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RALEIGH. N. j, SUNDAY. MORNING, MAY 29. 1921. THIRTY-SDC PAGES TODAY.., PRICE: SEVEN CENT: REPUBUGl HOUSE COMMITTEE STRIKES SHAGS III PREPARING TARIFF PENROSE PLAJIS TO . IF YOU WERE ON FAYETTEVILLE STREET! AT ' -; 2 O'CLOCK YESTERDAY MAYBE YOU RE IN IT f.lECK ANGERS SENATOR EIIT SUING ,you cxiii. no. ;i 49; : thirty-six pages today. posa IIARRY DAUGHERTY f LEURG FORLIBE FROM IIEV JERSEY ENFORCEMEMT LAV Likely To Postpone Trial 0 Court Action Brought By ., d; Albright'. ALLEGES CIRCULATION ' OF LIBELLOUS LETTE - in I mi Defendant In Gate Denies P os , itirely Circulatlflf It tut Did ; Show It To Twd Men Bat Al leges Hli Belief . That They Were Emissaries " Sent Bj . The Plaintiff U : - t ; Charlotte, May 28. Aa the. first week of th two vmVi trm at Mecklenburg . Superior court closed tfday, court or fleials aadMullitieal observer saw lit- tie prospect oxlli4ral of the cm of J. D. Albright, Bepublicaa politician and slated lot fc Job bare aa port muter, who ia suing A. P.. Lynch for tea thousand dollar for alleged libel. The cms ia docketed for trial at thii .' term of court ,;" " J. A. -Albright, Morehead lieutenant . for Mecklenburg county, in i coat' nlilnt. thare-aa TjrBph with th. eireula- tion 0(1 letter libeloua and defamatory to the character of the plaintiff . , The eats baa been the subject of dis eussion nuons politicians and political observers dari:-;; ?:o laet few weekf and thu outcome v awaited with eon siderabl intereat ia view of Albright's ' rather prominent eonneetioa with the Bepublicaa machine bow ia control ia North Carolina. Albright ia the came man whoa Jak Newell, prominent Be publican politician here, charged with ; log rolling at a .Republican county con vention here two year ago. He has lone been tha big boaa locally, but ' take hit order from Morehead. - - , Tha AUad Letter. . " Tha alleged defamatory letter whUh ' Albright elaima waa circulated ia pur - ported to have been written by one B. W. West, of Denton, and a set forth ia tha complaint follow I am Jaat In receipt ef a latter, from 0. A. Berkley, Denver, Jf. C teaching , whkh that J. D. Albright la about to gat tho Charlotte aostofae. Thin m tea bad. I bar known Albright over It year aad I aav norm haowa him ealy u a seoaadrel aad traitor. He caused tha Irat aplit la th Catawba , Kawablicaa aad I told Je MaUea wheat a want to Charlatt h had bs- . Ur clear af him, bat Jo would at believe , bat I gaaaa he f osm at. I hsven't got papat to write all I knew J hia wUaerabl raacallty aad oUrtlaeas, bat W fan wU cam le an m I caa UI1 ya. JBla record nl D. C . m wore than Beckera a policeman, in Mew York. A. a. Pries, af Sallabary, an tell yea om at hla raeard In D. C, alleging that ha palled all tha dietitian, made them pay to let them cheat the gyramaA" , , i Denies Circulating It. In hie -anewer, to th complaint, Lynch deniea positively that he cireu lated the letter in question, but ex- nlaina that he did ahow it to & A Bankin and Joseph Michael, at their 'requeet and aaaerta that be believe now thee men approached him as . '- emlsearici of Albright, and that the ' suit ia an effort to "whitewash" the plaintiff. ;. , Lynch ia under a $5,000 bond pend in the hearinn of thie action. Tha defendant aaya tha only time ha ahowed th letter waa about April 11. when & A. Bankin and Joaeph ," Michael came td his houaa and inti mated that if th letter and reporti were true they would aot support Al ' bright for postmaster, tha defendant . adding that ha ahowed the letter, belie- in. that the tw visitore earn a frienda and he let them bar copy, he allege to take away with them. SEVEN ARRESTS MADE IN MINGO STRIKE ZONE Williamson, W. Va May 28. Seven perione, charged with violating Got- ernor E. t . Morgan? mamai law pro: . clamatioa for. Mingo county, were ar- rested today ia mining towns along the ' Tug Kirer and held without bail. The charges included agitating, intimidating . and carrying firearms. Activities of the tegular- and special State police , continued unabated throughout tha cone where the recent shootings occurred, and additional . Kentucky guardsmen have been placed en duty at posts on the Kentucky stdo of th river. The first movement of prisons from the Mingo eounty jail, owing to crowded Conditions, occurred tonight when ten men were sent to the Cabclis Jail at , Huntington. DECLARES JAPAN IN FAVOR OF DISARMAMENT :: ' Ban Franeiseo, May 28. Japan ia la ' favor ef disarmament,: sine th ful Ailment of th naval program ia im posing heavy tax 'burdens on tha people, -but other cations of greater power must take th initiative, B. Nskanishi, leader of .tha. Japanese -diet now visiting the United States, told a luncheon gathering i here. , - "Japan wants peaee in the Orient,' Mr. Naksnishl aid. "We feel the mill v Ury burden heavily.- But wa feel we - cannot suggest disarmament first, as that would be usurping the prerogative of other nations more entitled to make such declarations." ' Crystal Falle, Mich., May 28. Two men were killed hnd another seriously injured, when a cable drawing a bucket used in bringing iron ore from the ' Mouongahela mine herrnd in which th men wer riding slipped, throw, ing th men to th bottom of the shaft; . a drop of 100 feet " LIGHT SNOWFALL. , Helena, Mont., May ' 28 A light ; snowfall wss reported today la widely Separated areaa in Montana. , Lively Spat Takes Place In Which ugly words Are passed By The Two Men ROW BREAKS OUT OVER . DISTRIBUTING OFFICES Senator TrelingAnysen Thought ' Ho Had Been Treated TJn : ,. Jnetly By Attorney General Letter Telia Tormer , Where Torkt Off In ritrhtingr lojxg utLgt, According To" Eeport The News and Observer Bureau, . 603 District National Bank Bldf. By EDWAKD K. BKITTOJf. (By Special Leased 'Wire.) Washington, May 28,iAs on few days since he has been ia office President Hartting bad "short" ealUng list to day. It waa - not because the office seekers wanted him to have a rest from their importunities, but beeana the President took the day as largely his own, for the clearing ap of th odd and enda of affairs that had accumu lated during th weak, and In th days be waa ia Htw fork and on th May flower in making the trip. . Th usual run of th day with him ia visitor every fiv sninutee and some times a large , delegation ia srotten through with in three hundred seconds. Influential ia th person who grab off ten minute ef his tune, aad the fifteen minute limits ef th elect order. His visiting list for today was a rare bird in th way of White House schedules but President Harding declared that ha.; must have tha time. And so the office seeker perforce had nothing left for them to do but to wait for Monday, Hat An Jay aa Barmany. Thar ia not all joy aad harmony ia th administration circles, especially in th ease of Attorney General Harry M. Dangherty and Senator Joaeph Freung- hnysen, of Mew Jersey, and the language that passed at recant meeting of the two Bepnblleaa , big wiga was of the really shocking variety, so the report goes. It appears that Attorney Gen eral Daugherty, bain; the man regarded aa closest to President Harding in the handing out of Federal pie, has calls made upon him for many offices outside of th Department of Justice. And Mr. Daugherty baa been endeavoring to take ear of aom of his friends. He bad letters from New Jersey Be publics as who tmpbr4 aia assistance, and he mad answer t them, giving an idea that ha would de things . . 1 ' ' This aewa found its way to Senator rralingbuysen, whoa ire waa aroused thereby, for he took it that Mr. Dangh erty waa encroaching o his preserves in patronage matters in Nsw Jersey. Bo accompanied with, the other New Jersey wearer of th. toga, Senator Edge, aad ' with . him Be publican National Committeeman for th State, Hamilton P. Beam, ha called upon the Attorney General in his office. There waa brief general talk and soon Senator Frelinghuyaen waa telling Mr. Daugh erty what h thought of his butting into affairs in New Jersey. Th dander of the Attorney General rose, ao the report goes, and he handed back some hot worda at which senator J re ling- buy sen roe on th platform of his Senatorial dignity and biased back at th cabinet member. And then Harry Daugherty ia said to have used some very naughty words, indeed the newa that baa leaked out saya that he "cussed out" Senator Frelinghuyaen in language that Southern men fight about," and ordered bun out of his office. Th New Jersey Senator went but he returned at the solicitation of Senator Edge and Committeeman 'Beam to at tend to other matter in hand, Daugh erty aad Frelinghuysen barely noticing each other. Both claim that apologies ar da them, and Mr. Daugherty ia credited with saying that he will have nothing to do with Frelinghuysen antil there is an -apology forthcoming. Harding to Patch It Up. President Harding is trying to patch up th differences between the two. He is under obligations to Daugherty, who waa his pre -convention manager with tha credit of "putting him over" at Chicago, while he aad Senator Freling huysen are sort of cronies, calling each other "Joe aad 'Warren' in their talk. And Joe waa tha host-to Warren when there was a yashtlng trip in Florida. Senator Frelinghuyaen is not the only Senator or crominent Republican whom Attorney General Daugherty has of fended. There sre complaints from a number of sources that Harry Daugh erty is too rough in his methods, that he is not inclined to do the proper honor to Senators and Bepresentatives in the varioua States. Whereat there is kicking about him. Some of this comet from Oklahoma, som from Missouri, concerning which Senator Spencer and tha Madisoa cass ia aa example, for it took tha personal nersuasion of Presi dent Harding to get Senator jppeneer to let up on th appointment of C. C. Madison as District Attorney st the say so of Daugherty: from Tennessee, where Mr. Daugherty wss th power that put J. W. Boas over as District Judge from Texas, whero the solo Bepublicaa- Bep- resentativ tt finding that Daugherty wants to hand out the pie. The Attor ney General ia not in high favor ia some quarters on the Hill, and the a he gives th cold shoulder to Senator who -are boosting candidates. Not alont doea the Attorney General do this but his chief assistant declines to make much ado sbout members of Congress. Wanta Mor Land Appraisers. Bepreseatativs Weaver is seeking to hav an increase In the number fit farm loan bank appraisers for North Caro lina. At present ther are seven of these, three at Charlotte, three about Monroe, and one in Surry eounty. Mr. Weaver's position ia that ther ought to bo tea in the State, on for each congressional distrirt. At least he feels that ther should be on of the (Continued a Pag Tw.) .. . . . .: - V . ' - " -. - : y ::, ' v. :;',. . ... . '. V ' -. f''-V ' i - 3 ! I . M . ... i r ' rw V 1 " ' ''' i i ; - . - I- . f I I ;': Photorrauh by Former Lieutenant at o'clock. -Ia the middle foreground further up, seross the street, the Court agalvis the Citixens' Bank, and at the brought permanently to Baleigh. -, SMOOTH SAILING rnm Administration Puts Itself Squarely Behind North Caro linian For Job The News and Observer Bureau, - 603 District National Bank Bldg. By EDWAKD -E. BBITTON (By Special Leaned Wire); S Washington, May 28 Th adminiatra tion has had, no thought, pf withdrawing th nomination, .of Frank.' Linhey, the nomine of .President ' .Harding for xnstrict Attorney . m .Kveexern sflorta . . . ... ' ', . . t Carolina. This was th ' information give mr this morning - by Georg Christian. Jr- Secretary 1 th Presi dent during his conference with news Bayer men. That is also th position -of Attorney General Dauguorty and 'wttn tha backing of administration lt vrill take a hard light oa th part ef Beaa- tors Borah, Johnson, Lajronett and th other of the group to knock out th North Carolina Republican State chairman. Attorney General r Daugherty today let it drift out that in all probability the Linney matter would be taken up neat week and when it comes along there will b fir works a plenty, in the Senate, with the negro question to th for. Th Republicans la states where th negro vote is a factor do not want to have to vote for Linney because of his anti:negro circular, while the other of the Administration Senators . are going to awallow whatever President Harding tells them to swallow. So there you are. And the administration proposes to win, just as it won in th hi lair ease. Blair Get To Work. Immensely pleased with the "verdict of the jury" David H. Blair went to work early this morning on bis job as Commissioner of Internal Revenue, following hie taking of the oath of oZ fie late yesterday afternoon, when the oath of office waa administered by H. W. Stutler. assistant appointment clerk of the Treasury Department. Indeed he waa up late last night at his desk, for the lights in his office were shining brightly elose oa to midnight. Inf an exclusive statement- given , .out I today Commissioner Blair said: 'I had a good jury, they heard all the evidence, gave it most careful eon sideratiqn, rendered their' verdict and am greatly pleased with their find ings. . f "I am more than delighted and deep ly , appreciate the loyal support from everybody in North Carolina regardless of their politics, and- with the loyal support I received in the Senate. Par ticularly do I appreciate the support of Senator Simmon and Overman, who although differing with me in politic gav me their unstinted support.' ' ' As Monday is a holiday and all gov ernment departments closed Commis sioner Blair left Washington tonight to spend Sunday and Monday with bis family at Winston Salem. He will re turn to Washington Tuesday morning when he will begin to reorganise the forces of the bureau and begin the big job now awaiting him. His family will not eome to Washington till Sep tember. Bath Promises Home Ban. Bab Rath, 'the New York American champion home, run batsman, has ex tended aa invitation to the new cord missioner to be his guest st' th gam between New Tork and .Washington next Wednesdsy. Babe promises the commissioner that he will almost cer tainly hit a home run ia honor of Mr. Blair. ' ' i"Hom run" has been scored by Mr. Blair aine Babe made his 13th. It ia understood that quite a delega tion of Tar Heela will be in Washing ton to see America's greatest bom run hitter swing his. bat aad wallop the ball for keeps.'' -' r Flood Oa Isaiiaa . Beaerve. Begins, Sack May TS. Many cattle aad hone hav been drowned and resident of th Bed Earth Indian Re serve ar living oa th roofs of their houses becaus of a flood oa th Car rot Biver. ,i : .' '. . VI. W. Graham, Indian commissioner. who received the reports, said further details were not available. :' " " 0 MIMMrV Gus Lrasar from his Canadian-Canuck at may be observed th Municipal Auditorium with its rounded windows. A little House, Federal Building and the Tucker Building. Crossing the thoroughfare other end of the street, the State Capitol. Mr. Leaser owns th first airpUns ;. , ' v?,' ;. - ' ; .. SlSsKi President Of Yale Says South Must Cherish Inheritance From Forefathers SOUTHERN ALUMNI HOLD . THEIR ANNUAL BANQUET i i , . Head Of Great University Bays . '.. Nation' Looks To , Sonttt To ' See That It Does Hot Get . Prussianized; Says Univer cities Can. Wipe Out See ;'. ttonaJ,;Antaj:onirh -r. . . Washington,. May. 28-Seetlonai . an tagonism to, a large ' extent .- "ean be wiped,-out, if aaiversitiw become na tional la scop and do at represent the view of ! single , district 1 or class, President Arthur- T. Hadley, bt Tale, declared here today at the annual ban quet of the Associated Southern Tale Clubs. It is essential, he said, that col lege students should understand the thoughts and feelings' of their fellow eitixens as a body; aot those of their own group or , class, but those of the many different groups thst make up the nation. "It ia true," said Dr. Hadley, "that the United States has not developed such fierce international antagonisms as Germany did, but wo hav within our own borders possibilities of conflict which ar just aa fundamental and which may prov just as serious. We have class antagonism whose moet hope less feature ta that they are baaed oa class misunderstandings. - Sectlonsl Teadendea - City and country are often as far apart ia thought and feeling a though they represented separate nations. Organized capital and oganized labor pursue their several ends without any real knowledge oa the part of the leaders of . either group ' of what th rank and file oi th other- ar thinking. Som of this is an inevitable result of the rapid growth of the nation, to which we hav not been able to adapt our minds and consciences fast enough. Some -of it is due to the Isck of social distinction; to the fact that we play the the -game of business and politics as though the players were poker chips, in aead of remembering, first last and all the time, that they are. lire men and women like ourselves." Sonth Sympathetic Declaring Southerners show a sym pnthy which is not only broad but in stlnctive, tho speaker asserted that th country looks to th South to see thst it noes not get Prussianized. The new South, he coninued, needs to cherish as as her best possession the things she has inherited from the Old Sonth. The banquet concluded a two-day meeting of Southern Tale alumni. Other speakers included Dr. James Bow land Angell, who will succeed Dr. Had' ley ss president of Tale, and Walter A. Sadd, Chattanooga, Tenn., retiring president of the Associated Southern Tale Clubs. Edwin W. Robertson,, Columbia, 8. C baa been elected as Mr, Sadd successor. 'Eli" graduates who were her for the meeting visited Mount Vernon this morning and later culled oa President Harding at the whit House. Call to the Country There's a loud call of the apring time that beckon many to the country, . 1 Neat little eountry places, com fortable cottages, attractive bunga lows, .country houses of various kindsall are available if aoughs through tha Want Ads. ' If th call of the eountry Is loud in your ears and the family n-d ehlldrea ar seeking the broad fields, th beach or th mountains make as of th Want Ada in locating just tha hind of a eountry place you, de sire. " ' "' ' "I rv Phone 127 our Want Ad Man will gladly call for your ad. height of "300 feet yesterday afternoon TEXTILE WORKERS TO BE CALLED OUT Strike Affecting Mills Through out South To Come lit Near Future Charlotte, May 28. A geaeral strike to affect textile mills throughout the South hss been declared by the officials of the United Textile Workers of Amer ica, Thomas P.; McMahon, ' vie presi dent bf th' national organisation,' said upon his, return her ronvJfJewTork, There .ha ha jbU&&atJtotii John Golden ana othef offleer. . Mr, McMahon, however, stead faatly re fused to nam va th approximate data when th strik order will b is sued, further than to intimate that It will be ia th very near future. ' The impending strike, it ia officially stated, will be tho result of wag redue tiom in excess of SS I S per eont in the textile mills, that - seal of reductioa having been fixer by the union authori ties as the "deadline. . Mr. McMahon has been ia the South for several weeks,,, most of the time canvassing the varioua textile centers snd investigating wage reductions. Presi dent Golden also haa spent consider able time ia th South during the last fire or six weeks. . Mr. McMahon declared today that wage, reductions have averaged about GO to 65 per cent and in many eases have been, much more drastic There is "absolutely no reason" for theae reductions. Mr. McMahon said ( adding that he had figures showing that reductions in wages were without just I fieation. More than 100,000 mill operatives in North Carolina alone will be affected by the strike order, Mr. McMahon said. Not all of these ar organised, but he expressed absolute confidence thst the unorganized workers will walk out with th union worker , when th order is msde effective. - Mr. McMahon declared that the na tionsl organization bad been besieged with requests and appeals by local tex tile unions in the South to hurry the strike call, which he said would be an nounced from his temporary headqiiar- tear here by him aa the spokesman for the national, organization. He aaid that while the strike would be called to be come effective in all affected mills, practically simultaneously tho walkout might bo put into operation ia some centers several daya ahead of others. ALLEGED MEMBERS OF I. W. W. CAPTURE TRAIN Twenty-seven Arrested For At tempt To Commandeer a .O v Freight Train Denver, May 28. Twenty-seven al leged members of the I. W. W. were placed in jail here early today after they had attempted to commandeer a union Pacific freight train and run it to Denver from Cheyenne, Wyo ac cording to the police. A squad of 22 policemen met the train outside the city when they received, a report that the alleged I. W. W. Were oa it. ' Members of the crew of try might train notified division headquarters of th Union Pacific Ballroad her when th train reached Greeley. Colo., that " gang of men had taken possession of several cars and refused to leave." Denver, policemen headed by two ser geants were sent to meet the tram snd took th mta into custody. At police headquarters several of the men said they had formed band outside Cheyenne and decided to travel South together. They said they had been driven out of Cheyenne. Charges of vagrancy wer placed against them. . Separations Payment. Berlin. May 28. A special govern ment courier will leave for Paris to night with twenty drafts on th Im- orial treasury of $10,0O0,0 each to be handed lb reparations rommiraina oa account of th reparations owned by Germany. This ia believed to'b s record remittent. - .. ...J Open Split Over Schedules For Chemicals, Cotton, Wool . and Silks EXPECTS TO INTRODUCE MEASURE BY JUNE 10 , . .. .. i n. i i .i ., i Republican Members Drafting General Tariff Bill Having Trouble In Getting Together On Important Schedules ; For mal Call For Canons Of Re publicans Of Hons , ' Washington, May 28. Bepublicaa members of . tho Hiuso ways aad n cans committee, . preparing a final craft of th general tariff bill, wero aid tonight to b at odds over four important schedule in th new meas ure. What waa described as aa open aplit haa occurred ia tha writing of schedules for chemicals, cotton, wool aad auks. Despite th lack uf agreement on tacse schedules, and th fact that om other hav paiwd only th eub- eommitte stage, Chairmaa Fordney held to thia predietiot of June 10 as th date of introduction. Bom mem ber of th committee, however, de clared th Houso wouli not reeeiv tho measure short of Jaaa SO. Th chemi cal schedule it waa said, haa resulted la a continuation of the fight originat ing ia the Senate against the further use of restriction, other than by tariff rates ,on tho importations of dyestuffs. Mr. Fordney is unde-skod to hav an nounced his vigorous oppositioa in th committee to any pliu aavortng of an embargo, although be wa willing to al low th application of high rates. Silk Schedale Snotty. Neither tho sub-committees nor the full Bepublicaa membership hss suc ceeded ia establishing basic rates oa tho silk schedule, while sectional views were said to have ea reflected ia th attempt to fix rate a cotton and its Sroduets. Th New England element s the eommttte was said to be fight- ring th rates oa cotton products, claiming they wer disproportionate to the rate oa th raw product. Bub-committee drafts of th schedules on earthenware, paper, . sundries aad minerals ar understood to hate becfn accepted by the majority members )f tn committee. . Kawablicaa Caaeas. A formal call for a caaeas of Boas Bepublieana aext Wednaadsy wat out during the day. The conference will discus aad attempt to determine a party policy on the resolution of Beriresentatlve Lonawtrth. of Ohio, which would make tariff duties carried by the general bill effective upon the date of introduction tn the House. Benresentatlve TounaY of North Da kota, th eonly Bepublicaa member of the ways and means committee to op pose tho plan, announced today he would carry his fight against it to the caucus aad declared he had assurance of strong support. , EDDIE RICKENBACKER . FINISHES LONG FLIGH American Ace Completes Air Trip From California To .Washington Washington? May 28. Captain Eddie Biekenbaeker completed his trans-on tiaeatal flight her early tonight, land ing at dusk at Boiling Field. He was forced to land by a thunderstorm ia tho West Virginia mountains at o'clock but resumed his flight in on hour aad arrived here without further incident. Biekenbaeker arrived at 0:15 o'clock after officers at the field had decided that he had been forced down aad would not reach Washington tonight He went immediately to tha ofaoers quarters for a brief rest, but refused to discuss his trip, ssying thst he Was "all in." , He did not kaow at what point he had stopped in the West Virginia mountains during ths thunderstorm that delayed him ia hia flight from Dayton, Ohio. After resting, the aviator donned evening dress snd went to the Metro politan Club, whero he waa a guest to night at a' private dinner given by General Pershing to officers of ths first American unit sent to Prance oa the steamer Baltic. Biekenbaeker left Bedwood City, Cal., last Thursday morning and after series of delays due to mishaps to his machine and transfers to others com pleted the trans-continental flight in a little lesa than os hours elapsed time. He made tho last leg of his flight in an army plane. ENRICO CARUSO LEAVES FOR TRIP TO HOMELAND New Tork, May 28. Enrico Caruso, showing traces of his long illness, today boarded tho steamship Presidents Wil son, bound for Italy, his homeland. Extra guards were thrown about the pisr to hold back the thousands of tenor's admirers. Flowers, sent by bun dreds of friends, and many telegrams and messages wishing him a ipeedy return to good health were received He will remain in Italy during tho isummer months, snd hope to regain his health completely. Weekly Weather Forecast. Washington, May 88. Weather pre dictions for the week beginning Mon day, issued by the weather bureau to day, are: Middle Atlantic states generally fair weather, but with a probability of local showers latter part of week; normal tempo rstar. South Atlantis and East Gulf states generally fair, normal temperature. . West' Gulf state fat; except for scattered local showers: normal temp erature, " , ,; Says Prohibition Machinery 'Ineffective, Wasteful and ; Demoralizing" TO HAVE CONFERENCE .WITH DAVID H.. BLAIR ; Whole Subject Of "E.katHlti-tion"- Of Present tnforce- meat Bystsni To 3s Diacai-; . sed; Penrose Parors Citing : Enforcement Work Over To The Department Of Justice ' ' Washington, May 28. Declaring that the present prohibition ; eaioreemrat system is ineffeeti?e, wasteful s aad demoralising ia many of it aspects,': Chairmaa Penrose, of the Senate . Finance Committee, anhaanced tonight that conferences would b held next , Week between hi eommltte and Com missioner of the Bureau of Internal Bevenue Blair, looking baages la the enforcement measure. ' : , ' Th whole subject ef "rababUUatioa'' of th enforcement system will be gon over, Mr. Penrose said, adding that tho advisability of transferring th prohi bition unit from the Bureau of later sal Bevenue to the Department of Jus tice, the designating ef aa aforearaeai ' superintendent fV each of th State or for each judicial district and other suggeatioas would be taken up. Would Transfer Work - '' - '? Senator Penrose ssid he personally was la favor of tha Departmeat of Jus tie taking over th enforcement work. Th question will be discussed with Attorney General Daugherty before th ' finance eommltte takes action, he aaid. Secretary Mellon already kha expressed spproval of tho proposed tranafer, and Mr. Blair ia' understood to favor th step; ', "Tha present prohiWiipn enforcement system is ineffective, wasteful and demoralising ia many of its aspeets." Mr. Penrose aaid, "and require drastie. treatment la order that it may be re ' habilitated and freed of tha scandalous '' conditions now surrounding it." Matter of Detail O' "! The plan of th transfer and th extent to which it would go, Mr. Pen-' rose aaaea, - m matter of detail to ha worked out oa th basis that theoretl- eally the treasury ought to have no polios buainaaa ta. Inninrt " Tr.hii.i. tion enforcement, k said, ia a matter paealiarly ia th prorine of th Attor key Qeaeral and th district attorneys. , On of Mr. Blair's first act a Com. missioner, it was said tonight, would b th designation bf a aw Prohibition . Commissioner ia plaH r of ; John . F. Kramer. For this pise Newton Fair - -- mm VMM , ACWfUCIItiy mentioned. -.',- . . - "PROFESSOR" GETS AWAY FROM ANGRY CITIZENS Alleged To Hare Gotten Thous and Ot rinTlawa Vaw "XT-oil.. In High Point . ;; High Point, Mar 28. TraTtXn. I his own automobile, Professor B. A. Coley, of Columbia, S jO, who elaima tn hm nawatta.lAi.l- ,mmj 1. .-1 .l, t- ' tT"J w UMH, HDDS High Point dust front his heels earlr today and left for th South Carolina city, carrying with him thousands f dollars, which he is alleged to hav acquired during th two week per ' tlons of his "Faith" ia this vicinity. Following th 'Professor whsa k la ft ' th city wer local aitiseas ia autems biles apparently bent on putting a stop to tho practices of tho South Cars- ' Man man. Th machines returned ta High Point after giving chase for sev eral miles. . - Professor Coley cam to this attr two weeks ago aad during his stay her bo is said to have ''treated ' scores f sltisens, among them wer many Bretni aeat High Pointers. After obtaining information from towns In which ths "Professor has visited, stating that h was aa 'ordi nary fakir," local citixens decided that hia presence would no longer b tol erated. Bene he mad a hurried sail , from th city. . ' VARNER HEARING AGAIN POSTPONED BY COURT Greensboro, Msy 8. Argument o a '' motion thst the divorce suit brought by " Henry B. Varner, of Lexington, against '. his wifs, Florence C. Tamer, be re- . moved from Davidson County Superior ' Court .scheduled , to have been heard here today, waa postponed until June 16. This makss ths third tfcsM the hearing hss been postponed for en resson or another. When the attorneys in th ease ap- peared before Judge T. B. Fialey in Superior Court here today, they were , armed with a formidable mass, of docu ments. Each sido showed a willingness to go ahead, but when Judge Finley found thst the hesring could not b nished within a day he ordered it continued. When the motion to remove th case, , based upon th claim that a fair trial could not be had at Lexington, is hoard the other requests of Mrs. Varner' lawyers will be heard. One of them ia that th Court! compel Varner to fur- nish av further bill particulars to support his charges of . immorsllity oa the part of hia wife aad Baxter Me Crary, and that he be mad to giv his wife alimony and legal expense money. CASOMNK STOCKS LARGEST IN HISTORY OF COUNTRY. Washington, D. C, May 28. Gasoline stocks oa April 30 were th largest ia , ths history of th eountry It waa abowa ia figures mad public today by the ba- reau of mines. Ther wer 758,000,000 v' gallons in stock April SO, a net increase ' of 42100,000 gallons over th month ! before, ,. ' . ,. , ' . . I - y .- .t ... , ,. ,in ,i hi
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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May 29, 1921, edition 1
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