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JOHNSON MAKING
NO HEADWAY WITH
' FIGHT IN SENATE
Though Thirteen May Be Un
lucky for Others, It May
Be Lucky for Blair
COUNTING OF NOSES
GIVES HIM MAJORITY
Little Chance That California!
Can Carry Through light
Successfully; Asking No
Quarter and Fires Hot Shot
at Republicans Who Asked
Him to Hold Off
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Bldg.,
Br EDWARD E. BRITTON
v (By Special Leased Wire)
Washington, Mar 13. Its down to
counting of noaea sow, and that Sena
tor Johnson ia getting nowhere, in his
opposition to the eonfintmtioa of David
H. Blair of Winston-Salem as Commis
sioner of Internal Revenue can be aeen
by examining a list of the members of
the Senate finance committee. On it
there are ten Republicans and six
Democrats and with the full committee
voting I estimate the vote as being 13
for Blair win three against him.
Of course, those who see "hoodoo"'
In 13 will say that this ia a bad number
to link up with, but whea 13 runs for
yon, oh boy, it'a a lucky number even
if this calculation is made on Friday
the 13th of May. I ean only find in
my calculations that on the Bepubli
ean aide of the committee Senator La
Follette will vote against a favorable
report for Mr. Blair, and on the Demo
cratic side that the votes of Senators
Walsh and Reed will be east against
him. There is a bare possibility that
the Republican membership will east
two votes aginst and eight for, the
Democrats two against and four for
Blair, which would make the count
twelve to four in Blair'a favor, I have
heard no man say how he will vote, but
there is the line up in the fina ie com
mittee a I am figuring it now.
How Committee Stands
For Blair, Penrose, MeCumber, fimoot,
Dillingham, McLean, Curtis, Watson,
Calder, Sutherland (Republicans) 9.
Simmons, Williams, Jones, of New
Mexico, Gerry (Democrats) 4. Total
13.
Against Blair: LnFollette (Republi
can)!. Beed, Walsh, of Massachu
setts (Democrats). Total 3.
Senator Hiram Joaaaoa aoea the Uoa
I Ma path, hat Is going ahead. That
ka ia in-i -AlaatnlB mmim ...I. StB
hie attack la anderstood.. . That
angle la "the lire wire" that I wrote
f yesterday. It ia that he la seeking
discover from the Treaaary Depart
ment the Barnes of the endorse re of
Mr. Blair to see If any of them have
any claima pending against the Income
or excess profits tsx section of the
Into--- I - pt. bureau. If there are,
then he will go to the Sght with fresh
vigor. If not his attempt to hsW this
will prove a boomerang that will favor
Mr. Blair.
The testimony of that Treasury ex
perts have broken down his case as to
the J. W. Cannon charges and Senator
Johnson has aaid that he finds that
certain of the refund claim for the
Cannon family on the evidence present
ed showed that they were due, and he
stated this as a matter of fairness to
the family. The Treasury experts said
that the Cannon claims had been set
tled and that there waa nothing now
for Mr. Blair to pass on if he became
Commissioner. It appears that Secre
tary Mellon haa directed that if any
thing of this matter hanga over it be
adjudicated at once.
A review of the testimony of former
Senator Marion Butler shows that his
appearance before the committee was
ia the nature of a stand off. That
Morehead, Blair. Linnoy and others of
,l. j -1 - i : j j i ii.
.no uc--guuuu utsrrKiimeu sue primary
vote for presidential nominee choice,
lie said, but also that the small vote of
about 20,000 in the State was not a
representative vote of the Bepublieans
in North Carolina, for this reason of
fering no criticism of Mr. Blair as to
hi vote. But he did hold that the
voice of the Republican State eonven-,
tion should have bound them and that
the North Carolina vote waa due Judge
Pritehard.
Bis own vote he justified, so the re
port goes, with the statement that the
desertion of Judge Pritchard by his
ova State's delegation put him out of
ths running. His position was that the
Republican party in North Carolina had
met given the primary any attention as
a binding declaration, that this had been
agreed upon before the primary, and
this justified by the small Republican
vote east at it. The convention decla
ration he held to be the binding in
structions to the delegates. Mr. Butler
was before the committee at the in
stance of Senator Johnson.
The committee may meet tomorrow,
br there may be no meeting until Mon
day to await the printing of the hear
ings before the ' committee, that its
members may examine it. That there
will be a motion made to make the
printed record public may hardly be
doubted, for there will be such a reso
lution offered from tha Democratis side
in all probability, if not by Senator
LaFollette. When this is made public
there will be a chance for the general
publie to get at the situation, for all
that has been printed about hearings
has been obtained by piecemeal work.
a statement here and there, now and
'Stan, being woven into a whole. But
whatever it may bo there will he ,u
favorable report from the committee
for Mr. Blair. And ho will win in the
Senate, though Senator Johnson's op
position will get soma support there.
Will Oppose Llaaey's Confirmation.
Senator Johnson has written seme
tart letters ia reply to letters from
North Carolina ashing him to let up on
Para Biair, and this he emphatically
declined to do. This is an indication
that ha will stoutly oppose the eonflr
(Continued on Psge Seven.)
Former Tar Heel's Death May
Have Been Caused By A Fall
Police In Tulsa, Okla, Find Five Persons Who State They
Heard Judge Devereux, Former Resident of Raleigh,
Say i
He Fell Out of Bed;
1 Tulsa, Okla,' May 13. The theory of
tha death of Judge Joha Devereux, for
mer Supreme Court eommssloner, who
died lata Wednesday from vernoal
poisoning and a blood clot oa tha brain,
was due to a blow from a blunt in
strument, was almost disproved lata
today whea tha police found five per
sons who told of hearing the dead
jurist say "l fell out of bed."
Judge Devereux was a prominent law
yer and came here thirty years ago
from Raleigh, N. O, where ha formerly
lived. The death haa remained a
complete mystery to the authorities al
though every effort has been made to
elear it np and relatives from North
Carolina are hurrying hero to aid ia
finding out the true facts.
The testimony of the five persons
with reference to the Judge's state
pent bears out almost entirely the
alibi of the two women, Mrs. Jesse
James and Goldie Gordon, who acted as
nurses for Judge Devereux during the
last ten days of his life.
Police Detectives Heard Him,
Police -detectives J. L. Blaine, and
BuMard, heard Judge Devereux say
early Tuesday morning in a faint
voice, the five words. . As ha wss con
scious almost eontinnously thereafter
until his death late Wednesday, it is
believed that they were his lsst words.
Dr. Ralph B. Smith and Mies B. A.
Doyle And Mrs. Thomas, occupants of
Flag of Truce Carried To The
Fighting Ground, in Mountains
Emissary of State Police Seeks
To End Fighting Between
Mountaineers
DEATH LIST GROWS AS
BATTLE IS CONTINUED
Women and Children Move Ont
From Villages Within The
Battle Zone
Williamston, W. V., May 13. An
emissary ' of the State forces taking
part in the battle which has raged for
two days ia the Miago mountaina along
Tug river, late tonight approached the
strong-hold of a Iggder xt tilt moun
taineers under a flag of trace and ask
ed that the mountain men cease firing
into villages in this region.
This information was received here
tonight from Chief Deputy Sheriff John
Hall, who sent one of his men into the
hills to confer with the attacking party.
Hall reported to Sheriff A. C. Pinsoa
that his emissary, carrying a piece of
white muslin en a stick, reached the
party of men who were raining bul
lets into a nearby town.
The mountaineers respected the
white flag, and when the deputy made
known bis mission of peace, according
to Hall, a leader of the forces opposed
to the State officers replied that 'the
hill men would aeeept a truce only
when the firing from the Kentucky fide
of the river had ceased.
The battle zone of the Willamson
coal district waa shrouded tonight in
darkness thst was illumined only by
rfle flashes from the Ketucky and
West Virginia mountains, as tha second
day of fighting closed with the bellig
erency of the mountain riflemen ap
parently undiminished.
Reports received here at State poliee
headquarters for tha district told of a
general exodus of women and children
from the embattled mining towns, the
refugees going either to the hills not
infested with riflemen or leaving the
district altogether.
Ths few remaining inhabitants hud
nies hoping in the darkness to find
died in lightless housos and tent eolo
safoty from the hail of lead that has
been poured out at Intervals all day
long.
A number of rofugee families have
made their way to this city. Only the
most meagre details of today's fight
ing had reached Williamson tonight
over crippled telephone lines and from
the lips of arrivals from the cone of
firing but from the conflicting mass of
reports it seemed certain that yester
day's death toll of two had been in
creased during the day to at least six,
while acceptance of all the reports
would plaee ths killed at from 10 to 15.
Two men are known to have been
killed at McCarr, Ky, at the eastern
end of the troubled area, while other
reports placed the total at five.
At Matewan one, and possibly two,
have been killed.
Less definite reports from Merrlmse,
Rarwl and 6prigg, tell of killings at
these towns and other unconfirmed
reports eite killings thst have occur
red on the Kentucky side of the Tug
River opposite Matewan.
Fierce fighting was reported during
ths day from all ths towns taht figured
in yesterday's attack Bawl, Merrimae,
Sprigg, Matewan, and MeCarr, while
new attacks broks ant late today at
the little town of Gates, near Matewan,
and at tha New Howard Coal Company
mines near by. A seors orSnore non
union miners were reported to be hem
med in by the fire at the Howard Mines
and their fats had not been learned
tonight. '
Captain J. R. Broekus ia eommand
of the State police, who made aa at
tempted flanking expedition into the
mountaina yesterday bat lost his quar
ry, went to Sprigg late today oa a
special train with IS men and again
started ont oa a similar maneuver. No
word had been received from him since
he abandoned the train at Sprigg and
took tha mountain trail under firs.
Two Women Still Held.
the apartment house la which Judge
Devereux died, were the others who
heard tha statement of the dying
jurist as to how ha earns to be hart.
This dying sentence was brought into
prominence whea tha police announced
that they were ba ed so far as solving
tha mystery on a murder theory. Cap
tain Oeorge Blaine, who is in charge of
the investigation, while not admitting
that ha believed the foul play theory
untrue, aaid that it might be possible
for a man to so fall from a bed and
strike his head on a radiator nearby.
Woman Springs Seaaatlea
Earlier ia the day Mrs. James sprang
a sensation whea she shouted from her
eell at tha county jail that she would
tell tha trne story of the mystery, if she
was put oa the witness stand.
'You'll get the right guy then, all
right," the woman exclaimed during the
heat of her passion against people who
had charged that aha and Goldie Gordon
had threatened tha old judge while
nursing him. Later she refused to talk
any further. The Gordon girl also de
nied that shs had threatened Judge
Devereux.
While offleers are still interviewing
the two- nurses, Mrs. Jesse James and
Goldie Gordon, who have been definite
ly eharged with the murder of the
former Supreme court commissioner,
relatives of the dead man are rushing
here from North Carolina to aid ia
the proseeutloa of all parties implicated
(Continued oa page three)
AFTER JULY 21ST
Large Number of Tar Heel
Democratic Postmasfers
Must Get Out
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 National Bank Bldg.
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, May 13v Under the ex
ecutive order of President Harding with
regard to postmasters of tha first, sec
ond and thrd class, there will be many
North Carolina postmasters who faee
an experience with the descending knife
of a guillotine this year, for the 1917
confirmations end a four-years run this
year. So it will be the civil service test
as prescribed by the President that they
will have to meet, and if a Republican
gets among the three highest, then
good-bye postofce for them, or if there
is a weak spot anywhere in their armor,
then Bepublieans who are seeking the
Federal payroll will be hotfooting after
them. But to the list of some who are
marked for slaughter by the Harding
Hays civil service route:
Four-year terms as postmasters in
Noi'.h Carolina expiring thia year:
Expiring Poetofoee Terms
Charlotte, J. H. Weddington, July SI ;
Dunn, E. T. Lee, July 21; Kim City,
Buasell A. Strickland, July 21; Frank
lin, Charles L. Ingram, April 1C: Frank
linton, George J. Whitfield, July 21;
Goldsboro, U M. Michaux, July 21;
Greenville, David J. Whichard, July 21 ;
Hamlet, R. B. Terry, July 21; Hender
son, Isaae J, Young, April 16; Lenoir,
V. D. Currie, July 21 ; Lillington, James
M. Fuquay, June 8 ; Oxford, B. K. Lasai
ter, May 16; Roxboro, J. W. Noell, July
zi; Belma, w. thendge, July zi;
Wadesboro, 8. 8. Lockhart, July 21; Wil
mington, H. McL. Green, July 21; New
ton, F M. Williams, July 16. It will be
seen that July 21 is a bad date to meet,
and that some of the possible decapita
tions aro past due.
Four-year terms expiring in 1922 are
ia part:
Apex, 8. A. Branch, October 24 ; Beau
fort, B. B. Arrington, October 24; Bur
lington, Ogden F. Crowson, September
15; Carthage, Jamea E. Muse, September
15; Durham, J. U. Luna'-.rd, September
5; Elizabeth City, A. L. Pendleton, July
21; Enfield, J. B. Harrison, June 24;
Fremont, W. E. Flowers, June 24; Mur
freesboro, September 5; New Bern, I G.
Daniels, June 24; Tarboro, W. D. Leg
gett. September 5.
Postmaster B. M. Gatling, of Raleigh,
began his second term on July 28, 1919,
and hence will not be up for examina
tion till July, 1923.
Hammer Introduces BUI
Representative W. C. Hamnftr today
introduced bills which ask that the War
Department be authorized to donate
German cannon or field pieees to seven
teen pieces in his district, making twen
ty places he has asked for eannon, as
previously he hsd introduced bills for
Iwirinburg, Raeford and Mocksville.
The list for today asks these for Rock
ingham, Hamlet, Thomasville, Lexing
ton, Jonesboro, Sanford, Wilkesboro,
North Wilkesboro, ladklnville, Liberty,
Randleman, Ramseur, Asheboro, Troy,
Monroe, Wadesboro and Star.
Representative Ward today introduced
a bill to erect a Federal building for a
postofflee at Edenton. He would have
1200,000 appropriated for the building.
The government owns the land.
CONSIDER CANCELLATION
OF ALLIED PENALTIES
Berlin, May 13. (By the Associated
Press.) An exchange of views is de
clared to ba proceeding between the
allies eoaeerning the cancellation of
the allied penalties, especially the
Rhine customs barrier and the occupa
tion of tha Bhut-ports, in viewof Ger-j
many's acceptance of the terms. "It is
reported here thst Great Britain favors
cancellation. ,
MANY PLACES OPEN
BIRMINGHAM WINS
F
Spirited Fight Between Atlanta
and Alabama City at Chat
tanooga Meeting
RESOLUTION PROPOSING
DISARMAMENT COMES IN
Unanimous Endorsement Of
Volstead By Southern Bap.
tlst Body; AH Officers of
Woman's Sessionary Union
Be.eleeted; Editors of Peri,
odicals form Organisation.
Chattanooga, Tenn., May 13. A reso
1 tion favoring disarmament was intro
duced in tha Southern Baptist Conven
tion here this afternoon by Dr. Henry
Allen Tupper, of Washington, D. C, who
declared that the question of reconstruc
tion of the world oa a peace basis was
supreme at tha present The resolu
tion would give indorsement to the
movement bow being pressed by cer
tain members of Congress, and provided
that a copy ba forward to President
Harding. The resolution was referred
to a committee.
TJnanimoas approval of the' eoaven
tioa was also given to efforts to
strengthen tha Volstead act now pend
ing in Congress, the matter having
been presented by Dr. A. J. Harton,
eh airman of the standing committee on
social service.
Birmingham Wlaa Headquarters
Birmingham woa the new headquar
ters of the Baptist Woman's Missionary
Union this afternoon, following the de
cision of the body yesterday to remove
the headquarters from Baltimore, after
tha closest race in tho history of the
organization. Upon the recommenda
tion of the locating committee, the
names ef-Athnrta and ""Memphis were
dropped snd the race narrowed to one
between Nashville and Birmingham. The
claims of both cities were urged ia
speeches by residents of them and the
vote showed a tie with each city receiv
ing 203 votee, and Mrs. W. C. Jamas,
president, refused to break the tie be
cause of her residence ia Birmingham,
and the votes of the officers residing ia
Baltimors swung the balance ia favor
of Birmingham.
Practically all of the officers of the
Woman's Missionary Uaioa were re
elected latcjoday.rs follows: Mrs. W. C.
James, Birmingham; nMAeat J" Mia
Kathleen Mallory, Baltimore, corre
sponding secretary, aad Mrs. H. M.
Wharton, Mrs. W. C. Lowndes aad Mrs.
Juliet Mather, all of Baltimore, record
ing secretary, treasurer, and Young Peo
ple's secretary, respectively.
The editors of the Baptist papers of
the South held an informal business snd
social session this afternoon and elected
Dr. Z. T. Cody, of the Baptist Courier,
Greenville, 8. C, president, and Coleman
Craig, of the Baptist Standard, Dallas,
Texas, secretary.
To Make Titles Secaro
The title to several million dollars
worth of church property in Southern
states will be made secure through the
application of recommendations ss to
the legal status of boards operating un
der the Southern Baptist Convention,
presented this morning by Clifford
Walker, of Monroe, Ga., and adopted by
the convention. Hereafter title will be
vested ia controlling boards rather than
in the convention as heretofore. The
resolution rescinded former action of
the convention directing the boards to
transfer title to the properties to the
organization in accordance with the laws
of the state in which it is located in
stead of the convention. It was de
clared that such aetioa was necessary to
safeguard the church properties in the
future.
Among the more interesting reports
made to the convention today was that
of Dr. A. E. Brown, of Raleigh, N. C, en
the mission of forty mountain schools
conducted by the Baptist church, espe
cially those in the Ozarks. The educa
tional advantages afforded these chil
dren was outlined, the report emphasiz
ing the isolation of the mountain people
and declaring that in whole counties
there was not an automobile.
CHARLOTTE OFFICIAL
WITHDRAWS RESIGNATION
Charlotte, May 13. After filing his
resignation as Commissioner of Publie
Safety with Mayor Walker today, J. E.
Hunneyeutt withdrew same and tonight
his manager states that-he ia not go
ing to resign. Hunneyeutt demanded
the resignation of Chief of Poliee Orr.
Mayor Walker and Commisaioner Stan
eill refused to yield the demand, so
the Hunneyeutt Orr fight remains in
statu quo. The eity was in throes of
excitement today, petitions going from
leading citizens to the Mayor protest
ing against Chief Orr'a dismissal.
Crowds hung about eity hall all day.
J. O. Armstrong, of the C. C. Cod-
dington Auto Business, presented an
Orr petition with 400 names to Hunney
eutt as he entered the council chamber.
Bad feeling is being engendered be
tween elements in ths city.
The Right Person
Telling the right person just ths
right thing at the right time often
times it's a difficult matter; but
Want advertisers are doing it every
day with splendid results.
Want Ads are bringing employers
and employes together, restoring lost
articles, providing tenants for land
lords, bringing roomers to furnished
houses, establishing businesses, in
troducing buyers and sellers, fur
nishing capital for business enter
prises these and scores of similar
undertakings of ths business world
as well aa ths realm of tha house
hold ara influenced each day by the
Wants. Let them work for you. -
HEADQUARTERS 0
BAPTIST
SOCETY
Noted Woman Chemist Visits America
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To receive from President Harding
one gram' of radium, bought with a
fund raised by Americans, Mme. Curie
arrived on the Olympic thia week with
her two daughters, Irene, aged twenty
three and Eve, sixteen.
The New York World described the
arrival of this remarkable- woman in
tho following beautiful word picture:
"Shrinking in the curve of a deck
chair to escape the morning sun ss
tho liner Olympic came into Quaran
tine yesterday morning from Cher
bourg, France, waa a slight woman,
fifty-three years old, making her first
trip to thia country.
"During seven days at sea this
woman, with mixd gray hair, wearing
a loose black tailored suit and black
hat with white stitching, had impressed
other passengers aa a kindly mother.
She . showed a benevolence that was
maternal. She bestowed" it on her two
d aught rs; she offered it to all. Her
HIT ALLOW POLES
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Premier George Declares In
vasion Was in Defiance
of Treaty
London, May 13. (By the Associated
Press) Great Britain will not accept
so a fact accomplished tho seizure and
holding by insurgent Poles under the
leadership of Adelbert Korfanty of por
tions of Upper Silesia.
This was made plain in the House f
Commons today by Premier Lloyd
George, who emphatically declared the
invasion was in defiance of the treaty
of Versailles. Either the allien should
insist on the treaty being rospected, tho
premier said, or they ought to allow
Germany to do so.
"Not merely to disarm Germany, but
to say that such troops as sho bus arc
not to be permitted to take part in rn
storinK order that is not fair," ha
added.
It would be discreditable and not
worthy of the hunnr of any land, and,
ha asserted, "I am perfectly certain
that it will not be the attitude the
allies will take."
SIX PERSONS KILLED IN
RAILROAD WRECK IN TEXAS
Dallas, May 13. Six persons were
killed and seven injured in a wreck
of a Texaa and Pacific freight train at
Eagle Flat Siding between Vnnnnrn
and Sierra Blanca, tonight according
to a report received here.
HOLD
SILESIA
Daniels Tells Thrilling Air
Fights of First U. S. Naval Ace
By JO-,.'HL'S DANIELS
Former Secretary of the Navy 1913-21
Few people realize when they read
the story of the NC 4's flight from
Roekawsy, L. I., to Plymouth, Eng
land, in the spring of 1919, that the
preparations for that remarkable voy
age and record-smashing achievement
had been begun in September, 1917.
Admiral David W. Taylor, chief con
structor of the navy, of course fro
quently discussed with me problems re
lating to aviation. Ono day in Bcptem
ber of our first war be sent for Naval
Constructors Westcrvelt and. Hun
sacker. "I want a plane deaigncd that will
fly across the Atlantic," be told them,
aa quietly as though bo were ordering
poached eggs for break fust.
They realized what a tnsk he had
imposed, but set. about it immediately.
Tho undertaking aroused my warmest
enthusiasm. It was I'ig project, ex
ceeding the most ambitious efforts of
sny other nation.
Admiral Taylor's force went to work
at once, By the end of 1917 all the
main elements of tho design hnd been
formulated, and early in 1918 the work
of construction was begun. The NC-1
was completed by the first of October
snd the first test flight followed three
daya later. On November 7, just before
tha armistice, she flew to Washington,
where we inspected her; then went on
to Hampton Roads, and returned to
Boekaway. 8ix monlLs later the NC 4
fulfilled her promise, by making tho
big leap across the Atlantic.
Yon will note thst this was a war
time project, eonveived in war time
aad worked out in war time. Jiad the
war lasted another year we would have
Carlo
Ireao
soft, blue-gray ryes were always kindly.
She spoke English in a low, even tone
with the fascinating precision of eulti
vation.
As the liner moved up the bay and
paased the Statue of Liberty she rose
from her chair and walking to the rait
gazed at the towering gift of France.
" 'It is wonderful she remarked.
"The Broklyn Bridge .in the distance
was pointed out to her.
"'That ia wonderful too,' she said,
lears of discouragement and pri
vation spent toiling for science with
her husband, ths late Prof. Pierre
Curie, before they discovered radium,
twenty-three sears ago, had left no out
ward traces. Mme. Marie Curie, as she
arrived here to receive the thimbleful
of radium pnrchaed for her by Ameri
can women impressed all who met her
more as a kindly mother than a scientist
who will go down in world history, snd
may yet, through her experiments, put
an cnu to ue ougnc ox cancer. '
TO HIS BIRTHPLACE
Former Secretary of Navy and
Wife Given Cordial Welcome
at Washington, N. C.
Washington, N. C, May 13. Having
acquired national and international
fame Joscphus Daniels, former Secre
tary of the Navy, accompanied by his
wife, today came to visit his birthplace.
With the principal business streets
of the eity gaily decorated and with
the people of the whole eity taking
part, Mr. and Mrs. Daniejs, were ac
corded a royal welcome upon their ar
rival here.
Over three hundred people were pre
sent at the reception tondered by the
Woman's Club at which both of the
visitors epoke. Mr. Daniels also made
a brief address at the Methodist church
and later spoke at the commencement
exercises of the Washington Collegiate
Institute.
Speaks To Klwanls Club.
The principal address of the dsy was
before the meeting of the Kiwanis
Club, that organization having extend
ed him and Mrs. Daniels the invitation
to visit Washington. Mr. Daniels was
presented at the Kiwanis meeting by
Judge Stephen C. Bragaw, who referred
to the .visitor as Washington's and
North Carolina's most distinguished
(Continued on Page Six)
been crossing from America to France
by aeroplane and dropping bombs en
U-boats aa we flew.
Great Record In . Aviation.
The aerial record of the navy Is as
full of occasion for pride and satis
faction as its purely aquatic record.
The first armed forces of tha United
States to land in France were naval
aviators. One group sailing on the Nep
tune, landed on June 5, 1917, at Pauillac
the port from whrch Lnrayotte sailed
for America to join the struggling
colonists in their war for independence
Another group, on the Jupiter, reach
ed 'Saint Nnznire on June 9, sailing
throngt the very waters in which John
Paul Jones operated in the revolution.
The united mates navy haa lorty
four aviation stations and units in
Kurope. Our naval aircraft mnde 5,691
flights, covering a distance of 791,898
miles. They attacked forty-three sub
marines from the sir, snd were credited
according to the recorda of naval avi
ation, with sinking two, probably sink
ing two or more and damaging several
others.
The northern bombing group, in con
nection with tho British royal air
force, dropped more than 155,000
pounds of bombs on the U-boat bases
at Bruges, Zeebrugge and Ostend, and
the enemy airdromes and air stations in
Flanders.
On thia aide of tha Atlantic w hnd
twenfer-four naval aviation" units in op
eration, patrolling the coast from Nova
Scotia to Florida. One unit guarded
the Panama Canal. Marine corps avi
ators guarded the Azores. Our patrol
fliers in America eovered 2,455,920 miles
(Continued Oa Paga Tour.) i
DANIELS
ZI CYCLONES STRIKE
SEVERAL EASTER!!
CAROLINA PLACES
Severe Storm Demolishes Build
ings in Roseboro and Injures
Several People
LONG BRANCH COMMUNITY
IN ROBESON ALSO HIT
Residences Completely Stat
Into Splinters By Fores of
Wind and Thousands of Trees
Blown Down; Several Seri
ously Injured But None Re.
ported Killed
Clinton, May 11. A atorm
tag throagh Sampson thia after
noon struck Roseboro aad lajarod
aeveral negroes sorioasly aad orals,
ed a aamher of white people. Itf
damaged the school haUdiag, aa.
roofed Ballard's Store aad do.
strayed the Tarllagtoa-Howard gia. :
aery. The Williams. McKeithaa
Lamber Compaay plant balldlag
was destroyed and also aamsroaa
negro honors. The residences of
L. M. White aad Mm. C. C. Loo
were destroyed. Tho fores of tho
atorm struck tho hasiaesa eoctloa
hat did greatest damage la tho
aonthera part of towa. Telephone
comma Bleat lea Is cat an hetwoea v
Cliatea aad Salembarg. A Clinton
citizen last from Roseboro reports
nameroaa smaller damages. , Tho
gale lasted oaly a mlaato or Be.
Lumberton. May 13. A evelona trn.-k .
the Long Branch community, five miles '
south of Lumberton, thia afternoon, de
molishing three or more dwellings aad
seriously injuring several neonla. Tha
residence of John Lamb was completely '
demolished, nothing being left but tha
floor of the front norch. Five man.
bers of the family were hurt, tha only
una to escape injury Doing a small
baby. The building was rent into
splinters and the onlv nieea of himaa.
hold furnishings left oa the grounds
was a ci oca. ne nanas were torn off
the clock.
The stall in which Mr. Lamb's mala
wss kept wss earried away and tha
mule left unhurt. Thousands of trees
were uprooted or blown down ia tha
wake of the cyclone, which covered a
scope about a half mile wide. Full da
tails from the path of tha storm have
aot been received here, tha highways
having been blocked with trees. lra-'
asual heavy rains fell throughout this
section today and it is thought crops
have been damaged considerably.
GEN. PERSHING TO HEAD
ARMY AFTER JULY FIRST
Win Relieve Major General Pey
ton O. March, Present
Chief of Staff
Washington, May 13. General Persh
ing, since the end of the war nominally .
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out any important duties or authority,
will become chief of the general staff
snd the actual head of the army July 1,
Secretary Weekn announced today, Oa
that date ho will relieve Major General
Peyton C. March, the present chief of
staff. , ,
In sddition to his new duties General
Pershing will remain head of the gen
eral headquarters or war staff of tha
army, a post recently Cieatct f r him.
He will have as assistant chief of the
general staff his old friend and chief .
cf staff in France, Major General Jamea
G. Harhnrd, who will relieve Major Gen
eral William M. Wright, tha present
executive assistant.
Although bearing the title of chief
of staff and having authority and super
vision over all functions of the general
staff, General Pershing will be relieved 1
of all administrative and detail duties ,
by General Harbord who will assume '
the routine of the office, leaving Gen
eral Pershing free to direct the larger
aapecta of the military establishment
particularly the organization and train
ing of the National Guard and organ
ized reserves.
In announcing his decision Secretary '
Weeks made it plain that General
Pershing will be the real military head
of the army from every point of view.
He said the General of the armies would
be relieved of administration work far
General Harbord and would be charged
with the organization and training' of
all the elements- of tho army ia tha
United States including tha Natioaal .
Guard and file organized reserves.
General Harbord, Mr. Weeks aaid.
win nave mucu Droaaer powers loan
those formerly exercised by the assist
ant chief of staff.
THIRTEEN AN UNLUCKY
NUMBER FOR RONDA MAN
Richmond, Va, May 13. Friday the
thirteenth proved an unlucky day far
Dewey E. Coekerham, 21 years old of
Benhnm, N. C. He fell into the dutches
of the poliee here today when he tried
to havo a 50 expreas money order
oaahed at the American National Bank.
R. C. Gregory, the teller who waited oa
him, observed that the paper bora tha
number of one of twelve such orders-.
which were alleged to have been stolen
from the company at Ronda, N. C-, re
cently, according to warning circulars
sent out. - -
Gregory called the poliee and had tha
young man locked up. It was said that
another of the twelve stolen orders
waa found oa him and that ha admit-'
ted having cashed the ethers ia Ra
leigh, Greensboro, Charlotte and Win-
st on -Salem. TSe warrant on which he
was arrested eharged him with ' tha '
theft of the entire lot- of orders totall
ing (600 and it was said that ha would
probably be held for tha authorities at
RornJa. Coekerham waa working at
Ronda . as a telegraph operator whea
tha alleged theft occurred, it was said.
Previously, ho wss ia tha employ of
tha express company at Winstoa-Salam,