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Jll ORE! WEATHER You Want All Ihi New About Butineat Rpod IheAdt Daily (loud?, f ooler Tod7 Wtdnfidar Fair. -a DA LY NEWS VOL. XXIV. NO. 64 cm:rn s ski osd cuss matti aT ruCTOmrx. fiBKENSBftRO. N C. GREENSBORO, N. C TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 22. 1921 AGRICULTURE AND BIG BUSINESS SHOW SIGNS DAILY SHCY. IT.00 Mi TXAS DAILY ANIl S1IM1IAV, tOQ H VISAS PRICE FIVE CENTS Myron Herrick Will Again Go To France OFCEMTOGEIR They Are Lining Up In Favor Of Harding's Tariff Program. WOULD AVERT HIGH RATES Big Business Interests Do Not Want To Shut Doors Of Trade To Europe. FARMERS HOLD SAME VIEW Prompt mute of th Harding Pro posal Would HwnitTf it Great Danger and Open Way For Karlr Action On RfTwtnp Problem. Dally New, Bureau and TVlefrtph Offle.. Tlx KUfs Butldlni (Br Lush! Wire) By C. W. GILBERT. (Copirtibt, 1821, bj Philadelphia Public Ltdfrr.) Washington, Mach 21. Signs ire multiplying here, of the drawing to gether of the big business Interests and the agricultural Interests upon a program for the Harding administra tion. A flrst Indication Is the proposal to pass the "two-Inch" tariff bill sug gested hy Mr. Harding In his recent conference with the Kansas farmers. If this bill is passed and passed quickly one of the big dangers of the Harding administration, the union of agrarians with the smaller business In terests throughout the country which are interested In high duties on vari ous commodities, may be averted and a tariff inconsistent with this country's position as a creditor nation may be averted. The agricultural Interests have this In common wtth the bigger business in terests of the country. Hoth want to reach foreign markets. A combination of the farmers with the various other protective tariff groups in this coun try would result In a virtual tariff wall about America, which would prob ably shut us out of foreign trade by preventing foreign producers from sell ing to us. A passage of the two-inch tariff hilt would clear the way for the early con sideration of revenue measures which Is what the bigger Interests of the na tion earnestly desire. The opinion of business iB that there can be no economic recovery in this country until the nation's taxation policy is settled. It Is generally held that the considera tion of the tariff as a whole before taxation measures would be fatal to an early return of business toward tha normal. , Want Trade" Door Kept Open. And if the consideration of the tariff as a whole results In the formation of a tariff block betwVen the reoresen - tstivss of the agricultural Interests and the representatives of such bus ' lness Interests as are concerned only t with the domestto market then bus ' laess recovery In this country may to made alow Indeed, for tariff legislation to likely to taka the form of duties that will check foreign trade. The larger Business Interests of the nation are interested In two things. They want to know as aoon aa possible what duties they must pay, and they want to avoid a tariff which will close the avenuea of, foreign trade. The Harding administration seems to be desirous of breaking the possible tariff combination between the agri cultural senators and congressmen and the other high tariff advocates In both bouses which Chairman Fordney has industriously built up, ao as to free It self of the danger of a tariff which doesn't meet the conditions laid down In the inaugural In which It was said .that we cannot buy where we do not ell. , The entire cabinet Is in favor of giv ing tha agricultural interests what they need In the way of virtually pro hibitive duties promptly and separately from general tariff revision so that ' their needs cannot be used as the basis of trading In tariff making which will result In too high schedules generally and so that prompt relief from the present taxation system can be got. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon Is especially strong for ths action. Mr. Mellon understands the attitude of big business better than any other member of the administration. The trouble Is that Congressman i Fordney representing those business interests which care only for the do- ' mesllc market is manoevurtng for the support of the agrarian Interests. He wishes to prevent any action on the agricultural achedules apart from ac tion on the general schedules so that h can count on the farm vote putting through high general schedules. He is in a strong tactical position; under the law he has the initiative. And he has hla committee almost solidly with him. Just who ire l. this block of agricul tural votes win determine largely the fate of the Harding administration. Want Restoration Of Europe. The bigger business interests which eek a foreign market are interested In one other thing besides prompt ac tion on taxation and a moderate tariff which will not close European markets us, and that Is the restoration or Kurepe aa a st) toward economic re covery here. Their representative in the cabinet sees clearly that there can ha no assurance of a return to busi ness normalcy here until Europe Is Mt on Its feet. He says so whenever he gets a chance. It will surprise no one In Washing ton if the next move toward a cancella tion of our war loans comes not from Europe, certainly not from Vlvianl and tha foreign missions which are coming here after him, but from American business sources. If co-operation be tween the big business Interests and he agrarian Interests which Is begin ning on the tariff bill develops an early move will be made to interest 'he farmers in a program for cancel ing all our war loans except those to Great Britain and luteog this can cellation as the basis of reducing Ger n reparatlona to a point where Ger man Industrial recovery Is possible. The farmers and the big business in terests have this in common, both wish o reach foreign markets. B"th re gard their own recovery s tied up with the recovery of Europe It will be remembered that the first demand that this country advance .,. n p uai credit to Germany as a means of low-,h(, .fternoon th Ting her Asia market came from the b, rHuri April this depends upon our cancelling our loans eirept those to Great Britain and thu r-lu, iny reparations a oor.ilei eble fr, e wl;i te exercised for tnat "licy Al any rate if the big inter ests and the farmers pull together cn ore than the two-inch tariff the neat ten win be to try to And a community f Interest on the cancellation of the r Ice a. I 1 IIS BET ON WAHS AS MORRISONSELECTION Federal Clerks, Soon To Be Ousted, Will Get State Jobs. ARE ALREADY LINING UP Morrison's Ambition To Be Sen ator, It Is Said, Has Some thing ToDoWith It. NEGRO IS ELECTROCUTED Myron T. Herrick. former I'nlted States ambassador to France, and one time governor of Ohio, who is slated for the post of ambassador to France according to rumors In official circles in tvasnington. Mr. Herrick -it is said, would be most acceptable to the French euvr rnmeni. ne resigned as ambaa sador to France in 1914. FORDNEY TARIFF BILL, PRECISELY AS VETOED, Will Be First Important Legisla tion Of Extra Session. MR. HARDING WANTS IT Emergency Tariff Bill May Be In President's Hands 10 Days After Congress Opens. TRYING TO HELP FARMER Siew Fordney Bill Will Be Presented With six Months' Limitation Bat Ita Provisions May Expire Sooner Thnn That. Washington, March 21. The Ford ney emergency tariff bill, precisely aa vetoed by former President Wilson, will be rushed through Congress as the first Important legislation of the extra session. Acceding to the request of President! naraing lor passage of a measure de signed to help the farmers, crying for protection against foreign competition. Republican members of the house ways and means committee turned about to day and voted to revive the Fordney bill after agreeing almost unanimous ly a week ago not to consider any emergency legislation ahead of a per manent tariff and revenue revision. Senators Penrose. Smodt and Mc Cumber, conferees from the senate finance committee, agreed to the new program, which. It was explained, meets the approval of the President. Senator Penrose expressed the belief that the emergency measure would be In the hands of Mr. Harding within 10 days after the convening of the epe clsl session. April 11. Several members of the house com mittee, including Chairman Fordney and Representatives Longworth and Green, conferred with Senator Penrose. who heads the senate finance commit tee, after the former committee had reached Its agreement. From this conference came the prediction that the measure would be rushed through the house under a special rule and through the senate, possibly under limitation of debate as enforced by cloture. The new Fordney bill will he pre sented with a six months' limitation. but its provisions will expire at an earlier date should the permanent bill be enacted before expiration of the six months' period. The house ways and means commit tee at the end of an all-day wrangle apparently was In the utmost harmony. Calling In newspaper men at tlie close of the session. Chairman Fordney set forth the final program with everybody expressing approval. After disposing of the emergency measure in the flrst few days of the extra session, the house will take up and pass the anti-dumping bill, which will be followed hy the allied measure fixing an American valuation on goods which must pay ad valorem duty. Then will come the permanent tariff. which Republican leaders hope will be broad f nough to satisfy all n.terests in all tections demanding an upward revision. The actual work of 'raming it will begin tomorrow, hearings hav ing bee.i concluded at the last session. While the house Is at work on the tariff the senate finance committee will consider revenue revisions, and its printed hearing will be available to the ways and means romnuttee. which will write the bill. In this way Mr. Ford ney predicted I'onL'rps vould work at (Continued on 1'age Five ) VIATEWAN BATTIK l)FFFDATI ARK Alfll ITTI'D BY Jl HY Williamson. u Va March 21 Police Chief Sid Hatfield and 15 other men of Matewan, found not gul'ty today of connection with t (' Felts, a private left for their lion I'nless there is i ever, they will I he death of Albert detect! e last May. e low n late today. , l.npe of p. an, how fre. t,it a short time ar.r, M.nced during t trp next case would Ther William Hopkins Pays Death Penalty For harder Of Sampson County Man Harding Appreclatea Legislature's Action. Ttw Greeoaxini Daily Newi Bn-eatl. 'H MeMiuiia National Bank Rldi. By W. T. BOST. Raleigh, March 21. Old guard poli ticians are gambling that Governor Morrison's revenue commissioner will be Col. Hobs Watts and Washington and Raleigh clerks in line for th grand bounce are making their berths under the Watts administration For many days the newspaper men who do not like to see things entirely alike have been conceding tha Watts selection. The atmosphere has reek ed of it. The Watts support, while nothing like ao formidable In character as that given Maxwell, has been im pressive enough to alarm those who do not wish to see a great department of the state turned into a clique. But the old guarders have let the feline out of the bag. Morrison, they say, will be the next United States senator from the west and one can shut hla eyea and write the name of the man who would most likely turn a department into political camp. The governor has done nothing in Raleigh to indicate that he has the slightest purpose to give Mr. Overman trouble. The chief executive haa done business and a lot of It. But Char lotte says he is going to race Mr. Over man, and Charlotte is a mighty big town. Old guard leaders declare that there isn't the smallest doubt about the Morrison candidacy for the senate, and old guarders call Mr. Morrison their own notwithstanding his declara tion that "we have routed the reac tionary." Anyway, Colonel Watta is getting the solid support of the gen uine blown in the bottle old guarders and that la nothing to be gubernatori al grlnnod at. Aa Elastic Act. The first effort to indict the out going Raleigh and Washington depart ments on the atate failed badly. The general assembly was not an old guard bunch, it would not hear to Collector Bailey's atata conatabulary, though tha collector's hand in tha proposed legis lation was never seen. If he did any thing to hetl) the proposal nobody ever deteoted it. Thera wasn't a chanoe for a liquor revenue agency ot auch colos sal part as this rmuudi; Birt th atate was willing enough to create a new tax department. It had Seen the tax aquad under Allen J. Maxwell work and there wasn't at the close of Its business a suspicion that the organi sation had done more than find prop erty and value it. The general as sembly had likewise seen revenue forces in operation and no one aver failed to observe how these organisa tions played politics. That explained the difficulty of interesting the legis lature In a prohibition organisation and the ease in making the same body "fall for" a commissioner of revenue, who is a commissioner of taxation. Thua the tax' rose which was to smell ao sweet under one kind of administra tion promises to be a revenue stink weed under another. Under the new revenue commission er act, which la one of the most In nocent pieces of legislation of the 1921 assembly, the ' governor appointa for the first term of four years, a man supposed to be a tax expert. Colonel Watts never had any difficulty raising revenue lor campaign purposes and ev erybody knows that he Is capab' many things. But the general sembly thought It was legislating in me interest or taxation. It never thought of anybody but Maxwell and It was not creating anything for Max wen at that. He didn't need it. He has his passes, street car fares, per quisites a plenty, and tha salary for six years as corporation commissioner is is, ooo more than his wage aa reve nue commissioner for four. And Max well has Just been named for a full six-year term The general assembly thought, how ever, that It was going to have a rev enue commissioner. It never dreamed t'f Vance's red-legged grasshoppera Least of all did It have in mind Col onel Watts. But such Is the elasticltv of the revenue act, which 1 one of the laws under which a revenue commis sioner will work, that It may provide an official lay-out that will make the future revenue outfit look as an Insur rection by comparison with the present revenue squalls in the atate and the Washington departments In the na tional capital. In other words, the revenue act Is one thing and the per sonnel is another. There Is hardly any limit to the elasticity of which this law Is capable under the Interpretation if the auth ,r of the Neal gerrymander. Joke On Assembly. It Is a huge joke that has been plaed on the late general assembly which was fon ver chanting "Damn Old Rye Lieker Davis" and "Damn Jo slah William Bailey and Aua Watts" most of the damns coming from nolltl- AS DOG COLLAR 'ROUND Declares Gen. Atterbury, Of the Pennsylvania Railroad. IS AGAINST AGREEMENTS Rules Should Be Negotiated Be tween Road Officials and Employes. "LIKE A GAME OF POKER" Charge la Made That the t'nlon Lead era Do .ot Really Represent the Employes Atterbury Farora Piece Work. ( By Aawlatnl totf. ) Chicago. III., March 81. Brig Oen. W. W. Atterbury, vlce-presldVnt of the Pennsylvania railroad and former chairman of the. railway executives' la bor committee, took an emphatic stand against national agreements, which he termed "proline of misunderstandings," in a heated all-day cross-examination before the railroad labor board today. Questioning by Frank P. Walsh, counsel for the unions, brought vigor ous replies from General Atterbury and time and again the witneus replied by cross-questioning his interrogator. Charges that the union leaders did not really represent the employes and that national rules were used to procure employment for more men and ex tract money from the railroads on technicalities were hurled across the table as the general took the atand against all rules of national application. The gist of General Atterbury s tes timony today may be summarised thus: Rules should be negotiated between officials of the roads and their own employes, acroas the conference table, "like a game of poker." The eight-hour-day could not be universally applied to all employee, es pecially train service men, "because the Lord didn't build the railroads that way." The establishment of the hourly basis of shop work has destroyed the en ergy and Initiative of shop employes and abolition of piece work would De the "most dreadful thing that could happen to railroad employes." National rulea constituted a dog col- ar around the necka of the railroads, which would be free to negotiate their own rulea with' their own employes. the minute the board cuts he dog collar." General Atterbury was referring to cartoon from a labor paper repre sentlng national agreements aa a collar on a dog labelled "railroads." and led by "labor." Two charges against union officials were laid down by the gen eral In the climax of tha day'n testi mony. Ha declared that although the national agreementa had the object ot employing moca men, he waa a bet ter friend of my men than any of the union men at this table." Tha declara tion brought from Mr. Walsh a Query whether JileauJ tA.Uar.buxyltal the section hand of his road.v "No, but you do not. Those men are not represented here," th general re plied. , General Atterbury maintained throughout the day that no set of rulea could be negotiated which would have a national application and declared th only satisfactory way of agreeing .on rule waa by direct conference between the officers who would apply tha rulea and tha employes whom they would af fect. General Atterbury read a statement earlier In the day which declared the American people had reached "tha parting of the ways.' No more aerloua question confronts ua today." he aald. "One road leads to government ownership, nationalisa tion. Plumb planism and syndicalism the other road to Industrial peace and the continuation of that Individual Initiative, energy and responsibility which is peculiarly American. The algnboard on one road la national agreements;' on the other road 'nego tiate directly with your own em ployes.' " General Atterbury declared he had no fight with organised labor aa such and said that within "reaaonable lim its, it Is a healthy spur to bring about fair conditions." He enumerated six points which he aald the employe haa a right to expect and the employer should provide: Aa steady employ ment as possible; a sood wage; time for recreation; opportunity to elevate himself in his employment; a voice In determining the rulea and reguia- Mr. Shuck Not Backed By Maryland Senators Is Denied That They Had Any Part In His Appointment To Suc ceed McDowell He May Soon Be Transferred Or Else Kept In North Carolina As Member Of Revenue Field Force. Yanderford Will Retain All His Assistants. Dally Nt fcittati and T.lvfiaah Offlra. The Him Bulldlna IBv LnuM win I By THK.ODOKK TII.LKR. Washington, March 21. Senator O. E. Weller, of Maryland, today denied that he had had anything to do with the appointment of W. L. Shuck a the successor to Colonel Manley Mc Powell as revenue agent in charge in North Carolina. The Maryland Repub llcan aetiator was asked about the ap pointment In view of reports in G. O. P. circles In North Carolina that he had been Instrumental In "putting over' Marylander for a fat federal Job in another Mtate. "I didn't believe I even know Mr. Shuck." said Senator Weller. "I be lieve there are some folks named Shuck over near Cumberland In my state, but. I didn't know Mr. Shuck had a Job In North Carolina and 1 had absolutely nothing to do with his ap polntment and never auggested It to the treasury department. In fact I've never heard of the case until this very minute." 8enator Weller was Informed that John M. Morehead. Republican nation al committeeman from North Caro lina, had protested to Secretary Mellon beoaus Mr. 8huck had been named without O. K. by the Republican or ganisation of North Carolina. Mr. Weller smiled as one who knows tha ways and Jealousies of patronage die- trlbutors. but declared really that Mr. Morehead could have no grievance against him since he had not spon sored Mr. Shuck's appointment. Senator France, of Maryland, could not be located today but it la under stood that he, too, Is In Ignorano re garding the Shuck appointment. The Maryland politicians plead not guilty and responsibility must be placed alas, where. Mr. Shuck la a. Republican, ao It can hardly be charged that Senator Sim mons had anything to do with hla pro motion. It begins to appear that Mr. f-huck waa appointed mainly because he had been actively assisting Colonel McDowell and waa famllar with the work, but tha mistake th administra tion made waa in not consulting tha Republican organisation in North Caro lina. . , . ' Will Soon Be a Change. It Is not doubted here that- Mr. Shuck's tenure of offloe will be brief. H probably will b transferred baok to Maryland, or kept In North Carolina aa on of the field fore, but in view of the Morehead. protaat It is aald h will not long remain at th head of tha revenue aquad. Patronage matters in general took on a new angle today when It became known that President Harding will hav llttl sympathy with factional llenalilliaina w'Wn,y -stata. Thl may not be so Important in North Carolina where th organisation la pretty well together with the excep tion of its trouble with former Sena tor Marlon Butler, but th Harding policy will hav mora sweeping elteot in Oklahoma. Tennessee and Georgia where there sir bitter factional centra. versles. It la learned that President Harding has served notice on the Oklahoma and Tennessee Republicans that unless they soon adjust their differences and fix their slates he will disregard the fac tions altogether and make personal ap pointments. This virtual ultimatum Is expected to quickly bring he warring U. O. P. elements to an understanding. The President Indicated plRlnly, It 1 understood, that be does not Intend to have these factional squabbles drag along for a year or two when there are Important vacancies to be filled, or when hold-over Democrats are staying in office simply because the Republl cans cannot agree on patronage dlstr! bution. Ot course Senator Marlon Butler cannot be read entirely out ot th equation In North Carolina, but It re mains to be seen how much pressure he can exert at tha White House to have hta demanda considered aa against the slate of the Morehead-Llnney or ganisation. Mr. Butler haa been left out in the cold by the Morehead-Llnney conferences and it I plain that h doesn't Intend quietly to submit. If President Harding regards Mr. Butler's displeasures aa constituting "faction a'llam" In North .Caroline hla edict to Oklahoma and Tennessee would apply also to North Carolina. If Mr. Butler' following doea not approach th Im portance of a "faction" he may be placated personally by certain recog nition at tha Whit Houaa, leaving tha Morehead-Llnney folka In fairly full control. However, Mr, Harding's threat to make "personal appointments" in tates where the Republican oraanlsa tion men cannot agree la a radical and Important step that doubtless will be followed by a hustling among Repub llcane to bury their differences and get together in a division of th plums, Kramer Heaelada Order. The commissioner of Internal rev nue has resolnded hla order requiring Cot. T. H. Vanderford to reduce by one hi fore of prohibition agents In North Carolina. Tha protest against th or der to cut down the prohibition force in th (tat was made by Senator aim mons and t'oday It was announced that Colonel Vanderford would be allowed to retain all of hia assistant. . Senator Overman today mad an en gagement to confer Wednesday with Dr. W. C, Whlta regarding th pro posed sale of th Kenllworth hospital property to the publlo health service. Dr. Whit I th head of a commission that will determine th location of va rious new hospitals to be purchased or conatructed by th publlo health serv ice. At th Wednesday conferences on Kenllworth will be Senator Overman, Representative, sbC Wwvr ni ,3tt Chllds, of Ashevllle.- ....... The name of six Tar Heel pensioners hav been placed on th federal roils at th monthly pensions named below; , John C Raymer, Statesvllle, 30; Jacob Hicks, Elk Park, fit; Anthony Jon. Greensboro, flf); Seymour B. Waeaater, Morganton, 111; Horatio Mo Kenna, Lenoir, 111) Jam J. Stewart, Mount Holly. III. ' , MASKED MOB FAILS IN EFFORT TO BREAK INTO GEI With Two Distrlcta Out Plebi scite Shows Germany 876, 000, Poland 389.000. NO UNTOWARD INCIDENTS lly iaorlius Praskt London, March 71. Th official re turns of the plebiscite In Upper Blleala as given by Dr. Simons, th German foreign secretary, in a telegram to London, are; Germany, Til. 700; Poland. 460,700, In the whole plebiscite area, or approxi mately II per cent In favor of remain ing German territory, and approxl mately IS per cent for incorporation In Poland. Olvlng details of the polling, Dr. 81- LYLIVI G.F.C. Heavy Iron Door Saves Prisoner From Probable Lynching. UNABLE TO SECURE KEYS Sheriff At Houston, Va., Stands Pat and Refuses To Heed Mob's- Demand. POSSE ARRIVES ON SCENE Dlsnerae Mob After Outer Door To Jail Had Been Broken Oowa. Prisoner Are fonnd la a ' Hysterical ConIHsu (SPKlal ta Pally Ntn.) Danville, Va, Maroh II, No further trouble waa anticipated this evenlnir at Houston, county seat of Halifax, where for two houra, between midnight and I o'clock thl morning a mob' of 100 men attacked th jail for th avowed purpose of, seising Joseph Coleman, a negro, held In connection with the murder of William Rlokman, near Houston, early Sunday morning. The attack on th Jail was wholly un successful, nobody waa hurt and Ova negro suspects were taken away from the town for safekeeping elsewhere during th course ot th afternoon. The sheriff declined to say where they had been taken but he felt confident that thera would be no further trouble. Crowbar, pick axes and sledgeham mers were uaed la order to get Into th jail, where , eight prlaonere, half erased wit hfear, lay oa tha floor of their celle to avoid bullets, whloh Hew into th building. Th jail la one of th beat In thla section, a two-story brick affair with a wooden door and two Iron doora to be passed through, before the Interior can be reached, Sheriff L. W, Rio had refused to ur ender th keys and felt sure that llt tl short ot dynamite oould bring about an ntraiic. How William Rlokman mat hi death la not quit certain but th authorities . who hav mad an Inquiry feel sure that he was murdered. His body was found at about I o'clock Sunday morn ing by passing motorists on the Scotts burg road about two miles from Hous ton. Hia skull waa crushed In Several places from a heavy Instrument and his back was broken. To dny th possibility of an automoblls accident waa a half filled unbroken . flask of llqour la his coat pookat and a soda ' bottle half rilled and propped Upon th dead man' body,! , Mob Demand Keys. Chief ot Police Coleman Parry, of South Boston, wtth Justloe of . th Peace Woodall, nn hearing of ths mur der Sunday went to the soon and learned that Rlokman had been seen last ajlv near the scens of a negro mons sava: "All 'ha towns, esoeclally tlona under which he works; the right , the industrial centers, show an over cal opponents This execration of Broth ers Davis, Bailey and Watts expressed Itself most violently in the liquor leg. islatlon. Prank Hampton came down here from "The Senator's" office and allowed as how fine it would be to have a stat constabulary, then switch ed the caueerle to the Iianieln-Himmon j-enatonal situation The very fact that Hampton was interested In a state revenue department wan proof enough to the antls that it would be a bad thing. Hut without ra'lsing the sllghtes etisplcion from any quarter the legis lature enact.-d 'he revenue commission er bill Into law and everything In township, town county and district is available for a revenue ma.-hlne undr a nia-h!riet N.-ver wae there anything to appr.-n.-si it. In-let tt.e state tai i i n, Tiiseion the revaluation ma'-hinerv r. at 1 1 1 mi : Wheat growers of the weet and the nd, .tnlf.nts against in,- men rr-ea - cotton grower, of the south. If the bv .'"urv ,?, n,,:(. nn. . .,h , , , " '' st and south can be made to feel , 0nV, on 1 1 h , he de, t h. of .1 Bald J """P' '" 'o strengthen it.elf There hat their recovery depend, upon a re- j 'WT Ivi t a detective, who f.-ll mortally ! J"', T,,,. 'rn to stability in Europe and that I wud,d with Felts during th. street w hen a M, ..f ,,artlcul.r. w a. ;l'!.WrooV--'. ed tl.. atreet. R"uatlr.n c,..pier.d .d in... : f U l'-atr-.n d.v -rrv r.g not under r..,h ere indued to tell the ;' I', , , r. n, r.-.l .nn.t and "u,h at uM t...;r pr...erty TI.e pr:n .... . u,,.'-i ii Jen- was "N of truth-film . a basis both ,11,., d for .t.'e .in-1 r.-ir.:v 'station. wa, r"r7e de'erda-.' !-! not-.,g -o ,av est.h.i.hed T .. I. te n er I ..rr h! . ' ,hft . ' c , '-v jam.nile'1 h. m 'awa and ..m it.. InVWrv '.".e.,..d the ne. cf th.lrj'-u'k oC,i,e ' ' -.er. back iacauittaJ sob.riv. - ictta., - ran. to be, or not to be, a union man. ATTACKS COWTITl'TIOWALlTY or LABOR HOAD'S IKt ISION Chicago, March 11. The constltu tianallty of the railroad labor board s decision in the case of the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic railroad was challenged today when the board re ceived a brief filed by the board's re ceiver, B- L. Bugg, formerly president of the road. The employes were rep resented at the hearing today by K. P. Curtis, vice-president of she order of railway conductors, who defended their action In atrlklng. The receiver took the position that the board had ordered wages which (Continued on page ten.l MELLON'S ESTIMATE OF TAX RETURN EXCEEDED Approximately SOOOMKl.OOO Had Been Collected By tiovrrnnaent t p To Last SatnroOy. Washington, March tl Approxi mately 1600.000,000 was collected by the government In Income and profits taxes up to Isat Satuday night, accord ing to reports today to the treasury. This amount la IInO.Ooo noo In excess of the estimate made by Secretary Mel lon for the March 15 return and was the limit eipected by official, in view of ch.nged condition. In the country. About l5(i. 000,000 was collected by the government for the same qusrter a year ago but the showing so far was regarded a. excellent for this quarter. I'omplete reports f.n the amount col lected will not t,e available for .ever al days b..n..- of delay, in hearing from oullyirig district.. two km i t:i i ttTLurr TO LM 1'HIIK lIW Al.TITI DE We.t P.li Attempt, ng altitude. I.e. K J. H Farr:ng-',t killed here 1st Hea. ii. Fla . March 11. landing from too low an tirt of thin city, and . of Newport. Ky.. were thi. afternoon when their seaplane .truck the earth within 2i feet of the water and safely. Itothert. who a dnvif.g the plane te.an-i- n.r.fui.,1 and I'.nt control of th. machine a : reared tin- e.r'h. accord ing t- th-ia- In, va ane.eed the ari- lar-rgt..t w1 er' ;ne'rucfor J-'er P"i a ft t r w a - . led 1 oc lis si4e. a acting a. Poth e. In r.g ii,. danger ned lo death. !;ot.. eii the pi.ne struck whelming German vote. There are only Polish majorities In the country, especially In those parts to which, con trary to the urgent desire of the Oer man government, troops were not Bent in time for the protection of the Ger man population, sorely tried by the Polish terror." HKPORTS ARB DENOUNCED BY PADEREWKKI Al PROPAUASDA Chicago. III., March 21. Reports from Berlin telling of a German victory In the I'pper Silesia plebiscite were de nounced as propanganda by Ignaca Jan paderewskl. former premier of Poland, who stopped In Chicago today while on his way to California, where he will spend several montha resting. paderewskl declared that all ballots cast In Sunday's election were now be ing tranaportcd to central places. where the final tally of votes would be made, and expressed doubt a. to whether any formal announcement of the result would be possible for sev eral days. POLES MAY APPEAL FROM RESl'LT OP PLEBISCITE Washington. March II. Polish offi cial, here expree.ed the opinion today that Poland might appeal to the coun cil of the ambassadors and to the l.augue of nations from the result of the I'pper Silesian plebiscite should the official count be confirmatory of the i;erman victory unofficially re ported today. They are so tar with out any news of the official decision. Should sn appeal be made to the Jekgue of nations, it waa said that an impartial tnt-unal might be asked to review the plebiscite. In such a case, it was suggested that a r.pree.ntatlve of the 1'ntted State, might be a.ked to .erve a. wa. done by the league In the Aland ).:.nd dispute. IOITKI HAS AH AtKKAt.K OP IU rKH A Stl ARK MILK Washington. March M The average deneity of population throughout the I'nlted States eiclusiv of outlying population was 1 persons per aquare mile of land area In 1920 ae agarnst :) I in 1110 the census bureau an nounced toda. The der.aity figure for southern slate, were A'.at.ama. a." Florida 17 7. (leorgla. 411. Louiaiana (. M lesiawippt. SKS. Ninti "r. ' -i. Sfi.: fleitith Carolina. "7. Tnneae. 1 , and llrgiaia. ;. . i Mrs. Laura Patrick Was Mem ber Of First Graduating Class Of Local College. SHE WAS 90 YEARS OLD (spatial le tsallr Nam.) Danville, Va., March II, Mrs. Laura Crump "Patrick, ons of ths oldest eltl sens of Danville and ths only surviv ing member of th first graduating class of Greensboro Female college. In 1111, died this morning at th General hospital following an Illness dating from HIT, when ah fell and broke her hip. She had been declining for the past three weeks and her death waa not' unexpected. Ths funeral will be conducted from Mount Vernon Metho dist church at 4 o'clock on Tuesday. She was a charter member of the churoh. e j Mr. Patrick was born In 1111. In Montgomery county North Carolina.! and was. therefore. 10 years of age. She was married on December II, 1160, to Dr. Thomas Jefferson Patrick, then a Greensboro drugglat. In 11(1 they cam to Danville, where Dr. Patrick relinquished pharmaceutlca and went Into the tobacco business. Hs died January 11, 1117. Mrs. Patrick waa beat known per hapa hare for her lifelong Intereat Ii the Danville General ho.pl tai. In Hit aha waa secretary of the Ladles' Be nevolent society, which founded on Ridge street a small hospital. Ia few yeara or In I 111 Mrs. Patrick be came president of the organisation and remained aa auch until th tima of her death. The hospital moved In the early 10's to Ita present site, occupying quarters In a former school founded by Rev. G. W. Dame, whose son-in-law Robert Brydon. waa burled here Sat urday. Mra. Patrick remained active In the work of the hoapltal continually until taken III and even as a patient she remained an active adviser until ehe began alnking. Not long ago she was photogrsphed propped, up In her bed In the Institution and the picture haa been largely commented upon as being typical of the faat vanishing mother of the confederacy. Dr. and Mra. Patrick had nine chil dren. Three survive. Claude F. Pat rick. Richmond; T. Lawrence Patrick and Mrs W. O. Hlgglns. of Danville. LADY AUTOS HAS I NPLKASAVJT ESt Ot STUB ValTH A SOLDIER Plymouth. England. March II. Lady Aa.tor had an unpleasant encounter here Saturday when, aa she was leaving her residence, a eoldler baited her, made use of violent language and threatened to kill her. Realising that a display of fear might be followed by an attack. Lady Aetor sought for time and tried to get the man's name and addreee. Her tactics were ao ancces.ful that th. soldier started to run, with hie que. doner In close pursuit. The c h aa. led first to some stables and then to a public house, th. soldier finally being caught end turned o'er to th police. I.a1- A. lor. however. .xpr.sn.d the ain that no proe.edlnga bo takes! aaalnst Jh taaa. frolic. , An Investigation led to th ar rest of Jo Colamam who was remov ed to Houston jail. Word soon ran abroad of th killing and also that a nsgro suspect was In jail. - As ths afternoon wore on th sheriff began to hear rumors ot possible trouble and an Inorea.lngly large group of men gathered about th jail. Sheriff Rluo unwilling te fore th Issue br swear ing In special officers with a show ot resistance let thins run their oourss believing that If th key oould be withheld ths jail would defy ths best efforts to open it. Rio remained at his homo. At midnight two automo biles drove up and 10 men. some wear Ing black masks and others with hand kerchiefs with silts for eyes, ail of them armed, presented themaelvee to him. They made a formal demand for ths keys. ; Rio had hidden these and hs maintained a bold front telling th spokesman that hs would not deliver them a the prlaonere In their ceils had been .delivered to him for safe keeping and that under his oath ho was charged to protect them.' Ths men wasted no time but elimbed into their ears and said "we will get hts negro by other methods." By thla time 100 peopls war about th jail, not all of them part of th mob but apparently, ager to see what was to happen, Lynching Coleman waa ths avowed project when the mob want Into tho Jail enclosure. They first splintered a wooden door -with ea.e. This revealed a flat steal door with a heavy lock. It was this which foiled ths jail attack, ere and despite ths use ot heavy crow bars they could not budge It and even blows' from sledgehammers railed to loosen It. Sheriff Rio In th msantlma got Into action. He awakened ths telephone operator and hs got Into touch with South Boaton raising a general alarm and asking for about 10 armed swora In deputies. A general fir alarm waa turned la and aroused' hundreds of eltlsens. A posse was sworn In and they boarded cars and tor away down ooncraw roaa tor in ll-mlle run. South Boston has no homo guard. Its militia company mustered la last week Is not equipped and moves only on orders from Governor Davis. Poooo Attacks Nee, Th mob had worked for nearly two hours without accomplishing anything when It became rumored that a poeeo waa coming from South Boaton. This caused the mob to thla out but It yielded only after about 101 bullets from shotguns and pistols had been poured Into th jail without striking any of th prisoners. By ths time th South Boston relnforoement, fol. lowed by scores of other cars, arrived, there wer few people about ths Jail and only th scarred doors ard bullet . riddled walla remained. When Sheriff Rico went to tho jail and called ha received ao answer and his first Impression waa that all had (Continued on page etx.) Foroeeiat .By States. Washington. March II. Virginia: Partly cloudy and much cooler Tues day; Wednesday fair. North and South Carolina: Partly cloudy and much cooler Tuesday; , Wednesday fair, cooler on th coast. Georgia; Partly' cloudy and cooler Tuesday: Wedneeday fair, cooler la aouth and oantral porttono. Louisiana: Tuesday, cloudy, prob ably thunderahowere and colder In north and wont portions; Wednesday partly cloudy, cooler in aoutheast reac tion. Arkanaaa: Tuesday unsettled oolder la east and south portions; Wednesday partly cloudy, warmer la want and cen tral portlona. Oklahoma: Tuesday probably fair, warmer la north and west portions: Wednesday increasing cloudlnoaa. warmer. East Trxas:Taaday clondy, prob ably showers la soot beast and extr-me east portlona. colder In oaet and south portlona; Wednesday partly eloady, warmer In th interior. Weat Texas: Tuesday partly cloudy. warmer in north and west portlona; Wedneeday tnereeeing cloudiness. ax anrr ia aorta aaa east. a - f