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VOL CXIII, NO. 48.
TWELVE PACES TODAY.
RALEIGH. N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 17. 1921.
TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
PRICEt FIVE CENTS'
DEMOCRATS MEET
IN CAPITAL TODAY
FOR CONFERENCE
. i ...
Threatened Dissension Among
Party Leaders Practically
All Dissipated Now
CHAIRMAN WHITE WILL
CONTINUE TO FUNCTION
Goes To Capitol HOI To Confer
With Congressional Leaders
and finds Outlook Satisfae.
tory; 'Only Routine Matters
Win Probably Be Considered
At Meeting
Ths News' mil Observer Bureau,
OS District National Bank Bldg.
By JOB L. BAKKB
(By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, J"b. 1. Thara U
hardly a cloud diaeeralbl ea the
horiaoa aa the evening af the meeting
af the executive eommittae af the
Democratic National committee, to b
acid tomorrow at the Shoreham hotel
' A 1 J .Ll. .la la I..L. ... at. I k
ii r in iiiib cjij j iwbi n w prime il
I -..a-tng Ula eveusg That. Oia mcetlai j hk-h gar- aUxtmVer'et rrTtiTi
Caruso Fighting Grim Battle
With Death'Jn New York Hotel
WorU-Famoua Tenor Suffers Hearf Attack F ollowins Pleu
riay, And Little Hope Entertained for His Recovery Last
Rites Administered, And Oxygen Used Io Keep Life
From Passing.
HOUSE AVALANCH
New York, Feb. lo.Jfotieeable im
provement la the aoadttloa af Eariae
Caruee, Uaor, critically Ul la hie hotel
apartmeat here, irae announced tonight
la a bullctla tamed by Dr. Antonio
Stella, oa af hie 'physician.
"Carusos eoaditioa la vry much
more favorable toalght than Ula morn
ing Ue bulletin aaid. "Ula pa lea U
better. Hie temperature la two degrees
lower thaa tht moraing. We hare
great 'hope for ate recovery, although
ha ia still a very sick man. Part of
hla improvmet la due to hie atrong
constitution, hie aaeatal attitude aad
the fart that hla wife haa beea eoa
stantly at hie bedalda elnee laat alght."
Stricken laet aight with a heart at
tack following plcarlsy, the teaor
tossed oa hb bed ia the Vaadsrbllt
Hotel all day. large oxygen tanka ataad-
ing la the aick room, the laat defeaaee
from death. Doctor held aaxioae eoa-
ultatioaa aad expraaacd belief that the
erltie would come late . tonight, .The
laet rites already hare been adminis
tered.
All day the lobby of the hotel pre
sented aT atmosphere of tenee but sup-
preeecd aaxiefy. AtenJante bearing
sow appeare likely to prove largely of
a routine character, at wulca no gea
eral policy will Be attempted to be mid
down- a. discussed aa)tiun .moxe
doaa thaa to eoniider' routine party
niattcrr.
There are nineteen members of the
executive committee, including the
committee o IB re re, who are offleial
, member and it ia predicted tonight
' that alt of them bat two will be precept.
The two member it ia known will sot
V . attend are: Bruce Kremer, of Montana,
vlee-ehairmaa of the committee, aad
Norma K. Mack, of New York. Both
hare aeut proxies, that of Mr. Kremer
being la the haade of Homer Cum
m infra, of Connecticut, and that of Mr.
Mack being in tbe hand of Mis Elixa-
. bctk Marbury, New York National
'' - committee woman. With Mr. Kremer i
rroiT came a aliruiflcaat word, and
that waa that it wa to be ued in rap-1
' port of Chairman White.
White Halda Conference.
Chairman White waa on Capitol Hill
eeWP
tlon made famoaa by Caruso's mellow
voice, played in muffled toneSalalthongh I
the aick man wa far beyond the aouad
r-oa the eighteenth floor,
Dunag the day aeeeral of hi cloieat
friead from the Metropoliua and Chi
cage opera eompanlea, with keea oliri
tude plainly written en their facea,
vainly nought admlaalon to Cruo'
ehambera. Althoagh Aatonio Hrottl
and Wrico Bcngaamtllo were allowed to
viait hi bedetd wfcea it, wm thought
he might net rally, hie phyaleiaae
turned back all caller whea their pa
tient appeared to have pmucd the rrUU.
The ealy exceptioa to thi rule wet
made for Park Bcajamla, Jr., a brother
of Mr. Caruao, who waa allowed to
make two brief call during the day.
Mr. Caruio haa not left her hu
bandi bedaid (iace the flret terere col
lapse laet aight. She peniatently re
tueed to leave him a minute, deapiie
ber lark of Bleep. It waa aaid late to
day that aba waa beginning to (how the
terrible emotional (train but the .am-
aged to conceal It from her hunhand.
The uaiveraal anxiety over Mr. Ca
ruao' eoaditioa waa obvioua not uly
from newipaper reader everywhere
in the hole! lobby, on the atreeta. in tbe
aubway but alao from deferential
queetlpM from Italia lal.orera who
E.
PASSES ROAD BILL
ON SECOND READING
Affirmative Vote of 91 To 21
Sweeps Measure Through
Against Opposition
MOST AMENDMENTS VOTED
DOWN WITH, REGULARITY
Vote Oa Second Reading Is
Taken At 10:30 O'Cloek
After Members In Morning
and Wight Sessions, Before
Knthnsiastio Oalleries, Bad
Debated Measure Earnestly
.beWW
Opera Houae ptveeed a continual atroim
nf pereon aakiag the one queetloa:
"la Ckruao U aliveT"
COICTFUTRELLE
IN LS NCO R
T
Jury Out Two Hours Before
Returning Verdict. of Guilty
of Attempt To Lynch
Wileoa, Fob. 18. The trial of B. B
Futrelle, alleged leader of the mob that
itormed the rourthouae at .Goldaboro ea
the aight of December' S, 1920, weat
to the jury at S o'clock thia afternoon
and in two hour to the minute a ver-
todny, and during hi viait there held diet of "guilty with prayer for mercy"
conference with aeveral of the Demi- wu retUrned. . ,
,'i JeI "dlB ."I,,!;1.Y The flr.t poU of the jury wa. 10 to I
omt of,' wham wiU have a conaptcuou. 'or eonrletlon, U (a nderatood, and it
party role during ,the next two year I waa generaUy believed mlt rial, would
rty a misority Mngreee. be ttt reeuli. Judge Calvert wIU et
NEGRO BURNED IN
GEORGIA
COUNTY
Seven Thousand Men Gather
From Several Counties
To Lynch Prisoner'
Athena, Oa., Feb. 18. Seven thou-
aad men, eompoiing a mob front
Clarke, Oconee and adjoining eounti
tonight atoimed the Clarke county jail,
aeenred John Lee Eberhardt, negro,
held for the murder of Mr. Walter
E. Lee,' ii yetira e'ld. of Oconee eounty.
ana burned him at the (take after tak
ing him to the aeena of the erlme, (even
mile eaat of thi city..
Eberhardt ia alleged te have killed
Mr. Lee, the wife of Walter Z. Lee,
employed! at the MalUaon Braided Cord
CompMy. 1 double-barreled ahotgna
waa need, both load entering the head
and the back of the woman.
The method employed by tbe mob ia
Jiner at .vapiwa v-'- w ientenee anttf iert Friday
ware 'la accord- with hia lawii which e 'Meaeat ef lattoraey W. W.
are that thi ia not .the time any party I Pearee, leading eeuaael for U4 dafenae,
poliey should b .laid do-wa; that the Na order that character witaeeeel from
tauee tnal are to -bo tnvoiveo in me w , . i . ..
r . i i : io44 mwA 1 "- -j ,,,,
. .!.. .no. !,. I itv ta wav aomathinr in behalf of the!
m - . . . t.i T .k. ..f . V... .Tl.'d Vam J b. .
tiour year, inrgeiy vj reaaon .uii i .u mo uicuin. ..uiu
- 1 done in Congresa. inercued from 2,000 to 95flQO aad he
With the party out of power In the waa ordered te remain ia tho-cuitedy of
( executive derjartment of covernmeu: the abrns ot wuaoa eounty anui n
.i i i l !, At i v I J-
When acntenee ia pronounced eounael
for Futrelle will aive notice of anpeal.
Futrelle wa on trial for leading the' I climbed np the elevator ahaft of the
mob that atonned the eoarthouie at I eon rt houae to the top floor where the
Qoldiboro in aa endeavor te wreet from I jail ia located. There they ' But the
tne law nve aegroea, wao were o oeiiorea in any oa a lock, which aeeured
tried for murder. .The three other I on of the rear entrance ta the nrima.
eampaigaa, benoe tbe view, in whiea wno are unoer mojciracm .or a iuauar waite other member of the mob kept
Mr. White aaid the Congreasional lead- offeaae, C. H. "Bed Leingatoa, V. H.I the. eonnty offleial buay in front, the
er were ta tnorougn aceora, mat tniai m.uuiuVvuu w .-miioren meitea tbe big brtee padlock and
ia not the time to attemnt to law dowa be tried unlU the May term of Wileoa I entrance wa ttrrtj,A. Vhm ..m.
any policy or map out any hard and Superior court. ' , . W . I who entered tha priaon went to the
the leader who will be active "hnd who
will be moat ia the publie eye will be
i thoee Democrata charged with party
P . leaderahlp ia the two houses of Con
greae. The vote of Democrat, the
' apeechea of their leader, ete will go
r far toward making the iarae of the
next Congressional and Presidential
ia aaid to be the moat modern la the
State, eatabluhed a precedent unheard
of In thi 8tate, A huge, modern blow
torch waa need to gain eatranee after
Sheriff Jackaoa resisted the mob to the
laat.
It i aaid that member of the mob
ft plana to be adhered to, and that
these, therefore, shouia not do u
ensscd.' by the National committeemen
at the executive meeting tomorrow, or
of the fall committee at thi tune.
Hence Chairman White' failure to aee
the need of calling the full committee
together.
Only Routine (fatter.
However, Thomaa Love, Texas Na-
'tional eommitteentaa, and Robert
Wpolley. who, though not a member af
"the ommittee,"aetoor-tar- Mr. -Love ta
working up the petition calling upon
Mr. White te call a meet ing. of the Na
tional committee for March lit, are la
The ease of the State againat Howard nerro'a ceil ant nv.rrJ... ,
and Will Bethea, eolored, for killing howered hlm 4owa rth, 9UrtUtt ih,t
Jamea Buflia oa June 5. 1920. to new in ,nd m,a .i, lnt0 t. mu
f'v" lor (JISTT men awutiair nntiH.
With a micbtr (hout the mob vailed.
ijyncn aim aerel" bat the rine-
TW0 AT CARD TABLE !f!f ?heLt,"ro. ,B.;" mt0"
Au.. taxa..MA ta4 tfatv I Mo o th Ocodm eounty line. Hun'
" wa uiuuiuuiira M.9H in iinv in
Masked bandits kill
York. Business Man Killed
::r Jacksonvifle Hotel "
Jacksonville. Fla., Feb.' 18. George
Alexander Goodrich, 67, contractor of I
the rear of the ear eontainlna the tie
gro. Men by the score rn along at the
tide of these machines, i
One hour later the mob arrived at the
cone of the crime. They' formed a
tional committee ror atarta lit, are la Alexander Goodrich, 07, contractor of I elreI, ttoani th, rf.-.i,;,. ....
Mr. White to appear before tbe exeea-1 tonight aad Walter H. Burden, 60,
tiv committee tomorrow aad I wealthv retired buiiaeaa maa of New
likely that eae or both will do o. But yorI tjUte, mortally wounded by two
a xor any controversy oeuig uxeiy io maeked men who attempted te rob them
develop, the idea to ecoated by party I u they aat arouad a card table ia the
icoacrs srwriMj aau ma prw t parlor of a I1 tamtlyoteliMi
diction eeem juatilied that thk meet-1 Unimm aiA ia. tnaivht. -
ing tomorrow" wfll targely-m iteelf M A hit muf, -Jiy LZLmrr't.lu'lu1.-
an . . d.j ... io v. I " ' w mw-airw aiea out.
' -v " T neTO ehamrf KaiIv. .II I... u.
t--'. . . . . i Banes. - . i ' ' v. ,
The baadit made their eaeape la an I - ' "'
:Tbi!ffl fiSfJ: MORE INFORMATION ON
into a sort of open eonfercae at
which reutiae matter will largely be
ditenaaed. Among tbese, af eoara will
probably be the matter of advising
with the ehalrmaa about tbe manage
ment of National headquarter, the
work of going about . organising the
rjsrtv in the variooa atatea aad poe-
aibly the illiag ef executive poaitioaa.
, Of the, there are three that are very
' important and all ef theaa have beea
aaoceupied aiaee a few week follow
lag the eloae ef the laat campaign. One
to the office " of executive - eeeretary,
formerly SUed by;W. B. HoUleter, ef
Hiaaenrl, Another to eireetor - of
Cnaaee, tbe efliee ' maa wader the
treaaurer. This poeitioa waa formerly
' held by V. D. Jamtoaoa, ef Iowa, Tbe
other ia the efflee af director ef pab
lieity, formerly held by W. J. Ceehraat
ef 8U booia aa waaaiagtoa. u at re-
from the machine and . led to a spot
hear where Mrs. Lee waa shot down.
A stake wa immediately driven Into
the ground. Small twig and pine wood
wa throwaround it and Eharh.rt
tptjfTfiptfj-'jjfijffi He. waa tied
to the stake and the .torch anolled.
th Lf AM0US NAVY FIST FIGHT
.yard waa ope a. Suddenly two masked I , - v ; ,
mea Stepped quietly lata the room and! Bockaway.;W. TV, Feb. -16. Further
covered the, party with revolvers, tell-111" a the quarrel between Lieuten
ing them to make ae outcry aad to " Stephea A. Farrell and Walter
haad aver thel Taruable. . - - I tT reached Mattice,
m- n.4. i,M..i.f v. I Unt- ' after their adventnnm ballaaa,
fair a Joka perpetrated by feUow gueete J J. .Canada, waa aonght from
aad fcena te iewt with the twof mea. " " -
BOLL CALL ON ROAP BILL.
The roll call veto oa tbe paaeage
f She Deogatea-Ceaaer-Bowio read
bill ea Its eacaad reading foHawai
Ayaa Mr. Saeaker, Aaatla, Barae
f Jehaaua. Barahlll. Bell, Bellamy,
Blackwelder, Boltea, Bowie, Bradley,
Bryant, Bnach, Bart, Batt. Byrd,
CarUtepher, Oarh, Oemeat, Cllaa,
CeCea, Cooke, Cooper, CMgheaoar,
Cewlea, Crlaa, Deea, Doaaell, Doagb-
Clbba, Clofer. Coiaey, Cr.ly. tira.
ham, ef Graham, Graham ef Orngv
Graat. Hamilton, Headrlcka, Blcha,
Hill, Balderby, Heaeycatt, Jeehlaa,
Jahaaan ef Carrltack, Jeoea, Kea
aedy, Lane, Lawrence, Loach, Ua
ajy, Mr Baa, 'McArthar, McGatrev
Martin, Matthew af Mechleabarg,
Melvla, Meare, Merrtoette, Morrleew,
Mamford. Marphy, Naal, Farhaaa,
Faaa, Feraea. Pharr. Bldlaga, Bogera.
Roaa, Temp Mea, Tacker, Uule,
Walkar, Ward. Wbltaker, 'White.
Walt. Wright, ToaagSl.
Naaa Baraaa of Hertford. Ben
nett, Brawn, Celemaa, Dardea,
Feaatala, King, Ue. MeCee, Mat,
thewa af Bertie, Owen, Breaat,
Qalckel, Bhaw, Smith of Flit, Sbeaee,
Taylor af Halifax, Tayler af Vaaee,
William, aad WllllaaueaSL'
Abeeat HalL Can. Umerick, Mea.
roe. Smith ef Braaewlck, Swala.
FalroaWohaaUn af reaSer rar
Kb McSwala. agalaat.
STUBBS PROPOSES
GENERA
L
REVISION
OF
CON W ON
Similar Bill Was Passed ..By
General Assembly In 1917
But Not Carried Out
UNSETTLED CONDITION
ASSIGNED, AS REASON
Aralanche of Late Session Bills
features Day In Senate;
Tick BID Passes Second
Beading; Thomas Dixon In.
rited To 'Address Owners!
Assembly After Debate
TARIFF BILL GETS
BITTER ASSAULTS
BEFORE ADOPTION
IMPORT DUTIES CARRIED
BY SENATE TARiFF BILL
The tori Mil ae It paased Ue
Seaala. carried Ike following Import
datteai
WbMt. 4S ceata par Bubal j Sax-
SS rente ar fcaakali wheat
Soar aad avmaliaa, IS par ceal ad
valorem! earn aad malaa. It aeaU
v bashel baano, t cwalk per
paaadt aartatwaa, SS oente par
baahels paanata or grand beaae.
S canta pet aaad aataaa, raaU
per bwakelf rice, I eeaU par paaad;
ItaMaa, I crate per pawadi paoaet
oil, IS cents per gallM cwttoa aeed,
eaeaeaat - aad aay baaa alto, 1
eeala par gallaat cattle (except for
breeding parpaaasV, SS per eeat ad
valorem i eeeaa ever one yeer old.
St par baas' ; aheap, aader oae year,
11 par head: freah aad franca
meato, SI per eeat ad" valorem :
laag eta pie eattaa (aae aad throe,
elfhthe lachee), T eeala par peaad:
eattaa manafactarea, T seats per
peaad; aawaahed waal, II eeats par
paoad: washed weal, 3a ceata per
peaad j eceared weal. 41 ceata per
pan ad.
Bagar 1 rent pei peaad la addt.
The oppoeitioa to the DougtitoB-Coa-aor-Bowie
road bill mobilised ealy CI
votes to match agalaat the SI ia tbe
band! of the propone nta of tbe meaeur
wheat th test waa made a 10 :8Q Jaxt
aigbt. -Tba meaaara wa aaaacd ear-H
secoad readiag aad will earn up for
nal' ebnaaderatioS at the baad of
the lower bona this morning at 11
e'eleebv ' ' ' ' " "-'
With elock-likp- regularity STety
amendment that wa offered to the
. - KUV k. , w,n. (m, , a aap
minor change by way of clarification,
waa voted down under an overwhelm-
ing choru of "noes," and the Dardea
amendment submitting th matter ta a
vote of the people ii June waa rejected
by a recorded vote of 79 to 36. Several
of the amendment offered th previoo
night aad yesterday moraing were witn
drawn. " ; .
Early after the debate wa resumed
yesterday morning, the opposition to
the measure began to melt perceptibly,
and by tbe re-convening of the acssioa
last night at 8 o'clock it wa apparent
that when the proponente of the mens
are were disposed to call for th qnea-
tion it would have aa overwhelming
victory. Seven hour of debate bad
taken all the fight out of the oppoai.
tion.
Only one erlou attempt to alter th
provision of the measure waa made
laat night, when Minority Leader Wil
limns, after ridiculing the measure at
some length, offered an amendment re
ducing the authorized bond iaaue from
50,000,000 to $10,000,000. McBee, Graat
and McGuire, all member of the minor
ity delegation, turned npon him .with
auch bitternes that practically th en
tire Republican , membership of the
House east ' affirmative vote for th
bilL William, calling for divtoion af
hi amendment, wa unable te , secure
sufficient backing for a roll call. '
The Way af AmeaSmeata.
The amendment to th meaaara were
disposed ef as follow:
By Owen i Writing into Ue bill a
(Ceatlaaed aa FageTwe) i
The avalanche of late feaaioa bills
begaa to pour into the Senate yeaterday
ad for th drat time (ince ar(y ia
the eresloB, the day waa featured by
utrodnetloa of new billa. Several of
the even score ef bills throw Into the
hopper were of geaeral interest, the
moat important being the bill ealliag
for a Constitutional Convention, offered
by Senator Harry Stubba.
Senator Stubba. who hae been la the
piMtiMtXbaWbia . imfinipiS
wua in neceaauy oi a reviaai or tne
constitution aad theim practicability af
attaining the end hrmgh aay method
fctkar thaa a eaaveatiaa far a warn her
of years. Bark la 1911, the Seaator
from Martia begaa pressing the me
ere aad la 1817 secured the aeeeesary
two-thirda vote ia each bnach. ef th
Geaeral Assembly. However, owing to
the unsettled eoaditioa ef affair
created by the war, the matter wa aot
submitted to the people and aa con
veatioa ha beea held since 1875.
-Th bill offered yesterday eirovides
that the question ef a convention shall
be aubmitted to the voter la the aext
geaeral election, and that if the matter
to favorably paaaed upon, the eoavea
tioa shall convene oa the first Wed nee-
day after the drat Monday ia May,
U23. Uader the terma af the bill, the
convention would be composed of 120
delegates, divided among the eoaatie
ia the aama proportioa aa members ef
the preeeat 'Houae ef Bpraeataties,
l i0-Zirf Al",?: Counsel For Husband Refuse
convention to ta' be determined. Th To Cros-Ixamine Woman
r,il",a-trb!.0,,l When She Finishes
gates to the oaeatioa.
The bfll further provide that the
eaaveatiov
of Ua
or the Bee
Republican Senator From New
Hampshire Hammers Meas
ure As Designed To ,
Fool the Farmer J --
NOBODY CAN DEFEND IT
BECAUSE INDEFENSIBLE
SENATOR MOSES STATES
Loaded Down With Score of
Amendments, the Fordney
Tariff Measure Adopted By
Senate By Vote of 43 To SO;
Immediately Bushed To Con.
ference With House Col- '
ferees; Senator Lodge Un
able To Get Three Amend,
ments Adopted Because of
Melee Started By the Mew
Hampshire Member; Sim.
mons, Harrison and Others
Join In Debate
vi-aa,.'.-!'. Jil:..r.7,'i'JK!!':v.";.J"w
Titliwwlet
fresh milk. I eeala per gallon;
. . fresh. . craam. . I ceata par gallon ;
eeadeaeed ar preeerved milk, I canta
- par paaad. and sagsr ar milk, I
ceata par paoad.
Mixed wrapper and Sllar tebacea
if from two ar mare eeeatrlee (an.
atemmad), SS.M per paaad)
etammed, IJJO par paands hldea,
IS per eeat ad valorem! applea,
SS ceata per baahelt cherries, t
eeaas par paaad J elives a eelatiaa,
SS eeata per gallaai aat la eelattea,
S ceata par paaad) allvaa la balk,
SO eeata per gallea.
MRS
VARNER ENDS
COURT TESTIMONY
than a score of amendments, the Ford
ney emergency tariff bill tonight passed,
the Senate. The vote w 43 to 50 aad -til
th measure waa Immediately eat te.
conference. ,
Aetioa oa the bill, desigaed and rueh
ed through the Houae a an aieged aid
ta the farmer, came after a protracted
aeseiea during which four ' Bepubtleaa
Senator broke away from their party-' -
(ligament and two of them, Edge, ef
New Jersey, ad Moses, of New Hamp
shire, bitterly assailed be measure aad
its Bepubliesa supporter. Likewise.
solidarity of the Democratic raak eeuld
not be maintained, nine ef the minority
member being recorded la favor of the
bUl.
The Tote ea Bell Call.
The roll call follows:.
Beoublieana fori Ball. Borah. Brando-.
gee, Capper, Curtla, tlkins. Fall, France
Frelinghuysen, Gooding, Grenna, Hale, :
Johnson, (California), Joaea, (Washing
ton), Kellogg, Kenyon, LaFolette, Lea-
Lodge, Mccormick, Mcvumber,
MeLeaa, McNsry, New, Penrose, Phlppa,
Polndexter, Smoot. Spencer, Sterling,
Sutherland, Tswascnd, Wadsworth, tad
Willie. Total Bepnbllcaaa for at
Crtcaibore. l"eb. 16. latabltohtna a
iow .h.H ba-aewiMer-by nffVnel fcf defeaad ia'trtolj Taorata ft Aahurat, Gay, Hender-
oeeremry or otaia, aaaii eieeiiaha ia aaak In imm .. ...kt. I-' V" :". . Z' - - , -- ,
lie owe officers aad aljoura after aat Jj2 7. i; 'T . i ,TfMl Ymotnv Ior " '
mare thaa thirty day U. only bad- T , , H iu'Uni' H' R J"11 , 4 ' tv
aee te be transacted being the offering Varner, af Lexington, refused to cross Democrat against: Beckham, Disl,
af amendmant to the Goastltatiea. ixamiae lira. Varaar whea Federal f.1eh, 9"'' H" HV.,!r
'm VLVMJ. re.oav.aed today. fif '"ovT V-".fia. Simrn'
SlT-'Ti.T.r: Coneladln. her te.tlatony-begun late Sm th-fG.oraa,y-flmith(Soutb Caro--
the convent ioa' not to exceed aixtr yter7 afternaoa, Mr. Varner aaid hlna) Stanley, Swanaon, Thomaa, Tram
of th. eoaveatioa aot to exceed alaty h fcH re0Iub, .nb.WeneeH mel. Underwoc, Walsh; (Maaaaehuaetti)
"V . . ' I armlil ha aJI ftnrt -.. mm .k.uM K. I .i.l tr a hfiiii . J vr.i.
Ta Create Baaklag Dapartmeat. "i7" I V i . . . . " . . I "'.
Banater Elmer Loae. AUmaaea res- ""r "om. "V. aaeoaaaa estate cott. Total IMmoeraU agaiaax ko.
....... 4. k I lowwa, ana anuuTO, was oa-
BdVotedly Gor.VviorL7.U 0 - v...
for the eetablishment of a eeparat Umate reUtion. with
department af State to be known aa the ? '
BTkUgDepartmeat. . .... - irrf:!,
Uader the tenne ef the bill, the - . '.r
i- w. k. . crant for 20 year of the Varner,
Banking .Commisaloner, to be appelated 'oUo,wel tt P't ad waa oa the ..ffered by Senator
by the Governor with the advice aad tfd. thlrty-Sve feeder, were killed,
content af the Beaate for a term, ef i,u Vkl" V ",U"- . aa called' oi
...... . ha t.M, at will ""1"'U trwai ja. suhi acain,
by tbe Governor. The officer i charged tow-f- Beginning with a ; eool aad
Hut. .k. .11 i... u. wearied air, Anna Miller, answered Ba
in to banks and bnllding and loan important question with comparative Nu change proffered. But it already
but became rattled and confused had accented ao many chance from the
.uw..v-, i . j.l a i. . ... r a
ing exercised by the commiasioner " ou- j
Insurance. It is provided that the I ,8J aaid ah had beea aervant for
D..vi.. r.-.t.t.... .K.n n k.U Mt. ana Mrs. varnsr tor almost V)
any other office or atock la any bank Jra and had lept in their house ia agreement with the Houae.
ia the BUte during hi term of office. ingtoa irr.ua or ewra an tne sea-i The following Senators were ap
He to granted a iaUry of $4,600 a year. "d floori BVUt McBary, mulatta, pointed aa the conference committee te
Exoldler , VIM. . I " i anempi to iron out mo aiusrancva
Senator J. K. Kaniie, of Mcpoweilk M-vf M Me; with the Houer"Penpe JitcCnmber,
eounty. one ef the nine ex-service men ry nan som una ior aw v and Bmoot, Jtepubaeans, ana Simmons
la Use Benate, Introduced a Dill to pro- a I sna wuiiamar iwaotnra. ts wprnra
tide ex-aoldier aaaietaaea ia seeur- McBary were eloae frleade that bta-1 the committee will be able to atart work
l.. .- Th. ,;ir muKm la Hrr wouia come iv sa aw aaa ancuu mlta . . .imiur committee irom toe
" .- rr - -- I -,. . .a . a! .-J .t. I ' . .
all eiUaen of tk Bute who served in " - "J I Mouse late tomorrow. .
in toe
form in- which the meaiure came from
the House that the most ardent sup
porters predicted trouble in getting ia
th late war between April , 1B1T and
Nov. 11, 1919, excluding only thoee who
terred aa member of th Btudent un
(CaaUaaed Oa Pag Two)
Dr. Campbell Attacks Right
. Of Service Men To Cast Ballots
fcj-X-- tZ. ... I lio. by the board ef laqulry which
reconvened at the aava air statioa hare
todav. - - - r.
Suddenly ene reache. over aad r.r.ncd at thV...T
. k . v..4.. jn..m j I reeoavenee at the aaval
Burden were ta hi cart. . ourdsa aad
Goodrich then realised that it waa ao
Asked to state what kaew about th
vmincs toea reauxea hii n wn no i .j, v.. ... , ,
lose, and both leaped ta th.to 1. hto in en 1.7, hit
The Uadit, ted with the Srwt mAUlJr
me, emeuu report waa made te me. I
Goodrich Ming hit three time, eae ef
warded aa important that the Irst aad the abate peaetratiag hto heart.. Helt,ow nothing'! 4t except that which
last named be Sited at once, ale the I died Instantly. . . .. ' l WM told to ma trr unMaM.
-a J : . . a it ti. I a V.lt I . a . ' r-r r--.
paaiuaailM a a , waw. - - -- - i cr.
treatarat,' W. W. Marsh, who to a mam-1 ta the . abdomea. . After the aheotiag I ' A
aer ef the eammittea, to aat going te I Ua bandlte faded aat f the doorway, I had abjeated te the way question were
devote hie awa time ta the work of lyamped late their ear, the angina ef leaked by the Judge advocate aad loal
carry aa the reaUae I whiea waa toft raaalng, aad made a I teehatoalTtiee bad teea . atraighteaed
eat, Lteateaant ETloor teetiied Hintoa
told Aim that ha and Fsrrall haS aa al.
in that or raadiag tne uaaetedaes ail Tea hotel where the tragedy waa en
acted b Just a Meek from police heed-jaartera.
nearly S2O0JXW hanging evae a. a
eult ef the Cox Booaeveit campaign.
bat Ckatrmaa White to said te have
thia matter ae well advanced that at
Offer aa aerien traable,
Baamtaatlaa Far fas affile. '
Aa examiaatioa te earara a list ef
el itibWa from which te appoint a PV
matter at Cary, ta Wake eaeaty, aat
(Cawtfaeed ea rage Two)
tereatioa. The only atCD ka then took.
ivioer aaia. were to get the two officers
together aad . restore frieadshlpv Be
said he did aot consider the reported
traable between them serious.
Farrell' .counsel again objected ea
the gronad that Kloor eoald aot testify
Cat Wattenaa Cetearata Birthday.
GaJveetoa.- Tex- Feb. IS CoL Henrr
Wsttersea. veteraa aewrpaper editor.
wtatering here, celebrated hla - Slst I aa ta what Hintoa told him, aa Farrell
birthday today. - Aasbag frieada whelhsd aot beea preeeat when the eoaver-
avo eajojnag (he day with Aim" ar satioa took placv Tie ebjectioa Wa
Mr. and JTr. Edward M. Flexaer, ,ef I overruled, and. tke keariag waa ad-
LouiariUe. Ey. . . ioarncd antil tomorrow.
8Uteville. Feb. !. The third Jay
of the Campbell-Doughtoa eonteet was
largely consumed with the examiaatioa
of registrar.
These were put ea tbe etaad by Dr.
Campbell end testified that ea all the
day required by law, they were at the
place of regiatratioa aad treated all
comers alike, regardlete af their poli
tic ; that oa ether day. wbea they
were not required to be at the place
of reeiatratioa, they registered Demo
crat aad Republican alike - whea re
quested to do aa. Th evfdeaee leaded
to show that ea taeee oar oaya ta reg
iatrar sometimes went from place to
nine for the parpoae af regiatering
voter) that a a rule they did aot eeok
eat Remit) lies ns for the parpoae af reg.
toterint them, but went to the borne
ef BepubUeaaa whea especiajiy request
d te do ao.
The. aet reault ef the evidence to
that tbe registrars were more aealous
ia banting np Democrat ta register
thaa they were' Republican. All the
evidence, however, ebowa . that' there
waa a full Bepablieaa registration, and
that every Bepablieaa wha'waated te
rea-ister had a fall opportunity to ea e.
Tbe aerprtoe ef the day came whea
Dr. Campbell offered evidence tendlaw
to ahew that a soldier had voted with
out payment af pall Us." . ?
x-Uereraor iilckett sailed the at-
4entien ef , Jr J.aBrtU, chief eaaaael
far Dr. Campbell, to the fact that the
board of eommiasioaer af JredeU eoua-
ty had made aa order exempting all
eoudiera and aailora ef the world war
from the paymeat of poll tea for the
year 1910, aad desired to kaow whetaer
or aot, ia the face of such - an order,
Mr. Britt aad hi client would Insist
open the diafraaehtoement of these
soldiers. Mr Britt replied that the
constitution af North Carolina and the
law required -, the paymeat of poll tax
a a eoaditioa te voting, that th eoaa
tr eommiasioaer had no right to make
any sack order, sad that be aids hi
elieat - proposed te etaad by th law
and the constitation.
Ex-Governor Bicker! replied that
neither the law aor tne eenotitatioa re
quired Mr. Britt or hie client ta ehal
tongr the veto ef any eoldler for nan
aayenoat ef poll tav aad that if they
did ae It wearid not be beeaaee they
were compelled te 4e W by lam, bat of
their awa free will aad eheiee. Te tke
amaaameat ef the (yetaadere, Mr. Britt
aad hie elieat atiil inaieted that aaldiera
who did aet pay their pell tax abeaJd
be diafraachiaed aad would be ehal-
waged tareugboaf the district.
Teetunony renrdmgsnth elrestafloa
ef last-aainate pre-elactiaa literstare
ith the parpoae - of lallneaciag the
voters, eeeapied ue greater part af
the moraiag eessMa. Geremor Biekett
offered vigoroas abjartiea, bat to a
parpssa. aa Lawyer Britt fasiated that
it should re iv even though taeve wee
aoUiaoT ta show that tbe Dsmaerat had
beea twaroaaibOa far tta aireajataeav v '
woald tolk about religion matter. Shel while the Senate waa
fhroet
cftea cooked for McBary after bia wife 0f the heated debate of the emergency
died aad at the request ef Mr. Varaer, tariff, the Houae way ad mean com
she aaid. - mltte waa concluding open hearing en
f 4bt ,plLn?d -5V ,V-!"i !tc?'? retiaiba .ofjhe. jArmanent . towtWith
had beea lifelong fcend(an4 UmtVin ih,twork'6ut of. the wayrbairmn
addition to talking religion matter 'ord0T ,mu leave late tomorrow for
ever with him they would dlacttaathelr t.othr conference with President-elect
childhood day. Harding at S4. Augustlns. It i nnder-
Aaked about th night of August 9, (toa) B wu tlK thr next chief execu
whea McBary waa alleged to have beea ... . neflnlteextiremioa aa to bia
fcand aader Varaer house about 1 y,, legislative program eat-
o'clock, ah elated that ene, was there I i.mA Benublieaa leader aad
aad witaeaeed moat ef the hapcainga-J whether he favored Immediate eonsidsr
with ths exeeption ef alleged adingltlom BT Congress of tariff legtolatioa
cf McBary. I rather thaa aetioa oa matter of tax-
Another rnUreating feature or th 1 .nn.
trial todav Wao the reading of the depo-I . rl rirur.
Itioa of McBary, aow ill ia a hospital The speech by Senator Moee againat
la Cincinnati. McBary denied having tht emergency bill wu filled with a
ever beea intimate with Mrs. Varaer, MrjM ef (M(ti 0te at hi Bepablieaa
but told of beiag ery .frieadly with Mi.-uei. . He declared that every .
Mr. Varaer. I Senator know that the bill. If It aboald
On the eight of August . 1W0. whea bacome a tow. woald avail nothing and
it to aliened that McBary waa palled 1 1.. .k.u..Mj h. . Saaatar
from aader the Varaer home aad which I h,t wu nnaciMtifle and designed to
rasa Had ia McBary leaving Lexington I ,v. -.ti,M tk.a aid hia"
aad Mr. Varaer inatituting euit for di-1 n. tr.nan.kfM lUutftV aiea BO.
-voree againat. hi wife, the negro "id I eapportere af the bill for baa-'
ak.a L . l.a. Ila Mafaflaa in ta. I . - . . ... i. . .
wa mm a- i ing aRerei ae aereaee ior ra ptwvb-
inctea be aaw a light U th kitchen I ..a u,.t an It twaamtehea
of the Varner borne, aad, believing that M u,,, mad la favor of the? bill
Aaaie Miller wa. ap, he -decided te jj,, sfty.,1- day It he bcoa ia Ue
go aad aee her abeat the data aa the a,,,., .om-wioa.-
aaymoat ef a aetet that be catered Nklia ... .....J it for H to in- 1
the yard aad went to the .back ef U I d,f.Mibi, . asserted Seaator Moee. ;
Pretty eoaa, e aaid. ke bear I nv. B.bJican tarty eaaaot a be- '
faro the eeiatry with each a moasnra. )
It can ealy give ta Praaideat Wileoa,
who waa ao theroagbly repadtoted ia ' '
November, aa apportaaity ta excoriate '
at.. t.K . .1. aaJ kJln..aa.J
iar wpiuim. rv . -
he will do at whea thia thing geta to
him. "Why, tkto bill to lcpaided, ifa
kli 1 I.. .alaa nJ i. k.. 4k.
at the front doert that be
heard hie aame aeed aad somethiag aaid
abeat aearchiaf the how, aad rt beiag
watched; that be became excited aad
got aader the perch. He told af pend
ing the eight la Jell, ef being tamed
out Ua next morning, aad told to leave
Lexington aad never retera.- Two eaar-
aetet witnesses ths eeaty auditor at
H baa the
sever vntaease. tne awnty ananer at I rk-hata. . Ifa a eemblaatiea between !
Lexington and a Baptist mlnlater -tee-1 ,w. au. aaaiaa. tha aui hrrakaa. tha I
tied that prior a A-gnet t, 1920, they nu, Ue sheep ran. aad the I
tod heard aath tag deregatary of Mr.Iwkamt tmUm nad haw 1 aaa aappart it, I
Varaer'e character, and ' that tt wa I . .. J .
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