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REPUBLICANS MAY
POSTMASTER
T
OVEN GUOGER SOON
litter "Demanding An Expla
nation" Goes Forward To
. Ashevllle Postmaster
REMOVAL OF CLERK TO
BE USED AS THE LEVER
pevoorets Kefused To Permit
Mill XoHins To Xesifa As
itmp Clark; President
' Startles Washington Bj
. Xaxninr His FhytieiaB To
I Generalship
Curtain Descends On Notable
Session of General Assembly
Fifty Million Dollar Road Bond Bill, Abolition of Property
Tax and Furthering of Tax Reform; Senatorial Reappor
tionment, Generoua Proviaiont for State Appropriations
Feature Seaaion Which Largely Enact. Governor Morrison s
First Legislative Program.
J The ftws ui Observer Bureau,
- 603 District National Bank Bldg.
Cr?,. By JOB L. BAKER
(By Special Leased Vrt)
Waahlagtoa, Hare 8. Th proba
MHjr I that tha Aahcville poetoffieo
Will b eaa ef tha flrst among tha
larger offices of tha country where tha
Democratic insambeat will ba ousted.
A latter "demanding an explanation
haa tfl forward fmm tha Poatoffiea
M Asbsvills whisk U probably tha ,
forerunner to a requeet for hi raaii
hetioa.
Thar'azpUsatioa tha Poetoffieo Da
feertaent of which Will H. Bayi
chairman of tha Republican Katioaal
hoaunlttoe ia aow tha heed, ia demaad
lag from Mr. Gndger ia why ha allowed
certain official communications to w
pobliahed ia tha aewapapera of Aahe
villa. Tha official correspondence re-
' la tad to tha ran oral of Mis Kstheriae
BolUns, stamp elark at that office, who
area reeeatty discharged oa raoommaa
Ratios of postoffles laaptetora whs
visited the Ashsville offiaa. Tha of
laial '. eorrespoudenee, ohowing tha
aaaaa for tha young womaa't removal
-. eorreepoadtnee of a aatort calculated
ia ha Tary damaging to har character,
- was published ia tha Aiherilla pa para.
This fae haa baaa brought to tha at'
taotioa of tha Poatofflea Department,
which quickly wrota Mr. Gudger for aa
explanation.
Befaaed Parmlaaka to Berfga.
It had baaa tha hope of Mias Bolliai'
frieade that aha would ba allowed
. xeciga, and poeaibly that couraa might
lave baaa followed had not tha eorre-
apoadeaea ia tha eaaa bean mada public
But tha "fat ia ia tha. fire" now and
- sot only ia H toe lata for Miaa. Bolliai
ie be allowad to reeiga, but tha iafor
auetiea la har eaaa, it ia aaderetood
hare, haa baaa laid before the United
v- States District Attorney, with we pocsi
' bUlty af eoart action being taken. Ia
. tha meantime, Mr. Ondger haa beau
making aaanuee and with the Bepubli
eaa 'admiaittratioa naturally looking
' -" for opportunities to' get rid of Demo
erats who are holding dealrable pollti
. eat offleaa, it ii aot to be expected that
the opportunity to bring charges againit
Pottmaatar Ondger, get-rid of him and
make room for a Bepoblicaa, will be
overlooked.
It waa aaid at the Poatoffleo De-
partment today that Mr. Oudger'i
coarse ia alowing the correspondence
la tha ease of Miss Bollina to ba pub
lished without official approval would
" ba regarded aa "sufficient cause for the
removal of any postmaster," and it
certainly will be held aa sufficient causa
far the removal of a Democrat, wits
Bepnblicaaa eager for the lob.
Friends and relative! of Mist Bollins,
including L. L. Jenkins, late candidate
lor Congress in the Tenth North Caro
lina district, have been at the Poatoffiea
Department agaia this week urging
revocation of tha order for Misa Bol
lias' removal, ao that she might be per
m it ted to resign, bat it is understood
that they were told by the assistant
Postmaster General whom they inter'
- 'Viewed that such a course was now im
possible. In view of the fact that the
eaaa bag been laid before the District
Attorney s office.
j Miss Bollins ia said to be with rela
tives ia Virginia near Washington.
t Simmons Sees Harding.
Senator Simmons was a caller at the
White House today, where he chatted
with President Harding for a few
minutes. The visit waa entirely of a
personal ' nature, Senator Simmons
merely calling to pay hie respects to
tha nsw President before going home
for ' a short rest. Senator Simmons
"plninr-toieeve- for hi htime' -at New
Bera tomorrpw jBigkt,and.iwiU..piob.-.
ably remain there until the eva of the
extra session, which President Hard
ing will call for either April 4 or 11. :
Senator Overman also plans to go I
home for a brief stay, nnd will prob
ably go down about the first of - the
week. Bepreseatatives Weaver and
Btedmaa are also arranging to spend
part af tha congressional off seeaoa at
home. Both these Congreasraea are
' - moring their offices in the House office
building, Bcpreseatatire Wearer-from
tha fourth to the fifth floor pad Major
' Stedman, who ia also oa the fourth
' floor, across the hall, going from aa
Inner to aa enter room. . Both" earned
through seniority mora desirable office
than they y have vwnpied daring the
. J an term, iney wui go noma aa aooa
they hare attended to tha job af mov
tnc ...-..
North Carolina friends win be inter J
eeted ia tha citation from general ardors
' af the erven th divisioa, preaeated today
to Capt. Cranston Williams. Captain
' Williams, formerly a Georgia newspaper
man, in aow secretary to Vaited State
oemaior urra ox ueern-ia, aaa ana
. -aam.ber at friends In North Caratina
, and particularly among North Caro-
. liniaas ta Waihingtbn.
Harding ftaitlea W.
There waa eaaiidarable aarpriae ia
Waehingtoa thia afteraaoa when R waa
made kaowa that Preaideat Harding haa
appointed hie family physician. Dr.- C
B. Sawyer, af Marion, au personal phy-
aiciaa at tha White Heaae, ad iU aak
tha Soata tar I sail rat kia appatatmant
to tha regalar army with the rank af
. brigadier feneral. Tha surpria was -aot
Working wearily toward the adjeara
meat hoar, members of the General
rAssembly last aiafet eonld nevertheless
look back ea the work of the peat sixty
ilaya and lad la it the satisfaetioa of
having written lata the laws of the
State their share of new legislation.
Fifteen h sad red aad aixty-eevea bills
passed across the reading clerk's deek
daring the eiity foer .days af session.
not quite eovering np records that have
been eetebltahed ia former years, bat
eomiag very mneh eloaer than tha gea
oral expectation of the opening days
of the session. A total of 107S aew lawe
had paaeed thresh tha office of the ca
rolling clerk beture the aaaembly waa
gone, aad there are that many aew
statutes bow oa the boohs.
History ia generous measure waa
ma"s ia the thousand bills that won the
final aigaature of the presiding officers.
Altogether is embraced the moot sweep
ing enactments that have beea encom
passed by a eeeaioa ia many years, in
cluding large part of Governor Mor
rison's legislative program. Ia tha
words of the Old Tiger from Alleghany,
"TM.mMt. notable reopr(J,.oX iiej
Wm& -Wrw.?wir naif
riea 'here." Aad Mr. Doughtoa
served longer than nay member of the
adjourning eeeaioa.
Governor Morrison last aight expressed
heea gratification with tha aueeeea of
hie owa program during the first sss-
eioa of bis administration and asserted
that all measuree which he waa most
interested in writing Into the law af
the State were enacted.
Bead piU Outstanding.
Outstanding from the mats of legis
lation ia the Doughton-Connor-Bewie
road bill, providing fcr the construc
tion of 8,000 milee of hardsurfaeed and
other dependable types of roads, main
taining them, and carrying with it a
bond issue of fifty million dollars for
construction. Added to this major road
bill there are more than 100 localrosd
and street improvement bills, with
aggregate appro prialioa of upwards of
tweaty-Sve muuoa gollars. The road
appropriations aad autheriaatioae at
the eeeaioa la 76,000,000.
Had aot tha road bill beea oaf Solent
to give laatiag dlotiaetloa to tha 1021
seesioa of tha Oaaeral i as sin sly, thsre
Is tha aompletiea af tha tax reform
inaugurated aader Governor Biekett
three years ago.
Aa equitable eegregatioa ef taxes.
divorcing the State from any partial-
patioa ia iaeomea derived from prop
erty tax aad leaving all such rove
aaea for local aea was tha purpose of
the evolution ealmlaated la the session
adjourning. Thia goal was attained la
the Act to Baiae Beveaae, aad snade
poslble through the ratifieatloa of the
income tax amendment to the coast!
tution at the last eleetioa, and a fur
ther extending and perfecting ef tat
inheritance tax lawn.
Na Property Tea.
For the first time since North Caro
lina assembled a legialatnre la 1780, ao
tax was levied oa property for State
Tne Kcveaue act provides for
ftrwarusTmbsWUSce etc'
DRECTS
CABINET
MEMBERS TO FALL
E
QUICKLY
Must Be No Kicking Because
or Changes In Jurisdiction,
Harding Tells Them
TWO HOUR MEETING NOT
PRODUCTIVE OF IDEAS
No Withdrawal of American
Troops From The Rhine Un
der Consideration ; Presi
dent Wants The Colombian
Treaty Ratified: Cabinet
Studies Oerman Situation
Washington, Mar. S, Various aspects
of the natloBa foreign relations, aa
well as problems of administrative vr-
ganlxatioa were considered by Preeident
Harding and hi department heads to
day at the first cabinet meeting of the
new administration.
Afterward defiaite announcement was
made at tha War Department thnt in
formulating its policy toward the
now considering a withdrawal of us
ALLIED SOLDIERS
ENTER BIG
GERMAN
IND
IAL CITY
While Troops Advance On Foot,
French and British Airplanes
Fly Overhead
MACHINE GUNS PLACED
AT STRATEGIC POINTS
jfo Opposition Manifested By
Inhabitants and No TJntow.
- ard Iaoident Occurs ; Anflo.
Trench Torces Mass Around
Dnesseldorf While, Belgians
Cross Into City
Doeeeeldorf, March I. (By the As
aoeiated Press). French aad British
airplaaes flsw ever Dueeseldorf thia
afternoon while allied troop with ma
chine guns were taking positions oa the
tiridgea aad roads aad in the important
factories. The inhabitant of the dty
had not been prepared by the newe
papers for the determination of 1 the
allies to occupy additional German
GERMANS LEAVE LONDON
TO RETURN TO BERLIN
l.ssdes. March eV By the Asso
elated Prase. The German dl
fetes) to the) reparatlenc Csagreee
hers loft Lea, fee Bar Da at 1
e'eiwek this afleraaau and seeaud
ataaaed to get away. Their deport,
srs was without tactdtut, a nameer
ef pereena, meetly Cermn resldcala
ef Leetdea. havag heea at the eta
lie to eee them atT.
Dr. W.alta Imeas. Germaa Per
claw Mlaavter, and head sf Ue
detewatlaa, aad Major General Vea
Seecht, German chief ef etaaT, stead
beside tha train to he phacswraphed.
Tha Germans will proceed from
Oatead. Belgians, to Berlin, en a
speelal son otep train.
The train carrying the Ceraea
ddeemtes frem lasa hed ea
beard a aambor af British relief
oeldlera preecedlng te tola the
British fercea aa the) Bhlas.
GOVERNOR
NAMES
BOARD HERS
Appointment of Directors of
Five Institutions Confirmed
By Senate
la accordance with a bill enacted into
law upon his own recommendation, re-
FINAL SESSION
LEGISLATURE SEES
NEW LAWS WRITTEN
House and Senate Gavels Fall
On Adjournment at 2 O'clock
This Morning
STRENGTHEN PRESENT
LAW ON PICTURES
State Building Commission and
State Architect Are AboL
lshed In Enactment of Lefis,
lation Proposed By jGrorernor
Cameron Morrison; Memo,
rial For Jarris Established
for ite revenue. And in furtherance or American troop of . occupation. It wns
reiorms, a separate nevenuo learned at the aame time that as an
ths tax
Commission, with a revenue commie
sionsr was formed to have geaeral
supervision of the State and local tax
work ia ths State.
Two months ago when ths Genersl
other stsp toward Pan-American, amity
the President is preparing to aak that
tha Senate ratify at once the long.
pending treaty with Columbia.
Development in regard to the Pan
Assembly came into eeasion, paramount lama Costa Rica hostilities were less def
ia the minds of many members wns ths I inlte, but it is understood ths cabinet
dissatisfaction of thsir people at ths took cognizance of that altuatiou and
workings of tne devaluation act. lasis- canvassed Istest official reports oa ths
teat demands were made through a subject. Ths next step awaits receipt
aotcn or more bills; for a horixontai of a reply from Panama to the Ameri-
reauction la values. Two montns stesdy can note dispatched Saturday,
work brought forth a bill that provides Harding Wants Ce-ordlnurJoa
for a local adjustment of this vrx- In the realm of domestic questions,
ation, and a horixontai reduction by
counties, if found just No act i t lie
(Continued sn Psge Nla.)
KERENSKYSAIDTO
COMMAND FORCES
DETAILED TARIFF
DATA FOR HARDING
Former Premier of Russian Secretary Mellon and Congres-
Provisional Government ui- sional Leaders Will Out-
recting Revolutionaries
Copenhacen, March - 8. Alexander
Kereaaky, premier ef tha Baesiaa pro
visional government which waa aver
tuned by the Bolsheviki late ia 1917,
is aaid ia advices received here to ba at
Kroastadt, the Bussiaa fortress near
Petrograd, reported ia revolutionary
hands.
cerensxy, u is aecmrea. is aireoung
the revolutionary offensive against
Petroffrsd. with that fortress as a
baaa.
major attention was directed toward
perfection of the cabinet organization
as a smoothly working machine. Mr.
Harding is understood to have made
co-operation among ths departments the
key note of his preliminary Instructions
to his secretaries, telling them he want
ed ao hesitation and no jealousy about
-whatever changes of jurisdiction might
be decided on in the reorganisation
scheme now being formulated.
All ten of the department beada and
Vice President Coolidgs invited In pur
suance of a policy announced daring
the campaign were present at tha meet
ing. The session lasted more thaa
knurs. anA at it anaalnBHin Attora-
ney General Daugherty stay i d behind
for. a short tal wun tne i reeiaanu
There also was a Drier eonierencs oe-
. Washington. March S. Detailed re-1 tween Mr. Harding - and . Secretary
commendations us to tariff and internal Hughes of the State Department Wore
revenue legislation wiir be submitted the otier cabinet m.mMra
to President Hardin, within few days A er the meeting aU tha
by aongresslonal leaders and Secretary ? I i,nHm,U??-0.!t
Melloa of the Treasury Department.
. . . .Ana . d-
publican leaders to draft a program of fw we mte xxouw re.n w
line Legislation
...4 , j i..;.i.i time 01 xuiure seaswus. w
today la accordance with a plan of the eabinet wonld be called together
action agreed upon last aight at the B FriyVM he,relt,l """t
White House dinner. Republican mem- "
i . ,l. u . . ;t.. I week, orobably oa Tuesdays.
ivisp ui vso ajuiaaa.v aiaaau,em vuiuiiiv(v . a.
will meet with Secretary Mellon and a The War riepartmea anaouacament
.,. -f . t..i a.. ...,'..(. ..J I concerning withdrawal of American
sn ni inPM m OoM f th. Hosu tppropris- troopi from tne nine was m
REPORTED TO BB HOPELESS I t.m , . tmm i Seeretery Weeks who would aot discuss
London, March 8. (By the Associated I jata f0r the conference is to be decided I the subject further thaa to aay that
FOOD AND FUEL SITUATION
Press). A wireless message from
Moscow today says the food and fuel
situation in Kronstadt ia hopeless aad
that dissolution among the insurgents
ia increasing hourly.
The Conflict between the febels and
those desiring to negotiate with Fin
land for assistance is becoming more
acuta, the message asserts, and de
serters from the insurgents stats the
latter have aot the least hope of being
able to offer resistance.
The leaders Tf the rebels are taking
the eevereet measures to prevent the
sailors deserting to the Soviet army
from Kronstadt, according, to the me
sage.
FOBTBESS DIRECTING FIRE
ALONG RAILROAD LINK
London, March 8. The Krasaoya
hmnna hw Mr. Moltnn nil flhairmaw I withdrawal WSS BOt BOW being eOBSld'
Penroee of the Senate committee. . Ia reaching thia deeieioa la ra-
A new emergency tariff bill for special gr& to its temporary poucy
protection of agricultural interests ministration is unaomooa to nave waen
mrnnUu in tiaa tha nrna-ram n ha into account all the elements Of the
submitted to President Harding, Mr. preaen sitnatioa la Western Germany,
Penrose said today. I wnere aiuea woopw bu,buu
."Agrieultural interesU, particularly enforce the terms of the Versailles
ti.. w.. ... n.j.t, I traatv while the American forces re-
thnt a tariff bill for their protection be I mainea oenma on ui unee orniauv
tnken up at.pnee," Senator Penrose occupied by them aader the armistice
added. "There is every disposition to agreement
realize their necessities. Of course, Studying German Bltaattoa.
revenna lmriilstion cannot hanaflt tha I Althouffh nothing deflnlta has aavei-
taxpayer of current fiscal payments, but I oped in other ofliriiil quarters hsre to
be ought to know at the earliest pos- Indicate tne proosi.io permanent
sible data what relief he caa expect of the new admiuiutratioa it ia kaowa
and the investor should be able to know
just where he stands."
In the conference between the Re
publicans of the two committees with
Gotko fortress is directing its fire Secretary Mellon, it if planned to draft
against the Moscow-Petrograd railway
line, aays a dispatch to tha Central
News from Helsingfors.
FORTRESS WAS 3ELIED ON BT
' SOVIETS TO QUELL UPRISING
Bisa. -March 8. Tha fortress of
Krasaoya Oorko, wh ich is reported to I Sre eonvenes,
aconite recommendations for a com
plete program of fiscal reform for Presi
dent Harding s consideration. Senator
Penrose said that the ' drift af opinion"
was toward - recommending that the :
emergency agricultural tariff bill be
given precedence when the aew Con-
(Continued oa Page Throe)
KILL SPANISH PREMIER
AS HE LEAVES CHAMBER
Eduardo Dato, Oonserrative of
Conservatives Assassi.
sated at Madrid
tetory and were surprised this morn-JJ 'rKfr':f,Tf'y'l
maortacBCrSato and Ue'nwrTra
loaded with troops aad war materials.
British tanks and cavalry landed to
the north, aad French artillery aad en
gineers landed to the south of the eity.
The Anglo-Preach force massed
around Dueeseldorf while Bslgiaa in
fantry, which had concentrated yester
day at Orcfsld crossed the bridge into
the center of the eity.
Ths allied quartermasters have naked
the Mayor to givs them poeeeceioa of
certain echoola, besides the barraehs
aad railway station, which have not
yet been occupied.
Traffic with Obereaesel scroti the
Bhine has stopped aad telephone com
munication with tha town has beea
Interrupted.
OCCUPATIONCARRIED OUT
WITH NO UNTOWARD INCIDENT
French Military Headquarters, May
snoe, Germany. March 8 (By The As
sociated Press.) Occupation of the ad
ditional Germaa territory which tha al
lies aaa announced they would tnke pos
session of as one of the penalties for
Germany's failure to meet the. allied
reparation demands waa carried out to-
No untoward incident marksd-the east.
ward move of the allied troops, ao fa
aa reports np to a lata hour chowed.
Tha eeeapatiaa of tha city of Duea-
ssldorf, tha largest of the eltlee takaa
utw, vj toe iiis,w wnapiassa sais
morning, aad that of Paisbarg and Buh
rort, comprising together tha chief port
or the Buar coal aaa industrial region,
thia afternoon.
Tha entire movement waa affected ia
a way to obviate, so Car as poasibls, a
show of farce, but the French aad tha
British Bhine flotillas were prepared for
eventualities.
Tha troops moved forward afoot and
in camions and oa board Freaeh aad
British river craft Tha Belgian troops
entered Dueeseldorf by way of tha
bridge aver tha Bhine. The French aad
British proceeded by way of the Co
logne bridgehead, marching along the
east' bank of tha Bhiaa and entering
Dueeseldorf from tha south and east
Duisburg waa occupied by Freaeh
and Belgian troops, while possesison of
Buhrort waa takaa by tha allied Bhiaa
flotilla.
Ths haadquartori of Oaaeral Dagoutte,
who. as commander ta chief of the
French forces along tha Bhine, carried
out tha orders from Marshal Foeh for
the advances, ara situated at Nuess, oa
the-wast bank of tha Bhine, opposite
Dueeseldorf.
At Dueeseldorf the inhabitants were
warned ia a proclamation by tha mayor
School to their former Independent
basis. Governor Cameron Morrison last
night named the boards of directors of
those institutions and his appointments
received the eondrmatioa of the Sen
ate at its closing session.
Ths appointments follow:
State Hospital at Baleigh Joeeph O.
Brown, WiAe, two yean; James H.
Bridges, Vance, two years; Mrs. Mar
shall P. Williams, Duplin, two years;
Dr. Leslie B. Evans, Bertie, four years;
Fslix Harvey, Lenoir, four years; W.
H. Hprunt New Hanover, four years
Walter L. Parsons, Biehmond, six years ;
L. B. Varser, Robeson, six years; John
F. Wiley, Durham, elx years.
State Hospital at Goldsbora C. P.
Ayeoek, Beaufort, two years; Claiborne
H. Carr, Durham, two years; Dr. Joha
Daniel Robinson, Duplin, two years;
Nathan OUerrv. Wavne. four years:
Dr. H. V. Horton, Forsyth, four years;
H. C. McQueen, New Hanover, four
years; F. ii. Mr&inne, Franklin, six
years; W, H. Belk, Mecklenburg, six
years; L H. Blue, Scotland, six years.
State Hospital at Morgan ton C. K.
Brooks, Henderson, two years; J. H.
Giles, Burke, two years; Dr. G. 8.
Klrby, McDowell, two years; Dr. J. M.
Belk, Union, four yean; 0. 0. Oran-
ford, Baadolph. four years; John M.
Stotta Mecklsnburg. four rears Mles-
nat Ulemcat, buncombe, six years;
Sloan JnT. Robinson, Gaston, six years;
A. M. Sealae, Guilford, six years.
State School for Blind at Baleigh
K. 8. Busbee, Wake, Q years; Dr. W.
A. Rogers, Maeon, years; A. L. Mc
Neill, Lea, 8 years; Charles W. Home,
Johnston, 8 years.
Caswell Training School at Kinston
Charles Dewey, Wayne, 2 years; Mrs.
8. 0. Bitterson, Lenoir, I years; A. H.
PoweU, Graaville, I years; Dr. M. B.
Stephenson, Northampton, 4 years:
James P. Bnnn, Nash, 4 years; W. P.
Anderson, Wilson, 4 years; Dr. I. W.
Fuisoa, Mecklenburg, 8 years; W. P. I
Parsons, Aason, 8 years; J. L. McMil
lan, Robeson, years.
The eartala descended upon the sixty
fourth session of ths General Assembly
at I o'clock thia morning, two hoars
after the beginning of its sixty fourth
day. Ths sleepy spectators to the bien
nial drams, aad most af the still sleep
ier actors, hurried sway home, glad to
be gone after two months of grinding
detail of legialatioa. A few clerks re-
morning flnale followed a
day fall of legialativs hours sad thor
oughly sprinkled with enactments af
Statewide importance. Among them
were the abolition of ths State Building
Commies ion and the State architect, the
dissolution of ths purchasing depart
ment for State institutions, the re
tura to the old system af independent
directorates for State hoeplule, the- -
submission of a constitutional amend
ment to increase the salary of the
members of the General Assembly from
to 10, and the enactment of a bill
to strengthen the law against the ex- -hlbition
of obscene or immoral motion
plctorcc
The end was aot dramatis. Pssaioa
had spent itself long before the hour of "
disintegration, and for the remaining ,
moments, there were lova feasts, kindly
giving of gifts, and many gracious
words. Of sears that tha rigor of battle
had inflicted there were none left It
was a peaceful, pleasant flnish to the ,
tomedy -drama-tragedy that has occu
pied, the boards for ths past 63 days. 4V
Whea the agreed upon hour waa
reached, the door of tha two chambers
stood open, the Speaker of the House
facing the President ef tha Senate, ia
keeping with immemorial custom, sad
together their gavels descended. The
presiding officers declared tha Assembly ,
adjourned "sine iU." and tha members
trooped toward the, loon aad. station. . ...
ward where trains took; them Bp -aad
earned mem away. i i . .
Denied ths whole 'loaf,' censorship .
took what part of the loaf it eonld get '
when the General Assembly in its final
hours decreed punishment to any who
exhibited any obscene or dearly im
moral picture, poster, or such liks mat
ter oa any screen sr bill board. Ia ef
fect to leave censorship to the courts,
and the public free to call pudicial at- .
tentioa to infractions through affidavits.
The bill had its beginning in the.
Senate during the morning, coming
from the hands of Senator Gallert It
passed there, without change further
thaa striking aut the, phrase "such affi
davit shall ba prima lacls evidence of
gallt." It landed ia the House last
night at 8:30, and tha packed galleries
REIGN OF LAWLESSNESS
CAUSFS DEATH OF TWO got a little of tha show that was de
niea mem wnen sirsigntoui eensorsnip
Assassination of Two Men In
Chicago Outcome of Recent
- Political Fend
Chicago, 111., March 8. A reign of
lawlessness, declared to have been the
outcome of a political feud, which has
MtnwiM mi. a, tha. ntAat. flanaalv
against taking a provocative attitude to- j populated warda ia. the eity for weeks
ward the allied force. I tod tmlminaUd In tha aaalnatinn
After tha occupation, of Dueeseldorf , , of Ald.rman Joha Powers'
have joined the revolutionaries,' was
relied oa by the Soviet govsramcat to
quell the Kronstadt uprising. The
8oyietJiaiL threatened.toJblow .ap
Kronstadt from Krnsnoya uorko if the
rebels ia Kronstadt did not surrender.
4CenUne m Fa SeTeaJ
,,SeTeTs'ltopabHeaBf""4tosoiv,fgT
rga (Senator Penrose to give first eoa
sidoration to an agricultural tariff. It
is. the present intentioa itfBepjiblida;
leaders to limit and circumscribe its
schedule more closely than ws4 done
in ths Fordney BjII, which formsr Presi
dent Wilson vetoed last week. 8ucK a
bill, Senator Penrose said -could be
passed "ia a very short time, if care
fully drawn.
Both Senate and House committees
will begia work soon, probably next
PRESENT UPRISING ONE OP
SERIES DURING LAST I YEAB9
New York, March 8. The present
anti-Bolshevist opriaing in Bussia is
not a aw movement but one of a
series of uprisings which occurred dur
ing the past three year and remained I week, ear the ilscsl legislation for the
hidden beneath tha veil of soviet I April session. While the House com
censorship, 8ir Paul Dakes, former I mittee is drafting the flrst ' bill for
British secret service agent in Baeeia, I introduction immediately upon eoavea
deelared here today. ' Sir Paul, v. ho I ing ef tha Congress, Senator Penrose
pent mere thaa twa years ia Bussia j said his committee would hold supple
disguised as a Russian Workman is nowi mentary hearinga an "high spots" sie
ia tha United States oa a visit. I eial subjects ia controversy, such as
Aftmr k..ir. ....t anrf aS im Mm I Sale Sail nthaV (an, Tka' .(..
among the Russian pet pie he volun- added that he had1 not beea "converted"
tee red ta 18 to replace the HritMh I wui aaiee uxea theory aad was aot
aaval and intelligence o (Beer who was I convinced that it was either pructie
killed ia Petrograd aad carried oa his able or dealrable," but aaid that he and
work in disgaise. He aid that ha s- sa ope a mind" aa tit subject aad waa
Joyed the ewnaaeaee or arverat soviet I epen 10 eonvietioa.
ageats. 1 Coneideration of revenue require
Tas Srst a prising, -Be raid, aesarrad I meats or aaa government Senator Pea
ia ISIS when two commissars were! rose aaid, would bring as soldiers'
maraerea Dy wsramea. Aa a reprisal, I wamia srguianoa.
Uanh m.-'mA L...J a...l . W, Ial aurch Ow Ikvcst Lrat ioB bv
shot. ' I e laaisaa public eerrice commission.
Throe aaara anriainn. Sir Pan! addodl I .xatersteta tommerec Commission,
ii ecurred ' ia Il. the . flrst la I wpreaeatsUva af the attorney geaeral'
March wbea twa haadrwd workatea "B,e aw lork Ceatral and
were ardered ahot aad tha families- af "'w caatral railroads ia aa effort
those) wha escaped were seized. A ee-M aeaetmlaa waat aaesed the wreck at
aad aatbraak aarlu tha aUetiama .f I Pevtar on Febresry- XT. in which . 87
Jaly waa quelled, he fjoiated aot, "bylPerasM were hilled, was begaa today
1 'T7 swpenor- soun peama eioaeo
iiauaaa ea rage ?arv - aoors.
Madrid. March 8. Premier Dato
was qssasslnstsd thia evening whll-v
retnrnlnc frosa ths Chamber la a
motor ear. Be was attacked by"
everal ncrsons Who flred a ambr
.1 J -
Edasrds Date was raeogatoed aa
one of ths most conservative ef tha
eeaaervstlvee la Spain. Ha be
came leader of the Llbersl-Csa-servstlve
party, ths atraageat
political groap la both tha Senate
aad the House of Rreeeatativea,
: after tha dtaappesvaaos af Cancrea.
Never a friend af . the' werklng
elaeaes aad opposed to all rffs,
Dato accjalred tha height af hit
repatatkm for sternness ta Aagnat,
HIT, wbea be suppressed with tha
utmost energy the workers' onevs.
- meat '
Seaar Dato had held the seat la
- Parliament for Victoria, capital ef
-the Province ef Alva, ever eiaes
his owtry late parllameat. Oa sev
eral eccaaicM ho waa cpcker f
the Heass. Besides haldlac Pvt
fcllas la varlowa cshiaets he was
ths arrms salasrter 'a aamber
Umea. Altheagh apaarssitly ml
yesrtle tomBarasseat, Date peaateased
a will ef Iran sad aever dlscasssd
a aabject with aay aaa eoee ha had
' mada ap hss salad oa It. . ; .
Date's Byshpethica Uiwegheert tha
war were ea the aide af tha allies. '
For, tha UaMed States ha la aaid
never to have heal aay lava. . Be
was Bwaarchtat t ths tips of haa
Jager aad refaseel ta fee aider aay
Idea ef a Spaatshr rMH.
Bssjsatly there had heea
able agltattoa far tha feranactoa of '.
a coaJUtlew' P'msutt ra Spafaa tow
VrepUca Date's eahlaat. .
of two of Alderman
political lieutenants.
Paul lAbriola, a municipal aourt
bailiff, waa the. flrst, victim. Hs was
shot from ambush a block from his
home just before aooa. He fell with
nine bullets through his back.
Harry Raymond, a cigar store owner,
was killed two' hours later by two- men
who had entered his store to buy cigars.
Twoi bullets pierced his head and two
others penetrated his lungs.
zfota shootings took plocs la a sec
tion "known as "death alley" in the
nineteenth ward and wars, ascribed by
between
General Degontte issued a proclamation
to its people ia which ha declared the
occupation waa not a measure or notui
Ity against ths population but ess in
tended to compel tha government of
Germany to carry out Its obligations.
DUTCH GOVERNMENT IS
WATCHING DEVELOPMENTS.
Tha Hague. March eV(By Tha Asso
ciated Press.) As much of Holland's
commercial prosperity depends oa the
Rhone district the Dates government is
watching closely any affect the, allied
occupation of lha region or the proposed
customs collections will have oa Dutch
trsde.'
. .While losses may be incurred through
a deereasa ia the Rhine trade, imtca om
eja.li take tha view that nothing eaa pre
vent Germany Bonding aa much mer
ehan diss as she pleases direct late' Hoi
load over the railroads, which ara x
nee ted to handle it to their capacity.
OTl. t.t.k BMMMnM MM,.
, , . i v. i . . .vTIa. I explosives from soma mysterious sou res.
niy r wu'iw " I n a.m. i..
- I put ea the ear tracks and. Or crackers
i.tju THAW ts.eee TROOPS I ware declared to have abounded ia th
risen in litht 1DTAH11. 1 waru siaee saonaa.
vaa Um a fBv Tha Associated I "It waa a part of tha plot. sold
paaa Laa thaa 25.000 trooaa were I Detective Bcmeat Joha -JJCiske. "Thsy
I. earrrtas eat the occupation of I covered up their shots by filling the
actional Germaa territory aader the ward with similar soonda. We knew
Saehnana reached at Loadoa, effect ea a muraer waa eomiag. -
. a a rfika Aataw Afltaa I -
T?v'Jr?.rZl m. Ceranan Ambassador Leavas.
nesro ;U,;r ;.;idei March 8By The A-oci
, ;.r TvIT. m tk.t ha Garaana I atod Prose.) Dr. St Hammer, the Oer
L' aUv"mr'v!!u.i U- a-rauwador to Grt Britain will
was killed the. previous night
Matthews of Bertie, was wound ap
tight and . ready .: to speak on Monday
night when the show waa called off by
the abrupt move to table. He got re
cognition last aight, and despite the
buffet ings of a score of Interruptions,
got his speech off in line fashion. Tha
galleries cheered him until ths chamber
resounded with their demonstration.
He made a igood speech, carefully
thought out aad delivered la a vary
effective manner.
Grant, of Davie, most caustic of the
minority membership of the House,
arose with a scalpel and went after
the bill with a sweeping vengeance. - Hs
wanted the bill tabled, and so moved.
The House was aot with him. It wanted
something done about pictures, although .
it may not have considered them quite .
as vicious as did Mr, Matthews when
hs declared that they are' "the greatest
evil in tbis State today." They voted ...
down Grant's tabling motion 62 to 19.
Undaunted, , the Davie member took .
up the cudgels against the word "sse- '
tha "do lice to the' feud between the
F)ait---aVtwar-
d'Andrea who waa defeated by Powers I notion that any jury, composed mostly
for aldsrnuvn but month.
The eleetioa campaign was marked
by great bitterness aad violence in
eluding bombing ' of a political meet
ing.
Detective declared that child rea la
the ward reeeatly ware provided with
aaid hava aa basis for critlcmaa aa
thia wronnd. It waa explained.
Tha aeeupatloa was soanpieiea aow
lutely without rnetloa, taa xoreigu
office announced, aad the treopa had
beea ordered to observe strict dieetpliae
! tha aew area, treat the popalatioa
aMftaoaalv aad avMl aay .aaaaa zar
troable, -,-r- - - :
of denomhwtitjnsd adherents, could
justly say to the world that, any one
thing was sacrilegious. What is sac
rilege to one is not sacrilege to another.
and he denounced bitterly the effort to
define it in law. He demanded its re
moval, and ths proponents ef the bill
accepted it As it stands, obscene and
dearly immoral pictures are illegal, and
any -showing- them ars subject to ia-
dietment ea a midemeano charge. The
courts define both. ...
By a-rising vote, the House at the
aight session passed the measure which
came from the Senate last week estab
lishing or memorial for the late Gov
ernor Jarvio, ia tha form of a monthly
payment of 1180 to the widow of Gov
ernor Jarvis nsw living ia Greenville.
Griee Speaks Child.
Claiming ths fatherhood ef the bill
R.Waia will
1a.m. inA. tnr Rarli. toaivht. it wa. I that created the State Building COM'
aaaoaaead this ofteraooa. When aaked ahlaaioa, Spesker Gner took tha floor
whather he would return, the Germaa ia the House, yesterday morn lag, to de
savoy ahragged his shoalders and said that he felt the right to apeak hia
he did aot kaow. Tha embassy here is awa child, aad together with aS ether
remaining apea. wtth tha counsellor ia I members or ue iiouac, aa apaasea ui
eaarga. , --lelll-te death. Jt waa repealed, ta aa-
I COTdaaos vn in uovctboi-b wiaasa.
nWretaff Deahy Catag ta Sea, I u , doing th Heuse icauteaecd 1H "
nva BtxcrhTENT OF BXLCIAXS
ORDERED TO BU.-vaM-AK.
Washington, March a SeereUry I ks Senate's deforaaea to tha Govern or's
Deaby twAsadr to ba a "sea-golsg" I azpieesd desire for ths repeal af tha
Braastla.' March t. Preaaief Da Wiart T - -----. im u ereaiea """-a v-t--
: 7". ,L .v. n. k.. . ri..ia. I aaaoaaeea aeasF ae piaaaea go teiatea. tha State imrenaaina- eenartmeat.
tw rerl-enl efTrnadiars was roUr Cwaataaama, Cuba, winter base of the .nd Mtored the several State tastita
tnat a regimens e i frmmMatmrm "ih i a. . 4.. nl. .. i .a i.j;.m.i
MTafvaW wwald J ! L-l
"JT1 ila hs.- rw posaiMe aad to hocwaaa thorourttyl . Oaand br th debate that broke
(Ceatiaaed Oa, Paga Twa)
familiar with tha adouaiatratiea ef Utf
Sects.
. .(CeaUawed Oa Pag Twa)