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Sews TUB XCLiTUER Ooedr lalarday, followed by server e peer mw. ed mnti ve days before aspiration la erdr t avoid bimiu at copy fetaiaay ntatl ae aadayi bum uriiin VOLCXIII. NO. 71. TEN PACES TODAY RALEIGH. N. C. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 12. 1921. TEN PACES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS OVERMAN HOLDS UP MAIN OF C COMMISSIONERS ! i. Senator Will See President To day To Urge That Southeast Be Represented EXPECTS TO PRESENT A. J. MAXWELL'S NAME If Harding Indicate Intention To Place Representative - - From - Southeast On Inter, state Commerce Commiiiion, Tar Heel Senator Will With. draw Objection Cabinet Officer! Arrive At White House The Newt and Obeervtr Bureau, 603 District National Bank Bldg. (By Special Leased Wire) BY JOE L. BAKER Washington, Mareh 11. Confirmation ef Mark W. Potter, New York, and for ait Representative Each, of Wisconsin, to bo members of the Interstate Com Bine Commission, whose nominations were sent to the Senate today by Pres dent Harding, was withheld for a day at the suggestion of Benstor Overman, W.':vV'..:t.se. J"i fs.Pmiden Vv&iMt .M,.t ArTiJ marYflWmornitir fo "utSi fftt the Bontheat be given representation on the commission. The nominations I were referred lo the Interstate Com merce Commission. Senator Overman's objection to Pot ter and Each is not personal but be, and most of the other Southern Sena tors feet the same way about it, think ing the n inth should hate representa tion oa this powerful commission. There are two other vaeapelea on the Inter state Commerce Commission, or three additional vacancies will eiist soon, and if Senator Overman learns from the President tomorrow that the Southeast :4 will be given consideration in filling those vacancies, he will not firrther ob ject to confirmation of Mr. Potter and Mr. Esch. The former by ths way, was nominated for the same post by Presi dent Wilson, but the Senate wouldn't - confirm him as it wouldn't confirm any body whose nomination. Mf. Wilson tent ' in, if there was any way aronnd it. Te Present Maxwell's Name Incidentally, in his Interview with President Harding tomorrow, Senator Overman will present the nnme of A. J. Maxwell, of the North Carolina State Corporation Commission. But while ""urging Mtv Maxwell as splendid timber lor the Commission, Senator Overman will make it plain that nny good man from the Southeast will be satisfactory If Mr. Harding does sot tee his way ' clear te select Mr. Maxwell, the point - i 'being ths? Senator Overman, as he mad -clear today, like other Bout hern Sena ' tort, thinks that the great Southeast - and , the Southwest for that matter should bar representation on the Com mission, an all powerful body in ail natters relating to transportation. Draw - a lint from the north coast of Vir ginia on tht Atlantic Seaboard, clear through to the Pacific coast, and no' "a matt from tht South r that liwe - member of the Interstate Commerce t Commisaion and the Booth has really ' sever had but one Southerner on the board, at least the Southeast never did. He waa the late Judge Clement, of Georgia. Now, the only, man from the South on the Commission is Harlan of . Kentucky, and Kentucky is not in the rnte territory with the Southeastern ntates. Wooley, who recently retired front the Commission, was accredited to Virginia, but Virginia is not in the Southeastern tariff territory. .The contention of the " Southeastern Senators it that their section should be represented, and that in a Commission with at many members at the Interstate Commerce Commission has, room for at ' least one man from the territory aouth of the Potomac and Ohio and eaat of the Mississippi ought to bo found. Disarmament Big Problem ' Approximate' disarmament to lift the heavy burden that preparedness for war placet on the shoulders of tht Amen can people, it the really great problem that confront President Harding and the new administration, rather than tar iff and revenue legislation, in the opin ' ioa of Representative Ed Pou, voiced today in commenting ,on the plan of the Republican leaden to rush through a aew tariff law, regardless of every thing else. ' n i It if LABOR SECRETARY PROFFERS AID IN AVERTING STRIKE Services of The Department of Labor Offered to Both Pack ers and Employes ASKS APPOINTMENT OF FOUR REPRESENTATIVES Suggests Arbitration of Die. pnte That Threatens To De lop Into Strike; Daris De. dares federal Government Deeply Concerned About Maintenance of Activities. LEADERS OF LABOR ASSAIL EFFORTS TO REDUCE WAGES Washington, Mareh 11. Tht services ef tie lVkttmet of Lubor in nettle- aaeai of tha conUoversjr betaeea Pack kg house emp'oyee sad the packing rcaeeras growing out of proposed wage redurtin rre offered in telegrams sent tonight to the anions sad packers by Secretary of Laibor Pays. Secretary Davia who dispatched the elrgramp after a eonfereaee with resident Harding, alio requested the Railway Executives Unanimous In Declaring Reductions To Be Necessary BEGIN WITH UNSKILLED AND REACHING TO TOP President of Train Dispatchers' Association Asserts That Railroads Are Not Economi cally Managed; Calls For Senatorial Investigation To Avert Serious Strike Chicago, March 11. Action looking toward the wholesale reductions ef wages of railway , employes pf the nation was mailed tonight by union leaders. The railway eieeutirea were unsni moat in declaring that the reduction! were accessary to pave the way for lower freight and passenger rstes snd said that ths wage ruts would begin with the unskilled emnlovea but would TROTZKY OFFERS REWARD THE, GENERAL DOUBLES IT Warsaw. March It By the Asso ciated Prose.) Trotsky, Ike Kaassiaa Soviet wsr minister, s. eevdlag te Reaalam a. re has of fered a reward ef aUUu raklea fee the kdy. stead er alive, ef Veaeral Kealevakjr, Ike revola lieaary kader la Ike Petregrad rewUa. Ueaeral KeaWvsky, la return, la reported te have effered lea mil Ilea rabies for Trotsky's body. It la pointed oat here that a sill. Ilea raklea aew la worth aboat $4S. A doiea or snore lasarrerllons are la Brofroea Ihrooghaal Kaaaia sad Ike aati-BolehevIk atovemeol dally Is earoaraaHag ether eprlelaga, say Ike local Raaalano. Bosldva a dosea or more snala la aarroctlaaa, many aall-Bolahevik has os are restarted le be operating aader ellaalae of Ike Krondstaat Mtftarlt. , (VMILiril YAP SITUATION THE SAME STATUS Diplomatic Exchanges Between America and Japan Result In No Progress Washington, March 11. (By the As sociated Press.) Diplomatic exeha-ngea n ths I : l L il. i. : : Edwin Denby, Secretary of the Navy, center, and John W. Weeks, Secre tary of War, -right, arriving at the White House to attend the 6rst meeting of President Harding t cabinet. REQUESTS BENSON TO CONTINUE WORK President Harding Asks Ship ping Board Chairman To Continue To Function Pointing ont that 90 cents of every "ekllei " expehaea"Ty' IBC "NiOilfrvft ' crament it foa wars of the past or to prepare for possible wars. Mr. Po de clared that the opportunity, for great ' ett service that lies with the hew ad- aainistratioa ia to jnia la the mOTcment to reduce the danger of future wart. snaking great armies and navies unnee- eatary, and thus lift from the people nost of tht great bnrdea of taxation sjnder which they are now etaggering. - MI wish President Harding well" aaid : Mr. Poa, "and ia so far aa one member can, I ehall try: to be helpful ia any attempt be may make' to lift the heavy bordea of taxation from the shoulders f the people. ', One thing it certain, America, eaaaot stand the enormous amoeat of taxec aew being paid. Aad the big problem ia not the tariff about whack eg Brack at being tauu aaa vni- to right ow. - . ' . .. . . "Ia my Judxmtat the aaeatioa which oTorahadowa all ether qneatioat just at thie time ia when, will t be potaible for America to begia rednetioa ef araaa Baeat Think of this, if yea plaaaev from every dollar appropriated by Coa- greta, ninety ecata ia ppiicsi to the building of a navy and the) naaiateaaaee ef aa army. I wae eae of very few ' Who voted for the building of a great navy nearly twenty years ago. I want te ejnit, for more rsasaac than osw. Ia the fret place, ear boys fought aad wea the war a poa the implied aad ex--pressed prom lee that at far -as nUght be haaaaaly pocaible fotare wart theaid be- msec aaarrasaary. - There ia cet taialy eae '" effective way to prevent war, aad that ia te disarm. If I have an enemy be eaaeet shoot ase aaleos Washington, March 11. Chairman Benson of the Shipping Board was for mally asked today by President H.ird ing to "continue to function as though the baord was fully organized" tnd to "assert your full authority under the law." President Harding's request was em bodied in a latter sent to Chairman Henson nfter the cabinet meeting at which it waa understood the President's attention was called to the board's iado- eisioa at to whether atttttary disburs- mentc could be made in view, of the explratloa ov'MSreh of eetaatjasioot held by the .board members tt recess appointees. Chairman Benson bad previously ac quainted the President of hit intention of remaining in eharge of the property of the board until such time as he should be relieved snd had also asked attorney general Daugherty for an opinio at, toJiow far. he might .fune tioa in tne ngnt or me previous cen ate confirmation of hit nomination an der the original ahipping net. Commenting on the President t letter after he had mat public, Chairman Benson aaia; 1 shall assume and act with full authority in everything necessary to carry on the functions of the board." The chairman added that he would, however, do nothing that might embar rasa the new board to be appointed by Mr. Harding. a The President s letter was not taken i forecasting reappointment of Ad miral Benson as head of the new board but was considered a step to preclude any temporary embarrassment and to prevent a cessation oi activities con cerned with operation of the govern ment-owned merchant marine. President Harding was understood to day to be seeking a prominent New York shipping man for the chairman ship. .1 B. A. C. Smith and Frank Munson, both of New York aad ment of promi nence in the Shipping World have been mentioned for the chairmanship but it is not known whether either would sever their present connections to ac eept the i office. Strong pressure has been brought to bear by Southern port; foT the retention -of chairman Benson at a membef of the board. WOMAN TELLS JURY HOW ROOM LOOKED Physician Testifies That Dead Man Said Defendant Shot Him While In Bed Ardmore, Ok la., March 11. Clara Smith Hamon, on trial here charged with the murder of Jake I Hamon, to day returned to the hotel rooms oc eupied by herself and Mr. Hamon and in w-a aa mat a aaa ayvjusiiknioHh in the prescneV of the jury rearranged Labor with the knowledge of the De nate toe repreaentativea to meet Department of Labor agents in aa at tempt to readjust the dispute which threatens to develop into a strike. The telegram, sent te Ieaais Lane, secretary of ths Amalgamated Meat ('utters and Butcher's Workmen of North America at Chicago, tad which wat practically identical in text with the one sent the f vt big peckers, fol lows: "Tht Federal government is deeply concerned about the maintenance of in dustrial activitiea in fullest under standing and hopes there will be no in terruption of the continuity of employ ment in the great packing industries. If the Department of Labor caa be helpful in promoting understanding and caa aid ia any way to avoid the ees- aatiea of operations, such cervices by this department will be given most gladly. ."The whole problem of industrial re adjustment ia of such widsspread pub lic concern that the Department of president of the American Train Dia patchers' Association, asserted that the train sheets would show thst the rsil roads wore not economically managed and in a letter to Senator A. B. Cum mins, chairman of the Senate interstate commerce committee, he called for I Senatorial investigation of the trans port a tioa question "so sa to avert ser ious strife over wage reductions." ""Notices of proposed wage reductions on individual roads hare been expected since the meeting of the railway exe cutives here on February In, said a statement issued by W. Jett Lauek, former secretary of the war labor hoard and now consulting economist of the railroad unions. It ia part of tht plan to deluge the United States Labor Board with a multitude of complaints and cannot be of mnch financial bene fit to tne railroads. Delago of Cosaplalala. "One complaint after another mnst taking of testimony was resumed, she " " ? eve, 1 orable, be aeeured v j 2V. T- -ir.i... - l.l,. , m-ora ids nuuiij ui " "" poesible auch inquiry into tht situation the furniture as it was on the night of psrtment of Agriculture and Commerce, ..-T'hi. "J J It t . Z .T.J . . , . tk.i considerable period of time must elapse me snooting, a snon time rnier, wart 71-- a. " before a aufficient number of decisions by the railroads. The New York flnnncisl district has already recognised this tendency. Ia rpite ef the fact of th proposed wage redactions tnd tht sanction by the government te advaaee payments of its guarantees of th carriers, railroad securities have reached another lew level oa the- Stock Ex change. "This would not be so if the railroa eieeutirea were straight forward men sincere in their labor policy, and if their lans were directed by the most intelligent and far-seeing of the head of the road,. If financial relief, and not the breaking down of the labor Hardy that Mr. Hamon had come to his las may prove helpful ia leading to a sanitarium with the deelaratioa; Tm just and satisfactory solution. .hnt riv riara Hemes" A ,haw-t "I am seeding a like request to Us .... . tt ,v. . I employers, and am acquainting them with thia reqaeet to you. Barely there am mum mui wnuv lJ 'mm urn, vru. mtmr waa quoted by Dr. Hards, While Dr. Hardy was' oa the ttaad the State offered m evidence the blood stained undergarments of Hamon, which previously, it bad been aaid, were burned to prevent his wife teeing them. Said Wife Shot Him. Danun mast be a just tohitioa aad the good omeet of this department are tendered ia the hope of fading that solution to essential to the promotion of the com mon good. SCORE OF NOMINATIONS MADE BY THE PRESIDENT ft. TTu.ilv tA.liAa.1 At fl staggered toward him, pale of face and I Senate Confirms Mny of Them I organitations were the object, the rail kissed him on the forehead. In reply to the doctor s question, he said, 1 told you she would do it. I'm going to die. I am weak and. I. want to go to bed. Accompanied by Sheriff Garrett and Clara Hamon, the jury visited the hotel where Hamon was hot, first inspecting the room occupied by Clara Hamon and joined by a connecting door to the one occupied by Mr. Hamon. Clara Hamon personally arranged the furniture and effects it'-near at While Others Go Orer Until Session Today roads ia a certain area or district would notify their employes of proposed wsge cuts, invito them to select representa tives to meet the representatives of the earners ia conference and there, if ao agreement could be reached. ia turn confirmed a number. Only one day probably remains for the Sen ate to take action on nominations be cause of its expected adjournment to morrow night. Thereafter nominations to be effective before the snecinl tet- possible to the location on the day of sion of Congress next month will have the shooting. It was noticed that only I to be of a recess -nature. ' Washington, Mareh II. Nearly a score of nominations were tent by Presi dent Harding today to the Senate, which I complaint covering a large number of railroads and their employes be brought before the labor board, Want To Break Dowa Labor. The reason concerted action for wage reduction ia not taken now ia that the Association of Bailway Executives HARDING CONFERS WITH HIS DEPARTMENT HEADS Discussion of Problem! Con tCwatlaaid Oa rage Two) tinnes So long He Keeps Them For Lunch 1 Washington, March IL Many prob lems of departmental organisation, to gether with vtrioat pressing questions of public policy, were ' discassed 'by President Harding and hia eabiact 'to day at a three-hour meeting. . . ' The threatened striks of packer em ployee aad the eeleetida of i aew Ship ping Board are aaderatood to have oc cupied first attention, and 'after they karbeea pot aside the President asked eaehLpf km secretaries ia turn to re port conditions ia bit department at they had revealed themselves - during the rat-week of the aew administra tion. . , . -',.,. -,- - .-, The replies started several .extended di evasions, .to irre longing the session that Mr, Harding took the members of hia eflieial family te bjneh with bin ia the -White House. , Departaoatal pet rone re it aaid te have bee eae of the so hirers left eat 'of the caavasc aad although arveral ef the eerretaxies were ready te reeommead important ap pointment! Within their deportments. their suggestions were pet ever to be disrwased privatrty with the President at later 'iatee. . - It waa aaid that few deeieioaa were reached, most of the diaenssioa being j ef aa iafermatire aataxe. , ' by extreme effort did she maintain her composure, dropping into a chair just as soon as she had completed the few changes. Dr. Hardy told of- caring for Mr. Hamon when he came to the sanitarium and quoted an admonition given by Mr. Hamon, thus: Doctor, take my right hand. I want you to promise me you never will re veal how I was shot, except ia open court. - As Attorney General Freeling dia played the underclotlng Hamon had worn and a gown he wat placed in at too hospital, both Airs. Jake Hamon and Clara wept. Dr. Hardy aaid-Hie hale in the under clothing and shirt" correspondel with the woujid jthat thojJgarment looked jusitliosamei'' -:r-rr. Unable te Compose Herself. Mrs. Jake Hamon. waa anable to compose herself aod her. soa led her sobbing from the court room. Judge Champion called a five minute reeeia. It-was the first time Mrs. Jake Hamon had aeea the garments. Pre vious statements by Samoa t friend had indicated they bad been burned to keep the widow from teeing them. Dr. Hardy-' aaid after the operation. Hamon rallied and had the ase of hit faculties, r He Said Clara Hamon came to the hospital .. the next morning"- aad waa permitted to tee Hamoa alone, . the aarse being withdrawa. 'She did. aot star mors than two minutes may be three," Dr. Hardy said.'- After Clara left. Dr. Hardy aaid he weak itr aad. Hamoa aaid be geiag ,to die. . - . That 'a the - womaa that did the work. -1 wat lying ia (he taave Doaiiioa at I am now," be quoted Hamoa at saying- Hamoa then wa lying oa . hta oaca 00 tac hospital eot Nominations confirmed by the Sen ate today were D. B. Criaainger of it dominated by a short-sighted and misguided group who are more in terested in breaking down labor or ganizationt on individual roads than THREATENED RACE RIOT BREAKS OUT IN OHIO CITY OVERMAN OFFERS COWAN PLACE AS SECRETARY Washington. D. C Marck ll.-ieere- tary James H. Cowan, ef the WUmiar tea Chamber of, Coataseree, baa beca teadere4 the appoiatntcat aa private secretary to Senator tee 8.' Overmaa, 10 aaeeee4 the late C Hubert Martin. Thus far, Mr. Cowan baa aot aaaenaeed whether or not he weald accent, bat it m andersteod that great pressure win be brought. te bear aa hiss from Wil- ningtoa to h-Tc him jemoin with the Chamber ef Coauacrea ef that city. - Marion, Ohio, to be comptroller of the I they are in securing wage reductions. currency; Fred Morris Hearing of Mis- Their xeal against labor onions leads souri, to be Assistant Secretary of them oneonseionsly to neglect what Btate; Elmer D. Bella, reappointed Aa- the more rational railway presidents sistant Secretary of Agriculture: Wm. I clearly perceive to be the financial in 9. CulherteoB of Eanaat, reappointed to I terests of the transportation industry." tne tarin commission; t-apt. cnanet a. McVay, Jr, to be chief of the navy bureau of ordnance with the rank of rear admiral, and Ernest Lester Jones of Virginia, reappointed director of the coast and geodetic survey. Former Representative John 3. Etch of Wisconsin aad Mark W. Potter of New York were nominated to the In tersate Commerce Commission aad their names were reported favorably by the Senate Interstate Commerce, committee, but final action wat aot lakea.""''" Other nominations sent te the Senate today by President Harding but aot atred oa Include Thomat Q. Marvin of Massachusetts to the tariff eommisaion. Land William H. Joyce of Too Angeles, renominated to the Federal farm loan board. - Col. Gustavo Lakeah was aomlnated for membership oa tbe Mississippi river eommisison tnd other service nomina tions included Chaplaia Joha Thomat Axtoa to be chief of chaplaine of tbe army with the rank of ooleael, aad Med ical Director Edward K. Stitt to be ear geoa general of tke aavy. Smedley D. Butler, Logan Pslaad aad Harry Lee were renominated te their pretest rank ef brigadier general a tke marine corps. WILSON MARKET PASSES THE FIFTY MILLION MARK Wilson, March II. H. B. Jobaaoa taperviaor of ealca, givee eat tsJec aa the Wilsoa tobaece marxet lor ue weea eadiag Mareh 10th. lot thic period 1JM8.40S peaada were cold (Or 032.17, aa average of S14JS per handled poaada, ahewing. a decrease ia aver age ef $2-30 ever previews week. Total te to date eoaeojWS poaada, wkieh brought (J3eA0l, aa an round average ef $21.7. - Tbe market closet next Friday. t Fee Naatoe New jsnoHrai Blshse' Bo a. Mareh 11. Pope Benedict baa appelated Meatigaer . Aasrastaa 1. Sckwertaerta, cbaaeeller ef the dioceee ef Toledo, te he Biahe er Wichita. Kinase, ia aareemioa ter Bishop Job ). Mcaataary, who died ia Jf last ' Bpriagfleld, Ohio, Mar. 11 -Patrolman Joseph Ryaa was shot aad aertoasly , Injared shortly before midnight by aa anknewa negro whom be attempted so tearch for - fire arma. Immediately two ma chine gaa companies held ready - twrtr-alaerearly- la "the ewrtag'-rar aaUclpatiea. at treahla -followlag aa attack by a aegre last Meaday oa aa eievea-y ear-old white girl, were called eat. After the shooting. which eccarred- la tkot aegreqaar. ter- the policeman a asaallant cecap. ed. A 17-year-old aegre was later arrested aa a a aspect. . Shortly after the ahaotlag ef tbe pellcemaa a, large crowd f 01 mad aad started la the1 dlrectkoa of the city kaU aad Jail. Cad. H. B. Horner, repreacatatlve ef tke State adjutant general, who caane te Springfield early tonight at midnight ordered tbe Loadoa Na tional Gaerd company U report bore for daty aa eeea aa p nasi bio. Springfield, a city Of tJH popala. tlea bat a asgri pepalaUea ef ap proxlmaUly . ooo-foorth. .The ae areea are greapsd la s-arieoa tec tieafl ef tbe city, there being a tingle aegre smarter. . .Tbe crowd which taaembled after tbe ebeetiag bore sac aesaewaat seat, tared shortly afterward, bat half aa hear later waa still milling sheet tbe pticsla ... - At :e e'eieck reperta were re ar the aatberitlea that two aad another police. shot. Those report. ceald set be veriaod be. cease ef thee . Cotembaa, Ohio, Mareh lle-AaV jataet Csacral Cssrgt . Fkaeoooe aaasaarsd early Uw meralag that the ewtlre Peartb Betrlsaotat ef the Caerd, ceanprhdog . governments concer ths Pacific cable center of Yap have left the situation, unchanged and it remains for the Harding administration to dic tate the next step. Japan's rdply 10 the protest against Japanese control- of the plant aent by the Wilaon administration through the American embassy at Tokio ia under stood to hare contained a reiteration of the Japanese claim to exclusive juris diction by reason of the mandate awarded bV the Supreme Council. Aa to Japanese control of the former German rabies centering in the island, against which the American govern ment particularly protested, Japan ia said to adhere to the principle of free use of the cables by sll persons, but ith operation and control remaining under the power that is in possession of the ends of the cables. Japan holds that this arrangement 1 exists in the rase of the cable that runs from the American owned Island of Guam, in the Pacific, to Yokahamr.-, Japan. The American company which laid the cable, It claims, admitted the right of Japan to control the end which wat landed in Japan, with America eon trolling the tnd in Guam. The Japanese view also is under stood to be that tinee direct cable com muniegtion between the United HUAet and Alia by way of Guam and Manila already exists, tht line from Onam to Aaia rim Yap is okly aa indirect over flow connection unnecessary in ordi nary times and that therefore settle ment at the question of eontrol it not urgent. Meanwhile It It suggested that tinee the League of Nations Council haa re ferred the American protest addressed to 'it to the Allied nations a reply may come from that quarter which may eon- tain the germ of a basis for adjust ment. One incidental reealt of this suspen sion may be the postponement of a settlement by direct negotiations of tht issue between Japsn and the Nether lands arising from the claim of the Dutch government to eontrol one of the former German cablet extending from Yap to the Dutch end. QUESTION RIGHT TH DAKT Dill III IU Midi RATES IN STATES Attorneys For Wisconsin and 42 Other States Appear Be fore Supreme Court NORTH CAROLINA ONE OF STATES APPEALING Forty.three States Joininf In Proceeding Attempting To Obtain Order Vacatinf In.--junction Granted Bj Federal Courts To Prevent Interfer. ence With Raising Sates Washington, Mar. 11. Authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission under the transport -art to supervise railroad rates within the states wat la turn denied and upheld in opening tr ument today before the Supreme eoart on the teat ease brought by the State of Wiaeonain. Attorneys for Wisconain and the 42 states joining in the proceedings derlac ning th. atatu. of Prci. ing -control over State rates to be HOTEL FlflE THREATENS THE BUSINESS DISTRICT Richmond. March -11. Fire originat ing in tbe Richmond hotel, late this afternoon threatened ths downtown district with destruction before it was brought under eontrol tonight. The flames which were said to hare started a printing shop, spread rapidly through the botel and menaced adjoin ing buildings' A general alarm brought 11 lira lighting apparatus in tbe city the scene but the firemen had ifficult task ia controlling the flames. The fire, which at first appeared threatening, waa brought under eon trol, and damage wat not expected to exceed $10,000. -destructive of our dual form of gov ernment and contrary to the spirit ef our constitution" and to arnnuot to "unified control over commerce." Argwo I'afalr Advantage Counael for the railroads in uphold ing the authority of the commission de clared that the states which have re fused tc approve rate increases withia'T" their borders to the level of interstate rntes aa ordered by the eommissiea "aot only are injuring interstate com merce but are claiming an unfair ad vantage of their sister states who have acted liberally in the public interest The forty-three atates joining ia the proceedings are attempting to obtain aa ' order vacating the injunction granted by Federal courts to the Chicago, Bur lington and Quincy railroad preventing nnv Interference with that road ia ita establishment of increased freight and passenger rates within the state of Whw-. cousin aa authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Permission waa given in the various statea to file briefs and to be represented orally through one attorney acting for alt They selected John E. Benton, General Solicitor of the National Association of Railway and Utilities commissioners, at their representative. Coart Considers It Important Tht importance attached to the ease waa illustrated Immediately whea the court allowed a total of nine hourt for argument. M. B. Olbrieh, special coon, sel for Wisconsin, who opened for the -appellants, barely concluded hia presen tation of the rase today and it wae esti mated that the remaining time will throw the dosing arguments latc'ia the session of next Tuesday. , : The order of the Interstate Com merce Commission affecting State rates, Mrr Olbrieh argued, wat based solely on the ground that Htate rates below in- in terstate tariffs amounted to discrimin ation against interstate commerce and the order, he, added could aot be cut-, tnined on thia basil since supervision of strictly internal commerce wat ex pressly reserved to the states under' the constitution. The action of the Interstate Ctommeree Commission was denounced by Mr. Olbrieh as "ia ex cess of jurisdiction and aa abase of ' to WILSON GIVES DINNER TO TWO CLOSE FRIENDS Former President Has Trouble In Fin din Boom For His Large Library aored te gpriagleU far riot daty. Washington, March II. Wood row Wilson rounded ont the first week of his return to private life tonight with a private dinner M which o. M. tta rueh, of New York, and Norman H. Davis, former Under-Secreta'ry of State, who hat been retained in tbe Harding administration at the American mem ber of the International Communica tions Conference, were guests. It was said to signalize Mr. Wilson's intention to keep ia touch with men tnd affairs. Both Mr. Barueh aad Mr. Pavia were among Mr. Wilson's adviser! ia draw ing the eeoaomie sections of the treaty of Versailles. The former President. H it said, it aew fully established ia hit aew homt aad bat coffered no setback ia health. Hit - principal household difficulty, hit friendt report, hst been to find room la kit aew house for hit library of some sight thousand volnmet. Mr. Wilaon spends soma part ef every day dietat ing to a eteaograpber, attempting te dispone of a very heavy correspondence, and with Mrs. Wilsoa frequently tedtet motor dnvee la the afteraoea. power. - NORTH CAROLINA ONE OP , 3TATE9 JOINING IN APPEAL North. Carolina is one of the forty- throe states joining in the appeal to the Supreme Court. Attorney General James & Manning filed a brief ia the case, but is not attending the hearing ia Washington thia week. Aa order wat recently iasued directing that railroad ratea in thia State be raised to the In terstate rate basis on and after March th. V MEDIATORS UNABLE TO -SETTLE GEORGIA STRIKE Receiver For A. B. k A. Ke. fuses To Enter Into Arbitra tion Proceedngs AtianU, Ga., Mareh 11. Efforts by twe Federal mediators-to settle, the., ware atrike oa the Atlanta. oUraaiag- ham and Atlantic" Railway came" to a NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR NAVES SUCCESSOR TO SENATOR FALL Albaanerque, N. M, March 11. Gov ern er Meebeat aaaoaaeed today that be weald appoint H. C Be rao.au Catted States Senator te tweeted A. B. Fall. Buranaa ia Repablieaa National com itteemaa for New Mexico. His boaae it ia Socorro. . sudden end here late today whea after refusal of B. L. Bugg, receiver,- te enter into the proceedings the two com- missionoao aiinownced they would re turn to Washington. C The mediators, L. C. Chambers aad Whitehead Kluttx, it was indicated, - ill place the matter before President Harding in an attempt te restore serv- .' ice oa the road which haa been prae- ' tirally paralyzed since the strike began v a week ago. Tkeir statement waa aaade eontempranonsly with a p red ie tioa by Colonel Bugg to the effect that prae- tically normal service anight be re- turned during the next week with aew crews. ' Ia finally declining te enter into act- , tlement negotiations through the eota missioaert, Colonel Bugg aaid; '"No matter what conclusion might be reached by arbitration, I could aot pa.,. eat more money than tbe road carat for the obvious reason that I weald have no meant with which to pay. T)ia - J propoaitioa is ao more ooseeptible te compromise thaa - Ue maiupueatton table." 1. - The road's payroll ia 1 950 waa $4,- 203,988, aa iacroaee ef $2rU6,6S ever ' 181 ColoacJ Hogg aaaoaaree. in a stateateat tonight the raise ' ia -' ratea gave aa- eperariag increase la 1930 ef $1JM3,45, he added, which be declared . failed by $713,214 te meet the increased wagea allowed by the United Btatra Railway Labor Board. Celoaet Bagg declared the wage re dnetioa ef approximately fifty per cent of increases granted ttaee 1817 waa "the 1 mast rednetioa" which tke road's h- ' aaacial eeaditiea. weald permit. .