. 1 f I f 'ft Fair n4 Somewhat vaimi en re-'-r pi--r. h ,,.1 r Ave .ye ti. ' 'rtf r In "u.r te aw. 4 in..., single sopr. . . "VoL.cxiii.No2. ; 'ten images today: . ...; :. ; iumcH,R i; PRKfonvE cxntc I V IN PLEI 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 - '.''- ntrSICDBI- CIIMVCD ' - 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- raU 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 ... - i - n IT. i . ,.. Xt -' fc 4n -ail hm7 , i i , , 1 OOL ITERS CLASH :: OH TRADE UNIONS --s tS.i.j...,,.,..'. --snawanwmwoaanmamnsM-, . -ir .k.. . i . ' 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, N Tersity -i '. .W'- x 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. DEB V;