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THE WEATHER Local handerahswtrs Taee y and probably Wsdaeeday, WATCH LABEL. , so r urn. - I at -farehsseeswlieisio aa ovom erver . - VOL CXI. NO. 111. TWELVE PACES TODAY. G, .TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 20, 1920. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS - i " - " 1 i -. ES F OF SHERIFF JOYCE Another Colored Man Dies From . Wounds Received at Walnut Cove tV Sunday-Nighty TRUSTED NEGRO SAVES SECTION FOREMAN'S LIFE tasswaswasssnwawaa .. t Shot That Ends Life of Popular Stokes County Officer Fired Trom Within Cold Drink Stand As He and Policeman Matthews Attempted To Ar rest Several Colored Men Winston-Salem, April 19, Potci di rt-d t Sheriff E. a Sheltou of ci.iu r irMiirtne thr county SEARCHING OR NEGRO SLAYER i muan - arroandintf Walnut Cot in search of Bank Hairaton, colored, alleged mur derer of Ex-8berlff Bed J. Joyce and, according to reporti the negro may . be taken at njr time. It wat repotted tnUv lhi . Hairaton had spent the 7" night at the home of Ben Moore, col ored man, several mile ent of Wal vni Cove and Immediately office were dispatched to the negroe th BIn. wanted eould not oo xouno. However, Moore wss placed nnder r TMt anil is twine- held pending an in vestigation. The ihot which ended the life of the popular Ex-Bheriff of Stokes waa flred from within a cold drink stand, operated by Nick Hsirston, a col ored man, aa he and Policeman J. H. Matthews were attempting to make ' some arrests and Quite a disturbance had been going on around the place Go Te Step Disturbance. J. A. Neal. a Southern RaUway . tins foreman, who operated a store near the nlsee. where the shooting oc curred, notified the two officers of the disturbance. Upon reaching the scene Matthews and Ex-Hherirr Joyce at tempted to arrest Bllli Covington and Bunk Hairaton, two eolored men. Two men, according to reports, refused to - put np their hands and backed off into S side room to the cold drink stand. , Matthews bad reached the inside of '. 'the room and. was being beaten over the bead by the negroes when Neal En. teted r oj-fc 'bim.-fcear state that soon aa he got en the lnaide of the room -.' two pistols .leveled at him, one at bis chest and the other lower on his body. Acting quickly be grabbed the barrels of both weapons and pushed them down . wards juat as they were flred; Neal, with almost superhuman strength, wrenched both pistols from the bands that held them and ran to the outside of the building, Matthews followed him, Near Safes His Life. , i Mr. Neal states that he might have , been killed after he secured both pistols bad it not been for J. H. Hairaton, a ; eolored man, who had worked for him for tea year rushing in and helping to push the negroes off. Juat about ths time Neal got held of the pistols Polieo ( roan Matthews wss shot through the ' neck. About the time Policeman Mat thews received his wound Ex-Bheriff Joyce was seen to run down, the street ; a short distance and feu. When it was fond that he had been " shot friends" hurried him to doctor's bouse, but he died before medical aid . could be rendered. It is said that Po liceman Matthews taw Bunk Hairaton lire the shot that killed Ex-Bheriff . Jovee. Reports indicate that the Ex- ' Sheriff had never gotten Wide of the room, he being shot in front ot the door. Be never spoke after he wss picked up. -, '--i.-- - . BUlie Covington, one of the negroes shot, lived about an hour after the battle, and it is said, told bis father, Salem Covington, that , be would find ' hie pistol between the mattresses and th springs of an old bed in the back of the cold drink stand. Officers found the weapon at the place men tionsd, several of the chambers "being empty with indications that it had been .recently flred. -V Find Another Pistol. Another pistol raa found nnder the building this morffing, which was load ed all around. These two- pistols with . the two taken from the negroes make four that are known' were in the hands of negroes during- th battle. Nick Hairaton, colored, who operated the cold drink stand, for Bill Carter, a white man, was arrested at the home of hia father-in-law, Alex Alley, 6a the outaklrts of Walnut Cove. ' . v : Poliseman Matthews ' aayi that be saw Nick Hariatoa take . a pistol off of a shelf ia the room, but he couldn't tell whether or not he fired it Wade Covington one cf the aecroee. was " kHled- instantrys -He ran to-tbe-ufc- scde of 'the building and fell dead. BUlie Covington, a brother, was car ried Inside th building and died about a hoar later. Bob Covington, another brother, wss hurried to the hospital in Winston-Salem with several bullet wounds in bis body, He died this after- FIFTEEN KILLED AND MANY HURT IN TORNADO " Little Bock, Ark., AprU 19. Th number known to have been killed in ' tornadoes which struck northwestern Arkansas late last night, stood at fif teen tonight, with at least twenty known to have been seriously injure! 'All means of communication with ths -1 storm-swept region were badly crippled ' and delayed reports were expected to increase the list 1 of 'casualties. One of the tornadoes, of which there apparently were two twisted in a wind ing path about 100 yards wide throngb Franklin, Johnson, Logan and Yell counties, while the other wrought df- ruction in lioone county, from which i i f ;"rfs l.aie l'va receive,!, . MORRISON URGES VOTERS ,; TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATS Candidate For Governor Opens - His Campaign Ia Eastern T -North Carolina White ville, April 19. In a speech during the noon Teeeae of Columbus County Superior Court her today Cam eron Morrison, candidate for to Dem ocratic governatorial aominatioa Breed the voter of Worth Carolina to stand by th Democratic party which ha proven itself through year of service and which" insure -ju It gevsramsat for all classes. . While Mr, Morrison' speech was in behalf of his candidacy for Governor he devoted the greater part of it to aa appeal to Democrat to stand by their party and to a review of the accomplish ment of the' party. He referred to the Organization of many classes aa perfect ly all right for basinets purpose but he reminded that the political party is founded on principles of government made np of sll classes for the Just gov ernment of all classes and not one par- tieuiar class. - He warned that unless th peopl stick to uetr party danger exists of elaaa government which, h declared, would be but little better thaa des potic government, Mr. Morrison de clared that if he received the Demo cratic nomination he would atand ready to meet John J. Parker, th Republican candidate, oa every ' stump In North Carolina. Ts pointed out th sophistry of Candidal Parker t speeelt at Chapel " '' ALLIES NOT TO COMPLY WITH WILSON'S PROPOSALS Reply To President's Note On Turkish Problem Says Turki Must Stay Washington, April 19. The allied re ply to President Wilson' Turkish not is expected by diplomatic officials here to point out that without th acceptance by th United States of responsibility for part of th burden of the solution of th Turkish question th allies have found it impossibl to adopt the P real- dent s suggestion; that th Turk be driven out of Europe. Th allien have taken th position, it was said, that the eviction of the Sultan from Constan tinople was impossible without th as sumption by soma power preferably the United States, of the obligation for the protection of Constantinople and con tiguous Turkish territory, r or economic nd political reason officials said ehoiee of any other power . thaa the United State was precluded and since th uni ted States has refused the proffered mandate vreir Tarkef , n ether aointios than to leave the Turks in Constanti nople nnder , inter-aliled, control was noaaible. ' " Supervlsioa of the Turks, it is gener ally believed by officials, will devolve tiDOn the Ottoman . debt commission which, before the war, consisted or rep resantatives of Great Britain, Prance, Italy, Bussia and Austria-Hungary aad Germany, 'but which now ia limited to three allied power. , MOB IN KANSAS LYNCHES . . NEGRO FOR AN ATTACK Hanf-'Him To Telegraph Pole Alter Tinding White Girl With Throat Slashed I Pittaburr. Kan. April A ' mob estimated to havs numbered 1,000 per sons late; today surrounded the Jail at Mulberrr. near bete, seised a " negro, identified as having attacked a young whit ffirl this morning and banged mm to a telephone pole.. The mob nude no attempt to moiest a whit youth who, with the negro, was captured by a posts 1st toaay. Immediately aner tne lyacning me routh was removed from the Jail by the authorities who did not announce their destination. - - Th attack upon the young woman oc curred while she waa on her way to Mulberry from bar horn near that place. Eh waa found tied to two tree br a small boy who was playing in th vicinity. Her throat waa siaaned. Ac cording - to physicians, ah , probably will recover. - . -:-. After their capture by a posse the routh and the negro wer taken back to Mulberry, where, official announced. botav the young woman and the youth identified the negro as th assailant. Sheriff Hill Gould, ef Crawford eounty, started for Mulberry on receipt ef word that th mob waa forming. He arrived as th crowd - started for th Jail. Although he risisted aggressively, he was overpowered and compelled to stand with hi arm about n pole, a few feet from where the . .negro waa hanged. No arrest had beca made to- BlgUl. ... : - bhenff Gould took office last week. after the resignatioa or O. c. Webb, again at whom ouster proceedings wer begun because he permitted Alexander M. Howat and three other miners in lail at Gi'rard,' io ' address 'agathem of miner from th Jail portico. Th youth held In connection with th ease gave his name as B. F. C. Workman, of Springfield, 111. He said h did not know t-.a negro' name. It waa aaid th girl eoaflnied th boy's statement that he refused to assist the negro. ,-, y -a. DEPLORABLE AFFAIK t SATS ARKANSAS COTEKNOK. little Bock, rk- April 19. Governor Brongh, of Arkansas, commenting to night oa th lynching of a negro by a mob at Mulberry, Kaaa termed th affair deplorable. . Keferring to the refusal recently of Governor Allen, ef- Kansas, to permit the retufn. to Arkansas for trial of Robert L. HU1, alleged leader ef the negro uprising near Elaine, Phillip eounty, Governor B rough said: It wood seem that the record of the officers aad people of Phillip eounty, ia preventing mob violence in I th face of great provocation ia murh more creditable than that of the people some parts or tiz: v RESUME mil ac J INI 11 Ala. UI1 U IUI IU1. II Start Trains Through Tubes of Hudson and Manhattan To ; Jersey City . HEAD OF OUTLAW STRIKE IN CHICAGO IS JAILED While Traf flo Conditions In West Approach Normal New Menaoe Comes In Threat of 35,000 Freight Handlers To Strike: Railway Clerks To Confer New Tork, April 19. Traffic through the tubes of the Hudson and Manhattan railroad between Ko York and Jersey fit ka lut tMiuk af nilvoad aarvice in the metropolitan district to break the barrier of the outlaw striae ot rau- road amploye was resumed between i M'llr iiil, aftarnnnn anil 1 o'clock to night. At the latter hour the trains were stopped for the, night and an- mhmmhI mmA that aervica would be resumed tomorrow morning. JOHX CBUNAC PLACED IX COUNTY JAIL AT JOLIET Chicago, 111- April 19. John Ornaau, preaiueas ok iuv vmww vun men's assoeiatioa" waa takes to the eounty Jail at Joliet today by Federal officers after he had refused to rive 10,000 bond oa a charge of violating th Lever act, lor wmcn no waa ar rested last Thursday with 24 other atrik leaders. Federal officer said Orunaa had violated hia promise to remain away from union meeting. , 'Following the issuing of new warrants last night for ten strike leaders, Dis trict Attorney Clyae indicated that 23 others would be served - on men wh succeeded to th officer vacated by leaders arrested. Harold E. Beading, an officer of the Enginemen t associa tion, who was rearrested lsst night, in In Dupage county Jail at Wheaton, He refused togive bond. for his. re lee. Th eats will be beard oa AprU Zb,' .' " ' - " While th ' raUrosds - announced to day that traffic 'eoiditioas' in Chicago were approaching normal, a Mw.jmtw ac to railroad srvie earn in the form f a atrik threat from 83,000 freight handlers and railroad clerks. George A. Worrell, chairman of th Brotherhood of Ballway clerks on the Chicago and Northwestern, said a dele gstioa of workers would confer with railroad beads ea a demand for aa in crease ia wagesIf tha demands were not met a atrik vote would then be taken, Worrell said. " , , At the National headquarters of the Brotherhood of Kauway clerk ia Cin cinnati, it was ; announced that i a atrik vote had been authorised. 1 Eugene C. Esty, until a few day ago, a leader in the Chicago rail strike, was indicted by the grand jury today charg ed with "influencing others to Injure railroads. : Esty waa arrested several day ago after he waa reported to have boasted at a union meeting that he procured L w. w. assists nee to wreck train aad blow np round house and ' bridges in the course of a railroad strike at Minneapolis aad Bt. Paul ia 1910. Minneapolia officiate denied that Esty had had any part in th 1910 strike, or that there had been any violence. as at is said to have claimed. WAYNE SHERIFF ENGAGES IN RUNNING PISTOL DUEL Negro Convict Captured After An Exciting Chase By Sot oral Officers Goldsboro, April 19. In a running pistol duel here this af toraooa between Sheriff R. H. Edwards, Deputy Sheriff Thad Howell and Patrolman Ltngstoa, Floyd Winn, an escaped negro convict, was shot down - and captured after aa exciting chase. It is not thought the negro wounds will prove, fatal. During th chase the negro emptied th chamber ef an automatic pistol at the officer, but aon of the bullet took effeet..'' -..-:. Th negro was serving a sentence on the road for storebreaking and steal ing an automobile. Becently he escaped and ha been in hiding in this city at tne home or a aegro, where a was lot eated this afternoon. : The eoauitioa of Loo Albritton. of Kinaton, who was serionaly injured in aa automobile accidrct near Goldaboro last,, week;, was. jf ported,. toBsidarably bettor tonight J. C Dail. Frank Hill and Jtiehard Dawson, who wero - ao injured in the accident, are now con sidered, out of danger. HIGH POINT WRESTLER STABS HIMSELF AT HOME Hio-h Point. Anvil 19.TWV ' TT.. on ef tha beet wrestlers" that ever went an tha mat. livi AtmtA .11 comers, in and around High Point, was taken to th High Point hospital this morning in n serious condition as a re sult of a stab ia the stomsch, apparent ly self-inflicted. Haanital attBif said this afternoon there was no change in nis condition. Tner ar many eon flietina renorta aa tA thm maiiiMv U huk th wound waa inflicted and it baa been impossible to get authentic information. Sin Killed In Explosleir. Alleatown. I 'a.. Anril 19fii a,... werr killed and three aeriously injured at Ormrod today by the premature ex plosion or a dynamite Mt charge 1 th quarry of the Lehigh Tortland Ce- i tra p,.?, m,- DAD NIIBV YORK CITY RALEIGH AVIATOR MEETS . DEATH IN JAMAICA BAY! Lieut. Sichard W. Thompson Drowned la Tint Plight' ,j ; Alone In Seaplane New Tork, April I9-Lieut. Richard W. Thompson, 23 year old, of Baleigh, N. C, attached to th United States Naval Air Station at Boekaway Point, was drowned in Jamaica Bay this after noon. H wss making a hydro-airplane flight over th Bay when hi machine became disabled and fell ia the water. The ulnae, a complete wreck, was dragged" aahors." Thorn p-oni bodjrkar not been recovered tonight. Thompson is the eon of Francis J. Thompson, of Baleigh, N. C Lieutenant Thompson wss the son of Mr. Francis J. Thompson,' 300 Jackson street, who last night received notifica tion of bis son death from th svy Department. Th young man was born la Passaic, N, J eleven mile west of New Tork, in 1892, but cam to waleigh with hit father, following Ma high tehool train ing. About tea year ago he wat en gaged a office assistant to Mr. E. M. Uracil. Ia 1910, h aliated ia the navy and in 11 with the outbreak of. the war, he wat assigned to th Pensaeola Air Station." Ia January, 1917, he went overseas with the first consignment ef men on th Jupiter, served throughout the wtr, in the navy air service sur viving aa Injury h received, in a fall when hi thigh waa Shattered. E T! Constitutionality of Ohio Ratifi cation To Be Argued Be . fore Tribunal - The New aad Observer Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg-, By B. E. POWELL. ; ( By Special Leased Wire.) ' - WaabiagtoB, D. C, AprU ,.. 19-Th constitutionality of Ohlo't ratifleatioa of the Susta B. Anthony suffrag amendment will be argued, before th supreme cotrt this week, aad upon th decision will hang ths ftt of th amendment unlets additioatl states rat ify. It is expected that Delaware will ratify th amendment, waking the 36tk state. Tit nfftag .arw wan; t$ favorable action, of LoaisUaa aad North Carolina la order to girt a' aft mar gin In cast th Ohio ratification U ruled out by th highest court ia th land, - Leetare At University. -. Ens-ens F. Hartley, chief statiatieiaa for Manufacturer of the Bureau of the Census, is to deliver an addrss Taeaday befor th newly organised tehool of eommere of th University of North Carolina, of which Dea D. Dj Carroll Is th head. Mr. Hartley, who ia a former citisea of Stateeville, it to diaenss th relation and vslu of th United States Census to businas. Th act of Congress, approved March S, 1919, provide for a biennial census of production hereafter iastead of one taken at 'fiv year Interval aa hat heretofore been done. Thl it a matter of th utmost importance aot only te the industrial interest of th country, but to the student of political and social science aa well. , At chief statis tician for manufacturers of the census bureau, Mr. Hartley will be able to give a first hand account ot th bureau ' activities slong th lint of presenting industrial statistics aad a discussion as to th vain and appliestioa of thee Industrial ttitittiea to tn manufac turers of the United Statet. - - Bslldlsg Biggest Navy. The most powerful Navy ia th world ia-being constructed . by the - United Statea with th addition of her battle eruiaer program ia the belief of Repre sentative Britten, Bepnbliean, of Illin ois, a member of th Hons Naval af fairs committee. Th Illinois Congressman has ' Just completed a comparative study of' the navies of the world -with that ef this country, and with the eo-operation of the office of naval intelligence of th navy. Department, interesting figures have been brought forward. . I think I can prove without fetr of successful contradiction that ia first Una 80,000 ton ship of at least 20-knot speed the United Btstes now ha in built or building th most powerful navy in all the world," comment Bepresen. tativ Britten. ' It is expected that Mr. Britten will ntiliae the information which b ha secured a basis for a speech ia th Hous at a early date. Among th facta brought forth by Mr. Britten. a summary is made:. , , . ; . , It is interesting to note thstMh launching of our first 20,000 ton battle-sbip-'North DakotaV Immediately fob lowed by the Delaware and Utah ia 1909, Great Britain launched her Nen- tun of 20,200 ton, s that w each started off to build dreadnaught about llyear sgo. " . ' , la ubseauent years whea th Unit- d State wst laying down but on ship or two per annum. Great Britain was launching from five ' 4o eight ship who tonnage varied from 20,600 to 28,500. , . --- : - Paring the year 1910, 1917 and 1918 the United State has mad tremendous stride ia battleship authorisations with th rhsult that 1923 will see th American Navy th predominant navy of. th world and capable of defeating the navies of' any three nations com bined, excepting Great Britain. Beginning with th North .Dakota, Delaware, and Utah, Heaving out tha South Carolina and Michijran because of their light tonnage, although they each carry eight big guns,) it it found ' thnt we bull and tuilding. all of which eruisert built and building, all ef which will be svsilsble in whea Great Britain will hava 33 ships of samt char- SUFFRAGE BEFOR COURT I WEEK s-fcr. i II OVERALLS AS ITS Supported By Prominent Men and Women It Becomes Movement of Moment GAINING CONVERTS BY HUNDREDS IN GOTHAM Sereral Hundred - Backers Harch Through Principal Theatrical District I Will Be Made In Latest Styles To Ac commodate Fastidious Men; Will Cause Small Trouble New Tork, April 19. Supported by many prominent men and women, the varall and gingham movement con tinued to gain converts her tonight. Head of business concerns officisls aad actor donned blue denim or calico and announced their intentions of backing tha eamDaln. Jacob Luft, president of the Getsol Chemical Company, de clared 1,200 employee of hit concern had agreed to wear overalla and that he will encourage worker in six other factories, ia which he it interested to Join the movement. Several hundred backer of th move ment this evening marched through the theatrical district, singing and urging spectator to don blue denim and Join th pared. Many ef th paraders wer member of club or student in schools. Member of the Botary and Cheese elub also wer la th procession. After the parade many of the marcher at tended a musical comedy at which a special . performance was given, the chorus appearing in overalls. Tomor leading actor and member of the row night member of th Cheese elub, an organisation of newspaper writers, and presa agent wilt attend a Broad way theatrical performance ia overalls and later wilt dine at a Broadway cabaret. No ailk hat or top coat will be permitted to be worn. Men who have-refrained from join ing overalls club her because f th style prevailing in the loot garment will hav an opportunity of purchasing suit of denims In th latest fashien, according t nouMMte. bjt a Arm of theatrical eostumera. A number of lt of th latest styles bav boon made, a well as models of gingham and ealieo for womca. . Oirl employed a tenographort, clerk and secretaries by th Serbia Child Welfare Orgsalaation today or ganised a "middy" club. The girl ex pressed ths Intention , of replacing georgette aad other expensive waists wita middy blouses aad or, woartng cot ton skirts.. Adoption of overalls and gingham dresses a substitute for higher priced clothing will aot bring 'lower prices, but will erv only to throw many small merchants ' Into bankkruptcy. David N. More, executive director of th Associated Dress Industrie of Am erica, declared today. Iaereased labor and production are the requisites need ed to tolv th high coat of clothing and other aeeeasitiea, h aaid. Aa attempt at profiteering by ever- all dealer will be met by Federal prosecution under the-Lever act, Fed eral agents deelrede.- It -ia charged Saturday by a representative of the Knight of Columbus, that second-hand army overall sold by th government for IS cent a pair are being offered at ihree dollars. ' a --. REVOLUTION IN S0N0RA RAPIDLY GAINS GROUND Independent State Government Guarantees To Protect Com. mercial Interests Agua Prleta, Sonora, . April 19. The revolutionary movement , of . Sonora against President Carraata i gnining ground rapidly, th military headquar tan her report. General J. M. Pino, commander of th Soaora troop in this district, innouneed Oeaerai Francisco Uibalcjo, with hit Carranxa force at 8anta Bosalia, Chihuahua, had revolted and would Jak the Sold for th Sonora movotftent.- Urbalejo waa reported to bar four hundred Taqut Indian nnder hi eomir.tnd. Unconfirmed reportt of the rerolU by othtr Carraata troop in Chlhualitu alto wer received it wat aid.,- V ' r.. -'.' ,": Militorr headautrter at Heraoalllo alto atat out a report -today that th troopf of General Angel Flore were continuing their march toward Ma tat lan, an important West Ceast pen-ot Maxlco. From Nogale, Sonora, earn th report that th Independent tat government of Sonora, through its tecretary ef state, had issued a statement guaranteeing protection to all commercial interests ia Soaora. Sonora chief force to op pose" President Carranxa on the Chi huahua frontier will be Yaqui and Mayo Indiana, it was mid. Heavy concentra tion of the Indians, is being msde here to attack th force of th Mexican president; according to th announce ment of General Pino. ' Upsksw Win Convart. Washington. April 19 Th "wear- overall movement" (tarted ia Congress Saturday by Representative Upthaw, Democrat, IMorgia, appeared today to bav won. ovr only on convert, a Houa doorkeeper appeared in' blue denim. . Pay 49 Per Ceat Dividend. . Chicago, TJl, AprU 19-Directors of Sear Roebuck Company, a mail order houae, today voted forty per cent stock I dividend to be paid July 13 to stock-1 NEWYORKADOPTS MOST POPULAR FAD holdcrt ea record Jun 13. POLICE COMMISSIONER FACES TRIAL IN GOTHAM Police Detectives Testify That He Was Found In Compro mising Position New York, April 19. Augustus Drum Porter, who wit third deputy poliee commissioner, until hit recent indict ment oa charges .of neglect of duty, wss found in a compromising position with a woman November 12, last, in a raided upper West side appartment, police detectives testified at his trial here today. - Hilbert WKeelwrighf, "1 ""KemtieT f the "vice squsd" for two years prior to his transfer last March to patrol duty, declared that he and two other plain clothes men saw Third Deputy Commissioner Porter enter a West (Kith street apartment, aeeompanicd by a oman dressed ia 'deep mourning. Wheelwright testified that he and Fred 8orgcr, a plain clothe man, later en tered the apartment by way of the fire escspe. The door to the room hsviiig been fsstened by a hook; inside. There, he said, he found Portef .and the same woman. The trial of Mr. Porter it th fint in th "vice war" between Atsiitar.t District Attorney Smith aad the po lice department. The trial of the for mer deputy commissioner will be fol lowed immediately by that of Inspec tor Pom i nick Henry, of th "tender loin,' indicted in connection with his administration of that district. ' Three detective who operated there under him will also be tried later. COURT DECLARES BOARD CANT REQUIRE REPORTS Federal Trade Commission En joined Against Securing Coal Production Beports vwutngwu, niiu uv ".yi piiw Court of th District of Columbia ruled today that th Federal, Trade Commis sion waa without authority to enforce it order requiring monthly report of production cost from coal mine com panies and other industries, i In granting th application of th Maynard Coal Company, of Kentucky aad Ohio, for an injunction to restrain ths commission from proceeding te col lect a penalty of $100 a day for -every day of failure to report. Justice Bailey declared that th power th eessmia- sioa sought were "vast aad unprece dented,'' and beyond th province ot Con groat to convey. : The court s deeiaioa a (recti virtually every mining and manufacturing eora- paay in the country, it waa aaid to night yTporatiii lawyer. Th r dsr calling for report was issued the commissi oa la January. , Justiee Bailey held that if the busi ness of the eoneera from which nr dactiod J cost report wer demanded wss entirely an interstate eommere. tne commission ciim of anthority might b . valid, but that in th hlav- nard eaa the commission obviously aad interstate, "Th visitorial power of Congress it limited to that part of the business over which it has control aad which, onaer tne constitution, it ha power to VETERAN TELEGRAPHER DIES IN PETERSBURG B. W. Stark, Manager of West. era Union In Baleigh For Twenty-live Tears Petersburg, V., . April 19. B. W. Stark, 81 years of age, one of the oldeat and moat prominent citizens of Peters burg, died t hi horn here early te day. mu body will b taken to Hal eigh fdr burial. Boiling W. Stark, who died at Peters burg early yeaterday, was well knewa to th older residents of Baleigh, hav. ing been manager of the local office of the Western Union Telegraph Com psny for more than 25 years. He left Baleigh for Petersburg, the city ef hia birth, in the early eighties. - Mr. Stark waa the father of Mrs. M. R. Newaon, of 113 New Bern avenue. this city, who, with several other dsugh ten, son nd grandchildren, survive. The body of Mr. Stark will reach Baleigh today and burial will take place Wednesday . sfternoon. . Funeral ar rangements, which had aot beea com pleted late last nignr. win o announced later. PROMISE RELIEF BILL FOR ABOUT MAY FIRST 'Washington, April 19. Republican House leaders today tentatively agreed to present a soldier relief measure to the House about May first. Beside carrying cash compensation the bill will include alternative offer of priority in land tettlement, home training. Two plans for adjusted cash compensation hav beea submitted by a sub-committee; on carrying on dollar for each day s service, aad the other au thorising payment at th rate ef $1.25 for each day, with no payments for the first two month of service, under the latter plan, member aaid, those ex empted because their service waa less than sixty days and those serving for a longer period would b treated imparti ally, no payment being authorised to ny on for th first tw months' ser vice. . .. A - . It ia proposed to begin cash payments oa January 1, 1921j continuing i quar terly installments. , A tax on gross sales. it ia said, probably will be th plan to be adopted by the committee te raise necessary, revenue,.. Democrats, how ever, oppose this, .desiring to preaewt some legislation imposing further, taxes on excess wsr profit. Some Republicans will, alto oppos th imposition of a sales tst. ..v . ; Big Harness Bnee, 9250 Purse. Three Running Baces. Pinehurst Tomorrow. .(Adv.) BOARD REFUSESTO STRIKERS REGARD TO WAGES Representatives of Employes Who Walked Out To Present Written Protest BEGIN HEARINGS TODAY" -. ON WAGE CONTROVERSY Bailway Labor Body WUl Pro ceed With Wage Dispute In volving Claims of Nearly Two Million Men; Heads of Four Brotherhoods and Chairman of Bailway Executives Attend Washington, D C, April 19 Unde terred by the refusal of th Bailroad labor board to hear, them today, Bepre. scntafives ef th railroad atrik an ( neuBced that they would present writ tea complaints together with demands for a "living wage" to the board which , tomorrow' will. begin formal hearing t . the big wage eontrovertary. The board flatly declined to rcceive, entertain or consider" . complaints ,, from strikers, declaring it would only hear those who wer adopting- every reaaonable means of avoiding inter- ' ruptioa of railroad service. . - The board will proceed with -the wsge dispute, involving elarma of near ly two- million men which failed of adjustment when th bi-partisan board ceased to function April first. Heads of th four brotherhood and th ehairmaa of th aasoclstion of railway executives, all of whom were present todsy, will attend. , Timothy Shea, president of . th Brotherhood ef Bailway Firemen aad Enginemen, said tonight that tpeedy settlement would be nrged. Refusal ot ' the board to hear striken, She, said, would have effect of sending all of th strikers bock to work, many of whom had been led satray ht thought ia the belief that the board might recognizo them. . . -.'-.. Delegation claiming to represeat ( railroad mea of all craft in vmrioua cities who have' "quit work" appeared . at th office ef tb board today de mandiag aasuranee of a "smbauntial . gsarante of increased wage, which . they aaid wtuld.-send striker Kclr-vo" 1 kis TJhexjrnjpated --' aubrgxma" M aaaociaus, ihey laid, known at th "Railroad Worker ef America,' in tistlag that they atill retained their membership ia the reeogniaed naioas, since tner had not struck,- bat had only gos en a vacation." " After adopting rules of proeedur for hearing dispute, 4he board dmit- ted' several delegations. N. Doak, vice president of th Brother hood of Bailroad Trainmen, who coa tended that, the officers of th 18 rail road organizations - present, repment ed the mea ualeea they had quit their jobs, ia which eaa they wsr a longer employe of th railroads, or member of the recognised anion. General dissattsf action -with th board' actioa was expressed by the railroad worker. Edward Mcllugh, r la menting striker in New . York : and New Jersey, declared that he would continue hie effort to obtain some aft u ranee of aa Increase from the board, adding that 8,000 men in the New York district would not go back to work" an til such assuraaeo was received. , . TURKISH TREATY WILL . BE DRAFTED IN LONDON ADied Council Decides Tpon General Form at Meeting in San Bemo, Italy ' ' 6a a -Bemo. April 19. The TurkUh treaty was' approved . by the Allied -council today ia the general form i which it waa drawn by tha council if foreign ministers ia London. Chtagv were made ia two points, but these were sot disclosed. It was decided to request th Turkish plenipotentiaries te present themselves la London en May 14 to rt eeiv th treaty. - i - Paris, April 19. -The Supreme Conn-. cil haa definitely decided to interna tionalise th Dardanelles, according to a Havae despatch from San Bern. Al lied eoBtiBgeata will bo stationed in Constantinople. ' Food' Price Uacbaaawd. Washington. April 19. The eott of living, aa represented by price ef twenty-two article of food, remained virtually unchanged during th month ' ending March 15, the Department of ""'t ,J"i "1 7... food was only six-tenths of on per cent below th cost of the same articles In January whea . prices reached a high water mark..'" : -! Wholesale price of commodities other thaa food, the atatistie showed, were higher ia March thaa ia any previou month. ' Lumber and building materials increased more thaa eight per eeat ever February. Only cloths aad clothing showed a small net decrease. Clothing price, however, hav increased sixty four per cent over March, 1919. No Presidential Heaver. Atlanta, Qa April 19. Kamoaa do Talera will be received by Mayor Key with th courtesy due a visitor to th city," but not aa "Presides of th Irish Republic," which rank hr elams, H-wa announced at th mayor's office todatv Do Valera, who has beca touring, the country, will arrive Friday. The mayor a potitioa ob hi reception here v. as ttated a a resurt of resolution adorv'.-d at the Baptist Tabernacle last niht opposing recognition of Pe Yalwra a Irish "President."
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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