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ATTEND CONFERENCE
T7ar . , Finance ' Corporation To I
formulate XXeans of Pinano-
Ing ' Exportation of. Cotton.;
Bepublicans Expected To Air I
' ' Greensboro Proceedings In
Washington This Week
' , , ,, -' :.- r
', The News uA Obniw Bureau,
' '- - era Watrtrt Nati; Baak Bldg.
(By Special Leased VlraV
WaahlBftoa, Marei 59-Tall' Jalt-
nt tathar aolieitiBf 4aja eut dowa
to thraa week aPaha WhiU Eooar, tha
' offiaa-aaakara rra aaiaf tka ail lJa-
ereiiiM volam to ft tkair T befora
PrMlilaat Hardin.. The lifhta ia the
eseeutira offleaa bur lata into tha nlgfet
aad aoma of thorn oariy into the mora
ine houra in dolvlnx late thf ttaeka of
uU that' oono for tho sow Preaideat,
- white tho talopboaoa that hara plaoeo
on tho deaka r- Boerotary C'nruiiaa
nd.'EjioeaUTO Clark rprater fingb all
thronjh tho day with oallt- -that are
, hoard ia anxiooa voieoa.aakiaf for ea
V faronmta M (ho White Hoase. -
Jadood, ao treat became tha votaaao
of jnail that thero are two ahifU of
werkero oa it those ady. ana tne
, jnxioua writert mnat sot bo worried if
-repliea do not eoma at onoe. for it takea
time to dlgeit ,tho lettera and roeoia-
nandatioBa.that poor ia. And though
it haakoea officially tivea oift that
Mo-day tMni : Wg-
0.P,!,;
hofcat hoped-for job, Par-
fi.tent caller, who keep wana tht ahair.
;ras
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, ia mm mipm., . 1 coara ot amermea eompoiod of eight
i to eorno, for Nh,on tha oxtra eeislon of I aioaUiora. "Tho ijiow charter la almilar
Conireaa eoaaaaoa oa April U tholto th eity nanager form charter ia
risiUag Uat at tM wnitouonao ia cor-
taia. to grow long. Ia addUioa to
tha ofdee-aeekera at the White House,!
'- oaeh. of the cabinet memberi are boeieg-1
ed by folki wanting to eonneet with I
tho pay roll.
. Bevablieaaa to CanlUl.
B ia kndentood hero that thero will
4 bo a Bumber of Bepablieaaa from North
; Carolina ia Washington the latter part
ii.. ir Mii 'tiiu -tki nn h.rehat4er are predicting a., majority of
tweea tho Morehead-ioaaey 'Hog Com-
a.. i .. A..., I
liSTtS l-Z.Zk
- xt. . - T.-i.. Ti.i..-j rw..... I
fha mtmhlA Bntlsr-PrltahardDnBeaB 1
foreee oa tho other wUl beired. If
pomlblo. a Bntiato org.niz.tio.
' . . . ,
crowd propo. te gwltho matter boforo
Proaldent Hardxng. Thero ia toeo ao
mrr Senator Butler, it ia aaid for ho I.
fighting to keep hia hold oa affair, in
North Caroliaa. Be port, that reaeh hero
from North Carolina are th.t the Be-
' tiablieana of the Eaat arc behind Butler I
Snd that' they declare that they reeeir-
; ed tho rawest kind of a deal from the
Morehead'Iirtaey- combine. - It ia poa-1
sible that a peradaai fight all .long tha
line, except aa to Bute Chairman. Lin-
aer. will bo made bw tho Butler foreee.
i.i t t. v. . i: I
j - - - 1
'preeoodlag that will Be, pulled off.
i afattoV baring to do with flnaneUl
-w.i- 1- v-,.
with mocT inured
! .tatc ot North Carolina oa a tiz and a
j?-:? nams
van anew wasa w mw irtwuta auej aeiai m 1 itaj 1
some eommimioa in addition to.thii
and wheal tha matter of tax exemption
ia North Carolina ia eoniidered, this
uraally monnttBg to one per cent out-
aide of eitlot and town, to about - one
.ad a half ia cities and tow a. where the
tax rate ia. high, ft can be aeea that
'the. Bote, are really aollinc on what
mount, to 1 T l i to and 8 per cent
Basis. it purchased by North Carolina
iHTstor,thoe who aro interested In
tho good roads program are fearful
" that the high "interest rate bow prevail-
a iag will interfere with the temporary
notes authorised to bo issued by the
."General Assembly or road. - building
purposes and will delay road construe-1
tioa. . , ". I
9 . , Bhlpmaa at Waaaiagtoa.
Com mission of labor and Printing, I
aj. jp, onipman, wno nap spent two days
aa matters connected with lha mttisBal
.'and stats omployaseat eorriea for North
iinint, ten lor his Homo tonight. Mr. mouse possioie iney mignt nareiano
Slripmaa ' had XJuite a lengthy confer- ed. The .only fact, which .erred to re
eace today with tha bow Secretary of lieT tn onxiety ot ofHci.1. was the
labor, James. A. Darin, and says that hs improbability that disaster could hsre
found Secretary Darw vary much inter- orertakea -both 'planes simultaneously,
ested in tho amnlonavat ! The theory was advanced, that rerhnus
Director General vj. B. Densmero and
AMisiaai uireetor Ueaeral wada . H.
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Bkinior. Mr. Shioman eeta tha !...
sion that tho present arrangements
witk relation to the work in Nortk
' Carolina will.be continued. '
Ta this, tha d. . m
fnralah lb. eU,wj v. wTV" ri , I
office at Jtaleisrh. whrch will
clearing house for the .rate,, while it
will furnish . equipment for he local
offices. Mr Shipmsn, we serves a.
federal director for North Carolina at
the coat if 1 a year to tha government.
leaaeuis ior inai,naraoer er the largest
places ta the state. - Hs say that hi
purpose i$ to seeora Mnidpal, eonnty.l
tte and aational eo-operstioa oa the
wwa. vnnemr uenersi juensmoro ex-
preseed the highest approval ef the I
work being - done in North Carolina I
hopes to-have five to seves minerin. I
under tao direeeioa of Mr. Shipmsn,
and deelared that legiaUtioa en "the
suhjet of employment enacted at the
session of the Korth-Carolins General
Assembly is excel lent the best that
ass beea enacted by any 'state. . .
jsaakere to Meet, - IderegaUons lea for home-teiigbt. '
The meeting held hers a few davsd Many ef the Horidiansl wore their
Sgo by the North Caroliaa Cotton Com.!
missioa and bonkers from the etaie I
k .
iCeatMaad oa Page TweJ 'i
t
VEEERABLE MINISTER'
WHO DIED SUNDAY I
-iKT. v a sura!. . tv
Dr. Hufham'. fawii: will b keld
this morning at 11 o'clock at th Bew-
tut church in Scotland Neck of which
he y the first pastor and which he
served for men? veara. t
New City Charter Apparently
carried in Ejection Held
. 7 Yesterday, ;
' Darham. Jfarek Sl-The laaaa.
gertal font of goreramoat waa
adoatod by tho citiaoaa of Darkaaa
in mow ckartei oioctloa held koro
today Official tabalatioaa tonight
gave the maaaferlal form a majar.
ity of Ml a-otae. There waa a total
f UU retea eaat. ,4
y' nSeiSB
top t tho municipal .lee-
Tfc, qjku.. fof
eity mMntgtt BBder tt, uthori ot .
Dnthana, March 9Dorham today
, feet ia tho eity of Norfolk, VirgiaU,
land aim ineludca tho recalls
Despite the eold weather proralllng
here today, a lam rote wao east. Onlv
one precinct ezpeeted to rotnrw a
majority againit the now charter. What
irotee may go againat the charter at
that polling place will be ororeome
by the rote in other parte of the eity,
w a, douotoo. inenaa svl the bow
" "" w "' ppta
of the Sartor, howorer. .refuaed 'to
.WtioB'had aarrted Uto
hour
"V."T .0"
"r n .fnurt.Vh J .V
..JJSf "ha bu,inr me.
met
1 Many jmm V -t O.mai aaaiiuw iVI aaoV
pntpofl of .rganlning a eity elnb. Plan.
Ueujnea, flm ,Bd dnM nxed ,Bd ,
the
memberahip list eeleetcd from which
I member, will be accepted. The two up
per floor, ol a sew building to be eon
.tructed at a prominent comer hero will
bo leased for a
period of Ave years.
Tho elub will
bo formally organised
when 180 niember. hare beea obulned.
BerVnty hare already aigned and the
remainder needed to guarantee tho elub
"Ul most likely be obtained today. A
dining room or cafeteria in connection
with the club will be one of the
fenturea.
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, Tgti W,ltVh.thrtft ,w i,mi
ring. Telned at 2,000 from Mra.
' 'tlnV:
court ' for lack of .uffieient
nothing heard from
MARINE CORPS FLYERS
Two Plane For Virgin Islands
Were Scheduled To Land
at Fayettevflle - f
' Washinirton. March 89. The two Ma
rine Corp. ariator. who left the Nam n
Air Station here early this afternoon
Ion the first leg of their flight, to the
Virgin Island had not been heard from
tonight ' either by Naval' officers or at
points in the South. They had intended
to make their ant .top at Fayetterille,
N. C 310 mile "distant, but did not
put in an appearance either there or' at
Lengley Field, V... which hsd been eon-
sidered aa as alteruatire stopping plaeej
ih their plans. ' . 1 J
iu omppearanee 01 in. armors
was aomplete, notwithstanding inquiries
" eor 01 Ponta wkere it was
on been forced dowa ia an "ino-
naa aeseenaea
. . . .1 1 v. . . a . ...
essist in repair work. , y, -
KT? oraft.left htro at 1:0 p. m.
r"o - nrs Doing- occupied By. liajor
IThomaa C. Turner, . ohief , of Marine
wn ariauon. ana xdeutcnant is. t..
Bradley, chief test pilot of tho" Navy
Corr and ths second by
Lieutenant U- H. Sanderson, ' pilot, snd
unsry Bergeaat Charles W. Backer,
DISTRICT MEEYING OF'
ROTARY CLUBS CLOSES
Birmingham. Ala ... March h
the election of John . A. Turner, of
Tatopa, PU, as .district -governor, the
eighth - District tMUry .conrention
closed' here tonight with a ball at the
Country Club. . "- . ,
The . next convention elfv wUl Ke
eeleetsd by elub presidents andsecre-
taries at a futnre",meetiog. Havannnh
Bd Columbus, G,' were the only two
eitiee.to eitesd sn.invkstion fo the
t meeting, which will be held a
September. The Florida and Cuban
Falm Beaches and Panamas' to Birming
ham and the cold wave foreod" tha
to spsnd most of their tint in the
hotels. ' ,
.
FAMEP iJATURAUST
DIES SUDDENLY ON
PASSEfiGER TRAIN
lohn Burroughs ' Passes Away
Near Kinasville. Ohio, at
7- The Aoe of 84; 7
BODYTAKEN TO HOME 77
v on banks of Hudson
xriyate Funeral Along Simple
.: Lines To Be Eeld Saturday;!
'' . Body will Be Buried In Oat
s ; skin IlOnntaims Bandar. An.
niTeriary of His Birth,' If ear
His Birthplace v .
f4.
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'oughlieepMev N. T4Urch 2. (By
tho Associated j, Prem.JTh. body of
foha Burroughs, Baturaliet of world
renown who died suddenly tats morn
ing oa a passenger train y near' Kings
ville, Ohio, lies tonight in .his homo
by the. banks of the , Hudsoa rirer, a
few miles north of 'this eity. '
- There, - Wlrero ; Mj. Burroughs had
lived sine. 1878, the body will remain)
until Saturday afternoon when a pri
vate fsneral along the simple. line ke
desired will bo held. Che body will
be taken to Boxbnry, ia the Cstakill
Mouataina. and" buried Bandar. , tka
.e.v:torw.bo.
The great naturalist and author of I nme
outdoor book, had hoped to return to! Th older Williams fad Clyde Maa
hia eoantry home Eiverby to die and
" -
befors death UBexportedly claimed hinn.l
Were: . I v -
"How far are we from
. v m
konMr- V
it tke winter
,Mr. Harrnagks . had spent the winter
in California and was returning.' About
five weeks sgb be snderwent tn opera-
tioa for a prosteraal ahecesa; Seriooa
heart and kidney eomplicatloas set in
and bo became ao weak he decided be
must hurry home if his wish to die
smid tb lordly hills and trees .by tho
Hudson was to be realized.
Fell 8ddenly Dead.
DariBg a delay In a railway statioa.
at Chicago yesterday he seemed nervous
snd depressed, but as soon ss bis train
started his spirits brightened, accord
t hi. nw.i.;.. ..i hinn)..i
Dr.XTtara Barrtu. She accompanied tho
m . ..
naturalist from, California and waa talk
ing to him when' hs suddenly fell dead
ia his Pullman ear 'Compartment at
1 o clock this moralng.
Jiia mind was clear to tns sad, sue
said, aad death came without warning,
Mr. Burrough's grind daughter Urania
Burroughs, and I(, Barraaf tpo aioeos
were t taw-party e she- train, -i-
At dusk this evening a berse eon- I
reysd the body along the winding roads
that lead through th. rugged hills whsre I the Utter', assistant to eld in the Jas
Mr. Burroucbs devoted vears of studr I ne eountv inauirr. ' It wtl gtit sit OB-
tO'-bird. and. tree. ' aad flowers. Bur-1
rounding his home, where the body waa
placed, were the elmi and maplea ke
.v.ou, .M.iv vTciuHu . id. irnu, ffHnw
return northward early were heralding
the spring time. ,
Csrriod Jfanneerlpts.
Ia brief eases carried by the groat
naturalist were unfinished manuscripts
01 two uroii. u. usu Dusim simwii 1 Rnd was said official, preseaiea ovi
during the Winter gathering material dene, designed to shew eertala whites
in ouuincra huiohii auu jwuns 1
dowa Botes for thes. words on outdoor
subjects. Uutimately they will be ad
ded to km long list of printed volumes.
Messages from prominent men of
state, 'litersturo snd science began" ar
riving at the horn, before the remains
had been brought there. .These mes
sages were not made puMie by the rel
stives snd friend, of the netumlist,
woo said they wanted everything con'
eerning .the funeral to bo unostenta
tious snd simple like the lifs of Mr.
Burroughs.
His last public message was a trib
ute to William Delia Howell, and was
read at memorial services to the author
a few weeks ago in New York. Howell,
snd Mr. Burrongh. were acquaintance.
through ensny years.
The only immediate ' surviving rel
tlves are hi. son, Julian; Burroughs,
who lived with Sis father, and tares
grand-children.
EDISON EXPRESSES DEEP
BEGEETi PBAI8K8 BURROUGHS.
west urange, 3. i., March Z.-t-Xhom-
ss A. Edison a member of .man
party of intimate friend, .who had ae-.
eompsnied John Burroughs oa his an
nual caiiping trips In the last four
rears. exrre.geoMe.a serrow todav snos I
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learning; ui inm naiurais s ucaia. fl
"To me he always appeared to bo one I
of tho highest types yet evolved? in. the
sdvance of men to a - higher stage.
Other members of the camping party .
were Henry Ford and Hudson Maxim.1
Ontheir camping trips, wood chopping
contests were always a matter ol keen
competition and in this sport Mr, Bur
roughs, notwithstanding .. his gtr al
ways acquitted htmsflf ereditably.
NEGRO ARRESTED FOR .
i AN ATTEMPTED ASSAULT
T . I
WouldJ) Tictim v Drives " Off
NeT0' at Winston JSalem
; With Iron Pipe
Kinstom-Salewi, March 29. Clint
Pearson, Colored, was arrested at his
home in Bideatowa at noon today on
charge of attempted erimiaal assault
on Mrs. Alonso Or Brandon ia base
meat of her home ia Craftoa Heights,
related by Mrs. BrSadpn, the negro up-1
t - .aw - tr i
euue sna. -Dreienara re 1
Vent to snake .a kiirchase.-He made
sdvanees snd put lis hands, ea her,
whea .bo grabbed a piece of Iron aad I
struck Pearson seviral blows. manaci 1
ngito drivs him off.; ; A " ;
In-order to prevent anv distarba: -el,!,.
thst might arie m result f the at-
temptek)asanult.' Person-wss rushed
to another county Jail. r-
A mas. meeting of Porsyth farmers
hss been called for-seat Baturday to
enaaider whst action thev .hoald take
in rrgard to land value, this county J
ASKS FOR
l!IIO EIGIiI
DEATHS III GEORGIA
Governor iorseyTakes a Hand
In InvestiQation of Jasper ;
WANTSSPECIALTERM t v'
F OCMULGEE COUrTT
I'Judj
ParU Asked To Convent
; Co
April 11 ,Tor grand
Jury To Seek . Indictments
Airainit V Plantation , Owner
and ,lfefr Wno Told Officers
of AnegedVCllinft ; ..v'
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Atlanta, Oa, March
M-Oovernor
Dorsey reqaesUd Ute today thatJ Us
three sons. of John S. Williams be Ib
dieted; in eonneetion with the wholesale
filling of aegu fsmf hands oa the
William. pUnUtion in Jasper oonaty
and at tho same tna-dispa tehee rrosn
CovingtoBaimoaeed' that the jraad
Jury thero was inquiring into, reports
that tho three sons of the laatsr had
beta iBstigstora of falsa reports of a
negro "aprisiBg ia that section. Oaf
white ataaMs being held 1b oonhsetioB
with tha. inquiry, bat officials at Cbv
e-
nwgf efTa foremaa oa kil pUnUtioa,
already are under indictments snarging
u NewtoB Wnnty, where Man-
nf,.U hev aarriixl threo
1 Sing mMu oinciam uey ' ewmra wm
I Md drowned them, aad Cover
I t. ....j ,t.h k. iai jv-i
nor Dorsey stated tonight be had rik
Judge John B. Hoteheson, of thst Judi
elal circuit, to set the trial of the two
at "a very early date." Judge Hutches
sob and Solicitor General A. U. Brand
left for AtlanU today to tonfer with
the governor. , Vj
After, a conference hero Ute today
with BUts officials snd federal ugenta,
tha latter beina- bronchi In because Af
alleged peonage conditions which Man
ning declared yosalted U tho killings,
tha Governor, twouerted ' Judge At t B.
Park, ol the judicial eireun m-wsoca
i ... . . . .... . i
Jt,PeT loeatea, xo eau ne grara jury
April 11 to make a general inquiry Into
condition, and to return indictment.
.gainst Williams, his three sons and
Maanfha'. ' -. -
Diaxo jusoney imsnu iwanj.uuifci
tor OoBrl Campbell, af the judicial
einutt fas which Jansr sooaty w sttaa
ted. aad ethos Btat efflrisla eoaferred
wifk Oovernor Doner tb sfternoow
snd later it was ' tsld,. the Oovcrtpr
would send the Attorney General or
til Arril 11. tho Oovorasr - said,' bo-
I eanaa the varloue officials wanted, an til
sthst time to get ready for presenting
t avuienco so um grsna jui 7
I Cnrrenf resorts that negroes wsrs
preparing to rise .gainst white resi-
i dents in sections of Jasper sad Newton
enantien were the subject of a grand
I jurr ravestigatioB st Covington today
h.A mnrnmi : tha renorta.
DAMAGE TO FRUITS AND
VEGETABLES NOT KNOWN
Department of Afrioulture
Awaiting Beports On Dam
I- age By Gold WaTe
Washiniton. March . Extent , of
damages suffered by fruits aad vege
tables last Bight aad today by the
nM ! uMtinns of Missouri. Illi
nois and Indiana, a. well as parts of
Virginia. Western Maryland, fsnasyl-
vania and Now Englaad had aot been
determined by tho Department of Agri
culture tonight. Beports were slow in
coming in, ofBeial. said aad iaaddi
tioa aa exact determinatioa of the dam
age would have to wait upon a warm
day when diseoloratlons on f rosea, f rait
buds aad blossom! would appear.
Meagre reports Indicated that there
had been some damage to fruit trees ia
blorsons ia Maryland aad Virginia Be
cause of the preceding wsrm weather,
which bad advanced blossom, snd ten
def- vegetables beyond the usual de
relopment for this time of rear. ofH
.i.ty !J1..4.J iL . 1 .1.. X - .I.L1 LJ
ciais iniucwieu snwi uis osnp mgns'iis
eoasidersble,
THOUSANDS VIEW BODY
OF CARDINAL GIBBONS
' ft ii i .ai i i .
Crowds Continue To Pass
Through Cathedral; Funeral
Jo Be Held Tnursday
Baltimore, Md March 29. Crowds
besieged the gate of the ' Cathedral
Jjr ahortly- sfter 9 o-cloek j
the morning nntil sfter S:80 e clock
ta their desiretn get into the
enince ' v view ibv douj vi rumi
Gibbons. It is estimated that betweea
25,000 and 30,000 persons filed pest th
catafalque betweea 11 a. m. and ! 11
d. m.
Such continuous crowds were aaex
pected. . It was knows thst .the kntee
would not bo opened for -the general
pjblie until after the reqdicn high
mass, ceJebrsted tot the religious orders
Lf u,, eity t i-,. had been flaished.
as tl III 9 xs . Bs t-i ava ui 1.11 aims ss BI u, niicauT
td 'ken their statioa . south of-ht
in tha asaia antranea of the Ca.
thedraL Folieo were on -guard out
,y , lt, jento and a special eiviltaa guard
the inside. - . . - .
. navannr Sitchia issued a nmetamn.
liloa today calling uooa all eiUxest of
State ta cease work Thuntdav morn-
log, 10 a. m, tha hour of the funeral.
and offer- a Braver ef rraUUde "for
tJe example of Cardinal Gibbons life,
of taanhf jlness for th. memory of hrm
which will dwell with aaad for the
reooso of the soul-ef aot belovtid
friend." , .
lELEPi'OaE RATE
IEAR1I.G DEVELOPS
MAZE OF FIGURES
i si C- - ' ' " "i !- " '
Attorneys For-Citles Cross Ex-
. amine VSTnticsses Tor South"
7;jE7ern Beq.Company " . i
point Cut that larger
EXCHANGES PROFITABLE
Testimony Derelops 5 Informa.
tion That tn 1 8 2 1 Company
- Iarned 3.85 .Ptfr Cent On
Arerafe Investment; Pay
4' 1.2, Per? Cent' On Gross
BeTenue To A. T, T. Co. ;
. V
; Canght It I maao of statistics aad
a bewildering tusUUds of exhibits, st
tameys' representing various cities la
the Bute opposing the .Soothers Bell
Telephones petition for aa increase of
li pfr seat u rates ia the Bute, had
to content themselves yesterdsy with
high spot cross -exsmihstions. Vice
President tundt, Was.; P. Sloan, consult
lug engineer, Edward I Cox, supply
contract auditor A. T. aad T. Co, were
examined by Huat , -Chiplw f or the
company and when the Corporation
Commission receaeed'for tha night Vies
Preaideat Hoxsey was oa tho stead.
'C. A. Hiae, for Greeasboro; Joha
Hiaadale; for BWeigh, 3.,A. Bell, for
Charlotte, aad Bobert Basrk, for Wil
mington, plad - question, at tha wit-
' The second day of the bearing lea ven
it reasonably clear that tho opposition
will have to make out its case from the
(esMmoiry of the petitioner, relying
a poa ' the - sommisalon's knowledge of
tbo downward trend of thing, to pro-
pvlde a Just rate.' As a general proposi-
Uon, this baa been truoX most sf the
poblie utility hearinga before the Cor
poration Commission. Attorneys est
mate that thousands of dollars would be
accessary to prepare for-a hearing in
anything like tho detailed nsannsr in
which the Bonthera Boll, moat elaborate
of all petitioner for increases., kaa
stacked an its testimony of figures and
exhibits. i
Larger Bxchaagoa Pay Deficit.
Hack of the opposition ystsrdaw
was directed at tho development of tho
fnetthat the larger exchanges ia Nortk
Carolina bear tha hardens of the an
profitable smaller ones. Wm. F. Sloan
testified thst telephone rates are higher
ia the larger- exchangee because tha
eervies is mora valuable. . All the way
through, the officials have fouaht shv
of jneaaaring sates in. accordance with
seat ,ef service. The value of tho
service, they-insist, should bo the basis
sWsatsaf within tha limitation of reas-
enaurn reiuraa apoa the investment.
It was after a series of uertions
devoted towsrd ta setabliskment of
tns fact that as larger exchangee carry
tha smaller ones; thst Mr. Hinea wanted
to kaow if tha increase were allriWeA
to we interest ox ino
larger exchange, to cot out of the in
tern and for the smaller ones to get iaf
augsn urn nave Balk of Btatioaa.
The Witness Under the' snnlnaKna
of J. A. Bell, of Charlotte, eoadaeted
wiin soms atmealtv. aooareBtlv en ae.
Count of a Confusion nf terns. !
that eighty-seven per1 cent of the entire
number of etationala Jforth Caroliaa
ia distributed betwsen eis-bt eltix
-''" cvsssuy oniy aa innnitesimally
n so provide lor toe .mall
exchange deficiencies.
Thst four aad a' half ner ( im
aannallr ea gross revenue to the A. T.
mi. veapany came ia for soma more
attention yesterday. J. A. Bell wasted
to know if, since the A. T. aad T. Com
pany OWSed all the Bell atoek. if an
erviee rendered the assoeiated com.
peaiee waa aot a service a) ieif. The
witnest .greed that ft waa, in effect.
He likewise screed that the frslu
tho smsllsr exehsncea were beine p.n.
etantly eahancckl by the support they
get from returns from larger and more
remunerative mtsimu .
Favored Prices.
Edwsrd U Cox. of Plainfield. N. J
contract auditor for ths A. T. snd T.
Company, charged with the review of
purchase, from tho wester a Electri
Company, oxnlained that tha Western
Electric Company, virtually owned by
insySuavsao-T. Company, ha favored
price for material furnished the as
sociated eompaaies and another price
for independent companies.
Vies President Hoxsey went back oa
the stand late ia tho afternoon aad told
the Commission thst ths Southern Bell
has aot earned six per cent dividend
since 117. Par ths yesr from Jul
SI, WIS to July 31, 1919 when th sys
tem was juder government -ownership
ths goverameat made up the dividend,
he said. y
Th statement of average Investment
aad revenue was introduced "by Mr.
Hoxsey ss the first exhibit for his sec
ond appearance 'on, tho stand.
- j ... Not Earnings,
According to his ststements, tho
ayerags Investment Increased steadily
from 3,2721&S to M4S0J81 for 1J0
in North Carolina while the, per cent
er net earnings. 10 ine averuge Invest'
ment dropped from S.QS ner
I per eeijt ia
whea kf haa
1 and'yCO to
mio so z.ij in 41 a srne
enrobed-Tin tkroush 1919
au nauiuoa to -bum ths cominnv
provides, according to Ur.-Hoxsey a
depreciation fund of five aad a half
per sent.. A tth morning session John
Hinsdsls ia ernes exnmin.tioa bud de-.
Voloped that this depreciation fund.
exclusive of maintenunee, had built up
aa eight million dollar fund some of
the esUblishment of exchanges..
Wesaded Officer sjmm:
Kiaatoa, March f Arthur . Lamm.
a LaOrsngs police man shot by a aegro
thre several week. seo. has been dis
charged from a hospital hero and will
eatirely recover from his threo wounds,
wnicn ior a ttm threatened to cause
his death, Iamm'i peslUva identifi
cation of Prod Pens, a Vsgro. a hia
assaUant,- will result . ia Penns iir-
raignmeat The negro is Being held
here. He shot Una, the latter sHrges,
when he started fa search him far m.
sealed weapons.
4NJUREL FLIER APPEARS
TO BE GROWING WEAKER
Hope Stln Held Out For Boo.
ery of Lieutenant W, D
. - Coneja, HoweTer ."
' ,V , ; ; .4.
Nstchci, Miss., March 19. A fur a
ti.ra Ut the woks esrly txiay. Uouten-
ii.it ,W. D. Coasy, who was ; injured,
wnen nia . piano straca a tree) i n ley
Korning near Crowvill,' rallied
sightly later . In the. dJV bnt toaight
hia physician, said that hs Was showing,
less, vitality than has been evident
previously. ,. -.v- , .'.,f,.
AreordiBg to , hU i phy.fci.ns- any
ehang. in his condition wiU bo grauil,
.nd while the odds are ir atly .-'art
him, they have Tot glvsavp hope, of
saving hia life.'. V. ' r '. i, V
Major N. B. CUggett; ol the Tourth
Aviation corps, who arrived hers last
night to superintend tbo care of th
injured flier, said tonight he? would
remain here sntil there, wss a definite
change ia the rendition sf the liinten
unt, after which he will visit the seen
of the accide.it U mt an investigstios
and arrange for tho salv.ging of th.
wrecked planer which still-Jic where
it fell on th farm ef Moss LenLr,
near viwwviii,
AT FAYETTEVILLE
Cumberland Seat Votes Solidly
. ror tcajooQ for Im-.-.
proved Scho6ls ;
e-t '
Payetevills, ltareh 29-Oae' of the
greatest wictorie for education in the
history., of FayetcviHe was won today
waa a- bead bwu of a quarter of
saillioa dolUrs for" improved -J public
school facilities waa carried by- a vote
of lOO oat Of a registration of IU9.
uniy urea vote were east against ths
bonds.; ..
A Urge number Of men and women
worked for the bond bans from 7
o'clock this morning until tha closing
or the polls at suadowDj the' Women of
th Parent Teachers Association and
the men of the Klwani. Club beln
especially active in -getting out the
tOtC. ... . i v.. ,V rj ;
There was a negro regl.tr steoa . of
about 200 and this vote waa east sol
idly for ths boads except for a few
registrants who dould not reach the
polls oa aocount of sickness. One ef
the three votes .gainst the bond issue
was east oy a man who cannot read er
write, has firs children of school sge
hi swna as properly.
The program of imnrovement eontem
plated by the school board, at. Cross
Creek township sails for fire ' new
aehool haildings, made necesaary try
series .eongeet low resulting--from the
isrgeiy. increasea school ausndSuee.
These Include o new high 'school sn
Burgess 'street sad : new building, at
ths Donaldson school os) Esymoant snd
at ths Porsoa street- school, as well as
twa additional buildings for aegro pu
pils on la-ange and UUleepie street.
this win msks a toUl of tea scaoel
buildings in th. eity .ystem. - -
SEARCH FOR MISSING
AIRMEN TAKES J. EW TURN
Beports of .Strange Cries In
v Swamp Puts Searching Par.
ties On New. Trail
Pcniac6H7 Pla, March 9. tfearch
for Chief Quartermaster O. B. Wilkia
son and. four companion missing in
naval balloon sinee March 28, received
new impetus this afternoon whea
message to the Naval' Air Statioa herel
from Apalschleols, Pbu said that
Strang, cries hid been heard in s swamp
soms miles from that place.
Urdere were sent to ths seaplane
stationed at Panama City Pla to taks
op the search ia tbo vicinity of Apabv
ebicola and they left this afternoon to
maae a thorough sweep of th vicinity.
The big naval dirigible C-7 will leave
early tomorrow to Join ia the sesreh
of the Franklin eountx swamp.
umeiaia ar divided la the Br opinion
aa to whether the balloon eduld have
regained sufficient altitude to reach
Apalaehleola Bay after having been as
low as 100 feet the afternoon of March
a (tatoa is us last, carrier pigeon
message.
This message added that all supplies
wrs gone.
Apalarhieola . is about fifty miles in
aa air-line from 8t. Andrew and is
about 00 mile, from 'ths place' where
the balloon is .apposed to have been
whea th last message waa dispatched.
Another Report.
Pensacola, Fb.March 29. Fishermen
nailing to the bank outside of Apsis
chieola Bay last Wedsesdsy sight heard
shouting ia th vicinity of Uak Vinr
ico, tea miles from Apalsebiools, aa
tnes passed thst neighborhood accord
ing lo a report to th naval air station
1st today. -'
Orders were . immediately dispatched
ta the sub-sir base established st Fan
ama City for ons of ths planes here
to make .a thorough search-- of Lnke
. Wimieo. -
Ne Trace ef Men.
Pensacola, Fla., March 29. Lieut. 0.
C. Cannon, pilot of the dirigible C-7,
reported tonight that he had -circled
over the swamp on both sides ef the
St. Andrew. Bay' and Apalaehleola
Onnulln the v neighborhood of Lake
Wiraico without finding hy trace of
tbo lost naval balloon snd Its five occu
pants. He left the ha tiger' here this
morning befors th report from Pan
eras City in regard to the shooting
heard by fishermen had been received,
but his patrol covered the territory re
ferred to by them. Lieut. Cannon will
leave tomorrow morning on - another
patflot..the some territory.
BAYS ACTUAL BROKEN HEART --
PHYB10LOCICAL POSSIBILITY
'- London, Mnrrh ' 29. Actnal - broken
heart 4lL,e' pliyilological polliUty, s
cording to Dr. J. Strickland Ooodnll,
nn eminent heart specialist, in a lecture
here. He said rupture of the ,hesrt
fibers might result from emotion, more
often from joy than grief v ,
L Big .teeple chase snd flat race,' $12
purse eaoh, Pinshurst today-adv,
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CABINET TAKES UP!
SERIOUS PR0BLLT.1S
: FACING RAILROADS'
Plan Formulation of a Definite
Prooram For Railway ' ,
-:Rejiablli(atior.,;
HARDING TO CONSULT "i i
TRANSPORTATION EXPERTS
Discussion at Cabinet Meetinc
:) of f Preliminary and Incisfre
.'. Character; President and
Adrisers Btuoh n Concerned
Orer Bumblings' of Diisatis
ai Vi .1 vr. . j '. S " 1
1 -
, Washington March csV
-A.
eempre-
heniive stady f America railway eoa
dition. wss begua by the admlalatre
tiea today With a 'vlew to formulatloa
ef a definite progtntnfor railway' w-.
habUitation. -?-t V g j '
. For more that, as, . hoar President
Harding dlseussod the problem witk his
esblnet and later it wst anaosased that ,
he woulu calf in td eon.uhstios 1 within -ths
next few daya ths ckairmei ef the "
two goveramsut sg1181 avinf cloeest ..
contact with transportstton' problem
ths Intorstats' Commereo Commisslea .
and tM Railway Labor Board. , Confer
ences with Mil wsje msaagers sad em
ployee are expected to follow ia time -to
permit action at the eoming specisl -session
of Congress. - i ,. ,',
Diseussios at ths caSlnct meeting
wss only for a preliminary ahi iadeew
slvo: -character, . but thero -were ladw
eation that th chief, executive and hie
official advisers were much concerned
ever, information which so far haa some
lato their possession." Since it took
up the rein, of authority, the .dmlals-.
trstioa hss heard rumblings ef dissatlf
faetioa from maay sonrees, th roads
complaining of inadequate iaeome,' the
employes protesting against intpsndlng.
wags reductions, shippers asking for a
reduction of freight rntes, and ia aomel
eases the general publio appealing' foe.
bettor service. . ', -. . 4
Mich Dlasatlsfsctles. :'
All pf these point, of dissatisfaction?
are to be examined ia tha edmlnlstra.
tion inquiry, with ths general relation1
to a healthy transportation, industry to '
the nation's commercial life. Iven th
tariff question, -which is to famish the',
principal topis of eonsiderstion for the '
next session of Oongrsss, is considered
by edmlnlstrnti6a official t be closely
interwoven with transportation, policies, ,
Ainsewin some . Instances present int. .
port duties work to the serious dlssd
ventage ef Amerlcsa prodoeers by per
mltting foreign : product to, feseh
American centers at a tower eost th.a '.,
railway-born domesti good ef the
ssme character. ' ' , ; . , ,
Meet Swriees roator.. ''
The moat serious feature ef the .ita
ation, however, aa it haa been pletarsd
to sdmtni.tr.tion ofBclals, is ths appar
ent inability of the carriers themselves
ts mske both ' ends meet aad. at tha .
same time keen service up to standard.
A number of high railway officials havs
called oa Ms) Harding aines his alee
tioa and hav told him tbatt unless eome 1
way to increased earnings war found 1
tha whole transportation system of ths :
nation' faced paralysis.' Bueh a posit
bllity, the' railway mea have insisted
eould only b . viewed ae a Dubli ealam-
tty-'., '., ..-.,-..lS.ri
It is anderstoedj that although few
definite remedial programs have bee
.uggested in thes conferences, most -of
those who hav presented the earn
rs sids of tho problem have advised
gains t say general increase ia freight .
rates, A further material rate increase -
ia the present condition of the nation's .
industry, Mr. Harding: has beea told,.
might result in eueh a enrt.ilm.nt of
truffle as to reduce earaiags rather
than increase them. .-' . , v ',
Oppose Wage Redaetloaa. , :
On their .id, ths railway employee
hsve vigorously proteateeV against wage
reduetlone aa aa fceonomy oxpedient, de
claring thst living costs require that ,
w.gee schedule, remain nnehangsd. AU
slong the possibility ef a general rail-
way strike hao 'mads both railway .
executive. ' aad- government -sgeneio
think twice whenever a wag cuf hat
been suggested... '. ...
Added to this, and contributing ma
terially to the present' nassttled eoa-
dition of the industry, has been the
confusion and inconvenience' of restor.
ing ths -road, from a w.rtime to a peace -time
basis and ef unscrambling tha .'
various properties after a long period ef
operation a on system under govern
ment control. ,. ' -
It remsins a questioa whether - the
road, will .ak Congress for direct final -
eial relief in addition to that provided .
under the Transportation Act to eom
penaate them for deterioration of their
property while it was in government
hand. Such a proposal would bo cer
tain to develop bitter opposition in "'
seme cjusrters, adding another compli
cation to a situation that ia si pected to
develop some very knotty problems be
fore the .dministrntion and 'Congress
havs found s solution. .
BODY OF STANTONSBURG '
WAR HEROUIP TO REST
Stensouahdrg, March x29Tho re
main, of Private Willie WaUton, of
Company D.llBth Infantry 30th Divis.
ion. .one of th Heroes - who bronsht
fibie to North arolina la helping break
the fiiadenburg line and who was kill
ed ia actios ia tha memorable attack
on Sunday, September, S9, 1911, .were ..
interred in the family burial ground '
near hero Sunday. ..The body arrived ."
Saturday. ' . :;'
Pitting funeral service were bold
ia Water Branch Free Will Baptist
Church by ths Rev.' 9.mie! Lane, pes-
tor af th local' Methodist Chareh, wh '
waa a chaplain wlth-the 13th Infantry
during 'the World War. , Former aero -vice
mea acted tae pall-bearers at the 1
fuaeeaUs wUich waa attended by a large
aiuBbef. ef friends asd.flsfayssA