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I mr tt Subscription Price $1.50 pcr Ycar Tuesday and Friday, - WINSTON-SALEM, N. C TUESDAY, MAY,I7,M921 Sixty-Seventh Year noil a Lrt Decides Atlan- Has Not Kignt Bed By fETAX IS VALID n Goes Morula Man Who ' pry taw Invalid "77.Fedeal re ,ve not the right to j collection of cheoki anks, the Supreme iday in effect, reversed decrees . of ,, which had refuted federal reserve bank n taking steps to force checks drawn on a lorgla state non-mem-'xcept thru the ilsua -hannels.M the injunction the e banks claimed that ncipal purposes of the re act was to eatab tion of checks thru- campaign of the fed bank could not have on any ground! if the Id been between prlv jarties, Associate Jus aid, and it should not the present case with it more or less direct- of the federal reserve of the government" he ngresa clearly had no jgaming "y vt.- May IS. Authority Dauirvl RlinlC Of At' finaUt nnon oar collec.- Jdrawn upon non-mem-lm t issue in the suit ire than 40 state banks I conjunction with the ik and Trust company, .The plaintiffs insisted Laa knvpvAr that h fi le was an attempt of Reserve institution to to join the reserve sys- iin was sought to re in t a reserve bank from fn-member checks In JEicept thru the usual channels thru corre k and clearing houses." land the case brought the supreme court. trged that a careful iipalgn had been decld ne Atlanta neserve ,t the very existence lanka was threatened; against them were to large amount had ac ta asserted, and then nd made for the en lover the counter," or h large amounts were fi the local postmaster without notice, all for is of embarrassing the om the reserve ays Reserve Bank denied d any Illegal act The re Act prohibited the t collection charges, it sft It with no alterna proceed in the man I of by the non-mem-further defense was Fact that universal par kecks would result in Ing of more than $70, public. istitutea the first con upon the reserve act Id In April 19.1. law Again O. K'cd May 1 The requlre t prohibition amend ed within seven years hs of the state does the entire measure, !ourt today rule. was given in the ap DUlon, of 8an Fran, isions In lower courts etltion for a writ of on the ground that made the amendment irrested whil trans-' of wine to the home His counsel asserted ' of the amendment osed by Senator Har limltation upon the itate legislatures and inconstitutional. , It proposal and ratlfl nendment are treated ts in a common en Ijpinion paid, -and implication that they !y contemporaneoua" of the decision the "nslly that the pro mem went into effect Dillon's alleged January 17, U20. 'Tax Valid. May 16. The ate the revenue act of 1 valid today by the n passing upon ap p.'the ateof the Pdy. of New Torku! millions of dollars In ere Involved In M characterised by nent official "as the , al u affecting ' ' arise in several s unanimous In 1U ' that Justice Me-! "red only 1 tha Justice Pitney read lf T"gwe. iionroa '"vme section. " u tnree, mplicauon ef dis- 1 . ueatn- his r? reat lmprove- fch, "Bt ne was id,i 'bout noon fe funeral wa, IA I ""ay anernoon HEARITIG GIVEN HEW. TURII Chicago Man Tells Committee . Excess Profits Tax Should . Not Be Molested GET TAX FREE BONDS Too Modi Money Is Being Tied Vp am 'ism secuiuei And As Re salt Business Interests Are the V . Chief Sufferers; 8a ya Treasury . . WW Get Bjg Bum to Taxes -i- Washington, Ma Jl.wJraxSrei vision discussion tfere given a new twist before the Senate finance com mittee oday , bv H. Archibald; Har ris, of Chicago, who took a positive stand for retention of 4;h..; excess profits tax and urged exemption tor corporations of dividends Yrom sur taxes. He was the first witness be fore any congressional committee ,'at thla eessipn to propose retention of the excess profit tax provisions of the present revenue ,Uw", Vf- ' The witness gave a broad view of the tax situation, discussing also its relation to present business condi tions. He told the committee that In his opinion 1 it should direct .,." ef forts toward reduction of tax free securities. He - believed , that if J meana were found to throttle the flotation of tax exempt obligations by federal, state ana local governments. a long step would ne taken toward drawing capital back Into produc tive enterprises. Nf- . - ' . In addition to the elimination of surtaxes on the dividends ; of cor- porationa, Mr. Harries suggested a reduction of higher surtax rates on personalv Incomes ana a differenti ation in tax' rates on ."active ' and passive ; Investments." He argued there should be no tax on dividends, but that corporate earnings should be made to bear sufficiently high levies to provide the federal needs frorn-i thatsuresv-:..c.'':'j,'-'V'S.' . The charges proposed, Mr. Harris believed, would make active capital a- better Investment than . tying money up in tax free bonds. ; 4 a He added that he felt the excess profit tax had not lost it produc tivity and believed strongly that the--suggested elimination . of . cor poration dividends frrfm surtaxes would aid materially In restoring the country industrial health. ' Fear of the treasury, that it would not be able to meet itr re quirements if some ubstitute r. for the nroflts . tax 'were not. found. were declared by the witness to be unfounded. He asserted 1 that ' the auditing of 'tax return for the last three, years would bring much, more money. into the tederauenest-'.tnan the most enthusiastic offlolals had hoped. '-.: l: , ' 'Ak ft By ehiftlng the lslT retifms, the treasury Is shaking out around $35, 000,090 a month in extra taxes, Mr. Harris said, and predicted that when examination of the 118 returns gets undsr way. the Income from back taxes will jump to between ISO, nan Ann on. t7i Aon Ann a month. "This will mean,'' he aldf""that between - $1,800,006,000 and .13, 620,000,000 in additional taxes will be assessed In the next three years." Fi ro BE DISCUSSED TUESDAY Well Known Advisors of Na tional Farm Bureaus to Speak at Warehouse R. W. PoU, Forsyth county farm demonstrator, ha received informa tion that a large delegation of Ire dell county farmers are coming to Winston-Salem tomorrow.: to hear Aaron Baplro in his Ijecture at Pep per's warehouse at I p. m. The del egation will be met at the Reynolds Lybrook farm, west of the city by Rorsyth farmer and piloted to the place of the speaking. Mr. Pou also state that he expects a large number of ' farmers from, Davie, Davidson, Tadkin and other nearby counties. - ..'? J: Mr. Saplrp will have a message of great Importance to the farmers. He will deal with marketing prob lem that have long.- been affecting agriculturists of every section of the county,; He hss recently been em ployed as attorney to American To bacco Marketing . Association, - and for several years he has been at torney for the Co-operative-Marketing Association of the United State. He is recognised a one of the farm ers' best advisors. ; Mr, Baplro will be accompanied by O. T. Wyatt, assistant secretary of the National Farm Bureau Federa tion. Mr. Wyatt has visited Wln-ston-Salem on several occasion, and 1 well known to Forsyth farmer. Mr. Pen especially . invites bankers and business men, and also members of "the various farm organisations, and all othsr interested in the prob lems of the farmers,, o hear Mr. Sapiro speak. . -; - ' y f-i i SAXISBrRT LADY BOBBED "-? ' OF. HER PfRSK SATVRDAT Salisbury, May 1 6. Mrs. v Anna Holder was robbed of her purs. con taining about $1 Saturday night at o'clock while on - hi way home. When in front of Senator iLee 8. Overman' home link Holder- wss approached by two negroes one of whom grabbed her pnree and the two then. ran. Mrs. Holder called for help and fainted, being later earned by friend into the. home of K. -C. Gregory.. The ' negroe made good their escape. Mr. Holder Is cashier f the Emoire hotel cafeteria and was on her way to 'her home- oni William R. Jones goes this week to Kenilworth hospital, AshevUle, for surgical treatment. - Mr. Joae was a member of the Tnirueta oiviaion and was wounded October II while engaged ia breaking the Hutdenbarg Una, - - - . ...... , ' IKE KriOWfl STAND Oil EVILS OF DAY Motion Pictures As At Present; Shown Denounced By Con- vention at Chattanooga MODERN DANCE RAPPED h '"'''ssssjtsss-, 'T-' ( ' -1" .'';!: Mob Lsw. IJnuor Traffic,'' Divorce, Sunday mnxemcnu Condeimned; 1 Favors Disarmament And Botter v v Relations Between Capital 0 ",. .. And Labor llian at Present 1 ChMianoogi.' Tenn May Is. -An intensive evangelUtic campaign cal culated to reach all the local Baptist churches of the country and secure their co-operation in a plan to in terest all their, members la personal soul-wlnnlng ' during . the .coming year, was adopted by the Bouthern Baptist i Convention today,: on , the opening: at its fourth day's business session,! ii:f:ii hi?'1'-' ' The leadership In the evangelistic effort will .be taken by the con servatltjrt' committee of the 176, 000,009 campaign, in .co-operation with. ail state and associate organi sations. - " ' , . Denunciation of the motion bie- turess at present shown occupied the attention of the committee, the charge being made that ltls a larsre rfaotor In breaking down the moral sense and Weakening the moral fiber f the people. - , . -. Other recommendations J' by this committee, which v were adopted, called upon local churches to take a positive stand against modern dances and mob law. i They denounced the alleged rebellion of -the liquor traf fic against enforcement laws, urged the creation in every community of civic leagues to promote greater r spect for and fuller enforcement of the law, suggested education of younrf people in tne sanctity or marriage relation as the best cur for divorce evil,- asked establishment of social justice as between capital and labor, prohibition Of excessive and com mercialised popular amusement and recreation on' Sunday, repression of eunaay movies ana tne closing - on Sunday of fair and commercial exhibits-and urged the President and Congress to take steps looking to ward early and proportionate dis armament. . " MEN WITH CAR TAKEN !, AFTER LIVELY CHASE Lloyd Datvla and Henrv Charles. two white men, will be tried in the municipal court Tuesday morning on tha charge of transporting and hav ing whiskey in their possession, for sale. , They were arrested Saturday evening about ten miles south of the city, after an exciting chase. 1 The case wa docketed for trial this morn ing, but; was continued Jor the de fendants to get additional witnesses. --.Because of certain auspicious cir cumstances, officers approached the car at the corner of Tenth and Hick ory streets, and Immediately the oc cupants sped away. Jumping in ths police Ford, Officers Bryan, Thomp son, WaU and .Tlllotson started In pursuit. 7 About'' six miles out of the city the Ford broke down and the officers hailed a passing Hudson Continuing four miles more they succeeded in running around the flee ing men arfd stopping them. . No whiskey was found in the car, but Officer Bryan states that "spirits" were visible on the street for several blocks, and in "crossing Salem creek they saw somebody throw a jug from the car into the stream, . . y MT. AIRY TO ORGANIZE AMERICAN LEGION POST Mt. Airy,- May 1 e.-The five-days Chautauqua opens June The, graduating ciass of the graded school.- spent tast Monday - at Buck Shoal DlcnicinK. hoatinr. fiahtn and enjoying different games. JThe day was a jouy one. cot tnose wno went. Mr. una Mm VreA .Rlinkpr. Who "left this place two years ago ' for laano, intending xo nus tntu biuv their home, returned -to MU Airy a few day ago and will make this city their nome In tne future, ; v After , an address by Hon. R. E. Denny, of Greensboro', a' Post of the American Legion will be organised.. in this city Tuesday night at tne town hall. All ex-servioemen are invited and exnected to be present, and take a hand. This organization is to be composed of all ex-soiater 01 tne worW war In Mt. Airy ? ana : Hurry county. vi .",, .i?r.: p ., - . The Mt. Airy Circuit Sunday school convention' will be' held - at Salem Methodist church, near this city, the first Sunday ra June at iu ooioca. A full and interesting program has been arranged for both morning and afternoon sessions, and everybody is expected to be on hand with a basket full of good things to eat. 4 .- - Mr. Will Lovill and' Mis Ada Beamer weref united in marriage on Thursday afternoon at the .home of Dr. - H. R. Rowe, on Mam street, Rev. D. Vance Price officiating. Rev. C C. Haymor and Rev. Eu-4 gene Olive, of this place, attended the Southern Baptist 1 convention at Chattanooga, Tenrt., last week, : Robert Helton, on 01 Ml. Airys most popular grooery merchants,' left last week on visit to hi daughter at Clifton- Forge, Vs.. and hi son. Leo, at Cincinnati, Ohio. - Philip Galloway left last weex tor Annapolis, Md., where he la- a stu dent at the Naval Academy. t ' Mr. and Mrs. Bentonv Schaue, of Chicago, are vIsRtpg Mr. Schaab's parents, Mr. and Mrs. t. v. Bcnauo. Mr.-Schaub is a civil engineer an has made good In Chicago. " Mrs. Freeman, wife of Mr. John H. Freemaa. died Tuesday : and was buried at the -Old Hollow Primitive Baptist cemetery ia the presence of frleada. ; ? . ' Dial BIO Goes Over "-" Washington, May- 1. Tb Dial Mil ta arevent Judsw andi,of Chicago, from holding hi 1 4S.S0I a year Job a national baseball ar biter came op in tn senate mo mentarily today, but was laid back for aa indefinite period.- - ' -1 THIRTY-FIVE MORE ENERGETIC : PEOPLE BID FOli THE WESTERN ; SENTINEL'S ' ' In this issue of Western Smtinrt vro welcome thirty-five mew mem bers to the Bine Bird Club, Last Issue there were eighteen now mem ber. Truly, folk are beginning to realise what a splendid offer West ern Sentinel is making for just an hoar' spare-time work. , - Mr. Hi A. M. Holohouser, member of the Sentinel' circulation de partment, ha been In Yadkin eoetnty during the past several day and be report that tote of people In that section of the paper' territory are talking about the Sentinel's big offer, ' He brought in with him the names of twelve new members on East Bend rural mall routes. ' - .Following are the name and addressee ot the thirty-five new mem bers of the Blue Bird Club, all of whom have been enrolled since but Issue of Western Sentinel j. ''-"' Mr. R. K. Brown, 1D , ladklnvUle, N. C Mrs. Martha Bean. Shoals, N. C ". '. , ' , Mrs, O. T, Brown, KFD 1, Pinnacle, N". C. ; - ', y Mia Bertha Butner, RFD 1, Wlnton-Slem, N. C , Mis Louise Be roth, RFD a, WlntoSalctn, N. C. Mr R. G. Conrad, RFD 1, Winston-Balem, Jf, C. Mr. Mary pavls, BFD I, East Bend. N. C. Mis Lillian KBlott, RFD 1, Stokesdale, N. C. Mr. I. N. Greenwood, Klkln, N. O. . Mis Bemie Hobaon, RFD I, East Bend. V. C. - 1 Mrs. T. H. Hutoheos, RFD 1, East Bend, N. C. Mis Florence Hobson.vRFD , Yadktnvllle, N, C. , Mi Opal Harvey, RFD 1, Shoals, Ji. C. Mis Annie Ktrby, RFD , Tobaoeovillo, N. C. Mr Geo. Lynch, Pilot Mountain, N. Cs. Mia Kmma Le Motslnirer, RFD, Welcome, X. C. Mis Bessie Matthews, RFD 3, Silosvm, N. C. Miss MaUie Michael, RFD 5, Yadklnvllle, N. C. Mis Berth Moser, Shoals, X. C , Miss Irene Nicholson, RFD t, East Bend, N, C. ' ' MisaNloln NorthjIlFD I, East Bend, N, C, ' Mrs. T. G. Norman, RFD I, East Bend, N. C. . - Mrs. T, C Primi RFD 1, East Bend. N. C. Mrs. Lillie PeeL R1 1, Shoals, N. C: S o Mrs. W. L. Roekett, RFD 1, East Bend, N, C. Mrs. Mary Ring, Shoals, N. C : Mrs. M. T. Sprinkle, RFD S, East Bend, N. C. Miss Mary Scales, RFD I, East Bend, N. C. Mis Mary Shore, RFD I, East Bend, N. C Mis Ann K pease, RFD S, East Bend, N. C. ' Miss Addle Smith, RFD 1, White Plains, N. C. Mrs, Lindsay Tate, FD I, East Bend. N. C. Mis Felor Tatum. RFD i, Rural HaU, Jf. C. I Mis Anna Tatun,-RFD S, Rural Hall, N, C 8 ' r Mis Ethel WaU, RFD I, Siloam, N. C. ' : 1 . : Eaeh and every one of the above member wIU receive from the Sen tinel a set of the handsome Blue Bird Dishes Just as soon na they have completed their lists of eight, yearly subscription to Western Sentinel, It' so easy to get subscriptions to Western Sentinel that a number of the above new member actually sent their completed club together with the 113.00 in with, their membership. These have already received the aisheve;'" r-- - ,''; ' About nil a housekeeper has to do to get a set of the dishes is to let It be known around her neighborhood that she Is making np a club. Usually the neighbor do the rest by voluntarily handing her their sub scription. . ' Why not fill out the membership coupon found elsewhere In this issue and mail It today so your name will appear with the club member next Issuer ."--. ' TOBACCO MAN IS SURE CARR WILL BE THE VINNER George King: Says Business And Traveling Men want to See Him Rewarded MAY MAKE IT UNANIMOUS Belief In Washington That Win ston-Salem Is to Get Collertor's Office, And It May Be EstaMlsh- " ed SoonTAfter Mr. BlahTakesv . . Vp Hi Duties as Collector ' (Br PARKER ANDERSON.) Washington, May 16.- George R. King, . tobacco manufacturer of Greensboro," and' Tarppa. Fla, aid today ; -that th announcement that Gen.. Julian S. Carr, of Durham, Is a candidate for . Congress is very pleasing to the business men and the traveling salesmen of North Carolina. He) predicts that jthe general will be nominated and elected by the larg est majority ever given a Tar Heel for public office. ' '!: ' "Cin r,rr hu Anna' mA rriiirh for North Carolina,' particularly the Cm-M federate veterans, tnetr orpnans ana widows, and has stood by the Demo cratio party in and out- of season so long that It: seems that it would be a very fine tribute for the people of th state to nominate and elect hltn to Congress- without opposition," said Mr. King. : - , vi have heard nothing but favor' able comment on the generaTs earr-J didacy and 1 am sure he is gotnar to win out ' and that North Carolina will be as proud of him as a mem ber of Congress's she Is with tiea Carr as a private cltiten." . . v - Collector's Office Here. ' - A oon a David H. Blair, take the Oath of office a commissioner of internal revenue efforts will be made to have an offlee of collector of , internal revenue- established at Winston-Salem, to be known am th western collector sofflo. j Th ques tion 1 not a new one. . The present secretary Of ths treasury Is familiar with conditions in worm Carolina and the necessity of an additional office.7- ; .-.-.-i.-v:5 t i . a --.,;'-- :- It ha - been suggested that the situation will be met by combining South Carolina with North Carolina This would simply be going to the old Republican custom, which was in. vogu for so many year until the Democrats made th . Chang - eight vesrs ago. ' - The commissioner has authority to consolidate or divide any collec tion district wnton he may - oeem necessary. 80 .that all is necessary Just now ia to consolidate any two district which would allow th com missioner to create on additional district ia th Tar Heel state. The feeling la very strong here that' this will be-done,' - Former Commissioner Williams, it Is -said, aras convinced that the office should be re-establish ed and in all probability would have don so had the Democrat won th election last November. .. GOV. COX'S DAUGHTER DIES VERY SUDDENLY ' "Dayton. Ohio, May U. Mrs. Helen Cox'Mahooeyaged ft, daughter of formerxuov'Jame M. -Cox, Demo cratic candidate' for president last fall, died suddenly at- her horn In Oakwood, a , suburb, early . this nwrnisf.- BLUE BIRD DISHES FUNERAL SERVCES FOR ..CORPORAL JOHN T. RING Held in M. E. Church at Ker-nersvlllev- Sundayv . After '. . ;,noon; Blf Attendance Kernersvllle, May ll.Tstrday afternoon at I o'clock -ther. were held in the Methodist ' Episcopal chureh here the funeral services of Corporal John Thomas Ring, on of the heroes who gave his ur on Flanders Fields,", and one of th best beloved of Kernersville's young sons, The service took the form of a memorial service, and was at ones, one of the saddest and one pf the most beautiful ever held .here. There were throngs and throngs of people from turnout th lection and from many other states, com to pay re spect to on, who has won for him self unoerlshabl honor In the re gard of his country and a reverential love in the heart of all his friend. Hi death. la one, which like that of multitudes of his comrados, fbrlngs sotrow,. but has about It the glory of saennoe and service.- ' Corporal ' Ring wafe a member of th Ninety-seventh Company, Sixth Regiment of the United State ma rine,: haying enlisted on January IT,- Jin. He arrived in France on May 7 and -saw active service until July It when be fell In action on the ilrst offensive by the A. E. F. nearTlgny, France,, on the Soissons- Rhsins section. He was 31 year of age at the time of hi death. He was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Ring, pf Kernersvllle, and had, lived here sinoe his babyhood. His genial,; sunny , disposition, his strong personality, and hi keen In tellect, mad him a general favorite a on of th most promising young sons or an town. He attended Trln ity '' College, - Durham, vgraduating with honors. He was a 'member of the Kappa Sigma' Fraternity. Im- mediately after finishing his ,eduoa- tion he went to Columbia. S. C.. to associate nimseir withu. w. Dicker son It Co., furniture dealers. He was wits that firm until his enlistment. L. Vf. Dlckerson, of Columbia,. wa present at the funeral yesterday, Th crowd in attendance at the service wa .estimated at 1.000 or 1,809 people, and many could not get place near enough to hear the irtoute paid tn young oidir. The order ot aervlce began with th hymn, "Abldx With Me," sung oy a caoir composed of th young friend of Mr. Ring. . Rev. BV O. Col had charge of th services and gave sketch of th life of th de ceased. Mis Helen 8hor saha-. "Crossing the Bar." : - Prof. W. H. Wannamaker. nf Trln. Ity College, paid tribute to Mr. Ring a representative 01 hi Alma Mater; J. Walt Lambeth, of Thorn eevilie, a president of the class of Ills; John Duncan, of Beaufort, a a eoUege roommate and chum, and urant rrye, or Bernle, Ho., as a comrade at arm who wa with him When he fell. The eulogies were touching and impressive. The flag wrapped casket was car ried by young mm friends, three of them, service men of Kernersvllle, Ed Shore, Buck Llnvllle and James Teacue; three of them ; fraternity mate of Durham, Louis Saseer, Hhel- ton White and Mallory Hackney. Th handsome floral Tributes were carried by young ladle of th town: Mlssea Gypi ' Wbtttlnrten, Bessie MeKaughan, Carrie Hasting, Iron Gibson, France Oliver, Byrd Duck worth. Casell Kerner. Ruth Hot- comb, Bern ice Llnvtlle, Norma Me. LIVERPOOL EI1G. FIGHTTO PEOPLE IS ALSO HELD ifi9 Unknown Parties Gag And ' - - r a... . . Vv , , till torture inmates, wnose , Relatives Are in Army SIX PLACES ARE ENTERED Assailant Showed No it eery, And Attacked Old Ami Feeble Where He lata nee Was Offered Tnoy I'sed Force, But No Death . Occurred; Make Get-Away i Liverpool, May ll. 8li house tn widely separated parts' of this city were raided and set on fir by parties unknown last night. The oc cupants of every house thus vkuiad have relative serving in the Royal the treaty of VersalUe or any part IrUh constabulary. The inmates 'of It, a small group of Republican rad!ntn.nfurnC. Ja? o'renoh.d I with kerosene and set on ftr and!?'1 Instrument, began Saturday a in some instance the helpless peo ple were left to the mercy bt the flames by the raiders, who fled In automobiles. . rtnn hfiuu Ihnt was raldnd was occupied by a widow and one child, Upon opening the door, she was seised by the throat, The woman was too badly frightened to raise) an outcry she said. The men then; ignited' th furniture end fled. At neiKhbor saw the flame and upon going to the house found th worn- bent on having the United States en an's clothing burning from Ores that tee some sort of an association, had been set In the bedding. Ths , league, society or alliance of nations fir department arrived in time to .and that his action In persuading save the building; Th two men j the President to accept the Lloyd who tried-to seise the fleeing raid-! Oeorge invitation for American par era were stabbed, but were not se- i ticlpatlon In reparation and other rlously wounded. In another house 1 post-war decisions was but th tn. a man of seventy years of ag was attacked and beaten with a poksr, He was then gagged, and bound and oMand. bedding was piled Pft? the floor and Ignited. Th man's wife ootlapsed. but he, while bound, managed to strugle to a police sta tion and give an alarm. A retired sailor named Wilson crannied with a raider when his home was entered and in Spit Of his 77 years, thrsw the Intruder to, dent Harding from supporting See the floor and held him until another 1 retary Hughe in any additional raider placed a revolver at th old steps looking to American partial' man's head and threatened to kill patlon In European affalra him. Wilson thereupon abandoned j As might have been expected ths the struggle, but hi terrier attack- d th raider and prevented tnem fromwettlng Are to th house, When the raiders ran, the dog chased them, but wa hot dead. A sailor named Brailaford refused to throw up his hands when th men broke into hi house, but thrsw a small machine at the Intruder who fled, firing several shots as they left ths house. None of the raider have been arrested. FOUR KILLED IN AN AMBUSH LAST NIGHT Dublin, May II. -Three govern ment .officers and ths wife of one of them were shot and killed In an am bush last night at Ballyelrn, four miles from Gort. County Gallway, v The victims were District Inspec tor Blake and his wife, Captain Corn wallis and Lieut. McCreery. The sap- tain and the lieutenant were attach ed to the Seventeenth Lancers. The party was riding in a motor car- when it was ambushed by forty men. 1 , Military and police reinforcement sent to the scene, were nrd upon and one constable . was seriously wounded. ' y TOBACCO FARMERS FACE SERIOUS CRISIS DanvlllC, Va., r May - Is. --Ths enormous over-production by the to bacco farmers .In .ths. blight belt I accentuated in tne annual report on local market conditions made by'W. Crews Wooding, , president 01 tn' Danville Tobacco Association, In a final plea to the tobacco growers to materially reduce their acreage this year, he points out mat tne normal crop of bright tobacco Is approx mately 160,000,000 pounds and that this quantity Vhas been found suf ficient for the trade's demands..; The 1010 crop reached " 175,000,004 'nniindat makinr a surttlus Of 120. 008 oo nounds. he ststed; Unless th 1111 crop 1 cut very materially, Mr. Wooding declare, tne next sea son will be disastrous. Able to Return Home Carl Apple; who has been a patient at the City Memorial Hospital since ni injury In a motorcycle accident on Satur day night befo.-e Easter, is slowly recovering. He was able to bs re moved to hi borne on Eighteenth street Sunday, Cuiston, , Juana Plnnix and Carrl Pegg. . - .- ' ' The design, a star ana crescent In the Ksooa Sigma colors, red, white and green, sent by the Eta Prime chapter of Trinity uoiiege, was carried lust in iront or tne casket . by , little Mis Elisabeth Ra1and. Th interment was neia in tne familv slot in Mount Our cemetery. Tap were sounded at the grave-by Private Try nner, Bugler rrom vamp Meade, who accompanied tne noay to KernersvUle. , "' unrlvina- . are the ratner ana mother, on brother. Clay Ring, of this place, and one sister. Miss Mar guerite Ring, a student at Greens boro College for Women. Amona- tha relatives ana inenas attending the funeral were Mr. and Mr. W. W.- Neal, lira w. wee Edgar Neal. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Steele, Pimr Kerner. of Greensboro: Mr. and Mrs. HoraceVane. Mr and Mr. Bob Ring, Hubert Ring, Mrs. cisra Scott, Judge and Mrs. Old Hasting. Mrs. Siler. Mr. and Mrs. O. Korner, Jr Bob McCulston, Mr. and Mra K. K. Rhora Mr. and Mrs. A. a.. HoIUnd. Mia Mary Holland, of Win- ston-Ssiem; W. A. Brown ana , n. Turner, of Red Springs; Thurman Porter, of Wlnstbn-Salem; Garland Porter, of Chapel Hill; Dr. Ring, of Elkln, and U W. Dlckerson, of Co lumbia, S. C. . '. Decide Upon This Method t Combat Hardinjf Hughes European Policy . HOPE TO MARSHAL ANTIS Ettltor And Orator to Renew the FMil Against Any Aud AU -En. tanxictiHMita ? with ' Europe " 5 - Knox IVaee Rnmlution Maid -to Have Struck a Sf ' (By ROBFRT BARRY. I (Special u Twln-Clty Sntlnt ni Phil. - liht fvblle LHlr, - . Washington, May, 1,In sptte. ot a spoetflo statement by the President that he did not InteM rs-aubmltting lormai campaign to erout puuito sentiment against modified or par tial ratification The extremists decided at a con j f'nce held In th capital to begin I without delay n active propaganda against "Entanglement with ? Bu rope," Their program is predicted on tneoir taat cnarie ,KVn Hughe, ttra secretary of state. U tiarstep., if Efforts are to bs mads to reorg anise th force which supported the f I'S WaiM SS ate in the historic contest , with President Wilson against American membership In the League of Na lions. . Kdltors and orators are to b urged to begin anew their condem nation of the treaty of Versailles for the avowed purpose of starting a l,,.k ra. whieh mlwht deter Prsal leaders in the movement are Sena tor Johnson, of , California, and Borah, of Idaho, ' Names of sena tors attending Saturday's conference were not disclosed, bat U was stated that should Secretary Hughe block th Lodge plan, for a separate treaty of peace with Oermasy, several Re publican senator not heretofore identified with the irreconctiable group, would be found in opposition to th Hughes-Hoovsr program. It la entirely probable that Senators Johnson, Borah and some other may go on- speaking lour Against ratification of an part of th treaty of Versailles. M?. Borah ha stated that in spit of th Intense opposi tion to th covenant of the League of Nations; he would prefer, to have America tn that Instead of th treaty proper If such a choice wer neoes ary. . Effort wer made to hav It P pear that . the senate irreconcilable by their action did not challenge the good faith , of President, Harding, They insist, that their whole course depends upon how far Mr, Harding will permit Secretary Hughe to go In the matter of Amsrioan atten dance at th post-war councils of th allies. They are fearful lest Mr. Hughe be permitted to pro ceed so far slong the course he has adopted as to render It impossible for ths President to check him without a resignation and possibly a cabinet split of mpr serious as Senator La Follctte,' of Wisconsin, moved to hav th senate obtain full Information a to th negotiations which resulted In the . President' accepUnc of th Lloyd George in vitation and the Instructions which Ambassador Harvey and Wallaoa have received. A resolution offered In th senate md th further in quiry a to whether -Ambassador Harvey- snoks , in accord with In structions from th President erth tat department when he declared on hi arrival at Southampton: There never w as a time when America felt so keenly the moral obligations ah owes to th mother eou n try," t v- y--'- :i ; -Ther was an additional quota tion from Colonel Harvey' address of greeting to the British people, but his statement that America wa un der obligation to England and wa about to "pas from recollection to action" aroused th ir of th An glophobes in th senate. , It bsosm known In the house side of the capital that a peace res olution "mors Hughes than Knox" would be reported to th lower body of congress in th . near . future. Representative Mondell, of Wyom ing, the majority floor leader, said bwa "possible tho - not entirely probable," th peace resolution would be reported from thaomm it tee on foreign affair during tha lat ter part of this week. -:-. On of th development In con nection wltb.th peace resolution, which senate irreconcilable are an xious to hav adopted at th ssrllesf - oesible.dat, wa a atatemenet tnat the Knox resolution was not satis factory to the administration. It wa learned that Thomas W. Millsr, the alien property custodian, had point ed eut to President Harding that the Knox resolution . left the . former German property in an anomalous position, in that no provision was mad for administration of th great Industrial institution nor no authority granted to dispose of th proparty by sale, " . ? . ' . v Renew Fight on Pink BoU Worm. .Washington, May It. A new cam paign, to stamp eut th pink boll worm menace la the cotton growing state is to be launched by the de oartment of. agriculture. A special committee to recommend measures to be adopted wa appointed today after a conference between repre sentatives of the cotton state and official of the department ef agri culture. ' ' Weeks Says He Will Not Tro mulgate 'resident's Procla mation at This Time NOT NEEDED HE CLAIJ While VI est Virginia Authorities Are t8tlll Pleading For TrMM, Serre . tary Take drounrt That Mate Can Take (are of SUualion; .. . Several Arrrau Made v ..-"-r. Washington, May j liienator" Sutherland, of West Virginia, called bh ? Secretary Weeks today to urg I Mm to promulgate th proclamation, signed Saturday by President Hard ing, declaring martial law In tha strlk area In West Virginia and Kentucky. '?;, -:. '. ; Senator Sutherland also urged the Immediate dispatch of federal 'troop to the strike district. Before callina ?n,uthJlwr oraUry Buthsrlan.l talked to uovernor Mnri,n t vv.. i Vlrkinla, r.vr thm long distance tel- rt.Dnev ne ia tn governor be lieved the presence of federal troops was Imperative If law and ordtir were to be restored In the riot r-' glona vMartiariaw. ln addition t the presence of (he, troops, wmiid be much preferred by the West Vlr- lril authorities. Senator Sutherland said, In order that ths military of- noiai might have complete power ito take charge of the situation. V. Earlier in th morning Becretary Reek had Mid that hi information wa that the situation was much Im proved in Mingo county, and that the presence ttf 800 special deputies nd two companies of Kentucky nr. tional guardsmen, called Into ser. vie Saturday anA - Sunday, wjs working to restore order, The proclamation, declaring a state of martial (aw t to exist, were stilt on hi desk, Secretary Weeks said, and he added that they would remain thereuntil he had information tint th situation, had become much mor serious. He had received no communication up to that time, Mr. Week said, from th governor of Kentucky or West Virginia today. m Secretary ,Wk ; and Senator Sutherland called t on - President Harding at ths Whit House to lay th situation before him and later Secretary Week called Uovernor Morgan en th long distance tele- Shon to discuss the situation wfih lm, Ths secretary said Majon Oen ral Read,, commanding th flf th army corps area, did not se a pres. snt necessity for sending federal troops to the strike district. KM.urlng Mountain For Men.. " Williamson. W Va.V May 11 Kentucky mtlttlnmen recently ar rivd In h Williamson . fighting one, hav started .combing tho woodsrt mountain sections and al ready hav arrested five men. sc. cording to reports reaching Sheriff Pinson'g olTlce todsy. i The men were taken to 1'ikevllle, Ky., ths reports state, , - For th present. It wss said, the militiamen will, devote their atten tion to, ferreting out thos who havir engaged-in the fighting, as well as locating their base of supplies and from what point th distribution of arm has bsen made. - , . Little firing was reported this morning along the battle,, line be- Virginia, ' President of Alabama Fedcra ' tion Decladcs - Union , Men Not Getting Fair Deal s Albany, iAlsT, May 18.-Doclarlng a crisis is upon American labor as a result of the so-called open shop , movement, William L Harrison, president, in his opening address of the opening session of ths annual ' convention of the Alabama Federa tion of Labor her today, called upon union men to stand by their gun unless they want' to be hurled into "Industrial slavery." In every strike, large or lint!!, local or national "open shop advo cates," -with alt th means they can muster, attempt to defeat the pur poses of union men, the speaker said. , Th Alabama picketing law was' sharply condemned and it repeal demanded by , Mr. Harrison, who termed th statute a "virtual antl strlk law." , :- Nlnety-nln out of every hundred miner, who sought work after Gov ernor Kllby'a recent award . in the ooal strlk, war turned down flatly by. tha ooal operator, Mr. Harrison stated. Owing to general indus trial depression, ne aaoeo, tne miners ar without employment and destitu tion Is prevalent, v ; The speaker said ths great em ploying interest of th country ar taking advantage of the War's-after-matb "to either destroy the stand ards ef labor -or to establish the open, shop In industry.' - . ' The speaker declared that coal op erators, during th reoent strike, em ployed "hundred of gunmen" and that th military did all possible to "crush th striking miners." ,. -He said tb climax, to "th 'antag onistic, attitude of th soldiers cam on January II, when William Boird, a miner, wa alleged to have been taken from th Walker county jail and lyncned by tne national guard, men, who ar new under indict ment. ' ' , "This was th brand of law and order these agents of the state ex hibited in the strike district," con cluded the speaker. - , EAST RPFNCF.R CHILD Rl'V V DOWN BY AN AUTOMOBILE ! i Salisbury, May II Margaret Sow rs. 1-year-old daughter of M. W. Sower, ef East Spencer, U In a I-1 hospital suffering from a broken u-j and other injuries as a result of be ing run down by an automoi , )e iln. en by a Mr. heed. The aoi i nt or. eur.td near tha Rowan coua' jr m.il yesterday. t DECLARES LABOR IS FACING CRISIS 1 ..' . . . ... . -I II