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WEATHER Fair Today showers Monday. VOL. XXIV. NO. 48 QREENSBOMO DAILY NEW 44 Pages Today Four Sections .... nr.r.ttKiisrn N PRESIDENT HARDING SETS FAST PACE IN DISPOSING OF WORK GREENSBORO, N. O, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1921 daily on:.t. ir.oo ru tiai KAII.T AMD BBSDAt. 00 PKSYKAt PRICE SEVEN CENTS FiRST DAY TAKES HIM (1VERUSUALACT1VIT1ES Aide To Mr. Hughes In Harding Cabinet OF A CHIEF EXECUTIVE jimoiHT Other Things He i Dis- patches f irst uipiomauc nine. CONFERS WITH ADVISERS with White House Gates Open tlH'" ... .T! t, Tl--1 Jo Public, V lsnors 10CK In By the Hundreds. , RECEPTION IN EAST ROOM A. Alredat F "U u t Ike j rr.iur.1 mm m o.iatlen ef Special Besstoa ..' I. Tnlkcd Owt, llr Amcuud M.I . Washington, March President Harding', nr.t day In th wnu nous jit a ft record of Presidential aotlv-1 Ity and bout overeo. ine wnoie rarce if experiences to which sniel exu ilm ordinarily fall heir. ; , Besides dispatching his first dlp- lomstie note, ne louna lima w inquire io the condition of every on of the pvernment departments, canvaaa the fniaatlnn of the national political B,eJnery of hi party, dictate a big heaf of letters, shake hands with sev hundred of hia fellow citizens, In- tall a new White House.' mascot and attend the theater. ! , While he was at work art order he Inued yesterday, opening the White House gates to the public, gave a new Much of life to the executive offices ..j nnnnili. For the first time In months vis the White Henry P. Fletcher, former American ambassador to Mexico. Is to ia under. s visitors flocked In hundreds to "fA?'."' tate '".th Harding ad- serving under the Wilson .rfmini.t,.. ton until recently, when he resigned. House doors and Into the "I''rat'on a to n living room ot th. .President'. , ol J 7 ni.nent1na- a' picture in striking i named Ambanminr tn Tnuin h. 1.1. contrast to the Quietude of the closing selection as under-secretary o'f state is lays of the Wilson s.uimiiioi.1 mwn. 1, 7 Mcniiivc. aar. r teccner, wno Hrd nr'l worK aay oegan n;. r,; ..... .,,. b hi me . . ti i aiDiomatic irv r. for menu a o'clock ne was m ms at ...'.-. y 1,1 . , . , l er vuta unoer me wil nA was waaina: mrpugn -vn. .( blch of mall to come to his attention u chief executive. After a hour's dictation he began a succession of con ferences WIIU II.- - J (j,t officials, and kept to an unbroken Khedule -of appointments with mem ken of his official family and others nil 1t0. when he took an hour for buck with member ot his family. In ih afternoon he and Mrs. Harding Mi their first reception In the east Ag a Result British Officials H..M ihi1Ih. rnv mnni tnan .two . ,,.., .... m . ..... i vi Tm d. More Seriously. THE IMPORTANT THING RIGHT NOW IS A FAIR 4T AT THE POLLS More Important Than Patronage pays Mr. Linney. ASK FEDERAL AMENDMENT To Corrupt Practices Act Which Would Penalize "Stealing Of Elections." DOUGHTON MAKES DENIAL Hetly Dealea Campbell's Charge Tka -ireaa , Iaaaae Mesj and Abwat. tcea, Were Voted Mr. Daalela Cornea Ham., sallr fen SaiMa end T.'rtfFcss Sfse. . Tin Elm sulMI-4 is; Uri Kin) By THEOUORB TILLER. . Washington, March 5. John M. Morehead, Republican national com mitteeman front North Carolina, and Tl T Of Affiants Allege Misconduct Deputy Marshal Roane. JURORS SIGN A PETITION Messrs. Hodgin, Langley, Reaves and btarnter Want Ver diet Set Aside. TO BE HEARD IN 20 DAYS Cevtea at AlridaTtta Be Fmcalnl t Uefraaw. M klrh will Kile Coaalrr. Agldarlta, Fallowed By Hearlac. . Judge) Boyd a layeatlgate. The noted Varner lltlgatldn was sen. satlonally revivified yesterday morning in federal court when O. L. Bapp, chief counsel for Mn. Florence C. Varner, ho was convicted week before last of Frank Linney, state chairman, left for lmproperoonduot with Baxter McRary, their homes tonight aftar conferring wealthy mulatto, offered a motion here) for several days with national! Praying the court to set aside the Republican leader and tha Harding Inaugural. attending verdict of tha Jury, and a new trial be granted. Ho based his prayer upon Before leavlnr for homa Mi- r.ln, alleged Improprieties on tha nart of had a conference with ReDreaentatlva I certain membera at tha Inr. ..4 tv.. Slemp regarding an amendment to the federal corrupt practices act, which would penalise the "stealing of elec tions" In the south or anvwhere else. Mr. Morehead was not a party to this cpnforenoe, but is expected to back up Mr. Linney. .... , , 'una of tha most ImDortant thlna-a right now," said Mr. Linney, "Is not tha distribution of patronage, but an amendment to the federal elections laws that will Insure fair counting of votea throughout tha country. The ores- sent laws provlda penalties if anbody alleged misconduct ot Deputy Marshal C T. Roane, who had charie of the Jury part of the time. Moreover, he declared that he believed he oould pro dues newly discovered evidence that wduld discredit " testimony, gives by several witnesses for tht defendant, H. B. Varner, of Lexington. - Mr. Bapp also read a petition, sign ed by four membera of tht Jury, T. H. Hodgin. Ia H. Starmer, J. H. Langley Costa Rica and Panama Warned to Make Peace purchases votes or expends too much and M. C Reavea. raauMllnv that th. u.vhw, wuv win icui.i luTvnmHQi can take no action It an election official counts out' a candidate. The law should be amended to bring about a fair oount as well as to prevent the corrupt use or money. One of the ob kourt while guests. Invited and unin itfd, passed by In line. "" """" . 1 y ;, Tonight the new President and nrsr Aivt, luniinu OTUDlUW isdy of the land chose a muslqal com dv from among the theatrical attrac tions of the capital. Jt was their first public appearance since the Inaugura tion. - :-- " ' -' ' The cabinet member with whom Mr. Hunting conferred longest waa Charles I Huithes. his new secretary 01 ptaie. with whom he discussed the note to finrnna and Gosta Rlca.! With most er the other department heads he mere ly talked over general conditions, and nrohlema of .ora-anisation. asking for tSKltl CiMt Is Billy tm. (CaprritM, nil. ar PhllxklBhla raUle Udpr.1 Iondoa, ' March 6. British officials are Viewing the Russian situation with Increasing seriousness. and today, for the first time Since the beginning of the latest trouble, stated that present conditions are the most sinister Lenin and Trotsky have faced. This change verdlot k aet aside and give tha plain tiff another trial, declaring: "There was sickness la th families of some of tha Jurors, and we also undeetooi that we 'had' to decide the oase andi' Panama and Costa Rica by farmer ii was ior,mat reason that the case secretary t-omy were reoeivoa toaay was decided as It waa." . by the state department. That from Judge James E. Boyd. of th west- Panama was said to have expreaaed a em district of th United States court, willingness to accept th offer of the directed the plaintiff to deliver m. I good offices of the United States In at can committee that was designated to ot lta affidavits to th defense, who I tempting to settle th dispute, but th report on questions of building up the! ,n turn wlll oounter-aff Ida vita; I on from Costa Rica waa described as Republican party In th southern I "" i attorneys ror both sides will iMnea.iiaiaiii.oiy. was reoeivea con- state f . I appear in court and argue th cas. I "mporaneously with report that that The Slemp subcommittee Is also to Jurist told the lawyers that he mak recommendations regarding a re- would open court dally for 10 days i awBn Lneir coming. n6 Also deolar- HUGHES FIRST ACT This Country Ready, If Neces sary, To Enforce Peaceful Solution Of Dispute. TWO WARSHIPS EN ROUTE (ay Aanelatal Fraa.) Washington, March 6. Cessation of hostilities between Costa Rica and Panama la .demanded In Identlo note which, It waa learned tonight at the atate department,' had been dispatched today to th governments of those two oountries by Charles . Kvans Hughes, th new secretary of state. This action waa th first ot the Hard ing administration In the realm of for. eigr. affairs, and was said to have been based on thit grounds of broad expedi ency, as the dispute between the Cen tral American republics involved American Interests In th Panama Canal Zone. - A peaceful solution of th dispute over the territory of Coto on th basis of th White award la understood to have been suggested Th' notes did not suggest mediation by th united States, but were understood to have oonveyed th Impression that this country sto,od ready to enforce, If neo esaary, a peaceful solution. Dlapatch of th notes followed ex tended conferences between President Harding, Secretary Hughes and John W. Weeks and Edwia Denby, th new secretaries ef war and navy. Mr. Hughes took up th subject of th dis pute with Under-Secretary Davie Im mediately after hla Induction Into nf. Ac, and jater'spent nearly two hours Has Long Statement To Be Read wun jnr. xuiraing at tn wnit jtfouse. Secretary Week was called in soon med TatesT d7p.tch..'1roBmTha. p IT" MAY NOT BE ALLOWED nai son aa to th situation. Mr. I. AW'fjrx HKCHKTARY OF STATB HUGHES. DR. SIMONS PLANS TO ENDEAVOR TO REFUTE ARGUMENTS OF ALLIES At Conference Monday. jects of my visit to Washington was to I rg Mr. Slemp and hla subcommittee! to take up this legislative necessity." Mr. Hlemp Is chairman of th special I subcommittee of the national Republl-I Denby dUoutad th ituation with tiw I It Is Doubtful Whether Confer- jrreniucit;, . AepiIBB io me pom iinii . itriti iu.. Ttl- 4 ment By Germans. ; x " " MAY ENFORCE PENALTIES laeold ka aaaet Be Read It Proh ably Will B Vollowed By Costa, ter Pronoaala Whlrh Wtsli : Be Rejeeted, . was still sending, troops uted yrerrltory. ductlon of southern representation th national conventions so that states in tha south having few Republican votes' cannot wield such Influenc In th party conventions. "Fair Coaat" Deauaded. Wlien Chairman Linney mad his ob servations rea-ardinc th neceaalty of an amended corrupt practices act . he was surrounded In a hotel room by sev eral prominent Republicans from hla state, They all seemed to agree that a 'fair count" was essential to th Ra in,, the government was Into th disputed , It waa said thjft the American gov. pubUpan party, particularly southern' states. Chatting " i bottom of the alleged Improprieties If It requires a year or longer. H. T. Cansler, chief counsel for the defendant, stated that he wanted It distinctly understood that If there has oeen any misconduct relating to the verdlot th detensa doesn't want It to stana. ..... , ... ..O. C Thasaaa Wttk Jar oral Th flrat affidavit read waa signed by C. W. Edwards. n n.....i,. President and general manager' of the ' London, March 5. (By Associated Press.) Unless new Instructions ar received from Berlin, Dr. Simons, th Herman foreign, secretary, and head of th German delegation on reparations, will on Monday read a long statement dispatches from Central Amrrloa and I designed to refute th argument made ed that he Intended' getting to Uirnment had ff Official Information that either Panama or Costa lilea tended to submit th dispute to th agu ot nations, a reported In press with Mr.lKiat City Motor company. rhleh he declared that either on Monday or aueaoay or in aaeona week of the trial, he carried a letter to P. J. Thomas, a Juror, who was at th hotel. wnere tn jury waa Boused, and that upon entering th room he found Linney at th time were James D. Dor, sett, of Spencer, . recently oampalgn manager for Or, Ik Campbell; I. D. Tucker, of Whitevllle; W. D. Allen, of Morehead City, and Iredell Meares, of Wilmington. Most -of them returned to North Car olina tonight convinced that Harding! The affidavit, moreover, stated that oh is going to mak a great President and I tn same evening about an hour be th Republican party In North' Caro- fere he went to th room he was In Una will continue to grow. Col. I. M. Meakins and Clarence Pugh, of Elisa beth City were among oti r Tar I against Mrs.. Varner, declaring Jn the Paris, . Today's action of th stat de partment, It was added, was takes without reference to such reports. Presldsnt Harding and his advisers were said to have given their approval cf th stepi already taken to protect American Interests In th sone of hos tilities, od Indicated ttat. unless th two American warship now on their way south t roved adequate to accom plish that purpose a larger fore might follow them. ' . President Harding has taken a keen personal Interest in th situation, and waa aald to be anxious to see every it o n Tkn.. Ki. m ,k , inms poasinie aone to restore peace. i J?lt"JOI of his recent visit to Panama and the Canal ' Zone, It waa said, he feels that he might be In a peculiar . ... v waa in I . . i . . conversation with O. a Thomas and p 1 " "'"7"'n conconi. that Mr. Thomas was very bitter KT.SKV ATrtli HCNIlERSnM " . U I I. .... of attitude has com about notwlth standing ' 'that the foreign office has pmniems Ol organisation, "" had no oonflrmatlon of reports that the Information about any Problem that I hlte nylnf. er tn, Kr.mln mnmvu iiaeiy iu owonio 1 1 w - fhe converaatlon netted him several Hues ot closely written memoranda. Jolted down for future attention dur lK his talks with the men ha had oiled to his official circle of counsel lors. The coming reorganisation of th L d of workmeni Moscow now, and with - 1 - . apreaa peasaiu uprisina mwv lo-mer secretary of the committee, and (n (n)g ,1B1UUneolIi. action, although or that white revolutionary, commit tees . have the upper band Id Petro- grad, It was pointed out to your corre spondent that never ha th soviet government had to deal with disaf fection In Its army and a determined the case in such ' wlde Officials see prominently mentioned for the port of chairman, which soon is to be netted by Will H. Hays, the new post It evidently is not the result of a con crete plan, an undermlnLng of soviet rule end are, beginning gto question auter general. The conference gave wheh,r th, ,ovlet government retains n to much apeculatloh In regard to Uc possible part Mr. Harding will take jtnri the choosing of the new cnatg- 7; . T"' 'v " JT peasants. nf naa made a aecision regaiuma 0 . whnt Suggestions about the special ses enough power to crush the unreet In th srmy, force the Moscow unionist! back to their Joba and surpress th To what extent disaffection nas spread" In the army cannot b gauged . - - : 1 .. V, 1 - V. ., . , Bn. trom reiwrui .,.n.ui. --- i- lo of Congress were heard by -the --tI, . ,..riRln number of troops In ident from Senator Ledge, of Moscow stlll are willing to fight for auaachusett. .and Representative! th ,ovier; one brief official message soiutell, of Wyoming, senate and houe I t0tay aald fighting was In progress In tpubllcan leaders. They came to- Mocow between workers and troops. 'iner to present their views on tnr tu no fnRi importance- Is attacnea to it Cengresa should be called togeth- t officially, it ia believed to b prob- nd to Inform the chief executive lbly lne usual strike troubles between keut the situation that will confront th, authorities tnd the Btrlkcrs,- much tariff program at the special ses- the am, aj occur In better governed "n. It waa aalit afterward that no n,infriaa than Russia. tie would be set until there- had been 'wther conferences, although It was Ho a decision probably would be "tched In time to permit Issuance of can next week. Rig- Pablle rterealloa, Mr. Rirriln.'i .fiarnnnn recention s with a pre-arranged call of mem ef the Republican national com hte. which has been in session here, ,nd developed Into a function recall- the public receDtlona of bygone ad- "ittratlon. Many personal friends seen Invited to call and pass along receiving line, and acores of signt "n who had congregated about th Bt entrance took advantage of the "wrtonity and trooped up the step 'lt hands with the President and n. H..i- Tka President's mascot, a blooded iwdal pun named "traswell Laddie r.- "ss brought Into the esecutive aa a arift by Charles W wtnek. of Toledo, Ohio. The dog ar 7" l the midst of the cabinet con c, but Mr. Harding had given ""v that he was to see It as soon as " ss delivered. AVith many man ""Utlons ot pleasure he led his new tinned on Page If. Second Section l SHOOTING AFFRAY IN 'IRGIXIA PROVES FATAL in aa Wmw kin. atreas ettl Ridae Asetket KhMtiag ! Hearr fwty. liana n miit v i ,. v a. aiarvn a. jneaisi SIAtlnii - - - i , k .. . ,nnl,hl nf ..-""ig arrrar wn cn tooa piai e J" 'e Ridge thla morning. Artolphus r . n . .. . . - - ...... IZ The first word of the tragedy 8luart. the county seat, was 1 erii rr. who surrendered to Sheriff m . . . . t- -t . aaying ne naa comnmim Details are not given RawIm mm,Ih Innichl erilicaj rnnditlon la Henry county, a ,r n sh,.t twir aad wounded '" iuim. who !ias bee a cont 1 Heary county JaiL 'hi Telegraphic communicatien betwemi Mobcow and Reval has been severea consequently officials have discounted i.ews dispatches supposedly coming from Moscow via Reval. Communica tion still is open between Moscow, Petrograd and Helnlngfors. - FRENCH OFFIf'IAI. CIRCI.B l D i0 llAPPOI-'ITll EJIT Paris, March 6. French official cir cles, after careful study of President Harding's Inaugural address, regard It as Justifying French opinion that the I'nlted States would always champion France In matters of right and Justice, and declare tnat'no cause for disap pointment or discouragement Is to be L..ii m ih. messaae. While satisfse- . . .. ..nreaaed with Mr. Harding's declarations, regret was felt thst there was nothing to indicate ni. toward the ersaine. n. problems. . . .ii.l. nrofeaaed to find In the sd- dress support of their opinion that the United States would oe orousm " - eague. but, said tney preit"" discuss the present RECORD FOR ROAD HBVTl Durham. March 5-What le believed to be a record tor rou a...j - North Carolina today oy juaae Llord Horton when he imposed, sen tences totalling more than I year, on JO whisky defendant, trie-l durlnar the week of criminal court for Durham county. , ana lew jwlmaalaa ReearA Philadelphia. March i- f ,..-.,ki,i. of the Detroit Ath- ielic club, set a ne- record today when uill Tarn Ummmllnr. . . . k c . a, itru-k- Ara . - one cent per sallon tl. atate Is I red today br legl.iafor. - d.r,ved will be osed c!u ly for road building and maintenance. Heel her for th inauguration. Prior to his departure tonight Na tional Committeeman Morehead said nothing definite had been don about North Carolina patronage and no slates had been fixed. There Is a pretty gen eral Idea, however, about some of th more important position in the state and the Indication tentatively is that Mr. Linney will be district attorney It he wants It In th western district; that 1. D. Tucker Is decidedly In the running for th sama place tn th east ern rilRtrtct! that Col.-Iredall Meares Will be recommended as an assistant I th Varner oase, attornav a-ennral In the department of I gumy as a aog. Justice In Washington. Thers ar ' a number of applicants for marshalship appointment In the western and east ern districts, with Brownlow Jackson and J. D. Parker In the front ranks. Poatoffice patronage will depend en tirely upon the course Mr. Harding pursues regarding civil service exam inations. Unless h rescinds th Wil son executive order postmaster will be named under civil servlc rule and without regard to politics. If h re scinds this order, which eeems quite likely If not certain, th poatoffices III go back to the "spoils system" and there will be a patronage conteat In almost every city and town In North Carolina. It I known that both Mr. . Morehead and Mr. Linney are swamped with mall on the subject of federal Jobs. Donshtoa Hotly Deales Charge. North Carolina politics furnished further entertainment here today, when Representative Robert L. Doughton hotlv challenged certain statements attributed to Dr. Ike Campbell, Kepub llcan. who is contesting Doughton's election. Mr. Doughton dissents em ohatlrally from etatemente that ahnwlnar has been made that th Dem ocrat in his district voted "dead men. Innana men and absenteea Mr. Doughton was sufficiently aroused over the Campbell charges that he. Issued the following state ment: "lilt attention Is called to a news paper article aent out from Sallabury under date of March S, In which Dr. Campbell Is reported as saying that It had been shown in me nearina. ! Salisbury that dead men. Insane men and men who had been gone from 8alls- hurv for years were voted oy ine uem- ncr.i. imnlrlng. of course, that thla .laaa of votes had been caat for me I .emphatically deny that any such showing wss made, as it was plainly proven by Campbell's own witnesses that I did not recene om ai,,,, p.i If any of the absentee vote In which h claims the ll-Teguiaritiea occurrra He also claimed that the absentee vote ia llleo-al because the certincatea companylng them were not fllled out by the registrara when the law plainly Hai-larea that neltner ceruireaiea vi most bitter terms that she was aulltv .. iS &HU1 i laUi AUA1 Ah'J' h.?Jhat da7 ,.httt Bwlta Slight Woa.d W... Attacked .... ... . ,.,.,vt.l.on By caaa. A. Oroek la the least Mr. Sana read another affidavit ala-n- '", """"" ed by Ben A. Blmpkins and Ulton W.I Washington. March 6, Former Sena Wood, negro barber connected with I tor W, B. Henderson, of Elko, Nev., today by Charlea A. Crock, amounr in- u.rmsns ma Park. Md but a form.r ,r"djr b,,n, D."Jd on mccoxx of Reno, Nev. Th. shooting "ration will b. rtated ai i la Mr. Henderson- office In " JP that he will be , by Premier Lloyd Oeorge before the oonfereno cn Thursday. This stat ment will probably bs followed by counter proposals, which vn th most optimistic of th delegation do not Believe th allies will accept. In such a case, tha reparations eon. rerannw wirt break up, th , Oermnn delegate will return horn and the penalties outlined, by Mr. Lloyd Oeorge enroroea. . Dr. Simons and his colleagues. In collaboration with the Berlin cabinet with which th foreign minister Is continual touch by wireless, have spent in greater part of the time since the dsllvsry of th ultimatum In drawing up a repiy tnareto. Tf foreign mln later win present rigures In an en deavor to Rrov that Mr. Lloyd Oeorge' statement -respecting German taxatloa was Inaccurate, and will ask th allies to suggest a means whereby Germany can meat tneir economic demands. He will point out that while th German Income tax I small. German Incomes ar proportionally small owing to Im poverishment due tp the war. Claims Larg Baas Ok Cleraaaay, The amount tha Oermans assert has nt of rep- nd.Dr. 81- allowed to repeat his arguments mad at ths Wood's barber shop, under the Banner I was shot and slightly wounded tn the building. These men stated that during! forearm today by Charlea A. Crock, tn trial deputy Marshal C. T. Roan I of Taooma came to their, barber hoo with th reoldant Jury, for th purpose of securlna I occurred BhaVSa: that the deOUtV marahal. avhila'l tia .1. ntfinm Kollitlna. aahaea h. 1 a barber's Chair, was talking of I was cleaning uo sama looae anda after I op'nln ' oonferenc, that large stating: "sh is as hia retirement yosterday from th sen-m r au to Oermany on aooount t I.., . . i - I "" property seised Th affidavit alio ald that th re- I riroolr waa dlaarmut h. man altrui. mark wa heard by each of them and ed by the shot and th scream of that It wai aald In a Un loud enough stenographer who ran from th offlo for membere of th Jury to hear It: I into th hall, and waa turned over to th police. Mr. Henderson said th maa had been treated In Nevada for mental trouble. According to th po lice th prisoner told them that some IS years ago Mr. Henderson was coun 1 ki- i - i . , v -1 . . of land and that the .hooting ir.w out .!p.' " 'h t,,rm ' .1 ha . , I" "own at i-aria wun tn modin- i that as sen a Mr. Roan had mad th alleged remark he then aald to some members of th Jury: "Excuse me. gentlemen) I did not know yu were so cios. Mr. Bapp declared that Ulrica Wood, also a barbar In the aam ahop, no absent from th city, would sign ths arnaavit, Mr. Bapp read a telegram from Mrs. A. L. Catea. of Salt Lake City, Utah. aunt of Mra. Varner, declaring that she could positively pro re that Mr. Varner had visited Bait Lak twice since 10(, th laat tlmi In 1117. It will be recalled that Mra Varner testified that she had visited her mother In 117. whll Mr. Varnar'a testimony ran counter to that ef his easily. wife. He testified that sh. hsdn't been on a visit to her mother sine th year of laot. Mr. Bapp termed this hit ef alleged new evidence as being of extreme Im portance to the case. Try tm Discredit Petty, Mr. Bapp told th court that he could prove that George Petty, who testified at the trial that h saw Mrs. Varner and McRary enter a rooming house In ureensboro in iris, naa told a per son before coming to Oreensboro to testify In the case that he was going to "swear he had seen Mrs. Varner aod McRary In an automobile and that was all ha knew about It. In German colonies and other . territories, of wnicB sh ha been deprived and which have not been taken Into aooount by ine allies. It Is a question, however, whether ence gument as these. The French prem ier, aa. nnana, is credited with the as sertlon that all th German have been summoned for on ' Monday Is to Th. bull.t passsd through th flesh ""V Moya ueorg of the former senator's forearm. Bena tor Ball, of Delaware, who la physician, dressed th wound and then Th Germans. throuah'Dr. t Ha nee ths German ambnassdor at London, and V Ot, sent th patient to a ho.pltal for an " """"V . . . belnj examination. This was said to TiuJ VLm Tn. -"'.t0 "et ,n h... ii.,.io..4 .,... k .- to,,en with th. allies, for private coa- Mr. Henderson went to his home, where he was reported tonight aa resting veraatlons with som measure of suo- cess. 'mere was a ' oonfersnc thl morning between Premiers Lloyd George and Brland and Dr. glmona at ran iiiuti aa to ' me residence of Karl Curson. hut noth MOTHER OF Boy MB KII.LKU I Ing Is forthcoming as to what was ae- pttrham, March . A. B. Vlrksrs. wealthy Durhsm county farmer, who recently ran down and killed a small boy with hi automobll. was today allowed to plead guilty to Involuntary manslaughter In Superior court. He tually accomplished. Mn Lloyd George has gon to Chea- uers Court, hi summer .home, M. Brlsad and his eollsgue will epend th week at Lympno. while -Connt Hfnrsa and U. Jasper will be anter- waa l Itl upon payment of th. Teost. "I"1'" ""T"' and .. the mother of th. boy. I, h' rot MILITANT MEW KILLED WHI! PARTY IS AMIUIHEI Dublin, March . Tw olfleor and two members of tha ranks wer killed when 11 men, comprising a military O. P. Dlckerson. one of th principal ?rt,r' w ambushed thl. aft.rnoon witnesses for Mr. Varner. was th ob- r """" Ject of considerable dlseusslon by Mr. ' """" " " omg on, acooroing Bapp. He said. In his opinion, h would an official staUm.nt of th affair la- be able to Show that Mr. Illraeraoe I - . ..- was a man of bad character. . I Dr. Oaaabrell la germrtss. During the trial Mr. Dirkersoa t- Nashville, Tena, March i. Ir. J. M tlflrd that he had observed McRary I Gajnbrell. nnaldial or tha Enaih... enter the rear of the Varner prem- I Dap 1 1 at convention, who ha been crltl- (Contlnued on Page Seven.) I rally 111 at Dallas. Texaa. for th paat ' . t i im aaya, naa now paaaeo t ne criai ana Partly cloudy and warmer followed by,, .,. . . K .. . shower, in north and - west portions tou, D,-,h ...,.,, Bict th'. Baptist 7i.ei)8.o campaign. Sunday. Monday clearing aad cooler. North aad South Carolina. Georgia Fair and warmer Sunday; Monday lo cal showers and cooler Louisiana: Sunday partly .cloudy In In north - .. I - . k. ..-..IflsJ . . -.,m nnf Tn m I If, T a n I aula, W".." .. . .- - " !.J tw. w.oi unleaa the voter had portion: Monday partly cloudy, mild lined hia name on the margin of the temperature. . . . k.Mi.i -hii-h waa aot don I Arkansas: ? . . ... of th. ahaantea Tote. I local thuader.torma. cooler la weat in li i r ' - ' Arkansaa: Sunday unSettlad. poaalbly cant In Roman county. land central portions: Monday probably A tax of on all ga-"nnr- provided In a hill i ne ive- ,...,... o,,t.i aa aavina in I fair, moderate temperature. . . .1 OLI. d..... ..n.enll. f.t era ion v - , r - ana aalrooler; Monday lair, moderate tempera- Mia. I ture ?" ...,n and a flat M.tradlcUo. 1 Kat Tex.: Sunday .rtly clo.dy. i . - of the L...Z. -a- of the bearlna at Btateavllle. I central portions; jaoaoay partly ciotray. . , , 9 in-in. nut la tha raMed I Bmlenite tetttperatar. y position on ine matter or. sol- - " ' " ' ' I aa,ala awtr-t la-.aa - 1 nnitav tm 1 ssnaawH aaaa ( m ,h. won the MO-5 rln" Wom?n e challenging of vote, of sold, pion.hlp ewimm.na.- tare for "omen. , f po ,h.t , covering the di.tance In 1 sec ajtl.r s. he. but this Is record or testimony taken on somewhst .naettled la northeast por a.e of the inveetigatlon.- At the "on. cooler in northwest and north (CoaUnaed a Pag 1, SMoaa Sertlon) J t,mBatar Haeietag Plaa Afcaadoaed. Durham. March e. The Uggett and Myera Tobacco company branch In thla city today announced abandonment of ita plan for furnishing homes ror Its opera uvea, through th sal of mora than residences to a local trust com pany. More than f!0o was Involved In the transaction. Plaaahera Arvrpt liwwer Wag. ' Mobile. Ala.. March 4. Th plumbers bo went out on a atrtk oa last Wednesday becauee wage, wer cat from 19 to It returned to work today at tn latter scale. Th plumber will recelv ft per day In the future. V. M. I. Defeat a V. P. I. Roanoke. Va... March I Virginia Mllltarv Institute tonight defeated the Virginia Pnlytwrhnlc in.tltut baakt- all taaas. 17 t 2a. from Greek cir- lloe hav withdrawn offer of aa Inquiry by a SDeclal lesion Into condition In Smyrna 'brae. I denied In both Uritiah and Turkish quarters.- BKRLI CARIKT I iOT TO IITKHHiBB WITH UK, glMON ISr aaanab "rmi Berlin. March A Chancellor rehren bach Informed th relrhstsg today that th cabinet did not propoa to Inter rer with Dr. Simons, th German for eign secretary, and hia follow dele gate, to th London reparation, eon ferenc. He declared the cabinet waa! connueat that th. foreign ' secretary would make every effort to negotiate within the limit, .et. The chancellor made hie announcement In the course of a carefully formulated statement upon th. reassembling of the relch- stag. "In accordance with -th. dVeetlnns approved by th. relrhstag." he said "Dr. Simons was authorised to with hold his signature from any obliga tion Which the German petil would b unable to fulfill. These Instructions have not bee a aad will not t.e changed. Th cabinet I confident Dr. Simons will utilize to th almost every op portunity to conclude negotiations within ths limit set." Herr Pehrenback concluded by de claring he waa convinced th Oar ana a Popl ture of their arnt la lonlon If It coTrM a blfraioa whtck, aftr a flt rarful lnv?f i rat Ion. prared It did aot go beyond th limit of posa! hlm arti iTmnt. but t hat th 0r maa popla would b rqually Arm In support! nf fhir Vmvots If thx refused to mgn a dcutnfal vhich exacted Cul ftlmaat af aa lapoaaibla demaad. DASH BY DOUGHTON IS HALTEDBYTHE HOUSE In Football Vernacular, It Is Now Fourth Down. WHOLE DISTANCE TO GAIN Means Defeat Of Legislation Providing: For Payment Of State's Bonded Debt. EDUCATION BILL ADOPTED Prea-raaa of the gtal De.artaseat at Kdaeatlaa Now Becomes Law. Machinery Aet Ia Paaoed By 1h Lower, Hoaaa. - - r The OnnHooea tiallr Nael Rareati, 101 Marekuli hatloeal last kliK. By W. Tv BOAT. , Ilalelgh. March . 3rand' Old Man Kufe Doughton mad an ad valorem dash thl niornlng and gentlemen of th hous who had been playing foot ball with th tag threw him for th second bis; loss. S i It Is. now fourth down with the whole distance to gain. Th aerial at tack haa failed and th forward pass ha been twin xorably fumbled. Straight football, line-plunging and open play alone can v th gamo, A it stands thl afternoon Carolina has lost and but a fsw minutes ar left for play. Stand in legislative " rather than vernacular, th lower hous ha killed he second effort of Leader Doughton to mak th state'a vast bond lssu salabl and payable. Laat night fol lowing th. grand hoodlum holiday the maaaaore of the minority the Grand Old Man did th perfectly ob vious tning. h introduced a bill to amend the .constitution by giving to th .tat an additional power ot lux ation designed solely for th payment of ltd debt. Th belated recognition of th fact that bond must ba or id and that arrangement must bs made, mad th amendment a welcome evi dence of atatemanahip. Tobe Connor wa delighted that the hous waa about to com to hla view that th stat must quit landing Its credit to bond Issues without providing a way to nay. This did It. . ' But the minority wa mad. It has baen mad a year. It got mad at. Itself for speaking a year ago, in terrltio terms against the revaluation act that It had helped to pass and glorify. And when In stat convention It looked upon It work and aid It wa very bad, R Jut gave to th Demracv a chance to play small politics, th like cent of th voting population wa ex cused from all taxation and 1U0 per of which never wa given.. Forty per oent promised that hereafter IB cents . would be th limit on general tuia- tion ana that th ad valorem tax was horrlbl anachronism. Bo the ma jority wrote 16 cent into th organic law, exempted the great unwashed. abolished ad valorem, aoakud all cor porations, passed tha Income tax ami made A daah for the millennium. When th majority grabbed th thing these Ne&lbtllera and Alswatters found this Utopia greaaed at both ends. A terri ble time the Nealbiiler and Alsawat- ter. have had holding aitlier nd. Minority lees It. Err. Th. minority cam here amnlv scourged. It aees now It played tlia fool In th 1.0 oampalgn, Vat a tlma It welcomed the distress of the stale as plenary evidence of the mlnoritv s Justification, but lt would not work. Not only did th minority last full commit ineffable folly, it was immoral tupintty, sin which Is ths waira of death, It came her thl year feeling guou over a national eleotlon, feeling rich over prospect of national leaiaia- tlon, anil It has done It best to push th Democracy up toward a decent dcul for the masse, , It ha been a flue Inorlty. " " " . t v I But It told th Democracy that the stat cannot build 1.000 mi lea of he,i surface roada through North Carolina without exacting toll from those who ' . hav their property multiplied In villus by these concrete drive.. Bo the min ority has Insisted dally that the le. Islatur levy an ad valorem tax. One day th word would go rfut that the. tax would be laid, the - next day It would be denied. Blx different stories wer sent by the Dally News. And all . (Continued on pugs ten i , HOSPITAL AT BILTMORE .'IS DAMAGED BY FIRE loath Wla, I le.tr. ye With Lean Kailsaated at gTruwo the - rire This Yews, H. 11,11. Maa. . Ashevllle, March 6, Klre at 10 o'clock this morning destroyed th south wing of the Clarence Marker Memorial hospital at Klltmorr, entail Ing losses estimated at I7S.000. None Of the patlenta confined In that wlnir wer Injured,, due to. tha niii,.k , i. of reaculng parlies on removing them t th north wlag,beynnd th danger of spreading flames. U la ststed that th entire loss will be covered by in surance. On the floor burned l. rated the operating rooms and private rooms, which were almost completely destroyed. It had not been determined late this afternoon Just how r.i .. damage would be to the operating in struments snd equipment. This is the second fire the Rlltmor ho.pltal. has experienced si fir that fleae of ths year. On thla ocoaaton the cen tral section, .embracing the adminis trative offirea and superintendent'. quart ere was rased to th ground dur- , Ing a flr breaking out during to early hour of th morning whll patient were asleep. Heroic work of the nurse and fir. men prevented th flame from spread ing to other portions of th building. Although there, were six fires in Ashevllle, th other were of a minor natural. MALL NOV IIUKKMH KISTKM . -ltOt ATTACK or MAI) OOO Wilmington, March A. When a rabid dog attacked hla two email sisters while the children ere oa their way home from echool at Burgaw, near here. Lon Carr, aged nine, grasped the snlmal about the neck and threw It le the ground, and, although bitten In five placee, refused to let go until help came, and hi .later cped un harmed. The boy is erder treatment end Is doing nicely, 'according to re ports trorn wirr-aw tonight. A gat ET II ALL CHAMPIONSHIP , COatg TO THE l.MVERSITT Raleigh. March A The Unlverelty of North Cerolina tonight won the colle giate basketball championship of North Carolina by defeating Trinity college. ti to If. The gam wa th third of th seaaoa between the two qulnte, each being won en Its own eoert- The champlonahip claim ef the unlverelty la usdiapuletd by aiy ether team Aa th etaue.
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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