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Observer Ji toe Ceaeraliy fait Sataresyt Sender- Utrestliig tloadlaesa, eessaUy Saawtr the c C W JOSt Mf. r"r fWt diye lfa Mfniiol I 0r4f to avoid auseisf siagle copy. VOL. CXIV. NO. 107.. .; TEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C. SAliJRDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15. 1921. TEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS RAILWAY HEADS TO U. S. DISARMAMENT DELEGATES HOLD F1RSJ CONFERENCE SEEK FURTHER CUT IN WAGES AT ONCE "I it ' m r Mews REPUBLICANS FACE HOUSE OPPOSED TO DEFICITS I H SPITE MEASURE CREATING OF ECONOMY PLANS S NEV MEMBERS ' . t l ' . . in IB t Famous .Economy Stunts of TtSa. Idm.nietMiAft In Pail. I ing To Function SECRETARY MELLON TO run Munc Muraci Admission of Economy Camou flap Made By Washington Pott Writer. Who Has Ac cen To The "Iniide Dope"; Senator Simmons Talks On VfJltVIi 01IU.UVU AM WM.U The Nswi aad Obienrer Bureau, 601 District National Bank Bld( Br EDWARD K. BRITTON (By Special Leased Wire) Waihington, Oct It. "Fscei huge deficit!,' say the Washington Post thlt morning in iU article, which lets out that Secretary of the Treasury Mellon i at once to, ash Congress for a defic iency appropriation of 1370,000,000. This from the mouthpiece of the Hard ing administration, gives the Republi can admission that bears out the ttato sneat made in this correspondence under date of October 10 that the famous "Hell and Maria" Pawet economy stunts were failing to function, that they had been severely jolted, and that there would soon be a ''holler'' for more money from the Republican administra tion. Economy Plaa Falls. Director of the Budget Dawes is being credited with "saving" the gov eminent $300,000,000, but just here there comes along Secretary Mellon with a call for 1370,000,000 more, which makes it appear that the Dawes busi ness has nut the government in the hole $70,000,000. The apparent "saving"' of $300,000,000 was on paper, for the departments that were pared down are ahouting "deficiencies ' and saying that they must have more. But let George Both ell Brown, special and trusted writer on the Washington Von give in hit testimony. Here is some of it troin that paper this morning: "The Treasury Department is about to submit to Congress estimates for emergency deficiency - appropriation, aggregating in tentative form at this timo approximately $370,000,000. Con- cress, which must face an unwelcome surprise, it being prepared for further deficits and the probable necessity for mere revenue thai U- new generally - contemplated will necessitate a foal re lllou et tat) pending taxation bill by treasury eiperta after it hat gone to onfertae -and befor it is passed in permanent form. Disagreeable Ssrprlae." That "sorpriie' waa sprung yester 'day when Secretary -Mellon conferred with Republican Senate leaders at the Capitol and told them of the huge defic lenciet mat must do met. me remedy proposed is not to cut expenses, but to increase taxes, to make a revenue bill that will reach deeper into the pockets of the "people than even the present proposed bill. It is the statement of Mr. Brown that "the submittal at this time of deficiency estimates aggregat ing a sum largely in excess of the total cost of the Panama Canal cannot fail to have a disconcerting effect. Congress as a whole is not. prepared for the teceipt of these disconerniiif requests for additional funds to meet the extra ordinary expenses of the government.'' And that conditions, instead of hem; expected to improve in this respect, are regarded at forecasting even l"irg de mands for money in ).92, and therefore for increased taxation. Bad again from the Washington Post in this respect: Farther Deficiencies That atill further deficiencies will arise, perhaps this year certainly next year is believed by most of those stu dents f finance at the Capitol who ftre trying to keep the ttern facts of the case in mind without being self uecelvea Dy those political mirages which teem to beckon to many states men on to delusive cases of lower taxes and reduced expenditures on a large rale. "Now and then there arises disquiet ing indications of increasing deficits xtixt year, if plans are laid now for total revenue needs ef less than $4, 000,000,000, or even $1,500,000,000. These deficits may prove mole em barrassing when they come than would be the present contemplating of in exorable farts." Breaking It Gently These excerpts from the Washington Tost article are written by a man'who hat accest to the inside facts. Evi dontly they are written with the view of breaking the news gently to the country that the people have been fed up on lot of bunk by the Republi can! at to lower taxes and economy in government. It is a confession of fail ure frera the inside that cannot fail to have a disquieting effect upon the ceuntry wheih is now learning that it hat been chasing a Will 0' the Wisp in the pledget of the Republican party and it waking np with that bad head ache of the morning after. Cotton Sltottlon Speaking in a easual way with ref erence to the cotton situation In the Booth, 8enntor Simmons today aaid that to far as last year's cotton crop was roneerned the farmers were unablt to protect themselves against the disss (rout slump in prices both because of the crop produced plus the carry-over and their inability to obtain 'money "ith which to withhold a sufficient juantity from the market. This situa tion logically forced them to tell their products at whatever price was offered. ' These Conditions the Senator ' no Tou rer obtain. It is now apparent that not more than one half of a normal crop will be produced this year and this added to the tpinnable curry-over, though large, will aot equal a one year's normal erop and the total will be below the world't demand, a eoadi- jToatlaoed e face Tmo Records Opposition To Siegel Bill By Recommitting It To Committee NINE HOURS SPENT IN DEBATE AND WRANGLING Amendments To Reapportion Membership Without In crease and To Decrease Total To 425 Are Rejected; Tinkham Brings Up Negro Disfranchisement question Washington, Oct. 14. The House re corded Its opposition tonight to any increaae in itt membership, recommit t:ng to the eeasnt committee, by a vote of 148 to 142, the Siegel bill to increase itt tiae from 435 to 440 mem bert. The vote waa taken en a motion to recomit offsred by Representative Fairfield, of Indiana, a Bepubliean mem ber of the Census committee, after nine hours of debatt and wrangling over parliamentary procedure. Reject Aneadmenta. Previoua to recommitting the bill, the House rejected, 140 to 146 an amendment by Representative Barbour, Republican, Cal., to authorize reappor tionment with out any increase in mem bership. Another amendment offered by Representative Tinkham, RepubJ can, Mass., to decrease the membership to 425 was smothered under an aval anche of "noes." Seven Southern States, which Mr Tinkham charged had disfranchised negroes, wouldc have lost 33 scats ami Massachusetts one under his amend ment, while a gain ot 24 seats would have been split among a dozen States which .made considerable gains in popu 1st ion during the last decade. Block Increase Plan. It was the second time within .1 year that the House has blocked .cffOi !s to increase its size., Puring .the last set- s on a bill to fix ti.o membership M 4S.I was defeated. At that time another bill providing for -eapportionment un der the 1920 census without increasing the number of members was passed by the House, but no action was taken on it by the Senate. No Party Lines. Opponents of the bill tonight con tend that the Bouse already was an unwieldy body and that it would fune tion leas efficiently with an increased membership. Chairman Sicgol and Rep' rescntative Larsen, of Georgm, a Dem ocratlc member of the eomm'ttee, plead ed for the measure while epresentatlvei Fairfield and Rankin. Democrats, Mis sissippi, directed the nttaek ogaUut it. Party lines were disregarded in the tlnnl vote. Announcement by Representative Mondell, the Republican leader, that a) though he had opposed an increase in the size of the House, at the Inst ses sion, he favored the Siegel bill brougnt rrith-mm from several Republicans op posed to the measure, Representatives Cooper, of Wisconsin, and Bcedy, of Maine, being particularly emphatic in their remarks. MUST MOVE CONVICTS OUTSIDE OF ASHEVILLE Adoption of Ordinance By Com missioners Initial Victory for Barrett Asheville, Oct. 14. An ordinance prohibiting the keeping of convicts within the corporate limits f the c'.ty et Asheville was adopted on its final reading as aa emergency met sure by the City Commissioners this morning. This ordinance la the direct re salt of a protest lodged by citixens of West Asheville against the main tensnce of a stockade hoas'ng 41 State convicts by the Asheville con striction company, and marks the opening of James F. Barrett's esm palgn against the ase of convict labor on other than public works. He scored heavily In the Asheville attack and aserts organised labor will force the qaestion aa an Issue In the next State primary and election. Aa a resslt of ths passage of the ordinance and adoption ef a reso lution giving ths Asheville con struction company tlx dsyt In which to move the convicts outside the city limits, officials of the com. pany stated today that arrange, meats would he made at once for ths removal of ths stockade and camp. The convicts are worked In a rock tjoarry from which many contractors In Asheville procure stone. WEBB HOLDS DAVIDSON BOND ISSUE INVALID Greensboro, Oct. 14. After an argu ment heard last night Judge Jamea L. Webb, presiding over the civil term of Superior court in this county, declared it to be hii opinion that the 1225,000 worth of bonds recently roted In Lex ington township, Davidson county, are not valid. The question discussed it a rather in teresting one io those interested in education all .over the State. Several school districts in and around the town of -Lexington decided to consolidate and erect a high school building in the town of Lexington and toted bonds to erect the building. However, they were to " maintain lie grammar grade schools already in existence in each school district. Judge Webb holds that the election held was not a regular one and that the bondt can not' be offered for tale because of the fact that each ichopl restrict is maintaining itt own gram mar grade school and flic tax for the uch aiiliooi is aa addition, an .7 2 The first meeting of the American ingtoa. The tessioa lasted four hours. The photo shows the American delegation leaving the conference hall. Left to right Elihu Root. Senator Oscar Underwood, of Alabama; Secretary of 8tate Hughes, Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts, and Basil Miles, secretary to the delegation. CHAMBUSS WILL SUCCEED BEAIV1AN Rocky Mount Man Elected Sec retary of Raleigh Chamber of Commerce Norman Y. Chambliss, of Rocky Mount, waa unanimously elected secre tary of the Raleigh Chamber of Com merce at a meeting of the board of di rectors Inst night. Mr. Chambliss has occupied a similar position in the rail road town for the laat three years. The Bflmo. of Mr. Chlmbliss was the only one presented to the directors last night, City Clerk W. L. Dowell, iyho hurt been mentioned in connection wifli the position, having declined yesterday afternoon to permit his antne to be placed in nomination. The seerejary-eleet h been urged for the position since the resignation of M. R. Beaman. tuo retiring secre tary was announced at the beginning of the reorganization earnpaitrn, v. Inch incressed the membership of the cham ber to approximately 800. It was an nounced last night that Mr. Bcnman will devote all of his time to uis duties at teerctary of tho North Carolina Traffic Association. The board of di rectors appointed a committee consist ing of Joscphus .Daniels, J. W. Bailey and John A. Park to draft suitable resolutions of appreciation for the tcrv ice rendered the chamber bj Mr. Bea- man doting hit three- years tenure as secretary. Has Remarkable S access. President Cavincss and directors of the chamber stated last night that thorough investigation of Mr. Cham bliss' record had thotvn that the new secretary has not only had remarkable success in chamber of commerce work, but that he possesses fn a great degree the peculiar qualities that are needed at Raleigh. "I have known Mr. Chainlilixe for years and he is a live iie, with truly msgnetic personality," mihI V. St. Cloud, vice-president of the Raleigh chamber, last night. During his three year' incumbency at Rocky Mount, Mr. i hambliss has built th chamber of that town to a membership of frl) active members. I'p until three years ago, Mr., Chambliss, who is less than years of age, was private secretary to W. II. Newell, Gen ernl (Superintendent of the Atlantic Cast Line Railroad, with of ues in 1 Kocky Mount. J lie new secretary is a, native of Emporia, Va. During the past summer, Mr. Chnnibliss h3s also acted as business manager of the Rocky Mount U.iseljall Club, and as a result o the recent squabble in the Yirgioyi . League was sent to Chicago to lay the ease of the Rocky Mount and W iison ' clubs before Judge Kenticsaw M. Lundis. : The Rocky Mount man made such a lavorablo impression upon the supreme arbiter of the baseball world that the j case has becu reopened aud the North j C arolina cities staud a good chance of i having their lost pennants restored. 1 Speaks For Celebration. J Mrs. Jvsepbus Daniels last nTght ap ' peared before the directors of tin- chain ber in behalf of the Armistice Day celebrntion, which is to bo held by the Woman! Auxiliary of tho American Legion, backed by other civic bodies I The directors raised fit"! among them j selves anil pledged the Membership ' of i the chamber f.,r an additional tl'. I A. M. MacMillan, field secretary of the Amerieau City Bureau, which "con-' ducted the reorganization of the Rai l cigh chamber, presented his final re i port last night. A budget presented by t M.-. MacMillan was adopted, with modi Mentions, but action npon a proposed program of work was deferred until another meeting. The directors fixed ths seeond ISid fourth Mondays in each month as the timet for their regular luncheon meet i gs. PEACE CONFERENCE TO BE RESUMED ON MONDAY London, Oct. 14. (By tho Associated Press ) The adjournment today of the Irish conference until, next Monday af ternoon has no political significance, it was understood tonight. The postpone ment of the sittings of the conference which aims at a tolution of the Irish question, was attributed by the Sinn Fein delegates to the "Englishmen's pas ion for week-ending." Some of the Irish delegates r! tak ing idvantnge of the interval to visit Ireland in order to deal with what Was ' described by the 8ina Fein nublieitv de i partment as important departmental .j '.usmcM. iney wjn return Sunday night in ample time to attend tht returned tes sion. ' , Considerable currently was given here today to a sensatioual report of the or dering of uniforms for the Irish Hepub lican army and the formation of a com pany to come to London to escort the Dail delegation t.iek to Ireland upon the Conclusion ot coca V tsmmi delegation to tht eontiag Armament Limitation Conference was held in Wash I VANDERBILT 11 President of State Fair and Party Take Up Residence at Yarborough The arrival of Mr. George W. Tan derbilt, president of the State Pair, from ber home in Biltmorc early this morning adds the final touch to tho pre parations for the opening of North Caro lina s agricultural and industrial expo sition Tuesday. Mrs. VandcrbUt, with her daughter. Miss Cornelia Vanderliilt, are at the Yarborough Hotel where the Vanderliilt ; .rty nil! stop during the Kair. Ac companying Mrs. Vanderliilt to-Kaleiyh are Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Kaoul, Mr. .-.ml Mrs. Coluourne, and Judge Junius O. Adams. The decoration of stores, windows, and streets got under way yesterday and by the opening day, Riileigh's principal stmts ill be Muttering welcome from many a strip of gay bunting. RESUME HEARING ON KU KLUX KLAN MONDAY Washinijton, Oct. H. because of the illness of Win. J. Simmons, Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, the House rules committee hearing on resolutions calling for a Congressional investiga tion of tht order went over,today until I Monday, . . A Washington physician, called in last night to attend the Wizard at a hotel after his collapse at the hearing yesterday, reported that he was in bed suffering from an acuto attack of bronchitis, exhaustion and an affection of the throat." but that he would be in shape to undergo examination by com mitteemen the first of the week. There w:-s no indication as to whether the committee would summon oilier , .;n-ses bei'ore making a report to the House. The suggestion that Kdward Yolllig Clarke, Imperial Kleaglo and head of the Klan's propagating depart ment, and Mrs. KUutbelh Tyler, his assistant, be called to testify has not been discussed by the committee, it n.is said. BODY OF DURHAM BOY HAS NOT BEEN FOUND Durham. Oct. V. No trace of the body of William Robbins, Durham boy, who as drowned Tuesday in the Rio i rande River at Del Rio, Texas, has U-en fonnd by authorities there, it was itnounred by special telegrams to Dtir !..im today. Careful s-i-c!i is ; - node' for miles down the river slong ; oth banks, but in view of tiie Ire: erous nature of the current and the massed tangle of riverside growth alone; jome sections 'f the river, some doubt ( expressed that the body ever will be found. TOMORROW'S NEWS AND OBSERVER Dr. W. S. Ksnkla, Stats Health Officer, contribute s paper on the relation of poverty to disease, con tinuing the discassioa of the prob lem of the tenant farmer. State Fsir Edit on, rlilni fall In formation of the myriad things scheduled for next week. Frank H. Slmonds In s sensational article aaya that the policy of the I nitrd Statea in connection with Pacific problems threatens war with Japan. Vnleas we abandon all onr purposes both as to Chins snd ss to the Pacific he thinks that wsr will come in five years. The full text ef the sddress of President H. W. Chase of the I'nl versiry st the anniversary celebra tion last Wednesday appears la to morrow's paper. Dr. Chssa tald North Carolina was leading the Soath In its provlsioa for higher education and claimed that the In vestment in higher edacatlon la a most wise one. W. T. Ellis' matchless Ssndsy ex position of the Sunday school les son is slwsys s feature ef the News snd Observer's Ssndsy Rellr lous Page and tomorrow there will 'be oa the page interesting advance accounts of the meeting of the North Carolina Synod of the Presby terisn church snd tht Western North Carolina Methodist Confer ence. There will be the asnal hamoroaa fealares Including the weekly fable ua modern foibles by George Adr. jaines J7 Montsgst't Stndsy article and four ef the fsaaiest . of the comic psges. la addition to the fall Asaoclsted Press dispatches, leased wire service, I State News service that coven he State,, the beet apart page In tho State, aad all the happenings la the State CapliaL S i MS a THIRD DISTRICT Eight Projects For $568,000 Touch New Low Costs For Roads The "unbottling" of the Port of Wil mington, long almost inaccessible for motor traffic from the rest of the State will be the material result of contracts let yesterday by State Highway Commit sioner Frank Page on bids opened in Wilmington last Monday. Eight con structinn project! are involved, and an expenditure of 58,000 . Itridging six miles of swamp between Wilmington and Clinton, in Pender county, removing the last link of ira passable roads, and the building of 13 miles of gravel road between Whiteville tod Lake. Waccam&w on the Wllming ton Charlotte Asheville highway are the irincipa! projects included in the hnteh of jobs let. Both provide for the elimi nation of piees of road that have been tho terror of motorists for years. Ono hundred and ten contractor! of fered bids on the eight projects adver tised for tho Third District and in the opinion of Commissioner Page, had an important bearing on tho extremely low figures at which the work was let. Th totals fall about SO per cent under the previous cost ot construction of the type called for in the contract!. -.Wuiuuiiing out th! low bidden from among the 10 who offered to build the roads and bridge let yesterday required the work of tabulation was completed since Monday. Mr. Page brought all th bids to Raleigh with him Monday, an tho wor of tabulation was completed yesterday. Many of the contractors came on to Raleigh to watch the prog rcss of the.r bids. Two bridges among the projects form important links ou the Wilmington Ra leigh mad. Ono of them is over the Little River between Cumberland and Harnett counties, on tho LaPayette Highway, and the other over Itlack river Ik tween Sumpson and Cumberland. Th latter cnt to the Roanoke Iron and Dridge Co. for 2.",0iKi and the forme to Porter and Hoyd, Charlotte, for Other projects were as follow RohcMm county. Three miles hard surface out of Lumbertou toward Max ton, to C. W. ljacy, Wilmington, foi Hi,uW: Bridges to Roanoke Iron an Bridge Co., tlH,;,"!. Robeson Columbus Series of concrete bridges, to I A. Cliitwood, Columbii for $7i,800. oiuninus. Helween Whiteville an !.ako Waccainaw, 11.2.r. miles grav road, to J. A Kreis, Knoxville, for H.V Bridges to Cornell and Young fo renui r. nurgaw-jactsonville ros lo.5 miles gravel road, pending. Bids approximate (V3,000. Pender. Road and bridges over swam on Clinton Road. Road to Kersha Construction Co., at 130,500; bridges to Cornell aud Young for IjG.liOO. Bladen. Clarkton Lumbertun road 13 miles gravel, to J J". Mulligan, fo twm. Bridges to Powell and Powe J1 1IUI B. FRANK MEBANE HURT BY EXPLOSION OF GUN Danville, Va., Oct. 14. K. Fran Spray, N. C, is at hdinunds hospital Mcbane, a well known resident of where h was brought yesterday even ing suffering from a badly nounde arm, th injury being sustained who rk double barreled shotgun he was usin exploded. Mr. Mvbane s condition w pronounced today as neing satisfactory and it was stated that the full use of the arm would probably be not perm nently impaired. Mr. Mehane was shooting souirrcl about five miles from his home, bcin with his chauffeur at the time. Whe he fired tha. gun the left barrel ploded. embedding In tlie left arm be i ween me wrist ana yie eltiow pieces or steel and 47 shot, these being ro vealed by an X ray plate. Mr. Me bane bled freely, but the wound was tied up and the flow of blood stopped. TO EXTEND INVITATION TO WESTERN CONFERENCE Winston Kalem, Oct. 14. Officials of Cententary M. K. church have instruct ed their pastor, Rev. Z. E. Barnhardt, pnd II O. Chatham, one of the dele gates from Winston -SaleiS district, to i'ilo4 an- invitation to the - Western North Carolina Conference, which con vene! in II gh Point next Wednesday, to holds its 1922 session at Cententary Church this city. Rev. J. P. McCusiston hai accepted a call to the pastorate of Fricdberg Moravian church to tueeeed Rev. H. B. Johnson, who recently resigned, having accepted a call to the Friei Men orial church in this city. CONTRACTS LET MUSONIt CHARGED WITH Ml'tDIft ILASHU THROAT IN JAIL AT GOLDSBORO GoldaWw, Oct 11- Urry Ay. cock, a JeaatUa eoaaty waits bis. waa Is kelag held la the Wayao coanty jail aero caargea with ths martlet of w, M. Peanoa, white, also of Joaastea coaaty, by splitting opsa his head with assess, today oa tailed a rasar frata a fellow pris oner aad mads several deea aad sag gashes la his awa throat. Ths prisoner Is aow aader tho earo ot Doctor Hickman Ray, eoaaty health eBlcer, aad Dr. William! Splcer, whs consider his eoaditloa eeriest. - This Is the second attempt Ay cock had mada to commit salclde, aad Sheriff Great ef Wayne eoaaty, has aaestloasd Sheriff Mastey, of Johnston eoaaty, to msks spplles tioa for Ayeock's admittaaes to the criminal department of the State Hospital. STATE W, C, T. U. TO Annual Sessions Begin Tonight at Bethel; Kohloss Will Deliver Address Bethel, Oct. 14. The local organi tion of the W. C. T. IT., hat completed arrangements for the entertainment of the largest number ef delegates tha hat ever attended a state convention In anticipation of the opening of the an nual sessions tomorrow night. Mrs. B R. Whltehurtt It president of tht local orgsnixatioa and Mist Christine Eunt ing is chairman of the entertainment committee, and both have been untiring in their efforts to prepare for the com ing of the state convention. The sei sions will be held in ths Methodist Kpiwopal Church here. The initial meeting Saturday night at 7:30 o'clock will be featured by welcome exercises. Hhort addresses for "Welcome Night" will bo delivered by Mayor 8. M., Jones, the Rev. W. Trotman, snd Prof. 8. J. Htisketh aad tha reSDonso -will bo made br Mrs. D it. JJixoa, of Gelfltbore. An Informal reception win follow the speaking. Bundsy morning and night Mrs. Pe borah Knot Livingston will address the convention. Tho local union will provide special musie for the two scrv ices. Monday evening the childre will render the plnv, "The Eighteenth Amendment Forever, which will bo fol lowed by addresses by the itate presi dont, Mrs. T. A. (ioodno, and tho cor responding secretary, Mra. Annie Wil liams. Tuesday night local talent wil) render a pantomime, "World Wid Joy," followed by an address by Hon Robert Kohloss, of Salisbury stata pro hibition director. The day sessions Monday and Tues day will bo given over to general busi ness of the union and addresses prominent members from different sec tions of the state. It Is expectad that these meetings will bo largely attended by the people of surrounding eountife, as well as the large delegation from all parts of the slate. BAND OF THIEVES AT WORK AT TWIN CITY Winston Salem, Ot. 14. A stries of bold robberies in this city and section during the past week convinces tha olfl eers that there is a band of thieves operating. Thousands of dollars worth of goods and money are missing, ae cording to iriformntron brought to city and county officers. Clothing amount ing to two thousand dollars was taken from the store of A. Horwita, Wednes day night. The door of the store was battered to pieces with a pick or lome blunt instrument. Henry Hicks, colored, was given a term of twenty years In the State Penitentiary by Judge Iong in Superior Court today after defendant had plo.d guilty to charge of burglary in second degree for entering tho home of John Riding nt a late hour at night and steal ing cash snd other valuables. PROSECUTION WINS IN SOUTHARDJflURDER CASE Twin Falls, Idaho, Oct 14 Following the court's ruling today admitting in evidence testimony as to Jhe death! of three previous husbands and brother in law, it was indicated that the prosecu tion w ,u Id consume another weak in this cae of Lyila Meyer Southard, charged with the murder of her fourth husband, Edwar.' F. Meyer. The decision lets down the bars to the introduction of virtually as much evidence in the case of each of the four deaths wat adduced with re spect to the Meyer demise Lawyers for the prosecution signal ized their victory with a complete hit tory of the final illness of Harlan C. Lewis, who was married to the defen dant at Billings, Mont., March 10, ltflU, and who died al Billings on July 6 of the same year under circumstances similar, the state alleges, to these con nected with Meyer's death. To Sell Railroad. . Chattanooga,.. Tenn., - Oct. 14 The Tennessee, Alabama, and Oeorgin Rail road r ill bo told at public auction on the steps of the court house here t poon tomorrow morning. Tho original date of tale1 was August 15, but due to requettt of the Russ-'ll Snge estate, tht sale was delayed until rkptembcr IS at which time a further postponement wat mai until October 05. ' OPEN CONVENTION Brotherhood Chief and Execu tives Go Into Secret Confer ence In An Effort To Set tle Differences RAILROAD LABOR BOARD ANNOUNCES PIECE WORK RATE AGAIN IN EFFECT Railroad Operator!, In Lout; Statement, Declare They Cannnot Reduce Tretfht Rates at Present Without doing Into Bankruptcy; New Redaction To Be Requested Would Bring; Wages Down 10 Per Cent More; Confer ence Between Rail Heads and Union Chiefs Result of Invitation of Latter ; Rumors Run WUd In Windy City; Pro posals To Cut Rates For Test Purposes Meet Opposition; Union Leaders Dubious k To Conference Chicago, Oct. It (By (he Associate! Preas). Representatives of the nation's railroads today, after announcing that they cannot reduce freight rates 11 present without going into bankruptcy and that they would immediately seek a further reduction in tba employes' wages from tha United Statea Railroad Labor Board, went into a secret con ference with nnion leaders in an ef fort to reach an amicable settlement ol wage difficulties,' which at times have threatened to tie up the transportation system of the Country. i Reftmo Raaaeets '"j "At the conference union leaders asked reconsideration of their request ef last- July that a 12 12 per cent wago reduction granted by the labor board be not put into effect immediately; that no further wage reductions ht) sought st present snd thst no chsnge be made in the overtime pay rates. This request waa refused and the rail heads presented their' statement anouncing the proposal to aeek new redactions and not to re duce rates nntil further reductioaa were granted. The labor leaden left the eonfereaco immediately and few of them would diteutt ft pro!edlagt or predict tha results, j Uaaatiaraetory lading i 1 am no prophet,'' said Warrsn S. Stone, preiident of the Brotherhood of Locomotipe Eagineers. "What will hap pen it more than I can say." W. G. Lee, president of the Brother hood of Railroad Trainmen, refused to discuss the situation after the meeting, but previous to it had said that "tha roads must ba crazy to seek a new re- .I.,-..... - k- . I. - . L . . . ROOtt UIB IUCII UHf'f -JUfft SUVQOT- ized a strike over an old wage eut. R. H. Walker, of the Association of Railway Executives, laid that the trans portation system waa facing one of ita greatest crises, bnt also refuted to make predictions. Union leaden freely admitted, how. ver, that there bad been little harmony between the committees in the confer cues. Decide On Strike Todsy. Iyiter tonighhi Mr. Lee said that th district chairman of the unions would receive their final instructions tomor row sa to- whether there would tie a strke. Asked point plank if a strike would be ordered, be said: "I will not tay definitely, but war I a bttting man 1 would place my money that there will he a strike. ''Regardless of abat action is takes, the final decision it only a matter ef the rising and netting of a few tuns. The district chairman will receive their filial orders tomorrow and then will go home. My chairmen already have been sent home and will rective tattr orders by mail." Asked concerning the reports that a strike effective October 30 had been dec ded upoL, Mr. Lee replied: "I won't answer that definitely, but if some one has told you that they have hi: a lot of naili on the head perhapa they ure not exactly right, but they are driving close." The executives announced, however, that the proposal to pass future wsgo reductions on to the pulilie by applyir.j to the Interstate Commerce Commis sion for a reduction in freight and pas senger rates had been accepted and that all future wage reductions would be met by a corresponding rate reduc tion. Aagtasled By L'aioaa. The conference was begun at ths sug gestion of the union leaden, their In vitation for s meeting being accepted by the rail heads following the an nouncement concerning freight rates. As the meeting started, the sommltteo appointed by the Association of Rail, way Executives declare) they beliersd it would settle most of fhe immediate difficulties between th carriers aad their employes. The nnijin leaders were backward about discussing the meeting although tome indicated ita purpose might be al most nullified by the announcement that a further wage reduction would be sought. - Another Cat Nervy. W. O. Lee, president of the Brother hood rf Railroad Trainmen said thst "since the nnion men already had au thorized their leaders to call a atrik rather fthan accept the recent 12 1-3 rer cen,& wage cut, I do not sea ho.T Ine toads' can have the nerve to-tug-gest another eut." The labor committee waa competed f Mr. Lee, Warren S. Stone, preiident of the Brotherhood of Locomotive En gineers; L. E. Sheppard, president of tht Order of Railway Conductors; W. C. Carter, preiident of th Brothers hood of Locomotive Firemen aad Ea Coatiaaed a Pag. Tvo ; '
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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Oct. 15, 1921, edition 1
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