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IAE 10 PAGES TODAY A AND EVENING CHRONICLE "GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" rlV ( - ' "J uaiauiISUTU, UJI1I.T, lOOOI SnOdBT. 11)10 CHARLOTTE, N. O, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 11, 1921. THE EVENING CHRONICLE Consolidated lPIJTr,T, TTTVP PF.NTC THE CHARLOTTE EWS May 8, 1814. i 1Lj4 F XI MX j&r 1 V-r THE CI iaaHaaBsssBBBsaBsssssassssMMaaassalSBaaMMaasa.- NIGHT EDITION MEWS JLU l liOj. EXPLANATION IC THE STATE Xothing Hard tO Analyze ot .1 i -, . . l ' . AD9UI rrupUMllUll, Oavs State Council. and STATE JiiHiUrLiU iUUINlliI , j i. r T 1 nn MTmlCate Ot rSanKerS .. Had Not Formally Made of Prnnncitinn rrUpUSltlUll. PY Tl LE B. WARREN, iiiH(T Correspondent of Xli-3 Tjaifi'-h. June 11. That there is -pthir.e mysterious in the two million rfcIUr ioan from tne American trust .v.rvrarv. ana mat t.ne idiui ui we i counc; or sun? uu mC uu uoiiMia - 1 . - - : V. V, .-. - 1 1 . . . Van w.i n0t broken, is the position of X-p -lose- to members of the council star? today, as a maiier ol coia . i. A. A !.- -It1 two minion aonar loan ana ',h ten million dollar proposed loan :r'r, entirely separate transactions. ar.d iw-' V'.ri'.-M'l the deal with the syndicate rf one through, it is possible the two million dollars might have Ivan also needed, though possibly not ;ust exactly when it was made, VFKDED THE MONEY. ' ir i understood that negotiations uviv uii'itr way for the two million d.'.lar loan several days before the cvdicHte vi bankers headed by Tom ivh-.pt of Raleigh. W. B. Cooper, of uTmincten and others, suggested that 1 be possible to raise ten mil- WOU: ui"ks. While the details of the trans- ,,...,!! aiv not given out in. the ab fence of the Governor, the intimation tv;e is that the State suggested to a r ribti' of the North Carolina bankers hat it nt-wled some money and asked : i- proposals. AVord H. Wood, of the i'h?r'ctte bank, submitted a proposi tion to the council of state, after he ' ad conferred with the source of mon rv sijpii'v. and after some dickering and forth, the loan of two mil-ii-n dollars was finally agreed on Treasurer Lacy and other members of the council of state were out of the citv v.'icn Mr. Wood's acceptance of the proposition finally went through, f,rd it was not actually signed up for n ih formal resolution until a short tin e after the deal was closed h the meantime Mr. Wood proceeded rctes on the ew lork market. Tne ru!t was that when the Governor re turned to the city and gave out the in formation about the loan it had been advertised in the Kew York papers tt e previous evening. The State pays b ircent for the money, and the abll- ;ty or the American Trust Company t'l Ruantntee that the notes will yield half a i t!- cent more than this, is no MMn or cause of worry on the part tf the council of state How Mr. Wood i-ir. come cut even on the deal is '..mething for Mr. Wood and his bank to worrv about. OTHER LOAN UNDECIDED. While all of this was going on, the .entRtive proposal of Mr. Cooper and "her bankers to raise a loan of ten ;:.i":'.o!i dollars for the state was still detidf-d. Had the syndicate of bank ers raised the money and made the oiuncil of state a formal and definite prcposai to raise the ten million dol lars it would have been considered on i:s merits, and without reference to "he two million dollars borrowed from th Charlotte bank. The ten million dollars proposition was never before the council of state ucept in an informal manner The bankers told the Governor and the council that they believed a syndicate ' N"ith Carolina bankers could be formed which could raise the ten mil- r, dollars. The council of state, in formally, told the bankers that if this 'ii'juni ot money couia De raisea, ana Kered the state on favorable terms it ciuM be considered or rather the proposition of abandoning the policy - the council adopted earlier of bor '.owing the money only as it was need- w.juki be considered. FORMAL ACTION The council of state, pondering the 1 1 1 m I Position of abandoning the original PJ-icv, finally came to the conclusion '" it would be unwise to borrow as r :r-k .... jn I t:rid r,,i f ... 1 mm hiuiuui ever geLLiii a. iui- Kal rjroi.rKjitirm frrv, fv.Q honi-inor vn. iiMc. ,i..,.7j.j ... .11 i f poiirv. fvmc vic r. ! U''1J1UH 1(1 H H K III Lilt; ninL I ' complied their arrangements to git Jp ten million dollars, and the counci' - state never formally acted on th Position. Had the decision not been scried to stick to the first policy of -lowing in small amounts as the ;-'oney was needed, the probabilities mat the proposal of the bankers 0 irrango a ten million dollar loan ;0uld have been accepted, in spite of that the American Trust Com- '"j iotn had been previously ar- 'u"ged. J'-n million dollars is not all th lr nf-c'd during the coming 12 ,v 1 hat amount has been au- missi, 'II. In aririitinn- trw thia thf TTnl Vtr:,.. ' . I . .-'c'1.-, and f.thM- erliir.atinr.nl Institil- urn,. ... . d Hie hnrnflnitaria.n institu- '-'I:., v.", n t-r.rl lirr.-, en rv-k c mrTCV ibc ' otj ii x, j ceil . vuuscq uciivit , - "wtQ could have used the ten mil C hilars and the two .if 11L J" ". ... eral ." June ll ourgeon uct l . rnni nff. nf tho TTnitcd Rtntss . H ; t V. C- . . i r s 4- .1 1 ur, r. " ' v w I in the charge of stations of the . . l 1 1 i :t i v'p. iiiin 1 1 mi i in i. . . Kivfi everv assistance in ine .irin-n .... a-. (ir rno ill xiiu mpn wnri 'dflH ' "-iltIt5 tauiJo nuts ouiixv- ;wli ,ni annlicants will receive eratis '"'tt m 1 r 11 j ..1,-, rf.vr.ri 4.-1 : j UNSETTLEP .Aarli.H. . 1Vnd Vicinity: Partly wn!8,,t Sunday with pos- h,?! thundershower8 Sunday; "iitli..'a warmer, fientlp. moderate Nhml":. an" west w nds. rv t . N 8onHavrolina' mrtl cloudy tonight .10ih,.j1i Manner in Kniirhoast nor- Cffl OF LOAN MADE 7 ViJII I - i. , - -" " H BOOM MRS. HOOK Women's Clubs of State Go on Record as Wanting her in Raleigh. "Wilmington, June 11. Mrs. C. C. Hook, of Charlotte, for the past two years president of the State Federation Women's clubs, is legislative timber ito aiLciiuniK me annua -nnvpn tion of the federation here so tteSten affirmed, despite the protestations i,i ra HAnu- -nrVA A,. ,1 L.i . ioun, vy iiu doei Leu nicLL any ailrl all rnnrilflpioa nnH inolinollnn... decidedly previous just at this Classification of Mrs. Hook, who has scored a pronounced success as execu- Hire r i . i . i the state aurmg tne report of the chairman of the committee on legislation Mrs Palmer Jerman, of Raleigh, Mrs. Jer man did not cause the sentiment to j chrystalize, directly, but her remarks UndOUbtedlv dirt ns o rloloo-ata nn tVio fioor interrupted and offered the sue- gestion that Mrs. Hook be sent to the legislature durine thfi ncih state elefv non, ana. tne suggestion of the delegate . . caused a pronounced interruption to the remarks of Mrs. Jerman, Mrs. Hook was on her feet as quickly as possible but not in time to head off the senti ment. Mrs. Jerman was of the same opinion and. haviner the onnnrtiinitv erasnwi it she advocated the women of Mecklen- bure nominating and votinsr for Mrs. Hook, and her expression was such as to lead one to believe that the vote of Mecklenburg women would be backed by the influence of the club women of the other 99 counties in North Caro lina. The proposition appealed strongly to the 200 or more women attending the convention of the state federation. It provided the wave of excitement that was anticipated but, which, up to the time, had been missing. And, as to Mrs. Hook, she is fully capable of hold ing any honor the state may bestow upon her, if she may be judged by her demeanor during the sessions of the convention. Parliamentary rules are at her finger tips, and. as to her oratorial ability, one. needs only to remember the reception she received and the impres sion she created when she appeared be fore the general assembly of North Car olina in behalf of the bill to create state censorship of motion pictures last winter. Avowed opponents of the pro posal admitted the truth of the remarks of the intelligent club woman, news papers gave her speech the biggest "spread" of the session, yet sufficient votes were lined up to defeat the pro gram of the women. But that was no fault of Mrs. Hook's, and her spirited fi&ht against what is termed by club I fhiwiyo" i O tlni things" is classed as one of the big features of the session of the 1921 gen eral assembly. While Mrs. Hook is not yet a candi date, and, for that matter, may be so prevailed upon by the call of home that he' cannot condescend to enter the field of politics, if she runs it wilj be on a platform composed of three measures that were frowned upon by the 1921 session of the general assem bly of North Carolina. Briefly, the Raising the age of consent above 14; State censorship of motion pictures, and Statewide adoption of the Australian system of balloting. These are the 'reform measures advocated by the club women and, since Mrs. Hook was one or the most active and eficient of the workers for the wo men appearing in Raleigh early in the year, sne is Dest quaiuiea, pernaps, iu carry out the legislative program oi the federation. If she "runs" voters of Mecklenburg county will have the opportunity ot voting for or against a real matronly type. The former head of tne teaera tion of women's club of the state is a home" woman in every sense of the word. The Charlotte woman has show er herself to be a real parliamentarian, but one not overburdened with dignity, duriner the convention that ended y ester day, and club women as wen as tne iew -- 4 1 1 J ' mere men wno nappenea in on me sessions are all willing to declare that she constitutes real "timber. VIRGIL DECKER IS GUILTY OF MURDER Warsaw. Tnd.. June 11. Virgil Deck er, 19 year old farmer boy, was itounu ' ' guilty ot muraer m we 1.1 biL connection wun tne uectm ul xjj Lovett, his Associate, oy a jury. in cii nnrt hfira Fridav merht. He was otonwH to life imprisonment. xne "w-mvv. - - . Mnrr was out less than tnree nours. Vmine- Dprker showed no emotw whpn t.hA verdict was read to tne court ,. A or when sentence was Paosed- ,p rintf Decker was accused o mf Lovett, said to have been his double oc th'niinme of an alleged conspiracy between members of the Decker family nil Tjwett. claim his body as tha: of Decker and collect jzs.vvvi m me surftncCt The Decker case Is one of the strang est ever to come to the attention of local authorities. Saturday night, March 12, a young man was found in a dying condition on a railroad crossing near Bourbon, Ind. He died without re training consciousness. The body was fdenUfted as that of Virgil Decker by members of the Decker family. .j iv" .. . The following monoay tne .. - i. OomiiPl Iovett OI Ji.lK.nai l j. lie iuiiu"o -- - ., ,.,1.1 a. lueiiuiicu i 1 .7 I .t .o or,A ti,t nf nia son. uenuj , on that or nis sun i,."':- it vire-il Decker was ar home of his uncle in Marion, Ind. Ai, ,f here vnnnp" i furvt:!. " a o-rnnd 1urV inaiCteu nini.. or'otherrcalvin and Fred Decker and Kis mother. Mrs. L-ydia v ---- der of VOung LOveu the muraer 01 i v I VUU116 w moirihem of the Decker rriu rvVi- I no utuci ... i. family are InM J. 117 family are m.an mTTTDTNG TRADESMEN TO RETURN TO WUJtuv Chicago, Jun.llAwitgy traaeswi" t early 10o. ana consuutuv.. - ,n a short nnft 000 will be unaer wa.j- " S2T. o?M the resu.t ,dis: to be arbiter in Judge K. M. Lanms t cajf0 tween The buHding trades and contrac tors. Ii8: ir nf the umpire, the conVt JgTiS been in effect .since May 1, and are making plans s to begin worK. Uthe new wage - , v, me . f, t ay dav the OU ifVf 11 25 an hour for skilled fJK 8Ctn5l for unskilled labor will labor and zo,",Jl a ..az-hPtL HOW THE mmw aar9tff' fetrj 5 '- Main This photo from the Colorado flood district shows how the prin cipal thoroughfare of the city of Pueblo, Main street, looked after the overflow waters of the Foun HUFHAM MADE STATE ENGINEER Delaware Official Has Wired Acceptance of Offer Made Him. Raleigh, June 11. Charles Hufham, highway engineer for the State of Dela ware, accepted appointment to the same position in North Carolina yesterday, and will come to the State within the next few weeks to begin his new duties. Mr. Hufham spent several days here last week when the Commission was in session, and went over the work with the members. He telegraphed his acceptance to Chairman Frank Page yesterday. Mr. Hufham comes to North Carolina in place of Clifford Older, State High way Engineer of Illinois, who was ap pointed by the Commission at its second session in April. Mr. Older accepted the position, agreeing to come to North Carolina early in the summer, and later, reconsidered his decision because of the unwillingness of members of his family to leave that State. The new highway engineer is a grad uate in engineering at the Boston In stitute of Technology. Some years ago the DuPonts determined to build a pav ed highway across the State of Dela ware. Mr. Hufham was in their em- play at the time, and he was delegat ed to go into every State in the Union, and into several foreign countries to study roads. He went, at the expense of the DuPonts, and came home and built one of the finest pieces of road in the world. Then he was made State Highway Engineer of Delaware, and continued the road building provided by the Gen eral Assembly. Delaware is said to have the finest system of roads in the country, most of which has been built under the direction of Mr. Tiufham. Mr. Page has known him from several years, and has high regard for his abil ity as an engineer. DR. GAMBRELL NOTED BAPTIST MINISTER Macon. Ga., June 11. Dr. J. 13. Gam brell, who died Friday, was president of Mercer University from 1893 to 1890, when he was called to Texas, where Baotists credit him with doing his greatest work. He once clashed nth Generad Fred Funston. Dr. Gambrell was born in Anders.m, S. C. and graduated from tha Umver sitv of Mississippi. When the war between the slates broke out, he joined the second Mis sissippi regiment, serving four yoars being wounded five times. He wa3 m the famous charge when General Pick ett led the Virginia and Mississippi troops to death assailing the lvaishts at Gettysburg. For valiantly leading a company of Mississippians he won his captaincy alter ne naa Deen wouuuea. After the war General risitett mar ried Mrs. Gambrell's sister. . Dr. Gambrell became famous among the followers of the Baptist denomina tion while doing editorial work for the Baptist Record, for his "old time re ligion," advocacy. Four years ago Dr. Gambrell was elected president of the Southern Bap tist convention, in which capacity he served until a month ago. In 1919 Dr. Gambrell and Dr. E. Y Mniiins went to Europe to make a sur vey for the Baptist church of the work there. His heaitn Degan to ian suuilij after his return from Europe. . OBREGON WIRES HE CANNOT SIGN TREATY eon TTranrisno. .Tune 11 The San Francisco Chronicle today prints the following teleerram from president uoie gon. of Mexico. ' sent in reply to one sent him asking his stand on tne pro trdtv with the United States: of yesterday: wiar out entering into a discussion of the ourontoo-tfa nr disadvantages which the f ao fir mi o-ht offer. I limit myself to make clear the fact that the federal executive of this country at present in my charge, has no legal authority to sign an agreement of - any character whatsoever with other countries, con sidering also that it is inadequate from a moral viewpoint to accept conditional recognition which deprives Mexico of i sovereignty and. dignity." FLOOD LEFT HEART OF street, Pueblo, after the flood had spent tain and Arkansas rivers 4 had swept through the town, covering the business center to a depth of eiht or more feet. When the flood tide went down mud over LABOR BOARD STATUS AT TACKED Austin, Tex., June 11. The Tex as attorney general's department announced today that the. supreme court of the United States had granted its request to file a suit attacking the constitutionjility of the interstate commerce commission and the United States railroad la bor board. The supreme court in formed the department that sub poenas had been issued to the two organizations, requiring them to ap pear before the court. MUNICIPAL LEAGUE MEETS THURSDAY Asheville, June 11. Mayor Gallatin Roberts, president of the North Caro lina Municipal association, announces he would call a meeting of all members to be held in Raleigh next Thursday. Governor Morrison said he would attend the meeting' of the city and town officials. Announcements by Governor Morri son and Mayor Roberts followed a con ference here Friday. The chief executive declined to m-wce any statement concerning the possi- Hilitioa nf oQllino- art ovfru caccij nf .1 i V. Hit ... 1 Will V- . . ' VJ v. u . . V V A. the general assembly for the purpose correcting the error which rendered the municipal finance act invalid, but will listen to the clamor for relief which the mayors are expected to make. Mayor Roberts said that in his op.n ion when the needs of the cities and towns are placed before the governor there would he a special session. During the past few days Mr. Rob erts has received numerous requests from city officials in. various sections of the state to call a meeting of the municipal association. SPEAKER GILLETTS SISTER ARRESTED Springfield, Mass., June 11. Miss Lucy D. Gillett, sister of Speaker Gil lett, of the national House of Repre sentatives, was arrested Friday by CM copee police officers on a charge of manslaughter after an automobil which she was driving, ran over Irene Cote, 12 years old, in Chicopce Road late yesterday afternoon. Miss Gillett was released later under bail of $5,000 for appearance in court Satur day. She told police she was driving slowly but the girl ran suddenly m front of the machine. TOBACCO DELEGATES REMAIN IN SYNOD Pittsburg, June 11. A resolution prohibiting as delegates those persons who used tobacco attending the 92nd annual synod of the Reformed Presby terian of North America, in convention here, was defeated yesterday by a large vote. The Rev. Dr. R. C. "Wylie, of Pitts burgh, in opposing the resolution, de clared that those using tobocco "ought to attend the Synod to learn better ' The resolution was presented to th- delegates by the Rev. T. J. Allen, of Beaver Falls, Pa. i'? ADMIRAL SIMS CALLED HOME. Washington, June 11. Rear Ad- : miraJ Sims' leave of absence In KnHiinil was revoked today by Secretary Denby and he was or- i'? dered to report at once to tne Secretary of the Aavy. X Mr. Denby's action was taken, without waiting for a reply from X the officer to the secretary's cable- whether he had been correctly quoted as attack- ? ing Sinn Jf em sympauuzei s i the United States in a speech de- i'? livered in London this week. Ad- niiral Sims had announced that he would sail for home from England on June 15. He was granted leave of absence to go i'f abroad to receive a degree from an English university w '? The naval secretary's cablegram, sent today to the officer, said: & "Remainder your leave revok :s ed. You will return to the United i :? States immediately and report in X person to the secretary of the if navy. Acknowledge." ? PUEBLO itself. two feet deep covered the street. Workers prodded through the mud in search of victims buried in the slime. Wooden buildings were washed away. NO VERDICT YET IN PEACOCK CASE Jurors, After Spending Night With 'Issues, Are Still Undecided. Winston-Salem, N. C, June 11. At 9:45 this morning the jury which is to decide the fate of Dr. J. W. Peacock, for the murder of Chief of Police J. E. Ttayjor, at Thomasville, April 16, marched into the uaviason ., county courtroom at Lexington, and asked Judere Fenley. presiding, to have the evidence and cross-examination of three alienists, witnesses for the defendant, Dr. Albert Anderson, of Raleigh, Dr. Isaac Taylor, of Morgan ton, and JJr. J. K. Hall, of Richmond, va., reaa. to them. The stenographer, having only her uotes .was instructed to write them out. This will require several hours, therefore the rvauest of the jurors can not be complied with before late this afternoon. It is reported in xexing- ton that 11 of the jurors voted ior mur der in the second degree and that to satisfy the 12th man it was oeciaeo to hova the .evidence and cross-examina- tiontion of the three alienists re-read. The fifth dav of the sensational trial was consumed in arguments by the attorneys. Clyde iioey, ior iue swic, and John Parker, of Monroe, for the defense, delivered the principal ad- rires?es. Both men held tne attention of the audience throughout the four hours thev held forth. Mr. Hoey prob- ahiv never delivered a more eloquent address in his long career as an attor ney Veterans of the. bar declared after the Shelby man sat down that it was nne of the most powerful speeches they had ever listened to. Mr. .f aricer made a magnificant appeal in behalf of his client. Judge Finley in his cnarge, toia the jury it could return a verdict of first desrree murder, second degree murder or acquittal- He impressed nnnn the iurors the supreme impor tance of arriving at their verdict solely through the evidence offered during the trial and not by any sympathy or other extraneous matter that might havn worked into the trial A verdict of . first degree murder means electrocution; second - degree, a term in the state penitentiary trom two to 30 years. Throughout the trial very little has been said about sec ond degree murder and the judge made mention of the fact. ' In view of the fact that the defnse has so strenously presented their client n a mrannlac. it is believed, and on irood authority, that if the jury re turns a verdict of not guilty, Judge Finlev will hold the prisoner and make . . . i . i : . . an investigation ot nis menuim? emu if he is found to be insane now he will be committed to the state insane asylum Fxnerts have testified that Peacock is an insane man now. The law provides that where a pris oner is found not guilty of a crime ow insr to insanity at the time of com mission, the court may hold him and investigate his mental condition. Judge Finley's charge to the jury was brief and to the point, covering every nhase of the famous trial. He talk ed for over 30 minutes. The conten tinns of the state and the defense were set out in unmistakable language In order to reach a verdict of first murder. Judge Finley told . the jury, that it must find that the hom icide was committed wilfully, deliberate ly and premeditatedly: he interpreted the meaning of these three words, leav ing" no doubt in the minds of the jur ors as to their meaning. "If the state," said the jurist, "has satisfied you that the defendant killed the deceased wilfully, deliberately and premeditatedly, with malice and fore thought, then it is your duty to con sider it murder in the first degree un less the defendant has satisfied you that he wasn't capable of knowing right from wrong at the time of the act." The burden of the proof lies on the defendant to show that he was ir responsible mentally of the nomocide, ABE MITCHELL WON BIG GOLF TOURNEY Glen' Eagles, Scotland, June 11. (By the Associated Press) Abe Mitchell, of the North , Foreland Club, won the thousand guineas professional go!f tournament completed here today. He defeated Joseph Kirkwood, Austraia FUNERAL RITES FOR GALBRAITH Elaborate Ceremonies Mark Laying to Rest of Legion Commander. Cincinnati, Ohio, June 11. Not since the funeral of General Joseph J: Hooker, of Civil war fame, which took pdace in '70's, has there been such a military funeral cortege in this city as that which will be presented at the funeral this afternoon of Colonel Fred Galbraith, national commander of the American Legion, who was killed" in an automobile accident at Indianap olis Thursday morning. An international touch was given by the presence of Marcel Knecht French high commissioner to the Unit ed States, who was a close friend of the deceased soldier, and Captain Lev- ergne, air attache of the Frencn em bassy, at Washington, officially repre sented Ambassador Jusserand. One of the most impressive of the hunrlrorln nf flnrnl trihntes is a Palm with the tri-onlnr. the tribute of the oitv nf nhatean .Thierv Franre a o i-r' v, vw td ,n. r"i Di t at Miller alien m-nnertv custodian, and J. T. Taylor, vice-chairman of the legion's legislative committee, arrived today from Washington to attend the funeral and Governor Davis, of Ohio, Adjutant General George W. Florence, Auditor Joseph Tracey, all the mem bers of the Ohio state suppreme court, represented the state of Ohio. Franklin D'Olier, Philadelphia, past commander of the American Legion, John H. Emery, Grand Rpids, Mich, vice national commander, and Major General George W. Read, Fort Ben- jamin Harrison, Ind., commanding offl- cer of the fifth corps area of the Unitde States army, also arrived early today. In addition there were many dele- gations from rotary clubs of several mid-west cities. But probably the great- est and most impressive turnout was by the citizens of this city. Galbraitn was so highly popular that men and I women from all walks of life will be mourners at the service, which will be held In Music Hall at 2 p. m. CORDON ROUND JAIL rrUUM"TT7UTi tfYinri? "MTPTTrF between the commission and the com 1 JlirN IN Hi U U V JCiJtW IN JUjtJDll onv. ttw - m-ettv fullv answered in Florence, Ala,, June 11. When dav - light broke today 200 men remained of a cordon, which at times during the night numbered 3,000, about the 'jau - derdale county jail, where F. Wh't Seay, who is on trial on a charge of nine per cent increase that was grant slaying his bride, is confined. A hea"y ed. The commission hears that the guard of deputies spent a sleepless Wrightsville Beach folks intend to, test night in expectation of an attack on I out in. the courts the right of the Ben the prison by the restless crowd which people to charge ten cents per mes showed disapproval over recessing the saao- for every 'conversation that tkkea ' trial yesterday on account of the ill- ness of a juror. The crowd became so threatening during the night that the wife of Dep- uty Sheriff Dewey Mitchell locked her- self inside the prison with the keys. Dissatisfaction over a second recess- ing of the trial found expression to - ward 3 o'clock yesterday, when the prisoner was taken back to the jail. I Laurinburg, Hamlet and Gibson, Rock A crowd of 500 men surged about the ingham and Hamlet, Salisbury and! prison. Judge Almon, before whom Seav's case is bemsr heard,, and btato Attorneys Jones and Roberts appealed to the people to disperse, but without effect. In the evening Colonel W. E. Bare, Alabama soldier . in attendance upon the American Legion' State con- vention here, addressed the crowd, Southbound railroad, who want to dis which refused to listen. continue two of their trains. Presi-' The gathering thinned toward mid- night to 500 men, and later it dwin- ana Traffic Manager S. P.- Collier are died to about 200, who held their plac?s nere presenting the case to the com--in a. circle about the prison until day- mission informally. At the presents' light. These men kept the line intact until the hour of the opening of the trial today. Persons m the crowd sent word to the sheriff, it was stated, that they were not bent on doing violence to Seay. but to see that he was not .re- moved under cover of darkness from the county. DISARMAMENT MEET CONSIDERED LIKELY Wa.shinsrton. June 11. Prospects for an international conference on disarm- ministration and diplomatic circles here todTyJtoUowtag announcement yester- day that responses of any informal na- a ui v,mvi vonuiirari trnm severa. or the governments to which the United trial enterprises in the section are not . 53 . j j j u,4,o,r I runninsr full time, and the throuKh bus States recently auuresseu jjicmuma., suggestions for such a conference. . No.."!? "J?. .STlT butl? is in- derstood that preliminary steps are well underway. The announcement a; a iiro tck frnm wVint nations the .mnnMa v,a heep received. The ore- U1U IllU lllUiX-M-l'V J. r - - iA . . to be that considerable time would be reauired to bring about the proposed i.rmferenre conierence. PORTER RESOLUTION TQ TS TIMfi TIF.R A TRD lO ISrjliV DiDAlJ-L Washington. June 11. The Porter peace resolution, which as reported by the House foreign aqairs committee, would terminate tne state oi war ue- tween the United States and Germany and Austria without repealing the dec- laration of war, was up for debate to- day with agreement already reached for a vote Monday aiternoon. j.Nemy 100 members have applied for allot- ment of speaking time during the two days of debate. Passage by the House yesterday by unanimous vote of the Sweet bill, con- solidating government agencies which deal with former enlisted men, clear- ed the way for the peace resolution. "tiB sena.Le was hui having adjourned yesterday until iion- day. . CONEY ISLAND HAS LABOR DISTURBANCE New York. June 11. Coney island today faced labor troubles that may cause the thousands tnat noch. 10 i-.it.- great playgrounds to go hungry aurmb' their visit. The crv of many vendors of the del icacy known as "hot dog" may not re-! sound along the boarowanc tomorrow. fnr memhers Ot tne sausage bluuci a union have decided that they will stuff ! sausaees eight hours a day and no innp-er. while the employers insist they should "work ten at reduced wages. Con-J ferences have failed to bring aoout an ajgr eexoant. BELL TELEPHONE DEB FURTHEI AISE I RATES Rehearing Will Not Be Al lowed by the Corporation Commission. TEN PER CENT IS ALL. Company Said That Would Not be Enough to Grant "Fair Return." Raleigh, N. C, June 11. The Statu Corporation Commission today denied the application of the Southern P.ell Telephone Company for a rehearing of its petition for increased telephone rates in North Carolina amounting to 24.23 per Cent. The commission last week grante'l the telephone company a flat in- crease of approximately 10 per ten;. Application for a re-nearing was mart 3 Thursday, the telephone company ab " J? ?11 be realized on the present basis. By JULE B. WARREN Staff Correspondent of The Nerrs. Raleigh, June 11. The corporation commission has not had the opportun ity to consider the petition of the Southern Bell Telephone Company to reopen the case in which the company is agai nasking for the full increase in rates its petitioned for originally. While it is purely a guess the im- pression in Raleigh is that there will be no reopening of the case. The; Corporation Commission feels that it! went into every detail of the telephone; business in the State during the first hearing, and that the additional evi- dence the company is offering to sub- mil win not grwuiy or throw additional light on the peti tion. All of these matters suggested in the original petition were pretty thoroughly gone into during the long the long hearing before. VIGOROUS PROTESTS As to the other points of difference the original decision and it would be 1 difficult for the company to convince I the majority of the commission that I they have not arrived at a just decision lin the case. There has been 'some 1 pretty vigorous protests against the place between the beach and Wilming- ton. I So far the commission has not heard what the other exchanges affected by this order intend to do. Wrightsvillo Beach and Wilmington was only one of the points where the free toil service 1 was discontinued. The free service I was discontinued between Gibson and i Cleveland, Smithfield and seima ana Wilmington and Wrightsville.- I.. T. rkTexiTnwFTP' TRirvs """ " " The Corporation Commission Is en- gaged this ' morning in a hearing of tne officials of the Winston-Salem fmt and General Manager H. E. Fries! tinie tne railroad is operating four, trains daily .on this road, two each; way. These trains are run as Nos. 50i ami Ri and 62 and 62. The sugges-: tion Gf the officials of the road is that they be allowed to discontinue trainsi en anud 63. The schedule on the I other two trains would be changed, so that it would leave Winston-Salem in the morning and return there in the af ternoon. This would enable the rail road to keep all of its crews and equip-: ment in Winston-Salem, thereby saving some money in repairs, since all of the repair work could be done m one place. President Fries does not want to ui;uiiunue ocl but only for four or five months pend, mg the return of the normal traffic At- I uic ui cotat -" - - , .'.j T..- mess is aiso conwuerawy ,u.- . uuf Tnr othr harness mcsup:Voul be the purpose of the railroad to putf mese trains ac. uu GARDNER AND MULL HERE I I . . , It W d Former lieutenant governor u. iviax- I J., A Ponveccntntivo Mull nf. Shelby, are in the city today for a, conference with the highway commis- sion about roads Jn their section ofi the state. They want a new hard-j Cleveland Springs hotel, which will bei completed in July and open for thej win that time . The new hotel wild ha nne nf the finest resort hotels in the! I afat Tt s huilt near tha famous I Cleveland Sulphur Springs, and bid J air tohave a very large patronage, j i Mr Gardner is not talking pontics.; I w iK not saviner whether or not he willi be candidate for goyernor three years; hence, for three years is too long a time to figure on. He intends to take- part in the primary at tnat time noj matter who is running for the guber-; natorial nomination, and intends to continue taking an interest in publics arfairs. Mr m:uu says that the Cleveland,' COunty district will send the former, Lieutenant Governor to the senate, in 1923, for Cleveland county will be.en-4 i i lLieu lo me sciieiLui emu luxl, vcar. NEWS "WANT" ADS FIND THE BUYERS The following & appeared two timesMonday and Tuesday on pagre eight: REFRIGERATOR FOR SALE Porcelain lined; 100 Ibafl lc capacity. Call at 206 North Caldwell. Phone 1D73-J. A bnyer wan found and the re frigerator turned Into cash after the firt Insertion of the ad aeain proving- the pulling power of Newit "Want" ada. Get' the News "Went" ad hahlt At pays, page eight. J be paldjwrtii Qif"."