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' .. v.-V v :?;..;,"- ;-7?Cv? r'r . ?' v?"T ? V ' - ? - "' ;, " - ? -v? . V-. .? '' V" ' ?':?;;--- ,.:,-:, , i 1 The Weather1 Wilmington's Only , : . . jt fc M wA o -r aIIawaI .lr vain . : i.p Saturday nisrht.and Sundav. ; Leased Wire Associated, Stair r "1 7. . " ,7 ': terday nt m ... ". ; Press Newspaper ;C - VOL. CVL No. 127 WMllNGl rv M SATTJDAYORNING JA OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. STATE DEPARTMENIIS VOTE ON NITRATE DILL MAY PliOBADLY BE HAD GONVIl ADllTlCAL rcULLY, OF ANDERSON, S. C., AND HIS LITTLE RUSSIANS HARDING APPROVES 01 LIKELY TO TAKE OVER iPIERVERSI REPUBLICAN PLANS TO THE LORD MAYOR CASE IN THE SENATE TODAY JUSTICE, SAYS HI) ncniinc'vinHPh'-'rnhhc ncuuuc Aniiicu rutiuLO ' ' t ' f . L . : . . ', - i ; .- , NEWBERRY '. fr-. t, it ;. ,. r-, ' 1 IIS- ! I . i b Considering Procedure With out Regard to the Depart ment of Labor . F0R DEPORTATION f.hnr Department Would Ad- mit O'Callaghan, State De partment Is Opposed 1 WASHINGTON. Jan. 7 .-r-Pe finite inT aications Iiad appeared tonight that the state department misht take into its own hands without regard to -the department of labor the question bt admitting to the United States Ponal j O'Callaghan. lord mayor of Cork, paroled by the labor department after hisaMval at N'etf flb-rt News as a stow away. " - Conflict between the two departments was foreshadowed yesterday, brought out into the open today and accen tuated tonight when it was learned that Acting Secretary Davis of the state department had called -upon the department's leeral authorities for ad vice on the question of his department taking the entire O'Callaghan admis sion matter into its own hands. . The state . department, It has been indi cated, favors deportation of the lord mayor, while the labor department has been represented by those close to. its higher officials as favoring admission of the Cork official. ; , Net Formally Presented The case of the lord mayor had not been formally presented to the; state department tonisht by the labor de- i partment, but the solicitor , of the rmer department was known; to Dei jiving consideration also to his de partment's power. In case O'Callaghan is admitted by labor officials, he may ask the department of justice to in stitute proceedings against the lord mayor on the charge of violating a criminal statute by entering the Ignited States without a passport. ' Secretary Davis also indicated dur ing the day that the state department had instituted an investigation of the reported statement of Harry Boland secretary to Eambnn De Valera, "presl Mr. Davis said that the. department in addition had taken nofeXo . thetTe 'lorted advocacy by Roland in a apeech .esterday in New..Yorlcr-ol!" "a; vendetta'' by the Irish in every country,: ifflSng-' land persisted in ' the pursuit o i Its wesent course toward Ireland.- May Tport Roland f . ""J There was a question., the secretary id, as to whether such a declaration lid not bring its author within scope f the immigration act of 1916 pro ving deportation for aliens advocat the use of force and vengeance sainst the United States. . Consideration by the state d'epart '"nt of both the O'Callaghan and the '"land cases was understood , to have 'vn precipitated today by the denial ade by labor department officials of a statement isued early in the day by MRtant Secretary Merle-Smith of - the !tate department, that Waiarv nf j-ahor Wilson had referred the O'Cal- 'iMian (ase to his department. Labor npartment oflir-ialn in th.i. gelded that Secretary Wilson had gone ior me wecKiena ana would not take up the case until his return on Monday. LORD MAYOR n PAHTV J vnnyft FOR XEW YORK TO DAT , n' Jan- 6 Donai J..OCal- DanS' k i mayor of ' Cork- accom panied by Peter MacSwiney, his ship- itioL0" th,e c1andostine trip across the J' lj- awectt. consul-gen- ennnt e "IriRh republic" tin (this country, and Judffe Josepn T Law. Ill' funsel for O'Callaghan, will , hfre tomorrow morning at! 8:50 Si r New York- Mayor O'CaN an Is Rche(1led next week to" at "d a demonstration in New York by Pm.'rican Association for : the wf n,tlan of the Irish republic. : -tLaw,ess today sent forward to Inn J E n, his nppeal frOTn -the decis D" v 'e imniiration office at New- 0-r-,,, -ws' which held that Mayor KmlliJ cou1d not' remain In Amenca Hundreds of telegrams pour stati ,ay from Private individuals, at -and city officials and organlza pi'g aid tn his fight to weent dc-.portation. vi''1 dav was spent by the Irish w ' ,n seeing- Norfolk. Tonight he- inform,, V ot Jude Lawless at an '"tormai dinner. ' . GOLF, CLAYTON. MO., ' "PN GOLF, CHEVY CHASE, HO. arnaf Y0,RK. Jan. 7. The -'national for ",r s f cnamOlonship tournament Coiin,: ' awared to the St, Louis annSa?'1U ton- Mo- at the 27th 3ol ' J. me!et,"r of the United States r association here tonight." C "hin tr,rat,nal open eolf s champion mV rnment was awarded to -the -oiumbia club, Chevy Chase, Md. . tNSANESOLDIERS ARE SEEMINGLY FORGOTTEN eatment of These Doughboys! Washington, Jan. 7. Not a cent nre,r?eyAfc8 far appropriated by sfTer w ?Llhear? .?' war veterans 'ncurr.. - u'saouiiy or wounos "oKDirai-Bervice has been spent fcr .. "P'tals for til m , H( (,.. - "eaimeni oi insane, fc"-med t tJTTrce committpe.wasn oa , ?day by Dr.' Thomas W. Sal- 1isf.ao,l ; lorK. adviaar on mental cHCie - ... . T T aier serv "IK wun relief for for- Denunciation ; . of ; Fertilizer Trust" Features Speechesf ; Bill's Proponents ' . MAY CALL IN XUKE Durham Millionaire May Bel Asked What Interest He Has . in Muscle Shoals WASHINGTON. Jan. 7. U the end of a day's -debate in, the senate on the. bill - proposing a - government corpora tion to operate th ; nitrate ptant at Muscle Shoals, Alaifc pronents (4f the measure said tonight .that a vote prob ably i would be reached tomorrow. House advocates of the $10,000,030 ap propriation to . finish the work on the Wilson dam, ''said they would leave the question to the senate. Representative Byrnes,, Democrat of Tennessee, said he etpecteQ the senate would include. the appropriation tn the sundry civil billH Jn which case he was prepared to move concurrence by the hOUSC. '. . 'V. Denunciation C the-frtiliaer trust and defense of the standards. of livirlg of the farmer featured the senate de bate. Senator Heflln Democrat, Ala bama, charged-; that . -propagandists, acting as agents for the fertilizer trust," were Attempting to defeat the measure, and cited art interview with "Hampden Norman of Memphis, Tenn.," condemning , the project, published in p. Washington, newspaper. ; Senator Me Kellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, said he had 'telegraphed to Memphis in an effort to identify "Mr. Norman." and jthat the chamber of commerce, thee naa repirea tnat, "tnere was no such Person." Senator Heflln said the "Du- pwut . King ..opposea me measure De- cause ne .imports Chilean nitrates as does the fertilizer , trust which-is pil laging the. .American . farmer.", A Farmer Tft Extravagant Senator Smith, Democrat,: South Carolina, said the present condition of th farmer was not a result of extfuv agance, but" was because "we 'allowed the stupid manipulation of our affairs to convert the wave of victory into an overwhelming tide of , disaster .and ruin. ; He urged support Of th meas ure as V means f OF-deyeloplntf Hew ther had ' been an 'u'nwlsexpendi- ture of funds at Muscle Shoals, as wa thea$ at . Hg- ,laAd . antfither places during, the: w:arbt thatt'it? wai done .unde . war-time conditions .rhen It waftieeriiath48F Bt i the necessary .aupply: from Chile. tattd "when ., the . President had ; ordered the plant completed within , a. year, .The preserit situation of the farm ers, the South . Carolina, senator de clared,' was .not; a result of extrav agance, but followed the Introduction of better living standards which "had inspired hope, -energy, enterprise and thrift through the agricultural" regions of the United States as never dreamed of before." . . -v MAY CALL, JAMES B. DUKES IN . THE NITRATE CONTROVERSY Spf 11 to The Ster) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. James B. Duke of North Carolina may have' to tell the house committee what interest he has In the' Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. He is charged with conspiring with various organizations . of the country , to keep that, industry going. President J.- R Howard of the Amer ican Farm Bureau federation, in a letter to members of congress, charged that "the Influence oi , large corpora tions" controlled the, house in the nitrate provision. .- This 'assertion will be investigated by the .committee... on the expenditures in the war. In denouncing Mr. Howard for his remarks, Representative James - A. Frearer of Wisconsin, said Frank S. Washburn, president of . the American Cyanamide company, and . . his asso ciates were lobbying for Muscle Shoals. He, called attention to a speech of Senator Lodge in the senate April 7 in which It was stated:, "Mr. Wash burn is associated in cyanamide '. manu facture with James B: Duke, who has made millions in tobacco manufacture and .through the Duke Cyanamide com pany, also L controls Ammopsoa com pany of New York, Amalgamated Phos phate company and.. Virginia company; which companies practically control the fertiliser and cottonseed oil business of the territory' east of the Mississippi river; and large waterpower interests tn JCorth and South Carolinar ' FEDERAL INTERNATIONAL ' BANK ELECTS OFFICERS R. A. HetcK, New Orleans, Heads Second and Largest Edge Bank NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 7.R. A. Hechtr presiderit ofthe Hiberniai Bank and Trust company of New Orleans, was? selected president of the Fed eral International Banking company at the. organization meeting of the cor poration here tonight. ; 1 i vT, . J. Caidwell. president of the Fort Worth --National r bank, was V elected vice-president, and :Hayiies ' McFadden.- jfbrmerly : of ' Atlanta, was ; elected sec retary. --. : v; ' The following bankers were elected members of theVeecutive committees R. "S. Hecht, John E. Bouden., Jr., and j. P. Butler, Jr., all of .New Orleans; Robert r F ; Maddex, president ' 'Atlanta National tank, and R. Brlhkley Snow den of Memphis ' '"X - : - The two sessions of the stockholders of the $7,000,000 corporation, organized tp ; assist f southerii.: producers in mar keting their products in foreign mar kets! were largely attended by repre sentative hankers .from ..the -12 ;; south-! ern states. ; ' i i,Z't'vS'.;;&S?C'i "With the adoption of a charter? by, the stockholders, tne -nation s secona and largest 'Edge ' bank,, became -a ; re ality, and is,. ready to, open its' doors immediate!! r ,-.r "-' Government Declares It Salutary Lesson " to Those Who Buy Elections MUCH MONEY SPENT Prosecution Asserts in Excess of $200,000 Expended in Michigan Race WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. Conviction of Senator Truman H. Newberry of Michigan and 18 others of conspiring' to ylolate the corrupt practices act,' was denounced as a "gross nerverstinn ! Of. justice" by counsel for the senator, and was upheld by the government as a salutary lesson to those who would purchase an election, "by paid propa ganda," before the supreme, court-to-say when arguments in the appeal were heard. Charles E. Huges, former associate justice of the court, who headed' coun sel ifor the defense, asserted that only through 4 "grotesque" construction of the law had the government , been able to present, any case to the jury. He quoted, the government brief as show ing that it was .admitted that no re striction was placed by law on the expenditures of a political committee in' behalf of any candidate, nor on the amount such a committee might raise for a campaign, and further that no attempt was made by the government to sfhow that Senatqr Newberry had himself contributed in excess of the legal limitation of' $3,750;- The entire basis of the government's case. Mr. Hughes told the court, was that 'this legal committee, tiavfng legally raised a legal sum of money for a legal pur pose, became an illegal conspiracy be cause Its candidate was aware . that more than $3,760 .wM being expended." "Mr M(v1)rrv nA th other dn- Tfendants," Mr. Hughes said, "have suf fered a grievous wrong through pro cesses of so called justice -which this court .should correct." . ' r-"- Apart .from t'he; direct attack on the conviction as illegal and unsustained by evidence, the defense attempted to show the court that . the corrupt jriac ticea . act itself ; s f ar , as lit attempted to: Jlmlt campaign expenditure thi? legal obiects. was unconstitutional. v. Senator,- Newberryr according t: Mr. FrlerBoh,P being desirous, .of .entering the rac for senator in 1918, called a conference In New. Tork of Paul ; H. King, of Detroit, afterwards his cam paign manager, and Frederick - Cody, 6f New York, former superintendent of Detroit schools. At this conferetice the question of the campaign's . cost arose and. Mr. Frlerson said, New berry was told it 'would.require the ex penditure of "$50,000 or; more." : Having agreed to enter the race on the express condition that this sum would be expended, , the government held that he, Cody ' and ; King had en tered a conspiracy to defeat . the pro- vision? of the statue. " Mr-. Frlerson added that more than" $176,000 was - shown i to have' beert spent by the report filed by the cam paign managers and this sum "did not Include moneys spent in behalf of Helme, a candidate for the nomina tion of the Democratic party." De posits and withdrawals from banks made in behalf of the campaign aggre gated in excess of $200,000, the proscu tion asserted, While the nght to determine Senator Newberry's legal, right to his seat was in progress,' the senate privileges and elections committee continued the re count of votes cast in the Michigan contest. With 301 of, the 2,200 state precincts accounted for. Henry Ford had made a net gain of 325 over Mr. Newberry, it was announced tonight. FIREBUG CAUSES DEATH OF EIGHT IN ARKANSAS Set Fire to Hotel and Destroyed $150,006 of Property . ! ' ENGLAND, Ark., Jam 7. Incendiar ism was responsible for the fire which eayly today destroyed the Royal hotel here today and which caused the death of eight Jtersons and the serious injury of four others, according to the verdict of. a coroner's jury which made an in vestigation of the deaths. The arrest of a suspect was ordered Toy the jury. : 'After the investigation, . Coroner Lipscomb stated that sufficient evi dence had been heard to convince the jurors that the .fire was started, by a man said to have made threats against Mrs- M. E. Smith, proprietor- of the hotel. The maiv suspected was said to have left1 England and thus far efforts to locate him have failed. , The fire started on the second floor of the building and by consuming the stairways, trapped the .20 guests on that .floor. Several of them escaped by knotting bed clothes together and let ting themselvear dqwp tb.rq.ugh win dows. The total, loss was estimated at $150,000 ,. ;.;, : v-vv feyv ' ; : H CHARLESTON, HARBOR: FIGHT: ? WASHINGTON, , Jan. -'.v 7; Senator Smith. Democrat, South' Carolina, ; an nounced tonight-, he was preparing a, statement tor the senate to support his efforts to prevent the stopping ,of work on the Charleston, S. C harbor chan nel project . which contemplated con struction of ay large Ixeavy dry dock. Senator Bafl,, Republican, ' Delaware, has a. resolution ,to put a stop to this work, , which Senator Smith: said would come before the senate for action to day - V ? r a;a ;C:??;;, CITY-MANAGER f NAMED TAMPA4 FJai,; J an. .7. r-Ai Wi;D.Hall? who? has been city, manager of Jack, son Michigan,; the past live5 years Lr.tor- A a.vf: accented ! an: bfferr frm'"th 1tVl day? accepted ! an : bffer f rm' "the ?cJty commission : here ' to become city inaif. ager at a satary oi ?,uou a. year. t " jf t i-. '-JS .. . A&s&& F-.-.J?'.-? V-rjv:wx-:-:-:-:-:-s-: :J:-Js v:-K -rR::.:t:5-:fl-:-:V W-.--vA?.&-,x. f :-:-s.-A IiSShSS. , , .,,.,v.v..,..,aY..v.-),MW-Yf..wg, y v.vvMW4WMi!.-6VV.lS .wIvyvji-aJXwm&WjaWA v SZi. y'l. S.5w "TO After bringing seven Russian orphans to this country, where he intended to adopt ? and educate them. Rear Admiral Newton A. McCully, . of Anderson, S. .C. found himself up against the immigration laws, which barred the children on, the ground that they might become public charges. The admiral and his waifs recently reached New York on the naval collier Ramapo, and the "gobs" at the naval . base, stared open-eyed at ' the sight of the bachelor-admiral strolling ashore with his numerous brood. When the board of , inquiry .announced its decision. that it would have 4o exclude the children.5 the admiral appealed, and offered to'give bond to guarantee that the youngsters will not become public charges. He plans to take them to his mother's home in Anderson; and later live with them. lr Washington. Their ages range from three to 12 years. The admiral served as naval attache In Petrograd and. later, was with the ' allied .commission, at .Sebastopol. . Seeing so much human suffering in' Russia in spired him to .do his bit,'? so he gathered" .up the seven homeless children and brought them over.. WASHINGTON HAS FULL INFORMMiliiNAVY STRENGTH OF NATIONS Ued in Con- America's "Sea Power Is More Than Double That of the Japanese Empire WASHINGTON, Jan; 7. By Asso dated Press.)-?-What' officials believe to" be complete Information, as to the relative naval strength of the prin cipal wjorld . powers is now in posses sion of the American government. Whether it will be presented to the senate foreign relations committee in connection with that committee's con sideration of . proposals looking to world disarmament has not been dis closed. The information has been compiled In the form of tables which show .that Great Britain's sea power is double that of the.' "United States," and that although the - British pre-eminence in capital ships will practically have been overcome by the United States with the completion in 1923 of the American building program, the American -navy will still be greatly inferior in types of vessels in which naval officers re gard as extremely important, notably destroyer . leaders, cruisers . and light cruisers, ' submarines and' airplane ships. Vmr Ahead of Japan The American navy today, according to this information, has more than double the strength of the Japanese navy and this ratio will be maintained, even with the completion of the build ing program of the" two countries. The United Stiates will be far r superior: not only in capital' ships but alSo in destroyers - and : submarines. - Japan, however, will have double the number of battle cruisers,; now. possessing four such ; vessels with eight others projected,- " while the .United States has none completed and only ,ix building. Without reference to second line ships, of Tfhich Great, Britain has a preponderence- in .all . classes- over the United States and Japan, the British navy contains? 26 -battleships' carrying at least 10tguns of ' 12 -inch calibre or larger, and displacing 20,000? tons or more. . - ' . The United' States has 15 such ves sels," Japan silt,, France seven - and Italy four. . Great -Britain has .no first line battleships under construction, while the United States has 11, Japan! seven, " France four, and Italy four. ALLEGED MURDERERS BROUGHT1 FROM EMPORIA TQ ROCKY MOUNT (Special to Tk Star). ? ?? r ROCKY; MOUNT. Jan. -7. Joe Robept and Caesar ' Williams, ... negroes, r who give their - homes as .Florence -and Lanes, S. C.,:.respctiveiy,Ywere brought back by Officer Powell yesterday. afterT noon from Emporia, Va., where they had been.-- pulled off a northbound freight by police earlyvy.esterday.mbrri ing, and will be. given a preliminary hearing tomorrow, morning on a charge of - murdering t Oscar Boddie, ; a highly respected; negro: of this jislty who. was shot through the, hearty at his.; store shortly after." dark Wednesday, night.? V Feeling among the negro population f the city has been running : high since . the crime was "committed. ' ' ' JACKSONMlTCHELL A DRAW? -NEW, -YORIC. Jan. 7. Willie Jack son. ,NewT tYork and?Plhkey Mitchell r.-r-. TiTwniiitfl rmnrht.: 15 Vat !,: tn draw night Facts tosWSBe iAeeticttM Jt5JtCriJLAl ALili at Madison Sauare Garden - to- ' to ; those - qescnoea . ir , invuuiu- . meeting:, oi ; tne- mgn scnooi aenaung I aiann, wy " . - ' " '',?-'' ? Uonal officers- .some or tnese omciaxa, society at tne x. M. c A- . VV' LEGISLATORS MUST HURRY SALARY MEASURE THROUGH Increase in Pay of Constitutiona Next Term Begins Some Others an Increaseof $1, " : Solons for Md By JCLE B. ;WARBEN R ALEKJHf rjan ; 7.WhiIe' house members were expressing - fear ""that Cle'm Wright's bill for increaeinar the salaries of the . constitutional .offieers ; 91. tne state would go by the. board be cause of the failure of' the' appoint ment tf a committee in'tline ?to action it, the senate today had the same bill Introduced in the .upper house liy Long, of Alamance, referred it to the -salary and feeommi,ttee, and immediately after the 20 minutes' session-, of the senate, the committee was busy on the bill. , " i'---- ' . . The senate committee will report the salary bill .favorably, or rather the committee favors a substitute bill which will be offered for the original measure. - Arrangements -have' been made by Speaker -Grier' for the an nouncement of the committee on salar ies and fees on Saturday or Monday. Clem Wright of Guilford, will head this committee, and sitting with the senate Committee today, he agreed to call a meeting of tne House committee for Monday morning at 11 o'clock In order that there may be a joint conference of the two committees. a Te .Ruffh BUI Through The idea of those in charge ,of the salary bill in both houses is that the joint committee- will agree on a bill which will-be-introduced in both houses Monday in order that ' it may be rushed through the general assembly before the inauguration of 'these offi cers on Monday. What is to be done must be done; quickly.., f Or after Wednesday, or possibly after 'Tuesday, it will be - impossible to increase the salaries' of these officials, designed by the constitution, for fpur more .years Committee talk: features the, sugges tion that some of the more efficient -officials of the- state now. had offers of other positions which would niqro tnan double Uhfeir present salary. One , o' these in particular, thVcommittee thought, it would be nothing less than calamitous, to lose. The senate" com mittee's tentative agreement IsVby no means: binding and does ,not reflect tflie sentiment of all - members- of the com mittee as to what these officials should get.- V.v. . ' .-- Most .of the members believe the in crease to $6,080 should be made but fear U will beTmpossible to get syich a bill through both houses. Conse- quently - the -: committee will recom mend to the joint committee' of Mon day : that all constitutional officers ex cepting supreme court judges get- a salary increase, of $1,500 over the statutory salarV now; This would give the - treasurer ,and secretary ot state $5,000, ' the auditor ? and the attorney generaiv$4,500 and 'the superintendent of public instruction $5,500. J ; t The senate ' committee also favors increasing the salaries of the superior and' supreme , court judges $1,000 per year." '? . '. ' r tPlans May, be Changed :". fsuch is the status of the proposal to increase the salaries of the consti tutional officers now. It js Subject to change-and may be changed- ;hen the joint committee .gets together,-on Mon days It is ; believed ; that this is Hnore in. line with the ' sentiments of- the; houses and more nearly in keeping with the suggestions of the governor in his final message to the general as sembly, who said tthat when .all fixed expenses were, paid a state official had Sal6 -left' every year witt which ;to pay 'hiS groceryr bill, buy his; )othe educate his ' children; and ' cover, rother livl&gvexpenses.i f?x? "yi'-i-?' -'?. 'The two" committees - are -net ": losing ight - b the statutory1 . officers of the state. Jncluding the corporation com missioners,., the insurance commissioner n : t h r. inmmixioMr3 of tlabor.?: and printing," Whose situations ' are similar 1 Officers Must Be Made Before Members ' Advocate $6,000, 800-Club Women Ask' vie Censorship most of ihemMh" fact, have just as much;' wor.and-: poSsibly- more - than nave tne constitutional pfncaals. - it is the expectation of the eommittee to handle the'.alary-increases later if the constitutional,?. "officers" bill passes. Those salaries may be -increased at any time and become immediately effec tive because there is no constitutional provision, against it. , .. Wom Want Movie Censor Representatives of the North Caro Una Woman's clubs descended On the legislators this morning : for the pur pose' of doing a little talking about the censorship of motion pictures Tlfey were on hand when the house adjourned after a half hour session Mrs. S. C. Hook, of Charlotte, headed the delegation, while Miss Gertrude Weil, of Goldsboro,1 and a number of the prominent club women of Raleigh helped to swell the numbers. The la dies want a bill introduced and passed which will -provide for a censorship of the motion picture films exhibited in North Carolina. They have definite ideas about this bill and these ideas will be" incorporated m - a measure that is now being drawn. It is under stood that it' will be presented in the house either Saturday or Monday, though-the date is not certain. It will be offered sometime in' the near future. While, here primarily on other mat ters, the club women, questioned about the proposed '--repeal of the primary law, were outspoken in their opposition to the move. They want the right to vote for the men'who "will" be the candidates for state and county offices. They do not favor a 'repedl of the law, which would "giye them, a hand in expressing their;? unhampered opinion about' the men who'are. to represeht their parties ln! the. political contests in North Caro lina, -and would resent the repeal of the primary law..' . r ? Brief SsIo Held . ' tBoth . house and senate , had brief sessions. The Tioiise began at 10 o'clock and ran 'out of grist in half an hour. The ' senate . .began an h0ur later and at 11:20 -took a recess until 11 o'clock Saturday, with the understanding that no general. -bills would come for con sideration. As - a matter of fact, no general bills . are ready for discussion or aetion because only one, the salary bill,: has been: introduced and acted on by a- committee. Only two com mittees have, been named , in, the senate and one in the house. Speaker Grier, however, has practically all of his ap pointments lined up and will make the announcement . Saturday, or Monday. - . - . . ' ?' ROCKY ?MOUNT LEGISLATION . . - ?i (8perfalS: The Star) :l ROCKY MOUNT v'Jan. 7-Creation of an : aldermanic purchasing committee, instructions to the mayor to advise the county , representatives , in the legisla ture to secure permission from that body for the city to sell $160,000 gas improvement f and construction bonds as low aS 9 5A and the selection of J. 1a Suiter to succeed $.. L. Home, Jr.. re signed, as alderman from .. the first ; Ward, were features of the regular ses sion of the board last night, ? ROBBE&Y IN ROCKY MOUNT vi:? ,:(Speiftal ..t-;Tk:Star) ' ,.. ' vKOCKY MOUNT, Jan? 7. Aftey hav ing .been attacked from behind, . half blinded and"gagged with sand, and his luipds - tied behind' him with, his own handkerchief. Harvey ": Eason, 18-year-old soh of Mr. and Mrs.:- L. D. Eason. had his -popkets -rifled -and $16 taken from him. by an unidentified negro who , "halted" him. last night shortly after' 8 o'clock as" he was. going, down 1 Edge combe street, in the; heart', of the city, on. his way . home after attending a Leaders Want Army Cut Down4 v to 175,000 Immediately and t. - i 150,000 'Later - ? : ? ?;?-! m-fiX - . -- ' K;?:); Wr:,.I'-'J.'i " mm m w MM All ; M. , 4. M.JLKJ President-EIect? Will Urge Re trenchment in That Arm of i the Service, Too MARION, Ohio, Jan. 7. The plan Uf Republican leaders in congress to limit the peace-time strength of the army to 150,000 men was given approval to day by PreBident-eiect Harding in a conference with Representative Kahn -of California, ' chairman of the house " military committee; ' - i?---, "Senator Harding is in complete ac-t ? cord with our policy," said. Mr. Kahn,' . alter .a long talk with .the President- , elect. v. ' He is deeply, concerned aboubt .: ; reduction of ' the burden now resting on the shoulders of taxpayers, and he ?' " believes much , can be saved by reduc- i '. ing tne army strength to 175.000 5 soon as -possible, and then working It down to 150,000. as a continuing 'max-?? imum. ' ; -'V. . ?-:.-' . "I am sure that Senator Hardlnart ? uoes not Deueve that .the raillenium has come, hut I do not think he is' expectftig trouble in the near future." For'Naval Retrenchment The conference at which Mr. Hard ing also Indicated his desire for a well organized reserve force.: was one of a series he is holding with congres-f sionai, leaders in charge of military and naval legislation. Soon he is tn see Chairman Butler of the housoi "' ?'-? 'I'i "iji-f naval committee to urge retenchmentli-'V'V'.rf,,'',;!fl: in thaf arm nt th. .Awv.lnA n n . n u ' :f k . '. ment. " -" .c-.""'' '.:.. Although .-the, army occupied the Presldent-elects'a major attention to day, many other questions were talked'- " over by him -In-the course of a busyi string, of conferences.; One visitor who , attracted particular . attention was Andrew .W.; Mellon.' of Pittsburgh, publicly indorsed . by Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,; for , secretary of the wnu oentior mramff at wnicn h s-aia..-:.. 111. i -w -r " . . . 'rft. Tr-". uuitVAA ,. y VtlUl VVOIV, UlO -' The -Oualiftcationa. of 'ShprmM T Houston, i of . Missouri,' for secretary of :-?iA agriculture, were - urged upon the President-elecr by 'a delegation from . that state. They brought a formidah'lef array of indorsements - by Republican leaders, farm organizations and live stock men of : Missouri. . . ' 1 . ' ? All Sorts of Callers ,Amohg other callers were E. Finlcy Johnson, a member of the - supreme ; court of the. Philippines; Clarence B. ? Miller, secretary of the Republican Na- , tional committee; Jos. II. Groundy, president of the Pennsylvania Manu facturers' association; Andrew Squires, of Cleveland, who discussed the Pan ama. canal, and E. W. Hulster, of Cleve land, a worker for the hear east relief. Again tonight Mr. Harding "walked? the burning sands" of the Masonlo order, receiving initatlon into the'' Mvstin Rhrina at Pnliimhiix hM nn Wednesday he was made a, thirty-sec? v ?:'?',??!?1';;'ij BUNCOMBE COUNTY HAS PLANNED A "DRY,, RALLY A Hundred Prohibition Speakers v ? , to Visit Every Church - fr;;ptK (Special to The Star) ASHEVILLE, Jarr. 71 Sunday prohl- , bition speakers will address the people ? of Buncombe county in every church , in the county, arrangements having ' been perfected ' here for the greatest ? rally ever held in , the county with, more than 100 speakers. It is planned to carry the law enforcement work in to every section of the county. Declaring that the Ashevllle Power and Light company has been ableto make a return of '24 per cent on a six- cent carfare. Mayor Roberts stated to day he would carry the evidence gath- ered by the public accountants who , have worked on the books of the cor; poratlQn, at the direction of the city, to -the corporation . commlsslbn- next Tuesday and fight to the last ditch the attempt ' to raise the .rates to eight ! cents. . i Local labor 'leaders, refuse to take back any advice they have given union labor men here not to lower wages in face of the attempt of local builders to . paralyze construction by refusing to? carry : on a million-collar program ' until labor comes down.- . r - Roy Revls, who had, been held In jail here by the police without bond ' ' L on charges of killing' Elmer Hughes, whose body was found yesterday under .' the trestle at Murphy Junction,,, was . exonerated today by the coroner's Jury : of any blame . In ' connection, with the - : death. '. . , r - " " ' ' The jury held thtft .Hughes, who is believed to have ' beat : his way here on a freight. train from Knoxville, in', getting off,, in some way fell under the trestle, and was killed. . : ' ' .,...?' . BURLEY' TOBACCO GROWERS TO . POSTPONE ACTION TO JAN. 13 LEXINGTON, Ky Jan. 1. -Final ac tion by bankers, growers and ware housemen on the situation growing out of failure of "tobacco: buyers ' to -pay burley tobacco district, was ; proposed - , today until January .13? The meetih'g , J 1 of these ntetests, started ; here this morning and adjourned late tonight, will be resumed on 'that, date ) after' a committee confers with buyers' for the large manufacturers on prices for the 1920 .crop. -"?:'-,'?..;.'? :.; ? KILLED 'BT MOTORl CiH -C i ' LEESBUnG, Fla,. Jan. 7. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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Jan. 8, 1921, edition 1
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