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ICIIIWIEDAS
flORIlY LEADER
TO SUCCEED CLARK
North Carolinian Continue As
Ranking Minority Member
. .m Of-Wayt and Meant
EXPECTS SOON TO BE 1
IN HARNESS FOR FIGHTING
Expected Happen! When Dem.
, ocratio J Canons Of Bout
Members Nominate Tar
I Heel . As CasdldaU for
. Speaker; Negroes Continue
' Effort To Land Johnson
f Tha News aad Observer Bureau,
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l (By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, April I. Tha sxpeeted
hannened when at tha eaneua ef tha
Democrats of, the House, Congressman
Claude Kitehin, ef Scotland Keek, waa
atada tha Demoeratia ehoiea for apeak
ar, and waa again ehosen for a plaea
oa the -Ways wad Meana committee,
being tha ranking Demoeratia member,
i and by virtue of this becoming tha
minority, floor leader, Congressman
Kitehin waa placed in nomination by
Congressman Jon, of North Carolina,
who paid high tribute to mm, toe nomi
nation being seconded by Congreesmsa
Finis 3. Garrett, of Tennessee, the
election being unaaimous.
' s Mr. Kitehin returned warm thanks
for honor dona him, and referring to
his aeleetioa aa tha Demoeratia nominee
for speaker and thinking of the Re
publican .majority, aaid with a laugh t
"I hare grave fears that I may not be
alerted." The entire North Carolina
delegation, waa present at tha eauens
some members baring arrived daring
the morning.
There was one Democratic vacancy
or tha Ways and Means committee,
and Beprcseatative Peter' J. Tague, of
.Massachusetts, was elected to this, de
vesting on a close vote Bepraaentatiro
;Carl.Hsydea, of Arixona, whose defeat
is held to be dna to tha fact that when
'tha Fordaey . Bepubliean . emergency
tariff bill waa before the House he
voted for it. Thar will be a meet
ing of the esueus next weak at which
"matters of policy and program for tha
'session wili be discussed. The assign
;inent of members - to committees will
,ls made by Congressman Hiuhin, who
is oa the committee ot committees. ,
i, To Adhere To Triad PoUclee.
"All matters affecting policies will
be decided by tha Demoeratia caucus,"
said Mr. Kitehin after tha meeting.
."In tha fight against the Ferdney bill
', w will not loaa ton votes. Tha Demo
f e ratio policies are ixsd, was flasd 75
'years ago. We will adhere to them
v and wa are going to set in harmony all
along the lins." In regard to hia per.
aonal health Mr. Kitehin, who looked
' remarkably well, aaid that tha dixsinsss,
' caused by soma ear troable, which has
; lately affected him, waa paaaing away,
t aad that ha waa feeling fine. Tor tha
nest three or four weeks,1' aaid he, "I
'have asked Representative Garrett, of
; Tennessee, to aa for mo on tbo floor
' of the Hoose, aad after that I expect
" to get at the duty to which I have been
! called."
; Waahingtoa negroes are backing tha
right to have a negro Register of "the
Treasury, they have filed a petition
'.with President Harding protesting
; against the protest of tha 507 white
womea of the office of the register that
they bo spared tha "intolerable" con
dition of having to take ordera aad do
work for a negro, with Henry Lincoln
Johnson, tha negro Republican Nation,
nl committeeman from Georgia aa the
lioselble appointee. The negro protest
. is signed, by the officers of the Wash.
. Ingtoa branch of the Natioaal sssoeis
' tion for tha advancement of colored
people, the organisation that is de-
minding a negro assistant secretary of
labor aad of sgrisulturs.
Bacall Prs-Electioa Premises,
The petition to President Harding
: declares "Among the msny cherished
hopes for better things to come from
: the restored Bopnblieaa power is the
hops of millions of negro eitiseas that
ths Bepablieaa party will live np to its
' pro-olectioa platform promiaea to "give
justice and a square deal." Urging
that office giving should not be de
termined by racial identity, the peti
tion continues, "Knowing as ws do the
inaidiouaness of race prejudice and the
way in which it la carried by ths propa
ganda ws have no hesitancy in saying
that ahould this petition, baaed solely
oa race prejudice, influence your setioni
ia ths premises, it would not be long
before yos aad Congress would be
flooded by similar petitions protesting
; against ths appointment of persona of
' color to positions in ths government."
' sppointment of persons of color to
positions ia ths government."
It is very evident from the way the
wind blows that negro appointments
are to Uvea np tha proceedings of the
. .v i r .1
There wiH be men ia Congress who
will stand np for tha white women.
- A number Of North .Carolina represen
' tativeo ars expected to aid the young
womea ia their protest Representa
tives W. D. Upshaw of Georgia, who
: has been la Georgia for a week, wired
! his protest against a negro regiater of
ths treasury to President Harding. He
. approved the eonrss of white women
' employees ia protesting againat work
. ink under the direction of a negro. Ia
hia telegram ha said that if ths new
administration feels It must pay a po
: litieal debt or perform what it eoneeives
to be policy of fairaeaa by giving
, appointive recognition of the negro,
"Allow me to urge in tie name ef these
'-hundreds of white women, irrespective
ef psrty or section sad especially
speaking oa behalf of those who come
, from Georgia sad many other states
ef ths Booth, that this political reecg-
(CeaUmed em Page TweJ !
FIND MISSING NAVAt
? BALLOON.' IN JHE GULF
ftioinfe Smack Picks Up Dere.
lict, But Tinda Ko Traoe Of -
' Psnsaeola, Pla, April aWThe find.
ing ef the. Naval balloon A-6004, miss
ing from ths air station here with five
men since March E2, has not explained
ths mystery of the balloon's fligit over
ths Gulf; nor ths fats of the missing
men, Naval effieiaja aaid tonight. '
The wreck of the balloon was found
floating in tha Gulf about 60 miles dus
south of Panama City and 86 1-1 miles
southwest of Caps Baa Bias st 7 o'clock
Friday night, but it was four o'clock
this morning before Captain Eeksr. of
ths Ashing smsek Electra sailed into
Panama City with ths balloon aboard
bis vessel.
Ths basket was about 18 feet under
the surface, . according . to Captain
Ecker. Ths fishing schooner sighted
ths balloon about a mile distant, but
took it first for another smash In dis
tress. On closer approach, however,
Captain Ecker recognised tte derelict
ss ths missing balloon and immediately
hastened to take it sboevd.
' Ne Trace ef Crew.
WuMnvtan. Anril t-Tha Naw de
partment late today reeeived confirma
tion of ths finding of ths missing navy
balloon A -5004 by ths fishing boat
Elect ra off Cape Ban Bus last night
The gas bag and bssket were intact, th
messsges said, but no trace of ths crew
of five men wss found.
CAVEAlRSlOfl
EXPERT WITNESSES
Morganton Alienist Adds His
Testimony To Show Woman
Non Compos Mentis
Monroe, April 9 Dr. Isaac Taylor,
head of tha Broad Oak Sanitarium at
Morganton, testified in ths Boss will
case today that if ths jury finds ths
statements set out la ths hypothetical
question propounded by attorneys for
eaves tors to be true. Miss Maggie Boss
wss mentally incompetent to make a
will ia 1907 whsa she is alleged to have
aio-ned her last will and testament which
caveators are. trying to have set asids.
Dr. Taylor was admitted as an expert
Dr. H. D. Stewart, of Monroe, testi
fied in anawsr to the hypothetical
question ana Si so oi aim own ugwmn
that he did not think Maggie Boss had
sufficient mental capacity to maks a
will.
Mrs. Amanda Howard, of Wax haw,
for many years a neighbor of the Boss
. 1 1 . sti J - la 1 - S
xamuv, ana . . v
Charlotte, who had visited ih the home
frequently since 1901, both .' testified
that Maggie Boas had Inferior mentality
sad tnaaetd. as-business that they
knew of. Court adjourned at 1 o'clock
until 8:80 Monday and ths Jurors wore
Slswsd to gs to their homes Over Boa.
Whan Superior Court adjourned us
Boss will ease had consumed nine days,
with no prospect of the snd In sight
Ths caveators still have a' number of
witnesses to put up aad ths propounds
la rebuttal will offer several dosea
witnesses. The importance of ths ease
may justify a brief resums ef the facts.
Misses Bailie aad 'Maggie Boss,
maiden white womea, living in ths lit
Us villass ef Marvin- in Sandy Bldgs
township, this county, on November 80,
1807, signed mutual reciprocal willa, al
most identical la terms, in which the
estate owned br them as- tenants in
common and consisting of about 1,400
common
seres of farm lands aad (st that lime) ,
about 115,000 in money, was left to the
surviving sister during her life time
and at her death to be disposed of as
follows
About 815.000 to individuals, churches,
hospitals, schools and mission boards;
and ths balance of the estate to be
divided between Robert B. Ross,
colored, who had been reared in their
home, and Mittie Belle Houston, N his
daughter, wno nau aiso Deen rearea
largely in the horns of ths Boss women.
Miss Bailie Boss, the elder oy sdoui
eisrht years, died in 1909. A few weeks
later Maggis Boaa made a eoaicu to tne
will cutting off the wife ol Kobe it boss,
colored, who had been given a small
amount under the original will, and oe
oueathina a thousand dollars to her
business agent B. A Hudson, promin
ent citizen of her community. The win
of Bailie Boss was sot offered fori pro-
bats until arter tne aeatn or snaggle
Ross ia May, 1920whea both wills were
offered together , and probated at the
same time, with R. A. Hudson and R. B.
Redwine as executors. As soon as ths
provisions of ths willbeesms hnowa s
number of second, third snd fourth
eousins, there being no first cousins or
nearer relatives of tha women surviv
ing, filed a caveat to the will in behalf
of themselves and others who might
maks themselves parties to ths action,
When ths esse cams to trial mors than
hundred caveators had joined the
action aa parties plaintiff, alleging that
ths will of Maggie Boss h invalid oa
the ground that she did not haws mental
capacity to make a will, and if shs did
have mental capacity to maks a will this
particular will waa obtained by undue
Influence exerted upon her by her sis
ter, Bailie A. Boss, the aegro benefic
iaries. Robert Boss and Mittie Belle
iHaottoa, and others.
WILSON TOBACCO PLANT
DESTROYED BY BLAZE
Wilson, April Bw fire that started
at 11:30 o'clock tonight destroyed the
Wilson Tobacco Company's ' plant, a
five story building owned by the Dib-
brell brothers, ef Danville, Va with
aa estimated loss of several hundred
thousand dollars. A great quantity of
tobacco was also burned.
Sheds in ths yard, used by the Am
erican Tobacco Company wars also de
stroyed and the firs threatened to
spread to oil tanks of ths Standard Oil
Company. It is not known how the fire
started. :
Elisabeth City Veteran Dies. '
Elizabeth City, April 9. John H. Bur
gess, 78, , adjutant of ths William F.
Martin Camp United Confederate Vet
erans, died st his horns here early today.
HOT TRUSTING TOO.
FORCES SAYS WADE
They Often Wait Until Horse
is Stolen before Locking
'' '' - 0001
CONTINUES CAMPAIGN
AGAINST OIL. STOCKS
Will Use The Law Aa Far Aa
It Will Beach, and Then Warn
The People Of Kfforts To
Swindle Them By Mail; De.
fends Attacks On Texas Oor.
poration; Orders An Arrest
Insurance Commissioasr Btaeey W
Wads has ne intention ef waiting aata
the horse is stolon before he locks the
deer, svsn if distsinguishsd precedent
in set for him by ths federal author!
ties, aad hs will warn ths people when
he thinks that they ars being fleeced
or ars about to be fleeced by stock
salesmen, whether they corns is person.
or disseminata their wares through tha
maiV
So much was contained in a state
ment issued br him yesterday In
answer to ths charge, that ha had acted
without authority in hia attack upon
the International Petroleum Corpora
tion of Texas, Thursday morning. Hs
denies that he has acted without author
ity conferred upon?-him by law, and
belittles ths excuse offered by the oil
eompany that licensee are too high ia
this Bute. Ths license is 8800, "truly
a small amount for a company with the
holdings aad jsrospeets claimed by the
(Jl Ms IWWVIUUi
Tshe Man In WilaUugten
While issuing the statsmeat to news
paper men. Mr. Wads gavs orders to a
departmental clerk to direct ths police
authorities la Wilmington to arrest ana
hold J. C. Wrightr an alleged repre
sentative of ths Tsxas Eagls Oil sad
Refining Co, of Port Worth, which ac
cording to reports nmds to tha Com
missioner, has not observed the formali
ties required for resident saleemea ef
their stock. Ths operations of Wright
were reported yesterday morning by a
well known legal firm- in Wilmington..
Commissioner Wade declared that in
bis attack upon the International, hs
intended ne discourtesy to ths two
North Carolinians whose nsmes are be
ing used tr the eompany. Hs feels
that ths peepls ef ths Stats ars look
ing to the Insurance Department fot
nrataetioa. and ho Intends so civs it to
them, using tha law where it will work.
and warning tbean- ox eompaaies tnat
cannot be .reached by State laws, Hia
Statement follows!
' "My actloa in this mattsr was
prompted by an earnest desire to pre
teet- ths people ef North Carolina
against a repetition ef ths disastrous
financial results that followed ths big
stock exploitation ', campaigns of" 1818
and .1820. My attack waa , launched
againat ths eompany itself snd not
against ths toeU-known North Caro
linians whoss names ths eompany is
nsing so freely.
"In doing this I assumed ne authority
not given me by law. Ths people of
North Carolina ars looking to the In
surance Department for protection and
when any concern violates sitner tne
spirit or ths letter of the law, the peo-
!lo of North Carolina may expect un
.uedhtU aetioa when ths matter eomss
.. .lt.nyM , th. !..,. n..
to ths attention of the Insurance De
partment
Where Federal Law Falls
' "I am aware of the fact that tbeae
mail order stock selling campaigns ars
supposed to be checked. up snd con
trolled by. ths Federal government I
am also aware of the fact that it
usually happens that many ef them
get away with thousands, often millions,
long before the Federal government
ateps in and stops them. Usually, when
ths Federal government Joeka the stable
door it ia found that the horse has
already been stolen.
"The Stste's Blus Sky Law was paased
for ths purpose of requiring all sueh
companiea as ths International Petrol
eum Company, to submit to a careful
examination before doing business in
North Carolina. The license fee ia only
$200, truly a small amount for a eom
pany with the holdings and ths pros
pects claimed by the International.
"I wish that the Federal government
could be depended upon to protect the
people of North Carolina. It would
savs ths Insurance Department an im
mense amount of labor, bnt experience
teaches us that it can not Whea Unels
Sara stopped Ponzi it wss found that
hs hsd already salted away many, many
millions. Psndolfo of Psa Motor fame,
started with nothing snd eleaned up a
million in a year. Whea Uncle Bam
stopped him thousanda of mea had been
rained. The Federal Trade Commis
sion, after sn exhaustive investigation,
reported that the people of ths United
Stales lost half a billion dollars in fake
stock ia 1920, snd that 8129,000,000
worth of Liberty Bonds had been traded
for worthless stock.
"All this Urns Uacls Sam and hia
agents were on ths job, but ths crooks
got away with it Manifestly, there
fore, other sgeneies srs seeded and in
the Insurance Department ths people
of North Carolina have established sueh
sa agency. They expect it to function
along thees lines snd this it will do, no
matter whom it hurts."
BALD EAGLE KILLED BY
AN ANSON COUNTY MAN
Wsdesboro, April . C. D. Thomas of
Morveu shot a big bald eagle thnt
measured 6 feet from tip to tip. The
eagle was shot at a fish pond owned
by Mr. Thomas. . Eagles are rarely ever
seen in this country and ths big bird
excited quits a good deal of interest.
' ' U Decrease Ia Steel Orders. x
New York, April 9. The monthly
tonnsgs report for. ths United States
Steel Corporation, mads public today,
showed 6,284,765 tons ef unfilled orders
on hand March 81. - This is a decrease
from aa filled orders en February 88,
which were 8,933,867 tons. . i
Little thifberlieni Shown
In Wold Trade Conditions
Few Signs of better Financial and Economic Conditions In
the Near Future Seen ByXracW Commiaaionera and Conj
;'mercial Attaches Ih Foreign Countries; March Trade Sum
, maries Received ; Trada Unsatiifactorjr In Europe '
Washington, April rinsneially Sad
economically the sltusUoa . throughout
ths world improved but little In March,
with few signs ef better conditions to
soma, aceordiag to Cabled summaries
for the month received today by ths
Bureau ef Foreign and Domestic Com
mirss from its trad commissioasrs and
commercial attaches . la foreign coun
tries. .' i
Ia Europe tight money, unemploy
ment aaj unsatisfactory industrial and
shipping conditions wore ia evidence,
while soms declines In prices sad slight
revival of building activities ware noted.
In the east tha situation was described
as somewhat earner, while, in . South
Anuria . conditions were reported as
practically unchanged- from ths prs
vious month. '' ,
Commercial Attache Dennis reported
thnt ths basin ees depression in Great
Britain had increased owing to the pre
peetive failare ef aa early ssttlemeat
with Germany en ths reperatioBS ques
tion Optimism that prevailed ia ths
cotton textile Industry has been dissi
pated, ha declared, both by the increase
ia customs tariff of British India aad
a further decline in the price of silver.
Ths Bussisn trsds ' agreement ia not
expected appreciably to benefit business,
hs added, and traders ars holding off
to secure assurance ss to ths legality
of pasmeat .
V. 8. Imports Reduced.
American Imports into Frsnes eon
tin us to show marked reductions, Com
mercial Attacks Huntington st Paris
informed ths bureau. Unsettled1 Euro
pean conditions, ths uasatiafactory rs
sult ef the reparations conference and
ths re fa sal ef Germany to pay install
ments due on account of reparations
contributed to a dull financial market
i;otiieei;d
AshevHfe Jurist Develops
Pneumonia And Not Expect
. ed To Live Through Night
f
AsheviOe, April 9-Judfe Jster Oou-
ley Pritchard, presiding officer of tie
fourth slreult United States Court ' of
appeals,: is dying a ths Mission hss
pital here. He is hot expected to live
through the night and hops has been
gives np that hs eaa recover.
Despite lis extremely critical eeadl-
tioa snd wteis unconscious hs dsvslon
sd pneumonia this afternoon, Mes
ssges are- pouring la here from many
sections of United States? sxpreesing
sympathy and Sorrow st ths aistia
niahed Jurist's condition.' ' ' ' ''
Judge Pritchard has been 111 for ssv
oral . weeks bat his condition,, took a
tara for ths worse a few days sgo snd
hswss again removed to the hospital.
ARREST 23 ON CHARGE
OF INCITING TO RIOT
Philadelphia. Pa April 9. Twenty
three men alleged to havs been leaders
of s Procession of 190 men and womea
which the police say was marching
toward Cramp Shipyard, ware arrested
today charged with Inciting to riot
They were held for a hearing. The
polies dispersed the procession without
much trouble ana no ons wss injurea.
The authorities received a report that
workers leaving ths shipyard, where
strike hss been in progress sines the
first of ths year, would be attacKaa
snd s larse fores of policemen wss on
duty to prevent n repetition, of sn at
tack made on workers leaving ths plant
on Thursday.
2,044 PERSONS KILLED
IN RAILWAY ACCIDENTS
Washington, April 8 Railroad aed
dents resulted in ths desth of 8.044
persons for ths quarter ending Sep
tember 80, 1980, and injury of 17,947
others as against 1,768 killed and 14,-
738 injured for the same quarter in
1920 snd 8,429 killed, and 16,4446 injured
for the thiM quarter ef 1918, accord
ing to a report issued today by the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Plants- ef Candidates Offered
Wsdesboro. April 8. It is rumored
that there will be several eandldatea ia
tha field for Mayor aad aldermaa in
tha annroachlns primary ia thia city
K, K. Dunlap, s former Mayor, will do
a candidate, he having already an
nounced, and a "working man s ticket"
will, it is said, be brought out, repre
aonted bv Tillman Brows or Sam Bos
well Mayor H. P, Taylor declined to
be a candidate for rcnomination.
SOLICITOR BROCK FAILS
TO TURN OTHER CHEEK
A rather aaasusl narrate took
place Wsdnesdsy sfteraaeu, says
The Stanly Herald, when n Mrs.
Biases wss placed en the witness
stand In Albemarle Baaerier Ceart
te testify In behalf ef a defeadaat,
ladlcted for making bootleg Uqser.
Solldta Walter - K. Brock, ene
tlass secretary ef the Democratic
State executive committee, went
after the weman rather vigorously
sa cress examination, asklag has
among ether things If she didst
let the defeadaat come te her wall
te get water te ope rats a still. .
Mrs.' Biases protected earnestly
that she did not aad asserted that
shs wsa bitterly - opposed te the
sasBBfsctnrs sf whiskey,
After ths woman had been dla.'
missed, she wslked from the wU
ness stand snd naming by Solicitor
Brock dealt Mm a slurp blew en ',
the cheek. The affair brought, .
" down, the house sad Us solemnity 1
ef the court was rudely disturbed
i fee a me meat Solldta- Brock leek -
the OMUiisate good -assuredly.
JUDGE FRITCHARD
during the month. Ths situation also
was dsseribsd as influenced by ths ques
tion of ths Uppsr Silesiaa plebiscite,
the British eoal strike aad ths situation
in Hungary.
' Commercial Attacks' Cross st Brussels
declared high exchange rates and un
satisfactory business conditions con
tinued to impede revival of ths sals of
Am erica a goods la Belgium.
' Government expenditures ars exceed
ing revenue in Germany, Howsrd W.
Adams, representing the Department of
Commerce in Berlin, cabled. He added
that higher taxation seems probsble
and reported prices ef manufactured
goods as about the same as last year
while stocks on hss4 are greater.
- An increased flow of German capital
into Austria Is apparent to Mr. Upson,
ths . department a , representative in
Vienna. v
Anxiety In Scandinavia.
Anxiety is felt in ths Scandinavian
oeautiftes as to futurs developments ia
Russia asd Germsny, Trsds Commis
sioner Anderson, of Copenhagen, stated.
Doubt hs said prevails as to whether
ths British-Russian trada agreement
will result ia important trade relations
between ths two countries.
Foreign investment capital, directed
largely to 'railroad improvement, it
coming into China, Commercial Aataehe
Arnold st Peking reported. An in
creased flow of British, Japanese and
Belgian capital ia noted, he said.
Ths money situstioa is easier in
Japan, Commercial Attache Abbott, of
Tokio, declared, adding that some prog
ress wss being mads towards deflation,
Stocks of both import and export mer
chandise are becoming smaller, with
i (CeaUaaed en Page TwO
Wrfe Of Charlotte Publisher
Asks That Deed Signed By
y Her Be Made Inoperative
' Charlotte, April 9. Two complaints
have been filed by Mrs. Ellen G. Dowd
with, ths clerk of the ' Mecklenburg
supsriot court, one against W. C Dowd
Snd the News, Publishing- Company, ask
ing that ths court snake inoperative s
deed signed by Mrs. Dowd, conveying
tne wropertyt at tnsr corner ex enured
and Fourth streets te the News Publish
lag Company.' Ths othsr 1S against
W. C, Dowd ia which, the -plaintiff asks
the toarv to mats provision t secure
her use sail ry subsistence.
Ths complaints were signed by Tillett
I ssa untune, attorneys, for ths plain
tiff. Ia the eomplaia against Mr. Dowd
sud ths News Publishing Company the
plaintiff alleges:
"While ths plaintiff wss ia ths office
of ths defendant, la the (Charlotte News
building, her husband informed her he
wanted her to sign a paper; that he
informed her whea she asked the na
ture of ths paper that he would tell her
later, that it was aot aeeeeasry for her
to knew then; urged her to sign the in
strument snd go before W. M. Bell
notary public ia the adjoining office
snd seknowledgs ths instrument, that
without reading the instrument, with
out knowing its contents, she did sign
the -instrument and went before Mr.
BeU.
"Notary inquired whether she signed
it freely sad voluntarily snd that she
replied that aha did not, but at her
husband s request
"Thst ths isms day ths defendant in
formed her that the instrument cos
veyed the real estate to the News Pub
lishing Company snd she expressed
surprise snd dissatisfaction, that hs had
secured her signature. That the defend
sst was ths owner of practically all of
the stock of the News Publishing Com
psny, that hs wss president snd gen
eral manager and managed it exclu
lively ss his individusl property; that
ths recitals in ths eertifiente of the
privy exsminstion srs erroneous snd
untrue.
Allegation is nude thst th inatru
msnt had so legal effect to convey her
rights, but that it is s cloud upon her
contingent right of dower snd that the
defendants are claiming that by reason
of her signature to the instrument she
conveyed sll ber interest in ths prop
erty. As a result of. these allegations the
plaintiff asks that the eourt udjudge the
deed as inoperative to convey or trans
fer any rights which ths plaintiff may
havs ia the property.
In the complaint of Ellen O. Dowd
againat W. C. Dowd, the plaintiff alleges
that the defendant separated himself
from her snd fsiled. to provide her sny
subsistence whatever, that ths defend
snt m a msa of large means and en
joys a lareg income, and that aa his
wife shs is entitled to hsvs secured from
his property necessary subsistence se
cording to his means and condition in
life, and ssks that the court take such
ateps as ars necessary to ascertain what
property he haa and hia income and
maks ths necessary provision for her
subsistence.
Asksd as to the charges filed with
Clerk of the Court C. C. Moore by Mrs
W. C. Dowd against W. Cv Dowd and
the News Publishing Company Mr.
Dowd expressed the opinion thst the
proceeding! had not resched a stage
which justified newipsper publication",
except for gratification of gossips snd
scandal mongers.
' Hr. Dowd stated further that while
it is smbarrassing and humiliating to
keen silent under the publieation of
charges that he knows to be absolutely
untrue, hs mid he prefer to pursue this
course st the present time and aska the
public to withhold its judgment until
th true facts ars brought -out in open
.court. - ' " '
Mid-April Steeplechase.
Full Course;
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FOR SUBSISTENCE
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IN GEORGIA COURT
Makes Motion For. New Trial
Following Sentence To, Life
Imprisonment ,
TAKEN TO ATLANTA TO ,
AWAIT ACTION APRIL 30
Plantation Owner Accused Of
Causing- Deathi Of Eleven
NegToes Takes Sentence
Calmly; Jasper County Jury
To Start Inquiry Into. Eight
Other Deaths Monday
Covington, Ga. April 8. John 8.
Williams, Jasper county farmer, was
taken to Atlanta and placed In jail to
day to await aetion April SO oa his
motion for a new trial, which was nude
hers ' today Immediately after hs was
convicted and sentenced to life-time im
prisonment on a charge of murder. He
sxprssaed confidence hs would finally be
cleared of the ehargea.
The trial was ths first one arising
from accusations that Williams esuied
ths killing of eleven negro farm hinds
'after Department of Justice agents had
started to invastigsts alleged peonage
charges on his farm February 18, last.
Three of the negroes, including Lind
say Peterson, whom hs wss specifically
charged with killing at ths trial ending
today, were alleged to kve been
brought into Newton county ' and
drowned.
The other sight negroes were declared
by Manning, negro tsrm boss and self
confessed accomplice, to havs bees
killed ia Jasper county snd inquiry by
ths grand jury with s view to In
dieting Williams snd threes of his
sons is to open there Monday.
Defeadaat Calm.
- Williams sppeared to take his con
viction calmly, but whsa his wife snd
daughters broke into sobs, their grief
effected him and hs struggled to kids
his emotions ss he sought to comfort
them. Hs wss allowed to rsmsin la th
eourt room with them for ten or fifteen
minutes befors bsing taken to Atlanta.
Dats for trial of Williams on the
other two indictments hers has not
been set, nor has the eourt announced
when Manning will bs tried, although
it waa indicated ths 'asgre would faee
a Jury before' the regular July term.
Uounsel for Williams hold that hs can
not ba tried oa the indictment charging
murder of Willis Preston, whose body
wss round ehslned to that of Peterson
bnt -the State contends the Indictment
resulting from the desth of Prestos is
a ' separata 'tae and that Jiseaa bs
tried on it ss well ss on th third Indict
ment charging murder of anothor terra,
Harry race. The defense contended
the drowning of Peterson and Prestos
wss obs set
MONTICELLO GRAND JURY
WILL SEEK INDICTMENTS.
Monticello, Ga-April 9. Indictments
againat John 8. Williams aad three of
hia sons snd Clyds Manning, negro
farm boss, on charge of ths murder of
a total of fourteen negroes and Indict
ments sgainat six .t seven other clti
sens on ehsrges of lynching- Eugene
Hamilton, negro, will be sought st the
grand jury Investigation beginning next
Monday . at Monticello, aeeording to an
nouncement tonight from Solicitor Gen
eral Doyle Campbell.
HARRIS TEMPORARILY
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Charge Withdrawn After Tele,
gram Is Explained; Whit,
man To Question Man '
Buffalo, N. Y, April 9. Boy Harris,
Whose confession Of complicity in th
murder of Joseph B. dwell, New York
sportsman and eard expert, has puuled
the Buffalo and New Fork police for
two days, had a first degree murder
charge placed against him for four
hours tonight The charge was. placed
opposite his nania on ths police blotter
of the Niagara street station at 6
o clock. At 10 o clock Polies Chief Btg
giria announced the ehsrge .would be
withdrawn and the man would be held
on an open charge.
The charge of murder againat Harris
waa a mistake, it was stated, due to
the faulty transmission of a telegram.
which advised Chief Higgina to "hold
Harris. The telegram, from Acting
Chief Inspector Thomas Murphy of New
York snid:
Hold Boy Harris on his confession
of the murder of Joseph B. Elwell hers
in June, 1920, pending further inves
tigation. '
Te Interrogate Harris.
New York, April 9. Former Gov-'
ernor Charles a. whitman announced
tonight that hs will go to Buffalo to
morrow to interrogate Roy Harris, who
confessed to Buffalo police that he
and an aerompliee were hired by a
woman to murder Joseph B. Elwell last
June. Mr. Whitman will be accompa
nied by Police Captain Arthur Carey
of the homicide squad.
Whether Herns will be brought to
New . York and detained in connection
with tha Elwell ease will depend largely,
it was said, on the result of the interro
gation, by Whitman snd Carey.
NJEGR0 KILLED WHEN
ENGINE LEAVES HAILS
Petersbiir, Vs..- April 9 A bolt on
the rail eansed ths derailment of th
locomotive of northbound train No. 84,
Atlantic Const Line, known as the "Ha
vana Special within the city limits of
Petersburg at 2:15 o'clock thia after
noon. Passengers snd members of the
train crew escaped uninjured, but s
negro wnmnn, later identified as Mary
Blsnd. Jnnltress st ths Enst Ward
hegro -school, walking . ajoiig-side the
tracky was 'killed when ths engine top
pled, ever en her.
CBS GOOD F(j
FIIJAL SETTLEMENT
OF M
Miners Agree To HoId.Confer
ence With Mine Owners Of v
v B"tatn Monday,
mTmers'f
and agree. to meeting ' .
Unexpected- Agreement Oires ".
Liveliest Hopes In England
That Qra Industrial Crisis
Will Be -Averted1 Through.
Negotiation; Arthur Hen-
derson Expresses Confidence
Landan, April flv-ffly tb AmosUtsd
Press.) Ths strike of ths eoal miners,
which threatened te carry with, it a
general strike of the rsilwsymsa aad
transport workers, seems now to bs in
a fair way of settlement through aego
tistions. - , . - . . . t -: v
The dispute through out hss bees
fruitful of surprises, aad anothor ens
wss sprung tonight, whsa nftsr sea
ferenees and interviews . between ths
parties concerned tasting all day long,
snd whsn. it wss supposed that sll ef
fort te move the misers had proved -ineffectual,
it was suddenly announced '
thst ths miners had yielded aad thst a
conference with ths eoal owners hsd
been convened for' Monday to disease
ths questions Involved, while notices
were sent to ths mining districts urg
ing abstention from -any actios that -would
interfere with necessary meas
ures for ths ssfety ef the'miass, -
Ths only explanation yet svailabls
ss to what inducements were offered
to the miners te remove their- rooted
objection te assenting te steps securing;
ths safety sf ths mine owners' property -is
ths somewhat cryptic statement of
Freak Hodges, secretary ef ths Miners'
Union 'ths conference was arranged
unconditionally . .
May Yield Pumping . Point. - .1
Whether the rumors that ths govern,
ment Is willing thst ths wage qncs.len:
should be sdiusted en a national basis'
may bs held to explain the change
ia the situstion is uaknowa. If, as Mr.
Hodges suggests, ths govsrnmrat and
mine owners hsvs really agreed to sn '
unconditional conference, that would be
sufficient to induce the miners ts yield '
the pumping point Ia any case, the1
unexpected agreement gives ths liveliest1
hopes thst ths struggle which would.!
hsvs swept the country,, will ba averted. '
Arthur Hsndetsen. : the lsbof leader.
whs Is. is etoss touch with all ths aegq.
tiatioas. although aot personally con
corned ia today s meetings with Premie
Lloyd George, was tonight full ef eon
fidene that thtrs till be as general
strike, fussdsy. . ., --v i. . .
Ths sseeutivs edmntittt of the triple
alliance, after a eoafereaee with the -Premier,,
issued, thSj Mlewtng state
ment tonight t , , . . . , t - .
It hss besA agreed that t First, tha
government rhsll Simmon a conference
of representatives ef the Miners' Fede
ration sad ths sosl owners at ths Bonrd
of Trade at 11 o'clock Monday morning
to discuss ths 'question la dispute be
tweea the two partiss. aad. second the
Miners' Federation shall tonight issue
notices te tne . federation's branches
urging ths miners to abstain from Sny
aetion interfering with meaaures neces
sary for insuring ths safety ef the
mines or necessitating" the ass of fores
by the government1' '
Government Accepts. '
The statement was issued' br Mr.
Hodges snd J. H. Thomss. sssrstarr '
of the Nationsl Union of Kailwaymea,
and Mr. Thomas, in an interview, said
it was tne result of negottatlona between
the railwayman, transport workers aad
ths government snd had bssn accepted
by the miners.
The triple nlusnee win remain la
permanent session during the negotia
tions, in order, if necessary, te give
effect to thsir previous decisions, ' '
uoneerning ths probability ef a set
tlement, ths Pftss Association aayst -
mere is aconite hope thst ths s evo
lutions will proceed smoothly sad thst
not only will aetivs intervention by the
rauwaymen sua transport workers be
averted, but that ths mixers' stoppags
win do enaea. tbo early return of
the pump men is possible. r .
Throughout the dsy ths represents.
tires of ths -trials alliance sostinusd '
their efforts to bring about negotiations
between the miners and ths govsramsat
After ths third Interview between a
deputation of railway men and-trans,
port workers with ths Premier at Down,
ing street lasting ninety minutes, J. H.
Thorns and Harry Gosling, leader of
ths transport workers, rs ported thst the
deputation wss going to discuss mstters
ngain with the miners, but would aot
tee the Premier again until tomorrow.
Hold Conferences.
At this conference Sir Erie OeddsSL
Lord Birkenhesd, Sir Robert 8. Berne,
Austen Chamberlain aad other metnbera - -
of tha government were present.. After
this conference the rrsms Minister weal
to Buckingham palace and had aa audi
encs with the king. .
During the course ef the day It waa
reported that provided the pumping
difficulty could be surmounted ths gov
ernmcnt was aot adverse to negotiating
the wage question on a national basis,
ss claimed by ths miners. It is not
absolutely certain, however, that ths
government will go thst far with respect
to wages. - .
Ths cabinet today Sanstionsd mess
ures to ensure the. safety 'sf ths mlase
to Wsles 'and Scotland to protect the
volunteers snd pumpers, together with,
sdditional troops to aid . ths. civil an.
thorities in ths maintenance ef publle
ordrr aad essential national service.
The war office announced that Lies
tenant General, Ths Esrl 'of Csvsa, has
been appointed to the chief command '
of the London snd ' AMeMot district
with hesdqusrters st the Horss Guards '
for the present emergency. .. , J
DRIY1NO FOREICN COAL . . i :(
- t -
BUSINESS TO THE V. SV
.' New York, April . 20. Ths British
miners' strike is driving, foreign seal
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