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HOEY SELECTED FOR
TEMPORARY CHAIRMAH
SIMS si.
/IS HIS CHARGES.
Washington, March 10.—Rear A<1-
miral Sims gave the senate naval in-
^jSATOB oVBlOIA* TO DSIdVKH vegtlgatlon iMMjta |, |).| TilII1
TSeHce that the nary department fetl
dowta almost completely during the
first six months of Che war. Num-'
STATE CONVEN-tltty. ^,.
March 10.—Senator
STOCK DIVIDENDS HOT iHO COURT-SUBJECT
TO FEDERAL TAI
PROVISIONS OF 1916 ACT NULLI- SECRETARY
I Fd5> BY DECISION PP *"« JHf
. SUPREME COURT.
Washington. March 8.—Corpora- Washington.
. jro^man will deliver the key I^*USZ*X+ the" ^M *» 0^ito» itttiilWlte to ** £™ J™
»« «Jto the Mvy a^^j dMW the form of stock do **™*W»^ ZSV
come'* and consequently are not sun- general n.
the that no men
tial for teli
Washington.
,ot«. address on
1.1. Domocratic
national issues
state convention e&rly ^^ of America.8 parUclp«-
Heb wai meet in Raleigh on April," „„ ^^ otnef iort.| Jet to the federal income.taxes
tentative Clyde Hoey ment8 wefe offerw, as pMot^^j Supreme court decided to-day m a
aud Bop
...,..i ^reside as temporarychairman
,JI«
atp issues.
Both to-day accepted mv.tst.ons
spites the-'officer's urgent *nd relte- flve to four decision.
(1 ^ter the keynote address on ^^ w||-^ti that every available
vessel be sent to the critical area of
submarine activity, the department
jtcoded by State Chairman Thorn- neJther followed his recommenda-
, D. W irren and National Commit- j tloM. nor informed him of its plans
v. W. McLean urging that aBd p0\ielM, six months after the
United States entered the war, the
admiral said, the department adopt-ed
many of the policies he had urged
ctb S 'tor Overman and Mr. Hoey
ecent It does not eliminate -sttner
.'^ ., -.or or Mr. Hoey as prospec-tive
r. ^bcrs of the "big four",del-' tpom the tot
igation to San Francisco! |- Prolonged War, Ho Says.
selection of two keynote,- Tne lgXk of whole-hearted Ameri-
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VOL. 99. NO. 21
TEEN INMATES
<$ NO
CALLED.
8.—Instruc-
NKGRO IN DEATH HOUSE PRBQIHCMT kCUM CTITDC
CONFESSES TWO MURDERS. I lUSOll/ilB I AtjAlR 01AIfiO
Eddyville. Ky.. March 8.—Will
Lockett, negro, slayer of Geneva
Hardiman, 10 years old, and central,
figure in the ricks at 4exington^Feb-ruary
9, to-day confessed to the mur-
Ider of two other persons, the prob-
, able murder of a third and another
POSITION ON ARTICLE TIM
WRITES LETTER TO SENATOR
HITCHCOCK REimRATfNG #.-'
ma POSITTTO. f
Washington. March 8.—President
\ the government's
com- frustrated attempt. All his victims •WU8on ™sUted t0T !*■■'.'!■*>'
were women. Each waB strangled
Oteen directing eMept th# HardmaB chud „„„,
by court mar- head he CfUshe(, w|th % >t0M
Which they mayj. LocHetfs vietlms. he told. Warden
4 ,. „.„„ f -;JLL?2 !, t0"«w",«iilt(» in his cell in death row of
Provisions of the 1916. federa^^n- 4«k^tw a^mTeatlgation there.lthe EMnmB penKentiary. were a
come tax law levying taxe9 on stock Announcement** > thi» cir^t »«
dividends" were declared unconstitu-1 made at the?
hare sent to'.
The
-neakcrs is a departure from wthcc-ican co.0peration with the allies
isua! custom but is certain to meet • jrom tne start, the admiral said, re-vith
the approval of the throng of ■ 8Uited in prolongation of the war
Democrats expected to attend th- ■ Bntil N0vember, i9is, when it could
•onvention as delegates and spocta- nave been €nd«d in July, needless
sacrifice of 500,000 lives, expendi-ture
of fifteen billion dollars which
the might have been saved, and destruc-tional..
The decision also nnlHded mons this af
similar provisions of the present law randum from,
and will involve great loss in rete- j Chamberlain t*
nues to the government in ■future (made public. #•
collections and also refunds of anchj In transmitti!
taxes already collected. Large fin- to the se:
ancial interests likea-ip^ will be af*!writes Senator
fected and numerous stock dividends Oteen lnrestigat
of generous proportions are expected . pleted and the
to be declared soon.
Not ReaUaed Profits.
In the majority decision read by-
Justice Pitney, Chief Justice White
tbia effect was wWte ■»«,„ wh01B te ^^|, aBd
of Senator 81m- km-d at-carml. Illinois, m 1W2. or,
»W««a memo-.19,13: ft Mgro womaB choked „J
Inanector General tacked and left for dead at Evans-
Baker was -nn iB4i.Bg, in 1*17. and » woman
'of whose color he was in doubt,i»t-the
memoraudum t^^e,, ^ choked to death near , „
Secretary Baker iCamp Zachary Taylor ^,,0. ,„-«« the.treaty articles to which they
mmons that the February. 1919 .while he was in the' ****•*•
- la not yet com- 8rmy
ators to-day his opposition to amy
peace - treaty reservation* which
would weaken the fun force of art.
de tea oretbacwiae materially in
pair the provisions of the league
covenant.
Without saying specifically what
qualification, he, would or would net
accept, he wrote in a tetter to Sena-tor
RiUoe(Mk.> the admiaiatratle.
leader, that almost all ef the reoer
▼atlons he had beard suggested
in efect virtual nullifications"
lemorandum "deala. Lockett further confessed that his
"I hear of reeervattonisU and
mud reaervationlsU," the letter add-solely
with the instance of the re-1
true name is Petrie Himbrough and !*' "bttt 1 «MUU>t nndertUnd the
tention of Prrrati, James A. NeeL.y." that B6 wag Map„d „61U. hli„toll«wwi **tw««n a nultifier ud
'mild nuUiner."
Planned Congressional Probe. Discussing article ten particular
/
Want Hoe>- »s Delegate.
he was reared near Pembroke,
Christian county. Kentucky. He fled
from that locality, he said, >n 1906
Trie letter from the secretary of j af^er na --JI attemnte* to tti k ly. the President wrote that there
and Justices M,cKenna, Van Devan-|war to Senator Simmons is ^n an" ] wntte woman ** "i *BS "B*t «*«•»*« the moral obliga-tor
and McReynolds concurred Of, swer t0 a deaunj? made by the '.at- UtaMt u con<leraned to ^ . ' tions which are expressed in positive
the four dissenting members of tne, ter for an answer to the charge that • ^UJ-IHJ coajr oere March 11 1 th t*rms ln tl11* article." though there
Senator Overman delivered
eynote speech at the famous Char- j'tion of 2.500.000 tone of shipping.
te convention in 1908 When the &^W~*%**^^_^:,tn4im4to^ justice Brandeis! be ^^ Bartiaie4 for so doing. It
after many
days and promptly, he aeserted. the United ^Zg^--*^fr*>^*^.~^Yjpnk mUl^Lm senator, in
court, Justice Holmes read a, brief i the soldier patients there who huve:
opinion in which he was joined by | raade ktcks to their senators would:
murder of the Hardman girl.
ot
onvention. nights, nominated Governor W. W
Kttchin as standard bearer
arty.
of
The suKRestion coming from col-
• IIKUOS of Mr. Hoey a few days ago
States would have had a million in-the'atead
of 300,0ei»' aoldiers in France
by the time the Hermans began
their great drive.'en the western
front in March, 1**8.;
it he be given a pTace on the "big| Explaining thitf Ms -recommeuda
our" delegation to San Francisco tions many times^ere made, ■alter
,a? met the approval of many Tar conferences with the allied naval
Heels who have recently been here' commanders, the admiral said the
•alking about the political situation. | failure of the department to keep
Vlmost universal endorsement of him properly informed as to ite plans
he suggestion .that 'Mrs. Palmer'and policies was a source of great
Tennan. o£ Raleigh, be given a place | embarrassmeht tohiai.- - ; ,
m the delegation has been made by j ■ ' , '
Var Heel members of Congress and THINKS GOVERNMENT WILL
-loliticians from the state. j
Mrs. Jerman. Represntative Hoey.
.nurposej.fi^
Justice Clarke concurred. In holding tBe event this proved true, to in tro-th.-'
stock distribution are not <*•»'-jduce a resolution'catting for a con-ier
is on account of no separation j Kre38|onai probe into the conditions
of corporate assets being involved. I at Qteen.
Justice Pitney, in behalf of the ma- j whether this .will be done or not
jorlty declared that stock shares
OFFICE OF REVENUE AGENT
WILL BE LOCATED HERE.
Washington, March 8.—Upon
representations and reameats made
by Hon. Manly McDowell, revenue
could he no objection to explaining
in an interpretation the constltu
tional methods by which such an ob-ligation
would have to be fulfilled.
The "very heart" of the covenant,
he reiterated, would be'impleriled
by weakening article ten.
The President'! letter was written
in response to a request that he COD
"are nothing except paper certifi-cates"
in undistributed assets, arc
not realized profits and, therefore,
not taxable.
The attempt ot Congress in the
income tax law to tax stock distr: I of the American Legion.
depends upon the outcome of a con- Dy """• """y . - . ..,- """ fer with Senator Simmons ot North
terence that will be held this week.«en *»««««• at Raleigh, through CaroHna, „ chapr<s for ^ '^
Kem Senator Simmons, the commissioner cratic 8ide of the senate ,n cnrrent
Thev will con- *' internal revenue has consented to
... . , locate the office of the revenue agent
sider the .comp_l.ain.ts ,regi.s_ter, e.d, ,b,y m ch.a„rg„e„lo.„r , Nvo„rtTht. C„ar._oli.n,-a. aot t
Captain Walter Clark. Jr., in behalf
between Senators Pbmerene,
Kellar and Simmons. negotiations for a compromise.
unconstitutional and not permitted
by the sixteenth, or income tax!
l'Greensboro.
' Revenue Agent McDowell has
been stationed.at Raleigh since the
tne reorganization went into effect but,'
AGED MAN"FORGES
bution the majority decided to bei RETURN OF YOUNG SOW.
Writes Secretary Baker
.. „,_.„.._. The inspector general wrote the reorganization went into effect but,' Lexington. Ky.. March . 9.—John
LOSE HALF A BILLION. amendment to the federal constltu- j .eereUr, of warTsetnrday as lot- ***? ^o the congestion of the fed- Shell, oldest living human being at
lion. Stock dividends, the majority',^ dl I-"" *2?3 ffiT," **?**• ' ,i "*" fH l' 1£H T
dd two senators would constitute, Washington. March lO.-The loss swld «ny--». te»* oniyafter stork. | «Q* FatendrPzll. this office re-'WM impracticable tor_'Rerenue take, care of^is^owu.--Aesording to
Pi fine -big ioor" Jetegetion as *» t<rtfte government as a result of the holders realise upon them by sale in' «ete^.»r«aes>erandum from the sur- *««* MoDoWell to secure the nee- word from *hells home In Leshe
tate will send and the convention, supreme court decision declaring which ease the government may lery »cm-«e«Wl. ntatlng that numerous eManr Office space in the federal county to-day, Shell returned home
night send them, with the district j-gtock dividends not taxable, as in- income taxes on such profits. ) communication* had been received buildinr at the capital. The com-uninstructed.
This view! Mm* will he nnariv half billion dol-'■ • ... ... 1. ^._ ti ^*ainn= at missioner will therefore direct Rev-iccome
taxes on such profits.. ! communicstia
legates, uninstructed. This view|^e wi„ be nearly halt billion del-; Al, four di88entlng ,ust,ces „«- by him *egnsding conditions at
s generally shared by folks from; ,ar6> a<SCOrding to an estimate to- tendM tnat Congn„ had power .Jxtoi**-States*rmy general hospital •■» Agent McDowell to proceed to
The state who have not made upday by Commissioner of Internal gtock diviaenaSi n0,ding f^f^, u, Oteen..North Carolina, and Greensboro and establish b.s office
^ "*" " «Wh dividends are "income" the'request** that^ full investigation be.">«•• ««■ order is in line wHh
s.me M if in cash. The sixteen|••«« hy;« o«cer ot the inspector/-*• McDowells own preference.
smecdment, the minority declared. if> jreuerat's department.- On the tol- _
heir mind regarding the best man Revenue Roper. I
or the party to nominate. ' With some 4,000.000,000 dividend
I returns on the bureau's flies it will'
MMC FEAR "ABSURR,"
THINKS W. G. McADOO.
i take months to make accurate e«t>- bn^ ^mt() jusUfy ^
! mate of the effect of the decision. (
j Mr. Roper said, bujt_a hasty search1
New York. March 9.-Wllliam G. !»»«»«"«* «»» »7O.OOO.OO0 paid in,
McAOoo. in a statement to^ay.!'."" and 1918 wi" nave *° be K'
Appraised Roosevelt Estate.
Mineola. N. Y.. March 8.---The
lowing day CeJ. C. C. Kinney left
Washington to make this investiga-(
lion and he is still at Oteen in con-nection
with same. j
On or about February 27, In-
ONLY HOTEL IN SANFORD
r IS DESTROYED BY FIRE
„ Sanford, March 9.—The Santord
haracterized as" "absurd""the"asser-jturncd wni,e tne ?ofi6 *■ nncollected state of New York will receive 88,-jqnirJes W6re jn^je ot this office by hotel, which was the principal hos-lons
that the reductions of taxes taxes in ,919 wi» be flO.OvOOO.OOO 89i as an inherrtance tax from the J meinDer8 o£ congress relative to the telry of this city, was totally de-fined
he recently proposed would and ,hat ioT 1!>2°! l3.?*.Mft.ft0«. I estate of the late Col. Theodore, delay in dIscnarg0 of private James stroyed by fire this afternoon. The
a»se a panic. j Some ot tne los8 the commission-' noosevelt. according to the report of. A Neeiey) one of the patients at fire was discovered first in an attic
His statement follows: er said, wHl.be.o^se^by .the..t;ax on James N. Gehrig. state Inheritance United states army general hospl- room, "which was used for discard-
"It K absurd to say that a bene 'stock "•*£ Mr. RoVer'emphasized lax apraiser,.filed here to-day. . I taj No. 19. Jn reply to Inuulrles ed furniture, at 4 o'clock.
iciji reduction of taxes through that estimates of the government's Tne official transfer tax appraisal] tnjt, ,trt#e«ce Colonel Kinney re-| Before the fire department, which
•Igid economies in expenditures, ■,oss are not offlcial and the loss rhows that the former President left! ported that Private Neeley. with two was greatly hindered by a long
postponement of the sinking fUnd might be found to be lower than now )anestate worth 8727,713 after all'other soldier patients, had visited freight train cutting them off at a
lor two years and the Issue of not estimated. . expenses and debts had been deduct- |Wrig other than their own, urging
'ic-?ding one and a half billion dol- Ij ~—"r" * ' i«d- The total value of the estate cnllsted men ,t0 send telegrams to
l«w of bonds, as I have suggested.' Oxford Postolfice Ronoeu. j was placed at $781,082 divided bo- scnators and representatives, re-will
cuase a panic. I oxford. March 9.—War savings tween J630.107 personal and $150,- oue8ting that they cause a civilian
"It is more likely to prevent' 3tan,p8 valued at $10,000. postage 976 real property. 'investigation. Their efforts resulted
rouble by helping the business sit- gtamps to the amount ot $5,000 and
i at ion during a coming period of about $75 in cash was secured by
/j**ntial readjustment, when the • safe-blowers who blew open the safe
|oad -hould be lightened and enter-' 0; the Oxford postofflce early^ to-day
" stimulated so that prosperity and made their escape. No arrests
may be . reserved. I have been made.
elieve that a safe and souni piVe strangers reported to have
crossing, could reach the scene, the
entire roof was ablaze and the fire
beyond control. The origin of the
fire is not known.
The hotel property was valued at
about $20,000. The loss is partially
covered by insurance. Most ot the
j investigation.
Colonel Roosevelt's widow. Mrs. in tne sending ot not less than 55
Edith Kermit Soosevelt, has a life teiegrams. Because of these efforts
interest in the estate placed at t0 8tir up trouble, and not because furniture on the first and second
$724,763. the remainder being di- ot telegrams which Private Neeley floors was saved, but nothing on the
vidod between the children, with the had g^t colonel Kinney requested tnird floor,
exception of Mrs. Nicholas Long- the commanding general, southeast- G. L. Davis, formerly of Lumber-
^__ . ,„_ worth, as her father, in his will, said crn department, to delay Neeley's ton and Clinton, recently purchased
"'an for easing the tax burden, sim-' been'seen'MFrankllnton. 15 miles that sn« nad been amply provided dlsCharge until the matter could be the hotel and was planning to mako fetare to-dav by Assemblyman Mau-
''•iiying the present complicated tax ,r0m here last night, who are be- for Previously. j reported- to Washington (Private t*1*™^™*™™™^^* ™}*'_ *f B,och- Democrat, of New York.
»• ''Cd distributing the burden of Ueved to have taken a large tour-m
V
from a visit a few miles away to
find hie thirty-five-yoar-old wtfe ly-ing
dead in the front yard. He car-ried
her into the house and notified
her relatives. ■ •':.„', ' ",
George Chappell, seventy years
old. father-in-law of Shell, without
Shell's consent, rook charge ef
Shell's youngest son, aged six years.
after the funeral, and started to the
Chappell home with him. Shell ob-jected
strenuously to this virtual
kidnapping, but Chappell rode away
with the child.
Shell, who is the champion rifle
•hot of the mountains notwithstand-ing
his vast age. procured his flint-lock
rifle, which he made over 100
years ago. and pursued Chappell
and the Shell child, and, overtaking
him, forced Chappell at the gun's
point to yield up his boy. Shell
then rode back home, where he and
the child are apparently happy to-gether.
Shell has gone through the
winter in excellent health.
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Wants Beer Made Salable.
Albany. N. Y., March 10.—A bill
defining intoxicating beverages as
those containing more than three
and a half per cent of alcohol by
weight, was introduced in the legis-a
»tion more equitably can be
0UT,d ,{ »'e all approach it not in
Mrtisau spirit, but with a
••sire to deal wisely with
^Hous problem which
a
genuine
a very
should be
immediately."
SWppteg (;.,id i» fiujserfca.
Ing car belonging to a wealthy eoi-ton
mill man there, stolen during
the night, are thought to have been
the same persons who robbed the
postofflce,
These men are being sought by
Nice Gift to Salvation Army.
Salisbury, March 8.—W. F. Snid-er,
of the Wachovia Bank and Trust
Company, and member of the Salis-bury
foundation committee, which
foundation was recently created by
j Neeley's discharge on suTgeon's cer-tificate
of disability has been author-ized.)
"On March, upon receipt of Col-onel
Klpney's report *n this Office,
he was directed to withdraw his re-quest
tor retention in the service of
"ordin.
the authorities in the. surrounding the Wachovia people, has announced Private Neeley.
towns. V- ■*;'!'-.•; the first gift to the foundation- A
.eitieen who wants his name withheld
leaves a third- of his estate to the
foundation, with the request that
• the income shall be used for the pro.
.Some 'PujUe** .This. ' motion of the Salvation Army In
ing which was the successor to the
old Page hotel, burned some 2ft
years ago.
. The hotel will be rebuilt as soon
as practicable, ln the meantime the
citisens of the town will throw open
their Hbmes and take esre ot the
traveling public as best they can.
The measure, according to the intro-ducer,
is "Governor Edwards' New
Jersey bill adapted to this state."
,„- . * The robbery was not discovered ,
i or*. March ».—Gold valued Bntu tB€ oesuWc- Was .opened this
u,-«0 ooo k. being shipped from [ moralng:- ' -'"*■' -V.:' "■&»■ f -1
' a" t0-aa? to this country, ao-t ; -•• . ' ■■-:.■-■-•• ' ' •
W» Court Martial Ordered. •
*1A telegram was sent yesterday
March' "g.—Princess
Salisbury. But if the Salvation Army
te an announcement made:. •
JJ» n Kuhn. Loch &. Co. This to!
«oathsSlj!rr ******* in "««*; Miami. Fla., marcn -■».—«.»«« should ceasc to functlon h„rp (hen
'•rerun,, " S bel,eTed ,0 bo ••,««*. a barred rock, pullet that is of- m incomc js t0 De uged char[l_
Gold 1 °therS- I flcla"y CfCdHed W'th layl°? " CKKa able and religious work in the city.
ias b < *'°rtb '3-000-000 -a'so during'the past three- months, was t
ike« T" rftceived fronl Canada at the center of attraction of the Dade
'"" asury here. A like amount county poultry show here toniay
Central* For »t,eoe\000 Hetei.
by the adjutant general to the com- Wlnston-Saletn, March 8.—The H.
mandlng officer, general hospital No. L. Stevens Company of Chicago, was
19. directing that no men- he tried to-day awarded the contract to erect
by court.martial for telegrams which Winston-Salera's million dollar hotel
they may have'sent asking for an in- at the corner of FHth and Cherry
veetlgation. streets. The building committee
"Concerning the matter of Inter- has also leased the property for a
iewing patients by members of the term of 20 years to David Olmstead.
Mrs. Sterftuck Dead.
Winston-Salem, March - 8.—Mrs.
Ellen Starbuck. widow ot the late
: Judge D. H. Starbuck, • died this
- morning at the home of her daugh-ter,
Mrs. A. E. Hberty, near Betha-nfa.
aged s8. She had been in faii-
*ng hearth for many months. Be- '
sides the daughter she Is survived by
one son. Judge H. R. Starbuek-. of
Forsyth county court.
Wants His N
Lansing. Mich.. March
'ast week.
the same
,*»««« terge MM •ill
nifth Point Man Falls Dead.
High Point. March 8.—A. M.
Homady. an aged white man of this
city, died suddenly at a local fur-
Princess Lucy took second price in -nMure plant, where he was employ- hospital No. 19. Pending receipt of
according to local bank- biTr class, an unusual feat for re- ed. Apoplexy of the heart is attrib- further action by the war depart-cord
egg-producing hens. ' nted as the cause of death. meot appears to be called for."
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American Legion at AshevWe. Colo- of Cleveland. Ohio, a widely known Item Jennings Bryan
" made to South America late
The hen laid 29 eggs in Decem-ber.
29 in January and during Feb-pment
of gold ruary, a short month, 27 eggs.
nel Kinney. .has been directed to
m:ike full investigation and reports.
"Colonel Kinney has not yet com-pleted
the investigation at general
Off.
10!—Wil-telegraphed
hotel man. According to the lease Secretary of State Vaughn to-day re-the
stockholders will receive six per questing that his name be withdraws
cent on the ground and seven per from the Michigan presidential pri-cent
on the building. The building mary April 6. He was advised by
committee, contractor and lessee will Mr. Vaughn that the state law does
work out the plans and details of not permit withdrawal after cerUft-the
contract. cation.
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