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ypL. CXIII. NO. 31 ' TWENTY-EIGHT PACES TODAY RALEIGH. N. C. SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY 20. 1921. TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES TODAY PRICEt SEVEN CENTS,
PASSEUGER RATES
IH STATE ORDERED
TO BE INCREASED
North Carolina: Directed To
Have New Fares Made Ef
fectlve on March 29
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO
FIQHT ORDER IN COURT
Jadf e J. f . M&anlof Joint Wit.
-eonsia and Xljhteea Other
States la Maklnf Appeal To
Supreme Court to Determine
Authority of Oommiasioa To
Increase Stata Kates
The News ud Observer Bureau,
SOS District National Bank Bldf.
ByUOl L. BAttR.
(By 8pseial Leased Wlrefi)
Weshlngton, Fob. 19.-Bailrods of
North Carolina ware ordered by the
Interstate Commerce Comalssioa today
to laeroaM their passenger rates to tho
level of thoss U effect la interstate
. ..la yutk 19. 1021.
. A . ... .1.. atrjlarad a reduce
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Three Men Of The Hotfse Whose Names
Will Be Perpetuated In New Road B
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Ptwto br Elllastea.
MORE-SCRAPPING
SS OVER
IN CONGRE
TARIFF MEASURE
Representative Pou Directs thr
Fight To Send Bill To Ways
and Means Committee
ILLINOIS CONGrTsSMAN
LAM BASTS REPUBLICANS
Confreasman Bainey Declare
Tariff Will Btntflt Specula.
tori Only; Old Guard Mem.
bers Divided in Support and
Hard Sledding for Fordney
Bill in Prospect
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Ths News aad Observer Bureau,
603 District Natl. Bank Bldf.
By JOB L. BAKER.
(By Special Leased Wirt.)
Washington. Feb. 10. All of tlx
North Carolina members of the Houm
who were present votod egsinst thr
Fordney so called emergency tariff bill
thia afternoon. Representatives Kitehia
and Godwin were tho absentees, tha
others registering their protest egsinst
passenger traveling within tha Btata
ji raa aoara. uaiaa- wium iicmw -tloaa
whora thay eonld hara obUlnad
titkata.
... r, t a u..-l-
Nortb-Caroliaa. kaa already ioiaod Wis
eoaaia nloaf wUk 18 otkor Btataa la aa
appeal to tha Buprcao court to deelda
whtthtr or boi ui intarauia voai
taarea Commiailoa kaj tha lanl an
thority to aiaka in eh a ruling aa that
-iaavad Uday. Tha Attorney Oanaral
of Boutk Carolina aeaklnf aa tnjnao-
' tloa hi Fedaral eoart to present ua
oaforoemaat of tha order ia that State
bat ia view -ot tho pandlaf appeal la
which North Carolina has joined, ae
farther aetioa it expeeted t7 th legal
'- authorities ia that Bute. Tha hearing
before the Supreme eoart ia the. cue
, ia eheduie for rabruary zs.
CUIaaa Bate rrejadldal.
'. J1 Making pabUa today ita deeieioa that
the intraaute ratrt U force 'withla tha
State "era-prejudicial aad aajuat, and
. ahonld be removed by making Uereaaea
ia said intrastate which shall correspond
; with the Ineresie heretofore made by
- said respondents as ploreuta IB ln
. terstste' passenger fares", .The eom
mission directed that a . order
' iatered .' kk -'r
"That the carriers be aad they are
hereby 'notified and required ecaae
"aad desist froat practicing tha aadna
prendice, endue preference aad ad
. vantage, aad . aajuat diaerimiBatioA,
, fonnd ut. said report te exist ta the
!. relatioa ef - UtersUte aad intrastate
aaseager! fares aad. m in imam charge
pax.passojiger and to JStabluh. ju ii
: force knd maintain passenger fares
and minimum charge per passenger
; tor .tha ' traunortatlon of ttae
eagera ta " intrastate commerce
; withisr the Bute 'of Nerth Care
Una which shall eseeed fare and mini-
mam charge per passenger new ia force
sad applicable ta tock transportation
'la amounts corresponding with the ia-
ereaMS keretofore made by the said
carriers and mow la effect Under tx
narta Ti. referred ta in said roDort. ia
' oid carriers' passenger rires and mini
mum cnarge per passenger
transportation of passengers
within
Intensive Campaign Begun
Against State Moonsliiners
Special Detail of Twenty Offi
cers Organized as Flying
Squadron Here
LEFT LAST NIGHT FOR
. UNNAMED DESTINATION
Win Strike Quickly and Move
To Another Section of State
To Renew Off entire; Expect
To End .Liquor Making;
score of federal Prohibition agents
Under the command of Chief H." 0.
ChiUoy left Baleigh eeeretly last sight
for aa unaamed destination, and tthia
averalng they. iU fp? '".'"Vt?
apoa the nnsuspeetiag . moensauier . w
soma section, of. the Bute , withla , a
Bight's ioaraey ef the capital.
It la the teglnhfhg ef aa latsnaive
eampaJga to wipe eat the illicit mans
feature of lianor la North Carolina.
Special officers, twefrom each Bute
la the Southern division, have been as-1
sembied in Baleigh during the past few
days, aid tht campaign carefully
mapped out Full arrangements havs
bsea made, sad by tonight, it ia thought
that the Drat reports will be coming in.
Win Vary Attack.
Points of attack will be widely seat
MORE STARTLING
TESTIMONY GIVEN
Witnesses Testify That Mrs.
Varner and Baxter McRary
Visited Greensboro
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American people and will really
of benefit to the farmers, beause the
grain, wool, etc, on which the duties
are fixed by the bill and on which prices
will rise if the bill becomes a law,
is ia the hsnds of speedsters aaj
hoarders who will derivs the only profit
therefrom. Tho vote was en sending
the bill to conference to thrash out
differences between the House snd the
Senate, tbs motion carrying by 100 to
132.
Speaking against the bill, Beprrsaa.
tative Henry Kaioey, of IllaVHa, a Dem
ocratie member of the Ways and Means
Committee, declared that in the ease
of wool the government was through
this bill preparing to make the wool
consuming public pay the mea who have
cornered six hundred million pounds
of wool, most of which is stored St
Boston, pay a subsidy of millions ef
dollars. The bill proposes a tariff of
13 cents a pound ea gresss wool and 45
rente a pound on scoured wool. If this
wool that ia stored is gresss wool, it
will be the subsidy of tW,00000 to the
men who have cornered the wool' sup
ply, and If it is scoured wool, the sub
sidy will be- 20Q.OOO,000, Mr. Bainey
declared. The reason for this is that
the wool stored is sufficient to fill de
niands for twelve months.- The eraer
fceaey lilt ie to be In effect onry tea
months. During the life of the bill the
will aot wed to Buy one
INVESTIGATE- CO ST
IMINAL
OFCR
T
IN NORTH CAROLINA
f
The'Most'Adrolt
Debater In House
Long of Alamance Offers Reso
lution in Senate To Name
. Commission
REPORT COURT NEEDS
TO 1923 LEGISLATURE
Would Ascertain Cost of Grim-
inal Oourti in Entire State;
Senate Stages Another Scrap
Orer Tioki; House Holds
Hicki Boad Meaiure for
further Inreitifation
A commission of eleven to Investi
gate the cost of the criminal courts
of the Htate and to determine the
needs of the rerectiv counties sad
the adequscy with which they bre
now tilled ia proposed in a bill in
roduced In tho Rennte yesterday by
Senntor Long, of Atamsnre. - 4
The hill provides thst the commis
sion shall consist ol tha ( hief Justice
of the Supreme Court ; two Senators
mot b I I'linriin ut mo vfriirmi ahvouiuij; i mj
Ured. Today ths gsneral raids will be I'1"" Vm Ju" De,ow -"8Trs
nrosecuted in ons county and tomorrow. P0?"? ti "djouung the street,' he
ths agents may rest er they may go to
some section remote rrora the scene
Greensboro, Feb. 19. There waa an
other dramatic moment ia Federal court
here today during trial of Urs. Flor
ence C. Varner s suit against her has
band, II. B. Varner, Lexington business
man. for "reasonable subsistence." when
eeerfts W. Petty, of Lexington, testified
that na saw jars, varner and Usjrter Me-
Bary, 'enter sa' slleged house 'of bad
repute in.-Greenjb during aumsser f iSt
1015. Court sdjoornsd shorttr attsr ".LV " . .?T "aZT'
rI Z.C: ITr r. T?t I the bill has expired by the Uaulatioa
Mrs. Varner snd McBary board traia f 7- YeT ha va to bnr anr further
No. 3 at Lsxingtoa and watched them I iVZIL J".?w
ntt nff in RtMiihAM ' U. c.ll . I B1
aw. iv " ) 1.,,.. fc. ilMhtail -will wwiS mwim
then tlnno Tin. V. sa A I r ---
v." ... " V i dollar Troin the license, aad. yet it is
M"..!!.J he a-.rted. that tt.tf a farm-
was following her. also entered. Pettv !
SI vile Ts m o "b ,lep U becoming bankrupt, Tke aame
IFZ "UP V!rBer argument appues to sugar, it was
a Hit. 1j steps ahead. ,'Bhs went up-1 .h
lid in reply to Question.
"Whai did McBary oof"
shown.
Bepreeeatative Pea Speaks.
For the opponents of the bill, Repre
sentative Pou. .directed tha . .fight which
i... i wu mflira me mm iw-r H I ni tm unaiBK
of their lnitUl raids and InstituU a I i o "); steps, looked th, bm M .mended by the Senate, to
o..... i. i. i ! eroeseu me-street ann tantm ... . " . .
n hl"ww orcrwij, j :-j i . v.-iu . . i comercnce wunoui its rererence w we
r . " will vsU their movements, and every "'. " " ""' enu ""out Ways snd Mesas Committee,
Btato ef P"oa is being Uke. to forestall ' "'" '- r" S h?s .pieTh opining deT.
?f warnings that might be sent to the Pte stsars, where Mrs. u,, .,. . pc declared tl
iii'itT jiaa gone,
.Ul. .lekU tk.
VI.llV VBHlfni W Milam Suv BMW w masalnml
iwr it .iiRiinii easiu uvtwvva yvajBijsj mm i
-the Btatg?f North Carolina and Poiater.'T::?!. f Honor m.kln. t. you see them agninf
r i ft
k- UT.-.iu iw.il Wastry ia North Carolina during the
The earners are alss directed "to I , U ,k. v... .4n. I
i aad desist from practicing th aa-
went
"No."
past 12 months hss been of serious con- am you oof
!T; .M?7l.Iti Prohibition forces, and tbs Ab"ut minute of two Inter I
i .ui T A..! JfJ.A?r'..a mP1inh omiB' lB to PP'tf.1' Talf ed looked sbdut1
ru kM h.T. HrtOT here from every section you see anyooayi"
intrastate passengers who board trains I . Q. fc. ,v. .v:. l "Not a oni.
rjjV.. 'uX.TaWJ srenta to action. With only 42 mea to "Hear anything V hs was asked.
... wU . . w- - , h,- . i4nMv has hM, I cvervminff was nnrrala
luh and maintain a charge ef lS eeatf ' ,tm,.,r 'nn.i !n ..-trai-j-- h. ' To eorroboraU Pttv-. .iiiT.-J
gainst, pa.ger. ..traveling la Wtljhfir p Hcem - ""J-rl " "
Itma M,a, I 1 . ft - - J w vvmuviiiNM
Ihtring the past week, he appealee to I police lores, were placed on staitd. They The principal
debate against
the rule, Mr. Pou declared that it was
unwise snd unfair to legislate oa such
an important mess u re as the tariff bill
without a chance for any deliberation.
Dealing with such intportant legislation
iu such a summary manner could not
be justified, he declared, and the rule
ought to be defeated and the bill, as so
vitally amended' by the Senate, sent to
the Ways and Means Committee where
the amendments could be passed upon
nd sent back to the House for careful
and two Judges of the Superior Court
sad four lawyers, to. be appointed by
the Governor,- all of whom are to serve
without pay
The scops of the inquiry to he made
by the proposed commission includes
II of the criminal courts of ths State
of every nsrurs end description, snd
ths commission Is directed to report
its findings to the next session of ths
General Assembly.
H4d Up Tkk BIIL
Ths Long bill was ths only impor
tant measure introduced in the Benate
yesterday sad no bill of sny kind was
passed, but a successful effort to gsin
tims for compromise, negotiations with
members of the House provoked the
bitterest fight thst has yet been waged
on the pestiferous subject of ths cattle
tick. Ths three weeks' controversy over
the qtatewide tick eradication bill waa
supposedly tsrminsted on Thursday
wnen tne measure passed its third
reading by aa. overwhelming major
ity.
uowever, wnen ua committee on
eagrossed bills reported yesterday that
the bill had been properly engrossed
sad was ready for tra.simis-.ion to the
House, Senator ' Taylor, its sponsor,
rose ie mere mu.uie Mil be held ia
the Senate until Tuesdsv. Bensror
iwiwwyy-or rtonnampton,' rsugnt the
proposal ea the grouad that to botd
a bill after it had' ease
HOGHESFORfMY-
IJlMFflRYflAPflllin:
IUUIIL.UUI lUlIlUlllU -J
FOR CABINET POST j
Former Republican Candidate ;
For Presidency Will Be J
Secretary of State
SELECTION OCCASIONS
NOTHING OF SURPRISE "
Proposed Appointment Knows
Montha AfO Among Iriendt
of Preaident-Eleet; Hew Pre
mier Holda Conference With
Hi Chief; No Ponnal State,
ment aa To PoreifB Policies
-rMs .tssIIUsrse,
WAXTTB MUBPBT ' 1
Brilliant parliamentarian who took
up the losing fight for ths Stste Wei
fare work and piloted it .through
hostile House to victory, aad ea last
Friday saved the State-wide stock la
from defeat at ths hsnds ef lie ene
mies. Mr. Murphy served ia the Gen
eral Assembly ia V7, "01, '03, D3, .'07,
13 aad IS, and was speaker of the
House ia 117. He's from Balisbury.
CLEAR BOILING OF
CORRUPT CHARGES
House Committee Exonerates
Brother-in-Law of Presi
dent of Any Guilt
Washington, TeW. 19, Winding up Its
eighteea mouths'. JavesU(rs,tiou of BUp
ping Board operations, the select House
sommKte, -headed by- 'Beprssenteti-re
Walsh, . , issuod a formal ptatsutf at ?-
passed aad I Say holding that B, W. Boiling, broths
las urns limit oa motion to vaeon. I (.! p.ii. wu... ..a
""" viapaea conirarr in ail ties, i .v . l , m , n .a
matter woula b. i. .bsolnti 'J" .PUn, .y bribe, gift
Tf-thr-gren16t - trlfch " bia been I or ratuity" as charged by- Tucker K.
sdopted not to take action oa ui Kin. 1 Bands, a former WaahinKtoa banker.
Of publis nature. Senator Psfti I in snnnmrtinn wifri finntrmt ttw fit priori
nothtr proponent of th bill.
a point of order against the motion,
uwi. oeaaior uong. or Alamance, who
ws presiding ia ths nbsanea f hmh
ne xseutenMit Uovernor and the Pres-
by ths board to the Downey Shipbulld
ing Corporation.
This wss the second statement issued
by or oa behslf of the committee
ident Pre Tempore, rnled wlrh Rn.n. I Honeratina1 mew whose names wars
Taylor's contention thst the motion bronaht into the investliratlon. The
ditf-Bot- eonfiict " with" thv ict ".1.1 i'.Tr riv,,r "lir5"
. 7 . . I ursi,. miui puuiig whu pgw,
Rnn.tn. T.- . . said the committee members did not
of no quorum, but tha Rr..nf . a., believe thst Chsrlos M. Bchwab hsd rs-
was able to find the requisite number ceived expense money from the gov
of Senators. When the roll wu iu.i eminent while eervinc as director sen
on the motion, the clerk's eount showed I eiai of tho emergency fleet Corpora
the motion had carried bv vnt lal tien as had been chsraed bv an as-
to 14. However, it developed that he, I countant who examined the books of ths
had recorded Benator Dnnlsn. h ... Bethlehem Corporation.
absent This necessitated another mil Today's statement came . after Mr.
call, and in the meantime. Benatn Me. I boiling hsd reappeared before the eohi
Coin had left ta catch a train. It seem. I mittes to reiterate his denial of Mr.
ed that a tie would result, hut H.n.tn, Sands' charges and A. M. Fialier, a com
Kinsland saved the day for the nronon. I mittee investigator, hsd testified that
St Asgustins, Fie., Feb. lfi.-Ckarlee
Evans Hughes, former governor ef New
Turk, Justice ef the Supreme court aad ' '
Bepublieea nominee for tke presidency,
was fonaslly desigasted by President
elect Harding today as the Secretary ef
State ef the coming sdmlnietretion.
The announcement, embodying tke
first bfleial word te come from the -
President elect regarding selections falUn'-"
.isvasv0
ion;-wu
statemeat after a long conference be
tweea the two mea oa the foreign preb
leme thkt must be solved after Mars - -----
. - Nslthsr Mr. Harding nor ths pros- - .-'
peetlve besd ef the State department '
added any forma comment
There was bo element ef surprise ia
the selection, for it hsd been knows for
several wseke thst Mr. Hughse virtually
was certain te be gives the place. He
ia understood to havs been Mr. Hard-
ring's choice from the first, despite
strong pressure ea behalf ef ether
aspirsnts.
Ne Formal Statesaeata.
lawmaking this announcement Mr.
Harding declined to go into details '
shout ths subjects discussed with Mr.
Hughss duriag their all-day conference,
saying that one ef the policies ef hie V
administration would be te let each d-
partmeat head speak for himself. Mr. '
Hughes, ia his tura declared Be publis - X.
statement on the problems ahead weald
be expedient at this tims.
X)f course,'' he added, I appraise it
is a great privilege te be invited by
Senator Harditag to serve in his sdmia
iatratioa. And I regard it aa aa tmpera-
tive obligation te accept ,
It generally was BBdsrstoeei aowever.
that diplomatJe : appointmente to be
made at the outset af the bow, admin ,
utratloa furnUhed ens of the topic' .
talked ever and thst there wss coa-
sidsratioa else of ths preliminary steps
to be taksa toward aa assoeiatiea of
satioas, la regard to appointments; tha
discussion . was mora or lesa indefinite,
it being' the policy -of the President
elect to dslsy most ef th seleetioa for
diplomatic poet until alter Manga
ration.
Althonth neither Mr. Harding ao
Mr. Hughes would divulge the opinions
expressed during their sonsultatioa, tha
general impressioa ameng these close
to ths president-elect is that the first
diplomatic approaches te ether aatioas
in regard to a pease assoeiatioa will bo
cf m entirely informs! character.
Hughes Wsll Equipped.
stat eommeree withla th Stat and I
j .u. ,. i. t.r-1 , w wpKim vai f""- '""i w", piacea on staffd. They l " The principst -- speeches were maae
, I tli nil I'ht.e Rmma In HiuhmasiI I tMtlflarf. that -. .n . . i ., n i
. ,-( . . AM n .... ki. imU, I -" - . . a wmi ui ivi9a I sKavinsc ma diii ut arpnwnuiuvn . wu
W - wm.w .-" II!. .R. .M1, V.. HlkM 1. . . u..lWl,.. .VS. I..1J... 1 1 . . . . I . M .
out tickets at station whers they eould
kave obtained ttcketa." v .
The carriers are also ordered la th
matter of baggage to pat ia fores "aa
allowance of baggage - per paasengar
which will correspond with the allow
. anee'Vper .passenger Bow maintained
by th carriers 'la connection with in
terstste eommeree. -, : '
- Lastlr. th order directs that tt 'skill
- become effective oa ox before March 29,
1921, upoa aqtice- to the eommissloa
aad tho general public by aot less than
five days aoties. . "- ' - i; " r - -
tMfferemeo Means Over MIHloeu
' Beviewlnf tho passeager faro eoa
treversy la the State, going back to
1908. whea tho rate of two' aad ft half
with the result that authority has been whea this incident is alleged to have Garrett of Tennessee and Bainey of
given for the assembling of a special occurred, Petty came to them aad Illinois. Whils the steering committee
force of-officers to .take the situation pointed the house out ' Both mea cracked its whip and got snough votes
in nauu. nrenty mea e ue eiiy inn i ststea that at the- time It wasrkaowa I ito lifts to adopt the rule and send the
igac, ana iney win, unless novasa i si a house of bad rODute and the biU direct .to conference, tho failure
'worst of mea er women Went there." to get a two-thirds vote wss significant
' Important- developments of- tho ease snd menns that there will be diflJculty
to far thia wsek follow i . even ia tho House ia mustering the two
Tuesday: Mrs. Varner testified, mala. 'hird mjpritynecessary to pass the
all .11 . ... " . "Ik. .koll mmiI ; k.-k. A ;..nnrH 1
u uciswu' k opposition. I
- Wednesday! Anna Miller, Begrees,
Vsraer servaat.testifled for. Mrs. Var
ner, making noor witnasm. VrmA r
Siak, Varner's business manager, star
elsewhere, stick Jby,th job bbUI, North
Carolina has been la a measure freed
01 the liquor Industry.
CItlseas CshoaeretiBg.
v M-opetating.ot; iUB : In
many parts of the State has bsea prom
ised ths department "and a repetition
of the achievements ef the Law aad
Order League in .Cumberland county is
expeeted ia many sections. Organized
drives, with; several score participants
may be instituted aad carried - out, as
was the esse whea the citizens of lower
Cumberland got together Bad combed
(CssUa
me Oa Page Two)
he. shall send it back disapproved. The
chance of a two-thirds majority ia th
Senate is even more remote.
Bepublicaas are Divide.
Thst ths Republicans are divided
among themselves oa the .tariff issue
was indicated by the fact that several
New England members, led by Bepre
seatstive Tresdwsy, ,of Msssaehnsetts,
a member or tns ways aad Means com
mittee, defied ths whip of tho steering
Mmmttt this aftanaoBi . and. voted
year la passing an aot fixing, tho rate of-ths State, according to. prohibiUon I Hig 8ecretaTT Annonncea That I against ths bill. Tread way Bad Luce,
at three cents a mile, except oa short-1 .?' .,0., I T4nn:il,u r. o: w saotker Masssehusetts Kcpubliean,
Una roads ef less tkaa ten miles. tlwIJO" m w rH" out-i w wis wp m trai I spok against the bill.' Th threatened
..... - la, ,V. ..J..
th Director Geaeral potting tho three I f. WJBP fl " P, iB ",wejuL
eeats a mile rate in effect in 191 aad L'M;r 1'2u0f J ""t ,at.tat.S?r
the aetioa of tho Geaeral Assembly last 0ihf" '.f tk9r'
CARUSO: STILL IMPROVES
Hj$ PHYSICIANS- STATE
Tims Sines TJlneaa
commission oavsi I MWa r Fn ua "tested
-EvideBco offered by respondents la- thr busiaeas wbsa it waa a legiti-
.. . . . .... ... I an.t. 11....., I.hmm l.i.nn. awaHM.
eneaisa max ix ins niessns inirasxatsi -r . -. . ; , i . i coanmuice w oiu sumer
fare are continued for one year aad ture' was banished from tho State I "JT " e Earieo Caruso. Republican leader whom it subsequently
desertion of New fnglaad Bepublieans
appeared so serious thst tke steering
committee had to call on the former
zaiwe ere sssussn xor one year aaa l ---, -- I warM c. . . , nrjiuunu. . huui.u,
tho intrastate travel during that year I "ter th plebiscite of 1909, and for the I., .vi a0" te"'f toar.j apparsatly diaercdited, Maaa, of Massaehnsetts, to
T I auA B am. At. a. Ot.i. ta. aVaUaam skaaaak I WU Disl IA Ml fit frjl 1 TB wkaVa St. ... 1. - I . a . a w-1
ts ths aamo as .la tao 'Calendar year lP. y-w n mvm w ... "r. (-"ih-j iuae tne noor aaa warn ise new cng-
1919, tho direct loea of revenss to th Bieally fro f liquor. ; t .v.7- I Ji-!I1BS l",,l"If"f Beartj,ad Bepublieans that If they did aot
.a, ai. 1 -a a . a .- I . Ratiaaataai. m ka aaaaka. a, M-illa I atUCk WBjch OaTOr thia Waak thvaaa. I a l .l. .v: .a i al.1.
miuw 9Z saw aniewrwiu mpvaaenis I - -; - . , ... - - ,,a uu in, wi yn.imuva tm mim
through Xallurs to- seen re tto SO poraceuy wora m us owe wmm asi - - , - . . bUL slmed to plseate too farmers, when
eeat taereaeo ia those fares will ap I a1 iSflOO aa the ostlmatod weekly I Bppeare more cheerful and was I the biU had been la the-begianiag given
proximate eiSsua. iiaaI oa the ouzpui ei wusaey ox vanows sons is 1 wx sou a. xooa. I tho spproral of the majority Of tbs
psasenger travel during the first sitPaeeo as upwaros ox juuuw gaiioaa. i : 7-"" icwr, sis pay-1 Ways aad Heaas eommiUse they would
months of 1920 the loss for six months Eery variety of liquor fat being made, I d'. Bi foaditloa was pre-j not bo able to muster solid party
would approximate oSOO. It ia said Sfsats iad SB their, raids, tanging fJ"- tUfrtorily- Whh relapse ttreagth for tke tariff bills that aaay
v maw raaip ibi ibbib ram sisBmsi inmai am 1 ss ssm uitv mr snv-vTiisB dismw tm ." tr ssn w w gvara r aai swara . bussb sbbisbv s - mm m mevav.ss
bus la Aorta uarouaa lor 11 repro-1 tao vilest ox eoaeoetions oc aaeertaia I proamtBciag bus eoavai-1 xho debate between Bepublicaas at
seats about 44 per sent ef their total I erigia. - - 'i lone time became almost bitter aad
. The plants la operatioa range from wroooo Becretary, to- Westera Republicans from the farming
I -l .... . . . , I a i . f mfmwm aal V . a.n t . .1 r
aavan-ai copper anus ox a nign capacmr I ? auuvwisiw euvesseBi: I maiaa aerved nuvtare oa tne Maw F.mw
to eraae makaskirts with nothing morel siaee-his rempso kud representatives frees the large
usu pa wu cast aaa lew zees ex iron i m-m mr mim nsisc sappers-1 ssasntraetarina? a aft rt eta. mat ir thav
I piping. Ofuaals kavs been unable te edby pillovrs aad asaiste by his ssrse I nrm not viiirag to gWa the farmer
trace taa son re a af saanafsuetara af tke I "m. xie ase Dean nakinsi ta da I .Mtutu,. vu j-..ta ak . a
state aad interstate passengers ea the bettor cmsa sf -asills which or being this all day, aad waa eery please whea mi xpeet aesietaaee trees tho Westera
came traias with the aame service. The shipped into the State, but It 1 easily l Pkysic-aaa. gave their pexasisoa. xjmbiieaas la writing preteetfro tariff
tatrastata psavaeager, paying tho lower -recognise that the moonshiners have . " ae of tho telcgrssaa which he hwa for tho New Eagles maanfae-
fare, rideo ia the same ear and perhaps aeeess to Us very beet ef oqalpmeBt if reeeived today was change frees twera.
the earns seat witk the interstate pas- they have the money to pay for it with. uziety to Joy over the aewa that Mr. Ckalrwua Wsrrea. Thslto CaoluL
eeorsr who pars the higher fare." . Caruso Is bow oa the road to recovery." Tkosmaa D. Wama. af NmrI-.
CommissiOBer -Toseph B. Easta.au die-1 . rsomary karaesa race; flZJI Cams waa given solid foe sgsia at I .kairaua of the North rtrJi rw-T.
passenger reveaae 1b th State, and for I
the first sua moatks of 1939 about 61
oor osnt- - v
OteustssJsiesioa la Allesre.
All the responds. ta except tho Pied
mont aad Nerthera carry both intra-1
(CMUawed o rags Two)
I steeple chase and running re cos. Fins-1 his evening meaL Flowers eoabaae te
I asm, we-aneaay-cr, arrive at kis spartmeaW -
(CsbjUbbc Oa rr Two
be had inquired into the matter and
found that there was nothing irregular
about transactions between Mr. Boiling
snd Mr. Hands. 5 .
Mr. i'isher said the transactions were
i : . 1 . . .1
"j ucumi is tom rrora na
to nye, and the tick ersdieators were
given until Tuesday to convert the
House.,
8enaror Swain nlJ .
question of pessoaal Drlvlletra to answer porely f a personal nature. Mr. Boll
B statement in a weeklv Diner nuhlLheil I ing previously had testified that they
in the district adjoining his own. In I h"d t0 do with paymsnt of funds due
which the Senator from Tvrrell wis I him by Mr. Bands on a bouts eon
railed' "ths elowa of the 1921 General strued for the latter some years ago.
Assembly. I bceretary fayne, former ah airman
, Leave of absence was yeaterdav srsnt- of the Shipping Board, was' before ths
ed to Frank Xt Haekett P,m.;.i rio.a I committee . todar '. for more than aa
01 me senate, on account of ths desth our, reviewing eonaiuons as 11 loonci
of His brother. - The Senate sdjourned ti''g'U- Bher4 lie became cJiairnian soon
-a alia-T
. - W V V 1 J a UUIU 1WO D E1DCI JUOfl. 1 -.WI u ,iuub,w " a v . -w
day afternoon. ' . Isold he found the accounting system ta
It waa a dull day ia the Houss vaster- btd - shape and dismissed several qi
dsy until ths, .Avery county road bill ficials and abolished some" bOreSus in
was brought up in ths course of the ths course of a general ehaklng-up of
calendar, clearing, and then for b brief the organizations . .. ..- - .
spell it looked as though thsrs might Mr. Psyas criticised . the Merchant
be a scrap, snd possibly sensations. ' Marins bill, plan of a Shipping Board
.Dissensions hare been brewing for of seven, members, saying tkat one
weeks ever the Hicks bill. He offered a eneeutive should, hsndls the work. - He
meaiurs early in the session, aad num-1 also attacked ' Congress 'for, proposing
bars of kis people earns down to pro- abrogation of commercial, treaties
test against it, and asked Representative preferential' rstes might be put, into
Neat to draw aad present snotber. It effect ....
m done, and the Boads . committee . The secretary also declared' that 'the
passed the Heal bill. I government - could - not compete with
"The. measure immedistely disappear-1 private chipping interests ia operating
ed, and another was drswn, after other I merchant craft and reiterated-his
Republican members hsd conferred with lief thst -if American passenger liners
Mr, Hicks, embodying the provisions of fare to operate successfully in corope ti
the Nel bill. Yssterdty Mr. Hicks, I toa with foreign liners,, they, must be
witk Mr.' Nesl, aad. other members of permitted to cell, intoxicants sutsido
the roed committee, snd Bepublieans
who had labored with him .over thr
wording of the substitute were absent
tried to amend the measure by iaclud
ing his original provisions.
aMpubhesBS caught him, and Demo
crats est by snd watched them ensnsre
kiss. Mr. Hicks cWas bitter ia bis pre
tests against the aetioa ef tke commit
tee aad of the House. Oa suggestioa of
Various atembers, all eonsiderstioa of
the bill was put off uatil Tuesdsy mora.
igt when it it expected thst dsve lop
meats may be soenewhst sensational. -
After that the House proceeded along
the even tenor ef He way, passing morH
than 100 roll call bills ea their second
reeding and leaving tha calendar ia
fairly gee shape.- Adjournment was
takes uatil Monday afternoon at 1:49
o'clock whea a ioiat oseoiea will- as
semble to hear tho leader of the Ameri
cas Lrgioa make aw address. Many
members are out of tn oity lor the
week oa.
the American three-mile line.
STORM WARNINGS ' "
- f ORDERED CP ALONG "
" SOUTH ATLANTIC COAST;
.. . - "... i V
' Washington, Feb. .It, Northwest
Mens warning wss ' ordered BI
from JacksoovMo, Fl., so Besw.
fert, N. C, by. the Weather Bo
reas ot I o'clock toolghC -
A disturbance was .ever Alahaaaa,
aoeordlsnj to repotta,' aad will mere ,
. ortbastward with , marked la .
snail la iatoasity, -. .. : '
- rreeh east aa sisthsaet winds
were Indicated. Tho forecast stated.
- they win become strong lata toaigkt
or Saaday moralwg... ..... r'
Tho storm wRl be attowded by -"enow
oad talo ta- middle Beetles '
eeat ef tke Mississippi ' rrvee aa
rala la tke seotheaetera states Bs
dsy aa by wlndo' and galoa aloeg
the report said.
No official diplomat: eorrospoadsae f
is expeeted on tho subject aa - Be-
formally accredited diplomatic mis-
sions ars liksly to bo seat abroad until
the attitude of other powers has been
felt out quietly aad some basis for ne
gotiations established. -
Mr. Hughee will bring to tke ssere-
Uryship of state a legal training of
unuaual scope as wsil as a mind ayes
pathetic to international agreement -
for the maintenance of peace. During
the treaty fight he advocated reserved
ratification of tho Versailles league
snd he proposed several reservations
which were considered by the Senate -
mtjority ia the preparation of its final
program.
Ib th midst of th National sam
psiga last year, Mr. Harding held sa ,
ef kis longest eon foresees with th
maa sow selected to sit at tho hood ,
of tho cabinet, and whea confers noes ,
of "best minds" began at Marion ia
December, he was the first te be sss
moned. It le understood that even ,
thsa Mr. Harding virtually had de
cided -ea 4he oppiBtnent though J
formal lnvitatloa was aot extended un
til a later date.
Strong Support For .Other Maa. -
Strong support for ether available
...
T
men for the State ' portfolio developed
during December aad Jsauary, ' oas of -tke
most Insistent ; movements being '
for th selection of Elihu Boot, a for- .
mer secretary. Since th first Of th
year, however, there have beea repeat- '
ed indieaUons that Mr. Harding's miad
was mads up oa the question, acid ho
is known to have considered announce
meat of the appointment early la Jan-,,
usry. . ...,"' ,
The only queetion Mret Hughe was
willing to answsr tonight in regard
to tbs policies of his department relate
to publicity, Aeked whether he In-
tended to follow the precedent of the '"
present . admialstratioa ' . ia holding -
periodical conferences with newspaper ,
mea ho replied with aa emphatic af-,
firmativs, adding that he wasted tk .
give the fairest publicity to every
department question that would permit
discussion..
Although the conference win Mr.
Hughes occupied virtually all of tho
Piccldeat-electB atteotioa during the '
day ho had oeroral ether colic rs, la
luding Chsirmaa Fordney of UO
Houso ways oa means committee, wk
came' to talk about tariff kscislatioa, .
fcsd Manual Angela, a representative of
the Cuban Hberat . party, who asked
that the Amerleaa goversmest aid la -guaranteeing
fair oleetieao ia Caks,
Ob neither of these questions did Ms.
Harding express any final opinion.
- - V. M. L Beats Virginia. '
Jtoaaoks, Va, Feb. 19, Virginia M01-
tary Institute's quint defeated the bee- -katball
team of ths Cairertity of Yir-
giaia Bero.toalght, tl to 13.