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WEATHER Showers Today; Fair Tomorrow FOUNDED A. D. 1867.—VOL. LVI—No. 264. NOVEMBER 23, 1922 a. p. Service Full Leased Wire Service of the Associated Press OLDEST DAILY IN THE STATE. ■o Coolidge to Pursue Neutral Coarse in Fight for Honors Between G.O.P. Legislature Tsot to Interfere in Contest Be tween Graham aiid Long ^Yorth for Leadership rR\HAM DECLARES HE 1S NO RADICAL LEADER Democrats Insist They Will In sist on New Ratio on Committees I WASH INGTON, Nov. 22.—Represen tfttivf> Graham, of Illinois, after a con ference today with President Coolidge, announced ho would remain in the race for republican leader of the house. Ho said he had gained the impression that the President would pursue a hands-off policy in the contest which has developed between him and Repre sentative Longworth, of Ohio,' Mr. Graham explained he had gone to > the white house to discuss the general; polftiea! situation with Mr. Coolidge: and his secretary. C. Bascom Slemp, for years a member of the house. While the president desires harmony, said Mr. Graham, he expressed no preference as to candidates for leadership, but indi cated it was a question to be settled , by republican members of the house. j .. Feais Gillett Combination .. .. During his talk with the president,} Mr.- Graham expressed the view that. continuation of Representative Gillett, of Massachusetts, as speaker, with Mr. , Longworth. ar^ Ohioan, as republican leader, would not prove popular with, the country at large. Such a policy, he ! contended, might injure republican! party prospects in the presidential elec- [ lion next year because of its sectional i character. ^ In a formal statement issued after1 hi? interview at the white house, Mr. Graham declared the movement to make him leader was not a “radical or insurrectionary” one. 'It is a sane progressive movement,” he continued. “In support of what we are convinced will be for the best in terests of the republican party and fhe country. It is just a matter of good, common horse sense.” If the republican party is to be suc cessful," said Mr. Graham, “if its presi dential candidate is to be elected, it must be because the people of the coun try believe that the whole country is represented and being considered -in Mv- administration and -conduct'.'of na tional affairs by the party. We can not be sectional in our councils. The contest being made in the organization the house has nothing to do with in dividual candidates; it.is simply an ef fort to make the house />f representa tives what it ought to be, and what the people demand it shall he, represen tative in its acts of the whole country, ( • ast and west, north and south. To i '•oneentrato power in any portion of, the country does not meet this re-i quirenitnt.” Mr. Graham dec lared that house re - | publicans supporting him were deeply concerned with the make-up of com mittees and would presse for represen- I tation on all of the important ones, in- . eluding the republican steering com mittee. Progressive* Receptive It was indicated by Representative Nelson, of Wisconsin, that if satisfac tory representation was accorded pro gressives on the ways and means, rules, banking and commerce committees no effort will be made to block the elec tion of Mr. Gillett; as speaker. A dead lock between Mr. t Gillett and Mr. '-ooper. it was admitted, might delay j organization of the house perhaps for i some days, postponing as a result the 1 delivery of President Coolidge’s iri.es ■2'go to congress. Mr. Nelson saicl that members of the Progressive bloc would meet, probably •ariy next week, to draft their legis ative and committee demands. , Thus far various members of the group have conferred with each other, but no gen eral conference has been held. Mr. Nelson said the progressives would con trol at least 17 votes. . Republican leaders generally were inclined today to the view that the democrats should be1 given nine seats' °n committees having a total member sl"l!P of 21, as against six during the last congress;. Democratic leaders have announced ,hf,y will insist on the 12 and nine ra .the same time demanding . 11 Members of the ways and means com fitter' which has a membership of 25, fR't members on the rules committee and l’> places on the appropriations committee with a membership of 35. ' included in the republican* represun laiions on committees will be members °f the group supporting Mr. Graham and the progressive block, if plans °f the two faction work out. This situation, coupled with the increased . democratic representation, it was gen erally conceded, might jeoprdize certain tgislati^m advocated by the adminis tration. * Gi eorgia Legislature Will Hear Underwood •'TLANTA, Nov. 22.—United States Sent i ndcrwood, of Alabama, a candl f°r >hr democratic presidential ^miration, " ill address a joint ses tom nC ,llr' <'fcorSia general assembly *Pon°rrr W at no°n, He comes in re the t0 a 'oim resolution, passed by _ "o houses several days ago. dRv l senator'also will speak Satur tll(- regional conference of Stic. Y'omor> meeting here. U,"!™"* arobinson dies Store/. CaL- N°v. 22.— ^ \ x£nson’ owner of the Claruno a x.7 vwuci vj. um of the K««-t Wortham shows, and one , 1 .. “ Oiivr *, guiu une »<*. dlM *' knoWn showmen In Amer l°»ini!. .. ,oday at a hospital here fol 8 -l nervous breakdown. RAILROADS TO SPEND EIGHT BILLIONS Tf MEET NEW BUSIN Normal Growth, of Tra Ten Years Demands mous Outlay WASHINGTON’, ‘Nov. 22:—Americas! railroads will, have to make an inj vestment of $7,870,000,000 in transi portation facilities during the nexf ten years in order to provide for the normal growth of traffic they expect, according to the chamber of commerc^ of the United States. A special committee on Goveritr mental relations to railroad transporj tation has placed this estimate befoi^fe Julius H. Barnes, president of! th£ chamber, basing it upon the calcula tion that passenger business will in crease 23 percent and freight traffic one-third in the decade. The coneluj sions emphasized by the report are thajt congress should refrain from altering tjie transportation act, lest the roadp be hampered in expanding. The sum named is the minimum, the committee estimated which will taltje care of the anticipated traffic load Railroads now meet a traffic demand of 40,000,000,000 pasenger miles an nually in the United States and 420j 000,000,000 freight ton miles. In 1923, the necessity of delivering 50,000,000; 000 freight ton miles is foreseen, ifb handle this, railroads are said to need 38,350, miles of additional track, 13; 200 new locomotives, 725,000 more freight cars and 12,300 more passeng ers coaches. STATE PORT METING SET FOR JANUARY TO MAKE FINAL REPORTS Meeting Yesterday at Raleigh Executive for Review ef t of Testimony Taken (Special to The Star* RAUEIGH, No v. 22.—A report from the ship and water transportation commission on . Governor Morrison': proposal for water commerce develop ment may come early next year, it waijs indicated today, when the commission adjourned to meet again in January for consideration of definite details of the report. The day's session was executive and was devoted altogether to considera tion o>f the material gathered during the six months of investigation worlj, it was announced. All nine members of the commission were present anjd were in session from early this morn ing- until late this evening. No definite date was set for tlije January meeting, it was announced, but at the next assembly steps will b« taken toward the adoption of a report. No indication has been given as to the attitude of the commission toward any phase of the subject under inves tigation. Labor Board Puts Back Virginia’s Engineers CHICAGO, Nov. 22—In six decisions involvirt# reports of employes of flip Virginia railway company the United States railroad labor board tonigljfc blamed both the company and the rail road unions for the dispute which led up to the strike of engineers and fire men on that railroad recently. The decisions delt with the claims of twelve employees members of the brotherhood of locotfve firemen and enginement and of the brotherhood of iocomtive engineers that they had be^h wrongfully discharged. . SeVen of the men were ordered rein stated without pay, three with pay and two were denied reinstatement. One desicion dealing with use of pusher en gines through tunnels which employees Claimed subject to excessive smokies arid endangered their lives was re manded for tests to determine the danger involved. " i The real cause of the disputes wniph gave rise to the strike of engineers and firemen was declared m one deci sion to be "the mutual suspicion be tween engine employes and the man agement, growing out of the slfop strike.” LEADERS OF CONGRESS EXERCISING CAUTION WITH TAX REVISIONS hi,. a espective of Party There is Attitude of Watchful Waiting Evident tOPOSAL OF MELLON STIRS GENERAL DEMAND Definite Determination of how Committees Are to Be Lined Up is Watched WASHINGTON, Nov.' 22.—Congres sional leaders, irrespective of party, are proceeding with caution in their consideration of tax revision and the related question of a soldiers bonus. Among the many conflicting opinions only one stands out—that precipitate action on either proposal is. to be avoided. In the' opinion of practically all of the leaders, republican, democratic and republican-progressive, Secretary Mel lon's announcement that the national tax bill can be reduced by approxi mately $323,000,000 has stirred such a general demand for tax reduction that congress ■will be obliged to enact some sort of revenue revision measure. But a tax cut at the expense of the soldiers’ bonus is certain to meet with determined opposition in both houses. Suggestions already are being put forward that neither of the two pieces of legislation need be sacrified at the expense of the other. Pointing out that the bonus bill vetoed by Presi dent Harding called for an expendi ture of only $SO,000,000 the first year proponents of a bonus argue that it is possible to enact that measure and at the same time make a very sub stantial cut in the tax burden. Wntchful Waiting Before commiting themselves defini tely on either subject, most leaders at the capitol await two evnts—a dfi nite determination of how the senate and bouse are going to line up on the organization votes and the delivery of the first annual message of President Coolidge. These two things must of necessity be important factors in the final legislative plans, certainly so far as the republican organization is con cerned. . There is an impression at the capl tol that the president will devote a considerable partion of his message to tariff reductions and his recom mendations are expected to follow In general the plan recently outlined by Secretary Mellon. The exceptive poeitiijn Virlfih respect to the’bonus re mains a subject of speculation. Some white house callers have gained the impression that his atti tude is not unlike that of President, Harding, hut even they are uncertain whether he will present any recom mendations as to soldiers' compensa tion. The Chief concern The chief concern of administration leaders with respect to tax legislation is as to what sort of a bill could be put through congress. Most of them are inclined to favor the Mellon pro gram. but they are not at all certain that it can be translated into legis lation The progressives among the republicans in both the house and sen ate are planning definite programs of their own and the democrats are known to favor some revision plans which are not included in the Mellon proposal. While they are in favor of tax re duction, several of the new senators from the west have gone on record against any plan that will eliminate the soldiers bonus. While bonus advocates claim a safe majority in both the house and the ! senate, they are not overlooking the certainty of strong opposition parti cularly in the senate. Opponents in that body already are lining up for a fight and they forecast much more determined opposition that was at the last session at the time when it was generally understood that President Harding would veto the measure. Clemency for Son of Former U. S. Senator COLUMBIA, S. €., Nov. 22.—Suspen sion of five years of .the 10-year sen tence of Thomas B. McLaurin, former president of the Mutual Savings bank of Bennettsville, convicted of breach of trust and serving his term in fihe state penitentiary has been recom mended bv the board of pardons to Governor Thomas G. McLeod, accord ing to announcement of the officer of the executive late today. In addition, the board recommends that if the prisoner is deemed worthy after four years of servitude, the remaining year of the sentence will be commuted. The governor has reserved his decision. Thomas B. McLaurin is the son of former United States Senator John L. McLaurin. Wilson Exchanges Greetings With Members of U. D. C 4 if * WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.—Former President Wilson late today ma^e a brief address from the bay ”r,nd.^f°r his reeidenee to several Hundred mem bers of the United Daughters, of, the Confederacy, who made a pilgrtma^e to the Wilson home during their annual convention here. _. ' Mr. Wilson confined his remarks to an exchange of greetings, and made no reference to public questions. The former president expressed ap preciation for marks of esteem which had been voiced for him by the con vention which yesterday cheered loud ly mention of his name and today made him and Chief Justice Taft ^hon orary members of the organization. He said he was very proud of the honor. Mr. Wilson was assisted to the win dow by Mrs. Wilson. Removing }iis hat with his right hand and respond ing- to the cheers of those gathered in the street below, he said: "Allow me to express my warm gratitude for the kindly interest shown by you. I appreciate it -very deeply.” "We’re glad to see you,” broke in a woman’s voice “The Daughters always stand with you_always” said another, adding that the convention had paid him a personal honor in today’s session. , “1 am very proud 01 the honor,” Mr. Wilson responded, bowing and smiling.. DEBUTANTE Miss Katherine Wrenn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Wrenn, will be introduced to Washington society this coining season. She is a popular mem ber of the younger set. ''' APPROVAL CHANCELLOR WREN HE DEFENDS RERUN VIEW EXTENDED Stresemann Vociferously • Ap pluaded at End of Two Hour Speech MIDDLE PARTIES ADD . , •% : * ' ' Whether Socialists Adopt Reso lutions of Their Own Still N Undecided BERLIN, Nov. 22 (By Associated Press)—The gallery approval extend ed to Chancellor Stresemann at the conclusion of his two hour speech in the reichstag today, in i^hlch he made a vigorous defense of his administra tion was considerably more vociferous than the applause1 contributed by the three middle parties en the floor of the house, which'now constitute this only tangible parliamentary support. Crowds gathered both Inside and outside the reichstag this afternoon, The outside expected another scene by the communist deputy, Remmele, who caused suspension of a previous ses sion but they were disappointed. Po lice guarded every entrance and scru tinized every one entering. Loebe Open* Meeting President Loebe, opened the sitting by announcing Deputy Remmele’s ex clusion, and said ' similar measures would be taken against any deputy who continually interrupted a speaker. The question of confidence in the government will come up tomorrow. The German nationalists have already ■seated a resolution of “no” confi dence and although the socialists are expected to follow with a similar dis avowal they did not conclude their final party caucus at a late hour to night and the reichstag adjourned. Whether the socialists will adopt a resolution of their own in lack of'con fidence in the government depends on the outcome of the present delibera tionsSome of the political leaders be lieve a compromise will be reached by virtue of which the socialists will con sent to give the chancellor the bene fit of blank votes, thus Insuring him a sufficient majority to reject the Ger man nationalists resolution. Political Bartering The chancellor’s friends started out on a polical bartering expedition im mediately upon the conclusion of his speech, and the protracted delibera tions of the socialists are viewed to night as' presaging a compromise fav orable to the chancellor’s. If the na tionalists and socialists vote independ ently there is a prospect that the pre sent government bloc, comprising the peoples party, the clericals and the democrats will muster sufficient votes to hold him. None of the political wizards around the reichstag profess to know just who or what would follow Stresemann gov ernment In the event it were tuigied out of office. ‘It seems to me that this is a par liamentary rather than a cabinet cri sis and that presupposes that mpn and measures that will command confi dence are at hand." the chancellor ob served towards the conclusion of his speech, and he added defiantly. “If you have a better man for tjje job than I am, bring him out,” He admitted that the way was long and dark and. that any aspiring suc cessor who could see further ahead than he was welcome to, the post. A ministrelal job In Germany was a thorny path, the chancellor observed, recalling a statement'made to him by the former chancellor, Dr. Cuno, when he left the chancellory. “I am glad to leave this house, where I never spent one ir&ppy hour:* j'. SOUTHERN POWER GO. REFORE COMMISSION IN FIGHT FOR RATES Cotton Mill Men Are Met by Figures to Prove Increas ed Cost ' NEW SCHEDULE WOULD NET ONLY 6 PERCENT Expect to Supply Twice the Cur rent Next Year As in 1918 By BROCK BARKLEY RALEIGH, Nov. .'22—’The Southern Power company went before the cor poration commission today in support of its petition for a nominal increase or 15 cents in its power rate to 30S cot ton mill customers, necessary to permit an earning: of its present investment valuation of 6.686 percent. Twenty three cou >n mills anti a Greensboro public service corporation appeared through attorneys to oppose this petition for the increase otherw se there no objection w-es voice! bv Hie power company’s customers. The same rate for whicn the company petitioned 1 in 1920 is asking i» the petition which was supported by argument of the j company’s attorneys and Vice Presi- : dent, W. S. Lee. toclav. Th * Southern Power asked for a nom'nal rate, of $1. 40 in 1920 but the corporation t ommis- , sion awarded it a rate of $1.25. On that ' rate it went ahead with a great devel opment undert.ik’ng on which it has realized s^arcsly more than 4 percent on its investment. The 15 cent nomin-| al increase would bring th*. earning to the petitioned 6.6S6 percent. Today's hearing cn the part r.f He; power company was really a duplica tion of 1920 hearing with the facts and figures brought up to date. The. j same audit, petition, estimates, briefs, data and other material which made a written contribution of typewritten pages that reached four inches in thickness, which was filed in the 1920 hearing was placed before the corpora tion commission today. And Vice Pre- i sident and General Manager W. S.Lee, , under direct and cross exabination, brought the record of the company up to the present time from the date of the preparation of the 1920 document. In 1918. five years ago, the Southern ! Power company was delivering a lit tle more than 300,000,000 kilowatt hours of electric current to consum ers in North Carolina. This year’s to tal of kilowatt hou ns will reach 550, nish’fng 700,1)00.000 kilowatt hours or twice the supply of 1918. mi : tVin snnnlv ViflS for Morning Star Bureau, 114 Tucker Bldg. i#iny experts to be fur tbe latter part of next ed an increase In investment for new equipment, and rising cost of construc tion and equipment has forced the com pany to pay enormously more for con struction , and equipment during the past three years than during the time in advance of the 1920. petition for rate increases. The Southern Power undoubtedly had the “ups' on today s haerlng and the opposition was unex pectedly ineffective. The whole hearing was completed in this one day. It commencing at 10 o'clock and ending' at 4:30, o clock this afternoon. Attorneys made their argu ments brief and the whole morning was spent in the direct and cross ex amination of Vice-President Lee. When the corporation commission will anounce its decision is of course unkown. It is already familier with the condition of the company at the time of its 1920 petition so that Vice President Dee’s modernized records is about all that must receive penetrating consid eration. The oppositions testimony and argument is such that it can be review ed without undue delay. Nevertheless, the commission has no tendency to ward haste in such important deci sions as this, especially when the local morning paper, which the « members read at breakfast before the other state papers, blazed carelessly away at the power companys petition. News Digest General Three men heM for flogging: Georgia woman. Congressional leaders wary of tax revisons. Coolidge will not interfere with fight for house leadership. I.ocal New brief filed with shi'.p commis sion. Lions want port made known to state. State Southern Power company appears before corporation commission with figures in support of its demand for increased rates for current. Port and water commission holds executivve session on estate port and adjourns till January for final decision. Trial of Alleged Floggers May be Called Next Weel; 3 Brothers Under Indictment BEIBER ONCE KNOWN IN WILMINGTON; WAS IN VETERAN BUREAU Used to Line up Lily Whites in South For Re publicans By H. K. C. BRYANT WASHINGTON, Nov. 22.—Sidney Bel ber, whose name, has been mentioned quite prominently in the hearings of the veterans bureau investigation in connection with the Forbes-Mortimer family row, is the same Sidney Beiber who became interested In some news paper enterprises in North Carolina several years ago. He had stock in a W.ilmington afternoon paper. The prob- I ers have failed to find anything detri mental to Mr. Beiber, and he smiles, as ever, on.the world. Being a good republican he fears the effect on his party. “If the democrats are wise they will sit still with their laps open, and catch whatever falls from the republican in quiry into the veterans bureau/' said he to your correspondent today. “All they have to do is wait, and take ad vantage of the free will offerings.” That is the concensus of opinion here. Democrats and republicans be lieve that the scahdals uncovered here within the next few months will make it easy for the democrats to win the 1924 elections in close districts and states. Mr. Beiber is a very clever man. He has accumulated a lang'e pile of money by keeping his own counsel, and help ing to house the government forces. Fifteen or 20 years ago hei was men tioned in investigations, but that did not deter him from going his way among innocent public men .who come to Washington to overturn something. Washington newspaper men like Sidney Beiber, and he likes most of them. His hand is in his pocket if they sugigest the need of a few dollars to drive the wolf from the door/"' Beiber Quits Lining ’Elm Ip One of Mr. Beiber’s party tasks has ,been to get southern republicans in line for the national convention. He travels extensively in the south just before a republican national conven tion. But he asserted the other day, he was through with that job, and wtnimaot iiiMeTftike ’H- arry-Tirorer''^-:* Mr. Beiber worked toe the Lily Whites four years agro. HS was active in the campaign to unhorse Henry Lin coln Johnson in Georgia. Republican leaders are disturbed over the attitude of independent wo men and western progressive party men. They are trying to mend the breaks ia their fences but these two elements interfere. The, tax monkey wrench that Secretary Mellon threw uuu luc uiaLuiuci j , yjl uiic v_r. w. x . io there to stay. At flbst members of congress thought they) would throw it out, but the people back home are rallying to the support of those who would cut the tax bill. The Mellon plan may not be accepted in toto but the fundamental principles outlined by him are proving popular. Senator Lodge, senate leader, and President Coolidge realize that Mr. Mellon has said a mouthful that will be hard to recall. They are planning- to reduce taxes and provide a»bonus. They are going to break the old rule and eat their cake and keep it all at the same time. Mr. Mellon has shown how It cannot be done, but Mr. Lodge, the mighty fixer, has plans of his own, and has suggested them to the president. The trick remains to be do'ne, the peo ple are waiting to see it. Women Start Campaign Alice PauJ, th>* brains and will power of the national woman’s party, and Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, the banker of the organization, have started a cam paign that will keep many women in many states from affiliating with the republican party. Very few of the Alice Paul army belong to thfc demo cratic party. They are either progres sive republicans or socialists. Therefore, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Up ton, vice chairman of the republican national committee, has sounded a note of warning apd appeal. It is “nonsense to talk about m^le and female policies and principles in politics,’’ she said. “Sound legislation benefits men and women alike and bad laws hurt them alike,” she explained. “There is no multiplication table for boys and an other for girls, no male and female re ligion. Republican • women of the western states furnish example of po litical sense and party loyalty.” Everywhere the republicans turn they find discord, dissentions, and in surgency. Members of the house and house an^ senate are lnsurging against New England. They are determined to kick the New England leaders back to (Continued on Page Seven) Coast Guard Report Shows Sea Police Had Busy Year •WASHINGTON, Nov? 22.—Chasing runm runners is not the only excite-1 ment in the life at a member of the U. S.' Coast guard, the activities of which as described in the annual re port of the service today, embrace a line of endeavor in numerous direc tions in saving life and property at gea. . ^ • ,, Some of the achievements of the coast guard during the last fiscal year were lister in this way: jjoves saved or persons rescued from peril, 2,792. Person on board vessels assisted, 16.653. Persons in distress cared for, 648. Vessels boarded and papers examined' 31.653. ' , Pines* and penalties insured by ves sels reported_ $2667,701. Derelicts and other obstructions to navigation and removed, 46. Value of Vessels and cargoes assisted, $51,436,095. Value , of derelicts recovered and delivered to owners, $110, 000. The number of vessels seized or re ported for law violations during the year was 2,106_ against 596 for the preceding year! No expuanation was made in the report as to how many of these craft were rum runners. Forty-three coast guard men lost theid lives in performing their duty during the year and there were twenty three medals of honor awarded for llife saving. One of These is Keller Hasty, Pitcher of the Philadelphia Athletics ALL CLAIM THEY CAN PROVE STRONG ALIBIS. _ i Young Widow and Escort Kid napped and Beaten Until ( Almost Unconscious ATLANTA, Ga„ Nov. 22.—Trial of the men under indictment for the alleged' flogging of Mrs. Bertha Holcomb, 22 year-old widow, and her escort, S. H. Morton, a traveling salesman, is ex pected to be called next week at Ma rietta, the county seat of Cobb county, in which the affair is said to have tak en place, it was indicated today by prosecuting officials. ' While Mrs. Holcombe made prepara- ' tions to leave he rhome at Smyrna, about 12 miles from here, and move to Atlanta, Morton is held at police head quarters here under $100 bond on a charge of violating the state prohibi tion law. Mack's Pitcher Held Keller Hasty, pitcher for the Phila delphia American league baseball club, and his brothers, Frank and Arthur Hasty, three of the men under indict ment, asserted that they would be able to prove an alibi which would show conclusively that _their indictment grew out of mistaken identity. Tom Black, employe of the Atlanta Gas works, under indictment, was quoted, as declaring that he could prove an alibi while the other two men, P. C. Cook, an automobile mechanic, residing in Smyrna, and Joe Bramlett, who lives near Smyrna, both denied any connec tion with the flogging or any acquaint ance with the woman. “There were more than a dozen mert in the group that kidnaped Mr. Morton and myself, after we stepped off the Marietta car at Smyrna, last Friday night about 10:4.1 o'clock," declared Mrs. Holcombe, who is an employe of the Southern Telephone and Telegrauh. ■ company in Atlanta. After carrying us into the country,” she continued, “the men were careless and let their masks slip down and I recognized Tom Black and Joe Bram lett. Black did all the talking and once when some boys interrupted he -fold Uiewjm “huf up. that he was 'do ,ing all the talking.'-1 That man replied ‘You have already talked too much’.'' Beaten Nearly Unconscious After both Mr. Morton and m'yself had been whipped until we were almost unconscious, I was brought back to Smyrna and placed on the front porch of the Hasty home. While I was stand ing there—it wqs about 12:30 o’clock— Arthur and Frank Hasty came into the front yard carrying a flash light. 'I went out and spoke to them and they asked, 'Where is he?.’ I did not reply and they asked me if I wanted tA go home. They carried me to my home.” Mrs. Holcombe asserted that she gave the solicitor “only the names of those I positively identified.” Held at police headquarters here, Morton refused to discuss the matter beyond admitting that he was the vic tim. He said he had been warned by Solicitor General Wood of the circuit of whlph Marietta is a part not to discuss the case. Solicitor Wood declared that “Cobb county is confronted bv a very serious situation, a situation as insidious, if jot more so, as any now prevalent in the country. I intend to prosecute this flogging case to the full extent of the law, regardless of the affiliation of any parties concerned." R. F. Butler, the father-in-law of Pitcher Hasty, asserted today that both Mr. and Mrs. Hasty were at his home on the night of the alleged flogging and that they talked until 11 o'clock that night about plans for a tr^ip to Macon the next morning. The couple then retired, he said, while he sat up and write a letter. Prosecution Starts in Cotton Broker Failure NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—An investi gation of the bankrupt cotton broker age flrra(of Scott, Norris and company was begun by the district attorney's, office today, after complaints had been, received from D. I>. MCFlveen cotton planter of Frankllnton, La., who said, he had claims against the concern for ts, 000. McElveen traveled 1,600 miles to New York to tell his story. The attorney general's office It was learned, was seeking to serve mem bers of tihe firm with papers In an action to restrain them from doing business again in this state. ■ Mr. McElveen, in his complaint. said three weeks ago he ordered all the cotton which the firm was carrying for him sold, and that the brokers wired back a confirmation of the sale. He failed to receive his money, however, lie asserted, and later was notified that creditors of the firm were combining to avert a bankruptcy action. Before he could reach New York the com pany failed. Electric Association Honors a Durham Man TAMPA, Fla.. Nov. 22.—T. W. Mar tin of Birgingham, Ala., -was elected president of the southeastern division of the National Electric Eight associa tion at the annual convention here today. Other officers are: R. Li. Lindsey. Dui-ham, N. C., first vice president! H. C. Foss, Savannah, Ga„ second vice president and Howard Hall, Atlanta, third vice president. R. Hudson Burr, chairman- of the Florida state railroad commission, de livered an address on nubile relations,
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