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y i . i i f ', ,; ,-- . ' .. . J ' M liff poblnttion l id . , A- FAIIi TONIGHT JWP WID- . Di D IIuUSTOil L.ib..!:(i(jii'IEE' iiili ; :JJini Rcc J Gets: Resolution By; ; Foreign ;Kelations icnniittellequiri n g v Ccrtcspondehcer ; v ''f ' . (By Th AMtiMa4 PrM Wtihinpton, ' Aiarch lr-Secre- -tary Houitoa U "directea" in a . reiolution-adopted today - by the . senate judiciary committee to prb- duce tompleta treasury flies of cor- ; responaenee reaitinj: to ;xoreign . loans.- Members of the committee Rkl the resolution was practically f . a "quantity: subpoena In form. , The resolution was introduced by i Senator Reed, Democrat of Mis- fsouri; the author of the bill prohlb- itinjf further loans to foreigrn gov- ernmenta and adopted in executive seaaion,-Committee members said ; sit 'inade Mt "mandatory", for the secretary of the treasury to appear .. eTore - me .committee tomorrow , , with full correspondence. ' . . "Faihire to comply with ; the committee's directions," it is said, '"would make thai . treasury . secre- tary liable .to contempt -proceed ... ina before the bar of ,the senate. Commenters' said the ' resolution was -passed -under: authority iv 'en the committee to call Cabinet members for whatever information they, desiredi i Authority ; to eall Secretary; Houston, they said, was contained in the . liberty loan act , under which Joans were made by the treasury-department. v." : ".'v Secretary Houston infonmed the cemmittee yesterday that he had .' referred the correspondents to Seo ? retary? Colbq of the state) depart-, jnent to- determine as to iwhat of ' part of St should be submitted to the committee without affecting the puoiK! interess. , SLUM PARTY FO ' Members of the - American Legion a;e -agitating a , corn beef and slum party to be pulled either .during) or after the : car load of f tneat which they.w nave : ordered jf r?! ; 5-,ynont5 'i!pJ3d . of. " Ihere is plenty of corn beef in the car but a - number' of the democracy savers favor slum of vt which there, is no materials for the : making, in tne .car. They claim slum, is the. universal strmy dirt and. that it would give the boys a r pleasure to look at an army meal - once again despite former, thrice-a-day ravings against it (in ; the , jpast,; .;v"-:'j;'w.? v;:K 1$5P FINE IMPOSED W 4N A LIQUOR CASE :-- - t M---7--:' s'&'A & In the county court this morning Judge T, Qj Purr .imposed a fine ' of ViOO and costs, or six months on the roads, on O: W. Parrfch, in a liquor case. - ', ,'- v ,'iThe defendant' is ' the ' man caught by speed officer Otis Galli more some days ago, after an excit ing1 run with -an , automobile, the ; other' two men jumping from the car and making their escape. Some thing like 32 gallons of Jiquor was cftfscated,, also the automobile. - ; Parish claims Rock Hill as hU home. -lie is s eripple"having(one ' cork leg : and the other being af- r ;fecteJ.i,,;v'f. -' r-:- :! - ' ' Anothe . case . oefore, the court . this morning was that' of George , Papas, charged with having sold cigarettes to a boy under agei He was fined $10 and costs. . y : -.w.,, , , ,' t'i- WINSTON MAN CONFESSES HE. SLEW HIS FATHER iMiliaa About to Strike With a a Chair. Says Youth to the Offi- ; " '"'-" "; y'''-M'"' ' a.' c; -'yt:'-.:' V Winstonalem Feb. v 2&-Ar-thur Miller, 84; confesed to ofl cer after his arrest this afternoon. ' that 'he was guilty of killing and , robbing his father John W. Miller, the aged man who was found dead Sunday morning at his home near Friedberg, eight miles south of this city.',.' .'' ' I According to the son's confes sion he slew his father in -self de fense. . '., I ,- -. He claims he and a man named Painter were at the store of Dep uty VSheriff Crouch, near. Fried burg Saturday afternoon and. that they, v"-8 talking With the senior J. V filler; that after Painter left Arthur asked his father for the loan of $40 or $50. :. The, father de clined, s;-ing that he could not s-tre the money. He followed the i ther home and insisted upon the 1 :xx with which to My a debtv : Arthur alleges that his father he came tnraged and exclaimed "We'll put an end -to this matter, right now;" that the father crabbed a chair and drew back as if to strike. The son then jrrabbed a mattock end slew his father, after which he f earched his rackets and took $153. . I'esides a smaU amount of cash in - Lis pocVe"3, t' e officers '- found .bo t $i;) i i the son's left sock. , . :-? Ill" r has been resi ' (t l';l3 c y for a year and so - rn ' i ! as never keen in any trc ! Fa Was larked up ' ' r iave;::;ation. . ', v ' i was a wido H t Teck so'j NO.noPE KECOVERY op ciujip Clark tone Washington, March l.-Ullope fox tne recovery or Champ Clark was virtually abandoned by his physi cian today.- The Democratic house leader and former speaker - is ill with pleurisy and 'a complication of diseases and remained in a comatose atate most of the room ing nd '.apparently - is v losing grOBnd.. , ; . v WOULD NOT PUT A TARIFF ON GOODS ' . (Br Tht AMKiitMl fnu) - Washington, March 1-The plac ing of a tariff to prevent. Ameri can firms buying European goods was opposed in an address there today by Senator Fletcher, of Flor ida, speaking before the opening sesion of the 12th annual meeting of the Southern Commercial Cong res., i r-v. " . Senator Willis, of Ohio, repeated to the delegation his remarks of several weeks . ago favoring the purchase of the West Indies as an aid to American commerce and to partially wipe out the money owed the. United States by foreign na tions ; ';.. i.: ,. 'y ',. -. In speaking of the tariff Senator Fletcher declared if the United States was to sell her surplus goods she must not place a barrier against the imporation of merchan dise as there is an inadequate sup ply; of gold abroad and foreign merchants could not buy American goods without, first, selling their products to this country,; ;v COST $10,600,000 TO Vj ELECT PRESIDENT (Br Tha AMMlstol Trm Washington, March 1. The cam paign costs of electing a presi dent of the United States in 1920 were. 1 10,338,509 as estimated by a special senate committee created to investigate them which today filed its report to congress.;';. ' ' .'. . Of this amount the Republican organization spent $8,100,000 and the Democrats $2,237,770. The compilation takes into account the expenditures made by or in behalf of All candidates for the Republi can and Democratic presidential nominations and nation, state, con gressional and senatorial commit tees of both parties; neglecting the amounts spent ' by candidates and organisations of , minor poltkal partiea.i.A-V"!' ;;:;'.'.,':''". k:.?f''ir THIRD OPERATION : FOR H. CARUSO V ' (Br Tfc Awcius rtm) New -York, March l.Hnrko Caruso, ' Who recently was criti cally, ill with a heart attack follow ing pleurisy underwent a third op eration today for the removal of pus from-the plural cavity,;,. His physicians announced that he was resting comfortably.-,- - - . Landis Report Tomorrow, '' ' , - Washington, March 1 Impeach ment . charges against ; Federal . Judge Landis were referred, today by the house judiciary committee to a sub-committee with instruc tions to report tomorrow. - ?r -It is indicated that. the sub-committee might recommend investiga tion of the charges during the next session, or the dismissal of the mat ter in a resolution expressing criti cism of Judsre Landis in accepting a salary of $42,500 as supreme ar biter of organized baseball while serving on the bench. ?, . '' ; V.8. TRADE DROPS , J ' ' Washington, March 1.-There was a sharp falling off in American trade with Europe in January com pared with: December and a reduc tion in the volume of trade with South Ajnerica.f"-;1 -'- '-?--: ." A trade review issued by the de partment of commerce shows ex ports to Germany decreased nearly $10,000,000. as compared .with De cember and imports to that country nearly vii.ogo.OOOO. The ' export figures were $48,862,000 and total imports $4,630,000. Exports v of $11002,000 to Great Britain, com pared to ' $138,850,000 the month before,' and imports were $17,437, 000, compared with $19,834,000. Exports to France were $35,825,000 against $38,011,000 In December, and imports $10,012,000 as against $11395,000. Mr. Ernest Ilufty has disposed of his stock of .roods and now has a" force of hands at work putting the storeroom, .on North I-'a stTet. in she-rs f.r the Fi!y-i-rly which he is t crn 1 1 soon ti onrTiri I I "II I 0; lLL i ILL KIWIS ;.E)(ffll 7, ...f ; , x ' I' : ; Absentee .Votes, Harding Picture and : Non-Pay v mcnt of Poll Tax -v By ... Soldiers Aired. The vote of - former soldiers of Rowan county will be challenged by ur. J. I. Campbell's attorneys in their effort to unseat Conirressman Robert L. Doughton, it was inti mated when the hearing convened again this morning before Mrs. J. v. , Dorsett, of Spencer, , as com. miMioner. xne evuece is very similar to that submitted in Ire dell and Stanly county, by '.which tne . contestant' is attempting to show that; there., was - wholesale voting of non-tax payers and ab sentee voters. The Harding picture is also-playing a prominent in the evroence again tooay. ' , . . Former Governor Bickett. attor ney for Mr. Doughton, had state ment read into the minutes Just aiwr , convening tms morning in quiring whether ; the contestant would challenge the 'Vote of sow diers .who had not paid their poll tax as1 Jiad been done in Iredell county. He said the county com missioners of the county had ruled that soldiers should not be required to pay a poll and other counties had done the same thing and that ur. .lampoeii appeared in serson before the Stanly county commis sioners and requested such a ruling. nc saia ne rnaue the inquiry m. or der to save time. ' The contestant's, lawyers said ther ' would i- take things as they came up which seem ed to indicate that the soldiers who had Hot paid their poll tax n the strength of . tne ruling would , be challenged.' "',:'' . .J"' . Mr. fikkettssaid that Contestee Doughton did not Intend to chal lenge former soldiers who voted the Republican ticket unless forced to do so by the' Policy f the 'con testant' v.v vVjiV-VW By Hair' v' :- .r The other witnesses this morning were from Bradshaws precbjct, the first was Walter. Deal.. ; Mr. Deal l'-vu v i. Liaiuu-i tit tare Was 1 displayed at the polls there. Mr. Deal also told of the narrow mar gin of a, -voter and in his opinion one voter was ; voted after sun down.: ' . Vv According to Mr. Deal, the vote was being counted by agreement before sun down to expedite mat ters, voters came up while the vote was' being counted and they were allowed - to . vote -until-' sun down. However two men came up Just about sunset and one s didn't get voted "he thought" before sunset The.CharlotU Observer predicted from an almanac that the sua was due to set at 5:42, . however, the witness thought the darn thing was ahead of. Hs schedule, and j set be fore tie last of the two voters got his ballot cast . It counted how ever, but he aaid he wouldn't let another go by but none, came to be disappointed ,v,v yrf'si : L. "Bub" Kerr of Bradshaw, aaid tnat tne registrar refused to take the books-to his house for his wife to register altho she was unable to go to the registrar, v He aaid this was done for Democrats. Sev eral other witnesses from Brad shaw testified as to seeing the pic ture of Harding' with naara Candi dates from Ohio. - , Yesterday afternoon - M. I Barker register of deeds and J. C. Deaton former register of : deeds testified" in regard ' to absentee voters; which, attorneys for the contestant claimed must be filed with the register of deeds after the election. Mr. Barker had only the votes from one precinct. J. . E. uruise ot Spencer. - tesOfled that the absentee votes of that precinct naa Been oestrovea. me ballots were in the hands of the registrars of other precincts. ,. " - . . uohtLJU flemmg. of Bradshaw'a cheek precinct and W L .Shaver' of Gold Hill, exhibited the absentee votes of their respective precincts. ' , More ."Hot Air" v-.rr ;. 'Another tiay of hot air." was Congressman Doughton's eomment on thev- work of , yesterday... Dr. Campbell-has jiot appeared at the hearing here." ,i;-S--:;sk y Mrs. J. D. Dorsett, who is presid ing over the - testimony, is . hold ing no her end of the hearing. about all the does is to swear the witnesses in. However at V the hearing this .: : knotting she was threated with another duty In con nection1 with the hearing , While Attorney . Bickett was , crossing questioning a witness, the stenog rapher had to have aim repeat be cause of the noise in the grand jury room, ne jocuiariy requested tne "court" to maintain order. How ever, no action was taken and the noise ' ceased. y ': -. ., -r ; .:-.'; , Interest in the contest appears to be slim. Vacant seats occupied most or tne superior court room yester day and this morning, the small grand, jury room was not crowded, altho many were atanding fce cause there were few chairs in the room. Ilore were interested in the proceeJrajs of the eounty court just tercrs the hall, C,-il- HVr- The famous Connecticut blue they laws wers we'! cnllei to.tecause r ' ' :l ca Hue r-: u. s. rai io IJEXT ffllilG OF LEAGUE COUHCiL Reply to United States . Note Sent to Washing I ton Today, It is a Very Friendly Note. ; f ; Paris, March 1. The council of the league of nations in reply to the American note on mandates question invites the United States to send a representative to the next meeting of the council to be held in April, it 'is learned here this afternoon. : The reply was cabled to Washington by the American embassy early this afternoon. Concerning the Island of Yap the reply says the council was obliged to accept the decision of the su preme council. It indicates, how ever, that the whole question may be reopened if the Washington gov rnment sees fit to send a plenipo tentiary to discusa the matter.) - The reply of the council was de livered to the American embassy here at 1:30 this afternoon. The tone of the note was particularly menaiy ana its tenor is an invita tion of the United States to con tinue the conversation. ;- v .''', A representative of the league conferred with' Ambassador Wal lace this afternoon- at to whether there would be any objection to having the note made, public here. NON-COJLBATANTS HELD IN PRISON Dublin. March 1- Of the 1,000 prisoners., confined an internment camps in Ireland the vast majori ty, according to spokesmen of the Sinn - Fern, ate non-combatants, many middle-aged and some quite elderly, lew, it is asserted,- are the much-sought members of the Irish Republican 'Army. v .- The prisoners Include men ' in every walk of life only limited number of whom, ft is said, took an active part in the republican movement. -: Among them ' are many whose principal offense, it is stated, was the mterest they dis played in the .Gaelic League, an organisation which; for irfany"year has sought to revive the Irish lan guage. - :-t .;"' ,v"- :-vv- ; A statement regarding tne deatn of the two prisoners, Joseph Tor mey and Patrick Sloane, at Bally kinlar Camp. County Down. - re cently has been given out- by the , f ." i 1 - V . srnn r em puoncuy vuresu oorc. It says that -the official 'report that the too men were shot for disobeying the orders of a sentry was incorrect, that the sentry fired without provocation while the men' were atanding at ,a point which by official - notification to the prlaoners. was. not out ; of bounds. ' 1 ' The Sinn Fein commandant of the prisoners reports, it is stated, that several -oiasoners have been fired on by sentries without cause, and that he lifmself narrowly es caped ' sentry's bullet while wulk- tog on the, road near ie; spot where Tormey and Sloane were C. WOMEN DEMAND Washington.' March xXPromi- nent Republican women are' going to demand a large share of the offices to be given - out; by the Hardina administration. This has been made evident by the avowed cadidacy of one or more leading women in every state, 'The an nouncement from Utah that Jean- nette Hyde, Republican national committeewoman from that state, is a candidate for postmaster of Salt Lake City has brought men politicians here to i: realization that they have a new problem to consider. Will H. Hays had left Washington before the news from Utah reached him, .but it. was said here today that one of the first real embarrassments will be the Salt Lake. City case, where a' fellow- national committee member is to be considered. -" . -v . v? "'V v-' President Wilson extended the scope of woman's usefulness in public office before the suffrage amendment was part of the consti tution. He appointed . Mrs. ' Helen Gardener to the civil service com mission,: and Miss Mabel Board man a commissioner of the Dis trict of ' Columbia, - -and - directed that other- women be given high positions in the department of jus tice and other federal positions, h Mr. Harding will oe caned upon 'or many: important assignments for women.-i'&'M ? v TAR HEEL KILLED IN :''" " .EXPLOSION AT MINE Copper HUl. Tenn- March 1 Four men were killed and four in jured, iwo seriously. - when two huge oxygen tanks exploded at the plant of the Tennessee Cop per company here today at 2:40 o'clock. Back-firing from a weld ing machine ignited - the oxygen, causing he exnloaion. Amotig the dead was George Ingram, la borer, Friendship, N. C. : r - '..-T I . i I Mi. ' ,M'-",i '. The business and profesional women's club will meet this eve ning at the Miriam Wiley home at so. At 8:15 Miss Bean will meet with her sewici class. -. IKUI SYIIS OF It I a liil. ARE MEETIiiB HERE Will Hold Merger Meeting Tomorrow Met Sep arately Today, One at St. John's Other Haven. The North Carolina Evangelical Lutheran synod - convened in a special call- meeting this .morning at 10 o'clock, in Haven Lutheran church. Chestnut Hill. A splendid representation of pastors and lay delegates is present lor the meet ing, and probably no other meeting of this historic body has been so well attended. -; . - f The synod was formally opened kw D T T lLfy.M..n CI !-U ...... the synod's president. He also held the devotional exercises. Then fol lowed the calling of the roll of clerical and lay delegates. The synod then went to work uoon the business of this special session of the synod, namely, the consider ation of the report of the com mittee on arrangements, which was appointed to arrange for the mer ger with the Evangelical Tennes see ' synod,' and which prepared a uniform report to be presented to the two synods for acceptance. This committee is composed of Rev. M. L. Stirewalt, Concord, N, C: Rev. G. H. L, Lingle, Salisbury,' N. C; Prof. G.' F. McAllister,: ML Pleas ant, N. C- of the North Carolina synod; and Rev. J. C Deltz, Gas ton ia, N. C. Rev. O. W. Aderholt, Statesville. N; C, and Mr. J. IL George, Cherryville.. N. C of the Tennessee Synod. v , t This afternoon the synod was still considering the acceptance of this report of the committee on ar rangements, and was making s plea did progress in disposing of it. Tomorrow morning this, synod will meet with the Tennessee synod and hold a merger meeting in St. John's ' Lutheran1 church, - for the purpose of merging the two synods. At 10 a. pu the opening sermon will be preached by Rev. N. G. G. Scherer, D, D., aecretort of the United Lutheran Church of Amer ica. -This sermon will be fallowed, bj; the celebration of the, Lord's of the merger meeting will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock; - While the North Carolina svnod is holding its special meeting today In Haven church; Mie 'Tennessee synod is holding similar, meeting in St. John's church and is likwise considering the report of the com mittee on arrangements. . , - f The Ladles' Aid society of Haven Lutheran church provided a most sumptuous and delicious luncheon io the basement of the church at noon today for. the - pastors and delegate sfn attendance. - :, JMeeting of Tennessee Synod ! The Tennesisee synod opened in St John's Lutheran church with President Deaton presiding and fol lowing the . devotional opening the roll call of ministers and delegates was gone into after which the ere-, dentials committee proceeded to the work before it and after examin ing i the credentials of the dele gates the synod got down to busi ness, that of considering the pro posed merger of the ' two bodies. The proposed constitution of the proposed corporation that would be created by, the merger, waa read. Then this was taken up section by section and read and discussed and each section was voted on sepa rately, t The i Tennessee body will complete its work - this afternoon and will elect delegates to the joint 1 meeting to be held in St. John's church tomorrow. ;- There are about : 200 ministers and lay delegates attending the ; two synods. . . - , , 1 FOUNDRY MOULDERS GO OUT ON STRIKE Statesville, Feb. 28. From eight to ten moulders did not return to work this morning at the foundry or J. u. Steele oons. ... Lst zau J. Steele ft Sons cut prices on .their manufactured products ill keeping with the gen eral decline of prices. A notice was posted in the foundry that wages would be cut from 80 cents to 70 cents per hour. The moulders ac cepted the cut under protest until a decision would be reached by the labor union officials. This. decision was against the acceptance of the cut and the men did not return to work this morning. They had' noti fied the company hat they would not accept the cut and the com pany posted notice that the foun dry would be closed indefinitely. - .:- LEVER ACT SECTIONS UNCONSTITUTIONAL Supreme Court - "Decides That : Some of the. Sections) Are Not :, VaUd. Ki . :x ; ; :,.,'- z-'' J-: (Br Tb AmUU4 PlM .'; - Washington, Feb. 28. Sections of the Lever food control act un der which the department of jus tice bad brought many actions for alleged profiteering in necessities were declared unconstitutional to day by the Supreme court, Chief Justice White reading the court's decision; ; . ' . : ' , ; RUMOR SAYS MANY SPENCER MEN W r WILL BE PUT BACK ON THEIR JOBS '' ,; : ;:J :.' '. . ; ' , v ,. ; The Demands on the Shop Said to Indicate Resump tion of Work1 Church . of East Spencer, Plan p New House of Worship, Other Items of News. ;, I9r A. W. BICKS) , ; . Spencer, March 1, An uncon firmed rumor is to the effect that a large number of the employes of the Southern railway at the Spen cer shops are soon to be put back to work in order to meet .the de mands upon the mechanical depart ment. It is learned here that 4,000 employes were put back to work on the Pennsylvania v road and 1,600 on the N. ft W. and it is ex 1ected that the Southern will fol ow suit -. . v .' - Contractors began work this week on finishing the interior of Spencer Methodist church which was erected some two years ago and which had not been completed. It will require several months to finish the plastering, celling, floor ing, seats, etc., and place other fin ishing touches in tha splendid crick building.- ( The -"congregation is greatly enthused over the pros pects for an early completion of the main portion of the church and ex pects soon to move from the base ment where services have been held for some time. .The congregation, of Christ Lu theran church in East Spencer has started a building movement to se cure a . new and modern house of worship The old frame structure, located on Earnhardt street near the Spencer depot, has been moved to the rear of the lot and is being fitted up as a chapel to be used, in connection with the new church when finished. The congregation will, Worship in the chapel while the new building is being erected.' The East Spencer Drug Co.; is the- name of a new concern for that town which opened this week in the People's Bank Building, on Long street. The business is own ed and conducted .by Dr. B. B. Smith, until recently, in business in New v Bern. The , equipment, fountain, -etc, with a large supply of drugs and other , things, have been placed ready for business. WANT BANK CASES; ' IN FEDERAL COURT . . (Br TW AmcUte PrM) Monroe. March l.Their motion ing been dec ied by Judge iuiy In Union .county superior court yes. terday attorneys for the federal re serve bank which has be'en restrain ed .from clearing checks on oves 200. North Carolina banks at par left here with the- intention, it u said, of asking a writ of certeror art from Judge Webb in United States district court at lAsheville. If this is granted the case will be docketed on the federal court cal endar and attorneys, for North Carolina banks will have to fight to keep it in the state courts, the lawyers say.. f. '';.--'-;.:.t;. yy MOVINB PICTURE ; BILL UP AGAIN ' ' B If AX ABSKKEtUT) . V Raleigh, March: 1The ' senate this afternoon was still considering the statewide motion picture cen- UMhlil VIII Inllnf inn tk.t -ufat would be reached at 1 p. m,'. v i The - house adopted Jhe senate amendment to the Doughton-Con-nor-Bowle $50,000,000 good roads bill by a vote of 81 to 10. J- Both houses expect to hold night sessions tonight j fryri. "PAKE" INCOIIE u ; ,TAX COLLECTOR Bf Tfc AawdatoA rnn) '' Washington, March 1- Warn in against "fake" income tax collec tors was issued by the bureau of internal revenue today. k ;3 ; "Persons approaching tax payers saying they have corns to collect income tax are in every instance attempting to defraud the public," the bureau said. "In, paying in come tax the public is requested to seek' the., government and not the government the. public", ' J ' ,1 , mill i i i i , i . n,.!--,n"- ' Matewan Proeecnfion Rests V --. Br Di Atvwtlatod riM) --,1 :!:, .Williamson, W. Va March l. The prosecution rested . in 3 the Matewn gun fight shortly before nqon today, i The state, . however, reserved the right for consultation until late in' the day and a, recess was taken until 1 o'clock this after noon.;..; : -myi ?w:"; COTTON 1IARKET : Opening Firm '':-.'.;-.':.-New York, March L-rCottort fu tures opened firm.' -i; S3y ti March , 1 1.40 !y May;,;-?'.i 1200 July ,t . , i ,' 12.80' October ... . ,.12.80 ''1: ; December : v . . . 12.85 v Concord, March 1-Jocal .cotton sold for. 11 cents, on the- local marked today. ' " . . '.' ' . . : c' i. " ' - i . . :.;-nvV:-A.'KIe For. Cotton.: ' ; ; (Pr Th AwcUU4 rnn) ' New York, March. l.-rAn unex- Ccted and sharp recovery- in the verpool market was followed by an opening advance of 80 to- C3 points in the cotton market here this morning. l!sy deliver' soli up to 12 cents and July t I 1 ci the call or C3 to 73 p. ', i the lowrecorJa of ye.;:. . A United StatesMail bag caught fire in some unaccountable manner while laying at he Spencer depot Monday night waiting to be dis patched on a train. The fire was extinguished however, before the mail was damaged. It -is presum ed that the bag ignited from- a spark falling from a passing train. Washington council Sons- ' and Daughters ot Liberty, which is one of, the most active, fraternal Vor ganizationa in this section, had an unusually Interesting meeting Mon day night when forty ,two new members were initiated ' into the myseries of the order.:, More than 100 members were on hand to enjoy the "fresh meat" besides 4 num ber of visitors from Salisbury and other places. . The long liBt of ap plicants was a feature of the work for the night this being the result of a membership contest now being waged by the council. Mrs. S. H. Gordon stands at the head of the list among the workers having se cured over half a hundred new members. The coveted prise is a Loving Cup offered to the council in Rowan securing the largest-Dumber of members by March 81. .--'- At the meeting Monday night a committee 'composed of C. W. Croi well, J. M. Ellis and W: C. Quillin was named to draft a telegraphic petition to be sent the legislature at Raleifrh giving staunch support to the 20 million dollar educational-masurt now before the body The message Vjas wired to Raleigh Monday night,-;- i The Shoemakers Union enjoyed a chicken atew and feast in Spen cer Monday night with a large at tendance by the members. . This was a tniarterly gef-to-s-ether af fair which the union holds for .the good of the order. While the presi dent, Mr. II. T. Cook, ws on hand together with other; officers there wsa no business of public interest the occasion being a strictly social one. MOB ATTACKS nOIIE -PRES. OF -.PANAMA Panama, March. I.t5n"e person is deed and four are V f- i aenuai guara was n red on by a mob which broke into the execu tive mansion here yesterday.. One of the injured was Domlnco Tor ner, who was chief of the organis ed demonstration here when Gen. Pershing visited the canal tone last year. American troops arrived at the home of President Porras just in time, to save the president's life Quite was restored last night. ' - The attack on the' palace, was in stigated by men who become 'mad dened over a published Interview in which President Pbrrass ; was Quoted' as declaring in favor of a diplomatic settlement with Cdsta Rica after Panama recovered ter ritory Costa Rlcan forces seised last' week. jX.-- ttp?--yj:,' y .' r f'l'i i . ii In' li'i '' i. f'-'- C LAYING PLANS TO RXiSE$i;eo7co The 5 conference .' of Southern Methodist , leaders, called; to meet here for the completing of finan cial plans ' to secure $1,607,300 within the bounds of the Western North Carolina conferences wiU be held In the First Methodist church this afternoon commencing at p. m. The meeting will be presided over by Bishop U. '. V, Darlington, of Huntington, West Virginia.- In addition to Bishop Darlington, a number ' of ' other nromment Methodist of the South wiU be here including President Few of Trinity College. Two " local men are .taking active part in raising the money,Mr. J. D. Norwood ' is financial director for the confer ence, an4 Dr- T,,F Marr, is educa tional secretary and giving ,- his whole -time to .furthering thd in terest, of the- Christian educational- movement - . . ,v ;H f .,' ; '' '" :"' , Amendment Struck From BIS '. aMtote4 Prt i-A..-'-: V: Washington, March 1 The Sen ate Struck from the appropriations bill-; today as i i unnecessary - its amendment authorizing the pur chase by ? the treasury department of 1100,000.000, farm Idan. bonds. Chairman Warrea of the commit tee, said the action of the supreme court yesterday" in sustaining the federal farm loan: act permitted the, elimination of the. proposal, 'k. ; ' Wilson Defenda Baruch r" , 4 Washingtoil,T March 1 Presi dent Wilson came today to the de fense: of B. M. Baruch and John D. Ryan, .who have been chaired by T Representative (Mason, lof Illi nois,; with profiteering in copper while serving the government dur ing the war. . t V Mrs, Bamon Arraigned ' ii Ardmore, Ckla C.'srch 1. T!-. Clara Bmith Hamon, cv i v.- h murder - in connect .oa- v. i , t death of Jake L. Lj.c-i, j' i not guilty when in '" 1 1 trict court here today. I '-. 1 was to have r'?a3d 1 t v the arrais" ::t vs c wh?n her at... eys -wr j ill ar. l cc -Ii t t t . . ' GEE Ml! S7.5flO,O0D,C. is ti;; Unless They Ilaye Scr. tying: Else. to OJer. Way of Reparatuin, 1 1 , NoUse.':t rv-. . London, March 1-Grmany t' her del egation ' to . the conferc t with the allies .here today ma.!.' reparation offer of approximn' thirty billion gold marks or al f 700,000,000; - It is tmdersto outside bf .conference circles . t' after Vr, Sinon, German fort minister, has finished .his at ments on reparation to tie co; ence session that Mr Lloyd Ge British premier minister, replit substance that unless Germany i something more to offer than v appeared in Mr. Simon's state; there was no need of continuing . conference. ."":-,.;v, . . Mr. Lloyd Ceorge told the C man foreign Biinister: - "If. the reparation proposals Germany are of the same cha ter as the -explanation of then Dr. Simons it Isnt. worth i for v to read them. V You 1 complete lack of comprehent i the position of the. allies. . V. e discuss among ourselves our i and give it to you tomorrow i o'clock.", r . When the 'Germans left' tl - . ference they appeared to t 1 r perturbed. Premiers Uoy 1 c and Briand, of France, v? re ing as they came; from, th? ference chamter. y '' - Dr. Simons said the , C were"prepar;ng to writs t' position met raref'.'y t; 1 profound ftauy rf -n sources and for . : .. , - -1 . ppn 4 rel t - t f AC a . Paris, March activity was n i. : that portion c f t:.e. ii. r ry t! e Frcn Auto vtt. j i , trucks, villa t , Bourget and U." show aHivity, com today. It Is reported t:, 1 1 ment of Senagalese, A),,ci. Moroccon troops arrivir.r tt . seilles during the past, few has greatly increased.- Marshal Foch is exrcotol t turn to 1'aris from lnujn t row with CenenJ , ,'eyj r. 1 proceed. immediately to there to avait the'dof isi ,1 London , Conference. This ii according to semi-official i ..... tion, is not expected in Tari3 i Fri-lay or SatarJay." -hou!l the Germans forma!'.,' cline to accept the' allied t' llonsdcmandv everythir.t i; : to pe 'in ;rea(l.ness.to cx -'r" penalties which were !. ! Premiern Llovd.Gcor-e r- ' . Sunday at Cheque? a Cc stich penalties must I s r Belgium and Ita!;-, v , will have to.be cju1,:J i..t j c tion. . "'V.--. ' The ' greatest . secrecy U I maintained , as ' to the r these .penalties and court military movements. b ,t t Bociated 'Press, learn t i - thority that a great nav i stration by '.the-Brit'' h 1 decided on at KM, 1 Bremenl while t .a 1 French troops will cf 1 The Kuhr region, it 13 ably will not be occur ', rrench desire to dcmoi any movement taken r v t directed against the C tariat, but asramrt t aries, national iets en 1 i )The consensus cf t ', liamentary circles is 1 t 1 Ion will Ae taken ur ; : conference is aware t of the inau"uratiu.i f ident Ilardmjr. s I are desirous of $I.r- 7 States' that everyt ; 1 been done to avoii r 1 and. also that thry t the moral sur poi t r f . public crinlon s! o. ward into the int-r; 1st r cf L become necessary. DANCLS CIV: Wadington,- :I ar propnate ce presence of V , navy, an t - r : General E3pc I . ic c some oil y:.'tuLr" New Mexi.-o wr re tary Dai.a'.j ? t ment ' v. 1 tv7 f'.S ' ' e.er.k 1 tory -1 the or- .
Salisbury Evening Post (Salisbury, N.C.)
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March 1, 1921, edition 1
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