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WINST0N-SALEM.;NC: FRIDAY. APRIL 8. 1921
I Sixty Seventh Ye'?r
and Friday
:RM S
DTDGUl
T WAGES
Provisional Re-
bommon JLabor
Labor Board
EARDAPB. 18
other Roads WW
... Renuest: Dc
L, Means That No
till Be Permitted
fades Are Heard
Id labor on tne isew
Eilroad was denied
bon board here to-
irecently asked per
in force cuts of 12
fcur on April 1. The
in to the labor board
Id and employes had
,tween the New York
illed labor employes
jt reduction In wages
rll IS, in conneuuuw
kes which have Been
hrnads. The decision
board also will take
irs disputes m u
kher railroads nave
for common laoor
within the last tnir
side will be given
hresent its argument
hearniK.
may be presented In
loard deemed It ad
idate the hearing on
all twenty-six roads
time, inasmuch as
arguments in each
Umilar.
jab ill
Limited Leaves itft
kr New River,
iSl 01 If 11 HIS
., April 7. An In
the wreck of the
mited, of the Queen
oute, wrecked yes
i River, Tenn., with
lives and thirty in-
las being pushed by
Southern Railway. !
latest damage wad
ledges near the
pen the day coaches
on of the survivors
lound from Jackson-'
Chicago, was on a
spreading rails or
is derailed three
ithree Pullman, cars,:
a short distance pe-
a stop, the dead and
hurt by flying debris
ned so quickly there
think." said J. C.
Bprlngs. Tenn., who
6' to Blackey, Ky. . "I
as In a day coach
r the door to go up
r when I felt the
aa the car left the
it was a derail. The
dust and dirst and
that It wasn't Jos-
uch of anything."
K said none of the
M- but were leanilisr
ledge when the train
train was speeding
a sharp curve and
urchrd against a
ing of rock which
the combination day
oker and the dav
and smashed in the
'ullman. he said. The
he sud. vmre ripped
fans and jris a won-
not killed.
st follows: F. HI
Mich ; K. J. Riuhav
mmich. notrnl-wn.
67. Soldiers' Home.
the list of injured
Somerset hnsnltnl-
W. H. Perkins. Tnla.
fto to the hotel attar
fcsley li. Winter. tt.
Miss Clnssett. Snm.r.
Imuel v. Hivkhi
Mr.
and Mm w a
gham: Tom Mom.i.
Lloyd Richmond, tin
Jacksnn Pa,,Au
Banmntr. Oranri
pvtdson. no address;
pis, Shelbvvlllo ir .
Br.wn, Qllfori
uunsmorA CmiA.
lung, Richmond. Trf '
"at. Mich.: MlnV d
n'i Ranidn: kJ
Pith. Mich w
Mrs. c. C. Sef-
Mich : Mr w.A .
i . . . , wmu cars.
Kin d. m- "
,a- Warsaw, lna . w
ftl'e. Tenn. "
PLAN FOR
AGE REDUCTION
Aliril C . rrw
C'ttee of lh Pen"',!
,rZ?.nx'i PI for
per
!onf.T'?h ?Prtment
n hour and wnnM
ceivino ' no at
rHt"e,,,,0
Un dirSf - 1Tr men.
uren?. orm- "lock OD-
AD AND 30
W amvaaaSS
NWH X
I wa
mill NOT DEFENDANT WILLIALIS OAK
OH -THE, WITNESS
ANY PARI 1M
Georgia Fanner Very Cairn on
. Stand tAnd ToM Story in ;
Steady Tone of Voices
7 ...permission to .T tKVIT)ENCE IS NOW IN
reduction 01 lno ,J ... , - ' , !
WlUuurut Was Only Witness Intro
duced By the Defense; two wic
nrascs For State Oorroboratpd,
i " home Statements - Made Br
, erro Manniu in Story
A - ,. ' ' - f
Covjngtorv 0. April 7.--Bviaefice
In the trial of ; John" A WillUms,
charged' with the.inwder t one of
eleven negroes, who met death ftr
federate investigation : Into alleged
peonage conditions on his farm, wsfj
concluded today,'.-.
Tho only witness for the defense;
was Williams himself who told the
jury..' "I am as Innocent as a man
can be." ,4-
WilUaroa took ; the stand as the
first witness to make a statement In
nwn hrvhalf :'
- "I have never' had any kind of
criminal charge against me. or my
boys before this,"' were among the
first words of WllUama to the Jury.
Williams said his rur grown sons
were amdng tn"er first In the county
to answer the "country's call to war.
"Like most farmers,-! hava bond
ed out negroes and worked them,"
he continued. " 1 '
Williams Said he paid these men
wages. He then told of the. federal
investigation' that started last Febru
ary. He .askeoXjie department l- of
Justice agents to tell . him exactly
what peonage Was, and said, on being
told that working bonded; riegroes,
that ' he told the federal agents he
might have been technically guilty
and "that most Georgia farmers were
if their definition was correct' ! :
"You lyin Scoundrel, you ought to
hava vnur npclr . hrokfl." , Williams
ad one of the agents said to' Man
ning after comparing the version
Williams had given about tha recap
ture of Otis Chapman, a negro, who
had run off and that' Manning had
captured.' T Chapman had ' been
brought back after attacking Man
ning a wiKe, me osienn' nHa.szpwn.
ed. Williams said that Manning de
nied to the agents that he knew of
the character of Chanman. . . ..'
."The surrounding aro muen net
ter man we expected, agents, toia
him, he said, and added, "you may
be technically guilty of peonage."
The agents commented that' the
farm hands were "well fed and well
dressed," Williams said.1. r
"Mr. Johnny you ain't treated me
right; you made me out a liar before
those agents," Williams said Man
ning told him afterwards.
"They told, me IVwas Just aa guilty
of peonage as you. were." he also
quoted the negro as saying. " - .'-t
The last night Preston, Price and
Peterson wtpre seen he said they came
to him and said they Wanted to visit
their homes but would return. s,They
asked for and srot five dollars each.
he added, and he offered to take them
to tne-train. Charlie Chlsholm and
Clyde Manning got fifty cents apiece
from him, Williams declared, and
went off. .' : ., ,
"That was the last I ever saw- of
those boys," he said, referring to Pet
erson, Price and Preston.
Williams said he asked Manning
next day and ihe latter replied:
'.'They Went off fast night"
Williams Was talk In j In a. . rlm
clear voice, and occasionally made a
slow gesture : aahe addressed the
Jury. '' . ; ' .. '.
He told of bearing later that the
negro's bodies, had been found and
of his later ?arrest." v
"Whoever put the bodies in the
river did It for a purpose," ha said.
"If I had done this crime, gentlemen,
I would have had plenty of time to
get where they .could not .put their
hands on me,;' he asserted.
Williams asserted he was "falsely
accused" and added "what thy done
to him (Mannlns) to make him as-
cuse me, t don't know.". . -
" aia not Know-what he was go
ing, to say until we heard hint on
the stand,) he said. ,
WlUiamti then went into details of
Manning' )ong employment on the
farm,' "J " - , ':
WilHamsf said "Clyde ? Manning's
mother asked- him to " take Clyde
Manning and others of her children,
take care of them, aa he said the
mother could not control them. He
told of paying doctor bills and of
trying "to. make them do right"
"As far aa this ease is concerned
I am absolutely innocent," continu
ed Williams.' -
"That's about alM can say," he
concluded and left the stand. --
Williams In' his statement had
confined himself solely to the death
of the three . negroes drowned - ia
Newton county.
The defense, rested, v
ir Two State Wrtaessrs Testify.
The last two state witnesses who
testified today1 corroborated state
ment.of Clyde ManoingTnegro farm
boss. Manning told the Jury yester
day that Williams directed tho kill
ing of themen, three of whom were
drowried In -Newton county, '
Rena Manning, wife of Clyde Man
ning testified tfl corroboration of ber
husband's -statement - that en' the
night Peterson. Willie. Preston and
Harry price were last seen alive Wit
Ham carried them alive In-Charlie
ChrisholqV ar. - ; i--,v.
Mannlag Stack to Story ' v
Clyds Manning, aefrro boss of the
WUUams farms, the last , of four
wltneisea put en by the state yes
terday, testified In tmesome detail
as to tho killing of the' eleven a,
groea In whloh he said he assisted,
at Williams' orders. - because the
latter said it aaeaat "their necks or
yours." According to Manning's
story, atx of tho negroes, bond and
weighted with rocks and Iron, were
thrown Into rivers near tho Williams
farm, and Ave met death tithe by
gunshot or blows from, aa axe at
STAND
AIJOTHERNOTEIIAS
BEBI SETITALUES
Hushes Upholds Wilson's Posi
: tion in Regard to Mandate
rFor Island of Yap
I Washington. April T.WTha right-
of the American government to par
ticipate in the peace, settlements, af
fecting thf former oversea poases
sions pf aermany, has 'been' stated
anew by Secretary Hughes in similar
notes which are now before the Japa
nese, BriUsh, French and Italian
governments, f Sff1 -i? V :
v Continuing a correspondence,. b?
gun toy the Wilson Mrainlrtratlon.
tho pew secretary, of state specifical
ly ask those governments -to recon
sider (he award of a mandate to
Jtypan for the. Pacific Island of. .Tap.
Mr., Hughes argues that the failure
of the United States to become a
party to the treaty of -Versailles has
not affected Its right In the oversea
posatssions, the' titles to which Ger
man renounced in the peace treaty
tev.the principal allied and associated
powers. -. -' . , :;
The attenUon of the four allied
governments 1 n again called . that
President Wilson, at the meetings
of the Council of Four In Paris, dur
ing the framing of the treaty, speci
fically made reservations ; affecting
the future status of Tap. Further
more, Mr. Hughe embodies in hi
hots a memorandum from Mr. Wil
son to trie state department under
date of last March I la Which the
former president declare he , never
agreed to a mandate for Japan over
the island, and that It was hi under
standing that , the question of tb
disposition of th island was to be
deferred until th question of cable
commualoatlon was settled, V
Vlt has been contended that th
mandate over Tap-was awarded, to
Japawby the Council of Four while
President wnson was at fans.
-rvni. Improve 3l
MILES GlJILFORp ROADS
Greensboro, April L-As Soon as
con Ira ots aro lot and matertahs er-
rlvo work on- thirty-one . -miles . of
Guilford roads will begin, - according
to W. C. i Boron,: chairman of ' th
Gunford highway commission. Six
teen miles WiU be hard surface, a
phalt top; live miles-hard surface,
penetration system,, and ten miles
sand-clay, i This announcement was
made following a Joint meeting yes
terday of tho county commissioners
and the , highway commission. -It is
expected that.: the contract wtl) .be
let within a very few days. ,- Money
has been secured to carry on- the
work. -- . . ..- r v . .
The Oreensboro-aib-onvllle high
way (oomlrtg under th state high
way commission) will be completed,
requiring about eleven' miles of work.
It will' b finished with an asphalt
top. With its completion there will
be a hard surface road, asphalt top,
all the way from Greensboro to Gib
sonville, tho Alamance county line.
The High Point Winston ' Salem
road will bo constructed with an
asphalt top. The work will begin ati
tne corporate limits of High Point
running for about' four miles,' This
road also come under the state high
way area. ::-( V .. -. '. 4L :.i
. Mr. Boron stated that the county
will construct these two .'roads for
the state, the state highway com
mission having designated them
among th first roads en its program
to be worked.- The county will be
reimbursed for ' this, work by the
state. . ... , . - :i. . i -
the hand of tho-witness and an
other farm hand.-' ' .
EfTorts of counsel to - prevent
Justice agent from testifying as to
alleged , peonage condltlona og the
William farm Went overruled . by
the court ; . ' - ,- '
Manning' Wife Teetlneo
Rena Manning, - .wife of .- Clyde
Manning, the first .' witness today,
testified briefly In support of per
husband's statement .that the night
Llnsay Peterson, Willie Preston and
Harry Price were fast seen alive,
that Williams took -them'-off in a
tear. Manning and Charlie Chls
holm, another negro, : went wltn
them, ah added. , - , .
rwho told, yon to tell ' this?"
Green J. Johnson, counsel for Wil
liam asked repeatedly as. he went
over tho .woman's - statements on
cross examination. - .:
Sheriff B. I Johnson, of Newton
coanty, teetl.ed next,- telling of th
recovery of the bodies of Peterson
Preston and Price from Newton
county river.
Sheriff B. U Johnson, "of Newton
county, testified next telUng of the
recovery -of the bodies of Peterson,
and Price from . Newton , county
river.' -v. -'.' v';r "!V r' ' f
Sheriff Johnson also -' told -of
Manning' Identifying th bodies al
ready foemd and of telling of where
th remainder were. Thherlff
denied any' threat or, promises to
Induce Manning's statements.-: Fre
quent argument over technicalities,
a c eesltatlng retirement of the Jury,
prolonged th sherlfT stay4 en the
wltnese stand, t .'' - ? .. v .-
- Court' recessed for lunoheoa When
Williams left th stand "and . ar
gument were .assigned to- start at
th afternoon session, each side te
have three 'speakers, i ': -A .
Having Introduced To " testimony,
merely - letting Wtlllam teU hi
story fa the Jury without being
sworn, th. defense won the privt
lege of opening . and - dosing th
argUmcatav.-Th fact that William
waa not worn prevented hi .being
crow examined. .- -.,- -j -
' ' , .- - la - ' ' '-'' :
ffiTEIl WHEAT BAUGHERTY 15
!!l!S
'It' S.? Pepartroent fpf Arlcul-
Cr6p Will Be Large
CQNDITION APRIL 1, 81-06
iTjaat Tear at- That Date Condition
rysw 49m rvw vm mvn iwuy
tMm- Voncmrt CTT.Tes.000 Bash-,
,;Uta!:.,i.! North -Carolina " Crop I
Washington. April T. Forecast of
a. winter what crop of about H,
000,00 bushels wad made today by
th department of agrioultur. baa
ing its estimate on th condition of
th crop April V which waa 11.01
per cent or a normal. s ' i
There was an increase ' of 1.1
point in condition from Deoember
1 last April 1 , thi year,' conv
nared with an average decline of
4.1, polnU between those . dates in
the last ten year. -a
Th production forcast is Daaeo
upon th acreage planted last ran
with the-- assumption of . average
abandonment ; and " average ; InOu
ncea on the croD to harvoat-
'Production of rye. was forecasted
as 6,88,000 buehelsy-frbm a con
dition or 16.1 per cent at a normal.
Winter. wneat conaiuon April
last year was T8.I per cent - of a
normal, and production S7T.7I8.000
bushel. -'On April 1, 11, It wa
tt.l oer cent and production 731,
EOI.000 bushels, while th ten year
average condition, is ll.f par cent
Condition S of winter wheat on
April l in southern , sUtes was
Virginia, tl; North Carolina, 14;
Souuth Carolina.' 17; Georgia, o;
Tenneaseer 4; Alabama. 88; Miss
issippi, to
Abandoned Mail Sadr. Found
Uft- VtVftWf 1,1 J J, a yd
, ' dicate Biz Sum Secured
, Chroago, April '?i Ait 'abandoned
mall sack-found by the -police early
today and believed to be th reg-
tstered ponoh -tols--by- ban dlte
fronr a mall , truck late- yesterday
contained - -wrappar . tot,- p.monvy
which the police, ald ihow that
from 1600,000 tof 1750,000 wa oh-
talned by th. robbers. It ' wi
ported last night that "the loss
-would -not exceed: liO, 000.
The abandoned noueh eontalhed
fwrappers. indicating a' shipment ' ' of
one oackaae or iiv.ooo in - one-aoi
lar. bills,. package holding $60,000
in ourrenoy; another ' containing - a
hundred 81,000 bills and five large
sack cohalgnsd to branches of the
federal reserve bank, each contain
Ing nv smaller bags, which in turn
held gurrency or large aenomtna
Hone, -v.',.-v.. a , y,?y,.-...
. The robberv took place at th
Dearborn Street Station in the busi
ness ouarter. . 'u
, Bystanders, said the robbery was
committed in les than two' min
ute. 86 sudden was the assault on
the malt truck that many conflict
ing storle were given to th police
by witnesses. . :,..'.""','.-,"'''
According to one account th rob
ber had played baseball all after
noon in a lot adjoining th station
where th hold-up occurred. ' Other
witnesses said the robber rushsd
up to the mall truck in an auto
mobile Just as It was preparing to
unload..- - . - - . -
Th four bandit held up 1 down
f mall dark and several bystanders
at the point of pistols, demanding
that th registered mall pouch be
thrown out of the truck. One of the
robbers, "described as . hug man
weighing inor . than. 100 pound,
grasped the sack with on hand and
carried it to a car across the street
Two other mall . pouch were
then taken, the, bandits escaping in
the automobile. Only one shot was
fired, witnesses agreeing that on of
-the bandit shot at -a companion be
fore recognising him. , Whether the
bullet took effect waa -not - known.
As the bandit's machine turned
the first corner a policeman fired two
hot at th car without effect,
. Early today the police found th
three mall pouches ripped open and
their content- missing. In a acant
lot. - Wrappers in the ' registered
pouch gave the first Indication that
a large amount , had :een obtained.
SPAIN HAS ALL TIIE
. . COTTON, SHE NEEDS
-v Washington. April ' T Spain is
apparently shut off as a market for
American cotton roc the .time be
ing, . eoeoding to Commercial At
tach Charles punnlngham, at Ma
drid,, who informed the department
of commerce today that Spain was
overstocked with cotton and cotton
textile. . .Under ' normal circum
stances, be declared, , Spain wonld
be at the season of th year be able
to eonaum. about I.0 - more
bale of American cotton, but there
i now a surplus which wilt probably
last about slg month. - .-. -vv-: . .:
. In' discussing the purchase ' of
cotton la Spain.' Mr. Cunningham
aid New Terk ha taken th place
of Liverpool . as a buying . canter,
doe to th Tabllhnnt ef Ameri
can bank in Spain. - Efforts are be
ing made by. th BriUsh to regain
their .tost trade, he - asserted, bert
Spanish' importer-see th advan
tage of " buying their eotton with
dollar and making- one coiivsisIob
of exchange Instead of . two." To
meet this situation, . Mr. Cunntng-
nam sain, ririush bank are giving
direct quotations in dollar and fre
quently at a better rat than Amert-
l.can institutions. ' . . ; ,
Attorney General Declares De
partment Will Countenance
fto Violation of Laws , ."
ALL SHOULD TAKE NOTICE
Those Who Have Bee Guilty of Il
legal Practice Should Not "Cloee
Their Eyes" He Says) Charao
f tertse HI Statement 1 At' I ,
Modest Bat Emphatio One '
.s-.,v. ; v -'
; Washington, April, T. A general
warning to buslnsss.5 that the de
partment of- Justlo 'will ' counten-
ano no violation of tb law. was
sounded today by Attorney General
"Th country,' v Mr. Daugherty
said, -"should tak notic of a new
day and a nsw way" ant that those
who had been, guilty of illegal prae
Uces should jiot "olos their eyes."
Hi tatemehj," he added, wa a
"modest, but emphatlo-warnlng," to
those for whom it was Intended and
could , be regarded a an opportun
ity 1 for any of those who should
mend their -ways to do o.
Man Arrested in Buffalo Says
He and Another Man Were
Paid 15000 to Kill Elwcll
w w Avaaa era f a as 1 aV aa ai.vgsu
QonfeMlon at Buffalo lat night of
noy xikitib. wu jib tuia inonu
wer hired by i womm to kill
Tnanh T aTtlawll sstrbt l. awmam anil
1 vejH a-s U4 ncut w ssaaxv vayvi
tarfman hero last June, htjlghuned
m.re ivtiavjr in intj new invaiia
tlon of ' the bafning murder case,
atarted last week by former District
Alvae rUw.m WkltmOM . . - r
iav aaw " wum turn wets '
Harris, - arrested on a forgery
charge, l reported to . have slgtad
a confession thtt h and William
Dunkln -vers hired by a "Mrs. Fair
child" ,to go to-Bl well's horn and
bill KIvm - AmA fn wrhlH thav mmra
to receive 86,0p0. EUwell bad many
gffalrs with women and a number
of these were' brought into the case
in the Investigation which followed
.the murder Non of Hhem iWr
n.M. 'E-.lhllS " Thl nam, th
police say, might hav been assumed
for the occasion. They hope Harris
may b able to describe the woman
known to him a "Mr. Fairohlld."
and tn this event they may be able
to establish her identity.'
The alleged confession of Harris
asseTflng that ! a woman hired two
men to kill Elwell : practically th
only theory of the crime which had
never been advanced.
Elwell was found with a bullrt
through hi head in a room of the
reception hall of hi residence. He
was still alive when his housekeeper
found him at .I0 o'clock on the
morning of June U.if H wa bars
footed and clad tn night, clothing.
He died acveral hour later without
uttering a-word that would lead to
the identity , of hie aasailant On
opened letter and several others, un
opened, - lay on hls lap whsn th
housekeeper- found ' him. No re
volver wa found in-the room.
8tory Doe Not Tally, f
T...l w V Anrll T Althn RoV
uuu-iw, , .
U...I. riah Ionard..had not
deviated from th original atory of
nis auegea par in
Jun of Eugene Elwelf, the wealthy
New Tork turfman and clubman, af
ter a careful .Investigation of his con
fession, it to foundthat It does not
tally with some tact aooui in mw-
der. -i'-' -v-'.':-:''. ':-' "" ''
Harrlafise the Urn of th hoot
i vriw.li tLi ahortlv after three
O'clock In th morning. He also says
that hi alleged pal. Bill Dunkln,
used small calibre revolver.
welKa death wound was Inflicted by
. kBii nt urn -Btllbrt and th
wound -wa of such a nitur that It
is doubtful he could havs lived from
tin, mantinnad bv Harris until
several hours later,' when he vwas
found by his housskeeper unconsci
ous. - ' - .
. n..l. -T. , lha data of the
murder a Jun 1. whereas It oc
curred on the morning of June XI.
On th. other hand. Harris goes
i., . -h f Ama in recard to
11 W W " .... ,V . wv
the Incldente preceding the murder
. . .. .. . , . 1 .... tt.
tnat inaicaies, ine puntu
knowledge of th crime or a most
thoro study of the case.
. Harris reiterated today the claim
that he had not seen nis auegea p,
Dunkln, nor th woman, known to
hx- v.inhild." who .1 al
leged to hav hired the pair to slay
Elwell, since be - Tcivea a pariuw
payment ef the 18.000 .which they
were to receive tot committing the
mnrderv t,
. New Terk detective familiar with
the Elwell case were expected here
today, to question Harris .
. Harrta wa arrested last jilght on
a charge of passing a forged .check
for IT At St Catherines, Ont- Hs
had been living at a hotel her sloe
Monday with hi wife.
. Mr. Harm, or Mr. Leonard, a
sh has been known, told the police
today that sh parted wKh her hue
band -eight month ago In Syracuse.
Sh said sh met her-husband hers
last Saturday and a reconcilaUoa was
effected- Mi HfTto-ondLd hr -husband
frequently talked of Nsw Tors
acquaintance.- : ' ' , '
Chirf r. 0. lMettw .raeel
Waahingcon. April - President
Harding today appointed Rush D.
Simmons, of Wisconsin, chief Inspec
tor ef th postofflc department Th
new bit ha been inspector in
char- at the Chicago Pt offlc for
several years,--
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IbeIilIB
SITUATION IN UNITEDKINGDOM
GROVSM0RESERI0US;N0SIGN
OF STRIKE SETTLEMENT NOV
RAIlVii
Proposed Conference Between
Miners and Operators Today
-Has Been Called Off
MINES BEING DAMAGED
Operator Wanted Pump Men to Go
Back Pending Confercnoe, But
Thi Waa Refused By the Min
ers; Naval Unite Held la
Readiness By Government
London, April 7. -A complete
break-up of th conference between
representative , of the miners, th
owner and th government, with
the view, to settling the coal strike,
was announced in the house of
commons by Premier Lloyd George
thi afternoon.
London, April 7. Leader of th
miners' union, who conferred with
Prims Minister Lloyd George this
morning, refused to order pump men
and engineers Into mines affeotsd by
th coal strike to resume work pend
ing negotiation with th mine own
er, A th result of this refusal
th miner and their employers will
not meet -today, a
Leader of th Transport Work
ers' Federation, which already ha
decided to support th miners, met
this morning, but adjourned until 4
o'clock thia afternoon in order that
they might learn the result of th
conference of th miner and th
prim minister before deoidlng What
form th support will take.
Railway Men to Support Miner.
, London, April 7. The National
Union of Railway Men today unani
mously decided to support th coal
minors in their strike.
Naval Unite Hold for Duty.
Queenstown, Ireland, April T.
Naval unit here and at other horn
porta hav been Instructed, a a re
sult of the strike of British miners,
to hold themselves in readiness for
emergency service, shore leave ha
been curtailed and naval ofllciala
view the situation as being filled
With th gravst powlbllltle.
- Th question t of shitting large
' numbers of crown, force In Ireland
to England, if disorders ensue, hs
been - fully consider a. umcisis,
however, are aware of th possibility
that th Irish Republican army may
take advantage of the opportunity
offered by disorder In England and
military authorities ar reluctant to
release the forces in Ireland.
Disturbance Reported.
London, . April 7 New disturb
ances occurred In the.town of Cow
denbeath, Scotland, last 1 ghf Dur
ing th disorder a show window wa
broke., and th content of th plaoe
were carried awcy, Th police dis
persed th crowd with their clubs,
according to a Central New dis
patch from Dunfsrmllns. Trans
port workers of the British flsst In
ths Firth of Fourth have been given
sleeping berths on board th battle
shtps Crescent and Rosytn. . Doubls
guards hav been placed on all cais
sons in th Firth ara.
DAWES COMMITTEE
REPORTS TO PRESIDENT
Washington, April 7. Organisa
tion of a veteran's service admin
istration, consolidating existing gov-
ernmental bureaua having to do
with treatment of disabled ssrvics
men, is recommended in a report
submitted today to President Hard
ing by Charles B. Dawss, of Chi
cago, chairman of th special com
mittee Investigating soldier relief
problem. ' '
-.The commission, which began Its
session here Monday, completed
th draft of It report at an execu
tive session this morning, and Im
mediately went to the White Houss
to Present It to the president Mr.
Harding will pass finally upon ths
recommendations.
Col. F. W. Oalbralth, Jr., com
mander of the American Legion,
wag appointed a a committee of one
having charge of the publication of
th report. He said it would bs giv
en out late today for publication In
morning papera of tomorrow, Mem
a th. nnm n laainn said it con
formed In the main with summaries
already published.
Daugherty Says Reports Show
Building Material Situation
Is "Intolerable"
Washington, April T. Invtiga-
. , . .uJmb In , KnIM-
IHm OS alB" " .wfc..- ".
Ing material trades is to be under
taken at once in all parte of the
country whore necesmry.. Attorney
umahb from the sections of
,k. am.M are that ths building
material situation I "intolerabl."
. . I . M . . . W
Mr. oaugnsrty saw, . ,
. . . -' 4 A
contribute in any way It can to im
proving it
Mr. Daugherty wa discussing
.- - - .. . i In thai
WPVBJMV V .... ., , - -
building Industry which hs declared
aM te the deoarttnent shewed
tw. HnIrable." H aaid th
department or jueuc wumo hk iw
more w - M -
bad received heretof or., nd that
lawyer repreeentiag -trine riioold
regard themselves aa agent efth
department (.justice la upkeldlag
the law. - - -- -'-'.' i it
BUILDING TRADE
BE INVESTIGATED
CHARLES IS BACK
IN SWITZERLAND
Hungarian Premier Considers
Incident Closed; Says Shows '
Stability of Government
Budapest, April T Report that
former Emperor Charles has reach
ed Swltaerlsnd have been received
her and hi arrival in thar coun
try 1 considered by Count Albert
Apponyi, Hungarian premier, aa clos
ing th incident arising from the ill'
tarred attempt of Charles to -Instate
himself as king of Hungary.
In conversation with th Associated
Press yesterday the premier express
ed th opinion that Charles was
duped by a coloasal hoax th work
of foreigners for th purpose of pro
moting some design not understood
here." - . '1
"This regrettable Inoldent'whloh I
new over," the premier continued,
"at least proved th stability of ths
Hungarian state, Hungarian did
not share In th pkt to restore
Charles to his former royal estate,
for even th most ardent Carllst
were unadvised of the former mon
arch' arrival in thi county. ' -
"Long experience in Hungarian
political lit enable m to forecast
tb lacldant will not hav serious
oonssausnoea. . Although ' Magyars
ars boisterous they ar fundamen
tally patriot in dimouit ' nours.
Thsr will be no long discussion of
th Incident, nor will an Inquiry b
made before which they would In
lure th interests of Hungary. In
my opinion there 1 a strong ntl
ment for Charles among th people
who would have nailed ms return
if it had not Involved danger of for-
elgn occupation."
WDCAT'ST
One Company Using -Ei-Com
missloner R. F. Besaky's.
. ,vNamt A an- Officer;?;'?-
M OAltKKH aMDHIlSON.)
Raleigh, April f A-..lntanlva
campaign contemplated by th state
dapariment 01 weunni.
th .ntivitlee of -unlioeruMd stock
aiunun u launched today whn
Commissioner Btaoey Wad sent out
telegram to thirty-tour t poUo
chief in North Carolina cities urg
ing that a watoh be kepi wr; ,wuu
nat" atook Dddlr.- - '
Th telegram authorises th ar
rest of any man orrermg un-iuw
tionabie atook for sale, Commission'
r Wad erophsslsing th fact that
thsr is not a licensed blu sky Mock
salesman in North Carolina at th
nraeent tlm. POlIC Chief are
warned to giv th telegram widest
publicity a th department xpou
many wild cat atook campaign to
be undertaken during the prnt
month. '''..-- .-," ' ' ;-:::';
Inquiries from scores ot reputable
r it liana rsnorted to th insurance
department today as to ths rating of
International Petroleum Company of
Texas, which i flooding North) Car
olina with Its propaganda and 1
using the name, of Roland F. -.Bsaa-ley,
former commissioner of, public
welfare, a on of It racers, com
missloner Wade, answering th let
ters, advises that the oil company
in question . Is "another wild cat"
scheme: it has not been licenced Hi
North Carolina and its rate cannot
bs vouched for by tb depsrtmsnt
Th company using former -Commissioner
Beaslsy's nam .offer- Its
preferred stock at ten eent , per
share and promise eight per .cent
Interest and that - th - share era
"profit sharing and at ths present
time are paying at the rate ef thlr-j
teen per cent annually on tni in
vestment. -' . -. -- -.
After fixing April ttth as date for
Its next meeting,, the state high
way commission adjourned ' today.
Some definite step toward "road
building will be determined upon st
th next meeting for by that tlm It
fs predicted that arrangement will
have been made by the treasury for
selling some stats bonds. The
com mission tccspt. the resignation
of W. S. Faille, highway engineer,
but bis successor was pot announced.
JURY TO GET EXPRESS
ROBBERY CASE FRIDAY
Macon, O., April 7 Federal
Judge Beverly V. "Evan will deliver
his ehargs to the jury 'tomorrow
morning in the cases ef 41 men on
trial her oa charge of conspiracy
to rob th American Railway Ex
press Company of more than 11,000,
00 worth of merchandise. - . . -
United State Distiiot Attorney
John W. Bennett will start th clos
ing argument late thi afternoon and
will be given two hour tomorrow
morning In which to close the gov
ernment' case, i
Defense argument were cootlnu
ed when court waa convened at 4
o'clock thi morning with Attorney
Oliver Hancock speaking. .? He be
gan by- an. anatyeie of th evidence
against hi two client J. N. Smith
and Hr L. Rocker. .yu-t -
One of tb Defendants TesUnea.
. . South Boston, Vjk, April T.-John
H, Draper, on of th II whit men
Indicted I connection with th mob
disorders tn Houston following th
murder of William Hickman, - a
wait man. an attempt having been
mad to lynch Jam Coleman, ne
gro, seepected of being the slayer,
testified on his own behalf la ths
elreutt -court of Halifax eewnty te-
OCKS
innnrnrnn
r,iuitiiuiui
LlllilEY PUT li;
Marion Butler Had Nothing to
Do With Placing Elizabeth
" , City .Man In Offlcs , ' ;- -
COL TOM MILLER SAYS SO
Allen PropoMy Custodian ' 8yi ' Ue '
Ha No Intention Whatever ' of ,
: Bnekipff the Organisation In ; -.
- nil otatet Tar Heel Work,- ,! .
- ', lag For New Thru Train ; ' .
IBs PAMKSIt ANOKRIOM.)
Washington, April 7. All doubt
aa to whom will control th todsral
patronage In-North. ' Carolina wa ,
dissipated Wednesday when . Colonel -
Toml W;v; allllr, alien property
ouslodlan. announced that hs had
looted, Cqt Ik Meektn. of HElla- , ,
bth City a hi chief assistant only ,
after John M." MorehMd of Char
lotte and Frank 4 Llnnr. of Boone. -bad
roemmn4d th ;' XllaabVh
Ity man for th jb . 1, '(f tM
' Because of th fact that ' former '
Senator ' Maridn M. ' ButUf j had
dlstributsd th rwent ttt)t' af -v
Col. Msekln. regarding hi prob
abl appointment a assistant - to -
Col, Millr. 'many Tar Heel had. as
umsid that John Morehsad, would
hv a fight to control fsdsral pa--
ironag in th sta,te.
.Replying aplttoally to,- sxclu
lv storle In . thia corrsspondenc ,
Col. MllUr, who by th way enlisted
a fc private in th Amsricsn army v
of . ooupatlon, , and , returned to
America as a colonel after going
over th top many times, told your
correspondent today thaC h had
no Idea of intsrferring with federal
patronage la North Carolina, that
John MoreheAd'i th recognised
leaaer ana doss or fsorin isrouna
patronag and that ,' Col. Meeklns
wag selected and appointed sfter hs . .
had secured th recommendation of
th Charlotte national committee
man. - 4 . - - ,i ..-
Ag already stated In this, cor
respondence, Marion Butler will b
a nonenlty In th Harding y tdmln-
Istratlon. Thru th efforts otVol.
Jim. Darden, of Edgeoomb oounty,
North Carolina' Reaubllean party
I to b mad whit man'! party '
nd th former North Carolina
Republican senator . will have noth
ing to do i with tb .distribution of
federal 'pl.f ,.;';.'
No Chanoe for .New Train Now.
Th r proposed thru passenger .
service between GoldsborO and - Cln
ctnnatt, Ohio, will - not be estab
lished In th near future. H
A oommitta of 'prominent Tar
Heel .business men; including cor-;
poratlon ' commissioners ! iUxwell ,,
and Pell, appeared before , .vie .
President and General , Manger
Henrys Miller, today and - presented
their eaae In behalf of. th. oausf,
Mr. Miller, who, by th way, .wa
born and reared in Raleigh and i
th protegee of the late - and be
loved Col. A. B, Andrews, - pointed
out to the committee that tb rait- .
road of the country are now cur- .
tailing passenger and freight rv- 7
icV rather than Increasing. Th
Southsrn. along with many other
railroad it ws.ald. Is running at
a loss, and th disposition of : th .
railroad offlolal at thi tlm la
(inclined to reduce rather then- in-
sreas train ssrvlc,
-' B, 8. Jeffrie, of th , Greembore
' , .w. hi b . it....-.-- t
the South," made an eloquent' ap
peal in behalf of the extension'' of
the passenger servlce. -iMlller., told' -hi
audience that he would tk.the
matter', undsr consideration , but !'
of th Tar Heels left Washington
Wednesday night' firmly in , t he b-
lief that th extra service Is .out of
th qution at this tlm. - - r "
Among tho attending th hear-
ing wr! J. F. Hurley and.A.,N.
Rouser. f SAltsbury; SecreUry of
Commerce Buekner, of. Aihevlll;: :
B. B. : Jeffrie, . of r. Greensboro-;
Speaker Greer, of Stateevllle, . end .
Secretary Beman and Corporation
Commissioners Maxwell; and. Pell, r
of Raleigh, -ti - - x . !
Dally Telegraph Upholds Er.g
, land's Act hi Mesopotamia ,
, ;-. s Oil Fields .. .,.
London, - April 7. Apprehension ,,
that th position of Great Britain,
relative to the exploitation of the -oil
field In Mesopatamla is not un
derstood in th United State. 1 e- -pressed
by The Dally Telegraph,
which say tnat as a result of the
present situation the British gov- -ernmeat
ha not received due credit
for the policy it ha pursued, .This
newspaper, which stand .alon in
commending tb courss taken, by
thi eonttry In th . exchange of
ndtee between London and Wash
ington, ask American If they "are
convinced they would have observed
similar self -denial in llks .clrcurn-' '
stances," ;
"We believe," the newspsper .con
tinue, "that Amsrirans. have been .
misled by persons whose aim Is .to
sow discord between the two na-,-tlons.
In view of the fscts that.
Lord Carson, secretary of stats tor'
foreign affairs, recited in his last
note, however. It is hardly ennriv-t '
abl that further' mtsunuer- ! 1 ng
Is poeslbl and that the co" .. .v
If it eaa be thu deecrib-!, c-n e n
tinue without a.ursiun tt.l
tsrnesa. ;
HE SEES
U. S. MISLED AS TO :
; British mm