THE WEATHER
WASHINGTON. May 28. Forecast:
North Carolina: Mostly cloudy Moo.
gay; Tuesday uniattled, probably
showers and continued cool
OVER
5
ATE 1 S H E A D Yl
I BMW M M mm a .:
Necessary Inspections of
Business and Industry
Inaugurated. PUBLIC WELFARE
OFFICIALS TO ACT
Looked on in Its Broadest
Sense as a Child Wel
fare Measure.
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(It BROCK BARK LEY)
RALEIGH, May 28. Machinery
for the strict enforcement of the
i'nrth Carolinachlld labor law has
een set In motion by the mate
stlepartment of public welfare' as
the result of the I'nited States
supreme court decision holding
the Federal law unconstitutional.
The commission has assumed
full responsibility for child labor
supervision and has inaucurtit
necessary Inspections of all busi-!
new and Industry.
Because of duplication of work
in certificating children 14 to 16
years of age the manufacturers of
the state and other business In
cluded In the Federal law have not
been pressed to comply with sec
tion 10 of the state law, E. F. Car
ter, executive officer of the com
mission said, adding; that now.
however, with the Fedeal act un
constiutional it will be necessary
for all firms and persons to se
cure the age certificate in order to
meet the requirements of this sec
tion and protect them from any
liability of the act.
Dr. E. C. Brooks. Dr. W. S.
nankin' and Mrs. Clarence John-
Ukfo
on constitute the state child wel-
re commission, as created In the
orth Carolina act, and is charged
with the administration of the
laws.
Mr. Carter, who under the com
mission has direct charge of i the
work, pointed out, in discussing
the added work of his department
as the result of the supreme court
decision, that the state child labor
law cannot be looked upon merely
ns a prohibitive statute but must
be considered in Its broadest sense
as a child welfare measure and
administered for the beneflcie'nt
purpose for which it was created.
The county superintendent of
public welfare being the authorized
scent In each county, of the child
welfare cotn'miasion " WilJ " have
greatly increased duties unaertne
state's supervision of child labor,
and this will necessitate the pro
vision by county authorities of ade
quate means and assistance for
efficient service in Insuring; a com
plete child labor program,
.lust What State Child
Labor Law Demands
The state law's specifications as
to child labor are:
Illegal employment Children
under 16 employed In mines; chil
dren under 1 employed in quar
ries; girl's under 14 employed in
mills, factories, manufacturing es
tablishments, laundries and such
enterprises and between 9 p. m.
and 6 a. m. Boys under 12 em
ployed In similar establishments or
Vring like hours.
Illegal hous Children under 1
employed after 9 p. m. or before
6 a. m.; children under 14 em
ployed during school hours; boys
between 12 and 14 employed 'over
cijrht hours the day
Illegal employment witnout cer
tificate Boys between li ana it
employed before school or arter
school without-an employment
certificate; bos between 13 and
14 employed during vacation with
out an enployment certificate;
boys betwem 12 and It employed
when certificate has been sus
pended, or lost; children 14 to 1
employed without age certificate,
or when certificate has been lost
or revoked.
Unlawful physical conditions
Children employed with symptoms
f diseases contributory to retard
ation or disability; children em
nl overt when determined by phys
If-al examination that employment
Is injunlous to health; children
emnlnvorf with surrounding condi-
ons Injurious to morals;' children.
nployed with dangerous empioy
intent hazards present.
(iOMPERS TAKES LEAD
IX CHILD LABOR FIGHT
JiUBINQTOS B11BIC
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(BY H. t. O. Mi AST
WASHINGTON. May 29. 'Sam
uel Gompers has taken the lead
In the campaign for an anti-child
labor amendment to the constitu
tion of the United States. A con
ference of 100 men and women
interested have been invited to
confer at his office at the Amer
ican Federation of Labor build
ing here June 1.
"Representative. A. J. Volstead,
at , my request," said Mr, Comp
crs, "has called a meeting of the
Judlciarv committee of the house
of which he Is chairman, for 10
o'clock Thursday next, to hear, ar
guments on a proposed amendment
lo prohibit or regulate the em
ployment of children In glnfuj
occupations. Chairman Volstead
has set aside two hour for the
Lurpose." .M
First, a conference will be held
u the office of Mr. Com per, and
then the hearing before the house
committee.
The movement for th- constitu
tional amendment will be sup
ported bv most of the advocates
of child tabor Jaws, for they now
realize that net act of congress
will stand without a change In the
attitude of the conJt'tutloti. Two
laws have been declared unconsti
tutional.'and the only route left Is
the fundamental one.
Once the prohibition amend
ment was put over the bars, are:
down. It Just takes time. The
advocates of child labor will win. I
it Is believed here, but It may re
quire three, four or five years for
them to do It. Southern manufac
turers attending- . the meeting of
it he American Cottcn Manufactur-i
f'rs' association, Indicated violent,
rtiftnafttrtH ''' fntBi-"rswfej 1
fwith, the labor laws of the state.
ENt-UHUL
GNGKILD LABOR
r-
1 rCTADl ICItpn .
i numn caj i aba.
$48,000,000
Charges Of Wrongful And
an
Unlawful Registration At
Government Hospital Made
Number of Service Men Declared to Have Been
Voted as "Absentees," Some for Ex-Service
Men, Some for Mrs. Malcolm Piatt.
Charges that wrongful and un
lawful methods were employed in
the registration of patients at Oteen
ami i.ndue influence was brought
tto hear by Thnnin Bird, com
mander of the North Carolina de
partment of the American lKion.
sot promote the candidacy of "sev
eral former service men" became
known yesterday.
Oteen. the big government pub
lic 'health service hospital, with
more than a thousand sick ex-ser-vioe
men nd women and fceveral
hundred employes, is in Swan
nanoa township, and the registrar
for that precinct Is a well and fa
vorably known farmer by the
name of J. Marion Roberts.
Mi. Roberts Is one of the most
substantial citizens of the county,
it Is said, is a leader in Ills com
munity and i has been appointed
from year to year as registrar for
Swannanoa 'township.
It is state,! that on Thursday,
May 18, which was two days be
fore the registration books closed,
K. Hughes, one of the candi
dates for solicitor, started from
Asheville with the intention of go
ing to Mr. Hoherta' house, but.
when he arrived within a couple of
miles of the same, on account of
the muddy roads he had to turn
back; but he ascertained that Reg
istrar Roberts had a son by the
name of Frank Roberts who was
employed at Oteen hospital Hughes
stopped at Oteen and told young
Roberts that he was from deriio
ciatic. headquarters and that he
had been instructed to see Regis
trar Roberts and request him to
come to Oteen hospital the next
morning to register some voters
there who desired to have their
names put upon the registration
hooks.
Itoherts' Ron
Delivers Message
The message was delivered to
Mr. Roberts by his eoh, and there
was considerable discussion, Jt is
L
EFORWIS FOR
u
Committee Advocating
Changes He Has Worked
for During His Tenure.
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(ti BROCK flRKLBYl
RALEIGH, May 28. Register
ing accord with the proposal ot
the "Committee of One Hundred"
to Institute a thorough Investiga
tion of prison -nd convict camp
systems In North Carolina, Super
intendent George Ross Pou, of the
stste's prison, has extended the of
fer of all facilities of his organ
ization in carrying on the work.
The ' committee is advocating
several changes that Mr. Pou has
been quietly working for since ne
went Into that office,-one of them
being the removal of the criminal
insane fromi the state's prison.
With A. M. Scales, of Greens
boro, as chairman, the committee
will begin its work during the
summer months. The Investiga
tion Into the existing systems in
this state and those In other
states is expected to produce ad
vocated changes that will be in
cluded In legislation the next gen
eral assembly will be asked to en
act. In furnishing esch member of
the committee with an Identifica
tion certificate to Insure courte
sies beyond those extended the or
dinary visitor in the prison camps,
Mr. Pou writes:
"The manner In which state's
prison prisoners are handled Is an
open"6bok so far as the writer is
concerned, and If the coming
study can produce a betterment
of the system no one will be more
pleased than I." ' Continuing that
the criminal Insane should be ac
corded the same treatment as any
other demented person, Mr. Pou,
declares that "the present system
Is a disgrace to the state and I
have been quietly waging a cam
paign for the removal of the In
sane department since my Incumb
enCv.' Mr, Pou is a member of
the Social Service Conference com
mittee which called for the study.
Among provisions the special
committee Is expected to Include
in the proposed legislation will
be one remunerating dependent
families of prisoners, thereby elim
inating many of the hardships now
Imposed on Innocent people be
cause of the wrongs of one.
The work will be carried on un
der the general supervision of
Mrs. Clarence Johnson as superin
tendent of public welfare for the
state.
POSTOFFICE VACANCY AT
PAINT ROCK ANNOUNCED
t-X2'r
WASHINGTON", May 27. Th
postofflce department announces a
vacancy at Taint Rock.
"The
Unlighted House"
By James Hay, Jr.
The scenes of this mys
tery story, by the author of
!The Winning Clue," are
laid in Asheville, Madison
county and Washington, D.
C. The first chapter appears
in today's Citizen.
POU
W
ASSIST
AND
Al
THE ASHEVILLE
"DEDICATED
understood, between the father and
son and Mrs. Roberts as to wheth
er or not Mr. Roberts should go to
Oteen, as requested, for the pur
luse of registering those who might
deiie to be reeistered.
Finally, on Friday morning, May
19. Mr. Roberts reluctantly went
tto Oteen, telling his wife that he
would return by 12 o'clock. When
he arrived at Oteen, he found there
awaiting him .Mr. Hughes and Don
Elias. who told him that there
were a "number of ex-service men
at Oteen who desired to register
for the approaehine primary. Mr.
Roberts immediately inquired of
them whether or not these men
should be registered. They as
fcurcd him that they were entitled
tt, register and vote. Whereupon,
it is said, Mr. Roberts was con
ducted by Elias and Hughes into
one of the wards to register sev
eral voters .who had assembled
there. v
Mr. Roberts on yesterday stated
( tha t he rt-luetantlv registered sev
eral or mosc wno were presentea
tohim. hut did mo upon the instst
rnce of Messrs. Elias and Hughts.
He objected, however, to continu
ing the registration, as It appeared
tto him that it would be .more or
less of a wholesale affair. He re
peatedly stated that he 'must re
turn home: that he had told his
wife he would be back by 12 o'clock.
He was informed, he says, by
tither Hughes or Elias that there
were a great many persons there
to be registered and that it would
lequlre most of the day to com
plete the work..
Registrar Returns
to His Home
Whereupon Mr, Roberts object
ed to continuing the registration,
and Eliaa notified George Pennell,
the chairman of the board of elec
tions. Mr. Penneil soon appeared
upon the scene. Although Mr.
Roberts was the duly appointed,
ICowlwu'd mi Pit Tm
L
L
IS
S
Will Decide if Course "to
Be Extended to Four
Years June 1.
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f BROCK tSHKLBY)
RALEIGH, May 28. The pro
posal to extend the medical course
at the State University from two
to four years will come up for a
final decision at a meeting of the
executive committee of the Univer
sity, June 1.
At that time, a special commit
tee, consisting of President Chase,
Dean Isaac Manning, of the Uni
versity Medical, school and Dr. R.
H. Lewis, will make a detailed re
port of their Investigations and
probably submit recommendations
as to the extension, of the course.
No intimation has been given as
to the attitude of the committee to
wards the extension. It would make
possible a complete course in med
icine, but additional equipment, in
cluding a hospital, would necessi
tate expenditures of around f 200,
000, It was explslned.
Further Time Allowed
On Income Payments
A further extension of the time
for filing individual income tax re
turns owing to apparent misunder
standing on the part of many tax
payers as to the payment of the
tax has been granted, Revenue
Commissioner Watts announced.
Several have applied to local tax
listers and when informed that
they should have made payment
before March 15 to the revenue de
partment they pleaded Ignorance
of the change.
Individual returns, therefore,
will be accepted until July 1, the
delinquents being required to pay
a flve per cent penalty, which shall
in no case be less than $1, and an
additional Interest charge of one
per cent per month from March
IE, the original date of expiration.
Physicians Are Asked To
Give More Toxins
Successive increases In the num
ber of deaths due to dlptheria for
three years prompts Dr, J. 8.
Mitchener, state epidemiologist, to
call upon physicians to a more ex
tensive administration of toxin-
antitoxin during the spring and
summer months.
Deaths in 1(19 aggregated 242,
in 1920, 286 and last year S. The
state board of health Is sending out
an appeal to every physician and
many mothers by letter, urging the
necessity for proper preventative
measures now.
"The number of children who
will die from this disease. In 1922
depends upon the promptness of
parents In calling doctors in sus
pected cases of sore throst, the
immediate administration of suffi
cient doses of anti-toxin, the early
reporting of cases and strict ob
servance of the quarantine," Dr.
Mitchener Impresses.
The best measure to ?ontrol the
disease Is to give every child be
tween six months and six years ot
age three doses of toxin -anti-toxin,
the diphtheria preventative serum.
As It takes several months for the
' effects of this treatment to he rs
! tablished, he advises that r.ow la
the time for mothers and doctors
to act.
HALEY DECLARES NOT
ALL MEN AFFECTED
MACON. Ga May 28. "The de
' claion of the board does not affect
i maintenance of way employes) on
any roads where agreements have
I been made with the - Order of
i Skilled Hailway Maintenance ofl
I Way Employes." said J. O. Raley,
.president of that organization, to-;
... 1
night,
ACTION
ID
PLANNED
0
TO THE UP-BUILDING
ASHEVILLE, N. C, MONDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1922.
CUT FROM
NSIDE BOW DN
IS CROPPING OUT
Was Never Intended Man
From South Should
Have Blair's Job.
LONG STORY BACK
OF PRESENT SCRAP
Forces at Play Dormant
Until Medicinal Beer Rul
ing Handed Down.
WAIHIHflTO BTitttTI
TBB AIHBTI1.1.8 CITUBN
(BY H. B. V. HRi 1ST
WASHINGTON, May 28. WhUe
the storm beating about Attorney
General Daugherty grows fiercer
and comes more Into the open the
finest little inside row, with oc
casional outcroppings, is that be
tween Elmer Dover and David H.
Blair, In the treasury department.
It was not Intended that the south
should have the fine Job that Blair
holds. A combination of circum
stances and bitter personal con
troversies among the candidates
for Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to succeed W. V, Wil
liams, democrat, who served Under
the Wilson administration, turned
the tide toward Blair who had no
enemies, and was not involved In
any of the squabbles that prom
ised trouble. Certain large finan
cial interests gave the North Caro
lina man a boost at the oppor
tune time and he went over the
top.. Many western and northern
republicans were sore; they did not
like to see the $10,000 position go
to a state where the republican
vote is not effective. But, things
moved Btnoothiy along until Blair
and Secretary Mellon handed
down the regulations controlling
the use of medicinal beer; then,
It was, the fun commenced.
In the meantime, Blair had of
fended a lot of claims attorneys,
who spent much of their time re
ducing the taxes of big concerns,
Old tax accounts that had been
pending months were not canceled
at the suggestion of lawyers rep
resenting those against whom they
were made out. This brought on
trouble. Then came Dover, the
man selected to oust "democrats"
from the treasury. He took rank
hold from the -outset. His atti
tude was that of a man who had
been chosen lo show a bunch of
greenhorns the way out of a bad
situation.- - . w-
Democrats resent the charge that
Blair held democrats in office. As
a matter of fact-Blair, who has
sneezed when John Motley More
head took snuff, brushed all demo
crats aside and put .republicans In
their places. He is no friend of
democrats and his office is free
from them. What the. republicans
who charge him with retaining
democrats mean Is that the same
people he found in his bureau are
there now. If they will go a little
further back they will find that
most of them are republicans and
secured positions under former re
publican administrations. Messrs.
William H. Osborn, Daniel C.
Roper and W. W. Williams, demo
crats who preceded Mr. "Blair as
commissioner, tried hard to prize
some of the ancient republicans
out of that bureau but failed in
their efforts. It will be found that
many of these employes complain
ed of were covered under the civ'l
service by republican tricksters
years ago. ':
OVERMAN SAYS CASE
OF MORSE EXAGGERATED
WAtHINOTON ri.AC
fc ' Tea AiRBTtM.B emxas
(IT H. B. O. BHYAXII
WASHINGTON, May 28. Sen
ator Overman was one of those
who signed a petition for the par
don of Charles W. Morse, whom
Attorney General Daugherty repre
sented as a lawyer. He said today
the condition of Morse was exag
gerated if not wilfully misstated.
Mrs. Morse appealed to him, as
sfle did to others in congress. She
claimed that Mr. Morse had not
had a fair trial.
The attitude of Senator Overman
at the time was that Morse should
have the full benefit of all his
rights under the law and no more.
He did not know Morse then, and
does not know him now.
RUTHERFORD HOSPITAL
RECEIVES RADIUM iGIFT
fSSMftl CrrMpMi4ftif, Tkt iiftwtilf CltUn)
RUTHERFORDTON, May 28.
The $100,000 radium gift to the
Rutherford hospital arrived here
Friday and was Installed Satur
day. The Institution will be ready
to offer treatment, within a few
days. The gift was made by J. C.
PIoqJc, of Hickory, as a memorial
to his deceased wife, Laura E.
Plonk. The. hospital may be en
larged soon to care for the In
crease of patients.
BLAIR
DOVER
A 11 A vailable Craft Scour
Pensacola Bay For Launch
In Peril, With 70 Aboard
JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. May
28. A radio received tonight
from the shipping board steam
er Sundance said that 11 men
from distressed launches had
been rescued about eight mller
off St. Augustine.
PENSACOLA, Fla., May 28.
Every available seaworthy craft
and sub-chssers from the navy
yard are searching Pensacola
bay beyond the mouth of the
bay into the gulf for. trace of
the pleasure steamer Swan,
which left Camp Saufley, Santa
Rosa island at 5 'dockthis!
afternoon, hound for this city
with about 70 passengers. . I
Tha Swan encountered a
OF WESTERN NORTH
PRELIMINARY JiV
SETFbMisiPRfllEGMBILL
Invitations Issued In Agree
ment With Dutch Govern
ment For Meet
THK HAGUK. May 2S -(By
the Associated Press. Invitations
have been issued bv the presidents
of the Genoa conference in'agree
ment with the Dutch government
for the coming parleys at The
HKgue.
It is intended that t'),gAYS RATES ARE
ons shall meet here JunOA 1 BjZTZt1
commissi
"S, one to comprise experts from
the slates represented at Genoa,
excluding Hussia and Germany
and the other commission to coil
sist only of Russian economists.
A preliminary meeting will be
held on June 15, and will be at
tended by not more than two del
egates from all states represented
at (ienoa. except Germany and
Russia. They, with a limited num
ber of specialists, are expected to
determine who will participate in
a non-Russian commission. By
.lime L'6 at the latest It is expected
that the names of the nations, and
thPlr representatives will be com
municated to the secretariat gen
ial, which Is under the general Ju
risd.clion of a Holland delegate.
The commissions will study the
differences Ihat- exist between the
nations, particularly matters re
lating to debts, private property
and credits to Kusela, and endeavor
to formulate recommendations for
submission to their respective gov
ernments. The foreign office lias
entrusted to Dr. Vanrte Hande Bak
liuyzen, a consular officer and
member of the Holland delegation
at Genoa. t,he task of preparing and
organizing data for The Hague
conference.
MONEY SHIPPED
BT LOCAL
IS STOLEN HERE
$3,000 En Route to Treas
ury Disappears Mys
teriously at Depot.
For a fleeting Instant a messen
ger of the Southeastern Express
company. In an express car at the
Southern depot, had his hack
turned, and when he again faced
the open door where packages
were being thrown In for shipping,
a plain white canvas, bag, contnln
ing a shipment of -4jnoney billed
from a local bank to the treasury
depsrtment at Washington, had
mysteriously vanished.
The robbery occurred at 6:10
o'clock yesterday morning. The
train was No. S8, Asheville to
Hallsbury. which leaves at 6 o'clock.
No suspicion attaches to tho ex
press messenger who was in the
car. . ' I I 'i
J. Morrison James, assistant
agent of the Southeastern Express
comp'any here, In a stitement last
night gave the amount of money
stolen as 13,000. Trevlous reports
had placed the amount much
higher.
Tie robbery took place Just as
day was dawning, but none of the
trainmen or express company em
ployes saw any one take the bag
or flee from the scene. Members
of the local detective force and
special officers of the express com
pany were yesterday and last night
working -without a clue, they said,
and Jio headway waa reported at
aii early hour this morning.
MILITARY SERVICE PAY
MEASURE AGREED UPON
WASHINGTON. May 28. Final
agreement on . disputed issues In
the military service pay bill was
reached Saturday night by sen
ate and house conferees.
On the question of allowance
for service In the national guard,
for the purpose of computing lon
ueuliv nav. the agreement provides
that 75 per cent of such service
shall be credited since enactment
of the Dick law.
On the question of pay for rs
tired officers the agreement
reached stipulates that officers
now on the retired list shall re
ceive no Increase, but are to be
protected against a decreate by
the new law. Officers retiring
hereafter will receive three
fourths of the psy they receive
at the time of retirement, Just as
is now provided by law, '
IRELAND IS NAMED ON
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
OlTltB HBWB BB1B40
TlllOinCIl BOTL
(Bf BHOfK BtMhtY)
-nALEIGH May 28. Governor
Morrison hss announced the ap
pointment of C. H. Ireland of
Greensboro as member of the board
of trustees of Samarcand, succeed
ing former Congressmsn Robert
N. Page, who recently resigned
heavy wind and rainstorm
shortly after leaving the wharf
at Camp Saufley, and when last
seen by passengers on the
launch Sister, seemed to be
having engine trouble and was
drifting westward toward nhe
mouth of the bay. The crew of
the Sister made an attempt to
aid the Swan but was unable to
render any assistance on ac
count of the high waves.
Since the Sister arrived at the
city dock launches have been
out searching for the vessel In
distress but on account of the
heavy rain and darkness of the
night have been unable to lo-'
cats it. It is feared thst the
vessel has been sunk.
BANK
CITIZEN
CAROLINA"
RAIL WA Y WAGES
LODGE PREDICTS
WILL BE PASSED
Has no Fears Electorate
Will Approve Tariff
When Time Comes.
TO BE KEDUUxiL)
Declares Resumption of
Foreign Trade Prevent
ed by Tariff.
WASHINGTON, May 28 Con
gress will pass "a republican pro
tective tariff'' before It adjourns,
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts,
republican leader, declared today
In a statement outlining his views
on the measure now before the
senate. He predicted that the
country would approv . the, bill
"when the time comes for the elec
torate to pass Judgment."
Night sessions of the senate
will continue thla week under the
tariff program with items in the
metal schedule the immediate bus
iness when work Is resumed to
morrow. It was considered Im
probable that the move to Invoke
cloture as an additional means of
expediting the measure, would
be succesnful.
"The republican majority In the
senate, said Mr. Lodge's state
ment, "believes the policy of pro
tectlon is the surest road to the
building up and restoration of
our economic interests. That Is
the purpose of the pending bill."
Senator Lodge denied that the
rates proposed In the permanent
bill would have an adverse effect
on the volume of trade.
"Our foreign trade today Is not
suffering because of the turlff and
we are living now under the
emergency tariff act, which has
higher rates, in many cases, than
those proposed in the finance com
mittee bill," Senator Lodge 'de
clared, ine democrats seek to
give the Impression that increase
In -our foreign trads snd In trude
conditions throughout the coun
try are due to the Underwood -tar
iff act, whereas, the foreigners
quoted by secretary Hoovur show
Increases In foreign trade which
have developed since the emer
gency tariff bill became a law.
"One little thing la Interesting
and will prove that the resumption
or our foreign trade Is now pre-
eniea oy ine emergency tariff
miring the past four months wei
imported In Boston 80,000, OOP
pounus or wool, one seventh of the
total consumption of the United
States. This wool the lm Jrters
are noiamg in bond, (waiting the
psssage of the new tariff when
they can get It in under lower
rates.
"This importation of wool does
not Indicate .that tho tariff U go
ing to' destroy our business with
other countries. But It doos Indi
cate the Importers are Ihe very
rren who expect un,lr the rcw
tariff, a boom In business und Ihey
are preparing to take Immediate
adyantiige of the passage of this
bill.
COLUMBUS CITY MANAGER
JOB DECLARED VACANT
COLUMBUS, ClaTMay 2 8. The
offtcs of city manager of Colum
bus was declared vacant by a reso
lution adopted at a special meet
ing of the city commission Sat-
uraay afternoon. The action of
ui commission followed the mys
terious leaving of H. a orrton ftln.
kle, then holding the office of city
manager, Friday morning for
points unknown and without the
conaeni ot tne commission, accord
ing to a section of the resolu
tion. .,
During Friday and the greater
parij)i ine day today, citizens
gathefed in many places snd dis
cussed the situation, arising fro.n
ine leaving or the former city
manager, .aecialng that he would
not return and placing the reason
for his mysterious leavlna to tha
j'attack made upon him on April 12
ana tne subsequent bombing of the
nome or jusjor ,i. Homer Dlmon
Saturday night. The city commis
sion did not make a statement un
til lster this afternoon.
STATE COLLEGIANS
HEAR BACCALAUREATE
ciTif Km amain
TllBOIOCOa SOTBL
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RALEIGH. May 2. Dr. ,1. O.
Atkinson of Elon college, preach
ing the baccalaureate sermon at
state college tonight, appealed to
young men to "Go into action lo
do the will of Almighty God."
Pointing to the lives of the
world's great men as evidences of
the devotion . to high principles
which,, In every Instsnce, has sl
ways characterized their success,
he sought to set an example of
lofty Ideals arid motives before the
150 young men who Tuesday morn
ing will receive their diplomas
"and go forth from this high peak
of Inspiration and information."
BISHOP KU,GO SHOWS
SOME IMPROVEMENT
MRMPITIS, Tens.., May 2. The
condition of Bishop John C. Kllgo,
of the Methodist Kplscopal church.
South, who Is ill at a hoipiiai here,
I was somewhat Improved tonight, his
phyalclans reported. Ilia tempera
ture and respiration are normal again
and pneumonia which developed yes
terday, la clearing up. Mri, Ktlgo
will arrive here from her home !n
Charlotte. ' V. c, tomorrow morning
and his son Is already wl h him
FRENCH SAY REPORTS ON
CRANE FALSE, UNTRUE
WASHINGTON, May 28. Official
dispatches from the French foreign
office msde public today by the
French 'embassy here declared "false
and untrus" reports that Charlea H.
Crana. of Chicago, had been tried
by a French courtmarlial In Pamas
cus and sentenced to .2fl years Im
prisonment for having attempted to
Incite antl-Frtnch disturbances In
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
Rail Labor
Act Affects Income
of 400, 000 Employees
Prohibition As
Administered Is
Declared Farce
Bishop Gailar Not Alarmed
at Flapperism, Says Mor
als Still Good
KNOXVIU.B. Tenn.r May
2S.i 'National prohibition was
declared a farce bv Bishop
Thomas F. Galler, head of the
Protestant Kplscopal church
in America, In a statement
here today. "The reign of
terror that we have experi
enced jn the past six months
Is not prohibition and is not
an enforcement of the eigh
teenth amendment. Further,
there Is too much politics to
this prohibition," declared the
I'ishop.
Bishop Caller refuses to be
come alarmed at modern flap
perism, "The young girl of
today Is as good as aha was 30
years ago," lis said. "There
Is no reason to believe that
we are in a period of 1mm or
Billy because youth Is full of
pep and life and Jazz. 1 am
not going Into hysterics be
cause of this skipping about of
young women:
"1 favor prohibition, but not
the kind of prohibition that is
causing a reign of violence
throughout tha country toda.
The American people have no
cause to pat themselves on the
back because thev have passed
a law. The passage ot the
prohibition amendment and Its
enforcement are two widely
different things. Thla is a
re'gn of terror we are experi
encing," said the bishop.
In defense ot the modem
flapper. Bishop Galler said:
"Youth Is youth, and life 1st
.life. There Is no such thing.
, as a period of Immorality, and
I refuse to becomo hysterical
because of the mannerisms
and dress of the young wo
, men of today." ,
New York "Police Are
Hunting for Woman De
scribed by Waiter.
WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.. May 2
Reports that a mysterious styl
ishly gowned young woman had at
tempted to hire a waiter In a New
York resiaumnt to shoot and kill
Walter 8. Ward, wealthy baker,
who has confessed to killing Clar
ence Peters, former navy man, was
the latest development In the rase
tonight. :
This, with the reputed state
ment of a friend of Ward's that
the baker was not at his New
Rochelle home the night preceding
Peters' shooting, contrary to
Ward's statoment to the authori
ties again has District Attorney
Weeks and the police working on
new clues. The Manhattan police
are seeking the woman described
by the waiter, At the same time
the local authorities are question
ing closely friends of Ward who
are supposed to have been at his
home at a bridge party the night
preceding the shooting of Peters.
Still another mysterious report
has come to the police. This Is to
the effect' that Peters had two $600
bills, obtained in some unexplain
ed transaction, on his person the
day before the shooting. Only
ft. 22 wss In his pockets when the
body was found. All cards and
paper which might have served as
Identifying agents also were miss
ing. The woman sought by the Nw
York police Is alleged to have of
fered a waiter in an upper Man
hattan restaurant $500 If he wouW
kill Ward. According to the wait
er, the attempted assassination was
to have taken place last night, a
few hours after he had been re
leased from prison on ball.
Stylish Dressed Woman
Makes Alleged Offer ..i
The Manhattan police told the
White Plains authorities that a
waiter, whose name has not been
made public, reported to them last
night that a young and stylishly
dressed woman, after eating at the
restaurant every day for a week
bad told him she "had a Job she
wanted done and there was $500
In it for the man who had the
nerve to carry it out."
"I've got the nerve," the waiter
aid he answered. "What's the Job?"
"There la a guy In Nw Kochelle I
want to get," tha waltur said his
strange diner replied.
"(iei, how?" tha waiter querted.
"Get right. 1 mean," she is said
to have replied. "Vou go and shoot
blm and the JiOO Is yours."
"Who's the guy?" tha waiter said
he asked.
"Ward. Walter S. Ward," he ssld
ahs snswered.
"That's the guy who killed Peters,
Isn't it?" ths waller asked her and
aid she replied In the affirmative.
Armed Guard At Ward
Home Two Nlghta
The waiter told her to return later,
saying ha wanted to "think It over"
than he reported the occurence to the
police. An armed guard waa at the
Ward home last night and tonight.
Mrs. Ward and her mother, Mrs.
Curtis, wars hostesses at a bridge
party at th Ward home the night of
May IS. a few hours preceding the
hooting of Peters. The authorities
are tonight investigating the state
ment of one of ths gueBts that Ward
who had declared he did not leave
lfntliw4 en Fit 7k)
MAN SAYS HE IS
OFFERED MONEY
TO MURDER IrVARD
1 r PAGES
Z TODAY
Board's
E
ARE INVOLVED
If Action Is Extended
1920 Increase Will Be
Wiped Out.
LABOR GROUP IN
DISSENTING VOTE
"Common Labor" Wage
Is Cut Five Cents an
Hour by Decision. .
CHICAGO, May 21. -(By the
Associated Press.) More than $41,
000,000 was slashed from the wages
of 400,000 railway employes lnj,
decision bv the United States rail,
road labor board tonight. . ;
The decreases, which averaged
five rents per hour in the major
ity of cases, followed cuts of $400,
000,000 made last July by the
board. Today's decision, however,
affected mostly maintenance ot
way workers, although decisions
sre pending affecting other classi
fications. It the wage outa made in the
latest decision are extended tooth
er decisions expected soon, it waa
pointed out In railway circles, much
of the $600,000,000 increase given
by the board in 1920 will be wiped
oirt and wages restored to a level
which railway official have told
the board will lead to a new era
of development and open the -way
to the employment of 200,000 men.
The decision waa signed by the
three railway members of the board
and the three members represent
ing the public.' A dissenting opin
ion as filed by the three members
representing the labor group. The
majority opinion said that the wage
cuts, effective on July 1, were made
In . accordance with decreases "-in
ths cost of living. The minority
opinion contended that the wage
scale provided in the decision wss
Insufficient to sustain life on the
basis of Amerloan standards.
The decision la' expected to re
duce the pay of the majority of
Lthe maintenance of way men flve
cents per hour, but important
hriasses ot the employes were given
a smaller cut. under the majority
head were included track laborers
and other classes uamally designat
ed as "common laborers."
lAbor Group Files Its
Dissent to Out
The decision waa signed by the
three railroad members of the
board and the three members rep
resenting the public erroup. A dis
senting opinion wis filed by the
three members representing the la
bor group. -The dissenting opin
ion contended that the wage sched
ule provided in the decision waa In
sufficient to sustain life on the
basis of American standards.
Under the terms of the decision,
ths classes designated as "common
labor" and estimated to number
some 117,490 were cut flve cents an
Hour. Labor of a similar class
employed around shops, round
nouses, yards and terminals, num
bering 11,2-11, also wss cut five
cents an hour. Drawbridge tend
ers and" assistants, pile drivers,
ditching and hoisting engineers,
firemen, etc., were cut Ave cents an
hcur. - They number 2,74. Sec
t'oit, track and maintenance fore
men and assistant foremen -were
cut three cents an hour.
Among other slashes were me
chanics In the maintenance of way
department, except those under ths
shop crafts sgreement, who were
cut four cents an hour. Mechan
ics' helpers in these same depart
ments, except those under the shop
crafts agreement, were cut one
cent an hour. It was emphasized,
however .that all of these were
minimum rates snd wtll not apply
In a uniform manner throughout
the country, but will be affected by
local conditions.
The decision was reached, it was
said, before the announcement ot
the cut in freight rates, but was
held up to permit the -completion
of the minority decision, so that
both could be issued slmultane-
nufllv.
Cuts as Authorised by ,'.',;":'
ClaHSrs Are Glveu. "
The classes of employes ana tns
cut authorized In each case fol
low: Bridge building, ptlnter, con
struction, mason and concrete,
water supply and plumber fore
men, except certain water supply
and lumber foremen coming un
der the provisions of the cut au
thorized last July dtcreaso of Ave
cents an hour.
Assistant bridge building, paint
er, construction, mason and con
crete, water supply and plumber
foremen, and for coal wharf, coal
chute and fence gang foremen,
pile driver, ditching and hoisting
engineers and bridge Inspectors,
except assistant water supply and
plumber foremen coming under
certain provisions of the cut of
iust July decrease ot five cents
an hour.
Section, , track and malntenancn
foreman, and assistant section
track and maintenance foremen-
decrease of three cents an hour.
Mechanics in the maintenanrce
of way and bridge building de
partments, except those that
come within the scope of agree
ments with the federated shop
crafts decrease of four cents an
hour.
Mechanics helpers In the main
tenance of way and bridge and
building depwlments except thos
that come within the scope of
agreements with ths federated
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