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ORO DAILY NEW WEXTUER lou Want All th Aewu About Butinett Road the Adt Daily fulr, Warmer Today and HednMdf. GREE NSB vh XXIV. NO. 85 fSstmessage of president harding TO BE HEARD TODAY CONGRESS READY FOR SIGNAL TO BEGIN BIG IT Organization Is Perfected For Sixty-Seventh Session. BEGIN REAL WORK TODAY Republicans Hold Overwhelming Majorities, 22 In Senate and 170 In the House. MANY, BILLS INTRODUCED yirnt BuslnfNa to Be Taken I p In House Hill B Kinrrgtnry mnn, nine Senate Will Give Attention ' to Colombian Treaty. (By Associated PrrsO Washington, April 11. The 67th Con gress convened today with few de partures from time-honored precedent ADd adjourned until tomorrow when, t 1 o'clock, a joint session will hear president Harding deliver his opening tttssage. Appointment of committees to notify the President of the assembling of the extraordinary session, re-election of Speaker Gillett and other Republican officers of the house, Introduction of hundreds of bills and resolutions in the bouse and organization affairs were the principal features of today's ses sion. The senate, which was organized by the Republicans at the extra ses sion last month, was in session only 24 minutes, but the house organiza tion required several hours. Crowds of spectators thronged both senate and bouse galleries. President Harding's message tomor row is to be the signal for beginning the session's work. A great rush at the house chamber for the first appearance of the new executive before Congress is expected. Admission is to be by card only, and tickets were the object of lively effort today. The senate also will get down to Dusiness tomorrow, when bills and resolutions are to be Introduced and debate begun on the $26,000,000 Colom bian treaty. Senator Lodge, of Massa chusetts, Republican leader, gave no tice tod, ay that he would move for open discussions and himself make the in itial speech in behalf of ratification. Bo' will be followed by Senator KeU ugg, Republican, of Minnesota, an op ponent of the treaty, and by Senators JPoroerene, Democrat, of Ohio, and Knox, Republican, of Pennsylvania, in Hi support, ine nnai vote win come jttsj. 'ttur a? 54 Emergency Tartar Mrtrt. '. The emergency tariff bill, Introduced today, is to be the first business of the house. Debate is to start Wednes day and leaders hope for prompt pass IM. Chairman Penrose, of the senate tntnce committee, said tonight thle bill Iso would be rushed through the sen li. Democrats, he added, were dis posed to withhold discussion until the permanent tariff bill is brought In. He alio announced that the finance com ulttee would meet Wednesday to take op Internal revenue revision, In the opening preliminaries today 1st overwhelming Republican major Hits of J2 in the senate and about IT In the house, worked with pre cision. Speaker Gillett was re-elected Ml to 122, with Representative Klt- ehln,' of North Carolina, Democratic floor leader, his perfunctory opponent. Representative London, of New Tork, Mie only socialist member, voted "pres ent." The Republicans also bowled oer an attempt by Representative Flood, Democrat, of Virginia, to lnves Irtte the election of Representative Richard E. Bird, Republican, of Kan- , who, it was alleged, spent In ces of $10,000 In his election cam Plgn In violation of the federal cor mpt practices act. In the senate the Republicans, un der the leadership of Senator Dodge. held oft attempts to introduce bills other business today. Senator lde said the precedents were for Poetponment until after receipt of the President's message. All house committees were organ bed today, but the senate committees went over because of a desire of the Rpuplicans to Increase their represen tation on the 10 principal ones. Repub lican senators will confer tomorrow before the session to arrange the com "tttee schedule, With Democratic lead er planning opposition and criticism. Most of the house bills Introduced today were old measures which failed uring the last Congress. A similar situation tomorrow in the senate was Pcted. Tax ti KTin it fohemost I l.Ht.IXLATI VK PROPOSALS IB, Associated Prest.) Washington. April 11. Bills design ed to cover some of the more important Problems before the present Congress Jere introduced today in the house bey Included the emergency tsrlff. re Peal of some war taxes ami proposals for new ones, soldier bonus and sol "er relief, federal budget, restriction (Continued on I'age Flight i THE FRENClTmSCt SS AMERICAN CONTENTION Wl Say America Weak Point U Thai Without Treaty She ! HHhom a Right" n to Yap. weiil Cafett t Daily Ufwi. pTrlibt. 1921. by PhilaiVlpiiU PutMr 4g rr. ) Prjp. April 11. A new and mnrt, 'tical note is appearing in the Krenrh today concerning the Americ ""enticna on the Island of Yap. 'piomat i the Paris Midi sa insists apropos of V 'Ami she must have the fruits of The "eK point Is thai wit llaiy ,,-Ml,,..., rU-Kl 1 "t"rj thai i,u give n, . "lt 1" l"lt their h:.mU t. Y a i'f Versa) lit s s f" ,B" ;reatv there is no uts.lx,. yaJ1 (fl ,rnan jealtim.re proprietor, air-. "email..,;,, e,.nventioi.s "r Vai, ,,, L. but IS f-rtai ! irmiiou. mri.-an p Pert i -1 1. Echo ,.ari n tin m i rlt-..t. fo 1S HhaUv r of ihr peace . hani;tl Yap ovr Jpj voice of ilr W. ,Btx avumi up by rem.nl:r.c An.m lr already have thee far: and i t biamt France lor iHem. 'l? 'J8 8K0Nn r,AS Oregon Sheep King U. S. Senator At 43 A member of the United States sen ate, a millionaire and sheep king of America at 43. is the enviable ac- t-untpiiHiimeni or Robert N. Stan -field. Republican, of Oregon. Sen ator S t a n fl e I (I took his Beat in the upper house on March 4. Mr. Stanflelri's father was a pioneer in California and Oregon and at his death 11 children were left to be cared for. Young1 Stanfield, he was then but a boy. left school to run the ranch for his mother. He tried cattle and then sheep, and today he in a million aire. Senator Stanfield has been in Oregon politics since 1913. It ifl said that the sheep on the senator's own range number 200,000 In a single season, with 400,000 to 600.000 pur chased from other growers. T Threatens To Fill Up Several Newspaper Columns. KEEPS HIM AT WORK LATE Expected To Deal Broadly With Nation s Foreign and Do mestic Problems. TAXATION TO BE FEATURE This, Together With Tariff, the Rail, road gltnntloai and Foreign Rela tione Will I.lkelr Hold Major Places In His Message. r AjaocUtad Proas. 1 Washington, April 11. President Harding's message to the special ses sion of Congress, to be delivered In person at 1 p. m. tomorrow, had not been completed tonight and he re malned at work on it In his study fc,-i..,1 tv,. AU.nnr - wtwii r en. e..u; occUP..d virtually all the chief executive's atten tlon during the day, hla hop of send Ing to the public printer a short and quickly-prepared document by early afternoon being abandoned ones he got into the swing of his task. As it took form tonight the manuscript cov ered a long list of questions and threat sned to run several newspaper columns In length. Besides making specific legislative recommendatlonsi on various subjects. the message is expected to serve aa a broad ' declaration of administration policy on most of the country's foreign and domestic Issues. It Is understood that the President decided on such a pronouncement In the belief that 1t would make for a general understand ing at home and abroad, even though some of the questions touched upon are not to be treated in immediate legislation. In order not to be Interrupted. Mr. Harding remained away from his of fice during the day and received In his study in the White House proper only a few visitors. He wrote his manu script In long hand, following a cus tom he acquired as a newspaper edi tor, and turned it over to stenogra phers several pages at a time for transcription. Tariff, taxation, the railroad situa tion and foreign relations are expected to hold major places in the completed message. It has been indlcaed that he would carry delineation of his atti tude a step further than in hla pre inaguratlon utterances and might make important announcements of ad ministration policies. To Indorse Peaee Resolution. One of the announcements forecast by officials close to the President is expected to Indicate a waning possi bility that the administration will en ter the Versailles league of nations on any terms. In that connection Mr Harding Is considered certain to In dorse the resolution or peace "n Germany, though It Is believed he will not k for hastv action wnne nu negotiations for a new International concert are In progress. Repeal of the excess pronts tax anu substitution of other tax schedules to be worked out by Congress is to be lfert hv the President and his rec ommendations for a tar, IT program are expected to Include emergency meas ures to pr..'e-t agricultural Interests Jt Is understood ne Tin reuurni. sage bills will of th- Immigration aim uu.,r. that failed in the last Congress, eueiiest legislation to co-ordinate facilitate soldier welfare work and and pro vide a sys em ui yuw,- highway maun nance. tie proposal expected Two conrHru to bf uree Inrorpor.ited in the mss-B" creation of a Reneral (rov-rn- mt-nt departnipnt r-a r .:- liquidation tv -i-nr.-.. ! the f a rommiFulon i f !urpliis pr'-p""' orntnent d'lrnni ecu i ndu-at'l t . ; - h - war 1 ' has in ach of thi-ne l.e left to Congress of f"" special , t - pt month I Tasks Jt-tails wouit .,(,- . rt '1 r ia' "f t .1- -f t' alaturr idji.fir. N i - i a. ' GREENSBORO, N. C, ANSWERTOROLLGALL And Twice They Feel Weight Of G. 0. P. Steam Roller. HAMMER DOESNT LIKE IT He Observes That "They Are Carrying Things With a High Hand Already." POU IS ALSO "CRUSHED" Hakes Inaueerssful Protest Agcalnst Adoption ot Rules of Last Session. Kltf-hln Suffer An Altark of IHsslwewa. Dallr Newt Burewi ittd TeleKrtph Office. Tbe Klui Building (Br Uiinl Uel By THEOUOHB TILI.IOH. Washington, April li. All members of the North Carolina delegation, four new and six old timers, answered the roll call In the house today and short ly thereafter were twice run over along with other Democrata of a hope less minority by the Republican steam roller. Representative Wm. C. Hammer, one of the legislative youngsters, re garded the experience as unusual and more or less disgusting. He probably will get used to It before the session is over. "If that's the way they are going to do," commented Mr. Hammer after ward, "they are carrying things "with a high hand already." He was referring to the ruthless and triumphant Repub licans, numbering 301 to 131 Demo crats. Representative Edward Pou, rank ing Democrat of the rules committee, was the opposition "Juggernaut." Mr. Pou was bowled over In the first rules fight of the new session. Representative Claude Kltchln, new ly elected minority leader, was out of the chamber at the time and escaped the slaughter. Soon after he acted as a member of the committee to escort Speaker Gillett, Mr. Kltchln suffered a slight attack of dlszlness, due prob ably to the close air and the excite ment of opening day. Friends who saw him when he suffered an Illness on the floor some months ago became temporarily alarmed, but within ai hour or two the North Carolina lead er recovered and was himself. "I'm all right. Just a little dissy.' said Mr. Kltchln, as he retired to his office for a while. Later Mr. Kltchln was one of the committee named to wait upon the President and inform him that Congress was In session. Minority Is Flattened Out. Nobody expected the Republican ma chine In the house to get Into action so quickly, but twice during the after noon the steam roller mads a trip acroas the aisles and flattened out the small and protesting minority. The rout of the Democratic minority was accomplished nnt when tna ns publicans seated, by a vote of 114 to HacweDUUva Hicnara is. uira of Kansas, accuaed by the Democrats of having spent too much in getting himself elected. Representative Hal D. Flood, of Virginia, moved 'that Mr. Bird bs prohibited from taking the oath of office and a speolal committee be named to Investigate his election expenses, which Mr. Flood said on Bird's own statement filed with the clerk of the house far exceeded the legal limit of 5,000 specified In the corrupt practices act. After debate, the Republicans seated Mr. Bird with great alacrity, saying he could be in vestigated later and nis creaentiais were as good as those of anybody else. Sortlv thereafter Chairman Camp bell, of the rules committee, moved the rules of the 7th Congress be the same as the rules of the 6th Congress. These Included a proviso for the suspension of house rules on a two-thirds vote. In rather plaintive voice, Represen tative Pou. of North Carolina, com plained that the Democrata did not have a membership equal 10 ono-imra of the house, and, therefore, the Repub lican majority alone was surtioient to suspend the rules and Jam through legislation even If every Democrat voted not to suspend. The house stands J01 Republicans, 131 Democrats, one Socialist an.l vacancies two. That's too bad. too bad. repuea Representative Campbell, as Represen- atlve Pou bewailed the inrrecuvs mi nority, "but the country knew last fall hese rules could be suspended oy a two-third vote and they seemed In clined to trust the Republican party with the rules." I cannot dispute It," said Mr. Pou while the Republicans chortled. This Is a most undeelrsble situa tion." began Representative Garrett Democrat, of Tennessee, wno waa in terrupted by Republican shouts of glee and "that's right. I mean." said Mr Garrett, "mat ll undesirable from a standoplnt ol public policy and interest to have a majority party able to set aside the rules of the house at will." CainybeU Motion Prevail. Representative Pou uiged n change In the rule so that a three-fourths mi- (Continued on l'sge Four.) EX-EMPRESS VICTORIA OF GERMANY IS DEAD Death ( nniM Jmnt One Vrar From th lar J he buffered Her Klrt (erln Attack. i Hf A!orilJ Frm t Ii.-orn. fl' Hand. April 1. Former Kmprs AtiKuata Vlrtoria. of C'-rminy, rtlf-d hre at 6 o'clock thm morn inn. By a alra nee coincidence the end came just on1 year after ahe uffT'd her first B.rioua attack of h-art disease. It was while nhe was preparing to enter the house of Doom, the present home of the former t-mperor of lier many. lf'r h r -ng r s i o n e at Amer-..riK-n. that fhf ua- !ri.:ken with what at the tim wan l.elii-ve-d to Ie a fatal attack. That was on April U, For a f-w days there mere reports that her deat h u a momentarily expected !.ut sh tallied and rnmj-and her h;il.ind t I nor n on May 1 .V la s . Vh'-i her (;..p forniT f'rir-c Jar r, , r.ti nn I ' e.t p-j !. ;'! : n H r i ;t. U -t J s K ., ,-, A -ri"j-l . ' t , -i ; hrt : ' ' t - t h . n il-a ' h w k-;-: fT"-n 1 -T :r a lw. time, and : 1 . never lmrnt-fl hr S' n i, ' .1 :.:!. n. 'f TV f rn."- fn-pfr'T an1 Vriv Adrl-t.sf- . . . t'. (-d;df f.'Ti T,e ,-;r.- .i.e.! Tr" .id t-n , H . . Hi-T-' w a" er t h f r.' t n - i hr" js1.- ;t hr r-s.-!.r . i Hi.tUr.I y r , t ' ' , . r 'r;rcf Kr''..K W-'-1 a:- arrv.1 d ;rlr.g tv.e d.y. Tele j , f ,i. .... . n nt- ii'iiiit-! r- t D'-o-n ra1" - N'J.ir- L. .- i.iiU'.fui wreaths trjm n.en.Lers r '- r. -bil.tv i.virif :n the ic:r..ty eA .-rr. " -r. !u r. cs;.e Tr.c iit-rr jn fa Today a hoi:e A? ha.f'ir.ast ovar th lower of th TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL TJUKEDOFJN CAPITAL Among; the Names Mentioned Is That Of Judge Bynum. FRIENDS MAY GET BUSY Judge John C. Rose and Judge Edmund Waddill Are Also Being Mentioned. BLAIR WILL SEE MELLON Will Confer Willi Treasury Secretary Ia Krgnrd To Revenue Comtataalon ernhlp noughton Irellrta He Will Hetnln Beat, Dally Ncwa BurMil Mid Talarrftph Offlre. Thfl Blsga Itutldlai (By Laajrd wlra) Wanliington. April 11. Judge John C. Rose, of Baltimore; Judge Edmund Waddill. of Richmond, and former Judge AV. P. Bynum, of Greensboro, were names heard here today In con nection with the appointment to fill the vacancy In the fourth rtrault court of appeals caused by the death of Judge Jeter C. Prltchard. The President Is not required to ap point one of the sitting dlstrlot judges to the clrouit vacancy and should hs choose' may name Judge Bynum or any other distinguished Jurist to the ra cancy. It is said that the backers of Judge Hose and Judge Waddill, in Maryland and Virginia, respectively, will present their claims soon aftar the funeral of Judge Prltchard. Judge Bynum, of Greensboro, la r garded as one of the leading lawyera of the fourth circuit and It Is believed here his friends, too, will get busy quickly. Former Senator Marlon Butler left today to attend the funeral of Judge Prltchard. Paying tribute to the deceased Jurist today. Senator Simmons said: "I knew Judge Prltchard for two years in the senate and although we had been of opposite parties in North Carolina and had had our political con fllcts. I formed a warm attachment and friendship for him which haa continued and Increased to this day. He- was an able Jurist, a true patriot and a dla tlngulshed cltlsen of North Carolina whose death is a loss to the state and the nation." Blair la the Capital. David Blair, of Winston-Salem, a candidate for the position of commis sioner ot Internal revenue, is here to have a conference Tuesday with Secre tary Mellon. It Is understood that Sec retary Mellon is having a personal talk with the various aspirants for this of fice and that hs requested Mr. Blair to come to Washington Commissioner Williams' resignation was accepted by President Harding today and acting Commissioner West named to handle th Job until a new commissioner is appointed. ' . .. qi-vBaneted at-Cameron, good 'ro4. enthusiast, Is In Washington again to enlist speakers for the good roads meeting In Greensboro next week. He will extend an Invitation to Secretary of state Hughes to attend the meet ing. Representative Robert L. Doughton today predicted that hs would win out in his oontest with Dr. Ike Camp bell. Reviewing the 'testimony taken in Ashe, Iredell and Caldwell counties, Mr. Doughton said it had been shown that Dr. Campbell received numerous Illegal votes. Including those of army deserters, ex-convicts and bigamists, and that the contest alto gether Is coming Mr. Doughton's way. He expects testimony to be concluded In three weeks for submission to the elections committee of the house. J. H. Stevens, of Ashevllle, formerly managing editor of the Times, passed through Washington today en route to New York olty, where he will take a newspaper position with the Interna tional News Service. Other North Carolina newspaper men who saw the opening of Congress were Gerald W. Johnson and li B. Hunter, of the Greensboro Dally Nsws. Dr. U I Coble, of Greensboro, was here today en rout to Baltimore and Philadelphia. Frank T. Miller and Dr. J. W, Tangerskley. of Oreensboro. were also in Washington on business. The name of Urban A. Woodbury, of Ashevllle, was placed on the federal pension rolls today at $11 per month. ABINGDON. VA MAN WANTS TO Sl'Cl'KEO JIDGK PKITVHARD ,Br AaMdftlad Pnmi Bristol. Va.-Tenn., April 11. U P. Summers, of Abingdon, Va., will bs a candidate to aucceed Jeter C. Prltchard of the United States circuit court of appruls for the fourth district. This announcement was made by Mr. Summers at his home tonight follow ing a conference with Congressman C. Hascom Slemp. of the ninth Virginia district, and other Republican leaders In southwest Virginia. Mr. Summers, who hss been Indorsed by the Virginia state Republican committee thla year as the Republican candidate for gover nor, said that Mr. Slemp had promised to support him. Judge ITIn-hard died Sunday at his home at Ashevllle, N C TO SOON WIND I P HOOVER FOOD HKI.IBP l-N GERMANY (Mill Cal Oaili irorrrliM. .cai m ntlaifelpkla riDHr Latter ) Berlin. April 11 Official an nouncement of the Intention to wind up Ihe Hoover food relief activity in Ger many was made hre In a circular In forming ;erinan l.en-flHarles that the issue of food drafts would be sus pended April 30 outstanding drafts will be honored until July 20 Surplus rood stocks of Ih American rrllef ad min istrat ion- will th-n be sent home and thr w arehouses losrd Opposition Is Uc-H'i,nig In govern ment circles to continuance of the American cow campaign under which a second shipment if ows is en route from tilllmur. It is statei? the freight tor each ar inial nnu costs tiermsny 5, 0" nisrks. whereas a good grade of mi'k-rs I t' asrft. e in adjacent counrri.s f - . o.srvs ofTo iHls - on,. 1 r if '.i.il t' fa' m-.r, ei ononi! - Hi and K'-.j ! pr.-'ii;. more tnllk to1 deote (hi l, a.rtt I. urges on the pur - I hae of fodder i I rr.tn: in pieh imii ti j I H.:l Bl I . M. M.l.X 1MI1H New V.'K Ipr. II V.'tuiy ha f or li e a. -fa. ir g pi." t . H e pa per in'J-'r-. n.v.r r.se ra-1 dleturh-1 anc-s r f - r it'---:, I i-;.tr i' rela . 1 1,, s ... -i I. M ev-- -t,.r of 1', rt Kd- i ar. V. ' - - a f..n of - in- i .lut- ai r - .' - . rr ee of t ' tne- - ' : - a - -I rip - s- ' ' at ion In !.. an: -ai rep. at tt.e op.n.r.g of Oa-.- rir.tion ror.')' i r ' '-r c1 pro- duilrjr. 12, 1921 The Grand Jury Indicts Williams FOR 11 MURDERS Clyde Manning, Negro Farm Boss Of J. S. Williams. Also Indicted For Murder. INQUIRE INTO LYNCHING i Br AaUaaH Praaal Montlcello, Qa., April 11. Grand Jury investigation here today Into the deaths of negroes alleged to have been held In peonage on the farm of John 3. Williams resulted In Indictments be ing returned against Williams, three of his sons and Clyde Manning, negro farm boss, charging a total of 11 mur der In Jasper county In addition to the three In Newton county. The lynching several months ago of Eugene Hamilton, negro preaoher, waa Inquired Into by the grand jury but It waa decided there waa not sufficient evidence to warrant true bills against any persons, Ths Jury will meet again tomorrow to Inquire Into two more homicides, the details of which of ficials refuaed to divulge publicly In advance. None of the cases against the Wil liams family or Manning will be call ed for trial before May. It was an nounced by Judge J. a. r"arn, or tne Jasper county Superior court, who charged the grand Jury on Its conven- la- tnHav Th. AlHer WllllamS WSB convicted last week In Newton county of murder of one of three negroes taken Into that county and drowned, and la waiting a hearing April 80 on motion for a new trial. His tnree sons inmcieu today are Huland, Lercy and Marvin Williams whinnlna- of nearoea who had run away and were caught ana other cruel treatment was anegea nj witnesses today, aitnougn it was sain the negroes were well fed and clothed. The true bills returned today were as followa: Joint indictment charging Jonn u. Williams and Manning with murders of eight negroes. Indictment charging Huland Wil liams with murder of a negro known as "Black Strap," in ths fall of 18.0. Joint inaictmani ensrgma ui Marvin Williams with tha murder of nearra known as "Iron Jaw," In the summer of 120. Indictment charging Marvin w llams with the murdsr of John Single ton. In April. Prayer that "Justice shall bs wrought" and -for supreme guidance for the grand Jury was offered by J. J. ...t-i ..ai... of .luan.r county. VYII1UU17, ' J 1 ' before Judge Park delivered hla charge. Solicitor usnerai avoyie ii""" nounced tonight ha would ask Gover nor Dorsey to offer rewards for ap prehension of Huland, Isroy and Mar vin Williams, ana mum n. plant for. thalr rtaji untjliejf..vat . . - ..I -.,. I thv Wars arresieu. no a. - not In Jasper county, and thsy did nt appear last week at tna insi .- father In Covington, Oa. ' . . ..- 1 1 , , . UMJ u.Hn nfl will i ne eioar . bs placed on trial, Mr. Campbell said, as soon as they ara released from Juris diction by Newton county, where they were Indicted first, and whars Williams was later convicted and sentence to life Imprisonment. Tha solicitor said tonight that two ... . ,-i.t k. Innulrad Into tO- mnar iiuunviu,. v - - -- - morrow ars those of nsgroas rsported killed by wnu persons, in ... he said a negro who fired on four white h in hla houss to ask about anothsr negro, was killed. In the other, a negro wno warn 10 man's house later was found dead. CAVEATORS IN THE ROSS WILL TKIALi ivAon- gome Witnesses Testify That Maggie Raas Was Losipairsi . And Others Tnat aha Waa Wat. (Bparisl U Dally N) Monroe. April 11. The caveators In the Boss will trial rested thslr case today and ths propounoers oegam wi fertng evidence In rebuttal. J. C. Boker id J. S. Deianey, neignuuis id Maggie Koaa, last witnesses for . ...... ..Hfl.l that Maaale was not competent to make a will. The will Of tne ISUi.onainsii grandfather of th Robs woman, wss Introduced to show the sourco of the property devised to the negroes, Rob Ross and Mlttle Belle Houston by Mag- . - .. .l.n eait from th agreement- " - ; . record caveator to how tnat in operty had come oy lanaruann. Depositions of Mrs. Tlresah Coan, rs. C. C. Mcllwaln and 8. D. Howie .r. offered by propounders. Each of these deponents knew Maggie Ross and thought she was mentally competent to make a win. j. - Yarborough testified thst they had rented land from Maggie Koss and paid rent to her, and that she could count rent and settle with them. They thought she was competent to under stand the nature of her property and her will. I'ropoundera have seversl dosen wjl nesses yet to put up end csveators re served the right to put up a few char acter witnesses, but attorneys In th case think that argument may com mence some tlm Wednesday or early Thursdsy. .' FRIENDS BACKING BRITT FOR CIRCUIT JUDGESHIP II la I nalrrataoat At Afcevllle Jadge mtrhars Kipreaaes Wish Tfcnt Mr. Brttt aefrH Hlan. (Saeelal U I'.IU Neea I Ashevllle. April 11 Friends here of James J Hritt. former congressmsn and third assistant postmaster general In the Roosevelt administration, are going to back him for the posltietn as Judge of the United Mates flrcult Court of Appeals to succeed the Iste Judge Prltchard. It Is understood here that Judge Prltchard had expressed the wish on many occasions that should he die he wante.i Mr. Hritt appointed in his piace. Mr. Hnt' Is well qualified for II. e place It is t.ei'eved hy everyone who knows I. in and Ashellie people, r.-aardlcss of pent.-- so.ild t-e piea-ed ! see ihe foimcr congressman land the p. ace llllOOKSinF Mil. I. l.K VallKX SK . TH IKK Knoxville. 1e,,n. April II Reject-i-.K a wage . !' ot !: per cent.' ,.,d-r.d ;-lo .ft--' V. r.la l,y officials of 'he l'.r".,,.s;-l, nil::? w i : ', Ini-t It it Ion of a .'.'--h'.or w e. k .is ;i lia ; -.t 30 hour-,,r,of,-, ! -'i' -n:o' f- - f 'be com pany ref .se.i I . eo'eT ihe plant today. The l-ia:-' w:.. i l 1 'Sed In 1, finitely, or '-nt.: i.(h t:r.e as the help re-(ftrc-l.Ti the n.attei a 1 applies for rn.ir.v -.n '' wore under the r.ew cord.''.o-: lsn-.es Ma.nard president of liie comnai.y, announced. nn.T ON-t. ir.oo rm ta D41LY AND 8UMUY. In 00 PKK 1J' and His Sons Given Life Term For "Killing Peons" John 8. Wllllams. wealthy Jasper county, Oa., planter, who was found guilty, charged with tha murder of 11 negroes on his farm, and sentenced to lire imprisonment. British Premier Now Studying Contentions Of Strikers and Mine Owners. MEET BOTH SIDES TODAY London, April 11. Th rspeotlv oontentlona of th mine ownsrs and striking miner ars now In th hand of th prim minister, who I to tag them under advisement, and meet th representatives of th two sides in th coal dlsput tomorrow, , Th confersno of th owners and mjxyara with g;ovjrniaent.n,lolal par ticipating, mat at th board of trad tht morning, and at th request of th premier ubmltted at tha ' afternoon session exhaustive statements, of their ease, which Mr. Lloyd Georg ha ar ranged to discuss with thsm asparat ly, meeting th mln owner at 11 o'olock In tri morning, and th miners at 11:10, after which th Joint confer ence will be returned. ' . Th prospeots, therefore, ar favor able, although It I still too early to say that th crisis ha been averted. The mln owners, ven If thsy wsrs willing to make new wag proposals, were today unprepared with any cog- Crete schem. and th present Indica tion ar that th conference proceed ings will bs protracted. . An official statement was Issued an nouncing that th prim minister had presided at th afternoon session, which lasted from 4 o'clook until nearly I. There were pressnt also Sir Robert 8. Horn, chancellor of th exchequer. T. J. MacNamara. labor minister, and Wil liam Brae, minister of mine. Evan William mad a long state ment of th owner' case and Frank Hodges an equally long statement of th miners' caae, Th premier than ex pressed a desire, to have an opportun ity of perualng th statements, and it waa mutually agrsed that no report of tne respective statements should bs published In th meantime. Th pre mier added that the desired to have an opportunity of mealing th respsotlve parties separately, preliminary to a lurtner joint meeting. Thla waa agreed to and th meeting for tomor row was arranged. It is significant that, although In re cent phases of ths trouble, tho govern ment ha taken th attitude that now th Industry haa been taken out of government control it was a matter solely between th mln owners and miners, the premier himself presided over the conference. The presence of th chancellor of th exchequer especially gave color to th report that th government contem plates affording temporary financial assistance to meet exceptional circum stances of poor-yielding mines being unable to afford wage to provide a de cent standard of living. This waa. In fact. Indicated by th premier himself at the morning aittlng In the course of hla statement on the government's position wnen he said th government wss unable to grant any "permanent" contribution to maintain the Industry out of taxes The premltr showed anxiety to expe dite the work of the conference The mine owner-i tooay wanted an adjourn,, ment until 'onorrov to prepare their statement, but Mr. Lloyd George In siated that the conference reassemble at 4 o'clock. The triple alliance tonight issued a manifesto setting forth its esse In mfnuto da tail for firmly supporting ths miners In resisting the "monstrous proposals of the mine owners, and de fending the standard of living of the whole working claes and the vka trade union policy of national wag? agree nenta ' The manifesto blames the prime min ister and the gocri.nicnt for the whole trouble, and ptotests In the strongest anauaa. again! calling up the re eres and "the R vei r.incnt s odious expedient of forming -i olunteer force as an Instrument ai:ii:ist organized la bor, w herel.y the c over in-ient lightly asfijm.-d the responsibility of provok inaT hlood ehed and i ; 1 1 :ir " T ".a op pr. "id- l.t ,f tne Ns tlonal 1'nion of Rsi-way Men. also is- ru-A .i n.atr I rm n t h. t r i. V. infrP tlrl , h- D- t ! vr a '. K wirurK the railway may trffct-M :s th aty t'. n tr atd wht.i rne to h taken out of gt -r n it 0 taltitcfcaa Wt lr-w J mm . Wash .nylon. April 1 1. Cnlfu th courts Int?rvn?. Donal O Calla-Than. Utrd mayor of r-,rk. who cam to ttiia countrv Jat.uary at a towaway wrhout a passport, muat 4pan on or bffora Jun . 1 , -it v. ' 1 f 'ik PRICE FIVE CENTS ATTORNEYS IN RALEIGL4 ' ON PQWERRATE CASE Arguments On Proposed In crease Will Be Voluminous. A RATHER STRANGE CASE Col. James H. Young, Well Known Leader Of the Ne gro Race, Is Dead. HE WIELDED MUCH POWER I Humored WaaVs Harris Will B TV meal president 0 North Cara . Una Itnllroad aaaai Archibald Johaasoa Weereeary. Tha araseatMra Dail Mm gems. JOS Man-sauta Nstlsssi aaak gl4. By W. T. BOST. Raleigh, April 11 Attorney with briefs a mil long ar In th olty for the argumsnts tomorrow befor th corporation oommlaaton on th pro posal of th Southern Powsr company to lift It tariffs a few stadia from th present rat. A prsvlously prophsslsd In ths , columns th talk will tak trong turn. It ao happen that th pwr oompany ha a cas at two oeurta. It I In th Buprsme tribunal running away from th stats and In th state running away from th supsrstat. In the Supreme oourt It Is arguing; against a mandamus to mak H arva th North Carolina Publlo Berviee eom pany, of Oreensboro, High Point, Balls bury and Spenoer, and In th corpora tion commission' oourt It 1 arguing for regulation by th commission. Thess two position ar no mora novsl than those of th cotton mill at torneys who ar seeking to nforo oontraots previously mad by tho U( power oompany. On of th agree ments runs through 10 yeare. and th life of th oontract haa just begun. The power oompany will contend that It la properly befor th oorporatlon commission on rat regulation. Th textile Intereet will ear th power company ahould llv up to It agree ments, but will deny that th corpora tion commission eaa control Intsrstata business, whloh thla powsr oompany 1 doing, Th Carolina Cotton and ' Wolnr Mill company seems to hav ben th first to rail this Issue, and Judge W. P. Bynum, ot Oreensboro, has mad with hi associates, Sidney S, Alder man, Ivl and Trotter, an exhaustive presentation of th law. Judg By num' brief admit that th power oompany make and sells power prin cipally, but think from It own reoord that twice a much property I situate In South Carolina as in thl state. On this contention rests th whol busi ness. Th Judg appear for th power oompany In Its flight from th atat court, but holdo It feat to th Mr on It contracts. Hs consistently main-' tains that this I not a state regulation and call th oompany a New Jersey oorporatlon, quoting from It own rec ord,.'. - - ---. Noted legre Dead. Cot. Jameg H. Young, noted1 North Carolina negro, died this morning at his horn in Raleigh, after a wasting lllnss of year. . Hi death will recall him aa politi cal leader and office holder prior to th revolution of 1188. when th fuelonlsts were defeated at th poll and nearly all the office holder of th raoe were banlshsd. Thla psoultar role of th dead blaok man who had regained the friendship of those who fought him most bitterly made hi lifs under th constitutional amendment a great antl-cllmax, but In on way or another hs oontlnued to hav. large race Influence and participated In fra ternal'llfe until hi own life's end. Of the public life of James H. Toung almost any campaign I spseoh of 10 years ago and aom of those today will give a fragmentary aooount. To lit the part of consummate diabolism h waa frequently caricatured .on th tump a "that blaok, Insolsnt nigger Jim Young," though hs was a nsstly dresssd, slightly, mors than average slied mulatto who was a polite a cltlsen a th atat had. When polltto was bitterest and he was acknowledged leader, ha wa deferential to hi whit enemle and a fo of violence. . Colonl Toung wa much less aa offlu holder than a maker of official. H wielded th power of a raoe leader without Using a great deal of It for , himself. He waa a great organiser and a good guesser When he ran suc cessfully against tha late Needham B. Broughton for the atate senate from Wake, h put party allegiance to It supreme test. Quite a few white men of hi political party acr&tched him, but he got moit of them, and when the contest was taken to the general assembly Young won wrth the white vote. Foy many year thereafter II meant death to any man to have the record drawn on him. The seating of the negro over the white wa In va rious campaign th Issue, but th later year of Colonel Toung had been so dedicated to race peace that hi political record ha been almost for gottsn. It was th fusion victory of 1114 that landed him In th aenate and made him a member of tha famous . committee on th blind Institute. The cornerstone of the building here hi name a on of the builder. On ot the first act of th llt legislature n convening was the appropriation of money to chisel the name from the building. No story that Oovernor K, B. Glenn ever told quite so aroused th populace a th rehearsal of thl cir cumstance. But reasonably sat from those days, Oovernor Glenn became a friend of Colonel Toung and often commended th black man for hla ef forts at prsservlng racial friendship. After the revolution Colonel Toung waa appointed a deputy collector In the . office of Internal revenue and held un der the MrKinley.. Roosevelt and Taft admlnlatratlon. On the election of Preaident Vllaon he retired aa stamp clerk and became mora and mere ao tlvs In fraternal circles, if had beea grandmaster of the negro Odd fallow snd held for many years the grand sec- , retsryshlp of the Masons. Her hi politirsl acumen found a ready ex pression. He dominated the lodge at- . fairs and It meant death to any as pirant for honors in the lodge to have the opposition of the old political lead er. Hut tlmea changed too rapidly for one trained In the old school of politic to keep up and last year the f ratern- aliets elected a new slat which left; him out He would not have beea able to serve, however, and his factloa'e defeat may la part be ascribed to Bia physical condition. ratrlalte ritlaeas. He ass a patriot wbe had tbe eplrtt of eoldier and cltlsen. Oa the oatbreak of tha war with Spain In U. Just af , th time he saw hi star going lat Anal obscuration, he volunteered t raise a regiment of nearro aoldlera a4 (Continued oa raara -
Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro, N.C.)
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