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NSBORO DAILY N WEATHER If You Want All tht New About Buines$ Rtad thtAdt Daily Ikowrri Todnyl Pair Friday l Warmer. EWS GREB VOL. XXIV. NO. 66 10 FRAME A POLICY ON Hays Says An Early Announce ment May Be Expected. A COMPROMISE IS LIKELY Middle Ground Between Patron age System and Civil Ser vice la Indicated. TO INCREASE EFFICIENCY Prospective Posttnnsters Mny Br Ex amined to Determine Their Fit nessOverman Again Call Oa the President. Dally Newi Bureau and Telegraph ftmee. The Slip Bulldim (Br Lwaed Win) Uq THEODORE TILLER. YV'sshington, March 23. With Indica tions pointing to a compromise be tween the (polls system and classifi cation under civil service rules, the Harding administration aooli will an nounce its policy regarding the ap pointment 'of several thousand post masters throughout the country. Post master General Hays said today that an early announcement might be ex pected, although he said no definite agreement as to policy had been reach ed. There are approximately 100 vacan cies in North Carolina to be filled either on a. patronage or civil service basis. At his conference with newspaper men today, Mr. Hays referred In a gen eral statement to Increased efficiency in the postal service, and a broaden ing of the civil service so that "merit may govern." He was asked if his reference to merit meant a continuation of the Wilson executive order putting first, second and third class postmasters In the civil service. Mr. Hays replied that he had In mind primarily the 296,000 classified employes of the pos tal service and not the approximately 10,000 postmasters. Their status was somewhat different, he said, although he did not wish It understood that any decision had been reached regarding them. Postmaster General Hays admitted It was feasible to apply the "merit" sys tem In appointing postmasters with out following 'the 'Wilson method of paper ratlnp, as required under the previous administration. The belief here is that when the decision of the President Is announced It will repre sent a compromise between a straight out patronage, or spoils system, and the existing method of ratings. In effect, however, this will be a virtual return to the patronage plan of former days and various Republican politi cian have urged, Mr. Harding to do away altogether with the Wilson ex ecutive order and permit postmasters to bs appointed In the old-fashioned :,i' May Use "Merit Sy "" ' " A' iiew-f angled "merit system" may - be easily worked omt.'SO-caUed exam inations may be held to determine the fitness of various candidates for post office Jobs and. this examination would concern personality, popularity In the community, business experience and executive ability instead of reading, writing and 'rlthmetio and paper rat ings thereon. Two or three eligibles may then bo certified and the postoff Ice department, with the aid of a senator or congressman, may select any ono of the lot. This would give the advan tage to a Republican of merit over a Democrat of merit. As It la now, the examinations have more to do with book learning than exact sultablltty for off Ico and the highest eligible i appointed whether Democrat or Republican. He may be unpopular in the .community, or a Democrat In a Republican town, but he Is supposed to get the job. If the Republican politicians have their way the new administration will consider both merit and politics and there will be a reward of the Republican faith ful Against such a thing Democrats wm.irf ni hn. much kick, as many of them believe, anyway, that the vic tor should have the spoils. 8enator Lee S. Overman again called at the White House today in the in terest of A. J. Maxwell, of Raleigh, recommending him for appointment as Interstate commerce commissioner. (Continued on page ten.) SCHOONER'S SKIPPER IS ARRESTED FOR THEFT Will Fare Charge Of Embesslement. Had Evaded Capture glace Mid dle Of Last Year. Pensacola. Fla., March IS. Charged with the embesxlement In connection with the abandonment of the schooner Marietta Q.. and the sale of her cargo at St. Andrews in 191. Nelson B. Alex ander, former master of the schooner, was arrested here today. Alexander waa Indicted In the United States dis trict court In June. 120, but he had not been placed under arrest before. Federal authorities said Alexander POSTALAPPOINTMENTS sailed the Marietta O. out of Mobile in October, 1819, for the Star Fish and Oyster company, her owners, and af'er completing the voyage to the snapper banks oft the coast of Yucatan started on the return trip. The next record of the schooner was when she was docked at St. Andrews and the skipper sold the cargo for 1800 to prevent it from spoil ing. The authorities charge that Alex ander then deserted the schooner and had not been located until todsy. The schooner was eventually returned to the owners. HAVE KO RIGHT TO APPEAL DECLARES A.. B, AMP A. COfSSEI. Atlanta. Ga . March 21. The union men who left the. service of the At lanta. Birmingham anil Atlantic rail way because of its wage reduction have e riant now to appeal to the Inited States railway labor hoard. Morris Brandon, general counsel for the road, declared here today in the wage reduc tion hearing before Federal District Judge Sibley Mr. Brandon contended that the board was constituted for adjusting differ ences between carriers and their em ployes and that the strikers are no longer employes. He was the only speaker this afternoon in the hearing n petition of the It brotherhoods and crafts Involved in the strike for Judge Sibley to rescind his wage cut order and leave the matter to the labor board. TWEMf PEOPLE KILLED 8T loss s:ri,Mo at mila London. March Is A bomb explo-; sion took place In the Diana theater at Milan. Italy, tonight. 20 persooes being killed, according to a dispatch to the London Times from that city Many ere injured, at least 50 of whom are ol expected lo survive. folic, believe that the ..nlras w1 the work tvf ananrtaiata a a a protest "tJ.ast Malaleata'a tmpriwaace&. i i. NTTMtl AS SECOND CLASS MATTES at roaTomri, creknubuso, n c. BERGDOLL'S WOULD-BE KIDNAPERS SENTENCED America. Officials la Germany Declare Aetloa of the Court Aa Outrage. Try To-Secure Release. snwlal Caala tt Bill Km. (Copjllrtt, 1921. br Pblladtlobu Mailt Udpr.l Mosbach. Baden, March 23. American officials declare the sentences of 16 months and six months Imprisonment Imposed yesterday on Carl Neuf and Frank Zimmer. the American detectives who attempted to apprehend Grover Si0"' the Am"lcan draft dodger at Eberbach. are an outrage. They say they will take the matter up with the German federal author ities Immediately. Captain Osands. who represented the American authorities at Coblenz at the trial, assured the two detectives that everything possible would he done to secure their release. The. four Herman assistants of the American detectives were sentenced to six months' Imprisonment each as "ac complices in the unlawful assumption of authority." The two months during which the entire party already has been In Jail are to be deducted from the sentences. The reading of the sentence created great excitement In the audience which shouted Its satisfaction. Open hostility was shown the two Americans and their German attorney during the trial. The presiding judge was forced constantly to reprimand the audience and warn them against hurl ing Insults at the accused, which they did a number of times. Steelier. Berg-' doll's chauffeur, took the stand with a German flag fixed in his coat lapel and dispensed with the use of an In terpreter, declaring he was born in Germany and knew how to speak the language. He testified he was not with Bergdoll when the two detectives attempted to take him Into custody but admitted going to prison to see Neuf and there threatening and insult ing htm. Members of the Eberbach police force and Bergdoll's cousins in troduced evidence to show the two detectives had long c ntemplated mak ing such an attempt snd that Neuf ex pected assistance fro-n the German police. POLAND WILL STRONGLY OPPOSE GERMAN CLAIM Washington, D. C March 23. Poland will press the inter-allied commission, charged with definite determination of Upper Silesia, for a distribution of the territory between Poland and Germany based on the commune vote, according to official advices reoelvcd today by the Polish legation here from war saw. Germany had Indicated her Intention to lay claim to the entire region on the basis of the numerical majority returned In her favor in Upper Silesia aa a whole without distinction to com munes or districts. This claim, the Warsaw dispatches Indicated, will be strongly opposed by the Polish foreign office, which interprets article 88 of the treaty of Versailles as not pro viding for the attribution to either Poland or Germany of Upper Silesia as a whole. MOTION PICTURE MANAGERS OPPOSED TO HAMON PICTURES San Francisco, Cal., March II. Tha alMed amusement Industries of Cali fornia composed of rtpresentatlves of motion picture theaters, went on record today as opposing the appearance in films of Clura Smith Hamon. recently acquitted of the slaying of Jaks Ii. Hamon in Ardmore, Okla, The motion picture theater represen tatives adopted a resolution declaring "this association is of the opinion that ..kiKKln. nt thla aort would un duly and Improperly put a premium on violence." The members of the association pledged themselves not to exhibit any pictures In wh.)ch Clara Hamon ap pears. " WE DON'T OWE FRANCE ANY SUCH H'W AS IS CLAIMED Washington, March 23. Treasury of ficials again insisted today that search of files revealed no unpaid debts to France despite the assertion in ths French senate last night of Senator Oaudin de Villains "that Louis XVI In i77i m ih name of the French nation and to save the young American re public, had loaned America sgu.uuu.uvu francs," which, the senator said, had never been repaid. The possibility of an unpaid debt to at-...,. w.i hrnuarht tin about a year ago, one treasury official said, and to answer the question thn propounded a careful scrutiny was made of treas- nAnrdi. The searcn snowed, mis official added, that the United States had repaid all the debts of which there was a record. NO REQUEST FOR CLEMENCY MADE FOR NEI F AND ZIMMER Washington, . March 23. Secretary Weeks said today that so far as the - ri.n.mmt waa concerned no re quest had been sent to the German government for clemency tor lki ntm i Et.on. 7lmm.r American detec tives who have been sentenced to prison terms at Mosbach. Baden, as a reaun. of an attempt to arrest Grover Cleve land Bergdoll, American draft evader, In Eberbach last January. u- W.Wa mmA ha WOllld Confer lstCT wi'h Secretary Hughes In an effort to settle the question of whether the state department or the war department nrAn.iv hari inrtsdtctlon in the case. Meantime, it is said, the state depart ment has taken no action. POLES PROCLAIM REPUBLIC 19 PART OF UPPER SILESIA London, March 23. A wireless dis patch received from Berlin gives a Kattowlts report to the effect that armed Polish bands. Including regulars from General Hallers army, have crossed the Upper Slleslan frontier at some points and proclaimed a Polish republic. The dispatch adds that the Germans are fleeing from the region. Hardtag to Head Parade. New York. March :a President Harding will head a parade of Latin. Amerlcan diplomats and other notables up Fifth avenue on the afternoon of April 19 In connection with the unveil ing in Central park of an equestrian st'tue of Simon Bolivar, famous South American soldier and "t"m";ip: scnted to the city by the government of Veneiuela. Winers Will Aceeat lH-clalM. Birmingham. Ala. March !l.-ini first suthorltative ststement regard ing the attitude of the United Mine Workers tow.rd Governor Kllby s strike decision was made by sn A. Btttner. international represemsi.e. j on his return from Indianapolis tonight. . who declared that me raioera accept the decision Hosiery wills Reduce . Bristol. Va -Tenn.. March IJ Reduc tions in wages amounting to about 2 . - announced here today bv the Bristol hosiery mills, a branch .v.. mtt4 Hoeierv mills The cut! will affect shout 1 employes lale Mae SewlH Sleeaa. Macon Ga March 2J. Vale unlver-,,,,- basehsll "am arrived hre late romh for .j"inST ira n.ra. """l of sane wt-a aoatbeia lUliegos will' be' p.ajed here. ' GREENSBORO, N. C THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH MR. LINNEY WILL NOT RESIGN CHAIRMANSHIP 0FG.0.P. His Announcement Last Night Came As Surprise. MARION BUTLER DID IT? It Is Rumored That the Old War rior Is Responsible For Mr. Linney's Action. MANY NOTABLES IN CITY Among Them Is Morehead, But He Is Keeping Counsel With Himself. It Is Said Butler Has Gath ered the Illaaatlsfled. Frank A. Linney's formal announce ment, made at 11 o'clock last night. that he would not resign as chairman of the state executive committee threw a big surprise Into plans for the meet' Ing of ths Republican executive com mlltee which meets at noon today. However, the division of the political pot pie will take place anyway. In answer to the call for the meeting of the executive committee. Republicans from all corners of the state arrived In Greensboro last night and the ,dl vision of the spoils was being discussed in every corner of the hotels, which were crowded to overflowing. Linney's announcement aoted upon the congregation of patriots much as the throwing of a monkey wrench into a highly delicate machine. It had been expected by everyone that he would offer his resignation as a matter of course to accept the appointment as district attorneyship of the western part of the state, succeeding Stonewall Jackson Durham, the Incumoent. mow ever, he will not resign for an Indefl nite length of time, he announced, but his action Is not taken to mean that he will not accept the attorneyship eventually. , It Is rumored that th reason for his decision is the fact that an old gentleman from Washington ir rived In Greensboro yesterday after noon ready for any sort of a fight Marlon Butler, ex-senator and old war horse of the party. 1 The slate had all been fixed, It is said, and If everything had gone as planned by the Morehead organisation ths matter would have been! closed about as follows: Chairman, D. H. Blair; district attorneys, Llnney In the west, and Irvln Tucker for tne east marshals, R. W. Ward and Brownlow Jackson; and It Is also planned to have two collectors Instead of the ons who now serves the stats. Gilliam Grlssom and J. J. Jenkins are reported to be the organisation's choice for these two positions. Parker Is Mentioned. However, last night it was talked around the lobbies of ths hotels that nerhans soma other names would be mentioned. J. J. Parker, of Monroe, is a much talksd of man for chairman. A. A. Whltenar. of Hickory, is another man under discussion and Col. Ika Meeklns Js, mors os less, discussed. How ever, it Is clalmsd that Colonel Iks Is muoh intsrested In A chanee at the governorship In ll and would rather not be nut un for omce now. Other namss msntioned last night for the Dlums Include C. R. Wheat- ley and E. W. Hill, the former for a district attorneyship and ths latter for marshal. John M. Morehead arrived In town last night but waa keeping counsel with himself. Dr. Ika Campbell was also In the city and was suppossd to be as slsting Mr. Llnney in discussing some of the minor offices whioh win D dis tributed unofficially today. Marlon Butler was holding court In the O. Henry hotel, removed from the real scene of action several blocks. Around him wen a bunch who were discussing the party and the nation and last of all, but by no means lett undiscussed, the Jobs. The ex-senator declares that he Is for harmony In the party and is willing for anyone accept able to the men In control to have the pie. He even went so far as to state that he would allow a man who had called him all sorts of names have any Job provided he was a good. man and could hold the job down. He intimated in a rather offhand manner, however, that there was a possibility of his taking a shot at ths United States sen ate if a chairman acceptable to him were appointed today. In the earns con nection he declared that John Parker would make an awfully good chair man. Around the Guilford, where the or ganisation has headquarters, Butler is much discussed. The statement was made by members of the organisation that he had "gathered about himself the odds and ends, the dissatisfied ele ments," but there was no doubt that the men talking were dreading him In the meeting to be held todsy. This dread appears to be the reason of Linney's hesitation about resigning. It Is reported that he thinks If he postpones the act for a ahort time. It may be possible to keep harmony In the ranks and It is violating no secret to state that it Is feared that harmony and the meeting tomorrow will lack a lot of being synonymous. Only After Democrats. No offices other than those men tioned are supposed to be spportloned today but the faithful are busy looking out for postoffices and various and sun dry other Jobs. Mr. Llnney etsted last night that the Republicans were look ing for no jobs except those filled by Democrats but that they wanted all of those. Whether or not this statement means that North Carolina Republicans do not want Mr. 8huck's Job remains to be seen. No one attending the meeting would discuss this nlatter. Among those looking for the smsller johs. but working no less because of their smallness. are applicants for ev erything the committee will hsvs to offer. State Senator Kanipe. of Mc Dowell county. Is sore on the world snd is not trying to hide his feelings. He thinks he will be out of a senatorial position sfter the next election on ac count of that "redlstricting perpetrated hy the Democrats" St the last legisla ture and is looking for a Job on account of his supposed misfortune. It sppears that the committee Intends to tske care of the young senstor. who Is an ex-service man. although no certain Job has D-en mentioned. Anyway, they are here. Chairman Llnney issued the call for a meeting of the executive committee which is composed of 20 odd members, and In answer to his summons, over 204 Re publicans arrived in Greensboro last night and many more are expected to day. ksntser la Re-appatated. Washington. March 23 Obadiah Gardner, of Maine, who resigned from the lnternstional Joint commission In the closing da)S of the iaat adminis trstion at the retjueat ot lrentdent Wilon. wa re-apioinied bv l'rf'dtT Hardies tort iTi'i svora la a a mem ber of the commission. j CHIEF JUSTICE'S BROTHER GIVEN A $2.250 VERDICT Supreme Court Affirms Clark vs. Bland aad Coaat Line Krone Halifax Other Opinions Handed Dawn. To Qrrenstwre Pally Neat SM-eu. 9C4 Unvbaux Niuoatl lank nidi. Raleigh, March 23. Supreme court opinions today give to Chief Justice Clark's brother. Harry N. Clark. 12.260 for the assault of one H. O. Bland, agent ot the Coast Line, on the dis tinguished Jurist's kinsman. Chief lUietlce Clark did not sit In this case which came up from Halifax coun. ty. The Junior Clark was attacked by Bland, who accused Clark ot reporting him for selling liquor and was bat tered with a big stick. Bland was the Coast Line's agent and the suit against it waa resisted on the ground that it was In no wise related to the agent who was at that time not In the office, waa not working at railroad business and the plaintiff was not a passenger. For all that the court finds with Judge Devln below and the tire-eating Bland must pay If he can. The 110.000 verdfct against the Coast Line In Sampson oounty In which Pusey sued for the death of a young fellow who was killed oa a Coast Line cross ing near Fayetteville, three others be ing Injured, also stands. Newman against the Ufa Insurance company wins notwithstanding his death came after maturity of a premium which he did not pay, but the company lost on its days of grace olause. Burch against Bush of Franklin la a reversal ot Judge Kerr. Stacey writing the opinion. This involved a timber contract, Burch dy lng before completion of th dellyerv. The cburt holds here that personal con tracts which can be carried out only by Individuals making them can not be enforced after the death of party, but cutting down and delivering timber Is not one of thess. Wherefore ths case will be tried again. The following opinions wars handed down today: Clark va. Bland, and A. C. L. R. R.. Halifax, no error. Howell vs. Pate, Wayne, plaintiff's appeal, new trial; defendant's appeal, no error. Pusey, admr., vs. A. C. L. R. R. 8amoson. no error. Barden vs. Express company, Dup lin, no error. Newman vs. Life Ins. company, Samp son, affirmed. Allen vs. Cameron, Wake, affirmed. Buroh vs. Bush, Franklin, new trial Watts vs. Turnpiks company, Cald- well. affirmed. ' . $50,000 WORTH BONDS ARE FOUND BY FARMER W. W. Edmunds Flada Bonds aad Otaar Papers Under a Straw Stack. Belong to Houston) Bank, tsairtil naUf Mesa i ' Danville, Va.. Maroh II Another echo of th robbery of the bank of Halifax at Houaton reached here early thla afternoon, whan long distance telephone advlcss received from Gret na In thla oounty brought word that W. W. Edmunds, a farmer, had discov ered negotiable paper Worth 160,000 stolen from th bank, sear e ted under a straw stack. A good, deal of other commercial paper worthless to anyen save the bank waa alsol.louna. 'imis each was found about "fly rolls from where about three month ago another farmer named Lampkln found a steel box containing many thousand dollars worth of loot, also taken from the Halifax bank, which was blown by yeggmen, on ot whom was captured not long since, tried and sentenced, Th farmer was removing straw from th stack this morning whin his pitchfork revealed a large pile of pa per. He Ifst no time in discovering where It had come from because of th nam of th bank being on some of th paper. Edmunds guardsd ths find until he had sent another man to a telephone. He called th People's Bank of Elba and F. Q. Smith, ths cashier, hastsnsd to the spot, about nine mile from Gretna and lost no time In making full Identification. Th loot Included: Registered liberty bonds, $18,450; bonds in South Boston Power company, $21,000; real estate bonds and coupons, $3,000; 50 certificates of oil and bank stock and various enterprises. it wills, liberty bond coupons, total value, $300; three bushels of private papers such aa dseds ot trusts, notes, checks. As soon as ths loot had been Identi fied word was sent to Houston and representatives of th bank want to Gretna this afternoon and claimed the paper after Identifying it. Ths find means much to th bank, which after the robbery, made good all losses to its customers. CATAWBA MAN HIT ON HEAD; SERIOUSLY HURT Hoater Barrlnger la Hoapltal At Stateo vllle aad Fred llrlakley la Held By Officers. (serial la ball Nasal 8tatesvllle, March 21. Homer Bar- ringer, aged 2 of Catawba county, Is In Dr. Long's sanatorium her In a crit ical condition resulting from a heavy blow on the head. Latest reports In dicate that the young man Is still un conscious and his condition Is precari ous. Young Barrlnger was found near his home In an unconscious condition with his skull fractured. Fred Brlnkley, a young man living In the vicinity ot Balls camp ground, la held by officers In Newton on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Reports from Newton art to the ef fect that James Brlnkley denies the charges but places guilt on his brother, A. B Brlnkley, who Is said to have left the county. STATE llKHITY BlILDIMG COmlIO la AOlCED Tm Oranumre Pally Mei SOS aurrbaau Matleeal Sal SMs Raleigh. March 21 University trus tees In executive committee session to dsy named their building commission with Secretary of 8tate Bryan Grimes secretary. The members are Bryan Grimes. Jamea A. Gray, of Wineton-8alcm, George Stephens, of Charlotte. John Pprunt Hill, of Durham. Haywood Parker, of Ashevllle. President H. W. Chase, of the university, and Charles T. Woollen, of the university. These will look sfler construction at that Institution which formerly de pended on the atate building commis sion and architect for Its plana. GOV. IIHKIOH AD FAMILY KETI S TO RM.EIOH Toll A V i Sfenal I' I. I Charlotte. Mrh :j Oovrnor Cam eron Morriaon and family leave Char lotte tomorrow nvrnlng on their re turn to Haleiah. after a short stay In this city to srrange for the letting of the Morrison home on East Boulevard. During their i'iy they were showered with hospitali'v more than they could accept J CREEK m:iE AiHT KESIAI, PASHA HAS BECI " I Smyrna. Mar- h 23 The Oreek offen- He acainet tK Turkish nationaliwte i under M'lMapha Kemal Paeha alartl j tr.da ai-craing to latest adl,ea re-len-d brie i 24, 1921 WILL NAME AN EXPERT TO TEST GAS SERVICE CITIESMRECEI1G Gas Companies and Protestants Reach This Agreement. A DAY OF HEATED DEBATE Companies and Cities Concerned Will Pay the Cost Of Investigation. COLLEGE BATTLE ABATES President Rlddlrk Minimises Ike B veal fiaeiaaj nriKneiii auir1 mobile Insurant Companies Declared Insolvent. TIM OretnttKiro Dillr Nrat Bunmtl, 308 tlerrjuuta National Bulk Bl By W. T. BOST. Raleigh, March II. Joint debates In motley consumed much of th gas hearing before the corporation com mission today, th testimony of P. A. Tlilery, chief witness for th com. liamva kuu i,cviai muii.i . u. tiw own, th Carolina Power and Light after a day and a half. X ne disputes were waiau arvuuu commission's decision not to go Into Having rates to mak and book state ments lo aonoro, ine coniiniaaiun uv clared that It could not undertake to Determine tne uuauiy ui prrTiuv iiviu the. testimony ot thousand of wlt- that ths companies and the protsstant agreea on u eii t wow named by th commission for the pur pose iOt making tests and Inspecting the gas service in aU th cities oon- Even that did not wholly pleas rrana incninvn, ui ,iiriui.vv, www - remembers th man who pay tor th Service, uivmaill v. juaiiiy ivw v vi.- ter hi solemn protest against com pletion of this hearing without In quiry into th service, the paramount thing, hs thought. Th hearing ad vanced a stag beyond that when Mr. MoNlnch spoke. Th slip of th Char lotte man brought Judge Pell and declare that th state bank. xamlnr 1 paid wltn mi assistants irom iunu collected of th bank, but nobody thought th bank examining Influenced by that fact. All companies and most of th cities agreed that they would Ilk to hav these examinations mad and they will pay for thm. ' Testimony Pleases tks Companies. The 1st general assembly had a proposal of this character befor tt. But th bill died. Th corporation commission has no fund from which to pay for engineering or expert serv ice. It is found to b a great need. Th testimony today pieased th companies, what Uttl was offered. It was their Inning, of course. By Audi. - e . . n nu.liaiii, It was brouaht k. . thj-v, .a. an Cavollna Wl iwwf n ----- Power and Light company haa had showed a aiviaena oi oniy w.e v., -i.. i n .nikirte fnt deoraalatlon. And U war pretty nearly agreed that . . . f.v Shl9 1 per cent la nuiai. m Th agreement to llmlnat rvlc at thla hearing wa reached quickly when sseb Tayior toia mo coin........ . . . , . Ikliiaa mlarht arls to mak Individual ervlce bad. H waa willing to hav a stanuaro set bj commission. If It placd th mark at 640 B. T. 8.', which mean British Thermal units, very well, th company would maet th tst. But a man who stuck hi britches In th pip and topped It ought not to b allowed to testify that th aervloe 1 rotten and that rates should b based o thst service. He did not ,say that, but lld discuss accidents to1 pipes, a Bcor of ways to erlppl individual rvlo. Big Battl Abates. President Wallace C. Rlddlck, of th State College ot Agriculture and Engl- aianiiaainar th nrOBS- cutkms'for haslng at his institution, declared, that a urvy oi ca.iv. and th bombardments ytrday ton vlnced him that th Tuesday night episode nsver would have been nrd from had he not personally reported the eases to th ollcltor and aakd him to prosecute. "I never understood why th thing ahat hannen out hr get such one sided treatment," he atd today, 'and If you do I wish you wouia com. vu. her and tell me why. W. hav not had any haslng that, I know anything about In flv months. I had hoard of a few instances of It, but could not establish them. In October I msd an nouncement that if tner was ... more I would carry It to th criminal court. I did not want to ao mat. oui I promised to do It, and that why I did It yeeienuay. ....... fAm halns? th worst outbreak In th hUtory of th eolleg. I don't think It wa ana i om - it waa wors than a hundred that may occur m ths stats svery year. ' T he only dlfSerenc Is that I hoard about It and reported It for the grand Jury. There was soms shooting, I noticed two window being shot out. But I know of no pitched battle between the hasers 1J .v. k...A an I know 1 that whan I found out enough to mak any report on I reportea it to m. ....... As to th shooting I did not under stand that the weapons were pointed at the students but the shooting was done as th hasers went from room to '"""'want the newspspers to print the ..a la I should Ilk to hav the public back home discourage has lng" all that It can. a .. to break It up. And ths resson I havs reported this offense to the officers is that I promised to prosecuta th next esse, and am doing It Box It never would have been heard had this pub .. . . v. marfa And at that. lie recoru wv. " it was no pitched battle between upper and lower Classmen, u - -. . , , i n which ths only typical nim "-"- difference consists In the fsct the men have been reported. tanaven Heads tke ie. The morning paper carried a horse of s story of shaven neaos aim shave from flying bullets. ,. h freeh" came down town and with their shaven heads be trayed that aomel-ody had worked on them, quoting Presioenl mourn. prsiie of the tonaorial excellence of the upper rlaaimtn ho administered on the fresh nosalns The president saw the door that was torn down and some of the heads 'hat were scalped. Girls down-town wbo hav college beaux, as boys ere once called, heard that seniors did most of the haxlng. confined largely to hair-cutting. One of the pretty things In a departmental office said s senior pisyed a scurvy trick on a freshman and stole the youngsters pistol ss he "retched"1 for The solicitor was not In his office l.'day. t-ut April II ia set for the hesr ng ah'ii nminal court convenes bere. unlinu"! on 1'age Klve.i DAILY VfJt, IT.S n TIAl BAI1.T AND UNPAT, IS OI t PACKERS EMPLOYES TO ACCEPT REDUCED WAGE Packers Kar Their Part Consent To Six Months' Exteaaloa at Alarhajler Arbitration Agreeaaeal. Washington, March II. Prospects of an Immedlat strike In th packing In dustry were averted tonight through the mediation of Secretary of Labor Davis. Compromises on th part of the em ployes In accepting ths recently an nounced wage reduction and on th part of th flv big packer In con senting to a alx months' extension of the Alschulrr arbitration arrangement mad possible the settlement after three days of eonfsrences In which representatives of the packer and em ployes and Secretaries Pavls, Hoover and Wallace participated. The terms or the settlement as agreed to are In brief a follow: Reduction ot wages amounting to I cents an hour tor hourly workers and to IIS per cent, for piece workers. Retention of the basis eight hour day and overtime rates as provided In the wartime Alachular rulings. Extensions for six months, or until next September 15, of th arrangement whereby Judge Alschuler shall decide all questions of hours, wages, condi tions and adjustments not specifically provided for In the written agreement. Pressure by th government wa un. derstood to have been largely respon sible for th attaining of th agreement Th controversy betwen th packer and their employe wa th first major labor difficulty to face th new admin istration, and President Harding re ferred the matter to Secretary Davis, wbo called In Secretaries Hoover and Wallace to assist him. Statement issued by th participat ing partis after th signing of the agreement showed soma divergeno of opinion a to the real meaning ot the settlement. Secretary Davis said: "It haa prsvsnted a striks of vsry Berl ous consequences." Th employes' del egates, Dennis Lan and Redmond 8, Brennen, declared "th agreement 1s a true to prepare for war." The pack era' reprssentatives, Jams O. Condon and CarV Meyer, declared "this will enable th packer to oomplete plana already announced to adjunt between themselves and their employe all mat ter ot mutual interest." . . , ... . HAMBURG COMMUNISTS HOIST THE RED FLAG They less) ' Adnalahatratloa Buildings aad Then Blohm and Vesa Skip. ; yarda Boaab Oatirage At IiOlpale, , Berlin, March II. -Communist work ers seised the city administration building In Hamburg today, then oc cupied th Blolim and Voss shipyards and hoisted th red flag, says a dis patch from Hamburg. Workers In oth er shipyard quit work and bagaa or ganising mass demonstration, accord ing to th dispatch, i la Lelpslo, Dresden, Rodewlaoh and other oltles In central Germany th oommunlets directed their efforts against courthouses, city hall, public bank and polio headquarters. A bomb exploded In th Lelpslo courthouse this morning and blsw off th roof, broke all the window, wrecked th lobby". and shattered ths window of buildings In radius of two block. In Rodawlsch th olty hall wa vir tually destroyed by a bomb whioh had been concealed In th basement. The us of dynamite against th olty ad ministration buildings at Ausrbach, Freiberg and Dresden resulted In heavy property loss and th woundtng severe ly of at leaat three persona. Others were slightly Injured. A ll-year-old man wa arrested In Ausrbaoh with a sack of dynamlt In his possession. ; A companion who fired at a policeman escapsd. Th man ar rested said h was from Danslg, but declined to talk further. , The outrage are believed to be con nected with th attempt of the com munlsts to fore a general strike. PERMIT TO MAKB WIN OUT - , OF STHAWBHHH1KS IB ISSUED Washington, March II. A permit to manufaotur win out ot strawberries for non-beveraga purpose wa is sued tonight! to ths Strawberry Orow ers association of Louisiana by th bu reau of Internal revenue. Provision Is mad In th permit that ho sugar shall be added to Increase th alcohollo eon tent of th product. While no explanation of th lsscancs of th permit was mad by th bureau, official said th strawberry growsrs had appealed to th prohibition au thorities for permission to - sot up a winery in order td car for their sur plus crop, which Was sstlmated lo be worth about $1,000,000. Under th Vol stead act. tt was explained. It I legal to establish wineries for th manufac ture ot non-beverage products for ao ramental or medicinal purpose. PARIS WELCOMES CLEMEMCKA V BACK riltll HIS TIUEK HUNT Paris. March II. -Formsr Prsmler Ciemenceau waa given a warm welcome on hi return to Pari today from a tiger hunting trip In India. It wa a mall, but vary enthusiastic crews ot Parisians, many of whom war women and sevsral of whom presented him with bouquet and kissed th "tlgsr" heartily. M. Clemencaau wa wearing canvas shoes, a tweed ait and hi character- Istlo battered hat. As h stepped ugnt y from th NIC train, th bright sun- shin msd a strong contrast on his face, which haa been bronsed by his outdoor life. The termor premier look ed th picture of heslth. REPARATIONS COMMISSION SEWU8 WOTK1 TO GERMANS Paris. March II. Th reparation commission haa considered th Gas man atatement regarding th non-payment of tn 1,00. 000,000 gold mark today, th date axed by th alii for payment, and I forwarding a com munication to th German govern ment, according to official announce ment This communication will bs de livered In Berlin tomorrow. ! ' raremaat By Stalea. Washington, March It. Tnneee: Shower and probably thunderstorms and warmer Thursday. Virginia: Showers and warmar Thnrsdaf. Friday fair. North and South Carolina, Georgia: Shower and warmer Thuradayj Friday fair. Louisiana: Thursday unsettled, con tinued warmer; Friday partly cloudy. cooler In north portion. Arkansas: Thursday local abowera, warmer In east and south faortions; Friday probably fair, cooler. Oklahoma: Thursday fair la west, clearing In east portion, cooler In northwest portion: Friday fair, cooler In east and south portions. East Texas: Thursday, partly cloudy, local showers In northesat portion; Friday probably fair, cooler ln. north portion. West Texas: Thursday fair, cooler; Friday, fair. Balabrvlka Oeraay Bntasa. Constantinople. March II. Th Rus-: slan bolshevik forces occupied Ratom .ifter nn sa-reement had been entered into hy the Turks with th Moaow su'horlties. In which 'be Turk waived all claim to tne city. PRICE FIVE CENTS DEFENSE PRAYS THAT Declares It Was In Accord With Weight Of the Evidence. SET FOR HEARING FRIDAY However, It May Be Postponed For Several Days At Request Of Mr. Cansler. . BIG BATCH OF AFFIDAVITS Uepaty Marshal Rosa. Backed By Mae Jurors, Declare That Ha Nartf Expressed An Opinion Before ,. Jury Wcgnrdlnst Mrs, Tsnab Attorneys (or H. B. Varner. of Lex ington, filed In Federal court ysatsrday a ranis' ta Mrs, Florence V. Varner motion to hav th verdict, whioh de clared her guilty of Improper relation with R. Baxter MoRary, mulatto, at asld and a new trial given. Th re ply pray that th motion for a new trial he dismissed and that th verdict be allowed to stand, deolarlnjr that th ruling va vua wuia ,iuv wu.ai.n trial of th action to whioh th plain tiff assigned error In th reoord war mad In accordance with th law and are comet, snd that th verdict la supported yb and tn accordance with th weight of th evidence offered at th trial! furthermore, that th plain tiff had a fair and Impartial trial and that th Jury wa Impartial and that, no outslda Influenoe wer axerted and brought to bear on th Jury, v Th motion Is scheduled to b heard her In Federal eourt befor Judg Jam B. Boyd Friday morning, Maroh Sow However, It I leainsd, that A post ponement la probable, Inasmuoh as K. T. Cansler, chief oounsel for th de fense. Is at present ngagd In an Im portant litigation In Charlotte. , In addition to th reply thr was filed a big batch of affidavits from vari ous persona Among th affiants I Deputy Marshal C T. Roan, who. It Is alleged, expressed th opinion la a barbar shop hers- while In charg ot th Jury and whll la th presence ot th jury, that Mrs. Varner wa guilty, de clares that ha at no tlm during th trial In th preienc of th Jurors ex pressed th opinion, that Mrs. Varner was guilty. Nlns of th II Jurors slat In affi davit that they did not hear Mr. Roan express th opinion that Mrs. Varner was guilty. M. C. Reeves, a member of th Jury, who mad an affidavit sometime ago In which h deolared that Mr. Roan, -whll th Jury was In a barbar ahop bslng shaved, said that Mra, Varner wa guilty, in an af fidavit filed yesterday, declare that In agreeing to a verdlot ot guilty, he was not influenced by anyone and that he waa governed ntirly by th evi dence a testified to by th witnesses In pen eourt snd th law as laid down by th Judg. Mr. Varner, Who testified during th trial last month, that Mrs. Varner had not been to visit her mother In Salt Lak City, Utah, since Hill., filed a copy of a letter which hs reoently. for warded to Judge Boyd, correcting that testimony. Mr. Varner declares that he wa mlatskon In testifying that Mrs. Varner hadn't been horn since lutiii. stating that It appear from th flies of th Lexington Dispatch that Mrs. Varner left Lexington In July, HIT for Bait Lak City i and returned to Lex ington September I, 1117. In making hi correction h assert that he makea It in falrnsas to Mrs, Varner and him self. Mr. Varner, It will be recalled, whll on th stand testified that ah visited Salt Lak City In July. 1117. A long string of Burlington and Smlthfltld cltlsens signed affidavits giv ing O. P, Dlckerson a good character. Mr. Dlcksrson' testimony waa conslu red probably ths most damaging ot any offered against Mrs. Varner dur ing th trial. Th plaintiff In Its mo tion for a new trial filed many affi davit from persons, deolarlnr that Mr. Dlckerson was a man without a good character, .'.,.,-. V. i. Thomas, a msmber of th Jury, declare In an affidavit that his brother O. C, Thomas only visited th Jury room at a local hots! for th purpose of bringing him clesn undsroiothes. along with a tsw other articles. ' U, C. Thomas mad , practically th am affidavit aa did F. C. Thomas. He also replied to Robert D. Shore's af fidavit by stating that In January, mi, he (Thomas) was sent to Lexington by his sinployars to demonstrate a Cadil lac automobile to Mr, Varner, that Mr, Varner baoam Impressed with the cur and laughingly said ta him that If the litigation with his wife, th plaintiff, did not break him up financially h might buy a Cadillac oar from th com pany sometime during th summer, this yer; that aometlms afterwards and befor th trial and befor hi brother, F. J. Thomas, va summoned aa a Juror h (O, C, Thomas) wa passing through Lsxlngton and saw Mr. Varner for a tew moments In th March hotel. Vr, Thomas said that all th remarks Mr. Shor ' heard aim mak had reference to th eonvsrsatlons had between hint and Mr. Varner before th trial. J. F. Oarner, on of th deputy ma-r hals who. at time had charg of th Jury, declares In aa affidavit that he heard ail that look plac between V. J. Thomas and O. C Thomas In the hotel room and nothing whatever waa mentioned about th Varner oas. Mr. Oarnsr further state that the case was . navsr diacussed by him, Mr. Roan or anyon else In th presence of th Jury during th trial, whll h was present. . ...... A copy of the reply to th motion, which la a!gnd by Cansler and Cans lar, Kaper and Raper, Walser and Wsl ser, 1. R. MoCrary aad J. F. Rpralll, Phillip aad Bower, rasas lo full as follows: "Th defendant com Into court and fll thl hie repos to plalntlff'a mo tion for new trial In thla action and says: "1. That th ruling of the court mad during th trial of th action t wfiich plaintiff assigned error tn th records are made In accordance with the law and ar correct,-and that tha verdict ta supported by and In accord ance with th weight of tha evidence offered at th trial. "I. That th plaintiff had a fair and Impartial trial and that th Jury wa Impartial and he denies that out side Influence wer exerted and brought to bear on th Jury or that th verdict attalnst the plaintiff was affected by any cutslde Influences, aad ha denies th allegation. "That th ver dict aa rendered did not sxpress th real sentiment of all th Juror.' and further aaya that said verdctt was ren dered by the Jury after they had con sidered and deliberated upon th evi dence for nearly two days and after such deliberation and conatdaratioa rendered their verdict. ". The defendant denle th alle gation That since the trial of nai4 causa wly discovered evidence baa ' (Continued on Peg tsur.) JURY'S VERDICT STAND AGAINST MRS. VARNER
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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