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TWIN CITY Leads All North Carolina Dailies in Home Circulation JIN JL rCt-L LEASED W1ROJ 8EHVIC1 OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WINSTON-SALEM. N. C. WEDNESDAY. MAY 10. 1922 WEATHER: Partly Cloudy 32 PAGES TODAY Last Edition 0 (BOSS ..1ST HAVE -.SHORE 001 SUFI TnTnTnTThTnTT ill VUVt vu 1 l u I , listilMjllW "tiORTH CAROLINA'S Largest city IV.. 8. CENSUS) f E I T I " -ohbsjbsbbb Jj-jL N u U FUNDS fit RELIEF FI . . a ATEIASOiCa AMD BONESW lULUU MEET NEXT YEAR 1 CHMOII rrrtrrnin ID MUMS 1 BE FED OFFICERS CHOSEN BYSOYAL ARCH CHAPTER TOD A Y Flood Commission ji . ... ,lv $27,000 Placed 'At Its Disposal HAS BEEN SPENT L... I reed To See Red Wills A"tl Prcs'dcnt in To Have Nation-Wide Ap M.dr In Behalf of Ttao Qnils n( Homeless I, Misa.. May 10.--By The Press). Distribution or ,:t rflief camps in the area Lied regions from the Wet- Lasea Is now under way In The supplies are Issued ; Cross with the assistance . ., tjnn tintlnnfll ts or me L.uuim"- "'' it Is estimated that not less Lo people must be provided dialed by Joseph- C. Logan, manager of the soutnern , ih. npii Cross, that the isilsippl Relief Commission PnnirresRman J. W tOllier, hm a vena niion ursinx vyv . . at Red Cross omciais ana kt Hurdlne in Washington Ha nation-wide appeal tor Iv contributions to relieve amnnir flnnd sufferers. twiminn declares that the It if not in a position to give fcdtbat 30,000 people OI Mis- and one thousand1 rrom ha who have taken refuge 11 be without food In seven I; alio states that it will be ry to feed the flood sufferers aM ,iitv ilavs and at Dresent It Mississippi Flood Commis- entirely without funds trie alaoed at its disnosal bv the loss having been exhausted. IASED CONVICT SAILS FOR AMERICA lampion, Eng., May 10. (By tsociatt'd Press.) cnangeu 'lifer" to a free man thru '! Lidv Aslor and John W. American connul here, Chas, ailed on the tteanishlo Ma- luday for . his native state, serving 15 years of a life tor the shooting of Edward a rival fur the affections of to May" Churchill, Smith was yesterday from the Dart 1 on a deportation order, by the home secretary. . ft said he was going to his in Vireinla. where he Intend- make a fresh start. "I have with my former associates old life," he declared. IK prats Are Opposing Loan 000,000 To Little Re- Public At This Time ' UllPliin t.... 1A ' nknrn N fight developed today in the "ilT me (.'nrlnpi' rono lltion. "b a loan of Jo, 000,000 to Wlilie of Liberia, first auth- " it i s, and urged now. by irdilltf Hrimitilvtrfitlnn . -" f awaaure was taken lip under win ior nve hours of ae ' Hnuse meeting an hour ' unit my h. to reach r. vote TO day f the luni.l,IUnn -nawthnra t. wm iiirrtim i:uilllll nivi; Ported the resolution Hale, I " ' ana hreep nf WAthfnr. f0I?l aalnt It ir, ,,lui tUi) tllM ni- n.n.MMtll,' P'iP' At the Republican r'M la. nii-lu Iha nnrtv on a roimliitlnn . for ,,MWIodn support. Repre tiarner, of Texas, ranking ; In ehat'Ke of the fight, de- lwtit. ' " . I. r ilh passage secretary . ' imp run i inirfl Liink , j '"es was morally and I the tnnnpv In view of uppou of the allied cause "Wld ar. "uan l i . ... 9ii,n lnty declared me .... . ''P airiolu aonii, tnHnv . il from a 'lettor hu the f..!rvin8 pending arrange tK. inns miuuu m me ti0B"-m "f the loan by any U fc'" Inslsterl that the 1. iate .... . .. i bmmi not mora y or h. Unn hy the nM nrnmlne. rndn,.,. ' . . v. . . greatly neeaea r tii ' k"mv that It was no tarn . to nlav "thB lndv At This Morniri's Session Of j mLi n.J.. mil. !... I in is ouuy mm uusiness Was Triacted I Ir ; ' 'V" BIG PARADE TOMORROW Order of Ano'DtlTlUg!. Priest s Elected Ofllcersftiesduy After noon, R. ' K, ifjington' BeinK Made President j Hyal Arch And . Select Masters W't Tills After noon; Knights Tipiar Tonight. Charlotte was sel od this morn ing as the 1923 mceW place of the Grand Council of k Order ' of Anointed High . Prik the Grand Chapter of Royal Ak Masons, the Grand Council of Hal and Select Masters and the Graipommandery, Knights .Templar, tffour' grand Masonic bodies gath in this city In annual session. , F The Royal Arch kpter at the session this morning feted the fol lowing officers for thjnsuing year: . William Ritchie h, Raleigh, grand high priest; RL? Dunn,- En i field, deputy grand hliirlest: E. R. Hampton, Ashevllle, bid king; J. W. Payne, SallsburyJand scribe; B. B. Neave, Salisbui jrand treas urer;. J. , B, Griggs, iibeth City, grand secretary; JonnMcEachern, Wilmington, grand caln of hosts; C. A.' Jehklns, Winstomem, grand principal sojourner; Vi Whicker, Elon College, grana rc arcn cap tain; W. J. Roach, Ginia, grand master third veil; G. A yrow, New Berne, grand master s id veil; C S. Chamberlain, Kiin, grand master first veil, and W. Smith, Charlotte, sentinel. It was announced t morning that the 1923 meeting -id be held agafn on the second Tuiy in May, Charlotte being unanlmy selected as the meeting pince. At the close of tne on touay at noon the new oftlcjwere in stalled, the Installing ir being Past Grand High Priest In Ander son, of Kayettevllie, wiis also present grand master the first veil of the general grankpter of the United States of Ania. A resolution wasV ad this morning thanking the nehpers of Winston-Salem and Norbarolina in general for the spiel pub licity - given the grand leg pre liminary to the gathennire. ' - The morning session cbed at 9 o'clock with John J Ihoenix, grand high priest, presidik num , Bhnri n dresses 1 - made by Masons In attendandamong them being Prof. R. H. M i, prin cipal of the Eastern Caro Train- Rite bodies for the splenubpport that has been givi- Mr. Wright was heard vi Interest. T a,,norlntendent K. !- u- n.fnrj nmhanace, wa tc - this mor buf.drnVhatPrthrinTtUuTand- o MWand Eastern tar - -,r-,0 - told of the work of the ihtion under his care. . . . i.wii.1B fnr the n tenaea tne - hnrti, h0Wn nveJ.' FREEMASONRY 'lYM'masonrj, a beautiful sy em of morality, veiled In allegory, I ml illustrated by Hymbols." The most undent society In the world; Us principles are bum-d on pure morality, its ethics arc ethics of pure religion; its doctrines, tlie tltH'trtiMU of brotherly love; and its sentiments, the senllnients of (Malted benevolence. It encour ages all tluit Ih good, kind and ehnrltable; and reprovett all that It vicious, cruel and oppremlve. From North Carolina Ixxlgc Man ual by the lute Charles F. Bahn son, well-known In Winston Salem and ' former resident of Funnlngton; former Grand lior tunr of rand liOtlge of North Carolinu, A. F. and A. f. HON CLYDE HOEY El F ADDRESS Former Congressman Speaks To The American Legion On Federal Memorial Day GRAND PARADE PLANNED Committee Arranging Program For Great Patr'otlc Demonstration In Honor of Deceased Soldiers; Want Flags Flying From Ev- i ery House In Tho City TWO POLICEMEN DISPUTES CA1I BE KILLED IN LABOR WAR III cm Another Wounded And Two Buildings Bombed Early To day By Unknown Parties POLICE RESERVES CABLED SETTLED BY USE MM Ben Hooper, R. R. Ijsbor Board Member, Addresses Train men, At Toronto Chief of Pollen Orders Arrest Of All tabor Leaders of Whatsoever Cal ibre And Every One Will Be Do talned Who Has Any Infor mation On The . Attacks ution much n, or lo one He ex- feiity n. :M ' ....niv.fnurth ann . lae.Tll.WrVn. ChauLtvul S Ma 'onsr of orh W. convened Tuesday tvenlng ken o'clock, with Grand Master mx P'''.11". . rVntT W. K,h. I0""?' ""'h'rt priest. C "I"'".8. n,: K.lt. Htm. Ulinn, ui vnve. ...1 grana 'V r(em, gnu. treasurei, j. " .:lii.1,1w . d vinrnhv William" tar , ', plivne, urail chaplain: J. 'y'V McK tain of the hosts J. S. Mcr. Brand sojourne. , - . grand rojai " ' . ot t Whicker, grand master oi veil; r Karro the second veil; - master of me '"'', Miller. P? " ' nM ,A"e:.":,. of the 'grand treasurer were - Jd , M"". of the . Carolina ,?,e York R te Masons in , with great m'"' The" g'and chapter was closeij , The American, Legion Is planning for a grand partiotic demonstra tion on Memorial Day, May 30, and tho Clyde Boiling Post hv busy formulating plans for amting ob servance of this day. The Memo rial Day Committee met yesterday afternoon at the Itobt K. Lee hotel, and spent an hour In shaping the program and arranging details of the celebration. The address will be delivered by Honl Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, former congreesman from the nihth district. The program this year will be in four parts.. First there will be pa triotic parade. The members of the committee unanimously agree upon the appointment of Dr. E. 'J. Car son as chairman of the parade committee, and they have asked E. A. Darr, who rendered such efficient service last year, to assist in plans. Full details for the parade have not yet been announced, but all ex service men are asked to get their "olive drabs" and "navy bluea" ready for the big event. The second part of the program will be the exercises at the ceme tery, when graves of the deceased soldiers will be decorated and mili tary honoris will be accorded. The third portion of the program will be a brief service on the court house square, honoring men who died in the service. Tht fourth and concluding part of the morning program will be the assembly In the auditorium and ad dress of Hon. Clyde R. Hoey. Seats will be reserved for the marchers. The committee yesterday after noon made several other Important arrangements.. Prof. John W. Moore was uppointed to arrange for legion naires to visit every school In the city before Memorial Day, and give brief addresses on the flag and customary forms of respect due it. Mifs Alice Gray was asked to spon sor the movement to have a flag displayed " from each" home and each business hoiwe in the city on Memorial Day. Mrs. A. S. Ken nickell will be chairman of the decoration committee of the Legion Auxiliary, who will care for deco rating graves of soldiers. REED REFERRED"tO MR. WILSON IN HIS SPEECH Cape Girardeau. Mo., May 10. U. S. Senator .lames A. lieid. candidate for nomination and re-election In a campaign address here last night said he regretted to have mentioned the name of former President Wil son, but that he "had profound sym pathy for the former president in his Illness." . "There has been much misunder standing about my differences with ihe former president," Senator Iteid declared. He asserted the state ment that he voted against every thing the former president wanted nas both untrue and unjust. He said he was criticised for fight ing the former president because he insisted upon hearings in the feder . ..-,. hnnkin hill, which bank ers said would plunge the country Into panic unless amennRn. ' u ,i,t that hut a few requests to the Senate was necessary to de feat the rensorsnip mil. wmcn naa many opponents In Mis country." Chicago, May 10. The police ' today raided tho Bullrings Trades Labor Headquarters and arrested three of Chicago's biggest' labor 'leaders "Big Tim" Murphy, Fred Mader and Cornelius Khcdd In connection with bombings and shootings which early todny resulted In the death of two policemen and serious injury of a third. Murphy, known as t'hhgo's labor "cur," Is out on ball after having been sentenced to sewn years In the pen In connection with tlie $400,000 VnkMi Station " mail robber)'. Mader In presi dent of the building trades council, while Shea heads the teamsters' union. All record were seized. Among the 23 union mem bers and oflleilals arrested ilur- . lug the morning was John Haf - -ferty, also Implicated In tlie mall robbery with Murphy, naf ferty was Identified by witnesses as a member of a squad which bombed several buildings early ' today. - Chief Fltimorris an nounced at 1 o'clock that every Important official in tlie build ing trades council was under arrest. TOO MUCH GREED TODAY Board Members Can See Selfish In stlncts of Man In Every dullest That Comes Before It; Mors Christianity Needed; Public Expect Too Much of Board Chicago, May 19. Two policemen were shot ind killed, another wound ed and two buildings bombed this morning In disorders that police at tributed to labor . warfare. The shootings were followed by a run ning pistol fight, In which the killers eluded police, Charles H. Fltimorris, chief of po lice. Immediately ordered every po liceman on duty and directs that all labor leaders of whatsoever cali ber be brought In.. "I have ordered detention of every one who may have any information of the workings of labor attacks," he said. - The dead are: Terranoe Lyons, aged 30, acting lieutenant; Patrolman Thomas Clarke, aged SO. , - The- wounded man Is Patrolman Albert Moeller. , Altho the killings and bombings were In different parts of the city, police believe they were directed by a single band, desiring to express resentment at' enforcement of the Landis - wage- award.- a decision handed down by K. M. Landis, for mer federal judge, acting as arbiter Ih a long drawn out dispute be tween members of the building trades council and contractors. Patrolman Clarke, who was guard ing a buHdlng previously bombed and under police protection, was no tified of the garage bombing and a few riinutes later taxi drivers, noti fied policemen that three men were fighting with Policeman Clarke, who wag shot thru the head ami died on the way to the hospital. Police be lieve Clarke was killed by men who Monday night showered the building with bricks and escaped In an auto mobile. Later Lieutenant Lyons, seeing a car speeding past traffic signals, commanded it to halt. The occupants answered with a volley of shots which killed Lieutenant Lyons and wounded Patrolman Moeller. Since the labor war began thou rands of dollars' worth of property has been destroyed and scores of per sons injured ' .. SOVIETS DID NOT T Toronto, Ont., May 10, Combined common sense and justice to all persons concerned in railroad ills putes will bo the means ot a solu tlon of every problem affecting the relations of rnllroads and their emnjoyee, Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the united Slates railroad labor board, said today before members of the Brothrrhood of Railway Trainman In triennial convention. "I am Impressed with the donil nant Importance of the human ele ment In all labor controversies." hu said. "There can In reality he no sui h thing as conflict between cap ltn and labor. Capital Is only the in-cumulated results of labor. The capital of today is the labor of yes terday. There may be a controversy between the man who furnishes ihe labor of yesterday and the man who contributes the labor of today This is merely a content between man and man and not between la boring man and some gigantic ogre. us the soap box orator so vigorously proclaims. "As 1 sit upon the -railroad labor linn r,f I un htifnra ma tttnii nnl. f mated by the selfish Instincts of human nature. On the one hand are the men who represent the owners of labor yesterday, while on the other hand is tho living pulsating moor or today. Both are essen tin I to the efficient operation of railroads. "The only thing for which wo can reasonably hope Is that, as the year go by, the beneflclenl spirit of Christianity .will soften the hearts of men Into a liner and deeper sense of brotherhood. "A railroad organization can do itself no greater wrong than to be come so engrossed In. the nursult of Its own ends as to forget the rights or tne employes and ignore tho In lerests of the public. The object of your organization Is to secure1 a'! that belongs to tho labor men and no more. "Crltles In haste and ' Ignorance some times compare thp wnges of men in transportation service with classes . of labor of comparatively nttie skin, nazara or resoonsib :v, The task of the labor board Is a difficult ope. With insufficient pow- era u is supposed to work won ders. Without the benefits of prece dents it must act In matters of tre mendous Importance to everybody concerned. Let me assure you that the members of the labor board ao- proach their tasks with a desli'o of a square deal for all. "None of us can make a greater mistake than to permit the well bo Ing of our free-Institutions to be submerged. In Industrial antaaonlsn 1 would not discourage the efforts of any man nor deny the right of any organization to battle for the bet terment-of human condltUous. I would not urge that the struggle be niaile within the limit of the con stitution and the laws; tin: the ballot box be the ark of the cove nant, and that we all have a care that we give no aid to those who would pull down upon our heads the temple of. liberty." - iniSHPARLEV A FAILURE London, May 10. (By Associated Press) The Peace Committee of the Dal) Eireann has failed to reach a basis fur unity of the factions In Ireland.- It Is -reported 1n a Centra! News dispatch from Dublin today, MAKE REPLY Had It Ready, But At Sugges tion of Schanzer Decide To ! Make Some Alterations Genoa. May 10. The Russian re-1 ply to the allied memorandum. ; which was ready for presentation this forenoon, was not delivered to j the allies as expected, as at the last moment, after a conversation be-: tween Foreign Minister Tehitcherin, : of Russia, and Premier Schanzer. of Italy, It was decided the reply would , have to undergo some alteration. M. Tehitcherin left Genoa at 2 , p. m., returning to Santa Margherita 1 to consult the other members of the Russian delegation. It was not ex pected therefore that the reply could be presented until tomorrow. The fact that the delay was due to M. Tchitcherln's visit to Hignor Schan ier was regarded In some quarters as a favorable Indication. Children Saw Their Parents Fight Duel; Both of Them Killed Sarulu. Onl Muy 10. A duel o I be ilealli bclwi-cn husband and wife, armed with butcher knife uul sic. In tin prem-iice of tlielr hree small children, tisluy was icing Invest Igatcd by a coroner's jury, which has viewed the bodies. 'hie duclisls were Joseph l-uni-bert. aged 38, and his wire, aged 'it, who staged their buttle yes terday In their farm house in Elkton, a few miles from Port Huron. Mich. Kduartl, aged 4. who was in (lie house witb two younger children, told the prosecutor "that mama cut herself with a knife and then tried to hurt papa." Joseph, Jr., aged 10. and his ft year old sister returned from school to And their parents lying In a pool of blood In the barn yard. , The three younger children sat sobbing In an old buggy. ONLY FOUR SCORE VETERANS ABLE TO TAKE PART TODAY IliL DAY IS FITTINGLY OBSERV ED HERE Graves at Salem Cemetery De corated By Irving Hands of Veterans And Daughters DR. DAUGHEKTY SPEAKER Dinner Served To Old Soldiers At (orrell's Warehouse ny Tho Daughters; Music a IVature of Exercise at Centenary Church; IhiNdiiess Meeting Is Held About eighty of tho "Hoys of Sixty-One," heroes of the great strug gle between Dim North and Huuih gathered this morning to do homage to their departed comrades, and by fellowship and reunion to keep alive the wonderful spirit of the times thru which they so bravely lived and fought. The veterans gathered at Oor rell'H warehouse this lriornlng at 9-..10 o'clock, nnd at 10 o'clock the Indies of the local chapter of the Dh lighters of Confederacy hud cars for them and they drove down to Ihe cemetery, 1 Already tho Daughters and Chil dren of tho Confederacy had been busy, and when the procession ar rived at the. cemetery they found the graves decorated with an ahuiidnw-n ot beautiful flowers. Every grave had its share, and the number and distribution of the flowers showed .that tho reverence that th people or Winston-Salem hold for the greal men of the past Is still very much alive In the lien its and minds of all the people. Down the shaded lanes between the graves th procession man heil, and every once and a while, some aged and bent man In gray would slop beside the grave of a former eomraile, and from (lis tender light that came Into his fa Hi fading eyes, It could b easily seen that his thoughts were much of the past glory, and yet ho. was wonder ing about the future, 'nnd perhaps hoping for an early reunion, - When tho procession hailed In the middle of the cemetery and formed about the graves of the dead, Dr. H, A, Brown, n former soldier, and a man beloved by all who know him, offered a prayer that was In its simplicity utterly beautiful, and touched the heurls of all his listeners. Tho ceremony was simple nnd In keeping with the occasion, A dilute was fired by a detachment of the local National (luurd Company that had been especially detailed for tints occasion, and then tups were sounded over the graves of Ihe de parted, and us the last tiole echoed and re-echoed thruout the cemetery there were many who brushed away a tear, The gathering of tine veterans was noticeably smaller this year than ever before nnd It Is easily to be soen that within the next few years, tho burden of keeping sllvo the spirit and the Ideals for which these men fought In the days of their youth will descend upon the present generation. After the ceremonies In Ihe rem etery the veterans were brought back to Centenary church, where a most fitting and beautiful Memorial Day address wus delivered by Itev. H. H. Daugherty, pastor of the West Knd Methodist church. Exercise At The Church. Tho meeting was opened with the song "America," sung whllo the aud ience was standing. Tills was fol lowed - by a7rnycr by Dr. J.- K. 1'fohl, pastor tif tho Home Moravian church, and then tlwi speaker was introduced by Mr. If, 1. Dwlie, In a few well chosen and fitting re marks. Major '.. T. By mini, com- mander of the Nm fleet Canfij tif Uonreuciate veterans, presided. In. his opening remarks, M Daugherty said: "I count It oris or my truly greut privileges to II va In the day when 1 run-look Into Ihe faces of some of ihe heroes of the gigantic struggle of a little more than one half a century ago." Mr. 'Juiigherty said that It was an In spiration to the present generation I to have an ancestry that accom plished so much, and stood for such j high ideuls as those manifested fiy I the army of the Confederacy, There were four great things thai ;were demonstrated by and after the jwar, said the speaker. First, It was seen thst the South had as brave soldiers in that day as ever followed a general upon any field of bat 1 1 It-; the second,' we of this genera jtion have a pride In our ancestry ithat is Inspiring; the third great jlning was the spirit and accomplish ments of the South during the days of reconstruction, and the fourth, and perhaps the greatest thing, was the survival of a strong spirit of nationalism. This last was shown in (Costtsuca on Ftga Twel The Confederate What doc he do this hern In gray ami a heart of gold? IHiea her sit down In atillciuicaa ntul despair? Not for a day, Htirely OimI, who had trlpMd him of his proMiM-rtly, Inspired him III Ills ad versity. As ruin was never beftw mi overwhelming, never was res toration swifter, The soldier NtcpiMHt from the treiwhes Into the furoHs; horses that had charged federal guns marched be fore the plow, and fields that ran ml with human blmsl in April were green with the harvest lit June; women reared In luxury cut up their dresses and made breeches fnr their husbands, ami, with a patience and heroism that lit women always as a garment, gave their hands in work. We have planted the school house on the hilltop and made It free- in white anil black. We. have sowed towns and dt.Ha In Ihe place of thr-orhV ami put business slsive polities. We have challenged your spinner In Man sacliusctts and your trtiii-innkers In IVniixjIviinls, Henry W. Orndy, . RESERVE B0AE1D HEAD SAYS HE T0PUI0IISTH1 Gov. Harding, In Address To Merchants, Advises Them Be ; Ready For Big Business OUTLOOK IS VERY BRIGHT ', FOOD PIE ARE AGAIN ADVANCING Upward Trend Shown By Re ports To U, 8. Department of Labor For Past 30 Days Washington, May 10. An upward trend In the retnll cost of food was noted today In stuilsiics made pub lic by the bureau of labor statistics of tho. Department of Labor. Re ports from Iftii cities showed In creases from March 15 to April 15 ranging up In 8 per cent, while only four reporled decreases ami only one of those, Full Itlver, with two per cent, showing mora than one half of one per cent decline. The cities reporting Increases were Savannah, 3 per cen.1; Mobllo, 1 per cent; IlirmliiKham, Charleston, Co lumbus, Dallas. Indianapolis. Little Jtock. Manchester, New Orisons anil Seattle, I per cent; lluffiilo, Louisville,- Omsha and Hpringtlold less than 6-10 of 1 per cent; Butte, Rochester and Ban Francisco re- portsd rieeresses of less than 5-10'a of 1 per cent. For the year period, April IS, 1921, to April lfi, 11)22, th bureau re ported ti e decreases In Savannah of it per cent; lllrmlnghnm, Colum bus, and Little Hock, 10 per cent; Charleston, Munchestsr and Omaha, It per cent, Dallas, Kail River. In diana, Mobile and Springfield, H per cent; j.ouisvme, 7 per cent; HifTfalo. Rochester and Han Francisco, II per cent; liutis and Seattle, 6 per cent. WILSON i STABS HIMSELF IN NECK I). A. Halts Makes Attempt To End His Life In New York Hotel New York, May 10, D. A. Halts. of Wilson, M; C.,' attempted sulcldo at the Hotel McAIpin today by stab bing himself three times In the neck with a pocket knife. Hi was re moved to s hospital In a serious condition, A note addressed lo "my friends," was found I" the room but the po lice refused to divulge, lis cunu-iits Thers were also letters addressed to Mrs. O. J Harrison, of Elmerty, N (., and Mrs. ,T. C. Chiiuncey, iff Miami, Kla, and a request ihut n telegram be sent lo Sheriff W. It. Howard, of Wilson, apprltiliig him of the act. The letters to Mrs. Harrison ami Mrs. Chaiineey, his daughters, re ferred to life ns n "burden" and said thst he hoped he would meet them In heaven. Only two cents was found In Halt's possession. A guest occupying a room on the 18th floor happening to glunce out of the window saw liatis In a room on the floor below standing before a mirror stabbing himself In the throat with gold plated pocket knife. Cards found In the man's effects Indicated that he was in the real es tate and Investment business. UaSTpRICKM ADVANCE. New York, May 10 The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey today announced an 'Increase of one cent a gallon In the price of gasoline. The new price lg 20 cents. Similar ad vances were announced earlier In the week by the Sinclair Convdldated OH company, the Texas company and other Independents. Tells Southern Wholesalers Liberal rse of Printer Ink Will Set Ball ' To Boiling; Stimulate Produe. tloq And Reduce. Number of 1 Vncmploycd Will s Benefit Birmingham. May 10, Merchants' of the. country were urged to put on team and prepara to handle the business by Governor Harding, of the federal reserve board," in an ad dress here today befors th Southern Wholesale Dry Goods Association, Many. Indications of Improved conditions, both In Oils country and abroad, are apparent, ho declared, and business men should forgst ths. misfortunes of ths past and make ready fur opportunities In tho fu ture, . Ths situation today. Governor Harding asserted, Is In many , re spect the reverse ot what It was In lttlB, surplus goods having now gone Into consumption and there being a marked reduction In the tnnds nn Ihs merchants' shelves. "Ths fart that a revival In agri culture," he said, "has coma much sooner than tmd been expected bv those who regarded the, low prices of last summer as permanent, hs brought new hops and courage, to ths agricultural districts nnd afford a basis fur ths belief flint tliero will, in due tlm", he a distinct busi ness Improvement In those dis tricts," While Hi" sltusllnn abroad Is still eomplleslsd. h said, thin are many Indications of Improvement, the ex changes of sums of the leading En. rnpeun countries have become fnr more stable during thu past year, siul the piuney spent by the Amer ican tourists, now flncktng to Eu rope, will atlil to ths ability nf the foreigners to buy A merles n goods. "Ths past seven years," Governor Harding continued, "have been full of momentous and stirring events Slid merchants have had their trials snd their burdens to henr welj ns. all other classes. The world-wide is action, which followed ths abnormal scllvillvs of ths early post-war pe riod, had a serious effect upon, Ihs. business of (he wholesale merchants but it Is gratifying to know, how well they have stood up during th strain and In view of ths evidences of Improvement, which are now ap parent In all sections of the coun try, it seems to me thnt ths time hat come when (he enterprising busi ness man may well lot other in dulge In lamentations and recrimi nations over-Uio past and devote his. energies to working out the problems of liiduy and preparing for tho busi ness tomorrow, . "Remember, that this country of ours has never fnlled to demonstrate its trtimyndous power and that tho processes of production, distribu tion and consumption will be con tlnuous as long as humanity en dures, lt the merchants exercise their functions as distributors. '.If business Is dull send out your trav eling men; use printers ink adver tise liberally, but Judiciously and tho business that you thus crests for yourselves will stimulate produc tion and by reducing the number of unemployed will add to tho purchas ing power of your customers." ANOTHER PLAN FOR ICL E SHOALS Missouri Congressman An nounces a New Corporation Is To Present An Offer Washington. Muy 10 A new plan for developments of the government's nitrate and power projects at Muscle Sliouls, Ala., under seml-govornmen-Inl control, was proposed t the sen ate agrluulturiif coftimittee today bv former Representative James T. Lloydor, of Missouri. The commit tee was Informed that n proposed plan, which would Ttiake the plan effective, would be presented to It later by J. H. I-everlng, consulting engineer of Los Angeles. As described the plan would mean n corporation to he headed by seven directors three to be government officials and the leasing' of prop erties at Muscle ' Shoals for' fifty years. The remaining four directors would b selected by ths -corporation and stockholders. Each would receive a salary of $12,000 annually, be bonded for $25,000 for the faith ful performance of their duties, and. be limited to the amount, of their salaries during service. '.' "' avinK."