North Carolina Newspapers

. TJ'ATCll LABEL m fmt tsr. 8a4 mml five dan mHmn nntmm ami svoM saMaS mmmU ess. . ' erver VOU PCII, NO.. 183. TEN PACES TODAY. 4 . RALEIGH. N. C, THURSDAY' MORNING. DECEMBER 30, 1920. TEN PAGES-TODAY PRICE: FIVE CENTS sit diuaig: ws- miip o NEGRO IS ARRESTED III J1ES PLEASANT Solicitor Herbert E. Norris Ts Rapidly Clearing Up Hold- ' :. Up Mystery M'MILLAN IDENTIFIED, BY BARBOUR AND MESSER ' " :. ,M ' - ' - " , Murphy Atwater Is Being Held As Accomplice While Herod, otus Short ant- Jesse Hin ton Are Charged With SelL ing Whiskey Invoked In Fay. t tteviHe Road Tragedy '.' . s i ii i Owf UcMillan, a negro 35 rear old, was arrested yesterday charged with the narder of James' Purvis Pleasant on he FayeHtUUuesd December ' 22. McMillan has been positively iden tified by Percy Barbour and. LesNt .Messcr, Pleaeant's companions, a oat of the four negroes who accompanied the three white men to the arena of the killing ta obtain whiskey which had ' .been hidden in the woods The au thorities have every reason to belies- . that McMillan waa the man who did the actual shooting. - " Murphy Atwater, I another negro, la also being held as a suspected aero re plica and H rod cot us 8hort and Jease Hinton have been arrested, charged with . telling liquor, alleged to, hare been ' obtained from the murderers of Pleas ;.' ant. v " . Development yesterday rsused Solie- '. itor Herbert E. Korris, who has been ' in personal charge of the investigation since its inception Monday, to express .': the belief that the second story told by Barbour and Meaner is absolutely eor ; rect and has been fully corroborated. Tn addition to the arrest and identi Lftettion of the negroes, the story was P"" further corroborated yesterday by a . statement from Wilson Brother of Angler that the 100 -pounds of augar nsed an making the whiskey waa par ; chased by the dead boy. .Solicitor Norris yesetrday gave high ' praise to Deputy Sheriffs Mangum and Harwood, who have made all f the ar 1 rests; "These officers have stayed at the job night and day and have done highly efficient work and but for tbeir - tireless and intelligent .effort!, the ; murderers Would, not have been ap prehended he said, i , ;'. ; . McMillan, who is bettered to ta lk ' actual Jnurcrer, enjoys .jb unsavory reputation in East Baleigh where he snakea his home. He haevbeea arrested . ad tenvieted ia the City Court fof ' a number of miner offenses. - V , Discovering yesterday morning that ' he was under suspicion and that, the officers ware searching ' for him. the negro retained counsel. He waa arrested coming out of the law office of his attorneys, Armistead Jones and Son: W.- H. Sawyer, aeeompaniod the gro to the Solicitor's office and left - him there with the advice to tell all lis knew about it. However, Mr. Nor , ria refused to examine the prisoner v ia the absence of ' his attorney. Mr. , Sawyer later stated that he ia satiated '"the negro is innocent of the charge. FUG-DRAPED COFFINS WITH TAR HEEL BODIES "- Columbia, 8. C, Dee. 29. Thirtylae far draped coffins, each bearing the body of a soldier of the TJnited States, . reached Columbia ia' two apeeial cars ' this afternoon. From Columbia the bodies are being sent, under military Vaeort from Camp Jackson Jo the home. ef the soldiers ia JorthCarolina, Geor . fia, Florida and "Temneasee. ' ,r , The North Carolina soldiers included: Cook Jamea Glass, transport corps, ' 'Wilmington; Private 8ev Tongdeer, Company4 D, 115th M. O. BN, EU; Private Iwrenee D. Boland,-Franklin; Private Boy 8. Kirkpatrick, Company ' O. 120th Infantry, Hot Springs; Private Robert F. WilliamavHeadqaartera Com pany, 105th Engineers, Butkerf ordtoa ; Private Ralph-O. Bhyne, Shelby; Pri- : vate Odus P. Street, Shelby.; , ALEXANDER J. HEMPHILL DIES AT NEW YORK HOME . - ,iammmm -'. . . . New York, Vtc 89. Aleander: i 3. HemphUl, ehalrmnn of the board of di i rectors f the Guaranty . Trust Com- pany, died 'at his home. here today ef heart disease after a year of failing health, t. "A , - Mr. Hemphill, who, was bora ia Phi; ' adelphia 6 years ago, waa identified with. public aerviee eorpo rations throughout the' country and with .na , tion-wide relief, charitable bodies. , Among i; the eorpn rations which he . served' were the Norfolk and Western Railway, Adam Express Company, and Virginia-Caroliaa Chemical . Company.'- THREE MEN KILLED IN ' FREIGHT TRAIN" WRECK . . , . i v - r- '. -' Knoiville, Dee. 29. Three " were killed and three seriously lnjured'when Louisville 'and Nashville freight trains Numbers 43 and 64 collided near Cran dall, Oa this afteaooon.'aeeording to . 1 reports received here tonight.. . -At iavestigatioa. itr Jeilig made by -officials of te Louisville aad Nash ; ville. It is thought that .one ef the erew passed signals, according to a . Enosville 'offleiaL ; ' ' i ? ; Crsndall, Ga where the aeeideat ee "eurrtd, ia located on the Atlanta divi sion of the L. and N. Railroad about ainety-Sve miles from Kaoxvilla. ' - ' Steamer la Dtotrean. : ' "... Key West, Fla., De& 29. The steamer - Inoceaslo Figareda waa ia distress three mile north of Tortagaa tonight and the' steamer Vlomus, twenty-eight milea away at that time,-was "rushing her aid, according to a wireless message picked ap by ( the aaVal station here. Available records here do not list the Inoeensio.FisaredOi,. . .:..!.- . Government . Takesr a Hand " Federal IndictmenU Against Four Concerns And Eleven Irj divadualsAs Result Of Investigation Of "Building Trust" In New York; Uncover Co-operative Organizations Of Manufacturers . And, Contractors To Exchange Business Information. - . . . . ' . . . . New Tork,V Dec 9. The Federal gov eminent added its legal flail to the whips of .New York State's "trust smashing'1 .organisation today by, re turning indictments charging violation of the ' Sherman anti-trust act "against four concerns and eleven individuals recently investigated by the joint legis lative committee sitting here, . These indictments, the first of a Fed eral nature, aecumnlated upon more than 180 indictments ret rncd by . a trio, of grand juries ee operating with the legislative investigation. The, de fendants will appear for pleading to morrow. Meanwhile, the committee uncovered same of the most extensive co-operative, organizations of - manufacturers and contractors Schick daily inquiry ever tea weeks has brought forth. It srSs shown that hundreds of Arms - in all lines ef trade throughout the coun try exchanger' through clearing houses, the names of prospective buyers, their bids and' signed contracts, and also i, daily reports of stocks en hand : and seupments, Flceajng Piwcticwa.' ; Those praetiees, carried on . ander Sfograms advocated by the late ; Arthur erome. Esidy and his eeonomie dis ciples, were characterized by Samuel L'ntermyer,- the committee conned, a UP FIGHT AT FIUME Says It Is Not Worth While . Dying For Italy; Recognizes " Bajjallo Treaty ' tloue, Dec SB. D'Annun'xio has ia sued a . proelaniatioB declaring that it is not worth while dying1 for Italy.. He said he was leaving Flame by airplane. This was eemi-oBieially announced here this afternoon together with' ,the nanonnecvunt, that teFiume agree ment may be regarded at-oneluded. EeTacttng Settlessei ' Borne, Dec. 29. Scttlementof the Fiume -question baaed-on reeognition ef the treaty- of BapftUo, tobaadmeni ef d'Annnnaio's' fegionaire snd reaaral amnesty.. i tpected eometinie foilowina- reeeipt f late advice from the blockaded are The suspension of hostilities previously, ordered has- bees pro logged: Negotiatioaa for surrender are' ro- eeeding with the municipal council V Fiume, tS which d'Aaamaxio baa eeded his powers. ' Last rtraatinw A Flame. Rome, Dee. SS- A descripboa . of the last phases -of the straggle, in Fiume, received here today, , show ' that ' the legiOnairee) re-opened Are. ngaiast the tvoniM- what were merelv hnldinr the poiksons they ha taken htanday night. The 'vfight assumed the character of gnerrila warfare all along the line. The legionaries . .took advantage- of ' the natural resources of the terrain for lay ing ambuaeadesv ' r. . As the regular were advancing across orchards they were enveloped' by fire from machine guns, 'which had beea sunk to the 'level of the ground aad cleverly camouflaged. MAKE LITTLE PROGRESS IN GATHERING COTTON Bad Weather Hinders Kcking-; Some Sarnkf To mck Orojis la norida ..; " " ' Washiag-ton, I Dec. . t'ery tttl progress was made . In gathering aa harvested cotton during the last week, the-Weather Burean weekly balletia, to day annoaaeed. This was on account of continued wet weather ta tne nortn eastern .portion pf the belt aad tem peratures too low for outdoor -work ia the northwestern portion.. CesssiderabV low trade eottoa iaatill ia the fields ia Texas. jJ . j. Tb vweek.r averaged, cold La. most parts' of the -'country.- Some damage was done-to winter track ia Texas and to tender truck in northcettral Florida. Very little, if anyA Injury resulted . to hardy track in the central gulf states, and celery, lettuee and cabbage wars favorably affected by the weather 'ia Florida . during the week. In extreme southern -Fwrida track is ia- poor eoa ditioa owing ta frost ".damacw ef the preceding week.' Grinding - of ; sugar eaae is aearly -completed In the ex treme lower Mississippi vaHey. Rmall quantities at citrus . fruits are being shipped from Florida. . - OsalMge Accents InvltattmT . Atlanta, Ga Dec' IS. Governor Dor sey today- received a ' telegram from Viee-Preaident-elect Calvia Coolidee. accepting aa invitation to address the Southern Tariff Congress, to be held In Atlaata January. 27-29. . " - ;'Xlnpl3sn aTJUiOnv" ilanf' :. ' New York, Dee. 29. One sua eras killed aad two others injured, one nroh. abiv faUlly la the explosioa of aa oil tatk Ta the forward aad ef the Vacuum Oil Company tanker, Charles If.. Ever- esViu a Brooklyn drydoek tonight, y PKESIDtNT REFUSES AN ' - ' OFFER OF tifjt TO : . - , WEITR FOR SYNDICATE.' Washiagtea, Dec SsWrrastdesA Wilsea kaa refaasd' aa asler ef litres from a syadicate to write aa article of km awa aelsctiea cms tea greaad that mm article waa worth each aa a asm at. It wsa karaed tew day at the White Hease. Detaila Of the offer, which ' wne ana of assy the President has melvesT lately, were wet made public , - DilliZIO GIVES "team work to Deeee the people. Their legality, is involved ia the case againat the Americas Column 'Company now before the United States supreme court. ' A Chicago attorney, William J. Mat thews, acting as counsel for a group of several of these societies, admitted in testifying today that he was employed to steer taj, concerns ' jnded together ander his direction "within the snti trust laws." Among the many- other ea who are similarly employed ia the eountry ne asmed Clark ' McKircber, formerly with the anti-trust division of the Department of Justice. Denying that the members of these societies, after traveling over the country to attend meetings, ever disiiajr futnre prices, bat that theyUflTcely of. past and present prices and exchange views, Mr. Matthews conceded Mr. Cntermyer'i claim that these business men' were "skating on very thin ice." ' Weak Government Case. The witness admitted he thought the government had presented aVvery weak ease" against the American Column Company and expressed the bop that proceedings would be vnstituted against another arm xt teat and make certain whether or not the Eddy plan is legal. He defended the plan on the ground that it establishes prices, denying, how evatv that it made them uniform. Baxter Hildebrand Joins Him ' In Absolving CecilJHefnerV. of Being There - - Mofganton, Dee. 29Frooi otkef 'al ieged. eonfeuien ma 3 toaight by Lone Young and Baxter Hildebrand, it ap pears that at last the truth about the killing of Glenn Lippard ha been drought to light Both men told prac tically ' the sime story and it corrobo rrtcd in 4tt main details that told ly Lou Lynn, th'e - BtoteV principal Witness in" th recent' trial except that Bildelirsnd, instead of Ceeil Hefner, was the fourth maa .on the scene om th night of November Mh. ; Loae Young, who waa snteneed to fif fsea year far bis part in (he tragedy, has beea almost beside hieaaeU. sines hewas recommitted to jail. . J"or days ii ass. bwb .expecica lost ue.wuma au barden himself and a visit from hi wife today brought him to the deeMlosj. Mrs. Young slso saw Hildebrand aad Uiough her they requested Solicitor Huffman to ' come to see them. v M. Huffman was ia Biekorv all day but returning tonight went lit once to the jail to leara what they had to say. Lone Tails His Story. ' Lone told his story first aad when the- Solicitor sent for Hildebrand and bad -listened ts his version of it, he fftiinA'; tht twill, vwntAv - tto itmkll Lth same statement which was in saa- stsnee as folio:.'. ."."' Baxter Hildebraad . went to (Hickory and seeing Glean Lippard arranged .ts meet bins about ecloet st'the cross ing three mile west of ' Hickory or somewhere slosg the Rhodhias road, Baxter 'say that 'be and Glenn were going to get "bme liqitor. Glenn Lip pard bad told him -that, it would suit him to meet him about that place. (The place -where he waa afterward .found dead) ' forhe was going to meet womaa (presumabiy Loa Lynn) . on,th Bhodbiaroad- ., Lone Young say a that when Baxter, who badbeen his friend for ji long time, came along that night and asked Dim to go, to ride he had no idea when he con tested and got into the ear where they were going otVhat they we're' going to do. He just went along with Baxter, ha says. , Ta Two" aterle Agree. , : Frota her on . the points in their stories, as they talked to Mr. Huffman sad aa ' h recorded ' their atatementg, are the same. - .Y - , rWe went np that road as I (Baxter) hid V agreed with Glean and getting to the place where Glenn was. killed stop pel th ear and got .oat to' wait.. .In a few minutes Glenn and Dock Hef ner earns along in Dock's Ford and 10 stnoned. Dock said.. 'Let's shoot a dol lar, by 6 ' We went to shooting dice on the ' running Dpara ot tne ear oy the. light of th moon and a flashlight nd bad beea plaVinr Jnst a Uttl while whea Lab Lyna earn up, a ah told, Dock asked Loa to have drink.., we vera drinking. We had flayed a while srheST- Dock said that's mine and grab bed the meneyr-.G lean made some re- aisrk about the .moaey : (neither re membered just what he said) and Deck said, 1 a yon, you ewe me twelve dollars "from' today'. Glenn said, 'I've got it and forty v times morW, Dock kinder pushed Glenn tad thea I (Lone) pushe4 "" knockedNat Glenn, aLoa said.' At that Glenn started to ua toward -the piste where he fell and; as he raa Dock shot him' with hi owa (Glenn's) pistol, a K automatic Glaa hollered 'O Lord' aad Dock ahet again. Glena fell where his body was found ph$ rext day. loujsji wiui ixn was kapekina; at Gleaa aad wa not there, u she said when ha was killed. ' . "We left st once, leaving Dock Hef- nerithere h the briar patch With th tody vs-'"- '' -t 'J '' ' " .' Both men stated positively thatsCedil Hefner was not there,-that neltheK of rthem aaw, him that atght. , Explaining this discrepancy in Lou Lynn (.testi mony ia the fact that Cecil Hefner aad Hildebrand are about .ths tame weight tad it wa possible for, the girl to have been mistaken. However, so might have , beea trying to shield Hildebrand.. who was put in jnil Monday of this, (CesUssed Fagf Twa - .r -1 LONE YOUNG MAKES 1 1 M CONFESSION PROFIT SHARING BASIS NOT LIKED BYI Employes of New Bern Iron Works Vote To Go on strike For More Pay COMES AS SURPRISE TO CORPORATION OFFICERS Wares. Under New Arran?e meat Represent 20 Per Cent Cut From lay Formerly Be ceived; Second Strike With. in Month and Plant Now Practically Idle New Bern, Dec 29. For the secoud time within a month, first when their wages were cut ten per eent three weeks ago 'and again today after they had tried out a -profit sharing plan, em ployes of the foundry and shops of the New Bern Iron Works and Supply Company, one of the largest plants of its kind in the South, have gone on a strike. Pay ""received by the workers last week, the first under the new plan, which was based on the profits of the concern above operating and overhead expenses, amounted to a reduction of ten per cent from that received the previous week. In eonsequenee of this a vote was taken today to cease work and the plant is now practically idle. Action Comes As 8srprise. , This sctioa on the part of the em ployes came aa a surprise to the management of the Nplant, it is stated. The profit sharing plan adopted, giv ing the workers practically control ofl the plant, 's so unique and unusual that accounts of it have nppeared in papers from the Atlantic to the Pa cifflP When (the .first reduction was made, the management announced that fall ing market price for manufactured products from their plant made it nec essary. The men remained away from their work a day and . then returned, A week latgs the management an nounced that a further redtetion of ten per eent in their wages would be nec essary. It was then that the profit sharing agreement was suggested and agreed upon, the company to take out the actual operating and. overhead ex penses and then allow the employes to divide the remainder among theav salves, -jm: ; : -" . : ?, ?- "Paid radsgJfW Pisa. t ... On ' Christ ma eve the workers ra eeivJa their first weekly wage under the new scale.. It amounted to twenty per cent less than they -had received beforetheir mages were eat the first time or d drop from seventy-six cents sn hour ta sixty, cents aa hour. No in timation' wa given by the men, it is stated, asto what their ultimate action would be, but now they declare that they expect to remain out-as they can not jrork for less then seventy-five eent an hour. The management In making the in come shsnng sgreement with tnetr employes declare that they, did so with the intention of showing the men that to take advantage of their employe by eattlng down their wage la order to increase the-eorporation's profits. SCHOONER SINKS AFTER HEROIC FIGHT WITH FIRE ChartestonpS. C, Dee. 29. The Nor wegian auxiliary schooner ..Konnae sank in twelve feet of water and broke ia- three pieces inside the Charleston jetties late today after a heroic battle had been put ' up 'by the, eoast guard cutter Seminole to save the vessel from flames which had gained headway soma hours-previously.. The cutter, assisted by the tug boot CeciHa of this harbor, played streams on the vessel for some hours 'and towed her in. . There was aa erew on board the ves sel, it' being said that all were taken off by the Comanche, earoute to New York, tnm Jnckson ville.- . TWO YOUTHS DIE AS RESULT - OF ACCIDENTAL SHOOTINGS Hickory, . Dee; .tWHabert Yeshsr died la a Weal hospital this after noon as resaht ef a aw - wound accidentally Inflicted la hla right hip late Taesdsy by a small bey with whose k wan wslklng la' a pablie 'nad in this ceaaty.;, The lead of shot and packing blew a hols threagk Yodar ;Urh. ;H was IS year ml age. aad a saw ilCX. Voder, aae af the esaaty'a promlaent fanaen. . . Dewey. Lawsaaa, IS years eld, also died here as) result af rifiwoand la ta atossach, "Inflicted several days. ago, when he slipped sad fell, eaasJng th small - baUet 1 to perfo rate httisrteatlae several timsa. The Ud lived near Ceaaclly SprinsV, Rarke ceaaty.. r ,'t ;' KIN9TON BOY ALSO KILLE0. Klaaton, Dec MJames Braxton, It, was Instantly hilled aa Us aat aklrto of this elty today -by the decl. dental dlacharg ef.n rasiln the hands af James Dait,'Jr, IS. The beys, with ethers, hsd Veea shooting at a- target The dead hey was. tne aaw af Mr. aad Mrs. J. W Braxtaa and a hrother-in-law of Hayer Daw. sou. He Was a stndeat at a cadet f -' , , ' ; ; ; ASHJEVILLE- YOUTH RILLED. . ' Asheville, Dec tayVeraest Brasl ton. aged 12, af Wast Aahevtlle, was iaataatly killed Uis afternoon while haating: ea the -Asheville f school greaatU whea his snat-gas was acci dentally dlsehsrged, the lead sate Ing hie right ehoalder, tearing away arrent hole He died Instaatly. Faar other boys were with him at th ttaac bat all made the came aUta mt. No arrests were mads, but the coroner will hold sa laejaeet. ', ' " RON WORKERS SOUTH NEGROES ASK THAI 1 F BE Charges of Discrimination In Elections Bring Denials From Democrats SAY CHARGES SHOULD BETAKEN TO COURTS Texas Representative Declares He Is "Tired" of Southern States Being- "Insulted" On "Hearsay" Reports NegTo Witness Comments On Con ditions In This State Washington, Dec. 29. Heresvtita tives ot the Association for the Ad vancement of Colored People tasked Congress today to cut down the rep resentation from the South in the House on the alleged ground that Southern election lnws sre so sdmin- istered ss to prevent negroes from K voting. Appearing, bffose the House committee considering Congressional re aportionnient, they declared ' the lnws of the Southern states were so worded ss to comply with the Federal consti tution and the Fourteenth aad l'jt tenth -amendments, but in their admin istration negroea were kept from the ballot box. Houthern members ot Congress de nied these statements and .dec In red laws vrre mode and administered in the South without regard to "race, color or previous cvudition of ser vitude." In thoae cass in which there were complaints, they said, the negroes should take tho alleged discriminations to the courts and not toyCongrcss. A whole people should not be punched, they asserted b era use, .perhaps, in one or two instances there were com plaints. Tired of- InsnlU. Representative Bee, Democrat, Texas, declared he was "tired" of states bein "insulted on "hercsay" reports. Repre sentative Aswell, Democrat, Louisiana, declared no discrimination was prac ticed in the South, and Representative, Larsen, Democrat, Georgia, said l,Kv5 negroes were registered in his home town- There was no Republics n state ticket in the November election in Georgia, he said. . One spectator during the testimony of William Pickens, negro ficjd secre tary of the National Association for th Advancement ot Colored People, .Insisted on getting into the discussion aad was finally told by Representative SiegeL Republican, New York, chair maa of the committee, that he would hire to sit down and keep quiet or leave the room. -Pickens hsd stated that one white man in Virginia hsd beea subject of dieriminstioa because he was a ''Republican,' but on being pressed for the ' name of . the man and the town by Chairman RicgeU admitted his statement was based on "hercsay "reports. Cites Colambls Cw. Negro women in Columbia, South Carolina, were denied the righUto reg ister and soinVof tbm were disquali fled under the edu'ationsi clause of that State s constitution, Pickens 1 told the committee Thirty-two of these women have begun proceedings sgsinst th registration officials in th courts, he added, . Walter F. White, sasistsat secretary of the association, charged that sev eral thousand negroes- had been pre vented from voting ia Jacksonville, Fla., although they , were -ejualifled. He declared that one thousaa member! of the Ku Klux Klan" Aad paraded the streets there en the Snturday night preceding the election in sn at tempt to terrify the negroes and keep them away from the polls. He cited other instances 'of alleged diaerlmias tion in Florida and said they had been reported to the Department of Jus tice. Southern members of the committee ssked the witnesses why they had not ?sade investigation into the itutions n the Northern states also -instead of confining themselves to the Booth. Refers Te Dudley's Letter. Renresentstlve Milligsn. Democrat, of Missouri, ssked Pickens if he ksd seen nay letteryeireulated in South Car olina relative to negro women voting. He replied he had seen one written' by a president of a -Greensboro, N. C, col lege, but deaied knowledge ef nny such letter 'being circulated by the tAssocia tion "fbr the Advancement of XJolored People. . ' ' ... '" ''Do. yon know anything about the segro women crowding around the polls iin Missouri on election day aad keeping the white women from voting," Repre sentative' Mi)ligaa continued. The wit ness replied 'he dida t know., , ' Pickens mid. he registered ia Tal ladega, Alabama, ia 19U5 while teach ing school after the registration official" had seen a white judge who hnew him. The officials, he said, told bins they reg istered .what aeasrocs they 'wanted sad told him 1t wasn't accessary for him to "go out from here aad blow abowt it." Answering the charge against Geor gia, Representative Larsen said ) his horn town 1369 negroes were regis tered. Pickens said he,, did not know bow many negroes voted ia Georgia la the last election, but contended . they were discriminated against there. Briasea Asks Qocettaa. ' : " Replying to a question' from Repre sentative Brinsoa, Democrat, of North Carolina, the witness mid condition ia that state were "better' thin ia many ef the other Southern state.!' Representative Aswell, -of Louisiana, said no Southern states had laws dis criminating against negroes - end . sll were given equal opportunity with other titisens of voting When they complied with the requirement, ' t ; George Murray, aa attorney -of Wash ington, asked the committee -to have Federal supervision of elections by ex tensions of the Garv-Act. More representatives of the Associa tion for ..the Advancement of Colored People will be heard when the com mittee resume the healing tomorrow, J REPRESENTATION 0 REDUCED RALEIGH NOBLE TO HEAD SUDAN TEMPLE Noble William A. Smith, ef Raleigh, new potentate of Sudan Temple of the Mystic Shrine, snceeeda Potentate Wil liam B. IVench, of Wilmington. NEXT CEREMONIAL COMES TO RALEIGH Sudan Sh ine Temple Names William R. Smith, of Ral eigh, As Potentate New Bern, Dec. 29. With more than four hundred visiting members of Sudsr Temple of tho Myslie t-hrine nnd their ladies joining the local Shriners in u brilliant and spectacular grand tell at a local warehouse this "evening, the an nual meeting and winter eer. monml kession of SuLui Temple, said to hnv been the most auspicious held heri since tho dispensation was granted, rame to a fitting close. At a kite hour tonight many of the visitors were boarding tbeir trains en route home. One of the spectacular featitrea of today's program as the parade ov:r the principal str-U nf the cjty. Led by the Khrine band and including Sudan patrol, betwixt which were the 130 or more novices ready tn tread the scorching sands of the desert of Sudan and ending with a great delegation nf the wearers of the fez, the pageant was t ewed ind cheered by thousands. A luncheon this afternoon and a dinne at the Khrine home tins evening were among the- sneer enjoyable features of the program. Raleigh, was this afternoon chosen -as the place of the" aext annual mrtin. Officers elected for the ensuing yesr sre: Potentate William R. Smith, Ral cigh. t Chief Ratiltan John H. Anderson, Fayetfeville. , ' Assistant Rabban K." C. Dunn, En field. High Priest and Prophet J. T. Las alter, Boekv Mount. . Ori-ntal Guide P. N. Bvidgert , Wil mington. Treasurer C. B. Brabham, New Bern. Recorder Dr. J. F. Ehom, New Bern. Raleigh Honored. Besidea being the place Selected for the spring, ceremonial session ef the Sudan Temple, Raleigh was honored by the selection of W. R. Smith, newly elected Potentate, aad A. B. Andrews as -representatives to the Imperial uounciialong with retiring Potentate w. a. t reach aad Beeorder J. F. Rhem, Harry 8. Storr. ef Raleigh, wjrs named orator. TO INCREASE CAPITAL OF BANKING COMPANY! Assurances Received That North. . Carolina Will Sub- scribe Her Quota New Orleans, )ec. 29. SecreUries of bankers associations of twelve states met here today for the purpose ef per fecting plana to increase the eaoital stork of the federal International Bank-J mg company irora seven to ten million dollars. Reports made, todsy indieste test the desired amount will be sub scribed before the organization meet ing here, oa January 7. . When the arganizatpsn aad campaign etfsjmittees met her oa , Dece&iSxr 17 only nine state 'were represented With reports, but tbes nine oversubscribed the $6,000,000 'mark- by one million. Since that -time assurances have been received from North Carolina that the quota assigned to that State will be subscribed. ... .. ' ' Aa executive meeting of the Okla homa .Hankers Association will eecnr Thursday te tske action ea tic-matter. .Nothing definite has been heard from V irginia but the secretaries' here todsy were confident that Virginia banker will fsdiia -line, c Sr: ' , V - A: C. L GETS AUTHORITY TO . IMPROVE EQUIPMENT .. , ....... , , Washingtoa, Dec. 29. The Atlantis Coast- Liae' .Railroad Company wa granted authority today -by the Inter- stale Commerce jCom mission to execute aa -equipment trust agreement and s lease equipment sgreemeBt, amounting to 4,500,000 '6f trust, certificates to be issued by the Safe Deposit and Trusfl Company ef Baltimore. , t , COMMERCIAL 8ECRCTARIES IN j .' J GOLDS BO RO POR CONFERENCE. Goldaboro, Dte. 19 James H. Cowan, secretary i of the Wilmington ChamU;r vf .Commerce: ' Burke Hobgood, secre tary of the Durham Chamber of Com merce, aad C. -W. Robrtarsecretary of the Greeasboro Chamber of Qammeree, Were in Jhe city today - in conference with Secretary Denmark of the local chamber, arranging program d drawing up- resolutions for the' State Commercial Secretaries annual conven tion, to be held Ja "-Durham, January 4 aad 6. '.- .-: ... DEPARTMENTS. GET LESS THAN HALF OF AMdiT ASKED FOR undry Civil Appropriation Bill For Ntxt Year Reduced By Fifty-two Millions P0ST0FFICE BILL ALSO REPORTED BY COMMITTEE Postof flee Appropriation Meas. " nre Shows Increase Over This Tear's Total, But Re quests of Departments Wera Slaahed By $420,914,192 In The Sundry Civil Bill Washington, Dee. 29- Two of th fif-' te5U bills carrying sppropriatjons to. run the government during the year 1 beginning next July 1 reached the' House today and were given more than the usual prelimniary scrutiny, lie csujc of the announced intention of Re publican leaders to cut government ex--per.ditures. "'..," - ' The sundry civil bill, which contains' the miscellaneous appropriations, as re. ported carries a total of 1383.611,292.' Thla total represents . a v slushing of 42014,193 from the estimates sub-, mitted by the government departments,' -aad a reduction, of $52,237,514 from the' amount appropriated through th same bill last year.. C. , - , The . cut in estimates for the poiV oflice hill, the other appropriation measures submitted, was not so greet and the expenditure recommended rep- . resented a considerable increase over this year's appropriation. The measure aa reported carried S573.964.721. a re. ; iduction of 11,442,181 from the amount : asked by the - Postoffiee Department, but an . increase of 69,530,0221 ever the appropriation for the current year.'. Democrats Cite lswfesse. ( Democratic leaders were prompt to point out that, the sum total carried ' by both, bills, if passed aa submitted, by the appropriations committee, would add about 17,000,000: to the cost est running the government next year. Re- -publican leaders were equally prompt' In declaring that there was abundant ground for gratification on their part, in as much as they had used the pruning knife on estimate, af Detnoeratis de partment heads without mercy. Outoide ef the S(iOO,00 provided for the ear of the: diss Wed (ervie men and dependant on those klllod v the sundry civil measure left aaly 100, 61192 for all ether purposes, a com- ' pared with 120,000,000, the amount' appropriated for 191. The committee reported that the in crease in the postoffiee appropriation was due principally to the 10,000,000 increase in the" pay of city letter car riers; the .16,000,000 increase allowed the railroads for mail transportation and the 12,500,000 increase in pay of elerks snd employe. - , Tho Inrgest single reduction la the Sundry Civil Bill 147,000.000, applies to the Shipping Board Emergency Fleck Corporation, the hill providing that the organization shall be supported entirely out of the vtriou sources oj income. - Indicating a desire to put government expenditures on a pre-war basis, the committee, first taking eare of men dis abled by war, set aside only 160,611'' 293 for actual sundry eivTtL expense of the government, .which whs within 34,000,000 of the total amount gp ! prporiated for 1916. - Request from the Depnrement ef Justice for 300,000 for enforcement of the national . prohibition act waa eliminated entirely. The turn of 15, 000 was appropriated, however, for sup- ' pressing liquor traffic in Alaska. Other Prlaelpsl Slsshes. ' Other principal slashes la the amounts ssked by the government departments included : Wsr risk insurance, 87r 000,000: vocational education,. 13,000,. 000; military pqsts, 80,942A15; na tional cemeteries, 19,000,000; flood eon. troL Mississippi river, 3,330,000; nltrst . plants, 1000000; Pgnsma canal, 7,. 18755; immigraUoa service, 267,. 689; employment - service, 1,384,991 1 reclamation service' 509,000; public health service, 4 ,467,000 r srmories and ' arsenals, 63800 : public buildings. 6,798,400; Bureau of Mines, 2,11200, and Department ef Justice,' 1,989,104. The biU includes 9223.000JWO on ae count of military .and naval compear sation for death or disability of soldiers, sailors and marines, medical, surgical - and hospital treatment of beneficiaries 1 - of the .Bureau of War Risk Insurance, - and vocational rehabilitation of soldiers, sailors and marines, , all growing eat t -of the world war. With this amount deducted from the s mount recommended in the bill, only 160,611,292 was left for sll other pur- , poses, as compared with 128,922,750, . the total carried by the - sundry tivil - act for the fiscal yesr 1916. t , r Principal Increases. : - - 'The principal increases over this tear's - appropriations were 11303,000 for the reclamation service ;r 500,000 for flood control; 1531,000 for national home for disabled volusteer soldiers; tlXK), 000 for lighthouse, snd -beacons, and' 516,200 for the government printing office. I-"- V' ' ;- --v t-.,. - ' The appropriation proposed ea ac count of medieat and hospital aervic for war risk patient wa 33,000,000, er t 13.000,000 less thaa ths total for 192U The estimate for 1922- wss '50)00,00. ' There were 19257 patients receivinar treatment en November 18, 1920," said - the committee report accompanying the bill, "and th estimate is that th num ber will .reach 30,000' during ,the fiscal year 1922. These patients are cared for , la Public Health Service hospitals, in hospitals at vaissas soldiers' homes, in Army and-Navy hospitals and, In eon-' tract' hospitals at varying cost rates. The amount proposed is on the, l,i's Of 30KH) patients throughout the flscul (CoaUneed ea Pag Two) . -H I