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RALEIGH, N. G. FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 28. 1921.
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ATTACKS COTTON
LLS FOR T.
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President of United Textile
Worker Tells .Committee
About Worty Carolina
TwiWMILLS RESTORE
ff SJXTYJHOUR WEEK
Hotwithiundinf Hifheat Pro.
taction Accorded Any Indus.
. tryy ' Employe! . (Vet Lowest
War tb, John Golden Asserts ;
dumn Clark
Tor
Probe of Campbell Contest
Tha Nswe aad Obeerrrr Bureau,
W3 District National Beak Bldf.
By JOR L. BAKER
i (By Special Leased Win)
Waehlngtoa, Jsa. tlW. W. Cannon,
of Concord, the big eottoa mill man,
ia . the . ton -hear inn . before
TAKING
DUCTiON
- ir4j, today, whea John, Uotaea, preet
. a... ta- t'ited. Textile ,-WockeM,
tnM h committee that ths reading p(
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. ed him to make aomsaobservaiioas on
the textile industry Jn North Carolina.
m " Golden laid ha Una just r-nor.ru
m i.lt nf several daya i that
Kt.t. ..and that withia the last two
- - weeks upwards of 20 eottoa mills there
, bsd restored the 80 hoar a week work
ing barfs, tad that upwards of too
tenant. f mill houses had beea served
with Bot:.'c of evietwa unless wey sc
mmtmA h nmw hour schedules.
Mr. Golden aaid that withia thre
weeks, Mr. Caanoa had ut stages at his
mill in ner Hit. n.-nt reducing them SO
rw cam .an loiiowuz wn -'
week, with another 10 per eeat red.it-
tioa. Csnnou had joiaed wita wiaer
mill mea in urging tha ways sad anaaas
committee. -to give the riaanfaeturera
protection if they wera ta eonUauo to
... ran tha taills and keep wages whera
they are now. '
Tj Flrht Wan Redectieau
! Ooldea. ursed upon tha eommlttes
; that if they granted tha maaufaeturers
tha protection against loreiga cum
petltloa they ara .ekiag, ttey iwralra
i tha maaafaetnrera to gia gaaraatees
' that the wage and working eoaditioas
of tha Bull workers shall aot Da lowar-
. "It la straag that they ladoatry
- uh a. a-l tka kiihest proteetioa
' : aeeardeia any- ladustry j ader tariff
' . rmtmm hill iiav tha lowest watM Ha
woTkera," said M 6oWe who daelkre
that tfie-wprMW wera going a
kep wages wkera they ara ow.'rf "'
following Qoklea's ta4mnt about
' waaa raductUi at tha Caanoa mill,
- eprwntatlT Hnll, Democrat, aaktd
Goidaa if ha knew what diTldeada that
mill paid last year. -Mr uoiden ata
. aot know cxaetly, but promised to up'
ply tha lafor: intioa ; later. Soma of
tha Southern etttoa mills bow redaelag
"wages ara understood' to bbto deeiaraa
v nearly t 100 per eeat atotk and cash
' . hridendn lat year.
Rtuart v W. Cramer and Winston
' Adams, of Charlotte, wera hare attend
Mr. Cramer was s mamoar ei ui cot
. Inn mannfaetnrers aommlttea which
laid before tha House committee a brief
today rgiag reatoratioa at a una
- achsdal Tirtuslly the same as that eon
tained in tha oil Payne-Aldrich bilL
' ' Clarke Aaka Far Proaa.
MThea BepresentatiTa Fees, of Ohio,
chairman nd his aaaoeiatea oa ua jse
puVritan Congressional eommittea ad
, raneed funds to ". Ike Campbell to
praseeuta his eontest for tha Cangrea-
eioaal teat of Tanner Bob" Doaghtoa,
of the Eighth North1 Carolina CoBgtes-
' aioaal district, they shied a stone into
BhorBct'A-aest-mt kasatartaArlkc
hornets bussing about their ears. .
As a result of this aetion, "Champ
Clark, tha minor: floor leader, rn
trodueed tha following resolution in
ta House t iayi - A
- iWheraaa it ia epetted 4a tha pablie
' areas that a political orgaainatioo cam
posed of members of tha present Hons
of BepreeeBtativea and members-elect
"" of the Hoasa of BepreseataUroa of the
67tk Coagrasa hare aduraeed moaeys
for tha purpose of enabling persons
desiring to contest tha election ef tboet
holding eertiaeatea or. auction se fnc
Wiauharess.Ttg
"Wharaaa ia any aaea contest.
Vert of tha C7ta Coagresa will alt as
iadra in detarmiaiag the1 meriU sf
same, therefore be it, .
"BtaolTod that the ' committoa on
alaetloB - Preeideat, Vice President
and BepresenUtiroa in CoBgreas, er any
aab-eammittee thereof to be deaigaated
by their chairman, are aatherised aad
directed to iatastigate aad report to
the House prior to the adjournment
of tha present . : session of Congraas
what fuada If any . hare been; proan
IsedV given, loaned er la any way
placed at tha disposal ef parsons who
jiae la (nested a pnrpoas ,
the aleetion ef any person who received
certificate ef election to -the House
of BeprasaatatiTos ef the 67tk Coa
greas, by each political eommittea com
posed cf members of the present
Eoase aad mempera elect ef the 7ta
Congress. Said eommittea shall also
ascertain aad rspsrt in eases where
sid ranees have been made er promised
to be made by war of loann, what on
thority if aiy ksa bean er ia being
required aad given aad what protniaea
made by the ptopoaad. contestants for
the rcpaymeat of same. Said aom
mittee m antheriaed . to eead for per
sona aad pep re. - to administer oat as
aad to sit during the sessions ef the
Hous.
. Itepebllcams Te Bwry 1. .
' The resolution waa referred te the
ralrs eommittea for a report. It may
-taried there, beesmss tha maioe-
Taembe'Jir f ttat contailtiee weaT
be in any harry to rvjmrt it eat aaa
allow disrmmiea on tae floor ef tha
motives that inspired Dr. Fees, and
(CenOaeed em Faga TraJ ' " I
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j. and irM.ii.n.ilart Hard Inc. ttlotorraDhed at St. Aurustiae. Fla. Ths
President-elect displayed quite a fondness for the chubby youngster.
MOUSES
DISARMAMENT PLAN
Bi-Partizan Support For Idaho
Senator's Plan Given During
Senate Debate
Washington. Jan. . 27. Bl partisan
support for the nival disarmament
movement was given .in the 8enate to
day daring diseussioa of Senator
Borah'a dlearmgnseat resolutions. .
Senator Borah's plan for an official
determinstioa of the future taloa . ef
big skips la the American naval pro
gram waa eadorsed'. by ." Senators Me
Kellar. of.Tcancasee.'iand. King, ef
Otah, Democrats, pkila 'Senator JSorah
spoke at soma ienrth ia behalf-of kb)
The disarmajnent fllseusjion wa-la-J
rerjtyf4 in the Senate tariff debate,
rate 'While tha Senate diseussioa was
in nrecrew. the House aaval commitfcet
i. etpontd indefinitely tar - hearing ef
General Fcrsbinc : oaj ' disarmament,
acheduled for tomorrow because of eon
tinned illness of BeprrsonUtive Butler,
of Eennsvlvania, committee cbairmaa.
Senator Borah declared It the people
ef the United States, Great , Britain
and -Janaa-could give .voice to their
opinions he felt confident they weiild
ipeak for an agreement to- reduce naval
building. . ua aaaea ne won m
later, the ngf mUopi f rom , KHbagoot
and ethers, for postponement until ntter
the inauguration, ef the new adminis
tratioa of action an his resolution
looking to a naval disarmament between
the three pewerev ' r " ' .
"There arc twff waya to aeresi ai.
armsmeit," Senator Uoran aeciarea.
"One ta ' anooso -1 it. conscientiously.
Another ia -that adopted by others ia
tmhlifl.llfe who are willing to give
lip serviea te disarmament but conjure
np all conceivable -metnoas w secure
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Thn Tdnhe Senator said his . other
resolution, ealliag en-th Senate Naval
Committee for an opinion aa te whether
tha American aaval building program
could be suspended for six months until
the value ef capital ships should be de
termined waa designed to develop. "as
definitely as can be known What wui
bring Bt aa-affleieBt juvyJL t
Many , hiah navy r efflcers, - uanaaor
Rnran acid, believe that capital 'ships
have lost their value because of tha de
velopment ef submarine and aerial war
fare, but were naable, he says to state
their real opinions. In this connection
he pleaded for what he described as
the release oi ine rest uougns mi w
ud aJicd that offlMBts migM bb
able to.gira their real views to the gor
Notice was served by the Senator that
if tha aaval committee should aot' act
oa Wareefllirtionof inquiry ha would
introdaeo another resolution calling for
a thorough .investigation of the. aaval
program, ths relative value ef capital
and all ether ships and types of naval
armament. '
Rcnatnr Klnc also urred an xhaurt
tveiavestigatton"l to- determine what
anita .would snake a modern navy. He
cited that the present building program
wis adopted ive years age, before the
United States snterea me .war ana -Before
'the change wre wrought., by tte
submarine and ndded that it should be
settled whether the United States should
proceed with, big chip construction in
view ef ths change in" na ml' warfare.
Senator Oerry, Democrat, Khade Island,
int cTmptrd ta obscrrt the in 1918, dor
img the war, Secretary, Daniels reeom
meaded aa increased naval building
program. . Benator avmg lapura uw
Secretary ' ' Dcaicla recommendations
were not approved by the American
people and weald be "repudiated" if re
art f - SL.l
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- '- Heavy Saow la Sevaanak.
Ruuk. Ga Jsn. S7- Ssvaaash
wss visited by a. very decide ssowrali
todays It began shortly before a e eiooa
snd ia a short time was falling ia srrh
aonntities as to attract marked at-
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lexington, Ky. Jam. t7. M.a 0War,
the champion thorouirhbred. arrived,
here today la a special railroad car
from Gl.a Kiddle Farm, Berlin, Mi, to
beLn his career aa a Cm." "'
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ENJOYING VACATION
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and New York, with her baby, Ewing.
California Senator Assured
(That Senators Can Present
Views Oa New Treaty
, 'WashiagtoB, Jan. 17. Assurances that
tha State Department would aot give
its approval to tie proposed new treaty
between the United States aad Japan
until opportunity had iboen afforded
members of the Senate and others in
terested to place before the department
their .arguments, were given Senator
PheUn, of California, today by Secre
tary Colby.'- - 1 . -i , .
.Senator Phalan called at tha State De
partment to ciplaia information oa th
report submitted by Roland St .Morris,
American ambaassdor'ta Japan: with e
sneer to his negotiations with Baron
Shldeaara, the' Jspaasse 'ambeasedor
here. Secretary Colby explained to tha
California Bcaator that he had aot as
yes resa tne repors.
Senator Phelaa after hit eoafaraM
Vaid that Secretary .Colby alsa had
surad him that no hasty action was con
templated. Senator Phelaa added that
he insisted a full opportunity had aot
been given to Senators Interested in us
Japanese question to express thsir opia
ions, although he. and Senator John
son, of California, had discussed It
a few times with Ambassador Morris
but prior to the drafting of the ra
port. . .
.rAaibjissMefTaohafa ;.ai9"M
the State Department during the day,
but it was explaiaed.that his visit had
to do only with an effort that had been
made to subpoena certain seamen of sfj
Japanese ship recently at Norma, laey
were wanted as witnesses ia a ease of
allered violatioa of tha prohibition law,
and Ambassador Bhidehara told the de
partment the ship was now nader way
te Honolulu, lie also lnxormea tne ae
partmcnt that be had received m fur
ther information from his government
relative to tha Jjengdoa incident.
LOSES TWO YEAR FIGHT
- AGAINST EXTRADITION
Enirlishman - Chased - All 'The
Way From Bombay, India,
UoJTewrUaasr-U.SJsir r
New Orleans: tau Jan. S7. Two
years fight' against axtraditipa to Bom
bay. India, to face charges ef "Cheat
in Parses Jewelers there out of part
payment on costly Jewels,' was lost in
United States ih.triet Court acre to-
dsr bv Charles Glenn Collins, son of
the fouader of the Seotch Publish mi
Honss of , Collins, and a World War
veteran, when . Judge Foster ruled
against the arguments ;of his counsel.
- Arthur Fuller, senior police inspec
tor of the British noUea at. Bombay, ar
rested Collins In . Now uncana - two
ycara ago, following', him : from 'India
throuxh-Camb Voleartier. Canada, to
New. York and thence here. - While ia
the House of "Detention here Collins
escaped to a-British vessel ia the har
bor but was . captured several hoars
later. Collins waa senior military in
structor at Cam Voloartier.
Collins,; a graduate or Baaoaarst
Military Academy la England, served
with" .distinction ia thc ;British regu
lar army ia-the Boer, war, where he
was eited for gallantry and won his
commission aa" the .youngest major ia
the British ' army, - He served in the
World War at -Jintw erp aad Oallpoll
aad was later -wounded on the wssiera
front. ''' ' .- ':-
His father-wae head, ef the great
Seotch Publishing House ef Collins.
One -brother, Sir Geoffrey Collins, ia a
member ' -of - ParliamenL'' -Another
brother served on the commission for
the autonomy ef Iadia. -
Unrest in India among' natives ana
the alleged inability of the British oa
account of this unrest to girs him a
fair trial was eae of Collins conten
tions i ifctoiar extradition. -
Coliina, it ia explained, . poaohnoed
from Oaneshl . Ial -. aad . Pohoomnl
Brothers, Parsoe jewelers in Bombay,
Jewels paying part in cash aad the
balance-ia drafts which were returned
from his London bankers dishonored.
He ia now at liberty 'under 110,000
bond and will take his fight to ths
rii.Ui t .lcs u Drums Court. ' .
NO HASTY ACTION
REGARDING
APAN
litis
ATTACKS
THE INIQUITIES
OF WHEAMARIFF
North Carolina Senator Shows
That This Country Can Conv
pete With Canada
SENATE DEBATE RUNS
FAR AFIELD DURING DAY
Utah Senator Aiki If It Would
Wot Be Proper for Oovern.
ment To Proride Pensions
' 7or Unemployed; Louisiana
Senator Wants The 8ufsi
Industry Protected
Wsshlngton, Jsn. 17. The Fordney
smergeaey tariff bill was theoretically
before the Senate today but was dis
cussed only in a speerh by Senstor
Simmons, Democrat, of North Carolina,
aad la a brief debate oa sugar Items.
Speeches wera so far sfleld at oae time
sitTSlre
!!rs-;i-V.
North UaaoU. -d
addiftaad.ivJikta w-javne
to battleships'; jnd asked wby the Uriff
f TiilT? t.w .w. t. .
publican, of Jdaho, spoke at length on
the general subject of disarmament
into which other Senatora were drawa
la debate. Senator Walsh, Democrat
of Montana, discussed the- landlord
tenant laws of tha District ef Columbia
and Senator Bansdell, Democrat, of
Louisiana, entered aa emphatic deaial
to published statements which, hs de
clared, sought to link ths liOUisians
Senators with big sugsr interests.
Blmmeas Deaeaacee Measure.
Tariff debate, however, waa not with
out Minted argument Benator. Sim
moaa speech of more thaa two hours
was directed at what he termed the
Iniquities of the proposed legislation.
Ha charred that Conrrrss would be ex
secdina its bower in enacting such legis
lation, and asserted that Its provisions
were 'confiscatory ia that they would
eomtwl consumers to par tribute.
The North Carolina Benator also took
Senator MeOumber to task for kla at
titude aa wheat protection. He argued
that Mr. McCumber was supporting
lecialation which not ealy would in
erease tha prle of bread aad cereals.
but would place tha United States ia
a poaitioa to saffer retallattoa at ths
hands of Canada, from which Mr. Mc
Cumber has said tha "dangerous wheat
importations comet -
Ceaatry Can Bxaert Wheat.
' Denying the statements -at Mr. 'Me-
Gumbar that Canadtaa prices were
lower ihirn those 4a the-CaHed--States,
Xlr. Ximinout s qaotcfl.eiBeuu tatiitiej
to show that prices Baa variee. uiue
between' Minneapolis and Winnipeg,
This eoaatm tha Senator added, la en
an exporting basis aad therefore tha
slight " difference between the prices
would have no effect.
K rv. ( Timrnaol. ha aoa
tinned. 'It does aot matter whether
the Canadian wheat goes direct to liver
pool er comes through the Ualted States
and is milled here. The tariff pro
posals will aot stop that, aad if they do
it meaaa we will have to pay more for
mf hra.d and our flour.
I Senator. King, J)emeerat,.-f Utah,
asked dartar t ho- tfiacnseio waeuer tc
weald not be proper for tne govern
ment to Htake care ef the uuemployea
with a pension if it were going to take
tmrm nt- the wheat farmer and the
Louisiana sugar grower." He declared
that Conarress should never estaDusn
sueh a precedent aad asserted thst the
loaaea of other lines OI ireo.es were
equally as important
waam snrar rrewcw.
Mention of Louisiana sugar brought
from Senator Bansdell ths declaration
that if the Congress could do anything
to relieve the agriculture industry, it
ous:ht to do so. Hs said he did not
believe "present "conditions would MSt
forever aad the iarmcrs soouia oe uura
over the emergency,
Tha dflbata then turned into an open
fnmm oa etmr. and Senator Penrose,
shairf of -the finance fJamnunee, fol
lowed yesterday's tactics in, asking a
rceem. thus keeping the bill before the
Benate aa unnmsnna business.
Jnst nrior to the reetes. Benator Hpen-
eer, Bepubliean, of Missouri, introduced
another amendment to afford protection
of two cents a pound on sunflower, sesd
and ta cents a srallon on oil from sun-
ilowtr n- ; During the day riensrw
Penrose circulated a petition to invoke
the cloture rule and limit Senators to
one hoar's debater oWen on the jill,
but 'the movement had aot developed
tonight.
rtva KXCROES CARRIED TO '
LITTLE BOCK FOB BArEaxsriNU
MamDbis. . Tsnn. Jaa. ,Z1. Five
wru. who have beea held ia the Crit
teadea county, Ark, jail at Marion for
several days oa (barges ef assisting ia
the escape -of Henry Lowry, negro
farmer, who waa Lamed to death by a
mob at Nodeaarfrhv last aight, were
brought to Memphis late today aad will
be taken to Little Bock for safekeeping
in the morning. - ' f -
Sheriff William Fish, who was In
charge of ths negroes, aaid that feeling
against them waa very high ia Crittea
dea aad MimlsajDDieounties aad added
I that aaeffort -to lyneh them weald
probably have beea made tea tght, ac
cordiag to reports he received.
X BIU Bine Law. ''--';'' 4
Xaahvitle. Tean- Jan. STThe State
Seaate today by a vote ef 23 to S killed
the so-called Cooper Sen day bine taw
bill which prohibited Saaday news
papers and trains as well as Suaday
amassmsata. , ,'
XTEEia WCHXB OW--
- RECORDED IN STATESTILIJI
St si ear tile. Jan. 1T Aoceffilar te
11 )acat-watacr abcervef r who aaa4o
aecaraU maasaiemewls smew mssanr
sd l( tach te ea level which la dnset
recorded fcere with erne escepsJaa ta
U yearn.' In Febraary, IWI etxtoea
Baches sececded here wss ta,
D0UGHTON-CONN0R
ROAD BILL STARTS
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State Construction and Main
tenance. With 50 Million
Bond Issue
PROPERTY TAX IS NOT
MENTIONED IN MEASURE
Honse Passes' Bill Xelierinf
Penalties On Delayed Tax
Settlements After Two Hour
Debate; Neal Proposes To
" Double Confederate Pen
sions Proridlng for the eonstrurtioa aad
maintenance by tha State of a "State
system of hsrd surface aad other de
pendable types of road, approiimate
lr flJSOO miles in learth. built aad
maintained by the State," the Doughtoa
Connor road bill came to the House
yesterday morning after two weeks
I proponents la botnHouse and Benate.
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faad to be paid, out of
Fifty taimoB dollars to be raised, by
and sinking
paid, out of the general
fuad, to which the automobile license
fuad will 'be diverted for two years,
the abaeace of a property tax, and the
axtwnaioa of the present Highway com
miacioa to nine members, -aeh repre
senting a defined highway dutrlct, are
the essential features or the bill,
Tske Beada Immediately
With the passage ef the biU, the
State would immediately take over the
contemplated mileage, with the general
outline of the roada indicated oa
attched map. and begla the work
building and maintaining them. The
authorised issle of bonds would
made by the Ooveraor as the require
ments of the Highway Commies loa de
manded. For the first two yesrs, It
estimated that oaly a part ef the auto
mobile fund will bs required for main
tenance purposes, and the remaiader
will be turned over to the general
State fuad to take eara of the initial le
ans of bonds.
The first public hearings on ths bill
will probably be held before ths Joint
roads eommlttece ; of the House and
Senate during the coming week. One
thousand copies ef the measure were
ordered printed for ' dlstributioa, aad
whea these are ia the heads ef the
members ef the General Aaaembly, and
the interested public, ths prepoaeata of
the measure, believe the committee win
be ' taadf te : begin hearings. Definite
action, en thajull.ls expectec to ne
reached before the middle ef Feb-
rearjc, : -:
Introduction Delayed
Tha Introduction of the bill came eight
days after it was expected to be offer
ed in the House. The delay waa oeca-
slui cd by differences ef opia Ion arising
as to the extent ef the road building
nroaram. and proponents of ths mea
sure' in the House and Seaate, were" ef
the opinion that it would be better to
iron out difficulties and present a mea
sure upoa which a larger a amber were
agreed.
The House was preparing to adioura
a few minutes after the Itoughton-Coa
BorWn bad been offered yealerUay
morning, btit KepreaentaUre Townaend
arose to ask for ths consideration of the
Varser Senate bill removing the penalty
for -'the non-payment - of taxes, a two
hour debate was precipitated, resulting
finally in the adoption of aa amend
ment relieving the - penalties for the
current year,, but leaving the statute
untouched aa to succeeding or preeea
ing years.
Calamity Breaks in
It was the first time that calamity
bad beea heard ia full try in the House
since it came into eessioa three weeks
sgo.- Members from the east spoke
viaorouslv sralnst aay endeavor to eon
tinue the present system of penalties.
and would hear nothing of the proposal
of the f Isaacs committee to move up
the time of the beginning ef penalties
from February . 1, to April . L. They
nnaanotsV re'nwjsnfy
they not H.
The Senate had passed tae varser
bill which relieved all peaaltiea. The
House Finance Committee prepared
substitute, movina uo the time for the
operation ef penalties. Brown ef Pitt,
offered -aa amendment removing tae
Dcnaltiea for the year, and Bowie ef
getter. Debate rocked around tha two
amendments . antil BepresentaUve
Doagfaton suggested that n go back te
the committee to eee what could be
done about it. - J '-'
rDeaahtea Ends Debate
Tha Easterners, with BepresentaUve
Matthews for their chief spokesmaa,
wanted immediate action en the matter,
but the House had grewa so confused
ever he issues that it was beginning to
call for question on air. vougnioni
motion. The ettuatton. was ' clarified
whea Mr. Bowie withdrew hie amend
meat. Mr. Doughtoa declared that his
withdrawal removed the necessity for
recommitment to committee, and ea
the vote, ths Brown amendment wft
adopted with virtual naaaimity, and the
House adjourned at 1:20 to meet this
morning at 11 o clock.
Two other bills ef Statewide import-
got- started la tha House daring ths
session. Mr. JJurpsy eirerea. ay re.
quest, a measure permitting osteopaths
the orvlleges ef physicians aa sar-
a-eoaa 1b nubile hospitals, npea eo nip li
ases With ecrtaia regulations, aad Mr.
Naal introduced a U preMag lor
doubling the pension ef - Confederate
Teteraaa and their widows, y ,i j
Seaato Spaeda Cp.--J -
Bpeedjng np the wheels of legUUtive
machiaery, the Senwysflfcrday pam.C
t bills oa their-daal reedingi
State-wide H measures passed iaeluded
the so-called "par deeraaee bill," the
measure ameaditir the Mediral Practice.
Act aallHslill -saaklsg it saJmwfal t
gire false firs alarms, ail ef Which were
passed without debate. , : '
The Benate also passed the Hoese
rcselatiea UviUag Mra. . . George W.
Ceedseed ea Page Twa)
OuRNEY
HOUSE
TKLPINO Pl'PPT ON CAII
OF 1CB HOLDS IT BOAT
New Tech. Jaa. 17. A yelpiag
nappy oa a cake ef Ire fleallag
dewa the Baeaoa river todsy halted
the Fort Lea ferry beat Edgewater
la sniatatreesa while a rearae waa
'effsevedv"-"J" '"".' , , . "
After Captala Jamea Baraaalgaa
maaoaverod has craft along ssde Ike
cake. First Mala Gerard Barry, de.
meaded a Udder Sang ever the
salt The ladder brake, Barry
plaaged late the stream sad re
appeared with the pappy la his
..Haalad ah re. Barep
late the engine ream with has aew
pel, which he promptly nasaed
"leleto.- '
Kentucky Governor Calls For
Grand Jury Investigations in
Each County
Frankfort, Ky Jan. f7. Oorernor
Edwin P. Marrow today offered rewards
of 'esth persoa jmrt.eipatiag.in. night
riding
Fleming and Bath--sonaUea,
ttirIt''makC grand
!.7e
gatioaa of reporta that beads ef armed
mea iatimidated tobacco farmers last
Saturday sight, and Instructed the
State adjutant general to have four
troops of cavalry la readiaesa for .im
mediate actioa. "I lfltead to aad will
use evaey" power of tha State to save
the hoaor of the State aad to prevent
midnight outrages upoa ita citiasas"
said ths Ooveraor la the course, of a
statement. "Every dollar, ia too State
Treasury, he continued, "aad every
soldier at my command ia pledged to
the prevention of Bight riding with its
outrages aad latimidatlona.
Ths troops are ' atatloaed at Louis
ville, Loadoa, Manchester aad Louisa.
They are supplied with horses and
equipment for field duty. Ob the heels
cf the announcement came word from
circuit court judge' Henry B. P. B.
Prewitt that he would eoaveae a special
Bath eouaty greed jury at Owlngsvills
tomorrow aad that Judge C. D. Newell
was likely to deliver a special charge
to the Flemln eouaty grand Jury when
It eonvenee .Monday at Flemtngsbnrgi '
The night riders were reported to
have operated near Bethel ia Bath
eouaty aad aear Sherbonrae ia Flem
ing eoanty. In each ease, it waa aaid,
mounted aaea called - tobaeeo farmers
from their homes aad threatened them
If they failed te heed warnings to cut
ent tobaeee crop this year and hold ths
hast crop for higher prices.
OHIO FABMEr REPORTS THAT'-
TOBACCO BARN WAS BURIED
Gallipolia, Ohio, ' Jan. ST, Joseph
Arriagton, a tobacco farmer living near
this city reported today that his tobaeee
barn, eoasaiaiag tea thousand .'pouads
ef Hurley leaf tobaeee had Feea buraed
last Bight by aa Incendiary. Authori
ties believe ths fire was started by per
sons opposed-to the sale ef the 1920
crop beeanea ef prevailing low prices.
GRIP OF SNOW STORM
BROKEN, BUREAU STATES
Storm Eeported iAit KIfht As
Beinf Central Off Xorth
, Carolina Coast
. Washington, Jan. 87. Belief . from
the storm which for the past two days
has beea sweepiag ap along the South
Atlantic coast wss forecast tonight by
the Westher Bureau.
The stoma wss described as central
tonight off tha North Carolina coast and
moving northeastward. Fair weather
aad slowly rising temperatures were
following la Its wake, the Weather
Bureau said, briacinsp relief te North
and South Carolina aad southerir Vir
ginia, which waa the most seriously
affected,
The Weather Bureau s prediction' to
night for practically all ef tha South
Atmntta Coast State, mi Fair Friday
aad Saturday with slowly rising temper
atarea. .The strong winds ef the last
36 hoars, the bureau aaid, -will grad-
Bally diminish ia strength.
The storm brought snow to North nnd
Sooth Carolina aad southern Virginia,
a mixture of rain aad snow te Georgia,
and rain to Florida. The faU ia South
rrnlin which reached a -depth, M
nearly a foot ia some places, waa said
to .havs beea the heaviest, ia three
years. North Carolina received almost
aa much snow as did Booth Carolina,
snd southern Virginia was severed with
blanket nf hiteneas:r!"'3"'--,r 1
fUaat arcnaananied the rala aad saow
in soms sections, interferring with tele-
rraDhie aad telephonic communication
aad With transportation,.
Former Kaiser Baa Birthday.
Doom. Holland, Jan. 17. The former
Ocrman Emperor observed - his sixty
second birthday today. There waa no
elaborate ceremony. His daughter the
Dacheas ef Brunswick, aad two ef his
oaa visited kirn. The condition ef the
former Qermaa Empress is aaehaaged.
GETS SEAT OF TROUSERS
BUT NEGRO NEVER
STOPt
Oxford, Jaa. t7-Whea Depaty Ed
Lyem aad hie, fellow sal cere .cieaed
HMi eeapte ef negsa miiashlaira
la the wssds aear Bethel chare earn
nJgM this week with drawa gnwa
they theaght they were prepared far
any asnergrary hat enhasqeoat de
telepaaeata mreved taeaa ta error. -"We
Is gwiae away from kyar.
ahawUd erne ef the atgrsaa. They
aid, leaelag Ibslr hsaa end
Depaty Lyem teak east after eae of
eaeseed saeas, Jaat sa he easerod
the briar patch, the officer. etambled.
aacTla the fall caa(ht the aegre hy
the eamt ef his paata '
The aecva smvwt saackeaea ass
pace Wt Bwpwty Lywa smsrged frees
ta actor patch wtta the aoa a the
smahlaer'e "VrllcW la hi
REWARD OFFERED
FOR NIGHT RIDERS
CAUCUS
DECLARES
OF
Joint Commission Named Last
Night To Work Out Some
Plan of Action ...
BOWIE FORCES MOTION
TO EJECT SPECTATORS
first Secret Canons To Be
Held Within Memory of Any
familiar With Doinfi ef
General Assembly; Bowie
Wants Help-On BiU To Abol-
lsh Republican Treasurer
REVISION
ELECTION STATUTES
After ejecting every Boa-member
from the chamber laat night, ea mo
tion ef Bepresentatlve Tarn Bowie, the .
Democratic caucus sgreed to save the
Bowie biU ta abolish the office ef
eouaty treasurer, la his home county,
which barely weathered a storm when Z, .
to appoint a eommlaavon to redraft the '
tit.,. .ImIUU..A -.-r-- - 1
I so far aa the old timers sbout Capitol
eaa remember, it was .ihe first time -that
any Democratic caucus nf the Oca- ;
eral Assembly has denied all spectators, -whatever
ther party aiBliatioas, the
privilege of watching the proceedings.
Six years ago, a secret Caucus wss held,
but newspaper mea were allowed to re'
mala by courtesy upoa assurance that
they would respect ths privacy ef the '
meeting.
Nethlag Definite Determined. ..
No defiaite method was determined .
upoa as to saving ths Bowie abolition
bill, but for the remaking of the elee -tioa
laws, a committee ef three mea
from the Upper House Seaators Btubbs,
Oallert, and Varset, were aamed, nd -for
the House, BepreeeBtativea Kverett
ef Biehmoad, Murphy, Dawsoo, Neal
j n : . j : .1.
strnetloas to report to a further meet'
ing of the caucus text week.
Bed raft of ths slcctioa laws has beea "
discussed by party leaders for some
years back, aad laat Bight's caucus was
to sound out the feelings of ths ma.
jority ia this respect. Ths committee.
is formed without instruction, and their
findings will be laid before -a full
caucus for discussion" before sny eon. ,
crcte program ia introduced late the
General Assembly.
The Bowie bill, which is said to have
been the reason for ths ejection ef the
s porta tort aad' newspaper men, was aaa ,
ef the first introduced at the present .
session.' It provided for the abolition ...
H the afflae of aonnty treasurer, a Bc
pobiieaa, and turning It ever to the
soaaty aherlff, who Is a ', Democrat,
ehosea at the same election. - - .
Coming ap ia tha SenaU- Wednesday,
its Daaaare was definitely held np and
yesterday morning it was amended to
allow the treasurer to hold his office
until the expiratioB of hie term of of
fice Mr. Bowie, it is said, feels very ' ,
itch humiliated at this interference
with a local measure, and appealed to
the Democratic caueus to do something
about it. Move will probably be made
this morning to have It reconsiaerea in
feline-to soBcur in -thr SBnato: amende
ment
The eatmeity of the lobbies, aad much
ef the apace ia the galleries wsre filled
a quarter of aa hour before tha gavel
of the presiding officer, Senator Stubbs,
called the session to order.. The roll
waa called, a quorum declared present,
aad the temporary organization waa
mads permaacBt whea Representative
Bowie made the "customary motion" ta
exclude every person not a menfber.
The motion waa eombattea. crisp, vi
Data, moved to amend it to include
Democrats ia good standing. Senator
Brown, of Pender, said that as a rep-'
reaentatlvO of the younger Democracy'
of the State he was too proud of his
party to de anything that required such
carefully guarded secrecy. Bepxescnto.
live Wolta aad others voiced use sen.
timents, bat Bowie interposed, prov.
testing against hurting anybody's leeI-"
Ings, but insisting that ths room be
cleared;'
-I didat intend to kava any argument
about It, Mr. Speaker, ks continued W .
haee mattera here that must be dis
cussed In secret IfVre have these others
people here, the business ef the eancaa
" 1 - T-" '
XI r Oim's amendment received a
vociferous vote, but wss declared lost. ;
MT.-BowU's motion to clear was put.
fTho aves hsvs it aad the BergeaBt.
at-Arms wUl git 'cm ont o here,'' said
8tfntor Btubba, the speetatorsrand the:
newspaper men made for the door.
Senstor Long's protest agilnvt the ex
clusion of ' the prose waa voted down.
With them went a considerable spriak
line of members of both Honse and
Senate, who declared openly en the out
side that they would not sit ia a
Democratic caueus under such auspices.
THREE HUNDRED MILLION
BUSHELS, WHEAT. ON HAND
Wuhinrtoa. Jan. 27 Wheat stocks
ea kaad ia the Uaitod States January
1. 10S1. totalled I20J0O0.00O buahela, ac
cord ing to aa estimate made public to
day by tb aepartmeni oi agricauui.
The figure compared with 417,000,000
bushels a year ago. . .
j The stock ea head this year was forty
per coat ef the total amount ef wheat -available
Jury 1, lttO. Deducting the
average annual carry-ever of about TO,
000 ,000 bushels there remained avail
able fot export aad do .nest la coasump
tio. inAr . the six months f rom Jaau-
ary I to July 1, 19VabMt 230,000,000
shcls. tha aaaanarf msnt said -
WELL KNOWN- NEWSPAPER '. .
' MAN DIES IN ASHIV1LLB
RIehmeadfi Va Jaa. ST-Charlea 0a
aewspsper maa, who was a sob or tne
lata Coloacl Charlee CB. Cowarlin,
fey maay years president of the Rich
mond Dispatch Company, died today in
Aaheville, N, C, Hie body wUl te
brought to Richmond for burial. ,