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smidl Observer TWS WEATHHt Necta. CmBmi fair i elder Tiiif Set artsy eUWd aeweebb rla. VATCHtAtZX, oa ft . fiend reva S sye Mfm ("rails la rsr M avoid luif a iaie ' , . VOL CXIIl. NO. 49. TWELVE PACES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C. FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 18. 1921. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE FIVE CENTS The News DEMOCRATIC MEET SHOWSNODANGER OF AMY UPHEAVAL Executive Committee Thinks It Unwise To Call Fuil Committee Meeting HOWEVER. IF MAJORITY WANT TO, THEY MAY McLean Offers Resolution An. thorixiar Opening of Wash ington Headquarters, Which Is Adopted Unanimously; Chairman ' White Expeoted To Oontlnne As He Wiihee The News sad Oheerver Roma, OOS District National Bank Bldg. By JOB L. BAKER. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington, Feb. 17. Aa predicted laat night, th meeting of th executive committee of the Democratic National eommitUe wss haimoalous, ad there never reslly appeared any danger ninee aia noi Eight Per Cent Interest Measure Gets Serious Jolt In Committee Will Co to Senate With,UnfvorM Report and to Houee Without Prejudice. Chairman Baroec of Houee Comt mi t tee Dedinee to Break Tie on Report; Action oi Banking and Currency Committee Disappointing to Banker. STORMY SESSION BREAKS OUT OVER BIANTON ATTACK Th Senate Committee Baahiag aad Vummrj yeateaday ordered aa SB- ravsrsbls report oa tkt C per coat, la- Ureet bill by a majority of eevea to three, aad the House committee reoert- d aimllar Houm bill without preju dice, Representative C. M. Baraea, chair aa of tk committee, declining to broak a tio rota ef It to fro. ea motion to report favorably. Tba nieaaur will coaio oa th floor of both Uoaaoa, aa Seaator Gates, chslr- aa or tha Beasts committee, mi lUtcd tkat It will aim a Minority rs port oa Ike moaturo. However, tha se- tioa of yesterday wai a kres dtsappoiat moat to tha baakera wka ara advorat- ns tha raiaa la tha laUroat rate, ai tka bill had beea aaiTaraally eoaceded to haTa a bettor ehaaee ia tha con itteea, composed almoat entirely of hankers and thoaa Interested ia banks, thin aa the floor of citker boom. Tha Senate eommittee alao readrred aa unfaveraola report on tae mcvoib bill providing that payment of inter- eat at a rata greater than e per cent, by a corporation akall ' constitute a waiver of the utary law. J. H. Brldg- ariut. Tka eseeutivs committee did aot ' hw TV Am. a Xm. Tvms eomrrttteemnn. : committee and a .majority of other members, but if tail apiaioa la not concurred in 07 ...majority 01. tka committee, w dav's action by the executive commit "tee, then Chairman White will call that meeting, after being 00 advised by the - - different member. Tha Urea aetire men la todays meet ing who were responsible for the turn aff aire hare taken and to whom, there fore. Is doe credit for averting what ver danger there may have been of any - differences or split in tke party were tka former chairman, Homer Curamlngs, of Connecticut; Senator Carter Ulass, of Virginia, and Angus W. McLean, of North Carolina. McLean Offera ReoelatleB. Tha sense of executive eommittee was ; expressed in a resolution presented by Mr. McLean and adopted by onanlmens vote. This resolution covered virtually " every angle to the aituation that can fronted tha attentive committee, aaad , tha nnantmooa vote given It shows Row . completely willing tha eotamltteemtja anil eommltteewowe were to bury ny : differences there may have been between them,, which difference involved Both- ing mora than method to bs employed . to attain eertaih ends, and aot the. and themselves, t ' Tha rewtutlo brought ia ' by Mr. HrLe auUioriies Vbairman Whit to -. tor f publicity ( to appoint budget eontmlUee of Ave to provide for liqui dating :th present indabtedneaa of the eommittel aad to make np a budget of aeeessary zpse fer Waihingto . headquarters during the anaaing year z aad Also directed the ehairma a lo . re port to the next meeting of. tha eom mittee a pins of organization for the " woman'a bnreaa. White to Ceatlnne In Jab. interpretatioB. . Commllteea "at Improaaed ' Both is tbe number of speakers aad variety of argumcats expressed yester day, the proponents of the bill bad all tha beet, of it, but the claim that the hill is desired by Urge majority of the people of the State apparently mads little impreaaioBj npoa the committee. Foar of the propoaeata wka mads apse he war frees Buaeombe eexinty bat wkea the committees went into ea- eatlvo seeaioa Senator Erwtn, of that eeaaty, voted for the nnfavorable re port, Brpreaeatatlve Walton, af Oa alow, furnished aaother instance of the name kiad. Mr. Waltoa la not mem b,er af tbe committee,' but appeared against tke hill. Me was confronted with the fsrt that the petition circu lated by tke bankers contains a number of signature from his county. "I had never heard of thie petition before, bat I west to aay that aone of these wen represeat the sentiment of Onslow eeaaty 1 the edlcera of all the banks ia tka county are opposed to it, aad tka biggest speculators we' have in the eeaaty are oa this petitioa," replied the Bepreaeatative. - Arguments advanced yesterdsy by proponents of the bill were mark the name aa thoae expressed at tha beariag last week. Pi. Duckaer, of Asheville, eoadaeted tha case, sail speaker in cluded K Senator J. C. Mania aad Ex Repreeeatativs - Harry U Nettle and J. Walter Haynea, all of Buaeombe county. They laid much stress oa the eenx. - - In addition to Representative Wilton, only three speakers appeared oa tke otter side Dr. . M. Templeton and H. W. H. Bton repreaeating the organised farmers of the State, aad C. J. Cooper, buaiaess msa of Fayetteville. People Already Hardened Each at the speakera asserted that the Texas Congressman Leaves . Sick Bed To Deliver. Broad side Against Colleague APPLAUDED BY MEMBERS FROM BOTH PARTIES Kepreeentatire Blantoa Sent Letter To Lone Star State Ifewipapert Charging Con. certed Plan To Said Treat nry Bj Increasing Salaries Claimed To Be Watch Dog Washington, Feb. 17. Hoots, eat calls aad tke word 'liar" were shouted en the floor of the House today la the stormiest sessioa in years. The uproar started whea Bepreaeatative Pumacrs of Texas, having left a sick bed. sn peered In the House and, supported by most -members of his own State dele gatlon, launrhed an attack on his col elngue, Bi-presentiitive Blantoa. OR THOMAS DIXON PLEADS AGIST (Coatiaaed Oa Tago FearJ CARUSO FIGHTS TO TARIEF BILL RUNS CONTINUE TO LIVE INTO HOUSE SNAGS Attending' Physicians Think Massachusetts Republican Puts Tenor May Be Victorious and Report Improvement New Terfcy Fob M Tfc physU ciaaa attending Nr. Caraaa gar owt the fellewing balletla oa ale eeo dltle'a late tooighti . "Caraao 1 holding Ma Owe. He ia hod a better 4V lag jMmfertobly.: 81 feer aad U4 Kink Into the Legisla tive Machinery Washington, rsb. 17 Th Fordney energeney tariff bill, with Ha burden of Staat amendments, got back, to the Hobs today; only to get nagged U leglslaUv Jan, leaving ' it im mediat futare naeertala. $ , Boea after Chairmaa Fordney of the Ways aad Means Commute had started .- . . . 1 " ami vvmwiim mmm auirtev $mmmmj ( aopMsuw amaaew-.. at ,1 a,,-,)... n. to oank Pre. lesaeaed Tlraleaoa. 1 ijeht-eleet Hardlag about puttiag w v.. I. -U IT T1.H tnr I - - j - iiiwjm.i - - -"letop-gso measure, act in a ChalrmSa t T1U9 .T.ooy 1 tfj-r Jr.:-a ineirienow niemna, out 11 waa Held off nntll Mr. Sumnera wss physically able to direct it. Whea he stepped for wardV ailh a faded aawspapft eiippiag ifc hia 'hand, nearly every member was oa the flonrt Takes All the Credit Bead by the clerk of the House, the clipping revealed that Mr. Blaaton, in a letter to Texas newspspers, hsd charged member with a concerted plan to raid the Tress a 17 and obtain salary increases, which be alone had prevented heretofore. The press waa asked to help, aad maay papers to which appeal was made responded with bitter as saults Bjpoa those charged with back ing the alleged aalary grab. There waa a tense moment ia the chamber aa the reading clerk concluded, aad Mr. Sumaers, atepplng eloae to where Mr. Blsnton wss seated, shook his 1st la the letter's face an4 dramati cally ahouted: ''And whea yon aent that statement to Texas you. knew it waa as false aa heir Th Hons broks -Into a wild shoot, half th membership rising.. Blaiiton, jumping to hia feet, aad trying to make himself heard above the din, demanded th right to speak. H waa howled down, th ehajr sustaining a point of order that h could sot be heard at that tin ,S qaeetio f, personal yriwa -.,, ... im p. w oy" 1 HBiam vaM,HP JMW CENSORSHIP BILL Distinguished Novelist Makes Caustic Attack On Pro posed Measure ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ADDRESS LEGISLATURE Speech To Joint Session Gen. iallr Beminiscent of Times When He Was a Member, Bnt He Looses Invective When He Appears Before Committee Later in Day HOUSE PASSES ROAD MEASURE ON FINAL READING 102 TO 11 MRS VARN RSBS E AS IK TESTIFIES Thomas Dixon told the General As sembly and aa many people as could lie packed into the hall of Representa tives yesterday that North Carolina waa the birthplace of democracy in America, and yesterday afternoon he told the Joint Committee on Kduea tioa and again as many spectators as could be crowded into the rhsihbcr that censorship of moving pictures was inA.AWrlfV,Wfl ' I It Fred Sink, Star Witness For Defense, Gives His Version of Lexington Affair Greensboro, Frb. ' 17. Mrs. Florence C. Varaer broke dowa and aobbed audibly la Federal court todsy when he heard Fred O. Sink, atar witness for H. B. Vsrncr, defendant la Mrs. Varner's suit for "reasonalde sub sistence" tell kow newe of Mr. Varaer's wife alleged relatione wllk Baxter Me Bary, negro, affected Lexingtoa man. fcOh God, why didn't yoa bring me a message that the was dead, Biak de clared Mr. tamer exclaimed whea he told him ia Greensboro of alleged oc curences In Lexington on August 9, ia-1 Proponents Bring It Through Without -Vital Change to Provisions .: WOMAN REPRESENTATIVE CALLED TO CHAIR WHEN power of hi superb eoastitutlon, En rico Caru,'- world fameu dramatic tenor, remained conscious aad cheer ful today while musle (over th world over hoDed and prayed thai death Today' actio indicate that Chairmaa I might not yet hush forever the goldea Whit will retain hia present post tor voice. life with 'all' th mental and physical I Qreea sought to complete the House I waa constajitly Interrupted with shout-1 Oeaeral Assembly at th Joiat eeesloa yesterday, aa invitatina to address joint session of the Generst Assembly, aad a desire to appear before the education coaamitte to fight cgaaur ship of movinfg pictures in North Caro lina. Aad ia coming, he disproved, as he himself acknowledged the nnelrnt proverb that a prophet ia not without kbnor save ia his owa country. Long years have gone sines Thomas Dixrm was an active Tar Heel, and bnt for that bond of acquaintance that a ha maintained through his contribu tion to literature during the past 20 years, be would hsve been a etranger. Very few knew him when he walked into the Hall of Representatives yes terday. As individual he was a stranger, but aa a man of letters, he hsd an army of worshippers. reraaaally a Stranger. Seldom do pictures of him get ia the papers, and it la not surprising that few. even among those who knew hiia 30 year ago whea he came to the Gen ral Assembly whea aeareely out -of hi teens, caew him yesterday. A tall, up- ataadlng, thick shouldered . man he is. with heavy Iron gray hair, and black eye hidden wader blacker eyebrows Ia th vigor of speaking, he looks aothing chart of tore, but th" eyes are liudly and Bailing other tha, snA th VOia that asaek ut wotde Uka a. whip ia smooth and auausei wkea be lust talks. Aa a Tar Heel, aa a Daaabenr.- aid Mr. Bucnners, waning ones ana xonn. as aa author ha la lmDlaeablr ODDoead ... . . . . r Tl . I . ' . ' ' eoauauea m snsca, w. aaa, a M ceneorsnip, but a made. no men eye following vsry step. The speech I tioa of it whea h was a guest of the a wbll, at least It is no secret that h does not ear for. th job' aa' a permanent proposition, and that as soon a h feel that he caa lay it down without passing on to hia successor ihy burdens tht Mr. Whit feel ha should not pass en, aad also eaa leave without - th appearane of having uit under Ira, it .1 generally believed that he will resign. But to when -that time will '' arrive will be for him to determine. -la th meantime, th steps taken to ' day confer upon th chairman . th Seeded authority ' to reorganize th : headquarter staff and begin aa organi aatioa from the ground up for th ' work that Is ahead of the. party. Slmnsena Tells Senate Aboat It. Something' about ' North - Carolina's ' progressivsnes in tha matter of hard- aurfaee rosd 'building, as wall aa her present ambitions plan for ballding a system. joz road that wia eompaia lav- . orably with th lyitemfof any other Aa 1 - 1 !m 1 -sl M . A i It seemed tonight, 48 hears after Ca ruso began waging battle againat a severe heart attack following pleurisy, that he would be vlctonoua. Attend ing at the eonsluaioaj ef almost veryl,t aoon, yesterday. That he saved until aeatenro ox oeauncHiuvBi. , tBe arternooa wnea n appeared be- deeUred the record showed that f- for th eommittee to inveigh against fort had bee mad to Blip through th proposed legislation that would aalary increase bill, and that Mr. Blan aubject every picture exhibited ia ton' claim that h waa forced to re- NortB Carolina to rigid lnapectloa be- maia constantly en th floor to block fQr0 jt j. Ik0wa. it was utterly absurd and untrue. The A j.ighborly, reminiscent nuaetion had com OS tWiee In the pre- aiuKB,. nnlM tmr k..b ki. feronce followed. Mr. Green sought to I cut Congress, Mr. Buitiner said, and it I yont was tha noon time aneeeh. mai get the Massachusetts member to with-1 waa knocked out oa pdlnt of order. Mr. ojou implacable and at timoa blt hold olijeetiosu FaUing- ia tliat. Mr.l Blaaton, ha amcrtod, wm a .tw It--'-was tho address-to the formalities of sending th first bill to I Conference. Obtaiaiag recognition just I before th House adjourned, Bepresent- stive Green asked th House to disagree! with the Seaato ameadmenta and that a I conference committee be named. Representative Treadway, Bepublleaa, I Massachusetts, failed to give the aeces- sitry ananimoua eoaseat, aad hasty con ing physicians announced Implement 1 0rec enlisted tb upport of Bepr I oa th wakej in hi tomperatnr and puis beat and MBtatT, MondeH, BepbUean floor reader, who alao atempted to nntanglr th aituation, but nothing cam or It. Th Forda-y bill thus waa left over Bight with three possibilities, all de pending upon maneuver by Republican leader it may be cent ta conference by a vote ef the House, referred again I to th Way and Mean Committee, or old hi mind was becoming clearer, All th aid that medical science mi offer th stricken linger wa tendered at his bedside today. Oxygen was ad ministered frequently and - five phy aieiana watched over the tenor one and two at a time. - Hi wife never left his aide. - It wa mostly hi virile stamina and I an attempt may b md to hare the I tumult Blantoa etrove vainly to make the world The demonstration reaeaea remara- throne that waited all the morn in a- ta able proportions when , tap of . th nl Bim, aad agaia took up elgil right gavel maraea iae eiose hi I after tbe luaea hour liked both kinds. allotted for the aperen. uemoeraia. Thty applauded him with vigorous first on their feet in a body, were I abandon, and afterwarda, whea leaving joined at tne same insum vj wj the ouuding no waa stopped many Republican, mere waa a rusn to w time by admirers. Une enthused, mem front, ta' members struggled to grssp ber of the House wrung hi handa and Mr. bumner by th nana, adovo tne declared yoa are th greatest man la hi determination not to die, th doe tor thought, that enabled the great tenor to carry oa hia fight and seem ingly to begin improving. From every land and erery sea where th wireless flashed earn messages of hop and cheer to his hotel suit) princes and pauper alik voicing their , , fitat was learne'dTiy th Senate today P hitIevr"T' from Senator Simmons. ' The North Carolina Senator made a speech apropos Senator Bwanson s amendment , to the. postoflie appropriation bill appropriat ing 4100,000,000 to continue Federal aid to State In highway construction dur I ing 1922. Th necessity of thia ap propriation that Federal .aid eonstrue-l ,$10 no 6s stopped at , the nd of th From th White Houee cam a tele- House concur in th 8enst amend ment. ... 'Mr.' Treadway declared he had op posed th bill .as a member of the Ways and Means Committee, sad sddeds 'It wss bad then. It is a lot worse now, win ail or tooso amenaments tacked oa. Mr. Treadway was said by several himself heard. As Mr. Sumner turned toward his seat another group of mem bers started toward him to offer eoa' arratulatioBs. Mr. Blsnton agala at tempted to gain a' hearing. Again hi waa bowled down as a aosen jtepuo- Wa Hones Baby Oaee. Not even Beprese:.tatirj Doughtou remembered back to 1883 when Thorn is Dixoa earn to tbe Oeneral Assembly, nree day abort of being Zl years old. its told th folks about it, and licans insisted on enforcement of thejsbout his eampsign, snd his running rule thst h take his seat. for upeaxer, aad finally withdrawing Blantoa fitarta Mere Racket. m ravpr or the bow Henator Lee 8. After the hubbub had kept up for Overman. Th House laughed heartily. -- ' " - w wwt s - M A Tt I - AX ICC VUB HUU'UHV US 14 -jr f Vl I ---' " gram and message over long -distance member to- "PI ..Hf-J' severs! minutes, Chslrmsn Slemp, of He deslt facetiously with these xeierinona. rno Kins' or xtaiv sent nia i expressions by ths Italian smbsssador I '' that bill and get th whol Be who visited th lick loom, and th brotherhood" ef ; music lover which knows neither border nor birth sent its inquiries from everywhere. $kjriMSf Doblieaa party in a hole. He also wa aaid to hava told th leaders thst he regarded statemeBt of Seaator Ua derwood, minority leader, thst th Pres ident would veto the measure aa pure - present 4scal year was "shown by Sen- severity of his illness snd bis nearness ator Simmons. A vote oa the amend- to death. He resifirmed his detorjnlna- meat tomorrow is expected, aad it tioa aot to give, ia and told Ambas- eems certain that it wiU 'paa. v Ths ssdor Bied that hs wished to dis in the House haa already gone on record for laad where hU voice was torn and tb sppropristioa by aa. overwhelm ing nurtured, sunny Italy rr--r- - majority. .-t .... . . . i . ; niMftPR nc WAD WITU ARREST UNION LEADERS T" irpiai w Mimn n.rr FOR CAUING A STRIKE . , ,w wires baews. spired msde. BORAH WONT ABDICATE ths subcommittee in charge bf ths fort- aiemoirs, and ia passing, asserted that iflcstioris bill which waa before "the w to surpsss his grsnd- House, gar- th Texsa thre minute "others record for' longevity by nine to reply, but nobody eould hesr hslf Mv to be 115. he said. Bight at th start, Mr. Blantoa Hwtory was called into evidence caused row by charging that Bept- wn. n "ou,; mot- lary bill, was called np. IT,?9 J"' Fale with anger, Mr. Campbell . ""ginia jumped ta his feet and shouted aa in- I" IV" " ,".'" "" "" digmant denial, declaring there wss net ?f ' eolt'" P Wa!s word of truth In the statement. Ap 2dtwal-l.lS i i" wm .t n been I whea th aalary bill.was called np. lrf,rr. " t. """ 9,n:..fK FINAL VOTE IS REACHED Honse Votes Dowa Templates" Amendments Qirinf riaa Anthoritj Oa Commission's -Knlinf s To Oorernor; Twen. ty.Two Votes Polled Bj Op. position Wednesday lflfljt Oat Ia Half Oa Final lead, ing; Matthews of Bertie, aad ( Fovntaia Vote for Measure; . ' Tnmnlt of Shoatinf Orteta Announcement of Victory for Donf hton - Connor . Bowie Measure; Fifbt How Ooes 14x1 'th tt tJembera- of th eppost- tioa to tke Doughtoa-Ceaaor-Bewi road bill aurraadered whea the measure came t its fiaal vote la th Hons at .: fiSO yesterday afteraooa, aad oab U adverse votes were east agalast th 10S polled ia favor of the measure. Mat thewa af Berth, aad Foaataia ef Edg eombe, two ef thoae who foaght th bill voted for it oa .It fiaal reading, bat ftarae of Hertford aad Qulekel of Liacolatoa stood oat to the end. History waa made la tho last half hour of ths aessioa at which th a aura waa passed oa it fiaal read- tag. Speaker urier aurreadered th presiding aaBeer'a chair aad gavsl to Repressatativ Exam Clsmsat, th aly ( ' womaa member of th Geaeral As- ' eembry, Bevireaeatativea Doughtoa and MeBee eoadueted aer to the diaa, aad it waa she who put the question, aad it was she who declared the 10S to 11 vote oa th bill, ordered it engroeeid aad seat to ths Seaato. Jubilation reigned throughout - th Houee aad among th few score faith ful spectator who lingered loaf past th luaeh hour to see the mt easts pass it fiaal consideration at the bauds af ' th Hsuseu. Th taaratt of applaue greeted te anouneemeat af th veto. . bat tht swattamatum af the damoastratloa that followed the salUag . -"ronr bsretinf lata aa aproar , , whea Mr. Matthew aaaouaeed that al- though th bill did aot ye meet hi . fuQ approval,' h war snwiliinfl to h reeosried agaiaat a measure that was headed ia tha right direetjoa.. . Other matters kept th Hons from . th measure for mora thaa two hoar after convening, and it waa past 1 o'clock whea the bill was placed bar for tho members for final considers- tioa. A flood of ameadmenta peered i across ths reading clerk's desk, aad war as promptly killed, save soma few agreed mpee geaerally before ' head.' Only on aeriona effort was made toward altering the provisions of 7 ' the ., ..eastre . andJhAtBMjrpm Temptete of Wske., to) Covoraoa. I of caU. Njrtb Csrlins wss ths Iron IN FAVOR OF HARDING! ntVnrnffled! Mr. BlBwtoV7r tir U Whieh t.; young ... . i . ' 1 men or viratma anil NAntk rm iH. - WashragtOB, - Fab. . 17y Refusal of Japaa ta auks any move toward dis armament antil shs has completed her , battleship aad cruiser program waa de clared by ' Representative Miller,' Be pablieaa, Washington, today ta meaa preparatiea by Japan for wa -aalesa th aool -Beaded statesasaa aad diple snat f Japaa pejT th demagogue, J ing anajuBKers uat now appear t have th public eye aad ear." Urging in a speech la th Hob Ih strengthening af Paelfie coast defenses, Bepreeeatativ Miller deelarsd that, al though "every dsy af th world we hsar th rattle of th aabr frees aer pes the Paeile,' ther Wa a possibility f war between th United Btatea aad Jspea aaless the latter made it. 1 First Test Under Criminal See. tioni of Kansas Indus trial . Oonrt 8tatnta I ffieraprt thai ftannffliMa mAm at vat mhiyA1 Idaho 'Senator Berres: Notice that BcpreseaUtiv Strang, of Kaaaas. On iOoIlearnefi i- That Ha " I had requested him not to demand a roll . . - . I faVil OB th. Wts4tfiF, Will BO HU Own nan Also angry. Mr. Strong walked toward Mr. Blantoa aad told (he House the Washlagtoa, Feb. JT. Emphatic aotieo I statement was false Pittsburg, Kaa Feb.' 17. Alexander Ik. Howat, preeideat, aad Angust Doirehy, viee-preaident, respectively, of th Kaaaas district f th United1' Miae Workers, were arrested late today oa warrant ehargiag them with erimlsally violating the Kaasas industrial' eoart law ia eoBBeetioa with ih salliag ef th UaekW atrik. . .'--.- ; -' Th arrest af Howat aad Dorehy is tha first aader tba criminal sections af tha Industrial eoart law ta th Kansas mia field. .' '-, - , If held for trial oa th criminal "It might just as wall be understood I :""' "UWM 7" wu aow, better taaa at sny tiate -w futare,'' added th Washington Jva. 1 will net had shall aot beeems aa TJa- redeeasea Japaa." . - . ; COXDiTl6x OP McCOMBS " ' STILL REMAINS TJNCHANCKD. 5ew Terk, Feb. 17. The eoaditioa ef W. F. McComba, former ehairaaaa af th Democrat So National eommittee, who is critically . IU at Ue hem af hi relatives, waa aaehanged throughoat to rredericA B. Ban, his law partner, eU toaigLU . th Cherokee eouaty district eoart at toatiary for aot las thaa aae ysar ' "Miea" ary itt pen conviction ja provided. ' J judgnseat bat Its fuaetioaa. Let an say waa givea la tne neaat roaay oy StaatoT Borah, Republican, Idaho, that h would ant "abdicate" hia judgment to that af Preaident-cleet Harding dar ing the next foar year. Seaator Borah' decl ara tioa came at the eonelnsioa of a Aatp clash with Seaator UeCorrnkk, BerjabUeaa, Illi nois, aver tho question of disanasmeat. Th latter had charged that tbe Bars I disarmament proposal af Seaator Borah weald 'disarm" Mr. Hardisuj ia arraag iag for a geaeral disarmameat eeuacil. Piaelaisxinr aay desire to embarrass Mr. Harding, Seaator Borah as replyiag added J .- -.-, . i - "W have heard asaea critietsm ta th last few years ef waiting fer a aed from the White Hons. Coagress has men. cams to eseapt the tyranny of auto ersey. He traced the. career of the State's democracy briefly through its history, coming dowa . to the timo whea "a North Carolinian waa called to command thj navy, when the eon a try west out to the last battle with in In th last miaato of aia Urn. Mr.! trenched aatorav Uianten qeeiarea mat nr. rjqmners j But it was aaother wanted to run ror tne jente ft;om Texas snd that this desfrs was ths- basis ef ths stuck oa bias. Ladies' Horn Shew at Piaehant Sat s. to p.- as, arday from 10:80 189 entries. Adv. " welcome tho haaee for a direct test,- Howat said. The Maekie atrik begaa Febraary f. rrom a oatroversy ever tho age of miaer.. The aomplalat allege that Howat aad Dorehy, asiag their power j aad u Dae nee a sniea officials, induced miners to quit work. here, withowt disresnest t the Presl dat-let, that I ahaU aot abdieats my Jodgmaat aay more daring th next fear years thaa I aavs during th past signt.- .." . Wahe Parsst Dreaa Oast' Woodberry Forest, Ta, Feb. 17 Wake Faraat rvllM Jv rmt sa Both mea were aeateaeed to Jail last I Wnedbem r. i.vk.!! I. April for contempt ef eoart aaeT agaia a closely, foaght basketball gmaaa, M yesterday a a aimilar charge. to 22. ' SENATOR SIMMONS PREDICTS PROMPT VETO BT PRESIDENT . tuy Leasea WrrJ -Wseklagtoa,- Feb., IT. Prams veto of the Ferdaey osscrgeaty tariff hlU by Preatdeat Wlasea whoa It gaea to the White ease aent week, was forecast today by Swaatov llimBws. Th ieaato aald tha PreaUeat wwaM the back with "a aharp Buessre." aa4 th aeaato will he able to pees h over his he predicted. Ia fact, aaid Immeee. maay af the Bo. awbUcaa peapsaeata af the silt Ae wet waat at ta ksrssns a law It waa paassd aa a Bases af peUtaaa, aad to altow the bin to Imsi a law weald hart these aleseet ae badly aa at wwaM far tho Prastdsat to fsU to vat at. - - Thomas Dixoa who. apeh ia th aftarnooa. a Thomas Dixoa , with two fists sad aot afraid to hit with them. He was against sea sorahip aad he took a measure ef the terms with which he scored th system of eupervisioia eoatemplstsd for North Carelias. He talked is plain language and with that clarity of expressioa aad that fa nit less -choosing ef words thst kavs mad bias amoag the first of ths i'Maatrv'. aoveHata. I W . 1 . . W.. . . ' I ' i . newy m rn 4.. a ' H wa gaiaat censorship rteraus it was aademeersti. H himself Tisd snf fercd ty it H west back to the tiaas shea John Gsttonbarg Invented th art f , printing aad the eetsblisked pewsp saw thst if u msmss were allowed to road, mia weald be apea them. Aa Intelligent people, gala lag taeir-iatolU- geae throw rh - reading, . wosld be dssgsroas. He ' followed the thengHt fewa tk rough ita history to Joha Mil- tea aad hi fight for th freedom of, tke aresa. Aad then, he acaatod eat, th moving atetara ia bat a new meaa of printing, a new eert af book. ? "God aever made msa aer a weaua XCeatlaaed Oa Fag Fear,) was Mrs. Varner burst into trara. Pre vious to Mr. Sink's testimony, plaintiff put on stand C. b. Patterson, of Lexiag ton. ne strted hs was Mlsager of the Wmmtmrm I!nlo fnr InlinetOB BB nnon reauest xhiblted cerui ) rams which were sent from Lexing ton by E. E. Withers poon, August 1-4, 19S0. to Bute pspers, telling ef M Varaer's suit sgaiast McRary, aaklng for tl 00.000 for alienation of kis wife affections. Mr. Witherspooa, ha stated wa aa smployee of Mr. Varaer, work in ia the office ef the Lexiagtos Dis patch, aewspaper owaed aad operated bv Mr. Varaer. Plaintiff eadravered to show aetioa against McRary follow in suiU Ware "premedaUted out raa-e. Fred O. Sink wss thes pot-oa stand. It waa 11 o 'slock. Ho begsa his testi mosy by explaining thst hs wss msaa eer of ths Letingtoa Diapateh for Mr. Varaer, had beea for put IS year snd hsd worked for the Dispatch tea rears or mora before Mr. Varaer pur shssed it. He said thst hs wss well acquainted with Mr. Varaer also Me- Rarv. "Aboat five years prior to sight ef August 14, 120, did yoa hav soever sstion with, her aad vara bet aboat her alleged susjoclatlo with Baxter MeBary t h 'wa aaksd. "I dil I told Mr.rmsw.aawas result of sonvorsatlo with a frlead of Mr. Varner that I hsd beea iaformefi that Baxter McRary had. beea seen oa various coawas fas day Urns sad nigh:, come ; to ths Varaer borne ta Mr, Varaer's absence. Thia wss about Svs rears aa-Q- . Sink stated thst Mrs. varner denie all intimacy with McRary i that sue asked him what to do: should shs tell Mr. Varner; that be told her he didat kaow, later telling her that ia view of the fact Mr. Varaer already hsd so msny worries he would aot toll him and that shs stated to- him as eoase queues of this decision, Thst shs was glad." later Sink declared thst hs saw McRary sad waraed him. " Tou7vgbf "plenlyTsfT-nsr-aad know what I'm talking about," be aaid hs told McRary. "Hs looked ap at me, dropped him eves aad said, 'muea obliged I haven't apokea to him about it since," ths witness-declsred. Hs stated thnt ea tho following dny ha had sees Mrs. Varner and had told her that hs had warned McRary. On tha night of August 9, 120, wit ness declared thst hs hsd been called out of bed sbon,t 10 e'ejoek by friends who sUted thst they hsd seen McRary enter Mrs. Varner's honss about half an hour earlier and .that aa a conse quence of. this Information ho arose. went to Varner home, knocked aad waa l ,.. u, Dnnehtna deelared thai ttv admitted y Mr- varner; that-ae I wa In no way ia keeping ; wit I th her McRary wss Is ths hones and that Idigaity of th office of Oovaraor to re quire him to pass npoa such ma Hera as ths Highway Commission was called upon to paaa dairy. Th Gov ernor is aa executive officer, aad this , CommissioB is aa admiaistrativ body, sd I think that thia amendment ought not to pass." h eonelnded. It- got only th vot of th member front Wake. , . .,, ... ' ccectt Matthew Asaeadsaeat. - - : . ews of . Bertie... off srsd . .aa ... .- ... amendment providing that ths Stats would be expected or allowed to pay aay county for roads already built. Tha amendment was accepted' after Th Wske member waated to the authority to make Hl.4 deeiaioa aa all matter pertaining to road buildiag froa. th chairmaa of - the Highway Commission sad ths membership of th commiaaioa aad place it iath baada of th Governor. He spoks at some length ia ehampionahip of hi : amendment, declaring that tha Gov ernor ought to- be given power as aa secompaaiment to his - duties. "It i what he asked for ia his meeesgs aad think ws ought to give it to him," Mr Templeton declared. The House was ia bo mood 'to shs dsnied it; thst hs told her it wss best to allow him to search, as a mob hd gathered outside snd they wanted an answer. While at first refusing, she later permitted Sink, Polieeman Smith and Anna Miller, ' n egress, to search hovae, which they did. Failing to find MeBary they told mob and Biak said bs retired only to be called out about J. o'clock the asm night By friends who stated thst' MeBary had beea dragged but from under th home shortly before that he agaia arose ;'im mediately called Mr. Vsrner over tele phone! told him to come bom immedi ately, be said he had had unpleasant parleys with Mrs. Varner ensuing morn ing. - Witness stated that ha met Mr. Var aer in Greeasbero Tuesday whea he wss returning from New York.. ''Whs't's trouble Sink," as stated Vsr ner ssked him. "I told him facts as I knew them," Sink said. "Oh, God, if yoa bad onlv brought m a messags thst shs wss dead,? Varaer cried out, 8iak declared. ' At tbi jusktar ia trial Mrs. Varaer aobbed aloud. Jt wea the first sign ef grief siaes ths trisl begaa. Mr. Sink ssid thst at request af Mr. Varaer he had mads all preparatieae fer Mrs. -Varaer's trip; had purchsul her ticket, givea her apwards sf Sl jwo, aa Mr.. Varaer hsd directed parebased two traveling bags for her,. shipped all repreeeatatives from all af th larger., souatiea hsd assured ths Hobs that, their counties' did not expect or. waat pay for the roads already built. Mr. Templeton excepted from, the position with ths statemeat that the Cary road district wsnted pay for tha Cary high- ' way. Boss of Moore offered aa amendment -providing for a claasrfieatioa of aato -r mobile above tha rating af S3 hrs -A, power. He sabmlteed figure to demoastras thst there, are -.' sere ral huadred ear af thia type ia the State, aad suggested that theSssme ratio of tax be applied to them aa is applied ia ths graduated scale of haras power ay ' to S5. His amendment wa adopted. Grant ef Davie offered aa amendment . providing fer aa additioaal 10 sailliaa dollsra to meet poesible . Federal pre- . admeat waa aot faraitar aha desired aad had fiaallr tekea her to Salisbsry at bar reauest I viBioas, bat his and xmt her an traia. . Ibassed.. - "It yoa ar iaaeeeat, I hops yoa are Thre dsy debet had pawed with, proved ee aoea if yea ar guilty I hop eat a word Cram th father af tha bill, to beeves yoa never hare aaother me- Repreeeatatlv Doaghtoa, and after -th suet's peace aa long a yea live." h last amadsssst was offered aad passed said be told her. - . I apea, k roae to epeak briefly. Tha "Mr. Siak, 1 am issoeent." This wss I Honse aad th gallery had boea waitiag farewsli soavsrsatioa betweea Fred. O. Siak aad Mrs. Florsaee C Varaer' oa aight af August 11, Wednesday, whea she antrsined from Salisbary for her mother's hesss ta Utah Mr. Siak. told the eoart. Mr. Siak denied coaipelliag Mrs. Var aer to a to Saliabar Sad also denied having aaid that if eke would re there I Homse TiU pardon me whea X say that shs eeald saeet Mr. Varaer. . I tnis ta ke greatest piece ef Jegialawa Tha aeaaael tt defeaaa anissed Mr. I this Q serai Aasembly has oasidred for tho Old Tiger to speak aad it ekeend him whea he took tho floor. ,. His face teraed a little redder a he wagted . for aileaoa, aad thaa he aa sared everybody Uat he waa aot going to assise a speech. - Create Slaee X. C aUilrwad. - "It tmr be vaaity. bat I hop the (Caertlaae4 est Pag Twa, ,Caatlaasd Page Fear ). jo r
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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