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VOL CXIII. N9.
SIXTEEN PACES TODAY.
RALEIGH. N. G. THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 1921.
SIXTEEN PACES TODAY.
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CONGRESS
GRIND
New. Member, of Both Houses
of Congress Conspicuous
Among New Comers
MAJOR BULWINKLE IN
TAR HEEL VANGUARD
Tour Hew Member of Con
gress From North Carolina;
Secretary To Senator Orer.
man Oritically III; Interna
tional Association of Machin
ist Thank Sect'y Daniel
s
OUT SUPPLY BILLS
BUT LITTLE ELSI
Fight On Naval Bill Continues
In Senate With Little Pros
pects For Passage
ABANDON HOPE FOR
SOLDIER BONUS BILL
Hope Abandoned For Passage
of Packer Regulation Meat,
nre; Appropriation For State
Road Aid, Federal Budget
871 tern and Reapportion,
ment Bill
V'S(VfiBV- rfs. r'c' vr"';ii
he New aad Observer Baraaa,
District Nstlonal Bsak Bldg.
Br JOE L BAKKR
(By Special Uuxl Wirt)
WaahiagleB, March I. Iaaugu ration
aaaaaa ia bringing It usual large quota
f visitors ia Washington. Th hotel
ara filling ap, Ua corridor ef thf
Capitol, tha othtr poblia building
wara crowded with alghtaeora today and
at all Ua place of latereet aboat tha
Capital city, tha lnrlui of vljltore waa
Botleetbl.
nana nuniniw" ul ,Ma r" J ''jr-.-r -,' i;i-
eight yaara ago, Brtbeleat there
ara aomber of vliltore here from
North Carolina, torn of them Bepubll
eaaa anxioot to b lifted aa "preaent
ad willing whoa the jobs ara to be
paaaed around, while others are merely
tha big tveat aa Friday.
Naw Coaajraasiea Arrira.
Coaspieoons among those who ara ap-Marina-
at tha Capitol ara new mem
ber! of tha two Homes of Congress. I
One of tha members-elect ef the House
from North Carolina waa listed among
today's arrivals, the same being Major
A. U Bnlwinkle, of Uastoua, wno os
rriday will soreeed to the Ninth iis
triet Mat from which Hob. Clyde B.
Hoe will retire. Major Bulwinkle
eame in this morning, located his office,
engaged living quarter! at one of tne
Washington, March t. Congreoe,
wlthia s day and a half ef adjournment
had cleared. It calendar tonight ef ten
of the 13 annual supply measurra and
leaders still were hopeful of getting two
others the army and sundry civil
through at the last minute.
The fight on the navaiill was con
tinued ia the Heaste arid indications
were that it finally would take ita place
with the great mass of bills which e re
regarded as certain to die " Willi Jlhis
Mnmu " . .
mong the meaanrea for nmch ho j la (agre.
Williams Fires Parting Shot
At Senate Before Resigning
President Wilson Declares "Gross Injustice" Done To Comp
troller of Currency By Senate Banking Committee and
Expresses Appreciation For Service Rendered By Him;
Williams Charges Senators With Dodging
Washington, Marri a John Bksltoa
Williams retired toaight aa comptroller
ef tha curreacji. la aaaepUag his aesig-
aatiea "with deep and geauiae reluc
tance," President Wilton wrote Mr
Williams that hs bad been done a
"gross injuetles" by the way la which
the Benate banking committee had haa
died the question of his reconflrnistioa
J tun only believe, however,- eaM
the President, "that time will diteloee
the iajustice to everyl'ody and that the
riiht verdict will be rendered by opin
ion if not by one of the bouaes of
Congress.
1 have had the pleasure nucn more
than one oeeatlon of expressing to you
the approval not only, but the admira
tioa with which 1 have followed the
administration of your office. Yon can
carry away with you Into private life
the satitfsction of hating performed
the duties of Comptroller of the Cur-
rency in a way which haa redounded
not only to tht credit of this adminis
tration, but to the benefit o( the Ansa
clal interests of the country."
Saya Senator Dodged.
The President tchi writing in reply
to a letter from Mr. Williams oa lcb
ruary 28 tendering hi resignation, ef
ftctive tonight,- and ia which he took
a parting shot it some ef his critic
Former Speaker Champ Clark, of Missouri, whose term of office would
have expired tomorrow, died in Washington yaaterday afternoon at .3: 10 o'clock
st of plc.nna.T-
Death Closes Career Of Champ
Clark After An Eventful Life
Congress Barely Halted To Pay
Tribute To Passing of
Aged Member
TAR HEEL CAPTAIN
WANTS P.H01T!
hotel. .Bd will romaln ovor to take DEATH OF GRANDCHILD
the oath of office oa Friday, ne pians Qpnc CATUCPI V CDlDlT
ta return to .North Carolina rriday bnUIL rAIMtnLT dflnl I
I l. . - t until tima tl I '
"ii rWM to JM Vtpiroi w cvuuvat awsMtv, vvuv vsiuv visju kjuii jccr I V Th. hin t hk lo conference)
u4 iaeof fegmgrww ot cold slofcvi Hj
the meat and xoal industries, flUO.nou,
0U0 for State road aid, a Federal budget
aystem, re-apportionment ia the House,
re-organiiation of the Patent Office and
many others regarded aa of less importance.
. President Wilton has jigttfdL ai;
the supply measures paased. These are
the poetoffice, diplomatic. District of
Columbia, rivers and harbors, pension
nnd deficiency. Sent to him today
were the legialative, Indian, and agrl
culture bills
General legislation awaiting the
President's aignature ineludea the
emeraency tariff hill, which reached
tha White House this morning and wna
referred for report to the Treasury Do
partment: the immigration restriction
bill, now before the Labor Department
for report, and the resolution repeal
ing most of tha special war-time lawa.
The House todsy again refused to
agree to the Senate amendment to the
army appropriation bill fixing the army
strength next year at 173,000, the vote
for Mch hope la Congress. . The retiring comptroller J
dodged-aad evaded
House Democrat which will be called
just prior to tha eonveaing of the
extra aassioa of Coa gross for which
Paasideni Hardias-. will issue B Ball
soon after he is swera ia.
Mstat BnJwinkla is ana o four asw
mmnbaia Narth Carolina will have ia
Near The Presidency, In
Harness To The Last,
TA I against the proposal being 240 to 81
VI Tk. kill . T,t k.,W n MnhmM
Have Captains Placed Ahead
of Lieutenants
WashJngtoB, March . Death doted
today the career" of Champ Clsvrk. of I
MiaaoBri, for more tkB b qiurter of I
the Houte after rrMay ln ,r I a .nt.r a toweriac fltrur ia aatienal
a BsaaMr, , wh. W I rtal of .trfwrnrt. in the
Robinson, is. tha Seventh District:
-'Boater Lyen, whs succeed H. L. Ood
wla, of the Sixth District, and H. S.
' Ward, aueeeesor to Joha-H. Small, ia
l-lTrsi"UTarBira7JWarff and
Hammer ara expected in prior to Friday
boob, but Mr. Lyon will probably sot
get up for the inauguration, and pos
sibly aot before tha Democratic cau
cus. Tha Betlriag CongreaasaeB,
Of tha. retiring congressmen, Mr.
Godwin haa formed a law partnership
with a former western eongreiiman,
aao will have officea her and at Dunn,
N. C Mr. Bobinaon is grn back
, horns where Jie says ha axpoeta to stay.
Life ia tha Capital city a-, longer poe
t esses any allurements fir Mr. Robin
son who much prefers private. Ufa in
tha Old North Bute.
Tha eame ia true of Clyde Hoey, who
"la quitting official Ufa after a service
of but little mora then one year, and
- will: tha latter parof.the week leave
for Shelby to eramahpraet ol
law. .
Mr. Small retire Friday after a eon
tinuous service of 22 years. He has
net an ou need what hi plans for the
future ara and said jtodsy that he had
given aad woujd give no attention to
private matters until after Friday
' aeon, whea ha "would go to work for
Joha BmtlV Mr. Bntll'i family earn
to Washington a few weeks ago, aad he
. will remain with them here for at least
S short while after hia retirement
Another North Carolinian who i
1 abort to quit Washington ia O. & Fer
Democratic party'.
He died ia tha very shadow of the
CspitoL Just" over tha way from the
hotel where ho had lived many years,
Hons and Senate seethed ia the closing
hours of the Congress of which h was
an honored member and leader. The
stir of legislative battle waa with him
to the end. He lived Bgain in memory,
as his pulse flagged, d&ya of the eight
year he wielded the Bpeaker'a gavel in
the House. Those Borrowing at his bed
side heard the old chieftain mutter ia
hia last delirium:
The question ia on adoption of the
conference report. . .
Congress Barely Balta.
By msvndate mora binding than any
written law, uongresa Darery salted in
reverence to mark tha passing of the
aged member. Knowing as the years
had taught him to know the vital
urgency of time in the closing daya
of a Congress, the former Speaker mad
known hi will from what ho knew was
hi death bed. m wish was earned
to both houses that no halt ia public
business should bo made at hi death.
Ia obedience to that behest, tha
House, peopled with his personal friend
of whatever party, halted a abort half
hour in adjournment, then marched oa
with ita crowded program.
Ia that pressing work, Mr. Clark took
active share up to little more than ten
days ago, eouneiling hi party col
league a Democratic leader antil a
eold (track him down to beeomo a yietim
to the inflraiitiea of hia seventy yesrs
The News and Observer Bareav,
003 District National Bank Bldf.
By JO L. "AKEB.
(By Special Leased Wire-
Washington, March The suit
with Hobs managers instructed to in
aiat en the House figure of 150,000. .
Representative Anthony, Republican,
at Hamas, ia charge of the measure,
said ha waa confident aa agreement
eonld be reached in time for tha Dill
to- be passed before adjournment.
Tha Hons nrreed to tha oonforeee'
eenapromls of S21 JOO.000 for th army
air aerviea iaitead of tha 10,800,000 H
whieh Captain Terry A. Lyoa, North I originally voted. Tha Senate had pro-
Carolinian, who seived throurh the posed SSJOOJXW. Of the total S3.900,-
World War and waa then commissioned 1 000 would b available for new planes
In tha regular army and ia now on duty and HOO.ooo for experimental wort,
in tha fade adnente naeral'i of flee. I Tha fata ef that soldier bond bill
brought against th Secretary of War! apparently was decided today in the
Tuesdav in a District f Columbia BenatO. senator ueuumoer, nepuou-
eonrt, ia not only for himself, bat for can, of North Dakota, for th finance
100 other captains of th army, aaidj committee, mad formal request for,
Jeasa I. Miller, Car.taia Lroa'i attor- anammou eon sent to bring up tM
nev. this afteraooB. measure, but Senator Thomas, Demo
"entitled to a verdict.
"I have urged and pleaded ia vain,"
he said, "ditcusaioa in the open Senate
or executive acssion of any objection
to my confirmation. My information
ia that Be sat or McLean of Connecticut,
ehairmaa of the banking aad eurreacy
committee, refused to report my eae
becaass he promised a certaia partitaa
politician, aot a msmber of th Beaate,
that he would aot report it.
"UafortuaaUly, I waa compelled to
pot ia the record of the bearings aa
incident seriouely involving the verac
ity of tha man wkose favor Senstar
MeLraa sought to obtain at the eoet
uf justice sad fair dealings. I m ia
formed, however, that the person to
whom tbs premiss was mad rcceatly
consented to release Senator McLean
from the obligations referred to, but
the Renstor refused to submit ths mat
ter of my eeptrmatioa to a Beaate eoa
talning a majority of hia owa party.
Lacks Moral Calibre.
"I am compelled to conclude that
thia Senator lack both th moral aad
mental calibre to uphold the duties
aad dignities of his office, and that
the consideration dus to those, aa well
a th most sacred political aad per
sonal purposes."
Mr. Williams aaid the wide publica
tion ef a atatemeat that the baaking
commit tee reported against his- nomi
nation waa "false," and that be would
have "welcomed such a report if it
bad resulted in securing for me a hear
in before the Seaat
THe retiring comptroller told the
Preaident that his resignation "under
the circumstances and befor expira
tion of the time I might have oeeu
pied th is office under my preeent
tenure, and pending action by the res
ASSEMBLY-SAWS
VOOD-AIID SAYS
LITTLE AT
END
House Went To Length of Lim
iting Debate Yesterday To
Ten Minutes
MASS OF LEGISLATION
REMAINING ON CALENDAR
rower Contract and Censorship
BIH Pass finals In Senate;
House Completes Work Oft
Road- Bill and Will ftatify It
Todsy; Educational ProgTam
Passed
Withla th shadow of th expiration.
or tae eonautuuoaM umn or 11a an
ting, aad with C00 bill atlll ponding
n ita caleadars, the Oeaeral Assembly
sawed maeh wood aad talked spariagly
yesterday, with he result af s record
aamber of Mile passed for ' a day a
work thta aeesloa. Th Hons even
went to the length of ecaeadiqg ita,;
rules Sad limited debate to tea mia-
strs. -
The Senate, after ea acting a at ass or
for th Senate hsd
ignomlnioualy.
Mr. Williams alao wrote that siae
"the expressed opposition" to his con
firmation aad prolonged hearings bs
fore two Senate banking committees
virtually had put him. "by lmplicatios,"
He-TWIT Wit tUST nrSsTtTopresent "this very brief eompilatioa
exiatingseontraci in the fixing of rwroa .
for electric current furnished by pub
lie uUlitie by a-vot of 25 to 17. aad
than with a motion by Senator Win
born for reeonsideratioB fadsig it for
this moraine resolved itself into ' a
ate oa my nomination,' required him I commltte of th whole Jor thn.eon-
of th fact and of the reaeoni for my
action."
The Preaident, in replying, said h
had read th Utter "with th greatest
sympathy."
HARDING LEAVES
FOR
INAUGURATION
Marion People Bid President
Elect Farewell and Present
Parting Gift
Mario a, O., March 2w-Spedd by s
partlag, iostimoaial - of . affoetlon from
tha people ef their home town, Prsss
iient elect and Mr. Harding left, ot
Waskingtoa tonight to take up tbi
dotlea at tha White Hob. . . '
In th leav-taking ther were many
colorful touches of regret and Mr.
Harding' final word to hi friend
and neighbor voiced a solemn realisa
tion ofl th trial that will beset his
pathway, But he added that he faced
the journey confidently, with an un
faltering faith in the sympathy of his
fellow eitixens and lyovidenoe of Uod.
The farewell met sags of th Fresi-
OVERNQRTOSEND
IN NOMINATIONS
No Intimation From Executive
Offices of Names But Gossip
Prepares Slate
Announcement, of th Governor' ap
pointment to tha Higkway Commiaaloa
formed tinder tha Doughtaa-Connor-
Bowia road bill ratified ia th Hons
last nigTit will bo fortheomint In s
msssag to fh Beaate net later tha
tomorrow morning, according ta ssai-
offlcial iaformatloa mad avallebl yee
terday. Tha aomlnatioBa roqulr th
confirmation of th Senate.
No iatimatioa haa beea forthcoming
from tha executive emeet a to th per
sonnsl of tha aommtsslon, but the
gossip around th corridors of th eapi
tol. weeded down from a mass of con
flicting reports to a probablo certainty,
ha definitely esUblisbed several mem
a . -i... 1 : j M .1. .
- htn ot y,, fortheomlng appointmentt.
famous front porch oi k th. Gov.rnor baa be.. I. wnf.rene.
over the matter for the past two daya.
TV. annavan alBf mm .f nnA mmmtm,
. . . ...I auv muumt . w.n.w mm .. w.ww. J www
Captain Lyon eonstrues aa th real pur-1 Senator would carry hi opposition ' w..Hr-- ..j. W afternoon, waa as follows
. .... i- ..j 1. " . nantk to tia nn tne measure wnn 1 .,
Th. uir.VordTng to Mr. Miller, it crat, of Colorado, who filed a minority o "
to wmpel promotion of officer, below report yeeterday oppoaing it, objected, we"tod ""hei'7 A Vxtend a formal
th. grade 00,.. to wh.t lft'L ! MiWll
po or in aw, ana in, is use up-l v. ui. .ia. tnk.j .t tK. ...
, t ... a . I a-laaawtsnmtan AhafllisnAI San I IMTitrfir 1 VJ . -
uina-anaii nave preceaenee u promo-n--"-Y .I. aemblaw of fa
: major aneaa 01 ---- - Aim.A , t.r.
lieutonanU of the first nnd second I wasnt in very gooo conaiuon, w- lh.
griot.. U now poMibl. nnd.r the 1 n Tri of thV
tt 1 AVLCVtumufir uvnuuva .uuvu...fc. m. . . -
next
Land
departed tt -TiTOoclock
reach th eapital at 1:30 tomorrow
aiiernoon.
Doabt Aboat Labor Portfolio.
Contrary to expectations, the President-elect
began hia trip to Washing
ton with one cabinet selection still to
be definitely announced. Yesterday he
indicated that the remaining vacancy
(a hia official familv. the Seeretarvshio
from the list of tsptsins to majoritie, I OBSTACLES MULTIPLY FOB j of Labpy,, would be eloeed finally be-
or inswnce, uh una w iis. 01 nrsvi NAVAL APPBOPKIATIO. hill, fore tonight. There was no autbonut
lieutenants, then, f rem th list of vc-l w..hintna. March g-Obetaeles mal- ttva ainlanation for tha chanire in
ond lieutenants. U-der th War De-J tiplied ,gajMt tha $iMfiOQ,000 naval plan, but th. impressioa gained
w t- . . a.. ttj.. .1. ."iMeCumber uermiDon announcea
der, which Captain Lyon'. uit itUtki, 'Loall."otre-
m. sAw.J. yM . ,a U DCIlelHir 1UOIUS-1 UVU swuusu. rm I
I'lvmvwvwe ssuoi r uw umutr a.wsam e biubw - - , . . .i 111
Mstj which comprise, eaptain. and r?
and second liextenaata, and may bf-, " '"S . I.r.-t
bnd on length of th. commimfoned ft. over the Sena , amendm.n to
an u .f tk, nflian mHl, -k """"'J' -l-r--i
rn..:- -. 1. ,.. - 1a10.ouu.uuo lor mo misua
wrmmm immnH.A ..A th.t V.- lam J!.l mu-Tl. ouuku,
rects, that promoticn (halt bo first
broken.
Dam at I
tUl is an-
First Diitrict-J. E. Hart, Democrat,
cotton msnufaeturer and capitalist, Tar-
boro.
Second District E. Camaron, Ba
publican, present member of the com-
lJ",iseion,.J.to
BUa Will I mkl. ni.i., T1mAmt.mm,lm.A Omm.
,MIIU J ..V. .V . M ...... Ml . vm y
porters htve pat forward Hugh MaeBae,
Democrat, who is nnderstood to have
declined to accept. W. A. MeQirt, Dem
ocrat, of Wilmington, is urged, ( are
also J. W. Brooks and C. C. Chad-
bourn, of Wilmington, both Bepubli
cans. KenthiB Council, of Wansnish, is
also in nomination.
Fourth District John Sprunt Hill
Democrat, banker. Durham.
Fifth District W. C. Boren, Dem
oerat. manufacturer, Greensboro. ,
Sixth District W. o. Le, Democrat,
or Stewart W. Cramer, KepuDuean,
Charlotte.
Seventh District B. L. Doughton,
Democrat, banker and lawyer, Sparta.
Eighth Diatrict John C. MeBee, tto
publican,' farmer, manufacturer aad
partment order,, Captain Lyon holds,) budget today with adjournment of Con-1 ground that important development
if a first or a seeond lieutenant haa .mm as hoars ewar nnd tha Senate held had intervened.
been a eommtu.or-.cd officer longer another long night session at which Similarly, tb delay was interpreted
than B eaptain, L may be Jumped over 1 advoeatea and ouronents of th. bill aa eastins- inereatina- doubt oa ths
thr eantaina tn a mainrttv. If this I v. . ... . I -1 j T 1 r. .e t).....)
mmmmm wm w. - - . i . . - - , . . " - 1 IWKHI .Ul mvmmmj . gohh, u- ..ihv, . ism tm w .mmmmj
guaon, who ha boon engaged la tha drivinp; Uf .that reckoned nothing I order stsnds. Captain Lyon olds, hel Predictions vera widespread that th wania. to ait la th cabinet. A virtual
practice ol Jaw Bar xor a year or mora, 1 " " pajt-rai -iuh-. wi aeam ana iw moor capuias wui oc re- tt niggle would continue right Bp vo
but who has formed a partnerahip witr I mrew a snsaow over., every race la th I tardea nntu Z,Kl first aad seeond lion- th. final gavel next Friday. Opposition portfolio, was said by thos dose to
J. S. M.iinUg and former Governor I chamber when Kepresentativo.Hqeker.l tenant who happen to have beea com-1 leaders declared the bill would die and Una PreM nt-aleet to hava been reach
Biekett, sad will loeats in Greensboro. ' Js MiaaonrLdeleiratioa, aroeo to an-1 missioned of fteors fer n longer period, I several prominent aupporter. of the ed during th conference t "6t
nonnca ji. ..vole a rnosea witn-esaotlc t anvo yampeo -evrtnw-neaaa to Tn t measirr contuma.uiner neia. nope 1 Aoguttins, but th friend -of-th other
It wa h halting, brief eulogy he pro-1 rank ef major. - - jthat it might. yet be passed by thej aspirant have beeB persistent and a
nonnced, bqt .1t.aOT.fxem ..niembert 1 0-Pantain .laron.aald that Wof bring-1 rknntwj-naKttrr jrpw
MmmfaSOlimJnnmv lfmnnt thna I lag 1ha lflgti.-islina, ao had aawg ibei-enwiinnufe ' ' - r- Tnow"'amaW'Tgsl1ypoTOle:
word to tell of th plsire th dead I mat six months exhausted every effort I The bill met numerous deiaya today, 1 Next to Mr. Davis, those who have
to seear action to tao same and wita-leoma incident to w. approaen 01 ineivMB mnat nrominentlv in Mr. Hard
in the War Department, bat had failed! die adjoarnmeat aad other from theln. -i.s u ...liable for th. Seere-I nmitiiaant far kn law ( mrtkimv WWtA SafJOOb
and thia suit waa th. last resort. J oppoaitioa camp. Meeting at U o clock UrT.hiD ar Jame Duncan, of Manas uean ia beina- hreased. a Democrat will
North Carolina Bepublioaae hero for today, the bUl waa laid aside for ve ehnietti ,n4 T, v. O'Connor, of New I be named for th Sixth, or Charlotte
Mr Uannincr will ha tn'ZBalaisrh and
Govamor Biekett will divid hi tim.
': between those itohm.-T- :
Colonel J, lm.Mrnn.Mm.uLM.
Salem, was afar, today to appear befor.
ths Buprem. Court to b admitted to
practice at that bar. B. was presented
to tha eourt by Senator Overman. Bee-
t I deeiaioa to BDDoint him'-to the Labor 1 1.-... n.k.M.iiu. A. U Kl.tler.
Republican, . manufacturer, Morganton.
Ninth DmUjLiv--J.. BtUelesUisr,
Democrat. Asbeville, to be reappoisted
for another 4erm following the ,-Md of
hi term ia April.
leader held In their affection and re-1
poet. Th. formal motion for a half!
hour adjournment waa mad. by-Rep-1
I Sixth and Third district ia retroactive
I If a Be publican is chosen from Wil
mina-ton' district, and J.. W. Brocks.
reeentativ Godwin Is to appear before I naentativ Moadell, Bepnbliean leader.
that sonrt tomorrow xor th. earn, pur-1 siewraioa vtus si uim.
th. iaangural and probably to b
noaa.
Among other Tar Heel observed at I old had he lived until nexf Monday,
ths Capitol today wara T. W. Thomas, d nia years 01 seme, in tn. uon.
of AshsvUlo, and Daniel Biehardaoa. ofl would nave enaed inoaj, 'ot h was
Dovnr. . ' I defeated for r-s lection. - x-
Beprwentativ. Brinaom, af ths Tkirf I In th subdued talk .a ths floor or
North Carolina District, will ' leave I in eloak room while tha Bona. -Monad
Saturday night for his horn. jatJfsw 1 1 koaor of hU momeefC friends, of
Bern to remain daring th. weeks prior I year (tending acorn ed th. suggetioa
to tha meetina- ef Conrret in axtra I that th. stoat heart of th. Missouri i
session. Misa Elodi Webb, whs. is U bad bean shaken by poUtfal defeat
Mr. Brinaonn offle. horn, wiU alao lev I tabs a aaa joreeeon joag la advanee,
Batarday sight, going to Morehaad City I fey said.
Mr. Clark would have been 71 years I on th. ground floor when time comes
to-ivisit bar pareata for a few weeks,
V-.. " . . . a A. 1 a a . ...
anm-unacsuiy lib
Charles H. MartiB. aeeretarr to Sta-
ator Overman, is eritionlly .ill at his
horns tn Clevelaad Park, a sutnrb af
Waskingtoa, and slight hop. for hi r
eovory is held oat by th. attending
physician. Mr. Martin haa been in for
a 00 pW Of weeks, bat improved to neh
It was a mor, peraonal matter that
bad broken hia spirit, they insisted--
tU. deaU a year ago. of his idolised
three-year-old grandson : nnd ns
aaks. Chaantf Clark Thomson.
Sine, that blow, ; It - was- aaid.. Mr. I ' Bem, March IV With Bag fly-
Clark's eolleaguss had noted a waning ling, airena. screaming, whistle tooting
to pas oat th. pie laeJude' Joha M.
Morehead. of Charlotte, National Com
mitteemani Stat. Chairman Frank
Linneyy J. J. Britt, J. B. Thomss and
B. B. Tucker, of AshorilU. and 3. A.
Long, of Kiehmond eoanty. '
Whil they took as part ia ths pro
ceedings, Morehead aad Lianey and
Britt for a abort time, aat in dnrfaig
tha bearing by the Stomp eab-eammit-
to of tho Bepnbliean National ton
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LAUNCH CONCRETE SHIP
;AT NEW BERN SHIPYARD
in hours, giving way to oonferene reports Tork M wha kMW th, inMe itory
e and other business and it was 6 'el Lf neent development affecting the
ef hht keen iatereat ia pvblis affair
aad a litu. droop to the bumIv. aheu Id
ea axtsntthst h was at U Capitol last I r a familiar through ths years ia
Batnrany, bat was abl. ta reauia there 1 ta eorrMora or tho Capitol.'
oaly a ahort tim. Betnrniag home, he
affered a relapse aad his ditia be
came critical today. H ia a victim of
n heart ailment. -
& W. WiUiama,' a vreJl" knewn Bal l kia life work. Re bad plaanod retire- m length, nnd of 450 .ton capacity. The
urh drurtist. waa bar today and esiled I meat to kia boms ia Bowline GinesJ ir aar on. mor vessel to be
e Died In
Thar waa one thing npoa which all
war. agrood, thstsMr. Clark bad died
and' th- crowd . cheering. "Concrete
water . vtsstl No. ,t," tl. soeoad eon-
ereto steamer to b laaoehed at th
pttat.ef tha, New Fort tShipboiUtng
Orporstion. took to th. 'water at t
o'clock' thia aft era 00 a. Mia Ethel
McBrida, at New Tork, acted as apoa
aa he wished ta dm, ia th harness of or for tho craft. Th ship is 150 feet
fCsmtfaraed ) Fag Two)
' I ... . - . . . .
. .-.-- itiui ooxuix oauing xnexr ewairac. X asp
.iCCtmtiaaod am Fag ElghL) I will U hsnaehed aa April eta. - '-
Mfor. any wai worn was oegun on nt 1 Mwfoin. heller, howerer. that this
senator roiadexter, puD- rj Teatnally may fall npoa a dark
horse as it did in hia e Lection of
Secretary of th. Navy.
. Another appointment not yet aa-
nounced is that of a secretary to the
President. Th general anderataading
ia that th place will ro to George B.
Christian, Jr, wb. ha beea Mr. Hard
ing' private secretary alnee k entered
th. Senate aad woe aeeompaaien aim
now ia that capacity. w
In th. President-elect', party lso
ar. bis father, Dr. George-T. Harding, I
his -aitter, Mia. Abigail Barding and
Dr. C E. Sawyer, whs has beea hi I
pone ail physician aiaea th eampaignl
began.
As part ef the farewell eeremoaieel
at the front porch, th. rneideat-clcet
aad Mr. Harding were preeeated with
. aut-M Blflflaa fekaarlna aa laaeriBtiAa
. . t r . . . m . i . . . - - 1
" asanon, wf "S I thst Javoked a bloaomg aa Uea la th.
mwm . 'r 1 day to eome. Ths moaamsnt was par-
presssd by Prldat-e-et Harding to- Um4 th jmopl. of Marion and
BiajM-tM mo wrm arc mm tfpsnart xsv
WatklagtoB. The two men bad boon
fjciaada for many -year, having be
associated together both ta affairs at
Washington nnd la their itmads ef the
ahaataaqnn aircnita. -
lieaa. Waahiagtoa, isharg ef th. b
again declared that be would bold tho
Sennto in eontiuaoo aossion til Fri
day if necessary for a rote.
. Numerous negotiations toward com
promising th . controversy over tho
SlOOOOiWO added to th. bill by the
Seaat naval committee were bad dar
ing the day. They appeared promising
early, bat later the line tightened.
Among th oveituie. was a proposal
for elimiaatioB ef items ef the Ala
meda, California Naval baa and ether
aew Pacific eeest project, aad also for
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HARDING MOURNS DEATH
OF HON. CHAMP CLARK
district; And th other way around
if a Republican is named from Char
lotte, a. Democrat will be named from
th Wilmington district, -
HALF MILLION DOLLARS
WORTH OF LIQUOR SEIZED
Now tork, March Lienor
valaed by Federal agoata at aaere
tbaa ISM, was seised today If a
mid an aa abandoned garngn la
the Bronx, located a abort dietaae.
from s police atatiea. '
The raiding party of seven tenad
the eld garage guarded by a watch
man baown only aa . "Mlkaa
Armed with a dnbl.Burrld abet.
gna. be refaesd the party adanlt
taace aaUl a few pistol abets Ired
to f rights, aim seat him dcarry.
-Mike" later waa aataed, 7 )js-
and rsliasii. Ne
waa preeeated by Dr. Thessas H. M-
Aiee, pastor ef Trinity Baptist anarch
ftre la a speech praising th part th I
aesning ahiat saeetttirs sad his wife had
(CowtUwed Oa Fag Two)
Bird a. - Color, o salstics.ee of .
pahlle- arairarai asked.. Cerperatloa-
Ceenool OVrioa If the dty has tho
right to accept, fer the one ef bos.
prtal. a port of the lie awixed '
apder the TeLsttai act, and 1
be dajtrt bated free. .
tideratioa of the revtaue act. The
eemmittee had reached th taenia tan
CjCtiea without mats rial change at
o clock, when th committee dissolved
aad th Beaate took reeeaa nntu the
Bight session.
At thst tim, th Senate, after ro 7
peatlng it morning perform aee wits,
routine legislation, waded through tha
remainder of th. reveaat act as a com
mittoe of the whole. Haviag added
a aamber of minor amendment ef its
own, th committee reported the bill
to. ths Senate, which at U.M took the
measure oa it first readiag..
Bead BUTa Finale.
In th. Houte flanl reading was
paaaed on the Dongh to a-Coaaor-Bowie
moMur. sad by a rote of S3 Xr 10 it
waa dispatched to the office ef the en
rolling clerk. This morning. It will re .
lira for ratification at the hands of the
Speaker, ant the final chapter will bar
been wrlttta ta ene of the meat nota '
mm. ..l.l..wi.nta m0 t. Cl.mmvmi Amm
- tmm Uimm Am WtiSI ia
will differ but immaterially from Us
farm en tatrodnoliea la the . Boose
three wesks sga.
Among tk mass sf bilk pwaning their
rsading ia tk Hoca wars tbs three
emanating from the Department of
Education sad fostered by-Bepreean-tativ.
Matthews, ef Bertie, kaawa as
the goaeral edoeatioa bill, the amend
ment to ths school law and tbs test- -
book eontreet bilL Lose than bnlf aa
hour wm required for th. passage ef 1
th. three, aad today tkey will reach -
the Senate for fiaal eemndsratien. The
public calendar was not taken Bp gen
erally at th morning aossion.
BeprcMntatira Bowie, offering as, a
substitute to his bill for selling the
State' railroad holdings, a reeolntioa .
naming a committee to mane a taer- -
ough iaveitlgatioa of thr'propoeal aad
report two years hence, raa again into
th snag of partisan polities whea
Cowles, of -Wilkes, wanted ft written ''
llM, IU, m. . IUI( m MinuiWM w
named en tke commission. 1 ""i'ZX.'
Mr. Bowie charged Cowlen with as at- .
tempt to kill th resolution, and as- '
sured him that he would tee personally -that
there wa a Bepnblieaa placed a
tha eommissioa. Cowles would hare
none of the promise and insisted that
hia amendment be considered. Mr.
n. f . - . , 1. . , u
without opposition. . , '
- Considerifble tim waa takaa p by .
panicky members wbe feared for tkeir
bill which still linger in committees. .
They' insisted that they be taken from -committee
aad placed en tke calendar
for immediate psenag. A boat the "
lobbies there is aa increased number ' ..
of the folk from back homo, coming
ap- st the last day to insist on behalf t
of Tocal legislatioa .that hae dragged
thus far. Th eloting day bid fair to
goes."
Escapee Amentl stents.
.Coining p for..sc)n4. Jdlg.inJ
Senate, the bill proposed by cotton
mills arid other a ten of power by Von
tract in th 8tat to restrict the Cor
poration Commiasioa from Interference
with existing contract in th fixing ef
rate for electric ' power, went sturd
ily through tarrsg of argument aad
paaaed ita final reading by a rot. ef
25 to 17. ' - -.
But the bill did not eeeap. amend
ment without a hard fight. Senator
Meadenhall (ought to tack en a pre
vision thst would remove all , hydro
electric eompaBiea from the jurisdiction
ef th Corporation Commission but the
ameadmeat waa lost after roll call
vote, 24 to 11
Senator Winborne, wbe changed his
rote By the main measure before the
reeolt waa eanoaneed,, gswe aetiee ef
motion . to - reconsider at the session
thin morning, and maintained his pool
tioa in spite ef proposal from Sen
ator Long, ef Alamance, that be would
withdraw bis own motion fer immediate
reeonsideratioB. lodged ae a preliminary
to e motion to table, if S aster Win
born, would withdraw his notice and
let th. bill proceed to the Hoese. Sea.
ator Losurn motion was held eat ef
order, though, aad the Senate bne ia
pro poet more disenssioa thia morning.
- t Mass Tiirs ajti. - -
Se aster Stubhe added another peg la
kia legialative beard when be Intro- t
doeed tke third bill to hie credit ia
tt years ef legialative experience. Th
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