North Carolina Newspapers

' ' ' . . 1 . News1 mm Pine - , THE tt'E i TllER . ,, Fair and somewhat warmer Satardayr Saaday falrr gea tl variable wlada. V WATCniAJCZl aw W fa) Seat tasttwal In data Mam ainttM aaa evsM ana erver VOLT QUI, NO. 143. TEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. G. SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 20. 1 920. TEN PAGES, TODAY PRICE: FIVE CENTS ELIZABETH CITY GETS CONFERENCE AT NEXTSESSION Pasquotank Capital Backs .All Other North Carolina Cities Off The Boards CHRISTIAN MINISTER V JOINS THE METHODISTS Bar. J. W. H&rrell, of Barling, ton, Jteoeived Into North Carolina Conference; After Slacking Up To Consider Educational Drive, Bum On Double Time . By T. A. BIKES. Boeky Mount, Nor. 19. The North Carolina Conference in session at the Rrst Methodist church here heJd.it busiest session today. Yesterday hadIjiat been featured in many news been givea over to the consideration of the educational program and the con ference hsd got somewhat "behind with the routine work, but today the Bishop erdered .double. quick time and tht con ference fell in line and transacted quite a deal of conference business. Ber- J. W. Harrell, one of the -fading ministers of the Christian oeiiwml- nation in the State, and who. has been w aa1vAi aa a trvflllnv vireachef into the eonferene and will receive hit first appointment at the hands of a Methodist Bishop next Monday. By a rising vote the eonierence or-i dered its secretary to wire a message of sympathy and love to Bishop "John C. Kilgo. who was formerly a member of (his conference and who .is this year - resting because of ill health. " L'aanlmeas for Elisabeth City. The conference voted unanimously to hold its session of 1921 in Elisabeth City, the invitation tame from every' body- down there, and was so hearty that New Born, which" had fully in tended to ask for it, withdrew in favor of the city on the Pasquotank. Five young men were received into the conference on trial and will be given appointments next Monday. A numlMr of young ministers were elected to elders' Orders and will receive ordi- srution at the hands of Bishop Darling tnn ixt Slindsv. The Duke fund will he adminstered tv Trinitv Collea-e instead of the church extension board of Louisville, Ky. This is a fuad give by Mr. 5. B. Duke to strengthen the work ia rural dlt- trieta of tlia conference. . The third day Jessica of the confer- ease was tonvaned with the religious service conducted by DrT Morrison, who. has .completely! captured the con ference a welt v the city of Boeky Mount. His address this morning was filled with humor, wit and tears. Fraternal, and Christian greetings war received from the . Btate Baptist -J . - - . . -1 Ml- cofivvnuvu at Aanetuw Lay Aside Their Aratear, The most touching ineidentthst has taken place during the conference was today when the names of the older bretherea who have actually worn themselves out in the ministry and mow are compelled to take the supers ukte were tailed and when they one bjrone arose and made statements to me eonierence. ev. i. ta ouuon, wno bat for a quarter of a century been one of the most faithful and beloved aaea of the conference, declared that he was happy though having to lay 'down the armour. This waa the note sounded by all the old brethren, in cluding Bev. J. E. Underwood, 'who Tor nearly half a century has been- on? of the tall oaks of the forest. Bit spirit ual life bat touched and vitalized that Of to many hundreds in the conference and he - has occupied the leading places for a number of years and ia loved possibly as well as any man in ' the conference. Aa he lays down the task of preaching and helping people to a higher life as pastor, bo goes with . hit face towards sundown -with a shin ing face and aa experience that comes from other than the power of man. Bishop Darlington introduced to' the eanferenea Kev. D. F. N- Parker, for merly of the Biblieal department oil Trinity College, but now deaa of ths . Theological department of Emory tTuui- varsity, Atlanta; Dr. W. B. Beauchamp, D. D.. of Nashville, Tenn one" of the educational secretaries of the church ,11, and Bev. A. . D. Belts, president of Payaa College, Augusta, Ga. , - The matter of meeting this confer ence's obligation to the representative church, Washington, D. C waa Brought before the conference in the form of a resolution to place the amount this conference . is due that church ia the - regular budget for ext year, and the resolution was adopted- v, ' ! v, Bev. Dr. Camak, of the South Caro lina conference aad president of tht 1 Textile Industrial School, Spartanburg, was introduced to the conference and ' exhibited loan of the elotll that is man ufactured in hit school by tttudents, who are working their way by serving ia' the mill half time and going . to school the other keif.--"-' - College To Administer Fund. " The Duke fund, a fund provided by ' the benefaction of Mr. J. B. Duke for the purpose of assisting .churches ia ' the epea country to become self ant- taining and to enlarge their scope of operation, which hat been handled heretofore by the "general board , of ehnreh extension, wet by request - of Mr. Duke given over to Trinity Col lege to administer under too direction of the Duke , commission which was created by the conference today.' The commission it composed of three mem. bert ef this tad three of the Western '7 North .CaroUotr"" Conference"-and it - constituted as follows: Bow 'Walter Patten, J. H. Bernhardt," I. B. Boldea, A. W. Plyler, M. T, Plyler, and K.K. Cenrtney , . v -. - . , At -10 o'clock the special, order for the day was. called np by tfio Bishop, - where shall tht next Conference be heldfBer. J. It Ormond, pastor of (Continue fsre Fenr-H' GLENN YOUNG ATTACKED BY ILLINOIS PRISONERS Former North Carolina Prohi bition Officer !n The Lime light Again Springfield, 111., Nov.c19.-8. Glenn Young, of East St. Louis, prohibition enforcement officer, was attacked and beaten by number of Federal pris oners in the county jail here when 'he was incarcerated oa an indictment re turned at Madison county, charging him with murder. Jail attaches had put Young in the "bull pen" of the jail until writ of lubent corpus could be secured for his release. While he was awaiting this writ, a Bomber Cf the prisoners who held him respon sible -fr their being in jail for viola tion of prohibition laws, attacked him. They administered aevere bcanng and were throwing hot water upon Mm when jail officials came to his rescue. Young wna indicted for the murder of Luke Vuckovie on November A at Madi son, 111., during a mid upon the Vuck ovie home in search of whiskey. ,8. 'Glenn Young, is remembered weil in North Carolina, where he had a sen sational career as agent of the Depart ment of Justice in running down evaders of the draft law and deserters from the army. Young,, with his -dog, stories. - Hit work against btoeksdrrt is the State was similarly sensational. He has been doing prohibition , work in Illinois for some time. No Formal Qounbement Made As To What Was Ac complished at Sessions CLOSER CO-OPERATION PLANNED FOF FUTURE Unqualified Snpport Sa!d To Bare '- Been Given Stand Taken By Oompera Against Badioal Leaden; Legislatiorf To Be Urged Upon Congress Discussed at Meeting Washiagton, Nov. 19. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The executive a eouneil of the American Federation of Labor concluded its work here tonight with at . making any formal .announcement at to what had bee accomplished dur- -4 iag ita -two weeks of diseaaiiaaa. - , ' Although members of tke-owneil, U eluding President Oompert ef the Fed eratioa, were disinclined to talk of pro eeejisgs a tht executive sessions, it it knowa that certain programs were dis cussed which by common consent will praciieslly become, policies. of the or ganisation. These include what described as a healthy stand against rsdicaliau- within organised labor, aad for sharp restriction of immigration. Pisa Closer Ce-opersUoa. There waa also an almost unanimous .agreement among the labor heads, it is understood tor closer eo-opsrauoa Be tween - labor aad industrial engineers. Ia this, labor leaders believed they were teeomolishing the dual purpose of eliminating waste and inefficiency and creating a a atmosphere which, would foster greater production. The coun cil was said to have made plain in, its discussions its realieatioa of world aeeds ia this respect and members of tht eouneil held that - labort conduct should be such that no blame for low ontpat could" attach to the workers. It was said that eouneil members bad planned a aeries of conferences with in dastrial experts looking to gradual establishment of a co-operation which many deem invaluable. 8ome such eoa ferences have been held during the last year, including that with Herbert Hoover, former Federal food adminis trator, who met here with the eouaeil early this. week. Mr. Gompert waa rep, reseated at being- highly pleated with tht result of the Hoorer and other eeafereaeetaad having expressed desire to continue them. The plea was mads in eouneil sessions here oa more than one ' occasion,' it was said, that labor leaders employ every effort to clear their attitude of tuspicioa which some leaders dec Is red had attached to labor's positioa whea seeking reforms. Tht belief that thin might handicap labor ia seeking tht advice of indus trial experts tt the labor program in developed, was said to aava beta ex pressed. . . .Seaport Btaad AgoJaot BadlcaHsss,. Unqualified support is aald to have been girea the stand against radical ism, withiavaad witheat organised labor aa voiced by . Mr. Gompert aad Vir-PresideMx Woll, whose denounce ment of tht borers from withia has beea spread broadcast among the work ers. The statement ox tht f ederation president at regards . radical foreign labor and the euppretsioa of destruc- tionistt also was accorded tht council's entire personnel. ; , . !: f LegislaUoa to be urged npoa Con gress was discussed by tht eouaeil but tht aajtara of these plant were not dis closed. - It wat regarded as eertaia, however, that Mr. Gompert or hit aids would appear 'many timet before Con gressional committee dariag the com ing tetsioav end, since the Fed era tioa claims aa increase of friendly members ia each branch, leaden art confident of pushing through much of . their pro gram. .-.-I. -. ; V - Boast leaders elated that the Fed era tioa expected to devote a reat deal of time 'to lighting legislation which it op poses aad, may not, therefore conduct a campatga to put through bills it de sires immediately. The majority of he eeuaell, however, apparently . believed aa offensive to bo better than a de fensive stand, aad the introduction of messaigs the Fedrrntioa favort ia to be expected, it wis aaid , COUNCIL OFLABOR pi unrc wnDif I OPEN DIPL 0M BEFORE LEAGUE IN DAY'S DISCUSSION British Labor Delegate Urges Admission of Enemy States To Assembly AWARDING OF MANDATES PROTESTED BY GERMANY While Several Nations Spetisor Admission of 'Germany, No Delegate Willing To , Nomi nate Her;, Viewpoint of La bor Presented For First - -Tim Bj Britisher WILSON'S MESSAGE READ TO THE LEAGUE ASSEMBLY Geneva, Nev. By the Asso ciated Proas.) At the opening ef today's aeaaloa of the aasembbly of the Lcagne ef Nations, Panl Hy snaas, the president, read a reply frame President Wilsea to the mes sage aeat to Washington by the as sembly en Monday. George Nieoll Barnes, a British delegate, then took the floor to be gin diacaasloa of the report of the coaacil of the Leagne- Geneva, Nov. 19. By The Associa ted Press.) Mandates, open diplomacy et to the tieague of JNai nished today material for discussion in the assembly of the League of Na tions. For the first time tht word "re vision" was pronounced in connection with Article 18 M the covenant of the League which provides for the registra tion of treaties or international en gagements. For the first time-also the viewpoint of labor aa regards the League waa presented. The views of labor were presented by George NiooU Baraes, of the Brit ish delegation, who gained applause when he declared that "a general peace ia impossible untiKwe have industrial discussion peace, and. industrial peace as impos sible until labor gets its full share of Mhe product of its own effort N Want Enemy States Admitted Twice again the udmission of for mer enemy States into the League was advocated. Labor was quoted by Mr, Barnes as ia a large majority demand ing it. There now have been , repre sented in the demands for the tdmit ion the , former enemy States South., Africa, Great Britain, Bwitsen- iand, Argentina and Scandinavia.- It still appears, bwver, that bo one' of the delegations te ready to take the initiative iaj proposing the election of Germany to memtfershin. Lord Bobert Cecil, of the British delegation, hat said that he will not do so, and Honorio Purreydon, head of the Argeatinov delegation, who - has spoken strongly ia favor of Germany coming -in. declares that he will not nominate her. Neither will the Dutch sn Swedish delegations, which are supposed to be Germany's : strongest supporters, propose her admission to the League, notwithstanding the fact that sentiment favorable to her mem bership crops out in every debate. It la bow generally considered that the question lies entirely with a com' mitteo, tt delegates who hesitate to propose Germany's admission from the Boor of tht assembly, are quite free in bringing up the discussion in com Opinion is about' equally, divided be- tweea the probability of postponing ad mission of all former enemy states until the next meeting of the assembly, and the admission of all of them, with tht exeeptioa of Turkey, during the present session. . Germany Makea Protest. A protest by Germany against the manner of the distribution of mandates for her colonies today created a marked impression in (he assembly, probably on account of the fact that it was ad dressed to the assembly; instead of (he eouneil of the League tit Nations. Ger many consistently hat maintained the attitude that the eouneil of the League does not possess sufficient authority to deal, with such questions, tinee a ma jority of ltt representatives form group of former belligerents and that tho assembly alone is representative of the entire League and, therefore Com petent to deal with the question. Giuseppe TJotta. president of Hwitxer land aad heafeof the Wist delegation. ia a speech today held that the eoun il and tho assembly were two separate and independent organ isms, and it is probable that the committee on general organizatioa will be called upon to solvo the problem. - HEAVY COTTON SELLING ON NEW YORK EXCHANGE New York. ' Nov. l9v Beports that spot cotton waa being pressed for tale iav the South . were accompanied by heavy telling of eottoa . future- here today aad a break of more than a cent a pound ia prices. January deliveries told at 13.35 'early this afternoon or 11U points below tbt closing pnee of yesterday, and nearly 7 eeata a pound below the high price touched oa tht pre-election advance. (Downward swings rolIoBted rtpldly la the- wheat market until Uecember de livery .toached dl.fl, sheer descent et nearly 10 cents a bushel from' yes terday's finish. Corn tuf fertd a maxi mum lose of about four cents. ' Export buying of UOQOflOO bushels of wheat took place oa the break aad helped to rally prices a little at tht last, De cember wheat closing perTOOt at 81J2 to SL72 4. ' ." -r-. -k - . FORMAL" APPROVAL OP LOAN : 1 , TO CHINESE IS ANNOUNCED New Verk. Nov. 19. Formal P- Proral of the new Chinese consor tium y the governments of the Unit ed States, Great Britain, France and Japan, wat announced here ,; tonight by J. P. Morgan and Company, ia be half of theAmerieaa banking group, i NEWLY ELECTED Ji 7 , A r Left M. Demetrioe Gonnaria, leader of the.Boysliats, who defeated the Lib erals, headed by Premier Veaizclos, ia the recent elections la Greece. Right Demetriot Ehsllis, former Premier, who hss been ashed to form a new Ministry., JOHN SMALL PLANS BIG CELEBRATION Philadelphian Will Speak at Formal Opening Albemarle Sound Canal 603 District National Bank Bldg. By R. E. POWELL (Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Nor. 19 The eom plction of the Norfolk to Albethsrle Bound stretch of the Norfolk and Beaufort Jnland Waterway will be commemorated with a great celebration at Great Bridge, 13 miles down stream from Norfolk, on Monday November Mayor J. Hampton Moore, of Phila delphia, president of the Atlantic Deep Water' Ways Association and Congress' man Small of the first North Carolina district, former president of the. so- ciation, will attend and make addresses Mayor Moore will preside over the meeting wfiich has been arranged un der the auspices of the association Folks, from all over Eastern Ncrth Carolina and Tidewater Virginia will atead the celebration; plant ; ana de tails of which htrs beea practically completed, .in conferences hetweta) Uayor Moore, Mr. Small end represen : - j .l . 1 -i. : t ( a i. t tatieet of tht shipping interests of Kerf oik. The official . party will ar rive ia Norfolk on Sunday night aad the trip to Great Bridge will be made early Monday npxi)ing. The mayor of Norfolk, is expected to attend ia has official capacity. The stretch of the inland canal ex tends for 63 miles and the completion of tbe project, a portion of the origl nal Albemarle and Chesapeake canal route, has. been at a cost bf approxi mately two and a half million dol lars. Originally it had a depth of eight foot but the ' government has finished cuttingtbit to twelve feet and the channel ie now deep enough to ac commodate any t raise from New York Philadelphia, Baltimore nnd Norfolk to Eastern Carolina points. Water commerce has just begun to flourish in eastera Carolina, Mr. Small said today, and new boat nnd barge lines -fctween NewrBern, Washington, (-Elizabeth City, and Norfolk and Balti more, are springing up rapidly. Efforts have gradually been going ahead look ing tr. the establishment of a lino from New Bern to Baltimore also. Work on the original project, Nor folk to iteautort, win in au proDaoiuty be continued with tbe pxssge by the next Ccngtess ft the annual river and harbors I'll. (While some funds art still available for this . work, it hat rcccssarily suffered .a delay oa account of the high prices of construct ion until recently almost prohibitory and the waterway projects all were delayed tome on account ol the war. I presume tht work will be eon tinned according as industrial condi tiona become normal," Mr. Small' said today. "Our expectation it that tht regular riven tnd harbors bill will be passed at the coming session aad that will carry a budget tumcient to go ahead with tht work. Miss Helen Urquhart, formerly a member of the faculty ft St.-Mary's School, la Baleigh will be married ia Washington tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock to Mr. Charles Bam bo, of Ntw ork. Miss Urquhart hat beta living ia tbe capital for aomt time at Ward man Park Inn aad a number of social functions In her honor have: been riven in the pnst few weeks. Mrs. B. Frank Mebans of Spray, aad Mrs. J. Ladssy Patterson, ef-Winstoa-Salem,, were principal fc peak art at a club meeting at the home of John Hays Hammond this afternoon. They recounted their experiences in , the Balkana. : ' ' SETTLE CONTEST OVER . ESTATE OUT OF COURT Boston, Not. 19. Announcement that tho contest ever the -will of -Edward C Scarlet, of Methuen, and New Tork, In volving many million or dollars, aad beea nettled out of court, wat made to night by Charles, T. Cboate, Jr, coun sel for the executors, and Sherman X Whipple, counsel for Albert V. Sesrles, of Boston, a nephew of tht testator who contested the document. They refused to disclose the tennt of the aeitlement. .. ,i: yi i , ii I - Glsaers .Lower Their Price, fihawaee, Okla Nov. 19. Five eottoa ginnert operating in Bhawnee have voluntarily lowered the jprieefor gin ning cotton tea' cents per ' hundred pounds. .The ginnert Stated their at tioa waa' talea bec-nse "farmers have beea rcoclving less money for their eot toa thm year." Tbt new rate it thirty cents per hundred pounds, r v GREEK . LEADERS mmmmmmmmxn ?- a 't -.".. aaf a t JV .11 - lc' Personal Accounts of Killing of Citizens and Police Are Given Lt..j P. 1m,. ... u ,.i . ciated Press.) More eye witnens talea of violence iu Ireland and accounts of social and economic developments re sulting from the c.Toit for Irish inde pendence were received today by the eemmission of the committee ef one hundred investigating tbe Irish ques tion. The commission then adjourned over Thanksgiving to resume its in quiry probably the first week in De esm'ier. - Personal accounts of the killing of ritisens nnd nolie. W ffent-mW atJ Ttnlhrlco-,0 nrf th. h,.,nin. w. ing of homes and stores there and at Galway and other Irish towns were re lated by John Derham, town commis sioner of Balbriggan. and Americans who. toured the country recently, in cluding William A. King, of I ronton, Ohio, and Mr. and Mrs. Francis Harkett of. New Tork. A cony of the report made by the Quaker commission from Great Britain. -which Investigated Irish affairs recent b. wat submitted bv Paal J.Fornas, ef New York, president of liie Boejety ef friends. TerrorisTo" wst $h term applied- by all of todays' witnesses to tha aniHtary rule in Ireland. Mr. Derham aaid the "black tad tana" baronetted two eiti tens of Balbriggan and burned twenty five houses during a raid 1b reprisal for the shooting of two officers -by un known persons. A picture of the military rule- main tained with armed lorries -and tanks, in -Cork, Dublin nd other cities was given by Mrs. King, who said that street shootings were nightly occur rences. Mr. Hackett, associate editor of tbe New Bepublic, j,said that magistrates and civil polics bad resigned la shoals aad. that ths people generally were submitting their eivil and other eontro- cyerslos to the Bcpubhean eonrtt. for Sinn Fein," said Mr. Hackett, who ststcd that fcs slwsys hsd sympathized with the oinn Fein movement. Vketpaaaible SinnFeinlea4rt tol me," said Mr. Hackett. "that these killings of policemen were aa absolute ly accessary act' of justice, most of them having committed actual murder. - .Conditions in Ireland are working ap-to massacre," Mr. Hackett said. He added that many of the "black and tana" were ex-eonvictt and other des nersdnM. . "The English are pursuing a policy of oppression and assassination, he continued, ' "and mating no .effort to bring to book those guilty, among the Ml.- . - l! 1 u W miliary xvrcva, oi.iawirwniot. r The British policy regarding restitu- tioa for properly dettrbj'ed by tht mil itary it to impose assessments upon cit- liens of the community where violence has occurred, the witness said. . lie add ed tha Sir Arthur Griffith had told him that in Beptatnber,: there were about 150.000 troops ia Ireland and he estimated the number. .01. police tinea withia tht. last few years at about 120. CAN COLLECT AT PAR FROM NON-MEMBERS OF RESERVE New Orleans, La-, Nov. 19. Federal Bcserre banks can collect checks at par over the counters of. non-member banks. United States District - Judges Walker and Bryan, and District Judge Grubb. aitting as a United States Clr cult Court of Appeals, decided here to day when the court affirmed the de cision of the Northern district court of Georgia in tbet rase of tbe American Bank tnd -Trust Compsny of Cordcle, Oa., aad other bankl of Georgia, against tbt Federal Betervo Bank of Atlanta SEVEN HUNDRED PERSONS SUFFERING WITH JYPHOID Btleai,' O., Nov.. 19. Sevan -hundred and eighty persona ' were today suffer ing from typhoid fever Ja thit little eity of less ths JOflOO people. Four emergency hospitals established withia the last few weeks were i tied with nstlcnts and tht tituation! according to R. A. ' Lamont, thief of the eitisens' relict committee, was said to be des pctste., "We hsvc.Bot vet-reached the peak- ofthtjcBi4erir taidMf. Li- CKNEKAL SYAJT BECOilE8"r ADVISER TO,GBN. OBKEGON Chicago. Nov. 19. Brig. Gea- James A Bran, commander of the-second of ficers .training camp at Fart .Bheridta, hss left for Mexico , to Tbeeomt con fidential snviter to General Obregoa, preside""" lct of Iftzieo, tt was leara- IRISH COMMITTEE , HEARS WITNESSES ed tooWv " - . . " HALT BANK BANDITS KILLING ONE MAN; CATCH TWO MORE Tt CONTINUES WORK Jackson County Canvassers Resumes Hearings In Asheville RESULT UNDECIDED AS ADJOURNMENT IS TAKEN Elimination of Indian Votes, According: To Judge Boyd's Baling:, Will Pat Democrats In Lead; Quietude Attends Sitting; But Suppressed Spirit of Excitement Asheville, Nov. 19. Removed from threats sad fears of violence, tbe Jack son County Board of Canvassers re sumed the canvass of the returns of the November election here this after noon and it ia now apparent that the result of the board's deliberations on neutral territory will be to declare the iue canvassing of the vote waa at tended by counsel neither for Demo crats nor the Republicans Tho net re sult of the investigation of challenged ELECTION BOARD ... . .. - - r votes today was to eliminate one tHmtt-K era tic and two 'Republican votes in Dillsboro precinct, and two Bepublican votes in Barker's precinct. Following a decision, in these mstters, the bosrd adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morning with three essential matters to be decided: the disposition of 60 or more Indian votes, cast mawtly by wom en in Qualla Township for the Bepubli- i owposiiion oi rne vole in By,T Pmct where eight or ten more votes appear tabulated than there are names on tbe poll books, aad the vote in Barkers' Creek where the votes ei ceed ths poll book record bv six. Jadge Boyd's Haling. Oa the basis of Judge James E. Boyd's ruling in tbe Hyatt case that the Indians are wards of the govera ment and are not eitisens with ths privilege of voting, the officials are bow virtually convinced that these votes should be thrown out. They are also loiiowint legal advice la the opiaioi that the entire vets from Stuffed" bat ioi coxes should be eliminsted. Such actios would result ia a Dem crane victory. What effect this will nave in Jackson county is Droblemati caL The board was drives from 8ylva t? ths Buncombe county courthouse by ins rear mat not and bloodshed would result u the members followed their judgment, throwing out tbe Indian votes and rejecting the returns of cer tain precincts, thereby winina- out an apparent Bepublican majority ranging irom a to iw. ISO aigns of the threat eaed trouble showed as the caavassci met around a table ia the inner room of Clerk Cathey s oftire, fringed by in terestcd candidates. Few were aware that the attentive policeman standing unobtrusively ia the outer room waa these oa duty. Everytaiag Seems fair. Everything seemed fairad tbe tone of the proceedings judicial, more so tbaa ia many eourt-trlaisr-- Yet-the outer aspect was no better than It was yesterday at Hylva when after a motion had been put to eliminate tbe Indian vote there was almost the stillness of death in a court room jammed with hostile partisans whose pockets bulged with pistols. Nothing suggested the mob Spirit of November tth, which drove Democratic Attorney J. W. Hsy (Ceatlaaed Oa Page TweJ ... DEFLATION OF VALUES ON NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Sales On Exchange Aggregate. Million nnd Half Shares During: Day New York, Nov. Ifl.J-Deflation of values on the stork exchange and the principal commodity markets was re sumed ia heavy volume today, sa.let of stocks aggregating 1,500,000 shares, a total only a few times equalled this year. Extreme losses ia the industrial and special isisuet extended from 2 to 10 points with no material rallies at the close. Fully 100 shares were at low est priest ef tbt year. United States steel at 80 made a new minimum for three . yeara and Bethlehem Btsel whose earningt recently, were reported as very satisfactory established, a new low record for five years tt 51. Today's additional depreciation also affected tht oils, motors, equipments snd food, tobacco aad leather apef ial- ties .but , shippings, outstanding fea tures of the previous dsy't collapse. were fairly steady. Advices dealing witn ananeiai, com mercial aad industrial conditions re tained all of their recent discoursing characteristics. The one exeeptioa wta the money market, but relaxntioa ia that quarter vat of . little trail ia the face of more nfaverable factors 'a- volved ia the extensivs process et eeo. nomie tdjustment. , Sober, consideration of tht American International dividend suspensions treated a painful impression ia finan cial iireies beu- of thr bearing- af thit episode aa tbe .country s export trade pad American merchant marine. nL- j r -a .1 ci. . flteel corporntion-to "maintaia presewt prices, at a means of stabilising (hat indnsfry "unless it becumrt veeessary tnd propei to tnakt chaa-vt to meet tltered conditions" wat offset by the newt that the 1 JJidvale Steel Company had materially curtailed itt working force. ,. ... 4 i. . ' . J Bandits That Cracked Virginia Bank Safe Believed To Have Operated In North Carolina . ' LICENSE -NUMBER ON ' ' AUTO INDICATES THAT, THEY HAD BEEN IN STATE Roanoke Police 'Block loads Leading: Into Oltsgrow, Va. After Alarm" Given; After Halting; Robbers, Pitched Battle Ensues In Which Jatres B. Sodgers, of Phil adelphia, Loses Life ; Are Thought vTo Hare Operated in Pour Southern States Re-. cently; Bank Officials Sum moned Roanoke, V of Gmsgoww i., Nov. 19. The baak Glasgow, Virginia, 40 miles, north 'of here, at 2 o'clock this morning wna robbed by . three ban dits of (190,000 ia Liberty bonds aad currency, according to aa estimate of President Vaughn of the bank, aad three hours later, Boanoke police hav- mmJW J!n& . Jilocked th 2 v- vJb- -aMarr the North, halted were speeding in the robbers wk - ;--?w seven passenger automobile, killed one of them, fljfck K111 finer two urisoners in a pucoetb- ,4 tftovtrt4 the ,oot u tt .the other two battle . Patrolman O. L. Hendrix, of Roanoke, was slightly wounded. The dead man, according to the police, la James B. Rodgers, 6, of Philadelphia. -- Ths men under arrest gave thier aamet as: Charles Carter, AO, Cincinnati, O and William Porter, 47, of Washington, u D. C. t ' Chief of Police Rigney expressed -tht belief tonight tbst tht trio it re sponsible for robberies recently in . North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia aad Tennessee. Money 8ewed la Clethea. At the local morgue tonight 1209 as found tewed in. Rodgers' coat and $290 in tbe lining' of hit underwear. Most of the loot, which, included small amounts of jewelry, at well tt Lib ertv bonds and currency waa found la a birraeks bag. Carter and Porter, at the local jail,, declined to talk, other thaa to give what they, said were j their names and addresses.' -, According e President Vaoghan of Ike Glaew beat, tbt robbery became ' kaewn shortly after ( o'clock thit supra ing, whea an expiation occurred ia the ihstitution. Examination showed thai the vsalt hsd beea entered aad tht contents rifled. An alarm immedietely was sent to Buchanan. Word cams back thaf an automobile "going about At) miles tn hour" had just goat through the town, and Boanoke police were then notified. v The police immediately took steps tt meet the incoming tutomobilt on any . on of the three roads leading into tht city from the North. V'pon each, road . I a car was placed .lengthwise to block , the progress cf tht alleged bandits. Os the Hollins road, where the pitched battle occrured, the police patrol it ehtrgn of Motorcycle Officer Bobertsoi sad Pstrolmen Butler and Hendrix; waa placed aeroes the road a mile aad a half out of the city, about 4 a. m. .-'r Hear Aatesnobile vasnlag. A few minutes passed, according ts the officers, when the noise of aa auto mobile, apparently coming at a kin speed was heard. Boon the ear ap peared over the brow of a bill, several hundred feet away. Officer Boberttoa sprang into the middle of the road tad cried "'Halt.'' ' A blindina beam f rowt - a flashlight waa thrown ia tht officer's face, tecompanied by a shot. - Otkes- shots then came from the ear, aad gen eral firing between the occupants aad tbe police ensued Ia aa effort to go around the patrol wagoa the driver of the ear later identi fied at Bodgers, swerved to the tide of", tho road. At the stmt time according to the polics, Officer Boberttoa fired - to the police, Officer RSoberttoa fired th? shot tBat killed Bodgers,' ths ballet entering his neck. The ear thea ttruek rock, turned turtle tad planed the other two occupants beneath it. Oao of , tho mes fired seversl times after being caught. - ,? gaeasaea Baak Otoclala, v Chief of Police Bigaey aaaoaacfd -' toaight that tbe loot found la the bar racks bag will not - be eoaated aad classified until tomorrow pending tffa ' arrival here of bank officials who have ": beea summoned - from seversl potato in , North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, , and Tennessee where roberiet occurred reeenrly. BaaA ofiieisls ia Houston, Vs- Stonevillc, NC tad a point ia ' Georgia, are oa -'their way here, the . . Chief added. ' - ' - ' The Chief docUred that B. ff. Bald win, Vice-president of - the - Ulssgow bank who came here today with Presi-V dent Vtughaa already has identified ' wedding ring, stick pin, diamond , ring and string ef beads from' the bar racks bag that belonged to kit wife, s nd which Mr. Baldwin said were la a sfety deposit box ia tbe wrecked "bank. , Four State "license taga -oa the aa- - fomobile ased "by-tlio robbers were: . Georgia, 134,117$- fennestet, 965S North Ctroliaa,, IZIls; , Virginia, f Cer Nwrta Careliaa Uceaae.' ? ,' Beeordt ia tbe office of tbe Soerttary - of SUte of North Carolina show that -sutdmobild ilcens No. 12118 wat issued -te James B. Sogers, Winatoa-8alcm,,N. , (X aad the license wat teat to the ap plieaat ears Zinaendorf Hotel ia that city.'. .- -v.. ' " Alsw at Vlrglala Ueeaee. : , Sichmoad, Va- Nov. 19. James If. Raves. Jr. chief clerk la the effieea of the secretary of tht totaaaoawealth, said thit afternoon that automobile (Cealiatatl Oa Fare TwsJ