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wESrrssL. vu ; i i n i l ill la in :i ! 1 1 i;i m h1 j r - i UHa- nj iihj flee .V;.94 'lO V.,.lU. lilt day., probably showers; 1 tt!c TZ:&& yf Ur "TJ ' ' 1. .T' :- 'O -Wfw? V I I ' I I fife, jTWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR. DISPATCHES NOTES 10 FOUR IMS Hughes Made It Plain That , , America Will Insist Upon , 'Rights In Mandate., Award to japan V United States . Objects To .. Award Of Mandate Of . Yap To Japan. DISPOSITION NOT VALID THis Nation's Assent Must Be Obtained In Disposing Of Germany's Ove1"681 -t ' Possessions. ' ' (By Associated Press,) . Washington, April ff. The American .VtaMfnment. although not a party to the treaty of Versailles, has surrendered none of its rights in tne overseas pos sessions of Germany secured to the principal allied and associated powers by. that treaty,- .the governmcnis 01 Japan, Great Britain and France and Italy are informed by Secretary Hughes in similar notes dispatched ty the state department last Monday. i Specifically, the communications deal arvlth the award to Japan by the supreme Council at Paris, May 7, 1919, of a mandate over the island of Yap, an Im portant cable center ( in the Paciiic ocean, and Mr. Hughes says the American- government "trusts that this ac tion, which it must assume, was taken under a misapprehension, will be re considered." . The notes are the first important di plomatic communications penned by the new secretary of state and they make it data that the change of administra tion in Washington had resulted in no modification of the previous position or the United States that, as one of the principal contributors to the common victory over Germany, it must insist upon the exercise of its full rights in the disposition of the former. German possessions. v Only one of the communications that to England was made pudiic. Those to France and Italy are under stood to- be substantially the same, but . '. tlie state department, in giving out the note to -the London foreign office to night, explained that the note to Japan contained "additional paragraphs rerer rfnir to Drevious correspondence be tween the two governments." It added that the correspondence with Tokio "is not made public at this time," but f no official explanation was forthcomtng. ' . ; The note to Japan is in reply to one oh , the subject .of 'Tap -received rrom . that country March 2. This commum nation and those to the other three allied powers ' were supplemental to previous notes on his subject - rromr.ne TTnited States to those governments and also to the council of the league of " pations. The series was begun by bee " retary Colby November 9' after I he in tornatlonal 'communications conference had convened here to dispose finally of the former German cables seized by the allies at the outbreak of the war. Asserting that "there could be no valid or effective disposition of the over seas possessions of Germany, now under consideration, without the assent of the United States," Secretary Hughes points out that the treaty , of Versailles does net "purport to secure to Japan or to any other nation any right in tne over seas possessions of Germany save as an equal right therein should be secured to the United Slates. " "On the contrary," he says, "article 119 of the treaty of Versailles provides: 'Germany renounces in favor of the principal allied and associated powers all the rights and titles over her over seas possession' It will not ' be ques tioned that one of the 'principal allied and associated powers' in whose favor Germany renounces her rghts and titles is the United States Thus not only the position of the government of Japan derives no strength from the treaty of . Versailles or from discussions' prelim f Inary thereto, but the terms of that treaty confirm the position oi me gov eminent of he United States." Referring to contentions . previously raised that the supreme council at Paris during the drafting of the treaty of Versailles, agreed to a mandate over Yap for Japan, Mr. Hughes calls at tention that President Wilson already had made In the previous meetings of the supreme council on three separate occasipns reservations regarding the mandates. g The secretary then quotes from a let ' ter from President Wilson to the state department March 3 in which he de clares that he had taken the position hat the" island of Yap should be in ternationalized for cable purposes. Mr. Wilson goes on to say V1' ' he never abandoned or modified this position and did ndt agree, May 7, 1919, or at any other time, that the island should be included in the assignment of mandates "to Japan. . Mr Hughes quotes the former Presi dent further: . "As a matter of fact, all agreements arrived at regarding the assignment of ' , mandates were conditional upon a sub sequent agreement being reached as to te specific terms of the mandates and, further, upon their acceptance by each of the principal allied and associated powers. TRIAL OF DRAPER - . . BEGUN YESTERDAY Danville, Va., April 6. The trial of ,, John Draper, one of 15 white men un der indictment charged with shooting at prisoners in the Halifax jatl two weeks ago, was begun at Halifax, the . County seat, this morning tuid was expected to be concluded tomorrow. - Nearly all- the testimony was heard to- dayj' In the event of Draper's ac- qttittal. It !s expected that a nolle pross ; equl will be entered in the other 14 !- Cases. . Four witnesses testified today that Draper was one of the men participat- - ing in the attack, upon the Jail. Five other witnesses testified he was not at the Jail, but at another place. 'Rebuttal testimony and sub-rebuttal will be heard tomorrow and the case is expected to go to the Jury early in the v .Afternoon. SIX KILLED IN WRECK Somerset. Ky., April 6.-Slx per sons were killed and SO injured, in a wreck of the Royal Palm Limited, northbound, on the Southern rail way, at New River, Tenn., this af ternoon. A special train bearing the dead and injured arrived here at 80 o'clock this evening. Four died on the train and in a hospital here. A number of the injured arc not expected to live. The dead who have been identified, are Joe Kramer, Chicago and Wil liam Parks, aged 87, Soldiers' Home, Grand Rapids, Mich. Three coaches were overturned and three sleeping cars derailed. The wreck which was due, accord ing: to railroad men. to buckling or spreading of the rails, occurred just norih of New River, Tenn. The Royal Palm Limited runs from Jacksonville, Fla., to Chicago. Through sleepers for Indianapolis, Toledo. Detroit and Chicago are caried. ' The complete death list follows: ' F. E. Cooke, Orion, Mich. E. J. Bushey, Detroit, Mich. F. Rammich, Detroit, Mich. William Parks, aged 87, Soldier's Home, Grand Rapids, Mich. R FOR WOMAN S BODY No Trace Of Wealthy Widow Has Been Found Was Despondent. (By The Associated Press) New York, April 6. The finding by river police of a heavy veil, thought to belong to Mrs. -Annete K. N. Rank ine, wealthy widow who disappeared Friday, and for whose body police have been dragging the East river, was 'declared tonight to be no real clue, J. M. (Bill) Nye, formerly of the secret service, who has been retained by relatives to conduct an investigs. tion, said Mrs. Rankine old not wear a veil. Louise Classer Hale, an actress, said today she- was long a friend or Mrs. Rankine and was with tier Eas ter Monday, four days before she dis appeared. She said her friend was despondent, talked of religious mat ters, and gave Mrs. Hale the impres sion she was contemplating suiciide. She said she told Mrs. Rankine's chauffeur to watcbr her, but did not confide her premonition. i The last she heard of Mrs. Rank ine. Mrs, Hale added, was that the missing woman stopped at a sport goods store an hour before she was missed. Friday afternoon, i ' Frank Clouting, Mrs. Ranklne's chauffeur, today, said she had asked him for the address of a pawnshop a short time before they drove to the approaches of the Queensborougli bridge, where she was last seen. A nurse who had been in constant attendance on Mrs. Rankine declared she ha8 spoken several times to her as to her health and the improbabili ties of her recovery, and had been in doubt ag to Mrs. Rankine's complete recovery from a nervous breakdown several years ago. 1 Police boats will continue to drag the rivef tomorrow, it was said, in the vicinity of the bridge pier, where the veil was found. A woman who declared she saw find spoke to Mrs. Rankine in a hotel last Saturday, 24 hours after the latter was reported missing, communicated with Mr. Nye tonight. The woman, whose name' was with held at her request, told Mr. Nye, who in conducting the investigation, that she had known Mrs. Rankine for yeacs and ' was positive she recognized her. She said she spoke to the woman she thought was Mrs. Rankine, bur was not answered. Mr. Nye said (he was Impressed with the woman's story. Fate Of Men Charged With . Murder Of Japanese Sea-, man In Their Hands. (By Associated Press.) Norfolk, Va., April 6. The fate of the four men charged with first degree murder in connection with the killing of two Japanese seamen on board the steamship Kaisho Maru last Christmas eve was given Into the hands of the jury at 10:12 o'clock tonight. After, the Jury had been out an hour, court attaches expressed the belief that no verdict would be reached tonight. Most of the afternoon and three hours tonight were taken up with clos ing arguments of attorneys. The state asked for a verdict of first degree mur der against all' four men. Attorneys for the commonwealth declared that the six Americans who were on the Japanese ship the night the seamen were killed went there, posing as offi cers with "the intention of stealing as much liquor as they could get akvay with." A The defense denied this and said Ihe then went there to buy liquor and were .fired upon without provocation. . John W. Cherry, member of the state .legislature, and a printer, was the most important witness today. He testified that he printed 200 search warrant blanks for B. V. Ennis, one of the de fendants. John G. Moore, one of the Aen under indictment in the case, who testified for the state, said the party had -search warrants, revolvers and offi cers' badges. Guarding Jail Tampa, Fla., April . 6. A force of armed guards were placed "within the Hillsborough county Jail tonight as a precaution against tSepDssiMlity of an effort being made by a mol to force i entrance and take Wilmer Collins, a negro, brought here today from Polk county, and who is charged with at tempted assault on six white women at Bartow, late Monday night. MURDER CASE WENT TO JURY MIGHT DURHAM, FEAR FOR HIS OWN LIFE MADE Manning Said He Was Afraid To Disobey Williams Didn't Want To Kill Them. DESCRIBED CRIME He Gave A Graphic Descrip tion Of the Killing Of the 1 1 Victims. HE STUQK TO HIS STORY The Negro', Denied That He Was Told By Federal Agents He Was As Guilty As Williams. (By Associated Press.) Covington, Ga., April . G. Fear for his own life was the motive that prompted Clyde Manning, negro, farm boss, to help kill 11 negro farm-hands employed on the Jasper county planta tion of John S. Williams, the negro told the jury trying WMliams in Newton county superior court here today. Man ning asserted on cross-examination he did not want to help kill them, but was afraid to disobey Williams, who, ho declared, was trying to do away with the negroes for fear they might testify regarding peonage conditions on the Williams' farm. "They wasn't a bothering me," said Manning, a coal-black, short, stockily built man of about 150 pounds, ."and I didn't want to get 'em out the way-," but he added, a few moments later, "Mr. Johnny said, 'It's their necks or yours.' " . The negroes met death shortly after federal authorities started an investiga tion of alleged peonage on the farm, six of them, according to Manning, be ing chained to rocks and thrown alive into rivers, and five knocked in the head or shot and buried on the farm. Williams is on trial charged with the murder of Lindsey Peterson, one of three of the negroes alleged to have been brought into Newton county and drowned. The defense sought to con f.ne the witness to his account of Peter son's .death and to bar' him and two federal agents from testifying to peonage conditions. Judge John B. Hutcheson over-ruled both motions and Green F. Johnson, chief counsel for Williams, indicated he would appeal on these grounds to higher courts in event of conviction of Williams. Throughout an hour of cross examin ation the negro, who was Indicted Joint ly with Williams, stolidly denied any pressure had been brought to bear on him to make him tell the story. It was only after long questioning by officers, he said, that he first told his story, but he denied he had been beaten, threatened with drowning or promised a light sentence if he woufd help con vict Williams, as the latter's counsel intimated. "I'm just telling the truth," Manning told the attorney, and added that .he had not talked when first arrested, "because Mr. Johnny told me1 not to." "Well drilled," was the only com ment that could be obtained from Wil liams after the trial. He had watched the witness closely throughout the day, on one occasion smiled broadly when Manning described how In his own at tempt to operate his employer's automo bile ho had run into a mail box. . Huland, Marvin and Leroy Wllllants. sons of the defendant, for whom Gov ernor Hugh Dorsey has asked indict ments in Jasper county when the granl jury there April 11 take- up investi gation of the deaths of the eight negroes in that county, were not 'n fourt again today, but Dr. Gus Wil liams, the oldest son, flatly denied re ports that they had left the state. They propably will attend the trial later, he said. The state put up four other witnesses besides Manning two federal agents, Clyde Freeman, a negro farm hand, and a negro woman cook and was ex pected to conclude its testimony in about one day and that the case should go to the jury Saturday. Manning was the state's ch'rf wit ness and during his testimony the courthouse was packed to capacity. Judge Hutcheson permitting all who couldto stand in aisles and around the bar after all seats had been filled. The court asked for order and again today, as was the case yesterday,- there was hardly a murmur from the crowd as men and women leaned forward to catch every word. Manning seemed little affected by his recital, and rarely changed the in flection of his voice. He is unal lo to read or write, he said, and gave his age a9 about 29 years but did not know where he was born. "When I first remember myself," he said, "I was In Jasper county." During some three hours of direct examination the negro told in detail pf the alleged murder of the 11 negroes, giving his description in simplest words. He was not asked to describe the al leged binding of negroes were drowned but' told how they were thrown off the bridges by himself and Charlie Chis holm, another farm-hand, whom he said he later helped Williams drown. "They was stubborn and a-begging," Manning said of the death of Peterson and Willie Preston, "and me and Charlie rolled 'em over the bannister of the bridge." These and the others killed, he said, had been lure'd away from, the farm by Williams on the pretext that they were being taken to trains and, would be al lowed to return to their homes in At-, lanta or Macon, where they had been taken from jail by Williams paying their fines. Peterson" and .Preston. Manning said, were bound together by a trace chain around their necks to which was fastened a sack contain'ng about 100 pounds of rock.. Their hands were bound together by wi-e. he sad. Williams was present and drove. the automobile in which the negroes were carried. Manning testified. Harry Price.- another negro taken to he drowned, Jimiped off he bridge himself. Manning said, n-hn he found there was no hope for him. "Don't throw me over; I'll pet over.'' Manning quoted Price as saying, and added that the negro, with a cry of, "Lord have mercy," flung himself Into the river. (Continued on Page Three.) NEGRO KILL FARMHANDS N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 7, N M LO M NT IN UNITED STATES IS Farm Employment Over Coun try Was Reported To Be On the Increase. A BIG DECREASE March Figures For 1,424' Or ganizations Showed Big Drop From February. COTTON PLANTERS SUFFER Labor In North Carolina Was Reported To Be Plen tiful At Reduced Wages. (By Associated Press.) Washington, April 6. In spite of re newed activity in automobile plants, and a resumpt:on of ojerations in three or four other industries industrial un employment In the United States con tinued to increase during March, ac cording to labor department statistics. From all sections, however, increased employment on farms was ind'eated in the verbal returns made by federal agents, though the actual number of men so engaged waa not susceptible of statistical presentation. The department found that 1,424 in dustrial establishments in the United States ordinarily employing more than 500 men each, had 1,587,78(5 workers on payrolls March 31 against 1,612,611 em ployed February 28, a net decrease of 24,825, or 15 per cent. The March number was 40.308. or 2.5 per cent less than the total January 31. By far the largest proportion of the un-employment increase during the month was due to cessation in steel and iron operations, though other metal, textile, and food manufacturers also noted drops. North Carolina reported cotton plant ers were the greatest sufferers among growers of agricultural products. Labor, the report said, promised to be plentiful at reduced wages. In South Carolina, the report said, cotton plant ters were- pessimistic as to the outlook, with farm labor apparently plentiful. The melon and peach season at hand n central Florida, will take care of hundreds of orange and grapefruit pickers and packers for two months af t.. ih. .incir.iT nf the citrus Hacking houses, thu report said, and farmers will use about all tne common muui ava lable. Unusually good weather conditions have promoted farm work, considerably throughout Virginia, the' report said. No uneasiness was reported iamong farmers in regard to tne suppiy i m k.... i-kir.h irnniiHx1 to tie abundant. Labor conditions were reported as having greatly improved in Tennessee. There was still an un-employment of about 20 per cent in textile nuns, wm was being reduced daily. In Alabama an increase in unem ployment was noted owing chiefly, the report said, to inactivities of the iron and steel Industry of operations in this industry. Mississippi reported apparently no Im mediate chance for improvement in the lumber industry, with demand averag ing 20 per cent of the normal. In Georgia, the report said, there was every indication of an abundance of farm labor. - DDnccri ITIOIM FNDS ITS CASE GAINST CONNELL (By The Associated Press) Atlanta, April 6. The prosecution to day completed Is presentation of evi in thn fn w !ir:iinst WilUlld dill nell, a young Pike county farmer. ..1 r.,.. K.r V. mtvni'nmrrit with havilli; held Cornelius Alexander, a negro farm hand, in peonage. ine aeienso uei.ii. its case by presenting a number of character witnesses. Franklin Huff, a farmer of Pike county, testifying for the prosecution said Alexander had contracted to work for him but that before he entered upon the contract he left his farm and went 1. .. 1 iiT-ii.i. t ! f anirl ho hst.fi IU lilt V 1 Fill l 11 lll" ' . - ....... -. paid out a total of $175 in settling debts for Alexander, ana mat mat am miu ...io t.alrl In him liv fnnnpll. HufT said Alexander's wife came to him and askea mm ir it wouiu oe mi right for Alexander to pay him the money the negro awed him and move .. - . ... ir tja l l-l to tne uonnen iarm. nun saiu e iuiu Alexander's wife such an arrangement nrnuld da t afr Kim The defense is expected to conclude its testimony riaay. ALL OLD OFFICERS WERE REELECTED New Orleans, April 6. In an effort, as It was termed, "to keep the faith." the Southern Pine association tonight re-elected the .entire list' of officers of the association and made plans for fighting the government's anti-trust suit at the concluding session of the 6th annual convention. Former United States Senator Joseph W. Bally, of Texas, was em ployed by the association to aid In the defense of the anti-trust suit, In which the government will attempt to prove the association has in the past fixed prices and othewlse violated the anti-trust laws. ONE PERSON KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Oainsville. Fla.. April 6. One per son is dead and two are seriously in jured as the result of the wreckage of an automobile In which the 'three were riding tonight at Palmer, near here. Elhannon Hasley, son ot the presi dent of the Long-Hasley Lumber com pany of Wllliston. died from his In juries shortly after reaching the hos pital. His mother is said to have sus tained internal injuries and had not re gained consciousness ot a late" hour. News Service Expanded Washington. April -6. Expansion of the radio market news service of the bureau of marxets to include the send ing of dally market reports from St. Louis. Omaha, and Bellefonte. Pa be ginning April 1. was announced today by the department of agriculture. 1921. FRENCH AVIATRIX FLIES OVER ANDES Mme. Adrienne Bolland, famous French aviatrix, who flew across the Andes mountains from, Mendoza, Ar gentina, to Chili. She is the first wom an to perform thi.'i feat. Mme. Holland's flying time was four hours. She used a 1J14 model 80-h. p. biplane and flew at an average' height of 4,500 metres. DEFENSE FAILS 10 It Is Now Thought Case Of Express Robbery Conspir acy Will Go To Jury. Macon, Ga., April G. Although law yers for the defense in the trial of 45 persons accused of conspiracy to rob the American Railway Express com pany speeded up this afternoon, they tailed to complete their arguments. It is expected now that the case will not go to the Jury until late Friday. Four lawyers for the defense ad dressed the jury this afternoon. E. C. Boswell, of Hartford, Ala., in behalf of R. C. Chancey; Jesse Jared Bull, of Oglethorpe, Ga., In behalf of E. E. Dunaway, Judge E. W. Maynard. of this city, in behalf of Troop Floyd, O. B. Baldwin, and Henry Barlow, and Julian Urquhart, also of Macon, in be half of J. L. Johnson and Charley Hunter. Judge E. W. Maynard charged that the American Railway Express com pany wanted to discourage government ownership and "made no effort to stop stealing." "They didn't care if the men stole the whole express company,' he said, "and made no arrests until two iveeks before the, government guarantee expired." Attorney Bull spread a rug upon the floor of the court room, which the gov ernment alleged had been stolen. "And yet no one has ident fied the property," he said. "The attorney is out of the record," Interrupted Assistant District Attorney E. Clem Powers. "I'm not," replied Bull, "read the record. He severely criticised officials of the American Railway Express company and denounced the prosecution's tactics. David Parker, special assistant dis trict attorney, continued his argument to the, jury at the opening of court this morning. As he went down what he termed the "alphabet of crime." he classified some of the accused men as "prudent." some "lxld," some "bra giido cio," and others "stingy" and "close." Of J. X. Smith, of Macon, a con ductor. Parker said, "he's the guiltiest man in this decalogue of crime." "There is no excuse for a man like Captain Smith, with honors of 25 years' service with a respectable rail road, becoming a robber and thief," continued i'arker. T. S. Krazier, of I'nion Springs. Ala., objected to teaching by Oi ville A. Park, attorney for the express com pany. He suggested that there was a statute that forbade such coaching. Judge Kvans replied that he was not familiar with any such law. Attorney Morgan Prestwood. repre sent Charlie Burgess, of Florida, Ala., took up the argument for the defense when Parker finished. Attorney T. S. Frazlcr followed in a defense of his client, Eugene Stovall, of Union Springs, Ala. TILDEN DEFEATS A YONKERS MAN Philadelphia, April 6. William T. Tllden. 2nd., world's singles lawn ten nis chamnion. defeated Vincent Rich ards, of Tonkers, N. Y., in three straight sets in the final round ot an Invitation tourney here today. In un Dvhihitinn rinilhlpa match. Rich- ards, paired with Wallace Johnson, of Philadelphia, defeated Tiwen ana un Fischer, a University of Pennsylvania star, in the best two out of three sets. Land For College Donated. Nashville, Tenn., April otqETA SHE Nashville, April 6. Citizens of Abi lene", Tex., today presented to the board of education of the northwest Texas nioiip. nf the Mpthodist-Eniscoftai church south 300.00 and forty acres of land for the building- of a- college to be named Mc.viurray couege, in nunur w Bishop W. F. McMurray, of Louisville, Ky. . Negro Dies Of Grief. Savannah. Ga., April 6. Grieving over the death of Al G. Fields, the ministrel kinf. Jim Dandy, a negro minlstrel ot Savannah, died today. He had led the parades of Fields min strels In Savannah for many years and was always the first to meet Fields upon his visit here. Ballplayer looses Medal Montgomery. Ala., AprH 6. Bill Wambsganss, second baseman of the Cleveland Americans, on a train here today lost the medal presented to him by Cleveland fans last fall for making the lin-assisted triple play In a world s series game wit hthe Brooklyn Dodgers. He enlisted the aid of the police and of fered a reward for. its return. rUsniMtcpgp :m .... FINISH ARGUMENTS PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY BLIDATi OF EX-SOLDIER RELIEF v Dawes Announced That Ac tual Drafting Of Report Will Being Today. GIVE TO HARDING Report Will Be Laid Before the President He Will Se lect Head. ELIMINATES A CONFLICT Cases Will Be Passed On By Central Authority, Thereby Saving Unnecessary Delay. (By Associated Press) Washington, April 6. Consolidation under one head of all government bu reaus dealing with ex-soldier relief to function directly for the President will be the chief recommendation made to President Harding by the special com mission today. Charles Q. Schwab, of Chicago, chairman of the commission, announced tonight that actual drafting of the report to be submitted to -he President would begin tomorrow in ex ecutive session. The new bureau will be known prob ably as "the veterans' rehabilitation ad ministration" although a half dozen names have been suggested. Its bead will be selected by President Harding from among, the most able men . pos sessing a knowledge of ex-service men's problems. An analysis of the testimony taken during the two-day inquiry was be fore the members tonight for study so that when they meet tomorrow they will be prepared to put their ideas In the form of a report to the President. Commission members were agreed to dajr Aiat the crux of the problem cen tered in the phrase "veteran rehabili tation." While it was a single prob lem they said, naturally it was divided i.n.to three needs which must be ful fllled"fof the ex-soldiers Jy the govern ment.- They- were, first. Loose or a physical nature; second, those of fi nance, and third, those, dealing with in dustrial phrases. i Heretofore these problems have been delegated to three separate and dis tinct organizations,, the public health service for medical treatment, the bu reau of war risk for financial support and the board of vocational education for industrial rehabilitation. These organizations wiH be grouped according to the commission's decision. under a central authority eliminating duplication and conflict between 'tne ex isting agencies which It was said had resulted in men being transferred from one Jurisdiction to- another and often left during transfer without physical. financial or Industrial benefits. The commission's findings, it was said, will show serious conditions with reference to shortage of hospital facil ities, especially as affecting tubercdlar and mental cases This condition will he cited to illustrate the need for new hospitals for which an appropriation will probably be asked or congress. T A Crowd Thought A Moving Pic ture Was Being Taken and Didn't Interfere. Chicago, April 6. While scores of pedestrians watched what they believed to be a movie , robbery and ou rail way and postal ' employees obligingly stood with their hands in the air, five armed bandits seized thfee sacks of mail at the Dearborn street railway station today and escaped The mail was for the Monon train known as the "Hosier Limited." Later it was said that one of the sacks contained registered mall approx imately $50,000 in money and securities. The robbers, it was said, spent the afternoon playing ball in front of the station while they walked for the ap pearance of .the mall truck Thereupon they threw down their gloves, bat and ball, dashed across to the platform and one of them shouted, "Stick up your hands everybody." More than 50 railway and postal em ployees who were around the truck complied in the belief that a motion picture scene was being -taken. Three sacks of mail, one a registered pouch, were thrown Into the bandits motor car, when one of the bandits became alarmed at seeing a policeman and fired a shot at him. All of the robbers then leaped into the machine and sped away at top speed. Five bullets were iflred at them by he policeman. MEMORIAL SERVICES ARE HELD FOR SOLDIER DEAD New York, April 6. Memorial ser vices over bodies of 1.222 soldiers brought back to America from their burial ground in France were held to day at Hoboken, where they were tak en off the transport Cambral. Nearly half the dead were men from Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina who fought with the 30th division. Most of the others were from the 27th., New York, division. The services, conducted by the Ameri can legion, were attended by abou2,- 000 persons. A band of the 115th infantry- plaved a funeral dirge. Major General John FTO'Ryan was the principal speaker. VESUVIUS IS IN ACTIVE ERUPTION 1 Naples, April . Mount Vesuvius is in active eruption. The eruption is. the most violent in 15 years. It is being accompanied by impressive internal rumblings. Dense clouds of smoke mixed with flames form a majestic but alarming picture . Many American tourists have been attracted by the spectacle, but are prevented from approaching the crater by the showers of hot ashea and cin ders and movement of molten lava. BUREAUS PROPOSED BANDITS COMMI BOLD ROBBERY SEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY wATTswiasoonr HAVE A REAL '-t:t - is-ii i.D- Reductions In Values Of All. Real Property In State Must Be Adjusted . SPECIAL SES3ION Financial Condition Of - Some Cities May Necessitate Call- ing A Sesskm.S ,' BIG JOB AHEAD OF THEM State ! Highway Commission , Will Take Up Adoption Of Roads At the Next K f Meeting. ''; ; - ' - ) . Raleigh. April 6. General and hori zontal reductions in the values of alt real property in the state will give the new commissioner of revenue a - real job soon after he takes over the office in adjusting these values- in the differ ent counties. Indications are that there are general decreases authorized In land values ranging from 20 and 25 per cent to 60 per cent. The largest so far authorized is the 60 per cent out of Wilson county. The wide variety of the cuts authorized means that the new commissioner of revenue will have to set in motion the proper machinery for adjusting these differences in - every county so that the valuation in every county will be uniform throughout the state. Otherwise the Inequalities ot the old system will again rome into exist ence and the work and money spent by the state in an effort to. iron eut these inequalities will have been in vain. Col. Alston D. Watts, new commis sioner of revenue, is not worrying about . this work so far. He la still in town and holds frequent conferences with the governor presumably about the work to be undertaken by the new department, but so far neither Col. Watts nor the governor, have Indicated any evidence of having mapped out a general policy. The . law allowing ..the revaluation of the property, however, gives the tax commission the right- to adjust differences so that equal values will be applied in ,the different counties in order that there may be no hard ships work in the equalizing fund for public schools. State officials generally are of the opinion that except for the school fund it does not matter with the state what the counties do with their land values. It is recognized that every cut . will have to he met with a proportionate increase in the tax rate in order for the cities and counties to get. their revenue, for the coming-years. No one pretends to believe that a 60 per' cent cut or a 25 per cent cut in values will mean a GO and 25 per cent reduction in taxes for the coming years. Practically every city today is staggering under a load of debt for past work and demands for future permanent improvements which will absorb every bit of the revenue it is possible to raise. Just what will be come of the cities in counties where the large reduction is authorized Is a mat ter for the city officials to worry about and not one for the state Officials. ' The talk of the special session persists In spite of the announcement by the governor that he sees no need for a special session. Some believe the gen eral reduction of values will put the financial -condition of some of t,he cltit and counties in such shape that a sjpe cial session will have to be called In order to help them out of 'the flnancL-l mires they are getting Into. What la true of the cities Is also true to a. certain extent of the counties, though the latter are not In such need of as Inrge amount of money as are the cities. The average county In the state" has not spent as much money as the cities, since there has been no such demand in the country for permanent Improve ments as in the towns. There is less bonded debt generally and less bor rowed money piled up against the coun ties than the cities. So far as the state Is concerned Its finances will not be affected In any way by the decrease In tax values, for it will, under the revenue act of the last legislature, get all of Its money from the franchise tax. corporation tax and Income sources. The bonds author ized by the legislature are stin undis posed of. Every board that has met here, however, has emphasiaed the im mediate needs of funds and the etate treasurer is unable to supply" -these fdnds. The road commission, the hos pital boards, the blind school and other institutions will be needing their money in the near future. i " - The governor and the state treas urer, In accordance with suggestions of the governor two weeks or more ago, will leave for New York this week tor the purpose of feeling out the bond mar ket and for conference with bankers and bond houses In that and other financial centers. Hoanlial Board Meets. Joint meeting of the boards, of the Raleigh and Goldsboro hospitals forhe insane was held In the office of Gov ernor Morrison on Wednesday morn ing, at which time the two boards or ganized for work. 1 Practically an en tirely new personnel of these boards was the result of the governor' new appointments of separate boards for these institutions. - " v .. : ' ''-. Both of these boards, and especially the Raleigh Institution., emphasised St the Wednesday meeting the pressing need for funds. The. Raleigh hospital needs money to replace the laandry burned down last year,. It also need the money with which to buy machin ery for thla laundry. The appropria tions for machinery i hot quite eufn clent to buy thla machinery, but eui plus from other appropriatione will make it possible to secure the. ma chinery as soon as the board authorize the expenditure. . -" t: ' '.' Highway Commission Adjourns. The highway commission adjourned this afternoon after a three-day session during which, time the general line of organisation for the work- waa perfect ed. None of the details of the big work ahead were taken up at the Initial meet ing, for the members of. the commis sion were of the opinion that it would . be uselesa to undertake any work untd the field and office forces ere complete!. organised. Little or nothing .can b done towards new construction at thie (Continued on Page Tare. J .. i.'.iji' i ,i2- I "-, ; . ' ' ' ' ' ! -.: 1 I - i . 'l ' i,
The Herald-Sun (Durham, N.C.)
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April 7, 1921, edition 1
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