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j , i .' I 4 . Gi" la r S-iia'uif s4 (sBdsj's prtbjV siiower la tslxem et punlea. rr.i .1 ?Ctff oilllKkii -.vU on font t i -At i-.ll ii In order to i .ogi eery. h , 1 . TO" M. . IVO.iJ 11. .'3 yOLCXIV. NO.S. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. -. RALEIGH. N.C.SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTLNIBER, 24 . 1 ?2. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS I BOPltttIO PREVEI1T TREATIES GOiHG MI1AIE Both Democratic and Republi can Committee Members 7 Vote for Favorable Report willcontinuFfIght on the senate floor Xren "Irreconoflables" Desert Idaho Senator, Who, fiow rer, Oeta In One Point For 1 bidding Participation of Unl ... ted States In Foreign Dis cussions Before Ratification The Newi and Observe r Bureau, " 03 District National Bank P.ldg.. By EDWARD E. BR1TTON (By BpCcial Leased Wire) Washington, Sept. 2H. Senator Borah km not able to hold the day against the administration forces directed by Senator Lodge In the foreign eommit tee relations committee, and to the com--. :. u . ..,. nf nln to one a favor able report waa ordered on the treaties with Germany and Austria. Senator Borah did not lay down on his objee I tiuni to th treaties, lighting to the last, but he get no support, for in the terms 1 which ttic treaties were mads the DemierrN :' r.:-c tliicr support and the repoit "f the committee was favorable to ratification, but with a reservation, for the insistency of dna tor Borah got in one point to his liking, .k.f v,.u th. ITnltil States sTiould not A ejen participate In any discussion on any eommlssion under the treaty till r.grecd. And for any representative or ... this country to have a place on -sf allied eommission is forbidden in Vsi ratififying resolutions, unless the nomi nation of the President for any such representative is with the advice and consent of the Senate. Borah Doesn't Give I'p Genator Johnson, Senator Bradegec, ff.-nator Rhields, all three "irre.-nneilli irbles," did not go along with Senator Borah In hip opposition to a favornblo report. But Senator Borah has not quit , his fight. He announces that bf- -will ' take it to the door of the Senate. Whnt aupport he gets will be slight, and there is no idea that he can do any more than lv & vote on tho ma-Mer. It is the talk svstem of the Senate that comes , to the aid of Senator Borah and it is that which i also worrying the admin With talk f&inj ahead f Boraa , Mutf tot free tolla through Jhe Panama canal for American coast wise reawis, the tactic of the "Stanley-Reed pool amnsking into the nnti beer mil ana nv old openings for a little more tlk, there appears to be a hold up on the plan for quick action on the revenue MIL much to tho disgust of Senator Penrose. So there is talk of some kind nf cloture rule that will cut off too ...n.h lk. hnt how to secure this i tho nroblem that is worrying the ad ministration group. Tlify remember what the aEricvr1turM.fctloc" did to the . . .... . . .. , ,j ... mlniiniBiraiion piaas mu U11I thai would promise Yclief to the former, and thev are a little samisn In rtrotwisinB a cloture, rule., while realii "in thai ft is the best shot they have in their locker to gel action oa the jtytv important mttM Mot the I beaatc. . Democrats Not In Way The fact is that the Republicans arc delaying legislation by the inter pa rtv warfare that they are praetieinif. Tf they eonld in any way blame this lc lay npon the Democrats they would ' do o in most harmonions choms, but the Democrats are not throwing any - obstacles inthe way of emtcting legis iation that is ieiag pressed by the, administration and are giving the Re publicans the middle of the road as well us both sides of it', for it is the Repnbli--' enni w are now responsible to the country, and the Democrats are Jetting tbtm Sght out their own quarrels. With te eountry in a state of depression, with business calling for legislation tliat wiH let it know what it is to do, tlje Hepnblicaus are in a tangle' as o whajt they shall doand show that the party is loaderleA insofar as getting Congress to putits shoulder to the wheel and move things. At the rate things nre now going President Harding will have Congress on his hands when the conference on armaments starts up, : a thing that may result in a flare back f oT"ttie atrminisTfttion if some unruly . members asy things th.it grate on the nerves of foreign delegates to the con ference. ' List tf ApplicanU Tat Uft ft apiilifjints who have taken the. eliminations for the positions of kesboro, and Lillingtdn were reeured today from the Postoffice Department Smd.Jfft.. JKaiuurpoIIs, vacancy occurred Govern br 18, 1920, examination held July 2, 1921, ealary 2,4no. Applicants, Edgar E. Lady, F. U. Bogers North Wilkesbort,, vacancy occurred July SI., 1921, eiamination held Sept J3. 1921i salary tfiOO. Atphcats: f Joaetih C. Grayson, RudMph, E. Walttrs, f I. H. Mae Neill, Dr. O. Wiles, Edward . B. Barkley, C. C. Gambia, James G. 1 Backett. Henry BeynolSs. ' I Ullington, vacancy occurred January , AVWA, CBlMitu. ' ....... I 1921, salary S1.700. Applicants: Henry T. Atkins, James N. Fuquay. . More Nominations The President today sent to the Sen art Mte nomination of Thad G. Tucker ,I0r postmaster s. r.i.rr, ci.cry eonnty, and of Henry B. Vroom, as postmaster at Pinehurst, It was only "Mday-thutr the poslBffle bulletin an nounced tthe appointment of Mr. Tick er acting postmaster at Elk Park, and but a few days ago that announce- I ment waa r$ad on the appointment i (Contlaeed Fare Two ) f,IEiO)ISS TOB Answer Filed By Doughton and :AHen In Rockingham . County Case '. , ATTACK MANNING ON : 7 RULING TO RE-OPEN Valuation Fixed By State Tax Commission final and Keve nne Commissioner Is With out Authority To CkTfeack of Time Before He Assumed Office Hearing October 4 Denial of the right of the Commla sioner of Revenue, or the State Board of Equalitatlon and Reveis to re hear or in anv manner Interfere witn val uations found by the 8tat Ta Com mission prior to May 1, II- ana mo tion to dismiss are set f'fjth in the snswer filed by R. A. Doughton, Murray Allen and J. M. Sharpe to the appeal of the American-Tobacco Company for a rebate of I12.5GS ef tax money paid to Rockingham county. Reduction of approximately a mil lion dollars in the assessment against its property in Rockingham county is pending before Bovenne Commissioner A, D. Watts, and set for hearing Tues day, October 4. The eompony's prop erty in Rockingham was declared on Ap"rl 28, 1921, to be wortk iI923,083, the value certified to the County Auditor of Rockingham, and the taxes assessed paid without protest by the company. Manning INIIng Wrong. Direct issue is taken with the ruling of Attorney General Manning that tlie Jievemie Commissioner may reopen and adjust values Sxed by-the Tax -Commission prior to the creation of the office of Revenue Commissioner. The act under which the Attorney General's opinion was given was written largely by Representative Doughton,- head of the House Finance Committee, and now appearing as attorney for the county. L'n4er the ruling now under attack, Commissioner Watts reopVncd the case of the American and Ligett and Myers Tobncoo companies and rebated to them $1 10,itl taxes assessed against their property iu Durham county. No issue was raised by the Durham county officials, but Rockingham protested the petition, and is prepared for bitter opposition when the matter comes up for hearing jiext Tuesday week. Filed Ne Exeewtie. 'Tk Attorney Genural declared in his oplnlenfihe appellant eompany eonld be heard further on the grounds that it excepted from the, ruling of the Tax Commission two days be for the Tax Commission expired In office and its duties were assumed by tho Revenue Commissioner and the Board of Equal ization and Review. No specific men tion was msile of the Rockingham coun ty holdingsin the exception, and if the Commissioner holds against the denial of right to hear, the county will fall hack upon the secondary defence that no exception was made in the Rock ingham comity property. Motion to dismiss will be renewed by Mr. Doughton anil Mr. Allen when the case conies up (Jctoi)er 4, and in the event the motion is denied, the matter will be fought out upon the ground thai no spetiiie excpt4 was filed, rmi upn th prenU that tUo valua tion lised by the Tax Commission was the true value in monev of, tobacco lieiif by the American Tobacco Com pany iu Rockingham county January 1, Had Eihausted Tower. After reviewing at length the tactics empliivod by the tobacco companies to hvlt ride the values fixed by the Tax Cum nufetioa, culminating in the final order and certification of April IS li21, the answer takes np the rights of the Conimissioi.er to interfere f'.ir thcr with the case. TITS' authority of the Tax Commission to review the case was exhausted with the final certifi cation of values, and that no exhausted authority could be. transmitted to the Revenue Commissioner, who succeeded to the powers of the Tax Commission. The answer continues: 'That the assessed valuation of the property of tl:s American Tobacco com pany in Rockingham county had been finally fixed by the State Tax Com mission, and had been entered on the tax books of Rockingham county before the first day of May, 1921, anil before the Commissioner of Revenue and the State Board of Equalisation had been piven any pnwnr. whatsoever over the assessment of property for taxation by the provisions of Section 1 of the Act of 1921 creating the Department of Revenue, and the said Commissioner of Revenue and the State Board of Equalization, are without the power or right in law to interfere in any man ner with the assessment of said prop erty as finally made by the State Tax Commission and as entered upon the lax folia of Ruckiugham county." The- validity of the Attorney Gen eralV opinion and the validity of the acts of Commissioner Watts in re opening the case of the tobacco com panies was attacked by Corporation Commissioner A. J. Maxwell in state ment given out after the gift of WO,- 000 y the appellants was made some weeks ago. The hew attack by Mr. Doughton who drew the statute, and who Is mors familiar with its work ings than any man in the State, is oemg waicnea win teen Interest. CO-OPERATIVE MEETING AT CHARLOTTE MONDAY I Cha.lotte; Bept. M.-A meeting of th business men, bankers, -merchants and representatives of all commercial in terests in conjunction with ''the farm- ttt 'of this eounf i!I be bell here Monday night, under the nnspices of the Mecklenburg eounty fai... bureau, for-tlfe purpose of launching a dme to be made la behalf of the co-operative mirieiing movemear. ut. Clarence roe is te deliver an address. MMM REBATE Ell Senate Foreign Relations ; Committee Approves; Pacts Two Reservations Attached To Approval of Treaties With Germany, Austria And Hungary, However; Borah In . ' ; Opposition,; Ratification Assured , " WasMigton, Sept. jB. Tn treaties of peaeav negotiated .by the administra tion witk Germaay. 'AaaJrla, and Hun gary vera approved today by 1a Ben ate foreign relatione eomtuittee, but with two reservations.'" ' One reservation similar to ft Lodge fr-iemUoa to tti treaty fVwraatHe would require an net of Congre prior to representation en er participation in any foreign agencies or eommiasion by an American representative, whoso nom ination would have to be confirmed by the Senate. The other la designed to protect the property rights ft American citisena as well as of the American gov ernment in the three former enemy countries. Ne Objection Raised Adoption ef the two reservations brought from the White House the state ment (hat while Preaident Harding had not aeon their text he favqred the prin ciples involved and no objection would Ivo raised by the administration to rati fication with the proposed reservations attached. ' Senator Borah, Republican, Idaho, a leader of the ''irreconcilabloa" in the treaty of Versailles ratification fight, .ttone of the foreign relations commit tee members stood out agsinst the rec ommendation that the three treaties be ratified with the proposed reservations Democratic committee members joined with the othei Republicans in orderin the pacta reported favorably to the eon ate, where they were presented late to day by Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts Republican leader and committee cliair man. Called Up Today. The treaties, Senator Lodge an nouneed, are to be called ' before the Senate tomorrow, when be Dlans to make a preferential motion tor their discussion ahead of all ether business. It is proposed, however,,to give right-of nay next week to the tax bill and to have night sessions, beginning probably next Tuesday, in an effort to hasten ratification. Committee discussion of the treaties today developed that the administra tion plans tu begin withdrawal of Amer ican troops from Germany immediately after ratification- .Senator Lodge told the committee ho had been so advised by Secretary Iluglies, adding that the Hundred ; Qftwkuf Vqrk In Cotton WV Centers In ' Four States. 4 Charlotte, Sept, 23. One hundred or more textile nnlon organijen will gi) into tho cotton, mill .cantors of four Southern ftatel, organizing osw loetli and strengthening those already in ex istence", ii the result ( plani formu lated -ilurio( the conference Vert ef textile union officials, organizers and Southern labor leaders.- j-- - A central executive oomnuUee, head ed by Jerome Jones, editor if the At lanta Journal of Ladbr, will direct the aettviries rf thrrsTTSTpniiefSTLwbith witt be extended nyff f period trf six months and, perhaps a year. The two other members of till central commit tee are J.imoi F. Barrett, of Ashe ville, president of the State Labor Fed eration and editor of labir papers, and Krank MeCoskie, first vice-president of the I nitcd Textile Workers of America Conference Centimes. The conference of labor lesders which convened Thursday ubraing in the cen tral labor union hall, continued today, this mornlnc'i' session being devoted to organisation details. The State federation president and others sgieed that-wtiils in the South it would be better to work under men ho knoW local conditions, gratification was expressed at the selection as chair man of Jerome Jones.- He will direct the, work throughout, the 'four states, making hii headquarters here. Mr. Bar rett also will ipend the greater part of his time during the next six months in Charlott, ind International Vice-President McCoikle, the only outsida man on the executive committee, will divide time between Charlotte and Now York headquarters. Other international ofti cials, including President Thomas F McMahon, il act in an advisory ca pacity from the international office, "" " Barrett's Comment pommentitig on tho situation, Mr. B.irrctt had the following to says "There are no antagonisms in this campaign. We are holding out the oliv branch of peace. If the employers are. tise and will meet us we can save them millions of dollars in this State in the next twelve months. We would like to do it We cannot force ourselves ii poB 1 henrr It is np- t the- employers to saywuetner peace or war reigns supreme during the next twelve months. We are not hunting a fight, but if the choice is between fighting and running, we never run." CALA SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT Cleveland, Sept. 23.Salvatore Cala, confessed slayer of' Daniel .lAber, wealthy publisher, in bia Lnkewoed home two years ago, was found guilty of first degree murder with n recom mendation of mercy by a jury in com mon pleas court this morning. Judge Dan B. Cull sentenced him to life lsn-pj-isonment. Following his eipture ear Buffalo, N. Y., several months ago, Cala con fessed 'to participating in stabbing Kaber" to death "' - - I'nl'i i the second person placed on trial for Kaber'a murder, Mrs. Eva Eatherine Kaber, widow of the slain man, having been found guilty of first degree murder abd sentenced to life im prisonment. . .' . , . PLAN TO ORGANIZE TEXTILE1DRKERS American force would be "greatly re dueed'' after ratification, bat when eon plete ernenntiosi would be neeomplished wss nndetermined. It was indicated dur ing the discussion that a small body for American representation might remain indefinitely on the Rhine. "Irreconcilable Split Tke soaiiiuttWe decitioa to report the treaties brought a schism in the ranks of the "irreeoncilablea" of the emil- les treaty light.- Senator Johtuon, Re publicnn, California, who was associated prominently with Heantor Borah in op position to the Versailles treaty, today voted lor ratification with the reserva tions. Another "Irreconcilable," Sena tor Shields, Democrat, Tenn, also sup ported the treaties today. Senator Borah indicated after the committee meeting that he would continue hU op position to the new treaties to the last and wage his fight on the Senate floor Senator Johnson, however, waa said to feel that with the reservation relating to Congressional consent to American membership on allied commissions, ap plicable especially to the reparations commission, ample safeguards against "entangling European alliances" were provided and the league of nations and other features of the Versailles treaty, of which he disapproved, Busily rs jeetcd. Ratification Aasared Leaders of both parties tonight de clared that ratification of the three treaties was assured. The majority of the Democrats as well as the Republi cans were expected to support them. Minority action, howeVer, was net finally determined, some Demorrats awaiting the return next week of Sena tor Hitchcock, of Nebraska, ranking minority member of tho foreign rela tions committee. A conference of the steering committee and possibility of a, minority caucus wtr said to be pos sible. Senator Lodge said the treaties would be pressed vigorously. He hopes to se cure final action within ten days or two weeks and certainly before the conven ing of armament limitation conference, to which he is an American delegate The three treaties are to be considered together, but will be voted on separate ly. The committee reservations apply to all three pacts, which are virtually identical. ? Grace Lawes Shoots Miss Y Mjldred Hanan and Then Takes Own Life New York, Sept. 23. Shot and wounded three timea by her former chum, who then ended her own life with a bullet, Miss Mildred E. Hanan, dstighter'of the late Alfred P. Hanan, thoe manufacturer, tonight hovered be tween life anil death in a Brooklyn hospital. With tho outcome of the girl's in juries still in doubt police took up a back trail from the sceae o"f the noetur mil tragedy into the world of ''high life," blamed by Miss Hanan 's assailant. Mrs. Grace Law.es, for the accumulated misery and heartac' j which impelled her to take her friend's rife. "hp pace is too fast and tlie liquor has dnven me crazy she had written in a letter addressed to her mother. Still another possible motive for tjit deed, that of jealous rage over the at tentions of u man who was with N'm tlannn when the shooting oceurreil, is being scrutinized by detectives who are trying to clear up mauy unexplained points. a. . Man In the Case. For more Jan three hours this man, John S. Horlund, importer and exportei uas questioned regarding details of the affair, as well as the circumstances of hit acquaintance with the. two women. A further complication developed when San Francisco newspapermen re ported they had located and questioned Mrs. M. E. Dittmur to whom, calling her "Mother Darling," Mrs. Lowes had addressed a letter found among her effects. Mrs. D.ittmar at first denied any rela tionship and then told her questioners she was a sister of the dead woman and volunteered the information that jealousy was not the tfiotive of the killing. This information was at variance with both the salutation pf the "Mother Darling" letter and the contents of .mother addressed to Mrs. Birdie Wil- ! linms, a former nurso in the Hanan i'ousehold, of which Mrs. Lawes had Ulso been a member for four years. "Make it easy for my darling moth (Contlnoed on Page Twe.) Read Sunday's Newt and Observer "MEMORY'S FRIEND, THE OLD SONU tiy Battle Lewis. A review of the popular songs of the last 80 years, showing how they echo the temper of tb folk at different periods. "JOHN SMITn, TENANT FAR MER," by Ben Dixon MacNeill. The life story of sn average tenant farmer in North Carolina, with sug gested solution of the tenant prob lem by Dr. Clarence. Po and Dr. E C. Brooks. otate Federation Notee Forward Observation Post, Potash and Perl mutter, George Ado's Failles, James J. MAtague, uFuzzy Woodruff Foot ball Be.view, four-page comic lec tion, and many other features, Full' Associated Press "semee, Leased Wire service, and State News Service that coven North Carolina. NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST DAILY f Order from your newi-'dealer Today MAN WOUNDED BY FORMER CHUM SEMfiACHER TELLS STORY OF PARTY IN ARBUCKLE $11$ Preliminary Hearing In r- buckle Case Continued at San Francisco SEMNACHER THE ONLY WITNESS DURING DAY Examination of Semnacher Will Be Contiwied Today; Gives Description of Party and of Ending With Miss Bappe's Sodden Dlness; Arbuckle More Cheerful Ran Krancisco, Sept. 23. Xh prelimi nary hearing of Boscoe "Patty" Ar bUcklo charged with the murder of Miss Virginia Kappe, was reeumed in police court today. Alfred rVmuafher, the first witness, icnt into tho already known detnila of the party in Arburkle'a suite of rooms, following which Mis Hppe's death occurred. Arbuckle, appearing more cheerful than heretofore, entered tho court room with Ms wife and mother in law. Semnacher, reported to have told the grand jury in Ixia Angeles of admis sions be said Arbuckle had made, named Arbuckle, Fred Fishbaeh,, Lowell Sher man, Ir Portlouis, Miss Kappe, Mrs. B. M. Delmont, Miss Zch Trevost, Alice Blake and Mrs. Mae Taube, and vhe thought one or two others as being pres eut at the party. Arbfickle and Sher man were dressed in pajamas and bath robes amd slippers, Semnacher said. The rest were in street nttire except Mrs. Delmont, he continued. Description of Party. All of the party, except Mrs. Delmont, he ftiJ, were eating while some were drinking liqnor, which he defined as "orange juice that could have contained gin or anything else." Semnacher testified that he left the room and en returning half an honr later found a Miss Clark and a Miss Campbell had poined the party. He could not remember, he sanl, anyone having left the suite. During this testimony Arbuckle's eves moved slowlv from the witness to Is ad ore Golden, the assistant district attorney, who conducted the question ing, and back again. Semnacher explained his omission of Mrs. Taube's name at the inquest to the fact that he did not know her name Piut plots re of Arlm. k1-Waning jiutr (if a hotel jvindow t c.yii'i j : Jfts, Taubo and other. 'tv4y 'fV Unlike Arbuckle ' first arraignment when njtshaven Monday morning prln- oners filled the dock, well-dressed wom en today pressed their faces against the steel bars to get a better view and hearing of the case. Plenty Of Liquor. '"The liquor oh the table at the party came out of bottles, Somnacher tes tided. ''Home of the labejs said whiskey, others gin, and mineral water, and some uninbelled contained orango juice." "The people were walking around the rocm and Miss Bluke and Miss Pro vost danced together,-, and I belipvc Arbuckle and Sherman danced with the ladies,"' he added. Pressed further, he said his memory abuut Arbuckle was "vague." Before Seinnaclier's second departure half an hour later, Fischbach also left the room, Seuinacher said. Soniuaiher said he went out with Ira Portlouis, returning about four o'clock, finding the party still drinking, iUuhiii; and enjoying phonogiaiih. music. Ar- bukle was present, according to fv"n narher, but he was not sure shout Mrs. Dolmoi.t and Miss Ttnppc. Re prrid no attention to further move mcnts in the ro"om and soon left to bu'v cigarettcs. He returned In about f a'.f an liotir. he, said. The party wns still in progress, but about ten minutes later two of th women went into room I21i (where Miss Rnppo later wss found ) 'My best recollection ' is that on my return, the door tu Room HM'J n-s shut,'' he testified. The ioor closed behind 1 the two women and from two to ten. ininutes elapsed without sound. '"Arbnckle was. in ooin 122V' Sem nacher declared. ''Mv recollection is the women came out of room J 219 in excitement," Seinbnchcr continued. "They said we should all come in. as Miss Rnppe was ill " Arbuckle, during 1hi I it of tcs'iinony. clasped and unchsed li j haniN and rubbed his checks. A five niinnto reccf was declared ly the v.ir;. after n.'i.ch the film enmed ian a; p'ared nvre com posed. "I saw Mi si lli:;e 'v.rs: nu the 1 cJ. moaning,' Scnin:'. i-i.'-r cm 'inued She tossed from side to r,.'o with her hinds clasped to hrr nbdc,in . " 'I am dyinfj, I am dying!" .he ci Ha. med, according to the " i'ci Girl Wjs L'nrlothrd "Misi Rappe was unclothed; her gar slants scattered al out Ail the men went back to rooi: l'.'-11. We could see through the door the sir's putling Miss Rappe into the bathtub." Arbuckle was still in hii pajamas, be f.red. Subsequently, he said, the entire part had supper in the f jt.c!i:wi'i roonil, ufter wli.ch Arbuckle ncot down stnlrv'u evening c.Athcv The torn garments te p';t ir.to the pocket ol bis automobile, he ,i I. for exhibition to Miss Rippe and lso to dust off his ear. At this point, 'be hciri-i;: w-s 1 jpurncd for the day with K. n. :.'-'Cr'i testimony nnfinishe 1. Ti.o csn-uina tion will be resumed JoiHcrru-r NEGRO WHO COOKED FOR THREE PRESIDENTS DIES frost Point, Vs., Sort '' - Wiv'.u Armistecd, 8.", a' eidely knon ' r.cgro, who served as fo: k f .r Jcffrrou IVivis, preaident .ef the Ci nfedoracy, and for Presidents Harrison and Cleveland, of the Unite! States, ii dead at his home here. DOESNT THINK WILSON BOYCOTT WILL PREVAIL Business Manager of Richmond Chamber? Gives .His Views On The Matter - Richmond. Ya., Sept. S3. Discussing h action ef certain Wilson, N. CJ, wiei chanta. in declaring a virtual boycott Jgsinit tke parches ef Richmond goods because that city's baseball team had been disqualified in: the Virginia Lesfue pennaat race for alleged violations of the salary limit, W. T. Dabnev, busi .ness manager of the Chamber of Com- j mcrce. ilcel.irc.l tntlnv that ti iTnl not TtniSmie" boycott general in Wilson, or of soy great consequence, lie said: "Richmond's goods sre purchased in North Carolina because they are as good as any that can be had for the pur chase, sad because of deliveries. It is! strictly a business proposition with the j merchants, and they are doing business with us because of outstanding lov for our city. And i don t think those who have contemplated the boycott will per mit that plan to prevail. The team must have been guilty of the violntion, and surely there can bo no complaint when it is called to task for it. Mr. Dabncy said that he knew of several letters that hs'd been sent to Richmond firms protesting against the action bv W..H. Bradley, president or the Yirginia league, but expressed the view that the entire controversy was n sporting one and not related to busi ness matters. F Five Hundred Bodies Recovered From Wreckage of German Plnt So Far Mayenee, Germany, Sept. 23. (By the Associated Press-) More than 'M bodies have been recovered from the vast ruins of the Bndische plant at. Oppau and it is considered contain that three hundred persons still jire missing. Two thousand wounded, four hundred of (hem seriously, are scattered in tent nornrv hospitals for miles around the scene of Wednesday's explosion. There is n military cordon sround Oppau keeping out the curious and re strainine relatives from carrying out their desire o search the ammonia drenched wreckage for the bodies of their missing, i The 150-acre plant site and a vast .- around it prwswt -a- ptetarw-wnt unliko that of a shell-torn Imttlerleld.' Earth is mixed with pulverised concrete and bits of metal from hundreds of shattered machines. Home bodies have been recovered nt a depth of 20 feet. Engineers add little to the explana tions already inado of the disaster. There is said to have been 4,KKI tons of salts in tno reservoirs, one of them causing the other to explode, anil that six great gas tanks and other chemicals detonated from the concussion. The chief engineer of the Hadiche I'oin pany is quoted 'as dcilaring himself mystified as it was le!eivel tin) nalts could not eip!"U' "A'l mir e'lerts to utilize tUm as ei;d.'ic (: lid." lie SUld. Tl'- tiki's or-'- varn.iliv ite- scribed a of soda. All the tary pot aninioniu s.i 3 mid ni'r.iti' .i-u!'r in 1' i'S of tl.e il. t ;,re entire Jl Kri 'i !i in J: s,ng and it -,' v :ts i lil.t. 1:..i:kI;! es i..-'c evece Is is beiieve l erated by tiie.atcd, :! tisf the e n.atcri o nuirki. Worms, ii l,fhi(',oiMI,f! lapsed at fronts iJ in.!cs i- l at I'.; ialii..uo -.1 tancc n.i'i.n af.' 11.1 -ll fort uhiie aiattd at " in iU-si. -it; ,0Ut 111:11 k,s GASTON PEOPLE GO TO CHARLOTTE EXPOSITION Textile County Sends Biggest Orowd Yet; Some "Gaston Day " Features , Charlotte. Sept. ton l)sy ''(it no- tvpos the ' textile ceDlr 1 f the largest crowd to ' any county so f r. Many ef the lead.i.g eounty Vite ben, tin lav id 0, cp of ; t i':IL f the 'lls hciti headed l;y Ma ior A 'gret'tnan fron, i!m I.. Ii-il 1 1 w 111 1( le, l oi: X ,u'h. Hiiiulrcd-: in vi-r has bvcu ci' I. : .01 iii(ile In re us (iaiton li.y. One of the 0;' tin', day :i iu ' ohiololc cara a' 11 01 ioi k. The canm by auto. Tl.cr s'nti a crond of mi' from any one c-.unty pniired into the cii.v Hit.st itiU' refttiuj; vei: tho reception It t ie : van oil the Dod res 1 whoiu of tiuaton del. K,it ..n enu red tin "Xposition grounds in a l.odv. I'i.i.'reisman B;;lninklr,- M.,u r S. E Paik in.l The heads of mi ..meal -la I s, editor", lawyers, doc', 'rs headed the process ton. Ga-'on county mnkes tl text:!.- display in th- 1 ; A-.;rgi4e er.' m-h-" Ilu'm.rikio and lies. Dr. C. no'cd Methodist pre .11 her jrcstrst I'd:- . Stuart, MACHINE. GUNNERS ASK FOR REMOVAL OF TRIAL Cr.-.V.S'O, Sept. 2'.-. Jud;e Frank Daniels this afternoon reserved his dc ciion on the quction,of removing fie civil actioli 0? Mrs James Ray, of Graham, fo 'recover damages from n ern! crs of the Durham machine gun company ffxjhe death of her husl and in gun hattie between members of an alleged mob. and the militiamen, who were g'lardi'rg the Alajnanco jail. J:nli!e Daiiieii heard argument of the tortevs for the defendants today and court as then nsljonrned. The mnciine ginineii were represented by Victor S. Bryant and W, J. I Progden, both of Durham. '' Tlicy "cTafmerJ that p'rejuiTi.-o' here ouvl prevent a fair trial of tho case Tiii asked tliat it be removed to Guilford, Granville or Person counties. They objected to Orange county con tending that W ii too near to this county. IND IRE BODIES N MASS OF RUINS BAPTIST ilMJi 10 WTinnrr In Appeal ForCommutltion of ' Sentence for Harris, He Ex poses Record of Mays DECLARES STAR WITNESS NOT WORTHY OF SELfEF- Tracea Activities of i May la , Various Pastorates and. la , V. M. C. A. Service With Af . fidavits and Records of Dis loyalty and Immorality Hearing Concluded Today Charging ll.at J. T. Ilarris, Ridgecrest merchant, under sentence of deatb for slaying E. W. Monni.h, September !, 19-0, hud been convicted '"upon the perjured testimouy of an impostor who stole tho sacred cloth of the church to ' do tho work of .the devil," Judge Frank Carter, attorney for the prisoner, yes terday in the hearing for commutation of sentence before Governor Cameron . Morrison, tore into the character and " record of Dr. Livingston T. Maya, star witnesi for the prosecution, and con vinced the Governor that Mays' testi mony cannot be relied upon. It was Mays, corresponding secretary of tho Southern Baptist Assembly Grounds at Ridgecrest and member ef the faculty at Furman University, who took the lead in the prosecution of Har ria for the killing of Monnish,. wealthy Baptist from Alabama. It was Maya whose testimony contributed the theory that the dead man met his end as a marh.r to the cause of prohibition, at the hands of Harris. It was Mays who supplied the motive for the killing. The evidence presented to Governor Morrison iu a steady torrent of affi davit and records, discovered by coun sel for the defense since the trial, put the Ridgecrest assemblyman under "vy tmlietinent' for Uilp country iu time of war, for immorality practiced whilo he held pastorates in various 1 hurches, :md for conduct which caused his dismissal from the service of tho government as consul, and from the service of tho Y. M. C A. in army camps during the war. , ( Y. M. C. A. records, War Department " records, secret service reports, affidavits from members of his congregations at a number of points were marshalled In the showing,' and mng before Judge I'PrtSUSM' tjjrougA hjxitnpcttch-, me nt. Governor Morrison expressed th opinion that he had proceeded far enough to accomplish his purpose. Hearing Lasts All Day. The hearing for the commutation of the ihuth sentence pronounced upon Hi rris, who is now In Death Row at he S'-ite Prison waiting for electrocu tion, began yesterday morning at eleven o'clock Wmie Governor Morrison. .Judge. Carter, Judge T. A. Jones, and former Governor Iiocke Craig appeared in the interest of tho defense, whilo M irk Brown, private prosecutor M -ployed by Dr. Livingston T. May, ren . resented the prosecution. At six o'clock vesti rd y afternoon, Governor Morri son ha'l heard Judge . Frank Carter, Judge Jones and Mr. Brown. This morn--at, ten o'clock firmer Governor Iirke I'raig will speiik. The only member of the condemned man's family who was present at the h-ar.ng y, terday was Paul Harris, his si Ti, .,i has stood by thn father faith fiiiiy mi- the first. Ho was one of lie :: :nipil witnesses 'for the de- f('l"C. Governor Morrison at the very be-''inning- of tie hearing set out his plat ;'i',iiu in tho matter. In the absence of rccomni'-tf'atinn from Judge or Solici tor, and in view of the fact that th cahe was reviewed Uy th Supreme. '.-..: 1: i.ii found no error sufficient tJ ain nt n. w trial, ho declared, his ',''. in nould he to stand by the courts. The entire effort of the de fense ti.cu centered about showing tu the Governor that (he new evidence impeaching the character and eredi luii'v of the principal witness, was such :is to sttack a Titnl part of the State's 'ham of vidtie, and raise a grave dovrtv as to uJietU.r or not the defendant had been fairly trkd. Dlvixlon la Cqurt. Attorneys ' for tho ilefousu sought te impress Governor Morrison with the fact, that two Jnstiecs of tho Supreme 1 niirt, Stacy and Hoke, had dissouted from tlm majority opinion of tho court when a new trial was sought, and that the Into JiihImo Allen, one of the ma jority ineiul'ii-rs of the eooxt, hrtd just lief ore his death expressed to General 1'. S. I ! . 1 ' i r , tho opuiiou that Harris was tin! fairly tried. , Mays' Testimony. On tho'slanl in tho trial of Harris, t)r. Livingston T. Mays testified that ho bent our the prostrato body ot Mannish shortly after he had been shot by Barns, ..and Mo';nih whispered the word "M"ousiiHiers.'' HenJso testj fied tliat oil tlio tw7u to A-dieviUo, after the shoidin,, lo: sat on the "seat with Barns, put I, is arms around tho prif oner to see it' he was armed nd asked 1itv if ho ha.lu'4 been drinkingj Harris replied, nco ntiug to the witness, that lie had taken a dniik after the shoot eg h;ij not before. "1 wanted to lm myself when I did . that.'1 Harris' was quoted by Dr. Mays . as saying ila further testified that he askrd Harris as to tho grounds for be lief (hat there had been intimacy be tween Mrs. Harris and Monnish, and that Harris had ' admitted no actual knowledge of such intimacy but ex pressed the purpose of putting bia) sou Paul on tie stand to prove his case. "v According to the defense, by this tei fiiuony, the prosecution got In a mighty stroke for the sanity of tho (.. prisoner, the motivo for the killing, dttliberstwin in tlui. nilirdMi and at,th some t'n.c discounted Paul Harris, as a witness for his father. MonnUk Not Teetotaler. As to the theory of the State that Mouiilsh was a victim of Hsrm' rage Continued On Pag Two) EADlliG AS t id m UIIULII ni mm ft