North Carolina Newspapers

" s . l i Tn3 Jferih I sro'iiae Friday end Ssturdar, hot : sack chaag la Us Umperatar. , - " mm mmmm V0LCXlil.NO. 105. DAVE BLAIR STILL LABOR BOARD PUTS n'p Anmnin liiuumuuiiu "J ' Oil CAPITOL HILL Winston-Salem Candidal Views Outlook For Landing- . Job Quite Philosophically TENNESSEE POLITICIAN , GETS INTO THE RUNNING Illinois Banker Has Ear Of See.' i ret ary , Mellon and May Be Named Commissioner Of In ternal .BeVenue; Judge By- . sum 'Leads Carolinian! .In - Bace For Circuit Judge ", -. i'xi ' ' Tha News and Obaarrar Burtan, " 603 District National Bank Bldg By BDWABD sVBBITTON.1 , ' " (Byv8peMl'liVBd vyiwJx.. Wasbington, April 14.Dav Blair, of Winstoa-Sslem, waa still on th Job to day of akapiaf things up'to'b ap- poiotetCommisionr of Internal Beta nu. On yetWrdsy as saw George X. Christian.' secretary to th President, nnir RUN aad today he aaw President -Harding . and talked with him about appointment "Aa I anderetawd th matter," aaid . Mr. Blair, 'tba matter is still aa opea aha. M decision hsving beea reaehad, aid I feel that I .have chanee." "Mr. Rlalr did not hesitate to discuss tha poiau of availability, of tho other me ' - wkn ara aeekini tha plaeo, and wpok of Bobert W. Blair, of Wythorille, V., and Detroit, Michigan, with a roeora or f'f iit year ia tho revenue aerriee, enlist ment ia the World Way aa a prirate and emerging it a mJo; of Col. Edward Clifford, of Illinois, 'and kin reputatioa at a banker and buaiaeM maa at well a tho desire of tho administratioB to do bmethinr for Illinois of ex-Governor Ben W. Hooper, f ' TennoMee, 0 nail tha feeltns- that th roeerd of Tea netsee ia tha Uat election, and ita posi; tioa aa a Bouthern BTites going nepuo - J liean was such aa to help hia eauie. Mr, . Blair's plans wore to lesve tonight for hii home at Winston-Salem unless unt- ' -thing turai up to bold him over, v Hooper Making Good Showing. ' Friends of Colonel Clifford denied to- day that he wai oat of the running aa had been reported yesterday, and hold that hia ehineea have Improved, while it 1 it getting more and more evident that cf (ioTornor Hooper, of '- Tennessee, i being considered carefully. Secretary Mellon ia Mid to bo very favorably dis posed toward Qoloael Clifford boeauie of hia banking and business activities ' " But no one la forgetting Joseph H. Me- Dennett, of Weot Tirgiaia, who with - - Cnloweft Clifford ke iharod- th honor ".. of being rcgardeol no in the lead. Not- witkeunding tbo mnmpneiiy ot can .lidatee there la ao doubt but that Mr, Blair of North Carolina Jaoldl oa to linnet that he will bo ehoaen, and that "' the eommittee that eama here ia hia behalf a few daya ago bolda that be ha a big ehaaea to land. But the fleld hat . narrowed aad a doeiaioa it early eineeted. Talk here favor the idea that Judge W, P. Bynom, of Greenaboro, haa the best of U if ay North Carolinian It rhoaea at tueeeaaor to tho late Judge .. Pritehard. Bit friend are active ia hia behalf aad it ia reported that there will bo many petition from lawyera -v throughout the Btato teat to Waehingtoa -V endorsing him for the vacant Federal - ? jodgeahip. There U Ulk alto that Fraak Linney. Bopublieaa Stat chair- maa hat hii eye oa the place aad that he ia going to make fight for it, 1 If that ia tn thea then wilt be another , lire time in th 8tat a to what Bo- ... publican, will be put - forward a the mtehin enndidnto for dittriet attoraey. David H. I)!uir hold that Judge Bynum . it th man for th judgeship. Speakitif . of the matter thia at ternoon, be taid t "The only poaaibl chance for North Carolina to get th appointment it for th Bepubiiean to put forward a man of overshadowing ability aad pre-emi-- nent fitness, 'judge William P. Bynum it Jutt that tort of a man. It would be wist for th Republicans of North Caro i Hat to units upon him." ' . With about (200,000 already aubaeribed mack progreu 1 reported ia starting . th miilloa dollar trust company with - North Carolinian back of Wl organ i aatioa, aad active work U adding to the tubsCriptioa list.- The company it to :, havt for iU president, Ooorg1 B. Me ... Leod, of Lnmberton. former Stat-Bea ttor from Boboaoa eoanty, who ha la th last few year boea connected with oil interests in Oklahoma, aad who it Mid to have landed quit a bag of -. cash. Percy Foetor. of) Washington, a wall know sltiaea. J w b a vies preti- ' dtnt aad treasaror ht th organisation, while Bobert W. lavtttter, formerly of - Oxford, It t be aa other vice preaideat, - with Attorney Kotart n. McNeill, for- deat aad esonsel. The organisation aa- . atoaeo that it 1 to have a Modem baak buQdiag. Btoek la tho proposed ' bank is iag sold by the Premier i Fossae Costpaay, which haa rgaalaed other baak I oa th "Fowl plaa," Th . par value of th stock is t at 80 a share whu ue price asked a H abar. Th aubseriptioa blank aayt with rfr4 to tho oztra 19 asked that "it it aaderateod aad agreed Uat aot mar tkaa 18 per shir f thla tnbetrlp tioa.ahall be aaodby th Premier t - Fiaaao Compaay ia defraying all s '' peases of every deseripUoaliMcident to ' th organlsatioa of the proposed bank : lag traat aad mortgage tompaay Inelpd ' ing attorney's fees, charter, printing, advertising, franchise tax, clerical hire, and somplst equipment of th banking , trust aad aiertgago compaay' offlee." All tki work is to be don immediately npoa th eompletioa of the Ml of th stock. s f Bomo Tar Heel New. Announcement i mad by th War ' ' Department that Bobert T. Amis. Dost- . office at Virplina, designated by Senator ' Amnions for appointment , to " West Point, ia to submit aa odueatioaal eer tiAeata mh a view to admisaioa oa July ; ..voaiuuMM a) f sgt-TwO SIXTEI PACJES TODAYS StOP TO NATIONAL ABRffllEIITSPlAII Orders Abrogation Of National ' Agreements Effective July - kft . a . .... . V . : . ' i : ' rirsx CALLS CONFERENCES TO PAS , UPON , DISPUTES naHaion Of Bo&rd AntomatL caDy Befen AllUpatei As To Working ' Conditioni and " Bnlea Back Io individual . Oonf erenee Between Boade : and their Employes Chicago," April 14.-(By the; Associ ated Press.) Nstlonal agreementk de fining working eoaditiont for employes oa all American railroads formerly oa ?tr the Federal railroad admiaittration, war today ordered abrogated, aifeeliv July 1, 1921, by the United BUtee Bail road tabor Board1, j - : - V 1 ' - The board call upon Hhe ofieer aad system organisations ( of employe of each road to select repreeentativee "to confer mnd to decide" . aa much .of th rule,' controversy aa"- possible. ' " "Such eoaffrreaee shall begin at th earliest poserbl date, the doeiaioa tald. While tbo decision did aot specifically say , so, members of the board - aaid that all disputes as to rule aad work- tag 'Condition utosnUelly ware re ferred back to individual conferences between each individual road and ita employes, . Thia method of procedure had baea . sought, by th . railroads, whereas th labor aid had 'favored a national conference between representa tives of all roads aad all uniona. . Employe - Affected. Th decision affected all railroad m- nlovea oxoeot those ia train servie. who are underjseparate tgroeaMata bo twa th .individaal railroad aad the four big brotherhoods. - - . Ia. connection with . th-conference negotiations, th board laid dowa a set of sixteen principles to serve at a foua datioa for any-, role which may-be agreed to ia th conference. ' The pres ent general -rule hearing before the labor board, Which haa been ia progress since January. 10, will continse antil both sides have completed their testi mony, following which the board ''will promulgate tueh rulet aa it determine jutt 'and reasonable as soon after, July 1, 1921, a it, reasonably possible and will make them effective as' of Jnly 1, The suteea principle -outlined by the board were drawn up by Henry T. Hunt of the pablie group and upheld the right of the employe' to 'ergdnlte ' for lawful purposes, th right to negotiate through representative of their choos ing, the light of seniority and th prin ciple of ' th .eight-hour day. It was specified that "eight hour work matt b given for eight boar pay."? Espion age should aot be practiced by either side, ighe doeiaioa aaid, and employer representatives should have th right to mats an agreement applying to all em ploye, ia th craft or alat f the rep resentative., ' . FRANCE ACCEDES TO U. S. VIEW AS TO CLAIMS BerjlT Of French Premier To Secretary Hughes!, Notes - '-,-: Pleases Officials 1 Washington, April- It. The French reply to Secretary Hughe' note re garding mandates, th only on tha far received from any of the four great power addressed, waa made public' sim ultaneously today- in Washington aad Paris. It w ia th form of a letter from Premier: Briand to Ambassador Wallace aad ia of a preliminary nature, If. Briand stating that a full raapoa could aot b mad "until after aa an deratsnding hat beosf 'reached between the government of the four interested power at the aext "meeting of th Su preme Council of th allies." V- - Th reply was issued by . to tat Department without comment, but ad ministration fficsrs aid it waa vary agreeable to th United State and while not aa absolute eoaunitment, was couched ia diplomatic language that waa tantamount to a recognition of th prin ciple laid dowa by Mr. Hughes. . The French premier deal directly with th Japanese mandate ovsr th Pa- eifi Islsnd of Ysp, but doe aot advert peeineally to th Americtn claim to1 equal righta with the other" principal allied aad associated powers. t IBM fcjut , orrfief Secretary Ddniels. ; 'a Twa taomontoB pr war cabiaet meeting Beprttttd motioa mark . : member f eabiaet as the assemble One thought dominate all mind ' -"Pdrley i ao longer poesibie" Presides t read Germaa-not aloud " ' Doeiaioa to break relations It uaaniaout Daniels, toavlnosd hostilitie , ar near, scads warning to Nsvy Meetitg of March SO bring suprem deehrioa Ten mea vote for war Special eMioa f Congres advtnetd,'? tw weeks want to do right, whether it .ia popalat at aot" Maya oraerea m onag aiianno aeet t By J08BPHUI DANIELS Former Setrotary of CteiHaat Jtll.'to Joka w. MB, fin 1 1 H as CaaaSa aad skiiaiiaM Cams, tt nakai tawnn ' .I want todo right, whether it ia -, Th ward fell colemaly aad deliberately from th lip of President Wilson a hia eye searched th souls of tht grave-fseed man gathered about the cabiaet 'table. - - - rl r- ' "4- ' '' . Already the clamor tad counter-clamor was rising from th country. Th sympathies aad prejudice of. msa wer finding voice j pacsion were being stirred to utterance. Th echo of th tumult eoald not be excluded wholly from th cabiaet room. Each of ut felt th aTibratioa of -popular sentiment aad de mand t eaea ol as needed tn tesdylag VI civ them th plae of prominence of two momentous pre war cabinet meetingSi because. I believe they etpress, better than anything I'eouldoay, the spirit and attitude. of Woodraw-Wilaoa from th first day of Ameriea'a eriaia to th hour whea he resigaed the earea It is any eoavietioa. as a result of close aaaoeiatioa .with kirn la tlmos of supreme stress, that ia every great ques tion the principle embodied ia kit sim ple bt profound ntteranee con trolled the course he ultimately , decided to take. Wha h nud ap hi mind that a thing waa iciest, .that it ahould be dene, ka.did it, tregardloM $t ita effect oa hi party or hit personal ' fortunes. -Stoa far the Job.-, Hi hritie say that h mad mistake. H nay hav mad ome; yet I doubt if-any other maa of oar geaarattoa ia hhr poaitioa would have made as few. Whoa, he stepped from the Whit House avfew weeks ag one- of hia bitterest aowtpape ertties, referring to hit lead- rahip daring hia war yeara, mid of him, ' lie waa th maa for the war. : Even his btttereat enemies eaanot questisn hia motive or his 'parity of purpoae.I, can say without mervatioa that during th entire eight year of hia administration. I hav never kaowa of a single .instance ia. which he did aot act ia accordance with hi convic tions. It- has always .boea hia custom aot to ask, "It thia popular 1" bat "Is it rightt" ... At I intimated ia my first article, the navy waa ready" for , mob ill xa tioa within 84 hoar after BemstorfiF bad de livered hia U-boat ultimatum 1b effect it waa thatto th Btato Department. The word bad gone to every ship and station en Thursday, February 1. A cabinet meeting waa called for. th afternoon af .Friday, February", v ; - Aa we assembled not on of a failed to realis th sign inca nee of the occf aion. "Th hour had oms for a tro- awndoaa doeiaioa. Tha tim for aeao tiatioa aad. parley waa'at ah d. This oavistuMat I beliavs, wat ia th soul of every maa who- rose At prect the rresl- dent whoa he entered th room. : : . The olemartyof tlie moment had ia- tensified the austerity which those Who do aot know him well mistakenly sup pose to bo hi prevailing humor. Aa I shall show later, Wood row Wilson i asaa of geniality aad humor.. . . But thia was a day whea only aerioaa thought eoald hold plaeo- id aay mind. Th destiny ' of lQOftOOfiW' people lay ia tho haada of th President of tho United Btatco perhap the deotiay of the world. . No man there had failed to read, th text of the Germaa note which was the occasion of our meeting, but th Presi dent, in mease red toae, giving weight to every aitmifleant syllable, read it to a again. .. Cabinet la Caaalavoea, - a I havs no doubt his mind waa already mad up a to tho right course -to teas, but, before expressing aa opinion, h called upon hia colleague to deelar their view. Eaeh maa apok freely aad fraakly what' he thought. Expressions varied ia too and. in approach to th main problem, but all agreed apok one thing th tim had com wheat- diplo matic relatione with Germany mutt be Mvered. This waa tho President's bslicf. Nor do I think- it was any surprise to him that hia colleague war unanimous ia rapport of it Tha cabinet stood aa a unit for tho dismissal of Ambassador Bersttorff and th ndlng f all farther traffic with th empire f th Hohen aollevnt. - Although the session lasted for sev eral hours, this doeiaioa waa -reached comparatively early. It had required no debate. The unanswerable' argu ment waa before a ia th German aot defiant, perfidious, barbaric. Th remaining time was devoted to discussing what should be the next ttep la th various departmsat of th gov. eramsnt. Mora particularly ia those of tat, war and navy. Th severance of relations, it was realised would areata Former President Woodrow Wilaoa and His War Cabinet. , Hampton roads. -V,. tho Navy-11I to Wik'V v' MtbaI wdb uwiaiua MS. OtCTftoM m Oitat BrHatt, ma) fantsa tansoam. tortwlMs vovnlar ar-aiot?. . s ; , , , word of Oar great loader. ' : ia this article, which ia te tall the stnrr aa xeoodincly critical aituation, aad ao owm ; u-iea lo deceive himself with the upporitwa .that it was act likely to Uad ia a few week at most t opsa war. . Bene . the . importaac. xf- map ping a programme for, lmmojjato ac tion. . Aarodof Csmgroaa' Bapport. From the eabiaet meeting the presi dent went to th eapitol and discussed tho situation with members of th ca at committee on foreign relations and other Matter. B was aaaurod of their support ia any steps he eontidered accessary."' y , .. . I returned to th navy department So thoroughly convinced hostilities were imminent that I scat out th following telegram ""tjix Alnav. Ia view of prM' ent "international aitaatioa take every precaution to, protect th government plants and vessels. , "Alaav" wa the code word for "All thtatvy. . I pass bow te th second of th two prewar eabiaet meetings which had to do with big decisions.' Mueh happeaed betweea Feb. and March 20 of absorb ing interest aad importance, but l"will reserve telling of it for a subeeqeunt article..', . " starch M Fateful Date. ' Tuesday,' March 20, hat beea ' over looked ia th war chronologies to t ar at I hav observed. But th day ahould b then anil underscored s a day fateful for America and mankind. Eleven days earlier the President had eallsd CongvoM to meet la special ses sioa oa April' 16, to receive rack com munication a may be mad by the ecuuvo." i'i .ivi"" Vi But venU tWf moving ' raoidlT. Four American ,! had: boea- sunk Without .waralagUiV -Algonquin, . City of Memphis, Illinois and Vigilaneia with the Joe af -American lives, 6t maa tl-boata were destroying shipping, neutral at well beUijereat, by the hundred thousand ton. On Marsh' 12 w had bogua arming msrehantmen. but t wai already evident thia defense was insufficient- Shall Cottaree be called ia . aeoeioa at aa aarlicr date I - If so, what message should th Presi deat send ia view of tho eituatioaf These were the two vitally important quettioa the meeting of March SO waa called to answer. , Wltasa amlalae SltaaUoai With aa even greater solemnity "than had' marked ki utterane following th receipt of th U-boat nots. th Presi dent set fsrth 'th serious character of th titaatioa. H told what had beea doa to protect American lives: he re viewed th failure of these measures to insure absolute - security: hs teemed diainelinod to tah th ttep which would allow of wo jreeall, but. with a sort of detachment from th emotional phass of the problem, he submitted it to the cabiaet aad iavited aa individual expremioa of opinion. There were thoss present - who had beea ready for some month to enter th struggle: there wer other who. sharing in eagerneM of th President to protect American rightt, if possible without recourse to war, had com re luctantly to the doeiaioa that there was now nothing left to do but to defnd those rights with th full power of th nation, whatever coat it might involve1. It was carton to listen to maa after maa present hia view,. Every maa of th tea wa making for theMame goal, the Mm terrible but inescapable ob jective, and every maa approached it by a different path. "Only On Coarse Opsa. The argument varied: the measur ot amotion varied ; but ia th end ten , (Continued oa Pig Eleven.) ' -3 r". " VETFRAII LEADER : III POLITICS1 DIES Captain i Thomas f 'r WiHiams : Mason Long One Ot 'North ' Carolina's Prominent Men ; CAPTAIN ON STAFF ' i J 7 OF GENERAL RANSOM Hatty OfVirjinii, But Kduoat. ed At UniTeriity Of , North Oavrolina and Ured For Kear- lj Siztj. Tears In Korth.Car. oUna; One Of the State's Foremost. Orators " Osryeburg, April 14. Captain Thomaa Williama Mason, on of th most sotsd citiisna of Esstera North' Carolina, died tt hia home, "liongvicw tear her this morning at th age of Si. Funeral mr- vieea. will, tak plae at Osrytburg to morrow afteraooa at 4:30 o'eloek.1 Chosen five . timM to represeat , hi county ia th General Assembly, Csptsin Mbmb waa eaivoraalry- considered th most beloved maa 'la Northamptoa eounry and, the whole of hi life waa spent la the service of hie Bute. A successful lawyer, he was also oa of th lasgest land owners of this seetioa. Volunteering ia the Civil War whea but a boy -he served throughout that bitter struggle, being- attached te th staff of General Bobert Rantqoa m eap Uia. -. . Captain Mason graduated from the University of North Carolina aad studied law at the University of Vir ginia. Ia 1885 ho waa elected to hia first Ursa, la the Stat Senate and wa a member from 1801 to- 1895 of the North Carolina Kail road Cqmmiatioa, udob the formation of that body. In 1896 Captain Maeea waa the nomi nee -of the Democratic party for the United Statee Beaato, being defeated in the. election by former Senator Marion Butler. Ia 1890 he was alto tht eaa didat of hit party for Lieutenant Gov ernor on the ticket with Cyrus Watson, nt Wlnston-Balem. Erea ia hi .Utter -yearn Captain Mtsda wa actively interested ia pablie affair and. ia 1913 he represented hia eounry for the fifth and last tim In th General Assembly, sitting ia th Houe besid hie grandson, Senator William Lunsford Long, of Halifax, ; president pro tempo rs of 1981 Senate. " Although a la toebl Health, (japtaui tusou deeply' stitred by th eaus of kia country- ia the war with Germany aad M a leader ia Ma eoaatar U au pstri Otis movemenie. .. . ...... Captain Mason waa bora in Sraas wlek county. Virginia, but removed to this county shortly after hit marriage. whea a young maa to M4m Batty way, daughter of Major William Gray, of Northampton county. - He ia survived by two dauahters. Mrs. I M. Long and Mim Buth Mason, . aad tho following grandchildren; Senator W. L. Long and Dr. T. W. M. Lone, and Mra. F. a. Jarmen. all of Boanok Baolda. and W, J. Long and L. M. Long, of Garyshurg. - Captain Mason had become prdmi nently identified with BsJeigb; by vir tue of ki services ia th Legislature and oa th railroad eommiasion and aw of hi death was received here (Centlaaed en Pag Twelve.) CONFERENCES ON STRIKE BRING AIR OF RELIEF Determined Efforts To Be.Open ' Kef otiations Betweea Min. ers and Mine Owners , Leadea, April lfc Tk depatotlea of membera of the Bease or Common loft th Premlorn reeldence at 11:5 o'clock this , morning. They declined te talk, bat many of them are resorted to have displayed "ea ebvtoaa sir of relief." Lost cm, April lSv(By - the elated- Prats):. Determined efferi ate being made to re-opsn the aegotlatlon between ' the miner aad mine owners for a aettlemeat of the eeel strlkw A deputation from the Hone of Cons. mono visited Promlar . Lloyd aboat Midnight after Fraak Hodgaa, secretary of tht Miners' aaloa, had addressed members of the Hones sad explained the miners' points. The mine ewaers hsvs sum decided to lavlte the miners' leaders to sen. tins the discussion. if . SIXTEEN PAdE3 TODAY.. POWERCOMPANY StIAEES BIGVSTiek; BREATHES THREAT SUPREEC0U3T Southtrn Power Wants Man damus Of Lower Court ' " - Stt Aside , v. Threats of th Southern Power Com pany to- discontinue furnishing slot trit eartaat to , th North Carolina Pabli Sorvic Co, operating tk street railway la, Ballabory, High Point, aad Gfetuboro, aame a-second tim to the Supremo court yesterday morning when argument was heard oa the petition of th Power Company to reverse the mandamus order of th lower court, and th order refusing th transfer th ease to th Federal Court, Mor thaa two year ' have elspssd sites tk cat first appeared oa the docket of th State eourta after th Powtr Compaav had threatened to cut off power in Salisbury aad later ia Greensboro oa the grot ids that th Service Company wa buying th power to retail to private sonsumsrs. Man damus waa issued asainat th nowar company last' December by , Judg J. Bis Say, fitting ia chamber at Greensboro. Tw Imum wer Involved before-tkTaad Observer. Supreme eourt yesterday, rgued for tne nemee company oy Auorey u. Brooks, who bat fought th eat from tht beginningsnd Judge W. P. Byaum, and W. B. (fB. Boblnsoa, Jf, for th Power Compaay, Th Pwr company contended that th isss should bt tried by a' jury aad aot determined by a mandamus, and that tht ease ought properly to be datermiaed in federal Court. The argument wat brief, last ing less than aa hur. Mr. Bobiatoa opened tbi argument for th Southsra Power Company, td dressing himself chiefly to the con teatioa that Judge Bay ahould hav heard tha motloa te-remove te Federal Court, aad the motion for a perma nent injunction as sops rats Imum, and should have beea heard separately and determined, - aeaT npoa It individual merits. H ashed th court to return both to the lower court for individual adjudication. Broader grouad waa take by Mr. Brook wkoa h took up th argumsnt against interference wth th mandamus of th lower soari. Th whole field of obligatloa of public . Mrvie ' eor- poratione ia -their relation to ta p pi of tha commonwealth. No eorpor atiea enjoying eminent domain ha any right to pick and ehoos whom it may servt, be eontendea. . "I am placed ia n rather humiliat in Dosition when I approach thia ease. h mid. "I com into this court and I find th power company contending that Its affaire ought to be passed on by a Federal Court, aad I go before the Cor poration Commission with hst idea ia mind, aad the power eomptay insists that it ahould aot be regulated by tne Federal nmmisslnn but by the Btatt commiMion. Jurist Bvaum. eoawludiag th argu msat for th power company contended that tha imue of the mandamus aid beea hasty, that th lower court had nt tiven tim to prepare tuiisDie answer, aad that th tw Issues should hav been heard aeparately. Be de clared that the Greensboro company wat a more" peddler of th power of th Southern Power Company, aad that th power company had th right to choose whether it would cell te peddler or not. RECEIVES AWARD AFTER WAITING FOR 17 YEARS Chief Gunner In Nary Given Congressional Medal Of Honor By President Washington, April 14. Bobert Ed' ward Cox, of Belmont, Pa., a ehlef gun nor la the nsvy, enjoyed today th unique distinction of hnving the Presi dent of the United States personally pit on hiaTswaat the highest award for valor the - congressional medal or honor. Th ceremony took place in the east room of the White House oa th seven teonth annivermry of th day on which Gunner Cox Mved th battleship Mis, court from destruction by flooding her after-magaslnM after an explosion I the turret had set fire to powder in the adjoining handling room. Two other men, M. Monsen and 8. C. Schepke, then gunncr't mates, but now commissioned officers, previously had received medsls of honor for their heroic work in sa- tisting Cox in removing Injured men from the burning handling room. Thirty men were killed in the tecident Cox tt thtt time held the rank of warrant officer and wat debtrred from receiving the medal of honor by the law providing for Ha award only to en listed mea, though the recommenda tion of the, ciptnin of the Missouri wss approved by -the commander of the North -Atlantic fleet and President. BoosevelL Not until last February a year after the history of the event was l-td before I nngress, was special legis latloa enacted permitting exception to i,s Biailo in Cox a case. TODAY , IS THE COMMUMTl CLEARING HOUSE WA M n 1. VAtt tt lnnuTi.D TWUi pay OKria. ANTED:' Ti! A C It tt R ft F 6 R North Carolina schools. Hundreds of tuoiT openlnRS. TEiCVKT IS E A S: NINBT Y-DAT spackled, best as land builder and trSK. The above ada appear complete on . x1ajr's News and Observer ClasaU - Set pane. There are meatatres . there for you. Read Thssn. PRICE: .FIVE CLNI J Will Not Make Developments to North Carolina As Con templated Unless Commis , . sion ' Grants Requested ' Rate Increase- . TAYLOR MAKES ATTACK ON NEWS AND OBSERVER , fi-: . awsBjsaarianmwswsm' -J 1 ,, A. C. Jones Of Oaiton Bereals Fear In Hearts Of Gaston . Mi2 Supporting;' ' Conten. , lions Of Power Company; Some Mill Bxecutires Take Action Orer' Protest Of DL "rectors And Stock Holders , Iaerease Wffl BaraaTrmpt la dastrfes V'-'.!V , The Sonthern Pwr Company waved th big (tick in tk face of Kortf Carolina Industrie aad Manieipalitiee that hav dared to protect against a forty- million dollar extortion, cracked a whip ever the kead of th oorpora tioa com miss ioasrs, aad eloaed - the argument for a forty percent increase la power rates ia tks Bute late yester day afteraooa with a glorification of Buck Dahe aad a v&ioee attack ea Joseph ut Daniels, editor of tk News Throats of diseoatianed Dnhe . voleaee" decorated the tw aad a half ' atour xiuminauo. wval vrniea Z. V. Taylor clossd the case for the company. It bore out the rs vela tioa of A, C. J, of Gaston county, earlier la th dap that the Gtttoa Couaty Cotton mU asking th commission that they be allowed to new the Southern Pew.e Company an increased rat for power, wore moved by fMr of th eease queae of opposition. Threat Warn bar L North Carnliaa already preyiag ea South Carolina, is not entitled to the rate iafore and if any fuse is mad about thsea South Carenna win kick aad there'll be trou ble. " -. ' " -;. Threat Number t. Unleeo the In. crease asked for 1 granted eon tern. plated developments that will make Ct achievements look puny, will aot mad la North Carolina. ' Threat Number ' I Unless the in rese ia granted and richer' retara ar allowed to th Southera Powor Com. ptny, tb Duk fortunM new (aided te North Carolina by hia lo" fo ai. aatve 8tet wiB b diverted "i mor. wwitable:'HlMtf . f -3 - Th attack ea Joseph us Deaiela, di. tor of Th News and Observar etm tt - vsry close of hia argumat. . Ml. Tsv lor had just computed a. tribute t J. B. Duk, dripping with etoqaeae. He had pictured him crawling- ovr th brambles, aad beuldsrs of Wateree, 8. wsding through the Mire tad tha marshes mixing with snake and lixard aa atteadaat at eitker arm to protect hit -Hfe vet thea ia eoatsant daatet ot-aceidesW-ell for the benefit af North Carolina iadattrial development, He had pictured hia bcaefaetiena. ' built ap a moaumeat of industrial, ds. vslopment aa a memorial aad eoatrast" ' cd it with the ease by which greater fortuaee might hav beea piled ap ia Wall Stteet. "Why did he do thiaf ka asked, aad while tha CommiMion aad the soeeta- ' tor waited for th certain tatwtr. it cam out. "He Iovm the State thtt a-ava him ' birth.- , . , "Aad yet," he went ea fieroelv. "when he comes before this commiMion and asks for a fair return oa hi invest ments aad his lsbor ia the interest of North Carolina, the unfaireet fight thtt I av ever seen msde upon any maa i mad upon him. I cannot forget that w are engaged ia a law suit. This is a dignified legal tribunal. Tot this eommlMioa is thundered at from th preM, trying to dictate its aetioa. I do say that that ia unfair. A treat North' Carolina daily evea brcathee out tha threat that ubIcm yon do as it desire, it will print your name. I have al ' way called th owner of that nsner my friend, I call him my friend aow. H. Is caps bis. Hia pen it vitriolic aad hi dislikes lodg deep la hi breast and will not b uprooted. But, if J dif. . sot ny that this thing should aot he countenanced, I would be as cowardly as th msn who would b influenced by it." t Weald Reply To Attack. M , ''I'd like to' have aa opportunity to reply to the unfair attack on Mr. Dan-' iels, ' sniil Judge J. Crawford Biggs, ris ing. But it was seven o'clock. With . the concluding sentence of tho Taylor speech, The eommimioa had moved he the door, and the hearing waa ended. . The last of the three days devoted te the argument on ths petition of tha Southern Power Compauy was a repeti tion of the preceding days la the straa i nousncss of debate and in the revela . tioa of trfe preceding days ia the strsa-. the claim of the Southera Power'- Company for its valuatioa above it -33,000,000 Investment. - At the beginning of th day session be fore' the Commission Judge Bigg oinpleted his argument, George Wilson: f, (tfiBtun annearMl far thm Gaatoa county mills who want their toll to the Southern Power Company increased; B.: B. King of Oreoasboro spoke for the protcstantt; Normss A. Cocke inserted an argument for the Southera Power Company; A. C. Jones revealed th fear . ia th heart of th Gaston mills sup. I porting the power company's petition;' T. C. GutSrie summed up the evidence for the protestantt, and Z V. Taylor' concluded for the power company. Infant Iadnatry. A. C. Jones of Gaston, expressing the friendship of the Gastoa niilla for the 8outbera Power Company, recalled that when the P. and N. Ballroad was being : orgifhised by the Mme interests the " mills of Gastoa-signed contracts agree ing to give it half of their incoming and ' outgoing freight. ' r "But we areeomlng before joa,M hs (Contlansd an Page Twex)