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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1920. 1 .. CRQKER CHILDREN AFTER PROPERTY ' Former .Tammany Leader Who Married Indian Girl said To . ,r -: Be Incompetent Nsw York, Marc 8L Coansel far the two eon aad daughter til tueaera Croker,. Br, ftmr.Tuiiif trader here, announced today that the Palm Bmel Couaty (Fla.) mart yesterdsy had issued a temporary Injunction pre- vtsting tw transfer r aispeeaj oi.au of Croker property ia that atata pend ing institution ( proceedings by at family to have a conservator appointed to manac his estate. ill lU'tBdAYita IeA,Hb, the peti tion" for tba restraining order, Bkhard Croker, Jr aad Howard Croker, the mm, and Mrs, Ethel White, the dangb ter, allege that their lather ia aot com potent to handle hia owa affairs. The affidavits rnrther allege xnai air. - Croker Bfm ha beta ladury-lnrtusueed - by hi present wife, who t further her n Interest," haa sought by every ' mean t alienate hi at from hia ehil dren. ." William F. MeCombs, counsel for the Crokir children, annoeaeed her that . the order which the injunction waa ' obtained la returnable ia the Film : beach Court a tit week. The restraining order marks another lUk in a Jong ehala of litigation) between the Croker children, and. their father, awaking- aa accounting of treat funds left la the . haada ef Bichard, Jr., for admin istra- tion. There are nix actions now pend ing la the courts here. Mr. McCoaJ said. . ' 7h sstat of the elder Croker la Florida haa beea oetimatad by rieada of th Croker family to be worth la teat aad personal property apwarda of 2,000,000. Hit Sstat at 8endyfrd, Ire land, ia reported to be worth UfiWjm. The total value f hia property, tnelud- ia eeurttiea aad other peraoaai prop erty ia this country aad abroad, ia sati- ' mated by Mr. Mcuomo at approxi- stately lywoK ' .; Biehard CAker, Sr., married aa Okla homa Indian girl of U yaara la Novem ber, 1914, Withla two moath of the death of hia trst' wife. He waa thea 1 boat 74 yean old. The eeremoay waa V performed' ia New Totk at the home of ; Nathaa"fctrauaa.'''0!"m':'' " ' - - in i V" ' To Heal A Coaga : i Take HAYES' HEALING HON FY. ,1V, -dt. IRISH SITUATION IS BLAMED ON AMERICANS United States Assailed By -Leader la Parliament Dls i eussinf Home Kol SUMMER WHITE HOUSE BEING PUT IN ORDER Wood's Hole Seal Estate Hen Bnij To Find Quarters for Many Clerks Wood Hole. Mam., March Sl.-Mem bere of th White Hons staff Were here today arranging for the arrival of Pre ideal Wilton aad hia "official family aboat Jane 1, At th rsqurst of Joseph Murphy aad Edward W. Satithers, secret seme ntu, representing Secretary Tuainlty, real estate gcnts-snd other citiaena auiIe a survey of the towa with a view of ebtaiaiag accommodations for aeveral haadred clerk and administra tion attache. ' Hone were aougbt for Bear Admiral Grayaoa, the President's physician, and Secretary - Tumulty, aad plana were made rentativcly to establish the execu tive office! lu the iroveranipnt huildinir occupied by the marine biological lab oratorip. Theae buifdinga are only a abort diataac from' Juniper Point, wber Prmrident Wilaoa will occupy the beautiful au mmer rcaidenee of C'harlea R. Crane, minuter to China. . The family ef- Richard T. crane, a aoa of the owner of the eatate aad min- krter to Cvoehe-Hlerakia, oeeupy the new rammer. White Jfoone at preieat,, but arrangemcota have been made for their removal to a large bungalow nearby. The ground of the entire estate have been eloaed to vial torn. , f Charlaa It Crane in eipeeted to vmlt her ahortly before hia departure for China, to overaea the prcparatioui for the oomfort of Prcudent and Mr. Wil aoa. Mr. Crane owna or Icaae virtually ail of Juniper Point. Phyaiciana have Dronouneed. it one of the Healthiest pot in New England. Tt ia aurrounded by water oa three aid. - Th eorret aervtceswien who looked it over yesterday were aurpriaed to find aeveral beda of pntiitc in full bloom. Theae were explained by the fact that froat- doea not hold in the ground o aear the aea. ea-etablea. dairy prod acta aad poultry for tha Pretidcitt't table, will be provided by the eatntev LANSING AND WOOLSEY FORM LAW PARTNERSHIP SHAW OPENS CAMPAIGN IN THE SIXTH DISTRICT For First Time In Political Hii - tory of State Women Help . .To Endorse Candidate Waahiagton, March th Former Sec retary taaaiag and Leater H. Wooliay, who aurreadered today hi poet a aolici tor of the 8tate Department, have formed partaerehip for the practice ef international law. - Tbey were -eiated ia the department from the time Mr. Lamain became counaelor under Seeretary Bryan until hi resignation. Payetteville, Mareh SU For probably the first time in the political hUtory of North Carolina the reaolufioa Intro duced in a political' waa meeting; en doraing a candidate for Congreaa w4 aeconded by a woman, wbea Mra. N. A. Sinclair aeconded a rcaolution offered by George M. Bone favoring the can didacy of John O. Shaw for Congre from the Sixth diatfirt, ia largely attended meeting in the court honac here toniarht. at which Mr. Hhaw made hia drat, apcecb of hia campaign. Thirty or forty prominent women were repre sented in tha meeting, and Mr. Hhaw mad a ringing apeech, one of the hot of hi long career a an orator and political aoeakefi outlining hia plat form, A Shaw club was organised and committee were -appointed to addrcm the Democratic Vetera of the dirt rut. Mr. Shaw declared himself unqualifiedly in favor t woman suffrage. , , Cant. A. D. McGlll, former member of the Xortb Carolina Legkjiatare, nnJ well known cjtisen of this aonnty, died at hia homo la 71st township at 7-.13 o'tlock tonight, of heart trouble, after aa illness, Of a few days. Hia wife death occurred a month ago. The funeral will be held from th Ualatia Prealiy terian church Friday morning ..at ocioek. To Drive Out Malaria aad Build Up The System. -Take the Old Standard G BO VES TASTELESS chill TONIC. Too. know what yon are taking as the formula is printed - oa every label, showing it is Quinine and Iron in a Tasteless form 90 eents-Adv.x "" Post-War Era of Extravagance Is Ncaring Its End : (Continued Prom Pago Owe.) REPIBLICAX DELEGATES ARE L'MNSTRUCTED IN KANSAS Sutina, KnnsJ March II-- Four na- intruct4 delegate at largo t th So pubiieaa Kationai eoavoatkm . wore elected by the Stat convention today. Resolutions adopted by the rovo- tioa denounced govern meat extrava gance aad liberation of eoaaeieatiou objector; urged more recognition of servie ansa, aad praised the service of united State Senator Cartlo aad tapper, and endorsed Governor Hear? Allen' administration. vanffd: Capital is slow to engage in aew building, venture became of th "unfavorable condition of taxation. Production condition! ttrTOuBtry over," th stateuient continued, "give every reason for encouragement with reference to actual industrial aad agri cultural potentialities. The crop out look, so far a can be judged at thia aea son, is hopeful. There ia a substantial degree of harmony between capital and labor as indicated by small unemploy ment, . POUTICAL ADVERTISING POLITICAL ADVERTISING 7 .London, March 31.-The United TRtatee waa handled without gloves by - Premier Lloyd George aad Sir Edward 1 Carson, tho Ulster Unionist loader, ia f the debate today in th Hon so of Com, . moat oa the second reading of tho i IrUh bill. Tl Premier aaid H was aetwa such as that taken by tho United . r''8utes Senate ia 4optiac tho Irfafc tea. . olntioa that had footer eeeoaatoa. t De Valera is patting forth th same 'i vlewa liltt ma word that JeOer ' aoa Da via used," th Premier declared, . . and added that neh a movement had led ' to civil war. , W aro doing nothing mora than . tho United Statea claimed for them . .. aolvea,' ha continued, 'and will atand ; '-"no leas." : A fiir-Ed ward Car I opening the . debate, aaid ha beUaved that th Irian ( murdera war committed "not by my countrymen, but by ill conditioned Americana," misled by Siaa Feia prep- agaada, which, he selaimed, pointing to th gorerameat, "yon are doing aOtV ' iaa; to counteract 'CONN. GOVERNOR WONT CALL SPECIAL SESSION : v-' Hartford, Coaa-, March 81. Govcraor v Holcomh will not sail Special eeaaioa ' of tho Goaeral Assembly to. take aetioa oa the womaa anffrag ameadment to : tho Federal constitution. Major John ' Buckley, tha executive secretary, a-, neaaeed today. . . ' .'J - Private la-Chaatniew. ' New York. March SI. Private Frank i Varehaad, of Fort Knstia, Va., whose .homo ia ia Indiana. Harbor, lad, woa 'the boxing ehampionahip of tho Depart . rant of th East, United Btatea Army, -' 4a tho Snal of a two-day tournament tt tho oVth Bcgimeat armory hero to- night. , 4 ' - . ' - ' i ? t : " ' y) ' . - 7 F. C. HARDING Candidate for " EVERY HOJIE Shouid Have Entertainment! This entertainment can easily be ; " supplied ' with Tha .-.'ha) ytiw u6l$orx.H 1 we . JLetUsProveltl,-, S. N. Holland 11 rayettevu! Slrejef HALE! CI !, N. C Deal Fortel! Ci '!a ABtKM(o EivMitlea, i .. N. C, April H-II. Decootic n;mi2tioa f cr IJsntcinnt Goverccr Judge H. W: Whedbee Preterit Hon.F.C. Hard ing to the Democratic Voters of North Carolina for Lieutenant Governor. ' . ; . v ' ' Attorney General aUalgna. Atlanta. Ga., March ' 31 -Attorney General Clifford Walker reaiffned today. cSectiv April SO. ia order to devote hia entire time to his raee for governor. uoveraoi , Ponty appoiated B. A. Denny, an attorney of Some, aa Mi. Walker's auceeasor, . -, , - Ifoa. F. C. Harding was bora In Stone walLvPamlk County,orth Carolina, February )Sth, 186, and is now in the prime of life -Sfty years of ago ia the full possession of strong moral and in tellectual manhood. Mr. Harding conies from long line of patriotic ancestors. Ilia great grandfather waa an officer ia tli Revolutionary War and hi father, Major Henry Harding, was St commis tfioned officer la th Confederate Army. Me la brother of Judge William. F. Harding, of Charlotte, and a brother of Kuperintcndest H. 1 Balding, of the vaariotto-vwy eaotv At th asa f four, Mr. Harding, with !is parcata, moved to Aurora, Beaufort County, aad ia 184 he came to Creen Ville, Pitt County, where he haa sines -ceided. lie graduated front tho Univer 4ty of North Carolina ia 193, aad took poet graduate Course with tb degre '4 CL1B.- in J8M,''and ''ifha' tb yre ice of law at -Greenville in lttDS. Vnd 'iace that time hs has been identiflod with and has become prominent fac tor ia all of. the greater movements nlong the general, uplift and develop ment of hia. community. He haa woa as inriaUe reputation aa a lawyer and as a. man ban been large factor ltt. lit moral, intellectual aad commercial prog res of tie couaty. .; . U scved four year as Chairman -f the Board of Electiona and n years aa Chsirman of the Democratic Eiicii it Committee of Pitt County; was lelecate to the National Convention ct lllimore, whivh noniinsted Woo ltw Miulgoa ia ;::-, an J the sdme j r Democralio Elector Tor tU Firtf'tea- greionst District, Ht h served lis years a Senator from the Fifth Sen atorial District, aad was Presideat Pro Tern, of the Senate in 1M7. " - No man has dons mors than Senator Harding for th educational progress of his community. For twelve years hs was a member of the Board of Trustees of Greenville City Schools, and for six years served as Chairman, and succeed ed the late Gov. Tbos. J. Jarvls as a member of the Board of Trustees of East Carolina Teachers' Training School. Mt.-Harding-ia-Bow-'a msmbsr'ofnh Seaat and holds the very important po sitioa of Chairmaa of th Senate Com mittee oa Education. . . ' Mr. Harding is Jso largely interested ia bnaineaa affairs aad ia aa able 'ad viser and a wise counselor. Ha ia ia- torentad i3 r ricujlur, bnking and tb CO ' be of ( tl tU3 - CIC!' th S K" Li hi - J si t 1 V fc" v i r r -T.--, V, .1 A l h I t 'if , i'v- . i - t a mem- ef the member the Na- Ing iatl- intcllea- t;"harscter a!."" and effl- v man la L ritor V ? Oflics.of 4 i torn mend " v f orth P.KE,' ' Stacy t$ Affirmed In Coast Line Case By Supreme Court (Coatiaaed Krewt Psgo One.! the entire corporate stock and when so dons tho shareholder ia not required list the stock for taxation. - Jt if not necessary for as to disc ass tbs reasons which have prompted th General As sembly to -subsequently re-enact the aliove quoted statute for so many year 'In order that tho stockholder shall get the benefit of the statute, it must sppesr not only that the corporation ia a domestic sorporstion, but" that , ths corporation itself - pays a tax -oa the entire capital stock. Ia tha answer of the Tax Commission in this case it is expreuly denied that the said eorpor it inn has paid taxes upon any valua tion of its property which Included the value of the capital stock of the At lantic Coast Line Railroad .Company, or that tha 'said company pays a tax on its eajfital stock in this Stat.' (No Tax On Capital Stock. ' "There Is bo evidence" white ver in this record aor any finding of fact to justify th eonelusion that ths Atlantis Coast Xiao Company pays taxes upoa its capital stock to the State of North Carolina. 'Ws agree with ths learned counsel that the Atlantis Coast Lias Bailraad Company, of Virginia, it a corpora tioa of the State of North Carolina and that it waa so decided ia BUtaa v. B. &14t N. C 15. and affirmed 1 H BV . Speaccr, 164 K. C, 622. ; 'While tbi ia true, there is another corpora tioa known aa tho Atlantic Coast Lin Bailraad Company, of Virginia, which waa incorporated by the Legis lature of Virgiaia aad ia a foreign eorporatioa. - - r "The Atlantic Coast Lisa Railroad Company referred to ia the 8tatea cans ia a domestic corporation created by ths General Assembly of North" Carolina oa tho 13tb day of February, 1SU9, chapter 77, act IBM, the; title of the act being aa follows: "Aa act to ratify ths eon- soUdatioa of tho Petersburg Bailraad Company with th Biehmond - and Petersborg Bailroad Compaay, uader tho same of tha Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, of Virginia, and to Incorporate tho aaid Atlantic Coast Lias Railued Company, of Virgiaia, - ia North r Carolina.' This is the only stafurs enacted by aa General Assembly of North Carolina relating to this matter. - It creates a North Carolina corporation by tho asms title ss the Virgiaia eorporatioa aad enable It to own and operate certain, railroads, etc, upon condition that ths property of the said Atlantis Coast Lin Bailroad Com pany, of Virginia, la: this State, shall always be liable t taxation ander the Conatirutloa aad laws of this Stats and that tho aaid corporation stall bo sub ject to the tariffe, rules and regulations prescribed by ths Board of Bailroad Commissioners. . ' "It Is a well-known fact that prior to tho act, ths Wilmington 4 Wsldon B. K. Co, a part of tha Atlantis' Coast, Lino system, claimed entire exemption from taxation oa its property under ths terms of its original charter. This Act of 1890 contains ao special pro visions Axing ths amooat of the capital stock, ths number ef shares or ths con ditions nnder which it may be Issued. It is perfectly apparent thai there was ao purpose to issue nay stock -eertiS-cates undsr ths authority of that Act Skz was Fat Sins M hkN BM M frillS. M ML B? lUuf M el Kanle ndhUniS e dincum W mmiia aar M H Mm M a. Stllr abet SMI to Smht Mita. smusm snu-M Srtf-OMMM, Sfwr mm a mm mit. I. """" en 1ew sa fiil Sal . Sira. MM BUMS. ?MMMsJesiipuMM. im uatic bjt Oil t Ii4i it aa seiasWrtl at Mis aw and it istnot claimed that, soy Vere ever issued by its authority. : "J "It aecma 4 us to plain for argu- meai tnat .intra are two eorpu rations called by the nams of Atlantic. Court Lin Bailroad Co. of Virginia, one cre ated by the Lr SJilature of North Caro lina, a domestia eorporatioa hareinbe for referred to, aad one created- by the Legislature ef Virginia 'Which i a foreign- eorpp ration. ' kThe North Carolina eorporatioa is simply .an ateillary eorporatioa of the Atlaauo Coast laa system which is em powered to own property and may sus and be sued but ha never issued any stock. All ,of ths stock of tbs Atlaatii Coast Lias wss Issued by the parent corpora tins chartered by ths Legisla ture of Virginia, which la plainly a foreign corporation. Ths stock eertil cite, themselves, show ok their face that they were issued by. a eorporatioa incorporated ander the- laws of the State of Virginia.' Thus i is manifest that tho plaintiff's stock was sot issued by a domestic eorporatioa aad by au thority of the Stat of North Carolina, but by a- foreign corporation and by authority or the State of Virginia. . b order that th olalntiffs may avail themselves of ths latter clause of the Act of 1917, hereinbefore quoted, ths statute is peremptory that it must sppear that twvthirda ia value of the entire property of tho Atlantic Coast Line Bailroad Co. of Virgiaia, (ths for eign corporation), ia situated and taxed in the State of North Carolina and that ths said corporation pays franchise tax on its entire issued, and outstand ing capital (tock at tho' asms rate as raid by domvstia corporations. Nothing of that sort appears in this, record, and we do not Understand that it is Claimed that it, does. .. . laaaed By roreiga Corporation. 'It is said that this stock ha bees listed for taxation by the owners nnder the generally accepted belief that " It waa not required aad that this Interpre tation fo th law has bee heretofore HEADACHE TABLETS For HoJacrt4 and Nsnvalgia aiquiesced in by the State taxing offi cials. This ansy be true as the matter has sever boon brought to this court ucmrc. While to writer sincerely re gret the misunderstanding and conic queut flisappointnient to owner of th stock growing- out ef suet mlsunder standing, yet each Judge mast into pret the Legislative will as hs And written according to his sincere cot vieitions, and to- tha majority of th; court ths conclusion teems to bs irre aistabie that tbs plaintiff's stock wai iaaos dby a foreign corporation and being owned by citizens of North Car olina, is is suoject to ue tax leviea by tbs Gessral Assembly, iaasmach si it does not corns within (hs sxeeptios contained ia th Statute. ' , "The Southern BsUwsy is a Vlrginis corporation, chartered by the Legists turt of that Btatc. it s stocg is issued, just as the' Atlantic Coast Lins stock it issued,' by authority of ths Legislature of Virginia. Tht stock f tht Southern Railway owned by citistnt ef Nortiuf Carolina hat always beea required t V. be listed for taxation. - x' -'rr'' "n conclusion, ws do not question tli ; validity of th Statute herslnbsfo , quoted, which bss beea the Lcgislatr r tax policy of this Stat for so mm year. 4eting within Its vonsiiutnon f powers it Is lor ths ijrgiiiaturr to termlne the ufrjects of taxation, and is not osrs4o doelars what it shell h eluds aad what it shall omit. "We fail to ass any question arising eut of ths Constitution and laws of the United States trsented oa ths record. 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