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t I.' ( -;;3v - '.i"'' v :-'' :-'-. : :T----e.evV":;r j Thc;Wek3ier' lmihgtoii?pnlyi Fair and warmer - Friday Saturday A -i. .. Kl-.r- fair . . . i, . .. . v 1 . 1 v If' eased vVVire Asspated PijNewaper j ; Stage o t"it i tyexieviiieyea" terdny at 8,0. ntu, 14.4 feet, falling. '-"it 1: - i: i1 VOL. CVL No. 140. '. WILMINGTON, N. C, FIUDAY MORNING, JANUARY 2i,"li92i;" v! f.; OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. EDMUND 6IGHAM TAKEN OH CHARGE OF KILLING THREE OF HIS- FAMILY lawyer Makes -Affidavit.:. His Sister Said lie naa mreai- ened Her Life - ' IN FLORENCE JAIL : - ':'- . ' 4, Tkunir TkmiK4 Cv Guilt of JSingnam 8 . Dead Brother k . special to The Star) , F1,on;N'iO, S. C, Jan. . 20.Th j.. onr Pamlico lasfcSaturdaV trapeoj afternoon vhioh cost the lives ..of. three mfmbers of the Bigham , family . aiid lro u loii ea children, tooK a sensa- . a i -r A tional turn tins awernuuu - wii,eii w munil Bighani. one of " the ,tWO sur viving members of the family, ''the other being fugitive,", and the nrat to appear on me scene ui mo ""WJ conling to his statement, was, arrested at the plantation home and brought to the county jail here.; His wife ac companied him to the-Jail. . Kdmond Bigham was- arrested by Deputy Sheriff M. B. Burch on a war- nint sworn out by John W.McCracken the father of the two children killed. Corner Smith and C. M.' Rose,' an of ficer of Pamlico, accompanied him. When seen at the jail tonight. Big ham paid: "I have no statement -to, make." He is charged with murder. He submitted to the arrest quietly and manifested little or no concern.; Cor oner Smith stated this afternoon that jeveral negroes would he arrested and held as material witnesses. It is his opinion that, now that Bigham is under arrest, other testimony bearing on -the case may be forthcoming. ', . I,avr'r Mke -AffldiMrlt 'V" .. In making the arrest of Bighanl on tbe warrant of McCracken, the affi davit of Phillip Arrowsmlth, an at torney of this city, was given, great consideration. In his affidavit, Mr. Arrowsmith declares that he had been the attorney for Mrs. Black and . for L S. Bigham since the, spring . of X928 and that therefore he hadK become - in- timately acquainted ; with, thetrt , affairs. At the outset of. the arSdavit,lwhich was sworn to before the coroner, "Mr Arrowsmith declares 'that "Edmund Bigham has no interest In", the". estate of the late Senator L. S. Bightfm,' haVr mg conveyed his share to . his mother and brother. He also declares "that Jthe payment of tlje bond escheated by . Dr.T Cleveland Bigham, who was convicted for the murder of his Wife and sen tenced to three years in he state penitentiary, had been provided for by a deposit of an amount sufficient to cover the bond in a local bank. The money was the proceeds of a mortgage on the estate lands, and that Solicitor u M. Gasque, of this judicial circuit, iia'l in his possession the certificate of deposit. ' . ' Feared for Her Life j Mr. Arrowsmith afto avers '-that he has in his possession all of theorielnal deeds relatine to the Rle-ham lands. and says that on January 8, 1921; at nifht. L. s. Bigham and Mrs.: Martrie Black fcame to his home and? at their request he accompanied them to his office where Mrs. Black, who was neatly agitated, made the following statement: . v-. "1 signed three blank deeds'in the Presence of witnesses and left' them ith Smiley (L. S. Bigham) so that " anything happened to me, my fathv "s estate .could be handled as my mother and Smiley desired. .. All these wpers were stolen from Smiley.- I J nd them in Edmund's possession; wien I attemntiirl tn cqii nnioaidnn f.thm- Edmund flew into a passion "a threatened to take my life as well r" U1i or my mother. -I-gave up all nope of getting the deeds back, and conduct is such that I am afraid " win kill me at any moment and I au to nrpnarc m.. Ill all I " my PrOlJCrtV to mv hrnor Omllev and . ' - , , to tat arlng 38 1 kD0W 116 .. WKe care Of mv mother mrl mv t-arrt '"le adopted boys." Her Fear in the Will- - , . k . """u luriner acciarea uiai ' irew the will an 1nRtni(tiH' anil It " witnessed by himself, G. T. Bryce rsha11 w- Bridges, and that he wrporated in tne will the statement i -Mrs t?i a. . . . ... thr. 10 mm regaraing tne 7"" 'atainst -her ,llfe. . ; g'the Bigham home this afternoon . matle a search for papers re i v J the estate lands and for the Mi?er ned in the Arrowsmith af natVrt Lut 01,1 not find them. Bigham 'ookiL he had a will but; after that -k 0 er nnls papers- remarked It m. "iiu ji now. , , IWm cll.nr thought that.Jj. .S. liot . , --sutipoBeaiy insane, naa rn h Htd hls mother' MrB- M. M. nd ih over, jvirs. Margie uiacK, HimhI ,n Mcfacken, and had then .t wooas a nair-mue from sir" !St'' ;u,f1 shot himself to death. 'f.the me oubt in the. minds w , jury, mat IX s.TJtslg mi it . t'Petra tor, of . the crime; vow ,,rc,(1el to delay rendering cul(l 1 . 1 aaoitional evidence Shor , lken and the arrest -of his cas ""',.oisnam, aas given '' n most interesting aspect.' frith Tol"ri7 Motive Reiirved O , am i. .. .. that a few -'irs heforo her - " v-w . 1.113 eHLSLLK lanan. : ailf.ir.vj .' D"Ka-n ane, a sister. 1 v t i . " 1 nave 8itrn,l rtHn trtm of the lands to' "Mrs, This is ftaid tn'havA Haf," , Thls i(i said tohave hl,7 thp Cleveland Bigham bond faot .rranBed for., In view of "Hith V.'r f s presented in the Arrow- 1lhNr " u s- Bigham had not 'k's r luc "enenciary 01 airs. Mlnn1! ,Ut healso had in.hls " cou m . ,ieeds "'ned in blank which k ... " . liave used as h airA ' "tt lf a Vo. i ! r,ef ore' that th question 'i&t oT i v5 !?r the murders on the iN fu , B'han. as far .as . prop. Millionaire's Wife it Has Disappeared 0 . . -..v..v . iLyv ts ELtsL 5f retwl six J ' " 1"'. , Mrs. Klla .K. Berentsen, wife of Richard Berentsen,' millionaire manu facturer of Mount Vernon, N. Y., who mysteriously disappeared from her home. Mrs.'. Berentsen was suffering from . a .nervous breakdown and re turned to jher home from, a sanitarium in. Connecticut. Berentsen said his wife retired at- 9 o'clock. - Before re tiring he went Ho ihis; wife's room and found' she' had .disappeared. ".Her clothing and handbag were missing. CHARLOTTE WELCOMES THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE Fellow Citizens Give Him , Cordial Reception On His i 5 ;! .-' Return Home. 1 s '- (Special to Thc Star) ; ' . 1 . : CHIT ;.Jmn freiis: bflj eopIe'present. i jnciuding representatives ' fronts, civic .and other ofgahl zatlons of the; jdty,' Crovernof Cameron; Morrison ras -welcomed "back to ,Charlotte today attheJSeabpard Air Line passenger station. Tliong befY the strain came In bear- ing the ovrflor, a large grroup -. as- semble4 at the station J prepared to demonstrate now cordial Is 'the f e'ellng Of the Queen City for" its iormer. resi dent, now the state's chie executive. In the crod were the mayor and city! commissioners, and other city- officials, representatives Tof the chamber of com merce,, of tbe .Merchants' association, the Women's club, of the Rotary and Kiwanis and Good .'Fellows tflubs, the Mecklenburg Medical society, the Char lotte 'Dental society, ' the Charlotte Au tomotive Tradeassociatton, and other bodies,".' ' " ".. ' ' M When the governor stepped from the train he ;was greeted with a shout of applause and - handclappings. He was escorted to one of the . many waiting automlbiies'and'drtverl at the 'head of a Jong procession - up town to the Sel wyn hotels' A huge .American flag was borne on the tonneauef the car bear ing', his ' excellency'. on. .the way up town along Nprth - Tryon .'street : the governor - galled-, many.' acquaintances in democratic , fashion,-calling them by hame.srnd being greeted in return with "Helios Cam r ' ;-v " '"Jf fthe . Selwyn the" governor hel4 an impromptu and informal recention' for nearly; half ! an Jionr,t-of "until he was led by meimfcers of the" rece'ptlon com mltteei tnsld.: the Selwyn, '.where a group of doctor s. attending th medical congress were 'waiting 16 see- him and confer with him about aaaressing-tnem tonight. ' ' , ' . . The first clinical session, of vihe North Carolina sectlonof the Ajnerican ; Col lege of Surgeons convened . in the as sembly rooms of . the Selwyn hotel' this mornlg at , 5 o'ciock. it prousm io nharinttA some "of the most noted; and best equipped physicians In the medi cal world. Governor Morrison yrtssiueu and made the first address , . ; KTjr.n OKS HELD FOR. HOBBKRT '' : AND BVRGIiAHi jji jh.iia (Special tTlie Star) . i DURHAM, i Jan. 0 vl;Bailey, anI Cleveland- Glascoe, negroes, are being held in. Jail here cnarge witix ..B robbery- - and carrying J cbncealed weapon' The speciflS- charge against the negroes is.u. v' - .. -r Fletcher;" a young: Patterson township farmer and with relieving him of -1211 In cash."' ."-.:.., ' ':v'i, - Robert Jloosevelt, negro,. Vfas arrested early "thlrmorning-'tdming out of the shoe shop 'operated fcln this;, city by I. Messhger with & jbuhdle . of r: shoes under his ,arm. -'j, rp,ce are v noiaing Roosevelt in'', connection with the rob bery Tuesday morning, of the Jones and Frasler . jewelry store, when 'an un known party smashed t a plate, glass w?ndow ' and . obtained five.: handsone gold . watQheg- 1 , , ; ''" '1 oreenVili-e gas discount v -: iSPUT BACK . BY COMPANY ;;.y'-..'V?;'.,'..':-'-;p, - ' ' .' -''::v ,' ' " ' ' Special to.Tae Star) GREENVIL.L,li3r. S. r &; ; Jan. 20. rThe granting of- the otd .-discount rate of 1ft cents son each ' thousand cubic , feet to all- who pay their gas bills by the 10th of the month was announced to day byf the local office of the Southern Public ; Utilities - ccrmpanyrt following a Af tlifl city affairs committee of the chamber, of commerce and of other organiKationSvWitn w.uw: wm pany offldalsVS thit' amounts-tofaivlif. tual redaction In thegas. rate here of from 2.10 to?2 a thousand Xeet. . The ..m -,Arr,nUv,ha.( nroralsed further reductions. if the price on; gas CoaIaW 'IS , ' s J;i APPROPRIATIONS MUST BE LIMITED BY STAT INCOME, M'COIN RUi Finance Chairman Declarer Will Follow the Budget ' ' Commission ANTI-LYNCHING ACT Senator Taylor's Bill for Moving Cases Is Given Favor able Report ' M onilnc Star Bureau, Ynrborousrh Hotel, By R. E. POWELL ? RALEIGH, Jan. 20. The state of North f!arnlina will ctov within . it. income in dealing with. the., charitable j fWence .'on; Mvntw'erBon.' avenue, and educational institution's, Senator j which was theniecca 0.f the front porch McCoIn,s.hairina f the- e 1 campaign pilgrimages, and ' close up finance committee, said today. ' The t ...... .- ..up. statejnent of the senator was prompted i lhe. mtle fflce next fleop where many by suggestions that have been made 4 of "the nation1' notables ' have given to members of the appropriations com-j their advice on '' current Problem mittee that the appropriations com- Tj, . (su i'ProDieras. mltte over-ride the recommendations ' ,iff? ,at ..WJMfrM, the Presldent of the budget commission if, it, becomes fit 1 II T Pass , through . Chat necessary to issue bonds for mainten- t latc to"01"1, afternoon and ance funds, . , feach,sti Augustine, Fla, Sunday mWn If more revenue can be found, said ' ing:- !r-Harding' expects to make no the senator, the committee Will deal Tear. atform speeches along the way, generously with . those institutions fiavlnS planned; to begin a, good rest which have , been protesting. Tho i8"00? M he 'b,oarIe(1 hIs Private car. Vance senator says positively the ' st Augustine notel will be his Plor maintenance recommendations ot the ,d.a headquarters. but first of' all Che budget commission will be respected 1 wiU set entirely Vway from his cares in. the gross, but that it is .possible ' ln a two-weeks' fishing trip down the that some-changes may be made In ! seperate items. 'Some Are Satisfied ' A number of. the institutions, includ ing the state hospitals at Raleigh and Goldsboro, the Casiyeir Training school, ! the school for the blind, the negro ! normal, schools at Winston-Salem and Fayettevillei and f the" library comrriis- ! sion, iiave Indicated' their satisfaction.! j with the recommendations of the cem-'j mission. Hearings are oeing-urged oy 01 wnicn neis a memuer. He will re the joint appropriations committees ' turn here before he goes to Washinfir- ior tnese institutions ynien are ais satisfled, -notably the Orthopaedic hos pital at Gastonia. '. ! i ' . While this arrangement Is going ahead, the finance committee -members are casting, about to see? K 4they can raise more -revenue I than the bifdget commission : Anticipated. ' The com mittee, of- which Governor' Doughton wlli 'be dean. ' necessarily- awaits the views of - Governor Morrison before:-It attempts te fo- ,t ari in,t;lh6ile,matter of . . i wL.i'.fv.!... iv.- iaxio'laoivlai'l promised. . early next -week, 'i tfte rCnar lotte tfip of the governor interfering with 5 his - plan to appear before the solons the latter part, of -this week, : -- Wrkme Cempemsatloa ' . . . ,' . Chief - interest - in a -session of the house today ' was the ! Introduction of the -workmen's compensation act by Representative Young of Buncombe, He offered the draft of the commission which, prepared "a .bill here just be fore the legislature met. The Young bill - differs materially'' from - that of fered, in the .senate by Senator vDe laney. Compensation for loss of life is raised to 94,600 and 50 per cent of the wage is the base of determining compensation for disability. It- fol lows the text of laws or Virginia and is opposed, by organised labor. Following an hour's session of the senate today,' during which time only one bill of general interest Was handled,'- that providing for repeal of the penalties for non-payment of taxes, the committee on judiciary No. 2 met and gave a favor'able report to Senator Taylor's bill to "lessen the crime of lynching in. the state." . This bill was one of the first Introduced during 'the session, and .provides that trials may. be removed from one county to another without the presence of the defendants In the court room-j" ;Th'e effect of the bill will be to eliminate the necessity for the presence of the defendant in the court room when the motion is made for removal to another county. It will prevent mob violence to such an extent, it is claimed by Its friends, that there will be little of it in the state and it will, prevent intimidation of jurors' by mobs fathered during the trial of a case. ' Goldsboro Case te Point v tntroducefi by. the senator from Wayne, the recent mob trouble In Goldsboro furnishes a . typical example of . the kind of trouble this law would prevent. The presence of three ne groes charged with -murder was re quired in the court Jroom before the motion for removing the trial to another county could be legally made. The Judge -ordered the prisoners brought - from the penitentiary to Goldsboro in order for. the trial to proceed. In that case there was no motion' for removal and the negroes were convicted in the presence of the mob which was kept quiet by the Durham machine gun company, i Had the new . proposed law been In effect it would have been possible to have made the motion for removal to another county; while .the negroes were "still safe in the penitentiary. The motion could have been granted and the trial anoved to another county without- bringing the prisoners into the court room and ; exciting the mob and furnishing ' fuel for Its , inf urated passions. ' . , The bill will come up on favorable report from Vthe committee - Thursday and wllj probably be passed, for the general sentiment of the seftate favors the measures -J " -.;.' ' '-;. The only' other measure of general importance handled .by, the , senate this' morning was postponed , 'until Wednesday next at noqn a. a special ordef. This .bill provides! licensing of land surveyors and - engineers and the creation of a' board to ' pass on . the fillelbllity of;, applicants for these li-j. censes. Objection to immediate, on-' sideratibn of the measurerVbich came: from the committee t on -, propositions and grievances with a favorable report, caused : postponement.:.;,';:?;-!.:'; A& ROCKY MT, DOK1ES, BANQ.UET X'- (Special to ie','Star)'t ;',;;. rwVV . MOUNT. JanA20. Cohclud Ingj a - most success year, the RockyJ Mount Dokie club held its annual meet.5 in rand,, banquet - at the x ' M. C." A. auditorium last evening, 83 members Of the organization being present and thoroughly enjoyingrthe , elaborate ban SetwdrollMUTitle aniMR nfrHis traim jR FLORIDA AFTER; A AY OF TAKING Will See Marion But Few Hours Before H6 finally Goes . 4b-Capital ' GOOD-BYE. TO FOLKS Remaining Hours in Marion Spent in Bidding Neigh bors Farewell . v MARION, Ohio. ' Jan., , 20. Quitting Marion for ia ysacation in Florida, be fore entering the .'white ' house, Presi- dent-elect Hardlng 'today Vacated the e iern Florida snore. The President-elecrs departure ra.i. ly meant severing most of the ties that have bound him to his 'home commun ity, and he put in the dair biddinsr fare.: well to hfs neighbors. He' made several personal calls, received many friends at his office, made a short farewell talk to the pupils of lhe cltv hisrn" high school and was the' honored guest at a meeting' of . the' Elks .fraternity, ton, but only, for a stay of a few hpurs. ' uegrets to iicave Home . . ; Mr. Harding's farewell talk was de 1 Mvered at the Harding high school, xe- uujr cuMuea la ma xitjnor, ana -ne was Introduced to the pupils .by his Sister. Miss Abigale .Harding, whe is a' teacher- there. Hev-expressed " regret -thai he could not -stay among "his old friends ;to perform; the Sutler of hi office arid askd.f orihi inorai -eupiptr t Of th. tMboU .hfwrrttbmrk vvrrtmirrUs tin a short time,' he said; ''i: jm feo Llhg to assume great responsibility; 'It is iivi i xiiiiio iuviic, uvwtvur. vs; "For thirty years 1 1 have been Hit ening to" public; sentiment, . ap,d .every public servant who listena to the.vcall of he soul of-America Is sure to get along. I firmly believe the ' soul of America is , right. . X -firmly belleye : in the destiny of Avneriea and I ' am ?o .ing to my tasks with full,, confidence.' At the Elks tonight a special group of candidates, to. ; be known In. frater nity records as . the "Harding", class," was Initiated with " a ceremony : in which the -President-elect - played - a leading role. . v. .... ... , Small Party Wit Htas The party accompanying Mr., Hard ing south is the smallest with which he has traveled since his nomination for the presidency. It consists only of the President-elect, , his secretary, George B. Christian, . Jr., Harry M; Daugherty, of Columbus, two ste nographers and a dozen secret,"serylce men and newspaper correspondents. His physician,. Dr. C. E. Sawyer, is not makine the- trip, because of - business interests here, and Mrs. Harding is toi io to Florida only after a Chopping trip in tne eai. one- eiycu is iu , icave tomorrow or Saturday for" Washing ton. .' . ' ' ' ,J A Btory of Mr. Harding's devotion to one of 'his fellow townsmen came to light by chance tonight after, it had been kept a secret for several, weeks from' some of tbbse most, directly con cerned. It inVolved a financial guaran tee by the President-elect : to enable his church to continue salary of a pas tor who has been incapacitated since last July. . . , . Helps Strieltem Minister The minister is Dr. Thomas E Mc Afee, of the Trinity Baptist church,' of which Mr. Harding is a trustee, vr. McAfee was 'stricken -with paralysis more than-, six months agoand the strain of paying his salary In addition to that of an- acting paator weighed heavily on : the church treasury. The question, came to a, painfull isspe at a meeting of the trustees at the begin- ning of the new year, and Mr: Harding volunteered to pay the salary of the new pastor from his own pocket if that of Dr. McAfee were continued. The President-elect asked that the arrangement be' regarded as confiden tial and " so well was the request ob served that few' members i of -the con gregation have, learned of it. :;. : . DURHAM SHRINERS yORM A CLUBHAND CELEBRATB IT . - , :, v... ..... ;; : . . m r - ,:. ? " (Special to ,Tle Star) DURHAM, Jan. 20. Durham shrlners tonight celeebTated the organization of the Durham Shrine club with - a. ban quet attended by more than 75 mem-, bers - Potentate W. R. Smith, of Raleigh, attended tht banquet and was the principal speaker. Secretary Joe.; F. RhemV of- ef ' Bern. secretary of Sudan ' temRlet,.and" a number, ot -other 0ut-qTtoyr4- Shrlners,'' of prominence were' in attendance ' t ; . -L .; ' r ASidC from: tire regular program, car-- ried out the Shrlners stagea a-regular minstrel,' several stars of the etage be. ing inoludein ;the'cast1' ; '' NEGROES ' AT HARNETT FAIR ' I " ;:.:'-7lseUl-to star) ; - DUNN, - Jan. , 20. Negro. ; f armers, teachers and' School children,. tf -the Dunn 'district; are Planning' to play an important part In the 1921. session of the' Harnett fair to be held here next October." Directors 'of the- association have decided to' devote a section of each exhibit t hall and Vatoek jbarn tbj negrd exhibitors-" and already, the- colored oeonle are-plahnlng t make thefts de partment ' creditable: to ' the y race and- helnf ul to the- enterprising .jspirit ' an. parent In" most of the negroef - - . . ' LEAVE AMERICAN SHI SEARCHED FOR DE VALERA v.a .i .n j , J.i v.. Sv l v I v a-45.- " ''v l?i I'i; ' V vr' y J PRESIDENTELECT LEAVES BEHINDm SULLEWSENATE Some of the Senatora Are Everi L :t Have Broken Back of 1 0ne f '-'J-"L ca '-.-'- - --.--rv ii h' . i' By MARlt STJtLlVAN (Copyright,- "by :.N. Y. Post.- Inc.)' WASHINGTON, Jan.' ' 20. It is quite true that - Harding, starting ' south, leaves a ; sullen' senate hehirid - him: i Some of them; are': more '"than- sullen; they , are threa'tenlh'g: Ai)aongthem selves they occasionally say, and'would like 'to have! . the .hewspapers ' say iub llcly what theSr-themselves afe -not bold' enough ' to ' say publicly,! name y,' that they . have - "broken ' the hack of one president and", can' break the back of another." f ' f- ' " - 'BuV viewed-in 'calm ; judgment; they aren't really as belligerent' as that. If there -is a fight -between Harding and the senate; Harding. ' can' win' if he wants to. ' In' -fact, i the' ve'ry -position the senators- take just how marks , the measure of the subjection' to which Harding - has - already brought 'them.i The . ' senators say ! they don t ' want Hughes - for secretary of state; they say they want '.Root But ""when' they say they want Root,' they- have already progressed a 'lohg.tistarice in Hard ing's direction, w i ' -, Lodge aa Secretary Two months ago, the -senators flouted the- name 'of Root and- threatened re bellion if Harding should C9nsider him.; The senate's first choice, f ob secretary of state was . Dodge. Whether 5 Doige wanted it himself is a. fact whose1 only home is within-that -self-contained sen' ator's' skull, v-sonie" o( the other " sen ators say Lodge" did want it, and many, of them say. ljodge wanted at .last ths. honor 1 of being invited. Lodge had just finished a hard "two. years oLJight ing .' witMn the'-field .of foreign , rela tions,, ano; that the-, office of secretary of state should haVe 'been . offered to one who had .no part in that fignting Is. bitter" disappointment .fo' thei senators- . . Next to Lodge, - practically all ; of the strongly tlrrecdncilable senators,? and some of .the. others- as.:' welL. .wanted Knox.) .'Next to Knox they .'wanted a third man from their;. oWn membership, Albert Fall of -New "Mexico. That may. seen absurd - to ears outside the senate. It is trUe,. nevertheless. That .Fall' has no 'public reputation that would' commend- him for; this, office iandCnoi. expe rience " that would "equip him ' for it makes no difference. - He was Tone s'of the senators, he was. on their ; commit tee 'bn foreign relations, and that was enough for his" fellow 'senators. - The very. senators.. who are: now complairi ing bitterly against , the appointment of Hughes, . because, they say,' he! has had : no experience -: with European af fairs, ' fail -ito see :the humor : of: their suggestion in the next, breath thaf it would be .'perfectly acceptable to take Senator s Fall, from r the . wilds of New Mexico, 'and put him in charge of our European relations. ' f ' '. , - ; i t'V Hughes 'Wont Take Orders, ' If ; the.: senate -could not . have one of these three,; their: next choice was and is. David Jayne Hill. Hill has an ade quate - equipmeht- .of ? experience and knowledge, butt the ' thing thati most odmmended .him ito the - senators i was the fact that he is, as .they .express it, "ai man Who will take" WrdersJ' : That f is 'the- whple.ibur'den. of.-ihelr sullen- ne.1aboutdHughes.T .-Tnejr. know tnat Hughes Will iwprk out hjs own policies. That , is - ii shock to . the 'senate ; theory of our foreign- affairs. -i-They think our, f orelgn- i relations . should .bet-jnanaged by':ther senate" and i that I th secretary. tf state should merely carry into effect the poneies' that. the se"nate. lays' down. Thechairman ! ofc the enate. committee on foreign affairs . has been quoted as saying,, that . of- course -: he; would ex pect'; the1' next; secretary.; of-tate:.to work .with - him ; as comfortably.' .as he would -exp'ect the:secretary "of hisown committee to work-with;; him.',' ; Sen ator Penrose expressedi the same thing publicly and with .decided excess tot confidence :, when - he . said, '1 , dof not think it , matteraimveh. who,; issecre-t th-eltajry of state. vongress-r-especiauy tae UeaaU-wlU bU.thw ta-WBMQ- tajry of state, congress especially tae .... . . j .i - , fv.' When, the steamship Portia' recently arrived at Dublin from Ne vrj York, a-' party of armed -- British soldiers hparde'd ' the vessel and searched It from 'bow to stern ln the hopes of finding Eammon De Valera, 'president' of the Irish re- public," whom' , they thought was . hidden aboard.. No one was allowed to leave the' vessel while the search was in progress. No signs of the . elusive . Irish,' leader., were. ' found. The photo : shows :a British sentry standing 'ard:vat.-thV' 'gangway, eepingj themeran aboard the vesseU -.; '., , , ' Threatening, Boasting They '. President; rand. Can Break ! in , ,j.-;S --:--r1r;-.'. . . ; r. won with, our- foreign policies. ' I- do not think, we .; will be satisfied to sit back. and take, the program of any sec retary of. state.?'-.;- ' Hughes is not'expected toconform to that theory. Hughes r yrll go on the : principle tnat-tne' .senate has the same power ovei "foreign 'affairs as it has over postmasters, 'the power of ratify ing or confirming what the executive has "already done. -' Nobody need be sur prised that the senate', does not like the suggestion of Hughes. . Regard: Hngb.es as" Tyrant - When I say "the .senate,'".-1 am neces sarily speaking loosely:' What I mean is that these views' are held by a group , of powerful Republican 'senators who aren t ooia enougn to utter them pub- Z?8Z T?T'Jhe nW8papers to present them in indirect discourse, Just what individual senators compose the group Is not possible to say; but I have been told by. oie of r them that all ' of the 10 Republican senators on the foreign affairs ; committee regard tne appointment- oi Hughes with dis taste, and would - brefer - Root. When 'asked -their- reason, they ' Express it in an epigram by saving 'Hugh,es Is both a- tyro and -a tyrant" By "tyro" they mean that Hughes Is inexperienced in foreign-affairs; by 'tyrrit" they mean that he is unbending in character and temperament: "They.-? put it on the ground thatv he is'.too direct -and stiff to be successful in diplomatic negotia tions with '-foreign ambassadors; but their: greater concern is lest he should be unbending- in - his i' relations with thefnselves. : For :. the : objection that Hughes 4a Iriexperfeiiced in comparison with Root; there is complete justifica tion, and that objection has been made and Is still' being ;madeT to Harding by persons outside the senate, and npt af fected by i senatorial, -prejudice over loss, of power persons, who have only the pufrHc . good-. 14 -: view. - These men have told -Harding- what is true, that it will take .? Hughes a-year to learn what Root already knows about for eign affairs., . .- , ,;. . I suspect. Harditag will not be moVed by senatorial objections to Hughes. Harding has a Streak of steel in him, and the : senators are uncomfortably aware-of ;it. , Not only on this point, but all Along the line,, Harding can beat the senate If. they choose to make war on. himy If tthat fia-ht is to coma .Harding, will be in. a .better position at tne oeginnlng of his term than at any other time. Harding has several thousand . offices- to., -distribute, and patronage judiciously administered or withheld is a powerful solvent of sen atoriar belligerency. - Also, Harding, however he has dis appointed; several of those who thought he was going to be the senate's agent In the 'white house, still has In the senate several members who - remain his friends on personal grounds and will stand by him. ' LITTLE SCHOOL GIKI RUN ; DOWN AND KILLED BY ENGINE '' (Special to TheStar) DURHAM. Jan. 20. Tne remains of Violet Buchanan, 10-year-old daughter of Louis "Buchanan, 7of . Oxford, who was .'fatally: injured 'yesterday after noon ..when. aT Southern railway, shift ing engine rah her down ln this city, were , taken ' to her home this morning. The . fatal .accident 4 occurred when the .little "girl was attempting' to cross the. tracks, at Corcoran street en route to, the home of her aunt from school. She has been living w:tn her .aunt in this .- city .several montns- in . order to attend ' school, here, sne was knocked down .by the engine and : the wheels crushed her . legs, off. ne lso ln- sTzmZj'.1 hospital, tf IIIJUISU ' BUS ' UIEVI Vfc - ULfti tw ; hoars aTterwarda. . - -L,'T - V VL? r vV ... M a - - -..-.-.v.-.-. ..wtw.i.v. .-. v.v.w.wi-jj i, -.---.v.-.- vW.-.-j.'.-.-ic i i - V r I Xi-Jv' i ' l .'i, I i Til S ifii I Vr? VNW? .vS : I BW.U ' ' iJr rA'.'.". .V.v.-,' '.O -v -NO G-. tnomnicc ATTitimc he uiu I luioi. h i.iii uui. ur FOREIGN GOVERtlUENTS TOWARD U. Si SHIPPING National MerchanC Marine Assk ciatjon ' Heats Sensational ; ' . Allegations- . AID BRITISH TRADE International Marine ' tharged , With .Leaguing .With the British Admiralty ' I WASHINGTON Jau; 20-liirecC and implied criticism of thet attitude, of British and other foreign, shipping Jn- . teresta . toward ' theJ,v newly ' created i American - merchant marine permeated : today's sessions of .the second annual convention, of the- National -Merchant Marine association ' ' , J'. "" j 'Homer ii : Ferguson,"' Newport-'News ship uilder,r concluded : the; day's pro- -; gram with the declaration that the United States, If -necessary should adopt discriminatory;' legislation - to-. hold its place pn.the seas. Seta Off BombhU The" bombshell of the day however, was set off by Senator Jones of -Wash-Ington, chair roan ,'pt the .senAte com- . merce committee ,ad author ' of the merchant marine act, who told the convention V that"? the - Internatlorfal " Mercantile Marine company, one of the largest Amt lean ship operating: con- : cern.-was bound by aiy agreement with the British adrhlrarty ;: to conduct Its ,t business "In ' the interest of 'the BfTt- '. ish government' and 'British' trade;" ,To ' support his statement the Washington , Senator read to the cinventldn the text of an agreement . which he said the In- ' j ternationajl Mercantile Marine com - ' j pariy 'had!. entered: into ' in , 1903 for a I period .of 20 years, and ''followed this with sweeping charges of attempts ny British Interests," aided, he eald, by cer tain American interests, ,4't6 destroy the : American merchant marine." The sena tor also . declared tthat' 'despite this agreement the shipping: ' board - had; leased. 4fc of . Its ships to the Interna- tional Mercantile Marine. , .m - : " Franklin Enters Dentil ' "-', Senator .Jones' declaration brought an immediate reply from. P. . ' A; S, . Franklin, president of" the Internatlon-i "v, al Mercantile Marine company,- who ac. - feue theWaaliMgtnrnator of -betrig-!" "unfair,-: and added;.-: ? ' .: ' - f. ; , "All of .these ' agreements to which V- he refers . have been , before the ship-: ping- board- and .have . been- approved. Judge Payne, a when he 'was chairman of the board, passed 'upon them and said they were ;quite satisfactory -t " Declaration- by Senator Jones " that an agent' of ! the shipping board In" New York who was a former employe ;of , the ; International Merfcantlle Martne company had: opposed v an establiitj?- ' ment of an American shipping line be-, tween Newark, N. ' J., and .England be cause "it would Injure the business an inquiry as to the. name of the former employe. Upon beinr told that lt-'wks' a Mr. Andrews," Mr. Franklin said that ' his concern had never employed a man of that name.'. .- "' ' f ' ' : Can Prove Case More, questions - from - Mr.. Franklin ' brought from Senator Jones the state ment that he .was .compelled to re- turn to. the senate, but that, Mr, Franklin would... be: glven every on- . portunity to prove hiscase. v . Admiral Benson. - chairman - of the. shipping board, .another' speaker on the convention'- program,' who heard Senator Jones'-address,' said he wpuld place a copy of the agreement referred to before the board with 'recommenda tion that such action be taken as war-. , ranted.' He added that he ohly recently learned of the agreement and was aot in sympathy with "it. - ' ' " : Senator. Jones, in the course of his ' address also accused the chamber of commerce of the United States .and its magazine The Nation's Business, ' as. "' well as the .New York chamber of commerce, of ' "wittingly or unwit tingly" aiding. British shipping- inj terests in their fight against the Ameri can Merchant Marine. . Brltlva and Southern , Parts ' He declared these organizations sought with eastern' trunk railway of ficials to cancel the present, equalisa tion of exbort freight rates from cen- tral freight, association' territory to gulf ' and .'south Atlantic ' ports.' Ac complishment, of "this; he . added, would turn exporting and importing business J from! the gulf and south, Atlantic ports to New York, .where,, ; he asserted, the -British shipping' interests are. centered: ' Chairman- Benson, in addressing 'the convention ' declared . as , the shlppine: board was charged' by. law ' t0' establish a permanent merchant marine, it must ' move slowly and 'wit assurance in ft. Bale of ships. .. ..j..,".-" ' ;",--' -' .;-'.V President Franklin of the 'Interna-: tional Mercantile Marine, . addressing : delegates to the convention aK a din- ' ner tonight,. however, declared that the '' sale of government, owned tonnage as . directed . by -congress could not be ac- ' 1 complished until .the government 'puts its shipping house in. prder; MERCHANTS. MUTUAL, DOING ; FINE JtNSURANCE BUSINESS ' ' (sitedal to' The Star) , -'V ! STATESVILLE, Jan.. 20. Grafylng .' reports of the past, year's business were ; heard by the directors of the Merchants' Mutual Fire ' Insurance -company of ;: North Carolina, In. session at the home J office of Jthe company here today. , The annual .statement 'of condition ': sub-"" mltted by Secretary 'Paul Leonard and ' Treasurer R. L. Poston. showedthat the : company- has had a remrakable history ! since it began business 18 months ago. , having suffered only.; two very . small fire losses during, the. entire, time. - The business of the company is growtV( ing steadily and today's reports showed i a substantial gain In the cash surplus ; oyer a year ago. Re-Insurance con- J tracts recently made with large mu tual retary were approved .by,.too--:dIretor.;:.:.-;.5..;.;'.ii Out-of-town -directors-present were J.,--.. -yj H Frank Morris f-Winston-Saleni. presl- 7-: den. of the potnpany, and Q H,- Me-: Knight of Greensboro, and J. N. Mc- Ht Causland and B, F. Roajrlc of Charlotte. i f! ' t.-iS. -n,;'' in p!1 ;! v.;"rf M 4 ,: If s m vi" . li-i t m if : :- ' ' i ;Yj i! mm ... . -, Vl h Hi mm zv -f; ift "f ?:. ' v: i f 'it'-tl m- J: '.- ' 1 t' .fUr . .1. i 1 ml ' -"I mt) 'i;.:.: " :' '! P - . Ii". :i '- : 1 r. m :, .:?... .. : 1 . ? .. . ul ...... : j.:.r!-
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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