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FOUNDED A.D. 1867^-rYOL. CXL—No. 26.
WILMINGTON, N. C., THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 29, 1923
Average Circulation
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OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.'
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WILL SELL NO SHIPS
AT LESS THAN PRICE
IN WORLD'S MARKETS
Chairman Lasker of Shipping
Board Opposed to Boat Own
er’s Suggestion
rF PRICE is cut, routes
MI ST CONTINUE, HE SAYS
Can Not Consider the Sale of
Ships Without Any Restric
tions Whatever
st. AL'GUSTINB. Fla., March 28.—
Declaration was made -by Chairman
Lasker 0f the shipping board In a
statement issued here tonight that the
i leathers 0f the board were firmly op
‘ ed to sale of government tonnage
than world market prices un
. s I he would-be purchasers guaran
tee to continue the routes on which
,lte ships are. being operated. .
The statement by Mr. Lasker, who is
here as a member of President Hard
lng>s vacation party, was made in way
of comment on the recommendations
made Monday by the American Steam
ship Operators association, in response
to the Shipping board’s request for
suggestions to aid it in formulating a
policy with respect to the merchant
marine problem.
The association urged that the ship
ping board retire from business, scrap
all inferior vessels and ■ sell Its re
maining tonnage to American cltisens
without and restrictions.
Two Phases Presented
The studies being made by the
shipping board,” Mr. Lasker said in
his statement,” cover two phases: First
what course would be deemed neces
sary for consideration should It be de
eded that the government continue in
■.Lip operations as a national policy?
Second, if the government is not to
continue, on what basis should iB dis
pose of its ships so as to insure the
continuance of the routes that the gov
ernment has been operating?
"It is in connection with the second
Piiase that the American steamship
owners have made their recommenda
tions. While sympathetically receiv
ing the general views of the steam
sliip owners’ association, it Is only
fair to state that I know the unani
mous view of the members of the ship
ping board to be such as would make
it impossible for them ever to ' agree
that the government’s operated ships
in disposed of at lef* than world mar
ket price, unless the would-be
’.lasers guaranteed f tb- coritibufe- th»
routes. . , -.
Must Have Refftrfeticma
The suggestion of tlie ship owners’
association, that the ships-be disposed
of without .any restrictions being
placed on same can not . be considered,
nor can there be any consideration of
the association’s suggestion that all
routes which the government can not
dispose of to private owners and which
the board considers of national inter
est to continue operating, be placed in
the liand3 of private operators in every
case, the government paying a fee to
the latter.
"The government’s ship policy, 'un
doubtedly, will be determined after a
meeting of the full board with the
president, some time following his re
turn from the south.
"If the policy adopted by the one
of transition of the government whips
milk-private hands, It will be based en
tirely upon a consideration of definite
service to be rendered in the national
interest by private owners. The gov
ernment is interested. in the building
upof private ownership only to the ex
tent that the national interest be aerv
d in a definie way, and the board can
not respond to suggestions ‘which
would turn the present situation to
private profits withou a very read ro
om in service to the people a* a
"hole."
W1H, I RGE COTTON PLAN
IN GEORGIA VERT SOON
DURHAM, March 28.—Chairman R.
Everett, of the cotton, states com
mission, announced tonight that the
campaign for adoption of plans agreed
upon at the Memphis conference by
representatives of the cotton states
"ill be centered in Georgia in the near
future.
Mr. Everett announced tonight that
the Tennessee legislature had adopted
'he plan agreed upon by the commis
'i011- North Carolina was the first
si!Ue to adopt the plans and the cam
p's11 was carried on in South Caro
iim. The South Carolina legislature
adjourned without adopting the plan
although the bill was passed in the
house.
'K'lorn TAKES OVER MORRIS
packing house properties
CHICAGO, March 28.—The acqulsi
iion of the Morris and company packer
"tsresi by Armour and company,
trough a subsidiary, has been com*
JJ oti-d, according to an announcement
r,f'!fnt 1,y J' °S<3en Armour, chairman
’ toe board of Armour and company.
”o North American Provision, com
J’any, subsidiary of Armour and com
''nj of Delaware, was .named as the
jlrin acquiring Morris and company’s
business.
"father foreoaast by states
p,V'f o’HiNCTOK, March 28.—Virginia:
• rtly cloudy Thursday; colder in
utheast and slowly rising teinpera
o in extreme north portion; Friday
"a easing cloudiness and warmer.
(, '>orih and South Carolina, and
„V°1r , : c,oudy arid cooler Thursday;
w’uk iy. raln on ®oast; Prtday' cloudy
nainS temperature; fresh north,
n'ftlll.8- to east winds.- „ •
' orida: Cloudy and cooler; prob
' showers Thursday; Friday mostly
uiidy; moderate to fresh north* and
'•xrtheast winds. •
Aia?treme northwest Florida and
Frh^ima: ,Mos!Jy- Thursday I'wd
, ldi, rising temperature; moderate
,,r< stl and east winds.
-UssisBippi: Mostly cloudy Thursday.
,..... PrWay with .rising, temperature;
„ lfl®rate notrheast shitting to east and
uneast winds u. /
Maj. Daugherty Voluntarily
Calls On District Attorney
In Dorothy Keenan Affair
lfihtW<.TOIlK:' March 28.—The lime-'
‘ifljj* publio Interest, which was
snutea from character to character in
the Dorothy Keenan murder case, to
night was focused on the identity of
the man who called on Major Daugh
erty, son of the United States attor
t general, and had threatened to
blackmail him because of his acquaint
ance with the model, unless he got
him a Job with the department of
justice.
Daugherty, appearing voluntarily be
fore Acting District Attorney Pecora,
discussed at length with him his ac
quaintance with the slain girl and
then, avoiding reporters, vanished after
giving the prosecutor the name of the
alleged blackmailer.
This name Mr; Pecora kept to him
self. The only hint that he would give
newspapers was that the man in ques
tion already had been questioned by
the police in connection with another
matter.
Reporters encountered the same dif
ficulty interviewing Daugherty as they
did when the mysterious “Mr. Mar
shall,” the girl’s elderly admirer, later
revealed as J. K. Mitchell, Philadelphia
capitalist and clubman, was the cen
tral figure In the drama.
Mr. Pecora, who for nlno days
shielded Mitchell from the press, today
took the same precaution to see that
Daugherty’s wishes to avoid interviews
were fulfilled. The latest witness was
whisked in and out 'of the criminal’
courts building and his meeting with
Mr. Pecora held in the office of another
prosecutor.
After his visitor had departed, Mr.
Pecora made the following comment:
“The Information given me by Mr.
Daugherty does not tend to shed any
light on the solution of the murder
mystery, but it is of interest to me as
an index of the character of the per
son who made the blackmail threat.
I think Mr. Daugherty spoke to me
frankly and I regard him as trust
worthy, as I have regarded Mr. Mit
chell.”
Mr. Pecora said Daugherty would be
called as a witness whenever he was,
wanted, and Indicated he might him
self interview the man named by the
major.
Radical Admits He Wrote
In Favor of Armed Force
To Smash the Government
IS AGAINST LEGION
Ruthenburg Argued For Over
throw of Government by
pass Power of Workers”
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., Mardh 2S.—(By
Associated Press).—Charles E.Ruthen
berg, co-defendant with William Z.
Poster, charged with advocating crim
inal syndicalism, and witness for Pos
ter in his trial, admitted on the wit
ness atand'today, after first denying It,
that he had written articles saying the I
workers must “adopt extra-parlla-!
mentary means," including "use of
armed force to overthrow the govern
ment of the United States.”
Ruthenberg’* fourth day on the stand
was- jdasjtSd,a aayet** .crtiiff exami
nation by.O. L. Smith, aasietant attor
ney general of Michigan,' who attac)t<ld
the witness' qualifications as an ex
pert. on communism.
“Tell us whether or not you have at
any time in a written article advo
cated the overthrow of the govern
ment of the United States by force,”
the attorney general asked.
“I have already explained—," Ruth
enberg began, when Mr. Smith Inter
rupted and demanded a "yes” or "no”
answer. .' •
“No,” the witness said.
Mr. Smith produced a copy of the
Jctober (1921)‘Communist, a secret or
ran of the communist; party during its
mderground existence, and asked
luthenberg if anarticle signed “Da
nond”—his- party alias—had not
>een written by him. The witness
icknowledged the authorship.
Advocated Armed Force
.“Did you not state in' this article,”
dr. Smith asked, “that the workers
trust adopt “extra-parliamentary
neans of achieving power,” and that
hese methods "include acceptance of
he principle that the existing capital
stlc government would he overthrown
hsough the mass power'of the work
irs, and this includes the use of armed
orce.” i
Ruthenberg began an explanatory
itatement, but the attorney general
nterrupted:
“Did you write that statement?"
"Yes, but—O’
“All right, we'll let it go at that.”
“Mr. Ruthenberg, If you could bring
.bout a proletarian revolution in
America tomorrow, would you do it?”
“I think that is a nonsensible ques
ion,” Ruthenberg heatedly answered.
‘It shows ignorance on historical and
iconomical facts, and—.” ■ .
‘"Assuming that you had the phy
lical and intellectual power to destroy
lapitalistlc government in America to
norrow,” Mr. Smith interrupted,
Would you or would you not do it?
- Doesn’t Answer Dilrectly
“I have already; stated that a revo
utlon can not occur except by mass
action and not until the mass ft the
vorkers and farmers find they can
rain relief from exploitation in no
>ther way.”
“You don’t want to answer my ques
ion, do you? Is it not the theory of
he writers we have referred to to
lay, Denine, Trotsky, Bukharin and
tadek, that communism is incompati
>le with any religious belief?”
“It is not.”
**Do you rncim to say that that the
iry is not advanced by Bukharin?
“It may be Bukharin's theory, but
t is not the theory of communism."
“Are you in favor of the Amelrican
egion?" the prosecutor asked.
"No,” Ruthenberg said.
Mr. Smith questioned the witness
ibout an article In the Communist
tfter the convention last' year- was
aided. In which plans for the general
abor defense counsel were outlined.
:hts is the organisation vhich is rats
ng the money for the defense pf Fos.
ef and others arrested wiChhhn
On re-direct examination, Mr. Walsh
cad the entire article Into the record.
Organisation* niroi™"™
, It said that thd: organisations in-4
eluded would be the workers' party,
farmertlabor party, socialist and so
cialist-labor party, proletarian party,
united toilers, I. W. W.r '‘^'’“'’an
archist elements," trade upion*.^^^^^
labor . councils, the Civil isrHharue*
union, groups gathered .around- the
liberal press, like the Nation, the Free
man and the New Republic, the non
partisan -league ahd any men Ptomi
^ent in public life who were willing,
(MHywnlat w‘■’’f*
Can See 10 Vessels
With Rum Off Shore
HIGHLANDS, Jf. Y., March 2S.—
Marine obserren today again took
exception to the statement of El. C.
Yellowley, acting prohibition direc
tor for New York, that no siaeable
rum fleet wiu standing off Ambrose
channel. With visibility better than
it had been for several days, three
steamers and seven Schooners could
be seen at the regular maritime
market place .while .seven .miles
southwest, at a point 10 miles off
Long Branch, was observed a three
master, apparently waiting for cus
tomers.. Local smuggling activities,
however, were aot extensive since
pirates were reported to have at
tacked a runner last week*. Smug
glers were said to be perfecting a
defense against.-thev emulator*;, «*
"Captain. Kidd.','~ -y
S. .. ,Y, 11 J
84 PERSONS WILL DIE
BY RUSSIAN DEGREES
Washington Trying to Save the
Lives of Condemned Catholic
Churchmen
MOSCOW, March 28.—(By Associated
Press)—The revolutionary tribunal at
Kamenetz-Podolsk,' In the Volhynia
district, has sentenced to death a group
members of the intelligentsia, convict
ed of assisting the anti-bolshevik com
mander, Petlura, by armed attacks on
the red forces.
WASHINGTON TRYING TO AIP
CHURCHMEN DOOMED TO DIB
WASHINGTON, March 28.—The state
department has taken steps, it was of
ficially ahnounced late today, to con
vey to the soviet government through
the “earnest hope” that the lives of
Archbishop Zepliak and Mogslgnor
Butchkavitch ot the Catholic church,
under sentence to be executed tomor
row in Moscow, "may be spared.”
Decision to take action in regard to
the executions planned by soviet au
thorities was announced in the follow
ing formal statement:
"With reference to the report of the
death sentence passed on Archbishop
Zepliak and other Roman Catholic ec
of state has taken steps, through the
American ambassador in Berlin, to
give expression to the humanitarian
Interest of the American people and
their earnest hope that the lives of
these ecclesiastics may be spared.”
OLD GUARD IS SCARED
OF THE SUGAR TARIFF
AND
Sugar Began To ® As Soon
As the Forcin'dumber
Bflt ^ A
' y •
/
RE STIRRED
house wfr^; .
BY INCtu^j^D ’ EXPENSES
Situation Has Sweetened the
! Democratic-Argument Against
Republioms
By H. E. CJ. BRYANT.
.WASHINGTON, March 28.—The first
round with the For.aneyTMcCumber
tariff has frightened the old • guard.
When sugar begins, toi rise housewives
let the world know their views, «£
j No sooner had the. “profiteers tariff”
been approved than did sugar, com
mence to cut' up Jack. At that very
time, in Cuba, certain wealthy Ameri
cans who are financially Interested in
[ production in Cuba, - and • in factories
I there and in this country.
The outburst over sugar came the
day Senator $immons arrived here, and
in an interview in this papier he as
serted that the tariff had made possi
ble such a jump in the price, at a time
when the department off commerce was
proclaiming that there was a surplus
Republicans, as has been stated, charge
speculators with, manipulating the mar
ket in a get-rich-quick scheme. These
sugar boosters haye large financial
Interests on Wall street .and generally
vote the republican ticket and con
tribute large sums to the G. Q. P-. cam
paign funds.
At this particular time these sugar
barons, as they are called ih the met
ropolitan papers, think more of Cuban
sugar than they do American produc
ers or consumers. They opposed a high
duty on sugar because of their hold
ings in Cuba. They, think but little of
the cane growers of Louisiana and the
beet growers of Utah and other west
ern state*. ,
When Boast Began.
The present advance in sugar prices
did not get under full headway until
after the cane and beet sugar crops of
this country were but of the hands of
the farmers. Therefore, as Senator
Simmons asserted, no benefits accrue to
those for whom the tariff duty 1* al
leged to have been provided. They are
now out in the cold while the seaboard
refiners, who control oyer $Q per cent.
[ of the productJtflL iit/Chtoa ate reaping
a'rich'harvest at tli* expense of the
users of sugar..
SENATOR SIMMONS RAPPING
ON PREFERENTIAL TARIFF.
WASHINGTON, March 28..—(By Asso
ciated Press.)—Outstanding develop
ments here today In the sugar situation
were the announcement by the tariff
commission, that in compliance with
instructions from President Harding,
its inquiry into the effect of the new
import duties on prices would be more
far reaching than originally was in
tended and the prediction by Secretary
Hoover, that present prices would re
sult in decreased consumption and in
creased production. .
' When the tariff commission met to
day It had before it the President’s
telegram sent Tuesday night from St
Augustine, Fla., directing that it es
tablish whether the new tariff was
keeping the retail price of sugar at
■high levels. The commission which al
ready had initiated an investigation, at
the request of Cuban producers, to de
termine whether a reduction in the
sugar duties, was advisable under
flexible provisions of the tariff law,
decided at onefe'to increase the scope
of its inquiry.
Will take Six Month*.
. Members of the commtesion predict
ed it probably would be six month* be
fore a comprehensive study of produc
tion costs in Cuba, Porto Rico and
Hawaii as well as the United States,
and of local stocks and world supplies
could be completed and recommenda
tions. submitted to th« President who
■has authority to alter the tariff rates.
Mr. Hoover’s prediction was made
in a letter to Representative Ballinger,
republican, Massachusetts, - who had
asked for information as to the present
situation.
“Sugar consumption and production,”
said the commerce secretary, "respond
very quickly to prices. It' would be
normal to anticipate that, estimated
consumption would decrease as the
result of the present over-high prices.”
Mr. Hoover also forecast that “the
present price levels will no doubt stim
ulate production especially In Cuba,
where at this moment plantation profits
are very large.”;
Harding Iticlined to Think That
Daugherty Was A Bit Premature
ST AUGUSTINE, Fla., , March 28.—
The political atmosphere, which has
bo lightly surrounded President Hard
ing and the administration leaders
composing his vacation party, today
seemed to gather a litle closer.
One of the contributing factors to
this whs the development that the
president, turning over in his mind the
Statement recently made .in Miami by
Attorney-General Daugherty, his pre
convention manager in 1920, and since
then ftig chief' political advisor, had
come to the conclusion that it might
have been better had the statement
been Withheld1 at least for‘the present.
In bis statement, Mr. Daugherty,
while emphsliing that it was too long
until ihe 19^4 campaign to begin talks
oi politics,' predicted that k'r.’ Harding
would be a candidate for renomina
tion'.
The other factor was the arrival i-hefe
of. Mr.- -Daugherty.- * -Unitil -today; the
president and his principal‘.advisor in
matters of politics had not'met since
the latter had issued his- statement.
Mr. Daugherty came to St. Augustine
in accordance to the previously an
nounced plans, and is enroute back to
Washington after a vilst to Florida-to
'A1'. if\ S. •• - : A -4 1 v !5 ,:i
Illness The
recuperate from recent
president and Mr.,Daugherty were to
gether a few mlnuteg todayi Mr. Hard
ing stopping at the attorney-general'*
suit on his way to lunch. , .
The president, In his. study of the
situation, Is understood by &ome of
those close to him to have in his mind
the two remaining years of his admin
istration and to feel that proper solu
tion-of the problems they will present
should be subject of more thought than
what is to happen to him personally
in 1924.
The chief executive, it was learned;
Is.-hlghly appreciative of the motives
that actuated Mr. Daugherty In making
his. statement and hp* tpq greatest.copr
fldence In Mr. Daugherty’s judgement.
Mr. .Daugherty has made it plain
since giving out hlg, statement, that-it
was not inspired by the president and
has been most anxious ‘to/relieve ‘the
exeeutlve .of. any embarrassment that
might'have been occasioned.
Several of the leaders .pave acclaim
ed the Daugherty statement, .only ex
pressing their own convictions. In say
ing that ■ the republican party could
ndt do aught bu t,renorainate Mr. Hard
ing if he would consent to make-the
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Wage Increases Spread to
Thousands More of Textile
Operatives In New England
BOSTON, March 28.—To the wage In
creases already granted to upwards of
SO,000 woolen mill operatives in New
England there were added today ad
vances to about 25,000 workers in cot
ton mills.
These advances marked the first ac
tion by cotton manufacturing inter
ests to meet the higher wage levels
set by the woolen mills and came while
the workers of Fall River, a cotton
center employing 86,000, are involved
in two separate sets of wage demands
by rival unions.
. In .the past advances by cotton and
woolen groups as large as those now
on record for the revision upward have
almost Invariably been followed by a
general increase in the textile indus
try. Such action would affect approx
imately 250,000 persons at the present
volume of operation, which in most
cases is normal.
The big center of Lawrenoe, with
only a few exceptions among its mills,
was placed on the higher wage level
through announcement by the Pacific
mills, makers of both cotton and wors
ted goods, that it would grant a 12 1-2
per cent increase to its 8,000 em
ployes.
The American Woolen company's
several plant* In Lawrence were the
first to declare higher price lists, and
the Arlington mills, the third principal
operating factory there Joined the
movement yesterday. New Hampshire
was brought into line by the Amoskeag
Manufacturing company’s announce
ment that its mills at Manchester, em
ploying about 13,500 persons, would be
placed on wage schedules 12 1-2 per
cent -higher, April 30. The Amoskeag
plant is among the largest devoted
principally to cotton products in the
world.
A few minutes after the industry
learned of the action of the Amoskeag
company, the Nashua Manufacturing
company, operating the Jackson and
Nashua mills, with 40,000 _ operatives,
posted notices of an advance, the
amount of which was not stated.
Several smaller mills, mostly mak
ers of woolen goods, also notified em
ployes that they were meeting the new
standards, but the cotton manufactur
ers of New Bedford and of Rhode
Island were understood to be await
ing the outcome of the negotiations in
Pall River, while these in Maine were
considering their situation in the light
of the advances in New Hampshire to
day.
$40,000,000 HEIRESS
BRIDE OF CARTOONIST
Delora Angell, Heiress To John
W. Gates’ Estate, Marries
Lester Norris
PASADENA, Calif., March 3$.—Miss
Delora Angell, heiress to the $40,000,
000 estate of John W. Oates became
the bride today of Lester Norris,
young cartoonist and son of a furniture
dealer at St, Charles, Ills.
“ALWAIS LIKED LESTER EVER
SINCE HE BEAT HE SWIMMING”
CHICAGO, March 28.—The friendship
of Miss Delora Angell, heiress, and
Lester Norris, young- cartoonist, who j
were married in Pasadena, Calif., be
gan at St. Charles. Ills., 11 years ago
-when as children they were playmates.
Shortly after she announced her en- i
gagement to Mr. Norris at a simple |
party last November, Miss Angell
stated she had “always liked Lester,
ever since the days when he beat me
Miss AngSUi Whcr Si hsjr®s» t»aj
estate of John W. "Bet-A-Mlllton”
Gates, estimated ‘at $40,080,000, is 20
years old. She was only distantly re
lated to Gates. Gates' son Charles and
his favorite nephew, Henry Baker were
looked upon as his heirs, but the
younger Gates and Baker died and the
vast estate went - to' Mrs. Gates, who
was Delora’s aunt.
Mrs. Gates died in 1918 and except
for a. bequest to her brother. Edward
J. Baker, of St. Charles, she left the
estate to Miss Angell, who was named
Delora for her.
Fight on Mayfield
Will Be a Hot One
Regarded as K. K. K. Senator,
He May Be Ousted By Senate
BY H. E. C. BYRANT
WASHINGTON, Maroh 2*.—Senator-*
elect Earl B. Mayfield, of Texas, Is
going to give the democrats some un
happy hours. He is called the "New
berry of the democratic party.”
The republicans are getting ready
to make a big to-do over the Mayfield
contest. -They expect to make It a
stand-off for Newberry.
Mayfield will be ousted from the sen
ate unless influence enough to save
him can be brought on members of that
body between this time and tfie con
vening of congress next December,
s The "invisible empire’ 'is organizing
for a determined fight to hold May
held In his seat, but a majority of the
republican members and a formidable
minority of the democrats are deter
mined that he shall be ousted.
They assert that it is on a .footing
with the case of Newberry, of Michi
gan, who was forced to resign by the
popular outcry against him and the
knowledge that he would be turned
out.' Southern democrats are active in
behalf of Mayfield. Northern and
western democrats are generally op
posed to him.
INJURED WHILE HURRYING «
' TO HlS TRIAL IN WILSON
<Special to the -Star.) *• •
WILSON, March 28.—W. A. Hawley,
a local insurance agent, who was cited
to appear here today to sinswer to the
charge of embezzlement,*.while driving
a car between Mloro and Selma, hap
pened to an accident which delayed the
hearing. His car ran off a high
bridge and he sustained slight Injuries
and wak sent to Smlthfield and placed
In a hospital. , . -
HUGE EIRE SWEEPS OVER
MASSACHUSETTS SEA RESORT.
. HULL, ■ Maes., March 28.—Paragon
Park, New England’s largest seashore
amusement center, andj 30 houses were
destroyed tonight by'a Are which
swept Nantasket beach on tho. Wings
of a wind that reached a, velocity of 60
miles-.. ' '
At midnight the flames were spread
ing against the windv and the Atlantic
hdifse,’ ’principal' hotel ’of the ' resort,
was threatened. ‘ The, loss was In the
hundreds' of thousands. Qf dollars, and,
by some, was estimated at-a million. ,
HOUSE OP DAVID: CASE ENDS $
GRAND RAPIDS, Mioh., March 28.—
The $80,000 . suit .of, Jojin, Hassell and
wlfe agalnst the ftriOlite house of
David cult of Benton Harbor, Mich;,
came to an epd in federal court tbjk
pfffgnflOJR. •
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BURIAL OF BERNHARDT
WILL BE HELD TODAY
Body Now Rests In Rosewood
Casket She Had Made 30
Years Ago—Simple Rifes
PARIS, March 28.—(By Associated
Press.)—-The body of Sarah Bernhardt
tonight rested in the famous Rosewood
casket lined with white satin which
Was made at her order 30 years ago and
in which she was frequently photo
graphed while on her foreign tours.
Abbe IxHittl, cure of the church of
St. Francois de Sales, where the funer
al service will be held tomorrow noon,
said the last prayers over the great
artiste today. Then she 'was tenderly
lifted from her bed and placed in the
coffin, which was taken to the ground
floor of the home where a room has
been transformed into a chapel.
Bernhardt 1». still .clad. in. her white
satin dress. Over her face, and hair a
fine lace veil has been drawn. On her
breast is pinned the cross of. the legion
of honor, and around -harinecfc 18 a rib'
bon -holdhi*- the - gold' -tbckst’j&fltelA
fbs*-’ thh p«rftt^-'diia tWk* ofhgl*, pf. her
Son. Maurice, which 'she' always. wore. ,
The .casket was. closed, except for the
upper part, which- was lef t, open *o that
the face-could be seen through the veil.
The prayers-over; the interrupted pas
sage of .mourners• was ■ resumed. ;
The• casket- will- be • taken .to the
church early - tomorrow and' after the
services the' funeral procession will
go to. the ' cemetery' ' Pere Laehaise,
where the body, will be placed in a sim
ple but massive .vault without decor
ation .and bearing ■ only one word'
“Bernhardt.”.
The 'Paris city authorities had hoped
to hold the services ^ in some great
church such as La Madeleine, but Bern
hardt’s. wish was. that it be as simple
as possible and- her preference was for
the relatively small church which she
attended while in Paris. There will
be no orations at the funeral, In com-,
pllance with her wish, but her desire
for “many flowers” is certain to be
gratified by the publio.
WAYNE OFFICERS CAPTURE
IT QAbUmi OF REAL CORN
(Special to the Star.) .
GOLDSBORO, March - 28.—The big
gest liquor raid in- Wayne - county in
the past two -years occurred' today
when ' Sheriff Grant,' Assistant Pojice
Chief Norris and three deputies confis-,
c&ted 17. gallons, of .100 proof corn in
the home, of Alonzo Newton, a negro,
two miles from the city.
The Whiskey was so well stored
away in kegS ofifeers do not believe it
belongs to the darkey but that he was
the gorbetween ip a wholesale deal to
be pulled off. • .
The officers are on- the lookout for
other lots like this being promoted by
the same organization.. Sheriff Grant
said that. It .might be a.. ring, or . it
might be a square, but that whatever
it is, he expects to know in a day or so.
MAT BRING IN A ftt’ABT IF
. ... .IT. IS MEDICINAL USE
NEW YORK, March 28.—The order
of Surveyor of Port Whittle, instruct
ing his deputies , to' permit incoming
ship passengers to .bring in. not more
than one. quart ■ of whiskey each, if
needed- for medicinal purposes, Is con
sidered by the local customs authori
ties to be proper and will'remain In'
force unless countermanded at Wash
ington.
This statement was made today by. a
local customs official, after receipt by
Special Deputy Collector Stuart of a
message from Assistant Secretary Moss
at Washington, requesting a full ex
planation of the order.
Mr.'Stuart and Mr. Whittle were un
derstod to believe that the treasury de
partment would have no reason, to .'ob
ject to tne order when they were In
formed of . the conditions .which-it was
intended to meet. .•/■■■•* -
Abundant Cement For ,
State Highway Work
RALEIGH, March *28.^Snfficient'
, cement to assure the uninterrupt
ed construction , of ,110. rn,iles. pf , ,
hard surfaced roads to be let to
contract next Tuesday by the state
. highway commission,' was' secured
‘ Pennsylvania . Monday, Chairman
.Frank Page announced today upon
/bis return from a conference of
, highway officials in"Penney 1 vanla.
- -' Approximately 300,000 barrels
were contracted for delivery. in
May, June, July and August, - he
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BAPTIST UNION HEARS
TWO FINE ADDRESSES
ON EDUCATION THEME
Women’s Convention at Durham
Reaches Climax In Talks Of
Drs. Vann and James
REGISTRATION EXCEEDING
600, AND SCORES COMING
• T—*
Wilmington Is Making a Strong
Bid For the Union’s Con
vention In 1924
DURHAM, March 28.—The Bap tin
Woman’s Missionary union convention,
which has been in session here since
Tuesday evening* reached a climax to
night In the two eduoational addresses
by Dr. R. T. Vann, Raleigh and Dr.
W. C. James, Birmingham.
The registration of delegates and
visitors reached 663 by noon today.
There will be scores more to register.
Wilmington and Goldsboro are making
strong bids for the next convention.
The day has been an exceedingly busy
one. The big auditorium was packed
all day.
Dr. James, who is secretary of the
board of education .of the Southern
Baptist convention, in his address gave
several reasons for believing In schools
under denomination control. First, be
cause the privately owned schools and
those supported by the state are unable
to meet all the educational demands.
Second, because if the denominational
schools were not in the field, the state
schools would soon have the monopoly
of education, and the country that pre
cipitated the World war emphasised
the danger of such a monopoly.' Both
kinds of schools are needed as a check
on each other. Third, the denomina
tional school, if true to Its heritage,
is able to hold its students true to the
faith. It is impossible for the state
school to teach the doctrines of the
churches an'd be true to the constitu
tion, While the denominational schools
are not perfect, the speaker maintained
that they are not breeding places for
infidelity. A student coming away
from one of them is^ a better and a
more loyal member to his church.
There should be no strife between the
denominational and the state schools,
for both are essential.
Dr. Vann spoke on'“Christian Educa
tion and Essential Part of the Denomi
national Program” and*“welcomed the
W, JiL tr.' forces in to this fruitful field'
of . service, which was ao long ignored,
even neglected;. When one talks about
the moist Important.phate of the Gbflswsi-.j
tios ‘ program,, he’ mi'ght' -as weit-’lfliiE^- f,
which is the most importan t -wheel In'a i t.
'Watbh'.'' When ’any bite Is - gone, the -
wiatch' stops. Education Is absolutely
.'essential, in the Christian program.”
. The. .convention was welcomed to
Durham by-Mrs. M. W. Buck, of Bur
lington; Mrs. H. F. Brinson of East
Durham and Mrs. Harvey Pollard, of
Durham, and Mrs. T. S. Franklin, of
Charlotte, made the response.
The Mount. Zion association with
which the convention is meeting, was
awarded, the banner for the best all
round work done in the last year.
Norfolk and Southern
Loses Tax Suit Append
Supreme Court Denies Relief
Asked In Harnett County
RALEIGH,. .March - 28.—(By the . As
soclated Press.!—The appeal of tfie>
Norfolk and Southern railroad company I.
vs. Harnett county from a su'peribr
court, decision, refusing to - continue,'a
temporary restraining order to prevent
the- collection • of- flVe cents in taxes,
levied for the construction of bridges, •
today was denied by the supreme court.
The tax was -levied in 1921 by the
county, among- other taxes for general
county purposes, after. the-board 'fit ^
commissioners had entered into a writ- |
ten contract with the state, highway"
commission in accordance'With the law,
to construct the LaFayette highway in
Harnett. ' The colinty arranged to is
sue four, notes for $25,000 each for the;
work .and levied taxes sufficient to re
tire the notes at maturity. ■
•The plaintiff - contended • tl»e county /
had violated-Article 5 and Section 8 of ;sp,
the'constitution, that the , board ;of
commissioners'was not authorized un
der the statutes to issue the notes or-to
levy, the tax . and- that the board :of
authorized, • had .failed to comply with
the statutory provisions. t ; „
The lower, court refused to continue
its . temporary restraining order and
the company appealed. The supreipe
court , held the resolutions and proceed
ings of the board of commissioners had
been on• record' for several weeks and
that it'had'not vldlated the state con- v
stitution. ' ;
The opinions follow;
93—Vinson vs .Gardner,. Wayne, af- t
firmed. , ; ' , -
96—Lloyd vs PoythrCss, Vance, new i
trial. ’
99-i-N. S. R. R. company vs McArtan
et al., Harnett, affirmed.
. 1Q8—Lawrence vs Beck. lee, reversed.
161—Eakes vs Bowman, Pitt, plain
tiff’s appeal, affirmed; defendants ap
peal error.
284—Wimes et at. va Hufham et al.,
New Hanover,- new trial.
286—Currie vs Malley, Cumberland,
no error. - . - • ■ i -i W.
286—Moore vs A. C. L. R. R. company,
reversed. i
- OASIS *6ftRINE SUMMONED
GASTONIA, Starch 28.—The call fo*
the annual spring ceremonial of Oasis
Tefriple ’shrine- wo issued here today
by Illustrious Potentate A. G. Myers* #
Following' the usual custom, the poten- “
title's cohnmtttee1 named his home town
as the place for the mpetlng which wllj
be held here* Stay?24. . .
ASKS WALLACE TO NEW BERN
WASHINGTON, March 28.—Secretarj
Wallace of- the department of agricub
■ $$j
y:i‘
ture has beenv invited by Senator Sim*
mons to. address 'the North Caroling
Drainage, association at . New Bern ig
April. ' '!‘ ‘•“i" ' ■■■”:
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