VOLUME 41 SMITHF1ELD, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1922 NUMBER 51 LAWYERS MEET AT WILMINGTON Address by President John A. McRae; Governor Morrison Present WILMINGTON, June 28.—With four members of the supreme court, the governor, and a number of lead ing barristers of North Carolina in attendance, the 24th annual conven tion of the Noith Carolina Bar asso ciation convened at the Oceanic hotel last night with more members in at tendance th in lias ever attended an opening session of any convention previously held by the state lawyers. The convention was called to order by President John A .McRae of Char lotte, and the president was greeted by the applause of over 250 men and women as he called for attention and introduced John D. Bellamy, presi dent of the New Hanover Bar asso ciation who delivered the address of welcome. In his address of welcome Mr. Bel lamy assured the visitors that they were in a section that boasted of its hospitality. He called upon them to enjoy the section and its surroundings. The night, one that was programed for speeches, finally resolved itself in to actual business and what took place will perhaps prove one of the big features of the convention. Frank Thompson, of Onslow, threw the real interesting thing into the session when he introduled a resolu tion calling for judicial district org anizations, organizations that would have power to recommend members and function as a subordinate part of the state association. Mr. Thomp son’s amendment to the constitution and by-laws would eliminate the necessity of action by the state asso ciation as regards a great number of matters except insofar as endorse ment or adoption of the action taken by officials of that judicials district. The resolution was referred to a com mittee composed of E. S. Parker, Graham, H. F. Sewell, Carthage, L. R. Varser, Lumberton, Col. Harry Skinner, Greenville, and ex-Judge J. Crawford Biggs, Raleigh. This com mittee wjil make its report some time this week. The president announced that A. Mitchell Palmer, former member of the cabinet, who had been invited to deliver an address, had advised that on account of his health he could not be present and Governor Morrison, who was to speak this morning, had been asked to speak this evening at eight o’clock. A resolution was offered by J. Crawford Biggs placing the associa tion in favor of encouraging the pub lication of the Law Review, recently started at the University of North Carolina. Committees on nomination and pub lication were named by the president as follows: Publications—J. C. Smith, Greensboro; J. H. Cook, Fayetteville; Frank Nash, Raleigh; Nominations— Z. T. Curtis, Asheville; L. T. Hart sell, Concord; John G. Dawson, Kins ton; Frank Thompson, Jacksonville, and H. McD. Robinson, Fayetteville. —Wilmington Star. MINISTERS OPEN SUMMER MEETING AT HIGH POINT HIGH POINT, June 28.—The Preacher’s Summer Conference of the Methodist Protestant Church opened at the Children’s Home Monday eve ning with the largest delegation in the history of the conference. The address sounding the keynote was delivered by Rev. Lyman E. Davis, D.D., LL. D., editor of the Methodist Recorder, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dr. Davis, who was a representative of his denomination to the Ecumeni cal Conference at London, England, last year, took for his subject: “The King’s Highway.” He was introduced by Rev. J. E. Pritchard, of Hender son, president of the pastors’ con ference. Thursday will be a red letter day for the Methodist P otestant Church for the cornerstone of the main building for the new college at High Point will be laid with regular serv ices. In the afternoon of the same day the cornerstone for the boys’ dormitory of the Children’s Home will also be laid. A large crowd of people from various parts of the State is expected to be in attend- j ance. FORTY THOUSAND SHOPMEN TO WALK OUT SATURDAY Will Strike, As Ordered by Big Vote, Unless Wage Cutting Or der Is Stayed. CHICAGO, 111., June 27.—A strike of the 400,000 railway shop men of the country will be called for July 1 unless the railroads agree to stay the $60,000,000 wage cut due the shop workers on that date and to restore certain working conditions formerly in effect, it was made known tonight through a telegram from B. M. Jewell, head of the shop crafts, to the Association of Railway Executives. Decision to call a strike came late today after a lengthy discussion by the executive committee of the six shop crafts unions, based on the strike vote of the men thus far tab ulated. Should the rail heads arrange an immediate conference, agreeing meanwhile to continue present wag es, restore working rules modified by the railroad labor board and discon tinue farming out railroad work, however, a walkout can be halted, the telegram said. Otherwise “a sanc tion of withdrawal from employ ment July 1, 1922, as voted by the employes, will be unavoidable.”—As sociated Press. AMERICAN LIVES AND PROP ERTY IN MEXICO IN DANGER Forty American Employes of the Cortez Oil Company are Be ing Held for Ransom. WASHINGTON, June 27.— Forty American employes of the Cortez oil company near Tampi co and destructible property valued at a quarter of a million dollars are being held by a rebel general until a ransom of 15,000 pesos is paid according to a message today from the Ameri can consul at Tampico to the state department. The dispatch was dated yetserday and said the rebel general Corozabe had seized the company’s property and was holding it with 240 well armed men. Prompt instructions were sent to the embassy in Mexico City to urge the Mexican authorities to take immediate action for the protection of American lives and property. The consul reported that Coro dabe had demanded payment within 48 hours from yesterday morning when his forces seized the property. The message also said there were. no Mexican federal troops there. MEXICO CITY, June 27.— Manuel Barcena, Mexican law yer, who was kidnapped together with A. Bruce Relaski near Cuer navaca on Sunday, has been re leased and news is momentarily expected of Relasskir’s freedom. Late advices said Mr. Bilaski was safe. Negotiations for Bilaski’s re lease are being carried on by friends, and the ransom is be ing paid on the order of a New York company of which Mr. Bilaski is the head.—Wilson Times. BIELASKI SET FREE BY MEXICAN BANDITS WASHINGTON, June 28—The state department was officially advised in a message from Charge Summerlin at Mexico | i City late today of the release of | Bruce Bielaski. Mr. Summerlin 1 said he had received a telegram ' from Puenta Ixtla. near where | i Bielaski was captured by band- j j its, stating that he was there j “safe and sound” and that he i was expected to arrive in Mexico I City tonight. i..—» Visiting Rev. and Mrs. Tuttle Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Tuttle and lit tle daughter, Mary Wescott, of Golds boro, arrived in the city yesterday to visit their parents, Rev. and Mrs. D. H. Tuttle. Spending Sometime Here. Mr. B. Mark'Tuttle, of Wilmington, is spending several days here with his parents, Rev. and Mrs. D. H. Tuttle. Asheville is to put a million dollar hotel on Haywood street. Jitney fare from there to the postoffice, a couple of bli/f the officers in the latter car and two privates were wounded. Rory O’Connor issued a manifesto, intended to recall memories of Easter week when Sinn Fein troops under command of Eammon de Duggan, now home secretary, were bombarded in Four Courts by British troops. But the complete absence of British troops o ; this occasion, destroyed the parallel and the belief is generally expressed that O’Connor does not ree”y intend to hold out for any great Icncrtb of time. The determina tian of the Irish government, backed by the electorate, to govern is more strongly expressed by the free state officials than ever and their appeals for public support have been cor dially received.—Greensboro News. DOG SAVES MASTER AND WIFE FROM DROWNING TACOMA, Wash., June 27.—Rex today is basking in the sunshine of his own glory which has made him the most talked of dog in the State, fol low his heroic rescue of his master and mistress, Mr and Mrs. A. G. Smith, as they were near drowning in Spanaway Lake yesterday. The Smiths were bathing together when Smith stepped into a deep hole and became confused. His call for help brought Mrs. Smith and he clutched his wife in a hold she was unable to break and her cries were added to those of the husband. The dog heard his master’s calls for help, swam out and brushed across Smith’s half submerged face. Smith caught at the dog’s collar, got a firm grip and the canine started for shore, snorting and struggling hard to prevent Smith’s weight from drag ging him under. Freed from her husband’s, grasp the wife was able to swim back to shore alone. Rev. Mclnnis at Selma. Rev. Neill Mclnnis will preach at the Selma Presbyterian church Sun day morning at eleven o’clock and at Community Church in the afternoon at four o’clock. Mr. Mclnnis, who recently lesigned the pastorate of the PresDyteriar church here, will remain at Smithfield during the summer months. He will have charge of the Selma and Community church es and po"s;i)!.v other county work. Tact and talent make a strong team. SENATE ADOPTS HOUSE PLAN j FOR MUSCLE SHOALS WORK Army Measure Carrying Provision For Work Upon Muscle Shoals Dam Ready for President — WASHINGTON, June 27.—Presi dent Harding’s signature was all that was required tonight for autho rizing the appropriation of $7,500, 000 for new work on the Wilson dam at Muscle Shoals. The army bill con taining authority of Congress lo spend the money on that project, ef fective October 1, next, was passed! today by the senate without a change in the language already provided by the house and before the conferees of the two legislative bodies. During final senate consideration, however, the measure at certain stages was threatened with being sent back to the house for further conference, Senator Norris, of Ne nraska, chairman of the agriculture committee, moving that the senate disagreed with the house provision delaying expenditure of the money until October. He was finally over luled by the senate on a vote of 28 to 32.—Associated Press. BIRTHS AND DEATHS AS REPORTED BY UNCLE SAM Bureau of Census Issues Vital Sta tistics for Year 1920; Infant Mortality on Decline. WASHINGTON, June 29. (Capital News Service).—The Bureau of the Census has isued its annual volume of birth statistics for the year 1920. It includes figures for more than 32 per cent of the United States, or what is known as the “registration area.” From its pages the informa tion is obtained that “in the birth registration area of the United States in 1920 there were 1,508,874 live births, whch represent a birth rate of 23.7 per 1,000 populations, as against 1,373,438 live births reported in 1919 with a rate of 22.3. Of the 1920 births, 776,322 were males and 733,552 were females, or a proportion of 1,057 males to 1,000 females. “The total deaths in the birth reg istration area in 1920 numbered 836, 134 of which 438*201 were males and 397,933 were females. Of the 129, 531 deaths of infants under 1 year of age, 73,737 were males and 55,794 were females, or proportion of 1,322 males to 1,000 females. “There is a marked excess of births over deaths in ever state in the birth registration area. In Ver mont the figures are lowest, the ex cess being 1,873 for 1920 against 1, 947 for 1919. A marked excess is also shown for nearly every city and wherever the deaths outnumber the births the excess is usually among the colored population. The mortal ity rate of infants under 1 year of age per 1,000 births in the birth reg istration area is 86, ranging for the states from 62 in Oregon to 116 in South Carolina. In 1919 the infant mortality rate of the birth registra tion area was 87, ranging from 63 in Oregon and Washington to 113 in South Carolina.” REPUBLICANS DISPLACE THREE NORTH CAROLINIANS These Were Deputy Marshals for Dis trict of Columbia. Retire Sat urday—Their Plans. WASHINGTON, June 26.—Three North Carolinians, Ed Coghill, of Charlotte; Elijah Bennett, of Mor ganton, and Ed Beam cf Rutherford ton, who have been deputy United States marshals in ‘.l.e District of Co lumbia for several yeais will oe suc ceeded by republicans July 1. C.gbill will remain here. He has secured a job vith a bonding house. Bennett, who has several children in the government service here, will stick to his farm in Virginia nearby. Mr. Beam has not decided what he will do. He used to be sheriff of Rutherfoid county—Associated Press. Mass Meeting at Kenlv. There will be a mass meeting at Kenly Saturday afternoon, July 1st, at 3.80 o’clock. Everybody who is desirious of hearing Co-operative Marketing of both cotton and tobac co discussed and explained by Dr. J. Y. Joyner and others, is invited to be present. At this meeting plans will be considerec; for making Kenly a receiving point for cotton and tobacco. TWO MEANS OF AVERTING STRIKE Possible Loopholes to Stop Strike; Union Ultimat um May be Rejected CHICAGO, 111., June 28.—Two pos sible means of averting the threat ened rail strike of 400,000 shopmen suggested themselves to railroad cir cles tonight followed by what B. M. Jewell, head of the shop unions, term ed the “last word” to the railroads in the union ultimatum, sent to the As sociation of Railway Executives last night. The executive, by coincidence, were scheduled to meet in Chicago tomorrow afternoon and local rail road executives today said the shop men’s proposal of a truce pending further negotiations on wages and working conditions would undoubt edly receive attention. President Jewrell’s telegram last night to T. Dewitt Cuyler, chairman of the executives, left little leeway for avoiding the strike, it was felt by the railroad officials today. The certain rejection of the union proposal, therefore, left in the opin ion of railroad men, but two possible loopholes to avoid issuance of the strike call. One was that a conference be tween the union leaders and the ex ecutives might be called tomorrow and if no agreement was reached a technical dispute might be an nounced, over which the railroad la bor board, acting under authority of the transportation act, could take jurisdiction as it did in the Big Four brotherhoods’ strike last year and act to prevent a walkout. The other was that if the strike is called, the board could also take jurisdiction under the act, on the ground that the strike would inter rupt commerce, and order the men back to work. Ben W. Hooper, chairman of the board, refused to comment on these two possibilities tonight. The ac tion of the board in the threatened strike last October was interpreted as representing the board’s position on the first possibility and since the board has never had occasion to act in any strike of consequence the chairman declined to state what the federal body’s interpretation of transportation act on that point would be. Among phases of the strike situa tion which received considerabe at tention tonight was the fact that but 19 roads are involved in the practice of contracting work to outside firms, one of the points on which the shop men cast their strike vote. Among the 201 railroads themselves, there was said to be a decided split on the question of contracting and there was said" to be some doubt as to whether the majority of the roads, which have refrained from contract ing, would support the minority which has held contracting to be their legal right. Chairman Cuyler and the heads of the larger roads of the country, were to arrive in Chicago tomorrow morn ing for a meeting announced as a conference on contracts with the American railway express company. Numerous other subjects, however, would be discussed, it was said.—As sociated Press. ANNOUNCE NAMES OF RATHENAU’S ASSASSINS BERLIN, June 28.—The police of ficially announce that the murderers | of Dr. Walter Rathenau, Foreign Minister, wore Ernest Werner Tchow, of Berlin; Fischer, alias Vogel, a Saxon, and Knauer, alias Koener, of Kern, of Mecklenburg. AH the men aie said to be members of the monauhists organization and former members of he brigade of Captain Ehrhardt, who last year planned to overthrow the Ebert gov ernment and whose name was men tioned in connection with the assas sination of Mathias Erzberger. The police also announce that sev eral persons have been arrested charged with complicity in the assassination of Dr. Rathenau. Several persons were taken into custody today in connection with the assassination.—Associated Press. Leisure is a beautiful garment but it will not do for constant wear. —Washington Post.