The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 05, 1921, Image 1
TH10 Ml MTI U W ATCHMAN. ttatabllal
CONSOLIDATED AUG. 2, 18
FARM LOAN
LAW VALID
United States Supreme Court
Passes Upon Constitutionality
of Land Bank Act
GOVERNMENT WILL BE
ABLE TO AID FARMERS
A tempt to Prevent Extension of
Legitimate Credits to Land
Owners Defeated in Highest
Tribunal
ITMtihill"n b -'s.?The farm
Ktin net designed to sssist the agri
cu turul development ol the United
Hintes by providing readily acci ?sl
btf credits to far mere ihrough fed-'
eri I land banks, was declared valid
tomiy by the supreme court.
n an opinum which Commlaalofier
Char let lv (> Lobdell of thu farm
l?in bo.iid declared "clears away
sWory legal que*th>n and removes
every shadow of question as to the
lesallty of the banks or their bonds,"
tbe court held that ronaress bad full
uu hoiity to rwtabllsh tbe land tanks
an I the correlative authorlt> to ox
epipt. their bonds from the ?t?te taxa?
tion. Commissioner l.oi.de I an-,
pasjneed that there would be an Im-j
get dint f la*u< of farm P?an bonds "to i
an nndetermlnat ?? amount" to ^lin
an-e the bniulrcdN of millions of dol- '
lars in loans whV ii alveu ly bad Isecn
b) tin box i ii and which
wfre geld up pending the court de
iHlssj
"A bend offering will be made us
soon as the bonds i in be made
ready.*' Mr. Lobdell said, "and Imme?
diately thereafter the distribution of
I?.. |i*4 begun II i'i I.? at '. a I
da .'s, liowi vi r brfon lundsarc ivnll?
ab e fo| ,1? t ua' loac.l!
"The farm Iben hoar.I is h< peful
that th, market iuu> absorb farm
1 >on bonds equal to the borrowing
demands of lh? farmers of the eoun
trv but no ons ens predict with snf<
ty the result of r nnanclal operation
' thin magnitude
, rri? h d today w as an ap
mi from |o a . r nun t de< rees i efus?
ig an mJuneti(m) sought l?3 Charles
Mmlth, a stockholder in the Kan
? 'lt\ Title and Trust t 'o . to n -
?aln that Institution from investing
funds In the * curitiel Of the land
, d.s. The contention was mad.' thai
|grm loan act was invalid, as con
sas hadfiicithcr the authority under
n constitution to establish banks
b to exempt these lOOnrltleS trom
Hb taxation
ge court. In a practically ununl
U opinhm. upheld tlo authority of
OvcrntneiP in both Instance*
rm loans aggregating mere than
M?.'?<>n have been hehl up sin e
SP?, as a result of the suit in
j ? Char lei R. Smith, i stock?
ln las K ins.11 i 'a v TH Ic and
J>? . t0 tent the Validity of the
farm loan a< l. Applications
amount were pending when
lion, r Lobdell announced at
trenee of farm loan otftehlls
lat official approval would be
Id ponding a ?I? < blon ol tin
al? placed the total amount of
farmers held in ab?'>ance by
at many times $'.'?.?00.000,
, the receipt of applications
stopp? d with Commissionei
's annoum ement. On March l.
gie farm loan hoaid reported
llJ |t7.004l had bcon advanced
I fat inert*, a ml that applicu
mm I ?".734 persons Iben i? n
iallod $4"i,ooo.ouo.
suit in the supreme court v as
form of an appeal from OWer
leclsioiiH refusing t?? Isauc an
jtm to restrain the Kansai City
Id Trust Co., from ,nv? stinc
in bonds issued by the farm
inkn. The govi rnment, the
land bank of Wichita, Kan .
h'list Joint Stock Land bank
in", ait their own appttcatinr,
bade defendants In ordar thai
llli ?? ?po si em lidubt l>? ?? llled
In one SUlt.
gad toi Mr. So.uh asaer'ed :>i
|sr?* 'hat the farm loan ac, was
|rci>. of pow ei w hu h et. ,
possess under the const.I I
birth, i Kiound for attack wr?s
?n t he exempt .mi ol tin farm
pjrrlles ii. taxation as "Im
ttahti.s of tin government."
im ?S. McAdoo, foi uu i a pi
I he in i* iry, submitted tin*
lent hi lei is sp< ? I? I i i Is
tovney g> net a i. in t he argip
the i RS4 . He a e t i led tl
inks n. re < t ? ub'd "tlsi ul
if the governon nt n nd t !? ? ?
hud I he clear i Igbl t ? sei
Institutions. Hi lire ussistaiic
ill nr> p. i i 11 o>? |o tin I ? *? ?I
it w us arsaed, ruiian i
rv?# made dir. ? I ppi upi i i
III. pin po Hi Hi View, bill
greate these spet ia| am ? u s I
t la hi im a l ? I und .
Igara to 11 ion
McAdoo ? out' nd l tb it
a que f ion 11 < ii'
Urniine w b* o ?fi. ? ' a.
euch * would be
itlon."
Fish Dav
tied April, IH.'.O.
MBfl Just a
81.
LEVER ACT
KNOCKED OUT
Supreme Court Declares It Un?
Constitutional In Vital Par?
ticulars
CASES AGAINST FOOD
PROFITEERS ENDED
-
Prosecutions of Hoarders and
Profiteers Not Warranted By
The Law
W.-i-shington. Kcb. 18.?The su? J
premc court loduy hold unconstltu-I
tlonul the lections of the Lever acl
under which the government stopped
(Ik oonl strike of ItlH and subse?
quently Inunehed its campaign to re?
duce the coat of living by prosecut?
ing alleged hoarders of an<i profiteers
In foodstuffs and other necessities.
The court's opinion was rendered
specifically In an appeal i>y the gov
ernnv 'it from a decree In lower court
l>ut it was sweeping in its terms and
will have the effect of ending all
proeecutlons Instltutsd by the depart?
ment of justice in Its cost of living
campaign.
The action of the government In
obtaining Injunctions to stop the
strike of bituminous miners in No?
vember, I'.' Il, was not before tin
court, but department of just ier of-|
flelals sold ihat it was under Bee
tixi I, whlcb was held invalid, that
tin- government had proceeded
agnin.d the miners.
The opinion of the court was ham d
largely on the Indefllnlteness of the
sections under review, Chief Justice
White, departing from his prepared
iplnlon, remarked that the scope of
the sections appari ntly was "us broad
as human imagination" and that the
degree of criminality was left to ever
? bunging standarda
Vssocia'e Justice I'retnhis and
Pitney dissented as to the reasoning
by which Ihe eonrt's decision was
reached, but concurred in the re- I
suit.
The chief Justice said in his writ
tee opinion that the sections under
dienuaslou dlil not 'constitute a fix?
ing b) rongri ss of an aaoertalnable
standard of guilt" and were not "ade?
quate to inform persons accused or
violations thereof uf the nature and
cause oi the accusation agulnst
tin in."
Tin wide latitude of possible in?
terpretation was clearly evidenced
in said, by tin varied assortment ol
oases brought before the court la
test the act. Theas casea numbering
ten in all ranged from specific con?
victions to denial Of injunctions
sought by retailers to restrain gov
crnmcnt agents from proceeding
against them, in some cases the gov?
ernment annealed from adverse de?
cisions of lower courts quashing hi
dtctntonta and In others it defended
decisions In its favor,
j "Observe that the sec: ions forbid
1 no Specific or definite act." said the
'chief Justice,
"Tu attempt lo enforce these sec
Iii ?im would Ih< the < suet equivalent of
an effort la carry out a statute which
in terms merely penalised or pub- j
I llshed all acts detrimental to publb ,
Interests when injuries are unreason?
able In the estimation of a court and '?
I a jury. I
"We are of the Opinion that the
court below wai clearly rigid in rul?
ing that tin- mere existence of a state
of w ir COUtd not suspend or chllUKC
the operation of the guarantees und
i llmltntions of t be hfl Ii a nh si\t h
(amendments, such as we are here
passing upon."
- These sections <d* the constitution
j declare that in all criminal prosecu?
tions the accused "shall have tin
right to b, Informed of the nature
and cause id' tin- accusation," and
that tic chirge must be specifically
set forth in' tin- indictment return?
ed agalnal liim.
Seetinn I of the Lever net made it
unlawful "to limit facilities tor trans?
porting, producing, harvesting, man?
ufacturing, storing or dealing in any
necessities; lu restrict diatrlbutlon ol
any necessities; to prevent, limit or
lessen the production at any nocessl
ties in order to cnhar.ee tue price
(thereof. or to i x.h I CXCOKSlvi prices
I for any neeeanlt |< a,"
The court look as the h i ,-asi
that of the I. Cohen Oroccrj com*
pliny of St. LoUlS, Whlcll bid been
indicied For \iolalion ol the net ho
eaUSe of Ho- snh <>i tit) ponn< ?? ol sil
: ir f??r 1 I 07 oi ,il I be i n .? m r on
than 20 cent - a pound. decision ol
the tov. r eourtx sustaining, a demur?
rer to tie |iii|hIiiuMil on tin ground
i hut i !i< i ? < ? ion \ io!at< d ihe nit ii
I amendment, was ufflrmod by tie su
pn no coin :.
? ' lo Iff lie I r > I n|n4 - WON Ibil ol
tie ?c.. iie i,.n company, appeal
Inu from < or\ ;< I Ion In I le a itin >y
bikini* on) lit pri'tlts on sales of fuou
? uti . Conviction wh i ri'Voi ? d.
Mm Ion, Mai rh i Prj sldi nf ? p . ?
Hanl lug arrived homi todu) and soon
after vi nil into conference with lien,
'.?ooaid Wood, who i-i prominently
na b r con uib rat Ion for n point
nWii? ig io,,? inor general of the Phil?
ippinen .Mr. Harding and wile will
I be tendered it farewell reception by
the town people ff omorrow, and Will
knvi late in the day for Washington.
Washington. Mulch L\ ?1 resident
Wilson approved the diplomatic and
consular bill (arising .in appropria?
tion of ten million, |iv? hundred Lhiiu
iSitUd doll.us, _
nd Fcur Not?Let nil the ends Thou Ai
SUMTER, S. CM S ATI Ii
SENATE MAKES
House Appropriation Bill
Amended By Senate Finance ;
Committee and Half Mill
Added To Levy
CITADEL APPROPRIA?
TION CUT $200,000
More Money Provided For Sup?
port of Asylum and Confeder?
ate Home?Fund For Law En?
forcement Increased
Columbia, March i A total In
prease in appropriation!) of approxi?
mately three hundred thousand, In?
cluding Increases for pome buildings
at itato institutions, an Increase in
tlio salaries of ail clerks In state de
partmcnts, and an Increase for law
enforcement, is called for by tin- s< n- i
ate finance committee, in its proposed !
amendments to the appropriation i
bill, as passed by the house, the
finance committee having made its!
report to tin- senate at the Monday !
nlghl Besslon, and consideration of!
the bill having been tnk? n up by the ^
senate today, The house bill total
was $6, 563? 86 lj the Kennte commit-I
tee total Is $6,803,603. The Inen use J
for clerks is from $1,200 ?.-' i, to $i,- ;
300 each.
The senate llnanee committee adds
two it* ms for the university, $3o,ooo
for Improvements to dormltorieH, ,
I'iiu'Un? y. Blliott and others, if there j
is any h it for Oth< r buildings; and ;
$40,000 for street paving around tin-j
campus, to comply with the paving
program started bj the city of Co?
lumbia, to in ar tin- university's half
of the conti on Htimtcr, I'cndlcton,
Bull und (!i i on st i ects.
The Cltudel appropriation is cut by
$200.1111(1, from $300,000 to $100,000,
hut the $#00,000 is taken care of in
a special net appropriating the
imount.
Winthrops total appropriation is
rut $36,000, for its farm mainten?
ance, but this is made up by what
lip- school IS allowed from the pro
ceeds from the sale of the products of
the farm.
The .lohn de la Howe Industrial
school, m McCormick county, is giv?
en an additional $-10,000 for build-*
ings,
The state department of education
is allotted $130,000 additional, its ap?
propriation Increased from $1,566,
K80 to $ 1,685,730.
Tlo Confederate Infirmary, near
Columbia, the "old soldiers' home,"
is raised from * 2 T.onu to $63,000, to
take cure of repairs and the rebuild?
ing of tin' plant.
The State Hospital appropriation Is
increased 1160,000, of which $20.000
Is for maintenance, $130,000 for com
oletlon of tie- Taylor building, and
for water at the state firm.
Tin- Stale hoard of public welfare
i?< allowed $5,000 additional, the gov?
ernor's law enforqpfnent appropria?
tion Is increased from $2S.OO0 to $ ?'?
000; the las commission i; allowed
iIm- cost oi iwo held men additio iuI
'and $1,000 for advisor) counsel co?ch:
the state hoard of hcaltii is Increased
$30,000; Kairwold Industritil school
:'or negro girls, a new state Inntiiu
tlon, Is uiv? n $5,000; Iho National
Guard appropriation is cut in half,
from $80,000, as allowed by t In
!um.se, to si 5,000,
Hk'lMirtlsSJtl Smcrnls (?IhhCM ab?
flaute Warden.
Columbia, March I?Wade Hamp?
ton (llbbes, chief game warden ??f
j Si.mh Carolins for several years, re?
tired from office yesterday and will
in- succeeded this morning by Alfred
A. Illchnrdson of Columbia, who has
seen former service as chief gauuJ
warden.
I Mr, Olbbes addressed a letter tri
Oovcrnor Cooper yesterday telling
the chief executive of his retiring and
I railing attention lo some facts In
regard to the ottlee. Mr. (llbbes
Mays that he Iiiih been unable in
complete the cheeking up of all eoillt
i \ wardens, due to the tardiness of
these In reporting In some Inslunces,
'and leaves He- otlico alter a faithful
I.service with much regrel that some
of i |p> wardens will have to wait for
I heir pay. II*' also sent Hie govern?
or a llnauelal statement showing
the work of the liseul year up until
i ||i la ll il;i\ ol i-'t In na r; .
Mr. Iiieijardosn will assume olllcc
ihi morning and will begin work
with u full knowledge of the game
department, In having served as
! 11ei iiibeer for aoilio t i nn .
London, Mu ch 1 ? The (; rmo n
represental ives enteri'd ii ronfereiiee
with lb?' al e. here lodu> on the r? p
iiiiiiiont i|U< it Ion. Kxeept for th hint
th t tin Crriuunx would reujuesl that
I he period ot payment be changed
front i ai iwo to thirty years, noth
,i mi given out prior t o t lie eon -
ferenei! regarding the nature of 111?
tiermau counter propose Is.
Washington, March I There was
sharp falling Off ill Aim th an trade
with Klimpe in January, compared
with lleeomlier, and a reduction In
volume of trade with South Ameri?
ca.
Washington. March 2. Iteplles to
notes oi the league ol nations council
and Hi-it i.-ih goyurnuients regarding
mandate* in- left to tin- Harding ad?
ministration WMp announced poduy at
'Hi, .|. pa^ttllellt,
ms't at be thy Country's, n?y God's ?1
DAY, MARCH 5, 1921
tfrench Have Great Force Mobi?
lized On the Rhine Front
BRITISH N AVAL
FORCES ACTIVE
Germany Will Be Lror< g I to C
V 0
ply With Terms of the Treaty
of Versailles
Paris. Feb. 28,?Great military ac?
tivity was noted i >dny along thai por?
tion of the Rhine occupied by the
Ficnch near t li?> Maycnce Bridge*
hand. The artillery vvl Ich had been
parked s< veral mll? h Im '.net the lino
was brought up as also were long
lines of ammunition trucks while the
airplane camps at Boil gel and Vll
latoubluy began t<> show activity com?
mencing at noon today, It la report?
ed that the movement < i Senegalese,
Algerian and Moroccan troops arriv?
ing at Marselles during the past Cew
days lias greatly Increased.
Marshal Foch is expected to return
to ParJs Prom London tomorrow with
Gen. Weygnnd and proceed Immedi?
ately to Muyence, there to await the
decision of the London conference.
This decision, uccording t<? seml-of
liclal information, la ma expected in
Purls until Friday or Saturday.
Should the Germans formally de?
cline to uecept the allied reparations
demands everythlna Is said to be in
readiness to execute the penalties
which were decided on by Premiers
Lloyd Georg?? and llriaud Sunday at
Chequers Court, although such pen?
alties must be ratified by Belgium
and Italy, whose delegates will have
to i?e called Into consultation.
The greatest secrecy is being ill a ill
t lined as the nature of these penal?
ties and concerning the military
movements but the Associated Press
learns on good authority that a great
naval demonstration by the British
has been decided on at Kiel, Ham?
burg and Bremen, while the Belgiai
and French troops will operate m
land;
The lluhr region, it Is said, prob'
ably will not be occupied as tin
French desire to demonstrate tha
any movement taken by them is no
directed against the German prole
lariat but against the reactionaries
nationalists and Im per lallst a.
The consensus,ol opinion in pari in
tueniar\ circles is that no deelshu
Will be taken until tin London con
ference is aware ??i the contents m
the Inauguration speech of President
B?rding, as French o the tit Is arc de?
sirous of showing the I'nlted state,
that everything possible has beei
done to avoid stern measures an
also that thej desire to have the mm*
I u| sup: ort ol' the American pubie
opinion should u move forward inti
the interior ol Germany become nee
! chko ry,
FEETIE FOGLE
CONDEMNEE
j St. Matt h. ws, I 'ob. 2 S Biehan
"Feetie" Fogle, negro, who shot :nu
killed Karle Wadford, a whiti farm
er, at Loin Star, Cullioun county, 01
I the rigid of Junuurj 12, \\a ? convict
led of Ural degree murder tore toda;
and was sentenced by Judge S. \.'. <;
I Ship)) to die In the electric chair a
the state pententiary March ?_',">.
; Tin- f i-ini lasted nearly ihr. < hours
but a verdict of guilty was returne?
by the .;my |n less than thr;v min
I Utes.
j At the Hue- Mr. Wad ford was ki!l??<
? Fugle, w ho is only i7 years old, r oe
Corbett Zeigler, a neighbor of tin
Wndfords, so injuring him that "ic
i leg had lo In? amputated. M i. " igl<
I v. as bred upon ivhPe he ;. ml a ? -
j Wad ford were placing Mr. \\'a(l!'"r<
w ho had been shot down In the ii >o
I of i he Wad ford horn ?. on t h bed
j Fogle also lln d at Mra. Wiulford
wounding her slightly, and also hoi
Ismail baby, which she held in I"'1
arms, to protect from the negro, wh<
was dring through lh< window.
A fter ha \ ism b? < n apprclu n?le?l
Fogle Implicated Harvey Whaley
another neuro, who Fogle claims
advised that Fogle take his gun and
Kill the "whole family." Whalcj
jwi'd !>.? placed on trial tomorrow.
The shoot int; followed some tr??ubl<
Mr. Wad ford hod v. it It Fogle. Somi
neat was stolen, and Mr. Wad fore
found out thai Fogle was connected
with the stcaline, and made the negn
I rihg i he lie at back.
Hl Tili1 colli l hoiixe tViiH |?U< k* d at tin
trial today, but there was no sem
Ida nee ol disorder, Members of tin
'American Legion post here bad beer
sworn in a< special deputies to pre
\ ? nt a ny t hreat of i I? d< nee.
Solicitor A. J, ||ydri?*k WtiH assisted
In Ihe pi UNi i'in ion I?5 J, H. Rtuhlci
and W. IS Rymmes. The defense w.i>
conducted 1?) J, A. Mcrrltt and J, Cj
lliott.
i.Hiiimi, March Three hundred
thousand strikers have joined the an
U-lloUhevlkl revolution and lighting
in Petrograd nnd Mose on has assum?
ed gigantic proportions with man>
kllh dand wounded <m both sides
nccordtmi t<? reports received hen
from llelslngfors, Finland.
Chicago. .Match 3. Sanction foi
si\teen railroad brotherhoods ami
unions for a strike on I,he Atlanta,
Utrminghani urn) Atlantic rail was
were Idspatched to local unions aftei
;i midnight confi rence p.f i hi adH o(
the organisation here. The receiver
'recMdij ordered a wage redaction.
ind Truth's.
THE TRUK S<
FOR CONFERENCE
IISARMAMENT
? nate Adds A mend
ment to Navy Bills
i Wi Idngton, March I. My uuani
I mous vote, .".s senator* answering th*'
roll, i In Hcnatc tonight attache?1 an
iinondmeni t<? the navn] oppropria
ii'MiH hill, .i portion calling 11;i? >11 the
president i<? r*nll a conference of tin
j I 'nr. ? ii States, Japan un?l Great .Mrit
j alii i ? <? in-iii? i naval disarmament.
The proposition nri^iuulb present?
ed hy Senator Mo rah, licpuhlicun.
Idaho, w put h< fore i he senate
, und? r unanimous eons? nt agr? < an m
by Senator L?dge, llcpublicun, X. .1..
: and the vote was taken upon h.s
amendment. The voto was luk? n
Cter seven hours of debate which in?
cluded an executive session at which
foreign affairs particularly in refer?
ence t>? Japan were discussed.
Senator Walsh, Democrat, Mon?
tana, proposed a substitute for the
Borah-JSdge amendment, a plan for
a conference on general dlsarmami nt
to be called by the president, tins
after several hours of debate was de?
feated 28 to 30 by a practically strict
party vote, Senator Smith, Georgia,
Ibeing the onl) Democrat to vote with
the Republicans and no Republicans
voting in its favor. Though the ses
i
sion ol the st uute was nearly l^. hours
I in leilgth the naval bill Itself was
, burely t ouched upon.
Senator Polndexter, Republican,
I Washington, in charge of the naval
j i ill after the disarmament vote
I moved that the senate recess until
1 l i a. m. tomorrow but Senator Jones,
I Democrat, New Mexico, suggested
I that an adjournment be taken in
; stead. The adjournment under sen
?late rubs would displace the naval
bill from its place on the calendar
I for the first two hours of tomorrow's
' I session, during which Senator Jone?
'Isaid supporters of the bonus bill for
' j ex-sorvii ? men would seek to ud
II vance that measure. On a roll call
? the adjournment proposal was de?
1 I fented ^ to 16, and the senate re
essed continuing the naval bid ir
? I its prh lleged porf'1 ion.
1 The Senat? irankb discussed rcla
Lions l-etv.een the ITnitcd States am
? Japan for iwo hcui*s behind closet
? i doors,
1 After the doors wi re opened. Sen
tfator Borah, Republican, Idaho, am
? other leaders m the fight against th<
? lull declared emphatically that tin
j mcasuri In Its present form could no
le passed before congress adjourne?
1 Friday. Tin senate then swung int.
? la long night session with a promlst
1 i by Senator Polndexter, Republican
1 Washington, In charge of the bill lha
? would ?"? held In continuous scssioi
1 I until action had been luken one wnj
? or another.
' Tin- motion for the secret sossloi
was lead.- |>y Senator I .od- e of Mas
suchusetts, the Itcptiblicun h ad r .c;>
? chairman of the senab foreign robe
?JllonH committee. He suddenly inter?
rupted n long open detwitc on the bli
by expressing the h >pe that tin
, at ure v ould be passed by this com
gross und adding that there wen
p ... me "angles'' of the <)'t"sii"'i whicl
. h ii'OiId net be discussed in public.
. When ibe galleries had been clear
I Senator Modgi wjc- understood u
huvi presented aew information rcl
Igurdlng \\\>- controversies bctwi u
.'?;<" I'mted State? and Japan <>(ln ?
j lui n that over the ('aiifoi it i ulici
und law. Gnu of the matt ?rs saId t>
ha ve be i? discuss* d was the Pacifh
I island of Vap over which Jupan hold;
j a mandate. The i nited States he
I vigorously protested against thii
mandate lie iouiicII of the iNigm
. ; at nations and also has taken th
yubjeci up direct with the Japanes?
: ;ov-iuni< nt. S< eeral senators wen
reported .?? have expressed the vlca
g, (thai tin- controversy with regard t?
j , In- i: ai .i was certain to become :|
1: .-i i.. - :...?! d. licnU probb-m fn th
in-ai future.
Senator Lodge was said t i hav?
told the senate that In view of th?
' present controversies with Japan an
the position of the ITnitcd States ir
j world affairs this country should con?
tinue its naval building program, lb
a so was reported to have emphasised
the desirability of udvising Japan thai
i the l!nited States was ready to spend
[ millions of dollars to l?roti et its in?
terests in the I>aciflc.
t President-elect Harding also was
understood to have been quoted a
tidvocating mi adequate navy. Bona?
I tor Williams, Democrat. Mississippi,
j sharply challenged the position taken
by Mr. Lodge. He was said to have
used bitted sarcasm In criticising the
, closing ol Iii. senate (buns and char?
acterised the Japanese relations arg
iiment as bugaboo. He and others
( u re reported to have promised in
rent a; in open session the discussion
i.i hind closed dums.
Two Airman Killed
Plane Falls and Hums at Mont?
gomery
Montgomery, Ala . March t ?Lleuta.
I i:\orott L. Ril pat rick of Miami and
? I l '\ :i? ?? Clyde W. Pratt ??i St. Andrews
ware Instant!) killed when a plane In
. which the* wen flying fell at the In
? larmediate nlr depot today just be
!?re ?; o'clock Ifter the crash the
machine caught foe and the bodies
of both men wane burned.
i it li not known iost what caused
the accident us Ihe machine was de?
? strove 1 hy flames after it had fallen,
It Is said. The me?i had leach d a
' lofty height whm the machine cta>h
? led to the ground, killing them in
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HJTllRON, Established Juiiv 1, 18C6.
VOL. LI I. NO. r>
EXONERATE RYAN
AD BARuu
Presid mi D< ft nds Th< m Against
Charges Madt by Represent**
tive Mason t j
CLAIMS THE^ PRO] LTEERBD
IN COPPER Dl RING WAR
I Wilson Say* Charges Have Been
Satisfactorily Answered And
They Had Nothing To Do With
Price Fixing
v .: ? ? ' President
I Wilson i defended i.. M. Baruch
and John l? Ityan, clung l by Rep?
resentative Mason, ol Illinois, with
profiteering in copper while serving
the government during the war. in
la letter to Representative Gerrett, of
I Tennessee, the president paid the
charges and intimations had beon
satisfactorily answered, but thought
a statement from him might clarify
the situation. The president denied
I flatly that either Baruch or Ryan had
anything to do With the price living
1 for which he said Judge Itobert S.
[Lovett, priorities commissioner dur
[ing the war, was responsible In tho
initial state.
1 STATE BANKS VS
FEDERAL BANKS
-
Monroe, N. C, Feb. 2*.?Judge J.
' lbs Kay. in state superior court hero
(?day, denied the petition of the Fed
Ieral Reserve bank of Richmond for
removal from the state to the federal
court of the injunction proceedings
instituted by a group of North Caro
j Una banks.
After hearing argument by oppos?
ing counsel, which consumed most of
the day. Judge Kay held that the
cause Is not a removable one and re?
tained jurisdiction. The hearing on
the temporary injunction secured by
'the state I sinks is scheduled for to
J morrow before .judge Ray.
m Counsel for the Richmond bank
announced tonight the intention to
? Ale the record In the proceedings in
U the federal district court at Char*
lotte and seek a hearing. Where?
upon counsel for the state banks as
! i not .need that they would counter by
M tiling a motion in the United Stat? s
? [court asking that the matter be re
' I manded to the state courts, and that
? j the question of jurisdiction thus rais
i ed would be fought t<> a finish, if
1 ncceseary, through the United States
sup; < me rout t.
The !eni|H>rary Injunction order,
1 signed by Judge \\. I". Hard ng Feb
I ruary '?. restrains the Federal Re?
serve bank of ft I 1 ? id from return
ing checks Indorsed ,"dlshonoreoV*
afb r paym (nt has h >cn tendered by
' the state banks In accordance with
the :?? ecnf -\ enacted X- .in t 'a; o'in;t
statute auth rising hanks operating1
und? r qtate eha rt ers to i aar?;.- <x
1 change, pi conflic With tb - par cb u*
li ? i s rull i ??: t \\ ? i:?>?, ,m, .. board.
Conn I for t h? reserve bank . led
-
! moval ol Lln injunction h u ing to ft
1 C?d? re I court i ii lln gl n ?I lb .t the
petition ban! uas rr<a 1 under a
1 ' ?< d.? ;? I statute ami Is now fum tion
' ing as corporation ?? c eated and
thai th?> amount involve I more
1 than $3,000.
Counsel f the 340 state banks,
'?parties to Hie Action, contend that
' * even though the re ?r. bank is a
be- i ; i eoi puration, I he raus* Of an*
ti it Ulis ej ??? arl es out ol a North
? _ Carolina statute and tin I tho mere
fact that the reserve la k is a fed
' ? oral oo?-| in I lot ? entitled it
? t.? ?< ..ei. 11. in 1 nnf am
< no;' . a! motu y a involved in
i ire action, il 1 'Ing i case wh< re?
in : Ik i ig hi to col I exchange 1?
jc'nlmcd bm slmp'j i > make perouv*
n nl .ludg< Liarding's temporary or
I ? restraining the Itiehmond bank
from returning cheeks with notice
of "dishonor" when such checks have
bo< n presented f"i collection and
payment In exchange tendered.
HUNS OFFER TO
COMPROMISE
London. starch 1. ? Germany*
through her delegates to the confor
ence with the allies today, made a
reparation offer of approximately
thirty billion gold marks, or seven
and one-half billion dollars, it is
umb ratood outside ol the conference
that alter the Cernian foreign min?
ist?! had made his statement on rep?
aration.'. Premier Lloyd Georges re
p ii I, in substance, that unless the
(J er mans had something more to of
fer than appeared In the German
statement there was no med of con
tinutna the conference. When tho
Hermans left the conference they ap
pared greatly depressed. j
Washington, March I,?Impeach?
ment charges against Federal Judge
I.a ml is were referred today by the
house judiciary committee to a sub
contmlttee with Instructions to re?
iten tomorrow.
, Washington, starch 3.?represen?
tative Kitchen of North Carolina,
who became leader of the minority
on the death of champ Clark, yes*
terday will be able to resume his
SSM Sl the extra session, his phi -
siciana snnonneied today. Mr. Clarhn
funeral services will |?> aoM Satur*
da\,