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WILMINGTON, N. C„ MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 23, 1923.
Full Day and Night Service
of the Associated Press.
OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE.
farm credit banks
WILL OPEN FIRST OF
MAY, BOARD ASSERTS
Twelve New Institutions Have
All Been Charted and Ready
for Business
BORROWERS MUST GROUP
themselves together
Development of System is Ex
peeled to be of Necessity
Slow Lobell Says
«' \sinxr.TON. April 22.—The fed
;l] f;irm loan board announced today
,li;a M:,y 1 bad been fixed as the date
fi,r ,],,, formal opening- of the 12 new
irterntediale farm credit banks, "all of
which have been chartered and will be
prepared to consider applications for
loans as provided under the new agri
rtiitura I credits law. A uniform dis
onimi. rate of five andbone half percent
h.,s i.ren fixed by all of the tanks.
a ran teeing to farmoTS credit at not
exceeding 7 percent with the possi
bility of slightly lower interest charges.
■With the announcement that the
Government's part of the program for
extending new loaning faailities to
farmer is ready, the problem now
appears now to be of one among those
,vtio will seek government money.
Certain provisions of the law re
quire that the producers Individually
shall not obtain funds direct from the
loan banks but must first group them
s.'lves into one of several kinds of
organizations through which the pro
ducers obligation may be re-dlacounted
and passed on lo the credit banks.
Among those organizations are co
operative marketing associations, live
stork loan companies and agricul
tural credit coporations, each with
reriain limitations and restrictions
up,m its fiowers to handle paper for the
farmers.
Tile farm loan hoard is optimistic,
although Mr. Lobdell said today the
development of the system necessari
ly would be slow during what he
termed the experimental stage. The
umimissioner predicted the new facili
ties would be readily grasped and the
opportunity presented quickly accept
,.[t iiy those for whom they were, de
signed. t M
For starting are B&AkVWie treasury
1ms turned over one million dollars
to each of the 12 institutions, although
tint law allows each a maximum of'
live millions. Members of the loan
board expect that nothing like -the
maximum capital permitted will be re
quired for many months. The money,
In.wever, will be ready should calls for
It be made.
CENSUS OF THE DEAF
TO BE MADE SHORTLY
Department of Labor and Print
ing Is to Be in Charge of
the Canvass
UA LEIGH. April 22.—A complete
census of the deaf in North Carolina
now is being; promoted by the depart
ment of labor and printing, through Us
bureau for the deaf, and all county su
perintendents of public instruction
nave been requested to assist in com
Pil'ng the information, it was an
nouneed tonight by M. I* Shipman,
'■ommissioner.
J. B, Robertson, chief of the bureau,
bas addressed a letter to the superin
tendents of instruction, a part of which
follows;
'fhe general assembly of 1923 pro
vided for the establishment of a bureau
io'r the deaf in the department of labor
ani1 printing for the purpose,of aiding
lbs class of the state’s citizenship in a
filial way. Among the duties pre
scribed are.
'"The Bureau shall secure and keep
11 .census of the deaf and obtain facts,
'herniation and statistics as to their
condition in life with a view to the bet
tffment of their lot; shall endeavor to
"ntain statistics and information of the
condition 0f labor, employment and ed
ucation of the deaf in other states with
'] to promoting the general wel
°f the deaf of this state.’
'fhe bureau desires a complete cen
s,ls of the deaf of North Carolina and
u’ocUt your co-operation in obtaining
this information. Doubtless you have
'imp in contact with a number of
white and colored deaf persons in trav
eling over your county. If so, will you
"'ndly forward to this bureau the
names and addresses of those' whom
Mu have met. We may be able to as
nuut them in securing positions, in the
' M”1 they are out of employment.
There are many positions that can
be ! i Hed hy capable deaf people to tile
ftlsfaction of any considerate em
J1 Tiber, especially in the industries of
in Mate, of course, this fact must
. "n be emphasized to some employers
u"d the bureau contemplates starting
campaign of education along this line
;%n- can make no positive prom
's'’ Positions right now, b\it shall
uike an honest effort to place every
Ghilicant in a situation satisfactory to
'">> without cost to any one.'
Many nf the deaf of your community
’ay not be aware of the existence of
'■v bureau and we shall be glad If you
"'ll apprise Ihem of the fact and pur
'"se for which it was created. Its ac
'v it‘pr are not to be confined to em
1 cyrnent alone. We hope to be help
ul to the deaf in many other ways.",':
' M J ' V* ‘i i ? '
NEAR EASTERN PEACE
CONFERENCE RESUMES
ITS DISCUSSIONS TODAY
LAUSANNE, April 22.—The stage
is all set for a resumption tomor
row of the near eastern peace con
ference which was so dramatically
ended last February, and confer
ence circles anticipate that the
United States may play the leading
,role before the curtain falls on the
last act, with the final scene
either the signing of a peace com
pact or the renewal of war.
In the public mind the prospec
tive importance of the United
States in the present conference
ascribed to the Turkish parlia
ment’s recent ratification of the
Chester concession, granting ex
clusive rights for the construction
of railroads throughout Turkey
and the exploitation of mineral
properties in a zone within twenty
kilometers on either side of the
projected railway line. France and
Great Britain both are looking at
this concession with questioning
eyes, and as economic subjects will
form one of the chief issues in the
dispute between the Turks and the
aiiies, both these countries may op
pose it here.
France contends that the Chester
grant conflicts with the railroad
concessions received from the old
Ottoman government in 1914, on
which- France already has ad
vanned 17,000 Turkish pounds.
Great Britain says frankly that if
the Chester concession affects the
mandated territory of Mosul, as the
newspaper accounts say it does,
then Great Britain regards this
concession as non-existent, so far
as it affects Mosul or aiiy other
part of the Irak territory, which is
under the British mandate.
The outstanding feature of the
resumed conference is the elimina
tion of soviet Russia. The corre
spondent of the Associated Press
learns that Moscow diplomatically
sought an invitation 1
in the conference, bit '
i ■ , KSU .,7 ijg&fs©*®
vi tins powers, Gi®i#a»®rr£ain,
France and Italy, returned a polite
negaffve. Russia has been told, it
is said, that she was invited to the
first conference to discuss the
'straits convention only, but that
she publiclv announced a refusal to
sign this treaty, on which, all the
other countries, ii^cjjfding the
vTurks, were in accord;' that if any
time before the adjournment of the
conference Russia has changed her
mind, the conference hall always
will be open, and the allies will be
delighted to see her.
Great uneasiness exists among
foreign residents of Constantinople
and other Turkish cities because
they henceforth may be entirely
subject to Ottoman laws, without
any privileged protective treat
ment. In an endeavor to induce
the Turks to sign the treaty in
February, the French and the
Italians made last minute conces
sions by which foreign legal ad
visers to be appointed to the An
gora government would be in
formed of all arrests and all domi
ciliary searches affecting foreign
ers.
Lord Gurzon. the Britlshaforeign
secretary, had left Lausanne, and
Great Britain whose colony in Tur
key is numerous, never accepted
this concession, and as the peace
treaty was not signed, both France,
and Italy consider this question on
the agenda. Like Great Britain,
they probably will insist that all
arrests or searches of foreigners
will be made by the Turks in ac
cordance with knowledge of
foreign advisors.
The solution of this question vi
tally interests American residents |
in Turkey, who, henceforth, like
others, lose the right of being un
der foreign consular courts.
PRESIDENT HARDING
IS UP A TREE ON THE
RUM-RUNNING ISSUE
By Government From Great
Britain and Other Nations
(By H. E. C. BRYA5T)
WASHINGTON, April 22.—President
Harding is up a tree on prohibition en
forcement. He is very anxious to carry
out the provisions of the law in spirit
if not to the letter but that seems im
possible.
The rum fleet off the Atlantic coast
is worrying him and other administra
tion leaders who fear a reaction from
the people in the coming camgaign.
He is trying to formulate a plan to
beat' it.'
Several months ago President Hard
ing told callers of the danger of an
indifferent or unsuccessful fight
against the new army of law viola
tors in the .United States. More re
cently he announced that something
had to be done if the government was
not impotent. The statement from the
state department yesterday was made
to let the people know just the sort
of problem the president and his ad
visers. are up against on the Atlantic
coast.
President Harding, Attorney General
Daugherty and Secretary Hughes are
co-operating in the consideration of
plans to make prohibition a reality.
Their first task is to scatter and elimi
nate the everready rum fleet. This is
the big problem, and they have receiv
ed very little encouragement support
from Great Britain and' of other for
eign countries.
AUSTRIAN DOAN APPROVED
GENEVA, April 22.—(By Associated
Press)—The loan to Austria of $120,
000,000 was approved tonight by the
council of the league of nations at a
meeting that developed optimistic re
ports on the league plans to put that
country on a Arm financial footing so
that she may be able to balance her
budget within two years.
ENGLAND PREPARING
FOR A GALA AFFAIR
Wedding of Duke of York on
Thursday Will he-Attend
ed by All Britain
LONDON, April 22.—Not since the
day 30 years ago when King George
V, as the Duke of York, led his royal
bride to the altar has England prepar
ed herself for such a gala wedding
fete as will be celebrated Thursday
j next when Prince Albert, Duke of
[York, next in succession to the British
[ throne after the prince of Wales, weds
| Lady Elizabeth Bowles Lyon in West
I minster abbey.
I All plans for the great occasion are
completed and it remains only to put
the finishing touches to the scenery
for staging this royal pageant.
London will be bedecked like a bride
In all the finery of her silken flags and
! banners and almost everybody in the
United Kingdom, so it seems, will be
j here to join in the festivities. Those
j not able to come to London will be
i regaled with the wedding story told
i by wireless broadcasting.
| Hundreds of thousands of people
! are expected to line the route of the
! wedding procession to and from the
abbey. Stands have been erected near
Westminster for spectators and every
building along the route will be turn
ed into a bannered pavilion. The win
dows of offices, shops and even private
houses have already been rented.
The ceremony in the abbey will last I
three quarters of an hour. In the nave
six hundred privileged guests will oc
cupy tiers of seats especially built
and 2,000 other seats will be placed
in the nave and transcepts.
' Trfe bridal couple wyi proceed to
Buckingham palace after the ceremony
and late in the afternoon will leave by
train for the first stage of their
honeymoon in Surrey. ,
Various receptions have been ar
ranged at Buckingham palace at
which the guests will be privileged
to see the wedding presents.
Twenty Thousand Tons
Nitrates Discharged In
One Day At Terminals
Wilmington Compress and Wa rehouse Company Established
Record Wednesday, When 1,820 Tons is Removed
From Foreign S teamer Modica
Twenty thousand sacks of nitrate
of soda Were unloaded from the
foreign steamer Mo die a last Wed-,
nesday ■ at the Wilmington Com
press and Warehouse company ter
minals, and this discharging of 1,
8550 tons establishes a record ,for
Tthe port, according to a statement
made last night by David H. Scott,
manager of the Wilmlagtoln Com
press and Warehouse company.
. Only one other port in the sonth.
Savannah, lias equaled this record,
Mr. Scott reported, and he attrib- ...
uted the fine record as having heen
accompiishe'd through the splendid '
work on the port of every member
of the organization.
The dally average discharge of a
vessel at the Wilmington Compress
and Warehouse company terminals
is 1,700 trins, Mr. Scott reported,
and this .increase of 120 tons is
recognized as unite an accomplish
ment in maritime eircles.
Mr. Scott expressed the hope that
this port soon would be able to
establish a better record for dis
charging cargoes than that held by
Savannah, and he stated that the
Wilmington Compress and Ware-'
house company mould do its utmost
to* acctnpplish this. .. 1 '
CHARGES MADE THAT
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
BOOSTED DRUG SALES
Chairman Porter of House For
Committee Writes to
Robert Cecil
DRASTIC CHARGES ARE
MADE IN AN OPEN LETTER
Assertion, is Practically Made
That Covenant Will Increase
Sale of Narcotics
WASHINGTON, April 22.—The league
of nations “instead of suppressing the
traffic In habit forming drugs, did
quite the contrary,” Chairman Porter
of the house foreign affairs committee,
declared in a letter to Lord Robert
Cecil, leading British proponent of the
league who is now in Washington, de
clining an appointment to discuss the
activities of the league’s opium com
mission,
Mr. Porter took issue with a state
ment in an article signed by Lord Rob
ert that the leagpe had “struck vigor
ous blows at world evils like • » »
the sale of opium, cocaine and other
noxious drugs,” and enclosed with his
letter, which he made public today,
copies of his committee's hearings and
its report on the resolution adopted in
the concluding days of'the last session
of congress calling fob the limitation
of production of opium and cocaine
leaves to the quantity i’jieeded only for.
strictly medicinal an<£.scientific pur
poses.” “
When a similar resolution was sub
mitted by the opium- commission to
the league assembly, he said, the lat
ter substituted the word "legitimate”
for the phrase “strictly medicinal ana
scientific' ’at the suggestion of the
India delegate that "the Indian popu
lation is throughout vast *reas without
adequate medical assistance, and there
fore habitually takes opium in small
doses as a prophylactic or as an effec
tive remedy against diseases." The
uses of opium enumerated by the In
dian delegate were "clearly medicinal,”
Mr. Porter added. "And therefore there
was no necessity for the amendment.”
"It is perfectly obvious,” he con
tinued, "that the striking of the
specific words, "sfrjhtirj^ediglpal^avvjJ*
■sfifeWrffTfT'lan jlthe subsHHitirjg in lieu
thereof of the general word "legiti
mate,” was intended to legitimatize and
thereby continue to encourage the sale
of large quantities of this drug without
restriction on its use, which is “legiti
mate” in the' oriental possessions of
many European countries, and thereby
preserve the enormous and immoral
revenues which the opium producing
countries derive from its production
and sale.” t
Mr. Porter said he was curious to
know how, in view of this "recognition
of the legitimacy of opium traffic in
certain parts of the world,” the league
intended to discharge, as far a9 this
evil was concerned, "the sacred trust
of civilization for the well-being and
development of people not yet able to
stand by themselves,” as set forth in
its covenant.
”If I visited Great Britain,” Mr. Por
ter declared, “making addresses in sup
port of the policies of your minority
party, these policies being highly bene
ficial to my own country, and made any
erroneous statements of fact, you
would be fully justified in correcting
the misapprehension which my public
utterances had created, and by this let
ter I am availing myself of a like priv
ilege.
“Your erroneous statements as to
what the league of nations has accom
plished, coupled with your advocacy of
the league permits the inference that
the United States, by refusing to be
come a member thereof, Is not only
Indifferent, but opposed to the suppres
sion of this deadly traffic. As a mat
ter of fact, the United States, without
regard to revenue, has always pursued
a program designed to suppress the il
licit traffic in habit-forming narcotic
drugs, and I earnestly trust that the
nation of which you are a very distin
guished citizen will erS long adopt the
same policy and thereby further ce
ment the ties of friendship which now
exist between our respective coun
tries.”
Bobbed Haired Girl
Gives Death Sentence
Presiding Judge in MoscoSy Pas
ses Sentence Calmly
MOSCOW, April 22.—A bobbed haired
young woman in her early twenties sat
as presiding judge at a trial in the
Moscow district court yesterday and In
a calm voice sentenced seven men to
death for robbery with violence. She
was Citizeness Anna Gluzma, formerly
of Kharkov,^ who several months ago
attracted the attention of the commis
sariat of' justice by her shrewd deci
sions In the Ukrainian courts that she
was invited to Moscow and became a :
member of the presidium Moscow dis- :
triet court.
The defendants were a gang of eight ,
highway robbers led by Sergius Miron
off, all young, who, with the aid of ,
several chauffeurs employed by the '
Moscow soviet, carried out armed rob- .
beries in clothing factories last March. ,
Mironoff’s younger brother, under 18
year's of age, was let off with 10. years ,
imprisonment. The bold, careless ad- i
mission .of guilt by the men was .
equalled only by the unperturbed de- ■
meanor of the presiding judge. ' She
was brown eyed, plainly dressed, not ;
pretty, but keen, .and the lawyers who ,
practiced In her court asserted that ■
her judgment was the equal of or bet- i
ter than that of most men. 1 i <
FRENCH PREMIER MAKES
REPLY TO SPEECH THAT
WAS MADE IN REICHSTAG
TOURNEUSE, Prance, April 22.
—Premier Poincare, speaking: be
fore thousands of residents of the
Meuse department assembled in
the town of Void at the unveil
ing- today of a monument to the
war dead, reiterated that Prance’s
essential conditions to a rap
proachment with Germany are
How, as always, "reparations and
security.”
The premier in a speech which
was remarkable, because It con
tained only a few casual references'
to the Ruhr, drew a parallel be
tween the earnest and successful
efforts of the French pay indemi
ty and liberation of their terri
tory afteir 1871, and Germiany*.s
apathy refusal and resistance in
the matter of paying after 1918.
Replying to the speech recently
delivered in the Reischstag by
Baron Von Rosenberg, M. Poin
care said:
“Germany’s minister of foreigrn
affairs pretended that we entered
the Ruhr without sufficient cause
and that we rejected in January
1923, an offer of 30 billion marks
made to the allies jointly. This
offer was invented for the oc
casion; it was never made, and if
the figure thirty billions is named
now it is doubtless an attempt to
please the German socialists who
suggested it.
"But let us admit for the sake
of argument that Baron Von Ros
enberg told the truth. What
would follow? That Germany, af
ter formally admitting her indebt
edness of 132,000,000,000 marks in
May 1921, "and after having ob
tained in return for this admission
the concession that the Ruhr
should not be occupied designed in
January 1923 to offer, the allies less
than a quarter of the sum promis
ed by her and fixed by the repara
tion commission. And at what
price would she have us pay for
this strange concession? She ask
ed us for a moratorium of three or
four years, and consented to give
neither tangflble security nor
guarantee.
"And how could we have faith
in the promise of, 1923, eighteen
months after the agreement of
1921 had been made and violated?
Cheated once, would we not have
been liable to be cheated again?
How could we be feolst enough
again to give the Reichstog that
which the allies so generously ac
corded in May 1921, and which was
so outrageously abused?
M. Poincare took up and con
tinued Baron Von Rosenbery's
reference to Blsmarch’s treatment
of France in the war of 1879,
saying.' ^
“It pleased Von Rosenberg to
warn us that Germany did not
accept the evacuation of the Ruhr
by stages, as decided at Brussels
and Paris and he dared to com
pare what he termed our violence
with the moderation he attributed
to Bismarck.
“This, added the premier gave
only another illustration of the
kind of truth with which Berlin
has the habit of writing history.
M. Poincare read from German
documents of 1871 quoting Bis
marck’s concern over the possible
formation of the French govern
ment unfavorable to the execution
of the treaty of Versailles of that
day, and Bismarck’s decision in
such event to consider Germany .
"authorized to reinforce the Ger
man army in France immediately
to protect our rights, with the de
termination that France pay
such expenses.”
He cited Bismarck’s declaration
that if the treaty were jeopar
dized Germany had the full right
to make warlike preparations, even
though they might result in a new
war, which Bismarck warned France
would be a sterner one and would
end with a more extensive and
more severe occupation of French
territory. Then M. Poincare asked
his audience:
“What would the Reichstag say if
the victors of today spoke as did
the victors of 1871?
RUSSIAN PRESS SAYS
PATRIARCH CONFESSES
Trial of the Patriarch of, the
Russian Will Begin Tues
day is Now Thought
MOSCOW, April 22.—On the evening
of the commencement oiv Tuesday of
the trial of the Most Rev. Dr. Tikhon,
former patriarch of all Russia, on a
charge of treason and* hindering the
carrying out of soviet orders, the so
viet press today is filled with a re
puted confession of the prelate.
The "confession” indicates that Dr.
Tikhon must have undergone numer
ous preliminary examinations. Not
one word in his defense'is found in the
newspaper. On the contrary the de
spatches of the official government
agency from the provinces tend to
show that meetings of the workingmen
are demanding Tikhon’s execution as a
counter-revolutionist. Dr. Tikhon will
go before the soviet court admitting
that he is an implacable foe of bol
shevism, the reputed confession saying
the former jfatriarch has admitted that
the 10 charges made against him are
true.
So far as the Associated Press is in
formed, Dr. Tikhon’s defense is a frank
statement by direction of his own re
ligious conscience and is ready to take
the consequences, but that he is sorry
if he has been the cause of bloodshed.
The British government will be rep
resented at the trial by its commercial
attache, Mr. Hodgson, who has re
quested and received tickets. The
foreign press also wil Ibe largely rep
resented, . % .
Dr. Tikhon, who until recently had
been held under - detention in To-nki
monastery near Moscow, was brought
last night to one of the central pris
ons in Moscow. From one of those
who* has been.permitted, to see the a&ed
prelate during the past few weeks, it
has been learned that he has spent
most of his time in prayer, unperturbed
as to his fate. During the day he
strolled unattended in' the garden- of
the monastery, and at night was ab
sorbed in the reading Of religious
books in his tiny study. •
Little Coal Sold
at Higher Figures
Statement Filed Shows Opera
tors Were Very Reasonable ’
New York, April 22.—Only 2 percent
>f the domestic sizes of. ancthracite
:oal was sold at the. mine-at higher
irices than * those fixed by the fair
jrices committee of the Pennsylvania
'uel commission, it waa .declared in a
jtatement field with the United States ■
soal commission by the' general' com
nittee of anthracite, operators and
nade public today.. . •
The prices for 93 percent of the coal
yere quoted as* follows: 77.4 percent
i.t $8.59 a ton-or less; 11.2 percent from
S8.50 to $9.25; about 7 percent $9.25
o $11 and 1.4 percent from $11 to $12.
fhe higher prices, it is said, were
lecessltated. by exceptionally high cost
>er'ations.
' Declaring that many opportunities
or graft and profiteering had not, been,
aken advantage of, the statement said
he operators had co-operated in their
-ffo'rts to prevent Shipments of "fire
jiroof*’ coat _
MARYLAND COUPLE IN
DANCING CONTEST ARE
NOW WORLD CHAMPS
Contest Held in Washington and
Contestants Both Strong
After Midnight
WASHINGTON, April 22.—Elsie We
ber and Wm. T. Farrell, both of Balti
more, who passed the world epdurance
dancing record at 6:30 o’clock tonight
were still going, a few minutes before
midnight after 96 hours of shuffling,
with the avowed intention- not to stop
until they had hung up a mark of 100
hours or more.
Miss Weber, Farrell and three others
warned by police they could not con
tinue the exhibition here on Sunday,
danced their way late last night in a
truck to Marlboro, Md. There an or
chestra was waiting, and on a regula
tion floor they went on with the dance.
The three men still in the competi
tion tonight with Farrell and Miss We
ber were 36 hours behind them, having
entered the contest Friday noon. Re
ports from Marlboro indicated that-^
none of the dancers was ready to drop
out of the race—at least not for some
hours.
About a week ago. Miss Weber,
dancing in a Baltimore contest, estab
lished a world record at B2 hours—a
mark that stood for a day or so.
NORFOLK, Va., April 22.—Miss
Eleanor Spruel Taylor had set a new
endurance record m marathon dancing
when she^eft the floor this morning at
7:30 o’clock after having danced con
tinuously for 90 hours and 30 minutes.
Her record surpasses by twenty min
utes that established recently by Mies
June Curry in Cleveland.
“No more long dancing for me,” Miss
Taylor exclaimed at the finish. “I .
wouldn’t go through again with the
pain and weariness that I have endured
since Wednesday for a million dollars."
Miss Taylor, though wan and weary,
was apparently fresher when she left
the floor1 this morning than, at come
other times during the marathon. She
said that she felt she could go on sev
eral hours longer, but that she had
broken the record and was satisfied.
Physicians attending Miss Taylor at
the hospital where she was taken to
sleep pronounced her condition re
markably good. Myers left the hospi
tal this afternoon, and said that he in
tended to go in training immediately
for another marathon, which, he said,
he would undertake within a month.
Members of Scottish
Rite Meet in Craven
NEW BERN, April 22.—Scottish Rite
bodies of Freemasonary of the New
Bern Jurisdiction will hold their annual
spring; reunion in the Masonic temple
here Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs
day, it was announced today. Degrees
will he given from the fourth to 32nd,
Inclusive.
One of the largest classes in several
years has - been registered for work
during the reunion and local Masons
are expecting a large crowd for the
opening session Tuesday night. Degree
work will1 begin then and continue
through Wednesday ' and until. 6:45
banquet will- be held.
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TOUR MEN KILLED IN
RAILROAD COLLISION
NEAR CINCINNATI, OHIO
Big Four Train Hits Automobile
At Railroad Crossing at
Elmwood
ALL FOUR RESIDENTS
OF OHIO METROPOLIS
Victims Paid no Heed to thei
Whistle of Train Wit
ness Asserts ;
CINCINNATI, April, 22.—Pour men'
were killed late today when a passen- ;
ger train on the Big Four railroad,
Cleveland to Cincinnati, struck an
automobile at a crossing at Elmwood,
near here. The accident happened at
five minutes after the crossing watch- ;
man quit work.
The dead: Harry Frank, driver, of
the automobile. Donald Tenney, George
Biefold, Elwood Jones.
All are residents of Cincinnati and ■
ranging in age from 21 to 26 years, -
according to a lone witness, etc. ,
The identity of one occupant of the
automobile was established by police
as Harry Frank, 21, a* chauffeur. His
name was obtained through the trac
ing of the automobile, which was the
property of a drive your own car sys
tem. The records failed te give the
names of the other three. ;
The men all were between the ages
20 and 26. Papers found in the vicinity „
of the? accident bore the name “young’*
or "Jung.” On a masonic membership',
card the name. F. Smith with no ad*
dress appeared.
Recording to a lone witness, a negro
the victim apparent paid no attention :
to the whistle of the train which was
running at a high rate of speed. The ;
automobile was struck squarely in the
center and the occupants thrown 'to
opposite sides of the tracks.
The view of the right of way at this
section is unobstructed.
COMMISSIONER WADE
ADVISES BANKS OF H
All Financial In8titutfottisf M^r||
Publish •A*ounW^#;
Monies Held
RALEIGH, April 22.—B. R. Lacy,
state treasurer, has sent out a letter
to all banks and state officials, adviB
ing them of the action taken by. the
North Carolina general assembly this ■
year in passing an act requiring all
banks that have monies belonging to
the state to publish the amount in their
statements.
"The last legislature passed a law,
H. B. 1676, S. B. 1518, requiring all
banks that have any monies belonging
to the state to publish the amount in
their statements.” his letter reads*
“The law is an follows:
" ‘Section 1. All banks in which any
money is on deposit by the State of
North Carolina, or any of the officials
thereof shall, in their published state
ments as by law required, show the
amount of money on deposit in such
bank to the credit of the state, or of
any official thereof; and no officials of
the state shall deposit money In any
bank which shall refuse to comply with
the provisions of this act:’
"As it does not allow any official
to deposit money in a bank which shall
refuse to comply with the provisions
of this act, I write to request that you :
will send me, every ttme you publish a
statement, a clipping from the paper in
which you publish it, so I can obey the,
law. This is Important.”
Uncle Sam and His i
Neighbor May Soon |
Open Negotiations
■WASHINGTON, April 22.—While ad- .
ministration officials maintained sil- ■■'}
ence today regarding the Mexican situ
ation, a feeling of hopefulness that the
United States and Mexico shortly would
reach an accord' prevailed In official ^
and diplomatic circles. A public an
nouncement on the subject within a few
days Is conslde-ed probably.
The hopes of these In. touch with this ‘
situation have been buoyed up by re-'-’
cent exchanges between Washington ;
anid1 Mexico city.
Belgium Troops Will
Soon Be Reinforced
PARIS, April. 22,—A Havres dispatch
from Brussels says it is announced that
the Belgian troops occupying the Ruhr^
will be re-inforced shortly. The de-''
cision to augment the troops is due to
the necessity to occupy a greater num
ber of mines, to keep a closer watch on
the railroads and to replace the French
effectives who will be .withdrawn with'
the release of the French class of 1921.
MORROW TO TAKE STAND.
ST. JOSEPH, Mich., April 22.—Francis
Morrow, the state’s star witness in the
prosecution of communists who attend
ed the convention at Bridgeman, Mich.,
last summer, will take the stand to
morrow as the prosecution's last wit
ness against Charles E Rutherberg of
Cleveland, charged with criminal eytic
dacalism.
Morrow, a department of justice
agent,! attended the communist con
vention as delegate from Philadelphia
—Camden district, ; J ,