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RALEIGH. N. C THURSDAY "MORNlNGrJULY-7rl92J.
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HOT A REMEDY FOR
PRESENT DISTRESS
Much
Heralded Accomplish'
meat Of Republicans Is u
effective Legislation
NEW TREATY APPEARS
TO BE THE NEXT STEP
"yrhere Do We Go From Here"
Is Attitude Of Republicans
- On Peace Question; Resolu-
j. tion Involves Many Piffled
; ties 0. 0. P. Must Over
come; Blot On Document
News' and Observer Eureau,
603 District National Bank Bhlg;
By EDWAJ
. (Ey Speieal Leased 'Wire)
Washington, July 6. "Where do we
(6 from here'' is apparently the ttti-
tude of the Harding administration now
that the peace resolution has been jam'
wed through. Paraded by the Repub
licans to the country as something
worth while, it is a mere shell of
thing, an ineffective hit of legislation
-without teeth, a gold brick ao far ai
it ii goiing to help America in the
distressing situation in which the Re
publican party has placed it by its
tubboru ufiuiJ-ta-dpt the wise
course, elia.-l-d tor tin1 United States
by Woodrow Wilson.
President "Harding's" peace procla
mation is looked forward to with much
cariosity, though thore is doubt ei
pressed as to its appearance till some
kind of a treaty with Germany is
-"liEned. Iti phrasing will be keenly
scrutinized, if it does eome at this time
New Treaty Next
It has been unofficially intimated that
the next step that is to be taken in the
tangle made by the Republicans is to
negotiate a new sort of a treaty with
Germany, referred to at a treaty of
"amity and commerce." How that
to be dona unless our war-time allies
agree to it is a matter that President
Harding and Secretary of State Hughes
will have to figure out, for our war
time associates have a working agree
ment in the handling of Germany, tho
Versailles treaty and the League- of '
Nations, and it would appear that with
these they hare Germany pretty well
tied up, in fact so well tied up that
Ocrniany can deal with the United
States ai the allies permit it to do. And
if the allies tell Germany that it must
deal under the Versailles; treaty, then
President Harding will be driven back
to his one time project of dealing with
' the situation "under the existing
treaty."
The bill of sal which to a largo de
gree the allies have of Germany will
enable it to say how far Germany can
go in dealing with the United States,
for here the reparations question arises,
and the allies having Germany's notes
cf hand, so to speak, are going to pro
tect those notes. Of course, they will
have to give heed in a large degree to
the wishes of the United States, for
Europe owes us a big chunk of money,
and we are in a position to put on the
screws if we so elect. But we can turn
them only to a limited degree for in
the long run the allies hold the whip
hand in any negotiations which we may
undertake with Germany. They can tic
us up because of the strategic position
--they deettpyv and we are not in a post
tion to make a break with them in
order to satisfy Republican aims in
dealing with Germany. Having taken
the position that we propose to get all
possible advantage under the Versailles
treaty- without incurring any of th ob
ligations it would appear that we are
trying to ho.: the game. To Americans
the position in which the Republican
party has placed this country is rather
a shameful one, and t..e pity of it all
, thathaa been done for paltry political
partisan advantage and for revenge on
.Woodrow Wilson.
Mast Deal With Treaty.
The Harding administration might as
weit Burkr witcjtttn'tharit will have
to deal with Germany along the lines
of the Versailles treaty and have re
spect to the attitude of the allies who
jire bound together in the League of
Nations. There is s whisper here that
Secretary of State Hughes is getting a
draft of a treaty made largely of the
Versailles treaty. If so the "Bitter-
Enders" will light it but with the ad
ministration behind it and with Demo
. eratie support it will win.
And there is another matter that is
agitating the minds of the people here
and elsewhere. It is as to what the
. administration is going to do about its
heralded pledge of "bringing the
" American soldiers back from the
Shine." Until wo exact some sort of
pledge or make some agreement as
. to what Germany mast do to meet our
7- requirements can these 'boys on the
." Shine" fee brought back with safety
to tho Interest- of tho country That
. promise was only "get-rich-quick
' scheme for corralling votes in the last
election, and was more or less -a bit
, of rhetorical bunk. We ' dealing
. with practical affuirs today and stump-
speech oratory doesn't count. The
country may well watch with interest
, and deep concern what the Bepublicans
. art going to do to get us out of. the
' jam into which their obsession for
grabbing the administration ha placed
US, "J-. .
Too Mock Ink.
Thar has been considerable comment
bout tho fact that, when President
, Harding signed the peace resolution at
Karitan. the home of Senator rrelinr
kuysen, of New Jersey, the ink gushed
- out of tho Ten he was using and all
but blotted out tho (" In his signature.
This was referred to .yesterday la the
Senate by Senator Fletcher, Of Florida,
who, is tho course of some remarks,
twitted the Bepublicans about their
three months delay in passing th reso
lution, and its back and forth travels
between th Hens and Senate till it
reVhed a compromise form, that -
last we passed that resolution th other
- (Coatiaaed a pag tour.)"
FmSTJQimijCA
APPOINTED TO
Mrs. Clarence A. Johnson, of Kalcigh,
missioner of Public Welfare in North
f .nrt QlntPmhnn
To Begin in
.J
Raleigh Woman Succeeds Ro
land F. Beasley; First Wo
man State Officer
Greensboro, July 6. Mrs. Clarence
Johnson was elected Commissioner of
Public Welfare and Dr. Howard W.
Odom was elected consulting expert to
tho board when the state board of
Charities and Pubfte Welfare met in
Greensboro today to receive th report
of the nominating committee appointed
nominate a successor to Commis-
to nominate a successor to Boland E
Beasley.
The members of the board are W. A.
Blair, Carey J. Hunter, Mrs. Thos. W
Lingle, A. W. McAlister, M. L. Keslcr,
Mrs. W. F. Woodnrd anjflMrw J.W.
Pless. The four first naniM eoristiiut'ed
the nominating committee. This com
mittee unanimously nominated Mrs.
Clarence Johnson for the position of
onimissioner of Publie Welfare and
lte was unauimously olected- -by the
board.
Mrs. Johnson has for the past, two
years hold a responsible position in
the office of the Commissioner of Pub-
lie Welfare as Director of Child Wel
fare. -
In this position she has demonstrated
her ability and resourcefulness in an
unmistakable way, and her experience
and successful administration of her
child welfare work have given her
foremost position in the State as an au
thority on social questions. She has
been in the past president of the
Federation of Women's Clubs of the
State and -has held other positions of
influence a ' usefulness.
The strong backing she has had for
the position of Commissioner of Publie
welfare was substantial evidence of the
favorable impression which she has al
ready... made upon the JSorth .Carolina
public. She had the enthusiast is sup
port of tho governor, the stat depart
ment of Public Instruction, tho State
department of public health, Tho State
Federation of Women's Clubs and other
influential support.
Is a Man a Job
She im aupointed to the position net
because it is necessarily a woman s job,
It is a man's job in responsibility and
labor and administration, and a woman
of reat energy and devotion and abiti
ty has been called to it, because there
not an available man in tho state
who possessed in exeprience and train'
ing the qualifications which sh 110s
sesscs. With the strong support which
sh ha received from so many influ
ential directions . and the united sup
port of th Board of Chanties and Pub'
Mm W.Ma" mmAa. wlilffk ak will nW-
MO TV CILlTICi UMUlt " ' It. U VIIU W nUI.
and with the training and ' ablliUeJ
which ah brings to the office, a success
ful and efficient administration is as
surexl. ..'..,
Dr. Howard W. Odom, the head of
the school of publie welfare at tho Uni
versify of North Carolina, was elected
consulting expert to the board, and in
this position, for which . his training
and experience in this linis of research
and work qualify him so admirably,
will render invaluable servie to Mrs.
Johnson, and th board.
. While. It . haa required nearly four
months .to fill the Tscancy mad by
Mr. , Beasley' resignation, ,th board
and nominating "committee hsv not
been idle. It took mor f thaa six
month to. locate Mr.. Beasley. for this
position is th first instance. Compara
tively fow men andomen ar trained
for the position., and tueh a aeleetioa
has to b mad. with extreme care. It
is a case where a mistake might In voir
Irreparable injury.' There wer great
many applications for th position and
forty names all ' told 1 wer. considered
and, investigated and mor than thre
hundred pieces of mail handled In con
neetioa with th selection and appoint'
menu t- ! 1
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WELFARE OFFICER
A STATE OFFICE
who was yesterday appointed Com
Carolina to succeed Roland Beaaley.
I If nnff
House Today
MpaClirP Formally I aid Before
Body, With Majority And
- I
Minority Reports
FORDNtY DEFENDS BILL:
FREAR DENOUNCES IT
Chairman Of Ways And Means!
" I
Committee Says It Will
Encourage Industry
Washington, July 6V Th adminis
tration tariff bill was laid formally be'
fore the House of Representatives to
day and the way cleared for -its eon
sideration beginning tomorrow.
Aoeomnanvina: it wero two reoorts by I
Bepublicans, on la prnis and th I
other in denunciation. Chairman Ford-1
ner. of the wars and means committee, I
in a report which he said he under-
stood all BeDublicans of tho committee I
extent Renresentative Frear. of Wiseon-1
sin, would sign, described tho measure
as a "Magna Chart for tho perpetua-
ttion of American standards or living."
BeDrosentatiT FreaT. in his minority
report, which previously had been made
nubile, said tee measure was Subject
to criticism fcr many unnoeessirily 1
liiirh dutiea i M will inereaaa the bur-1
dep.' of tht consumer." Ha also char-1
actorixed oir.o irorisions of the bi'J,
particularly tho dye schedule, as "inde-1
fcusiblo' and t abandonment 01 p-'tyivoto win bt takt-n nnd announced br
1. . 1 . 1 . M .,. ' m . ...... .
pledges. jjemTrauo uicwuera vi mc
cimmitteo were orvnannc weir m-ror-
Ity report ror .lu.orrow, wncu me mens-1
... . .. I
ur - in nw--Mff ivaiiiui . tin -
tailed explanation by Charii.n Ford-1
ncy. I
Republicans Confer. I
Meantime, Republican members of the 1
House met iu conference tonight t do-
term me, if possible, th procedure to
be followed in putting the measure
through tho House. Decisions which
(Continued on Page Four)
TRIAL OE NURSES
Prison Walls Loom Before Wo
men Charged With Murder
Of Judge Devereux
Tufca, Okla, July 8. Prison walla
loomed ominously Deiore uoidie uor -
don and Mrs. Myrtle James, nurse,
now on trial in District Court for th
murder of Judge John Devereux aged
and prominent jurist, for th first
Urn sine their arrest, when th prose
ration scored neavuy lime arter lime
ounng we progress or in trial wed -
nesday.
Counsel for the prosecution sue -
eeeded in having barred aa ineompe -
tent evidence two things on which th
oeienso nas reiiea strongly ror ae-
v . "n". .. M. PurP"ra. uywg
staTemcnts or mo jurist, pertaining to
showjiow ho received his injury, aa
th other was the fact that he waa snp -
posed 10 DO aodictea lO tno Use Ot
veranol and suUphone, two hypnotic I
drugs. Th contention of th State I
from th first has been that tha judge's I
death waa due to. a foul blow on the I
head and an overdose of veranol. j
While it has never been definitely
established, it has been generally , un
derstood that the, contention of the two I
women, and Mrs, James has repeatedly
affirmed it, was that th jwdgVaad
fallen off th bed. trikinr his head aa
-w . "
the radiator.
Th contention was bolstered np with
th claim that th judge had dipped
out two mor powder from th audi
cin box, thu making him weak. Mrs.
Jam also had several times' said that
fh. 4i,m waa AAri'A tit tha Baa a
veranol and had oftentimes taken larae
BEGINS AT TULSA
doaea without disastrous . effects. HerlsrsUm. Watauaa'a mileas-a la take nn
enntantlna vaa rjartlallr bora ant br
th fact that Dr. Atkins, at th prelim
inarr hearinr. testified that tha JudM
told him of several time before of
laKinaT exre sivo uose w mo orua,
much l M pun1 on tim.'';
GOOD R0E1
IDES CAPITAL
THOUSAND STRONG
Commission Takes Up Hearings
In House Of Represen
tatives ROUTING OF ROADS IS
MAIN ISSUE AT STAKE
Neighborhood Differences flock
To XeJeifh for Adjudication
By Whole Commiiiion; Mac
Bae And Edmondson In
Sharp Tilt Over Tonahlone
Road; Continue Today
Any further recruits to the army of
road enthusiasts who invested the city
yesterday wilLjompcl the State High-4
way Commission to adjourn its hear
ings from the House of Representatives'
to the City Auditorium. The legislative
halls overflowed yesterday afternoon
when the elans gathered to speak their
minds about roads, and this morning
will likely see more of them there when
th hearings are resurqrd.
For a crowd of such proportions,
there are remarkably few sore toes
among them, and all the differences
ar neighborhood differences that have
been brought down to Kalcigh for ad
judication before the whole commission.
Delegations got a little riled at each
other' more than once yesterday after
noon, but not to the short nnd ugly"
lIt bu ?T ''"V M-R"
told Frank Edmondson that his state
ments were false.
"Short and Ugly" Stage.
Booting of roads is the main difficulty
confronting the commission, and it I
was over this phase of highway exten-
,io" th,t MacBae and Edmondson took
lMllM (r MafRfl was nnanvinty in
behalf of his case, to take over the
Vonahlosse turnpike, and he had petl-
;'ons with upwards of ) 0 names on
hem. Edmondson, who is county super
intendent of schools in Avery, impugned
tho methods by which the signatures
wero obtained, and MacRae grew some-
whj,e.B.inhi,.dcnUJ
.The nA&rinff fi
The hearing waa free and nn re-
strained. Everybody who Wanted to talk
got his chance, and nobody held a stop-
watch. All that was asked wnj that each I
delegation give in the object of its ap-l
pesranee ana await Its turn at the
speaking. They were taken in order,
and will again be taken in order when I
tho commission meets at 10 o'clock this I
morn ins-. Johnston eauntv will ha ftrstl
up this morning, and Butherfordton and J
Cleveland second
The hearinir will
continue for most of tho dsy. I
All of thu dir?ranva tiano1 . I
terdav arose from disurrmimiint wtih
th county map, made tentatively nnd
ooated at the eonrthnuaa Annr in ,uii
eountv. Tha nrntaat nm n ih..a
tho local road authorities to the District
Commissioner, and thence to the Com-
mission as a who e. Rout n of naiU I
Ithrouch the eountv. or tha arlnntinn n
lone rosd in preference to another ae-L
counted for most of tha dclemitioiia.
Decide Isaacs Later.
Ka deflnita ortinn ru nsn n ...
Dronoanl made tn tha Hminln.au I
day- The day was devoted entirely to
spoechmaking, and after that is over,
mi vommission. jno session will liksly
tasx inrouan tne remainder of the woek.
. . .. - .. M
unicss me aeiegauons, many or them
i (.im tu iuiwiM4ina Ttuorv'i is pooler.
get tired Cut with th heat of the
crowded Hall of BcpresonUtiv and ao
borne. The chamber was aa crowded
yesterday aa it was on the biggest of
J legislative days, and not one man in a
I hundred was a Bahjigh man.-
I rirst up when the Commission opened
the speeehmaking at 2 o'clock waa J. L.
bpainhour, of Burko county, who wanted
a new road put on between Lenoir and
lorganton, a new road between Ruth -
erfordton and Morganton, and a lot of
oara-surraring done on the Central
Highway. Mr. Pago told him, that all
8tat roads were going to be hard sur-
faced as soon as they could be reached,
and Mr. Hill explained that already the
road map had a thousand miles of roads
" oa 01 me mueage eoniem-
plated in the road law. This extra
louuwa wm nave ro oe snearea down,
no saiu, ratner tnan added to.
roa uamplona Road.
Then the Person eounty road folks
wanted the Commission to chanae the
roaa ln " eounty in such a manner
1 " i me inier state
vau uuiiu aou auuin, culling diagonal'
ly across the eounty snd touehin.
ham. Colonel , Beneham Cameron
eouldat stand for this, and ha nrn-
I eiaimea ma logi or bis Bankhead High
1 way at some considerable length. Per
I son would cut off tho Colonel's pet
1 road, and th Colonel nroteatml fram
1 every viewpoint from leaving Durham
I sitting off t en aide, to dinnrmdnit
with Virginia, which has already been
I xnoueea to link up the Bankhead route.
I Th Blowing Bock turnpik got by
with a minimum of dlseuasl&n. C. V.
1 Henkel, president of th owninir com-
nanv. nreaantad In wrltiav .
ro sen to th Wat a road that was
built by private ntcrpris at a total
eo of I140JXK) for (40,000, and the Lo-
nolr eounty road authorities aareed to
charging th.; sal price to th money
that Is to b spent for road in that
ounty. Vhls project will7 likely be sc
cepted by th Commission. The rot-i
w uo"r ?'.'
I W traTcling iU length of 2 mile.
I 1a JB -i - AL . A a. 1 1 m
u a toll road, with a dollar fea for m-
Traffl between th two toll gates goes
I toll fro. All of it will be free under
8taU administration.
Yaaahloaa Starts Row
Th Tonahloss fared lea well in tho
-earing,--and prwtpntated warm dia
I naaioB. It ha a ant Viaaa- ifMntHl K
I th Commission aa a part of tha Stat
I with tha road from Rnnna tit V.ll..
- 1 orueis. Banner Elk. Elk Park, and ever
I Ia KawlaaJ. Tha V.n.kl-. J.
J th ridg that aeparate 'Watauga from
i , i ,
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DEH!
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All Prospective Women Jurors
In Kaber Trial,- Are ,Div
missed Peremptorily
DISEASED MIND TO BE
PLEA OF THE DEFENSE
Counsel for Mrs. Kaber Makes
Opening Statement To Jurj
In Warning Against State! i
Contentions, While Counsel
for State Outlines Details Of
The Alleged Crime
Cleveland, July 6. Twelve men will
decide whether Mrs. Eva Catherine
Kaber is guilty of first defrree murder
in connection with the fatal stabbing of
her husband, Daniel F. Kaber, in their
Lake Wood home two years ago by al
legea hired assassins. tvery woman
tentatively seated on the jury was dis
missed peremptorily by Mrs. Kaber'
counsel.
In lus opening statement to the jury
today, Attorney William J. Corrigan
for tho defense, asserted that many of
the Mate's contentions were true, but
that defense testimony would show that
Mrs. Kaber had not intended to murde
ner nusoanu ana tnat her actions w-re
the result of a mind diseased from
childhood and errn before birth and
wo down by "horrible things that will
reflect no credit on the dead man." He
sssertei tnat Mr. Kaber'a acts wore
down her mental capacity, and warned
the jury to be prepared to listvn t
some horrible things that would com
out in the testimony."
Hired the Aiaaaalne.
Assistant Prosecutor James T. Cas-
sidy, who outlined the State's case, as
serted that testimony will show that
Mrs. Kaber first attempted to kill her
husband by poisoning and failing in
this manner, hired assassins to kill
him.
The motive, he asserted, was to ob
tain possession of Mr. Kaber's estate
for herself and daughter. Marion Mc-
Ardle, who also is indicted for first
degree, murder for her alleged partic
Ipatiott in the plot to kill Mr. Kaber.
Mr. Cassidy asserted that Mrs. Kaber
una gone 10 two women almost a year
hefore the murder and asked them to
J something that would bring nbout
n" death, but that both had advised
her to obtain legal separation. To this
uggesnou Mrs. , ftAber was alleged to
'nea tnat divorce would not
proper
aisrrioution or the
property.
Details of Marder
Mr Cassidy detailed how Mrs. Kaber
waJ alleged to have made the aeouain-
tnnce of Mrs. Xrminle Colarito. who in
tuTI1 in,r0(,u"l he' to Salratore Cala
,nd. Vittorio P"e"i, the alleged ns-
"'u "ier inaicimeni, uut
1 m BtiU unapprehended
..oy' cforl11K to Mr. Cassidy,
nn"y agreed to kill Mr. Kaber for five
hundred dollars, Mrs. Kaber promising
to pay them from the proceeds of Mr
Kaber's insurance policy, which called
--double indemnity in ease of violent
d""1, Mr"; Kaber later collected six
I u,"u""no e,nt n"nrea oonars on ine
I in... wan nj,!!.. 4 .. - .J I. ' l
I "" j" j " nicu
' way o iaia ana ris
"" iu air. v assiuy.
J: 11. !
1 ... m u..n(u,w m .
How Marion MeArdle was alleged to
have played the piano two nights be
I Iore n9 murder to drown the noise of bte
I aesins as they went through the house
to get the lay of things, also was de
4 tailed by- Mr. -Cassidy j who also
I serted that Mrs. Mary Bricknel, mother
of Mrs. Kaber, was to be on the porch
the next night as a signal to the as
sassins that everything was all right
1 Mrs. Bricknel was not on the porch at
I the appointed time, however, according
to Mr. Cassidy, and the assassin left
without attomntine to xocirte the nlot.
Marion MeArdle was alleged the next
day to hsve hunted up'Cala and Fisselli
and told them that the deed must be
I done that night befors her mother re
turned. That night Mr. Kaber was
.tabbed 24 times and died the next day
from the result of the wounds.
a .v K.rn th niri vfr rn.
(idy asserted, the evidence would show
tv,t th. aiWaronra mit th. iinn -
i.i.. . th. hnn,. .c . u. Matti...
i .n ejror to make it appear that rob
bery was the motive for the slaying,
I
MflRRKfiN Tfi Tfll tf Tfi
COTTON MANUFACTURERS
Former Secretary Daniels Also
To Address Tha Conven
tion At Aiheville
Aaheville. Jul 8. Governor Cameron
Morrison is expected to reach Asheville
Thursday to participate in the conven
tion of tho North Carolina Cotton
MsnufsetUTT, Association, which will
b held Friday and Saturday. Word
h.. K..n vaeaivad f mm Haleiirh that the
Governor planned to leave there wed
I nesdsy for this city,
Others expected to speak before the
1 Cotton Manufacturers are Joiephus
I Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy
General JVD. Tyson, of Knoxvtlle,
ITeun and Dr. John E. Whit, of An
I derson, S. C, betide officers and ex
pert of th association
"1, 01 ,n,a ;MOfu"0"- , ,
Governor Morrison, had planned to
I 1.1.. . 1 A kl 11 i-J
I take a cottage in Ashvill and spend
I several week her for a vacation, but
I reports from Balelgh indicate that he
I has altered hi plan, in this respect
I and may sot remain her mor than
- lfcw days.
r- A, CIUsi Diea.
Wintoa-8lm, July . A message
from Mt, Airy Says that Frank D.' Hoi
romb, head of th Holeomb Hardware
I Company Of that tOWB, died Quit lUd
M"!7 ,bou fmr o'clock this morning.
i inn hh vu, v uia tvn
'ieading itixens.
5ESUCCEED
IN EFFORT TO HAVE
CASE
MED BY MEN
LAWYERS OF STATE
BELIEVE A SPECIAL
- SESSION PROBABLE
MAN DELAWARE THINKS
STATE HAS BORROWED
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CHARLES M. U'HAM
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Charles M. Upham Arrived Yes
terday From Delaware To
Build Roads
Charles M. Upborn, former State nigh-
way Engineer in Delaware, elected a
month ago to be Chief Engineer for the
orth Carolina Highway Commission,
arrived in Raleigh yesterday and went
to work. He had already acquired a
working knowledge of tho State's road
program during several days In which
he accompanied Frank Page on his re
cent triu through 1he mountains of
Western North Carolina.
Mr. Upham comes to North Caro
na on a year a leave ol ausenee iroin
Delaware, which was the best that he
could get from tho Delaware coinmis
ion. He left Massachusetts ten years
aato ou a mrcc-Hioniua : leave m
sonce'ftom thV'roM forces to do sjie-
ial work in Delaware. His coming to
North Carolina is regarded by himself
aud the Commission as a permanent
move. He likes tho State, and the torn
mission is of th opinion that it has
acquirod one of the ublest engineers in
the country.
Tho prospect of having a pari in
building 90.000,000 dollars worth or
roads was the impelling motive that
brought Mr. L'pham to North Carolina.
Delaware has nbout. completed its road
system sines he took charge there, and
although the road authorities ot tnat
State offered him more salary to stay
than North Carolina could offer him
to come here, he. felt tint thero is not
real work enough there to keep him
busy enouxh to earn tho salary.
The Delaware and Philadelpha pa
pers have uH expressed universal re-
The Dover Star continues: "Mr. t'P'
ham's hliihway construction In Dela
ware has been the most successful, and
altogether the most satisfactory public
work over undertaken J t&is Mate,
the roads that he built srev a model
for tho rest of the country."
Perhaps no man in the country ha
a wider knowledge of highway engineer
ing than the new chief engineer. After
ernduntlnir nt Boston Tech. he was
connected with tho Massachusetts high
way commission, and left there to be
couie engineer for the DuPont people.
was given unlimited scope for experi
mental work, and when tho Duronts de
termined to give their State a great
concrete highway reaching aeross the
State, Mr. l'pham was given the job
of building it. Previously he had con
ducted wldfl jcxuerinuMiUi and. had In
spectcd most of the roads in the United
States. Later he waa given.: all the
rond work in Delaware.
His coming to this State 1 somewhn
accidental. With most of his construe
tion work completed, ho was looking
around for jobs for some of his en
ginecrs. Ho came down to see air. rage
n regard to hiring some of them. Mr.
Page looked him over snd offered htm
job. Mr. Upham looked Mr. Page
over and took the job. He Is 33 years
old. Mrs. Unhnm and the two boyi
ill cometo Raleigh at the end of th
summer and will make their nome
here.
FAYETTEVILLE STORE ,
RANSACKED BY BURGLARS
Fayetteville, July 6. A thousand
dollars worth of clothing in addition to
a quantity of hhbefdaihefy, hosiery,
underwear and shoes, was taken from
the store of H. H. Godwin on Person
street here last night or early this
morning by burglars, who left no clue
as to thrnr identity. Godwin s store
on one of principal streets of the city
and its back door, from which the good
were carried off, is only a short dis
tance from police headquarters.
RICHMOND STUDENT NURSR v
WHO PRIMPED TOO MUCH IS
SUSPENDED FROM HOSPITAL
Richmond, Va., July 8. Because
it was contended she primped too
much, wore skirts that were too
short and placed her hair in puffs
about her ears, Mus Elizabeth Bu
chansn has been suspended as I
member ef- tho intermediate- class
of nurses at a leading hospital here,
Miss-Buchanan said today that she
consented to dress differently if it
was required of all th nurses, but
that unless th general prohibition
was mad she would eon ti mas to
dress ss sh had don. Sh waa then
told to pack her clothing and. lea v
th hospital. '' ', "
1
HIGHWAY ENGINEER
AKES
DUTIES
Members of North Carolina Bar
Association Oppose It, But
Are Resifjn?d To The
Inevitable . -i
ETE MURPHY DECLARES ;
THAT SPECIAL SESSION
CANT BE AVOIDED NOW
Junius Parker, Natire of Ala.
xnance And No a New York
Lawyer, Talks To Barristers
On Present Tendency To
"Socialite" Oovernment;
"Safe And Sane" Is Slogan
Of The Association; Resolu.
tioa-T4sepal Law Porbid--
ding "Judges Prom Making
Suggestions On Matters Of
Pact Causes O1O7 Eipple At
Morning Session; Election
Of Officers Comes Todp;
Charlotte Man Boosted Tor,
President
By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE
(Staff Correspoadent)
Charlotte, July . "8af and Bane"
the slogan of the lawyer attendiag
the aniiuul convention of th North
Carolina Bar Associatiton. They sweat-
through a prossie day, disenaaed
tha probability of a special session o
the legulature and tonight heard Juaiu
Pnrkcr, native of Alamance eounty, now
rew York lawyer, discuss th present
tendency to ''Socialize'' government,
Tomorrow they will elect offleers and
go' home.
The lawyers are against a special ses
sion, but with former Speaker Pet
Murphy here to Ml them that it cant
be avoided, they resigned to tho
nevitable. They t.iiuk Morrison and
is "Cabinet" played good politic in d
manding that the cities com across wi'.k
the figures, but think it probable that
half dozen big town like Charlotte and
Raleigh will produce the evidence and
then the show will be on th other foot.
Woodard Oppose It . ,
John Woodard. of Wilson, who r
sided at today's session of the bar aescw
ciution, is against a special session
can see danger ahead if the purse strings
are unleashed while progressive Pet
Murphy, of Salisbury, can t Be any v.-.y
out of it unless the cities have authority
to get the money they must hare to font
their bills.
Oovernment ia coming to be regarded
by all of us as aa association to aecur
th greatest good to the greatest num
ber instead of an association to pre
serve order, to enforce contracts, sad
to interfere no further with the freo
dom of the individual to regulate hia
ife as he sees tit, declared Mr. Parker.
in his address tonight, in which he dis
cussed the present disposition of the
state to regulate the collective life of
the community, state and nation to a
fnr greater extent than was contem
plated by the fathers.
The naturalized New Yorker was
mildly iconoclastic in his views. H
defined his attitude as that of aa as
tronomer who watches the course of
the stars, but does not for a moment
conceive that he can change their or
bits by a hair a breadth. He had no.
temptation to deliver an exhortation,
nor did he urge the North ' Carolina
lawyers to attempt to stop the forces
at work to improve the condition of tha
underdog at the expense of the more
f ortnnstely situated.
No Vials of Wrath.
He had no vials of wrateh to Un
loosen on a government that takes from
him that Lath to give to him that hath
not, because there is nowhere els to
go if the condition of the underdog ia
to be improved. Nor did be heap on
lavish praise, taking th view that it
ia incYitable, , .
''What shall we do about this trend
in legislators to use th police power
of the states and the powers conferred
on Congress to achieve social ends, and
what shall we do about the disposition
of the courts to maintain such legisla
tion, he asked, and answered it with
the modest suggestion thst there is
very little that the lawyers can do to
change a world-wide tendency.
In every country and in every In
stitution, in church and state, there !
a distinct tendency in the same direc
tion," he continued. "The recognition
of social duties as opposed to individual
interest, even if the individual Interest
is the saving or one s own soul.
Old Day Ar Gone.
"When we were a Scattered and
primitive people, th aggressiveness of
strong men needed no restraint, h
explained, '"but in our day the power
of strong men is enormously reinforced
bf enlarged commerce, by 6Uf banking
facilities, by our railroads and other
mechanical improvements," and under
such eonditiona he thought it doubtful
if the republic could survive If every
man was left to sink or swim for him
self.
As a lawyer, he found comfort In
the fact that with all our regulation,
the right of personal liberty and free
dom of speech has been left - unim
paired. His address was a dear pre
sentation of the tendencies at work
in our modern age a ad waa backed np
with dear eut citation from th court
showing how they have kept step with
th legislator in providiag social
agencies for the alleviation ot human
ills and publie mean for th regula
tion of property. . 1
Only Oa Ripple. '
The only ripple in the placid' morn
ing tesaioa waa a resolution by Fred
Thomas, of Asheville, who! wanta to re
peal th law that forbid a judge from
making suggestions oa matters of fact
to jury, but rtquirt him 'to eonfio
himself to the law exclusively, leaving
th jury to -find th fact without ad
ric from th court It went to Com-
(ConUa n Fag Four.)