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I, ff- 'r y :7 -f it - ?-i - V - . .-- y ..... : 1 I, 'r, v :Y 7.7- 7 .i7; - A The WeatHer :y 1 i Wilmington's Only ' Leased Wire Associated Press Newspaper -: Showers Thursday and Friday. etape of river-'at FayetteTlUe . ye.; terdny at 8 a. m., 7 Xt, ; . - A.Ia867 ; ' ' :J " ". . ' L ' '! ' -' .:' ' ''' VOL. CVIL No. 38. PROPOSED TARIFF BILL SEVERELY BY ftlOCRATS OF HOUSE tiould Raise Cost of Living in ,he Country by Two Bil lions Annually i GIFT iiiuaiB Measure Would Hand "Gratuity" of Millions to sugar, wooien and Meat Interests WASHINGTON, April 13. House BCU3 action lOaay IU muu o,6o.iib.j; Ike emergency tariff and anti-dumping bill and Representative Kltchtn. ml-! jor'lty leader, made public simultan- j'; eotsly a statement of views of minority j , probers oi inc w a.j a u wa- i- !ee by t"e early assailing. of,' the j-. Lcblican temporary tariff program.!. Many differences arose in the- caucus j jb the question of Instructing Dem- j Irats to vote unreservedly against L emergency tariff measure, but it ) tolly VSi3 carnea Dy a woie 01 u r to19 After the caucus, fir. Kitchin j dieted that "less thri a - dozen Democratic votes would be cast for th Young bill." ' : In the minority report the.. 'Repub licans are accused of tossing into, the ;,p of "three great trusts," the packelre, the sugar trust and the woolen trust. tTS.OOO.000 a year, ano. orjeeKing lo disbar any future trade with the central powers and smaller states in , Europe through "a subtle and dan- HANDLED jerous joker." in an eciing tne secre- pleted by Secretary of War Weeks, ac tarr of the treasury to fix the value of , cording to reports from Washington, foreign money as a basis for levying j There are 12 major-generals and .25 duties on imports. , (brigadier-generals on the new list. 5 The present bill is characterized by ; . the report as even worse man lia predecessor, the Fordney measure, and it asserts that if any advantage will inure anywhere from the. new pro posal it will be to "the trusts, spec ulators and profiteers." It also calls attention to provisions of the Republi can national platform and inquires whether any "honest Republican can linrerely vote for this billon the.be- I lief that it will reduce the eost .ot Iving." "We note that the bill has been charged since the last sessions o-con kress," the speech -,,adds "f ribm 'the fordney iri Mll-Oo-the 3T Urgency tariff bill. Whether neTvay 8 and means committee- thought7 the name of its chairman, Mr. Fordney", at tached to the bill would discredit it jr believed that by attaching the name Jf Young from the agricultural state rtorth Dakota, it would more easily fool the farmers, we cannot, undertake to say. But there is some political iigniflcajice in it." Figures are presented Durnorting to show that the actual increase In living costa resulting from enactment of such Haw would be about 12.000.000,000 wr. The statement says that the would hand a "gratuity" of $125,- ,000 annually to the snrar ' trust t55.00o.OOO annually to the "meat and W trust, the packers," and more than 1.000,000 a vear tn th inenmA of the "woolen trust." Ciscussine the nrnvisi run rtt flio Villi for fixing the value of foreign money the report says: "The German mark is quoted as be- 1Mlt0rth 162 cents- If tnis Provision the bill becomes a law, the secre ,!; ,of the treasury would be Com eued to calculate the German mark 'th s "ents, for the bill states I tne deureciation in no case can estimated at more than 66 2-3 per. th!I ies on Koo'ds from Germany .nti' WOUld incrp.asfl 4Rft nr Anf Ir(,m italv son hot II .An " ' i'vi vviifc, X i Will -W rjpr rrf- - i t i.i. Per cent; from Finland 27 per cent; j,,!0, ngarv 1.700 per centi from --u-aiovia y two per cent; from Poland Per CPnt: frnm Pnmantq 05(1 R'l'i . Serbia 270 Per cent and from K "'a 4.300 per cent." .. nnM,-.0nc!usion the report charged Re- th, 1 " Jead"rs with having betrayed consumers of the east and at the time breaking faith with the er of the west. HEEI Kr WATS BEER RULED "lT AS A MEDICINAIi AGENT tion nf v APrl1 13. pronibi- P reduce h "Ll1 an l"1!' out ll - b supply oi spiri- some rol ou.uum g-anons or Wav ?nabln amount," were urged ttlMmfl. " Wheeler, legislative sup todav ; fnt of the anti-sallon league. ?ram ir. lne ieague'8 pro fenrese.i . "-smiauve conference 'or a 1 i -1 4 . PS Of a. Henri nf nsillnnil : '"P'ranrp lirohihi,!. -imzations. Tbe . beer I ... l'n w as necessary Vib naiit '"h. Tore!,; .uralmer's beer opinion." eel.r rl he 8uPIly of liquor, Mr. n tonnP.roposed a nv-year embargo "so uV"10" 0r manufacture. He I eexisttr I'liindr., CK m fewer warehouses I'lj mM . flcoroi as a base for mak Pent r 1 Preparations, the state- whub would cut put wine Wabiiit J ' which increases ' ' the Afe ? of 'nedicines. !tw .. . 10 h,2 used in medlpinfo Vihw. 't adrlPd should be made' unfit 'vera .ory. use when it left the'fac- 1UP INon f oulried included ex ibitinn JU 'sdlctlon to enforce the . Jun amendment in the Philln- Mla TO DALLAS. TEX. 3t n,,. VI- 1 ex., Anrii i a l"e D,,. a?r Munson. last vnr with Hal, f." club of the Piedmont :,!u. ... " New York Am r I can w"as announced today, by !ent Of f Vl Ttalloa .lnh' :Wn "-Lm?nt of th Dailp. hih . KYnr tlJrned over to Atlanta N. - or. but could not atrree on r.i-. SHlv.RM WARNINGS - "r ther b, - Pr11 13- T h e - S0.ry southeast ; tnTm ,,i.nl f a flayed at V n ur w. " AuM....jM.isswsippi AeJB, Florida. 1 ... V '" .7 7 ' " '" " " i- I : : . I .... - j - . i i ' i Edwards First In List Qf The New Generals Brigadier-General Clarence Edwards, whQ , commanded the 26th division in France, stands first on the list of new major-generals which has been com- INDUSTRIAL PEACE OF GREAT BRITAIN HANGS 1 1 Xi s KT A XI rrJllrK I HKr Allrtween Republican and Democrats; Od- U I ft WblallUbll I III llmiU Outside the Conflict REPLY OF PREMIER Lloyd George Writes Rail-Trans port Chiefs for Grounds : for Their Strike LONDON, April 13. (By Associated Press.) Premier Lloyd George has pro vidrd the leaders of the "triple al iFance" with another opening for re newal of negotiations in " the, miners' strike and the general strike of rail way men and transport workers in sup port of it, by asking for the ground of their refusal of the government's offer. And any influence the labor leaders who -are outside the orbit of the actual conflict may be able to exp ert on the disputants seen s for th moment to be the remaining slender thread upon which 'industrial peace hangs. ' - ' That such attempts at rtiediation w?U' continue and that there are still two days before the general strike be comes operative, are the - only hopeful sigi3. After the receipt of tho an nouncement of the "triple alliance? that its members would bo called from their work Friday night, Prsmler Lloyd George sent the following reply to the alliance: r ! "Dear Mr. Thomas (general secretary of the railway union), and Mr. Wil liams, (secretary of the transport workers' federation) : '- ' "I am in receipt of your letter. The decision you report Is a grave one. Ton threaten Friday night to dislo cate the whole of the transport aerv; ices of this country, so essential to the life of the nation. ' "I should like to know the grounds on which you are determined to : inflict such a serious blow to your country men. ; 7 - 7 . ' . . "Yours -faithfully, 7 . ' , , (Signed) "Loyd George." t The'"triple alliance" sat until a late hour., tonight, and It was decided te send a reply to ' the premier's letter Thursday ' morning, when the dellbera- tions , of the "triple alliance" are . re sumed. -' 7 "" - ' 1 ' ' 7. ' ' i A manifesto - issued, by the miners federation ' tonight seems to , render any possibilities of renewed . negotia tions hopeless, apart from such yield ing ro the side of thi government as the :' miners themselves say they can nardly expect: The government yes: terday' met the miners half way - by agreeing to. give such financial assist ancW as would be necessary-, to start the regulation of wai;es . on an inter- fiat.'onal; basis. The -Winers, however, ns.'sted upon acceptance also of the pooling .of . profits, which the govern ment throughout ha 1 " declared to be impossible.. , .'n7 '' ' - This i irreconcilable attitude .is , rob bing' the miners -of rany support by the press.; and of, sympathy., of a large portion of the citizens,, A manifesto issued later tonight by the "triple ' alliance" " in wihich this body emphatically supports the. miners Slal ms,Von tends that . such s reductions In the miners' earning. L'nd trade union in the past ever ' accepted,' -and de clares that, ? if accepted, : "it would b a disgrace to- trade ..unionismv of ; the " ' BATNBJH GETS THE rDEClSION - 7 : tvttp -wr -vniffc. ' Atirll 18Algle Ratner rcelvedV the Judgeadecls lKld") Lewis at .the end, of Hheir. 16- Only Hope of Averting Strike WILMINGTON, N. ,u r, . CONGRESS GEFMDY TO PUT THRr 2 PLAN OOTLINED u MESSAGE House Arranges for Emergency Tariff -and Senate Receives Peace Resolution TO SPEED TARIFF House Expects to Pass pill After Brief Debate Before Fri day's" Adjournment WASHINGTON.; April lS.r-Congress squared away today onthe administra tion program outlined in President Harding's address yesterday. in harmony with the President's rec ommendations, tho house today ar ranged' to expedite the emergency tariff bill, passage of which is expected there Friday, while in the senate the resolu tion to end the state of war with Ger many and Austria was introduced by Senator ' Knox, Republican, Pennsyl vania. The latter is to be brought up for debate late next week. Many bills In both senate and house, designed to meet' legislative proposals or Mr. Harding, also were introduced. In the senate. Senator Borah, Repub lican, Idaho, re-introduced his naval disarmament resolution, ' proposing to that end a three-power conference of the United States, .Great Britain and Japan. i In preparation for the emergency tariff debate, the house today received the formal report on the bill and after an 11-mlnute session, adjourned until . tomorrow, which was set aside for gen- era! tarifT discussion. Debate Friday is j to be limited under the five-minute rule and a final vote on passage is hoped for before adjournment. Discussion of the $26,000,000 Colom bian treaty was resumed today in the senate, wlth ( Senator IGellogg, Repub lican, Minnesota, sceakiner in onnosl- ! tion to ratification. The senate also took up lta committee organization pre jclpltating the first-partisan clash be- position of the latter, who charsred that excessive committee representation was publican ma, actio-" Mi plan to begin work immediately on .the ions program ot" domestic legislation. The army and navy appropriations bills, which . failed in the last congress, are to have preferred Status. -Fiscal and agricultural -legislation also, are to be given prominent places on the schedule with the temporary "imrnigration re striction bill one of the early measures to be pressed. .. SENATOR KNOX PRESENTS HIS RESOLUTION DECLARING PEACE WASHINGTON, April 13. In . line with the recommendation of president Harding's message, a resolution to end the state df war with Germany and Austria was Introduced today by Sen ator Knox of Pennsylvania. . It is similar to the one adopted previously by congress and vetoed by former President Wilson. It will be reported favorably in a few days by the foreign relations commit tee and' then brought up for debate after disposal of the Colombian treaty, according to Senator Lodge, of Massa chusetts, Republican leader. Senator Knox's new ' resolution dif fers little from that which he sponsored before.. As suggested In President Harding's address yesterday, it con tains no general declaration of Amer ican policy with respect to future ac tion by the United States, but is con fined to measures for ending technically the state of war with -the" imperial German and Austrian governments. It also would reserve to the United States all rights ' and i privileges under the treaty of "Versailles and. to alien enemy property seized during the war. HIGH RANK, GIVEN REV. MR. MARION, ASHEVILLE Father C. Dennen of Wilmington Participates inXJeremeny ASHEVILLE, April 13. The dignity of monsignor and domestic prelate to Pope Benedict XV., was conferred here today i upon Right Rev. Mgr. Marion, with special investure services. Robes valued '.at $60,000 made by peasants of Fiance and "carrying 800 figures ' of saints .and apostles woven of thread gold, were worn.-'- This'Js the first time such rank has been conferred upon a Catholic church man . in the state. The services took place in the first Catholic church con secrated' In North Carolina., The dig nity was conferred by Right Rev. .Leo. Haid, DD., O. S. B., bishop of the diocese of North Carolina. Solemn pontifical mass; was celebrat ed by Rev. Father -Charles Mohr, DD., O.' S. abbott of the St. -Leo'a mon astery of Florida. Th.e following acted as officers: Rty7iWilIiam. O'Brien. Durham, dea con ; Re v. Nicholas Murphy, Spartan burg, sub-deacon; Rev. Charles Wood, Florence, S. C; arch-priest. The bishop wm assisted by Very Rev. Christopher Dennen. 'Wilmington, and Rev. Peter Marion; ' HendersowTllle; - Very Rev Father,' Felix, DD., and FatherJDoml nlck, ot Belmont. . . ONE PENDER AND ONE NEW 7, -IltANOVER DECISION "ttADE . : (Special to The' Star) . 7, V RALEIGH, April 13. None bf the .Hire opinions handed down : by the , supreme court ' today were of any general in terest or promulgated amy interpreta tion of ;the general laws. ' Two cases were from eastern Carolina. v They were State vs.-Stokes, Pender, in which the defendant appealed from three months' sentence for assault on a female, on the ground that' the punishment was ' not within i the bounds ,of . the statute, .no error; Manufacturing company, vs.- Mc- Pbai V Ne wi Hanover suit ' l or . less than CM THURSDAY JtfOR , , , , 1 . LARGE LOAN TO FINillXll 30,000 BALES! COTTON War Finance ::' Corporation! Will Let Exporting Conciern Have TVoiiiions. BUSINESS ifGO SHY Chairman Meyer of JFinance Cbr-:- poration UrgesGreater DeO gree oif Confidence ' WASHINGTON, April . 13. Approval of "an application forftloah-, of J2, 000,000 for .financing cotton exports was announced today by ttne War finance corporation.. ?'. Export of 50,000 bales, of cotton, to England, Francej Italy,"P6rlugal, Jaan and'Germaay is involved in ; the trans action, according to Eugene Meyer, di rector of tbe corporation.-' T"he appli cation, Mr. Meyer. added, ; was a direct result of a 'decent conference in New Orleans with-southern? bankers. Application for the toan". he said, was made by j.r expert financing corpora tion. Discussing the recent conferences in Washington, Atlanta and New Or leans . with' exporters;J manufacturers and bankers, . Mr. Meyer declard the results, "were considered satisfactory by all concerned." The most important result, he ' said, was that the bunkers are going1 to approach the problams of exporting cotton and ' other southern products from a new point of view and in a. mnr nrpttn munrt&T DIscussipn developed, he contined, that in the general opinion stocks of manufactured goods in- the hauds of retailers and.' wholesalers as well as manufacturers." are" generally, very low- in this country and. abrpau. . it Is not. novaver, . within the province of tfte warfinance . corporation" to attempt to influence business Hr. Meyer -asserted, nor even to, advise business men how to conduct their bt siness "It i ,woil4.r$en)," MjrVi Meyer said, "Opportune at, thia moment for , m f. fKJIVClJrJlr ocedur respjets$t the, rstocki , of. rk-A-jnvat8rials nu. nnisnea gooas amea "by mer chants and mahufactrer.s.X' It would appear that' confidence '-' was great at the high price -levels of a year ago when the business risks were certainly larger than they 'are ."now. It may be well for business -men to ask them selves the question 'whether or not the present lower prfcelevels do not war rant some greater -'confidence than ex ists at the present; time. - This is a mat ter for each and'everyv business man, retailer, wholesalePVahd manufacturer to consider for - hhntkir: - ' - "If greater cohftdenoeiwere warrant ed as a matter of 1 sound- business,: and a resumption In carrying more, normal stocks all along :he line -were brought about, undoubtedly a 6nsid jrable part of the load now- being forced back upon the original producers of pur agricultural products and the bank tn the country districts would be gn- erauy aistriDuted and more easily car ried by the merchants and banks inter ested in the processes that are involved in moving the raw materials through the various steps that lead to the ultl-r mate consumer. This distribution of the. load would result in a ; freer circulation, of busi ness and in turn Improve that part of me consumer s market, which the di-o; decers , of agricultural prpducts -. con-. stitute to so great an extent in ouf country. LITTLE IS ACCOMPLISHED IN WOMEN'S LEAGUE ; CONVENTION CLEVELAND. . Ohio. Anrll iaTi day's sessions of the second annual con vention , of the - National League of women voters accomplished little, the afternoon session being devoted to dis cussion of the preamble of the recom mendations of the national board .of directors and executive council as to plans and policy, as presented by Mrs. F. Lroulse Slade," of , New York. The policy report as adopted in part by the convention favors an 'increased membership on a broad educational basis before undertaking an extensive program of legislation, The national organization will con tinue Its fight in Washington for wel fare legislation, it also was decided- Another principle embodied In' the adopted preamble vof . recommendations on policy was that state voters leagues will not be compelled to. fight for leg islation the national body Is working for, but that the state league officers must Inform the state members of this legislation and have . no right to. pre vent discussion -among their member ship, of the issue in question. HICKORY STUDENT IN STATE COLLEGE ..HELD - FOR HAZING (Special to The Star) RALEIGH, 'April 13 The Wake county grand jury today 'returned true bill against R. H. - McComb, a sophomore ,at State ,:ollege,;Tor lnmpRi cation in -xpe nazmg episoae mere sev eral weeks ago, in which - the heads -of several members of -the freshman class were shaveii- and, they were otherwise mistreated."- . . f'7.. ' ' ' , The -grand jury could find: evidence against - pone of the others j connected With, the ' hazing party, put - it , is . an nounced that the Jnvpstigatlons are not at an erfd.7' The solicitor-will . keep! such information ras he has . about . the " other hoys "in his- jpossessiott and it is1 de clared that he'possibly, at the. hext'sit ting " of the grand . jury, will,; be .called upon to pass on - additiopal evidence, s 7 . McComb, the solitary: 'student against whom . sufficient; evidence was found! to justify a true bill,- lives in Hickory. r- -, - -- .- " - - i ..v. 7'r. -';-' ''-' ESTRUCTIVje FOREST. STRES (, BRISTOL, ;7 Va.-Tenn. ;iAprII .rl3 Much ' valuable timber in the mountain section about mid-way be(ween Bristol and i Bluff iCiXti Tnni Msras destroyed APPROVED 14, 1921. I ' -"; i r . ' I I Eleven-Year-Old Rov Indicted For Murder ll ' The trial of Cecil Burkett, 11 years seven-year old playmate, Benny Slavin, has been postponed until .the next term of the Sark county, Ind., circuit cburt, which begins 'May 23. The case has aroused such interest in the city of Ora. Ind., that the population of the place has been split into two factions. It is understood the defense will con 'tend that the rifle with which Cecil is alleged to have killed Benny Slavin in his home at Ora was not in the hands of the Burkett boy at the-tlme it was discharged. Cecil's fate will be in the hands of adult jurors, but all of the important witnesses will be children of tender years. . ROOSEVELT IS QUOTED Senator KelloggV Speaks Against Ratification of Docuiment Termed "Infamous? WASHINGTON, April 13.-Ratlfica-tion of the J25.000.000 Colombian treaty would not'be keeping faith with Theo dore Roosevelt, Senator Kellogg, Re publican - (Minn.), declared today in opening debate for those opposing tho pact in the senate.' Acceptance . of.' It even as amended. Senator Ketlogg asserted, would be a "pusillanimous act" and a shadow on the brightest page of the history of American accomplishments. The Minnesota senator reviewed in detail the part played by the United State's under President Roosevelt In the events that attended the revolt of I Panama and quoted a message he re ceived in 1917 from Mr. Roosevelt say ing that ratification of "this infamous treaty" would set a dangerous prec edent. "It makes precedent," Mr. Roosevelt was quoted as saying, "for some suc cessor of Wilson to pay at least as J. large a sum apiece to Costa Rica, KNicauragua, Haiti and Santo Domingo for what has been done to , them re cently and -also to, Chile for our in solent and ' -improper-, treatment of her in connection with ' the Alsop claim." '- Senator Kellogg, Also placed in the record a letter written by, Mr. Roose' veltin 1918, in which the former Presi dent declared the "crux Of the matter is as to whether we ought 'or ough not" to have' recognized Panama." . "If we .did. badlyr" Mr. Roosevel wrote in reference,-to Panama's recog nition,T"we are in honor bound no-yt to restore both Panama and the canal sonerf roiri the bandits f rpm whom they were then severed. More payment of blackmail- Is noted. Of course, no Smallest particle of evidence to show thaf we, engineered the revolution can be .produced .because our every action was open and has been set forth- scores of times In minute detail. . No revolu tion was ever, more Justified than that of Panama against Colombia and had I net acted, prepisely as I did,- there would now be no canal.". Senator Kellogg called . attention to the 'objections raised to the treaty by "senV.te Republicans . when it was up for consideration 4 in 1917 and denied that the passages then found objection able ' had been eliminated. FUNERAL BENNIE CROOM TO 7, ' BE ' HELD THIS MORNING . Bennie Croom, 16-months--old son of Mr., and Mrs. Cv T. Croom. former resi dents of Wilmington -but now living at Charleston, ,S. C, died Tuesday night at the home of his parents after a- brief illness, , relatives, and friends of ' the f amily here were notified yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Croom and their little sen had. only recently visited In the city, and friends and relatives were shocked when they received the news of the little boy's death. -t ' .i:Th rAinninR ' were broil eh t -.in Wn- mington at 1 o'clock; this morning and J were taken to the home of the grand- Barents. 109 1-2 Dock' street.7 Funeral i Services will be. conducted from 'there this, morning at 10:30 o'clock. Inter merit; will be made in Bellevue come- tery. 7 ; - -:. ' - -.'' . ; i G; 6. P. MEETING FOR NORFOLK ; 7 HARRISONBURG, Va, . April .13. The? Republican state contention . will open 'in Norfolk July; 14. when a "full! state ticket will be nominated for secretary of the- Republican executive committee. -.-.'..''"."i-f A division for women" .-win be formed; the announcement . said, -. giving them omlqmb mmm mmmmmsi . ' . ' : l 1 1 . " i.'-' Al : - OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. old, indicted for the slaying of his , BYNUM, CONNOR, Carolina Presents Three Candi " dates for' Vacancy, Caused by Pritchard's Death (Special to. The Star) WASHINGTON, April s " 13-Three North Carolinians, twp 7 Republicans, ex-Judge William P. Bynum; of Greens boro, and J.'p. Britt,,of Asheville, and one Democrat, Judge. H. G. Connor, , of Wilson, are being urged fort federal U;ircuit judge to succeed the late Judge Jeter C. Pritchard. The state has but slim chance of holding tne position at best, and hone whatever with divided forces.. It looks now as if Virginia might ' get the honor. A very determined fight will be put up for it by Virginia and .Mary land Republicans. The only show that North Carolina has in a united front at the -department of justice and the white house. Judge BynUm has a strong' backing. It. is arafued for himv that as a lawyer he has ftw equals, if: any superiors, in the state. Judge Cdnnor, who was ap pointed to the federal" bench by Presi dent Taft after a -long drawn-out row, has made: a fine record. Democrats and Republicans are backing him. Repre sentative Stedman? said today that he is greatly interested in the movement for " Judge Connor ?He said he had known him from thedays of his early manhood-and' never knew a man in or put ofMhe state more'r eminently fitted by natural qualities and 'by study and training for. such a high' judicial posi tion. Mr. Stedman -announced that if In any way he' could help bring about the -nomination 'of - Judge Connor he would do so. He .would 1 call' on the President within the next day or two and ask, that Judge- Connor be named. The contest over - commissioner of revenue has become' involved in the judgeship campaign. Neither North Carolina nor Virginia can have both positions. ! Representative " Slemp has been caught in a 'jam. The death of Judge Pritchard brought out one or more of Slemp's old party friends for the judgeship and for a week he has been tearing his shirt for the nomina tion .nof Robert W. Blair for revenue commissioner. North Carolina ,. lead ers are in a Similar position. They are working for David Blair and may lose the larger job. . : ' ' .The North Carolina Blair was to have seen the President todaybut was betrayed by circumstances and will see hlm tomorrow, Some turn In affairs may give the treasury post to thq Winston-Salem man, for he Is well In dorsed arid has a good clean reco.-d and a. flrst-class refutation. - are . excited and worried'over thehid den plans of the Republicans to con trol the presidential postorhces. They are writing to congressmen to see what they may expect. , Representative Brinson today wrote Postmaster-General ' Hays, asking him what his purpose was, and expects to be set right on the proposition In the near future -: - - . - ' "' -i ' ' - HEARING FREIGHT RATES WASHINGTON,-April 13. The Inter state Commerce commission will hear oral" arguments tomdrrow ;by. repre sentatives of southeastern shippers and railroads on proposed changes on. di version -and reconsignment rates' . on perishable goods shipped to . northern ' markets. :' The carriers " and shippers made, joint application for, the hear- irig! and were In I informal; conference today with Chairman Clark, of the com- j riiissfon, -who ' gave - their suggestions f "kindest consideratron," according" to ' statements of, both sides made follow- I .1." -. i BRUT rUHtH UAit IWVULVti & UKtAltil oUM Uh ANY EVER HEARD IN STATE Attorneys. Now Arguing Before Commission Without Limit On Speech-making INQUIRY ON HAZING Wake, Cpunty Grand Jury In structed to : , Investigate State College Affairs By JULE B. WARREN RALEIGH, April 13. Attorneys rep resenting both sides of the Southern Power company hearing did not like the suggestion of Commissioner .George Pell " that some time limit should be put on debate, and the lawyers are speaking as long as they wish. There is little indication that the hearing of, argument In the case will be com pleted before Thursday night. This will be the case if all the law yers here for this hearing insist on being heard, and the corporation com mission is going to allow-all. to make speeches If they desire, and there will probably be no limit set on speeches. So far only four speeches have been concluded. , . . . , E. S. Parker of Graham opened the debate this morning. He spoke in be half f of a. chain of: cotton mills: that has contracts with the Southern Power company, and devoted a greater por tion of his speech to the- alleged dis crepancies in the valuation of the prop erty of the company in North . and South Carolina. .The appraisal of - the . replacement" value of, the South Caro lina property was made by the J. G. White company of New, York,5, but tbe company has npt taken these figures as the basis of calculation for. rate mak ing. Mr! Parker called attention to the fact that the corporation com mission fixed the tax value of the property in North Carolina at about 15 million dollars, which was one half of White's replacement value. The figures are far different In South Caro lina,, where the-tax value la four mil lion doalars; the replacement value about 25 millloniand the value placed . on the "South .Carolina property- by: the company is . $37000,000. This does nbt , Include going concern value, which the - company,- cjiaima should-he considered .v irtTirnkiiiir-'-the'ate that ' will bring abj")t a fair return on the value of the Investment. . 7 MrV Parker contended that the com- mission should not take the South f Carolina property Into consideration at .these 'figures. He really believed , Y 7 the . North Carolina commission had -7 ) no right to consider other property . .; I than that owned in North Carolina for ' 's J rate-making purposes, but the company , , insists that the property as a whole has to be considered before the com- ' mission can ' arrive at what , is a just rate.. .'-''.' . Aubrey L. Brooks, attorney for the' " 7 : North Carolina Public Service corpora- ' 7' tion of Greensboro, which now has a ,'. case aaralnst the power . company pend ing in the supreme court, followed Mr. Parker. Mr, Brooks was not one of the attorneys for protestants who signed the motion asking that the case j . be dismissed by the corporation com mission on the ground that It was not within the jurisdiction of this rate- ....',' making body. For by the circum- - - ' stances -and entanglements of this , -case, Mr. Brooks Is contending in the , 7 supreme court this week that the' Southern Power company is subject to the regulations of the st,ate authorities. ' Mr. Brooks' client Is seeking an order ; from the supreme court which will i force the power company to continue furnishing power to It In the future. This case is up for a hearing before ' ' the supreme court this week and some v of the attorneys appearing before the ' , corporation commission will also ap- " pear before, the supereme court. Some 7 of the facts connected with the case before the supreme court have al- 7 ready been heard In another case, that t in which the court held that the 7 7 Southern Power company was a pub- '"T." licautility and could not charge one ; ' customer more for power than it charged another. - This case was that of the Greensboro, Salisbury. and High- " 7 Point street railway and electric com- pariies against the Southern Power company. Taken in all Its ramifications, the case being heard probably involves more money than any other case that has ever come before any tribunal in the state. In addition to the cotton mill protestants there are other cot ton mill owners who have fallen in line with the power company's petition for an increase in rates, and they have attorneys here to. speak from the standpoint of these cotton mills, which constitute a majority of the spinning interests in North . Carolina. They want to build more cotton mills and expand their present business, but are unable to do so because they cannot get the power- unless it is furnished by the Southern Power company. 1 Judge Gedrge Connor of the Buperior court bench, who is holding court In Wake county, today took a hand In the hazing episode at State college two weeks ago, when he called on the grand jury to make a complete investigation of the hazing, and to get at the bot torii of It if pdfesjble. 'The solicitor of this district has 'been working on the case for the - past two weeks, examining larre numbers of - students and college officials, and secured a sufficient amount of evidence to . sub mit the case to the grand Jury. When the bill 'was turned over to the grand Jury Jude Connor called them in. arid told them to get at the bottom of H If possible. - Ministers of Raleigh have appointed a committer; to map out a program for a - law . and order meeting which will -be. 'staged -In' the city auditorium next Sunday afternoon. Vice condl- tiona slack mor'ality ,artd flagrant violations of the' prohHiition laws "are said to be the cause for the extended (effort of . the ministers and Other law- abiding citizens to organize : for the purpose of enforcing the laws. 'At the - initial meeting of the citizens to oraran- ize .for the: purpose of enforcing the 7 ' ; JM '1 5:-: : .: '- mm i: if' 4r.'li:!7 jrt. 1 mm Mm mm r 8J3-.-E ft ..7'K1I mm ;17 Vf i'rvs ' 5 mwk 7 A III :i'it;'. mi. ;:X;7;W7lli7- will I! 7'!i!,:!. .' - Mi WW. ti. i..,. ;;;.7ii: , 7,:i 7- Va?. 7 -j 7; 7 77 7 7"' ,ii '-..... ;-v .,7 v" - . j ' I 7 ! 7!; . . ; i if. V; 77' m ':' H :: !'7 fi. il
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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April 14, 1921, edition 1
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