rigor Of the English law is OBJ
vious from the fact that it does not
at present include such clauses. The
entire machinery Of divorce is difficult.
II for any reason wife wishes q
divorce from her husband, she can get
. it only on the grounds Of cruelty and
misconduct. Both are naturally diff
cult to prove, but if the husband also
is DESTROYS of separating from his wife
he consents to put himself in a posi-
ton in which misconduct will be as
sumed to have taken place. The cues
ton OF cruelty is disposed Of in an
other way. Persistent desertion il
counted technically as cruelty. The
wife, therefore, writes a loving letter
to her husband, begging him to return
to her. The husband writes letter in
turn, refusing to do so. 1t is possible
that handwriting expert would de.
eide that both letters had been writ.
ten by the same hand-but the courts
do not question too closely If both
parties are anxious to achieve the
divorce.
The next step in procedure is for tn
wife to apply to the court for a resti
tuition of conjugal rights. The iudg,
orders the husband to return to he,
within fourteen days. If the HUSBAND
should obey, the wife would be hor
rlied, and the plan would fail. Blu,
he does not return. Thus, technically
cruelty is added to, misconduct is &C
complished, and the divorce is granted
as a result of long, careful planning
and cooperation by both parties.
British Divorce Courts
Centralized in London
The worst feature Of such a syster
Is the fact that only well-to-do people
can afford the legal complexities OIL
divorce. Another evil is that the di.
vorce courts are centralized in London
Persons living in other parts of Eng.
land cannot get divorce judgment
from the Circuit courts, and instances
have occurred where a man or a woman
saved up money from his wages TO,
years in order to be able to como 70
London and obtain divorce. The new
proposals of the Buckmaster bill would
have solved this by giving Circuit
Judges the administration Of the divorce.
law
But the Buckmaster bill did not mass
II met with strong opposition and deem
seated prejudice in Parliament, the
press and the country. Bitter edi-
torial wars were waged over its pro-
visions, and the Church led the at-
tack on the bill
In the debate in, the House of Lords
Lord Birkenhcad accused the Church
of degrading the ideal Of marriage bv
regarding it too exclusively as a bodily
union instead of spiritual union. He
contended that idealism forces one to
extend the grounds of divorce and that
only IN the case Of persons who lack
icealism is there a need for strineen :
laws restricting divorce. He said that
from the point of view of the state
the practical problem was to adius,
high ideals of marriage to the supreme
national interest of maintaining the
life of the home.
Despite the fact that the Buckmas-
ter measure did not pass Parliament
it's friends are still strongly agitatine
action along the lines It proposed. 1t
Is said that it may be rcintroduced at
this session Of Parliament.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-24

Spank, Don't Whip, Children,
Says Correction League Head
LONDON, April 16-Do you whip
your children?
If so, how?
II. Lee j. Jones, of London, founder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-04-24
From q Special Correspondent

MILAN, April IS.
JOACHIM of Prussia gave
occasion for an unpleasant Incl
dent nv his procor,o =; &l 1y4,
The daily times., 1921-07-27
WOULD ESTABLISH
SOBR|ETY IN MEN ON
PROHIBITION lob
NO OTHERS NEED APPLY
The Director of Prohibition I'm
North Carolina Declares Ap-
plicants for Jobs Should
Have the Testimony of Two
Ministers as to Their $50
briefly and Integrity"

Salisbury, July 27-Two ministers
should testify to the ''sobriety and
integrity" of men seeking jobs in
enforcing prohibition, director Koh-
loss stated in letter sent to all Re-
publican county chairmen in the
state today. Mr.. Kohloss stated he
had number of vacancies to fill and
asked county, chairman to recommend
men for appointment whose "sobriety
and obedience to the laws" are well
known.
The application of no one who has
the reputation of being an avowed
anti prohibitionist will be considered.
The appointment of Henry Hob
son and A. H. Price of this city as
the chief clerk and legal advisors
respectively was announced.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
SUGGESTS BROAD POLICY
The Agricultural Group Came
Forward With Big Finan-
cial Plans. and the Admin
istration Worked Over the
Program to Meet the ALL
ments of Other Business.
(By David Lawrence).
copyright, 1921, by The Daily


Washington, July 26.-President
Harding has had to intervene again
in the affairs of Congress. The agri-
cultural group which has once before
threatened to upset the administra-
tion program mas finally succeeded in
forcing to the front it's proposals to
finance agriculture and the Harding
Administration now has worked out
a compromise plan which is designed
to satisfy the agricultural element
and cure few other domestic
troubles at the same time. 1t is the
most significant step that has been
taken to meet the ailments of busi-
ass since the fourth of March
The President is suggesting a
broad policy which is in a sense re-
versal of Republican policy of year
ago but which has been made necess-
ary by developments and circum-
stances. When the war ended, the Re
publican Congress put an end to the
War Finance Corporation and the cry
everywhere was to take the govern
ment out of the banking business
Economic distress developed a de-
mand for the revival of the War Fin
ance Corporation. This was bitterly
fought by Secretary Houston and the
Wilson Administration but Congress
passed the measure over the presi-
Dental veto. 1t was argued that the
government would do only an Incl
dental thing and would not engage
in financing private business on a
large scale. But the revival of the
War Finance Corporation hasn't prov
ed sufficient. The farmers are not sat
isfied. They realized that the Corpor-
alton did help finance exports but its
powers were not adequate to finance
the delivery on this side of the water
the movement from farm to sea-
board. So the Norris bill was pro-
Continued on page 81
The daily times., 1921-07-27
STILL PREDICTING
PELAGRA SCOyRGE
The Public Health Service De-
clares 100000 Victims May
Result From Disease.

Washington, July 27.-Surgeon
General Cummings of the public
health service was prepared to re-
port to President Harding today on
the result of preliminary conferences
with Red Cross officials and others as
to measures to meet the reported
pelagra situation in the south.
Despite protests from eight south
ern states yesterday that the serious
ness of the situation had been exager-
ated in government reports, General
Cummings said the public health
service still stood by the prediction
that unless measures were adopted at
least 100000 pellagra victims would
result and that 10 per cent of these
would die.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
JAPAN'S REPLY
is RECEIVED

Washington, July 27-A COM
from Toxic believed to
contain formal acceptance by Japan
OF President Harding's invitation to
participate in an international dis
cussion of far eastern questions as
well as disarmament was received at
the State department today.
Pending DECIDING and examination
officials refused to comment on the
nature of the communication and
had made no decision as to its pub
lication.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
MARKETS
COTTON.

New York, July 27.-With excep-
tion of little steadiness at the open
ing when first prices were 1 to 4
points higher the cotton market was
under pressure under liquidation in
fluenced by bearish crop reports, go
ing to 11.9O, for Oct. or 10 points
under the previous close.
New York, July 27.-Cotton fu-
lures opened steady. Oct. 1908, Dec.
1916, Jan. 1910, March 12.71, May
1875 bid.
The market at noon was as fol-
lows: Jan. 12.44, March 1916, May
1888, Oct. 1902, Dec. 12.42.
The market closed at 2:15 as fol
lows: Jan. 1885, March 1920, May
1897, Oct 1918, Dec. 1885.
Wilson Spots 1925.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
HUGHES DEMANDS
SOWETS RELEASE
EVERY AMERICAN
F 2ST OFFICIAL DEMAND
1t Is Understood the State De-
Partment Insists That All
American Prisoners in Rus
sia Must Be Released Before
There Can be Better Rela-
tions Between the Nations.

Washington, July 27.-Formal de-
mand for the release of American
prisoners in Russia has been made
on the Soviet authorities by Secre-
tary Hughes. The state department
advised today that the communica-
ton had been handed to the Soviet
representative at Reveal yesterday by
Consul Albrecht.
The text of the communication bas
not been made public. 1t is under
stood to be a brief insistence that
Americans must be released before
tnere can be any sort of better rela-
t1ons with the Soviet government.
The action was taken in the name of
humanity and because all efforts
made through Dr. Nanesen of the
Red Cross have failed.
What course Will be taken by the
United States if the Soviet authori-
ties ignore or refuse to accede to the
demand was not indicated. The COM
munication was sent to the consul
July 25.
The curt demand made upon the
Russian authorities for the release of
American prisoners is the first Off
cial representation made upon the
subject although Lenine and Trotsky
and their associates have been per-
sonally advised informally of the de-
termination of the United States not
to consider relationship with this
overnment until the prisoners are re-
leased
The daily times., 1921-07-27
SENATORS AGREED
ON QUICK ACTION
ON TAX REVISION
BEFORE TARIFF
BEFORE TARIFF BILL
President Harding Had Sena-
tors as His Guests at a Dim
ner at the White House Last
Night. Railroad Question
and Fundin: of Allied Loans
Also Came Up.

Washington, July 81 Virtual
been reached at dinner conference
at the White House last night for
Senate consideration OF tax revision
legislation before the permanent tar
iff act is taken up by that body. A
number of senators were President
Harding's guests and the legislative
situation it was said was discussed
White House officials had nothing
say about the conference and it
was understood President Harding
himself had forbidden an advance an
nouncement of his plan to consult
his former colleagues in the Senate
They were said to have advised him
that the finance committee would
not have the tariff bill ready for SEN
ate consideration short of five or six
weeks and on this showing the con-
sensus of opinion that tariff revision
should be given precedence was said
to have. been disclosed.
La 10 odlN " nave
declared the tax measure would re-
quire working over to hitherto
unexpected extent.
American valuation provision bills
were discussed by the diners and
there were reports that the President
did not favor the p4licy
The railroad question and funding
allied loans also were talked over
during dinner as we'll as a summer re-
cess for Congress.
Harding told his guests he hoped
both branches of Congress could re-
cess from the middle of Aug to the
latter part of September or first of
October, but he was opposed to a
recess of either house until the tax
revision bill has passed the house
leaving the senate finance committee
to work on the tax measure during
the vacation.
Senate leaders said all proposals
for a recess would be abandoned
until the tax bill came from the
house probably within a fortnight,
the house recessing about the mid
die of August.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
RESOLUTIONS ARE
ADOPTED OPPOSING
INCREASED RATES
I'm CONFERENCE
SHIPPERS IN CONF FENENOE
Declare That Further General
Increase I'm Rates to the
Southeast Is Not in Conform
ity With General Tendency
of the Times; Wilson Repre-
sented at Meeting.

Washington, July 26.-Members OF
the North Carolina corporation COM
mission, more than 20 representa-
tives of chambers of commerce and
shippers organizations of that state
and representatives of the railroads
held an unsatisfactory all-day confer
ence here todya over the recent or
der of the Interstate Commerce com
mission requiring a readjustment OF
freight rates to remove the differen-
tials enjoyed by Virginia cities over
North Carolina Carolina points.
The subject of rates offered by the
carriers supposedly to carry out the
commission in the famous Virginia
North Carolina rate controversy was
rejected by the North Carolina ship
pers and the state corporation COM
mission. Further conferences will be
held tomorrow.
After a discussion lasting from 8
O'Clock till $50, resolution was
adopted, this representing the views
of the Virginia and Carolina ship
pers, being concurred in by the rep
resentatives of the eastern seaboard
cities, this resolution reading:
Resolved, CD that the order OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission
in docket 1O,5OO and 1O,515, does
not contemplate a general advance in
rates from eastern cities to Virginia
cities and a disruption of the. rela
tionship between North Atlantic
ports
(2) That good faith demands that
the carriers proceed to publish in
conformity with the decision of the
. commission in 10000 and 1O,515 the
present rates.
"(3) If, after compliance with the
Commissions order, the carriers
wish to make any further changes,
in rates.
"(4) That further general increase
in rates to the Southeast are not in
conformity with the general tendency
of the times, nor in accord with the
OAp1O OoSSu NY IuS SASCu-
tives in conference with the shippers
on December IA, 1920"
Tar Heel participants in the con-
ference, in additio nto corporation
commission members, included:
J. Allen Taylor, N. jacob and Jas.
H. Cowan, of Wilmington; Col. AL
bert L. Cox, NJ. R. Beaman, w. G.
Womble, and T. J. Mcpherson, Raj
efgh; w. S. Creighton, Charlotte;i G.
G. Yates, G. F. Newman and C. w.
Roberts, Greensboro; Burke Hob
good, Durham; r. L. Askew, Colds
boro; D. w. Sudlin, Fayetteville; j. T.
Ryan, High Point; ]. L. Graham,
Winston-Salem; H. Y. Scott, Wilson,
N. Y. Chandliss, Rocky Mount; HI. E.
Boney, R. A. Brand, G. w. Perrin,
R. G. Hodgkin, Wilmington; H. L.
Smith, Greenville; E. E. Hope, States
vile.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
BOY DIES FROM
DOSE OF POISON

Rocky Mount, July 27.-Ben Blood
worth, Is years old, died at local
hospital late yesterday as the result
tanning poison which his mother is
alleged to have prepared and given
him. The mother also drank some of
the poison and is in a critical condi-
tion.
She has made no statement as to
the cause of her alleged act. The body
of the boy was shipped today to Mac
Intrye, Ca, the former home of the
Bloodworths.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
MYSTERY SHROUDS,
SHOOTING OF GOOD
TAYL0RS' CITIZEN
SHOT WHILE AT PIG PEN
MIR. Pearson Was Evidently
Shot From Ambush Late
Yesterday Afternoon, Death
Resulting Instantly; the De-
ceased Was a Man Highly
Respected in His Community

Mr.. E. S. Pearson, highly respect
! ed farmer of Taylor's township, was
shot and killed late yesterday after
noon about dusk as he was feeding
+, a pig on his premises about mile
from Lamm's store. Complete mys-
terry surrounds the affair. Mr.. Pear
son was evidently shot from am
bush. He was a man, so far as known,
without an enemy. The identity of
the slayer and the motive for the
shoting remain a mystery.
Sheriff Howard and his deputies
left last night for the scene of the
shooting and are busy today working
on the case.
The coroner's jury held an inquest
this morning and returned the YER
dict that the deceased came to his
ed by unknown parties. Members of
the jury were Messrs j. S. Farmer, r.
B. Evans, D. A. Bats, G. P. Farmer,
j. L. Tomlinson and w. j. Webb.
Details of the shooting as learned
here today are as follows: Mr.. Pear
son left his house about o'clock
to feed a pig, which because of its
clicken-eating habit had been isolat-
ed about $50 yards from the house,
his son-in-law, Mr.. Russell Brantley,
who makes his home with the Pear
sons was at the barn about so yards
from the pig pen feeding the stock.
Mr.. Brantley heard gun shot, but
thinking it was hunter somewhere
on the farm went on with his work.
Later Mr.. Brantley returned to the
house and the family prepared for
the evening meal. When Mr.. Pearson
failed to come to supper different
members of the family called him.
Failing to get an answer, Mr.. Brant-
ley went to the pig pen searching for
his father-in-law and found his dead
body beside the pen. He had been
apparently instantly killed by load
from a shot gun, which entered the
-Ieft shoulder and the head from the
side and evidently at close range
There were no signs of struggle, and
Mr.. Pearson evidently fell without
knowledge of his assailant's presence.
The deceased was 46 years of age.
He is survived by his wife and four
children, Mrs. Russell Brantley, who
lives with her parents, Mrs. Sam
Brantley, who lives two miles from
her parents, Miss Ionic Pearson and
Donald Pearson, who live with their
parents. Burial will take place this
afternoon at the family burial
ground.
Mr.. Pearson was a substantial far
mer and an upright citizen. He had
the good will of everybody, so far as
is known. And no theory can be ad-
vanced as to the cause of the tragedy
of last evening.
Mr.. Pearson was a preacher in the
Sanctifcationist church He was the
regular pastor of the Shiloh church of
that faith.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
RUSSIANS FIRED
ON GERMAN SHIPS
Minesweeping Fleet Was Full
filling Treaty Orders to
Clear White Sea of Mines.

Berlin, July 27-The German
mine sweeping fleet which has been
operating in the Kola Blight on the
northern Russian coast is reported in
a special dispatch from Vardoe, Nor
way to have been fired on by Russian
land forces. The German fleet return
ed the fire but no damage is reported
on either side.
Tn German fleet which left Will
helmshaven a week ago to clear the
The daily times., 1921-07-27
STOCKS.

New York, July 27.-Acute weak
ness in United Drug shares which
sustained further loss of IA points
and soon extended to IA was the
striking feature of the early dealings
in today's stock market. Among more
popular issues advances predomin-
ated. United States Steel gained sub
stantial fractions. Baldwin Locomo-
tive and American wooden were firm.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
RICHARD AND QUIMBY
FINED 1000 EACH

New York, July 27.-Tex Rickard,
promoter of the Dempsey-Carpentier
fight and Frederick Quimby, motion
picture exhibitor today pleaded gull
ty before Judge Shepherd to charges
of violating the interstate commerce,
law in transportation across the state
line of Dempsey Carpenter pictures
and were fined $1,000 each.
The daily times., 1921-07-27
CLEANING Up MOSQUITO'
RREEDING PI,

Mayor Killette and DIR. L. j Smith
of the health department made
tour of inspection throughout the
town of Wilson today searching for
breeding places for mosquitoes. They
located five such places. These will
be cleaned up by the owners, state
the health department officials, or
steps will be taken to bring about
the cleaning up of the places.