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' . J i . -: . . r The Weather r-artlv cloudy and much cooler: Tue s-. - Wilmington's Only . ! Leased 1 Wife Associated t Press Newspaper , i1 1! MB mver stage at Fayetterltie yeWiv. ) dny nt 8 a. m. T feet. i.- J,' 7, 'i a; VOL. CVL No. 199. In v-'i; -WILMINGTON, N. Cv TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. - i , , r '-; --7 y k : 8 PUT FORDNEY BILL -...nil IIIITII i niion puiitf it II n a nuan J THE NEXT SESSION .1.-4 tint-Hi no- Swine's HniisA i pfgciaent iioi'o o Ways and Means vunuiuuee v Right About SAVE THE FARMER" Measure Designed to Rescue American rroaucer rrom Foreign Competition WASHINGTON. March 21. The todney emergency tariff bill. preciseTy vetoed by former President Wilson. 'fl-l he rushed through congress as ,he first important lesrislatlon of the extra session. , , .. Acceding to the request 01 jrresiuenv- Harding for passage or a measure dtsigned to help the farmers., crying or protection against foreign com petition, Republican members of the house ways and means committee turned about today and . voted to re- hill ji.ftr ftprnnlns' five me o ifmost unanimously a week, ago not to consider any emergency" legislation ahead of a permanent , tariff and revenue revision. ' ' Spnators renrose, amoov- sna .wc- Cumber, conferees from the senate fi nance committee, agreed to the now program, which, it was , explained, meets the approval of the President. Senator Penrose expressed the belief that the emergency measure would be in the hands of Mr. Harding within ten days after the convening of the apecial session April 11. :' I . Several members or the House com mittee, including Chairman Fordney, and Representatives .Longworth una Green, conierrea wnn senator Jfen rose, who heads the senate , finance committee, after the former "had reached its agreement. From ': this conference came the prediction that the measure would be rushed; through the house under a' special ' rfile and through the senate, possibly under limitation of debate enforced by cloture. .A . ' ' ' The new Fordney bill will be? pre sented with a six-month limitation. but its provisions will ; expire ; at- an earlier date shojild the permanent QUI : i enacted before expiration of the eix months' period. r ': : The house ways and means xxm- mittee at the end of an all-day-wrangle apparently was in the utmost harmony. Calling in newspapermen at the close of session, Chairman Fordney set forth (he program with ' everybody approv ing. ; : .. .v After disposing of the emergency measure in the first few days of the xtra session, the house will take up. and pass the anti-dumping bill Which will be followed by the allied measure. filing an American valuation on. goods which must pay ad valorem duty. : Then will come tlr permanent tariff. which Republican ltadera hope will bo broad enough to satisfy all interests in all sections demanding an upward revision. The. actual work of framing it will begin tomorrow, hearings hav ing been concluded at the last aes- ilon. VHiile the house is at work on the tariff, the eenate finance committee will consider revenue revisions, and its printed hearing will.be available 'to the ways and means committee which will write the bill. In this, way, Mr. Fordney predicted congress would work at high speed, ' In the hope of urning a summer recess. ' ; , The house would be considering revenue while the tariff' was still be fore the senate. ' - "All differences have been Ironed it," said Chairman Fordney "and we now have a definite working plan. It ' to be assumed that it meets the ap proval of the President." Thp Fordnev bin." M Chairman Penrose, "will be put through congress without the crossing of a 't or the totting of an T. The President stenoed Into the'flsrht jarly today when he telephoned .Mr. foraney SUC-refctinn- that an mri-nev "icuiiurai meaaure be advanced . in wvance of tariff or revenue legisla on, and while there had been some In dication of his attitude. . the proposal wok the committee off their feet. inere were - rumblings of dlanontAnt) "peciaiiy amone western members I . , tf kk LUC iuca Ul kuiuk ; u liore Congress a nomnA ima th I7a t- w 'ask for a special tariff Jaw. The V.l . nt askel tht aenate RepubH us pp sounded on the subject and "-ic DODhpri un Vi f.or -that nrtth 'ong delayed. Senator . Penrose, ff1,u inai cloture would De hen thp Vimmn a..ii'ii vI lino . o una awmiins ntiiun merency tarIffi anti-dumping and ft.- , ""uun. now soon mere rea,i e Peri"anent measure mlght.be tha uctners mere was oeuei "t an ultimo it.i 1. m- leno . Jiiisni 'oe maae in ine l - Hum .Up me oraney Din, "WLR lf h.l J ... . . ... i . . it . rn nrn vain TMia mnciflfi hart v . Jl exist, since the measure tirp rt A n J 9 ... m. WAGES OF UNSKILLED MEIf Wed hi.: ..:.arn ?lT-i J" ru" raiw, ' , ",ac ine Central or Q-eorgia - considering, the .matter of Bkni '3 :.r a wage reduction of un iuw... .0r and tQat a meeting , of lav t ents u to be held. -Wednes ' y consider the, Question., Oopilr ob'ainerrhthe rPOrt ha BOt l.Pn SI?TJ51LI' SEVEN BRITISHERS ' ?rKn o Aiarch 21. (By Associated orcen , en members of the crown ina "" luaine n officer, were killed ciai snT shed toa-y, according to offl announcfcrntmt; Uck ZeA i, iei near .icmA-j. - x n.i..- -ny, n6arUeadford Junction. County ' v - 1 May Again be Named Ambassador at Paris v v H v - i v& - 4 1 ' Myron T. Herrick; former U. S. ami bassador to France, and one time gov ernor of Ohio, who is .elated for the poet of ambassador to France, accord ing to rumors in officicl' circles in Washington. Mr. Herrick, it is said; would .be most acceptable to the French government. He resigned aa ambassador to France in 1914. . i T i HEAT RECORDS BROKEN ALONG COAST MONDAY il B In Washington, Which Lead in Temperature ; tf JWfis 1 89, r 4 Seeyl9gsJ WASHINGTON March f5i.Tne be.-. V-T7 ' ginning of spring: "todky brought to the Atlantic coast region of the. United States the highest temperatures ever recorded for March 21. . ' - -t ' Washington lead nearly a ' dozen cities in the.-coastal region with arj official temperature of 89 and a street level temperature as measured by; gov ernment ' thermometers of 99. tThe capital - sizzled and "sweltered " as In mid-July.- . . New York reported a record March 21' temperature of 80; Philadelphia 82; Boston 82; Hartford, Conn.. 82; Port land, Maine, 78; Baltimore 88; Raleigh, N. C., 88 and Norfolk 84. Temperatures were reported tonight. however. T'to" be declining even faater than they?went up, a cool wave. having overspread - the entire section of - the country , east of the .. Mississippi and reaching t beyond that river, as ' evi denced by snow in, southwest Kansas and" .freezing weather kin the Texas Panhandle. Morehead, Minn., tonight reported, ' only 18 degrees above zero. i.The cooj weather in the opinion of weather? bureau officials, however, will not endanger 'fruit trees ' which had been brought to the blossoming or budding stage by the abnormally warm weather of the last two weeRS. . Wilmington's maximum yesterday -was 80 degrees, minimum 62. The forecast for. today in the state is much cooler, and . tomorrow cooler for the coast country. , , A decided change set in early last night after a day of such summer-like , quality, that every body remarked on the very noticeable heat. , ' - ' , " : TYPOTHETAE TO FIGHT THE . , PROPOSED 44-HOUR j WEEK ' PENSACOLA,' Fla., March 21. In his annual;-address at the-opening, session xtt the Southeastern Typothetae federa tion here today, President Roy-EJ Wil liam's, 'of Nashville, declared that , tho federation should fight to the limit any attempt on.; the .part. of union labor to shorten , the working week or to in crease " wages. ; "'.Y--Y . "The time has come in the history of the printing industry when a decisive stand must ' be r taken," he ; declared, "th.4eo4-f living ; is coming down and wages must also come down." Y , Tomorrow's session of the convention will be "the last and it issald that a program for the campaign torthe 44 hour week will b'e adopted. The after noon will be given to a pleasure ex cursion and the annual banquet will be served at night. V-.;,. ,'?J,-V. LAti-rtASTOR THREATENED 'BtJT chases Threaten er , PLYMOUTH, England, : Maj-ch 21. Lady Aftor had an unpleasant en counter here Saturday when, as she was . leaving her residence, ; a soldier made use' of violent . language and threatened to kill her. Realizing that , display of fear might 'be followed by an attack Lady AstotYsougrht .for time and tried ;to get the man's name and address.-;.-'-;. "" Y ' . Her :tactics were so - successful , that the soldier - started to t run . with his curstipner in close pursuit.- The ihase Jed; first to some stables and then to a public house, the soldier, finally being caught1 and turned over-to the police. : Lady ' Astor. however, expressed the wish , that no . proceedings be taken against the. man. Y.''YY'"; --f;,Y-Y ' yYYmoore defeats ; dbuhout ; y MEMPHIS,; March 2l-PaulMopre, of Memphis, was given -the referee's AMrtt,r Aver Mickey Delmont, of New ark; ' N J-. in a t fast el ght-round', bout here s tonight. Y Moore v.. in vrv round.'; Tniaen W a . . . A. ; I .a a a. ' ';-'-, f-;. r -: ininiira oiup vnUUnLO OAIO HIS LIFE" IS MENACED ' FOR EXPRESS RECITAL Man Who Turned State's Evi. dencein Express Thefts Case Closely Guarded - RENEWS HIS STORY Swears Some Express Mes sengers Stole as Much as $100 on Every Trip MACON, Ga.. March 21. In his testi mony against '53 persons accused of ' conspiracy to steal express shipments from the United States government, W. A. Hughes, express messenger, this afternoon, declared that two of the de fendants, Conductor W." V.' Meeks, of Macon and Ba'ggagemaster F. J. Morris of Albany, Ga., had threatened to- kill him. . v , . v v - ' . . .H,ughes said he met Captain Mceks in Atlanta. The conductor was angry, he said, and response to his "good evening" shouted. "I've been looking for you and I'm going - to kill ' you. I've good mind to do - It now. Later the, wltnesi said that Baggaga master Morris met him . 4'nd said; "If youll keep your mouth shut we'll, get you but, but If . you don't we'll kill you." ' ... ; . . .. ; - This explains why Hughes Is being guarded, it was later announced by Assistant District Attorney,- E. Clem Powers." I That express messengers tsometlmes "collected" as much aa $100 a trip. was charged by-the witness. "Ernest Fields (who has never been arrested) told me, in the presence of C. F McMillan," said the witness, "that on every run he hit the "com pany for. $100." "Lee Dlx. who. had Just come in from t a trip . with. R. S. McMichael," 'con A 1 . A 1 I 1 j ... , . . m. . unuea ine wiiness, wia rae iai juc Michaei had held out , everything on that trip, except the.car.- .-' ' V Judge Beverely D. Evans refused to sustain an objection to the assistant district attorney's.- method of calling the names of defendants "to ascertain what Hughes knew of 'transactions with them. " " " ". - , : ' , Hughes first 'testified against Charley I jonnson, a - conauctorn- :aeciarjng. mat he sQld him jnner tubeW ajtfeouglx; h0 wante'-pute'ilgaiVt-' H-t f He . Identified ittit of; clothlrts: that, iad'been- dyed,' which he' said he sold f U. -Johnsonr'baggagemaster for J10. Another , suit that he . said had a & O- D.,- tag for $65, which he said he also - sold ' to J. I Johnson was identified. ' t.;-k.;, , v "Johnson, Pearce,: the news butcher, and I were ; playing poller one nigit," said the; witness.- "when I went broke. I took a shipment of cigars or Bhlrts, I do "not 'remember-which. ' and sold them, to J. "U Johnson. - I" lost:U, the money ,1 got from that shipment and then wrote Johnson three checks, two for 825 and one for '810." , . The witness identified the checks. : , Hughes declared that Carlos Jordan told him he "was' working with the Louisville and Nashville people and said all the crowd either had dress goods or working ; clothes," said the witness. . "I carried some silverware to my room that. I had taken from a ship ment. I'had an order from the Prest woods for stlverware. That day Jor dan asked me If I found the sliver. Jordan had brought me the order from the Prestwoods. I said 'yes' and we opened, the shipments and I gave him the silver." . ' . i BOTH COASTS TO MAKE NEW MARINE CONTRACT Ship Operators and Seamen Will Negotiate New Scales WASHINGTON, March Y 21. Pacific ship operators and seamen have agreed to negotiate a new working agreement. Chairman Benson of the shipping board announced todayv .The. old agreement was terminated recently on notice by the operatprs but the .chairman .said both sides - had been persuaded to get together and work out a new one. .No date has been set as yet ior tne negotiations, Mr. Benson said, but it id probable they will await the negotia tions between. Atlantic coast opera tors and -seamen. Negotiations on the Atlantic, thej chairman added, 'would probably not be completed until about the' middle of April, but Jt was expected that new agreements covering wages and work ing agreements would be revised on both, coasts. Working agreements oh both coasts, were terminated by the operators some time ago, the board offi cial recalled, and it was planned to re duce wages and overtime pay without entering Into . a new agreement with the men.: Chairman Benson, however, advocated the negotiation of . new agreements -covering wages, hours and working conditions and ' last ' t week telegraphed to the Pacific coast urging the adoption of this method of settling the labor .question of the : merchant marine for :the coming year. - Y' - f BRYAN THINKS THE 1ADIES " COULD MAKE . HIM PRESIDENT '"''". i- :- 'f ' ' ; , - w- V- ..' " . '.- ' MIAMI, Y Fla;, ' March 21. William Jennings Bryan was asked ;tonight by the Young Women's Christian associa tion of Miami to run for; President In 1924Y--- yy;-;:v-Y: y"..y- ...:- - Mr. Bryan, was chairman of the as sociation's drive for funds which has just ended and - he had 'Just finished addressing a. gathering of workers. ' - With .e women voting. I am con fident I .would be elected ' should I deV cide to try." . the' commoner replied. Y i CLOSE N. AND W, SHOPS ROANOKE. Va March 21. "iThe east end shops of . the Norfolk and Western railway here. will be closed from 'March 26 until April 1Y in Accordance with notices posted today. . About 1,600 em ploye ness cause UfTllC 1 r anectea 7 ;onunued uusl- I receipt and favorable weat h n Vm L announced tonignt-i-py uniieo, j ioim 1 mrow a game snai oe guuty 01 a gross 1 x me is to ds me nig .tone of ccoh-Y Yi 4 Y 1 1 , ' f t roepression-is given oy orxiciais as i irt ve? aa wntrlbutl-tia-" Masea f tak -.": -Y :Y-Y'YYir-'M;Ti 1 -.for-'the-:temporary suspensloBvsY-prlp.-decUaft, rrThat , portion ot r tne; iaw;proyiaing Y'i'-'''-Y'4;:Y1?J-i. 1 -y''vySYyyy . "-7- ; !' ' ;Y':;,"--a'. 'Y'YK1: Y"--! '--r- . ' f ' 4 ; i'' Y .-."'-."" :Y ' Y Y '' . . '." '-:- :' ..r V'--" ::Y.YY;Y -.. Y; Y-Yr Yy"' : "- -'V-.' ''i"' - v i - ' ' ' : '-" v" - - v ' - ' '- :. - 1 -Y-.Y"'-.'--; ."'::'?.-. -Y--rY:'iY": ",'.'. '''"'v'"- Y'., 'Y - - . k' -'-' .' . - Y; ------- - - ' ' " - - --' - ninvisirt imiior I innn TAUMnu nUUOL LADUli CMFER FIRST DAY'S RESULTS Secretary; Davis Requests That I Those ; Attending ; Give ..' Nothing to Papers . AT CABINET TODAY Subject LikJy3Will Be Discussed By ihPrjraident and Cajbhieti Officers WASHINQTONV March 21. After spending three-hours and a half in con ference with Secretaries Davis, Hoover and Wallace.Ntepreaentatlves of the flye leading packera and of their union em ployes, adjourned jlate today to meet tomorrow - afternoon.' None of those participating An the conference would make any statement as to the progress Of the Initial, efforts of the new admin istration in njediating a major labor dispute.,-'. '-j-.t-iv..."'' Representatives. t.f the packers and of. the employes on; coming out of the conference stated,; that Secretary Davis had - requested- : f(ll parties - to ; say nothing regarding'; the status of the discussions. ; The jabor secretary also sent wprd. by 'his private secretary to newspaper met! that .he had nothing to say regarding thelonference and an nounced that - the, discussions would be resumed, tomovrowfollowing the rfegu lir Tuesday cabinet-meeting, probably at 3 o'clock, bt; earlier. if possible., - The' fact-j thatv-there are to be no morning conferences was taken to In dicate that. Secretary Davis . might bring the matter aa revealed at today's preliminary f. meeting to the attention of President -Harding and. the other members of .the; cabinet. . Secretary .'Davis remained in confer ence af terVthe reesslon with Hugh L Kerwln. 'Et PriMarsh: and Howell and Davis., of the 'laboj..department,s board of counciliatots.jY." Y; Y: " Unions allied with the butchers' and meat cuttersK Pinion "sent - nine repre-sentativesYlt(fF-.Washington Y to advise with the Vepresentatlves of . the em ployes if their . advice should be needed. Prior to .the . Joint; conference, .J.. J.i Brennan, : of the International Brother hood 'of. Firemen and Oilers, .declared that the" allied ftfliona would stand by iue wmer employes. . i- r for '.vats effecst7'n similar pperation j in other-lndustriesi; , , : i'&j HAMON WOMAN : SIGNS UP M0VIE;C0NTRAT WiU Write Her .life's : Story and HelpAct'lt -V ARDMORE, Okla.,' . March 21. Clara Smith Harnon latetodayYigned a con tract with the Oklahoma .Motion Pic ture company with headquarters at Oklahoma - "City. t)kla.,". and" studio "at Los Angeles, Califs to produce pictures for the next two 'years,- -she said in an interview - here tonight. . .j....'-- The - pictures -will be styled . "The Olara Smith Hamon , Pictures, Inc.," she said, and the principal 'release will be a modified story of her life, written by herself. "I'm 'going' to -leave some parts out," she said, but leave enough In to be a warning to all ' young girls. I don't want people to think I'm doing it for the money alone, either. . A reception was held for Clara Ha mon tonight at the First r Christian church here,' where she was baptized yesterday. . .. The Oklahoma Motion Picture com pany was incorporated at ' $1,000,000 about a year ago. Bee Turner, its president, completed . . arrangements with Clara Hamon today, she said. Ar rangements for a 60 per cent royalty on her productions and a cash advance were made in. the c&ntrao'ts, - she said. She said .she was .leaving for Cali fornia in a . week or ten. days. , HAD GRIP: PW.L OF iaOKEi - AND) OTHER "DOPE" STUFF (Special to The Star) JOLDSBORO, March 21. A. young white man. a stranger in the city, was arrested while in a cafe near the union station Sunday morning by Police Offi cer G. C. Lancaster, suspected of peddl ing "dope." r When searched,' his suit case was ; found tq-.be .filled with cocaine and other dope. . After " trial here, he will be turned over to the fed eral authorities to be tried on charges under the Harrislon anti-narcotic law It was a Clever piece of detective work on the part of Officer - Lancaster In landing the man, as it. is thought that he is one of a band of "dope.-peddlers wanted in a number of other places. RESUME BASEBALL PROBE -CHICAGC-March z'l. Grand Jury in vestigatlon' of the 191 ; wor4dv series baseball scandal started ; last week wag resumed today when the assistant state's attorney. - George J3. Gorart.an finished reading' the minutes &f the last grand . Jury Investigation of the mailer,, . , . ... -.: .- - -. , v 1 Several Important witnesses. ' inefnd lng B. B. Johnson, presidont of the Amer'an .league,. are 'expected' to' be callea tomorrow before - t.ie grand Jury. .. vY : ,:.: .. . WOMAN AND A PREACHER IN RACE FOR PROBATE v JUDGE , GREENYILLE, SY,. C:;; Match . 21. A woman and Baptist preacher are among the' five- candidates In-1 the special ejee tion Tto be held-tomortow in :pickehs county to fill ,the offices, of Judge of probate made vacant by ' the death recently of J. D. Newberry. V - .; : .' ' ' - : A -. BEST EGGS 19 ' 1-3 ' CENTS AT , Y WHOLESALE IN ST. LOUIS , ST. "LOUIS March 31 Tke wholrMitle price of best esrgs w 10 1-3 cents dopen here today, a 'drop of .0 ; I 3 rents tn tae last eek. Today price ere 1 me 10 esv am ainee Jwr 'wo. Heavy x Frail pttle Fellows from Starving Hungary i' y f??i v ' v'' I 9 y Y 'hi i M, iH w ft 1 1: They have just arrived from starving Ernest, Emile and Walter Hohne, do h ot look as .though .tKeyhad "neglected their stomachs Their combined weight Is more than' '1,200' po'fcrtds. Ernest alone tips , the Sale at 500 pounds. - v Y' Y1 ' ' ATTACKS NATIONAL RULES - AS ROAD TO General Atterbury of Pennsylvania Railway Declafs American People Are At the Parting of Ways--One Itoad Leads to Government Ownership of Railroads,- Najtionaiizar '' tion, Etc.-7-Other to Industrial Peace on ihe Roads CHICAGO, March 21 Brig. Gen. W. W. . Atterbury, ' vice-president of the Pennsylvania, railroad, ' and - former chairman . of the railway executives' labor - committee, took an emphatic stand : against - national, agreements, which' he- termed "prolific of misun derstandings." in . :.a; "heated all-day ioss examination Ybef ore the-, railroad labor Jboard t!ayi?:i45 1 ' Y counseit for, the nions, .brougnt vigor ous replies, from General . Atterbury and time and again the witness replied by cross-questioning his Interrogator. Charges that the union leaders did not really represent the employes, and that national rules . were u?ed to procure emnlovmeht for more-' merfc, and' extract money from the railroads on techhlcal- itleSi were ; hurled across the table as the general took the .stand against all rules of national application . The ffist of General A.tterbury's tes timony today may be eumrharlzed thus: Rules should be negotiated between officials of the .roads .and their own employes, across the conference table. "like, a -game of poker. . 'The eight-hour day could not be uni versally applied to all employes, espe clallytrain service men, "because the Lord dldn t build the - ranroaas tnat way. a. . .. .The establishment of the hourly ba sis of shop work has destroyed the en ergy, and Initiative of shop employes; abolition of piece work "would be' the most dreadful thine that could happen to railroad employes." National rules constituted a dog col lar-around the. necks of the railroads which would be free to negotiate their own rules with their own employes," the minute the board cuts the dog col lar." -.- General Atterbury was referring to a cartoon irom . a iaDor paper repre senting national ageementst as a col lar on a dog labeled ""Railroads," and led by' "Labor." Two. charges against union officials were laid down Dy tne general In the" climax of the day's . tes timony. He declared that although national agreements had the object -of employing more 'men, he was "a bet ter friend of my men than any of . the union men at this table." The declara tion brought from 'Mr. Walsh a' query whether General Atterbury represented the sectidn hands of his road. : 'No, but you do not. ; These men are not ; represented here," the general re plied. - " ' ' ' '. en Atterbury maintained through-out-the day that no set of rules" could be negotiated which would have a na tional application'1 and declared ' the only satisfactory way of agreeing "on rules was by direct . conference be tween the officers who would apply the rules and the employes whom- they would affect. . --''N-. General Atterbury read a statement- earlier in the day which declared the American people' had reached . "the parting of the ways." - . "No more serious question confronts us .today," he said. - "One road leads to government ownership; . nationalization, Plumb planism and , syndicalism; ' the other road to industrial peace and. the continuation of that Individual initia tive,' energy and responsibility which Is. peculiarly - American. The sigh board on one road is .'national agreements; brtv the other road , (negotiate .directly with your , own' employes.' " r : . general .Atterbury declared he had no . flfeht. with organized, labor as such and saidfthat within "reasonable limits, J it-is a healthy, spur to oring aDout lair conditions" He enumerated six points he said the employe has a right to-ex- -w ' - . - peci anu. m.,y,. " '.ki.. as - steady emphymentr as possible; . -a eood wase; tlme-.fof recreation;', op portunity to elevate himself in ,his em plpyftient; a voice - In determining . the rules and regulations under which he works; the right tojlje, or n,dt to be, a union man. ' ' ' . ,"-:''r-- : ;.-V -' "" .' " - . . .," -,'..;.-:'" -;..;V --'.' JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO r '- I TAKE HAND IN A. B. AND A. ATLANTA. March -.21. The depart ment of . Justice . Will take a hand in the Atlanta, Birmingham and. -Atlantic railway wage (Hearing in -federal; court here 'tomorrow .-.to defend the coastitu. tjopallty OI ine ;flwiBas au i was Hungary. YBt "these .three brothers, v.... . r- PLUMB PLAN Y' - ".-''' -:-;-; 20 days' notice, before Yreduction of wages was- attacked- as'-YuhcOnstitu-tional in a? brief nflled'bn ..behalf of the Blr-mlngham 'Trust ; and - pavings company andMn Alexander -announced that Attorney-General i Diugherty had instructed him. t6'entei: the casf for the purpose of Upholding the act. A The hearing by. hichunion leaders seelc ;to;w;iu'uW' k filtlA Hid TZrA cr" - MfUn. Vm1a - nrTh (Vi 1 precipitated., a -Striket' Marjq. ;6, - was started lastYwiekbutj'pstpon'ed until Tuesday af teirnoon; ;';T ; ! .r ' '.' " "Resumption 'of-IbcalTre"litxan'd-" pas senger service throughout'? t'h'6'-' A, B. and A. system, with thevex;eption of the 'Waycross divisionj, was announced today by B. IiY RnggiV receiver. New men are being put to work dajly, filling the place of strikers. It vas 'aald;. and full schedules ' were forecast'' spdn. "".' . B. L: BuggY issued '''-'a; statement to night declaring tKat .the ijnlte'd States railway labor - board ' at Chicago,, "did not ask nor require" the 'appearance of any one representing Ythe receiver atJ the wage hearing It called for today. Colonel Bug-g announced : last week that he would; no.t attend the- hearing and he stated .tonight - that the board had simply instructed "its sercetary to "notify" . the receiver': regarding ; the hearing. The unions .announced they had sent two representatives.- RECEIVER BUGG'jraLES BRIEF WITH THE RAIL, LABOR BOARD CHICAGO, YMarch 21. The constitu tionality orihe'ilaorr''dard's decision in the case of .thei;Atlantaf..pirmingham and Atlantic r railway twas challenged today ' when the boardsreceived a brief filed by the-road's receiver,..B. L. Bugg, formerly, president 6f' the. road. The employes were, represented at the hearing today byE. P.. Curtis, vice presldent -of the Order of-Railway Con ductors, -who defended: their action in striking.,-'---'"YV ' v- " Y .' . . The receiver- took the - position that the board had ordered -wages which the road'wfLS;finandally unable to pay and that since.siiLch;a. situation would have, meant -.-confiscation of., the property, such a ruling by the"' board was "re pugnant to the fifth anien'dment to the constitution .md,: -utterly:-, unconstitu ionalJ" - TheY'receiver further argued that he was .without the jurisdiction of the bpard because; he. was .not a carrier at tjhe time of the award and therefore not bound by the, wage award of July; 1920. - In fixing the wages of employes, he acted under authority of the United States district: court, he declared. GERMANS WIN SILESIA BY A WIDE MAJORITY Get 61 Per Cent, of Vote Cast, or 7i3,00 Votes . !- - - ' . t LONDON, '.March; 21. The official re turns of thejf plebiscite in upper Silesia as. given byl5r Simons, the German foreign, secretary ,YJn ia .telegram to London, are. ; Y Y -Y-Y qermany 713700; Poland 460,700 In the -whole plebiscite area or approxi mately 61 per bent in-favor of ' remain ing German, f territory? "and " approxi mately1 39 per cent f or v incorporation in Poland. YYY Y Y'Y -' Giving details -'of he polling, Dr. Simons- savs '' -Airthe to'.'especiaUy ' the In- ftiiatrlal Arr v vm artAw ai-sm irtA.! i c mo ki -wv. k v4 vi Buy w cbit VVC1TV 11C1111 1 II la .1German vote.y There are only Polish majorities ixt utheY.country, especially In those -parts Yto';'W.hlclv contrary." to me urgeiii. uesire ,.qi me "merman gov ernment, tro6ps,Ywre . flot sent in time for theYprotectio. Y'of the Gernian population, S6rely,stried by the Polish terrorvYY''.':;'''. . .' , ' - ANOTHER BASEB.UX LAW " OLTMPL-YWash'; March' 21. Gov ernor ; Hart t today signed -the barebill brlberybill 'passed? by the recent legis lature. ' Tho-'law p rovdes a. that , any nlayef, umpireti thel'V employe of the baseball? leagues ,whe'r, oon!pirei to BURDEN OF PROOF HAS BEEN m ON THEt GAS COMPANIES IN HEARING Must ShoTf Corporation Commis sion Today 'That -Present Rates Are Reasonable FREIGHT IS HIGHER But Cities Contend That It Doesn't Justify the Tempo rary Rates Granted ; By JULE B. WARREN RALEIGH, March 21. The burden -of proof will be on the gas companies In the 16 cities of Notth Carolina, whose cause comes before the corpora-, tion commission tomorrow, to show that they are entitled to the increased rate granted durlhg the summer of 1920. ;. ' It is recognized that there is some -: argument and fact which justify Some,' increase in the gas rates charged North . Carolina cities, as .compared with cities of similar size in other states, but It is generally admitted that the rates now being charged, are out of propor tion, to the difference in manufacturing costs in the different states. 1 The freight rate to North Carolina on coal is somewhat .higher ) than in many other states, which are nearer the coal fields or which do not have but the difference in the freight rates but the difference in the freigth rates does not " Justify the big difference in . the cost of gas, according to the city officials who have been -collecting.-data and Information for the ourpose ,of presenting their, case to the corpora -tion commission tomorrow. j ; Contrary to the popular . belief, the gas companies are not now. asking for an increase in rates. They are asking , nothing specific at this hearing, which is merely a continuance of the hearing :, on the , initial petition filed . with the corporation commission - last I summer. At that time the cities asked for a con tinuance in order that they might get data and information regarding profl4a . and management of the different com-' panies. ' In the meantime the price ef. coal and gas oil. went up to, such a ', point that the' gas companies, were able rt'CQnT.iatha-'.'mtka.4'mmla: - iney couKit.nof -, wait ..even 'a . ihbrt" time? for-the. increase 1 in revenues? which might prevent them from going ' to ' the financial, bow-wows. ..Th'e- in- . creases asked . for by the. companies was not. to prejudice the final hearing of the case,- and was being made merely as a temporary measure while the cities were , collecting facts for.their defense. . At ; the- time the tenfporary rate was put into effect the commission had no idea that the final disposition 6f this case ' would be delayed until this time, but the delay has-been the re sult of a number of causes, some of which were contributed to by. the cities themselves, some by the immense rusTT of business of the commission. During the period of the delay, how ever, the prices of materials going into the manufacture of gas have dropped materially, and the postponement may Y in the end work to the advantage of' the cities. These drops in prices -111 pu' all the more burden on the gas companies to show that the present rates, as compared with rates charged In other clties-of the country, are not too v high. The presumption is that v -there will be a substantial decrease in -rates ordered, and unless the com panies can present facts which would Justify a continuance of the present rates, there will be a reduction.' Mayors and other city officials are in the city today conferring about the collaboration oft their case. ;The cor- Y poration commission will make every possible effort to expedite, the hearing, but in a measure the consolidated case embraces Just as many cases as there ' are cmes involved. - Some of the com panies have gas plants in a number of towns, but the local conditions may effect the gas rate in these places. The "' 16 cities whose gas rates are involved ; are Winston-Salem. Raleigh. Durham. ' Charlotte, Goldsboro, Washington, Ox ford, Henderson, Elizabeth City, Wil mington, Salisbury, Spencer, East Spencer, High Polntafld Greensboro : '- 1 SAM TODD BOUND OVER IN : ' ' B. F. MOODY SHOOTING CASE (Special to Tae Stari ' ;'-r,::" " ";; CLARENDON. March 21. Sam Todd. white. Lorls; 8. was .bound -to Y Columbus superior court today bv JVlic?S' H- H"-lm.. in connectlo : with the shooting Saturday i night of B. F. Moody at this nlace. Vr Moody was shot while standing near ' the shanty cars-of' a trestle, force, on the siding here. Two or three bullets " ' struck him In the face- and one a the v breast. These . In : the face jwere : ex tracted - but the one in the body has ' not been located. His condition, while -not considered dangerous, is by no r means favorable., " Y . ' . .- .. ' Monkey . rum Is skid to : have bn Y much in evidence Saturday night and' Todd is said to claim that the shoot" - his was in acciqent. No trouble ex-. S micu ueiween Mooay and ; Todd ciaimea, tnougn there , had quarrel a rew nights previbu M.ooay ana another -man. - y BLAIR, OF WINSTON-SALEM - URGED FOR COLLEOTORSHIP ' . -. j . (Special lo Th Star) ? r Y WASHINGTON. March 21 David H Blair, of Winston-SalemY la siered by some; North Carolina Repub llcans for the cOllectorshlp of the West em part of the State if the . office ii " again divided. This; is without ith con! ' Y I seni or tne mends of Gilliam nri.- secretary of the North Carolina Repub- r' lican state committee, for they assert that he -will get the ndmination, attd , be -.confirmed. ; . ' .-.....' .':"jr-i William B. Duncan is Slated "by easti i: ern Republlcahs of the old Duncan fac- ''' tion, for the Job In the east if the state is gain orQKn, tn naives." 1 li Jr. ICR nhm-m mm lly, Is l! ".f-U'i4.liJ . M . .il : V, :, lj . -. :!:; v i 1 t .;- Y l-'rHY: it iik N it- '.ft Y-t' ...i.' It 1 1!" '-I-! H 1 M 4;,!; V in J if V 1 J! '- i ' Y . -' J !' Y h fif l.;.l 'i Iyy-' aYY! M l jY mm !i,f( in-- Yi-'YY?? Vi ; v-1 '"at :V- ' " y J '1 vl is'':: v .--Ycil'.! & li . a . , j n u ha f !-." I ,---it . wuoie - ex-... v. r ! ' dd.:;it'is;;:4 viiia s. between V;;-.,-?;, i 1 Pl If v '. if m I '.t--.ylr.-,.;."i.i 1 !
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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March 22, 1921, edition 1
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