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VOL CXIH. NO. 88.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH. N. C. TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH 29. ,1921.
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LEAGUE REFUSES
TO STAY
Former Premier of France Ar
rives To Discuss Subject .
,:f. With Mr- Harding
not visiT4)F Courtesy
AS SOME WOULD THINK
i
Trreconciliables"
Over Ylvianfa
Up In Air
Coming To
America; Tax Revision and
Tariff Continue To Worry Old
Guard Leaden In Congress;
After Kramer's Scalp
Th New and Oberrer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Blag
By EDWARD E. BRITTON.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
, Washington, March 28. Bene Viviani,
former Premier of Franca, net foot on
American noil today ana ia in Mew
York tonight. Vrvianl ia here to talk
' of the League of Nationa to President
Harding and Secretary of State Hughea,
if aM aigna Ho' not fail, and the infor
mation thai, reachea me are that the
aigna are not going to fail. You are
going to hear from Bepubllcani of the
"irreconcilable" elan, and those who
imply gabble against the League be
- hum they ar Bepublieana and think
the administration ia to eontinne to
crap it, that the Viviani vieit is "a
mission of courtesy to President Hard
J ing," but simple-minded Indeed is that
oire who thinks that the great French
man has eroased the ocean simply to
say "howdy do" to the new President.
It is out of reason to think such a
thing.
The "irreconeilablea" are up in air
oror the Vivian! visit and are frankly
disturbed by it. Back of all. the soft
pedal stuff about the purpose of his
visit is tho evident fact that he ia in
the United States in order to get thia
country to go into the League, whether
it ia termed a League, or an association,
or a society, or any other old name.
Tho essential thing ia that the oppon
ents of the League are fast realizing
the fact that this country - will be
forced by the absolute necessity of
events to become a member of the
'Learnte in order to save its own in
tercets.
,. Refuaea To Stay Shelved.
The "irroeoncilablee" are on the
guessing rent right now as to what
President Harding ia going to do. They
feel that Secretary of State Hughea an
Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover
are for the League ia soma form ang
they ear the influence -of these men.
who it ia certain realize that It will
take la United State to do the work
- necessary to put an end to the chaotic
conditio of affairthat exist rn Europe
.at thia time. This morning at his eon
.ferenee with the newspaper men Secre
tary Hughea '.declined to aay one word
with reference to the League of Na-
tions. but the signs are that the ad'
ministration is getting , ready to give
consideration to European affairs and
to deal ia some way with the Leagu
Covenant. It is a aubjeet that refuses
to stay shelved.
But there are other things which
are disturbing the "master minds" of
Republicanism now. Whether to take up
tax revision or the tariff with the be
finning of the next session of Congress
aa the first matter is a problem not yet
solved. And then there ia the question
aa to whether it will be an emergency
tariff bill first, or will there be an
entire revision of the tariff undertaken.
- President Harding ia said to be advo
eating an omorgeney tariff first, but
there are Bepublieana who axe against
any such party make shift and who
want to go'at the" whole thing. And
there are those even in Republican
- ranks who are beginning to realize
that world eonditiona are aueh that the
United States must ' beware of a high
tariff wall, for we must have an export
trade or we invite commercial and ia
dnstrial stagnation in addition to agri
cultural collapse. The road ahead for
Bepublieana has some bumpy places in
it, aa well as a number of hurdles,
and the driving over it is not of the
extremely inviting kind.
v After Kramer's Scalp.
Ta the pursuit of the Republicans for
oftioe for the faithful of the party .he
position of prohibition director is seen
a a good thing, and there are Bepub
lieana who are after the scalp of Fro
hibition Director Kramer. Talk of oust
ing Mr. Kramer ia stirring the Antl
anloon League people, and. they are
protesting against his being separated
from office, in fact the outlook ia that
they are getting ready to make a row
about it if there ia a fight on him.
for they ape satisfied with hie conduct
of the office. But there are Bepublieana
to whom the position looks mighty good,
and they are after it. So it looks right
now as if there would be a lively fuss,
'with feathers flying in their efforts
to get Mr. Kramer a place in tha die
card
The Woman's ' World Disarmament
committee, which stagod a big meeting
at the "National Theater here yesterday
afternoon, following the adoption of a
'revolution requesting President Harding
; to fall a conference of the nationa on
the question of world disarmament ia
endeavoring to have a committee of
48 wometi, one from each State in the
Union, present the ' resolution to th'e
President; But the organization, is shy
of membership In a number of South
era States, among these being North
Carolina. Inquiry at the headquarters
brought tha aaswer that there was no
North Carolina member, kbit only a few
Southern States are represented in the
organization, and that the membership
la scant even in those States, which
re Virginia, Tennessee, and Texas, En
deavors are to be made to secure mem-1
bership ia North Carolina and the
other Southern States now conspicuous
by their absence.
Annual Egg Rolliag Event.
The Easter egg rolling on tha White
Hoaee grounds today took children by
tha .many thousands there, while the
treats around tha grounds were, crowd
ed with growa-np lot-king over the
fence at the merr-mVicg.. : In order
(Centime a f.aj Tw.)
SHELVED
REPUBLICANS FIND
BRITISH LABOR PARTY
REJECTS LENINE PROPOSAL
Extreme Left Wing of ?artj
Declines To Become Affilia
ted With Soviet
Southport, England, March 28. (By
The Associated Press.) The Independ
ent Labor Party, la conference here
today rejected by aa overwhelming
majority proposal to aeept Lenins's
21 eonditiona for affiliation with the
Third International of Moscow.
The minority report favored accept
ance and thia element may secede from
the party. ,
By the vote today the party haa for
the second t::a ia succession defeated
the extremist section wishing to af
filiate with the Third Internationals.
Fifteen branches of the party sup
ported the Moscow eonditiona and
some atofmy . incidents marked tlie
conference, but when the decision was
taken on a card vote, the Moscow pro
posal waa defeated S21 to 07.
The Independent Labor Party is ill
extreme wing of the Labor Party and
today' vote is interesting In connec
tion with Premier Lloyd George's
speech on March" 23 accusing the Labor
Party of revolutionary proclivities.
Thia speech baa been the aubjeet of
much excited criticism and on the labor
aid haa been interpreted as preparing
the ground for a general election and
indicating that the prime minister has
resolved to throw in his lot with the
Unionist Party and become it titular
leader.
Revolting Workmen Have Up
per Hand In Only One City,
Reports Indicate
Halle, Germany, Mareh 28. (By the
Associated Press). Jisleben is quiet
and the town ia under control of the
police. Beporta from BittetxVld say the
authorities have supressed the revolt.
The only lighting haa been near Sangc:
bausen, where a workman a armored
train waa held up and an engagement
ensued, a few men being killed
wounded.
The workmen still have the npper
hand in Leune, the police showing no
intention fef attacking them for feat
that they wilTfulfil their threat to blow
up thcbig factories there. At Halle
the situation ia quiet, (this being due,
according to the police to postponement
of the Communist plans, which provided
for the capture of the surrounding
towns first.
The intention then was to mareh into
Halle and gain eontral t tha tratagm
aad industrial centre' of the whole
province. Th polio ate not 'yet read
t say that th Communist movement
haa failed, and are still nervous over
the outlook. Conditions, however, are
such that it ia generally believed th
polle are ia a position to enforce the
law."1
Later in the day Halle was cut off
from virtually every line of eommuni
cation, except to Berlin by the police,
who instituted rigoroua control of all
activities in an effort to hek agitation
by alleged Buasian Bolshevik!, whom
they say are numerous here. No tele
phoning was permitted except, in Ger-
man. The streets were -ordered cleared
by 9 p. m. and no vehicle were per
niitted to go beyond the city limit.
congregation in the streets of more
than three1 persons waa forbidden and
there were wholesale arrests of sus
pects.
The Associated Press - correspondent
snd two other American reporters and
on Englishman who had been fre
quently investigated, were placed under
arrest for the second time while enter
ing the security police administration
headquarters, , where they had been a
ntsmber of times. They were sent to
district police headquarters under guard
and examined for three houra. .
TWO AIRPLANES TO MAKE
TRIP; TO VIRGIN ISLANDS
Leave Washington This Horn.
ing,. First Stop Will Be
at Fayetteville
Washington, Mareh 28. Tvo air,
planea, piloted .br Marine corps per
sonnet will leave .Boiling Field here to
morrow morning for a 2,759 mile flight
to bt. Thomas, virgin Islands, aa
demonstration of the adaptibility of
land type aircraft for combination land
and water flying and to map the
route. The flight will be made by easy
stages aad no effort will be made to
establish a speed record.
Major T. Ci Tnrner. commanding the
expedition, and lieutenant a. C. Brad
ley will b in th first plan, and Lieu
tenant L. H. Sanderson aad Gunnery
bergeant c. w. itneker in th (
ond. '
Stop will be made at Fa-wttavill:
M. v.. fans island, S. C, Daytona,
Ma.. Miami. Fla.. Havana Cuba. Cama
kuey, Cuba; Guantanamo, Cuba: Port
Au Prince, Haiti t-Saatio .Domingo City,
Dominican UepubUe; baa Juan. P. B..
Ht. Thomas, V. I.
Held For Snia Lienor.
Ashevllle. March 28. B. Cox. a cafe
keeper at Bat Cave, haa .been arrested
be revenue raider oa charge of keep
ing and selling Honor aad at a hear
ng before United State Commissioner
Valentine at Hendersonvill waa bound
over to court He ha been conducting
place at th noted resort for some
time and only last year waa tried ia
Federal eourt here for aelling Honor
wtui aemng as rural delivery offl
fcaL- - i... "
Find Wrecked Airplaa.
' New Orleans, La., March 28. Joseph
Single, of Empire, La early tonight
reported finding a wrecked airplane or
hydroplane in a' email bayou near Em
pire, alxty miles south of thia eity.
The name "San Francisco'' waa painted
nn the aiile of the plan. So far as
is known her, no plan haa been re-1
iertea missing in this cctiun. ,
REVOLT PUT DOVN
IN GERMAN TOWNS
'her
CONVICT BIGHAM
OF KILLING FIVE
FAMILY MEMBERS
South Carolina Man Before Re
ceiving ueatn sentence He
iterates Innocence -j
SMILE LEAVES HIS FACE
WHEN VERDICT RETURNED
Court Not Impressed By State,
ment of Defendant and De.
nies Motion For New Trial;
Wife Collapses When She
Learns of Conviction; Jury
Stayed Out On'y Short While
Florence, S." C, March 28. Edmund
Bigham, charged .with killing fir
members of his family at Pamlico over
financial troubles, was convicted of
murder by a jury here today and sen
tenced to die in the electric chair at
Columbia between the hours of 10 and
2 o'clock Friday, April 8.
After passing sentence, Judge B. W.
Memminger, presiding overruled a mo
tion for a new trial and A. L. King,
of counsel" for the 'defense, announced
he would nppeal.
Mr. King, in his plea for a new trial.
asserted that previoua to the, trial one
of the members of the jury had de
clared he would like to see Bigham
burned. Mr. King also had asked for
delay in arguing his motion before
Judge Memminger but thia waa denied.
Reiterate His Innocence.
Bigham turned pale when the verdict
was read and his face lost the smile
that it had worn during the trial,' but
when asked 1 what he had to aay before
being sentenced he leaned forward from
the dock and in n clear and unshaken
voice replied:
"Nothing except that I am innocent.
I know nothing of how that crime waa
committed. That is the truth so help me
God!" "That's all I have to aay" con
tinued Bigham, who was charged with
shooting his mother, brother, sister and
the latter two adopted children, I
wish my mother could come down aad
tell how that thing happened. I wish
that little boy had lived when I asked
Dr. W. H. Poston io aave hia life. He
would have told the same thing my
wife and I have told
"Judge, I hop yen will give me time
ao aome of the people who testified
here againet me may have a chance
to come forward nnd tell th truth
and not eome too late, like Judaa mak
ing hi offering of the 30 piece of
ilvr. - . . .
Want Another Chanca,
' "Iff hoyo to a- aoaethiag ineas.
and I hop you will take ao exception
U It A far as you art concerned. Il
hav had a fair trial, out If people
I . . . - . , . i . t
had had tim to think thing over, eon
aider, and take it up with their God,
they would have testified differently.
When asked to explain th finding
of hia pistol in hia dead brother'
hand Bigham aaid:
"I left that pistol in my burea draw
er, and it haa been testified that the
door waa found broken open. That ia
the only way Smiley could hav got
it."
-If I am guilty, I hop I may b
petrified in front of this court house.
I arii as innocent aa a new-born babe.
After Bigham had continued hia
statement Judge Memminger before
passing sentence reviewed the ease snd
referring to Bigham 'a statement of in
nocence, said :
Coart Not Impressed.
I have never known a prisoner eon
vie ted of a similar crime to mnke ae
knowledgement of hi guilt. In all that
yon hav aaid in your favor there
no excuse in the law." -
Mrs. May Bigham, wife of the de
fendant, and her children had been
led from the court room by friends
before the jury, of which H. P. Hazel
den, waa foreman returned it verdict
When she was told the result a few
minutes later, she collapsed and -bad
to be given medical treatment. The
court room had been crowded during
the trial, but relatively few were ere'
ent when the jury returned as it did
not stay 'out aa long as spectators ap
poured to have expected.
Bigham a trial which started Marrn
24, was brought to an end today by
arguments and the Judge'a charge. The
State brought witnesses who declared
Ldmund Bigham had threatened to kill
members of his family, according to
statements by the . latter- and also d
elared Bigham had" indicated where
his brother's body, might be found.
ARIZONA SENATOR SAYS
EFFORT TO BLACKMAIL HIM
Suit Brought Against Him For
Alienation of Wife's Affec.
tion By New Yorker
Washington, March 28. In n formal
statement today. Senator Ralph H.
Cameron, of Arizona, characterized as
sheer, unadulterated, plain blackmail,
auit Bled against him by tdward
T. McFarlin, of New York, asking 1100,
000 damages for alienation of Mrs. Mc
Farlin s affections.
Paper in th case, Senator Cameron's
statement said, were first filed' ia 1916,
and he said-no effort at service oa him
waa maae until ;ns wees:.
"Now that I hav become a United
State 'Senator, ' said Mr. Cameron in
statement, those behind thia ridicul
ous suit -have evidently decided i to
attack me ia hope of injuring me by
gtrmg widespread publicity to the
absurd charges made by them. I "am
prepared to fight thia suit wih both
fists fearlessly and in th open."
lie statement sold Senator Cameron
had met Mrs. McFarlin once in th ob
servation ear of a train between
Chicago and San Francisco in 1812 be
fore her marriage, had met her twice
since and met her husband oace.
Tremalne Win la Boat. "
Detroit. Mich. Mareh 28. Carl Tre.
mains, of Cleveland, outpointed Jabea
White. af AlSan-r 4 .... . .j v
tonight TUcy air bantamweight.
PROBE ATTEMPTS
TO INCITE WHITES
Notes Sent Out That There
Would Be Negro "Uprising"
Placed Before Jury
CONDITIONS RAPIDLY
BECOMING NORMAL NOW
Georgia Plantation Owner,
Held On Charge of Killing
Eleven Men, Will Not Go On
Trial This Week; Governor
Dorsey To Send Attorney
General To Ad In Probe
. Atlanta, Ga., March 28. Alleged at
tempts to incite white persons in New
ton county against negroea by spread
ing reports tll(at negroes were preparing
to wipe out the whites aa a rcsu
of the deaths of th negro laborers on
the. Williams plantation, will be in
quired into tomorrow . by tha Newton
eounty grand jury, according to dis
patches from Covington tonight
While no definite statement could be
obtained from officials pending th
meeting of the grand jury, it waa sai
that during the investigation notes
which, it was reported, a white man had
sent out regarding a negro uprising
would be placed before the jury.
Conditions Becoming Normal.
The report which became current
at Covington yesterday created excite
ment nt the time, but conditions
Newton- eounty, where three negroes
were found dead In Yellow river, an
in the adjoining eounty of Jaaper, where
eight other negroea were found dead
were rapidly becoming normal. Invo
tigators for the State inquiring into
the murders and for the Federal gov
ernment gathering evidence to support
charges of peonage against John a. Wll
liama, wealthy Jasper eounty plantation
owner, continued at work. Officials
characterized as baseleaa report that
more bodiea had been found, and ex
preased the opinion that he total would
remain aa eleren.
Williams, who, according to the eon
fession of Clyde Manning, a negro, was
responsible for the deaths of the eleven
men,' will not go to trial Thursday in
Covington, Judge John B. Huteheson
baring granted th plea of th defense
for tune to prepare their ease, noliri
tor General A. M. Brand bad sought to
try Williams this week. Judge Hutche
son said later the delay did not aeces
sarily mean postponement of the ease
until the July term of eaort, aa should
good cans be (hewn later ha night call
a aneoial term of eourt for the trial.
' Solicitor Brand nnd ethw ffieiam of
the Stone Mountain circuit of sopcrior
court, which include Newto - tesjntjr.
I " . . . a .
are ready, according t air. uraua, to
try Williams aad will Insist uat a
be tried this court la connection with
th deaths of throe negroe found ia
thia county before the Oemulge eircuit
court take np the charge against him
arisina from th deatha of the other
eieht nearroes. Mr. Brand contended
that th negroea found in the river in
Newton eounty were killed by being
drowned and that heir deatha actually
took place in Newton eounty.
I ..Mil rata Recent Lyacklag.
Official of the Ocmulgee circuit, which
include Jasper eounty, are investigat
ing the recent lynching of Eugene Ham
ilton, a negro and are still inquiring
Into 4 he Williams plantation affair.
Solicitor General Doyle Campbell of
tha Ocmulsree circuit, left tonight to
hold a conference with Governor Hugh
Doner and it was expeeted that the
Jasper eounty grand jury would ' be
called Friday or Saturday to start its
investigation. Governor Dorsey
waa said, ha' decided to send either
Attorney General K. A. Denny, or As
sistant Attorney General Graham
Wright to Jasper eounty to aid in the
investigation.
Federal agent meanwhile are Inquir
ing into reports that a negro woman
left either Juper or Newton county for
Atlanta several months ago, because of
the mysterious death of her husband
Four other plantation owner in add
tion to Williams wr aaid to be under
investigation of Federal agenta In Jaa
per county, who' are seeking: evidence
to convict in alleged peonage eases.
Sheriff W. F. Persona of Jasper eounty
aad hia aon already are under indict
ment and are to go to trial April 4 in
Atlanta, on eharges of having kid
naped negroes aad taken them into
peonage.
COLO WAVE HITS LARGER
PART OF ATLANTIC STATES
Line of Freeiing Advances
.Eastward Towards The At
lantic and Gulf
Washington, Mareh 28. The cold
wave which came out of the West,
struck the Atlantis States today and
was expected to overspread this section
tonight and tomorrow. The weather
bureau ordered atom warning hoisted
along the Atlantic coast lit and north
of Cap Hatters aad on th Gulf coast
at aad west of Cedar Key, Fla. Cold
wave wanting were ordered for the
Gulf and Atlantic States, exeept Flori
da. -
The lin f freezing temperature to
day advanced eastward to West Vir
ginia, Westera Maryland, Pennsylvania,
Centra New York nnd southward to
Kentucky, ' North Arkansas. North
Texas and Sooth. ' New Mexico.
Jk storm nl considers hie intensity
was central tonight off the New Eng
land coast and waa moving eastward.
It ha been attended by" strong winds
and gale along th middle Atlantic
coast, th highest velocities reported be
ing SO mile an hour from the north
west at New York aad sixty mile an
hour from th north at Cane Henrr. Va.
Tha eold wave coming after a period
balmy weather, which enticed; fruit
and vegetation to bud forth a month
prematurely, has caused apprehension
among fruit rrowert and farmers, who
fear th froewng weather will kill their
AGAINST NEGROES
GOVERNMENT WINS
THREE VICTORIES
IN TAX . DECISIONS
- - s .Lisa, i- V
CCpreme Court Holds Gain De
rived From Corporate Secur-
mes it laxapie
INCOME TAX APPLIES
TO ANY CAPITAL GAIN
Contentions of Treasury De
partment In Income Tax
Cases Upheld In Evry Par.
. ticular, Solicitor General
States; Much Tax Litigation
Cleared Up By Last Ruling
Washington, March 28. Three , sweep
ing victories were won by the govern
ment today in the Supreme Court in
terpretation of the terra "in come'-for
the assessment of taxes, under the in
eome and excesa profits act
The coart held that any gain de
rived from corporate securities or cor
porate assets, and any increase in the
value or a capital investment, when re
alized, ia taxable aa income. In each
ease the opinion was endorsed by the
entire eourt.
Solicitor General Frierson, who was
present to hear the opinions read,
interpreted them as upholding in every
particular the contention of the gov
ernment. He believed elimination, of
problems involved in eases decided to
day would go far toward relieving the
Treasury Department of inconveniences
it has suffered aa a result of mnlti
angled tax litigation facing it for the
past year. No estimate could be ob
tained tonight as to the amount in dcl-
klars and cent affected by the court
tctien.
To Clear Docket of Cases.
1 Apparently with aview of clearing
the docket soon of all important ta
questions the eourt before recessing
until April 11, advanced to that date
hearing of arguments in the insurance
dividend ease, the corporation reor
ganization case and the inheritance tax
case. The first involves taxation
dividends applied as the partial pay
ment to insurance premiums, the sec
ond applying to stock received from
the reorganization of a corporation
in thia ease the Dupont Powder Com
pany and the last, whether inheritance
taxes can be deducted from taxable
income.
The "key case" selected by the eourt
for decision today was the appeal
brought by th Merchants' Loan and
Trust Company, a trustee of th
estate of Arthur Byeron.of Chicago,
from decisions of Illinois courts up
holding assessment levied by internal
revenue officials upon profits realized
through the sale of certain trust aaasm.
Included la" th trust fund wer ,300
shares of stock ia Joseph T. Bynrsoa
and Son. a corporation, which were
valued at 56i,0O0, March 1, 1013, but
hich were sold in 1917 for (lw.wiu.
CWlcction of a tax on tha difference in
value between March, 1913, and the date
of sale, as income, was upheld ny ma
eourt in the decision- rendered today.
Definition f laewsa.
The word ''income" waa defined by
the Supreme. Court in a case under the
corporation excise tax act of 1909, Jut
tine Clark said, as ''a gain derived from
capital, from labor or from both com
bined.
'This definition, frequently approved
by this '.urt, the opinion continued,
received an addition In the latest In
eome taa decision (Kisner v. Macomber)
which is especially significant in its ap
plication to such ease aa we have here.
The definition waa then to read: In
come may be defined as a gam derived
from raritl..from labor, or from both
combined, provided it be understood to
inelnde nrofits sained through sale or
conversion of capital assets.'
It is obvious that unless this flen
nition be modified, it rules the esse at
bar. and. notwithstanding the argu
ments heard in this ease, we eontinne
entirely satisfied with, that definition
Since the fnnd s taxed was the amount
realize from the sale of stock in 19)7,
leas the capital investment as of March
(Continued n Page Two.)
BOARD DISMISSES WAGE
INCREASE PETITIONS
Four Thousand Employes of
Short Lines Bailroads Ask
For More Money
Chicago, IB., Mareh 28. Th petition
of 4,000 employes en 67 "short line'
railroads for wage and working con
ditiona identical with those oa the
trunk linee of the country was dn
missed by the United States Bailrosd
Ibor Board today. The ease was
heard last fall en the request of fifteen
unions that- the wage aealee and -Na
tional working agreements on the
standard railroads be applied to the
short line.
Because of the diversified duties of,
the short line employs the Board de-
lared it was "impracticable to deter
mine what reasonable rules shall be
oa the short lines" and, without a mi
form classification of work, the Board
declared it could not undertake to de
termine reasonable -wages.
Aa elaborate study of th kinds of
work performed on the' short hnea
would be necessary to e txblish rea
sonable rules, th decision said, and
until th general rule hearing affect
ing the trunk line of th country is
is posed of, th Board p.iinted ont that
it was imprartkxblo to take action on
the short lines.
Originally - 103 carriers, employing
torn 25 to 400 men each, were partes
to the dispute. Ttn electric lines wer
ism Used aad 27 -others applied the
wage scale of th trunk lines, elimi
nating them from 1th -as. Under t
deebnon-, employes and, earners ttl.1
maynegotiate their-own 'agreement oa
warts Or working conditions, but th
decision stipulated that ft shoiild not
be regarded aa aflWting Yany Wage ir
re new ia effect . dr any agree
ment regarding wage betweea ' anv
MAKE EFFORTTDECOR
- RELEASE OF AMERICANS
Washington, March 18. Effort
to release abeat 10 Americana held
la Soviet Russia arc " being mad
by.ta Stat Department through
unidentified agendo, aeording to .
laforsaatloa give today t Senator
Heflla, of Alabama, who haa aaad
laqairiea la behalf of Emmett Kilo
Patrick, aaid to hav been sen
teaced to 2 ytsrs' imprisonment
at Moscow.
Of th ( Assert ns held by th
Bolshevist, Senator Heflla waa la-,
formed, about all or eighty in
cluding KJInatrlck, are reported la
prison. Th other wer s-.ld to '
be ander detention 1 4 rarloua .
towns. Kllpatrlck, former Bed
Croee agent, la said to hav been
accused of nerving with the armed
force or Uthasnls against th
present Soviet; Government and -'
with being ta the employ of the
United State) Government H I
a native of Unlentown, Ala.
Seaator Heflln aaid that .the
8Ut Department while making
very neaalbl effort to . effect re.
leas of th Anteriane we net In
a aoaltioa to disclose th agencies
which are being used.
DR. JrHfil
flJUMED BY DEATH
Venerable Baptist Divine
Passed Away Sunday Night;
Funeral at Scotland Neck
Ber. J. D. Hufham, D.fX, one of ths
hast known and most highly esteemed
"TUst preachers ia the Stnte and re
ferresl to by many as "the Baptist
oisnop or norm I'arolina,- died Hun
day night after a brief illness with
pneumonia at the home of his daush
tor, Bingieioa, ai nieDane, where
he had lived for the past few years.
lt. iiulliam a funeral will be held to
morrow morning at Scotland Nock and
the services will be conducted h n
R. T. Vann, assisted by Dr. Llvina-stnn
jonnson and th local pastor. Dr.
Charles Anderson.
Dr. Hufham, who was in hi 88th
year, waa barn in Duplin county, near
warsaw. lie received bis early educa
tion in th local schools and then went
to Wake f orest College. He matricu
lated at this institution at an unuanallv
cany - age, Delng the younireat wrad
uat in th history of th eollege at
in tim or nis graduation.
Held Important Paatoratee,
Dr. Ilufham had a number of iin
portent pastorates and other impor
tant posts iar-th activities of th Bap
tist deaominntion. Among th pas
torates a held wer thos at th Taber
nacle Baptiat church. Baieich: Scot
land Neck, Tarboro, Henderson, Shelby
aad Warsaw. H was th first pastor
anil with, a few other responsibi for
th organization f th Tabernacle
ehurah.- For ths.last ten year the
atat of his health prevented hia doing
actrv work in th pastorate.
Making Scotland Neck th base of his
operations and with the late Noah
Bigg to support him with bis money
and hi influence, Dr. Hufham did
far-reaching work ia the Scotland Neck
Mectinn. When he went to Scotland
fNeck th territory was practically all
Isaionary territory. With the impetus
which gave the work during his
stay ia the section and the subsequent
activities of hia snccessori, there was
developed what is now the Jtoanoks
Association, which is the banner aaso
elation of the State convention.
Another achievement of Dr. Hufham
which waa in the nature of pioneering
waa his effort ia starting the orphan
age work of his denomination in thia
State. The State convention refusing
at first to undertake the orphanage un
dertaking, Dr. Ilufham formed an or
phanage association to launch and carry
on the task of earing for orphan chil
dren. The association was later ah
sorbed by th convention, under
control of which the orphanage
been since that time.
ths
has
Editor of Biblical Recorder.
For a number of yearai""aIao,
Dr.
Hufham waa corresponding secretary of
tha Baptist rjtate Convention, and like
wise served for a term of yeara as
editor of the Biblical Recorder, the
organ of the Baptist denomination.
He waa the oldest trustee of Wake
Forest College, attending the aesslons
of th board -wirh great regularity and
even in hia last years taking the
keenest interest in the proceedings, lie
attended th last regular meeting at
commencement of 1920.
Dr. Ilufham was of the type known
the old-fashioned Southern gentle
man. He was an ardent Houtherner
nd never quite got over hia antipathy
to the North. This ia well illustrated
by an incident which ia told of him
while he waa attending the Southern
Baptist Convention when it was held
last year in Washington City. While
at the Capital he waa tuken sick. Owing
to hi age he feared the illness might
become fatal. Be said to a friend who
waa looking out for him, "I think you
had ..better take me back to Mebuns.
I believe I will (o to heaven when I
ie, but I had rather go from south of
the Mason and Dixon line." He was
an uncompromising Democrat nnd a
staunch admirer and supporter of
Woodrow Wilson.
His wife died many years ago. He
leave one son, J. D. Hufham, Jr., of
Portsmouth, Va., and two daughters
MiasAnnie Hufham, who is a tern her
in Converse College, 8. C, and Mrs.
Singleton, of Mobane,
Eulogized By Leaders.
grieved at the news of Dr. Hufhlrm s
death. Leading members of the denomi
nation expreased their great admiration
for Dr. Ilufham and hia achievements.
Mr. Carey J. Hunter said:
"In the going of our beloved Dr. 3.
. Hufham from ns to his glorous re
ward, North Carolina loses on of her
great men.
As minister of th gospel few men
eoirld count the fruit of their labors as
eoujldJDr.- Hufham. 'If a was of the
wis, leaders and most ffltlhtf ul workers
In the Baptist denomination after the
Civil 'War both , in reconstruction and
extension work. He Was a wise, aad
progressiva trustee - of 1 Wak Forest
SOUTHERN BELL IS
N
IN
Two Vice-Presidents Before;
Corporation Commission at :
-'' First Hearing v.
CITIES' REPRESENTATIVES
WILL CONTEST INCREASE
Hearing Will Consume Several
Days; Vice-President Hoxsej
Devotes Much Testimony;
Toward Explanation of Con
tract With American Tela'
phone' and Telegraph Coat
pany; Tundt Adds Data .j
The Southern Bell Telephone ant
Telegraph Company asking for s ir '
crease of telephone rates averaging
twenty-three per rent had its" first day
of testimony before the North Carolina!
Corporation Commission yesterday
when J. M. H. linuv. vien fireaMiuitlallA
C. E. Yundt, vice president n charge of
operations, occupied the d with dei
tails of the value of the Southern Bell's
eontrset .with the American Telephone
snd Telegraph Company and with data
concerning the financial opcratioaa of
the concern. ' . . '-1
Hunt Cbiplry and James H. Too
represent the Southern Boll, whilst
cities are represented by Bobert Buark,
for Wilmington; C. A. Hinea, for?
Greensboro; J. A. Bell, for Charlott, .
George Fennel!, for Asheville; and Col
Albert U Vox, for Raleigh. Two day
more will be required to complete the!
testimony of the Southern Boll tact
then its officials will be eros examined!
by representatives of the eities. It ia
not believed that the eitiea will uCefi
direct testimony. "
Bates inked by tffe Southern BeM vnr
with the size of the exchange. Advance
asked for special lines, business anj
residence are: Cary from I2J0 aad
82. to 83.25 and 82.80; Apex, Gibson
Murphey, Bowland, SouthporU Wendeul
Zebulon, from 83 and 82 to 3.60 and
13.40; Cleveland, Davidson and Lauria
burg, from - 83.23 and 82 to $3.90 and
82.40; Hamlet, Reids ville and Bocking
ham, from 82.50 and $2JZi to $4.55 auVh
$2.90; Burlington, Goldsboro and 8altm
bury, from $4 and $2.50 to $5 and $3.10)
Greensboro, Balelgh, Wilmington and?:
Wlnst,iualem, from $5 and $9 to $&tf
and $,7S; Charlotte, from $&S0 b4,
$8.25 t $6.00 and $3J0j .Wrighttville
Bench, seasonal rates tnereased only,1
Two party and four party Jin in?,
crease asked for ax ia keeping with
tha business and residence rate prW
0ed. Petition for ah iner . !. '
been en ill with th Corporation Com!
mission sine last ' aiianm 'Vtfitfci. .
-- - w ... iii.i,
the last, two month, eom missions lay
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Mia
siasippi and Louisiana hav allowed!
increased rates on approximately th)
same scale ga that aow asked for ia
North Carolina.
Stock Owned by A. T. aad T. C.
Mr. Hosey, first witnea under exanar
inatioa of Mr. Cliiply, placed th eapaV -taliaatlon
of th Southern Bell Con"
pany at $53,371,613.45 and declared that
all the stock of the company ia owa4
by the American Telephone and Tel
graph Company which, for certain sere
vices rendered the Southern Boll r
(.. f.,i ..J L.li .... ...A
.vm. n..u yu, null yvc ITU. if.
tha gross revenue, under a contract.!
Th contract has been submitted to the, '
commission. In amount, the 4 1-2 per,
cent totaled approximately $65,000 last'
year, and according to the official gives '
th bouthern Bell the benefit of the)
A. T. and T. Company's extensive re-i
search laboratory. -I
In great detail Mr. Tundt, who saas
ceeded him, went into the various item
embraced in the service of the A. Ta -and
T, Company to the Southern Bell
giving a value to the equipment fur
nished as an investment and -showing
the saving in annual operating expenses ,
by reasna of getting this equipment
under the contract. This saving fox)
telephone instruments, loading coi!e
telephone repeaters, improved tool eor4
circuits and superimposed telegraph set
vice in investment, Mr. Yundt said, tS
$(350,4R7 in investment and $130,670 is
annual operating costs.
At the afternoon session of the Com
mission Mr. Tundt declared that thyrsi
now more demands for telephone!
service in North Carolina than- the
company can supply, and the companM,
is badly strapped for spare facilities! '
A total of MM telephones were added '
In 1915 and lfllfi; 6K7 during the wax
period of 1917 and 19ig, and 2,967 la)
the post-war years of 1019 and 1930 .
Fully 129 appli-ations signed up, art
now on file with 2,080 requests ' fosj -
service. ' :
The investment of the company sines?
1916, he said, haa increased per statics '
from $141.18 tj $150.05, while the total
expenses increased per station from
$33.68 to $."0.82. . '
Program of Improvement.
In its petition, tho Southern Belt '
set out the need for the increased
rate In order to pay a fair just and a
compensatory return on invested' eapU
tnl In order that it might get sufficient
capital to carry out a five year program
of Improvement. In 1931, Mr. Ynnd$ .'
said, the program contemplates the a
penjititre of $428,000 In North Car '
lina. The cost of material, ha contend
ed, has little to do with the current x
pensei of the company, explaining that
a decline of sixty per cent 1n expense
would bring sn accompanying decline
of on) one half of one per' cent in tag
operating expenses of the company.- -The
reduction cost of the system 11
North Carolina based on March 1921
prices, Mr. Tundt fixed st $6,460,941
snd the Corporation Commission, wjjiehj
during the gas rate bearings -weeki
eard ninch, of reproduction values, akt '
lowed' the. evidence, affer some wordd
from .the opposition "for what it tasjf
be worth . . ' ,,
. The hoariiig will be resamed' this) '
morning at ,ten o clove.
Fourth Annual Spring. SteepT Cliaaf
and Flnt Bace. $125.00 Purse. Pine
SEEKI
G INCREASE
PHONE RATES
'? r ...:9
tfwi aalJu jfflnWsy .
iCuatUaad eaJFkg. Twa.1
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