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VOL CXVII. NO. 55.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH. R C, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24. 1923.
TEN PAGES TODAY.
; PRICE FIVE CENTS
Appropriations Bill Will
WOMAN POLLARD WAS
CHARGED WITH KILLING
Kohloss Transferred "
To National Capital
Exceed7 Budget Estimates
Bond Measure Will Be Introduced In Blank Thia Morn
E
' ing :To Save Legislative Day; Senate Committee
' Orders Half Million For Fisheries .
ews arc ai .erase
ABANDON HOPE OF
ENACTING HARDING
SHIPPING SUBSIDY
SAMS DENOUNCES
KU KLUX OPENING
SENATE OFFENSIV!
HARDING TO TAKE
FILIBUSTERERS III
SB
IK
CREDITS MEASUR
f ' ' A
Funeral of President's Pet
Measure Expected In The
Senate Today ...
BITTER BATTLE OVER
. WILLCOX NOMINATION
Congressman Claude Kitchin
"Fires Broadside t Acting
Postmaster at Halifax
- When --n Hearing Begins ;
Many Witnesses For and
. Against Willcox
-. JJowi and Observer 'Bureau,
408 District National Bank Vldff.
Bf EDWARD E. BUTTON.
(By special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Feb. 23. They are
hanging Danny Dosver in the morning''-
is the appropriate designation
ef the pre&ut atatua ef the ship
ttbeidy biH"u4' Uf music- f--4flni-doleful
song bita the state jt-mind
of the Bepublicau, of Hie" Senate,
who- have te. U earat,'" -
tempt to carry out the wishes, one j "Wyir,- . .
might any the orders, of President
Harding with regard to the enact
went Into law of his pet .project,
- which he hai been, trying to force
down the throat of Congree with
the 'aid of the "lame duck." It ia
all up with the Lasker-Harding af-
- fair now, with the funeral date of
the ship subsidy bill not Tery far
IT, for ite friends and backera eon
fete that while it ia still breathing,
- the physicians of the-Old Guard have
j- given np ail hope and it ia only the
natter of a short hue before the
remains wll Jbe toted out of the Ben
ate chamber.
' ' . ' Acknowledge Defeat
Hie acknowledgment of defeat by
the Bepublicam ship subsidy group
. same during an executive session of
the Senate this morning held just af
' ter the He Bite convened. At the
seijion there was a "gentleman's
agreement to have very little wore
ado about- the ship subsidy, that
' ,itivp& the hoii ff the cOnveiiinitntii
1 o 'slock the uncontested bills on
the calendar should be taken up,
and after that the ship subsidy bill
sight sessions to be abandoned and
adjournment to be taken at 0 o'clock.
The-same program la to be followed
; tomorrow, except that early after the
ship subsidy talk begins there will
-ie motion made Irons the Demo
cratic aide, In all probability by
beuator Bobinson, to recommit the
bill to the Senate eommeree commit
tee. And when it gets there it will
be very quietly pigeonholed. The
ship subsidy bill is dead and there
remains only the obsequies which In
the next few days wll ltako place
over the eorpus delicti. ' .
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
I Willi A. Willow Dr. Jekyll or
Mr, Hydef The hearing today by
athe sub-committee of the Senate on
the protests against the confirmation
. of Willis A. Willcox, bow the acting
. : postmaster, as postmaster at Halifax
revealed a man of two identities.
- Those fighting confirmation declared
him a man absolutely unfit to be
Ctmaster, while moa 'supporting
i ' testified ' that e waa a man
highly thought of,, a respectable
" eitixen without flaw or blemish that
would keep him from being the post"
muter. The pro and con ofth'e case
i wis presented by many witnesses
front Halifax, there being testimony
given by a large number of citizens
of that place. Senator Overman
and frank Hampton, secretary to
.. Senator. Simmons, looked after the
case in opposition to confirmation,
. while Gerge G. Green of Weldn and
former Senator Marion Butler eon
ducted the ease for Willcox, Mr.
Willeox being, present and testify
. ing in hia own behalf.
Fire Broadside ,
.A broadside was fired at the out
set of the hearing by Congressman
'Clouds Kitchin, who. is ill at his
home, but who waa heard from In
... sensational statement read to the
sub-committee hearing the ease,
. the members of the- committee
being Senntor Moses, New Uamp
. shire, and Oddie, Nevada," Bepubli
cau, and Broussnrd, Louiiiana, Dem
ocrat' Congressman Kitchin stated
that he had known, Willeox f or t-
. years, that he is a man of bad
and disreputable character and is
oe known la Halifax and throughout
the eonnty, and is morally unfit
te be made postmaster. He elated
that Wilcox had formerly beea-a
Democrat, but had failed to get on
the elirrible - lit at the eutset (
the Wilson administration, and that
he had tried to help him at that
time, this before he knew of his acts
and character. He set out that young
Swain Merman had made . an of fi-
' 'dnrit that Willcox had intuited his
wife aad had made - Improper re
marks and proposals . to her, -that
tnaia Is'orman had assaulted and
trailed Willeox because of this mat
ter. He charged that Willeox had
. made - slanderous remarks about
'women ef Halifax, that the cltlxens
' hsd held . an 'Indignation , meeting
-.with, a proposal to get rid of Will
mi "u cititea, but that finally
' it waa decided to give him a chance
to do better. Mr. Kitchin declared
there was no polities ia the matter,
but that tie people of Halifax de
served te have ae a postmaster a do-
cent aad respt'table man. At the
close of the hearing the Wilfi-ox
forces endeavored to break down
the effect ef Congressman hatching
s-.temrtt by giving a synopsis of let-
, tTS written by Congressman
Kitchin to Willeox as fate as April,
1914, ia whkk Mr. Kitekia told
' of bis elforU to have WUleox made
jwrfmistct nnder the Wilson ndmin;.
istrstion, but failed, na Willeox
Mrs. Thclma Ham Richardson,
whose death Richmond, December
11, resulted in a murder charge be
ing brought against Thomas Pollard,
well-known young Blchmoud business
man. Pollard, after a trial of nearly
two weeks, was yesterday acquitted
by a jury in Hustings court. Mrs.
Richardson was . Pollard's former
Found Not Guilty of Murder
of Mrs. Thelma Richard-y
son at Richmond
Richmond, Va, Feb. 23. Thomas
Pollard, prominent young business
man, won found not guilty of the
mnroor of Mrs. Thelma Ham gieh-.
ardsoa by a jury here. tonight.
The verdict waa reported at TrtIO
o'clock, after -the jury had delib
erated the case less than two hoars.
nuea me court room as toe jury mea
In Ind reported to Judge David C.
Richardson that they had agreed
The defendant sat with his counsel,
his eyes fixed upon the 12 men In
the jury - box. Sobs shook bis body
ae tha clerk of the eourt real the
m.mAm Ll.l tlW .
hviui wiiii-n incau iiunrij k .
' Pollard nmrtorated; -
-Whoa the verdict waa read and be
fore the jury waa discharged, Pol
lard a friends closed about him to
shake his hind. Hie two brothers
were anions- tha first to eonirratn.
late him and a few minutes, inter,
heJefL Jhe. Hustings court building
tree man.
The acquittal of Pollard ended one
of the moat sensational trials in Vir
ginia's criminal eourt history, rival
ing even the famoua trial of Henry
flay ueattie, who paid tber death
penalty for the mnrderof' his wife.
The sordid details of Pollard'r rela
tions with the dead woman, extend
ing over a period of months, were
brought eat by various witnesses and
admitted by the defendant himself.
History of Case.
Mrs. Bicbardson, formerly Miss
Thelma Ham, of Atlanta, was shot to
death on the lawn of the Pollard
home oa the night of December 11,
following a quarrel with .Pollard.
She had gone to the Pollard resi
dence ia company with J, Mottby
west Tor the purpose, the prosecu
tion alleged, ef seeking an under
standing with Pollard concerning his
sttentinns to Mrs.. Bertha Louise
Beck. There waa a quarrel, a strug
gle aad the flash of a pistol and;
llrSi-Riehardson waa killed by a bul
let which penetrated her heart .,
Pollard was arrested and West
wa held as a acessory. A few
hoars after the killing Pollard was
released under 110,000 bond and a
few days later the warrant against
West was dismissed;
Jary Hard To Get
Near four days were required for
the selection of the trial jury, ap
proximately 300 veniremen " being
called. Numerous witnesses 'were
called and told their- versions of the
killing and the events preceding it
A number of defense witnesses testi-'
fled regarding threat Mrs. Riehlrd
soa was said to havo made against
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MS
POLLARD
FREED BY JURORS
READ "NORTH CAROLINA A MItiTANT
- MONOCRACY!? IN SLTNDAY'S OLD RELIABLE
The Hew and Obwrvtt hai secured special permission from the
Kew Tork Nstioa to reproduce the article which Judge Bobert W.
Winston, formerly of Baleigh. ha written for that paper oa the sub
ject of. '"North -Carolina: n Militant Medioeftey." Thi article by a
brilliant writer and member ef a brilliant family Will be read with
the keene t interest Some will agree with hi diagnoeis. some will dis
agree; ether will agree ia part and disagree in part But all who ar
interested ia the State will wish to read what be ha writtoa how the
'old Bute look to Judge Winston now that he live' elsewhere. . .
Ia Denmark, write Frank O.
wna the country. He electa the Congress. Hia anion ia stronger than
any combination of capitalist or workers. iTH ha built ap a new agri
cultural empire With the aid. of the hen, the cow and the hog. 1 There
ar aew idea for many North Carolinian la lh Carpenter letter to
appear la T News and Observer tomorrow.
Oae'of the meet interesting experiment in the relations of the State
to the individual in recent years has been the free dental work done
nnder the supervision of the ftate Board of Health. Aa arttelo by Dr.
George 1L Cooper, la charge of thi work, will appear la) thi paper to
morrow. Much has been done by the free dental clinics to improve
the health of the people in the rural districts.
former North Carolinian by successfully defending hi righto,
to aa automobile brake band potent will become a millionaire. . Detaila'
of this piece of good luck for th former Tar Heel will bo told tomor
row. v -. , .
- The Legislature la aew la the hectic day ef th end -of session
period. Numerous, mstters of great importance are being considered.
Ton wilhmii torn of the connecting link ef legislative new if yon
fail to read th Sunday paper. . . , .. .
Tomorrow's Old Reliable will be- omal crowded with taterestiag.
informing, o amusing news and pictures.' Ton eea And anything to
uit-yonr particular taste. It will I worth msny times the eoet '
Senate Passes Substitute for
Usury Repeal Law Limit
ing It Ip Private Corp.
TAX EXEMPTION FIGHT
PROMISES TO BE CLOS
Giles- Farm Loan' Measure Is
Spe9ial Order Today When
Effort Will Be) Mad "To
Substitute For Its Proris
ions Appointment of In
vestigating Commission
Bovival of the Long bill repealinj
the usliry law in respect to private
corporations and passage of a sub
stitute limiting the provisions, of the
meaiure, passage of the Bams bill
ciajiifvlnir automobile license ticv
and defeat of the Tapp-uargett bill
rendering members of the General
Assembly ineligible for appointment
to offices which they helped create
and constitutional amendment in
lereoetwc -of legislator Stood
as the most important or tne aauuiie
actions of two long sessions that
yesterday carried the Senate through
its calendar.
A ringing denunciation ef the K
IHux Klan by Senntor A. P. 8ams.
Forsyth, came at the sight session,
but the Kn Klux measures flrst set
a special order for yesterday
morning and then defered until last
night were finally carried over until
Wednesday at twelvo' o'clock,
The Senate last night atripped.it
decks tor the last hard grind with
the agreement to appoint today
calendar committee to fill the fuae
tions ' previously exercised - by- 43
standing committees aad sessions
are expected to be almost continuous
from now on although public hear
tags before committees have been
arranged for the solicitors salary
bill thia afternoon and the Bowie
raj i roaa tun tor Tuesday aiteraoon
The Giles Farm Lena bill is the
fight expected oa the WUllam sub
stitute to defer action ani appoint
a legislative committee to invests
pita. The Senate will receive the
Finance Act from the- House today
and It will go on its second rending
Monday, . A repetition of the bitter
fight precipitated in-th Hcwse ty
the Parker amendment exempting
tents or foreign corporations from
taxation is expected, with thosj n
both aides edmiting that tfro' vote
will be close. The fight' t strike
amendment from the- bill will be led
bv Senator Yarsre. chairman of the
Sums, who so far has been the out-'
standing floor leader of the Bcnafe,
Senator W. U Long, prejidtnt pro
tempore of the Senate, will lead the
defense of the amendment and de
bate upon the measure is expected
to be general.
The bill enacting substance of the
Volstead Act Into the State law Is
set for Tuesday at noon and tbo
Bowie bill will come np' Taeilay
night
Ail of these measuree stood n the
rr of letting theKa Khi MIL
when the requeet to defer w.is made
lost night in behalf of Senator
Heath, who could not bo present last
night because of illneu and who
has been called to Monroe to attend
a funeral today, and Wednesday
was finally agreed upon. -
Senator Heath was tne only mem'
ber of the SenaU committee of tea
which opposed adoption of the Arm-
field substitute following Lief sug
gested by Klan spokesmen. The Mil'
Uien bill, passed by tha House, re
quires registration of members of the
Klan and prevents masking. The
Armileld substitute Is aa anti-mask
ing bill with severe penalties, but ex
cepts, parade of the Klan, their at
tendance upon funerals and journeys
to make charitable donations.
Senator Boyette made the motion
te defer la be hair alHemtor Heats,
and was supported by Senator Long,
who stated, -however, that ho was
ready to go inW the fight aad pre
sent Senator Heath s view.
Senator Johnson of Duplin, "speak
ing a one who has heretofore op
posed consideration . of all bill
. . (Continned Oa Pago TweJ .
Carpenter, the farmer 1 king. HeJ
The general appropriations bill
will be introduced in the House of
Represent tires this morning In
blank and the items to be carried ia
the bill providfnf for bond Issues
will be threshed out at a full nveet-
fing of the joint committee on ap
propriations Monday afternoon so
that the measuro'aaa be placed oa
its second reading ia the House
Monday wight- The bUl
providing appropriations for main-
ietfance for the eeveral institutions
will follow shortly. Every indica
tion la that the bond bill will prob
ably carry a total in excess of the
S,775,00O recommended by the
Budget CqmmiMion. ... ,
At the suggestion of Bepresenta
Hve Murphy, chair ma a of the
House committee, the - Joint com
mittee yesterday authorized intro
duction of the blank bill in order to
save a legislative day amf authorized
the same eub-eommittee that has
conducted -the hearings upon the
various, appropriation to draft the
Sanatorium ' tivestigation
rrobably lo
Resolution Introduced Las
Night Defines and En
. larges Powers
PROVIDES FOR REPORT
AFTER A0J0URNMEN
Hearing Brings Out More
Testimony On Institution
Conditions
Prolongation of th legialative in'
vestigatioa into Saperintendent
B. MrBrayer's conduct of the State
Sanatorium past the time for ad
journmcnt of the General Assemblr
introduction of a resolution in the!
uoune by Representative T. C. Bo.ne,
chairman of th investigating com
mittee, extending the time for the
committee' operntiparand psoviding
for a report ejlt findin after
th adjournment of the General
mWhrlo tha governor and enna-
iii er iLaf sl . .... ...
iha-reeolutforiSodueea.J
fining and enlarging the power of
th committee represent the senti
ment of the committee' expressed
yesterday morning following tta pro
posnl by Senator Ebb at the hear
lag. Wjth necessary routine leg ir
is Hon crowding every hour of trail
able legislative working time now,
Senator Ebbs expressed some doubt
a to whether the. eommitteo could
devote rack time to th Investigation
as justice to both side of th matter
would require. Other member af
the committee expressed the am
view.
While attorner for N.
BroughtoB. proponent of th investi
gation, stated that probably two
more aitung of the committee
weald be sufficient U complete their
ease. Judge Walter NeaL for Dr.
HcBrayer. atated that he would
probably, introduce between 35 and
3 witaeMe. , , ,
When the Question earn no as to
ths 'poeaible diseontinnane of hear
ing until after the adjournment ef
the legislature, John-' Hinsdale, at
torney for Mr. B rough ton, reminded
the eommitteo that a number -ef wit-
nesse had been subpoenned from
antance to testify nnd saggested
that these witnesses would be placed
ander a groat hardship if required
go hack to. their home aew and
return later, making two trip in
stead of eae. Jndgo Neil wanted
a list of these witnesses which, for
th time being, Mr. Hinsdsls refused
ruraisa.
The . matter ef erosa examination
: wunene woo aav qeea passed
by counsel for Dr. MeBrayer with
privilege 'of recalling them tame ap
marpiy yesterday.
Their Way f Conelwctiag Caoo.
Mr. Hinsdals thought hi wit
nesses were being put to aaneeo
sary expense and hardship la being
Kept la attendaneopoa th Mm
mittee hearing - front day to day,
waiting' for possible recall for'ereoa-
examinatioa.
rd like te knew why th eoua
sel for Dr. HcBrnyer ar net eroe
sximining.eack witawaa a h eoae
np and conducting their es la th
usual manner r Mr. Hiwedalo naked
"That lust our opinion a to
how w ought to conduct our ease
and wo are sorry we don't meet yourl
view,- 4Uug - waiter Brock aa
wered. ",
However. Judge Neal erim!sed
that during the day b would for-
aisa U attorney on th other (id
seearut Information oa th number
witaenoo already examined thnt
eounsel for Dr.JIcBrayer would like
i cross examine. -, - ,
Wo may net wish " to ero
examin any ef them," ho deelaredJ
Jndgo Pieal atated yesterdsy at
oae point of the iaattiry that eoua
eel for Dr. McBrayer do not regard
ssy of tao evidence preoeated thus
lar as aamagiag. ' ,
"We ar coinc to nreseat Mners
aad records, the actual fact which
will apeak for them sel vet," be said.
at aaotner tun ho stated that the
'ease will csmmea physician from
any ran af the Mate who have
seat patieat t tho- Saastorinm.
ember of their swn farailie. in
sea Instances, to fstify as to ths
manner of treehnent and tho effl
etenry of Pr, M. Braver msaago-
mrst ef the institution.
general bills in time to present
them to the full eommitteo Monday
afternoon.
The lioure sub-committee was not
instructed by its full committee, but
at a meeting ef the full Senate com
mittee following the joint meeting,
the recommendation of Governor
Morrison nnd the Budget Com mi
lion for a bond issue of tJUQ,
000 for dredging inletn to promote
commercial fishing and to establish
fisheries in the, interior of Ihe State
was unanimously approved, and the
sub-committee instructed- to write
the full amount into the bill.
"The fiesherie item was -the on
one upon which the committee took
definite wction, but Senator Bnggett
served notice that he will insist u
on a larger appropriation for the
Caswell Training - Hehgol tnnntliat
recommended snd BenatorEvprett
indicated that he will advocate sn
increase for the Kast Carolina
Teachers College, of Greenville.
For thoCjwwell Training School,
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Be Prolonged
Six Workmen Are Injured
When Section of New Con
crete Bridge Caves I
Haw Biver, Feb. 234lx white
men were injured Jtere this after
noon about 4 oMook when a fifty
foot spun of-ihe Concrete highway
bridge being built across Haw River
sear here eollpsed while they were
twa-gpTO-WrTh incn1 were) jn$n
eipitaied a distance of lo feet
among the wreckage into about three
feet of water,
Th Rainey Hospital at Burlington,
where tho injured men were taken
tonight gave their name a fob
lows; v .... A
T, A. Harris, of Now London. Kf.
t'.j T. B. Wrryof Worgsjiton; B.
W. Hunter, of- Nealsville: J. O.
Story, ef uranami D. K. McClara-
rock, of Uaxton. and Charles Pear
son, sf Burlington.
Hospital Officials said that Messrs.
Harris1 and Pearson are ia a serious
condition - The ether four pntients
are suffering from comparatively
minor injuries. Several of them
have broken limbs. Physicians nre re
ported as saying that none of th
injured men ar expected to die,
The beat information available
concerning the accident fails to dis
close tho cause. Tbo spaa which
caused tho trouble, it io said, sud
deny gave way. Tn men were
working en it at the time aad fell
a considerable distance. They were
partially buried under a mas of
concrete debris.
The bride, under construction.
one of the longest ia the State High
way system. The werkmea have been
engaged In it construction for
nearly a year.
The eranb occurred a the mea
were smoothing down the concrete
which had bee a pourld into thoi
oulds, Tho work of pouring the
concrete had started early thi mora
ine.
It is thought that the heavy beams
supporting tho spaa gave way be-
aeath tho weight of tho concrete.
Dr. O. E. Brooks, surgeon of - the
hospital at Burlington, stated at 9:00
o'clock tonight that the mea are re
covering from their injuries. State
Inspector T. A. Harris I th most
seriously hurt. Hi chief isjuries
ar In tho chest, several rib being
fractured. Physician (tat .that
chance are good for hi recovery,
Sr. Pearson, bridge superintendent,
suffered a dislocated rib and minor
injuries. Th other four men 'Suf
fered ineeration and sprained
ankle. -.. -
VIOLATED STATE '
- CHILD LABOR LAW
Manager Cbarlott Theatre
Convicted la Kecor-
" tier's Court ' ' '
Charlotte, Feh. 23. Ralph D. De-
h ruler, manager of th -Broadway
Theater, was eon fitted of violating
the State child labor law hers to-
dny, and Claude Lecwnanager of the
Imperial Theater was acquitted of a
similar charge when their eases were
heard before Judge Wad H. Wil
til ma in recorders' court.- .
Both men were charged with em
ploying boys under sixteen year of
ag ia their moving pieturd houses
after 9 ocloek at night. ' .
Mr. Debruicr, who was aned 25
and cost, gave notice ef appeal aad
was released usder his on re-cog
nizaneo until tho next term Of supe
rior court.
Mr. Lee presented testimony which
convinced Judge Wililams that the
regular doorkeeper at the Imperial
had got a bey nnder sixteen to ob
stitat for hia on night without the
manager knowledge ju order 1bst
the doorkeeper might attend a dance.
Dealmctivs Fir.
Hamilton, Oat- Feb. It Fire to
day destroyed n four story ffic
building owaed Yf the Lister evtate.
BRIDGE OVER HAW
RIVER COLLAPSES
Undertakes To Mediate In
Fight Between Republican
House Leaders
COMPOSITE MEASURE
NOW BEING DRAFTED
Lenroot-Anderson Measure,
Opposed By Mellon and
Approved By Hoover and
Wallace, Centerof Contro-
versy; Harding Wants Be
. lief For Farmers
Washington, Feb. 23. President
Harding has undertaken to straight
en out the farm --eredit legislative
program, which" has caused a bitter
fight among Republican lender in
tho House and a difference of opln
iou' in his Cabinet. '
Tho f wUrorersjt is iragrses-has
centered largely ground th In-root-Anderaon
bill, provisions of
which have been nsasiled by Bclre-
tnry Mellon aa "dangerous" nnd "Tin
workable, "burvVMrh-TeeeiVea pub-
lie endorsement today by Secretaries
Wallace and Hoover. .
"Composite Measure.
A White House spokesman, ia.mak
Ing known that Mr. Harding, had
urged Republican House mac
io e ii eei a compromise, said theben
root-Anderson measure waarncluded
in the administration'sptogram. At
the same time Chairman Mcf'oddcu,
of the House- bauking committee.
slated that the principal provisions
of the original Leuroot-Andorson
Jjill would be incorporated in the
piiiposue cream legislation .wucn
his committee is drafting.
l be l"resident, it -waa stated of
ficially, was seeking to fulfill the
administration program oa rural
credits, and felt confident that leg.
Oation providing effective relief
f(r the farmer would bo enacted be
fore Congress adjourns March th
fourth. .
Want Adsaaat BUL
halrmau MacFnddoa said his
cmuinittee was endeavoring to draft
a Din wniLtt wouut meet wit.u gen
eral approval and one embracing
the main feature ef the Capper bill,
paeacd by the Senate, snd the Strong
bill, passed by the House, a well
a ik Iuroot-Andcrson bill. AV
sorting that th Senate Lentoot-Aa-
derson bill was quit different from
the original Learoot-Aadersoa bill
approved hy the joint commission
on agricultural inquiry, Mr. Mac
Fadden said his committee, in deal
ing with this measure, would give
atti-ntlnn tn tha criticisms of the
Senat bill made by Secretary Mpl
Ion.
Approve Measure,
Approval of the Lenroot-Anderson
bill by Secretaries Hoover and Wal
lace wa given in letter sent today
to Representative Anderson, Bepub-
lican. Minnesota, chairman of the
joint commission of agricultural in -
nni,r KiTltir Hoover wrote that
"we would feel that M would be a
great disaster if the bill should fail
to become a law," while Secretary
Wallace argued that to offer th
Capper erediU bill as a substitute
would give the farmer' th beet
of reason for feeling tiat in xepiy
to their request for bread wcy nau
been offered a stone. ' ' ,'" '
DISASTROUS FIRE AT
NAVAL STORES PLANT
Pmsacoln, Fla, Feb. 23. Loss
from" a fire whib Jwt night (wept
th yard of the Natal "tore and
Warehouse company, at Geulding,
suburb of Pensseola, wa estimated
early today at 1300,000. .
Twenty thousand barrels bf rosin
aad several hundred barrel of tur
pentine were burned and property
of the company destroyed.
Tho blaze ia believed to have ori
ginated by sparks from locomotive.
riraiiiM Salt
Greensboro, Feb- 23. The suit -of
Mrs. Viola Morgan against th city
of Hiih Point for r.'S.OOO, because
of tho aeath of her fivejyear-old so
in June, 1P21, who fell from a bridge
ever a etream there, wa compro
mised today in Guilford Superior
court for IS75. '
House Backs
On Tax Exemption Fon Stock
Brought batk within rang of th
gun of the opposition by the motion
Speaker, Dawsn to reconsider
tho veto by, 'which tho Bevenu Aot
naaaed its second ' reading in 'th
lions Thursday night the proposed
exemption of stocks ef foreign cor
porations, wa subjected to half ,n
hour of heavy bombardment at the
bands of ' Representative . Everett
vesterdar moraine that ended, ia a
61 to 60 eoaflrmation of th Initial
action, Thnrsdsy nlglit - . -
With th Everett motion to TW-
eeneider the role by which the Wjr-
mendment which would have
ricke out the exemptu-n, failed Of
passage, the House by a vote of t
to 28 again psssed tho measur oa
second reading aid effort to
itrike sot th exempting clause pro
posed by Parker of Ahiwanec and by
driven through the Uouso are
ctaitely at an eJ, insofar as House
tstioa is concerned. Th scene of -e-
tion will be transferred to tho rVn-
with the final reading of the
bill tiiay. i
Hard nnoe ths heels of the oVs-!
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Washington, Feb. 23 B. A.
Kohloss, North Carolina Stat Pro
hibition Director, today was trans
ferred to tha genernl staff of the
Prohibition Bureau here. He will
be succeeded ss State -CI rector by
Allan H. Colctraue, now assistant
director. -
-la ajinouacJng Jtli change. C
mimioner ' liayncs said that Mr.
Kolilos ' bad' nisdo.- aa---"envin
record" a state direetor aidihat
it waa that fact which led to his
assIgiunent...to, hcadxy
So " Declares ' Information
From Berlin; Withdrawal
Later Is Reported .
Wsauington, Feb. 23. If ew French
colonial troops hare entered the
Kulir, tho German Embassy said to
sight it bad been informed In of
final Information reeeiVed from
Berlia. The statement added that
"colored trooj of j- th Seventh
FrcntJi Colonial Regiment have ea-
tvrvA .lTrilf w. 1 ti)
dreti and hart been billeted there in
private home." ,
liAYS BLACK SOLDIERS i al
HAVE BEEN "WITHDBA'WK
London, Feb. JIX Tho Time cor
respondent at Cologne, after a visit
to Uneaseldnrf. say in a dispatch
UledU Cplogn today with reference
w tne presence oi niaes troop ai
Werden, Velbert sod Kupierdreh.
that be learn they were sent to the
Ruhr through an oversight snd now
have, been withdrawn.. They be
longed to the Seventh Colonial Bcgi
ment whieli the French do not re-
gnrd a colored regiment, a ail
its member ar entitlod to chum
French eitixenekip.
Some of the mea are black and
some white, and unfortunately black
element were included la the eon
tingents sent to the above towns.
The correspondent says that the
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views at French headquarter ar
ss optimistic than a few week age
and that undoubtedly th toughness
of the German resistance came aa an
npleasant surprise. But, it
sdded, th French hsv settled down
to "trench warfare" with a de
termination a grim aa that of the
German.
JURY UPHOLDS OFFICERS
WHO SEARCHED FOR RUM
Asheville, Teh. 23. The action f
plain clothe men numa Harris and
Sam Justice ia searching the apart
ments of Mrs. Ethel Wilbanks for
whiskey believed to have been stored
tlior in 1920,. was approved by
Superior court1 jury 'today when "t
brought In ,a Verdict la favor Of the
defendants. ... , H
, - Thn Hart Im rirs.
fcew York, Feb. 23. A woman of
80 ycnts nnd two men lumped early
today from windows knd Are escapes
in an East Hide tenement house, nre
believed by the police to have been
rf imwndiary origin. All three were
seriously hurt The flro was . the
fifth thst occurred within a radius
of three blocks in an hour. The
four other . wr quickly put out
with small damage. - All were be
lieved to have bora pf incendiary
origin.
Up Its
emptioa of tax from tl.I class of
weatlb cam' another jdetonation In
the form of a substitut' for th
Tovnsend codification of. the tchuol
laws, -presented by-Keprssentstirs
KiWia'fif Aih returning th eertifl-
catioa-of tenehcrs ,t-Ui-hadi Bff
eeusty uperiateadents, and .repeal
ing t lie textbook laws in so fsr as
they provld for new adoptions. ...
For the- second timo during the
week Mr. Bowl took th floor in an
effort to transmute a boetil House
into sympathy with hi scheme of
legislation. Monday night he' at
tained a tremendous personal vl
tory. Yesterday, arrayed against th
young leader from Harnett, be' sus
tained a crashing defeat, and the
Townsend bill was passed en its
third reading by a Tot of 81 to 13,
aad the educational fight ia trans
ferred to tho Senat.
Other than th Introduction f S3
new hills, all local or of very re
stricted importmee, tho Hons dU
sntbieg yesterday save ditpne (if
the Bevenuo nd Educational biilf.
BLAGK TROOPS IN
OCCUPIED REGION
Measure Has Passed Into The
State of Coma That Pre
- - cedes Death
FRIENDS, OF MEASURE '
DESPAIR OFPASSACE
BEl Hangs On Single Thread,
MotionJPending In Senate
To Take It Up For Consid
eration; Harding Would
Let Nation Judge The FU.
busterers ,
wnwungipn, lob. S.',. Th sd-
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.iuaiuon ompping Mil tonight
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Hint precede deathjVorn by the
flnbnster and aUaeii ef i, mmif,
in the SenaWf th, legislation fer
whi.-hTeSfdcnt Harding called Con.
grewia special sninn '..
ie Executive has orged with a)l ti,.
force at his command, hujg to life
by a single thread-the motion n.M.
consideration.
Glv I'p Fight
Most of the measure' friends gjvs
no the fight during the day, indicaf.
ing their despair of doing more to
save it by abandonment of the night
sessions into which they had forced
the Senate for four successive nights.
Senator Jones, Republican, Wash
ington, who as chairman of th com
merce commisiion, has fathered the
bill in the Senate, refused for the
first timo to say that he was hope
ful, although declaring that h would
ugui en.
End Canceled Tndar
The end may come tomorrow or
U may be delayed until next wei'k,
possibly Monday, nnd will bo brought
about either by a motion to send
the measuro back to tho eommitteo
or displace it" with another piece of
irgisintion. nie siisgestions wore
be left pending with it death to oc
cur coincident with the adjournment
of- Congreja. .. . . . ..
Indication of the cud developed
rapidly today , in, Jh. tienste, al
though foreeast' yesterday. Senntor
I Curtis, of Kansas, the assistant he-
putmcaw lea.icr, cany la trie flay
went te th Whit House aad inform,
ed th President that' th fight iw
behalf of th bill wa hopeles The
President was understood to have
asked that every possible effort be
madl ia behalf of the legislation,
i Cain Advantage .
Bstumrngta- th Cnpitol just be.-:
for th Senat met, Senator Curtis
conferred with. Senator Jone nnd
other Bepublicaa leader. Then ia
aa executiv ession th Bepublicaa
loaders proposed a unanimou eon-
lent agreement that th Senat ad
journ at aix p. n, until 11 a. m4 to
morrow after Which bill oa tho cal
endar would be considered for two.
hours. Tha opponeuta of th ship
bill entered no objection, aeeepttnc, -the
proposal a aa indication of dis
solution among th rupporter of the :
legtslctlnn nnd imtnMiata'y began
preparation to press further the d-
yantnge gained. - -
Conference continned throughout
tha day among th (hip bill' oppo
nents, but when the Senate adjourn "
ed th plan ef action had not been -agreed
npoa except that a lat of
probably would coma, 'tomorrow. -There
were some who urged reeom-
auiui, others sdrocatcd ditplaee-
ment of th measor in favor ef
other legl tlatloa and a third group
wanted en nrrnngement whereby the
measure would continue as the "on
finished business" of the Snt on
til adjonrnmenti . u
Mar withdraw BIB x
Soms suggestion were heard that
the admin Ut ratios- would withdraw
thi bill, but Senator Jone showed
no such indication nor was any sucu
course conceded a probabiii'y ar
the White House. The only comment
that came directly from th White
House durina th day waa a declara
tion by a spokesman for ths Presi
dent that as to tha filibuster, the
Executive would let th jsounjry pass
judgment.-- : :.-':
- Continue FUInoster . -
Pending Ciml disposition of the
hill,-4is -ofiptinent eootiaaed- th
filibuster nnd refused to allow .any
other busines to bo transacted, aot
even the reception of reports from
committee. Senator Freiinghuysen. .
Bepublicaa, Kcw Jersey, toon after .
th Seante convened, spoke in behalf
ef the legislation and 'then the fili-
busterers resumed their ampaign of
talk. Senator Brookhart, Bepublicaa,
Iowa, made a further attack on the '
railroads, Senator Stanley, Democrat,
Kentucky, discussed phssea of th
prohibition qnestioa, aad Senator
Ladd, Bepubiiean, North Lmkota,
opok for three and a half hoar on
financial ajiatters.
rrellaghaysen Talk.
Debate today was epesed by tVna-,
tar Frelinithuysen, B-publiean, Kc
Jersey, with a speech' iu favor of the
wa " ;
SenatorX Frelinchuysen told the
Senat h waa "amaxedd" at th epi-
Ho to th shipping bill from Dem
ocratic Senators from the Soathrra
seaeoast States.
He read a list of the s.-viee ronks
now being miiatjin-.d all sf them
at henry kxa fr-jm Sou'nera p-ri
and declared that the effect of t
present svstciw ws ti j s w
idy ef 3,J'JJ,W) a year to thrs
ports. '
''Make so m'j'iV-, g"!'. ea ef
the orpo-iUon,'' Mr. lf' : i;r-i
atd, -"you ir r ' ; j t i i ,.;.!
!he serrir.a n ;. k r r-
ernnwnt a'-l w t ' - '. i
apposite city hail. - The l was
r':ma!cj g jE?r tktm Ia'.OOO.
XColsjwel a V-i- four).
ti 4 T;;f tm
perate r:i,l y of the eppotitioa to i-
.(Continued a Tag TJ .
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