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as. i i- : i i - - s1 t, -.v - r- The Weather Wilmington's Only Leased Wire Associated Press Newspaper lowers Friday and Saturday; not mu.'-h change in temperature. :ni X utape ' nt Fayettevllle yes terday at 8 a. m-, 0.6 feet. v ' r EOUND VOL. CVIL No. 39, , WILMINGTON, N. C, FRroAiQRNING, APRIL 45, 1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. Hi FACTIONS APPEAR PLEASED BY MESSAGE Puts Flask "Tpters In A Class WithvGunmen PREPARE XJAMP GLENN NATIONAL AGREEMENT GOVERNING RAILROADS ARROGATED BY BOARD Peggy Hopkins Sued by Third Millionaire FOR NATIONAL GUARD'S SOUGHT BY LEADERS IN ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT BRITISH : LABOfiMbfllSlS If PRESIDENT HARDING mm r ivm NEW NEGOTIATIONS ARE ii , fiM'tii-n't v Democrats, IrreconcUables and Pro-League itepuoiicaus ocwa to rse oansucu COMFORT FOR ALL m t,r TTnder- Pro-ireaij stand That rresmeut mwpw Certain provisions Hv ) VYID IiAWRESCH w.lKht. 1931. by Tfce Star) ' ...,i--nviV April 14. Warren bo known in history as Hardin? m-' ,.,,mnrnmiser." Judffinsr "t!" fe' rt. c.;na nf nlpasiire which a P t 3ivo Mn, nractically every faction In me J' i10!1rinir the President's ( congress ?, thert: c an be no doubt that Mr. liJres has embarked on a middle of Harding .. . -noil mil rse best calculated to coox nartisan passions of the last two I inv tears. , and irreconcil- 1 jje "bitier-enueia The true friends of urp nil ui'i - a international iu-c. - nations are pleased beyond measure iho message is, more man mey t ,ted Even me yiuutii rio nvr U.vine. "I told you so" In referring: W, acceptance by Mr. Harding: of Am t.Antir am a Kflfils f nr film I the versaiuf - - j cnarge oi, ine ponce eniorcement or tne tare foreign policy. And the diplomatic .new state dry laws in New York city. tiracpntatl .... vpstprdav were despairing vco ui B" . , of America, vonaenns n. avouu.; mmors about a return to national iso lation could be true, are gratified that while the method and phrases may dif fer while the formula may not be so ill-comrrehensive, me spirit oi m u Ism still breathes in Atnerlca. The lilies who fought the war with us are not to be deserted peace is to be made In harmony with their wishes rather than those of Germany. ..f Mr. Harding hlmseir surveys tne situ- . . a a . v a ition wltn me naive Kvuuueuve mi but expressed more aenniteiy- tne pledges of his campaign. It is tms league of nations the existing one which must be rejected but he utters no word of disapproval against plans to use the existing league as a basis (or changes that would suit America. idoesn't close the door on that." But of course changes wouiq maKe it a aii (erent league perhaps the Harding league instead of the WllBon league. The true friends of an association of jations do not care much about names or titles. The passion for International co-operation k nows no prlde,..o Author- ihip There is, moreover, a hope .In ; the camp of the pro-league Republicans that Mr. Harding's league, may be even i better league.- Hindsight is better than foresight and the Interweaving of the league with the enforcement of the Versailles treaty which was conceived by Mr. Wilson as a virtue is now look ed upon by many true friends of the league, such as Herbert Hoover, as a retarding influence an obstacle to the better development of international amity. Mr. Hoover has contended throughout that the separation of the enforcement clauses of the treaty from those which have for their object in ternational counsel and conference ould be a step forward in the history f world co-operation, Mr. Harding has taken up the idea and it is receiving an enthusiastic response. .' ur course the! "bitter-enders" re- rd as just so much tawddle the no tion that there will ever be any kind f a League of Nations with American nembership. They say they are de lighted with the message because Mr. mraing sticks a knife in the Ver- willes treaty and carves out the league. iney Insist that once the league is lorn from the Versailles treaty it will -ouapse and while there will be much talk, there will he no action. - auch forecast of the future may Prove true eventually fcut.it finds no Tmpathy in the executive end of the venue where the influences for a P'oser working agreement with the na tions Of thf whrM ara Tnltltlnl vine toly instead of diminishing.: Secre ary Charles Evans Hughes of the-.de-Partment of state is pointing his policy uwara American irmDersnrp "Some association nf natlnna '(As for foreign governments, those 'fe who are in a. nosition to sav tnafEurope's attlt-uJe will. be, insist lnt Mr. Haifline- Vinn nno-norl tVi WH.V to a kyond compromise. They are pleased wope u j., essential that the existing sue .of nations shall be used as a rcacnlnerv fr,- 1 n oe sure, thov ri utir- a- "a be difficult to substitute Inter nal commissions appointed by the ; V .?.ries tf certain articles of the "'h'eh the "n treaty for the commissions league was to appoint. The ""orcfimont of the Versailles treaty ccpi j p a,leu D amenameniB ten , l'y a11 signatories. -; Article , uld either be defined, or limited lu anni 1 1 . i. - ; x, arntMni:-i s 1 A OrnM --""ii. Ana tne reparation ,rrnationai ana "inriiiBsion ratner tnan oy "agency f,f tv, aT - i ... Mr v., nf'ws of trte message is that the V J is basing his objections to prsailiPS treaty tov largely on the fnant ion " . 11 inat with a few omis- 'ectin,, , as Perhaps the Sharitung Ine J'.''1 lhe labor clauses, Mr. Hard- anrisuh" -1 &c'Pt the-' Versailles treaty "then, Ki- senate, inciaentai- lew 9nn " VJ 1IUV.I VY H J Dlf AH C4. J !ntl y Pivuiir the nnthnrifiitlv wnrH 'he v' Mfl",t Harding has described mat n Thetr;. nfs treaty as unworkable. "tlon I? ,,,e wrds used in ponver r, ,h, white house were-'the' '"Porter venan'' and many of the ti. attafhed no significance at 1 tirl n urSp l? ,hat word imagining, of ?ardM V ,fle entire treaty was re- hi. t. ' riie executive as unwork r. tT '.PPars from a" readiner-of 10 fject " ?'s addres that he .meant treat,. ... ihp covenant and . not the !'ftnf.i" .ly the government's for- s being unfolded and thus Irm thkSlBnlflcant that the tleparture tinp-i OI reservation)!, to tne noi ague which was 'favored by V. WIH n 4 ... ... . UotkV lvr-iniras of th jsena.te 1 - n uy any means extensive, r Persons who carry hip-pocket flasks are now in the same class as the man who carries a pistol or dirk without a permit, according to a statement made by John A'. Leach, first deputy police CfimmlRsinnpr nf 'New Vnrlr whn la in m ..... ... Anyone carrying- nauor. saia uemiiv Commissioner Leach, "is just as much a violator of the law as one who car res a . pistol." ; - . . - PRELIMINARY TRENCH REPLY ON YAP TANGLE PROVES ENCOURAGING Note Is Described By Admin istration Officials as "Very Agreeable" STILL INDEFINITE Paris Gfpvernment Awaits. Cohr ference With Other Powers Briand States - - WASHINGTON, D. C, April 14. The French reply to Secretary Hughes' note regarding mandates, the only one thus far received from any of the four great powers addressed, was made public simultaneously today in Washington and Paris..- It is in the form of a letter from Premier Briand to Ambassador Wallace and is of a preliminary na ture, M. Briand stating that - a full response could not be made "un til after an understanding has been reached between the governments of the four interested powers at the next meeting of the supreme council of the allies. ... . ..... The reply was Issued by the state department without comment, but ad ministration officers said it was very agreeable to the United States and while not an absolute commitment, was couched in diplomatic language that was tantamount to a recognition of the nrinclnle laid down by Mr. Hughes. The French premier deals directly with -the ' Japanese- mandate over the Pacific island of Yap, but does not aa vert specifically to the American claim to equal rights with the other prin cipal allied and associated powers in th disposition of the former German overseas possessi6ns. With regard to Yap,' M. Briand says that "when this question comes before the supreme Ml the representatives of France in-Ill hrnach the examination thereof with the greatest desire to find a solu tion which will .give every satisfaction to the United States." , M. Briand reminds Ambassador Wal lan.A - that the French republic "has al ready done all in its power to lend its aid to the Amerlcan government in matter"' and refers to a previous expression hy the French government of the -hope that the controversy may be' satisfactorily settled by conversa tions between the American and. Jap anese governments. - : . . jfeferencfr also is made to an-unpub-Hnhort French note to the, United States regarding ;Yap in wmcn r rauce sa -meetings of the supreme 111149 ... " - - ...Q ....nMI ;hfora tnat ot.. va-j J-fj-v, .no'tnundate for the northern Pa i.ianiis was awarded to Japan, reservations regarding the Island of Yap were, made by i President Won ,i HtprfttArv Lansing In addltl6n. S;v.- also savs . that , the reserva irtT, were , made in the presence of the representatives .of J apan Btar?n Maklno who had not objected that the question raided dussion ana-tnat coocitic..y,- " Z anese government was cognizant of the Ajnerlcan reservations. : , . ASAAtJIiT, UPON CHILD OP : ' v JF1V& -TEARS IS CHARGED ! ' . (Special to The Star) . -ROCKY AMOUNT, April HAware -i wo nmn ntr high ana , that 'violertce- might v be . at- ri -i snflftlai r 'officers last night rushed" JeVse Nines: white farmer, about thirty-five years of age an un married, 'to the NaslO county 3all at Nashville f ter they had arrested him Webb's, mill, three imlles from Soring Hope," upon charges of having Snassaultedthe -year-o d. 'daughter, of afarmer,. on wnoseiHc he 'was ?Woyea; -nn . , , ; - .?n5- -iA to ; Nines" arrest, while ii- stated that there Is . other eyl- it, her statements. " . ldence - State Military Authorities Un dertake Preliminary In spection of Arrangements. MAKE INNOVATIONS Provision Will Be Made for Ma . chine Cfun Practice Major Smith At Work (By JULB B. WARREJV) RALEIGH, April 14. Major Gordan Smith, assistant adjutant general, will go to Morehead City on Fritfay, where i he win make an v inspection of im provements 'under way at Camp Glenn in preparation for the annual encamp ment of the national guard in July. A great many changes and improve ments have been f ountl necessary on account of the larger number of guardsmen who will go to the sum mer training camp this summer. Major Smith and General Metts are expecting to take 21 units of the guard into the summer instruction and train- ing camp for a 15-day stay. In addl- tion to these two officers, eight enlist- ( ed meri from each company assigned to : Camp Glenn will go there four days J ahead of the camp for a special course of instruction, which will prepare them! to assist In the work of instruction j during the fifteen days the whole or- ganizations are there Prepare For Target Practice Major Smith will look after rear rangements of mess halls, setting up of targets for target practice, rifle ranges and machine gun ranges. The latter is a new. addition to the na tional guard units and special arrange ments have to be made for giving the machine gunners practice in actual machine gun warfare. In addition to these new units the camp this year will have to take care of a larger number of horses and Stock than ever before. It Is expected that the cav alry troops will bring over a hundred horses to camp. Special arrangements will also have to be made for caring tor this stock. No arrangements are being made for the artillery units, which may be or ganized between now and July. The government will order these units to Camp: Bragg, near Fayettevllle. Jfteittnd:',tli-itttott ann"Ue' their .special summer gaining: njovlded rPointr gaina mx- .'y-Lr- their vgpecjal su m mer..Jjaln,ing. juovlded the.' companies are organised . in suffi- llent numbers during the next few months to Justify a special course of instruction. Camp Bragg is an artil lery camp of the regular army, and is especially equipped to handle the training summer schools for the ar tillery, companies. No provision is be ing made for thein at Camp Glenn this year."."- The camp will, not only be the larg est ever held at Camp Glenn, but it will provide better pay for officers and men than any national guard units have everr received for such summer work. The government will spend at least $60,000 on food and pay for the soldiers during the 15 days they are In camp. Likewise It will provide the transportation and other expenses, such, as ammunition connected with the training, camp. Prison Board Meets About all the prison board did at its. monthly, meeting today was to pay bills for the month," declared Chair man Leak, of the new prison board. The affairs of the prison were officially and, formally turned over to the new superintendent, E. F. McCulloch, though he has been in practical charge since the first of April, when J. F. Col lie was displaced by Mr. McCulloch. George Pou, son of Congressman Pou, who hfecame chief clerk of the prison. was sworn in today. -Mr. Pou, likewise, has ben in Raleigh and on the Job since the first of the month. He came over earlier than was expected on ac count' of the sickness of the new su perintendent, who was former chcf clerk of the board. CoUIe Goes With Watts J. R. Collie, former superintendent of. the state prison, has been named chief ; field deputy revenue commis sioner by Col. A. D. Watts, according to authoritative ; information today. Mr. Collie will take up hs duties with the new department immediately after the first of May, when Col Watts takes charge of the new Job. Official an nouncement of this appointment has not yet been made, but it will be an nounced some time In the near future. Mr. Collie is an experienced man in revenue work. Prior to becoming su perintendent of the state prison he was connected with the Internal reve nue department. He was appointed su perintendent of the prison by Governor Bickett and served four years, making a yery enviable record in handling the Drison business. He Is highly regarded in Raleigh, where he has lived for four years. Since the appointment of E. F. McCulloch, superintendent of the prison by Governor Morrison, Mr. Col lie has continued with the prison board winding ,' up his administration, and putting At in shape for the new offi cials. The illness of the new super intendent has also lett a good part of the work on his hands during the past few weeks. The new appointment will put Mr. Collie Jn "charge of all the field work of the new state department, such as the collection of the 'revenues and looking after values and other mat ters with which the .department will have td deal. - . ' v . i ' i I PAHM i DELEGATES .. MEET ' . WASHINGTON, April' 14. Delegates from six farm I organizations claiming to represent moreLjthan. 3,000,000 farm ers met in Joint, session, here today to get-together on a program of national legislation, :J TaxatJon, collective bargaining- and Hhe .tariff were discussed.-. ,r. The convention plans to devote to morrow ; to hearing; from every farm group represented and then will try to work out a program upon which all can unite The .American farm .bureau of; the, federation suspenaea its corner' eace totake part in the convention. j lence totaife part m me convention.,. w,. . e , Determined Efforts Made By Parties to Controyerey, Com mons Now Taking Hand NEW HOPE IS FELT Many Branches of Labor Join Standards of Miners and "Triple Alliance LONDON. April 15. (By the Asso ciated. Press.) Determined efforts are being made tq re-open tho negotla- tions between. 'the miners and mine owners for, a settlement of the coal strike. A deputation from the house of commons visited Premier Lloyd George about midnight ..after Frank Hodges, secretary of the miners' union, had addressed members of the house and explained the miners' points. The mine owners havo also decided to invite the miners' leaders to continue the discussion. : Evan Williams, president of the mining association, announced at a lata hour that the mine owners would ex tend another invltatlon to the repreir sentatives of the miners to deliberate both nationally and; in the various dia trlcts with ten object of ascertaining what was. feasible to improve the lot of the lower paid miners. The owners then again visited Downing street in response to a summons from the prime minister. . New : Hopes Arise New. hopes -of; a resumption of the negotiations,, therefore,, have arisen through this offer of the mine owners ' to meet the miners' leaders around a t new conference ; table, and also the offer made by Mr. Hodges in his speech to a meeting of the members of par liament. In this the secretary of the miners' union said among other things: "We are prepared to consider th question of wages provided they are i -not . , 1.1 . - I nut, i cgai uuie as permanently- en a district basis, .but only of a temporary character." Mr. Hodges had a friendly reception, according to the press association. The large: committee room, of the house was filled with union men,, coal . men ana laDomea.CMr. Hodges exhn ustive joints rv gained the symTjaraCot Ws uuiDw -rtegaramg Tiis onrer, the. pres ; asaoclation says that it is not without promise of .a' peaceful agree ment and will be conveyed to the premier. e The whole labor movement is align ing itself, solidly with the miners against the government. The workers seem to believe that the hour has struck fora final struggle- against what they, rightly or wrongly, sus pect to be an organized p?an on the part of the employers to force down wages. k Public In the Dark The prime minister in a two-hour conference in the morning with rep resentatives of tle "triple alliance declared the government would fight on its refusal to grant a national pool of profits. There ia still some mystery about the actual offer the government made to the miners. No details of the financial assistance contemplated have heen given officially, and, according to some intimations from the miners' side the government has only promised assistance for the period Of a month or six weeks, which the miners con sider totally inadequate. This may possibly explain the miners' accusa tions, which -the general public only dimly comprehends, that the govern ment is acting solely. In the interests or the mine owners. After the failure of the morning conference, some hore remained that meditntion might be the outcome of the parliamentary conference made uo of the rparliamentary ' committe of' the trade union congress, the national ex ecutive of the labor party and the par liamentary labor party. - This Import ant conference,- however, after pro nouncing itself uncompromisingly oh the side of the miners and the "triple alliance," and against the government, gave no sign of initiating new negotia tions or meditation. JAPANESE DISCUSSION' 6p THE OPIUM and : MORPHINE TRADE TOKIO, April U4. Discussing ithe charges made in the diet that Japanese are guilty of opium smuggling into China, the Yomljiri Shimbun says the fact that the smuggling of opium and morphine had never been made a sub ject of public discussion despite the frequent and strong strictures uttered abroad must be regarded aa a national disgrace greater than the smuggling itseif. ;r : v . Owing to the repeated calling of at tention to It by foreigners the Jap anese government made up its mind to abolish the -opium monopoly system in force at, Tslnsrtao and Dalren. but on account of the' opposition set up by4 none wno are mteresiea m the opium traffic' the authorities aire': trying to maintain the monopoly system under the plea of gradual prohibition. The newspaper continues: . "Lately the opium- -and morphine traffic has been made the subject of discussion in the diet,, but It ,'fs . regrettable to obsedve that the matter-has been con sidered merely from the viewpoint of official discipline and no voice has been raised from" the atandpoin t"xf national prestige and morality. , "If Japan '"has been kept free from evils of opium emaking it is largely because j of the-terrible lessons taught by i China and .for this . reason," Jf vf or no Other, Japan should have,taken the lead in saving, the Chinese -from the throldom of opium Tsmoking. '-Despite this fact Japan;, has - been? conniving at. If not actually encouraging the acts of her . . natlonials:; which- have- ten-, aea to Drins u niis iuwi uiojsi ate. For the aake of the "national -reputation it is" advisable 'that the govern-" ment "should prohibit' the traffic In ' the r - poison once and lor au - y . fc . ' I - ! "' yjjt .'TZ Y?;-"7 . . James . Stanley Joyce, multi-mllllonalre lumber king, has come to the end ol! his romance with Peggy Hopkins, former "Follies" girl, whom he married at Miami, Fla.i January 23, 1920. Joyce wants back his freedom and the for tune he. gave her in money, jewels and property. - Through his attorneys, Joyce, filed suit in the Chicago .superior court to annul his marriage, to the much-married Peggy. In the suit he names numerous co-respondents, socially prominent in America ana juurope. reggy, who nas ueeu ine ,wne ox i wo other multi-millionaires, is charged with marrying Joycet for his money and with being the wife of Philbrlck Hopkins at the time she married Joyce. WILLIAMS FARM TOLL 'EIGHTEEN OR TWENTY' Department of Justice Un- covers Evidence of. Decade of C Peonage arid Murder" ' ATLANTA, Ga.,' April 14. Announce ment that; indications pointed'to 18 or 20 negroes in all having been killed on the John S. Williams farm In Jasper county- through a period exjejidlflg-; as far back as .1910 and of their Inten tion to widen the scope ' of their in vestigations into alleged peonage in Jasper and other Georgia counties was made here today by agents of the de partment of justice. Names of three more negroes alleged to have been killed were made public. . Jaeper county "Is in the southern district of the federal district court of Georgia and simultaneously with the announcement by department of justice agents, Hooper Alexander, federal at torney for the northern district, said it . was- probable he would turn all evidence his office has gathered over to John W. Bennett, federal attorney for the southern district. . Mr.' Bennett aid tonight over tha long distace telephone that as soon as. he- received an official report from federal agents he would arrange to place the evidence before grand jury . which .meets In Macon May 2. Indictments in the . northern district would be for kidnaping, not slavery, Jt being charsed negroes were forcibly taken from Atlanta to work in peonage, while those in the southern district would charge actual peonage and also be for the "kidnaping" charge negroes were taken from towns in that district. The . federal grand "jury here . meets April 25 and Mr. Alexander indicated "kidnaping" charges would be , placed before It. Since the conviction of Wil liams and his sentence to life imprison ment In the state court at Covington on a charge of murder of one. of . the negroes .allesed to -have beehaken froni his farm. into- Newton county and drowned and Indictments against his sons and Clyde Manriins,. negro farm boss, negroes wro formerly worked on the farm are more communicative, according to Vicent Hughes in charge of the -department : of justice bureau of investigation here. c Newspaper men were allowed today to. listen to atories told -by .several negroes with the proviso that 1 they would not reveal names. Three wit nesses declared they knew that, Aleck Dyer, Nick and Mamie Walker. all negroes, were killed on the Williams farm In 1910 and 1911. ' '; "Dyerwas killed because he ran away twice," one of the negroes - de clared. "It was said, thoujrh, that Nick and" his wife, ' Mamie, were knocked off because hey were too old to do any. more work." ' - Another nesrro declared about 40 farm hands were, worked on the Wil liams farm back , in .1910 and: were kept locked up at night, and had balls and chains fastened to their legs in the day One negro said he was kept on the' farm for -six years and; was well f en and clothed but given " only one dollar. He also charged that negroes were, whipped., when they -.lagged ...at their work. 0 v a HITTING. RECORD .. : CHARLOTTE, N. C, April 14: The Charlotte cliib of the; South Atlantic league today scored four runs on four pitched balls against ""the Winston Salem Piedmont, league : club., .' After three batters had hit ; safely-' on the first three '.balls' ' thrown- Shortstop Q'.Conneli;..the fourth. batter..met J,he pitcher's initial offering for" a home , run. J1 DUKE IS DEFENDED AS POWER- HEARING ENDS Zeb Taylor ; Replies to Attacks launched: By Mornins ajper (Special to The Star) RALEIGH, April 14.- Zeb Taylor's repiy; to attacks made by Josephus Daniels'- paper on James B. Duke brought the four day argument of the case of the petltibn of the Southern Power company beofre the corporation commission to a dramatic end today. The whole hearing, has been, punctu ated by sharp clashes of counsel. The most threatening of these occured to day when W. S." Lee'.of the power com pany construed some statement in the argument of Judge Biggs as reflecting' on Lee's veracity. ' The power company official was ori his .feet Instantly ask ing if Judge Bigs . Intended to inti mate tKat he had testified falselyr This little tiff was smoothed over.. Zeb Taylor of Charlotte, closed the argument in .behalf of the power com pany's petetion to increase- its rates. He xwent swimmingly along ridiculing the arguments of his opponents, an swering interjected questions and tak ing care of .himself and his cause in such a manner that it brought smiles to the countenances of -his associates. James B. Duke hfmself was moved from his usual solemnity hy some of the thrusts made by Taylor. He chuckled at his nesro stories . and delighted' In the rapier lashes at the opposition. -, In concluding .his speech Mr. Taylor declared that he had not intended say ing anything about the founder of the Southern Power company, but ref erences, had been made to him. and he did not feel that, he should conclude until he. had said something in reply. He briefly sketched'.th'e life of the man from the .time-he peddled tobacco in Durham county, until the time, when as master of millions, he became inter ested in the water power . development In North Carolina. ' "Some of the things said about him, some of the attacks made against him are unfair because lie , cannot reply tothem. Even ' this morning there were 'veiled threats to the commission that" if this case was not decided as some people wanted It decided, certain names ' would be held up to ridicule and -contempt. If I failed to reply, to such a suggestion I would feel as con temptible as would .the man who would stultify himself, to such an extent that he would be influenced by Buch attacks. I enjoy the friendship of the owner of the morning paper here," Taylor con cluded, "but I know, that the editor of -that great daily . lets ' his dislikes sink so deeply into- his breast, that they cannot be extracted." ' CUBAN WINS AGAIN HAVANA, April 15. Jose'R. Capa blanca, the Cuban expert, on tne eleventh,, game, in-- the - international chess match shortly after midnight when Dr: Emanuel Lasker. the , Ger- man master resigned. . Dr. Lasker failed to make his' forty-eighth move. This 1s the third, game which has been won by the; Cuban player, APPROVES LOBBY NORFOLK, April 14. Resolutions de manding, that the "American Legion, as a' national organization, separate itself entirely from any -copnectlon with the propaganda and lobbying .that:' is now going forward . to ;. force congress to jnake ..thhonus proiect...al Jaw" were adopted by the Norfolk postAmerlcan Legion, here - tonight. -. Suspension Becomes Effective July 1 According to An nouncement At Chicago ' - CALLS CONFERENCE Disputes to Be Settled By the Individual Roads and Their Employes CHICAGO, April 14. (By the Asso ciated Press.) National agreements defining working conditions for em ployes on all American railroads for merly under the federal railroad ad ministration were today ordered ab rogated effective July 1, 1921, by the United States railroad labor board.. The board called upon the officers and system organizations of employes of each railroad to select representa tives "to confer and to decide" as much of the rules controversy as possible. "Such conferences shall 'begin at the earliest possible da(e. tne decision said. 1 While the decision did not specifical ly say so, members of the board satd that all disputes as to rules and work ing conditions automatically were re ferred back to individual conferences between each Individual road and its employes. This method of procedure had been sought by the railroads, whereas the labor side had favored a national con ference between representatives . of all roads and all unions. The decision affected all railroad em- , ployes except those in train service who are under separate agrements be tween the individual railroads and the four big brotherhoods. In connection with the conference negotiations the board laid down a set of sixteen principles to serve as, a. foundation for any. rules which may ' be agreed to in the conference The present general rules hearing before the labor board, which has been In progress since January 10, will con tinue until both sides have completed their testimony following this the board will promulgate such terms as are Just and reasonable as soon after July 10,i921, as is reasonably possible and will make them effective as ol July i,- i92ir y-r ';. : The sixteen principles outlined by ht board were drawn up 'by Henry T. Hunt of the - public group and . upheld the right of the employes to organise for lawful purposes, the right to negotiate through representatives of thMr choos ing, the right of seniority-1 and the principle of the eight-hour day. Itwa specified that "eight hours work must be given for eight hours pay." Espionage should not be practiced by either side, the decision said, and employes' representatives should have the right to make an agreement apply ing to all employes in the craft or class of the representatives. TRAINING SCHOOLS FOR NEGRO TEACHERS PLAN School Superintendents Hold Conferences in This City .. Summer schools for negro Jteachem will-be held jointly by Brunswick and Columbus counties ana -oy Duplin and Pender' county, instead of one school J for New Hanover . and the four 'adjoin--ing counties, as has been customary previously, it was decided at a meeting of school officials held Jn this city yes terday. The Brunswick - Columbus school will be held at Chadbourn, and the Duplin-Pender classes will gather at Burgaw. Negro teachers of Ne Hanover county will have the privilege of attending any of the state summer schools1 for teachers of that race, slnca the hold certificates. Negro teacher ofthe four other counties in the sec tion who ' hold certificates have th same privilege. The announcement of the new plar for summer schools was made yester day by N. C. Newbold, director of negro education of the state board of educa tion, following a conference of school superintendents of the five co-uiilei held at the office of Major W.j A. Graham, superintendent of .public' In struction of New Hanover county. Lest year New Hanover county unit ed with the other four in a summfti school for negro teachers, but as the Nov.- K&nover teachers now hold stat certificates, a continuation of last year's plan is not necessary. New . Hanover, it -was explained, Is the only, county In, the state whose negro teach ers rate 100 per. cent If! holding state certificates. ' Yesterday afternoon a conference be tween Mr. Newbold, the superintendent of Brunswick and Columbus counties and Miss Edith Thomas, state directof of vocational training under tha Smith- Hughes bill, was held to-consider MIsi Thomas going into those counties tc Inaugurate classes In home economlct among negro, housewives and servants. Attending the conferences yesterdaj were: Miss Susan Fulghum. divlslor ' of teachers' training of the atJ boarc of education; Supt. M. C. Guthrey, ol Brunswick county; Supt. F. T; Wootem and Miss Hester .Struthers, -supervisor of schools. Columbus county; Prof' Newbold; Supt. M. H. Wooten, Duplint Supt. T. T. Murphy, Pender, and Major W. A. Graham, superintendent. an? Washington Catlett, assistant superih- tendent, New Hanover county. MJNDAY SCHOOL BODY RE-ELECTS OFFICER I Special to. Tfce Star) I RALEIGH, April - 14. 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