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v 1 e S " ' 4 -i ' I' The State Wants GOOD SCHOOLS For the Good Roads ' , , 4 f TV'S W ' . . . r --' a j u y -: . .;. :TodAyYpage: A CAROLINA HOME NEWSPAPER OF CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS, CLEAN AND RELIABLE IN NEWS SERVICE, AND A PROMOTER OF SOUTHERN RESOURCES. 1 , '.it FOUNDED 1869. CHARLOTTE. N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY SEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY. TO VOTE ON MOVING CO MUSE House Overrides Report t Committee on the Matter. VALUATION PETITIONS Number Received Asking for Modification; Other Petitions . Favor Expansion Program. Cbarlett Olim res' Burma. Twboroofh Hotel. BY R. K. POWELL. RALEIGH, Feb. 21. Overriding the action of the committee on counties, cities and towns which re ported unfavorably tbe bill submit ting the question of changing tbe courthouse of Rockingham county from Wentworth to Reidsvrlle, the nouse Wednesday by a rote of 77 to 2 adopted the minority commit tee report, and then pasted the measure. Utvers petitions purporting to come from landowners, asking tbe general assembly to correct the "injustices of revaluation" and to authorize a reduction In the land values for taxation, were laid before the lower branch Wednesday morn ing. These petitions came from about one-fifth of the counties of the state. While It did not appear that tbe signatures were not bona Ode, It wm apparent that the petitions were prepared la the capital since they were drafted upon stationery of the "Farmers Educational and Co-operatire Union of America," the postnfflce address of which is shown as Raleigh. Following are the counties peti tioning for relief from the valua tion of the revaluation act: Cabarrus, Harnett, Randolph, Cleveland, Carteret, Oullford. Row an, Pitt. Davie. Hertford. Forsyth, Currituck, Caldwell, Caswell. Nash, Stokes, Ciowan, Duplin. Want to Aid Railway. Representative Qulckel, of Lin coln, introduced the bill which would authorize the state to sub scribe for and purchase three mil lion dollars stock in tbe proposed electric railway from MU Holly. Gaston county, to Boons, la Wataujra county. '' ' i. proposed railway-Is-'- VtSRM promoted by North Carolina citi zens under the name of the Blue Ridge Development company. The bill would have the state subscribe for stock up to the- three million mark to match a like amount bought by private subscribers. The Rockingham county bill pro vided interesting discussion and In cidentally consumed virtually three fourths of the day's session. With the bill backed by two representa tives and the senator, all from the county the committee voted Tues day afternoon 1! to one to report the bill unfavorably. Overnight Change. Overnight the disturbance became more dangerous looking for the Rockingham cltlsena lii the western psrt of the county who had con vinced the committee members that the county seat should not be changed from Wentworth to Relds vllle. nor should the question of change be submitted to a vote of the people. When the house con vened at 11 o'clock, It was evident that a flffhjt would be staged on the floor. The minority report was filed by Grant, of Davie, republican member of the committee. He with Tobe Connor, a democrat, aided and abetted by Crisp, of Dare, saw no (CeatfaMMd ea Page Thlrte L) LUMBERMEN ARE UNDER CHARGE OF VIOLATION OF THE SHERMAN LAW Suit Filed by Government Against Southern Pine As sociation, 61 Companies and 69 Individuals. IB ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23. Charging violation of the Sherman anti-trust law, the government today filed in federal district court here Injunction proceedings against the Southern Pine association, 61 corporations and 9 Individuals. Granting of a permanent Injunc tion for the purpose specified would amount to dissolution of the asso ciation, it was explained. The suit alleges the association t has operated to urtal production to enhance prices and that as a re suit profits on sale of yellow pine advanced from 1 4.41 a thousand feet in 1918 to $30.85 in 1820. The suit was Hied by District. At torney Carroll, in compliance with instructions from Attorney General ' Palmer, and is based on a report of the federal trade Commission, which Investigated activities of the ry association. Judge Farls set March 1$ for a hearing. The petition asserts that "because of the rapidly Increasing prices for yellow pine lumber, the price fixing committee of the' war Industries ' board established maximum prices .for stjch lumber, which were In legal effect on and after June IB, 118." 3 "The defendants," the petition v continues, "coacortedjy ' adopted the ; position that these maximum prices should be regarded as In fact mlnl . mum prices and frequently exceeded these : prices." . ,:', Corporations named as defends ants. Include: S " Stearns Lumber and Export com tany, Pensacola, Fla.; Standard U Lumber company. Oak, Fla.; Bag- dad Land Lumber eompany. Bag ' ;fl : i dad, Fla.; W. BY Harbeson Lumber V, , company, Defunlak Springs,' Fla,: ')'' DR. J. 6. GAMBRELL'S CONDITION CRITICAL MACON. Ga., Feb. Dr. J. B. Gtunbrell, president of the Southern Baptist convention, and former president of Mercer uni versity, Is orttieally ill la Dallas, Texas, aooordlng to teenage received hare tonight. - His soil nd di ughter, the to, ter Red CVoss nurse daring the world war, left here tonight for Dallas. I. T 11 RETAIN PLAGE Needed to Fight Republican Protective Doctrine. Would Repeal Some of the Taxes and Add on Some More, Partly Through Tariff. BY H. E. O. BRYANT WASHINGTON, Feb. M. Friends of Representative Claud Kitchln want him to remain ranking mem ber of the ways and means eommlt- tee. io siana oy tne nistoric nemo cratlc policy of a tariff for revenue only. It 1 believed he will stay en mat jod Selection of Representative Finis uarrett, or Tennessee, as active mi nority leader, and nomination of Mr. Kitchln for speaker, la the latest plan of house democrats. Mr. Kltch In, under this arrangement, would remain head democrat on the ways ana means committee where ha wishes to be in order to flight re publican protective doctrines and measures. The original Plan was for Mr. Kitchln to withdraw from the ways ana means committee and become minority leader. This change was contemplated In view of a stroke of paralysis he suffered a year ago. His health has greatly Improved re cently and his physicians say he can undertake the work on tariff and revenue that would be required on the ways and means committee. The action of Representative Gar ner, democrat (Texas), In support ing the republican emergency tar iff bill has caused Mr. Kitchln to reconsider his proposed withdrawal. He believes somebody should fight the republican tariff 'cure-aUM doc trine. Mr, Garner voul4. eueeeed nhn aa head of the deotoerat et we ways -ana t A meeting of the democratic forces of the house la planned for the Friday evening preceding-' the special session of Congress, expect ed to convene. April -4. A new plan of taxation which, it Is believed will have the support of the Incoming administration, was proposed in a bill introduced today by Representative Longworth (Ohio), republican member of the ways and means committee. He would repeal the war and ex cess profits, transporttton and soft drinks taxes and reduce the surtaxes on higher incomes to a maximum of 40 per cent, cutting off a revenue of $890,000,000 from these sourcea As a substitute he looks to a protective tariff and a change in the taxes on corporations to make up the amount lost. His measure provides a way for settlement definitely of $1,250, 000.00 of disputed taxes. Mr. Longworth stated that Intro niAiw.ru I duction of the bill was not with any idea of having it considered this ses sion, now rapidly nearing an end. but for the purpose of getting the matter before the public. Here are the amounts that Mr. Longworth would knock out of exist ing revenue laws. In force since 1917: Reduction of income surtaxes to a minimum of 40 per cent. $124,- 000,600; repeal of the excess profits tax, $450,000,000; transportation of freight at three per cent. $166,000. 000; transportation of persons at $ per cent. $110,000,000; seats, berths and stats rooms at eight per cent, $$,000,000; fountain drinks (soda waters and Ice creams, etc.) $40, 000,000. The sources of revenue to replace these, revenues are discuss ed by Mr. Longworth as follows: "In the first place I estimate that a tariff law based upon the .protec tive principle; which - will no doubt be passed before tbe adjournment of the next Congress will produce a revenue in addition to that now re ceived from the customs houses of. In round numbers, $850,000,000. "It will therefore be necessary to provide additional revenue to the extent of something Uke $540,000. 000. I propose in this bill to repeal the present exemption of $2,000 for the Income of corporations and to place an additional tax on corpora tion incomes of five per cent. This, according to the most recent treat ury estimate will produce a revenue XCeaturaed ea Page Klevea.) Fair today and Friday. It doesn't take a dressmaker to ruffle a woman's temper. JO JO SAYS I LEAGUE COUNCIL 81! WE Mandates Message Discussed in Strictest Privacy. SUMMARY IS HANDED OUT U. 3. Government Never Con sented That Island of Yap be Under Japanese Mandate. PARIS, Feb. 2?. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The American note respecting mandates occupied the council of the league of nations throughout the day. The note was discussed In Ihe strictest privacy and the council decided this evening to Issue only a brief summary lor publication. Ths note deals specifically with the mandate attributed to the em peror of Japan over aH former Ger man Islands In the Paclflo north of the equator, and calls attention to the fact that tbe United States gov ernment has never given its consent that the Island of Yap be Included in the territory under Japanese man date. The reservation Is taken on the ground that Tap has a very Im portant bearing in the matter of cable communications and that no power can limit or control its use. The United States declares Itself hot bound by the tertrp of the man date and asks that tbe question be submitted to a new Investigation. Members of the council consider It necessary to confer with their gov ernment regarding the America note, and. with this in view, they forwarded the text today. 'It is therefore considered unlikely that any decision will be reached at this session. It was suggested this af ternoon that the whole matter might be referred to the supreme coun cil and it Is declared that It was In reality that body which attributed Yap, along with other northern Pa clflo Islands, to Japan, and this was the principal point raised in Secre tary Colby's nate. Farther than this It Is expected that the council will merely ac knowledge, receipt of the note and give assurance that It, will be dealt with throurh the proper -ehannehv ' Tit summary , tft. American "Th nnrnnunt Of the United . j State declare It seises tne oecaaen to send the council or the league- a coov f a note addressed to Earl Curaen (British foreign minister) on November 20. setUng forth in detail tbe views of the United 8tates on the responsibilities of mandatory pow ers. "A copy ef the note has been sent to the French and Italian govern ments. The United States govern ment draws the attention of the council to the request made in that nonte that the projects of mandate Intended for the society or nations, before they were submitted to the council be communicated to tne United -States government and that It have precise indications on the nr indoles on . whlcb tne unitea States conditioned its approbation. The United States governmev has received the text of the mandate attributed to the emperor or Japan over ail former German isianas sit uated in the Pacific ocean north of the eauator. which text was approv ed by the council of the league De cember 17 In Geneva. "The United States government declares It- has never given its con sent that the Island of Tap be In cluded in territories subjected to the mandate of Japan. "It recalls that it has already so Informed the governments of Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan, In forming them at the same time that ltsreservation rested upon the opin ion that Yap enters necessarily into any project or system of practical communication by cable In the Pa cific and that no power can limit or control Us use. "Consequently, the United States government Is moved to declare re spectfully that it cannot regard it self as bound by the terms of said mandate and desires particularly that note be taken of Its protest against the decision of the league council of Deceember 17 upon this question. "At the same time it asks the council, whose action resulted evi dently from an Inexact representa tion of the facts, to submit the ques tion to a new Investigation, which an equitable solution requires." DRUGS SEIZED IN A HOTEL IN GREENVILLE Value of Seizure Placed at $6,000; S. Epstein, Occu pant of Room, Arrested. GREENVILLE, 8. C, Feb. 21. Forty-nine and a half ounces of nar cotic drugs, valued at over i,ooo was seized and a man giving his ! name as S. Epstein, of Washington. was arrested at a local notoi nere this afternoon by the city police and turned over to the federal au thorities. State Internal Revenue Inspector W. It. Bradley of Colum bia has been notified and Is ex pected here tomorrow in connection wtih the seizure. Epstein denied knowledge of the morphine and cocaine and declared that the handbag in which they were found belonged to another man who shared his room, and who was registered as J. Morton. The police watched the hotel all the af ternoon but Mortnn did not return. a OJTE MAN CARS. BPAHTANBUHO, 8. C. Feb. 28. The local traction company, in adopting the one-man type of street cars-and-thereby reducing its oper ating force, today announced that preference would be given to mar ried men in employment Single men were thrown out of employ ment today as a result, . U.S. Navy Second To None Is Where Congress Stands Washington Officialdom is Aga Program AmerlcaWHI Not Expecting" Other Natio BY H. B. HTWRi. WASHINGTON. Feb. ' Th United States will not take the lead In naval disarmament, 1 expecting other nations to follow A good ex ample and do likewise. Neither will it agree to "naval holiday" in lieu of a general agree ment on disarmament or restriction of armaments. This nation will go along with other great nations in an agreement to end the competitive piling up of armaments. It wilt accept the ut most Umitat'on that can be agreed upon. Provided That under any agreesnent limit ing armament the United States shall rank second to noske in the naval strength that Is left to ber. That decision, reached by the leaders of fhe naval committee of both house and senate and known to be In accord with the; views of President-elect Harding, furnlahes the keynote to the Incoming admin istration's naval and foreign poli cies. There is a general sympathy in Congress with the proposals for a limitation of armaments. . The de sirability of reducing naval expendi DIXON PLEADS FOR PICTURES Censorship Bill Gets Favorable Report From Committees. Tom Dixon and Colonel Meek ins and Mr. Barber Clash in Joint Hearing. 1 ' f Charlotte Observer Bunas. 4 " Tarsonaga Hotel, " BT K. E. POWE&b. ..J RALEIGH, Feb. St.- Proponents of a state censorship of movlngt pic tures won, vtlM ' inlUaifc-aklrmtsl,: fee, fore the legislata re th f tern oon 4 4roe -the-sestets ' eeuiaimeiff"VtUn g seven to six and the house commit tee 14 to 11. reported favorably the McColn-Vareer-Matthews bill. The result was surprising but It is not believed by friends of the bill that )t foreshadows the final result when the measure comes to tbe Poor for its second and probably warmest fight. For dramatics the bearing sur passed every legislative fight of the session. Dr. Thomas Dixon tackled the state ministry and the federation of women's clubs and won a spectac ular Intellectual battle in spite of a temporary defeat of his program. It was Dixon against Colonel Ike Heeklns, Mrs. Charles C. Hook, of Charlotte, Mr Henry Perry, .of Henderson, and Rev. Milton Barber, rector of Christ church, this city. In combat with the ladles Mr. Dixon was nothing 'If not gallant but in debate with the species of the male he was deadly. ' He pounced upon Meeklns at the outset and left that silver-tongued statesman of the east so befuddled that he had Moses Initiating the decalogue Instead of serving as the human conduit for the transmission of the Commandments to the poo- Die. In his tilt with the Rev. Mr. Bar ber Dr. Dixon was eminently in his own element. It would have been difficult for him to have picked a more inviting field for slapping the high church. He wrung from the Raleigh rec tor the admission that his assault on the movies came from informa tion supplied him by other people and not from personal observation of the screen. The argument of the ladies was altogether entertaining and' to some degree threatening. Mrs. Hook in formed the solons that she spoke for 20,000 'organized women in the state, and left with them the thought of an army of female voters aroused over the newest reform. The club women, she said, have joined hands with the W. C T. U. women and the battle is on. If this general assembly doesn't provide for the censorship, she warned, tho (Ceatlaaed en Page Elevea.) WESTERN COUNTIES TO ORGANIZE BUSINESS BODY Meeting; March 9 to Organize Western North Carolina Chamber of Commerce. ftpeoial te The Observer. ASHEVILLE. Feb. 21. First steps were taken here today for or ganisation of the Western North Carolina Chamber of Commerce, to be composed of representatives of each of the 21 counties from Watau ga to Cherokee. Ballots were sent to several hun dred prominent citizens throughout the section. Three directors will be named from each county, and these will meet, here March t, to perfect the organisation. Promotion of the general Inter ests, development of the natural re sources and assisting in extending the trade and commerce of western North Carolina, is stated by W. M. Peyton, one of the organisers, as the ebjeots of tile chamber. An all time secretary' will be employed and per manent headquarters will be opened In. this city. A membership cam paign will be held the latter part of March, The association plans to co operate with all commercial asso ciations already . existing within the territory.; inst Any Let;Up in Construction Take Lead in Disarmament, ns to Follow Example. tures la emphasized by the Increas ing difficulty of raising taxes to meet heavy governmental o lega tions. Also, there is an ever-ln- creasing insistence in letters from , the "folks back home" that some- ! thing be done to relieve the tax burden. Naval Conclusion. Congressional leaders, however, after serious study of the whole dis armament proposition have con cluded: First: That the most effective way to promote an agreement limit ing armaments is for the Un ted States to go ahead on her scheduled building program, which, if con tinued, will give her the most pow erful fleet of capital ships in the world by 1924. Second: That under any agree ment limiting naval forces the United States must have, relatively, the same position which her pres ent naval program assures to her a force at least equal to that of any other nat on. Whatever the decision of Presi dent Harding may be with respect (Ceatlaaed Page Tbirtese.) AIR ill PLANE RECORD BROKEN Eight Bags Taken From Frisco x to New York In 34 Hours. New Trans - Continental Air Mail Record of 33 Hours' and 20 Minutes is Made. , HAZELHURST, N. T., Feb. 23. Bight bags of mail, dispatched from San Francisco t by- ah-plane at 4:10 yesterday'momtng, arrived at Hagel Hurst- JFim today .t 4:10 p. nUltstabltohlnt cro-CPUBtr snail record of Jt fcouTe'.andJ!. nllnutes, with allowance for time zone obanges in coast-to-coast flight. "X The -man was trans 'erred front plane to plane In a relay flight or dered by the postofftee department to establish a new cross-continent mall plane record. The plane which arrived at Hazel Hurst was piloted by E. M. Allison, a member of one of the four teams which took part in the trans-continental race, two planes leaving Hazel Hurst Field and two starting from San Francisco at the same time yesterday morning. One of the westward bound planes came to grief when Pilot Bf M. Leon ard was 'orced to descend yester day at Dubois, Pa., on account of bad weather. The second west bound plane reached Chicago yes terday and was unable to get away today. The other eastbound plane crash ed to earth at Elko, Nev., yesterday, killing the pilo.t Capt. W. F. Lewis. Captain Allison piloted one west ward bound plane as far as Cleve land, where It was taken over by another pilot on tbe second lap of the relay which ended at Chicago. He then took the winning plane in charge at Cleveland and returned to Hazel Hurst F'eld this afternoon, bettering the time set forth for the flight by the posto flee department by a margin of two hours and forty minutes. WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. Post office department officials, while gratified at the achievement of the air mail service In delivering at New Tork tonight mall which left Ban Francisco yesterday morning, said the most remarkable part of the en tire performance was the all-night flight from Cheyenne, Wyo., to Chi cago, a distance of889 miles. The all-n'ght flight, made by Pilots Frank Tager and Ja1c Knight, dem onstrated the feaslbil'ty of night flying, officials said. With this state ment they coupled the announce ment that order had been Issued to prepare for regular night flying on the New Tbrk and San Francisco route, probably about May 1. Otto Praeger, assistant postmaster general, described last night's flight between Cheyenne and Chicago as "the most momentous step In civil aviation." He added that it would mean "the speedy revolutionizing o' the letter transportation methods and practices throihout the world." ' LANDIS WOULD OUTLAW BETTING ON BALL GAMES I BOSTON, Fob. IS. The arm of the law should be long enough to permit it to reat-h to the bleach ers and stand at baseball park and call to account all who, bet on games, in the opinion of Judge K. M. Landls, baseball' supreme arbi ter. Jadaw Iiandls. In a letter nerelv- ed today by Representative Hugh J. Laoey. of Holvoke. oommenUne on tiw. I... Mil . tk. ' tna?' "aa T oUpici. i pacing in tne tin-owing of games, said he thought the offense should be a felony with a penalty of from i two to five year Imprisonment. WILMINGTON CHAMBER IS OPPOSED TO 5 CENT TAX WILMINGTON. Feb. J . Incor poration of an ad valorem tax of five cents for state purposes In the revenue act ppendg before the legislature i in direct contravention of the pledges made by the Demo cratic, party during th recent cam paign, the executive committee of the Wilmington chamber of com merce declared tonight, In a strongly worded petition of the house and senate finance committees and to Uovernor Morrison. . .' -. LABOR ADOPTS . nrP iniTinM ft ULULnNHIIUIl OF PRINCIPLES Refusal to Recognize Certain Injunctions Called For. LEGISLATION IS URGED Law Declaring Labor Organi zations Are Not Co-Partnerships is Wanted. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. Enact ment by Congress of a law declaring that labor organizations are not co partnerships and "shall not be so treated In law or in equity," is de manded by organized labor in a dec laration of principles adopted tonight by representatives of national and international unions affiliated In the American Federation of Labor. . The declaration, which was ap proved after an all-day conference here at which Samuel Oompers, l president of the federation, presided, I also called for the "immediate restoration of exemption from or the repeal of all antl-comblnation and so-called conspiracy laws." Condemning the use of the Injunc tion under present laws, the declara tion asserted that the "only immed iate course" through which labor could find relief "lies In a flat refus al on the part of labor to recognise or abide by the terms of injunctions which seek to prohibit the doing of acts which the workers have a law ful and guaranteed right to do." "Labor realises fully the conse quences of such a course. It was added, "but in the defense of Amer ican freedom and of American insti tutions it Is compelled to adopt this course, be the consequences what they may." Institutions "Imperilled.' Organised labor in the declaration set forth at length the principles tor wnicn it stands and call upon the- people of th United State to rally with labor "to the defense of our Imperilled American institu tlona" , ' ' ;i Employer are warned m the dee laratlon that labor "not only Insist upon, maintaining th present stand ard of wage and .working- condi tions, but aec If res- I ts solemn pur pose to continue It struggle to fur tbr Jmorove . .those, .etamdaeda.'C . it j The dsolaratios 'charged, tsoms jtoalansMvihe-e-tTWtea States wita supporting nt times In secret some of the "Insidious, propaganda or raaieai Kuropean fanaticism" be cause of their "common antagonism to the trade union movement." "There la an unscrupulous and a natural aptitude for intrigue In thts rsnaucai propaganda." the statement said, "which makes it a most subtle menace to every democratic Ideal and Institution In our country." Repeal by the states of all Indus trial court law and all restrictive and coercive laws. Including the commonly known open port law of Texas, was demanded, together with "freedom from decisions of courts holding trade unions and individual members thereof liable in damages for the unlawful acts of others." . utnrr itecommrndaaona Other recommendations made by trie conterence in the declaration In cluded: Prohibition of immigration for a period of not less than two years. More general application of the Initiative and referendum in the po litical affairs of the United States and of the states. Removal of the power of courts to declare unconstitutional laws enacted by Congress. Election of Judges. Restoration of an adequate federal employment service. Administration of credit as a pub lic trust In the interest of all the pepople. Investigation by Congress of the activities ot private detective agen cies In the field of Industrial rela tions. The declaration also called upon the workers to "resist the effort to destroy the trade unions, whether bv th false pretense of the "open shop," the usuraed authority of oourts through writs of injunction, or otherwise. Onmnni Make Statement. "We call for united aunnort In the protection of standards of wages and conditions nlreadv gained," the declaration added, "and. we um.- mon tne workers to continued ef forts to Increase the consuming power, raise the standards and lm prove the conditions of life and work." Issues of the "rost serious char acter affecting our people nnd our renuhllc" are faced bv organised la bor. Mr. Oompers declared In a states ment onnnlng the conference. "Tt, Is not nonxlhle to forecast the manner In which the conference will deal with these hmuR." he aild "hut It Is certain that the thought ex pressed would he for the benefit of our country and for the advance ment of the Interests, standards and freedom of our people." The Issues "In the main are known to all. thoiish not understood bv all." nmu air. unmi)ri, aiming mat "our concern Is for the democratic institu-1 lions or our country, and for th safeguarding of our freedom wher- " 7 attacked. wnemer tne atmcKS are Vnade by P'u "action or by the In- (Centime ea Fare Hnn.) AGRICULTURAL BILL IS PASSED BY THE SENATE WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. Over a running fire from senator who pre sented detailed objections to tta pro posal for increased expenditures, the senate tonight passed th agri cultural appropriation bill,, carrvlns .approximately $41,000,000, for the operation of that department for th year beginning next July. This amount -la nearly , 000,000 In excess of appropriations for tbe current year, and almost 11,000,000 lu ex cess of amount allowed by the houee, to which It was sent for oonf ferouue after the senate's action. CARUSO PLANS TO GO TO EUROPE IN SPRING NEW TORS, Feb. 3S. Dr. Antonio Stella, one of the special ists attending Enrico Oaraso, the tenor, who is Ul feore wttb ptoar ley, said tonight that the tenor wlU sail for Europe about the end of March If hi condition con tinue to improve. A trip to At lantic city hj a been planned dar ing hi convalescence.. Mr. Ca ruso' condition w improving steadily. SCHOOL CAUSE IS PRESENTED Train Loads of Educators Be fore Committees. McCoin Resolution . Loses and Will be Reported Unfavor ably to Senate. Charlotte Ohsenrer Buruu. Tarbereo Haul. BY R. E. POWELL. RALEIGH,' Feb. 21. Train loads of educators from Charlotte, Greens boro, Asheville, Wilmington and other big town In the state swamp ed down upon a legislative com mittee tonight and made an imprest atve plea for twenty millions hleher education. tor Captain Bob Williams, of Ashe ville. and Mrs. Chaa C. Hook, of Charlotte, were easily the strongest proponents of th bigger program. The hall of the house was packed almost as tight as It was during the censorship fight of th afternoon and it gave Mrs. Hook a demonstration when she concluded her talk. . . Most of the arguments have' been advanced. It was a pleasant sort of meeting, but one bit of friction, and this from a ruralite who wanted the "public schools" to gst a part of the big fund. . Former Senator Alt Scales was willing for part of to go this way. C. P. Wharton, of Greensboro; Dorman Thompson, of , Statesvllle, Dr.- Howard Hondthaler, of Win-' ton-Balem. former Senator Stable. of Salisbury, C. B. Newcombr of Wilmington; F. 3. Ho bgood.j el Ox ford; and Mr W. P. Swift,, .of, Greensboro,- were thaotber speak-i e th lienatg tpnlifct ablv on tbe oComrIutibn oft yesterday demanding) that- the .board of director of the state prison make, an explanation to th general as sembly for tts failure to vacate the prison property and' turn it over to the state hospital for th Insane. In double quick time It sat down on the Vance senator's resolution and acted favorably on th one to repeal the 111 law which .directed the transfer. The committee held to the' opinion that the annual re port of Superintendent Collie insuf ficient explanation for the board and although the board was in session here today it . did not offer to add to the Collie accounting. Senator McCoin announced to newspapermen tonight that he would continue his fight, on the floor al though he conceded the defeat of his move and the prevalence of the governor's views about the prison No serious attack win be made on the board. It appeared tonight Transcending in Importance to the Industrial life of the state 'Is the double-barreled hearing tomorrow before the house and senate com mittees on the Parham and. Long bills affecting the Southern Power company. The Long bill seeks to force the Southern Power company to con tinue its contracts irrespective of the views the corporation commis sion takes of its application for an increase in power rates. The Par ham bill, which Is related bt.a dlf- rorent kind of legislation, Tirovides (CaUaad ea rags Eleven.) WW. the Newt?" The feeltnff of those close to Hard. I rig Is that the whole question of cabinet personnel Is aa good set tled, although formal aoneptanqe i re still to be received from three men selected. William Porter und Charles Wtlke arc sentenced to ao year each In the penitentiary for robbery of the Bank or. uiasgow, va Eight bag of mail are taken ffoaa San .Francisco to New fork within 14 hoar by alrps ne, making a new croea-oontlnent recoid for tbe post- omoe department. A "declaration of principles" la adopted by rcpecatatatlve of na tional and International anion affili ated in the American fBderatkn, Petitions signed by "land owners", coming irons about one-flfUi of .the oountlce of the state, asking the legislature to comet the "injustice of revaluation", are laid before the bouse Protest against passage of the Wlnalow bill is telearaphed to Press- dent Wilson by B. M. Jewell, spokes man lor tne railway employer or ganisations. The American note reojirdtag mandates occupies the council of the league of nations. It la discussed In strictest privacy. ; Tlio Varner case I expected to go to tho Jury today.. Three addressee on Mr. Valuer's aide and. one on Mr. Varner' side are heasd. Sev eral more are to be made. An taipreasJve plea for txu.OOu.oo for higher education I naade by tralnloada of advocate from, varl on sections of tbe state appearing before the legislative committee In lftlelgh. . The entire student body of the college department of Blddle anlrer slty In Charlotte I "on strike," " - Bishop larlingto aspeak to a large audience la Charlotte on Christian Education.? Col. F. W. Oalhralth, national oonamander of the Aaaericaa Legion la Cht rlotte dlstingukinod guest lot todar.. ..;'.,". ,i ;35..V, AR6UIKIS ' "' rt'.V J, i ;.-:'.n ,; tr'-'.f DP Three Speeches Made tor. De fendant; One for Plaintiff. 7 JURY GETS THE CASE TODAY Case Reviewed, Defense Claim ing Guilt is Proven, Plaintiff Declaring Charges Impossible'. BT JOHN O. DICKSON. " ' , UREEN8B0RO, Feb. 21. Juror f In the Varner case, now sweeping j swiftly on to their hand for 'a ver- ; diet, today heard four: powerful ar- ! gumenta of attorneys, three, of thein trying to persuade tbe Jury that Mrs. Florence C Varner 1 guttt; ' j having committed adultery ! with Baxter McRary. a negro; th other, using every resource of his argu mentative power to , get, them ' to ay he 1 not. f , t( The eighth day of the trial today saw ne abatement of interest, in the suit of Mrs. Varner for subsistence against her husband, Henry B., Var ner. of Lexington. - Rather, the Jam I noom here, the record crowd of the L4nal, testified to an intensification of interest. ... ;-., .. 3. C Bowers, of Lexington, opened for th defendant, Varner. - He was followed by E. E. Raper, also of Lexington, also for the defendant. T. C. Guthrie, of Charlotte, came next for Mrs. Varner. E. T. Cansler, of Charlotte, ended today's ' argu ment, speaking for the defendant. - Two speeches remain to be heard. J. . N. MeCrary, of Lexington, will open (or Varner. tomorrow morning, to - be followed by O. L. Sapp. of Greensboro, for Mra Varner. judge James B. . Boyd's charge to. the Jury itlwill follow, and the case will then oe in tne jury' nana. - VAney snoum get It tomorrow afternoon. . , tfy' Oathrie Argument. Xtc is-unbellevable,- Impossible, Mr. Guthrie declared te the Jury,' that Mr. Varner. should be guilty of crimlaaisrAJjnacg with a liyer-old negro Ha described Mra .. Varner aa "pod's fairest- handiwork, and ascribed the charge allegt again lhJw-opiraoyA." ,Wiv-.. " ' "wd-tf7th case .tequeated . t i The three attorneys for the V Jury to consider . th . evidence, th : character t of th- witnesses, admit ting that -tauch alleged conduct en tbe part of Mra - Varner seems nn- ' natural, but reminding th jury that the unnatural I often tne true, They cautioned 'the 'Jury against render ing verdict in favor of Mra, Var ner because she Is a woman, because -she has enjoyed a high fecial posi tion, because she had the -advantages of wealth against a "sympathy" verdict. ..... v ,' Bower First to Speak. t ' Mr. Bower, first to speak today, finished in forty minutes. -- "Let- the truth prevail," h implored. "1 Con cede It Is an unusual ease, but we have shown without a shadow of a doubt that this woman-is guilty,, and -have plied evidence mountain high." He reviewed the history of the case, from the time Fred O. Sink .had" warned Mrs. Varner five year aov He stressed the evidence that' Mrs. Varner had been unwilling to- have her home searched on the night the negro McRary was round under the . house. Had she been an Innocent woman, he declared, she would have -. demanded a search of the house Im mediately, stating that she. had d- ' (CMUUMMd ea Ton TharteesvK.c , PORTER AND WILKES TO ' . SERVE TWENTY YEARS IN VIRGINIA PENITENTIARY Convicted of Robbery of Bank ' of Glasgow; 20 Years Added to Long Terms Previously Given. " LEXTNQTON. Vs.. Feb. 21. WU- Ua-m Porter and Charles Wilkes, were convicted by a Jury, in e'rcult - court here today of robbing the Bank of Olaagow, Va. last Novem-' ber of nearly $100,000 In Liberty bonds and securities, and sentenced; to twenty years each In the peni-i tentlary. Following the arraignment -'' ot " Porter and Wllke Monday, the former was placed on trial, and- by agreement ' between attorneys, '. Wilkes was to receive the j same -verdict against Porter. A motion for a new trial was over-ruled by Judge Henry W. Holt - S Le Woolr'dge, a Glasgow, black- smith, th 'onl witness examined ' today, told how hi shop was brok- ; n Into th morning of th robbery and a crow bar taken with which ' he said th robbers gained en trance to th bank. ' , V ' 1 Porter and Wilkes already have sentence of IS and 16 year re spectively aga'nst them, following convictions In th corporation court at Roanoke of having burglar's , tool in th'r possession. jx-. ? . Th convicted men wr - eap tured In th' outskirts of Roanoke early the morning of November It, a tew nour aiter-tn roooery or the Glasgow bank, - following a pitched toattie wttn tne KoenqKei police. James B. Rodgers, describ ed aa be'ng from Philadelphia, driver of a touring caV, In which, Porter and Wlik were r'ding, was killed. A barrack bak containing practically all the loot taken from th Olaagow bank wa recovered. and In the' automobile wa found auart of nitroglycerin and a aet of saf blowing tool. ',- Porter and Wllke will b taken to th Roanoke Jail tomorrow, an I from thr back to th state pent tentlary where they were ptac t following . tneir conviction i:-. Roanoka ' : ' . ' - Today's verdlet waa deaerlbed th authoritlea a the final chr' In th oases of th bank, roi, , whom they believed ar re-spun, for- many- robbwiea threugio u; t - ER I- 7; 'A