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'Hie ae Fair T1IE UHTIIEX mm ewer Cm rally fair . Taea4ay i yeor eas rsrat live ears lefor expiratie la erder to evous BiMiaa a smile copy. Weaaaaaayi little Ik tssagwraiarsw chaafs la Sixtieth- Grea?;St Will-O p en 11 11 miff ' m -v ibbbbM m r . m ii'i ' - 1 i r I - VOL. CXIV. NO. 1 tO. " SIX I EEN PAGES I QUAY. RALEIGH. N. G. TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18. 1921. V SIX I EEN PAGES IODAY. PRICE: RVE CENTS SEHAT0RiIDIO. : SUCCEED KH BY t GOVERNOR SIM. Republicans Leaving No Stone Unturned io secure tiaim cation of Treaties NEED SEVEN DEMOCRATS TO PUT THEM ACROSS President Sends Personal Bep resentatiye To PennsyWania Governor To Speed Up Ap poiatment; Democrats Still Hopeful of Blocking Satifl cation of German Pact From Closed Mind of Governor Carter Appeals, to The People Issue Statement in Which He Charges Governor With Pre determining Fate of Condemned RWgecrest Merchant, and Alleges Prostituted Denominational Influence Through Rev. Livingston T. Mays. NO ANNOUNCEMENT ON RESULTS GIVEN OUT The life of J. T. Harris, condemned to die in the electric chair at the State Prison Thursday morning for the murder of F. W. Monnish, of Alabama, at Ridgecrest m beptember, lyzu, is in the hands of the DeoDie of the btate. Appealing from the "closed mind of the Governor to the open mind and tender conscience of the good people of North rnAlin n Tti4 LV.nb- IVraf unlinoa fnr Harris IQailPCl D statemnt here vesterdav in which he ehanred that the Gov- ther OoTernmental Agencies omnf rmi to th Viparinor nf Rnterfiber 23 when he denied 1 In Attitude of Watchful Harris petition for commutation, "with his mind already made up and his judgment absolutely impervious to any showing that might be made on behalf of the condemned man." SUBMIT REPORT OH . RAILROAD STRIKE TO THE PRESIDENT Conference Ends Between La bor Board and Interstate Commerce Commission SAY GOvERi SENT IyIUST EVEmllALLY Tha News and Observer Bureau, 803 District National Bank Bldg , Br EDWARD E. BRITTON. (By Special Leased Wiro.) Weahine-toa. Oct. 17. Tha Harding peace treaties occupied tha attentioa of the 8e.nate today and while the speech-making was going oa in the open, the Republicans en tha inside indicated tin closings of the Tote in aeeuring the necessary two-thirds were at work holding in line the Democratic votes absolutely essential lor us p.i There is no let up in tha outward air of confidence of the Republican! aa to the vote, but all the same the maroii civoi them the cold ereepa and they have been at work ...wi,.nll.lv for the past 48 hour to have Governor Sproul of Pennsylvania, appoint a pro-treaty man aa successor to the into Benaior buoi m ' . i. oll held to be so close that ine vote one way or the other is a big stake for which to play right now. Bproat Names Senator. Reports reaching here from Penn sylvania are that President Harding himself saw danger and has sent a personal representative to Governor 1 KdtouI asking him to appoint a Sena f- tor at once, Governor Sproul late today named State Senator William E. Crow, ct Uniontown, Republican State chair man fof Pennsylvania, to .succeed Sen ator Knox. Attorney General Daugh erty has been in Philadelphia sinee Saturday, the report that comes being that at the instance of President Hard Sng be asked Governor Sproul to ap peint his man at once, ao thai ba might got to Washington in order to vote for the ratification of the peace treaties. . The need for a second Senator from Pennsylvania was accentuated by the question as to how many pairs will be announced when tha voting begins. It is said that Republican leaders are so much in doubt that they had planned to prevent a vote on the ratification resolution till the new Senator from Pennsylvania can reach Washington. The Bepublicans figure that they must have seven Democratie votes to put the treaty resolution through, ltiey claim that there are eleven or thirteen Democrats from whom they will get the needed seven, and put down as eer tain, eleven, these being Senators Hitchcock, Underwood, Fletcher, Tram mell, Pomerene, Myers, 8l,ie da, Walsh of Massachusetts. Gerry, Broussard and Kendrick. The votes of the two South Carolina Senators are held to to be in the somewhat doubtful list Senator Dial says he has not yet fully mnde up his mind, though he is in elined to vote for the ratification. Sen ator Smith is at horns in Lynchburg, but it it understood that he is pnired to aa to vote for ratification, the hope of the anti ratiflcationists being that Senator Smith will either cancel his nair or come "to Washington with 4 changed mind. Other Democrats put In the doubtful list by the Republicans are Senators Pittman, Jones, of New Mexico, Ransdell and Stanley. Another Harding Joker. There is much amusement here among former service men and civil service employees of the government at the latest executive order of President Harding in directing the civil service commission to dd "five, points to' the rating of every prospective presidential postmaster who had been in the mill tarv service. It is recalled by those -ho keep in touch with such matters that these five points additional were al ' lowed during the Wilson ndministra tion, ecen ta the Yeomen of the navy when that body of young women were demobilized and the civil service exam ination was the only way in which they cou'd continue- in government employ and even at that thoy were given year in which to take the examination The only new feature that is sen in the order, and that ia a good one, is that the age limit be waived in each ease and that the time of service dnring the- war bo considered as a part of the re quired lunpth of business service. "If President Harding wanted to do the fine thing for ex service men-' sai one of them today, Tie would have di rected not alone that five points be added to their examination marks, but also that if any one of them were in the list of three eligiblca that thev be appointed postmasters and thna set tie the matter. As tilings now stand Tven if an applicant for a postmaster Ship gets in the list of the first three and happens to be a Democrat, then so far as getting the position is concerned be might as well be at the bottom of the list or even have fulled to pass the examination with the five points added The p an that is being worked bv Post master General Hays is to pick the Republican from the three highest in the examination and appoint him, TI I neeutive order sounds gned but if an applicant is a Democrat of what earthly nse is the five added points, the waiver of age, and the counting of war service as business experience. . Partisan politics in appointment of postmasters wipes ont all these and are . (Centime- Page Fear) "It is decreed that this man shalty die by the three to two vote of the Supreme Court," Judge Carter dcclnred I doubt if the like of that has ever yet hsppened in North Carolina, nor would it be seriously considered in the present instant, I conceive, except 'or the circumstance that g;ve to. the pro posed killing its aspects of scandal. Charging that the Governor' passes over this fact with scant courtesy, and flings aside as unimportant the testi mony of Rev. Liriagston T. Mays' char acter and record Judge Carter inquired into the reneona for the Governor's de termination. He set out that Governor Morrison was irrevocably determined against clemency in the hearing of September 25, that his pardon (ilea in this case were closed to the counsel fr defense, that Rev. Livingston T. Mays made tlje statement that if the Governor com muted the sentence of Harris the Bap tist denomination would never support him for public, office and that the Gov ernor's attitude towards the pending application and bis unfavorable opinion of the prisoner were settled in nccord with the views of J. E. Swain, aeting solicitor, who was referee ia million dollar litigation which Governor Morri son had instituted. "Ought this man thus to diet" he asked. Are the usurped influence of the Waiting; Department of Jul tice Investigate! Lawa On Subject; Postmaster General Says Mails Will Move iT TAKE OVER ROADS Warren Stone, Head of Broth erhood of Engineers, Outlines Reasons For Strike MAKES PUBLIC FOUR GROUPS FOR WALKOUTS So-Called Short Lines Not In volved In Proposed Strike; "Big Five" Chiefs Meet To day In Cleveland, Ohio, To Consider Matters Pertaining To Strike BRIEF CEREMONIES TO ATTEND OPENING GREAT STATE FAIR Today's Program State Fair Washington, Oct. 17. A report em bodying tha result of conferences be tween the public group of the railroad Baptist ehnreli and the justice of North labor board and the Interstate Com Carolina to be made prostitute to .he I merce Commission on the threatened malignancy of Mays! r.llrosd atrike was laid before Tresi- 1 Bum-Hl Mi uiu . iiriniJumt.T lu ,110 . , frv ran x ana nie or loe r.spxisi riiunn io - . rise up and rescue that great denomi report was noi mau rn..iir, i nation from the peril of bloodguilt into I maa MeChord of the commission an which the craftiness and the malice cif I nounccd on leaving' the White House Majs have dragged it. ,h , the tonfenPe ni been eonclud 'l appeal to mat rignieous punue i .,, . . , . 41 - . . . I Ad with trwlav's meetinr. conscience wtiirh is the fountain head I of justice and the overlord of courts "Anything regarding ourreport must and eovernors to make itself heard I come from the President," Chairman and to forbid thi siunghter that will MeChord said, and his remark was no leave a act per stain upon tne nonor a i, r,.irm. PArr-W. . I a. - X-.. V. . V. . - !.. .... w ..... v of this unfortunate. bor on- "There is yet. time to ward off this At the Whito House it was said them outrage, but. titer is no time to lose. I would be no statement of the railroad Thursday is the day of unrighteous trike ton it'll t wrath. (Continued on Page Four) Railroad Heads Propose To Pass Reductions To Public RUECT PROPOSAL TO REDUCE RATES -4 roposed Walkout Is Strike Against Government, Rail road Heads Declare Chicago, Ills., Oct. 17. (By the As sociated Press) Presidents of the lead- ng middle western railroads in a joint statement tonight turned down as 'impossible' the proposal of the rail road Ijabor Board, public, group, that freight rates be reduced immediately as to possible means of averting a gen ral rail 'Strike, a.id charged that the ironoi'ed walkout "would be a strike igainst the gevernmcut, called by the unions primarily for the purpose .f nullifying the transportation act creat ing the liilmr board. By coincidence the statement, whi-h reviews the railroad situation and :ne causes of the strike, was issued at a'. niort the same moment Warren S. Store president of the brotherhood of Loco motive Kiiitiiiei rs, was giving out s statement in Cleveland telling why the Big Four Brotherhoods and the Hwitcn men's Union of North America had authorized a walkout on October 30. 'Tin; thing it is proposed to Itrik-1 against is the decision of the railroad Labor Board authorizing the reduction of 12 per cent in wngs which the rad- ways put into effeet on July 1, 1921 There ia at present bo other possible grounds for a strike by the railway labor brotherhoods. "The waee reduction put into effce:. oa July 1 was iiiitliorir.ed by tl ri 1 road labor Hoard. Therefore, the strike, if it occurs, will lie against a deeisi i.i made by a government body acting in accordance with a Federal law. "While the railways complied with the decision in 1320 for an advance .n wages, the labor brotherhoods now pro pose to defy the law and strike rather than accept a much smaller reduction in wages. die railway etoeutives decided to ask the Railroad Labor Board for a fur ther reduction in wages and to give the public in the form of reduction in rate all the benefits of any further reduction in wages granted This, how ever, afforded the Brothehoods no reas on for ordering a strike. The strike wss taken on the question of accepting the wage reduction a'ready authorized hy the Labor Poard, not on the question of a future reduction. Association of Railway Execu tives Stands By Demand For Wage Reductions CLAIM PUBLIC HAS ALREADY BENEFITED Chairman Cuyler Submits In stance of Reductions Made On Cargo Coal To Ports New York. Oct. 17. CBy the Asso ciuted Press. N The railroads of thef Ia Watchful Preparation An attitude of watchful preparation i Ir rncterised the activities of riimentnl agencies in connection with the strike. The Deptrtmenf ot .TyMice made a survey of existing stif ii'cs and precedents to determine the ope of Federal authority under the . in unistancee but the impression given by mot officials was that the govern ment could not move, except bv media tion or moral suasion, until the situa tion had assumed a more concrete status. Kvidenec was still lacking as t,i basis for the expressed expectation on the part of Borne labor leaders that petition fnr injunction would be he neit move by the government. Postmaster tieneral Hays, whose de partment would feel first and most seri ously the effects of tha aUlktv alaavvM known to have obtained reports from his assistants as to wavs and means of meeting any attempted intrfferenee with the mails. - ''The mailt will be moved," he said, Inter, but he refused to make any com- .nent on the situation as it now stands. 'A time may come for action," he l nit,i sti!,(,.i, i,r.o,.,i, th. A,.,.,.;.,i;n said. "I sincerely trust that it wil ft I tm j .i -n I : ' ant l- . . i I HOT. 11 II fiors TllPre will nr Hrini'i. of Hallway Uecutncs tonight ofliciaily i,.u,j ai.,.v Aril.. reiterated their intention of making im Alfred P. Thoin, general counsel for mediate application, to the Huilroid the association of railway exeeiitives, labor Board "for a reduction in wag.'s wns active during the day in confer- of train service employes, sufficient to I once with Chairman Cummins of the remove the increases made by labor Senate Interntute Commerce Commit Board decision of July 2U, 192n (which '"o. Senator Cnmmins said, after the would involve a further reduction of 'inference that Congres prnbnblv would approximately 1(1 per cent, and for a reduction in the wages of all other classes of railroad labor to the going rate for such lalior in the several terri tories where the carriers operate." "'The benefit, of the reduction thus obtained, shall, wi:h the assent of the Interstate Commerce Oommiss on be passed on the public In the reduction of existing railroad rates, except in so far as this reduction shall have been made in the meantime." t take action at this time. It would impossillie, ha said, for the legis iive arm of the government to move until the executive had exhausted ev rrv effort to nvert a strike. The possibility of President Hard ing summoning the chiefs of the rail road brotherhoods to Washington for a talk was suggested in several qnar ters but the White House was silest on this point. While the joint confer ence of members of the labor board and Thomas Dewitt Cuyler, chairman of the Interstate commerce Commission tlie association declared the proposition was continuing it was the general, im of the public group of the Lnbor Board, preasion that President Harding would ALL EFFOPTS TO AMEND TREATY DEFEATED IN SENATE for 12 per cent wage reduction recent ly authorized be translated into lower freight rates before asking for more nagfl reductions had not been formally brought to its attention, the informs tion being obtained from the press. After asserting that "iho intimation of the public members of the railroad not take any other tion. line of interven- STOCKS UNDERGO HEAVY LIQUIDATING MOVEMENT New York, Oct. 17. The stock market undcrweit a heavy liquidating move ment todav as a result of the railroad board is that, the public has had no tnation. Selling for both accounts, benefit from the I'J per cent reduc nans oi mr, more popular (ions in waees, authorized in July." TariPly 10,1 on 10 ,nrp' r'n" ann Mr. Cuyler declared that "there have ,ome or ,he lr" ,fllT0 1MU(', declined been in fact extensive reducCnns most lwo 10 "en l""n'"' of them voluntary, in rsilrofid rates, bringing about a larger loss in earn ings to the railroads. Some Instances of Reductions In support of his ehvin; Mr. Cuyler cites a long list of reductions niade after July 1, including "a roduction of cargo cosl from points in Ohio, West em feniisylvan a, Vest Virginia, to lake F.rie porta affecting from August 1, to October 7, some 14,70,,000 tons, on which the actual loss of re- to railroads amounted to M.lln.Onn.'' Reductions also had been made, ht Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 17-(By 'he Associated Press.) The progressive railroad strike scheduled to begin Oc tober 30, can be settled by the railroads or prevented by the government, War ren 8. Btone, president of the Brother hood of Locomotive Khgineers, said to night when ssked his opinion of the situation. Mr. Stone said the cause of the strike is largely because of the action of the railroad managers ia requesting a lur tlier 10 per cent wage reduction nd the elimination of favorable working n' ments on upwards of 75 roads, in add. tion to the 12 per cent wago reduction which went int i effect Jnjy 1. Iho rail roads can : ttle the strike by the elim ination of these condit ons, Mr. Sto-i suid. "The government can prevent the strike by taking over the railroads, am1 tins is what will happen eventually, Mr. Stone said. He also issued a form, statenrent covering the men's position and their reasons for striking. Malfee Four Groups Public Mr. Stone tunijrht mule public the fo'ir groups of r.ads on which the strike is scheduled to begin, the tirit griiup nt o a. ni. Siindav October .'!, the othtr C.re- i:.uups to go out at 4S hour periods. The Pennsylvania "ne of the I rRest syems of the couo try is one of the last to he hit by th propuwd strike. No explanation w.is given why it was held to th last It also was explained that all tli organizations in some of the. roads in looup four are not officially authorized lo strike, some of the organizations not iaslnj the necessary 60 2 3 per cent vote in favor of the walkout. The ''Big Five' leader! expected, however, that till organizations on such roads would follow thg general wnikout on the other roads .being influenced to join t tic strike by seeing their brothers every where laying oil their overalls. Railroada Want Strike Mr. Stone said he believed that the rnlrords "want a strike'' add that a .iirthtr reduction in nages is much lcsi desirable to the railroads executives hau t'ie abrogat.on of rules and regu lations "won by employes in various ways ns the result of years of organized effort.'' "The railroad executives can settle the dispute or the l'. S. (io ernmcnt inn prevent a strike," Mr. Stone dc clared. ''Taking over the railroads is the most efTcitie way in which the government can avert the strike sched uled for October ;W The "big five'' rh.efs or tin ir rejirc sentatives Bill convene tomorrow to consider matters pertaining to t'.ic itrikc. Just what will be discuss M, Mr. Nitons was unable to i ate tonight, adding that the situation in general will be reviewed. Short l.lnew Not Involved The strike will not ffect the so called short line railroads, it wis explained by W. fj. Iiee, president of Hie HrotherlnoJ of Railroad Trainmen, inasmuch as th"y were not affected by the wage increases and reductions in which the large roadf figured. The official list of roads in Group J follows: New York, New Haven anrj Hartford Delaware and Hudson, Chicago and llastern Illinois', St. Umis . and San Francisco (entire svstemi, liouisville nnd Nashville, Ni-kel Plate, Krie Hul way System, Atidiison, Topeka and fCnntinn'-il On Tnije Tbreel ilrounds will ba opened st 1 o'clock eaeti morning and buildings and Itrounds will be closed at o'clock urn day. bxhlbltura will nave exhi bits Installed and deeorutlona rinUhnl by l.oS a.m. l.ive-atovk pens, poultry and utber prrruan.nl eihlblts open at m. each day alter luesilay. 1 rnl- and Midway shows doling the hours the grounds are open to visitors. s ou a. in juJRinn i.i ouuitry ana live-stock begins. 11:0 a. in. 1 arade with the (inv ernvr of North I arolins, I'restdent pond Officers of the Executive Oominli- te of the Fair Association. City and state Officials. Marshals for the State rmr, members or the notary and Kl wanls Clubs, with the First North Carolina Infantry Band, starting at tlie corner of Kayettevllle and Oavie Streets, moving via Kayettevllle snd Milliboro Streets to Fair orounils rhe parade Is designed to' niovs on time, and participants ars reitisten to report to the Marshal In charge at the v Auditor um at 10 jo a. m. 13:iiu m. .Mrs. deorge . vanneruui Prvs dent of the NutOi C arolina Agrl cultural Society, will present Oover nor ameron Morrison. I li d. m Address by o-vernor. Morrison and formal coming of the State Fair, 12 30 n. m. Fearless (ireggs. loon InR the loop la autea that pass In the air. 1:0 p. m Races called In the fol lowing order: I II. Trot. i:!J Race. 1:51 n. m The Four Paldrena per forming acrobatio frsts while stand inir on lamn chimney. ,t 2:00 v. m Daly'a Tangb-it Army- Comedy Trick House. 2:30 u. m. Taylor Trout, oxpert hooo rolling and jiiKKlIng act 3:00 o. m rialloon Ascension bv Professor Walter W Raua end ld,v with double and triplo-7 parachute Iciim. 8.30 n. m raldrens' Lamp Jumpers 4:0 p. m. Fenrlens (lregs. looping th loon In auto that pass In tnn air 4:30 p in Only s Tangled Army ("onicdv Trick House. 5 00 p. m Harry Taylor In novelty wire walking act on the awlnglng w Ires. Oonccrts throughout the rtsv by the First North Carolina Infantry Hand and the hand from tlm Stale Wrnool for the IHind. Itiililn and Cherry, Inc. the aristo crats of the, tented world, win hav their carnival in full bkist with I imls of clean shows snd riding de iees. Including merry. go-rouuda, whip, froll.-, Philadelphia toboggan, Venetian swinging, etc. Governor of State, In Accord ance With Immemorial Cus tom, Will Deliver Opening Address at Noon Today HE WILL BE INTRODUCED BY MRS. G W. VANDERBILT Parade To fair Ground! Will Leave City Auditorium at 11:15; Rotariaru and Ki wanians Will Xicort Fair Officials and State and City Officials To Grounds; Special Trafflo Regulations Will Be In Force Siicchil Fair Week shows at the AoHdcniv. lirand Theatre, Huoerha iintl Alum. The (lovernor has Issued Invitations for a reception to b given In honor of Mrs Ocorg" W. Vaederbllt, t'resl- dent of the North Carolina Agrloul tural Society. Subscription dnncs at the City Audi torlum. ON PROBE OF KLAN ACTIVITIES Fatally Wounds One Man, Kills Another, Then Himself I.enoir, Oct 17 Philip King was shot and fatally wounded and Tom Winkler wss shot snd instantly killed near here this morning by Itarden Mahe, prominent farmer, who later eom- snid, on grain and grain products, ri mitted suicide by blowing the top of imkify ma'erinls, expert iron and st products snd scores of other commodi ties so that "on some railroad the re duction in rates have amounted to i more than the reductions in mr. Washington, Oct. 17.-All cTtI- 'oifnr made, and on manv other railrnsds amend the administration peace treaty with Germany were defeated in tl.e Senate toda,y and leaders announced that a night sessin would be held, if ncessary ten orrow to reach a final vote on ratification. Eoth supporters and opponents of the treaty agreed today that the treatry would be ratified although perhaps with a margin of only three or four votes, and that the treaties with Austria and Hungary would be accented immedi ately therefatcr. The apointment today of a Republican sitcceseor to the late Senator Knox of Pennsj'lytn.ia was cal culated to give the treaty advocates an additional vote. The amendments rejected today were offered by Hpnntdrs Reed, Missouri anf Walsh, Mn'tnna, IVrroerats, snd re ceived acnt support, the great bulk of Democrats as well aa Republicans rot I jug in opposition ' ;n rrouci on in wages allowed no re turn on operations, hut merely pro vided sgainst the further accumulation of a deficit." BRITISH AIMBASSADOR TO 81'EAK AT KEI) SPRINGS AT COLLEGE CELEBRATION. Washington. Oct 17. Sir Aack. land Geddea, the British Ambassador, left tonight, for Red Springs, the home ef Flora MacdonaU College for Women. There ia U be a meet. l there somwrrew snoralng at It o'clock of the Scottish Society ef America, sad the British Asabaassdor ia to make Ike addreaa. He will speak extent poraneoaaly. Following his address at the college, he will he the gaewt at a dinner given la his aonor, his head off with a 12 gauge shot gun This triple killing occurred seven miles, west of here on the old Ienoir Mor ganton road. Malie is believed to have been insane. The first shooting occurred in the public road where Mabe followl and shot his brother in law. King, as he wss coming to Icroir on a wagon, the entire load of shot entering his back, lung's faiher was riding wjlh his son at the time ot the tr.igvdy. Mabe dodged from the road, anil went di rectly to the home of Winkler and founil W'nkler standing on the porch. After talking with him a few minutes Winkler turned partly around and at this moment Mabe shot him in the hack. Winkler was killed almost in stantly. Mabe then left there guinfl ia the -direction of another neighbor, it is be lieved, for the purpose of adding an other victim to his tragedies. The peo ple of the community were awe stricken but many of them joined the search for the demented man. Oflircra from Inoir were summoned and a crowd of men joined them ia the search. The searchers, hesvily srmed.l scattered through the moods, one had seen Mabe since he left the Wink ler home, snd it :is expected any moment that a report of another vic tim being sdde l to the death list might be refeivfd. It seems after Mal e had disappeared in the woods, fol'owmg his leaving the Winkler home, be had come back to the road, where he traveled nearly s mile to the point, where his body as found early this evening. Ho had blown the entire top of his heal off. Sheriff Triplett searched his rio'lnng and found four twrlve gauge shcils, a six ounce bott'e.of carbolic hfr, and a pisiel carrying seven loadei csrt ridges. Until the tragedies of this morning. Mabe was considered one of the mot peaceful and law abiding citizens ef that sortion of the county. Kor months past he had been active in tho enforce ment of I lie prohibition law , and he is said to have received a number of threatening anonymous letters. It is aleo-aoid that MaUe had k-wd trimltlc with King. and Winkler over boundary lines between their farms. It is be Chairman Campbell Adjourns Hearing When "Imperial Wizard" Finishes The News and Observer Iturean, iVi:i Iiistrict Nationsl Hank llldg. Hy EDWARD E. BRITTON. (Iy Kpceial leased Wire.) Washington, Oct. 17 Without much '::do, and rather suddenly, Chairman Campbell of the House rules committee, before whom Imperial Wizard Hinunons of the Ku Kbix Klan. has been testify iug for some duvs, adjourned the hear ins todav. The indications and the intimations that come are that the corn mittee will order no invent irntion of the Klan. There is current talk that a majority of the Republicans on the committee regret that they have taken up the inatt' r and a majority of both Democrats snd Hepiiblicans are said to be averse to further continuing the liearinirs ,ns thoy see nothing for Con gross to do in the mutter, that, if there arc auv infractions of laws the matter is one for State courts and Htnte legi latures to d al with and not Congress. Chairman Campbell refused to call P. Anderson Wnght, the star witness agninst the Klan to the stand again and the impression among newspaper nen and others tonight is that the headings are over. There is agreement that Imperial Wizard Simmons made a strong case for himself nnrt the Klan impressing thi- committee and the peo p!e mho attended the hearings with I, s earnest ness and willingne'S to open ii even thing for the inspection of the c Mimittee. To Continue District Office. Senator commons today wired Dr. ...uies Hpruut in response to a letter mm him that ho was informed by the War Department corps of engineers that Mie eiiirneers division ofliee at Wilming ton was rot to be closed, but would be continued s the district office as heretofore for the present. There had been a report that the Wilmington ofliee was to be closed. The l'gst'ifbce Department announces that three additional postnflic.s in North Carolina have become interna bona! money order ofli'-os, these being 'e!and, I'inetown and Honda. It also announces that Khdsic M. Jordan h.n been rommissinned ss poMmas'cr a! Derita. c C. IViiii.li. formerly of Wilson, no-. a pr.iel icing attorney of Nert York, n..s here today in a cuse in volving four million dollars hoard in tlie court of claims. He represents the claimants, the I,iickcnl'cher Steamslrip Company, of New Yirk, in its suit against tlie l'i ited States based upon the government having coininnndered fur use during the war five barges und twche tugs of the company. New Postmaster- at (imCMh. The I'res d nt today sent to the Son ate the nomination of Neill Mcr'ayden lieved tna; worrv over the threatening . , , ,.h.,:nt,.r t C;mieron. The L-t'er. a'd Cm troubb. which '.,..- Er,rs to the committee on over the boundary question caused b in ,,(,..0niccs. e Mud a'rhir 1 or ii with a family. King ami Winkler were ! nnmarried. A. W. .Mrtaan, of the War Finance With all the traditional esremeny that has marked the opening of fifty nine previous State Fairs, the Sixtieth State Fair will be opened at noon to lay, with Governor Morrison deliver ing the address, after being introduced to the throng by Mrs. George W. Vaa- ilerbilt, president tOf the North Oaro lina Agricultural Association. Promptly at 11:15 the parade will move from the city auditorium, headed by the First North Carolina Infantry bund, fo'lowed by the President of the rair and the Governor of the State, members of the Council of State, and City officla's, members of the Raleigh notary -Club and the Raleigh Kiwanis Club. The parade will move np Tay etteville street and out Hillsboro Street to the tair fi rounds. The opeaing ceremuairs promise to be brief, and the present record for brev ity was established by Governor Bickett two years ago when his inaugural was eVibraced in a sentence of exactly fif teen words The Governor has not prepared a act speech, and the address will be informal. Mrs. Vanderbilt will speak briefly, and after that, the fair will be on in full swing for the re mainder ofJJie week. Preliminary activity at the fair grounds yesterday gave promise of ful tillment of every word that has been prophesied about the fair there Is more of it this year than In all tha years sinee the first fair was opened in jboz. More exhibits, mors mid way attractions mora race horses, mete of all the motley array of things that W feriflhs-f Up fair than mr ia its history. Secretary Pogue sxpects more peopje, ana the vaneuardof the una) fair throngs ia greater than trtt. Army or Exhibitors. Every available foot of exhibition space was taken yesterday, and an army oi eiuiuiiors irora every section f he Htnte labored feverish Ir nnttlne 'he finishing touches to their array ef exhibits, late into the niirht tW norked, and this morning will And all things in readinesa, save perhaps here and there a belated arrangement. Four teen county exhibits were under wav yesterday, snd even a half carload of ipples that didn't get killed by he irost, rolled iu to the surprise of v- : -ryhody. Mix entrance rates will ba thrown open to the pulilin this morning, dquhlt the number of former years, and the crowds till be handled with more dis patch than ever before. The street cars on the Hillsboro line bare tripled tlieir schedule, scores of .jitneys are ready for their task of moving people, and special iiolicemen have been de tailed for service during the week, Ualeigh is ready for the throng, and judging by the requests for reserva tions at hotels, always an acurate In dex to the movement of people, the throng ia headed Kaleigh ward. The fair is ready, snd that week of the year in which all good Tar Heels eome t-o the capital, is upon the city. New high water marks are about to be touch cd, in exhibits and in the number of people to see them. Traffic Rales. The special Fair Week traffic ordi nance passed by the City Commis sioners provides that no vehicle shall enter Hillsboro Street at the Capitol en route to the l air Grounds and that all machines shall turn oS Hillsboro Street before reaching the Capitol CD their return. McDowell Street, one I lock from the Capitol, Is the et'oet by nliieh all wst bound traffic will enter Hillsboro .Street, while all ve hicles returning will be diverted it lagon fctreet, two blocks from tha Capitol. '1 he ordinance leaves the west side of the Capitol free for pedestrians and street car truth ft and it is be lieied that this provision, together with the one requiring vehicles to en ter and leave Hillsboro Street at dif ferent points, will reduce congestion Io a minimum. Other provisions of the ordinance prevent vehicles from turning arouad .ii Il.lbl.oro Wreet beyond Oberlin Road (which crosses tho thoroughfare Ln-i oi .Slate College) prevent parking of automobiles on Hillsboro Street in the vicinity of the Fair Grounds and require cars for hire to discharge pai sengers one block from the entrance to the grounds before one o'clock In the day. To relieve congestion uptown, the ordinance provides that no vchielo shall park on Mirtin (street within one block of Fayettcville Street. Violations of the ordinance, which becomes effective today and extends through Friday, are punishable by a fine of Ten Dollars. Farmer Tor RaKae- For ono long, terrible quarter of an hour yesterday afternoon it looked as if there were, going to be no fair alter all. The Health Department is sued a ukase aga'nst weiner stands, and what is a fair without the festive (Continued On Page Three) (Cortlnued oa Page For)
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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