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VOL. CIV. NO. 144.
RALEIGH, N. Ct FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS .
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ATTORNEYS REACH
AGREEMENT AS TO
8-HOUR TEST CASE
- -v
Only One Suit Will Be Heard,
Kansas City Lawyers Decid
ing Which One
AGREE TO EXPEDITE
TO THE SUPREME COURT
During It Pendency The Car'
riers Will Institute No More
Suits and at Its Termination
Both Parties To The Agree
ment Will Be Bound By Su
preme Court Decision
Washington, Nor. 23. Conference
between Attorney -General Gregory snd
counsel for important railway systems
ef th country looking to th expedit
ing to the Supreme Court of on of tht
suit ettaekiag the constitutionality of
tht A damson Act, virtually war cob
eluded today and the question of which
halt be mad the teat ease was placed
in the hands of Department of Justice
attorney and legal representative of
the railroada now la Kansas City.
It wms said tonight . thai tha only r mat
ter to be determined in Kanaaa City is
whether the suit of the Missouri. Okla
homa and Gulf Railroad, decided yes
terday against the government, or that
of the Santa Fa, set for hearing to
. morrow, shall be made the test ease.
In substance the plan adopted here pro
vides that both tha Department and
the railroads agree in every way te ex-
- pedit and actively press the eaaa to be
determined upon to a final decision ia
the Supreme Court and that during
the pendency of this suit the govern
ment will not begin aay proeeeutioui
of carriers for failure to apply the law.
During its pendeaey tha carriers will
institute no more suits, and at its ter
mination both parties to the agreement
will be bound by the Supreme Court
decision, the carriers agreeing not to
bring further aetioas if the law is
found constitutional and to drop all
other. Neither party la bound by the
. agreement to refrain fromr effevt a aa
curs legislation which might change the
Ademsoa Act. -
I w explained toaigVt that the
question ef choosing a test ease had
been pat tn tha hands of the attorney
at Kanaaa City because of the lack of
sufficient information here to warrant
an agreement on this point.
The Joint congressional committee in
vestigating tha subject of transports-
tion began its work-in earnest today,
with A. P. Thorn, counsel for tha rail
way' executives advisory committee
peaking for two hours and half oa
railroad problems of the day. He will
continue tomorrow and may not and his
argument before "the end of tha week.
Mr. Thorn went into many phase
of railroad conditions, but dwelt partie
ularly on their need for credit if they
are to extend and keep transportation
faeilitiea up to the standard tha public
demands. He said that ia th last six
teen years the percentage of railroad
securities constituting liens against th
property had increased from about 49
per cent to about 05 per cent of the
total securities and predicted that
haneier . who would coma before the
committee later woald testify that the
danger line had been reached. Tha in
vesting public, Mr. Thorn said, dsoiaad
ed a 6 per cent return and a S per cent
surplus fund yearly to provide against
lean years, and such return is almost
impossible oa railroad stock under
prost eoadrtion.- H pointed out that
Europe not only has ceased to take
American railway stocks, but is selling
back hundreds of millions of those once
owned, and that tha new money to keep
the roads going, to extend them and te
open up vast undeveloped Held, must
some from the American people who
are now unwilling to invest.
"If government ownership of rail
road comes ia this country," said Mr.
Thorn, "it will be because of the need
of credit which private owners cannot
aupply." Hs sdded that la hie opinion
one way to reduce the cost of living is
to glvs tha railroads capital to open
new territory.
' The decision of th American peo
ple has gone forth," said the witness
aum wwilttllUH laaems NIV I aVUI venx.1) uiMe
stay out of polities. They ahould see
to it that the aids that wants to attack
the railroads stays out of polities too.
I plead with yon for a non-politteal
business refutation of railroad that
would givs every guarantee poesibl
that questions shall be decided SB prin
ciples of business righteeusaeea and not
oa principles of political expediency."
TJ)R. RONDTHALER HEADS
wmsiorfs trade board
Wineton-SsJsm. Nov. IX Dr. Howard
Roadthaler, president of Bales CeliegeJ
was loaignt elected president of th
Winston -Salem Board of Trad after
his nam had been submitted by the
nomination committee) appointed at the
aaaual meeting af tha board last week.
Dr. Bondthaler succeed Col. J. L Lad
low, who has served as president for th
past six, years and who was given a rising
votei of thanks for hia servieee) ia that
office tonight. Tha eeeasioa tonight
was th aaaaal smoker of tha board
the event being largely attended.
- Tha new vice-president are A.-H.
Galloway, president af the Travelers
Hotel Company, and A. H. Eller, a well
known local attorney. A professional
secretary, doubtless, will be employed ia
tha sear future.
VILLA FORCES ATTACK AT CITY
OF anHUAIIUA AND ARE DEFEATED
IN BATTLE LASTING SEVEN HOURS
Made a Number of Attacks in
vino's Positions By Assault
Obstinate Defense and Finally Withdrew Surviving forces
El Pass Tsxaa, Nor. tX Praneiaea
Villa withdrew a is surviving fores In
defeat from Chihuahua City at 6:15
o'clock tonight After a battle of seven
hours, during which hs made fruitless
attempts to carry General Trevino's pro
tecting works by assault, aeeordiag to
reports from Juarea. t
Made Fear Attacks.
El -Paso. Txsa,-rr"3SGsSiwr
Treviao repulsed a fourth mass attack
by Villa forces late today, the bandit
being driven from their temporary en
trenchment with heavy raeeea, it wni
announced in Juarea tonixbt. Tha de
facto troop are now pursuing the baa
dita toward th south, th same report
from Chihuahua City stated.
Battle AU A ft eras se.
Joarex, Nov. 23. Three timea today
r ran ciseo Villa attacked the first fine
trenehee which defend Chihuahua City
and each tins hs waa repulsed, leaving
hia dead and wounded on the plains
outside of the city to the south- reports
to military headquarters received By
General Gonzales here from the be
seiged city said.
At 11 o'clock a. av, today (mountain
time) the high crowned hata of the
bandit were eeea to the south alone
tha Mexican Central main Use, accord
ing to those messenger. The battls waa
opsasd a fsw minute later with a salvo
from cannon on Baata Boca Hill, th key
to the Bute "csDltai. The first aad
aeeoad line trenches, protected by barb
ed wire entanglements, took up the fight-
ing and by noon a general oagagemeat
waa ia progress aloag th satire south'
era line which continued through th
lv afternoon. At that time - ah
bombing of large calibre guna on Baata
,-, m i - Jk
HOBS niu una mm svruuwry vmuvmu
along the 11 ret line tranches was so
deafening that it waa almost impoeaibl
16 hesT the click of the telegraph in
struments, the military operator ia Chi
huahua City told the operator la Juarea.
At S o'clock the battle waa stui rag
ing, th apparent advnntags being with
tha government forces. Villa is report
ed by General Uoasaiea to nave at
least IJ500 men, practically all af whom
aiw armed aad mounted. H is also
believed to have machine guns bnt a
heavy artillery. For this reason th
twenty or more heavy Sold guna ef
Oeaeral Treviao' eemsaaad were abVs
to rake th advancing- line ef Villa
baadtts. the miimgea Cram ta Btat
carnal stated. "Y.
Th asld wws ewesrwa wna aaa ana
PROGRESS MADE
BY CONFERENCE
Conduct of Preachers ALl Pass
ed in One Day; Charges
Against One
Gastoaia, Nor. Z3. For th first time
la its history ths Western Jortn Caro
lina, conference of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South today- completed
ths answer to tha twenty-eeeond ques
tion en the opening day of tha aaaaal
session. Ths answer to this question
showed all th preachers, with eae x-
esptioa, to be blamelesa in Ufa aad f-
ueial administration. Tha exception
vuB.lL Jaeksoa. of, UlesvUls, and
charges having been preferred agaiast
hia character, a committee or investiga
tion, composed ef three member of the
conference, was appelated, te determine
nether a trtarrtaaseused will be
aeeeeaary.
Biahon John U. KUs is presiding over
this eonfsreaee for the flrst time aad
Ker. W. L SherriU ef Charlotte, has
been re-elected secretory f h confer
ence, he having austaiaed thia relation
for twenty-one years.
The conference today eontrtbutea uiuo
te th work of church extension in ths
colored Methodist Episcopal Charch, fol
lowing aa appeal by a member of that
church. .t
Tha matter of niacin t aa assessment
of 12,000 on ths conference for the rep1'
resentatlve- church, at Washington, to
Pb raised ths com lag year, waa referred
to the joint board ef finance.
J. B, Hcroers. premdiag elder at tae
Shelby district, aaaeueed that D. H.
Comaa, for many years a member ef
this conference hail saited with ths
Southern Presbyterian Church.
Tha meet animated discs scions now
anticipated at this sissiaa ef th confer
ence are those touching th subject ef
the unification ef Methodism aad those
touching the actios af the conference
recardiac whether or not tn eealer-
ene leader ef th laymea missionary
evement aad th district leadeis shall
become ex officio member of th eeafer
saee. Bishop Bulgo aaaouaeed today that
be would eon aider no petitiesr from the
board of stewards of aay charge Vgard
ing th appointmsat of a preacher, nor
would ho hear any lepressatativ ef a
board f stewards sa thia subject. He
gave aa hia reason for this statesseat
jial th diseipua el tae canrca aoee
aet furaiah aay grounds for' action sf
this kiad by ths stewards. Hs said he
would hear iadividuala for thsmeervss
this subject, a far as Urn aad other
conditions would permit. "- - i-
'Xaaie Set Per Chartettaw
i isjyaaiai LgaM Whw.)
Waahlacten. Nov. Z3. Secretary Dsn-
lel hs arraaged t have a one-feurth
f a K.W. teld radiw-traassniattBW aad
receiving set seat to Charlotte for the
ekvtrteal erpeertion December 4C He
will send SB expert radio operator nlsag
te exhibit aad leek after it. ' .
Attempt To Carry General Tre-
But Were Unable To Ov ercome
dying; men, on menage stated.
A sortie byCarraaaa cavalry, sup
ported by artillery, resulted ia the cap
ture of many Villa, prisoners, who wsrs
without ammunition and had gons since
morning without food and water,' an
other meesags declared.
Curranta's officer here are optimistic
recardiac tha outeoms of the battle at
Chihuahua City. The only eaas of
the fact that General
rrevuos ammunition supply i' "
arms and machine guns is limited. How
ever, aa the cupply of artillery shell ia
ample here, it is said, to keep the ben
dits away from the city, efforts are be
ins mads to obtain rifle nnd machine
gua ammunition to be sent to General
Treviao. All of tha available ammu
nition has been sent from here sad it
is reported that a request has been
made to American officials to permit
ammunition to be sent through the El
Paso-Juarss port for General Trevino's
fores.
Through aa error in a message early
la the day. General Francisco Murguia
was looted at Mepula, 13 miles south
of Chihuahua City and th hopes of
Oarraaaa officers for an early reinforce
ment of the garrison there were raised.
Later, however, it was fouad the mes
sage referred to Villa instead of MoT'
guia, who was said to b at Santa Ros
alia, some distance further aoutn.
Ksy T Chlheskea.
El Paso, Texas, Nov. ZJ. Hanta Boss
Rill, an eminence six hundred feet high.
which is located, about one mile from
the plana la Chihuahua City ia ths key
to .the state capital and northern Mexi
co, prominent American refugees from
Chihuahua City declare.
It waa ia the vicinity of thia hill that
Villa aad his constitutionalist forces
attacked, Chihoahna early in November,
1913. He waa driven oil by Gen. nalvn
dor Mereado'i artillery and then Villa
encircled Chihuahua City, attacked and
took Juarea oa Nov. IS, of the asm
year. After Villa entered the state cap
ital oa Sept. 16, of th present year, the
Associated Press correspondent reported
having seen Villa aad his "golden ones'
on Saate Boss HilL
Oa thia hill Oen. Treviao has mounted
seven large ealibrs cannon, according to
tha American refugee here, aad further
loruned it with machine guns and
barbed wire atatiemet around Ah
base oftb hUlwitk Jaaklsc sf
trenches and, i)Mfc4; wir'. entasf!.
meats.
KEEK EVEN IN
Ilich Wages Ashore and In
creased Cost of Living Ham
per Enlistment
cay w i i iii iwi
Washington, Nor. 23. High, wage
ashore aad the increased eoesaof living
hav ssrionaly hampered navy recruit
lag. Bear Admiral MeGowan, Paymas
ter General, told the House Naval Com
mittee today ia explanation of why
there are oaly about 55,000 enlisted
msa ia th service, althongh Con greet
ha authorised a total strength of 77.-
000. Hs said it waa hoped that a total
strength of 70.000 ould be reached by
ue eaa or ibis.
"Their inability to send home enoush
money to keep thoee dependent Boon
theaa ia th govern lag factor in pre
venting many men from en 'iinj, paid
f-admlml. rrom lone; experience
with th aoeomats sf blaejncketa, he esid,
he was certain a majority had wives,
mothers, sister or ether dependents at
homo, adding:
-And tasy are ths most gensroaa and
big- hearted anea that aver lived. We
are Just about keeptag even ia rseruit-
iar now aad that soaditioa will soa-
tiaae while th present high ware pre
vail. .
Be-enlistmests aow average above 88
per cent ef th available mea aad the
percentage steadily is going up.
Aside from alow aalistmeats th wit
ness) said th navy waa feeling directly
th high sost ef livtag. Ths average
eoat per man per day for ration ia
me, ha said, waa 17.18 cents: but la
th last quarter of that year a Sgure
of &SJ7S eeata waa rseorded, indkatiag
a heavy advance for th whole ef the
1917 year. He warned ths committee
that additional appropriatioai for this
Item for 1917 might be aeeeeaary as
th quantity aad quality of ths navy
ran weald not be reduced ander aay
eireumstaaeea. . v
A setter from Burgeoa Geaeral Bmis-
ted. baeed a reports ef medical effl
eera, was read, asserting that Carted
State sailers were ths best fed. besv
clothed aad centrally beat .tared for
i--vm-ne ia th world,
Admtrai MeGbwaa's estimate ah ow
ed that the nsvrj expected to pay twen
ty cwaia a gauiou lev. in enormous
lownt f gaeeHa to be consumed ia
ita sireraft, neat a r boats and subma
rine, th qnetatioa being a heavy ad
vaac ever th last prseions sstimatoa.
It was shewn alee that th eoBsamptioa
sf fuel oil in ths navy probably will
reach 60 million gallons ia 1918 as
against IS ,000,400 two year ago.
WIS Attend Army-Navy -Came.
T'U (Si riil Tenl Wire.) -Washington,
Nov. XX, Bom sf ths
Korth Oaroliaiaaa wk will attend the
Army aad Navw game at New Terk Sat
arday are: W. CDowd. of Charlotte ;
Chan. W. Gold, of Greensboro; Fred. J.
Cs, ef Wadesborei Mrs. Margaret
Boyma aad daughter; Mia Kathsria
IJAV
RECRUIT!
Boylaa, f Baleigh.
EMPEROR DIED
SEATED! GHAIB
Refused To The Last To Take
To His Bed, Remaining Up
Throughout Day
PERIOD OF MOURNING
Monarchy Will Go Into Mourn
ing For Six Months; Body
Carried Through Streets at
Night Followed By Imposing
Procession; Will Lie in State
To Be Viewed By Public
Vienna, Wedaeadcy, Nov. 22, via Lon
don, Nov. 23 (delayed). Death eame to
Emperor Franela Joseph as sleep to a
child, whils ths sovereign was reclining
ia an arm-chair ia what he called his
work room. Hia strength had rapidly
been ebbing from I o'clock in the after
,noon of yesterday but ha refused to
take to hia bed. After o o'clock he be
gan gradually to loss consciousness snd
went to the end without uttering another
word, resting peacefully in hi ehair with
hi hands folded as if hs were in prayer.
Thia afternoon a death mask of the
Emperor was takea aa a preliminary .to
tha embalming of the body aad ita re
moval to the Hofburr where it will lie
la stat. Th heart will be sealed ia a
sliver eup, while the intestines, lungs
and stomach will be placed ia a copper
urn.
-Ths-body most b transferred from
ths Sehoenbrunn Palace to the Hof
burg ia the dead of night, drawn by six
black horses. Ths cortege will be ac
companied by torch bearers and ths
outriders also will carry torches. After
them will come a squadron of cavalry
and a part of the mounted guard.
The horses will be preceded by the court
couriers, the Lord Steward aad ths
court chamberlain in carriages drawa
each by aix horse. ' After th hearse
will coma a carriage containing the
heart in ita ailver eup, followed by offi
cer of the bodyguard, palace officials
and soldiers. Ths cortege - will move
through several of the principal thor
oughfares of ViSnnn aad be met by
Emperor Charles aad ths Archduke st
ths Black Earls Stairs, whence they will
accompany the body into the chapel
of the Hofburg, where it will be laid
to rest ia ths imperial vault in the
Capuchin church, where are the tombs
sf his prwdseessonh. Oa th day sf
tfcj faneml ths monarchy will go Into
teeuraing for a period, of iT ment as.'
divided lata tares sqaal portion ef
th deepen mourn in-, deep muraing
aad light mourning, Aa order by th
aw Kmovror. not a yet promulgated,
wiu ax tns anrsnon or us eoun mourn
ing aad also th period during which
ths theateree aad other place , of
amusement shall remain closed.
Today th Emperor' body lie oa th
iron bedstead oa which he slept for ths
last twe year. Th-tdTmcWsreor up
to th chest and upon tha, coverlet lie
a great garland of flowers, placed there
by the Emperor's daughter, Arcbdueh
eee Marie Valerie.
The Emperor's last will aad testa
meat opened today, was made several
years ago. it disposes or tns em per
or'S private means aad contains mnny
large bequests.
Count Stephen Tiaaa, th Hungarian
Premier, accompanied by hia wife, ar
rived thia morning from Hu da pert
With him was Baroa Erwin Boexener,
Hungarian minister at the Vienna eourt.
Concerning the development of the Lra
perors ailment, the Associated I'res
correspondent learn from sutheritativ
sources ths following:
"About three weeks sgo ths Emper
or's house physician. Dr. Kerxlm, no
ticed that th Emperor voice hsd
grown hoarse. Aa examination of the
patient showed a covered palate. To
thia, however, he would not listen and
continued his work rising every morn.;
1BC at about 3:30 o'clock nnd during
ths day giving many audieneea aad
hearing many reports. Ths Emperor
insisted thst hs was not ill, but was in
dueed to use a gargle composed of milk
and soda water,
Meanwhile th Emperor general
physical condition remained highly sat
isfactory. Ths bad weather obliged
tha monarch to keep to his rooms, but
th large galleries in tb palace enabled
him to obtain exercise.
Two weeks ago a (light attack of in
dicestioa served to complicate mat
ters. It waa aotieed that the Emperor
failed to tmoko entirely the cigar which
ha usually took after dinner. He also
retired a little earlier of his own voli
tion. . Tht patient' general condition
waa such, however, that he was left
aloa at Bight with a single Jody at
teadaat sleeping in aa adjoining room.
Th catarrh of the throat and lung re
fused to disappear aader treatment aad
later It waa aotieed that the area affect
ed by the catarrh waa widening.
Ibis new development troubled the
Emperor's entourage greatly, especial
ly ainee a rise in temperature begaa to
be noticed. About a week ago hia tem
perature amia rose. aeeoaiDsnied thia
time by losa of appetite, but the aext
day he waa agaia able te? enjoy hia
a la., During all thia time the monarch
eon tinned to-work, reemrinc from tea
to f ourteea pereoa daily aad hearing
ue usual reports. .
Oa the nijrfat ef Monday th Emperor
was much troubled by a dry. harking
sough, resting badly as a result. When
ke left his bed nt S JO o'clock in the
ruing- hs had th appearane of a
person very tired and distracted.
Doctors KeYsel anoVOrtnsr were im
mediately summoned aad fouad aa tin-
as la tempera tare, which they as
sociated with th reetleee Sight and ths
cough. Although meaawhile a light at
tack of pneumonia had developed, aa
had happened ia 1914, it-was fouad that
ths lung affected had aet spread, which
agaia gars room for hop that the Em
peror would eonquer hia malady.
Boomy alter rising, .tn xmperor ba
gs to Sail rapidly, however, eeenplaia-
(Centiaaed sei Pag NlaaJ
TEUTONIC ALLIES
COftlTII.UEAD.il
Bucharest Reports That Rutna
nians Are Holding Positions
in Alt Region
FIGHTING IN MACEDONIA
Battles of Importance in Pro
gress Near Monaitir and in
Presba and Ochrida ; Violent
Artillery Actions Going On
in France
Ths Teutonic-allies in the Wallachlau
province are continuing- their advance
against the Rumanians, The opera
tions there, according to ths latest Ger
man official commuaication, "are pro
greasing in accordance with our plans. "v
Semi-official advices from Berlin ere
that General Voa Falkenhnyn's army
up to November 21 had takea 11,000
square kilometers of wheat coil la Wal
lachla and, with the capture of the
railroad, hsd shut off ths communica
tion of nil, ths Kumaniaa troopa west
of Craiova.
Berlin recorda the reinforcement of
the Ruaaian oa ths eastern Trantyl
vania border, but the locality where
they have arrived ia not definitely
atated. la the Alt region "Bucharest
reporta that the Bunianian are holding
their, position.
Exespt in Macedonia little fighting of
moment la taking place. There, in the
vicinity of Monnetir and ia the region
between Lake Preeba and Ochrida bat
tles of considerable proportions ars ia
progress.
North of Monastlr ths Germane and
Bulgarians' havs received reinforce
ments and srs stubbornly resisting the
further ad ranee of the entente allied
troopa. Dobramir and Parslovo have
fallea into 'the hands of the French nnd
Serb, according to Par la, wail west of
Lake Presba the Italians havs pushed
their lines further forward. Berlin aa
serts that to ths east of Laks Ochrida
the Italians hav beea forced to re
treat? On the front in France with a return
to better weather the artillery uetions
have become more violent No infan
try sttaeka hav boon reported.
J Bad weather continue ia. Jths JLnatrs-
1 Italian theatres aad artuiery duel
hav prevailed there. -
Petrograd announce officially th loss
recently off the Rumanian coast ia ths
Black Sea of ths dreadnaught Impera-
tritsa Maria. The disaster waa dos to
aa internal explosion. The loss of lif
amounted to about 21S.
Th Britiih hospital Ship Britannic,
which waa sunk in ths Asgsan, want
down as ths remit nf etrikiaw-sntmii
according to information received in
New Tork by the White Star Line, own
era of th vessel. Officials of ths line
eaid th information cam from ttu
British Admiralty.
RUSSIAN SHIP SUNK
BY AN EXPLOSION
(Br i
London, Nov. 24. Ths Russian naval
staff, says a Beuter dispatch from Pe
trograd, has issued the following state
ment r
"At 0 o'clock on October 20 Are broke
out in the forward magaxin of ths Im
peratritaa Maria. An internal explosion
followed immediately and the Are
spread rapidly aad reached. the petrol
tanks. Ths officers aad crew strove
with the utmost bravery to localize the
effect of the eiplosion nnd flood the
mngszines. The commander-in-chief
Vise Admiral Koietha h . went aboard tb
veesel and took personal command of
the operations.
"Shortly after 7 o'clock, however, the
fVeaael ssn. The greater part of the
crew were savWI An offieer and two
flrst class sub officer and 149 sailors
ars missing. Sixty-four of the crew
hnvs sine died from ths effects of
bunas
"The position of th ship, which lies
in shallow water, gives hope that it may
be refloated and completely, repnired
in a few months. The bridge is only
ons yard below water level"
REVIEW GIVEN FOR
REPRESENTATIVE KAIIN
By A. L. FLETCHER.
Camp Stewart, El Paso. Tsiaa. Nov
23. Ths North Carolina brigads par
tieipntsd today ia division review gives
in Honor or KepreeeatatiTe Julius
Kahn, of Pennsylvania, making Repub
lican member of the Hons Military
Committee. Brigadier- General Bell
gave a tea ia hia honor this afternoon
at Fort Bliss, to which Oeaeral Young
aad staff aad Colonela Minor, Gardner
and Bod msa and Lieutenant Colonels
MeOhee, Gilmer aad Mette were invited.
Capt. H. Q. Boddie, Company D, Third
uegimeat, touiaeurj, wa today deeig
aatod Acting Major First Battalion of
the Third in pine of Major Bernard,
away on leave.
Contract For Oil Steamer.
car im in irv , ,
Nw Orleans- Nov. 23. A million dol
lar-contract for ths building of four
steel tank steamers of lfl.OuO barrels
capacity each has beea awarded to the
Alabama-New Orleans Transportation
Company by ths Mexican Petroleum
Company, of New York, according to
SBBouneement by ths local Arm today.
Work oa th vessels 'will bewln next
month. Officials say the will be the
flrst all-steel steamers svsr built south
ef Newport News. Aoeordlar to ths
announcement tha eteamera will be an
der American registry and need ia ths
ail trad betweca Tampie aad New
r
Ur leans.
Judge Hook Who
Pronounces 8-Hour
law Unconstitutional
The Federal government forces "sprang
a surprise in Kansas City when they
urged haute ia the injunction proceed
inga against th .eight fanur, lawbrought
by the receivers of the Missouri, Okie
homa aad Gulf Railmad before Judge
W. C. Hook, circuit judge of the United
States for ths Eighth eircuit.
Tha inte-est of the government snd
ths railroads in getting a quirk decision
from the Supreme Court was shown by
a conference at the Department of Jus
tice, ia Washington, in nlficb the par
ticipants were Attorney General Greg
ory, Solicitor General Iavis and repre
sentstivee of the New York Central,
the Pennsylvania and the Chicago, Bur
lington nnd Quinry Railroada
Judge Hook promptly pronounced the
law aaeeastituttoua. but without ma
turn eonaiderailou, kaowinf th Su
prom .Court would ia aay event have
to eonstru th law.
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NEXT CEREMONIAL
NHOCKMUNT
Twin County City Draws Sudan
Temple's Big Spring
Celebration
(8f IslWTWWs UObTwrl
New Bern- Nov. 23. With the coming
of 1 o'clock this morning three trains
pulled out of New Bern, one headed for
Norfolk, another for Raleigh aad a third
for Wilmington, Charlotte and other
points, taking Lark to their homes
Shrinera who cam aa member of "Baby
Sudan" members of "Mother Oasis,1
Yaarab Temple of Atlanta, Khedive of
Norfolk, and Omar.
It waa at a late hour that the cere
monial eesaioa ended, for there were 106
novices to traverse the hot sands, while
two.4ef.4sy ir mit fiulir "OasTsm's.T an
addition of 108 members to Sudan. With
the magnificent stage setting at the Ma
sonic Temple- the great crowd of
Shrinera, th magnificent rostumea of
the Shrine dignitaries, the. Arab patrols
rrom Oasis sad Khedive, the scene wss
a thriler of the big sort. Aad the news
it that the "fresh meat' was thrilled
rea through the backbone.
Reeky Moaat Next Time.
Rocky Mount drew the premium of
getting nu'lsn for the spring eercmonisl
meeting, the iste to be announced later,
It waa thought that there would be I
hot contest for th honor of having 8u
daa for the Srst time away from home
but it was learned that Rocky Mount
had the matter cinched aad so there
waa no other place put up ia opposition.
And the Rocky Mount Shriners declare
that the Noble of Sudan and the viaitors
srs going to hsve the time of their
lives in Koeky -Monat.
Past Potentate Walter S. LiddelL of
Charlotte, was the instituting officer, nnd J
his work waa impressive. Iastructioas
to th new officer of Sudan were riven
in a most instructive talk by Mr. Ernest
A. (. uits, or navaaaaa- ut, imperial
Outer Guard of the Imperial CouaeiL
who aroused mnch interest ameer th
Nobles. At ths ceremonial session at
aight Potentate A. R. Andrews, of Ra
leigh, presided with dignity. Hi(h
honor wers paid Ur.. Joseph P. Rhem
of New Bern, recorder, ths "Poddy of
Budaa.-
At the ceremonial aettion, when ther
was a lull ia the storm of proceedings,
a namlcr of highly esteemed members
of ths order were made honorary mem
l-ers of Sudan. The Srst was of course
Walter S. Liddell, f Charlotte, iaatl
tutmg efli'-er, nnd th officers ef the
Imperial Cuuacil, . Potentates sad Past
Potentates, taking part la th institu
tion. Noble Joha W. Cotton, of Tar-
bora.' it waa announced, had reeelvMi
certificate numA two, as he had been
a Shriaer wrflsyi the days before Oasis,
aad he waa called to the front te
speak.
Everybody had good time at th
Institution of Sudan, the event "being
ss impressive as the antics of th "fresh
eat were humorous, many nova!
a rag N!avJT
TDM
PRESENTS
E
TO
Says What Public Wants Is Ai-
surance of Sufficient Rail- ,
road Facilities
NO USE TO DEBATE
ABOUT THE CAUSE
Ready For "Fresh Assessment
f Circumstances" in Solv
ing The Problem; Under
Present Conditions Rail
roads Cannot Supply The
Demands
New, and Observer Bin .
4M Dbtrirt National Bank BiuMusbV '
By H. E. C. BRYANT . "
(Special Leasl Wlra.
Washington, Nov. 23. Alfred P."
Thorn, chief counsel for the Southern
Railway, and spokesman for th Rail,
way Executive' Advisory Committee, t
representing 83 per cent of the rail-
road in the I'nited State, today told
the Joint Committee of Congress, ia
vestigating transportation conditions, '
that "reliable assurance of sufficient
present'' nnd future railroad facilities'
ia what the pnl.lic want
"We may debate about what lias
caused the present conditions," said Mr.
Thorn, "but we cannot debate about
what the people nerd. The view held
by some that the present situation of
the.carricrt was i.fW abmrt by nrta-f
management and wrong-doing in tb
past totally Ignore the needs of th
public in the present and future. The)
publie will not eiruse inadequate trine
portation faeilitiea now because some .
one tells them that the condition is tb
result of mldtske that may have beea
made ia the past. The President has
asked that, a 'fresh assessment of elr
cumttsnces' be msds. Ws sre ready to)
help him do that. ,
"Let ua debate this question then,
not upon say mere theory of jealousy
aa to the distribution of governmental
powsr, but upon th largs Usus ef what
th publie Interest requirct In respect at
assurane ' of adequate transportation,
service."
Mr. Thorn said th high cost ef lie
ing may com from ths fact that rail
road extension and expantioa had prac
tically ceased in thia country.
"There hav beea less than L00O
miles of new railroad constructed in.
ths United Btates during ths past year," -said
he. "That is less thaa in aay othsr -year
sine 1844, except the period of th
Civil War, and yet the cost of living ia
daily advancing owing to shortage of
supplies which might be remedied) by
developing our untouched resource
securing aeeess to aew areas of produc
tion." . Mr. Thorn said that New Jersey has
31 milet of railroad per 100 tquars mile
nf territory, while ths average for th
United State is only 8.53 miles. In,
Idaho there are bnt 3.35 miles per 100
squars miles
"Ths lark of railroad ertension Into
new territory," declared Mr Thorn, "may
be the real cause of ths aatton-wid
disaster of the high coat of living, th ,
greatest problem of the ag for the poor
man. Why not develop the undeveloped
lands of our country and lay their prod- '
ueta at the feet of the people!"
Mr. Thorn said the road cannot se
cure credit to expand. Investors do not
enter thst field any more. - o
"It is impossible fQr.iaiUoadt," asid
le, "to earn enough to supply ths net'
esaary naw facilities from current reve
nue They must be provided from
credit. Investor must be attracted,
they cannot be coerced."
Mr. Thorn gave several reasons why
niveators do not desire to invert la rail
road sccuriites They are:
"Pirst Railroad revenue ars not
controlled by investors, but Br ftxed
and limited by governmental authority
and not by one but by several gorsra-
mental authorities, which do not recog
nize responsibility for assured results "
to investors and are entirely uneoord.
Inated.
"Second Bailroal cannot control
RAILROAD
G0MW1ITTEE
and the government can Dot and doe
not limik the eipense account. -
"Third The present system sf regu
lation is based oa a policy of regula
tion aad not on. a policy of helpfulness
aad encouragement.
Fourth The outstanding obligatioBS
of the railroads havs already exceeded
the financial rule of safety aad lavolvs .
a disproportions! amount of obliga
tions bearing fixed charges.
"Fifth The iavettor nun accept a
subordinate obligatioa or security with
as assurance of a surplus of tarn Inn
to support H.
"Sixth Other competitive lines of in
vest meet present supe. tur attractiona.
"Seventh The railroad business is
largely eoBtroUed by political instead '
ef business considerations."
r"nirH Rtntea control of tha naJa "
was urged by Mr. Thorn. Hs mid that
as it is they havs to deal with 49 gov.
era meat the National aad thoee ef
4S State. : " - ,
Mr. Thorn charged that th railroada
had beea regulated to death. Ho com
pared th attitude of th public to th .
bank aad the railroad.
"The system of banking- rerulatlon " ' '
said hewas bora of th spirit ef help-
fulness aad encouragement Intended t
build up. and maks adequate for tha
America penpls its system, ef national
banks. Railroad legislation, on the
other hand, ia th result of a spirit of:
anger that grew out of real or f seeled
abuse ia th past. Has not th tine
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