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I BILL TO UNMASK I KLANSMEN DIVERTED 5^ judiciary Committee Sends j- Baggett Bill to Sub-Commit tee for Public Hearing DEFEAT OF MEASURE PRACTICALLY ASSURED ‘Another Act Aimed at Regis tration of Secret Orders Also Appears Doomed -■ / __ Star News Bureau. J- „ 312 Tucker Building. By BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, Jan. 11.—Senator J. L. ' .Delaney’s judiciary committee sent the Baggett bill to unmask the Ku Klux Klan out into lonely legislative by ways for a certain death today, when • 'it handed it down to a sub-committee with Instructions to hold a public hear ing and then sit in judgment over It. This most widely advertised of all - ' the individually advocated measures was introduced in the senate the sec , ond day of the session. It was turned over to judiciary No. 1, but Senator Baggett asked that it be transferred - ' to judiciary No. 2, of which he is a - member. He was on hand today tp see ■ it through, but when Senator Mark Squires reported considerable opposi tion in the senate and asked the Har ‘nett man if ie had any public support ''for it, he was able to offer only a bunch of letters he had received commending him for his move. Squires moved a. sub-committee, ana Senator Delaney named the Caldwell county senator, Paul Grady, of John son and Senator Emmett Bellamy, of N«r^ Hanover, setting Thursday after noon of next week as the time when any or all parts of the public interest ed tn the measure may appear to offer arguments for or against it. After the hearing, if any one ap pears, the bill will be reported back to the judiciary com'mittee With, the sub-committee's recommendation as to life or death. . -v'. The same that is forecast for tpls measure, which woyld pr£tij.Kit _J.h« wearing of masks on any_action.ex cept at Hallowe'en parties,, and the like, or by persons less thah IS yfars - e * n t ^ ♦It A ll III liKe, or uy -„ v- , , ■ of age. is also forecast for the bill.jB' • - WoU1rt of age. is aiso troduced in the house that w6uld quire all fraternal and secp,t„s?riettps to register their memberships jvitti.the secretary of state. % . The legislature doesn't t3ke_on^tne klan agitation, and it can not see mucTi dignity in striking at the Secret order and thereby giving it a lot o^free leg islative recognition and pufilipjty. ‘ A short while before the. iy.dlclary committee had let the anti-klaji slide, the house of representatives was ,re eommitting Representative T. E. Vweft s hill to abolish capital punishment. The measure met the fate of procession of bills aimed ay.thg, death chair, when the committee considered n yesterday afternoon and the TEetn mittee reported this mornjnsr ^rF .had . condemned it to annihilation* . Representative Owen. one;of the small group.of- Republicans- In the house, besought the opportunity; to make a speech over it so the bopse agreed to let him preach the funeral. So violent a death for the bill so early in the session, may keep out of the assembly other proposed measures to do away with capital punishment. And it is quite positve that the fate promised for the Baggett anii-Klan bill will shut out any chance of assembly debates on this organization. Governor Morrison’s ship line hill was formally introduced In tjje senate by Harris, of Wake, and Bellamy' of, New Hanover. The house passed a res- j olution to print 2.500 copies of the bill; for general distribution and the senate; passed a resolution to print 1,500 copies. _ \ Fire DestroycJ Home ! of Kinston Senator iSpecial to the Star) ■ KINSTON, Jan. 11.—More than .$17, 600 was the estimated damage when fire gutted the residence of Luther P. Tapp here early today. Firemen pre vented complete destruction of the home, one of the finest in an exclusive northwest Kinston neighborhood. The blaze was apparently of incendiary' origin. • Three weeks ago a tobacco ware house operated by Tapp was burned by unidentified persons. The loss in that fire was (40,000. Tapp, a member of the state senate, was at Raleigh when his home was . ruined this morning. His wife and other members oft the family were| also out of the city. - Flood of Liquor Poured on Jersey Coast (Continued from Page One) over which the international cup races had been run in 1920. Soon the course took on a race day appearance, so many craft, big 'and little, had assem bled. Two good sized steamers—one /' apparently a tanker—arrived first, ac companied by more tnan a dozen sail ing craft which apparently had , been converter from fishing smacks into rum runners. The welcoming fleet that put off was formidable in more than mere numbers. There were powerful gasoline cruising yachts; fleet craft of. the famous Sea : bright sea-skiff model, capable of 20 knots or more, and nondescript launches with swift heels. I ^GENERAL contractors STAGE CONVENTION AT WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH. ! The North Carolina chapter of i Associated General Contractors will hold its annual convention at Wrightsville Beach during July, ac i cording to a telegram received yes ! terday by Thomas H. Wright, mayor of the resort. This is the first convention thus far secured for Wrightsville Beach, so far as is known, but .Louis T. Moore, secretary, chamber of com-.* merce, is workingon other organi zations, which he hopes will .conduct their conventions at the beach this summer. t . . ..7 -J INDUSTRIAL WOMEN GATHER IN CAPITAL Greetings Read From President Harding and Secretary Davis to Delegates WASHINGTON, Jan. 1.—With the reading of a greeting from President Harding and an address by Secretary Davis, the three-day Industrial confer ence of women, held under the aus pices of the women’s bureau, today got under way. More than 300 dele gates from 50 or more industrial, so cial and civic organizations were In attendance..' The .President, in his letter, encour aged women to participate more gen erally in public and social activities, while the secretary of labor stressed the importance of preventing the ex ploitation of women in industry. Miss Mary Van Kleeqk, of the Rus sell Sage foundation, declared that in dustry means to women an opportunity to earn, an endurance test, and a chal lenge to share in the construction of a better social order, while Mrs. Ray mond Robbins, of Chicago, president of the International Federation of Working Women, asserted she favored industrial welfare legislation for both rpen and women, because "humanity was intended not only to produce the material things conducive of comfort and pleasure, but also to have leisure and strength to enjoy those material things.” Discussing from the employers viewpoint "what women workers mean to industry," Charles Cheney, of South Manchester, Conn., representing the na tional association of manufacturers, declared that “women mean to indus try a supply of labor." State Places Bonds in Sum of $1,700,000 "RALEIGH. Jan. 11.—(By Associated Press.)—The state late today sold the balance for roads. $10,073,000. of bonds, $1,700,000 school bonds being: for schools. The issnue was taken by B. j. Van Ingen company, of New York, representing the First National bank, the National City bank, the Bankers’ Trust company, Kissell, Kinnicutt and company, Hornblow and Weeks, Wil liam R. Compton and company, E. H. JtoJdins and company, Eidridge and company, and Blodgett and compainy, all of New York cltly; the American Trust company, of Charlotte, and the Citizens' National bank, of Raleigh. The buyers paid a premium of $1,000 and the bonda- will bear interest at -4 1-2 per cent. The state offered $20,000,000 and got bids for the full amount, the buyer of the block sold offering to take the re mainder at 4 3*4. which was refused. An option on the remainder of the $20, .000,000 was given at par and 4 1-2 per cent., and Mr. B. J. Van Ingen stated to the Associated Press that this option would be exercised within 90 days. • NATIONAL OPENS APRIL 17. NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Opening games of the National League bn April 17, disclosed today at League headquarters will find New York at Boston, Pittsburgh at. Chicago; Phila delphia at Brooklyn; and St. Louis at Cincinnati. Drunken Driver Bill and Seduction Change Killed in Lower House Star Bureau, 3X2 Tucker Bldg. By BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, Jan. 11.—“Too dras _ tic,” was the verdict of house Ju diciary committee No. £, after it had considered Representative Will Neal’s state-wide bill to “Jail the drunken driver,” this after noon. The bill went Into the house hopper this morning. Representative Neal proposed taking the discretionary power away from the judges In the mat ter of punishment for driving an. automobile while drunk. His bill specified a jail sentence of from 30 days to two years. Three or four local bills have been intro duced in the house and senate pro viding1 the Jail sentence for drunken drivers, and it was pre sumed the precedent set by the Ju diciary committee this afternoon will put the other measures out of the running. - The committee also killed the bill introduced last week, amend ' ing the law so as to make .a woman's unsupported testimony acceptable in abduction and se duction cases. This measure con stitutes one of the pieces of legis lation the women’s organizations are -seeking to have enacted, but. the committee coultf' not see the wisdom of, bo radical a change in i the law. ‘ BOYS Enroll in “STOP THAT PUNCTURE” CAMPAIGN! h Prizes Given—Register at Once UVE OAK SERVICE STA. Free Road Service. * Free Crank Case Service Telephone 2457—Seventh and Ann Streets L .....J WESTERN CAROLINA FAVORS ENFORCING OF PROHIBITION LAW * * - - J i. , — .. % Director Kohloss Makes Public Statement of Activities For Past Year SALISBURY, Jan. ll.-^(By Associa ted Press.)—Public sentilnent in North [Carolina, especially in-the western part of the state, is ‘‘overwhelmingly in favor of enforcing the prohibition law,” R. A. Kohlbss, state prohibition director, declared today in making public a report on the activities of his department last year, which showed 132 automobiles, valued at $43,382, had been seized: 1,025,745 gallons of malt liquors destroyed; $100,849 in fines and $17,648 in assessments by the collector of internal revenue, had been collected and 1,918 persons prosecute^. The report showed 326 persons had been given jail sentences and 725 fined. Assessments amounted to $361,579.68 and the total appraised value of prop I erty destroyed *$390,*00.66. me total appraised value 6f property not de stroyed was placed at $45,988.10. In a letter to Federal Prohibition Commissioner R. A. Haynes, Washing ton, I>. C., Director Kohlosri called at tention to the large number of convic tions in the federal courts of the state and asserted the ..total of 1,051 did not include the cases tried by the state courts. When the reports from the fall terms of federal court at Wilming | ton and Raleigh are received, he con tinued, the total number of convic tions is expected to reach 1,200. “You will note . that our men have destroyed approximately 1,100,000 gal lons of mash, beer and pomace. The quantity utilised for making “moon chine” in this section of the country where a great deal ot sugar is used in the mixture and the liquor produced from same is known as ‘Sugar Head Moonshine.’ would have produced ap proximately 160,000 gallons of whiskey, basing the figures on information ac quired by me from those who are fa miliar with the distillation and who have estimated a great deal above this figure. In addition to this you will | note we have destroyed in real made whiskey 13,011 3-8 gallons. "While there Is. a. great deal of •moonshine’ liquor feeing made in the state ,yet, from my observation, and information gathered throughout this I state, has led me to believe that the traffic in whiskey has been greatly re duced and that many cases of drun kenness occasionally visible in the sev eral communities of 'the state are caused by the promiscuous selling of denatured alcohol by garages, paint shops and occasionally drug stores, where Act 17, National Prohibition Daw. and Act 7, Regulation 60 and Ar ticle 108, Regulation 61, are violated. “I am endeavoring to procure the names of all automobile dealers in the state 4o whom I intend to issue a cir cular letter celling attention that deal ers who are selling this denatured al cohol are required to label same as •poisop,’ and refrain from selling to anyone except when alcohol is to be utilized for automobile purposes. I wish to say, however, in behalf of the drug stores, that they are very strict in the distribution of denatured alcohol, but I find that the garages are y\e places I where the law Is violated, while per haps unintentionally on the part of many of them, yet often people pur chase the stuff from them in pint and quart quantities and put it in their pockets and carry it away to be con sumed for beverage purposes. “I beg to suggest that some pros vision be made requiring garages not to sell any of this alcohol only when same is placed in the radiators of automobiles. I also find that some garages have notices In their windows •Alcohol for Sale’ so much per gallon, falling to specify tha kind of alcohol that they are selling, Such signs at tract the attention to those who are looking for intoxicating beverages. “I am glad to state that public sen tlment In this state, especially in ire western part of the state. Is over whelmingly in favor of enforcing the prohibition law. X base my assertion upon observing the attitude of jurors throughout the state In the state and federal courts, where Invariably, if there is reasonable and sufficient evi dence against the violator of the pro hibition law, the jury brings In a ver dict of ‘guilty.’ . , _ ' "Taking conditions as a whole I think we should be gratified at the re sults produced during the year 1922. I wish to say In behalf of the officers connected with this organisation that they have displayed a great deal of ability, energy and- alertness In coping with the situation, and this combined with the hearty co-operation from your department and your personal inspiration and those of the depart ment of Justice of the state, and some of the state and county officers, have made It possible for men to submit to you this splendid report,” he said. The report follows: . Complete distilleries, 1,600 Number of still worms, 226. > Kumber of gallons of spirits, 13,011. Number of gallons of Malt liquors destroyed, 1,026,746. Number of gallons of wine destroy ed, 4,871 8-4. Number of gallons of cider destroy ed. 2,800. Number of gallons of mash destroy ed, 22,782. Number of gallons ,of pomace, 26,989. Number of fermentors, 33,130. Number of automobiles seized, 132.;. Value of automobiles seized, 48,382. Number of boats—launches seized, 2. .Value of launches seized, 496. Net proceeds of sales, 6,731.67. Expense Incurred incident sales, 882.68. - - Number of . agents injured,on duty, 2. Number of arrests, 837. . Number of pfdSecutlortS,. 1,818, , Assessments/ - recommended, 8*1, 579.68. . • V . „ Total aprfralsed. value property not destroyed, 46,988.10. Total appraised value of property destroyed, 390,200.56. Total convictions in federal courts in North Carolina (exclusive ofi'fall term of Wilmington and Raleigh courts,) 1,051. Jail sentences, 88.6,, Number-qf fines imposed, 728v Total amount- collected In ’fines through courts (exclusive of Raleigh and Wilmington,) fall terms of court, 100,849.14. Amount collected from assessments by collector of Internal revenue, 17, $48. 1 ’ Miscellaneous Number of horses seized, 8. Number of buggies, 6. Number of mules, 7. ■ - Number of wagons, 8. , Number of harness, 8., * Number, of travelling''bags, 4. Number Of trunks, 3. Number Of overcoats, 1. Number Of horse collars, 26 sets, (These were seized from a harness drummer, who was selling whiskey as a business and horse dollars as a side line.) - , ' -v- ' f- - - *.-r r-*—1 ’ S Varser’s Daughter to be Senate Page j r . Star News Bureau. j ' 313 Tucker Bldg. | .By BROCK. BARKLEY j RALEIGH, Jan.' 11.—'"ijhe first I lady page of the North Carolina gen eral assembly”—that is the title Senator D. F. Giles of Marion pro poses for little Miss Lillie Snead Varser, daughter of Senator and Mrs. L. R. Varser of Lumberton, in a resolution he will introduce in the senate tomorrow. And of course the senate will pass it, thereby proclaiming Miss Lillie ] Snead Varser the first of her sex to I occupy a position on the floor of the- j chamber of dignity. *Like the men 1 are supposed to hjive stabbed all the other offices hr the days before woman suffrage, ®o have the boys j held a clear title-tq> the jobs of page. But Senator Giles.ls going to break i the ice and. a senators little daugh- j ter will have as much right toi carry notes and bills and the like from senator to senator, and even up to i the lieutenant governor as arty youngster who has a place on the ] floor. j Senator Giles has played neutral in- this suffrage business. And the j young Miss Varser will be the first lady he has supported in politics. v_•- ,y _j BERGDOLL, MARRIED AND IN SWITZERLAND Draft Dodger Awaiting Amnes ty; Claims he is Still an American Citizen Grover Cleveland Bergdoll Is mar ried and living In. Switzerland await ing a proclamation of .amnesty for po litical and military prisoners to be de clared. when he will return to this country, according to press dispatches received last night from Philadelphia. Last week it was reported that Berg doll was endeavoring to secretly en ter this country aboard the American steamer Aquation, and that vessel was stopped and searched at sea by depart ment of justice agents and officers and members of the coast guard cutter Modoc, which intercepted the Aquarius at sea. Search of the vessel was made, but Bergdoll was not found. It was stated by member of the crew that Bergdoll applied for a job as a member of the Aquarius crew just as that ves-| sel was leaving Nordtenhan, Germany, i The item from Philadelphia follows: "Grover C. Bergdoll, notorious draft dodger, is married and living In Switz erland and awaiting a proclamation of i amnesty for political and military of fenses to be declared, when he will return to this country. "This news, contained in a dispatch from Eberbach, Germany, must have upset his mother, Mrs. Emma C. Berg doll, for when she was asked to verify the report this morning her answer was: •• ‘it’s none of your business, you meddlers.’ “A letter sent by Bergdoll to a friend in Eberbach is dated St. Gall, Switzer land, and reads®?! wish to Inform you herewith that fi»m again in Switzer land, and am now a married man. I married in Switzerland, January 4, Frledel Schmidt, who was born in Alexandria, Egypt. January 28, 1907. My father-in-law is a native of Ger many. , . “'I contemplate transferring my resi dence to Switzerland, to wait there un til amnesty for political and military offenses is proclaimed in the United States. I'd like to add that I still am an American citizen.’ ” f DAY IN WASHINGTON Ira Nelson Morris, American minis ter to Sweden, resigned.' The Kellogg-White radio control bill was reported by the liouse" mer chant marine committee. The house approved the senate hill making possible the Appointment of Major General Crowder as ambassador to Cuba. The Pennsylvania railroad, In argu ment before the supreme court, chal lenged the Jurisdiction of the railroad labor board, in adjustments of wages. Dr. Otto Weldfeldt, the German am bassador,' formally presented to Sec retary Hughes, the protests of Ger many against French occupation of the Ruhr. The Interstate Commerce commission notified railroads it' would Investigate their recent expenditures for equip ment maintenance, and their methods of supplying care to shippers. Announcing, it had official informa tion that a revolt had broken out In the Memel district, East Prussia, the Lithuanian legation denied reports that Lithuanian troops had entered the region. Efforts of Senator Feranld, Republi can, of Maine, to nullify the packer control act by denying appropriations for its enforcement, precipitated a three-hour debate in tho senate on the question, Hope that congress at the present session would provide' effective relief "for fanners was expressed by Presi dent Harding in a letter to a represen tative of the Frederick, Md.,-chamber of commerce. * Pespite congressional agitation, for the recall of -Roland W. Boyden, unof ficial American" observer with the rep arations committee, the administration was understood to believe he should continue in .’ is present capacity. , Secretary Mellon, chairman of the American debt commission, was repre sented as confident an agreement on the funding of the British debt -would be reached before January -20, the ten dative sailing date of the British mis Sipn. y:-*, ■■'-r-v President- Harding, In a letter read at the opening session..61!, the Woman’s Industrial conference, " declared the changed status!".®* Wd.men justified ana necessitated tH<5ir broader, and "more Intimate participation in. various public and social activities, y'.t ” -" C, C. Covington Still in Critical Condition Advices from Greensboro' last night indicate that the condition of C, C. Covington, of this city, is still crit ical, and but little' hope is entertained for his reoovery. Mrs. -Covington, who Is also 111, Is reported improving. Mr. Covington,! who is one of Wil mington’s prominent citliens, con tracted pneumonia several days ago, following an attack of influenza. . , SUBMARINE SECTION OF TOOMER’S GREEK INTAKE BEING LAID City Pumping Station is to be Electrified; Big Saying Ex pected • Work was started yesterday on lay ing the submarine section of the 24 inch intake pipe under the pape.Fea? river, and the pipe line will be'con structed on piling,above ground for .a distance of two and one-quarter miles to Toomer’s creek, from which source the water supply for the city of Wil mington will be piped. Contract for the extension of the inr take from its present location at Hil ton, to Toomer’s creek, was awarded some"'time ago to Tucker and’ Baxtori, of Charlotte. Bonds amounting to $250,000, were floated by the city com missioners tp pay for this, and ..also to electrify the pumping station. John H. Sweeney, superintendent of the pumping station, stated yesterday that it-would take about three or four months to complete the work that is now in progress. , -tt Mayor James H. Cowan, in an inter view last night,, said that the .money savings that would be effected through the use of-electric power, in the opera tion of the pumping plant, WPiiidi Slot only pa/ the interest on the . $260,000, bonds, but that it would also, enable' the bonds to be'‘retired, serially. The steam engines at the plant will be .re tained, for auxiliary power and in case of emergencies. . \ ... . The change of the intake to Toom er’s creek will Insure better water, free of the brine. It will also result in' a decrease in the amount of chemicals used for clarification and Alteration, and the money saving on chemicals will be quite an item. ,. -. Superintendent Baldwin is supervis ing the laying of the submarines in take pipe, which is being placed in sec tions, of which there are^Ave. Mr. Sweeney said that the intake, when changed, would he sufftciently large to supply water for a city of 100,000 in habitants. i . Centrifugal pumps will afterwards be installed in the station, these to be operated by electric power, for which the city has effected a contract at a nominal rate with the Tide Water Power company. Fake Fire Staged For Safety Week A fake fire was staged yesterday! morning when O. C. Kelly flipped a I lighted match In a trash barrel In 1 front of Kflrd's department store, and some excitement was created when Kellji. was “arrested,” the whole affair being planned and carried out under the direction of the safety week com mute©. The fire fighting apparatus was nearby, and the burning barrel was soon extinguished. Mr. Kelly was | carried to the police station in, the patrol, but was immediately given freedom, after it was explained' that the fire was a hoax. Boy Scouts are still actively engaged, in handingi jay-walking cards to all jay walkers whom tliey observe cross-, ing the street in the middle of the block. They are also spotting motor ists for traffic violations. Arrested in Norfolk on Embezzling Charge WINSTON--SALEM, Jan. 11.—L. W. Moore, arrested today in Norfolk, Va., for Forsyth county authorities, was in dicted here in the superior court this week on the charge of embezzlemg funds from the McLane Tire and Rub ber company, of- Cincinnati, O., whom Moore represented for some time in this territory. . . , It is alleged that Moore’s affairs be came so involved that the Cincinnati firm directed him to return all stock that he had on hand. Moore did this, but, it is stated, his accounts showed a shortage, and on the complaint lodged against him by the Cincinnati house, the grand Jtyy this week returned a true bill, charging embezzlement. Urges Study of Home Economics by Women RICHMOND, "Va., Jan. 11.—The. S>ritdy of horns economics by young Women is necessary because of the great change in social conditions, particiularly in the south. Dr. J. A. Chandler, president of 'William and Mary college, declared In an address today before the regional adgrioultural and home economics' con ference here. "The teaching of home economics, to high school girls is not only a ques tion of their ability to do things in the home, but it carries with it the instill ing of a love for the home. They will learn to love the home a little more" and make the home the henter of their life. However, I am sorry to say that the home is not the centre of home life today.” 891 ADI/ BLAZE Small Are last night at the Univer sal oil Plant entailed only a slight loss. The Are apparatus responded to the box alarm. - ' Coming — that mysterious ‘Seventh Guest.”—‘Adv. I You w*qt relief. “B. C.” is absolutely ITunranteed to relieve, without ill after-ef- . fects. It is exactly like a doctor’s pre , serlptiotl <■— accurate,' ’ satentiilC, harmless niid dependable. A WX/ovlv Semi-Annual Clearance Marx and Other High \ , Grade Suits and Overcoats 20% REDUCTION to Originally $27.50 to $55 CAt their regular price, these suits and overcoats were pointed ly desirable. Their present sale price gives them a value that any man concerned with his appear ance will surely appreciate. CThe sple comprises our entire regular stock of suits and over coats, excepting evening clothes. 20% REDUCTION OR BOY’S CLOTHES NO CLOTHING CHARGED AT :: SALE PRICES :: THE A. DAVID CO. 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