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OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. RS m SHERIFFS' "".' 'J-v. '-.V' '"'c'v' ES USING MACHINE SEVER AL KILLED iVarfire Beifig Conducted nc the Login County,: V. Va4 front IN ASK TROOPS Authorities Send An- er I rgent JYelegram to WashWbton w. Va?JJjg. 31. JUdden In n i in nesi,i jcorrwjiuiiusui ji vi.ved PresU aided by field t.--ay vlevjed the fighting 14 -pKea threes. est wasvKiit of the Logan ieffiisea. ail ; thegun -was !rifrs.'stJIen coir- by deputy. tt w ere Been gcKrjiD( dvui iuo passes of adjacent coun one.' iDurftfc the correspon iv he'saw-W members of .the L f : rces f ahli after being . shot gunners tolihlm they saw two low nprlo to his arrival. -iV-.kedc reek line extended for. o of thr; miles on thesridsre' U Losa'couiity and Boone. To I t frona rlxKan" the route ."was - miles oinAevei country ami ep path", f o r -"miles Ions, over enforcements-'tolled : carrying ion and!: p revisions. The ma :r. neet.wau'j about In 'the mid he lirte.ItloverloolUd a valley A mlleatant '-were several s w alch. projtect e the, Bands of men as wie:w : iuaue aiiouipi ank eonntyi lofncers and get be anl , agali they tried to ae- tlieir purijose bufat each at- aohlne gnnMand rifle fire drove -k. Ife was .7 luring; one of these hat the co3j ?epondent saw two in the road way: othr occasion a band-of about came-doTrni the xoad betw.een 1inss. A'hpavy .nre mmi? me cwevefaufed them fcatHy.o cartying- xOfOT. orve.or ueir 'a on h eir shoulders., :.;Wpethier eine carried fhad ' been wounded lot be dt$rmfbed - i' achlne' gutters previously had in the valley below.where " it 1 a woman, (Children and an old M riot been oie to leave. ow n the child and the old man e een in the roadway during I: 're fire. -Y sides dl the nest constant ha-i been hiKrd indicating that ?'! forming flanks on both In -corfctant contact with m?;ng bandn. A courier from f fjnk reported that a machine pi ben located on the other side it the gunrfT,s had been eitnor away or wfTanded. After a stay hiirs, durips which there was --in- the correspondent left the k rnrTY IsGAlN ASKS I i:i13KAI- 1BOOPS BE RUSHED - w. Va., 'Aug. 31. Logan au- announced tonight that a tele--ad been jent to Washington rhat unles troops were sent countv -vould be attacked Tf?,' 4,003 and 5,000 men. Shf.rif? a the sam time lssuea tno toi ctdTnent to newspapermen: has been more or less con- ; --ing oil) four points or tne -a The' points are Beech Flair, Crooked creek and Mill ;a!es. according to the best re v pan obtain, were limited to I n T-e defensive or Logan county t .! nn Gore, deputy sheriff, was I -5 were John Cofage and Jim I v 'unteerA aiding the authori- was ajMcloweii man, me fmn Logajj county. We have .- j -r. inforriation as to the num-'!-: on theopposing side. We - -e minoi who was shot when rer a our mfn. Tne most serious was repo ted from tne vicinty r At all I Jints our forces sue in driving back the invaders, opponents 'ivanced one mile in F air districft but were driven ! '"the Beeci creek district they nci ne mile and they also were baik. Th furthest aavance f- Peck' s 1 hill district, where Knvanced twclmiles along iriewen Hfi-e we a so drove them back. have l,20ffmen and have ar 1 fr-r reinfqpements from vari 'int?. inclufcig Bluefield. Wil n. McDowelj and Huntington. I anl nothing of the fate of the es held pris hers, but I fear for That is al I can say at this announcement that an appeal ifcn made to; the federal govern- hasten dispatch of troops was by offlcialei at the courthouse the sheriff was talking to the r apermen. I- L. HMBJrr RliADY TO SEND PROOFS at'momexts notice HINGTON, .'.ug. 31. The federal n. m e n t stood ready tonight to act ?t Virginia siould tomorrow's re show lack of compliance .with ient Harding s proclamation call n. an persons engaged in "unlaw- insurrectionary proceedings" to n to their holies. o regiments cf troops of 1.000 men one at Campj Sherman, Ohio, and ther at Camp Dix, N. J., were :n ness to move into tne state on a. fnt's notice, vat department offi- said. 1 . proclamation declaring martial n West Virginia ountiee has been n up and Signed $y the President, ' for promulgation. 'Male, however, remained still u 1 tonight ' that neither of these woui-irbe necessary, although cpirlt of optimism has been low- rlurin. the day ,y dispatches the disturbed, ..area . telling of s between bands pf armed men state authorities and containing Food IsiExhausted In The Tartar Republic .-- . . ' - RIGA, AuR.r 31 (By. Associated rreiw)l.ln n of Ruaata'a starving region,' tke Tartar republic, even the children .will receive n "food after, tomorrow, according to an novBcementt publinhed by the "Is- etU today. -. - , ',.4.. V Twenty-ave thousand" t" children maintained by the state Institutions vtn be 'dismissed, while 200,000 fed Under the' eard-ratloaina- ayatem, also have received their last rap. plies, the announcement said. The monthly reserves of the Tartar arov ernment to the amount 'of . TO ' ears of bread, 17 ears of . cereal and two ears of augar have been exhausted and no farther supplies are In sight. 8TARVIXGTEOPLE 'REVOLT LONDON, Anau 81 The famished people In the Russian governments f Tambov, Veronesh and Orel are rebelling, says a Central Me w dis patch from Copenhagen quoting Hel slngf ors advices. The dLrpatrh adds that, troops sent to qucU the' disturb ances have refused to fire upon' the people, ."" ' ' . . -. "He'v y COTTON CONTINUES TO PROMISE VERY: LITTLE Prospects Poor in Almost All' the Crop Bulletin WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. The condi tion of-the crop continues poor In most cf the cotton states, according to the national weather "and crdp bulletin Is sued today. , "Shedding was reported in Oklahoma, Alabama and central-northern North Carolina," the bulletin says, "and wee vil activity was retarded by dry weath er m Florida and Texas, but much dam age continued," except in the northern portions of the belt. Army worms are reported In Arkansas." , "Cotton deteriorated in most of Okla homaand much of Texas the bulletii continued. "The progress during Jhe lveek -wasTather. slow In othjr-"lor-tlions, "except Mn'SJTenhte'eTorthern fe-wbrniio'f-(ea,ther:. vras f alrtv tawtf. 1 The bolls Opened "rapidly an3 tj WPWtttT and ginning were in progress In all Ihe southern and some central portions of the belt; this work made rapid prog ress in Texas. "Little or no rain fell in most north ern, central and western parts of the cotton belt. Scattered light to moder ate showers occurred from central Texas eastward to the Atlantic coast. The temperature was below normal in the eastern part of the belt, about nor mal, or slightly above, in the central and southern parts, and much abova normal in the northwestern portion.' FIFTEEN DEAD, HUNDRED WOUNDED, BELFAST NEWS Truce Observed Everywhere But in Belfast BELFAST, Aug. 31 (By Associated Press.) Although the truce between the discordant factions Is being com pletely observed throughout the re mainder of Ireland, Belfast again today experienced another period of terror from gunmen and snipers. As a re sult, the death list was augmented by six, while 30, persons were injured, many of them seriously. Today's casualties b'rlns the total death roll for the throe days c-f rioting to 15. There probably neve been 100 persons, more or less, seriously injured, of whom numbers were non-combatants, who lucklessly had vetured into the streets which wire being swept by rifle fire and revolver fire. With some quiet intervals, resulting from the police putting snipers to flight, shooting at various sections of the city from early morning until late this evening. Some times it became so dangerous as to necessitate the sus pension of the tramway service. Many workers were unable to reach their places of employment and returned to their homes, while shop keeper, did not dare to open their stores. In some of the disturbed districts manufactur ers were compelled to close for the dry. while owing to the failure to open the shops, the streets presented a deserted appearance. COSMODI MASTERPIECE FOUND BY AN AMERICAN AT ROME ROME. Aug. 31. An American young man, Harry Sternfeld of Pittsburgh, winner of the "Prix de Paris," student ofthe American academy here, has dis covered a masterpiece of Coemodl mosaics embellishing a great facade of a medieval cathedral, several miles from Rome, at Civita Castellana, a place for centuries forgotten, where the, genius of Cosmodi and his sons is but commonplace because of familiar ity. The design was executed in the year 1210 and shows the Influence of the Byzantine school. The whole of th facade Is rich in cokir and glittering with golden fragments of stone which have stood the test -cf 700 years. The immense detail in the design staggers one as they , proceed to examine them closely. The top of the loggia is one mass of mosaic done with variegated colors. Sternfeld says the work Is "a dream; the best example of outside decorative mosaics I know of." Sternfeld has Just completed a draw ing of the facade done in the actual colors, which he is about to present (to the Beaux Arts Architects of New York, the donors of the VPrix de Paris." He has finished his course in the American academy here -and is leav ing for the United States shorUy, to take charse of the school of architec ture in the Carnegie Institute of Tech nology In Pittsburgh. During the war, Sternfeld was an officer In . the artll- CONCORD AGAIN CAHS IMPERATIVffljEED FOR on MORRisi;jo mm i oMredit to TROOPS TO THE MltLSi REtJEVE WARMERS He Will Go From lAsheville to Charlotte Toda to Confer With Metts I OFFICERS ASK HELP Allege That Strikers Once More Are OfferjnTioIence to Employes v ASHEVILLE, Auir, Jll Request that state troops again 'be sent to Concord because of conditions arising: out of the textile strike were received by Gover nor Cameron Morison, frdm'-v.C. L. Speare, sheriff nf Cabarrus county; J. W. Womble, mayor H9f cncj,'!and C. A. Robinson, chief of police ; at Con cord. Governor Morrison also received telephone communications- and tejef grams from several citizens of Cabar rus county requesting that the troops be returned. V r ' - Goveprror Morrison ,;wlll leave Ashe- ville for. Charlotte l five o'clock td-rtg jutant-General Van B, 3Ietts what ac tion should be taken "on the request of Concord and Cabarrna authorities that troops a-ain be dispatched to the tex tile strike zone. The telesram signed by Sheriff, Spears, and mayor and chief of police of Concord said: "Conditions in Concord and vicinity are again beyond the control of the city and county authorities. Three hundred strikers congregated at Brown mill, forcible restraining men and wo men from going: (o work. Respectful ly and earnestly j-equest you call mili tary company to be ordered out im mediately to maintain order and pre serve life." . According ,to'J Information receive! by the governor, disorders have oc curred daily-fthls week at the Browli' and T?orcot.t? mllls.l Operatives - In one room' of the Norcott mill had to be- re- rooved today, the management report ed, because ' bricks had been .hurled, lnto .the ;room.l .;. ' ; ' -A telegram signed by 14 prof esslortal jtpd Tjaln snen c:xonoor4a1r. g r I l?fc...'w' f jtu?!, cotmit.m riserwu lidcalt uatlon. We think presence of troops . - - : -r necessary." President F. M. Sloop, of the local union, textile workers, and L. M. Barn hardt, member of the executive coun cil, of the United Textile Workers of America, today issued a statement that they had done all in their power to maintain law, and order In the strike zone and that employes of the Brown and Norcott mill want to return to work under the agreement reached with C. W. Johnson, owner, on Tues day. The union officials denied that bricks have been hurled into the Nor cott mill. President James F. Barrett, of the state federation of labor, stated to night that he would leave early in the morning for Concord. He said the lat est difficulty there arose over the de mand of the superintendents of t he Brown and Norcott mills that every employe apply for his or her old posi tion, which he asserted does not com ply with the proposition made by Mr. Johnson. Governor Morrison stated tonight he had advised James F. Barrett, president of the State Federation of Labor, h:it he would order the return of state troops to Concord tomorrow if further d!sorders occurred there in connection with the textile strike situation. He expressed the hope that the disturb ances this morning would not be re newed. COMMISSION SENDS ITS POWER CASE TO COURTS Overrules Both Power Company and Mills (By JTJXE B. WARREN RALEIGH. Aug. 31. The corpora tion commission tonight overruled ex ceptions made to its order fixing rates for the Southern Power company, de nying the Justice of the exceptions filed by both the cotton mills and other consumers and the power company. Overruling exception was expected and this now leaves the matter in such shape that it can be fought out in the courts. The five Raleigh printing concerns tonight sent in their acceptances of the amended contract for a quarter million dollars worth of state printing. The amended contracts give the union shops 55 per cent and the open snops the re mainder, if they can handle it, at a price that will save $20,000 during the two year period as compared with the present contract. The strike clause is also more favorable to the state. AMEN PROPERTY OFFICIAL IS nFsmnTD OF OBTAINING FAD TS WASHINGTON. Aug. 31 Recommen dation that "provision be made in forthcoming negotiations with er reany and Austria," to enable the J.lien property custodian to obtain informa tion in those countries for use in. liti gation pending in this country over property seized by the government dur ing the war, was made to President Harding today by Col. Thomas W. Mil ler, the custodian. It is necessary in the best interests of the government. Colonel Miller said, that American agents be affo-rdsd facil ities in both Germany and Austri. for clearing up matters for former, enemy owners and particularly with regard to a number of cases now pending before fhe. courts. Formation of a policy -.govern the ultimate disposition of seized German and Austrian property was ' discussed with the President, Colonel Miller rec ommending the withholding of'nny property until satisfaction is made In connection with, the $400,000,000 in Chairman , Contesii Com mission MakeliRf V; on an Invesiigf outlines f? Ideas Would Arrange, ielp Farmer ilrket His Producer' -anc Stu$ Profitably WASHINGTON, Aus(31. Permanent . . -- . agencies should be. established to pro- vide credit, running from, six months to three years, for planners' production and marketing purposes! to fill the gap between short and.v10tijt time credits furnished by existing banking systems. Chairman Afldersotts o : the congres sional commission, investigating agri- culldral conditions declared today in a statement. .There Is mmediat, im perative and conclsivf necessity of setting up perma.:a$t-machinery," he - The , proposed Jcredjft,' the" statement continued, must be -f such character as to conform , to. farmers' turn over, and of . aufflcrejfit flexibility '.o meet .the varied requirements of differ ent localities "and different commodi ties. Mr. 'Ahdersqjj, contended the credit should" be eLen.ded "for time sufficient to 4hable payment to be made out of the'arnings the farm, with out . freauent renewals, which add to the expelJfSe ofVthe bftrower in fees and commJd&ons. '; i'se, . Declaring tfeat rOcJiinery of suffl cienA scope can beS Established only tJaug'haederal legstetIon, the chair :man held that;nc .established, it . should. Te self-sustlviatng, and should -xequiFer.ro- vernmfiu ouppori -except iwssiblyfoir'vthe; ffVii. capital requir d4o:v3$ J4n."...W'V4tinn. A system establiehM y;aucn-:ri"eh-Jnery, he con tinued; :mat;be. cjrjmpijehensive enough to imeet-we jq7uir.?TOn,ts not oniy oi a i , ' 1'' .. . - . i 4. 11 but the ith limited Tire deal directly withliie-f armors. These agencies should be sufficiehtfy numer ous to meet the requirements of every locality, of every commoditv and of every farmer. Two agencies now exist which might be used as the point of contact of the system with the farmer borrower. These arencies are the com mercial banks : (state and national ). and the farm loan associations as now established under tha farm loan act. A new agency Tnlht be created in the form of a co-operative credit associa tion, built upon lines similar to the farm loan associations. "The second essential, is an agency which can convert a large number of small obligations of the farmers into short-time debentures, or other credit obligations, which can be sold to the investing public. In other words, .t :'s necessary to have an agency through nrVilri tViA Int-osHnff niihlir. ran h reached. "The character of both agencies ;s largely dependent upon whether it is proposed to have the debentures or se curities absorbed by the deposit pool, represented by the deposits of the na tional and state banks, and the liquid assets of the country, or by the Invest ment pool, representing the credit or dinarily Invested in long time securi ties. "There Is, in my judgment no reason why both pools cannot be drawn upon the proper credit requirements of the farmer. "In setting up the agency to deal di- rectly with the farmer borrower, It is desirable to use the primary credit agencies already existing', and there would seem to be no reason why it should not be possible to use both the commercial banks (state and national) and the farm loan associations. "In like manner, in order to set up the asrency to distribute farm credit t the investing public, whether in the form of the original obligations or in the form of debentures or other secur ities, it may be possible to use both the farm loan banks and the federal re serve banks." On completition of its inquiry, the commission, Mr. Anderson predicted, would be able to recommend to con gress "a definite concrete plan" which, he added, would "complement the credit facilities now offered through the farm loan and the federal reserve systems" and would "give to the American far mer the most comprehensive and flexi ble credit system in the world." WHEAT PROSPECTS NOT SUCH AS TO CAUSE GREAT ALARM WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. No cause for serious alarm is apparent at. pres ent over the prospect of the world's wheat supply, although the situation is not so satisfactory as was expected during the first part of the current sea son, according to the department of ag riculture. Twenty countries, Including the United States, which produce approx imately 68 per cent, of the known wheat cron of the world, will harvest 2,461,430,000 bushels this year. That is 76,287,000 buehels more than harvested In those countries last year Drought in the greater part of the northern " hemisphere was a serious menace In many countries, but fall sown wheat "Was not so adversely af fected. as at first supposed.. Nearly all nothern and central European coun tries will have larger wheat crops than last year. " A very unsatisfactory feature in tlu present International situation Is the hopeless condition of Russian crops, the department experts ? say; Unofficial repotrs state only a' very small area was sown In Russia' i'to. the 4 various rors resulting in a failureto produce aufficient . food for-' the country's .need. J 9 Dougherty Pictures Forces Undermining American Law Attorney-General Says Three Greatest Influences Menacing Reign of Law are Theories of Political Philosophy in In dustrial Disputes, Agitation to Uppet Republic, and Opposition to Prohibition Statutes CINCINNATI, Auet. 31. Theories of political philosophy now "advanced by those who either violate law or sympa thize with the law violator" in indus trial conflicts, agitation to upset American form of government, and against enforcement of prohibition statutes, are the greatest forces at work in the United States to undermine respect for law, Attorney-General Daugherty declared today in an address before the American Bar association. Arguing equally against sentiment that regards a convicted I. W. W. as a "hero of conscience" and "political prisoners;" that holds a bootlegser as exponent of "personal liberty," and sets up the slosan of "human rights against property rights" in employ ment disputes, Mr. Daugherty asserted fallacy and danger lay in all. The .attorney-ueneral in his address which was his first since assuming of fice,' suggested a method of Informing public opinion by semi-governmental means to obviate industrial conflicts, but advocated complete disregard for the theories advanced in the other two fields. He declared the demand for "personal liberty" in prohibition en forcement had been "advanced in the past by every champion of lawlessness who has. sought excuse for unlawful conduct." "Supremacy of the law is not under minded by the ordinary criminal who commits murder, robbery, larceny," Mr. Daugherty said. "To the contrary, every occurrence of crimes of this sort tends to Impress upon society the pro found" importance of law and its vig orous enforcement. 'The supremacy of the law is and has been challenged mainly in that class of legislation where there exists a difference of opinion as to governmental policy in enacting the legislation in question. At the present time among the forces undermining respect ror law are the doctrine of so-called political offenses, erroneous conceptions of personal lib erty and false doctrines as to the rights of individuals and minorities." Resentment of large corporations of "persons and capital" against "inter ference of laws regulating ;them." Mr daugherty- sa1d;lnv6TST amrsTaken-tf-:fim-asena order Js ,.the h" tn jPtrr4TfTfi esfc .ti A -tSTe curl tv l Despite the bitterness shown duffn'g recent years in industrial disputes, Mr. Daugherty said "statesmen, economists and thinkers are hopelessly divided" as to a remedy, "because they have not had at hand a trustworthy report of the facts in each case." "It seems, de sirable," he concluded as to this, "that there should be somej asency in gov ernment to investigate the facts of each case as it arises, make a finding, and publish it to 'those concerned. Such publicity in most cases will be all suf ficient to settle the question without further action." The suggested investigation should AS FATHER OF WATERS SO IS LIQUOR STREAM Blair Admits Drying up Nation is Like Damming the Mis sissippi (Special to The Star) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Internal Revenue Commisslonor Blair admitted to callers today that the task of "dry ing" up the nation is becoming more difficult, and that when the government thinks it has it stopped one place, it turns to find it worse at another. ' It is like damming the Mississippi river when it is breaking the levees at every weak place along its course. In the mountains of the south, he explained, moonshining is the great sin against tne prohibition laws; in the ports, marine rum-running, ami in inlands cities, bootlegging. Mr. Blair has inaugurated a drive against the liquor smuggler, believing that if he can be checked, the steady f.ow of Scotch, Irish and Canadian whiskeys can be controlled. He ,would like to patrol the entire state, the Ca nadian and Mexican borders and the feulf with experts but it would require an army such as that sent to France to fight the Germans. Smuggling has become a real menace. Millions of dollars are being made out of it. The output of distilleries Is not a drop in the bucket to the smuggled goods brought in. ."-. -Commissioner Blair made knowri"tq. cay that the assignment of E. C. Yel lowley as head of the "flying squad ron" to clean up New York, is only the beginning of a hard drive against the smugglers. Other "flying squad rons'1 will be placed in seaport towns up and down the Atlantic. Special at tention will be given to .Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flor ida and Louisiana ports where great quantities of gooos are oeing ia.nuea daily or nightly. TRAVELING MAN CLEARED OF CONNECTION WITH MURDER TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 31. M. D. Futcn, traveling salesman, arrested today in connection with the. death of Miss Vir ginia Turner, whose body was found in a creek near Clearwater Saturday, was released from custody late today after having been questioned by Sheriff Lind sey, of Pinellas county, who came here from Clearwater. Officials said they were confident Futch was not connected with the af fair Futch was not confined to jail, but merely held in -the sheriff's office awaltlnsr tha arrival -f the Pinellas sheriff ' . rest "on the undisputed theory that the public have a right to know what the quarrel lis about In every strike or lockout," but the finding should not be backed by legislation compelling ac ceptance by either party, he added. The attorney general, who recently made a study of the cases of Eugene V. Debs and others serving sentences for violation of war time laws, discussed at length the question of "political of fenses." ' "There !is now being disseminated extended propaganda to dignify the crimes committed by many persons now in prison for disfoyal conduct or ob structing the government in the war with Germany by a general doctrine of political offenses," he said, "to cre ate a public sympathy not only to have such persons freed, but to have this doctrine of political offenses rec ognized as part of our domestic life, the purpose being to allow such crimi nals and those in sympathy with them to continue such opposition to law and order with impunity. This propoganda has been waged by persons mainly hostile to American Institutions for the purpose of educating the public, as they term it, to the fundamental dis tinction between political offenses and common crimes. These propagandists term all the anarchists, I. W- W.'s and socialists convicted of law violation 'idealists' and 'heroes of conscience' and demand their release on the ground that their acts are political of fenses merely. "Many well-meaning persons feel that It is sufficient reason for the re lease of these people to say that they are political prisoners. Men have of ten been taken off their guard oy catch phrases and slogans that seem to express an idea. It is one of the most dangerous cloaks that has yet been devised by enemies of our const! tutional system of government to cover lawlessness and disrespect for law. A man may have certain "reli gious o political objections, but one not only violates the law his country imposes, but uses his full powers to induce others to violate law, is going too far to excuse himself. Assaults upon the prohibition amend ment and laws, he continued, involved "an i erroneous theory- of personal - lib erty under ottr constitutional system." "Thr may still debate the wisdom ffrlw&WM only rone c6t tfttotLdvttr andfH4r3 obedience to "the law while It" exists. The constitutional safeguards of minor ities in this republic leave no excuse for any person to hold its laws in con tempt," he said, discussing vfhis point. "Those who do not believe in Our gov ernment and the enforcement of our laws should go to a country which gives them their peculiar liberty. "My duty is clear. As long as I am responsible head of the department of justice, the law will be enforced .with all the power possessed by the govern ment, which I am at liberty to call to my command." SCOFFERS AT DRY LAW SOW DRAGON'S TEETH Country Will Reap Harvest of Anarchy as Result of Their Preachments CINCINNATI, Aur. 31. Commercial and social leaders who scoff at the fed eral prohibition law are aiding the cause of anarchy and promoting mob violence, robbery and homicide, it was declared today in a warning issued to the American people by the judical sec tion of the American Bar association. "The people Of the United States have undertaken to suppress the age long evil of the liquor traffic," the statement, signed by Judge Charles A. Woods, of South Carolina, chairman of the section, said: "When for the gratification of their appetites, lawyers, bankers, merchants and manufacturers, and social leaders, both men and women scoff at this law, or any other law, they are aiding the cause of anarchy and promoting mob violence, robbery and homicide. "They are sowing dragon's teeth and they need not be surprised when they find that no judicial, or police authority can save our country or humanity from reaping the harvest." The statement was Issued after a large audience had listened to William Howard Taft, chief justice of the su preme court of the United States, urge measures to reduce delay in the courts. He lecommended appointment of 18 new judges, two for each federal dis trict, to aid in clearing the dockets. Introduction of a report by Elihu Root, chairman of the legal education section, in the section's afternoon ses sion, aroused considerable controversy for acquirements of admission to the war. After a' turbulent session, the report was adopted and will be presented to the association tomorrow It recom mends two years' college and three vears' "'law schooling, to admit to the bar, 4n . schools maintaining certain standards. Thepatent law section heard a re port on, revision and coediflcation of trade-mark laws, which it referred 'back to -.the committee, after discus sion, for further revision. MAXFIELD'S BODY RECOVERED LONDON, Aug. 31. The body of rrommaTider Lewis H. Maxfield, com manding officer of the. American naval contingent, who was killed in tne disaster, has been recovered, according to a dispatch to the Dally aiau irom Hull. NO GENERAL RECOVERY' IN BUSINESS INDICATED, SAYS RESERVE REVIEW Slight Improvement is Noted, However, in Branches of the Foreign Trade CROP YIELDS FAIR Unemployment Continues, but Allowance Must be Made for Peak Comparisons r WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Indications of a jroad general business recovery throughout the country are still lack ing, according to the review of financial and economic conditions during Au-, gust issued tonight by the federal re serve board. "Slight improvements," the board said, "In some branches of foreign 1 trade, fairly good agricultural yields ! and enlargement of manufacturing de ; mands seem to point to a more favor able autumn season,, but the situation! is not such as to forecast any exten sive or immediate revival of business in a large sense." Heavy movement of agricultural products to market, hastened by a re vival of a fair export demand, tho board declared was the outstanding economic activity of the month. ' Deter ioration of some crops, it added, not ably coton. had modified the agricul tural outlook but cost readjustment m many agricultural lines was approach- iiis- x uiiil wnere it was prooaDie Borne crops would show good returns Early crop movement, the board con-' I tinued, with resulting liquidation of, j outstanding indebtedness had lessened I the intensity of the credit demands usual during the marketing season. Taking up the employment problem; wmcn jrresiaent warding has called a national conference to solve, the board asserted that, "large figures for unem ployment have been transmitted to congress, but it. should be remembered! thqt these figures are based on comr j parisons with peak periods of employ ment in 1920. There are indications of increasing employment in various man-. ufacturing industries but taken as a' whole the employment situation for s the month of August appears to show UutUUle-jcJjange from the preceding! montn."- In the Richmond district the board said there had been some demand for unskilled labor for road work but many railroad, shipyard and dock j workers remained Idle, while the de-1 mand for women workers had fallen I off greatly and farm labor was in ex cess of demand. ! Unemployment was especially pro-j nounced in the Iron and steel and coal mining sections of the Atlantic district and in New Orleans unemployment was Considerable in the building and metals trades and sugar refineries. LOCAL POSTOFFICE WILL HOLD EXAMINATION 20THI One of Three Highest Will Get $3,900 a Year (Special to Tne" Star) WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 A postofhee.. examination to fill the vacancy at Wil-I mington will be held September 20. the, civil service commission announced to day. The salary is $3,900 per annum. The postmaster will be chosen from the three standing the highest. National Committeeman Morehead will pick the man if Republican policy Is followed out, but he must limit his selection to the first three. If one is a Republican, the chances will point to him. ANOTHER INDICTMENT CEMENT DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS NEW YORK, Aug. 81. A supplemen tary indictment chaarging the Atlaa Fortland cement company, 18 other cor porations and 44 of their officers, w'.th iolation of the Sherman anti-trust law returned by the special federal grand, jury August 6, was made public tonight by Federal Attorney Hayward. Most of the defendants are now out on bail on the orfginal indictment. They are members of the so-caUcd northeastern group of cement manufac turers ana dealers engaged in the sal and shipment of cement in Maine, Ver mont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia,, West Virginia and New York. They will be notified to appear for pleading on September 6. The supplementary indictment al leged that the defendants, through the Cement Manufacturers' Protective as sociation, were kept mutually informed of the transactions of competitors In their group, according to the "Eddy plan" of so-called open competition. The government claims that this meth od of doing business is a cloak for un lawful practices and that it is such a radical departure from the old-fashioned custom under which business men attended to their business without con sulting competitors, that its .egality must be submitted to the courts. HUNTING FOR STOREBREAKERS (Special to Tne Star.) KINSTON. Aug. 31. The police and county authorities here are seeking storebreakers who Monday night en tered the big wholesale establishment of Harvey C. Hines here and the store of Walter Johnson at a rural point' south of the city. Claud Ballard, a salesman for Hines,, entered the lat ter's place at the time an unidentified negro was about-to ipllfer the store. The negro, armed Iwlth a club or iron pipe, withdrew. Augurs were used to gain entrance to Johnson's store. A number of pair of shoes and an un known sum of money were taicn- iv- jlthe thieves, who left &a in (Cojuinued-on-Pagn Two- JJLasr, . , i: r : . r:.' :- ' vr -' -? ...... ws :
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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