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s TMe News and. WEATHER: Fair Wednesday! Thnraday robably rain. WATCH LABEL. Urs Mm x-'rtiUee sad enM 3 VOC CX. NO. 184. SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. G, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 31, 19 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICEt FIVE CENTS. WILL PLAGE WOOD E WILMINGTON NOBLE IS HEAD SUDAN TEMPLE WILL LEAD RALEIGH - , SHRINERS TO NEW BERN LEAVE ON SPECIAL FOR CEREMONIAL CALL MEETING OF ALCOHOL OFFICE FORCE TO L lITU nTUC L Obseryer RALEIGH SHR1NERS PRESIDENT NOT TO TfSeT TUESDAY IN PARIS MUM OlOV IN CLASS LEAGUE COUNCI R KINDS WiLMINGTON SOON Minium Expect To Land Spring Event Of Sudan Temple For Ral eigh in Meeting Today irig Today SPECIAL TRAIN CARRIES NOBLES AND CANDIDATES Shriiier' Yuletide Ball In City Auditorium With Good Crowd Dancing and Refreshments feature "The Night Before" ; Proves One Of Shrine's Sue cessfufl Events Th mid-winter ceremonial session of Sadan Temple Ancient Arable Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine will bo held in New Bern today when several hun dred candidates from Eastern North Cuiclina, including about thirty from Raleigh and Wake county, will be taught the joys of desert travel. Following the Shriner Yuletide ball in the City Audi tiritim. the Raleigh Nobles, numbering three score or more with their wives and friends boarded a speeial train at the Union Depot for New Bern, expecting to bring back the announcement that the spring ceremonial or Buaan will be Held 1 in lUiigb. I New Bern 'is all dressed op for the reception of the Shrine rs, and the first event in the program for their reception took place last night when a dince was participated in by several bund ed of the vanguard. The reai ceremonial' cornea today and will be enrped off tonight by dance nd a reception. , The program for the day includes a business amnion with election of offi cers at 10 o'clock in the Masonic Temple this morning; an oyster roast and fish fry at 1 o'clock in the afternoon at Dill's warehouse! ceremonial session at in the afternoon at Banner ware house; a special matinee for the ladies in the Masonic "Temple at 3 o'clock; and an exhibition drill by the patrol af 0 o'olork followed by the Shrine ball at the Farmers' warehouse, . , The Divan af Sudan Temple ia com. 'posed of the following: - -4 - William A. French, Illustrious Poten. fate; William B. Smith, Chief Babbaaj; John. H. Anderson, Assistant Babbaa; Baympnd, C. Dunn, High Priest and Prophet; Jake T. Lessiter, Oriental Guide; Caleb D. Bradham, Treasurer; Joseph F. Bhem, Recorder; Alexander B. Andrews, James C. Braswell, William A. French, Joseph F. Bhem, Imperial Council Representatives; Furman N. Bridgers, First Ceremonial Master; lieonard 3. Polnsky, Second Ceremonial Master; L. C. Robertson, Jr., Marsha); Fred W. Ayers, Captain of the Guard; Fred B. Crowson, Outer Guard ; Wil liam H. Newell, Jr., Director; Allie Cook, Assistant Director; J. T. Mallard, Alchemist; William T. Hill, Captain of Patrol: J. H. Morse, Drum Major; Wil liam H. Smith, Director. , ' Plenty ef Pep. The ball at the auditorium started off -at 9 o'clock with plenty of pep but little of the Shrine flavor. Gradually, the Khrine ia eliminating outside stunts of all so.rs, and the ball last night, with the exception of John Goat Allen's "klaxon korus" that harmonized vocifer ously at intervals, the event proved to , be a straight dance, with good musie, and not too many dancers to crowd the floor. y Karly in the evening the dresa circle i began fililng up and good erowd of ' spectator remained until past midnight. At one ' time nearly three hundred ' couple were on the floor. Many eame in after the show at the Academy that was a rival attraction during the earlier "hour.- -, - ", From the standpoint of the dancers, the fihriners Yuletfde Ball was n more otnplete success than previous Shrine Balls, many of which have been crowded to the point where dancing was' re duced, to a limited shuffle in restricted circle. ' , Bcfre ftmsnU Were) Severed Daring 7 ... Th Evening. ' ' During the whole of It, anxious fresh meat etood about expecting at any; time to be made the center of attraction. .But this feature was saved for today. Aniens Fresh Meat. . Down at Union Station, these same candidates hesitant about rushing for none too safe reservations lingered about until the limit of tha time for board ing the special train .destined to carry them to New Bern. In spit of Noble Abernathy promise of absolute rest, sod Noble John Allen's assurance that quiet would prevail, not many boarded th train with feeling that brealtfast wonld come in New Bern after n good sight' Bleep. ' - Candidatea from Raleigh " and . Wake county included: I L. Mallard, E. B. Farror, N, K. Edgerton, Jr., M. A. Rush t ton, J. 8. Riggan, Fred Jeffries, W. D. Bartlett, Loomis M. Goodwin., P. W. Cower, H. A. Peterson, H. R. Acton, Bussell C. Walton, N. C. Williams, J. H. llixhtower, H. B. Hudson, W. IL Mills, Trent Mays, Dr. Hubert Potent of Wako Forest. P. II. Manirum of Wake Forest. O. P. Davis of Wnke Forest, J. A. Yarborough of Wake Forest, N. I Broughton of Garner', J. H. Ellington of Cary, Charles E. Flowers of Wake For est,, T. W. Dixon of Wake Forest. ' Philosophers HU Meeting. Ithaca, N. Y, Dee. 30. Professor V Ralph B. Perry, of Harvard University, wis todsy elected ' president ef the American Philosophical Association which ia holding its 19th mnual meet irg at Cornell University. Professor AI f. d It. Jones, of Brown University, was I'.vttH oecretary. .... , ; ' " - ' f I . K , ) , - - v ' ' ' , V y I " . v , i t " ' ' r . a v ). ; J - y 7 ' WILLIAM A. FRENCH Illastrioas PetcntaU Stage Another Walkout Alleg ing Bad Faith On Part . Of Management SECOND STRIKE FOLLOWS SETTLEMENT OF -FIRST Employes Say They Have Been Double Crossed, That They Were Promised Recognition And Contract Both Of Which Were Denied In Statement Issued By Manager Eelley Alleging bad faith on the part of the management relative to the agreement which settled a strike of more than two months' duration Monday morning, union employes of Pilot eototc mills yesterday staged another walk out, more complete tha nthe first. The operatives quit work at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. Neither the management nor the nniua men would make a statement last sight. The contention of the nnioa man, It ia understood, is thai they returned to work with the express understanding with Mr. A. y. Kelly, manager, that the mill management would treat with the authorized representatives of the em ployes and that a contract would be drawn up embodying all the terms of tha settlement and that in the event the president of the Consolidated Tex tile Corporation eonld not come to Bal eigh from New York' to aign for the mill management, the employes' commit tee would be sent to New York for the signature. Allege Breach of Faith. On top of this, they allege, Mr. Kelly's statement in the press to the effect that no recognition of the union was accord ed and no contract signed, together with the statement itself when both sides had agreed not to make a statement, constituted breach of faith. There is no question of the feeling with which the men quit work yesterday, It was plainly evident when they came out of their afternoon meeting in Union Hall. "Double crossed' waa tha char acterization which many of tha workers applied to the situation. . In the meeting itself th worker were reminded that during the entire strike the best of humor ha been maintained and that order has not been violated-. They were urged to restrain themselves from any i act whieh might reflect upon the organization, nnd the entire gather ing pledged good behavior. . - Say Guards Imported. Tha police and tha sheriff, however, were Informed by tha union representa tive that armed guard had been plneed about the plant and in the mill village by th management, and were notified that although this act was highly irri tating, the employes had pledged them selves to absolute order. ' . , Last night when asked about the guard Mr. Kelly would neither affnn nor deny, stating that ha had nothing whatsoever to ay. , ,. - . . No Beeognltian at Other Mill. 1 Mr. A. A. Thompson of th Raleigh cotton mills yesterday 'emphatically de nied that the unions at y Baleigh and at Caralelgh mill were' recognized by the management or .that, tha -.management dealt with eommitteee of the bodies, a suggested fat a comparison of the situation at tha various mills. ,Thus far, there ha been no demand on the part of the union men for recognition at those mills, he said. ,' , COAL OPERATORS STANDING PAT, BREWSTER EXPLAINS Chicagorills Dee. 80. No action was taken at the second session of aoft eoal operators of th eountry on president Wilson's coal commission, it was-announced tonight. Thomas T. Brewster, of St. Louis, chairman of th seal com mittee said;- t .,,,.."' 't ."With-v" reference ..to the co-called Palmer-Lewi memorandum for the set tlement of the recent eoal strike, tha operator were not at th time, and have not been ainee, advised or eon suited with reference thereto and have aot either accepted or rejected nay pro posal based thereon.'"' Fire Chief Is Elected. - Petersburg, Va, Dec., 0 Chief of Police 1 James Brockwell resigned this afternoon and the board of police com missioners elected to succeed him Capt. W. B. Dsvis, who eotnmsndcd the Pe tersburg Greys, Company 0, lWth In fantry, S'Jth Division, and was badly wounded. .'...., , 4 , UNION EMPLOYES PILOT MILL QUIT United States Will Take No Part In Meeting Because , Of Treaty Status ASSEMBLY WILL NOT ! MEET IN NEAR FUTURE! Peace Treaty Compromise Talk Reaches More Formal Stage With Senator McNary, Lead er Of Mild Reservation Re publicans, In Conference With Senator Hitchcock l Washington, Doe. 30. President Wil son has not been invited to call the first meeting of tBBrerra7W.il of the league nations after ratification of the treaty of Versailles has been completed, State Department officials said today. There waa a suggestion soms time ago that the invitation be extended to him, but the question waa not determined at that time. Some administration officials believe he wonld acquiesce in the request from the allied powers, but the United States will have no part in . the meeting of the council by reason cf the fact that the treaty has not been ratified by the Senate. The treaty provider that the first meeting of the assembly of the league shall be eallud by tha President, but the assembly ia not expected to meet in the immediate future. The council, how ever, must asaemblo within a fortnight after ratification ia completed at Paris aa the carrying out of some provisions of the treaty are entrusted to it. Peace treaty compromise talk reached a more formal stage today when Sena tor McNary, of Oregon, a leader of (he mild reservation Republicans, discussed various compromise suggestions with Senator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, the act ing Democratic leader. It was said that although no agree ment eame out of the conference, the conversation took a hopeful turn. Af terward both Senators seemed confi dent that a middle ground could be found that would insure ratification early in the year. gnm-dealing with Section Ten, rbast unf and voting power In the League of Nations, it was said, were discussed. During tha day 8enator Hitchcock saw a number of other Senator, and Senator Swanson, of Virginia, a Demo crat of the Foreign Relations committee was present during a part of the talk with Senator McNary. Later Mr. Mc Nary conferred with several on the Republican ide : CONTINUED ACTIVITY IS PREDICTED BY COMMITTEE United States Chamber of Com merce Gives Its Annual Re-' view Of The Year Washington, Dee. 80. Continued In dustrial activity i predicted by th committee on statistic of the Chamber of Commerce of the United State, in its annual end-of-the-year review of business and crop conditions. ' Manu facturers, the report said, have orders in excess of their capacity and in the retail trade there ia a feeling ot confi dence of tha continuation until another harvest at least, of tha demand for all classes of commodities. Farmers are reported unusually pros perous because of th high price or their products. The liberal (pending of tha fanners, tha review asserted, is the backbone and sustaining power of the present volume of business throughout tha country, aa they nr payingfneatly cash and are purchasing more' improved farm machinery and pur bred livestock than ever before. , ... Of the general crop situation, th re port tated that rain did much damage to nnharvested crop in the Sooth and In th Southern portion of some of the Central state, reducing the .yield and impairing quality. Winter wheat acre age will be materially redueed thi fall, the report said, as th farmer believed winter wheat production at high priee wa over for th present; Great activity in building," th com mittee added, "is reported in -sections exeept where crop failure were exten sive, copper mining is in- a poor state, silver mining is doing well, oil produc tion I good. - r . - FEDERAL GRAND JURY TO V INVESTIGATE "LEAK" CASE - . 'l v Washington, Dee. 30. Evidence gath ered by the Department of Justice rela tive to th alleged leak ia decisions of 'he United Stntee Supreme Court will 'o submitted to Federal Grand Jury 'it re in January,' it waa announced today-at th Department" of .Justice. Tha Government's cause - is practi cally, complete, official said. The na ture of evidence obtained wa not dis closed except that official predicted it would be. conclusive." .. . ' . Chances that there had been advance information on tho decisions of, the Court in th Southern Pacifi oil land and tho Prohibition cases, through which certain men mad large sums ia Wall Street have been under investiga tion by the Department for two weeks. : -To 'Develop Trade In East.' Washington, Dee. 30. To promote the expansion of America foreign "trade Secretary of Commerce Alexander today nrgrd Congress to provide funds' for seniling commercial attaches and. com missioners to tha Far East, tlio ' European countries and Indian an ' " r- Exchange Of Ratifications Will Be Without Ceremony. It Is Announced PROTOCOL PROVISIONS ! AGREED TO BY GERMANS! Allied Troops Will Proceed On January 12 To Territories Which Must' Be Evacuated By Teutons Or Where Pleb iscites Will Be Held; One Hundred Trains Needed Parjs, Dee. SO. (By The Associated Press.) Exchange of ratifications of the treaty of Versailles will take place Jan uary 6 at the Quai d'Orsay. Baron Von Lersner, head of the German delegation and Paul Dutasta, secretary of the peace conference, tonight settled all points in connection with the signature exeept that relating to naval material, which it is expected will be solved shortly. Th Germans will sign the protocol, and at tha same time the allies will hand letter to them agreeing to re duce their demands to 400,000 tons if tha total available tonnage haa been over-estimated or Germany is gravely menaced economically. In any ease, after the signature, the allien will get 243,000 tona of material and the balance based on the reports of exports who are now checking up at Danzig, Hamburg and Bremen. The British - prime minister, David Lloyd George, will be present at the ceremony which will be carried rut without any display. Diplomatic rela tions will be resumed tho following day when the French charge d'Affairs will go to Berlin and French consuls will resume their post. Allied troops will proceed on January 13 to the territories which must be evae uated by the Germans or where plebi scites are to bo held. It ia "estimated for this purpose, It ia explained that th Supreme Council will aatiafy Oermany'a demand for a more specifie declaration en the reduction of the tonnage asked lor through affixing to tha protocol the text of M. Dutasta? verbal declaration to Baron Von Lersner on the subject. ' The Rbineland commission, on whieh the United States ia not as yet repre sented officially, ia expected to meet' as soon aa practicable after tha treaty ia promulgated. Thia commission will have jurisdiction over the territory oc cupied by the allied troops in the Rhino- land, including th American contin gent. The allied military mission dealing with the anbject of transporting allied troops to the districts where plebiscites are to be neia unaer the treaty reported to the. council today that satisfactory arrangement had been made with the Germans for tha movement of these forces. It is estimated that it will re quire two week to get into Silesia the number of troop it is proposed to tend to that plebiscite area. Ellis Loring Dreiel, an American member of the peace conference, ' as expert on German affairs, it is under stood, will go to Berlin as soon a rati fication are exchanged. He will be ac companied by a staff. Thi is presumed here to be a temporary expedient nntil diplomatic retions with tho United State are resumed. He waa appointed acting commissioner and charge d'af faires In October. . HALF MILLION DOLLARS LOST IN TAMPA BLAZE Florida Newspaper Prepares To Oet Ont Issue By Multigrapblng - Tampa, Fla Dee. SO-Lon which early estimates placed as between! $350, 000 and $500,000 waa caused by a serious water-front fire thi afternoon which, finned by a (tiff breeze, destroyed two block in th wholesale district. The fire sona wa bordered by tha river on the west, by Tampa street on th east, by Whiting street on the south and by Washington street on th north. -' So fast did th fir spread that fire men nearly were cut off and had to abandon LOOO feat of hose.- Captain J. D. Boss was burned about tha fae and is under physician's ear. Several other firemen were burned, but not so seriously. The business section of tha city wa tonight without electrie lights or power nnd police were ready for nay eventuality which might ariaa because ot the darkness. Thieves robbed offices in tha Citizens Bank building thi af ternoon while tha fire wa in progress, getting everal puree. Th Tribune wa preparing tonight to issue, by multigraph, as H loaked aa if there would be no power until a -very late hour,' if at all. This ia the worst fire in Several rear and came at the end of a year marked by losses which were remarkably light. ' , j MERCHANT CALLED FROM , BIS STOKE AND MURDERED. AshevilV", Dce 30. News received here tonight from Etowah in )ln.ler son county Is to tha effect that Sheriff Case, with posses, is stilUaearching the mountains in an effort to locate the murderers ot William .Erwin, a prominent merchant of that place, who was railed out from his store and killed lnt nlffht.- f. Internal Revenue Commissioner Will Ask For Legislation On Subject PROPOSE HEAVY TAXING OF ITS MANUFACTURE Expect Also To Require Per mits From All Persons En gaged In Traffic; Federal An. thorities Have No Power Under Existing Laws To Pro ceed Against Traffic In It Washington, Dee. 30. Legislation subjecting the manufacture and sale of wood alcohol to the same restrictions as grain alcohol will be recommended to Congress as a result of the many fatal ities from the use of wood alcohol as a beverage. Commissioner Koper, of "The Bureau of Internal Revenue, announced tonight. The form of the proposed legislation has not been decided definitely by the bureau. It is understood, however, that officials have in mind the placing of a heavy tax on the manufacture and sale of wood alcohol and requiring of per mits by all persons engaged in the traffic. This would provide the govern ment with a definite record of the move ment of wood nlcohol from manufac turer to consumer, and would make possible immediate action by the author ities in ease of violation of the regu lations. Officials said it had become obvioua that weaknesses in the national prohi bition amendment as well as the internal Tevenue laws must be remedied insofar aa wood alcohol is concerned. Federal authoritiea under existing law, it was said, apparently are with out ons legal thread upon which to proceed against persons traffiking in the poison. "It is obvious," said Commissioner Roper, "that wood alcohol is inOjno sense n liquor or beverage aa described in either the prohibition amendment, or the internal revenue laws, nor can it ba considered a narcotic nndar the pro visions of the Harrison Narcotic, law. It Is well known to be a deadly poison and should be regarded and treated as auch. In moat oL.tfae States, it not all, wood alcohol ia recognised as poison nd stringent law have been passed regulating its use and safeguard ing the public from its abuse. No such law exists, however, for the use of Federal authorities." The department of agriculture's bu reau of chemistry, which is entrusted with enforcement ot the pura food and drug act, also has informed Com missioner Roper that it has no effective control over the distribution of wood aloohol nnd that ao far aa it 1 con cerned entirely new legislation is nec essary before the new menace can be dealt with effectively. TWO SCORE FEDERAL AGENTS ' LOOKING FOR POISON LIQUOR. New York, Dec. 30. Two score Fed eral agent were dispatched tonight on n hunt through Greater New York and the other sections of this revenue district for poison liquor. Manufac turers of perfumes, hair tonics, flavor ing extracts and furniture polish, were investigated on a wholesale basis to nail down non-jjever&ge alcohol, in an effort to prevent recurrence of Christmas wood aleohol tragedies." Hotel and restaurant men throughout New York tonight predicted the big gest New Year'a eve celebration ever witnessed In thi city and '"private stock ' whiskey, brandy, rum and wine openly were announced as weleomcrs for 1920, despite the dry law and its en forcement. High prices are being paid for tables along the great White Way, and prospective : celcbrators defiantly have declared that John Barleycorn is to b their guest "one more." Mora death reported her and throughout th country today, although in far less vol cn.s than the day after Christmas indi cated that wood alcohol drinks con tinued to levy their toll. Additional arrest were predicted her . and in surrounding territory. ; , Louis di Vito, Joseph Qiuseppl and Vitel Cello, who were arrested last night when officers discovered 1,500 gal lons ef wine on their premises, were 'ar raigned in court-today charged with violation ef the war-time prohibition aet and held in $ 800 bail each for hear ing January 7. i -Nrr ork,.ew Jersey and Sew Eng land' official were in conference on tho wood alcohol, situation lata in tha , day, and wide investigation ha been planned Into the trade in poison, it waa rnnonneed at tha internal rovenua ott-1 Ct S. " " .1 ' ' - : - . VOTE GOVERNMENT CREDIT 1 rUtt IMHtt MUlslHS IIMk Paris, Dee 3. The Senate today un animously voted, the government's cred its taf three months and the new loan bill adopted by the Chamber of Depu ties yesterday, providing for th issu ance of five per cent bonds redeemable during sixty year with drawings every six months to deslgnat tha bonds to ba redeemed in each half yearly period. . Discussing tha loan, Alexander Bihot asked ' Premier' Clemeaeeaa regarding guarantiee 'of the German Indemnity by the "allies. The Premier replied ,'That cannot 1 taken up now bo cause ot tha situation at Washington." M. Kibot commsated: "I hope that when we bave put order in our finances our allies", will consent 'to aid as, or rather to stand their share of the de fense of the common cause. , ' " T'pead' New Year's -afternoon at 'Ine Piw Wit Kaces, . ThuM.h.i-t " 8:4j. (A ! . . ' . 4. - NOBLE Hr 9r 8TORRV President of Raleigh Hbrine Club. Witnesses At Franklinton Hear ing Implicate New York Traveling Salesman ALL FRANKLINTON THERE MAYOR FORD TESTIFIES No Violence To Officers And Lone Man Cuts Off Switch Witness Testifies; Nobody Able To Identify Anybody And Solicitor Fails To Get Legal Assistance By IRVING CHEEK. Louisburg, Dec. 30. Invading th do main of Franklin county territory for th second time in an effort to learn the Identify of the men who lynched Powell Green, slayer ot B. H. Brown, at Franklinton last Saturday night, So licitor Herbert B. Norri today secured tha first real clua with which ho ex peeta to implicate member ot th Biob that figured in the crime. As a result of tho resumption of tha coroner' inqnest yesterday it devel oped that William Haynsworth, a New Yorker, who aad been lingering in Franklinton several days, is now want ed by the officials. A search for the stranger waa immediately ordered 1-y Solicitor Norria for his appearance be fore the coroner' jury. That Hayns worth wa active in seeurma? the rope used by th mob after the negro's dead body waa cut from the tree and, it ia believed, can give more information on what took place on the road to Raleigh than ha yet been divulged was brought to light in the examination of wit nesses. - Havnaworth Not Located. Besides being identified ,ae the man who seized the rope nnd placed it in his automobile, Haynsworth was connected with Green's garage in Franklinton, lo cated near the mayor's ".ffice where Chief Winston and his . deputies mado the start to Raleigh. Evidence, also disclosed that the lynching rope, was tow line used generally by garages in pulling disabled autoa into the ahop for repairs. '-Investigation by Solicitor Nor ria reveaieu new iuw ih. n v"v- garage Haynsworth was not to be found to day, although Solicitor Norri made aa effort to get In toneh with the New Yorker. Information was to the effect that the man had not been seen since Sunday ' Ha has . an, automobile now parked in Greea's garage. ' v Solicitor Works Alone. ' When th inqdest was resumed thi morning Solicitor Norri did not have the help promised by Governor Bickett. Messrs. Malon and Yarberough, whom the Governor requested to aaslst In th investigation, were unable to take part in tha proceedings. After accepting the appointment Mr. Mnlone - declined to serve as assistant because of illness in his family. He was released from hi previous agreement. Mr. Yarborotigh was unable to attend the hearing be cause of business in Buleigh, but Solicitor Norris announced at the end of the hearing that future investigation would ba conducted by Mr. Yarberough. The Louisburg attorney is to call the jury together again for the next bearing after ho haa had time to gather addi tional evidence, t - Only Two Cars In Road. U That only-two ear were at tha seen where the prisoner was taken-from Chief Wiasfon and that the road wa never entirely blocked, was the evidence famished by -Robert Speed, automobile driver, who was called into service for th trip to Raleigh, ' - -, - In his testimony. Speed stated that he ass traveling about 30 miles per hour, when two cars passed him. . After going about mil from town, he testified, one ear partially, blocked the road but not enough to prevent him from steering around it. He had "passed - the .cor atsndlnar across tha road when aomoone Jumped on the running board ot his autqp and cut' off the twitch, he otated Others then boarded the ear wliich pn tailed, the prisoner and oflWrs-f,e4 testified, and, then demanded tho pris oner. ' , lt-i . r : ' : Na Vlolsac TTm O Ulcers. ' ) N threats were made by the 'mem bers ot the mob and no violence-wa don to Chief Winston tor the specially deputised men as far aa he was able to see,' stated Speed.- ' In reply. to the quvtioa of Identifying the men who jiKnjwd on the- running he - t ef his car or any of the mrn who F t ,i.-red aronnd tho Franklinton . hrk my t'i frcd testified that. he- wns' Unabl (Contlaned oa Pag Three.) OUTSIDER LINKED UP WITHLYNCHING "Duke Of Brunswick" Author ized By Attorney General A To Make The Transfer AGITATION UNDER WAY -FOR SOME LITTLE .TIME, Both North Carolina Senators Endorsed Application of Mar shal George H. Bellamy; Re moval Gives Internal Reve nue Department More Room; Protests Expected The News and Observer Bureau. 603 District Rational Bank Bldg. By B. E. POWELL. , , (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, D. C, Dee. 30. United States Marshal George' H. Bellamy, ft Raleigh, was today authorized by th Attorney General to now hi office arid force from the Capital city to Wil mington. , ',. i . '.'J;'; Agitation looking to the move ha . been carried on for some littls time and today Attorney General Palmer formally gave hia consent with th understanding that in the event the expense of operat ing the marshal's office in Wilmington is greater than Raleigh the office would be moved back. . Senator Simmons and Senator Over- ' man endorsed the application of the "Duke of Brunswick1 asking that the change tie niacin. The marshal' office will be moved into the customs build ing at Wilmington, ore of th most comfortable and commrdious structure in the South, anl the change will give Collector B;iiley more room for bis revenue ktaff in Raleigh. , ... Gives Revenue Workers Room. Permission to make the change re jects the opinion on the part of those -' vested with authority to grant it tUt -the business of the Federal Court for the Eastern district will not bo inter fered with in any manner. It i pri marily designed to make room for the revenue workers in Raleigh and to ntl J'ie an entire floor in the eustom build ing at Wilmington which has never been used. Apart from these thing ii the personal convenience of Marshal lulls my, a factor not to b minimized' in effecting the ehunge. "Tho Duke" in Wilmington will be at homo In al most every sens of the word. He is no less well kaown there than ba is in Brunswick, where for nigh to half a century he ha been tho political sage. Another thing whieh Mr. Bellamy argued to the Senator, in applying for their permission to move the office, J that it i more convenient to -get to Laurlnburg, Wilson, New Bern an l other points In tha district from Wil mington that it is from Raleigh. The change, it wa announced here today, is to take place on January first and in the meantime both Senator are anticipating a protest from Raleigh. Tha Marshal' office i an institution about the capital city and Baleigh folks, when apprised of the purpose to make the change, are expected to offer . objec tions. " - ; " Retail Merchant Protest, A committee, representing the North Carolina retail merchant association, which -will be headed by E. R. Oettin- ger, of Wilson, today made an anpoint- ment to see Attorney General, Palmer tomorrow when, it . 1st aaid on good authority, the fight against tha profit margina established by Commissioner Henry A. Pag will have another in- Th engagement wa mad through Frank A. Hampton, secretary to Sen ator Simmons. There Was no,announce meat that Mr. Page would comaker for th session between the merchant and the , Attorney .General. Eg ii under stood to ba standing pat on his original platform. , k . ; , , Lomiilnints hy th hundred ara com ing to both North Carolina Senators and all the member of the House re garding 'the pas prohibition provision which wa in the Eech-Fomerene rail road bilU Under that bill, lawyers and urgcon employed part time by rail- roads would not be permitted to ride on-passes. Families of tha gcLeral eoon1; set of railroads would not ba permitted! to receive free transportation. Lawvsrs Mack Concerned. ' ' Although it was stricken from the Cum mins bill, fear that It might be put -back in during th conference between the. Hons and Sonata committees has sfartod quite a Tiowl. Prominent attor- ' Keys in North Carolina have written the Senate that it would foroe them to give up their railroad practice entirely .a ' 1 be compensation; without tha pass privilego for themselves aad members of their families, would not justify re taining the business of tha railroads. ' Tbe doctor who are Jocal aurgeon hav a similar plaint.' They are not in- ' opportune -in making protest neeause members, of, the House committee, will undoubtedly insist on this provision be ing Included in order for tbem to yield On provision of th Cummins bill which Ihey do not tike. . f ,t . - . ' ( 4 f " 1 ' V , ' i. - a ,- Gaorgla Banker Protest. i Atlanta. U., Dee. 30-ReQlutintis fTotestlng-eiraliret'-regolatioiis of C'C ederal -reserve i system, which they elalnr Would foree-them- to aab clunk , nt par,' ndUiu hxt thousands, cf dollars a-year ia xehang, wero-oi!-p'"l here today jit n enlleib mating ft" -Georgia Cenntry Bankeri A The -system alwarfy 1 - f - ' effect In Jiiaid-it-- i ' r servo district -; teeobtly, that' iu a . l"cnjiie .efl'-ti e. in It ttns annnun'N'J t' - t -i - l,. : 'r.ienilwrs of the oh AHimtion un.iniun- dopt,i!l the "re-ioliitioiis of piutoH t K day .lit ',.
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Dec. 31, 1919, edition 1
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