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i The Weather -." t oal thundershowers Tuesday and probably Wednesday; little change In tPtnife of" Cape Fear river at Fayette viile yesterday at 8. m., 43 feet. ' CP July 18-23 v This -Will .be Wilmington's big Get Acqualnted Week. Wilmington Is is suing invitations to 155,000 people to be her guests. Know your- neighbors. ' i tin jTTf-V VOL. CVII.--N0. 112. WILMf TON, N. C.,, TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 28, 1921. A XL- s - - - 1 OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.' Ail lfiN?l ifPt TAXABLE VALUES FALL 700 MILLION IN STATE, SAYS COLO. WATTS oevenue Official Sees Personal property Cut 300 and Realty 400 Millions TOTAL IS 2 BILLION Under Revaluation Last Year State's Taxables Reached Over Three Billion Br jtXB B. WARREN .,r-TAw Tiitia 27. There will be ... million dollars less property listed tor taxation this year than was listed; ,nrd ne to an- esumaie last yea'. . - , -n Watts, commissioner of a has made after a careful revenue, . j.. r.r the reports sent in by a SlUUJ . majority of the counties. There will be a 400-million drop in the value of real estate and at least jOO million dollars less in .personal property. The commissioner estimates this will leave a total property valuation irthe state of about two and a half billion dollars, as compared with over three billion under the revaluation. - Colonel Watts makes his estimates from the reports that have already come in from the 100 counties, of which 63 reported horizontal reductions, 29 no reductions at all and eight are hav ing a revaluation of the whole prop erty. These eight are Pitt, Robeson, Craven, Duplin, Scotland, Warren, Tadkin and Richmond. Of the 63 counties which reported horizontal cuts, only 45 sent in reports to the department, which makes it impossible for him to get accurate figures on the amount of the reduction. In round figures these 45 counties have cut realty values by 255 million dollars. The remaining, counties have re ported an average cut of 23 1-3 per cent. Colonel Watts has estimated the amount of the reduction in these coun ties from the percentage cuts and from the fact that they will cut about a third as much as the 45 counties already reporting. He guesses at the amount of the cuts in the counties which are having a complete new valuation of their property. The total amount of his estimated cut In real estate i? 400 . Trillion. Of the 80Q mil lion dollars listed in personal property during the last year," Colonel Watts brieves there will, be a drop of at least 300 million this year. - - Even with these figures, the cut in the property values is', not , quite so high as had been expected. Colonel Watts believes the two and a Jtialf billion dollars listed for ..taxation this year is more nearly the correct value of the property in North Carolina than the old revalution figures. CrRB MARKET IS DEAD ; - LONG LIVE THE RB! NEW YORK. June 27. Members of the New York Curb Market association today foresook the curb and the bricks of Broad street and went to. work with a roof over head and a, soft carpet under foot. - These dealers in. unlisted securities ho year in and year out noisely ex changed their wares in the open :air under good skies and had, bought and sold with' the greatest dignity the mar ket ever knew, after observing in be fitting manner the opening of the curb's $2,250,000 home on the, western 'im of the financial district. But Broad street was not. bereft of the clamor of a curb market. Many oroKers seceding from the old asso ciation because of heavier dues, launched a new market on- the spot where it3 predecessor formed one of 'he OD-in air 'aUrantinnK nf ho fitv. The infant organization was chr'stcneil the Curb Stock and Bona Market, of .New VorVr. Tno T n,.MInr cnlrlt. claimed a membership evoeedine- 400. SIMMONS TAKES UP RATES ON EAST CAROLINA MELONS (Special to The Star) " ASHIN'OTmV Tnn OT A -fVia In. stance of j. g. McCormick and ship pers in that territory. Senator - Sim eons has taUnn nr -nrtV. V, Tn tflrl " te Commerce commission the mat ter Of frpisrVn- mtA. .r na cantaloupes from Maxton to north ernpomts, as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Jersey City. . :;.,;: , , , - mn,! Senat"r is trying to secure some ratification of these rates at least to ,"e Point reached by the rates in 1920. il appears fhaf v, ljaterrIleong from Maxton , has in- i-'edsea since in . Phirl?06, 31 1-2 cents to 2?cents: C 39elfh,Ka, 36 1"2 to 48 1-2; Jersey ipcinrtL ,52; cantaloupes, carload, not 'uaing icing at Baltimore. 39 ' cents IwsI,.CRts: Phadelphia 45 to 60, and rEe City, 50 to 66 1-2 cents. ' ' i'AK HI!P.I c UOTVX HOME ENTERTAINMENT WASPtrial The Star) orth ,. ' June Z7. This was ! Carolina nir-iit ot -vx7i- -o--. t V, : . The North Carolina society fard e ij . 'ue "y -fresiaent ma- orth p, "", was to maKe ttie. "ey xT-I a Doys out thr feel that 'ottfin vpreciatea ana not lor- Rami a given ana canay ana FaH.iroIina soldiers are natlent.s at. emberf V1086 Present tonight were of congress from" the state. Viy- ' , ; -, - . DEKVPrTRLANla RECOGNIZED FlnefH.r.V dune Z. Organized labor ftardin will call on ; President ri"g aL Is cablnet and congress to PPublin , recognitIon of the IHsh in 8 c.,."1"11 wui n mnB vroest to ureat jsm- arfare h"' the brutal and uncivilised In -conducted in Ireland, 16 coav.if , With instructions 'of v conn!!!, on. last week, the execu- ln ot t i or lte American Federa- rT or toiay authorized Presi- f tlr at on" Uke up th IrlBh Woman President of Baptist Convention DES MOINES, Iowa, June 27-. A precedent was established by the northern Baptist convention today vrhen Mrs. Helen' Barrett : Mont gomery of Rochester N. T, wai elected president. She received 93 of the 1,140 votes cast v At the same time, the convention was presided over by. Mrs. M. Grant Ediaanda, of Pasadena, California, a vice-president, after . E. c; L. Tnstln, of Philadelphia, retiring, president, had been stricken with a severe illness, v - Other officers elected - Included Recording secretary, Rev.: : M. , A. Levy, i Plttsfieldj, Masa statistical secretary. Rev. C A. Walker,, West Chester, Pa., and treasurer, Prank L Miner, Des Moines. ' Seattle Washington was selected for the 1032 meeting.' MAYFIELD TRAGEDY IS SHROUDED IN MYSTERY; DEATH OF 14 A PUZZLE Only Theory So Far is That One Man, Suddenly Insane, Kill ed 10 and Himself SHERIFF DOUBTS IT Can't Understand How One Per son Unaided Could Make Way : With so Many Lives' 3 MATFIELD, - Kentucky, J"' June 2?. Mystery continues to envelop the trag edy in the farmhome of Earnest Law-i4 rence, near here, Saturday night, when 11 persons were slain 'and their bod- Ries practically incinerated in the dwell ing which apparently had been satur ated with oil. ; - . T Only fragments of the. .bodies. '. were found Ia. the ruins of the house- They were" placed in one coffin and interred In Maplewood cemetery, this, afternoon. Prior to the fun.eral tho fragments were examined by Sheriff Marion Mc Cain and i Coroner O. M. - Mettit, . and. both reported that they were .unable to find bullet -wounds or any others that would determine the cause " of the deaths. An axe . and . firearms were found in the embers . of . the :dwelUng, which led the officials to believe that some of them might, have been killed wl'rti the axe and others shot. .'"4"; Sheriff McCain announced late todajr that he had not- changed his theory that Lawrence had developed a fit of Insanity and in. a frenzy; had kiljed his wife, their three children Jtnd their guests, Otis Drew, Mra. Drew, her three children, and Drew's brother, Elmer Drew. The indications are, the sheriff said that Lawrence saturated the room in which' the bodies were found with oil, touched a match to it and killed himself. Mrs. Lawrence and Mrs. Drew were sisters, and, neighbors said, had long been accustomed to exchanging visits oyer the week-end- One report today had "it that -Lawrence had been rpughly handled by a policeman In Mayfleld a number of years ago and that In: the course of the straggle had been struck on the head. Since then, the story ran, Lawrence, had uffered from illness periodically which had affected his mind. Sheriff lilcCain . said ho had been' unable to verify it. ; ' v: : ... Sheriff r McCain said today that he was puzzled ' by some features of the case. He found it difficult to believe that one man could have attacked ten persons, at Jeast three of them adults in full possession of their faculties, without some of them escaping. NUMBER OF CAROLINIANS IN CAPITAL CITY THIS WEEK . (Special to The Star) - - : - WASHINGTON, June 27. The Presi dent has honored Col. John S. K. Young, of Raleigh, by appointing his son, John S. E. Jr., a cadet to West Point. Robert L. Davis, of the North Caro-. Una branch of the Anti-Saloon league, came here today to .see .that-the r?ar Heels voted, dry. on the anti-beer ; bill. His trip was useless, for the; die :as cast before he started this way. : H.- E. Barlow of the New Bern cham ber of commerce was here today. . X Mr. and j Mrs. Wade H. Meadows and children are visitors.' Mrs., Meadows is a. daughter of Senator Simmons.. Former Lieutenant Governor W. C. Newland, ef Lenoir, is here. - James B. Querry, Jr.. of- Charlotte, appointed to Annapolis by Representa tive -Bulwinkle. has been . ordered to the naval academy. y COMET CHANGES ITINERARY f " '" ' 1 :'r NO FALLING STARS TONIGHT CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 27 . Se v eral weeks of Intimacy with this solar system have had. such an effect- on the Pons-Winnecke comet that r it has changed its itinerary and departed from its orbit, the Harvard - observer tory announced today. ' v,i v The change in' tne comers pians nas beon eausea ..ty planetary, influences, and as a'reault the preaictea W ono howers are hot likely iOf&H, Solon,I. Bailey, acting director, of the observa tory, asserted. "As far as we have learned no show ers have yet occurred and if is -unlikely that any -i will take -place," Mr. Bailey said. . .The comet, .he added,. Is -new -outward bojtnd through -space. , . THOMAS O. ' CAMPBELL DEAD , (Special to The Star). ' SANFORD, June 27. Thomas -Cole Campbell.' 78, died, at his home in the pocket -community, - seven miles west of . this place, - early ; MondayTnornIng, after a ' long illness. - ? The following children-survive him;;, Mont Campbell, Bartow,', Fla. ; A. E. ' Campbell,' Lake -Wales, Fla.; C. H. campoen, saniora; Mrs. Allen Jones, ' Bristol: xenn.; jurs. E. M.-Judd, Sanford; Misses Mollle and Gertrude Campbell,- Sanford.' anj one sister. Mra. Robena McBa.'3uU. - BEER BILL PAS BY! 250 TO 93 -HOU ISGUSSION Wayne BWheeler, Anti-Saloon i League Counsel, Pointed ;. I Out and Attacked 'WETS' VOTING DRY' Kahn Says Congressmen Vote . for Prohibition and Drink '.. Booze Themselves' ' WASHINGTON, . June 27. By a voti of 250 to 93 the house tonight passed the Willis-Campbell bill to prevent tho sale of beer to the' sick, and sent It to the senate with execution of Its -final enactment "before the end of th . week. : The vote, v which : was ; 21-more : than the S necessary f- two-thirdB. was - taken after four hours of stormy- debate, in terrupted frequently with shbu ts to atop the talk and pass the bill. De spite the sweltering weather, however, leaders in the fight for and against ttie measure refused to yield to an ever growing demand for anend of the dis cussion. . ' . . ... ' ," ""- In closing debates for the opponents. Representative Hill, Republican (Md.), threw the house into considerable dis order by charging that: Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the Anti Saloon league, had drafted. the bill. " Pointing to the league lawyer In the gallefy. and callinr himvby name, Mr. Hill brought a wild shout from the pro hibition element, some of whom atood untir quiet was -restored. - - : . There was another ' dry outburst a moment later when Representative Foster, v Republican, Ohio, declared that there was no truth In the; statement about Wheeler's part in the - prepara tion of the measure. - .' A sharp attack on the rules commit tee for failing to grve right of way to the Volstead supplemental bill was mad by Representative Reavis, Repub lican (Neb.), "a member, of the judiciary committee, who charged that Us work of ; three jweeks ;.had; been ' stifled" Mr. Reavis declared it: was a menace to or derly legislation when half dozen mem bers of the rules committee wouitf nul lify' the action of another committee in. reporting1 a. bill of national impor tance. Chairman- Campben, dfej3Ming the committeers&fd "it was;trnwnmgo i mix emergency lesrlsltlon , wlthi con-, troversial matters which should be ful ly .aired.. ' ' - - In the midst of a plea for passage-of the bill, Represejotatlye Ra.rkle.y. Dem ocrat (Ky.), was Interrupted by Chair man yibert. also, a .Democrat, and . of Jhe same ; state.. who ';aset C'-; '-. t'"- ' V , "Since we are both from Kentucky' I would like to know if you would not rather see a'tCentueky colonel drinking1 100 per. cent- liquor than a pot-bellied German' drinking a keg of beer." - Mr. Barkley replied that if he had to look .upon one of the" two evils ' he preferred to see the-colonel at-the bar. Representative Cooper, Republican (Ohio), formerly a railroad engineer, tcok -issue with the American Federa tion of Labor in standing for light wine and beer,'-declaring it had no right to make the organization speak on moral questions. ; He insisted that; the feder ation "did not express the sentiment of the working man."" w - Representative Cochran. Democrat, (N. -Y.). declared prohibition or ..any other law, coultt not be enforced when public sentiment was against it. Warning the house agains' th con stant.' spread of lawbreaKihg since the enactment of drastic prohibition-laws, Representative Kahn, Republican. Cal., turning sharply .upon advocates of the anti-beer, bill, declared "there are mem bers here who . vote for prohibition and who drink more liquor in a week than I do in a year." Mr. Kahn asserted . the Volstead .law was beins; broken every hourj of .the day-and. lhat congress ought , t6 handle the problem in a-rational wa. - WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES WASHINGTON, " June 27. Virginia: Locals thundershowers Tuesday; Wed nesday partly cloudy; little change in temperature. ," ;:;;. . . ''' North , and South 1 Carolina: Local -thutidershowers Tuesday and probably Wednesday;, little ; change in tempera ture. ' '' r;,;, j-,'" , . Georgia: Partly cloudy .Tuesday and Wednesday;, probably local thunder- showers ;. little change m temperature. FloridaJ Partly ciouoy xuesaay ana Wednesday ; probably ? thundershowers in north: portion. " ' : . Extreme northwest Florida: Partly cloudy Tuesday and .Wednesday. Alabama, Mississippi: Partly cloudy Tuesday ' and . Wednesday; probably scattered : thundershowers In irHerior; little' change in temperature, " V " .Tennessee; v Partly ? cloudy- weather Tuesday "and Wednesday with scattered thundershowers ; ;iiUle change ; in ftem perature. . r V."; ' " :; : Louisiana: ' Tuesday and j Wednesday, generally fafr except: thuhde'rshowers in sfcifaern portion - - i: ; Aftit isas : Tuesday and Wednesday, partl-cloudy.' . .- -.' ' ':- . OklahQhia; 1 east ' and . west Texas: Tuesday 'AndWednesday,1 generally fair. Wlndai- Hatterfts -ito .Key -West: Mni,.r...mith and isonthwest wlnl. "A vttr-t ;: weather i ahd; -lo3aI thundershowers ; xc p tJ : .moderate southeast winds 'and. fair weather over extreme portlon."M3ast Gulf : Moderate winds mostly: east, arid 'southeast h-nd partly overcast weather , Tuesday. West Gulf: Moderate " east and . southwest winds and partly overcast: weather nfftdrate .winds mostly south. ,a?td southwest overcast weather; nd thunaersnowers a usfjjw.T.,-i DEATH QP MlSIf COpCIlANw s SANFORD.- V June 27 .Migsf Ruby Councilman, W, died In the Ceatral hos pital of this place Sunday. night,, after two -weeks'? illness -of typhoid 'arid ap pendicitis. -She ws - brought to , the hospital: a f week tago -from her home near. Bear- Creek-Thefuneral . was FOUR Creek ' Baptist ch6rchr of which '.hejwa. bltteragainsohnson; in' that-vl rysons was a member. . GOOD ROADS MEASURE fER IIOT.IS PASSED BY HOUSE BY A LARGE MAJORITY Congressman . D a ug h ton of North Carolina, Speaks in" Advocacy: of the Bill H . FOR FEDERAL- AID Act U. Means Continuation ; of V Policy of. Co-operation With : ' All the States v"-; ;.; - : ; (Special to TheStar) f WASHINGTON, June 27. North. Car olinians are- very much - interested in Robinson's good roads ;i.bin thatpas&ed the house by a vote of 266 to 7.7 today. Representative Dough tpn, the racking member of the hqusetroads' commit tee, made, a brilliant : -fight for - ' this measure. 'He vigorously opposed the Townsend bill now in, fne senate: This one, he explained, carries ot the sys tem proyided for by thi Democratic ad ministration. . ' ," ' .4 ; . : ". . Mr. Doughtdn, advoxating its pass age, said In partt : fr , . .' - "The bill now -nndir consideration provides -that,. the federalgovernment shall continue " its policy, adopted in 1916, of ; assisting the states . in the construction of . a. syjtem . of modern highways. ' . ' .W. .N ; . . , "The bill makes ceiiain amendments to the .present law, ind certain addi tion that are intended to more ctsarly define,. the policy , of -the federal gov ernment, .; and remove? what ,,diff trences experience has shown xist Vn 'f he pres ent law that militajfc'. agans Its ad ministration. ; .It ? Is ' intended to con serve and safeguard. thaublic funds, and at the .same - ti; Secure; the best possible results 't the "tJargejt 'num ber of people," espectiil.those'livlng in the rural communities:. I- - : v ' ' "The paramount feature of; this bill, as ' well as the law under. which we -ere now operatlngis co-operatioa -Each and every stats is ; require I Ho estiib lish a highway department that is sat isfactory and acceptable, to., 'the' secre tary of agriculture. It provides that the federal government !wiltr deal only with the state in -Lthev'iidhiinistratlcn of the law. Provision U rna-le to give ; three years for- any yfiat'.Hoj "constitution--wr law s.tns- lisvei -to s -le ch&ngd '.P; teVfferi hitim'-itdt-make the iecessarharigeio wi th th e p ro visi on s o f th is: actX 1 1 Uleoi extends the- provisions- requiring the states to provide .funds tor maintenance and penalizes thos states that-neglectjt all , to keep in . fair, condition the or fail roads that are ;aided in construction by the federal government,. ; provision n also- made Mop. highway . research . and investigation.1 - H , f "'"Each staeMs jrequlred to proyMe a definite plan "or systemTof loads, In terstate, and' inter-bounty : In- character, keeplngvin mind the needs of the gov ernment in transporting, malls, the marketing of .farm products, transpor tation of .merchandise, and ' tha , needs of the social life of ;:the cimmunties. In fact, a", well-balanced, system of roads that can be relied "upon at "all seasons, And -be-inaintained;: .vrid bo traveled satisruttovlly 365 days.in the year. - : - ' "The secretary of agriculture Is: nisi authorized to collaot, an 1. lissomir.Rte usual information to, the construction and maintenance of highways," and as far .as possible, insuresafety to .'those who use the roads. ."This .measure has the , indorsement of the secretary of ..agriculture, the chief of the - bureau of .public roads, who is recognized' as being perhaps the highest, authority on road building in the. United States, and, also . the Ameri canAssociation ' of.; State Highway Of ficials, having a', membership in practically- all of the states in the .anion, has heartily indorsed this bill. "The bill alsoPrbvide's for' the limit ing: of the federal funds to a system of roads designated by - the highway departments of ach" state, but the sec retary of agriculture v. shall have' au thority to approve lh whole or in part, the. system designated, or requiring any - change ' or, -mpdiftcations, that the secretary deems necessary; , ; n.; . "The roads -i to" be! aided by; thr C-rp-visions of this act,-are .dividerVnto two classes: .One. the primary ox interstate roads, .which-, shall not exceed threes sevenths of .- the. t6tal. 3 mileage to be improved, or to receive federal aid; and the other,' the secondary,' or Inter-eouh-ty roads, ' which -shall ; consist 'of 1 the remainder that may receive federal aid. Not.less than 60 per cent of all the fed eral money allotted to the utates must be expended on the interstate, or pr- mary - roads. The secretary of - agri culture In approving projects, Is direct ed - to give preference to t thos3,-which will expedite the completion of an adT equate and .'connected system of roads interstate in character." . ; : -i Mr. Doughtoh closed; his .remarks by telling rwhat-'North "Carolina had done under 'thfe present' law and. what "it is e'xpectIng to-do;'He said the sentiment f Or ' gbOd Toads had gained great', mo mentum there;' ahd.it would hurt very muchto disturh,i.U : ; JJ, v-' . . . ' , - ; ; ,- KRSKIXE PRESIDENCY OPEN ; UNTIL. MEETIIG IN AUGUST i CHSTERrS.v-C.h June 27. Election, of -a president i for .Erskine - College,, at Due- Wet.: Si J.rno succeed Dr. Jr S. Moffaresighed,iwaB, postponed -juntil ' August Jatvmeetingof-the yjrus- rl- i-v ii.t,v - nn,. ..vr k-.Wt.st;'. nfiu-:- xr r- rZZ ' vT ftetatH-' .THh.rs K. il.i-k.4litt.Mi(' armnnJW I i.lAt Cpneaii" appftJnUi..ta,'Watt Jtr SMnffatlr nnrt iVrarl ViJ tn office ' ot vpres'ident ermitus, whidhiheecently; declined.. -'. i 4 Railed at goldsboro ,r;;, i..-.i (Special to The Star) j '-? ; GOLDSBORO, ; June ' 27.. Sheriff Massie, " -; of . J ohnston 1? county, today brought to the' Wayne county jail for safe keeping -James i Johnson, , white,' charged '' with-; killing Joe Atkinson, also whlte'.VinthesJiorthern part -of Johnston county" Saturday. Feeling u"f-,","7. Take Preliminary Steps in New Federal Budget Plans . v Director Dawes Calls a Conference at Direction of President ; Harding, of all Cabinet Members and Executive Admini- , stration Officials, for Purpose of Considering Ex penditures -Drastic Economies are Promised " ; WASHINGTON, f June 2 7. Plans - pre paratory to establishment, of , the new federal budget system, which beconifes operative Friday,; shean $0 take tan gible form tbday.siLs a tst ; 1s$r3i Charles G.' Dawes, director of the bud get, at the 'request of ,the President, called a conference for - Wednesday of all cabinet members . and other . ex ecutive administrative officials at whih President Harding will preside. The President also -directed VMrl Dawes to draft a tentative' form; for tho new budget within tiie next SO days, with estimates of the absolute minimum of government funds needed for the fiscal year, beginning July j. f A white house statement called attention- to the necessity ' for economy in governmental expenditures, and said the tentative form of the budget should point the way, "as would be done in any ordinary business teing sonrront ed - with the necessity- for economy. It is understood that , at-the joint conference something of the nature of the expected cut-in spenlin-j will ba brought out as well as th- detailed plans. of the budget macnnisry. "The President ioes not assume," th white house statement said, " as has been the custom under" the old systera with inivldqal departments, that the MRS. JERNIGAN BAILED, EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OUT BYnJLiNTON FOLKlSHOWING FINE RESULT Citizens Volunteer in Signing $10,000 Bond at Habeas . -Corpus Proceedings . .'- (Special to. The Star) ' - . CLINTON, June 27. Leading citizens of Clinton today rushed to volunteer the' $10,000 ball " required by Judge, Lypri " for the release "of Mrs. Cora jefnigah, held here in jail for three weeks on the charge of killing Quimby Reawell. at " Graham's " bridsre on the ampsonrCumbe-land iJlrieJune ,7. tr?' ' ' It Tleveloned that there had bp.n no proper -commrtment o jail and the habeas corpus hearing was turned into a; preliminary trial. .Three witnesses were examined by the- state: . Mrs. Matthews who - heard a-., shot, . saw smoKea saw aeaweii iaii, out couia not recognize the . assailant r i.U"yer old Ruby Seawell who saw Mrs. Jerni gan talking with , her father and saw her leaving after 1 the gun , fired,.; and H. M. Seawell, who swore that he had asked ' Mrs. Jernigan:. in jail , why she had shot: his father and received the answer that she was 'forced to do so. The1- defendant Ms w represented ' by Fowler and Crumpler, MButler, : and Herring, of Clintonj and Guy of Dunn. Solictor- Powers is assisted by Bul lard and Stringfleld . of FayetteyiHe. It "was stated that Mrs. s Jernigan had said on the day before the killing that her daughter , was with, her uncle- in Virginia, going to school. The defense did not offer any testimony, both sides withholding . the line they will "' fight the case upon, . - , i. - - . . The Jernigan girl is in a rescue home at Columbia, it is said, and ' not at Richmond. - REFUSES TO STOP COMING - ' . WORL1V CHAMPIONSHIP ; ROUT JERSEY crtY, June 27. Prosecutor Pierre Pi Garyen,- o'f Hudson cbuhty," In which jurisdiction the Carpentier Demsy fight will be staged next. Sat urday, today declined to.interfera with the bout. -The -Rev. James-Parker,- of this city, asked .him. to prevent it on the ground . it; would violate . the New Jersey law, being apprize fight for a decision ;and no t -a; boxing-match, ;. . -.. "There won't be any decision," said Mr." G'rven. "I assume; that- Referee Ertle, who. 'is city? marshal of Jersey City, - knows , the, law. If the law is violated, - those : responsiolo will, be called to- account." :: , ,; - ;"'' . - , '- ' ',. r m", ' ' '" "-' " ' ".' ' ".'; i . s ; '. ;ev DOESN'T 'ASK' INJUNCTION TO V: ; ' STOP DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER CAMDEN, N. J., June 27. Clinton N. Howard, secretary of the international reform bureau did not make applica tion , here today for an . injunction against the Dempsey-Carpentier, fight. ;' "Vice Chancellor E. ;B., Learning, one of. the two persons 'Howard - said . he would ask (to issue" the restraining writ, declared ; tonight; :that he had'not been asked to srant the -injunction. ' : : ,;;. "Mr. Howard called ' meon the.- tele phone todayr but'no papers-were.pre-sented ,for: an injunction," said the vice chancellor, "That; isj all I can say on the subject." . ' ' ' . , ' . " (Howard could not - be found In this vicinity. .- . ;. ' , ; ,".' ?' ' -WANT' MANDATES SETTLED "UP LONDON, . Jun'e ; 27. Cecil; Harms wortft, under-secretary ;.of foreign af fairs, f today ' informed the ' house . of commons that .the, British government had received a- letter from the -coun cil of the- league of nations--suggest- -rthat -In IZJT- J&?v??v' make every def erence to the ; views ; of States, the powers should iriake every effort to arrive at a solu lHon ot, the. mandates question with the United, States so as to enable the conn : cil ?f.. the league to settle -he entire ouestion of -mandates before - the 1-next- ! '.etine of .the assembly. Of the. league Of nations. ' ' Mr. Harmsworth asked that the gov- ernment would consider th.e best way to give effect to the suggestion., v ' ; - GIVE STATE BANKS EaUALITY ' - WASHINGTON, - June 27. Acting upon 'a. federal reserve board recom mendation, the" senatev today, passed and . sent to the house a ' measure ' to give state- banks,' members - of the re serve system, - equal -latitude with- na tional - banks In making : loans which thereafter mieht be eligible . for re- t discount.. "" -s, '' minimum of. governmental expendi tures in; the year, is the amount fixed by congress in the appropriations." . The maximum of the budget, which Mr, Harding has asked to have drafted, is expected to be helow the minimum amount provided for .-in; existing con gressional appropriations; the .state ment added, while the economies thus anticipated will' be carried on into an alternative draft if the budget for the fiscal year beginning July . 1, 1922. It was. made plain by Mr. Dawts associates at the treasury that he in tends to impress upon: the heads and Subordinate officials of the "spending" departments of. the government the full meaning of the word economy. Mr. Dawes said he, was prepared - to ' iid personally in pruning and vparing to the limit. . ' .. It was indicated that the subject of reorganization of various government departments would find Its way into the discussion- at ,'- the conference. The whjte house statement referred to this phase as a potent t field for financial saving incident --to' general operation ofthe budget, and'it. was said at he treasury that the hudget plans might as -well anticipate congressional action In reorganization 'and reclassification of the employes, .trimming the expendi tures correspondingly.". Shipman and; Jortes ;Come Here to See Governotf-About an Assistant "Director By JULE B. WARREN J RALEIGH, Junej.ti.- Commissioner of Labor, and Printing m! .L. Shipman, who Is the 'dollar ' a year director of employment bureaus inorth Carolina, and Francis L. Jones, federal director of employment work, will; leave to night for Wilming'tori; wliere- they will confer with Govir-cmeron , Morrison about the appointment of -an -assistant director -for the work -.In Nort,- Caro lina. " i; . - . ;. Mr. Jones has 'been "recently aDnoint- federal" director :andthls is his first trip to North Carolina. He was very warm - in his praises ;.of i Commissioner Shipman- for the.".fine"work being done in bringing jobs and ihen together. He was particularly . pleased with the at titude of -the" state government in ap propriating $10,000 to co-operate with the federal government .and the diffei ent counties .in getting free -employment bureaus in the leading cities of the state. . ; North Carolina is doing pioneer work along- this line Mr. Jones declared. Be cause of the very; fine ;wb'rk beijg dono here under the direction of "Mr. Ship man, the service hasiippropriate-1 more for the North Carolina work" than has been given any other state with tbe exception of two, where the population is much larger. : ; , - Mr. Shipman reports that i07 people registered with "ithe'i employment .(bu reaus in Rocky', Mounts. Charlotte, Greensboro ,Md;Ralelgh v, during, the past week. '- Theses-four bureaus also had 122 calla . for workers. Ninoty were referred' to - jobs' and 73 were placed; . TheWIlmington ;. Office" will open - July -with-Harriss Bellamy In charge. ' .V. -"' LLOYD GEORGE HOLDS BACK k ON-COAI.;JMINERsr SUBSIDY LONDON, June 2.-j-(By Associated rerfs,) No definite agreement was been reached- when, the - conrerence be tween the coal mine-owners and miners with Premier Lloyd George , d journed at midnight. " The premier - refused to pledge the subsidy of : ten million pounds sterling, withdrawn recently, until - he has consulted tomorrow' with tho members ,of .. his cabinet. The conference -will meet "again, in tho morning. - : '; .- " : , ';.-'.- The-members of the miners executive committee say that .unless the subsidy is- granted, a - settlement of the coal strike is impossible, in which case stoppage may; continue for another three months. " - . v. , :. J- . END STRIKE FOR SUBSIDY LONDON June 27. (By. Associated Press.) After v.a; meeting between the coal mine owners and; the - miners neld the board of. trade, a virtual agree ment on the "wages - question,, the chief cause of the strike'. in the mines, whloh has been in progress for, some months, was . reached. The .agreement is sub ject to - the government's granting a subsidy to the..mlners: The' miners and-thlr mine -owners met Premier Lloyd '.George tonight" to . discuss this point.- - ; ' '' - - -' - ' WENT FASTER THAN PROGRAM NORFOLK,; June . 27. While army authorities were discharging, obsolete rifle and -pistol ammunition at the old government ordnance depot ..at Big Point; Virginia, today, , several cases Of cartridges caught fire' and exploded. No one" was injured arid .the aet result of the fire was to, expedite the destruc tion of cartridges. The fire was caused by the- explosion fit a cartriCare in me macht-ne used fordestroying discarded ammunition.. Want the house enlarged WASHINGTON, June .2 7-Pro testing against - re-apportionment ;of 'congres sional representation on - a basis that would reduce the size or any state del egation. Representative White.. v of Maine knd Rhodes of Missouri. Repub lican's, at a hearing i today before a ' house census sub-committee, - declared they favored increasing the size of the house- to 483 members. . Both Maine and Missouri, would lose representation if re-appdrtlorimeriV . was- mad at,-a lower figure, . . . . ' .' ' r ' ' - ' v: V- ;; -; '". ;.; A , . ,;; ; PRACTICALLY ALL RAIL EMPLOYES TO FEEL 12 PERCENT CUT IN WAGE Supplemental Decision of Labor Board Extends Reduction to 1 00 More Roads EFFECTIVE JULY 1 On Basjs of Normal Employ ment Reduction Vill Mean 400 Million Dollars 5l ?iAGO June Employes on; virtually every railroad will feel the 12 per cent, wage cut ordered by the railroad labor board to take: effect) July l, as a result of a supplemental i decision today extending the order to nearly 100 additional roads. The wage slash authorized June 1 to take effect Friday originally contem-- ' plated 104 railroads, although not all' employes were affected , on all roadsV Today's addendum to that decision in-V, eluded, 210 roads, many of which were V parties to the original decision, but which returned to ask reductions for? employes not covered in the first order! ' The reductions authorized "today werei identical with those of the original or-H der, the only change being the addi-J' tlon of rates.fof marine workers inl ; certain harbors and of a section cov ering restaurant and dining ' car em ployes, whose wages were ordered re duced by 60 per cent of all, increases received since February 29, 1920. ) Except a few subsidiary lines, whose) parent Owners filed petitions for re-I ductions, e-aery . railroad ' affected byj decision number two of the laborl board's 60O -million dollar wage award of July, 1520, has been authorized to) reduce wages an average of 12 peri cent. Most of them have received michl C!tn?a tcorTPod I roada which voluntarily applied the increased scale fixed by the board inJ 1920, also have received authorization! to make a similar cut. . : Basing its figures on the normati number of employes on all roads af-V f6Cted by decision number two, the labor , board recently estimated that ltsv 12 per .cent,, reduction would cut approximately 400 million dollars fromj the nation's railroad wage bill, if ap- ; plied to all employes. Comparatively few roads now have a full quota of employes, but restoration, of normal conditions and application-, of tho board's cut to all employes of the larger railroads will make the 400 mil lion dollars reduction a reality. - . Rates 'established for the marine workers at; Hampton Roads follow: Ferry pilots $195, first mates. $160, sec- , ond mates $150, tug boat pilots $192, mates- $145, captains $160-$170, engi-ij neers $160-$170, deck hands $4 a day ' firemen $4 a day. - s, While no definite returns have been -announced from the referendum being takerr by all the railway unions on acceptance or rejection of the 12 per cent cut, it was stated that "a confer ence here on July; 1 would agree to accept the board's decision without any Interruption of traffic WANT PRISONERSRE RELEASED TO CONSIDER IRISH PEACES DUBLIN, June 27. (By Associated i Press). The announcement made by Sir James Craig, .the Ulster premier, that he must consult with his cabinet before replying to the invitation of Prime Minister Lloyd George to a con ference between tile leaders of the Irish factions and the government, has directed attention to the fact that four! members of Eamonn de Valera's cabl- net are in jail the CouriteSs Georgina Markievlcz, minister of labor, and Robert Marton, who are under sen-. tences of penal servitude; and Arthur! Griffith, founder of. the Sinn Fein, and Prof. John" McNeill, president of the Sinn Fein volunteers, who 'have - been held since last autumn without charges preferred against them.. The opinion" was expressed in high Sinn Fein circles today . that Mr. de Valera would request . an . opportunity to counsult with them, and that should Sir James Craig's cabinet consider - a general meeting of the northern parlia ment members desirabiaC, de Valera would make the same imprisoned members.- -"---.;' :.. ' - ; ; In both official and Slrirf. Fein circles, de ' Valera's acceptance ., of Lloyd George's invitation is regarded as probable. - DEFENSE AGAINST LADIES AS JURORS STATE .WANTS THEM CLEVELAND. Ohio, June 27. A long, drawn out battle over 'the selection-of a jury which is;to Iry Mrs. Eva Kath erinc. Kaber on a charge of killing her husband, Daniel - F. Kaber, was forecasted tonlight omthe eve of her trial. Thirty witnesses have been call ed by, the state. , - , Kaber, an invalid, was stabbed 24 times in his home in Lakewood. two years ago. - y'"--' While Francis "W. Poulson, counael". for the defense, has declared he will fight every attempt to place women In the jury box. County Prosecutor Ed ward C. Stanton is in favor of -seat-' Ing as many women as possible. . - A special- venire of 45 prospective jurors has been ordered to eport'to Judge Maurice Bernon tomorrow morn ing for the opening of the case. ' "I go into my case tomorrow confi- -dent that I will get a ; square deal." Mrs.. Kaber stated; tonight. - ; GRLFFIN, OF BOSTON, NAMED ' MOOSE SUPREME DICTATOR "TOLEDO, O., June. 27. The Loyal Or der of 1 Moose, In national convention here today, by acclamation, elected Of fleers for the ' year, naming . Jamns F. Griffin,-of "Boston,; supreme dictator to succeed Darius -Brown, former mayor of Kansas City. , . Edward J. Henning. of . San Joe, Cal., now assistant to Secretary of La- ' bor James J, Davis.' was elected gov ernor of Mooseheart for a term of six. years. '" .-. ; - , ; J. Willis Plersont of ' Dallas, ' Tex- was - elected' supreme vice-dictator, to succeed Griffin.; Frank J. Monahan, of " San Francisco, was elected supreme prelate to succeed Pierscn. ; - St l" . s' '-' f V ; ...' ;.' :- -?"' ; 'V; "
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