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6 THE WEATHER: Pahr Saaday f and , probably , ...... . ...... I... , .., . . t; Moaday. - watch label; erver to Mar esiUwHsa aa evtM miasma static as . . f "V "V . V vw VOL CXI. NO. 88. ! FORTY-EIGHT PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. AY MORNING, MARCH 28, 1920 FORTY-EIGHT PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS . -st' s . s . . ill ii. .ananas vri i f i ill rw c Nil II it ll-l I II JVV 1 J af"' f Ifl ARE GIVEN UNTIL .Norfolk and Western Men Warned by General Manager Jobs Be Lost BROTHERHOOD HEAD IS ON SIDE OF RAILROAD Although He Says Strike Is Il legal Men Say They Hare "Withdrawn" From Service of Road and' President of Union Has No Power To - Make Them Return Roauokc, V., March 2". W. J. Jenk, general manager of the Norfolk and Western Railway, in a statement addressed to heads of clerical depart ments, throughout the Norfolk and Western system, made public here .to night, declared that if the. cjerks who were on strike du not return to work by Monday their positions will be de clared vacant. Although warned yesterday by J. J. Forrester, grand president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, that if they did not return to work by six o'clock this evening, their charters would be revoked by the grand lodge, the striking clerks on the Norfolk and Western tonight, through their general chairman, 0. B. Lane, announced they will remain away from work until their demands for. the . discharge of two -BOTi-iinio"& cirrts Te met by the -com pany. The clerks, in a prepared statement made public tonight, take issue with a statement made yesterday by Presi- STRIKING ( MONDAY TO YIELD " dent : rorresW'thar nhcy af conduct ing au ''illegal strike" and assert that they have "withdrawn" from the com pany s service, without' call and with' . out vote, simply as a protest against W. T. Divers and Amos Headtey, clerks. who, they claim, insulted a young woman s niploye Caa't Cell Them Back.' , - - "Grand President Forrester, of the clerks' organization, did vet call these clerks out and ht cannot call them i Chairman Lan tonight declared. D of . the 3,000 organised clerks on the Norfolk and Western arc out Railroad official bold that leas than 100 hare struck. : .' . - t BROTHERHOOD-. OF Fid Al i JQVBSnON FORRESTER WljtE. .. Columbus, O., March 27. A telegram purporting to be, from J. J. Forrester, grand president of the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks at Washington, to V. B. Lane, ganeeaV-ehairman f the, brother hood at Roanoke, Va., declaring tha walk-out of cjerks of the Norfolk and Westera Bailroad Company at Boanoko to be illegal and ordering them back to wore within 4 hours after 6 o clock Saturday night, given out by company officials today, waa questioned by broth erhood officials in Columbus. P. L. Galvin, president of tha Co- nmbus brotherhood, who has called a meeting of .tha local branch of the brotherhood including both clerks and ireight Handlers of the Norfolk and weT.er&r ai- no aa been anaWa le confirm the report that Forrester had held the strike illegal. Hs said he wax advised by Lane to disregard the For-i rester telegram given out by company omciais. CONTROL OF PACKERS IS URGED BEFORE COMMITTEE Washington, March 27. Federal reg ulation of the-peeking industry i the only thing that will allay distrust of livestock producers, ti. W. Tomliason, eecretary of the American Livestock ' Association, told the House agricultural committee today in its hearings oa reg ulatory legislation. Producers generally feel that they are not paid enough for their stock, said Tomlinson, and .'do not consider . that the recent eourt decree agreed upon by the Department of Justice and the packers is sufficient to prevent the "big 1ve',-from dominating stock yards aad holding down prices. DISORDER IN COURTROOM " AS VERDICT ANNOUNCED ' Winnipeg, March 27. Serious dis order which for a time threatened to become a riot marked sthe announce-- ment today of a verdict convicting five 'leaders of the general strike here last May of seditious coiispiraey. The crowd ' in tfis eourt room received the verdict " with derisive erien, hisses and hoots and when Justice Metcalfe ordered the court room cleared by a squad of con stables, the crowd voiced ita disapproval with lond shouts. : " One ef the deputies was struck ia the " face by a man in ' the erowd and two constables attacked his assailant, After tea minutes the erowd was drivea into --the - streets aad the deaoastratioa ceased. ' v ;' . ..4 FORM. LABOR BATTALIONS T ; Jn;iRhi:;OFaoutEViBa r-WTashigtoBV March 27. Organization . ef four labor bstfajions by the Bolahe viki as the first , step toward the me billration of all labor ia Russia was reported ia advices today to the State .Department. The four battalions nre located one each ia Petrograd. the Doa - reior4hst'kainaeetor. endla Bi.. beria. H,-. The advices said the purpose of the mobilisation waa to put labor ia a posi tion eaalegou to that of the military . fereM and that Uhe bat,talibna, werej made u of former soldiers whose eerv-j ice in the Bolshoviki armies no le?- aras needed. - v.. -, : HEADS CONFERENCE ON SOCIAL SERVICE WawWasoauSPWaiBeBBBaeBBeBBBU r - - fi - t Dr. E. C Branson, Kenan professor of sociology at, the university of North Carolina, waa elected president of the North Carolina- conference for social service at ita eighth annual meetisg in Goldsboro tho past week. Dr. Bran son, who is a native of Slorchead City, haa been active in the work of the or gaaixation since his return to North Carolina six years, ago - after, a dis tinguished career as educator in tat State of Georgia. Half Million Dollar Loss From Blaze Thought To Be T - Insignificant j. .-JteajOtorA.! origin tonight destroyed the mata building of tha Tilghman Lumber 'Company, oa tha northern edge of town, entailing a loss of half a million dol lars, partially covered by insurance. Jit midnight the fire waa still "raging, but it waa thoaght that ft could be eonflaed to the building ia which it waa burning. Millions of feet of tho finest dressed lumber in the State ia stored oa the grounds, and . should the fire spread -it would taase millions of dol lars la loaae. ' - Waea first discovered about 10 dock the fire waa eoaiaed to a Small area of the southern part of the plant. Work men thought they could control the sit uation without the aid of the fire de partment, and no alarm was turned la uatil-10:30. SoOaT: aftcr!e: fir-department arrived the blaze was almost under control, but suddenly spread to the wooden tower of the water tank, fhe' tank collapsed, and 1b firemen were forced to resort to only a. pateat fire extinguisher. - The Tilghmaa liumbereompany is one of the largest lumber companies operating ia Virginia and the Caro lina. The plant here is the largest of a number owned by the company. , J. M. Tilghman, presideat of the company. ia ia a hospital at Hot Springs, and no one could tell tonight the extent ef the insurance that waa carried oa the destroyed sections of the plant. CANT BLAME COPS FOR LORD MAYOR'S MURDER Cork, Ireland, March t7. A full and complete investigation of the ' whero abouta of the police oa the night of the murder ef Lord Mayor MaeCurtaia haa proved that none waa off his beat, or at Ms home at the critical hour, the government counsel told the coroner's jury which is conducting aa inquiry into the murder today. Mr. Wyllie, the government counsel. lid that a system of book waa kept at the barrack ia such a manner that the movements of the men were checked and showed it, to oo" impossible that the crime was committed, by. a police officer. Numbers of police rifles had been taken ,ia raids so that it was possible they were used by others than the police, Mr. Wyllie added. RUPERT BLUE LEAVES . . ON EUROPEAN MISSION New York, March 17. Dr. Rupert Blue, forojer surgeon general of the Uaited States Public Health Service, left here today en the steamship New York for Southamptoa oa a government mission te iaveatigate health conditions ia Europe. Dr. Blue will give special attention to the control of typhoa from the standpoint of quarantine reculatioae as affecting this eatryr- In anticipation of aa early increase la lmmigrat,ioa.'ytha public health ser vice has ' stationed representatives ia several of 'the large ' European ports TO keep check aad report oa general health conditions. HINES AND ROOSEVELT' :civend;s.crosses Washington. D. C March TI. Award of distinguished service cross to Maj or General John L Hint aad lieuten ant Colonel Thaoduro Roosevelt, ws an aauaced today, at the War. Department, Celeael-Booeevelt received the-award, according to the c-Uaioa, f or aeioixm ia the Cantigay raid aad later ia action at Boissoas. - ... v--. r . ? " T aT4iy lFateCw'C Washtegtoa, March ST-Tho Mexican government oon wUI resuma.peyaient of interest oa its foreiga debt, the Mexican Embassy here, wa advised, to- dsy-by the Mexico City Forsio Offiee. Tbis isteatioa-Ot Us government was mawi,ed..B by Che Dermrtmeat of Finance. Interest jnyments have aot Oeea made aince . :c -- - LUMBERPLANTAT DUNN DESTROYED CALL BORAH FOR ASSERTION AS TO CAMPAIGN MONEY Lowden Offers To Furnish Statement of Expenses In Seeking Office DOHENY FLATLY DENIES HELPING WOOD IN RACE Latter Calls Eeport of His Con tribution "Unfounded, Un warranted, and Without Ba sis;" Senator Calls On- Oil Magnate For a More Thor ough Explanation ' Washington, D. C, March 27. Fol lowing up his charges of excessive ex- denditures in the interests of Bepubli can Presidential aspirants, - Senator Borah. Republican, Idaho, today wired Governor Frank O. Lowden, of Illinois, askina that he sond a representative to Washington to make a detailed state ment of money ussd in Lowden Cam paign.... The telegram waa in response to one from Governor Lowden offering to fur' nish such a statement. Henator Borah alse wired Edward L. Doheny, Califor nia, California oil magnate, asking for further information in connection with the latter' .denial that had had con tributed to the expenses of Major Gen eral Wood. A telegram from Ednard U Doheny, of California, denying reports that he had MtrAute-to-the campaign-fund of Major General Wood waa put into the Senate record today by Senator Phelan, Democrat, 'California; .It character! led statements on that , sub ject published ia the Kw. .York Worjd and quoted ia the Senate yesterday by Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, as 'unfounded, unwarranted aad with out oasis. - Barak Replica. Senator Borah's reply to Governor Lowdea follows: Wir received aarbteascd cr eet It. If jou are ao disposed and will send the party hero who can give me details of contribution and expenditure I will take a aUnographla report, plaee it ia the record and snake it public. As I am otherwise engaged aext week. I would Sx the date for April .fifth or sixthXf. so Mr. Xoueny, who had telegraphed that the story of a contribution bv him to the Wood campaign was a falsehood, Senator Borah sent the following mes sage: Toes "Jour' ffehMrrntutTdins eover your business concerns or busi ness interests wtth which you are as sociated I am led to ask this for the reason that since receiving your wire I am again assured the eoatribution wis made and that it i understood to have comer from you and your busi ness concerns. I shall be glad: tie make your statement public." LIEUTENANT MAYNARD .'. LANDS AT MORGANTON Hies By AsheviQe, Bnt Wires Back That He Will Betnrn ' - There Today y-vUv;;. Asheville, March 27. Lieutenant B. W. Maynard, the "flying parson,' eould aot find Asheville in the skies this afternoon, so he landed at Morganton, tO miles beyond anil ever the moun tains. He left KaoxvUle at 4 p. m. and evidently fearing thjL high mountain, something he was Bot used to, overshot the city, landing la a Held near Mor ganton and Wiring back here.. It is estimated that 10,000 . people waited from 4 o'clock .until 7 on the field in the Biltmore estate for the arrival of the aviator whose message did not get baek feere until after dark tonight, , Maynard wired that he would return to Asheville tomorrow and give the scheduled exhibition here at that time. The banquet which had been' arranged for tonight by the local alumni of Wake Forest College ha been "called off, a haa the sddress to be delivered at the First Baptist Church tomorrow pyMayard. . .. - COURSES IN MEMORY . TRAINING ASSAILED Philadelphia. Ps . March 27. Over- night - or week-end - educations ia "memory tralaing and boainese man agement" were eritieiced today by. Dr. Hollis Godfrey, president of tho Drexel Institate, addreasihg ther Convention (f the Technology Clubs, Associated. Jle said courses ia - "business efficiency,'' etc,,, frequently advertised for quick and easy assimilation " were ' "get rich quica education. -There are 7-aot enough freshmen In technical colleges now to make up for the shortage ia executives,'' le aaid. "Many industries also need foremea. One of the great needs ' of "the' day to for management educatioa of the proper kind." ' ANOTHER FRUITLESSDAY t,;0F,SEARCH FOR AIRMEN Carlstrom - Aviatioa Field. Arcadll. Flaij March S7-Anoher day -haa paased without nay trace being round of lieu tenant Omar Niergarth, the army flyer, who has been missing einee laat Tuesr day, when he left here for Fort Myers. Fifteen airplaaea front Carlstront apeat the day ovr 4h-vast w ilderness ef the everglade in, the section of Deep Lake, where it was reported he bad been seen by some Seminole Indiana, denixena wf the '(lades, ,late Tuesday. p. m. Big Caxd. JBunaing and' Harness, , : -- ,ad v.).. NEW ASSAULT MADE ON GENERALVOOD BY Claim Army Officer Not Physi cally Fit To Lead Divi sion To France MANAGERS TO REFUTE LATEST OF THE CHARGES Republicans Expect To Get Del aware ia Line for Equal Suf frage; Overman Gets For estry Bill Through For Ashe rille : Britton Breaks Into Print Again The Newa and Observer Bureau, floa District National Bank Bldg. Br . K. POWELL. . (By Speciai Leased Wire.) - Washington. March new as sault on GeacfgrWood's candidacy for the, Bepublleaa nomination for the Presidency haa arisen within the ranks of the Republicans and promises right now to relieve others of saying, in ex plaining away th Wood cry, that be didn't receive a square deal when he waa left over here while ht division went to France, just why General Wood stayed home. . .,. The story is told for the first time publicly that the frieade of General Wood are preparing to ahow that Gen era I Wood is physically and-mentally unfit in consequence of .publicity given to his lameness, growing eut of the re moval f a tunw-f rom hia- beaia aome v ears' aao, It ia almost th unheard of thing Sa politics, the discussion of the physical fltneM of candidate for the Presidency, but is the -one thing the Republicans harp upon w&eft they are appraising the possibility of President Woodrow Wilson running again. ; la his case, h is entirely too siek, they say. Weed Pesea aa Martyr, But General Wood was kept at horn because he ia a Republican, insist hi followers, and not befauie he dcsllned to allow the vegurnr army meaicai ex aminers to pass upoa hia Otaeao to lead a divisio i ans. Uachose a board of civiliflt dootos-vho. said that he wa ia good shape and the the cartais rang down.; It didn't stay down long, because General Wood was soon before the Amerleaa people in" tate. role of a m'aMy-rv ..- ' -.: . Wood managers 'at tha National capi tal, it Va aaid today, are preparing vo refute this 'charge just as they denied the charges made by, Senator. Borah yes terday that-Wood backers are lined up REPUBLICANS with Wall street snd sittjng up nightfiiiteFfbof H Herr-ehliekr-a to devise way and means for spending money aad corrupting the electorate. Borah haa thrown such a scar into the Republicans that the general opinion, gathered from any but partiaan observ er, is that the chances for the 'Dem ocrat to nam the President next No vember are far better thaa ia 1912. A 'split worse than the Boosevolt-Taft split then 1 threatening the Bepubltcaa party today.-.. "" "- " ;;i ' Delaware Will Pans SusTrage. 1 Not only is there a pronounced fight within the , party, but supporter of Herbert Hoover in Philadelphia other parts of the country have organ ised Hoover Kenublioan clubs. ' The fact that ho Hoover Democrat club a f being organised is embarraaaing Dem ocratic newspspers who kept Hoover on the first page for several days Hoover stock, so far ss the Democrats are concerned, isn't a political invest ment any longer, Perhaps no one thing ha brought tear into the heart of the Republicans Ss great aa the situation is Delaware where the eyes of the nstion are turned for the final verdict on suffrage. Suffrage leader have declared the delay un pardonable but at the asm time ia. sisted that they will keep the fight up. It now looks aa if North. Carolina may be denied the chance to be the 36th State to ratify because of tho enormous pressure Chairman Hays and nationally prominent Republicans are bringing to bear upon the member of th Delaware legislature. Overmaa Get BiU ThrMxh. . Senator Overmaa late yesterday had aa amendment inserted -ia. the Agri cultural Appropriation bill carrying as item of $45,000 for the establishment of a forestry experiment station at Asheville. -"' m .'-',, , .;. While the particular smendnscat did not eomo within the scope of a peculiar situation existing ia the 8eat at th time, there, were a number of amend ment offered by Democratic Senator which weat through without objection en the part of 8eaater Gronna, Bepab- eommiftee, because of a diltmma iu which tje Republicans found themselves., - A gxeat ar members of the-minor- Uy side f the chsmb'evral-rf L wnom are running lor th presidency, are ,out .of the city. 80 are several Democrat who are resting their bodies after much fighting over the treaty. Therefore, on yesterday, wbea Seas tot Ashurst offered aa . amendment that didn't suit Senator Gronna, the Arizona solon delivered' ah ultimatum. "Pass it, or I'll call for a quorum" Ashhurst demanded in a sloak room conversa tion, a fev amautciv later. - It went through. " -! , " ' ' 'lr tips' Ma'Cem Back; sJL' " ' John, Early, the North Carolina leper, is threateaing to com baek to hia old quarter in th Anaeostia Flats, near t Washington, according : to -Wlllard Oatlivre, another victim of the snow l whit, pjague,. who . turned., up at. . tht emergency aospital her yesterday. Dr. WiUiam Fowler, District Health officer, i pronounced Centlivre a leper. Early h bees quiet ia New Orleans rollowiac ais- senAatienai -eecape .from Anaeostia hearly two year ago. Cent- . (Continued on rsg Twe.)- . .. RALEIGH WOMEN TAKE HAND IN CITY PRECINCT MEETINGS Members of Fair Sex Appear At Precinct Meetings of Democratic Party and Ask For Recognition of Their Right aV. Democrats to Voice in Councils of Party.. Three Precincts Authorize Them to Attend County Contention as Delegates. . Demoeratie women of Raleigh plunged into politic - last night -when - they appeared at Democratic precinct meet ings and asked for recognition of their right as Democrats to a voice iu the councils of tho party. Ia both divisions of the second ward aad ia the second division of the fourth ward tfieir claims were granted. Women were elected on the precinct committees in the second ward and by resolution were authorised to sit in the approach ing county convention. In other wards opposition modified the recognition to that accorded to all Demoeratie voter and'1 the right of fie women of these precincts to sit in convention is con ditioned upon the ratification of th suffrage amendment this week. The result puts the issue squa rely up to the county convention unless Delaware acts favorably on the nine teenth amendment. If Delaware doc not-so-net' the ...convention, will have the task of determining whether or hot the Democratic women of the first aad second divisions of the second ward, authorised by their precinct meet ing to sit in that convention, are en titled to seats. Wsats Prove Ability. Whether or not they got all they wero after, the women proved conclu sively thcier ability to manoeuver po litically. No political coup was ever planned with keener judgment 4a -the city, aad none carried out with more precision. 80 carefully did - they work that aot half a dozen men in the city knew half aa hour before hand that anything unusual was afoot. Whea th hour for th precinct meetings struck, th women, a scor or more strong to ';n.irMr,iiiMlw--i MUELLER IS HEAD t-OF NEW CABINET German Body As Formed Said -k To Satisfy Labor; one : Appointee Declines Berlin, March 7-ormation of . cabinet for Germany with HeT- msa Mueller as Premier and Foreiga Secretary waa "announced" "today. Th Socialist, as is the Premier. The Mia f-istcr of Economics is Herr Schmidt, also a Socialist member. The other ministers r: Gustav Bauer will br-H come MinUter of Finance; Minister ithout Portfolio, Dr. Edward David, Socialist; Vice Premier and Miaiter of the Interior, Herr Koch, Jpemoerat; Minister of Defense; Herr Gessler, Democrat; Minister of Justice, Herr Pluuck, Democrat; Minister of Posts and Telegraph, Jobann Gieaberta, Cea- triet; MinUter 1 of Food, Aadrees 4Ievmes,- Centrist; aad Minislet. of th .Treasury, Dr. Wirtb, Centrist. Csptain Cuno, Centrist, and manager of the Hamburg-American Steamship company; Minister of Post, and 1 ale- urarihs. Johann Giesberts, Centrpt; Minister of Food, Andreaa Hermes, Centrist; and Minlstcr of the Treasury, Dr. Wirtb. Centrist. Tha portfolio for reconstruction has aot been filled. It will be allotted to a Democrat. Dr. Wirth was formerly a Minister of Finance oa the Baden, government and a member of the Badea Diet. He ia one of the leader of the Centrist party in South Germany. Htrr Plunck was a member of the old Reichstag. He is a Hamburg attorney and assiseted Mathias Erberger in drafting taxation measurea when Ere berger was Minister of Finance. -" Herr Hermes wa a departmental chief la the Prussiaa ministry of agriculture Herr Gessler, who succeeds Gustav I Noske aa Minister of Defense, i thetad been ia New Tork City the week chief burgomaster of Nuremberg. Up to this time he has not participated in politic. t , ' , . - - . ' . Th labor federation ha expressed it approval of th cabinet. Th Demo crats wsnted Count, Bernstorff In th ministry, but were opposed by the majority Socialists. Th latter propos ed their leader. Otto Laadsberg, for S cabinet poition,; but hi (election was bitterly , opposed by th Democrats. . A telegram from Hamburg say Cap tain" Fischer Cuno has telegraphed Pres ident Ebert refusing to accept the post of"mtalteTTfnweeB-th-gTouad that too many political aadnoa-po- litieal objections hav - boea raised against hi appointment. ' :-y.ai v ONLY TWO roliiilMfl APRIL 12 TO Advertisers deflinnjr space in Automotive Edition, ' Sunday, April 11th, should furnish their copy to The News and Observer's Advertisinj; Department 1 at once. m .-. tho precinct, marched to the place of meeting, presented their claims, sad stayed the meeting through. The nnexpeetsdnes of th stroke gave the made Democrats no time to formulate any anawer to the claims of th womea to recognition. They were nonplussed for a answer whea they were confronted with such a demand. In some of the Second Ward they had ehamplona among the men. and things went smoothly. In other parta of the city they were left to spesk for them selves .and there waa but little speak ing. The meeting for th most part were brief and very formal. Men were not quite prepared to admit off-hsnd that women were really qualified to take part la precinct conventions. The attitude of th womea was ex. pressed by Drt Delia Dixon Carroll ia th First precinct of the Fourth ward when she dec tared -that they were Dem oeratie women, and entitled to a voice ia the" deliberations of too party. "Wear Democratic women," ehe said. "W have com here to offer our vet to tho Demoeratie party. We realise that aa yet we have aot txsra seeorded thi right of suffrage, but we feel that the nineteenth amendment will have pasaod by the time of the general election. We feel that we, as prospeetkvr voters, hav a right to a part in the prelimi nary campaign." Same Eights as Mea. -Doubts are entertained by ame of th male edrs..aj to the .right of th party, to accord womea a votler's privt m until their statu haa been definitely established by the pas tags of th suf- (Ceatiaaed oa Page Two.) !T Mn, Bristol Asks $150,000 Damages Because of Total Allnta, 6., March CTCharging that she was given wood alcohol with nurderoua iateat to prevent her from giving damaging evidaace, ilra. Catbe ria Bristol, of Baltimore, formerly of Atlanta, hl filed uit her against John Kelley, of Atlanta, asking iw,uuu damage. Mrs. Bristol alleges that, a a result of having drank the poison, she is permaeently injured, being totally blind. : Mrs. Bristol, ia her petition, allegi th defendant gave her the poison to prevent her from giving testimony that he had made threat against the lire of Miss Lucille Sharp, former Atlanta girl, who died several months sgo Baltimore. It 'is also allea-ed' in-the petition that a post-mortem examination made by hospital 'authorities at Baltimor re vealed that Mum ejharp had come 10 hex death at result of driaktogmwd alcohol. IS AFTERMATH OF TRAGEDY IN BALTIMORE LAST FALL. Baltimore, Md, March 27 The suit of Mrs. Catherine Bristol, of Philadel phia, in Atlanta against John Keiley, la the aftermath of a tragedy in Bal timore last November. Miss Lucille Sharp died oa November 23 last, after drinking what was believed to have been brandy, ia the Keiley apartment in Eutaw place. Mrs. Bristol drank soras ol th liquid and for nearly two month lingered be tween life and death, M Jobna Hopkins hospital. Sh finally was able to leave the hospital, but is blind. The death ef Mia Sharp, aa Atlanta girl, and th blinding of Mrs. Bristol caused a tir. Th women, w. rieilev and Alii Osman, a yonag Turk, weis occupying an apartment at the Euta nlaes address. Usmaa and Hum Sharp prior to her 'ssth, and had purchased several quart of alleged brandy. It was later discovered that the brandy eontaiaed a large percentage of wood alcohol. Mrs. Bristol, a former friend of Eel ley, had come dowa from Philadelphia, the Saturday befor Mis Sharp s death. Keiley aad Osman were held la jaj for mvertlday, Mis Sharps'" body wa lent to Winston -Salem. N. C, -for burial, it having been thought that she died from Bright' diseasS. Coroner T. IX Smith and Dr. Henry G. BrfchamJ dty phyatemn went t w instoa sjalem. performed aa autopsy .and declared that wood alcohol aad caused' the woman' death. . . :..'-; ''':,. . WEEKS OFF 17 INCLUSIVE ... North" Carolina -a-.s POISONED LIQUOR CAUSES BIG SUI BRIEF ATTACKING "DRY" AMENDMENT IS BEFORE COURT New Jersey Brewer Appealing From Decrees To Highest Tribunal T CLAIMMS IT It OUTSIDE R SCOPE OF LIMITATIONS Alleges Amendment -Threatens "Tederal System of Go vera -. ment, And Is Unconstitution al Tor Several Reasons ; Gov. ernment In Reply Attacks Each Contention Wsshington, March 27-CoBstilulios-lity of the prohibition amendment and I aria of th enforcement act were at' ' tacked ia a brief filed in tbe Supreme " Court today Jiy counsel for1 Christina Feigenspan, a brewer of Newark, N. J Feigenapan is appealing from Federal Court decree dismissing injunction. -proceedings to enjoin prohibition o(B eials from preventing him from menu- -faclurtBg beer alleged to be non-intoxi-' rating, but containing more than one half of one per cent of alcohol. ' Arguments in this esse as well ss in the original suit brought by New Jer sey and appeals from Wisconsin inrelv ing these questions will be heard by the eourt Monday. .t The' brief,' which : wil prepared ' by EHhu Root and William D. Guthrie, contends the amendment is invalid be cause ia reality it ia legislation outside , of the scope of limitations imposed by Article V of th Constitutioaf that it Impair the state's poliee and govern-, mental powers,' snd 'that it; aot been ' legally ratified by three-fourth of the , state because the constitution of set- eral states require submission of the amendment to th electorate. . .;. Price Tea High. "It Is submitted,'' tho brief said "thai th destruction of the liquor traftV, etsa it desirable fa com aspects, at th expense of ultimately subverting oar Federal systsm and local lf-gov' ramrat end turning out Con.it It utlou iat a mere code of atatatory enact-, mean, e." erecting a constitutional pre eedeat which, will afford legal Justifica- tioa for spoliation ad th deatructiea f republic a government, and of leav ing' every natural tight, whether of life, liberty or property, wholly at th mercy of futur constitutional amsnd-' ment may b too high a prie to pay for eve th greatest reform, and, such a k misfortune ahould not be visited upon tbe people of the United State because . a comparatively smell minority of them -' are incapable of self-restraint ia the use of liquor. It msy bo th duty of government to protect the comparative- . ty few weak and degenerate among th - people, but it cannot be it duty to remedy aa evea admitted evil if aueh remedy necessarily involves laying tho foundation for tbe possible ultimate overthrow-of our Federal system of government." , . Government' Contentions. ' Replying to contention raised in th Feigenspan brief, the Government de fended both the prohibition amendment - and th Volstead act. As to th latter the "brier aaid: 7 " " "In order to effectively enforce the prohibition against intoxicating liquor Congress had ample power to adopt the. . definition contained in the Volstead act ss a mean appropriate to such enforce- ment. The Volstead act is aa exereis ef the poliee powers, nd whatever hardships may result from th destrue-. tion or impairment of th value of property or of beer heretofore lawfully manufactured, it cannot be aaid that there haa been a taking of property or . beer aa require compensation, or that . the resulting impairment , of vlue i unconstitutional. f. . ''It is said that the amendment an - thorised Congress to prohibit only in toxicating liquor and that a beverage which-does not contain largely more' - than one half of one per centum of, alcohol is not Intoxicating. Tk con- ' tentioa I that Congress, being empow ered only to prohibit ' intoxicating li quors, cannot by definition, mak a beverage-intoxicating which i aot . ia . fact intoxicating within the meaning of the language of the amendment. For -this reason it is said that th definition adopted 1 untruthful and arbitrary and therefore unconstitutional. I'M ef Wards. If is of eours true that Congree. . cannot extend it powers by giving to- the language used ia conferring those power aa arbitrary, meaning which does cot belong to it. But s0' long ss it ha J th constitutional power to do tho thing ' which it does it msy use th word em- . Dloved by it' for that purpose ia any ser.se which it choose to give them. In - ' otiier word if, in ordef to' afore the eighteenth amendment, it ha the power ' to prohibit the aale or manufacture of. - beverages containing leas alcohol thaa ' is necessary to render them intoxieat- . liiK it ia immaterlil whether It pro' vidr separately for their prohibition or aceomplishe-th same thing by in- :' eluding them, for the purpose of the -act, in tbe definition of intoxicating flioie4-f4 tareiefio oay reasoa it . io. compcteat far Congree to prohibit . i such beverstc as a mesns f or earing--rf the - eaforecment "Of the- prohibition : gainst intoxicating liquors, th defioU tioa . adopted in the Volstesiaet can- 1 ae Be successfully aasiled.'w , Beolying ' to- coateatioas that the Lemendmcat - wd ot eta ratified prep- J; erlwiy three-fourth of th states, ow infto provisions in many state pro viding fr r a referendum vote upoa such matters too -government asserted that .the pnty method of ratifleatlon men tioned ia through representatives as'erj! blitd either in the Letrialahire or in f tonvenUoa called for V -i r "-.1