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ft" S SECTION . TODAY 72 PAGES SIX SECTIONS 1 4 PAGES i TO16 . v.-.';' A CAROLINA HOME NEWSPAPER OF CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS, CLEAN AND RELIABLE IN NEWS SERVICE, AND A PROMOTER OF SOUTHERN RESOURCES. FOUNDED 1869. QURLOTTB, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL to, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY SEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY. : 4 KltOTTE BIG - . . v III 11 Committees Complete Prepar tlon for Week's Event HUGE HOUSE OF BEAUTY Finishing Touch on Decora tion -uslcJ Events to Fea turo Every Dy of Week. Under a canopy e Florida f ray moss, wistaria u4 southern srallax. with g Uttering sleotrio lights thickly grouped freta oelllng. pillars u wells, ths second eanttal exhibit of the Cerelinas Automobile show will bs officially opened Monday svealng t T:I6 o'clock. The Charlotte A- temotire Trad association commit tees, tn charge ef the auto shew, ere looking for aa sttesdenea ef 11.666 to 86.666 visitors during the week. The shew eloses Saturday evening. The auto ahew will be open every day daring ths week, beginning Monday. The hours sftsr Monday will be 1:96 o'clock for tha after noon opening aad T:I to will b tba evening hours. Tba ax hiblta aad abow will ba cloood dur ins tha rao rains hoars. A mvalcai urogram that will ba III ilU I U GNUW WILL QPEriTOMORRDW ' unexcelled In arrangements, wltb fa maua artlsta aad Arthur Fryer's band. wUl ba a leading .feature of tba woak. Among the artists wno will Uko Dart la tba afternoon and evening eoncoru will ba Marlon Harris and Margaret Trevors, so- ranos: Carmalla Ponselle. central to aoloist; Barbara MaureU soloist, and a numbor of Instmmontal solo ists wltb Fryer's band. Margaret Trsvera will sins; each day of tba ahow In eoncort. Otbor artlsta will bo hoard la two-end three-day en gagementa Tbo afternoon and eve nine eofloart programs will bo equal ly high glass and entertaining. Mu sic that will appeal to ovary visitor will bo found In tha wall balancod program of vocal and Instrumental numbers. Large Show Balldlnc, Tha exhibits and ahow thU yoar wUl oovar 6.t66 square foot of floor space. Tbo abow , building v aommlttoo baa placed tbo passenger 4 rar exhibits a Jha as scad floor of ' tho bulktlnfc and on tba 'first float center, with tba truck and acees aortoa exhibits on tbo first' floor. Spaoe aHotted has shown that tbo eoninUttoo did not evsi-e juste tne Smaiul wtiail U WHrAi lllll fast i for the 9X1 show. The Use of tbo building, which la tba property 01 tbo Standard Oil company, was ten- dsrsd frssaj tbo Carollnaa Auto- mobils show"sn Its- elooo-ln loca V t)on and vast amount of floor space appealed at oaoa to tbo Judgment of the oonuBltteo on abow building. Tbo place of tha ahow la on Wast First and. Clarkaoa atreeta. In a nsw structure of brick and steel. Just oom plated by the Standard Oil com pany, the main entrance to the asc end flooor being on First street. Tha first floor la reached by stepe lead ing down from the Interior of the second floor. Visitors la automo biles wjll reach the building by tra versing West Trade street to Cedar street; thence to First street and to the show buflding. Electrlo car service also carries visitors to a point on Clarkaoa street within 100 - feet of the automobile show build ing. ' Space for exhibitors has been set . aside to the full capacity of the first and second floors. Exhibits will be located in, space around tbo sides of the large area that makes up the 100 by 111 feet floor space, and in rectangular spaces allotted in the center of the floors, with wide' ways for passage of visitors between the exhibits, following tbo long rows of booths and -exhibit spaces complete' ly around the show building. Blue prints have been drawn in duplicate for the use of decorators and orn clala of the auto show, indicating the place set aside for each exhibitor, of whom there are nearly one hun dred, incldding distributors of cars, local agencies, truck distributors and accessories houses. ' A Bower f Beajuty. The decorations' for the show have been in charge of Mrs. M. M. Schllts, 1 owner of The Flower Shop. This work, employing many men, iwas practically complete Saturday. The ceilings are completely cov- ,ered with Florida . moss, ' hanging gracefully from the walls overhead, while wistaria blooms and vines give brightness to the background of moss. Southern emllax has been pro fusely utilised in adding further at! tractlveness to the color scheme, which Is one of gray and lavender. Around the lower side walls wide - streamers Of white and purple bunt ing, the official colors of the Char ' lotto , Automotive Trade -association, have been fixed, filling the entire two stories with a background In which tbe adopted color scheme Is carried out with the highest art. The electrical Illuminations will also r be arranged to emphasise the beauty of , the decorations and at night . the scene will be enchanting and full of visual splendor. Gaily , decorated ' booths, many ot which will bo filled with handsome women, will create an added atmosphere of taste and Slegance to the scene on both the Irst and sscond floors, especially on (Csattaasd oa Fags FsartesaJ J. C. MARLOW OF WILKES, ACE 70, TAKES OWN LIFE Jfesdal to Vbo Obsoms, , WXNBTONifiALEM, April J. C. ' Mar low,-aged TO. committed suicide n la j Wilkes county; Thursday y 'severing his yugular -vein below the , left ear,. He lived alone and his body-was not found until last night coronero- Jury this morning de . m olded that the-old man came to his - death by his own handa A raxor and knife were round hy his side. PAPER MILL WORKERS rREJECr WAGE CUT mCW TOIUC, Apcfl feakas Ives of Ibt pahs sjUDs ml tbo ltltad A Oaaad at a bore today aassbsieejsty ra the) sain waers eeJUaf for a M wage rodacdosi aad ha tha working day front sight to Bins boars, Tho actio of tbo ttsrissata. Ores mow wUl bo sabsaJUcd by reforeadmaa to tbo rank aad Ale of tbo workers of tbo various oatoas for theer approval or ro- )e0floa, with tbo that hs ease "satisfactory aad tho tlsso of tba of tho I wtn aa ansae finally tho saills of tho Neted Humorists Mixes Serious Strain in Lecture. PlAtdA for Pur and Truo Amorkanitm In Addrttt Bo- foro 2JO0Q on "Homo Folkf." Using humor and pathos as hie most expert weapons, Irrln 8. Cobb, writer, traveler and master of his native tongue, swayed an audience 1.00A people tn the auditorium last night when he talked oa "Home Folks." but gave his subject a na tional and patrlotlo tarn that made every American feet a deeper love toy hia country and a more eerloua determination to stand up for Amer lean institutions. The speaker handled the anecdote and short story with the deftness of a sword in the hands of a duelist It was the work of lust a few mom enut to lead the 1,000 Charlotte peo ple from a state of Inordinate and sweeping Laughter to that of tears and tho oa nee of elemental emotions holding thorn la Iron grip. t Every story tout by the sp aster was selected win an objee. , and every. story aad anecdote went home to tho mark. He swept his hearers from tho old Southern plantation to tho battloflelds of France and Bel glum, from the New York oast side to tbo blue grass r.gisa of Kentucky, Coos's native stata, with a spaed that was more than ramarkabls. , Opening with- a strain of humor that got him the swirt attention of his audience, Cobb struck Into deeper water, and told the people that with the back-wash of war overrunning the world, and" revolution stalking around the planet it waa time for every American to ahow himself 100 per-cent true, and to cry down bol- sheviam, rampant socialism and an archy. "Tho place for the bolshevlst is ths potters Held, and the anarchist with a ball and chain on hia leg ought to make the sweetest music that the true American ever heard," aald Mr.. Cobb. "Uncle Bam ougnt to be a door keeper, and not a doormat," aald the spesker .touching on immigra tion. All of us are the children of Immigrants, the speaker ahowed. but of immigrants of a different type from too many that are ad mitted to American shores today. Reports from Washington have re cently shown that there are half a million people In this country who believe as does Lenine, and he has been one of the great causes that has made Russia what it is. "We hardly realise the nearness of the danger," urged the speaker. 'and yet It Is almost present and is hardly to be put off to the fu ture. The melting pot was all right when it gave out a clear white stream, but I think now It haa be come a chemical retort rrom which will flow danger to our institutions and revolution to our country, if proper restrictions are not thrown around It" Mr. Cobb took exception to for (Ceattaaed ea Fsge Feerteea.) S11SIIG AUDIENCE HERE JOSEPHUS DANIELS Retiring Secretary of the American Navy baa written a aeries of thirty articles fc which he presents hitherto unpublished facts relative to OUR NAVY IN THE GREAT WAR . J iooephus Daniels Thursday, Exclusively in THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER rJEIGKBDftS MID ALIENISTS III ROSS WILL CASE Declare One jof Women Had an Inferior Mind. TRIAL RUNS OVER WEEK Haa Boon Going on for Mort Than a Wo Now With tho End Nowhora In Sight MONROE. April t. Dr. Taylor, head of Broad Oak aaottar turn at Morgsntoa, testified in the Roes will case today, that If tbo hiry finds the otatemenu sst out la the hypothetical question propounded by attorneys for caveators to bo true, Ulu liarsla Rose wso mentally In- competent to maxe a win la im, when one la alleged to have signed . ... . hsr last will and testament, wnicn caveators are trying to nave set aside. Dr. Taylor waa admitted as an expert Dr. H. O. Stewart of Monroe, tes tified In answer to the hypothetical auMtlsD. and also of bis own knowl edge, that ha did not think Maggie Ross had sufficient msntai capacity to make a will. Mrs. Amanda Howard, of Wax h.w for manv veare a neighbor of the Ross family, and Claud P. Ed wards, of Charlotte, who had vtslted in the home frequently elnce 101, both testlfisd that Maggie Ross had Inferior mentality and transacted no business that they knew of. Court adjourned at 1 o'clocK until 10 Mondar and the Jurors were al lowed to go to their homes over Bun day. t When superior court adjourned h.ra this afternoon the Rosa will mm had consumed nine days, with no prospect of the end In eight The caveators still have a numbor of witnesses to put up and tba pro pounders In rebuttal will offer sev eral dosen witnesses. Ths Import ance of the ease may justify a brief resume of the facts. Misses Bailie and Maggie koss. maiden white women. living In tho little village of Mama in a&adr Ridso township, this county. m Novamhe M.. 1007. ursed ma ts! -reciprocal wflla. ahnoot, Identi cal m terms, in which tno estate named bv them as tenants m w' rub and consisting Of about -1.4M acres of farm laads and (at.tbat time) about IIMOO to money, was left to the surviving sister during her lifetime and at her dcatn to bo disposed of as follows: Aboat 1 11.000 . to Individuals, churches, hospitals, schools and mis- 8100 boards; and ths oaianes ox me estats to be divided between Rob ert B. Ross, colored, who had been reared in their home, and Kittle Belle Houston, his daughter, who had also been reared largely in the home of the Roes women. Miss Bailie Ross, the elder by about eight years, died In 1100. A few weeks later Maggie Ross mads a codicil to the will cutting off the wife of Robert Roes, colored, who had been given a small amount nnder the original will, and be queathing a thouaand dollars to her business agent R. A. Hudson, prominent cltlxen of her eommun ltv. The will of Sallle Rosa was not offered for probate until after the death of Maggie Ross in May, 1120. when both wills were offered together and probated at the same time, wltb R. A. Hudson ana k. o. Red wine as executors. As soon as ths provisions of the will became known a number of second, third and fourth cousins, there being no first cousins or nearer relatives of the women surviving, tiled a caveat to the will in behalf of themselves and others who might make them- selves parties to ths action, when the case came to trial more tnan 100 caveators had joined the action as parties plaintiffs, alleging that the will of Margie Ross Is invalid on the ground that she did not have mental capacity to make a win, ana she did have mental capacity to make a will this particular will waa obtained by undue Influence exerted upon her by hpr sister, Sallle A. Ross, the negro oenenciaries, hob (Ceatinsed ea Pass Veertesa.) In addition to being absorbingly, interest ing reading for the public, they constitute a real contribution to the history of Amer ican partidpatiofi in the World War. Mr. Daniels is now able to reveal many absorbing facts and figures,, dramatic sit uations and new light on mteresting events which could not with propriety be told before. The Observer has secured for Hs readers this notable series.. . Publication will begm April" 14th V JUDGE . C. PRITCHARD 13 ' REPORTED IN EXTREMIS AABETELLK. , April tSMtgO a Fritcfcard was death soalght m a local Ueve be csusaot sarvtve tho dgh. LIFE SENTENCE Convicted of Murder of 11 Ne gro Farm Hands Killed." a J.- , Placed in Jail in Atlanta to Await Action April 30 on Mo tion for Now TriaL , mviMTON. Oa. Aorll I. John R Williams. Jasper county farmer, waa Uken to Atlanta and placed in Jail today to await action April on bis motion for a new trial, which h inAm Immediately after he waa convicted aad sentenced; to life-time imprisonment mm - charge of murder. He expressed confidence be would Anally bo clear ed of the charges. The trial waa tho first ons snswa from accusations . that wiiuams caused the killing of IX negro farm hands after department ot Justice agents had started to Investigate al leged peonage charges oa his farm February II. last Three of the no. groes. Including Lsnasey trwtmiwua. whom no was specincsuir ciweou with liUlng. at the trial ending to day, were alleged to nave oeen hrnurht Into ISSWtoa counu A rtsm nmA Th. athar alaht nasi oas wsro de clared by Manning, negro farm boas mrA if i niifissnrt accomplice, to t,. Ra. kiiisd in Jasoor county, and Inquiry by tho grand Jury with . i.w tn lndtetine- Williams and three -of his sons Is to open there Mondsy. . . Williams appeared 10 lase aim con viction calmly., but when his wus snd daughtsrs broke into sobs their srlef affected him and be struggled to hide bis emotions as he. sought to comfort them. . He was auowea as remain to the courtroom with them for tan or fifteen minutes before be ing taken to Atlanta. 7 Dale for trial of Williams on ths Other two indictments haa not been act nor has the court announced whan Meaamg will be tried, al though It waa Indicated the negro would face a Jury before the regular July term. Counsel for Williams hold that he cannot be tried on the indictment charging murder of Wil lie Preston, whose body was found chained to that of Peterson, but ths stats contends the indictment result Ins from the death of Preston is a separate one and that he can be tried on it as wsll as on the third Indict ment charging murder ot another negro, Harry Price. The defense contended the drowning bf Peterson and Preston was ons act. CHARGED WITH KILLING TOTAL OF 14 NEGROES MONTICELXO, OA., April I .In dictments against John S. Williams and tnree 01 nia sons ana wiyue man ning, negro farm boss, on charges of the murder' of a total of 14 negroes and Indictments against alz orseven other cltisens oa charges of lynching Eugene Hamilton, negro. will be sought at the grand Jury In vestigatlon beginning next Monday at Montlcello, according to an nouncement tonight from Solicitor Oeneral Doyle Campbell. "The law-abiding citizens will show to the world they believe in law enforcement." Mr. Campbell said tonight "A number of citizens are involved and we have evidence aufficient to indict six or seven. We have the lynchers on the run and will olean up the county." "What's the News?" Thirty-six out of 45 defendants in the express theft conspiracy case at Macon are found guilty by the fed eral Jury after 28 hojirs delibera tion. They are to be sentenced April SO. An agreement is reached by the British,' striking coal miners and mine owners for a conference Mon day In an effort to settle the strike. John S. Williams, Georgia farmer, Is convicted and sentenced to life im prisonment on a charge of murder of one of 11 negro farm hands re cently killed. Hearing on his . mo tion for a new trial is scheduled for April SO. The annual 'Carolines Automobile Show will open In Charlotte Monday. Announcement Is made . that a great "Made in Carolina" exhibition will he held tak Charlotte In Septem ber, the biggest of the kind ever held in tho south. ' ' Administration leaders in Wash ington are greatly worried over the business outlook. With cotton and wheat going down, the republican "promlscrs" are said to be up a tree. A message from Woodrow Wilson is read at the Jefferson Day dinner of the National Democratic crab, at tended by more than 1,000. Claude Ktlchln is nominated by bis democratic colleagues In canons for speaker of 'the house, which means 'be will become his party's floor' leader.' ". Irvla 8, Cobb' Is heard by 3,000 people in Charlotte in a lecture that greatly pleases his audience - 4 was as cos ea tartly tpmmA. Tbo iiwwi aw s w IMS JIM C. 0. P. I IniltD DPdCDCPTC bosrstalaad tho I II Ml II I llll.l I II I.I II Ull UUUIIIUUU Financial Depression and Lack of Credit Discouraging. PEACE BADLY NEEDED Business Afraid to Movo Until Republicans Docido on a World Paaca Policy. BY II. lu. C. BRYANT. WASHINGTON. April I. The 11 nanclal depression In the United Hut. and the lack of funda and credit In foreign countries that Uks to trade with America la discourag ing the southern cotton producers. Cotton mill men from North Caro lina have brought gloomy reports to Washnlgton within the last few days. Administration leaders hered are greatly worried over the business outlook. With cotton and wbeat going down the republican promisors are up a tree. There Is bo doubt in the minds of democrats that ths "wiggling and wabbling" of the republicans on tha peace treaty la delaying a return of prosperity In the entire world. The lack of a definite policy haa made every nation uneasy. Secre tary of Bute Hughes is working out something, and may succeed and in bringing order out of the chaos re sulting from the Lodge policy which was founded not on principle but hatred for Woodrow Wilson, ths Lame Lion of 8 street Farmers throughout ths United states ara seeing blue. They cannot get any sunshine out of present con ditions Cotton la bard bit by the depression here and the lack of money In foreign countriea All ef forts to establish credits have failed for the reason that no ons with money haa any confidence In the present status of things Had the league of nations been ratified the United States would have steadied the rest of the world and business picked up. South era hankers are anxious for eottbn to move but they have been slow tovrtsk anything on credits. Hero and there ssolatsd incidents of. salofforts to do something prac tical have been recorded but moat everybody is waiting for the other fellow to move try it out Bret Be-fnr- sirad Its can. bs established to export cotton someone abroad who win contract for it umst be found, and the deal made through regular snorting channels. An individual farmer, or a group of Individuala, who can get together enough cotton to load a ship wIU have no trouble in moving the cargo if exporters and bankets do their part Bankers can organise themselves into an export ing concern and sell and deliver the cotton, and the government through the war finance board will finance the transaction. 8o far just one loan of $100,000 "for the export of cotton to Europe" haa been made by a southern bank since the directors of the war finance corporation met with a committee of bankers from tne various souin ern states April 4, to discuss the "question of facilitating tne expona tlon of cotton." The lack of a dell nite foreign policy on the part of the dominant party has causea out ness interests to hesitate. Money is timid. The small committee of bankers appointed "to continue the nromot discussion witn tne war n nance corporation" may work out a nlan that will prove helpful. It is believed here by democrats and republicans that if the United States would close up the war with Germany, and carry out the general nlan outlined by Mr. Wilson, times would be better. Reports coming to the depart ment of agriculture and the treasury department show that tne cotton nroducers are very much at sea. They are afraid to go forward with another crop. If the surplus cotton now on hand is not sold they would be better off If they would spare" themselves the expense of planting and gathering another crop. Pie Keekers Busy. th the meantime the office-seekers are pressing their claims. John M. Morehead, and R. A. Kohloss, of Salisbury and C. R. Pugh of Eliza beth City left tonight for North Car olina. They came up to look over the political ituation with a view to placing deserving republicans in tne Dlace of democrats. Mr. Morehead has put his cards on the table, and villi let the President do the rest. Frank A. Linney, for district attor ney, will-go through a-whizzing, but Irvin Tucker will be 'opposed. Mr. Morehead has informed the powers-that-be he will insist on his slate re gardless of any protests Marion But ler or others outside of the More- head-Llnney combine may make. The Greensboro parley ticket is the only one he will agree to. President Harding has already been wised up on the situation In the state: he has the names of the men selected by the North Carolina state committee be fore him. .He may make the nomi nations just as Mr. Morehead has recommended but there will be fight ing along the way. Mr. Butler Is not in a yielding mood. He will go to the mat If he is licked. Several years ago, when K. c. Duncan waa bossing the republican job In the state, Messrs. Morehead and Butler held frequent confer ences, but they did not meet today, yesterday, or the day before. Their paths lead in different directions. Having dropped his names in the till Mr. Morehead went home to await developments He would present a lonsr list Of candidates for postofflcs If Postmaster General Hays and the President would hurry up with their order abolishing Ahe civil service regulations. Mr. Hays and the Presi dent believe In the Bible saying that it la unwise to go out of the way to take a dog by the ears. They want the jobs but ' doubt the wisdom of opening an old and vexatious ques GREAT "HADE IN CAROLINA" EXHIBITION HERE THIS FALL Many Exhibits Already Secured and Work to Start Soon on Building Coverining Half City Block, Providing 100,000 Feet Floor Space, for "Show" on Vast Scale to Be Held in Charlotte in September. Announcement was made yester day that there will be held In Char lotte, during the first two weeks In September, the largest Industrial ex position ever staged under one roof In the aeuth. , It will be a "Made In Carolina" ex1 position and the exhibits will be of articles of home manufacture ex clusively. For two weeks past a number of manufacturers, in and out of Char lotte, have been arranging all of ' the preliminary details for this gl i gantic show and the entire under- taknlg will be underwritten by 10 influential men of thla section. The total cost of the building will be approximately fll.000, it Is as serted. It will be of wooden con struction, and plana and specifica tions are already In hand. It will be well roofed, walled in and will provide 100,000 feet of floor specs, over 40,000 of which will be given over to displaying Carolina-made articles of manufacture. The building will be complete throughout and provided with every facility for comfort and convenience. It will have raised band stand, rest rooms for women and children, smoking rooms, etc., according to the plans. It will be equipped with plumbing and fully wired, each ex hibit being connected up. To give an Idea of the Immensity of the structure. It Is explained that it will be three and one-half times aa large as the space given to Char lottys automobile show last year Should Abate Fierceness In Income Tax, Says Taft BRITISH STRIKE M A Y ENDS e With Coal Miners Seems In Fair Way of Settleme Miners Yield and Conference .With Mine Owners Is Call ed for Monday. UONDON, April (By the As sociated Press) The strike of the coal miners, which threatened to carry with It a general etrlka of the railway men and transport wok era seems now to be In a fair way of settlement through negotiation The dispute throughout haa been fultful of surprises, snd another one was sprung tonight when, after conferences and interviews between the parties con?orned lasting all day long, and when It was supposed tint all efforts to move the miners had proved Ineffectual, it was suddenly announced that the miners " had yielded and that a conference with the , coal owaeii had T beVn conv9n.d for Monday to discuss the questions Involved, while notices were sent to the mining districts urging absten tion from any action that would ln terfere with necessary measures for the safety of the mines. The only explanation yet available as to what Inducements were offered to the miners to remove their root ed objection to assenting to steps as suring the safety of the mine own ers' property the somewhat cryp tic statement of Frank Hodges, sec retay of the miners union "The conference was arranged uncon ditionally." Whether the government Is willing that the wage question should be ad justed on a national basts may be held to explain the change In the sit uation is unknown. If, as Mr. Hodges suggests, the government and mine owners have really agreed to an unconditional conference, that would be sufficient to Induce the miners to yield the pumping point. In any case, the unexpected agree ment gives the liveliest hopes that the struggle which would have swept the country, will be averted. Fair arid much cooler today; fair and cool Monday. j Any girl can hear compliments If she but -oulUvatea the habit oL talk ins to herself. DON JO JO SAYS and will be ten times as targe as the Charlotte Auditorium. Thousands for I'-n tenalnsaeat. In addition to the coat of the structure, the underwriters sre plan ning to expend approximately fit. 000 to f 10.000 for the very beat en tertainment musical and otherwise, which can be contracted for la Aaierlca, aa welt aa for decorations of ths building, etc. The underwriters also are nego tiating for property on which to construct this building and a meet ing of ths 10 underwriters Is called for Monday, April II. at which Ume full Information will be given out aa to ths personnel of the organiza tion and aa to site chosen for the building aad other details. Thla ahow la open to manufactur ers of both the Carollnaa In fact ons of the first large manufacturers to engage Boor apace waa the Ander son Motor company, of Rock Hill 8. C, which concern will have on display seven models of cars "Mads la the Carollnaa." Those interested In the show sent out a few telegrams at random to manufacturers of both states and the replies were spontaneous and en thusiastic. Exhibits Already Assured. Among the exhibits already as sured by telegraph, telephone and private conversation are the follow ing: Durham Hosiery mills, of Dur- (Ceaslased ea rae IMtM.I War-Time Eagerness No Long er Necessary or Proper. EXIGENCY OF WAR FADES Legislators and Bureau Chiefs Should Take Heed. DISCRIMINATION SEEN Former President Directs Con gress Attention to American Interests in Philippines. BY WIIililAM HOWARD TAFT, The fierceness ot legislators and bureau chiefs in imposing and col looting an Income tax should abate aa the exigency of the great war gradually fadea Into the past. In the patriotic eagerness to support our armies in the great struggle It was not easy to avoid Individual In' Justice and discrimination which ths calm of peace should enable Con greas and our executives to recognise and remedy. A case in point la that of American business men in the Philippines. Congress has adopted the policy of imposing UnltedJStates income taxes on all Americans whether at home or abroad. Thla policy differs from that of Qreat Britain, France and other countries that need the money more than we do. These countries tax Income from domestic sources. but they do not seek to fix a personal liability on the individual citizen liv ing abroad aa If he were living at home. We do relieve an American citizen who lives abroad by deduct ing from what we charge him the amount he paya as Income tax to the government in whose Jurisdiction he Is residing. By the present law the American, residents In the Philippines are treated as If living in a foreign country and are subject to the American income tax of 1916. less what they pay under the income tax of 1918, as that has now Leen modi fled by the Philippine legislature. This is a departure from the here tofore consistent policy of the United States in the past of not imposing a tax in the Philippines for the bene fit of the treasury of the United States. The business in the Philippines, especially the importing and export ing business, is , largely done by American, British, French, Spanish and Swiss firms. Neither the Eng lish, French, Spanish nor Swiss firms are required to pay any income tax to their own government and escape with the comparatively small Income tax of the Philippine government, while the American firms are re quired to pay the very hevay normal and surplus taxes of the United States, less the Philippine tax. The normal rate of the income tax in the Philippines is three per cent, while the normal rate in the United' States U eight per cent. The Philippine surtax on 11,000, 000 is 15 per cent, that of the United Slates is 65 per cent. - ' It needs no argument to establish the fact that this tax discrimination against the American firms doing business In the Philippines in com petition With the foreign firms will drive the American firms out of busi ness. It has only been possible for the American firms to continue in business by reason of ths fast that no machinery waa provided" tor col lection of these taxes In the act of 118, and they have not oeen col lected. These American firrns are, however, liable under the law for the taxes of 118. Ill and 1920 with penalties, leas the Philippine taxes It these are collected - the American firms will ceass to be. They should be relieved of these ob ligations and freed from fture taxa tion of this kind. . When we went to the Island their (Oaatiaae ea rage rsartiasut . 36 FOUND GUILTY ON FIVE COUrJTS IN EXPRESS CASE - - ' ; 5 Convicted Persons to Be. Sen tenced Saturday, April 30. -r1 BBasaBdhaBssaaBas 64 IN ALL INDICTED Verdict Returned by Jury In FodoraJ Court After 28 Hour Deliberation. MACON. OA., A prfi . After de-v liberating for 18 hours a Jury m federal court lsts today' returned verdicts of guilty on all five sonata ' of the Indictment against 96 per- sons sccuaed of conspiracy to reb the American Rllwsy Express eom- -pany of property valued at ons mil lion dollars Four of tha 64 persons Indicted were never arrested; nine were ' found not guilty by ths Jury; nine verdicts of not guilty were directed by Judge Beverly D. Evans; five pleaded guilty, snd ons case was nst ': prosaed. . Ths case baa been on trial for four weeks, wltnessee from all parts of the United States being on the wit- ' ness stand to complete the chain ef ' evidence lirthe various transactions, , During the government's preeen- , tatlon of evidence it was shown that . there was s system of sigasls used In ths conspiracy. "Will hs rldeT" waa a query to determine whether a person alluded to was "all right," the "all right" being an answering signal. - Judge Evens announced that be .' would sentence the convicted per sons on Saturday, April SO, at IS ' a. m. ; "In sentencing you I will take Into consideration thst though yea were found guilty oa five counts. It , ' wss really all one transaction." ' . Judgs Evans said. "I will sentence ' you as If It were all one count.', , . . i The maximum - sentence is two . years in the penitentiary, or a fine of 916,60s or both. Judgs Evans- told the Jurors that they were exempt- I , ed from Jury service for four Tsars. immediately after the verdict two ' express vans moved up te the fed-,.' oral building aad began to carry away the great mass ot "evidence." ,- i ' Those Fownd Gaftty. ' '"'r Those found guilty are; , , ' , ' y C R. Baker, -saggagesnsstsr. ' Al- bany, Oa.; w.. WHarbre tnn- ger, Albany, Ga.j "B. - taui4,"" y, flagman, Albany, Oa.? Henry Ear- , low, new bu teller, -AtacCa; X. E. Bowdoln, messenger, Atlanta; TVY A Brunner, messenger. College Park, Oa; R. C Chanoey,. express agent. Hartford. Ala.; Walter Crtttle, negro, .. porter, use on; um uix, oaggsgw . master, Maoon; B. E. Duns-way, sxpress agent, Oglethorpe;. Floyd, negro porter, Macon; V..-. Ham Hackney, baggaenaastar,' Mont- - : gomery, Ala.: King Hardy, eehduo-v tor. Albany, Ga.; J. O. Hood, agent Cuthbert Oa.; Charlie Hunter, bag- ' gagemaatsr, Macon; A. C Johnson, ' agent, Smithvills, Oa.; J. It. John son, baggaemaster, Maoon; Charlie Johnson, conductor, Albany; O. C. . Johnson, transfer clerk, amlthvflie. Oa; W. V. Kimbrell. baggaemae-( ter, Albany, Oa.; C. B. Longford,-, messenger, Warrenton, Oa.; J. C. . McArthur, messenger, Americas, , Ga; T. M. McKlnnon, conductor, Dothan, Ala.; Dan McLendon, con ductor, Florala, Ala.; II. 8. Mo- Michael, messenger, Montgomery ,r Ala.; C. F. McMillan, messenger., Woodward, Ala.; W. O. -Mlxon,. ' agent. Osark, Ala.; X F. Morris, flag man, Albany. Ga.: C. W. Pierce,, messenger, Macon; J. N : Smith,- - , conductor, Macon: O. Ii. Smith, - vk flagman, Albany, Ga.; W. T7. Wood, baggagemaster, Macon; Eugene G. ? Stovall, messenger. Union Springs, Ala.; R. J. Gardner,, messenger, Hampton, Ala.; Ed Knox, negro ex-. . . press helper. Arlington, Ga.; H. l. Rocker, messenger. Mitten, Oa. 4 Ftaind Not Guilty. ' Those found not guilty are as fol lows: , ' j Charlie Burgess, garags proprls- tor, Florala, A1S.; Will Driggers, garage man, Florala, Ala.; O. E.-- Ha . conductor. Albany, ua.; 1. , Knight, baggagemaster, Macon; W. t V. Meeks, conductor, Macon; 1a Rodgors, transfer man, Albany, Oa;' 51. H. Sheppard, depot agent, Al- bany, Ga.; W. G. Simpson, agent. Union Springs, Ala.; M. F. Stokes, messenger, Boston; Ga. Not guilty by direction 01 juage Beverly D. Evans: I C. Cason. barber, Florala. Ala.; C. M." Cros- son. Floral, Ala.; W. P. Hosey. g merchant. Atlanta: Mrvin I. aresx . wood, hotel manager, Florala, Ala.; W. T. Prestwood, Florala. Ala.; Ed Redding, merchant, Macon; Joshua . Stewart, Florala. Ala.; J. R. Rad- ney. express agent, Columbia, Ala.; Carlos Jordan, Florala, Ala. . On pleas of misnomer jnage Evass nol prossed the case against W. W. Hodge. . Those who pleaded guilty at tne beginning of ths trial: ; V t - E. M. Alsabrook. express meesen- , ger, Eufaula,,Ala.; R. C. Brinson.; messenger, Mlllen, Ga,; C." H Con- . drey, messenger, Atlanta, Ga.; W. C. . Greene, messenger and' agent at Eatonton, Ga.; W. A. Hughes, s -press messenger. Atlanta, Oa. ' Those who were Indicted but never rrested: J. A. Bradshaw, ee-V senger; Ernest C. Fields, masses- ' ger; R. E. Stalsy, messenger; James Kendricks, negro express messen-' r ' "' ' ' " , " ' r ' CONDITIONS IMPROVED BUT LITTLE. IM MARCH WASHINGTON, April 9- Flnea c tally and economically the situation throughout the world Improved' but little in March with few signs ot better .conditions to come, accord ing f to. cabled summaries for t month received today by the bure t of foreign snd domestic commr- from Its trade commissioners commercial attaches In foreign co . - 7,