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4 T'h e Weathei f The News of Business-isCarn ried in the Advertising Columns of the Morning StarRead and Profit. ' " T Fair today and Saturday! no efcange In temperature; . v I stare of river at rayettevuie yeater- j day at 8 a. m-, S6.1. ; . ' ' 'V-.- .- . i - tJ r,-. - 'v. ii-':-' . - VOL. CVIIL No. 16. WILMINGTON, N. FRIDAY MQRNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1921. " OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. r rijfsi s; gP t:a tii fiy : BUSINESS HAS TURNED THE CORNER OF 'HARD TIMES,' SAYS HARDING Governor of Federal Reserve De clares Readjustment Crisis Has Passed FARMER THE PIVOT On Him and His Crops and Marketings Swings Immedi ate Future of Trade CHARLOTTE, Sept. 22. Gloomy for hodings of last winter with respect ta the banking situation- are no longer justified and can be dismissed. Gover nor Harding- of the federal reserve bnard. declared in an address here to night at the Mado-in-Carolina exposi tion. . ' The banking eituation has greatly improved." Mr. Harding said, "and al though the process of ' readjustment has not been completed, evidences are mult-plying that the corner has teen turn ed and that we have passed the most acute stage of the readjustment period.- Governor Hardinsr said that In the immediate future much would depend on agricultural development,. .and the manner of which this year's crbpp were marketed. "With proper co-operation on the part of the jnerchants and hankers," he said, "thoee engaged in agriculture have opportunity and pros pects which were not anticipated a few months ago, and it Is of vital. import ance that this co-operation be given. It should be remembered,'V Governor Harding continued, "that in" order to" maintain our production we must push our foreign trade. We cannot main tain our foreign trade on the basis of gold stocks of other nations and some means must be devised for extending long time credits abroad or Interesting Americanse in foreign properties in or der that the exchange rate which now runs so heavily against other nations may be corrected. "We must continue to buy from for eign countries those things which they can product better or- more cheaply than we can and exchange commodities with them. If we determine to do hnsiness with and with ourselves. alone, it Tseems inevitable tha-awTOaafc4 reduce our production to meet mereiy American requirements. v - The recent advance in tne price oj. ?otton was in no way uo iu urease in the loans ot ieaerai reseryo KoT,v'nr to anv expansion in the cur rency," Governor Harding -declared, but to operation of the-ineviiaDie xaw m supply and demand. Feaerai reserve notes actually in circulation, he' said, . AAA aaa l titan wh An rvere aoout ouu.uuu.uuu 100 w cotton reached us wwesi wmu spring. - ' , Governor Harflms spoKe ai ieuB-" explanation of the federal reserve sys tem policies, of whicn,, ne nas "a surprisins lacK oi Knoweaeo. Any belief that there was a pre-or- dained contraction, oi me mi'w ing 1920 to reduce prices is "abso- utely unwarranted, ne saiu. r "There was not only, no contraction f federal reserve note currendy. dur ing the year 1920," the sovernor con tinued, "but on the otner hand the total volume of federal reserve notes n circulation shows an almost cun- nuous upward trend during mat , n o j nnn nnrt nn January rising irom ,oii.uuv, - - to $3,404, OUU.UUU on - - -- M-d hish mark. Since tnat time "'p iume of federal reserve notes in clr 4.1 m v a a4 n n illation has been greany icui- til on September 14. 1921. it stood at 52.491.661,000." ' : ' ' WILSON DENIED $35,000 PURSE, LABOR DAY FIGHT Boxing Commission Accuses Him of Stalling JERSEY CITT, N.- J., Sept. 22. A prf cedent in cnarap"'"11""' a , nals was set today by the New Jfey boxing commission, when it deprlyea Johnny Wilson .middleweight title holder, of the $35,000 purse ne have received for his Jabor , Day bout with Bryan Downey of .Cleveiana. w pon was found guilty py y.vv"" ?ion of failins to put. forth his best efforts. Withholding .of the, purse .wa8 ic-emed as the proper putusnmeni. The commission annouftcea. in.ma.fc ing its decision, that it was not cer- 'am as to the-, lesauu and would take steps to. learn, yie ex tent of Its authority. JMeanwhiJe Tex Rickard. promoter was p'ace the money in- trust.. directed to VMERICAN BASBBALL TEAM J ARE POCMNG INTO JATAfl SAX FRANCISCO, - CaV Sept.' -22. American baseball teams .are pounu into Japan, according io i Mved here. Nine clubs from tne i'a Mfio coast and Hawaii taVO -either rrade the trip or are planning on K- trig. B-naft naseoaii ;;ano will not patronlae poor teams, accord- !tr to Frank MiTa, a Seattle Japanese iaebaii man. He Is -Planning to -jane a tean of Pacific cpastlague;playfers across this fall. '. 'i. ," '.A-;- .-- The University of -California nine rrmpleted a tour of theisianas oomo nt) . ago, w'.ming a majority, of its parnes. A tm from the"- univerBiiy af Washington sailed, from Seattle re rntiy. a third student'1 nine from the ?htrmaT, TnHii n .rhnnl -fit .SOUtherH Hfornla follows this "month. . .. A team of semi-prof essifna-l.-,80me f them merrbers of the Western Can arla vaeue. lie Honolulu NiPPOns from Hawaii, arl the Vancouver :?Asahls, fr-mosed o Japanese, already are in thf islands. Tie Seattle AsahisriJohi th.;l1 early nen: monthrr.This invasion v'3i prefaced 'y , the tour., early, -this of a professional : team , headed r Charles Doyle. - 3 Village ofOpp d World War Battlefield pesolation and Ruins Alone Remain of What Was Flourishing , German Industrial Town E leven Hundred Dead arid 4, ; 000 Wounded Are the Known Casualties French ' A and Germans Work as One For the Victims MANNHEIM, Sept. 22. (By Asso ciated " Press). Desolation and ruins alone emain of what was once the flourishing town of Oppau. The town had $,500 residents, of .which a ma jority of the men engaged in the chemical works were killed orwoun- ded. Soldiers in French uniforms are clearing away the wreckage, v picking up the dead and injured . as after a big battle. Eleven hundred dead and 4,000v in jured is the latest estimate of the disaster yesterday which caused a greater , number of casaulties in the Mannheim-IiUdwlgshafen district than the four years of the war. The deso lation around Oppau equals anything seen . at Verdun or in Flanders over a similar arear Hundreds of persons are digging in the ruins for the bodies of relatives or friends, nearly a 1, 000 of which have been recovered-thus far. - Thirtyrsix hours after the explosion, from the gaping, funnel-like hole where the Badische works formerly stood. there are still to , be heard moaning and cries of the wounded, while the soldiers search for possible 'survivers; 2,500 of the. injured are .re ported to have passed through the hos pitals, of the . surrounding, cities. The vast craer is slowly filling with water and It may never be known how many ;victlms found a grave there. All mutilated but still living animals crawling amidst the twisted girders and;; blocks.-of concrete are being put out7'of their misery. The firemen and relief, -workers have not yet been able to discard their gas masks. The 32nd army corps of the French army is in complete charge of the area, and . every available French .medical officer had arrived early this morning, to co-operate with the German phsyclans of surgeons. The French and German Red Cross are co-operating and a big German sanitary train has brought large quantities of medi cal supplies. The German officials thanked General Degoutte for the ARMY OF STUDENTS IS SIGN OF GOOD TIMES People',; Finding Means , Where .j With to Send; the Young People to Many Schools By JULE B. WARREN RALEIGH, Sept. 22. If the atten dance ; at. State college is any,, index to the financial condition of the farm ers and r others whose sons are there, the predictions of those who did not believe additional room would be need ed this year may be discounted. When being, made tcfr bigger facilites for the ; educational Institutions, it was said that the year prior to the session in 1921 was exceptional,, that people had more money than ever before and they were spending some of it In send ing", their children off to schools. These legislators did not believe the lean years would see such a big short age of building space, and that when the normal number was reached in the receeding process, there would be no need for the big building program be ing asked for. But the attendance at State college and the other educaitonal Institutions of the state this year again shows a big increase even over what it was In the peak years when people had' lot-'of money. This is taken as an indication of the fact that there has been a real educational rennais sance'ln North Carolina, and that the folks -back home, whether or not they are loaded down with 40-cent cotton and - $1 tobacco, are finding the whejrewith to send their children to the higher educational institutions. Students- of the. situation, are con vinced .that better times are ahead for the business, industrial and commer cial interests of the state. The In crease, in 'the price of tobacco "- over last, year, and the phenomenal jump In.theprice of cotton during the past two-weeks puts a different aspect on economic conditions in North Carolina. The immense building program, on roads . and on Institutional buildings is absorbing a large amount of skilled and unskilled labor. The commissioner o-labor gets reports which show' that there is j an- actual demand ion skilled carpenters v'whicSi ' is keeping all" of these craftsmen busy all 'the $ time. Masons' are also in demand. POSITION OF CITY "FATHER" ,.MACON,s Ga., Sept. 22. For the first time In the. history of Macon,- a woman was .chosen alderman . in yesterday's primary, . The ; official .count- consoli dated today, showed that Mrs. Chfirles C. Harr61d"had not only been . elected but 'ran third in the tace. M. E. El liott was 'elected mayor protem. v Luther-Williams,., veteran ' banker, was "elected, mayor and 10 of . his aldermen out , of 12 . were elected. Ninety- per cent of -'the registered --white vote of nearly 7,000 was polled. ' ; ' - -! ' . . SOFT DRINKS v COMING DOWN : EJINSTON' Sept. 22.-i-A 'further ; de cline in prices of soft drinks has been announced ' here. One bottled concoc tion which has been retailihg fon6. and 7 ' cents . has been reduced -to the the 'before 'the .war" ' Jitney with a cut ' to 80 - cents peri crate in : the wholesale price. V The !; fountain price of 7 cents still obtains,; dealers asserting that the wholesale e price of fountain syrup has not been lowered. - j- ; - 1 iT'AIiY'S- BAliANCED TRADE.. Rome; Sept. 17.--The balance of trade la sUll running aginat .Italy. In the first five nionFha of 1921, the ; Imports S approximately . $317,000,000, -while exports-amounted to. but $134 000 -000 This1 leaves an adverse; trade balknce of $183,000,000. - In the corres ponding period last year the adverse Picture au a oromnt manner -fn which the French c- vrme to the assistance f - jj-j. , rn The French high -commissioner j tne jrtnme, jvl . xirara ana ms eru staff" took, charge of the relief w r v i Th o TY t TY1 horc n f Vila eta FT itafa ZF list tne mayors ana people in, if lle)f plan, in which the labor "Jf are uniting. Several of the f uc&w.. jg already, assumed large proportions. From Frankenthal, four miles away, there was a steady exodus of the popu lation, in which bandaged heads and arms in slings were conspicuous. The village of Edigheim was badly wreck ed, and it 'has not yet been possible to rescue some of the victims who are known to be under the debris. At Oppau whole families was com pletely wiped, out, about 300 bodies having already been placed in the ad joining cemetery awaiting burial. The Mannheim hospitals are crowded with injured, more than 400 persons hav ing suffered from the explosion in this city. Several French soldiers were,. .killed and many wounded when the" force of the Oppau explosion wrecked the French barracks at Eisenheim. A train which , had just, left that station was blown off the tracks, plowing through the. wooden' slieds where French sol diers of occupation were quartered. General Degoutte personally deco rated a Moroccon soldier who rescued 11 wounded from the wreckage, the African being severely' burned about the hands' and neck. 7 The experts who are inquiring into the cause said that the explosion probably occured in the course of tests of .the compression of . a new gas. the properties of which were insufficiently known. Primarily, it is reported the disaster, was caused by the explosion of 15 tons of ammonium sulphate in the preparation of a new gas In which the pressure of 300 i atmospheres and a temperature of between 500 and 7Q0 degrees centigrade were needed. ARMY AIR SERVICE TO BEiPMiNElMiS S -i - Aripoirifment of ' Colonel Patrick Heralds Some Changes in ; That Department " : WASHINGTON, Sept. 22. A further attempt to place the army .air service on a more . satisfactory basis will be made when Col. Mason M. Patrick, ap pointed to succeed. Major General Me noher as chief .of the service, takes office, probably next week. It is an open secret that Secretary Weeks has not been satisfied with con ditions in , the. army . flying corps and he indicated today that he would take advantage of the opportunity afforded by the desire of General Menoher to return to command of field troops to effect the changes he has. in mind. Mr. ' Weeks laid stress on the fact that Colonel Patrick was an officer bf mature years and seasoned by experi ence at home and abroad in positions requiring executive ability. He also Indicated that in the future the func tions or the assistant chief and di rector of operations, .Gen. William Mitchell, would be more narrowly con fined than in the past to training and preparation t Eying personnel.. For the larger task of building up the ground service of the corps, which Includes procurement of air craft and the supervision of the expenditure of some $20,000,000, the war secretary In dicated that he regarded Colonel Pat rick as peculiarly well fitted. The air men have a natural voice in questions of the types of equipment they are to operate, he said, and their practical ex perience is not to be disregarded; -but aetaus or this, ana like nature will be worked ,out, -3tr. Weeks expects, ' In conference between the two chiefs. SEAGULLS COME INLAND TO EAT HOPPERS AND SAVE CROP . SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 22. Report from' North Dakota that seagulls re-cehtly-.appearing in McLean county had destroyed grasshoppers which threat ened to ruin the crops," called attention here to a similar incident in Mormon pioneer life In-Utah. - . ; Today a notable monument stands in, the Mormon temple grounds in Salt Lake City In honor of the birds that saved the early settlers from threat ened" starvation In 1848. It is a pillar about 100- feet high,' -surmounted by a bronze seagull. At .Jts bass are in scriptions detailing the" reason for its erection with illustrations by Mahonri Young, the 'Utah scujptor. The first i. pioneers - trekked across the plains .. into: Salt. Lake valley, in 1847. Brigham .Young; stipulated that there should (. be . intensive cultivation of the land, crops were grown and . the farmers looked for a" bountiful harvest the next year, ''Then, crickets In : huge armies swooped-down, upon the crops. The farmers.-tried to eliminate the pest without Success.; Transportation' at the time ?wts difficult," means to obtain foodstuffs "from distant points were lim ited, and the situation looked critical. When practically everyone, had given up " hope -of having ; any part of the crops, the seagulls, termed by old'Mor mons as the "messengers froni heaven, appeared. . They did --not touch 'the grain, - but warred on the crickets and In a short time '.had rldoTen,; the fields of the pest.--i. There are no -records to show from-whence .the birds canie. ;The- seagull a is iUtah's sacred f bird, tt is 'unlawful ; to kill -It.' Many of the people' of this ; state hold ,it -in affect ionate, memory and during the"."sunimer thousands- give : of their bread to. ; the MrdS'that taay-'be'seeti "in:; large ' num bers at' "Saltair, a resort a few miles Cronv;here .the Great Salt Lakes. . .: DEMOCRftTlifAXPllN PRKENfifONATE BY VjiLSH AND GERRY They WouldRelieye Three Mil lion Taxpayers Yet Con serve" the -Revenues " tr nIgastsincome tax it ould Make Incomes of Over $300,000;Pay 20 Per Cent to the Government WASHINGTON Sept. 22. Reductions In the normals-tax rates 5 on Individual incomes of $15,000 .op less and a gradu ated tax of from 10 percent to 20 per cent on the incomes of corporations, in place of the ; suggested flat rate of 15 , percent, were ; proposed in amend ments to the." Republican tax ;Tevisl6n bill offered today, in the. senate by Sen ators Walshl V ' -Massachusetts and Gerry, of Rhode Isla.hd, -Democrats on the finance, committee. '' :,i . To make up the.. ,$105,000,000 loss from the tax on Individual ""income, . it'- js&s proposed that -a tax. of one cent a gal lon ' on gasolina-fbe" imposed at "soutce and that the capital stock taxv yield' ing around $60,000,000 annually, be re tained. The majority- bill Provides -for j repeal of this, tax,-effective in 922- ' under the Gerry ramenament,;.', Indi viduals taxpayers' Whose" net income; -is less than $5,000.- would pay a . normal rate of 2 percent,'' jhstead, of. 4, percent on $4,000, as provided in the . revised bill; taxpayers whose" net income ;is between $5,000: and $10,000 would- piiy a normal tax t&f 4 percent ..on, the ex cess over $5,000;-: instead of 8 percent on all over $4,000," and taxpayers whose net income is between $ld;000 and,-$15,-000 would pay, ndrjnil tax, of :.6T; per cent on the efxeess over $10,Q00, in stead of 8 percent-on the excess.' over $4,000. ; v' " ". c - .... v.- Incomes in. e'x.cess .of $15,000 would pay at the rate -of 8 percent on all over, that amount, but, titvrwas"- explained, they would receive 'the - benefit of " the lowered! normal ..taxtXSP .to "$15,000. The surtax 'rates .as 'fixed -by 'the finanee' committee' would.! remain unchanged. Under the . corporation income tax amendment' off ered hy Senator -Walsh, the rate on . the- first; $100,000-..of cor poratlon . net Income Uronld ..be 10"perj cent; that on'the"'tneome between $100, 600 ajid ,$300;opi!k.would v.be.,5o-percent" and that:-oa":thi Income. in i excess- of 3 009WuhL b 2(L 'percent Ni:C-. ment -issueLrbyv'Sehat6 Waash'r.and YZZ n ntlowir ab-doihe;ha oth- which the Republican Majority; bill in creases the tax from. 10 percent.. to 15 percent, while It increases the tax on! only about 4,000 " corporations which have a net Income of more than $300, 000 each per year. " " .- - : ; - Discussing the "proposed reductions in the ' normal in.cbme rate , otf; indi--vidual incomes below $15,000, the state ment said: '.- . "This change will reduce materially the tax bills .of over "3,000,000 'tax payers, in striking Contrast ' With - the Republican planof 'cu'tting, j'lri addt tion to lowering the . surtax, bracket, the high surtaxes from taxpayers whose income - Is .over. $66,000, .whlch - affects not more than 5,000 of the wealthiest class. .j.--. :" , . "The loss to the government by out plan will amount to about' $105,000,000, yet the Republican majority -Jiave -with one fell swoop - eliminated the! excess profits taxes and thereby reduced '. the revenue ' of the government $450,000,- 080. - - .-- v;- . ..'.'-';; . "There should be no reduction of the substantial "character proposed .by the Republican party leading to such tremendous reductions In" the, needed revenue of the government in 'the in terest of excessive prpfit-maklng cor porations, without providing for adjust and- oquitable redifetlon 'to. the indi vidual whose' income is i less "Ithart $15,000." ; -. ; ; '- -.:;ti'--r ;-- The statement by - Senators '.-Walsh and Gerry was concurred . In, it - was said, by Senators Simmons, of Korth Carolina, and .Reed, of Missouri," "the other two minority members' of the finance committee now - In Washington.' It made a general attack, on the-tax revision bill as reported yesterday by the ; finance ;comnUtee, ".-declaring the i measure to be "unsound, lnquitable and indefensible." ; ; --.i".'. '.'.' It was alleged that'-the-statement issued today was in no sense-. a 'minor ity report on the bill. Av minority re port will be submitted ,to a commit tee of the Democrat on the commit' tee and of the Democratic membership of the senate. . j. -; .; .v. , . f .; The majority report, also has - yet to j be submitted. cChairmarr-'Penrose' told the senate today that h hoped . to;have it ready tomorrow. He, pjan: at that time . to call up tne-. tax -Dyiwlth - a view to having it read.and brought to immediate consideration. He made an unsuccessful effort to get the meac ure up today, but ..the beer. - bill" g;ot the .right-of-way. - . ; . - OTHER CRIME THAN MURDER , A WAS . CJOMMITTED.p IS VgAID DO.WAGIAC. f Mich..' -Sept.. 2 Z-Thr ee persons appearing!rbe,f orer thecoroner's jury investigating, the1 'murder' of Wil liam Monroe." his - Wife nd 17-yea'r-old-daughter, . Neva,' today ? . testified v marks f otfnd -on the? body of iNeyaand -'her 10-year-old 1 sist'(ir lth who ?,wras beaten with the club with" which the othars were kilied indicated thegirls might :have 'beent.subjected to acrirn inal - assault, r:V'f 4 GeOrge W.b jsreen,; ana,. Jone?, murder was-xltscovered Tuesday,, stated", theyunbruisonrch migm, nave tmuhbu ? i wiu , oosbuh,, --.. KftnroriAr' do Similar bruisesiwereoUdxo?;Ardlth;lthorough according to Dr. D. S.. Herkmiore,' who attended, the ) cnUdf ik' !- ff l?.i :?? K. 'jArdltJrviiatv first ''believed .fatally ' In jured, -continued today i to. show' ..signs of. ImproVementf '.butj-j physi.cianCisaId her fcohdition,' still is critical. , ; j - The ' testimonJr, the inquest wntch conformed .r.id V statehients previously, made by two of ;thedQciors.':wst4e outstanding! developnent of the case todays. The 1 funeral iof ?:the;jthreev vic tims was held this . af ternoon. i & POLICE PHASE OF THE ABBUCKLE CASE BEGUN WITH DOCTOR'S STORY Death Due to Condition Which Resulted From ' External Force, Surgeons State BODY WAS BRUISED Evidence That a : Hypoer jiijic Needle" Was tfsed Discover- ;" ed by Autopsy Surgeon SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 22. The po: lice court examination .of Roscoe Ar buckle, which will determine whether the- film comedian is to be bound, over to the superior ,cour.tfor. ...trial on ; a charge of 'murder of Miss Virginia Rappe, began t here today in a court room filled almost exclusively with wo- ;Three witnesses who saw Miss Rappe's body after .her death Septem ber 9, which it is charged resulted from injuries suff erred at "a drinking party four davs before in Arbuckle's hotel suite, testified that they observed bruises on her limbe and body. Two of them,, the -surseom who performed tile postmortem examination and the autopsy surgeon, said the death was, from a ruptured bladder, caused, in their opinionated external force. ..The autopS'surReon also told Of a. small puncture -Jaia he round in tne ieft' arm''fhvtVmr,' '"which he attrib-f uted o ran hidermic. needle. At tomorrow' Swsession It is expected there will be introduced testimony rer ga'rd:lngi incidents at the party, where, according to witnesses at the coroner's inquest. Miss Rappe was found mpan ing. .and screaming- after, fbeing alone. In a room with Arbuckle. ,. Arbuckle' listened intently to today's testimony,, his face bearing a serious expression.' Mrs. ' Mlnta Durfee Arr buckle, his. wife from whom he had been separated -for five years but who came here from New York Monday, sat "at his side with her mother, Mrs. Flora Durfee. ' , Jjr. Shelby Strange, who performed i the autopsy 'on Miss Rappe. and Dr. WtlHam Oppuls, who made the first postmortem - examination, were the nrihcfpal iwitnessea today. - . ' - 1' Drc-Stranere said he f ound Jr!3is.eslbq tMJss: Rappe's Tight upper arm, ; appar- entlv caused . by nnsermarKs; two ers on the thighs -and shins, the cause of which he -was unable to state.. Dr. Oppulis' and,.; Miss jGracej Halston, a hos pital p.urse ,wn. wat preeeni at ibc postmo;rem, boW cortODre-r. Strange's description of the bruises ana coroner's photographs of the body were offered as evidence. r -A tear. In the bladder wall was de scribed by. Dr: ,Strang:e, who said tfie bladder and other organs had been pre servedby Dr. Oppuls. He salJ he be lieved that death came from peritonitis resulting? from' the' , ruptured bladder, and that the rupture was caused by some external- force. Dr.-Oppuls -said he was called in for a postmortem examination by Dr. M. E. Rumwell,-the physician who attended Miss Rappe in most of her last ill ness. He found the abdomen "horri bly .distended," he said, as a result of the . rupture," and a congestion. Of blood in" several organs of tne lower udou? men. ' ' ' The rupture, he surmised, was' caused by overdistentioh of the bladder, re sulting probably from . some outside cause. Miss Halston's statement that she believed the bruises on Miss : Rappe's armwere made by the. grip of another person prompted a debkte overy its ad missibility between Arbuckle's PQunsel and Milton T. U'Ren, -assistant district attorney, who conducted: -the examlna- tiJudge Lazarus let the testimony go in The "defense did hot cr6ss-exam-ine any of the witnesses, -and Judse Lazarus put the hearing over until 2 p. m., tomorrow. , . ' . . . Mrs " "B M. Belmont; the complaining witness,! Alice; Blake- and . Zeh ..Prevost wlil be among the witnesses tomorrow, the district attorney announced.. . nr..- -naiWinnt. - accompanied Miss R.appe- and Al emnacher on the trip from Los Angeies, w, 91 rzV and San-Francisco; which ended in Miss - Although many women, unable to get ,. onrt room! .submitted i to : fate . and stood patiently pn the stairs lead rtTshVd and called on: Chietbf SA'RrIen demanding their bright rV?t,?j5d taxrs' to be iven ing tOtMr-,-.- as "citizehsand taxpayers a seat in the :T AiBtr4t Semnacher, who f called the -district attorney. y; . telephone -ft!? Ts Angeles to reduest i.that expense money be 'sent to come-to San Jrancis Z To testify, , arrived, todayby nto moblle - He waa taken to the district attorney's office: immediately, and de tained there, during the hearing. ., , , wi iKING NEW PROGRESS IT ' -irTO- vriRTr: Sen t: 11. Stimulated by Ii. visit tO-the United States Of (Mme, : Curie, us; agve., 'J.KlZil. I this-country . are--ni.iiiti in treating cancer with radium, accord ing lo R: &- M(jore,;chief chemist of the tt S ' bureau'of mines. '- " ' ' . ...Ki c highly i scierttiflcp-treatmenjt f of disease py "16"180 vx applied 'Sl'o cured. and sage lnorder to get faVorabler results," ' Mri Mb&te states, i. vfTI-::.W States produces; more, radium; than Jail the :rest.f -the world: together, P?- ;?From,' the beginning or. ine iaijnsiry ln1?I?13 toJanuary,"192i; Approximately 11 K crams of radium eleaient have been produced, in this. country. - Probably. Jiot more , than 40 grams have; been? recov ered f f omr oreigri ; ref tincv the dis- covery ' of radium by'.Mrne Curie.! - ,;i ;:'ij frWfi Lloyd George Enjoys Day of Good Fishing I , " ' . -a 1 1 1 1 1 1 it ji i jrx David Lloyd George, accompanied by his secretaries and his son, recently enjoyed a day's' fishing" In the Kerry river among the mountains' above Gair loch. It was a success and netted him a fine catch. The photo shows the English premier, with his first victim, a one-and-a-half-pound trout. ARBUCKLE WITNESS IS LOCATED IN NEW YORK Lowell Sherman . Reaches City From Pacific Coast, Dodges, But is sTakeri Anyway NEW YORK.. Sept. ,22,-Dlstrict At torney Swann .'today '. obtained from Lowell Sherman, motion picture actor, a -graphic account of the. party in San Francisco- which -had for . an epilogue the death of Virginia Rappe. , Sherman,, .who , attended the party staged ,ln , the ' rooms? of .."Fatty'! Ar buckle now,' facing a -.charge, of nuuv. der, was located by the, district attor ney's office af ter.he; had umped off the. Twentieth" Century Limited at Harmon, $f. Yand. disappeared Jn an automo bilewithai Eafliivam ... .Found in' his apartment' here, Sher man explained that the woman was -his wife, that he hadjsought. to elude pub licity and not. Mr: Swann, and had been waiting for an invitation to appear, at district atorneys office. ; 'He professed himself ready tq return.; to. the Pacific coast to testify, at 'the; Arbuckle trial. An assertion which appeared several times- In Sherman's formal statement, mailed tonljrht to ' District " Attorney Brady in San Francisco; .was that- those who had attended the . party - had no t felt great concern - over Miss Rappe's illness, the concensus of 'opinion being thatrshe simply "had "a bun on." Sher man declared he never , had asked Ar buckle what had occurred, between him and the girl after they had entered his bedroom and closed1 the . door and Ar buckle never had tolaVhlm. Everybody was feeling the effects of whiskey and gin!, . according to: Sher man,, and a phonograph was making a mad racket. . After, a cold bath had failed , to -revive the girl and she, had been, put to bed, , Sherman said that at the suggestion ' of.; Arbuckle he had cleared the suite of guests and dismiss ed th matter from his mind, not tak ing the srirl's illness seriously. - "Arbuckle-did-not express to. me an opinion as to what: was ;the matter with the 'srlrl," said Sherman!. T did not see. Arbuckle put his arms around the srlrl before she went , into the bedroom, - or put ' his' - hands; upon her. Arbuckle1 was sitting, in the chair next to the sofa1 upon which she sat. He was sitting with a drink In his hand, laughing and -talking." ' , ' Asserting that MrSi Delmo'nti another guest, did not seem to. be, at all upset about ahythlngthat 'had ' happened to Miss Rappe, -Sherman, continued,: ' -"I went back to" Los 'Angeles with Arbuckle the -next afternoon. I never saw . Miss Rappe after -that and iever inquired -about her, because I did. .not take any of it seriously, V. . - - "I do not know 'whether Mr. Arbuckle communicated with her or asked about her. - If he did,- he did not do so in my presence. ,N - V ... . -- "I never - asked ? Arbuckle what ' he thought was ,the:. matter, with the girl. He seemed -1 have the. same opinion ask everyone . else that 1 the girl ; had a bun on and. was HL- He did not .seem in; any way upset - about .it, any more than anybody, was. a the . party.- - - ' "I never heard Miss Rappe express an opinion as to' what . was the matter with her at any, time;': '.. - LAGRANGE STARTS-HOMEMADE BOOM WITH ITS OWN MONEY - - - .; (Special t Tke Star.) KINSTON, Sept. 22. LaGranre bus iness interests are idetermined to t start a boom there without depending upon outside Initiative or capital. A large nHnt 1 tn h erected - hv H fnsm'a co-operators fdr the, .manufacture of overalls. This will give - employment to a considerable "number, of persons. An ice plant Is Also in .contemplation. Important ' manufacturing; enterprises already established therei,. Include - an agricultural: implement .plant. The town during the' last two or three years has Installed complete systems of pub lic utilities and has two srood hotels. It - is an Important tobacco and cotton market;; .-'' i-Ui.'v'''. i't'v-i.v iii'-.-V-'1-'.--, i; TENNER"1 OUTFIGHTS - ED j COOK ' ". MACON, t Ga 'Sept. ,22. Lukie Ten ner, of Charlestoh;; S. C,v . forced-Eddie Cook, bf Savannah,? to quit in ; the fifth troundbf?a vsch6duledtenvroundi fight here tonight--; ;'Cooks-ace 'was. badly pummelled rand-hl's -seconds- feared-a knockout. iKIdvPeck c-fiJtlilledgeville, was awarded the -decision'- oyer. Dick Leonard of -'. Savannah m: ten rdunda. . pr "Ss !KU KLUXKCANf COMES INTO SENATE I DEBATE OVER ANTI--BEER BILi: Tom WatsonN Declines to Pass Judgment on the Klan Un til Proved Guilty ' STANLEY HITS ALU Will War Vith Intolerance in ' K. K. Camp or Where Anti Saloon League Rules , WASHINGTON, 4 Sept. . 22. The Ku Klux Klan , 4nd religious , intolerance entered into debate on the floor of the senate during discussion today of the beer bill. " , , -. ''. -. ." f" . ,- Senator. Watson, Democrat, Georgia, asserted tiat religious liberty , had not been secured in. ,the United Status Un der the charter granted Lord Baltimore while Senator Stanley; Democrat, Ken tucky, insisted that- "there was only one place in .all i the civilized world, where man could- worship" his God and the dictates of his conscience and that was In the province df the Catholic nobleman, Lord, Baltimore." -. "I: am here 'to -fight intolerance! whether it - whetsits knife and lights its torch ina Ku-Ktux camp in Geor gia or whether In western- Ohio it takes the form of these -'miserable general warrants," ' added Senator Stanley, re ferring in the latter Case1 to the anti saloon league ' ' which has ita- head- quarters at ' Westerville, Ohio. ' '" "I will .meet the Ku Klux Klan issue when it 1 comes up,"- declared Senato Watson. "Until some crime is proven against hat society or: some other sec- ret society with whici this 'countyr la honey-combed -'will withhold my judgment until .the "guilt, .of .the ac- cused is established y competent tes- tlmony. , ' k ' - , KLASf WILL. WELCOME ANT INQUIRY BY GOVERNMENT ATLANTA, Sept. 22. rThe Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will welcome any -Impartial investigation and will open its books and - records to tSdir&l au- ' thoritles, Col. . William Joseph Sim-r mons, imperial 'wizard, declared in a' statement issued here tonight when in formed that Attorney General Daugh rty was considering asking him to eome to Washington io dlscussthe et-. , uation. i' . a-i jiJ-!y,tvv""'t'f ? t-1 - The statement asserted that when the series of alleged ."'exposures' being published by ' certain newspapers are concluded, the Imperial wizard will" make answer, to them: ; .Colonel Sim mons also denied repVts that , the Im perial klon.chlllum had been summoned to meet to consider "the articles being printed. ' " ANTI-BEER BILL DEBATED rr . ?V'r NO HEADWAY vRESTJLTS WASHINGTON,- Sept.! 22. The anti Beer bill virtually monopolized senate, attention tody, but. made no headway, The legislation, the anti-saloon league's activities and acts of federal prohibition agents were ' scored in an address of, three hours by: Senatoi Shields, Democrat, Tennessee, and late the senate got into: a - parliamentary tangle which. was not unraveled; when it adjourned until tomorrow. A motion by Senator; Sterling, 'Re publican, South Dakota,;" In charge of the bill to ; give, W right of way and displace the r- pending Panama toll measure was made lat in the day,: but after- a wrangle a- towhether the mo tion was' .debatable, adjournment .was taken without reaching- a,;; decision. LABOR BEGINS ARRIVE T FOR BIGGER ' MEIBERSH7P Organize Nonunion Worked in , . . the-South ;. CHARLOTTBr Se-pt..'22-At a confer ence -of labor' officials1 aiid-organize rs here today, an executive s committee was named, to have charge of the cam- " paign to be conducted in several south ern, states for the organization' of "non -union workers,, under the auspices ot the American Federation -of .Labor, and plans for the'drive-were; considered: .Jerome Jones, ,ofr Atlanta, editor i of the Journal iand.Labor;. was : elected i chairman of , the : committee, and lch-'ef executive dfflcer of .the . campaign and : it was announced 'he, would be in per- ', sonal , charge "of i headquarters ' to ,' be ' maintained, herej throughout Cthe cam paign, which it'-was -state'd would con ' tlnue at least -fourmonths. - - The' purpose "of the campaign will be . the'rf , organization of non-union . workers, especially textile operatives, arid the resistance, of l'any and all at tempts to lower the standard cost of ' living of the wbrkers In all ' crafts." , A strike is, not contemplated, an of-'.' ficial stated, adding: 5 VWe come hold ing out the olive branch." AGAIN THEY'RE TINKERING -T . WITH . TRAFFIC IN GOTH A M K'-IEW'-YORIC-.'Sept.''i22.-i3galn'. they're tinkering with JSTew "York?s traffic. T ' . The police department; long has been unable to dodge the law. of physics that two. objects -can't occupy; the same space t the C same V minute, f And. wl th -the number .of automobiles Increasing daily and the crowd of pedestrians holding its own--the .traffic problem is beeoining;,wore;i'4t.;;;'V;:! '.:v - . "'- In the. old;.dayi 'trafnc rwent up and 1 down Broadway much the same wav It 'does in any Malns street.;. the country ' over mougn witn r; tne. same nectic conf usioih that ; reigns in '.the subways beneath the - world famous- thorough-'' fare. v X . -'" But a ".i'ittia whiie 'agcTit-was decided that at nighty at hours when: most: the;-' . aten-goers wen bund up -Manhattan to , their 1 home, f Broadway between .Thirty-eighth ; arid ''iFi'ty-seventh-. streets should become .a. one-way street. ' ' Now that j plan- has jbee'M'abandoned. Merchants tvVcbnplalned that the- northbound : traffic-': was diverting to. other ' . thoroughfares ' business which . Jjould'come tn. Oum. ' , ;""' ' -t" '! I 1 ' i t: - A I I '!i !" I J. f ;hi J'i . - . -1
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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