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YT i en I t 1 w. , (line eUy la Bttteutf I VOL CXL NO. 36 N jITELVE PACES TODAY.: 'RALDGH. : N. C. TUESDAY MORNING AUGUST f 3, ,1920 ( ; ; j TVELVE PAGES TODAY, PRICE: FIVE CI COilCEPJEDM s TO AnAGK GRAHAL1 JAIL, HE DECLARES Private In Durham ' f.!achlr3 , Gun Company Te!is cf Plot To Storm Prison 'DRESSED AS CIVILIAN, - ft Private John Thompson Swears ' Jim lUy, Km- Killed, and " Phillipi, One " of Thoie . .Wounded: Were . In - Crowd vWhea Plan To Attack Made; pne of Atiacken Wounded ' By BEX DIXON IfaeNEILL. ' , (3U(t Correspondent.) Durham, Aug. 8. Three well defined, sensations developed before the Gov- ' eraor' commissioa here today investi gntiag tba conduct of the Durham ma china gua company; at Graham two , week ago whea- Joha Thompaoa, a9m- ber of tha company, testified that ha ,wa present' when tha mob was formed! td attack tha jail, that Jim Bay, eitl V wbs was killed, was member of ' tha mob and arm ad, aad that AHaa Parriah, alleged to hart beta a member ' 'of tha mob, was seriously wounded aad ..'has bee a secretly treated sines' . thst . time. ; .,;.; . ' f ' ! Tha investigation gre; oat of eharffea ; mad by Graham eitistns that tha ma ' ,', china gunner firad without provoca .. tion whea they were guarding tha lire cf three aegroe held in Jail suspected " of having committed criminal assault UKa a white womaa," A coroner's jury ', declared that Jim Bay was killed wita ' ... out reasoa aad that there aad beea ae attack plaaned sr made apoa the jail. '.Private Thompaoa swore . as was . among tha crowd ia Graham oa Mon- day sight whea the soldiers fired from the jail, killed "Jim Bay aad wauaded two others, and heard them ptaa to at tack the jail sad carry eff . the three ' aegroe suspects held there. Bay aad ' Phillips, one of tha wounded nea, were ia- the crowd whea it dissolved with the agreement to attack the jail from all aide at 9:30. '"v . v Advaac O Jail. v' Bay wu killed and Phillips 'wound ed, probably by pistol fire from . tha ' upper window of the jail, directed by Bergeant Woods and Private Manguav They were firing at a group of men, ' ' who, they say, "were advaaelag upon the jail. Bay was pieked-up.aear where I this group of men' was fired upon, it was . declared. V i s. 1 , . v " W hile the machine Jub' was 4Mag : pos the corn Held from which part of the attacking party was advancing apoa the jail, seres on Were heard as U some one had beea bit, and that ana. ABaa Parriah of Burlington, was said to have beea severely wounded, removed eeetet- ly, and has beea attended la secret bv physicians twice daily smea. This avl dpaea was clouded later wham aa aaele f the Parriah boy denied he aad told anyone that hla nephew was wounded ea " the night of the Hot. - I r' , .Practically every officer aad enlisted .man. in the company testilled during the hearing today. The members of the comntisaioa, Gea. B. 8. Boy iter, Jodge B. W. Whedbee and CoL A. U. Boydea, arrived. ia the city at 10 o'clock, and a ilf-hour later the hearing was nader ' wny. Colonel Boydea presided, Judge iWhedbee administered the oath to the ' 'witaeeses, aad the court allowed - eaeh mam to tell his story ia his ewa fash ion. Most of the witnesses had beea heard before adjournment waa taken . at 1:30. ' The aftemooa seasloa was brief. - , . . Soldiaia Ceadact Cms. 1 . , ' The soldiers conducted their ewa ease,! with Corporal Victor 8. Bryant, Jr, who boa recently flung his legal shingle to j , ths tobacco ladea breeaea, ' acting - aa Counsel and aome times witaesa. None of the members of the eompanyhsd the looks of being over 29 years of sge, and many of them appear to have their majority to look forward to. None the . lets, they told a elesr-eot, eonneeted story, varying ia deail only, aa the en . perienee of the various members of the . company varied. ' ' ' ' - The commissioa liatenad with patient frieadlines, declaring ia the outset that they came not as a conn to pass juda v went upon anybody, but merely to' hear what tha soldiers had to say; aad that ' they .wanted It all said ia perfect eaa dr. Colonel Boydea asked eaeh maa - If he had beea a soldier la France, and hja interpreUtioa ef orders. Judge Whedbee ssked every witness how many ehota he heard fired before the machine guns opened Are. The answers aever . '.varied. ". ,; , Graham People Prasrai. . , ' From Graham came a doxea or so eiti feens, among them a court stenographer, ho listened with eloscand evident la tereat to all that the soldiers had to say, demised the affidatita filed, aad . went home' to prepare for thl eontiaua tion ef the hearing ia their owa towa ... this morning at 10 o'clock whea they ' will be given aa epportnalty to present their claim that there was ao mob, aad - ae aeceasity for shooting. Members ef the soldiery will go te Graham tomor- "tow to hear the tcatimony given, and wilt have further opportuaity te be "heard themselves. ' ' . ' Capt. Mnrioa - Butler Fowler, eom toianding officer of the company, waa the first witneaa to be sworn, followed by Lieut. I H. Barbour, principal ef : one of the local sehools, aiad Sergeant George Tandy, former Carolina football star and aow umpire ia the Piedmoat . , baseball league. Captain Fowler's state ment was the longest offered the com; mission, going as it did lata mionta da - tail of ths company's service ia Gra in m. The eompany wu ordered te Graham Sunday afternoon, Jaly.18, be said,. to protect the lore ef three aejroes held as suspects of having committed a hor ' rible erlme. A large" arewd was gath ered abodt the jail whea he arrived. He and bla men ware jeered, cursed and called boy acouts." Ths Bight passed ':'CCoBllaaed ea Page Two.) . ' V 4 FORMER GERMAN , WARSHIPS ARRIVE IN AMERICA- L 1 Sere's 'a picture ef the fighting rnn' turrets of the former Germaa"fighting ship, OstfriealanS, one ef the fits Teu tonic wsreraft allocated to the United States for ssperimwtatioa aad to be destroyad within a year. The dreadnought, Ostfrieelaad, shown above, was the only Brest, Fra&eel under its ewa steam, ths land. After remaining ia the HdSaoa port News and the lOstfriesland will be DEMOCRATS OPEII .Governor Cox May Come Into . State Before Campaign : .v .'.v , ,4$ Over . . - ;.r " '.j.':' ... i ,' '"''"- Major W. T. Joyner, well kaowa Bal eigh lawyer, -rtf!i yesterday appoiated Secretary of the Psmoeratie State Exec utive Committee, vie Mr. H. P. White hurst, ef New Berar who resigned the position on account of pressure of prt vate business.. :-'y :,:'."'' r.:':'t The new secretary, who is a soa ef fir. J. Y. Joyner, former State 8uper inteadent of Public Instruction, served rveraeas in the world war "with the 113th Field Artillery. Shortly after, hi re tfara to Raleigh he 1 eeame ar member of the law Arm ef Burgees ft Joyner. , - Mr. Thomas D. Warrea, of New Bera, chairmaa f the committee, arrived in the eijy. yesterday, and opened offices oa the) second floor of the building oc cupied by T. H. Brlges Sons, at 120 Fayertevill street.-''' . "'," . ," Althonith the offices have , aot yet been fully equipped, and only a' small staff of stenographer hs been secured, both the chairman and the new secre tary yesterday plunged Into the work of lining . ap the D em oe ratio, force throughout the State. Chairmaa War xea aaaouaeed . yesterday . that the speaking campalga will aot be set. late full swing until October, but . State headquarters will keep in. dose 'touch with the vsrious county chairmaa . and a quantity ef literature will be distrib uted from the- Baigb office. ... ', ' .Although BepublieaB orators , have beea covering (he State for more thaa two moftths, ao speakers .will be pit apop their trail at present, but a whirl wind finish is being prepa.'.d for ths closing vwieks of the campaign. . 1 Chairmaa:. Warrea stated yesterday it is probable that Governor James IL Cos, of Ohio, the Democratic candidate for President will visit the State be fore the close of the campaign, but that the time of the visit will be fixed by the aational committee. - REDUCE FREIGHT RATES : : TO BE SOUTHERN SLOGAN President Fairfax Harrison If nei Statement On Preight ' Bate Situation ' Washingtoa', D. C, August f . Cora pi etioa ' of "tie cycle of government maaegement of the Bail road industry" through increases in freight and pas senger .fares was said tonight by Fair fas Harrison, president af the South era Bailwsy system, to leave to- ths carriers ef the country the opportunity for "a cosstaat and progressive tedue tloa 'of rates setompeaied by aa en larremenUof service. . ' ''The tremendous Increase of railroad rate authorised by the Iaterstat Com-mreee- Commimioa" aaid.' President Harrison tn a formal ltatement,"jeemi ta complete 1 th cycle of government management af . the railroad industry. It was aecessarw to carry tha expenses set apoa by the rsilrosd administration but it must cause great concern as to it economic eenseqnenee. - ' . ': "1 now remains for pvivate mansge meat te resume the praetiee of compet itive efficiency and self Ireliant initia tive which distinguished the Americas railroads during so many years and to justify ths prefsreaee of the Ameri ca a people for that form of admlnlstra tioa by making possible I aot only the sueeess ef individual 1 companies and the prosperity of their loyal employes bug a constant and progressive redue tioa of rates aeeompanled by snlsrge ment of service to . the public such, a msy be traced , through the eld fash ioned railroad situation. . No one can expect this to be accomplished over eight considering ths practical eoadi' tions but a start can be mads at ones. Belying 0 the eo-operatioa and sup port Jbt ths employes 1 the manegement of the Southern railway system will make the effort." ' . ' . ' . BEGAN WORK OF DISMANTLING CHALLENGES FOB CACHT CTJP New " York, ' Augunt 1. Shamrock IV, Sir Thomas Lipton'a nnsueeessful chal lenger for the America's cup, was towed from her moorings ia ths Hudson rivey today to City Island, to be dismantled and proKib'y scraped. Police estimated that 3.500 persona visited the green yacht yesterday, many coming long dil ls sees. t ' v I UP HEADQUARTERS one of the are arriving la Mew xork otheravbeiag towed. Fou"r of the vessels river lor twe weeks for public inspection, tare of ue Dost will be takea to aw takea for a tout ef Atlantic aad Pacific port. ' j. '-- - ' t COXEETS LETTERS Many G. 0. P. Followers Dis satisfied With Candidate U "Harding's Position tn.fc V '' "... .' ' " ' ' 'ji-'-Yf ' Dayton, 0,'Anf. !-Boeeipt ef let ter from many BepubUeaaa a wall aa Democrats urging? a strong positiea for the : League ef Nations vraa aaaouaeed today by Governor Cox, tba Democratic presidential nominee, after a busy day going through hla mail and completing Saturday's program for kia netifieatioa. More than half hi .letter both her aad at th Columbus executive office, Gover aor Cox said, discuss th league declara-tiona-bf Benator Hardimx hia Bepubll caa oppoaeat, ,. .. .. ' . ' v " ' ' lany. ar - from Deaaocrata, said Governor Cox, "aad state that they ae a fine opening. ' Many others ar from Republicans and it certainly looks as if th independent Republican vote which hss followed with great interest this whole league question!, is thorough ly dissatisfied." : ...-:. . 'v-.f j Gpvernor Cox also announced a gea-' oral policy of aoa-iaterferenee ia Democratic primary fights. Be gave out a statement declaring he would aot take aide ia tha Texas Democrat pri mary aad alao explained that thia waa a uniform . policy, . applicable to all state. Th Governor said h had re ceived many .telegrams aad letters urg ing him to aid the opposing Texas fac tion and that aewspapera ea both sides had beea claiming his support.. r Th Governor pnt several hours to day ia his newspaper efflea her work ing oa correspondence, and after a per sonal visit to the Montogmery County Fair Grounds, where he will speak next Saturday, approved a brief program. : The program calls for introduction by Chairman MeMahoa of tha Bev William A. Hale of the Reformed Church ef this city to deliver the lnvoeatioa. The no tification address of Senator Joseph T. Robinson, of Arkansas, chairman of the Saa Francisco convention, will fol low and Governor Cos then will 'deliver- hia aeceptaaee address. . " ' The Rev. Martia. Neville, of Holy Angela Roman Catholic Church, ia to deliver .the benediction. Dr. Hale is a Repablicaa aad dose friend of - th Governor. - . n . A RAILROADS ORDERED TO MAKE CHANGES IN RULES Washington, 'Aug. IV Sailroad of the country were ordered today by ths Interstate . . Commere , Comhissloa to establish rsco'nsigning rules applicable oa all freight ia open top ear and on eoal and coke ia all ears and to Isvy sdditlonsl penalty ehargee for deten tion of all' opea tap ' car and . cars loaded with lumber, coal 'or eoke. Th orders-r to be mad effective npea aot less thsa' five dsys sotiee to th ' com mission, y ' . i Only one reeoasigameut will be per mitted under , th. reconslgnment order which does Bot apply oa eoal originally consigned to Jake - or tidewater ports for transhipment to vessels snd reeoa ligned to other ports or to other eon ignees at the earns port. ; Aa additional demnrrsg ehsrg of 110 per car is provided for oa ears loaded with lumber oa all opsa ' top ears aad oa all cars loaded with eoi er coke. BRIDE KILLS HERSELF , ' WHILE SHE LIES IN BED Chattanooga,. Tenn., Aug. lVrs. B. H. Wooten, iged 30, a bride of, twe weeks and former tchool 'teacher, com mitted suleid a ch lay ia bed beside her husbsnd Iste. lsrt might, having fired a bullet into her temprs. Wooten waa taken to poiih headquarter and questioned and later ws. released.' Ths ccnple cams her Sundsy from. Dallas, Tex where .they were ' married. No cause is seeigned for the anicids. , ' Msay Ship Heaifes4a Istsed. ' Norfolk, Vs., Auguit Eght hun dred and fifty on ship's msnifects were filed a tthe customs house during July. Of this number, 4 were outgo ing and 07 incoming. A smsll pereon 51 tag of the total .represents vesse 'shifting between Norfolk and Newport News; the remsinder represents actnnl arrivsls snd sailing). There .were -334 hip ia the harbor August 1, awaiting either cargo or bunkers. FROM REPUBLICANS yesterday able to cross the eeeaa from took aa active part ia the battle of Jut ;ervice fill PROVIDED EOR Patients Will , Be Transferred To Government Controlled v, v Hospitals Soon .It '" ' "' ' ". v '-- : Tit New aad Observer Bureau,' ;. . : 003 District Natioaal Bank Bldg v. ; By K CVOWBLU , (By Special Leased Wir.) - J Washington, D. 0 August xVx- seme ; mea disabled, ' by reasoa af wousds. injuria . r disease , incurred la the World .War aad ia peed of hos pital treatment ar (o V gathered lata hospitals,; owned and eoatrolled by the govsramsnt withla th next year. This rraasfsr If . patients from ptivat hospitals, and kosoltal ealv partially eentrolled by the government constitutes psrt af a general plsa of tnc wiresu er war ruk insarauee. Director Cholmeley Jones acting ia eo-operatloa with th United Bute public health ervlce, haa anaouaced that aa soon as already existing accota- odations have beea takea vr, adapt ed, and uUbIy -equipped by th gov ernment, every ffort will b mad te eaeourage ock transfer of patients aaiesa to mea ar aot la a eoadiUoa to b moved. . - v . i - , . . At th ptssent tim ' there ara' 17 981 diaabled ex-servie mea aad woma, (war risk patieats) being eared for ia more than one thousand hospitals scat tered uraughout the. United State, Of thia number, 8,123 ar ia hospitals owned or operated by th government and 58 are in prlvaU kosplUls, in cluding stat And county aaaitoriuma. . ThU whole situation waa kid befor Congress and a recommendation mads for a building program, which pro gram would , naturally take some time te put into effect after the passing, of any set authorising th construction af government hospitals. Ia order to re lieve immediately the situation, Con gress at Its Jast sessjoa. authorised the use of the hospital facilities ef the army, aavy and National soldier's homes, which authorisation make available approximately fourteea thous- aaa noapitai -bed. ( -v MEXICAN GENERAL SAYS HE IS IN OPEN REBELLION " Mexico City,, Aug. 1. (By th Aaso- eiated Press.) Gov.' Estebaa' Cantu, af LoVer California, haa declared himself ia opea rebellion, according to advice received by the War Department today, a announced to th Associated Press hy Uensral Garcia.' r - ' " Whil declining to dweuaKplan for combatting th movement General Gar cia said th government could eoncea trat 80,000 mea at any Mint ia the re public where rabelllloa alight break out. me tneatre of operations against Gov- emoT Cantu probably will be ia th southra part f Lower California, aot ia th aeighborhood ef Mexieali, whr it ia thought Cantu would aot attempt to roree tn jssus. Efforts will be mad to avoid eoa flict with United State authorities ia any campalga against th Lower Cali fornia governor the general added. The declaration ef rebellion, it I said, did aot com direct from Cantu bnt from other source. Governor Caata reported "no aewa" to the war depart ment yesterday, . - CHRISTENING CEREMONY HIGH ABOVE THE STREETS ' New Orleans, August SVBy th As sociated Press.) Fourteen stories from th street, ea a slender girder of ateel, 01 Peterson, structural" iroa worker, neia bis "fivs-moafhs -old soa at aooa today while the Bev. ; Killiam Bee, chaplain for th Central Trade Bad Labor Council here, performed a chris tening ceremony. Fifty members ef iron worker union No. 68 wore asmed god father. They occupied positions ea nearby gudrre. Bolow ths christening party there were ao floors and through the act work of steel could be glimpsed th concrete casement, - : ' i : , Nstlonsl Caard Petrel Miami. Miami, Xla., August 2. Forty mea of the second Sep rate company, Flor ida National Guard, heavily armed are co-operating with the; police tonight ia preserving order ia the colored Battle ment ef Miami. - . . DISABLED adva:cei;jrates TO BE EFFECTIVE AT EARLE DATES New Passenscr Fares Effective : August 20 and Advanced FKiQht Rates Aujust 25 RATE'EXPERTS BEGIN . . WORK ON NEW SCHEDULES TJntU Printed Tariff' Completed. Local Eailroad'OClcialg .To Compute Kew Bates ' and ; Charge a Por Xetpectire Ter ritories On Baais of The Zz lxtlnf Batei. Washlngtoa, Aug. L (By th Asse- eiated Press).. Ths asw pasasnger far probably will bscom ffsetivs August 20, aad th advanced freight rate Au gust 23, according to i program cut lined tonight by Alfred-R. Thorn, gea- raC. Munsel for th ., Assoeiatloa of Bailway Exaeutiv. . Bimaltaaeoasly with th effeetivea of passesger fare, the increase charge for Pullmsa travel aad th asw rates oa axeea baggag aad milk also will be put in fore. Railroad rat expert lav begoa th pre pars tioa at blanket . rate chedulee iaereaaing th traasportatioa cost aa a percentage basis. 'These will be pre tested to th Intsrstat Commere Commissioa fiv day prior to the pro posed effective date. Tb at aha eta will b supplemented by printsd tariffs oataiaing rate for all territories aad a all commodities as aooa as the physi cal task af working out th maltirudt sous details saa 4 accomplished. Ua til thia woA ia doss, local rail officials wui eompat tha sew rate aad aharg for their respeetlv territories ea the baais ef tha axistiag rata plaa th par ceatag iaereaa ssthoriaed by the commissioa. T Step Drala am Treasury. : ; Wail thia method af putting .aew rate into effe.t would 'be usual, rail road affleiala poiaied to tha suggestion of th commission that th highsr charge b pat ia for "at aa early a data as practicable.'! By putting th laeresued rata lata effect prior t September 1, th drain oa the Treasury aader the guaraatee provmioa ef th traasportatioa act likely will b anded before the axpira- tioa of th govsrsment's jruaraate ef earnings t the roads. Offlelala erti mated today that by September 1 the guaraate provisiea vrould have coat th govraaent approdnaakly fittO,. vwjjw tot ta six month aiac the pnssag af tha present railroad law. i Tha govarameat ha beea o'-Jigatefl to continue the 175,000,000 . monthly rental payment which was ia ffeet during th Federal eoatrol, as wall as to meet deficit aot covered by th ratai amount, ostaiasd by the iadivid aal carrier.. iaciuded la th shsrges jrhick will fall ea th Treasury ia the defleits is that portioa of th t00,00000 wag award covering labor costs from May 1 to September 1, whea tha guaraatee ex pires. Thia waa officially estimated at 1208.000)00. Thus th Amsrieaa pee p's wui pay ene-tnira eg ta increased wagse for-U railroad employee thl year ia taxes. With th amount guaranteed th car rier thia year aad th claim ( th Haa for compsasatioa under their oa traete with th railroad admin iatra ties th road will hav sost th govsrnment approximately a billioa aad a half dol lars aiac tha President took over th properties December 28, 1917. Gala af Blllkta aad a Half. Operation of th roada after Septem. ber 1 aader the new . rates will yield, according to aecouataata aad tariff x pert of the carrier, aa annual return of about llSOXWpoa. Whil these fig- arc were of a preliminary sort tha rail road expert believed th freight reve auc to b derived aader th aew charge would amount to 1,500,000,000 and th ineome from paaeeager txaffi K 83 00,000. Their ertimst, it waa ax- plsined, were based ea tha aasamptloa that intrastate rates would b increased correspondingly with th advance an thorised by the Federal commimioa ia iaterstat rate. The aeed for inersaae la iatrastat rate was et forth ia a report for warded today to varioaa Stat railway and public utility ommlastoa by- th three BUM eoauntsisoaere who eat witl the Iaterstat Commerce ' Commissioa during it hsariags aad ooaaidcratoa of th rat caa. - ' TEXAS NEGRO LYNCHED .FOR MURDER OF WOMAN aVLUltaLly Company Called Out , .Too Late To Prerent llob Violence at Center l k OenUr, Texas. Aarast t-Llg Daa iela, a aegr charged with 4h murder f Mrs. Maggi HalL a whit woman ws taken from th sounty jail her let today by a mob ef ever a thousand mss ad lyaehed to a tree ia th eoarfbouss yard. The mob wrecked th steel ecu te get at th aegro. . The lynching fol lowed announcement by officers of a full confession mad to the grand jury aow ia aeseioa, ssd as to th district sttorn sy, it wa said. , ' Unconscious, wlth'hsr skull crushed snd her body braised aad lacerated, Mr. Hall, who was the wife of a well known farmer living sear Center, was found, at a lonely spot last Tharsdsy night. Sh wss brought her for medi cal attcatioa but led Friday. Captain W: A. Bridge, commanding Company L, Seventh Cavalry, received wire instruction from Austin to protect the aegro and prevent th lynching but h was nnabl to find any of th mem bers of hi company ia tim for mobili satloa. v Th crowd dispersed fter th lynch Ing aad th towa resumed it aormal f pearauec . . . MILLIONAIRB SOCULIST GITEN PRISON SENTENCE ' , FOB BEING A COMMUNIST Caleage, Aag. 1 Wllliaas Bros LJeyd, mUIIeaair SedaUmt, aad II otber aaember ef the Cemmaaiat Labor party toalght war feaad guilty by r jury of esaaplrary t vwrthrew th geverament of the United State. ... " ) Th defaadaata war glvea varW ea eatewa, -aat af the getting fiwsa aa t tv years la th peni tentiary, a few being glvea Sao ia addltiea, aad several were aeateaced to year la JalL Lioyd get the aoavtaat aeateaea, aelag glvea oao to Ivo years la th aaltoatiary aad s fiss ef f2,M la addltiea. , . . BAXTER SHEMWELL Prominent Lexington Man Con victed in Superior Court of , Making Assault s , , . Lexington, Ang. J. -Baxter Sbemwell waa aBtaced to thirty month oa tha souaty roads bey Judg J. BU Bay ia superior eonrt hers thl afternoon after a aad Dee round guilty of . assault with, deadly weapoa oa Wade H. 'Phil lipa and Joha C. Bower, local attor neys, aad of carrying coaecslsd wp- as. ; ,-. - - v - Two yaart waa giva ia th asssuH eas aad six months for earrylng on ssaled weapons. EhemwaU gar notice f appeal to th Supram Court aad hia bond waa xd at 2.000. Th SUt ffrd only Bowr aad hia law psrt- ar, Jisjor faiiupa, who told of th def eadaat'a drawing two pistol ia their office a January 19, but, after word ever th everanee of relations aa at toraoy and lint a th part f th lawyer. During th struggl that fol lowed the drawiag of the weapoa, it waa testified, one pistol wa discharged ad th bullet penetrated Major Phil lip' cloth lag. v - Tha defena offered ao evidene la ithr casa but depeaded apoa a plea of ef mercy, which Jodge Ray declared ould aot be allowed. Be pointed to the two big pistols, aad a repeating rifle, offered aa evidence, aad declared they did aot comport wttft. plea af mercy. Whea defaaaa attorney stated that Shemwall had armed himself In slf-dsfeas s gainst someone h had reason to believe had designs apoa hia Ufa, Judg Bsy replied ths the Kaiser slaimed h did th am thing, but produced a world war by rsaaoa of being toe heavily armsd. James Pou of Balslgh Appeared with local souneel for the defease, whil former Judge B. 0. Stardwick assist ed local counsel for the Stats. The court room waa crowded during lhh ones sruu. . A specs 1 venir waa ordered um- moaed for Wednosday morning whsn Jim McDonald, alia Arthur McDowell, sua Arthur Cunningham and Alexaa der Cunning, colored, win be placed oa trial for his Ufa oa tha eharg of as saulting criminally tha wife of a well KBowa waits zarmer oz we county. , FOUR PERSONS KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT Two Others In Machine Carried To - 8partanbnrf Hospital f JKTitb. Crnahed Slrolla SDartaaburg, S. C- Ang. 2-Foar per sons are dead, two are dying aad two were injured a a result of being crush ed beneath their automobile Jrhleh craahed through th railing of a bridg ever the 0. C and O. railway at Mayo, 3.jG, yesterday afternoon, aad fell 20 feet to the railway track below, j .Th dead ar Joha Wiltoa Norrls, Custer Hunter, Samuel H. Clark and Miss Ha . Gilmer. Mis - Mary Ellea Rodger aad Mis Callie Beet are dying ia a local hospital with crushed skull. 8. F. Huttoa, wko wss driving th u. tomobils, has laesrstioas of the eealp and eoncuasioa of the brain. Mis Lottie Gilmer haa a brokea arm. Mr. Barton, witk eevea companion wa returning from a trip to. pie north, era aeetiea of the state, whsn, ia turn ing a sharp cam at Mayo, tha machine hurtled through the railing at th end ef th bridge, throwing the entire party to the track below. Ail member of the party "wer from Gleadale, thl eouaty. . . . , ,t . CRACKER STATE SHOWS SMALL INCREASE GROWTH Washington, Augost " I. Georgia's ,1830 population, with the exception of oao enumeration lamnci not rexuraea by the upcrvUdr, i 2l8B3,'"iT, r.e Census Bureau aaaouaeed today. Ten year ago the population wa 2,00BJZ1. Th rate of growth for iu tea years was' 10J per cent, the smallest ia the history of the Stats. It wss almost f per cent less thsa tha increase of, tea yeara ago. ' la. aambsrs, Georgia populatioa Ia ereaa was 184,480, tha smallest aumerl- eal increase since th decade ending witk 1870 aad a little mere than two third at larg a th increase tea years WASHINGTON LOSES FEW FOLKS IN POPULATION " Washington, August f. Th Census Bureau today anaonnced th populatioa f th following cities t - Clearwater, Flsu, 2t427: increase, I,- 258, or 107 J per cent. j Washington, North Carolina. 8,19; decrease, 45, er 0.7 per cent. . -Wood River, ia Madison county, Illi nois, whose populatioa iws aanoAneed today by tha CenSu Bufeau a 1,478, ha ahowa aa Increase f '4038.1 per cent duajng th last tea yeaj-sw' That ia th highest rate of growth shown by any plsee ia the United States thus far ia th fourteenth census. ORDERED TO ROADS COO MLTFi 1TEIUCEEASES Economist For Railroad L':r Organizations Shifts Bur den To Roads SAYS BAD MANAGEMENT rADE ADVANCE NECESSAHY Warns Pnhlio Ajainit Permit. tinf Advanced Sate. To' Za Teed As Zxcnie Por Unnec eaaary Increaiei In Price of Ordinarj Articles, of Con. inmption r Washiagtoa, Aug. t Bailrosd rata Increases aathoriaed bv tha Interstate Commerce Commission "should hav bo ppreeiabl effect, oa th price of th vast majority of thing, which the or dinary consumer purchases," according t aa analysis af th uossibl sffsct of ths sdvaneed rate mad public tonight by W. Jett Dauek, eooa'omist for ths railroad labor 'organizations. At ths am tim Air. Lane assarted that. OA ere wonld have beea in iraia . l'rc a advance" if tha road aad dsb vener managed, made xreo ef wster" ia sapitalisatioa and were aot themselves tha victim of profli. teer to tb axteat f 300 .0000 .000 a' year ia-purchase of auppliss and equipment, . otill there m a oeeaaioa for alarm ia th prospect of aa addition of a bil lioa and a half dollar to th anaual , transportation bill af tb country," th statement said, 'provided hi item Is aot multiplied four ; or fiv times bafor it is presented to th people for paymsnt. For instance, by ao poe- aihla aamnntatlaii . mb k. j rate be mad to jutify aa increase of pvr poaaa sa us) price OZ meat r fiv at per pair isi th price of hoes er tea aenta In tha nriu a of clothe or oaa-fourth of ana i,nt ue nee oz a loaf of bread.. Banc th Dnblia ahonld ha lafium4 mA ty. fores of government should b ea guara to see inai ao anjustiaablo bur dea is Imposed ea the people as a result of th Iaterstat Commere Corami. loa's solutioa of th financial problem of the railroads. Coal. Mr. Lsuek said, was one com. moauy, ue price oz woien, would be "di rectly aad appreciably increased to tba eoasumer by th rat advance, ths amount being from 75 cents to 81 per tea. InWuding all of tb transpor tation cost sntering into wholesale meat prices, h asserted, naming th hauling f feed to cattle and tha movement of livestock before killing, the maximum ffsst ef ths advenes vnuM ha U.a thm a cent a pound. On Hoar he said, ths increased cost at Philadelphia would amouai io as cents a parrel, wane aa a 1 suit of clothe mad oa th Atlantic coast and retailed oa th Pacific the increased freight would amount to nine . "Tha wvaat (nitnatrij .f l.a 'u..i could amply afford to deduct the ia- srsasea xrcignt race rrom tae price of their product,'' h added, after present ing com sutisue on prof ts of pro- duaiuar eornAratiima. "ihnm allAln .k. commodity to reach th retailer at the same price a xormsriy. , tsj so doing thsy would b decreasing their exece profit lees than oao-fonrtk and would still have left their full aormal profit aad three-fourths or mora of the execs profit which they ara aow making." SUFFS CONCENTRATING STRENGTH IN TENNESSEE Ten Votes Short In Hotie and Six Votea In Senate, Wath- .infton Hears News aad Observer Bsresa, 603 District National Bank Bldg. By R. B. POWELL. Washington. Aur. Witk mt short ia th Hons and six rote short ia tha Senate. surTnvlata. ... t... for tb convening of th speeisl ses- sioa or in jsnnseas legislators, ar oneentrating all their full force ia that State. Four haaditnutan I.... already beea opeaed in tha State, with nv erganisera campaigning la th dis tricts. ... .... Mrs. Abhv fieatt - tUa-. ultt..l hairmaa of th party, liavee Washlng toa today for Ohio, whore as fourth sober ef th ratificatiom committe appointed to . oaault with tha na cratia leadara. aha will ha la touch with Governor Cos oa the Ten- Three thousand dollara' wu amtrtK. atcd by Philadelphia members ef ths women's party yesterdsr for work in the thirty-sixth Stat. Mis Faany Cochran gav 81,000, Miss Mary Bars ham aaother 11.000. and amall M.t.ku. tions, including $300 from Mrs. Kather ia HalUgaa, of Philadelphia, totaling another thousand. CLOTHING JOBBERS TRY ' TO STAMPEDE RETAILERS i. Wtahinirtna. Ana aTfna.4 V - special assistent to ths attbraey general ia the enforcement of the Lever ! against profiteering, charged today that manuraetursrs ana Jobbera or wearing apparel were attempting through care- ruiiy prepared propaganda "to stam pd retailers and th publie into a renewed fictitious demsnd for elothinr and thereby fore prices highsr. . figg, "is fully advbed of tha several phsses of this carefully planned cam palga and it only remain to fix per sons! responsibility before applying ths criminal provisions of th Lever lew." In a formal statement Mr. Fie charged thst the msnnfaeturers and jobbers wsrs circulating propaganda similar to thst used to mulct ths pu lie during ths rseent speculative conditions."
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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