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CrK. - '-Vr; The Weather-: Voir aiifl warmer weanesuay,.Thurs j,v increasing cloudiness. - ; d Bivcr tK Fayettevllle ye.ter- Leased Wire Associated i v Press NepaprK v 131 r , - vviM :;1) ; -; XOt. CVI. No. 165. EVER PROMISED IWVE not OBf.ED law in 10 WIPE OUT BILLIONS OF DEBT W. Lamont, Morgan Thomas Banker, Tells Harding the Repbrt is Untrue , . CABINET IN REVIEW Givc Consideration to i Its Members ,T AUGUSTINE. Fla., Feb. 15. pjcfident-eicci naiumg iuu ftviewed liis cabinet decisions with "his campaign manager and prospective postmafter-peneral. Will H. Hays, and Reived from a member of President Wilson's Pace delegation unqualineil (diation of tire allied war deot was jad? at Versailles. The conference with Mr. Hays, gen- I trally interpreted as conclusive evi dence that the Republican national chairman is to necome a memoer 01 jlr Hardinar's official family, is un derstood to have covered every feature 0 the cabinet situation, as well as various questions or poncy. ine two fere together for several hours.- and although no formal announcement fol lowed, the President-elect said .their uis omitted none of the problems fac- ;Dj the next administration. No Pro in I iw to Allies netails of what happened at Ver- luilles in regard to cancellation of the ten billion dollars war debt were ?!ven to Mr. Harding by Thomas W. IUmont. a member or the Morgan tanking firm, and a fiscal attache of the. peace commission. In a statement ifter his conference with the Presl- Ident-elect. he made flat denial of .re- rent stories of a mysterious agreement l.o wipe the war debt off the books. I and said he had assured the President elect his administration would be as free and untrammelled as air in deal- Mr. LamontV" statement attracted Mr. Lamonte's statement attracted I particular attention because of .his In timate Knowleflgre of the Versailles jotiations and because his firm Is ithe principal fiscal agent in this country 'or the debtor powers. Mr. Hardin Is Understood tolhave discussed with him I till own proposal for converting the ieb! . into -tgotiabl- -taperr-lHit wither would Vomment afterward. on that; feature of the discussion. Mr; iJWWiit did say, however, ' that1 ; lie 'otind the vlpws of the President-elect sane and reassurinar."' "", Tomorrow -Mr. HarclinR will continue I Ms conversation with Mr. Hays and 'tpects also to seP Harry M. -.DaUKh- r"y. his nre-conventlon ramrkaltrn 'anaper. who Is understood to be Islsted fnr, attprney-jrennral. Several nher prominrrit party leaders are to lf n"re later in the week. Annonnrr-mrnt was made todav that he rresido.nt-elect and Mrs. Hardlnr pnid hold a reception tomorrow :ht to other suests of the fashlona Me hotel which is their home here. Sulfa : , m , i- nr. arin,ii trom wasnington fs. Hard ink has nttPTrmtofl no snrtal ll'Jtios and has rpmQ Inarl In h rnlto fstlns. Sfsfemnt 0f r.nmnnt " The stafsmrnt. of Mr. Lamont - who ""I? here at Mr TIarrliTiir'- InvltoHnn "I found that President-elect Hard- 'H Wifht-f tn aslr m - Kmif artaln Pies of n,p international financial f iliation which had come under my r,?rv?.tion' rluriT1s. my attendance at I I'rdrp conrprpTIrn at Pari In "TO. ton, that Senator Uaritlne- h '""'elf bpon i PKllt to til" samo .ItimtlAK T "i say at onoo Wist ViJ vlnmr 1 hAth .nn reassurine. He hen, . hv 'tlaimlnB anv ahilH-r r flo na "him sav that manv nt Vitm ancr p. ""J wy0 WOI-P Vfru ni.iHnal! am u7 hp. result of careful, cool and , : ul " 1 was aDie to assure ' repuiPnt.it v,4. ti i i . nV M.n T . N't inoi UiriO IS H.UBV V nn ti-.,.u i .t . . . h. me statement De-r nsantly repeated to the effect " hip napp conference in Paris c'e was t-n, . . !wpp secret unaerstanaing wnson .and nis aa- On tllf nn W..'L a n and British renresentatlvcs on ."lennoss . u .T- itrri LllclL LOR UIIIRQ ?JH in tlio United States or in pat be can- I'd. I is nnlv f"ir to say that from in . t .. . 1 1 1 1 . n r. 1 1 n f;thniif ""a nis advisers, "l "iison and m flnai . nvva vigorously rMla,in; "1lon suggestion or mere was no "nt "M-.reKpel or Implied, 'near ri r ... 1 IhAu or ot.nerwlse.;a. to mi,. "s "r ,hp allies' indebtedness '""IP m....i a. ini lit. ar S "f the allies p'l .Stales '"- llirp, Stale. 1,. I . As Air" n V 1 , from to assure Senator Hard- "ly knowledgre of what took Paop r.onf (TcricG. that as h - vw.iry in tins whole mai ls air ree and untrammelled lavirio- . " -: P th-rn,!"- I want to add rttou J ".'nt-eiect showed, as I 'Hon'.-, ?n in,','-est in the whole rom hi s expressions. , I til e idea that if, and anolV-1" com0 for dealing with !bt4nes. ,'on? of international ln- ill an ' "f '"fends to handle fhem Ped sf . . t0 tli welfare of ; the Ir.-,, ard in a lars- ina of i TiuTany." KTrrr - i 'I If! rr - ,r 1EFORB COMMITTEK bv f ;;Feb- 15.-The bill lr ntro 1... '"UP th at ltlrlty' Pvldlng for-aecet l"e hnc was defeated -be m "Oliso committer tA.,. v.v. oW0;1.1 unfavorably. Neal rental' il ,urox ot Forsyth, -were 'lev "1 this action urViti r no- riilw. -'-'".e jr"oe and a numVtA ..0!nen urged a favorable .JIT men . declared-; their f ,V. -;':- .' :H'-: . ..-..r ... - .. : . i - -r2 , i - , 1 - .,..,,, - ; : RECRltfho Je Oered That. Penitentiary Should Be Made Ready forousing Insane, Now Kept in Jails Because rnere is No Room in ie Asylum, and- the Order Has Been ,v Ignored So Far. x ' r , , . - ... . - M1" star Bbtwiw, sible within a ehort time to fix up itiffc H4e1' the, portion of the state prison not xwuh, icb. 15. It is little less i 7,, a cr.me i thal " the penitentiary building-, which is capable of housinS- ierg, especiany jn view of the iact that -the legislature to yeavs ago, passed a law requiring that, the prison auhorities make .ready to turn;, this building- . over to the state hospital J-wo years time, ; declared Sen- ator AicCoiji -today,, in discussing th t.ZZ ucea zo Postpone a overauon oi- tne law requiring that the stale cept every applicant for admission on ana atter July 15. . . The Vance county man had nrviAn. ly explained' why it was necessary to introauce sucn a 'bill and it looked like It was on the way to passage when Senator Hartsel interposed an objection. -. "It doesn't sound ritrht tn m ' tin bill1 to postpone admission of people tor two years when there are 1.Q00 insane people in the jails of the state." Hartsel -- declared. "If . there is - one thing I promised during the campaign it was that some provision would be made for taking care of these people, I don't want to postpone admission to the hospital. I want to begin tomor rpw aorae action which will look to wards preparing the way for their admission to the hospitals." r That statement brought McCJoin back to his feet. This time he-eaaaH his . mind of something that has beeri Duraening It. t He told of. the passage of tfce law , two ..years ago, requiring that the state hospital authorities take peunenuary ouuaing Marcn 15, 1921. The building1 commission iad recommended that th change could be made, and that the Denitentiarv building could be converted into an asylum for Insane people capable : to care for 1,200 patients at a cost com paratively small when the ' cost of a new building was considered. ' Dunlap of Anson, interrupted to in quire: "Why has not that! law been complied with?" . - Blames' "Peannt Politicians" - "That Is what I want to know.' Mc Coin exclaimed; "there is soro mistak about it; tblAgs; have reached a point in ' the state , when -,tner wishes -of. -the legislature can' TerdefeatM Jnre-. nut' politicians who darawSalarfesfrpm- Ever 4inc f ttie legislature "Convened, rnerrnbers. "jbt. this, house - and the - other house 'hayV'1)en' Banuled antoirid- lile8 and . shown why the, penitentiary couia not - oe .movea. - ,-i nis naa -. oeen done by men who did not even occupy an executive position, 'but were merely clerks, and the result v was the law passed by the 1919 legislature has been carried out." . " - Senator Nash asked would It be pos- MRS. VARNER WITNESS IN SENSATIONAL CASE! Denies Allegations Made By Her ; ; Husband and Asks a'Rea sbnable Sustenance" GREENSBORO, Feb. lt. Mrs. Flor ence C. Varner was the star witness today in United States district court in h er suit "against her husband; H. B. Varner, chairman of the state prison board , and prominent newspaper pub lisher of Lexington, N. C, for a 'rea sonable subsistence from the ' estate of the defendant. Mrs, Varner is lay ing claim to some property of the de fendant in' Lexington -estimated to be worth J50.000. - The suit, for "reasonable subsistence" is Mrs. Varner' s reply to the proceed ings at Lexington last August wnen her husband instituted divorce' pro ceedings against her . and at the same time started suit for. $100,000 against n . Baxter McCrary. a negro, for al leged alienation of his wife's affections pe.a "?"-vy,." j o;:;" rr;; Ta . xne mai in umu ;?, - . A Mrs. Varner was on i the stand most of' the day on direct , , 1 eti.Ak AtH irAl tr lanS(1 i examination. Olio - 8&t "tS'the nroiPWt d to show a reduction of 20 per Me??d ili M vfrJSwS wis cent. Last year France purchased mucgafnst X ?wlS If ith" McCrary' had contriDUtea io,.?ner . I hunhand's campaign fund rVAr ha I was a candidate for congress and that "her husband- was exceedingly proud of It." The witness told of McCrary in.. .Mini,, fnr the Lexington Dis- Datch Mr' Varner's paper, which .'the I witness tried to nave atoppeu. Mrs. Varner testified that Fred Sink, business manager of Mr. Varner's-pa-Mr. Informed her about ilve years ago that there was uub . ruuv . u " & " vLitintfTher house. Sink asked her If 1.11. V. tf- tkA iArrtA 1 visiting .her house. Sink asked ner , lr the Pittsburgh NaUonali at Hot Varner knew it. to which tlie .witness igp rings'. Ark., and a fortnight of play replied that he did. Mrs. Varner testi- wlth other teama. on the. trip north, fled that she thought Sink was of th9.jrnoge completed announced today' In -opinion that she was treating Mc- j cluded t v March ,17-19 Pittsburgh ' Nki Crary as ' an equal, and had ner tiopals at Hot Springs; April 5, Roches- that he: thought that she was intimate Internatlona8 at Bamberg, S. C.f with,vMcCrary. . . - : '.,. April 6 Rochester at ; Camden,T-S. C.; ;r..1vanr;- rat Sink telephoned her. at was the night Sf August 9 that McCrairy. is alleged to have been taken from under the Varner Some by S , Lexington v citUens. Mrs. Varner testified that following - the August 9 incident, she wired her .hus band to come home at once. , . BELGIAN HEAfvTT IS .WINNER ' CHARLESTON, v wv,o . claims the , heavyweight wrestling ; championship s of lgium, Zil Viv . decision over Baba Has an. the heavyweight',. when Hassan was injured after 44 minutes and 25 seconds of wrestlin. Hassan was not seriously hurt when he, was thrown to thVwt;4i; . C ' " ' v ' ; WJJLMGTON, N. STATE PRISON I now- being used for prison purposes J f or the insanne. McCoin'thousht pos sibly , this could be done and that it 1 J IV . ilil . J A. ' 1 i. 1 wum oe xuiQit io nccommoaaie a large ?3ld thl rS.Na i that the bill be recommitted in order that "somethinsr" might be worked . out. - C XlefoMe to Fllow BoWle By a vote of 25 to 2.0 the .senate again' refused to. follow Tam Bowie In his ; effort to abollsh forthwith and immediately the office of treasurer in Ashe county. The proposition of in-. t iinr.iv.). ti nn.f f v,o. ' w A. OA A A (V LAI n A wr: uu m A. Av J. Lll C 1. VA VJ committee wnicn. reeommenaea . tnat the senate recede from its amendment to have "the office abolished at the termination: of the present incumbent's term: was ueiore tne Bennie ana sum ner Burgwyn secured the recognition of .the chair: to oppose the adoption! of the-report. J He declared that the t recent .'Democratic caucus had not1 changed his -mind about this bill.' The conscience of North Carolina, if there is sucn a mmg as a political con- , science, will be shocked by this po litlcal thuggrery," ' Burgwyn declared. He thought it would do more to hurt the Democratic party in North Caro lina than 'anything else that could be done. The party to a man in his section of the state would repudiate any such action. He again went over the history of ; the case, calling- attention to the fact hat ' the man Bowie was seeking to oust was a. Republican and one-half ' thepay of the office would go to the Democratic sheriff if the bill passed. He could not figure ' out ?iow two wrones would make a right, and would , not t support tne . dui, even tnougn 1 was asked ty his personal and po- litical friend from. Ashe county, Watb DlsUlcea Bowie Bill Senator Nash was another one whos m'ndhasnot been : changed by th Democratic, caucus. t He hel dno brief for the Republicans; in fact, he had been taught that they were bad. When his- father used to . read - the, .code of the misdeeds of the "publicans .and sinners" from the Bible, . the Richmond county man, then a boy, thought '-'tth Holy i Scriptures referred to :Reput lloans. He told of a Republican whp mqvjed into his county. Joined thi, Bap. rtlst chufch and got along swimmingly j ruhtU'eirctifcn'-vday. Jjthatfcwifcs Baptists ofi.hl jehureb inet,. preferred . charges and turned . the . Republican out' of the church.' ' " ' " ' V ' . "I was not a mehiberof that church, but I' fully approved of - its action." Senator Nash declared. But even .with this hardshelled prejudice against the Republicans, - his idea of justice re volted; at-;the kind or thing tne bill Ashe proposed to do. offered" by the representative from GOHON EXPORT TRADE OUTLOOK VERY GLOOMY Additional Consular Reports Say European Situation Is Unpromising WASHINGTON, - Feb. 16. Prospects for increasing the foreign sales of American cotton were described as un promising in", additional consular re ports transmitted to the senate today by President Wilson in response to a resolution of inquiry. Foreign ex change, labor and - other conditions were declared unfavorable to purchases from the United States during the present year. : . Italy, the consular report said, Is ex pected to require between 40,000 and 50,000 bales of American cotton this year as compared with a normal de mand of 60,000 to 65,000 bales. Present Italian stocks, it was reported, are am ple for two months. ; ' Prospective purchases of American cotton by Sweden were placed at 70, 000 bales this year, as compared with normal nua hlsesf frVm ooo to 170.000 bales, sixty per cent of a.-y, snlnrtiP- were renorted Mie X Frencb .purchases of American cot- ronnrtn rA'v i n mi i if in tv i in uuiuiiasea ji , iuiirji i r -r.-..-r ..... . ... . Can CUllUH ilUJiouu t. a.o ou w "bright," but only about oneiflfth or the spindles of Czecho-Slovakia were reported In operation. RED SOX TO PLAY THRSh IN SOUTH CAROLINA IN APRIL . BOSTON,- Feb. 15. The spring train ing season of , the Boston Americans will Include a, five-game series 'with Aprtl 7. Rochester. at, Darlington, SC. PRESIDENT WILSON ATTENDS C i CABINET AT WHITE HOUSE w nson toua-y, tor tne nrst time- since his " illness,? went; to the. cabinet. Tobm in -'the white house executive offices for the weekly-cabinet nieetihg; Since he has heen aJbleo attend the weekly ' sesr sions the President has tneti'the cahi net members at tme ' executive' man sion, y ' - - The meeting' was held' at thB execu- tive ' offices today for the purpose "of permitting-a last photograph, to be made of -the President with - his 'cabi net. , r ", G-WEDNESpAY MORNING, PRESIDENT GALLED ON BY THE HOUSlSFORMN ITEMIZED STATEMiNT Republicans Want .to KnoTr Howl 150 Million of War Fund s Was Expended - " . DEBATE IS HEATED - y. - -- Democrats Bitterly: Oppose Res- olution and Cite Spanish War History- WASHINGTON, Feb. :i S, heated debate, the house ate After today upon adopted a .resolution calllnr President Wilson for an itemized state ment ; showing disbursements and al-. lot'ments of th $150,000,000 war fupd voted by congress. .. . ; ,. " ' - - - . The resolution, which was adopted, 211 to 79, was attacked by Democrats. who charged ; that it was put forward at - this time to defame and malign President Wilson in ; the vclosinsr daya of his administration. .. Reference to T expenaitures Dy tne American peace commission at Paris fanned the flames ; on the Democratic side, and turned the debate " into strictly partisan channels. Democrat Arc Aeeaacd -Chairman Good, or the appropria tions committee, who reported the reso lution, Introduced by1 Representative Gould, Republican, i.-W fork, declared that if any injustice had been done the President the Demdcrats were re. sponsible,: hy attempting to create the impression that V'ther, was something I crooked in the money spending," when, .the resolution itself did not intimate; that there' had been any thlnsr imnroner ivxr. uooa aecimea to onrer an amend ment calling bpon the various gov-J erment departments for an accounting. wnicn was the method adopted, Demo crats stated, In asking for an account ing of Spanish, war funds in President McKinley's day. After the chairman had made a pre liminary , statement as to What had been shown by partial reports of ex penditures, Representative Byrnes. Democrat, Tennessee,, declared that while he had no' objection to adoption of the resolution, he': thought -the ln- rormation should toe.,-sought . from' de partments to . which -the money had been allotted,,; The President, hi said. and .that It was merely, an attempt to make- it appear he was -unwilling .to present the f ecord. - . , WH1 Kever Forget Wllnda . "The American people will never forget the great , achievements of Woodrow ' Wilson," "said Mr. Byrnes, "and his name .will : fill-the brightest pages of history 'after his dictators are dead and forgotten": - RepresentatlVesByrries, South Caro lina, and Dewalti Pennsylvania, Dem ocrats, bitterly assailed the .resolution, Mr. Byrnes ' insisting that congress. after the Spanish-American war "did not attempt tolnsul.t vMcKinley." Mr. , Byrnes said h, did-; not r believe there was a man small -enough to question i the honesty of .the: PresidenC"or no peanut politician small enough to question the" amount paid for his food." - - ' ,; ROAD BILL MAKES NO PROGRESS IN HOUSE Opponents . Get Advantage "in Parliamentary Tactics Morning Star Bureau, . Yarborongh Hotel. By R. B. POWELL RALEIGH, Feb. 15 North Carolina's prospective road law came to the bat tonight with Rufus A. Doughton- in charge of the bill, and for three hours the solons talked its minor provisions without getting anywhere. The- opposition out-manuvered Doughton, adjourning by a vote of 63 to 54, when" the - pilot of the bill was trying to get. Matthews, of Bertie, to start his attack on the bill. Speaker Grler had already ruled against Mr. Doughton ' when the latter called for revJ5U!n05 "VLJ" u"r"". ""'r ma", ure were In the better ' strategic posi tion all the way through. . No debate was made on any amend ment. There were offered the provis ion submitting - the bond issue .to 'the people, the election to be held hetween- now. and July 15; ' and" .another by Barnes, xf Hertford, . striking out 'the section providing for the issuance of short term, notes In anticipation; of vthe , bond issue; The house was unable to vote on either one. - - A' vote; was sought for testing 'thte strength of the opposition to the bill, but Matthews defeated the attempt, but satisfied the,-proponents that; hie would personally lead the flpht against the measure. Barnes of Hertford; Cox of Forsyth, and possibly Neal . of Mc Dowell,) loomed. up as. supporters- 6f the opposition program. 1 . " '-. .: . ' J,': ' There Is no way to' forecast Ineni -gently iust -what- will - happen, ito ithe bill. It appears to .havet 'the right of way lnJthe-ltonse'-wltai.ltlie chatnplon. ship of 'DOusrhton,-Connor Everett- and- ? the better -known leaders. " There ' Is, however mnfth r sentiment acrainst iti and tonieht it showed .the first signs Of organizing; MenYbers of 'the aenate, ru A.-.A- . m a. . . 2 j. 4 wno are .nKnting -iuw. am, ojiyoitroa on the floor of .the .house- tonight and' as sisted 'the : representatives in the- oar-' liamehUryl rtahevers,. of , the evening? The bill will - come up again in 'the AMERICAN ASSOCIATION IS . -, 'H' t-: 'AGAINST ' MAJORS . DRAFTING 1 CHICAGO,. Feb. .15.--Clubvdwners of the American -fassocfatlon 7 today Vdted 8 to : 2 - against giving-, the , i. major leagues the privilege of: drafting play-T. ess fromthe-organlaatlon.. ' The asso elation also increased its waiver price to"b'oTym 1L750 to f t,00 against- any re calls. : The ; 1920 pennant waau formally awarded to St," Paul,'' ' ' - - - : FEBRUARY 16, 1921. INCREASED EFFORT TO M iTY Third Death in New 'York Prom i Plague Spurs Officials to Activity , USE LARGER STAFF Hasten Plans for Delousing and Cleansing All Arrivals .. From Europe . NEW YORK, Feb 15. A third death from", typhus, reported' to city health department officials today, caused In-1 creased - efforts on the part of both j city and state authorities to prevent spread of the disease, brought here by immigrants from infested regions' of. Europe. While Health Commissioner Uope land enlarged his force to insure In spection of - all immigrants arriving here, either on- boats directly from Europe or by steamships or trains from other American ports. Dr. Iceland M. Coffer, health officer of the port of New York, hastened his plans for de lousing and clensing all arriving immi grants. At the same time Commission er of Immigration , Wallis went to Washington for a conference with labor department officials. Deny... Detention Reports At the port quarantine station prep- afations were made to turn it over, o federal control by the state. The cbange, it was said, would make avail- able a larger staff of physicians and inspectors. In this connection state health officers denied reports that a 12-day detention period on Incoming ships had been ordered Dr. Copeland today notified railroad officials at Boston and other ports to Inform him when Immigrants who dis embark at those ports prepare to start for New TorkXin order that inspectors may meet them here and examine them. Ellis island, maintained under Juris diction of the ..United States, Iniralgra- 4 tion Bervice, Is not responsible tor 'the detention and quarantine of, ships car-: rylng " contagious .diseases . '.br-'. the cleansing f Tnh'tn-taf t4; Yteg'teJaV P,rABakir, EUiSislandw explained Uody :.t 3heaedutie; of the port health oi tooay. . . .xneaequueo . tie aoaeowwere officers,' wnich' in all ports of the -United states except New York, are ; ub.de the United, State public health service.- 1 . ' ' " Not Always Gnllty? "We are chars;ed with -many" things," Mr. Bakr said, "some of which we are not responsible fdr." . . Immigration .officers, Mr. Baker said, are not permitted" to " visit Incoming snips or. to nave contact with pas sengers, until they ; are ' cleared by the health officers. . First and second class passengers are examined on board and steerage passengers; due to their great numbers, are sent to Ellis island, where they are maintained at the ship's expense until released. Precautions are also .takn to pre vent diseased Or vermin-infested im migrants from coming in contact with other arrivals housed at Ellis Island. NEW RULING DETAINING A SHIP 12 DAYS IS DELATED . BOSTON, Feb. 15. Word was re- ceived from - the assistant surgeon- j general at Washington late today that the new ruling forbidlng a vessel from a European port to dock until 12 days from the date of delousing as a pre caution' against typhus, would" not be put Into effect until February 20,' ex cept with regard to steamers on. which cases of the disease were found. LARGE PROPERTY LOSS V IN A FIRE AT KINSTON Estimated at $100,000, Partially. Protected . (Special to The' Star) KINSTON. Feb. 15 Fire Of upae termlned origin virtually swept 'away the stores and stock of H. Stadium and Adler Brothers, dry goods merchants, here tonljfht with' an "estimated loss of $106,000 partially covered by'. insur ance. The flre Was discovered at 9:45 p. m., and it.-was-not-until nearly mid night that it was under control. .Several times the, firemen, fighting ' desperately, seemed to be about to get control of the flames, Only tb-Jsee them burst out anew. The , fire quickly spread to the second floor of- the struc-, tare- occupied by the firms " mentioTied, whose stocks were estimated' at $100, 0.00,, and after 10 o'clock .the firemen turnfd their attention to adjoining property in the hope of saving It..' CASE OF SLEEPING SICKNESS . v. IN FAYETTEVILLE HOSPITAL - "CSpeelal to Th Star -S FAYETTEVILLE, Feb. 16 The' first case of sleeping sickness known in this part of orth Carolina, Is engaging the attention . of . physician ; of the Cum berland general hospital, in -this- Ity: The -patlnt nag oeen suffering ; from j the. unusual malady since January 17, !Wiien he entered j the hospita.1 com- plaining" of severe headache and - nerv ousness. . -,v3 - : ' 'After a ten days'. study of the, case Drs.' W- C Verdery and T.-M.' West,; of the. hospital "staff, ' diagrnosed : .Ity as sleeping sickness. . "An eminent , physi cian from Jacksonville'. Fla., and army surgeons from ' Camp 'Bragg, "who; have seen the patient, agree with the -diagnosis'';. - i "r-: cr " The .patient is in a continual stupor, but kuffers no pain except aches in his chest and legs. He eats ' when; aroused from his stupor, and sometimes smokes, though his pipe . has - to" be 1 lighted 'for him.'---.; -'-' "-.': " ; The case .has been discussed, by the -Cumberland .. County JiedlcaL ;oclety, and -la being closely watched, by the pnysicians ot jb? ?iy. a. - OLDEST Wed fiiven i $50,000 As Damages v. (Special to T)t .Star) FATETTEV1L3U3, Feb. 15. -Fifty thousand dollars In : damages was awarded "by a -trupetior court Jury here this afternoon td Mrs. Daisy , Watson Smith, for 'the 'alienation of her husband's ? affections . by Mrs. Theresa Warner, ;of : .Atlanta Mrs. Warner's husband; Jv li." Warner, re siding in' a northern state, was made a defendant' in the suit' The jury gave Mrs.-Smith 130,000 as compensation for ,: her suffering and for the alienation of the affec tion's of her nushan'dand ?20,00O punitive da mages:; Mrs. Warner", 5 formerly lived in Fayettevllle, coming -;:'.h e r, e from Pittsburgh'; - and lier- relations with J. Hampton Siltft, Jiusoand of the plaintiff, formed the": basts of the suit; which wai for$20.000. The bearjng began Monday, and the case went :to the : jury shortly after noon today," The sum awarded Mri... Smith is . probably the largest amount ever giteh as damages by a Jury In . this county'. ; i) CASE OF THE ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM, ATLANTIC ROAD HEARD BY BOARD Railroad Men Regard it as a Key - Dispute of Very Great f Importance rvTmcimTAXT rvn -nr 4 e' in8: to -do and at what margin busl QUESTION OF WAGE i"e" could be conducted for the en- Road Claims : it Has $100,000 Monthly Deficit and Must Cut the Costs CHICAGO. . Feb. 15. The United ptates railway - labor board today heard arguments on the Atlanta, Bir mingham add Atlantic railroad's plea for " permission to reduce wagea; - Thp,. ease proaucea a wjaer; variety; oi evi dence, and 4s said by '.railroad; men "to be ,of greater importance than any other sln'gler line .dispute yet brought -;ne ., argument' ningea on wnetner the: board had", jurisdiction over the. road's financial status, which furnished the railroad's principal Vreason: - for wanting to--.reduce;age f It declared that a . reduction 6f .wages.' was 'made Imperative because the. road faced a monthly deficit of $100,000. Summed up by Col B. L. Bugg, pres ident of the " road, v the . road's, position was. .. ' - "" -.;' . ."' "Is the bbard going;:. .to'' disregard conditions of , -traffic? Is; thjs. board 'to fix rates regardless of the-;, railroad's earning power?,-.' 'If the board - can fix wages without regard to other condl-. tlons than the claims of the employes, then it Is, just as. well that we have no representation here." " For the employes,-W. S. Carter, pres ident of the Brothertiood of Locomo tive Firemen and Enginemen, -stated his case thus: "It has never before been suggested that wages be made to depend on the financial condition) of a road. We are willing .to make a test, case before the courts on the . constitutionality of the transportation act-. If the contention of the A. B. & A. stands, then, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, which Is able to ', pay1 twice as much, we will come in .'tomorrow with a re quest for an .increase'ln5: wages." Representativeat of tha A.- B. & A were on the. sthd in6st of the day. Colonel Bugg answered many points of the employes' . argume'ht . In previous testimony and added there was no use to ask the 'interstate Commerce com mission for a larger -.share of rates on hauls etehdiff beyond othe A. B. & A. lines. He said he thought the road was receiving :its -lfalr. division. "Before any conferences were called with -employes; Colonel Bugg said, of ficers of the road wehih over all the diffloulties and- -"followed, every thread which promised relief before asking for a wage reduction". Morris Brahder,-; counsel for the road, declared if 'the, board disregarded in ability to pay for. one road, It could dovso for all roads, and the result would be chaos. " He isald. the wages granted by decision "No: 2 of the labor board last July were the highest, ever paid the m:en' and were grantedrunder "Vxtraordinary4 conditions when the cost Jof living- was the highest we've known." ' ' The railroad 'testimony precipitated another protest, from the employes' side. They . 'contended!, that the origi nal dispute; arose' On the road's propo sition that.. lt-was . financially unable to pay the wares now-in effect. Later testimony a to lower .Cost of living unemployment and - comparative rates of labor laother industries were be side the point; according to E. P. Cur- -tls, of ' the'- employes committee. Attorney " Brandon- replied for the road that It was arcase of paying lower wages or scrapptngr the road. ; The dosing agreements of the after noon completed the caser which will be consldered- by K the hoard in executive session.- No - indication was given of when-a declsion- wlll. be rendered. A statementx from, the C.ordele, Ga.. board of trade, presented by Colonel Bugg said: VMA fe years ago a white barber was an oddity in south Georgia; now the negro .barber is . an exception. But iew barbers are making a llvrng." .Th Cordelle board reported that In peknut and cottonseed oil mill wages of :tralAed'iabor dropped from 12.50; and J3.75 to J1.50 and $2 per day. -TK :TIfton Qfc, contractor reported ho was paying, carpenters- 50 to 60 cents an2 hour, tryy ft-' . ' .'.''; A powder plaatat Bruiwick, Ga re ported that ; incoming shipments over the A.. B. and Ai ; had been reduced 66 2-3. per" contain the last 20 1 days apd out-going shipments over the WB9 Use wer reduced 60 per: cent, number of employes-Of the powder company being- reduced .70" per . cent and .wages I were cut 30 per oenV.v,- DAILY IN THE STATE. ppSAVOfg Klip BY JULY 1 -THE : TAXES IT WILL HAVE TO PAY: .r'-.- During Campaign It Was Prom ised Every Business Man Would Know July 1 CONGRESS IS SLOW The Time-Killing of This Session Will Keep Business World In the Dark Y By DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright W The Moralng Star) WASHINGTON, Feb. ' 15. Legislative plans for a definite understanding by ,T"W 1 of the taxes that business must, pay for this year seem to be going vu boards on account of ,the in-1 ability of congress to get much dono at the. present session which-ends In. a fortnight. - So much legislation of a general ; character will be left over for the spe cial session to be called by Mr. Harding that the plan of getting revenue leg islation out of the way by the end of June is obviously impossible. During the campaign It was whispered by tho knowing ones that every business man in the United States would be advised by July 1 lust how much of the incomo of the year 1921 ,must go to the gov ernment, ' . The date was' tentatively fixed as a goal, because many" business houses keep their books from July 1 to July 1 and it was considered valuable to know -for examnle lust how much huvv- j WLA.A a t wa f vvtivvi 110 w iiivtL had failed to do very much business In the -first six months , of the year 1921 were to be benefitted by,' the knowledge that they wouldn't be troubled with the excess profits tax either for the first or last Six months of 1921. In deed, while there has been much talk of repealing the .excess profits tax, business cannot proceed on that as sumption until action to that effect has .been given and some idea is given -as to 'the character ; of the substitute tax,".; ; ;u. s - ' Slofw Bnstness Ahead : TJntllth present congress got Into a legislative 'jam it has. seemed that March 4 would aee tha passage -of -alL . jtftnirtaTtt'api -a well as the passage -of some - general legislation; for which -'the- agricultural Interests .,of -the " country ' had been ( pressing. The danger that some ap- ' propriation bills may go over until tho next session and the farmers' organ izations will continue their fight early in the next session if, for example, the bill to control the packers falls to get through, makes it likely that the first months of the new session will be , slow moving. ,:,... Mr. Harding is being urged to call the extra session as early as March 15 though April'15,was ihe date that pre viously bad been m.-ritionod as a tarts live-date. The dale of j the extra ses sion - is of double importance to Mr, ' Harding. . First, it bears a direct re lationship to the amount of work that can be accomplished before the heat cf mid-summer affects the legislative onergles . and enthusiasm of an overC worked congress. Second, it means an avalanche of engugements for the president with members f congress who will be seeking offices for their constituents or else the advice and In fluence of the president with respect to pending legislation. President Wil son always used to shape his plans so as to, keep- congress away from Wash ington as much as possible so as to be relieved of legislative pressure but he did not succeed. Congress was al ways a millstone around the neck of . the chief executive, both In the de. mane's for favor and precious time. , Harding Will Be Busy The new president will be so busy getting his feet on the ground In the first few weeks of his ' administration that his work in cigar.izing the execu- . tlve departments will be seriously in , terferred with if he must give his im-. mediate attention tc conferences with congressional leaders. If the present congress - had . heeded . the warning; sounded by Mr. Harding when he was ' -last in Washington, namely to get as V much dene during this-session as pos sible, It would have been" feasible to postpone the beginning of the extra '. session to the latter part of April and -thus permit of at" least six weeks of . uninterrupted effort in getting the ma chinery of the executive branch of the government working smoothly. Of the many: organizations whose, legislation may be lost in the shuffle; this session, the farmers' bureaus are preparing most actively to push their, measures through before March 4. .It begins to be apparent that the erne rg- , ' ency tariff - bill will fall to become a law, even though the ' conference cpm mlttees of both houses, get it ready -to go to the white house In the next . week or- so.-. A presidential 'veto will 1 further . delay .the. bill. , 5 - . u , However, . the . bill to " control the - t packers, which, has. already passed the senate and' has been, favorably report, ed by the house, committee on agrlcul- , ture, simply awaits an opportunity for a vote. Petitions for a special rule are being circulated in the house and a demand will be made for rule that will mike 'it possible for the packer bill to get immediate consideration. Fartaere-Crettlajr-Sttre . Z . The farmers' organizations are aU ready, emitting bitter criticism , of the - . Republican' house leaders and demand- ' rt ing a new leadership for the next ses slon. This is-, their way of making. the house leaders realise- that any move .to j suppress packer legislation ,wlll not- " be -t tolerated, However the .plight of -the farmers' is no, different' Irom. that of : other organizations which ; have been clamoring for action .at the pres- -. ent session of congress and it will be : A a lucky thing ' if the two houses pas . all the appropriation bills in the short htime left before" March 4. The cause' of the "jam Is Indeed lack - : of leadership, but not necessarily con- - gresslonal management. It: is -largely due to Vthe fact that only.; ths chiet executive can steer congress and' make . it" work. Mr,. Harding was. unavold ably, absent; and Mr. tfilson's- worJ doesn't go very itr with congTes, . . t i X .' . V - 'H' ' 1 1 two year hence, n r- In 3
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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