North Carolina Newspapers

I The Concord Daily Tribune i TODAY'S NBTS TODAY. ASSOCIATED 4 PRESS 4 DISPATCHES VOLUME XXIII CONCORD. N. C. TUESDAY. APRIL 10, 1923 NO. HUGO 8TIHHES UNO IE ARRESTED BY Fl German Magnate and His Wife Later Freed, After Guards Made Complete Search of All Baggage. ARRESTS MADE IN THE RUHR When Train on Which Stin nes Was Traveling Passed Through the Territory Oc cupied by the French. Dortmund. April 10 (By th Asso ciated Press). Hugo Stinnes anil his wire arrived in mm city today arter having been detained nl Kcharnhorst by French railway guards who took them from the berths on a night train. They wen1 released after the officials had searched their baggage. The sleeper in which Herr Stinnes and his wife were traveling was at tached to a i rain from Berlin to Kssen, on which they had left Rerlin last night on the way to Muelhelm. Scharnhnrst is the frontier station for the occupied zone, and it was here that the magnate and his wife were routed out. of their horths Jry the French guards, who invaded the sleeper. Ilerr Stinnes. who had just arrived in Berlin from his country home, took the night train for Muelhefin, where his chief Industries are situat ed. When the train reached Sells rn horst. which Is the first rail point un der French control, four French rail way guards entered the sleeper and demanded to know the, number of the Stinnes compartment. They aroused the industrialist and his wife, and led them to the baggage car, where the couple were locked up. This is Herr Stlnne.'s second trip to the Ruhr since the occupation. The .French authorities nre said to have been watching for him and his agents, and only recently they Intercepted some of his private couriers, seising n private paper which the magnate was forwarding b his repspsnnrAtivo in Muelhelm. I.IAM LYNCH ! APTl'KKD BY FREK STATU TROOPS H h ftilef nf Staff nf the Irish Ir. regulars. Official Statement Says, i Dublin, April 10 (By the' Assoclat-! rrl Press! T.lnm T.rnch chief of MtilfT I of the Irish Irregulars, has been caie titrcd, it was officially anmiimced this afternoon. Lynch was captured by the Free State forces this morning at Knock iiMsnIc.n, near Newcastle, after an en gagement in which he was seriously wounded. May Omit "Obey" From the Marriage Service. London, April 10. Among the changes that are being discussed in connection with the proposed revision of the. Prayer Book of the Church of Kngland, few have excited more com ment than the proposed elimination of the word "olH'y" from the marriage servh e. Tills question, of course, has often been raised, but nf no time ha it assumed more significance than at present. So great Is the change now adays in the position -of women, that, large numbers of people who were resolute, opponents of the proposal now think that "obey" should no longer have a place in the marriage ceremny. Building Permits Issued. Mr. Frank Mund, building inspector of the. city, announced this morning that he had issued a building permit to the White-Parks Mill Company for a large brick addition to their mill. The estimated cost of the work, ac cording to the permit issued by Mr. Mund, Is $1(5,000. iilso stated that he had issued a building perm brothers for the erection of three brick storerooms on Barbrlck Street, be tween I'nlon and Spring streets. ' The buildings, according to Mr. .Mund'-, pi'rmlt, will cost about $10,000. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE KEY OF YOUR OWN HOME! Is waiting'fr you It is hanging in the office of this .Old Reliable Building and Loan Association.' Come Claim, It! You merely have to determine that you will save regularly each jweek or month and save for that home. Let us show you the simplest and best plans that will finance the buying or building of a modest cot tage of'your own. . OTHERS HAVE DONE IT! YOU CAN! Come in lod'ay aad let us explain it to you, and start Now by Taking Some Shares in Series No. 51 how open. AH Stock is Non-Taxable. We pay the Tax. START RIGHT Cabarrus County Building Loan and Savings Association OFFICE IN CONCORD NATIONAL BANK. ooooooooooooooooocooseoococc: rt(.Rfls Of MX i VION h I.M i I UN sIlfTT. Must PtMl V Mumlug IsMtfJsi wf Haardv Hatelcs. M"'l W (By the Aaja-lal ri I'm I The nwrlwjua the l!ttt North (aroltua (-- I seiwhty re quiring itintv cwmubadaarni to fund rho untstatdlng iiMietili'tlaeM uf the board of ediaiub. created ( tbe w cnaary of . ..ii.iu. t us ibe six BMMitbs school it riu fur the pre Tinas year or year's i- mandatory, ac cording to an opinion of James S. Manning, attorney general, to Or. F.. C. Brooks, superintendent of nubile in- tncttw. iimIb.v. The purpose of this sc." said Or. Brooks, "nas to act the county board of cdlirilioa clear of all indebted nc. 1 In ii tin- law provides that the banrdu, of islin Alinn -shall live within their iu cone-, anil if the linards of ediioi I h m wilfully e Treed flic approved budget, the mi tuber reapawsbir for the In aVbtedoesa thus created shall be in ilividunlly liable for Hie suine." Si-.rfrnl county officials Inquired of the superintendent .of iublie Instruc tion if the provisions of the act were mandatory and the uestiun wax sub milted to the attorney general who gtivc the following opinion "You request Hie. oilnion of this of flee as to whether or not the provi sions of tin- new public school root as contained la sis-yi's '.Mil et. se. nre mandatory upon the county cuuuuis sinners. Stated shortly., those see lions direct the county coinmlssiolrs to fund outstanding indebtedness in curred in obedience to the enusfllil lioiuil mandate requiring a term of six Months for the school. The expres sion used is: ' The board of county commission ers is authorized, empowered and di rected to fund the same by' etc. -. "We const rue this statue as first conferring the power upon the board of county commissioners to fund this indebtedness and then as directing them in positive terms to futnl It. Consequently.' its provisions in this re gnrd are mandatory. This seems to In- the clear meaning of the Legisla ture and the ruling we make is found ed upon authority. Tlifts, Mock says -p. n:!."i stating the rule general ly : "'An Imperative word is not soft ened by its conjunction with the per missive word, but vice versa. Tints the expression 'may and shall! means 'must'. In such a phrase 'may' slants authority nml 'shall' requires its exercise.' "Our own court in Jopea vs. Com missioners, 1M7 N C. :.70, held .is fid lows : . ''The terms 'authorize and empow er' used in an act conferring power tiion a county, on Ihe verge ofWiank ruptey. In issue bonds lo fund lis ex isting Indebtedness incurred tor tioecii stiry expenses and providing the" on ly feasible met In id by which the finan cial alTairs f the county can lie rdoc ed on a sound basis, will be construed lobe mandatory.' " , The opinion and act are state wide '1 tSHr effect. MORSE TRIAL DELAYED AGAIN BY ILLNESS Harry Morse Is III, So Cane Against Him and Others is Again Continued. (Bl the Anaoelatcd Pnaa.) Washington, April 10. The illness of Harry Morse, one of those indicated with Charles W. Morse on charges of ship contract frauds, again delayed the trial of the case today when It came up In court here. It was put over until tomorrow, when it Is expected Morse counsel will ask for a still fur ther postponement Wife Disobeys Him. Cuts Her lira, l off. ThibodeniMC, La., April 9. - Victor Tabor, 32, of this parish, has con fessed, according to Sheriff I.ewls Stark, 'that he chopped off his wife's head with an axe Saturday night be cause she disobeyed his order not to eavc home without his consent. Tabor walked from his home that night and awakened the sheriff to tell him the story. Pleads Guilty of Getting $917,000. uiv tha Aanoeiatcd l'r.i Cincinnati, April 10. A H. Pen Held, former cashier of the Springfield Ohio National Rank, pleaded guilty to having embezzled more than $077,000 of the. bank's funds in the Vnlted States District Court here toda.V. Sentence was deferred. d pniitv to seven counts In the indictment. The remain ing five ceunts were nolle prossed by the government. The former cashier made no state ment In court. -AND START NOW ofmohutm ncToa CI R IV 4SHFA U I V BNhfch of the DiiiaUf Caaasalga at Ittl Ahellle N V. Aliril HI -With Robert B BeyaaMa a 1'mHiBI. North Carol. na' tm National De-.m. cratlr Victory ( tub wa argaBlled here today Jaaart ti. Btlkeltather being started vtce nrajodent aaa , . . Jordan. Jr.. Mrretary. 'nBlnf of He rganltatlou the opnitnc gnu It North ( arotna prepnrator) In he I residential campaign of lt:4. Mr K-y nobis a i-eum i at the siaie iicmotranc r.rrii:.c ton, T1itte. imaing spirit in siMrrn .Norm aroiina imhuics. in note pras- ; er and his enotts in nenjii m uie iH-niis-ranr Bartf .a this naic ns ri :i t-l 1 1 f tin on Ids' u .r'. 1 1 - ele,.;'- a us Prestd.-lil ,.' Hie VlHoiuil DenVMratic Victory CUb "'! nil i mini ii" ana uvoraiuc eo irtn-ni 11118 ;een lit-til II oil ins Mji'iiiim 1.1 teail ivmaeriis in tn.s section io;hl,m. i riishh.nahl. irsidcniial what promises to b a h. ilium vtc h,,,,, the m.IIcc said Mariner handed tory. lone of the otticers a p. i.ii saving: "I'm Mr. llkeleathor Slate Highway j Commissioner, for the Ninth Olsinci i J - - - '- and Is a brother-in-law of Represfiita live Zebulou WV-aver of the Tenth .North Carolina District. .1. Y. .Ionian. Jr., Is a promising young attorney and an acknowledge lader amni.i, younger Denurcrhts. National Democratic Victory Clubs are now being organized throughout the Un.ted States, under direction ot Cordel, Hull, chairman of the Nation al DctniMTiitlc Committee and nil organizatio n of lOn.OOH workers will be forniiPd jy June I, .ready for the .Mah M!,t a i.,:i . rot ii tlcmneratir Ivfefetirtt ami an t.:ilv return of "a government for the people and by the people." BERLIN'S "STREET PROPHETS. Now Play a Large Bart in Ihe Every . day Life of the City. Il.rlin, April 10. Street prophet and 'fortune tellers now play n large part n the everyday life of Rerlin. At a corner of one of the principal thorough fa res there can he seen daily a man dressed hi the costume of the middle ages, with velvet tamo'-shanter and high velvet boots. This strange individual does n thriving trade by handing out leaflets, for the small sum nf ten marks, foretells all that is in store for you. Another figure familiar to the Ber liners is a fall, thin nurh in a silk hat. who places a table before him and with the tips of his lingers raises it aluiunt a yard from the ground by Ihe so-called spiritualistic power than Is in him. He sells messages from the other world for Ihe small sum of five marks-. Then there is a man called Snark. once ,a school master, jveirilly dressed in iinmjp IVHiuhV,' sandals, ami ree-hes of sackcloth. He holds meeting! . which he always opens with the phrase 'T am I." His avowed object is to propound a theory for the. conquest of the world. Strangely enough, the passers-by seem to treat these charlatans with ah awe almost akin ty reverence, and one never sees the slightest sign of scepticism. PROMINENT OFFICIALS ' ARRESTED BY FRENCH Herr Edward Hamm, Secretary of the Chancellery of Cuno Cabinet Among the Prisoners. Scharnhorst. Germany, April 10 (Ity the Associated Press). The French to day arrested Herr Edward Hamm, sec retary of the chancellery of the Cuno cabinet : Adam Stegerwnld, former pri infer of Prussia and Deputy (ileslMM'ts. formerly minister of posts. The lat ter two were released, but the, French are continuing to noitt recrctnry I in unit on the ground that nfhcinls active in the tierman government nan been forbidden to enter the occupied area. STIIYVE8ANT FISH DEAD IN NEW YOKIl Death Occurred Suddenly as He Pre pared to Fulfill a Business engage ment. ' My tb MMCMM rilH.1 New York. April 10. Stuyvesnnt Fisb."banker and former President of the Illinois Central railroad, died suddenly today. Mr.- Fish, Who was senior director of the National Park IJank, collapsed as he entered the hank to attend a di rectors meeting flits morning. He died almost instantly of heart failure. Presleiit Plans Aitotller Trip. (Hy the Automated lreB.l Washington, April , 10. President Hardig hopes to visM Ai aska this sum mer when he goes to the Pacific coast on his speech making trip. Although definite arrangements have not been made, it was said nt the white bous: that he probably would be alse to leave for the trip about June 20, and reach Alaska about July 15th. Slight Somv Fell at Abbeville, S. C Monday. Abbeville. 8. C, April 9. A slight snow fell here this, morning between 8 and il o'clock, lasting several min utes. Cannot Recover on Cancelled Contract. Washington, April 9. Antlciiated profits lost tlfrough the cancellation of war contracts cannot lie recovered from the Federal government, the Su preme Court held tislay In three cases. A Swedish scientist is said nvnuvc devised n steam nrclimnbittir by means of which it la possible to do away with the clumsy and wasteful lwllcr now iu use. The invention Is re gsrdeil as one of the most Important ever made in connection with steam engines. Mrs. A. M. Ilanff died nt her home In Raleigh last Saturday morning aged nn years. Hint was fbe mother of the late Rev. Samuel Hanlf, of Concord, and was one of the. most bf loved women of Italelgh. Son-in-Law of John F. Browning Fatally Shot by Two of Kinsmen Malt take city. I'rah. April 10. ft njauiln W Bnllaatinr. fonaer leilrr f a bjral bank. wa JM aad fatally mum ted la bis b.- aere yrtrrdav waea Uartaer .F. H.mntag. aagai uf Joan F. Rnianlnt; the faavMM sire luvi'ntar. km I Jnka ii. Broaniag, Jr.. mllett to tak Mrs Bnllantyae. who l the Invrnior s dmigtio-r away, after al leged d..m.-.i. dHRattlittv. Mr Bal i-tl,.n .11.,, ln .. i.,,.,,,,,,) , b,mt9 p,, . wo ,M1t. Hrownli I mti,M De .j,, K;i tin in ne in HMlfnicf.-i.M.. Banal 111 nailing- weie In the i-ii) MIMllllg lb- out- ' .1. 111." I "MM killing. They w l-Oll.i i 1 I be poller leMtigtitbai of Ibe -dosl "lor lme- tiati,.,, V lll-ll I liev ro I.. 1 1., ftnlhiiii in- County Commissioners Discuss Road Matters Board Passes Resolution Asking That Underpass and Not Overhead Bridge Be Erected by the State on the Road Leading From This City to The county commissioners held an other extraoriliniiiy session at Ihe nut house Monday, making the thin! for this month, 'fbe meeting Moti lity was railed for Ihe purpose or llaruaslng the route to lie followed on the construction of (he Concord-Kan- napnlis highway. The board was ad vised that the highv commission i has made u change In it plans for the construction of thbi am of an underpass It niiv head bridge. nl. and Instead plans an over- After visiting anil examining tb. - , r. propose! point for the underpass und the overhead bridge the board passed a resolution asking the highway com mission to hold up ptfesent plans and construct the underpnss instead of the overhead bridge. The board members were advised at the meeting that Ihe first plans adopt- I bv the highway commission called for the underpass, and it was general ly understood that oil plans would be followed. Iteeentl)'. however, ac cording to information received by the hoard, the overhead bridge plan litis been adopted by the commission, and plans are under wijjyw for Its con stnictfon'. The Isiard was also told at the meet ing that if the overhead bridge plan Is followed, many persona living on ,the west side of the railroad tracks will have to cross them at a grade crossing to get to the highway, whereas if the underpass is built and the present oute of the road is used, these per sons will not have to cross the tracks. The board after visiting the propos ed sites, passed the resolution asking the commission to adopt the nrst plan. and construct the underpnss. CHESTER COiCESSIflSa HAYE KEEN RATIFIED Ratification Made hy the Turkish Na tionalist Assembly at Angora. Angora, April 10. -(By the Associat ed Press) Tne Turkish Nationalist as sembly had rat.fled tire socalled Chest er Railway and .Mining concession. Negotiations for the "'Chester con cession" in Turkey, which includes tlis development of the .Mosul oil region anil the construction of 1.21)0 miles of railroad in the Mesoptaminua neUls were first Instituted by President R-oosevel't. It taken Its name from Rear Admiral C. Chester, now reined, who was sent to Turkey Ii) 1908 to obtain for the United States interests in certain valuable priority rights in the Turkish oil producing district. The former Turkish government some time ago approved the grant, tout action by the nationalist govern ment, at Angora has been awaited. MISSING SALISBl RY YOUTH WRITES HOME ; IN BREMEN Thurston Watkins, IteporteiKMissiilg Since December 18th, is Working on Board Ship. Salisbury, April it Thurston Wat- kins, the 20-year kins, of this place, who was reported missing on December 18th, is at Hre.- men, Germany, according to n postal enrd written by him to Tils father and received today. lb- stated that lie wis working board vessel and that he expected to land In the United States within the next two weeks. Merchant Wounded by Robbers. i ar the Hurt Prea. Elizabeth City, N. C, April 10. Ne- hemlah D. Pendleton, a Weeksville merchant, was in a hospital here to day unconscious from a blow on the head delivered when Ids "tore was rob bed lost night. He was brought here Inst night for treatment. "Night Life in Holly wood The Picture Scum if ion of the Year Piedmont Theatre Tomorrow Here's Your Chance to find Out What the Papers Say Is True. If ifcr man abo did lb uMin the in "I a ban bad a gun." aaw I led John Bniwulac Jr an-urdlac lu the p4hv aa ar hnmlrcl Ibeni a ptaM. lle heal Bx- In It." Manaer asld be sbnt Mr. Rallnn tyac vi. o ibe Utter drew o utalal I I III II ! " I-'' 1 .1 , f .J.1 (),. I.JI. ... m-mm ctaM.I. lag Im ecu Mime' aad BalUntviu when Marin-r tired ilie shut. "Ralbinivne had a gun. and drew It forv.ard alien my -uia siint," mid J,"n " ",,r luV slioulder le .! itMllu late.eiil lo peine ! ers vlr Italhinti .. de,-biril he was unainjeil nn.l had no revolvei in ren. n nl Ihe tint.1 be was abut. Askul whether be had Imn-ii drinking. In- re jHbsl ")," but sbiM.k bis bead in Ibe ifogat'ne to a iti -Hon. "Wife jimi driniL" Kannapolis. A (iOOD ANSWER. Raleigh News and Observer, A tanner who was carrying an ft express package from a city mail order house w.-ik nrcosteil bv n i,.,, ,m.nhiiiit : "Wliv dliln't V( (,,. ,m, i.m nf emnla from me l:c kitl. "I cotilil have saved you the express, and Is1- sides von would have boon natron. IK iiniT n homo slore n-hlch h1nn -r l lll ill, 111,' nil!-, II ml IJVT1J H. T. pay the taxes and builds up this locality." With characteristic frankness, the farmer replied: "Why don't you patronize your home paper and advertise'; I read It and didn't know you had fk the goods 1 have here, nor do I ft, see your name iu the pa par Invit-' ft. Ing me to vour store." XXft BETHLEHEM STEEL TO INCREASE ITS WAGES I Amount of Increase Believed to Be About 11 Per Out., Though Not Of ficially Announced. (By tbe Anaoclnttd lren.) Xew York. April 10. President Eu gene E. Frace, of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, today announced nn in crease in wages would become effec tive in the manufacturing plants on April 10th. While tbe amount of in crease will not Is' made public until the details are developed through the employes of the presentation system at the different plants, it is said to cor respond to 11 per cent, increase an nounced yesterday by the Catted States Steel Corporation, THE COTTON MARKET Opened At Advance of 8 to 22 Points Owing to Firmness of Liverpool. Hy the A 4tfl led !', I Xew York, April If). The cotton market opened at an advance of s di 22 points owing to the continued tirin ness of Liverpool and reports of un settled weather. May sold up to VMM and .llll.V-to 2!.2"i on the call, but the market again met considerable scat tering near month liquidation. May eased off to 2.UKJ. or aboutv 11 points from the beat, and there were smaller reactions in the new crop months. Cotton futures opened firm : May :t().(H: July -MK25: October 25.fc; De cember 2o.2S ; January 24.SI0. FKSS SAYS HARDING WILL BE NOMINATKD Senator From Ohio Thinks the Presi dent Will Have No Opposition in Re publican Convention. (Hy the Associated Press. i Chicago, April 10. Senator Simon D. Fess, of Ohio, declared in a speech last night before the Hamilton Club in, Opnuirlotit Tlni'illiiir n-lll In ili! "' - renominated le, the tepitiilh nn rS4ZZLLjZ" . ...... I ........ ..!H,,., ,;ii., nml ill Y . i i .. . i .',.;i, .... oe i c-cn- n-u u, o i.m,;' iiiiij." the strength of the administration's accomplishments. Senator Fess said he was express ing his personal opinion and had not lieon authorised to make a campaign speech for the President. 10 Candidates For Major and AleV meii at Monroe, Monroe, Apr.l 9. With 16 candi dates for aldermen and two for mayor, the democratic .primary lor Monroe, to be held Saturday, April, 14, promises to be one of the most hotly contested ones ever held in this t city. The candidates are a 1 good umu which will "help to complicate matters In Ibe minds ot the voters when they get ready to cast their ballots. Bridgrwater Storage Heavy Since Ralfall. , Hickory, April 10. A report rrom Brldgewater since the recent heavy rains gives the water as 24 feet below the spi Iways. At cue time during the winter Hie water was 65 feet below and is estimated That the rains tween now and July will fill the great reservoir, from which the power plants on the Catawba river will be fed during the summer mid fall. Mr. aid Mrs. J. W. Darnell left this morning for Elkln. where Mr. Darnell will conduct a land sale. l oltl. sFUlv; MTU ON S CASH PIVMFST ( aa Be MaaW in Mil Mill Dr. a Henry I'.t.I tin. worked -ml I I ptaa. It snanmaid ymrrday. gift WDK b. upon tbi- lulnal pj.ilin ul of i. ii prreua In Ibe-t ultrtl Stair rlll he listed by aa auihortod dealer as a pr..s. in . owner m Ford BSaat car. and when tbe laKiaDmcat- equal the price uf ihe . ar d in. i v, win be made. In kmuc .-- ii may lake er ernl monltm U-fr- Ibe prhi- of Ihe car l fully paid. The length of time ui making tue payments will make no diflereui-e. Tlie aMnfjat tile buyer's nuuie will be kifit on Ibe list and after a. striuuanilal piviiu-nt Is made, ir will be p..- -. urnvbli-tl MltoCactary ref (leiaen are given In obi. i in tosscs.iun of Ibe car. the babiuie lieiag piid on the iiislabliK ul plan h la uoiv the case with Ibe deferred paynjeill system Iu vogue wllh Ihe Ford .oor Cmsiuy is well as by many other automobile (01 rraii. This new plan, which goes iuto ef feel toinorrow, is ilifTereut from the ctistouinrv deferreil napneai system iu that Ibe -null I payments will lie made, nt any local bank an:l will draw the regular Interest of -livings depos its. A special card for these piy menls Is provided. It provides for weekly payment of a stated sua) but the prosMi-tivi' owner may increase his weekly installments nt will, there by advancing the date when he will get possession of the car. In the formal announcement, signed by Kdsel It. Ford, as President of the Ford Motor Company, it is st.itcd that this plan "extends to the whole family an opportunity to participate in the car purchase by permitting each mem ber to contribute a small amount weekly to the plan with the whole some effect of inculcating thrift anil also demonstrating the lienetits to he received from regular and consistent accumulation of funds to spend for things desired. The price reduction of Ford cars and trucks which went into effect last October, bringing them to the lowest level in the history of the Ford Motor Company, opened a market of unusual proportions ami with the inauguration of tbe. Ford weekly purchase plan this market now becomes even more comprehensive." The regulations on the weekly pnr Chase curd specify that interest will be payable only on completion of-all pay outs If made regularly, or when de livery can lie made by the dealer through applying the total amount of the deposit as a lirsi payment. In tbe event of a condition arising whereby the prospective buyer should find it impossible to complete his pay ment for the car selected, the amount of money deposited iu tbe bank may be. wiUalruwiit eota iiiug. m.4s- lo tin depositor. It is stipulated, however, thill this privilege of withdrawing de posits credited to the Fool weekly pur chase plan will lie permitted only In cases of extreme emergency at the dis cretion of the bank and the dealer. i. r. v. TO INVESTIGATE ACT OF LEGISLATURE Which Eliminated Pullman Surcharges on Passenger Traffic Within Borders of This State. ;iij the AuMH-tateil Preu.) Washington. April 10. Acting on the petition of all railroads operating In North Carolina, the Interstate Com merce Commission today ordered an investigation of the action taken by the State of North Carolina to elimi nate Pullman surcharges on passenger frn-tbe within the borders of that state. On March .'Ird, lttlilt. by an act of the general assembly of the state, rail roads were required to cease collect, tng the .To per cent, surcharge on l'uli mnrt farces, the notice slated, anil the railroad petition reported Unit such requirements constituted a discrimina tion against interstate passenger traf fic. After North Carolina state offi cials have Is-en notified and have re sponded to (he railroads' petition the times and places for hearing will be set. I All. i la j Meeting Rocky River Mission ary Society. The Agnes Penick Missionary Socie ty of Rocky River Presbyterian Church will meet with Mrs. Whit Pharr Thurs day at 10:30 a. m. Mrs. Kellersberg er. of Concord, n returned missionary, will be present and make an address to the members-at - o'clock in the af ternoon. This will he an all-day meet ing and the members will serve lunch at 12 o'clock. It is desired to have nil .m.,,l,., .,....,., .... ,1,1.. ..,!.,.. rp, I '"" 'Wl 'I I - mn-reij has been extended in invitation To" tn guests of this time. the Rocky River Society Petitions of Railroads Denied. (Ht the Asaoclated Prvaa., Washington, April 10. Petitions asking for reconsideration of the re cent ruling requiring railroads to sell Interchangeable mileage books at re duced rates were dented today by the Interstate Commerce Committee. Mrs. P. B. Ralford, Jr., Is confined to her home on Franklin Avenue with an attack of tonsilitls. Firing of Dry Agents on Young Workers is Now a Closed Incident (Br the Aaaoelated Pfvaa.1 Ashevllle, April 10. Damage's to the aulomoblle occupied by Miss Rosalie Howeii and Miss Mary (Jwynn, Y. W. C. A. stuff members, fired upon by nro- hr- hihillon olflccra near Greenville, S. C Saturday evening, have lieen iiald by U T. Queen, iu charge of the prohibi tion officers, and the Incident will be closed as fur as they are concerned, the young women said today. The young women. While indignant over the treatment to which they were subjected-"While en route from this RADICALS ARRESTED ' vimr it w .HAUL ft! NATIONAL CAPITAL Several Persons Are Being Held by the Police for In- estimation, as a Result of the Raids.. SOME ARRESTED ERE RELEASED Police Visited Meeting Place of One Group and Ten Ar rests Were Made, Five Be ing Released Later. (By the Aaaaetalrd ITMa.) Washington, April 10. Seven per sons were lieing held by the mltv to day for investigation following a round-up of alleged radicals in two raids here last night Iu which Dejitirt ment of Justice agents purttHpated. A i inutility of radical literature sri7,od was being examined by the government agents. Iu the first raid ten persons were taken to police headquarters out of. more than a score who had gathered at the typographical temple to at tend a meeting In behalf of Win. Z. Foster, labor leader, under the aus pices of the labor defense council. They were apparently unaware that the meeting, the police were informed, had Ikh'ii called off by officers of the) typographical union when they learn ed of its nature. The five held on an investigation charge out of this gronp included a man who gave his name as Edward J. Irvine, secretary of the District of Columbia local of the Workers Patty of America. SI PRFME COURT RULING ATTACKED BY GOMPERS Minimum Wage Law Decision Is Not Papular Willi Federation of Labor Chief. I Br i lie Aeaoelatrd Prrw.1 Washington, April 10. The Supreme Court's decision invalidating the Dis trict of Columbia minimum wage law. vviS declared today by Samuel (Join liers. president of the American Feder ation of Uibor. to have "basely" set forth tfto-'-Ycjit-trrmn-rj' employer jHilnt of wage earners." "Five justices, a bare majority of one," said Mr. Oompers in a formal statement, "have taken from the worn-' en and girl wage earners the protec tion that guaranteed them something approaching a fair wage and fair hours of work. "1 recall no recent decision which so basely sets forth the reactionary em ployer viewpoint of wage earners. The court says that labor is to be bought just as groceries are bought. To buy the labor of a woman in the District is now like buying pigs feet in a butch er shop, according to the learned Jus tice Soutberland, who wrote the de cision. "Has the Justice ever read the Clay ton act which says 'The labor of a human lieing is not a commodity or ar ticle, of commerce?' "AH progressive men and women must resent the language used by the court in this decision. It demeans humanity. Women and girl wage earners are to lie bought, over the counter. Thus does the court put human beings In the class of commodi ties to be .the subect (if highly organ ized, powerful, commercial traffic. It is appalling and almost beyond com prehension that such language, and such reasoning should be. written into a decision of our court of lust, re sort." Says Tariff Docs Not Affect the Sugar Prices. IB? the Asaariated PTaa. Washington, April 10. President Harding has received informal assur ance from the Tariff Commission that the new tariff law has bad no effect on the price of sugar, and it was in dicated at the White House today that the commission would confer with him on the subject sometime during tbe week. ijLiituicral Tax Redaction if Any. (By the Aaaoelateu Press. i WaBhing'ton. April 10. President Hurtling believes that If a raluction Is made ln Federciaxes t sholild apply nil along the linb, and not solely to surtaxes. Governor of Minnesota Signs Anii Mask BUI. St. Paul, Minn.. April 9. Governor J. A. O. Prcus today signed the Cain anti-musk hill which was fiually pas sed last week by the Legislature. Supporters of the measure said) It was aimed at the Ku Klnx Klan. city to Greenville, said they do not wish to enter Into any legal procr-ml-Ings against the prohibition officers. Many of their friends havw urged them to have charges preferred against the officers, who. the Y. W. C. A. workers said, at no time protended to have a warrant for them or to scorch their car. but they wish no further public ity, they said, and are content with set tlement nf Ihe damages to their car, which Whs struck by three revolver bullets fired by the prohibition officers. 1