North Carolina Newspapers

VOLUME XXI. ' CONCORD, N. C, SATURDAY, MARCH 12,1921. ; NO. 42. :.j;ji!h RF,0LUTn:i FCr.CES GisyoTErJ::sr, fllCETnOLCLEAT cc :lete success ' flETUn:i TO SCHOOL ohi...yriLLlJ, ii... J ' '. .. .'. . 1 . . 1 ).,, ..... . l!-rc: TI -.n Two Hundred Tien s: 1 Toys Present for - I'ml rather ar. A Sen Uan ' quel Ever Ield Here. ; ... EVERY DETAIL OF ' ? AFFAIR A SUeCjESS . Prcf. E.' , C. Lindeman, of Greensboro, .Hade . the ! Princir s.1-Ad JresS. Other , Speakers Heard.. - . Concnrd'a Young Men's Christian' As fociallnn enjoyed Its greatest meeting find lis greatest boost with the Fath er and Kim Kn nonet hold In the gym nasium xtt the . Association .Friday night, ' Xever before In-the history of ' the city -has there been ouch a gather ing; never before lit the history of the. Association here- has there Jieen sncn an outpouring of support and enthus iasm for - matters - pertaining - to the Association work. The meeting- was uiiuntely arranged, and was character ised by R spirit of good fellowship and comradeship tliat in, certain to be a . benefit not only to tliosp persona pres ent, dm to ait persona i me my. v . Klght large f abloa were utilised . In earing for those present,- and the two hundred plaeea placed aboot the eight tables were Insufficient to care .for the crowd. Men and boys who had never been inside the Y. M. C. A. were pres ent,, and they bad their first Impres sion .of the Association work under the most auspicious eireomstapoes. Even the most optimistic- supporters of the Father and Son Banquet were not pre pared to welcome such gathering, and the occasion easily eclipsed anything of a like nature In Concord's history. v Oh the right of every man present at the banquet wa placed a' Doy.veitn er his boy or one borrowed for the oc casion, and the festivities were arrang ed for the benefit of the-son as well as tor the pleasure of the' father, v ,'. '..- In securing as the chief speaker of tno evening - Air, is. i - unaeman, 01 Greensboro, the ; banquet committee made a most sagacious . choice., Mr. l.tndemau has lecn engage ln work f such a nature that he Ms kept in intimate touch with, boy liw'He Imsl hnd personal experiences that appeal if. eii doth, ami lit1 mtfi (wmtnrtr-. " the experience the knack of snaking boya understand him, and learn from these experiences. Mr. T. H. Webb, who baa been proniluent In I. M. C. A. activities since the organization of the association here, was toaatmaster, and it was fitting that thia plorifccr of As sociation work In Concord should be in charge of .the Association's most beneficial gathering. ' ,. In addition to the address of Mr. Llndeman the program called far short tnlks from O. F. Ritchie on "now to Raise Good Boys"; Charles" E. Boger on "The Obstreperous Boy,; Arthur Faggsrt. Jr. nn "What-a Boy Owes His Daddy"! Lieut. Ernest Norman on 'What a Boy Thinks of His-Paddy When Across the Sea"; D. W. Coltrane on "A Grandfather ',' and His Grand son" ; F. a Nlbloek on "What Kind of a Bov Will Make a Good Hon-lnLaw"; and Re.v. 0. C. .Myers on '.'The Father Ills, Boy's Companion.''. ; Following these talks the toastmaiter called upon C. L. White, Dallas Pitts. K. Sautaln and M. B. Fuller for impromptu talks, an.l each of the sneaker save his views - ot the great work the Association is doing and pledged his support to . the nui. iu mc iuiu" . ' A feature of the banquet were 'three telpgrama written by and delivered to the toastmaster by a "Western fcnlon" messenger boy.. The telegrams .were in complete harmony with the. senti ment of the gathering and were receiv ed with applause. The first, dated "Concord, N. C, 8:30 p. m." read, eitoys Wanted! Industrious, Thrifty. TVoemJablev - Absolutely , ... truthful. Honest with their employers time as with his money. Signed, Business Men of Concord."- The second, dated "Con cord, N. C 8:45 p. m.," read, "Young Men Wanted! Having Ambition to lead clean and honorable lives ; energy and thrift to fill a man's place in the. life of their community. - Signed, Young Ladies of Concord." The third wns also dated Concord, sent at o'clock,, and rend : -.."Fathers Wanted! Men who will take an interest in the welfare of their community as well as provide for their own household. Men who will provide an adequate support for the I. M- C. A. because It s nds for' tlie weUare of their children, t gn fd, Mothers of Concord." - " U tmt It Means to Be a Christian in the 0th Century" was Mr. Lindemnn's -an Meet, and clearly, but-in a I ted tlio snesi r pointed o r v t he ' t the yong man sloui t (, ) to he i 'n toilay. In the Ik Jsmhis . i - :i slated that, fie yoni-c . - e now living throt h a I. i 4 p an aee fra'. ' t, vi ii j iiuioHN than tlie J... ..era at;''. :. .iers present lived thp" h.ari,, U l ard for one to he a Ciiri;-i;.m t, I believe -to he a n miir. lav tlie t";: " f s -i '-r c-ti ',; s. k r : i.i ' i . ; ! t C A Wireless Dispatch Today ; From There Says . Bolshe .vists Have Been Ousted - From the Capitol 'of Russia MESSAGE CONFUSED AND DISCONNECTED Food Sent by Ameriean Red , Cross Commission Has Ar rived, , It is Declared in . ,a - Dispatch Today. ,v ; (By fee Aaaaelatea Press.) :,, Warsaw. March K Petrograd Is In the hands of revolutionary forces, and the Bolshevists have been ousted, it was declared in a wireless dispatch re ceived here today. The message which waft confused and disconnected owing to the 'weakness of the sending. Hlatlon Is lielteved to have been sent out from Petroarad. ' ".- - ' It was declared in the dispatch that the food sent by Col. Kdwnrd W. Ky an; American Reil Cross Commission er to the Baltic States, had arrived, but whether it .had been received at Kmnstadt or Petrograd was not clear. TWO Xrr.RO Rf'ROIJVRH ' '" . ATTACK WOMAN IN BED Stole Fifty Cento hfrooT; HusbMid's Trousers-Pollce . Searching , for Them ' . (Br tk A dt4 Prew.); Richmond. Va I March '; 12. Two negro burglars broke into the home of a white man here early this morning, and after taking fifty cents from his trousers, atacked his wife while he lay ill In bed.. -Each burglar held a pistol and flash light and threatened the couple with instant death if they made -an ' ontery, "The entire police force of the city and several local de tectives are searching for -the crimi nals. . Great excitement prevails In the section of the city in which the crime wa committed, i .' 'Vi'n-v- . .. '.: SEVEN. KILLED; Members of Regiment Ambushed and , Attacked by Kina Fire and tMaAs. .- -Bt tk AmmUM rfc) - r- ilohllUtrlamV MareW 12Thirty jr-i el -the Re4forUhir regiment. w.. proeeedinf irera ivnieen n- Hhannon. to Balllngmore . Friday eve ning were' ambushed and attacked by rifle fire and. bombs. ' The militia re turned the lira with the result that aix of the attackers- were killed and one wounded. The aix men killed were in the uniforms of the; Irish;' republic army, .- v Vr ?'j MJUer AppolBted Alleir Property ftnv iu-...1!' .:. toOUn. ;. ... Bx , AiMtiat PreM.) . '- Washington. March 12. Tnos. W. i Miller, of .Delaware, former- member of the: nonse of Representatives, was appointed alien property custodian to day, by President Harding. The ap pointment does not require the Senate confirmation. "v '. ' ' V-.-' : Mr. Miller Is a lawyer and has" been In the practice of his profession since, he retired from Congress. During the 1020 campaign he was in charge of the eastern branch of the, Republican Speakers Bureau. ' " . Senator Overman Urges the Appoiut- 'i nent ef Seutheraera. ' ' .' i9r k iMMUM Prtmm.) Washington,: March 12. Appoint ment of a Southerner on both the In terstate - Commerce Commission and the Shipping Board" was urged today by -Senator Overman, Democrats of North Carolina, during, a conference with President Harding. The Sena tor urged that A. J. Maxwell Ita'.eigh, N. O, be. given a place- on the com merce commission.- - .. ' ' ;The Trial at Curritu. J,X'- '(Br -ke Amrmtt Preu.) : ' Currituck, N. X, March 12. The en tire morning session of court' today was consumed by arguments of coun sel in the trial of St Clair Lewark and John Wicker, guards on a game preserve in this county, charged with the murder -of -Dedwood Gallop - on last Thanksgtving Day. The final speech was being concluded at noon and it -was expected that the case would go to the Jury early this after noon.. : ,,..,- . -.:-.. . , ' i ,- ' ' '- i ' ' ' - ' Brtllsh liUerm'.tial Trophy Race, (rr rtiiaMcbtoi rnM.. New Vork. March 1Z The British International Trophy Eace will be held at Detroit on Setuember 3, 5 and 6th, it was announced here today by Com modore Judson, of the Motorboat Clui of Amc-lca. The Detroit Vaetit Club now holds the trof hy which was won at Cowes Knclami, Inst year by Miss Amerli fi i luted l'.v Car Wood, now couimodor. of the Ielrott club. : -,"") i.r r r iriien i I ! o f I 9. O'len ' ' '. N. Y, ." arch 10. Tliili 1 .. t ". 1 tw'Viy l.nrreis ef hraiii. . 1 .. -.-T-t.ve f'iSCfJ :f Wlli:iV fit It liisirl. i.l(r i ! I I : .V - i C '': 1 J"" ' t I r i - .-. 1 ft t c-xlif 4 ' . n ; ' i s f K0BF0LK S0UTHEBX TO J RESTORE TEAKS 80-81 014 Sehedale Will Be Besomed Be tween Charlotte and Raleigh. - Oreenaboro New. .'.-:. '' - Announcement was made yesterday by the Norfolk' Southern Railway com pan v that the ' old "sciiedules of trains Noa. 30 and HI would be re stored!- dally,- except ' Sunday, on March 14, between RaMgb and Char lotte. The Fayetteville. train.! will be operated from Faj-etteville to Virgin ia making connection at varina wnn trains U and from Raleigh. - f Since the line was cut in two Star on February 20, there haa teen great complaint about lack of mall and passenger facilities. Jin the Nor folk and Southern territory, and the matter was handled with, Ure corpftra tioa omns8iQn.-witlfc.ine result .thai they suggested to the Norfolk South ern the advisability of restoring the former schedule. This will no take care of people on the line1 between Raleigh- and Charlotte u they had been for a long while -pric to Feb ruary 20, and it aeemd to meet -the general desire of the public, at least, more satisfactorily than, the present schedules, " , ,-... TOE COTTON MARKET. ; . . ' Unsettled by Reports ef Failures In - Umkkxl i; .to is rouits Lower. ' ..!'". Br li AnwtaM Pms,) - ; i kew- York. March 12. The cotton market- -was unsettled .by; reports of mercantile failure in London and un favorable week ; end review of ;, the goods trade. The opening was steady at an advance of 5 points on May hut generally 8 to 12 points lower and active months sold 12 to 18 points be low last night's figures ' during the early trading. This carried May off to 11.42 or-the. lowest. price touched since the rally of last week, but there was considerable covering for over the week-end and prices showed more re sistance to pressure around this level. Cotton futures opened Tainy steady. March 1145; May 11.52; July 11.08; October. 12.53; December 12 ,75 bid. t Closed,Very Steady.' The rotton market closed ery steady; March 11.00; May 11.50;.July 11.94 i. October 120; Pecember 12.70. JfArGtBAL COST 1KJ 8 There Is $48M t fongreu In- ' propriauoB for ,H uaspeau , WashlnirlioiL Mar.'-il2. Prsl;nt Harding's maugiiratlon cost just $1,- 500 out of the .50.000 special appro priation made toy Congress, 1 accord ing to Elliott Woods, superintendent of the Capitol buildings' and grounds. The money -went into guardrails and other safety devices, he saw today, the inaugural stand where" the actual ceremony took place i having, been Ibuilti y . tba tefepbori company, which installed eantplifera. . Meeting ef Sororla Book Club. ' ' The 8ororls Book Club held Its reg ular meeting Friday afternoon at the home of Miss Clara Harris. The topic of the afternoon was "Problems of Democracy-Tbe Higher Life of . the Individual." Miss Elixabeth Lord gave sn excellent paper on Ralph Waldo 1 merson. , Mrs. II. E. Harris" followed this paper with a selection from Rns kin. Mrs. King closed the program wifh a selection from Carlyle. The final collection for the Chinese f iniine fund was taken at this time, ' i amounted to $25.50. ' 1i.c dub had as lis guest. Miss Putt-; .'nn, who was vfoiting J.iss Montgomery nt "n ii-r!..:: 1 1 ..!!. i ' r 1 for CUnese t Pre.) ' Cr r Jt --. t') nery s re- V, It 3 i e i THE HAMON TRIAL Witness Says He Kaw Clara! Hamon . With a Fistol Number ef Times. . i " . Br,tk JkMfmtinttt Pram.p ' Ardmore, Okla., March ; 12. -Testimony that Clara 'Tamonr ou trial for the alleged murder 'of lake L. Hanion came to his garage 4hr day - before Hamon was shot audi owlered -, .two. extra casings placed on her automo bile, saying she was "tiding to take a long trip" was offered today by Harry Foster, a garage. eniployee.t ' ? :;,. . 'Foster, the first witness called by the state todayv also' said' he had seen Clara Hamon wlth-a pistol a numlier of times, and the '.'morning following "Hamon's shooting Clara came to the garage, and asked that the tire be change auickly as she bad far to go. ' .-- 11m Unasa Jiaid tb yaauft Jonomai Vaa very nervous. He saw no bruises on her face or bands, he testified. ' 'It waa agreed by counsel that the afternoon session of court should be Ciirtailed to one hour, Hamou en- Death Bed Atcnsed Clara Harpoo of Firing Bullet Into His Body. Arkmore, Okla.,- March 12.-Jake L Hamon, millionaire oil man and rail road builder- and former Republican National- Committeeman' from Oklaho ma, on hisr deathbed accused Clara Smith Hamon, now on trial on a charge of murder Jn connection with his death, of having fired a bullet into his body With a pistol held In her right hand while she stood at his ledside stroking his head with her left hand, according to a statement made on the. witness stand today-by W. B. Nichols, a bust nesa .associate of Hamon'. .- - - NO EVIDENCE OF FRAl'D , DISCOVERED I.N LENOIB CampWlI-Douchtoo Contest " Hearing Fails to Produce Anything Damaf- . inf. . -i. . Lenoir. March;ll. The third day of the contest hearing of Dr. J. . Ike Campbell,' contestant fod the election of Congressman R. L. Doughton in this district, finds little or no evidence of fraud or illegal voting it was, said. The boost ofi showing up corrupt prac tices on the part of election officials has totally collapsed and the hearing has developed into a drag that ia try ing on aepecators and is beginning to show .effect on ? the officials taking part.'.' yy -:v; ' 4f 't Of the dozens of witnesses examined since Monday morning, . practically nothing of a damaging nature. has been revealed. Election officials, , according to evidence, were most fair and square to nil concerned. v. ; - , Courthouse officials were the first to be examined- when the. heuriug ton vened Monday ' ''morning. , inoe '-, that time witnesses r regarding absentee votes, and payment of pool taxes have been taken up. The hearing so far bus covered witnesses rom Lwer Creek, Little River, North Catawba.: North Ienoir, Lovelady. Hudson, Uhodhlss, Mulberry, Wilson Creek, Job as River and GameweU Yprecincta,-Today Buf falo Cove, Kings Creek, Clobe, Patter son, Richland, and .' Yadkin . Valley townships will be taken up. ' Congressman R. L. Pougittoh has been here during the hcirlnir to con sult his attorneys ' Messrs. Newlnnd and . Squires. He leaves . tHl-i.v: .tor Statesville. Before leavln.-r Mr. iMigb ton Issued a 'statement that nothing Whatever of a damaging nature re garding the election officiate urn! the campaign In .thta'coawy hnd l)cenJ brought out.. , . . -:: . .. . , : .; Dr. J. Ike Campbell, with his at torneys, G. E. B. Reynolds, and Mr. Campbell, of Al!emorle, nve l"i.n he.e all the week until Tuesday. Mr. Reyn olds returned to his home in Albe-I marie. "" .'..'" '. Womaa Canu te for Mayor of Leaks. : - :, vUle. -v - .--, ( . Br the Aaolatc4 Prcaa.) . Leaksvllle, rarch 12. Mrs. John B. fay, wife of a prominent physician, Ms announced her , candidacy, for ;..ayor at tue coming election. -. -' ,'. A oitti I -it : fC TO INVESTIGATE SERIES . ; '.' V;' OF. MYSTERIOUS FIRES A Church, Two HcfaooUiousea and Twe Residences Destroyed In Past Few -'Few Days. . .. X''''V"i :Rnloigh. March 12. Sheriff Harrison and a number of deputies left this morning for the Near Light section of Wake county,. 22 miles from Raleigh to investigate1 a series- of mysterious fires which-have resulted In the de struction of a church, two school bous es and two residences during the ; post few days. Authorities believe the fires to be the work of blockade whose ac tivities in the section during recent months became notorious. -,. -. . , 'Revenue jpfflcers pn Thursday ' eap tnred . elalit Mm6onshinc"V. . whiskey plants on .a. raUlnd. one jstilf Ob Thursday.igM'-aM. chdrvta-od "two whool houses were, burned . to ;.the ground. The two residences, both un occupied, were destroyed by fire ear lier in the week. , ERIE RAILROAD GOES i BACK TO OLD SCALE. Will Now Submit Question sf,; Wages : to the Railroad Labor Board. I -. (llr h A timtr Prara.) . New York, March 12. Reductions In wages of common labor" put into effect by the- Erie railroad on Janu ary' 31 has been wiped out and the former 'wage schedule restored, ;Jit wnA announced here totlny at the gen eral offices of the company. ' - - The company's statement said that a -"slightly improved eohditlon of bus iness', permitted the payment .of '.the old scale. ; ' - '':.'' k: The railroad labor board recently condemned the action of the road for not first submitting' tho oroposed re ductions to it for approval and order ed restoration of the former scale. ' The announcement said -..the road would now formally submit' the whole question of wages to the railroad labor board. .' ; - - - :.- ''-.'. -: :. ,;';:'- . ... ' . v--"-.'. -;?. Trotzky Offers Reward; the Genera! , .) Doubles it. - , : , Warsaw,' March 11. Leon Trotaky, the Russian Soviet war minister, ac cording to Russians here has offered a reward of five millions rubles- for the body, dead or alive, of General Koslovsky, the revolutionary leader In the Petrogard region. General Koslovsky. in return. Is reported to have offered ten million rubles for Troteky'a body. ' ' It is pointed out here that mil lion rubles now is worth about $50. A doaen or more Insurrections are In progress throughout .' Russia - and the anti-Bolshevik movement . daily I encouraging other uprisings, the local Russians. i -' .;.,. : Besides a doaen or ' mori main In surrections, many , antiJJolshevlit hands are reported to 1 be - operating under stimulus of the Krondadt move ment, v.;-:,..;. v JM ':v '.:;y.-WX- George Harvey to Be Ambassador U ,;,. Court of St. James. ; , -' ;' Br tke hmnmrnf Trmud v r.f iWashlngton. March 12. George Harvey, of New York, editor of' theJ Harvcy'a Weekly, ' ia understood to have been definitely selected by Presi dent Harding aa ambassador to Lon don to succeed Ambassador" Davis. Tho nomination may go to the "Senate before the present extraordinary ses sion ends.. . ..-,..-,. .rr.',-! it,''. :. Twe More Nominations- by President. V (By the Amtam rw. ; Washington, March 12. Wm. Walter irushand, of St. Johnshnry,- VU was nominated today by President Harding to be Commoseioner General of Immi- arntion. . ' - -" '' .' t Carl A. Ma pes, of Michigan, was re nominated today to be solicitor ot the Bureau of internal Revenue. . . , , '- . -.. ; Potter's Nomination CL"jTued. V . . 4Bt ha AMlmtc4 PrcM.) 1 Washington, March 12. The reoom- ination of Mark- W, Potter. Cf New York, as a member of the Interstate Commerce Commission Was eoiiiirmei Because of the Expulsion by f the Board of : Trustees of ; President Crosland, of Av r erett Baptist College, f v VOTE OF TlirsTEES " i vjTHIIlTEEN TO SIX Dr. - Crosland . AcciLsed His j Enemies of tlnkind, Mean, i Ungentlemanly and Un V christian Actions. ' ' u I . .- isr t luwwtM rmm.y -: ... ) Danville, Va., March 12. Forty-five of the sixty-five girt boarding students of Averett Baptist College at a meet-i ing today -voted against returning to the school next year because ofithe ex pulsion by the board of trustees of Clayton K. Crosland. president of the college.'- Preliminary steps, they wild. were being taken toward founding a school with Crosland at its head, The board of trustees of the college after being In session three hours yes terday afternoon voted In favor of the the expulsion of Dr. Crosland. 'whose liberal views on dancing were at first reported to have been the cause of the I fight against him. The vote was 13 In favor of expulsion and six against it. - Arter Hearing the result of the meet ing and for the first time the charges brought against him Dr. Crosland asked the privilege of making a state ment which.' was opposed by Geo. A. Lea, president of the hoard. The college head was allowed to speak. Dr. Cros land accused his -"enemies" - on the board, of :' "unkind, mean, ' "ungentle manly and unchristian actions," accus ing those of bis "enemies'? on- the board of working behind bis back, slandering and workiug against h,lm : "Pretty strong ; Words. Professor," said Mr. Lea at the' climax of the statement. "Carefully chosen words, pi r," responded the college head. ;.. An' honr after- the v: meeting -C Dr. Crosland, was given a tremendous ovation by the eollege girls as be en tered 'the dining hall at the institu tion. '. After supper tlie students re inforced by a crowd, gave -te college yell -tor -Dr.- Crosland. i " . , S r Powhatan- Conway, -member otrtb boardV iaOrtng U-TefcBoasvWhXiJh! roucaior ; wa.-ansnnsiiea" ania ine college' head went to 'Alabama In t car, the upkeep of which ia paid by the Institution ; that Dr. Crosland failed to canvass the county; and that he had "made It a rich girl's school instead of a. poor girl's school." - It waa also charged that Prof,. Croa land, after promising that the school at the end -of 1019 would show a. sur plus,' showed a deficit, ' Crosland'g friends declared an order given by the trustees to increase during that year the - grocery : hill by $2,000 ' actually Mused the deficit 'V:'-: '.-' ' . c Several business men this morning offered , to put up nioney to establish a. new school.'; '',' ''r' c'- -:..v '',,.',' '- ' '' ' ' ; ''t- I .: WILL WATTS RECEIVE ' ' " .! J,'".:..-' f NEW APPOINTMENT. Certainty ef His Candldarr Revives i Snerulation an to His Chances. News and Observer.' ; n i . ' . Speculation over the appointment of a 'Commissioner of Revenue and Taxa tion has revived the discussion of the possibility of tbe appointment of Col. A, p. Watta, of Statesville, instead of A. J. Maxwell. Corporation Commis sioner, who is generally supposed to be slated ror the onice. fJovernor Mor rison, it Is understood, is not commit ted to either man. ?!; Colonel' Watts, who was the object of a bitter attack by. Henry A. Page during the second primary, and whose supposed activities brought down the severest condemnation of the Gardner forces in the State, is an active candi date for the place, ' The recent news paper suggestion to the effect that Watts would be appointed chairman of the censorship board if tho measure proposing the establishment of tbe board' should become - a low, bronght down upon Governor Morrison a 'dele gation of women protesting against this step. ' Judging from comment which the suggested appointment of Watts as Commissioner of 'Taxation has devel oped.' these protests would he puny beside the stornr that would go up In the meantime. It la entirely pos sible that Governor' Morrison will ap point neither Maxwell nor Watta for tlie office . of Commissioner of Taxa tion, which carries with it broad pow ers and salary of $5,500 annually. . - Died Trying to Burn Himself to Free- ;.'... - -dom. v-v-.i-- .?.,-; (r the AMMMtl Twum-t -: Warsaw, K.- C, March -12. Will Neweom, with a number of aliases, held on a charge of obtaining goods under false pretenses was burned to death when fire destroyed the city jail here today. Police believe the fire was started by New son, tbe only man in prison, in attempting to burn him self to freedom. .'.; ' The Trial ef the White Sox Players. - Br h iMWbttt lirM.) . Chicago,' March ; 12. The 4 State's Attorney's office today formally an nounced that when tbe trial of the Chicago, white box players chart-"! with throwing the 1. .0 world s eetis comes up Dftxt Monday the state v i:i move tbit the case be taken Yrom t , e calender and not be brought back until next fall. . Mrs. L. M.-Widep'-ou-1-. of V,c 'in. I vHtlng her son, iir. V. .L. 1 ; j house, P4lTS -iV Injur I llfere Last Night Between , Officers and Negroes. ' SITUATION WAS QUIET EARLY TODAY Trouble Outgrowth of As sault Last Monday : Night on ll-Year-0!d Girl by an Unknown Negro. i (By h Auwtoltl Pnw.) ' Springfield. O.. March : 12. Spring, field was quiet this morning following . a night of disorder In which Patrol man Joseph Ryan and a negro were wounded In an interchange of shot between negroes and officers.' : Three companies of Ohio National Guardsmen, consisting of 150 officers ana men unuer ine comma na or Lieut. Col, H. B.' Horner, were on -duty to day with headquarters at City Hall. .Military law lias - not been declared, it having meen, announced that the troops would merely aid local author itlea In malntalnging order, ... 1 . Although the situation was quiet early totlay and no further trouble semed imminent, both civil and mili tary authorities said they, would not relax, vigilance and were taking all precautions to prevent tonight a recur rence of the racial trouble, v r The trouble,- which started shortly before midnight last . night-with the shooting of patrolman Ryan after he had ordered a group of negroes to disperse, was the outgrowth of an as sault, last Monday jilghb on an 11 -year old girl by an unknown negro who es caped. -. Rumors that he had been ar rested caused a ' crowd to gather near the Jafl on Wednesday night and again Thursday night,- but these crowds were dispersed when it was proven that - the. negro had not been caught; :: Crowds gathered again last nl.li, 1,1,, .1 n. I,n. V, n ,1.. ibiii,. ifiib uinfcimv wiif-ll ur pih.Hi- lag began.-. : ;-, f.i::yJ 1 ' Sherift Placed in Charge. ' SprTSigfleld, Ohio, March 12. Sheriff Pavld Jonesv of Oark'County,, .waa, pleas. complete charge, of the situa-i lion here trowing out of tbe racial uis irdj'jfehciilBirnKted' tor the shoot log of ft patrolman lU .i negro jast. night, at a conference of military and civil offieiala here today, i A order was immediately issued forbidding all public gatherings after' 0 o'clock this afternoon and ordering the stoppage of street, car aoevlee and automobile traf. flc after 7 p. m - -,;.- . - The order means a cessation of an traffic on the streets and the closing of all moving picture bouses, theatres and all places for public gatherings. : Mayor -.westcott announced . that tt was the opinion of the conference that1 the situation could be handled by tho sherift and he was place In charge In preference to' putting the city under military or martial law. :, ; :: . , . One Negre Who Waa Caught Confessca Springfield, Ohio, March 12. James White, a young negro, captured short ly before noon by a posse of farmers several miles north of Springfield, con fessed to the police that he was guilty of the shooting , of Patrolman Ryan ia Inst, night's racial disorders, - tho police announced this afternoon.' White was brought to this city and lodged in the county jail which is strongly guard ed by a cordon of policemen. . v . i I ii i iii," .- ;r: iiftto tX-SOLDIEDS IDLE Smtee ChiVs Head Saya 1S.0OO Are Homeless and Mair-t M. . New York Times. ; Tito ." unemployment situation is worse ' than' - at any tkne alnoe . the armistice, .- according - -to - Charles Itatmea, director of the Service t:iul. who gave a. eummary of tbe work or the organization at a meeting of wo men yesterday in the home of Mrs. Edwin C. Jameson, 9 Hast Sixty-ninth Street There are 25.000 . ex-ervtce men here without employment, 15,000 . ot whom: are homeless, -hair-fed and half-clothed. Mr. Haimea said. The club 'has been able to find employ ment for more than 100 every week until this wreck, when, not half that many have been placed. "More than 1,000 apply very week, Mr.' Halmes said. ' ;' -''.' : ? " '! -.''' '. ; It was announced that a committee of 100 -women would be organized to aid in providing fund to carry on tlie work. A connmittee of 100 men also will toe -named. The chub's budget for the veer neglnlng (March, 1 calls for $53.600f ' :'-.' .. - Building Commission to Go Old of . ;. , - Business.. Raleigh, March 11. Attorney Gen eral James 8. Manning today said that thero te no doubt about the rf- tectlvenesa of the bill passed on tlio Inst day of the session, 'wiping out the state building rommixsiou, tut state architect, and placing the work In the hands of several bead!) of tho 8ta to Institutions, ' Such a report was printed rre tins morning but seems to bave I n in correct. There Is no di; i t - test the ler;!lative act, but, i t were any, the supreme court v j dl-ipowl to rel into t' ' s p ' i ,-t-" t ef t 1 ..'nt ', e . -ri-i." mi- y M tn ( i I ' . i I Cu.i.Uiit ! fl i t . 3 ti f nd si .all v 1 turvu.;toaay by the i; sate.