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- -V ' . ! TIJE ' HJHTULR dOfo North . Carollnt! Fair Tiriy and Friday i.llttl ckaag ta tempera tare, " ea ytf Mpn. In! rnxil fl dy before expiration I Order la misting ataitt ropy. THE ONLY DAILY PAPER m THE WORLD HAVING MORE SUBSCRIBERS THAN.POPULATIONOF CTTY IN WHICH PUBLISHED V I VOLCXVIl. NO. 67. IWFPWiilT MRDSD.S11 1.L High Honor For Raleigh Man For Meritorious Services During War, '- POLITICAL FIRING IN BUREAU IN PROGRESS Democrat! and Inactive Be publicans To Walk The Plank la Enfraving Bu reau; Are Being Classified ; For Dismissal; Caraway Makea Charges . ' News aid Observer Bureau," ' 603 District National Bank Bid, v By EDWARD E. BRITTON. (By BpeciaJ.liea Wire.) Washington, Mareh T. Beeognis .lac th high value of the service . rendered by him In the World War, th Ww Department announced to day that 'tka Distinguished -Service Medal had been awarded to General Albert L. Cox, of Half igh, who served with distinction oversea. The record of the service render i by him U men that the honor which comet to him is recognised by those who kept " In slose touch with him. Tfis citation la aa follows "Albert L. Cox, Brigadier General, - Officera Reserve Corps, thea Colonel, F.tild Artillery, United St tfe Army, for exceptionally meritonoua and distinguished erviee. Aa command log ofiicer of the J13th Field Artillery during ita organization, training aud active operation ia the St. ' Mihiel and Mcuae-Argonn offens ive, ha displayed tireless energy, great resouTcefuinets and military attainments off a high order. By an skillful andynergptie handling of hit regimeitft he rendered the mail mum tni.po .to the id fan try to which ha wa attached ao effectively that h aided materially la the sue- cesse achieved by our troop ia those important engagements. K Psllties Prims Factor. Charge that politic and not pro fleiency in work ara to determine what men ara to b retained. . and what men sis to bV discharged in the reduction of force ia the Bu reau of Engraving and Printing are current in Washington. More thaa 2U0 plata printer employed "Ih the bureau ara to ha discharged on er before April 1. while by the (rat of July tho present force of printers, numbering eome 750, will havs bea reduced to .K), ground 450 dis missal being planned, and ia addi tion some sou helper. Thla redne tion come a the remit of tho tub- titutioa of muchia for hand work cr ia the muking of aurreaey and oonu. By mean of this labor ing machinery the eipeniea of the bureau Will ba materially redueed. Jtvia renliced by mea ia the bu rean that large numbers must be dis- aiissed front th service, but the kick ia aa to the manner ia which Director Hill ia going about jeleetioa of the mea to be reUined and the mea to ba fired. It ia Wag openly stated thai ia order to keep on the pay roiii employee who art parti- saa .Republican, or who hare the 'backing of Bcpublieaa Senators or KepreaeatatiTea, Director Hill hu re quired erery worker ia tha bureaa to aiga eard. oa thia to ba atatad, among ouier things, the Congrea- aionai district ia which ha formerly lived, with tha aame of tha present acpreseBtatiye ironHtut tUatriet raaaea M ueaaotm. Oa til -floor of tha tVaata it m GENE RAL COX ' eharged by Senator OuntMii a Jiepuoueaa Heaator arose to deny 1 th. ahargebthat theee' earda hay ueea aubmitted to Bepublieaa Sea atora and BepreaentajtWaa,' Uatt being mad of all tha employe fdom th arioua dbrtricta, wtOitha inform, tloa aaked a to whether tha Senator or ieepreaenUtiy waa at ail in terested' ia th case of any of the - employe from hi Btata ar dlstrixt Where thia riaterV ia ahowa by- 'v Republican aiember' of Congreu, V tha &' employ U kia good grace . it retainad ia tha Hrrie.- Th Ctm-.-.ratat-octhv-vther aniJ,-Tr 16 - , Jook ia, and they ara preparing to . wait turn pians:, laowug.that th B,: iiuuwu win oa rotaiaea. even . though tha reeord thow . the Democrat hav rendered. Uu Jbettez . . eerriee, and area- though aom of thna have bona at tha otk for - period rantinc from Ira t tm , 4 ara year. . - - v - - Hill Daalaa It. ' - 'Dirtetot Hn deaie that there i, - ! ponuc ia tha dismissals, but despite hi a denial. Senator Cara way, atill iaveetigating tha matter, waata t kaow th reaaoa for oV taiaiag front th printer th aame of tha Bepreaeatatiye of their di triet. Oa th floor of th Seaat ther wr card exhibited by Sen atot Caraway, the signed by print er ef th Bnreaa of Enrnvin ..4 Printing, giving th iaformatioa aa ta their eonyressional dUtr?t and th name of tha SeproaoetaUye of n aittrict. iaformatioa ia Bought alio a t th activity of th Be publican looking after cartv mat. " ', and Bepublieaa who eanaot how that they hav been active fiit th Bepublieaa party are learning that they to most walk the plank. , There ia talk that in thia matter of diamimal.fr.onr tiieta tim there can be fonnd en big cause for the dismissal of Director Jasaoa'U WU- - meth, oa ef th ZS Bred after Bight iiww py fresment irarding, WU meth being a Democrat, it wa fear ' ed that he eeeld net b amked to , keep Bejinblican B job sad dismiss Democrats. Wilh Wilmeth cat of the ay and Louia Hill ia charge, there , dn dot appear to be any trouble for th Rrptiblieana ia holding en XOontineed on Psffo Eighty SIXTEEN" PAGES 'UNCLE JOE' BIDS ,. nONfiRFSS GQQD BYE i . r'r -jurlSf I s:- -i -- '- if t t With the elosing of th Tth Co gress .bcI Joe" ia retiring to hu old home town of PaBville, IU. H hold the longew recorn xot having served ia the House of Bp reaentative of any Legislator in thia epantry. Photo show hint wearing hi old campaign hat, th one he wor whoa ho came to Congreaa yearn ago, hi traveling bag paeked and carry ing hfa favorit can, posing for tho laat tim at th Capitol., " Decides With Plaintiff In tv lion Against Fisheries pro ducts Co., For S1U10 la a baTdTof aiatoem opinion oa appeal led by th Supremo Court yatrdy, tha ort pustaiaed a judgment for iai,410 obtained la kBartia eounty by o. r. agminat th Jislrrte Froauet to, ia which th jury held that aoto. to th amount aet . forth wer ob tained by aa agent rth. defeBd- ant company xrom n f raamnu7. . .. tho fact i tha case, vn. signed and deliver to th. defoad- Ub afsfiif 4 saaeT IRrM nroBiavty iA!,V"n-i..JU ta th Ttaaerwaaa' ing tb.B0te..r x. P"--- ing with, th jproviw that if tb plainUlf o)d a certain farm befor -7.i.. f th aotoa. he would take Yin th note and reeeiva, therofor MV ahina ax atoea u j" oompaay, Tho aotea, taatead, were negotiated Dy IM oeienuwn . Bank , of Coleraia. Opinion filed by tb or yoa- Urday were: - ut.t . Talknar. Vane. No Error. Perry T. Whit, Berti NewTrial ??rwell T. Baanigni, JMray orf; Whtt'. Fiaherie Frodaota, Ber; tio, No Error. ea.aell f.-SatL La Baveraed. Tayror. Bridgefot aL, Hertford, Affirmed. Hia aai.ii co, Pitt, Reversed. Lombr C. .v. Askrw, Pitt, New Trial. - Ashforl v. tvia. Craven, No Er- rot. . - .. Warrington t. Hardisoa, PaniB eo. No Error. . Cherry v. A. C. U . B, Co, Pitt, Bvorte4. - - - Grocery Co . Osatral Gsrags, Pamlico. Bevcrssd . " JSUiier v, ecoii, jxsaeii, rvuuss Allowed. , Ml I ' A - t fey z, i ft! i f ' ii J A SUP FILES OpBiS Bander . Bocky Jfoaat Savings as Trust Co, aad Kocky Mount lna. ! k Boslty Co, Naah, Judgmeat Af firmed withott writtsa opinion. - Horner v; Parker, Vance, Judg ment Al&rmed Without Writtsa Opinion. : . . : INQUIRY STARTED IN -ALABAMA COAL FIELDS Birminghast,Aln, March quiry into, condition b Alabama eoal field waa begun her today by John Hayt Hammond, chairmaa of th United State Coal Com mis aioa. A tour of th Birmingham district s described as informal, pending arrival' tonight or tomor row of to other member of the commission. Thomas R. Marshall and Clark Howell, who will take part in th Alabama iaveatigatien. ," : W. W. Meeabsr Flsed Mobile, Ala. March L Fifteen member ef the L W. W; tahca is a raid hers today wer each finm! t-yO end cost or 20 day h.ird labor oa chrgw of vagrsncy by the fity Recorder. ' . J . TOPAYU;: rjgrjrrjtfj;nngj- PRESIDENT ENJOYS G Rest Also Proving Beneto XysjSJHaroipg; Regain ing Strength HOUSEBOAT TRIP IS NOW IN PROGRESS Edward" B. McLean'i Craft Proceeds . Blowlj Down Halifax River; Memberi of Parff Make Stopa for Bounia of Golf ; Ho Sched ule Tor Vacationista 'aytoaa, Fla, Ifarek T. Pret dent Harding today found what he ia teekiag . ia Florida quiet and recreation. , Th flurry incident to the arrival at Ormond yesterday had passed and tb president and Mrs. Harding with th member f thtir vacation P'ty wer permitted to eMain., inintertBpted rest, After a' .aiighav pt . aJxwd-.th . house boat Pioneer Jujst aouth of Uaytoaa, th Chief. Exttciv with kia host, Ed ward B. MeLeaa, Chairman linker, of the Shipping Board, aad-former Director Da wee, ef the Budget Bureau, came ashore aad motored to- Seabreoa. aero... ta Halifaii Biver from thia slty, for a gam of golf. -Cribs Dsta Ilvtr Tha Pioaeer, with Mr. Hardlag and other members of th party aboard, proceeded dowa th river aad anchored off N Smyrna. The President,-after round Of golf, motored to New Smyrna aad went aboard about one o'clock. Almost the entire winter colony ther was head at the dock to greet him aad to catch a glimpee'of Mrs. Hord ing, who enpeared oa dork shortly before the arrival ef th President An hoar after th - Preaideat had boarded lb .' Pioaeer, th cruise dowa th river waa resumed. . No Bet SclMaal. . Th leit atopping place of the President wm not announced befor the departure from New Kymrna, that matter being left undecided. a will bo tho custom during the voyage down the Halifax aad Indian Bivers and the inland waterway to Miami. Th Preaideat, it ...waa em- jhaid today by membere of hit party, ha atabUhe4 ao abaoiately lied chdul and will mak Boa, holding that -tb moat oaa bo gotten from o "vacanoa wnea aoch matter are left to aa day by day arrange ment " :- s . Tho Pioaeer ia mot a apoedy eraft aadoeeaaa ef th daagar f groaad- ing oa either md f tb aarrow chaanel bo attempt at' (pec! wlH b made. Her average la about an or eight asiles aa hour. Steaming at thia rat during th afternoon waa expected to -bring her aomewhwr ia the vicinity of TitusviU for th night aaehorag. This will . allow aaAer araaao ef golf tomorrow cither at Boeklejge, Cocoa or Vero. Meal weatner waa servea in presi dential parry t today, although much of the riaulh' beyond th aorthera Florida border was feeling tho chill f th passing winter. LEI8TJBELT CRUISING IS HAKDING1 PROGKAy Ormona JfeacB, rm. Mama it Mor led surely raiajng wa Florida' East Coast Inland water way aad another round of golf wer contemplated by President liar disc today aa he bsgaa tb second day or hi vacation. . I Th rslaxatioa, not to aientioa ta recreation he baa beea able to ob taia staco leaving Waahiagtoa, al ready has helped him, member of th vacatioa pfrty ay. Despite the long railroad trip th vjjit to th land of perpetual sum mer also hea beea of immediate benefit to Mr. Harding, who i gradually . regaining hor former ttrsagth . PUfiWSPAPERMEN UNDERHLTCENSE SYSTEM BUI la Oklahoma liietoKj- aad Licensing - . . ' . Oklsaossa city, uais, "arcs TNewspaBwr sdttors, reportsrs 7rsn jrsssriBgBgrta BSBS. .Uag "copy" fsr pablicatioa wsald ko iwjalrT-ts aasmlaatioa befor a State board of.aswspspsr otmlasrs aad pay . $11 for a li cease aadcr a bill latrsdocosl ia tho ssr Hems of tao - BUts tegbdataro UU : tsdsy. i Tbs meassrey seeordlsg ' itsliataor, seeks to Wwor th libel aecrsgs by raising tao sUsdsrd of perasaaet oa Okbv. hsma ewsaopera, aad staking tho pewspoper bsajasss ' a prr fesslsa. - "--:. The blH provides for the revo cation of . license la ess of "aaetklc si acts" by aowspspst mea,. Prsvlsh Is mad la tbo prspsssl for "csks" who aro He- J see aa atatenta. - Tkey wosia net bs lirensed sad tbeir edU lets woold be responsible -for their acts. ' ' ' NO WONDER FARMERS ARE ALWAYS IN DEBT lysrhbarx. Va, March" T Mra. W.,J. Crowder. of that ctty whlls peeling a potato ysstevday . fee ad a hot la It teadisgi,. . ""I r twesty-foat .scats per" . HaWL. nst did ysa gtvr U wsa signed T, Besrds. ley. Btantoa, c" aad wss dated Jasssry Jf. " . . . Mrs, Crswecf she pa" thirty ata a peck tr to so. . Utoes. . 1923 First Picture of Mri. This nhntnerank ahowa President Oeore Christina. Secretary to th for th peeial.ira1-4bt took them year. IBUi is ine nrsi piciura ol mrw lllnesa. . Turlington Act L. : Temperance Forces Say R. L. Davis Maintains That Indictments Pending Are -Not Invalidated SAYS SUPREME COURT , HAS PASSED ON ISSUE QuoWa TelofTam Beceived Prom Herlot Clarkaon, Who ... POoted Meaaart.. Tk,i?apreBi Court of North Col li aa has already pissed on a point idtatieal with that raised 'folio-Ing th enactment of the Turlington pro hibition act ,at th aeaaioa of the General Assembly just adjourned and no doubt rests upoa tsertaliditf of indietmeat for violstioa of pru hibitioB law sow "pending, B: L, Da via, Superintendent of the An.il Salooa League, declared ia a stats meat issued yesterday following com mnnieatioa received from Heriit Clai-kson, of Charlotte, who piloted th taeasar through th Geaeeral At sembly, ) Tbe court, however, will andonbt edly be called upoa to past again on thia point If w. N. O'Neal, of, New Light, eharged wHhirhe sale of whis key i csavictcd ia Wake Superior court thia week, hie counsel will carry th ease to the Supremo Court on this lasu. Ttitcreday Judge E. U. Cranmer ruled with Bolioitor Kvan a ta validity 01 th indictment agaiaat O'Neal enred asdetjhe old law aad refuted to qnsshi ts iadict,! ment oa motion for the defense based oa th ground that the hew Turlington Aet repeal th eld law,. Wm Im. Th itatement iue"oT'ciy KrTtlavi yesterday follow :. ' "By every ttandard thia It a loos law. Th purpose ef it, aa itated ia Hectioa Z, ia to revest tk mm ot ta tosiosting ljuuor as a' beverage, and to section declares that to tuia eaa all th pre vision of thi act (hail be liberally construed. ia th Ooaeral Assembly sarths elos- :.- -i-v. .v. v. .1 .t,.,i.. nl mm WJtllp UM travoswlwrsj BjMV sot w ys y&ided that all law ia soBflict with itki, mel k.reh TrnrW&. this aet wnnld siva s lonn-hola for all res at defendant charged with th Vid- latioa of th old prohibition law-, to gs free.. But this Case ta ther ouchlv covered by the So nrvra Court ia th BUI wren rgrklae, njeo April J, WWJ. - Is this Mt. Psr kins was indicted snder Chapter 4.4 Uw of 1903, and coavicted ia thi November term. Union county, July, kSOS. Th offense was committed in 1904. Th General Assembly ef 1903 passed another -unci mor stringent liquor lsw thaa the 1U03 aet. The do feadaat appealed oa th ground that th 190 act became operative June first. 1903. and therefore the 1903 law waa repealed. Th Supreme Court however held. That ruling of the court was ia all respects correct.' Th obinioa further any. 'Ther is no claoss ia th latter act anqnali fiedly repealing prior ' enactments npoa tha tarn subset bat by sec tions 28 and 17 it i provided that all law and clause of U 1 in conflict with thi act atc'repealed and that the act shall be la for,;,; and ffet Trom nd. sftcs-Jttne Jet, 1K. la the opisliiSKoI -lr. tienoi Clarksoa, whs W just wired me, the esse of th,ey-preent law i psratlet tothiay-tnd all defendant can lie tried and punished according to pres ent indictment. . "Srctioa 10 seems also to be ireubl ing aotne yieoMe. This 1 a copy of tectioa 33 ef th Volstead Act, which reads: '.After rebruary J, 9X, the po tContinued oa Pags Two.) HarjJing Since Illnegr' 1 nnd Mrs. Hardin?, accompanied by President, leaving th Whit House South for their flrt' VBcaoB-isXiL, twayi kil them all uaiuug tiRn bi iwmi shmw Good Law, Two Negrow Fired On and One Probably Wounded In Robbery Attempts I , - - 1 ' r What might lav beea tb lghth in a series of pick axe f rob berie in Raleigh waa frustrated at 12:30 thia morning when E. Lloyd Tillev. deoutr elerk of Court, U. E. Auttin, afld O, M. Thompaon, of th Austin Taylor Co and the Hayes Bartea PhaVmac toeated 1 th building at th north tnd of Olca- weod Aveaue, fired n two negroes who had entered th drug tOr by pritlnr- open th rear door. The police wer notified and immediately began a search for the' men, on ef both ef whom, it wa believed, had been wounded. . Mr. Tillev voloateered his serv ice whea tlis presence of Strang men In the vicinity of th iter and other information aroused utpieioni of aa impending attempt oa that place, Tho; deputy elerk of court allowed himself to b loekell in the store at closing time. He was later joined by Mr. Thompson and ' Mr. Austia who slipped int th rear. They believed - that the - attempt would bo. wads ea Tear window had stationed themselves according ry. "iney nesra uie snoo oi inr door tarams tt ws tried from the . A.rT .. l . . . . . . outside, and thea th scraping of a ladder dragged to th window. Home- on climbed .the ladder md tapped sb th glass.' A few minutes later, they heard ih intruder prizing at the tear door. , They Opea F.Irs It opened with, a crash and sae l negro entered. - ; v "By God, I'm. going to git mi man tonight,' PICK AXE YEGGS . ARE FRUSTRATED night- s .worsssJi V-JSLt th sflobrTW Thompson- wsJt2" a visw. having rtationed' him-1 V rTp I'" f across ia plain visw, having ttationed' him elf-W Mr. Tllley and Mr. Austip did to bo ia lino with the window, fThroWjap your hands," Thompsod The aegro ducked at th ad at th second yelled, dashing )out ef th door.' He and pamoB who hid not entered ther tore, ran across Gleawood Ave- nut to the werftide'ef Hayet Bnr ton. thd : out through th Methodist Orphasag woods. Mr. Thompson, Mr Tiliey. aad Mr. Auttia giving ehsss and Bring when they got good view. i Mr. Tilley stated last sight that hs could identify both negroet'lle taw them get off th street ear at the -drug -stor is th full light of the are light and then pase close to the itor a they Triad their way up th road toward th County Home, Th negroes left behind then only a mowing blade-used" In forcing op eauto door. Bevvath Robbery Tasedsy . i Policemen . were 6a guard at (hit (Continued oa J! Sevn) At .ssarfc ressecf fo tit memory' ef Mr. ATary C. Dan iel, mothti tf , rr Jotrpku DanieUr editor of tht Xevt ami Obttrter, thi of is tkt paptr rtZi 6 cloud today until ler tht funeral, ick vM b it It a' clock thi momina at tht Mrthotlitt Church ' rf nfTZsoaV Tht effict trill reopen at 13:30, SIXTEEN PACES TODAY. : MliSSM Mi. So Declares Witness, . In . Identifying Hugh Willis In Court Room TOLD CAPTORS OF Ml . TO rULLTIIEIvl ALU Another Survivor' of KiHingi Teitifiei; Identiflei An other of Six Defendants In Qate; Telli HowHe Ea caped By Small Lake Swimming t a Marion, m, March 7.(By tb A. soeiated Press.) Hugh Willi, itate board -member of tb jHlnolf Mine Workers, waa pointed out from the witness atand at th teeond Hetrla riot trial today a th man who. gave aa order to "kill them all," after, a mob had taken forty eight bob antea worker from th nllne of th South ern Illinoi Coal Company last June. Th aecuaatioa wa mad by Bobert Tracy, a survivor of the riot. At tb time of th outbreak, Tracy test! fled, he wa Bring a locomotive at th mine and wa .union man,, being member of th International Broth erhood ef Steam Shove) Worker' aad Dredgemen. ' Kill Them AIL 'Don't kill the mea oa the public highway where there are Womea and children " he eflteted Willi. a saying. "'Take them over into the wood and-Tten't let one The witness also picked out Otis Clark from among the six defend ant eharied . with th murder of Antonio Mulkoviteh, former soldier, veteran of th Somms aad tho Ar gonne, and- on or the victim ef th tragedy. ' Tracy testified he had seen Clark walk up to C. K. McDowell, crippled superintendent of th win aad an other victim of the riot, curs him and beat him over the head with the butt of a pistol H said Clark told McDowell: "'I'm- going to bill yon aad tear yon to pieces for bait to catch, fish with,' you scab ' " i . Keiaraoc Ta nrs. Traey testified that th aarmed priaomsea were takes into tb woods, after Wiiiis nad driven, ,w. la aa automobile and said ta nut them all." He said oa bullet ttraek him at h ran, but that h sscaped by iwimming. a imall lake. On cross examination Tracy said that after th firing oa th min had started h got a gun, went ta th top of oa f tha mm baildtnts aad returned th firs. "Who did yea shoot stf b wa asked. - "l shot a t those who wer firing at m.' Attorneys for tht.dafea claimed a victory today la a ruliag by Judge D. T. Hartwell regarding .testimony directed againit Bert Grace, oa of th defendant charged with the mur der or Anlonto ilulktvich. It was aid that th ruling practically ellml nated urace from the. TAR HEELS HONORED-- BY THE PORTUGUESE Decoration Awarded By For tngnese To 1 2 Oth and. 107th Eegiments '; Wsshlngtsa, ' Msrck ' ' tTb Portag-asso gsvsraaaoat ha awarded tho dsesrstioa f Torre Eshsda U tao 12th aa4 ItTth Natloasl Gaatw ihfsafry BegU sat for partldpatioa aloagsids Portagasso aalta la Us World War Corps area cosimsadsrs wtth headqsarUr at AtlaaU aad Now York were Inatracted today by tho War Department to deeorst th celorsof tho two regiments with appropriate core. ; assay. Ths IMih xafsatry waa la Us aad Soath Carolina, Georgia aad Tesaeases. Tbo l7tkr Beaimeat wss part of Us 7th NW VorKr Divkstoa. WltWINGTOr GALE; STEAMER IS SUNK Wilmington, March f-A forty mile gals with gust of chilling rain wept over WilmiiigtoB laat Bight. Th iteamer A. P. Hurt, of th New York, Wilmington aad -Fayetteville Steamboat Company, wa nnk at ker mooring, when, huge" wave washed Over her ttera aad water-logged the engine room. No ea wa injured. At Sunset Park, suburb, a garsge wss blown down, whi)e a resideac ai AuauDon, sBotner suDuro, was un roofed. Tree were uprooted In varl out' parts of the city and telephone line considersbly damaged. Ths A. P. Hurt wss the first stsel hnlt-tbrp-imf tuilt lirNolrth Cttro lina, Hhe wa renovated and equipped with, modern appliance, some years ago aad haa aiacs beea la service betweea Wilintnrton aad Fayette ville, carrying freih and posses gera. - - Shs wss th last of. th historic fleet of aids wheeler aaviantiag th Cap Fear Biver sisee th day prior to th Civil Wsr. . . BSHOP DEN NT ATTENDS MT. AIRY CONFERENCE Greensboro, March 7. Bishop Col lin Penny, of th Methodist- Epii eopol church. South, waa here a few hours tonight, passing through froxjjof ths American association, snd the the Mount Airy District, conference, just adjourned at Elkiu.. He spoke to th Methodist ef the city tonight. t I ' - . . -: 111 - zif--i - . - Thomas S. CragQ, (upper) retiring. Hepreseutative-at Urge of Peaatvl- vauia, --and Ooversor -Themso- W. Hardwlek, 0) f Georgia, have accepted appoiatmests as c peels I Assistant Attorney tieaeral to as sist ia th isveetigatio d prose cution of war fraud DEPT. OF JUSTICE Georgia Governor and Thos. CragoToHelp Handle war Frauds Cases" Atlanta, Ga, March T.-Oovsraor Thomai W. Hard wick announced her today that he would accept aa appointment as special United State Attorney. General at the expiration la June ef his term f Governor of Ueorgta. .. Oovrenor Hsrdwlck will bs sue- needed Jss 2T by CUfford M. Walk r, who was elecsed ia lbs gesorsJ lectlea last .faliv ; Hardwicks ItstsmeBt ta a atatsmeat today aaaoanelag his acceptaaeo f ths appointment. th Governor said; "Th position ia question is special assistant to tho Attorney General ea th Advisory Board Of th War trsassetW Sce tioa of ths Department st Justice, for Jibe iavestigstioa aad prosecn tioa of fraud case growing sut of th war. " " -" "Th appointment 1 strictly- aad purely a professional oa aad the board is bi-partisaa aad .sob politi cal., my immediate predecessor beting former Senstor Thomas, ef Colora do, a Democrat. -.r..,?.. At u sari data I shall a-s ia Waahlagtoa for a eoBsnltatioa with my colleagues aad I hop to bs, abls to bsgia my aerviee ther ea Janu ary l. - ----- - THOMAS B. CRAGO ALSO 18 8PECIAL ASSISTANT Washington, March f-TKbmna 8. Crago, retiring Bepreettativ-at-Lsrgt fnom Peaniylvania, h beea appointed a ef. th special as ltant to tb Attorney General as signed t th handling ef war grand Mr. Crago aad Govsraor fTkomss Hardwiek, ef Georgia, ar expected to take important place sa ths corps or. wsr iraua prosecutor recently vacated by by resigaattona, Former Heaator Charles Tkomaa, et Colora do, aad aevsral ethsr amigied to this work hav severed their ennnee tioa with th Department ef Justice withla th past few area ths, bat ths appointments anaoaaeed today are takea aa indicafiag that Attorney1 uaneral Haugkerty piaaaed to mit ef no lefups la thsraep isquiry late wsr ooatrsets. la all about zso attorneys ail with the rank ef Special AssisUat Attor- aey Oeaeral, new are ia ths corps assigned toJb InyettigatioB and proaecuUoa of frauds.. DISQUALIFIES JUDGE IN KU KLUX KLAN CASE BeIaad." ris,, March"" r-County Judgs feseoek todsy wss disqsali led as eommittijig asagistrato-in th case-eC Charles Pent and Lsc Bodgert, Charged with assault with latent . to murder following their resisting arrest afterrforeibly disrob ing two Klansmea oa ths street of Daytoaa rseeaUy.oa th algbt ef a xvun psrsae. ' Toe preliminary searing mas halted abruptlviiy a writ st prohibi- tloa issued by Circuit Judge Per- kint. CO-OPERATIVES LAND IN LIVERPOOL UARKcT Dallas, Tex- March T. The Amer ieaaCettoa Growers Exebaagej rep reaeatiBS mora thaa 150.000 cotton grower ia co-operative marketiag of their crop, baa acquired control of a seat ia the Liverpool Cottoa . Ex change through H. B. Porter, ef Liv erpool,-L. P., McKay, director of Ia formatioa , of tho exchange, th nouneed here today. Mr. Porter, who own the scat in the exchange, ia devoting his sttentioa to the iuterewtc organization will participate actively in the English market through, him U &. McKay so souses!. HARDWICK JOINStH ,PRICEi'nVE cEm-s MIIliGLE IPlllSPOfll British and French Trying To' .Come Jo Terms Over Use dk of Railways '.i FRENCH SEND TRAINS THROUGH BRITISH AREA Parti Foreign Office Declares' uunors Speech howa Vain Zfforta To Stir Tp Puhlfo Opluioa Againat Occna tlon Forces; Disorders at EtseB . ..,':lv ' 'Tandon, March 7.-(By Th Awo- ' elated Prei.)General Sir Arthur Oodley. commaader of tb BrltiaU trope at Cologne, rrlve4fir London ' today and' ' conferred f with " War 0e pfflcial. Later he net the Cabinet committee and submitted the draft of aa agreement draws iftf wifir'tlenerar Degoutte, commas, der ofth French troops-hx th Ger- mat ceuped territory, regarding the amouat of transport tho Preach should bo permitted through th Cologne tone.' fnr lllowing-th""Ir'aet t" iDDroii-"' matcly ten trains dailyujcross the toss sad guaranteeing no trouble with the Uermaa workmen in the handling of these train, tho British, believs-twrv hav made, ample con cession. TM,Biluh government il expected to give ipeedy approval to uiiiinrnTw Jim uniit kjio m rcaca bars aeeepteit it, official her see a settlement of th Anglo-French . transport snarl in ths Baht. ADDITIONAL TERRITOKT OCCUPIED BT THE FBE.NCK Cologne, March T-(By Th Amo. eialcd Press.) Additional territoTf east of f-ologn wa occupied todif by the French troop 1ii order ta giv Prunes 'complete eeatrol of all- " th custom posts on th right bank: ' of th Khine. By thi mov the Brit ish bridgehead at Cologne 1 sow surrounded ty i'rench patrol and ' utposta. Th are east of Cologn for th present it being patrolled by 'ths French. Ths custom posti at th Berrtng. hanssa railroad jnaetion and ia tht Iowa f Wipperfufth, southeast of Klhetfeld. wer oenpi4 by the French Tassday, had detaehnienl ef Preach troop were stationed at Grafatb aad Bemuhied to guard ths Hue of . ommuaieatipa extending from Bemscbeid just beyond th British Mjfc..i0iijg!- IATS EFFORTS TO STI -. 1M OCCUPIED ZONE UP POPULATION VAIJf Psrlt 'MTcO(B.r Ths Aisoei ... sted Press. Chancellor Can, in his speech yesterday, showed that , tiran goveinaieat is making - vaia efforts to stir ?B pabli opinion snd lacit th Buhir workmea araiait th eeupattoaal forces, it wa? de clared at th Foreiga Office today, - By the very charge he audi ton. earning alleged French atrocities h showed that Via policy had aofmel with (oeeess, it wss added. BERLIN WILL SUPPORT . DICRHASE IN PRICES Berlin, March T (By The Awoci a ted Press.) Ths government, it ia seml emeislly innoaseed, - bs re solved to support a general deereaad 1b .price. Th downward trend be gan with th ' appreciatioa of the; - EXPELLED FROM RUHR BY THE FRENCH Bsrlla, Marth T. Prcaidsnt Loebe of th Seichirtsg, anaoanesd todsy that Pastor Borretl, deputy ef the eeenpied area, had beea expelled by th Bhineiaad tJommissioB os sw, onat . etaHege4 iaflammatory; , speech. . t"; ABSENCaf T)F POLICE IN ' ESSEN CAUSES TROUBLE Esm. March lr la ooBsequened ef the abseaeo ef a polieslfortr, , outrage ar reported dally. Shopd ..A Imiim are sn tared lTymarU. deft aad residenU of the city are, held ap aad robbed. ' Th Are brigade nas tasea sve ths duties ef th police. The French will not vomit them to carry arms, as- laey-k- ..squippsd- Ihtmaelvet. with piece) ef rubber tnoing ipsoen with lead, and with wooden revol vers. Thia armament hss proved, efncicacioas. - Ths flreasea ar very active thtir w duties and And Gerwaa smistaata la ths CommunUta, whp seeat anJtrou to (how that they are " not BBoetod with Ue disorders., T. uu eases blocks of bouses have formed societies for mutual prffts. tioa. . ' ' ''' ' . , ; ARGENTINE NOT OUT .( ' - OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS Bueao Aires. March J-(By ft Associated Presa.)-Th retiremnl of, the Argsatine delegatioa frois, th Assembty ot the Leagw of -Nsv- -tioa ia December, 1920, did not its ply th withdrawal -,of Argcntm from th Leagu itself, la th ePiu iiia t Foreign Minister GalUrdst - ' ifgeSUitas "withdrawal fre th . Assembly followed we rejeciios it that body of the Argentine prnpo sal t admit sll sovereiga nation to membership. . To Deport Alien. Chsrlestoa, & C, March T-Fou; alien alU-gcd to havs been menil er of party of 32 mucilcd into t' l aited t-tates from Cuba at Pa.i City,. Florida, -tonight I ft here n charge of iinni!t-r;,:ioa '' ' " Tamp, from whwh purt tl -y v ! 1 Jr 1
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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March 8, 1923, edition 1
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