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VOL. XXV. NO. 71
ENTKHKD AH SECOND CU88 MATTEB
AT HOSTOmt'K, uiiKKNHBOHO. N. C.
GREENSBORO, N, C., TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 27. 1921
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FIVE CENTS
II 1H ONI.V. (7.00 PEl MUM
NEW YORK SOCIETY STARTLED BY SHOOTING AND SUICIDE
In Seekingyhrills
To Explore Thibet
STAR! A FIGHT ABOUT
ANDREWSP0ST0FF1CE
Want Confirmation of Jarrett As
Effort to Save Murderer's Life
Postmaster Rescinded.
Not Ended.
WOMAN WANTS THE JOB
NEED LATE JUDGE ALLEN
QREENSBOR
LY
NEWS
PRICE
SIMMONSANDWEAVER
HEaskedStoCIsTf
clemencyfor harris
Since Then He Has Passed Un
der Shadow of Death.
AND OUT OF WHITE HOUSE
Today He Is Living the Life of
a Retired Gentleman With
a Good Appetite.
"LATEST NEWS ABOUT HIM"
An Interesting Story of the Dally
flmitlnn of th lev-President Am
Told My Associated Press
Man.
Bf AwUtl Prea. I
Washington, Sept, 26. Woodrow
"Wilson fell a sick man, two years ago
today. Since then he has paKfted under
the shadow of death and (tut of the
White House.
Thousands of Americans of what
ever political faith recalled the anni
verslty of the beginning of the form
er President's Illness' and wondered
what he was doing. Although he no
longer figures in the dally headlines
as he used to, Mr. Wilson still Is
"news."
Therefore It seems appropriate on
this occasion to tell the latest news
about him. ....
Mr. Wilson, besides following the
ways of a retired gentleman with a
lively Interost In the world's affairs,
lives by the eight-hour day which he
once told Congress was, "adjudged by
the thought and experience of recent
years' a , thing upon which society .s
justified In insisting, as In the interest
of health, efficiency and contentment."
He alms to have eight hours for steep,
eight hours for work, and eight hours
for relaxation, and keeps to the sched
ule pretty fairly.
Seven o'clock in the morning Is
about his rising time. He once again
shaves and bathes alone .and then
takes some callstenlc exercises pre
scribed by his physicians as beneficial
In restoring the use of nerves and
muscles which were Impaired during
,la krDa1,Jnwn IT a tic HfAolrfoat 111
Mrs. Wilson's boudoir and finds that
two years of Illness and slow conva
lescence have not affected his appetite.
The morning papers never are neglect
ed whatever else may demand atten
tion. Half a dozen of them are deliv
ered early and Mr. Wilson reads them
thoroughly.
The Morlnlng Work.
Then comes the morning's work
About that time the mall carrier, six
days a week, delivers quite a packet
of letters. They come from a varietv
of correspondents. Old friends of the
administration days write informal
friendly notes or discourse on the po"
tics of the day. Schools and colleges
ask for donations; individuals who
feel the pinch of times ask for some
personal financial assistance. Others
dlscoutee on. the shortcomings, as
they see thetiV, of the Republican par
ty. Autograph hunters are represent
ed In large number. Various gentle
men who think their ailment Is the
same as Mr. Wilson's want to know
the names of his, physicians. Mrs.
Wilson invariably goes over the morn
ings' mail with her husband; some let
ters are turned over to a seoretery for
reply, most of them tho former Presi
dent answers personally dictating to
a stenographer who comes from his
law office every morning for the pur
pose. All of them he signs himself.
The morning's work is done ;in the
library. The old desk and chair and
table Mr. Wilson used In his study at
Princeton are there. Thousands of
volumes which were packed away while
he was In the White House are there
Through the windows may be seen the
Indigo - blue strip ,. of Virginia hills
where he used to go golfing, and not
far away hangs a bag of golf sticks,
a reminder of a better day.
The former President and his in
separable Companion always have their
luncheon served in ine aining room,
Then comes a nap of an hour and then,
unless the weather is moBt Inclement,
a motor drive. Mr. Wilson while in the
Whffe House became attached to a cer
tain automobile. It went back, as Is
the custom each year, to the manufact
urer, from whom Mr. Wilson bought It
as a "used oar. He had It painted black
with orange trimmings Princeton col
ors and In this car which he re
gards as an old friend, he goes driving
Into the countryside. He dislikes ex
plorlng new routes, but rather enjoys
driving over the. same ground at about
the same time. Many folks In the coun
try look for him; one quaint old lady
recently held up the car ana present,
ed a sweater which she had knitted
a little girl gave hira a knitted lap
t'Obe. Frequently the car stops at
farm and takes on a load of fresh
vegetables, eggs and fowl. The party
Is always home before dark.
President Always Says Grace.
Pinner is an Informal affair; some
times there are guests, always old
friends or associates. Mr. Wilson no
longer dresses for the occasion as he
always did while President. It l en
famllle. Hut no meal In the Wilson
household ever proceeds until grace
Is said. Mr. Wilson has always said It
himself, and months ago when he was
so weak he could hardly stand without
aid, and his voice was almost Inaudible,
lie steadied himself on his chair and
whispered the plea for divine bless
ings. Friends remember him ever at meals.
Frequently a Potomac river fisherman
(Continued on l'age Ten.)
- REYNOLDS AS CHAIRMAN
IS CHARLOTTE'S GUESS
Pope There Is He Will Succeed 1. Inner.
Morehenil Leaves Chnrlotte to
Attend The Meeting,
IBperlal to I in iv Hem.)
Charlotte, Sept. 26. John M. More
head went to Greensboro tonight to
attend a meeting of the North Caro
lina Republican executive committee
Tuesday, the meeting to name a suc
cessor to Frank Llnncy. The meeting,
it If !sald, will set up an organization
of women for the purpose of directing
the affairs of the paly among the new
ly cnfanchlscd feminine voters of -the
- stale,
U is stated here that Charlie Rey
nolds Is slated for the state chair
manship. He has been prominent In
Republican circles for 2IS years, lie was
Lieutenant governor under thi Ttus
sell' administration,
M'liHor.v muMiiNfi i:iih i
ONM HI0l Ml I I I) AT WII,SO
(Biwrlal to lulls N'poi.)
Wilson, ' Sept. 26. Thla, afternoon
about 5;!0 o'clock, one mile north of
I.ueama, Jackie Ann, a negress, shot
and killed Charlie Martin, a negro, two
bullets taking effect In the man's fore
head. Both persons were In Wilson to
day marketing tobacco and both were
drinking. Shorlff Howard went to the
scene of the killing arid after pouring
out a lot of wine arrested the woma"n
and placed her In jail,
i 1
if V I
Onlv a few months ago Mrs. Will-
lam V, Alford, formerly a school teach
er In Ohio, returned from a honeymoon
trip throough Peru, In the course of
which she crossed the Andes on mule
back, and penetrated to the headwaters
of the Amazon, after traversing coun
try Inhabited by tribes of savage In
dians, one of which was said to prac
tice cannihallsm. Now sne is en route
to China in search of further thrills,
which she hones to obtain during trips
of exploration In the northern provin
ces ana in Mancnuria ana Tinet. witn
her husband, an engineer employed
by the Chinese government, she sailed
from Seattle and expects to remain In
the Orient three years, while Mr. Al
ford replaces, with steel bridges, the
ancient ferries on the more important
canals and rivers in China.
INGTI
To Represent British Empire At
Arms Conference.
THINK LIKE AN AMERICAN
Borden, Smuts and Hughes
Closer to Sou and People
Than English Diplomats'
SMUTS A REAL IDEALIST
Other Members of British Delegation.
Balfonr, Laws and ChnrvhtU, Are
Conservative Suspicious of
Disarmament,
Daily Nwi Bureau and Tflefrapb Office,
Tb8 Bios Building. (B Leawd vlrt)
By C. W. GILBKHT.
(Copjrliht, 1921, br rhlladelpolt Public Udtw.)
Washington, Sept. 26. The British
delegation to the far eastern and dls
armament conference now promises,
according to information available
here, to be made up of Arthur James
Balfour, Bonar Law, Winston Church
Ill, ex-Prlmier Borden, of Canada,
Premier General Jan Smuts, of South
Africa, and rremler William Hughes,
of Australia.
Washington Is cheerful over tho
prospect, for the feeling is that hands
will come across the sea a bit more
easily and a bit more warmly with
three colonial premiers representing
the empire than they would if Eng
land sent her only cool and finished
products of Downing Btreet and the
foreign office. Whatever the reason
is, a Briton growing up in closer touch
with nature upon some Island of the
Pacific or on the plains of Canada is
more likely to think, feel and act like
an American than he is like that per
fect son of the old traditions, Arthur
James Balfour. The most British thing
abijut him Is his accent, which even
the lioers oi south Atrica win Ultl
mately have. The rest of him is a
little fresher, more youthful, closer to
the soil than the gentlemen who have
been doing the weary Titan business
so long, with such distinction" an
profit.
Ungues 7, Ikes Prospect.
Secreary Hughes naturally does not
say anything about the prospect of
having the British delegation made up
of half colonials, but there is little
doubt that he Is happy ever It. When
the conference was called It wrs th
hope of the administration that th
British empire would come here to
Washington nnd not merely the Brit
inh Isles. For a time that expectation
disappeared. The delegation, the size
of which was fixed so It was said to
suit the purposes of Great Britain
was limited to four, and a pure Ox,
tord-Cambrldge-Downing street for
eign office delegation, having Amerl'
can wives or American mothers, oi
having eharmed Washington by their
exterior during political visits hero
before, was also In sight
Then came the change when a. few
days ago London let It be known that
Great Ufltaln could not be adequately
represented In Washington with only
four delegates,' It must be six. And
now comes the Intimation that In
stead of four delegates from the old
center of empire, there are to be three
from tjie center and three from peri
jheries. Whether by insistence or
not, 'the colonies for the first time sit
In.
A delegation made up of Balfour,
Law, .Churchill; Smuts,' Borden and
Hughes -is R vastly different thing
from a delcgailon made up of Balfoui"
Law, Churchill and Lord Lee, The bal
nnee of empire, shifts. This country
deals, not with a European power, but
with a world power partly American
.partly Pacific, partly South Africa.
The Inclusion of one Canadian In the
delegation will Insure one close friend
of the United States sitting for the
British empire In the conference, in
spite of the pitiful fact that this coun
try and Its northern neighbor are now
threatening tariff warfare upon each
other. . '
Nniuts l'rnrtlenl JdeallHt.
In General Kmuls will come to Wash
Ington the world's greatest practical
Idealist. He Is what President Wilson
might have been if Wilson had hli
(Continued On Puce Five.)
1ft
Miss Pearl Parker, Democrat,
Acting Postmaster Jarrett
' Once Declined It.
SIMMONS-PENROSE BRAWL
Penrone Aeons Simmons of Trying to
Delay Tax Bill and Latter niimes
Penrose and HI Committee
For Delay.
Dalli Nws Bureau and Telwaptt offlot,
The BiKP Bulldlni (Bv Uaaed viral
By THEODOKK TILLER.
Washington, . Sept.-Y X" postof
flce appointment controversy that may
reach the proportions of the famous
Wlllls-Wade row at Morehead City
was stirred up here today by Senator
Simmons and Representative Zebulon
Weaver In connection with the nomina
tion and confirmation of Clyde H. Jar
rett as postmaster at Andrews, N. C.
Before protests against the Jar
ret nomination reached Washington the
senate unexpectedly held an executive
session last Saturday and confirmed
Mf. Jarrett, along with various other
postmasters In North Carolina and oth
states. On the ground that he Is
pot entitled to the office, Senator Sim
mons, at the Instance of Miss Pearl V.
Parker, acting postmaster at Andrews,
and others, today brought pressure to
bear on the Senate postofflce com
mlttee to recall the Jarrett conflrma
tlon and hold an Investigation,
Chairman Townsend and other He
publicans of the committee Indicated
that In all probability they would ac
cede to the request, obtain the consent
of the senate to rescind Its conflrma
tlon and let the committee hold In
qulry. Mr, Jarrett is a . Bepublican.
Miss Parker Is a Democrat.
Political Deals, Says Simmons.
It was intimated by Senator Sim
mona that the Jarrett appointment 1b
only one of a number that Mr. Simmons
will scrutinize in the belief that the
postofflce department Is not follow
ing the spirit of the recent executive
order governing postofflce Appoint
ments.
Complaints against Mr. Jarrett
hinge on the fact that In the Wilson
administration he was offered the An
drews postofflce and declined the ap
pointment. Miss Parker, who stood
second on the eligible list, was then
appointed as acting postmaster. Pre
viously she had been nominated for
postmaster but the senate failed to
confirm her nomination, along with
thousands of other Wilson appoint
merits-, so she was made aotlng post
master.
Now, Miss Parker olalms, Mr. Jar
rett has changed his mind about the
office and Is to be postmaster under his
old rating, the postofflce department
canceling an order for a new examina
tlon at Andrews. Recently the post
office department made announcement
that in certain cases and to save
trouble and expense It might use the
old examination sheet and not conduct
now examinations to fill vacancies.
At Andrews this plan seems to have
been followed.
Senator Simmons, after receiving a
letter from Miss Parker and conferring
with representative Weaver, Is satis-
fled that Miss Parker, the Democrat,
Is being ousted In favor of a Republi
can who once refused the Job and now
wants it. He regards the entire pro
ceedure at Andrews as irregular and
not in keeping with the executive or
der governing competitive examina
tions for postmasters.
However, the senate having confirm
ed Mr. Jarret before the storm broke,
that body must first be persuaded to
take back Its action and refer the
wrangle to the postofflce committee
Believing this will be done. Senator
Simmons will go before the committee
and ask that It thoroughly investigate
the Andrews postofflce situation. That
there are other appointments in North
Carolina and other states requiring
Investigation to see if politics is be
ing played is the attitude of Mr. Sim
mons.
Miss Parker's Complaint.
Miss Parker's letter explaining the
protest against the Jarrett appoint
ment and confirmation gives the fol
lowing details:
"In October, 1919, an examination
was held by the civil service committee
to fill a vacancy at thla office,
"Mr. Clyde H. Jarrett made the high
est grade, and I second highest.
."Mr. Jarrett was given the appoint
ment but mused to accept.
- "Later I was appointed, but my ap
pointment was not confirmed.
"In January 1921, I was appointed
acting postmaster and have served In
that capacity since February 15, 1921
ir. jarreu is a Kepuuucan. I am
a Democrat.
"As soon as I entered the office Mr.
Jarrett began trying to get mo ou
and get himself in, regardless of the
fact that he had refused to accept the
appointment when It was offered him.
"My eligibility was Ignored, and in
accordance with the President's execu
tive order cancelling all lists of
ellgibies who were examined prior to
May 10, 1921, a new examnation was
ordered to be held September 24 In
stant to fill the vacancy In this office,
"I sent In an application and had
received my card. On September 14
the order for the examination was
cancelled.
"Now, Mr. Jarrett says he has the
appointment.
"According to Mr. Harding's execu
tive order, he Is not ellgjble as a re
sult of the examination he stood In
1919, even If he had not refused the
appointment more than a year agq.
Mr. Weaver can supply you with the
data of Ilia appointment
"I beg to request that you use your
Influence to see that I got a square
deal in the matter, as It seems very
apparent to me that Mr. Jarrett's re
appointment Is not in conformity with
the civil servloe. regulations, nor th
President's executive order of May 10,
1921, either."
A sharp verbal clash between Sena
tor Boise Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
chairman of the finance committee, and
Senator Simmons, ranking Democrat
of the committee, occurred In the sen
ate today when Senator Penrose pre
sented the taxation bill.
Illume Kneh Other.
The committee chairman wanted to
proceed immediately to the consid
eration of commlttoe amendments.
Senator Simmons demanded that the
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SPOKANE AND SECTION "
SEE THE LIGHT AFTER kj : ;
Industries Not of War Kind and
Are Diversified.
(DECREASE IN UNEMPLOYED
Agriculture the Big Thing and
Farmers Are Making More
Than Expected.
BETTER TONE IN BUSINESS
Representative Bnslness Men Report
That General' Situation la Improv
ing High Freight Kates Are Criti
cised Aa Hindering Trade Revival.
By RICHARD SP1LLANE.
(Coprrigbt, 1921, by FhlladalDtU fubllc Udcer.)
Spokane, Wash., Sept. 26 Industrial
ly and commercially, agriculturally
and financially, Spokane and the terri
tory tributary to Spokane are doing
quite well. Spokane had no war in
dustries and consequently know no
shock from their, loss. Its immediate
establishments ax of modest . size.
These Include woodworking plants,
packing houses, flour mills, newsprint
mills, agricultural and mining ma
chinery, factories, clothing manufac
tures that turn out overalls, raackl
naws, women's and children's wash
dresses, men's BUits and overcoats.
workshlrts, sweaters, hosiery, bathing
suits, scarfs, etc., There are various
cement plants, one of them a branch
of the Lehigh Portland Cement com
pany, of Allentown, Pa., and In Stevens
county there are two big magneslte
quarries. Magneslte Is essential to the
making of the fire brick used in the
lining of blast furnaces.
Not far from Spokane, In the Couer
D'Alene country of Idaho are tho
greatest lead mines of the world and
also some silver and zinc properties of
Importance. They are busy in the
Couer D'Alene. That helps and there
is no' unemployment strain. Some
months ago there were 2.400 persona
out of work. This has been reduced
to 2.000. Orchards have taken some
of those who were Idle. There Is a
persistent demand for pickers and
packers. There Is considerable con
struction work planned for this win
ter, including the building of a largo
armory and eight road jobs aggregat
ing 120 miles of highway improvement.
Agriculture Feeling Better.
Agriculture is the big thing In the
state of Washington. While reports
would seem to conflict as to the gen
eral situation, a gloomy picture being
painted by the people from the dry
farm sections and a bright one by
those of Irrigated territory, the sum
of substance would seem to be that
the state -as a whole has done unus
ually well. A wheat yield of nearly
52.000,000 bushels Is reported by the
federal reserve bank people as against
a little less than 38,000,000 last year,
a gain of 25 per cent. The largest ap
ple crop in the history of the north
west Is being marketed. It aggregates
24.640,000 buBhels. An excellent potato
yield and a beautiful berry crop add
to the big returns. While the wheat
does not satisfy the farmer, failure of
the apple crop In the east and a poor
potato crop thefe also have tended to
give a far greater money return to the
growers of the northwest than was
expected. ' - ' - -
Views of bankers vary. Those whose
business has been largely In territories
not under Irrigation say It will take
a year or two more for the farmers to
clear up their obligations. Those whose
loans have been to fruit growers and
farmers' with Irrigated acres are real
chipper. All agree, however, that the
northwestern farmer Is determined In
clearing up his obligations at the ear
liest possible day and, generally speak
ing, collections are good.
The jama stories of the sale of
worthless securities to farmers by
swindlers are told by the bankers here
as reported by bankers of Iowa, Ill
inois, Nebraska and Kansas. No one
ever will know the extent of the fraud.
Complaint Is made of heavy taxation.
Farmers feel this particularly. Almost
unbelievable tales nre told of the en
ergy of some of the fruit growers. It.
Inslnger, manager of the Northwestern
Pacific Hypothe bank, a Dutch finan
cial Institution with largo interests In
this section, says one farmer with the
aid of one man working only part time
has cultivated an orchard yielding 12,
000 boxes of apples.
" Whole Situation Cheering.-"
It Is generally admitted that or
chardlfits will make good profit and
not only clear up all obligations, but
have a considerable surplus. The farm
ers In the Twin Falls district of Idaho
have been unusually prosperous but dry
farmers all over have had a bad year.
There Is a tremendous hay crop with
low prices and fewer cattle to feed than
usual.
Flour mill men say they are doing
fairly well and making a little money.
J. K. Smith, manager of the Sperry
Flour mill, one of the finest In the
world, says many wheat growers are
entirely out of debtj ollectlons local
ly are good and the whole situation is
cheering. The Walla Walla territory has
an Immense wheat yield and the crop
(Continued On Pact Five.)
Miss Mildred Hanan, heiress to the millions of the late Alfred G. Hanan,
shoe manufacturer, was shot and fatally wounded by Mrs. tJracc Lawcs in
Brooklyn, N. Y. Mrs. Lawes committed suicide Immediately after the shooting.
The affair has stirred New Yorkr society, as both Mish Hunan and Mrs. Lawes
were well known. 'The shoeing and suicide occurred In front of the home of
Miss Dorothy (Jottschalk. iftiss Hanan, with John S. Uorlund, New York Irn-
?orter, had driven Miss flottschalk to her home after a dinner party at the
lanan home. Mrs. Lawes, who was a relative of Miss Hanan by marriage,
waited for the party to leave Miss Oottschalk'a home and opened lire'on Miss
Hanan. That Mrs. Lawes was a victim of drugs find alcnhol. which had un
balanced her mentally, was proved by phynirluns. in n letter to a fri"nd, Mrs,
Lawes said. In part: 'I can't stand this sordid, tinsel life any longer. The Hun
an's are too fast and furious for me. i have been drinking loo much lhiuor,
and there is nothing but conversation on all sides." Mr. norland admitted hav
ing paid attentions to both women during the past few months, but denied
that Jealousy had ever been expressed by Mrs. Lawes. Tho police believe that
Mrs. Lawes had been crazed by liquor, which caused her to commit the act.
The above diagram shows where and how the tragedy occurred. Hoth Miss Ha
nan and Mrs. Lawes were divorcees. Miss Hunan obtained a divorce in Kane
last year and resumed the ui of her maiden name.
Says An Attempt Made
To Blackmail Arbuckle
INQUIRY ORDERED
Arbuckle's Lawyer Accuses
Semnacher and Mrs. Delmont
of Effort to Extort Money.
DEFENSE FIGHTING HARD
I By AwocUUv! Trial. I
San Francisco, Sept. 26. An assertion
In court today by KoBcoe C. ("Fatty")
Arbuckle's chief counsel, Frank Dom
Ingcuz, that he believed blackmail had
been contemplated against tho film
comedian and that this motive figured
In the defendant's arrest on a murder
charge, was ordered put before the
grand jury tonight by District Attor
ney Matthew A. Brady.
Brady Issued subpoenaes for Domln-
guez and his associate counsel, Charles
H. Brennan, , of San Francisco, and
Milton M. Cohen, of Los Angeles, to
appear at tonight's grand jury session
and repeat their charges.
The action was taken, Brady said.
Lej. the request of Alfred Semnacher.
Wno Was accused vy .uonmisue. loua
of having conspired with Mrs. Bamblna
Maude Delmont, the complaining wit
ness against Arbuckle, to take torn
parts of the clothing of Miss Virginia
Rappe to Lob Angeles for the purpose.
Domlnguez said, of extorting money
from the defendant, who Is charged
with the murder of Miss Kiippe.
Domlnguez in ail o his assertion after
bang questioning of Semnachor re
garding his previous testimony in tho
case.
Police Judge Lazarus, before whom
the hearing Is being held, refusetLhp.y,':
ever, to. allow Dumlnguex to question
Semnacher along this line, saying It
had no part in the present proceedings
Taken before tho grund Jury. Sem
nacher denied that he had conspired
In any way to extort money from the
defendant. The grand jury adjourned
without taking any action, It was said.
After reappearing from the grand
Jury room, Semnacher declared to a
group of newspaper men that he would
Immediately telegraph his attorney In
Los Angeles to prepare a suit against
Domlnguez alleging defamation of
character.
Stmnacher's testimony took up moRt
of the afternuon kessiou. "In the morn
ing Dr. Arthur Buanlalee. who treated
Miss Kappe after the revel In Ar
buckle's hotel suite, testified be dis
covered evidence of a ruptured bladder
early the morning after the party and
that he advised her removal to a hos
pital. The defense was unable to make
lilm admit that ulie could have been
suffering from anything else. Dr.
Beantsleo reiterated his diagnosis, and
said he found her writhing In pain so
great he had to administer sedatives
three times.
Replying to a hypothetical question
regarding the cause of a torn bladder,
he said an injury .such as that described
would have been caused by an exter
nal force su?h as a fall or a blow, al
though contof tionslncldent, to violent
(Continued on Page Eleven.)
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Forbid Assembly In
Belfast's Riot Zone
Belfast, Sept, 211. ( Hy Associa
ted VresB,) A proelnmiitlnii pro
hibiting the fiMMpmhly of three or
more persons In the riot none In
IVewtonmards rond In Knst Bel
fast, the scene of flerer fighting
on Hundiiy, vns lssned this eve
ning, to become effective nt HtltO
o'clock tonight. The order U
Mbnllnr to the riut net,
FMllltary forces nre holding (he
rlnt KOlie wllh fixed bayonets.
Lorries equipped nllli powerful
searchlights nlrendy have token
up positions to locate snipers.
Sure Men Have Voted For It
But Say Leaders May
' Prevent It.
SORE OVER CUT IN WAGES
(By' AmrlglKj PrKH.)
Chicago, Sept. 26. Leaders of tho
four brotherhoods nnd affiliated unions
tonight declared they had little doubt
that the railway employes had voted
for a general strike rather than accept
a wage reduction, but announced that
the conservative counsel of the leaders
mittht prevail against a walkout.
Hencrnl chairmen of the llrother
IHWfl of Railway Trainmen began
counting the 186.000 strike ballots of
their men, but admitted before the first
envelope was opened that, Judging
from the known temper of tho men,
the result will be overwhelmingly In
favor of a striki. Hiving an estimated
majority, Vice-President James Mur
dook suld:
"Our past experience has been that
08 per cent of tho men will always vote
to strike."
Next Monday officials of the Brother
hood of Locomotive Rm;tnrers, Order
of Hallway Conductor,, ilrotlo-riioud of
Locomtlve Firemen and Kucinomen
and SwlttilimunV UnUui . of. wrtk .Aiuef
lea will meet here to count the strike
votes of their SS'J.ncn numbers.
Hailroad union b arli rs here expect
all .thn brotherhoods; and the switch
men's Union to cast substantial major
ities for a strike... The .affiliated ,shop
oralis have already Voted, by a major
ity of iiiiproxim.'t'e'y 32"i,0H0 to 48,000,
to walk out. and are only waiting to
see what action the other unions will
take, and for the United Stales labor
board to dispose of the pending work
ing rules agreements.
lieports of the general chairmen of
the trainmen when they assemble'
today were plainly disappointing to
the union leaders; ' The trainmen Tut '
voted on a separate ballot because
their leaders did not approve of th
Joint ballot prepared by ths other
unions.
Dead Justice Said That Harris,
With Court Divided, Should
Not Be Executed.
TOBACCO OVER-25 CENTS
Raleigh's Second Rales of Kennon Bring
:K.(ma, Averaging Trifle Over 25
Onts Husiness Life of City
Feeling; Tobacco Money,
! The Greenslioro Unity Npws Bureau, i
308 Merchant National Bank Bids.
By W. T. HOST.
Raleigh, Sept. 26. Continued efforts
In behalf of TomHarrls, Ridgecrest
slayer of F. W. Monnlsh. will be made,
despite the cold declination of Gover
nor Morrison Saturday.
The governor will not be pestered
any more than the workers for Harris
Arid It necessary. Justices Hoke and
Stacy, who dissented In the court opin
ion on the ground that . the prisoner
was denied certain rights which were
constitutional and may have been vital
to a fair trial, will be asked to inter
cede for the prisoner. Governor Mor
rison cannot welcome them any too
enthusiastically, because he thinks
they are wrong In their view and that
the majority opinion was right.
The death of Justice Allen may mean
the electrocution of Harris. Judge
len thought Harris was guilty of mur-t
der In the first degree and saw hard
ly enough In the assignment of errors
to make a new trial necessary. But
the judge candidly told many frieni'x
that he did not think Harris should
be executed where a court divides
his did. He agrcrd to tell Governor
Morrison so and often expressed his
belief that Harris should not suffer
death.
None of these Justices would volun
teer to speak to Governor Morrison t.
behalf of Harris. In very few cases
have the Justices done this. But Id
rare Instances something happens In a
trial which Isn't reversible error, but
Is PTeJudtcIal. Tri such Instances I'm "
justices would Intercede. Occasionally
they write into the record suggestions
that touch the executive. The court
found no error In the conviction of
Dennis Lovelace, of Rutherford coun
ty, hut Justice Allen wrote Into tin
opinion of his own that a little mora
tact on the part of Lovelace's father-lil-law
and mother-in-law might haze
saved the tragedy which resulted
the slaying of Mrs. Lovelace's father.
Governor Morrison has done some
thing that shows him to be a clever
executive. He has been on the outside
listening to the abuse of Aycock,
Glenn, Kltchln, Craig and Blckett for
abuse of the pardoning power. But
those men rarely published their de
clinations. Blckett declined five times
as many pardons as he granted, so did
("'ralir, Qlenn. Kltchln and Aycock.
But the refusals were not published.
It was clemency which was given the
wings of tho wind. .The result was
that, beginning with Aycock, the pub
lic was trained to think that all the
governor did was to sit still, wait for
somebody to knock somebody else In
the head, or violate the prohibition
law, then come here to get pardoned.
And yet, some of Bickett's refusals
were notablo. So were all of them for
all declined to pardon Jim Wilcox un
til Blckett, after having the fellow
four or five times before him, gave him
the release.
Governor Morrison - gives out every
refusal. His is an imposing list, but
Blckett and Craig, tenderest of men,
were Jurnlng them down In droves the
first two - ytiars. . I'arduning is like
turning the Juice on the doomed who
ride to death In an arm chair at the
penitentiary. It gets to bo harder to
refuse after two yearn of harrowing
experience. The wardens weary of
killing.
So much time did Blckett give to
pardons that ho not Infr equen'ly In
terviewed the prlHoners in person.
Both solicitor and trial Judgo tried to
Have Churchill Godley, white man of
Johnston county, but Blckett was
s'one. Alexander, of Iredell, barely
missed chain lightning in the chair
after four Supreme court Justices had
Interceded for him and after the first
impulse - was to commute the luckless
devil. Attorneys would not bring the
Shemwell case to llickett.
And when everybody was trying to
save Joe and Gardner Cain, blockade
brothers, Blckett went to-, the peniten
tiary and personally examined the fel
lows. The executive let them die. lie
drove to Hrnithfleld and personally ex
amined Hodley's little girl victim nnd
allowed that prisoner io perish In tho
chair. One type of prisoner he always
saved, and this was the murderer in
his. teens. No one excepted, no boy
murderer died in Blekett'H day.
Harris may have a slender chance If
Justices Hoke and Stacy will join
Judge Allen and say that the Uidge
creft shoemaker, ought to have the
small doubt In Ills favor. It Is the
only one that the Buncombe man does
have.
Judge William J. Adams, recently
appointed associate justice by Gover
nor Morrison, is expected here tomor
row morning to take the oath of office
and to be ready at the opening of
the Supreme court.
Judge Adams will occupy the office
room In, the Supreme court building
which Was reserved for the late Justice
W. It. Allen, whom Judge Adams has
succeeded, the door on the Allen room
having now the name of the new Jus
tice. Justice AdamS has written two
letters within a short time Indicating
his purpose to get here either this
evening or tomorrow, He still has
some work on the lower bench.
The new Justice Is badly needed, as
there are more divisions in the court
under the new laws than have ever
been. A two-two court is not an ab
normality, A fifth man Is always a
high necessity. It Is rumored among
the lawyers thai ril least three cases
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Forecast By Slntrs.
Washington. Sept. 26. Virginia:
fTIottdy Tuesday, showers In smith and
central portions; Wednesday, showers;
somewhat warmer In Interior.
North and South Carolina, Georgia
and Florida: Local showers Tuesday
and probably Wednesday.
Arkansas: Tuesday fair, " wafmorj
Wednesday, probably fair.
Oklahoma: Tuesday, fair, warmer;
Wednesday fair.
East Texas: Tuesday partly cloudy,
warmer In northeast portion; Wednes
day, partly cloudy.
1 West Texan: Tuesday and Wednes
day, partly cloudy,
Loval Temperstnre.
The temperature In Greensboro and
vicinity yesterday, according to. A. R.
Hurry, local government observer, was:
Hlgh't j....... 71
Low H