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0 DAILY N EWS You Want All th About Buainett Road the Ads Daily WEATHER !rilu. uRF.F.NSROR VOL. XXIV. NO. 80 NEGRO FARM BOSS TELLS OF PART HE TOOK IN KILLINGS SDC WERE CHAINED TO Will ALIVE Five Others Were Knocked On the Head Or Shot. HE WAS AFRAID NOT TO "Mr. Johnny" Told Him, Witness Said, "It's Their Necks Or Yours." A SORDID STORY IS TOLD Trial of John Wllllnma for Murder of 11 of HI 'Kro Farm Handa la Iti proajrese Willlnma Able to Smile Onrr. 1ST AsMs-lsteii Press. I Covington, Ga., April 6. Fear for his own life was th motive that prompted Clyde Manning, negro farm bom, to help kill 11 negro farm hands employed od the Jasper county plantation of John S. Williams, the negro told the jury trying Williams In Newton county iuperlor court here today. Manning as serted on cross-examination he did not want to help kill them, but was afraid to disobey Williams, who. he declared, was trying to do away with the negroes for fear they might tes tify regarding peonage conditions on the Williams farm. "They wasn't abothering me," r id Manning, a coal-black, short, stuck l. built man of about 150 pounds, "and I didn't want to get 'em out of the way," but, he added, a few moments later, "Mr. Johnny said, 'It s their necks or yours.' " n. r, mat- nath hnrtlv nftr loe iiesi"" .j reaerai sutnuiiuco ............ ... gatlon of alleged peonage on the farm, tlx of them, according to Manning, be ing chained to rocks and thrown alive into rivers, and Ave knocked In the bead or shot and buried on the farm. Williams Is on trial charged with the murder of Llndsey Peterson, one of three of the negroes, alleged to have , been brought Into Newton county and drowned. The defense sought to con fine the, witness to his account of Pe terson'! death and to bar him and two federal agents from testifying to peon age conditions. Judge John B. Hut eheaon overruled both motions and Green P. Johnson, chief counsel for Williams, Indicated he would appeal on these grounds to higher courts In vent of conviction of Williams. . Wn BinV 'railaaaa Comments. Throughout atf hour Df- fctoss-exarn'-Inatlon the negro, who was Indicted Jointly with Williams, stolidly denied any pressure had been brought to bear , on him to make him tell the story. It wa only after long questioning by officers, he said, that he first told his atory, but he denied he had been beaten, threatened with drowlng or promised a light sentence If he would help convict Williams, as the latter s counsel intimated. "I'm Just telling the truth," Manning told the attorney, and added that he had not talked when first arrested "because Mr. Johnny told me not to." "Well drilled," was the only com ment that could be obtained from Wil liam! after the trial. He had watched the witness closely throughout the day, and on one occasion smiled broadly when Manning described how, In his attempt to operate his employer's auto mobile, he had run into a mall box. Huland, Marvin and Leroy Williams, ona of the defendant, for whom Gov ernor Hugh Dorsey has asked indict ments in Jasper cotinty when the Brand Jury there takes up on April 11 Investigation of the deaths of the eight negroes In that county, were not In court again today, but Dr. Gus Wil liams, the oldest son, flatly denied re ports they had left the state. They probably will attend the trial later, he said. The state put up four other wit nesses besides Manning two federal agents; Clyde Freeman, a negro farm hand, and a negro woman cook, and was expected to conclude Its case by tomorrow nlKht. The defense Indicated It would conclude its testimony In aboot one day and that the case should o to the Jury Saturday. Manning; Telia About Murders. Manning was the state's chief wit ness and during his testimony the courthouse was packed to capacity. Judge Hutcheson permitting all who could to stand In aisles and around the bar after all seats had been filled The court asked for order and again today, as was the case yesterday, there 'as hardly a murmur from the crowd as men and women le;mcd forward t" catch every word. Manning seemed little affected ly his recital, and rarely changed the inflec tion of his voice He is unable to rend or white, he said, and gae ln sue as about 2it years but did not V. no where he was born. "When 1 first remember inys-If.' he M"l. "I was in Jasper county During some three hours of 0 re. "aminaiion the necro 'ol.l in eta;i of the alleged murdei of tin- 11 lie-. EMPLOYMENT SHOWS INCREASE PAST MONTH a Mle Of Karm Work and Renewed I Activity In Automobile I'lnnts Idle- I' aess Increased l.X Per tent. ' wahinRtnn. .vVril t H- spit.. e. aewert a, tixity m , norm .I., .- p ar's , and a resumption ,.f ..p. r..tio: j three or fr,,ir other Indus! ri. - u,lo- l nnen-plovment in Hi I s- eotlnued to increa.e during M..'- ... rlnr to labor depart me' ' !..! . "em a'l ,,,, , ,. . .,-..! niplny n. , n i on fanes v. a- ,i.l..it. ! , ' I returns ma.b lo t. .. gent,. ,,,, ,h, . ,, , ,., , -gage.l as , ,,, k ,.. , ' , tatlstical presents!,.,,, . : The d. partni, , found xt,- ', ! I ""trial establishments i. .! . In , -I ! , te onli, nr,,v ,nipi.,, ,,,, .. ,, ,. j "men ad i,a, : ;, : ; si. . eayroil, Varrt 7i , . ' . .; WPloy.l V. t.r-iarV ''..' ... ? ,:.- - per" . ... t... V ,. atlllier was ,'. -on , , t. !.! jaw.. " ortl, I-.,... . , ..... r;-re - ..: . "f . the ;,.rt ,, ,,, Bint:f-i , . . . i . f " ... ., r. Ji.i-oi n,,;, , . ' -': ''e rero.-' ...... . tVTKJtKH AK SKlONP CLASS MATTtR T roSTOhFU K. CBKRN.BoaO. N I. Royal Palm Wrecked Six Persons Killed uiitrrnet. Ky.. April It Two peraiuiM were killed find .'HI Injured, four rntnlly. In n wreck nf the Koynl I'nlm limited, mirt hlnmnd, on lhe .Southern ruilvtny nt New Mlver, iVnn., tliln afternoon. A apeclal truln hearing the dead nnd Injured arrived here nt Nt30 o'clock thla etenhiit. r'our died on the train mid in a hNiltnl here. A number of the Injured are not expected to live. The dead who have been Identi fied nre Joe Kramer, t'hlcnjco nnd William I'arka, lilted H7, aoldlera' honit, ;mnd Haplda, Mlrh. Three conphea were overturned nnd three sleepers derailed. The wreck, which waa due. nrcordtng to rnllroad men, to buckling or apreudlnjc of the rnlla, occurred Jiiat north of ew River, Tens. The royal Tnlm limited runs frnni .Ifickaonvtlle, Fla,, to fhlcngn. Through aleeucrs for lndlanapolla, Toledo, Detroit and Chicago are cnrrled. The complete death lint follows! F. E. Cook, Orion, Mich. 10. J. Huahey, Detroit, Mich. K. Hammirh. Detroit, Mich, llnrrj- Mirklra, Nt. Marya, Ohio. Joe Kramer, Chicago. Wllllum I'arka, nged 87. soldiers' homr, Grand llnplda, Mich. Will Be General Counsel and As sistant To Custodian. HAS ACCEPTED POSITION The Appointment Was Made With Approval Of Morehead and Linney. IS SURPRISE TO BUTLER Several Daya Ago He Had Stated That Col. Meekina Would Not Accept and Would Fight the More-head-l.lnney Hlate. nail? News Burrsu and Telegrsph lltftrs. The Bios Butlciln I Br Lessee Win) Washington. April 8. Th alien prQDOJxHpsaHaa. tsilsy auiiwnw that Col. Isaac M. Meeklns, of Eliza beth City, N. C, had accepted the posi tion of general counsel and assistant custodian of alien property. The of ficial statement of Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian, shows that the appointment was made with the approval of John M. Morehead, Repub lican national committeeman, and Frank Linney, Republican state chair man of North Carolina. In fact, It Is learned that Col. Meekins' appointment and acceptance were contingent upon the approval of the regular Republican organization in the state. Which is Just another indication that the Harding adminis tration Intends to be "regular" in Its appointment and to recognize the local brethren In power. I.ate today former Senator Marlon Butler, of North Carolina, was Inform ed by the Pally News correspondent that Col. Meekins had accepted the appointment offered him a week or 10 days ago. Mr. Butler expressed his "surprise" and seemed for a moment to demand confirmation. He was in formed tha. M'. Miller, the alien property custodian, had himself of ficially made public, the announce ment today. Several days ago Mr. Butler said that Col. Meekins would not accept the proffered place In Washington. In stead, he said. Col. Meeklns was more interested in the fact that the eastern section of North Carolina had been Ignored In the Morchead-Llnney pa tronage agreed upon at tlreenshoro at the recent meeting of the state com mittee. Senator Hutler said that "nl. Meeklns had returned to North Carolina to survey the situation and hrlni; out a candidate against the slated candidate. Mr. Tucker, for appointment s dis trict attorney for the eastern district, anil probably rival candidates for oth er offices Senator Itiltler indicated a vigorous fighl m the east against the Morehead-l.inni y "i R a n i7a t ion llegln Unties et Week. Now. II aj,..-ais '..!. -M.eklns lias . ..,.,,cot.o-..d ins l lerimiKit ion not t" accept the j"b i" ill" . ii-to,lian's offi. c. and Mr. Miller. III.- plop, i t y cusK-lii.li. says lo- "ill .." . " "' """ of next week III addition. Hi" slat. Oh"!'! f AH Miller plainly slows l!a' ' ..-li!i- .11,1 not g,-t Hi' jot' ni, ill h i ''i the l,oloise:.,it ,.f M. HM. ! -I.e.,.1 an.l l.l,iti" H" was s.-nt I.... t" """ ci li Me pi ... ( . tin rtl i nt v. r GREENSBORO, N. C, BY BODYOFTAR HEELS Appear Before Vice-President Miller, Of the Southern. HE MAKES NO PROMISES If Train Is Established There Must Be Curtailment Of Service Elsewhere. PELL OFFERS SCHEDULES Would Tnke Off No. in Aa One of the Nncritlcea to Be Made In Service, ltallrond Takes Matter I nder Advisement. Pally Nrws Bnn-su suit Telegrsptl Offlrs. TIM Rlres Butldlni iHy leased Wire) By TIIKOIIIIKE I'll. I. Kit. Washington, April 6. The North Carolina corporation commission and a delegation representing various cities of the state today appeared before Henry W. Miller, vice-president and general manager of the Southern rail way, and urged establishment of through train service between (iolds boro and Cincinnati, via the Ashevlllc gateway. The conference was t he culmination of the dissatisfaction that has existed for some time over the routing of trains Nos 21 and 22 via Winston Salem. Vice-President Miller gave the dele gation' a sympathetic hearing but frankly told the North Carolinians flie Southern could not add additional through train service and mileage, without curtailing its trains some where else. At tile outset, Mr. Miller, who Is himself a Tar Jl eel, seemed un able to do anything. Toward the end of the conference, which continued from 10:30 past noon, Mr. Miller prom ised to go over all the schedules of North Carolina trains to see If the add ed through service might be partially or wholly offset by elimination of cer tain of the local service. Judge George P Pell, of the North Carolina commission, opened the con ference with a statement that eastern North Carolina was cut off from the west when it comes to through trains. The state commission, he said, would be glad to co-operate In a readjust ment of schedules locally to make Btich a service possible. He submitted three tentative schedules from Uolds boro to Cincinnati. Would Take Off No. IK. "Take olT No. IB down the road to Raleigh," was one of the local sacri fices suggested by Judge Pell. He also suggested the possible elimination of the turn train. No. 16, and No. 11, leav ing Salisbury at 8:30 a. m. for Ashe ville and in compensation the putting In of a few local stops on the new through train. At this point, Vice-President Miller suggested that No. It had been run ning for something like 40 years and it waa a serious thing to take off such a well-established train. Mr. Miller also ;ll"4.r'rSA. -Urn UlU i HI lasts T fund by Judge Pell "adds lOO miles a day, both ways, or 1200 per day for operation on the basis of a dollar a train mile." Commissioner A. J. Maxwell Intcr- Jected that the Southern road ought to take Into consideration the fact that much of the passenger traffic of east ern and central North Carolina goes through Virginia. He seemed confident that a through service would pay In the end. Jn the general discussion, Mr. Miller said it would be "physically impos sible," from the standpoint of opera tion and safety to put a train from Gohlsboro to Ashovtlle in 10 hours. K. B. Jeffress, of the Greensboro cham ber of commerce, aroused Interest by saying that trains Nos. 21, 22, 11 and 12 were locally called "starvation trains." He explained to Vice-President Miller that this uncomplimentary des ignation was due to lack of dining facilities. V ice-Preside nt Miller contended that a passenger might now leave High Point early In tile morning anil reach Cincinnati the next morning. Previous ly J. J. Farrlss. of High Point, had stressed the importance to the South ern railway and North Carolina of the encouragement of travel to (he High Point furniture exposition, Mr. Miller said the issue scented to be through Pullman service to the west rather than the consist of the train, and tempor arily he could not speculate on what business a through western service might produce. In fact, through the interview. Mr, Miller recited figures showing how the Soulbern and olher roads are op rating al a loss and plainly lnilicatcl It was a case of "bal ancing off sen Ice If ml'litional ac commodations are proidetl. A Compromise Nuggeated. 'What you appear to ii,-ed." he said. hnw.-ver. 'is th. consist uf trains in stead of new schedules" In the end Mr Miller suggested the compromise of a through sleeper from (loldshoro and eastern N'irtli CarollnH to the west. Instead nf a new train. If more lltiao one sl,,,per seeiueil u,-,,-ssai lie 'alliance! th" general proposition tli.it l.tilroads alw.ts provided extra ac commodations uii.ler such circum stances. . 'I t . irina t i sleepei " ,t ,,f I ;old l.i.i ., al p. in. was in. i, I om.-.l by . Miller Ml Maxwell that , ..s I , I., a II "X HI, ' l.l.l that I' n.ii .,.1! IcpleNiMt tlll'.ugl! sT- . , , h. , anse ! lie t I am it .1.0 too inatix islero i Ma i ..f but ami thi: i i :.io-i i i . ii vrioN i'ito.ni iiii iniiidM. U t' V;.: -i Tl r Am-.. , - i -u t ! i o d ' " I .. T Me t t iiiTl, li. in i i t m ri n i ,..(! ! in t i i r i w .-. i ii i in r ion ( I arc! inn I lt..uhirrly alU THURSDAY " MORNING, APRIL IB They Are Sent to Britain. Japan, France and Italy. THEY ALL DEAL WITH YAP We Have Surrendered None Of Oar Rights To German Over seas Possessions. ONE NOTE MADE PUBLIC Note To Japan W Ji-!y To On On the Mulijc. Of Yap and U Not iiirrn Out No Commrnt ! Ma4c On It. (By Atnorlatrtl Prm l AVashinston. April 6, The American Kovcrnment, although not a party to the treaty of Versailles, hai aurrender ed none of Its rifhta In the overseas possessions of Germany secured o the principal allied and associated powers hy that treaty, the governments of Japan, Great Britain, France and Italy nre Informed by Secretary Hughes In similar notes despatched hy the state department last Monday. Specifically, the communications deal with t he award to Japan by the su preme council at ParU, May 7. 1919, of a mandate over the isimul of Yap, an Important cable center In the Taciflo ocean, and Mr. Hughes says the Amer ican government "trusts that this ac tion, which it must .assume was taken under a misapprehension, will be re considered," The notes are the first important dip lomatic communications penned by the new secretary of state, and they make It plain that the change of admin ls t rations In Washington has resulted In no modi flea Hon of the previous posi tion of the United Strttes that, as one of the principal contributors to the common victory over Germany, It must insist upon the exercise of Its full rights In the disposition of the former German possessions. Only 'one of the communications that to Great Hrltaln was made pub lic. Those to France and Italy are un derstood to be substantially the same, hut Hit' state department. In giving; out the note to the London foreign office tonight, explained that the note to Japan contained "additional para graphs referring to previous corre spondence between the two govern ments." It added that the correspond ence with Tokio "la not made public at this time," but no official explanation was forthcoming, Note Denis With Yap. The note to Japan la in reply to one on the subject of Yap received from that country March 2. This communi cation and those to the other three .al lied powers were supplemental to pre vious notes on this subject .from the United States to those govecnjsiaals a,p4 aiito to me council oi tne iPHgue in-oiyi ecrelary Colby November 9. frr th International communications confer ence had convened here to dispose finally of the former German cables seised by the allies at the outbreak of the war. Asserting that "there could be no valid or effective disposition of the overseas possession of Germany, now under consideration, without the as sent of the United States," Secretary Hughes points out that the treaty of Versailles does not "purport to secure to Japan or to any other nation any right in the overseas possessions of Germany save" as an equal right there in should be secured to the United States." "On the rontrary," he says, "article 119 of the treaty of Versailles provides: 'Germany renounces In favor of the principal allied and associated powers all her rights and titles over her over seas possessions.' It will not be ques tioned that one of the 'principal allied and associated powers' In whose favor Germany renounces her rights and titles is the United States. Thus not only the position of the government of Japan derives no strength from the treaty of Versailles or from any dis cussions preliminary thereto, hut the terms of that treaty confirm the posi tion nf the government of the United States." Referring to content Ions previously raist-d Hint the supreme council at Paris, during lhe drafting of the treaty of Versailles, agreed to a mandate over Yap for .iHpan. Mr. Hughes calls at tention to the fact that President Wil son had already made, in t h p re v i o u s meetings of the supreme council on t lirec KepHpiite occasions, reservations regarding the Pacific island. Quo tea Mr. Wilson. ret at y then quoi es from Th. letter f rom President Wilson to i he state department. March 3, in which he declares t h:i t he had taken the posi tion t Mh l Hip island of Yap should he in t e mat mnal Ized for cable purposes. Mr. Wilson K tn to pay that he never ;thand'.n-d or modified this poj tM'ii and did in it agree. Ma j 7. 1919. or at any ol her time, thai t lie Is I a nd should b- included In the assignment of nm ndn tea t Japan. Mr. Huiili's iiiid'fH lhe f u rim r Prc-s -irlnt further "Am ;i rn.ifter of fact, ail agreements ;trr:-d ,, t rR.,rdiiiK the a v : g n rue n t f ma !id;t l es were conditional upon a sul.n)irii! a g 1 1 e n i n t being resihtd U Ut t lif hpr-i-ific terms nf t lie in a II dM" nnd futil,( upon fh"ir accept -anr .'.-.i h if tl.t- principal allied and a 1 1 ' d po " r s le.iiiMr that 'Im- tinted Slat. hh . - 1 - 1 ' ij r M. n ii pr roe 1" f I alK'IIK With i 1 rt!'d Stat- ti e erreTaiy i wr nrnnt in uM J I oft It N r : K h I ; d pr mr t.. .,n j 'nunc! ..r 1 1 -li IN NOH I lH IMIIT - i eil fiiN IIKI.T 11 MOW W a r. ; n u t a t: T. :.tn , Ki t h ,.1. T- e-t. - r-aiilu. In irtt- I ruptiuH . - a , f. V , r, -',, 7, 1921 IN ABOUT 10 PER CENT. OF COUNBES IN STATE Many More Ask For Horizontal Cut Of 50 Per Cent. REVENUE IS A BIG TASK Commissioners Wonder How They Are To Raise It With Valuation Reduced. LACY GOES TO NEW YORK He Will llr rollosvfd Bj fioT. Morrlaoa and tke Two Will Hunt Markrt For Hoai Bonds ( rata; Indorara Watla Applnlmnt. Tns CMwnsloro I'sllj Na limil SOs Men-hints Nstlonsl Bsnk Blilf. By W. T. BOT. Ralelirh. April . Mornln newspa pers carrying; atorlea of county com missioners' meetings Indicated that more of the protestanta than 10 per cent, of the 100 oountlcs already have availed themselves of the amended re valuation act, which provided the ma chinery for equalising the values put on property under the 1919 act. And 10 per cent, waa about what the members of the general assembly guessed would be storming the county commissioners the first April Monday. The propaganda seems to have worked well and It would not be surprising If 26 counties In the stale will ask a horl sontal cut of 60 per cent. The east la not alone In Its calamity. Middle and piedmont counties are clamoring for "relief" and the county commission ers who have heard the petitions are. now wondering how to work out "re lief" by cutting the values of rural property In half then raising the rate. To those who regarded revaluation both crime and blunder any sort of i-hunge Is acceptable If not entirely satisfactory. The writing of morality In the tax books la the outstanding work of Governor Blckett'a outgoing. The university's crowning him with Its doctorate In the first year and a half of his administration was Its rare way of paying him perfect tribute. It rated htm pre-eminently high on his first legislative program, perhapa tha first rank of the spiritual offerings, war, prison reform, educational extension, and boosting- al) things agricultural. He has revaluation, which' ha called truth telling and equalisation pure and simple, for a finale. They have ahot up his idealism sharply, but above tha clamor of tha counties can ba heard tha county com missioners a-thlnklng. They ara going to cut the valuatlona down but they are not going to solve tha difficulty thereby. The revaluation act waa un der way when Blckett reduoed the state tax from 27 1-1 oenta to 000. Hta administration abolished for tha time being the atata tax. Nona whatever was levied last year. Governor Morri son means to keep It abolished and alMa-lii Oommlasloner A. J. Maxwell was working rveft,'Jll1 nf frlrnn aTati a'" (rliWlf(oTitB7"Tiaa risen ts expaln how property la to ba reduced (0 par cent. In the counties and tha taxes raiaed. The horlsontal cut In many countlea will tend atrongly toward equaUaatlon and undoubtedly will reduce tha prop erty to a level substantially nearer truth than the high valuatlona now have It. That Is aa much a purpose of revaluation as raising the ratea to the proper height. When the revaluation lata were assailed last year for putting the revaluation act on the boka, tha taxatlonlsts being charged with an at tempt to magnify tha taxing powers of the atate, the answer came back with the atate tax eliminated altogether. Nalviige Of the Art, The men who trimmed the revalua tion act to ault aa many malcontenta as possible believe In spit of their work that the saving graces of the law abide. Governor Blckett alwaya arguad that an excessive valuation Is aa ob jectionable as a low one and a great deal more burdensome. For that rea son he Is In hearty sympathy with the recent legislative act which aeeka to tret actiml valuations. Nor does he Interpret ef her the special session of 1920 or the late regular legislature to have rpudiated the principle underly ing revaluation the principle of mak ing the tax books apeak the truth. He will bellre revaluation has been abandoned when the atate reverts to its prlnclpl" nf allowing one county to put one value on property, another sim ilarly situated to place values utterly unrelated to the property about It. And es the protestanta declare they have no purpose to return to the Ana nias, riuh position of anvlhing that the taxed can put over, they would appear to be with the lawmakers. Hut wherever they are. they do not tell the county commissioners who have made up their budgets and must meet their expenses how It is going to be possible to raise the revenues neces sary when thore taxes are basd on the ,ld values. The trouble of the com missioners will begin when they under take to work out a system of Individual relief which rnekes every man pay lesa end the whole body politic pay the same. Kx-,;.ivernor l.ocke Craig, who Is In HnlelKh. gives handsome indorsement to t ht- iipitoin ( nient of Col. A. 1). Watts a ree,i,ie comm I I eoner. The governor flnda the west fully satisfied rvith the appointment uf Col onel Watts, and In the colonel the friendl) e;'tlon ses s a area! business men 'tint harl able public- servant. ;oirnor Cr.ng likewise thinks (ha: ';oernor Morrison's ad mln 1st rat Ion will murk Nn eporti In the moral and intfllr. inal life of the state aearralna for Vssrr. Treasurer Henjamln It l.aey left to rui:,i for New York and Governor M..,r-'i leaves tomorrow night after st',jkifiK m 'Jreenehoro for New York, v, here thf ,wo state offU'lals will un 1. r lake ,o se I the first hlg batch of t d .MIK d h i . Sort h 'rtroltn rrtntly for m-hooU, 'fficial a It tn K'-t th t ha k with find w her matitutlons jtrid tv.t cipsx-tmir "n m(inv ne(l-il and t hem. hul they do It ta nhtainahlf, to ' ht ir.i; a n -t hair' a rl a i n w hat rten T he v It hoijt in - j. ', a m ' - . w h m ' ra t ninat paid .' ..rt tarn, '"mum in . th bond .. K., r.T at d ' tHf"iifi pn. eji Tit- iu MKti Min.n t'niitii whirh a tt., e--y rich men !' it. tin t h jl 'I ;,r ' r. fld 'i : n t h t'He K ' " 'd n i e ft t ; t i n rr t m h I . d I'mt it w 1 : t . ;.p lo ,! the l.onda !,c'ir."r ,n" n-n , vn m(r en - ,, ar.'l ht- ha n't nhrd ny ; t :ir ' ovr th 1 . t ' -, .? pnt;'.n Tfi r '.rr.m ;piifn ,,. i -j . w- ui! it a raniftd . h T i a : la t . r.g ' f f. htrhwiy f -r . I fff.m J u . y 1 T ' t r it?t i ' ; a ! m 'f pop ilar nip a .' t!jin nf th BrTal - ; ! .' '-.Tnr W'.rrtnon nru' r . - n4 tt - ''lltd f't Mitiv nw v irnn hi YKA1 DUU AND 81JNPAY. $tf 0JJLIf French Girl First To Fly Over Andes Mme. Adrlenna Bolland, famoua French aviatrlx, who flew across the Andes mountains from Mendoxa, Ar gentina, to Chill. She la tha first wom an to perform this feat. Mme. Bol land't flying time was four hours. 8ha need a 1914 model 60-horsepower bi plane and flew at an average height of 4,600 metres. If This Will Be the Chief Recom mendation Of the Dawes Committee. TO PRAFT REPORT AT ONCE (If Aaaxlttss rraaO Washington, April t. Consolidation under ona head of all govarnmsnt bu reaus dealing with ex-aoldler relief to funotlon dlraotly for the President will ba the chief recommendation mads to President Harding by tha speolal com. mlslson which concluded Its Inquiry Into government relief work here to day. Charles O. Dawea, of Chicago, chairman ' of tha commission, an nonunced tonight that actual draft ing of the report to be submitted to tha President would begin tomorrow In exaoutlva aeaalon. The new bureau will ba known prob ably aa "the veterans' rehanlllM fttlonl JTnWfftTrnrrTMJloWlTTTiair doien names ave been suggested. Its head will be selected by President Harding from among tha moat able men pos sessing a knowledge of n-servlce man's problems. An analyst of the testimony taken during tha two-day Inquiry waa before the member tonight for study lo that when they meet tomorrow they will be prepared to put their ldeaa In th form of a report to th president. Commission members were agreed today that the crux of th problem centered in the phrase, "veteran re habilitation." While It wa a single problem, they said It naturally wa divided Into three need which must be fulfilled for the ex-aoldlera by the government. They were, flrt, those of a physical nature; second, those of finance, and. third, those dealing with Industrial phaaea. - Heretofore these problem have been delegated to three separate and dis tinct oiganlxatlons, the public health service for medical treatment, the bu reau of war rlaks for financial support, and the board of vocational education lor Industrial rehablllatlon.' These organisations will be grouped, according to the commlslson's decision, under a central authority eliminating duplication and conflict between the existing agencies which It was aald had resulted In men being transferred from one Jurisdiction to another and often left during transfer without physical, financial or Industrial bene fits The commission's findings, It waa said, will show serious conditions with reference to hospital facilities, espe cially aa affecting tubercular and mental casea. This condition will be cited to Illustrate the need for new hospitals for which an appropriation will probably be asked of Congress. New legislation also will be aaked by th commission In It report to ac complish consolidation of the existing bureau nd decentralisation of the field service o that those in need may apply to relief atatlona established In their horn district rather than' to Washington or other mora distant bu reaua. Commander Galbralth pledged the American legion's support to the cen trsl bureau, a did the chiefs of all the government bureaus affected and of fers of the lied Cros. These nave been Invited by Mr. Dawes to sign the commission's r, port. Al.lftHI H I IIII.D hILI.KII B PAJsKNtiKH THAIN HO II (Kpeml t Dshs Vwi. I Ha.labury. April The two-year- old baby girl of Mr and Mrs Adam T. Jackson, wandered from home this momma and got aa far aa the .South ern railway track Just a short dis tance away in time to be struck by southbound passenger train No. 11. when the little one waa nilseed. a search was made whlrh ended In a ! few minutes, the child being found be- twen the double tra. ks and so badly j Injure.! that It died in a local hospital I' tonight. Kuneral at Corinth church Thursday at 2 o'clock Fersrast By Male. Washington. April b. --Virginia: 1'art 1 ly cloudy in north, unsettled, probably showers in sooth portion Thursila) . 1 I'lclsy unsettled, little change In tem- rtiire Nortl. and South Carolina Generally 1 .loioi, i.nkeitleil weather Thuia- lv ri. f-ri'lM. tT.il.dt.ly occasional i show.,, l:tTie (hat'fce in temperature j ;eort;lii '..nerally fair Thursday; r"r;U urisettl.d, .rol,al,l showers in we.: itr..l north port...,,, little change In i etii i'r at u r Tn n --- . nrr-a. r)ntdin?aa ThurtU with Hiwrn in WfSl por T i. n K rSday ah-. tpr n and r-ooltrr. lanuta:ana nnd Kan: Txaa. Thursday knd Kr i da y part ly flnud lo cloudy. Arkunui. T-,.irida .i:tr-d ahow rv rridy imr.) Jn'id t rptudy V ... Tia Thurda and Friday r m ' l'KICE FIVE CENTS POLICY OF MR! HUGHES VIRTUALLY ENVISAGES HEW PEACE OF WORLD Would Mean Rewriting Of the Versailles Treaty. AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM New Peace Would Include AH ' I Problems In Which America L Is Interested. I HARDING ASKS FOR DELAY j President Does Not Wlah To Take Amy Mtena To separate America from Allies, For a Brail Peace Mnat Be a Joint One. Dally Nrws auresu sad Tslegrapa Oftles, Tns Hutldlnl (It Ijsaswl Win) By V. W. U1LHKIIT. (Coarrlfbt. llHi t ranadelDhls rublls Udear.) Washington, April . A tatemnt la tha authoritative Information given out after the cabinet meeting yeatarday ha not been sufficiently emphasised. It was that th administration would not consider th International problem apart from th domeatio problem. Thla means that a a part of th pc whloh Beoretary Hughe aim to ngo tlate will be th settlement not merely of German reparations, whloh Mr, Hughes In hi recent not left open, and the association of nation, but all tb question In which w are peoullarly Interested, such aa mandatea. oabl, oil, world trad and (hipping. Secretary Hughe' policy virtually envisage a new peace of th world. It I an ambitious program. A aeparat . pao with' Germany or with anyone la I utterly Inconsistent With it. and not to be thought of unlea It fall. It conform to th idea whloh Beoretary Fall expressed at Marlon after confer ence with Mr. Harding that th nation of th earth would get together and re write th treaty of Vetealllee. It la not o much a (writing of that treaty that I In mind a a supplementing of It, a settlement of th grave problem that It left unsettlled, and tn th light of two year' xperlenoe under It. Of thla program th eornerton I th state department's declaration that thl oountry had forfeited none- of He right a a belligerent. Not having accepted th treaty of Veraallle thl government regard Itself a In the po sition virtually In which It waa at Pari, abl to repair th mitakea that wr mad thir. Mnet Aaaoclate With Alllee, this I th raon why Mr. Harding meana to mov slowly with th Knox resolution. H wishes to tak no teu which separata him from the late co belligerents of thl oountry. Once h doe thl It oan no longer be aald that thl country, ha forfeited none of It right a a co-belligerent. H will by th very aet of making a aeparat peace abandon th right on whose Im portance th Stat department strong ly Insist, those gained by helping win tb war. mJUia. jknt .prdgraw ol l pacene t:on or tn worm invoiv.e co-operation with Great Britain, Franc and Italy, the victors of th let war, who today occupy a dominant position In world affair. A real paolflcatlon of th world can only be worked out Jointly with them. Announcement whloh com ' front senator with regard to th Interna tional policy of th administration are to be taken with a grain of salt. Only two or thr day ago It waa learned on th highest authority that Senator Lodge, chairman of th senate foreign relation committee, knew little of President Harding's Intentions with re gard to Europ. If a nator plaoed j a tl is, I rather In th darkr other senators lee likely to b conaulted. Know lea. It I not becauaa the ad ministration I working In crt. It I because th administration ha not got further than to develop general aim baaed on th prtnelple that we ' have not yet made peace and maintain It right gained In th war as unlm r aired hy th dsclslon reaohed at Pari. i , . The senator know that th Presi dent I against th Immediate pressing of the Knox resolution. It I under stood that the administration want W day In which to develop It plan be fore committing Iteelf to o rlou 'A step a Impairing It position as a gelllgerent by making a eaparat peace. An Illustration of th kind of wild statements about what th United mates will do abroad la th story con tained In soma of the morning papera that there will be no aaaociation of nation, that thl country will an nounce a nw Monro Lioctrlna for the world, a declaration of Ita Intan- tlon to preserva world peace whenevr and by whomaoever assailed. Reaator New'a Owa Idea. Thl I contained In a formal atate ment by Senator Harry New, of In diana, and ha a certain Impresalveness ' aa coming from a member of the ven al foreign relatione committee, and a close friend of President Harding. Hut the circumstance are these: Mr. New haa been away In Indiana for aeveral weeka. He haa not been In racent con- , tact with either President Harding or Hecretary Ilughea. Ha apeaka for himself, Thla la his Idea of what should be don or what will b done. On the contrary It may be said posi tively that the administration la work ing toward an aaaociation of nations, based aa Mr. Wilson failed to baae hla upon a real peace of the world. Thl (Continued on page alx.) JOHN H. DRAPER'S CASE MAY REACH JURY TODAY Draper la Pint Of 14 Men ItJlrtl T Be TrltffJ Far Htonnlnfm; Hb ion. V"- Jwll. (SprrUJ U PUtr Panvllle. -a.. April .-Whn Hall fax rounty court adjourned tonight th ( cur afafnajt Jno. H. Draper, a while man lntHrt-f for taking part In an attack mad hy a mob on the Hous ton Jail two werka ago. waa nearly ovrr The aoetiaed ia to tak the stand tomorrow mornlna: after whlrh the common wealth will put on rebuttal evidence. Final arfjument will follow and the, ca ahould reach the Jury by at. out 4 o'clock. Fourteen other men ar' joint ly chare; ed Commonwealth' Attorney Jan. H Kaaly aaid tontarht that hr Man ell aatiafied with hi r-iM. He hd heard four reputable men positively .dentify 1raper a he inK ne ui th-. Urnre crowd whtch stornid the Jail. H waa Identified further as one of the men who had tried to break down the Jail door, and aa one of th men who emptied re volvers !nnide the Jail wlndowa. Still another wttnaa testified that he saw !raper aamMlna: with the mob t wa rn jN-p from Houston. The d-fense souniht to prove an alibi. Prapt-ri mother, two sisters, father and a traveling man testified that Draper waa at the town hotel when the jail attack was made. They admitted that "he Joined the Jail rrowd wheat the i- i f 1 t were i,...re.s ., ,., .. . ... I . 'l''Jlil lux. j p hoot in waa going on. Ha f,r " -i I n n 1 r"-urttni f or a.-;.,
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