The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-08-06
MTCH|N AND
0VERMAN
In Conference Over the Travis
Matter and Unfair Treat
ment Accorded Him
100000 FOR A CONTRACT

Washington, Aug. 6.-Impelled by
the news that his former campaign
manager and political friend, E. l..
Travis, had been held by the Depart
ment Of Justice for trial on Wedn-
esday, August IA, Senator Lee S. Ov-
erman abruptly ended his vacation
in North Carolina and hastened back
to Washington yesterday. The Jun
ior senator and Majority Leader
Claude Kitchin held a conference
yesterday afternoon and while the
subject discussed was not disclosed
it is thought that the treatment ac-
corded Mr.. Travis by the Department
of Justice was reviewed by the ma
tional leaders in Congress.
The action of the Department of
Justice in denying Mr.. Travis COM
with his acquaintances
while locked in a prison cell had
rolled many friends of the former
chairman Of the North Carolina Cor
poration Commission. The humilia-
tion he suffered is irreparable, they
claim. Robert H. McNeill, counsel
for Mr.. Travis, told the writer that
the attitude Of the Department OF
the Department of Justice was ma
tional scandal" AS attorney for the
Tar Heel lawyer, Mr.. McNeill was
denied conference with Mr.. Travis
while in Jail. He had to obtain a
permit from the Department of JUS
tice before he could see his client.
A washington newspaper man ap-
proaches the arrest and detention Of
the prominent North Carolina poll
tician from a brand new angle.
Some asserted he was the victim OF
particularly bitter political enemies"
reads a sentence relating the story
of Mr.. Travis arrest. Disinterested
parties, however, are prone to wait
the disclosure of evidence before
passing final judgment.
Friends of Mr. Travis yesterday in
resigning from the Corporation Com
mission to come to Washington said
a friend of the North Carolinian.
A Washington newspaper in COM
menting on the case said:
According to Travis, he had es-
tablished law practice in Washing
ton that promised better than the
official position from the Corporation
Commission there. His resignation
took effect the first of the month.
I'm cannection with his practice,
he was approached by Mr.. Mcdonald,
who represented himself as an officer
of the Perth Amboy Dock Company,
and who asked Travis to take over
the legal work of obtaining a con-
tract from the Shipping Board for his
company. This was several months
ago. Mcdonald suggested that Ira
Wis work on percentage basis of To-
muneration, but Travis said that il
the company obtained the contract
his fee would be fiat charge not ex-
ceeding 100000"
That licensed warehouses for cot
ton are attracting increased attention
is indicated by more than 800 inqui-
ries recently by the bureau of mar.
kets. To secure licenses warehouses
must comply with certain require.
ments as to construction and opera.
ton which are intended to put the
business of warehousing on a firm
basis. Uniform receipts are a feat
ure of the licensing and these en-
large the field for discounting cotton
paper. Another feature is the reduc
tion of insurance rates which may re-
suit under Federal license. Rate.
,, now vary from 25 cents to $3.50 or
500 worth Of cotton in storage. Rea
sonable storage rates, made possibl,
through economies on the insuranc,
and management, would, 1t is said
encourage the amount of 'countr,
damage" caused by keeping cottol
on the farm without adequate pro
lection. :.
Judges in Tennessee have refuses
to punish persons, accused of worl
on farms on Sundays, but have com
mended 1em for so doing. This wa
reportedfto the Department, of Agri
culture by the recent farm labor COZ
feren@Fin Birmingham, Ala. Nc
long a&o the rural churches of Ind
aaa In q conference at Purdue I'm
yersityi; took the Y position ! that. At
quite right and proper to do farl
Is hecessaty to produce'food crops
help win the war.