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if; j I - I he Weathpr -. HELP WILMINGTON IN A ; partlr elonT today and; SttAdayf probably loeal taoudersaowerst llttl BIG WAY change " -:- jstape of rtver at FayetteytUe yeatetJ" day at 8 a. m-, feet. " ; "V ' JOIN JHE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Phone 131 VOL. CV1L No. 165. RAILWAY LABOR BOARD C)IS OVERTIME WAGES Of CERTAIN EMPLOYES Labor Member of Board Objects and for First Time a Deci sion is Not Unanimous -Q. ; ACTION IS UNJUST' tnder It. Employes . Affected fl-jU Make Less Than;May 1, 1919, Wharton Asserts CHICAGO. Aug. 19. PresejntinsZ'ta divided opinion for the firsttimeBinc !t, formation a year and, a ha' ago; the United States railroa'd lboirboar today, in a majority decision, cut the overtime pay of certain classes f "shop craft workers while a labor member dissentine decis-rc-a the majority opin ion" "does not appear either Justror rea sonable." . The dissenting opinion-was by A, O. Wharton, former president of the rail wav employes department, American rpieration of Labor, which, .with the six federated shop crafts, was involved irthe dispute. - Two labor members joined the ma jority in signing the decision. Those concurring were Judge R.' M. Barton .haiman: G. W. Hanger and Ben W. Hooper, representing the public; Albert Phillips and waiter L. McMenimen. for the unions: and Horace Baker," J. H. Elliott and Samuel Hi ggihs, railroad representatives. . The dissenting opinion was a. .sur prise as the board's rule has been to thresh cut disputed points. Issuing the majoritv decision unanimously. .Seven rules affecting the overtime pay of the shoo employes on 137 roads are in volved in today's decision. The roads appealed for modification of - the -national agreement rules, entered into durine var time railrQadadministra tion. and the majority modified certain ones. ' - ' - ' Amone the changes the majority ruled that: ' ; " Employe? regularly called for' Sun day and holidav work and performing tasks absolutely necessary for con tinuous operation of the roads shall not receive time and a half, but only, pay on the same basis as-for, weekdays. No work not absolutely. necessaTyvIs to be performed on Sunday ; - " KSI' Employes at the completion oftght nours h'.tk may Dereqvirgaiu vftrf I. - meas73 feased for as now prov jvided. A' - Employes called for work and. not rorking. or called for work and work' ine two hours and forty miijutes or less, will be paid for four Lours- over lime, instead of five hours, under ex isting rules. -v . . Employes called one hour or less be fore their regular time will be paid time and one-half for the overtime, instead of the present five hours' allow ance. Men called away from home will not be allowed overtime for hours spent sleeping provided they receive at least five hours relief out of every 24 Employes regularly assigned to per. form road work, and paid on a. monthly basis win compute their salaries on the basis of 243 hours a month, in stead of the present 263 hours, with r.o overtime allowed for hours .worked in excess of eight per day, and no time reducted for less than eight hours ork. unless the employe lays off on bis own accord. It was this last rule to "which Mr. Wharton tnok particular exception in bis minority report. He presented fig ures to show that it would reduce road employes approximately" $15 " a month and give them an average monthly sal ary of $2 below that paid for the same class of work on May 1, 1919. At that time thev were erettiner $189 a month. Wharton" said. On April 30. 1920. the board raised them to $223.50, and on June so 0f tnjs year reduced them to J202.5fl. Today's decision, ' he " said, means a further reduction to $187. AT KNOXVILLE IS ED BACK BY LEAD Guard at Jail Protecting Negro Prisoner Fires on Would Be Lynchers i KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Auk. 19 More an 25 persons wprn wounded, six seriously. at 9:30 tonisht . when depu I"e? guarding the Knox county jail Dred on a Crowd nrhixh V,aA xrnaitil a. ead iino- in approaching the jail !' "rthp av" ed purpose of demand-! it,? ank Martin, a negro, held as a ""."err ln a criminal assault upon count V School teanViai. T)iiiiav n" or the wounded are white; two Most of the wounded a?e wornf-n ,. r,Jriosity seekers who . were. ho? e t0 one eid "Pon the courts use lawn, which is 30 feet above the ian . !cvr! at the corner where the Stance - - . . rha-ri e omcer. ueputy snerin: a-rn h ? T p'vis- was wounded ln the CV return Are from the crowd, t bhi frr,wd in the street jam wlr l"" feet' Shrlff Cate stepped thVrtan ar lieht and demanded that irt'irn1'- H', gave 'wa-rnlng that PhonT ry line between two tele- A PT- Fnould nt e crossed, ft" L l2cn men Pa8ed these poles, "'M r' cicked up a shotgun and fte air eVhe heads of the crowd into hip, the Fo"r deputies" who were with in thi n fired two volleys- Two wen thf.p : rr"""thouse yard and two .or tiv tho street fired revolvers in Th, s sh cins then became general. OAki '? I' GREEKB DROPS DEAD TURN Calif.,- Aug. i.-H3HHJ: Ppd Greene. U. S. A., retired. ,?"irthr.tr'-a1 in th Alameda :county WJ: here lat today, where ho ' " tor Enecial liirv Antv -. 1 - , i .- . T" : ! " ... : -J-- : :- .. : '.. - r rr. - r- .. .. . .. . . . . , : i 1 1 Mddejlfeceiver for Steamship Company, Emmet J. Mc5ormack, 'New Y&rk shipping man, who has been appointed one of the two receivers for. the United States Mail Steamship company. " Her bert Noble, of New.' York,, is, the other receiver, appointed1 by Federal Judge jMantpn. Mr .Mccormack, announced that, the, 'receivers would ; cbntinue :to operate the vessels tljontrbiled -by the company. ; i - MORRISON DENIES THE TROOPS fiE:SEi BREAK TEXTILE STRIKE Concord People, Parties to 'Strike Must Settle Trouble Amoriir v '-'rh..- T ' ' ' KEEP ORDER ONLY Stkte s i Armed Forces Must sNot ' Take Sides in Conflict, but . .' Maintain Peace CONCORD. Aug. 19. deny the ru morjthat troops were sent here .to help break this strike,' 'declared Governor Morrison here today in an address at an "open air mass meeting -.'of " from four to five thousand persons, including 500 textile workers who marched from Kannapolis, seven miles away;, headed by'two men in uniform carrying an American flag. "It's a lie as black as ever wasborn in hell;'"the governor continued.' "Sure ly my state has not lost confidence in labor to - such an extent as to think harmed forces -would -be used to violate an right of yours." Governor Morrison made it .clear. 'that he had sent troops to Cabarrus county "only' to preserve order" .and "not to take sides in this controversy," and declared that "if any of these soldiers are" found lining up as partisans with either side." I will use my influence as their commander-in-chief to see tat they "are dismissed from the service." The strike was rooted in a deep eco nomic" issue over which he as governor' jcould exercise .np .author ty, .he declar ed, and it must be settled finally pon an economic basis b y those who are parties to lthe controversy.- :He made it clear that he had no come to the scene of the conflict to assume the role of mediator, but to -outline what he con ceilrea "to 'bthe rights of -those on- the two sides of the contest, in response to "insistent appeals from James F. Bar rett president of the State, Federation of 'labor and other -labor leaders. - "I beg in conclusion," said the gov ernor "that the Christians and pa triots in this community quickly come together as brothers and establish law and order and quiet in your community and if this industrial conflict cannot .be lies tor it. can do, then 1" is proceed until one .fide or ;me uuii I VfniPVia' la " . '. !ltifwi-- .Aid: that the three comnleVof -troops in,' thisv vicinity would b withdrawn just as soon as 7he local" authorities felt that they, could control the - situation., .. . j - Chief of Police Robinson indicated later that in hls-oplhion the situat on wouia-'arrant the wia,rAw1 - o troopssome time next week ; Three additional mills, the .Franklin, the of own and the Cabarrus: of Gpn; cord. aJl of the . Cahnon system, wilL rHumlt operation ;.Monayo according to ' announcement. ViVX. 7 Raloh Bi-Falson. who. said; that detachr l2iAmV wdiild -be. -withdrawn ionf WillsJnow' operAting Mthotit dls- mills .-Monday mormxis, " - " rbance ani Placed . at VPtg there as " Ion g as necessary r With the opening Pf these; thre mills, .only, two o? threeVwould be left .idle in'; this ?JunK P. i a .result Othe , general cordahd: Kannapjmmeinr.:6Kthe United. -.Textile ? w ornex y 11 tav:.' thelr-vpledge to city and r pountr Vthoriles Vtt4tth. vidVdo-;their "tWotttaaw PROPOSED FOR ."AN'S TAXES' IS DjOMlY KITCHIN Sage of Jcotlahd';:' Neck Still Thundering Against Income . and Surtax Proposals SOLDIER FIRST He Would Remember the War plWrpra Orphan F and Widow in Need -"WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. More than half a hundred amendments to the Re publican -tax bill, most of them of minor importance, were accepted today y the house in a fiva hours' session marked by occasional clashes, between the -majority and minority, and a re newal of the personal controversy be tween Chairman Fordney of the ways andn means committee and Represen tative 'Byrnes, Democrat, South Caro lina. A number of other changes in the bill, including.limination..of the pro visions for a per cent tax on the manufacturers of proprietary medi cines, tooth powder and paste and mouth washes, and a reduction in the tax on cereal beverages, from 6 to 4 cents a gallop, are expected to be pro posed tomorrow by the; ways and means committee before the measure is passed late in the day. Republicans and Democrats of the house were a unit today in approving one amendment, that striking ut the section, of the bill imposing ah annual license tax of $10 on vendors-of soft drinks. On a few other changes there were sharp divisions, but many of the minor -onesi-merely changing language or punctuation were put through with out a- sihsle member on either Iside voting on the "yea" and "nay" calls. All ot, the commitee changes proposed we're' adopted.; ' 'Under one -amendment approved over L Democratic " opposition. corporations making gifts for charitable purposes would be-- relieved .' from tax . on ; such sums unless they, exceeded five per cent "of. the net 'income-of the donating com pany.' : -t: The big -fight of the ay was over aa amendmenty defining - as foreign trade "corporations 'such'-domestiejcor-porationsas derive- &0 p e cent or more errTk l-fss'"lneom f r ni tfte active conductoi ouainess-; outiae xne7tnwia State, and similarly, as foreign traders thoseAmericans who derlvfe 8 per cent or more;-of - their gross income from sources outsideof this country. . The Democrats claimed this proposal was. a, 'discrimination against TUreJy ZJomesttc fcorporatlons. tn the matter of taxes, Tthe Republican defended it on the ; ground" that it was necessary to Tell eve : foreign trade corporations and foreign traders, from taxation on in come received from sources outside the country in order that they might com plete with foreign concerns. The amendment was adopted,. 103 to 85,-11 -Republicans Joining In the nega tive vote. " " - Tht- views' of- the minority on the tix bill, written by Representative Kitchin of North Chrolina. ranking Democrat 'on the ways ana means com mittee, who is ill at home in Ntca Carolina, were filed with the . houi&e late today by Representative Oldftlcl, Democrat, Arkansas. While anhouhtJ.r ing Democratic opposition to. ' "many provisions of the bill." Mr. Kitjhin.con-' fired his -report to -what he ternied'thfe two principal provisions of the Repub licrn , tax program repeal . cf the ex cess profits tax and the substitution, of a-24 per- cent increase In the corpo ration income tax , and elimination of the surtax income rates in excess of 32 per cent." ' " . Tho -North Carolina member dec'ar ed repeal of the , profits tax would be "an absolute surrender; to an oberlit Bco of the will and comman-1 of the alg corporate interests and'one of 'he mo -t vicious pieces of legislation that was over proposed or advacat'sd cpenly by any public man since t.ie beginning of the government." ' ' "It demonstrates," no added, "h fact -that the member voting 'tr it will and -must 'look Hereafter to these cor porate - interests for. support ratnor than to the plain people." ",Mr. Kitchiri renewed the claim made in his recent telegram to the Demo cratic caucus that the profits tar re peal would benefit the rich corpora tions at 'the expense of the poor ani to support his argument gave figures which he declared' w-ere obtained from the annual reports of .,' he commissioner of internal revenue. Declaring the reports showed that the -corporations in this country' made $47,000,000,000 profit .from January . J, tn-i C "-'Tamiavv 1 1091 Itf f V XT y I, :r said that after deducting incoVne. ex- f ess profits and.-other war taxes, they nan a cjear.prgai ieii ui oo,u"i, uuu,u-iu "more thanfour-iittns or wnicn was made by less than ioooo corporations and "more than half of which was made by: 1,026 of .;the Jblg profiteering coroo-rations-r-which includes" the steel, trus. the: Bethlehem , Steel compahy, the Ou pont companies, the various btandard Oil companies, .the Woal. icoinbine, the woolen, trust, the meat packers, etc. "Whatfan impregiakle pjpltion it would be," said Mr, Kitchii, "and what an'-appeal --it vwould make I to the sen ofrlght and justice ,rf tne" people for the Democrats to take tha positioh that not a dollar of taxes should, be reduced en ;these - profiteering ' corporations and on .the millionaires -and'multi-mlllioriV aires that - reaped the harvests of wealth during the war, as long as there is a "single disabled or --sundsd soldler or a single widow or orp jan.of a .dat S9ldierv or' a "single -.veteran in ; ne-d." GRANT SUCCEEDS ARMSTRONG f NASHVILLE, Tenn.7 Augv 19. It is announced i here today, thatv Edward Grant.' a" laymart ofBonham, Texas and a native:-of Scotland, has, been elected educational' secretary of the J foreign missions executive. 'committee .; of- the southern Presbyterian , cnnrcn ia ceed Rev.'JL Armstrong. "( resign iEPEAL r i i RICH! BORAH WOULD PUBLISH NAMES OF THOSE WHO MISMANAGED SHIPPING ' ..: . ' ' . , Wants Congress to Find Out Who's Who'in the Shipping ' Board Crookedness , U MISERABLE MESS' Senator Glass Thinks Admiral Sima Was Right in Oppos ing Shipping Board WASHINGTON, -Aug. :19. D,mafti that congress get the names of men who "had been guilty of. crookedness in the affairs of the shipping board" was made in the senate today by. Sen. ator Borah, Republican, Idaho; ..during consideration vof a deficit bill carrying $48,500,000 to, enable-the board to carry op. its activities. - " Senator Borah declared if officials had failed to -keep , a record of-; funds received and - paidout,' and could give no reason for expenditures and .-losses it could nof ber' passed over -as mec6 incompetency, but as "sheer crooked' ness. -. . . ; z : v. Declaring, that 'the effort- to get at the bottom of .shipping-board manag'i-r ment was not partisan, Senator. Glass, Democrat, Virginia, insisted if crooks should be found they would prove: to be Democrats and Republicans altxc;. an opinion In whichf Senator - Borah agreed. ' ' - . i Throughout the debate-, on . the - bill. Chairman Lasker was both !f criticised and defended.": Senators NewT" Repub lican, Indiana, and Williams, ;.Democeati Mississippi., declared the sooner the government- got. rid of the: whole ship ping . board '.the better it would " be Jf or, the coantry'Sen'ator New characteriz ing ft "as -a miserabls " mess" ajid a "stupendous reck." "Defending the chairman, thd, Indiana senator said ha was one -of 'the ablest business : min in the United states, -and that he would fully sustain his srebutatioh If given time to get - some semblance c f order: out of .''a disorganised establish ment" '-' -':..;-- " - ':. ; -t-. . !' - Senator Williams . contended on the other hand, that- anyman "who had been on . a job t wet , nign ths. nd; who could ot - tell . cohgresa 'ihpw v it ist'd ougbt tO'be ,-diseharged.-5?.fs;''. y r:'BpeatinKutaem f rrmw' erK"ktf- A-m.$-4CT JCimtf 4-Ka... a J feet ;" that " th 1 governmint should i 6 1 attempt, to; develop -'its "merchant - sia rine,"" Senator, (flass su id he had not at tho time agreed With' It. . "But I am fast. beginning" to believe the admiral wi. rfghf4 he said, -''I'of if we are. to follow.' the methods of th6 shirping board much longr . t 'will bankrupt the-. ,&vrnnieQl;'. ; i -v,. -':.- -; Director Dawes of ;.tt;e oudget"V4s criticised by Senator Harrison .'Demb crat, Mississippi,, for irsinmittlhg thi Lasker request for $li"6,t;C0,OOO1.:,Wliv: had: been - cut more ' than liilf:cTEr;:1 house. Much" of -the ;dv?sArl4J4ifmJ house. , Mueh'. ot' '-the: .stlpfla'!nue ' Commi'ssloner Watts, explain- ran back to the 'a.t-JbtWdWlrtt tumi ui, wuiui jn;w trwu -oirn.ceiMjrj.H. Mains the suggestlohrtha administration had -""been -,criietfiri . k illed, and how wlis dead, political lyi 1 ORANGE STREET REALTY ;. FEATURED MART FRIDAY Seven Deeds in All Were Fifed Here Yesterday "' .. . - , v -;. ! Orange street realty-was featured in deeds filed at "the offlee-Tof the Yegister yesterday, fouriof-the seven deals go ing on record resulting from changes in ownership of Orange street prop erty. The deeds were: E. J. Irving and wife to H. F. Wil der? a lot 29.K by 64 feet on Orange street, 61.5 feet east of Ninth street, $100 and other valuable "considerations. Home Realty company to W. C. Shep- ard, a lot 33 by .66 feet n Orange n , n , A, .4 rfm.lfl. l t- $100 and other valuable considerations. E. J. Irving and wife to H. F. Wilder.: a lot 29 by 64 feet ori: Orange street, 26 feet, east of Ninth street, lOOand other valuable considerations E.' J. Irving and wife to H." F. .Wil der, a lot 26 by' 64 feet on- Orange street, at the intersection of the- north ern line of Orange street and the east ern line of "Ninth-street, $100 and other valuable considerations. . . Carolina Real Estate company to An thony Borkowski and. wife, a tract consisting of ,15 acres,?,ln6re:.or.Iess, on Prince George, creek,: being farm 15, and a part of 16, In the" Mara thonf tract,: $10 and - other valuable -considerations. E. J. Irving -and 5 wife to, Hv F: Wil der, a lot' 33 By Ii3 feet'on Creecjr av enue, 132 r feet ;westof ' Twentieth street, $100 and - other valuable con siderations." -i"" i - . j " : J' Southeastern . Realty company' to Bruce Jore- andl wife a lot; 3? - by :100 feet on ; Dawson stfeet. iat; the -souths western ' intersection, of Dawsoni . and Twelfth streets, $100 :and' other .valua ble considerations.! ' - -' : - FUNERA1j C.l-i.- MEiSTB-JB-- TO - BE HET-H -HSREOBIEUIfDAf . :' '..,;, -,:-..' ;5'. ' . C. Li Meister, "mechanical engineeiNOf the Atlantic Coast X4j?e . railroad, who left Thursday for -Easton, Maryland,' to be at the bedside eflhl n. C..J-. Meis ter, Jr., adyised' yesterday - the 'young man had : iediuddnlyi Yesterday morning, ' following - a sudden ' illness with pneumon la... : .".--''' '.. . -J The sad. intelligence, of young Meis ter's death, .was. contained-? in ; a- tele gram " received yesterday, mbrning - by W. JI. Newejl, v Jr.t MThe remains will arrive in Wilmington tomorrow morn?: ing,,; and the funeral-, service; will, be conducted fom the home, tomorrow aft ernoon" at 6 o'clock. : ." . . : '; : - Young Meister Jef t .Wilmington Sun day , night . to visit-: friends at t Easton, and v at the time the young jraan, , who ed.-;lof healthT-rrfe ' - 1 i - :-'. - : . i m - m - - kkBsLW-.---.-H-sisK- wA mr- -d - a vm . t-7 n . i -r n r rst mm nnti i ri r t in - - ri m- . -i r - w st si -"-i -rnn w m nin vwnn. w r.irn m.iiu - vv "Brtoding" ImmigrantsTEln Route to Amer icaj - fx . ....... . fl if AssBsaRS. irvi ,-:c: k&z,Z. Thetightnlng up of the immigration laws of. this. country has led to a Oon8idebl.::fiiKdergropnd""tra4nc'assport9. : To break-. thjls up foreign authoritiesh.'s;hit upon the no'vevfdea of - branding . iffhpi indelible ink the name -"of ."an immigrant to whom a passport has been issued. This brand inar 'is jJohe .6' Tthe bark of thn neck, under tCe aalr. " Ameficari InSDec- tors, can, by an, Inspection of the passport and . by ; a. glance at the name ano.maric on tne. DacK.qitne necK, determine at oncsai merenas Deen any substitution of identity, on" the part ' of , the immigrant, 'in .'the few cases this 'novel plan has beenl tried it is said to have worked welt. Maxwell Say Dis cussed Former -Tax -Commissioner Declares That the Mpney Tobacco Companies Are Seeking to Hare Paid Back to Them Ought to Stay in the: Public Treasury, by the, Most ;Ele- '.. --'j JV.1-Tft3.-ln TFJt I-"- "T ,'.. i4s.-Tik-.l.-r RALEIGH, Aug. 20. Co an Commissioner Allen J. Maxwell '-today answering CoL A.-D.: Watts' statement, declares '-Jthat Colonels Watts has - gone outside "AheU maio : jimst? Jn.Yled and" Has" spent alt 6f!:hTs:metrlJ$g slde matters. He cites what he claims jfire the ..facts In the tobacco cases in the following statement: ; "Discussions of - a , controyersal- na iuerare. prone to run to collateral is-.'-m ,?n . th .throe column article of Mgrfthe rebate on ?iairUuu,uuo o- vauue PV-eirPurham - tobacco companies for Qg$ltie, amounting, in rebate of -ac-tuAE'.ae7. to$lt0.327.32, in. a t matter WHlirSfftrj4ad-- by the tax cbinXsBlotki ther T,;is . not a- word that ikWoimejkMrltBt:: the ques- tloh Wes53tiSi ih-yJfpTmrstatement. The-mTitsotrf-liPoiV a tew awn pieqT4esiiosiWat5o vertlble v fact.. yhichmaV stated: ;V-r:--f':'.c'T'"'':'?;-'' " -v-,:' 3T.-;'V?" "Manufacturers :- of -"i tobacco f .carry their stocks oyer a period ' of years for agittg and processing, wmen is as uecessary a: pact- Jpf,. hesOpst of '.the product as thploughlngvof, the- land and the raising6f thetobaeco. " v - "Every" dollar rot .the.' valuation- 't bated, $11,933732. was , actual -noney invested in the stocks of .leaf tobacco by these companies -and held by thetn. in their warehouses' in Durham on J an uary 1.1920. ; " . "'"" "; , ..-,''.. ' ;" . V.The most ot-.th!is moneywas invest ed in tobacco at times m previuius Iwhen a dollar would buy ,mor,e pojjnds OI looacco lho.ii i- - - on January . 1, 1920.. so the stocks asa .-hod an aoDi-eciated, rather, than "depreciated value -at- the - time- bf tax listing on u""- - - - "'That-r fact ts conciLusivry'dmon- tratea"'b'th-recx) ker value of: leaf tobs6cf ottheriod of years' during hicef obcoj was bought The 'average' sSIst rfoe of rftd-. bacco 6n Ntfttlwqrcnt to; " .n...(o Ainr- !11b. .20cents: inl917 31.5 -bents ;:tt l13,..cet JS'1919, 50.8' Refits, andinVDecentber. 19i9r;53.94- ceht-s'" -:Y-"It is conclusively! proytm by' the action 6f : tobacco cpahies-other wthan the Durham compantes; .who hAd yol--untarily-returned their stocks tobacco- a itsfuij ,book value and in iMted that'that; -was Conservative ?yatue krvn.n9?0.T iTitimOny-, is strongest -when inteliigent;-ten, "it."is' also 'supported: bythe .action or? the Durham vcbmpanies .themselves in:paying preniiumsvonfirinwrance on 5hese 8 stocksnotonlyothull amount of theirssessment. butepver-, S the appreciatetfLlue sums.imany i-Sn flniiar srreater - than the- book. ue-from which $11,032,732 has nowJ been aeauciBa- .---. - -- - -.--,-. - These are the simple faetf- to whih there has been- and will, be -oa.nswe-. lA.lt the' representatives . and; experts ahdtfriendsof eT,gTeatpif)a breuVhf before; the- ieommissloj did .npt and m could tinot - answer ehr-and Mr. '-Wtt-f-cannot:'' .'PfAr - . t thev.-ftM true, why should compa- FrUei4nothericitiesvln:tKestate pay every dollar previously slnyest5d 1 leaf tobacco-and the Amriean and. I4ggett ant Myers companies ' pay. on '54' cents and - while Ithey pa insaranceTon; a tKA.nfs. : '-":; V''T-",;;- h' 'Why' go back now If months ' to: the tax vilStlHS V- -J--"--.'. " -,; v-a. $110,0b0-f avorttism .:'torthe'se. fortunate conipanies-' whentbndehied f acts how. ; thattnjs i mpeyougAVi 9 :::S:-A:;-:- v-s fx- TJ.-.-. v i t se plalhlngry -'"listed ..tjteir ' leaf tobacco upon ;th'e ' identical 'sis :from which th ese companies- appvaled, demands it. Their tnoneyis: invtth: public treasury. "I have no dIjx.6,sltlon.tb argue tae technic legal question of the right to again reopen . thisecases and refund 1920 taxes - discussed in Judge. Man ning's opinion, inwhich he opens the door for these cgmnan'ies and shuta it for others by hbTdinjg. that a company that had already . hd Its . hejing on appeal and its case disposed of, coud be again reheard, but hat a company that . had . had no hearing at all could not. It's the patent and indefensible injustice and discrimination in the or der refunding this $110,000 of public money that I complain of, . and whloii I. say again makes a mockery of any pretense of ; equal, administration of our.'lax laws, if it stands. . J. . S.. Griffin ..has v explained that no member of ; the r, tax.-' commission had anything' to ' do.'withXor knowledge of hthe; apppintmen t of ' the j committee that examined ana reporxea. : on tnis to bacco,' which -repbrt Vis largely relied oh by Mr. ' Watts .artdj' his associates. The tax commission i-h ad" great respect for the gentlemen who . made that re port." It was.an unpleasant public duty hot to accept- it although the commission was - not : directly . respon sible, for their appointment.'; But the opinions expressed in it - did not line up with the. known and admitted facts in the case. Mpl.. Watts and his as sociates Anally -.Tha ve not- themselves followed the .recommendations in that report, with j, respect to, the American company; presumably for -the reason that the values recommended by the committee were .'less .than .those .origi nally returned : By 'the company itself. , i "The-'tax ' commissiott- was j embar rassed by the opinions: of experts and friends of '.these- companies, but these opinions wouldn't' .line.C up with the kno.wh ' facts ; and these gentlemen had necessarily . formedT . -their opinions fforft - the -. ex-- parte ' representations ' of the companies interested, Just as Mr. Watfa--and bis " board of equalization did. " , v ?'. - ' -'-. v '4. ' ' want to vsay again that nothing has been further from my thought than-, to .-criticise the present. tax ad ministration' In Its handling of the per plexing' tax problems of 1921, but I did - have -my - : share - of responsibility for the tax"Vbooks of v;1920 which this ofder strikes &t. I. sweated -over the persistent importunities of these com panies and their -friends for six months and- investigated , every, -angle of their untenable position With knowledge of the good faith 'wlth' which and un der which tax payers, big -and little, all-rover North. Carolina .-listed their property in; JL820 tt 'fuli; value, with no effort to ;scale.-.lt.down ,to 55- per cent of KJbst rt'a "previous lower mar ket, this rebate.' of this, great sum of money to .these : great and., prosperous corporations,- upon an ex; parte hearing of --, themselves"- jan4 .:: their -obliging f rle.ids. :,witbutia.vlike.-scaling down for pUier ta-Cpayersri Vigi rami little' is a great . pubjlcwj-ong that- cries aloud for. remedy, .-.-..j':,-':. -- ; "By the most elemental -principles of fair play, and equal Jiealing this money belong in- the ' -publi$ treasury, and ought,; to -ataythecr;v": : i:'BO'-(XBAHED-OP-Fi.TBlClDB r GIBSON, ,Ga;;"i Ansi lSAIton Mc Lain, 14 , who": wias tried here today on a charge of. murder In' connection with the .ieath. of -his father, H. P. McLain, Glasscock v cbuntJT -farmer, 'was acquit ted by. a-jury, after. 30-minutes .delib eration. . The boy .told - th jury that 1 tMkW9 ft it W Watt Hasn Merits of BATTLESHIP A FACTOR STILL, NOT DISPLACED BY BOMBING AIRCRAFT Report on Recent Trials Off Vir ginia Capes Says Big Ships Remain Chief Defense LESSONS OF TEST Bombing German Ships Reveals Necessity of Improved Anti-Aircraft Weapons WASHINGTON. Aug. 19. Results of bombing tests held off the Virginia capes from June 21 to July 21 have failed to displace the battleship from its pre-eminent position as the na tion's chief defense at sea. . This was the outstanding conclu sion of the report of the joint board of "the army and navy, 'made publio today by General Pershing, the senior . member, and approved by Secretary" Weeks and Acting Secretary Roose- velt. ' ' ' . . The test which resulted in the sink- ing of four ex-Gerraan war ships by aerial bombs proves, however, - the board added, ''thatit has become lm- perative "as a matter . of- national de fense to provide for the maximum pos sible development of aviation in both, the rmy and navy." . s ' The tests proved also, the board,' agreed, .the "necessity for aicraft carriers of maximum size and speedj as , an effective -adjunct, of the fleet,' and for the development of "effect tlve anti-aircraft armament." Instead of furnishing an eeonimU Jj.i instrument of war leading to the abolition of the battleship,, the develop ment of aircraft has added to tha' complexity of naval warfare," the re- port stated. The tests, which were conducted by, the navy with the co-operation of thar army air service, was reported upor' separately by army and naval boards of observers, and these reports formed the basis of the statement issued to- lday. V. - The joint board - Included Admiral R., E. Coontz, chief of naval operations; Maj.-Gen. W. G.'-Haan, assistant to the chief of stafft Rear Admiral C. S. Wil liams,, naval - operations;. Brlg.-Gen. Henry Jetvey, general staffs and Capt. W. C. CoIehaval. operations. The bard! tound that military air craft when used beyond the radius of factt6n of- shore bases, , ,'limited assis- tance to gunnery : in the control of fire; limited' assistance ln the "service of information and : security and im portant strategical and tactical, quali ties In operations of - coast defense." but 'might prove' a" decisive factor in coastal operations if used in adequate numbers. "If heavier-than-alr craft are to be effective in naval warfare" the report said, they must have great mobillty and since their radius of action is not great, additional mobility must be obtained -by providing mobile basis 1.- e., aircraft carriers. "So far as known no planes large enough to carry a bomb effective against a major ship have been flown.' from or landed on an airplane carrier at sea. It is probable however, thattf future developments will make sucha operations practicable." ROAD SENTENCES ARE HANDED OUT IN COURT Ninety More Days of Service on , County Highways The county-road force, already of such proportions that, the county board of commissioners is alarmed at the out lay for supplies, was further augment ed ty Recorder George Harrlss yester day, mdrnlng when -90 more days of labor were assigned to three defend ants. Eugene Fields, convicted, of gambling and unable, to pay the fine of $10, plus the, costs, was sent out there for 30 days. Fields was also convicted of vagrancy and drew 30 more days on, that count, sentence to begin at the expiration of the initial stretch. Charles Dixon, charged with reckless operation of an automobile, was unable to pay his ffrv $10, apd the costs, and drew the other 30-day sentence. Other cases handled yesterday were: Mosley Holly, no chauffeur's license, nol pros. " 4'7 Eliza Tray, violating the prohibition law, continued until today. W. F. Webb, larceny, continued to August 24. ; Andrew Boney, digging in streets, costs. , George Melvin, larceny, nol pros. - N. C. Shepard, violating the parking ordinapce, nol 'pros. " J. T. Austin, speeding, $10 and costs. R. C. Williams, Jr., speeding, $io and costs. CHAIRHAlr; HeWtETT NAMED OFFICER OF COMMISSIONERS ,1 Chairman Addison- Hewlett, or the board of commissioners of New Han over county, was selected as sixth dis trict president Of the. State Association . of County Commissioners, at the an--nual convention of the association at Washington., Chairman Hewett has returned from," the ' meeting. The association accepted the invita tion .of Dr. Howard Odum. to- hold their; next contention, at ' Chanel 'Hill. , Asheville, Hiddenlte . and . Nashville bid fdr the . next convention, but Chapel Hill was 'Unanimously .chosen. ' The convention, adopted resolutions indorsing the. North .Carolina Chil-. dren's Home society ,"at Greensboro; the -Borah-Bankhead bill now' pending m : ; congress, for theVdevelbpment of arldr--and semi-arid -lands and swamps by means of co-operation' between . fed- :: ' eral and itate 'governments; co-opefa- .N tlve marketing.- and -a coastal high- .-- way from Norfolk, l.htough Williams- J WM "J ) -
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