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The Weather The News of Business is Car ried in the Advertising Columns of the Morning Star- Read and Profit. 1 1 .'. ... j. .. X J j .57- " t' f . " Generally fair today and Wednesday) I o chance In temperature. - Mage of river at Fayetteville ra. 1 trrdny at 8 a. m., 23 ft. : VOL. VIII. NO. 13. t . WILMINGTON, N. C, TUESDAYy- MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, 1921 OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. 1" ' . : . v ... - - . '., i ... . . . . - ' ' " . ' i : . 1 ... . -.: . . . 1 -at... MOORE COUNTY JURIST APPOINTED JUSTICE TO SUCCEED JUDGE ALLEN William J. Adams of Carthage Chosen Last Night by Gov- -ernor Cameron Morrison SEASONED LAWYER Has Fine Record on Superior Bench and Was Strongly Indorsed by Bar By JITLE B. WARREJf RALEIGH, Sept. 19. Governor Cam er -ii .Morrison tonight appointed V:.io Vm. J. Adams of Carthage to the .supreme court to succeed the lat Vil.iam R. Allen; Walter U. Brook has been appointed to the superior .ouvt to succeed Judge Adams, and M. v Nash of JIamlet is named as solici tor to succeed Solicitor Brock. The decision came at the end of a day which had been featured by the ap pearance of 10 or 40 of Adams fri?nds in Raleigh. rho pleaded with the gov ernor for th 3 selection of the Carthage man for the supreme court. The governor was Inclined to wait until Wednesday morning to make the appointment. He had narrowed the . indidates down . to Thomas p. War ren of New Bern and Judge- Adams. He found that the state was pretty well divided on the . support of these two. He was unable ,to ditermlne w hether the sentiment-was for one or the other of these two. so -divided has it become. He expressed his belief that Mr. Warren would make a very fine judge, and that but for the fine services of Judge Adams on the bench, he would have probably appointed Mr. Warren. The omy thing against Judge Adams was geographic location. His appointment throws nearly all of the members of the supreme court in the soouthern tier of counties. The probabilities are that the per sonal friendship of Governor Morrison for Judge Adams played a part in. his final selection. There were a large number of his boyhood friends in the delegation which came to Raleigh to day. The governor has been very close to Judge Adams and his family a quar ter of a century. The new associate justice of the su preme court practiced aw for many years l-MooTeounty,- and before -going on the bench was for many years the Democratic leader in that county. He was one of the six Democratic sen ators in the fr.sion legislature and won the admiration of the -governor at that time on account of his brillancy and the fearlessness with which he fought the battles fjr the party. ' He was appointed to the superior court bench by Governor Glenn and has been re-elected every term since that time. As a supericr court judge he has made an enviable record and has the indorsement of a larger r.umber of lawyers than pro'Dab?y any other can didate who has been mentioned for this position. Judge Adams It holding the Guilford county court this week and it is as sumed that he will finish tfcis court be fore he takes the oath of office as as sociate justice of the supreme court. Brock and Nash will qualify for their places as soon as Judge Adams leaves the superior court bench. LASSOED AND DRAGGED NEGRESS BEHIND AUTO White Youths Seriously Injure 12-Year-Old Girl (Special to The News.) KIXSTON, Sept. 19. White youths In an automobile yesterday "lassoed" Min nie Whitehead. 12-year-old negress, at Fort Barnwell and dragged her over a road for a distance of 200 yards, ac cording to the police here. The girl was snatched from ajbuggy and pulled behind the car. ' Then the youths took the rope from about the girl and left her. She lapsed into unconsciousness and her condition is very serious. The party in the automobile were not identified. ABBREVIATED COMMITTEE IS UNABLE TO GET AT FACTS MATEWiT? W Vfl ... Rrlt 19. Sura. tor K-enyon's two-man investigating "T,mittee, stni trying to get at .ine b'.:f.m of industrial troubles in the Mingo mining region, talked' again to iay to scores of people and traveled over miles of country by automobile ;nd train. When the committee quit work tonight and proceeded" to Hunt ington, the two senators, -sifting a f aze of Informal testimony-, found it 's difficult to put two and two togeth er and make four. There was no end of conflict from, '-h testimony. ' " Spokesmen for miners and- operators fmed miles apart as to the xeal cause ff long standing grievances. The trip 'as much like that of a jury viewing - murder scene, and many murder c'-nos, by the way," were, visited dur the day. llr-re at Matewan, the senators stood - the spot where ten men" fell in a u!f in May, 1920, -which "seemed to ; vo spread the flame of ; mining war fare. Across the street theysaw where OHa of the Watfiolo lgr was &SSASSi- -atcd and then they traveled over part '' the ten-mil ebattle line where ma- t; guns were used. . ; Matewan state - police .were oh but no recent disorder was re- i here. Nearby tent colonies were us to tell of alleged ""crimes on art of private .guards, bjat most stories were of 'the same gen- '-nor. - 4 ,;iKE XESTEB OJS "SWEDE" -AMI, Fla, Sept. 19. Mike JNTester, Rochester, N. Y... knocked -Out ,:"xf:" Danielson, . of Fort Pierce, r a . in the fourth round-, of ... a isqhed-10-round bout' hero toaiffbt. All Brews With 'Kick' I Are Declared Illegal WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 Warn ns that the making of Intoxicating home brew" is illegal, wa. lasued tonht by Prohibition Commission er Haynes. Numerous inquiries have -been re ceived recently, he said, concerning : the . home manufacture ot; fruit juleesgTovrtng out of reports that a head of a household -was entitled to make 200 gallons of wine a year under permit. . Th Prohibition unit's attitude on the home brew question was defined by Mr. Haynes as follows t t "Non-intoxicnt iNi.- ra ,"he made in -the home. Intoxicating wine, home brew and distilled spir its may not De made. Two hundred gallons of non-Intoxicating fruit juice may be manufactured tax free by the head of a family registering with a. collector of internal revenue. "Thfi tax exemption provision has been the source of confusion The effect of this is not to allow the manufacture of 200 gallons of intox icating; wine free from the registra tions of the national prohibition act, but merely to allow the manufacture of 200 gallons of non-intoxicating fruit juices free of tax." CHICAGO BOMB GANGS ARE FINALLY EXPOSED Five Men Arrested, One Confes ses, and Enough Explosives Taken to Wreck Chicago CHICAGO, Sept. 19 A confession that he planted and exploded more than 60 bombs during the "past year was ob tained, according to the police, from William G. Smith, one of five men ar rested today in the act of bombing the shoe, repair shop of David Kremen. Fourteen hundred sticks of dynamite. three inches in diameter and ten inches long and 100 sticks of T N T, said by Chief of Detectives Hughes to be suf ficler.t to blow up much of the city of Chicago, were seized by the police fol lowing the capture of the men. The bombing today was said to have bsen -the result of rivalry between the international Brotherhood of Shoe Re pairmen and the United Shoe Repair men. Kremen is a member of the for mer organization. Police had received a tip that Kre men's place was to be bombed and, had surrounded it. The five men approached the shop, one of. them jcarryjlng a bomb. The police ordered them to surrender. Instead Richard Burke the man carry ing the bomb, hurled i and the explo sion tore the front from the shop, threw Kremen and his family from their beds andn broke windows for blocks around. In an attempt to escape. Burke was shot in the side. His companions sur rendered. They are Smith, Michael Bench. Johny Barry and Charles Young. Burke is said to have told the police that he supplied bombs for several la bor unions and also the men to throw them. Police say he made a detailed statement of bomb outrages undertaken for the shoe repairmen's and janitors unions. In his alleged confession, Smith said Burke hired him to aid in bombing and window smashing. His salary was set at ?50 a week, but he had not been able to collect it, he aaid. In the alleged confession Smith also declared Burke had conducted nego tiations with a man named Levinson whom he knew as an official of the United Shoe Repair association of Illi nois. Police later raided the offices of the association of which Leo Levinsqn is treasurer, and seized books and rec ords. None of the officers of the asso ciation was present at the fime of the raid. OUIMET MEDALIST IN PLAY IN" NAT'Ii AMATEUR TOURNEY - ST: LOUIS, Sept. 19. Francis Ouimet of Boston, former national open and amateur champion, today was the med alist In the 36-hole Qualifying round of the national amateur golf champion ship, playing the 6,631 yard course of the St. Louis country club, twice with 144 strokes and getting a new record for. the links with a 69 on the first round. His golf was splendid all the -way as he made onl ytwo or three er rors during the double round. r. E. Knepper, of; Sioux City, Iowa champion, was second with a score of 7770 147,1 while Bobby Jones, of At lanta, and Jesse Guilford, of Boston tied for third place with 151, Jones having rounds of 7 and 75 and the Bostonian shootins 77 and 74. 0vLT, ONE AMERICAN BALLOON IN OVERSEAS RACE, REPORTED BRUSSELS Sept. 19 (By Associated Press ) But one of the three balloons p'loted by American aeronauts which left here 'Sunday afternoon in compe tition for the James Cordon Bennett tfoDhy. had been heard from up to shortly before midnight tonight. Eignt ofLthe 14- starters had ben accounted for ud to ihat time. ' ' The English entrant, Banshee, landed near Carmathen. Wales; Crombez. French at Brighton, England; the Valle Italy, as; Aberaeron, Wales; the Belgica VII. Belgium, piloted by Lieut. de,Muyster. at Powerstock, Dorsetshire. England, and 4the Barbauty, Italian, eight TOlles northwest of Swansea, Wales. . . Wade T. Van Orman, an American aeronaut, landed six miles northwest of -Exeter.. England; the Snanlsh con testant. Magdalena, at. Treherbert, 25 mlls from Cardiff. .Wales, and the i",-" iierf bv the Englishman Spencer .at Fishguard Wales. Nothing has Deen- ucaiu othej? six competitors ,1a th erace. WIFE ACCUSED OF MURDER - nfmmn." ';-V;. . Sent- 19j A Dinwiddle county grand jury this af ternoon returned indictments against Mrs. Tom Lewis and WUlUm Hardy, charging them wifh the murder ot tr V"r.t-. w,.von,i in, Dinwiddle sev oral weeks ago. at th same time com pleory " exoneatfng .Isrman Haydfe who ha? also been in . the Dinwiddle jail' since the alleged crime, .charged with being an accessory. TAX BILL WILL REACH PRESIDENT LAST PART OCTOBER, IS FORECAST Passage by Senate and Confer ence Work Should Not Con sume Over Three Weeks READY FOR REPORT Senate Committee Completes Labor, Adopting: the Rr . vised House Measure'N WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The tax revision bill will be sent to the Presi dent by the latter part of October, Chairman. Penrose predicted today, in announcing that the senate finance committee had formally approved the house measure as amended. Neither the Smoot manufacturer's sale tax nor the Calder proposal to impose a tax of $6.40 a gallon on al coholic liquors withdrawn from bond for other than manufacturing pur poses, will be included in the measure as it will be presented to the senate Wednesday. The authors have given notice, however, that they expect to present these amendments- On the sen ate floor. Senator Penrose said that so far as the -business of the senate would per mit, it was the purpose to take the bill up immediately and press for final action. " . "Under these circumstances," he con tinued, "there is reasonable expecta tion that the bill can be passed in the senate with two week's considera tion and ought not to require - more than a week In conference, if that long a time. If is entirely safe, there fore, for me to predict that the bill will be sent to the President during the latter part of October. 4 "It 'is extremely, desirable to have the bill passed as soon as may be, in order that treasury officials can have ample opportunity to frame and pro mulgate rules and rgulations, under the new measure. "I think the amendments to be presented to the senate improve the bill, which will produce the revenue required and contain many features ameliorating conditions now burden some to the taxpayer." , , . ' While treasury experts. have?"Vetcrt complete their final estimates as to the total revenue that probably would be raised this fiscal year under the measure as amended, it was stated that the amount would not be less than"" $3,200,000,000, the minumum which Secretary Mellon informed the committee would be necessary. For the next fiscal year it is estimated roughly that the return would be around $2,700,000,000. The Smoot sales tax plan was dis cussed further in the committee to day with treasury experts, but Chair man Penrose said Senator Smoot had stated afterwards that he was willing not to press the amendment in the committee, but would reserve the right to submit it to the senate. The committee did not take a vote on the proposal, the chairman added The Carder whiskey tax amendment already has been accepted in principle by the committee, and Senator Pen rose said the New York senator would present it in the senate practically as a committee amendment. Senator Calder also has reserved the right to offer another amendment to tax 2.75 per cent beer at the rate of $5 a barrel. Before finally approving the bill, the committee voted two additional changes. Under one amusement ad mission charges not exceeding ten cents would be exempt from the one cent tax imposed by the present law. Under the other hotels would pay a tax of 10 per cent on the entire amount charged to transients for rooms, if the sum exceeded $5 for one person and $8 for two persons. As originally pre sented by Senator Reed, Democrat, Missouri, the tax would have been paid only on the amount by which the charge exceeded these sums. In absence of Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, the plans of Demo cratic committeemen with regard to the bill were not announced, but it is expected they will submit a mi nority report attaching several feat ures of the bill, particularly those dealing . with excess profits and income surtaxes. Senator, LaFollette, of Wis consin, and some other Republicans, also, are expected to oppose some sec tions of the measure. PENNSYLVANIA ROAD GIVEN PERMISSION TO MAKE PLEA CHICAGO, Sept. 19. The Pennsyl vania railroad was granted permission by the United States railroad labor board to appear before it on Septem ber 26 In support of its plea that the board's order that a ijew election -of employes' representatives in the nego tiations over working conditions be held should be annulled. The board, in tht ruling, gave theJ f road permission to present, ev:acnce on three subjects, namely: 1 As to what employes not in ac tual service of the carrier may vote in the election, of the employes' erpresen tatives to., conduct-, negotiations with the road over Yules and work condi tlcrp. ' 2 As to 'how the representative capacity .of spo'tasmen of unorganized employes shall be ascertained. 3 On the adoption or ratification, of its shop rules by representatives of said -crfts fairly elected by a ma jority of employes, of that class. BIG PLANT RESUMES WORK PETERSBURG' Va., Sept. 19; The bag and case department of the Seward Trunk and Bag company, one of the largest establishments of its kind In Virginia,' trii s morning resumed oper ations . on ' full time, after having been on a short, time basis practically ever since the' business depression set In. Officials of the company say that the trunk department will also be on - full time within i the next , fortnight." as an accumulation of orders .will .now. war rant tbi.- - DE VALERA DENIES HE SEEKS ANY CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO MEETING Assents He Has;noThrought of lding Recognition of fgtt lrisn tiepuMic -TV EMIER IN ERROR :(. fish Still Seek Conference and Propose Treaty to "End Dispute Forever" LONDON, Sept. 19.-w(Bv- Associated Press.) Eamonn de Valera, the Irish republican . leader, after a meeting of his cabinet today, sent another tele gram to Premier Lloyd George, in which, declaring thatcthe Sinn . Fein had no thought at any time of asking for the acceptance of , any conditions precedent to a- conference, he requests the premier to say whether his letter of September 7 was intended to be a demand for surrender or an invitation to a conference "free dn1 both sides and without prejudice should an agreement not be reached." ? ' In the latter case, Jdr. de Valera; states that he would confirm the Sinn Fein acceptance of the ' invitation and the Irish delegates would meet the rep-' resentatives of the government. Mr. de Valera also sugests the con elusion of "a r treaty of- accommoda tion" expressing the belief that this would "end the dlsnute'- for ever and enable the two nations to settle down in peace." - 1 The nature of the message from Mr. de Valera necessitates ; a further ex change of telegrams, unless .some sort of an ultimatum is forthcoming. The text of Mr. de Valera's telegram fol lows: "Sir: We have had no thousht it any time of asking you to accept any conditions precedent to a conference. W ewould have thought-It as unreason able to expect you, as a preliminary, to recognize the Irish republic, for mally or informally, as' that you should expect us, formally or, informally, to surrender our national position. It is precisely because neither side accepts the position of the other that there is a dispute at all and that a conference is necessary to search? for and discuss such adjustments as might compose it. "A treaty of - accommodation and as sociation, property -x?erludLed .between tfre people' 1es$weJlands- and beV tween Ireland and the group of states in the British commonwealth would, we believe, ena tne. aisuce iorevej and enable the two nations' to . settle j down in peace, each purSuinr its own individual developments and contribut-. ing its own quota, to .civilization, but working together Jin free and friendly co-'operation." 'To negotiate such, a treaty the re spective representatives of the two na tions must meet, but if you seek to impose preliminary conditions which we must regard as involving the sur render of our whole position, they can n'ot meet. "Your last telegram . makes it clear that misunderstandings are more likely to increase than to diminish and the cause of peace is more likely to be re- j tarded than advanced by the continu ance of the present correspondence. "We reouest -you, therefore, to state letter of September 7 Is j Jntendei 'tD be a demand for surrender on our part or an invitation to a con ference free on both sides and without prejudice should an agreement not be reached. ' "If the latter, we readily confirm our. acceptance of the invitation and our appointed delegates will meet your government's representatives at any time in the immediate future that you designate. "I am. sir, yours faithfully, "DE VALERA." DUBLIN, Sept. 19.-r-The members of the Dail Eireann cabinet reviewed the situation this afternoon, giving par ticular attention to Premier Lloyd George's telegrams. At the conclusion of the session a reply to the British prime minister was drafted and desr patched immediately by Mr. de Valera. So far as the Sinn Fein position is con cerned, it did not appear to change it in any way whatsoever. At the same time, it is announced that Mr. de Valera's desire for a con ference is strong as is that-of his col-, leagues. The' members of the Dall Eireann do not believe that the notes forwarded to Mr. Lloyd George were open to the construction that they claimed recognition as a sovereign state. As some of them expressed it, their idea of a conference is one which may lead to "association with " the British commonwealth and if that failed, it would leave them In no worse position morally than when -they en tered it. ,: The general impression among the members and their supporters seen at the mansion house today, was that a conference would be hald. , : Engineer Scoops Tot ; Off Track a Thriller RALEIGH, Sept. 19. A movie thriller, mi - enacted ' In' real life today near . Kipling, when Engineer J. H. Fnrman, Norfolk Southern railway, climbed ont on the "pilot of bis engine and -scooped up three-year-old Gertrude Collins, toddling - np the track in front of the oncoming engine. - , 4 - Fnrman - was. taking; .25. loaded freight cam to,, Fayetteviile and wai; rounding a sharp curve down grade,; when - he saw 'tne little iglrl. He, yanked the whistle cord and the emergency brake.' r Tne child was. 75 yard away.. rcThe weight of-the cara , behind - waUdtng.vthe I :bl engine ' forward,-.?'T whtn. rFnrman climbed out on - side, of - his . engine' to the pilot - and , with the train ! moving. : at ten-mile speed,1 pulled . the- little - girt to -safety - '"He -worst) Injury . .was" a i slight braise- on th; bead. ' r , 1 Atlanta City Council Takes , a Hand in Secret Order Row Adopts Resolution Requesting Newspapers Now Publishing an . Expose of the Ku Kulx Klan to Include the Knights of Columbus Old Charge of Alleged Path is Made " . Against the Knights of the Fourth Degree ATLANTA, Sept. 19. City council here late today adopted a resolution requesting that "the New York World and other daily papers, especially the Columbus Ga.) EnquirerrSUn,' now en gaged in lie. investigation ' and expo sure of what they claim to be unpa triotic and un-American institutions, Include in their investigation "and ex posure the secret obligations, oath and ritual of the Knights of Columbus." "Inbur opinion there exists an un patriotic and- un-American secret or der, with lodges throughout -the coun try, and known as the Knights of Co lumbus,'" the resolutions stated in their first reference' to that order. . - The resolution then cited, what pur ported to be a copy of an oath, pub lished in the congressional record in 1913, and which the resolution paid "is reported" to be an oath of fourth de gree members of the Knights of -Columbus, which officials of .the latter have from time to time asserted was not an oath or obligation of their or der. There was no mention in the res olutions of the Ku Klux Klan, about which certain newspapers now are printing articles, but in the brief de bate that preceded the vote that or TAR HEEL STATESMEN LEAVING FOR CAPITAL President Gets Letter From " ' Wilmington Man Denounc ing Knights of Columbus (Sneclal to The Star) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. The North Carolina congressmen are expected back here for the .opening session Wed nesday. Representatives Stedman and Weaver are already here and Ward, Lyon, Pou, Brinson, Hammer and Bul winkle will be here, tomorrow.' Senator Simmons. ,who madfr a flying trJplto' "New Bern -tocTieekfV on- pri vate affairs, will be back .Wednesday morning. - Senator Overman is e,xpect ed tomorrow. Representative Kltchin may not return for some days yet. He is fighting a hard battle to recover his health. The most interesting question for the Tar Heels when, "they arrive will be the Ku Klux inquiry-proposed: peo ple back home will watch them line up on this all absorbing problem. None of the North Carolina members belong to the order- , An- envelope, postmarked Wilming ton and "addressed to the President of the United States," sent here, contain ed this letter: "Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 9, 1921. To the Editor of the New York World New York, N. Y., City: The Knights of Columbus should be investigated and exposed, as they swear allegiance. to a foreigner the pope and are doing everything-on earth to make America Roman Catholic and undermine and overthrow the government, for the pope. They ar back of your supposed exposure movement and you can't deny It. Nearly all you have, interviewed or quoted are Romanists. Be fair to all. Yours very truly, (Signed.) "J. H. HARRISON." SUBMARINE IN DISTRESS NEAR NASSAU,' IS WIRELESS REPORT 0 ... - MIAMI, Fla., Sept. 19. A wireless mesage from the submarine R-47. say ing she was in distrtes at a point 100 miles northeast of Nassau, was received early this mornins by Ensign W. H. Klapnroth, commanding the subchaser 154, lying here. The message was sent broadcast, it wa thought. No further word has been heard from the submarine. The R-47 is said to. be one of the latest and biggest types of submarines built by the navy. NO OFFICIAL NEWS RECEIVED. . WASHINGTON. Sept. 19. The navy department was unable, tonight to identify- the submersible mentioned in press "dispatches as" having been re ported in distress off Nasau, but was of the opinion that It must be the R-27, instead of R-47. ' The R-type. it was" pointed out does n'ot run higher than, number 27. Any one of a number of submarines might have been in the position given, it was said. v ' -, LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETING OPENS AT THE UNIVERSITY ffineelal to The Star) CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 19. witn fi. c. J Brooks, state superintendent of public ; instruction, and Arthur N. Plerson, of j Wo New JerSev legislature, as the t main attractions of the program, the .t national regional conference on "town and county administration open-- ed here tonigni. ii is nem uuuer ioint auspices of the University of North Carolina ana me inauuui Wu nieiDal league, and will continue - through Wednesday. . Mayors and cit managers, and com misnlnnera of North Carolina commit- ttees," and municipal government ex vpers from other states, came In today , by train " and by automobile from 'Dur 'ham; and by late afternoon they were atroUine about on informal inspections the village and the University cam pus." , . , -' . , wrTWEN CHAMPIONS PLAY -WELL i' OTTAWA, Ont., Sept. 19. Miss Alexa Btirllng -of Atlanta, woman open goir champion' of Canada and the United States and Miss Cecil Leitch, woman open champion of Great Britain ; and pVftwo.e - each survived the qualifying round- today, of-? the -annual Canadian - championship -tournament vover" -the I Rlyermead cour ,7 '' -..'- ... - . - - ganization was mentioned several times. The resolution that was adopted by a Standing vote of 11 to 8 was introduced by Councilman Walter A. Sims, who later introduced an ordinance to for bid inter-racial workship in the city of Atlanta. He . declared he acted on request of property owners on North Boulevard who, he said,' asserted that both whites and negroes worshipped regularly at a Catholic' church in that neighborhood. , The -ordinance was re ferred to the committee on ordinances. Action on the request regarding the Knights of Columbs followed an effort by Council Hoffman to have it tabled. "We are mply lowering ourselves by getting into a .squabble of this kind," he asserted. "I belong to neither or der involved in, i. this thing, and cer tainly I have never heard , of any such oath as that which has just been read." Councilman Hoffman's motion to table was lost by a viva .voce vote and Councilman Sims declared that "should it be established that this oath which has been read is actually the oath which has been taken by fourth de gree Knights of Columbus, their license to operate in Atlanta should be re voked and I wfU introduce a resolution revoking that license in any such eventuality." MORE SUBPOENAS SENT OUT IN RAPPE AFFAIR Grand Jury Continues Investi gation of Roscoe Arbuckle's Party Meets His Wife SAN FRANCISCO, 1 Sept. 19. Roscoe Arbuckle and the wife from whom he has been separated for more than four years, had a reunion today in. the visi tors room at the city prison where Arbuckle is awaiting trial' on a murder charge." He -is accused of . causing the death of Miss-Virginia Rappe through aa eclsode-t .aAraalMrtgarty -i-lila suite at a hotel, here. Arbuckle elapsed Mrs. MInta Durfee Arbuckle in his arms, then effection ately greeted her mother, Mrs. Flora Durfee. The three, with the prison er's brother, A. C. Arbuckle. of San Francisco, then sat down for a half hour of conversation. The grand jury resumed its investi gation of the Arbuckle ..affair tonight, subpoenas having been sent out for Dr. M. E. Humwell, the attending physir cian in most of Miss Rappe's illness; MissvJoyce Clark, one of the partici pants, in. the party; Dr. Gabor" .Kings tone and Reginald Morely, two men who we reported to have some knowledge, of the affair, and several . other witnesses. Miss Clark was questioned by Dis trict Attorney Matthew A. Brady to day, but refused to sign a statement and accordingly was ordered to appear before the grand jury. LowelL Sherman, of Los Angeles, also subpoenaed, is enroute to Chicago, Brady said, and no legal means exist to bring him bnck. Sherman was an occupant of th-3 Arbuckle suite, and was present at the party from which the death of Miss Rappe resulted. Dr. M. E. Rumwell, who attended Miss Rappe during most of her fatal illness, was subpoenaed by the grand jurl to tell, according to District At torney Matthew Brady, why an autop sy had been ordered performed with out consent of authorities., as required by California statute. Miss Rappe's illness, it has been charged, began in Arbuckles' suite at the hotel St. Francis here while she was his guest and resulted from vio lence inflicted by Arbuckle. Arbuckle is being held for trial on a charge of first degree murder sworn to by Mrs. B. M. Delmont, another member of Ar buckle's party. . Previous to the convening' of the grand jury tonight. District Attorney Brady announced all angles of the case would "be investigated; particularly, he said, a report quoting one woman wit ness as having declared "there is money in this case and I am going to get 'some of it." MIks Rappe Is Burled - LOS ANGELES, CalJ Sept. 19. Fun eral services were held here today for airo frsv rv,nea iioVb n.. -d coe C. Arbuckle Is held in San Fran- Cisco. Burial was in Hollywood cem- etery. The Episcopal burial service was read. Many friends attended, ' the crowd which sought admittance to the chapel being so larse that the doors were locked. Motion picture actors and producers were paubearen. DISARMAMENT IS PUT UP TO THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE GENEVA, Sept. 19. (By Associated Press.) The commission on disarma- ment of the council of the league of nations, in its full report issued today finds that the Washington conference can better deal with the question of naval disarmament than the league, and that It can be more effectively se cured by . common agreement among the great powers. The discussion" of this subject by the assembly commission thus far is in line with this conclusion, involving a slow but sure policy. With regard to land armaments, .also is appears that the, same policy has the upper 'hand. It' is -probable that- the ' question will come up before the assembly on that basis. ? . "Mankind - is still too. far removed from the Ideals of peace to make possi ble at present the- solution of-the ques tlon of disarmament," is the flnad con-. elusion of the council's commission. - ,'. . - . . THIRTY-FIVE MEN AND THREE WOMEN ACCEPT PLACE IN CONFERENCE Plans for Meeting to Discuss Unemployment Are Be ing Completed HOOVER TO PRESIDE Samuel Gompers, John L. Lewis, Chas. M. Schwab and Ida Tarbell Among Delegates WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Announce ment of the names of 35 men and three women who have accepted President Harding's invitation to take part In a national unemployment conference her beginning next Monday, was made to night by Secretary Hoover. Other names will be announced later, he said, when all the replies have been, re ceived. The list includes Secretaries Hoover, and Davis, Julius Barnes of Duluthj Minn.; Samuel Gompers, Charles M! Schwab, and John L. Lewis of thol mine workers. The three women are Ida Tarbell, of New York; Mary Van', Eck of New York, connected with th& Russell sage' foundation; and Elizabeth Christman of Chicago, an officer of the, national women's trade union leaeue. Mr. Hoover has been appointed pres-i ident of the conference, which it waa said, would at once resolve itself into' special committees tor the formulation of definite plans for submission to th conference as a whole. These com,mit-j iees, ivir. .Hoover asserted, would noj doubt seek co-operation from otheH representatives of labor, employers and civic bodies in the formulation o their views. "In naming the members of thn. con ference," Mr. Hoover said, "it has hrt the- desire of the President to secure geographic representatives, and :it thej same time have regard to the different! elements of the community who are in terested and can be helpful in the' problem, without any attempt at pro- portionate numbers. Those of expe rience in those industries where there is the largest degree of unemployment' have been called upon in larger pro- i portion , than from the trades where there is less unemployment. It Is im-: possible to Include the whole of soma 60 trade groups in the conference and hold its size within workable limits." An economic advisory committee of Av-waj3 appointed - .to advance; of -the conference and, Mr. Hoover stated, has been at work on the preparation of unemployment data, and upon a work ing ilan for the conference. This committee, he added, would be among the special committee to be appointed by the conference. Secretary Davis has also been co-. operating in formulating the confer-; ence plans, he sai-i and has been di-' recting a renewed survey of unem-1 ployment throughout the country for' the use for conference. The conference. Mr. Hoover con.. tinued, was expected to get to work quickly in order that the administra tion might be in a position to combat unemployment before winter Th President's invitation, he said, stated! Vn4- " -!.. . . ..... "" "io uuiuerence is canea to in quire into, the volume and distribution! of unemployment, to advise, upon j emergency measures 'that can be prop- ) erly taken by employers, local authorl- : ties and civic bodies, to consider such measures as would tend to give im pulse to the recovery of business and commerce to normal." While no announcement has been made yet by the white house, it was ; considered probable that President Harding would open the conference with an address outlining the adminis tration's desire to remedy the nation's' unemployment situation. I LESS UNEMPLOYMENT FOUND DURING AUGUST THAN JULY WASHINGTON Sept. 19. The num ber of persons employed in nin3 major industries showed increases in August ovit July, while decreases occurred in five, according to figures made public tonight by the department of labor. iron ana steel industries, with :-7,3f8 'persons employed in July, Increased to nij.iiss. or .4.9 per cent. Manufacturers of hosiery and underwear, wnj em ployed 26,739 in July had 28,200 em ployes in August. Men's reaiy-made clcthing employes who numbered i--59S in July, had increased to 34.313 in August. Boots and shoes increased from 60,307 to 63.200 during the month. ...The automobile industry showed the largest decrease, dropping from 7K.0OS in July to 74,283 in August." The next largest decrease was In bituminous coal mining which dropped to 21.115 In August" from 21,754 in July. in 11 of the fourteen Industries the. lamount of money paid to employes in- creasd n, August over the amounts ?ald ,n JuIy' n, lron and Bteel niticaM' wa,a o.t per ceni, in men s clothing 12.7 per cent; hosiery and un derwear 12.5 per cent, and In-bituminous coal mining 11.9 per cent.. A de crease of 3.7 per cent occurred In the automobile industry, 2.2 per cent in cot tou manufacturing and 1.3 per cent In woolen manufacture. NEGRO ARRESTED ON CHARGE - CRIMINAL ASSAULT ON GIRL A -llhVJiIfTr -i.uv u jcokius; aiiernoon- Dy Detective A. L. Long on charge of crim inal assault on the 15-year-old daugh ter of Lonnle, Ward,. negro. The crime is . alleged to have been committed on March 15, last, but the warrant which was sworn out by - the- mother" of the alleged victim, was not issued until recently. ' , , - SUDDEN DEATH OF DR. DANIELS . AT KINGSTREE LAST EVENING ' . CHARLESTON, - S. C, Sept. 19. The Re v. ' W. W. Daniel, D. D., Das tor of the .Methodist 'Church at Kingtree, and one o . fthe leading ministers in the South Carolina Methodist conference, died suddenly late tonight. He was 62 years old. ? For .17 -years he was president of .Columbia college. - . He A1s survived by a widow-and several chil dren. , " ' , . " . ' ' f-,.) : HI v r. fl 1 1 u. .1 n i, - 3 , ., j - " ... 1 , - , , i 4
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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