Ttae News, aedl
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run wurut
Naeta Careties Ceweratly felt
Tt4if and Wednesday) a
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WATCQUtSL
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RALEIGH. N. C. TUESDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY I. 1921.
VOL CXIII.NO. 32.
TWELVE PACES TODAY.
TWELVE PACES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
BUSINESS
REVIEW
OF RESERVE BOARD
E OPTI
M I STIC
Decided Turn To Better State
of Affairs Ouring January
- Reported By Board
MARKED IMPROVEMENT
IN BANKING CONDITIONS
StiffeniBf of Cotton Frices
Causes Mora Picking la
South; Improvement Shown
In Textile Industry In Car,
Unas; Prices of Tobacco Se.
ported Stffl Unsatisfactory
)
New aid Obaerver Bureau,
603 District National Bank Buildlag.
By JOt L. BAKtR.
(By Special Leaned Wire.)
-.. Washington, Jan. 8L A distinctly
optimistic ton ia noticeable In U
Refusing Pardon Five Times
Aunt Sarali Wyckoff Goes Free
After Fortv-Two Years In Prisoh For Crime She Didn't Com
mit. Little Old Woman of Alexander County Dies and
- Today Her Body Goes Back To Mountains lo lie buried
Beside That of Her Husband; Who Was Slain
Br BEN DIXON KacNEILL.
Forty -t a year ego - there waa . a
hanging la Alexander county. On Bob
hteCerhle. aearo. amine ant Into eternity
for the murder f Weoley WyehoiT,
white. Barak Wyekoff, the wife of Wes
ley Wyehoff and th mother of nil chil
dren, ram to th Stat Priaaa to terra
Ufa eeateuee for conspiring with th
negro to kill her kuabaad. Ytrday
her eatenee waa ended. Ha ia dead.
And Barak Wyckoff had avr com-
mittetl nardef, had sever known any
thing about th killing of her hueband.
Cirrumataatial evident had tied the
knot arouid th aegro neck, nnd kad
torn her from' her children nnd ehut
her t in prieoa. Thlrty-nln year
after th ncgr had been hang, nnd the
woman had beeom No. 13(H in prtaoo,
man conferred to th murder and
died.
Ceafesaiea Clear Bar.
Hanging ever th edge of eternity,
torn with thenar of death, the red
' ..1.1.
"'J
Kindly offieiali sold
pink and blue
them for her.
Yesterday, when there cam to be
made an .inventory of the thing, that
aha had collected In her little room,
ther wer found tbrre of three little
apron, finished, nad another upon whlei
aha had been working when the creep
ing hand f age smothered out her
energy. And letter, from people ahe
had never eeen, postcards, trtnkrta of
on aort and another, a Bible, and thro
porketbookt.
Her "money went moatly lata the
thre little puree ne for pennies, an
other for aiekela nnd dime, nnd a
third for larger deaonrinntion of coin.
Ther waa nlmoat a quart of it. And
on depoeit ra the offiee there Waa other
money, one had enough to bury her,
little competence, built up, alow at a
coral reef, through forty yeara aaving
of th meagre money that come to a
prieoner.
Ho long aa ber eye xoufQ see ah waa
eloe atudeat ef the .orripture.
PRESIDENT WILSON
REFUSES TO FREE
SOCIAUSTLEADER
Rejects Recommendation of
r a a. , t af
ueparimem or justice io
Commute Debs' Sentence
EXECUTIVE'S DECISION
CAUSES NO SURPRISE
Recommendation Asked That
Sentence Be Commuted Ef
fective On Lincoln's Birth,
day; Socialist Party Head,
quarters Comments On St-
preme Court Decision
Washington, Jaa. 81. Beeammeada-
tioa by th Depart meat of Justice that
th ten-year seVnee of Eugene V.
Dob, long prominent; Socialiat leader
and. now aerving a tea year sentence at
Atlanta, On, far -violation) of th wnr-
EXPECT CONGRESS
TO MAKE VOLSTEAD
ACT BULLET-PROOF
Prohibition Leaders Want Flat
Jail Sentence For First Of
fepse of Selling
WANT HOmIIrEW PUT
ON BANNED UST ALSO
Confiscation of Private Stocks
Also Urged But Opposed By
Many Dry Leaders ; Big Tight
For Amendment To Start
With New Session; Chairman
Volstead Awaiting Word
Waakington, Jaa. II. (By Th Asso
ciated Pre.) Prohibition leader in
Congr are hoping to tighten ap tho
Volatead law.
They are planning new legislation to
provide ft flat Jail sentence for th grit
CHARGE PROFITEERING TO
FIVE COAL CORPORATIONS
Clovelaad. Ohm, Jaa. 11-riv
ewal eempaaleo aid twelve f their
claw war Indicted by Ik Fed.
ral grand Jury lata today far vle
'latlag th Lvr art. It la charged
they made pros' t ranging frm tl
. to IS per ton oa coal.
Th aamea f the Mkted fel
low i
. CagJUrhy CaaJ Cesvpaar lee
C Geff, HareM L. Gag, Jaaaaa L.
Deegaa aad Betram ). Taylor.
L'nlon Cm! tliaiif J. M. Ickee,
W. K. Crawford aad Ceorga W.
Federal Clay Prodacta Company
Crg J. Markley and CH.
Sawyer.
Clenvlll Coal Cempaay William
H. Evane aad Byraa H Evan.
George J. Markley Coal Com
paay Geergo J. Markley.
m
(CANS ASK
L
FOR CLOTURE RULE
EQUALIZATION IS
GENERAL OPINION .
0N.REVALUAIH1.
" mma a aaa '
Ten Per Cent Umitatfon""ls:
Exceeded By $900,000, '
Doughton Says , .
CHIEF OPPOSITION ASKS
FOR MORE TIME TO SPEAK
Joint finance Committee aires
Partners' Union and vCoHec .'
tor Bailey Until Next Tues. ,
day To Pile Case; Act Will
Work, If Inequalities Arts "
Smoothed Out, Many Belie
Equalisation and aot repeal ia wktA ,
will happea to the Bevaluatloa act, ,
if th opinion voiced by "the full
joint Finaaea Committee yesterday aft .
ernooa indrira the arntiment of th ;
General Amemly. "Don't kill it, but
doctor it," a (Senator klcKinn eiprc'
ed it, and' with viriatioaa a to method
eared , whether Barak Wyckoff knew or
not.
Th little children that ah had left
in the borne back in th kill of Alei
married, kad
had forgot
ten their mother locked ia prim, had
died. Ther waa bob left who had
aver known bar. of her own blood
A daughter-in-law, widowed, heard th
i orTriuunraii our . , , , . .
.r " I to Kalelnh from tka back hill, of Ami
gmiung ita nlaIemen ana er, . . - . ,h)(r wr Uft 0M wbe
- ipm towara a oener ami or auair. i . o.i. wkne k
- Whil tk Dopartmant of tabor 8g
ure show a total of approximately If
00.000 nnemolored ia tha country, at a
...bet of piaU .her. eo-.id.rabl, hVdw. n'p. kad".
..br hav boea unemployed, orAr.- L, ehiIdreVof own,
iiona aava uvea rvauuvv wuior is hjwh
or ia part
Banking condition hav been mate
rially improved, tb report ear, and
..." - . - - . I aa uauautvi auieavr. wawwnvua
thla is ia part due, It avara, to a atoaouer OBfefgioB tnd i, tiBe wrot,. But
and more rapid movement or agrwui- fort hld blotu4 bnt mory
tnral product to market liquidation from mlnA of twihted old
or paper acta oy njemoea oana. aaa aieo womjl. g),, didnt eaM.
contributed. Of tb agricultural cotton ri.a Gavaraor Pardea Bar.
aituation, th riport says: nT Governors had pardoned Barak
- Cottaa Sitaatloa. Wyekoff, but tk cataclysm that aent
"Tk los of th year found a coa- fcer to pruB Bad torn ap j th root
aioenioio amount o 1 .very tie that bound her to tb worm
. .. j i v..al '
picnaa in aisinn no. 11 ymitmtj, out i outaid th grim gates of tb prison,
it ia n-enerally believed that moat of th I rl. t.mx ..-hara . a-n. anna ta wel-
; unpicked crop will b aaved. Bom low Mmt k,f ,,,,,0,,, and ia priaoa they
grade eottoa has beea left aagathercd w,ra gooi to Ber, aad kind. Shut sway
- in district Nov S (Biehmoad), but due ln B Uttl, cei twisted aad bent with
to favorable.weather and a alight atiffea- rkaamatiam, bedridden, kindly thing
lng ia price, mor conos oaa oen i found kr, and ah waa content
picked during th last two week. lit-1 Today th twisted, ahriveled littl
tl cotton wa aoM la that district dur- k- .ill back to tha hilla of Alex
ing December, due to the unaatlafaetory Under to be laid by hand that ah
prices but around th opening of th I Bvr kaw beside th bone of her
new year price anowed aa apwara i kuabaad for whoa death aha ha uf
tendency.. Much talk, of reduced et-1 fared, ao ariveuIy, - Ia tha delirium
r both for cotton- Dd obeel, I that aam -i haunt tha last -days f
-ginaee la district No. S (Biehmoad). - : I ker aarvitade, k cam back ta fcer, h
. Th oeaaaa baraaa repona aoaaamp. i talked with 4taa, Bd they wore young
tiofe of oottoa by U mUl of tk aoua- together agsia. It was than tkat ah
try ia th period Iron Angus i Miwaatcd to go back ta Alexander, Otkw
Voaambe' Si to M ipoii vaias, bb times, ho waa a blurred dream,
compared with tfitopW bales for tk Warden Basbo wa good to tk littl
corresponding period a rear ago. Only old lady. High oa the top floor of the
SHJSOV balsa war consumed ia Da- woman's building la th prison, looking
camber, 1920, aa compared wna oiipvu i out over a pleasant garden, he had
bale ia December, 1919, aad 332,000 1 mad ker a pUe' to live A room to
balee during th preceding month. A I herself with beat aad lights aad a
. alight advance ia price occurred alter I bath. All of material comfort tkat he
the opening of th new year, but wa I eould bring waa brought And ther
followed by decline. , TLe total cotton I was Naaey Curley, aa old woman of
ezporte daring December were laafli I tn nui who had murdered her grand
bale' aa compared with 635,323 bale ia I child, to watch over ber. Tkey lived
XVOVemncr na, oOjOOi nun ui wcm' i lopuw very aappiiy. j
' ... - . I Tl - .1 1.11 1- - 1 1 M 'mm .
; Textile imprevemeai. wiunuuia un uoiu ox oaraa
Ther ha been some improvement Wyekoff 23 yeara ago, , and aine thea
In the eottoa textile industry of New ah bad aot walked. In bed, and ia a
EngUad daring tth put month, espa- UM1 wheel chair, ah apeut ber yeara,
eiallr ia the market for yarn, for knitting, ehroehtlngrcwing. She ape-
wkleh ther baa beea aa increased d-1 eialised la littl apron of white cloth,
xuand and a reaultant inereaa ia price. I bottad around with cunningly done laee,
'TJuring the third week in January
wr-ibrry
thtfW A matkr er dwrnr to- tier tMayeitit:
When the door ahut behind her, she
seemed to fasve left off all of rebellion
(hat may hav been in ber soul. She
accepted bcr 'fate, complained not at all.
Bar Family Coa.
Of ber wa blood ther is none left
to mourn the death of Barah Wyekoff.
The children whom ah left when aho
became a prisoner she never' saw again.
They are dead. The grandchildren have
never known her, nor aha them. But
of thoae who sorrowed at bar going
there were many, and moved with am
maM.I ttmnn Ik. n.Ali Hi I tnit U il . F I -
ucr.....u vu. .rniuen u .,!, to the arch aad aeliure clause,
ruaal to lntr4P In th caae oa thl" . " " i " -
ground that Debs had sought to baadirap I nak o' sweeping thepreaon law
th government through oppoaition to 1 under which a proa buying liquor
the selective aerrice act during th war, u puB(.hed qua11y with the per
and that the granting of elemeaey In ... .,
thm cno mia-ht induce aimilar tactie l0 "g
a th part of other in th event of Confiscation of every drop of liquor
nroihtr nr. keld by eitlxens, regsrdlcss as to wha
The ease was reviewed by a rpeeial or bow it waa acquired, is also being
l.n.-rd now taking up all convictions Thla would lcgalU scuur of
under the espionage act and their find- kell pr'ato eellara, or a
' "r "nu vu ".iu r : :?7i z " ?zz ..t.t-. H.nn.i -...it. nht.n th.t
asha v I1M N.K.a, M 1.. .1. war .., a. I IIIaTal rat FDIllirapU I)T n I UlTIIaTT (WWfBB- I - -r
etc a ay ariiajg viu ..aut j vui icj w uv nau " I . t .
attended her, win bowed down vUh ml Palmer. Tt flndi art der. 'r' h" fc!d?.7.!0 dr?
sorrow yesterday when
U- kAilw m.J -.m
iHf wui as w ouw bhu eMy uu biivus w I ar - as i , , , . . , . . . . . , .
movln tha la.t trace of-tha 23 year. 11. 192S. and that his sentence, ia case of bootleg trad and that it on t b long
tenantry of that little room under the good behavior, would expir oa Decern- before .1 eh liquor will be used up.
roof of th prison. Every woman ia ber 28, 1925. Th reeommeadatloa is u" fV bill, which would
tha ward waa tearful. understood to hav uggeted that Deba Prmit Federal Commlaaionerl to- try
a.j k. .nr .f R.nk hill hMtK mJnnmtl iui.l..l b hi. I minor uquor caae ia paaaea, a proosu
Wikff. Man tiava In tha v.r rnnflnement linn. June 15. ISIS. - I Smondment to tUC UW Would take Care
that befell during her iacareeratioa. ' ef thia. Tederal court docket are now
Her number, ia the long, nad crial SOCIALIST PABTT ISSUES badly congested with Volstead lola-
liat of prisoners who hav beea ea- STvVTIMKMT ON CASIS. tioae aad government offleiala kave re-
tared there waa 1.T04 whea ahe waa eom- Chieago, 111- Jaa. SI. The Socialist I !" change or proeecdure aeees-
itted ia 1879. Yesterday, a her body I party, through it national oitraniaatiaa I
was being carried away there entered a I la Chicago, iued a statement today Tb bi fi"ht ,0 JBadmaat wm
new nrisoner. To him waa aaaia-ned tha ... rr..u nt Pr..lt..t wtMa ta toH with the opening of the aew ess-
number 17465. That many have coma, pardon Eugtn V. Deb, and th 8u- tK APri, ording to dry leader,
aad most of them hav gone, aine ah prrme court decisioa ia th Brger Tbr "Jr ther kav enough vote la th
cam. ofae. Houae aow to put through any added
It ia a long list . Among them th -The Supreme eourt la rrfcng a aw restrietioBa they might dcaire, bat that
laaoeent, tb guUty, aa, Must bappea so t.i for Viator Bercrv. i. Loui Saa tbew la,ot enoagh time left .
loag a law are adminieter by tb i.wi ainuTV VaJLZI 1 kUaawhila, Chair.aa Volatead. f tU
fallibl had of msa. tjixteen. thow-I:.d t.- t.- Joba! Tackar: nrmed tairy oommtttae, oa whose
sand hav paae.d withU the gate aad wh(lt lB Socialiat party baa maintained J ""'ff'? u t,ui revising
Ifteea thouaaad and snore bare abased Li... 4k. v.. k. a.. swi.u.raJtd tighteniag-np, ia awaiting worj
out again during the forty -two year. I m.i.i. TIi. .. ...i i. .. I from proklbltlon, enforcement officer
- J .i .L. . . 1 L .I..,." . I " I . , ... .
mu-xk wo wu aiutj mmw in, liuie wo,-1 .,MMnk.M . L-..:. ..a hmniiL. w bhhoh xor maaina iov law
wa. I WFV. D.1.11... .1 .Lm. 1 VII V UVU UVn W1U mDOUlUUlU 111
Clever DetacUve Work. -. . .7.. Tk. 1.. ZZ. i. a, 7: I broakiag up the outlaw traffic.
iimm una urumeu am ox .to una, . , , t. I
.vbill"hL SS? terh.?U7-ir wi-Jp.:'- TEX RICKARD TO PROMOTE
eounty to answer the charge of "7" rw.i. "w .. " " Vl I DIU MUMI DT niMdtLT
r. Bepreaenutiv. J. T. Lianey, .r. k. sl,:BJM-T "
Vote Wednesday On Question
of Limiting Debate On Ford
ney Tariff Measure
pcaa W -.rda.3h.iici1!ai BBaHan.-:'
!. , ,'."VJ 'yO
m.rinu.iMLff KLll iiul.. .1. J. t.lOU
mono.
ander
Z" CI rf' T".'' JT"k..' I and official of the Socialist party.
h..i.. vi. .ft... ,.11 . i. iri.. .1.1 "la otner word, ta Boeuuut -
Iclar that th prosecutioa of the flr
against bar waa circumstantial, but ah "B' tof'th" wlth 'roMntl1OB- 'of
cam Very iearly " to being banged." Ooa f Eaawr-Pebe aad etbea ' eapteaage
1 .L. j T v i i I ..... mrnrm nntitiA.1 trial ana that the
r." cou',, :'i Tii.t..i New York. Jan. i.-,t Bickd iii
not auinu xor aeeing a woman Banged, I ""'"a ri . ,r' v. a . :
and he stood out for a reeommcadatioa POitlom to th dominant BoUUeal party promote the DemplseV-Carpcntier bout
of clemency. I and for ao other offense, I 'or the heavyweight championship of
Makes Announcement Follow.
ing Conference With Other
Promoters of Bout
Wealcy Wyekoff wa abot ia th dark,
(Ceatlaaed ea Faga Three)
v there waa a alight increase ia quoted
price.! Ia Korth and South Carolina
- eigne Of recovery were much more ia
evidence, some of the textile mills
having resumed operations on approx
imately full time, Ia a majority of the
Southern mills wag reduction averag-
ing abont 23 per ccnOavt . beeom ,ef
' feetiya. ' .
-J . Tebaee Ceadltieaa.
1 ""Conditions in ; th several tobacco
Sections eontiue nnsalilfactory,,, aays
' tha report It ia atated that the best
grades are selling at reasonably fair
" price, while th inferior grade of which
" the crop is largely competed, are bring
' ing unusually low figure. little to-
"" baeco was sold ia dUtrict 170. S (Bleb-
IRATE TAXPAYERS
JAM COURTROOM
Thousand Union County Citi
zens indicted For Failure To
List Their Property r
Monroe, Jaa, Jl-Suparior ort for
th trial of criminal ease convened
WM-'ktWATjfkT'7iiM'-T "lbi.
- - ... - . vw.w ... nm -- - ...M. WW.W . ....
Bona), during lecemDer, ana many ex nn..
th markeU were closed a good part of " "1""1
tk month or anvil arter the holidays. -- wytwuuf mi.
A general sentiment ia fayor of a re- kargiag the grand jury. - ;
ftioB ia Uia tolrae- Semt.-tttmmJhm-l b'g'yy gf . tk.
ently. exist in all'the soetioas. Much eounty hav there been so many ees
talk if beard of raising bo burtey crop docket for a term of criminal court,
ia 1921 in. district Wo. . -Uumerou iweaoa mw na more una one
plana to eaforee a reduetioa of acreage I thousand Daioa eounty eitisena were
i)are beea advanced in nistnei no. o. "u.ww 1j
and farmer ia district No. ar agi- txs7-wrt yirdwaa filled aU
. toting to bold last yara crop aad plant r Kg wltb irate group ef farmer,
non this year. who bad driven through tough mud to
. - - - ' - ', attend court tb answer to th charge,
WFATHFR IDEAL FOR many of them baring tax receipts in
' ' HARDING, THC FISHERMAN aot only listed property but bad paid
':' . ' ". taxes early ta th aeasea aad before
auami, ris, saa. sx x-erxen weauer eapia was served ea them for failer
- xavorea jTremdeni-eiee xxaraug aaa bi i to list
: raeatioB party today, ea their Ashing! Thoae who kav aot paid taxes but
trip eouin 01 aiiami. j i whose aBatraet of returns are found la
Throughout th day a tropical bub proper form are beiag permitted to pay
; . loosed aewa rrosa nneiouaea eue aaa taxes Sad g bom: If is expected that
- tanned the face ef th fiahermea as a very mall pereeaUge of th total
their yacht Shadow maaaverd about aumber will have t stand trial a th
the Baraenda and aail fisk grounds off indictmeat Several doxea citiaeaa kave
Coeoloba lalaad. Tbe sea was amootk, farther and more real eaus for
bat a Uagnid breet played acres the rrievaae.
f-'hadow'a deck, bis a ting the force efl Tk atlng .capacity ef tbe voart
,, the u aad completing a aataral art-(room k di sufficieat to accommodate
tiag which migat bar. beea aaade to tbe thouaaad indictees aad wiAesaea
order for fishiag. I aad many of them crowded arouad th
The 8hadow ia expected to pat back bar aad stood la tb door. Jadge Bay
tat saaami late tomorrow aa aaies ordered them to be seated er retire aad
Mr. Harding change bia plans aad when a aumb failed to aomply wiU
. yield to th t era put low er tae vocoiooe this order they were gnd 9ZJSQ each
' aU. a. k will start W4aday mr; 1 f , flI.t. r4 af aiart.- Br tk wfdri-
tag oa ki retara txi to 8t Angnstin. Jod tk door locked aad tk sheriff to
collect th fiaes. Oa man, whose idea
trty -wmrd-aot- e- learned, -attempted
to ait dowa after tb fiae bad beea
- taVELCCT DON At tfCAIXAC bTAJt
AS LOKD MATOK OF CORK
- J"L!-r"' LP l-poerd to avoid payment aad be was
Way T.i I DomalIlBghaa Lord . fi, at gaa l Wkaterer
Mayor, (tord Mayor OtJaUaghsa to at t iB,0 i,.,, M ,f eonrt
"I T'"'. - Towards th m othe amnrimows
tb deas th aseeting' a peUee fore that tt la a plae to stead
rr....a rrttt treated three of the alder- axoaad ia.
mea and ecvra eoeaciUora, taking them
,i tSe Mrmki. - The prisoners Dixie TUt, January Sarnrs fjteeple
ladalftd la good kumorrd soag ea tk ehse; good speeisities) fiaehurst, Wd
wsy, . -Iaady (ad4-.. ' , . .
VICTOR BERGER
TO
GET A NEW TRIAL
th world, alone. He mad thia an
dkbs rLBABEu at TUB noDneement Ute today after a eoa-
80PRKMB COURT. DECISION.) fereaea with William A. Brady 4 which
Atlanta. Oa Jaa. Si: Eugene V. I be agreed to take over the interests
Debs, in th Federal priaoa here, ex-1 of both Brady and Charles B. Cock
pressed great pleasure today oa receiv-1 rane, of London, England who ia ear
nv tha news of th action of tb United iously ill.
8tatee Supreme' court ia reversing the The necessary legal papers will be
lower eonrt in tbe ease of Victor L. draws up within th next few day and
Bcrgcr, and four other Socialist lead- with the signing ef these Bieksrd will
ers. I remain as sole promoter or th inter
Samuel Caatle ton, Deba ; local , attor-j national contest for the premier tit;e
ney, atated that vent wonia issue aiof pugilism. Under the aew agree
SUOreme Court Holds JllrinP statement tomorrow commenting oa tha j BeBt he will become respoasible for th
-Lj I ii-'i:i- j ? Preaidwt'a refusal to eommut hU owa ,Btir, amount of tha promoter' guar-
Landis Ineligible To Conduct
: 9 Trial of Socialists
WaahlBgtoa. Jaa 81 Victor L. Ber-
ger. Socialist editor of Milwaukee, aad
four eo-defendanta who wer convicted
aad sentenced to term ranging f rom
ten to twenty years for yiolatioa of the
wartime eapioaage act will b arivca
hew trialii andef a decikioi today by th
supreme Court.
Dividing six to. thre, the court held!
I aentene.
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
sntee or forfeit which totals 100,000.
There will be no change ia .the eon
tract beteen the boxer and Blckard.
FOR PACIFIC NAVAL BASES fc - -v
' I wa uvvviuuiaeuiwi a ssv uairfj Ul uv-
Tho Congressional Committeflk11 till remain Saturday, July t,
ina vuiigrnuvBa. w jt portion
wise jjkvw - -j-- i ox us javmenoam eonimeni
ments Alonj Coast
may be named
thsa MarcbX
or Cuba as
by Bickard not later
'&K1LVU1 aaav a tabs
"WashlBaB.-a-'
tiona for exteasive aaval dsvelopmeat
of the Pacific coast ware' pretested to
the 8eaaie aad Houae today by th
SIMMONS ENTERS DEFENSE
FOR TAR HEEL GOVERNOR
sawltni.t cAmmlttea annotated by Corrm I n m j
Moaatala Undfcol jaieago, waaM BOTeni
J L i t : M .-
imous consent for a vot. February '13J V w i? V ' . . .k k "
-j - . , 1 J- w- Bailey, were jTreaent at th begia-
Bing of the bearing, but they waated .
longer aotlc than frdm - Trldsy " to
Monday t tin up th ppoallioa.,;"'
and war given until next Tuesday
afteraooa to prepare their ea. Pead- '
lng this public hearing, th committee
declined to take final aetioa yesterday
kfternoon, although it waa nrged by
aeveral member.
Bargwya FrieBdly Critic.
Senator Bnrgwyn, perhapa tha most
vigorous eritie of the Revaluation Act
in the Senate, but still it friead, waa
for aetioa without waitiag to as what
Prealdeat Eton wa goiag to say. "We
know what he is going to say, and
what th distinguished gentlemaa with
him ia going to any, and - I deal see
any as la putting off eoniideratioa of '
this important nutter." The commit-
tee bad already told Mr. Baiisy thrt
be eould be beard Best Tuesday, aad .
th aetioa stood. '' j
Bepreseatativ Doughton aurpriaed
the committee aad the attendaata npea
ita hearing with tho announcement that
in spite of the tea per ceat limitarioa
imposed by th Oeneral Assembly,
levies for public schools by boards of
commissioner in ninety of th hundred, '
eowatie n the Stat exceeded the liiai- - r
aitlea by SBOOjQOOt . .
Mr. Donghtoa bated bla statement ea
S tobulatioa of reports from thee
ninety aoantie la th kaada of tk
State Tax Comraiioa.
These levies were mad presumably
oa school budgets made p by the
County Boards of Education. Seventy.
aix of th ninety eountiea exceeded th
ten Iter cent ineresse and twaaty-eiaht
of these counties exceeded it by mere
thsa ten thousaad dollar. It ia aotie
sbl also that th most complaint of ax-
cessiv taxes ia coming from tag payer '
ia the eountie where th increased
taxes were levied for county school by ..
th eounty boards of eommiioBers aad -
ln violation of the limitation eft tat '
rates fixed in the revaluation act
and upon objection, presented their
petition for cloture or limitation of de
bate. : V
Senator .Pomerene, Democrat, Ohio,
objected to the proposal for a vote Feb
ruary 15, after an address in which he
denonnced the bill as "'taxing about
everything that goes on the breakfast
table of tha working man.'
Th cloture petition, presented-, by
Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, ia
charge of tha bill, bore aamea of thirty
foar Bepubliean Senator and will be
voted on at 1 o'eloek Wednesday. It
require a two-third vote for adoption
and its defeat wa conceded tonight by
both Bepubliean and Democrat.
Ia presenting th cloture plan th
first tint an attempt ha beea mad to
invone it nise th Senate controversy
over the Versailles treaty Senator Pea-
rose said he had exhausted every rea
sonable effort to get aa agreement for
voting. H did not indicate what would
b don with th bill in event of de
feat ef cloture, but Senators MeCumber
of North Dakota and Borak of Idaho,
Republicans, ssrved aotie that they
would attempt to hold the bill before
the Senate aad make every effort to
get -a vot before the seseioB ead. Tb
notice of these two beaaters srer re
garded as likely to ekangc plana for lay
lag aaide tbe bill ia event of failure
ef sJotur. It wa said that instead ef
sidetracking th bill formally it prob
ably would be laid aside ""temporarily"
from day to day to give eoaalderatlon
to the aession "a appropriation billa. Pri
vet predictions were general, however,
that there was little prospect of enact
ment of th measure.
COLBY REFUSES TO JOIN
JOHNSON IN GHOST DANCE
California Senator Bequests
"SectetaTjr To-Mak"xSblio
Japanese Treaty
the limitation by mor tbaa tea thou
sand dollara each, .and the amount of
thm j.a i.v.a l.vf.jf 4.. i.Wti la
Washington, Jan. 81. BeBator Joha- eacB of tack anti,,! above the tea .
aon. of CaUIorni. asxea oeereisry nr .nt nrhr.rt.jw k th. HnlmHna
Colby today to make pubUt the no- jact, ia as follow t
rotiatlon between the United State -. r.m. ieHi. c.k..
end Japaa on the Californ a land quea- 15a7g. Cleveland, 813,351 : Craves,
tioa and Mr. Colby replied that if $17,515. Cumberland, g2S58S Durham,
Senator Johnson expects t do a ghost $6ifi08 rr.,,kiiB 1916 j - Hali-
dance oa this subject h's got to do it Ut 440,385: Harnett, 8H,2oO!
without m aa a partner. ... Johnston, WllDj Martin, 823,712;
Senator Johnson, in a formal state- - x, .' .,.',..
ment reiterated bia declaration aa em- KoBptoPJ a21,831; Pitt,' 8238.'
b?d.ed,,n W 1UT'? XSSShL Bobeaoa, ai0i54i Boekiagh.nL, Mm
what Bo lead S. Morris. Uaited Btete Ba, 'a,7fiu, B,k.r..j amax.
bMdor to Japaa, and Baron Shid SlTtMSSri
that Federal District ' Jadge ' Keaeaaw
Movataia -Undiu, of Cbleago. was la-
eligible to conduct th trial aad ahould I tioa of streagtheniag the saval aad air
k... ij k. .i .. .. defiinae of th Weat eoast Th om-
v u.. uuvj u mm .jw v. ! -JJ. . .11
T.fc K-i- 1 i.-""""" existing eatobliabmeBte aad after per-
.rTh?1 SS P7te', tonal tospeetioaa, .aa.lm.Bsry report
em. "UT t7 ed is few of reatiag four aiw asili-
Wail Juatieo MeKsaaa was reading r"lA.. 17.77.
the majority opinion of the, court, aa-
Boaaeement came from the White House
that President Wilson had overruled a
The moat ianportaat reeemmeadation
Congress Declared To r Con."
vey Wrong Impression
Waabiagtoa, Jan. 11. The attitude
f Southern .Governors toward csolu
ticaa passed by tbe Southera TarM As-
' iM,rf at ita receat Atlanta meeting
Was for th eeUbliahmeat ef a aaval argiag enactment of th emergency
fleet base at Alameda, ea Baa Frame be I .'ff bill eaueed considerable diacaa-
uled a I- . . ... 1 ,u. i ,k. a.... ..j.- v v.
recommendation of tka Deoartmeat ef "V. . . '7.7" ri , TTT """'.l"
i,;,. ,1... t.. .i p , v I Ulaaa osxaouaaawa reurvxaa; niiw '5U,U
Juuee that .the sentence of ugeae v. ( . . . . ... uTV, ..J I fUaator BaadalL Dnrntvat., Tnl.i.n.
Debs, previously affirmed by th Su
preme Court, be commuted to expir
but coastraetioa aad repair work, aad J 8eaator Baadall, Democrat, Louisiana,
haeama tha srineinal ooeratUac and I The atatioaery of the aasoeiatioa,
wbjcb is was said earned tae uas 01
ri!T -.X'.!LT. " V.'"' .nnr.1 haaa of tk Wea eoaat
':ll.L.""Mr .iT Jx Otaar raeommeadatioas call foe a. I practical iy all tka Southera Ooveraor.
via tioa base is th Paget Soaad recioa vice preaideats, wa read by Senator
sa liaa arWH vsbbtbb bbh ub 1 . .M . . . . . 1 , n a ta. k 1, v. . w . .
raderal crisoa ia Atlanta. Ga aa a twfte b wealed at Bans roinr, wssaiag-1 ascvamuwr, cpwoucan, n,ni jvaaoia,
itVf li. .."r.-T I tea. aad set to exceed 8U500.OOO Ua oupporter of tt Ferdaey tariff bill.
Ohio, oa practically the earn eharwea J retention of Kdia Book, Wasaiag- This bremght rreta twaater aobtaeea,
w;BtrgwVl.J otafeSSS! . -r.lop-s..t is Dcet. ArUaaaa, a. rUUm.nt tkat
Those eo-defesdaata are Adolph Ger-(eI argeaey. mm mm vperatug asauea "w -w nu,', mwww uaa tw-ua
ionll secretary ef tha Socialist l0T " atr eran, aeatroyer er tae eouiacra uoveraera wer p reseat
mar. aatinnM aaarafar a k. ILul.ll.
narty. a mat... . -..;.. wiiK.. Isad ubmariaest establiabmeat ef a I at tk ceaveaties er bad a ay kaewi-
Urase, editor of the' Young Boeialist I uDmanae paav bos . , eon more xaaa 1 cage ex tb lesoraneas wane Beaaier
Magasiaa, - whose ' parents were Ger. I tiflOOfm at Baa Pedro, lee Aage-1 Simmoaa, Demerrat, t!rth Csrsliaa, -
maasr i. Louis EDidabl aid lie la fit. I lnrk-B4 3mtk!-ml a Jietcrltnrted waa eartain th roratios aid
job a Taexsr, writer aad leetarer, aa-aa sir .i n v 11 tass bbj up was iao wiuana ex hi yov
Uveef tk United State, aad tlaimtag I tsaraey, -sear Baa Wage. ,.AttMatmt hit Btato. : -
Tk. .t. :l-ZII.Trl .wUTWO CTnj)tin ktiLLto wwr Iclbvelawd ATTORKIT IXDICTKD
Cjrl Vkk.a I ' W.,"r"k.; I tCHOOL BCS It Bit Bt tR P ' - WCKABC tT, BB1BIRT4
sired SI eoatiaaiag to ait ia ta ease I tmore, atd.iaa. x Twe ckUdreal Oselaa, o, Jaa. si-fiameei r.
after eouaiel for the defease bad filed w,r kiU4 wiwal iHoofy injmrd I Rembrwadt, Cleveland attorney, was la-
properly dravn, sffidartt vf Trrrmdtcw iM aaask e-iigauy Jr a. t Cjctmr try-nrr rea ri grand jury jat
Six membara r tka rt ,..l.H-r aight wkCB a traia ea the Aasanelia today ea a charge of efferlBg a S4W
Chief Justice White, held that be did. I abort lis railroad struck a bus filled bribe to Prohibit iea Cemmiaaioser rred
Three other members. Jastieee Dmv.l school childrea Bear Shipley, Mo Ceaata, ia soa aetioa with liquor ahip
Phtaey aad McReyaolda, held that he I oa the read betwees Baltimore aad meats from Ltxiagtea, Ky. Th bribe
id aot sad filed opinion sharply dis-1 aaaiagtoa. Bom er tae lajura were m allewc4 ta have Beea mads aa veosi
aeaticg it oa that f tb augoriiaa . lMa to the Camp Mead koepiUl, leflee last Ms?
amuasaaoor xo -.pa a, an . 6tanly, $1665; Stokes, 8H,78j Surry,
.'SealSs
i . .kl.k I. I "an, nnjH. ,w,w:
effect repealed the California alien land w"" ... .,,..,...
law." PoinUnrf to Secretary Colby-a re- Some machinery for equalixatioa of
i .i. cutat.-. th.t tha Call, asseaamenta locally, aad for bringing
fornia Senator waa jroeeedlBg oa aa onBty aaaeasment throughout th
eironeous ssumptloB, Senator Johnson 8t,t" tommoa talu. li. the aim"
asked tkat the report of Ambassador of all members of the General Aa-
Morris on the aegotiationa be made sembiy who discussed ths matter ye,
public, asserting that "the people of the terday, and during tho two hours, very,
country are entitled to know what that nearly every member of the committee
report contains."- -bad something tosay Jsbont it, Some. ,-
. Secretary Colby, who replied infor- sdvocated the recall of the Board of
maliy today to tlie Cafifornia Senator, J Assessors 'ahl' others" Tadvoeated
asserted that "there is ao isdirectios I County Commissioners as the proper
or oonascalment here (at the State Do-1 ka...1 hnt ivttk :k tk. St.. t.
parmcat), and ao eeretiyenes.'' The Commission to supervise the whole to
Secretary intimated that the aegotia I th aant t Vrat at Tl ssAiiaif saaa aiKn1jl Wm mm.
".r0?14 U.fd poWU JIT f sessed aHke.
deSri M sTT PTr' -I.! Twe-jdledawi For Tweedtedea. . '.
subieet. Ifr. Colby said, waa one "that I . . - ..
cannot U Mttled Is a covert guaaer.- "7"uwi " "????Z
mi. vannuy vm. jyuraaai ucif LUf Bins
severe critics of the tax system. Mr.
II.Mn. kn.k, Jik.t .1HU
AT WILMINGTON YARDS toe high ia hU eounty,' considend a
- I the basis of present buaiaees eoa-
Wilmiagtoa, Jaa,. SI. Araid thai ditlons, bat eould it see where aay
STEEL TANKER LAUNCHED
TBRIK PBUfCIPAL OFFICRRS
BEU rOR TBI GRAND -JURT
shrieks of aumerous whistles aad the j body was going to be helped if they
eheeriag of uor than a thousaad spes- redneed the appratssl aad raised th
tatora, the giant steel tanker Baa Urn- rat( of texaUoa. It would be mp
berto. buiK at the George A. Fuller I -i-- tm.ii. ,ii. a
Company Carolina shipyard for the thought. ' ,- -
Eagls Oil Transport Company, ef ci0Bel Camerea found wide diserep- -
London, England, wai sueeeMfBlly anejn ta tt, taxing ef bis properties.'
muaebed at Ue local eteel akipyard r B.yj.-i. u, .a-
Saturday aTternooa. ku BOiaiB (. Oranra eeuaty. he raid
aot lee thsa be did aader the old sys
tem ef taxatioev He wanted something .
.aa .KjM,, It uh m ... 1.. tk.S M.ljl
Charlotte." Jaa.' 81. Three priaeipal I u. n.r.i.i. rl. k..
offleera aad two director of th Wixard kera was valued at filOO.000, .wkiek
Automobile Compaay, af Cbarlotte, w.re fc tboiight wa .tirly too much. -keld
for invest igaUoa by a rederali, , . u.a-, n ...
oTr'afteT . VJcb in.1 " '
Thersdiy, V. charge W aaamUaey sad ,eif7 "- V
fraod ia tb mte ef tte mails, filed by fif 1crMlrtoFiTm-towa-
Diitriet Attoraey ft J. Drham; ship to-to-ntsbiifc, and from eouaty to
Tka a aaaa h.M all af whom 0Bty. Sott BSBJ of SpDral fo r-
Inrompily laruishsd-tba-x
ar T. W. Edwards, Br, president ef I aseeesera, pernapa ut reeaiiiag or u
the compaay i kis ooa. F. W. Bdwarda,! Boards to reviejv Ueir owa work is
Jr secretary aad treasarer j B. L. Wal-1 maay eoaatiea, would sere tk desired
tors, vice-president aad geaeral asaa-1 pnrpee. t :
agr; T. A. atfEwaa, merhaairal ea-i JLrpreseaUtrv Boa, ef Moore, and
giaeer aad director, aad H. O, iwe, l , .
dixeetot, - ..-.". . .(Ceatlaaea am Page Tkree) ..