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16 PAGES TODAY rUJE CELA NIGHT EDITION AND EVENING CHRONICLE "GREATER CHARLOTTE'S HOME NEWSPAPER" JLUUI- T-fTf! rH4ni,OTTE nT5 EntnhlLho PUN TO UNIFY CARRIERS TO BE MADE EFFECTIVE Federal Commission An nounces Steps Taken and Notice of Hearing. TO BE 19 SYSTEMS. South Atlantic Roads Placed in Three or Four Differ ent Systems: Washington. Sept. 2S. The Inter state Commerce Commission today an- unoed tentative plans for consolida ting all of the major railroads of the rnitod States into 19 great systems nr.d gave notice that hearings would v railed upon it in the near future. The step was taken under provisions t" the transportation act, which al lows the consolidation, if voluntary with the railroads concerned. The proposals now put forward by tlvz commission follow in the main a plan prepared under its direction by Profes sor William Z. Ripley," of Harvard. COMPETITION RETAINED. The Commission's proposed 19 sys-Ti-ms, as outlined today, provide for re-T-Mition of the competitive arrangement of transportation lines, giving most eec- i ns of the country access to two or more of the great routes devised. The principle followed in making up tiie consolidations was that of hitching t . aker and less profitable roads to v.iore prosperous competitors or con nections, at the same time maintaining the identity very largely of existing croat railroads. In some cases, branch i t tcs nf existing roads are suggested t r divorce from present owners and attachment to other systems with re arrangement of terminal facilities. It is expected that the plan, with alternative arrangements which the oommission has suggested particularly with reference to New England, wiil be under consideration and argument for a prolonged period, since permis-si.-n of the commission and consent of the railroads is required to every de tail before itc an be put into operation. The voluntary consolidation plan was adopted by Congress as a possible rutins of facilitating the operation of th American transportation system un-d-r rate regulation, on the theory that rates allowed by the Interstate Com ir.eree Commission were being found Ft;'y.cient to give adequate ednings to strong lines, while weaker roads ri h1 same territory could not show suf fi ient earnings to continue operations. The following consolidated systems are proposed by the commission: Number 1 Xew York Contral, includ es the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago ard St. Louis; Monongahela; Boston and Matr.c-. Bangor and Aroostook, and oth ers X'tmher 2 Pennsylvania, including T -.: !- Peoria and Western; Long Is .Monongahela. as an alternative 'e t'.-.- inclusion of that road in the New Yrvk CVntral System, and others. Number 3 Baltimore & Ohio; Read itiar: New York, New Haven & Hart ter::. Lehigh and Hudson, and others. Number 4 Chicago and Erie; Dela ware, Lackawanna & Western; Besse-T:.- r ?.r.d Lake Erie; Wabash Lines east i f the .Missouri, and others. X imn.-r 5 Lehigh Valley; New York, Chit-a.c-o v'c St. Louis: Pittsburgh & West Vtieinia. and others. Xttn.her fi Pere Marquette, Ann Ar bor, and others. Xun.i vr 7 Xew York, New Haven & Ti'arfo.-d; Boston and Maine; Bangor ar. Aronstool-; Lehigh & Hudson Riv er, ail of these being alternatively tak en into other systems. T'r--- commission here proposed a va-ri'tti'-n indicated as system Number7-A : x-w England-Great Lakes consoli iic'Uion. which would include the roads Erivf.Q in Number 7, the Delaware & llu'ison; the Delaware, Lackawanna & y-s-.rn: the Buffalo, Rochester, and l'i:tl.iirtrh and others. X-.urJ,f-r s Cheaspeake & Ohio, Hock ntr X'rtl'if-y. and Virginian. Xuii,'i,-r 9 Norfolk & Western, To- & Ohio Central, and others. No 10 Southern. New Orleans. Great Northern, ;md Alabama and Vioksburg. N . 11 Atlantic Coast Line, Norfolk Southern, Florida Fast Coast, Missis sippi Central; ( arcluia, Clinchfield and Ohio, and IxMisvillc & Nashville, and others. No. C Illinois Central. Seaboard Air Line, Ca-aliiia, CJinrhtield & Ohio, alter iKi iveiy. and others. No. 115 -1'nion Pacific Lines, Chicago N..,-ihw-st'rn. Wabash lines west of Missouri, and others. 14 Chicago, Burlington and " inry: Northern Pacific, Spokane. :' ' -i.':'i. iind Seattle, and others. '. 1."--Chicago, Milwaukee and St. 1 ' ;: Oi-at Northern and others. It; Atchison. Topoka & Santa Colorado & Southern, Denver & Rio ' --ir.-U;, Western Pacific and others. No. 17Southfrn Pacific Company, '"'itago, Rock . Island and Pacific; El H Southwestern. Vicksburg, vhi-f-v port & Pacific and others. No. l H St. Louis-San Francisco. St. Louis Southwesetern, Chicago & Alton, -' i -om-i, Kansas and Texas; San An I'valde and C.ulf. and others. '.: -Chicago & Eastern Illinois, -oun Pacific, Texas & Pacific, Gulf ' ''. Lines, and others. ' h' Commission noted the Canadian "h;i.l subsidiaries, such as the Min "r""!is, St. Paul & Sault Ste Marie I'.'.'i to.. Cntrp.l Vermont, had been .nir.at-d from its consolidation and ; '.v,'it.- carriers, where controlled by ' ii ";i is concerned, were included. STK.M NUMBER- 11. T! ; ' 'onsolidation proposed for Sys XimiImt 11. as eiven in the de- hi, includes the Atlantic Coast : 1 ed its subsidiaries, Atlanta & f omt, Charleston & Western Car '; , l-'Miisvillo and Nashville, Nasn ,!;'.' ''ri.iitanooga & St. Louis; Louts Henderson and fit. Louis; 'he i-n Railway of Alabama; Rich !" V'' Kr edericksburg & Potomac; Nor .' ;: Southern; AtlantaBirmingham ft '.r.'if.; Winston-Salem Southbound: j ' "K.' to Winston-Salem branch of I: XoiTolk & Western; Florida East Carolina, Clinchfleld and Ohio; '""Kia and Florida; Gulf. Mobile A,J'-ihern, and the Mississippi Central. ade - Im rt. .VVW Many Hundred re Killed By Tyrn I nlilll Con OO - . 0. UV iSSO- irss,) several " ; sons liave been killed 4? J in renti-al .iann . " i per phoon i upon Hondo. "su.ya, on the Is' S where a tidal wave ed crops V ners were .1 are miss- aim nouses- Sever sunk and many $ ng. DEATH OF HAMON IN FATAL CRASH Auto Killed Horse from Under Youthful Rider and One of Its Occupants. Carl Wilson, white, giving his address as Durham, with his three surviving companions, will face a theft charge and perhaps a manslaughter charge as the aftermath oi an accident on the Sal isbury road near Sugar Creek church, due to speeding and resulting in a death while passengers in a stolen automobile. The issuance of manslaughter war rants will depend upon developments at a coroner's inquest Wednesdav af ternoon when the cause of the death of Frank Hamon, of Norfolk, fifth pas senger in the machine, will be investi gated. The car was approaching Charlotte at a high rate of speed around 3:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon when it crashed into a horse, on which rode a small boy. The horse . was killed an the boy, thrown high into the air and descending on top of the machine, es caped injury. He scampered away with out disclosing his identity and police or county officers had not learned his name Wednesday. INJURED CONVOYED IN A passing machine brought WTilson and Hamon. who were front seat pas sengers at the time, to the Charlotte Sanatorium, Hamon dying shortly af ter reaching the hospital. AVilson sus tained a fractured collar bone but will recover. The other three passengers were taken into custody by the city po lice and spent the night in the city jail. Wednesday morning they were turned over to Sheriff Cochran, who has taken charge of the case as the accident hap pened outside the city limits. The names of the other three, none of whom were injured were given as follows: F. G. Militor, an ex-soldier of Tarrington, Conn.: H. J. Green, a sailor of Live Oak, Fla; and John O. Boyle, a mould- Ler. of St. Louis. The police held the theory Tuesday night that the machine had been stolen and investigation Wednesday morning divulged that it belonged to O. T. Car ver, real estate man of Durham. The ownership cf the car was revealed by J. G. Pardee, claim, agent of the United States Fidelity and Guarantee Company who Tuesday received a report from Durham of the theft. Mr. Pardee esti mated the damage done to the car at between $300 and $400. HURLED THROUGH WINDSHIELD The horse and its youthful rider were coming toward the city also, trav eling, it was said, on the right side of the ntional highway. The automo bile was travelling at a high rate of speed coming in the same direction. Almost adjacent to the Sugar Creek pronei ty, the car struck the horse, throwing the driver and the other front seat passenger through the windshield. The car crashed into an embankment on the right of the road. AVilson claimed the machine as his property when seen at the Charlotte Sanatorium by policemen Tuesday night. He claimed that he was en route from Durham to Charlotte and that his companions were picked up on the way. Hamon and Militor he met at Greens boro. They were on a trip afoot to Miami, Fla- He invited them to join him, he told the police. Green jumped aboard at Salisbury and Boyle was picked up, while "footing it" just this side of Con cord. After meeting the four itinerants, Wilson said he changed his mind and planned to go with them to Miami. Molitor and Hamon wore parts of mili tary uniforms while Green wa3 clother as a sailor. Green said he is attached to a ship at Charleston but that he was on his way to his home in Live Oak, Fla. BASIS OF WARRANT It was pointed out by officers Wed nesday that a death resulting from reckless driving, although the deceased may have been a passenger in the car, is sufficient cause for the issuance of a manslaughter warrant. The serving of a warrant of this character on any of the passengers in the machine depends upon the outcome of Coroner Frank Hovis inquest.. All four will be tried for the theft of the machine. After dis covery that the automobile was stolen property, officers were doubtful of the tales told by the four men as to their occupations and places of residence. Coroner Hovis said Wednesday morn ing that relatives of Hamon in Norfolk have been notified pi his death but no word from them has been received. The body will be held at the Hovis' under taking establishment awaiting instruc tions as to disposition. Wilson's injuries are of such an ex tent as to necessitate hospital treatment for several days. W:.en he is able to leave, he will be taken into custody by Sheriff Cochran and probably returned, with his companions, to Durham for trial on the automobile theft charge. If a manslaughter warrant is isued, he will be retained here. WILL DIVIDE POLAND ON THE SFORZA LINE? Geneva. Sept. 28. A rumor was cur rent here this forenoon that the council of the League of Nations had decided to divide Upper Silesia between Poland and Germany, approximately on what is known as the "Sforza line." There was no confirmation, however, and the ru mor was received with reserve. The "Sforza line" would give Poland the western part of the industrial dis trict of Upper Silessia, notably Gleiwitz, Sabrze and Tarnpwitz. SO UTIIERN ASKS BOND ISSUE. Washington, Sept. 28. The Southern Railroad applied to the Interstate Com merce Commission today for permis sion to issue $5,655,000 in Georgia Pa cific bonds. - Cairolieas Exposition WM Close CHARLOTTE, N. C. WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1921. FINAL 1 XPOSITI ALMOST AT HAND Management Expecting Record-Breaking Crowds the Last Two Days. BANDS AReTsPE CI ALTY Double Quartet Continues to Present Attractive Mu sical Program. As the Made-in-Carolinas Exposition draws toward its close Thursday night, the management is anticipating record breaking crowds during the final hours of this eventful occasion. Announce ment is made that the doors to the Exposition close at 11 o'clock Thursday night, drawing down the curtain on an event that is regarded as epoch making in the new life of this com munity and of North Carolina. In spite of lowering clouds of Wed nesday morning, hundreds of people of both Charlotte and surrounding coun try were not deterred from going to the Exposition. A big crowd was pres ent last night and a big crowd wan expected today. If the weather re mains favorable, the expectation of of ficials of the Exposition is that Thurs day and Thursday night will show the largest attendance of any day and night of the Exposition. Word has come that many people from the east ern and central part of the State will be here Thursday and Thursday night. The largest part of the attendance to date, it is said, has been from the mid dle west and western half of the Stat -. FINE MUSIC HEARD. Those who attended the Exposition yesterday and last night enjoyed one of the best musical programs yet given. Whether it was because Tuesday had been designated as "Seaboard Day' and was featured by the presence of hundreds from the territory of the Sea board Railway extending west from Charlotte or because the Exposition is nearing a close, there seemed an a'r of jollity and merriment on the part of visitors, close observers said, that had not been noted before. The peo ple from the "Seaboard" territory haT things ail their way and lent the car nival spirit to the Exposition to a de gree which many said had previously been absent. The musical program of Tuesday night was specially good. The Cliff side Band presented a splendid pro gram in the afternoon and again last night, assisting the Empire Quartet New York and the All-Star Quartet of North Carolina in rendering an interest ing concert. - BAND SHOWS WELL. When the musical program, opened at 8:15 o'clock, several thousand people were assembled in front of the band stand. The band opened with two num bers and then the vocal artists had an inning in which they won rapturous applause. C. P. Love, coneluctor of the Cliffside Band, proved himself to be an able director and his band showed up in splendid style. "The Miller's Wooing," by Fanning, was one of the vocal numbers that won approval, nearly amounting to an ovation.. Miss Gower, soprano of the All-Star Carolina Quartet, and Mr. Bonnelli, baritone of the Empire Quar tet, sang the solo parts of the sons in magnificent style and the double quartet assisted in the chorus. Tno audience demanded encore after en core throughout the evening and seem ed to enjoy the program more than nay yet given. The Kannapolis Band and the two quartets will render the musical pro gram tonight the band playing also this afternoon in the exposition building. COMMUNITY SINGING. On Thursday and Thuresday night, the climax of the musical program will be rendered when Dr. Paul J. Weaver of the University of North Carolina will lead the big crowds at the expo sition in community singing. Both quar tets will be on the program also. The plans are to have the 'quartet and the band render their numbers and to in vite the audience to join in the singing of the popular numbers. Dr. Weaver is widely known a.4 a singer and direc tor of exceptional ability and the pro gram is expected to be an interesting one for everybody. Colonel Benehan Cameron, 'of Stag ville, veteran good roads advocate and citizen of North Carolina, was an in terested visitor at the exposition, Tues day afternoon. He praised warmly the enterprise and energy that has made the exposition possible and ex pressed the hope that it was only the beginning of a permanent affair of ihe kind on a large scale. CHARLOTTE MARBLE WORKS. Many of the attractive booths of the exposition building are proving places of unfailing interest to visitors who are specially interested in Carolina pro ducts and Carolina enterprise. One of these is the Charlotte Marble and Gran ite Works booth on the main aisle of the exposition building leading through to the bandstand. During all the ex position visitors have paused at this booth and stood admiring the fine bit of statuary that stands out as the most conspicuous feature in one of the most beautiful booths in the exposition build ing. There are other pieces of work manship, including granite shafts and markers and other objects that old the attention of the visitor. R. E. Scog gins proprietor of the plant, which is at the corner of West Seventh and (Continued on Page Nlnr.) SETTLES? Charlotte and vicinity: Partly cloudy with probably local thundershowers to night or Thursday; not much change in temperature. Light to gentle variable winds. North and South Carolina: (Local thundershowers tonight or Thursday; no change in temperature. TS OFE MOTION PICTURE COMEDIAN GETS IN Prosecution Completes Its Case; Mrs. Delmont Not Called to Testify. MAID HEARD SCREAMS Hotel Maid and Misses Pre vost and Blake Heard Tuesday Afternoon. San Francisco, Sept. 28. The de fense in the preliminary hearing of Roscoe C. (Fatty) Arbuckle, charged with the murder of Miss Virginia Rappe, announced that it was prepared to begin its effort to clear the motion picture comedian when Police Judge Sylvain J. Lazarus' court resumed late' today. The prosecution completed its pres entation of evidence yesterday without having called Mrs. Bambina Maude Delmont, complaining witness, the move taking the defense by surprise When Assistant District Attorney Isadore Golden told the court that Mrs. Delmont would not be summoned by the prosecution, Frank E. Domin guez, Arbuckle's ch&tf counsel, was on his feet instantly aftvi demanded that she be produced. r "In the interests. ,of truth and jus tice, we demand it,"he told the court. "We demand that Mf. Delmont be put upon the stand the, we may cross examine her. She Lthe person who swore to the warrant j She is the chief witness. I never h.n'd of a case in which tlje complainant was not produced-" j f, REFUSED TO QUA' "t. Judge Lazarus to isihe prosecution it was not necessar to have Mrs. Delmont testify, but i t rned that they were risking the chava. of having the complaint dismissed, in later he denied a motion of the deti Ine-to quash the charge against the sc'H?r comedian and then court adjourneQ.n1ntil late this afternoon. tva Should Judge Lazarus decide that the comedian be freed of the murder charge, he will face a charge of man slaughter brought by the San Francisco county grand jury in connection with Miss Rappe's death. There is also a possibility that Arbuckle will be prosecuted for alleged violation of the prohibition law. E. Forrest Mitchell, California Fed eral prohibition director, is conducting an investigation -and dn its comple tioiTV 'accofdin g " to 'H6bert H. "McCor mack, assistant to the United States Attorney General, the liquor angle of the case will be brought before a Federal grand jury. McCormack. in a statement last night, declared that he was withhold ing grand jury action pending a full rei.ort from Mitchell. He has inti mated that, in the course of his inves tigation of the liquor supply alleged to have been consumed at' the Ar buckle party, he has uncovered a whiskey smuggling traffic between Mexico and San Francisco and Los Angeles. The preliminary hearing today will commence at 2 o'clock Pacific time. 5 o'clock Charlotte time. ARBUCKLE THREATENED. Two women, Zeh Prevost and Alice Blake, testified Tuesday that Miss Rappe, when found in Arbuckle's apart ment on September 5, had cried, "I am dying; he hurt me" and that Arbuckle bad told her to "shut up" or he would "throw her out the window." "You're crazy. Shut up or I'll throw you out the window," was the version of Arbuckle's remarks given by Miss Blake, . while Miss Prevost testi fied "If you don't stop yelling, I'll throw you out the window." . Bcxth said that Aruckle administered ice to Miss Rappe, Miss Prevost saying he accompanied it with the remark "That'll bring you to." The prosecu tion, however, drew testimony from Miss Blake which they said indicated there had been another ice incident. Another incident was told of by Josephine Keza, a maid at the hotel, who said that from the corridor she heard screams from room 1219, the room described by other witnesses as the one which Miss Rappe entered with Arbuckle, and a woman's voice crying, "no. no. Oh my God " "Shut' up," followed a masculin voice, according to Mrs. Keza, who said she heard "screaming all afterrioon in 1219" and "music, dancing and doors slam- (Continued on Page Nine.) Mit-s Mame Moon mashed her pistol finger in a car door this mornin'. Mrs. Artie Small talks some o' movm f Niagary Falls where she wuz so happy when first married. . NING 1 COURT " Opposition To New Pedce Treaty Now Taking Shape Democrats Are Said to be Preparing Set of Reserva tions and Will Oppose Ratification if They Are Not Adopted by the Senate. BY DAVID LAWRENCE. Start Correspondent of The New. Copy-right, 121, by Nevrg Publishing Co. Washington, Sept. 28. Efforts to solidify the Democratic party in the Senate so that the new treaty with Ger many may at least be clarified before it is adopted are proceeding in such fash ion as to indicate much more discus sion over the pact than was at first an ticipated. v The Democrats have been working out a program in a number of private conferences and thus far the only con clusion reached is that several reserva tions ought to be voted upon by the Senate before ratification takes place. If the Republicans agree to these res ervations, the treaty will be ratified by an overwhelming vote. Otherwise, the Democrats may make a final effort co defeat the whole thing. These tactics are curiously like those followed by the Republicans when Woodrow Wilson submitted the Treaty of Versailles. It was denied by the Republicans that they would block rat ification or delay peace. It was insist ed that, with the adoption of reserva tions, the treaty would go through. It was only after Mr. Wilson set himself against the Lodge reservations that the opponents of the whole Versailles pact gained sufficient strength to defeat tha treaty. HAVE 3? VOTES. The Democrats have 37 votes. If all voted alike, the German treaty could be defeated. The defection from the Republican ranks is slight but might overcome the few Democratic votes that might be cast for th? treaty. The situation is a serious one, in deed, much more alarming than was at first believed. While Senator Un derwood, for instance, has said he might vote for the treaty, it cannot be said what his position will be if res ervations are defeated. The program of reservations has not been completed. They may include some of the original points made by Senator Lodge and on which most of the Republicans voted favorably at END OF MINERS' STRIKE ORDERED Howat, However, Indicates He Wiil Not Obey Vote of the Convention. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 28. Alexan der Howat, president of the Kansas miners, was directed today by the con vention of the United Mine Workers of America to order strikers at the Dean and Reliance mines to return to work. The convention deciskm became a cer tainty before polling of the delegates was complete. Official figures gave a majority against Howat when the Alabama dele gates threw most of their votes to the administration recommendation favor ing the order for resumption of work. At that time about 600 more votes re mained to be cast but the. margin for the order, it was said, exceeded this figure. The delegates were unaware that a final decision had been reached and made no demonstration, the ballot ing continuing. Howat, in a statement, later indicated he would not obey the convention de cision. He said: . "The action taken by the convention is not going to alter our position in the least. Wre are standing as we have from the beginning and the only way we will advise the men to return to work is under the same customs and conditions that prevailed before the mines were closed by the coal opera tors." The convention's action was an in dorsement of the administration policies of President John L. Lewis and other international officers, who, in asking favorale action by the convention, as serted that such would demonstrate that the union requires its men to ful fill their contracts. Howat and the anti-administration element had oppos ed the action, contending that the oper ators sought to force a change of work ing conditions upon the strikers. Starting with a majority of 230 votes when the balloting was resumed, the administration forces obtained an un beatable majority in the convention by districts Nos. 17, 18. 19 and 20 voting heavily against Howat. District No. 17 comprises western and southern West Virginia; district No. 18 is southwestern Kentuckv and Tennessee; district No. 19 is the province of Alberta, in Canada, and district No. 20 is the organized field of Alabama. JAPAN'S DELEGATION MADE PUBLIC TODAY Tokio, Sept. 28. (By the Associated Press) The Japanese delegates to the Washington conference on limittaion of armaments and problems of the Pa cific will be Prince Iyesato Tokugawa, president of the House of Peers; Vics Admiral Tomosaburo Kato, Minister vt the Navy, and Baron Kijuro Shidebara, Ambassador to the ' United States, it was officially announced this afternoon. The delegation includes 18 others representing the Foreign Office, throe representing the Ministry of Finance, twelve the Ministry of the Navy and se.ven the Army. LLOYD-GEORGE REPLY TO IRISH IS DELAYED London, Sept. 28. (By the Associated Press.) Prime Minister Lloyd-George's reply to Eamonn de Valera will not be issued today and there is some doubt whether it will be available tomorrow, it was anounced officially at No. 10 Down ing street, the official residence of Mr. Lloyd-George, this afternoon. No hitch has developed, it was said, but the Prime Minister has decided there is no reason why he should not wait another day before making the communication public in order to give all the members of his Cabinet an op portunity to pass on the .draft of the reply. ShSSBlb jtM3Sf PRICE FIVE CENTS- one time. But on the other 'hand. .he fight is in its infancy and the Dem ocrats have already pointed out that, under the new pact, Germany makes no promise to refrain from submarin3 warfare in the future nor does she ob ligate herself as explicitly as might be desirable. GERMAN INTERPRETATION. Incidentally, the dispatch print ed in The New York World this morning from Berlin stating that the German Government had sub mitted a memorandum on the new treaty to the Reichstag has stirred up a hornets' nest in the Demo cratic camp. That memorandum is said to voice the opinion that the new treaty is "full of holes" and that Gerlany has sucleeded in nar rowing American rights to a point which makes them less valuable than those held by the Allies. Democratic Senators said they would call for the text of that memorandum for, if the German Government, in ad vance of ratification, is interpreting the treaty less favorably than is Sec retary Hughes, the American Senate wants to know about it. The German memorandum is said to hold that, since America will not deal with the League of Nations, the instrumentality design ed to enforce rights in that treaty, a question arises as to what America's rights are. The memorandum is quoted as saying that, if America declines to serve on the Reparations Commission or other bodies created by the Ver sailles treaty, "there is nothing in the German-American treaty to tell what would happen then.'.' This is precisely the viewpoint which critics of the Hughes-Knox treaty have maintain. for several weeks. The Democrats are going to try to make these points clear before a vote on ratification takes place. If the Harding Administration insists on the treaty going through without the dotting of an "i" or the crossing o a "t," the pact will face indefinite de laj'. If reservations are accepted, as seems likely, the treaty will be ratified at. an early date. GOSNELL TRIAL IN LAST STAGES Defense Putting oh Evi dence; Experts Present Conflicting Testimony. Pickents, S. C, Sept. 28. The import ant developments today in the testi mony offered by the defense of Jake Gosnell, prohibition enforcement officer charged with the murder of former Sheriff Rector, at Greenville, on July 4, 1919, were: The statement 'Of Mrs. Jake Gosnell who was with her husband at the time of the shooting, that after he had been cursefl several times by Rector he rose and fired at the sheriff just as the lat ter was pulling- his gun from his hip pocket. Mrs. Gosnell said that in her opinion her husband shot to save his life. Pickens, S- C, Sept. 28. Conflicting evidence presented by X-ray special ists and physicians as to the range and effects of bullets fired into the body of Sheriff Hendrix Rector, brought about sharp tilts this morning on the third day of the trial of Jake Gosnell, Federal prohibition enforcement officer. Great stress was laid by the "prose cution and the defense in the examina tion of witnesses as to the point of entrance of the bullets. The theory of the State, based on the expert testi mony of Dr. W. C. Black, surgeon, who performed an autopsy is that the first shot fired by Gosnell entered his ride side, two and one-half inches to the back. Dr. Black testified that the entrance of the bullet indicated that Rector was standing with his back turned or partly turned to Gosnell. Dr. Black and Dr. j Frank Ashemore, X-ray specialist, tes tifying for the State, said tnree bullets entered Rector's bjdy. Dr. Humphrey D. Wolfe, X-ray spe cialist, , introduced as witness by the defense, said he found four bullets had entered the body of the sheriff. One entered Sheriff Rector's mouth, while it was open. He testified he could not say positively what position Sheriff Rector was in when he was shot, but he said the bullet in the side was nearer the front of the body than the back. The plea advanced by Gosnell is that he shot Sheriff Rector in self-defense, when the latter had cursed him and was in the act of reaching for his pistol. The steady downpovir of rain yester day left many roads in miserable shape, but this condition did not prevent the usually large attendance of spectators who have been traveling to and from the courthouse every day for lack of sufficient lodging accommodations here. The defense, which began its testi mony shortly after the State rested yesterday afternoon, announced that it J had many witnesses to offer. Among them will be the defendant and his wife, Mrs. Jake Gosnell, who was in the garage when Sheriff Rector was shot- R. Q. Merrick, deputy collector in ternal revenue at the time Sheriff R.; tor was killed, and Col. T. H. Vander ford, Internal Revenue Commissioner for the two Carolinas, were on the stand tor some time this morning. Col onel Vanderford testified that he had investigated the lack of co-operatk;n between the sheriff's office and the revenue department. Both Vanderford and Merrick admitted that the Federal Government had assigned two men to investigate the case. They said their report was for use in the unsuccessful effort to try Gosnell in the Federal court. They denied that they had of fered Keller a job in the revenue ser vice. John S. Hunsinger, former deputy sheriff, testified that W. B. Keller's testimony differed in essential details to the story which he said Keller told him shortly after the killing. Hun singer admitted on cross-examination by the State that he had been dis charged as deputy by Sheriff Rector. Thwsday Mglit j NIGHT SESSIONS AND LONGER DAY SESSION URGED Senate Republican Leaders? Seek to Expedite Tax and Treaty Debate. MANY MATTERS WAIT'S Permanent Tariff Bill is Not to Reach the Senate Be fore Next January. Washington, Sept. 28. WTith a vlevf to expediting action on the peace trea ties with Germany, Austria and Hun gary and on tax revision legislation. Republican leaders planned today tar put through a program calling not only for night sessions of the Senate, but for the beginning of the day sessions an hour earlier than usual. The tax bill would be considered during the day and the treaties at night. There is a desire to dispose of the treaties before the beginning of the conference on the limitation of arma ments and, since the three pacts must be acted upon separately, leaders plan to lose no time in getting their consid eration fully under way. Chairman Penrose, of the finance committee, is determined to push the tax bill as fast as possible. He still is hopeful that it can be put through with two-weeks' consideration, but opposition to some features appar ently has taken on a wider range than at first was anticipated. Aside from the tax measure and the treaties, many other measures of im portance arh awaiting action before the beginning of the regular session earlv in December. There is an agree ment to vote on the Panama canal tolls repeal bill on October 10 and Senator Sterling, Republican, South Dakota, in charge of the beer bill, has given notice that, after the tax bill and the treaties are out of the way, he will insist that the conference report on the beer meas ure be disposed of without interrup tion. Other matters pending include the railroad refunding bill and the. measure authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to fund into long-time se curities the debts owed the United States by its former associates in the World wa.r. CONTINUE EMERGENCY LAW. After the tax bill is passed, Senator Penrose plans., to. have., his committee resume consideration of the permament tariff bill. Since it is now practically certain that this measure will not be brought out until the regular session, there is discussion of continuing the emergency tariff law until the perma nent act is passed. The emergency law expires on November 27 and represen tatives of agricultural interests already have asked that the finance committee report a bill continuing its life. Senator Penrose hopes to have with in two or three weeks some of the data now being assembled by experts on the plan to fix the American valuation of imports as the basis for determining the 'duties, but all of it probably will not be in hand for six weeks or two months. Hearings on the tariff measure proba bly will be resumed late next month or early in November. SIMMONS READY TO OFFER A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS. Washington, Sept. 28. The tax re vision bill was on the Senate calendar again today with Republican leaders hopeful that the reading of the meas ure for the adoption of uncontested amendments could be completed by night. General debate on the finance committee amendments to the Houso bill and those-already offered or to be offered from the fior was to follow. A flood of proposed changes was ex pected from both sides of the cham ber. Senator Simmons, of North . Car olina, in charge of the Democratic light on the bill, was prepared to offer a series of amendments. While the Democrats had in mind to train their biggest guns on the corporation and surtax provisions, they planned battle all along the line. Some Western Sen ators on the Republican side also were ready to wage a fight against the pro posed substitute for the excess profits tax and the plan to reduce the maxi mum income surtax to 32 per cent. In offering objection to some phases of .the bill. Senator Simmons told the Senate that it was his judgment that, in enacting peace-time tax laws, it would be better for the Senate "to strike out boldly on new lines instead of tinkering with and trying to repair a machine that was created to meet other circum stances and conditions." He declared that he would vote against the bill in its present form, de- i scribing it as the 'most horrible and un just proposition of taxation that has ever been presented in thi9 chamber." The amendments to be offered by the Democrats, Senator Simmons continued, would be designed to "produce some thing like uniformity of taxation be tween the different clases and groups of tax payers in this country, and will remedy some of the class 'discrimina tions which reek throughout the bill.", He added that "the favoritism which this bill displays towards the corpora tions of the country and against the partnerships will dissolve to incorpor ate and every individual in the coun try who can, if possible, would like to convert his operations into corporate form." TWO PROVISIONS PASSED UP. Washington, Sept. 28 At the request of Senator Simmons, Democrat, North Carolina, the entire title in the tax bill dealing with war profits and excess pro fits taxes for 1921 was passed over by the Senate today. The estate tax rate provisions also went over by request of Senator LaFolEette, Republican, Wis consin who said he would have amend ments to offer. On request of Senator Simmons, the sections imposing taxes on transporta tion, places of amusement and 3oft drinks were passed over. The tobacco tax section, which is tlvi same as that in the present law, was accepted.
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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