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VoLCX1II.No.27.
TEN PAGES TODAY
RALEIGH. N. C. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 27. 1921.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
PRICD-FIVE CENTS
SENATE EXCUSES
THE TARDINESS OF
VOTE MESSEfi
GER
...
Colonel Cox and Others Late in
. Getting Returns. In Won't
Jlave To Pay Fine
TrVAR DEPARTMENT NOT-"
. . ABLE TO FURNISH DATA
UUf ation Over Valno of Lands
i v Purchased Tor Camp Braf f
' : Sit .Leaves Armonat AraH.
' L able. Tor Payment la Doubt
. Tayettevtlle . Peoplo Want
: . Colonel Bowley Retained
i
. Th News ui Obeerver Bureau
IDS District Natloaal Beak Bldf,
. by JOI L. BAXIX ,
; . (By BpW.UM"WW
: Washington, Jaa. Mv Messenger to
. th leetoral college from those tte
-WaUch-itUed to et eertlfjcttipn of their.
let" to tu: attoitTbr vWrftrt
litir cltyr 'HW HotUy7 at
required by law, yia rellvd of Stabil
ity for the 91,000 fine thd tetute rixee,
ALLIED COUNCIL TAKES
UP REPARATION PROBLEM
Statu of Former Xuisian
States Alio Considered at
Private Conferences
Pari, Jam. I By tt Associated
Proa) Th ssemhere .of tte
supreme aaoil.apat Hoot of tt y
la private oavtraetlea dloeuaelag
Kpwtlliu ' Th two Mottmgi tf th
eouuell wer devoted to hearing ttt
UUaiil of tt Preach mlalster of
laaae, If. Doumer oa rtparatloai Bad
la oo Midori f tt tatu of fofatof R-
alaa ttatee.'
It waa decided thia afteraooa that
Latvia aad Esttoala shall bo recognised
o sovereign elalee. Action retard lag
littuaia aad Georgia woo deferred pond
ias further information. It lo expected
that Georgia's repreoeatative will bo
hoard during tt proooat ooefertBe of
too council, but ixe. decision wiia re
gard to Lithuaaia aiay bo dehryed aatil
tho molt of too League of r alio as
plebiscite la tho Vila region la kuowa.
Premier Uoyd OoorLl aad Froaidoat
afillaraad bad octaaioa at bjach to dla-
inao at ooaio taacth tho report oa ropa-
ratloao audo by M. Doaaiar. laatodi-
toly oftor adjoarawiOBt of tho aftor
aooa aeuloa Uoyd Oeorvo aad K. Jaa-
par aad Coloaol Thoaaji, roopoetlToly,
forolfa BlaUtor aadlaaaeo aiiaUUr of
Bolsiuai, woat la to eoaforoaeo la Vr.
rerarqiH tno atiao ouDjoei.
IUpx(tioW( wiU'afaiB ' coaio boforo
tho oooaeil tomorrow olonf with uo
aiUUary oiportf poftToi , - 4laria
REPUBLICANS TRY
TO DRIVE THROUGH
-TARIFF. MEASURE
Democrats Deny Intention To
Filibuster But Insist On
Full Discussion
PENROSE MAKES EFFORT
TO FIX DATE FOR VOTE
Senators Underwood and Sim
mons Block Move To Vote
On Xeasnr Next Tuesday
and Old Guard Senators
7oroe Seoevs of Senate Un
til Today
' I oav avvwi a W oawaiwoi waa owaoj raw
IlibaTlEMesX"'
Boaato. today. I et boforo Uo oooaeil U that Uo allioo
' Tho raoolatloa waa utroaoeoa ay ahould ataad upoa tho treaty of Vor-
Beaator Smoot, of VUh, aad waa paaood aalllea ao far a reparatioai art. eoa-
hr nnaalmoni roto. It wiU probaniy ooraoo.
ran tho Hooat without oppooitioa.
Utah1! nraaoBfer waa oao of thoao
who f niled to (et U on time, Tho othen
were tlo araMBgra from North Caro
lina, ll'rymad, Oregon, Kerada and
Iadiaoa. Of eon roe, tho reoolotion ap
plies ealy to theoo partleolar eaaea. -
Ja a letter received today from Bla
bop Jamea Caaaoa Jr, of tho Method Ut
ICDiaooDaU Choreh. Booth, Beaator Otot-
asaa waa aaked to make aa addreaa at
Waahlagtoa, Jaa. SC. Bopablioaa aad
Demoeratio Boaato leader met la
head-oa eolllaioa today whoa Uo former
atarted ' a drlre to pat through Uo
Fordaey emergeaey tariff bill
Bepablieaa aaggeatioBS of a Demo
eratio Slibaotor braaght oa tho elaeh.
IJoAao..Unjtowpd.f AUtopmn,
Pemoeiata ' 'dewyiaf wigbrovity " that
SIlbaeteriBg waa la progrea or ooa-
tamplatod- .Th PoaMcxaiiIloa4M-Xr-J
BURN NEGRO AT STAKE
FOR KILLING FARMER
Before) Torch Applied Ylotim
Confesses and XapUottes
Two Other Vefroes
WUaoa, Ark, Jaa. H. Iteary towry,
aocra. aUogod lUrer of a T. Craig.
MuatMlpui eoaat; piaster, aad Cralg'i
daaghtor, Mr. U 0. Biehanlaoa. who
were ohot to death at Uo Craig plaa-
tatloa booao oa Ohrlatmai - oW, waa
baraed at Uo otak early toatght by a
mob aoar Hodeaa, a abort dletoaoo from
Uo aeeao of tho doablo kilUog.
Boforo U torch waa applied Lowtt
1a aaiit to haro aoaiioma, ImplkaUag
two ouer aegrooa. Offloera Weight wore
teanhiag for Uew aogToeo aad Uai
arrest la exported wiUia a few boara,
Lowry waa broaght aeroea U btit
alaaippl river lata Arkaaaae by a group
of mea who earlier ia Uo day
tafcea him from the ofleero at Bardie,
Mia., who were briagiag him from El
Paeo, Texaa, where ho waa arreated loot
rriday. At Birbardioa't laadtag tho
party waa met by the mob, which bad
beoa awaiting Uelr arrival daring tho
aftoraooa. It waa plaaaed to take the
aegro baek to Uo Craig plaatatloa aoar
Nodoaa. bat later It waa decided to stop
oa Uo looeo a mile from Uo Craig home
where, M waa otated, Lowry waa ehalaed
to a log. Aakod if he wasted to mry
aayUiag before paaiahmeat waa ia
flietod, the aegro i eaid to have aaked
for food, which waa broaght him, aad
to bia wife aad ahlldroa. They were
rammoaed. - "-
Bo had. It ia reported, refnaod to aoa
feta op to'tbit time,
WELFARE AGENCIES
LOOKING TO STATE
.SAYS DR. KNIGHT
Superintendent Boston Institu
tion Speaks To Social Serv
ice Conferenct
WELFARE DEPARTMENT .
RECEIVES ENDORSEMENT
Social Service Conference Will
Adjourn Today After BusL
boss Session, at Noon When
Eection of Officers Is Held;
State Institutions WiU Be
Heard Today
DR. MANNING ELECTEO
BISHO? OF NEW YORK
Sector of Trinity Church Sao.
ceeds The Late Bishop
' Charles Sumner Burch
SOCIETY DIVORCEES TO
WED IN NEW YORK CITY
Mrs. Cathleen Vanderbilt and
Sidney Jones Oolford Get
Marriage - License
ffew York, Job. 86. Mra. Cithleoa
charged Uat tho Bepablieaaa did aot
export Uo bin to jaa aad ooaght to I
place Uo blame oa Demoeratio oppoa-
eata. Demoeratio Leader TJadorwood
added Uat Uo meaearo area If paaoed
would bo vetoed by Presideat Will
boeaaoa ho aaid It waa "repognaat to
Demoeratio tariff priaeiplea. Bo die-
e (aimed having roeeived aay direct ia
formatioa from Uo Proaideat, bow
over. '
Bewahlleaaa Force tirim
Beaator Poarooe, of PeaBeylvaaia, la
charge of Uo bill, presented a propoeal
for a vote aozt Taeoday bat it woat
dowa aader ebjoetioaa from Mr. Ua-
BoeaaM of Ita effect apoa other
State makiag oat state-wide program.
for child welfare for Uo flrst time, ia
atitutioaa aad ageade of Uo entire
aatioa are looking toward U aetloa of
North Corollas aad Uo proooat see-
i of Uo legielatarc. Dr. Frederick
R ITalrhf. aiinerlalaxleiit of the New
aigut aeciaroe ja aa aodjceao seioro us
aoeoad Bight aeaaioa of Uo North Caro
tin. PnBfitrfiaee tor Raela ftervlaa.
New Tork, Jaa. t.-Xev. Dr. Wa. T.
Maaalag, rooter of Trlalty ekareh, wai
elootod biehep of Ua FroteeUat Eploeo
pal Dioooeo of New Tork, at a ooBvea-
tioa called bero today to okoooe a sas
osooor to Uo late Biahop ("barjes Bam.
aor Barcb. The f holco waa made oa
Uo Ulrd UUot
. The. voto was Dr. Manalng, clerics)
12, lay IS; Sev. Dr. Charles 1 SUttery,
rector of Grace Chareh, New Torh, eler
leU 100. Uy ; Biahop Nat scale! 8.
Themaa of the Missloaary Diocoao' of
Wyoming, alerieal S, lay t Bev. Dr.
Percy Stick Bey Grant, rector of Uo
Chareh of tho Aeeeaetoa, New Tork,
clerical 1, Uy I X.
Following Bev. Dr. Meaning's election
Rot. Eraeet M. Btirrot of bt. Thorn.
eharch, New Tork, moved If to be made
aaaalmoaa, which was doao by aeclama
tioa. Dr. Mass lag tfioa waa oetortod to
tho speaker's platform by Bev. Btirree
aad Bev. Dr. George B. Vaa DoWator,
aad introduced to Uo ooavoatioa.
CLAIM BLOCKADE
ST
ooafeeaioa. it is aaid. Ui pi tec ting two
other aegrooa. Tho body was baraed
to a crisp;
ABSOLV
B
ESCI
OF GETTING MONEY
Congressional Committee. Sat
isfied That Charaes Against
Him Are Untrue t
Waablngtoa, Jaa. M. With Us ap
proval of Chairman Walsh, members
of Uo Bouse committee iaveetigatiBg
Ua ehipplng booed, dee Is rod ia a state-
-f..C'n.". 7. :.i7... ta..U v.n w aa effort to charge Uo DamocraU wiU meat today Uat they "were satwied-
nauuicv. ."p ; - " I i.ii.. k. v;ii laftar haarina- all lha avldeaea aad ex-
Mr. Colfordgavo Uo samal Aftw kMn of Mtti Tui scuff- amlnlng-tho doeameats Uat Uo charge
Uaf ia tors pe rood with some actual dia-1 that Charles M. Benwao reeoivoa money
ananlaa of Uo bill', tariff aehedulee. I from Uo rovers men t for bis personal
-... - . u. m. a dmiui, ' ' . . aaul tomorrow lastoaa ox aajoarameBi, nw w prvna imu,t
LrttaiStf thf FiSHr ttazi Woda lalaad by Clara Z-Tkkh opersto. to W U. WU Uat it was sot tr..-
EduesTioB Tfrom iT dayman's i iewpoiatr. W. K. Celford, who charged aeglort to boforo Uo Boaato to oo.siderstioa ixm- Tho sUtomoat aa laaaod by Bepra-
ffffirVuT- pTido.-It-alao waa-isBhodw Waad modiatrfy toatorrww to Ua aachiaio ef toatattvo Steele, .Democrat, PoMy-
Tk- 'ba that Mrs. VaaderbUt eetalaed bar dai other asaal routiae bosUeaa. aaais, after diseaasUa wiU the eUCI
Wtokea avo by the govrkmeBt for arom -a tba grousd of deeertloa. I The move to held the tariff msare ebe who brd the teotimoBy la
limp Bragg, aeaf FayetterUle, - thai Tba ltcvaaa ebtalasd "fodar before Ua Boaato, forcing opponent Nevr JorkaaX WaehiagteB, rslatiag te
Wmf Denartment M aoaDJS to say SI WIS I uumwi u m w .. wi. mmuym riiw w hu h tvi, vuvwwi - '
t!M how wineh at 1W nHirilul sddIS. I DlSBBCu to M martiSd,' lit If. Ol-
,, . . . . , , hti.i, r--" : aoww ewier mmmivn iron. r. um-
i ?ifcWis.,inJerS Nsllsoa VanderbUt, who obtoiaed a dl-d.rwood aad Beaator Bimmoas, of
iSJSll -rc. from Bc.in.ld C. Va.derb.lt la na.""--' ZZZrUl'
t that eharch. 1910, and Sidney Joaos Colford, Jr, of """'"S tt.do to
Li!Lf.rt -rd tWi- ?. Av.., today obtained a marri- 5& d tf ceX. ,U
000.000 tor odaeatioBar wort Ja that Us lfacipd balding. 2T- d U. otlTaZ rt
caurca ana imsi "1 -...,. .... . . I ,!. p...... ...
vi.mmaJ . tki. Ia M IB nan. f liiuiruuh we uoKum v. " - - '-
Waahingtoa. Biahop Caaaoa ia chair- aad Mrs.
kaaa of Uo Chrsttua saucanoa a( jj
oommittoo of Ua church. Be aaked
n . . u i .ire.
' f&i1!! aJk Mr. Colford. also Dromiaeat ia Uo ooaaioa of Ua bill's tariff aehedulee, from Uo govorameat for bis personal
4 prUtiftaef U2S,000 mad for the par fori told tho clerk. e did not kaw.
aaaas of that camp alto will hart to be Mr VaaderbUt who was married la
Basd, This statement wa made IB a April, 1903, begaa divoreo proceedings
, letter Beaator Overmsa roeeived today la Newport, B. L,ia August 1919. Aa
' from Gtaoral H. M. Lord, ctvlef of U interlueutttry decree of divorce -was
finance' dMeloa of the War Depart- graatod her Uo following Ootober aa
snent. ' I the groaad Of deaoruoa, ana Mcamo
Litintioa leaktaav.to. tho ettlemeat Innal sis months later. She waa give a
af tho claims of Uo owners wf Us land custody af their daughter, CaUleoB,
taken aver by the government is ow the 15 years old.- Mrs. Colford- also,
la Us Federal court at BaleighJDuring obtained eostody of her two. minor
recent hearings- mi ore uo senate ap- aaugntors.
propriatioas eommttteo rjenator Uvsr
- ataa aikeo General toM as to -tn
. ral funds for tha pnrehaso of Uat prop-
arty. Uessrsl Lord Investigated uo mas
ter and replied to Senator Overmaa in
HARDING PLAYS GOLF AT
FLORIDA RESORT JLACE
lis issuaBea lm
kuai..l dnrinr adav'a nartiaaa I adraaea of Us fall report ad tte Sonl-
elaahes, from Beaator Pearoso Ut helmltteo oa Ut roaoJU sf its Uvatti-
inteaded to proas toe bill . Whoa asv I gaiioa waa naauai. ous. vnsns sx-
able to soeuro M agreement for vot-f plained that it bad beoa deeided fto
ing text Tuesday Beaator Pearoso asked break away from long established rules
for eo-o pe ration from Ua Democrats i aa me grounds or xatraoaf m one a
t4 u.rl dnml . metlna hv. Feb-1 Justly accused.
raary IS. N Whea Uo nasi report oa Uo whole
Deay Filikoater Plaaaed. Inquiry Is sabmittod to Congress Itwas
- Beaator Underwood and other Demo- jahl tho eammlttoa won Id reiterate la
erata protested against the effort to Xx mora formal form its belief Uat Ua
a voto Bert Taesday, considering tnaticnargo waa wiuous juawicauoB.
dobato bad boea bogua oaly yesterday. It was explained by Mr. BtseU Uat
Beaator Pearoae't proposal, Mr. TJader- Uera might have been some improprlty
aight it the First Presbytoriaa ehureb
sumption of Trade Heard Be
fore Senate Committee
Waahingtoa, Jaa. teV Argumeata for
and against reaamptloa of trade With
Soviet Buaaia were received today by
tha Senate foreign rflations committee,
which also heard charges Uat Us Bute
Department actually was maintaining a
blockade against that country although
technically Bone was supposed to exist.
Hpokeemea for organised workers ia
many lines of industry appeared to
support -Has) resolution of Senator
France, Bepublieaa of Maryland, which
would enable Aiuerieaa Xrma to accept
gold of Uo old imperial, Buasiaa gov
orameat which is being offered by Ue
Soviet authorities ia payment for for
eign goods. They said resumption of
tho wafer..- tart ,?-.W0'4 L lZSJZftLiZ.
LINNET PLAYED A
MIGHTY POOR GAME
OF PARTY POLITICS
Threats Bring Down Wrath of
Majority Upon Republican r
Legislation
DEMOCRATS WILL CAUCUS -TONIGHT
TO TALK IT OVER
Sentiment Af ainst Republicans
Solidified By Attack Upoa.
Heal Bill and Cry of Eotten
Election Xaws; Westers
, . Democrats , For . Zxtemina.
tion of Minority , .1
s. nuen is uo opinion 01
esand their pIaioa. asaylan.4 , """
efy' will boT borne .ut mWrnm?
afflrmiag allegiajiee to tba welfare
legiaUUoa eaacted ia 1917 aad 1919,
giving ita uaqualifiod endorsement to
Ue Bute Department of Public Welfare
aad asking for tho department aa ia
ereaaed appropriatioa from Ua legisla
ture ia order to make affective tho total
State program. Ia additioa ia authorised
tho executive board to proceed with the
formatioa of a Stats Council of Social
Ageaeiea to bring about a elooer eorre
latioa of Uo activities of Bute Depart'
meat of Public Welfare, churches aad
volunteer agencies, institutions of
higher learning supported by the State,
aad private aad deaomiaational insti
tutions of higher learning.' Tha confer
ences expressed its appreeiatioa of Uo
hospitality of Ue Kaleelgh .WomaV
Club and found in that hospitality Ua
ideal of service typified ia tho Stats
Conference.
The eessioa of
Mlaority Chairmaa Fraak Liaaey
played exeoediagly poor polities Taee-'
day aight whea he burled threats at
the majority delegatioa ia the Geaeral
Aaoembly 'of whst dire things weald
come to paaa if the Democrats didat
do thus aad so. desired by ytao Be. ..
publicaaa. Such ia Uo opihioa af
themselves,
-ITike
Srmed whoa Ua majority caucuses to
u im wssocrnra pass ine roaisinetua;
bill. aad do aot paaa a "fair aad koaeet
eloetioa law," served ao purpose, aet
Uo face of thiaga, except to solidify
seatiment among the Democrats to reia '
la the burgeoning ambitions of tho Bo
pablieaas, pass Ue Neal bill, shot dowm
tight oa allowing any more Australia.,
ballot bills to pass aad geaerally tot
that Ue majority has raised tho wUto
flafj 1 SoaaterIjBderwood added uat
o would agree to a voto alter a wecx
tba following letter roeeived today: "In I Loni; Vilit AshOTO of President. or tea days' diseumion.
- eoanectioa with your question during
tha reecBt hearings before tha appro
priations ommHtet of Uo Senate rela
tive to Us oondition of funds for Us
purehsss af real estate ia conneetiea
with Camp Bragg, N. Ci I bog to ad
1 visa ia response to your .inquiry Uat
tba funds are still available for Us pur
' dom of completing Us real estate pro-
- eurement at Camp Bragg, if it is finally
authorised. The aet of Congress of Feb-
. appropriatioa. r 112800 f or the
WI..A )!.. 11...
UOC Aeiaji vs uiaw. sasuug, ,
, V, The Coast,
Beaator Hftrriaoa. Democrat, of Miss
issippi, characterised Us filibustering
suggestion aa utterly without louada
tion" bat Senator MeCnmber, Bepub
lieaa af North Dakota, said he bad
"a mere euepieioa'' Uat a Xlibostcr
was planned aad Beaator Kenyoa, Ko
pnblieaa, of Iowa, added Uat "appar
ently a filibuster would prevent pas-
sago of Ua bilL
ia SB Utterance of -this kind from the
chairman af aa iavostigatiag oommittoo
ia ad ranee of aa official finding bat
Uat there was argeat demaad for aa
expression at this time ia view of Mr.
Schwabs public service. , -Xadieationa
of Uo committee's feel
lags oa Ua subject was given, by
Representative Footer, BepubEean,
Ohio, while -Mr. Schwab was oa Us
stead ia New Tork yesterday. Both as
B member of Uo committee aad as a
eitixoa, Mr. Foster said he wasted to
express ' bis appreeiatioa of Mr.
Schwab's work and the inestimable ser-
li a a .. . a. a
' ' purchase of real estate at Camp Bragg.
- Tha construction division or us quar-
eMja,. mhjmT'i a? f !m . la tinalil SA
t. determine at this tima how muth will
bo necessary to complete the purihaee
f of Uis camp as Ue ataounte 'involved
are still ia litigatioa.' . -v
Anhdale PosUfflee CoaUaaod '.
. - Proteata- lodged . witi. Us postoffiee
deiartmcnt by Senator Bimmohsi aad
" , Vi Z depart immediately for Miami,
postoffieo at Arebdale, "'p -1 . T
-sniimK
' Carolina delegation- wer. advised todayrt ATTEND TARIFF CONGRESS
lor ue on ice vq am coauaiira. -
Arebdale is aas of Ue oldest postof
fieea ia Uat eountys having been ot-
-- tablishsd more thaa a eentury ago. .Let-.
. tore from patrons of Ue office toSeaa-
. r.i .. . ..4 i.k.l
sor DUiBiM lUHt Aeprwa,BuuTV anue
soa uaieaio. vans a cuaooauBspaxo
would cause txaay of thorn lnsonvea
ioaee, aad ita retention was urged for.
"this reason, aa wall aa for tha sentimen
tal reason that it is one of Ue eldest
communities ia Ua eounty. Many years
ago, HSBU, rename was nvai a n-aJ .of Boaton. viaitara to tho ooa-
""Ji T grass. . J. P. fiillapa, Atlaate, waa ehair-
High Poiat's commercial development mt tv. JTm to meet
-'Fort Pierce.' Fla- Jaa. 26Vr-Prerident-
eleet Harding cruising dowa Uo Flori
da coast la the hoc so boat yietoria
cams ashore bora . today to play golf
aad took lunch at a Fort Pierce hotel
It -was his longest visit to land siaee Hiring Uo brief diaeumioa aa tte I vieo ha had rendered the country dur-
ho left St. AugusUBe b has delayed merita or tna jegiaiauoa Dcnntor xiar- a , .
Uo Victoria so Uat aha probably win riwi cbart4 tbat tne was Broker -:Committc mmbcw ww cMiBviaeod
not complete her run' to Miami before la Ue wool schedules by whieh most by Ue testimony" saM Representative
Saturday, j . ,..,, ? imported wool would be charged a CoaaaUy, Democrat, Texas,. who, witt
Tha Proaideat-tleet made two rounds tariff of M per coat instead Of Uo 15 Chairmaa Walsh and P""
of the Bias-bole golf course hre aad per coat rata ia the bill. This, Ua Stools aad Foster heard it, "that Mr.
hia boots boat did not get away from Miasissippi Senator declared, 'would bo Schwab did aot race re a dollar from
her dock aatil S aVloek ttta aftornooB. effected by a provision placing Ua Ua United States shipping board aa
She anchored tonight about SO miles to higher rata aa wools which are sorted. tompeasatioB or at axpenae mhUe
the Booth of Fort Pierce and will reach ' . Weald Italoo Sugar Prleea. frviag u director geaeral af tho
West Palm Beach about boob tomorrow. Tha . proposed sugar tariff- alao was Emergency Fleet corporatioBi and that
Mr. Harding plans to lunch privately I diacaased by fewaator iiamsoa wao os-i bo piv n mv I'ww "
stared that, -oVespite Kepatinrsa cajngiaewienem rpteei sfry?!
paiga pledges to reduce the eon m pj uw cuupping soaro. v, m m.,-
living. Uo proposed sugar tariff of
Atlanta, Ga, Jan. M. Calvin Cool-
id re. Vice. President elect aad- MrC
Coolidge- arrived hero toaight among heat of U tariff on OobaasuKar aad
Both Beaa-.
Uat much 4a Ua coat to consumers.
Senators 8moot, Bepubliean, of Utah,
aad BaBsdell,T)emoerat, of itoaialaaa,
conceded Uat tte angar prices would DO
increased la tBis couatry,' to tne ex-
thc vanguard of Ua delegates aad
visitors to Ua southern tariff congress
whieh will bo Opened hero, tomorrow.
,' Thooaanda of spectators 'braved a
moist saow aad rain to about Uelr
welcome to Mr. aad Mrs. Coolidge who
war accompanied by Mr. aad Mrs.
Fraak W. Stearaa and Captain J. 3.
haa placed it ia the raaka af Ut bust
- ling cities . af North Cs rolls a, while
Arebdale is still Us. euiet charming
Tillage it waa in Ua aldea days. ,
6am Leffers has beoa appointed post-
master at Gloacestcr, Carteret souaty.
Two resale A. Nelsoa, restgaed. . ,
Norms a 8hepard, of WilmingteB, haa
been. deairaaU to toko Ua West Point
entrance examination. Tha examlnatioa
wUl be held March 1.
. Ia his apperBBea before Ue-Eoaae
ways aad means oommittoo today to
argue aa la crease la the tariffs oa iav
portatioaa of cotton produeta, Nelaoa
Kershaw, represeatiBff the Turkish tow-
l Industry to tt. Vaited PUtee, rsal
to Ue committee a letter from 1. W.
- Caaaoa, Uo Concord, N. C masafae
rarer urging that Uo duty h fired at
45 per seat ad valor Bk The Cader
wood law rate is 23 per rest. Mr. Caa
bob eaid ia his letter Uat Japaaase ex
porter! were flooding the- Amerleaa
osarhetyaaA that km eoacarrod hsartOy
la the auggeetioaa made ia Mr. Ksr-
(CoskfBwed Oa Pag Fowr
tha Vieo Proaideat-olet which iaeludsd
Clark Howell, Democratic Natioaal com
nUttoeaua from Georgia, army officers
stationed here aad local business mea.
also aa Ua domes tie crop.
tors, however, argued Uat tte raise was
a t esse try to aid American sugar pro-J
dueers whom Beaator rJmoot said, ware
being forced to sell Uelr product at
two cents a poand below produeuoa
ooeta. Se Bator Simmoaa expressed tte
belief tbat Ue propooed tariff imme
diately would rtusa Ua pries oz tjaoaa
sugar to S oenta, as. compared witt Ue
p reseat prtca or aioo,t.ja seats.
' Plaeo Xettw la State Pitosa.
Kaahvillo,- Teas. Jan. 26V Matttew
Eoastoa. IXu youa. aegro charged with
a murder of Ive year old rraax uaiiy,
im tho suburbs of Menrphla, 1-tn the
State peBiUat jry acre Xor aarc xeep-
NO ONE HURT SERIOUSLY
WHEN TRAINS COLLIDE "3 ui
rived tm xtaaavtue wxiafaim aarry o-
oay.
New Bora. Jxa. 2t Norfolk 801
pa see agar traiaa, Xoa. 46 aad 1SS, eol-
lided aoad-oa at Bishop a Crosav Bear
hara. nl 10:4S this ataralar. rasnltias in
the- alight iajary of aas. traiamea. The Cathraa, member at Ua houoe af rep-
' Baeatir Cathraa Klected Jadge.
Columbia, & G,Jaa. . Thomas P.
passengers received a had ahaktag Bp,! rweewtotivca - from Greenville, ' aad
bat none wore injured. . Tho etnas af
the accident his aet boea determiaed.
Both traint are said to have beta
maaiac at full speed. who., Ua oellio-i
ioa acearred. The" impact waaaed the
eagiaa oa Uo aerthbeaad train to turn
ssmpletcly ever, slightly iajurisg Eagi
aoer Oroea. Tho oagiae oa Uo soath-
boBl:trti remained tprljM et the
track. Traffic oa the liae was. tied. ap
for about li hoars aa a result af the
wreck.
speaker of tte house was elected today
by the Booth Care an leaislataro oa
tha thirl ballot to oaeeeed Ua lata Aa
ststaat Jaatieo R R HydTkk, c. the
tufroms Mart af U. State. '
r , Bedac Wsrilag Farce -
Tampa, rhv, Jan. 26v Notieca have
bees posted in tho Atiaatie Coast Line
railroad loops here t1 at Port Tampa
aanoaneing that oa February 1, a 20
per cent redaction wiU. be made ia Ue
working forces. . u . i
geaey fleet eorporattoa as a - pan
f. the-cost af-sblpt Wilt for. w
United States as intimated."
era! aearinn here next week, but Iti
was said Uo voucher incidewt, certainly
so far as it reUtod to Mr Sehwab,
ing scjsioa was devoted to a diaeossioa
of programs of recreation. Tha eorre-
oa resolatioas for action. Tho corre
lation of social agenslee was Ue topis
for Ua afternoon. '
BegiaBlag at 9:80 Uis morning, the
conference will hoar -brief meosaires
from State - laatltutlpBa, and at ooh
will resolve into a bueineea eessioa
whea offloers wUl bf eJeeted.. T Thirty
mlnatoa later the. new axeabiva board
will asset aaA U aeaferonea will be
over, -. - - - .;''
Xaut Bigbtl eemio. of the Coaftr
aea with Preaident H O. Branson, pra
tidinf. was opened try prayer by Uf
Bev. W. Mea White, followed V a
soio ay Kiss ntitaoi i - us vol so
faculty of MerediU. Dr. Knight waa
introduced by Mrs. Clarence A. John"
son, director of the 'Child v Welfare
DWislon of tho Stats Board of Charities
tad Pablis Welfare.
- Looklag to North Caraliaa.
Throughout Uo aatioa," said Dr.
Eaight, ia his address, "movamoata for
child relief are looking to North Caro
lina and the present testioa of Ut legir
laturs witt BBuaual interest.. This it
true aot oaly of the South, but of Ue
North and East aa well. The Child
Welfare League of America, consisting
lioving Ue preeent industrial depres
sion whieh has thrown mora Una three
million persons oat of work.
Tory lag Ononis Ispreaaed.
Joha Bpargo of New Tork, wka hat
written , extensively oa Buasiaa rendi
tions, expressed Ua opposite opinion.
In a formal statemeat which was ad
mitted to tha record.. ha declared that
renewal at trade -might easily prove Us ? ,r '
moaaa af bringng about Us aoUapte "??.5!??-Wi!?" 21 tte" M
of aot eatirs economic system as vast
rraiils would have to" bo txtendeX to
tightea legislative lines to tho aad
Uat tbs Republicans get little.
Stop Minority Bllkv
Two speeilt things, aad corns gen-"
eralitiee, will bo takea ap ia eaucuc
tonight. First Ue Neal bill, rearraag
ing Ue SehatorUl districts iq such
manner as will redoes tbs miaoritr;
delegatioa ia Ue Bennte from 11 to 0.
and, secondly, the pinlnga of tha BeJ
publicans to adopt Us Australia a baJ'
lot la whatever counties may be rep;
resented by them. Aad geaerally Ua
matter of allowing all local bills offers
by Us Republics as to paaa will be diet
cussed. i
Geography eaters right largely tat
Ua eonsiderafioa. Eastern Democrats,
coming from counties where Uera are .
bat few Republicans, regard them very .
largely as a tteory, aad weetera Demo
crats, coming from eoantiet prose ta '
a mm Ska SaaiVir
DocltrUt Uat LeBtae tad Vroisly'
pieaopouaed Ruuiag-y trade, Senator
Brandtgtt, Xstmblieaa of Canaeetieat,
asked hew it would bo possible to work
tat plans for trade with Russia without
dealing with them. Beaator France
plie4 that "British stetoamsB have woi
a toBditwiu sometimes a serious ecm-
dltloav -Waattraert who have to battla
with thsm biennially are VUling to ga
trmmw mm no roaa icaas to vara ex
termination, while easterners would be
mild and allow ttent soma Jatltads and
torn voice la State eeueolla. ,, ..
. Bastora Pemoerate MUder.
Bach was Ua state of affairs wh
Fraak IAnney got hit. Xepublioaaa to
ed out a plan for tho possession of the fthr Tueoday aight aad expounded
trkolo of BttsslaB trade. ' aad Uat he bo-
lieved Amerleaa etateamea had ability
equal to that of the British.
Charge Uat U Stat Department
maintained aa actual blockade against
Soviet Buaaia were ' pressatod to Ue
oommittoo by Mra. Harriett Staatoa
Blateh aad Miss Luey Brunham of Uo
Amerleaa Womea I Emergeaey Com.
mitteo. They declared Uat the depart
ment bad preveated thou orxanixati
from sending clothing and foodstuffs
to needy Bussisa children andttat ships
af...?. .J'l bfW .d btc. preveated from
directly interested la ehildrea ia Uit
eountry aad Canada are giving Ua North
Carolina situation, ao far as pubiie
welfare it concerned, special attention,
boeaaoa of the affect the aetioa of tha
present legislator will, have apoa
States makiag oat, a State program for
Us dart time.
"Tha Commonwealth Fund . of Mas-
saehasettt, - who sbbubI ineome ap
proximates oa million dollars, is pro
posing to appropriate 1330)00 annually
to tt child welfare movements having
permanent aad wide eignifleanee. Dr.
Knight announced North Carolina has
already benefited from this fund, aad
the speaker, who is treasurer oh the
fund, stated Uat part of hi baalaata
ia Raleigh it to give such asaistaaee at
he auy in assisting pubiie sentiment
ia the matter of child welfare-
It ia tt fervent hop of many eat
going to Russia.
Finally, Uty aaid, tha ecramittee had
boea forced to send it supplies to the'
Amerleaa - Frieads Society ia England
lor transportation to Jtussis.
14 Dor representatives Before the eom-
partisaa scriptures.. He mad th west,
era Democrats sevea times madder thaa
they have boea lately, aad he made
th sastera Democrats mad eaough ta
ttead np aad fight for anything tteir
brethren from th hill eountry want.
He appear' to hav saeeoeded admir
ably ia killing off any hop , th Re,.-.
pablieaas; may-hava bad of concessional
ia th way vof Seaatorial dittriete.
Australian ballot and sundry other pat
schemes they hav boea nursing aloof
sine th beginning of th oettioa. -
Majority May Use Power,
v How far th power of th majority
will be applied to the minority aad
how seriously its threats aad its thai- .
lenges .will bo takea remain to be do-.
veloped ia Ue eaueul' toaight. Th
temper of the average member has been
mittoa included E. C. Davison, secretary aroumwl. end tha innresalna vrnwa that
of the International Aeeeciatioa'of Ma- i0methin is la store for Ua minorirr
ehlnistet Joseph Beloeabcrg, represent'
ing the Amalgamated Clotting Work
vn i.i.awTuva .nil., aimviujr xiraij,
president of U Broth erhood of Fire
men aad Oilers. Mr. Davisoa said the
Russiaas needed, 15,000 locomotive snd
that tt oonstruetloB of these U Uit
country would give employment to maay
railroad workers whs hav beoa laid off.
Mr. Seloatberg declared Uat 150,000,.
000 Ttostians wsrs Badly la seed of
clothing, shoes aad many ether thing
tbat the tupplying of Ueat from Amr
YOUNG STATESVILLE MAN
HELD ON ASSAULT CHARGE
Btatetviile, Jaa. L Th pnllml
nary trial of Stoke-Bell, charged witt
arimiaai a.aawi.. m .m.i mm m m.yvmt
resulted ia ' young Bell s bwiac re
manded to Jail without bail to' await
trial at tte next term of Iredell B
poriot Court, which eoBveae Moadty,
January tl. Tha hearing, waa before
Mayer Bristol la th eoarthoaae ia th
preeoBee of a large aamber or people.
Th axaJa witoee for tt Bteto wa a
lT-year-old -arphaa- gtirl- wha- told i of
driakiag a aoft drlnB aad WhUXey wlta
youBg Bell, af ridiac ia aa automobile
oat to Uo suburbs of towa aad at ha
iag assaulted by hint wkQa in a ttupe-
Sed eoaditioB. Tho cersaa Mreroa a
tottimoay. . .. . . . -v.' - 7r
MAKKXD mrPOTEMtXT ur s
WIUO!a CONDITION, COX BATS
Waahlnrton. Jan. to There haa beoa
a "very marked rtsiirV for the botrev
iat Preoideata Wilson s aoadiuan tine
laV-aamr, forme Gevernee . Jamo
H. Cot of Ohio doelared today-after a
40 minutes vieit with the Presideat at
U White. Hoaao. The executive, Mr.
hCoa eaid, was "heavier tad mora robust
ia ovsry way" thaa he wa aa th oe-
easiea of the former Governor' call
last sammer ooea altar he had boea
aomUated a4he Demooratte presideat-
iai oaaviulata. ... . , 4
that
that it not altogether pleating to them.
Of th liaaey threat to go to a Bo-
pMbueaa Congress after relief . nobody -taket
it aeriously. Nobody thinks Uat
aay Congress will go back to carpet
baggsry which lingered oa the books
aatil Cleveland was" flirt Inaugurated.
Nor is criticism of Mr. lAnaey's r
sitioa confined to 'tbe majority parity.
Maay minority member added their '
opinion to that of maay Democrat yes
terday. The eaaea wa a personally
eondueted affair, they aay, and moat of.
them went there nnkiowing and aa-
cbawTted arte ttrgweral pa epsaa4.
intent- of tt meeting. They- think
fr, JmJ-.m--m-f ""Mm SJk
and to ao purpose at all, save to stig
la aranM aanaa tKa MnmnttA, Af .
sio of ortt CwoliBa,? he aonUnned,rit
... . . . . . , .- . . . . i ...
-mat wnatover aetioa ia uaea urn yvari dn I tries.
by U tegitlator, in all b a stepia I xtt. ITealy told . th committee
ward mtfmm. " ...ji ..i.. .i h.j. J
"Th comparative aaoeeot ttteadint Md ln Wew ,f tni ,k,rdahip labor wa .Wtter Btment a tha part f Uf)
""" trnvmrnm a,w n ac--. SBBOriBg UtroagBOOt tQO COBBtry UO V. , - . . .
chlldrea 1 a matter af pereeatege af rorernment't policy ahoald be to allow Tk Liaaey delireranee aoaaded b
success,' Dr. Knight declared, 'diving immediate resumption of ttst trad.- te thMa hea they were all there to-
inte tte subjeel matter of hU addresr. - informaUoB a to the meaas empToyed gether, bao a good campaigaepostbit
No one system, h aaid, haa all tt by ether nation to trad with Russia bat 'whea ttey got off by themselve
adraatagea aad bob of th diaadvaa- ... i.,M , tha enmmltata h tnn. ad got to turaing . it over ia Ueir
tags bat eeientine data ia aot at haad I tu. Ma.iM h , indu ia hnaiMal miads they realised, that ha had gone
on whieh to determla accurately Justly Boston who 'was presented to then1 don it, aad tha amicable relatioaa
what method will bo moat tuecceafuL J eommitte by Senator Frnnec, and whose I thus far prevailing betweea the two
la-
From a careful study , af all U sys-
temi, th speaker wa at tt opiaioa
that tt ideal ryrttm eombiast tt vir
tues of tt receiving horn for abort
time car aad with a placiag out sys
tem. Greatest poeaibl car ahoald be
takea, he said, not to receive children
in instirutioaa until every mean . of
giving th child a fair flghtlng chance tiaatioa la Russia,
witt hi r bar own relatives ha been I ,
, . r - STORM WARNINGS FOR
ThTr rreadeT.
aafal ' avaaalaarlM tmW allildaan ' Old I -' . i ' -
eaoagh to receive it aot a much to do- ' Waahingtoa,. Jsa. 26VStorm . wara
tormina feeble mladedaeet a to f arm lag -were ordered displayed aa tt
nam waa withheld. , H waa eaid to
told th eommitte that th tystem
vplred th eadlng of good to eoun-
trie eoBtiguout to Russia. tTpoa tht
arrival of tha ahipmtnts, Soviet agent
wtr aotifled aad after examaing th
good aad paying for ttem ia gold they
aeoompaaied the ahipmenta to their dea-
rtieln th Leglslatur atood a
mighty In chaaee of being disrupted.
Toaight! caaeus will diacloooJust how
far Ucy were right. ' . Y . . t
DX. ALOKXMAN WILL KXPKBSKNT t
VIRGINIA GOVERNOR IN XUKOrB
Biehmoad, Va, Jaa. 3S. Goveraor
Da via today delegated Dr. Edwia A.
Atdermaa, prwsideat of Uo University
of Virginia, ' to rep re seat him aa a
member of the eommissioa ta go to
England ia Us spring to present to
Great Britaia a sopy if th Hoadoa
statue ef 'Washington. Th Governor
hat found tbat his official duties will
for solutioB of problems of North Carolina aad Virginia eoasta, Ut I aot permit hia leaviag the State for the
Kmmmwimm .. j aeational niaaausa and I weather bareaa aaaoaaced toaight.
aamatiam. - ... Tit aietarnaao wBtca -wa ceaterea
km tmw aadieal care essential to the I yesterday aver . Alabama,
car of depeadeat children. Dr. Knight I ported tonight ever Soothera Georgia
doeiarod that tt greatest ehange ia jmeviag BorUweatward. It ha beaa at
Droeedar la Ue maay flelda at child 1 tended by heavy aaow la East Trnwee-
- - . . .1 I . V . g- . 1 m.T . h.
atadv aanaa-roeeat yaaraaaa.Deca nil"
teereaaed stresa pat Bpon diagnosis:
Any hnadred ooaaeeauv eases ri
trio, Th statae ia Virgiaiat gift la
roeogBitioa af the friendly relatioaa
that exists la this State for Groat
Britaia. - - - 1 - - - - - .
TB1RTTJIX- riUWKO BBOWN .--V
WBIN SCBOONSR WRECKXO
- Maaila,-P. L,- - Jaa. - XuV Thirty-alx ,.
Filipinoe, maetly wimea and ehildrea.
West Central North Carolina
Bad rata aad eaow ia Soath Tirgiala,
the tatarin af Ua Carallaaa. North
.1. . I ;...:.. Gaaiwia. Taaaeaaaa. Kaatockv and tte were drew Bed ia the wreekin f the
Dr. Eaixbt aaid. weald ahow peaaibly'J eoater af Mieaimippi valley? i ttre masted ast-wia. achooaer Pili.
SO rnoath breathers, nearly a haadred Thar ha boea a marked. faU Ta uaa. aiewa -aeaora aaa m-ip.y
weald hav bad teeth. 23 per eeat would temperature la the wf etate hat pounded M piece ia a fanoaa etorm at
baader weight, half of teem" would crtaf weartier ti predicted vr the Ue asouth of A txnir rrauoca
, Moviia iot Hraacrrvw sua a riaa lain -a -. .-
fCMtinowd oa Paaw Twal - I tempera tar Friday. ' laalvod her todayi . .. v m'j