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and Observer WE VTHTttat North Carallea Fsir Setandsy sad ateeday, Me anlld less. poseUrs. f WATCH UDLL . Sa sear HP"- Ssa renewal s ears sror . eplraiia In ere.f ta avoid toUaiag a single cost. J i. VOLCXIII. NO78. TEN PAGES TODAY RALEIGH. N. G. SATURDAY MORNING. MARCH 19. 1921. TEN PACES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE 'CENTS Tie .Mews FEDERAL CONTROL ; OF SEPARATION OF RACES SUGGESTED Decision of District of Colum- bia Court Raises Interest , " ing Speculation t 1 INTERSTATE BODY TO J CONDUCT INVESTIGATION Jadf a McCoy Hold Railroads kuit File 'Jim Crow" Befit. lations With The Oommis. ion; Ou Rates Lowered In Waahins-ton and May Oo Lower ' Tbs News snd Obaerver Bareeu, 603 District National Hank Building. By EDWARD E. BMTTON. (By Special Lesaed Wire.) Wn.hinetoa. March IS. Il the la terststs Commerce Commission to bs tkm .rhiir in ha Jlm Crow law iiM.atlMl If a rulinr Juat mad by , Chief Justice McCoy of tha District of Celumbts Supreme Court notas gooo that will be tha esse, though th later atata Commerce Commission baa as-yet fouad nothing ia the Uw that makes it the judge in tha matter. Aa the easy mow staade there ia matter of in terest in it to North Carolina, aa well at to all States in which there ia segrege tioa of races traina or lawa providing for this. Two negro men riding oa tha Wash ington, Haltimora and Anaapolie Hnil way, having taken the electric eara at Anannolis. were directed by tha eon- duetor to mora from the front of the car ia whifh they bad taken costs to that aeetion reserved for colored paa eager. Tha men refused aad were put off the ear. They brought auit againit the railway and Justice McCoy at the hearing yes terday directed tha jury to return a 'verdict ia their favor, tha award being 500 for each of the men. Tha eourt held that in order to segregste white andeolercd pnsscngers in interstate com merce the railroad eompsrues must arm 'via the proposed regulations with the , eommislson, that with thia having , been done tha railroads had no right to assign passeagers to any specific seat. Asked today about the matter Justice McCoy raid that whin the courts nsa hold that a State eonld not proride for .aearreration of races in interstate com tneree, yet a railroad, eould provide by regulationa for eertnin parte of the train to bo need for pnssengors as "ft aslght dlrset. If this becomes tho Mutcit W. fhen it will be op to rail roods whetbrr the Vwflt ' Inweha rTOw-xegulirtioM ia Interstate traffic. wl-''JT L Ki .... -tawaiiratfl Last Chance For Draft Evaders To Remove Cloud From Records Adjutant Ceneral Of Army Announces That Persons Having ReaonTo BelieTe They Will B Charged With Evading Draft May Eacape Odium Of Having Name a Publiahed By Communicating Facta To Him. ALLIES INCREASE OCCUPATION AREA Wasklngtaa, March IB. A Ut oppor tuaity fof selective serviee law evaders to escape broadcast pnblUatioa f their aaaaoa at deserters daring tha woeia war, wsi give a today by Adjutant Ilea oral. Barf ia. of tha Army, I'ersoaa who hare reason ta believe that they will be aharged with evading tha draft bat wha did aot artaaUy do so, the Adju tant Geaera! aanouaeed enay escape tha odium of being publicly branded aa a deserter unjustly by eommunlcat- tag all tha facts of tha eaaa ta bia without delay. Tha laal check af th draft evader iiata la aow being completed by former members af tha local draft boards. By tha aad af tha month the War Depart ment expects to begin making tha Iiata publia through tba aewapapera aad by furniahiag copies to eity Mate aad federal police, detective agencies, the American Legloa cad other patriotic societies. Ia addition, Secretary Weeka will aak Congress when it reconvenes to pro vide funds to enable the 'War Depart ment to pay a taward of fifty dollars ta aay person wha dottvere ee. ihs mili tary authorities a deserter from the rtraf. Kb ads oa hand now do aot permit paying the full reward. Tha departments Mat of draft evad ers, which as originally reported to the fro rati Marshal Ueaeral numbered nearly i9QjJOQ aaaaoa, ana baea reduced by earefal check lag and by tha appro heasion of evaders ta approilmately lM.OOy names. The iaal luta by draft districts are aa being tabulated by tha Adjutant General's ofAce. Of tha list of nearly half a mlllloa namea originally compiled jt waa later fouad that more than Ul.WQ had act ually served hoaarably in the armed forces of thia country or the sllx-s. By July IS, lull), nearly 1M,XM of those oa tha origiaal I let had been appre hended by the military or civil authori ties leaving aa actual bale ace oa that data of about 17,kp0 aamea. Since then approiimately 13,000 more names have been eliminated aa the basic in-, formation obtained from" various j sources aad tne carerul c bee sing at ofScial war serviee records. As a Vat check to prevent aa far as poesibla branding innocent men aa de serters, tha department had the lists carefully checked by the local board members, the adjutant generals of the Ktatec end ofdrinls of tha Navy acid Marine Corps. The reports aa Anally cheeked at thena aonrces are aow be ing r-repared for publication la the nnnl llata. NEARLY TO ESSEN Central Freight Yard at We dau, Largest In Ruhr Dis trict Under Guard HARDING FACES NEW PROBLEM FOR CONGRESS Oongraiaional Loaders Think Peace Eeaolution Only If eaaa To Uae While Other Leaders! Think It May Cause Hew Em. barrassments ; Prance Pirm In Determination AMERICANISM IN PROTEST AGAINST mm MEETING COURT HOLDS THAT Tl K DEDUCTIBLE LEADERS OF LABOR Important Decision, If Sus tained, Means Big Loss To The Government ' The aint'er. k aow being investigated V .byAai tertnr Commerce Commit- .. -aroa.' .: -- . : Vaahlaatoa Caa Bate Lowered Baleigh, Durham,- Winston Salem, with their rata of S2J0 per thouaand c-iibie feet, Charlotto and Wilmington . ' with' their S2.10 aiflt 2.3S rate, esn get help in their flgbj for lower gaa ratoa by taking note af what has h&ppeaed In Waihtngton, for beta tha Public Utili ties Oiimminaioa on restetdaT reduced the rate from $1.32 per thousand eubie feet to Sljes, thia rata to be effecyce v until September 18, next, when there ia . to D an automatic retnrn to tha 95 cnta pre.war charge, un lean the . com Cjiiaaioji in the meantime deereea other- . ' Nn.. i .-- - n Lava I .! "by reason of tha deereaaa ia the price " of ga oil. thia having fallen from 13 3-4 cents, tha average price for 1920, to less thnn 10 cents per gallon, while ITIBUTIIill WI1U ,U1FW . tha same lord since tha present rates 1 were fixed in October, 1921k, With gaa in Washington at ti.2 and headed for r. 5 cents this city haa far tha beat of tha gaa users in tha heavily charged North Carolina cities suffering under SZ30 rate. , ; ' Find OH In Soati Caroilna. Admittedly sunk at s gamma in oil, ' a well sunk at Sunrtrlervllle, S. C has ' . nraJnced a, few ounces f erude patrol- eum, bat even thia smallNamount is held aa showing there ia aomaV ail, and. the - l- United States geological euvey haa got - ei iit a bulletin on tha subject. As certain eectiona of North Carolina, nay from about the cum mock coal- mines, Chatham county, nearly to the eoaat,, are ia the came general situation as ' UnKnaHjiiia ' 1. nr-isahla th.t ii tha , - result of tha oil finding at Summer- 'iUe thete will be investigation .of North Carolina territory In the. search .for oil... Tha geological enrvay ia tery cautious in what it has to say abodt . Eummerville. decjaring that at areaeat it ia "a nlace only for a maa who knawa thoroughly the oil game," thaa giving warning 'ta oil wall traderfeet - t (eep away. . vsuioua rcaaone mm- signed for the oil at Hummsrvilie, and the survey affidala declare that bow the vail should be thoroughly tested and nolens tnere is run prooi inns uern m . .1 mA .nVt.atial rUM af ail the rearioa will "4ook unpromising"- and "aheald atiU be regarded aa only wild cat territory." ..- ..- - i .. While the outlook may appaar proa. lain for ail wells about Summerville, r in parte or Kortn vareuna, ma iavestor will aot invest until there is nroof positive that there ia something . , more thaa a gambling chance te strike aiL -! '- ' The poatofflee af Booth port, K. C,- Is to remain at its present location. - The a'oetomee Department haa accepted tha nromaed af B. H. Craaater and B. W. Davia ta raaew the lease for a term of tea yearn front April i, er the J datai imprevementa aad additioaa are axrmslated. The lease ie te snehide eooioaseat. heat, water, light, aafe, nnd parcel pent aad postal aaviaga gnraitare " wham aeeeeaary. Ana iicewiso vae poas afAee at Leakarille, N. C, will reaaaia in ita preeeat ajnartera, the propoeal af the LeakrviUe Power aad light Com pany te anake enlarfmenta-having aeea accepted. Chartatte Seaata Want leaa.: At the leeaeat et the cent exeeative ef the Charlotte Coaaci, JBoy Scejata af America, Senator Bimmaaa has reonewt ed tha Secretary ef War te lead te the (Caatlnaed em rage TwajT Washington, March 18. The federal aovernment today loot nn Important tni unit when the United States Court of Claims held that every estate, the net amount of nhich exceeds 0O,000 and wMclt has been or ia hereafter com nelled to pny tha Federal estate tax, ia entitled to deduct the amount so paid from its income tax return. The. effect of tha decision, should it be austained by the Supreme Court, te which the government noted aa appeal. will be that the government will aot only be compelled to refund all taxea already collected trot estates ander aueh eir cumstaneeu bat wiU.be unable to collect similar amounts from estate ia the future, k.i" ' .V-V The court awarded a judgment for 1165,075 ia favor l Sonatos Underwood er Alabama,- Alan H. Woodward Sad Boginald Barrister aa executors of Joseph H. Woodward, In a auit to re verxe the action f the commissioner of interna! -revenue ia refusing te allow oa a dcdui-aon under the income :az law the turn of $48934 paid by tBu txecu torn aa Federal estates tax. The decision ia the case waa based oa the construction of section 14 of the revenue act of 1918, which provides that "in computing tha . net income there shall be allowed as deductions taxes paid or accrued within the taxable year imposed by the authority of the United Statee except income, , war profile and excess pronta taxes' the eonetrucuoa of the commissioner ef internal revenue being that tha amount- paid under the estates tax law was aot a tea whten eonld be deducted but a "toll - taken from tha property transferred.' , Judge Downey in discussing the posi tion taken bj the commissioner of. in ternal revenue said: "We are, ia effect, ksked' to construe the statute to as to nullify one of ita plain provisions. We net feeel that we are justified in adding another excep tion to those provided for in the statute. If Congress jjtendjd that the estate tax slreula) not be" deducted in determining t!i net income it. would have aaid so. We are not unmindful qfthe importance of thia holding and of its possible effect on revenues and the public Treasury, but we cannot conclude that aueh mat tera anould be' in any' wiae controlling. FAYETTEVILLE ADDS 14 THOUSAND TO Y MONEY Campaign Will End Tonight at ... 6:30; Expect To Pass' V $60,000 Mark, NTO RECORDS Railroad Brotherhoods En deavor To. Show a Few Offi cials Dominate Fight Chicago, Ills., March 18. Union labor leaders delved into the records of the association of Railway executives today before the railroad labor board ia aa endeavor to show that the railroads' fight against National agreeauent was not ananimoua but waa dominated by a few officials Aa underlying purpose to establiaa the open ahop ad" crush labor organiza tions waa declared to be behind the fight of the association against national boards of adjuatotent. The controversy . t. i - I . i. - Dueaseldorf, hlarck l.-(By the Aseoriated Preaa . The eeenpatloa area haa been extended from Duiebnrg to tatinna all along the railroad raaaing from Du is burg to Enscn to within twe aad a half miles of Kmc a. The central freight yard at Wedau, the largest ta the Ruhr district, aad hlalheim statloa are guarded by Freer h troops. Due seldorf ia quiet. . ..rh- Fayettevilfe, March 17. Sunning on their aecond wind today, the I. M. C. A. campaigners -relied' up - a- total ef more thaa fourteea-theusand dollars for the day s .work, tomorrow evening wkea they gather for their' .final report and the conclusion of the . week, tbor total will stand well beyond the second ob jective of 60,000 set when tbe first goal, of forty thousand was padsed yestfrday. i ' .. -..n, . v f f' The total subacjiptioa reported te day was 5i08, or S14,47T' more thaa was ia band when tha work-era gathered for - conference 'and reporta resterdav. Enthusisam maa without " abateaient, and"' abounding confidence' - that ... the directors will' have full eirty-theasaad te epead for the new T. building; The campaign win cad officially et ; ff:S0 thia evenlag when final re porta from all eemmitteee arm be hrtd. . BELIEVE NEGROES MAY ' HAVE PUT MEN TO DEATH Covinron,' Oa-- Harel 11 Acting a reporta ef aegte 'diatarbaneea ia settlement near, here, authorities teday begma tavestigationa ea te theory that three-aeg re as whose)' bodice - were foaad weighted dowa-la Tellow Srver thia week aay hara met death by aaexa bere ef their -ewa race. - " ' : . , Sheriff. Johneon today, jeeeired.ta- fermatioa that there waa a fight aad ahoetiag affray ia negre tettleeneat near Allen's bridge a fortnight age. With deputies he left for tae aeene. Be had not returned ap te a late hear tenight. - : . . " ! v Twe ef the aegr aea were ehaiaed Sogethec aad aS war weighted down," ' ever these boards in the association's labor eomflrtttee was brought out by eroaa examination el Thonsna Pewiu Cnvler. chairman ef the aasoeiatioa enl hie assistant, Bobert 8. Biokerd, and the Introdnction of voluminous corre spondence end reporta of the committee into the labor board record. Today proceedings marked ' the be ginning of labor's main fight for eon tinuance ef the National rules and working jgreementa aow in effect, the juatnesa and reasonableness of which the board ia aow trying te decide in hearings which began January 10, A basic program of eleven points oa which labor would be willing to negotiate national agreements waa laid before the board by B. IS. Jewell Preaidcnt of the Hallway employes de partmeat of tha American Federation ofl labor when the hearing opened to day. . Frank P: Walsh, Counsel for. the unions, immediately followed with exhaustive cross-examination ' of Mr. Binkerd and Mr. Cuyler. The association's labor committee waa the outgrowth of the transportation net according to testimony of Mr. Binkerd brought out in the eroas-examinatioa and waa declared to deal with labor die putea. Beeorda brought by Mr. Binkertf was read to ahow that a divided opinion concerning National boards of adjustment had existed in the committee. As a result of, a bi-partisan board ap pointed' at the suggestion of former President Wilson in March. 1920, the National boards of adjustment ereated under Federal control were continued with the approval of a majority of tho labor committee it was brought out. The majority report of the labor com mittee stated it feared failure to ap point boards as provided under the transportation act would result in over loading the labor board with disputes, an added that if the roads did not take advantage of the features of the law by agreeing to .adjustment boards, the ef ficiency of the labor board might be greatly .impaired, resulting in decisions possibly adverse to the roads, RUSSIAN-POLISH TREATY t FINALLY SIGNED AT RIGA PRESENTS NEW PROfll.EM FOR HARDING TO SOLV Waahincton. March 18. (By The A sociateaV Press.) Allied eeeupatioa additional Uermaa territory ia aader stood to have presented to PreaiJeat Harding a new problem arising from rrlatioa of these changed eonditiona previous plans for early declaration by Congress of the ending of the State oi war between the Uaited States aad Oer many. Some congressional leaders who along have been for. a' peace reaolutioa still think that resolution should spplied aa soon aa possible. Other lead era, who are known to be very close to the President, fear that it would cause embarraasmeat to the nations with which the United Stntea waa associated ia the war and ahoild be deferred aatil tha situatioa ia Germ a ay which caused tli a occupation had clarified itself. Fourteen Thousand People At tend Gathering at Madison Square Garden GOLD STAR MOTHERS GIVEN A BIG OVATION General Parshiar Pleads For Americans For America Resolutions .Adopted Con demning Spread of Mis chievois Propaganda; Col Oalbraith Presides UNLESS GERMANY PATS V FRANCE UNABLE TO PAT, Paris, March 18. If Germany paya, Franca will emerge from her Jaaacial difficulties, aotwithataading the colossal burdens left by tha war ; if ahe does aot nay. tha problem ia insoluble. This statement waa made ia the Sea ate today by Henry laerou ta pre senting the Senate fiaanTw committee a report ea the 1911 budget. The French debt, which la August. 1914. stood at JT 0000,090 franca, he explained. amounted ea Match of this year te 807,000.000,000 frame, te which must be added in the future pensioaa aad war. damages estimated at another a m AAA AAA IbUI A - ovuiuw,vw I run. France, thua far, aaid Cheroa. had paid oat 88,000,000,000 francs oa Ger many's account. Consequently there would be 180,000,000.000 francs mere with intereat to be added to her oblige- tiona if Atermany did aot pay. , GERMANT CAN TAKE EITHER HORN OF THE DILEMNA London, Msreh 18. (By the Associat ed Preaa) J. Austen Chamberlain, chancellor of the Exchequer, replying in the Mouse or Commona today to aa argument that the German reparation hill to be effective must be applied by II the allies, said the bill might oper ate either as a penalty or as a means of collection of reparationa. Which of these characters tha measure took oa. he asserted, depended upon the aetioa of the Germans. If the Germans wished to draw pea alty upon themselves, Mr. Chamberlain said, they eould draw it; but if they wished to avoid penalty aad pay a por tion of tBeir debts for rrparationa, the bill would mot act as a punishment, but as a method of collection. It whs not improbable that before long the bill would be acting in the second method, tfte Chancellor declared. Even if Great Britain ajood alone in this matter, Mr. Chamberlain said he believed the exclusion of Germany from Britiah markets would je sufficient to compel her to give satisfaction to British demands. The proceeds of the bill, he added, would be spplied to the payment ef British claims and the dis posal of any surplus would be left over for discussion by the allies. PLAN NO AFTERMATH' TO TRIAL OF CLARA HAMON Riga, Letvia,.Mareh 18. (By The As sociated Preaa.) After months of n ego tin ting, - peace finally waa ' signed to night by the representatives ef Russia, Kkrains and Poland. Twenty -six para graphs establish the Rust ian-Ukrainian -Poiiah -frontier, covering .the present demarcation lines aad allowing for alv terauoas aader whicw 8,0w square kilo meters are ceded te Poland near Minsk aad . the- district - ef Polesia ea the Ukrainiaa frontier. , . WATER FREIGHT RATES ON ' COTTON SHIPMENTS REDUCED. Memphis, ..Tsnn March lav I C BoueaardvCeaeral agent fee the South era Paeafie Company, aanonaeed to day that! effective March II. freight rate .en eottoa shipments by water from New Orleans te New York would be reduced from 64 te 44 seats a kun- dred pounds, aad effective April tl. rates ea similar shipments from ew Urleaas U tad AUawtis eem board weald be eat JS eeats a hundred pounds. fhnnWM-aUsft tlaasfi.'-.W' Oreeavilla.: Miss. March JaWThe Coaasserelsl Savin r Bank . here dosed hate today ta affaire beinx placed la the beads af K. F. Anderson, af the State Banking CseaasJaaioa. Aeeerdiag te ita etateaneat the eaoital aad sar- plaa aaseanted to 4300,000, -with total nareea ef KJ10.000. Deooeita are said by effiecrs to hara beea about Statntory Charge Filed Against Woman Will Not Likely Be Prosecuted Ardn-ore. Okbu March 18.-Tbers probably will be no aftersaath to the trial ef Clara Smith Hamoa, acquitted yesterday ea a charge of having mur dered Jake I Hamea la the manner ef prosecution ox in statutory enarge filed against her and Hamea twe days after aha shot him November tl last, according to informs tion ebtaiaed at the office ef the sheriff ef Carter eeua- ty today. - ' ' Aay iaferxaatiea charging Frank L Ketch, Hamon'a buaiaeas manager aad row administrator ef the Hamea es tate with being aa aeceaaery after the f et la that, he- gave Clara S3.000 mad told hereto leave Ardmore after the shoe ting, still waa plgeea-oled ta the office ef James H. Mathers, eesaty at torney, today. It atiU waa andeeided whether the information weald be filed formally aad a warrant for Mr. Ketch's arrest issued. . -.. , . -Clara Hamea and her staff af attor awyeaeld a eoafereaee thia aseralag bwt after it ae announcement as tether f tsre snovesaeat waa anade. Clara Hamea this afteraeeav.xasaed a signed statement thanking the jury that aequitted her, the "officers ef Carter county far their eoaaideratloa aad eomrteey- aad "the tkewaaada who have sustained me by their sincere ex prsssieaa ef sympathy." - ' She declared she intended to aaahs la Arl mere. New Terk, March II. One hundred per cent Americanism manifested It self tonight when 14,000 persons crowd rd into Madiaoa Square Garden to protest with the American Legion against the meeting he'.J there a few weehs ago te voice objection to the "horror ea the Rhine,' as ths oeeupa tioa of Ucrmaay by French colonial troops was thsa described. Orators at toaigM's meeting harled scathing remarha at those who would attempt to foster Ideals hers other thsa Ameriraa, and each ons wss met with shouts snd cheers from ths enthusias tic aadieaee. General Pershing and the gold atar mothers shared the honors of the meeting. A demonstration Inattag fully tea minutes occurred as ths proeessiua of gold star mothers entered escorted by a marine gunrd snd military band. A few moments later a bugle announced tha entrance of General Perahiag, and nnother demonstration equal to the first, took plsee. Lrgioa posts from all over the city came trooping ia behind their color-bearers, and as evh arrived it waa the signal for the audience to rise to ita feet ia sheers. Although the grest hall was psehed to overflowing nnd firemen closed ths doors, thousands crowded about out- fide ia a vain effort to enter. Im romptu "four-minute speakers" gath ered their audiences oa street corners ahd for several hours those outside were quite sa enthusiastic as ths ones wha arrived early enough to gala en t ranee to the garden. Four hundred policemen guarded "the arcs,' but there were no disturbances. -Col. F. W. Oalbraith. Jr., national commander of the American Legion, preeided at the meeting, and whsn ia his brief address he psid a tribute to the gold star mothers no sound .but the speaker's voice aould be heard. ' Thai vast' audieace bowe4 ita bead, ' mciri haadkerehiefa weal to their eyes aad weeaea sobbed svadlbv.', A moment later the crowd broke -into prolonged cheering wbea Colonel Oalbraith point ed to a section ef the gallery reserved for wounded ' soldiers and described them as the "real heroes of the war. Pershing Clvea Ovatlea. As Geaeral Pershing was introduced to the audience he was given another ovatioa, the crowd rising to its feet and cheering for live minutes. Ameri can flags were not only in prominence aa decorations for the hall, Vrt many of those who attended the meeting carried them and they were waved oa high for the former commander ef the A. E. IH The gold star flags, carried by ' the mothers formed a contrast-to the red. white and blue, as the women whose sons had lost their lives joined in the tribute to their commander. Following General Pershing's ad dress resolutions were unanimously adopted condemning "the spread of mischievous propagsndn among our people sad resenting ns disloyal any attempt to breed dissension between our country and the allies who fought shoulder to shoulder with us for ths preservation of human liberty in the greatest war of all times. sissy unseie to m in. - Fifteen minutes before the meeting was called to order by Colonel Frank Oalbraith, National eommander of the American Legion the lira department offieiale ordered the doors, of the Gar den closed to bar further admissions. More than 14,000 persons were then packed into the historic structure, while thousands less fortunate ones were swarmirsg around tbs buifding in a fraatie endeavor to enter. General Pershing paying tribute te foreign-born citizens. who served under htm m the Philippines, Mexico and France, declared it was entirely proper that foreigners should cling to the folk lore literature and music of the nntive land bat he -assailed those who seek to dictate American questions and politi cal 'policies by the standards of their owe countries. "We bave ao quarrel with the Ameri can of foreign birth he said, "We want them to know that Amsrrs is aa inspiration, that ia something spiritual, a goal toward which we aim. But we de abject to the foreign bora citizen who attempt to decide aa American question for a foreign renaoa, whether he be ef German lineage and pro poses to determine an American policy because ef German prejudice, er whether he be Irish, Italian, Hungarian or Russian, who seeks for similar teas ons to decide Amerleaa questions. bitterly reseat the abuse ef Americas citizenship er residence for the purpose of political er warlihe propaganda foreign) countries.' PARLIAMENT PASSES RILL TO TAI GERMAN IMPORTS Leaden. March It. (Br the Aa sseluUd Press) The Meat of Com- aseae tealghl paaaed the third I Ma ins ef the reperelleas bill, The bill provides fee a levy ef M see real ea German gnsSs bat this prevtstea will mm be elective aatll Msreh II. After the Meeee ef Cemnmaa had pssssd the meaaars II wss reed fee the first lime la lbs Heees of Lords. TELLS HOW LIQUOR I RUNK WAS ROBBED rrraln Crew Emptied It of Con tents Quickly, Former Ex press Messenger Says Macon, Os., March 18. How express messengers, a bsggsgs master sna s rsllrosd cosdurtor robbed a "whiskey trunk' wss ess of numerous incidents told hers todsy by W. A. Hughes, for mer express messenger,' before a Fed ersl jury ia ths trial of mors thaa ISO persons secused of conspiring to steal express shipments from the United Htstes government. 0. L. Smith, baggage master, found s trunk full of whiskey ssld ths wit Ws pushed it Into my ear aad while wa were examining it Captain J. N. Smith, conductor, came ia and re marked: 'You don't eaJtch thia often.' "When we resetted Byron, ws hsd taken everything out or ths trunk ex cept a blanket. Ths trunk wss to he put off there, so ws pushed it back into the baggsge ear. Captain Smith told ns aot to put it off until ths train hsd discharged its pasaengers and ws were ready to ride. I put my hand oa ths bell cord aad ss Captain Smith gnvs the signal, I pulled ths cord and ws pushed off ths trunk. Ws could hesr them cursing as ws pulled out, for they could tell by its weight thst it wss empty. Whoa we recshed Mseon, ws had IS quarts which I gave to B. Gardner to sell for us. 1 sever got much money for it." Attorneys for tbs defense attempted to have this evldencs ruled out, but Judge Evans permitted it to stay in. Hughes wsat through a list of 20 wit nesses with whom hs bad had ' transac tions", he ssid, enumerating . dealings Involving six hundred crates of oranges eggs, chickens, fish, pecans, sutomobile tires, women's underwear, cigars and art aquares. Court recessed st Z o clock until Mon day morning. The jury is being kept locked up ia a hotel room' savs for tne time they are gives eisreiss. Beunr Barlow insisted that I was obliged, to bate something to sell with -sv big earioaa ef freight like tats aaid Hughes. Tie went ever to- a stack through express aad came back with package of ties. Hs lster gavs me SS for them. They. were Invoiced for gZO. . B. C Chaneey told me severs! times thst ha- was afraid thst M. E. Bowdom would get 'tbs' whole works' In trouble because be kept go many .tires." 1 "J. A. Bradstlaw (wlids. haa never been a r rested), told me he was selling t- M. T. MeHionon," said ths witness "Mr. Bodge rs told me he had gotten a suit of clothes from him. Hughes said that on June 4, 1919, W. . Brunner told him he had three barrels of fish ' ia his shipment end asked me where to tend them. I ssid la Atlanta they discovered that Love lace had gone out of the fish business but the fish were disposed of to an other man, hs . said, and Brunner re ceived a check payable to William An derson, a fictitious name, for S39. Hughes said he Mailed tho name of Aa derson to the check snd Brunner got the money on it. "Brunner told me that I ought to come ever oa the Atianta-ttavannan run," ssid the witness. "He said, 'You can get. off with more on that run ia a day than, you caa in a year ea the Loekhart run. When merchandise falls off ws always hsve fish to play on. If you hsve an agent or two who are ail right' you caa always hare 'Plenty ox Thoney.' " Whoopee hero's a ham, ths witness said Brunner yelled wbea he found one in a shipment, Ir. Wilkersoa, who was in the ear, said be would buy it. 9ruaner wanted S3, but hs ssid it was sueh a big bam that he thought he ought to have Si. Wilkersoa gave JUDGE 0. HTALLEH -10 RETIRE FROM JUDICIAL DUTIES? May Be First Judge To Leave Bench Under Judge's Rt tirement Measure ROUNDING OUT QUARTER OF CENTURY OF SERVICE Appointed To Unexpired Term By Got. Oarr, and Re-elected For fneceedlnr Terms; On Other dnperior Court Jadf and Two Justices Now Elifi ble For Retirement - Kant Wlae A Caamaseaahlp. rrlaeetoa. X. J- March 18 The Naval Academy wea the inter-collegiate gymnastic championship here tonight with S3 points. Peaaayrvaaia waa see- end with 10 aetata aad Kew York .Ual- veraitr third with a ins points. The atidshipmea took first aad placed men Ib mmrm mmm. Pmn... mi the UfT. wea the all-roaad. title with a total eti !8J paints. AsMrfeaa Saitse- stilled la Cuba ' Washtagtoa. March IS. The next ef kia ef Walter A. J eaaa. Chief Quasars sate who waa killed ia a kite bailees sorident with , the Atlaatis fleet, was eaaeaated toaight by the Navy de partaset ss hie wife who Urea ia Jierfolk, Ta, - him a flO bill and. received SO ehsnge.' Tires were sold to Chsrley Burgess, the witness said, and shoes -to U C. Csson. "I asked B. C. Chaneey what hs eould uae, "said tne witness, -ana ns snia 'anything ia ladies' anderwesr and cigars.' I got the cigars for him but never collected a nickel. Bales of igsrs, ha said were mads te Captsia Hsrdy, J. F. Morris, J. U Johnson while he -smoked ths remainder of one big shipment. To Wslter Orittle, negro porter, Hughes ssid bs bad sold sutomoblls tires, a saddle, sugar, aggs aau a ship ment of shirts. "Lee Dix wss knows ss the 'egg maa,'" a.'d ths witnsss. Besides eggs the witness "declared that Dix put chased Means, sugar and evsrslls. According te the witness, C. W. Pesree told him that Lee Dix, Captain Meek aad Troup Floyd were ail right, just. the best three going te handle shipments for you." Ths Witness said be frequently put off shipments at Oglethorpe for , 2. E. Dwnaway, one of, tae dafsndaats, wha waa agent at that point. "On eae eeeasiea I pot off aa art square that bad been billed to Douglas villa, jrhieh waa aot aa aty route. Next time my train caste through, continued the witness, "Duaawsy aad els ante easae dowa to the train snd said H's beautiful, all the neighbors .admire Qualified both ss to see limit aad length of serviee. Judge Olivet H. Allen will be the first judge la North Carolina to retire from ths Bupsrisr Court bench under the provisions af ths act of 1921, which allows a judge who has paaaed the age sf TO aad haa served oa ths bench for IS years ev ire to retire oa two-thirds pay for ' ths remainder of his lifs, if informa tion that reaches Bsloigh is correct. A wcll-ssafienticated report yester day waa to the effjpathat Jadge AUea had determined upon retlremeat aad returning te his horns in Kiaston. He could not be reached for verlrleatlon of the story, but close friends invjhe city deelsred that hf hsd fully made ' np hia mind to leave the bench. The retirement act. ratified toward the end of the recent session of tha Genera! Assembly,- fixed the age limit for retirement at 70 years, with tba provision thst a retiring judge mast have served 15 years to quslity for tha pension. The Senate bill, offered by Senator Stanley Wiaborns, flxsd tha . retirement pay at three-fourths of tha salary received at the time of retire ment. Ths Rouse reduced It te two-thirds. Appointed Ia . Judge Allen ban servsd continuous!' os tba bench since the administration of Governor Ellas Carr, by whom be was appointed to complete aa unexpired term. In point of service, ha is the" oldest msn on the Superior Court bench in North Csrolina, and -bis retireuieat comes at the end of more htan a quarter of a century of uninterrupted judicial wfrk. ..... ,., Only ne ether judge ef the Btrpwrior Court.la.ths State is eligible for re ' tirement during the year, be being Jadge B. F. Long, ef Stateavills. As. sociate Justice Piatt D. Walker, ef th--Supreme Court, it eligible for retire meat, be having reached bia 70th birth day ta October, 1910, and baa served 19 years oa the Supreme Court bench. Chief Justice Walter Clark is also eligible for retirement, he hsving passed his 70th birthday August 19, 1910, and -served for the past 33 years oa tha Supreme Court bench. Justice William. A. Hoke will not be eligible for re-' tirement until October 25 of this year, when he reaches his 70th year. He baa served 17 yesrs on the Supreme Court. ', and prior to thst served three years on the Superior Court bench. . . I ' GRANT SMALL PART OF RATE INCREASES 'ASKED Teacher Diss Frees lalarlea. York. 8. C March 1 Miss Ella Keeley. a teacher ia Jerk graded schools, died todsy aa a result ef ie- jariee received Monday wbea aa auto- ssooUe ia whiea ahe wat rfcliag wita another teacher aad five school girls. waa streak by a Oars haa aad North westers tenia bait. Bichmond, Va., March 18, In a de cision handed down todny by the state corporation commission the Virginia Ballwny and Power Company is grant ed only a small part of ths increases ia . power intes tsked for iu recent bear ings before the commission.. Ineresses allowed are Incidental to straightening out the schedules. , : The refusal aa to most of the rate s on ths ground that the company, ca thi bnii of last yoar's business, ir al ready earning H.1S per cent on the fair value of its light and power division for rate making purposes, which tha commission fixes judleally at $14,636, 636.08. An increasela the rata to the largest wholesale consumers, concerns which have bees getting current below ths cost of production, is one ef the --' ineresses allowed. This lacrosse ef fects Concerns in Bichmond, Norfolk and other cities. MATE WAN BATTLE TRIAL NOW N EARING AN END Williamson, W. Va March 18. In ths summing up process of the hUtewam battla trials today verbal batteries of counsel were trained osfeaeb eth ers fortifications fasfaioaad out ef the testimony adduced, from approximately 150 witnesses. Bid Hatfield, the town chief of police, and his 13 companions being tried , on indictments ia eoaaeo tioa with ths death last May of Al bert C. Felts, a private detective, ahot Muring a pistol fight la the Tillage's ' principal streets, laughed aad wept aa the sttorueys 'vurisd their arguments. When adjournment was . taken late this afternoon aatil tomorrow morninx . at S o'clock it was tbs gensral oplaioa ' of all partielpaata that tha jury would receive the case aot later thaa 1:00 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Cons- sel for both sides were) agreed that arguments would be eoacJudsd af tha morning session. " , PAKTT OF TBKIK FHHUMEN DROWN WHEN BOAT OVKITVKNI Hawkiaavills, Ga, March 11 TS bodies of Dolphieae Bind Brawesy SS, aad Fred Sumner, ii, were recovered frost the Oeulgee rivet here today. The body ef J. D, Oardaer, -SL, was reeev ered Tuesday. The three mea were members of a fishing party that dia- appeered Saturday. . j.. A coroner's jury tavesugauag tae ease late today Acid that death waa due to aa aseideat. It is believed that the ganoliae launch ia which the mea were riding either caught lire er ex pleded aad the three mea were burled late the streaaa. The laaach baa aot f -v ...... ts- - - ; r '. i
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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