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Sen. Overman Issued Warn*
ing in An Address Deliv
ered Before Kiwanis Club
Here Friday Night.
WARNS AGAINST
THE BOLSHEVIKI
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Says Too Many Amendments
to Constitution Are Being
Offered—Favors the States
Keeping Rights.
An address l>y Senator I<ee S. Over
man, of Salisbury, and several vocal
selections by Mr. AtanD. Prindell, of
tills city, were features of the tweet
ing on Friday evening of the Kiwanis
Club of Concord, held at the Y. M. C.
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Besides Senntqr Overman and Mr.
Prtadetk the Ki wantons had as guests
at the meeting, Kotarins Luther Hart
sell, Bill Sherrill, Fab Haywood, Bail
ey Wonilile and Maury ltichnioml. Mr.
W. H. Dewesse, of this city, und Mr.
Staunton .Northrup, of New York City.
The eftil) transacted no liiis<liiohh at
the meeting, which was turned over
to Major Will Foil, chairman of team
No. ,7, in charge of the program.
Mr. Alan D. Prindell, who lias op
ened a music studio In this city, gave
his hearers a splendid treat with two
vocal solos, his accompaniment lieing
rendered by Miss Nell Herring at the
piano. Both' solos were heartily ap
plauded, and were greatly enjoyed by
■every one.
After the introduction of visitors,
Major Foil introduced the speaker of
the evening, Senator Lee B..Overman,
who. the major declared, was repre
senting the greatest State In the
rnion; and this State has never In its
history heed so well represented In
the Senate of the United States Ooiy
Jjjtomt as It la at present. ~r ;
Senator Overman, In acknowledging
the introduction, said- there was one
thing the Major failed to state, and
that is the fnct that the Kepgtor is a
fellow Kiwnnlan. He then presents
to his audience a matter Which be (le
-ir*tw«v-|rmtm.|' menace whfoh
faces ottr great nation tudfly. “The ef
forts (ft 'certain men and organisations
To centralise power in the Congress, 0
and made an urgent plea for the com
nervation of our constitution, which
is “the foundation of our country- and
flic cause of our liberty.”
Senator Overman was especially se
vere in his criticism of those people
who would “amend our constitution
until we tafve none left.” He pointed
'ont that there are 71 hills to amend
the constitution pending in Congress
now, and warned that some 'of them
were very dangerous, especially those
which would direct the teaching of
'' birth control arid would take awny cer
tain powers of our courts.
Senator Overman was also emphat
ic in his denunciation of the amend
ment relative to regulating child lnbor
In the United States. "If we pass an
-amendment stating that no children
can work until they are 18, and such
ail amendment 'has been offered, we
will raise a nation of idlers and loaf
ers.” Each state should 1* allowed
to make Its own laws relative to the
working of children, the Senator de
clared-, and as an example of the effi
ciency of this plan, he pointed out. that
in a senate committee last year It was
admitted that North child
labor law Is the finest to be found
In this country. >
“If we pass this amendment,” said
Senator Overman, “we will have short
haired women and long haired meu
sleuthing in our factories and telling
ns how to run our business! The di
vine right of states to regain t%matters
should not be taken'away by amend
ments, a majority, of which are passed
by a small number of people.*!
The seventeenth, eighteenth and the
nineteenth amendments were passed
by less than 3,000 persons each, he
said. This number represented about
three-fourths of the members of the
legislntures of the various states In
the Union.
Senator Overman said that he fa-
I voretV one of the seventy-one amend
ment offered to Congress. “That is
the Wadeworth amendment,” be ex
plained. “This amendment would put
nH future amendments up to the peo
ple, and that is who should decide
them. Yon can’t force any law cre
ated by a change in the constitution
when the majority of the people do,
not favor the change.”
Senator Overman Issued a warning
against bolahevitti, declaring they are
attempting togain control of Congress.
“They will take the powers from our
• courts, oneb they get control,” he Earn
ed, “and put everything in the band*
CdhgreMMte th
bearers to fight against any movement
that tends to further break down the
constitution and weaken the rights of
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Hickory People Carry Re
formed Church Synod Del
egates to Blowing Rock for
Big Barbecue. -
BUSY SUNDAY IS
PLANNED FOR ALL
Visiting Delegates to FilL the
Hickory Pulpits—Morning
Session Was Devoted to
Routine \ Business.
. dr the Associated Press.!
Hickory, May 2<i.—Delegates to the
triennial Synod of the Heformed
Chureh in the Ignited States took a
half holiday today and went on on au
tomobile trip to Blowing ltock. fortv
miles a Way, as guests of the Hickory
people.
The morning session of the Synod
was devoted to routine business," and
many visitors and delegates left in the
forenoon for the resort, which la one
of the highest points In the United
States. A hnrbeciie will lie served
there late today and the excursionists
will return late tonight.
Visiting ministers will occupy pnl
pits here tomorrow, and a men’s mass
meeting will lie held during the after
noon. An honr later a negro chorus
will render a sacred concert.
Foreign Missionary Night.
Hickory, N. C„ May 25 (By the As
sociated Press). —There are no less
than ; 1,200,000,000 jieople in the world
today in need of the Gospel and among
these there are only aliont 25,000 mis
sionaries including their wives, the
Rev. Allen R. Bartholomew, of Phil
adelphia, told the general synod of the
Reformed Chnrch in the United States
here tonight:
Mr. Bartholomew, who Is Secretary
of the board of forWgn missions of the
Reformed church, was the chief speak
er of "Foreign Mlgalon Evening," and
took as his topic "The Lure of the
Task." in specifying the-'needs of
missionary work he declared that
Chin* with 400.000,000 inhabitants lias
missionary to every (iil.XJOfi; Africa with
1«M)00,000 has one to evei'y 40,000
atttl Japan with 60,000,000 has one to
every 50,000.
"No one can look out upon thp world
With its perishing masses, fie said,
"and not see that the tollers for Christ
have been fishing too near the shore—
in the narrows where few fish are to
be.found. Christian America with its
hundred millions all of whom can )>e
within the sonnd of the Gospel Is on
ly the narrows when compared with
the thousand millions in JaiMin, China,
India and Africa, away from the hope
of Salvation."
The present day task of the church
is to woo all inaukihd to Christ, Mr.
.Bartholomew told his audieuc and he
added: "These are critical days for
the church, he nation and the world.
The world war' Is at au end but the
world work has just liegun. There
are new tasks and great opportunities
that confront us as co-workers with
Christ. A new era lies ahead of us.
Hope sits enthroned in the hearts of
true believers. Out of the midst of
the world's tragedy God Is speaking
to His people. We are to he up anil
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THE COTTON MARKET
Was Some Further Realizing or Scat
tered Liquidation in Market.
(By the Associated Frees.
New York. May 26.—There was>ome
further realizing or scattering liquid
ation in the-cotton market this morn
ing. A disposition to close ont long
contracts following the sharp advances
of the earlier week was doubtless pro
moted by reports of continued jwor
trade in she market for cotton goods,
and reiterated talk of increased Fall
River mill curtailment. Offerings were
very well taken, on an opening decline
of 2 to 20 points, however, and the
market, was steady during - the early
trading owing to further reports of
ra4us or' showers in the eastern belt
sections.
Cotton futures opened steady: July
26)90; Octolier 24.40; December 24.02;
January 23.75; March 28.72.
SHIPS COLLIDE
Steamer Metagama and Freighter Bar
ron Vernon Collide.
*' Glasgow, May 26 ( By the Associated
Press) s—The Steamship Metagama,
iMiund from Glasgow for Quebec and
Montreal with 1,100 passengers, was
hi collision today with the British
freighter Baron Vernon. The tfrelght
er was seriously damaged and the lin
er only slightly so. .Some of the
freighter's crew had remarkable es
capes. '
• Mr. Marvin Bather's Condition Im
| proved. *. -., -v
(By the Aeeeelate* Frees.)
that Mr Snther win now able t<f rit
up a short while each day. Mr. Suth
er lias been In a hospital for the past
fire weeks, and his many friend* here
and elsewhere will be interested in th*
• improvement es his condition.
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• depicting scenes She has visited.—-i .
CONCORD, N. C. ( SATURDAY, MAY 26, 1923.
Commencement Program for Concord
Schools Announced by Officials
Commencement exercises ai the
public schools in Concord will begin
next Thursday evening, .May 31st,
and continue through Monday even
ing, June 4th. The full commencement
program, covering the 6 »ammai
schools and the high schools, was
announced Friday by Prof. A S.
Webb, super.ntedent of the schools.
Concond people will have tilt
privilege of hearing two able speak
ers during the commencement- exer
cises of the high school this yea;-.
One of tljem Is Rev. W. C. i.y«riy,
popular pastor of Trinity Ret-irmed
Church, of this city, who delivers "me
baccalaureate sermon. The otner is
Dr. Wi,;Him H. Frazer, President of
Queens College, Charlotte, who will
deliver the literary address.
The commencement finals will-be
gin on’Thursday evening,'May oist<
when the commencement exercises of
Central Grammar and No. z Gram-!
mar Schools wiM he held, the exer-!
rises to be held in each school, and to
begin in each instance at 8 o’clock.
HERIOICLARKSOMB
NAMED BY GOVERNOR
To Be Associate Justice of
North Catalina Supreme
Court—Guthrie Wtihdrew
His Name.
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--(Bg the Associated Press.)
Raleigh. May 26.—Ileriot Clarkson.
Charlotte lawyer,, this morning was
Hiqiointed liy Governor Morrison suc
cessor to the late Platt D. Walker ns
Associate Justice of the North Caro
lina Supreme Court,
The anncmneeihent of Mr. Clarkson's
appointment was contained in a two
line statement in which Governor Mor
rison merely stated he had appointed
Air. Clarkson to succeed Platt D. Wal
ker, deceased.
Although It was not learned at the
executive office whether the withdraw
al of T. C. Guthrie, of Charlotte, of
his name from among those lieing en
dorsed for the place had anything to
do with the selection of Mr. Clarkson,
the appointment was announced a few
minutes after the new? Vs Mr. Guth
rie's action had lieen received here hi
a uewsjljsjmteh from CJjjgrlottq.
Charlotte, May’26.—T. G. Guthrie,
of Charlotte, who had been prominent
ly tnehtioned as a successor to the late
Justice Platt 1). Walkter telegraphed
Governor Morrison early today asking
that he no longer lie considered in this
connection.
With Our Advertisers.
The feast of bargains at Fisher's
Is great. Read the new ad. today
and see.
The T. & G. Electric Co., next door
to the Concord Telephone Exchange,
fins/ taken over the business of the
Electric Appliance Co. See ad. In
this issue.
It will lie a treat to you to see the
line of furniture at Bell & Harris.
Big reductions, too.
Get an automatic refrigerator and
have good cold drinking water all
summer. The Concord Furniture Co.
has them. , ~.y ,
The Concord & Kannapolis Gas Co.
is offering tefi extra coupons each giv
ing you a ehance at an automobile,
and $lO for your old stove in trade
for a new> modern cabinet gas range.
The Electrik-Mnid will arrive next
Tuesday morning.
All kinds of house wiring done by
W. J. Hetlioox, West Depot street,
phone 669.
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Park Invited to Cruise on the Levia
than. 1
Raleigh. N. C„ May 26.—John A.
Park, Raleigh publisher, lias accepted
an Invitation, extended by Aliiert D.
Lasker, Chairman of the United States
Shipping Board, to- lie a passenger on
the trial trip of Steamship Leviathan,
ns guest of the Shipping Board. /
The Levtathau, said to be the larg
est vessel afloat, will leave Boston
some time betwe'en June 15 and 21,
and .will cruise to the vicinity of Cuba,
returning to New York. The ship w r ill
visit no ports, according to the letter
of Chairman Lasker to Mr. Park. The
crpise will take about sixty days.
"The purpose of the trial trip .Is to
provide a thorough test for the ship’s
steward Service In order that, when the
Leviathan sails on her first trip to
Europe with paid passengers, this or
ganization will have full experience,”
the Shipping Board announcement
said. 1"
Production of North Carolina Pine.
Washington, D.. C„ May 26. —The
production of North Carolina pine in
April amounted to 52,500,000 as com
pared with 01,460,000 in March and
51,180,000 for the ebrresponding month
of last year, a< < ording to Igures rt
te.ved by the Department of Com
merce.
The production lof Southern pine
amounted to 42S,4?1;000 feet as against
480,966,000 fee.: in March, whit-, stocks
at the end of April wefle 1,056,000
feet as compared -with 1,107,612,000
feet on Marci .jl, and 1,159,422,000
feet at the end of April, 11122,accord
ing to the announcement. Ptoductlon
of oak flooring declined to 30,700,000
feet and compares with 10,:>S2.000
feht produced in Apt 11 a year ago.^
000 feet compares with 12,344.0'hi' feet
produced In Match and 9,478.000 in
April. 1922. ' - -
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The high school declamntion
cCtatiun contest wIH .be held in the
auditorium at Central School on Fri
day evening June latj at 8 o’clock.
The bacca:aureate sernrm n< ihe
members of the graduating class at
th? -high school w-11l be delivered in
the auditorium ai Central School on
Sunday, June 3rd. at 11 a. m. b/ Rev.
W. C. Lyerly. Congregations nf
the city are mostdoiMinlly invited by
‘the school officials to attend tile ser
vice, and it Is certain that no s«s
vices will be held in a majority of the
Churchts here on thill morning
Hie graduating exercises\or the
high school' will take place in • the
Central School auditorium on Mondny
evening June 4th;' 8 o'clock. The
annual literary address will he de
livered by Dr. prater. Prasident of
Queens College, and! a speaker of
great popularity amnb-r Concord and
Cabarrus county /peaple.
The exercises as Announced abovt
wlll be open to th? general public, i
FIPOWBBECT
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England, Spain, France, Italy
and Holland Give Views on
the Recent Supreme Court
Decision.
(By the AAeddnl Frees.)
Washington, May ap>.—Five foreign
governments have already made known
to the State department tlieir position
in regard to the recent Supreme Court
ruling against the presence of liquor
on foreign ships inside the three mile
limit.
Besides the communication received
yesterday from the British embassy
the department has received the views
of tlie Spanish government also in
writing, nnfl the attitude of tlm French.
Italian and Dutch gtp-cniuicnfs have
lieen presented orally to Secretary
Hughes. ,f '
In substance It, was said today at I
(he department tlx* live countries take
the same position jp Calling attention
to the “inconvenUijttetj” resulting from
the court- also point ont
that freedom in infej-nntionul com
■mssdmssimgs&iz-
Ity between nations iu this regard are
abandoned.
LADY ASTOB WOULD GYVE
PROHIBITION SQUARE DEAL
Begs English People to Look Kindly
on American Experiment.
London, May 26.— 'Lady Astor,
American-liorn member of the British
aristocracy, appealed to the people of
her adopted! country to treat America
fairly on the prohibition uestion and
to cease milking a joke of it, in a
speech today at a luncheon given in
honor of Dr. Nicholas Murry Butler,
president of Columbia Universiry.
It came as a surprise to the gather
ing, which had been served- with rare
wines from the cellars of one of Lon
don's century-old guild hails, wiien iu
reply to a toast to Anglo-Ahrerican
relations, offered by Dr. Inge, dean of
St Paul’s, Lady Astor arose and im
mediately launched into a rervid
prohibition talk.
fit is very, galling to have somebody
always making fun," she said in her
broad Southern tones, “and it has got
to stop.”
If British relations with America
were to ibe continued at' their best,
she continued, England must look
kindly on the great experiment
which the American people were con
ducting, for this, she said, was Amer
ica’s contribution to civilization, just
as the formation and adinistration of
the British Empire was Britain’s con
tribution. ~
Bull Smashes Two Red Autos Parked
Outside His Pasture.
Rochester, N. Y., May 23. —Two val
uable automobiles tielonging to Ernest
and Earl Blaisdell, of Wolcott, were
liadly damaged When charged upon and
butted by an enraged Durham bull to
day, When farmers came to the res
hue of the motor cars they were forced
to retreat until pitchforks and stout
cliilis were obtained with which to
bent the animal back' into a pasture
near by.
The Blaisdell brothers, being twins,
they affect the same tastes, and their
cars are both pointed a deep red.
which attracted the attention of the
bull when they Were parked on a road
near his pasture.
His anger rising rairtdly, the anWmil
snorted and stamped altont, and finally
broke down a stout stone and tire
fence surrounding tlie lot. With
lowered head fie charged /he two ma
chines and badly crumpled both back,
and rear parts of the cars.
Driven back by five strong farmers
summoned to the rescue, he succeeded
in smashing several qrates of eggs
awaiting shipment before he returned
to the. pasture.
Object to Removal es Dittemore.
(By the AwMM-mtea Prese.)
Boston, May 26 A master's report
to the effect that the directors of the
First Church of Christ Scientists, did
not have the legal right to remove
John V. Dittemore as a member of the
board, was filed in the aiassachusetts
Supreme Court today by Frederic
Dodge, a former federal' judge. Mr.
Dodge heard testimony as to the facts
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OCCUPIED DISTRICT
REPORTED Bf FRENCH
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Albert Schlageter, Charged
With Sabotage on Rail
roads in Occupied Regions,
Shot to Death.
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WENT TO DEATH
WITHOUT FALTER
Man Admittted That He Had
Blown Up Tracks.—Re
garded as Chief of a Mur
der Gang.
~ Dusseldorf, May 26 (By the Associ
ated Press). —Albert Schlageter was
executed iiy French troops today for
sabotage on railroads in the occupied
regions mid other offenses. He was
shot in a stone quarry near a ceme
tery Hnd his body was delivered forth
with to the cemetery authorities. This
is tlie first execution in the occupied
'zone.
Scliiageter was escorted to the quar
ry liy two priests and went unfalter
ingly to his, death. Ten shots were
fired n-t him.
Besides sabotage, Solilageter. a for
mer Prussian officer, was convicted by
a French court martial of espionnge
and association with criminals. He
ndmitted that he had blown up rail
road trackj) and bridges. The French
regarded him ns a chief of the murder
gangs which have been carrying on a
campaign of terror against the occupa- 1
Hon- of the Ruhr. >
Back Government.
Ixindon, May 26 (By the Associated
Press). —It iB stated that the Federa
tion of German industrialists has in
formed the German government that
the members of the federation are pre
pared to give the requisit guarantes
for loans for reparations payments,
says a Reuter dispatch from Berlin
today.
EMPLOYEES BUY HEAVILY >
OF STANDARD OIL STOCK
Within Three Years They Will Be the
Largest Single Group of Stockbold
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(By (he Amkl«M4 Free.)
Chicago, May 26.—Three years hence
the employees of the Standard Oil
Company (Indiuna) will lie the larg
est group of stockholders collectively,
and will own more stock than any
other individual or Collective group of
stockholders of the company, if the
employees patronize the stock purchas
ing plan in the next three years as
they have in the last two. ’ This an
nouncement was made today by the
company in commenting on the result
of the plan during the two years of
its existem>e.
The announcement says that of the
37.000 stockholders, IQ.OOO are now
employees and have purchased stock
under the plan, which provides that
for every dollar an employee puts up
for the purchase of stock the company
'will add r>o cents to tlie employee’s
credit in the purchase', providing, how
ever, htat no employee can purchase
more than an amount equal to 20 per
cent, of liisTsalary.
As soon as an amount sufficient to
buy one share of stock is ranched the
purchase is made and dividends to the
employee begin. At the end of five
years all of the stock purchased in
this manner is 'delivered to the em
ployee.
A few concrete examples of how this
plan works are' interesting. Two
years ago an office hoy earning SSO a
month contributed $lO of this monthly
wage to purchasing stock. Today lie
has nine shares and with.the small
cash balance of $12.50 he has to liis
credit $575. His net profit is $340.
Another employee whose salary is
SSOO a month put in SIOO to the pur
chase of stock. He has now 94 shares,
which has a total value of $5,911. His
net profit for the two years is $3,561.
Men Who Shoved the Queer in Salis
bury Under Arrest.
Salisbury, May 25.—-Dr. Archibald
Henderson, distinguished son of Salis
bury, will deliver the literary address
at the close of the local high (school on
the night of June 4. At the same
time diplomas will lie given to about
50 graduates of the high school. Tfhe
annual sermon will lie preached by
Rev. R. H. Daughter}-, of Winston-
Salem.
Three men, supposed to he the men
who passed counterfeit S2O hills on
Salisbury folks some wtVks ago. have
been arrested in Chicago. , Photo
grape of tlie meu under Hrrest have
tieen sent to Sheriff Krider and vic
tims of the counterfeiters say they see
resemblance of the men in the photo
graps which the ' officer has, Chicago
officers say the men admit having got
ten rid of some of the counterfeit as
they passed through Salisbury.
Vardre.v I’harr, a Salisbury negro,
wlio carved up Ids wife during a quar
rel in February, has been arrested in
Philadelphia and will he brought hack
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Denies Improprieties With Hornsby.
(By (he taaoeteted Pres*.)
St. Louis, May 2(l.—Miss Jeanette
Pennington, divorced wife of John A.
Hine, today emphatically denied im
proprieties with Roger* Hornsby, of
the St. Louis Cardinals, champion
batsman last year 4>f the National
League. She stated sherifiiew the ball
player, but never been to hi* compuny
prior to her divorce.
TURCO-GREEK TROUBLE
DEFINITELY SETTLED NOW
Details Will Be Arranged Later.—Pos
sibility of Hostilities Gone.
London, May 26 (By the Associated
Press)—Tlie Turco-Greek controve) ai
which it waj feared might result
hostilities, has lieen settled, says the
'Exchange Telegraph disjiutcb from
lansanne this ufterhoon. The details,
the tjjessnge adds, will lie arranged lat
er.
A message to Reuters from Lausanne
was confirmatory of the other advices,
telling of the settlement of the Turco-
Greek dispute.
A virtual agreement for a settle
ment was reached after a 3 hour con
ference at toiusanne. according to tlie
advices and ex-prpjnier Venizelos ,of
Greece, on emerging from the
enee said to newspaper men: "Peace
Want Allies to Act Together.
. Pnris, May 26 (By the Associated
Press). —The French government has
asked Great Britain und Italy throngb
their ambassadors in Paris to join it
in making urgent representations to
Athens to the eft'ect that the allies are"
determind not to iM-onie involved iu a
possible Turco-Greek conflict, and
would neither prevent the Turkßsli
army from crossing to Thrace, nor al
low the Greek fleet to enter the Dar
da uelles.
SOLDIER KILLED IN
FIGHT WITH BANDITS
Prisoners Are Negotiating Directly
With Bandit Chiefs for Their Re
lease.
Tfenstin, May 26 (By the Associat
ed Press). —One soldier was killed and
two captured in fighting yesterday
against the Shantung train bandits, ac
cording to a telegram from Tsaoch
wang.
It is lielieved that farmers also
joined in tlie firing to protect their
crops j/rom marauders.
In a letter written to tlie British,
consulate nt Lichengand received here
today U. H. Rowlntt, of London, re
lated that he and the other foreign
captives liad been conferring with the
j bandits regarding terms for their re
lease. Rowlatt said he sent down a
message to the village where the ban
dits’ chiefs live for responsible rep
resentatives to be sent up to the moun
tain top for a conference with the
prisoners. Four chiefs appeared and
after considerable discussion they pre
sented definite terms which did not
differ widely from previous demands.
The yriiiefs insisted that any agree
ment with the Chinese government lie
countersigned by a representatives of
the diplomatic corps who would act
as guarantor.
RUM RUNNERS ACTIVE
OFF VIRGINIA CAPES
Ortr Maw. /«aia' to Be Agent of Or
ganization Operating Rtini Fleet,
Has Been Arrested.
<*r the Associated Prw.'
Norfolk. May 20—Federal prohibi
tion agents today were running down
evidence of a gigantic liquor smug
gling syndicate following the arrest
here yesterday of William M. Burwell.
alias William E. Baker, who, they
said, had confessed that lie was operat
ing ns sales agent for an organization
operating the fleet of rum runners
which has been off the Virginia capes
for Inst week.
Burwell, self styled “second in com
mand of the Atlantic nun fleet,’ Ills
wife, and Rex D. Sheldon, all of New
York, were arrested yesterday at a lo
cal hotel where they were held under
gitard all day and last night. War
runts for their arrest clinrged them
with unlawfully conspiring to smug-"
ale and transfer intoxicating liquors
into the United States. The other
two also were said to have eonfeased
to a connection with the liquor smug
gling organization.
The authorities said today they ex
pected to round up members of a gi
gantic liquor smuggling ring with of
fices in New York, Cannfln, London,
•Scotland and the Bermudas. They
said they had evidence that 54 men
composed the syndicate, the majority
of them representing large financial in
terests.
IMAGINATION RUNNING
OFF WITH NEGRO EDITOR
A. H. Boyden Denies Truth of Story
Published to Negro Paper of Balti
more.
(By (he Aaaeela(ed Frees.)
Salisbury, N. C., May 26.—Denial of
the charges published in a negro week
ly paper in Baltimore, that a negro
had lieen lynched here recently and
that armed whites had interfered with
the efforts of some 400 fiegroes to mi
grate northward, was made in n state
ment issued by Postmaster A. H. Boy
den.
Mr. Boyden, who branded the whole
account n fabrication, said he would
seek through influential members of
the race to prevent negroes from read
ing the paper. Tlie account as receiv
ed here, said the negroes were seeking
to take n train to Pennsylvania, and
the whites took and tore up their
tickets and lynched one negro. But
that 191 negroes succeeded in liourdiiigl
a train. .
JENNINGS CASE HAD
TO BE CALLED OFF
Defendant and Prosecuting Witness
Both Failed to Appear in Court for
the TriaL
(By the Associated Frees.)
Elizabeth City, May 26, —Marshall
Jennings, charged with assault with
intent to kill his nephew, Marvin Rus
sell, and the tatter wlifi swore out the.
warrant, failed Vo appear in court here
today for preliminary hearing. Tlie j
defendant’s bond of SSOO was declared
forfeited and capias was issued for
him. ,j
No explanation of the failure of the
men- to appear was offered. Russell
came to town yesterday and exhibited
a buckshot wound in the leg which he
said his uncle had inflicted to their
farm house about six mile* from here.
today ii
if * ***** 2
NO.125.
GREAT PfJJJJ
-run^wTTilH
suTmiir
While Last Russian Note is
Not Wholly Satisfactory,
Possibility of An Agree*
ment Seen.
ENGLAND IS READY
FOR NEGOTIATIONS
And Action is Expected as
Soon as the New Premier
Wants to Settle the Inter
national Questions.
1 London, May 215. —(By the Associat
ed Press). —Great Britain has decided
that there shall lie no break with Rus
sia. It is held ill diplomatic circles
that while the last note from Moscow
is In some respects not wholly satis
factory, the remaining points in the
dispute with the soviet, government
are susceptible of solution.
The government of Prime Minister
Baldwin, it is known, desires to lieghi
"Its career hampered by as few inter
national problems and controversial
political issues as possible. If Leonid
Krassiu, the soviet representative here,
succeeds in having the Moscow govern
ment compromise on Lord Curzon’s re
iterated demand for withdrawal of the
Russian political agents abroad whose
actions have offended Great Britain, it
is lielieved that the British foreign
secretary will inform M. Krassin when
he calls at the foreign office next week
that Great Britain is disposed to dis
cuss with him, or another appointed
plenipotentiary, the whole subject of
internal relations at a conference- to
be called in London in the near fu
ture.
UNCLE SAM PAYS EXPENSE
OF PRESIDENTS TRIP
President to Leave Washington Next
Month on Trip to Alaska.
Washington, May 25.—When Presi
dent Harding leaves Washington next
month on his trill to the far west and
Alaska it will lie the first long jour
ney that he has undertaken since he
entered the White House. To date,
hanlafceh fewer jaunts abtiat-tfeb.
cVWhtry tflan any other of the chief
executives of recent years. From the
day of his inauguration various con-'
iljtions and circumstances have com
bined to keep President Harding close
to Washington.
Uncle Sam will i«ty for the Presi
dent's forthcoming trip. In addition
to his salary of $75,000 a year Con
gress appropriates for all the expenses
of the White House—except the food
served, which the President pays for
out of his own pocket—for his auto
mobiles and carriages, and $25,000 a
year for his traveling exiienses.
Taft was the first President for
whom nil appropriation for traveling
exiienses was made. Before his time
Presidents paid their traveling exj
lienses themselves or accepted the fav
ors of railroads. It was customary for
railroads provide a special car or
train free whenever the President
wished to travel.
The railroads in this way invariably
paid the railway expense of extensive
catppaigu trips of Presidents. This
led to so much criticism that Con
gress inaugurated the provision for
traveling exiienses of Presidents.
Taft used up his $25,000 a year in
triiis arouud the country, for he was
an inordinate traveler. Wilson ex
pended scarcely any of the appropria
tion in the iirst two years and only a
small imrtion in the third year. The
unexpended tialance each year is turn- .
ed bade to the treasury.
The question has urisen as to wheth
er when President Harding departs ,for
Alaska, he will take the presidency
with him or leave it in the hands of
Vice President Coolidge, in Washing
ton. There is no authority under
which the chief magistrate may dele*
gate his powers to anybody. So far
as the Constitution goes, a man is
President of the United "States, or lie
is not. If Xhf President Coolidge lie
comes Actin" Presilient in President.
Harding’s absence, then Warren G.
Harding, during his absence, will not
be President, liecause there cannot be
two Presidents at the same time tin
der the law.
But, in order to put at ease anyone
who may lie anxious concerning this
subject, it may lie well to say that the
President can carry the presidency
with him to Alaska as easily as he
can carry It to New York or to Flori
da. Wherever he may haiipen to lie,
| for the time lieiug there also is the
White House. In these days of lnveu-
Itlon, and convenience, the President
car. be as close to Washington, by
wire and wireless, in Alaska as if he
were on a day’s outing in Virginia.
POSSES NOW SEARCHING
FOR JOHN L. WHITFIELD
Being Sought as the Slayer of Dennis
Griffin, Cleveland Policeman.
«nr the MMfMM Pram.)
i Madison, Wls., May 26.—John L.
I Whitfield, sought as the murderer of
Dennis Griffin, Cleveland policeman,
’was sighted by a member of a Madi
son posse at 3:30 this morning when
he ran out from u grove near Macfar
' laud, police headquarters were -noti
fied. Five large posses in twenty au
tomobiles are closing in an the man be
lieve* to be the now hard-pressed fn
gitive.