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j. A. 1 Eastern (uJato , Wilmington Qcobwj2&2& 1 1 The Weather Today North and South Carolina: Fair today and Monday; somewhat cooler Monday. "'- .,-':. Stage of river at Fayetteville vesterday at 8 p. 1.9 feet; PAGES TODAY Three Sections VOL. CVIII. No! 46. WILMINGTON, N. SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER ; 23, 192i; V ODEST DAILY IN THE STATE. t. ' V. , 1 -, - - ' V , ' - - - - - ' 4 . - . . " 1 ' - ? - SHOP CRAFTS I. C. SHOP CRAFTS AND SEVEN OTHERS DECIDE AGAINST STRIKE FOR THE PRESENT, AFFECTING OVER MILLION HE THAN HALF THE RAIL EMPLOYES STAND AGAINST THE WALKOUT Meanwhile the Big Brotherhood Officials Comply With Labor Board's Order MEN WILL GO OUT President Stone Says They Will Likely Quite, Regardless of Instructions M R IKE SITUATION IJf BRIEF A XTONIO Trainmen on In ipmnt'onal and Great.. Northern qait work in what is , termed by union heads a 10O per eent' walk oat. Railroad beads annonnoed I'aispBgfr service not Impaired bat hat frHght will not be handled. rHlCAGO Leaders -of eijrht of th" 11 'standard" anions rhirh ntimber more than three-tomrths of thr nation's rail workers, announce tkrir men will $ttr Wsiltao'rfMeftfe-:. join the Bljr Flrn? In avVatrlke -i )viag the railroad telegraphers he only anion of, kls group -.de-.--Unit fly with the brotherhoods and . hf ttohiaen. - sisnaJ ,'rnen. and rlrk hare not'Tet'aetedr "--r'-- ' l abor hoard . . .that workers Treanont and Gnlf PUro eompaary -to Ijonlslann, fcare nsreed to installation of open shop there Is no dispute and that tie board conseqnentlT relinquish- the JnHsdlctloa OTr this lino it annottneed yesterday ft mad as sumed, i Hend of railway clerks4' organ isation, representing SBOJBtlO her meet today to take, strike -action. Cleveland Blg Fosff" anion ckiels announced' hey are om Dirbig: with labor boarA's orders aad that the situation remains in tatns qno pending .Wednesday's tearing, bnt that they believe the walkout will take place as ache- -doled. Washington Interstate Com merce commission orders ' freight 'ate in western . half of United Mates reduced 10 percent on hay, grain and grain products. Colnmbus Ohlo--A.ttorney jGen eral Dangherty completes secret trip into the Interior Investigat ing the rail situation and retnrns to Washington. EIGHT rMOJIS WILL HJEMATIf 0 THE JOB, IT IS DECIDED n . - . am t A flsntla tail ( Aress i Officials of unions with more than half of tha rail employes of tne nation in their membership tonight an nounred that their msn will not be authorized to join the "Big Five" or ganizations in the strike called for Oc toW 30 in protest of wane cuts. Announcements that they would not Jrin in a walkout canvr ?rom eight ol 'h? 11 "standard" rail uMons which fof a "?ek ha-d heen withholding their final ftrike decisionr', although. In Mot of them the members had voted 'vprw helmingly to quit work rather i ian arept a recent 12 H per cent wage "'iurrinn authorized by the United .Stat-? rai.road labor fcoard. Only one '' ther-e il groups now in determined to nand i,y the 4Big FiTe." it was an nounepd. hut two other? havs no .yet 'n final action. Folio-ring announcement by heads of 'ht s;t Phon crafts organizations, con- 'roiUns fiOO.OOO men, ttat they would J Ut SSlintinn a Ka1V n't tYlm. leaders Ot thd ?- Ann o " v..r - . maintenance of way em-? Jloy.s ann of nnA -t-.t!nnarv lire- i m a? an executive meeting voted to 'tirav their author 'la ition of a walk OUT Fiv -"ing oniy uie io.uuu rauuav eraphers positive' y with the "Big j ' Thief tain- n ! m. 9(0 AD llrV I the' make their decision tomorrow, and s '..e-.almen, 35,000. Jso are yet to 0Tir, 'hat tV,e IiK.rrnTi- of the flerfts said tonight trobably would not authorize their rneetlnr, schedule to- 4hus Jndicattig. union lead- - saio. rhat a strike, if it materializes!, j.ou.o afoot ieSS tha;i one-fourth of rI)(.":;r !ry'B railroad employes, being tr the switchmen, the con- and the telegraphers. Th Cr?ani Z3tione irhUv. A A aA tint t an lmm.4l.i. n i. Ill ' - la, wuinvui vi jtt . Mao and" aM decision in regard to rules TheW0rk'ns cond-itions, it was said. mi . V - aeeision wnrcn w fcr,n. e instrumenUl in brinfflfi action of ths two 'othr s5. reacnea after , turoiusni; l'Vi ill - th conference oommlttee of tiveg ') n? several days. Representa 'hr.'V distant sections, fired?;bT M asaV erhood'8 declaratlpn, protest str'ii 1 'urthr delay In; calling.? ""u was a.nthf.riTi1 hir. & VOt r ed on Page CUTS Attorney-General Says the Government Is to Run Trains Daugherty, Completing Secret Trip Through the Middle West, Declares That if Strike , Comes, the Government Will Promptly Act and Operate Freight, Mail and ' Passenger Trains Pre sident Directing Matter 1 COEUMBUS, Ohio. Oct. 22. Attorney General Daugherty- arrived in Colum bus late todaj following a secret trip into the west in ' connection -with the tt reatened railroad strike and . a few hour's later left for Washington. The attorney general would hot say where he had ; been or the nature of his ac, tlvities In the west, but he dMC say that he did not believe there would be a general railroad strike. 5 Although declaring that b ' did not believe there "would be a general rail road , strike, the attorney general said tht should there be one, there would be no eerious interruption in the opera tions of trains.r He 'declared'that the government would proniptv . .exercise tts .authority and would" operate -maili ft eight- and, passenger train. ,'Jttr. Datrgherty would not 'discuss the merita.-of the centroverey-bet ween the liffii CmEFSAYS But Officials of -Brotherhoods Are Obeying Order of Rail Labor Board CLEVELAND, Oct. 22-(By Associat ed Press.) Following a practically all day session of lour of the "Big Five" railroad brotherhoods leaders here, which adjourned late today, Warren S. Stone, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said: "There is no question in my mind that the men will go through, no matter what instructions they get." W. G. Lee. president o fthe Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen, who also attended the conference, said: "As per the Orders of the railroad labor board, the strike situation, as far as I am concerned, is status quo. I am obeying the board's Instructions and isuing no further orders for the men to leave." Asked If his statement meant that the meeting of the brotherhood offi cials and railroad executives with the railroad labor board in Chicago next Wednesday would prove futile, Mr. Stone said: "I didn't say that. I don't know what, the labor board or any one , else will have to offer at those hearings." The railroad chiefs said the strike on the International and Great Northern which was begun by the trainmen at noon today was not "a test case." The strike on the International and Great Northern and the situation on the Tremont and Gulf, where the com pany posted notices abrogating rules and working connt.io jn , eiTiftirt. would -be among Ithings con sldered ' at anomer tumcw. - brotherhood leaders tomorrow "By that time we hope to get reliable in formation from the chairmen of the different organizations In the territory covered by the two roads," Mr. Stone Said. j. .vl mnm A" n" It was learnea in . -" frence of the chiefs It was decided that members of the executive -of. tne nve vrmu- dohh- commitwes Vor. v organisations win tne; lede nexrwednesday ; It was also tund that- ai 'wB "w'"vvu - knth nf tiuBB were session a are ZIa were ftrttlSiderM na ouonwv. rttone's statement today was the W.t,dennite one made by: any of the -IV,.t for an expression of an opln foTaV8 -tSk. : .cheduled to Ltfi rt at 6 a- m.. next Sunday. 8 PesWent "Sone 6t th Engineer.; Lee tirrTralnmen: Sheppard of the con of the jrraan f the firemen, at ductors and Carter or presidftnt T. r r!aahen. OI tne .. - -rj- , North' America, the ottw" " . . . . , i TiBr nve , the quesUons inyol- - In-two statement I T'TTV ident-Le of .the trainman, f ntad that fc nmad: are .seeking . .pr"---. UNIONS $ railway trainmen and the railroads, de claring that "the merits of the "contro versy are in .the hands of the president so far as. the. government is concerned, and me president is well ..informed and capable; of handling the matter," The first public intimation that 'At torney... General Daugherty whad ..left .Washington jn connection with the railroad strike, situation was had with his arrival in Columbus, his home city. Mr. Paugherty. stopped here t- take Mrs. Daugherty. back t Johns 3Utopkin3 hospital at Baltimore wltere she i-as been undergoing treatment. He eaid he expected to' be 'in 'Washingtoa tp- morrow. . . . ' . The'attorney general ref ussi to;'Say what action the departrontr6f lostice would take ;jhr the contfbVerjr should there, be, a, strike.. liERIEN Texas Road Plans to Operate Its Trains and Has Employed a Thousand Guards SAN 'ANTONIO. Tex., Oct., 22:-Ap-proximately 600 m,emhers of the Broth erhood of Railroad Trainmen on the International - and Great Northern rail road, of Texas, who struck at noon ia. day, are being replaced by experienced men, according to an announcement tonight at the offices of Superintendent J. R. Jones. J. M. Land is, chief clerk to the su perintendent, said the road is able to gret all the" experienced men It wants. It was announced that advertisements had been ordered inserted in Sunday's newspapers here, calling for experienc ed switchmen and brakemen. At 7 o'clock tonight passenger train No. 7 pulled out of the terminals car rying two armed guards. .The tram was without a brakeman. It was nounced that porters would do the work of brakemen on all trains. Guards armed with shot guns w.ere stationed about the depot and about the yards today. It was said thy were not as a protection against the striking trainmen, but against any lawless ele ment that might take advantage if the. situation. Officials at the division offices declin ed to ' state what per cent of a full force was on duty and what per cent of service could be given. It was es timated there are 1,000 armed guarda on the line. . Officials said no trains had been or would be cancelled and that freight Would move as heretofore. NEW NOTE FROM JAPAJf TO CHINA RELATIVE TO SHANTUNG WASHINGTON, Oot. 22. The text of the latest note of the Japanese govern ment to China under date of Octobej 19 relative to the proposed Shantung set tlement was made public at the Japan ese embassy today. It expressed a readiness 'to embark upon negotiations on the.; question at issue whenever the Chinese government "in full appreci ation of the main purpose of the Jap anese proposal arid upon giving more deliberate consideration to the question now at issue, and In the interest of cor dial relations between China and Ja pan, shall express; their willingness to open negotiations.'- .The note "reviews the events ' involv ing the Shantung question Over a pe riod of several months and asserted that Japan hitherto had "spared no ef forts to achieve. a speedy settle ment of this question.' "The Japanese government, " it said in discussing, proposals put. forward. In diplomatic Exchanges, "are unable to comprehend : the Chinese assertion that the Japanese . project is entirely at va riance with the principles underlying all treaties between China and'-foreign powers." . - v,- - wages and also . replied to the "campaign-for repeal of the Adameon law." , "The purpose of the railroads Is to force a strike," he said. .;-,"- When President Lee of the trainmen was told by . reporters, that Althe trafn men on "the . International, and ' Great, Nbrthern had walked out at noon 'ac cording to their schedule, he said; "I thank you 'for to talk, further uh-'bw ' a Tcrasea 1 taxes levied -jty -rino siaioi. c .ortnixsragg was: cwwainw yijijBiBr:i.nfciligrAi on that subject. 1 Carolrna'for'1921-i-.... - i S lira was under way, v--. jmon government:' will run trains; : TG PERCENT I. C. G. CUTS FREIGHTS IN WEST ON HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCTS, 16 P. G. Reduction Is the Most Sweep ing Commission Has Made in Several Years OTHERS MAY COME Commission Talks of Rate arid Wage Cuts as ; Means of Aid,-' ing Normalcy WASHINGTON, Oct. SS.-r-Foderal ac tion affecting the railroad strike situa tion was taken today by two depart ments of the government 'jrhen the In terstate Commerce commission ordered freight rate reductions on grains, grain products and hay in the territory be tween the Mississippi river and the Pa ine coast, and the department of jus tice issued instructions for the protec tion of the property of the Interna tional and Great Northern railroad in Texas, where . a trainman's strike be came effective at noon. The commission's decision, which was in a case brought by 22 western states and a' "number, o.f " national and local farm organizations, dld not deal direct ly wifcb. .the Impending strike, "but was considered significant in . its presenta tion of prospecUva,futuro reductions "f, railroad operatln g wfetf-lrflr "tt asti ' ftvairraanac "So far as a reduction, downwards in rates can be 'induced," The coijmissioh saW, "and s far as tha. reductions in wages and-prices which , have., already been made effective can be . converted Into rate reductions, '.'via. are assured that the full return of prosperity will be hastened for both; Industry and labor." i- In the International road develop ment, the department! of justice t,pg cognlzance of the fact that receive! representing the United States, court are in charge of the? property and in structed the federal marshal at Hous ton to employ such spfi,l deputies as the court might consld $r necessary.' At the same time, it was indicated that no legal steps were for the.motnent un der consideration touching : upon i the call of the five brotherhoods of men' in train service for the' national strike. AH direct dealing "with the, railroad anions, so far as the government is concerned, still remains In the hands of the railroad labor board at Chicago. The rate reduction is the" raost sweeping issued by the commission in several years, and austhe commodities named, which constitute a heavy per centage of railroad raffle throughout the western territory,-'amounts to one half of the increases allowed Ji 1920.' These were 85 per. cen,t in,' the. western group territory, 25 . per cent in the Mountain Pacific group, and 3S 1-3 per an-fcent between divisions. The commission also . ordered rates on coarse grains, including corn, oats and others, fixed at 10 per cent -below the level on wheat in the new aaaedule, while rates on grain products are to be altered to fit the new' basis. Rail roads were ordered to have : the netv scedules reafy by 'November 26 at . the Iates.' ' :,. f " V ;-- ? f: . . Summarizing its reasons for the ac tion, the commission sa!4 that Agricul ture was "basic industry ..which fthe evidence shows in a state of financial prostration, receiving for its products prices which, approach and . In some cases have fallen below war Jevls,"; while paying "transportation costs many of which are still at the war time peak." . ' . ' . ': . . Railroads also are 'suffering from fl-. nancial depression," the t commission found and the six per cent' return upon their property declared ' by congress to be the object of rate making ljr not; be ing earned generally. .The regulating body, however; declared Itself bound "to reflect : our' best judgment a to the basis' .which' may reasonably be ex pected . for the futurs to yield the pre scribed return.?; ' Commissioner Potter.' one of the three members who . concurred' In'- the action of the full commission without accept ing the opinion ;that -'savlngs mad in the matter oi wages and costs", since 1920 entirely justified 'the; grain redueV tions, j held- that f'those :savlngs 4th further prospective savings, -do, in ; my opinion. Justify Jour flndinga,"; i "The carriers " tell ' as . they - are now paying: eitravaganfly high wbTms,: ComiiissioneriPotter held. . .. "It we may; rely, iipon. their statenient In . this re gard,: they1 are .ot operating their properties "efTlclenily, and economically : therefore,-, operating' costs inaybe fur-: ther,, reduced. "XW baya no , jurisdic-' tion ibver. wajrei'cdntraversieg. but '.we may '.take .note of. the admission .of 4the carr le;randirequlr e :: them s. tovflnd ibu t whetherlilieir waspeseai es are : top high, ' and to lower them If they can.., . I NORFOMC SOUTHER! aLSOO " V ask AJ?xpjiJbvJkrrwxB' x.Arjijtu '..wcfc.,3- ji-Tn;; Norfolk Junction TestralnLttgj A D. Wattsrom- missioner vt revenue, and other.;tate' and- county- officials frorn, collecting Southern railroad has applied . o ?thel which Tere housed In the sameynuild. federal cwurt of' th&astern- district qfling " - ' v;- ' ,-T"'.: North rcapoilna for-inUnterlocut6ttrrln-il - The Are; discovered at - 1:S0,: Swai INCOME SURTAX FIXED AT MAXIMUM OF FIFTY PERCENT BY SENATORS Only Votes Cast Against Com promise Provision Come From : Republicans MAKE IT 40 LATER Likely that in Conference-With the House Maximum Will Be Reduced WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. One of ..too I big tax revision issues fn the senate was settled today . with ' the ' adoption, 54 to 13. of the Republican compromise income surtax rates with , the ' maximum at B0 per- cent. All '" ',thpse voting against the compromise were Republi cans. ' . , The senate previously . had voted down an amendment byv Senator Hitch cock, Democrat; Nebraska r proposing retention of existing rates on incomes in excess of ' $100,000 and -r another by Senator Calder. Republican,: New.Tork, to make the maximum rate . .S3 per cent on that part of incomes in excessof Afca n.i4r. itebok-'irpoal portfnf. ItandJ fuaicAfttic against it." . .The ,tnepjibl4cknB . '"wete Borah, Johnson. Kenyoft, LaFollettei ahd' Norbeck, and : the "Democrats wer Underwood,', Ransdell, , Broussard , and 'Fifteen" voted "were cast-for. the Cal der amendment, and 51 against it.' .Those voting for the;proposal; were. Jilepabll caus. , .. -! i 'i . 1 ' , Senator LaFoUette , ga e notice that he would ask for another vote on the Hitchcock-aniendment before th.e-.piU fi nally is passed, but It was the opinion of leaders on . both sides thf the, sur tax issue had been; deftntely settled sO far as the senate was concerned. Th compromise "plan.-hDweyer, wilt have to fun the gauntlet of house oppositionin conference and there "were- predictions that the maximum rate finally: agreed upon in the ' conference - would Tbe around 40 per cent.. : . After voting In the- surtax rates the senate took up an amendment by Sen-. at.or Gerry, Democrat,. ;tnoae isiano, proposing normal rates of 2 per cent on the first 1 5,000 of income; per cent on the second ' $5,000;. 6. per cent on the third $5,000 and-the. existing rate bf 8 per cent on .all over $15,0001 Af ter some dlscussibnii the . amendment went over at the request of; Senator Lodge, Republican,. Massachusetts, who sald he deslredto obtain official "figures as to how mueh loss of revenue would result from such "a" plan. -'" ...5 Senator. Gerry. has proposed; that -the loss a revenue, which he estimated at $126,000,000, could be made up. through Increased corporation taxes,- a levy on gasoline and retention of some of the so-called luxury taxes proposed for repeal.'-:- '" . . .'-' - . ' bisaraMBKitiBb body of? Tmff o . , WOMAN FOUND NEAB. "Slt' .TOBK .' NEW YORK,. Oct 32. Metropolitan police tpday faced a new murder mys tery when trie ttpper parffbn of a young woman's ; body was found by - a., work man in -a pond near Queen's bouleyardV Long Island City. - i , T?e body had .been hacked in two above" the fcTps and was wrapped in. a package of white pil cloth. The skull had been crushed by a blow ipn the fore head, -A. linen belt was found knotted about the neck. - The pool, which is . In an lsoiated spot, was being, drained tonight to facilitate :earch for, the missing memb"ers. . : ." . In several respects, the. eases closely paraiells the famous Guldensuppe mur der which, stirred ,the nation about ,25 years ago. The scene ot today's find; is distant only a, few hundred yards from where Guldensuppe'a dismembered body wa concealed,- also in a package, of oil cloth.- In. the - Guldensup'pe case . th. oil- cloth was of a distinctive pattern, which enabled lt'to be traced, through' a store to.' Mrs." Nack.and Martin Thorn, who were '. convicted of the murder. , v The' woman - was apparently about 25 years old,1 had : an" abundancex of, 'auj burn hair and," "despite- havlnjgfbeeni in the water six or seven days"? preserved traces of comeliness.. - ' ; : I ; v ' ; '' : ', - - GRAND HOTJELlBtriLDING AT ; M . . fayettbviIjLB 1st; b citaf ed ,FATJy727 Gran hotel 'building was completelydestroyed b,3T fire- early -thisl mornihg ,'with'.a loss of s "$50,000 " on - the-rhotel: barber.: shop. nool-Troom and grocery atons, all. of thought vo " .have", orlginated'In - one xt the-'roomte onrthe'secoml Aoor7 "'The- entire fighting, ; apparatus. , at camp TREMONT AND ' GTJXF WORKERS AGREE TO THE OPEN SHOP CHICAGO, Oct. 23 (By Associat ed Presa.) Tne United ; State . rail road labor board announced tonight -that it had received word that the r employes -tne Tremont and Gnlf Railroad 'company, -m fiT-roSIe line In Xionlalana, Kad ' aocepted ' tae open shop and that consequently' as there was no "dispute the board relbi QulsAed the jurisdiction it yesterday . announced it had assumed over the road. W1U Replace the Strikers HOUSTON, Tex., Oct 22. Blajm tng of freight and passenger trains on the. International ' and Great Northern railroad ' try . . non-union trainmen to take tne plnces of arrOx ing" members of the Brotherhood of 'Railroad Trainmen who waDxed out today will start Monday, E. G. Go - forth,' general manager -of the road, announced tonight. CHARLES SEEKS AGAIN TO REGAIN THRONE IN KINGDOM OF HUNGARY '-it - Jf : . - With Formw - Empress He Soars Out of Switzerland to Bur : genlahd in Airplane A CAIJIN FORMED Gehuslasceit ' as tleforils Meeting With . y v :'- Scuiiies "-s-: VlENNj.Oct . .22 KBy Associated "Press). FoTm'er - Emperor Charles, of Austria-Hungary is making another spectacular , hid rthe. second in eight montha-Oj regaiji. his throne in Hun gary. But "this time,' as In ' the case of his former JtUempt, he is finding ob stacles in his i path:- .; v. Today's -atsirdteg-'aevelojiments iti his latest atffemptd coup d'etat were : "News from '.Oedenhurg.. that- ex-emperor m airplane with ex-Empress Zita had soared.': 6lt" of their Swiss haven at Hertenstein ."en Thursday and had landed in this'Burgenland city yester day. - - ; .-J- -." His enthusiastic reception by mili tary forces lor that disturbed area, un der the leadership of Major Oestenburg, who immediately proclaimed him king of Hungary., : The formation. of a. monarchist cabi net headed -by Stephen Rakovsky, for mer president. of the Hungarian lower Chamber, and ; including, in its make up Count Albert Apponyl, former Hun garian premier; Count Julius Andrassy, former Austro-Hunarlan foreign min ister, and tiustave Gratx, former Hun garian foreign jnlnister. Declarations by the present Budapest government that this attempt -tot regain the throne would be met with the same measures as those which prevented his reaching his goaL last March. Protestations by the allied repre sentatives ,at Budapest to the present Hungarian government against Charles' return to the throne. Reports from Budapest that the rail way between that city and Raab was torn. up, with the result that the train on which the former monarch was rep resented to be traveling, tonight would be unable -,' to. continue its) Journey. Twelve thousand troops.- were said to be accompanying the former ruler. EASTLAKE MURDER . CASE TO GO TO TO JURY-THisf WEEK RICHMOND, ,Va, '. Oct 22The . case of Roger T. Eastlake, naval petty of ficer,, and Mis. Sarah Et Knox, Balti more hurst, charged. Jointly with the murder at Colonial Beach, Va'., early on the',m.rnlng ttf Friday, September 30, will - go .to the grand . jury of West moreland county Monday ' morning. Eastlake willbe defended by William Bptsner, former commonwealth's at torney of Spottsylvania cbuntyi while Harry Smith, Jr., of Richmond, will represent Miss Knox, watt T ' Mayo, commonwealth's attorney Wbf e'stmore couhty, assisted by Charles W. Moss, will ' conduct the prosecution. Both Eastlake and Miss Knox; are .being held Itt-the Richmond ci ty jail, whither they were brought -from : Fredericks burg for: safe-keeping. - The body- of Mrs- Eastlake was dis covered on the floor. In thedining room of i her homer with 29 scalp and face wounds, apparently- made ; wlth a (natchet and. ..with. her. heaS. almost sev ered "from her body. , The alarm was given. by. Miss Knox.. ... . The authorities . claim they -.. have wovenabout the suspected pair a web ofc clrcumstantial evidence which they ara'. eonfldent will , convince the jury before whom they, will le tried; of their g-uiltL"-'- . -v: - -"- -'.'-.. :::'-T...-. ' BULGARIAN IflNISTER'KttLED SOFIA,' Oct ,;21. (By i Associated Press. !rM. Demirroff,r .Bulgarian - min ister 'Of- war, was "assassinated this morning ''while motoring- near Koster- , dil,: a resort 43 miles southwest Of the in. ...... also were, killed. OLD GUARD IS TRYING TO INCREASE NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN HOUSE Progressive Republicans, Pat ronage About Gone, Are Be ginning to Misbehave VIEWS OF BRINSON Third District Representative Is Still Fighting the Pro posed Increase CSpecIal to The star) WASHINGTON, pet. , 22.Now .thai the patronage of the Harding adminis tration is nearing the bottom of the Pan, progressive Republicans are ber ginning to holler. They are' not so loyal as they once were. This fact be comes more apparent every day. Ther aW8n,ln the deedB ofytheyadmin! " i bTlaiin to see as the Dem ocrats have seen for some months. ' ani1 Cr to;b0l8ter th Positions, f- , ke rea?y for another election; nT,t, ?ard iltrylnf to increase the of members In the house. . - The discussions in this and tii ! 7! Hie. reapportionment bill. r , T fT?' any stare irom li'mneiS ieal iosscof riiembers," skid . Represent tative; Brinson. member of tli census committee today.' Mr. BMnson cited the law that re quires a reapportionment after each census, to At the increase or decrease of population ; It is evident that if some states liave grown in population more than others, their share of representation must be larger, and if the size of the house it to remain the same some states must lose some of their representation. ' "This Is the law ahd it is fair an Just. The only way the stateswhich have lost heavily in population can hold their membership is to so increase the size of the house that the ratio,' used will give to no state a smaller representation than it now has. This " means a larger house every ten year, for to save the slow-growing states from a loss of members the number must be increased. "Hon. Champ Clark was right some years ago when he said that the mem bership of the house should be limit ed to 300 members. Ex-Speaker Can non in the debate, on the apportion ment bill ten years ago said the num ber then agreed to (483) should never be increased, but when the Republican caucus about two weeks ago decided to favor the increase to" 460 members, Mr. Cannon marched by the tellers and voted for that number." The apportionment bill was recom mitted by. a majority of four. 4,Tms matter must1 come up. again for settlement," declared Mr. Brinson to day. 'In the last house we defeated the efforts to Increase the house by a decisive majority. 276 - to 76, but since that time" those . favoring an increase has been very active." ; President Harding suggested that the Republicans agreed on 360 and a caucus was held and the white house advice taken. But when the show down came some Republicans bucked. The contest over this: legislation has. been very spirited - "Norths Carolina.' . said Mr. Brinson, "is among the states which have gained relatively in population and will have' one new. member if the new apportion, ment bill passes," whether or not, it provides for an increase." . ' ' The only way to save some states from a loss is to enlarge the house, and this would mean an additional cpst ot $400,000 annuilly'v At a tlm.e.wrjieat' pleas are made, for economy : in - every ' branch of the government,' is is unpars- donable, it seems to me, for congress) to put this additional burden on the ta payers. "All the' Pemocratic leaders and most;: of the members opposed the Increase, Southerne memberr, . with very, few ex ceptlons, restored their opposition. "The electorate vote 'n each state on the next election Is fixed by , this 1 apportionment, and of the 25 new votes added, the Democratic party, fean hard ly hope for more than seven." : North Carolina is keenly interested in this legislation, for it expects to; send one of its distinguished sons here from the state-at-large;,, . UNIVERMTT OOP THE SOUTH 3 COMES BACK,IOR A TRIUMPH BIRMINGHAM," - Ala4 Oct. 22 the first time ince1914, lover rFori- seven? years of continueua playlne, trnlversity: of the South was able to. defeat Unlver--sity of Alabama trouncing '.the Crim-'' sons here this afternoon 17 to o. 4 v f Sewanee showed atl ' the old .punch and power which, years .ago, won for ; her ten straight; vlctbries over Alaba-H ma. The, Tiger j baekfield, led by CoughlanK- ripped off gain after gain and- twice in the first" half had the hall within Alabama's; ten-yard line, : Pum-. bles each iiine. prevented a touch down.' In " the second !s half, ;. however,;S with-" Conghlan - still leading1 the : attack, Sewanee' scored "two"' touchdowns.? -For- ward passes played a large 'part In th , second half scorlnat. ' ' r rv... Muvcnnntni, .mwmDershlp of pttouaamrst- b lncreaised-ir'TKA C - 1 fn 1 ill i ;ftTwJi - theTbllecket -book- M talk further '; 'J v'1 -v . tf. - 1 . J- 'V- " ,"T' - - - . , - - s,
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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