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'line News .and Observer Tut ranrix artb eisady Bararowy s4 Seaway, aara Bstorsay, tir te swtisa ytUf fVT. ttti rl v s fetfpr sipirs-iea la order I Avoid sa.u.ss; a RALEIGH. N. C SATURDAY MORNING. JUNE 25. 1921. " TEN PAGES TODAY, PRICE: FIVE CENTS jVUL. CAM. .10, !' u . , - BIG GATHERING AT OXFORD TO ATTEND MASONIC MEETING Dr. Hubert M. Poteat Orator at Celebration of St. John's Day WAKE FOREST TEACHER MAKES STRONG ADDRESS Grand Hatter J. Bailey Owen Presides at Communication of Grand Lodge; Barbecue Serred For Thousand! of Visitors; Baseball Games c Furnish Recreation Oxford, June 24.- St. John 'a Pay, the biggest day in the year in Oxford nd la Masonic circles in the Mate, was celebrated it the Oiford orphanage to daj with ideal weather and with the largest crowd in the history of these celebrations, it being estimated U ton thousand. Font exeurisons ran into the town from different sections in the Btate and over two thousand automo biles brought Tisitors from every direc tion. A braes band furnished inspir ing music for the occasion. The, exercises of tho day began with a special communication of the Grand Lodge of Masons ofN'orth Carolina in th Mi'Jii"' '-'" r M o'clock, presided over 1 v t;.-, : : .1. Ewiley Owen, of Henderson, ft -r this meeting the body of Masons marched to the lodge pavilllon in the grounds where' the exerciser for the bttli bgaa with prayer by Rev. H. B. Ogloshy. Urges Militant Masonry The immense crowd joined in singing "Come, Thou Almighty King." Th address of welcome was delivered by Rev. S. R. Oglesby, pastor of the Pres byterian church of Oxford, who in pleasing style, welcomed the largo crowd. Response wns mnde by Ben nett Perry, of Henderson, in a few well chosen word?, after which "Ameri ca"' was sung. B. W.Farham, intro duced the orator of the occasion, Dr. Herbert M. Potent, of Wake Forest, head of latin department of Wake For est college, who chose as bis subject "Masonry Militant" nnd made won derful pica to the Masons of the State to fight the hostile forces now existing, socialism and political and secular Romanism. Tho teachers and children of the orphanago served dinner to tho im mense crowd from the sale of which was realized a large sum. The barbecue noted the Btate over for its elegance, was even better than usual nnd all the refreshments were thoroughly enjoyed by the visitors. After dinner a beautiful operetta en titled "The (Stolen Flower Queen," was presented by 40 children of the gram mar grades in a most creditable man ner. ' A large part of the crowd enjoyed the games of baseball at the New Cen tral park, in which the. Oxford team team played West Durham in a morn ing game, and Henderson in the after noon game. Many Improvements at Home In one of the many improvements at tho orphanage during the past year, visitors noled with pleasure the trans formation of the lawn of the red mnd drives and wlks to the well paved venues and cement walks; the large swimming pool, 1(12 feet long by 25 feet wide graduated to 12 feet deep with perfectly equipped bath house, and the new sanitary dairy barn with every modern equipment, even individual drinking cups for the cows. This institution, the pride of Nprth Carolina, under, the wise direction of Supt. B. L. Brown, is doing a wonder ful work for the citizenship of the State and this annual celebration of St. John's Day is one of the greatest gatherings of the entire year, Tho celebration today was the most success ful ever held. PROPOSAL TO REFUND ALLIED DEBT DENOUNCED Senators Condemn Admirristra - tion Bill Giving Authority To Mellon Washington. Juna 24. Criticism of the administration bill for refunding the ten billion dollars allied debt was voiced today in the Senate. Senator Ashurst, Democrat, Arlr.onn, protested sgainst giving the Secretary of the Treasury authority to extend payments of interest; Senator McKel Jar, Democrat, Tsnn., assailed pro visions which he said would permit the ' Secretary to ''swap" America's, good credits for worthless German, Aus triaa or Turkish reparation bonds.' and Senator Bmoot, Republican, Utah, aid "frankly.'' that the bill wonld confer '"to much power" on Secretary Mellon. The principal attack was mad by Ben tor McKellar, who said ths provision authorizing the acceptance from debtor nations of their bonds or those of any ether nation, la ths refunding process, should be stricken from the bill. Ia reply Senator Bmoot said that "nobody out an insans man" would - trad. America's ertdiU for reparation beads f .Germany and her allies. 'If snch an attempt were made, 1 he added, '. Congress would stop it Th bill gen " rally. h asserted, wis necessary to giv th administration sufficient power "to clean up this situation." ' . Introduction of th bill as drafted by th Treasury doe not mean that it will bs reported k unchanged to th Senate, Senator Bmoot, who ia a mem ber of th snanct committee, continued. Ths eommitte h added, will not report until after thorough Inquiry. ' tagar Take a Blamtt. - 5w York, Jun 24.-Ben'ncd sugar today broke' Into new low ground when several large refiners cut refined frann . feted, tq o.4Q pound, REFUSE TO WIPE OUT "COLOR LINE" American Federation of Labor Leaves It Up To Individual Unions To Act REFUSE PROPOSAL TO SECURE SEX EQUALITY All Affiliated Unions, However, Urged Not To Discriminate Against The Woman Wage Earner; Long and Stormy Debates Over Proposals; To Help West Virginia Union Denver, Col., June 24. The conven tion of the American Federation of Labor today voted down a constitution' al amendment designed to give women "equal rights and privileges of member ship in the union of their trade or in dustry." All affiliated unions, however, were urged not to discriminate against the woman wage earner and to admit her to membership. Efforts to wipe out the "color line in organized lbor organization also failed. The convention took the stand that National and international unions could not be compelled to recognize negro workers, and that this was a mat ter to be adjusted by conferences be tween the negro wage earners and the various organizations. Long and Stormy Debates Both questions were the subject of long irad stormy debates in which dis crimination by certain unions sgainst the negro and woman wage earners was bitterly denounced. The committee's report rejecting the const ltutiomil amendment to give worn en ''industrial equality" defended the Federation's stand on women in indus try and cited efforts to get bettor wages and working conditions for them. It declared that only a few unions were discriminating against women and for that reason disapproved the amend mcnt nnd urged thirt those- ''Nat mial and international organizations which do not admit women to membership give early consideration for such admission, The negro question arose on the re pott of the committee oa laws, which disaputoved a resolution calling for the suspension of unions that discriminated against negro workers. The committee was upheld by ovcfwhelraingvote. Cannot Force Views. r Replying to" a question from the r as to whether it was possible to force any affiliated union to wipe out the "color line, President Gompers said: "The American Federation of Labn has previously declared that it is the dutv of all workers to organize rc gardless of sex, nationality, race political belief or color. Tho Federa tion, however, cannot force this view upon individual or affiliated unions without their consent." Jordan W. Chambers, negro delegate of the Railway Coach Cleaners of St Louis, declared that conferences be twecn members of his race and th unions had been ordered at previous conventions but never had been held and urged drastic action to compel recognition of tho negro workers. To Aid West Virginia Union Union labor organizations of Wheel ing, v. va., were voted assistance of tho Federation in fighting a court in junction served on them yesterday telegram read to tho convention aai none of the attorneys of Wheeling would consent to represent the union in its court action. The telegram said nn employers or ganization had obtained an injunction restraining virtually nil trades unions of 'Wheeling from holding any meet ings congregating on the streets, in pub lie meeting places or in rooming houses because of a building trades strike now in progress. MICHIGAN LAWYER GOES TO JAPAN AS AMBASSADOR Washington, June 21. Charles B Warren, of Michigan, a lawyer an businesa man, who for a number years had been a prominent figure in Republican National politics, has been chosen by. President Harding for Am bassador to Japan. Announcement of the selection was mads at the White House late today upon receipt of the customary assur ances that Mr. Warren's appointment would be acceptable to the Japanese government. Soon afterward his nomi nation was sent to the Senate but reached there too late to be received formally at today's session. Although Mr. Warren has been close ly associated with the Harding admin istration and at one time is understood to have been seriously considered for a place in the cabinet, his selection as mbasssdor was a surprise 4o most? of official Washington. Upon arrival at okio the new am bassador will find several important diplomatic tasks awaiting his attention. Administration officials had indicated they regarded the post as on of the most Important in the diplomatic serv ice. FOG DELAYS FLIGHT OF AIRMEN ACROSS AMERICA Riverside, Col., June 24. David B. T!V:s and Eric Springer were ready to day to hop off on a proposed non-stop r-" tiRiit to New York, but a heavy fog delayed tho start. They planned to gt ewny ns soon ths fog lifted. After waiting seversl boors for the fo-,to lift they announced they would not undertake to start until omorrow. , America Submarines Arrivs Cristobal, 0. Z Jun 24. Th tender Beaver and all United 8tatei subma rines - arrived her from th United fitates yesterday, t , IN LABOR UNIONS Denby Publicly Re Sims for His Admiral On Visit To White House When Secretary of Navy Makes An nouncement VETERAN SEA DOG GETS ANOTHER CALLING DOWN Takes It In Good Spirit and Re turns To Assignment at Newport, R. I. Washington, June 24. Secretary Den by today '"publicly" reprimanded Rear Admiral William 8. Sims aa a result of the speech the Admiral made in London in which he criticized 8tnn Fein sym pathizers in America. In the reprimand, Mr. Denby pointed out that once before the Navy Depart ment had found it necessary to take similar action against the officer for an address delivered in London in 1611, and referring to the text of that repri mand, added : lour remarks on the occasion now under discussion, tliiWfore, constitute a flagrant and deliberate disregard of specific instructions. While the Naval Secretary was mak ing public the reprimand, Admiral Sims was calling on President Harding at the White House. It was explained that the Admiral called to leave his card, as is the custom when high naval officers return from a trip abroad, but that the Preaident invited him to chat for a few minutes. Got What H Deserves. Upon leaving the White House Ad vniral Sims, referring to the reprimand. said : ' I got what I deserved, the same old thing." He added that he regretted having caused the administration any incon venience, but said that he now consld ored the incident closed. So far as could be learned, the repri mand was not mentioned during the Admiral's visit to the President. Upon leaving the White Houee the officer joked with newspaper correspondent. Asked if his eonversatiott.witlr thesi"" ecutive had been pleasant, he replied, sharply, but with a smile: Of course it was. Admiral Sims left tonight- for New- port, B. I., where he will resume his du ties as president of the Naval War l,nl- ege. jm went abroad several weeks ago to receive a degree from an hng Hsh university. After his London speech his leave was revoked by Secretary Denby and bo was ordered to return to Amorica immediately. The ofliccr will be furnished with a copy of his reprimand, and, it was ex plained, another copy will ba attached to his record. Other copies, naval offi cers said, will be distributed to the naval service in the form of a general order to be read to the crews of all vemcls and stations, along with other orders, on the first Sunday of the month after promulgation to the service. Text Of Reprimand Denby s reprimand follows: On June 8, 1921, there appeared in tho uublic rress throughout the country a report of certain statements alleged to have been made by you on the oc casion of a rnnehcon given in London on the previous day at. which you were tho guest of the English speaking Union. "These public statements, if cor rectly reported, dealt with matters which properly should be the subject for comment by no high governmental official other than one to whom the care of pur foreign policy is en trusted: ' "Your letter of June 22 in which you furnish the department with an abstract of the speech delivered by you on the occasion in question, con firms in essential points the aforesaid press reports and shuns that on pub lie ocession in a foreign country you gave utterance to the following State ments: 'I do not want to touch on tha Irish question, for I know nothing about it, and have not run- across any body in England who does. But thero are aome people in our country who technically are Americans, some of them naturalized and some native born, but some of them srn not really Americans at all. Some of these people sre now trying to destroy the good relations between our two countries. They are Americans when they want money but Sinn Fcincrs when on the platform They are enemies of ours snd yours They are like the zebra either white horses with blark stripes or black horses with white stripes. We know that they are not horses. And some people think they sre asses; but each on of these ssses had a vote and it is on of the inconveniences of a Repub liean form of government that' Amcri can born citizens thought it necessary to cater to these votes. This necessar ily Created a wrong impression on this side ss to the sentiments of the grest body of Americans but the people of Great Pritain know how much confidence to place ia resolutions which are forced by these jackass votes. Makes Another Prophecy. "'Eleven years ago I made prophecy which earn true. I will ven ture another mow. I believe I shall live to sc th day when th Engish speak ing people of th world will come together ia bonds of eomradeahipi and if they do, they will be able to run this round (lobe. Personally, I believe shsll liv to se aa Inter-English speak ing policy, and when we have that we shall have all that is needed to securo psacs and prosperity In th world. "The department insists on maintain ing both the precedent and th pro pricty which forbids servant of your position discussing tuck matters ia foreign country. "That th Impropriety of such pub lic uttoranees has one before been brought to your attention is shown by th fact that a Dublie reprimand wns administered to yon in 1911 for making th following statement ia a public speech In London: "'IX th tun ever somes when the - flfr-'ggj ,p 5w ?ieifV London Speech VETERAN ADMIRAL IN CIVILIAN ATTIRE v 4 1 1. 1 ''-'' . V. Resr Admiral William S. Sims. BOYD TURNS DOWN I Federal Court Judge Will Not Sfgn Formal Decree Until Tuesday Morning Greensboro, June 24. A formal de cree in the case of the North Carolina Public Service company against the Southern Power-company, the trial of which was completed before Judge Jamea E. Boyd in Federal Court hero Thursday will probably be rendered next Tuesday morning. This afternoon attorneys represent ing both defendant and the plaintiff in the case gathered in the court room and a decree- submitted by attorneys for the Southern Tower company for signa ture by Judge Boyd was turned down. Will .Consider it Further ..The judge is of .the opinion tluU-a great deal of thought should be given the cose before a final decree is render ed and ordered that the matter be held in abeyance until next Tuesday morn ing. However, it is generally understood that a number rf features embodied in the decree submitted this afternoon will be found In tho judgment finally signed by Judge Boyd. He has held that the Southern Tower Co., is not to bo compelled by law to furnish power to the North Carolina Public Service Co., for distribution and sa In here. It is thought that some means will be found v hereby the cities of Greens boro an 1 HiRh Point may bo protected irftcr ti Southern Tower Co., stops furnisiii' power to the North Carolina Public Spruce Co., under the order of the court. May Make Two Appeals However, it, is believed that soniK time will elnpso before the case is finally disposed of as it is generally understood that an appeal will be taken In fact two appeals are being mention ed at this time. One will probably be made direct to the Supremo Court of the United States on a question of the jurisdiction of the Federal courts to dispose of the matter. And the other to the Circuit Court of Appeals on the law and tho facts in the case. In its decree "submitted for signature this afternoon which was objected to by A. L. Hrooks and the uthor-counsel for the plaintiff company tho Southern Power Company proposed to continue furnishing current to tho North Caro lina Public Service Company for distri bution for a period of six months at the schedulo of rates now before ths Corporation Commission. However, ns tho decree was not signed none of its particulars could be taken too seriously. A discussion of the immediate pay meat by the North Carolina Public Service company of all the bills pre eented to it by the Southern Power Company for current consumed this year occupied a little time, with no de cision being reached although Judge Rivd intimated thnt he did not believe that would be Tight. However, none of the lawyers know tonight what the final settlement of the case will be and it is generally be lieved that the pudgment Issued by Judge Bovd will never go into effect at least not till after it has been argued before and passed upon by the higher court. TWIN CITY OFFICERS GO TO GET ARRESTED MEN Winston Salem, June - 24. Local offi cers went to Martinsville today after Percy Newsom, of this city, and Wilkr Spencer, of Phllpot, irginla, arrested for larceny of aa automobile owned by Robert Martin, of this city, Msrtin and two officers gave rhss after New. som and Spencer in Virginia; Wednes day and recovered the cnr. The two men . were fired upon and then left th machine and it develop Spencer has a .bullet, wound la one arm while Newsom 'ia-also thought to hav beon shot. Ncwsom'ls said to be wanted in South Carolina , for safe . cracking. In Superior Court Mere today, John King, colored, pleaded guilty to th charge" f arsoa by setting " fire to colord woman 1" house, -snd wss given a term of tea " years ia "7 th Stat Prison, , ' aVakstanaM HEIR JUDGMENT WITHDRAV PLANS 10 RAISE 10 Shippers Find Nothing To Con Jer About at Meeting Yesterday VIRGINIA CITIES CASE UPSET CARRIERS' PLAN Revisal of Tariffs In Carolinas By I. 0. C. Order Holds Up Scheme To Hoist Rates To West; Situation Discussed By Nearly Half Hundred Traffic Men Gathering here yesterday for a con ference with the Corporatom Commis sion to devise means of combatting the plana of the railroads to revitc their western freight tariffs upwards two score members of the N. C. Tram? Association found nothing more thnti academic, discussion to engage them The railroads hsd withdrawn the pro poal to raise rates. Decision of th Virginia Cities ras; by the Interstate Commerce Cow mission duVing the week held up the plans 0 the carriers to raise rates bu tween tho Ohio valley and points in tho Carolinas. Somo other proposal, based on tho new tariffs ordered in the re cent decision, is expected by the Caro lina shippers some tinio in the future, but yesterday thero was nothing to plan a fight for. Plan New Proposal. Speculation as te what sort of pro posal tho carriers would Uiuke and plans for meeting possible develop ments were diacussed at some length, but the meeting adjourned without def- inito action of any nature. Chair man vv. 1. ijce welcomed the shippers and the principal speech made bv J. I j. Graham, president of the North Car olina Traffic Lesgue. Chairman read tho telegram calling off the pro posal to revise rates. Plans of railroads to put new rates into effect between tho Carolinas and the Cincinnati basing point were thrown into confusion when the I. C. C. re- affirmed its decision of a year ago relative to the rates between Virginia cities nnd points in North Carolina and Houth Carolina. Tariffs in tho lor ritory involved, have not yst been worked out, and both the carriers nnd the ehippcrs nre at sea aa to the basis for further revision. North Carolina is not and has not beea in aa bad a fii as other Southern States In the matter of rates. Mr. Graham told tho shippers. The Caro linns have been complaining bitterly against the Virginia discrimination while Georgia and other States to tho South were complaining against "the discrimination in favor of North Caro lina in tho matter of rates to the Ohio valley. Some readjustment us to be expoc-tcd, he thought', 'because ths two States are in a low rato area, lower than territory on either side of them. North Carolina Favored. North Carolina cities now have a low er rate to the Ohio valley than either Virginia or Georgia, bo pointed out anu mis inequality could not verv well be maintained. Compensation for somewhat higher rates to the Ohio valley would be more than done in the more satisfactory arrangement ordered for rates south of thi Virginia cities Htme advantages were held by the Stute. in the matter of classification of freight, he saiif and these should be maintained. "It is up tho carriers to frame some new proposal," he continued, "and our fight for fair treatment should be maintained. If we don't maintain it, it will work further hardship upon the shippers of the two states. He explained at somo length the readjustment that has been made in the Ohio Georgia rates, with the approval of the I. C. C declaring that North" Carolina -had lower through rates than that State. General disciminn of the rs-te -sit uation followed Mr. Graham's re marks. M. R. Hen man, of the Rnleigli ( hamher of Commerce, Colonel Albert L. Cox, Charles U. Ireland, and W H ( reighton, of Charlotte, spoke briefly. Many instances of disi-rim nation that will be eliminated by the revision of the Virginia cities rati wero discussed. The meeting was ad journed without any formal action In welcoming tho shippers to tho conference. Chairman Ijee said that ho was ' glad to see so many bright faces here this morning.' He went a somo length into the csuses of the con ference, and the results that havo liecn achieved in North Carolina's fight for fair freight rntea. "Gentlemen," said Mr. Lee, ""w gathered here this morning to confer as to tho best and wisest course to pursue in the matter of the proposed readjustment of rates to snd from the West, which may xrsult in a great disadvantage to the North Carolina territory. Since this confercnc.o was railed, for the purpose of devixing ways and means of meeting tho very heavy proposed sdvance in freight rntes. we have had a decision from the I. C. (' giving a great victory in the direction of lower and mors equal freight rates for North Carolina shippers. Thi.i vie tory demonstrates what can be accom plished by team work in a just eause. ''Thjs matter has been agitated in North Carolina and has been before th Interstate Commerce Commission, in. some aspect, at various times for many years. I have never doubted that if this ease were fairly presented and fully ' thrashed out before th Inter state Commerce Commission that wc would win. " "In th ' recent eases w. had the dvantag of ths best thought and labor of . freight rat. experts and the best efforts of sbfs counsel with ex perlese ia Interstate Corrjraere pro ceedings,, with the support of th peo- RATES OHIO VALLEY JCoatlAusd pa Jag, fotn) LliNNEY, BY CROW, SUCCEEDS IN WINNING AN OFFICE VILL ASK CITIES T TO PRODUCE Municipalities Wanting Special Session Must Show Finan cial Condition North Carolina municipalities, ssk ing for a special session of the Gen oral Assembly to cure defects in the Municipal Finance Act of 1921 re mrtjy 4uJarcl void by the Supreme ( curi must snow inc Governor and the Council of State in a concrete way that the present situation is sufficiently ex Inordinary to justify the call. I a session yesterday afternoon. the Governor and Council discussed the matter. As a result, it is virtually certain that in another mcejing at noon today they will Cflll on the rminici palitu s to s)u Inn it financial statements 111 support of their general a'sertinn that they cannot function under th present limitations of tho law. Governor Morrison, following the meeting yesterday, stated iliis as Im own personal view of the matter and other mrmbert of the Cotiii'-il of Htate it is known, hold the same po sit Mm. It Might Hsvs Been. If the Municipal Association, in re cent session, had followed the aunces- tien of its president, Gallatin Robert and some othera all this information would have been placed before tho uovcrnor long neiore tnia. nut aa Boon aa tho question waa broached, there came opposition trom certain citiiM objecting to the nmoiint of the nnti cipated deficit becoming public, prop crty. When it became eident t ha the municipal officers were shying at the possibility that newspaper men present would herald the deficiencies of these cities' finances abroad to the detriment of their respective fiiiancin ratings, newspapermen present sug geared that they would treat the matte confidentially. Kven this failed to pacify tho fearful who will now, very likely, have to furnish ths Counei of State in detail with their finaireial con ditions. There is a belief on the part of nt least a few interested persona that thii call for detailed infoluwtivu will greatly moderate the demand of th cities for relief. It was recalled ves terdny that when the Municipal Board of Control Was given authority to in creuse tho city tax levy above tho fifty cent limitation on the showing of need, a general demand went up for authorixation for increases. When the Board: required detailed statements of financial condition, showing in con crete was the need for tho increase in rate, the demand narrowed dowu to half do.en cities. No Difficulty Here. Anyhow, Hnleigh will have no difrl culty in showing the Council of Htate that its deficit on the same budget ns governing 1020 21 will be at t!ic end of the fiscal year 1921 22 'omething like 1100,000. There is i.n provision for funding this deficit, snd no au thority for the citica to borrow money, savo in the antinpntion of actual rev enue and in anticipation of a bond is sue. Asheville, Charlotte, Goldsboro, Winsston Salem, Durham, and some of the other cities likewise can show sub stantial deficits amounting in some instances to forty per cent of the budget. Today at noon, the Council of Htato will take some action. It is almost certain that this will be directed to ward securing additional information rather than to call or refuse to call the extra session. - Nothing Hut Resolution. If wliii t the cities' Maini in a genera) way is true and is borne out in finan cial statements the situation is ser ious in the extreme, Governor Morri son said yesterday afternoon. "At the present, however," slf'nl 't-e Governor, "'we haje nothing before us but S resolution nnH annie ffAnnr.l T statements." WEEKS AROUSED OVER DEATHS IN AIR SERVICE Secretary of War Asks That Precautions Be Taken To Prevent Accidents '.Vashington, Juno 24 Aroused by the recurring fatal accidents u: tiie army air service, Secretary Weeks Iras written to Major General Mnneher, chief of that service, nsliing that every precaution be taken to prevent further accidents. "There have been too many aceidenta to suit me," tall Mr, Weeks. "I have writtou General Man dier a,yiiig that the greatest care should be used to pre vent accidents if possible.'' Four accidents with a loss of eighteen lives hav occurred in the army air service in the Inst few weeks and the War Sctrctary said he lud requested thnt there be careful Inspections of air planes and their accessories prior- to each flight anil at all other times. Secretary Weeks said ha had not re ceived the report on the special inves tigation he ordered mnde of the acci dont at'Morgantown, Md., May 28, in which seven men wer1 killed in tho Curtis Eagle ambulance plane during violent storm. Mr. Weeks said he re ""''d this accident ss "an act of rd." 1 I I Nam Ambassador ta Chit Washington, June 24.-WiUUm Mil ler Collier, president of Oeorgs Washington- Univsrsity, this city, wss nomi nated today by President Harding at PROOF , juerlcaa (mbaaador tg Cbibv , EATING Negroes Withdraw Opposition To Confirmation After He . Explains Letter Meant Something Else 'R0MISES TO ENFORCE ' LAWS IMPARTIALLY TO ? BOTH WHITE AND BLAClC Candidate For District Attor ney Stands By His Letter But Claims It Merely MeanV That He Didn t Want Ne groes To Dominate Republi-' can Party As Tbat Wouli Drivo White Men Away; After Bitter Denunciation of Both Linney and Parker, New groes at Senate Hearing Withdraw Their Objection! and Join In "Love Feast" ft The News and Observer Bureau, J fiV! District National Bank Bldgl Bv EDWARD f. RRITTON. 4 1 My Special Leased Wire.) Wttslnncton, June 24. Frank A. Lis ney will be confirmed aa District At torncy of the Western District of North Carolina. Thenegrooa will offer, no moro opposition to him. Linney, secures this by having "'explained" hi letter to the women of North Caro lina, the sum and substance of his exs planatinn being that he did not mcani "ion nit, negroes tnottglil ne meant that thev had placed tho wronir inter pretation on it, that he would as Dis trict Attorney see that they had every; political right preserved for all wh were qualified to register and vote, that he did not stand for violation of the luw, and had not intended to hava it so expressed in the letter which ha had fathered, that it was a "'Meekina Grissnm Holton" letter over his signa ture ns Republican Htato chairman ' that he stood by it with -tUo interp( tation that he placed upon it. " The explanation of Mr. Linney waa aewpud by Henry Lincoln. Johnson,1 .the., negro National committeeman foe Georgia, who appeared before the aub committee of the Senate judiciary committee in behalf of tho North Caro... iiiitt m'Krom wnu proiosica me IAU ney confirmation. It was accepted by l'roreasor I. C. Suggs, of Salisbury, spokesman for' the North Carolina negroes. They agreed that they bad not understood tho Linney loiter as he explained that he meant, that thfy had thought he had intended to con nive at their disfranchisement, to shut them put. from the ballot, box, but ,th,al they found that he was going to stand for their participation in voting as they wero qualified to vote. And so thcyj laid down their weapons of offense, and the hearing before the sub-corn- mitteo became a veritable '"lovo feast" ns one who wns on the inside put rtj for newspnpcriiien were excluded from, the hearing, wJH was executivo in part, only ropJfctatives from tha opposing black and white wings of thej Republican party being left in the roonx with the subcommittee, after the- big crowd which hail gathered for the h-ar ing moved out by invitation of Sena tV S.SHt 1 Back Down By Linney. J As I the matter there wss j backdown both by Mr." Linney snd thai negroes. Linney, while declaring that he stood by his letter so explained! end interpreted it that it meant noth ing of any moment, that all he waa aft. r was to keep the negro "'out ofj politics" so far as toting in mui fori any particular party, or of doroinasJ ing affairs. The negroes agreed thajj the matter win settled with themj when Mr. Linney specifically gave hist plcdg"1 that he would prosecute any! reeisrrar or mil!hldee wh . ratitmijl. tho ballot to nny pcrsfifl blacic or white Who i AuuKllerf. Thev -timst they hnd not ao understood him, that? they had gone at the protest with thai idci that his purpose waa to disfrasw chise them, that interpretation having been placed upon his now famous let r vbich waa once infamous in theisj eyes. j i..e direct question to Mr. LinneyJ this aiked by Senator Cummins, waa this: "Ought any good citizen to bi willing to see the negro prevented front) voting because he is a negro!" AndT nrompt camo the answer, "No, sir. Then e.ime smiles and satisfaction ont the faces of erstwhile warring group of the black and white Bepublican. Linney Makes Statement 1 Mr. Linney tonight made the follow' ing stitcinent as to his position aa the matter of the hearing: "I did nos recede one iota from my former posi tion. I was not at Greensboro whsa" the circular wss Issued, but I saw it seven diva before the election, in plenty of time to repudiate it should I have desired to do ao. Th circular will b In entire accord with my position thenv., and now, and I did not wish to repudl nte then nnr An T wlsit rn An a kaw as I told the committee, as th steno . graphic report of the committee will j show.", l'rof. D. C. Suggs, of Salisbury, whf ' has been the active head of th move ment of protest against th confirms- - tinn nr Mr -unhm. smi 4hM-toi. following the adjourn rntnt of th hear ' , 1 ing: t; Mil- ; . , , 1 , . , . . . Air. ijinney prscucaiiy witnarew in ,x sentiment expressed .in the circolsr let ter ss interpreted by th protestsnta ' sgainat hi confirmation, In that k stated he-was willing to prosecute to th limit any registrar who failed t ' register any qualified person on ae- ' count of color or rscs whom h believed ' wss oualiflcd to vote- ra4rdlsss of raea or color, and he believed that th illiU -erate vote should b shut out of both ' races. He further stated he was willing ' to enforce th lavs ef th United 8tatea t - V A. -e X .
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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June 25, 1921, edition 1
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