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X 13 PAGES NIGHT EDITION TODAY AND EVENING CHRONICLE "GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 10, 1921. THE EVE3TIXG CHROXICLE THE CHARLOTTE NEWS TU& PRICE FIVE CENT& NEWS 1 IJH FOUGHT SPIRITS MEANT 0 FRIGHTEN HIM Wealthy Publisher Killed by fW0 Foreigners, bays Al leged Confession. SURLY TOWARD WIFE. Who Took Seeress' Advice and Attempted to Shake Civility Into Him. en- June 10. Dan F. Kaber, -tin- Lakewood, Ohio, publisher, , fcai Lifter attacking two foreign--s er.c.iuci by Mrs. Kaber to pose as f;,..j-t" molten him into a betttr !--:'i;dt' toward her, according to a hieh The New York Even ki" vorM f.'day says Chief of Police obtained from Mrs. Kabe. "rl'e r.t-wfpaper quotes Chief Chrir?-..-"t. as sayin? that Mrs. Kaber had i d a woman medium for advice - n r.c v to change her husband's feel- L vwiiv'. her. The publisher's surly ;.,t after an illness was said to ivive (ras:.oned the visit. advice of this medium. Mrs. Ka- v wa? sa! .i to have employeyd two for- r t.i appear at her husband's V'iiio in the night as ghosts and, as sPWiYssed it. to try and shake a i-iviiitv into him. STABI'.EI) TO DEATH, i'-ou l from his slumber, Mr. Ka- Sr was alleged to have attacked the rvi r.-.en and to have been stabbed to j.,-th ly them in the struggle, "vrcordir.g to the newspaper. ChVf r-'ver.sen said Mrs. Kaber had de- r.;1 that she had refused to pay th yi f. Teigners when they re-appeared '.':er the funeral, asserting they had fulii'.led the role of ghosts as she hd in-ended and that she would not. ;: he herself by paying for murder. Jhf. Kaber then was said to have f:.'; to New York to escape the foreign- f'5 without advising the Cleveland po le tor fear of involving herself. ENROL TE TO LAKEWOOD. New York, June 10. Mrs. Eva Cath Tine Kaber. and her daughter, Miss Jli-.rian McArdle, left here today for Likev.ofH.!, Ohio, in custody of Chief of ?l:ce Christensen. of that place, lo iiy. charges of first degree murder in cT.r.c.tion with the killing of Mrs. Ka mi's husband. Dan F. Kaber, about wo years ago. KNEW OF MURDER. Cleveland. Ohio. June 10. Mrs. Eva Catherine Kalur has confessed that ser husband. Dan F. Kaber, was mur dered with her knowledge in thair Lakewood heme two years ago and Marian MeArdle. Mrs. Kaber's daugh ter, has confirmed much of her mot'i tr's st'.ry. The Cleveland News an r. ur.e s this morning on information th-.-nea from New York by Police C'.t:e:' Christensen, of Lakewood, ro L' u:.:y Prosecutor Stanton. "Tar man with the cap," now n custody here, is the man who drovr Knife 2 1 times into Kaber's body, accorcm? to Mrs. Kaber's 'confession. A winian whom Mrs. Kaber says bir.r.t'i the murder was arrested in i.orae early today. The woman, km refused to make any statement, ''- questioned this afternoon. Vrs. Kah"r said 'two foreigners did tr.e murder" and declared that a wo nan arrested by Clev-.und officers in swiusky. Ohio. Wednesday, and now m jail heie, procured the actual !a:-'f!. i.'.c man with the cap," was arrest- ...... '-i:i-. .-vji XU1.l III v:i.'IIltAHH. ii, 1 ca'jsir, who. according to Mrs. Ka :? onf sion. sat at Kaber's head i0-stiflfc his cries-, is bting sought by HlRil) TO BEAT HIM UP fc. Kaber's confession declares, ac "r to Pros-tutor .Stanton's infor ;,1fR' tuat these two foreigners wtnt :J- home of Kaber to "beat up" Ka Instead, they stabbed him to ffz. Kaber and her daughter broke Tn and confpspd nftpr limine- mies- for several hours by detectives t0 thir fdlls rlnrinor tVii nlcrVit "rs. Kyher it ig said. imnlicated her '"ater her aged mother, Mrs. Mary now m jail here on a charge .i. a. uegree murder, and the wo 'iii who was taken in custody early WlHlH0U)S "announcement. !i1h f , June 10. Arthur Carey, r-hf; homicide bureau, when told th-r av !(JV,'land paper had announced ;'t irs. Kva Katherine Kaber had , '"-sserj knowledge of the murder of Kibe.- reit&ratea that ootn Mrs wl ,an'' hf'v daughter, Marian Mc- . lflf: lrilwt. ' x -.i. '"terest of iustir-e. he must with :old drly further annnunppmcnt aa to "'5lr character p0RMKK HL SIi.ND IGNORANT. -d0 Tnn -in mi tb-j uslia"d f Mrs. Daniel Kaber k'i': ,uh lne murder of her hus- declared today he nothing about the case He is ':ff. a larm near here with his larnily. in k, , s- a-ber had any desire to fess 'ny arreetions for her, as in "? C1'-veland, she certainlv 'e.tr 'u i . Llf?veland, she certainly i, "uormed me of such a de f the r' "1 nave seen accounts 'Oth;,-.. T'e but beyond them I know V,if ' I It. IV'hv should T with fl. Si,,. urfee youngsters, be bother , an,i " ' mind about my former wife?' e .e D NSETTLEP . tlarlr.44 ykhi ..L'."'' V icinity: Partly cloudy "'ids. ,u Saturday. Gentle variable USER s 1 nd v i amy ciiruuy Urilav ! tur(,ay, somewhat warmer th r" n,f.,r,h- 'sllt an rJ' "a; Generally fair to- Partly cloudy to- I I Dr.Gambrell. Noted Minister, Is Dead uaiias, Tex., une 10. Dr. J- ; Gambress, retired president of "heiTi Baptist Convention, Q at the home of a daughter lv $ day. He was 79 years old j 4f ben !IjL since ,ast Februao-. Dr. Gambrell was a note i ern educator, having serve o- various souther theological institutions, years, he was editor of ' Standard at Dallas. H by two sons and three w SAW NINE PILES OF LARGE BILLS Newberry Headquarters Had Much Currency Stacked on Table. "Washington : June in Pnmor. tt Glocheski, of Grand Rapids, Mich.', who waa witness before the Federal grand iurv whio.h inriiotori sonotnr Trumon F. Newberrv. of Michis-an told a senate committee today that he saw "eight or nine piles of currency in $10, $20, $50 bills" in the Newberry campaign committee headquarters dur- Z uie lais campaign. The committee investigating Henrv Ford's nnn tfst for Senator Newberry's seat. "I said before the srrand inrv " tho witness testified, "that I couldn't tell wnetner tne amount there was a thousand or a million." The money was stacked "ahnut a quarter of an inch deep," the witness saiq. ie testined that he received $800 in salary and ex'nenses for c-a work "among Polish voters." Paul ti. King, manager of the Newberry campaign, who was recalled, told of the employment of a "field force" of six agents under pay, to take charge of districts. Other agents were employed for anneals to racial and other voting groups. Did your railroad agent tell you he had between 40 and 60 men working for him?" asked Alfred Luskin?. counsel for Ford. "I don't think so." the witness re plied. Mr. Lucking told the committee that he was "endeavoring to show that Senator Newberry knew all the time what was going on, and took an active part in it." Judge Murfin. counsel for Newberrv. said that "was admitted," and Sen ator Watson, Republican, Indiana, de clared the committee was solely inter ested in Senator Newberry's "knowl edge of the financial side of the cam paign." Mr. Lucking retorted that, ho "in. tended to prove Senator Newberry'o knowledge of its financing was inti mate." 15 NEGROES ESCAPE FROM FLORIDA JAIL Jacksonville, Fla.t June 10. Sheriff's deputies aud the police were combing the city today in an effort to capture fifteen negroes who escaped from the Duval county jail shortly after midnight Bars were severed with a hacksaw smuggled to one of the prisoners and tne negroes used ropes made of Led clothing to lower themselves from the windows and scale the walls about the jail. The alarm was given by a negro "trusty", who was awakened as the fifteen prisoners disappeared over the wall. , HORACE SECOR FOUND DEAD IN APARTMENT New York, June 10. Horace Secor, at one time a law partner of former btate Senator Page, today committed suicide at his Riverside Drive home by shooting himself through the head. His son-in-law, Dr. George Herr. of Southern Pines, N. C, who discovered the body with a revolver nearby, said his father-in-law had been in failing health for some time. He added that Mr. Secor had won and lost sever il fortunes in1 the last 30 years and re cently had made several unfortunate investments in Wall Street. PARTICIPATED IN ROBBERY. Hamilton. Ala.. June 10. Ralph Tal- mer was arested early today at the home of his mother, Mrs. George Ta- mer, near Hamilton, charged witn par ticipation in the robbery of the Marion hankine company here yester day. The robbers held up Miss Mae Dunn, assistant cashier, ana escaped with $2,097 in currency and silver. HUNDRED MINERS TRAPPED. ri, th .Tnnp 10. More than 100 miners' are trapped in the mine of cf Paul Railroad at Mark, ten miles south of here, by fire which broke out shortly afternoon, a res inned with helmets, is attempting to reach the level where the majority of me men are uencveu to be caught. MOLLA , MALLORY DEFEATED t-, . -l i zrant TTinp-land. June 10 xseciveiiiiai", "tin.., , (By The Associated Press). Mrs. - . t , . ni tAt iTo i inr-v American wo- iVioiia. Djuioicui. .. u... --- -- man's tennis champion, was defeated to day in the semi-finals of the singles in the tennis tournament, m p'"6'vi here by Mrs- Beamish, the English star, b-4, o-i. DECREASE UNFILLED TONNAGE. ti- T,,i.r m Th mnnthlv tonnage report , of the United States Steel corporauun, mo-uc . i showed 5,482,487 tons of unfilled orders on hand May 31. This is a decrease from unfilled orders on April 30, whinh were 5,845,22 tons. a ttta mvVKRS PROTECTED. Washington, June 10. Owners of automobiles and other vehicles wouK Se protected against confiscation of thei? property in event of - its us3 without their knowledge in the illegal asportation of liquor under a biu nassed to day by the Senate. J.ne Sfeasure would meet a situation crea ted by a recent decision of the Su preme court. ast V any v -ptist vive t ers. MRS BERGDOLL PAYS $23,000. Philadelphia, June W-jJ" r Bergdoll, mother of th isergaou Sothlrs convicted army deserters, Sved herself and her four co-defend-saveu conspiracy to aid court here. ; . ADMIRAL SIMS IS GOING ON DOING THE SAME THffl Perhaps the Adjectives Used Were Too Energetic on Some Few Occasions. ALWAYS TELLS TRUTH. Sims Says He is Pro-British, as Well as Pro-French and Pro-Allied. London, .May 10. (By The Associated Press). Rear Admiral William S. Sims made no direct mention of Americans in sympathy' with the Irish republican cause today during a forty-minutes ad dress at a luncheon given in his honor by the American Luncheon Club. In an apparent allusion, however, to his remarks of last Tuesday, when he addressed the English Speaking Union, Admiral Sims said: "Perhaps we have used too energetic adpectives on some occasions but let us hope that will be amicably explained away." The admiral paused a moment and then added: "But I am going on doing the same thing. This declaration brought from the two hundred guests a repetition of the uproarious applause which had greet ed the remarks of Wilson Cross, vice president of the American Chamber of Commerce in J-endon, in introducing Admiral Sims. "He is stung again but he says he will stand by what he said," Mr. Cross told the assembly company. "I want to assure him that this company will stand him and so will all full-blooded, true honest thinking Americans." RIVALS WASHINGTON Mr. Cross alluded to the marked cor diality with which .Admiral Sims had been entertained by men among the most notable n the country since his arrival in England and he presented the admiral in the characterization usually applied to Washington "First in war, hrst in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." Admiral Sims, in replying, said he had attempted on all occasions to say what he wanted to say and he believ ed he had always told the truth as he understood it. He was afraid he had gone to excess in telling the truht, and he feared he had done so the other day "at least in the opinion of certain peo ple", he added. The admiral said he had b,een acclaim ed by critics as "the most popular Bri tish admiral m the American navy" and had been accused of being pro-British "l am," continued the admiral. ' "Similarly, I was accused of being pro-French after I had been naval at tache in Paris four years. I am pro Britich, pro-French and pro-Allied." ADVOCATES NO TREATY. Admiral Sims declared he also had been criticised for advocating an Anglo- American treaty. This was not so, h.-; said, but he did believe that - a d ;cont companionship and brotherhood of "the two English-speaking people ' vould make such a treaty unnecessary. Now if that is something I shouidn t say, I hope they'll make the best of it," he said. The admiral recounted his wartime experiences of the cordiality of the re lations between the Allied naval com mands, interspersing his remarks w'th anecdotes and drawing enthusiastic out bursts of applause and convulsive laughter from his auditors. Sir Thomas Lipton Lord Inchcane, Harry Gordon Selfridge, Sir Hall Caine, the Earl of Lindsay, Vice Admiral Al bert W. Grant. Lord Riddell, Lord Charnwood, Captain Leake, R. N., and numerous other naval officers, together with representatives from the embas sies, were among the guests. NOT SUBJECT FOR CABINET. Wflshintrtnn June 10. Secretarl Tionhv staid tndav hpfnre e.nterinff the Cabinet meeting that he did not plan to hrine- to the attention or tne presi dent or the Cabinet the speech of Rear Admiral Simms at London, in wincn the admiral attacKea lnsn sympathiz ers in the. United States. The Naval Reprotarv said the matter was one he could handle himself without cornering the President. iu TiotiVi-., i-i as not. vet received a rDni tn Viis cahlPD'ra.m to Admiral Sims inquiring whether the admiral was cor. rectly auoted in press aispatcnes pud lishAd in this country. He will await a reply before taking further action. PART OF SPEECH GARBLED. London, June 10. (By the Associat ed Press.) The reply of Rear Admi ral Sims to the request of Secretary of the Navy Denby ror an expiarmuuu of his speech here Tuesday, expresses the opinion of Admiral Sims that some parts of the speecn, to wnicn oojec Hr.n vart hppn taken, had been garbled This was not learned officially, but on good authority, here today. Tn Vii answer. Admiral Sims de clares he said nothing in his address which he had not said before in speeches in the United States and in iia Hnnlr. ' Admimi Rims did not seem perturb ed by reports that . the United States Senate had taken action calling for an investigation of his speech, but ex pressed curiosity as to when the Sena torial Inquiry wouia De Degun. 'T am rptnrniner on the Olympic, June 15," he said. "I don't suppose I could book an earner passage. Admiral Kims declared he nrobablv would not make any further statement until his return to the unitea fetate? tto la husv with a voluminous corr.; which averages about 70 letters per day from friends - in Eng land. THE GOLD DUST TWINS. 10. Rear Admiral Sims and Ambassador Harvey were de scribed today in the senate Dy sena tor Harrison, democrat, Mississippi, as d dut twins' who now Liica t v a " 1 - represent the government oi tne unit atoa Rne-land." wv.t. i Senator Harrison, author of the res olution adopted yesterday, directing ha. naval committee to investigate -Ad s i cima cnooi-h o.riticisins: Sinn union oi" - : - Fein sympathizers, declared the adml- Long Step Toward Peace in Industry London, June 10. (By The Asso ciated Press.) The conference of the coal miners' delegates held here to day decided that a ballot should be taken in all the coal fields on the proposals of mine owners for a settlement of the strike. This is gen erally considered a long step toward peace in the coal industry. The coal mine strike, tying up virtually the entire industry, has been in progress since April 1. THREE ARE HURT IN AUTO SMASH Charles Skinner, Gilder Cra-i ver and Frank Yorke Pain fully Hurt Near Waxhaw. Three young men of Charlotte were painfully hurt and a new Winton Six automobile was badly smashed up Thurs day night at 10 o clock at Twelve Mile creek, twenty-six miles from Charlotte and four miles from Waxhaw, on the Charlotte-Lancaster highway as the young men were enroute to Lancaster to attend a dance. Those hunt were Charles Skinner, brother of Mrs. Paul Haddock, of Myers Park, who suffered a compound frac ture of one thigh; Frank Yorke, son of Mr. and Mrs. John F. Yorke, who sustained a fractured nose, and Gilder Craver, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. D Craver, of Dilworth, who suffered bruis es -and abrasions but no broken bones. Roger Craver and Robert F. Master man, who also were in the car, were practically unhurt, with the exception of a few bruises to Mr. Masterman. The automobile ran into the end of the long wooden bridge that spans Twelve Mile creek and which had been closed two weeks for repairs. It was barricaded at the end with a pile of brush and a lantern was supposed to have been in place lighted and serving as a warning to travelers not to go upon the bridge. The occupants of the au tomobile say they did not see a lantern. Messrs. Roger Craver and Masterman walked about four miles to Waxhaw and telephoned back to Charlotte , for aid. The ambulance of the Blake Auto Service answered the call and brought the injured and the others back to the Mercy Hospital here. Mr- Craver was able to leave the hos pital Friday morning after his hurts were attended to. Messrs. Skinner, and Yorke are still in the hospital. The wrecked automobile is still lying on the end of the bridge. It is said there are signs this side of the bridge, directing attention to the fact that the bridge is closed and marking out two optional routes for a detour. The young men in the car failed to see these signs The right front wheel of the car hit the nrst post of the. bridge and was smashed off, the impact swinging the car around and crushing, the body ' of the machine. .,. . A .lonc-distancs telephone inauirv from . Lancaster FricTay morning asking; as to the condition of the men in the car, said the detour signs placed to pre vent travelers going on the bridge were placed at different distances toward the Mecklenburg end of the bridge, one of them a considerable distance from the bridge, and that .the signs were obser vable at some distance. ELKS ARE TO MEET IN DURHAM IN 1922 Goldsboro. June 10. The annual con vention of the Elks was opened here Thursday with President H. P. Dortch presiding and Secretary Thomas Kehoe reporting that 14 of the 17 lodges m the State are represented. Father Fran cis Gallagher, of Rocky Mount, State chaplain, opened the convention with prayer and the address of welcome was delivered by Col. Jos. E. Robinson, of the Goldsboro lodge, past exalted ruler, W. B. Merrimen, of Greensboro, made a gracious response. The annual election of officers result ed in the selection or "Old" Waggoner, of Durham, as president, Avhile Secre tary Kehoe was returned to his post. Mr. Kehoe, was also elected national delegate to the supreme grand lodge to meet at Los Angeles and was given $500 to cover his expenses. Father Gallagher was chosen chaplain again Durham was selected as the place for holding the next annual meeting. During the afternoon, social func tions featured the program , the -visit ing Elks, neariy 1,000 of them, being transported to the fair grounds where an elaborate barbecue dinner .was serv ed. SHOULD TAKE INITIATIVE. Osaka, Japan, June 10. Resolutions providing that a petition be sent to the Japanese government asking it to take the initiative in communicating with the United States and Great Brit ain for the purpose of calling a con ference relative to disarmament have been passed unanimously by the dis armament committee of the Chamber of Commerce here. , Burglars wuz frightened away from th county home o' Tilford Moots, last nlsrht. bv Miss Tawney Apple, who nni u-niuin' tinmft from an auto ride Th' girl o' th period looks like an Mexico Must Agree To Plans Of Hughes Or Stay On Outside SOUTHERN BELL OF RATE GRANTS Petition for Privilege of Of fering Additional Evi dence and Testimony, PETITION SETS JULY 25. Rate of Increase Allowed Would Result in Confisca tion of Property. By JULE Bt WAREN, Staff Correspondent of The NeTvg. Raleigh, June 10. The Southern Bell Telephone Company lat&- yesterday afternoon filed with the Corporation Commission a petition to rehear the rate case on July 25 in order that they may off er additional evidence and testi mony about the business in North Caro lina which will show that the rate of increase allowed by the commision in its recent decision is insufficient and will result in confiscation of property in violation of the constitution. The following grounds are given for asking the rehearing: 1 All of the increases asked for would not have produced an income of six per cent, and only, half that amount was allowed. i The expenditures for repairs in 1920 were not excessive or above the average, as the commission presumed The amount set aside for depreciation is not excessive. It is unfair to compare the average set aside for repairs and depreciation in the whole United States as the average that North Carolina companies will have to meet. Differ ent local conditions make the amounts set aside for these items different and thus the presumption that an average could be used as a basis is not fair to the Bell companies in North Caro lina. ' AS TO DIVISION OF TOLLS. 3 The division of tolls between the Bell and American company for long distance business is fair and adequate and constitutes a very profitable part of the business. 4- Wants to offer now evidence on following points: value of exchange and toll property usctf exclusively, in handling North Carolina business. Expense of maintaining and operat ing this property; Gross and net revenue from operat ing North Carolina property. Value of exchange pnoperty, expen ses of operating same, and gross and net revenue derived from exclusive ex change service in state. Expense for repairs last year as low as possible, ana no reauction. possmie so far this year. . s That if the foregoing facts are es tablished the division of the tolls will not be a material factor in the busi ness. The commission has taken the peti tion for tion. a rehearing unaer consiaera- TEXT . OF PETITION. The petition of the company in full is as follows: "Now comes the petitioner, Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph company, in the above styled cause, and after the order in said cause entered May 31st. 1921. makes application to the Corporation Commission of the State of North Carolina for a rehearing in said cause and as grounds for and in support of said petition for a rehearing states as follows: "1 Your petitioner shows that the rates fixed by the order of the Commis sion, dated May 31st, 1921, will yield it only approximately half of the net return nraved for bv it in its original petition, and that the increases which it desired to put into effect in North Carolina would have yielded a net re turn of less than 6 per cent upon its average investment in the State, taking its whole business in said state as a basis upon which such results were estimated. "That the value of its property used and useful in furnishing telephone ser vice exclusively within the State of North Carolina is largely in. excess or its investment as shown bv its books, and-that while petitioner .was. and is, willing to put into effect in the State 8t this time rates max win yiem il ksj than it is legallv entitled to, it respect fully shows that the new rates which are put into effect by the commission are so low that thev would net permit it to earn an adenuate return upon its investment and would result In it earn ir.r much less uoon the value of its property used and useful in furnishing telephone service exclusively in the State of North Carolina, said return from said rates being unreasonably low (Cootlnitfd on I8 Three.) EUROPEAN REPRESENTATIVE Richmond, Va.. June 10. The foreign hoard of the Southern Baptist convention before adjournment Thurs day elected Dr. Everett Gill, pastor of the Westport Baptist church of Kansas City, as its European representative n 'dill was for fifteen years a mis .in'nrv in Italy and has visited all parts of Europe in making a survey for the board The Gray Mask .. One of the most interesting, thrilling and intriguing of niodern detective tales, commences Sunday in THE NEWS and will run for seven consecutive Sundays. The Gray Mask is written by that mastermind of detective story writers, . Wads worth Camp and while each instalment is complete in itself, the seven instal ments are blended together in a single story. You can't afford to miss this story, the Initial instalment of which is captioned, Garth Is Shown A Gray Mask Mexicans Now Admit Their Constitution Confiscates Foreign Property. By DAVID LAWRENCE. Staff' Correspondent of The vj. Copyright 1821, by Aew Publishing Co. Washington,. June 10. The Mexican situation has simply resolved itself in to a question of time. The United States confidently expects the Mexican authorities to come round to the view point expressed in the proposal for a new treaty of amity and commerce. The Mexicans have begun. arguing but eventually they must accept the pro posal made or remain outside the fam ily of nations. The Mexican officials whose state ments have been published, do not yet know how firm is the attitude of Sec retary Hughes. They imagine it is a subject in which there can be endless bickering. But Mr. Hughes insists on one fundamental. Failing to grasp that fundamental may cost General Obregon a good deal. The fundamen tal is fimply that the Mexican consti tution is or is not confiscatory. If it isn t, then a treaty should be negotia ted to prove the point. If the Mexi cans persist in refusing to interpret or change their constitution so as to re move all doubt about confiscation of foreign property lawfully acquired, then recognition will not be extended until a government arises which does feel capable of making the desired treaty. CONFISCATORY ARTICLE. What Mexico has just done in refus ing to negotiate a treaty on the ground that no pact or International conven tion can conflict with the Mexican con stitution is regarded here as absolute ly proving the American contention rue mere ract that Mexico says a treaty would be in contradiction of cer tain articles in tne constitution is -in admission that the Mexicans construe the famous Article 27 complained of by the United States as confiscatory. Hitherto the Mexicans have declined to admit that the Mexican constitution was as drastic as that in actual op eration but Secretary Hughes has maneuvered the Mexicans in the posi tion of proving his point. In a nut shell the situation has progressed a point. The Mexicans now admit that their constitution confiscates foreign property. They have a way out how. ever. They need not change their con stitution. They can have their Su preme Court interpret the article in dispute as not retroactive. Even then the United States would insist on a treaty so as to prevent any returp to earlier interpretations. U. S. NOT WORRIED. Officials here aren't disturbed ovsr the situation. They believe the Me:t icana will eventually see the point and give the requisite assurances: Talk pf -intervention proceeds as usuaLfrom those with whom the wish is lather to the thought. But it can be stated pos itively that coercive measures of a mil itary character are not even consider ed here as an alternative to Mexican refusal. The real alternative is refusal to deal with the Obregon regime and a patient waiting for a new adminis tration. President Wilson waited till Huerta got out. The Mexicans didn't believe it would be possible for Amer ica to withhold recognition. Now it ap pears inevitable that unless the Obr.; gon administration makes a treaty there will be another period of watch ful waiting. Of course, the danger of dissolution inside Mexico is always present when an unrecognized regime tries to finance itself or consolidate its domestic ele ments. And in such a period of ten sion untoward acts are likely to occur which may force the American govern ment's hands. In -that sense the inter ventionists may be pleased over the turn which things have taken for it looks as if the negotiation will be pro longed. The uncertain factor is Gen eral Obregon. If he proves as stub born as Carranza, the situation may be regarded as one that will lead to eventual friction and grave trouble. If he proves as flexible as his friends claim he is there will be a solution proposed from the Mexican end which will make Article 27 forever inopera tive so far as lands held prior to 191 7 are concerned. When once that ob stacle is overcome Jthe making of the treaty would be a routine affair and recognition would be automatic. UPPER CONFERENCE NEAR HALF MILLION Chester, S. C, June 10. Rev. John C. Roper, secretary of the Christian Education Campaign of the Upper South Carolina Methodist Episcopal conference stated Friday that from reports received up to Friday $446,000 bad been subscribed, with quite a num ber of charges yet to make reports. The Drive, which has been . extended through Sunday is expected to go be yond the half million mark by Sun day. Columbia has raised 104,000; Greenville district $95,000; Spartanburg district $67,000; Rock Hill district, $70. 000; Cokefcburg district $67,000, and Anderson district. $26,000. 30,000 ACRES DEVASTATED. Cairo, Egypt, June 10. Tremendous rains have fallen in the province f Dakaliyeh, in the Nile delta region north of here, and a dispatch from Mansurah, capital of the province, says that 30,000 acres of cotton and" wheat have been devastated. It is estimated that 80 per cent of the cotton yield of the province has been lost. . THREE GRAVELY WOUNDED. Belfast, June IO.t A police sergeant and two constables were shot in a street here this afternoon and are re ported to have been gravely wounded. GRANT COUNTIES PERMISSION TO START BUILDING Immediate Building of Schools Allowed Under Certain Conditions. STREET CAR CASES UP. Two Traction lines Seek Increased Street Car Fares of Commission. BY JULE B. WARREN, Staff Correspondent of The "ews. Raleigh, June 10. The Department of Education Thursday announced th rulc3 and regulations which must be complied with before counties can par- ucipate in tne $s, 000,000 loan fund pro vided for by the last session of the Leg islature. If the bonds cannot be mar keted by the time this money is need' ed for building purposes by the coun ties, any county which will itself, ar range ror the sale of the bonds can se cure their part of the money for build ing purposes. It is the hope of th department that it will be possible to sell these 5 per cent bonds by the time the counties will need the loans, but there is no way of telling whether or not this will be possible. The rules adopted and now being sent to the county superintendents in North Carolina, governing this loaa fund, follow: 1. The special building fund will be loaned to counties on a pro rata basis. That is, each county will be entitled to borrow the same per cent of U9 building fund that the school popula tion of the county bears to the school population of the state. 2. If the entire Ave million dollars is not borrowed on the basis, the re mainder of the fund will be loaned to counties in proportion to their special needs. CAN APPLY NOW. 3. Counties may make applications at once for loans from this fund on blanks to be supplied by the Superin tendent of Public . Instruction, The3i blanks are now being printed and will be distributed at once. 4. Counties are at liberty to begin their building program this tumitiT with the assurance that the loan will be available on January 1, 1922, pro vided the bonds are sold. If the bond market next December is not such that the entire amount is available, and the counties desiring to secure loans will secure purchasers of the 5, per cent bonds for the amount needed by that particular county, . this amount will " bo loaned to the counties in accordance. with Sections 1 and 2 above. 5. No loan shall be approved by the State Department of Education until the plans for the building and the lo cation of the same, and the size of the district have been recommended by tha director of school house planning. This last section or rule is provided in order that the counties may be pro vented from spending money for inade quate buildings and locating small , buildings at sections of the count'! which will not work into the general' county plan for-school house building.1 CHAIRMAN LEE PROTESTS. Chairman Tom Lee, of the Corpora tion Commission, protests that his dis senting opinion in the telephone caso. was not a dissent from that portion ofj the- order relating to service and the; extension or iacintie.s. in discussing this phase of the telephone decision this week, your coTespondent said near the end of the letter that Chairman Lee, dissented from that portion of the or-( der relating to service. The chairman. says this is a mistake, and, while he does not ask for a correction, in jus tice to him, this is written to set him, straight. I As a matter or fact the dissenting' opinion contains this paragraph: "I agree with the findings in the or der that it is the duty of a public serv ice company occupying the field to fur nish facilities to the full extent of its ability." The article to which Mr. Lee object; was written after talking to the other! two members of the commission, while, Mr. Lee was at his home in Waynes ville. The dissenting opinion contend; that, since the telephone company has not . made a fair return on its money for many years past, it should be al lowed the full increase temporarily. Freauent statements would be require! of , the company and, ( if it was found that it was making more than a fair return, the rate could be lowered. The statement to which Mr. Lee ob jects was written without a . second reading of the dissenting opinion, and on the presumption that the small in crease allowed would not extend th ability of the companies to make all improvements and extension of tele phone service;. the public has been de manding. The otner two memoers oi the commission believe the increases ; allowed will enable the company to. make all the extensions demanded, tind1 the chairman calls attention to that; paragraph in his dissent which agrees with the findings of this associates in! this regard. NURSES' EXAMINATION. The semi-anual examination of ap plicants for certificates as registered nurses is being held in the chamber of the House of Rpresentatives . this week. The final day of the exami nation will be held on Friday. About seventy applicants are standing the' three-day examination. A number of those taking the test are negro nurses' who came from the negro hospital! training schools. The board of examiners Is composed' of Dr. James M. Parrott, of Kins ton;; Dr. C. F. Strosnider, ' of Goldsboro;" Miss Lois A. Teemer, of Wilmington;; Miss Mary P. Laxton, of Asheville, and. Miss Effie E. Cam, of Salisbury. The examination papers will be grad ed and the results announced : from! (Continued on Fare Three.) JAP MINISTER OF WAR Tokio, June 10--By The Associated Press) Panzo Yamanashi, lieutenant general in the Japanese army, has been appointed minister of war to take the place of Lieutenant ' General Giychul Tanaka, whose resignation was placed in the hands of Permier Hara late in April. . t - k .- ' niP,'r:ttUrn,',l'",uay; H(tle change In (Cohtinoedjon Fa Two) exclamation point.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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