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on yetir paper. t Ave drive before e In order to avoid u . , tingle capy. . . Tilt -tad riar Sends ( Koeday Increasing elosdlau. ' VOL. jCXIIL Na 1 14. 1t THIRTY-TWO PAGES TODAY; ; i RALEIGH. N. G, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 241921. ( n ; ; TOIRTWO PAGES TODAY. A ( PRlCEi SEVT-N CENJS i i. 111 .. m i.fjfm y -saw' as yf' i i ' - 7- wwwetMm I I iFW-teggil f ' i ' mTJS COT EG WHISKEY ro Lo onuui.i. 1 " ... ' . -.V - J TWICERS Four Negroes In ' Automobile Chased By Posse From Lunv berton To Fayetteville , LUMBERTON POLICEMAN MAY BE FATALLY SHOT Another " Member Of . Policel Torce Wounded By Negro When Offlceri, Attempt To v EemoT Liquor From Anto. mobile; One Of HegToer ln Party Shot By McOill Lumberion, April 23vVaneo McGill, . pf th Lumberton polk -fore, we ' abot and . dangerously , wounded and , JT. B. Boyle, another month of""thi police fore, waa hoi throng h the 'rn by negro about 8:00 o'elek this morning. On bullet itruek Officer Me Oill la. the abdomen and penetrated the Walt intestines in three place, , And a aeeond ballet passed through hi left am bat missed the bo Be. V Thenegro wu in an automobile with three other negroes and there was about our gallons of liquor 4n the cur. it is stated. The office were ia the act af removing the whiskey from the. ear which we stopped oa Main street in front of the municipal building when ' the aerro, began tiring, The policeman returned the Are ' and ana ballet from his pistol struck the negro, who did the filing in the ... hip. The aegroes left oa the ear lm c sdiately fter the . shooting and a v posse from here followed in hot pur suit, aad ill were arrested -in Fay etteville at 9:30 o'clock this morning. i They said their home was ia Florence, Sent Carolina. The negroes hare been brought here and it la reported that they were car ried to Raleigh. While several hun dred people gathered about the Jail her to await the arrival of the BpsToes. thera wa no evidence of ' violence. - ., ! The wounded efficers were rushed " to the Thompson Hospital, where med ical atten.lon is being giv.u. MeGillt '.chance for recovery are doubtful H , is said, while it is aot thought Boyle was seriously injured. : r Policeman McGill Is a young an' ' married aian and has beta oa the lo eal police-force for several nionthe, ' J'olfcemau Boyle ia probably '40 yean Id bat is unmarried. He ia a aativ . of Ireland bat baa been ia this coun try for quit while. BM waai:e S' loyed o ha poliaa fovea at Max ten, obeeoa county, before " coming 'to Lnmbertoa teveral years ago. Both art fear leas aad valued officers. KEGROES MKC LONG TRIP ' . -ON JUMLES9 ABTO WHEEL Fayetteville, April 23. Four aegroes ' charged with shooting two polieemon 1 la Lnmbertoa early this morning, were captured hero four hours after the shooting by a possa of police and county officers. They were takea back to .Lumberton by Bobeson officer, leaving ' here la aaiomobilee about 10:30. i f-Immediately after the two- officers Were shot dowa ia Lnmbertoa authori ties there telephoned to Fayetteville ai ' wall other towaa throughout thia aee- tioa asking that a watchout be' kept for the fleeing negroes, who left Lnm bertoa in an old Bulck ear. Abont 9 o'clock both the sheriff's office aad po lice headquarters here received a 'phone meesago from Kelly Tew at hie Store an . Ramsey street that two strange aegroes were in a ear at the Store of Charlie 1 Williams, aegro, ia that neighborhood. Sheriff N, H. MeOeaehy and. Deputy Al . 1'ate immediately drove to Tew a store to Sad thatPolieemea MrQnage aad Callahan' had already arretted the two aegroes.. ,' i The negroes informed the sheriff that another negro, who had been shot, was ia a house is the country near here. Sheriff HcGeaehy and Fata took the negroes in their "ear and roda to ""the house, seven and a half miles out on the Linden road, and brought the thro tea back to Fayetteville. 1 1 ' la the meantime Assistant Chief of Folic McLeod arrested the fourth ne-. gra ia the Standard Hardware store aa 1'crsoa street, where h was pureha ing some automobile parts.' , The officials from Lnmbertoa traced the fleeing negroes to Fsyetteville, their ear having been run oa the rim after a tire was eat out. The officers from Robeson, who- arrived here in time to tnka the mea back to Lnmbertoa, were Chief of Police Barker, Deputy Sheriff Arch Prevatt, Policemen Pittman, E. H. Crighto 3. E. Walter aad Ed. U lever. Ia sdditioa to the officers thera were a aamber of deputised eitisess in the party. . ' The negroes captured are James Wil liams, shot ia the thigh, James Grice, Bpeaeer James and Bennis Begers. They all claimed that they worhed at Florence ' and were oa their way, there whea they got lost aad went to Lnmbertoa through mistake. , The atory told by the bo- " groee ia that they were held ap by the Lnmbertoa policemen. The officer from Lnmbertoa, whea asked how the shooting eeearrod, declared that they could aot say aad were aaable to learn, who Bred th first shot. ,: XSGEOKS NOT BROUGHT TO RALEIGH FROM. LUMBERTON Th four Lnmbertoa negroes irrested for the shooting of tws poller officers . had aot been brought to the 8tst prison early last sight. It was stated by of- ficisls ia charge of that Institution. bqlly'springs woman dies . in hospital at durham Durham, April 23. Mr. George W. TJtley, f Holly Spring; died Friday morning at Watts" Hospital. - She had beea a. life-long resident - of Belly Springs aad was greatly beloved. Her only surviving relatives are oa brother J. D. Hobdie, wf Lynehbarg, Va, aad several aeices and nephew. Faaeral arrviee were held from the Methodist ehrueh thera Saturd.-ty, conducted by tt Ct Di Morris, a yersoaai liiaad, OAS ounfiTlffP FLOOD .or gold focrs . INTO NEW YORK FROM ' .A ' FOREIGN COUNTRIXS .Mew Tark, April SS-Tha Read of gold that recently has beea pearlng lata thia eeaatry araa-aagmawtad ta day by the arrival of several ship auata af the metal Valaed at awarly lll.see.sea, from Oblomhla, laaia, Sweden mm4 ether patata. The ateaau ahlp Drettlaifcelm frem J, Sweden braaght the largeat ahlpsseat,- sen slating of balllen valaed at 9Ta set. The ataamshia) Mleaw Anaster. das, which sailed fna Hollaad aad stooped at Bsitisb potta, broagh la another balk valapd at $4Mtt aad , worth Vf geld basa ar-; rived from CaktU am the Trafford. Smaller asaoaata cam aa steamers from Calnmblaa porta. ' AO the gold waa aamatgaed aa Mew Torkbaaka. , POSSE SEARCHIf TOR NEGRO RAPIST Un1(novvn Man After Assault ing Pitt County Woman At tempts To Rob.Homg Greenville, April County au thorities ana smzen are wnignt m stHuting a vigilant aeareh for aa aa knowa aegro man, who last Bight tm- tared the homo of Charlie DaU, whit farmer residing about two milee of this city, aad after eriminally assaulting his wife, threatened to instantly kUl her aad her baby if ah didn't enr render every bit " of money in the House. , .. The neighborhood ia which the crime waa committed has been considerably wrought up over th ' affair, ' but so far all attempts to - locate the aegro have beea without, saeees. . Th story of the crime aa told by Mr. Dail lm mediately after it occurred ia ena of the mast horrible that ha beea perpe trated ia thia seetioa of the SUto la some year' aad hss arroud sueh in donation that it is probable tha aolprit will be dealt with severely if caught. i Domaads Money First. , The aegro made hie . appearance at the kitchen door. while Mrs. Dail was cooking aupper. Thera . waa aa. oae present eieept a tittla chUd wales. ga beea moved from another room ad placed ia a eradl by the mother; o the eonld be in aearaoat to it. Horri I ii at th appearaace of the aegro, the woman crabbed her baby aad started to run aot at Another door, but bad proceeded ear a few steps before- a grabbed her aad Ioree4 Mr Mea to-th aeater af th ; room, -deelartag if ah mad anmacf mevemen t h would "b her last. . v , ' , Fearing harm, would some - a th ebild, th mothe placed it. back Into tha aradle, and as aha did so th aegro grabbed her, aad demanded the money. - She told him where it w bat instead of going to the place abe Indicated, ha daclared 'he Waated aomethinn- - "lee. - Tha " mother was thrown forcibly to tha door, aad whea divining what tha aegro really meant todoahe attempted to cry oat for as sistance, the was strangled aad again told if she made another effort to at tract attention), she would be killed. Wemaa Retains Ceneeleasa By aa' almost tuperhomaa , display of strength, the woman maintained consciousness and when released jumped from the floor a quickly aa posubi and faced tha brut. "Now where la th money, h de manded of bar. Ha waa again directed to the Dlaee. where tha eaah waa sup posed to be put away, ana wnea ne turned to gala posoeesioa of it, th mother snatched th baby' from th cradle aad fled through the front door to the homo of neighbor who ifwe about o hundred yard from th Dail horn. . . Mrs. Dail waa la a fainting eoaditioa when she ran panting into the " home of the neighbors. A poos acourea tae snrroundina! woods for tha negro, but ho could aot bo located. Every ef fort ia being put forwdrd by eouaty officials tonight, to bring about apprehension- af the aes-re, -but so far all efforts have beea without avail. Mrs. Dail ia about H3 year of age, aad to lav ia re ported ia bad eoaditioa from treatment which she received at hands of her assailant. ' PROBABLE CAUSE FOUND AGAINST EARL M CASKILL iMwalmaB Favettevtlle. Anril23. Earl MeCaskell, son of Joha MeCakeH, of Gray Creek township, waa bound over to the ai triet Federal Court by U.' 8. Commis sioaer W B.- Cook this afternoon en a' charge af violating th national prohi bition act,- after a hearing marked ay heated .argument between opposing aownl. Tha eharg against young MoCaakeu waa brought by th Grays Creek law and order league and ia'aaother (top ia the tight for and against that organi zation. Five. members .of the league were recently bound over to the 8o perior' court oa a eharg of assaulting MeCaskell with Intent to ailL TITO LIGI IDENTIFIED BY NEW YORK LAWYER Bcrantoa, Pa April f3-Positive identification of Tito Llgi, arrested hero last Taeeday oa suspicion of com plicity la tha Wall Street aiploeioa last September, waa mad here today by Thomas J. Smith, of Brooklyn, employ ed ia th legal department of aa ia- tn ranee company, having offices ia tat New Tork financial district. Smith picked out Llgi -from a Baa of ais prisoners aa tha nil . ha bad see arguing with the driver of the death wagoa shortly- before th ex plosion. : Ha later told newspapermen that a 'few moment after tha blast he saw Llgi rash in g along Cedar atract, near Nassau street and Broadway, urg ing two companion to harry out of the neigaooraooa. VAFJT VERMOHTTO -FROM THIS STATE Scheme To Keep South From Increasing Representation ; t Discussed By Q. 0. P. AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL "X PLAN, LAWYERS HOLD Flu To Bui Inoreued Bepre teBtavtioa Oa Increwe In ?er. 1 oeniaf Intet,d Of Gain In 4 Population, Af "Constitution Jteqnirvd; Judge Boyd Usee Smoke Screen On YUit swa aad Ob rear Bareaa, M Dmtrlet National Baak Bldg. By EDWARD E.RITTON (By Saaalal Leased Wire.) . ' Washiagton, April fJ-Thre ia talk among soms of th North Carolina members of Congress of a plan that ia anderstood to b in th mind af Bepublieaae to keep North Carolina from securing an sxtra member of Con gress baaed upon ita standing under th 1920 census, if the membership of the House is held at tha preeent aumber, 435. With tha continental population of tha Uaitod Btatea being igsJW7jD0O and tha 435 membership being continued the baaia for each member would be 143,- 913, and thia would give North Caro lina 11 members, aa ita per quota ex eaas ever-tha basic number would be nearly 140,000. -The Republican proposition Ss an derstood to be that Vermont should 1 Al. - . . . .V. AL. onva ine uua-awaini uia u - eaaa in that -tota -while but 65,000, ia a larger per cent of the total population of Vermont than is tha North Carolina excess to its. total sopulatioa This wss tha trend of testimony given recently in a hearing aa thia matter, but it la dearly an aneonstitational position fof the' eonstituttoa atatfes explicitly that th representation ia the Hons ia to be baaed on population. North Carolinians are awake to tha situation and if it ever develops any strength they win resist it to the ut term os t, aad they win have the' aupport of ovary representative who la guided bv th constitution. Bmbka screen" that hss beea very effective has beea thrown about- the visit her of Judge Jame E. Boyd and B. U Bmloek, clerk af tka Weetera dis trict eourt of Greensboro. t)n no par ticular bniineee. waa tha answer of tha two to newspaper men seeking infor mation, but. then thera became talk that tha purpose waa to aea to it that B lay leek kept tight bold en hi preeent clerkship to ao ehape thing that Judg Webb Wnli And that Blayloek had einch oa it. Then thera is talk also that Judjre Boyd aad Mr. Blalock war taking spending to see what ehaaee Blaslock. would Sir to land aa United Bute Marshal of th westers north Carolina district. - But the Morehead- Liaaey slate has Browalow Jackson, of HeadersonViUs, written oa ft for that Jeb. But tha Kepuhlieans find that lod der-imllina time eomee taichtv alow. and that Democrats are still Drowsing around in tha fertile pastursg sfford - ed by the government pay roll. Where at tha HepubUcan office ebasera are aot pleased., for President Harding ha been in power for eaven weeks now and tim fliee. A. D. Watta. th Btata revenue aom- misiioner for North Carolina, ia atill a visitor here. 8inee his arrival ha has been paying visits to Senator Simmons, to whom h was secretary here for quite a while, to A. W. MeLess, f the War Finance Corooration. Democratic National eommitteemsji for North Caro lina, talking with tha former Director of the Census Sam L. Sogers and various member of Congress, aewi paper mea aad others. It 1 just a personal -visit, says Mr. Watts, and he will -tie kept busy when h gets back to Raleigh making the appointments that are to be made for his aw office. DeeDlte th fact that the announce ment of thcaeleetioa of David H. Blair, of Wiastoa-Salem, for commissioner of internal revenue is now. .many days old, thera ia still talk her among Bepub lieaae about "how eomef Tha latest the big' eottoa, tobacco aad manu facturing interest were behind him ao strong that this wu th final f set or la turning tha trick, that the support of Stuart W. Cramer, of Charlotte, in fluential in big eottoa manufacturing circle aad a letter from him to the President waa tha winning card aad that the fact that hi father in-law ia oa of th moat sueeeasful and wealth iest eottoa manufacturer ia tha coun try helped wonderfully.-All the no doubt contributed, but to big things ia his favor was tire light among tha supporters of other candidates, their flaal position being that they preferred Blair to win then any af th maa sup ported by any of the special group. Aad thea the Democratic support that Mr. Blair received wss glvea a warm welcome by the President aad Secretary Melloa, among those who had good words for tha Winston-Salem maa be ing Senator Simmons and Overman, Representative Stedmaa, A. W. MeLraa sad Clement Manly, of Winston Salem. These were asked by tha admiaiatra tioa officials, some af them by the President timeelf, about Mr. Blair aad their good word helped him to win.. Hoa. A. W. McLean el uomDerton, of . tha War . finance Corporation, though h ao kagr carries tha title, ia performing the duties of saslstant secretary of tha Treasury. His resig nation was accepted by President Wil son on March , bnt at the request of Secretary af the Treasury Melloa, he is holding aa till his successor is asmad, though he is aa overworked maa ia the two position h 'holds. Under hi direction a assistant secre tary af th Treasury la th Internal Beveane Bureaa aad. to matter ox custom. H I expecting aa appeiat meat of a maa to take over the extra place la a short time. , That Mr. Mc Lean hss beea called npoa to hold over ia so important a position is tribute to tha effleieat meaner la which ho haa Carrie oa ths office, end ; ICeatUaed aa Paga Iw.) . a TO IIDPC iuliu) iu imuL EQUAL PROTECTION III American Farm Bureau Federa tion Formulates Its Legis-' J lative Prooram TO ASK FOR ADEQUATE ' CREDIT FOR AGRICULTURE Federation -Win Also Xeoom. I mend To Confresi Bepeal Of Gaaranty Section Of The Tmngporttion Aot and Bee. duction In Bafiroad Bates; Outlines Tariff Needs' Washington April L Bepeal af the guaranty Motion of th Transportation Aot, reduction in railroad, rates, equal protection . for agriculture under tha tariff, nd adequ aredit facilities for agricdltane waa announced today a tha legislative program which th Amer. lean Farm Bareaa ederatloa ' will recommend to Congress aa aa aid to farmers. Th program waa formulated by th exeeutlnve committee f th federatioa after a two-week' eoafer eaea here. ' Strong opposition waa expressed to any sales tax, to repsal of th exee prollta tax, aad to any tariff oa lum ber and fertiliser. Another recommen dation proposed thsv submission of a constitutionals 'amendment prohibiting tha issuing of all tax free aeeurltiea as "mora thaa WflQOflOOfiOO, 4 InVsaeuri tie now oseape a federal tax.' Tha feovtatioB reaffirmed its stand for packer regulation inveeted In tha Department of Agriculture and oppo sition to any federal excise tax en land. . Facta aa to Tariff. Tha attention of Coagr was called to tha "important aad differing factors affecting food product from th Amer ican farm In their relationship to im ports of like products from foreign eoontriee, in . considering th labor cost in making up tha tariff law. At tention of Congress also waa directed to tha "center": of food produetloa f tha Ualted State a being "some where'' in tha Mississippi Valley, while tha eeater.ef ; consumption is la ths populous sreas of tha Kastmsny hun dreds of miles away," Ocean freight ratea from competing countries ta tha eontumlng center wer declared to b much lowr "than tha axerbitant and Increasing freight rata from ear fann to .our twa aoasumera." . . , " V . - 'W v . After iettinf forth that "recent ex periences'' have shown that tha farmer are "not adequately nnned- aad that their welfare i Jeopardised whea-they tvsil tbemselevs af tha present short tim commercial credit, the federatioa recommended legislation to provide end ita seen red by proper-, Insurane features. It also asked that profit from th Federal Bestrv bank ba used a i - a revolving fuad to provide working capital daring the interim between re quests for money and the aala af tha debentures. , Recommendation wa mad that suck debeatnre ba mad ligibl for tale in Federal Beserv banks or on the open market. Iaereasa of the maximum amount which may be loaaed to a single borrower from the Federal Land banks from $10,000 to $25,000 waa auggestod. Announcement was modt that a com mittee eoaaisting of John Brown, In diana, W. O. Jamison, Colorado, aad Chester H. Gray, Missouri, had beea named to study the Mnselo Shoslt, Ala., t-itrate project. The committee win hire engineers for ths work and re port their finding to the executive eom n it tee. ENDS LONG FUNERAL TRAMP FROM FAR NORTH Plalnwell, Mich, April S3. Frsd Bar ker, exhausted from tha hardship h ndured oa hi fifteen hundred mile funeral tramp, arrived her esrly to day with the body of hie brother in law, 1. Warde Brown," wha died of paeumonla two weeks ago at a frontier trading post la Northern" Cansds. Re futing to part evea ia death with hi companion la submarine sghting dur tag tha World. War and la gold pros pecting aad trapping la th Far North, Barker remained seated la the expreee ear. beside the rude casket during the last lap af tha trip. Barker collapsed after reaching her with th body. He refuced to discuss th peril be faced during his trip through forests, down river tilled with rapid and aloag trails ia th Far North. Funeral services for ' Browa will be held here tomorrow afternoon. PLENTY OF WATERP0WER AVAILABLE FOR DUNN Ellxabetb City, April 23.-r-Gilbert C. White, engineer, ha completed hi sur vey of the McQueen power it on Lower Little Bive aad pronounced it ample to supply th quantity of current promised by th company. He is bow engaged in lurveying the plant owned by th town. After thia survey is com pleted the Board of Commisaioaar will decide whether it I best to accept tha proposal of the McQueea Company or that of tha Carolina Power aad Light Company. The latter company desire to pureha th municipal plant aad re tail power aad light current to consum ers here. The MeQueea company weald. supply current wholesale to tb town, which would distribute It aa it I now distributed." . c OLDEST CONDUCTOB ON THB ' REABOARD DIES IN BICBMOND. Bichmoad, Vs, April S$-George O. Shaaaoahouse, who is reported to have beea tha. oldest employ in point of service an the Seaboard Air Liae Rail war, having 'beea a conductor n long aumber ef years, died hers today. His body will be takea to Book lug haa, N, O, for burial tomorrow. rADMroe UNDER TARIFF LAW y. HANDIWORK pFsCEmTOR . ; . . ' - '. 1 . - '-'.' ' Above picture shows terrifla force Georgia several days ago, aad ita effect Ala. Tha edge 4f the tornado swept over Birmingham, and tha photo snows now trees of mora than a foot ia diameter were uprooted. The tornado or eerie of tornadoes caused a death list of mora thaa 100 aad destroyed property -rained at millions of dollar. El E Foreign Born Population In United States In 1920 To x tailed 13,703,987 Washington, April K. The foreign born population of the United Btatea ia 1B20 totalled 18,T0387, aa increase of 358442 or I per cent over 1810. . Tha Caasua Bareaa, in nuking this announcement ' tonight,' cited the 30.T per ,eealnereaee ta tha nation' far iga bora population between 1900 and 1910 apd ascribed the marjied decrease to the almost eomplete-eeaaatioa of im migration during the war period aad to considerable emigration daring tha war. Tha foreign born population listed by country of nativity Waa announced by the bareaa ad follows: .! - . " wtj) w. inr.u. -urnti. rrUnA i naxMn, . way, S03jB9! Sweden. 024.709: Den mark, 189,051! Belgium, 62,048; Franca, inelading Alsace-Lorraine, U2.7I La embarg, 1239; Nsthsrlanda, 131,262 s Swttxerlaad, 18,647 Oermany, l.oojoj Poland. IJ39478: Austria, 674JoK; tiun gary, 89781j Oaacho-Slovakia, 35985; Jugo-SUvla. 173,063 J Buthenia, 8,100; Buesia, 1398M9; FinUnd, 149,071; Lith aania, 135 ,139; Portugal, 67,830; Spain, 49,232; Italy, 1 ,807,458. j Greece, 175,701; Bulgaria, 10,48a; Raman la, 103W7; Tur key 1 Europe, 1,315; ether Europe, 11, 541; Asia, 11086; Africa, 650 j Aus tralia, 10385; Caaada, French, 807,61 1 Caaada, 809,459; Nw Fonndland, 13,' 239; Cuba aad other Weet Iadiea ex cept Porto Bieo, 38,024; Mexieo, 476,- 676; Ceatral America, 4,082: South America. 16338: Atlantic Islands, 39, 003; Pscifie Islands, 1,629; at sea, 6,- 275, aad country not specifled, 8357. GREAT BRITAIN STANDING PAT ON REPARATION TERMS Lymptie, England, April 23. It ia Great Britain's Intention to abide by the provisions of th agreement ar rived at in Parte lsst February with regard to what steps should be taken to coerce Germany into meeting her reparations debt. She agrees that fail ur by Germany to meet her oblige tlons ia this respect should be met with' further pressure. This bcam knowa in the course of today's meeting between Premier Briand aad Premier Lloyd George, who cam her to' confer on the situation rising from Germany' stand on th reparation question and what ia to be done if ebe continue ar recalcitrant attitude. M. Briand. at his own request, ex plafned to the British Prime Minister at a conference which occupied the best part of this afternoon and eve aiu. the French proposals for setting up aa economic administration in part of Westphalia, including the Ruhr coal basin, should the Oermsns fail to pay tha reparations due Msy 1. Ths pro ceed! of this administration, sueh as taxation oa coal exports and exress profits duties levied' on German Indus trial establishments, would, under the French plan, be placed in a pool out of which the reparations would be paid Us Allies. GREENVILLE TO VOTE ON ISSUING SCHOOL BONDS Greenville, April 23. Keeping pace with ether extensive developments in educational circles of the Stole, Green ville public schools hsve"" called an election for June 14, for tha purpose of Issuing 1200,000 ia bonds for ths genera Improvement ef the school sys tern of this immediayj district. The slsction wss authorired at a recent meeting of the city council nnd since that time interest hss beea rapidly forming ia vry part of, the city, and particularly among the women, ' who promise to be the most hearty sup portera of th issue when it come np for aa xpressiou of public sentiment. Benor American Deed. Nsmur, Belgium, April fXSeveral boats carrying th bodies of American soldier wha fell at St. Mibiel nested Nsmur today. They were covered with f.iaers throwa by people living on. the MARK D DEOREAS KN Mouse. Tha bodice will be taken to Antwerp,, where they will ba placed f a steamer gad taken to. New Jerk, , . '''' " " ,. -vM-wt mjm.mm miwn atamMifct- -uifVetBV . "7 . i til! Si 4 Copyright Underwood and C-derwood of tornado thst swept from' Texaa to la a residential section of Birmingham, IS ELECTROCUTED Mrs. W. C. Clopton, Mother Of Boy, Severely Shocked By Current Henderson, April 23. Sidney Clop ton, alevea year old son of Mr, and Mrs. W. O. Clopton, of Sooth Hsadereon, wa aeeideatalj electrocuted thia morning while playing. Tha Clopton boy aad Tom Collins, about tha same sgs, were playing near the Clopton homo around the pola that supports tha heavy wires running from tha sub-statioa. Th Clopton boy oeoms to hav taken hold of the ground wir which am loo from top of pole fall lag ovr on one of the feed wlrea, car rying alxty thousand volt which killed the child Instantly. Tom Collin, hi playmate, Wh waa a ear hint, v knocked down and severely shocked. Ha waa a frightened 'when ha got aa hi feat that h ran away without Sad' lag tha troabla. Mr. Alice Clontoa. the Clontoa child' mother, hearing th roaring of th heavy current going Into the ground ruihed oat to Dud the trouble. Booing the polo on are, and at th bottom lay hr little) aon, ahe dashed to rescue the helpless child and when within about 10 feet of the pole tha current trsa aa great it knocked her dowa, rendering her nneonaeious and for several mi uts ahe and her son UF la tha power of tha deadly current. Her neighbors were anable to go to her until someone could run to the sub station abont three hundred yard away to have the current eat off during which time tha ground wire had tripped the switch in Baloigh and the switch was thrown in again. Not knowing the trouble the switch was throwa In a sec ond time in Bslelgh, sending the sixty thousand volt through tha child body a aeeond tim and kept the neighbore who stood by, from going to their res cue. Mrs. CloptonY physician says her condition wa painful but not serious and while ia a vary nervous ttato aha I qoing nicely. Mr. W. O. Clopton I aa employe of the Carolina Light and Bowr Co., operating tha sub station in South Henderson. Mrs. Clopton la .87 years of age and tha mother of aevea children. BLAIR MUST DECIDE ON REGULATIONS FOR BEER Fixing" Arbitrary Limit On Use Of Beers and Wines Will Be His Job Washington. April M Aa arbi trary limit af 4 7-8 gallons of beer aad three gallons of wise ss the msxlmam a physlclsa msy prescribe at aay ana time hss beea set In new prwhibrtlea regalatiena. which await the approval af David H. Blair, the new commissioner of Internal rev. enae. Ia making this announcement to dsy. Prohibition Commissioner ' Kramer, sale thst while andar At torney General Palmer's recent opinion the amount of beer or wine prescribed by a phyelclaa ever a given period could aot be limited. It wss believed thst the ameant af Individual prescriptions ceald be limited to e reasonable maximum. It would at be practical. he eald, to reqalre a pstlent for whom . two or three bottles of beer a dsy might-be prescribed, to obtain a prescription for each day. Issuance ef beer and wine regu lations, Mr. Kramer emphasised, will depend entirely npea thede cislos ef the aew Internal reveaae commissioner. Regs 1st ions a. pre. plred for hie approval, he . said." were merely tentative. TWO CABARRUS SOLDIERS LAID TO REST AT CONCORD Concord, April. 23.-The bodice of Lieutenant Fred. Y. MeConnell nnd Pri vate Barly L. Tucker, two Cabarrus mea who made the supreme sicrince tn France, arrived ia Concord this morning from1 Camp Jackson, where they were ant from Uoboken for shipment home. The members of the Fred Y., MeCon nell Post of the Ameriesn Lerioa had charge of both services, furniahing pall bearers and aa honor guard ana aring squad for each buriaL ....... END CHILD VOICEiPPOSlflOI! TO PROMOTION OF. Senate Committee Recommends Confirmation-Despite Denv v ocratic Objection NEW ENGLAND OFFICER' , . ONLY ONE UNDER FIRE Democratic Member Of Conu mittee To Carry right Orer " Sdwards' . Confirmation . To ri-or Of J Senate ; Military Leader Was Xeliered ' Of Command ' By7leribJntj r Washington, April 23-DesplU noma Demoeratia objeetTon to Brigadier -General Clarence B. Edwards, th Senate military sommittee today voted to reeommead eonlrmatioa of the twelve major aad f oarteen brigadier-genera nominated recently br Frealdaat Hard. lngfor promotion. General Edwarda, who ao'mmaadol th Twenty-Sixth (New England) Division overssaa until relieved by Geaeral Pershing and returned horn, waa tha only nominee oa tha list nnder 6 re. The committee vote oa hi nam today wu reported to have been 12 to I, with three Democrats opposing aad, three r other voting fat' hi sonflrmatioa. Tbosa said to hsve opposed ' General Edwards' included Senator Hitchcock, Nebraska, aad MeKellar. Tsnusoeso. - Senator Bobiasoa, f Arkansas, aad Myers, of Montana, Democrats, ware reported to have jblned th Republican : committee member ta supporting him. Senators Bheppard, of , Texaa, and Fletcher, of Florida,' the other Demo crats on tha committee, declined to la-, dieato their aetioa. ' Fight to Go to Soaato r Demoeratia opponents of General Id wards, whose name headed the list of nominees for major-general, intimated ' they wonld carry their 1 gtt to . tha Senate floor. ' No filibuster, it wa said, would b waged, bat n record rot at least, it , waa declared, would b demanded.- Republican p red is ted - that tha entire list of general officers' weald be ratified promptly by thaJBanata, thereby paving , th way for a daaen more promotion to th rank of briga- -dler, many other promptmaa down through the whole service gad fsr e lectioa of a chief of ataff. , . Member of th Sonata committee ex pressed th belief that . General Ed wards would not ba ahoaen- chief -el-staff after today's meeting, at which Secretary Week waa called in again for farther diaeuesio of Geaeral Ed- , ward' record. Major-Geaergl Harbord, s according to opinion of prominent Bo publicaa sens tors, will be selected ahJef ef-taff to snoeeed Major-Geaeral Pey ton C. March. - f Information ubmltted today by Sec retary Week regarding Geaeral Ed wards' record waa given in executive session. Member of th ommltto a id . that it disclosed existence of dlffereacea -between Ptrsbiag aad General Edwarda over th latter'a eourse ia aommand lug the Twenty-Sixth Division la Frsne. Secretary Week, however, waa reported to hava declared emphatically to Democrntie eenntor opposing Gea eral Edwarda' promotion that a thorough search of ths War Department fllea had beea made without finding aay record of such charge as Dcmocratie senators said they had heard were aa lie. , s Pershing Ken-Committal s Secretary Weeks, according to com mittee members, waa said to hav tot-: tided today that after apposition de veloped at yesterday's committee moot ing against . General Edward, ha had ' talked over the case but night with . General Persuing. Th latter, it waa said, told Secretary Weeks that ha had not recommended General Edwarda for ' promotioa and if called on to act again, : would not now recommend General Ed wards for a higher rank. - Secretary Weeks wss said to hava stated also that General Pershing: did not now diasa- prove or oppose Geaeral Edwards sen- - firmation, deelring to refrain front in tervening in tha matter. ,v Information given to tha committee today by Secretary Weeks, according to committee member, waa to the effect that events which led to relief of Gen- -era! Edwards from.. command of tha Twenty-Sixth Division, October 23, 1918,. hsd their inception daring the prevW -one July. The order rtlieving Gen eral Edwarda from aommand came, it: was said, tha day before his division wsnt into action.' The committee waa' told, it was said, that Geaeral Edwarda hsd criticized decisions regarding strategy emanating from general head quarters. Another circumstance said to havs been involved was that of bar- ' monious eo-operatioa ef General Ed wards in executing plana of tha earn-. psign involving tha division. , Democratic UMaallea Ths element of reported difference . between General Pershing aad Geaeral Edwards, wa said aot , to hav beea held paramount by Demoeratia oppen-J ents of confirmation. Democratic sena tors ssid the issue raised was whether the Senate should eonflrm for promotion sn officer whom General Pershing had relieved from command, virtually an .: ' the eve of battle. The I) ,n ocratic op . ponenta were said, to hnve taksa tha position that nnder these circumstance the administration was not justified ia striking the nam of Brigadier-General ' Omar Bundy from the list of officers. . for promotion and substituting General .. Edwards. - . ,i - ELIZABETH CITY SHIPS first Carload peas.;; EliaaUiih City, ApVil 23-Elisabeth - City shipped her first carload of early j gardea peas Wedneedsy, April 20. They were shipped in a refrigerator ear. The . shipper was B. C Abbott aad th peas : were consigned to INew lor city. There wera 817 basket 1 the ear ' - and they weet oa aale oa th New York market Saturday morning. Grow , era will anxiously await tha result at tha sale. South Carolina peaa sold aa tha New Tork market this week for . 84 to 14.50 a basket If local grower get good a rstura very body will b , . aappy. ... ,;.-., . ' ..- , ...,..,." .. . GENERAL EDWARDS ...... 4
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