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! c: 18 PAGES TODAY NIGHT EDITION AND EVENING CHRONICLE I "GREATER CHARLOTTB'S HOME NEWSPAPER " '.,jE KVF.SB CHKOKlCLK-E.tnbll.hed. 1003. i"w' CHARLOTTE, N. O, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 3,1921. THE CHARLOTTE NEWS tUVi EVENING CHRONICLE SSVSSl PRICE FIVE CENT?, ARLOTTE NEWS mmmm mm jL 6 12113 phoneates Increased Approximately J. O. Per Gemit lift IF To AN HALF Less Than 25 Per Cent is Chargeable to Labor,- Committee Reports. APPOINTED BY HOOVER The American Engineering Council's Committee Re ports on Waste. Lm;is, Mo., June 3. Responsibil ity toi" more mail ou per cent ui me waste in industrial processes, which is causing enormous annual losses to the -fition. can be placed at the door of the management and less than 25 per cent at the door of labor, declared a rervrt 1 f the American Engineering Council's5 committee on elimination of waste in industry, made public today at meeting of the council's executive tcard. The committee was appointed lv Her'wrt Hoover, Secretary of Com nerce, when he was head of the coun cil. The report showed that the margin rf unemployment amounted to more than a million meh; that billions of dol lar? were tied up in idle equipment; that high labor turnover was a rough index of one of the commonest w-astes, and that waste of time and energy and ir.oney through duplications and esti mates and bids in building trades ran into millions of dollars annually. Both employer and employes restrict output, it was said. Both capital and labor are blamed for existing abuses, hu the annual losses through waste ly conflicts between them is much less than popularly supposed. From four to five ' million workers were idle during January and Febru ary of this year. In 1921, half a bil lion dollars will be lost in wages In the building trades, it was said. REMEDIES OUTLINED. Nation-wide machinery to obtain con tinuous information concerning unem ployment conditions throughout the country is declared necessary. Means Tor regulating employment in the prin cipal Industries were urged and a nation-wide plan of co-operation .between the government, the public, trade asso ciations, the industries, labor,, bankers ar.d engineers was outlined. The waste inquiry was in charge of a committee of sixteen, headed by J Parke Charming, cf New Tork, as chair man, and L. V. Wallace, of Washing ton, executive secretary of the Ameri can Engineering Council of the Feder ated American Engineering Societies, as rice-chairman. This was the begin- liv.g of a movement by the country's organized engineers, about 200,000 in number, to brine about better industrial conditions and more harmonious rela tions between capital and labor. The full report comprises 125,000 wis and deals with the deep-seated causes of waste and does not consider "the present business crisis due in part to wortl-wide waste and extravagance cauad by the war" as an excuse for transitory experiments, but as an op portunity to point out the need for permanent reform. GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE. The committee outlined the following proposer program of governmental as- sstance to eliminate waste: "A retinal industrial information fervice should be established to furnish wore thnelv. ree-ular and commete in formation covering current production ana consumption and stocks or com modity: a national statistical service should be established covering employ ment requirements; a national policy resardinsr nuhlin health should DO IOS tered and encouraged; the national pro Pam for industrial rehabilitation should be encouraged and should offer , opportunities for education and place ment to those having physical defects 33 well as those handicapped because of 'naustrial accidents: a nation-wide pro gram 0f industrial standardization should be encouratred in conjunction T"ith industrial interests; the govern ment should rociwriiio th necessity ?or a revision of such Federal laws as ' terfering with the stabilization of in "stry; a body of principles should be teceptPd which could be developed for 'he adjustment and settlement of labor Public support for the . movement, tuft Tftfto : .1 1 . . T.. VwfMi orV t a.00m V,.,l- 1.1!. lllnn rvf Q ---aw stabilization of, style, to lessen " uemorahzlntr effect of seasonal flue Rations. as well as a more even dis- V'nution throughout the year of pub "c demand. The Chambers of Cora- "'-rco, thf. renort said should inaugu fa.e anti-waste campaigns and collec J've Purchasing agents should educate ie public in better methods of buying. Co OPERATION URGED. After emphasizing the need of' re rrn and improvement in plant man foment and administrative policies, ,ine report urged the co-operation of n''.0rSariizprl labor should develop a stat , 01 increasing output," it was wed. "Xhe attitude of opposition inuifff re.nee to pr0per standards for 'O'lUCt'on e'nnnU U nhnnno tf a 1 ..... , 'nwuiu ju .iiaiiBu .v -nd aggressive insistence on "Un Sti-iTwUirrlw iHA.inflnn crltnillrl inpi .ang"'1 to a frank and aggressive sh'f'iMI1Cfi on such standards; there the t , e R scientific examination of mi.. s for wages; . certain union irflrl JUid be modified in regard to ne operation, apprentices and wi.rkers. distinctions which re- craft w,Ir' rt'st Action of output; individual suit i liilitC f-fouid realize their responsi- r'f-alth 1'fCO f 'Cn Kir IV-lotn v.n..1 n- C.4-y- 111. and disregard of safety meas- Of WASTE IS DUE f 0 MANAGEMENT De(lanng that the annual eco mic isS in the country through ainn, utable liases and death turned to $3,000,000,000, the re-' (Contlnned on Page Nine. SLATED AS GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO U.S. r ,i ' ii iiiiii-ii " a Dr. Sthajier. Dr. Sthamer, German ambassa dor in London, is to become ambas sador to the United States as -as peace between the two countries is declared, according to a well authenticated report from Berlin, He will be succeeded in London by Dr. Heinrich Alfert, the report states. PINEVILLE BANK WON'T REOPEN Affairs Found in Bad Shape; Oakleyfe Whereabouts Not Known. Judge W. F. Harding, in superior court, made the American Trust Com pany receiver of the Pineville Loa.i & Savings company, whose affairs have been under investigation ' recently and of which John G. Nichols, of the Amer ican Trust Company, was made tem porary receiver by Judge Harding 'sev eral days ago. , The appointment of the Trust com pany, as receiver, instead of Mr. Nich ols in person, was made at the request of Mr. Nichols, who found that the task of liquidating the bank's affairs would take too much of his time from his private affairs and could be han dled just as expeditionsly by the Trust company. The appointment of the permanent receiver for the bank followed the sub mission of a detailed report by Mr. Nichols as to the condition of the Pine ville bank. The report is based upon the findings of, an auditor of Scott, Charnley & Company here, who :ias been making a study of the bank's af fairs during the last ten days, or since a state bank examiner came at the re quest of officials of the bank to look into its affairs. It will be impossible for the bank to reopen or to continue operations, acord ing to Mr. Nichols' report to jucige Hardinsr. There have been unautho rized withdrawals of funds and gross mismanagement on the part of the for mer cashier, according to " Mr. Nichols report. The report places the respon sibility unon the former cashier of the hank. C.S. Oakley, who resigned his position' about ten days ago and whose prest nt wr.ereatcuts is unsnown. Tt was renorted by officials of the hank last - Saturday that . Mr. Oakley had gone to his former home in nidge way, Va., with the ostensible purpose of raising funds to straighten out the affairs of the bank he hid been con nected with. One of the statements at Pinpville was to the effect that the cashier had been criticized for taking funds from the bank; to . finance a lum- er plant in which ne was ini.eresi.eu at Pineville. . offir.frs and directors or tne bank other than Mr. Oakley, . wer-3 rep resented by Mr. Nichols to be straight efficient ' business men, whoe relations with the management of the bank were in every way . regular and praiseworthy.? whothor thte bondsmen , of the for mer cashier anprehend that he has fled or whether they Expect his return wich funds to help straighten out tne oaiiHb affairs could not be learned. vr- -vrfhnVei srave it as his opinion that the depositors in the bank would be paid in full, unless some uhuj an contingency should arise which can not now be anticipated. msCITSS ENTENTE OF EX-RUSSIAN STATIC Ti.i.i-oMro -.Tune': 3. Poland will -ritiv invite . representatives of Fin land Letvia, Esthonia and Lithuania to a conference in . Warsaw to discuss an entente: of all states im u lonaing to the Russian empire, accord 5 formation obtained here to day, Preparations for the conference already have been made, it is said. mv, pniuh pnvov, at Reval, advices from that city state, has left for Warsaw to confer with his government on the subject. OLYMPIC GAMES TO BE HELD IN PARK Geneva, June 3. y the Associated -Press) The international yjiymviv. win- iT.rrfiv awarded the 1924 Olym pic games to Paris. Amsterdam was awarded tne iv&o &xmo. HOVERlSf MENT TERMS REFUSED BY MINERS .iin 2. (Br the Associated Press.) The executive body of the striking" coal . miners today nnaiiy re jected the , government proposals for a i'ATE CAN FIND 1CESSARYF1D AS IT IS NEEDED Big Loan Proposition from State Bankers Was Turn ed Down. UNWISE TO PILE UP. American Trust Loan of Two Millions to be Util ized Soon. By JjLXE B. AVARRE. Staff Correspondent or The News. Raleigh, June 4. State Treasurer & ti. .Lacy, Governor Cameron Morri son and the Council of State have closed the deal to- borrow two million dollars from the American Trust Com pany of Charlotte, at 6 per cent in terest for 12 months. No strings 'or conditions are tied to the loan. This is the first money that the Morrison administration has borrowed on the new program, and 'not all of the two million dollars will be used for the building and road work authorized bv jne last session of the legislature. Some ot it will have to be used to meet ob ligations incurred before the Morrison administration took charge. While the definite allotment- of the two million dollars has not vet be-rm made by the Council of State, approx imately a million and a half will ha used for new construction work and old debts of the State institutions, and half a million dollars will be needed by the road commission during the next few months. These divisions may be changed as the changing demands and needs of the institutions and the high way commission demand. The State gets the money at straight 6 per cent interest and is not required oy contract or otherwise to leave anv or tne money on deposit. All of it could be drawn out tomorrow or next week if the State needed the monev On such balances as are left on de posit while the State does not need all of it, the American Trust Company will pay i per cent on the daily balances. STICK TO FIRST POLICY. The proposition to organize a svn- dicate of North Carolina, bankers to lend the State ten million dollars which was promoted by Mr. Thomas' E. Coop er of the Merchants' National. Bank, Raleigh, and a former Wilmington banker, was looked upon with favor by the Council of State, but after ma ture consideration and reflection bv members or the council of State th conclusion was unanimously reached that the policy adopted by the Council of State following the return of ths. Governor and Treasurer from Npw Yerk of borrowing the money as it was needed, and getting- only a few months supply at the time was the wiser course and the sounder policy There is, of course, some argument on ' the other side of the proposition. for should conditions radically and ma terially change from what they are at the present time, with interest ratts jumping and money harder to get, the State would be skotched agaanst rh-3 inability to secure the money.. It is not unlike buying a large amount of flour gp other provisions on the be lief that the market will continue to go up. If the market does go up, the buyer has made a good trade, but if it continues to go down, or if it re mains stationary, the state will be the loser. So it is with piling up a large amount of money m the banks which the State will be unable to use for a long period of time. CAN GET MONEY. The Governor and Treasurer have been assured from sources that are considerably reliable and well inform ed that the State will be able to get money in small amounts at any time it needs it, and that it will not be nec essary to borrow much more than few months' supply at the time. In this way the State can avoid paving interest on a great deal of mony which it is physically impossible to use. It is estimated that the Stat 2 can spend on its new construction program practically all of the money borrowed from Word H. woods bank in Char lotte before October 1. That ' amount will be needed unless there are unlook ed for delays in the building program That is the estimated amount of mon ey the institutional heads and thi highway commission figures it will need between now and the first of Oc tober. In the meantime there is always the possibility of the bond market improv ing to such an extent that a fivgper (Continued on Face Nine.) PAPER MILL STRIKE ENDED Green Bay, Wis., June 3- The strike Of 500 employes of the Northern Paper Mills here was settled at a conference of- mill officials and union .representa tives last night, it was anndunced to j j uay. Own Your OwnHome is the advice given by RING LARDNER ; , in an extra article which will ap pear in next Sunday's issue of THE NEWS. There's nothing ex cruciatingly funny, of. course, in owning your own home, but Mr. Lardner uncovers just thit in the hands of real estate men, contraJc ters, 'plnmbbers and the like. ORDER FROM YOUR NEWSDEALER NOW 1 i : CHICAGO WOMAN IS LAW PARTNER OF HUSBAND AND SON Mrs. Catherine Wangh McCuIloch. The law firm of McCuIloch and McCuIloch in Chicago is a purely family affair. That is to say that the partners are Mr. and Mrs. Mc CuIloch and their eldest son, Capt. Hugh W. Since her marriage in 1890 Mrs. McCuIloch has been as sociated with her husband in bit law firm. QUESTION UP BEFORE CITY Savona Mill Owners Prom ised Protection Workers Who Are Out Cautioned. The city commissioners heard botn sides of the Savonna Mill strike trouble Friday when officials of the company and a delegation of strikers appeared to ask for "protection." The oficials- came first and requested that policemen be stationed about the mill continuously. Then told of threats of strikers to dynamite the building, cut the belting and damage the machin ery, and of efforts to intimidate work ers. ... The strikers protested -the carrying of pistols by workers wjthing the mills the use-; of -"profanity bej , overseers " and those within the mills ceased efforts to molest strikers wMo had assembled out side the fence encircling the company property trouble might occur. The company officials claimed that several hundred men were gathered about the mill when workers reported for duty Friday morning and that two or three clashes occurred. They charg ed that "peacful picketing", was not taking place; rather that strikers were attempting to dse physical methods to keep men and Women from going into the mill. Consequently, the officials said, several workers failed to appear durinsr the morning. The strikers contended that they had the privilege of remaining about the mills as log as' they engaged m peace ful picketing," and that employes of the mill had attempted to run them away. They placed the number gatn ered about the mill at around l&u. Public Safety Commissioner J. E Huneycutt advised the strikers to get away from about the mill property anu go to their home. He suggested that they annoint a committee to can at the homes of , the workers and endea vor to get them to quit work if the strikers desired such action. WORKERS WON' LISTEN. "But, the workers will not listen, to committee." the strikers protested, In that event' Mr. Huneycutt toid them, they were at their row's end, as forceful methods couia noi De mau ratedvto keep workers from engaging m chosen tasks. The strikers would not promise Mr Hunevcutt to disperse, claiming the privilege of remaining about the place as long as they .ma not go or: xnc company s property. Mr. Huneycutt spoke to the delega tiOn for Derhans 15 minutes,- advism the members to get away from the mills ani em to their homes, contend ing that nothing would be gained by conerrefratins: -about, the mill. . Any trouble which might occur while they were about the mill would be liable to create public sentiment against them the commissioner said, aaamg tna... "Boys, if you get public sentiment aerainst you. vou are lost. The strikers indicated the determina tion to continue their "picketing" about rthe mill, and asked that the commis sioners instruct the policemen to arreai all persons found carrying pistols. They contended that tney mu nut uesue ah trmihle duriner the StriKe. The commissioners instructed Chief Walter B. Orr to give special attention tn the situation and to arrest all per sons on either side found violating the law. The strikers charged that ponce men failed to arrest two or three per sons whqm they saw engage- in unlaw ful acts. POLICEMEN TO COOPERATE. Policemen will be stationed at the mill at intervals, especially during the hours umnlnves arrive at and leave the mills, to insure the maintenance of law and order. Waees have been reduced about 33 per cefit, says C. W. Johnston, owner and general - manager of the, Highland Park chain of six mills, from the high prices Of 1920, the mgn-pnee year. -. nr. Avnmnle. loom fixers made in 1914, hefnre the war. $10.50 a week. They maAo, rhirino- the high prices, in 1919 $34 a week." They now make $22 and ,In other words they are now receiv (Continued on Page Two) READ THE ANT PAGE 8 Recognition Qf Depends On Obregon's Answer WSTE HOUSE OF Tl LOST CAUSE IS RE-DEDICATED in j TT-ri j tt f lU rirSt White HOUSe OI the Confederacy is Thrown Open in Montgomery. MANY "VETS GATHERED Exercises Tonight Will be Held Where Davis Held First Cabinet Meet. 1 Montgomery. Ala., June 3.-he first White House of the Confederacy, one of the most precious shrines of "The Lost Cause." was dedicated here todav bv the Sons and Tia.ne-ht.Ars of nixie. aray-clad survivors of the heroic host iaent uoregon ana ms zoreign ev.-lc-which unheld the cause of the South tary. Alberto Pani. Both Mexican for four years, were in the throng V iUUlI UCL111C LU tile lUai CiXpiLa-l Ui. IIIC Confederacy to formally set aside the home in which Jefferson Davis first took up his abode as President of the Confederate States f America. With them came their wives, daughters and sons representatives of the South of the sixties and the South of today. Men who followed Lee and Jackson, Johnstone. Forest. Stuart and the other sreat erenerals of the Confeder- acy were the most prominent of all the visitors who gathered here from all the states of the South and from many of the other states of the union to take part in the dedicatory exercises. Vet- erans of the Spanish-American war and; the World war, Daughters of the Con- f ederacy, the Confederate States Memo- rial' Association, civic and other organi- zations participated in the parade to the state capitol. where jenerson uavis iook tne oatn ot oince as xri eai - dent of the Confederacy. SENATOR HARRISON SPEAKS. This was followed by an address "by Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississippi. Other exercises of a. historical nature were set ror tonismt at a notei iumibu . . . - . . . orf the spot where Davis hald his fir&t cabinet meeting and where decision was reached to fire on Fort Sumter. " The dedication and re-opening of tne historic White House today brought to a successful conclusion the efforts Of a band of Southern women, who since isjs, nave sougm iu "c w cial means of preserving what they hope will become one of two or tnree principle shrines of the old South, xnisi if law and order have oeen es group of women two years ago obtain- be - tnat it law a ff0vernments ed an appropriation trom tne legislature for the purchase ol a lot on which to preserve o preserve tne niswuv " j;,tj in thP reqtnrine of the STATES SuMSsiyys mansion, since tnen weir enui w ua.c i , relics of the days or sixty yeare leas rencs ot tne viay 0iA ' ' aS-. . MANSION IS RESTORED. The old mansion ppearance said to be very irance said to oe very snimr that of the days wnen varm. nuu ' the days wnen var . . j. T . -rr "i tx ..n ras tne nostess vl whpn Mr. Davis was Dusy at van. organizing tne new . - in t0 in.e.8 ate sofar as the White House has oeen a' " - IT Was U 1 vi. .. " ' l j. i. tv vm.oo ciation eventually to matte me. an exact portrait of days or tne uavjs famoly. . ,..w irDifiTi?& Tf.the "SJdeatS-hSI to- Jefferson Davis was celebrated nere to daytj the United Daughters of th Confederacy fSf where Rlace .SfP ZSd. held " r,,;r frnm Richmond, held uavis, ci lug . -an-fl his last camnet i"u..B , rOMMITTEE FAVORS Tn?TFT? RESOLUTION FUrVlriri ttiOUU . ' ' Washington, June 3. The House for- eign affairs committee, with Demo- cratic members dissenting, voted today to report the Porter resolution for ter- mination or tne siu-te "v'v the United State sand Germany and Austra-Hungary. . Republican members voted solidly tc adopt the Porter measure as a sub- stitute for the Knox resolution, already passed by the Senate, repealing the de- claration of war. rrvo lemnorats merely voted present. Chairman Porter announced that the resolution would De presmu is itself valid with respect to Amta House next week for immediate con- can rights held prior to the adoption sideration. A minority report wm De filed by committee Democrats. . " POLICE WERE, AMBUSHED. pni, Treland. June 3. District in- spector Stevenson, a police sergeant and. four constables were .killed nJ afr.n iva ambushed bv when a police patrol ,u.fna Dy four officers were senuusij- u nnKa wrp taken I ?.iJJ?whtlSJ IMPAIR ' 7 i rharlnrtA nd vicinity: Fair toiugnt: Gof.,rv nnrtlv cloudy: moderate to gentle northeast to east winds. " . -.t ii. r..Kng. lonorallv fair tn. iUrill Vyttlvtl" - - night, warmer in central portion; Sat- urdav partly cloudy. South Carouna: raruy ciouay to-1 tangible can De announura a yet u.v night and Saturday, probably unsettled j either government as it is the method on the coast; little change in tempera-1 and not the substance which is caus ture. - - ing'the delay in agreement. , Mexico By U.S. Mexican President Musi Assure Protection to American. Interests. By DAVID LAWRENCE sia.ii v;orrespanueni. oi .inn cwb Copyright, 1021 fcy News rubHaMns Co. Washington. June 3. Mexico's chances of recognition by the United States government are not based' upon adherence to any specific formula of s out upon written assurance that will cover the whole question of protection for the lives and property of Americans. Whether there shall be a treaty or a protocol, , as has been insisted in some Quarters here, or whether, the Ameri can government shall accept simply an exchange of diplomatic notes as basis l.or rreqgmi ion is suiiitfiimis mau is uc- ing 'worked out in conversations be- SKil0 S2? S-fS conditions have been imposed. The American government has indicated its willingness to adont any- reasonable method which will not adversely affect President Obregon's position' inside of fXf" rTtfy. tension of recognition by other v gov I ernments. - . I President Harding and Secretary Hushes-want to do business with Pres officials have shown a.n understanding "I Hie miuuuuu .- and what public opinion north of the Rio Grande wants. uenera uoregoii has traveled extensively in' the United States and on one visit was given a snecial military escort so that he could see all the military preparations being made bv the American army tor ser I vice overseas. The trip impressed neneral Obreeon a ereat deal. Senor Pani. the foreisrn minister, was a mem her of Carranza's special commission which sought to adjust relations with the United States, first at New Lcn- don and later" at Atlantic City. It is known that the late Secretary Frank iin k. Lane held Pani in highl esteem nd often said that if matters had been lef t to Pani's discretion and if Car- r&nza had not been so indifferent to Mr ani's advice. Mexican -American rela i tior.s Would long ago have been smooth 1 e(j ouj- pani is descended irom a distinguished Italian family of diplo mats. 1 EAGER FOR ALLIANCE. Th TVaShineton government is eag t t . working- basis with the. t 1111 r is nnt in I VJUl CI" V II Villi -VUV r w w -w ,. . . llriw Us imnatienr.e to de ltroy ltg progrram of what has ) been L,,,,, v,v th Mexican authorities be- . , h avtcnHni The to nke the idea of be- ing required to accept "conditions' the impression (that recoj nition is something spontaneous a " ' OTit hv fnrrfen nnwer on the - ,T, thrv seems to Uhink the Mexican executive and con- lejralIy ele-cted. that ----r Jl - -; i w TTr,5- statm In some cases, tne unueu oiaws cvm - ivrovi todav stands on its own bot- tnm Tt i the intention of the Hard- ing administration to get indisputable evidence or the capacity or tne ivhjxi- i: prnmer,t to live up to interna- " , iV: 1 ,o, i tmnQ : nnnpnrums. uiiu. liic Mpnr- 1. to ask the ;;;ri mont itself tb furnish """;"";.: it in niacK ana wmiev a ucay .n, mnv k found unnecessary but S; hanKe of letters or notes be- J" 0 tron Mvrnments would . f th SfnWr.r, government jus i ' ' e . ti.m aoc-nr-anr-pa must however be all ..v corapreceuMve. ONE CAUSE OF TROUBLE One hiar outstanding cause of the Mex Authorities tave lSdlcatr prl- willingness to ignore that vateiy constitution which would confiscate American prop- erties but that- isn't enough for our erties government A practical program , L.-u ,m nnfidence with the Mean executive would-be asked to ab the famous article twenty-sever of the Mexican constitution out it is rot rQ,itiC; frCm a Mexican viewpoint fQr thg chief exeQutive to be amending the constitution at the behest of a, for- e- power. The Mexican executive, too, must get congress to cu-up.c witVl hf m jn amending the constitution, so while President Obregon might be dis,pogRd to agree there isn't so much certainty 0f favorable action by the Mexican congress. There still remains a way, however, to get tround the difficulty. it is n0r nf doubt whether article twenty-seven in the Mexican constition of the constitution. The supreme court of Mexico hasn't passed on that point yet. St could happen that -a supremfe court decision would clear up the whole matter and thus render in operative the troublesome clause, J GOVERNMENT FAVORABLE ine broaa tneory on wnicn me Am- government is proceeding i elected governing iil aim xium viewpoint, ta entitled to favorable con- siderition but is the government capa ble of fulfilling international obliga tions, capable of adjusting equitably the many interrational points in dis pute between the two countries.? That is something for the outside power to decide and before such a judgment is made, assurances can be asked for and given which' will clear up any doubts and which', also can be used as a basi3 1 for discussion in the event that at Rom a future -time, some Mexican ad- ministration not so friendly to the Am- erican points of contention comes in- I t f,. T"Viq nrnonopt for a favor- I C v .w.jx-v abi outcome of the negotiations going on at Mexico City is bright but nothing, ORDER COMPANY TO TAKE CARE OF SERVICE DEMAND Residence 'Phones Will Cost Twenty-five Cents a Month for Each 'Phone. OPINION VOLUMINOUS. Business 'Phones Increased at Least 25 Cents and Not Over Fifty Cents. BY JULE B: WARREN. Staff Correspondent of The News Raleigh, June 3. The Corporation Commission today handed down its opinion in the petition of the Southern Bell Telephone Company case increas ing the rate for residence phones 25 cents for each phone and allowing a 0 per cent increase for business phones provided that the increase of the bus iness phones shall not be less than "a cents and not more than 50 cents. The opinion is voluminous and goes into detail in dealing with the relations be tween the American Telephone and Telegraph Company ahd the Southern Bell companies in North Carolina ana other states, but dealing, of course, especially with North Carolina. There is a dissenting opinion by Chairman W. T. Lee, of the commission, who does not think that the increases al lowed by the decision of Commission ers Maxwell and Pell sufficient, in view of the showing made by the telephone company's witnesses at the long hear ing. Mr. Lee goes into details as to his differences with th majority opin ion and finds nothing to cause alarm in the reltions between the Southern Bell and the.-daddy company, which owns all of the stock of the Southern Bell Company. His interpretation t f the facts and figures presented by the comparison also differ from that of the majority opinion. Commissioners Pell and Maxwell in their opinion allow an increase which they say will give about U 10 per cent increaseover the present rates. The (Continued onVPage Two) TILDEN ADVANCES TO FINAL TENNIS ROUND St. Cloud, June 3. (By the Asso ciated Press.) The American mixed doubles tennis team, composed of Ar nold Jones, of Providence, and Miss Edith Sigourney, of Boston, was elimi nated from the hard-court champion ship tournament here today. The Americans were defeated " in straight sets by the French team composed of M. Hirch and Madame Figueron. The score was 45-0. 6-0. William T. Tilden, of Philadelphia, world's grass-court tennis singles champion, advanced to the final round by defeating Nicolas Mishu, of Ruman ia, by 6-3, 6-3, 6-2. Tilden will meet M. Washer, of Bel gium, in the final. Washer earned the right to meet Tilden by defeating Erik Tegner, of Denmark, in the semi-finals. Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory, the American woman's singles tennis cham pion, defeated Madame Billout, of France, in the Semi-finals of the wo man's singles of the world's hard court tennis tournament here today. by 8-b; 6-4. The second American men s doubles team William T. Tilden, of Phila delphia, and Arnold Jones, of Provi dence was eliminated this afternoon by the French pair, Andre Gobert and William H. Laurentz. The Frenchmen won a hard-fought, five-set macth, 4-6, 6-2-,. 6-2, 1-6, 6-4. MISS CECIL LEITCH IS THE BRITISHCHAMPION Turnberry, June 3. (By the Associa ted Press) Miss . Cecil Leitch retained her title as champion woman golfer of Great Britain today by defeating Miss Joyce Wethered, runner-up n tho British ladies' open golf tournament here. . Miss Leitch won by 4 up and 3 to play. . . ' BYNG IS GOVERNOR GENERAL. ' London, June 3. (By the Associated Press) The appointment of Lord Byng, of Vimy, as Governor-General of Canada, in succession to the Duke of Devonshire, was announced officially today. Ike Moots has quit his job at th' saw mill, but th' idea wuz not original with him. Our only jewelry store mad') an assignment this mornin. Too many earrings. , setuement ux iuo w - r . 4 -.:..- . . . i , , t I
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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June 3, 1921, edition 1
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