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The ' WeatheS
Cloudy Friday, probabl j. local - rairig
gatuiMay partly cloudy and somewhat
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a. in. yesterday, B.5 feet, rising alowly.
VOL. CVII. No. 9'4J r ' , , ... T; - - ..- v. , -. ' 1 1 1
LAST OFFICIAL
LETTER,!
OF GALBRAITHJ OPPOSED
.DISARMAMENT SCHEME
Head of American Legion, Kill
c m Auto Accident Yester-,
day,' Scored Plan .
BURIAL SATURDAY
Messages of Sympathy Numer
oUS Successor, to be Chosen '
by Committee ' r
TVDlxAPOLIS, June 9. :Accom-
nied by nearly a score of national
a state officers of .the American Le
8 n the body of Frederick W. Gal
hraith Jr-. was removed tonight to
his home in Cincinnati. Ohio, where
funeral services will be held Saturday.
Colonel Galbraith met, Ms death in an
sutomobile accident here today. - . .
Mellon J. Form, the legion's national
Mmmitteeman from Illinois, and Henry
j Ryan, chairman of the Americanism
committee of the legion, .; suffered - inr
juries in the accident but .will recover.
The national commander's -body' wag
escorted to the Union station' here "this
evening by scores of , lesionnaU;es.
Heading the escort was Major General
George "W. Reed, commander of rthe
Fifth army corps area, and his staff.
Military services were held at , the staf
tion. -; -..;..,,,,. ., -.i
Many telegrams expressing sorrow,
and condolence were received today at
national headquarters of . the legion
from members and friends of the, dead
fommander. One of the meseages was
from President Harding. . , .! .
After the funeral, members of the
executive committee will return to' this
city to elect one of the. national com
manders to serve until the annual con
vention of the legion at Kansas City.
ARRANGEMKXT COMPLETED
FOR FUNERAL OF GALBRAITH
CINCINNATI. O., Jine 9. The body
of Col. F. W. Galbraith, national "com
mander of the American" legion, upon
arrival here tonight wili;be ' niet' by a
full company of regular soldiers, from
Fort Thomas, Ky., and hundreds of Col
onel Galbraith's business and military
associates. The body will be - removed
immediately to Memorial hall, where it
will remain over night-in charge of a.
guard of honor. Tomorrow the casket
will be taken to an undertaking estab
lishment, and later returned -to;Me-;
morial hall, where it will lie in state
all of Saturday forenoon. . . '
The funeral service?, will be" in jcharge
jf. the American legion- the, Rv. . Johrt
F. Herget, former chaplain of the 37th
division, officiating. Mrs., Galbraith? the
widow, notified the legion late . today
she wanted former comrades , of her
husband to have charge kt the ftmeraj
services, which will be held . Monday
afternoon, probably in Music iall..
The military procession' will include
the entire command of , Col. Peter B.
Traub, at Fort Thomas, - Ky., and .the
147th infantry of the federalized na
tional guard, which bears the designa
tion o& the regiment which he - com
manded overseas. Governor ' : Harry
Davis, of Ohio, notified the committee
he would issue an order for the mob
ilization of the resiment , for the fu
neral. Mayor John Galvin today or
dered the flas at half-mast on all pub
lic buildings.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO
NAME NEW HEAD OF LEGION
NEW YORK. June 9. Election of ft
wieeessor to Colonel Frederick W. Gal
braith, Jr., national commander of the
American Legion, who was killed in
an automobile accident at-Indianapolis,
will be accomplished by the national
executive committee, it was announced
at state headquarters this afternoon.'.
The executive committee .composed
of one representative from . each state,
is empowered by the. constitution,.
tne legion to elect officers to any
vacancy between national conventions.
-The announcement did not state whon
nor where the committee would- be- con
vened. : . : -, : . , :
The last official statement from -Col-a.braith
contains an attack - upon the
nation-wide campaign advocating dis
armament. The statement was. made
.uu,,c toaay at the headquarters-of' the-
n an region. . . '
In it Col. Galbraith declared V the
lme.can Leion as "unshakably- op
posed to any pian for, disarmament
"J the United States which should not
e accomplished by simultarreous -dis-'
armament of the other world powers.
vorld peace and .world disarma
nt. attained by thev international
pfeen?ent- are one thing Cojonel
Dra!th wrote, "and the precipltious
f. a vo'untary disarmament bf a iration
fnunC Anything else would be
jooiish and dangerous. For the ited
j-wies to disarm now or" at any-time
tar,!1"6 ,other nations : likewise simul
neously disarm, is a project to which
"'erican Legion is-unshakabiy op-W
to x. declared the goal;bf goals
l" -nich the American T.r(nn annl-o"
RhoA be ab,e to do something that
u . imyuBBiuie pi repeimon
hf.ar s horror from which the
nami the world still' sufferea
KpV'a,res of state send
YfKKSSIONS OF PEEP SYMPATHY
Tvarrt!frarns of sympathy - were for
f'olonei , ,lIrSJ Galbraith'. : widow, of
yo w!i G?lbrith.'.: from - rWllmington
"hft., J- R- Hollisi commander
and 1 n nston post: q the Ip-Cln.
nf thl J yr"8 D- Hogue, commander
the "a .Nrth Carolina department of
l"e jegion. "
va"'1Hn' the following statement
..Thmdde bv 'Commander Hogue;- v-tv. .:,
dea b .iR to the legion through the
m0,t : of Commander Galbraith) is al
had rreparabIe. He waa 'a ifaao wha
on,., ereat vision and - was practical
Pis u , brin8r atut Its' realization.'
abien rk for the .wo.unded-an dlsV
frrevB. ervice men will stamp him;
tat;' 5,8 a great American patriot."
funerL eveninsr' whn - the day f. the
ITop-",; was announced, Commander
.,lueQ ne wouia suar-rest that
the legion in . North
appropriate -services.!
with th f ti neril
cf
?.Va hold
""'taneouslv
Gal
braith JnCinclnnatL
n -,-,- i . ,- - a i .- i .- . .... r j , i, I, r ' . .. 1 " j ' -ina.i in ii iii i ' 1
r it mi " - - ' i r . ? j . -r . . . - : - - - -i . ' 'i nj .
; Federation Head
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Mra. Sydney Cooper, of Henderson
OF NEWBERRY
FUND -GIVEN. SENATORS
One lWitness Gives Ford's '.Idea
'of. What Happened in ' r
; ; ! Michigan Election . I
WASHINGTON, June 9. Details of
.the '1919.',campaign expenditures made;
in behalf 'of Senator Newberry con
tinued t.qday to- engross the senate com
mittee '.' ensaged in hearing , , Henry
Ford's contest -against the seating 9f
the Michigan senator. Witnesses were
.called In. auick succession and for com
paratively .brief, periods ;to eupplemeiat
testimony, .they had given sat the tri&l'
of the criminal case against the sen
ator at? Grand Rapids, Mich. The cont
mittee also heard at second hand what
purported, to be' Mr. Ford's own theory
of genatbr Newberry's campaign, from
Allan iTempleman, of Detroit. ' V.
'Mr,. Ford called me in after the
u u f - ' ,
told- jtne that he believed ja gang of!
Jews had agreed upon, a .cdnspiracy. to
control Cth'e senate and the 'goverrtment,
and " thati they had " backed Newberry.
He said that a million dollars had been
spent i ixk the state tocarry Ithe- ele'c-.
tion." v r, ;. v:-: :
:, A. Victor Barnes, & broth er-in-la,-
of the senator, said he gave $25,0.00 to
the dampa'in. without' beingvsolIcited,
wbtereuon Alfred Juckitig, cpunsel-for
Ford, read from-"trial records book "ac
counts showing Mr. Barns "credited fcvltrt
45,000 ,'t Frank ?Vv- Biair - a . Detroit
banker,. Vwho'Jiandled the funds, said
"clerk iri' my office made a mistake in
running off the. figures." v ; " '
Wllliah. J. Myckle, a Demoerat, ' of
Michigan; said he was given $368 from'
the "Newberry campaign to finance : &
Democratic candidate to rpn r against
Ford in. the primary election." He said
he sraye'Selma, a Democrat- who con
sented' to- run; $50 . a week - for, four
weeks out ol'. the money.
CHARLOTTE BOY DROWNED
IN THE CATAWBA RIVER
(Special to The Stnr)
CHARLOTTE, June 9. Homer Rey--nolds,
the 17-year-old son of George?
Reynolds, of Charlotte, was drowned
today.. Jn : the Catawba near Rozzelle
Ferry. The boy' had gone to the--river
with, a. band of Boy Scouts under Rev.
John" Lone- Jacksori, of" St; Martin's"
'Bpiscopal church for a 10-day camp;
There wre 25 boys 'in the party. The
riverwas' rising after the rains Wed
nesday nisrht ' and there was a deep
place, about which the boys -had been
warned, .Reynold 3 was seen to go "Into
the water by Scout Dick McGraw,- and
When Reynolds Went under .McGrf.w,
dived and brought him ' to a sand ba?
Suddenly- Reynolds collapsed rand fell
into ' the water again, His companion
was too much weakened by. his first ef
fort to, rescue him to- try the second
time, The body has not been recovered.
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' -GET FIRE WATER PLANT ; -
SANFORD, June .9. Sheriff Ltandon
Rosser and Deputies Cross and Mc
Bride came ; into " town . yesterday with
a gas .tank of 40 gallons capaicty, which
wasbelng used In distilling ','flre water;'
eight- miles .west . of. this city. .The. of
ficers captured is gallons of th,e finished
prodt-ct and 300 gallpns" of beer, k The
stun was running at ' full 1 blast when
Lthe officers made their, appearance, and
tne : inree- u" nuu; ,,v.v
funning.lmmedia-tely took; "Jepr ball,:'
making :,kopd their escape. Howriyef,
the - officers recpfrnized them, nnd - un
less they;keep " running, they may be
called to account yet. t . . i
AGED SANFORD WOMAN DEAi
- SANFORP, June 9.Mr's. John - W.
Petty, 81 died at .the home of her son.
Frea':J''Petty';"th','inilee west of this
place,- early .Wednesday morning after
an ailness of several Weeks. . The f u
nerat,sertces,.wereheldUhis.!mornIng at Cool Springs Baptist church by Rev.
Walter Gilmore, of Sanf ord.
Mrs.5 Tftty, was a nativeof Chafham
countyand' was; a highly w respected
lady The following children . surviys
hatVria J. Petty, Wesley Petty, Mrs.
Harnpton.Harringtpn; MrsvParham, all
of -Lee county," and Bdwardv Petty, of
Pittsboro.' She was also, the mother of
the late Sheriff C. G. Petty. Lee coun
ty's first sheriff. ' ' . .
;i VOTE OS SWEET BILL TODAY '
' WASHINGTON, June 9. A vote on
the Sweet bill fir consolidating agen
cies .dealing ' with soldier welfare - i
expectedbv leaders la- the nouse to
morrow. The -pea,ce . resolution - wi.l
v. Vin un under ' a rule pro
viding for a vote Saturday at 5 o'Oock s
bill ' today; all ', regIonalv.;bureuus and
fifty sub-offices which would be created
fnr handling claims ot former service
men, for compen$au,ii im.u v-
trllnlnf WOUia aUCOiPRtlCAlii o,i i
DETAILS
exist July 1926.
IVAGE HEARING f At
RAILROAD! LAB t JARD
w NDS ;UPr LOVE TEASTi
Representatives of Railways
and , Workers Stress Need
" for. Co-Operation 5
HELP THE COUNTRY
Pull it out of Situation it Faces
' . Today is Resolve of
'-CHICAGO, June 9. The second wage
reduction hearinsr . before the United
States railroad labor board, in which
more 'than '150 railroads asked wage
cus, wound up "in a rhetorical ; love
feast -today, with representatives ,t of
both railroads and employes expressing
a desire for peace and amity in the
railroad industry.' - - .', : ,
"Let's pull the country out of the sit
uation it faces today," urged F. W. Sar
gent; counsel for the ' Chicago and
Northwestern. 1 -
"We are anxious to settle controver
sies for the vbeneftt of ": all." ''We,. have
faith in this board.' So far' as this road
is concerned, it will obey every decision
of the board, evn if it, takes us into
the hands of i the receiver." .
Mr. .Sargenjf pleaded for a more le
nient stand on the eight-hour day, de
claring that "no livins 'man had ever
made' a success of life on eight hours
a day."; Unusual situations demanded
harder and longer work, he said. ' . "
Heads of the big fourbrotherhoods
expressed their appreciation of' the
""spirit'of co-operation'' shown by Mr,
Sargent and other rail representatives.
and, the case was' concluded with; the
exception of a dispute over the Tight
of the Pullman company to appear in
the hearinsr- Chairman Barton, an
nounced, that the board would consider
the Pullman application further to-
morrow. .
A lengthy argument over application
of the board's decision of. April 14 re
garding -the so-called national agree
ments marked the morning i session.
The board was asced to place an inter-
. A. 7 .-i,.,-
pretation on the decision and members
of - the-Toard .said the decision didtnbt
order.the rules abrogated but left it to
Khe two parties -to ontlnue'-the 'voHi
rules or devise new agreements. ; : ;
OIL? OPERATORS FIGHT I
' - TAXES ON PETROLEUM
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. ' ' '. ' -.'r.. . . " ' s '
Nele Gfveri Mexican' Quej
WASHINGTON,? June 9. A new el.e-'
ment was- injected --inio- the r Mexican
question i today througn formal protest
to the" sUte : department by American
oil operators; against-1 the -25 per cent
increase in taxes on petroleum underta
decree Issued In. Mexico since the pres
ent negotiations for tne drawing of a
treaty of ? amity and commerce -were
begun. In Some circles the opinion was
expressed that 'this situation might
have to be faced berore final adjust
ment: could J be made - of the more basic
question of diplomatio. - relatjonSj v be
tween" the. two governments. !' ' '
, jAlthough uninformed officially of the
statement issued in Mexico City last
night', in which it .was asserted ; that
President Obregon couialnot sign such
a .treaty as proposed: by the American
government as a condition of recognition,-
it-Vas learned tnat publication of
the statement caused no surprise here.
It .was intimated that Obregon's recent
answer to the proposals of the state de
partment was. of a .similar character.
This communication . has not , as .yet
been. Replied to and it .was indicated
wouldnot be except Py George T.'Bum
merlini the American cnarge d'affalrs,
in ,hif conversations . at . the Mexican
capital. : i '' ''' ''i
. Officials, it was said, look for the
negotiations to be -concluded success
fully." The course wnicn . might be
taken -in ,the event of their failure has
not been indicated. -
FIRST USIT' OF REFUGEE:
, CAMP RUNS Ar PUEBLO
PUEBLO,- Colo'., 'June 9.-The first
unit of the huge refugee camp being
organized here is in .operation under
supervision of ' the Salvation Army, it
was announced today. The , refugee
camp' will . have " capacity of 20,000.
There are 10,000 persons in the Salva
tion Army unit, and 1,500 more persons
are expected. . ; - ; . ' " '
Dr. J. C. Cornell, of the United States
public hearth service, today announced
there were 83 cases', of diphtheria of
which 34 'are quarantined, a 14 cases of
scarlet fever, two of typhoid, five of
smallpox and 10 of chickenpox. r ;
The flood wreckage, of Pueblo will
b- - cleared away by members of the
American Legion. v
An order prohibiting profiteering ias
been Issued and " any firm ,or person
charging ' more ' than the pre-fiood
prices wilLbe punished by the militAry
authorities the order reads.
WEATHER FORECASTS B YSTATES
WASHINGTON, June 9. South- Caro
llnaT5,' Georgia1, Partly k cloudy" Friday
and Saturday,1 probably local thunder
showers in .extreme north portions Fri
day; little change; inv.temperature.
- Florida: 'Partly : cloudy- Friday and
Saturday; little .change 'in temperature.
"Extreme ndrthwest Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi: iiPartly-' cloudy weather
Friday and - Saturday with scattered
thundeHhowers; little change In tem
perature. f '
Tennessee, Kentucky; Partly cloudy
weather with scattered thundershow
ers Friday and" Saturday; little, change
in temperature, , ' . ,
' North Carolina: " - Cloudy Friday,
probably local rAins; Saturday partly
cloudy and. somewhat warmer.
Virginia: v Partly cloudy' Friday arid
Saturday; not much change in temijera'-
ture. . ' ' " - . -
Arkansas: Friday probably showers;
Saturday partly clouily. ' .. : '
West 'Texts and -Oklahoma: Friday
and Saturday partly cloudy. -
East 'Texas: -Friday and "Saturday
, partly cloudy and unsettled. ,- v
RIISINFSSi COtlDITIONS
! f HROU CTOUT Ivorld irl
AN UNSETTLED
Bureau of Foreign and Domes
tc Conference Makes Pub
lic Monthly Summary
COTTON flONCERNRn
KjJ V1 VAK V JiXVl( MU
' ' .'-
Jt W,v cl1i!
V Supply Than Usual on
Hand of Staple
WASHINGTON, June 9.- World eco
nomic conditions during May .pointed t
no immediate general business revival,
according to the monthly suntmarlea
from its foreign rpresentatlvestTssued
tonight by the bureau" of foreign and
domestic commerce. . .- . r V- .; "
Considerable improvemeni": financially
was . noted Jn". Europe bul; trade .; and
shipping were dull with marked 'In
dustrial difficulties apparept' in -some
countries.' In the far east improve
ment in condltlns was reported .slight
and in South America the situation was
declared practically unchanged but
with a less confident tone to "'future
prospect's. ' 1 - . , . :
.. Varying conditions in ; the .'cotton
markets abroad were reported ' In
quiries relative', o -American - cotton
were reported, to belncreaslng .in Bel
glum and a slight increase in jmports
was noted' in' France. . Stocka of- Amerh:
can - cotton at- Havre . May' .19 totalled
117,000 bales and 37,000-bales were re
ported ' afloat. The cotton, market -tin
Portugal' was, declared to be under
stocked while ahotable" decrease on the
stocks of cotton , in iGreat "Britain wm
observed, during, the ' month; amounting
to 95,000bales as compared "with, 190
000 bales on hind at the same time last
year.: . , - ;f.-. 'Q'7:-r:.
In England during the month a.dowri
ward. tendency in price was shoirn'. ," A.
general strike in the . cotton industry
there is '. expected; the report'; said,'' be
cause of -proposed wage reductions. '
. Demand for cotton In China! was re
ported dull - because of overstocked
markets, though there was ' a ' notable
increase in the imports of -'cotton mill
machinery, cotton yarn-whlle Chinese
and Jananese investments was .g)ing
into cotton millsT. :. r ' ;. . -r
While money is. easier In GreatCBr.it
ain, the coal strike has ' caused a .gen--eral.:
stasrnatlon of trade- and industry!
tth'eL
aus trial situation 'jruoaBij -nas, ,novcr
been wotse the" feporfr eonti nued; th
more-than' 2,000,000 persons idle and all
industries: hot shut down operating on
part-time- i 2
The .French t, governrrent' ; appears
satisfied with ?the succes of the $100,
000,000 loan floated in the United States
and feels - it will -permit payment iof
debts " previously conacted . In- .this
country, the Paris- , repoi?t asserted.
Evidence, of a revival in Belgian in
dustries affected by the. British -coal
strike were reported ' from' . Brussels.f "
with an increase in thei Imports.- of
American feed'stuffs and cotton. Av
A decreased' foreign trade withi an
acute industrial crisis resulting 'from
decreased price's were regarded as the
outstanding developments In Italy dur
ing the month.'. Splendid crop pros
pects, however. iwere reported. '
The finanetalsltuation'appears.to be
Improving iri Germany, the Berlin re
port declared,- but the general situa
tion is being seriously hampered by the
Silesian trouble and consequent coal
shortage. Marked, activity in estab
lishing agencies in Austria by British;
East Indians and Japanese,' .interests
was noted. - v i' ' ;
There were no , signs, of improvement
in economic conditions in the Scandl
naviiiii ommtrlts. the advices said. .
A- revival of industrial activity., in
China was offset by depresses com
modity markers and a small silk crop,
according to the ! Pekin report ' while
economic conditions in Japan were Said
by Tokio advices to show" only a slight
Improvement, . though the " financial
situation was better. , 5 V
RTPsnt 'for; improvement' in the- gov-
onmAnt ' finances, 'economic condl-'
tions in Mexico were reported- practi
cally unchanged.
Areentine financial VqQnitions were
reported as about th same btt with
a decrease in commercial failures.;. Im
ports from Great Britain,, except, text
tiles were observd to he decreasing
and German .competition was reported
keener. -. -t ' ' - ''- . ' '-'-I.
- Little change in the commercial situr
ation in Brasll was noted. ' Tti Belgian,
economic mission was said to.be active
ly promoting tradeVelations with Bra
zil -while Germariy was ,maklng every
effort to v regain s its'' former position,
being favored 'By,- Us liberal ; te.rfn.s and
low exchange rates. " ., ' "
The financial position of th Chilean
government was reported; as' still criti
cal and continued; unsettled economic
conditions iri Peru were , shown. .
' if
CHRISTIAN J5NDEAVORERS .; '' - i '
, , OF, STATE CONyEIfE TQDAY;
; ' Yesterday -saw many more; regis
trations for ' the .convention-of (the;
North Carolirj' Christiari. Endeavor
.Union, Which will begin at thf. First:
Presbyterian Church this' .afternoon
at 3To'clock 'and, continue ; until Mon-
iday morning. Although; exaot, fig-;
ures on ' registrations wefe ' not
available laft 'night,' it : wis -know.
that the nUmber of r vi.sitinfr " dele
Ktes enrolled was well over" thai
500 mark, and . that fcores:more stil":
.will be . here for thesesMlons.f . ,
.This afternoon's" meetihar--wiU . be
v featured by ' addresses of-ijeicome:
by Mayor James : H. Cowan and M;
Douglas J Clarke,- presffjentiof fhe
New . Hanover ? Christian . Endeavor
Union, together with delegates' ap-
- pireciation, expressed ; ,by . Rev, - N.;
N.- Fleming, y -t l"- ' , ,- .'.
After - this sepsipn. . ,'the .y visitors
will be glven 'a' slghts'e1ng auto-i
mobile trip over and aound the
city. '.Tomorro.w the1 convention will
get do Wrrto .the transaction pf irit-
STATE
4
SyH,
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of State
Popular Henderson "Woman Chosen Presdent oV State Federa
Si Yesterday -Other Of-
ncers Also JNamedFmej
."Mrs. Svdnev PrtTooner. nf Henderson:
T yesterday chosen as president of
the North Carolina Federation of Wom-
en's clubs, ; the r selection-being by.
".n.IOTWU? .vote,3f.,iewgate-jt-
tendin g the . annual ' convention . of . the
rederatipn. i at ; . Wrightsvllle : 3?achl.
The vote of' the convention Was - cast
by- the . secretary, who also -voted . for
Mrs. '.-.e: v RvMilHaui,J: fGrse4'THt:.
vice-president; ? Mrs. . Jo n GHmer,
Winstori-Salem, . second1 vice-president;
Mrs. ,.Wi B. Parham Hendersons cor
responding secretary, and .Mrs, W. b:
Ramsay, Hickory, auditor. , , I
' The only contest ."of ".the convention,
developed l when the name; of Mrs; Pair
mer' Jerman, '.Raleigh, was offered for
director' to the gertral federation,- Miss
Margaret Gibson, of Wilmington, bel,ng
named from - .the - floor ' as a candidate
for; the office. Mrs. R.R. Cotten, of
Bruce, who proved to " be - the- "live
wire' of the" gathering, stated that" she
had -held, the -office 'forV two terms" of
two'. years ''each and that Miss 'Gibson
"is a better representative ' than .
and tnat, she saw no " reason for a
' .change. The remarks "of the motherlx
woman .rrom Bmce created Interest 'AKs?
mark that floor nominations? were" evi
dance r6f interest, the more the merrier.
The suggestion , precipitated the' one
contest Of thrmeeting.; i The name of
Miss Gibson, , who J has '-served on the
general f ederatlon;-poardy f or. two, years,
was promptly offered '.and balloting was
'called f or... prie hjndred1 and. four ;votes
were required;, to-; secure the nomina
tion, since ':h."7j iri eral federation-ha's
to vote on tateriJrectors, and the. Crp t
ballot failedi'hbose either"Mrs.-Jer-man,
choioefv'the slate : fixing com
mittee, or : 4 Miss Gib son. ' Whereupon
Mrs. , Jerman moved ?that; the; rpte be
made unanimous for Miss,; Gihson and
the motion carried! TJtereTdre', therapy-;
proyal i of the. state federation will- be
forwarded" to Chautauqua, N. Y., to be
passed on by : the " general federation
wheti it- meets late this yearL' v- ; ' ;:-.--The
session yesterday;, morning was
held .at; the .Oceanic hotel and the pres
entation; of credentials at 9. o'clock was
the first'-Procedure of the day." At'9':3.0
the business, session started, among
the first items being the report of the
chairman of tho districts, Mrs. .3. ' P.
Cooper, of Henderson, Vi iater' i riptmed
president, as .' was1 forecasted In The
REHEARING
1.
Claim V Recent Rate Increase
OrantevisHhsupcieiUini
Xatest Petition t--'.-;rr-
(Special to The Star)'
, RALEIGH, June 9. The Southern
Bell Telephone company, late this after
noon filed with the corporation; co.m-mission-.-
a, petition - to' re-hear the : rate
case July 25 in .order -that they s may
offer- additional sevidencend .testimony
about the business Jn-cNorth . Carolina,
which will show that - the rate .of ; in
crease allowed by. the commission in its
recent, decision, .itt..inBfilcieptan4 ..wi.ll
result 'in confiscation of property In
violation of the constitution.-; iv;
The following grounds are given for
asking the . re-hearing : ;y ...F i ,
i: i All of . the'- increase asked for
woujd not. have produced anlncome of
5 pei cent and only half that, amount
or a a a llriwed - - , ' ' - .'
1 2.) The . expenditures - for repairs ?ln
1920 were' not excessive or -ypovevthe.
average, as the commission presumed.
The amount set aside fordepreclation
Is"riot"excesslve. v It-is unfair ;to com
pare the average set aside for repairs
and depreciation in-The whole ' United
States as the average that North Caro
lina companies will have to meet. v-Different
-local , conditions make": - the
amountsssetaslde .for-the.se 'items dif
erent and (..the ' presumption that 1 an
average could e used ? as a .' basis, is
not fair to the Bell . companies '; of
North Carolina. ; ' -'-;-. -- -; "'
3. The division of tolls between the
Bell and American companies ;-f or long
distance business Js' faiV- and adequate
and constitutes a very profitable 'part
of the bueslriess; J I r'V; ; -V-'.;-a
wants to offer new evidence-ton
th. following .'point's :v.f-V alue A-of..xfr
change ? and toll property -' used ex
clusively in ( handling North ' Carolina
busines's,"- expense - of .maintaining, and
operating? this property,; gross- and net
revenue from operating North. Carolina
property," valuer of exchange property,
of operating ame; and 'gross
an ft At revenue derived from exclusive
.Tiii9n'?e service in state, "expense for
repairs last,jrear'-low-:fts'-P9Ssib"ieiand)'
no reduction ' possible so far this year;
and that if the foregoing -facts- are
established the division of the tolls will
not be a material factor in the business:
The commission has, taken the peti
tion for a re-hear.iag under consldera-
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tilLL - AM ENDING "FAllM .LOAN . '; ii' ;
ACT PASSED BY THE SENATE
is WASHINGTON, Junev 9. The senate
i .o ocrlnw nnasihle? aniVl
U passed .and-sent ouseoc
j. KenyOtt Dill snreuumB
farm loan, act .to. permit, an Ihcrease
lnAhe interest rate on bonds or joint
stock and- land banka'from 5 to
per cent. During VtJr 4ebf which
preceded adoption; however,- tax- ex
empt securities camer ynde . a ; strong
fire and demands were made that-tbe
government eradicate what was des
cribed as ? the tax exemption yU- u
' Senator moot; Repblican,.; of; Utah,
submitted an ' amendment -Xcf JbQ ? Ken
ypn measure -to . make Income from
such bonds .taxable.., .Vw -j, v . y
A long ..debate'. A allowed in.;; which
the -stock and land-banks -ware called
a menace by senator iMLCJjen, , xvoptio
RATES OF
lican, .Connectlcutt, V Mr.- Smoot 'finally i val'conrityt Jail here sdortiy after mld
withdrewthe amendment: say tnsf,ihow-vf night .this morning. . One of-the negroes.
ev'er.' that the- seriate -had hot - hetrd
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Coop
Named
Club
Women
Reports v Received From
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Star yesterday mbrniri.'-'Mrs.OCooper
asserted that the : state president, Mrs.
Hook, attended, every 'district meeting
'S t
except two, When she was 'forevented by
----- v, ,u . ilia . ACA141jr. .- lui iMD
trict meetings, 1,300 'club woen at
tended MpVm,- ;iJY:'tn,V inarnbe?, or- an
average.oflOO.!, Mrs. Vqooper . Advanced
a' number;, of -suggestions ? to "the dele
gates ?ty which " th'y - could make the
district-, gatherings' more successful.'
k "Vi Districts. Make Report
. When -cHstrict presidents were called
upon to make reports Mrs. Hook called
Mrs. Cooper,' chairman1' and second Vice
president; :to,Ahe; chairi " Mrs. Ship man
reported; for district No. X in the- far
west, .stating that. 2 clubs had mem
bership;? but only "l5"vTported in , time
for her rto compile ' ' her report. - Mrs.
Mahler.Vf 'Wintpri-Sa,lem, reported' for
districts. twor' which1' is comprised ' of
seve"cli"bs-and MrS.; Charles F Lam
beth, of ThomasVllle. :" read the report
of -Mrs. H. A. ' .White, f Of v High v Point
president of district- three. Mrs. .Fall,
of- Charlotte,'5 gave the report,' for, dis
trict four, wall Miss Sphwartuberg, of
Southern Plnes.'gave the report for the
president -' of. district flye,-. who .was
absent. . Mrs. - E. C. ""Brooks, wife of the
state superintendent of public, instruc
tVbri Raleigh,-a president, reported for
district six. i Mrs. A. H.; Powell;, presi
dent -qf . the seventh district, 'was absent
and Mrs.-B,rawley read the report. Mrs.
Thomas-0BrTy,:who got confused and
had, to have - the assistance of --. Mrs.
HoOk, read herVreport as president of
district eight.' The Goldsboro - woman
had- one-'of -the best . reports of the
meeting. - .Mrs. Lef twlch,- of Wilmin
ming
nlnfh ton. "recited the T.epprt: or; tne
district, and , .her recital showed : the
club .women of this; section of the state
are , notsonly keeping:: pace wlththose
if other sections, ; but. are ' a step or so
In ..advance. .Thirteen ' clubs - wit a
tptai -: memDerSfliPi -Oit? w re . in i"
tenth - .district,' while;, 'the eleventh,
headed '."by Mrs: jR.L? Gwynr of Lenoir,
has 115, : three, or.hlch are new. v Four
teen'? clubs, arei. v?ilibraed In , the ljth
district, while . f ojir. new"clubs "WerS re
ported in. the 413th district, headed by
Mrs. Hinton.vof Rocky i Mount. -'' -
-i Each nd every- district' report read
showed' -marked growth Jn club mem
bershlft and ; aetivltlee,-. leading Its.
Cooper. second,'vice-presldent in charge
r"-...;(CqntlriueCbnpAge:iseypn) .f
opsins
Secretary Iepby a Wkesv or In
formation' on iSinfs. Irish
Talkjn London :
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WASHINGTON; "'jrune ' 9--Cognizance
was 'takenNiri'1ih-.thR and house
today of the ..riecent speech in London
of" ReAr dmlrai f WllMain 8. - Sims re
ferring to Irish, sympathizers in this
country.,; -t&J: fr. ' S "; ' ' ,
'.The senate Oif dered lis riavar'commit-'
tee to inve8tigare, 'trie ;specch and ' in
the. house . Representative Ryan, Re
pubifcan," New-. York,, submitted a reso
lution for anc" Inytiglatipn, . charging
that the remarks ihaoVconlstituted an at
tack upon loyal citizens, of the . United
States of ' Irish; v: '.OpA arid accused
Americari. citiieris Vrbelrig traitors.
Secretary Denbyfawiited a reply to
day to .' his vfdrrrial? inquiry cabled to
Admiral .?SimC'.,as&'n'grw'peth'er ' the re
marks attributed ; to him ; had -een - cor
rectly reported iri press" "dispatches but
left his ' office wifhout. having received
a "reply. - Meanwhile orricxal comment is
withheld at th.e'vdepartnient.,
A resolution was. introduced ' in the
senate by Senator' Harrison, 'and was
adopted with little -depate ?and without
a i record . -vote. ', SenarOr.; Wadsworth
asked- whether -theVacnon. taken by
Secretary Defaby- wouto; nbt serve the
same purpose' as,' thy-, resolution. :
"Possibly, so," Mr." ilarrlson renlied,
'buti I think -the ch"e? In this case
are ' so grave'8 that 'the,-senate - cannot
afford to-4gnore..thml r, ; . ; '
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PACOCKCASE TO RFlACll . - i; -
-; ; JURY LATE iTHIS.. AFTERNOOIJI
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; IXINGTONt,-Iune 9: ;1T case, of
Lir. J. WPe.acockion .triat her,j 'for. the
killing o? Chief, of,, Roli5e K Taylor,
of. ThomiCTiUe,;,wk; expected tonight
to reach thev jury' late .tomorrow; Tak-
t in? ci ,.tefmony iwa concludcl this
ngr c v.te'fmonjr .s was-conclude;!
1 af teirhoon. and Solicitor J. Bwer-
An&r A - in, n ironmant' r
Opened ; tho. argument" for the fttAte anti
Emery K. Kaper;1 for; the..defeni bc.-re
court , adjournc.l f or the . d,ay." -;
'vDjf.f. K H!l of.JBichmona," Va.. ard
Dr. Isaac Taylor pf.'Morranton, N. C
aljeriist-v; testlfing j.ttday fop the de-
fense"ald in their opinion Dr. -Pea sick
was.".insaro ,c the";time -'of jhe" killi:;p
Under cross-examinaffon by. .Clyde
R?Itoye; Dr. Taylor admitted he would
not .believe 'any physician sane who
killed -a'.-, person --;' y c a ..--.; '.. .;-."
"The. doctor's .business1'. is4 to save
lite i'rio'f ! to 'take; 'X2: he"; explained..
Several -other Witnessesf were heard
during" the. dAy,viBc'ludIng ""Archibald
Johnsonnewspaper4 publlsher. and Dr.
M.' L. Kesler, orphanage superintendent,
both of 'Thonjasvllle. :V They - testified
that they had freqientlj seen Dr. Pea
cock' before the - killing and - had ob
servednothjng - abnormal . about him
nor.' heard, of -his being abnormal. ; ;
. During ' lull '.;ln ;the , testimony of.
Dr." Hall,'D. J." Lewis,' a furniture fac
tory worker, who was a spectator, died
suddenly In " his .'sea V ':.v " - '.':. ,
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NEGROES BREAK JAIL,
JACKSONVILLE. ,Fla-,r June 10. At
lea'st I5-;neroes escaped'.from the Du-
; Me.Uory Rlggins, "; wa Uwaiting ja new
- t.rfat nfl a chArPa of murder. . ;' '
ADDRESS
uULE AND REGULATIONS
OF EDUCATIOIJAL LOAfJS
GIVEN BY STATE D0AI1D
If Bonds Find no Sale, Counties
May Place V Sufficient .to ,
, J Meet Needs Themselves
MAY START SOON
Counties'- at Liberty, ttj Start
School Building This Sum-mervi-Mpre
'Phone Rates '
. By JULE B, WARREN
j,-' RALEIGH, June 49. The department
of education today announced the rules
and Jr2ulations which must be com
plied with before' counties can partici
pate in the 'i S.Wo.OO-ioan . fund pro .
vided for by the last session of the
legislature. If the bonds cannot be
marketed by the time this . money is
needed for building purposes by the '
counties, &ny county which will itstlf
arrange for the sale of the. bonds can
secure ;iTs part of. the money for build-'
lng purposes. It Is the hope of. the de- '
partment thati it will be possible to"
sell these five per cent', bonds bytha, .
time the counties will need the loans, ;
but thereIs no way of telling whether'
or not this will be possible?
v The rules adopted and now being. -sent
to the tounty superintendents In
North Carolina, goyerntng, this loan
fund, follow: ; . .. .-; .'-;-' -'" . :'
l.The special building' fund will be"'
loaned to counties on a pro rata basis.
That is, each county will be entitled to,
Jiorrow the same per cent of the build-r
ng fund, that the school populati on ofj
the county "bears to. the school copula-!
tion of the state. v ,1 t .
Z. If the entire 15,000,000 is npt bor
rowed; on this basis, the remainder ot
the fund will be loaned to counties In!
proportion to their special needa.
? S.-CountieS. may make applications,
at once for loans ' from this fund on.
blanks to be supplied by the superin
tendent of ; public instruction. Thes
blanks. are nowbeing printed and wijl
B distributed at once. '
.vounties are at -liberty , to begin
their building program this summer
with the assurance ' that 'tho' loan will
be. available on January 1," 1922, pro
vided the bonds are sold. 'If the tond .
market next December Is not such ihat
the entire amount is available, and tha
counties desiring to secure loans will
secure purchasers of, the five per cent -bonds-
for. the amount' rieedeci; by ' that
particktt-Ttohty-; this .'amount TwiJ ha .
loaned to the Counties in accordance
with;sectiona 1 and 2. above. . ' .
' 5. No loan ehair be approved by the
state-department of.educatlon until the'
plans for the building and the location
of the same and the size of the .district
have been fecommended by. the iiirector"
of school house-, planning.
-JThis last, section or 'rule Is provided'
in order that the counties may be pre
vented from spending money for Inade
quate buildings and locating small
buildings at section of - the county
which will not' work into the general
county-plan for school house building..
' Chairman Lee Protests ,
Chairman Tom , Lee of the corpora
tion commission, protests that his dis
senting opinion inthe telephone ease,
was not a dissent frorri that portion Of
the order relating Jo-service, and the
extension of facilities. " In discussing
this phase of the telephone decision this
week your correspondent said near, the '
efld of the letter " that. Chairman Lee
dissented from that portion of the or
der relating, to" service. The. chairman
sas this is a mistake, and, while he
does not ask for a correction," in Justice
to him, this Ja written to set him '
straight. t -.- V . ;
As a matter' of fact, the' dissenting
opinfon contains this paragraph:
"I agree with the"flndings in the or
der thaff it is the duty of a public serv
ice company occupying: the field, to fur
nish facilities to the full extent of its'
ability." ;-'-',. V , ,
The article to which Mr.' Lee objects
was. written after talking to 'the 'othr
two memOers of the commission, while
Mr. Lee" was at hi home -In Wayneu- '
ville. The dissenting opfnlon contends
that since the telephone , company has
not made a fair return on its money1 for '
many years iPast,. Jt should' be allowed
the full increase temporarily. Frequent
statements would' be required of th:.
company.and'if it-was found that it
was making more; than a f air' return. ,
the rate would be. lowered later. ,
The statement to which Mr., Lee ob
jects was written "without :" a .second'"
reading of the dissenting opinion, and
on.the presumption" that the small in
crease allowed would . not extend the
ability of the companies to A make all
improvements-and extensions of tele-
phone service the public has been de
manding. The 'other -two members tof
the commission bellsVe the increases
allowed will enable the company to i
make all the extensions demanded, and
the chairman calls attention to that
paragraph in his dissent-which agrees
with the findingsof his associates In
this regard. r r -
SEAY ON TRIAL. FOR TIfE:;
MURDER OF. HIS BRIDE
FLORENCE, Ala., J une 9. F.' Whit
Seay. on trial here charged with the
murder of his 'bride, May' 15 told ljirn
two days later, when he was arrested,
that "I have done, what, I wanted to do;
let them do 'whaf they want to with
me," Patrolman Will Youpg, who made
the arrest, testified late "today. j
The mornins arid part qf the after
noon session of the trial Were occupied
with selection" of ' a jury, . Mrs. A. A.
Williams, mbtheiv,of the slain woma.n.
who was the' first wltriesf," testified ihat '
Seay and her daughter,. who. were mar-,
ried August 6th, had lived at her home
for six months prior, to "the murder.
She said that when they left the-house'
the afternoon of. the tragedy Seayhad
his. arm, about-his wife. , ', ' ":".!-
Members. of..the.party-.whlch found
Mrs. Seay's body who were examined
and O. O. Fielder;-undertakcr, ind Mr&
Fielder described Jtcondition. ,
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