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Senator Overman succeeded today in holding in the $50,000 for the coast guard Bervice ed the hearing of employes of the EriejThis la the item he ahd Senator Sim- railroad against; their employer before .he board today. . The petition of the errloyes charged Violation of the act an-d of decisions Of the" labor board. Representatives of , the road "denied both. The case resulted from an Order, effective Feb ruary i, feducins common labor wages ahd deducting- one day'3 pay : a week mons fought hard for ten days ago. when the sundry. civil bill was up in the senate. This puts the Pamlico in service. Argtiing for this money, Mr. Over man said: "The house did not. give enough money for the coast guard service, ' The matter of the unpatrolled condition of the coast . of North Caro- from the salaries of all employes paidllina was not brought up and not.un-r on " a monthly basis Most of the argument centered about whetne? a ruling ol tiie board on Feb ruary 12, ordering tl.e road to; make no change in wage rates was com ptilsbfy upon the fird which had al ready put ft reduction into effect. It Was conceded by the rail representa tives that intent of the order was to maintain the rates of the wage award of July, IS They denied, howevdr, violation of the' law in chang ing those rates. " -" Business depression and revenue be low operating expenses were gtven as the reason for the deduction order. Dilrihg his testimony, R. S. Par sohS,; general manager of the road, was asked by Henry T.' Hunt, public rrtembef bf the - board, " whether the road's position melint' that it would not obey the brdefs cf the boa-d. 'W can't do it," " Sir. .ParSons re pliel: :"vye. want to d everything post slble to go along with the board, but I don't know what' we," would . do ,if the bbard issued impossible orders." ' Samuel Adams, attorney tnf the Erie derstood. Every member of the sen ate knows this is the most -dangerous cf all the coasts of the United'States. The stretch- from Matteras to Point Lookout, some 300 miles rof coast,' is known to seafaring people throughout the world. . That section should be properly patrolled, and policed." The "Wilmington, custom house item put on in thet senate iff seriously ob jected to by house members and Js sub ject to a point of ' order. '.It was finally agreeo. tnat it snoum oe taKen bacK to the houset as the senator- from North Carolina -would jnptyield or allow it to go out. The house may strike it out. Senator Overman still has hopes Tor it It provides that thfc "secretary of the treasury be, and is hereby authoriseQ, and empowered to acquire bj purch'as and condemnation,'; orV otherwise, cer tain additional lan'd across the alleyj which, joins the' east- side or rear of the present sife of the custom house, appraisers stores, and etc., building1, at Wilmington N. C, aa art" addition to said present site, and pay for such ad- EASTBOUND PLANE THE WINNER MAIL CONTEST Pilot Allison x Lands at Hazel hurst Feld, N. Y. With Mail Prom San Francisco HAZELHURST, N. Y.. Feb. 23. Pilot E.' M. Allison descended at Hazelhurst field at 4:50 o'clock this afternoon with several pouches of mail from San Fran cisco. ; - The plane left the Pacific coast with another plane, later wrecked in Ne vada, at the same time that two planes started west from Hazelhurst in a test ordered by the poStofflce department in the hope of establishing a new rec ord for mail carrying machines. yictory on the simultaneous trans continental flight, therefore, goes to the eastward bound team, as one of the plans leaving Hazelhurst was forced to- alight yesterday near Dubois, Pa., and the other stopped at Chicago. Pilot Allison used the same plane that left San Francisco at 4:30 o'clock yesterday morning. . . The time consumed in crossing the continent was 33 hours and 20 minutes, beating by more than two hourslhe goal set for the coast-to-coast dash. AGRICULTURE MEASURE CARRIES 41 MILLIONS Senate Heavily Increases Appro priations Over Amounts Fixed in House EDUCATIONAL HEARING IS LARGELY ATTENDED WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.. Over a running fire from serfators who pre sented detailed objections to its pro posals for increased expenditures, the senate tonight passed the agricultural appropriation bill, carrying approxi mately $41,000,000 for the operation of that department for the year beginning next June. This Amount is nearly $9,000,000 in excess of appropriations for the current 'year, and almost $6,000,000 in excess of amounts allowed by the house, to which It was aent for conference after the senate's action. x ... k.ug iu aoiv ins ucai. nvwc- thin WAV tarT r,f acrrIiHlirn tn crn Itirnnlrh Vl i o -"0 IVCJI. Mornfar Star Bureau, Yarboronglt Hotel. By R. E. POWELL RALEIGH, Feb. z3. Train loads of educators from Charlotte, Greensboro, Asheville. Wilmington and other big towns in the state swamped down upon a legislative committee tonight and made an Impressive plea for $20, 000,000 for higher education. Capt. Bob Williams, of Asheville, and Mrs. Chas. C. Hook of Charlotte, were easily the strongest proponents of the bigger program. The hall of the house was packed almost as tight as it was during the censorship fight of the af ternoon and it irave Mrs. Hook a demonstration when she concluded her talk. Most of the arguments have been advanced. It was a ..pleasant sort of meeting with but one bit of friction and this from a rurallte who wanted the '"public schools" to get a part of the big fund. Former Senate Alf Scales was willing for a part of it to explained the road's attitude on the i ditional land from the unencumbered transportation act front the legal standpoint and denied the power of the board to continue the rates in its decision No. 2 (July 1920), until, a hearing 1 had been held a decision reached. He questioned the enforce ment powers of the board and declared Its powers were confined to the es tablishment of just and reasonable wage's. - ' This sweeping denial of authority in j the hands ofvthe board brought from U. S. Bratton, attorney for the em ployes;' a denunciation of the railroad's stand and the declaration that if there was no authority to enforce the board's decisions, as contended by Mr. -Adams, the employes "would endeavor to find (a way to make the Erie pay." ' The case brought out the most diver sified argument yet offered in any hear ing before the board over wage matters. balance of the appropriations hereto fore made fof the acquisition of a site and the erection of the custom house, appraisers stores and etc., building in said city." ASK A LAW DECLARING LABOR ORGANIZATIONS NOT CO-PARTNERSHIPS MOMENTOUS STJEP I' THE TRA K SPORT ATIOX OF" MAIL WASHINGTON', Feb. 23, Post office deP&rtnfent 'officials, while gratified at Lthe achievement of the air mail service in delivering at New Ttork tonight mall which .Jeft San Francisco yesterday morning.; said the most remarKable part of the entire performance was the-all-night,; flight -from , Cheyenne, Wyol; to Chicago, a di'stanc4 of H39. ihiles. 1 The all-night, -flight, made by Pil9 Frank 'Yager and' Jack Knight, &er monstrated the feasibility of night fly Ing, officials said, - With this statement they coupled the announcement that orders had been issued to prepare for regular night flying on the New York and San Francisco route, probably about May 1. - Otto Praeger, assistant postmaster general, described last night's flight between Cheyenne and Chicago as "the most momentous Step In civil aviation." He added that it would mean the speedy revolutionizing of the letter transportation methods and practices throughout the world. CENSORSHIP BILL GETS FAVORABLE REPORT IN ' BOTH THE COMMITTEES Continued from Page One.) that the state it now seeks to pattern a law after is the same state that gave to the union Thaddeus Stevens "who wrote ' the reconstruction laws and dared to live in Washington with a negro woman." Prend f Hie. Birth He raised high the sectional issue, declared that he was proud of -his southern irth and Democratic lean ings and as much an exponent of lib erty and unbridled thought as of the righteousness of. the "lost cause." Colonel Meekins, concluding, called him to task for voting against a bill to make unlawful the possession of obscene literature 36 years ago. They clashed several times and the Meekins wit did valiant, service. It saved him twice from humiliation. The commit tee voted openly but with a large part of the . membership from tfie senate and the house absent. The bill' will be debated during the week on . the floor. (Continued from Page One.) charged with ''seeking to - inject into American industrial life a device through which they may annul con stitutional guarantees and deprive workers of freedom and of the right to function " through their organiza tions." . Industrial Din harmony "These instruments," it was added, "serve to create in industry dishar mony which inevitably must result in a chaotic industrial condition-aha" con-1 sequent loss of production." - The conference also asked for pub lic support and recognition of: The right of the working people of the United States to organize into trade, unions for the protection of their rights and interests. The right ' t and practice of col lectively bargaining by trade unions through representatives, of their own choosing. ' - ' .' .-' The right to .work and to cease work collectively-; . . , , The declaration "in conclusion urged enactment of federal ... - legislation, "which shall .protect;, the workers in their organized capacity, against the concept that there, la a, property right in the labor of a human being." . A proposal that', tn.re oe included in the declaration a, demand upon Con gress for th.e' repeal of the Volstead act was declared to be out -of place In such :ift: document. This, matter was then . referred tb.lthe.executivecoutlcil of the federation vrhlch . will make a report' tomorrow to the 'eonferenie SHIPS AND PASSENGERS ARE DETAINED ACCOUNT TYPHUS NEW 'YORK, Feb. 23. Detained for 36 'hours at quarantine while health officers sought any typhus carriers In her sterage, the steamship Acquit ania finally docked this afternoon. But even then her passengers, who included Dr. S. Alfred Sze, new Chi nese minister to the United States, did not immediately step ashore, for city health authorities detained them for nearly half an hour while they conducted an examination of 20 sec ond-cabin passengers, boarding , ..the OFFERS TUMULTY PLACE O CANADIAN, LINE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, Feb! 23. President Wilson today preferred Joseph P. Tumulty, his private secretary for ten years, an appointment on the interna tional joint committee which is entrust with -arbitration of disputes between the United States and Canada. In con firming the tender of the appointment, Mr.,Turhulty said; x i "It is true that the President has Just asked me' to? accept an appoint ment' oii the international joint commission.- I very much appreciate the generous ,offef of the President, but I have riot had time to decide the mat' ter..; I hav been exceedingly buskin .emally"' disposing Of the affairs Of rhy office In ' preparation for engaging" in the pfactlc. of law." coXIy resCmtes His flight r DALLAS, TCXV.'Feb. Za.Lieut W. D. Coney,1' who arrived' at L6Ve field at 12:40. pv;ni'.i today, resumed! hi ' trana C0htffl4nt&l flifrht rr0.m San Diego, Cal., 10 Jacksonville; Fla.; at ,10:14 o'clock tdtljghy FbllowlifiSr his afHva! in the Tloridft city, .Lieiiltenant Coney' plans to.Defifin preparations. rot a night back GOLDSBORO K. K. It. SEEMS ,3iiA& ilStt, 'ATUItALLY ' Sprial to Tlie Star). ' GOLDSBORO,- ' Feb". 23. The local branch of -itheKurKlux Klan seems to have dled.'a natur&l death? It was Said at first; tJmt .theie , Would be 500 members, but following the governor's decided stand against the klan. 'local Interest appears to "htve. lagged. " Leon Howell, whtt'j ,chauffeur, who was found guilty of running Into the car of a Mr. Cobb, wrecking the Cobb car and 'breaking the limbs-of Mr.'and Mrs. CObb, and, who disappeared r fol lowing his . conviction, '-forfeiting a bond of $800, has returned to the city and surrendered , He whs' allowed bail In the sum of ,$1,000 for further heading at May court. . ' - ' ' a . HARDING WILL TaKE OATH ON BIBLB .OPS WASHINGTON WASHINGTON. F'eb. '.-Presidentelect Hardlnfi: plans on takiflg-the Oath of office Mareh': 4; id press his lip to the Bible that was -used at " the 'first Inauguration Of Georger Washington. In accord 'with tor. Harding's wishes, Elliott Woods," Superintendent 'of the canItofi? arrlftneeffl todavh wtth;ThA:Ht. Johns lodge" -;No!:ri A: inSA'it, EurorJe. Dr. Sze announced on leaving the boat that he would proceed Imme diately to Washington to present his credentials. The cargo-passenger boat San Juan, from San Juan, Porto Itico, which ar rived at quarantine tonight, Will be held there for at least 12 hours until passengers are examined for symptoms of ttubonlo plafue. ' The Canada, from Marseille and Naples, with 1,600 'Steerage and 247 second-class passengers aboard, also is being held pending, a thorough search for typhus suspects. . : .The White Star? Jiiner CJedrlc, which sailed from Liverpool yesterday, will report conditions aboard ship daily by wireless to the health authorities here to expedite the landing of passengers on arrival, officers of the line said to night bill as soon as he takes office, and talte out of - it all .the appropriations that allow work to - bo duplicated by two and sometimes more departments of the government," Senator Smdot, Republican, of. tUtah, declared In an unsuccessful ..attack on numerous sums allowed in the , bill. "They ought to be cut out : before another estimate comes to congress. This must stop; congress has got to show the depart ments of- this government . that two and . three- of them cannot ask public money, to be 'Spent for doing the same kind of work,, over and over again, simultaneously,- and year after year. "One troubleis that different , bu reaus are enabled to go before dif ferent congfeIonal committees and duplicate tfeppropriations In1 differ ent bills." 4,- ' "I hope hejr ijenator from Utah won't stop at tlievigrioultural department," Chairman ' WadsWorth, of the military affairs committee, interrupted. "We find the war department getting money in two or three different bills." Larger items added by the senate to the agricultural bill Included $150. 000 extra for wood utilization experi ments at Madison, Wis.; $100,000 for weather bureau forecasts for aviation; $114,000 for road materials investiga tions; and $100,000 for investigations for foreign markets for farm products. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Colo rado, checked several other minor ad ditions on points of Order",, but the sen ate added heavily to- amounts recom mended by Its own agriculture committee. of Greensboro; Dorman Thompson, of Statesville; Dr. Howard Rondthaler, of Winston-Salem; ex-Senator Stahle Lynn, of Salisbury; C. B. Newcomb, of Wilmington; F. B. Hobgood, of Oxford, and Mrs. W. P. Swift, of Greensboro, were the other speakers. DIPLOMATS ASSURED OF PLACE AT CEREMONIES OF MARCH 4 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2 3. Perturba tion in the diplomatic corps over its status at the inaugural ceremonies on March 4 because of the simplicity of the proceedings was removed today by announcement at the capitol thai cards of admission to the senate, chamber would be substituted for the usual for- ship from disease-infested Areas of f"." iYiT:, JL. t -. 1- LUMBERMAN DENIES. HE, It A S i . JOUGlHtT FOR ' HlGjbl PRICES KANSAS tjiK'Y.Mo., Feb. 23. R. A: Long, president of the Long-Bell Lum ber company," said tohight he had no recollection of a speech delivered by him and which Was made part basis of the government's suit against 'the SpUthern Pine association at St. Louts today. i n -. ;. "I don't believe I ever made the speech," said : Mr. Long, who ,-was president of the . association "at the time the alleged speech was delivered.' Mr. Long was quoted as having said that members of the association had increased their profits $6,000 a .year through control of production. iJtef erring to the suit, he said: "When the case comes up f or, trial it " Will b6 shown there Is ; no ' cause for this a'ction. As far as the Long Bell company is concerned, its record iseleart. -In fact, we have sought to keep down prices." i - - - - JTARROWLY ' ESCAPES DATH -1 WlfE?f 1PRAT IIOUSp BURNS '-CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.v reb. 23: C. E. TToung; studeiit of Hihmond,Va:r narrowly escaped death In ihe destruc tl6n by fire this afternoon of the Chi Phi fraternity hoUSe at -the University' of Virginia Cut-off from escape by..- a blazing ' stairway h . ju toped ?f rbm " a. seconct Story Window.' He had returned of New York, fof.the use of the Bible.' to his room' to save some of his books. ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine WTarning! Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets yow are not getting genuine Aspirin pre- scribed by physicians for twenty-one years and proved safe by.millions. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer pack age for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism Earache, Toothache, Lum bago, and Pain. Handy tin . boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of Aspirin cost few cents. Druggists also sell larger packages. -Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetic acidester of Sallcylicacid. (adv.) TO CLOSE OUT We offer our $75.00 Kitchen Cabinets for $40.00 On our Bags and Suit Cases we offer a discount of .251: The C. W. Polvogt Company 127 MarkfeTstreet Telephone 825 5 See-Saw Marpery Daw . Johnny shall have a new master. I I ' And all she wants of SALLY ANN J X breacUfc-before trun.dling off to J bed Which will make her work the ' faster. . Sally Ann Bread keeps the tody V 1 In physical trim for all tasks. . - WEndikifpy Bulking Gal STAR CLASSIFIED ADS GET RESULTS and will be sent to the state depart ment within a few days for distribu tion to the diplomats and . their wives. As Is customary, the diplomats will be , given places on the senate floor for the inauguration of Calvin Coolidge as Vlce-Prasident." and then will move out to the 'steps on the east front of the capitol for the inauguration of President-elect Harding. 'At the senate ceremonies the wives of the diplomats will occupy the diplo matic gallery. The foreign envoys, resplendent in srorgeouS court uniforms will form in the senate- marble room and be escorted Into the senate cham ber in the order of helr precedence. MARSHALL BASS CONVICTED . . OF SHOOTING WIFE TO DEATH DUBLIN, Ga., Feb. 23. Ma"rshall J3ass was convicted here tonight byi a Jury of, a. charge of Hilling his wife near here several months ago. ' Bass pleaded that the shooting was accidental, ' the gun-being discharged When -his. ftve-year-ald! son grabbed tt as he and his wife, and hoy "were walking alonsr the road.. MrS. Ba3s was carrying her baby In' her arms at the. time and according 'to her dying statement, as reiateji to the Jury by Dr. W. R. Brigham, BaSS shot her iti anger over a visit -she paid -her father, ' COunsel for Bass applied for, a. new trial and March 26 was,, set: for,;, a' hearing. ... . - - : . . ' GERMAN WAR EAGLE TO BE .. SENT TO JAPANESE. CITY TSINGTAO, China. Jan. 10.(Corre snondence Associated' Press). -Japa nese authorities announce that -the huge-. German - eagle carved onJ the ' granite side of one of ,thehllls flank-' ing the harbor of Tslngtaot across which ' has been superimposed the Insignia of imperial Japan, will be blasted fromJ the hillside v- and removed ; ; t6 Tokioi where it will be placed Jn a museum. S ' When the Japanese seised Tsingtao ' in the first year ot the war with Ger many, they' inscribed the date nf victory across the eagle "November 7 ; The' English- guinea, valu: " L.,'- first -coined in 1673. and derived ' its to California, a. .second, attempt to tt will brOueht'tO W'ashlna-tOn -bV Th. hniiAnr. r..t ,v. tJ traa.Mv nam. from the. gold, which 16. years eg9, cast $7000 nhtalned from Guinea. Africa y(S Save Hours In i v - - rr..4 '2i a DELIVERED TO ANY" PART OF THE CITY HOT FOR SUPPER. FARRES'' ; BAKERY V . - - . : . . . . , . " -j - ' J , u... . . . ;:i i f.., . . . ;r -v-' ; - - - ' . 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