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IN
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ASPi.1t TO OFFICE
Detroit Blair Beats rTar Heel
Blair To Running For Com-.
' . ; missioner. Position;
COL IKE MEEKINS CAN
HAVE FEDERAL POSITION
nixabth City Lawyer Lands
. Plum In Washington But Pre.
' few To Be District Attorney
, Tor Eastern Diatrict 'Peace
i and! Harmony Hii Program
v BnrWiDinf To Fif ht, Too
The News and Observe Bureau,
603 Diatrict National Bank. BIdg.
' By EDWARD E. BRITTON ,
' (By Special Leased Wire) y, .
- "Washington, April L And after all
Blair is lm ths.rnnnniug for the potitioa
of Commissioner, ef Internal Revenue,
though until today H haa not so been
understood. No, this la not a Firat of
April joke, but it is the real troth. But
there is a string tied to ft nsvertheless,
. for: :
. It. J aot Davs Blair, of North Caro
lina. protege ef Bepvblieaa -National
Committeeman Merahead that la being
eoneidered. but It ia A. 8. Blair,' of De
troit, Mieh a aom of FrBahBlair,. ths
: duly Bcpablieaa Attorney General that
Vica-iain enr elected. He ia now ia tho
internal mem service and has influ-.
' ential backing, ai well as having tho
cult of promotion ia ssrvhse. Despite
this, however, tho firat best bet for
the nositioa ia Joseph H. McDermot
of "Waat Vinrinia. with CoL Edwan
Clifford, of Illinois, second ia tho run
lob la Boat fa Moo!
.Yet North Carolina got 'la to the game
' for Fed oral patronage today lathe par
ens of Col. Iaaaa Moekine, of Elizabeth
City. I wired last night that he after
a day's riait here had loft for hie home.
Bat that was aa error,' JMrfc Meekins
arrived ia the eHy before ho left, and
they remained over today, leaving to
night for home. And Colonel Meekins
while here. wss tendered the nppoint
1 meat, as first aaaiataat to CoL Thomas
W. Miller, the new alien property eus
todiaa, a poaitioa of great reaponaibility
sad honor, carrying with it ' a moat
pies sing remuneration. Colonel Meek
ins baa aot yet accepted the .voluntary
offer aor has ha indicated hie williagr
' ' sices ao to do, but ha haa it aader eon
alderatioa. "It appeals to ana very
strongly"' he said ia speaking of tho
tender, adding, ?anA the tender .was aa
htaiolttta.aaniri'i'''',;"1-- 'f-'-y--
Colonel Meekins- wss found at tha
' Hhoreham Hotel this afternoon by yoirr
' rirrWpondentjL'M he spoke-freely of
. uffaira pottltJuiiu North Carolina. Ask
'' aboat Bepublieaa eituattoa in the
(State he- said: ' . : v
M feel it would be a bic .blunder if
y tho Bepublieans in North Carolina fail
- to compote their differeneea. We ova
it firat to ourselves, and next to Preai-
? .dent Harding, aot to brine nnaeem.-
- ly ae ramble for office to the White
- lloose. Ia my opinion, If m fight ill
precipitated npda the Whitaj House to
aettlo political appointmenU ia North
Carolina the real friends and well wish-
-- era of the President wo1 not bo lost la
Wants District Attorneyship
' Colonel Meck'ins went on to any that
- at Chicago he himself waa one of tho
veil wialiera and friends of Mr. Hard
ing. long before the band wagon proeea-
aiuua aurted, and that there are a num-
- ber- of other North Carolinians known
f to the .President as having been hia
frienda throughtout the Bepublican Na
' ilonal convention, and long before the
Imt and next to the final and decisive
. ballot was takea. HTheae mem and their
friends will not be ignored If they pre-
' " sent claims at the WhiU House," he eon
' tinned, tor whilevthe word 'organisa
tion' ia a- big word in Washington, He
magic power will not blind tho Preai
dent aa to the real situation and cause
him to lose sight of his frienda, I have
been ia Washington long, enough to
' , find- out. that unless the Bepublicana
get together aad present a harmony pro
gram, slates already aiado and thoee
' that anight be nude ia the future, will
run a, good chance of being cracked, if
aot shattered altogether."
Aaked as to his personal ambition,
. ' Colonel Meekins said " am aot a caa-
didate for office, and have aot. been,
but strong preasure is being brought
apoa no to permit my name to be pro-
euted to the President for the pesitionjths eonynitte. had departed from Pemo-
of diatrict attorney for- tho Eaatera
district of . North Carolina. While I
have aot consented to stand for the
position, I have it aader consideration.
Tho solicitation, of my friends in- this
matter is moat pleasing to .me."
With regard to the poaitioa with the
alica property euatodian. Colonel Meek
ins aaid that as the duties would, bring
him to Washington if he accepted, that
he waa perplexed as to whether he
eould arrange his personal affairs com
imu4 af hk law Tjraetiee and outside
bBsiaesr Interests so-that he eould some
-to Washington, and added; '
- Net reUtkal Orphan.
. If for any reason I declined- to ac
cept tha position, it is my opinion that
the position- will not go to a North
Carolinian. I see no teasoa why the
, Btato organlsatioa should oppose! mo,
but if it does, tho' responsibility ornueh
a coarse will seek its level aad find
its place.' ? a
It ia, evident that Colonel Meekins
does aot regard himself as a political
orphan, that he holds that be has a
i satisfactory standing with that admin
istration, and seems to look apon these
- matters in a composed frame of mind.
Closing his talk he declared I bava
no fight to precipitate apoa anybody,
for with rare exceptions all - the boys
dowa la the home State are my friends.
I hope) and believe that everything will
ultimately be ironed out to the satis
faction of those who ars primarily in
terested in the welfare and success of
. tha Republics a. party ia tho Bute. This
1 aa time to aurse sore toes,, to say
.nothing of sojs heads."' -
-JavHe Vteo PreslaVat.
CoL Beaaehaa Cameron, of Durham,
(CaaUaasd oa Pagr Tm.) -.
DANISH PRINCESS
TQ' WED PRINCE RENE
. S
Prin aa Margaret of .' Denmark,
(shown above) has besa reported en
gaged to the Prinee of Wales ,. any
timesv Apparently ' the reporta were
"exaggerated," as announcement has
just been made of her engagement to
wed Prine Bn of -Bourbon (blow).
TEN MISSING VHEN
VESSELS COLLIDE
Paserrger Boat Cut C Almost
Hall In Two By Freignter
Off Pacific Coast
Seattle, Wash, April 1-The Paelfict
Rtnamahin ConiDanT this afternoon aa'
bounced that a complete ana . esreiui
re-cheek of survivors from the stesener
Governor, sunk off Point Wilson early
today after a coUiaioa with the steamer
West Harland, showed seven passengers
and three members of the crew unac
counted for.
The West Harland, which arrived here
today with survivor struck the flovexv
nor ia a elan tins: direction according
to ship's. officers," emmpllng the freight
er's bow, - snd eutttng , tnS passenger
boat almost ia two from tha starboard
side. - ' .
According to paesmvers, the West
Harland partly supported the Governor
with her, nose' 'driven deeply into the
Governor's side, bnt-as soon as the
freighted " backed clear, the ' pssseager
vessel begun to sink.
Ths collision oeeurred less than a
mile off- shore, directly opposite tho
Point -Wilson lighthouse near Port
Townaend, in the strait of Juan - de
Fuca. The Governor is believed to lie
in about 23 fathoms of water according
to Purser Holier, the Governor was oa
her eoursc, it being, customary to steavn
close to shore in . making the Point Wil
son light, c- '
KITCHIN CONTINUES TO
IMPROVE Ifi HIS HEALTH
If. 0. Congressman Erpecta T.o
Be Active On Way and
Heansf Committee
News and Observer Bureau,
603 Diatrict National BankBuding.
(By Special ueastd Wire.)
Washington, April 1 It will be good
news to North Carolinians to lcara
that Co-ijreMman Claude Kitehia con
tinues to nt3Sdily Imorove in health, and
that he proposes to do active duty in
the forthcoming ssttra sessioa.
Talk luff tonight with the correspond
ent of the News aad Observer hs said
tnat as the majority of Democrats bad
expressed the . desire , that he remain
on the way a and means committee aad
bold the7 minority leadership he would
do so. Ia esrecial it was urged upon
hid that as some of the Democrats oa
erutie dostriifes oa the tariff, and had
given their support to the Fordney
emergency ttriff bill. that, he continue
on the ways aad meant committee aad
a'd la. t elding straight, the. Demo
cratic poaitioa on the tariff. It was
represented to hint that he con Id do
more to" harmonise .and Hold ia line
any divergent factors, snd he has con
sented to go on with the work because
of the desirt of the Demoerata that he
do so. - . . - j -
GIYtJl BOAD BEJfTEXCHa FOR .
ATTEMPTED JAIL DELI VIKT
Fsyettevillfc April lu Talmadge An
try and PauIHodge were given 30-day
road, sentences ia tha recorder's court
Thursday morning by tcting recorder
C. W. Broadfoot, on charges- of ft
tenanted jail delivery. Hodge-and An
try were confined in the Cumberland
eouaty Jail awaiting trial for ear rob
bery when they were caught by Jailer
West aad Deputy- Pate trying to make
a getaway. They cut the lock off their
cell door with a piece Of a tin eup
driven with' window-weights removed
from' a window of the JaiL J ; .
.FICBTINO BETWEEN fRENCH
AND TURKS REPORTED .
Leaaa, Aprft 1-Flghtlag be
tweea . the Tsrfca aad Ftwaca, to
.which the latter loat.M kUlcd. la
repartee la mssas gas from CMieis,
'Aels Miner, forwarded by the
. Ceeetnatlaople ' correspondent - of .
' he Leasee Tisaea.
The snvws sppoara to confirm per.
asrteat rnmetw of repidlatloa by.'
the Tarklah Nationalist sdmlnta-
tratloa at Aagora e(
Tnrkssa
Leadosw
agreement sseclaeM la
IIL1 MINERS
IDLEillfflSH
Enginemen Reported To Have
' Stuck To Posts' To save
; v; Flooding of The Mines :
NO TROUBLE REPORTED
SINCE STRIKE STARTED
Oertain of Bif Iron and Steel
Industriea Close Down For
; Ikek of Goal Supplief ; ' Ap.
prehension Pelt That BaE.
ray Workers May Be Tempt
ed To Stfiko In Sympathy
London, April 1 (By, Tha Associated
S Press.) The universal seasatiem (
work, by the coal miners haa taken ef
fect with remarkable quietude, and aa
der eireuEstaases ia strong ' contra it
with all reeent labor disputes, whether
a.'the. part of the railway men, the
misers or Industrie. Tha course of
these previous disputes was character
ized by active x conferences and nego
tiations between the parties concerned
and ministers of other members af the
government, all of whom displayed ans-
Liety to And a path of settlement.
Oa thia oeeaaioa there haa been noth
ing of the kind since Thursday's meet
ing of the board of trade. NeithsY
side has made tbs least approach to
ward negotiations. - This is explained
partly, as far as the government is con
cerned, by the fact thst abolition of
control of the coal industry is conoid'
arwLtA relieve the ministers of the re.
sponsibility of Intervening la the dis
pute. The government holda that it Is
a matte to. be settled between the
miners and the mine owners. '.
Pampmsa Remain Oa Jobs.
TJp to the present the order with
drawing tha engineers aad pumpmen
from tho mines haa been largely ig
nored. Whether this is with the eog
aisaaee) of the miners' federatloa lead
ers awing to' the general deoreeatioa
against removing the mea en part of
the newspapers,, ia net known, but the
mineral kHa ifnHiiiJ la that tha man
have aot been, withdrawn, owing to a
desire aot to prejudice ths situation
pending a conference of labors triple
alliance, next Wednesday. - Until then
events probably will mark time.
A minor sequel to ths dispute is thst
ths House of Lords will reassemble
eight days before, the time stipulated
for them to do so. - ThskHousa of Com
COAL MINING AREA
mons had adjourned until Anril 4 audlbr ay - statement .before
der then emergefteyproclamatio a - thnJreaMeat of
stovsrnansnt ia bounft to Convene
lismeat within Ave days. Beaee a
Royal proclamation was issued tonight,
convening both bouses for Monday,
lively debates ars anticipated ia par
llament, as aot only the loborite bnt
the Liberal press, while conceding that
the miners under the present except
ional depression must expect some re
duction in wages, ' throw the whols
blsme for the dispute upon the govern
ment oa the ground that to abolitioa
of government eontrol et mines five
months before the proper time, merely
bi cause the industry is suffering ad
verse conditions, ia unjustified and un
fair to the miners. It Is also argued
that, instead of the mine owners having
given the miners aa ultimatum to he
eept wage reductions settled by the
mine owners themselves, aa opportunity
should have been given for joint dis
cussions. ' V . ' .
. Steel Industries Cleoe
Mestime certain of the big iron' and
steel Industrie to preserve the works
from the consequences of a stoppage
of Coal supplies, , closed dowa today.
Others oa the northwest coast of Eng
land are expected tb shut dowa early
next wqek. '
6o far aa negotiations between the
mine owners snd the men srs concerned
some members of the Coal Owners' As-Mx-ntinn.
with suthority to negotiate
have remained in London, while Frank
llodgos, secretary of the Miners' anion
is here, authorised to treat for the men
if a. favorable opportunity arises. Gov
ernment circles -- are reported to be
slightly mors optimistic regard ing the
situation ia view -of the action of the
owners and others in safeguarding ths
pits from flooding. .
Work Cesses at Midnight
All work ceased in the' coal mines of
the-Tnited Kingdom at midnight with
the aieeptioa of a very few districts
and spproximstely 1,200,000 miners were
Idle today as a result of the controversy
ever the wage issue. Ia only tafh eol
leries id Yorkshire, one in Northumber
land, one ia (Scotland, and one in North
Wales the mea have promised to con
tinue at their posts without prejudice
to any terms that may be agreed upon.
MINE SWEEPER DISABLED
OFF SHOALS AT LOOKOUT
r- y
Wilmington, April 1. Called from
her - station Tiers to "aid -ths mias
sweeper -Robin, "which Was reported in
distress from engine trouble off Cape
Lookout,ths coast guard eiStter Semi
nole spent most of today searching for
a sesplans from ths coast guard ata
tios at Morehead City, according to a
wireless message received here, tonight
. Been f oxt, .April TL The government,
tag Kobiny towing a ' barge, is reported
ia distress with engine trouble off Cape
Lookout shoals, with a 40 mils wind
blowing. A tog sent to search for the
disabled vessel last night returned to
port this morning without having lo
cated hoi. ' ' '.
, . .
SIXTH CHESS CAMS RESULTS
IN DRAW IN 44TH GAME
Havana, April d-The sixth gams of
ths world's championship chess match
between Dr. Emanuel Lacker aad Jose
B. Capablaaea resulted ia a draw la the
forty-fourth move tonight '- ." j
' Candidate for Mayer" ' f
Clinton, April 1. M. E. Britt, who haa
served for some time ss mayor pro tern,
ia a candidate for the mayoralty. He
is the only eas so far to definitely aa-
aeanee.
CAVEATORS WIN FIRST'
, SKIRMISH IN WILL CASE
Monroe, -
April lv No erUeoeo-
waa offered today la the will case rn
which more thaa a hand red rela
ttvee of the. late V aggie aad Sallie y
" Koaa, maldea white wssmsa, of this '
. eooaty," who hetiaoathed a larger
port of their estate valaed at tUa
eoe to two nigrsse. are seeking
tsreok the will. The time was takea -aa
la legal scrapping fee advantage
aad the first scrimmage went to the
eavoatera anon their raotleu te
strike part of the answer filed by
- tho presoaadsra aad to held the
'trial to the oaa lame of the valid ,
' Ity et the win of Maggts Rasa.
After five beam of argameat,
-Jadge-'-nay decided that all other,
, toaoea ahooU be left oat at thai
trUL VI la expected r that . eeart
- " will Meek the taking of evidence -
tomorrow. The hearing la expected
to take all of this aad next week.
WHasosee by the dosea arrived
today from all aecUeim of North
Carotins aad from aa far as Flsttea -'
to eetlfy aa to tho mesial capacity
- of the Ross wemaa. A eight session
- was held last eight f e the parsess
of completing the Jary had toward
. midnight It became a race with the ,
. clock as the Jary had to he lm.
Boaaelled aader date of yesterday
la order to allow . the trial to go -over
late next week.
t- - Aa finally cooatitnted the. Jary Is .
, cempeeed of the fetlewiag meat
.P. P. Does, S. S. Pnassa, A. E.
Morgan, H-. U. Pisw, Holmes Mer.
rm, H. Marshall Baacom, J. I. Pal- j
lor, T. C Eabsnks, J. O. B. Harr,.
C. J. CriSia, O. .W. Davis, P. M.
. Atseraethy
Chief William ;J: Flynh Says
: Perpetrators of Wall street
. Explosion Spotted
New York, April 1. Important facte
ia nossesioft of Federal and municipal
authorities bearing on the solution ef
ths mystery surrenndrng - i ths - Wall
Street bomb explosion of September
IS, 1930, were msde known here today
from two omeiai sources.
William 3. Flyan. chief of the bn
reaa of investigation of the Department
of Justice, said the perpetrators had
beea idontifled weeks sgo by agenta of
the department as members or the same
radical ' group of plotters : responsible
for tha bomb outrages of 1919 in vari
ous Eastern cities, snd that a vigorous
international hunt for them ia in
progress. .
Tbia aanonneement
substantiated
ha board af
E. Conaotty,
the Borough ef Queens,
vjer-Twho Urged delay of the proposal to I
crease uis rewara rrom piuww. e
50,000.
"The .mystery may be entirely
solved." he said, "by ths time the ape
eial committee to 'be appointed by
Mayor Hylan is ready to report on the
proposition of increasing the reward.
The 'borough president in explaining
his stand, declared us authorities are
well oa the way -toprard solving the
mvstery "Anything we may do now
I might interfere with their plans, he
added.
CONDfJCTINO SEARCH FOR
MEN BOTH HERB AND ABROAD.
New York, April - lw Agents of the
Department ol, Justice' havs known for
some weeks the identity ef the radical
rouo responsible for the Wall -Street
explosion last September, William J.
Flyan, chief of the bureau- of investi
gatloa, declared here tonight."
He asserted thst it was ths same
group which had plotted the widespread
bombings of lvitf, with explosions in
Washington, New York, Boston and
other cities, when-ths horns of former
Attorney General Palmer was attacked.
Its members' hsvs scattered and some
are' in foreign lends, according to
Flynn. '
Flyna added that his agents were
nr easing their hunt for ths fugitives.
-The chief said some of the radicals
had escaned from the country as etow
aways.v He adde that the department's
sesrea wss being conducted not only in
this country, but abroad."
. Chief Flynn confirmed the report
that he had distributed to postmasters
ia communities within a hundred miles
of New Yodk composite photographs of
the mea. sought as ths driver of ths
"death 'wagon" found blown to bits and
believed to have contained a time bomb.
He aaid the photographs had been sent
out confidentially a month ago.
WILSON BUSINESS MAN '
SHOOTS HIMSELjglN HEAD
'.Wilson, April 1. Joe O. Lassiter, SO
years old and vice president ef the B.
O. Lossiter Company, shot himself
through the head, ; accidentally, it is
claimed, between eight, o'clock and
elevea tonight and is aot expected to
live. No one was with Mr. lossiter
at the time. - .
"While Mr7 Lassiter waaTounJ un
conscious st his horns, desperately
wounded, members of tlja family stats
that the ahooting was accidental. Ia
thia, a physician, ho exsmined him
concurred, stating that the bullet ca
tered the top of the forehead and
ranged downward coming out at' the
ear. Apparently members of ths family
state, he was looking into the barrel .of
tho pistol.- Mr. Lassiter ia unmarried.
YISCOVNT FRENCH RELTeVED
AS GOVERNOR OF IRELAND
London, April 1. (By the Assort,
sted Prca)s field Marshal Ylsceaat
French of Tpras wUI be saccseded
sa Lord Lleatenant and Coveraer
Ceaoral of IreUaeT by Lord Edmasd
Bernard Talbot, who has held the
peat of Joint Parliamentary Secre.
tery for the Treesary.
Sir Bobect S. .Herne President ef
the Board ef Trade, has been ap
pointed canceller of the excheqaer
la socceas'ea to i. Aaetoa Chamber,
lain, Stealer Baldwin Psrllsasen.
tery secretary te the Treaaerr, will
hscaeao the new Fresldeatof the
Board of- Trade. v'
BOMB MYSTERY MAY
. BE NEAR SOLUTION
AUSTRIA PERMITS :
CHARLES TO LEAVE
FOR SWiTZERLAHD
Firm - Attitude of Entente
Against Restoration Effect'
ually Blocks Efforts ;
REALIZES FUTILITY , OF v
HIS HOPES AND QUITS
; . ? ... -v.K
WQI Bow As Gracefully Aa Pos.
i sihle To Decree of Hunga-
Man Parliament Against
; Blm; Persons Who Compro
' mlsei vThem)ielTes " Already
' Looklsf For Way Out
- Parts, April 1. A despath to
tho East Earepesa , Agewcr from
Bodaaest ears former Emperor
.. Charles, aecompaaled by two Brit.
i la officers, haa left Stelnomaaa. -gar
for 8wlterlaad. There la no
eonflrmatloo ef .thai report from
other ssarcsa.
Vienna, vAprll l-(By the Associated
Ifrees.) Austria has granted a ssfe
eodnuct to former Emperor Charles to
go to Bwitssrlsnd, not only ia prin
ciple bnt ia fset Ths British, French
aad Italian ministers called upon
Chancellor Mayr this morning and pre
seated the ' protest of these powers
against a Ha pa burg restoration.
While the attitude ef ths entente had
beea known, the incident is regarded
here as "being meant to strengthen the
hands of --ths government ia ease of
anlooked for eventualities.
Oversight developments presaged as
early ' curtail ia the last act of the
drama of Bteinamasgcr, ' aad the way
is all prepared for the former Emper
or's . departure. Beporta from inside
political sources Na Bndapest indicate
that . persoae wno compromised tn;m
selves is ths adventure already are
seeking a way out The firm ' attitude
of the entente and ths menaeo cf.the
military power of Qxech-Slovahla, Juge
B la via and Rumania are said to have
brought evea the maddest moaarchists
to aaaity. ' Although mill tartly impot
ent,. Austria's uncompromising attitude
snowea mem iney eouia ioon xor no am
here. - -y . - i -.
It is learned that diplomatic circles
here this morning received easnruuees
from Budapest that Charles realUes
tha futility ef his heps and ia prepared
te retera to hia Bwias exile, at w en
derstood he will await the. action of
tha Hungarian parliament thia after-
aooa and bow aa gracefolly oe possl-
bl te 'its constitutional decree .against
him. which already has been fers
shadowed la the Vienna moanrchbl
OTvaaa.
Tha rx lies tfrs esdeavoring to learn
whsrs Charles spent Good Friday night
but aa ths eareUker ef the palace of
Count Erdedy, one of the former Em
peror's supporters, is ths Count s
father-in-isw, it hss been difficult te
make him talk about visitors to the
castle.
It wss learned todsy that a few days
preceding Easter st lesat 80 young aria
toe rata and former officers, applying
for permits to travel gave Stetuaman
ger aa - their destination and snips
shooting as ths object of their trips.
It hss been noticed that many aristo
crats have been prolonging tho. Easter
stay ia their country homes despite
the chill weather.
FORMAL-ANNOUNCEMENT
OF HARVEY APPOINTMENT
President Harding' Lets It Be
Known That Bis Friend Will
00 To London
Wsshinstoa. April l.-t-Definite sa
nonneement of ths selection of Colonel
George Harvey, of New York to he
Ambasssdor to Great Britain wna made
touay at the White House.
The choice, which is understood to
have been determined Upon aome time
aco. was msde known formally as sn
incident of Colonel Harvey's visit here
tedsv to confer -with the President It
wss understood that he had been sum
moned by Mr. Harding to talk over de
tails of his afissioa at the court of fit.
James. . ,
Myron T. Herrick, of Ohio, who Is
understood to hsvs been under serious
consideration for the smbsssadorship to
Franco a post which he held under
President Taft, also cams to the capital
todsv. Hs will bs a guest April 8 at
tha White House dinner ia honor of
M. Vivian! now oa a mission here from
France.
It was indicated that the adminis
t ration, was not ready to take aay final
aetioa in regard to hia appointment al
though it waa believed some aaaouncs
ment soon might be made.
ELECTROCUTED WHEN HE
-TOUCHES WIRE WITH PIPE
Monroe. April 1. William Gerald,
mechanic at Iceman Knitting Company,
waavlnataatly killed whoa a long sec
tion of pipe which he was carrying
earns la contact with a five wire. Be
waa taking the pipe te a nearby work
shop and when he attempted to take
it from his shoulder It touched a wire
aear the ceiling at aa exposed place.
Gerald 'earns here Iset winter from
Chattanooga and the body waa seat there
for burial. Be was snout. 95 years old
and ia survived by a wife aad several
children.' . ' . .
TOBACCO SIGN-UP DRIVB
PROGRESSING IN IRCINIA
Bichmo'd. - Va April 1 Tho cam
paign of ths tobacco growers of Vir
ginia for co-operative markets baa si-'
raalr rni a .mtinrit af the e-rawera
in ff-t counties, according to the to
bacco growers' o-operstive association.
Bedford, Buckingham, Charlotte, Meck
lenburg, and i'ewhatna all report fifty
pet seat ef their 'growers have signed
the growers' marketing agreement aad
contract Lags aambers of farmers ia
ether counties have also signed the
agreement . 1 - '.''-
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Ufc-u r iml. on if i tn
-PUTS ON UNIFORM
First picture of President Harding's
personal . physician, Dr. C. E. Sawyer,
in his now uniform as brigadier gene-
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Proposed Reduction Affects
60,000 Men Employed On
American Vessels
Washington, April 1. Dceiiion to
reduce the wages of thr, 80,000 men em
ployed en American' ships operating out
ef Atlantic, and Gulf porta was, reached
today at a conference of represtntativet
of the Amerieaa Steamship owaetp as
sociation and chairman Bensoh of the
Shipping Board.
Agreements under which the ssamea
are working expire May 1 sad . ths
steamship owners sought the approval
of the board of a plan for readjusting
wages and working conditions. TJhe
board, however, declined -to approve
any specific plan, Chairman Benson
mid, snd ths terms of ths wnge re
ductions proposed Jr ths. owners were
not made public.
Tha steamship owners were told, the
Chairman snnouAced, thst the board wss
thoroughly in harmony with the view
that there must e readjustment of
wages necessitating a reduction, restric
tion, of overtime snd modification of
corns of the existing rules and regu
lstions. Ths bosrd insisted, however, the
Chsirmsn sdded, that before any defi
nite action is token in readjusting wages
conferences must be held between the
owners and ths men. After new work
ing agreements have been tentatively
decided upon at these conferences, be
said, the beard win take up ths matter
for final decision.
Ths steamship- mea expressed them
selves as in aeeord with the bosrd's
views, the' chairman continued, adding
that conferences would begin soon be
tween them snd the seamen. Whether
the board'' would be represented at
these meetings, he added, bad not been
decided.
The negotiations, board officials ex
plained, effect all marine engineers,
Bremen, seamen, coots, stewards ana
wireless opcrntors bn the Atlantic and
Gulf coasts. Working agreements with
the masters snd mates, it was said, do
not expire until August 1.
Negotiations to readjust .wsges of
ssamen on the Pacific coast iBicinla
said, probably .would be atartea apon
completion of the Eastern conference.
Representatives of the stesmship
owners sKthe conference with, chair
man Benson included! Wlnthrop U
Marvin, of New York, vice president
and general manager of the American
Steamship Owners Association; Captain
Eugene E. O Donnell, of C. U. Sprague
and Company, Boston and A. J. Mc-
Carty, International Mercantile Marine
Corporation, F. . C- Osborne, Munson
atesmshipas-a Robert P. Hsnd,-
Htaadard Oil Coifipany, of New Jersey
all ef New York.
WILSON. NEGROES OPEN .
. THEIR BANKING. HOUSE
Wilson, April 1. April 1st win ' al
ways remain a red letter day in the
Uvea of ihe colored people of Wilson
town and county the occasion being
the throwing wide open ths doers of the
Commercial Bsns .et Wilson an insti
tution chartered by leading colored men
of the county. . .. .
The Excelsior brass band of Norfolk,
Va., enlivened the occasion nnd from ev
ery section of ths county cams old men
snd young men and wonrea and even
little pickaninnies elU bringing their
ites to help in establishing ths bank
oa a solid foundation. i.
B H. Vick, president of the institu
tion says that on the opening day there
were' 289 depositors and that the amouat
banked was 114,000; that very little hss
been withdrawn from othr banks and
that much of ths money;, that passed
through ths hands of ths esshier is
oney that has been hidden nway in ths
country which has been at the mercy of
ihieves. ,- -r- B ...
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OOL
ITERS CLASH
:: OH TRADE UNIONS
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Durham Wins Both Debates
. , and Raleigh Loses v
;; ' - - Both : :
CHARLOTTE SPLITS WITH
RALEIGH AND DURHAM
Cary High . School With Sua
U Debate j With Wakelon Wini
at . Wakelon, ; and Loses k
', v Oary; Durham Gets PritHeje
of Sending - Team To ;TJni,
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Debaters representing Durham High .
School last night won a unanimous ds-
Lcisioa over the Cbarloite High Sehsol
debaters la ths debate held here last
night under the auspices of ths TJni-
veraity ef North Caroliaa Exteasieh
Bureau. - . -:' t :
The winners uphold the aegativ ef
ti e query t "Resolved; that the policy
of collective bargaining through trade -union
should prevail in Americas in
dustry." Charlotte seat en 4we boys,
Frank Ivy and Oelder Boblnson, while
the. colors of the Durhsm High School
were nnheld bv n divided delesmtion.
fludlow : Bogers , snd Mim Eunies
Hutchini. . ' .". -v.;J-', ii::.
Miss ' Hutchiihf was -easily tha star
performer of ihe oeeaaion, her aai
matioa sttract.il f ths crowd which filled
the High School auditorium while she
diseaesed her Subject with, thoroughness ,
which ehowed extended study and with -a
eloaraeee which wss highly effective. .
The affirmatlvev dabters were load
ed with a list-ef aehievementa ef trade
unions and with endorsements, pf the
principle of collective bargaining by dig
tinguuhed men, and gave a strong de- '
fenso of the policy ss ths only means .
ef protection against ths greed of espi
tstista snd si ths only method by which
the working maa caa obtaia a decent
liviag.
The negative, speakers were willing to,
concede the achievements ef t trade
uait-na but maintained- that the argani
satione have reeehed the stage where
they have become inimical to the '
American system ef govsrnment and to
the future development ef. the country , -They
laid great stress apoa the passage '
of tho Adamsos eight hour law for rail- ;
roads) and asserts d that Congress la es- -asting
that 'measure seta precedent of
ftold-ng to the threat ef a etrike, al
though its aetioa was- contrary te tho
best interests of ths cor otryK They '
drelsrvd thst ths government will not
be safe until trade anions are rid ef
the power et "fkreang legislation."
They also attacked the "closed shop'
policy of trade anions ss undemocratic
in principle and not giving the Ameri
can workmen ths freedom of choice to
which he is entitled. They further
charged that trade nnions tend to de
crease production and stared that the
average daily work of a bricklayer hss
been reduced from 1,000 to 800 bricks.'
As an alternative to trade unionism,
the negative speakers set' tip system of
Iudustrisl Democracy advocated by 1
John Leits and what is known as the
FrectorCanijblo plan of shop manage
ment. , ( - '
On rejoinder, the affirmative ehargVd
that the ineffectiveness of the system of
induetrial democraey waa 'demonstrated
Hy a recent strike in ths Durhsm Hos
iery Mills. Hiss Hutchias received the
statement with evident plessure and '
when her turn te speak ,ame, stated
that- she thought aha waa fairly well
infoVmed concerning the strike in her.,
own town nnd that it . had lasted pra--eiaely
four hours. o ' nP -
The . Morson and Lewis literary So
eleties were out in full force for the
debste as were members of the Jtaleigh
township school committee sad a num
ber of other interested adults. After
the debate the two literary societies
gave a reception for the debaters ia the .
assembly room of the Chamber of Com- -msree.
Col. Fred A. Olds, John H. Boushall
and J3. Wade Marr, eatcd as judges ef
ths . debate. Buperintendent Harry -Howell
presided snd Miss Catherine Cox
served ae secretary. .
Wskeloa snd Cary Split.
Wakelon and Cary high schools la
their dual dobaty one at Cary aad one
nt Wakelon, spit even, but the negative '
of the proposition won in both debates.
At Cary, with the Cary High School
representing ths affirmative ef tho re
solve that deelsred far the policy ef
collective bargaining, Wakelon won out.
Cary was represented by Miss Battle
Pettard and Miss Luetic Johnson ,
Wskelon with ths negative, was repre
sented by Miss Phyra Cohoon aad Miss
Ruth Psdgett. The judges were 8.
Brown Shepherd, W; B. Saow and B.
W. Winston, jr. ' i
At Wskelon, where Wskelon had the
affirmative and Cary. ths - negative, .,
Cary won. Wakelon was represented by '.
Edward Kemp, and Miss Vida Bell;
Cary by LeBoy Smith and Carlyls .
Wheeler. The judgee were A. T. Allen, '
A. S. Brow r and W. H. Pittman.
Charlette Bae'Win.
Durham, April If Charlotte high
school woa over Baleigh high school
here tonight upholding the negative of
the debate on ths subject 'of collective 1
bargaining and by unanimous decision.
The debaters for Baleigh were .Osier
Bailey and everett McDaniel, for Char
lotte the speflkcrs"wre Sarnh Dunlnp ,
and Stewart Qnesry, The judges were
Or. W. J. Cranford, Dt. W.. H. Glosson
nnd 7r. W. K Boyd of the faculty ef
Triaity College.' , ' 1 .'
; Durham Wine Again.
Charlotte. April L Durham High
School, "with the amrmstivs of the eol-"
leetive bargaining proposition, won out
hers tonight In debate with Baleigh)
High School -The Durham debaters
were Mias Annis Wsll Fonshee- and
Miss Marioa Saunders. Ths Bsleigh
IRgh J9chool debaters hsving the negn
Uve were Alexsrsh aad Henry Park.
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