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'l:If! III' n t .t: 13 f 1 Kit i - -::f iSira-r-: "" v.p-vrri'-; -.i-iv -:1'-' ---.vv: --:' -" - : :Sin?TIP ' - kWi MMM)WWmX JJD A TED '. Leased Wire As ockted i J,.i;-' !Hfs;;tn didM M m ; raMBSJM iSwIlyt k H A I hV . Press Newspaper f , ; -'- "- t 'WlIJfflNfyN FRIDAY1 MORNINGAPJUL. 8, 1921. ' f, -r.T" OLDEST DAILY-IN THE STATE,1 . ? , . JURY TAKES WILLIAMS CASE TODAY; ACCUSED ENTERS CALM DENIAL Defendant Himself Is Only Wit ness Placed on Stand in -' His Behalf ' ATTORNEYS CLASH "Killings Were Murders," the Farmer Admits, Disclaiming; Any Participation" f ' COVINOTON.iGa., April 7. The fate 0f John S.. Williams, accused of the murder of 11 nesrro farm hands, will rert with a jury tomorrow. ;: In even, dispassionate ' tones: the jasper county planter, testifying In his own behalf, today declared his "absolute innocence" of the charge of murder and when court adjourned late today the trial had been concluded ex cept for the two closing arguments and the Judg-e's charge. . ; Williams will be either convicted of the murder of one of the men, for whose death he is specifically n -trial. or he will he acquitted, for Attorneys on both sides argued this afternoon that there could be no . 'half , way verdicts." 'and the defendant himself told the jury in so many ; words that the killing's were "murder." t,' ; : A verdict of murder might be ac companied by a recommendation for nercy carrying: life imprisonment. f SuiHt Matlye ,. ; Clyde Manning. negTCt farm boss for 14 years on the Williams pla.ee. whose ;onfesion Implicated the planter, : was pointed to by Williams as - the , man havfng a "probable motiye for the killings. Charles C. King, pleading for Williams' acquittal, told the. Jury that Manning, ijrnorant of the-' penalty vfor peonage, had become alarmed - at 'the federal investigation, and that the evidence indicated he. was .the only person who had a motive- for .'the kill ings. .. :. : " .- , Mr. Kins asserted the defense ex pected to rely largely, on' Williams' "alibi." which he said Williams had established "as far as possible" by describing how he was at home the night the three negroes i were killed, and asserted the state had offered jjo legal corroboration of the.i testimony a confessed accomplice as required by law. " ' Graham Wright, assistant attorney general, pointed to certain testimony as corroboration and said the- law left it the jury to make final decision pn that question. He termed . Manning incapable of plarming and carrying out the crimes '.'under the, eyes ofWiUiMM and his family,' and named ' Williams is the guilty man. ' 2" T ';':'' : Manning also wjll be ; pyt on - trial for the murders, it was -announced to day, the exact time to Lte decided Jater," and his attorney, ETMarylh Uriderwodd, said 'he would not . enter a lea -of guilty. :. " "Clyde Manning shall not escape, dfclared Solicitor-General , Brand in urging .conviction dt Williams. "I could not under the law permit him to escape." ' Tells "All" He Km.rr9 Mannins- had testified for the, state that byWllUama orders the negroes fere weighted down with rocks" and thrown alive into rivers or' knocked In the head and buried - where they fell, and Williams, taking the stand today, briefly recited all he said he knew of the deaths of Llndsey Peter wn, inie Preston and Harry Price, three negroes drowned the same night in Xewton county. He Is on. trial for murder of Peterson and he did not. go into the other cases. ,. . , The defendant, accused by. the state of "Georgia's most atrocious murders," has watched the proceedings calmly throughout the trial, even smiling once or twice, and today he was . as cool m anv of the spectators who- packed tl' court room almost to suffocation to hear his story. . . . These werp th. flmf Ir1mlni1 iharni ?f any kind ever filed against him. n Declared. In Vii a 4. va nf iif ami h told. proudly, if seemed, that" his '"ur grown 10 answer ih itr.-.,. rJ "'admitted he might have been technl y suilty of peonage as he had orked negroes who owed him money. " had bo informed federal Jnvestiga- , he" they first came to the farm, padded, and also had declared he 'way8 paid and fed the negroes; These gents replied that the negroea-on his 4Vtre amons the "best-fed and j oined" they had seen, he i declared. "e wpre technically guilty of v -onagp "most Cinrtrn furmura . alan ere-" he .added. "Absolutely Innocent" , ' a am 9KflAi..4.i.. i x . - n m the i -ouiuieiy innocent, , ,. ni xoipt lu the miiMo. i ... T had rested earlier in the "ay with introduction of Reni-Man- ning, 8heri T, ; -1 iyae Manning, ., ana L- Johnson of Nivtnn pnimtv. 1 'n an effort to corroborate ' parts.- Of thp -'tv. xne woman teeunea nin 'ert witn William. Man- thef Charlie Chisholm, the nlghi 'h, fired"' 86en allve' Manning "hetryI5 htlson 8aW Manning Jdentlr ton ;uf?e DnA ea fmin1 , In Knr wunty and later confessed ' and the n a others could be found. !neutr's w?rds were borne ut by -'-"jji. ine ahs.ifr ..M i th. was the only-witness . for appearinar on th .stand ""sworn tna vh!ch, under Georgia : law, r?ss examination.- The fact , "i no o lntrod., er defense testimonies " was t0 onen v,ermitted Williams-counsel lose. lM3 limit of arc..!. was Placed on the time Bpoke"tr,rt,n ' and four -; attorneys , i 'may. . Jir. jci - i - , rr.ents loilowpd opened for the : defense. lh statP oraer by Mr. -Wright for era' Bram fense- and "ollcitor Gen lorn-IB,. ' " w w lH close t ne:reS8man from Georgia, rw. in or the prosecution- tomor Char.. 'lument- . - . -'iNew! YorK, , in u. - - . (ntT"!on-L rth mued on Page Two) Liiiiiissmner - - 4 , Charles; j H. Burke, newly ' appointed commissioner; of 'Indian affairs., Com mlsajorier. Burke is a ' former '. repre sentative i from South, .Dakota, v While In 'the house he was chairman of ihe commi.ttee:onr Indian affairs. . i NEW' YORKERS MOVED BY YIVIANI'S ELOQUENCE Though Delivered in .French; His .- Addresses v Stir Waye 5 ; of Enthusiasm IEW YORK. April, 1. France's de termination that Germany shall rpay her , debts, - was given Impressive -.expression by . Rene -Vlvianl, ? extraordi nary, envoy to the United-States,' ln;a.n-other- day of crowded, activity. In - New York- -. ..: : - .. ' ' - f:.- , 'Addressing the chamber ; of com merce, -the' former- premier.- of France defended . his ',, country's - policy - In A dei mahdlng; -war reparations "from-' Ger many. Tonight" at " a' dinner " glVen by the i American jpommltteei' for . devasta ted Ftance, he related elQQjiently the gi'ati'ttide-'bf his coTintrymdh" fof . Amer icans aWithe war. aiid-'in reconstruc tion.' 'lit addition,- the distinguished tatter ' fctten4ed " an official u reception at: thavclty. hall, where greetings" were exchanged with Mayor . Hylan. - s; ,' '. .Although M. . VlylanI " " is 4 unable to speak English, his address in his "moth er toftgue never failed to move- his au diencea l- by their ' apparent " sincerity and stre.ngth of appeal. On 'several oc caslpns" Jq .his address : before agather ing of business men at the. chamber of commerce, the audience rose to its feet In applause because of the sheer force of feeling in his' appeal. He is'.egard ed . as1' one' of the smartest orators of Prance.-r :' ,. ; ' . .s. '-':-.' ' . In his ; address ' the sformer premier flouted -fh idea that'Germany; Is una ble -to pay. what Is demanded' of her. Some have said that the claims of France are exaggerated,", he said.. "It RAILROAD UNIONS' ASK j A NEW SET OF RULES Urge; President; to : Gall Early Conference. V CHICAGO. April - 7. Five railroad labor unions with- 500,600 members,' to night' submitted to President Harding labor's plan for ending industrial dis putes between ' the roads and ; their workers; proposing ; that , the ." President call: a conference. or representatives; or both sides at which. new rules gov erning r.worklrtg conditions would be worked " out to - take, the plate j of the national agreements, now ' in 4 dispute now before the labor board.. ; . . ' The: proposition was contained; In a rneMag- by the , hads of ; the., five me chanical unions ' and was ' sent to "the President by B. M. Jewell, president of the railway employes' department- of hr' American Federation of Labor. - It , proposed that all wage -disputes, be held in abeyance penamg te ,con fr,ne holding that, the .matter of wages could be quickly adjusted to the .i...iun rt nil sft ink: flS'the anes-'. tion'of rules had been settled; CABLESHIP XT MIAMI; ' &i f IIJXJRE PLANS OBSCURE Noinf ormatipn 'is to. Another - : - Attempt r '"iJih : ir , -yA;;. , v ' - ' - , ; 'A "s mtt.i Fla!; Aprll Western tjnlon's cable ship. 'Robert C. Clowry, which ' was halted - several .weeks .ago in. its second attempt td..connect th Siamlarbadoes submarine chaser 154 had .fired a shot aerosl its 'bow, put ? Into, port again today ,Th Clowry tjame up .f torn. Key A-ued "tonight' If ..another attempt Sanagert W; M Moore ; xt i the -.local SSo; declared; he; was rXEwomp co"uld Jt get : wHW.wjUJJ .-Key ;.West.V .'Aald.-' so the klpperihealed ln; K4t.-i?ur,: ''::;'4;V;cXTTING-.4tALIFIE8." ' BOSTON; 'Aprtlf tirS -It 'York, today ,vf on. the right ffopfeiSw Oouldrf WJSSS.SJ SSSSS; brother; Fulton Cutting, o tltlejurnan .a. -r- y t-Tennls; Racket cluD.--. fj : n i n c nTn n f nr i ir n 1 1 oULUItli HhLlhr IN COMMITTEES REPORT Proposed Creation ; of Veterans' ". Service Administration to ' , Handle Work DAWES APPROVES Head of ) . Suggested Agency Wofild Be Directly Repson- WASHINGTON, April 7. Seven spe cific:: recommendations, chief among them the creatlon of the veterans' ser vice administration to take . entire charge of government relief - work among ex-soldiers and to be headed' by a director general, responsible directly to ihe President, were contained In the report -j submitted today to President Harding by. his special commission in vestigating the cai of veterans. Charles G., Dwe, of Chicago, chairman bf -the; commfssIo,n,- told the President as- he handed- him the re port that he believed the' recommenda tions -were sound and ' that , they would prove-a satisfactory: solution of the trpubles, existing. in the present admin istration of soldier relief work. . Early action by .President Harding on the report-is expected: ' ' ; Recommendation No! 1 provides for the new agency, and given Its Jurisdic tion, over the bureau of war risk Mn surance, the rehabilitation division of the 'federal board -for vocational eiu cation and such part of the, public health service a -may be necessary to care . properly ;,for 'disabled ' veterans! It also asks -that a director general asj sume .charge -Of " the new agency witB full ,. authorUy to - obtain necessary facilities. when those already available prove inadequate. This provision wotild permit the leas"or purchase of hospital buildings whenever the de mand exceeded the' supply, v t . - - '.ui CareI Snsrareated Care is suggested Int the framing of new. . legislation creating, the admlnis-s Iration ' to v avoid present inconsisten cies of 'law affecting the .three -ex.tv mg vhareaua. Particular v; request Is madi' that tio statutory limitations be' placed on the . director general as 'to th number and salaries' of his employes. ' No. - J says, that pending, the enact ment "ot. new laws," Secretary Mellon; of .the tr easury, shall ? Issue . orders to the heads ci the puW: ci health" and - war fisk" bureaus. authorlringV the ailater bureau ...to , take charge of the pytbllo healthactivltles J aiidi ' neraonnel en gaged In proyidini wM$V:&Mi Vie. v.s t Kf vqAJi r,'tXCXJSa4?MJ-X4Ll consolidate-. these 'bureaus t under onA headly executive ortfer without tWMt- 1 ng for congress tv act " or risk ' delay from that cause. ' ; : - y - The . next recommendation provides for- an immediate .extension and.'.utilt vation of aU'-goveFament h08Dital facil ities VwttKtaucTiTniObiliiations of civil ian medioal'r services S as, may .prove practicable. ; . - c i: . Urge .Prompt Relief! 'An 'Immediate an j continuous hoBpt tal .building program"' is asked ? in the fifth " recommendation, 6which suggests that Secretary Mellon's committee, re cently appointed to l eport. on.tilties for new - hospitals,; :rpe 5 directed to report concerning;' the type and locations df the required buildings. -.: It adds -that applications should beAmade available by . the - congress, which convenes next Monday. .--:-'.r '-V "... ' . , ' ' i ' The sixth-calls for exertion of hu manizing . influences ,;. to impress t'.-ie sick and v wounded with the .fact - that the nation' -Is ' entirely ! concerned ' In their welfare and rehabilitation. ' - The lastt asks Immediate use of the $18,600,000 appropriated hy the last congress for new-hospitals. '. . STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS ARE NAMED New-Mh Added f By Republican 1-:'. ;';'i:':-:ViLeaders::? ' - . " . -Vy'ASHINGTON,'. April .--Representatives John' I. '. Nolan, California; Sid ney ."Anderson, Minnesota,'-and, Frank I Greene, Verm.ont, today 'were elected members Of the Rtpubllcan steering committee ofjthe house, by the - com mittee on 'cmmHtees. 31 . juMr;- Grene ?t4ke ' the . place of Repr resentative Wlnslow;' of Massachusetts, who. by re'asqn of his elevation to the chairmanship of -the Interstate Com merctii committee, declined to - serve longer- ? 'Mr'.if Nolans : it : is . understood, .wass put' orf-to'. give representation to labor ahd (Mr. Anderson as the rep resentative of the agricultural inter ests.; 'Jl'':-'.. ;.-.', 'V "' ':' '; There also .was a strong demand to Include frestern t-membersi under the plan of re-organlzation ; of ' the com mittee iwhich provided for an. Increase in mem'b'ershlft from five to seven. ; This committee 'directs the ; legislative pro granir an4 .it-iis understood that there wejpe more .than ,a score of applicants forpljacesvon-t.;:.. v :;' ' s t Old members who w.lll remain on. the steering committee 'In addition to Rep resentative Mondellr Wyoming,; the Re publfcan! leader; as chairman, are Dunn, New'; York; -v -Par row, Pennsylvania; ikm worth, Ohro,: and Madden, Illinois. Representative Harold Knutson, ;Mtn nesota,'' was re-elected whip. The new steeling ic'dmmlttee and: standing com mittee' Assignments VwrUl be presented to ih,eRepuWican : oauens Saturday for approval.'..' -t -S.'-' . Z,'-:- fr. . JPOR OFFICE OF MAYOR i8p4Nlal to -Tfc Star) -f' iVlifHstoii. April f -CaTTTlng' every ward, ' Mills M.7Hiper mi aoml noted f',r ,,M,7or by Kiiuton Detno crat today in n ot nm -off primary 'Htk'rlIayWPl?-"Pa " ' Three other, cajidtdiates. were . elimi nated la th regular primary Tnes aAy; iTjte eott twday vrse ma clone taat ;jHKr eatrle tw. vrarfis b -only one majority. Hl majority In. tlirtyJtVf: 4tX HI" noinlnallQni Is equivalent td election next Month. 1 ' - J ' . i " - ! 1 " v , Wonien of )Vilminglon, you who have stood always for 4 the best in service to your city and country, do not fail us y . now. - You must register and ' vote. We have, the power to K elect honest, competent men to manage the affairs of our-. Tx;ity and a-highduty in exercising, the franchise. Every , , woman who" 'jdoes not register and ' vote' for honesty capable men to attend tbthe affairs of our town fails in 'her duty as a citizen. " : : -,; . ' . "-' Many of us did not wish the responsibility of the fran- - hise, but now that we have at -we- - Shall we let the women of thinoni aho! , done such splendid things for their towns ? look at us with contempt and say we faiied to jneasure up to ourstandard? Wshiainot!'-"- V"- :" " - WltMINGTON MUST : DO i AS WELL AS OTHER TOWNS.' Let us i take for "our cry, 'Oyer the Top," and see that wa are 'registeredJih No :time must be . lost, do -it TODAY. Saturday ('be uriabWto reister v 3; i-'V1; ... "OVER THE TOP, WOMEN OF WILMINGTON !" MRS.' STICKS TO CONFESSION nr ciincill Account Given By Roy Harris Is . UnshakenBy New York : ' rs '-'. BUFFALO, -.April :7.-Two hours of flueftiariingb; tonight -by New York newspaper men '. wha had worked on the Eiwell Vmurdef story- and - knew everv detail of the case, failed to jshake the story of 'Roy Harris,- who last nlghb MURDER LLWLLLO confessed: io - the- lOcal police that e fr,Vewed prospects that the -grave in anda Jcompanion nrurdered rjoseph B. - - - - : :- . . Jt-L i EJweili in .New York -last June: Except f okifome-Tiilnr 4etalla. -Harris, In ' response !"t questioning, . de scribed perfeotly-thej arraagement xtt thflVAntyi?1n Erwell Ihofcfe, Hetold agafe-the 'itory. elrrlltrwentfrmij Duncarf, hired "by : a. mysterious ;.' Jirs. Falrchild.ft; went t to- the home of ;.E well: and waited-f our ; hours untli? he arrived.;? iTkwii Harris, ? said Uuhcan fired the sho.t 'Whlchkllled.-ElweU. :.t; ; Hinder questioning tnigKt,iHarrJs said he had seen. published in. connec tion with the. Eiwell case ,:a - picture of a woman t whpS-Kdnglit, : was i the Mrs. - aireniiat:, TneTrajoijeaT in. nis biox. All efforts, tfli get; fromhim the name of this woman'r.'taHedr vhowever; He said he .wouldneti?fltviirg it unless he was . absblutelyertalAfthe . woman of Y the piciuVer.Vatithe iWoma,n who ,as he sai? had. hlrediiim ?d -Duncan:. to -nuxrdeiv E)wtli:: t '. --: : District ; Attorney;' 'Moorej said ., tat Harris told a jf emarkably. well connect ed story -of the murder. Before .ques. tlonlng the!rfian the' dlstrlet attorney had him-examined, by-anr alienist, i who pronounced; Harris haentaily: normals' ' When shown 'dispatches frorlf Briidge port; Corini, 'saying; that -".WllllSm ' Dun can - had beeni- In a reformatory since 191 9;" Harris usai d : ' Vlddn .know : an thlng aboutt. that..-;I haven't r been In Bridgeport, since . I was a ooy. ' The man r who' was ; wtthme .wa.s v named William Duncan:". ; " ' t - ;--t . As rglveri fbf. Harris, Duncan's des crjptbn ' vrtfs'tts 'follbws: appeared ' to be an allenjvtabo'ut 27 or 28 years - old, five feet eleven,' or 'six feet tair, weight about 1'7'ntedltini'' 'build,' smooth face, brown eyes.' .straight - black ihair; has gold tooth vln upper'- right Jaw; flashy dresser; frequents poolrooms -and race tracks ; 'is swell known ' on Broadway: between He'rald square '; and " Times square." --r r,y:, V r'C'"iS votersBotifference ? -.; is'hardibst problem Difficult Task, of Women's Organization CLEVElANp, 3 O., . April ; 7, Rousing voters 'froni: indifference is .the biggest problem' faclpg' the. National league, of! women yoters,vMrs.?'M.ud .Wood Park of .Boston; - chairman 6t, the xrgahlsa- tion, declaeed today. t ;-,f." ..'.,'..::;'; :,;$sj ' Mrs. parky4nd'. the other, members of the bdardUet "directors., .and -,'mos't- nf .th Vipa.da.of th -rvarlous'J :debart' menta of the; league are here- to attend a, series .or-conierence pertaining- "to women,' methods." women .In -industrial ,-work American '.cltizehshlp. social hygiene- . 1 1 ' It . ja j j j vr-L... ana iopa .suppiy, uv tuw. - vJ conference..ga tlnue , throvturh?f Sunday prejlr minary tot.tne.,secopa n-nnutti. conier- ence of theMea Measw?. fWjucn -qpens.on vtm rf-:-'':; day. .-- u ' Amendments by-laws: tai. firiat onyntIons were pre pared- attbday'smeetinfr 01 Tne;execu tlve board: :M y; RnffalO of the'Pieambn.'JeagUB this afternoon i Jn -a gamii played here. ;' The, Buffalo regulars hapimered Wt JtseT f or. 10 hits and' six runs, -- ' t . ' : READ' GOES NORTH;, , j v : MJ AMI, j Fla,..,f April'i 7.-Hpommander Albert C. (Read , tn, : charge; of the sea planes whlch'accompanlod th 3 Atlantic fleet to jGuAhtahajno-t bay ; for winter' maneuvers, 'will "arrive here atli p. rnt iomorrowT-on his way back north. The se.aiJaneswlXl.folloajid.ajreschedulflid I 10 arrive nerp -iv o- j -- v : jm, n m a uifAii . -? 1 .s 1 i-v w 1 o van Tiiniiii in w uiau km c I ' DURHAM,' APT -rT.eorge rUUe,., I--!-. ' : i' '.' -'n n"T himself- and Catcher Bengaur, of . thei ,icotY REQ,ITESTBD TOPAYx Tiv, -RJ'n. r the Durham team t l'i , . .! -. -r.-V i s --. ?-.ii3TR,J,t v .' ,aay bp so rushed you wil qiJTHBERT MARTIN. pQRGE RWDY v'4 TO CONFERENCE in; - , - Hopeful Turn; Given the Strike " .Situation By the Premier's Announcement .LONDON, April 7.r-TBy Associated IPress.) Another day of tense alterna tions, of hope and. fear, ended with one of. the prime minister's, characteristic eleventh . hour interventions, bringing dusrial crisis will be averted He an nounced in .the house of commons to- night the wllHngnes of the govern-; menJtonlght to participate In a con ;f f xt SLCei to 'dfK!ufJ.- thequejBaonu Jt considered. . ' ' ' .-' : ' ' " " - Throughout .the' ' evening ' informal conferences continued moderates -like Uf.f Asqulth Lord .'Robert Cecil,- Ar-. th' Heliderson V and '" John Robfirt Clyftes, working hard - In 'ah - endeavor to, nd thnm&ier jfo :nfjiM,ithe question of 'pumping,1- arid -lt'; was -supposed that: the whole- question ' was turning. On 'this 'Slender "hope. - ; Premier ; LIoyd-Gebrge' had ' -been' ab sent, during the latter hours of the debate on the 'situation, but returned to the house unexpectedly at 11 o'clock and j informed the '-'members.'.; that the 'government had " agreed to a '.'course whlh It- is believed practically: certain the", miners will v accep t the ' call! n g" of a Veonference' of owners 'and miners to dieeuss-with ithe government :the'-dlffl-culty relative to pumping the mines before touching 'upoh'the' question of wages : and other matters Involved In the-' demands of : the menv " -s - -.vWhat steps ".exactly": had led j UP f to this change of .front; are' unknown; as yet, A Arthur' Henderson," : who,,, roee ' to reply to the premier,, was -clearly non plused. He had,vhe.said, ito express re gret that ? the premier- had not -given rwotlce of such -an Important- statement. af Mtl. Thomas, secretary of tne -National Union , of . Rallwaymen, to whose ausrgestlon It was apparently .due, ; hnd bother' leaders had. gone homey - ?AS he, had : explained early, ftne tmm eirsV feeratw,. would have preferred to open -the .conference without .condi tions on. either vslde. V , : ' .; . 1 The "board of trade issued an . official report, of . today's "negotiations for.. the 'enlightenment, of "the public,,' The ,so lutlpn ' sets forth arguments :'; of .both sides: and, concluding. With. a strong re padiatibn of ,'thp accusation that ... '1 he government.. Is ; engaged In 4,7- general 'ttck-rbnvwge.t ''.'.'. -;'- ''C- '". .'." - - -VTh'e council of the' Independent labor party call ed'jipon1 its' members, to; sup port the miners . by ever j: means; in their "power, 'declaring the ' crisis 1 was due to n attempt on th par of er ganiiejj ' capitalism ' to ptaWifh-' the right of unlimited plunder "and degrade the standard, of livings which) must1- be resisted ,at aWto8-, . SEASON) BEGijTS MAY-a? ;;. -'-; ' April j; -T- nr ap- palachlan league. ' recently teorganlyed '!7ivr t,AWii -RTlntbl' Jbhnson City, Klngsport xrtr -innrt: OreeneVUle and . Cleveiand LLOYD ENTER on-ious'YawstaVr will oW the election JawV fuid lS, it -was. announced at a meeting , of .iXtimn todayrat Johnson-City.- i The Bristol team wm,pjay invufc tbree games uui" ,oStio, w..T-- I irwi fiitf shpdule will ba -".-an". nbnnced tomorrow. ,r Havana; April 7. The ! tenth' gaft lVt tho match- f or - the 6 world's -che CH1SS9 ' xA&lIJ' x-uam. game i chess championship between r. amanuai T&w?and iose - R.'rCapablanca, ' was poatfeoned UoghiVingnjU alight t-ii the eve f rottf WhiclV Capai blanca was,suffHng.fvThe garae prob- Advertisers 'r! wo centempla te plpe "itog order for oe.f 05 the. JoUar. jJOayrnMlclty .fsam,nlg arer fam estly -reftaestedrtol eP4 a'-0? r tOTae i Star; during 3 to4ay., JTronint attention 4to, this, will vntake; f or r f r 1 vice sue satisfaction t ka: ad ver Jiser., and wH o- ntnea v to; reUevr ta prVure on the por In prepuy lng fdr ihe blg,trnde event In walcfc .people;: tAroogaont. the' Wilmington treated.: STATE'S CREDIT G00D,;HARDING WILL REJECT mSGOVEiiiR! GOESjTREASNDCOeANf ON BOND-SELLING TRIP '':.- ' .l -.i" .'-',- '.'t'; ' Position of North Carolina More Secure Than Other States '''' " .of South! LEAVES: FOR EAST With State easurer, He WiU Attempt Advantageous SaleOf'BondV (By JTJLE B. WARREN ) t RALEIGH, .April 7t In normal times there would b absolutely; no trouble in disposing of. the ,JState .bonds, declar ed Governor.- Came'rbn v'Morrlson today on the eve- of his departure tor New York Cfty and .other financial; centers where he and. TreasuryVjLaoy. will seek placement: of a par.f qf the bonds au thorlaed by ' th'e'i legifeiatjire. '- f - : North . Carolina's credit. . la ' In - lne j shape, the governo'r.decliared. In fact, I this 1 one , of. the; few-' state In the I nlon i which Jias' '. liquid lassetsof suf I flclent "amount to . practically ' wipe out ed debt of -about. eleven' million dol lars. . Over against? this liability the state owns railroad property '.which, it Is es timated, ' will bring , .atv least that amount, In that :lt' owns -.the : controll ing stock In the road front .Charlotte to Goldsboro and . from . Goldsboro to Morehead City. : Conservative business men believe that - the.' state's stock in tnese two roaas ; would, , easily Drlng a sufficient amount ta wipe. out. the state debt. Consequently arfy-talk about the credit -of 'the state .being; in-.a; preca rious .condition Is .foolish and jabsurd. in s. the opinion of the governor. No other southern state ha. euch assets to offset ita.ibonded'debti. and few oth er states ; In-the.'unioif can make such a snowing.. , ; . . consequently . tnere, would- he no trouble in . disposing vof .the bonds In normal timeatik-iiCcrQAnt'dhterest rate; Even jn these , times of distressed money and - bond-: markets, , when- great htm.-. Af thA . nril.l1'i',nfAHV ta jIa. MM.o v. . - WW V A 13 ' .TT 1.1.1 .4. ... .0 stroyed, the "governor . has: hopes of-.be lng able to .negotiate loans- at advanta geous Interest;: rates or,' of selling the bonds . at ' a -.good price. ; : ;: ... r. , ; ; In the opinion of the'-governor a' sne cial 'session of rthe' legislature would : be useless In! f ace of the.present' difficulty. The ' trouble ,U Is. ;;jonsttttttloriai' rather than legislatlve,t ndf ttonal troublr istflf the llmltatttin of thei. taxjass. poEjDXhjjttatft;feThe a-Verageftorthernstnt. places no limit on te,abillty; of the JegUlature to levy taxes.' Thtt :s01ithei.".itft1. mtr)Mnr their; twnstitiltlohs 'during! the carpet-' bag.-daya, placedaconstUatfoiial limit on -taxation m ord.er'to -Jhosld dOwri'the wild-cat -reconstruction ;lefeislatures of those"-days,' and 'in'; practically' all - of the southern states-the.se 3 limitation clauses have been re talned 1 n -the-;; co"n stltutlon. The" governor 'Relieves t the levy: of an advalorefat tai ;ipt 5 cents, which Is the limit the .legislature, could levy, ; since "two-thlrdsothf" 15-cent limit -must toe iej t-f ?r t50Ut e; would hurt the chances . f or the -bonds father, than, help them. ' The sale -'of tondS at a favorable figure' Is predicated on the ability of the state, to raise the' money with which to pay the Interest. 4nd' re tiro, the bonds,. ahd,vthe.hances for a sale are even better rwheif the state has not. exhausted - Its v-taxing "resources than when It . has rlevled up to "the limit. Consequently,- the "governor be lieves the fact Cthat the 'State .has the right 1 to ; levy:1 a .-6 .cent advalorem , lax which: has not: been; exhausted, will aid in- the - sale of : the : bqndsv. rather than hurt it Consequently:. there is no sper cial jgood ' the - apedal; session - of - the legislature could do KA 'Mlgnt.,. Increase- Interest. Rate.v ; On the otnrhani,; members of the legislature who.-- are in the city rthls week, declare' that if the governor and treasurer find it impossible to sell the bonds at a 5 per oent Interest' rate the special session might meet and authorise-an increasa In , this rate. That: however, it Is believed,- w.Ould not nleet the; general approval: Of the". people,' for while .there is a widespread .demand for money ' with- which" to.';; carry V out ; the progressive .legislation ;'of - the 1921 as sembly, few'people: would be willing to pledge the credit' of the;tate;for the next.' thirty or forty years ; for' (bonds that .will, bear, more"; than 5 ' per cent Interest, especlaily-in. view of the fact that ' every flhancier',.belleves - the, rate will come ' down; and -: the 'tond market show marked Improvement, In' the near future. -' ' . '"':".. " . V- ' ,-. 1 Can BadlyRalie Honer The governor ' belleVes' and will argue to the. bond people ; 6flNew" York Jthat the legislature has .levied- more 'than Is amply sufficient to take Lcare -of the whole" fifty ; million .' dollars in" bonds, and" no. one YcontemplateS selling the full ''.authorisation during the. first yeary . The tax-'pn,:auto,mo'blles ' will bring in sufficient '.money ' to pay , 5 per- cent 'Interest - on;-fifty .million dol lars, and the. ' interest could be. met frbm thl source ;. wlthoiittouchlng the other sources of "revenue in; North Car olina.. In addition 6 these automo- blle taxes " theHtate'i collects; Inherit ance taxes, a largeamount of which is already due," and gets 'additional 'money from license and "franchise taxes. In 1922 H will begin' the' collection of taxes from unearned .Incomes,' so that there is no trouble'with getting a suf ficient amount of ' money to Day Inter est on the Donds-These -being the rea facts In the case, according' to the gov ernor.t Notrh -Cardlla'a''f'aces no flnan ,-cial or credit crista that- Is; not "com mon ': to every - other; state" government In 'the United. Stateii ' -5- : ; ' '.: "f-')'.': '".f':'v . 1 TO c6cside; KXPORT" PLA1C f WASHINGTON vi : Aprtl' 7.-r-Eugene Dwlght? F, Davis a- dlreetor" or the war finance jcorpojatlon,1' left: -'today 'for New Orleans,? for", further : conferences relative td the financing- bt cotton ex ports. ; V - vfc-,.,-.c--.1.:-.-.'. '-v .-H-'r At- the officesViofi th corporation. it was said Mr; Mej"er-and Mr:1 Davis had been Invited ito -partlelpateln a meet ing of officials: of the federal Industrial banking corporation- . " r"1'" i J - v -t . . ' At" ? bUI WILL BE GARcfuL Does t Not Intend to Be Stain peed Into Taking a Dozen v ; i.; i,: . :" Steps At One Time END STATE OF AE President Desires ' to Control - Wording and Time of the v Peace - Resolution By DAVID LAWRENCE) '.,'. (CooyrtlBrht, by The Star) ; - WASHINGTON, 'Anrll' 7. President Harding - at his semi-weekly meeting ' wjin. tne . Washington:- correspondents " z made It very clear that he doesn't Jn-' tend s ' b . stampeded Into J .taking . a , . dosen steps at once-in matters of f or " elgn polisy and that he means to .pro ceed slowly and cautiously in formu . ; latmg America's program. . . . " ' 1 "v Many - cabinet conferences and dis cussiona have failed to develop a prae ' ticai waer to consider . the Versailles : treaty without submitting ' It again to the United', States senate an action that -might' )be-construed as Indorse ment of. the covenant of the league of nations which lg a part of the treaty itself. Suggestions .that? - the treaty Sight , be rewritten with the league auses . modified or that, the enforce ment, provisions of the treaty might b BcvanncQ xrura , inoig ariicies wniCO have to do with. International co-operr ation have seemed . to' lead nowhere. On every " side " the problem of : amending the . treaty "ha ; meant accepting por tions of the' treaty .which the new ad ministration feelss' committed to re ject. -:T. ,.; Meanwhile ' the movement" to rush the Knox resolution through has been to some extent ''stemmed by the desire of Mr. Harding- to" maintain a control over the phraseology of the resolution as well as the time of its passage. An that-it. Is proper 'to say at the, present" moment Is that the Harding' adminis tration is getting- ready to turn its back on the Versailles treaty and the covenant and . is planning to . end , the technical . state of war . by a cohgres-. slonal resolution whlch would be fol lowed, by. a. carefully worked out pol icy : toward ' the'1 other nations of the world.- ; V '.; ' ' , "The new . policy 1 will x not be isola tion, if will riot ? be a; return to the old ' days :iof diplomatic seclusion. It will meari jthat as: a-world power Amer ica 'WiJJ: not 'cease , to be; aggreSslye where her rights are concerned and that- Amerlca .recognizes . the lmport-i-V iu! anee of playing -her part In preserving, world peace if '.ay nation or "govern,-' ment tnreaieng to disturb civilization 'again;. -V '-;.. :-;""!- .'.' -:; t ) .Mr. .Harding Is - lOath to talk form-. 4as.-J: Principles of actl6n,' however. are already imbedded In -' the minds of the . president " and the - secretary of state. ; The' endeavor will be to play an independent rple In world politics, using' the1 moral1 influence of America to assist !n those matters which the United States , considers her Interest and, -withholding American participa tion , from anything that Involves us ihtquarrels .or. controversies in which-,' WA'-have no vital- concern.- The Wilson': policy was "based on an altruistic con ception of America's . mission In' the world. The Harding' pdlltfy Is: based upon a consideration of the practicallv tiestof a situation, in which series; of changing, factors v make it seem advis able to exercise ; complete 1 freedom of action.' for the time being at least.,- ; There -Is one principle first enunci ated by John Hay and known as the "open .door' ; policy,? which ,1s to., be a cardinal ' factor In--, the Harding pro gram; Originally It" was applied to the , far east, but It is henceforth: to be extended around , the world ' and is to be .the : basis : for: America's claim that she be- giyea ; ' equality of commercial opportunity whether or, not the treaty of Versailles bestows special privilege on signatory k nations. . In . other, words the United States will derive her rights to . equality of; trade by reason of -her -part in winning the war. She will claim rights .that accrued to :s her: out of the signing of the armistice and not necessarily- out . of - an ; unratified treaty, which i put into effect most of the terms of that armistice. . . : : The mandate situation Is a case la point. - The allies, have been . manag ing, things', to . eutt themselves in cer tain regions cnirlnally. owned, by-; -;: '''I-Germany.- The 'reparation question, too. ' -V" " -jj? U nn Irt whlfh - AmrlcA him vital - : ' 'Sv interest. 'All these things were covered in the Versailles treaty.. Having turned.. . Its back ; on that -document the Amerl-''. can policy . hereof ter j'w'lll be to con'-' serve as "many - rights - as were given other" nations'-: under that pact. The . United States -holds as a valued asset the foreign loans-which she made dur-t l lng the war.; She does ; not' mean' to ) be : eliminated from - consideration 'of ',' every; question that .directly - or ; Indl- ? rectly fleets ;theretfrn to the Amer'J1 lean people - of the ten billion - dollars. 5 that was loaned.: The Washington gov-.4 ernment intends,--too; to have Its eay ;J in ; all . questions . Involving: trade . with '.; Germany or Russia, as the case may b(L and will - exprels ier viewpoint , when ever It : becomes, necessary to ; do so. Already the American ; government, has advised Germany : that tnis govern- f t ... . ment .feels Germany, is responsible tor . '. the war. and must pay for the damage .( ; J . V done. -. That.is th first ,of a. series -of :v-t:,. statements twhlch -will take; the. place ; v ' ' V' of any signature -jon ; -the, -Versailles .i'-v.v;;:v treaty-: and- wyt -leave the f -department, :" ?,:'r of states without-, pledges of concrete ;;:'! -;;-' action..--"! . --y ,S- .v,, .i4'V;::-,.i':':'i The hope f $r Ina-ssoclatloA. of naf V,v : ; - V tlnna hum nn)- btn dimmed. 'Thr '' -f . ;' 'J no desire Jiere to" ask". Europe to aban,- ''3 don the. present' league . if that partlc Xy?' ular association Vutts - the -. needs of "-..' the' 'rest 'of the i world. There is n6 " ' reason" either why. a new; organization t ' ,' in the :world shall "hot .havfi the part- - - V ? riershlp .'of as many members .if th. v '."?"'- present league of 'nations as seek to Joint It-.! For the moment .the Harding admlnistratkm is - insisting ': on AmeTi-.'''-;'v"U.:''';;:' ... rl.h). anil nla'lm.'lli Mnvkk.,,: . ' .-r . . V can 'rights' and olaima' throughout the -:,;' ' '?''; T v : gioDe.. xqm finvx. rjvunon m amend-. ; t fl ¬ ed form will declare a technical sUte ;! X i' ",lf '.v.-' 01 peace ; wiin uennany. , ; 4. nere alter . :' ',- -, ( -v j the I ' ' - 1 there.wiiv be: sepajat treaty. .with i ? .v; (Continued on pag Three).' . - '. -: '.!f J -v" A ;,''-.s.v ;;.'-. : pi 4 I 7 1 1 1 ' i s 1 lv 1 ) yum 1 frfH' it. 1 f R , '.tV i.i'N mi 'nf mm T!til;;BrMi.!'H v. $::i-'i wl I.,. tit ;tin.na. i r,';h-v--:-;SKvHlj:!f:!:v S':vVta.!f!i'5.V: .-4;:.4!t'f:;:f!;-, : " : - f ; n !':! : hi 'ii; n mm P !!' ST f I
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 8, 1921, edition 1
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