North Carolina Newspapers

GREE WEATHER Cloudy Todayi Rain Tuesday. NSBOKO DAILY NEW l on Want All th News About Buine$ Read the Ada Dally VOL. XXIV. NO. 56 tNTKICD AS REC0NI1 CUSS MATTER AT PUOTOtnCK, KBKBNPHUKU. c GREENSBORO, N. C MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 14,1921 DAILY QICY. IT.M Ks YftAB DAILY AND SUNDAY. 19 00 fKg VIA! PRICE FIVE CENTS MOVEMENT IS PUT IN JIN BY Named To Succeed Skelton Willi ams At Mass Meeting It Is Decided To Raise $250,000 ERECT ONE UNIT QUICKLY As Soon As Enough Money Is Kaisea work Will Be Begun On First Section WILL APPOINT COMMITTEE Prmimral Body Will Re Formed Hep ".nominntlans. Clubs, and Other Organlsutlons For Purpose Of ll.iltt the Mo,,,,. The movement beuun last week by the Greensboro Ministerial associatioi for the construction of a big, commun ny nospitai took definite and promts, ing shape at an enthusiastic mass meet. ing- of cltlxens held yesterday afternoon in tne new courthouse. A resolution Introduced by c. H, Ireland, was unani mously adopted, favoring; the erection of a $260,000 building, the work on the first unit to be commenced as soon as sufficient funds for that purpose nave Deen raised. A general steering committee, repre seniing ail denominations, clubs and other organizations of the city will be named immediately .for the purpose of raising the money. Dr. J. I. Foust, presiding over the meeting, appointed liev. R. Murphy Williams, Jtev. J. H. Barnhard'. Rev. J. Clyde Turner, A. M Scales, W. C. Boren, C. H. Ireland and June B. Stroud as a committee to get the permanent steering committee or , ganized. These men will select a per manent chairman for the general body. The religious denominations will elect members to represent them on the per. manent committee as will all other or- ganizatlons in the city. The committee . named by Dr. FouBt will m'eet imme diately to select a chairman and take other steps to get the permanent or ganization well established. Following the meeting, the opinion prevailed that as soon as $100,000 has been raised work on the first unit of the building will be begun. It is ex pected that the plans for the Institu tion will be so drawn as to provide for an unlimited expansion. The question of sites was not touched upon. Mr. Ireland's Resolution. The Ireland resolution In substance was as follows: "Resolved, that it is the sense of this meeting to build a community hospital, and that we shall raise $250,000 for that purpose; that a committee con sisting of representatives from eyery denomination, club and other organiza tions In the city be named for the pur pose of proceeding at once to raise funds for this purpose and when, In the opinion of the committee, such an amoUnt sufficient to bulrd .the first . unit, of the hospital has been raised . .. the work on that unit will be begun." The Superior court room was Jammed full of citizens from all walks of life and they soon caught the spirit of the meeting to carry out a Christian duty by providing hospital facilities for the sick of ths community; in omcr wu.u- actually practicing religion. ' Mr. Ireland was selected as secretary of the meeting and it will be his duty to Inform the various clubs and organi sations of the city to choose their rep resentattves for the general steering committee. A few minutes before adjournment one member brought up the question of the status of ths Institution whether or not those subscribing would be considered stockholders. W hue tne question was deferred to the perman ent committee, a vote revealed the fact that all present were In favor of form ing a stock company. It was apparent that those favoring the Institution are not backing it from a monetary stand- i K,.t for humanitarian reasons only.' But, an Institution like the one proposed in H probability will earn ij.ki. amount of money. That .. atnckholders would be en titled to' their share of the profits. At anv rate dividends were not the prime '.I... ihA meetlna- and received very little attention. IJr. Long Speaks. - .nhm were made, ur J. W. Long, proprietor of the Wesley Long hospital, was the nrst reviewed the wonderful work being done by the medical profession, Ing that a number of highly trained young physicians come here yearly and If the community wants to keep these men well qualified to Pf profession It must provide adequate hospital facilities. He declared that he had never lived In a more generous community. The people of Gen"D responded liberally to the calls from China. India and other parts of the earth, said he, but "we have been neg ligent In providing for our own people. Remember the old adage: Sweep before Dr. Long declared that the day of the old Individual practitioner has passed In favor of the group proposi tion. And In order td carry this prop osition out a community must provide 1.1 . ... ..j hr facilities for carrying on with the work. He said that Greensboro physicians should not be required to send their patients to Baltimore and Richmond, m. -I.-, i .,. 1,1. t as smart and effl clent as any In those two cities, the nly thing lacking Is hospital is tlea uM he He concluded Ms Inspiring address by declaring that Wesley Long nns tiiiai anni-iwA nf the community In ailtntinn .nri will contribute towards Its construction. Mr. Ireland followed, declaring that six.) JeWnsaannssnrs r . wi Crtswnftr. ksV jKgL D. It. CrtNKone-pr nf Mnrinn r has been nominated by President Hard ing io succeed John Skelton William as comptroller of currency. Mr. Crls Senger is an old friend nf th Pr.il. dent, having been one of his neigh 0 in lunriun. TO BE REOPENED AFTER I IN SILESIA (Continued on page A- B. AND A. OPERATES TRAIN ON SCHEDULE Expected Ontbrrak From Strike ym- pataiaers At t'ordelr. tin.. Fans To Materialise. Cordele. Ca-i March 13 The first At lanta. Birmingham and Atlantic pa senger train to come here from Atlanta since the strike started a e-k apo. left here on time this morning, ihe rx lec'ed outbreak ?rora, strike sympa thisers hsvir.g failed fo develop. The Crisp county guards, a loi.il mil itary organization comprising s"me 65 men spent ihe night at th.ir armory. d Sheriff Noble kept guard iround he train, the hotel nhrre the .Tew spent the night and the roads between "ere and Fitzgerald, from whence re Ports had It a crowd was coming here o prevent the return of the train The guards were ordered to hold themselves in readiness after Superior Court Judge Gower and Sheriff Nohle had advised Governor Imrsey of the '"porta that trmil.le hr-irs r'ltxsrerald. here Ihe .. B. ar.d A shop are located, is 12 miles from era. Breach Between Germany and Allies Only Temporary PEOPLE ARE WITH SIMONS He and the Other Cabinet Mem bers Are Fairly Secure In Their Seats EXPECT TO WIN SILESIA Allied Plan To ire Coercion la Em barrassed By the Fact That Ameri can Troops Hold An Important Hcctlon On the B nine. Imlal Calli to OilK im. By 8. B. COMiKR. irmrlfht, 1921, b rhlladelDhls ruiilte Lnker.l Berlin, March IS. The German polit ical situation since the return of the uerman delegation from London is marked by three outstanding impres sions. ,. , ..... . ,., . , First, negotiations retarding repara lions - will undoubtedly ) be resumed alter the result of the Sileslan plebls olte becomes known. German, Italian and the English authorities are united in this expectation and desire. Second, the Germans generally be lieve the plebiscite for which 160,000 uerman voters are already going in special trains to Silesia so as to be sure to be on hand when the polls open. win go In their favor even though tneir campaign is hampered by Ger manys present difficulties and the break with the allies. Third, the cabinet and particularly Dr. Simons are fairly secure in their seats despite the verbal pyrotechnics of Huge Btlnnes and his friends In the world of big Industry who protest that ir. Simons bungled the London nego tiations. Add to the foregoing the fact that every one here is pleased to under stand that the entente plan for eco nomic coercion Is embarrassed by the hitherto unconsidered factor that Amer ican troops control an Important aec tlon of the western front and that the Germans' are vaguely hoping for some relief from this fact, though they are not sure Just how It will work out In practice, and you have the reparations situation aa it appears today in Berlin. Your correspondent was able to an nounce before he left London, that Dr. Simons and his associates were depsrt ing under the distinct impression that the London rupture would be only a prelude to new negotiations when their government was once in a position to say what It could do without dragging in the sileslan problem which vitally affects Teutonic ability to pay. It was known, too. that Italy had not assented to the sanctions but had only decided to go along with her allies to avoid an open break. Your correspondent can now supplement this with definite in formation that British representatives who have been in touch with Dr. Simons since his departure declare ne gotiana will be resumed and that the breach is only temporary. The over application of penalties or what certain phrasemakers In Berlin and London were pleased to call the "new war" Is annoying and unpleasant, but'wlll be borne with fair equanimity until the time comes for new negotia tions. The Germans are far more con-, cerned over the future consequences of Dr. Simons' offer to accept the first five years of the Tarls reparations scheme as provisional arrangement and to negotiate an agreement for later Installments. They fear, with Just appreciation of the rules of 'Vow trading," to use a German expression for diplomatic dickering, that they will not be able to back away from the concession once offered and that the German negotiators will be cramped In later bargaining by their propenal to accept even a part of the Paris program. NEGROES WILL NOT BE APPOINTED TO PUBLIC 0FFI1 SOUTH Harding To Recognize Racial Problem In This Section WILL NOT ANTAGONIZE IT Henry Lincoln Johnson, Georgia Negro, Will Get a Job In Washington TO TAKE UP RAIL CRISIS This Will Become On of Major Prob lems Before Hpeelal Session of Congress Probably Conduct An Inveatla-ntlon. Diily Neva Burnu and Ttfecraph OTftrt. Tin Rim BnlMIni iRj Jsnmi Wire) By THEODORE TILLER. Washington, March 1J. The Harding administration will recognize the pe culiar racial problem of the south and does not Intend to try to put upon the southern states the appointment or negroes to federal offices. This assurance has come to Demo cratic senators In Informal conferences with Republican leaders concerning the appointment policy of the new ad ministration. Recalling the famous Collector Crum case at Charleston, which aroae out of President Roosevelt's determination to name a negro as collector at that port, southern members of Congress have been concerned regarding President Harding's conception of the local con ditions In the territory south of the Potomac. ' According to Information relayed by Republican senators the President has no desire to make appointments ob noxious to the south and his cabinet officers are expected to follow the ex ample on down the line to the smaller places. Members of the senate representing territory In the south have been awaiting some Indication of the Re publican policy respecting appoint ments of negroes in the south. They were prepared to resist confirmation of such nominations if made. but,, at the same time, were somewhat con fldent that President Harding would not engender antagonism to hjs ad ministration by reviving sectional and racial issues. The Henry Lincoln Johnson Cnse. As an index to President Harding's conception of the particular social and racial Issues common to the southern section. It is said here on good author ity that Henry Lincoln Johnson, the negro Republican national committee man from Georgia, is to be given a Job Washington and not In bis native state. Johnson Is slated to become the register of the treasury. With one or two exceptions this position for many years has been held either by a negro or an Indian. Gabe E. Parker and Houston B. Tee- hee were Indians who have been reg isters of the treasury within recent years. Judson Lyons, of Georgia, was a negro predecessor of those two men in the office. Johnson Is scheduled to succeed William E. Elliott, of Georgia, who was the first man of the Caucasian race to be appointed register within recent years. Mr. Elliott worked him. self up from the ranks In. the treas ury department, which he entered as clerk 30 years ago. In giving Henry Lincoln Johnson well paying position rn Washington the administration, in a sense, remov ed that colored politician from parti - iptation in Georgia politics. It Is said Johnson declined to consider a diplo matlc post In Liberia or Haiti and prefers to attach himself to ths fed eral payroll her In the national capital. The wage orlais In the railroad world will become one of the major prob lems of the speolal session of Con gress. Regardless of the outcome of present negotiations between railroad companies and their employes, the arising of a situation where a strike seemed possible, If not probable, has focused the attention of Congress upon the railroad question and convinced legislators that the transportation act is not perfect and will not meet con ditions that are likely to occur at any T REAL FACTOR IN TRADE Confers With Redfield On Sub ject Of Reorganization. DOESNT HAVE AUTHORITY Former Commerce Secretary bays He round His Job Rather Humiliating. A HARD TASK FOR HOOVER Commerce Commission, "hipping Hoard nnd "Inte Dennrtment Now Control Fields of Activity Which He Wnnta for Himself. William Puts the Blame For the War on England II ers Koreeaat By Mate. Washington. Mareh 1J Virginia: Fair Monday: Tuesday showers; no change in temperature. North and South Carolina: l-arii cloudy Monday; Tuesday local showers. Georgia: Local pnoaers .in'nnay aim Tuesday; no change In temperature. Florida: Fair Monday arm prouauiy Tuesday. Extreme north est norma, iaoama Local thundershnn ers Monday ana robably Tuesday: im i-nange in temper ature. Tennessee: Cloudy nun. loi-ai nu- and thunderstorms .wor.nay ana ..-nh.hlv Tuesday; rio cnange in iem- peralure. Louisiana. -rh:;s Fast Texas lor day bly showers not mi perature. Wea' I'M" " " "'"" unsettled, prol.ahly showers eacep. in, southwest portKMi taarsed With Unrsrr. I.yerly. .v. Vsrch 13-'!:n nally harmed l a .0001 j 0 . . today i'!i t' - -. " ... .. . .. I.msey. r.rS m -M body fount, ne-r naic - That Congress will conduct a double barrelled investigation to determine what additional legislation Is needed to prevent strikes and keep tho rail roads in operation without forcing em ployee to bear an unjust burden seemed probable today. Chairman Cummins, of the senate ln- terstste commerce committee, said he would introduce on the first day of the new session a resolution calling for a sweeping investigation of the railroad situation and the operation of the carriers since they were turned back to their owners by the govern ment. The house commerce committee plans at the same time an Inquiry Into the Justification for the proposed wage cuts. It will also consider strengthen ing of the railroad act so as to make creation of adjustment boards manda tory instead of optional. Reports received here from Cleve land that W. 8. Carter, president of the Brotherhood of Ixcomotlve Engi neers and Firemen, had stated there would be no general wage reduction without contest on labor's part were taken as indicative of the general at titude of the employes of the roads. They will first carry the question to the railway labor board. Jtecent attempts by the csrriera to get the linard tn agree to changes in wages was met by a decision that the present srale should stand pending s decision or the broad question of whether the hoard's previous orders on working conditions should be modified. Members of the senate committee who framed the -transportations ret providing boards of arbitration, but not making them compulsory, differ about whether It would le unlawful for the roads to lower wages without first submitting the Issue to the labor board. Chairman Cummins, for in stance, says the Pennsylvania or any other road would "art unlawfully and unadvisedly should It propose to cut wages without first carrying the mat ter to the wage board." while Senator I'omerene. of Ohio, contends that the aovernment guaranteed rates until September, but sfter that gave up the title to control mages and working conditions. I.AIM AT P.S.BI.O HF.At'H l kili:ii hv as a 1 sir LA Mr: Daily N Rurrau uift. Trlcriph Offloe. Tin Kiwi lailldisf (By Und Vire) By C. W. GILBERT. , (CanrrUtit 1:11. br PlillutrlntiU riiblle Lease.) Washington, March 13. Secretary of Commerce Hoover had a conference Saturday with ex-Secretary W. C. lied Meld, one of his predecessors In his department, on the subject of such a reorganisation of the government as will make the department of commerce a real factor In the world Industry and trade. Before, seeing Mr. Hoover, Mr. Redfield said: "The job Mr. Hoover haa is not big enough for him as It stands. When I was secretary of com merce I used to receive letters and requosta every day based on the sup position that I was the real head of the government In Its relations. I used to have to write or say that I had very little to do with commerce. Mr. Hoov er will have to do the same thing un less he 'Is able to bring about a re organisation which will extend his au thority over various Independent bu reaus which have very real authority over commerce. Z found my position In many ways rather, humiliating." Mr. Hoover s conference with Mr. Redfield and his recent statement to the public show how deeply concerned he Is m making a big job of his de partment. He Is hedged about with a great many difficulties. There are three big fields of activity outside his de partmenttransportation on the rail roads, transportation on shipping lines and the development of foreign trade. The railroads are In the hands of ths Interstate Commerce commission, the merchant marine is in the hands of the shipping board, which In this way con trols the development of ship lines which open foreign trade, and foreign trade Is largely under the control of the state department. Hoover In Dltrlrnlt Position, AH these existing agencies are strongly Intrenched. No one would se riously propose putting the Interstate Commerce commission under the secre tary of. commerce. As for the shipping board, Mr. Harding said the other day that Its appointments were waiting on his finding the right kind of man to name as Its chairman. He offered the post to Mr. Teagle, president of the Standard Oil company of New Jer sey, but got a refusal. Seeking a man of that stature does not Indicate any Intention to, tuihurUtaata, . Uitt-.ttuippiug board. ' "'. y, ' As for foreign trade. It Is the state department and the foreign relations committee of the senate, not the head of the commerce department, which la pushing the agresslve policy, respect ing trade In Latin-America which Mr. Harding told senators was one of the objects of his administration. Take foreign trade away from the state de partment and you take away the real aim of most modern diplomacy. Mr. Harding, it is known, wishes the secretary of commeroe to work In close harmony with the secretary of state. It is his Idea that Mr. Hoover should follow up what Mr. Hughes and Mr. Fletcher do. But in the nature of the case the really big constructive work In the foreign field will always remain in ins lutiiua 01 upiuiiiaor Two suggestions have been made with respect to the Interstate Com merce commission and the shipping board. One Is that the secretary of commerce should be ex-offlclo a mem ber of both. The other Is that ths executive functions of these Indepen dent commercial bodies should be tak en away from them and bestowed upon the secretary of commerce. Sitting In the commission would not Inorease the authority of Mr. Hoover, though it might Irriprove co-operation. Splitting tne executive functions or tne com missions from their Judicial functions would end the existing division In control of commerce and create a new one. The separation Is by no means easy. The making of policies IS the Important function and that would probably continue to bo done Judl ilally. Polltlrlans Dislike Hiss. Ex-Kaiser Has Written a Book For Private Distribution, Extracts From Which Have Leaked Out He Claims Mobilization In 1914 Began In April His Efforts At Peace "Foiled By Per fidious Machinations of Great Britain, France and Russia." -.. (By AjmcUttd Pram.) The Hague, March 13. In ths book ha has written for private distribution in an attempt to show that Great Britain waa responsible for the world war, former Emperor William, of Oer many, throughout always speaks of himself In the third person. He paints William II as a man who tried for 10 years to maintain pake tn Europe, but says he was foiled by ths perfidious machinations of Great Britain, Francs and Russia. As long ago as ltog, the former kals er says he tried to form a league of nations. Although.no full copy of the book Is yet available ii r.as the former emper or's entourage and the Dutch and Oer man governments worried because of the publication of brief extracts from It, sufficient of the oontents of the volume have leaked out to Indicate the general trend of the entire work. The leak waa principally due to the Berlin correspondent of the Rotterdam Maaa bode. The correspondent says the book be gins with notes as far back as 1184 (William succeeded his father as' king and emperor in 18JI.) In some places," says the Maas- bode's correspondent, "ths book Is very Interesting, especially notes of August It. mi, where he treats of ths visit of William to Csar Alexander II at Narvik, when the csar said he hated the French republlo and wanted to re store a monarchy In France. But al ready, says the kaiser, a Russian- Frenoh military agreement had been negotiated saying that In the event of the mobilisation of any member of the triple alliance (Drelbund) a mobilisa tion of French aad Russian forces would be ordered immediately and these armies thrown Into action at once." i . , Under date of April II, HOI, ths. former emperor wrote: "An English proposal for an alliance of Germany againnt Russia is declined In order not to endanger the world's peace. "At the same time Delcasss (then French minister of foreign affairs) proposed to the German ambassador in Paris a German-French agreement tn order to prevent ths Portuguese colo nies falling under British Influence. This proposal was not answered." The form.r emperor also claims that he drafted a project for a league of na. tions under date of March 14, lsUS. "A proposal,- says ths book, "was made by the former kaiser to the csar and to Witts (then Russian foreign minister) to found a league of nations Failure Of London Conference Gives Bears Advantage THE V LEAP INTO SADDLE Belated "February Break" Dur ing Week Hit Wail Street With a Vengeance SEVERE LOSSES IN ' RAILS Thane Iaauee Average Below the De- cemper Levelw-Heldam Haa Stock Market Experienced Mo Jinny Adverse Fnstora.. i New Tork. March U. The bears consisting of ths triple alliance and the le)PI Into the saddle in the stock French and Russian alliance, with the m"r mis past wee tne moment tnai understanding also that other groups '""u ot uerman reparation separate countries may become I eme. Known ana iosi nu , members of the league. The proposal "m ,n rln'' ntire stock list was accepted by the csar and Wltte. loOK4 " ' ' own ridden down There was ne question aa to preslden- by cv1'-y. and prices sustained bigger tiai power over this league." I mnn ni j uras ainu inat je- Kegardlng the mission to Germany pmbf It was ths belated "February In February. 1M2. of Viscount Haldane. I ' wh a vengeance, and the then Britlah lord hlirh ohaneaiinr. h. I price trend is at this time vsry dubious. book says: I Railroad stock averages broke below "German efforts to conclude neutral-1 th,,r December levels, and not ths least Itv with Kna-iand failed in niunii.n,.. I surprising feature of the week's mar- of the absurd damonrl foe a oaaaHn I ket was. the huge volume of these se- of development of the German flent I Ourltlts which came Into the trading through curtailment of the building of " Prioes ten. r-ennsyivania raiiroaji, new ships." I under , Is a lower price for this issue The formt. emneror In the hook nas nsen seen by any ol the pres- deals with ths mobilisation of 1914. Hen neratlon nt traders, and many says thts began as early as April 'of """ sssuss nave practically reached that year, and ths mobilisation also of I pre-war levels. ; the English hanks In order to gst large Seldom In the recent history of tlia stocks of gold. .. I "took market have so many adverse Then the kaiser continues: i inoiors appeared at one time, tdnlil. June Beginning of preparations I a,ltlB ot ounties nsd proceeded lo & for mobilisation In .England."- - P" that lulled a slseable portion of Juna 15 Russia: Troona eal ed to ln" leaning iraternuy to sleep, r'irai arms in Anrll arid Mav under the nra. I oame the allied Invasion of German Mr tense that they were to servs in ma-1 ritory after many had entertained tin neuvers, and being kept tinder arms fot llon that a settlement was assured, an outbreak of war." . IThen ths true slgnlnoance of the ex- July SO All the Belgian reserve of- oeeaingiy poor railroad earning fleers have been oalled to arms." Kegardlng hte refusal of ths sugges tion by Russia to submit the Serbian Incident to The Hague court of arbltra. tion, ths former emperor says: "The proposal of the csar wag not dawned upon some traders, copper dropped to its lowest pries since If 1 4. tne steel situation waa, if anythlnu, worse than it has been at any time thin year in spue or independent price re duction, a ftCO.OOO.OUO Issue of treas- spproved. Russia wanted In this way I ,ur' oincates was announced, and the to gain time to prepare for war. I Income ta payments are impending. "On August 4 Sir Rdward Orey (the Where Will tho Decline "toot British, foreign secretary) demands of students nf the amnii h.ria Germany that Germany halt her offen-1 rather generally believe that low levels slvo march of troops Into Belgium or mUst dtiBllcate themselves before a otherwise 'England will protect Bel glum; This was the English declara tion of war, STATE TO REST TODAY tf;HnK ir i i and 1 Ja-konv.n. Kin.. March 11 Mrn. A. prob- I Wot Mi Is off. :. nf Van Hrt. O.. "wan airnoKL i ij m at nr. i j nmru imij m raoiu tern- ! t ! for- The politicians ara Jaalous of the or ganisation they have already created. They do not like Mr. Hoover. Borne of them would doubtleaa be clad to see him fail. Altogether he la in the most difficult position of any member of the cabinet, even Including Mr. Hughes, who is hedged atout by Sen atorial influence reaching Into the White House and even into hia own department. In a recent conference with the press, Mr. Hoover showed a sense of his difficulties which was never apparent in his similar confer ences when tie was food administra tor. He has two ways out. one to enlist public opinion In his support. TubMcHy he obtained at the time of hia ap pointment and his recent press con ference had that object. Ths other la to obtain the voluntary co-operation of businfts ae he did when he was food administrator and thus create a business sentiment in bis aid. He is working in both directions, with what success it Is Impossible to predict. PANAMA AND COSTA RICA HAVE CEASED FIGHTING I They laform ihm Uayir Of Kaftoas Thai They Have Aeevpfed !- Slalloa By I wlted Stale.- Geneva. March 13. (Ky Aasociat-d Prens. The Iraxue of nations torltiy published dispatches exchanged be twem i'anams and Costa Itira and Htr Kric lrunmond. general secretary of the !-afntf-. fn whirh the two republic: notifli-d Sir Kric that they had accepted media'ion by the I'ntted States In th.lr fronti'-r riirputt- nnd that hostilities have c-m. Str Kric. in replying, ex pressed the- pleasure of the count'it of the lew Kim of nation at the mediation of the I'ntted States whirh. he ssid. seemed a "od way of bringing about a -"tlement ot J ff H u it iiS of two mem bers tf tie ;itu' of nations. Fan.ma stid Ki a - h bolftn the othrr entirely responsible for the Kea h Monte her. Holfe, machine, iMnding did not hen Holfe. an airplane of Augusta. driven by j difficulty atom; t h; border btwen th struck with two passengers In the was attempting to make a n the .n h and apparently Mr V"Iienkoff. who was stonpinK to itJ'her eashelts The plane struct, tiff in He id- and bt d'e.l a f.rw fYt'.rmM latr, K deputy tok chare- f. KoJir j r.ihng lfifiga- I tion of the acidtnt. lepubt: lanarr.a reltert-s her rumi recognise the .ircision of Chief Justic V hi'e of he Truled Hiates Supreme. c.urt in dl;mit trig ttie- frontier and re r r.e finM tf demand an tndem flllv f"' Iet. 'f rpfrniU. ri p--1:b i'oi I'.i- n rr-pt't'fifi tt - pj n- 'f Xrwri'-ara n t v th vn tit't ha ir'ual t minr-4.' Urn, Jake Hamorw Widow Of the called First , GO TO JURY THIS WEEK Ardmore. Okl.. March IS. The state of Oklahoma will rest Its case in the trial of Clara Smith Hamon, charged with the murder of .Take U Hamon, Re publican national committeeman from Oklahoma, and oil and railroad million aire, early Monday afternoon, state's counsel said here tonight. Attorney General 8. Prince Freeling, in charge cf the prosecution, returned to Ard- more from Oklahoma City tonight for ine reopening of the trial at o'clock tomorrow. 5 Introduction of all state's evidence ana testimony will be completed to morrow noon or shortly after, state's attorneys declared. Four of the re maining chief witnesses will be sum- moned to the stand, Mrs. Jake U Ha mon, wtdowi Frank L. Ketch, Hamon' oust nose manager; Errett Dunlan. oil man and close business aaaociata or Hamon, and 8am Blair, newspaper man, wno is alleged, in published statements, to have obtained Clara Hamon's story of the Hamon killing In Mexico Decern bet last. Several minor witnesses, in- eluding J. li. McQulre, A. J. Chapman and Frank Adams, also will 'testify, according to state counsel. An unexpected turn In the tactics of uefei.se counsel, which caused a shift ing or the prosecution testimony, clanged his announced plans Saturday to call Mrs Jake Hamon to the witness stand as the first witness. Attorney General Frellng said, adding that he had materlaily strengthened the state's case through adoption of another for- mstion. j Ketch. Pun lap or Mro. Hamon will! be the first called tomorrow mornlnf, however the first mentioned probably being the Initial selection, the attorney general stated. "We hope to expedite the trUl as much as possible by the staie placing Its case within the shortest possible time. Attorney General Kreeflnv stated, "and wj hope the dene show the same disposition. The prog- icse or the trial thus tar has , satisfactory, and if aa rapid time Is made In the coming week, the ease should be In tho binds of the jury by late Thursday, or Friday at the latest "With the bare down, I cannot tell to what extent she will testify or upon what angles; therefore I can hardly place any approxtn ate tlm limit upon my cross-examination, the attorney general replied whn asked as to what length he would cross-examine Clara Hamon If he is called to. the stand. "1 am informed in good faith, how ever, that her testimony will not re quire more than a half rour's time. he added, althojgh he would not comment further on his own viewpoints. Iiefense Counsel has not Indicated to what length or upon what phases of the rase tha defendant will testify. State's counsel expects, under prve ent indications, to be back In rebuttal late Wednesday, according to Attorney 'ieneral Freeling. The statement for the defe-nne. which was waived by de fence ronnp I at the opening of the trial, is epct.l to be made after com pletion of state s test imon. Their case. It has been indicated, is tjtat Clara Hamon sho J ike Hamon in self-de-fen-, and while Jske Hamon waa tn rn tncxicated condition. KfTort on the part ut state attorneys io evtablish thM Tiara Hamor Is now 29 ye.ir old instead of 27, as haa been de lured by the defendant and touched opon in e idenrr introduced, became knwn tody H. H. lirown. who, with Attorney ; nersl Frehi.jc- is conducting the prt secoiion inJ--t i this phase Into th-.-as--. In a statement today The attor nry fcen-rl orrnborsied the Mafement. sjivtr.i Pate's evldrnte o be introduced ,'! t.-i,. (m prove that the defendant ufm in her :t h year, and that at I tip li"rif the ftt far frt ninl rt m (it. Jake Hamon she u tl ears old. ' T SPENDS THE SABBATH DAY QUIETLY ehancs In the market trend can be ef fected. In December the lowest levelri must be reached attain. The upturn In January and February was greater than expeoted, from whloh many Re lieved that neither precedent nor anal ogy would bs avplioabls In ths ml market. ' The developments ot the paxt week have confuted this latter belief and confirmed the flrat-mentloned the ory. Now the question Is, Where will the decline stopT Wearied By Work Of Contina- and favorable factors with Immediate ou.s Conferences He Casta XJJlJKrZJ"; . Aside CareS Of Office . ' (Interest In determining Its probable w-. I course, DINES WITH FEW FRIENDS Th unfavorabU factors Include: Thj i raiiroaa situation, tivurope and tne in- Washlnirton, March II. W.arted byiamn't' Problems, United states treaa- week given over to am almost eon- '"" 'oor liquidation oosiacioa, tlnuou round of conferences, Presl. nl"h "I1 rlce. dent Harding- today oast aside ths : .lnst these may be placed the fol- carea of office and rested. , 'ow'n Ave favorable Influence! He- Accompanied by Mrs, Hardin, the PUDiican policies ravoraoie to busmen. President attended the mornlni serv- improving business, expected taxation Ice at Calvary Baptist church and af-1 action In railroad waa-e cuu, ter dining with a few Intimate friends low "'ty nd commodity prices. as guests, strolled through ths White I m these lists references to fur- House grounds and took a long, auto-I "'"r """" owtma or poor urninm mobile rids, .... I no' announced have been omitted The church was crowded, want kit. 1 on the theory that they have btou Ing spread that Mr. Harding would rather fully discounted. It will bs oli- attend the service, and hundreds un- wrved that ssvsral Items in the rp- abls to gain admittance, waited outside Pctlvs, columns serve to counteract to get a gUmpss of the ehief execu- wh other, ' tlve. Consider the railroad problem. No Dr. J. Stanley Durkee, president of other problem of national . scope su- Howard university, oocnpylng the pul- If roachss the transportatioa hiatus in, pit, expressed the belief both In his I importance, murn laoor is onmny re- prayer and sermon that' the nations sponsible ror defeating the plain o- of the world. Including "dlstrauahf Russia, would corns to a "common un. derstandlng. Insuring perpetual peaca. His prayer contained a request that the President and his cabinet be dl- Jects of the Ksch-Cummins act, and doubts as to what uctlon will he tkn by the brotherhoods of the workci are largely the ettuse of the stork mar- kst unsettlement in rails during the vlnsly guided In solving perplexing I week.' The coursgeous action of the domestic and International problems. Pennsylvania, New Yolk Central and During an afternoon of almost sum- I various wsstern roans in cutting wanw mer-ilke weather. Mr. Harding took land salaries undoubtedly haa popular advantage of the first real opportunity I "notion, so. when these Items are bin. to get acquainted with his surround- I anced against each other Ihe deduction nas at ths White House. He Inspected I as to ths trend of railroad shares In. li the Immense eerd that stretches to- I cate an advance rather than a further ward the Potomac. I decline. . Thsre was no intimation today at the I Uaalnea M rwly Improving. White House as to whether any Impor tant nominations. Including those te the shipping board, would be sent to the senats before It adjourned, prob ably late tomorrow, Jt waa considered likely, however, that aaothir batch a appointments would be announced to morrow, but no Inkling waa given as to what posts would be filled. AT LEAST FIVE PERISH I IN FIRE AT RICHMOND Ymmt Flresaea and Aa I'aldeatlged Per- mmm Lew Lift. Wtm Two Par. Hare qtores Bara Richmond, Vs.. March II. Five are known to be aesu, two are missing ana over a score Injured, six of whom are In hospitals, as tho result of on ths most destructive fires In this city In yeara. Pour of the five dead were members of tho same company of fire men. They were on the roof of I buildlnsVad joining ths six story sstab llahment of the Charles O. Jurgens iurniturs company wnen a oar. orart caused aa explosion) which blew out the wall between the two bulldlnrs and crumpled the roof of the adjoining building. The fire fighters were pre eipltated to the street, being burled alive beneath the debrla. Their bodies. charred and. In some Instances, almost anrecognlsable, were dug from the rulne by their comrades. Several of the bodies were Identified by means of rlnas and other Jewelry. The entire fire department was call ed out to fight the blase, which threat ened to spread to other buildings. The damage le estimated at between I3&0. S(H and lion ooe. Public Safety Direc tor Myere has ordered a thorough In vestigation of the eonatructton of the buildings In an attempt to fix respon sibility for the deaths. The men known to be dead are: Orover C. Richardson, fireman, . R. Outhrlo. Breman. Hen Garrison, fireman. Johnson, fireman. Aa upldentined cltlaen. SIAMH RTKAVKR 11 lKIKO tOKDITlU. OS-r UIMftALTAR ndon. March 11. The Bpaolah stramer Lonlls la la a slaking condi tion west of Gibraltar, according to a wireless dispstcb rerelv.4 by Lloyda The Itritlah steamer .Haworta la stand ing by and resr-ning those on board (Th flotilla la a vessel of 2.174 Ion. net nh. eras last reported it having aa,ld. February 17 for tllbraltar from On the other hand, low socurliy prices,' nspaolally In the Induntiinl group, are not Indications that th v will not move lower. Steel prices urs an Illustration of an untettllng fsctur thst may very readily bs translated Into lower steel stock prices But re ports from various parts of the count rv Indtcate that business Is Improving slowly, it is true, but Improving never theless. The motor Industry Is operat ing to an extent unexpected two, months ago. Naturally steel require-' ments from this source will be in creased. The cycl between businefta, lajor and purchase tn at Irast on., Held Is thsrefore complete, and may be expected to expand slowly. . Except for the effects of the Euro pean situation, tee chief problems con trolling this country msy be said to b if a state of flux, and ths directive ( Continued on Pa go Four. ) ROCKY MOUNT WOMAN TAKES HER OWN LIFE Bllba ro swall orders J Mr. It. T. Kdwarda, Prominent Social. ly. Killed Hrroelf With Pistol Knrly Snndny Morning. .jmmj w faue aomt Rocky Mount. March 11. Mrs. R T. ICdwards, wife of on of the city's lead ing buelness men and prominent la lo cal social circles, fatally shot herself, presumably Intentionally, at her "lome In the Kdgemont section of the city this morning about t o'clock. The only shot fired, which waa from a .It calibre automatic, entered th right temple and resulted la death almost Instan Mrs- ICdwards. who was a compara tively young woman la her early thir ties, had appeared In no wise out of the ordinary during the day, and ah and her husband had returned from a so cial gathering last night. It is under stood, only a short while befor the fatality occurred. Prteads and rel atives can assign no reason whatever for th art and are anatble to give any explanation ax to what prompted th shooting. Mrs. Edwards, though a natlv af aa Dlegw. Calif., had resided la this city for the pant several year sine her marriage and was exoeedinarly prominent la all phase of the cur e social life. Her feoeband Is a aroml- t Ic-at buslneea mnn. being a mem ber of the arm of the Krlwards-Cutca-In Motnr company nnd well knowa throughout eastern Car oil. a I V