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VOL. CVIL No. 36.
fjOAD- DECLARATION
f REPUBLICAN POLICY
EXPECTED IN MESSAGE
President to Make .ProBOunce
mentof Attitude on Most; . ,
National Problems : ;
TO OPPOSE LEAGUE
Is Expected to Indicate th Wan
ing Possibility oi America s .
Entering It -
ffASHlNGT0Nr, April 11. President
sage to the special .ses
Harding's me
, nrpss. to be delivered In
.ion oi
at 1 P- n1' tomorrow naq not
wn completed
tonight and he re-
gained at work on it in his -.study
Iroughout the evening. " r ;; . .
preparation of the message occupied
virtually all the chief executive's at
t.ntlon. during the day. his hope of
lending to the public, printer a short
,nd quickly-prepared apcumeni Dy
early afternoon being abandoned once
he eot into the swing of his task. As
t took form tonight the manuscript
Lered a long list of questions and
threatened to run several newspaper
columns in length. ' . -? '
Besides making specific legislative
recommendations on various .subjects,
the message is expected to serve as a
broad declaration of administration
policy on most of the country's foreign
and domestic issues. It is understood
that the President decided on such, a
pronouncement in the belief that it
would make for a general understand
at home and abroad, even though
some of the questions touched upon are
not to be treated in immediate ' legis
lation. .
In order not to be Interrupted, Mr.
Harding remained away from his office
during the day and received .in his
itudy in the white house proper only a
lew visitors. He wrote his manuscript
in long hand, following a custom he
acquired as a newspaper editor, and
turned it over to stenographers several
pages at a time for transcription."
Tariff, taxation, the railroad situa
tion and foreign relations are expected
to hold major places in the completed
message. It has been Indicated, that
he would carry deliniation of his atti
tude a step further than In his pre
inauguratton utterances" and might
ir.a!ie important announcement of ad
ministration policies'... .' .-,'?'- : '"
One ot the 'announcenntj jorecast
sronicia-is' cioe to tne president - is
npected to indicate a waning possi
bility that the administration, will
enter the Versailles league of nations
on any terms. In that connection Mr,
Harding is considered certain to ln
forse the resolution of peace . with
Germany, though it is believed he will
not ask for hasty action while his
negotiations for a new international
concert are In progress.
Repeal of the excess profits tax "and
"institution of other tax schedules to
be worked out by congress is to be
asked by the President and his
recomdations for a tariff program are
wpected to include emergency meas
"es to protect agricultural interests.
" is understood he will request pas
J?e of the immigration and budget
Wis that failed in the last congress,
aw will suggest legislation to co'-ordi-we
and facilitate soldier welfare
ork .and to provide a system of pub-"
'"highway maintenanoA.
TWO COntrilnf-lL-A mrvrBrr, .3
w oe incorporated in the message. will
urse creation of n. o-onoi-ai .
department of public welfare and
a commission to handle liquidation
'surpius property acauired bv . the
LJn im,ent fluring the war- It has
Jen indicated that in each of these
-ks details would left to .o
sress, actine- r v. '
mon wCommission 11 appointed several
wvc uexjariments oi tne gov-
POpICK VACANCIES' ARK " '
"tKBED TO COMMITTEEMEN
."ASHlXCTnv a ii 11 A--..'
Vacant,, ' ruBiojnces
Crpria -f-red . to the
mit. u"';aiion national, com
jutteemen.
Postmaster-General Hayes
c Vv, ,Jonn M- Morehead of of
futurJ r TU6t be Ailed In the near
airiof "sentativ1 Doughton's
Baden t Dlaces as Kannapolis,
reUl'rf rson and West Jefferson
bead mJ" '""""ration, but Mr. More
fcaii, ,u Amovo Until the President
I U TV n r i
"Rulatlons um'c"':,.,i"
h're LnT,?f Asheville, for instance,
'"BDorari? ' nepubUcan- Is serving
h'lij ami m an Pxamination must le
rnr;p JiT,3011 awarded on its merits.
"h'mlT ? be named and the
lfatth ..r"-cked'" but Mr- Hayes Will
Llle npu ino- ......
tav ,,. L".""a-Ss postmasters will
'rs wn,r 'ivil sprvice and the Demo
Dnnt " Wln lots of th
"any til " ',nrl Mr- Weaver's . districts
'utnicv.'.. ...
on.
amocrats will be able to hold
NP.C,
R WlBTER FRUSTRATES A
"KM VERY AT WILSON
"ILsnv . tn TJ Star
,Un'lay n ' u . 1 'l--About 9 o'clock
'al. s'.."nt an attemnf- ut iwV.T.
fcn j'l -'lp,,vpry was . frustrated ' hy
nortPr 1 ' nf-gro courthouse and jail
dina ;re; arn 20 prisoners con?
'rawirVli.1 and four of the numbed
ho .i lh,fn'sh an opening made
n th
I.:..
on floor with n. nlrlc
IT. ."P0n .smuggled In. Thn.nor.
the Jail.
,n ntPr,nthcu" for the Ja
v"1frnnf und "cveral b:
' thP 11 wall and four
ailor . who
bricks' re-
and four prisoners
If fw. . thc- Uirnntp-
W cnnl 'ners and. three of. the
Ith . "P'ratorH wVin Av..r.T
-'iHr'i - "
are a number
Cor. . ""-up to dafrniiri a'Mv tn
rn. . " ' O '
!! of r:,r" i:r suspicion points
cue aliened conspirators as
t the ninf ., :-
- - ' " y r-i L
Charged With Killing
Number Negro 'Peons'
John-S." Williams, wealthy -iasper
county, Ga planter, who was found
guilty charged with the murder; of a
negro on his farm, and sentenced to
life Imprisonment. .Clyde Manning, a
negro farm hand,, confessed to 11 mur
ders and accused-Williams of having
ordered' him to commit them. Attor
neys, for Williams immediately made a
motion for a new trial, stating that
the verdict was contrary to evidence
and law. Further investigation of the
murders is now under way.
INDICTS WILLIAMS AND
THREE OF HIS FAMILY
4
Jasper County Grand Jury
Charges Them and Manning .
With II Murders I
v.
MONTlCEtLO,' GaV April IV-Griind
jury, investlgsitidn here today ln,t' the
deaths :of negroes alleged to have been
held in peonage on the farm of John S.
Williams, resulted in, indictments be
ing returned against Williams, throe
of. his sons and, Clyde Manning, negro
farm toss, charging a, total of Hi mur
ders in Jasper county Jn addition to
the three in Newton county. j
The lynching several months ago of
Eugene Hamilton, negro preaebnr, was
inquired into by the grand jury, but
It was decided there' was rot sufficient
evidence to warrant truo bills against
and person. The jury will meet ga'.n
tomorrcw to inquire into two j more
homicides, the details of. which officials
rejfuscd to divulge publicly in advance.
tone of the cases against the Wil
liams family or Manning will be called
for trial before May, it was annauhced
by Judge J. B. Park, of ' the Jaaoer
county superior court, who charged the
grand jury on Jts convening today. The
elder Williams was convicted last week
tn Newton county of murder of one, of
three negroes taken into that county
and drowned, and is waiting a hearing
April 30 onrrit'on for a new trial.
His three' sons indicted today are
Huland. LeRoy-and Marvin Williams,
hipping of negroes who - had run
away and were caught and other cruel
treatment was alleged by ""withcsses
today, although it was said the ne
groes were well fed and clothed.!
The true -bills , returned today were
as follows: ' -I
Joint lndictment: charging John 'S.
Williams and. Manning ;with murders
of eight negroes.
Indictment, charging Huland Wil
liams" with murder of a negro known
as "Black Strap" in the rail of 1920.
Joint' indictment charging2 LeRoy
and: Marvin Williams with the murder
of a negro known as "Iron Jaw" in the
summer of 1920. '
Indictment charging Marvin I Wil
liams with the murder of Joh;i Single
ton in April, -1918. t
Prayer , that , "justice shal l be
wrought" and for supreme guidance
for the grand jury was offered by J. J.
Winbury, . ordinary of Jasper county,
before Judge Park delivered. his
charge..: '
. Solicitor-General Doyle Campbell announced-tonight
he would ask Gover
nor Dorsey. to offer rewards for appre
hension .of Huland, Leroy and Marvin
Williams- as he could not arrange plajss
for their- trial until they were ar
rested. He said they were not in
Jasper county, and they did not appear
last week a the trial of their father
In Covington, Ga. v. t r -
The elder Williams and' Manning
will ; be placed on trial. Mr.; Campbell
said,' as I soon as theyare released from
Jurisdiction by Newton county, where
they -were indicted first, and where
Williams' was later convicted and
sentenced to life imprisonment, f
i The solicitor said tonight the jother
x. ; utua tn hn innulred into 'to
morrow are those of negroes- reported
iriiio hv White nersons. "In one
case,
v t . . -
t a noprn .who ,'. flfed On
four
oa.iu,,
white men wno,-went w ma iiuw w
ak about another negro. .was - killed.
In- the other, a negro who went to a
white man's . house later ,.was found
dead. ( t,
BOXING PROHIBITED ; IN MISSOURI
gT. LOUIS, April 11. Boxing con
tests will be' prohibited There until
Governor Hyde has acted on . the bill
recently 'passed;?.' by the legislature
legalizing 10-rourid ' bouts, under,: an
leg" . a imiTfhAa.vi bv f Chief f of
' 'c 'iM .1
WILMINGTON,
UNrEA PHONE LINE
F AVANA OPENS AND
lv(I PRESIDENTS TALK
xt, . , : .
President Harding and President
Menocal Exchange Neigh
- '' borly Assurances
HEAR BY WIRELESS
Feature of Occasion Is Oral Re
port By Wireless Operator
5,700 Miles Away
WASHINGTON, April 11. Direct
telephone communication between the
United States and Cuba was inaugu
rated today by President Harding and
President Menocal of the island de
public exchanging renewed assurances
of friendship and good will. "
Completion of the undersea circuit
was marked by a formal ceremony at
the pan-American building, where Mr.
Harding, several members of his cabi-n-et,
and other high officials , gathered
at the Washington end-of the wire,
while a similar group of notables par
ticipated at Havana.
As an added feature. Washington
and Havana, iui well as many othe: j
cities scattered 'across the country, i
listened to a report rrom a wiriess
a report from a
telephone operator at Catalina island
in. the Pacific ocean. The . distance
from Catalina to Cuba is 5,700 miles
and the feat was said to have estab-
lished a new "distance record for trans
mission of the human voice by a circuit
: of radio, wire and cable.
of the American Telephone and Tele
graph company and the National Press
club, and the invited guests, number
ing several hundred, were provided
with telephone receivers connected,
with the new circuit. The message of
Mr. Harding formally opening ttie.wire
was as follows: "
"I want you, President Menocal. and
the government and. people of Cuba, to,
know how gratifying it Is to- jkartlcl-"
pate with you in this ceremony which
signifies so mucn m .tne estaousnmeni
of, more lnttaate and understanding.
relations between Cuba and the United
States. This time is especially auspi
cious for the exchange tf assurances
that our two republics are bound to
gether by indissoluble ties of sympathy
and interest. Our fortunes havexbeeh
Jinked together already in two history
maklncr struarsrles: and today, when
Cuba stands under" the shadow of a
national misfortune I want you 6
mined always to prove itself the
true- ana neipiu4 mena w your u
ion." ' "
Mr. Hardins-indicated. that his refer
ence was to the suspension of pay
ment by the National bank of . Cuba,
a development In which he is -deeply
interested.
After the conversation between the
two chief executives, Secretary HUghss
of the state department talked -with
Secretary Devernins of Cuba; Secretary
Mellon of the treasury department
spoke to Secretary, of the Treasury
Hernandez of Cuba; the Cuban' minis
ter at Washington spoke to Boaz Long,
the American minister at Havana; and
Secretary Weeks of the war depart
ment spoke to Secretary of War and
Navy Marti. -
INDICT EVERY MEMBER
OF ERIE MARU'S CREW
Prohibition Officers to Make, a
Test Case of Violation
JACKSONVILLE. ,Fla., April 11.
Seven Japanese sailors, members of the
crew of the Japanese steamship. Erie
Maru, were held In bond of $1,000 each
after a preliminary hearing before
commissioner Noble here ' late today,
on charges growing-out of the seizure
by federal . officers Monday night of
14 cases of whiskey alleged to have
been brought ashore by the sailors and
12 cases aboard the vessel.
An appraisal made by the officer
placed the value of the steamship at
$1,000,000. i
Federal prohibition officers, an
nounced that warrants would be issued
charging every; member of the Erie
Maru and Captain Tamboyachi, with
violation of the national prohibition
laws. .. -
Captain- Tamboyachi is ill aboard
ship. The officers say they have re
ceived instructions from D. J. Gantt,
in charge of prohibition for govern
ment with headquarters at Atlanta, to
push the affair to. a conclusion with
a view to making, a test case of it.
MILLIONAIRES SAYS WIFE WAS
AFTER HIS MONEY GOT SOME
, - i '
CHICAGO, April? 11. James Stanley
Joyce,, millionaire Chicago lumberman,
today1 filed suit for annulment of his
marriage to Peggy Hopkins, an actress,
charging-that she already was married
at the time of her ' wedding to him at
Miami. Florida, January 23, 1920, and
that this ceremony was a part of a con-
spiracy through which he .was defraud- I of James J. Brltt, former congressman,
ed of from $500,000 to $1,000,000. iand third" assistant postmaster-general
Mr. Joyce alleged that Peggy Hop-In the Roosevelt administration, are
kins had known before her alleged going to backfhim 'for the position of
marriage to him, that he was a man,of Judge of the United States circuit
wealth and conspired with her husband, court of appeals o sbeceed Judge
Phil- Brick Hopkins, to obtain an al-. Pritchard. There will also be another
leged divorce from him in Tarrant contender for the position, it Is under
county, Texas, so she -could marry l stood, Judge W,. P. Bynum being pre
Joyce "with the "ultimate purpose of , sented y strong friends in "Greensboro
ohtainlne large sums ' of money and
property. During the nve montns roi
lowing, the ceremony Joyce transferred
money and property to Peggy Hopkins
which-. was worth at least $500,000. ac
cording to the bill; and which probably
ran as high as $i,oot,woo
Dates and places and names of four
Or mbre persons are specified in of
the charges, :. .". ? ; ..-.:
Peggy Hopkins, according to the bill,
maintains a residence in Nw York-
GETS DECISION OVER MORAN
- NEW. ORLEANS, .April 11. :Frankie j
Farren. of Californli; won the decision ;
over 'Pat Moran, of New Orleans, in a I
r .4 ' V. i f aa rtti 1 O-H f Thaw 1 -a ta
15--ronnd, bout' nere tonignt. a ney - are t accoraingto.ji majority oi met sport i tenaea ,ineionn?r cmpreeo arauiuuww,:Ai,iu;u.-s:
i-rKwi-rht--v.-v5S-;;Y-,:;.:..r . -r--i I writers at the -rlneside. .fr - ' .-; - v -. 4 her residence in Holland. r '3,':-r;;:-nril,:l.-s-iiJ ,
N. C, TUESDAY MORNING,
CONGRESS OPENS WITH
USUAL FORMALITY AND
ORGANIZES FOR WORK
Joint Session to Hear President
Harding's First Message At
1 o'CIock Today
TARIFF BlUL FIRST1
A .A XJXJXJ xaVO X j
No Time Lost in Introducing; the
Emergency Tariff Vetoed
...... By Wilson
WASHINGTON, April 11. The 67th
congress convened, today with fevr de
partures from time-honored precedent
and adjourned until tomorrow when,
at 1 o'clock, a joint session will hear
President Harding deliver his opening
message. - . - -"
Appointment of committees to notify
the President of th& assembling of the
extraordinary session,' re-election of
Speaker Gillett. and. other Republican
officers ofhe house, introduction of
hundreds bf bills; 'and resolutions in
the house arid organization affairs,
were the principal.; feautres of todays
session. Th senate, which wan orran.
Jzed byi the Republicans at the extra
session last month, was in session onlv
20 minutes, but the house organisa
tion required several hours. Crowds
of, spectators thronged -both senate and
house galleries. .
President Hardins's message .tomor
row is to be the signal for beginning
the sessions work. A -great crush at ,
luc ""Ui5C -v.uiucr ,f ine nrst JaSt Session; : In further aid to veU
aprearance of the. new executive before eran -RPTeientatrve Sweet, Repub
congress is expected. Admission Is to ; ,Ican. of j0WA; introduced a bill to con
be. by card only and tickets were the ! solfdate li vtoards and bureaus hav
object of lively effort today.- , inB- to Jd with soldier rehabilitation.
The senate also wilU get -down to
business Jomprrowt . when J. bills and
resolutions are to be introduced ' and
Bebate begun on the $.25,000,000 Colom
bian treaty. ' ' ,;
Senator Lodge of ' Massachusetts,
Republican leader, gave notice' today
that he would mbve"f(r open discus
sions and himself make the 'Initial
spoech in behalf of ; ratification. - He
will "be followed " by Senator, Kellogg,
Republican, Minnesota, an opponent of
the treaty, and by Senators Pomerene,
Democrat, Ohio, and'Kno.x,Repnblicaft.
Pennsylvania, in1 its support, the final
vote . will corte April 20, .under pre
vious agreement..' v " ' ' ; ..
Thei emerffeney ta-riff bill" introduced
today, is tope rth first? business Of
ihe hou.Pbaf'ii:,o atart edhes1
finance committee- said" tonight-the bill
also would 1erushed through the sen
ate. Democrats, he added, -were ' dis
posed to withhold discussion until the
permanent tariff bill fa " brought . in.
He also announced that- the finance'
committee would met ' Wednesday to
take up internal revenue revision "
In the opening preliminaries today
the overwhelming Republican- .-majorities
of . 22" In-the.-senate and about
17Q in the house, worked with, preci
sion. Speaker- Gillett was re-elected,
298 to 122, with Representative Kitchln,
North Carolina, Democratic floor leader,
his prefunctory opponent. Representa.
tive London,' New York, the only so
cialist -member, voted .. ''present-" ., The
Republicans also bowled over-an at
tempt by Representative Flood, Demo
crat. Virginia, to Investigate the
election of Representative Richard IS.
Bird, Republican, Kansas, who,, it .was
alleged, spent in excess of 510,000 in
his election campaign in violation of
the federal corrupt' practices acts-.
In the senate, the Republicans, -under
the leadership of Senator Lodge, .held
off attempts - to introduce bills and
other business today. Senator Lodge
said the precedents were for, postpone
ment until after receipt of the Presi
dent's message. ' . - i
All house committees were organized
today but the senate .committees went
tSver because of a desire of the. Re
publicans to, increase their represtaT
tion on the .ten principal ones. Re
publican senators will confer tomor
row before the session to arrange the
committee schedule, with Democratic
leaders planning opposition and criti
cism. :
Most .of the house bills introduced
today were old measures which failed
during "the last , congress. A similar
situation tomorrow in the senate was
expected.
Seats of four representatives who
were sworn in ' today are challenegd
by rontestants'who have filed with the
clerk of the house testimony in sup
port of their claims. The election
of L.- R. Rainey, Democrat seventh
Alabama district, Is being contested
by C. B. Kenhemar; that of T. W. Har
rison, Democrat, seventh Virginia, by
John Paul; of Harry B. Hawes, Demo
crat, eleventh Missouri, by Bernard P.
Bogy and of .Guy L. Shaw, Republican,
twentieth Illinois, by former Repre'sen-j
tative H. T. "Rainey, a Democrat.
ASHEVILLE SITlrPORT'S BRITT
FOR ' JUDGE FEDERAL COURT
(Selal to The Star)
ASHEVILLE. April .11.-Friends here
and Washington. -
It is understood here, ; that' Judge
Pritchard had expressed the wish on
many occasions that,, should he die, he
wanted -Mrc- Britt ' appointed In his
place. . Mr. Britt. is well qualified for
the. place, it is believed - by ; everyone
: who knows, him. and Ashevllle people.
regardless of -politics, would .he pleased
to see . the former congressman land,
thev appointment. ' y
- RAY-DUNDEE BOUT A DRAW
PITTSBURGH -J April ' 11. Johnny
Ray Pittsburgh,,: and Johnny Dundee,
New York, lightweights, boxed, a draw
In their.. lOrrourid .'bout- here tonight.
APRIL 12, 192ll
Bills Presented to House
Tariff, Repeal of War Taxes, Soldier Bonus and Relief, Budget,
Restriction of Immigration and Federal Road Building
Are Sub jects of Some of the Measures Offered Yes
terday Railroad Bill Also Introduced
WASHINGTON, ApriP 11. Bills de
signed to cover some of the more im-
ortant s-ProWems before the present
congress were Introduced today In the
1 house. They included the ertfrgencyJ
tariff, rt-tf eal of some war taxes and)
proposalti of new ones, soldier bonus
and. soldAer relief, federal budget, re
striction of .immigration, .. and federal
road buUding. -- "'. . C'.."' '
While the "five-way" plan of vet
eran organizations for-deferred com
pensation to service men became house
bill' No." lj the tax question was fdr
most in the legislative-proposals. Rep
resentative ,Longwor.th. of Ohio, pro
posed the .straight .. repeal of excess
profits and war profits taxation. '"The
suggestion was repeated by Represen
tatives Bachrach, of New Jersey, arid
Moot; -of 'New York, who proposed Im
position of gross sales taxes at 1. per
cent" rates. The Bachrach measure
also suggested' reduction- of normal in
come tax rates to, 2. per cent, and ap
plication of the sur-tax to Incomes
above. $7,000, with a maximum of 40
per cent. . '" i
Chairman fordney, f the ways arid
means committee, putting forward: the
service', men's - bonus proposal, . which
provides fbr alternatives between cash
payment, land settlement, insurance,
vocational education and, home build
ing, left out taxation proposals, but
Representative Galllvan Democrat, qf
Massachusetts, put in an exact dupll-
cte of-the bIlla.s It passed the house
and r:RPTesentatlve ? Fess, Republican,
of Ohto, suggested, exemption from in
come faxes of 11-payments to veterans
undergoing vocational Jtrainlng.;
' Irrfrnigration restriction. decided
upon by the last -congress in enacting
a bill limiting, annual entranced of
aliens into . the United - States to I
pee cnt of the total residents of each
nationality In the nation -Ns found by
the v' J.910 census, . was . proposed ."by
Chairman : Johnson, of- the fimmigratlpn
committee. His bill .exactly " duplica
ted that which President"' Wilson.' gave
a pocket veto. '
pnnQPPfiT iq nnnn Tfln
I IIUUI W UUUU 1 Ull t
7 r-
Premier Lloyd George Has the
Claims of Both Sides and Will
'' Confer Further ' ''
LONDON, April ; Ii (By j Assqciated
Pfessi The respective contentions of
the mine owners3 and - striking miners
are now .in the hand' of 'fhe'.-,pHm
minister, who is to take thenS -under
advisement, and meet the representa
tives of the two sides in the coal dis
pdte" tomorrow." ". '-';. " " T
The conference of the owners and
miners, with government officials par
ticipating, met, at the board of trade
this, morning arid at the request-of the
premier, 'submittied a the afternoon
session exhaustive statements of their
cases, which Mr. Lloyd George has ar
ranged to discuss with them separately,
"meeting 'the' mine Owners at 1.1 o'clock
in the morning and the miners at 12:80,
after which the Joint conference will
be resumed.
"The"' prospects, therefore; are ' favora
ble, although it Js stlir too early to say
that the crisis has been averted.; The
mine Owners, even if : they were willing
to make new wage-proposals, were to
day unprepared with any concrete
schemed' and the present indications
are that the conference proceedings
will be protested. i
An official statement was issued an
nouncing that the prime minister had
presided at the afternoon session,
which lasted from 4 o'clock until nearly
9. There were present also Sir Robert
S. Horne, chancellor of the exchequer;
T. J. MacNamara, labor minister, and
William Brace, minister of mines. -
Evan Williams made a long state
ment of the owners' case, and Frank
Hodges an equally long statement of
the miners' case. -i
It is significant that, although ih re
cent Chases of the trouble, the governr
ment has taken the attitude that, "now
the Industry has been taken out "of
government control, It was a matter
solely between the mine owners ,and
miners, the premier himself presided
over the conference." The presence of
the chancellor of the exchequer espe
cially gave color to the reports ' that
the government contemplates affording
temporary financial .assistance to meet
the exceptional circumstances of the
poor-yielding minea beins unable to
afford wages to provide a decent, stan
dard of living.
This was, in fact, indicated by the
premier himself at the morning sitting
in the course of his statement on the
government's position, when he said
the government was unable to grant
any" "permanent" contribution out sof
the . governmen't taxes. -,
The triple alliance tonight issued "a
manifesto settin-r forth its case In
minute detail for firmly supporting the
miners in resisting the "monstrous
proposals of the mine owners and de
fending the standard of living of the
whole working class and the .vital
trade union policy of national wage
agreements." - .
-GERMAN. EX-EMPRESS IS DEAD :
. DOORN'r Holland." April 11. Former
Empress. Augusta Victoria, of Germany,
died! here at 6 o'clock this -morning.
By a. strange coincidence the end came
Just .one year - after she suffered her
firsf serious heart attack. - The former
emperor and Prince Adelbert - were' at
her bedside- when- death came. .They
hadT been "called by Haesner; 'who at-
SEP
OLDEST
Representative' - Blanton, , . Democrat,
of-Texas, whose battles with his as
sociates in congress have;, attracted
some attention, came-forward . with a
suggestion to reduce congress from
435 members (o 304, and re-apportion
them according to the 1920 cesus. A
number of other re-apportionment
bills were prpposed, but would provide
for holding the. .membership to Its
present limit. Miv-Blantori also . pro
posed the ' elimination Hf ; the present
travel allowance of '20 cents a -milfr for
members'-and; substituting therefor a
payment pt actual, expenses to.h made
ijpon iworri vouchers." " " -
i Representative Toung. 'l Republican,
of .North Dakota; for the ' way arid
means committee,- -introduced the
emergency agricuiturai - tariff, exactly
.as it was passed in -February. Its ef
fective ' period - was. fixed as six months
after; enactment instead 'of. ten, as in
the vetoed measure "of ; the last session.
. Chairman Kahn,- of the military af
fairs 'committee, -again ' proposed a sep
arate air cons,"undeF ; a. heir ' execu
tive bureau, . to control - military avia
tion, and a, separate proposal for fed
eral; regulation of civilian aviation to
accompany it.. 1
' Chairman ' Good, v of the appropria
tions committe'e, . introduced the fed
eral budget bill, another " of the meas
ures vetoed during the .former admin
istration. " ': 'J - i i:-
; Abolition of-the railroad labor board
and repeal v.of sections of the trans
portation act-under -which It operates,
was proposed'by Representative Tlnch
er, Republican, of :iXansafe. -Hiss bill
would empower ' the Interstate Com
meirce commission, to perform functions
now assigned to -the board.
Other bills introduced' in the house
Included: , ; ' -'
Providing . for . cabinet.-members to
sit is me'mbersf -senate and house, by
Montague, .Democrat, of yirglnia; sub
mitting constitutional amendments fix
ing January 1 as the. date for terms
of President,: and. congressional officers
to begin, by Montague, - Democrat, of
Virginia; limiting: ; federal reserve
bank V interest rates to 51 per cent, by
Brand. .-Democrat. :.of - Georgia.
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Beans Suffer Mwt-M'Whi!e
Other. CroprWiilBe Retarded
H By Ool Snap
Reports from the trucking sections
near
Wilmington Visited - by frost
would" indicate that the early growth
i.
of vegetables and fruits was damaged
from' 8 ""to 10 per cent." More frost was
expected this morning, but in anticipa
tion of this the farmers protected the
young plants as much as possible and
It . is not believed that the additional
damage would be as great as that-of
yesterday. ' ;
'.. Editor Z. W. Whitehead, of the Car
olina Fruit and Truckers Journal, who
received, the repots of the crop .dam
age yesterday, says: that more or .less
All, the growing truck in the Wilming
ton, Chadbourn, and Wilmington and
Weldon railroad districts suffered some
as a result of the frost, but the great
eat damage was done to the bean, let
tuce," watermelon and r strawberry
crops, particularly the, beans.
Mr.- Whitehead estimates that the
shipments of the fruit and vegetables
will be retarded . from three to four
days because .of the Monday morning
damage and should the frost on this
morning be heavy the "movement may
be' longer delayed.- v
Lettuce in the Chadbourn. Wallace,
Roicky ; Point . and New -.Hanover sec
tions was "scorched" considerably. .Tho
strawberries were,, somewhat protected
by their uhusually;heavy foliage, and
did hot suffer as much. Beans, yet
young and tender, and the stalks being
so they could not be. protected, were
the worst hurt. The. young watermelon
plants were also damaged to some ex
tent. ; , ... ' ' " ' ' '
The truckers expecting, another frost
this morning, hKd .ample v opoprtunity
yesterday ,to cover their crops with
straw and many aid. this.
The frost was .heaviest and did the
most damage, as usual, . Jn the ,low
places. -' However," the " ground Sunday
nght .was warm, and this was a natural
protection - against " the cold.
The minimum s.temperature 'recorded
n;-Wilminis-ton Monday . was .36. The
maximum was 53.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
At -' Greenville, Tenn.: . Carson New
man college, 23 ; ,Tusculum college, 10.
At Lafayette,-Irid.: Prdue, S; But
ler, 0. -
At Baltimore r.Comell, 3; University
of Maryland, "4.,
.-".At Charlottesville,' Va.: Virginia, 6;
Williams, 5. ; , : " -.''.',.'
At Raleigh: North Carolina state, 5;
University of Florida,'. 3. - - .
At Blacksburg, Va.:- Virginia Poly
tech, 18; Emory and Henry, 7.
SUBURBAN MERCHANT KILLED
T MEMPHIS, Tennvj April 11.-4-T. N.
Parr, well known ... throughout " west
Tennessee, and for many years member
oft-the Shelby county court, was shot
and. instantly.; killed late tonight at his
store at Raleigh a Memphis suburb by
an' unidentified man, who is believed to
I have entered -'the, store to rob; it. The
man esfcapedji ; Posses "aref scouring the
country in search; of the slayer. r
SAILING - DATE CANCELLED
- "LONDON,. ..-April . : ll--The Cunardi
Steamship, company has cancelled the
sailing -of - the . steamship Berengaria.
formerly" the Ifuperator.- from '.South
scheduled
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DAILY IN THE STATE.
SECRETARY HUGHES IS
IN RECEIPT OF NOTES
ON MANDATE POLICY
Great Britain and France .Have ?a;iiT
RepUed But Ocler;of:.".
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CONFER ON CABLES
Communications Conference To
day, in View of Mandate Dis
pute, May Achieve Little ;
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WASHINGTON. April 11 France and
Great Britain are? understood to hay
replied to Secretary " Hughes' recent
notes regarding the ( Japanese man
date In. the Pacific island of Yap. The
British government's response is said
to-be of a preliminary nature. State
department officers, while intimating
that , replies had been1 received, de,-:
cllned to say So positively or to indi
cate their nature: f
France .In replying, to a previous
American note-regarding the Tap man
date, had expressed the hope that the
controversy between the United States
and Japan On this subject could be
settled by direct negotiation between,
them without involving her as a prln- '
cipal. - , ,
Whether renewed expression is
given. to this hope in France's latest
note has .not been disclosed, but some
diplomats are of the opinion that in ,
any event, her new communication
would go .further, Inasmuch as Mr.''
Hughes deal with the whole subject of
mandates , as well as with Tap specifi
cally. it has been the expectation of stat
department officers, and of some for
eign envoys here as well, that the al-f
lied governments would admit "the
soundness of the American nosltion"
1 that, as one of the principal allied and
associated powers in ' favor of which
Germany hy the treaty of Versailles
renounced its . rights and titles in its
overseas possessions,, the United Stateq
is entitled to a voice In the ultimate
disposition of those '. territories. . ;
In view of .the, supposed . tentative
character of the British reply to Mr.
Hughes, there was little disposition in
officii circles to, comment regarding
the attitude of faa . government. The
opinion ihas- been advanced,., however
that are4t:Brtainm
ure by whsthe-6 Japan Insisted, ' upon'
vmrmV0mt -otthe terms of the '
treaty cf London under4 wWcJa 6reat
Britain and France agreed she -ajjbuld
have the former German islands nerth
of the, equator. This treaty was "eft
tered into before the United States de-'Wi
ciared war on Germany.
With the Tap 'mandate question; mp
parently still far from settlement, it
is not thought likely that the inter
national communications conference,
which resumes Its session tomorrow,
will 1 make great progress toward
agreement on the disposition of for
mer German cables.
, Norman E, Davis, former under-fSec
reary of state, who as 'chairman, called
tomorrow's meeting, was in conference
with Secretary Hughes several hours
today. After leaving the secretary's
office, Mr. Davis said, the outlook for
ultimate ' agreement among the con- i
ferees was good, although it is not be- v
Ueved . probable -that much progress
will be made until the broader ques
tions 'involved in the Yap discussion
are disposed of.
Mr. Davis said the communications
conference will resume its program
where it had left off several weeks
ago, when several European represen- "
tatives requested short delay to per
mit communication with their governments.
SIMMONS AND OVERMAN PAY
TRIBUTE TO DEAD JURIST
Special to The Star)
WASHINGTON, April 11. Stenators
Simmons and Overman expressed grief
over the i death of Judge Jeter C.
Pritchard. "I am Very sorry that Judge
Pritchard died Just in the , prime of
his life," said Senator Simmons. , "In
our service together , in the senate, I
learned to like him. In truth, I had
real affection for him. We were very
hostile politically at the outset of my
career here, but after an all-day de-
bate on the 'red shirt' campaigns we
became friends. He said that I had
been fair and courteous to him in de- .
bate, and he-appreciated it. ' :
"Mr. Pritchard was a .very able man .
and had a great 'deal of native abil-
ity. He was upright and honest..'
In a telegram , to Mrs. PrUtchard,
Senator Overman said he sympathized
with her. In the death of her "distin
guished . husband."
"Judge Pritchard was a good man and '
had -splendid influence in the state,!' -said
j Mr. Overman. "He was a par- j
tisan, but was always wining to recog
nize the rights and views of others.
He -had high moral views and was a
good judge." :. -
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WEST VIRGINIA TRACK DATES
MORGANTOWN, W. Va.. Arpil 11..
The West Virginia university track
schedule for" 1921, which was .an-,
nounced ' here, today, sows that the';;:
team will not perform inMorgantbwn .;v
during' the season, except for the "uni
versity tryouts to be held May 7. .u v' '
The season will open April 30, when,
the squad will compete at the Penn- ' ''
sylvania relays, and will close June 18 ';
when the "Mountaineers'- will compete
In the national collegiate meet at Chi-;
cago, Illinois. ' ; , " .. i".-Vli
PEACE IN - PAPER INDUSTRY v
NEW YORK, April 11. Virtually
half of , the manufacturing - plants in
the -paper- industry : never have had '"'
disturbances in their internal Indus- 7 -trial
relations, .said L. M. Alexander,; '.
of , Port Edwards, Wisconsin, chairman '.
of 1 the industrial relations committee"
of the American Paper and Palp asso-
ciatidn, . In his annual - report at - tho , -i
opening of the associations' five-day .
convention here today. He urged, the
association to consider if ullyihe ues- --ty. :'
tion of promoting peace throughout th ''
entire; industry.,,.---a -;, -: xj.j ,;;-;. ,
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