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VOL CXIV. NO. 24. TWENTY-DCHT, PAGES TODAY,
RALEIGH. N. C. SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1921.
TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES-TODAY ; PRICE: SEVEN CENTS
lews
SiiViMOHS TO VOTE
AGAINST LHIIIEY
FOR FEDERAL JOB
Senior Senator Will Make Ac
tive Fight Against Confirma
tion In Senate
CHANGE IN POSITION
BASIS OF OPPOSITION
.Guardsmen" Begin Breaking
Encampment at Glenn Today
First Trainloac! of Soldier Leaves Morehead Gty This After
noon; Others Depart In Specials Tomorrow Morning;
Regimental Band And Two Companies To Parade .
In Raleigh Monday Afternoon
ATTACK AGAINST
GOIiVBI!
: SOLICITOR ASKS (
.IE GOVERNOR'S 1
BY ALL illTERESTS TO DRAIN OUARRY
SC0TTJR0UD OF
FIRST REGIMENT
1 REP. JOiSOll GOES
AHERII1ESS
JONATHAN WOITH DANIELS
(Staff Correspondent.)
Camp Glenn, July S3, The work of
the encampment It ended. Tent itill
shelter the guardsmen and a ttriet mili
tary discipline prevails, bat the tast loaf
formation 4a ever- and -with- pay tm nia
pocket tho aoldier i ready to kick kit
heels ia frolic tonight, Morehead
kaowt that it ia pay day and kaa pat en
her most alluring drees for tonight.
Tha aoantry folk, anxious to gather
Minority Seport of Hams Cen
sns Committee 7arors Pres
ent Membership of 435:
Strong Appeal Por Economy SSffitt WSiK.
Sabmittei: New Method Of thellt to raffling off a bankt pony, and
i-.v;.. n.,-; ij tht canteen with no extra effort it
"""""I nuwt vuu"""lM gathering ia tha money of tha aoldiery
The Newa and Observer Bureau,
803 Diatrict National Bank Building.
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
(By Special Leased Wire)
Washington. July 23. Senator Sim
m .. v. I oh. cleaaa for your papa, babies.'
fjjlgcr .cjva favtu iui tvura IUU vut
nearly at quickly at tha men are paid
off.
From tome few tenti tome tha muf
fled grant! of fevered aoali intent oyer
the rapidly moving rubet.
TSeven bones ani I goes to tht dance
with my salt water gal. Natural bonet,
f Frank A. Linney for district attor
ney for Western North Carolina. That
: is the flat-footed statement that he made
today. And he will be keard in the
Senate when nomination of Linney
eomes before that body for confirma
tion. - Full and pertinent reasons are
back of the decision which - Senator
oa the smooth spread blankets.
'Little joes my point, roll you doml
noes, my favorite point. Joe bones, an
we eats take."
Bapidly money passes from hand to
band and so goes toe soldiers money.
Dance Away Evening
At' the Atlantic Hotel the final dance
Mills and Power Company Both Formal Request For Assistance
Complete Filing of. m investigation of
Exception? situation
ELDRIDGE DECLINES TO
TAKEN IMMEDIATELY ADMIT ANY OWNERSHIP
Beginning tomorrow the State troops
will begin to entrain for their homos
and before nightfall oa Monday the
eaap will be empty. The following
c-uui- w- " wwopii tin a nrinii rr rsr-
from Camp Gleaa is announced byl rlU MUI lUli IUDC
Capt C. A. Goeney, regimental ad
jutaut: -"
Traia No. 1, eompoeed of the divUioa-l TmnrfthaWa That O-Tiortnriit-1 Ssti Cit Has Pnlim Pawora
.1 r...... .v. u i l T -rr ' 1
" , vm, l -, -. n tit: it
. 4
.J
ser company. Uutonia; eompany E,
Waynesville, and company F, Charlotte,
will leave; Camp Glenn at S p. m..
July 24th. Tha Howitaor Company and
Company F will be dropped at New
Bern and proceed via - Wilmington,
Company H and the Signal Corps will
proceed via Ooldsboro.
Train ,No. t, composed of the regi
mental headquarters company, Beids
ville. the medical detachment, Gra-
Bs Asked; Generally Ex
pected That Commission Will
Deny Exceptions aad Some
Mills Win Go To Courts
Only, and Pemand for Drain
age Is Backed By Nothing
More Substantial Than Pub
lic Cariosity; Believed Mor.
rison Will Assist
i
ii
BERGDOLL HEARIKG
Half Dozen Men Keep Kentuck-
lan From Getting To Brother
of Draft Evader
ADJOURNMENT QUICKLY
ANNOUNCED BY CHAIRMAN
Charles A. Braun. Calls Bep.
Johnson a Liar and Latter
Makes Plunge kTot Him,
WhQe Women Scream and
Boom Is Thrown Into . Dis
order : - :
. The double barreled . : broadside
against the ruling ef the Bute Cor-
ham: Company O. Winston-Salem,l . . . .
Company eT Concord; Company A, K V nt to tUT T
PlMto hr Woottnt-UouUoB.
Col. Don Scott, commanding the First
Bogiment, - NHh - Carolina, National
Washingtoa, July S3. The Bcrgdoll
Ureatigation broke ud ia a row today,
while Representative Jehnien, of Ken-"
tncky, Democrat, member of the eom-'
mittre, was trying to reach a brother
formal aemana was imade upon
Governor Cameron Morfisoa by Solici
tor II. E. Norria for power and means I Guard, bai every reaaos; to feel proud
of dralnin- th Cia TUV On.f .f, sf the 100 men in iris wrtfttr-uring
-rf O..U..a T . , , , I v -St- ... tk..it I 1.-, mi "U", J1 IIITJ ' W"
aarungtonj vompany v, iwrnam, IM "" yeerasy - v urua,lc,y ue- GlcBB th(y ha-. on eIM.omiunil from of Grover Cleveland BergdolLjrha
r.n... t.-va .n 1.... r.mnl .itv v iit.. . . v .1.. I cliucd to accept the ownerahio fo thel.. ..... ' . L.lJLZl-Z-'--"siln
. ' J r" r- ... , ' r. ... jv:iL!iiOT-iiiHi.i-i m n.i-rri rtn rfgu'iv unij umven smug-, omicaHca mm a uar.
uienn njw-.'y Pl powerebmpaay itself, claiminc that r i. rT. . T "mnrc' I if they hadnt Colonel Scott, who in
U will be dropped at eeima. The train ... ... ... , ... ... , .. I .D""" nT every dsy life it a plain business man.
wui proceea via uoiasooro ana oeima.1 ' I v- ummmi u. uu m-
Traln No. 8, composed of the service eowoa mm users or ina power ei- veanng wnaiever mysteries its green
waters may noia.
Gimmons has reached ss to his action 0; th, encampment was held tonight.
oa the nominntion. with money in their pockets the great
la this matter far position of Senator M( part cf the encampment was there
. Simmons is uutlcnstoud to be that while to dance away the last week sight of
he does not question Mr. Linney'a abil- the encampment. All too soon the
lty as.a lawyer or his. character, as a night ended, for In order to enforce
man, still he will vote againat him be- discipline in the money-mad throng of
cause It ia clear, to the senator s mina loldiers an order was usuea tnat au
that Mr. Linney as chairman of the Be- men unless possessed of special pastes
' publican party in North Carolina either mutt be in at 11 o'clock.
; undertook to mislead the voters of the This morning the money, for pay roll
State or in his testimony before the arrived in camp from the Federal Re
Senate committee he is seeking to mis- serve Bank of Richmond. Under the
-lead the Senate as to theposition his supervision of Major Gordon Smith,
party took oa the negro question in the United Btatet transportation ana ais
v . I. . ... .L. Dl... .1 VT-4l
company, ttaleign; the Brat battalion icepting oa the
Headquarters Company, Oxford; Com-1... too hiirh
.,..-...m.i . . v -ir.il
Gilead; Company C, Henderson and
Company B, Warrenton, will leave the
encampment at 6 a. m, July 23th. The
train will proceed over the Norfolk
grounds that they
North Carolina campaign of 1920,
Two Inconsistent Positions
Bcnttor Simmons with full knowl
edge of the character of the campaign
and the public professions for white
government made by the Republican
party in 1920 under the Linney leader
. ship, knows alto that the position then
taken is foially" inconsistent ' and differ-
, ent from the position taken by Mr.
linney. in his testimony . before .the
Senate judiciary sub committee, at the
time Henry Lincoln Johnson and the
other negroes - declared themselves as
fntlr satisfied with Mr. Linaeys -words
and promises. It is upon this dear
, tut. difference that Senotpr Simmons
will east bis vote" in the Senate against
the confirmations la thia matter he will
ie joined by other .Democratic Scna
- i,.r, W kt Urst "fncHnf to "Vtft for
bursement officer for the Bute of North
Csrolina, the money was issued to the
companies and the men paid off.
- The power eompany objected on IS
eounta aad the cotton mills
average of 35 points ef disagreement
with the Commission. Every mill
Southern to Raleigh and then via the appearing as respondeat in the Initial
Seaboard. . I battle, which brnn ia Jannarr.
Company I, of Plymounth, will pro-leept the Shelby group of mills was iBJought to be thoroughly probed,
eeea on ears aiiacnea w ma regular i wiu an eseeption. before the tlm
train leaving camp uiena at 7:M a. m-1 limit for filing expired yesterda-v.
July 23th. I The Shelby mills are satisfied with the
raraat in siaieign moncay I findings.
Company K, of Mount Gilead, wi'.ll Xw Weeka Te Cat
stop over jaonaay ana jnonaay nigiu Two weeks will run before the
with the service eompany in Raleigh. Commiaaion considers either aide of
When they arrive in rilelju between the fight Beginning today the mem-
and S o'clock on Monday the two bers will be in Washington for a week
companies ana ioe regimental omnu 0B freight rate matters, and next
week, in Philadelphia ia attendance
will hold a parade through the principal
streets.
The Solicitor is acting under' the
provisions that authorise him to "call
upon the Chief Executive for assistance
in the investigation of circumstances
that hold suspicion. His investigation
of the presence of insured automobiles
ia the quarry give rise to the suspicion
that crime has been committed and
Fur.
ther tha that Mr. -Norris has - made
no statement of the reiult of his in
quiry.
Covernor Has Money.
Telegrams were dispatched to the
Governor at the Summer Capitol at
urove rars, near Ainevme. and a
reply is expected from him by tomor
row. It is believed that tht Governor
will acquiesce in the reqeust of the
Solicitor, and that expenditures ro-
The Kentuckisa made a quick plunge
toward Charles A. Braun. ef Philadel-
would back them against the world. Hel phia, the witness, but half a dosea
knowe because he waa with the 120th I men, Including members of the eoesv
North Carolina Regiment when it went Imlttee, seised him, and kept aim ia a
through, the HI nilenburg line,..
GARDNER BRANDS
REPORT AS FALSE
corner ef th roem wnt.il Braun -eewlt
be hurried away by the sergeant at
arms of the House.
The clash coming suddenly 1 after
an, hour's fiery ero-xamintioa
threw the aepetatora, many ef them wo
men, into an uproar, -Expecting aeri
oui trouble, there waa rusk for the
loprt,, qma moa tumbling - under- the -tables.
By bodily force, Mr. Johnson waa re-
Never Slightest" Suggestion wkf.
P !' 1! A - I W.-i.. Lt . i . .-.
rrom uanieis negaramg uo
alition, He States
Kentuckiau's band was in his tide
trousers pocket as Chairman Peters,
Representative. Flood, .Democrat,- Vir
ginia, and others surrounded and held
him. , "
Joseph G. Bodgers, sergeant at nrma'
Two Prominent Business Men
. r . e 1 l i.
lAre Rilled INeaf rrahUinW
Charlotto, July 23. O. Max Gardner,
of 8he.br. while in tho city yeitordar
mm loonl KtatMa-a aakn.1 KA ik. I 11 f f hfk TfnilsUl miffttis Jtw-.tl. VaVI.J
upon a meeting of bank examiners. 1 1uirea in eontinumg the Investigation ,tory appearing in some of the StnU Braua, took him by tht am nd hur
The exceptions are on file and willl111 be authorised from the contin- papers to the effect that Jotophus Dait-1'wo lor the door aa the voice, of tha.
be considered in turn after the Com-1 s001 luna set asiae xor me ue Dy im was eontemplnt'ir making the enairman, rising above the uproar, deV
itiKjcuurci buaii i face ror tne unitea mates senate e'reu tug meeting aajourned.
Governor in criminal
lie outside the usual
nr. Linney, n4 in tht testimony ht I impressive Ceremony Features
lSZ7SSnS t Formal Beginning of Ashe
Biiaontr jaentDersnia iwwn
The minority report .of the House
Muni committee' on apportionment of
membership in tht House under the
ian Miiiua waa available today. It is
for a membership of 433, ss at present,
ville Camp
By NELL BATTLE LEW 18
(Staff Correspondent)
Asheville. July 23,After a rigorous
..!-.- Mt ai4inr.lttw -ttVAVwiiaUtll. illUl-
m against MO, the number tl wpwen- L Unt iB.pwtion, and lectures, the
tatives asked for in the majority report . v ., , fi, . Training Corps
Signing this minority report art lour - f Women, fitted tut with en-
Demecrata and two KepuDiicans, w tir., mmik Untf la warlik tows
Democrats being Brinton, of North u.d. th f uu Mkf tte
Csrolina; Bandera, of Texas 1 1 Lamn, of .wit .f . begntiful rldie wu form,uy
Georgia; McSwain, of Sottth Carolina, fl tM .fter00 j. th, braa Bew
the Bepublicana being Barbour, of h . Q0Ternor Cameron Morrl-
Callfornia: Fairfield, of Indiana. Bep- "" "., v. v. i.u.-;M
retentntlve Beedy of Maine favors 3 bri;ginf Ma with Asheville's
members, as tha wU save a mpr w j band Aing aceompanlment
that his State wouldotherwise lose, but -;reinony-
oa the noor or we uouwi n. " Ko ,aUr thM a,, ,ppointed hour of
for 435. members against 400. - , . ; h. tleuied in TieW of
. .Roves Bepublicana and two uemoeraisi ,. . .... .... ... .ii.. m.,,.h
re for 460 Mbm, e81"" take time to array themselves in their
wne lavor -w .a . , dress parade uniforma for tht occasion,
Tork; Wheeler, of Illinois; Gl U, mmeiwi b.nd struck up The Stars
Coaaectieutti Towner, oi and Stripes Forever," and tht three
of J-V'u,7"B'1Ktl eompanles, spick and-span In white
Wyatt, of Peansylvania, whil tht IXm- niadiM, SfroeW skirts, and black straw
ocrats art Tyson, of Alabama; Bnkin. looki M witttm M m womeB
of Missouri, xae minoruy repor. . h te tM
mat inert - -- -- M v tvftir ...oeetiTa captains, and
creue, the efficieuerf f"1" really in step, marched with martial
-t K aided, and increased member-1 ' ... vt-
' shifrmenni greater daisy in doing, bual-1 1
l: tMi ...J..-,.-. T--r"1 ' . -rt.1 !. V - -
ralla Fr Economy - I . .. , v , ,
. . ... , n I inere. nivnuwa vj iwu jnipgnigi
Tka minority repon scorea ouy "!. .k. -u: t.i.!n. .u.
Ita comments upon the inereaaea cost mi ... ... ....vi. Aiu.t. nnv v,.
the government & member, an p,8tform with Mayor Gallatin Roberts
aaea, tmwng vi7 jI, master of eeremonies. Governor
burdened by more than five billion dot- MorrSio WM re.eBfotee4 oa the ros-
kM ia taxes. Tht report aoee not "J I k. v.tn-.t Rnu--
to, but it U such a nature at to rebuke Cocroft Commandant Blekett of the
rrident Harding for hit statement! a..,.),...,.,. Tiiui.inn rtil.f f Rtaff
k. h favors 460 members, while at the n Vlfli a OAlntlall (Tat la aTl OtlfTiritl. Olfml
tame ttmt at it eauing ior r-uucv.uu ... termaster O. . UamUton, Adjuunt J.
government expenses, and has General Ford Miss M. M. Justice, head nurse
Dawes ea tht job of cutting down ex-lfrom u, Nortn Carolina Publie Health
Moses, for incorporated la tne reports Servicer- Mist -Elisabeth GrimbalL dl
the staUment that with talarlea, elerk I rector of dramatics; Lieut Emerson
fclr. mllea-a. telecraph, ana postage I fltnne. aona leader of tht National Com-
franks. sUUonery allowance, additional lmnity Service; Mr. Buekner and Mr.
foret for mainUnanee oi qunnert, e. c. Greene, of tht Asbeviiie Joara oi
thert would bt an Increased expense to Trade; Dr. Batemen, of tht Baptist
the government in the neighborhood of church of Atheville,-and various other
LWuxtt Mfh rear. - - . nromlnent wiaitort. members of the e-
And the statement is made that sddl- ecutivt board of tht camp, and tlty
tional clerical forces allowed member- commissioners. '' '
ahip linet beginning of tht world war Tht ceremony began with songs and
coats about one Billion dollars a year, yells from the three companies, more
It holds that tha matter it one that af- sureestiva of a woman's college than
f eete tht whole country end that there 1 most - things to bt heard tS eamput,
nurht not to ba arjent the' vast turns I and after the general singing tf Amen
nmAA tn firnvlrla fn SS mora mem-1 a u a rood natrtotlc tend off. and
bars and in addition tht prospect that short welcome by Mayor Roberta, his
with tht Increase f memberahip there Excellency prepared to give' the camp
Hurt be a now office building erected at official approval.
cost of some four or flvt million dol- Freely admitting that kt had but a
lars. BepresenUtivt Brinton, who is I faint idea of what tht campers were
leading in tht fight for 43S members, about and declaring that thert wat eon-
aayt that kt thinks tht House will vott siderablt atrvousnesa among tht ansa
that num.r. It will give Nona uaro folks generally at to wnat women are
lint an additional member. I doing nowadays, Governor Morrison
Not Tt Abandon Fert I nevertheless assured the members of
Tot can say positively that tha War! tht training corps camp that hit heart
4 Department will not abandon Fort Cas-1 was witk them. That disposed of, the
well." aaid Marion uutior today. lit I Governor took occasion to aeuver
has been receiving letters and telegrami I speech ia which kt advocated mort at-
king him to set Secretary of warltcntioa by the State and National gov
Weeks and appeal to him not to abaa-1 tramenta to tht human problems 41-
don Fort CaswelL "Neither do I think," Ireetly affeelng tht livet and tht homes
lis iintinued, "there will bt any order I of the people, suck at publie health
ef the War Department tt reduce tie land education 1
f rct at Fort Caswell. It it trut that I '1 want ns to quit thinking about
Vi ht army approprisHon bill which the negro and the tariff and tht trusts,
limiu tht army to 160,000 reduces the land realist that modern Statesmanship
C. D. Poole, of Clayton, Es
capes Without Injuries From
. ( Automobile Accident
CAR EN ROUTE FROM
N0RfOLK;TrAll!GH
rormer President of Cumber
land Sailwsvf und v Fpwer t
Oompoa One of The Dead '
rraakltaton, Jaly ltH.- ' B.
' Jeaca, of Norfolk, president of the
defaact Cntaberland Railway and
Power Company, and 8. B. Hatch.
tnson, prominent Norfolk bislaost
man, were killed shortly before
midnight hear when tko aatomo.
klfe in which they were riding
ovorturaed oa a railway treating ,
three mlloa north of kero. C B.
Poole, of Clayton, N. C, third pas
aeager in tko car, escaped uaaart
DeUils of the accident are meagre.
It is aaid that tho ear, driven at a
high rate of tpeed, failed to. negotl
ate a turn In the highway, and
taraed turtle when It hit tho rail
road track. Jens and Batchlaaoa
were reported to have been killed
outright Tha ear waa a heavy
touring ear, and tho party were
earoute from Norfolk to Raleigh.
The first news' of the wreck was
brought to Frnnklinton by Mr. Poole,
who roused up people living nearby,
borrowed a bicycle and rode into town
for a doctor. Medical assistance was
hurried to the acsne, but Jones and
Hutchinson were already dead. The
minion returns to the State,
Representatives of neither side have
acked- for -opportunity - to argue the
exeeptioBs before decision is rendered,
and it it regarded aa unlikely that
any hearing will be held. It is gen
orally forecast that the Commission
will stick to its order, with tome pos
siblo revision of the secondary, power
schedule. After that eaeh of the ex
eeptort will kavt ten days in which to
perfect tat appeal to tht courts.
Praetiealry every oottoa mill along
tha Sua tharw Railway from HillahnM
to Gaston ia it -Uciaded : in tfc-mt-rj ffnr-4o ,awnit tho actioa
of axeention filfS ith tha CammU. I UOvernor,
tion. Tht Gastonia, Charlotte, Con
cord, Greensboro, Burlington, Graham,
aad musboro mills art in with ax
caption that art practically identical
In the tcgregatt these eorporationi
use a large proportion of the power
distributed by tho . Southern Power
Company, in the State, and will pay a
large part of the 1750.000 increase
ia rates.
Rata Confiscatory.
Addition of three quarters of a mil'
lion dollars to ita revenues ia un
reasonably low and unfair and unjust
and will not afford the petitioner a
just return upoa the petitioner's prop
erty." Objections are made to the
proeesaes of I against Senator Simmons and that I Braun, who had changed his name
Mr. Gardner" and Mr. Daniels would I becaase of notoriety resulting from tht -
make common cause in their respective I of his draft dodging brother, had
fight -for- the governohip and senator-1 been called at a witness by Major Brueo
ship. I vampbell, accused by Bergdoll't
:Mrr Dafiiela snoTT are friends ofimotlier of acceptins S5.000 to -.id l.
long standing, but he has nover made I the slacker's eicape. - His direct testU
the slightest suggettion to me with ref-1 mony had been concluded when Mr.
Johnson took him in hand.
" Fiery Examination , . ,
Then followed a long cross-fire tear
ing on an interview Joha H. Sherburne,
conimuiee counsel, nan .with.. Mrs.
Meanwhile the investigation that has!
kept the entire city in turmoil for: a I
week has slowed down. The quarry, i
where thousands hart "gatherftd dally
siace tut first or the drowned auto
mobiles wat hauled out last Monday 1
afternoon, wot deserted, save for a fewlercnce to any such coalition' declared I
of tha faithful eurious. Private en-Mrv Gardner, "And you may ssy or
terprite engaged in raiting a fund for I me that thert it absolutely no basis I
defraying tht expenses of tho drain-1 for tuck report'
ago' delisted from" ita labors, and! " ' 'Hot. Banning For Covernor
f the) - Mr. Gardner further ttatedMk&a IsiUerfdoll al Philadelphia ten days ago
waa not running for Governor or any I relating to charges against Campbell.
City Hat No Record. I other office now ; that he was out of Mr. Johnson tried to develop whether
City authorities havt at record nor breath and many other essential re-1 Grover Bergdoll, in a letter to his
recollection of tho transaction de- iqulsiteaj and was not thinking of poll-1 mother, had mentioned army officers or
scribed by Secretary Grimes in-his let-1 tics at this time, that it was too far I counsel by acme. Insisting that kt
on to bt even atseussing tut probabui-1 never aetrd of the, alleged payment to
ues oi a uovernorsmp race to res years 1 vatspbeu. ana that ht did not remem-
hence." I ber what Grever 'might have written.
Of course, I do not pretend to be I the witness declared that somt of Mrs.
insensible and unapprcciative of the I Bergdoll't mail had been opened by
asked City At- generous tenders oi future support that government agents, finally, JJr. John-
for an opinion havt voluntarily come to me from 1 son charged that Braun was not aa-
ter . of Friday declaring that the
quarry is tho property of tha city
by gift of tht 8tate somt 13 years
ago. This faet wot transmitted to
tht 6Ut official in a letter by Mayor
Eldridge afer ht had
toraey John Hinsdalt
(Contlmcd oa Page Two.)
(Continued oa Page Two.) .
finding! of tht Commission generally,
No protest is made - against tht al
lowaneo for depreciation, in which the
Commiaaion took tha petitioner's fig
sres as equitable.
The documents filed by tht cotton
mills art of greater length tad almost
double tht number of items excepted
to. Beginning with aa attack upon
the refusal of tho Commiaaion to dis
miss tho cue because of lack of juris
diction, a broadside is delivered oa
the power of the Commission to ad'
Judicata matters that are. of inter-statc
Import
Concerning coatracts, upoa which
bodies were left lying, where ihtjt .waJ J..?9"".1?-1 W?l?r.
until tht . county coroner could bt m"ZZ? : V . 1
reached . ' I kt the Commission failed aad
The wrecked automobile was lving on reiu,ett . ?a.ana aetermine that
tho main lino of the Seaboard and it B3r ,' ",od .-proetediag
wu aeceiaary to Hag th southbound thoi oi Broet PPnt the
traia to avoid further disaster. Kua- iting contract rates. The grounds
dria of MwinU want nt trm tm n tnu exception are that tne re
witness the -rawMmeSrnaetai-1.1 Th. spondenU asked for this finding In
ear waa a 8inrer. and a vi.tr nowarful i request for findings No. S. aad
macLine. It U thought that Jones, who -h they wtT "titled to thit find
wu driving, miscalculated hit tpeed " l vueuce.
when he attempted to make the turn in - That tho Commission failed and re
tho road. - ' 4 to find and determine that the
H. B. Jonea ia well known in North Misting contract wore voluntarily
Carolina, where ha fcu been engaged mti basit of interstate traffle
In buaineas for manv veara. Ha ia a I ana xor tervieo in inter state com
brother-in-law of Mr. Pool. Last year I meree."
In the matter. - ' , I time to time," he said. A large num-lswering queitiant frankly aad wat not
The Mayor does lay claim to police bcr 01 of Charlotte have stop- telling all he knew.
authority over the quarry aad its en- P4 m9 09 the streets this week, mtot "You art trying to ovadt my ques-
virons, since it lies within the city I M woon supporwu uovernqr oiorriso.i, nons, air. jpnnson taio, woeu tat wit
limits, but further responiibility for,Bd expressed a desire to support me I nets seemed unable to say jurt how Mrs.
tt u JivUin.. v. r.i,i,i.i m.tot governor three years hence. It I Braun. on her war to join ker ehil-
eounti populsr demand for tho drain-1 onnecUon Mr. Oanlaer took oeea- dren at a camp in the Pennsylvania
I.I. i . L . . -L .1. .1 1 . I .. . i. i . .. a . .
:ou,ia do xeaaata oeioro
communicate to her.
Ho it opposed to spending money for " ufmf . ' best . Hot words Bwappeg
luiDivp. ui uu jianj suu im weiinrv,! j. am nos irying to ovaue your qntf
but for the present he wss in no bellig-1 tions," Brsum insisted.
erent mood, and that he had formed I " You are not trying yon are sue-
no combinations or anwACe, offensive I seeding, Mr. Johnson declared.
or defensive, either for the present or I "No .X am, notL
the future; and that be dil not intend I
to be a party to any fratricidal fac
tional warfare within . the party.
Free From Alliance
tho gratification of the curious.
Mr. Hinsdale's Letter.
"Ia accordance with your request, I
hare msde an examination into the
matter of the ownership of the Bock
Quarry. Records ia the Wake County
Court House, do not disclose any deed
or lease from the ' State te the City
of Raleigh in connection with the
Rock Quarry.
"From what I eaa learn, the State
it the owner" bf "the Quarry. Some
years ago the State granted permis
sion to the City to take stone from the
Quarry for itfeet paving purposes.
Thit wag morrthtav twenty years agr
Auring the period in whieh Mr. John
C. Drewry wss chairman of the Street
Committee.
"After the City had worked the
quarry under thit permisalon it was
abandoned for many years. About two
years ago the State granted tht City
pennissioa to erect aa incinerator oa
the quarry property and to dump the
ashes from the incinerator into the
quarry.
"The City has no title to the quarry
and no interest in the same further
than the bare permsision to maintain
an incinerator and to dump ashes.
This certainly does not carry with it
tht obligation to pump tht qntrry.
It It tht property of the State and if it
"You are. Why oan't yon torn here
and tell the truth f
"I am telling tho truth." . - --
"You know you are not," Mr, John-
"My contention has always been." in-1 son asserted.
lilted Mr. Uardner, ''that every eandi- "You are a Hit? Braum shouted, and
date ought to stand on his own meri thereafter all the stenographer caught
win or low, disassociated from-cliques was the chairman's shrill announcement
and factions, and absolutely free from I Tht Hearing it adjourned."
any entangling alliances. I shall never
bold., pfflc4.uJts, ,prk-.lnTou-eji our.
render of this deep-seated conviction.
There is not a person or interest that
eon truthfully sny I have ever promised
favor or office ia exchange for support
at the ballot box:
Braum said something about helsg
"persecuted", u... the . serguut-aWaimt .
hustled him out of the room to board
tho first train home", excused by the '
chairman from' further appearance. - -"I
would like to get hold of your '
brother," somebody shouted ia tht eon-
Snoakino- further alon- thia line Xfr I f usioa as he went out
Gardner, said: ''The supreme duty of this committee going to let that
every patriotic North corolinlnn at hater of the American flag get away
this time is to lend every energy in from here without being psniehedt
aiding the people of the State to a re- Representative Johnson demanded, pay
eovcry from the depression in induttry nM1 t9 Aorta of Represents
and agriculture, and to help to carry tivt Flood, Democrat, Virginia, to quiet
to a successful eonsummat on the (rent I nim,
tssks to which the State stands com
mitted. Politics should stand adjourn
ed unil the more prcssins; problem
confronting the people have been suc
cessfully solved."
ana rower company ana tool over ainMiciun mH un HOrVd I j.. T i J7 onurnimn . . ., '
.umber tf .mallow, alectrit lighting - RPTRACTinN FROM PAPFR ifW rJS 5-2 Q0VERN0R SMALL SAYS
dearly tht duty
I M at. ava . a . A 1 ii. .1.1 . I
. i. F.v.ttevlll.. Bankmntew an. n..i .7.. .1. ..., 11,0 u". remeuy tne evil eii-ner I
eeedlnas were tUrted uoinat hit com-1 F pumping out tsen or awnoruwg
' - . . , . . .. . - - . .
oii w, k. hmUui . m.i in unnrintia nnsr arajaa rn- u u.
f"' . . . I r . I v ...ia !,. v. q,.,.
and LibeDonl " hike the initUHivo 1b the matter for
tho ressoa that there is no ohlla-atlon
Mayor i. a. tidridge yesterday wrote on tho part of tho C tr in this eon
100 unariotie ubsorver uking for a I section.
planU and tha abandoned street rati-
ttntly bought in by tht bond koldsra '
COMBINE IS AFTER HIM
Declares Moneyed Interests In
.Illinois Brought Indictments -Against
Him
FEELING IN IRELAND
THAT PEACE PROPOSALS
WILL PROTE ACCEPTABLE
Dahlia, Jaly SS-By th Associated
Press.) The Impression tt growing
hero that tho Irish peace of te made
by P rentier Lloyd George to Eastern
Do Valtra, tho Repabllcaa loader,
Will work oat la settlement
Tho term of the offer are atlll
being held la tht strict coBfideaco.
Gea. Batata Tt Irelaad '
Loadea, Jaly U (By the Aae.
elated Pres) General Jsb C Smatt,
tht Soath Africaa premier, to on
acted to leave London for Ireland
early next week, probably Maaday, to
place hi aervke at the disposal of
both Eaaaeaa Do Tatar, tho Reran,
licaa leader, aad Sir Jam Craig,
tha Ulster premier, daring their
critical coaaideratloa .of .the .Irish
peace proposal made hy Premier
Lloyd George. ,
retraetioa of a statement In ita Raleigh
correspondent under date of July 0,
to tht effect that "open charges" havt
been tnada that "political pressure hat
Mayer Eldrldge't Letter.
Chairman Feters said tonight tht in
quiry would be resumed Monday, with
Wlllnm B. Campbell, of Lexington,
Kentucky, Major Campbel't fall ter, U
the principal witness.
,
THUNDER SHOWERS TO""
CONTINUE DURING WEEK
Washington, July 23.Weathef pre-.
dictions .for tht week beginning Mob-
day tret r 1 f'-'"1'-'
Aliddlt Atlanue ttaiet generauy fair
and temperature near - or aomawhat'
above normal, but with tome probabUl-'
ty of local thunder-showers first part
Of the week. " '.'
South AUsntis and Eut Gulf ttatet
normal, temperature and local thunder- -
Chicago, July. 23. Governor Lenl
Small, in his first publie speech, lines I
The Mayor in turn wrote Secretary ait indictment hut Wednetday for em-
ef State Grimes aa follows! , bexxloment of State funds, told several
. . . . . . . .. I.L J t VII i . . I WUlWUll
"Aekaowledffln- vour fsvav ht tha I mouaauu ouuuuiicana aratnerea at a PIC-1 .v . mi. ... .. i-ji...t
been brought tt bear fo? tht purpose of 1 22ad iaitaat tettin forth vour vlewt lfl Be' today that "sn segregation of 1 ,Vi. . . a ;.,.v. i. v. w.
sbbrtvUting tho investigation" of the at to the respeetlvt rights of ths interests " hst combined to defeat iMr "
discovery ef alleged ttolea automobiles state aad City in reference to tho rock I the will of tht people , I, ; -
in tne itoci vpisrry sere. . quarry situated within the city limits. . ! "1B- -onsyta inierestv nt taia, civ .RIY CANTONMENTS
Tht atatemeat, according to Mayor I thank yon for your interest In the -dlacovred thst they could neither buy ilA ttMi DC D AWnnWCn
Eldridge, it "fain aad tibcllout" and matter. From a letter addressed to me 80r ''t.n mt and they havt joined - WILL BE ABANDONED
it "tantamount to a ehsnre of official b ! cj Attnm. .nn- i.uk with their tools, tht Attorney Central.
corruption oa tho part of the elty eom-h, tnelosed herewith, it snrxars that I CM"-0 Tribune, and Dally Jfcws, I - Washington, July , 83-Six army
I ! ...... . .UV..I - ' I mm A a...!.. 1U.tfV.Ml.L.. I ... . I will V .li.nnnM nv ,ha
nJWHlBrnb auw BMiMniviift mum wniUf TlOWt tt 10 tn ttUtUI Of tht OUtrrT I " wm-w. wyviwiw, au blu'uiiiw i ,.u,uu,.... - - ...
nee. but are not necea. 1 ,0 aisgraee and destroy me by having I War uepanmtni, veorewry -eeao b- -
accepted without investigation or was I . -arlaneo.
recklessly mtds In total disregard ef ita I Mrily irreconcilable.
truth, of raiaity.- - - -m "At It seemt that the Only right th
"Ia jnttleo to wreslvet," Mayor Eld- eity k aotccQr for or is exercising la
ridge ooncludet, "wo mast demand that nRard.to tht quarry premises Is the
a retraxit be msdt in your paper to- .ri.iuM f maiauint.- . -.-h.H..
eording to tho Uw ipon tho eubjeet eiBerator on tho margin ef tha quarry
Otherwise, tt win be deemed necessary BBd 4ipoiag of tho tshet resulting
to takt tuck actioa at teemt proper to from 0pe riling the incinerator! by
protect in rvpuiauoai oi law . ... . ,
musioaors.; , vv'int af ".
mt mulcted By tbt grand , jury of I nouncea today. 1 wo or tne aix are
Sangamoa county, a oouaty controlled I Cambp evtat. lsa.( and Camp Meads,
by the most vicious political ring ia I MdV Tbt remaining four were - not
the State of Illinois. ' I aamed. '- -
'But I believe-tho people of Illinois - Cop Jakisa, S. C, it wu toil, prob-
anderstaad why Lea Small wu indicted. I ably will bo abandoned.
Attorney General Brundsge and his
whole gang ef character assutlns and
character defamers, know thst I sro. in
nocent of every charge they make."
The Secretary said one big canton
ment, somewhere in tho South, would
be maintained permanently because ot
Advantages, dus $q climatt con J.: 1
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