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KIICIIIJI READY TO
LEAD MINORITY r
BATTLES III HOUSE
Congressman Says He Will
. Stand Staunchly By Demo
- ; i cratio Policies y 7
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS
TO CAUCUS SATURDAY
ZSnoritj leader Dtdarei He
Will .; Remain .On Way and
Ileani Committee As Bank
ing Member; Outlines Plana
"- of Democrats For Coming
" Session
; i v- T Nawi and Observer Bureau,
: ,601 District National Bank Bldg.
. Br EDWARD K. BRITTQN
T- (Br Special Leaeed Wire)
. Washington, April t- The Demo
eratie party, as represented la the
lowai Bona of Congress, la not going
to lay down and take ao part ia tha
' framing of National legislation. It win,
: of coarse, ba outvoted ny " "
publican majority, but it will ataad to
' too gun of Demooratia principle and
policiea and will hare ita say a to
what it holda to bo tha boat for the
innlni neoDle.
That ia tha ooaitioa takea by Con
a-rwaamaa Claude Kitchen, of North
Carolina, who ii to bo the Demoeratie
Undnw. and tha ranking minority nam
ber of the Ware and Meant committee
of the Keaae. He baa called a caucus
' of the. Democratic member! for Batur-
- day, April, 9, and by aoon or that cay
1 w ill be named aa leader by the caucus,
r Boob thla morning at hie home here, he
appeared ready for the fight that ia
bound to eome, and outlined abme of
tha things which are to be the lemo
,'eratie program for the eoming extra
' session. - -1
Is Congreswnaa Kitchen able to take
tha ooaitioa of Democratic leader do-
tnase of the attack of paralyaia of
inaetime ago, and the bilious attack
v.hich came three month ago I la the
tUestion that ia going to bo asked
. ' .low is M;v Kitchen' health. It
li). l.o new quest iou and I aaked him about
lit thia morning. I bad round aim
Yleat when I called, and when bo re-
, , Nrned he told me that he had just
trine from the office of a specialist,
, V.lio examined him. Be says for him
self that ho la fit and ready and
citlii-d him Mitieally for aa hour aa
Kkad with,' him, ' and found - him all
Yt-t 'Hif appearance ia.ali to the
Ilia eyea are bright, and there la
rtam buoyancy of expression whiea
i lcaioa that the fighting spirit,- which
1 r ? a inna in good health could have,
rJtTitnd la bint. Talking of himself,
Lo aald:
: Baattk Ia Improved
'I am feeling all right: my general
.: hearth ia aa good aa it baa ever been.
The only trouble that I bare ia a dixsl
ness from which I hare suffered aiace
the bilioua attack which culminated
eome three montha ago while I waa ia
tha Postofflea Department I bare de-
aided that thia dixxineu eome from
" my oar and I am aaaured by tha most
-. eminent ear specialist in nasningion
- that I will be all right ia three weeks,
At the firat of the session, I am going
' to take matter eooly, calmly, slowly
I am going to aelect half a dozea moa
aa my lieutenant for duty on the floor
of the House. We propose to keep op
. the fight for Demoeratie policiea at all
times, and we do not propose to let
anything get by. - Aa leader- of the ml
norlty. I avm going to rely upon tha
- Demoeratie eaucu and-I will be guided
, by it oa all party question and poll
eiee. We are going to take no back
track. W do not propose to let the
: Republicans put the burden of govern-
ment upon the masses of the people and
permit wealth and the profiteer to
escape. The American people are, not
going to be left in the dark as to what
ia going ea la Congress. They will find
' that the Demoeratie parfy ia standing
. for efluality aad Justice.' And aa Mr,
Kitehin atod theae things there came
into hie eyea the fighting spirit that
is a thing the Bepublieana will have to
reckon with. -.., ...,
Asked about continuing membership
ea the, way and mean committee,
which aa the ranking Democratic mem-
- ber would carry with it the position of
leader of the minority., Air. Kite bin
' said:
I To Stay Oa Cosnmittc
"I am going to remain on tha com-
mlttee at the earnest request of the
Democratic membera of the House. And
" I am going to do this la order to aaaist
in keeping the Demoeratie s line
I straight. While I waa at home during
, "part of the recent sessioa J was wired
fi, lha4 Bepresentatire Jack Garner, y of
- rszaa, ana wnaries urisp, ox ueorgia.
were eupportiog the Fordney emergency
tariff bill, a position ia direct oppori-
tioa t Demoeratie principles, their
action aroused indignation among the
Democrats, bat the majority of Demo-
erata oa the eommitteo-Toted a;aiBat
the measure. It has been put up to me
that if I did aot remain! on the eom
mittoo that there 'Iv'-ia fight on
Garner and Crisp HMti off trs
committee, but that it It, Jried there
would be ao fight xu Demoeratie
eaueaa. 1 am woMM&'t9 responsi
bility ihiA will eomendimy holding
ea aa a member of theTVommittee and
ez-offioio. aad being the leader, but I
doat waat any fight arrjoung the Demo
crats la eauens. Aad I am going to
accept. Bepreaeatative Garner and
Crisp will be re-elected to plaree oa
the committee but there will be Demo
eratie rotes enough- to ke,ep them
straight.'
"I want ao tight ia party ranks. It
, is my purpose to harmoaisa, but I want
thia understood! I am aot for any
harmony that will east aside any Dera
04 ratio prineiplee or policies. Ia the
eaoena that will be held ahortly after
the eaaeua oa Saturday we will .take
atepe to make it known that we ataad
for the Demoeratie polieie on the
tariff aad taxation. There ia to be no
(CsaHaaed Fag Twej V
OPPOSE APPOINTMENT
' OF, NEGRO AS REGISTER
v - . ' . I 111 1 ' I v..
Women Employes of , Office of
.. . Register of Treasury
Sign Petition ' .
Washington, April L Mam bars f
Congress today roeeiTed eopie of a
peUtida, addreeacd ' to Mrs. . Virginia
Wlill. Bfu.1 trak M )'
Woman'a Bepublieaa Committee cf the
District of Columbia, aad aigaed by 508
whit women employes la the office cf I
the Register of the Treaaury, opposing
aoDoiatment of a aerre as register.
''Wa bar been definitely iaformed,"
the signer of the petition) declared.
"that tha appointment or a colored man
aa register of the treasury is being
considered. The - register's once is
now Tory Urge aad ia doing responsible
work. ' Its person tel consists of mora
than nine hundred clerks, mostly es
se trice men and white women, who arc
dependent apoa their income her for
support, i or a -negro to ha to Juris
diction otct these alerts would bo la
tolerable
1 "If ia true that colored men kawa
served aa regis tera of Ihe treasury, bat
out of the twenty-two registers only
lour have been negroes. At a time!
whea this office waa under the sopor
vision , of a negro did tha personnel
ZV-tJtL!! "iMtm "
one messenger.
a - letter aeeompanying too petitioa
taysr
Thia petitioa doe aot eome from
any political faction, aor waa it iaeti-
. . 1 . a . 1 ( a . .
,Bti0 " bandoa.d their pro
ernedst Southerners, Bastener. west- Tloluly unouneed intoatioa wa ob-
SttJttX. JL" JiSr- tauTAht Jm albu''dtr0.f
la time of War It was thought inad
. "---
visable to put negro officer in charge
of white troops. Ia times of peace, 'it
wnld certainly bo inexpedient to give
negroes jurisdiction ever white citt'
Elizabeth City Man
ACCUSed
of Crimes Against
Young Girls
Elisabeth City, April Senaatjxal
developments aro predicted ia the
recorder's court oa -Monday, April '1,
whea Ia. I Winder, SO years oil,
prominent real estate dealer, uaa jf
family and former aehook, trustee, will
be arraigned for a preliminary hear
icg before Trial Justice Bpenee
three charges assault with intent 3
commit rape 0 a girl nades? fifteen
rears of ac-e. earnsl kn-wledsrc of
girl aader fifteen and aver twelve aad
ordinary prostitution. Tha alleged acts
put of which the charges grow are said
to have beea committed ia Wiador's
offices oa the third Boor of the Hintoa
building, the largest aad newest office
building la the city occupying a solid
block ia the heart of the business eee-
tioa.
The warrants for Winder arrest
Wars Issued last Monday morning about
half paat nine, were served ahortly
afterward aad the ease earn ap for
preliminary hearing Tuesday morning,
but waa continued at the request of
eounsel for the defendant. Winder
himself did aot appear ia court but baa
beea frequently aeea oa tha at rests
since bis arrest in company with one
of his lawyers, CdL I. M. Meekina, aad
alone. Ha protests hi innocence of
the charge against him.
Soadr- fixed at one thousand dollars
when tha warrants were served, waa la
creased Tuesday morning . to thn e
thousand dollars. Winder ia a maa of
some meanc wtih a aplendid family.
CHAPEL HILL DEBATERS
WIN IN BOTH CONTESTS
Chapel Hill, April & Chapel Hill
high school debating teams woa both
contests last night in the triangular
con testa of the High School Debating
TJnioa and thereby-woa the right to
onter the eliminating rounda at the
University of North Carolina which will
decide the State championship.
The affirmative ChaperHill team, won
from Burlington la Chapel Hill, and
tha negative team won from Graham
in Graham, Miss May Pendergraft and
Eric Merritt were the affirmative de
baters and Jam Bullitt and Floyd
Gooch were the negative debater.
Other schools
which reported to
Secretary E. K. Bankin by wire today
that they bad Won their debate in
clude Greensboro, Burgaw, Pvil e,
Norlina, Varabville, Beaboard, Bender
npn, Stearns, t syettevUle, , Uaxton,
eummerfield. Trinity, Concord, Balden-
boro, Jonesboro, and Columbus. Theae
teams and others aot yet reporting
will enter the eliminating rounds.
URY RETURNS VERDICT
IN FAVOR OF M'NINCH
Charlotte, April t The Jury which
heard C. 8. McNineh'e tVXfl09 damage
auit againat the American Trust Co.
today returned a verdict by which Mr.
McNim;h"wtltwcovert204.
The Jury Was out tea hours after sit
ting through three and a half week of
testimony aad argument. It waa the
longeat easo ever tried ia the superior
court or thia. county. .
McNmeh, a former mayor, waa auing
the Trust company for selling a brick
yard at a loss to himself.
GAME HEN PUTS HAWK TO
DEATH IN MOORE COUNTY
Carthago, April zV After a Bght
lasting bat a fsw missies ' aad
witnessed by membera of the f am i
lly of E. L. Trsoa, a farmer re
siding eboat mllo frwa Carthsga,
a Rhode Island Bod hea killed a
bias darter ehlckea hawk Friday
moralng. .The hawk had prsvloaely
carried away fire little chlckowa,
aad whea he retaraesl for the otztk
ths hea waat ready aad gave battle.
The hawk, which msmared SI
laches from tip to tip, aad was
fally growa aad dewsUaed, oat oa
a game fight, hat was hilled by the
aea .arte a few atoa
SERIOUS CHARGES
AGAINST WINDER
SpTORSFIilll
PLANS TO PRESENT
PEACE RESOLUTION
I Proponents of Immediate Peace
To Act Promptly When
Congress Meets
CONFERENCES HELD AT '
f WHITE HOUSE, NOTABLE
President Harding ' Confers
With If amber of, Prominent
Men Oa Advisability of Con
rressional Declaration of
Peaee; Talk Linked Up WHh
Visit of M. ViTiani
Waahingtoa, April . flcaats pre-
poaeata of aa immediate peace with
Germany by Congressional resolutioa
are aadarstood ta ba atandin attmlv
W"1' totentioa to present aaeh a
reeouiuuoa promptly oa the convening
of the extra sessioa - of Congress a
week from Monday.'
Information that members of tha Be
ast favoring a speedy peace by reeo
1 Whit. Ninu MiftnifM. mi wktok tha
adrisability of a CongresaioBal dec-
laratioa of peaee together with other
questions involved in, a peace settle
meat, were understood to hava been
discussed,
Whether the lnteatloa of the peaeo-
by-reeolutioa Senators has been ap
proved ia any d ogres by Preeideat
Harding and whether it ha the en ri
pe rt of Beaato 1 BeVrabliean generally
were matters oa which ao information
waa obtainable. Ia thia connection it
was recalled that some of the more
promlaeat membera of the - Senate
favoring a peace resolution have stated
deSnitclr that action oa matter in-
I lT,n P would aot be taken ia
co nil 10 wus lauiBiiiriuuB thri.
Belda Coafereaeea
Tha anfimfM at tha Whits Homes
today were generally eonaldcred ia the
bearing on international . affaire as
probably tha moot important that
President Harding baa held since his
inauguration. "
Bcnator Kaox. of Feanaylraaia, for
mer Secretary of State and author -of
the Bepublieaa peace reaosaya of ,ths
last session of Congress; Ool. George
Harvey, of Nsw York, selected ta am.
basssdor to west Britain ; Hyroa T,
Herriek. cf Ohio, aaderstood to ba aa-
der eoaaideratioa for ambassador so
I France, aad Stephens laaaanaa, aeted
I French Jonrnalist, who cam to this
country with former rrewxier'Tiviaina,
were among theae with whom tha Presi
dent was closeted during the day. All
of tkocs wh participated ia the aoa
fereaeee declined to amy what spseifie
proposals were discussed or ts ladiesto,
when decisions mignt ba eipeetea.
Vivisai 'a Tlalt.
By Inference, the day' developmcats
were coupled with the visit) here of it-
VivMtaa, who haa brought to Amcrieaa
officials a first-hand report aa to the
pressnt attitude of the Karopcaa gov
ernments toward the JUeaguc.or na
tion aad related subjects. . Gossip
about the , mission of the - former
premier persistently haa suggest od that
ha hoped to persuade the administra
tion not to puab ita peace declaration,
but rather to consider oa wnat oaaia
it might accept the treaty of Veraaillea.
Beaator Knox went to. the White
House at the President's invitation and
they apent more thaa two hour to
gether. The visit started a new out
cropping of speculation about the fate
of the Dcses resolution, but wa fol-
"wUT m" w.-u
be pressed at the outset of the special
aeaaion of Coneresa that convene a
week from Monday. Tha impression
given was , that ths administration was
feeling ita way in tne ngns ex ue
forB,tiom d .sdvic brought by M.
Vhriaal aad that a definite policy waa
yet to bo framed.
NEWSPAPER MEN BUY
THE ASHEVILLE TIMES
-.AahavUle. Anril tv Announcement ia
mads hers tonight that the Asheville
Times, the local Bepublieaa afternoon
newspaper, hat been cold to three menv
ber of the sUff of the Asheville eitl-
bob, the local Demoeratie morning news
paper. P. M. Bnrdette, D. Hidea Bam
aev and Grnr Gorhnm. The new own-
era will-assume control or -me umea
Monday, April 4. They .announce the
polities of ;he Times wiu .De inde
nendont. '"
Mr. Burdette has beea bnaineas man
ager of tha Citizen for 'tha past two
rear. Mr. Ramsey associate editor sine
ho returned here from Winston-Salem,
where he resigned as commissioner of
public-safety, aad Mr. Gorham, msnsg
lag editor of the eitisen. The new
owners will hold the following office
oa the Times: Mr. Bnrdette, business
mar alter i Mr Ramsey, editor,--Ind Mr.
Qorham, managing editor. Ths sale to
the local men waa made by W. A. Hilda
brand, who recently purchased the
Times from C. J. Harris. Mr. Hilda
brand will retire from the newspaper
game and devote his time to his farm
in ths Mills Birer section.
J. C. LASSITER DIES
AS RESULT OF WOUNDS
- 'Hi i eV.eji ' V-
Wilton. April. aW. G. Laaaiter, aged
30, vice president of the B. G. Lasaiter
Contracting Company, of Norfolk, Va,
died at t:30 reloek thie morning from
a bullet wouad said by relative to have
beea accidentally eelf-inflietod. Mr.
Lc saiter waa found ia aa aneonselous
oo edition about 11 o'clock last night ia
hie room 1st-the homo of C. E. Blount
with a bullet wouad in bis forehead.
His pistol wa found aearby. From
the positioa of the body and lb wound
fihysieians and pollee, who wer called
a to investigate, expressed , the belief
that Mr. laaaittr accidentally shot him
self while cleaning hi revolver.
Tha body will be shipped today to
Oxford, hi horns, for burial.
TAR HEEL WOMAN 3 ;V-
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Mrs. Battle Seed Whitaker. of Hea
deraoaville, paat presidoat of tha Be
bekah Aaaembry of North Carolina, wa
recently namod - president - of the Ia
toraatioaal Aaaociatioa of Aaaemblies.
Sbo is the first woman to eerve oa the
board of trustee of the Odd Fellow
childrea' homo at Goldsboro. Bhs baa
long beea prominent ia elub work in
her aativ tow a. Bhe la at present with
her daughter ia Washington, D. O.
BELIEVE HIS
Harding Makes Brother-in-Law
Superintendent of Pns
. ons; Conference'
The New aad Observer Bareaa,
003 District National Bank Bldg
By EDWARD B. BRsTTOX.
(By Speckvl Leased WireT)
Waahington, April 2. That Colonel
Ike Hcekins, of the eounty of Pasquo
tank, will accept the poeitioa of firat
assiataat to the Allen Property Custo-
diaa is the belief of Bepublieana aad
Democrat alike here. They say that the
alary ia about $7,800 aad that la ac
cepting Colonel Meekina will step from
aader any bickexng with the More-
head-Unney Hog . Combine," leaving
tha others to fight it "out among them
selves. And those who know Bepublieaa
Rational Committeeman Morehead say
that ha wBl aot stand ia the way. of
Meekiaa getting the Job, that indeed bo
wiH givs his appointment a hearty
Amea," for It will remove from North
Carolina ea af the Butler force who
is able to make things lively. Aad by
the asm token oa of theae aald to me
todsyt
"I feel snra Mat if Proaideat Hard'
ing will tender a positioa ts Marion
Butler that will take liim out of the
country that Morehead will rejoiee ia
that, for as thing sow stand the far
ther Butler ia away from the scans of
aetioa the better Morehead like it.
Aa for former Beaator Bqtlar, he ia oa
the warpath after the scalps of ths
"Hog Combine" and is only awaiting ita
sponsors arrival ia Washington to start
the heavy guna againat it, if in the
meantime peaee is not made with aim.
And the understanding ia that one of
the peace overtures must bo that B. W.
Ward, of aaleigh, be dropped from the
elate for the poaltion of marshal for the
Eastern district of North Carolina aad
that William Duncan, eon et the lata
Carl Duncan, bo gives the 'okeh for
that position.
PI Is pis.
But pis b pie. and pie ia the f sin lly
is the thing thst counts, sven la ths
family and near family of President
Harding. It was with, astonishment
that Washingtonians learned today that
President Harding had named hie
brother-in-law aa superintendent of
prisons, ths biggest penalogieal poet ia
the country and that brother-in-law
Bev. Heber Votaw gets it following the
asked .for and cent in resignstion of
Denver 8. Dickerson, until two years
ago superintendent of the atato prison
of Nevada. Diekcraoa had mad a rep
utation for humanitarian aad reform
work and the Department ef Juatioe
asked and obtained a waiver of Civil
Service and applied him. Mr. Votaw ia
a Seventh-Day Adventiat minister and
lecturer. His wife, who' ia a lister of
President Harding, wis until very re
cently a memrier of the woman's sec
tion of ' the Washington police force.
Mr. Votaw is a native of Ohio and
served for twelve years aa a Seventh
Day Adventist missionary in India.
So add to the list of personal physician
Dr. Sawyer, of Marion, Ohio, made
Brigadier .General, and Banker J. B.'
Crissinger, of Marion, Ohio, close friend
of President Harding, made Comptroller
of the Currency, the nam of. aaperinf
tendent of prisons, brother-in-law Vo
taw, also ef Ohio and there are other
Ohloane waiting.
Interest la Ceafereaee. I
"T&sro Ts'mnch Interest felt in the!
eonferenee to be held on
tweea the mcmbere of the War Finance
Corporation and a large number of
Southern banker, at which there will
be discussed the .matter of aiding the
cotton farmer to meet the serious ait
nation that is now upon them. Secre
tary Harvey Jordan, of Atlanta, of the
American Cotton Association. - former
Senator-'-Hoke Smith, of Georgia, aad
Marion Butler, of North Carolina, bad
a eonferenee with Preeideat . Balding
this morning on the aituatioa, and are
to meet with the War Fiaanea Corpora
tion Monday also. President Wsnaa-
msker, of the association, will join them
and it is understood that ho aad the
other of the association propose to
take tho matter ap whh federal Re
serve Board to sea if it cannot do some
thing ia the matter.'
Visitors here today from North Car-
olna are -41 r. F. 8. Torino, of Raleigh.
and Mise Frond Kennedy, of Dur
ham. ,: , . .
Fourth Aanual Horse Show Tuesday
and Wsdneeday. Third A nan a Dog
Show Thursday and Friday. At Piae-
hurstAdv. .-'-, - -' - .-
WILL ACCEPT JOB
S OF. NATURE
Prominent People of All Walks
of Life Attend Burroughs
;-, Funeral
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LAST HI TtS MAHKtU BT
IMPRESSIVE SIMPLICITY
, , sswsnmwsBwsasewni
Oeremonies Short and Beminis.
cent of Career of Naturalist
Eeld , in Snstio Hovse That
Was His Ketreat For Half of
Centnry;' Bodj To. Be In
terred Today
Wert Park, N. Y April S.-In the
rustic houee that waa the retreat of
JToha Burroughs for nearly half a eea-
tury, ISO -repreeentativea of the thous
aad ef nature lovere who admired hi
outdoor lif and writings gathered at
bis funeral. The eeremonlee were short.
of great aimpllcity, aad reminiscent of
ths career whieh the great naturalist
pursued among the hill and streams
aad flowers and beside his ruggsd stone
hearth with volumes of Emerson, Whit-
tier aad Wordsworth.
By train and by automobile the
little arourja of mourners arrived
throughout the forenoon at Biverby, the
naturalists' home, eituated among the
piaea aad maples, where the Shawan
guuk mountains meet the waters of the
Hudson.
SeienUsta aad manufacturers of wide
prominence mingled in aorrow with
Boy Scouts and the children of the
neighborhood. Publisher aad horticul
turists bowed reverend heads with- i
group of religious mca frdm the Holy
Cross Monastery.
Promlaeat Hea At Uaa.
Among them were Thomas A. Edison
Henry Ford and Harvey 8. Firestone
who for several Tears have apent their
vacations outdoors with Mr. Burroughs.
Next to Mr. Xdisoa stood aa aged and
gray haired man who had pedalled his
bicycle from Binghamton, mors than
300 miles away, to witness the epilogue
of the great naturalist's stay upoa the
earth that he toyed so fervently. Thia
mah waa Charles, Ct , Branhall, aa ac
quaintance oi we nainraiiai since enua
hood darn.
The sua wa shining brilliantly ana
tk pinea at Biverby murmured sadly
ia ths breeses from the Catskille whea
the funeral service began. From
muffled Dhoaoaraph came the soft
violin of PinsuUV "Bemembranec." The
Lord a Praver waa said and then slowly
a reader apoke omo lines written by
Earl w. WUllame. whieht Mr. Bar
rongba felt eharaeteriatic of his owa
aalf. . --
The forest nods la fellowship," they
read, 'the winds my playmatea ax!
tha waters lisp the siga of brotherhood,
and ia thunders voie I hear a tongue
which la not wholly strange. The star
ars kindly counsellors to met I claim a
kinship with tha .avona that erawle,
and with the clay wbereia the simple
tale of ita dim life U written."
Quotations from Emerson and Words
worth and Walt Whitman, companion
of hia middle are. alao were read, Thea
William Ormiatoa Boy, of Montreal, a
friend cf Mr. Burroughs through many
year, read exeerpte - from "Waiting,
one of the first poema penned by the
, II.. ..J AMnttnv tK
naturalist, and from "Accepting the
Universs," bis latest book.
Bsv. Franklin D. Klmer, pastor f
tha Collegiate Baptist church at Colgate
University, likewise a long-time friend,
lod the prayers and made a lew re
marks:
. Pare Glowlasr Trihate.
There are here to pay him tribute,"
he - eaid. "thoee who have eome from
the woodland and the fields, ths shop
and school, the church and offices of
Ktate, ths mart and the ocean' shore.
Thia man, O Lord, bae taught us the
beauty ef your ereatures, of ths rivers,
the sky, tbs valley, the birds and ths
When he hsd finished the soft flute
and, violin notes of a ersdle song
spread over the room where men,
womea and childrea were crowded ia
aorrow. Then the mournera niea oy
the bier for a loot look at the face
of Mr. Burroughs. Hikue of them
picked wild violets from ths eoffia to
keep as a remembrance, lhcro were
many floral offerings, but they did not
eome from the artificial atmosphere of
the city hothouse. They were wild
flowers - gathered from tha field and
hillsides.
'Children Reverent. ,
The children of Weat Park, who fre
quently visited Biverby to ait at the
feet of the aged nature lover and learn
of animal and vegetable life from
him, trod elowly paat the dead, each
one leaving a bunch of wild flowers.
From all sections of ths aatloa let
ters came today telling of the love for
the aatoraliet and of his inspiration
to thoss who find comfort and content
ment in' the great outdoors.
LOVER
IJOil MEMORY.OF
GREAT NATURALIST
' ir"lir"iKTT xoaiorrewj ar. surrougn s signiy
.V'V" r" fourth birthday, his body will bs taken
lei. rV-.-T- I I'r automobile Into the western Cats-
kills and Interred at the place where he
:.ns born, near the town of Boxbury.
Many of thoae who attended hi facers)
today will go to "Woodehoek Lodge,'-'
hi dan ia tb mountain, for the bnrial.
FURTHER REDUCTION
- OF U.S. GROSS DEBT
' Wsahlngton, April 8. The nation's
gross debt was reduced 171,580,330 in
March, according to ths Treasury
statemsat today, which ahowed the total
debt to be $23,960,1047. Of the total
federal obligation outstanding, $2,
134,841,000 represents short term Treas
ury certificates of indebtedness, several
hundred - million of which, Secretary
Melloa has said, will be retired during
pril.
, 'At analysis of ths Trsseury's fiscal
affairs for th last year reveals kittle
ehangs ia ihe amount of certificates of
indebtedness or ths floating debt. Ths
gross debt,1 hswsver, whieh constat
largsly of liberty bond and Victory
notes, has tfaowa a steady decrease.
TRIAL OF WILL CASE .
PROCEEDING SLOWLY
Day Deroted To Examination
of One Witness To Bigning
- . V of The win
Monroe, April I. Little progress was
made today la the Boca will easo, the
time being spent la examination of C.
0. yf. Sutton," one of' the witness to
the signing of the bill, ia November,
1907. Baton's testimony was attacked
at time by both side. , . v.
The substance ef hi taetimony was
that he,' with E. 3. Essell aad C. C
Mcllwaia, arrived at tha Boas , bean
about the earn time ea the day they
witneassd ths will. BallU aad Maggis
Rocs wsre ia their room. Bailie Bom
handed them - com papers, . - saying,
Theoe are ear will and we want yon
to witness them. He did aot recall that
Maggie epoke at all. She waa crying
at the time aad he did say that eho saw
him and the other sign aa witnesses,
and b took that for as seat. Button
further testified that he lived ia the
tarns community with the Boca womea
from 1884 until their deaths.
Asked about their mental capacity, be
declared he had never heard anything
about Maggie Boas not- being of or
dinary intelligence until after bet death.
He stated la effect that if aha. bad left
her property to white people instead of
negroee he woald aot have questioned
her canity, but intimated that because
she did aot do this hs hsd some doubt
in hia owa mind about it-
E
Defense Rests Its Case and Ar
guments Will Begin First
of The Week
Macon, Oa April Jv The defease
reatsd this aftsraoon ia the trial of
forty -six persons out of a total of 44
indicted on charges of conspiracy in
property vslued at more thaa $1 ,000,000
from tha Ameriaea Railway Express
Gonnaav dnrina aovarnment control.
It was ths first Saturday session of
Federal court since the beginning- of
the trial three weeks ago. Only 13 of
the defendants took ths stand, nlthongh
character witnesses were introduced for
the other 83 accused mca.
Assistant District Attorney B. Clem
Powers. sondnetins ths aovsrnmsat's
case, announced that it would take oaiy
a few minutes on Monday lor too re
buttal, after which argumenta are to
begin. The argumenta may take ap aa
rati re week, but both side hope to
have tho ease ia the hands of the Jury
by tho aad of next wesk
- Thar, wer aumerous wltnsssss to-
day for .the general defense aad also
to th aharaetar of ta defeadaat.
Ed Knox, negro, denied that he aad
ever purchased anything iron w. a
Hughes or that he had ever stolen ex
press shipment. Jlugt' led stated
that ao one caught &aoc stealing
hat from aa express shipment and
eautioaed him aot to repeat tb act
without Betting permission.
The negro told of a six hourr "sweat
box examlnatioa ia the office ef Super
intendent B. H. Maya, In which he aald
after ho bad refuted to give informa
tion. Detective . Jr. Copeland aaidi
The best thing we esa da ia to take
him dowa to the woods or rivsr. Hs'J
tell ua then."
"Mr. Hughes said I stole aa overcoat
aad sold It to aaotber bcsto. -said
Knox. "I said 1 don't care who it waa
aaid I stole aa overcoat, it a a false
hood.' -
"'Suppo I said yoa stole aa over-
cost,'- Detective 8. L. Bosaer anid a b
luahed over to me. I looked np aad be
p.ad a piatol la hia hand, pointing right
there, and the negro pointed to his
eyea, which were fairly popping out of
his head, aud blinking rapidly.
I aaid 'Captain, I waa not talki ig
The negro denied that he had signed
a confession thst was read to htm aad
whieh bore his name. Ha was shown a
bond that hs '.ad signed and said tho
tig nature was his. Ths government
may introduce a handwriting expert
Monday la an effort to show that the
signatures are the came,,"
BOLD HIGHWAY ROBBERY
IN SHOPPING DISTRICT
New York, April S. New Torka "bad
men" put a novel twist into a daylight
holdup ia Bsooklya todur.
Three ef them drove1 aa automobile
up onto the sidewalk blocking the oath
of Philip G. BIy, a manufacturer, while
he waa returning to hi offices ea Java
street, with a payroll of 81200 he had
just drawn from ths bank.
Whea be did not hand over tha money
a promptly aa desired, he was beaten
over the bead with butts while si crowd
looked oa. Thea ths robbers tyok the
payroll, backed their car off the side
walk aad sped away. J-
MAY EXPORT COTTON 0
GERMANY AND BELGIUM
Washington, April Jl Propose la in
volving exportation bf 'one million
bales of American cotton to Germany
nnd Belgium, members of Congress said
today, will be disrnmed at th confer
once to. be bald Monday by tha War
rinanes Corporation with Southern
banter.
Th exportation--of a Urge amount
of cotton to Germany and Belgium ia
understood to hava beea a subject of
negotiation for eome time between the
War Finance Corporation and tha Ex
porting Corporation recently organized
at New Orleans nader the Edge act.
ROCKY MOUNT TO VOTE
ON CITY MANAGER PLAN
,. , i
. Bocky Mount, April I. At tha regu
lar eity election in May the people of
Bocky Mount will pais apoa the ques
tion of whether the city shall have the
city manager form ef government. The
resolution submitting ths qusstioa wss
psaasd by the board of aldermsa anani
asouily. '
EXPRESS
ROBBERY
CAS
HEARING END
raiso
WATTS AS REVEII
OFFICER III STATE;
Takes Over1 Powers land Duties
i Heretofore Held By Tax
1 Commission 4 . '
GENERALLY ACCEPTED
MAXWELL WOULD WIN
4 swaanwaMaBsaBBwaaaawast .
Appointment Is Received HerV
As Forecasting; Governor's
Candidacy For U. 8. Senate;
Hew Commissioner ..Takes
.; Office On May 1 at Salary of
$B,500 AnnnaDy
Governor Camsroa Morrison y ester- ;
day appointed A Watts, of Btatee- .
ville, a Commlssioaar of Xevcaaa wHb '
power aad datie haretofor. borae by
the State Tax Commission, uatfar pro
vision ef aa act of th 1921 legialatare. ,
' The appoiatment wa snaouseed by - ,
Governor Morrisoa, th rough hia private . 1
secretary, William H. Bicbardasa, th :
Governor reaving at 10:30 for Tarbsre
to apend th week-end. A. i. Maxwell,
torporatioB) eemmiaaioneT, and ' candi-.
data, for the, office, received the aw
of th appointment withoat comment.-' -
The end of a race that haa beea rna --
noiiy aiscs u aajouramaax . ex lac
legislator waa surprising la ita effect?
ea the who had watched it. Wha the .
new office was arcated by th Geaeral
Assembly, legislator geaerally aader-'
stood that Mr. Maxweu would receive
the appointment, ia fact, Mr. Maxwell
understood hs hsd ths Governor's prom,
ise of appointment. Ia tha preparation
of the bill. Governor Morrisoa, bad
atrirkea front it the provisioa for aoa
Brmatlon by tha Beaata thea ia ee-
pion. atating that if th elauee
retained, ia the face ef importaal
wsrs
importaal mat
te ra thea pending before tho Corpora-
ttoa commisaioB, h sould aot appoiat
Mr. Maxwell and renter him from that
body. Ths change wa made ia tho'
draft of th bill, and try virtu of if,
the appointment come ap for oafirmai'
tioa by the Senate ef 1823. , J
Campaign Warma Up. .
Wbea rumors of th Watta eaadidaev v
firat appeared ia the legialatare, during
the consideration of tha measure, Mr.
Watts himself denlsd that he was rna
ning. later, he made pubUsv aaaoaaea
given out ia Charlotte, highly laudatory
ct Governor Morrison. An organized ,
campaign ta his interest, immediately ' -turned
a flood of letter apoa tb Gov; '
raor and tb frUndt t Mr, Maiwell'
got busy. ' .' . r l - ' ' ,
Recently published statement of tho
Owvernort views oa tho appolntarest, '
laeladiag hia high appraiaal of the maa
as a political organiser, la as wis pre- '
pared tha way for th distinct shock of ,
the appoiatment regarded bar aa equlv.
alent to tho Governor' aaaoaneement
a candidate for V. 8. Senat., .
On expreaeloa front State effteial-
dam is iadieativ of almost tha general
reception of tha appointment la Stats
sireles.
"I feel like the old lady, who prayed
all aight for th monatala 'to be
moved," aaid oao of prominenee yes
terday. "Sh got ap early ia th morn- .
Ing after th aight of aupplioatioa,
looked cut of the wladew aad ex
claim edi Vast aa I oxpoitod. It' atttl -.
thar.' . -. -,.r,i .
t Takes Ofltes May L O - ,
Th nsw , ommiaslonfer, who t has '
haretofor served as Collaetor of la.
temai Bevsaas for the Weetera Dis-,
triet of North Carolina antil hia resig
aation, takes offis oa May 1 at a
ary of $500 annually The act aader
which the new departmeat af rvna
was created prevideet
1. yrem aad after May 1. lion. U
powerc and duties imposed bf any act -.
ef law, apoa tha State Tsi CommVssioa '
ar transferred ta tha State Beveaao
Departmest, created by thia act, aad',
administered by the Commissi oas ef ,
Bevenae. '
1 The Commissioner ef Beieuae is
ts bo aminted by tha Gororaor by '
and with th ad-He and eeascat ef the '
Senate aad If .th appointment ia iiade
whsa th Senate i not ia ooaaioa the
succeeding sssaioa of th Senate may ',
confirm. This term ef ofneo af tha j.
commissioasr a hall be foar years, from .
aad after May I and the eaceeeding
Commissioner shall be sleeted la 19M '
ia manner provided for the election of .
Stat officers. His salary shall b 6 '
600. .1- ' :
8. Th pawere and dntiee of tk Btate ,
Tax Commission tn determining an
neal from valuation aaseasmenta, from
and after May, 1021, ahall bo exareieed , '
by State Board of Eqsaliaatioa com
posed ef the Commissioner of Be venue,
the Chairman of the Corporatioa Coav
miaaioa and tho Attorney Gsaeral, oa- 'A
omeia mcmner.
4. It ahall be the duty of th Commit.
sioner of Revenue to prepare for legia- '
latiVe committees such revisioa of tho
revenue laws as be may -find by ex- -nerienee
and investiaatioa eXDcdieat. ''
Paper's Rc actios. .
Here's the reaetioa the Raleigh Even
log Time received from the appoiat- -ment
appearing la ita editorial columns.'
yesterday afternoon: .
lAlstoa D. Wu-.is it U who will alt at
ths seat of custom, D. V, for a period
of four yean la Fort't Carolina. Bitting
however, ia only figurative, .for Ala.
will be really ap and doing ia behalf of -the
State Democracy la geaeral . aad
that section thereof which is reserved
for his friends ia particular. '- ' !
"Mr. Watta' appoiatment la very
gratifying to the overwhelming aw-,
Jority ef that submerged two-fifth ef
the State' population which hope to
some day corns from aadsr. It also
plessee a lsrgs number of toe plow t
Dulling bosses who Federal fodder
supply la about to be eat off. Aad, la
aimple fairness bo H said that many
partisans wke lovo Colonel Watto'feri
tCoattaasd oa Pag TwoJ jJ: