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IBy Absoci- ,ted Press)- Representatives of 375,000 organized railroad employes in special convention here today, called upon the executive heads of the recognised "ns- ticnal and international railroad unions to sanction the formation r" of . . i t r jiitrlrt "offensive ana utienaivH ai rauroaa uisinvi. cuuuviis in the KcW Yoric cusirici una , at omer strategic points in the railroading- in- dustry." Thpse district urganisaiiuuB are nec- acarv. 11 was omicu u a. icuci nui to the executive union officials, to en ble the railway employes "to: better resist the conceniraiea aii&cKs or . me railway executive association" and "to Mnff about a closer affiliation . of all railroad employes and perfect a 100 per cent organization in all crafts . by itlmulatlng interest in their own .Wel fare and educating them in the value of solidarity." " ' ' , Del'egateato the convention, who rep resented all local railroad unions in the Greater New York .district, urged that "a state of status quo should be declared by the American Federation of Labor so as to clear the way, and make it possible for what are now com monly known as the transportation brotherhoods to ainliate with- the American Federation of abor. ' . - Through this action. It was stated. the "preambles ana resolutions that gave birth to industrial autonomy, by the formation of the general depart ment within the federation, would be preserved." , T More than 2a0 representatives of lo cal unions in the New York district at tended the convention, "which - was called by district officers of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance .of.., "Way Employes. .-; J The delegates afftrmed their onfl limr, I thefr --ntrtiatr6alf7a- Itlonal officers and pledged to-ir them wall in their untiring efforts to se cure and maintain for the railroad em- ployes the working conditions and the standard of Jiving that they'' are so justly entitled to." ' : ' : - ' , "We further believe that it ' would Ibe to the best interest of . all con- srned," added the communication, "that the present existing pact between the sixteen recognized railroad .unions be re-affirmed and continued indefi nitely and that the principle of craft palgamation, and industrial autonomy im not only recognized as a ttrlncinle. f ut be heralded by the railroad workV p as an accomplished fact." . ' ' It rould be to the best intereatM ft the organized railroad emnlovei In re different railroad centers." It was F'ted, "that they be permitted to form friendly railroad district councils. In pder to brine about a better local Inderstanding so that they may be r" ante to carry out the mandates lt the several national and lnterna.- Iional unions in line with the offensive rna aerensive proeram as at n resent i'ue; ana that said railroad dis- Inct Councils h n 11 rwv1 tn fiinotlnn oe orncially recognized by the -vuU,,0 i-ouncii or the American Fed i''on or Labor and 'the executive I'ncii of the railwav emnlnvM' fle fta.t.i. . .. " ' -u..eni or the American Federation i Labor, to issue what may be known emergency charters' for the pres sor until a final disposition is made litt.; J 'naiiueBicQ nre inline x , ".' Acw "rK ana other strategic the united States Da Says l HiHrt T Analyzing Country-Wide Survey of Con- . Increasing i Confidence .That Worst Over irStH01111 A)r'i - 3.-Davld" . jr. ture a;imer 8ecrtUr'r t aiTricul lure, analysing a country-wide survey .industrial financial, agricultural and ?h.wCvVm,c' conditions. declares Slon tuhiK naton1 Question Is tix-SXi-WJ1 pJeac BetMement and Inter national, trade next." ?Vv graphical - diviadone of the United states ; by field asrent -o-iti and Deposit company of this city, con- ?-.vt answers .to 36 questions by .TVTf :u"P"rs manuracturers - and publlq offlcials.V An Interesting feature of tht statistics Is that in every sec. Won , except New England and the Rocky Mountain states building oper ations; showed a marked . .. - " J v-h m.i iranspwriatipn conditions In every I state- were reported eood knAi s -. MEET 'COTTON PRICES A FEW PEOPLE GUILTY OF - CROP PRODUCTION Federal Agent Declares Practice Is Confined-to '"Two or Three Sore Spots" ; Agriculture Department Makes Survey-of Crop Costs and. , Requirements vented retailers from stocking, up - for I serine" hii-in An Av,.' ii r , , . w,1 iUC6 elr prices, consum- PEOPLE . AGAlNSTc IT marl r urg;e vflrtert, ,win result - and f J SS:S So& Psu Citizens Back of Federal In Onr County, in Georgia Pro that" TlHoa-r will f.it i . -r. ,1 Affi.A i- T?tf Ai ( C4a. j . ' .1 t -r . . PRIGJ& UNDER COST that prices will not fall lower. It Is apparent that we are approaching, the-j ""uv ."lit. many manufacturers--can get materials:. at prices they can af f ord tQ Pay and with lower wages and more efficient labor, they can furnish goods at a cost wUhin the consumers' reach. Meanwhile. .roduMm. ditT-t Officers in Eflfort to Stamp Out Slavery Utors and cdnaunaenrs a.rn nnenttln.- I for immediate needs with a tendency r?erf'x.:ssue -J? f oll?wln" "tatem to.;take large Tchances and to'o for- ' onlfht regarding peonage condtti ward. reported ;,Mgood,'' and raw r n l- PPreci.able reduction , In wages ATLANTA, April 5. ;Vincent Hughes, head of: the bureau "of" investigation of the federal department : of , justice ere, Issued . the following- statement ons In Georgia: "This offlce "receives and .investi gate's every complaint bf peonage aris- duction Expense Reached 33 Cents a Pound in 4he rsllrfloHnir InAiimt-wv -"fliiuu I n n I n 1 . a 1 m.t.. I- hi. ., " "n-cu ouib wiicro "o iiiaupr ho- ka i Iteration sivon Berious con- turmation of th i men! ' ,ed' ,0 be "imperative at this went of concentrated onnonitlon on LP. f those who would -divide r econmic organizations. promoting closer affiliation m " thtf various unions, it - Was gained that th.. n .. elb. sufh knowledge, to our IbiM dna information, to the Ameri,; T eparimeni I'll eke , . - "eration or Labor, ,as prnMp... "naerstandlng of our "un as - . . rm tho " Deen receivea t iiu iniemBuonai fion executive ?&r, rirp.irt: J . viuciais, Anmony Conn 'f,ent.0' the New- York Dis ittl?! Maintenance of Way Prized tn ii ljaDorers' locals, "iea to call anntli .nAtai was "tlon nf , anotner special , con to, nnal action on th nr. r V" sal. U.L,ELS- C. PHYSICIAN " HOTBYJ. C. SWYGfcRT 2LLE, S. C. Anrli a t "dposK?1 "i?4 Physician, was oon i Cbl,y fatally wounded here "Wn farmer J V" SwyTert, well 1 I,IvThnnd CiUzen of thls ec wb"llet8 took effect. Two P otbi;o,10"e. ln the abdomen char::."1 l"e chest, .we of ter. Dr. (t- - Jtaen't hospital in Columbia for r tKrt' 8urrendered lmmei.V-i n , "u wa laxen to Lexi ngton county jaiL Brn,?;D ATTEND THE SGT. PLOGGER todsv Va- April 8. -BuHal wst -RockhrM 'wncit a. Flog orld ,br.,aKe soldier killed In P bv r.nrJune 6. 1818. was at. PSe. ,v' Person i. 1y ;""tCet3cfr theVlrglnia I Knio-u. uei Confedernt nihts tIt! "meaerate veter ot iJ?, Templar and A dei. Hervi'" of Moose. In the - no were hi in t iooull I, f In every state the consensus of opln n0 me xarmers nave not dis posed of all their, last season's crops, x-ow prices and shortage of moneyr and labor are said to have caused a reduc tion tn4 acreage - In . all - states except Illinois, Iowa. Kansas. Missouri, Ne braska and , the Pacific 1 coast states The crop outlook for 1921. hnw in every , case, was reported fair or pood., - . . . ,. . . l Mr. Jlpuston says:.-' '. , "The survey indicates that the busi ness world is still Reeling Its way, but with increasing ; confidence end with the conyietion - that . the worst r has passed. ...The country has successfully borne the strain caused by a most no table drop In price8, particularly of a vast volume of raw .materials, and has weathered a trying period of liquida tion. V'vy.rrV' r " ;' :,-.'.;f 'The-demand for finished ''products has no,f developed to the ' point where out- factored f eel : - justified tin taking Ihet-iqulaTtS'aniittururp raw materials td furnish " the eeS sary 'relief to their.' oroducers:' but i there are some indications ofa change ln this direction. .Business men realize that forced action . based on artificial optimism . may lead to .-unwise action; and produce further embarrassment.' The fpreign situation has not shown. l. A m ... . . . iuxj sxjieciea v impruTemeni, ana con tinued, difficulties tare . experienced in discovering an effective European mar ket for our commodities. , yhis : survey does noint to certain favorable -domestic conditions The cost of living haa appreciably dimin ished. - Building operations in it num ber: of , districts tend to increase. There have recently , been no strikes of consequence. Greater productivity of labor per man is reported from all districts. ; ; . . . Raw Material Pleatlful -- "Raw materials : are plentiful, and physical . transportation conditions aro good; f There have - been ho business failures of moment. ;- The crop- outlook Is satisfactory and the banking situ ation .has Improved. ' It, 1 5 believed that ' confidence ln business circles is slowly spreading and . that while there Is . hesitancy the -business r men bf the country are feeling s'fch.elr '.way with sound business caution,' and the coun try is worklng back toward" a' more ft table condition. v ;:V " "In undertaking to give business men a comprehensive and timely pic ture -of national conditions and public opinion,- the , Fidelity, and Deposit com panyhas once again performed aT'dis tlnct public service. . - " '. - U"" -'-' . "What the urvey discloses should be an encouragemefit to us all to go forward- wHlv cohfldence,' though not with recklessness. ' .:- ,s. '';"' ' ', ' Morer than one thousand representa tives of the Fidelity and Deposit com pany gathered the information i con.' talned inithe survey. They, obtained fronfTbarikers, : manufacturers, business men and others! answers to A questlon, nalre covering ? economic, " agricultural, industrial and general ; conditions. ".The replies were, telegraphed to Baltimore where, they -were analyzed and tabu lated, r. The- review": 'was made in the same fashion ai "the " company's'' first survey, published last September. ' In'.; preparing ., the 'questionnaire economiets, lawyers 'and many men in public life were 1 consulted to make It as complete and -.comprehensive as possible. Among those. who suggested questions wrer Attorney: - General Harry v M;'yla.ugherty; ., Sertator .'Reed Smoot: Secretary of Agricultdre Henr rv fL'. Wallace : his predecessor, B. T; Meredith, and Albert -B.' Fall,- secretary of tEev interior. ' ' .. ' Mr. Hooirtomls comment 'Tfeta anrvev fs' eursrestlve. and will be . helpful," Mr. 'Houston V con tlhues. "At all-time: Information of ".the sort here gathered Is .valuable. ' It is par ifliiiariv mo now' when - there ls'; still uncertainty In the business world, and leaders are ' aeoaiing - vc -.atwuB.- ui. their Industrial program and policies; whn the survey' shows -f .that , no section of the country, reports a" mirk ed Increase ln Industrial ractivlty;and that manufacturers, aistriDuiora a.no consumers still, are r proceeuun short-time ' basis'.; this does not mean that ' the general . industrials situation h : nr. imnroved, The . country . is better, off today than It .was three; months ago. and manuirers , growing numbers are;piaBningmw production schedules v." ";t : "But the , public -I still - restricting Its -buying; and : probably will -continue. to purchase cautiously until retail price reductions become : mofe nearly, eaual to he reduction In manufactur-j !2-thlesalers' brices. The Wa1h- hv :. retailers of . a relatively avs'awr , WASHINGTON,- April 3. Cotton growers can meet the present price , situation by carefully considering op erating expenses and"- reducing them J whenever there is a likelihood of ob taining a low yield per acre, , the de partment of agriculture says in a re- p'ort.' today on the results of a survey materials plentiful.. Savins AV;V;- noted; in very section and in vir- ' Fates every complaint bf peonage if;fT showed,- increased a'U.ttT ' of -.Industry. The j Chofe WaSiSi on h. teamrem.enfs and cost of pro states. V - - ' .; , 2 iact that savingB accounts : have tn-1 flole Btat of Oeorgia. The-bulk Idnctng cotton. , rouce. ornciais or 27 states said there had, been a noticeable Increase in crime over,,last September, but a decrease was reported In Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Is land, . Connecticut, New York, New J erseyv Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary land, District of nolMmhin iriii- West Virginia. North Carolini; louj thr, Carolina, Georgia, Florida JCentucVvlt In- Nw ; England Tennessee; Alabama and" Mississinnt.' ; creased Jn -the .Industrial sectl.ns. I " P,u WT .wn'P CO?n" !'' By "appfying last year's . man-and-howeyer. would seenuto Indicate .that 1 S1"4' and -there' are wW.othesej-.VatV for' labor and prices Sen wv OBn as great as tna ""7": . -b Basic requirements in an investieatiofl red not inn a- n i,- n.i i many of these .comnlaints i.Tia . . - au ivcugduun ductions In the prices pf commodi- i many of these cbmplaints because ' the isOnd-that.V therefore, fortunately, laTLil not'-oad enough. - .U v - . e 4eorease in wages has not necessi- ' technical crime -Of peonage . is In ; Mitchell county, . Ga., the average operating expense of cotton was fixed at -approximately 33 cents a pound. Man-and-mule rates for labor in thin investigation and seed ; and ;.; fertilizer reducti ties, th tsited a lowerine. of the tnfln ' only Committed when i involuntary livlnsr. - . i servitude exists" Jon a' basis of " debts. "TOr.T'- r-n.'--.-. and manv netrrnen sr. k.M;.'-..r T""T?l i"'uu oe' t 1" '-"w.'.,w.1 -.ana'-.ineu - - 'VcL" -"Z costs, me aep-artment says, constituted xvuvay. Mountain states, building, oper- " - i9 Brnine,r-coercion., gi per. cent lof, the to tar operating- ex. ...y.tooiiii. nis increase, ' L , . ; . . however, is nowhere, sufficient to meet'-88 of geographical origin of 'com. the- 4emand and . n . every oarfrof the plamts we receive. Ishould say i that "vuuu mere is a neea lor aweuings. But : sentiment pense, exclusive Of land rent. Other expenses, amoyfltlng to 16 per cent of r w nncea ; taxes. in. . nvi ia-, , ..-rz-l-rrr r:r, . ?nc ano, overhead. Commander Missing Naval Ballon A5-5597 -1 VAnhl. 1 it-.t.-.... - . - . . . "Tnrto-tr, K A--.-i-. :i . v. w m.u :a.uor was IIa'"?": l ' prese. P. ! V".' "r: '": 5W ! the rata of SO cents an hour. Vinson, ii"iri' and until costs fall to materially lower ' receIve- by far the greater parV? of icvoiB, - me unfavorable "attitude to- "ewrtf - " - iree irom, vine practice, ward building- operations on a wider which seems to center in two or .'three' scale . will continue.. - sre spots where social conditions, are Credit 81taatlon Better - less advanced. . V ? : 1. - "The credit situation is " improved 1 Most f the peonage victims are Interest rates range . from -6 to per! o-ntry ' negroes. - , The .. ma cent f or,. the country, as a whole, but 1 i9rity of complaints we ' have Investi banking funds are reported available ated are : cases: of tenantr rarmere. by every section . except the., south -and J These n men ' are-' working, on an ar Roeky. Mountain regions.V jt ho$ noted in this connection . that.- federal i supply cptjtdn sed.; tools and fertilizer, reserve banks . In the ' seuth and. west f w,h the tenant contrlb-atlnglabot- and have Jjraelcally. ceased re-dis.countLng repeiylnfe from a. quarter to av halt of with banks in the northeast. -Corpor- ? the-crop ; ae balances everywhere are reported ?The tenants 'usually buy food; at the td hay . decreased,' andv this Is .one; pf tenant, commissaries. :j- .have :no thef unfavorable ' asneeri; e. the.. roticence-ln savin-r-that, the nuraher nf -.PW 1otAt. .-, - 4 : ill.-. . ii... t-iis'i ' Chief Quartermaeter xGeorge K. ,Wil- f t r,S :reIIt8 hour seed '81 balloon -V-5597,; which has been missing a. t0tt an.? ,ertili?er at 46 a ton. From since it. left the naval air station at xnetai-cosr of .$56.16 an acre, a seed Pensacola, Fla... March 22. The balloon credit of $3.98 was deducted, making a total net cost of $52.26. y Asserting that the rates for the labor carried' a crew of;five.. It is feared that NOTE OF nFFIAMfiF If J 'VOIGECOiHlSiil! HE ANNOUNCED HARVEY . pointment of 1 Colonel ' to y-A-'i Court .. of St. James RESENTS CRITICISM Drive" Agaiiist Famous Editor Only Stiffened the Execu- ; tive's Determination By DAVID LAWRENCE - CopyrlKKt; 192U by The gtar) r ) WASHINGTON." April 8J .President ; Harding is proud of the selection of Col. Georce Harvey as ambassador to -Great - Britain. When he authorized ! ? the Washington-correspondents , to, anV nounce that he, would send the no'ml- .'7 nation to the senate soon, there was a.' ' note of ,' defiance In hls'vvolce ae-ainst"'? J all who - had presumes to.. doubt, that.1, u.oviusuiDiicu cunur ui v xiarvcy 8 Weekly" would be finally, chosen. The. President was eager to have It known that the .so-called, "drive" , against; the - Harvey appointment had failed- to move him, and .from the de cisive manner in which he spoke it was evident that, having made up hia mind v to,a)point Colonel Harvey he was try- i(s w. uiswurage any enort to . ais- :v ;w suade him. ..,-. :'; 'CS There is no doubt about it the murmurs of ODnositidn as well a thm ' ' -: " - 'i published stories of a, "drive" against Colonel Harvey, 4iave tpnry. served to stiffen the 'determination t of President Harding to. .go thrdugh . with , his original plan. ThoseV-who observed Mr. Harding's eagerness, to have the Oil 1 1 A. .. J ""1"-.PrttSB. record, his .choice of Colonel and seed didhot start to ann t,en at;- , -" ... . . i .-"7 vey mougni tney aetectea after the"1920 crop had been produced, the report adds: - , t "With cotton around 12 to 15 cents per t pound, the returns not only al- GOVERNMENT Pl?.fnJjy.dacJKtle ..-k . .' . - .-7-. .j-.y. ..- . 'f.r-. . a reduction., in 'the" Bin of -such.- ac counts.'. .:z-;-'-:vr;-i; . : -' "The Jcrop, butlook.-U stated to , be intentional violation 'of the Peonage law, just as,- my ' experience ;. leads ?me tbbelleve hat the bulk of white citi xehs are wholeheartedly ' back 'of: our efforts tp 'stamp-out peonage dltion of the' cotton- market, has some thing to do with'ltAfor with most of the. farmera : hnldtno- la af v.,,1, good everywhere, excent in the wejBt and .on vthepaeiflc.f-coast,: where money is very strong, while 'at the rannera are- reported to - b,e::Teducihg same time , they need labor. ' - ' . ' A .l t;:fr:fBt W must be , taken ! "My Impression as that the bulk lit wit reservatioTia.-'-.. Snh . fofr,w-. rirv-o-4o n,ht...u..i. . n:.Js.. ,4 . .. - ! r-VH- . muw . W31UCU LO MS KUllUCBB Ol S Mm - a ttT 4 - .j4a a l . -'v...-,8,.;yiuign- at , mis time,; and frequently ;.tum . out toi be Ihcorrect. It may be. t too, that In certain areas farmers rare shifting' their operations and working back to . a . more balanced agriculture. " .- 4 , . . VThe reports from some agricultural sections of farm labor . shortage also may need Interpretation: In not 'a few cases : a report of a shortage! may mean that the . employers, cannot get, labor at : thei own price; and. it'- Is-' significant-that outside of the farming cam munlties .In the - industrial sections, the .reasons assigned for the reported acreage, reductions - are .low jprices 'of farm products, rather than shortage of;,money- - . v-. . , "A: demand: for farms .'by f renters Js vpoervea m- minois,- Kansas. v Missouri. pnnnnp.T lowed no' interest on caDftal. hut foii. : . zm& DYEr COTTON ND ANY for: agriculture; With-, cotton at is 1 t I 3f f:y.!".fVJIf n:V cents, per pound it would require, a atiiii tifPinif s?S'0TKEu7NEEDY qWremenfa of production" estimfcttfiar SweJff ft this, tiihe - th reporradded.r The history- of the, year, 1,20 will fnot ue mrguuen ammeaiately and it will befafe to say that" the -lesson of" this u vw" near -some fruit ;WA??Tl.NGTON.. 'April 3.-Dire-tors or tne. war ..finance, corobratjnw riii lit vs t- "wvrrow -witn . represents,- the same - -'.J resentment iffainst criticism of per ,4 aonal " appointees as Woodrow Wilsdn Til iJlal U i used to exhibit whenever anjrone made LU IlLLr 80 hold as to suggest . that - possibly me posiSi new j ojr.v AiDercr Sidney Burleson or George Creelmlght iiave been filled -by others. - . Just why the selection, of Colonel Harvey, to go to thecourt of St. James should be the - object: of : criticism and. P'vuuue an. unaercurrent oc . protest in ' .'"Wli.-MhifciM 1 rl VHU I Reoubllcan. etfIk-W mnZt.-ZlmlZ ' tlfi. iA.-'ZA t-: DA omewnat- or, mystery to the . 6ut??tv . V':Vi iito ruUd Foreign . !. prove nothlns but. the fact that local conditions favor -peonage. We expect them' and 1ft the -long tn T tney can not, greatly, hinder 1 us. r . ; "Through Investigations by , our agents we, have found Newton county to. be it reerof 1 peonage. We , have re ceived splendid support ' from ; thie county offlclala -of. Newton coun'ty in the investigation we have - made " an1, we, feel thatthe Jinking of the name of Newfon .. county , with peonage Nebraska W In the southSaic ' ' : i and Pasific- atate- -- .--w-- -'c"uniy an ..injustice- . . -1 - iive; Dankers ox the " south tr Lurvo to pLttrup out peonage. ? --I tnAthrif - . vv"Bi1 'that attempt are sometimes WalES-. .to' hinder or. block bur' investigatipn secfionW ' ; ' " proauc of that The jankers' will be informed. 'fiL is understood.. that;:the, government is ready, on adequate security to extend fihanciat .aid ; through, the finance1 corporation- for exportation of the agri cultural products k to any part of the world. .'Officials indicated tonjght fthat Smie to syndi cate thei financial strength for an ex port Progratr In. orderthat plenty of seourity-. can bevoff ereii ' f- --- 1 . 1 and Pasific- states, Western 4 and southern farmers are reported, to be withholding payment of billa and the condition Of the cattle, and sheep rais ers in Kansas. Nebraska and the jiocky Mountain districts, where there is a congestion In wool,5 Is reported to be poor. ; ,.-': ''J-.;V i r i "Nowhere , is there a noticeablVmpve mentj of men to. the farms from the industrial centers. But this is not ab normal - r; necessarily Undesirable.' Af ter all. farming, must pay,, and in the long run there will be as many en gaged in farming as will produce, the commodities rhlch ,the consuming public will buy at a J profitable price. "The housing; shortage leads as the most , important local question in I the hundreds of communities' covered, by the Fidelity and Deposit company's -; Contlnued on Page Two) ; ONE OF TANKER GREW DEAD AT CHARLESTON Explosion on 0. T. Warring Burns Three Seamen, Wil- - 3 Ham Riens Succumbing L'lVCLE OK BlfiCKWITH TAKES ! : CHARGE; OFv SUICIDE'S BODY v STRACUgE.N. . Aprii 3.Davl4'0. Holmes, 'of. East Orange, N. J., un$e of Prof. Holmes Beckwlth, who crazed by-fancied- grievance - Saturday, killed Dean John -Wbartpn' head of the-College of -Business Administration, Syra cuse university and then killed him self. today ; took charge' Of the ' bbdv of his nephew.' : Mrs- Holmes called on Chaneellor James R. Day. and expressed regret for his -nephew's act.. -. While ' the hftilv Tto'r-ari fh" . in an .undertaker's Chapel, wher brief and simple funeral service was read in the preseiceof relatives and -friends. arrangements were made to hold the rfuneral tomorrow afternoon. ' Mr. Holmes, who is president of the Utility Company-.. of New York, said he, believed; the mptlve for the killing wm. . tXrt X -''- - . . . ui ft9o.li i , (lariun - was a s, - protest against, existing social order" rather than the outgrowth of personal ani moslty. L ' . . .'. - . , GREAT BRITAIN RATIOIfsV TH " " COAL, AS IN PREVIOUS STRIKE CHARLESTON, S. O; April 3.-Wheh the Standard Oil company tanker O. T. Warring darted Into' Charleston, harbor early; today "for medical aid, members of the crew had- a hajr-raising " story to tell of a terrific '-explosion, of gasoline fumes the night .-before,' .burning, three members -pf- the crew, to such an ex tent .that one,WiHIai Reins, of Jack sonville, Fla., - a pumper,,, later died at 'a hospital here. '- ' ' . i.''.:' ; The cause of the accident is unknown and there' was some reticence on the part of the oil .company's officials here in discussing It. It is .stated . tat an Investigation will be made by the com pany, at 'least to 'fix responsibility for the accident, ;k '-.';': -Jr. The :': tanker-"." was -'Just, opposite Charleston ." harbor,, proceeding from Wilmington,- N. , C, .' to - Havana, - Cuba, with.: more than, a million and, a'. half gallons of refined gasoline in 'her com partments. ' .It v- appears ; that fumes generated in one of these and when the three men' were, at work, ear her cap ping pipe, the explosion took place. The vessel was little damaged, the heavy night' air; it i believed, servlnr to stop communication of -the flames .to other compartments. "-v:"?""- C M. Pearson and J. Ruskln, ad dresses' not given,-were the two other LONDON, 'April 3. The - boa rid "of trade Issued -official orders todav j ra tioning and reducing coal for the Brit ish Isles.1 Illuminated street signs are prohibited, the regulations being Vir tually, identical with those iBsued dur ing; the strike in 1919.? -'..' . ; ... , Sunday wasgiven up-to meetings bf the miners, railway men and transport workers throughout; the -country., These meetings we're called to give directions for the trlple-illiapce conference. Wed nesday. Judging i by .the - resolutions adopted and-the speeches., deJiveredti a strong-feeling'1 prevails. ;In fayor'of ,a strike of therailway men - and -transport workers . to support the miners.'-: ,;'Secretary--Cramp ''ofc "the hational union'; pf railway men at Birmingham, however,"uttfed a -warning. that:such action must1, be. absolutely united and whole-heartedw otherwise it would be useless. ? Success - would be Impossible if-one section of the triple, . alliance stood out;,,,' :' - '. '; ---' v;- '' ' eouritAr-can be-bierd ' for I?,n ThrUffh- "u ,h' combination of i- ' aid- -ntWng ; ought to stand .In the way. of obtaining the necessary money from 1 he finance cor poration. , . . . - ; ' -r . . RiVEii jvxcriojfl k-a' fire- :-' - -1 'A ' : P1?811 gysiEss HOUSES ERripN, Fla!. ' April' 3.- Va Ce 2,eck of the t damage caused . by the fire which swept - the ownSn?"-tb yesterday!' Wr",f t.buf?e,d Pfopeny-v-today r ..! .... jn?i.r . Josses would range not .less -. than, - $100.0DO,: with abou-t $0,000 Insurance;, Work has already- been '-started - clearing away ?f&Wf.P&rtoVj rebuilding. HrSSf ' tarted the f ear of the 2r2rt;;?!' twestory wooden 8tfcture.. when- a - small gasoline Pumping : moTorvbaokOred. igniting- the gas- tank. 4 The flameg quickly- spread k5? the-fire. could be controlled td- the.following- buildings: t-KB- Bokken and company. Scarbo-rough-and-company,'4 Jeff Creamer and Sonsr And W H. Done's all general merchandise stores thev Jones drug store; the Gadsden; county state bank and several-smaller buildings. ' sHelp was called from nearby towns andcrews of two trains left their du ties to a.Id in fighting the .fire. j . WILL AIDS SHIPPING Revival m Foreign Trade - Will Lif t'Merchant; Marine Out of Present Slump WASHINGTON, April 1 .S.Defettse of the nation's war-rborn'" dye industry against' completion' of the German dye and chemical trade will be taken upr shortly by. the departnWnt' of com merce In conference here : with, repre sentatives of American manufacturers. hassadorship' Liorig after Mr. Wilson slder. Indeed, there has been vefy little question raised, about the brilliancy of Colonel Harvey's imind- and; his r ready wit. Rather ; has tthe opposition -cen-tered upon Colonel Harvey's alleged - ' : attitude toward prohibition which Is not especially pleasing to the "dry" v element here.1 It has-Wen pointed out vr however that Great Britain Is not, a ' prohibition country ' .and that pre- ' 1 ' ,: sumably sentiment in London would- ,; ,: favor the - selection of a man Ilk Colonel Harvey Instead ' of one : "Pussy f 00 f.'; Johnson's disciples. In deed the British government. In re sponse to an Inquiry from the United States government,, said promptly that Colonel Harvey was -"persona grata." When Colonel Harvey goes abroad as ambassador to Great Britain he will have achieved a life-long ambition. It rs hot generally, known that the colonel was very anxious to have President ."': Wilson appoint him to the same am- I f:: COIiLEGEl BASEBALL TODAY' l , ; College ; baseball .games ! for. londay inciuder,;;v."--''r..:t;;.'i; . -Salem, i Va. Roanoke college ; ,-; vei. Lynchburg scoiiege; . ; - ;r' " ; Blacksburg, - Va-; Polytechnic ' Insti tute vs. University of Florida;'. ; i I. - joaviason, :w.ij.; wonord vs, pavid- Lexingtoh"f.Va.:t University of North Carolina vs. Washington ; and -Leei . Wake Forest,' N. C-i -Wake Forest vs. T'.enoli olle-e.' .f . " ' ' ' 1 ' DAUGHTER SEES, HER FATHER t ; ' sSHOOT HIMSELF TO DEATH " Mf AMI, FlaV April C. WiiiiamW. former, deputy sheriff and Dade county J. lt- ' . - - ' ' m ' - - jancr, not ana , Kiiiea , nimself . in his nome nere tpaay rwnue his. daughter peeped .ithroughhe -''' doorway : to hs robmv a vWitness to; the tragedy. ' Wil liams had ordered her, to leave the room, flourishing a .revolver ; and threatening to kllL her, too". If she re mained. : . , .-l- . i- . . -v--.-. ,'r ; Williams ' fired three shots.' the first two going wild Tand - the; third finding tts nark in .his temple; . 'Despondency oyer 't financial reverses was given as the cause. t .1 " " ' ' . " JUBII-EE SINGERS HERE oVjSTH i -' The Fisk Jubilee. Singers, who have won' a; national reputation,' will -appear, at , thev; Academ , of ;, Music - Friday, April; I This errotjpf negro artists tieeanoi Introduction ; to the Wilming ton,,; public as they, have sung; here before and at- that - time received the hearty approval of "a' large and ! select audience -of bath wnite ana negro peo Rapid revival of .the,. German industry,-especially as a factor ln foreign" trade,' department officials ' said tonight, must be taken into account by Ameri can interests' sot the Industry may be secure here and the .country remain in dependent of foreign sources, of supply. Other; American products needing the co-operation of the '.government in the field . Of - foreigntrade;, according' to Secretary Hoover, will 'be ; given the attention of "the -department. Mr. Hoover is. to meet;with the -war finance; corporation and ; southern . bankers to-! morrow in an.-effort .to develop a work able plain for building up -cotton ex- Dorts. - .,''.-. The credit angle . in, the . trade , re vival program .officials said, is in the hands of the- war - finance- corporation, which-is expected to 'aid, the exporters through corporations organized under the Edge act in different sections of the country. 'In addition; formation of combinations .for extending, foreign commerce .under the Webb-Ponierene act has been advocated .by Secretary Hoover as the most practical method of moving commodities after credit has been obtained, and also as a defense against similar combinations by. foreign exporters. , ,-. I . ,. , 1 Government' experts, In commenting tonight on the situation, expressed the o pin-ion-that. American concerns should follow their-- goods . to market 'rather than rely cnforeign middlemen to dis pose of their commodities,. : Strengthening "of " the country's -ahln. ping position commerce v officials as serted, would InaturaUy.' follow the foreign trade revival to -which the ad ministration., is giving its efforts. -Resumption of the;flow.of American goods to the porta of the ? world, they -contended, would provide the business to take, American shipping out of its pres enti'slump.. '" ' I --'.f.: '-. Ji - , APPEAL TO SUPREME COURT, ; ' SYLVESTER, Ga;, . April ;3.Mace Giddens; negro ' wno' was brought' back to :east Georgia on a charge bf murder, convicted ,,and r sentenced to ; hang.on April ?&; has . been denied a new trial WEDDING PREVENTS FEDERAL . .. ; PROSECUTION AT WILSON ,-': (Special to The Star) ' .. WILSON, April a.Saturday .night two young .men claiming that - their hdmes were Petersburg. .Va. and two ypung women, one hailing from Lynch burg and the. other from -Hot -Springs, registered at a Ideal hotel - as married people. ; The loliceiwere. j?ut wise and arrested themr . At police headquarters, where they spent the night,.' they gave different names and '- admitted their gum, v. : i -, : The younft men, seeing that 'they had Violated the : white ;slaye,act proposed marriage and not withstanding the proposition ' a sudden, the' girls " ac cepted. - - At this; juncture, Judge H. G. Connor was consulted and . agreed that the marriage yqws be taken, -i One of the couples - was -tie'd hard ahd . fast bv Magistrate J. R. Hardy,' but; the- other J and Georsre Harvey had their' sensa tional" controversy' In which 'the then ' candidate for the presidency asked his editorial friend to cease 1 his support on the ground that it was more harm ful than ' helpful, - the ambition? of the colonel to become ambassador to Great , Britain did not wane. When Mr. Wil son hesitated for some weeks before appointing Walter Hines Page, ' the friends of Colonel Harvey beseeChed Mr. Wilson to let bygones , be bjr. -gones and appoint the man who had been so Instrumental In bringing the name of Woodrow Wilson into the limelight. ,. , ', ' . But Woodrow Wilson was .obdurate. The saina reasons which , actuated him in declining ..Colonel Harvey's edi torial support namely an apprehen sion that, support by . Harvey would be ' . ' . ' construed put west as the backing bf: 3 Wall street Interests were potent in, V -. the subsequent , decision against ''the '-V '--sending of the colonel to Great Britain." 5 - v Ever since that ensode, Colonel Har- .,. - - vey's pen has been plyed-In-incessant . w attack upon v Mr. . Wilson ..and his ;! :;. policies, so much so that many Re-. ;.' y , v-k V i ft publicans believe he owes his selection. ' :.:;?;; ;: by Mr. Harding to the remarkable way ' . - ; f in which he exposed to satire the ills ' .-: -'"'.' of the Wilson .administration.'. Tradl- ' f ' ' tionally he Is not a. Republican, though ': after his . break" with. Mn: .Wilson .-he - ,' i y. if supported, the .national Republican J : ticket in 1916 and 1920. -'..., , , : The f4ct . that-Mr iWilson wa -in- .- " ' '"-.' ; clined to select . Colonel , Harvey, for , :-. the ambassadorship and-, was merely ' afraid" of the colonel's supposed; Wall - " ;v v, street connections . is-' seized - upon as ,- . '.'... '-. confirmatory, at least," of the editor's -iO- ability -and .: capacity, for if, fate had -. ":' brushed' aside rthese. circumstances ;he 5-3 .;v.vf : might - have served Mn -ther same '; .post- i ':'ArV'::: under a'.' Democratic instead Of a Re- s , ; :-:.iv;V'; publican administration. -. -. , yi - ,-' '') ' -.. . 1 ;;. -- v- W.vi V- EXPECT" EXPRESS CASK TO ' , . vV; BE COMPLETED THIS WEEK ": MACON, Ga., Aprils $.-Th i trial of t 46 persons accused- of 'conspiracy , In Connection' with- the theft of property from the -American Railway rExpres ,3, company during the period of govern- ment contro,!." will enter Its f ourth reek ; J, tomorrow,. The1, Jury has , been: (h - ; custody -of -' federal officers since .the . trial bf gap. ... --. '..',- ' , .;-;.iJ.. . v.. , (. . ; ;.-" Lawyers for the defense stated today ' there will be , number of motions to- y "' morrow, for the discharge of certain de-' ' . fendants which Will be offered as soon . as the government conoludes Its rebut- , ' tal of the defense's evidence. - f?r,.W 'j' -Arguments have been limited, to J 12 ' houra on a side. AsiUtahtiDistrtct At- :" toinaey;. E. Clem Powers will opfth for I u BWYcrjiraeni ana nearer a score ox it .--. lawyers . win sneax tor. in df n,v ,r ' 1 coupled on. account, of r being. unable to i District Attorney John W. Bennett will -r'Si' C' , ; J stand thej test of the f new marriage! make , the, closing; speech . for; the gov-' ' j law, failed to -pass and acted as at-1 ernment; Both sides exoect'the m. -; lv, 1 Tntirafla-t t tt-i-'-:. -, . - :- . - r high, price level has teen,perhaps, the Iduitritl SfvW tendants upon the newly weds, and to go to the Jury -by Th i f si "nil ' i. 'ic;:,:: i ; 1 ':.- ' .r-r j . ... . ,t MA il1 :!. l;;;l: ; ; .. - : '- - ;f :r I ? ' L mm -1.-1 a!?-,, ri I? !-,;.nk ' I!: : i. mm ifV-:: :. ' - :r ! i- ft1 ih Hi 1 . - j Aim it: Ir'h IK- mm ''V fir 'ii- , esbyterlan cemetery. "The attitude of -th::pubUo;.fcM:pr?.w sin no more .rJdav,,;.:v'---fi.',. ci : y?: ' AuA?Xy -y AA'A3iAA:iAAAAA . t.
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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