TELLER DENIES
HE HAD PART IN
IRREGULARITIES
? : ? I
N. E. Hart,' Accused in|
Wrecking of Albemarle
Bank, Takes Stand in
Own Behalf
ACTED IN GOOD FAITH
- . ?
Claim* He Used Holland' h
Initials in Entering Spur
i o u ? Withdrawals b y
Authority of (jwhler
i \ Emphatic and unqualified do- i
%lal that he had any part In the;
Irregularities which resulted in I
the wrecking of the Albemarle
Bask, colored Institution. last
Christmas Ete. or that he had any
knowledge of them, was made by I
N. E. Hart, teller of the bank,
shortly aft?* .he took the stand In j
Superior Court today. Hart is on ,
trial charged with embezzlement. (
and with baying made false en- j
tries in the bank's books.
In explaining certain entries of I
depositors' withdrawals of fundn j
which were made in his own hand- ;
writing, and which the State con
tends were nerer authorised by
the depositors. Hart testified, that
he made these entries from
cfcecks. In the regular way. and
thkt he did not suspect anythlnK
trregular In connection with them.
He admitted having made one en
try which he Initialed "W. H. H."
these beinu the Initials ol Hol
land, c&ahler of the bank, and ex
plained that by the saaertlon that
Holland had told hlln It was all
right to nae either his own or Hol
land's Initials, because he (Hol
land! was responsible (or the
tank's affairs anyway.
Testimony Concluded
Taking of testimony In the case
was concluded at 11:30 o'clock.
an4 Judge Grady ordered adjourn
ment anil! 2 o'clock, announcing
that arguments by counsel would
begin then. It was Indicated that
the case would reach the Jury by
late afternoon.
The defense Is represented by
tie Isw firm of Aydlett & Simp
son. and Solicitor Small la assist
ed In the proaecatlou by Tompson
Wfk Wilson.
? While on the stand. Hart assert
ed that he was ordered by Holland
not to report for doty at the bank
oa Christmas Eve. the day It was
closed, and that Holland told him
they hadn't enough money to con
tinue operations. He said he
knew nothing of the bank's condi
tion vntll then.
With reference to the secret
ledger. Hart denied that he knew
that It wan Intends* to conceal a
mounting shortage in the bank's
taads. declaring Holland tokd him
that the original savings ledger.
Irom which Ihe'loae leaves making
up the secret ledger were u Ken.
was too thick, and the second led
ger wss opened aierely aa a means
?t reducing the bulklness of the
ftret. Holland, called to the stand
by the State later In rebuttal, re
peated his earlier testimony that
Hart knew the purpose of the se
cret ledger.
Kept Bank's Books
Admitting that he kept the
bank's boohs, eicept the "oontrol"
ledger, which contelned a sum
mary ol all the (laanclal affairs of
tks Institution. Hsrt contended
that be did not knew of tks Irreg
ularities In the management ot Its
huslaeas. He added, however,
that he had began to suepect some
thing was wrong aeveral mmpn
before the cragh came, but admit
ted that he had never mentioned
these suspicions to the bsnk ex
aminers
Hart's wife, Lillian Hart, went
to the stsnd when he had finished
J*li testimony, and told of various
V Investments she had made from
Lair own salary as a teacher In the
Colored schools here, as tending to
offset evidence by the State of un
usual eapendltmres by Hart.
Clerk of Court Ernest U gaw
yer testified to having made a loan
ol 1100 to ???? to Hfcrt on a mort
?age. to be repaM In monthly
drafts of lit. and declared that
ahortly after Ike bank cloeed. Hert
came to hint", and asked tkat no
more drafts be drtsi on him for
Severs! months, since he wee out
at a Job and had no Income Mr.
(lawyer said Hsrt asked his ad
vice ebont employing an attorney,
adding that he told him he had
better retain one If It appeared
that he would hd Implicated In the
tank's failure.
Bert was preceded on the stand
today by varlons character wll
aeeaes pel on by the defense In his
behalf. Theee Included J. M
Weeks. J. R. Bowden. C. W Mel
Ick. and B W. Twllord. Elisabeth
CHy merchants, aad O. W. Bell.
cashier of the Industrial Bsnk
|Mr#<
' Covered t> BhocM?ee
W. H Hollsnd. cashier of the
tank, wko had been brought back
from tke Mate's Prleon to teellfy
la the case, took tke stead at the
opealag of court yeeterday after
noon aa the State's chief witness
Ae testified that he often lelt the
Mask for eitcaded periode td soli
cit new bualncan. leaving Hart In
charge, and that frequently upon |
kle return ke found shortages
(Continued on Page o
Grand Master
Brought Hp In the orphan'* home
onductsd by the Odd Fellow* at
fMdvlIW. Pa.. John N. Mark ba
ust been la Mailed u grand m*M?r
? the 190.000 members of the lodge
? Pennsylvania. His home la In Ol!
City. Pa.
Washington Is Very
Much Obliged To
Philadelphia
By CHARIiKH P. HTKWART
(Current. im. kr Tbt A?va?w>
Washington, ' June 18. ? Wash
ington is vory much obliged to
Philadelphia for having a Sesqul
Centennlal Exposition.
Washington expects to get about
as much of It as Philadelphia does
and thO beauty of It is ? Washing
ton** part wll be clear profit, while
Philadelphia will have to pay all
the bill*.
The theory Is that most people
who come any distance to see the
s . -qui -Centennial Exposition will
figure, while they're about it and
so near, they'd belter see the cap
! ital, too.
? ? ?
Thus Washington Is laying her
plans for tho best tourist year
she's over had.
In summer, Washington gener
ally la rather flat. Excopt unde.
abnormal conditions, like those of
the war. Congress Is scattered
hither and yon. The summer cli
mate Isn't of a kind to advertise.
The president's away. "8ocl#ty"
adjourns to other parts. The em
i hassles and legations are run by
underlings.
But this seasen looks promising.
Philadelphia has sown and Wash
ington reckons It can reap hand
somely.
Philadelphia's weakness la that
she Isn't geared to accommodate
a violently fluctuating transient
population. She's made extra
preparations to tafce caro of the
8esqul-Centenntsl, to be sure, but
formally her number of out-of*
town visitors Is about a stationary
I quantity, from year's end to year's
;end.
Washington Is accustomed to a
heavy seasonal variation. Now. In
her off season, she sees a prospect
of a big crop of tourlts.
INVESTIGATE DEATH
OF NEGRO PRISONER
1 Sir Walter Hotel, Raleigh, June
18. ? George Ross Pou, s u per In -
i tondent of State Prisons. Is In
lAshevltle today where he has gone
to Investigate the death of WIW
,11am A. George, a negro prisoner,
who was fatally wounded while
i attempting to escape from the
prison camp when a guard was
I compelled to Are at him.
George was serving a sentence
of 30 years for rfturdor, having
been convicted In the Superior
Court of Craven County last Jan
iuary. Soon after commitment to
the State Prison he gained a repu
tation for being a "bad man."
- lately he had be#n stationed at a
'prison csmp near Ashevllle where
he had been working In the rock
quarry.
He made his attempt to escape
l while being returned from the
rock quarr# to the prison bar
racks, Mr. Pou wss advised. He
wss ordered to bait by two guards
and when he failed to stop, one
of the guards fired, a buck shot
taktqg effect In the hack of his
hea<C near the base of the brain.
He oled In about an hour.
As Mr. Pou hsn always made It,
a custom to personslly Investigate
either the death or Injury of any
prisoner under his supervision, he
has gone to visit the csmp and
make a personal Investigation.
White In the western part of the
State, Mr. Pou- will Iftapect the
seven prison camps in that sec
tion. ?
OOTTOW %f AltKKT #
New York, June It? Cotton fu
tures opened st the following lev-i
els: July 17.88, October 18.43,
December 18.41, January 18.35,
March 18.48.
New York, June lA ? Spot cot
ton closed quiet r points un
changed, middling- 1888. Futures,
closing bids: July 17.88, Oct.
18.40, Dec 18.71. Jan 18.4ft. Mar.
18.81.
Miss Katherlne Duff left Thurs
day for Macon, Georgia, where |
she will spend some time visiting
rMaUvet,
TRYING TO MARE
A BRYAN OUT OF
SENATOR BORAH
Senior Senator From the
Sagehruah Country Has i
Advanced Most Practical
Argument Again*! Liquor
NOT FOR EFFECT
Hhh No Ambition* Alonfl
Those Lines, bat < Con
vinced That Machinery
and Liqaof Do Not Mix
B| HOHKItT T. HMAlil.
!Cw4*' im M Tfc? *?'*?
Washington. Jone IS. ? Sena
tot Bordh. ot Idaho, I" not only
? theoretical and constitutional
"dry." ?? his Baltimore speech
seemed to etnphaslie, but he Is
(or prohibition on moral grounds
| as well. The moral aide ol hla
I argument appears t*> have been
1 lost sight ot completely In the dls
1 cuss Ion which followed his attack
; upon'thc wet and dry referendum
[ordered In the state of New York.
The Senior Senator from the
Isage brush country, however, has
I advanced what many thinkers be
lieve to be about the best moral
1 argument for prohibition which
has been advanced and that Is why
dry and rellgloua organisations all
over the country have been Invit
ing him to come out and make
speeches thla summer. It would
< appear that these organisations
I want to make a ?ort of second
William Jennlng? Bryan of sen
ator Borah, but the Senator has
no particular ambitions along Just
those lines. He did not make his
i Baltimore speech for political el
feet. In fact be Has made most
of the same argumenta In the Sen
ate chamber on several occasions.
| Musing along moral lines Sen
ator Borah has pointed out that
! we are living today In a m-chan^
cal age. Machinery Is taking the
place more and more of manual
labor. Thla la not only true In
'the shops and factories, hut ma
chlnery has Invaded the homes and
! dominates the streets and blgh
Tyen people are beginning to
think and act mechanically. Indl
vldnalltlee are helog .ut-n.erg.* I"
I the driving power of the machine.
Machinery and liquor. In the
i mind of Senator Borah, do not
' mix. Machinery and the mechanl
cal age cannot be obliterated. L.1
'QUThe*road cannot be blocked,
'senator Borah says. Whiskey Is
an obstacle In the path and there
1 fore It must be poshed aside. The
man who haa been drinking cannot
he trusted with machinery.' no
matter whether It be an automo
bile a gin or a loom or the bucket
carrying molten '""tal In lh.:
' mill. The man who haa been
I drinking cannot be trusted at IM
] throttle of the locomot lv*v #.0.
tor Borah has suggested that even
the delegates to kn antl-P'Ohlb^
tlon convention would rise up as
lone man and mob the ??????*"!
their special train If lh.y found
n?m taking drlnka from a pock, t
I The weta are attempting to an
awer thla argument by aaylns that
enl^nrnBta did not ?rink even In
the dsys when ??'??? "J" Wii*
open and that railroad travel was
Just aa safe In those days aa It Is
'"senator Borah points out that
In the days of horse drawn ve
hicles and in the daya when each
man was a personal equation In
the Inductrlal machlne and couUi
drop out or not aa he P1"" ,'
.drinking perhapa ??
' Those were the daya of Individual
llUes. with each man I more or It"
I of a law unto himself T? *_ '
ils different. A drunken man
, asleep behind a slow Plodding.
haDs a sleepy horae. tired from
1 long etherlng In front of the grog
I shop, waa not so dangerous. The
horse would care for him after a
But the same man behind the
1 wheel of a high powered autonvv
I bile can slay and malm before his
i condition Is detected.
1 Efficiency Is carrying the world
I forward. Efficiency and machln
? go hand In hand. S*n.ior Bo
rah sajn no one can contend that
whlakey drlaklng J1***
clency In the handling of machln
t ery or anything else.
The protagonists of modification
I claim they want a man h "
?liberty" and his "dram In
hours of ease, as a surcease from
the driving this meehanleal ago s.
brought down upon him. bu
ator Borah anwen thai with tn<
"""sutlsucs^om' New York and
other large cities .bow a n ever
Increaaing ratio of aotomoW' 11
cense. suspended and revoked be
eau.e of Intosieatlon at the wheel
Whether this I. *?
Increaaing consumption bf alcohol
or to the Increaaing use of the
automobile I. a ?uh)eet of
contention Bot In any event Sen^
ator Borah', eontentloa tbat the
I age of machinery and
and the a*e of liquor do not run
UralM ta Hkely to be Uken uP
I by the dry for?a f real one.ndol
the coo. try to the other and made
the test of Iheir further eltorta to
enforce the eighteenth amendment
and the Volstead art.
Fight to Save Beauty of Kentucky's Falls
The Cumberland Failu, In Kentufty. constltuto one of the most Iwnullful bits of accnery that ittnte affords.
Accordingly. Oovcrnor WIBInm J.?Fielda 1? leading a flpht against a proposal now hefor* the Federal Power
CotrmlMion to turn the fall* over to a hydro-clpctrlc concern. Louisville newspaper! ore backing thtf governor
in his fight. as Is tho Cincinnati Posr.
WARNS AGAINST
SALE FIREWORKS
jComniitwiniier Wilde A|?
i peniu for Safely First
Measure* July llli
| Raloigh, Juno 1R. ? Insurance
(CoinmiH. iou? r Stacey W. Wade
i ha? sent out to mayors and slier
' Iffs a strong appeal for concerted
I action on the part of city and
I county authorities in suppreKaln?t
j the ulo of fireworks for the
Fourth of July. In nearly all of
the more progressive towns and
I cities of tho State there ?an* or
jdinancrs forbidding thcv sale of
fireworks within th? corporate
| limitu of the town or city and
I these ordinances are atrictly en
forced. In many bc?r? ver
1 1 h?? ordinances are practically nul
lified by county authorities issu
ing license for the salt' of flre
I works Just outside the city limita.
Tho Division of Safety Kduro
jtlon of tho North Carolina Insur
iim Departuent hits In its riu a
long record of Fourth of July dis
asters. For hundreds of happy
iboys and girls in North Carolimi.
I the Joyous holiday has ended as
a day of pain and in scores of
cases, families who started the day
with happiest anticipations, found
themselvess homeless at the close
of It.
While children delight In tin
noise and display of exploding
fireworks, the risk is too much t<?
I rtlB for the pleasure Involved and
every good citizen should use his
.influence to have the Fourth "I
j July observed sanely. There Is
'nothing patriotic in endangering
Ithe lives and property of other
people.
MBCBRTAVIY i:\KHKTT IS
HKI .NO < X >V ill ATI ? I. VI I :i ?
Raleigh. June 18. Secretary of
Slate W. N. Everett Is receiving
numerous letters front various
'parts of the State, enngratulaf inu
him upon the fact that he is re
covering from the recent heart st
taek which has kepi him OOlUlncd
to his home for the past two
weeks.
Mr. Kverett now hopes to
able to be bark In his office- with
in a we?-k or 10 days. He was
able to take part in a meeting ??f
the Count 1 1 of State, held at his
home, recently. This meeting wa?
I postponed until Mr. Kverett wns
a bio to take part. Governor Me
Iscan having been insistent that
tho meeting not be held until s II
members of the council could be
present.
The Secretary of State, whose
recent attack Is the second In
, some months, is able to spend
most of his time out of bed now.
and hopes to be bark In his office
shortly. He is impatient to he out
again. It Is reported from Ills
home.
NOT 4 IIERO MIT
hue nuo r.AVGHT
IN Ills OWN TR4I>
lUlrlRh. Juno 1*.? Two
work* mko Mix D. I?. linker
wan Imllfd aa a man who wave
hi* life In an attempt to rtf
cuo other* In a Are at Hninl-t.
Today he la branded aa "not
a hero, but a flrebu* cattftM lu
hla own trap."
To the tale of Inftplrlnn hero
lum thin atitlTllmax waa ??I4< <?
today hy tha report of Captain
W. A. 8eott. Deputy Inaurance
Commlaaloner. The import wna
made to Inaura no# Commission
er Stacy W. Wade, and w.ia
made public by him.
"Thare waa no evidence thnf
he ever woke any one except
Mra. Clark and no one ever saw
him enme out of the houae,"'
Captain Scott declarea.'Tbe nre
look w toll of four ItTM. tha
r* port aajrs. Baker admittedly
had killed ona man.
Heroes
Captain Alexander LIvlnKwtnji
and IiIm crew, which includes
"Mlckfe," the (thipK uiuHCot, w? r?
flailed uk Ihtoim when tin- fro|j;ht
' ?*r W?*t IIItiiLia arrived in Uoston
after mminfi 3U offlrer* and m> n
I of a burnini; French Hchonner Juat
before it nank in inid-unan.
IJQIJOII CASKS IKIKI)
, IN KKCOKDEirS COUNT
I
[ Found guilty of operating uti an
toniohlb- wljllt* under 1 lio Influ
ence of liquor, Floyd Sawyer,
known an "nig Tlin?\" fined I
$r?? and i oMtti in recorder's court
Friday mornliti:. H was arqult
ted of charKoa of ruck Ions driviug
and exceeding I lie speed limit.
Oil* Sawyer submitted on a
charge of being drunk, and wan
fined 15 and costs*.
Both the foregoing defendant*
claimed they liad obtained their li
quor from Charlie Alexander, of
this city. Alexander, however,
wax. acquit fed of charges of |m*
KCflnlon. transportation and Male of
w h Inky.
Knocli Williams, charged wllh
assault ?m Willie Huberts, wa*
fined Slo and coats. Itoth an
colored, alid are employed by the
Crystal Ice and Coal colnpauy.
The charges were the outgrowth
of an argument at the Ice plant.
Thursday.
In the absence of Trial .Itftlcy
I'. O. Sawyer, who 1? spending a
few day* with 'Ilia family at Vir
ginia lleach. Cnlted State* Com
mlssloncr T. It. VVilnon presided
over the court.
CAR DKIt Kit KXON Kit ATI i>
OF ISLAM*; l\ A? t ||?FAT
Full exoneration of Krank Wil
non, driver of an automobile h.v
which Mr*. Charles fi. Iliad* h. of
I this city, member of a highly
ipromln<iit family, wn run over
and fatally Injured Monday after
noon, while ero^^lnu Kast Main
street, wa ? accorded by a grand
Jury in Superior Court, now in
8c?sion here, after an Investiga
tion of t1i<? Accident.
Persons who obafprv?*d the mis
hap dccland Mrs. Iliad1** appar
ently brauni" frightened ?fi?r ?li<
had reached the middle of lie
street, slid suddenly riwi dfrcftly*
Inlo the put b of t be ear. Which
Wan J|pp? oncblng at priderate
r.peod. The Injured woman was
Uk"ii hurriedly to the local, hot*
pital. where "he died early next
mornlnr
Mr. Wilson waif prostrnl'd wllb
grief aft'-r the accld' nt. and In dill
under medlcil treat ment nt hli
Jiomc here.
RHVl! \l, RHfjlSM MOMUV
FIRMT < MltlSTIAN <1111 1 CM
Itevlval nervlces will begin Mon
day night at eight o'clock a* the
First Christian church ?nd con- J
tlnne ten day*. The paator. Rev,!
II. T. Ilowen, will be aa*l*tcd by
Prof. Joseph A. Sanders, president
of Carolina Institute and Bible
Seminary at Klnston, who Is a na-l
live of North Carolina and a grid
uste of ths University of Ten nes- :
???. '
THINK BRIAND'S
PLANS MUST FAU
Politicians Suri* DiflVrrtil
Leader* I.ikr Poiiicurc
ami llrrrio! ( lull Not
AgriT
lly I'M I. SCOTT MOW II Kit
iCopyiititit, Iu?. h* Ihr Ait <4110*1
i l*n iIh. J u no 18.? Tho Impres
sion in inside po) li I ?* h 1 circles enrly
thin afternoon In that Aristide Bri
and's efforts to form a partal na
tional union ministry will fall, ow
ing to the dlHlnollnat Ion of the
radicals to enter such a ministry
iuul tlie difficulty of formulating
a financial policy on which two
such different leaders as M. I'oln
care and M. Harriot could agree.
If M. Flriand falls, as now anti
cipated. M. llerrlot will he asked
to become premier. Wednesday
M. llerrlot was reluctant to ac
jeept. hut tndav hn win s tempted
at the poHMlhlllty since lit- appar
ently has received unexpected
promises of support from Andre
Tnrdleu.
i Certain hanking Influences with
M. Harriott. M. Tardleu and even
the s< ?*Kia lint leader. M. Hlum. are
i said to h. sympathetic, we m lf? he
'favoring tho creation of an Her
?. riot cabinet.
Meanwhile M. Polnearo, who I*
I willing to accept the -peat of fi
> nance minister under a new Hrl
niid proinlerahlp. has signalized
In an artlclw.ln a Ilarcelona news
paper his formal acceptance of the
m) riillcd 1 .oca r n o pollcloa which
some feared he might continue
to oppose.
The powerful radical party. In
a party congress, has decided to
ratify tho Washington debt agreo
nient only wl||i reservations insur
ing the addition 'of safeguard and
transfer clauses.
VANDKUBILT PAPER
F All. S TO AI'I'KAIt
Miami. June. IS. ? Cornelius
Vandcrhllt, Junior's. newspaper,
the Illustrated l?ailv Tab. failed
to appear today. A court order
wn* hand'-d down on May 2fl by
Acting Judge H. W. Shtppey or
dering VanderWIt Newspapers, In
corporated, publlshinK orgaqlxa
tlon of the Tali to vacate Its offi
ces at 70 West lliitlpr st reel t by
June 20.
i i \ kic \ i. M hh. LATH \M
The fiinora? of Mr*. Kllen La
iham. who died at the home of
h? r son. H. 0. Latham. Roath
Itoad street. Wednendav morning,
was conducted by Dr. n. II. Tem
pleman. Thursday morning at
10.30 o'clock Mr*. Lulbam Is
survived by three tons. P. K. La
tham of Kensington, Maryland, J
W. I.uthain of Maple and H. C.
Latflsm of Klliabtth City. # also
nevei a I grandchildren.
The pall hearers were: Knoch
l.udfordL J. C. Ward. J. C. II rook n.
Captain Btark Harris. Joe Marrell.
and Jordan Holmes. Mrs, j. L
I'rltcbard. Mrs. I). W. Harris and
Mrs. Jarvls Jtneley nana "Jeans
l*o?er of My Houl." and "Nearer
My Hod To Thee." Interment was
made In Hollywood Cemetery.
PEACH CHOI' COOK
Sir Walter Hotel, HsIHuh, June
Ik. The poach crop In th" west
ern part of the State iffnhowlns Up
very poorly as the result of thf?
- ? ci edlnglv dry weather, aerord- ,
Ing to a fl?ld mah of the flt?t??
Department of Agriculture who
has just returned from a trip,
through the fruit section. The
peaches are small and und*r-de- 1
veloped. although the flavor and(
finality la good. The yield, how
ever Is lighter than was e*peeted.
even after the April frost and the
drop is heavy. Other eropa are
i also AufTerlnf. with wheat the
only crop that l? really mailing a
? good showing.
HOMAGE TO SPUD WAS MR. MELLON
IS PLANNED FOR MANEUVERED BY
MONDAY, JULY 5 THE WILD WEST?
"I'otulo Dji), (it IrliiMtioii,
llor>r liarcs and I cnpic
ltaM*liall (runic Srlictllllc<|
lor Holiday
SI'KAKKKS IIWITKI)
W . \. (iralmiii, < iomnii->
sioncr of Agriculture, ami
KcprcHCiilalnr Warren
Ankrd to ( ionic
Homage In tin- humble Irish jh?
latu, premier truck ervp ??f t li ?*
Albemarle district. will hi- paid
ln?re in generous measure en Mon
day, July G. as a |?art of an lude
pendcnco Day program which will
include concerts by tin- Kiiiubeth .
City Iloyn' Hand, h.irae laces at
Mm' fair grounds. and a Carolina
Lea k m* haschaii game. Decision '
to hold a "I'o.atu May * ??? b bra- .
tiuli uit h part if tin* animal
Fourth of July fi'illvlilrtt van an-:
nouncod today .?y thr- M -reliant*'
liureau of the Chamber nl' Com
merce.
Speakers lo be invited for the
ori*;tHi<iii include V.'. A. Graham,
State Commissioner rf Agrlcul-i
lure, and Rcprcacnlatltrc Undny
C. Warren, of tin- First North Car
olina District.
I:i connection with 1h ? " potato
liay" o.lebiatlui, the city's ni' r
chant.-: pi omine prisi'M lor the lin
ear potatoes exhibited, uiid for the
biggest yield officially recorded. |
County Agent O. W. Falls will an- 1
hist In thin pht*r of the day's
events. It In proposed also that';
Irish potatoes b<> mad* up for free,
distribution in generous quantity,
lo demonstrate the many drluct - !
able dishes which can In- prepared !
t ll tut.
What "Peach Day" in to the'
Sandhill Country of North Caro-;
Una, those backing tfte cob-bra-,
tion plan to make of "|*otato.j
Day" bere in the years ahead. The i
first "Potato Day" wan observed
Inst June. but a sudden rainstorm .
which broko just After tha (nUtI*
ties had gotten under way npoiled
the celebration. Iletter luck Is
hoped for (his year.
Til ?SON NOMINATION
WITHDRAWN TODAY
Washington. June 1 8.-- I'reid- ,
dent Coolldge today withdrew his
nomination of William J. Tllson.
brother of the Republican leader
of the House, to be Federal Judge |
In Georgia.
The Senate committee already
had reported unfavorably slid Sen- j
ate leaders had told thr President
that confirmation would be denied
In tho Senate. Mr. Tllson had
ln-en appointed Judge for the new
ly created middle judicial district
In Georgia but a wave of protest
P>d by Senators and Representa
tives from Ooorgia resulted in his
withdrawal. Objection was based
for om- part on grounds that tha
appointee was not a native of
Georgia nor did ho reside even at
proHont in the district over which
he was to preside.
ASK ADJOURNMENT
ON JUNE THIRTIETH
Washington, June IK. ? The Re-1
publican House steering commit
tee today agreed to ask for a sine
tile adjournment' of Congress on1
Wednesday, June 30, at 6 o'clock
in the afternoon."
I A resolution proposing adjourn
merit on this date Will be called
j up In the House Monday and In
expected to receive the approval ol .
?leaders of both House and Sen- j
ate. The committee decided that I
'to seek sdjournment on Saturday. |
June 2K. ms at first dOllcmpllMl I
; would nnduly hasten considera
tion of the deficiency appropria
tion bill which Includes provision
for new Federal buildings
throughout the country to bu
started tlila year.
I) KIN IKS BEING ON
PAYKOI.L OF LEAGUE
Washington, June IK. Named
by Wayne ft. Wheels as one of
the Senators who had received
"honorariums" from the Anti-8a
loon l?eagne for making prohibi
tion speeche*. Senator Willis. R<
publican, of Ohio, rose in the Sen
ate today and declared he had
never been on I be league's pay
Nil.
PLOT AGAINST LIFE
n KKISII PRESIDENT
Constantinople. June 1A. -A!
plot against President Mustspha
K e m* | Pasha of Turkey has bo#?n
discovered In Smyrna and a num
ber of arresta have been made.
BRIANO IS UNABLE
TO FORM CABINET
Paris, June 1*. Premier Brl
jand this sfternoon announced his
Inability to form a new cabinet.
Sanford Neal of Concord left
I Monday after spending the week*'
end as the guest of Laurence Ayd
lett on Main street,
Al Any Half, the Secretary
of the Treasury Handled
llie Mailer in His ("harm*
teristie Fashion
attack is shifted
Willi (iinpew Aboul to
Adjonrn Mellon letter
W ill lie Turned Into Fnd
For Fall Campaium
H> IIAVIK LAWRKHCB
I IQSt. fc* Th. A?MM)
Washington. June 18 ?
Secretary Mellon maneuvered Into
bear in k the brunt of the attack by
the western Republicans on tUp. -
Coolldge administration for dft
cilulng to permit any bill contain
ing farm susldy or prlce-flxlng to
become law?
On the surface, the letter dt
the Secretary was Issued In the
natural coursc of things In re
sponse to an Inquiry as to his
vlewa. Hut the men who elicited
the letter were Representative*
Haugen and Dickinson of Iowa i
and Anthony of Kshsas and they
In torn were Induced to aak tho
secretary of his views through the
suggest Ion of Representative Meo*
gos of Pennsylvania. The Ittuff ?
knew that Mr. Mellon did not fer
t ?r the Haugen bill. So did the
men from the West who came t?
see him. There wan some tajl
that the visit was arranged toy pfc
taln a compromise stuggeatlon. Bet
as it turns out, Mr. Mellon wttn
< haracterlstlc courage took, the
whole problem under coualdetj^^
Hon and announced his views' ."lifc*: |
unequivocal fashion with the re
sult that today the aitaoh bee
been shifted from Mr. Coolldte te
Mr. Mellon.
One of the Ideas back of tl|d #
plan to let Mr. Mellon do the
fighting wm that his vlewa o*
banking and financial malty*
would be apt to carry weight with
the country. Hut the Mellon let
ter contains an argument agafut
the equalisation fee,. which If*
Democrats and Western Republi
cans are contending now la really
an argument against a protect!**
tariff system.
With Congress about to adjonns
at the end of this month, the op
ponents of the administration will'
take the Mellon letteT to the coun
try as the basis for the summer,
and autumn campaign. The en
tiro attitude of th" w?st?m insur
gents has been that big business
"down east" has been opposed' to
their plan of farm relief and now1
that Secretary Mellon haa ta|hn
the lead In the fight, the countrfc
may be prepared to hear for the
next several months much of the,
name line of thoaght on the Mr
leged domination by big business
of the legislative policies *of the
administration.
President ('oolldge haa said
nothing publicly about the pend
ing Haugen bill. His speech lu
Chicago early this year was a pre
sentation of his views on generil
principles of farm rollef hut he has
not specifically attacked the Han
gen bill. The letter from Mr. Mel
lon Is taken as a reflection qt (of
President's position but la a mat- ^
ter of comment here that Ih# Pres
ident Choae theaHocrstary of the
Troaaury Instead of the Secretary
of Agriculture for an official an
nouncement of the viewpoint Of.
the administration.
Were It not for the Haugen bin
the tariff Issuo might be expected
to slumber Bnt the Demo?At?
who oppose the protective tariff
system are making a good deal odt
of the contention of the Western .
Republicans that the equalisation
foe In the Haugen bill Is riothitt#
more than an extension of ths tar-*
Iff principle The letter of the
Secretary of theTreasnry. was. for
example, paraphrased by Senator
Borah In his addreaa to the Sea
ate. using the word "duty for
"equalisation fee" and the word
"foreigner" for farmer.
Senator Robinsons, the Demo
cratic leader, told the Senate that
the Haugen hill was killed by Mr.
Melon's letter. The Democrats
have been only too anxious to have
the administration fight the mea-<
sure so that they conld go to the
voters in the rural districts end
make pleas for fsrm relief. There
are some Insurgent Republicans hi
the West who prefer Inaction to
artlofi because If give* them ent*
munition for the campaign.
Rut the Interesting thing "
that Mr Mellon does not run fer
office In western slates and la en j
appointive officer with some credit
for taxation policies en his sldeef
the ledger of national preetlge. Mr.
( oolldge. on the other hand, i
not engaging personally In any
controversies that he can avOjffi ? j
All of which la generally regard
ed even by disinterested observ
ers aa good strategy ?n the pert
of the Whit# House particularly m
a campaign la which the Isenes
show no signs of being defmltpO.1 J
established everywhere on
aech cleavage as antt-oMMtra
tlon or pro-admlnlstratlon. .