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on your paper. Bnd renew I flv days before , expiration in order to avoid miMing singly eopy. . yOIlCXIII.NO.90. SDCTEEN PAGES TODAY. " , , CTHURSDAY MORNING MARCH 3 1 ; 1 92 1 . ; ; : SIXTEEN PACJESTODAY; . ", ;.PRICE FIVE CENTS - DAVE PrecRGboro Republicans HiVe Him Slated For-' Internal : Ksvenua Commissioner,; - L'JfCT VI&RIMI1M rrM9 t0 HAVE JOB CINCrlED .E&rdiat's Inlitnc Oa Look in; Them Over Hay J3 tito. go To " I!or.ieallii'7 ' Slat.; Girtef tUns CL-.U : Bit of Pio tlndS It KsMi.siy - To tako Cart of- Othorsy, y. Th New ut OkMmr Bareaa, .- 60S District National Bank Blag, By EDWABD B. BBITTON, (Br Special Leaeed Wire.) -v,, ' : Washington. March SO, Bumbling are reaching Waahingtoa from North . Carolina . exeat the recent division en , Jtomiasory note of federal job la that . State aa figured at th recent Bepubli- eaa 8taU executive , committee meeting ' la Greensbor aa mm at th.aev to do vltk tk poHtloal fortunes er aiia- f ortaaaa ef am ueve tuair in rot - of protege to Natioaal Committeeman ' John M. Morshead, for it to aaderatood 'that Cofemittooaaaa Morehead fl-mighty interested ia what hnppoam to Day. ' - Prsvioos to the Greeaaboro pi divl , loa meeting it bad beea tho Mport that Stat Chairman Frank Unaey wa to resign from the poaitioa of ptate ekalr ' maa aa4 that ho waa to bo tnoeoodod by Day Blair. It ia aaid iadoodythat th oarda had booa ahnfiflod aad eat, with DereY aan at the top of tho dock for the 4oaL bat that aometkinf V.nrvaad br which the eatda aa to tho Btate chairauaahip were aot dealt aa bmi arranced. It may M taaf the autter haa ealy .booa adjooraed tUt another moetla, bat if ao that wUl be another itory. MTmmt Rlllr Fa ' Oa ton' of the Greeaaboro fUeker there haa been eomiac to Waahingtoa that a delecatioa of Bepabbeaaa, nrliuitnall from ' Grooaaboro. wa to come to at Preaident Hardine; and Secretary of tko Treaaary Mellon, to urge the Appointment of Dare Blair aa commiaaioner of internal reyeaua. it being argued that e-the Demoerata bad a Greeaaboro Democrat aa eommiation "er, in the pcraon of Commiaaioner Oa lora, that ther ehonld be, a Greeaa b3re Bepublicaa pot oa the job, henee Dare Blair. But aa ye ine.awiuw haa aot pat in an appearance here. And the preaeat outlook to that if it eomee it m,ui kin said oat rood money for railroad fare without landing Dave. Far a aeon- lay Waahingtoa it now appeare ihnl the ben Det I or wnawunr ljitrni reyena k) Joaeph K MeDer--njotr, of aiorBaJtown,sWert Virginia, . MeDermott waa" hare today and . aaw Troaident Harding tn peraoa to talk abeof the lob. . Hewaa chaperoned by " ttfnatora Daria andWhtherUnd, of Weet ViMjiaia. who with the root of the Weet "-Virginia delation ia . Coagreaa are backing the MeDermott candidacy, aa i are a anmber of Seaatora and repre- aenUtiyea from other eta tea. Hia name wai preeentfd to the Preiideat "aome wekaago,ndHle 4aid that he aaked Benatora Davie and Sutherland to haw fcDermott preaeat bimeelf in pereoa, with the, idea, of court, to look him oyer. Aad MeDermott ia truitlng that he looked good to the Proeident. rtentr ef Offleo Beekor-''; '' There were a anmber of. other office eeckera who aaw the Preeideat today, the aewa being that Mr. Harding likee to aee what, kind of are eeekiag . the Joba he haa to bcetow. Aad there it aaaaderitaading that thl "looking oer" boaiaoH ia goUg to .out qniU aome. ice whea 4t eomee to appointing - Federal of Score for, Worth Carolina. - The teat b to be aa to the ataeai of the v.n.Kii.n. uWiml bv the Beonbli- atmi enmmittoe to teceiyo tho big lice of pie. ' Y - And there -are aome who are to ah charitable, a to aay that aome ofhe, Morehead-Uaaey elate are wnnoni -y fit qualifleationa for the jobi for which they haye bees elated by - the tate j0rganiation. Why were theee jea ee lee ted by th I Bepubliean Btlfc u nnMflnn that hi aaked. ,It appeare that Morehead and Linaey just had to aame went ZHi Htate ebairmaa aaying m "" for the biggeet of the offleee, the reet of the majority , factioa had to haye Jcbe ftzed for theaa or heW fandidatea. or there wouia aieappear n Iinney major-y. And It in aaid that ' thia majority numbered J3, a againat the Butler Pritchara-Dnaeaa minoray nil. Thn it waa that ia order to hold Mhm all alone the line the "hog com' bine," aa former Seaator Marion Butler pate it, had to parcel eas u enuoiw went for poaitiona to themeelyee. -Aad , there Waa nothiag alee for Morehead I.tnae to do but to aooept the Uit j made up. If aome df theee do not land the Joba to which th Btate chairman ha aaiirned them, the report ia that neijher Morehead eg Linney will weep, . that In fact that aeither or inem x . vect the. full alato to go. through. t A..tkt Victory Far Wllaea. . . ' Score another rfistory for the Wood - row WilaoB polleie. The ' publieation trday af the letter of Secretary of But Hughee addreaeed . to : the' Amerieea . eroun of the Caineee . eonaortinm, and ' eopiea of docomenta ezekanged among the interested goyernjaanta and groope leading ap to the eonaortinm. 1 The Harding adminiatratioa ia thia official publication gtyea ite aupport to the banking groupa of fraae,. Great Brit a in, the United Btatee and Japan, ad ' ring toythe policy of the WUeoa d ministration. ;V;-- . Col. Beniuhan Cameron, preaident of th Bankhead National Hnrawty ajo- 'ciatloat Director General J. A. Beun- tree, of the United Btatea Gooof Boadi Aeraciatioa. and the Baakbead National Highway Amoeiation, and Mr. C. M. Vanttory, .ef Orecwaboro, N. direc tor of the Bankhead AeaocUtion, are here for the purpoee of eaiending aa inritatiaa er to arrange' for. a 'delete tioa do go from North Carolina to call '' " " " ""'-': , j (Ceatbiaed Page Two.) I I -1 1 'v 1 . 11 "r i 1 11 f DCSN8KD EAST WIND OW ;" COAST SATES TEGf TABLES ' WUaaagtoa, March atTk mack eapieed "eaet wind" m track In tfcU aectloa last night freea aeayy damage by, f root, for. While it waa eeld eaeagh to here f rested heerlly oa a atill aifht, too eoaetoBtly blow tag . wind preyemtod th ' formatle f freet aaywkere ia this eoctten. Beaeete from ether potato la tho tracking territory tU the , eame atery. Tegetoblea., and fralte are) far eaVaaeed aad a freet weeld aave DR? LOVE APPEALS 1 loWistiEii Mission Board Secretary De- s clares Extravagance Dooms : . v Their Sisters ' v opt. WARNS AGAINST CHEAP -VICES OF MODERN AGE ' . : . Tribute To Hemory of Dr. J. D. Eufhsm ?Aid Bt Members of I BUU CoBvelitioa; President ' Submits Aanmal afeport TelL I Inf of SpleBdid Work' Ab "v eomplished Tnrinf Yet . Br WALTEB M. IUIOB Boeky Mount. March M. Your es trarageaeee and unneeeaaary expendl turea doom your aiatera ii heathen dm and deny thenr the bread of life. declared Dr. J. T. Lore,- eorreepoading aeeiatary of the foreign miaaioa traard, SiiAmaad. Va in a maaterly addreee a "Baptiet Women ia lh World Bp tiat Program." to might in the Firat Bantiat Chareh before : the- Womaa'fe Biaaionary Union Convention now aaioa here. ' i ToAir'i eewioni of the convention have bee marked by a apirit of earn- eatoeea and optoaJenu . nenomenai progreea haa been Tahewn ay tta re porta. The atteadaaee eentinuce to grow. In the midst of the proceeding tho vreeideat. Mfe. Jonpa, paid A tri- bate to Dr. J. D. Hufhem, who wae bnried today ia Betrthaad Neck, and meeeageof tympathy waa aent to ma family.'' Dr. Hufham w "eae.bf the founder of the Baptiat Chareh of thia nlace. , f ' " i . ' ' "Womanhood ie depreaaed everywhere and the world cannot be cared it woman hood la aot aafea-uarded - earn xr. Love. "Everywhera Oh'tiatUn women of r-Jtmeriea.". he continued, malt (hare their Drivlletai or loee loam. "The great worw-wnr naa Droaen dowa many aea wala aad the tidea will roll ia if the bulwark mi righteoua- aem are aot atreagtheaed. Xoa are to reeiat paean ideal which 'infect oof landVlax marriage law, cheep diveteea. cheap show aouoee and pletare anew, wifch aeheo) 'the yoang in vice and break down moral diaerGaiaation, lower VieraLetaadarda aad corrupt the eoeial order. ' Bavinc yoaroelvea. yoarvdaughtere and your aona from theee thing, at homej yoa eaa reach your haada to your iter la other una, xney a wail your ministry. . Yoa can atrtcrthen the mlatioaary parpoa of your' hoebaad and fathere. Anotbcr final mnaieai program wa a feats r of th evening eeoaioa. The eonventioa will hold ite eltoing tenion Thursday night. ) -The morning aeeaio& opened with aa inipiring devotional aorviee led by Mr H. M. fiaaki preeuent 91 the Joeal w, M. U. organ ixatioa. Wamea. Welcomed to CMy. Ia a aniuue way Mr. W. H. Bullock, of threitys another key representing wUoma ia tha viaitor. Three key were pretested one reprctcnliag Mayort Thome welcomoi to tne city, ineiuaing welcome by the-Kiwaaia Club, th Wnui'i Cmb, and other organization of th vityi another key reprcecntiirg the weleeme of tho efaurehee ef, the city; aadethe third key represeating the welcome to the homo of th city, Mr. W.'J. Bobert. of Shelby, respond fid to tha addreea in a haooy way. ' The STCaUUoa Of he W. M. V, banner to th central aaaoeiatioa for havinc done the ""heat all-round worh dnrine? tha neat year, waa aa intertat ing feature.. Ml'Ellbeth Brigge, of Raleigh, presented the beautiful baa aer, which wa embroidered by the deft linger of Mia Annie1 Joaea, of Baleigh, daushter ot the preaident aad Mr. John P. Mtthnr, of Frankliaton, euserintendent of the central aaaoeia tion, received the banner in behalf of her co worker. , J I ,, The Preaideat'a, Addremv , 1 The addrem of th preaident, Mr. Wealey N. Jones, of Baleigh, wu on of the principal featare, of the morning eeecion. r"Th Gift of the Wiee Men" wee' the uggeative and appropriate rubjeet eaed. Mr. Job pointed out . 1 r. FRUIT CROP SURPLUS NOT MATERIALLY HURT Waaalngten, March ,1-Wlth the peering today - og Uie "ebld wave which came oa tha fceela ef Eaeter metal of the Departaaent of Agrlet cnltar toalghi espreeeed the be. Uef that . the frait crop .of the eoeatry aa a whole had aot been ; matarially afected, deapKe reperte from rarioa eectieae ' of Jyy ' "Saaaage. Flrrt. reperte la vk 'caeee, they ula, aeaally are Tir ' terkeV, for theee aa Soring loee : are iMllaed to Jadga eMdltleae 1 generally by the aitaatlea la their , , owe diatrleU. . ' - ' f ... . - It waa notated owt that a iwaort fcad bee received ef .damage to 'rait ' ereae ia Nem Eagland. New York atate, " Mlehlgaa, ' the Croat : Lakes ' regie, the Faeiflc ceaaet or the ex. treme Soetk. ' The principal apple ; jMctiena aateetcd, utMtia. added, appeared to be theee of the Oaark BMeatalaa aad tha Cumberland and. .' Sheaaailsah yalleya. , '4"::' '' At the weather bareea It waa aajd that the weather lar the Beat hue Middle West, over which the cold . 'wave apread Monday weald be, warmer with nine er cloudy FEDERAL AGEffTS Dr. Gus Williams, Hero ' of WodWar; Absolves Father - of Guilt of Crime PEONAGE CHARGES NOT JUSTIFIED, HE SAY . 'j . it' ewaMmeaaaMmena (-' . ' "Bailed; Keroes -: put. of . JsJ Doctor i Tells Wewspapor r.r JHen, But TaJcTThem Wbbb and 6at Thwa- Clothes To WearTDenles Concerted Ef. fort To Arouie Prejudioe Coviagtoa. ' Gal March 10. PederaVl agentav raided the i; farm- in Jasper eoanty today of John & Williaau, charged with haying caused tho mur der of eleven aegroef, aad , arreejted several - negro " farm head whoa they wanted ae material witnesses ia th in veotigatioa of alleged peoaage eoadi- tiona op the farm which are declared to have caused the killing,. Wiliams, jt was announced today by Judge John- B. Hutehesoa, - .presiding judge in the Newton county Superior court, will be) placed ea trial here next Tuesday oat. one of the murder .indict ment which followed the- finding of th bodiea of three negroes in a river in this county, hiore than lim venire men have been . lummoned. Governor Dorsey- haa suggeated "to. ofileial that William be tried on each of the mar dor charges separately. Three Murder Charges. There are three murder chargr in this county, aaninst William who. ae cording' to- Clyde - Manning, hia negro farm bom, brought thre negroes into this county 'and had them drowaetl The Jaeper county grand jury meet April 11. to Inquire into the deaths of eight negroes whose bodies were found in that county and the Gov ernor has asked the jntors aot only to indict Williams and Manning but aleo the three youager sons ot Williams. .Beports that the three younger sons of the plantation owner had sought to incite , white residents . against th negroes by spreading reports thai the aegroe punned aa uprising were in vest! rated again today by the grand Jury here which reevoeed tonight with out taking'deflnite action. It waa an nounced the inquiry would be taken ap again at aa early date. j Bob Bays Father Ianeeeat. Btoriea alleged to have beea told the grand jury by Floyd Johnson, a yoan white man, that there had- beea a con certed effort foe- eeese acml troubles and to make H appear negroes killed the msa fouad dead, ia the hope of ia financing sentiment in favor of John & William, wer discussed today by Dr. Gu William, a hero of .the Somme' Be treat, where hi - services won him the British, war cross. '- , The elder Williams aad hia three youngest ion, Jalian, Bnland and Mar vin, hav consistently refused to die- eua th ease siaee. the father issued hi Bret statement after arrest eat-- gorieally deaying the charges, bt the oiaesi son, ur. Williams, called news paper men, la today, and offered to answer any question they might ask. Dr. William declared hi father and brother were innocent of the murder nd also of the alleged attempt to ia Cite rsee trouble following the ex poaure of th alleged condition. "Tho first, they (the three roaurer sons). new of the latest attempt to s rouse publie sentimaat here agaiast as,- tne pnysleisn aaid, "was whoa I told them the other night about rumors Phad heard ia Covington.' The truth about the sltnatloi is this: Johnson eame to my mother' house the dsy af ter father had beea arrested and told of meeting a ear filled with aegroe on th Allenbridge over the.Yellow river. stated that h had aeon two duck bodiea in th ear and that the nerroee as nid him it h tni.i .n.nn. nhey would kill him. All tha time thnw told him this, ho aaid, they held their gun oa him,i and line he ha beea sleeping with hi gun. Be told my mother that he had decided to come voluntarily to her and tell af the oe. eureaee . because he wanted to help my father. And now they tell me ha.'hac eonfesssd in s. Covington,' before 1 the grand Jury that it waa all a fra up." U tribe Jana' Ceaditiowa. Dr. Wniiam then described eondi- tlone on the farm. Bavins' it had tmrnma badly run down during the war, aa he and the three youngest brothers were all ia tha service.- He said hi .father lately had toid the fine Of nearroea who otherwise would 'have gone to the ehaln gang to get labor. "Are the peonage . charge against your rataer and brother traef he waa aaked. - '-- "Well. If ther are euiltv of nanaaM" Dr. Williams - replied after a lengthy pans as though studying hi answer, gia guilty of the same rimc It ia true they hav bailed negroes out of jail but may aave paid uem ge ana given uem cjotne to wear." . ., After Federal inveatitator their trip to the plantotioa ia Fcbruse, nuuams asio, ana tola u Begroee "they should.be making more. money and worklne- esilrf ebrht hnnn 0 the elder Williams decided to let all dissatisfied OBoa leaf.- ' "lit even save the nerroee whe owed him money-enough fend to get them out ot tho eounty aad cancelled their debt,- Dr. "William, continued. - Dieewsa Manalng-s Fat.- ; Dr...Williams received tho aewspaper mea. at the. William home, nk typical Georgia ' eouatry place tttuated oa a eommaadlhg hill aad - aurreonded by field ia a -high state of eultivatioa. The house is aot particularly large or Imposing but'appefrs to hsve been v well brfilt and containa many of tha conven ience' that formerly were peculiar : to tae eiiy. r iower gardens made the farm beautiful. '.i"5''-;'. ' The younger sons did aot make their appearance aad when the physieiaa wa V (Ceatlaaed oa Page Two.) 1 MIGHTY AHD LOWLY TRIBUTE i Thousands Tread Softly -Past Bier To Gaze Fof Last Time UporfHIi FKce ' K POMP AND CEREMONY TO ATTEND LAST RITES -(. - , . I .. I. 1,1. ;..- Offlolais of State tod Kation To k tol CitiiUHes ot Chtircli ia Tribttti ,To Selotelt ?rel&ie i blif ' Jtithq .".To", fetop 1 fror Minute Simple' Ceremony ror Bmriall-:::-. . f. - , -,vvs Baltimore, Md March ftjUThe mighty had th lowly anited ia sor row .tonight, trod softly past the bier of James, Cardinal Gibbons to gase for tho lasCtlm ea thej face of believed nrelate. " V"; - . ' For tomorrow voralng with, all pomp ahd ceremony aad th singing ef Gregorian chant never , before heard outoida th 8ietin chapel la Borne, th Church will bury her dead. Th apos tolic delegate at Waahingtoa, two fel lowiembera 'in th college of rdl nila, archbishop aad bishops, arch abbot aad -abbot, eeular clergy aad Clergy belonging to the ordere U will be massed 'in the Cathdral of the As sumption of .the Blessed Virgin Mary zor toe ipuat mam. ' There? too, will be diplomatic repre- sentatlvee of the Csttholie eoaatries ef the world, while -ofiiemle of nation. Stat and city will attend the servie4 mouratng a lellew ( citizen. Simple Ceresneny for BarlaL Tha publie ceremony ended, the body of toe cardinal later In the day will be carried, to the 'cathedral crypt, un opened since the baris ' of - Archbishop Spalding via 478, There la marked contrast to the imposing spectacle of tho mass, th body will be laid tosreat i- .l. i. :. . L.l . - V. ' 1.1. L. in the white marble tomb,? with the simplest of eeremoniee and in the pres ence of only closest relntivea aad dear est fnende.- . . - . For three- day the ody of .Cardi nal Gibbon has rested tn state seder the . great geld dome of tho cathedral ia which for so, many years h 'minis tered to. mankind. Daily an army of mourners, 30,000 strong, has Sled la and out of- tho gray stone edinee overiooav ing th city, but today, from morning '.until nearly midnight, a great double Ikolumn, blocks lbng, Bought .entrance U.. .k - J 1 .... ..... inr cftber pang 'BT.jtJse atty taer waa the aeuel noise aad bustle ef aa Amort1 ieaa aommanity. bat around th eathet dral all wa quiet, Tha shuffle ot ten on the sidewalk was almost tne only, sound heard, a the mourner pressed slowly forward aloag atrceta leading to th eh urea. City Traffic To Step TomorroW thia silence will apread all over the city whea, ia response to proclamation by Governor aad Mayor, all trafflo and every activity will be stopped for one mln whea the mcas begin at 10 o'clock. Inside th eatfcedral th mourner found even deeper lilene.. Entering by pairs, they moved down-the central aisle, iplitting at the purple-coveted bier and passing oat by aide door at tight and left It, waa a living "Y" forming continuously around the dead, but; the only sounds were the click Of heels aa tiled floor and now and then a suppressed sob. Womea in silks and satins, women in tattered, dresses, men of war and mea of peace, the strong and the broken, moved silently past th eaadle-lighted eatatabJue, on which rested the frail remain of ehurehmaa of whom ft oaea wa aaid that he had Just enough body to contain a soul. Dressed ia bis purple robes, his archbishop's mltr upon hi head and a crucifix clasped la hi gloved hands, lay th American bora of simple Irish immigrants who, by hi own efforts and indomitable will. rose to be a prince cf the chareh. In death a ia life hi lace retained the serene calm of prelate aad scholar. - - Church Dignltariea Arrive -Tonight tti silence of tho cathedral was broke; by chanting of seminarians and diocesan elery a the offlee of the dead wa Sung. Frssidlng was Bishop O. B. Cerrigaa, vicar, general or ' th dioceae, who earlier la the day had celebrated the mas for th laity, Th ceremony was' attended by church dignitaries and lt delegates from all parte of ttie Uaited Bute and' Canada who begin arriving In Baltimore today for tomorrow's as eetnblage. Among fJs.rehmen of high rank Sue. to arm late today were Archbishop John Bonaane,- apostolic delegate; William, Cardinals, O'Connell, of Boston and Louis, Cardinal Begin, of Canada. Archbishop Boncano . will be th celebrant tomorrow. LOUIS GRAVES TO TAKE CHAIR OF JOURNALISM Brilliant Writer Will Accept Post ti University Kortb Oarolias. of ZjOuis Grdves, North CaroUalaa who has woa exceptional success ia news- neper and magasin work in New York City, will "come to the- University of North. Carolina next fall aa professor of the -college of journalism. - - Mr. Grave ia a son of tke Into Prof. lUlph : Orsrea, of the University fac ulty, and. a grandson of the late Prof. do Beraiere Hooper, aleo af the Uni versity- faculty. After aa aausnally ue- eemful career ia daily aewapaper work la New York he went to France for war ervtre. After the srmistiee was (igned he returned to New York aad for -the last two year hgs beea writing brilliant article for the New York , ragaaines, the World's Work, American, Century, and other. Hi brothers Balph Grave, tke Sunday editor of the New York Tims.- Both If too troth er are gifted; writer.- -v-.- -, ... I mm lOLATECAi COMPARATIVE TELEPHONETES IN NORTH. CAROLINA SINCE 1906 1906 , Bus. Bee. Exchangees ' . . i - A pea ,. ........... . , Olbon , ...,,...,,.,,.50 Murphy I...;....,... .... Bow land . ....' 8.00 ' Southport j ...... : Wnd!t S ............. .. febuloa, ...... . . Cleveland ........... .... .... .Devidsoa ... ... ISO - Laurinbutg .-. .......... 20 Lsimbertoa'. .......... .... Morgivntoa. . 4 . e sa , Mt. Olive............... t.M , Belma.. .. 3.00 " Hamlet ...... t' , lleidsville '. ............. S.00 Boekinghsm ........... 8.50 Burlington ........... iM ' Goldsboro . 00 S.00 MM: 2.00 S.00 : S.00 S.00 8.00 ? S.00 S.00 S.00 2,80 2.00 100? luliburyl. t. S.50 - Greensboro ........... 4.00 Raleigh-. . 4.00 4.00 Wilmingtoa .WiastearSalma 10 S.00 : 4.00 S.90 Charlotte E I Masonic Ceremonies and Mill- ; tary Pomp Attend Interment In Arliridton , . - The News and Observer Bureau, : ' 603 Diatriet National Bank Bidg. By. EDWABD E. BKITTON ' (By Special Laased , Wire.) - Waahiagtoa,. March 80-Masonis cere monies aad military pomp combined, mads most impressive th interment ia Arlington cemetery of the body ot the late Sir Mose EsekieV sculptor, mui- eiaa, Confederato soldier who died ia Borne ia 1917 and . who designed the Confederate monument which stands in the National cemetery. .'Th event waa largely attended, th eiereiaa be ing presided over by Mr. Marion But ler, vice president of th Arlington Confederato Memorial Association. Ths program a announced in the News aad Observer waa carried , out. There was .great: atteatioa gives tne reedins: of the -letter from President Harding, and. the address of Secretary of War tWeckVrfthdej a-flae impression.. There, was present' e military guard, of, honor i f r'etn the- Virginia MUittry.'-Jn,' stitstf,' Sif-'iMose : haying' beea- aside at ,that iUBtitution. Wahlngto'n,eente'n; Dial Xodgetaamber ' J4. A? P.. iL;fpfi fieiated-vinth Blue -Jjodge rite. 5 to graved 'Anlong -the honorary ijialjbearers weresi ajr.vi wssii ,a 3BMQTmaaiarwai- denUof Mhr University ef VlrginU Hen. Gordon Battle, tpreeident of th ,o'".fi ir.o m'-V W 1.. TT- ipoilqcr--sxicicij-. Bk-iivif sora uu wuua.rn.--m Mauagere, president or tae BonthecavSoeiety of Washington. Scettlah Kite Exercises. Tonight ther were impriasivo memo rial exercise at th Scottish Bite house of the temple, Mrs. Marloa Butler pre siding. Babbi Abram Simon delivered th invocation George Plemming Moor sovereign commander for the Southern jurisdiction of the Ancient and Accept' ed Scottish Bite Masons aad Honorary Grand . Commander of the Orient o Italy, ruajk tribut to Sir Eiekiel Henry K. BusB Brown eulogised him as a sculptor; Colonel Bobert E. Lee ate armies, characterise him as an ate armies, characterised his as aa American and a-Boutherner, while Sena tor Vittori Bolaadi Bieei, the Italian Ambassador, completed the .tribute to Sir Moeesji aa adopted eon ot Italy. Mrs. Marietta Mianigerode Andrew, wife of the late,Eliphalet P. Aadrewa, one of Sir Exekiel' lifelong friends, read a poem composed by herself while Mis Charlotte Klein sasg - Bonnets' Caprice Heroique ' President Para Trlbate. President Harding in a letter read at the exercise g great Vii great American ande great altlsea of wouia iame. zekiei will be remembered the President wrote, "as on who know how to translate tho glories of hi own time and people into that language of art which is common to all people! and all times. ? He served his slate in the conflict that threatened to divide aad that at last served . to unify our Country. -He accepted the verdict of th Civil aar'a arbitrament with all that fin generosity that has been characteristic of l)ouh the North and South; and the splendid product of hi art, that here testifies to -our astioVs reunion, will Stand from this day forth as gusrdiaa over hi ashes." Preaident Harding la his letter ex pressed regret thst publie business pre vented his personal attendance at the services aad said h preferred to let other "bear laurels, to a great artist while I attempt a poor tribute to the memory of one who appeal most to m as a great American."., - - ' "Eiekiel waa a native of Virginia, and Virginia wa always his first in spiratioa at it has been to so many of us asvotea .-sons ana daughters" Mr. Harding continued. "To-that inspira tion are due such, of his sculptures as th Washington, the Jefferson, ths Bob art E. Lee, and the noble groan 'Vlr giaskt mourning-- for. her dead.' To it likewise we awe the monument before which yoa are today laying his dust for its eternal rest j a monument simolv dedicated by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to 'Oar dead heroes.' Plea for United . NetlenJ -"Every Una and curve 'sad expression carries the plea 'for a truly- united na tion that may be equal to the burdens ef these exeaeting times. , It spesks M us the ardent wish, the untiring purpose to help make onr people oa people, sec tire in independence, dedicated to freedom, and ever ready to lead the hsnd of confidents strengtD" in aid t)f th oppressed and nedy.rMt long drawn shadows' of esrliost Diorn and latest evening will always fail oa seered oil. The genUrs that produced, th (Ceatlaaed Page Twejt . MM OHIO GREA mm Present - i'roposed Bus.tes. 3.60, 8.40 ; SAO ,.2.40 J.flO fS-K)1 8.01 4.40 1.60, S.40 Bus. Bee. ' 1.00'' 2.0(1 " . 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Attempted To Make New Record In Flight Across Continent Natches, Miss, March 80 Lieut, WU liana- Devoe , Coney, age 27, who was erieusly .injured when , his airplane eraahsd.into a tree near Crowville, La- last Friday mornig, died of his In juries'at local, hospital here at 5:20 p. m. today, . - The death ef the lieutenant.- whose back wa broken in the fall,' resulting ia a eompletl paralysis of hi ' body from the chest dowa, was not nasi pec ted, a hia physicians aaaoaneed ear Her In the day that ha could live only a few boars. , ' Mrs. E. "P. Coney, hi mother, ef Brunswick, Ga Mrs.'W. H. Devoe', an aant, of Jacksonville, - Pla, and E. Coney, a brother of Brunswick, i Oa. were with the flier at tho time of bta death, having been eonatant attendants at his bedside since their arrival here last Sunday. ' Lieutenant Coney ie a son of the late Igar P. Coney, a lumber maa ef Brunswick. He was bora in Atlanta la November. 1893. His ' vouth waa pt in Brunswick. YA th eatwreak 'at':' the ' Mexkaa trouble In 1 1916 he enlisted with th BraaawMt rifleej aa fataatry organisa tion, aad saw ssrvle wa th berdsr, Betaraing to Bruaswiek la 1917 about the time the United Btatea entered the Earopeaa war h catered thevnler,' wher he wss eomaissloaed aa a second lieutenant of infantry. Later he was transferred to th air service, receiv ing his preliminary training at ths ground school at Georgia Tech., in At lanta. He was assigned as tying in structor during th wag and had no opportunity t see service at the front. Ua the- dsy b was - injured tne an nouncement -wae made at Baa Dieo, Cal of hi promotioa to a irst ueu tenant. Pa serai araragementa' Bars been left to Mai, N. B. Clagget af th fourth aviation corps, who cam here tef at tend th lieutenant aad have not yet been completed. . esTablisbed new record POB CONTINENTAL FLYING Jaehsoaville, Pla March SOLieut. W. D. Coney left Pablo Beach ' aeir her oa hi second attempt at a trans eohtineatel one-stoft- Sight shortly after midnight March 24. H had previously made a flight from Baa Diego, Cat., to Pablo Beach in 22 hours and 27 minutes, actual flying time, establishing a new record. Leariag Saa Diego, Cel., oa the eastern flight shortly after midnight February 22, Lieuteaant Coney was forced dowa before noon at Bronte, Texas, because of engine trouble. -Remedying a faulty earbu reter, the flier left there on the after noon of JPebruary 23, made a stop at Daliaa Ahd arrived in Jacksonville at daybreak of the S4tk. His time from Dallas to Pablo Beech waa 7 hour aad 11 minutes. Following his arrival at Pablo Beach Lieutenant Coney visited hia -relatives at Bruaswiek, Ga. In preparation for th return trip to,Ban Digv he flew te Mongomery, Ala., to effect necessary re paira to' a propeller. Hia planned departure for the return flight was postponed twice because of adverse Weather eonditioas. it is Understood here thst -the remains will be cent to Brunswick, Ga for inter ment at his homo town. Plana for tha trana-eontinental flight originally called for the departure of brother aviator from Jacksonville at the same time as Lieutenant Coney set out at Saa Diego. This flier stationed la Texas became -lost ia the expanse b tweea El Paso and Dallas and was on heard of for several days. Hia ex periehees seated the- eviatioa officials abandoned.- I -' It il this incident thstTs believed to have caused Lieutenant Coney to at tempt the flight in both directions. CAPABLANCA BEATS GERMAN Havana, March to. Jeee B. Cap. wlaaca, th Cabsn chea ' master, tonight defeated Dr. Eaaaaael Lea ker, the German expert,' In the fifth gin of' the. iateraatlonal aerie for the world's championship. '-' Th ead ef the. game canto after 44 ' moves. Tonight 'e gam was ' the . .first declalv result of the toaraa. ment, the fear prevlowa games hav lee 'beea; drawn.',;."'.', . . : '" State Assembly Expels 8orlsllst.'J Albany, N. Yrfh 30.The State Assembly by a vote of 77 to 62, tonight declared vacant the seat of Assembly man Henry Jnger, Socialist ot th Four teenth district, King's eounty. ' 1918 "! Bu. Bwi. - CONEY DIES FROM RECENT INJURIES lELEPIilE RATE : HEARING VJLL EE Attorneys. For Cities Attack , Proposal , of , ComQany For ;- Temporary Increase , ALLEGE A. T AT. CO. GETS FAT ON BELL' CP'S REVENUE' Pajs Jminemo Dividends Thii BubBidfarlefi At Pttttlsg trp Plos ft tnde(luatEturnl ; Wits ; Oomplotloti' of; txami- ' , BstioB:oday. Caso Will Bo Ssbialttsd Without Arfnmsat PITIFUL POYEBTr VOf A MONOPOLY (New York World, April 86, 19ST . Th Aatericaa Telephaaa end Tele graph Compear, a feeble Infant ha lastry that eemtrole the negligible Selephoaa earvice af lU,6M,af , pie. with capital Isaacs falliag abort ill beggarly twa blllloas, haa at last risen la jaat revolt against tha narrow paralsneay ferced apea It by aiggardly sa bee ri bars aad, parbliaol smblle sathorltlea,, by lacreasUg He dividend rate f rasa 8 to per esat. Users af tha telephone la , New York City, a gal net whosa aa laereaea of 86 per cent la . ratoa haa beea chalked ap aad la la litigation, may Jump to the erael eeaclaatoa thst this laereaea had eemethlng to da with the action af the holding see, paay. They We of coarse atUrfy aa uniformed erlttna as oftea are. , . - n - - ' Thd NeW ' York ' Company only, pays 4H per coat ef It glass .re ceipts te tha American Telephaaa aaerTolegrapa, besides baying all It apnilsa from a aabeldlary, aa that a mere Increase af 86 pec eoat la Its gross cannot for a year ee? aa, at least add even two mllliene a yoar to tha receipts ef the holding eeasaaayt aad what areVw amUlieae to a Nstiea. wide traatf v--"rr- ... - .. To do him joatlee, President The yer rejects tola silly theory. "There has beea,'' he says, e tlsae within the -last- tea years . whoa the. earn, paay'a oaralagB hav Bet beea af. Sclent to pay a higher rata af diet. dead.1 Th peat tea yeera, a every baslaeea maa . kaew4 hay been placid aad aaeTeatfaL with tew tax aiiea aad aa dlsturhlag dseaaw Btoaeea. If la each plpiag times af peace aad plenty the holding eeav. paay'eMld pay only 8 per aeat, a waadeg. tho New Yerfc Csmgsay mast Jaekr Bp Ha ratoa. Other big aaa. atdlarle must dot the aasna. A great aad rich eaaatry shea Id ecera ta keep a poor little meaepeiy heeding cwmasap. mrnggUag aloag aa aa S per eoat. bseis. ( 'i Wth the ead af th telephone rata hearing before tha Worth Carol! a Cor po rat ion Commiseioa only afew hear off. Hunt Cbipley and June H. Fob. counsel for the Bo there Bell, yesterday afternoon beeonght tho eommission to order an ad interim increase ia rates in aecordane with th promised sehed. ' nle. The proposal brought aa onslaught from 'counsel 1 for- eitie Including Col. Albert L. Cox and John Hinsdale, for Baleigh, J. A. Bell, for Charlotte. 0. A. Hines, tor Greensboro, but ended with the agreement to submit tha easa today to ths commission without a raiment Vice-President T. M. B. Hoxsey wss oadey heavy fir yesterday ' while the opposition te increases ia telephone rates sought ta show that th Southern Bell's system of berdeninr larger ex. changes with the ap-keep of tho smaller t fundamentally wrong) that th rev nua ef tke Southern Bell ia (tripped by reason of its contract to pay 4 1-8 per cent of its gross earainm to the American. Telephone aad Telegraph Company, owner of all ths stock of the company; that the Southern Bel will reap' a revenue far ia excess of a fair and reasonable return ea th proposed rates; tha, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company l able to pay fan-, mem profit by reason of it hold oa associate eompaaies. , -' .!.':'. Mr. Hoaacy, the star wrtneee for th telephone eompeny, demonstrated a brilliance with figure unequalled be fore tho commission, hot tho represent tativs of the cities 'are satisfied that although they have, perforce, depeaded lib mo riMuitsiiHivas oa .unix wmam epoa the testimony of the telephone asm psny witnesses, they hare shown abun dant reason' why the Corporation Com. mission should not permit aay increase ia ratee.- s Heels la the Air. ' So it wss that when, in an- interval just prior to recess yesterday after noon, Mr. Chipley propeeed a tentative increase order , h invited the most vig orous opposition from counsel for th cities, i . .. ." , :;-.-. .'.'((-. I don t htink this commission should. permit this .Southern Bell Telephone Company that has paid 6.1,650)00 in dividends to lay down and bold its heels . in the air aa indicated by thia peti tion," commenced Col. Albert Cox.' Chairman Lee of the eommission In terposed with -.the uggestion, that Mr. - Chipley wss making his proposal not -fof action of tha- eomnlisaion but for an argument with th counsel for the cities. - - ) . - . "Then, Tm through. He ha hi an swer, returned uoioaei -cox as a sax dowa..- - - s . i ' ' , i. A. Bell of Charlotte, though, wasa t through.. He had much to say. . ., , , 'l cannot put niy self in tho attitude,. ha declared, ''of adding oven three dollars a year to the burden of the peo ple who ar standing in dtma, chaos and uncertainty as to what the morrow ill bring. Many of them eanont pay the obligations that are staxiag them in i th fsce.. To consider putting any additional burden oa North Carolina at this time for the benefit t ar company owircd by a great corporation that has, justhridasiis fiOOjm aorplua fort th beheAt of th assoeiat ompani ) .1 MHMMMM.. - (Ceetlnaed aa Pag Two! -JJ ;C0IICLU0ED1AY ;'" 1 v ;