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VOLCXIII. No. 174.
SIXTEEN PACES TODAY.
RALEIGH. N. C, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 23. 1921. -
SIXTEEN PACES TODAY.
' PRICE: FIVE CENTS
REGULAR BARGAIN
- AND SALE-PLANNED
BY REPUBLICANS
Southern Leaders In Old Guard
Must Keep Quiet To Ob
tain Appointments
IF THEY SWALLOW BAIT,
THEY GET THEIR REWARD
Xinneyi Confirmation Certain
If Morehead Makei No Kick
On Bednction of The Repre
sentation In National Con-
rention of North Carolina
and Other Southern States
Th New nd Observer Buresu,
03 District National B.nnk Bldg.
Br EDWARD E. BRITTON
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, June 22. Figure out
tow Senator Cummins, .( Iowa, will
vote on the open or secret hearings in
(ha Linney esse ect for Friday, end you
will then know whether the witness and
peeehmakers white ind blatk are to
tare an audience outside of the three
attempers of the judiciary sub-committee
which it to ait on the rase. Senator
Irnst, Bopublican, of Kentucky, the
chairman, one strong for the open sea
ion, has awitched and now wants tc
kite it behind closed doors.
Senator Overman, Democrat, of North
Carolina, ia for the open door, as he
was in the beginning, senator
tains. Republican, of,. Iowa, who ha
talked in favor of the open session, aays
Bow that Erhat is chairman and that
information as to the. session ahould be
obtained from him, though he still far
fir one sessions. Senntor Overman
aid today that neither Senator Ernst
nor Senator Cummins had said any
thing to him about it and that as It is
Bopublican aquabble he will let them
tight it out by themselves.
If Senator Cummins stands to his ex
pressed viewa, then the session will be
open. If ha changes hia mind, then It
will be a closed session. Senator Ernst
is banking on the hearing being behind
closed doors, for today he informed a
"nrrta visitor that the aessiona of the
subcommittee would be executive, this
.meaning that only one. witness at
time would be admitted.
Hearina- Friday Afternoon
But open or "closed, the hearing ia to
begin at 2:30 Friday aftcrnocn, and
there will be present big delegations
of white Bepublicans who will b here
to boost Frank Linney tor district at
torney of the Western district of North
Carolina, while- there will bo equally
big delegations of negroes who will
protest bitterly the confirmation of Lin
ney, for they hold that he has in mind
th elimination of the negro as a factor
in political affair, and is ready to do
this in violation of law. Aa to that
there is story in circulation that the
Republican National eommittea is tak
ing a hand in the nomination on the
quiet. This story has it that at a re
cent meeting there was an understand
ing that if the white Republicans would
make no interference with the Bepubli
can plans for curtailing representation
' the South in the Republican Na
tional convention, that the nominations
for office of Southern Republicans, even
when opposed by the negro Bepublicans,
would be confirmed, and the negro
would be told to keep quiet. It appears
that there was a regular bargain aale
of the North Carolina Bepublicans to
ecept this proposition, and trade jobs
with real money every month, for the
elusive charms of a BepUDiiean na
tional convention. National Committee
m.n Mnn-hMid wna in on this under
standing, so the understanding is, and
agreement was reached, no wnue ne
publicans claim that they have the Lin.
ney nomination tied up safe and sound
t..t tha nnl-r effect of the negro oppo
sition wilt be to- take op the time of
the sub-committee with tan.
Batlar Not Candidate
Former Senator Marion Butler is an
advocate of the '"closed door session, as
he holds that this will be theTiest for
Linney.. Be. a Uer it the White
House this morning and had a talk with
RjwrotarY George Christian. tu atteo
tin t,vlnir been called to a publication
ia Baleigh correspondence in a North
Carolina paper in wbJ w tted
that ha had announced Jilmsclf as a
candidate for the United 8tatea Senate
in North Carolina in the next election.
1l fluid!
"What is that! It's all news to me,
T never said anything of the ma,
and have never authorised any one else
to Mrj it for me. There is no basis for
such a statement, and yon can say for
me that it is a hoax. It's too far way
to talk about being a candidate four
vain hence. You can aay for me,
you will, thatdf I decide at any time to
become a candidate for the Senate I
will announce it in direct terms, and
ot leave the announcement t come by
. anaenJation."
Mt. Butler seemed very mueh mused
- at tha nublieatlon. saying:
"I wonder where that writer got hold
tf such a story f While he may or may
not have it in his mind to become a eaa
didate, certainly he has sot opened his
mouth to newspaper vme here about
any such idea.
Former Senator Butler's call at the
Whit House was in connection with
the visit of a delegation of leading
business men of Florida who reached
Washington this morning to urge the
. withdrawal ef the nam oj Matthew r.
MaeFarlane. of Tampa, ts collector of
the port, one at the "black and tan
ntflt of that Htatev The my. white
- dslegatloa found that Republican Chair
' nil Adama and Beoresentatlv Basecm
Blevp, of Virginia. ,lily white"! advo
. eates reported, were out of the city
and Mr. Batlar waa called en and went
with the aieaabera t the White House.
' After at talk with Secretary Christiat
it was concluded to wait Mtil tomorrow
for the return ef Adame and Blemp,
and visit tke President after a confer
eaee "was held.
" BlaasMM Get Data -
i Benator 'Simmoaa Jhaf vbtained from
' the Civil Service commission the infor-
NewYork Police
Planned Seizure
Officials of Union of Russian
Members Out of Employment To Ship On American
Vessels, Overpower Crews At Sea And Direct
' Boats To
New York, June 22. Pisappearaae
at sea of severs 1 American ships with
in the past few months was linked by
the New Tork police tonight with plans.
revealed to them in a series of raids
on radical headquarters a rear and a
half age, for the seizure of these vee
sols st ees and their diversion to Bus-
sian Soviet ports.
The police said they were informed
through certain confidential sources"
that officials of the union of Russian
workers of the United States and Can
ed; an organ Hat ton tine broken up, I
had urged its members who were out
of employment, especially those with a
knowledge of the sea, to seek employ
ment on American ships, over-power thi
other members of the crew and direct
the vessels to Russia.
The identity of these "confidential
sources" waa not revealed by the po
lice. All tha information which came
into their po1sc.'sion, with tha enorm
ous amount of literature and documents
seized, they said, was turned titer to
the Department of Justice.
So far as known these plans were
never put into elocution prior to the
raids, but police said they formed th?
Chief subject of discussion at several
secret meetings of the Russian orgsni
zation. . 1
The organization, police declared,
was composed largely of Russian an
archists who used tha labor union
movement as a camouflage. Their head
quarters were repeatedly raided by the
police during 1919 and 1920 and many
urrests were made. Evmtually the ma
jority of those arrescud were dcport.'d
Southern Newspaper Publish
.ers' Association Elects New
Officers For Year
Asheville, June 22 With the election
f officers, W. A. Elliott, of Jackson-
lle, being named president, the South
ern Newspaper Publishers' Association
djonrned here this afternoon. Ashe
ville will again be the meeting place
nrat year. Charles I. Stewart, publisher
of the Lexington, Ky., Herald," was
lected first vice-president and Arthur
0. Nowmyer, associate publisher of
the New Orleans Item, was chosen for
the office of second vice-president. W.j
C. Johnson, secretary apa treasurer,
will-retain his position for the ensuing
year. Mrs. E. V. 8usong, of the Oreene-
viHe, Tonn., Democrat sun, a new
member of the association, was elected
to the board of directors to represent
the HtJtte of Tennessee. Other directors
elected are: Alabama, Frank H. Miller,
Montgomery Journal; Florida, E. Tay-
or. Miami Herald; Arkansas, J. ft.
Heiskell, Little Rock Gazette; Georgia,
Charles Atkinson, Atlanta Journal;
Kentucky, Urcy Woodson, Owensboro
Messenger; Louisiana, Robert Ewing,
New Orleans Dally States; Mississippi,
M. Hedermsu. Jackson Clarion;
North Carolina, A. W. Burch, Charlotte
Observer;' Oklahoma, E. K. Gaylord,
Oklahoma City. Oklahoman ; 8outh Caro
lina; Robert Lnthan, Charleston ftewa
and Courier; Texas, Marcellue Foster,
Houston Chronicle ; Virginia, C. r. uas
brook, Richmond Times-Dispatch.
At th mnrmnar session ol tne eon
vention. Dr. L. B. Morse, president of
the Chimney Bock Company appeared in
company with Secretary N. Buckner, of
the board of trade, ana exrenaea an
" (Continued on Page Ten.)
NO DEMONSTRATIOH IN
NEW YORK FOR ADMIRAL
$imi Returns To Washington
and Will Meet Secretary of
Navy Denby Today
Washington, June 22. Bear Admiral
Sims arrived ia Washington late today
from London to report to Secretary
Denby for questioning regarding this
recent speech in which he was quoted
ss attacking sympathizers in this coun
try of the Irish republic. He was ac
eonpanied by Mrs. bims ana was met Dy
few friends. There was no demon
stration and only the usual incoming
and outgoing erowds were at the station.
Admiral 8ms probably will see Becre
tary Denby tomorrow.
New Tork, June 22. Bear Admiral
Sims returned home today to explain to
Secretary Denby remarks attributed to
him in his recent London speech on
Irish-Amreicans.
Eefusing to be taken ashore by
cutter, he came up the bay aboard the
liner Olympic to meet friends or foes
who might be awaiting him' near the
Dicr.
Everything . was peaceful when tne
veteran aeadog landed. A- thousand
blueeoata were massed on the dock to
preserve order. Indeed, they were so
numerous that, with wbarl workers ana
oasse users, it would have been difficult
for tnany ohtor persons' to have round
foothold on the. pier.
Police line were drawn several blocks
north and south of the pier entrance
Not even when Woodrow Wilson re
turned from the Peace Conference were
more thorough preparations made,
The Admiral was the first person to
step ashore. He entered aa elevator
few feet front the end of th fang
plank and 'descended to' the main floor
of the pier, where he stepped into aa
automobile with Bear Admiral House
commandant of th third naval district.
There were scarcely anyon on the
pier. From the handful ef persons who
had gathered there eame neither cheers
nor taunts, Among tose who met the
f 4s4m 7JI tit pro.thext , ,
FLORIDA EDITOR
HEADS PUBLISHERS
Say Radicals
of Sh ips at Sea
Workers Said To Have Urged 1
Russia.
to Russia, moat of them aboard th)
United Stttes army transport Buford
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS WILL
JOIN IN INVESTIGATION
Washingon, June 2J.-DePaTtment of
Justice officials saia tonight tncy wouia
communicate with their Now York office
flint with TVtMtiv Serirftiint J. J.
gan chief o fthe bomb squad, to ob-
tain all available information on the
reported seizure mora than a year ago
from I'uited Busaian workers of the
United States and Canada of document-
containing plana for cpture of Amvri
ean ships and their diversion to Bus
siea ports.
Baids upon communistic, organiza
tiens -in November, 19l, and in May,
1920, officials asid, bid netted tons of
documents revealing niar.y radical plaei
but there were no schemes lor tne
seizure of American rlnps so far as
they could recall.
SIX VESSELS DISAPfEXR
FROM NEWPORT NEWS, VA.
Newport, News, Va., June 12, Siz ves
sels, three barks and three steamers.
bound to or from this port have disap
peared dujing the put twelve months,
according to marine uion here.
They are Norwegiii barks Sk.insen
I, Steinsund, the Svartskog and the
Fiorono, the British steamer Esperanza
de Larringa, another. Eritish steamer
and a Brazilian steamer, the namea nf
the last two of which are rt obtainable
at this time. .
The three eteamoM nil left Hampton
Ruads in February. Mer.ntrs have kept
a sharp lookout for them and for the
other mi'sing hip but have located no
trace of any thus far.
State ASSOCiatlOn LOmplainS Ol
' TrODatjanda Carried
In NeWSpaperS
Greensboro, June 22 North Carolina!
merchants"gntthered liere for tha
n-1
nual convention of th State Associa
tion experienced a busy time as tie
second day of the convention passed
today.
Three sessions of the eouvention
were held and each of the sessions was
featured by address by one or more
BpeaLcrs or rsat.unai repute, eacn or
whom mads a great hit with North
Carolina merchants, according to those
in attendance.
In addition to the three sessions of
the convention the membera and vial-
tors at the convention were treated to
n old fashioned basket picnle at his -
torie Guilford Battleground this after
noon.
Several Prominent Speakers.
The speakers of the day were Andreas
Burkhardt, of Cincinnati, president of
the National Association of Retail
Clothiers; Fred Harris, New York City,
representative of the National Retail
Dry Goods Association, the , former
speaking at the morning session of the
convention and the latter st the after
noon gathering,
Tonight the speakers were Ernest C.
Hastings, of Now York, managing edi
tor of the Dry Goods Economist, who
had aa his subject Store Management
and Salesmanship," together with Clem
ent a. Ucker, of Baltimoro, an official
in one of the large business concerns in
the Maryland metropolis,
Each session of the convention moved
off without a single hitch. The attend
ance waa good and an especially large
number heard the reports of a number
of the local associations rendered thb
afternoonl All of the renorts rendered
showed remarkable gains in strength
oywerr organization.
Complain of Propaganda
inis aiiernoon ine convention aaopt-
ed a resolution calling wpon the news
papers of North Carolina and of the
South to cease publication of a great
amount of propaganda againat the mer-
chanta of the country, and ordered the
resolution sent to the convention of
the Southern Newspaper Publishers' As
sociation, now in session at Ashevelle. I
The merchants feel that in many in-1
stances they have been done great in
jury by reports published fa newspa
pers and which upon closer investiga
tion were proven without foundation in I
fact.
All of the speakers of today, while!
not over ontimiatic. believe that there
nrn hntter thiniM in store not only for
tha wiarohanta nf tha ennntrv. bnt for
th. .t ua
RCHANTS BUSY
N TALKING SHOP
They all joined 1n nrging the closest lemsticaL but it is thought be will re
ef co-operation between the merchat "7a k" ?4ioB "'."VJ1 V? in
and his customers and also neighbors in
all other line of business.
Plaatt for Co-ooeratloa
Mr. Hastings, who .Mke tonight, talked
-
for some length and his talk was ap
oarentlv ereatlv annreeiated by those!
In attendance. Havini been a auccesaful
store manager himself, he was quite
familiar with the conditlona that often
confront other managers end hi ad
tica waa conceded br all -to be very in.
siiirlug and helpful.
Mr. Harris, wno spok tail aiternoon, I
mad a general talk, but (tressed the!
need for co-oteration and a closer or
s-aniiutioi smsni the merehanta. H
also believe, in th closest w-operation beaten. Two .arrests have been I Mutilated letters were found in which
with the newspapers of the country. He m ss a result of th incident, bat I Smith had made application for ar
u f tka finlnlna that th nawananara tonight th poHee refused to diKlo I eotie license. In one letter he wanted
are the greatest friend that Hit inertra"f,iw,t frwte,
Chant hav. '
-.q-k. th naMli war matiw
joyed MwaUMthc mentioned eJwaJ b P"t High Pointer
Th associations reporting her this)
aft.iww a Aakawitla, Ylkarlntta
Coniord, Dnrham, Elkin, Burlington,
Goldsboro Greensboro, Greenville. Kin'
tOB, Maiton, Ayden, Boeky UounLl tt wa gainerea u na aceaa.
ka-.ua m1 st.A-.ai. ..4 T..L... I When heln arrived tb rrta had been!
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BROOKS PRESENTS
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Greensboro Attorney Makes
Notable Speech In Behalf
of Home Company
ADDflESS BACKED UP
BY MANY CITATIONS
Lawyer for Hortb Carolina
Public Service Company
Holds Himself In Hand and
Never Wanders Beyond His
Depth In Showing Inconsist
ency of. Southern Power Co.
Greensboro, June 22 The outstanding
fcatur of the trii of tne of tnc
North Carolina Publie Service Company
against the Southern Tower Co., before
Judge James E. Boyd, in Federal court
today was the powerful speech for the'
plaintiff made by A. L. Brooks this af
ternonn. Mr. Brooks spoke for over
two hours and tomorrow morning will
conclude hia argument with an ad
ditional half hour address.
Following Mr. Brooks, E. T. Causler 1
iU deliver the concluding argument,
asking Judge Boyd to render a judg
meat declaring that the Southern Power
Company is not to be compelled to fur-1
nub. the North Carolina Public Service I
Company current for distribution in I
iireentboro and High Point. 1
Brook OaUtaadlng Speaker
Preceding Mr. Brooks. W. 8. OH
Robinson delivered a strong argument
for the defendant company at the open
ing of the court thia morning and was
followed by R. R. King, who spoke for
the North Carolina Public (service Com
pany. Both men made atrong talks and
k.J .u -. a.:- j .
Mr. Brooks' powerful appeal thia after
noon stood alone among the happen-
approached by no speaker with the pos
sible exception of that delivered by'
Judge W. P. Bynum yesterday motnina-
as ha made the opening arguments for
tha defense.
Mr. Brooks took the stand that the
1,w, of 15Ith c",,n thos of
me omtea fctate will lorce the Bonth-
rn rower vompony is continue mr-
""'" niui uiui muiK
erviee company with power and cur-
rent to distribute in Greensboro and
nign roint, so long as the txmthern
Power Company furnishes cuirent and
power for distribution to the Southern
ruDlic Ltilitie Company, and several
other public utilities aad publie service!
companies in North Carolina.
Ho quoted eourt opinion after court
I opinion to prove his contention and nt
1 all times absolutely had himself in
! hand and at no time wandered bevond
his depth aa one ot two of the sneaker
who hav already addressed the Conrf
apparently have done.
Brook r.ivr. th 1
He quoted opinions from everv court
in th country, ranging from the 8u
preme court of the State of North
Carolina to the Supreme eourt of the
United States. Mr. Brooks has msde a
study of the power company cases for
some time and the study stood him in
good stead this afternoon, aa before he
began bis oration the tide of battle
seemed to be going against his rauae.
lie appealed to the eourt in many
ways, lie denied that his company is
a competitor of the Southern Power
Company, declaring that the Southern
rower Company owns all of the current
unit u delivered here, and that the
Worth Carolina Public Service Com -
Pttrl.v ha n other place at which to
8t its current except from th defend-
I company,
The North Carolina Publie Service
RONG APPEAL !N
CUR
ARGIIIN
Company will be wiped from the facelfor the eomimut rood sad not for the
oi me eann ii me court auows tne
soumern rower Company to pick and
juni uv iv m erTe, u "e'
V1.IVU.
Mr. Brooks announced at the time
that tha eourt adjourned this sfternoon
thst he wanted to apeak for a abort
time tomorrow morning and the court
consented. He will., speak for one half
on hrmr aftar F T Tan. . II
deliver the final address in the case.
Csnaler Priming nlmulf
Mr. Cansler is priming himself for a
great speech, and it is expected that the
speaking tomorrow morning will be
equally as compelling as that of this
afternoon.
The battle will be over after Mr.
Cansler has delivered his address to
the court. It
ill
then rest in Judge
I oova nanus.
I r i . t l
Just what he will do ia entirely prob
order to study elosely the evidence I
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nrra, Btni v DraVrii
HAVc DE.CN bAULT DtA I tN
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I xligu i wnt, -une v nu Minrning
ta hi noma in ibi city tat ias nigot
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bf11 Kitgi br P'?' mtn wh
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.1 r sl impownis w msia sir'iv
J thnti information concerning th at
I uuaxina;. numo w,iw '
mer tOnigm. l erSOHS reaiaing IB to
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wr alarwel by the erie of Burn and
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LhUUu 0IUU1VJ
LEGISLATION TO
REGULATI
Resolutions Adopted By Amer
lean Federation Declare For
Democratic Operation
WANT GOVERNMENT TO
TAKE OVER RAILROADS
stormy Debate Attends Adop
tion of Declaration of Prin
ciples By Convention; John
L. Lewis Defeated In Effort
To Declare For Ownership
of Basic Industries
Denver, Col., Juae 22. Reaffirming
its stand for government ownership
with democratic operation of the rail
roads, the convention of the America
Federation of Labor today directed its
eiecutire council to draw up proposed
legislation designed to givs tha work
era through government regulation
equal .rights and priyleges with capital
in organized enterpriaes.
The convention sustained the actios
of the resolutions committee in striking
out of the resolution a phrase that
would have put organised labor on
record aa declaring for government con
trol and democrartie operation of "all
induatnea organireu under corporate
grants and privileges." In authorizing
the legislative program th convention
overthrew the majority report of the
""'"Hons committee which provided
only aid for the railroad unions in their
fight for government ownership of the
railroads.
Debate Long and Stormy
The debate waa long and stormy. Op
ponents of the minority report declared
its declarations were ''socialistic and
red and were designed to extend gov
ernment ownership to all basic indus
tries of the country, including the
mines, textile, iron .and steel, news
paper and book industries. They were
nnswered with the argument that the
declarations set. forth a sane and con
striStive policy for organized labor,"
and there was no socialism, bolshevisra
communism nor anarchism in it.
Because of objections of Internationa
seamen's union and teamsters' union
delegates to goverament control of their
industry, the convention amended the
declaration, so that it would apply only
g tne rauroaa systems.
On of tha chief snnoortere of th
report involving the application of the
principles of government ownership to
all basie industries was President John
L. Lewis, of the United Mine Workers
who is a candidate for the Presidency
of the Federation
I Mr. Lewis said the miners atill had
I under consideration the problem of na
1 tionalization of the mines and he de
clared for 'government-' eontrol et
those basic industries where the work
ers felt such policy was essential and
desired.
Eqaal Rlgt For All.
The American Federation of Labor,
M'a tD8 1PP1 declaration, "hereby
declares its purpose to secure a return
to those principles upon which our gov
ernment was instituted in order that we
m7 better secure tho blessings ef lib-
I erty and to that end we re affirm ou
united support of legislation that will
bring about the public ownership and
I democratic operation of the railways of
I the United States as being in strict con
I formity with those principles upon
whieh the government is instituted
I We declare for the recognition and
I restoration of these fundamental prin
I eipfcs so that those men who contribute
I their effort to th industry shall en
1 toy tha riirlit. orivileges and immun
nities granted to those men who con
tribute eapital, in proportion to the
Jy, which each- eentrtbtrtes in order
ttishi- trial ftWaram1lt slhsall ft ( It tlttd
ront 0f a eMt sd in order that al
.. ..! )h() eajn. f tltcir own
I industry.
In order to put the declarationa into
I effect, the convention directed the ex
ecutive counsel to "devise end publisn
the necessary legislative program de
. d , ak effcctiTe tbe principles
f . ..,, ,t -,,). f
" " - -
The council also was directed to 'as
sist the recognized railroad labor or
ganization by every effort within their
(Continued on Page Ten)
STRANGER FOUND DEAD
IN WINSTON-SALEM HOTEL
Morphine and Other Narcotics
w
Found In His
Room
Winston Salem, June 22. A man who
'.i"tel t the Zinzendorf hotel yes
t.rd,T afternoon as 8. M. Smith, Win
-
ston. Route 1, was found dead in his
room this morning. His hfelese body
'I was ktrctched across the room and on
I the window sill were found two bottles
morphine, one of liquid and one of
tablets, while on a piece of paper was
la mll quantity of powder, supposed
f- b morhin. A hypodermic ttistw-
i meBt Btd a number of needle ; were
jouna in. in.. nn. uiuwi. mn
found in the wst basket indleted
mat th man nsa ucen aronna ureens
(bore aad Charlotte
td knew why the license had not been
IMN. .
l A. citizen, after tiewing th dead
I body, stated that Smith a few years i age
was wait anowu jiracvivi; ua.ciaji
I at BHCr 11UT. . , t
Th eoroner' Jury rendered a verdict
that Smith's death wa wised by heart
nrouois ana an ovcruoi ot morpnine,
- Wilton Smith, a son, who lives:
I , .. . , ii
I vuartuiiQf arrivau iriv waiua su ar
- H1 W -
rim
ROADS
LEXINGTON YOUNG MAN
DROWNS AT MORGANTON
PaH Cast Over Epworth League
Conference By Death of One
of Its Members
Morgintoa, June 22 A tragedy which
has cast a gloom over Morganton and
hiwaght grief to the entire Methodist
Epworth League Conference in session
here was the drowning late this after
noon of young Hoy Crouse, it Lexing
ton, one of the delegates from the Lex
ington league. The young man and a
number of companions had gone to
Asbury'a lake, about four miles from
Morganton, to go ia swimming. Jut
howCrouse was drowned will probably
never be known but since he couid
swim end had awam across tha lake,
once with the other boys, the mont
plausible theory advanced is that he
had a heart attack while in the water
When the others were attracted by
hia apparent atrugglea he m going
down lor the last time, the nouv was
recovered in a short time but all efforts
at rrwitattoH proved futile. The bodv
waa brought to Murgiintan. and prepared
for burial. Disposition awaits advice
from hia relatives in Islington bnt it
presumed that the remains will be
sent boms tomorrow.
Use High Pressure On Com
missioner John McBee To
Secure Desired Road
By BIN DIXON MaeNEII.L
(Hv Stoff Correspondent.)
Marion, June 22. Fiv hundred
mountaineers carried their enhisimam
for good roada almost to the point of
using force on State Highway Commis
sioner John McBee aa the most feasi
bis way of getting what they want at
Spruce Pine yesterday afternoon. Tha
presence of five hundred Mrliee sup
porters, tbe unterrified defiance of Mc
Bee himeslf end the good sense of tho
commission prevented any show of vio
lence.
Spruce Pine is a village, perched pre
eariouslv on the far rim nf the Blue
Ridge. Half the citizenry of that region
want the State road to go to Bakers
villa, where McBee lives. The other
half want it to run by Toecane. Mc
Bee had ordered it by Utikersville and
it leads through his farm. The com
missioner with six members present
heard both sides, and will max up its
mind about it later.
No member of the Commission, save
perchance McBee himself, had ever wit
nessed such' scene as Spruce Pine pre
seated when the road builders arrived in
tbe village at 2 o'clock yosterday after
blazing a two-hundred mil trail
through Western Carolina. A thousand
mountaineers had come from the hills
and valleys of the Toe and Cane rivers.
They were stern looking, rough, sturdy
oowerful. and grim faced citirens of
this rough and stern eountry.
Word had been sent ahead of the
Commissionera that a hearing would b
given to both aides. There wore too
many to bs accomodated in any build
ing within the county, and Chairman
Page directed the assembly to gathe
at the fair grounds. They gnthered
and for nearly two hours there was
word battle between counsel that both
side had retained. And then the moun
taineers got in a few words, snd at the
end McBee went to the bat and hurled
defiance at his enemies concluding with
tha declaration that tho men who hail
threatened him wero worse than skunks.
becnuso a shunk did have a white stripe
up its back.
Three members of the Commission
and Governor Morrison arrived
Marion today and beaded bark toward
the lower regions of the State, where
arguments and roads are less rough
Commissioners McBee, Dougliton an
Cox, went back over part of the trail
already laid put to explore the land as
fv i Hm Tetmewt-4ra-nnd through;
the province of Ashe and Tarn Bowie
tinvernor Morrison left at nq3ti for
Charlotte. Commissioners Page an
Williamson nnd Hart left in the after
noon for the east.
On its pilgrimage through the Blue
Ridge, much of it over the veriest trail
of roads, the commission inspectc
routes thst will turn the mountain
counties away from insecure connection
ith Tenncssoe to the cities of Pied
mont Carolina. Several toll roads tha
have been built for the tourist were
inspected with a view to taking them
over aa part of the State system. Th
Blowing Rock-Lenoir road, which drops
down 3300 feet to Ienoir from the rc
sort, was cone over ; the Yonalosse road
built by Hugh McKae to Linvllle; an
tha Clnrkson turnpike near Lit'le Swit
zerland. Final action will bo taken o
these projects in Raleigh July fit'i.
Things were quiet in th Spruce rine
sector when tbe commission left the
village where Sevier and Shelby onco
camped, and McBee believe that th
worst of the row is over. He baa had
such times before, and t.ld the crowd
that he waa unafraid, he looked every
bit of nnterrified when he stood before
the multitude and defied them, and
again after the meeting when scores of
them crowded aound him.
GEORGIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OPENS SUMMER SESSION
Atlanta, June 22. The 1922 session
of the Georgia legislature was insugu
rtit"d here today, the organization of
both houses forming tbe principal oust
nets of the opening session. Herbert
Clay of Marietta was elected president
Of th Senate without opposition. The
Inst mimite withdrawals of Judge Ha
per Hamilon ef Floyd county, and
Howard Innis, of Baldwin, resulted in
th election of Cecil Neil!,. Muskogee
county, as speaker.
.r Nee-roe Beaten la. Election.
j toeksoiville; Fla., June Com
hlito returns today from yesterday'i
municipal election sliowsd that the'slj
negro candidates seeking places ia the
city council wer overwhelmingly de
feated. It was the first time negroes
had nought publie office bar la many
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FOUNTAIN FOLKS
STRONG FOR ROADS
TWOAVtATORS IN
BOMBING TESTS OF
ARMY ARE KILLED
i .
Two Airplanes Collide In Air In"
Course of Raid On Battle
ship Hulk
PECULIAR ACCIDENT IN w
ANNALS OF AIRCRAFT
Destroyers of Atlantic Tleet
Even Score With Air Force
By Sinking Two German Sab
marines By Oun rire; Per
formance Less Spectacular
But Just As Effective
Washingt in, June 22.-Two of the
ading fliers of the srmy sir service,
aptain Howard T. Douglas and Lieut.
Marll J. riumb. were drownad I.
lie-apeake Bay today after a eollisioa
f their planes in tho course of a
bombing raid directed at (ha hnlk of
ie old battleship Han Marco off
Tnrigi.r Island.
Reporta received by U War Donart.
cut from Langley Field. Va.. said t,.
ccident was one of the most peculiar
on record. Lieut. Fhmb, flying a fast
mgie seat plane, was dropuias: bembt
and Capt, Douglas, in a aimilar ma
chine, waa observing the raid from
bovc. Plumb s plane had Just dronned
bpmb and waa. climbing upward aa is
the custii. after releasing tha weanon
hen: it struck Captain Doua-laa' .
hine, cutting off ita tall.
Both planes fell into the- bey and
isnppeared with their pilota. whose
odies had not been n :overed tonight
lthough sought by a number of army
nd navy crnft ord red to the scene
fter the seeident
Ungley Field officials reported that
soon after the planes fell another ef
the bombing planes droiiDed a bomb
containing three hundred pounds of
in. i. and thst it fell near where
he machines went down. It waa evi
dent, it was said, that the pilot of this
machine one of many participating in
no aiisca on tne Kan Marcos bad not
seen the planes fall. The lerrifle ex
plodes of this bomb .aviation officers
said, probably would make more diffi
cult the recovery of the bodies ef th
officers or the planes.
Captain Douglas, whose horn was in
Covins, Csl was one of th best known
army fliers. He was attached to air
service headquarter here aad want by
rail ahead of th army aviator thir
recent flight to Alaska to seleot land
ing fields and make all arrangement
for them.
Lieutenant Plumb, whose homa waa in
Fond du Lee, Wis., was recognised, offl
eers here said, aa one of the array's
expert fliers. When ordered to Lsng-
Langley Field to participate i the joint
nrmy and navy bombing testa, ha flew
from Han Antonja in a big Caproni
machine. a
DESTROYERS EVEN 8CORE
AT AIRCRAFT FORCES
On F-oard U. S. 8. Henderson. tH
Cape Charle, Va.," June 22. (By th
Associated Press) Destrovcrs of the
Atlnntic, fleet today evened the score
with the nir force, which yesterday sent
the former German submsrine U-117 t
the bottom by a deluge of aerial bombs,
by sinking the U 140 and the U-148 by
gun-fire at, a range of 3,000 yarda. Both
submersible were riddled with explo
sive shrlls from the four Inch guns of
the destroyers.
Today's performance waa less specta
cular but just as effective as the air
craft attack yesterday. The exterior
damage to the submarines from th
gunfire was not a great as that caused
by the bombs but tho result waa tha
same.
The V 140 was the first vessel attack
ed. The attacking force consssted of a
division .of. five diaUoyer -af the-nost-modern
type, headed by the Dickerson,
commanded by Commander C. B. Mayo.
M the attack on the TM40 only the
Dickerson fired, .19 shots being hurled
ot the former IJ-bOat which was an
chored in 79 fathoms of water with deck
almost awash.
Racing by tho submarine at a sneed
of io knots the Dickerson poured shells
into the U-140 in four minutes and 40
seconds. The first salvo went over th
target but the range was instantly cor
rected and shot after shot was pumped
into the rusty hull, each hit sending a
cloud of dust and smoke into the air.
At the conclusion of the firing a
inspection of the U-14 showed 19 clean
hits, with a possibility of others too fsr
below the water-line of the sinking
submarine to bo noticeable.
Although the former U-boat wa mor
tally wounded early in the test it stub
bornly refused to concede defoat and
battled desperately to remain afloat as
compartment after compartment filled
wi'h water. It was an hour and a
quarter after the first shot that the
U-140 finally listed heavily to star
board, rolled back to in even keel and,
with i-teru lifted high in the air, alippei
beneath the surface at an angle of 90
degrees. A few minutes later a awirl
of oil arid a rush of air to the surface
indicated that the ex-eommeree-raider
had reached the bottom.
The U-148 was sunk y the destroyer
Sicard, commanded by IJeut.-Cont-
iiiaiiui r x A. imruvnv, jubi. u nunuwi
fter tha first shot was .fired. Th
Sicard fired 40 shots, ten from sch
four-inch' gun, and was credited wiU
20 known hit but so rapidly did. tho
U-boat fill and sink after th attack
(lint the observer th Might it probable
some hits were not officially score!.
The first salvo from th Sicard strudc
tho U-148 on th wattr-lin almost
amidshlp aad settled th fate of th
vessel immediately. So evenly wer
the Sicard's hits distributed along the
length of the hull' that the U-148 sang
on an almost even keel with careely
a v.'hlrl of water to indicate that th
ml had; come. The remaining tares
destroyer did not f.
The performance ef the destroyer gat
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