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The Weather if 1 partly cloudy Sunday, followed fey horers Sunday nlgnt and Monday; Continued warm. . , . mrer stagfe at FayetteTille yeater aay at 8 a. m., 27JS let. faUlnar. .if ; ; VOL. CVI. No. 204. WILMINGTON, N. SyWAY MORNING, MARCH 27,-1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. ti: AL dO J A.;. RjMI l?4MT kMr - - Press Newspaper ; WIFE AND HIS RIGHAM, TAKE STAND TELL OF TRAGEDY Bigham Did Shooting TO CONTINUE CASE preceaeni S7" judge May Let inai no iwgiu on Until Verdict By M. C. BRtHVSON FLORENCK. S. C. March 26. Ed- Dand D- srt"" . - the most sensational cases ever tried in South Carolina, went on the stand . the criminal court, this afternoon ! i own defense. He had been in "Li -V liis wife and his 14- r' daushter, Louise. The tes- ' -i ii,. Hi c-Via Bigrhams, which had been timony "J- , a im tnrtii v. wan r A- tnectea iu -i- monsibie ior mo " t - t . - .rmvrl nf Rner.tatora than en largei :r had marked previous sessions of the Hal Among this crowd was an even more liberal sprinkling of women than dad come to court yesterday. Mrs islgliam was liio uiat ui ma family to De -""'iicLi ikj ovo-wv. uiiq told in much detail the story of hap penings at the Bigham home on the of the tragedy in which Mrs. jl M. Bigham. Mrs. Margie .Bigham Blatk, L. Smiley Bigham and Leo and John McCracken, adopted children of Mrs. .Black, were tne victims. una iay'of.the tragedy was January 16. Mrs. Bieham showed aimosi complete imperturbability both In the telling of her story and m answering t tne questions when cross-examined by -Solicitor Gasque. She grave her testi mony as if reading it from a ndteoook and her memory as to details appeared to be most exact. She showed no signs of nervousness and spoke in a clear, distinct voice, without feeling. Louise. Bigham, the 14-year-old daughter, who shows extraordinary precocity, told a story that duplicated that of her mother's except in minor details. She seemed to remember everything except such matters as would vitallyi, affect her father's defense. Whencalied upon to recognize Detective Eichelbefger and say whether or not she. had made certain statements to him "concerning the condition of affairs at the .Bigham home, she denied ever having seen Jhe detective. ' . , :-..,'t;.;.&Vj-' This observance of the interest of the defendant was Quite as apparent In the testimony of Mrs. Bigham, ,whV when asked a question affecting her husband's interests would -answer. -.-"I don't remember, or "I don't know." - Edmund Bigham's own .1 testimony sounded as though he. remembered ev erything that had taken place in he household even to small details like the distance that was necessary " to back an auto in order to come out of the front yard and the distance be tween points in the Bigham home stead covered in the occurrences sur rounding me tragedy. .. Jtie even re called that he had not paid cne negro for cutting wood on the day of the murder. It was when Bigham reached the cross-examination stage that the con tinuity of his story was broken. When a question came up that was not easily answered he would lean "toward So licitor Gasque and sav. "hold on a minute," or "just wait,"., and then ven ture an explanation rather than a statement of fact. f Bigham's first show of fpcllnp' ram when he described the finding of his wiumers body. He. broke Into aoha and tears and there was a pause of ne length before he could' go-on. This demonstration was repeated when lie told the story of the finding of Ms sister and he appeared affected nnlv slight degree when he described me finding of Leo McCracken and his enorts to save the boy's life. Toward the end of Bigham's direct testimony he launched forth into a statement concerning thev financial Irtairs of the Bigham family. He told now he had loaned money at various iimes and how ho had never received "ly share of his father', o-tnfo ti- was because of thae aH(W ha a'd, that tho nti,. i m .u. amily had made the deed to all their '"crests to the pstat hirt -m inTan t0 reeord the.day he was put tli6 ramlly ow'ed him' he , some thim e ?26-00. and he said given enr a.mortsag'e covering the differ th. .1 ween'that amount and $47,000, ne amount named as consideration on 'I 1 ! p" n :) n, ..1 - , . ent i,n ,undoln- He was inslst- defe'nse of tUo' areaulno- hu ,i . , 8 paper and BO feTrphatic In "vas Vein8 !,hat h,s sister.. Mrs. Black. Dan i y tlle only Party Owning any the n,tv, e. B,Bham estate, that he left dereS !l of (lirect testimony and" wan- exDi?roUBh a whole wildarness-of explanatory statements. bis crnsiii.iiTQmi..(i.. Tv. hk nn.r ny ne KePt tnla deed in finio ' JU aiier it had been re- r,. '"orii'Jn Mi. a . . - tornpv A. 1111111 ne na sen an M7 ''"JU Luai, JVXKJlll JV KPpn l, . uau lum uiiti l as his vif but had never .seen lt' confpL! 'fe had 14 at the time of hls - "luswu, naa toia mm to "Whv i Un Mr' Spears. - ;'; It?" XVd,,you tel1 Mr- Spears, about therP , ,e not l send It back over answer recorded," was Bigham's deed'"'1,!16 tel1 you to degtroy' that shouted At Uld break yur neck,-, 'Mr. GasQue."1 and his anL e II rePuo marham, fr arnnn . - caused a roar of laugh dmoir?H he courtroom. It was this mminSP0? 7hch ' caused , Judge loumH , to declare the , court ad- wuld k announced that there 'clck toeniJhtBesslon beginning at 8 a JTUayeiMemvr!1,nger as shown today Bigham tn i ch he can continue ; the "'ecedenJ I ""i"1 Jt ls concluded. A IP, '.'aa funa snowing- h!s au ontlnued on Page Two) , , "i DAUGHTER uncover six mmmoDiEs u IN GEORGlMmMiGE ' Starmngr disclosures ProBdi? oUbwing Discovery of Total of s Nine Dead Negroes Ou Alleged to Have Been Held in Slaver By Whitimer arid Murdered After a . Peonage Investigation' Had Been Started r ATLANTA, ; Ga., March 26. Dis closures that will surpass develop ments lready made in the. alleged Jasper -county peonage case,' were, promised tonight by authorities fol lowing the discovery today of the bodies of five, negroes buried near the home, of John .Williams, a prominent Jasper county farmer, and the recov ery of the body of anbther negro in the Tellow river. ; , . . With the six bodies unearthed today under the direction of Clyde Manning, who was taken to the scene to sub stantiate his alleged confession that He had killed . four , of the negroes and aided in the death of others at the di rection of Williams, a total of nine of the 11 negroes said to have been killed, have been found by officials. Under the protection of a posse of .15 men and the guidance of the negro, a number of men searched for the bodies netir Williams' home and--in Yellow river,- while the Jackson company of the "National Guard was held under arms ready to go to the scene in caso of; opposition. Williams is held in the Fulton county jail he're, having been ..arrested after Manning's alleged confession. He today denied his guilt "and de clared that an old family feud had re sulted in a "frame-up" to cause his arrest. , Warrants for three sons of Williams, Julius,, Huyler and Marvin, were taken out in "Fulton county yesterday at .the request of Governor Dorsey afld were to have been1 turned over to officers in Jasper county, but reports tonight from Montezuma, Ga., stated that? the Wil liams boys were there but had not been placed under arrest. i Of the 'bqdies Tecovered today, three were found In a pasture near the,WJl liams house ' during the morning., In the afternoon, it was. stated, the negro Manning led the party to the Campbell CAROLINA BEACH CASE SETTLED AT -V Judge : . Connor Strongly Inti- mated fle Would yetb Verdict . v for the Plaiiitlif--,-u.,.r J1 4 n I y "V By JULEV iB.'JwAIUUSltf RAIiiaH Marcli 26. The case of J. A. Scarboro "against - the .Carolina. Beach Railway company of Wilmington was "compromised in the Wake county superior court today when Judge Con nor intimated very strongly that he would set aside a verdict if the Jury brought in one for the plaintiff. Scarboro, a Wake county farmer, had purchased a large amount of stock in the Wilmington company. dbuuiuuib dlssatified with his buy, he exchanged mnmm, nf it and sold some. There was about $10,000 in bonds which he had exchanged for lots or tne company ior which he had given his notes. These notes were discounted by the bank of Knightdale and the bank brought suit to collect the notes. Scarboro in turn sued the company under the "blue sky" law, claiming that he had been' defrauded of his money through misrepresentations- of the stock. - He also set up the- contention that he was mentally Incapacitated at the time the sal was made. Judge Connorftold his attorneys that .wa.R no Maw; and no evidence about fraudulency as to the bonds and that -the only case they had was the mentality of the plaintiff.' At the con clusion of the testimony Judge Connor did not believe the plaintiff had. proven he was not mentally able to make the contract, so the matter was adjusted without being sent to the jury. ..Scarboro will pay the notes provided the company will exchange the lots for the bonds and this the company was perfectly willing to do. MAJOR MATHBSON MAKES INSPECTION OF BOY SCOUTS Maj J. R. D.'Matheson, corps of en gineers, IJnttejl States army, who yes terday afternoon made an inspection of 'the Boy Scouts of Wilmington, de clared at the completion of the inspec tion that the members of the eight Scout troops present made a splendid appearance arid that he was much pleased with the general conduct of the boys. '. ' . - The inspection was made by Major Matheson at 3:30 o'clock, in the yard of the -Wilmington Light Infantry ar mory, on Market street. There were approximately 200 Boy Scouts present and practically all were inthe regula r, ot ,,rtlform. At the comple tion of. the inspection a photograph of the Scouts was taken-; -; , TO BE A MAESTRO, NOW, IS ', . QUITE, OH! QUITE ENVIABLE 7- twrw ' TOBK, March I St(C-AvilUam MelliT?utch orchestra conduct- 400 admirers tried to kiss him, slap Ms back and shake hi. hand before ilTaiTed for Holland, that he tamWed rnthlr-taterobm nd locKed the door. The crol mostly men-"ter. ed on the temr Nlevr Am.terdam for an audible , admiration party to the " "tro who last night concluded-n ,e.ron as"Vr of the National Sym ih"J 7 orche-tra. After Jo leave Ihe noat wiw" " ' XS une. flceraerinded the murfcian .Uogk hla door and greet the crowd. He 1U to ."ah.'huTthe enthusiasm of SlT listener. bubWed over , and they tried to embraee him enmasse. Four wwnekJ Mr. Jtfengelberg and two women fainted.: - ; V ' JL' KlSaHy the conductor fiwri the crowd went home and thf Jhlp RALEIGH farm, about five miles southwest of the Williams place where two more bodies were disinterred. The Campbell farm is said to be under the management of the Williams'.. The sixth-body recovered today was taken , from - the river near Waters' bridge, These six, together with those recovered fronu.TaUow river several days ago,1 weighted down with rocks, makes a total of nine bodies accounted for to date. Belief was expressed tonight that all the victims had been killed at the Williams place since February 21, when agents of the, department of justice visited the' farm during an investiga tion Of alleged peonage in that vicinity. Williams, is a cousin of Sheriff Per sons of Jasper county, at present un der indictment for alleged peonage. It developed" today that information also has been filed with the tJnited States attorney here against Williams, rela tive to peonage charges. Manning, the negro, whose confes sion led to revelations on the Williams farm, was brought back to Atlanta to night and placed In the Fulton county jail. Reports from Jasper county tonight stated that sentiment , was - strong against Williams, ownejr of the planta tion where the wholesale murders are alleged to have been committed. Ac cording to department of ' justice in vestigators, who worked with the ."offi cials of Jasper and Newton counties, Williams' employes were referred to as "Williams chain gang," who were ruled with .iron discipline and seldom .per mitted to leave th place. A two-room cabin on the Williams farm today was pointed out . as the "stockade" where ' the ' negroes were locked up at night.. The windows were barred and' the three doors chained at night, it . was stated, but ' in the T day time these were removed, making the house look like an ordinary cabin. MUSIC OF THE POPES AT GIBBONS' FUNERAL Beautiful Gregorian Chant to Be Heard forlFirst Time Out- I r, side Sistirte i ChapeTr -J BALTIMORE, March ' 28. -At ;vthe funeral services for Cardinal -Gibbons next Thursday, in the cathedral, there will be sung music heard only before at the 'funerals of, th,e sovereign rulers of the "Catholic church in the Sistlne chapel In Rome. The manuscript never before has left the Vatican. Just before the body Is laid to . rest In the crypt beneath tho cathedral altar and the distinguished assemblage stands with bowed Reads, this solemn Gregorian chant will be sung. This music, which was prepared espe cially for funeral services of popes, is among the most beautiful and Impres sive compositions' ever' written for a Gregorian choir. It w(Ill be sung by the Gregorian Choral society of St. Mary's seminary. A manuscript copy of the music, be lieved to be the first which has ever found its way out of the Vatican, ar rived in Baltimore early last week. Some time ago, when the cardinal was very 111, . the " subject of Gregorian music, which the- late prelate loved, was being discussed With the apostolic delegate In Washington. Then came the suggestion that Rome be asked if a copy of the papal funeral music could be sent to Baltimore in the event of, the cardinal's death, as a spe cial recognition from, Rome of the American prelate's services to the church. This request was transmitted at the time and Pope Benedict ordered the au thorities of the . pontlflcial chapel, of whom the music is the exclusive prop erty, to have a manuscript copy made and sent to the Very Rev.' IS. R. Dyer, president of St. Mary's seminary, and president of the Society of St. Gregory in America. , The cardinal's body will rest for the last time tomorrow night on his own bed In his room at the archepiscopal residence, " watched over by special guards, of Christian brothers. Early Monday morning it will be removed without special ceremony, to the cathedral, where it will lie In state, un til the funeral Thursday. PURITY CANDY COMPANY TO OPEN IN CITY WEDNESDAY - The Purity Candy company, newest wholesale candy concern .In' s Wilming ton, with offices at 10 Market street. will open ror Dusiness Wednesday. March 30, according to announcement yesterday. A full line of confections and soda fountain supplies will -bo car ried at all times and the territory ad jacent .to Wilmington will be thor oughly covered from the outset of the business. . i -- A jobbins-business will be conducted until next fall but, after that time, if conditions warrant, manufacturing of confections will be-started on a small scale, It . being the intention of the management to gradually build up the manufacturing department, s Experienced- candy men are in charge of the concern, those actively identified'' with it being J. B. Vaught, J. ; A Boweri, G. C. Mclntire and J. R. Dempsey, , ; ,.. -"..-V : ; L-.-.v- L STAMPEDE 000 HEAD CATTLE i I ! .INTEWDJCU "jl THE GERMANS 'a'- i- i'-" ."'.-.'- " ' ; TRIPPE, S. D., March 26. Fourteen men. alL of. whom are said to have been implicated lh , the stampeding of . 609 head of cattle at Scotland Wednesday night, wereCarrested here today, They were searched an four were charged with - carrying concealed ; ,i weapons. They .. were fined ; 5 ' and costs. The others were freed, ; , 4 XThe cattle ,iad i been " collected to be ' sent1 as a" gift to Germany, " from the! Germanof this' community.! : -, NEW INDICTMENTS ARE BASEBALL CONSPIRACY- Thirteen Players Re-indicted and Five Outsiders Held as the Organizers ; BONDS &T $48,000 State's Attorney, Who Recently Dropped the Cases, Means Business This Time CHICAG.O, March 6. Carl Zork, a shirtwaist manufacturer and Benja min Franklin, both- of .St. Louis, were charged today by officials of the state's attorney's, office with being : the organizers of the alleged plot through Kwhich Chicago Whitd Sox players were said to have thrown the 1919 world's series to Cincinnati. Announcement that the two men would be formally accused when brought to trial, with engineering the alleged deal, was made by the state's attorney's office after Indictments against 18 'men. Including Zork and Franklin,' -had. -been returned.. uy the Cook4 county grand Jury which today finished the ' second -investigation into the baseball scandal. 7 Joseph J. Sullivan," known In the case a's a gambler, Louis and ,Ben Levi, formerly of Pes Moines, Iowa, and Abe Attell, were .linked .with. .Zork and Franklin .by- the state officials In an nouncing the results of the jury in vestigation -v - ' Sullivan, officials said the evidence showed, ha.ndledi operations in tho east, the Levi brothers directed alleged' con spiracy in the- central west with Des Moines as headquarters, and Attell acted as traveling agent. The charges created a sensation .In baseball circles, for although Zork, Franklin and the Levi brothers were mentioned' by witnesses before the first grand jury which conducted its investigation last fall, only Sullivan and Attell were Indicted then. Zork, Franklin, the Lev V .brothers and David ! Beizer, vyny was eaiu lu-jue weu nnowu in both Des Moines and San Francisco, were indicted today. ' " - ' In' addition, the 13 men Indicted last fall were :re-indicted."The8e-rQsn-are Claude ... Williams, Eddie -CIcotte, Joe JackiariiCBeckwWeaver.: JS Vede-mistrtrK Ahdltase,f Joseph ISxiTfivah: Rachel Brown Abe Attell Kind r Bill Burns. '" r-. EsLch man yaa natnel eight times in the- Indictments - and "each Indictment specified three, counts against them conspiracy to defraud, conspiracy to do an Illegal act and obtaining mo-iey under false pretense. Ball .'was fixed at $3,000 for each count for each time a man was named,! making (24,000. Under the law.' this can be -loublpd and the state announced that the, men would be required Jto -put uo $48,000 bonds. ' " , The staff's attorney immediately be gan preparation of extradition pro ceedings against the men' indicted, but it is not expected that the trial will come up before fall. Robert E. -Crowe, State's attorney, in discussing the naming of Zork-. and Franklin as the alleged 'fixers of the series, said: ' "I told you "when we dropped' some of the baseball cases, a few days fcgo that the first investigation had been bungled and that the renl men behind this conspiracy had not been Indicted. We have handled this second investi gation carefully and have not over looked a single legal point. When the case comes to trial we will be ready. That is all 1 can say now." MANY CASES ON DOCKET IN RECORDER'S COURT Joseph T; 'Canady, white, charged with transporting, intoxicating liquor, was ! yesterday morning adjudged guilty by Recorder George Harrlss and sentenced ' to serve a term of six months on the county roads. Notice of an appeal was filed and bond in the sum of ?500 was named. C. R. Ennett, arrested at the same time as Canady and tried under the same warrant, en tered a plea of nolo contendre and judgment was suspended upon the pay ment of the costaand the posting: Qf a $500 bond to Insure good behavior. Other cases tried were: Georgianna Brown, ' violating sanitary law. dis missed. Mary Burney and Maggie Blue, immoral conduct, dismissed. William Mclntyre, violating the sanitary .law;, continued to April 2. Willie Spencer, violating sanitary law, guilty, judg ment suspended upon the. payment of the costs. Mary Nixon, violating , the sanitary law, continued to April . -9, Lizzie Hayes, violating the sanitary law, guilty, judgment suspended upon the payment of the costs.. Elijah Hansley, assault with a deadly weapon, nol pros. Eddie Walker, violating the sanitary law, guilty, judgment suspended -upon the payment of the costs. Walter Swepson, violating the sanitary law, guilty, costs. John Wil liams, violatlns the sanitary law, con-! A . . , ' . - a A A A t n -D!,J tmuea to Apni 6. s, violating the sanitary law, continued to April 2.. Claw Brown, violating the sanitary law, guilty, costs SALES PROMOTING CONCERN .QRGANIED IN THE CITY E. A. Palmgren,-.a well-known trav eling" salesman, and 'Lehman Wood, an experienced traveling man., have" or ganized, the .Sales Promotion company and opened, an' office inthe Miirchison National bank building. ' It is stated by Mr. Palmsren that only companies ,with, old and .established reputations as manufacturers ' of recognized ap-pllances-aFe to be - represented. r; ;"! ;: Advertising and sales campaign will be planned, sales Ideas will be created and advertising will be placed. In the proper mediums to get the best results. A personal service will be rendered at all times,, and the partners . in the new concern promise t,o keep in intimate touch with the business of theft- clients so that : their Ideas may be incorpora ted "into the "agency's' work. -: ! s, HIGHWAY COMMISSION WILL TAKE CHARGE ON APRIL -Meeting of New Road Commissioners Called for Early in Coming i Month, When Chairman Page Will Canvass Situation With Them Policy Will Be to Proceed Slowly Until , Bond, and Material Markets Improve By- JUL.E B. WARREN ,.' RALEIGH; March 26.The new, high-. way fjcomraissoin will take ' charge of road building operations on the first of April. A meeting of the new com mission will be held some time. early In the riew'j month .and at that, time Frank . Page,, will , not-only r acaua4nt the new and enlarged commission with .the work that has been in progress during the past two years, showing them what has been done and what la now under construction, as well as the projects which are ready for contracts, but will also take up with them the-proposition of the new con struction program under the Doughton-Connor-Bowle road law. Chairman Page agree with the treasurer,-the council of state, and the gov ernor that It would probably be unwise-to go into the immediate con struction of the big system . of roads, but will be better to go about the prop osition slowly, pending . betterment of market conditions both t or the sale of the bonds and the purchase of the road building material. The council of state believes it will be betterto wait until the summer months .before the bonds Are offered for sale. ', That, likewise, is the opinion of. the treas urer, .who has been looking! Into the proposition of disposing- of the large amount of bonds , authorized- by the 1921- session of the' -legislature. He is convinced thatthe -bonds can be sold to 'better advantage durins the sum mer than ' t the -present time. The money -nVarketi will be a little steadier, business; will be better and general bond conditions will be more favorable for the-sale. . - . Neither the. governor, the treasurer nor , the council of state have taken under serious consideration the pro posal, which Representalve- Henry G. Connor, Jr., made to "the legislature, that -these bonds should be marketed In. North Carolina if ..this Is possible. Mr. Connor thinks ' every bit of the CALLS FOR LESION CHIEF'S ADVICE i Miller WUI DineTOth Him At White House Today WASHINGTON. March 26. To ask for . advice regarding an administra tion policy toward soldier compensa tion and related subjects, . President Harding today called to Washington Charles G. Dawes, of Chicago, who served as a brigadier-general in France and " who at one time was prominently under consideration for secretary, of the treasury in the Hard ing cabinet. ! ' Mr. Dawes would not indicate the recommendations he took to the white house nor forecast what the ' Presi dent's decision might be. H will re main here over Sunday, and wilLgo fo dinner S.t the white house tomorrow with F. W. Galbraith, commander-in-chief of 4he American legion; Thomas W." "' Miller; alien property ' custoGIan, and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the navy department, all of whom have been active, in the .work cf the legion since Its organization. " It is assumed that the President will take advantage of 'the opportunity for a general discussion of tfle soldier relief problem. INSANE SERVICE MEN ARE HERDED WITH GENERAL RUN CHICAGO, March 26. William R. McCauley, department commander of the American legion, In a speech to night said that an investigation h&d shown that ther'- ara more than 400 insane former .soldiers, over 1 -lf of whom are border- line cases-. men whose normal mental atate could te restored by proper treatment how be ing herded In with the "general run of insane patients in the ei?r.t state In sane hospitals. The sneaker declare! . active stepa bad been promised at once to remove the insane service men from their present environment and 'lace them In' one or the. hospitals where they will be housed in cottages and receive in dividual treatment. HAYS PROMISES TO - SEE , TO ' . SERVICE MEN GETTING' JOBS WASHINGTON, March 26. Promise that he would observe . the spirit as well as the letter of the law ginving preference to former service men in the postal service w3 given by Post master General Hays, today to, a com mittee of the American legion. The legion commission, consisting of Theodore Ro6st.veIV assistant secretary of the navy; Thomas W. Mil ler, ,alien property custodian, ; and D. John 'Markey, of Frederick, Md., laid before the postmaster general .;jveral specific cases of alleged discrimina tion against former service men. Mr. Hays promised to have the . casos In vestigated' Immediately and assured the committee -he was. in full symuathy with the law directing offlcial f vhe postal servifce to, consider time; spent by employes !h. the. military serce -n their postal record. RAIL. DIRECTOR GENERAL WASHINGTON, March 26v James C. Davis, of Iowa, former general counsel - x. rv, o-n Knrth western railroad. was appointed director general of the railroad administration Dy rresiaeni m rHnff today to sucteeed , John " Barton Payne, who has held 'the post during the past year in addition to his duties as secretary of the,.lnterior. , I )- ' 'N. AND W. LAYS OFF 1,700 MEN , '" ROANOJtE, March 2 6. -In. compliance with orders issued a week ago, 1,70.0 employes-in the local shops of ,the Norfolk ' and Western railway .were laid off at noon . today; to remain idle untUAprlir!!'! : , Jy yMy? -r .Vs -ry I v., - ,:-tyt. PRESIDENT, 1 ' -s- bonds authorized could be sold to North Carolina people if they were given an opportunity to buy these bonds at par and In small quantities. He does not believe that any-one firm in the state .could buy a.11- the bonds, or that any one concern would buy any large block of them. He would favor selling the bonds at par in small quantities much in - the same manner and denominations as the liberty bonds were sold during the war. In this way North Carolina could finance her own building program, and would not have to depend on the New York money market for funks with which to carry out the progressive program of the 1921 legislature.- Since ratification of the road bill Chairman ' Page and his ' force in the field and in the office have been col lectlng data and information about the maintenance of the system of roads by the state. Under the new law the commission has the' right to map out. In co-operation with the county com missioners of every county, a system of roads which will connect every county seat and larger . cities. The general lines of the roads suggested In the map appended to the road bill will be followed unless there are changes' which the highway commis sion and the county commissioners be lieve are wise and for the best in terests of all concerned. As the various stretches of road are adopted as a. part of the state high way system, the state will take over these roads for maintenance. The pa trolmen and road forces who will look after this maintenance work will be directly responsible to the state high way commission. The chairman and his field forces are familiar with the county road f orces of . the state and others who are capable of handling this maintenance work, and they will in the near future begin making ar rangements for this part of the work authorized under the $50,000,000 road bllL. . . CONEY'S CONDITION IS VERY LITTLE CHANGED fipmlis&rig s and Is Being Kept Quiet as Is Possible NATCHEZ, - Miss... March 26. Early tonight the condition of. Lieut. W. D! Coney showed but Jittle change..' He was still conscious ndV resting easily. He made -no , further" statement, as It Is the desire of his physicians to keep him as quiet as" possible.: His .mother is expected to .arrive here at noon Sunday. At 8:30 o'clock tonight Drs. C. T. Chamberlain and J. S, Ullman, Issued the fojlowlng bulletin regarding Lieu tenant Coney's condition: . "Lieutenant Goney spent A fairly comfortable . day. His .. condition is practically unchanged. Temperature 100; pulse 88; respiration 20.'.' At the request of the Natchez chapter of war mothers, special , prayers for the recovery of the trans-continental flier will be offered at all the local churches Easter morning. The mother, aunt and brother of the Injured flier,' who , are"" on their - way here, are being kept posted regularly as to the lieutenant's condition, through the efforts of the local . post of ihe American Legion. j : REFUSE TO DISCHARGE NEW WORKERS ON THE A, B. AND A. ATLANTA, March 26. Possibilities of an early settlement of the strike of the union employes of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic ' railway, faded late today when representatives of the strikers withdrew from the federal courtroom, - after Judges S. H. Sibley and Henry D. Clayton had ruled that the court was .without authority to direct; the receiver to discharge men employed to take the places of the strikers. Earlier in the day conciliatory pro posals had come from the strikers when their representatives stated the men would call off the strike imme diately and return to work at the re duced scale of wages, if they were permitted to return in a body and re sume their former status and pro vided that the court would order an audit of the company's books to de termine if they were able to pay the wage scale at Issue. - This proposal was rejected' by Morris Brandon, of counsel for the railroad, who declared that 900 men had been employed by the road since, the former employes went on s strike and! these could not be discharged to make room for the return of the old men. HARDING IN SYMPATHY WITH IRISH RELIEF UNDERTAKEN w AowixNuiuxM. Marcn zs. inre sponse to a request by a groupt oi Irish leaders in this country, President Harding sent to New -York tonight a message of sympathy f 6?- the' Irish re lief movement, to be read at a, relief meeting held ; there ..on April 2. The communication was transmitted to Morgan J. O'Brien, chairman .Of the New York relief committee, and was as follows: - ' ' I . wish you the fullest measure of . success not only in the great benefit performance at the Metropolitan opera house. April 3, but In every wqrthyi ef fort to make a . becoming cohtribution on .thfe part of ' our people .to;.. . relieve distress.' among ! the , women and chil dren In "Ireland The people of . Amer ica never will be deaf to the caiVfor relief in behalf of suffering' humanity and thelcnoprldge 'of distress in 'lrer land makes , quick and deep appeal to the. more fortunate of our own where. so"! many, pf.'oar, citizens kinship to ' the Emerald isle. land, trace . ; r,.5 '.-. H -v .. HARDING POLICY AS TO; llllif GERMAN PROPERTIES IS TO RETURN THEM SOON New Custodian Will Settle Up H Has 'Authority . -" W jf;;;J.j TO PAY U. S. CLAIMS Interests of American-Citizens Who Suffered Damage Will Be Protected Br DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, 1921, by The Star) WASHINGTON, March 26 The early V return to their rlghttul owners of vast -amounts of German property held In . the United States, appears, to be in v prospect. Congressional action is nea essary before the. transfer can be . made, ' but the trend of opinion In the Harding. administration ls toward glv- lng back what was seized as a war measure. . ' Meanwhile, the policy of the new ... alien property custodian, Col. Thomas W. Miller, as explained to the writer today, Is to'settle up as quickly as pos sible all questions for which authority is vested in him under existing laws. "There are 'some enemy Insurance companies," he said, "which will prob-. ably have to be operated by us for some years to'come, but most of these companies can be liquidated at . once and the proceeds returned to the Ger- , man owners. It Is unlikely that' they would wish to operate as German con cerns again, anyway." Colonel Miller was drafted for the Job of alien property custodian by ' President Harding because of his re markable executive ability. He won his military rank overseas, having en listed as a private and working up to the staff of General Kuhn, of the 79th division. President Harding felt that in appointing Colonel Miller, who has been active in the affairs of the Amer ican legion, there could be m suspicion of pro-German leanings In any of: his decisions. ' V Anybody who talks with Colonel Mil- , ler on the subject of enemy property, however, will find that he believes th time Is ripe to give back to the -Ger- -. man owners, the property .that wag - taken from them. He is loath to criti cise hla predecessors in the alien prop erty cuatQdlan-,oflice,-- bwt - h -j nas some ".sweeping' The- new alien property custodian has found,' for instance, large lawyers' fees charged to the yearly proceeds of certain, companies now held by Amer ican trustees and has made up his mind that' all excessive charges shall be re duced whether Republican or Demo cratic. law firms are Involved. Colonel Miller believes that It is the American ' ! spirit to be fair. to Individuals even though; they be Germans. Already there has been many cases settled which' would have required prolonged litigation. The policy of the new administration ls to spare litiga tion and bring about early settlements so that business may proceed, for while many concerns are'of enemy ownership they employ American citizens. The revival of trade and commerce depends to ho. small extent upon the 'restora tion of , millions of dollars worth -Of property to their lawful owners. Of course the transfer of all this property back to the Germans Is predi cated on the assumption that the Ger man government will pay the claims lodged by American citizens who lost relatives in the sinking of the Luslta hla, or who. lost property in Germany , during the war. -The expectation ls that Germany will settle these claims, . -.-but if not, then' it ls planned to liqui date as much of the assets of German t in this country as possible and use the proceeds to pay American citizens who suffered at the hands of the Germans. One of the difficulties, however," from the German viewpoint, Is that France and the allied powers have a prior claim on any money- that-Germany may have available to pay war claims and unless America can reach an agreement with the associated pow ers on that- point, the only way. the ' United States government can avoid using the German assets In this ooun- ' . try ls to make a loan to Germany out of which claims would be paid. This, however,-: will be developed 'definitely when the American government begins negotiating, with Germany on the set tlement of 411 questions growing- out. of the war. Congressional action will necessarily be . delayed somewhat un til foreign relations , are' cleared up. Meanwhile banking : groups in New York are back of a plan whereby the assets' of thet Germans' held In this country shall ' be. used as a basis on credit for the immediate resumption - of trade with Germany when peace ls finally made. Assuming that the Ber lin and Washington governments have reached a settlement-on war claims, the early return my be expected of the -German property or the use of as much , of it as collateral as may be sanctioned" by the German citizens In co-operation wkh the -Jerman government. ' ' CAROLINA RIVERS TO GET ' VARIOUS SUMS FOR WORK" (Special te The Star) WASHINGTON, March .26. The war department has made allotments for North Carolina rivers and .. harbors work from the last appropriation by congress, as fqllows: ' Mantee. Shallow bag' bay. $4,500; Pamlico and TaC fivers, , $8,500r Neuse river. ?$15,500' Swift creek,- $800: Cohtentnea, S500; Trent, river, $1,000; - waterway connecting Core sound and Beaufort harbor, $2,500; J Northeast-Cape- Fear river, $3,000. . CACKLING HENS - ARE NOT ALWAYS LAYERS OF EGGS WASHINGTON." March - 26. The hen that; did the cackling may not .have laid the egg, government farm experts assert. .They advise farmers to use trap nests In. order to; pln.itheVcackler down to racia ire tne w.ay or- eggg.v j-.-e-, . . By-1ioldIng a henon the . nest until released,- the announcement? said, It wag I possible toieep! tab oo,, the good lay- j J I ers regardless wbf the. fuss s raised b ' - S I some t hens on false 'pretenses, ixvx t ! . ? - .s. .,.-:-.-;, -.-ti,. -;!.' ' - - ,JT 'J" , V mmmi ' v ? vr'f'.::- f!j:i! , ... 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