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VOL. CVIII. No. JO.
WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY. MORNINd, SEPTEMBER 17, 1921.
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
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MURDER CHAHjE IS TO
BE PRESSED IN CASE
OF THE WIE ACTOR
Defense Is Surprised, Thinking
1 Arbuckle Would Be Re
leased on Minor Charge, .
HAD LOT OF BOOZE
Federal Dry Agents Learn-That
Over 40 Quarts Were Con
sumed in Three Days
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. With the
formal announcement today that Ros
coe C. ( Fatty") Arbuckle, motion pic
ture comedian, would be prosecuted on
a charge of murder in connection with
the death of Miss Virginia Rappe, ac
tress, following a Labor day party in
the actor's hotel rooms here, both the
prosecution and defense squared away
tonight to arrange for the trial, the
first chapter of which will be written
next Thursday, when it is expected the
prisoner will be given his preliminary
examination.
When District Attorney 'Matthew
Brady in the court of Police Judge
Syivain Lazarus today announced that
the people are ready to proceed on
the murder charge," he blasted hopes
?i the defense that Arbuckle would to
night be at liberty on $5,000 bond set
by the court when a grand jury indict
ment charging the defendant with
ivanslaughter was returned. It was in
dicated today that the prosecution's de
cision to go to trial on the murder
charge was a surprise to the defense.
From Los Angeles came reports that
Arbuckle had already made train res
ervations for a trip from San Fran
cisco to that city this evening. Mur
der is not a bailable charge in Cali
fornia. The reservation! if made, can
not be used.
District Attorney Brady has the sup
port of the board of county supervisors
in his prosecution of Arbuckle, it was
shown today when the finance commit
tee of that body appropriated $1,000 for
immediate expenses of the trial and
promised more when needed. Brady
had asked the board for additional
funds, declaring much wealth would be
sxp ended by the defense. -;.
Mrs. Bambina. Maude. Ielmont, who
swore to the murder charge on which
Arhjuckle today . appeared in court,
viewed Miss Rappe's ' 'body today and
is reported to have suffered a partial
collapse.
Robert " H.'- -' McCormack, assistant
United States - attorney - general in
charge of liquor prohibition prosecu
tions, said he expected to present to
the federal grand jury on Tuesday evi
dence that liquor was sorved and con
sumed at the-party given by Arbuckle
in which Miss Rappe was alleged to
have received her fatal injuries.
In addition to his other troubles, Ar
buckle may suffer the loss of his custom-made
automobile, said to have
cost $25,000. Government officials say
if it is shown that liquor was trans
ported from Los Angeles to this city
in the automobile it is liable to con
fiscation. Subpoenaes were issued today sum
moning Lowell Sherman and Fred Fish
back, said to have been guests at the
party, to appear beffl re the .United
States grand jury -here. Sherman and
Fishback were questioned yesterday
concerning liquor alleged to have been
consumed at the Arbuckle party. Ac
cording to Robert Camarillo, assistant
United States district attorney. Fish
back said more than 40 quarts of liquor
were coinsumed in three days at the
Arbuckle apartments.
A new development today was the
announcement that-Dr. Arthur Beard
s!ee, house physician at the St. Fran
cis; and the physician .who fire t attend
ed Miss Rappe, is being sought by the
authorities. Milton T. ITRen. assistant
"district attorney, announced late today
that he had not been located and asked
the newspapers to assist in the search.
Dr. Beardslee is wanted for the purpose
of giving testimony before the grand
jury regarding certain phases of. the
ruedical attention given Miss Rappe,
U Ren said. . - ; ,
Following the court session District
Attorney Brady gave out a statement
in which he explained: the reasons for
his determination to press the murder
charge. Later, in asking the finance
committee of the county board of su
pervisors for a special fund with which
to prosecute Arbuckle, he said:
"We may have to go to all parts of
the United States for evidence.
Arbuckle must appear in the court
of Superior Judge Harold Louderback
tomorrow to be arraigned on one of
the two manslaughter- charges against
him. The charge is that voted by the
iand jury Wednesday. ' The arraign-
rrent is merely a formal proceeding,
however, but Arbuckle,,- If he desires,
n ay plead on the charge or the district
attorney might make a motion to have
't held in abeyance until disposal of
'he murder charge". '-' - ' "
MAX KILLED AND ASSOCIATES
IN AUTO PARTYt ARE HELD
AKRON, OHIO, Sept. 16. Five per
sons were being held tonigrht in con
nection with the murder of".- Harry
nclair, 40, Akron sportsman, who
- killed yeterday morning while en-
'Te between Cleveland and . Akron
v th another man and '.iwo-;- women.
The authorities said thy' would in
vestigate further stories told by Sin
c,ai s companions that Sinclair tvas
k,,!J by shots fired from a passing
'Jtomobile. The fact that - there were
blood stains in the car, oron the
clothing of the companions, -although
lht four were squeezed . into a single
"cat. d machine, led authorities to be
that Sinclair was not ' slain in
automobile nor at thetime . :dsiff
::atcd by the man and woman,.'
Reside Sinclair's companions, - the
thorities were holdings two men as
material witnsA' tm-if iwas Intimat-
GRAND JURY PRESENTS
SIX RAILROAD WORKERS
True Bills for Murder of Engi
neer Reed Fairfield Con-
victed on One Count
FITZGERALD. Ga.,. Sept. 16. Six
former employes of the Atlanta, Bir
mingham and Atlantio railroad are
Charged with murder in a true bill re
turned by the Ben Hill county grand
jury tdday. after an investigation of
the shooting of Engineer W. T. Reed,
while he was on duty on his locomo
tive on the night of July 5. Three
on bills we're returned.
The -,six arrested under the indict
ment are: O. C. Fairfield, J. W.
Hornsby, Harvey Booker, Perry
Booker, Jr., Tom Hendrick and G. V.
Myrick. There were no bills against
A. K. Hall, Alf Smit'and A. T. Lisle,
three of the six men taken into custody
on the preceding day on warrants is
sued on affidavits sworn to by the
widow, of the engineer.
An hour after the indictments were
returned, the jury that heard the case
of O. C. Fairfield, one of the 26 per
sons charged with "interf ering wth
employes of the A. B. and A. railroad,"
reported a verdict of guilty on one
count of the indictment. This count
charged that Fairfield personally had
"interfered with employes of the A..B.
and A. railroad." He was sentenced
to three months in jail and 12 months
on the state farm.
The other counts in the indictment,
for which the jury held that Fair
field was not guilty, related" to an al
legal conspiracy with others to In
terfere withthe employes
It was announced late tonight that
the trial of the six accused men will
be held the second week in October.
Representatives of the organizations
to which the men belong assert they
will fight the case and predicted that
it will cost Ben Hill cbunty $60,000
to try ithe accused men. Unless the
defense object Solicitor-General J. B.
Wall said they would be tried jointly.
The six men arrested on the indict
ment denied tonight that they were
doing picket duty on the night Engi
neer Reed was shot and indicated
they would endeavor to establish an
alibi when the cases are called for
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AGREEMENT IS REACHED TO
PREVENT LONGSHORE STRIKE
NEW YORK,! WepTL-;16.-hUe an
agreement has -not;beei signed, it, was
understood tonight that representatives
of the Longshoremen's union and the
steamship owners have decided upon
a wage reduction to take effect October
1. At a conference today it was un
officially reported that both sides have
agreed to cut wages from $1 an hour
to 65 cers an hour with $1 an. iour
for overtime, on the basis of a 48-hour
week.
T. V. Connor, of the shipping board,
actea as mediator at the conference and
will be present Monday, it was said,
when another meeting will be held. Mr.
O'Connor said tonight he thought the
agreement would be ratified with little
delay.
The agreement as drawn up, it was
declared, would place the new scale of
wages in effect for one year. Steam
ship owners were known to have ex
pressed a desire for them to; remain ef
fective for but six months but the long
shoremen were understood to be de
sirous of securing a guarantee against
further reductions for another year.
Should the agreement be signed on
Monday it is believed it will prevent a
threatened strike of 90,000 longshore
men in Atlantic and gulf ports.
CHALLENGE RIGHT TO TAKE
RUM-RUNNER ON HIGH SEAS
NEW YORK, Sept. 17. The right of
federal authorities to seize the alleged
rum-ruhnirig schooner Henrv L. Mar
shall was challenged ' in admiralty
court today when atorneys for the
owner filed answer to'- the forfeiture
proceedings. The brief maintained
that the vessel was under British reg
istry ana oeyona tne tnree-mile limit
at the time of capture, and hence out
side the jurisdiction of the United
States.
- 'By what standards, tests, measure
ments, methods and judgments,", it was
demanded, was calcuit.ted the distance
when the Henry L. Marshall was at the
time of, seizure from the coast line of
the United States?"
The government was asked to give
the latitude and longtitude of points
where it is alleged liauor was trans
ferred -to smaller craft to be brought to
shore.
FURTHER ORDERS ISSUED BY
WEEKS AS TO CAMP BRAGG
(Special to The Star)
WASHINGTON, Sept- 16. The war
department made this -additional an
nouncement today relative to Camp
Bragg:
"The officers' course, field' 'artlller'y
school, will be transferred by rail
from Camp. Knox to Camp Bragg, wherel
it was Previously locaiea. a.mp rtrugg
will be returned to ;its previous status
of being operated and supplied . as di
rected by the secretary of war and pre
vious Orders placing it during the pro
cess Pt abandonment under, the. CQm
manding general ' of the fourth corps
area'hav been revoked. The 13th field
artillery brigade will remain, stationed
at Camp" Bragg."
MENOHER WANTS A TRANSFER
' WASHINGTON, - Sept. 1 6.After
nearly -three years of service, .. Maj,
Gen Charles T. : Menoher has requested
to;be relieved as chief, of the air ser-
This became known today, Secretary
Weeks' in response to inquiries , an
nouncing"that Generali 'Menoher had
asked formally, to be el eased as air
service -head rand to be Sre
command, of troops In, the field. The
secretary added , that-no action had
been taken: asyet on the request, but
BRITISH CRUISER WITH
BODIES OF VICTIMS OF
THE ZR-2 MAKES PORT
Fifteen Flag-Shrouded Caskets,
Covered With Flowers,
Landed at New York
A MOURNFUL EVENT
Home-Coming of Heroic Airmen
Not the Kind They Had
Looked Forward To
NEW YORK, Sept. 16. Resting in
flag-shrouded caskets, covered with
masses of flowers and guarded by
armed men of a friendly foreign nation,
the bodies of Commander Louis H.
MaxfieW and 14 of his comrades vic
tims of the ZR-2 disaster arrived
home today on the British cruiser
Dauntless.
It was' a far different home coming
tian the victims had anticipated when
they sailed several months ago for
England to prepare and bring back the
monster drigible, the' disaster to which
on a trial flight, sent 42 heoric men of
two nations to their untimely death.
Far out at sea, the Dauntless was
met by a destroyer division of the
United States army. As it neared port,
the escort was augmented by a fleet of
seaplanes, representing the arm of the
service for which victims gave their
lives. As the funeral ship came up the
harbor, the forts thundered a salute,
church Bells tolled on the Brooklyn and
Staten island shores and passing craft
dipped their colors in reverential sa
lute. The Dauntless proceeded directly to
the navy yard in Brooklyn, where Brit
ish sailors tenderly carried the bodies
from the deck of their craft and de
livered them to the keeping of their
former comrades-in-arms on the pier
Tonight the flag-draped caskets wero
under the watchful eyes of a guard of
honor in the yard chapel, where to
morrow they will be rendered the hou.
or that the navy pays to its heroic dead.
The 15 caskets, each draped in irf
American flag, were carried on -what
Is known as the after super-structure
deck of the Dauntless. A monster f;un,
its muzzle shrouded in- funeral colors,
stretched over the bodies, arrange in
three .rows - on the -warcraf t's deefc.
.At each corner of the deck as, the
vessel was warped into its pier Btood
ah armed sentry with head bowed and
arms reversed. Forward of tha plat
form was a non-commissioned officer,
and aft an officer in full dross uni
form having a rank equal to that of
Commander. ttafild- Both of these of
ficers stood at attentin, with had un
covered until, the caaskets were Anally
removed from the ship.
On the decks of the cruller the en
tire crowd of 400 men, with the excep
tion of those on duty, were drawn up
at attention. On the quarter deck was
a guard of the Royal Marf-ne Light in
fanty, standing rigid with reversed
arms.
A silence, almost sepu'chral in effect,
hung over the funeral ship as she pro
ceeded up the harbor. Except for the
barking of her guns, as they spoke 21
times in the usual salute of courtesy
given by warcraft entering a foreign
port, the only noise was the swish of
water at her bow, the occasional clank
ing of a chain or a command, given in
muffled tones.
- As the Dauntless passed quarantine
a navy tug carrying Capt. C. M. Tozer!
f vociuing me secretary or the navy
and commander C. R. Robinson, rep
resenting the commandant of the New
York navy yard, went alongside and
the American officers climbed aboard.
v. A. .he navy yard the Dauntless
berthed opposite the Brazilian battle
ship Minas Gereas. whose entire crew
was standing at attention on deck. A
company of blue jackets and a com
pany of marines acted as an escort to
Commandant Vogel Gesang and his
staff, who were in .waiting to receive
the bodies. Rear Admiral H. P. Jones,
Commanding the Atlantic fleet, and
Rear Admiral A. T. Long, chief of staff,
were also present.
When the Dauntless was made fast
her commander, Capt. Gilbert Steph
enson and his. staff, together with the
American officers on board, took their
places near the ship end of the gang
way.. A whistle sounded and the Brit
ish marine guard passed into "present
arms." Every member of the crew,
from Captain Stephenson down, sim
ultaneously came to salute.
Eight husky British bluejackets then
lifted the casket, containing the body
of Commander Maxfleld, to their shoul
ders and, closely followed by a bare
headed British officer, it was slowly
carried down the gang-way. As the
body left the-ship the marine guard
on the pier , presented arms and the
heads of hundreds of spectators were
uncovered.-
. Each casket, as it was carried down
the gang plank was covered with a
wreath of violets T and other flowers,
the gift of British officers and organiza
tions and, friends of the deceased. The
flowers were .preserved in cold storage
during this -voyage and brought out to
day for the first time.
Two officers, who were to have made
the trip'oh 'the'ZRr-Z, biit'who were not
on board when the disaster overtook it,
accompanied the bodies. They were
Lieuts. C. A". Tariker and Telford B.
Mull.
Public. nemorJaJ .seryices. will be
heid' at the navy yard at 2 o'clock to
morrow afternoon. The body. of one
oX the .victims, .X . T.. Hancock, of
Shields, Michigan was delivered to his
father and, buried In England, and the
body of another brought home today,
Commander . 'Empry;t Coll, will 'later be
buried at- son in. accordance with his
oft-expressed desire. ' -
BANKERS OFF TO PACIFIC.
NEW: YORK, Sept.' 16.-More than
400 bankers " from the 'Atlantic coast
states, started' for "Los" Angeles today
inspeclal trains to attend the conven
tion of the American Bankers associa
An - rinft':: 9-7. ' The- trin - will Jia
made" leisurely and stops iwill be made
Jury Rules the Sock
Out as Hand Iaggage
PETERSBURG, Va., ' Sejt 10
Although Jndse Jesse F. -Weit.iln
Sussex county circuit court ruled,
this afternoon: "Jtliat ; citixen- wa
allowed to have one quart of whis
key in his personal baggage, and
directed a verdict of acquittal In the
case of & defendant charged . with
violating the prohibition ;Uw,r the
Jury tn the case retttrned a -verdict '
mllfr. malatniillne that v'
fendant had 'the whiskey vrrapped
In a socfe, and taking tfte: position'
that a sovtc Is, not personal baggage.
Attorneys , 1 or ,he defendant de
clare that ther wU take the ' ease
teethe upreme court. "
BOTH PARTIES DESIRE
PARLEYS TO CONTINUE
n J i i 7 5 t -
Neither British Nor . Irish Pub
lic Opinion Wants a Re
newal of Strife
LONDON, Sept. -16. (By Associated
Press.) In a telegrath sent this even
ing to Premier Lloyd' George at Gair
loch, Scotland, Eamon de Valera is. con
sidered, in high quarters In London to
have indicated a" desire for continua
tion of the negotiations looking to
peace in Ireland which were terminat
ed momentarily, at . least, by Mr. de
Valera's communication of earlier in
the week insisting on the independence
of Ireland and MrLoyd George's can
cellation of the conference with' dele
gates of the Sinn Fein which he had
proposed for next Tuesday.
Up to a late' hour tonight Mr. Lloyd
George had made no response, but the
concensus of opinion was that ' since
neither side to the argument seeming,
ly Is desirous of a rupture in the nego
tiations -there doubtless would be a
further exchanre of - messages.
The general view-in sLondon is that
the hitch has arisen because both Mr.
Lloyd George .and .Mr- de Valera are
compelled to keep ajt eye on the ex-.
tr'emists ii their t respective cabinets,
but tnat behindvboth there also is
strong public opinion in favor of peace,
this feeling belne as strong ln England
as-In Irelitojtoar' ;
From advices xtcerreTl tn TiOifdcm'The-
Sinn iFetAi leader -werj "surprised . by
the effect of -Mr, de Valera's letter,
which Inducev'JtfrlLIoyd, George to
cancel the proposed conference. From
these advices it would seem that the
Sinn Fein leaders, In Dublin hold the
view that their leader's '"leter was un
fortunately nnfasad, and that It is ad
visable to make a further attempt t9
bring about 'a -conference. t appears
to be believed" however, that some
weeks will be iest',ih the proceea of at
tempting to clarify1 the situation. There
;s now some talk of holding a confer
ence in London In. October. '
Premier Lloyd George ' has- "not yet
called the meeting, of This cabinet, buj
it is expected this will be held early
next week at Inverness, or at Gairloch
where the premier. is now staying. It
is expected that there will be an early
session of the-,Dair Eireann to consider
the new"apects of the situation.
WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16.-r-Virg!nla:
Generally fair Saturday and Sunday.
North and South Carolina. Georgia:
Generally fair Saturday and Sunday.
Florida: Fair. Saturday and Sunday
except Knuw trie 1 11 cAiicatc owui-xi ,vr -tlon.
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Extreme northwest Florida, Alabama,
Mississippi: Generally fair Saturday
and Sunday. .
Tennessee: "Generally fair Saturday
and Sunday; not auite so warm Sunday
in west portion. .
Louisiana; Saturday and Sunday
partly cloudy, probably scattered show
ers in southeast portion.
Arkansas; - Saturday partly cloudy;
Sunday cloudy and unsettled.
Oklahoma:. ' Saturday ' and . Sunday
partly cloudy, somewhat-unsettled.
East Texas:' Saturday and Sunday,
generally fair, -continued warm.
West Texas:'' Saturday and Sunday
partly cloudy.' V"
Winds off Atlantic Coast Hatteras
to Key West: - Moderate winds; mostly
east, fair weather Saturday. . y. -
Over east gulf:' Moderate east winds
and generally fair weather Saturday.
Over west suit: Moderate east j and
southeast, winds - and. generally fair
Weather Saturday.
Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Moderate
east to south winds and fair weathor
Saturday.
Hatteras to Florida straits: Mod
erate variable; winds mostly , east; fair
weather Saturday. '
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FEDERAU INVESTIGATORS ARE
DENOUNCED 'AS VERY PARTIAL
ATLANTA, Sept. 16. Recall of W.' J.
Patterspn and his" associates who have
been Investigating the fatal ' wreck ' of
an Atlanta, Bljninfe-ham and Atlantic
railroad freight? train here, was asked
of the Interstate Commerce commissiori
today by'-B. .j. Bug-gv receiver for the
road. ...it ?y " " v.-vi ". ' .
Colonel Bugg: declared the federal in
vestigators hnotrhe ' -considered Jmr'
partial because they are members - of
labor , unions .which -are now . striking,
against . thist property." - Of - Patterson
he saia, "he is nqt Impartial .andvhas'
shownihlnjsejfto bV: a pajtisan." ; T.ha
receiyeV askhat :"on-partlsan,r -'Impartial"
cJ Investlgatdrs ''be seint.t s
Colonel Bug-g holds' the wreck -which
Jkilled.two Itralnmen -was th result of
an explosive berie'placed on he track,
whlle, union', leaders, assert . - defective
equipment ws.at fault. The.statealso
conducted an investigation, but no. rer.
port has "yet ibeen )nade..: . , ",; ,
: Announcement was made ' by Colohet
Bugg that, a fourfoot- pieco ofr rail
from, the track where -'the wreck, took
place had been foupd; by workmen re-:
pairing the roadbed, the piece of ran
Was bent upward- he t'sald,:T3vhlch; hel
h6ld, proved 4tat; an explosive had ben
SENATE COMMITTEE: IS
'AB-tHROMIfc
Rblp REVENUE BILL
a
Repeal Excess Profits
Xx January, 1922, as Pro
posed By the House
UT INCOME RATES
Proposed That Surtax BT Re
duced From 65 to 32 Per
cent, , as of Next January
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. Revision
of the house tax bill virtually was
completed today by the senate finance
committee which under the present
agreement will report to the senate a
measure having these outstanding pro
posals: Repeal of the excess profits tax as
of next January 1, as proposed by the
house.
. Reduction of the income surtax rates
from a .maximum of 65 per cent to 32
par cent, effective next January1!.
vAn increase in the corporation in
come tax from 10 per cent to 15 per
cent, effective next January 1, instead
of 12 1-2 per cent as proposed by the
house.
Repeal of ,tbe corporation caoital
stock tax as of next year.
Retention of present rates on express
packages and ol bv pipe lines, and re
tention of tjthej' taxes on freight and
passengers-for 4he calendar year 1922,
only, at half the present rates of 3 per
ient and 8 per cent respectively. T
house proposed repeal- of all of these
taxes as of next January 1-
In agreeing' to the house maximum
surtax rate cf 32 per cent the senate
committee adopted today a re-arranged
schedule of .rates .under which individ
uals having incomes of $5,000 to $6,000
would be relieved of the present surtax
of 1 per cent. Beginning with in
comes of $6,000 and ending with those
of $20,000 the rate in each bracket
would be reduced -1 per cent.. In the
brackets from $20,000 to $34,000 the ex
isting rates would be Increased one per
cent and In the brackets from $34,000
to $66,000 the present rates would
stand. ' Incomes !of - $66,000 or more
would be taxed at the maximum rate;
'Mejnjbrs. pf, the iCOmjnittee explained
that through this1 plan and the increas
ed exemptions allowed to heads of fam
ilies and -on' account of - -dependents
there would be. a reduction of the in
come taxes, all alons the line except in
the acse- of single men having in
comes of $5,000 or less.
The loss. In revenue through the re
arrangement of 'tne" stirtajfc urates-was
estimated by treasury experts at $18,
000,000 ' making the total annual loss
in Individual income taxes $178,000,000,
Including $90,000,000 through reduction
of the maximum surtax rates and $70,
060,000 through increased exemptions
to heads of families and on account of
dependents.
A final vote on the bill was deferred
today until next ' Wednesday, but the
committee will hold an6ther session
tomorrow to gather up loose sends. At
that .time, Senator Smoot will offer his
substitute bill and Senator Calder, Re
publican, New York, plans to introduce
his proposal for a tax of $5 a barrel
on 2.75 per cent beer.
The committee reconsidered today
its decision to Include in the bill a
manufacturers' tax of 2 per cent n
proprietary medicines, and adopted the
house proposal to remove all taxes on
these articles. Its proposal for. a 4
per cent tax on cosmetics, perfumes
and toilet preparations in lieu of the
present stamp taxes, effective next
January 1, stands, however.
In order to make the taxes on soft
drinks uniform, the committee voted to
fix the tax on finished fountain syrups
at 7 1-2 cents a gallon, instead, of 10
cents.
The house plan to. impose a 5 per
cent manufacturers' tax on the entire
wholesale selling price of a. number of
articles if sold -in excess of specified
amounts was amended a that the tax
would be paid only, on Vfat jjortjon of
the selling" price in , excess (of fixed
sums. ?
The house proposal for taxing life
insurance companies was approved ex
cept that they would be required to pay
a 15 per cent tax on their ; investment
income, effective as of . last January 1,
Instead of a 12 1-2 per cent rate. The
present taxes on premiums would be
repealed as of next January I. Fire,
marine and other insurance companies
would be taxed as at present except
that the higher corporation income tax
would be imposed.
SOUTHERN TEXTILE MEETING "
.: BEING HELD IN, CHARLOTTE
CHARLOTTE, Sept. 16. An address
by D- R- Coker, of Hartsville, S. C,
member of the federal reserve board,
featured - the afternoon' session of ,the
semi-anhual convention . of the Sbuth
ern Textile - association : meeting here
today. w :'
The association closed a busy day
with a visit to the "Made-in-Carolinas"
exposition tonight, following a cabaret
dinner tendered by Charlotte textile
interests. Following Mr. Coker's ad
dress, F. Gordon Smith, of .Lancaster,
S Cf led a . discussion of 'technical sub
jects, in line with the slogan of the
convention, "Better cotton, better cot
ton goods." " .
i; About 400 representatives of the cot
ton' manufacturing industry from. -an
the textile states of the south areUn
attendance. The convention will close
tomorrow. : " . -"
IS NEW EUROPEA N MANAGER.: .
WASHINGTON,, Sept .16. Appoint
rnent of J. H., Sheedy. of New 'Totk,
as European manager, t .succeed
Frank E.-Ferris,Svas announced today
by. the shipping board. Mr.. Sheedy
will leavle; within a few, days for'his
post? Until recently he was connected
with"1 the 1 Ocean " Steafnship " company?
The European staff, as a lesuit of toe
recent reorganization; - has 'been -"re-.
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GRISSOM'S CHANCE IS
REGARDED AS INJURED
Failure of President to Name
Collector Viewed as Set
back for Him
By JULE B. WARREN
RALEIGH, Sept- 16. The announce
ment from Washington that no recess
appointment of the collector of in
ternal revenue for the state would be
made, has hurt -the, chances, of Gillam
Grissom more than . apy other , man,
it is declared by some of those who
have been keeping" in touch with the
dispensation of patronage for North
Carolina. -
Several weeks ago Mr. Grissom came
to Raleigh, and spent a couple of days
with Collector J: W. Bailey getting
acquainted with the office. It was ex
pected then that his name would be
sent to the. senate by President Hard
ing soon afterwards. But the nomina
tion was not "made; "and now it is an
nounced that the appointment will not
be made until congress again convenes.
In the meantime . Collector Bailey
is staying on the job.' He considered
resigning last January, but remained
on thereby allowing the men working
in his department additional time
within which to find jobs. Many of
them have found these jobs now, and
are being replaced with temporary
help. Mr. Bailey will now hold On un
til his successor is named and quali
fied, which will be sometime near the
end of the year, unless the President
changes his -mind and does make a
recess appointment.
The failure of the President to send
Grissom's name to, the senate is 'taken
by some as an evidence that ajt'-'has
not been smooth sailing for the
Greensboro Republican, and that pos
sibly W. B. .Duncan, son of the late
E. C. Duncan, one time power in the
Republican party in the state, and C. S.
Jenkins of Siler City, have a better
chance to land the appointment. Not
a few local people, including some of
those who have been keeping In touch
with the dispensation machine, believe
now that Mr. Duncan has a much bet
ter chance for appointment than he
had two months ago.
DAVID W. ALDERMAN IS
DEAD AT ALCOLU, S. C.
Was a Native of Harrells Store,
Duplin County
loTTae'Slar
ALCOLTT a. c... Sent. 16 TavM wWi i r
Alderman, president and founder of
tne D. W. Alderman and Sons company,
and one of the' ieadlng business men in
the south Atlantic states, died today at
1 o'clock at his home in Alcolu, after
a long illness. ;
He was born at Harrell's Store, Du
plin county, North Carolina,, 72 years
ago. He came to Soutlv Carolina 40
years ago and as a pioneer-in the lum
ber industry he amassed a; fortune. He
was one of the largest land owners in
Clarendon and adjoining counties.
He is survived by .the following chil
dren: R. J. Alderman, Paul R. Alder
man, Miss. Martha Alderman, of Alcolu;
Mrs. David C. Shaw, of Sumter; N. W.
Alderman, Jr., of Florence; and Mrs.
Blair Rice, of Belton, S. C.
The funeral will be Saturday at noon,
Clarendon Baptist church, Alcolu, of
which Mr. Alderman was the founder.
The burial service will be at Harrell's
Store, Duplin county, North' Carolina,
where rest the remains of his wife and
three infant children. The burial ser
vices will be held there Sunday at noon.
IiUMBERTON POSTOFFICE HAS
LEASED ftCABTERS 5 TEARS
(Special to The Star)
WASHINGTON, ;Sept. 16,-r-The post
office department announces It has ac
cepted the proposal of A. W. McLean
to renew the leas on the present
quarters at Lumberton, 205 Elm street,
for five years from September 1. The
lease is to include equipment, heat,
water, light, safe and parcel post and
postal savings furniture when neces
sary. Second class postmasters examina
tions October 14 are announced by the
postofflce department for the " follow
ing places; Albemarle salary, 2,600;
Hertford, $2,300; Lenoir, $2,500; Madi
son, $2,300; Wadesboro, " $2,500.
Henry R. Croom has been appointed
acting postmaster at Pinehurst. .
CONCLUDE TRIAL OF MINERS .
IN THE MATTEWAN BATTLE
WILLIAMSON, W. Va., Sept. 16.--Reece
Chambers and Fred Burgraff, on
trial here charged with killing W. J.
Ferguson, one of seven Baldwin-Felts
detectives slain in the Matewan battle
in May, 1920, were placed on the stand
in their own behalf today . when the
defense resumed its side of the second
Matewan battle trial. Both men denied
that they had been implicated in the
shooting of the detective or that they
had been near the scene when he met
death.
Several . character witnesses also
were employed by the. defense . before
it rested.? The state then followed with
two rebuttal witnesses, and it was in
dicated that the case -would go to, the
jury tomorrow. Judge R.. D. Bailey,
who is frying the case, requested that
the attorneys conclude by tomorrow
night. ;
SPECIAL GRAND JURY GOES
.ON WITH LOGAN; RIOT PRpBE
1 LOGAN, W. Va., Sept. 16. The spe
cial grand jury investigation of the re
cent disorders oh . the Bp one-Logan
county border continued here today, a
number of members of the United Mine
Workers' ,of America, from j-the Coal
river district beins heard.
The -jury was told that '"warnings"
threatening persons who . srive " testis
mony'" had been posted on" houses and
trees : in Coal' river valley, ' and that
numbers of. men, who-, took .part In the
inarch from Marmet are leaving that
region for: 'unknown destinations. "
:At the prosecutlnsr attorney's .oflJ e
it"'wa''-i''ald
would tobablyextend; over into nr
FITTING TRIBUTES ABE
PAID THE MEMORY OE
LATE JUSTICE ALLEN
Supreme Court ; Hears Resolu
tion Adopted By the State
Bar Association
HIS WORK PRAISED
Chief Justice Clark
Speaks
Eloquently of His Asso
date on Bench
By JULE B. WARREN
RALEIGH, Sept. 16. The supreni
court this morning paidfitting tribute
to the memory of the late Associate
Justice William Reynolds Allen in ex
ercises that were brief, but very beau
tif ul. The resolutions of j the Wak
county Bar Association and of the stat
bar were ordered spread pn the mim
utes of the court,, along with. the re
marks made by those presenting thes
resolutions and making jbrief talk!
about the late Judge Alien . )'
The court was called together at I
o'clock for a brief ceremony and at
o'clock members of the state , govern
ment attended court and' Gov. Cameron
Morrison was called to preside over th
meeting. . The- governor spoke briefly
of, the life of Judge. Allen and of hii
place in the hearts of those who knei
him and of his fine work as a stat
official. Ex-Governor Bickett followed
with a fine tribute to the jurist. Fol.
lowing short talks by Justice Hokaf
Judge J. Crawford Biggs of the Raleig
bar, presented the resolutions.
Assistant Attorney General Frank4
Nash moved the adoption of these res
olutions, saying: "In the unavoidabK
absence of the attorney general, It i
my ' privilege ' to ' present to this cour?
the resolutions of the bar upon th
death of Associate. Justice Allen. Thes
resolutions receive the hearty assent
of all who knew this distinguished law -yer.
and judge. ...
"Death, always with us, never be
comes familiar, ; We may place ou
fingers on -a-waning pulse as it lndl
cates its approach,- yet when it comej
it comes with a shock. It is a mysterj
of mysteries when It comes to one la
the high day of, his powers. In the ful
tide, of .bis .usefulness. The material
1st can supply no key to this mystery
To him man comes from nothing and
goes like thev-dumbr beast to nothing!
v-t4wret jAawsMt-.9BMaV4yerv hai , . r .
L .we-, a.r.e. by. "bodies. Of kla V.T:;
by our souls kin-: to' the God eternaji
And one infinitely' better and - wise
than he has said to his followers: '1
go to prepare a place for you.' Death,
then, Is but the portal to the full
abounding life of. eternity; 'the grav
but covered bridge leading from light
to light through a brief darkness.'
"We may be sure that this excellent
lawyer and judge, the greater part ol
whose active life ?s baen spent as a
minister at the altar of justice, thi
kind-hearted Christian gentleman, ha
ere this entered Into the place prepar
ed. for him by the Master whom h
served so faithully.".
Mr. Nash then moved that these pro
ceedings be recorded In the court rec
ords and Chief - Justice Walter Clark
paid Judge Allen the following tribute!
"The court has heard theremarks ol
Mr. Nash and the resolutions of th
bar in memory of Judgre William Rey
nolds Allen, with a deep sense of th
loss which the court and the state has
sustained in his death.
"We shall not repeat what has been
already' so well said in regard to his
life and services. His-, distinguished
record in the superior court caused
the people to place hlm'on this bench.
Here he was a patient hearer of argu
ment, and we found him In conference
Invaluable in the consideration and de
cision of causes. -.His active - and
trained mind was aulck to sense a
question and he carefully considered
it in all its bearinfrs. He" was tireless
in the examination- of precedents and
careful in the preparation of his opin
ions. Always courteous, he was al
ways a most ajreeable as well as. a.
most valuable member of this - court.
Elected to this bench In the fall of
1910 he took his seat in the fall of 1911.
His first opinion appears in 154 N. C.
and his last opinions were, filed this
week after his death, 'JtO' appear in 182
N. C. He thus worked till the last.
His opinions In these Zfr volumes will
be a lasting memorial to his ability,
industry, great learning and the clear
ness of his intellect.
He died at the post of duty as surely
as a soldier falls on thefield of battle.
The open book that he was reading
was at his side, the unfinished opinion
lay on his table,--the notes of Its prepa
ration were at hishand.
"The chisel of the sculptor fell at
the foot of the unfinished statue. The -shuttle
dropped; from the hand of the
weaver. The bow of the archer wis
broken while it was still bent. 51 His
life work finished - ere he was aware,
he heard the call of the roll, and like
a pupil he answered. to. his name and
stood in the presence, of his Master,
"The proceedings of the bar and the
remarks of the distinguished speaker
who has so eloqu en tyr presented them
to the court will . be . printed In the
forthcoming volume of the reports," ,
MISS RACHMAN, . 5 CHATTANOOGA, '
SPONSOR -AT -T. . C 4V., REUNION
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CHATTANOOGA; Tenn., Sept. 16.
Miss Martha,; Dulaney ' Bachman, , of
Chattanooga,' was, today designated as
sponsor for the" aouth atthe re-unlon
of United Confederate Veterans here
on October 27,- by. K. M. VanZant,
commander, . of. , Fort .Worth , Texas.
Miss Bachroan Is the'-daughter ot
state supreme court Justice Nathan
L.v- Bachman, and grand daughter 01
the- Rev. - Jonathan-' W. v Bachman,
chaplaln-generaL of the United Con
federate Veterans. She . becomes the
official representative of J the staff of
the commander-in-chief. -'
The president-general of the Daugh
ters of the Conf ederacy;? through' cus
torn, . is the matron of honor, and thli
year the honof goes to Mrs." ROy week!
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