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FOUNDED A. D. 1867^-VOL. CXI—No. 22.
ODDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
WILMINGTON,
CAMPAIGN ISSUES FOR
democrats are given
by SENATOR SIMMONS
Republican Alliance With Big
Finance, He Thinks, Is ,
Biggest Issue. ,n ’ ;
.•PROFITEERS’ TARIFF” IS
ANOTHER strong pqint
Failure of Peace Plans and the
Treatment of Soldiers Are
Also of Weight.
By H. B» C. BRYANT
WASHINGTON, March 24.'—Senator
simmons. in his interview with you*
Correspondent Thursday, outlined what
otlier democrats are thinking of as
..rmoaipn issues for 1924. -
He thinks that the Harding- party
„0 to the rocks if the democratic
?l‘ierc stress the ’‘alliance between
L nresent Washington administration
bis finance." "the profiteers’ tariff,”
:L inability to "put the- transporation
. Droper basis,” "the failure to keep
nrom-i'e* to the people on peace plans,”
,nd a lack of consideration for the ex
tervice man* .
The plight of the farmers, democrats
»esert. Is due to the cost of transpor
Jit on They cannot ship their prod
”(s A demand for action is worrying
the republicans, many <ff whom prl.
«,tely assert that William Gibbs Mc
TJno boosted the pay of railway em
Joves to the breaking point and left
It there. Railroads and republican
leaders charge the transportation sit
uation to the former secretary of the
treasury. They argue that with, wages
as high as they are the carriers can
;,ot afford to reduce freight rates. The
inch freight hits the fanner. . ' . •
Mr. McAdoo is very popular with
railroad employes. He will gets the
rapport of thousans of railroad voters
in every state for the presidency. Re
publicans would like to undo what he
did but they fear the wrath of or
ganized labor. They are between these
men and the farmers and livestock
men Senators James B. Watson, of
Indiana, says that something must be
done' Senator Simmons knows that
the farmer is suffering, and demands
f„r favorable action .are increasing.
That is his reason for saying transpor
tation is to be a live Issue.
The Harding admjnlstration ha*,
served big interests, pemocrats will
point out instances. Secretary Mellon,
a good, level-headed business man, be
lieves in big financial movements. He
thinks they are. essential to .keep the <
country prosperous.
Mr. Mellon is unpopular in congress
because be represents powerful finan
(ial combinations. ' The' democrats WtlT
attack ilt. Menem They know the
people back home will' like it. The at.
torney general, it is asserted by demo
crats and progressive republicans, has
played into the hands of great wealth.
They charge that he has failed to en
force the anti-trust laws as they should
have been inforced. - The packers' mer
ger, fought by Senator LaFollette, and
others on the republican side, is going
right ahead. Secretary Wallace pro
tested gently, but that made no differ
ence. The department of Justice did not
Interfere. This Senator Summons and
other democratic leaders here thing,
will make a fine issue to take to the
People. ■ ' •
Large sums of campaign money,
gathered from the profiteers. Senator
Simmons asserts, will be used in an
effort to re-elect Mr. Harding. He
doubts If the people can be rallied that
way any more. In the days of Mark
Hanna that was all right andpopular,
but sentiment has changed. t
The republicans are going to point
with pride to the tanlf act. , They Will
declare that it brought prosperous
times. If business is good, and it is
improving nicely now, the democrats
will have a real obstacle here... The
folks ‘ back home” like to make money,
and they will be Inclined to stand by
the present administration if . the times
improve. ,
i believe that prosperity fwlll save
President Harding from a' humiliating
defeat.'' said a prominent republican
liere the other day. “There is a better
feeling towards him now, since things
have commenced to pick up a little.”
That is a simple but accurate way to
Pat it. Democrats fear the result of
Prosperous months. Senator SlmmonB
thinks that the prosperity will be' lit
spots, and the rich will grow richer,
and the poor poorer under the repub
lican system. He sees very little hopes
far general prosperity, especially
among the farmers, who receive no
benefit Prom the tariff protection.
“One-third of the sugar used in the
United states is produced here and
the other two-thirds comes. in after
paying a high import duty," said he.
The consumer pays the bill for tire
Protection we give a handful of beet
growers in the western states. One_
third of the wool consumed' In the
uilted States comes from abroad, and
;',e protect a handful of sheep, hut soak
Jbe American public. The present tar
jo helps the sugar producers In the
timed States and sheep men, but no
other class of farmer . or stockman
Profit. The things the farmer and the
“lockman have to buy are out of, rea
SOni they are protected. The farmers
''■'U not stand for, this. - By tlj
e 116x1 campaign is well und
time
r way
"’HI understand just what Is go
on, and a protest will be made at
'be ballot box.
u1 haYe studied the Fordney-CoCum
. r tariff act carefully, and It Is A
baud as far as the American farmer is
L nctrned. it benefits the profiteer,
but
not the average citizen.1'
at « Har<iinK will get the nomination
the hands of Ih.ls party unless some
il|fat,cnanfire comes to the hearts of
nard-bolled republicans. Hiram
rrJ ns°n may run 6n the international
ujrt,o£ justice Issue—opposing It—
j the federal officeholders will win.
ji difficult to defeat *& man who has
out as many Jobs aa President
llrcilng- haa ,
7 campaign for
■turtea early.
next year has
Democrats and Hepub-i,
,v. rft busy. Candidates are Votive
.v rywhere.- The' Democrats 'vMH Stave
the
Co most interesting convention the
hem' has witnessed, in years. It is
w,6'611 now It will be held some
rnere in the wlaaie what, « Cleveland,
« making a strong bid for the two
J! conventions. 'There will b*'plenty;
*Un for all before the,Show is over,.
State Witness Demonstrates Ef
fects of Shots at Close
' ■ L Range to Judge and i ;
Jury in Trial., I
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HpMICIDE PISTOL
BARELY SCORCHES
Witness, However, Burns Target
' When Using Own Revolver
at the Same Range.
Experiments testified to by a state's
Witness, C. F. Hutchinson, in the trial
of , Herbert Dallas, being tried in su
perior court before Judge John H. Kerr j
for the. alleged murder of Joseph j
Southwell, during the railroad strike j
here last year, as to the effect of dis- ,
charges from, two pistols he had used
yesterday morning were contradicted I
when in the presence of the judge, j
counsel for,-the prosecution, the jury
and interested spectators, he made ad
ditional experiments in the court yard
with the pistol Dallas used the night
Southwell was Bhot and 'with one of
the pistols he had used in his personal
experiments. ,
The introduction of evidence was
concluded yesterday afternbon, and ar
guments were made by J. Bayard
Clark, of Fayetteville, for the State,
anfl E. T. Cansler, of Charlotte, for the
defense. The Argument will be fin
ished Monday, and it is likely that
Judge' Kerr will charge the jury Mon
day afternoon,’! K
Hutchison whs examined by D. Clay
ton Grant. He testified that from No
vember. 1918. to July, 1922, he had been
a locomotive engineer on the Atlantic
Coast Dine-railroad, and that he Is at
the present time holding the same job
with that'railroad; that from 1910 to
1918 he was an engineer on the Union
Pacific railroad, working on various
divisions in Wyoming, and prior to
1910 he had been with the Maine Cen
tral, at Pbrland, Maine, 10 years.
Had Made Tests
, At this point, there were some pre
liminary questions to show the wit
ness' knowledge of pistols, and he was
then asked if he had made any teste
with a pistol to see if a pistol fired at
close range to a coat-stfo^ld Ifeuve pow
der marks on It. ^fha yltness testifies
that he had mads'Such tests this .morn
ing- between 7 -and 8 o’clock. •' using
two pfsiols. of .SSoaUbre: ■
Hutchinson wae handed two pistols
and a blue serge coat and he said that
they were the pistol and the coat he
used in making nls tests. The coat
had attached to it tags indicating the
distance frota which various shots
were fired. Some of the discharges
from the. pistols had burned the coat.
The witness was vigorously cross
examined J by Mr. Cansler as to the
tests he made, and particularly as to
the kind ‘of powder in the cartridges
that he had used. ]
Just before the court recessed for |
lunch, it was- agreed between counsel '
representing the State and the de
fendant, Judge,. Kerr consenting, that
the witness Hutchinson should make
similar experiments in-the court room
after lunch, using sand bags as a
guard.:.
When the coOr convened, eGorge S.
Nevens and several others testified
that they were present at the time
Hutchinson made his experiments, and]
corroborated his statements. J. A. j
King was asked as to the. statement I
signed by him before the coroner’s
jury.
Bag In Evidence
' Solicitor Kellum produced a bag, .and
Hutchinso nidentified it as the hag |
used by him in making his experiments
with the pistols. Some Of the dis
charges had apparently caused the bag
to burn and the._w.HPess was- particu
larly examined by Mr. Cansler. as to
the marks left on it.
At 8 o’clock Judge Kerr directed that
the jury be taken to the court yard, j
and that the State make such experl
mehts.wlth pistols as was desired.
The first experiment was with the
pistol that Dallas had the night South
well was shot, three cartridges that
were left in the pistol being used. The
first discharge was with the pistol
right at the cloth, but It failed to ig
nite the cloth, showed only slight pow
der marks, and a small bullet hole. The
second discharge was fired 18 inches
front the cloth.,. It showed no powder
burns at ail, and a very small hole.
The third shot was 2 feet flfom the
cloth, and produced no powder bums
and an exceedingly small bullet hole.
Hutchinson them took the pistol he
had used: in making his experiments.
The first discharge, which was fired
right at the cloth.’ijooked as though it
would ignite the cloth and showed a
large powder hum. The seoond dis
charge fired at a.distance of 12 Inches,
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SHE’S BRIGHT
Birdie Reeve, shown here. Is only 16,
hut she has a vocabulary of 64,000
words. Pity the husband she gets.!
WADDILL RESTORES
'CHECK OFF' PLAN
OF GETTING DUES
Suspends Injunction Restraining
Miners’ Union From Levy
ing on Members of Body.
WASHINGTON, March 24.—Judge
Waddlll of the United States circuit
court of appeals, sitting'at Alexandria,
Va., today suspended, a temporary In
junction issued by Federal Judge Mc
Cllntic " at-Gharteston,. W. Va, wWeh
fcrWda coliectlon -Qf dnkiers* union dues
by the United Mine . Workera in West
Virginia through the "check off” gya
tem.
An announcement By the United Mine
Workers declared: that Judge WaddUl’s
suspension order •would govern'the sit
uation until a Anar hearing 4s given
the union's appeal from Judge McClln
tlc’s Injunction before the full bench
of the appellate court at Richmond, on
March SI. • •
The "check, off" ■ system entails the
payment of miners’ union dues to the
union officials by the employer, who re
tains the sums so paid over out of the
pay checks of the men. In West Vir
ginia 23 coal companies operating with
non-union miners attacked the system
as Illegal, and as being a method of
furthering conspiracy on the part of
operators employing union miners and
the union to Injure the non-union min
ing lndustry. The union defended it as
a voluntary assignment by the miners ,
of wages, and as legalized by previous
federal court action.
farmers Have Day
At Wilson Festival
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WILSON, March 24.—This is "agri
cultural day” at the Eastern Carolina
exposition an'd besides the many, farm
ers there were large rtymbefs who
listened to the addresses madevby Dr.
A. Ml Soule, of Athens, Ga., president
of the 'State College of Agriculture,
and Dr. - B. W. Kilgore, director of
eastern extension service . of North
Carolina. Sunday afternoon, Bishop
Candler of Atlanta,-will preach at Ex
position hall, and on Monday after
noon, the noted Billy Sunday will be:
the-feature at the closing of the expo
sition,'the grandest event ever staged
In the Old North State.
Woman At Wilson x
Attempts Own Life
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(Special ,to theStar.) > '
WILSON, 9Mhh 24MTkls non- . -
■ lag between 7 flsd 8 o’clock, In Old
’ Field township*, Mrs. Elln Tomlin,
attempted snldde at the home of
Mr. Jesse Paige, by shooting; her
self •with a SiH pistol. She was
brought to local hospital. • where
wound Inst above her heart. No
;; reason assigned for her aiih
Shipping Board to Lay Tie>o
Proposals Before the President
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla., March M—
Two alternalive.BOlutlona for the na
tion’s merchant marine problem, one
providing; for1 government operation
and control of the government-owned
ocean .hipping, and the other leaking
toward disposal of the, government
tonnage to private Interests, will b£
told before "PreSidentHkrding upon h^
return to Washington by the^ shipping
b°ThlB announcement was made here
tonight by Chairman Lasker,/who is* a
.oMhA ^resident's vacation
party hut who will leave here Tuesday
for Washington to complete the work
on the two plana. , < _"r
«Th4 twfplanrlhtoeing submitted ;to
the President for hie decision will be
accompanied hr voluminous ; dhta*
showing 'the outlook at both, turns of.
road. This data wil lshow fbr example
that the shipping' board lost three mil
lion dollars in operating the govern- ’
ment tonnage In February. Although
ihis Is nearly a million; dollars less,
than the- operating;-loss for January,
it shows, In the opinion of Mr. Lasker,
that something must be done quickly
to solve the problem left through de
I^aV'b'y congress' of the administration
shipping bill.
V ‘While Mt. X/aSRSr' ddclfned ’tb>o Into
details of the plan providing for dis
posal-o <the government ’fleet* to pri
vate Interests, which plan. It is confi
dently expected will be the one chosen
by the President, it Is known that It
compares for sale of the vessels at less
than the: world market prices oh ;5jdn
dltlons that the purchaser guarantee
to maintain- the - ships upon a ‘pre
scribed service. i
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March 24.—Back to
after .five yedrs in the.
'iSga&spUiB, and eagerly, sedfcing
X- .. : ylife/’ three young men to-‘
V /.Jliy .turned, down] snggejstions.
tHk. '• /uey, view two. ,o£ th. e things,
grpadway- -is most famous for—
“gtrile shows' and Jeweled- women.1’
‘‘How about the' Follies?” it was
suggested to them when they dskea
where they couid.see a,' good show.'
“Nothing/® they, cried. in] unison.]
"VITe have -seen- -nothing-, but naked
women for'the. past five-years. Whaf<
we waftt'td see is-women with come
clothes on/' • . ..
Then Somebody * suggested * • the
Metropolitan opera, Where richly
clad women] wiiSj ]fortunes: in. ,dla_]
mondB might ,be seen. .
“Diamonds?:’, they exclaimed. “We
never -want* -to - see, another one * of.
the darned things”): - .. .
The hard-to->please young . men
were orliff Lyles, C. Mason Farn
ham and Edward Horrle,; who. Save,
been working in & diamond mine in
British Africa.
WILL BE SUBJECTED
TO FEDERAL INQUIRY
Proceedings Along Two Lines
Mapped Out By Secretary
^.4 of* Commerce. ■ ■]
STATISTICAL RECORD
TO BE FIRST RESULT
Second Phase of Investigation
Will Deal With Practices
In Marketing Problems.
WASHINGTON, March 24.--An in
vestigation Into agricultural export
problems proceeding along two lines
was mapped otft today by the special'
commission called by Secretary Hoover
to assist him In directing an Inquiry
authorised by the last congress. The
commission will first seek to -baud' up
a complete statistical record of hriport
and expb'rtetrad® dhe United States
In agricnltct/al products.lt was an
session, anct'- tRewfifter will conduct
a comparative study Of export markets
Ihg practices now In force fax this coun
try and those of Other good exporting
nations! ,,1 s..' > V .,V-,;v -
Along with Its statistical survey of
world trade In agricultural products,
the commission will gather and com
pile data on price levels of food com
modities, at home and abroad, and on
the .capacity of purchasing power of
'food importing countries, and the re
lation of industry and employment, to
consumptive demands-.
’“The second phase of. the Investi
gation,” a commission .. statement to
night explained, “will have special ref
erence to practices involved in export
marketing marketing of agricultural
products from this country and com.
parisons with corresponding practices
tn other countries. There Is reason
to believe that many of the trade
practices particularly with reference
to financing and credit have shifted
due to changes wrought by 'the war.
A study of these changes and a clear
statement might materially assist in
bringing about needed readjustments.”
CLUBMAN IDENTIFIED
AS MYSTERY FIGURE
IN MODEL’S MURDER
Assistant District Attorney Ad
! mits that “Mr. Marshall” is
, -John Kearsley Mitchell.
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'< • NEW YORK, March 24.—Assistant
District Attorney Pecora, who for nine
flays has preserved the Incognito of
the - "mysterious Mr. Marshall,” of the
Dorothy Keenan murder case, today re
luctantly admitted, when faoed by a
band of newspaper men,:that "Mr. Mar
shall” was John Kearsley Mitchell, of
Philadelphia, capitalist,, clubman and
son-in-law of E. T. Stotesbury, of J. P.
Morgan and company. L '
At the same time Mr. Pecora re
moved the veil of secrecy surrounding
the Identity of "Mr. Wilson, secretary,”
who accompanied Mitchell to the apart
ment of the Broadway model the night
before she was slain wish chloroform.
"Mr. Wilson,” said the assistant pros
ecutor, was John S. .Jackson, New
York lawyer.
After this' announcement Mr.. Pecora
held a conference with Mitchell and
Jackson. .The pair, accompanied by
Nielson Olcott, another New York law.
yer, retained by Mr. Mitchell, stepped
Into ifrr. Pecora's office after It had
beeir vacated by Billie Bradford, J|tss
Keenan’s negro rsijMA-' Who also had
been summoned for further question
ing. - i- ' ; j ■
Mr, Mitchell—whose, wife, Mrs.
Prances stotesbury ;-Mitchell, today
professed in Palm Beach complete sur
prise when Informed that her husband
had been named as the mysterious,’"Mr.
Marshall”—was called here for ques
tioning as to whether she had any
knowledge of, a blackmail plot which
Mr. Peroca believes existed,- but • in
which Mies Keenan refused to Join. In
a formal statement, Mr. Pecora reiter
ated his belief that Mitchell and 'Jack-'
son had no connection with the -crime
and that neither would be arrested.
•... My. pecora’s naming of Mitchell and
Jackson was spectacular. .
- This morning he announced, repeat
edly that he would continue to shield
'thCir Identity” for tho sake of "Mar
shall’s family.
Vi Then the name of Mr. Mitchell went
the rounfle of‘newspaper offices. Still
iMr. Pecora would not talk.
Then a newspaper printed''the name.
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BAYS BEFORE SURRENDER;
Southern Packing Corporation
' Deposed President Will Get
; Preliminary Hearing
Next Tuesday. ',
TWO SETS OF OFFICERS
; IN THE CORPORATION
Isaac Wright, Attorney for Wil-;
liams, Makes Statement
; Asserting Innocence.
Robert 3d- Williams, 62-year-old
president of the Southern Packing: cor-1
poratlon, who surrendered to Sheriff
George C. Jackson Friday afternoon |
on . the charge of embezzling the cor
poration of $20,000 In bonds and who
was released on $7,600 bond, was in
Wilmington since Monday or Tuesday
When it was thought by local authori
ties that he was being held without'
ball in the Tombs by New York city
police, who arrested him on March 8,
op a warrant forwarded 'by Chief
Claude C. Cashwell.
It ■ was learned yesterday that Wil
liams was released from custody of
the New- York police on bond of $15,
OOQ, and that on Monday he was in
Washington, D. C., communicating over
long distance telephone with his law
yers In this city and that on Tuesday
or Wednesday he came here. His at
torneys, meanwhile, arranged with Re
corder George Harriss that bond be
fixed at $7,600, and Just as soon as
ttyis was done, Isaac Wright, of. the
law firm of Wright & Stevens, escorted
Williams into the superior court room,
during the Friday afternoon session
of the Dallas ease, and Williams sure
rendered himself to the sheriff, who
set him at liberty when the bond was
given.
One Bond. Cancelled
Sheriff Jackson yesterday wired
Chief Inspector , Lahey, of the New
York police department, that Williams
had surrendered and given bond here
and. requesting the, New York police
to cancel the ,$16,00.0 bond. Recorder
Harriss this morning ordered the case
against Williams continued until Tues
day, March 27. , ,.a ■
Quite a controversy hagJjaen;.goln£
on for. acme, lime -between two fac
tions in the Southern Packing corpo
ration, and this, has resulted in two
sets Of officers, -one led. by Senator
Nells Christensen, of Beaufort; S. C.,
and who is recognized now as the
president of the corporation by prac
tically 90 per cent of t,hp. stockholders,
according to a statement made last
night by Mlitoh Calder. Williams lead
ing the other set of officials, whom Mr.
Calder claims are now'unofficial.
When interviewed yesterday by • a
representative of the, Star, Williams
declined/to talk, referring the reporter
to his attorneys, Wright & Stevens.
Isaac Wright, of the law firm, yester
day afternoon refused to state how
long Williams had been in Wilming
ton.
. Mr.' Wright, in a verbal statement,
claimed that the $20,000 bonds, which
Williams Is alleged to have embezzled
from the Southern Packing corporation,
of Wilmington and Orangeburg, S. C.,
were hypothecated by Milton Calder,
tf this city, assistant treasurer of the
corporation, in a local bank as col
lateral for a loan from the bank to
the Southern ^Backing corporation some
time last year.
Calder Explains f
St. Calder stated last night that he
1 hypothecate these bonds, but he
jlained that he did this only at the
ectlon of Mr. Williams and that he,
Ider, had no discretionary power in
[''transaction, simply acting for Wjie
ms on instructions from ■ Williams,
reported. He stated that these $20,
i in bonds, were placed as collateral
a local bank, as security for a loan
' . $5,000, which money, Mr. Calder
,ted, was checked out by Mr. Wil
ms, who signed the checks, which
seks, he stated, were countersigned
himself. .... .. .
rtie statement of Mr. WHght is that
Jliams is not guilty of the charge
embezzlement, and that' such moneys
were checked out were so drawn
due course of the company's busi
es. However, ; Mr. Calder reports
it Williams has refused to give th*
•poratlon directors a'statement as
what was done with this tnoney, al
>ugh Williams had been repeatedly
■nested to furnish such a statement,
said, and that for this reason and
lers, the action was instituted
iinst Williams. >
dr. Calder said that Williams Is no
ser president of the Southern Phck
^corporatlon, charging that Williams
1 hi* followers represent only ten
cent of the companj% stock and
it* Williams refused to submit a re
,t at the annual meeting of the com
iV held in New York last January,
consequence, Mr. Calder claims, the
poration’s stockholders called hn
■er annual meotlng, which was hpld
Orangeburg, and that the following
cers of the corporation were duly
- Senator Neils ’Christensen,
dent; W.: C. Richardson, - of Beau
Vioe president; E, ;C. Horne,. Jr..
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NEW COMPTROLLER?
Middle weBt Republicans predict that
President Harding woll appoint Albert
H. Denton, president of an Arkansas ]
City, Kans., bank, comptroller o<. the
currency. • - ; •
WATSON WOULD GIVE
I. G. G, SOLE RATE
FIXING AUTHORITY
Indiana Senator Discusses Trans*
portation Problems On His .
Arrival W Asheville. ..
'.ASHByIIJjEMarch 24.—"The only
aakti and Uw final solution of the rai}-,
rpadrtbsmslwrtatlo'B'problem of-the na
tion must come through legislation,
! which will'give, the I^fSWrtate •Cosn
merce- commission, the, epic fight to fi|s,
I rates the’ nation. over” . said Senator
James E. Watson, of Indiana, w,ho
arrived hero last- night with Mrs. Wdt
son for a Vest". ' '••••*
‘There were' during 192*2', a total of 51
railroads of the country; which-showed:
a deficit rather than a gain and this
brings one to the conclusion that the
' only way In • which all the railroads
of the • nation- can • be successful- la to
have air rates, tooth passenger - and
freight;' 'centre,lied'-'by ' the Interstate
Commerce commission.” He said. ‘‘The
reason, for. this*' .’he cphti-pued, “I». the
public .service . . commissions are. .her
cause of their very, nature more or less
amenable to political • Influence..
“Under the Interstate Commerce coml
mission, all railroads could' function as
a connected whole, with fair rates oVer
the entire, eohntry,” he said..
The senator stated that theije are. now.
some six thousand mile's of railroads
should ' never have been built from a
financial return' Standpoint, -"yet,’' the
i senatorstated, ‘'the people who ' own
property ,ong these lines must have
transportation 'facilities; and therefore
resolves itseif Into ; a , . problem . , that,
must toe handled eventualy .toy the Inters,
state Commerce - commission ■ working
out a consolidation’and zoning-plan-so
that the weak roads wilt be helped toy
the strong roads.”;
JAY WALKERS FIND
NEW YORK,- March-24.—Two bombs,
stutfed- with explosives and carrying
12-inch • fuses, • were ’ found - today * in
front of the Utolbrt Methddlat' church
half a -block from* Broadway'and West;
Forty-eighth street, In the* heart of
the theatrical district.
“Jay walkers” picked up . tbs explo
sives In. the. middle jot the .street.- They
wereabout the. else -of baseballs,- with
shells of-east irota. The fuses had not
been lighted.. "
A patrolman to Whortf tho -bombs ap
peared- famillar/ led‘Investigators to. a.
laboratory In’ West 48th street, the
former home of an- aged Inventor who
died last Monday. The patrolman had
been one of the guards assigned to tho
premises to supervise the removal of
the inventor’s effects. " v
After . several hours of investiga
tion, detectives announced they were
satisfied the presence of the bombs be
fore the church -was accidental; that
Mrs. " Bussi Admits Slaying \
Of Schenieder, , Ture, Avers
• * NEW' -YORK/ « March. 24,—'William
Turo brother In law of Mrs. Anna Buszl
.wtia was held op.*, charge.of homiolde
Frederick Schneider wealthy Bronx
contractor today told District: Attor
ney Qlennon that Mrs. Busri had con
fessed the slaying to" him. ' '
•Enrc . held as a material witness,
declared that Mrs. Buzei made her con
fession when he visited her after the
•laying tcx reclaim a ‘pistol he had loan
ed her two days before the ehootlps.
It was the tracing of this pistol, alleged
to have been the one used. In the slay
in* that led to the arrest of Mr*. Burzi
and Tore.
Samuel Golsteln, Turc's attorney who
Waapreaent ,a,t, ttye, Interview. h^Ween
Tore and Mr. Gflennon. grave the follow-'
In* .version of Turc’s statement. . .;.-r
Tiirc told Mr. Glennon that the rea
son he had kept quiet up to the pres
ent time was because he was between
two fires, his own wife and his stlter
in-law. Be said on many- occasions
Mrs. Buzsi asked hint- to proenre ^pis
tol for her.' He said he had asked her
what She Wanted It for and she would
reply “Well after I *et it, I’ll let you
know.” . '
GOVERNOR CONFIDENT
INCOME TAX RETURNS
WILL RE SUFFICIENT
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Morrison of Opinion That Finn! .
| Figures Will Meet Estimates .
of Budget Commission*
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DENIES A SPLIT J
WITH A. W. MXEAN
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Chief Executive Declares He Is V
Not Engaged in Cutting
Gubernatorial Timber.
By BROOK BARKLEY
RALEIGH, March 24.—Governor Mor
rison, commenting for the first time to
day on the apparent failure of income
tax collections to meet the budget com
mission's $3,500,000 estimate, ex
pressed confidence that ‘irevenue will ;
be fully adequate to meet all the ap
propriations of the general assembly,
although these appropriations exceeded : j
somewhat the recommendations of the -
budget commission.” ; v"
Like Secretary, of State, W. N. Ev
erett. the governor is by no mean* ttn- --
certain that the' ultimate' total will ’
run to the budget commission’s esti
mate. Collections to date approximate
$12,650,000, and some thrje thousand re
turns are yet to be filed. Besides, Rev- .
enue Commissioner Doughton is after a >
tax dodgers and, some substantial
sums might be. realibed from this
drive...
Regardless of the final outcome of
income- tax collection^, the governor
sees no- need- for worry and he ac
cepts the calamity cries from antago
'nistic quarters' as altogether political.
He recalled that, .under. the first-- two- v'
years of. his administration the revenue
for that period; under the revenue
laws applicable. Was sufficient to cre
ate a' surplus over disbursements for
the period. And the appropriations for
the. list, two years have b,een ne :
heavier .than those for the ensuing two
years when compares with the antici
pated Increases in rev<gue.
.Everett Cites Figures
Secretary of State Everett pointed
out Thursday that the budget com
mission’s estimate of revenue did not
include an. item of $400,000,' collected
In February,-- from lnaurance pre
miums, nor an- estimated million dol
lars from sources of taxation contained
’in schedule B. Mr. Everett, was a
member .'of. .the., .budget commission. r-„:)
Goyernoy M(W^#.V.Xl'iKi--'<»i$'»rred^':Ao. .
those • collections, which could not ; ;;
strietly - be included in income tax. •
They Would; make up .any deHolencv in ‘
the' incometax' estimateyand' leave a
handsome, sum to - meet atiy- other
shortages. _
. . The, assumption, judging from re
rmark-s of the • governor and others of- ; •
flclally connected-• with the adminis
tration', ' is that instead of expecting
an embarrassing shortage of revenue
for the two years, another surplus of \ ■:
revenue- over disbursements is antlci- :
pated,.
While engaged In conversation this
afternoon, Governor Morrison was
brought out on a deeper explanation ,
of the possible • origfn of newspaper
reports that he -had split with Angus
Wilton McLean and would henceforth '
favor someone else, preferably' Score- ■
tary of State Everett, for the govemor
iip- i
He declared-himself at loss to under
tand- the-origin of the report, if it
as spread'on a supposedly accurate
iece’of gossip. ‘ The split had been '
■ported over the Parker foreign stock
mendment to the new revenue bill,
ad Governor Morrison said this after
oon he does not at this time know
hat Mr. MoLean’s views on that ques
on were:' Hb added that he certainly
ould not’support dr decline to sup
ort' a! man because of his views. on
n. item in a revenue bill.
Suspicion that the rumor had ’some
olitioal motive- behind it was evident
n the part of the governor, who re
eled'the reports sent out during his
impalgn for the governorship as to
le support of Senator Simmons. These
sports were widely used in the cam
a.ign, but with doubtful efteot. < They
ursisted that the- senator would not
ippott his old friends in the prinMtry,
TToit Making Governor
Governor .Morrison stressed that he
i . noth .engaged \in the business.>of ;
pinging out candidates or of getting
lem out of’ the way. He is interested
f his-own administration; and his ln.
frest in' who' will head the next-one
Ml "be altogether a personal Interest,
e and Mr. McLean have been close
•lends for 30. years; they pwoOced;
iw In the same congressional district
>r many' years, and there has not de
eloped • the’ slightest breach in this
ety close friendship. The very close
ess' of the friendship might inmine
overnor Morrison to the support of
cLean. Again, he may think as many,,
any other North Carolinians think,
lat the "other man”—who is none o4h
r than J. W. Bailey—lacks the quail
cations for the governorship that the
obeson county farmer, banker, busi
ess man and lawyer possesses.
$50,000 Fire Hakes
Factory at Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, Maroh tir—FiM-ofW*
determined origin destroyed the Plant
of the K. S.' Green Broom company four.
miles from Charlotte
The loss Is estimated afc $50,000 with
Insurance' of 112,250.‘ - . ■- ’ . k '
The factory had closed for the wee*
end and no one was on the Ijremlsesat
the time. Two of the employespasslhg
by, saw the flames and gave the alajm
but no Are equipment being available,
ft • %Us * Impossible to save the build
ing.
gietX' COTT- M«OOI> AtmTBD.
SIOUX CITY, March 24-—AH flood
danger Is past runlese very severe and
unusual weather conditions set in very
soon, according to a statement mad#
tonight by R. J. Ahderson, chairman.of
the board pf supervlsprs of Woodbury
county, A. Be- Erickson, also of the
board, and J. O. MceUan, ooupty en
gineer, who spent all day in the dan
ger rone .on both sides of,the, Missouri
river Investigating the situation, '
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