North Carolina Newspapers

'Ml h' ft?1 rCuV " The New : THE WEATHER Bala Friday, Salsrday colder. - WATCH LAEZL, . - rear raaewal $ erver Cars k-lsee ssatratlesi aad suaasa a atasw ess. - jhTilNG, MARCH 12-1920. vol; CXL NO. 72. TWENTY PAGES TODAY; RALEIGH, N. G, ' TWENTY PAGES TODAY PRICE: FIVE CENTS t: i i sr tv 1 1 ' f II : I I 1 I I I I .V a SALE OF VESSELS , RR! innnniK 111 IE President of South Atlantic Maritime Association En ters His Protest LIKELY TO BETAKEN , AT CONFERENCE TODAY Chairman Payne Deplores Pub . licity Campaign Against Sale of Shlp By Shipping Board; Raleigh Woman Dies In Washington; Sen. Overman'! 1 Brother-in-Law Is Dead ' " : UIUI1UU 1IUUUUUU LETTER FROM HA ' Th Kewt'and Observer Bureau, " 003 District National Bank Bldg. By R. E. POWELL. , (By Special Leased Wire.)""-'- .--Waahingion, D. C, March 11. Protest , to th Senate eommerc committee today sgainat the Mis of eeventeea ships by tha government to foreign shipping la -. . teresta, made by: Matthew, .Hale preair tent of tha South Atlantic Maritime . association, foreihadowed a warmrdi- russioa of this subject when tha f oreigi trad coafereaea fathers in Oreeas . -boro tomorrow. . 1 ' . Leading Southern shippers aad mem bers of 'Congress intercuted ia, tha de velopment of South Atlantic ports and -- l'heekig the threatened withdrawal - af fasabt rates' from middlfl weitera points to- these porta will be ia at r t tendance. Senator F. M. Simmeaa, 1 Korth Carolina and Senator Ellison D. 6mitb, of Sooth Carolina will attend and make speeches.. The Governor of Korth aad Booth Carolina, Georgia and Florida, will be there. -L T V . Hal Seada Pre.. Mr. Bale seat a letter to the eom- ujittoe today arcing that no further steel cargo currying ship be disposed of until Congress shall here had time to definitely determine - the country's policy with respect to its merchant mariae. He charged the sale on Feb- wmryZg-ef tea ahipatalha Uoyd BcyaJ Belgeaihre later lo th same compaay and fbr on March 9 to the Soeietie Meratim Ftaacise. .. ? It was pointed eat that the type of "" sl.ips disposed of. all under i thousaad tons,: were pertiulrly, useful te the United States at tbisim ia develop iug trade between South Atlantic aad i P1 'Prt ,1" -,-. Il- Central American countries." --U5onio.SbamosU. rentlV delivered on taw floor of th Senate, pretexted vigorously against the ' sale ( lie-man seised ships to foreign shipping interests., At a aubaequout-f hearing ' before the" Senate- commerce ' committee, Mr. Hal! and other officials "of the South Atlantic maritime corpora tioa protested to the sale which had bee a - tentatively s a boo seed by-John Barton "Payne, at that time chairman of the United States Shipping Board. la protesting against the sale of the . Lake1 type of ships, Mr. tolr-poiiited out that while these ship an Joe small for trans-Atlantis trade, they are ideal for eoastwise and inlaad sea service which ia the use the French aad Belgian companies will put them to. It is this siae boat that would be used on the proposed Una about to be established be tween Kewbern and Baltimore. - : The diseusaiom of the development of th waterways of North Carolina for greater traffie will be one o'f the themes ' of the conference tomorrow. Kmjmw mt i,wi m J " . Former Chairmaa Fayae, appearing before the emmerce committee yester day deplored the publicity campaign which has been carried on against the ale of the ehips. ,' The agiUtioa ha unsettled the . V iatereata will be reluctant to bid until Congress has adopted permaneu. aoip ZTpidg pollcriiandjf kuewhera-we T: are.- -- 1- - t. ' Senator Overman waa advised this -nnrninr of thodesth at Memphia Tenn- r T Veaterda of Ml tr6ther-ia-l,,-"C. Merrimom field lg"t with the bureau of war risk insuaac with neadqnarten ia New York City. Mr. Mcrrimou was - ion of thi lati Benator A; 8. Merrlmou, .,. .lu at tmm time chief iustied ' . of the SunriBM Court -of North Caro lina. ' - . -; r v; He was, bom ia Baleigh and wal,1)y ftrofeasioa.' a lawyer. It as espeeted that burlalk tfeaator ana Mrs. uvwrmau ww . iJeMiee Mrs. warnraw -arm erawri -as-w-i alerrimou is sorrlred by twa brother! U ' ... r" xkt 1i 1kf--4iMAa n Gretmsboro, and B. H. Merrimou.. of ' Ashavilla. " nalalA.Waaai plea. . . Vra.,B. H. Joaea. native of Baleigh. ,'' died at Garfield Bospltal this saorning I after a brief lUaess and will be bur ki ' ied in Baleigh Saturday. Mr. Jones was the wife of Colonel B. H. Jones, aa official eoaaected with the TJulted SUtee General I O'Branch. Burton Craig; of 'Winston-Salem, Norman Ash, of Ba leigh, and Mrs. A. M. Maupln, of Bal eigh, relatives, were hera with her at ' th ndV Mr. Jones was a lister -of Mrs. Armtstead Joaea, of Baleigh. B. C. Beckwith httd ammtr Vfl. - W. K. Ellridges of Baleigh, wer her today on their way t Pittsburg: C. K. Foy, of New Bern, B. C, Duncan, of Baleigh, director f the Norfolk Southern Bailwsy, wer ia Washington today en rout back home afterattead ing a meeting of the director f the road held in New Yrk th, first of th , week. -- v'' " J Weddlag la) Waahtattou. : '; larryvD. Hooks, Jr., of Fremoat, waf married hero last n'Rht to f Misa Ethel Mann, of Elizabeth City, at Mount Ver-1 imi rii"e Methodist church. The rl ea r Two.) BEATS KAISER BILL AS WOOD CHOPPER " 1 11 vL I iiai-am isf a r.- HJNBT FORD EM CAUFOBN1A. The e-Kaisef, Wn iftet falliag to be Drat in war, turned U wood chopping, would hate turued areu with enry had chopping wood"fluriiig' the lsttct's re eent Taeatioa it Calif oraia. Ford chopped up maay a log aad at th end ef his "reef period declared hs .felt "At aa a fiddle." s - TRADE MEETIIIG IN I! Matthew Hale? Explains Pur poses of Foreign Trade Cort-r s 'fercnee For South ' " trrensbor; March ll-"UeuW Ee, Wsshlngton. D. C, president of th South Atlantic Export Company, and Hugh MacBaaTof Wilmington, arrived iu tha city xhui morning ana cave oeoa busr all da perfecting final plane for holding the foreign trade eonferene at th O. Henry Hotel beginning at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. MrHale gave a brief outline of th m retina- and stated that while no cut and dried program would be followed. the following would probably be the order of the conference. The address of welcome oa the part of the eity of Greensboro will be . delivered at 11 o'clock, by B. D. Douglas, ehairmsn of the eatertaiament committee. ATter Mr. Douglas, Hugh MacBse, of Wilmington, will weleom the aasembled pereoai la behalf of th Stat of North Carolina, aad wOl also introduccMr. Hale, who will preaid .over the dellberatioai of the eonlerenee. -. - . .Governor .Win Saoak.wv-v-' At 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon th second session of the ' conference will be held, at which time Senator Ellison D Jmithj f Southattliaaiand Got. Thomas W. Biekett, of North Carolina, will address the conference. It had been planned to have the governors of the' ether three South Atlantic states present but this wss found to be Jm possible. Thil aessiou : will be given largely to a general discussion,' this fol lowina the addresses by the statesmen. At 7:30 o'clock MmorrowTilght all f those - iu-attendance will - assemble around the banquet "board ..at- th O, Henry. Hotel, places .being, .arrauged at this table for over 100 persons. Several speeches of x an Informal aature will be made, among these being another talk by both, Governor Biekett and Senator Smith. Following the banquet ta eon forenca will adjounu 7X J i Much lataraat I Caferaae. Much Interest In this eovfereno Is being- nagalf e-t, and it is eapeeted that delegations will b present from all of the eities ef thi Btata as well as thos of South. Carolina, ueorgi aad Florida. A 1 large delegatioa will probably ar rive from both Charleston and Savaa- Mh"touTghi,ar'tbthvorn towna are vitally interested in the pro- eeedian at th confer ne. - Mr. Hal stated that, the improve ment ef ernort 1 condition from ' the four South Atlantis Stats would ba dia. euased from every angle aad 4he reeom- mendntiona of all would be tckea under eonaideration. as it is the purpose af th onf ereae to devise ways and mean whereby - theses State! : will." be able to take' ear of themselves In the Mttarwig ATn4 pnt, bft. de pendent oa the eities ef the East aad North. ',' ' -.:-' t, ,V 'r ' f' Bom f th ipeeifle matters that will be discussed, is tb variatiou of freight rate both by laad aad sea to thi pert of th South and thos of th eastern and Korthera' seaboard: ' The ' scarcity of shippiag for the Bouthera porta and step will b takea looking to the 'bet terment of thia condition by' bringing pressur to : bear, on the.: government shipping service to allot more ship to the pert of tha South. 4 A T Diacusa Freight Rata. Th diacrepsaey ia f reicht rates and th scarcity of freight ears which cur tails shipments of Ireiplit from -psrti of th middle 'West from , reaching Southern porta, beinr sent to thoe of t!A East instead will tha be consid ered, and steps taken ta secure a fair I ui LfmiuiiunLuiiu ' WITH MINERS MUST APPEARJN COURT Indictment Charging ' Conspi racy Brought Against 125 Persons In Indiana DEFENDANTS WILL BE - TRIED EARLY IN M Ten Orert Acts Charged Againit Coal . Men ' , In , Indictment Which Includes 18 Counts; Grand Jury Started Investi gation In December; Viola tions of Lower Act Alleged : -Z Indiana poll-, lad-, .March ll.Aa la. dictment charging eonspiracy la viola tion of -th liver fuel control , act aad th Federal criminal code, naming 123 coal operators aad miner aa da fendanta, was returned in Federal court here late today by h special grand Jury which has been investigating the eoai laaustry aiaee xweemDer u, ai. I More than half, of th defendant are operator, it is said. Bond was flxed by United States Dis trict Judge Anderson it $10,000 ia noma of the. cases aad at $5,000 la other. The; defendanta- will, be arraigned ea May 4. Names of those indicted will not b mad pubaio Lantil they ir ' ar rested. ' Ten overt ac4a -are charged against the eoal mea ia the Indictmeut, which contain ' 18 eounta. It . 1 . anderstood that - maay of. the violations charged have no connection'' with the strike -of bituminous miners but occurred prior to tb aigning or the aralstte. The indictment waa brought under sections four aad aim of the Lever Act aad section thlrty-Mvea of . th . criminal cod and charge la general that miners and operators conspired to enhance the price of Beeessariea by. re trie ting dis tribution, limiting manufacture aad by Other means, aad by conspiring to eom it offenses against the United States a defined -in tb -rimlaalod- Th penalty on convietloa ia a flne.aol ex eeediag $10,000, imprisonment for not more than two years, or both fta and imprisoament, . v' t,.r Itl waa learaeafhAt nbraeTJ$allF- 111 thos Jfaelirg charge . are active Ju t central competUive acid,- Which -etu rn Pennsylvania- WEST VIRGINIA S0L0NS RETURN TO THEIR HOMES . Charleston, W- Va., March. ll-Tb West Virginia legislature ' adjourned sine di tonight 'after passing the. bill covering the expenses of the special sessioa which called for aa appropria tion of Marly 7tOUMiTZrt:'T ' After having cleared the calendar of the Federal Suffrage amendment by rat ifying it last sight, remaining bills wer disposed ef at today' aessiou. A la waa enacted amending eorporstloa stat utes by. which corporations ia West Vir ginia may issue aoa-paatoek which la estimated will yield additional revenue amounting to $350,000 anaually. The high cost of living bill introduced la tb Senate was killed. -. SHOULD GIVE BOARDXTi:: - DISCRETION IN SELLING Waahisgtoa, ' March " 1U Congress ihoukL include ln.meithaat marina leg- iimtloa a specific direction to th Ship ping Board to iell the. present govern ment owaed fleet, but should giv the board full discretion as to how aad when sales should be made, Chairmaa Payne today tpld the Senate Commerce committee. -, , ' ' , . ""' "Th prbvlsloai JLfor aelling,' the chairmaa sallshould be Included ia the legislatioa by 'Congress to fix the policy of the government, it- that if th nolicy-T-i-s-- .--,L;. . X,.:- NAVY MAY COMMANDEER . FUEL OIL FOR VESSELS Secretary Daniels Says Prices - Charged , In Bids Hust ,T;. '.T Be'''Beasonable,, ' Waablngtoa., Jtarch ltr-Th Mvy is prepared to- commandeer .the fuel oQ necessary for Its lighting ships if Its onableJ' priees,1a'th bids to be opened Taeday;for; tha'aext Sseal" year, Sec retary Daniel announced today. Loss tkaa a miUioa barrels wers covered of the tSflWflOm asksd in recent rsquesu for bids., -, , ' - .v "; -. .'v WhU It la hoped that the axerels of our commandeering authority under the Lever act will aot be accessary," Ut. Daniela said, "th American nary Tha nary aow b paying ight - thiI asata a barrel t. e, b, gM porU igaiast market prie ef around $3 for navy standard oil. Th Secretary -would not say what h considered a.Treaaoaabl" Lprleao new eontracta. ' ' PrepoM Flat Tax -Oa Froflta, Washington, D. (X,. March 11-A'flat tax on Mdivided profits th counteract lossei Jn revenue obtained through tax ation, of stock divideads.1 which was held saeoastitutlontal by tha Supreme tourt wss urged today . before . the House ways and means committee by Thomas R. Adams of tb Bureau, of Internal Bevenue. ' 'v Ambassador to Germany. Borne. March 11. fclrnor De Martina, former secretary f inetal of the foreign ministry, ha ee arroiute Jtal.an briee Iiiiaaa,-JUiaoia,hi sod WeatP th inrrtatte. wUh lwndr- . , - 1 - TROOPS u-44 U.S. IN SIBERIA . . COU CHARLES MORROW. The only American regiment now a duty In Siberia, according to report, is that of Col. .. cnariee . Morrow, twin brother of Ed wis P. Morrow, governor of Kentucky. Th Governor ha had a word of hi brother sine th latteris troop were engaged- la pacify lag the Baikal district of . Siberia- Colonel Morrow haia seem service la th Phil ippine and a large Mrtafjhejrorld. He waa ia the Boxer eampaiaa end latar weJ military governor - of a - Chlaesw prevince for th American government for a time, waetner voionai Morrow and hi mea have ever left Siberia there is no -word at hi home. Eisi antiv of Somerset, Ky. - ' ' , Attorney General Makes His aa aaa a aim t UCDut in Norm uarouna . Some Time In April , .; A' t "' " '' - 4 ' '. The New aad Observer Bureau, 603 District "Natloaal Bank Bldg. .--.ByjfcaFOWEU. (By Special Xeased Wirl Washington. March llr--Tk lawyer ot Gaatonlu aa-a going te hav Attorney General Calmer -lths Jham top ..their baau.net during the eij rrt f f the day, tha "eaLii.ef ntetuber ba in 11-1 standing that h could nam the dat son tim betweea April 10 aad lS. During thi period, Mr. Palmer expeets "'W- . - ia" lavadhlha-BuVnniwirtia for a aeries of campaign speech aad will top off at Gas tenia oa hit way to At lanta. He ia going to be la Georgia several day and personally look after hi boom ia that Bute a while. ' A It will bo aeeeaaary for the Attoraey General to bo ia Georgia before- the preferential primaries are held ther oa April 21. Bight aow h. is getting the xealou backing of th admiaartratioa Democrats whil Th Atlaata Jearaal la booming Hoover aad Hardwick and Watson, the insurgents, ar canting abourfof aeaadidatr whawill uw aa' anti-League, of Nations platform. - CUrk fUcewUve Caadidate. Champ. Clark having' yesterday ad vised against placing his nam ea.th ticket in Georgia and with th Hoover wave steadily gaining ground in .Geor gia it made it mOri Important than ever for the- admin iat ration -baekera to get behind Attorney General Palmer. - The Pennsylvania cabinet . member, therefore, is drawipg -aoase . strength la Georgia from Democrat who are fa vorable to other poteatiaJcaadidate for th aominatioa but who have oo far declined to let their aamea go oa- the ticket! dowa there. Mr. Clark said that he favored aa uaiastrueted delegatioa aad, la a message to the ehalrman sf th Georgia tJtato committee indicated that he would bo a receptive candidate whea tha elana are mobilised at Saa Francisco. Unl-s his speech to the chamber ef commore in Bichmoad this week i construed, Mr. Palmer will be firing the first big gun in his presidential cam paiga at Gastonia. He will be tha first presidential possibility - U visit the State oa- aa. avoifed political mission. He ia aaout and out candidate for the nomination ia spite of the fact that a great -many politician la list that h I la the race oaly to eheck th support going to Hoover ia the abeeas of aa admialitratioa eaadidatoi. , .' f Caa Cease Any Tim. :-' Before he- geta to North Caroliaa, however, th Tar Heel coaveatioei will kar samed it delegates JoSmJISta' eteeo -and. It appear, bkely from the obaervatlona of Democrat viaitiag Washlngtoa, aelected v aa uaiastrueted delegation ai Mr Clark aad Mr. Me- Adoo favor. ,r f.-f'f.,-.'-..':-;;:,.,, MW PrMr-waa--flrillrrrti-iw speak at the bar assoeiatiot, baaquet oa March ii. Hi engagements wer such that hi could aot accept for thia dat but he called a Senator Bimmoaa yes terday aad axprassed a keea desire to g ta 3astaM if the date evuld be - . ".fBr?: fc MbVi luX' .ni back today they would b delisted t hav Mr. Palmer at any tim ho could get there. - a . . . . CLAIM COURTS WILL CE : CALLED ON TO SETTLE f "Washlngtoa March 11-The Wast Virginia Sennte, in ratifying tha- auff rags amendment after unseating; Reus- tor Montgomery riimply made the al leged ratification a matter for ' tha court! .to decide, ith national asso ciation opposed to, woman suffrag de clared la a statement tonight. - -, Refusal to seat Senator . Montgomery was said by the a mot ia tioa to be a vio Intion of "the Constitutional' proTiiioa f'ir a two-third, vote to eirl a men- 1 r," : .. , . ;, PAUilERBOOKEDTO. TALK III GASTOl FINAL EFFORT TO GET TOGETHER ON TREATY IN SENATE Leaders Marshal Their Scat tered Forces For Afiother and Decisive Attempt LACK TWO VOTES OF , ENOUGH TO RATIFY T legume Debate Today But Vote On Article Ten Wilt Not Com Before) Tomorrow; Bepubli ean Leaders Besurrect Sub stitute Beserration To Ar ticle Ten For Discussion V - - , " "' ' Washington, D. C March ll.-Duringl a truce ia .the peace treaty debut to day, Senate leader .marshalled their scattered .forces for aaother and de eiaiv attempt te reach a compromise oa Article Ten. .... As tha result some eemblanee of eo heaida waa, restored among the eom premise advocates oa the Bepublieaa and Democratic side of the chamber, but the total of Tote that could bi eouated for any compromise still wss short of tha necessary two-thtrdt, aad the leader cxprcsaW little hope of final agreemeaC Bs rrast Nw Sahetitat. . Resurreetinr th new Bepublieaa sub stitute for the Article Tea reservation the Republican beaduisgreed on some ehaagea ia wording ia the hope that they might tegain the support of the haadful Of Bepublieaa Benalort whose refusal te. support th substitute yes terday started a general breaking up t th whole eompromis aituation. It waa understood that they had aot en tirely succeeded tonight aad it re mained uncertain whether the revised substitute would be offered whea the debet 1 resumed tomorrow. AmeanT th . Demoeratia eompromis advocate who claimed upwards of thirty Demoeratie vote for th ubtitut last night, work waa continued aggressively aad the leaders asserted they bad ad further gain during the day. Late la Ik afternoon however. Senator H'tch sock, of Nebraska, the Demoeratie, lead er, started a deteruuned eeuntet-onen siv ,swinat -the - aew revatla-with the rent't that theatatua of compromise tVtbl Petaaerati aid became almost a uncertala as it was amoag thi Bepub lllMIBeb' Shert'Twe Vat, Tkicwt-ralma-that we.. -ay4e4te4ffii aight by th most aptiaiatie Idvoeatea of eompromis fixed th Demoeratia support for the lubstitut at' 82 votes, aad th Bepublieaa rapport for it at 80 vote. That reckoning, if correct, atill would leave a shortage ; f two votes from the 64 aeeeaaary to ratify thi treaty aad a leader knows from what quarter any ; additional atrength could be gaiaed. The aituatioa contaiaed many inter- eating poaatbillties, there being latlaa tioaa that, among other , things, . the Democrat were planning to 1st reduce tha substitute, if th Bepublicaaa failed to do so. There also were more rumb ling of discontent amoag th Bepubli eaa mild reservation lata, aad It was said th new draft might b presented from that quarter if the Bepubtica.iL leaders BaalJy decided to discard it. -' -Take Treaty Aeaia Today. During th. day th treaty was Aot called bcfoT th Senate at ail, though (senator Braadagee. Republican, Con necticut, an of tha Irreconcilable oppo nents of the treaty, made a epeeeh teistng the Article Tea aubstitut aad warning that if it wer adopted, Presi dent Wilaoa might treat it as aa later- pretattou only, accept, the ratification aad till the other power that th res ervation did aot impair the nation'! ob- ligaboaa. Tomorrow tie treaty wilt be takea up agaia formally, though th leader -do aot expect a final rote oa Article Tea before Saturday at tb earliesU KENTUCKY CITY MAKES LITTLE GAIN IN PEOPLE Census Bureau Beportappula tioa ot Three Cities For The Present Tear ? , Wsahiaftear March 11-Thi eeaeui bureau tonight aaaoHieed the follow ing 1020 . pepalatioa figure sod la- louis vjMftTfKt"' SMJ891 "aa" faerea of 10,963. or iJ per eent. . . '. . Bt. Joseph, Misaourit - 77,755 aa in- area of 333. or 0.4 per cent. Chambersburg, J1. 13,171, aa la- of 1J7I, 111 percent. - LeuisTillo waa tweaty-fourth city of the country la poiat of populatioa ia 1910. it ahowed a growth ef . per cent at 'that time ever the eeusui.of 1900, while from 1890 to 1900, it 4a- ati was 7 J vieMerat. -j shwd aa appnreut deereas ta popula tioa amounting ta 24 J per cent while ia the 1900 census its increase wss re ported at 96.S per cent. Th 1910 ereae la admitted t hav resulted from a y-addiagftha.Muiu Ja..tha 1900 eeaaua. . .-t.;'.:. ' Populatioa statistics for 1920 issued today by th Ceasus Bureau also in cluded! 1 Alexaadria, Ta 18,068, aa inereas of t,1tl vr 11 A per cent over 1910. -, Alexandria is one of the tities which eras among the eeuntry fifty principal cities whea the. first census waa takea ia 1790. In that year it hsd 3,748 in hsbitsats. Its largest growth was ia the following dread whea th increase waa tOS per cent. " , . - '- ' .- ;, Imported Pompeian Olive Oil; is ar.nteed pur and g jd. Adv, - SPLIT ON OF WAGES FOR MINERS V IN THE GOAL FIELDS TVIN CITY BLAZE Starts Jn Kress Store and Spreads To Others, Doing $160,000 Damage ; Winston-Salem, Msrch 11. Th in terlor of th building and entire stock of goods owned by 6. H. Kress aad Company, located ia th block oa the north aide of the court house aquare, waa completely destroyed by fire early this morning entailing aa sttiraaied losi ot $123,000. Of thi amount $73,000 was oa stock, $30,000 oa fixtures, aad $40,000 ea building, i- " V"r It i stated that the Kress Company carries it owl inauraaee and that th entlr loss Is covered oa both -the stock nd building....,,.,..,.,..,.:,... . . . 11 v .eater p riet on Main strset under th rear of th Kress stors suffered more or lee damage from water and smoke. J. B. Vernon, grocer, rai probably the heaviest loser. He earrled a stock esti mated ia value at $15,000. The damage was about nine thousand. The others who suffered damage, include. Gordon Brothers, tailors, and men's furnishers whose atock la valued at aln thousand, with Sri thousand Insurance. Tw cafes ware damaaed. their plants beinr valued at seven thousand." Vereen" lfrotk-Tr1 barbershopr with a five thousaad dollar equipment, wss slightly damaged by water and imokc Thi lot damage from the eonflagratloa waa about $ld0XK). Tha fir originated la tha Kres star basement, but just how will probably ever b knowa. t y-.-. i;'. ,, BOATMAN IN NEW ORLEANS CLAIMS TO CURE PEOPLE Thousands ' Crowd Around f Eonse Boat of Canadian and -Doctors Start Pro New Orleans. I. March "il-Whne crowd early tonight atill Jammed the Street. lcidlru' to the list 1 house t)0st ol JiAa Cuuiey.Vlr:'fM'lar who -call hlmseir . -Mretner isaiaa, pians wsro being mad by city and tt medical authorities to investigate the published statements ef person who claimed to some of major importune by th boat man's "lavina of hands." Dosen of sick person were brought to the house boat during th day, maay oa cot. Sermon ' were preached by "Brother Isaiah" aad "treatmeat" was givea. To all who would listen, certain resident of uptown New Orleans told how ther had been "healed." ' Afteraooa newspapers her pablUhed long list of Interview with men aad womea who claimed . to hav been "healed." Although th preaene of tb aged Canadian boatman at-thar ioetion af th etty wher Calhoun street loiaa the Miseiaaippi river levee, wm aot gener ally known until early today Derore nooa erowds numbered hundreds and included person ia all stations of life, The orowd by late afternoon was mor thka a thousaad v-shicles ranging from male carta to limousines were parked along tha levee. : ' ., - - ' ANTHRACITE MINERS TO CONTINUE DISPUSSIONS ' xt- tr..v ir...k 11 TV-, w.. general discussion of ths demands of the antharcite eoal miner at a meeting here today of the sub-committee of ope raters -and miner,- appointed -t aege tiat a new wag agreement for tha hard coal workers. ; - " ?. "r ' - Disagreemtnt among member f of Prasideat - Wilson'- bituminous coal eommlasioa ; at Washington will aot have any effect ea negotiations ef the anthracite - agreement,;, official! of the mine worker! c ion .'declared. The hard' eoal workers,' It was stated, .will resih a. decision .if poseible.'L regard less of any award affecting tha bltumi- au sold. - - - - BADLY MIXED UP HE' LOSES HIS BIG TOE Durham.-March li-Henry Bedford, 17-year-old son of C H. Radford, is ia tb hospital, attnn th big toe qb right foot aad the second one .broken and braise about th hs4V- Dr. Cheatham's Lsutomobil wis wedged lengthwise' be- !weea two other machines, aad a msa ia the rear was helping to get the ear out looui 8 o'eloes, when Radford, aa a bicycle, swerved aruoad lb rear car from the opposite aide, struck this man, knocking him dowa and the boy was throw from th bike and fell near a passing street ear, which -caught hi foot sad did the injuries -which .are ot 8ENATC WILL INVESTICATB THK CRAIX CORPORATION ashnigton.' March !'. Ah investl- gation of the United States Grain I'or Mkratioa wa erdered tdavbrth,Bea ni. . Henator Roed reMiutmn propos ing the lnouiry tb result of th re cent report of the', fedciraf graad Jury at Spokane,' Washington, waa adopted after much discussion. .The investiga tion will be rhsde-by the Scnat manu- , i. . ,.&..,.... PEPARTMRNT TO PROCEED i .. " AGAINST ALL CORPORATIONS Washington. March 11-The Depart ment of Justice will proceed against all corporations, alleged to be trusts, re gardless of the recent dec'mion by the Supreme Court in the Steel Corporation ease. CAUSES BIG LOSS QUESTION Commission Appointed By Pres- fl.fi. at aa am mem wnson unaDic 10 Agree On Report of - Findings MAJORITY RECOMMENDS' : WAGE ' INCREASE OF 25 PER CENT FOR WORKERS Representative of Miners Holds - Out for Seven-Hour Day and Increases of Approximately 35 Per Cent; Ho BadicatDif v firences, Says Union Oflcial, f'-rrand-Hope Eipreised; That Report May Be Afreed Upon ' i:1TetT?PresIdelf Commission ; Urged" Import ance, of Harmonious Action Washington, March 1 (By thi As soclated Press.) Th commission p- , pointed by President Wilson to settle . thi striki has split deflnitoly on the questioa of wage iucreasei aad hours of work. y ' i'' 'he. majority-"-Heary V. BoKnsoa," chairmaa, represcAtlag thi publie, aad Rembrandt Peats, representing he up. era to rs,"ln V"Port submitted t"rrii dent Wilson today. Is understood , t hare recommended a general wage d-, , vane of approximately S3 per cent and -that hour aad condition of labor re main unchanged. ' Thil increase in eludes the 14 per eent grsntsd aftee the miners returned to work. , -. ' John (P. White, - representing th . miners, refuses ta concur la thi eb , -tlement. He is preparing a minority -report ia which it is reported that h , will recommend a eevea hour day aad in -wage ineresse of approximately thirty fire per cent. : No Radical Difference. ' N. 'TIa idviae 1 of thi blicatioSTbf "tht- -two reports, officials of the United Mine Worker- of America would not discuss ' th probabl course of the aaiaers. Bine tbelr Tepreaentatita on the commission had refused to ccpt the majority de cision, however, it waa regarded ai eer" " tela that they would aot accept th set tlement it proposes. 1 ." - William Green, secretary- of , the silners' union, after a eonferene with Secretary Tumulty at Th "While Hottse lata today, said ther was ao radical differences betweesr the majority and' Mr, White, and expressed th hop that th difference' would be ironed out at a joint meeting betaken the operator! gad the miners. ' : President Wilaoa in Inviting tha members of the commission to under- -take a settlement said it waa Important that their . conclusions be reached v by uaanimott action. Since th commis- " iloa's decision is not unanimous, ther ia much speculation as to the Presi dent's next step. . ' 7 Th operator would not discuss thi -matter ia advaaee of a deeisloa by tha ; President but It was plain ' that tba mlnen aad some atdministrst ion official!, - expected Mr. Wilsoa to invite Hh two sides to get together on the basi af the majority and minority reDorts aad ' leek aa amicable settlement. - , , - ft , . -ay - Advane Prie. ', The majority report la being with- . held from publication until' Mr. Whit ' repotthat beea jubmltted. to the J'rest- dent..; Members of the commlssloa re fused to discuss it aad then teemed ' to be torn doubt whether it recom mended aa adraac la . tha price of bi tuminous eoal to absorb th proposed . afisa.i-MWeaieitX.tIZZ:. :T "" H r" In appointing th eommiealon . th ..." President said, that lt a read justaent Li' J ef the prices, .ef coal shall be f ou n d ,r aeeessary I shall be pleased to transfer to the eommiuion th pwr heretofore vested lu the fuel adtaiuistratioa for that purpose." ,.;,, . ; -, ; ''. While tb eommlasioa was understood . not to hav aaksd for those powers, It wis suggeited in aom apparently well Informed qusrter -that th individual eommiasloaeri would propose that soma price advance ba mid oa th baaia , , of th facta adduced at the long hear- - - ingi held by th ommlsioa since its appointment last December. " ' . . . The majority report waa said to cover . something like &0fl00 words.-1 eluded smong Its recommendation! it was un derstood, were retention of the check oft sytear-ky-whleh-4h-perator! -eolleet tb dues for tb unions aad reference of th question of differentials ia wage ' to a special earn mission to b appointed by tha next Joint wage conference to re port within two years. .: , . .' ' Try to Get Together. . Ia an effort to reach a unanimous conclusion, the commission wss under- 4 ' stood to hsve held many long sessions : . thia week, meeting both day and night. , Mr. White held out againetth majority rMomaieada(iA-.a- . however, ud when majority proceeded to complete their' report at' midnight last sight sending it to the White House early today. The Commission began it hearings on. Januaiy,t1.2i with, the understanding j Between tne government lit the miner that Its; report' would' b mad within sixty days, which period expires tomor row. . - - . . , ; - -, The commlssloa would have had as au- : thority to. enYoree it findings had it : report been onaaimoua. However, when It .begtftrita hearing theminera apreej unreservedly to abide by its decision -ind the operators accepted its juris..! Hon with the reservation that they enu. I aot be bound by any price advance for a period subsequent to the lif- of tv Lever, food control law, as t:.is n: . Ccr"fnel en r