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VOL CX1V. NO. 38. THIRTY-TWO PACES TODAY. RALEIGH, N. C SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 7, 1921. THIRTY WO PAGES TODAY. PRICE: SEVeA CENTS
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MINORITY REPORT
ON REVENUE BILL
Scotland Neck Congressman
Keeping Close Tab On Cur
rent legislation
LEADER OF MINORITY
IN CONGRESS ON JOB
Republicans Fear Ammunition
He Will Unload Regarding
Tax Revision; Teacher;
flocking To Secure Former
Positions, Bureau of Educa
lion Reports
The News and Observer Bureau,
603 District National Bank Building
(By Special Leased Wi. .)
Washington, Aug. 6. Notwithstanding
the condition of his health, Minority
Leader Claude Kitchin is keeping up
with the Bcpublican tariff and revenue
measures, and within a short time tho
country will hear further from the Scot
land Neck man, who is admitted to
one of the best authorities on revenue
While the Democrats in tho Hous,
miss the masterful leadership of Kitch
in, they h w I ,i informed that he is
preparing tne minority report on the
tax revision bill and that it will be
something that will make the Republi
cans ait up and tuke notice. No man in
Congress is feared by the Republicans as
they fear Claude Kitchin. No one has
ever occupied a seat on the Republican
side of the chamber rtho was able to
even afford him common amusement in
tariff and revenue matters. Therefore,
the news from Scotland Neck that Kitch
in will fire a broadside when the minor
ity report is filed has cheered the Demo
crats more than anything else in a long
time.
Plenty of Teacher Now
Trained teachers all over the United
. State, aro flpeking Jo get their old jobs
in graded and high schools, according to
officials of the Bureau of Education. A
a result, the shortage in the supply of
teachers, so serious for the last several
years that it forced the closing of many
schools throughout the country, has
ceased to be a problem.
It if said that nearly 800,000 teachers
or approximately the normal force are
now preparing to take, over classes whuu
Uie new term begins next niomu.
Decrease iu salaries in commercial
nuTsuiU and a substantial increase iu
the wags of tchool teachers during the
last rear, coupled with the lack or em
ployment, are responsible, for the rush
of the teachors back to tne ecuooi, nu
reau of Education officials state.
Like other cities in the country, Wash
ington for the first time in years will
not be confronted by a tcacner snort,
ace at tho opening of the schools Sep
tcmbcr 19. Local school authorities have
a long lilt of names of persons who have
passed the teacher examination, to draw
from in the event that any of the
teachers resign during the present vaca
tion rieriod.
According to a recent survey made
bv the Bureau of Education, the aver-
are salary of elementary teachers in the
United Btates is generally above $1,000
a year.
Can Be Made Asset
"The Shinning Board wreck" can, with
caroful work and patience, bo turned
into "an asset so great that from a
money value it will be worth the whole
'6.000.000.000 that the war cost us,"
Chairman Lasker has informed the
House apnropriationj committee.
The big asset will come from the
maintenance of an American merchant
marine, he said.
Laker said he did not know what
would be done with the Leviathan, which
is now costing $02,000 a month at a New
"Stork dock, but he enticiaod "iiiiam it
Hearst for blocking a previous possible
tale of the vessel, when M.OOO.OUO was
bid. He said reconditioning would cost
$8,000,000 or $10,000,000.
Rasaia Deal Passports
Major Stedmaa was .at the State De
partment today to intervene in behalf
of two sisters of Rabbi Karlsmulm, of
Winston-Salem, who have been refused
passports from Warsaw, Poland, to this
country. Rabbi Karlsmulm's 'mother
and father were given passports, but for
some unknown reason papers wore re
fused to the two young sisters of the
Winston-Salem man. The btate Depart
ment officials admitted that they did njt
understand why they wcra refused, and
have taken the matter up with tne Amer
lean consul at Warsaw.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Whittedof
Henderson, and their niece, Miia Mollie
Lewis Whitted, of Laredo, Tsxas, are
fititing in Washington. Tut Tar Ueei
art on a sight-seeing tour, having visited
Santicello, the home of Jefferson, and
r. Wanted's brother, who Hvei at
Beottsville, near Charlottesville. They
will return to North Carolina next week
The Civil Service Commission has besn
requested to hold an examination for
uostmaster at Bakersviue. uougias t.
101 has been appointed postmaster at
Hudson, Swain county, a fourth clas
office.
HATCH EGGS TAKEN
FROM SNAKE'S INTERIOR
New York, Aug. . A story of chicken
art hatched after the. bad been sal
,lVjged from the interior of python was
' told today by tha publicity department
of the Board of Missions or tat Method
1st Episcopal Church.
Quoting tht Rov. Erwin M. Richards.
for 81 yean missl. -ary in Africa, the
' board said that .a python had wriggled
ant of a Jungle one night, catered a hen
house and tate tight chickens and nine
tggt. Natives and missionaries killed
tht snake, which then was opened. Tht
tggt, fonnd intact, later hatched into
perfectly normal missionary chickens,
Tha Bishop of Africa was aimed at a
lortobortting witness. "
MECHANICAL FORCES DIRECTING
DRAINAGE OF OLD ROCK QUARRY
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Um
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Charles D. Farmer, former chief
Meehawieal SuieriBtndent -for the '(ate Highway CcBimissioft, and the 4Hir
men who have worked day and night since the pumps started. Reading left to
rifjlit Uty are Mr. farmer, "Ked Mttehelt," 8. M. Croeker, Georga Btythe and
Will Reed. The group is standing between the two big pumps. Over at the
right a group of men from the State Trison are moving the smaller rjumns to
a new location further down in the quarry.
Open Rock Quarry Gates To
Everybody
Water Had Fallen 19 Feet at
Midnight; Bottom Expected
To JB.e Reached at Noon
ESTIMATED COST OF WORK
BY STATE LESS THAN $550
Nothing New Turned Up In Pit
Yesterday; Water Turns To
Muddy Gray .
The waters of the quarry turned" ft
dirty, inscrutable gray yesterday, the
walls of the pit turned suddenly pre
cipitous, and no bottom came up nny-
where from under tho five feet drawn
off' by the spluttering pump-i that
worked unceasingly at the south' end
of the pit. Nothing further was ad
ded to tho questioning debris that. was
picked up, Friday afternoon. Oil came
up in greater profusion from some
thing hidden on the bottom.
At midnight ten feet of water re
mained at the northwest corner of tho
quarry from where the two dunvned
automobiles were fished out nearly
three weeks ago, and by this aftcrnon
that depth ought to bo cut in half.
If there is anything at tho bottom as
big as an automobile, some part of it
ought to bo projected above the sur
face. Further out the. water is several
feet deeper, and it will be tomorrow
beforo tho deepest depths of the
quarry nro revealed.
Rope OIT Quarry Edge.
Today tho public may go as f;ir as
the north edge of the quarry without
restraint. Ropes nero streched about
tho margin of tho pit yesterday after
noon","" all d die gate to' the enclosure
opened. Thousands eddied in and out,
eager, hungry" fur a glimpse at what
had been tlmte fur toward pump
ing the place dry. Other thousands
will be there this afternoon to seo what
further thing the pumps havo thrown
wp.- - Awd wgnin "tora&rrriw ; they -wit!
be back, if curiosity fails not.
It was n new place that they looked
uopn yesterday afternoon. Tho circum
ference of tho pool had been reduced
by almost half, and the level of the
water was 32 feet below the lowest
point in the south wall. A week ago
(Continued on Page Two.)
DOLLAR MARK OVER
FAMOUS "BRIDE'S DOOR'
Standing Jest Perpetrated By
Architects Disclosed By The
New York World
New York, Aug. 6. Tho Now York
World today disclosed . utmulino -in.t
that it says has been perpetrated for
years ny architects of the million
dollar Bt. Thomas Kpiscopal Church on
the dozens of fashionable brides who
have gone to the altar through the fa
mous "Hrido's Door" since the church
was completed ten years ago.
Carved into the srrnnlta esnitsl
the door, says the newspaper, is- a
nuge aouar sign, sugntly coavention
alizcd, but unmistakable. A photo
irauh of tha donr. renrnriuMtrf f
out, the story, shows a beautiful and
nnery eniseiea decoration surmounted
by a double panel, on one side of which
is carved a conventional true lover's
knot, and on the' other the somewhat
similar, but strikingly different ''dol
lar mark."
E. Donald Bobb, architect, who was
head draushtsman for Cram, finmlhii
4b Ferguson, designers of the church,
it quotes, as waving summed design
ing the dollar mark, saying it was
'Mono in fun." and nmrt!u h m,M
not set that It was a subject for news
paper comment, tie referred his in
quisitor to Mr. Goodhue, intimating
the design wat his idea. Mr. Goodhue
proved to re absent from the eity.
quently havt hidden satire an A humor
1st-church desiirns. H T)
m - ' v mw
Stires, rector of Bt, Thomas, said ht
neuevea me aouar mart story wat a
figment of tht imagination."
- - wt. . , 'jJsytWH. -ansa
Photo by Elltnarton.
of the Raleigh Fira Department, now
This Afternoon
CHARITIES BOARD
New Director of Child Welfare
Elected To Succeed Mrs.
C. A. Johnson
The employment of Pr. Ilarry W.
Crane, of the University of Ohio, as a
psychiatrist whoso services will be tt
the disposal of the juvenile c-rtj and
child caring institutions of the State;
and the election of Miss Grace A
Boeder, Assistant Superintendent f
tho Ne,w York Orphanaee, as JJirector
of Child Welfare, to fill the position
made vacant by Mrs. Clareace A. John
son appointment as Bute Commis
sioncr, was announced yesterda" by the
office of the State Board of Charities
and Public Welfare.
These plans for expanding the work
of the board and improving its servi -e
generally were submitted bv Mrs. C. A
Johnson, Oommissioner, anl Dr. How
ard W. Oilum, of the University nf
North Carolina, consulting expert, at
recent meeting of tho board at which
every member was present, ar '. where
the proposals met with immediate ap
proval and were accepted in full.
In tho formation of these plana, aavs
Mrs. Johnson, the idea was kept in
mind that the appropriation entrusted
to tho care of the Utato Board should
be expended na w isely and es ccono. i
eallv as possible in rendering the great
est amount of help whero it ia most
needed, an 1 it was decided that tho c
tension of the work with dependent
neglected and delinquent ehik'ren and
tho promotion of psychiatric service
are the two main features 'n the North
.CatuUua .plan f .pulm- welfere -
should be strengthened and advanced.
Employ Trained Psychiatrist.
Dr. Harrv W. Crane, of tho Univer
sitv of Ohio, who will toke up his
duties as psychiatiint for tho State
Board in collaboration with other duties
at the State University the middle of
September, ia believed by the board to
bo eminently fitted for the worn botn
bv training and ciperience.
Dr. Crane is an A. B., A. M. and
Ph. D. graduate of the University of
Michigan, and has had practical expen
ence in mental hygiene work with the
University of Michigan in the study
of insnnity, epilepsy and feebleminded
new, with tho. psyehiatrie laboratory at
the New York police headquarters, and
has served ns BtafT psychologist of the
Nassau county, Now York, Mentali Sur
vey, besides filling other important
posts. His teaching experience has
bern as iifetr tetor and assistant pro
fessor in pschology in the University
of Michigan and the University of Ohio
where he is now located.
In addition to these qualification Dr
Crane comes to the State Board and the
University upon recommendation of
such authorities as Dr. A. J. Ko.sanoff,
clinical director, of the King's Park
State Hospital : Professor A. P. Weiss.
of the Ohio Btate University, and
others. Vt. Crane time is to be di
vided between the University where he
will be instructor in Abnormal Psych
ology, and the State Board of Charities
and Public welfare.
New Child Welfare Director.
. Miss Grace A. Boeder, assistant n
perintendent of the New York Orphan-
Inge at Hastings On-The-Hudson, who
Y .i : '. . i - il i n ,
WH rit-vmu uimiui ui luw VUllfl jueip-
Inr Division of the, State Board, comes
to the State Board with splendid train-
ins; and recommendations. She it an
alumna of Smith College tad Columbia
University, and hat had practical tx-
perienca in different phases of ehiM
welfare work. She wat connected with
the New York State Charities Aid. anl
her work for this organization waa thj
supervision r dependent and uealeeted
children placed out by tht Supervisors
of tht Poor in New York State. As
assistant superintendent of tht New
' (Coallaaed , Ptgt TwV)
PSYCHIATRIST FOR
WEEKS AND DENBY
LY SUPPORT
Letters To Chairman Penrose,
of Senate Finance Commit
tee, Made Public
NEED FOR DEVELOPMENT
OF U. S. DYE INDUSTRY
TwG Secretaries Stress Neccs
sity For Preparedness In
Chemical Warfare and Cite
Embargo Orders Made By
Other Nations; Declare
Chemical Industry Is Vital
Washington, Ag. 6--Secretaries
Weeks and Den by havo come out in
support of an embargo on dyes and
chemicals and have urireil restnr.it i..n In
the Fordney. tariff bill on the embargo
provision stricken out by the House.
The attitude of tho two cabinet oilicera
was made known today wlieil Chairman
Penrose, of the Senate finance commit
tee, made public letters from them to
the committee on the siiliiect
The cabinet oflicers explained that
tney lavored an -embargo because of na
'tjona'r defense, noejs.
'"It-is- of great ' -vatofft ' 'fliV KAy,"
Mr.Denbv wrote. ''ti i ncinir,, h .1...
vclopment of chemical activities in the
nianuraciure ot all products connected
with '-'explosives' afc'd gases, especially
those manufacturers whose establish
ments can easily be diverted to the
manufacture of war materials. The
restoration of the embargo clause will
be of material help ana I will greally
appreciate your assistance to this ef
fect." Other Nations Have Ban.
Embargo orders have been found nec
essary by Knglnnd, France, Itnly and
japan, Mr. Weeks said. Ho also do-
viurru nun mo eiicnnial industry was
vital to Germany in prolonging her ef
ions in tne world war and expressed
me opinion that high explosives am
ar liases would ulav . fur mi. ;,
portaijt part in future wars.
In the? world n ti. Joi.T r.,:.
ed States had To iu d U
train and equip with clothing 4,000,0r
men rar quicker than it could suppl
'lie guns and Ammunition. He related
how the munition makers had worked
vtri lil.v to supply tl iiniitioin
in! -::v trusi-s. mldinsr that evon llw.
litile :h fivailnhe fnr mno limn
year afteT tht formal declaration of
war.
Germany's Example.
"So fully did fternianv realize, t
fore, during and after the world war,1
uo coniinuea, innt prenommance tn
. ... i .... . .
the orenrtic elieinicnl indtntrv. nml
particularly tho dye Industry, meant
me mosi vaiuanie measure ot prepared
liess Dossiblo that elm has unitiil it!
her organic chemical industries into
one great trust. - - -
llie use or high explosives and war
gases win unquestionably be tar
ureatcr in anv future struirirle thun
the world war. It is of the most vital
ilultortance tu itnr urcniiretlin-s tbnt
the dyu industry be developed to tho
fullest extent in this cnuntrv. It i
felt that this danger is so great that I
urge the enactment of tho embargo
feature of-the Fordney tariff bill as
submitted by tho ways and means com
mittee as the only way to preventing
crushing our chemical market by Ger
man competition."
KILLS HIS WIFE THEN
USES GUN ON HIMSELF
Deplorable Tragedy In Person
County Attributed To Block
ade Liquor
Boxboro, Aug. 6. A deplorable trag
edy occurred in the county this week in
t.bq Allcnvilla section, when Aubrew Hi
iey shot himself ami wife, killing in
stantly. Various reports have been cir
culated concerning tho awful nffarir. No
definite account canbo ascertained, as
there was no one" in the house at the
time but tho two smiril shildren, one
three years and the other twelve months
old. It was said that, tho young man
worked all the morning with his father,
anil upon failing to irppear nfter the
noon hour, and after hearipg two shots,
investigation was made, and both found
dead. The first casiso of it all wis
whiskey.
Mr. Riley had been drinking, and it
is thought that upon his wife remons
trating with him ho became angry and
fired the two fatal shots. When the
home ww entered one pf the children
waa playing around its mother, who was
in sitting position ort the floor, leaning
against the bed. and the other child
playing on the bed. The funeral w.h
held yesterday afternoon, and rarely
has there ever been a larger crowd scon
at service of this nature. The people
are well known in the county and the
dreadful occurrence has caused much
talk.'
On Tuesday,' at JTclens, smother sad
affair took place. Willie AslieKy, of
that place, whilo driving a log wagon,
was thrown from it, pinned under the
wagon, and instantly killed. He had
driven up on an embankment, which
caused the overturning of the wagon.
When friends reached him he was dead.
He was a well known citizen nf Helena
and bad many family connections, lie
was unmarried.
Pnbllsh Draft Evaders' Names'
Washington, Aug. 6. Upwards of 17,
(00 names of allego draft evaders issued
by the War Department between June.5
and July 4 were published today in the
Congressional Record. The list occu
pied 8 printenpages.
y i .
Harvey To Attend the Meeting.
London, Aug. 6. George Harvey,
American ambassador to Great Britain,
left for Paris this morning to attend
the meeting of the Supreme Allied
Council, which will begin ia that tlty
Monday.
STRONG
EMBARGO ON DYES H0U5
NEW REVENUE BILL
MAY BE READY FOR
;e
Republican Committeemen Get
Down To The Brass Tacks of
Tax Revision
PROBABLY WILL REPEAL
EXCESSPROFITS TAX
Increased Corporation Tax
Suggested As Substitute
For Excess Profits Levy;
May Also Tax So-Called
Public Service Corporations
and Abolish 'Nuisance' Tax
Washington, Aug. (. Majority mom
rs of the House wars and means com
uuttee expect to get down to the brass
laeks of lax revision next wovk.
hnirmnn Fordney said to. lav the re
nriting of levy provision in tho litis
law probably Mould begin' Momlav. and
that unless nil unexpected snag was
encountered fie new bill would be readv
within t-en days. leaders irenerallv k.-i
House consideration will reipiire only u
tew days.
With fouMiin of the administrative
tVlifiifT OUT oflliii wav, tiio work now
but lire- tho Jlep'uldiwwi. euui,..)ieme-!i.
to determine the extent of the cuts nos
siblo and just where they are to be
made, The general belief seems to be
that lhu..t.umiuit.Uv. will ir-jiHt
of the exid-ss prolits tax, but whether
the effective date will be last Jumtnrv 1
or next. January 1, apparently remains
to be determined.
Increase Corporation Tax
As a substitute for the excess profis
tax it is planned to increase tho corpor
"t ion income tax from the present lu
per cent to to per cent, and also to re
peal tho ',(" 111 exemption allowed cor
porations under the existing law. Chair
man Fordney said today, however, that
it might he necessary to make some sp--cilie
provisions in the bill to relievo Un
burden it has been claimed this would
impose ou tho small corporations with
limited incomes.
Tho chairman also diatluaed "a. maun.
sal .to. writ! into .tho new bill n proviwioti
taxing the income of the so-called per
soual ser ies corporation, such as arcbi
tectuml firms not incorporated under
tho law the same as income of other
eoi poraiions. mo . ipreitio I ourt lias
held that tho present law is not nppl
cable to such concerns.
Mr. Fordney also said it was not pro
posed to relieve public; service corpora
ttons from a part of the 15 per cent
come tax provision of the bill. The
chairman indicated that ho was not vac
tieularly impressed with the argument
that this would hit ninny such corpora
tions very hard, saying that electric
light, street railway, gas and such com
panics having a small net income would
pay a proportionately small revenue
the government.
Kepeal "Nuisance" Tales
Aside from revision of these levy sec
tioiia of the law, tho minds of many
committor ui dnbers are turned to a re
penl of tho higher income surtaxes, o
all or part of the transportation tnxe
.1. .- . .
ami in uie louniain and ice cream levies
It was estimated today by some tli
iiiiiiiciiiaie repr.-n or uie whole trans
portation tax, the soda water tax, and
tho higher surtaxes, together with tli
t'd.OOO.Oim which the treasury expert
figure will bo lost this rival, year throng:
(Continued on Page Two.)
SEND FIGHT PICTURE
TO FRANCE BY WIRELESS
Facsimile Signature Also Trans
mitted Through Air To
. Paris Newspaper
inimpniis, jm., Aug. o. - i raiism in
sioii of photographs and written docu
A 1 ' 1 r I m w
rnrnts in. fnrjjjnil);'. flfrpss the, .ocean
by wireless lias been accomplished
Two successful tests of this epoch
making invention havo been inadt
within tho last three days nt the pow
erfnl naval radio station here, a pho
togrnph and a written niessnrre having
been sent to Malmaison, tho French
rairio station.
Two French government engineers
are now in Annapolis preparing for
further tests winch, they believe,
prove the invention n complete success
within a very short time.
inn nrsi tesi ot the invention was
tho sending of a photograph of the re
cent Penipsey-Ciirpenlii r championship
fight from the Annapolis station to
Franco for reproduction in Ia) Matin,
Paris newspaper.
While the reproduction was said to
have been fairly good, it was not us
perfect as the engineers wished it to
be. So yesterday afternoon another
test was made.
This test was the sending of a fac
simile written message from C. V. Vim
Anda, managing editor of tho New
York Times, to Ix) Matin, tho Paris
newspaper. Word eanie back that tho
message was reproduced almost per
fectly BODY OF ROCKY MOUNT
MAN FOUND IN VIRGINIA
Petersburg, Va., Aug. 6. The body
of J. II. Yarborough, 40 years of age,
fodmorly a resident of Kocky Mount,
North Carolina, but more recently a
clothing salesman of this city, was
found underneath the Norfolk and
Western railway trestle on tho outskirts
of the city this morning. Yarborough
had apparently committed suicide, ac
cording to the' coroner, who deemed it
unnecessary to hold an inquest as
there was no evidence of foul piny.
Physicians say that the man probably
jumped from tht trestle auout 5 o'clock
tbia morning.
Lenine to Ct ta Scotland.
Copenhsgea, Aug. 6. Nikolia Lenine,
Bussiaa Bolshevikl premier, plans,
subject to British permission, to leave
soon for Scotland for a holiday, says
specM dispatch from EuvaU
TEN DAYS
PASSENGER STEAMER SINKS
OIT CALIFORNIA COAST
Portland. Ore, Aag. . A lrl
frm from Seattle tonight Mid
wireless pritors there had pUkrd
on an 8. IK. S. frets the passesgrr
totmr Alaska, hkh Wad struck on
UliiaU Kerf near Earvlia, Califor
nia. A swtoad call said the Alaska
hid struck tha rocks hard sad
listifti tWivHy. .-' " " ' --
Northhead, Wiik, Aag. C At
:4 a wireless meauge from the
Almka said that all beats were Mng
lowered. The ship, tha wirtleaa said,
was "full of psMeagera" and tried
that atiipa coma to tha aaelaUnct ef
the vcoael.
The wireless 8. O. S. rail ef tha
Alaaka ceased at t:5tt, adding to the
belief that she had gone down. The
tank ateamrr El Scgundo. 120 milea
north of 'Hunt's Kref, wlrelraard
that she had caunht tha Alaska'a
S. O. S. but could not reach here be.
for tomorrow.
Pronnent Kinston Young Man
Dead and Another Fa
tally Injured
; New 1.1'fn, , Atlg". 6. -Ah ajitomobTlo
.co.uUuftiag-Jhwj! pjamineut .young .meat
of Kinston wira 'overturned about nine
o'clock tonijjlit near Caswell Dranch on
the New Hem Kinston road, nno of the
occupants being killed instantly and the
Other two seriou.fly injured.
The dead man is James l'irrrott, ago
20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cenrge F. Tar-
rott. His companions were Jesse Grain
der, sou of Mrs. Jeamietto Urainder,
and Herbert Temple, sop of Or. mid
Mrs. II. T. Temple, both young men
Young Urainder is not expected to live
through tho night, but is expected that
Temple will recover, although his con
dition is nlso serious nsd physieinns
fear complications.
The automobile overturned near f"as-
wcl! Ttrnnch at a very dangerous turn
that :haa been thu soeno of previous
tragedies. The accident was discovers
by K. K. Proctor, Superintendent of
.Schools here, who rushed young Tom
pin to St. Luke's Hospital here.
No detals of the nccident have been
learned here, but it is believed that
the three young men, all of whom nr
employed by the State Highway Com
mission and were recently tnmsferrei
from New Hem to (Jnldsbnrn, worn en
route from their homes in Kinston to
New Eern.
mi . . .
inn aiiinmoime l.r-ttuaerSHHUl to have
been H Buick owned by Parrott and tc
havo been driven' by him.
NEGRO ADMITS ASSAULT
ON GREEK CAFE KEEPER
Petersburg, Va., Aug. fl, Raleigh
Hawkins, one of the negroes convicted
of the ninrd-r of the postmaster lit
Tobacco, Virginia, and sentenced to die
in the electric chnir on September .10,
this afternoon admitted to (sheriff Bois
seau, of Uninwiddio eouuty, that he
assaulted a (Ireek cafe proprietor on
Uiver street. In this ciy in January,
and after beating tTio 1 1 reek into in
sensibility, rifled the cash register. For
a time it, was feared that the Creek
would die, but ho recovered. Tho al
leged admission was made Sheriff
Boissoau said as he- whs taking ITaskins
and Judge (Iriflin, also under death en
tence, to the st;itn penitentiary in Kich
inoiid this afternoon.
BISHOP CURLEY NAMED
SUCCESSOR TO CARDINAL
Washington, I). ('., Aug. fi -Offlcinl
announcement of tho appointment of
Hish'op Michael J. Cur'ley',' if .St. ' Augus
tine, Fla., ns archbishop of Haltimore,
succeeding tho Into Cardinal Gibbons,
was received today by Catholic officials
here, l'ress dispatches from Home last
month said the Ht. Augustine bishop
had been chosen for tlio Itult imure post,
but tho official announcement was de
layed becnusn of certain formalities.
AVERAGE OF $15.81 ON
FAIRMONTLEAF MARKET
Weekly Figures Show Sales of
Nearly Million; Good To
bacco In Demand
Fairmont, Aug. C The price average
on the Fairmont tobacco market for
tho week ending yesterday was far above
the average for the opening day of the
season. Official figures show that 811,
liiiO pounds of the golden weed were
sold at an averago of J15.S1 per hun
dred pounds. One local warehouse yes
terday sold HO,(KiO pounds at an average
of t:'l,.'tt per hundred. Tho highest
prico paid was tGi per hundred.
The Fairmont market has sold over
(no million pounds to far this season
at an average of $11.20 per hundred.
Sales totaling a million and a half
pounds are expected next week. Farm
ers generally are pleased with the
prices. The, outstanding feature is that
there is a great demand for the better
grades of tobacco.
The big bulge in the price average at
Fairmont is attributable to the in
crease! percentage of good tobaccos be
ing offered. Tho average price on the
opening day of the season was around
(7,00 per hundred.
Commissions Go liegging
Washington, Aug. 6. The War Depart
ment has 1,000 commissions for second
lieutenants and only 126 applicants. The
examinations for appointment sre fixed
for August 22, and applications must be
in by August 13. The department in
structed rorpt tret commanders today
to do alt. they ran to increase tht aum
her of applications,
KILLED 1
AUTO OVERTURNS
NO ALLOWANCE FOR
INEFFICIENT WORK
BY RAIL EfilPLOYES
I. C. C. Holds That Increased
Wages Only Will Determine
Claims of Roads I
HANDS DOWN RULING IN
LABOR COST CONTROVERSY
Commission Says Railroads
Must Stand Any Loss For Al
leged Unwillingness or Ina
bility of Labor To Perforin
Such Work As Before War
During Guarantee Period
Washingloa, Aug. fl- In a decision
handed down today by the Interstate
Commerce Commission on the question
of claims of railroads against govern-
moot for labor costs in operations and
maintenance for the six month guaran
tee period follow ing government con
trol, it was held that only increased
wages 'and not' alleged "inefficiency of
labor" factors would determine such
iainis.
Jde. , thj), .BlUiiaUlmd-.. BUISV.
stand any loss incidental to alleged un
willingness or inability of labor a per
form during tho guarantee period- of
pcivato otrl as mueh work as before
the war.
Claims founded upon alleged Ineffec
tiveness of labor during the period
amounts to "some tens ef millions of
dollars," the decision said.
"Cost of Labor" Baals
The controversy Centered on the
meaning of the words "cost of labor" as
they wire used in the standard contracts
between tlio government and the rail
roads nt the time the roads worn token
over during the war. The Director
General of Hailroa Is contended that the
contract intended to guarantee the ratet
of pay per unit lor rai'road labor whilo
the carriers argued that the labor should
be computed in terms of the necomp
fshmmt of a giren result, and hence
the words included in their meaning ,
quality as well ns wages of labor.
Tho contract language under disputt
follows: .
"Iturinu the period of Federal eon
trol the Hire-tor General shall annually,
as nearly as practicable, expend and
charge to railway operating expenses,
either in payments for tabor and ma.
terials or by paying into funds, such
sums for the maintenance, repair, re
newal, retirement, and depreciation of
the property " as may bt
requisite in order that such property
may bo returned to the company at tho
nol of federal control in substantially
good repair and in substantially us com
I'bic run iwnotit as it was on January
1, (191S)." . . .
Commission's Ruling
Tho words "cost of labor," the com
mission held "do not, wo think, open tht
door to a comparison of the quality or
efficiency of labor. To hold otherwise
would be contrary to the plain intent
of the proviso, for it is impossible by
resort to the accounts of the carriers to
determine the relative efficiency of
labor at various periods, and the in
troduction of this indefinite nnd intang
iblo factor would have relegated the
'accounting' test to tha very limbo of
controversy ami conflict of opinion
which it was designed to avoid.
"If it had been the intent to include
the factor of quality or effeetivenest or
eflicieii'-i , whatever it may be termed,
this would have been done in apt and
onieisfrikable language and not by the
strained construction of a phrase ens
i.-pii'.do of simpler interpretation. This
view is strongly confirmed by the his
tory of the negotiations."
HARDING CONCLUDES
MOUNTAIN VACATION
Portland, Maine, Aug. 8. President
Harding ended his vacation visit to the
White Mountains of New Hampshire to
day and crossed Maine to, board the
yni ht Ma; (tower here for the return
voyage to Washington. ,
Accompanied by Mrs. Harding and
other members of the vacation party,
the President made the ,140-mile eross-coi,i-liv
trip by automobile, starting
enrly in the day from Lancaster, N. H.,
wh- ie In has bern the guest of Secretin-
of War Weeks since Tuesday.
He went out of his way to visit a
soldiers' annitoriitm nt Oxford, Maine,
stopped at Poland Springs for lunch
and a gamo of golf and accepted an
invitation to pay a brief call and make
a speech nt West It rook, just outside
of Portland, in the early evening. Sail
ing late tonight the MSyHower is ea
pected to reach Washington Tuesday
noon.
NEARLY HALF MILLION
SOLD AT LUMBERTON
Ltimberton, Aug. 6. Leaf tobacco
sales on the Lumhcrton tobacco market
for the week ending yesterday totaled
about 4i)0,000 pounds at an average of
approximately $8.00 per hundred. Only
a small percentage of good tobacco hat
been offered on this market so far.
Prices of low grades continue to sell
unsatisfactorily, while prices foa tho
better grades are considered fair.
The highest price paid during tht
week was 42 cents a pound. One farmer
sold a load of 870 pounds en the local
market yesterday that brought an aver
ago nt 41 cents a pound, ht received
$359.l for the sale.
Reports from Fairmont, St. Paul's and
from Lake City, 8. C, indicate prices
average about the same, quality con
sidered. $
OPEN SAFfeTY PIN REMOVED
FROM INTESTINES IN OPERATION
Lumberton, Aug. An open safety
pin was removed from tht intestines of
a young lady it tht Baker Sanatorium,
here, Wednesday. The young lady laal-
lewed .Uie. pia W monUu) ago,