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The News .&Hid Observer l) yOnr" pape. ac4 r I five e ' bf In oruer te avuid IU......4 a tingle copy. Ctaerally fair Thamday aad friday. . .. VOL CXIIL Na 153.;; . TWELVE fAGES.TODAY. : y " RA14KaH.N.CtTW PAYS TRIBUTE TO : PREDECESSOR IN REVENUE BUREAU Commissioner Dave , Blair Makes Good Impression On , ; Newspaper Men in Capital NEW CHIEF IN GENIAL. " MOOD FOR UNDERTAKING 'Thanks Democrats For Slaving Trail In Collection Of Vast Stuns 01 Jtfohey, Thanks Peo : pie For Co-operation And Hopes That Ha May Improve ' Xffloiency Of Bureau , . , i The New aad Obervr Bureau, I 003 piatrict National Dank Bid ' Br EDWARD B. BRITTON. (Br Bpeeiah Leased Win.) Washington, June Paying high " tribate to the iffieieney of hi predeces sor ia office and it muit.be rememlw ad that the man whom ha praised wia aa official of the Democratic administra- tioa of Woodrow Wilaon David H. Blair, of North Carolina, the new Com miasloner ' of Internal Revenue, this morning made hii debut with toe newa paper correspondents of Washington. He prrifrfd hi talk with tba presen tation to t':;n "f :i prepared itatemant . which at h: suggestion was read by one of "the correspondent to hi eo laWers this statement later being fur nished the pre. Beginning his state ment by aaying -Before I came Kara X had heard some r-eomkint about the manner and especial ly about the rapidity, with which income - tar matter are handled by this bureau, bat tinea X hare gotten a little, in ' tight lata tba situation, I hare eon eluded that the complaint is not well founded." Tribata T Democrat. - And then tame the tribute to Demo- - oratie efficiency and ability in handling the big business ' of collecting Taat sums of money from the taxpayere cf th United State. Here it is, in. the exact language of Commissioner Blair: - "It ia, a great tribute to my predeeer. eer that they hare accomplished, with o little fiction, the gigantic task of eellecting Ave of eix billion a year, especially since the task was thrust boon them so suddenly s without any previous experience to guide them, and ' without . Any -"machinery - except that which they built as Ihcr went along. We were probably less prepared to col-' leet the aiaew of war than we were to do the actual fighting." - And Mr. Blair likewise 'eomplimeaU th "help? tht ha bean doing it, part ia running the bureau, assistant, whe were the selection of Democrat aai kept oa their job by Democrats, ssying as to these : I And a great army of splendid men and women ia the bureau here in Wash ington. They hare given me tuch a wel come, and hare shown aueh a fine apirit of co-operation and helpfulness that I hare gottea over .my stage fright r.ad I feel confident that we shall make this year of great accomplishment. Thank People For Help. In other part of hi statement Mr. .Blair apeak of the aid given by the people generally in aiding the bureau oin it work, th other paragraph of his statement being: "It 1a a great tribute to the American people, too, for they have shown a fine spirit of eo-operation. Of course, both the bureau and the taxpayer have learned much, and this ought to make the machinery run more amoothly eneh year. It is my purpose to encourage this spirit of eo-ope ration. I want every taxpayer to know that thia bureau wants to give him a square deal and of course it expects a square -deal from him. "If the law work a hardship in aome case, I believe it wilt be tpedily amend ed so a to do exact justice to all, and will be to administered aa to encour age industry and not to destroy or crip ple it "I trust that w shall be able to bring the work p to date and to keep it current. It ia important to all that pending dieerenees, both a to Ineom taxes and estate taxes,-be speedily and finally determined. I hope for great remit ia these particular." . Make Favorable' Impression. Ia hi general talk with the corre spondents Commissioner Blair stated that aew appointment ia the Waahing toa anit of the bureau would be made first, aome possibly thi wek.. A tc win and beer regulation h was ait prepared to say what would be done it present, that he was studying the mat ter. Concerning the transfer of thi prohibition enforcement section of the bureau to th Department of Justice in timation from him were that he wss personally ia favor of the transfer, and that conference were to be held last week. Hi position, he stated, 4 to enforce the law as he finds it. and in the income tax matter to simplify tho regulations, and ia general ia the bu reau to get the best results at the 'mini mum of cost Altogether ia hi first interview he made a most favorable im pression upon the newspaper men who fired question at him. H wa . too busy today to attend the ball game as the guest of '"Babe" Buth, who had promised a home run ia hi honor. President Harding ha seat word to Mr. Blair that he desire to see him as eon as, he find opportunity, in order to confer oa matter relating to the Bu reau. Mr. Blair ha announced that he will make the appointment of prohibi tion commissioner next week, and thst there will also be a number of North Carolina appointments, among these " that of Gilliam Oriasom, secretary of the Republican Btate - Executive Com' aiittee as Collector of Internal Revenue for the Western District. : Other slated for appointment are J. J. Jcnkint, Siler City, a Collector or internal itevenue for th Eastern District: B. A. Kohloss, of Salisbury, as prohibition enforce meat officer; Bea C. Sharps, of Greens boro, a supervisor at Income tax, , Goldsboro Heiress Seeking :;, - Divorce From Kentucky Man Mrs. Ludie Grantham Massiei' 2 1 Years OlbV Finds Life's Dreams Turned To Ashes,' She Tells Court;- Admits Smok ing and Drinking But; Denies -AtTair" . With An Aviator; " Jells of Courtship In Goldsboro. Owensboro, . Ky June l Judge B. W. Black couldnt decide today whe that a divorce should be granted te Mrs. Ludie Grantham Mamie, 21 yea old heiress, from her' husbsnd, Ellla H. Massie, aoa of a millionaire to ba ceca ls t, both "spoiled children of the rich" o 'called.'' ' 4 To add to the humiliation, which th Goldsboro, N. C, heiress says aha hat had to endure ever ainc her marriage, suit wa filed against her today by aa Owensboro store. It waa aa account of $400.. 8h wa indignant. "It'a my husband's duty te pay this bill, that's why I won't pay it," ah declared. She. would have no trouble ia paying it She has 115100 year toeome. .. , - Remaac. Their Vafcapplaeea. . ; Romanes of a boat-fide . variety, a speedy courtship, jilting of another man, then marring and subsequent constant unhappines extending ever a period of three years, ia Mrs. Masai' story. ' He drew a pistol oa her, struck her and cursed her, she said. "He was unkind from the moment we arrived in Owensboro," she said ia her deposition. "Hi drinking caused all our disagreement.' She admitted smoking and taking a few drink haraelf and .buying expea. Commission Will Restrict Use -Of County's Credit Fori Road' Building Twenty million for road waa set as the limit for 1921 ia a resolutiea 'passed by the State' Highway Commiaaioa at its session yesterday. Thi will be the extent of the work authorised, and let to eoa tract, either directly by the Com mission, or by eountiea through th Commission. Tea million wa th limit tet oa th Commiaaioa for ih expenditure of State money for road thia year, but only, the judgment of the Commiatioa can limit the amount that counties ean spend, with the sadexatanding that the exepnditure will be retold at th convenience of the Commission.- . Th Commiaaioa - finds itself over whelmed with offer of credit from the eountiea, aad yesterday Pitt brought the situatioa to erisi by offering, and insisting that the State aeeept k million and a half dollar work of road, to be paid for ia the. future. Pitt ka th money, and ia ready to ipend it Other eountie by the seort hare mad similar, though leu large, , proposals, and the Commission felt that the time had come to holt. Overburdening th contractor, creating aa unusual de mand for road building materials, and localizing construction rather than hav ing it" proceed simultaneously ia each county were evilt teen ia the aituatioa. Other than thi resolution, the Com mission did nothing mors than hear mora delegation with varying; assort ment of proposals yesterday. Today definite detail of accepting road pro ject, ordering them advertised for con struction, etc., will be taken up. Th Commission will adjoura tomorrow night - AMERICAN GOLFERS NOW ENTERED IN BIG MATCr Chantilly, France, June 1. The th senee of Chick Evans,' Francis Ouimet, Bobby Jone and other American gol fer at th opening of the French na tional amateur championahip tourna ment today overshadowed actual con tests. Th elub official had posted the American entries and several hundred Americans came out by automobile, swelling the gallery for the much ad vertised matehos. It waa explained eventually by the officials that the French golfer, Castel had suggested te the Amerieaaa at Hoy lake, England, lost week that they enter the tournament and oa th strength of hi conservation he wrote to the club to- enter them. It was admitted that there had been no formal entries. The Chantilly Golf Club authorities, how ever, expressed amazement and disap pointment when the Amerieaaa failed to appear. The club received telegram from Evans, who went to London today by airplane, excusing hi absence because of rheumatism. BLAIR TO REORGANIZE PROHIBITION FORCES ' Washington, Jun 1. Early aad eom nlpte reorganization of the Federal pho bibitioa anit i planned by th Internal Ki'venu Bureau, Commissioner Blair announced today. More efficient and lean costly administration is sought. Commissioner Blair said, with th Vol stead Act interpreted a at preaent. Th commissioner indicated h had under - consideration the possible crea tion ef Federal prohibitioa aupervitor ia each Stat to replace the present department comprising several State. GERMANS MAKE ATTACK - ON FRENCH GARRISON . . Oppelin, June r (By the Aaaociated Press). A grave situatioa ia reported at Beuthea, where th German at tacked th French garrison. Sharp fighting followed ia which th German were repulsed, A number of them wer killed. Th Pole, whe also were fighting the Germans, made aa effort to kelp the French. . The French, however, refused thia aid and ' themselves fought the Pole. TWENTY MILLION 1 FOR YEAR slv clothes. She 'denied and ."affair" with aa aviator. .' ' - ' Ska aut Elite, her kasha ad, Aa gaa 11. ltlC He wmU (Masher leara lag the Ishsec kaataeaa. She weat with hlaa tare weeka aad retarned to ackael. She eerresaetided with kits. About two week after the death of her father, Mrs. Massie aay, he wrote Ellia aad told him her father waa dead. "I asked what wa doing, and told him I waa interested ia him. So ia about three weeks ha came dowa te North Carolina." They Became Eagaged ' They Decern engaged a soon aa Ellis arrived ia North Carolina about the middle of April, aad they were rAarried in Goldsboro oa May T, 1917. They weat to Baltimore oa their hoa eymooa, spending a week there, and cam aa to Owensboro. They made their hom with-Mr. Maui' parents, Mr. aad Mrs. kf. E. Massie, ia South Frederick street -Then the trouble be gan, ahe said. Whea Ellia cursed her, she said she would sue Him. He would hit her- back but aever knocked her down. The first time that Mrs. Massie left her husbaad waa ia October, 1010. She returned to Goldsboro aad remained there until (CraUawed a Pace Two.) NEGROESTO POSH , FIGHT On LIN NEY District Of .Columbia Colored Organizations Join In War fare On Tar Heel Th Newa aad Obeerver Bureau, 603 District National Bank Building. By EDWARD E. BRITTON , Washington, June 1. Wsthington ne groe are joining North Carolina ne groes ia calling for the defeat .of Frank Linaey for district attorney of the Western District of North Carolina. A circular just issued here by "The Asso ciated Negro Pros"' and the "National Newa Servie ef Chicago, with Wash ington offices, flatly declare that the Harding administration eek to elimi nate the negro in the Southern state, that with Preaideat Harding aa its chief representative the Republican party "is epealy panning a policy of crowding colored American citizens from just con sideration." The negro organizations charge that aa attempt ia being made to create a -lily-white party, that the assault ia being made to get rid' of Henry Lincoln Johnson, aegr Repub lican national committeeman of Georgia, who want to be Register of the Treas ury, aad declaration ia mad that Post taster General Will Hays and Congress man Slemp, a "lily-white of the first degree," sre aiders and abettor in the scheme. Te Civ Negro Paseaorta Their circular soy among other things that President Harding aimaelf is pre paring to give the negro the conge, that be kat been "painfully frank" ia a talk which he ia said to have had with a leading negro "that there are to be cer tain limitations ia appointing negro men to office," the circular going on to say thst "the greatest danger to our citizenship ainee we have become citi zen ia aow upon us." - Negroes of all aeetion sre called upon to intake vigorous protests againat the "lily-wnite" Repub lican plan, with especial attention called to the contest in Georgia aad the "com mittee of one hundred" whose purpose ia declared Jy the circular to get rid ef Henry Loyola Johnson, th negroes aad the white who are with them. Protests should be acnt, tc Washing ton, th circular goe oa to aay, and writer are urged to send these to President Harding, to Postmaster Gea eral Hays, to Senator McCormiek, chair man of the Senatorial campaign com mittee, aad to Congressman Fees, of -the House campaign committee. Ia the cir cular it ia set out that the Georgia "committee of oae hundred" baa re ceived the recognition of the President, and say that there ia to be a o appeal from his decision about th negro. -. Former Postmaster General Hitch cock get kit. also ia denunciation, the circular saying that he and Congress man Slemp are la cahoot to iquelch the negro, that for year Mr. Hitchcock "ka been obsessed with the idea or building up a Republican party ia the South in which negro eitizen would practically be eliminated except possi bly a few Uncle Toms who would do the bidding of their muter. Aad it ia act oat aa "amazing"' that President Harding has "seemingly been inveigled" into the plan of eliminating the negro from consideration in Southern politics. Uaney Strongly Baaoned Aad while the negroes are shouting wildly about "political recognition," resolutions adopted by North Carolina Bepublicana eadoraing Frank Iinney for his anti-negro stand are piling in on Senator here. It is noticed that numbers of these revolution ''ens out" the Democrat of North Csrolina as re lying oa the "negro issues" to carry the State, tnd that they also set oat charges against North Carolina Democrata about Harding negro aaeettry report, alleging that Democrat ia their desperation used this, nd the charge that aegr womea were being registered te carry the State for the Republican. Aad while the Bepublicana are calling for linney't confirmation aad aaying that the fight oa him is being made by "negro Demo crats," the aegroea throughout the coun try are increasing their fight oa him. Senator Bimmone today wrote to Chi. H. Ireisad. of Greensboro, with respect to the North Carolina-Virgin ia freight rate ess now pending before th Inter state Commerce Commission, in which the complaint ef North Carolina ia be cause of discriminatory rate favoring Virginia. He state that he appreciate th desire of the people ef North Csro lina to have a decision without further (Cans tin eed oat Page TwJ . , HARDING TAKES UP REVISION OF RATES Revising Of Freight Rates To Be Part Of General Rail way Readjustment PRESIDENT PAYS VISIT- TO COMMISSION OFFICES .. easaawaaaawaaaaBaiswani ' ' Assured By Members Of The ' Interstate Commerce Com- " mission That Questitf Of - Reviling freight Bses Is Being . Investigated Care fmlly; Hearing Beforf Senate ' Washington, une l.WhilV railroad executivea were pressing before Con gross today their plea for relief from financial embarrassments, President Harding took direct action to satisfy himself that a revision of freight rate, particularly . oa necessities, would, be part of the general railway' readjust ment. Walking unannounced into the offices ef the Interstate Commerce Commis sion, the President inquired .of r the commissioners what they were doing to ward the relief of shipper who had found aome of the present rates unrea sonably burdensome. He waa assured that the whole subject wa under in vestigation aad that th commission hoped oon to effect broad revisions through the voluntary action of the road. v The hauling charge for fruit pro dueta over Weitern road were made a ipeeififl example by Mr. Harding in pressing his. inquiries. The commission officials-replied that the fruit achedule already were receiving informal eon sideration. Mar Discharge Debt Although it waa indicated that the question of rate prompted the Presi dent' call on the commission, it was assumed that during the half hour s eoa fcrenee mention alio wa made of the road' proposal that the government discharge at oae ita debt to them grow ing out of Federal control. Thi pro posal waa renewed before the Senate Interstate Commerce committee during the day by Samuel Bea, preaideat of tea renasylvania lines, who argued that aueh action would be no mo thae in keeping the word of the government given at th time .the roads wer taken over. ' -'." ?, Th suggestion li known to bar re calved careful consideration by the Preaideat aad his adviser, and wss the subject of a conference' yesterday be tween Mr. Harding and Chairman Cum miaa, ef the Interstate Commerce com mittee aad Director General Davis, of the Railroad Administration. An Informal Visit In visiting the Interstate Commerce Commiaaioa today, Mr. Harding was dealing with a part of the government entirely outside the executive branch, and he assured the commissioners that he- had com limply in the interest of eo-operation id general welfare. Since he had official right to communicate with Congress regarding rates, he ex plainedie felt that he might enjoy the am privilege in regard to the com- mission tet up a the agent of Congreit in the making of rates. Before the Senate Interstate Com merce committee, Mr. Rea repeated his argument of yesterday that the govern ment was in duty bound to return th road to their owner in a good eon dition a when they were taken over, and declared that the President had power to carry out the roada rehabili tation proposal and thus put rsilway finances once more on a sound founda tion without further legislation by Con gress. JUDGE LYON'S LIGHTED CIGAR UPSETS COURT Sheriff1 Grant Loses Equilibrium And Chief Of Police Tew Topples Over Goldboro, June 1. During a lull in court this afternoon Sheriff Grant's band came in contact with a lighted Cigar in the hand of Judge Lyon,' the odor of which waa enough to -warn all bystanders to keep their distance, which caused the three-hundred pound officer to lose his balance and land a No. .3, on a forty-five-year-old corn of ex Judge W. 8. O'B. Robinson, causing thia distinguished "wearer of the green" to immediately express his opinion of the ntire court in a manner that would aardly have met with the apnrotur of a censorship board. At this juncture, Chief of Police Tew, who Lad hi earth protectors" propped on top of Solicitor Walter Hiler s deck, toppled backward The only ease of "not guilty" scored in court by tttorneyt this afternoon was the charge against a preacher for stealing a horse. 'COTTON MAKING BETTER PROGRESS IN BTATE SAYS NATIONAL CROP REPORT. Wsahiagtea, Jaa L Warm, aaa shiny weather which prevailed threnghoat most of the cotton belt enabled th crop to make satisfac tory progress daring the week, sl tkeagh la asm lecalitiea It waa re ported la poor to only fair condition. the national weather aad crop repert J today showed. The crop snowed great er Improvemeat la th soothes, a, tably la Georgia, where late replant, d cotton has germlaated very well, aad in North Caroliaa, where the plants have showa ap la better color aad stand after mack replanting. 1m the aarthxetera portion of th kelt, th report said, planting la a boat finished sVd germinatloa satis, factory, while good advance wa re ported from th central sections. Ceaaiderable weevil activity we reported la- Alabama. Georgia' aad Soatk Caroliaa. YITHCOHSIOII EIGHTY PERSONS KILLED IN FIGHTING BETWEEN NEGROES AND Textile Workers Walk Oiit In North Carolina Mills Over 10,000 Employes In Mills At Charlotte, Concord And . Kannapol is Walked Out Yesterday Morning ' STRIKE IN PROTEST TO ' WAGE REDUCTIONS MADE " IN TEXTILE, INDUSTRY Nearly One Hundred Hills In Gaston County Not Affected By Strike Bo Far, As Are Those In Cleveland, Lincoln And Union Counties; Strike Appears To' Hare Been Launched Where United Tex tile Workers' Have Strong est Organisations; McMahon Estimates Sixty Per Cent Of Operatives In State Are Organised Charlotte, Jun 1, -Statements of union official aad representatives of the mill owner tonight agreed that at leait ,000 textile worker ia more than twenty plant at Charlotte, Con cord, and Eannapolia, N. C, aad Bock Hill, & C, walked out today th beginning of the strike of Southern operative authorised in aa order ia ued by official of the United Textile Worker of the World terersl day aero. Thoma T. McMahon, Vice President of the national organisation, and other anion official tonight refuted to aay whether other plant would be affected, but reiterated that it i "up to" the local union. No Diaerdera So Far. - . ' No disorders had been reported to night from aay of the effected mill ecmmunitiee- Union , official -reported late today to ' Commissioner of Public Safety Hannieutt and Chief of Police Qrr that "peaceful picketing" would begin tt the Savona Mill here tomorrow morning ana that trouble might ap- velop, h coniidertbl' feeling bad been reported. ; Only a part of the operative walked out of that mill today, it was explained. the mill affected today include thret litis chaina of plants, th Chadwiex Hoskina, Charlotte, the Highland Park Mills here and at Bock Bill, and th Cnnaon mills at Concord and Kannap olis. Several other independent mil's also were cloned as a reeult of the waU out. At Concord ten mill closed, at Kuimapolia two, at Rock Hill one, aad at Clmrlotte eight betide th Savona plant. All the millt are spinning and weaving plants, no knitting millt bu- ing affected. Waive Benefit Right. Mr. McMahon laid tonight, in reply to an inquiry, that, all the local union involved, through their representatives, aeveral week ago, waived their rights to, weekly benefits from f unda of Am national organisation. Th attitud eof the mill executive and owner, a expressed tonight, by David Clark, editor of th Souther Textile Bulletin, recognized ipokesmin for the employers, is one of inditrer enee. . -Mr. Clark declared that while the mill owner did not welcome a atrike, they wer willing to have their planta stand idle, because virtually none waa oper oting at n profit and many were actus' ly running at a loss and on abort or ders. MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS CENTER OF STRIKE SO FAR, Charlotte. June 1. Charlotte, Con cord and Kannapolis are the centers of the textile itrika movement begun this morning at 10 o'clock, when it is esti mated that more than 10,000 mill op entires .in these three eeaters left their loom and spindles. In Charlotte the mills notably affect ed are those owned by. the Chadwick Hoskin Company, a string of five mill-, four here and one in rineville; tb Johnston Manufacturing and the High land Park Manufacturing Companies, the mills owned by C. W. Johnston and associates: the Cannon Mills in Co? cord and Kannapolis, under ownership and management of J. w. cannon. Three or four thousand operatives are idle ia Charlotte and immediate vicin ity. Concord report that the strike in that town and in Kannapolis involves mor than 6,000 employes. Gaston Not Affected. Gsston county mills, nearly 100 in number", are unaffected, aa are those r. Cleveland, Lincoln and Union counties. C. . W. Johnston owns three mills here, one in Huntersville and one lu Rock Hill, 8. C, of which all are closed. Mr. Johnston soid today in reference to the shut down: 'I am well satis fied." The mills at Moorerille are not closed. There are four mills in that anit. "Everything Is running smoothly here,' said one. of the officials, but we do not knowhow long it will be." Union Center Here. . The reason thst the strik fell to heavily upon Charlotte, Concord and Kannapolis and to'lightly upon other mill center in the State i explained because of the strength of the United Textile Workers of Amcric in the three first-named communities. Th anion is not on all fours ia Gas ton county, where its ranks, it i aM, bar become seriously shaken by condi tion prevailing in the textile industry during the past twelve months. ( Th same i the situation with' th Cleveland mills. Union strength ir. those establishment is so out-weigh d by non-union force that th atrik (Contlnaed on Page Nlae.) WHITES A T TULSA PROMINENT ABERDEEN MAN KILLED BY SEABOARD TRAIN. Aberdeen, Jan N. A. Bine, age T. oa ef the best known citUew In Hoke aad Moore eoa atlas, waa attack and lastaatly killed by th engine ef th Seaboard aeathboaad paaeeager train No. 11 at T o'clock tealgkt. Mr. Bib aad started act the track abeat a half mile from the atatlea here whea the train bore down a ton hiaa aaawaree. Ha waa a pioneer rea. Meat la Ula eeetlen, having beta bora hare, and having apeal kia entire life here. Sarvlvlag him are his wife aad several child re a. PENALTY, HE SAYS Judge Boyd Issues Temporary Injunction Against Collec tor J. W. Bailey Greensboro, Jun 1 After a day of argument oa the reasons of J. W, Bailey, collector of iaternal revenue for North Carolina for aasessing taxes or penalties for persons violating th pro hibitioa law, Judge James Q. Boyd late thi afternoon, in Federal Court hsrs, ordered a temporary injunction re straining th collector from leixing aad telling property of each persons, aad announced that he will reader a de cision later as to whether the order (hall b made permanent. He indicated that it will be at least 20 day before ke announce 'hi ruirng. Lawyer appearing for th govern ment aad for eomplainaata in the IS case agaiaat Mr. Bailey were told te supplement their argument mad today with briafa. . - Th issue argued today ia whether the Volstead prohibition law repeals the eld internal revenue law in regard t taxe aad pcaaltie for th illegal manufacture f whiskey or aale. Ia addition, lawyer for th persons bring iag the eomplaiatt, asserted that many person wheat property the collector ia attempting to - aeix and sell nave aever been charged with th violatioa of any law, never indicted, never con vieted aad that aome who have been tried have beea acquitted... The attor neys made th most of that argument, while the two representing the govern ment and Mr. Bailer argued that the word "taxes" mean taxe and that the collector i only carrying out the law, A flock of attorney were here to participate ia the hearing. In the after noon when th arguers were going good, all according to achedule, introduction of the copy of a letter from Mr. Bailey to a complainant broke up th achedule and some who had not spoken, but in' tended, did not. Among them was Dis trict Attorney 8. J. Durham. The judge having atated informally what he thought he would do, Mr. Durham de clined to make hi speech. He ssw no reason for making a "few observations" for merely academio' purpoae. The letter that disarraoged th schedule informed the person who asked that he might claim aa abate ment of the tax levied that he would have to give bond. It purported to bear 'signature of Mr. Bailey. Judge Boyd knew of no law that required bond for aueh a purpose neither did B, W. Andrews, of Washington, D. C. counsel for the government when questioned by the Judge. Judge diiOT era BoydTknd did not see how Mr. Bailey could have written aueh a letter and eaid that it must have beea the work of a subordi nate and the collector just signed it hundred of official document are igned. Thetjudge laid that he knew Mr. Bailey wa a good lawyer and he could not understand sueh a letter. Another one from the internal revenue department, Washington, along the same line, was introaucea ana juage uoya ssid he had no respect whatever for it. It is folks who are overzealou and do not know what they are doing who bring the law into disrepute, he said. He was not referring to Mr. Bauey when he laid it, but to the small fry. ' Mr. Andrewa opened th argument to day. He quoted Article 35 of the Vol stead law to the effect thst "This article shsll not relieve anyone from paying any taxe or other charge imposed for the manufacture of liquor, further more he read the law to the effect that a tax ahall be asacssed against any person responsible for the violation of the law, doubled and an additional tax of t-WO for the sale of liquor, 11,000 for its manufacture, imposed. Sueh proceedings mount up. The tax on a gallon of liquor ia now six dollars and forty eenta, it was brought out, twice that for every gallon and one thousand dollars more gets up in the thousands for only a small still. Th government representative argued mainly that the Volstead law does not repeal the old internal revenue law except when the two conflict and not in this case. Not a penalty, he said and persons not cuilty have an adequate remedy. It it to psy the aueumejK,, under protest appeal and bring suit for refund. He contended that thst was adequate remedy, provided by lew. He wss followed by Judge juynum, oi Greensboro.' Judge Bynum nee ia th assessment proceedings an attempt to take th property of citisen arbitrarily without due process of law. He told of citisen new charged with any crime, never indicted, never tried, never con victed, the victims bf a burdea impot aiblf . to bear. , It ia a violatioa of -the ' (Coatlaeod on Pago Two.) , OKLAl Serious Outbreak In Oklahoma City Follows Arrest Of Negro Charged With Attacking . a White Girl - - TEN BLOCKS Of HOMES - IN THE NEGRO QUARTER V BURNED DURING RIOTS Believed That Death List Wd Include) AVbont Sixtv HVerraaa And Twenty-five - Whites; Police Department ' Official . Puts Death List At 178, Say ing He Believed Many -He groes Had Been Burned In Their Homes; Desuftory Fir ing Continued Through Yes terday Afternoon But City Was " Reported Quiet Last Night Martial Law Declared And Cnardsmen Are PntroH. ing Streets Tulsa, Okla., June 1. Race riots . today resulted ! in the - death of 80 or more persons, including nine whites, and, the injury of scores, accord ing to estimates by the police, and in the destruction of ien blocks of homes in the negro nunrtor. Ttoanitat tbo nl a nir of the city under martial law today, desultory firing - con tinued during the afternoon,' but. the city this evening- was comparatively quiet. Four companies of the National Guard jinder Adjutant ' Gen eral Barrett are on duty. , The reported death list grew all day. At noon the chief of. police notified Gov Robertson, at Oklahoma City, that the total was seventy-five. -In one statement Major Charles W, Daley, of the. police, depart ment, put ine ngure H lit saying he believed many negroes had 1 been burned te death in their homes.' Of the nine white men known to have Kaam 1. 1 1 .J A -1 . 1 w Kiiicu, live umvi oeen identified as follows: Identified Dead Walter Dagg. local mansgtr of the Pierce Oil Corpora tioa. formartw mt Leroy, N. Y. Arthur James, Wyona, Okla. Cleo Bhumate, 14, Tulsa. Man identified aa P. M. Parkor, Havi-. land, Kan, who carried aa identifies tioa card with th nam ef Norma Gillard. Tuba. Homer C. Clyne, 16. of Tulsa. 8. J, Winthrop, 10, Tulsa. ., T!.IAmHtl.A .1 . An ... Later thi eveninsr. police headouar- ter hsd reported that conservative ee- timates of the dead would be about 15 white persons aad sixty aegroea. Hew Treable Started. The trouble i declared to have started last night after the arrest of a negro charged with attacking a white girl, aad subsequent attempt f negroe to rescue the arrested mm. Comparative quiet prevailed in ta1ti hour of th night, but at daybreak group of pegro house wer' set lire and the city Sremea were prevented irom ngniing ine name. Armed white men tbea formed a circle,, about the negro section. v ,;. ' ' Por seversl hour during the morning parties 0f negroes aad white faced . each other across railroad track, on which could be seen a number of slaia negroes. , With the irrivol of Adjutant General Borrett and a machine gun eompaay from Oklahoma City, a semblance of order was restored. Several thousand negroe were issembled under aukrd at Convention Hall, the baseball park aad 1 the police station. Order were ianed for the disarming of all persons not be longing to th guard or especially drpa-' tired. - . Detachments of the ntttonal guard were scattered about th city at strate gic points, especially about the negro quarter, where 10,000 to 13,000 negro, it I estimated, resided. Nearly -half ' that number art aader guard. Negro Prisoner Barneyed, , Dick Bowland. the negro whose ar-', rest led to the disturbance, waa re- moved from the city to aa uunamed destination. Officer declared he would be given aa early trial. Prompt medical attention waa given to the wouaded. Civio organisations , aad eitixea who volunteered their service cared for th negro refugee, to whom ice water aad sandwiches were served through the day. Special care wa givea to the aged and infirm aad . a call waa sent to aearby to waa for available nunc. After th firing ef the rt hot tut night at Sixth Boulder atreeta, the fighting ipread to various parte of th - city, including the business aeetion. At oae time two thousand armed whit men - were reported to have engaged, the negroe. Bailroad station were the seen of- several , sncountsrs aad a aumber ef casualties resulted whea trains , were -fired npoa. Women aad children had-, died togethef in th elation, necking safety behind marble waiaseotiag. Ia addition to th negroe under guard at Convention Hall aad elsewhere, tweaty- - (Contlnaed oa Pag Mlae- .
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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