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mand Complete Record of
, : The Recent Hearing .
SIMMONS UNDECIDED AS
TO POSITION ON MATTER
Democratio Senator! May Fol
low North Carolinian In
Event He Should Tarn
, Against Linney; More Tron
. bio Over Pie Counter Deal
ings In Bepublican Banki
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News and Observer Bureau,
i 603 Diitrict Nt. Bank "Bldg.
By' EDWARD E. BBITTON.
(By Special Lfated Wire.)
WashtngtoirrJnna2f.-Information
is reaching some members of the Sen
ate thai Chairman Ernst, of the sub
committee of the Senate Judiciary com
mittee, proposes to have printed only
excerpts from the testimony in the
-.Frank A. Linney negro protest hearing.
This doea not suit Democratic Senators,
who wish to see the entire record in
the ease. Senator Simmons is out
spoken in the mutter, and says that he
will deward that there be a full and
eomplct.' it oiu tiuiiislicd the riienibcT
of the bviutUv ue uas Heard from some
of those who ''sat in" st the heating,
and haa also read some of the newspa
"per accounts, and ho is hot satisfied
with the-posltion alleged to have been
taken by Mr. Linney and things he is
reported to have -said' Up Jo this time
(Senator Simmons haa been entirely
witling to vote Tot the confirmation of
Mr- Liuncy, but be now desires to see
the record so as to know exactly what
attitude Mr. Linney has assumed.
Not Oat of Woods Yet.
, As the position of district attorney
for the Western District of North Caro
lina is one local to North Carolina, it
it evident that Senators from other
- states; and especially Democratic Sena
tor from the South, will.be guided
I largoly in their attitude toward the
Linney confirmation by the position
that is taken by Senator Simmons, . If
on reading the .record of the hearing
before the sub-committee he finds that
the position token by the North Caro
lina Bepublican state chairman ia one
that he finds in opposition to his views
and opposes the confirmation, then.it is
safe to assume that this will be the
attitoda of other Democratic members
of the Senate. And if there is any
'division of size among the BcpubUeana
in the vote on confirmation it will be
necessary for Mr. Linney to get Demo
crat! vote to save hi skin. It was
the rote of Senator Overman, Xorth
Carolina Democrat, that saved Linney
J ffarpfiVttee, tnd 1ier i not out of
the woods yet if the Democrat of the
Senate find that they should vote
against him. It may be that Mr. Lin
ney and hia champion before the sub
committee have talked too much, and
that the talking they have done will
arise in the Senate to the hurt of the
Linney confirmation.
All Ia Not Serene.
All is not serene in the Bepublican
administration eamp if the rumors that
fly about Washington are at a'l to be
relied upon. The activities of Attorney
General Daugherty ia handing out jobs
and in aiding in the placing of men In
jobs in various departments has created
friction. It is being charged .that he
ia paying off some old political grudges
in Ohio and elsewhere in the treatment
he hat given some of the applicants for
placet at the pie counter. It has been
stated before that the new Bepublican
national chairman, John T. Adams, is
to be the official handcr-out of patron
age, or rather the referee when there
ia squabbling over the spoi's- This ar
rangement of President Harding has
virtually ousted Mr- Daugherty aa chief
pi dispenser, a job which the President
had hitherto assigned to him. There l
no open break between President Hard
ing and hi attorney General, for they
have been too closely associated in the
past to get at edds so quickly, but Mr.
Daugherty is to be led to understand
that ke can't wallop over the head of
his past political, antagonism of hia own
'party with refusal Of Pie, when that
particular piece of pia is set out for an
officeseeeker who is endorsed in the
state and by the members of Congress
from that state. Nor will he be allowed
to reward hia friends to suit his own
sweet will.
Daagberty Wields Club.
One fly in the Daugherty ointment
kaa been the arrival ia Washington
f another of President Harding per
tonal aad political friends, Walter F.
Brown, of Toledo, whom the ITeil
' dent has vat in charge of tke rt-
- organization committee after securing
special legislation to as to turn The
triek. Daughter and Brown do not
" rid the tame horse, aad art some
. what tore a each ether, aad Brown
. hat rather ousted Daugherty as Cxar
of the pit counter, for the Attoraey
Uenernl it Mil te save been extra
autocratic ia th war ha was handling
thing. It appear . that he kaa -
cumulated annay old tore wkiek be) it
now endeavoring U repay with a gen
erous use of tht club, and that kt it
' rather a husky club wielder wkea tke
bead ef oat with whom kt is at outs
be be' p. And inert kave been coca
plaint ef the , Daugherty treatment
made to President Harding.
, Take tht aaat tf Senator Frtllaghoy
sea, tf New Jersey as aa iattaaee.
It will be recalled that some time ago
that oeaator rreliagftuytea aeeom
. panied by Senator Edge visited Attor
aey General Daagherty, aad that Sena
tor Frelinghnysen waa rather emphatic
ia objecting to Mr. Danghertyl action
about some Nsw Jersey appointments,
Hot words, -persoaaljtiet, and torn
choice epithets art said It kave been
patted, Daagherty finally ordering
taaator Frtlingbuysen tat of bit "tf
. Sec, Aad now President Harding it
. t go tht last tf this week to be tht
gneet tf Senator Frelinghayten ia New
Jerotey, where be It to meet some of
(Continued en Pan Tour)
KENTUCKY MAN EMITS GENUINE
LUYE FISH FROM-HI STOMACH.
Loaltvllle, Ky, Jans 27vFleh
form a prominent, part, of kaman
food, bat lire placatory specimen
Ja ne'a stomach Is not an enjoyable
companion, according to N. C How.
erton, electrical englaetr, ,X1 Sooth
Thlrty-Ftartk Street. Mr, Howsrtoa
emitted the Ssh afUr being eoafiaed
U hla bed two days with severe palm
la kla stomach. -
MI kad felt as If something war
moving aronnd inside me for tome,
time, be said.
The fish was perfecttly formed,
baring eyes, xaoath. Sue and aealta.
H wae aboat foar laches long, an
Incb aad a kalf wide and aaerter
f an Inck thick. It was alive when
It came from kla atomack and kaa
been preserved In alcohol by Dr.
C. H. Whitelach, phyalclsn attending
Mr. Bowerton, who la making n
atndy of It It closely resembles a
perch. ,
"I cannot imagine how It got Into
my stomach," said Mr. Bowerton.
"When I was a boy I lived la the
eoantry and was very fond of swim,
mlng. And, I drank spring water.
I believe I may have swallowed n
flak egg or a very amall minnow
which baa grown to maturity la my
atomack. Daring the past ten years I
kave ben a aabTarer from atomack
trouble and have oftea felt the die.
tarblng "sensation that something
was moving aronnd Inside.
"I haven't eaten Ask for year,
said Mr. Bowerton. "For some res
son I have a great dislike for flak
ai food. Whenever they had them
at home I went somewhere else for
my dinner."
Woman Charged. With Murder
of Seawell Furnishes Bond
In Sum of $10,000
Clinton, June 27. '"Gentlemen, can
your client make a ten thousand bondf
You tell mo she is poor and her fam
ily connections are poor. 8ce - whnt
you can do about it.'" With these word,
Jiidgo C. C. Ufoa Mougnt w a rocus
the proceedings in the case of the Stat
urninst Mrs. Cora Jernigan lor tnc
murder of Quimby Seawell at a hear
ine here today.
So truly had the attorney for the
defense spoken with regar dto the por
ertv of their client that they them
selves were for a moment in doubt, and
arose to consult with the members of
the family, when from all sides men
beiran to volunteer.
Tke kabeaa corpus proceedings had
been tet for i o'clock. Tht court room
began to fill. The accused woman wa
escorted from the jtil by Deputy Price.
Few had seen her before. Calm, erect,
a slim and gracful woman of possibly
thirty -five, neatly dressed in - tntrt
waist and black skirt and simple black
hat, accompanied by her husband, she
came down the aisle and took ner seat
in the bar with a perfect pose.
Present as attorneys, for the woman
were Messrs. Butler aad Herring, Fowl.
er and Crumrdcr, and C. L. Guy, the
latter of Dunn. Assisting Solicitor
Powers, were Messrs, Bullsrd and
Btringfield of Fayctteville,
The bearing began by sparring on the
part of Btringfield to place the burden
upon the defense, when it developed
that tht woman had never ben properly
committed to prison, there having been
no eoroner'a warrant issued. Instantly,
Judge Lyon ehang'cd the proceeding
to a preliminary hearing, when Solici
tor Power called out, a witnesses for
tht State, Mr J. L. Matthew, Buth
Seawell, and H. M. Seawell.
Judge Lyon declared there was evi
dence to hold for the. killing, but that
the only indication thtat the had in
tended to kill was the possession of
the gun. . He said it would be far-fetch
ed to hold that anyone, even a woman,
who went to meet another person with
a gun intended to kill him. Further
more, while the law did net permit a
justice of the peace to admit to bail
a person charged with murder in the
first degree, there is a statute which
gives that authority to a judge of thf
bupenor Court, and that he, according-
1' would admit to bail. - - - -,
The only evidence secured with re
gard to the little Jernigan girl was to
the effect that Mrs. Matthews had asked
Mrs. Jernigan on the Monday before the
killing, why she had let.Buby go off in
work time, and that she had responded
that her uncle Maleom Jernigan, wht
Htm in Virginia, had promised to tend
her to school. ,
Where tthe girl actually is or her eon
d it ion waa not menttloaed. Both side
art keeping their bands covered a far
a possible, but it is stated definitely
that tht little moher it In it in a resent
home in Columbia, 8. C, rather than In
Richmond, at stated la this correspond
enet Sunday. "
Tht main battle will occur at the
August term of court.
TENTATIVE VALUES OF
NORTH CAROLINA ROADS
Washington, June 27.-Teatativt
values tf railroads mad public today
by tht Ittefvtatt Commerce Commit
s en include Wrigntvill tnd TVnnlllt
(GaJ 11,597,024; Alabama Central, 7bV
099; Norfolk Southern, Atlantis and
North Carolina, and Carthage and Pin
hunt, UifiajM; Savannah tad North
western, 1,S1T,W Talbottoa railroad,
7M57j tht HawkiasvUl ltd Florida
Southern, 11,083,631 j tht Wadley Soath
tra Bailway Company, $82,739; Kiattou
Carolina Kailrtad and Lembw Company,
(100441; Carolina aad Yadkin Barer,
7M,KS. .,.
Tht Tampa and Jacktoavillr, 500,000
tht Maeoa and Birmingham, tl7;
the Albany Passenger Terminal Com
pany 1138,901 j tht Hampton ' tad
Branchvillt Kail road and Lumber Ccm
pany, 1193.124; tht Caroliaa Kailroed
Company, 9169,680; tht Georgia North
ern Bailway, $877469; -,tka Gemvit
bVwthtra and Florida Bailway, (960
MRS. JERNIGAN IS
ADMITTED TO DAE
HEATED DEBATE-IN
HOUSE ON BILL TO
Anti-Beer Bill Passes By Over
whelming Vote; Now. Goes
To The Senate
STORMY DEBATE THROWS
HOUSE INTO DISORDER
Sharp Attacks On Prohibition
Laws and Their Xffct
Made By Several Represen
tatives; MaryUnd Congress
man Attacks General Coun
sel of Anti-Saloon league
Washington, June 27. By Tot of
250 to 93, the House tonight passed
the Willis-Campbell bill to prevent the
sale of beer to the tick and sent it to
the Senate with expectation of itt final
enactment before the end of the week.
The vote, which . wis 21 more then
the necessary two-thirds, waa taken
after four hourt of stormy debate, in
terrupted frequently with ahouts to
stop the talk and pass the bill. Despite
the sweltering weather, however, lend
era in the fight for and against the
measure refused to yield to am ever
growing demand for an end of the dis
cussion. -
Throws Houso Into Disorder
In closing debates for the opponents,
Representative Hill, Bepublican, Mary
land, threw the House into considerable
disorder by charging that Wayne D.
wheeler, general -counsel for tht Anti-
Saloon League, had drafted the bill.
Pointing to the league lawyer in t!ie
gallery and calling him by name, Mr,
Hill brought a wild shout from the pro
hibition element, some of whom stood
until quiet was restored.
There was another dry outburst a
moment later when Representative
Foster, Bepublican, Ohio,- declared thre
was no truth in the statement about
Wheeler's part in the preparation of
the measure.
A sharp attack on the rule commit
tee for failing to give right of way to
the Volstead supplemental bill wa
made by Bcpfescntative Reavi, Bepuh
liean, Nebraska, member of the judi
ciary committee, who charged that its
work of three week had been stifled.
Mr. Beavi declared it wa a menace
to orderly legislation when half a dozen
member of the rule committee could
nullify the action of another committee
in reporting a bill of national Import
ance. Chairman Campbell, defending
the committee, said it wa unwilling to
mig amergeney legislation with, eon
troversiad matter which should be fully
aired.
In tht midst of a plea for passage
of theJblll, Representative Barkloy,
PemerrtKintuckyj waJ lnteliuptcd
by Representative Gilbert, also a Demo
crat, and of tht tame state, who ask?d:
Preferred Tk Colonel
"Since we are both from Kentucky,
I would like to know jf you would not
rather see a Kentucky colonel drinking
100 per cent liquor than a pot-bellied
German drinking a keg of beerf
Mr. Barkley replied that if he had to
look upon one of the two evils he pre
ferred to see the Colonel at the bar.
Representative Cooper,. Bepublican,
Ohio, formerly a railroad engineer, took
issue with the American Federation of
tabor in standing for' light beer and
wine, declaring it had no right to make
the organization apeak on moral ques
tions. He insisted that tht federation
"did not expreee tht sentiment of the
working mm.'
Prohibition Unpopular
Representative Cockran, Democrat,
New York, declared prohibition or any
other law could not be enforced when
publie sentiment waa against it.
Warning th Hon againit tht con
stant spread of law-breaking since
enactment of drastic prohibition laws,
Representative Kahn, Republican, Cali
fornia, turning aharply upon advocates
of the anti-beer bill, declared 'there
are members her who vote for prohibi
tion and who drink more liquor in a
week than I do ia a year"
Mr. Kahn asserted the Volstead law
was being broken every hour of the day
and that Congrest ought to bandit (he
problem in a rational way.
FARM FOREMAN VICTIM
OF PECULIAR ACCIDENT
Winston-Salem, June 27. E. G. Lan
caster, of Rockingham county, died at
a local hospital today from injuries
sustained in a peculiar automobile aeci
deat ia Madison Saturday afteraooa.
- Lancaster, who waa foreman oa T. B.
Lindsay's farm, five miles from Madi
son, had com to town after a tack ef
cement and ether things. While load
ing th cement la the automobile his
ear waa "struck by one driven by Mrs.
B. B. Webster, knocking tht machine
against Lancaster's leg, breaking it. Hi
wat also hurled against th brick wall
bf a stora building, fracturing his
akall, th injury later producing
death. It It eonteaded tht accident wa
unavoidable -and that at blamt it at
tached to Mrs. Wcbtter. --
METHODIST MINISTERS
"WANT "CLOSED SUNDAY"
Wlnttoa-Saltm, Junt 17,-A I a Meet
ing tf tat Methodist mlairtert today
they went an record as favoring a
"closed Buaday la wtattoa Haieaa. Th
prescription and food by tht hotels
object tt threatened rwaattil tf p reseat
restrictions, bat desirt that ardlaaaees
bt revised tt at to prevent th,alt tf
everything ot Sunday tieeidragt a
preteriptioM aad' food by tht hotels
aad cafea, :
- Twa Airmen lafnred.
Psntacola, F1M Junt Vr lieutenant
Carney and Machinist ,Lngford wert
seriously .injired here today wkea a
$ L type teaplaa they wert operat
ing feU twa bcadrtd feet into Peat
cola Bay. Tht aiackia crashed because
ef aa accident to tht control mechanism.
STOP SALE OF BEER
MAKING PLANS FOR
OPERATION OF NEW
FINANCIAL SYSTEM
Federal Budget Plan To' Go
Into Effect Friday As An
1 Economy Measure
CALL CONFERENCE OF
GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
President Hardin; To Preside
- . Meeting; Wednesday,
When Tentative. Draft of
Budget Porm Will Be Pre
sented; Pruning of Expendi
tores Will Be Ordered
Washington, June 27. Plans prepare
tory to establishment of the new Fed
eral budget system, which becomes
operative Friday, began to take tangible
form today. As a first step, Charles
G. Dawes, director of the budget, at the
request of the President, called a een
ferenre for Wednesday of all cabinet
members and other executive adminis
tration officials at which President
Harding will preside. The President
also directed Mr. Dawes to draft a
tentative form for the new budget
within the next thirty days, with esti
mates of the absolute minimum of gov
ernment fund needed for the Sscsl
year beginning July 1.
Necessity For Economy
A White House statement called at
tention to the- necessity for economy
in governmental expenditures and said
the tentative form of the budget shoti d
point the way, "as would be done in
any ordinary business being confront-id
wtth the" necessity" f8Tnbmy. It is
understood that at the joint conference
something of the nature of tke expected
cut in spendiing will be brought out
aa well as the detailed plans of the
budget machinery.
"The President does not assume,' the
White House statement said, "as has
been the custom under the old systam
with individual departments, that the
minimum of governmental expendi
ture! In the year is Uje amount flxed
by Congrest in the appropriations.
The maximum of the budget, which
Mr. Harding haa asked To have drafted.
it expected to be below the minimum
amount provided for in -existing Coa
greslonal appropriations, th statement
added, while the economies thus intu-i
pated will be earried on into an alter
native draft of the budget for the tsal
year beginning July 1, 1921.
Te Streta Ecesvomr "
It was madt plain by Mr. Dawes', is
lociates at the treasury that be intends
to Impress upon the head and subor
dinate omenta of the "spending' de
partments of the government the full
meaning of the word eeonomy. Mr.
Dawes said he was prepared to aid
personally in pruning and paring to
the limit.
It is indicated that the subject of
reorganisation of the various govern
ment departments also would find its
way into the discussion at the confer
ence. The White House statement re
ferred to thi phase as a potent field
for flnoncial saving incident to general
operation of the budget, and it -vas
said at tht treasury that the budget
plans might as well anticipate Congres
sional action in r organisation and
re-elasification of the employees, trim
ming the expenditure correspondingly,
WILLIS COMPLAINS OF
PIE COUNTER DEALINGS
Declares Ohio Greatly Under
fed As To Civil Service
Appointments
Washington, June 17. A complaint
regarding the present distributioa ef
civil service appointments among the
state was made to President Harding
today by Senator Willis, Republican
Ohio, and sereral Ohio representative.
They asked that in the government
reorganization now uadeT way, each
state be given as nearly as possible its
proportionate share ot federal, appoint
ment.
According to figures compiled by
Senator Willis and placed before the
President, Ohio ia entitled to 2,188 civil
service appointments and actually has
only 1,505, while various other states sre
far in excess of their quota. H called
particular attention to the figures in
hi table showing that irginia ia en
titled to 957 place but hold 2,44, that
Maryland ia entitled to 601 and holds
2,412.
ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO
STOP FIGHT SATURDAY
Atlantic City, Jane 27-Clintoa N
Howard, secretary of the International
Reform Bureau, left here today for
Camden, where ke said he would appear
before Vice -Chancellor Learning, to seek
aa lain action to prevent the Dempeey
Carpatier fight at Jersey City, Jury 1
If ka fails to obtain each a writ la tht
ckaaeery court, Howard said fct would
appeal tt tht Supreme Coart at Trenton.
Watch Your Ovancc
, Do yon want to ge into business for
gtartclff v '
Da yet waat tt lad a poaitittf
Da yea waat tmct or heuseksld
kclpent r , -. " '
Do yea waat to buy aa antotstbilt
Do yta waat a koaat or Cut
If yta waat aay tf thtat thing,
r, la fact, alasaet taytkiag yta aa
atatioa, look th Waat Adt aver
carefully kvtry day aad yon art tart
to find It. - - ? '
If it tomethjag tot tf tht ardU
nary yon waat, why writ a littlt
Waat Ad tf year twa, thea ytnll bt
Kara to bt aatisfled quickly.
Mystery Surrounds Eleven
Deaths In Farm Dwelling
Bodies Of Deven People Found In Burned House In Ken
tucky; Theory Is That Owner Of House KilW Ten
- . Persons And Then Himself - -
Mayfteld, Ky., Junt 27. Mystery eon-1
tinuet to surround the tragedy in the
farm home of Earnest Lawrence, near
here, Saturday night when tlcven per
sons wert slain and their bodies prac
tically incinerated in tke dwelling which
apparently had been saturated with oil.
Only fragment of the bodies were
found in the ruin of the bouse. They
were placed in one coffin and interred
in Maplewood Cemetery this afternoon.
No Wound Found
Prior to tht funeral the fragments
were examined by Sheriff Marion Mcr
Cain and Coroner 0. M. Mcttit, and both
reported that they were unable to find
bullet wounds or any others that would
determine the cause of the deaths. An
ax and firearms were found in tho em
bers of the dwelling, which led the offi
cials to believe that some of them
might hare been killed with the ax and
others shot.
Sheriff McCain announced late today
that he had not changed his theory that
All In Readiness For Bombing
Tests Off The Virginia
Maryland Coast
Washington, June 27. The Army and
Navy air services reported tonight that
all was in readiness for the bombing
test tomorrow off the VirginU Mary
land coast against the battleship Iowa,
which will be operated by Radio con
trol as an enemy ship approaching
American shores. Lined up and await
ing at the land bases for the signal to
start 26 machines comprising the light
and heavy bombardment squadrons and
the air boats. When the signal ia re
ceived for them to take tho air, the
Iowa will be at some point between
Cape Hatteras and Henlopen. W to m
miles off shore, and steaming in the gen
eral direction ot tho shore line.
The establishment of contact with the
Iowa will b the first task. If this U
successfully accomplished, dummy bomb
will then be dropped.
The Iowa will be controlled from the
battleshlo Ohio, which will follow it
at a distance of five miles. The at
tacking pTanes wiiHie-greuped in scout
in division, light bombardment and
heavy bombardment squadrons. With
tk exception of teven F 5 L's operatod
by army pilots tnd four army dirigible
which will assist ia tht search problem
tht plane will be in charge of naval
Dlrota.f All will be operated under the
command of Vice-Admiral Hilary P.
Jones, new commander of the Atlantic
fleet, assisted by Brig-Oenera William
Mitchell, assistant chief of the army air
service, and Captain Johnson, of the
navy.
Aviation officials of the Army and
Navy who have witnessed preparations
for the test were optimist it tonight
concerning tht ability of tht planes to
locate the Iowa and score hit despite
the rules requiring them to drop the
bomb from a height of four thousand
feet or more and to fly at their, great
tet speed. Recent tests of accuracy In
bomb dropping on th wrecked hulk of
the San Marcos in Tangier Sound con
vinced some nviation experts here that
hita will be scored on the low, although
the will bt under steam and mane
vered aa aa enemy ship.
S. P. GILBERT GIVEN
NEW TREASURY POST
New Jersey Man Nominated
Por Job of Under-Secretary
of Treasury
Washington, June 27. S. Fnrkor
Gilbert, Jr., of Now Jersey, was nomi
uated today ty President Harding for
the newly created port of Under Scere
tary of the Treasury.
Mr. Gilbert, who it SO years old, is
now assistant eeereiary of tht treasuiy
in charge of fiscal affairs, having suc
ceeded to that position oa the resigns-
tioa of R. C. Leffingwell early last year.
Hit home i Bloomfield,' N. J.
Early in the war Mr. Gilbert was
bnought to the treasury by Mr. Leffing
well to be a member of wsr loan etaff
which bandied all of the latter issue oi'
Liberty and Victory' bonds and eoa
ducted the negotiation with the foreign
power of th loaning of approximately
tea billion dollars to them. Hn work
in that connection brought him tht pro
motion to aa assistant secretaryship
when his chief retired.
It was said at th treasury that as
ander secretary. Mr. Gilbert would eon
tiaut to exercise supervision over all
Steal matter. He is expected to re
lieve Secretary Mellon from tht burden
tf most tf tht routine-work.
Victims in shooting
AFFAIR ARE IMPROVING
. Washington, N. C, Junt 27w Leslie
Cox, 24, tnd Mist Lola Ecklin, IS -uf-(ring
from ballet wonndt inflicted by
Coa here lata yterday, were reported
tt much improved today tnd physicians
tblak both havt good ehaitrea for re
covery. Cex, said to bar beta crated
with Jealousy when kt taw Mitt Ecklin
la the company at another a, area
twa ballets into the young woman'
body and thea turned th weapoa apt
biaaaclf.
WOMAN PRESIDENT OF
NORTHERN BAPTISTS
Dea Moinet, It Juaa 27 Mrs. Helen
Barrett V Moatgoacry, ef Rochester,
N. T, wa elected president of the
Northern Baptitta at tk etaveation of
that examination today, Pht it tke
first woman to hold tht potijen.
TO DROP BOMBS ON
BATTLES! TODAY
Lnwrenee had doveloped n fit of insanity
and in a frenzy had killed hia wife,
their three children and their guests,
Otis Drew. Mrs. Drew, hr three ehii
dren and Drew's brother, Delma Drew.
Set Fire To Hontt
The indications are, the Sl.ertif added,
that Lawrence saturated the room in
which the bodies were found with oil,
touched a match to it and killed htm
self Mrs Lawrence and Mr Drow were
sister and neighbor snid, bad long
been accustomed to exchanging visits
over the week end.
One report today had it that Law
rence had been roughly handled ly
nolieeman in Ma veld a number of
year ago and that in the course of the
struggle had been struck on tht head.
Sheriff McCain said today that he was
puzzled by some features of the css.
He found it difficult to believe that one
man could have attacked ten persons
at least three -of them adults in full
possession of their faculties without
tome of them escaping.
NVITES DE VALERA
Lloyd George and "Irish Presi
dent ' May Confer; Impe
rial Conference
London, une 27. The' imperial con
ference, which re assembled today, and
was expected to enter upon a serioss
discussion of the various problems
H was called to consider, ia likely to
last much longer than originally was
proposed, probably throughout tho
month of July. Even then, it is be
lieved, it will ba found necessary to
postpone action on many subjects
pending further discussion.
Possibility of delay in the propose
daily meetings also is seen in the fact
that Premier Lloyd Goorgo has in
vited Eamonn de Vnlera, "President
of the Irish Republic" and Sir James
Craig, premier of '.he Vlsto. govern
ment to coma to London for a discus
sion of the Irish problem. During
the last week there ha been a full
confidential reviewing of the empire's
foreign, poliry, but none of the
tpeechoa delivered in this connection
will be made public.
There haa boen a noticeable devel
opment recently In pres t'tauunt oa
tht subject of the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese
treaty. Hitherto it had
been generally assumed that the gov
ernment policy contemplated renewal
of the treaty, but with modifications
clearly defining it position with re
spect to th United States and China.
A number of influential newspapers,
however, in thtif most recent com
ment have !i asored the id"t of replac
ing the treaty by some tri partite
agreement or understanding between
England, the United States and Japan
which would regulate all questions eon
earning the Pacific oceau and China.
This idea appears to be the outgrowth
of a proposal raised in some quarters
that America be brought formally into
the treaty, and is advanced because
it is considered that there may be
serious drawbacks to tny extension
of defensive alliances. It ia argued
that while such alliances . exist it is
hopeless to expect any seriou effort
at disarmament.
HOLDING FARMER ON
A CHARGE OF MURDER
Johnston County Man Placed In
Ooldsboro Jail As Besult
of Killing
Goldsboro, June 27. W. J. Johnson,
well known farmer of Johnston county,
was brought to Goldsboro today and
placed in the county jail charged with
the killing of Joe Atkinson, son of s
prominent planter of that -otinty.
It is alleged that Atkinson Was drink
ing some beer that had been prepared
fof making a "run" in a moonshine
still, when be was shot in the back and
instantly killed. An Investigation by
Sheriff Masscy, of Johnston county, re
suited in finding: that tho beer was
located near the home of Johnson, and
th latter waa taken into "custody, 'ilio
sheriff informed local officers ttist he
had sufficient evidence to hold Johnson
Itr the crime.
K. O. Holm s, prominent farmer, died
this tf'nnoon st hi country home near
Goldsboro. He ,ws prominent leader
in politics, tfd a candidate far sheriff
on the Republican ticket. He ia sur
rived by a widow and eijit children.
JAPANESE CHAMBER IN
FAVOR OF DISARMAMENT
Tokio. June 27. The National Cham
ber of Commerce, in session here to
day adopted a resolution declaring
"Tht League tf Natlona now is estab
lished and armament restrictioa it im
portent,1 "
"Among tht powers, Japan, which
always has loved justice, humanity and
peace," the resolution declares, "should
retch a proper agreement with the
power , regarding disarmament and
should employ every energy for the
promotion tf industry by safeguarding
international peace. This it the urgent
need tf Japan at- this moment."
The chamber voted to cable tht read
lutioa to tka Leagut tf Nations and
also tt tht chamber tf commeret tf
ether countries.
' Plan Maria ScbtaL
Washington. Jan 27. Th port of
Charleston, 8. C, would bt added te
tht list af prott wktrt snarina schools
art eo ad acted by tkt Navy Department
tnder a bill introduced today by Sena-
toe Smith, Democrat, eon Ik Caroliaa
Tht bill wat referred to tkt naval af
fain committee, ; ,
TO COME TO LONDON
WAGES TO INCLUDE:
NEARLY ALL ROADS
Railroad Labor Board Extends
Reduction Order To 100
Additional Roads
REDUCTION WILL TAKE ?
EFFECT FRIDAY, JULY t
Approximately Pour Hundred
Millions of Dollars" To Be .
Slashed Prom Railroads'
Payrolls By Order, Which
Effects Seduction of it
Per Cent I
Chicogo, Ills', June 27 Employeg
on virtually every railroad will feel '
the twelve per cent wage cut ordered
by the Railroad Labor Board to take
effect July 1, as a result of a aup. 4
plemental decision today extending tht "
order to nearly one hundred additional
roads.
The wage slash authorized Junt I to
tako effect Friday originally content .
plated 104 railroads, although not all
employes were affected on aH xoadlT
The reductions authorized today wer
identical with those of-the original or
der, the only change being th addi
lion of rotes for-marine worker It
certain harbor and of a section at,
ering restaurant and dining car em
ployes, whose wages were ordered r.
duced by sixty per cent af ail increase '
received since February 29, 1920.
Twelv Per Cent Cat
Except a few subsidiary lines, whota
parent owners filed petition for rduc
tions, every railroad affected by deebiV
ion number two, the labor board' sjg
hundred million dollnr wage award ol
July, itfjo, lina been authorized tp re "
mice wnges an average of twelevd per :
cent Most of them have received ucy
permission for all clases of employes.
in aaaiuon, nearly two tcort othefr '
roads which voliintariltT annlied tha
increased scale fixed by the board i
1520, also have received authorlxattoi
to make a similar rut. i
Totala 400 Millions ( ,
The Labor Board recently citima'ri
that its twelve per cent reduction would
cut approximately four hundred mil-
lion dollars from the nation'a railroad
wage bill, if applied to all emnlnvM.
Comparatively few' road wow have ft -
run quota of employes, but restoratina
of normal conditions and application ef
the board'i cut to all employe of tht
larger railroads will make tht foar ban
drad million dollar reduction a reality
Many Applications.
Immediately following tho rnnounee
ment of the board' wage cut oa June '
1, roads from every section of tht loan.
iry pourca in ineir application! to tha
labor board for authority to maka
similar reductions. A hearint? set for
Jaie 8 included a total of lot road
and in the next two week tixty-ona
more submission were mad and ln
eluded in a hearing for June 20. A few
roads which bad not included nil claatea
of employes in their first petition for
redactions came in with the remaining
classes in the last hearing. . .
Many of the road which asked re
dtctions for only a part of their em
ployes at the original hearing in May
came back with, application to com -all
employes in these two later hear,
ii gs. Virtually every railroad ia tli '
country affected by the labor board -
six hundred million dollar wagt award
or jui.v, nt.'ti, waa included in one at
more of the Three hearings. I
Wanted Award Wiped Oat ' '
Following the twclvo per cent r
duction, which was generally nnsatix
factory to the roads, the carrier ra
turned to the board with added !nsb
tence that the 1920 wage award be
wiped out Th board, however, was
not inclined to change its scale of re
duction determined in the June 1 de
cision and merely added to that d-
elsion employes involved in tht subt ,
qoent hearing. -
At the two June hearing the roads,
for the most part, contented themselves'
with reitersting the evidence present
ed in May. Their arguments eoasistet
chiefly -of cost of firing statistic tnd, :
nomiwrwon oi rauroau wages will
those in outside industries. The tra
ployes took up other factors laid dowa.
by the transportation set to be Con '
liilered in the determination of just
and reasonable wages. Hazards of em
ployment, the living wtge end limilar -lines
of evidence were introduced ia
an effort tq prevent, any cut ia wsgra,
While no definite returns havt beetj
nnnannced from the referendum-being
tnken by all the railway union aa ac
ceptance or tcjectlon of th,e-lJ p$r cen
cut, it was expected that eoflTertneet
here on July I would agree tt seep
the board's decision without aay ia
terrnption -of traffic. '
escaped negro convict i
found Locked in trunk
in home. of his 8isteb
Elixabeth City, Junt 27. Found
locked in hit sister's trunk at ber
home ia tha Powum quarter tet
tioa of this county, Enoch Wil
liams, aegro, who escaped from tkt
county chain gang by jumping from
tht county road track bt it wat
taking tht gang ant to work Thurs
day morning, wa re -captured shortly
before daybreak thia morning by
Chief of Police Holme with" th as
sistant tf police officer Twiddy
aad Gregory aad Bead Supcriatead
tat Prove.
la police court this morning bt
waa givttfthlrty daya aa tka roads
la additioa to kit triglnal teatenet.
' Johnny Jones, aaotker negro coat-let,
who jumped from tka truck
wltk Williams, bat who was shot at
by a gatrd aa ba jumped, aad who
waa recaptured a few moment later
witk a ballet wound ia hia neck,
will bt tried Tactdty morning. Both
wort terviag acnteneo for bome