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Iv f J ' i v ' j I ;'" ""'1 j J '"' '..." , ).'.- t " " Mf '! . KZVBEB OF ITS assoc'iatt r ' V r . v ; f I . I . , -. v yjr Z I , ; f i l ( i ) S f , Af J j f , ' M for publication of all nw. d-n.i.i., tl. - ; I I i j ' 1 ' I j ' ' I I I . i f I , V A"- ) I '' th local ntwa pcblihi. THB SL1 , Y .v Today TAII A' l VMRMER TONIGHT ' AND WEDNESDAY, ' v : '7 VOL. 15. NO. 133. PRICE 2 CiiNJS -v .V. 'V- t i.-H: V ... , . ; SALISBUIIY, N TUESDAY, JAN. 4, 1921 V.v- i:.;, ;.,;.v. S,.:.lEDI!T " :rr.ccratic Leaders Ar rivir.j in Capital for Cr."ci:3 : Tonight r- Ap- paintr.cnt3 Be Made. ' . (Br MAX ABEB!ffiTHT)! : . RakifTh, Jaxu thti arrlv tl he ra today of LUutenant-iover r r O. Max Gardner and lieutanant r avernorelect W. B. Cooper the i J21 session of the General Assam Uy will unofficially get down to , business tonight at a caucus ;hen leaders of the 'Democratic party will name the major portion of the appointive olllces for the 60 days session Representative Harry Grler, . of Iredell, who now has an open neld for speakership of the lower house is already en the ground and -is conferring with other members, including ' Representative ' John Dawson, of Lenoir, upon whom he wiu ican xor support ox n niunoer f f important measures he liopes to , t thru durlrtjr the session. Mr. v'son, who is one of the most . umr.memDers in the izi ses n, ia slated for: an important committee chairmanship. It is pre dicted that he will head the com mittee on education of one of the judiciary committees, . At the caucus .to be held Mere tonight the outgoinj and -incom ing ncntenant-KOvernors win eei tojelhor and name the chairman of the Various committees of both branches of, the assembly. They will at the aame time confer with leaders of the house . and senate and the wishes of tne old members will be consldei-ed Vefore the va rious appointments, ar made. ' " : Indications on the surface are Ithat the proposed salary bill for increases for the State' officials will be one of the first inntten that .will be taken up by beth the house Trd the senate. ; At this time, if ti e vanguard of the leirlslators is to be taken as an index of the sen timent some herculean work is gro--" to be necessary to convince the fT".; rity that salaries OUKht to be ; 1. . TbertJlrfstjPonTs sentiment that art Increase In salaries should be made at this ; time but the legislators are "vlew Aig with alarm", the proposal to 'r . . . -Lin i i! . .it pass a uiii uuuiiui; i-io (mj ui nu . State officials. ' "That tlw Stale superintendent of public instruction. Dr. E. C. Brooks, should be the first one to benefit by the Increase Is generally admitted but the legislators are faced with the task of Increasing the consti tutional officers and leaving the rest alone. Therein does the big- gest problem arise. Some of the officials contend that all should stand or fall together and it is pos sible that the whole salary sub ject will have - to-be fought out within the first week of the- ses sion. . , If the constitutional officers Are ' tt m a mi aA tha tnnat An an Iwi. lore they are again sworn in. rThe inauguration of Cameron - Morri son as governor is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 12; w was predicted in this correspon- . cence two weeks ago, and at that ' tinte all state officials ' will take. . the oath of office for the four-year term. Any increase to become effective within that time must be made prior to the inauguration of the govemor-eleot;- The , legisla tors must work fast if any increase is to be granted within the next four yean. - Repeal of the primary is one of .. the most importnt matters that seems to be weighing pon the n minds of members who are already here. It is the opinion of the ma jority that unless something un forseen happens the law is going to be wiped from the statute books. Others, who would also' like see ; this done, are urging, that it be submitted to a vote of the people at the next general election. That : there is an abundance of sentiment v against the State-wide primary as one of the surprises that has so far ; been uncovered, i Nobody antici pated that the tepealists had a chance. ; Unless more friends of the primary than, has been anti cipated get busy and make hard fight the. xld conventional system of naming candidates will again bo brought into vogue in North Caro lina? ; The usual number of "hangers on" of the legislature are unusually busy after the various minor posts. David P. Dellinger who is a ear.did for re-election as reading 4 clerk of, the house seems to , have his pdsition pretty well cinched . altho l a has opposition in the uerson of Miss Wellborne, of. Wilkes eoun ty. , .Governor Bickett,. in vhat will probably be hi3 last official etate- ent to the people of Nprth Caro ' iina hss issued a proclama'tion call ing upon the parents "who have f ons and daughters in college not to -allow the present financial de pression, which we believe is only t mporary, to prevent the return of i'.rsa boys ana girls to college. Let r: r :;9 any sacrifice that ry in this natter 7 concerns the fa c i i 3 cna tv::$ PACKER'S PLAN - NOT ACCEPTED fBy TS AiLylaUd Turn) .Washington, Jan. 4-Govern-ment objections to the-stock yards divorcement plan submitted by the big packers . under the ' recent agreed decree were sustained today by Justice Stafford in the district supreme court. . (Any acceptable plan must provide for the early and complete divestment of all oonoxi ous holdincrs. the court held. Justice Stafford . also sustained the government's contention that the divorcement of divestments may be made effective by receiver ship and; sale. Unless the defen dants are able to present suitable plant for which time extension- Is allowed, tne court served ' notice that such action would be taken. ', 21 4 UVES LOST II Whole ; Families-; Were Lost in Several Cases Several of Those Saved Severely Injured. -1 j ' ' ' - ,' i, ' (Br Tha Aaaoelated Prana) Havana, Jan. 4. Two hundred and fourteen persons lost their lives when the Spanish steamer, Santa Isabel, was wrecked near Villa Garcia" Saturday night, says telegram received hero today. Fifty six persons were saved but many of them were injured. The captain , of the vessel was severely hurt and 4s not expected to recov er. Many bodies have been wash ed ashore and in several cases whole families were drowned. Among those saved was an in- fast three years old whose parents are believed to have been drown ed. 'Late dispatchers from Cadis state the ship was driven on the rocks during a tremendous 'storm and the large number of deaths are attributed to the fact that the pas sengers had been confined to their cabins because of the violence of the tempest, many of them being asleep. NEGRO LYNCHED IN MISSISSIPPI (Bf Tb AKxrtata Pren) '"- Meridian.' Miss 3an." .4. liobert Lewis, a negro, wis lynched here today following .his arrest on a charge of killing night watchman, T. W, Greer, at the Southern rail road yards. A jnob of two hundre men forced, policeman. Charles Dease, to surrender the negro aft er ne bad been arrested. . COLBY ON WAY TO :. - UNITED STATES . (By Tha AnodaUi Proa) Buenos Aires. Jan. 4,HBaln- bridge Colby, American Secretary of btate, and party left Buenos Aires tonight on their Teturn trio to the United States. it Before kavinsr Mr. Colbv told the Associated Press corresnon- dent that he had been tremendously impressed oy uie cordial, welcome extended him at the capitals of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. '.vf NEW R R. CROSSING. ;. ; -" '.- .. i .i i .1.; .'j.,,.: ',.."-' Better Crcsing Being InsUtled Where Street Car Line Goes Over Western Railroad on Main Street. A force of hands are" at work today placing a new rail .crossing at the intersection of the Western railroad and the car line of the Public Service Company on North Main street. - The old crossing has not only been bad but dangerous and the new cross raija will be a great improvement. -t inirlng the nroirress of this work the street cars have had to trans fer passengers at this point, but it wiu probably be fininshed this afternoon and thru traffic resumed. BETER TREATMENT FOR MINISTRY ON (Br Tha Asaoclatcd Trm) .Washington. Jan. 4. The nubile morals board of , the ' Methodist Episcopal church announced today mat it win inaugurate a campaign to "stop the contentious treatment oi tne protestant ministry by some cartoonists, writers" and actors. ... "On the staee ' and in motion pictures", the boards announcement said "the protestant ministry are seldom represented .except as effe minate fools. .The members of the protestant church are exhorted to be liberal to take humor as humor and be Slow to wrath, but members of the Roman Catholic church do not tolerate such treatment of its priesthood and resent on the stage and elsewhere. - The catholics are tobe commended. The time has come also when protestants must not tolerate any other than cour teous treatment of their religion and ministry. y themselves but of our whale state as well. - .:" -; "We should economize in almost every way, says the governor, "but in God's name-let there be no stint in duration or Telipinn. Even if it shall be neosaary to go in debt, this is a small thing com- rsred with the future of your boy wmssm HOT KEPI FM B III IIOV. Affidavits of ; Negroes Themselves Filed With L House Census Commit tee Statin? There Was No Jnterference. . (Dy Tha Auoclattd Frwai ' Washington, Jan. 4. (Affidavits, including a number made by ne groes, were presented by the r ion da congressional delegation today to the House census committee, denying charges that negroes were wilfully prevented from voting in Florida. - The charges were made before the committee last week by representatives of the National As sociation for the Advancement of colored people during consideration of the reapportionment bill. in answer to the charge of W. F. White, assistant secretary of the association, that - twov negroes named Jones were whipped at live Oak three negroes of the Republi can compaign Committee there, in affidavits said: -.-: r--':.: ; s "No such occurence had taken place at Live Oak or in Suwanee county. Negroes here went to the polls and voted and we were told by. W. A. Lyle, sheriff of the coun ty, that we would be protected in voting on that day. In the general election in November, so far as we know, nothing was said to negro men or women to try to keep them irom voeing end several hundred did vote in the county on that day." ROYAL ARCANUM DEPUTYIS HERE Mr. Harry Kemp, of Richmond, ,deputy supreme Regent, he Roy al Arcanum, is in Salisu in the interest of his rder. . . II a Kem is going to 'put on a meiiiftiership eamnalirn-in the interest' .of . the Aoyal Arcanum here and likes Sal isbury so well that he is going to stay with us for bout a month.1 Mr. Kemp is a booster for Rich mond and threatens to circulate j .tha virtues of Salisbury; also 1 t the time he is here, esni' ' t f a wid circulation in the United States, ' The Royal Arcanum meets tomorrow night and if enthusiasm -means success, there is no doubt about the campaign being a sue- Lcess"" under the direction of Mr. Kepiip. . . This is Mr. Kemp's first visit to North Carolina. - - LIGHTED PICTURE ' SCARES BURGLARS Chicago. Jan. 4j A vaintlnc bv Frank Duveneck helned save the jewels and silver plates at the res idence oi W4Uiatn P. Creamer of Glencoe, a suburb of this city. Sun day morning, it became known to day. . ' .....;"'.'; .;;'; Burglars entered the home and gathered the valuables . dn large sack which .they left in one room while they searched : for further treasures. Mrs. cresmer heard them and felt for a roll of electric light switches. : Her finger touched that illuminated a camtimr of a monster figure with gleaming eyes ana bristling mustache. - The lighted face was reflected in a mor- ror and Airs.' Cresner heard some one say "holy smoke," followed by the burglars' hasty exit. : ,v THOS. C WISE DEAD., Son of Mr. G. F. Wise Dies at Home of His Sister, Mrs. Em raett Thompson Faneral This Afternoon. -.;v-:- ;'.!..' . Mr. Thomas C. Wise. 38 years old, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. immett Thompson, corner Main and Horah streets.tlast even ing at 6:30 o'clock. The funeral tools place from the residence this afternoon at 4 o'clock, conducted by Rev. Dr. J. E. Abernathy, of the f irst. Methodist church, snd the burial was in Chestnut Hill ceme tery. The pall bearers were A. M. Donaldson, D. W. Julisn, Carl Moore, A. L. Smoot and Chas. Ta- turn.-: v ..''; f . v ' 'v:' - -' "V ; Surviving 4s the widow, who was formerly Miss . Effie Deaton, of Kentucky, and one daughter, 12 years old. The father, Mr. G. F. Wise, of Greensboro, a brother, Mr. William Wise, and sister, Mrs. Emmett Thompson also survive. . - Mr. Wise was a native of Hen derson, Ky- but for a number of years lived in Salisbury where he was an employe of the Southern at the Spencer shops. For several years he had made his home in Indiana fcut had decided to again take up his residence here and he and his wife and little daughter were visiting at the home of his sister when he was taken 11. He underwent an operation for gall stones last summer, and had never fully recovered front this and death was caused by hemmorhage. fol lowing an illness; of some days. Deceased was a member of the Masonic order, the United Com mercial Travelers and the -Wood men of the World, He was a splendid man and hay, many friends in saiisDury ana tspencer. Mrs. G. C Lineback, ofEast Spencer, left this morning for i Charleston, S.C., to be with her VOU ATTEMPT TO CONTROL U. S. POLICY - IN SAMOA DISSIPATED BY INQUIRY Naval Officer ' and Reporter Tried to Discredit Naval ; Admini$tration, San Francisco, Jan. 4Ameri can Samoa's beetle-inspecting chief of police is out of jail and the judge who has seven other jobs is again holding court, according to advices from Tutuila. This change back to normal followed a naval inquiry which resulted in dissipat ing an attempt by a naval officer and a former newspaper reporter to control the naval administration of the American possession in the south seas. . In furtherance of this attempt the naval officer. Creed H. Bouch er, lieutenant commander, and the ex-reporter, Arthur A. Greene, en listed the support of Commander mander Warren J. Terhune, gover nor of the island. The three piled charges against Terhune ana his administration and finally Kail tried to send a wireless message to the navy department at Washing ton branding his superior as in sane. , .' ' , With the message in front of him Terhune, suffering from ill health. committed suicide. The pitiful part of this tragedy developed when the naval court of inquiry, already en route to Tutuila, from Hawaii, ab solved Terhune's administration of all charges, recommended the de- portation of Greene, the court mar-' tial of Boucher and the removal of Kail fro mhis post Among the charges filed against Terhune's administration was one that officials were drawing illegal extra, salaries. J. Hurkin Mailo. native chief of police, and Judge A. M. Noble were especial targets of Boucher, Greene and Kail. v. After Commander Terhune shot himself Kail became acting gover nor and he jailed Mailo on charges that the chief of police had urged the natives to oppose the activities of . Greene and KaiL Previously Boucher had alleged that irregu larities of the. Terhune administra tion included paying Mailo as "bee tle inspector" as will as head of the nolice force, but that no beetles .were- inspected. ' .-, ' vutiKB j.ouie. wno oesiaes oeinK district ?'ge was secretary to then comiT registrar or : titles, s"ct' ary f native affairs, judge rf 1 probate court, sirperintend- f education, associate member f niprn 'court . ana vice presi """" " - - Iff liJUiiLUOi.laail KA11IB Great Loads of Goods Carried Off Entrance Effected Through Rear . Window. u , . - One of the biggest wholesalo robberies eyer staged id Salisbury was that at the general merchan dise store of ; A. Nurick, on East Council street, some time, last night. When Mr. Nurick opened his place of business this morning and went to the center oi tne stpre he discovered that I some one had been in the buildinr and an inves tigation revealed that robbers bad srotten in good wort. The scene in the rear, of the store looked like an auction salejaad been voing on. An entrance was effected by climbing over the high spiked bars at a rear window, removing a glass at the ton. then crawling thru this opening and opening the 'Tear door. The robebrs then got busy and made a big haul. : Many ladies cloaks, coats,' shirts and dresses were taken. Those were hanging in cabinets against the wall being arranged on .coat hangers and they were taken off of the hangers and the latter ' were piled up in the floor and there must ;have been fifty or more of these racks strip ped of this class of goods, -iome of them costly. At least four piles of men s pants were removed from a counter, and went with ; the loot, while boxes of silk shirts were car ried off. numbers of shoes, several suit esses, neck , ties, underwear,1 some jewelry, including several watches, a . numBer of blankets and other articles. . Firings were in such a tcpsy turvy mess in the rear of the storeroom that Mr. Nurick was unable to say just what was missing. He estimates his loss, so far as visible, to probably a thou sand dollars or more. - It ,is certain the robbers, for there must have been several of them, bad an automobile or wa gon because it would have been im possible fdf even a half dozen men to have carried all of the missing goods away in their arms. Officers were notified as soon as the dis covery was made and are working on the case. ,. .y- ;; Attempted Robbery at Kannapolls ;. Officers here learned this morn ing that an attempt, and one that came near being successful, was made last night to rob a clothing store at, Kannapolls. Officers dis covered the robbers in time to pre vent their getting away with, any goods. However, the men, who succeeded in making their escape when officers approached.' had goods piled up ready to load on an automobileand in their haste to get away they were forced to leave the car. . But They Failed ; dent of the 'American bank of Ss- moa. was charged by Boucher and Greene with being instrumental in alleged misuse of funds and auth ority. ( Kail closed - Noble's court when tne former became acting governor. - .'- h' Other charges before the naval Inqitlriy included the following: That the Terhune administration was a close corporation and that many of its acts were illegal. That, the governor was physical ly unable to perform his duties. . That civil and naval officials of the administration were inefficient and that some were immoral. - . ' That there were gross irregular ities in handling funds. That the administration made American - Samoa the laughing stock of the South Seas and of the (United States navy. . The board of inquiry: sat for eight days.' Testimony revealed that Boucher for twenty-five of his eighty days service, was under sus pension on three chargescarrying a pistol, attempting a mutiny and falsehood iBouchers examination revealed that he posed as a secret service man without . , authority; publicl v criticised the Secretary of the Navy and the President; in- subordinate communicated with authorities at Washington in vio lation oi regulations; and commit ted many other breaches of naval regulations, w t f. - (Upon examination he declined to answer many questions on the ground that the answers would in criminate himself.. He acknowledg ed that all charges he made were based upon hearsy and without in vestigation. . It was revealed that documents were stolen from naval officers but an attempt to. Intro duce these by Greene, who acted as Boucher's counsel was overruled by the board. :--; ."'..!-". -.v.. j; : The testimony revealed also that Greene and Boucher created unrest among the natives in an effort to change the government and assume control for themselves. Their ac tivities resulted in' organization of natives- into a "committee," which forwarded an appeal to President Wilson to remove (Governor Ter hune, and the native 'unrest was manifested by several fights with the American sailor Li i i MS1IT Impassioned Speeches and Threats Against Buyers Mark Forced Closing of ' the Tobacco Markets. ; (Bjp Tha AnoelaWd Fma) Csrlisle, Ky., Jan. 4.Following impassioned speeches by growers and threats against buyers during which knives were drawn the bur ley tobacco market here closed today shortly after the- opening. Cooler heads among the hundreds of persons attending the sales prevented trouble.- ,'- '- : The growers declared to accept the prices offered by buyers meant 1 bankruptcy. - ; j Shortly after. the market here closed it was reported a crowd of several hundred farmers started ; from this place to Paris, 40 miles distant, with the intention of forc ing the closing of the Bourbon county market there. v ; Exciting Scenes Enacted. ' Louisville, Ky., Jan. 4. Exciting scenes were enacted at several Blue IGrass towns today when tobacco farmers disappointed over row bids for leaf tobacco Stopped sales and held mass meetings to put plans on foot to market the crop themselves this year. - ' - RELIEF MONEY USED FOR POLISH ARMY Washington, Jan. 4. Forty mil lion dollars of the $150,000,000 ap propriated by congress for Europ ean relief was spent "to keep the (.Polish army in the field," Senator Reed, Democrat, of Missouri, de clared today in the senate during the government economy ; discus sion.. ;..-' -..-V- :;; ;:."; V' -. Senator Reed said he had docu ments in his office to support his statement and promised to discuss them at length later. , COTTON MARKET ; Cotton Market Nervous. (Br Th AiaocUtad Praaa) New York, Jan. 4. 'Yesterday's advance in the cotton market was followed ' today by . nervousness. Liverpool was fully up to expecta tions but there was Southern sell fng orders at the opening and first prices were barely Steady at a de cline of 3 points on July altho other months showed an advance of 5 to 16 points. January was re latively firm at the start, selling at 15.65 but soon broke to 15.25 on report that few notices were in cir culation and the general, list show ed net losses of 10 to 25-pointa soon after the call. ,.s Opening Barely St.ady. : v . ,ew York, Jan. 4. Cotton fu tures opened barely steady. January .......... 15.65 March 14.15 .'" " May .............. 1450 July 14.83 October .......... 1450 cassis .CEOESHE SOUTH S QUOTA Massachusetts Congress man Threatens to Take Matter to the United States Supreme Court. . (B Tha AaKKlatad Vrm) Washington, . Jan. 4--Warning was given tha house census com mittee today by Representative Plnkham, Republican, of . Massa chusetts .that if congress in pass ing the reapportioned hill failed to reduce the representation in States in which he charged the citizen's right of suffrage " was abridged then he would take the matter to the supremo court " "Whatever .State disfranchises for any reason its citiiens you should apply tha 14th amendment to and reduce its representation," Mr. Pinkham ssld. i ' The action of former congresses in fixing the apportionment with out aplying this amendment, Mr. Pinkham asserted, were illegal but that the question hsd never been raised before, a tribunal, for find adjustification. ' - a ''; .Z ' Chairman Seigel ruled out ques tion from the committee untiTMr. Pinkham had finished his . state- ent -..v ' .."-.'.''',:..' Representative Larsen, Democrat of Georgia, protested against the ruling, saying, "hamstring and hog tied" by such ruling members had a right to question witnesses at any time. - :i '-'. v ' k- - i Representative Bee, Democrat, of Texas, also joined, in. tha protest but Chairman Seigel said tho com mittee - haddcclded to allow wit n esses to be allowed to make their statements without interrupt ion and that members could question them when they had concluded. Accordingly Mr. Pinkham was asked to appear before the com mittee this evening at 7:20 o'clock for cross examination, fv ,! TWIN-CITY TOBACCO . MARKET OPEN AGAIN (By Tha Aaocat4 Praaa) "''"-oniClcm, Jan. - The lo-.co-market was re-opcr.cd thwM irning with heavy breaks. The V ka lasted throughout the day. Tb ere was no material change in pricVl compared-to those paid before the holidays except low grade leaf, which if anything was lower than before the market cols ed ta September. - , - , . PUBLIC DEBT SHOWS A BIG PECREASE Washington.' Jan. 4.A decrease of 119232.075 in the pubMc debt during the last month of 1920 was announced by the treasury today. On December 31st the total gross debt wss $23,982,224,158 as com pared with 124,175,150,244 Novem ber 30th. . ' ' k ? The. decrease diirr- last quarter of the ! ; ited to $106,131,196 fr ..ptember 80th total of ? .,-o 38,128. FLORIDA qOVEPOR GOES INTO OFFICE (Br Tha AaaocUrtarM) 's Tallahassee. Fia. Jsn.! 4- Cary A. Hardee, Democrat, of Liv Oak, took the oath as governor of Hon da shortly after noon on the east portico of the capitol as a climax to a gigantic parade, the most elab orate inaugural day fete held in the history of the state. . Governor Hardee succeeds bi? ney J. Catts.' SCHOOLS START TOMORROW . After a school vacation of two weeks all four of the city public schools will resume work . tomor row morning. Th children have had a good time and numbers of the instructors have spent the holi days at their homes in other points or visiting friends and relatives. All are now ready to resume work tomorrow and from now on the schools will go on uninterrupted until Easter at which time several days will probably be taken off for the Easter season. SUBWAY-BANDITS AT WORK IN NEW YORK (Br Tha Aaaoetata4 Pran) New York, Jan. 4. -Bandits ap parently seeking new-fields to con quer today transferred their activ ities underground. ? i ' Two unmasked youths walked In to the subway at 7th avenue and 55th street shortly after midnight, pointed revolvers at the ticket agent, Mrs. Ada Hoover who promptly fainted and scooped up $71 in cash. ' Idaho's New Capital Occupied. (Br Tha Auorlatd Proa) Boise, Ilaho, Jan. 4. Idaho's new $1,000,000 capital building to day was being used by state offi cers after 6,000 people had attend ed a house wanning last night when.the building was thrown open to the people of the state for the first time. W. H. OSBORN - - r . ' Colonel W, H. Osborn, former mayor of Greensboro and for sev eral years a leading figure in the Wilson administration at Washing ton died at his home in Greensboro yesterday afternoon. Colonel Os born was one of the most widely known men in the state, a man of large heart and generous impulses, widely known as a political and successful business man. , mam- fffllMlIS Behind Barred Dcors the Senate EIccticr.3 Com mittee -With Fcrce cf Tellers Begins Election Probe. ' , ,v Tha AaawlateS Praia) , Washington, Jan; 4r, ' !rd bfrrl '" J'-.o ' ' '" r .rt commiiteo iK'an " . . ij- count of ballots cast ia the Michi gan senatorial primary contest be. tween Senafbr ; Truman - II. New berry and JIenry Ford. , 1 A force of .20 tellers, attorneys for both sides and supervisors offi ciated. , The recount is expected to require several weeks. It Is the step preliminary to the senate in vestigation into charges and coun ter charges between the candidates. . . During the recount of the votes it is planned to give daily state ments of the charges shown by the recount ' , CUBAN GOVERNM'T THWARTS W. U. CO. (Br Tha Aaaoelatad Pratt) ' ' Havana. Cuba, Jan. 4. On in structions of the President two members of the Havana port police force have been' sent to Cojimar, a small village on the .coast a few miles from here, with orders to prevent the landing of the Western Union, telegraph company' Barba- does cattle at that point. Jnst why tnts action was taken Jhas not been made clear.- f. It is understood that the Cuban government has -granted all per mits necessary for -connecting the; cable on Cuban sou and the com-. pany has-been at work preparing the land end at Cojimar. It is announced that unless the orders to vrohibit the tandinsr are obeyed, marine forces, will be used to enforce it. Washington Had No Part in It Washington, Jan. 4v-Any action taken by the Cuban government .toward preventing the landing by tha Western Union Telegraph Com pany of its Barbsdoes came wss taken on Its own initiative and not Loir representation from Washing ton, it was eaid at the sit depart ment By direction of President Mcnocal the police were sent : to Cojimar near . Havana yesterday with orders to stop any cable land ing operations. WAR FINANCE CORP. RESOLUTION LAW (Br Tha Associated Pratt) Washington; Jan. 4j The reso lution reviving the war finance cor poration became a law today with its readoption by the house over President Wilson's veto. NThe sen ate overrode the veto yesterday. The vote in the house was 250 to 60 with three voting present or 87 more than the required two-thirds majority.-, t- ;-v.v-'. Thejcte was taken without de bate after Representative Mondell, the Reppublican leader, had stat ed that since all members realized that the president had raised no new question it seemed wise to pro ceed to vote -without discussion. " Officials of the war finance cor poration said the corporation wouM be revived imrae "it-.'y tut it-d necessarily some tir? .:. t f"-;- 1 before the rtul r."uiJ. j cf I would tr'a. GOOD ROADS LV.V BET All AFVR'J V, FROr.1 SAUSOUu, Secretary of i ; the Stat Good Roads Associatic, i Met Here: Last Nis' 1 With Local Citizens. On short notice cititan cf Salis bury were called on yesterday cf ternoon to meet Miss Bcfry, t" secretary of the state good roiui i association last night and dinrj -i with her the situation as to roa ! in the state. Miss Berry want" 1 ta meet the citizens of the counM. but her coming was not general known and only a f!w were prcs'V.i to meet and discuss the very im portant matter. Miss Berry is ti. efficient executive officer of t state road organization and is . posted on all road matters. : has been directly connected i the forces that have been "at wo for road .building in the state r closely identified with the draf of a bill to be presented at the ! telatura this month. This J ill I been the work of a numh r , road experts with Heriot Clarl of Charlotte, the directing f in drafting the bill, and it is e the bill is meeting with gener. endorsement wherever submittc 1. - Miss Berry went-over tho r posed road project, explain in detail the state situation, the t of the bill, the main provision. bill provides for the sfcte I divided into nine distr cts, district to have one memlor i i state board aml one man t road commissionor and chair; of the ten. . The state vill, i; the lav, take ov.?r full conlr 1 building and maintenance of r than fivo thousand miles of 1 way, leaving tho rest cf tha c roads for the local intervt to f care 6f. The roads ei t.,:. n will be improved end 7m.' under a well tlirc ? I jl in state,-' Provision is m f financing of th." r ' bond issue of e20,lw... i much each yerr, cs rr a five cent tn- t actojRCfliilf ' . . cpt b f i rn and means good road3 for . The bill has been most can : studied and drawn by many : interested as students of roa i s : it is endorsed by many road i--; outside; the state.'.; Tho local ' , sens who were present, last, i:' and listened to' the explanatica MiBS Berry gave unanimous ; val and in a resolution end.; the main features of tho bill they understood it, ' pledginrr t! selves to support the measure the end that the state take a cidedly forward Step in this v vital matter of road building. NEWSPAPER MEN MEET IN CIIARLO. The North Carolina Press ciation is to hold a two days i ing in Chartotte tomorrow Thursday. It is the custom cf publishers to hold a tnid-v meeting at which matters of 1 ness are discussed. This nu was decided on at the rejru' jf nual meeting at Waynesv il" summer and the dates fixed s weeks ago by the executive mittee. The meetings aro t held at the Selwyn hotel ar i good people of Charlotte hava ' ned several interesting ever, way of entertainment of the ' dng editors. The program n up of discussions of topics cf ial interest to newspaper r ers with only a few deviatL Wednesday night a bm- J' t be given the editors ami s banquet a very excellent has oeen planned. A l - : mittee is composed of lie: W. Burch, of the Observer, H. Harris, editor of te C and W. C. Dowd publisher cf I which will have charge cf all 1 details. The newspaper r i looking forward with the I interest to this meeting, ex; a large measure of pkasui e profit out of the two day3 s. 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