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? 1 1 1 1 .1 -' fit t The Weather Hi- The News of Business is Car ried jn the Advertising Columns of the Morning Star Read and Profit. Fair today and 'Friday; no change la jemperatnre. .. ,- ... Si -,y - y; V"; 7 . i . ' , . V : . V V - X "Ki-' ' ...... , , . - I $. ,--. i t ' - . - . . . ..... . .. t"' - - ,' ; ;., . . '. ; ! , ' , . , - .... - . ... - .v. ....... .. ' W- JJlJ.m i i iage 01 n " nycixevjiie yes- trrda y at 8 a. m., 2 ft. 4. J A ;3M OL. C VIII. No. 8. WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY(3VORNlNG? SEPTEMBER 15, 1921. OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. MANSLAUGHTER IS THE CORONER'S VERDICT IN THE ARBUGKLE AFFAIR jur Declares That Actress i Came to Her Death at Hands of Comediair FOR FULL INQUIRY Would Prevent San Francisco Being "Rendezvous of De bauchee and Gangster" SAX FRANCISCO, Sept. 14. The kroner's jury returned a 'verdict today holding that Miss Virginia Rappe, mo won picture actress, came to her death through peritonitis, caused by the rup-t-.ire of an internal organ. ' Koscoe T'Fatty") Arbuckle was held r-sponsible by the jury for Miss Rappe's inuiry and the district attorney was directed to conduct a full investigation ,.f the matter. The verdict ctfarged Arbuckle with ranslaughter and directed that all of ficial sources concerned conduct a full and exhaustive investigation. The jury held that Miss Rappe came to her death through the application cf force, "which we believe from the evidence was applied by Ttoscoe Ar buckle, and we hereby charge hrn with manslaughter. " We recommend that the district at torney, chief of police, grand jury and prohibition enforcement officers take steps to prevent a further occurrence ?f such events, so that San Francisco will not be made the rendezvous of the debauchee and the .gangster." The verdict, in assigning the cause :f Miss Rappe's death said: "We, the coroner's jury, find that the said Virginia Rappe, age 25. single, residence, Los Angeles, came to her Jeath on September 9 at the Wakefield sanitarium from a ruptured bladder, contributing cause, peritonitis. "And we further find that" said Vir ginia Rappe came to her death from peritonitis caused 'by a ruptur of the urinary bladder, caused by the appli cation of some force, which, from the evidence enbmitted, was I applied by one Roscoe Arbuckle. "We, therefore, charge the- said Ar buckle with the crime of the man slaughter." Ben Boas, one of the nine jurors, returned a minority verdict in which he said that Miss Rappe's fatal in juries were caused by the application of some force, "but I amenable to say who applied it." Two charges of murder, one pre ferred bv the police and . the other by Mrs. Bambina Maud Delmont, friend of Miss Rappe, and two charges of man slaughter, one returned by the grand jury and the other by the coroner's jilry, rest against Arbuckle. The coroner's jury was out for more than three hours after an examination of witnesses, which started last Mon day. Arbuckle. although apparently deep ly moved, accepted the verdict with composure. The verdict was the' outstanding event of the Arbuckle case today. Other developments were: The starting of. an investigation iitfo charges that liquor was brought to and served at the Labor day party in Arbuckle's hotel rooms ' where Miss Rappe was alleged to have, suffered the attack which ended in her. death. The finding of Betty Campbell, show girl, and one of those attending the party, after she was reported to have disappeared and her interrogation by the district attorney. 1 The statement of Captain of Detect-ii-e Mathpsnn that one of the girl wit nesses who had attended the party had been asked to accept a briDe to withhold her testimony, District Attorney Matthew A. Brady 5 a id he had not decided what course to pursue in regard to the murder Com plaint, in view of the manslaughter r -barges, but would, settle the matter l.efoxe Friday, when Arbuckle-appears n police court to plead to the murder 1 arsre. ' ' ' The grand jury indictment for man slaughter is to be returned In the su ; prior court tomorrow. 'v. CHURCH'S PARTNER IN THE DOUBLE MURDER A MYSTERY CHICAGO, Sept. 14. Identification of the "third man" implicated in the murder of Bernard J. Daugherty, auto mobile salesman and Carl Ausmus, lmonstrator, to which Harvey Church s-.d Leon Parks are alleged to haye onfessed, has been impossible early tonight. A maze Qf identifications, alibis, contradictions, signing. .and re pudiating of. confessions had left in vestigators exhausted. " Police officers express themselves as -atisfied that Church and;Parks have old the truth regarding their parts 'i thp murder of the -two men, but h-v believe that the' two are with holding information, that would per mit clearing the entire ; mystery. -Clarence Wilder, accused in a con fusion by Church and ; Parks, denied knowledge of the crime- arid, offered -in alibi. Milton Walke.r,, a. garage ; rrman, also arreBted in connection with the case, likewise denied impli :tion in the killings and was absolv 1 by Church. ; I'hurfh u-vicn aifof whv he naa i-nen asKea wmj . " Wilder as an - accomplice i:"r tionerl : -Weill knew he was Innocent and I did not think it ' w0uld take long f r him to show that fact, so I name." i" i- -J' JITJGK GEORGE W." BOH.NEMANN DIED AT ONE O'CtOCK.TODAY . tr- - : ? - 'ustice George -W. v Bornejniinn, ' for 1 ny years a f amiliajr' rflSr in 'ww" 1 n-ton, died at 1 o'clock rthf;Mnorn ' - The funeral arrangements wlll.be tnouneed later. Justice.: .Bomemann va? 6 years old and a 'native of ' -Gtr- toiny. 'f-"'"," . . . , ; i . x r j Blockader Must Die For Shooting Sheriff BLACKSHEAR, Ga., Sept. 14 Mage Carter was found guilty of tke murder of Sheriff J. W. Rober spa by a jury in Pierce county su perior court tonight. He -warn sen tenced to be hanged on" October .'28. Carter on the witness ' stand this afternoon told how" he started In the moonshine trade in southeast Georgia, and concluded t "Everybody else vas making Manor all around me." he said, "and I decided to make some. I was run-' nlng liquor when Johnnie Aspln wall came up He wanted a quart ' of liquor and I crave It to him. Thir ty minutes after he left Someone else came throash the bushes and threw a smn on me, shouting t " 'Throw up your "hands. 1 grabbed my gun on the spur of the moment and shot three time. Then I ran. I ran about a.mile. "I ash; for one thing, gentlemen: Pleas spare my life." JOHN BASSETT MOORE AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE .LEAGUE'S . COURT Eleven Judges Elected 'Yester day for International Court of Justice NINE FIRST BALLOT Celerity With Which Judges Were Named is a Surprise to the Assembly GENEVA. Sept. 14. (By Associated Press). The bench of the international court of justice elected by the assem bly and council of the league of na tions today appears to give general satisfaction to the delegations with few exceptions. Eleven judges were chosen as follows: John Bassett Moore, United States; Viscount Finlay, Great Britain; Dr. Yorozu Oda, Japan; Dr. Andre Weiss, France: Commendatori Dionisio An- zilotti, Italy; Dr. Ruy Barbosa, Brazil; Dr. B. T. C. Loder. Holland; Antonio S. De Bustamente, Cuba; Judgpidrjk Nyholm, JeafT3Cr?.Mrl; Switzerland and' Dr. . Rafael Altamira Grevea, Spain. , Owing to the difficulties of satisfy ing geographical and other considera tions and because also of the 'com pliated system of election, it was ex pected that it would require several days to choose the judges. But to the general surprise nine were chosen on' the first ballot. The bench repre sents all 'four of the great systems of juris-prudence and nearly every race and tongue iri the assembly. The American candidate, John Bassett Moore, was chpsen on the second . bal lot. His election provoked the greatest applause of the day. The South and Central American combination with Spain carried through its slate of four candidates on the first ballot. It became neces sary, however, for them to sacrifice Dr. Alejandro- Alvarez of Chile, be cause the council did not piJt his name on its - Jist. In the re-balloting Dr. Huber of Switzerland and Judge Nyholm of Denmark out voted him. Dr. Huber's election to represent the German speaking peoples disap pointed some of the delegations, . in cluding the French, who said that the. Germans ought to be represented by a citizen of a distinctly German coun try. They voted for Dr. FraAp Klein of Austria. When they failed to elect Dr. .Klein they endeavored to secure a place for him as a deputy judge, but the South Americans gained" a majority in the assembly for Dr. Alvarez and when it was found that the council had again omitted his name from their list of deputy judges the assembly re-elected him again. The final stages of the election developed a sharp contest between the council and the assembly, the latter insisting upon Dr. Alvarez as the fourth deputy judge and the council Insisting upon Baron Descamps of Belgium. , After 'Alvarez had been elected, once judge and twice deputy judge, he was rejected for the third time by the council, but was elected for the fourth time by the assembly. . The announcement of his fourth elec tion was made in a burst of enthusi asm, but the later announcement that the. council had for the fourth time rejected'Dr. Alvarez and given the ma jority to Baron DesCamps caused con siderable emotion in the assembly, which was calmed by the proposal of Japan that- the assembly -appoint a committee of three to meet a commit tee of the council on the subject. This committee will be appointed tomorrow morning. . The three deputy Judges so far defi nitely elected are. Demetriu Negulescu, of Rumania; Michaelo Jovanovic, of Jugoslavia,; and Mr. Wang, of China. . HOME BREW EXPLOSION ' KILLS TWO, HURTS TWO Copper" Still Blows Up : in New v Orleans NEW ' ORLEANS. Sept. 14. John 'on Anthony McCallen were Killed aid Mrs. Toney and her 12-year- old son, Jsowru' "? " ; . ta seriously burned as a result, the PoUce saj. of an exploding home brew OCTh explosion took place at Toney's residences The police say -the .top of a copper still blew off and -et flr to its contents. The garage in which it SSi aTso was fired. In trying to rescue Toney; his wife and son were bUMccillen i apparently was t not- aC: a waited with the family but was pass ing in an automobile and came to . the tpLnet. when - he , heard, a woman's rescue wnen aorasjott'l RALEIGH THINKS STATE CHAIRMAN WILL OBTAIN SUPREME COURT PLACE State Capital Observers of Opin- , ion Thomas Warren Has Lead Over Others r IS BEING INDORSED Perhaps More People Are Sup porting Him Than Any Other Aspirant By JULE B. WARREN RALEIGH, Sept. 14. The governor tonight announced that he is still get ting requests for hearings from dele gations supporting various candidates for appointment to the supreme- court and that he is going to hear these delegations. This means that his de cision will not be made before the latr ter part of the week, if then. Since the announcement of the re tirement of L.. V. Bassett, of Rocky Mount, and Judse J. S. Manning, of Raleigh, from the list of eligibles, the telegrams and indorsements are pour ing in from all sections of the state for Tom Warren of New Bern, chair man of the state Democratic executive committee. Judge Adams is getting many in dorsements, ' but they are ' coming largely from the west, although some have come in from the east. Eastern Carolina feels that it is entitled to the judgeship in that the west is pretty well represented1 and also because the late Judge Allen was an eastern man. Sentiment around Raleigh among those who study every political situa tion' that comes up is that Warren will in all probability be appointed. Thomas E. Cooper, member of the state committee, and close friend of the Morrison administration, has of fered his active support to Warren, and is of the opinion that "he has a long lead. on the other dozen or more eastern aspirants. "No man of his age has rendered more unselfish and val-' uable service to the Democratic party in North Carolina," Mr. Cooper de clared. When Governor Morrison sidetracked consideration cf the appointment of a justice for the regular monthly har-. ing of petitions for pardons this week, the possible successor to Judge tAUen -fteonnUer ;thfii?fVt('wi!Trtg pail(inran lie gations who have come to Raleigh during the early part of the week. The only real news development of the day connected with the appointment of the associate justice was the statement by J.- Frank Hampton, secretary to Sen ator Simmons, that he' was not an em issary from the senator lending his influence for the appointment of Chair man Warren. Mr. Hampton declares that Senator Simmons is not having a thing to do with the appointment. He is a friend of Mr. Warren and a large number of the other srentlemen who have been mentioned for the place, but the sen ator' is taking- absolutely no part iri suggesting names for the place.' In fact the private secretary of the senior senator declares that he has not com municated directly or indirectly with Senator' Simmons since he lft Wash ington, and has not seen him since Judge Allen died. The story that Mr. Simmons is backinsr Chairman Tom Warren is absolutely without founda tion in fact and is a product of an un healthy imagination, Mr. Hampton de clares. He came to Raleish from Rocky Mount, where he has been vV3itinsr his home folks, purely for the purpose of peeing some of his friends here, and his mission is in no wise connected with the appointment of a supreme court justice. Prior to the time he announced that he was unwilling for his name to be used. Mr. Hampton de clares that he was a supporter of his townsman, L. V. Bassett, of Rocky Mount. He did not know just how Mr. Simmons stood on this eupport, but as a matter of helping a fellow townsman Mr. Hampton was for Mr. Bassett until he announced that he could "not allow his name to be further considered for the place Indications today are that Chairman Warren is getting the indorsement of a larger number of people, arid is pos sibly leading in the number of sup porters, before the governor at the present time. , The governor has not indicated when he will make the ap pointment, but it is expected to be an nounced before the end of the week. INFURIATED .WHITES DRIVE A LOT OF NEGROES FROM HOME CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 14. The negro population of Mont Lake, a mining village on Walden's ridge, 20 miles from here, was driven out of that community by infuriated white resi dents this afternoon, according to In formation : received, here tonight. The trounle is said to have resulted from the shooting of. Edna Barnett, 12-year-old white girl, and three younger sisters,' by a negro girl. Edna Barnett, who was rushetl to a hospital here, is not expected to survive. Jewell Clipper, the young negro girl accused of shooting the Barnett children, and her father, ; mother arid brother were brought to Chattanooga tonight and placed In jail. . ONE PARDONED; SEVEN REFUSED BY GOV. MORRISON WEDNESDAY (Special te The Star) rison today pardoned A. D. Canup," ofj CneroKee county, serving two years for manslaughter ior killing a prison- er he, as chiefof police of Andrews, was trying to arrest. Letters from the solicitor and. others1 asked for the par don, many saying they-belleved the of ficer was acting In self-defense In kill ing the. man named Sprinkle, who had a knife and was trying to cut the of tfeer. Under any circmstances the govr ernor feels that Canup has been suffi ciently punished with qne , year i- in prison., . Seven pardons . were declined today.' - , r"-.,', ' V - ' - CHARGE TV0 RAILROAD MEN WITH MURDER OF A NON-UNION ENGINEER Hearing ofV. B. and A. Wreck Case rjzgerald, Ga., Dr&Jo Witnesses j & .. i . . ENJW7RECK PROBE v J Str Z. n ah j ivesnganu oi Aiiegea iiamitin&r of Train flom- X pleted Wednesday FITZGERALD, Ga., Sept. 14. Alt Smith, former flagman on the Atlanta; Birmingham and 'Atlantic railroad, and Gerald C. Myrick former yard clerk, were taken into custody by county of ficers here today on warrants charging murder in connection with the death of Engineer W..T. Held, who was shot in the cab of ,his locomotive July 5. The arrests were made in the wit ness room where Myrlck and Smith were waiting to be called to' testify for the defense 'in the trial of O- C; Fairfield, one of 26 persons tinder ihr dictment on charges of alleged "in terference with employes of A. B and A railroad." 1 v. , . . The grand "jury will convene again at 10 o'clock-tomorrow to Immediately begin a new investigation ' into ' the trouble on the A. B. . an A. "railroad. It is understood that six cases will be presented to the grand jury. Both Myrick: and Smith asserted lot night that they are. innocent of the charges. ' Out of 150 witnesses summoned for the defense, 30 were" heard during the J day, in an effort to refute the charges of witnesses Tor tne state. The defense ' today laid plans to prove that the wreck near Atlanta, which resulted in -the death of En gineer Joe T. Morris on September 6, was caused by agencies other than. high explosives. Witnesses who testi fied in Atlanta on the preceding day in an investigation -in connection with that wreck, have been summoned to appear here. It is not expected "that the case will go to the jury before Friday. STATE INVESTIGATION ENDS WITH REPORT PROMISED SOON ATLANTA. Sept. 14ii-The state in vestigation into 'the fatal wreck of an Atlanta, Birmingham; and Atlantic rail wa. Jr i itbt train -erir-4ast? we ek was irottgnt"?pL commissioners announced, that on com pletion of certain testimony they -would , prepare their -report-i Attorneys . for the' road 'sought to show the wreck was caised'by an ex plosive being placed on' the track and assorted it was one of a series of such acts since non-union workers replaced striking union men last" spring. Coun sel for the unions-; charged that the wreck which caused ine.aeains oi two trainmen resulted fr6m'defective equip ment. Tilts between counsel and wit nesses became so' lively , at: times that Chairman Chandler once threatened to call off the hearing. ' -' " Harry Hawkins, superintendent of the road, told . the commission today he sent out a general warning on the night of the wreck because of the ac tions of two men of Manchester, Ga., who he said, he had known .to leave town the night before each previous wreck or attompted wreck. He did not name them. Witnesses for the road de clared the engine wheel, which was whirled some distance away in ; the wreck, had passed inspection at the shops shortly before that night. An other witness declared there was an explosion of such force that it knocked a Bible off a table in a house a quarter of a mile from the soene. ' ' In bringing forward testimony re garding the alleged "loose wheel" that union men claim caused the wreck, A. C. Whipple, bnsiness agent for the machinists' union, declared any mem ber of the union guilty of placing an explosive under, a train would be ex pelled, but he was positive in his statements that no such thing had been done. He declared such an-act would merit hanging. v W. P. Patterson, representing the In terstate Commerce commission, will re main here for a short time longer in quiring into the wreck. DRY AGENTS ARE ORDERED i TO REPORT "ON CONDITIONS WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. Federal prohibition directors were instructed tonight to submit monthly reports oft; prohibition - conditions Jp. their -respective states, including ; the. attitude of juries in federal arid state court's, steps taken to co-operate, with various law enforcement agencies, and attitude of the press. Instances- of exceptional merit or inefficiency should be set forth, the Instructions added, as well as the progress being made in disposi tion of seized liuors ' i. Through the reports"." it :was said, the authorities could keep in vcloss t6iich with conditions in t.he -vartQur- sections of the country and-Je; able t?', assign, mobile enforcement units where most needed. ), - : RAILROAD CRAFTSMEN VOTE TO STRIKE, F. I.,18 ADVISED - CLEVELAND, S9PV M.-Boilermak-. ers, blacksmiths., ' micliiAls $ Vcarmen, electrical workers v'and t. sheet metal workers employed- by various railroads have, voted to j strike in protest, to the wage reduction "ordered by the "United States" railway labor. " bpardr according to two representatives 4ot.jthe railroad department of the American Federation of labor; V : 'f'Mt '-?::''". ' ; ERUTT GROWERS EXPRESS CASE i ' - , ;r - ; v, u r Vh.".' "-V WASHINGTON." 5 "14. The fed eral , trade commission - arid Solic!torr. General, Beck. joined today . jn ; asking the supreme- court,r tqrevjew the Te cent decision sof"! the circuit; court. -of appeals .setting "aside :' a . 'coirimission order directing thev Fruit 4Growers' Exr press, Inc.," r to -' abrogate - Us . . contract with certain southerns railroads ;', rz quiringthese roads , t0 ; use its.' cars exr clusively in the movement of -frpiits and vegetables td;JJlajLlop- theA.t7 lantic seaboard v, - , " , - V Make Transportation Tax Half Present Rate in 1922 Senate Finance pommittee Refused to Agree With House in Repear of All Transportation Taxes January 1, Next Changes Are Made in House Provisions on 'Num ber of Other Schedules, Raising the. Rate WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 Many house proposals for tax : changes were rejected or sharply modified tpoay by the senate finance committee. .Prob ably the most far reaching deciipH of the v committee, ,$ras 'that tg restore all transportation taxe4bu w;tho cn freight, passenger and Pullman ac commodations in force only for 1922 and at half the present rates. The house bill provided for repeal of all of these levies, on next January 1. Awhile agreeing to the house plan to repeal ' stamp taxes on perfumes, cos metics,' toilet preparations and pro priety medicines, the committee voted to impose a manufacturers tax of four per cent on toilet articles and two per cent on proprietary medicines, and to restore three per cent tax on toilet soaps and powders which the house bill proposed to repeal. Five per cent reductions in the taxes on .fur articles, motorboats and yachts, portable electric fans and works of art, agreed upon by the house, were disap proved by the committee, which voted tGrcontinue the present rate of ten per cent in each case. , .The Section of the house bill reduc ing the tax on candy form five, to three tper cent was amended to provide that candy sold at wholesale for more than 40 cents a pound should bear a tax of JO, per cent.-. -, &: jt ( In acceptinfWthe;; house reduction from 10 pejr'cMI'' to 5 per cent in tjif tax, on sportingVgoods, the committee decided to ;ma"k'e taxable skates, snow shoes, skis, (toboggans and baseball, football and' basket ball equipment which were eliminated by the house. Under a- new section added to the house bill, the committee proposed that the tax. on chewing gum be reduced form 3 'per cent to 2 per cent. The house measure made no change in this levy. . The house provision repealing all of the 'so-called luxury taxes was accept ed, but the committee deferred action on the proposal" to impose a manufacturers- tax on a nuiriber of the articles on which a retail tax now is imposed. Sections of the house bill accepted without change included those relat ing to taxes on cereal beverages and soft drinks; repealing the tax on eyeT glasses and spectacles; eliminating-the license levies on yachts and mOtor boats of not morethan five- tons or not tax of ten' per. cent oneaihera lenses. The ' beverage tax' changes were . ac cepted, however, subject to 'possible amendment after further information oa, this subject has been furnished by treasury experts. " While the senate committee was rr COTTON IS VERY POOR EXPLOSION AND FIRE IN THROUGHOUT THE BELTjREFINERY KILLS 9 MEN Government Crop Bulletin Says Staple is Not Making Any Improvement WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. "Cotton showed little or no improvement dur ing the week and continued mostly in very poor to poor condition," accord ing to the weekly review of crop con ditions contained in 7 the national weather crop bulletin issued today.' Unseasonable weather continued in the cotton belt, rainfall being uripreca dentedly heavy in some central and southwestern counties of Texas, were firreat damage was done. Plants were , somewhat revived by rainfall, however, . in " other sections of . the state, the report said. ' In eastern localities the hot and dry weathef -continued to-Halt, the crop's growth, plants in South Carolina, los ing vigor and shedding badly. There also was comolaint of some shedding in North Carolina. Cotton was. reported "very poor" in Georgia and "apparently beyond pos sible .improvement." Progress -was generally poor in other ..sections of the . belt, according to.the review. I Bolls were said to be opening' fast generally, with picking and ginning progressing rapidly i in most central and eastern counties, - but ... harvesting war considerably interrupted in many western .portions by rain. - While corn was: reported, mostly be yond frost danger-generally, late corn was iri need of moisture in many south eastern and middle Atlantic coast sec tions. - Sugar- beets made good r jrrowth un der favorable weather conditions. t Seine improvement, was shown in to bacco in Kentucky, -although the crop was reported maturinjr' slowly. Pea nuts suffered from, drought in the mid dle' Atlantic states. Citrus fruits continued, on the whole, in good- condition in Florida, although rain isTbadly needed : in- some localities.-4 They .were in fair to good con dition in Alabama. v. ' . ' , -1 ; : " FORCED TO GO TO - HIS BANlt AND . GET. . SSOv .FOR RQRRERS " PETERSBURG, VaV Sept. l'J.-'James Kuntz, ernploye in the steward's de partment at a local ; hotel today jtold police officials of Petersburg of hav ing been a victim of a "badger" game yesterday, being forced to drive ; his automobile; at', the point of two pis tols,? to a local bank, where he wrote a check for $300H and , paid, to two strangers. ;. ', 7- y '' : ' ' 7 '7 ARIZONA - RANCH IS RAIDED 7 ? 'ttY-MEXICAN J GIRL KIDNAPED - - '' l 7 '-' -i.. . ""?ISBEf,r Ariz.V;Sept 14. Abind of Mexicans''" tonight raided the home of Ralph "Champion,,, four miles "south of here,' and escaped , after kldnapipg Champion's" daughter,", i according : sto telephone reports , received he?e Every available -'peace-officer ' bas left for w v-; "9 vising the house measure, representa tives of manufacturing interests , in conference here; decided to support and work for a tax revision program sub stantially the same as that which Sen- f Wtor Smoot, of Utah, a Republican member of the finance committee, has announced he will offer as a substitute for the pending measure. The main features of the program are: ( Enactment of a new general manu facturers' tax." Retention of present' income, taxes on individuals, withy revision of sur taxes. " Retention of the present income tax of 10 per cent on corporations. Retention of existing taxes on to baceo, narcotics and oleomargarine, and retention of existing inheritance taxes. Spokesmen for the manufacturers explained that the proposed manufac turers' tax was not a general sales tax, inasmuch as it would be "levied, assessed, collected and paid upon every commodity manufactured, produced or Imported, when sold, leased or licensed for consumption, or use without fur ther process of manufacture." The rate of the proposed manufactur ers' tax was not agreed upon, but it was stated that discussion revolved around a maximum of 3 per cent. Action of the senate committee today fin voting to recommend restoration of the transportation taxes and changes in other proposed excise , levies was taken despite assurances from Secre tary Mellon and Director of the Budget Dawes that the "$350,000,000 reduction in government expenditures agreed upon at the white house conference last month, would be effected. Sena tors said they wanted a wider margin between government income and outgo than would be provided if the house changes in the present law had been accepted. - Revised estimates- as to savings promised by the several departments for this fiscal year Were submitted to the committee by Director Dawes, the indicated savings being reduced from 150.000,000 to J30&.000.000. Under the revised estimates the war department ..would spend ,$390,000,000 this fiscal' year, the shipping., board 1100.000.oO F anA tha outgo for the estimate was' made ol' B. reduction ,f or the navy department wjiiah, . Mr, Dawes said, still wajs under advisement. "Continuous executive; pressure will be applied in this connection, as well as upon all other departments," the budget director promised. Second Costly Fire at Big Point Breeze, Near Philadelphia in a Month PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 14. Nine men are known to. have been killed and more than a-score injured, several of whom are expected to die, in the second serious fire to visit the Big Point Breeze plant of the Atlantic Re fining company, in a month. Three more men are reported missing and many have been burned to death be neath flaming tanks of petroleum. The fire was preceded by a terrific explosion which killed several work men instantly arid drenched others with flaming oil. Only prompt action by the company's organized rescue squads prevented, the death list from mounting higher, witnesses declared. The explosion occurred in the north section. Of the yard where several hun dred men are employed in the manu facture of naphtha. Many of these work in underground tunnels where fires that boil the . crude product into naphtha are maintained. Some of the dead were trapped in these tunnels by "rivers of liquid "nre let loose upon them by the blast. It is feared the three missing men were caught in these tunnels and no hope is1 entertained for them if such Is the case. Physicians reported that several of the . injured were . probably fatally burned. Close to a score were so badly hurt that they had to remain in the hospitals while a few others were sent to .their homes. - Officials of the Atlantic Refining company were unable early tonight to explain the explosion, the second fatal accident of this kind- to occur in a month. The first was on August 14 when five men were killed and prop erty damaged to the extent of a mil lion dollars. - - ,; HARDING TO WEST POINT SOUTHAMPTON,.. T., Sept. 14. President Harding, who boarded the Presidential yacht Mayflower late to day with the expectation of returning directly to Washington, unexpectedly changed his plans tonight and decided to visit West Point tomorrow. This in formation was received in. a radio mes sage from the Mayflower .which is an chored on the-Long island sound. TROTS MILE IN 158, WHICH IS THE WORLD'S, VERY BEST Syracuse, N. ,Y., Sept. .14. Peter Manning, driven, by Tomsriy Murphy, equalled the woMd's trotting record for all horses, regardless -;of .age, by cov ering a mile In 1:58, at the state fair track here late today,. Peter Manning was started to. beat 2:00 world's rec ord for 5-year-old . geldings. Arion Guy, owned by Mrs. Harry K. Devereaux and driven by Murphy,, set a new world's record for 4-year-olds by trotting a mile in. 2:01. The former record, 2:02, -had- been" held by Peter Volo since 1915t , , TO DECIDE WHETHER A CITY CAN SUE PAPER FOR ALL IT IS WORTH Chicago Wants Alleged Dam ages Amounting to Value of the Daily Tribune 10 MILLION DOLLARS Alleges Paper Printed Articles That Tended to Destroy Credit of City ' CHICAGO. Sept. 14. Whether a city or other municipal corporation may su a newspaper for libel, alleging dar : i . , m .i ages aiipruiimaiing me value OI jrj' entire establishment of the latter, and. through a possible verdict for the full sum, virtually put the newspaper out of business, will-be one of the chief? issues in the case of. the city of Chi-' cago, against . the Chicago Tribune , which is to be called for hearing Sep' tember 22. The suit, filed in circuit court In De! cember, 1920, after -the bitter Illinois' Republican primary campaign of that I year, asks damages of $10,000,000, al-i leging that published charges against) the city's financial credit and hampered the conduct of municipal business. Ai similar suit has been filed against the( Chicago Daily News. In each instance the city sued in itaJ corporate capacity. Thirty-six news items or editorials, published by the Tribune between June 15 and September 15, 1920, are cited by the city attorneys as the basis for the suit. Many of them declared flatly that the city was "broke." Others referred to the use of script for paying city em ployes. In several instances it was stated that the city treasury faced a huge deficit and one -item quoted Lieutenant-Governor, Oglesby, candidate fop the gubernatorial nomination, as fixing this figure at $16,000,000;' There were also two excerpts from! other Illinois newspapers as' reproduc-j ed in the Tribune, one being taken from the Kendall county record and! the other from the; Dixon Telegraph, i Two letters "to the editor" ,f rota' Tribune readers were also cited as' among, the alleged libelous publican tions. , None of these publications, the city's declaration charged, was published with g.oo.d motives, ut -o-promote .the polttfcal and flnaacTal iihtef esta -of the " newspaper Varid 'Certain other persons and correspondent especially certain public utility corporations associated, with the defendent and acting in co- operation with it." It was charged that the publications were designed to gfve the impression -that the city was unworthy of credit and thai it would be dangerous to in- vest in its bonds or to enter Into con tracts with it for the sale of materials, labor or supplies. STORM OFF BERMUDA IS REPORTED AS EN ROUTE? Disturbance . Movingr Northeast ward Shifting" Gales WASHINGTON, Sept. 14. A distur bance of considerable intensity south- , west of Bermuda arid moving north eastward, was reported tonight by the' weather bureau. The disturbance is attended by shifting gales. - 7- WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES WASHINGTON, Sept If Tennessee: Scattered local thundershowers Thurs-,-day; Friday cloudy; not quite so warm in west portion. Virginia: Partly . cloudy Thursday and Friday; mild temperature. North Carolina, - South Carolina, Georgia: Fair Thursday- and Friday; no change in temperature. Florida: Fair Thursday and. Friday. Extreme northwest "Florldla, Alaba ma, and Mississippi: Generally fair Thursday and Friday, no change in temperature.. .-. Louisiana, East and West Texas: Thursday and Friday partly cloudy. Arkansas and "Oklahoma: Thursday partly cloudy; Friday, cloudy and un settled.1 , '.'';'.'. Hi .' Winds off the Atlantic coast: Hat teras to Key West Fresh and strong northerly diminishing by Thursday night, fair weather Thursday. Over east srulf of Mexico Moderate northeast and east winds; generally fair weather. Thursday. - West- gulf Moderate east and southeast winds and fair weather Thursday. , Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate variable winds, except fresh northerly, some distance off the coast; fair weather Thursday. Hatteras to Florida Straits Fresh and strong northerly wlnds; diminish ing by Thursday night: fair weather Thursday. TEXTILE WORKERS DEMAND A 44-HOUR WORKING SCHEDULE NEW YORK, Sept. 14 A cammlW' to make the -44-hour week the stand ard throughout the textile industry was launched today when 'delegates to the annual convention of the -United Tex tile- workers of i America adopted a resolution giving the executive council full power to act land "issue a procla-' mation to employers." . :' The economic-v strength ; of the or ganization, the- resolution provided, should be utilized: in obtaining the shorter working week, instead of ask-s ing for legislation. It was claimed that unemployment would-be material ly relieved by shorter v working hours. CAMP BRAGG WILL REMAIN ON ;aRMYS ACTIVE LIS1 RALEIGH, Sepfi- 14Seeretary ol War . John W. Weeks today rescinded the order for the abandonment of Cams Bragg, near FayetteviUe, according to advices received rr here tonight from Brlg.-Gen. A.,-' J. t Bowley,' eamp com mander, nk0 is now In 'Wasklngton. Camp. 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Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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