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TWENTY-EIGHTH YEAR.
DURHAM, N. C., TUESDAY, APRIL 12,' 1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY SEVEN CENTS, iSUNEAIl wa
4 ;
JOINT SESSION WILL
HEAR THE PRESIDENT
DELIVER HIS MESSAGE
The 67th Congress Convened
Yesterday The Senate Held
. Brief Session Of 20 Minutes.
;BUsiNESST O DAY
The Senate Will Take Up tha
i Clojnbian Treaty While the
Hoqee Will Consider Emer
; gency Tariff Today.
GIL14TT WAS REELECTED
By A . Vote Of 298 To 122 He
War Again Chosen Speaker
Of the House With Kitchen
' Opposing Him For the Job
Senate Republicans Held Off
Attempts To Introduce Bills.
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'Washington, Apfi! 11. The 67th con
gressloa convened today with few de
parture from time-honored precedent
and adjourned unt I tomorrow when, at
1 o'clock, n Joint session will hear
President Harding deliver his opening
message.
Appointment of committees to notify
the President of the assembling of the
extraordinary session, re-elect on of
Speaker Gillett and other Republican
officers of the house, introduction of
hundreds of bills aftd resolutions in the
house an dorganizatton affairs were the
, principal features of today's session.
The senate, which was organized by the
Republicans at the extra session last
month,, was in session only 20 minute,
but the housa organization required
several, hours. Crowds of spectators
thronged both senate and house gal
leries, j ' I
President Harding's message tomor
row, is to be the signal for beginning the
session's work.. A great crush at the
house chamber for the first appearance
of the pew executive befora congress is
.expected. Admission is to be by card
and tiekets were the object of lively
irffrrt today.
The senate also will 'get down to
, huniness tomorrow, when bills and reso
' In lions are to be introduced and de
bate begun' on the $29,000,000 Colom
bian treaty. Senator Lodge, of Massa
chusetts, Republican leaders, gave
notice ! today that he . would move
for open diseusslona and himself
,vi,ii.-n . tho initial fmewh in be
half of ratification. He will be fol
lowed by Senator Kellogg, Republican,
-'of Minnesota, an' opponent. t the
treaty,: and by Senators Pemerene,
Uemocrat. of Ohio, ana Knox. ttepuDii
, jari, of Pennsylvania, in its support
The final vote will come April 20, un
.1 (it- nf-Avtmici flfiTi(m(nt.
The emergency tariff bill, introduced
tnrinv latnha ihe first business of the
house. Debate is to start Wednesday
Wnd leaders hope for prompt passage.
Chairman ;r Penrose,- of... - the senate
'linance commnee, uaiu iuiubih me
"uilloo would bo rusnea tnrougn me sen
" nta . rtomnnrata. ha added, were dts
Jpcsod to withhold discussion until the
'.permanent tarltt-mu is urougni in. nc
ijt.. niinniinrtivl thl t tho finSlTlCP f'OTTl -
mi iit'u..v .. ... ...... -
. ,ipittue -would meet Wednesday to take
FiUp internal revenue revision.
,&v In 'the open ng preliminaries today
r f tho overwhelming majorities of 22 in
-"Ulie senate and about 170 In the house.
)' iwoiked with precision. Speaker Gillct
" was re-eleeted, 298 to 122, with Repre-
. somatlve Kitchin. North Carolina,
V f Democratic floor leader, hs prefunctory
Renresentative London, of
' New York, the only Socialist member.
? voted present, rne ifpuiin.Jinji
7 ' bowled over an attempt by Repre-
. .nitiirA Flruvl. Democrat. of Vir-
. . . t.A 1 ..Loitin tf Y!n.
V presentativc Richard E. Bird, RepubC
(cin, of Kansas, who, it was alleged,
HJ1 spent in excess of $10,000 in his election
v ,mrnlcrn in violation ci me leuiM.u
rtt nrnctieen act.
In the senate, the Republicans, under
: the leadershiji jif Senator Lodge, hild
"if attempts toTntroduce bfils and oth-
er business today. Senator Lodge srid
nrpopilfnta were for nostnonement
until after receipts- of the President's
I message. .
I ''All house committees were .organized
tVutnv hut the senate committees went
''over because- of a fr desire of the Re
I publicans to increase their representa
tion onthe 10 princ pal ones. Republi
in conninra will confer tomorrow be-
sfore the session to arrange the commit
itee schedule, with Democratic leaders
'planning opposition and criticism
i Most of the house bills introduced to-
day were old . measures which failed
'- during the last congress. A similar
i situation tomorrow in the senate was
it expected. ,
Presidant Harding's message to the
' special session of congres-1. to be deliv-
i ercd in person ai 1 P M. tomorrow,
K hid net been compleiad tonighi and
f hf remained at work on it in liis study
I4 thrnushout the everting.
' Preparation of the message occu-
pled virtually all the -chief executive's
attention during the day, hin hop6of
pending to the public printer a short
V and quickly .prepared document by
:i early afternoon being aTndoned once
he got into the swing of his task. As
; it took, form tonight the manuscript
; covered a long list of questionn and
';' Iljreaiieu lu run Bcvcmi hvo.i
colunns in length.
liTol1sa mnlrinir anoriflc legislative
1 - . u;oiu.a .....-r "i- - c -
T. recoinmendations on var:oug suojeccs,
7 the message is expected to serve as a
S broad declaration of administration
?i policy on most of the country's for
j eign and domestic issues. It is under
t stood that the . President decided such
a pronouncement in the belief that it
would make for a general understanc-
ihg at home and abroad even though
. some of the questionc touched upOT
are not to be treated in immediate
V legislation.
In order not to be interrupted, Mr.
A Handing remained away from hla pr
"f fice during the day and received in his
f study in the WhiteHouse only a few
i visitors. He wrote' his manuscript in
long-hand, following a custom he ac
1 quired aa a newspaper editor, and
V- turned it over to stenographers sev-
V eral pagea at a time for transcription.
Tariff, taxation, the railroad situa
;' tion,,and foreign relations are expect
1 ' ed to i hold major places in the com
- - p'eted message. It has been indicated
i that he would carry delineation of his
P.. (Continued On Page Twelve)
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GREAT BRITAIN AND
ED
wr
To Hughes' Notes Regarding
Mandate Over; Yap, It is
Understood.
Washington, April 11. France nnd
Great Britain are understood to have
neplied to , Secretary Hughes' recent
notes regarding the JaiaiujSf mandate
over the Pacific island of Yap. The
British governmenfs response is said to
have been of a preliminary . nature.
State department officers, while inti
mating that replies had been received,
declined . to say so positively or to in
dicate -their nature. "
France, in replying to a previous
American note regarding the Yap man
date, expressed the hope thut the con
troversy letveen the United States and
Japan on this subject could be settled
by direct negotiations befween them
without involving her aa a : principal.
Whether renewed expression is given
not been disclosed, but aome diplomats
are of the opinion that in any event her
are of the opinio nthat in any event her
new communication would go further,
inasmuch as Mr. Hughes dealt w;ith the
whole subject of mandates, as well as
with Yap specifically.
It 'has been the expectation of state
department officers and of home for
eign envoys here as well that the allied
governments would admit the sound
ness o( the American position that, as
one of the principal allied and asso
ciated powers in favor of which Ger
many by the treaty of Versailes re
nounced its rights and titles in its over
seas possession, the United States is
entitled to a voice in the ultimate dis
position of those territories.
In view of the supposed tentative
character of the British reply to Mr.
Hughea there was ittle disposition in
official circles to comment regarding the
attitude of that government The opin
ion has been advanced, however, that
Great Britain's attitude probably would
be influenced in great measure by
whether Japan insisted upon the carry
ing out of the terms of the treaty of
Lr.ndon under which Great Britain) and
France agreed she should have the for
mer German islands north of the equa
tor. This treaty was entered into be
fore the United States declared war en
Germany.
With the Yap mandate question ap.
parently still far from settlement, it is
not thought likely that the interna
tional communications conference,
which resumes its session tomorrow.
will make great progress toward agree
ment on the' disposition of the former
German cables.,
Norman E..." Davis, former under
secretary of state who, as .chairman.
called tomorrow's meeting, was in con
ference with Secretary Hughes several
hours today. After leaving the secre
tary's office, Mr. Davis said the outlook
for ultimate agreement among the con
ferees wa good, although it is not be
lieved probable much progress will be
made until the broader questions in
volved in the Yap ' discussion are dis
posed of.
Mr. Davis said the communications
conference would resume its program
where it had left off several weeks ago,
when several European representatives
requested a short delay to permit com
munication with their governments.
ROBERTS ISSUES
A PROCLAMATION
Requesting Suspension Of Busi
ness To Pay Respects To
Judge Pritchard.
Ashville, Nv C. April 11, With a
proclamation from jayor Gallatin
Roberts requesting all business in
Asheville to suspend for 10 minutes
Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the
city, together with several other
smaller places in western North Caro
lina and eastern Tennessee plans to
pay their last respects to Judge Jeter
C. Pritchard. presiding officer of the
fourth circuit. United States . circuit
court of appeals, who died here yester
day morning at 6 o'cloc-:.
Prominent men from Greensboro,
Raleigh, Richmond, Charleston, W.
Va... Washington and New York are
enroute here to attend the funeral,
to be held Tuesday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the First Baptist church,
this city, of which the deceased wai
long a prominent member.
Interment will be in Riverside cem
etery, this city, where also rest the
remain of another distinguished
North Carolinian, Zebulon B. Vance,
war governor, and for 25 years sena
tor from this state.
Judge Pritchard succeeded Mr.
Vance as United States senator from
North Carolina.
Messages of condolence continued
today to pour in from all sections ot
the country.
JOHNSTON RESIGNS
FROM COMMISSION
New York. Anril 11. Josenh J.
Johnson, in tendering his resignation
as chairman of the state boxing com
mission, today wrote Governor , Millqr
that it was "clear that party mana
gers are desirous of these places for
Republicans. ,
"The letter expressed the wish
"that a Republican chairman of the
boxing commission . will meet party
demands for the present."
4 Adjourned Sine Die V
Nashville, Tenn.. April 11. The 62nd
session of the Tennessee general assem
bly adjourned sine d'e a few minutes
after 5 o'clock this afternoon. During
the present .session 105 general bills
have been passed. This was 91 less
than were passed at the 1919 session. .
Ship's Sailing Cancelled. -
London, April . 11. The Cunard
Steamship company has cancelled the
sailing of the steamship Berengaria,
formerly the Imperator. from South
ampton, which was scheduled for
April 15.
GEORGIA PLANTER GETS LIFE
TERMS FOR "KILLING
PEONS"
John fl. Williams, wealthy Jasper
count, Ga., planter, who was found
guilty charged with the murder of
eleven negroes on his farm, and sen
tenced to life imprisonment. Clyde Man
ning, a negro farm hand, confessed to
the murders and accused Williams of
having ordered h'm to commit them.
Attorney for Williams mediately made
a motion for a new trial, stating that
the verdict was contrary to evidence
and law.
Eighty Men Must Serve Terms
For Trying To Interfere
Work During War.
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, April 11. William D.
Hnvunnrt unit 73 other industrial WOl'k-
the wnrlil who wpw convicted be
fore Federal Judge Landis at Chicago
in 1918 cf attempting to oosiruci me
government s prosecution 01 ine wai
must return to federal prison as a re
suit of the refusal today of the supremf
court to review their conviction.
Uaru-nmi si former Korretarv of thf
I. W. W., and 14 others were sentenced
tn SO venrs each and fined sums ranging
from $20,000 to $35,000. They, and
others," were sent to the federal peni
tentiaryuat Leavenworth," Kansas, but
BiikDontiaiitlv uorn rploAHPfl on hall
bonds aggregating $500,000 pending the
outcome or tneir appeaia.
The trials resulted from an extensj?
raid on the offices nnd homes of mem
bers of the I. W. W.. conducted by the
onif nf lnstirp SeifterWber 5.
1917. A total of 166 men were brought
into court on charges or violating ine
selective service and espionage acts and
97 of them were convicted. Some of
these served their sentences. In appeal
ing to the supreme court, from deci
sions of the circuit court of appeals
SUnUUIUIIg LI It'll t"" IV IIVMI, I lT . HI- 11
argued thatthe principal evidence used
nlHn4- tltna-M n thi.iH f fiolo tt'na (1 lot1'! 1 1 V
seized by federal agents during the raid
without search warrants or -oilier com
order. .
They Are Charged With Bring
ing Whisky Into United
States .26 Cases Seized.
(By The Associated; Press)
Jacksonville, Fin.. April 11. Seven
Japanese sailors, members of the crew
of the Japanese steamer Krie Maru.
were held in bond of $1,000 each after
a preliminary hearing liefore Federal
Commissioner Noble, here late today,
on charges growing out of the seiz
ure by federal officers Sunday night of
14 cases of whisky alleged to have
been brought achore by the sailors
and 12 cases abroad the steamer.
District Attorney S. Phillips an
nounced today that libel papers would
be served on the vessel tomorrow. .An
appraisal made by government offi
cials placed the value or the steamer
at $1,000,000.
Federal prohibition officials announc
ed that warrants would be issued
charging every member of the crew
of the Erie Maru and Captain M. Tam
boyachi'with violation of thee national
prohibition laws. Captain Tamboyschl
is ill abroad ship. The . officers state
they are under instructions from D.
J. Gantt. in chargee of prohibition en
forcement for the gulf devision with
headquarters at Atlanta, to push the
affair to a conclusion with a view to
making a test case of it.
The ship's manifest, officers said,
showed only 13 quarts or ilquor as be
ing aboard the vessel. .
The raid on the vessel occurred last
night after- prohibition agents . say
they received information that whisky
was being. brought ashore. In a lively
exchange of shots following the arrest
of the sailors, one of them received
slight wounds in the hip. Ho la ex
pected to be able shortly, to leave the
hospital where he was sent for treat
ment. Reargument Postponed
Washington, April 11. Re-argument
of the American hardwood lumber case
was postponed today by the supremo
court until October 10. -The lumber
men are appealing from dec"slons of the
lower courts enjoining them from con
tinuing certain co-operative selling
practices alleged to be monopolistic and
tending to control prices.
1 X? :sw 7
COURT REFUSED TO
REVIEWI.W. W. CASE
JAPANESE SAILORS
HELD UNDER BOND
D IRECT TELEPHONE
SERVICE IS OPENED
BY 10 COUNTRIES
Harding and Menocal Inaugu
ate Service. Between United
States and Cuba.
DISTANCE RECORD
Report of Wireless Operator
On Pacific Island Heard
5,700 Miles Away.
MESSAGE OF FRIENDSHIP
Harding Declared United
States' Friendship For Re
public and Is Always
Ready To Prove I(.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, April 11. Direct tele
phone communication between the
United States and Cuba was inaugurat
ed late today by President Harding
and President Menocal, of the island
republic, exchanging renewed asiirnnces
of friendship and good will.
Completion of the under-sea circuit
was marked by a formal ceremony at
the Pan-American building,- where Mr.
Harding, several members of his
cabinet, and other h'gh officials gath
ered at the Washington end of the wire
while a similar group of notables parti
cipated at Havana.
As an added feature, Washington and
Havana, as well as many other cities
scattered across the country, listened to
a reiort' from a wireless telephone
operator at Catalina Island in the paci
fic ocean. The distance from Catalina
to Cuba is 5,700 miles, and the feat was
said to have established a new distance
record for transmission of the huroa.n
vole eby a circuit of rad'o, wire and
cable.
The ceremony here was in charge of
the American Telephone and Tele
graph company and the National Press
club, and the invited guests, numbering
several hundred, were provided with
telephone receivers connected with the
new circu't; The message of Mr. Hard
ing formally opening the wire was as
follows:
"I want you, President Menocal, and
'he government and people of Cuba, to
know how gratifying it is to participate
with you in this ceremony whrch signi
fies so much in the establishment of
Mioie intimate and understanding rela
tions between Cuba nnd the United
States. This time is espec ally aus
picious for the exchange of assurances
that our two republics are bound to
gether by indissoluble ties of sympathy
and interest. Oua fortunes have been
linked together already in two nisiory
making struggles: and today, when
Cuba stands under the shadow of a na
t onal misfortune, I want you to know
that the United States is determined A&ltha. A9! jt-ensus, was- proposed by
nlwaya to prove itself the,true ed. help
ful friend of your nation." '
.Mr. Harding indicated that his refer
ence wai to the suspension of payment
by the national bank of Cuba, a develop
ment -in wTilch he rs deeply interested..
" After the conversation between the
wo chief indicatives, Secretary Hughes,
if the state department, talked with
Sdcretarv of States Desvernines, of
Cuba: Secretary Mellon, of -the treas
ury department, spoke to Secretary of
the Treasury Hernandez, of Cuba: the
Cuban minister at Washington spoke
to Boaz Long, the American min ster
at Havana, and Secretary Weeks, of
the war department, spoke to Secretary
cf War and Navy Marti in Havana.
Havana, April 11. Elaborate cere
mony marked the offlcia: opening to
day of telephonic communication be
tween Havana and the United States.
More than 500 invited guests includ
ing high military, civil and diplomat
ic delegations, "listened in" at the
mall office of the Cuban-American
telephone company here, on tho ex
changes of greetings oetween the
high government officials here and a:
Washington.
The "New York symphony orchestra,
under the direction of Max Dolan,
played "the Star Spangled Banner"
for the benefit of the listeners in
Washington.
SUB-CHASER IS
SENT TO SCENE
Western Union's Work In An
other Cable Halted By the
, Navy Department.
(By Associated Press.)
Miami, Fla., April 11. While govern
ment officials today were filing in the
cupreme court a brief explaining the
order restraining the Western Union
from connecting its Miaml-Barbadoes
cable here, armed men of the crew of
the United States sub-chaser 154 were
being dispatched to halt work in con
nection with another Western Union
cable in Kiscayne Bay.
The local cable branch of the West
ern t'nion had sent out workmen to
lift this cable, wh'ch connects Miami
with Miami Beach, so that it would not
be buried beneath an island which is
now built in the bay, it was explained
by the manager of the Western Union
ton'ght. This work had hardly begun
when sailors from the S. C. 154 ap-
I eaied and ordered them to desist. The
request was complied with.
Lieutenant . Murray, sent here from
the seventh' "naval district headquar
ters at Key West when the original
controversy began in August lzo,
said last night that he was still acting
under orders issued dur ng the Wilson
administration and that until they
were rescinded no further work on any
cable belonging to the Western Union
would be iermitted here.
The Postal Telegraph company two
weeks ago completed laying and opened
Its cable from Miami to. Havana and
t is now in use.
Conference Closed.
Roanoke. Va. April 11. After an
nouncement by the presiding bishop of
assignments of preachers for the ensu
ing year, the 137th annual session here
nf- tne Baltimore conference. Methodist
Episcopal church, south, closed late to
day. The session was said to have te?n
one of the shortest in the history of
the conference.
IIIPDRTAIT
BILLS INTRODUCED
l HOUSE SESSION
They Included Soldyrt' Bonus,
Tariff, Tax Pjrf- J
and
I mm;'
.5- it.
QUESTION
' jrOut But Exact Dupli
cate Was Put In;
FOR REAPPORTIONMENT
Blanton Proposes Reduction
Of Congress Membership
From 435 To 304 Per
1920 Census.
Washington, April 1 1 Rifts design
ed to cover some of the more import
ant problems before the present con
gress were introduced today in the
house. They included the emergency
tariff, repeal of some war taxe.i and
proposals for new ones, soldiers bonus
and soldier relief federa: budget, re
striction of immigration, and federal
road liuildlns.
While the "five-way" plan Of veter
an organization;:, for fiercrred com
pensation to service men became
house bill number 1. the tax question
was foremost in the Ieg:slative. pro
posals. Representative Longworth, of
Ohio, proposed the straight repeal of
excess profits and war profits taxa
tion. The suggestion war: repeated by
Representative.'. Bachrac-n, of New
Jersey, and Mott, of. New York, who
proposed imposition of grosn sales
taxes at one per cent rates. The Bach
rach measure also suggested' reduc
tion of normal income tax raten to 2
percent, and application of the sur
tax to incomes above $7,000, with a
maximum of 40 percent.
Chairman Fordneyi of the ways and
means committee, putting r.irwarc- the
service men's bonus proposal, which
provides for alternatives between cash
payments. Jand settlement. Insurance,
vocational" education, ant ;iome build
ing, left out taxation proposals, iui;
Representative Gallivan. Democrat.
Massachusetts, put in an exact du
plicate of thft bill as it passed the
house last session. In further aid to
veterans. Representative Sweet. Re
publican, Iowa, introduced a bill to
consolidate all boards and bureaus
having to do with soldier rehabilita
tion, and Representative Fess. Repub
lican. Ohio., suggested . exemption from
income taxes of all payments to vet
erans undergoing vocational tninlng.
Immigration restriction. decided
upon bv the last congress in enacting
a bill limiting annual enterance or
alien!" Into the United Statesi to three
percent of the total residents or eacn
rntionalitv in the nation an found by
Chairman JohnsdtV of tnd immlBTa
tlon committee. His bill exactly dup
licated that which President Wilson
ga ve a pocket veto.
Representative Blanto. Democrat, of
Texas,:- w"hose battles with associates
In congress have attracted some atten
tion, came forward witn a suggestion
to reduce congress from 435 membem
to 304. and re apportion them accord
ing to the 1920 census. A number of
other re-apportionment bills were nro
posed. hut would provide for holding
the membership to its present limit.
Mr. Blanton also proposed the elimina
tion of the present travel allowance or
20 cents a mile for members and sub
stituting therefor a payment of actual
expenses, to ne mane upon mwuu
vouchers. 1 '
Representative Young. uepuDiican.
NTnrfh Dakota, for the wavi and
meann committee, introduced the em
ergency agricultural tariff, exactly ar
It was passed in February. Itn effec
tive period was fixed as six months
after enactment instend of 10 an in
the vetoed measure of the last ses
sion.
Chairman Kahn, or tne military i-
fairs committee, again proposed n
separate air corps, under a new exe
cutive bureau, to control military av
iation. and a separate proposal 1 tor
federal regulation of civilian aviation
to accompany it.
Chairman Oood of the appropria
tions committee introduced the feder
al budget bill, another of the measures
vetoed during the former administra
tion. Abolition of the railroad labor hoard
and repeal nf sections of the trans
portation act under which it operates
was proposed by Representative Tin
cher. Republican, Kanasas. His bill
would . empower the Interstate com
merce commission fo perform func
tions' now assigned to the board.
Prvidlng for cabinet members to sit
as members of senate and house, by
Montague. Democrat. Virginia.
. Submitting constitutional amend
ment fixing January 1 as the date for
terms of President and congresslona'
officers to begin, by Montague, Demo
crat. Virginia.
Limiting federal reserve bank Inter
est rate to five percent, by Brand
Democrat, . Georgia. .
EFFORTS BEGUN TO
SPEED UP COURT
(By Vhe Associated Press)
Washington. April 11. Efforts to
spW up federal court proceedings
were begun today at a meeting here
of the " lawyers committee for im-.
proving the federal judicial system,"
comiosed of state chairmen represent
ing every state in the union. A reso
lution was adopted requesting t;ie ap
pointment of a Joint comm.'ltee of the
senate and the house to consider and
report ' to congress "sucn legislation
ar may tend to facil)a:e (lie dispatcn
of public business by" federal courts
and to makeflfeich other suggestions
affecting the courts and the federal
judgec as the joint Committee may
deem advisable.
George W. Pepper, ot Philadelphia,
Was named chairman of- the commit
tee to present the appeal to congress
and the committee includes former
Senator Hoke Smith, jf Georgia, and
C. Ci Carlin, of Alexandria, Va. S
To DisriiBg Qua ran fine
Washington. April ll.--uarantlne
measures to check the invasion from
Texas of the pink boll worm will be dls.
BOW
rear
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O'CALLAGHAN TO
LEAVE BY. JUflgfr
Davis Issues' Orders For His
Arrest If He Is In Country
Then.
(By The Associated Press
Washington, April 11. Unlesa the
courts intervene. IX. O'Callaghan, lord
mayor of Cork, who came to this coun
try last January as a stowaway and
without a passport, must depart on or
before June 5.
'Orders that immigration inspectors
take O'Callaghan inta custody should he
be found within the United States after
that date were issued today by Secre
tary Davis of the department of labor
At the same time it was disclosed that
last Wednesday the slate department
denied the lord mayor's petition con
tending that he wa entitled to asylum
In the United States as a political refu.
tee. .vlayor CKCallaghan was in Washing
ton today, but neither he nor his at
torney here, Frank P. Walsh, had any
comment to make on Mr. Davis's ruling
Michael Francis Doyle,, of counsel for
the lord mayor, announced at Philadel
phia. ' however, that notice had been
served on the labor department that a
writ of habeas corpus would be applied
for if any effort was made to depart the
lord mayor.
"O'Callaghan will remain in this
country until he considers it safe to
return to Ireland," Mr. Doyle said.
A Program For Relief Of
Farmers Will Be Present
ed To Congress.
(By The Associated Press)
Washington, April 11. Lower trans
portation charges, economy in taxa
tion, equal treatment under any tariff
law, and short-time credits are among
the subjects which representatives of
farmers in three states began discuss
ing here today preliminary to making
Up a program of legirlation which will
be asked of congress for relief of the
agricultural situation.
The executive committee and dele
gates from state associations, of the
American Farm Bureau Federation be
gan a series of conferences which are
expected to continue for 10 days, and
which include a meeting with Presi
dent Harding and his cabinet Wednes
day at the White House and with the
joint agricultural committees of the
senate and house and other members of
congress Friday night.
In addition to receiving reports from
their delegates today the committee was
addressed by A. F. Lever, mem'ter of
tha federal farm loan board, and hjld
a round table discussion with Governor
Harding of the federal reserve board
Secretary of Agriculture Wallace Is
expected to meet with the delegates to.
morrow to go over the tariff situation.
The national -mftk producers' associa
tion will meet here tomorrow and
Thursday, representatives of these or
ganizations are expected to meet with
the national farmers' union, the grange,
American Cotton association, national
farm eongress. and the national board
of farm organizations.
Secretary Wallace announced today
that a committee of livestock men in
the west was taking up the question
of developing a marketing organiza
tion on the plan of the grain marketing
committee of 17. which was ratified at
Chicago last .weel The outcome of the
Chicago meeting, Mr. Wallace asserted,
should be "reassuring" to those who
feared the farmers were trying "to de
velop a corner" on their own product.
He Made A Plea For Moral
Solidarity Among Allies In
Facing War Problems.
(By The Associated Press)
New York. April 11. A ' plea for
mornl solidarity among the allies in
facing post war problems was made by
Rene Vivlani, former premier of
France, before an audience that ack
ed Carnegie hall tonight.
"One of the greatest dangers today,"
he said, "is that Germany may be to
think that there are differences among
the allies."
His address, delivered in French was
1 the occasion of an ail-American
meeting the joint auspices of 26 war
relief . and patriotic organization, to ex
tend -greetings to him at the virtual
termination of hla "mission of court
esy" to this- country as envoy ex
traordinary of the French government.
He was Introduced by Governor
Nathan L. Miller, presiding officer.
Arrangements had been made to
have the distinguished French
man's remarks interpreted. but
it the close of the address. Governor
Miller announced that it had been de
cided "not to spoil or mar this mar
velous work of oratory by an attempt
at translation." Time after t me dur
ing the address, the audience rose to
its feet in. applause.
"France does not ask Germany t3
pay the cost of the war," he said, "but
for reparations for damages done in
the invaded departments; not in war
operations, but In wanton destruct on
of lives and property even when she
saw defeat staring her in face. And
when we asked that, we are told 'look
at Germany.'
"My reply is: 'Look at Frartre. And.
besides, did Germany look at France
in 1870"
"France is resolved to make Ger
many pay," he continued. "And if all
the world should forsake us in that
demand, France is st'll capable of com
ing out of this difficulty alone."
He said he was not asking for ma
terial aid from America in re-construction,
and reiterated his pfalse for the
note Secretary of States Hughea sent
to Germany a few days ago, rem ndlng
Germany that she was responsible tor
the war and that she should pay in re
parations up to her reasonable capacity.
FARMERS DISCUSS
SEVERAL PROBLEMS
III ADDRESSES
TJEW YORK AUDIENCE
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IF fiFAR HIT lit
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Volume Of Evidence In .Cas
and Telephone Cases His .
1 Retarded Work T 'w
RALEIGH POLITifc
Women To Play- Important
Part In Municipal PHmaJ-y ,
Over 2,000 RetUterL,;
A GOOD RECORD" IS MADE
"r-i-
Deaths From Tuberculosis ' In
1920 In. Thi State Malta
Very Low Record Witir
2,865 Victims.. s .;
HERALD. NEWS BUREAU, . ,.
402 Merchants Nat.'l Bank Bid.
Br JULB-B WARREN
Raleigh. April 1 Y. Decisional oft the
gas company's petition nnd that. of -the
telephone companies regarding rates)
will pwibably be handed, down ome
tlme in the near future, but It ban
been Impossible to make these 'deci
sions because of the volume of - evi
dence offered in both eaaess Whil th
oral testimony was given, the - com
mision. it does not usually decide
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tnene casen uiilii i- ... V "
copied the evidence and submitted--it
in such form that it can ne mirawn y
members of the commission. The-telephone
hearing came immediately r at
the close of the gas hearing artd . the
stenographic forces had no opportun
ity to clear up one case before the
other one started. ' '.
It has been a physical' Impossibility
to r-et all of the' evidence copied nd
rend bv each member of tho commla
sion during the time since the two
hearings cume to a cloae.
sumed that the commission wiUtend
er its decision in the gaa company
case first, since that involve. ,
that the people are lrear rajflW
While Ihcso connected with theop
position flrmly believe there will M a
slight reduction in gaa rates- author!
e for practically all cltlea, tw be
lieve the commission will order any
rebates on the rate, collected during
the past seven montha during which
the temporary ratea have
feet. The financial conditions, of the
gas companies do not indicate 4hat
t'-ev have been making any preat
amount of money, and the cittea were
not able to establish the fact thattha
temporary rates granted were tJ
fer the ieriod for whlcn they were in
force. That they are too high nojf Is
generally conceded. Any taiK awnit ,
what the commission will do with
cither the gas or the telephone case
., of course in the nature of nura
speculation, for the "Isslon has
not intimated what tt wW- jrMM
sard to either case. U. : 'T"
The word did come front thc t-tosc
to the ommisaion before the hearing
tnat tha burden of substantiating the
. . a. . 1.4 ha nn tlMI VS9
temporary raira .V " "".i
company, and many rtd h.
evidence do not wuove
proved that with the drop in cos.1 and
oil prices they are entitled to the stun
rates. The hopes of cities for deci
sion against increasing t'P
rates tire based on two points develm"
rd during the hearing. One wa. th
tact ini iw - - . v--'
hus paid a higher rates of in""
the investment man ainy mini yr"
system. The other hopeful hoi n
a'lunit the hearing was the erl'S' or ,
fimstiona asked by Cominjasiftner
Maxwell at the conclusion of tha-ftear-ing.
These questions were intended to
develop the earnings of the cnajpaav
in North Carolina when tha',? loll '
rharges were taken Into consideration.
The comimny contended OuU this
hould not lie considered in the oorr
ings of the company. siee they warn
not a part of the Bell system. . But
Mr. Maxwell contended that Vb posl- .
turn of the company waa V' 'h
property in the state as a ..Wbolo
should be considered, and he . Was
holding this In asfclng about rtrdftts
to the parent company from, tha; toll
lines. When these profits are taken
into consideration together with tha
earnings nf the Bell company during
the past year. It will he posslhla to
show good returns on the investment,
much better than In any other stat
in which the Bell system Is operated.
Prominent Negro Dead
Col. James H. Young, prominent ne
gro leader of Raleigh, died at his horn
here, this morning at 8 o'clock after a
lingering Illness of several months.
Col. Young wan endowment secretary
of the Maasonis lodge. The Nfcgra
Pythlane and Odd Fellows had also
honored him with places of honor and
trust on many occassione.
Few men in North Carolina were
held tn tiigher esteem by the leaders
of the colored race than waa Col.
Young. Though not aa educator or
minister or engaged In other line of
work that would have givaa him a
position of natural leadership, his
level head and sane ideas aout negro
problems put him in the rorefront.ot . ;
the negro leaders in Worth Carolina.
He was consulted' by the white peopla.
state officials and others anout negro
problems, and had served on . boards
looking to the betterment of tha con-V
dition of the negro race In North Car
olina. He has always tax en the post,
tlon that the salvation of the negro
was through co-operation with ..tha ...
white people, and while this position -at
times hrought down n hla hear? .
the opposition of alleged leader of
hlr own race, he stuck- to thaaa prhv v
clples to the end. . -. ,' V
Municipal Politics Warm .Vp .
Women will hold . tha s balance oT
powei in the municipal- primary . -, k'
which will be held in Raleigh on April ,
1 when selections .will toe- matfg of v :
mayor and two . commissioners ' and
the judge of the city court. Of., tba ;
six thousand registrations,, oyer:-tw ;
thousand are women.. Thla la the'flrrt
time the women have had. an ppor
tunity to participate in a munieir? I
lection for city,-, offlclala. and ..the-
registered In large vjiumaera. ' The -men
have vnted in ope .bom elecipt
Raleigh, but they rame across
he.cltv. primary .'In. larger
han fe thA school 'hflnd' la ..fa". - -Even
then, however. th number of
women registered was t!t as- larg
as bad beenxpeeted.-
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