North Carolina Newspapers

EN r-TZrni r Dnr IMA '? Leads all North Carolina Dailies in Home Circulation II AW A s. CENSUS) hjvrY-SECOND YEAR FULL L8A8ED WTKB SERVtCl OF THB ASSOCIATED PRESS WINSTON-SALEM. N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 192! Twelve Pages Today LAST EDITION 1 WIN CITY rx v fflflilM DEFENDANT WILLIAMS MAKES ULiniinLiiuij nmnji nr Miinnrn riiAnrrc ON THE WITNESS STAND TODAY SHi-p nil nrn in For Provisional Re Fnr Common Labor, Led By Labor Boarrl 'OBE HEARD APR. 18 s.-, Other Roads Will Ird on Same Kennest: De- .,, Will Bo Permitted - h Both Sides Are iiinru Al,ril 7. permission to OVliloniu icuumw.. . unskilled labor on the JNew intra Railroad was denied flroad labor board here to ilroad recently asked per- Lput Into force cuts of 12 j an hour on April 1. The Us taken to the labor board railroad and employes had I. :jute between the New York nd unskilled labor employes rmancnt reduction In wages oard April 18, (In connection ,e disputes which have been Ither railroads. The decision it the board also will take carriers' disputes at that -five other railroads have itlons for common labor uctions within the last thlr- Each side will be given Lrs to present its argument mbined hearing. ' ce also may be presented In The board deemed It ad- b consolidate the hearing on su of all twenty-six roads to save time, inasmnch as bid the arguments in each lid be similar. ... , . .. iiimiiiiNii.il i I UL.I 11 I II 11 UU ' IJRED IN WRECK DENIES THAT HE HAD aim Limited Leaves the i Near New River, hn; List of Victims - ft, Ky., April 7. An in n of the wreck of, the ilm Limited, of the Queen fccent route, .wrecked yes- ar New River, Tenn., with f four lives and thirty In lay was being pushed by of the Southern Railway. greatest damage was :iy rock ledges near the ping open the flay, coaches opinion of the survivors ay. . ain. bound from Jackson-, i, for Chicago, was on a lien spreading '" rails or tracks derailed three and three Pullman' cars. n ran a short distance be- inK to a stop, the dead and 'eing hurt by. flying debris 3. happened so quickly there me to think," . said J. C. live Springs. Tenn.. who I'i'way to Black ey, Ky. "! r. i was in a day coach '"g fur the door to go up Snicker when I felt the bump as the car left the knew it was a derail. The 1 with dust and dirst and ks, so that it wasn't, pos- much of anvthlnir ." furvlvor said none of . the fturned, but were leanlns- 1 rock ledge when the train ine train was sneedtna- ound a sharp curve and railed lurched against a ''cropping of rock which Pen the combination Aav jd smoker and the day hind it and smashed in the the Pullmnn ho onM Th. khes, he said Hnn tin cans and It Is a won were not killed. 3th. list fnllnw.- ' w vi r'on, Mich.: re !t ti.'.i..' F- Uammlch, Detroit; Wil rk. 87, Soldiers' Home, 'Phis. ''1 is the list of Injured o the Somerset hospital: Mrs. w. H. Perkins, Louis- t go to the hotel after ' Wesley b. Winters, Hes icn : Miss Gossett, Somer- bamuei W. -Hawkins, Mr. anil Hf ttr Birmingham; Tom Martinis', " Kicnmond, no Jackson, Caufleld, . Banning nA t .1IDv'don. ' no addraaa" Shelbyvllle, Ky.; Yung, Richmond. Ind.;' Flint. Mich twii d O'ranrl Rapids; Ephryii a- &mlth. Mich . V liand, O n n , . 'nw. Mich xii. a ji ,"- Hhir.ii :.. 1 no Mrs. Seville, Tenn. . ' NEW- YORK MURDER TO BE SOLVED NOW u. hn, R, Georgia Farmer Very Calm on Stand And Told Story in Steady Tone of Voice , ALL EVIDENCE IS JWW IN Williams Was Only Witness .Intro duced By the Defense; Two Wit nesses For State Corroborated Some Statements Made By Negro Manning in Story Covington, Oa., April 7. Evidence In the trial of John S. Williams, charged with the murder of one of eleven negroes, who met death after federal Investigation Into alleged peonage conditions on his farm, was concluded 'today. The only witness for the defense was Williams hlms.elf who told the jury, "I am as nnocent as a man can be." . Williams took the stand as the first witness to make a statement In his own behalf. "I have never had any kind of criminal charge against me, or my boys before this," were among the first words of Williams to the Jury. Williams said his four grown sons were among the first In the county to answer the country's call to war. "Like most farmers, I have bond ed out negroes and worked them," he continued. Williams said he paid these men wages. He then told of the federal lnvestication that started last Febru ary. He asked the department of Justice agents to tell . him exactly what peonage was, and said, on being told that working bonded negroes, that he told the federal agents he might have been technically guilty and "that most Georgia "farmers were if their definition was correct. "You lying scoundrel, you ought to have your necR' broke," Williams said one of the agents said to Man ning after comparing the version Williams had given about the recap ture of Gus Chapman, a negro, who had run off and that Manning has captured. Chapman had been brought back after attacking Man ning's wife, the defense had explain ed. Williams said that Manning de nied to the agents that he knew of the character of Chapman "The surroundings are much bet ter than we expected, agents tola him, he said, and added, "you may be technically guilty of peonage." The agents commented that the farm hands were "wen fed and well dressed," Williams said. . "Mr. Johnny you ain't treated me right; youViade me out a liar before those agents,1'. Williams said Man ning told him afterwarda "They told me I was Just as guilty of peonage .as you were," he also quoted the negro as saying. The last night-- Preston, Price and Peterson were seen he said they came to him and said they wanted to visit their homes but would return. They asked for and got five dollars each, he added, and he offered to take them to the train. Charlie "Chisholm and Clyde Manning'got fifty cents apiece from him, Williams declared, and went off. r "That was the last I ever saw of those boys," he said, referring to Pet erson, Price and Preston. Williams said he asked Manning next day and the latter replied: "They went off last night." - Williams was talking in a calm, clear voice, and occasionally made a slow gesture as . he addressed the jury. .. "N .... ,. He told of hearing later that ths negro's bodies had been found and of his later arrest. "Whoever put the bodies In the river dM It for a purpose," he said. "If I had done this crime, gentlemen, I would have had plenty of time to get where they could not put their .hands on me," he asserted. Williams asserted he was "falsely accused" and added "what they done tq him (Manning) to make him ac cuse me, I don't know." (' I'did not know what he was eo- ing to say until we heard him on the stand," he said. Williams then went Into detail of Manning's long employment on the farm. Williams said Clyde Manning's mother asked him to take rivrie Manning and others of her children, take care of them, as he said the mother could not control them. H told of paying doctor1 bills and of trying "to make them do right." As far as this ca.a l frninrnul I am absolutely Innocent," continu ed Williams. mats about all I ran ha conciuaea ana left the stand. w imams in his statement had confined himself solely to the death oi in mree negroes drowned In newigii county. - The defense rested. " Two State Witnesses Tosiif ; The last two state witnesses who lom.nea loaay corroborated state ments ot v;iyae Manning, negro farm boss. Mahning told the jury yester day that Williams directed the kill ing of themen, three of whom were drowned In Newton county. Rena Manning wif i nlng testified in eorroboratlon of her iUi,. ! 8t"nent that on the nlgbt Peterson, Willie Preston and Harry price were test seen alive WU- WtUTR WHEAT1DAUGHERTY HAS CHOP FORECAST 1SSUEDWARNING 000100 Ml. MLLKI5S 621, P'ftER SEATS "TONIGHTS SHOW n still I Rvailahla r . WOO dclrp , . . . ti?nKlonn'''trelthlB. . r J 111? -kWWUur I in. I.- IV";" ,ro" m . and to- - Oe nlasvul i- .1 kn -.I... . " ill UK - P v,uu Gliding fond. - t Man Arrested in Buffalo Says He and Another Man Were Paid $5000 to Kill Elwell . New York, April 7. The alleged confession at Buffalo last night of Roy Harris, that he and ' a friend were hired by a worrjan to kill Joseph B. Elwell, whist expert and turfman here last June, heightened Interest today In the new investiga tion of. the baffling murder-case. started last week by former District Attorney Charles Whitman. Harris, arrested m va forgery charge, Is reported to have slgt.ed a ' confession that he and. William Dunkln were hired by a "Mrs. Fair ohiid" to go to Elwell's home and kill him, a deed for which they were to receive $5,000. Elwell had many affairs with women and a number of these were brought into, the case in the Investigation which followed the. murder.. None of them were nameO "Falrchlld." This-name, the police say,' might have been assumed for the occasion. They hope Harris may be able to describe the woman known to him as "Mrs. Falrohild." and In this evVnt they may, be able to establish her Identity. n The alleged confession of Harris asserting that a woman hired two men to kill Elwell is practically the only theory of the crime whjch had never been advanced. ; Elwell was found with a bullet through his head in 'a room of the reception hall of his residence. He was still alive when his housekeeper found hMn at 8.80 o'clock, on the morning of June 11. He was bare footed and clad in night clothing. He' died se,veral hours later without uttering a 'word that Mrould lead to the identity of his assailant One opened letter and several others, un opened, lay ' on his lap when the housekeeper found lim. No re volver was found in the room. (Story Doe Mot Tally. Buffalo, N. Y., April Tr-Altho Roy Harris, alias Geb Leonard, had not deviated from, the original story-' of his alleged part in the murder last June of Eugene Klweu, tne weaitny New Tot yirfman and clubman, af ter a careful Investigation oi nis con fession, it is found that it does ,not taHy with some facts about the mur der. , ' .- "- . " Harris fixes the time of the shoot ing of Elwell at shortly after three o'clock m the morning. He also says that his alleged pal. Bill Dunkln,! used a small calibre revolver. El welHs death wound was Inflicted by a bullet of large calibre and; the waund was of sudh a nature that It is doubtful he could have lived from the time mentioned by Harris until several hours later, when he was found by his housekeeper unconsci ous, i -, , 'i " Harris also fixes the date of the murder as June 12 whereas it oc curred on the morning of June 11. On the other hand. Harris goes into a wealth of detail In regard to the incidents preceding the murder that Indicates, the police say, either knowledge of 'the crime or a most thoro study of the case.. ; -' Harris reiterated today the claim that he had not seen his alleged pal. Dunkin, nor the woman, known to him as "Mrs. Falrchlld." who is al leged to have hired the pair to slay Elwell, since he received a partial payment of the $5,000 .which they were to receive for committing the murder. New York detectives familiar -with the Elwell. case were expected here today to question Harris. Harris was arrested .last night on a charire of passing a forged check for 870 at Bt. Catherines, Ont. He had been living at a hotel here since Monday with his wife. Mrsv Harris, or Mrs. Leonard, as she has been known, told the police today that she parted with her hus band eight months ago In Syracuse. She said she met her husband here last Saturday and a reconcilatlon was effected. Mrs. Harris said her hus band frequently talked of New York acquaintances. 4- U. S. Department of Agricul ture Forecast ' indicates Crop 'Will Be Large CONDITION APRIL 1, 91.06 tiast Year at That Date Condition Wa T5. Per Cent and Produc tion Forecast 577.76S.OOO Bush ' .els; North Carolina Crop ' Iiooks Promising at Present ' Washington, April 7. Forecast of a winter what crop of about 621,- 000,000 bushels was made today by the department of agriculture, bas ing Us estimate on the condition of the crop, April I, which was tl.Ot per cent of a normal. -There was an increase, of 3.1 points in condition from December 1 last to April 1 this year, com pared with an average decline 4.8 points betwen those dates in the last ten years. , The production fercast is based upon the acreage planted last fall with the assumption of average abandonment and average influ ences on the crop to harvest. Production of rye was forecasted as 88,388,000 bushels, from a con dition of 90.3, per cent of a normal. Winter wheat conditions April 1 last year was 75.6 per cent of a normal, and production 677,763,000 bushels. On April 1, 1919, it was 9.8 per cent and production 729,' 603,000 bushels, while the ten year average condition is 83.6 per cent. Condition of winter wheat on April 1 In southern states was: Virginia,- 92; North Carolina, 4; Souuth Carolina, 87; Georgia, 90; Tennessee, 94; Alabama, 88; Miss issippi, 90, t Attorney General Declares De partment Will Countenance No Violation of Laws ALL SHOULD TAKE NOTICE ML BOTTLE CONFISCATED WHISKEY EXPLODES Those Who Have Been Guilty of II-h-gal Practices KltouM Not "CIomo Tiielr Kyes" He Says; Charac terises Ilia Statement As a Modest Hat Kmpliatlc Ono ' . . - r Washington, April 7. A 'general warning to business, that the d partment of justice will counten ance no violations of the law, was sounded today by Attorney General Daugherty. . , . "The country," Mr. Daugherty said, "should take notice of a new day and a new way'' and that those who had been guilty of illegal prac tices should not "close their eyes." His statement, he added, was a modest, but emphatio warning," to those for whom it was Intended and could be regarded as an opportun ity for any of those who should mend their ways to do so. ' SITUATION INUNITEDKINGDOril GR0WSM0RESERI0US;N0SIGN OF STRIKE SETTLEMENT NOW UNANIMOUSLYTODAY MAIL ROBE LEG11IE HARPI?4G AND FOCH New York, April 7. New York's night court, busy as a result of the police department's first drive at enforcement of the state prohibition law, adjourned temporarily In dis order early today when a quart bot tie of confiscated liquor, exploded In the pocket of a detective. f The detective stood, before the magistrate, supporting a man who with bowed head, -was confessing that he had partaken too freely of the brew that intoxicates. "Where's the evidence!" asked the court. The detective's hand moved to ward his pocket. Followed a loud report Some one shouted "bomb", aad a rush for the exits began. The detective was hurl ed to the floor as was his prisoner. The magistrate and others in the court gathered, outside, returning only when apprised of the cause of the explosion. ; The next defendant on the dock et, still trembling as a result of the explosion scare, took a pledge to ab stalnr "forever and ever." M(re than twenty men Were arrested on charges of violating the liquor laws during the first night's activities of the polloe department. Officers to Talus tuuehn Back. Tamna. Fla.. Alirll 7. Alex Heis and two deputies are en route here to take T. A. Earle, said to oe i, U.Vaughn back to Columbia, S. C. Earl or Vaughn is said to be a fug itive from the 8uth Carolina . in sane asylum, where he was piacea mttar hatnir pnnvlcted oi assaulting several young girls at the ureenviue. S. C. Odd Fellows orpnanage. in 1912. Earl denied today that he had been married before and that he was Vaughn. Proposed Conference Between Miners and Operators Today Has Been Called Off MINES BEING DAMAGED Operators Wanted Pump Men to Go Hack Pending Conference, But Tills Was Refused By the Min ers; Navnl I'nlts Held In Head 1 tic w By (JoTrrnment London, April 7. A complete break-up of the conference between representatives of the miners, the owners and the government, with the view to settling the coal strike, was announced in the house of commons by Premier Lloyd George afternoon. this If Latter Will Attend National Meet, Government r Will -. Send Ship For Him - Kansas City, Mo., April 7. An nouncement was made at the Cham ber of Commerce today that Presi dent Harding and Marshal Foch, of France, may attend the national con vention of the American Legion here in October. . Word to that effect was Ham M,rrij ,7 . ""-ireceivea trora a. d. nuicnia, ChrishoTm'. cm in Char tnan of th. local committee in charge , 'mimg Stork to Story Clyde Manning, negro boss of the Williams farms, the last of four witnesses put on by the state yes terday, testified in gruesome detail as to the killing of the eleven ne T??J,n whlch he said he assisted, at Williams orders, because the Utter said, it meant "their neoks or yours." According to Manning's story, six of the negroes, bound and weighted with rocks and iron, were thrown into river near the Williams farm, and five met death either by gunshot or blows from an axe at coimmjex on raoi twoi of arrangements, for. the committee who went to Washington to invite the president to attend. Mr. Hutch lngs. telegram, said that an invitation would be extended Marshal Foch and that the government would send1 a ship to bring him to this country If he accepts. ,. Chief" P.: O. InnpecUir Named . Washington. ArU . T. President Harding today appointed Rush D. Simmons, of Wisconsin, chief inspec tor of th postafTlce department. The new chief has been inspector . In charge at the Chicago post office- for several yean. ANOTHER NOTE HAS BEEN SENT ALLIES Hughes Upholds Wilson's Posi tion in Regard to Mandate ' For Island of Yap' " Washington. April 7. The right of the American government to par ticipate in the peace settlements, af fecting the former overseas posses sions of Germany, has been staled anew by Secretary Hughes In similar notes whlah are now before the Japa nese, British, French and Italian crnvotnmentfl. Continuing a correspondence be gun by the Wilson administration, the new secretary of state specifical ly asks those governments to recon Mr the award of 1i mandate to Japan for the Pacific Island of Yap. Mr. Hughes -argues mat me imiure of the United States to-become a Dart to the treaty of Versailles has not affected Its rights in the overseas posstssions, thtf titles to wnicn uer manv renounced In the peace treaty to the principal allied and associated powers. The attention of the four allied sovernmahts is again called that President Wilson, at the meetings of the Council of Four in Paris, dur insthe framing of the treaty, specie flcally made reservations affecting the future status of Yap. Further more, Mr. Hughes embodies in his note a memorandum from Mr. Wil son to the state department under date of last March 3 in which the former president declares he never agreed to a mandate for Japan- over the island, and that it was his under standing that the question of the disposition Of the .Island was to be deferred until the question of cable communications was settled. - It has been contended that the mandate over Yap was awarded to Japq by the Council of Four while Presideut Wilson was at Paris, . OS GOT AT LEAST $500,000 f Abandoned Mail Sack Found in Chicago; Wrappers In dicate Big Sum Secured Chicago, April 7. An abandoned mail sack found fcy the police early today and believed to be the reg istered ' pouch stolen by . bandits from a mall truck late yesterday contained wrappers for money which the police sold show that from $500,000 tn $750, 000. was ob tained by the robbers. It was re ported, last night that the loss would not exceed $50,000. The abandoned pouch contained wrappers indicating a shipment of one package of $40, 000, in one-dollar bills, a package holding $60,000 in currency; another containing a hundred $1,000 hills and five large socks consigned to branches of the federal reserve bank, each contain ing five smaller bags, which In turn held currency of large denomina tions. ' The robbery took place at the Dearborn Street Station In the busi ness quarter. Bystanders said the robbery was committed In less than two mm utes. So sudden was the assault on the mail truck that many conflict Ing stories were given to the police bv witnesses. According to one account the rob bers had played baseball all after noon In a lot adjoining the station where the hold-up occurred. Other witnesses said the robbers rushed up to the mall truck In an auto mobile Just as It was preparing to unload. The four bandits held up a floxen mall clerks and several bystanders at the point of pistols, demanding that the registered mall pouch he thrown out of the truck. One of the robbers, described as a hugo man weighing mor than 200 pounds, grasped the sack with one hand and carried It to a car across the street. Two other mall pouches were then taken, the bandits escaping In the automobile. Only one shot was fired, witnesses agreeing that one of the bandits shot at a companion he fore recognising him. Whether the bullet took effect was not known. As the bandit's machine turned the first corner a policeman fired two shots at the car without effect. . Early today the police found the three mall pouches ripped open and their contents missing, in a scant lot. Wrappers In 4he registered pouch gave the first Indlcstlon that a large amount had been obtained. SPAIN HAS ALL THE COTTON SHE NEEDS Washington, April 7. -Spain is apparently shut off as a market for inbrinn cotton for the time be ing, according to Commercial At menu Charles Cunningham, at Ma drid. who Informed the department of commerce today that Spain was overstocked with cotton and cotton textile. Unfer normal circum stances, he declared, Spain would be at this season of the year be able to consume about 200,000 more bales of American cotton, but there Is now a surplus which will probably last about six months. In discussing the purchase of cotton In 8paTnA Mr. Cunningham said New York Has taken the place of Liverpool ks a buying center, due to the establishment of Amerl can banks In Spain. Efforts are be ins: made by the British to regain their lost trade, he asserted, but flnanish Importers see the advan tage of buying their cotton with dollars and making one conversion Of exchange Instead of two. To meet this situation, Mr. Cunning-, ham said. British banks are giving direct quotations In dollars and fre quently st a better rate than Ameri can Institutions. Tobacco Men to Study Grading. Washington,. April. 7. Preparing to promulgating federal tobacco grades, Massachusetts. Kentucky. Pennsylvania and Connecticut are arranging to appoint representatives to study the product and grades In their localities. It was said today st the department of agriculture. Such Information will be forwarded to the bureau of markets and will be used as a basis ftr making up the grades which. It Is predicted, will number about ten. London, April 7. Leaders of the miners' union, who conferred with Prime Minister Lloyd Oeorge this morning, refused to order pump men and engineers Into mines affected by ine coal strike to resume work pend ing negotiations with the mine own ers. As the result of this refusal the miners and their employers will not meet today. Leaders of the Transport Work ers' Federation, which already has decided to support the miners, met this morning, but adjourned until 4 o'clock this afternoon In order that they might learn the result of the conference of the miners and the prime minister Mora deciding what form the support will take. Hallway Men to Support Miners, Loqdnn, April 7. The National Union of Hallway Men today unani mously decided to support the coal miners In their strike. Naval I nits Held for Duty. - Queenstown, Ireland, April 7. Naval units here and at other home ports have been Instructed, as a re sult of the strike of British miners, to hold themselves In readiness for emergency service. Shore leave has been curtailed and naval oiTlclals view the 'situation as being filled with the gravest possibilities. The question of shifting largs numbers of crown forces In Ireland to England.' if disorders ensue, has been fully consldend. umciais, however, are- aware of the possibility that the Irish Republican army may take advantage of the opportunity offered by disorders In England and military authorities are reluctant to release the forces In Ireland. IMturbam Reported. London. April 7. New disturb antes occurred In the town of Cow' denbeath. Scotland, last I '.ght. Dur ing the disorder a show window was broke i and the contents of the place were carried awr.y. The police dls-i persed the crowd with their clubs, i according to a Central News dis patch from Dunfermline. Trans port workers of the British fleet In the Firth of Fourth have been given sleeping berths on board the battle ships Crescent and Kosylh. Double guards nave been placed on an cais sons In the Firth area. DAWES COMMITTEE REPORTS TO PRESIDENT Washington, April 7.--Organlsa- tion of a veteran's service admin istration, consolidating existing gov ernmental bureaus having to do with treatment of disabled service mnn la recommended In a report submitted today to President Hard ing by Charles B. Dawes, of Chi cago, chairman of the special com mittee investigating soioier renei problems. The commission, which began Its sessions hers Monday, completed the draft of Us report at an execu tive session this morning, and Im mediately went to the White House to Present It to the president. Mr. Harding will pass finally upon the recommendations. Col. F. W. Oalbralth, Jr., com mander of the American Legion, was appointed as a committee of one having charge or tne pumiaaiion oi the report. He said it would be giv en out late today for publication In morning papers of tomorrow. Mem bers of the commission said It con formed In the main with summaries already published. CHARLES IS BACK 111 SWITZERLAND Hungarian Premier Considers Incident Closed; Says Shows Stability of Government Budapest, April 7. Reports that former Emperor Charles has reach ed Swltinrland have been received hero and his arrival tn that coun try Is considered by Count Albert Apponyl, Hungarian premier, as clos ing ths Incident arising from the 111-' starred attempt of Charles to t Instate himself as king of Hungary. In conversation with the Associated Press yesterday the premier express ed the opinion that Charles was duped by a colossal hoax the work of foreigners for the purpose of pro moting some design nut understood here." "This regrettable Incident which Is now over," the premier continued, "at least proved the stability of the Hungarian State. Hungarians did not share In the pkt to restore Charles to his former royal estate, for even the most ardent Carllsts were unsdvised of the former mon arch's arrival In this county. "Long experience In Hungarian political life enables me to forecast the Incident will not have serious consequences. Although Magysrs are boisterous they are fundamen tally patriots In difficult hours. There will be no long discussion of the incident, nor will an Inquiry be made before which they would In Jure the interests of Hungary. In my opinion there Is a strong senti ment for Charles among the people who would have hailed his return U It had not Involved danger of for eign occupation." , f,lEIIElU LIIIIIEf PUT OK Oil IKE UIS Marion Butler Had Nothing to Do With Placing Elizabeth City Man in Office COL, TOM MILLER SAYS SO ., A lira Property Custodian Says Ho Has No Intention Whatever of Hncklng the Organisation la This Slate; Tar Heels Work ing For New Thm Train WADEA J 1R ID AT STOCKS BUILDING TRADE BE INVESTIGATED Daugherty Says Reports Show Building Material Situation Is "Intolerable - Washington, April 7. -tnvestlga lion of illegal practices in the build ing material trades Is to be under taken at onco In all parts of ths country where necessary. Attorney (ianeral Duugherty snnounced. Reports from these sections of the country are that the building material situation is "Intolerable." Mr. Daugherty said, snd that the doartmetit of Justice desires to contribute in any way It can to Im proving It. Mr. Daugherty was discussing especially the situation in - the building industry which he declared rntiorts to ths department showed to be "Intolerable." He said the department of Justice would ask for more aid from the outside than it had received heretofore, and that lament representing firms should regard themselves as agents of ths department of Justice In upholding the law? (Br PARKBn ANDERSON.) Washington. April 7. Alt doubt as to whom, will control the federal patronage In North Carolina was dissipated Wednesday when Colonel . Tom w. Miller, : alien pnipsrty custodian, announced, that he had selected CoL Ike Mteklns. of Elisa beth City as his ehlefVststent only after John M. Morehead of Char lotte and Frank a Linney, of Boone, naa recommsndsd the Elisabeth city man foe the Job, ; Because of ths fact that former Senator Marlon M. Butter had distributed the recent statement of Col. Meeklns, regarding his prob able appointment as Assistant to Col. Millar, many Tar Heels had as sumed that John Morehead would have fight tq control fedrf pa- tronsg In the stats. Replying specifically to exclus ive stories In this correspondence CoL Miller, who by ths way enlisted as a prlvats In ths American army of occupation, and returned to America as a colonel after going over th top many times, told your correspondent today that he had no Idea of interfering with federal patronage tn North Carolina, that John Morehead is the recognised leader and boss of North Carolina patronage and that Col. Meeklns was sslscted and appointed after ha had secured the recommendation of the Charlotte national committee man.' ."' .-j : As already stated in this cor respondence, Marlon Duller will be a nonenttjr In the Harding ' admin istration. Thru the efforts of Col. Jim Darden, of Edgeeomb county. North Carolina's Hepubllcan party Is to be made a white man's party and the former North Carolina Hepubllcan senator will have noth ing to do with the distribution of federal pie. t No ChiM for New Train Now. Ths proposed thru paeeenawr service between floldsborn and Cin cinnati, Ohio, will ' not be estab lished in ths near future. A committee of prominent Tar Heel business men, including cor poration commissioners Maxwell and Pell, appeared before vice President and General Manger Henry Miller today and presented their case in behalf of the cause. Mr. MUlnr. who, by the way, wss kmrn and reared In Katetgh and is the protegee of the late and be loved Col. A. h. Andrews, pointed out to the committee that the rail roads of the country are now cur tailing passenger and freight serv Ics " rather than Increasing. "The Southern, along with many other railroads, It was said. Is running st a loss, and ths disposition of the railroad official at this time Is Inclined to reduce rather than in crease train service. . E. B. Jeffries, of the Greensboro News, dubbed by many financial as ths "t. P. Morgan or the South," made an eloquent ap peal in behalf of $he extension of the oassens-er sensice. Miller told One Company Using Ex-Cora miewioner R. F. Beasley's Name Aa an Officer " (Br PAHKICK ANDBHSON.) Italela-h. April T. An Intensive campaign contemplated by the state department oi insurance against the activities of unlicensed ktook salesmen was launched today when Commissioner Htacey Wads sent out telegrams to thirty-four police chMs In North Carolina Cities urg Ins that a watch be kept for "wild cat" stock peddlers. Ths telegram authorises the ar rest of any man offering the ques tionable stock for sale, Commission er Wade emphasising the fact that there la not a licensed blue sky stock salesman In North Carolina at the present time. police chiefs are warned to give the telegram, widest publicity as the department expects many wild cat stock campaigns to be undertaken during the present month. Inquiries from scores of reputable cltisens reported to the Insurance department today as to the rating of International Petroleum Company of Texas, which la flooding North Car olina with Its propaganda and Is using ths name of Roland F. Beas- lv. fnrmif immtaalnnar nf ntihllfl welfare, as one or its omcers. Com-; wirar,ig miaeinner wane, answering tne let ters, advises that the oil company In question is "soother wild cat" scheme; It has not been licensed InUm audience that he would take the nwnn armina ana n rata cannot be vouched for by the department. The company using former Com missioner llessley'a name offers Its preferred stock at ten cents per slwre and promises eight per cent interest and that the shares are "profit sharing and at ths present time are paying at the rate of thir teen per cent annually on this Investment. After fixing April 2(th as date for Its next meeting, the stale high way commission adjourned today. Some definite step towards road building will be determined upon at the next mentlng for by that time It Is predicted that arrangements will have been made by the treasury for selling some state bonds. The commission sccepts thai resignation fit W. S. Fallls, highway engineer, but hU successor wss not snnounced. JURY TO GET EXPRESS ROBRERY CASE FRIDAY Macon, Oa., April T. Federal Judge Beverly D. Kvane will deliver his charge to the Jury tomorrow morning in the cases of tl men on trial here on charges of conspiracy to rob the American Railway Ex press Company of more than 11,000, 000 worth nf men-hemline. United States District Attorney John W, Dennett will start the clos ing argument late this afternoon and will be given two hours tomorrow morning In which to close the gov ernment's case. Defense arguments were continu ed when court was convened at 1.19 o'clock this morning with Attorney Oliver Hancock speaking. Ho be gan by an analysis of ths evidence against his two clients, J, N. Smith and H. L. Rucker. , Ono of the IM-ftmdants Tee tide. .- Soutn Boston. Va., April 7. John 11. Draper, one of ths II white men Indicted In connection with the mob In Houston following the of William Hickman, a n, an attempt naving Been yneh James Coleman, ne- cted of being tne slayer, bis own behalf in the of Halifax county to- dlsordeM murderA white m madfogy ro,r tesr l err Vt matter under consideration but all of the Tar Heels left Washington Wednesday night firmly In the be lief that the extra service is out of the question at this time. Among those attending me near- Ing were: J. . Hurley and A. . Rouser, of Salisbury; secretary oi Commerce Huckner, or Asnevme; E. . Jeffrie. of Greensboro; Speaker Oreer. of Statesvllle, and Secretary Beman and Corporation Commissioners Maxwell and pen. of Raleigh. U.S. MISLED ASTO BRITISH POSITIOII Daily Telegraph Upholds Eng land's Act in Mesopotamia Oil Fields London. AprU 7. -Apprehension that the position of Great Britain, relative to the exploitation of the oil fields in Mesopatamta 1 not un derstood in the United States. Is ex pressed by The Dally Telegraph, which says that as a result of the present situation the British gov ernment has not received due credit for the policy it has pursued. This newspaper, which stands alons In commending ths course takes by this country In the exchange of notes between London and Wash ington, asks Americans If they "are eonvlncad they would have observed similar self-denial In like circum stances." We believe," the newspaper con tinues, "that Americans have been misled by persona whose aim is U sow discord between the two na tions, in view of the facts that Lord Curxon. secretary of state for foreign affairs, recited in his last note, however, it is hardly conceiv able that further misunderstanding la possible and that the controversy If It can be thus described, can con tinue without a suggestion of blt tarnaaa." . - ., ., !..-.'.,