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Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-02-02

Be- i ordained By the Board q Com
niissionefs oiihe Town 81 Rockingham.
Section 1. Thai there has been iile,
with The Board Of Commissioners Of III
Town Of Rockingham. . petition signed 5,
| the Board Of Trustees 81 the Rockingham
fGraded School District lof white and col
ored children. BY the Chairman and Clefl
| Of said Board requesting that an election
be ordered BY this Board in said DislricI
lin accordance with House Bill 62, Senate
Bill Isl, Of the 6pecial session II The
General Assembly Of 1921. and requesting
that a new registration d voters be had
for said election.
Section q That under and BY virtue
of the authority contained in House Bill
81 Senate Bill 1877 Of the General Assem-
bly, Of North Carolina. ratiiiedI December
18th, 1921, and pursuant to petition Of
The Board Of Trustees Of the Rockingham
Graded School for white and colored chill
dren, filed with this Board, an election is
hereby called to be held in said District
on the 2ist day ofFebruary 1922, for the
purpose Of submitting TO the qualified
voters ofsaid District the question Of the
issuance Of $iOnO0O.0O Of bonds for the
purpose Of erecting and eQuppins school
BUILDINGS in said District and the levying
Of a sufficient tax for the payment Of said
bonds and the interest thereon at the
maturities thereof.
Section 3. That new registration Of
the voters Of said District is hereby or
dered. and for such purpose the registration
books for the said new registration shall
be kept open between the hours Of 81
o'clock a. M, and sunset each day Sun- |
day excepted from the 2Srd day Of
January. to the 1ith day Of February,
1922. both inclusive. On each Saturday
Turing the penod Of new registration set
Orth above, the registrar shall attend
With his registration book at the voting |
,lace for the registration Of voters.
Section A. That H. L. Outline is here
" DESIGNATED and appointed registrar, |
md Clyde Black, and c. j Jones are |
designated and appointed judges iCr the |
aid new registration and election |
Section S, That for the purpose Of
bis election and new registration Of
'oters, the polling place shall be at the |
'ounty Court House in the Town Of /
rockingham.
Section 6, That a copy Of this ordi
ance signed BY the Mayor and Clerk 0
bis Board shall be published as a mo-
ce Of new registration at least once net
ssS than thirty days before the closing of
nc registration books. and as a notice Of
lection at least once not more than forty
avs nor less than twenty days before
lid election, said publications to be
'ade in the Post Dispatch, a newspaper
ublished in the Town Of Rockingham
I'D circulating within said school District.
W. Steele Lowdermilk, Mayor
NC. Nichols, Clerk
Evening star., 1922-03-10
IDLE'S WORST EMERGENCY
BELIEVED TO BE PAST
Chairman Arthur Woods Says Next
Few Weeks Will Be
Found Trying.

There is every reason to hope that
the worst Of the unemployment emer-
gency is over. Arthur Woods, chair
man of the emergency committee of
the Presidents conference on unem-
ployment, said today. At no time
situation been as bad as all indica-
tions pointed last autumn.
Gratifying response \of so many mu-
inequalities to the appeal to their
sense Of community responsibility.
Col. Woods said, has solved many a
local problem. Anything which cities
and towns can do to advance public
projects to give even temporary en-
ployment. he added. will be Of double
advantage and assistance right now.
The next few weeks, Col. Woods
said, will be trying in the present
unemployment emergency. from re-
end. the number Of families and in
dividuals who reach the end of their
resources is bound to increase, no
matter how hopeful the prospect of
seasonal employment after spring is
fairly under way, Col. Woods said.
Now is the time when every possible
measure that is at all practicable to
relieve the situation should be adopt
ed, he added.
notwithstanding visible evidences
of recovery in the past three weeks.
ference say that, even II the peak
of unemployment has been passed,
the peak of relief must yet be faced.
Experience has shown, they say, that
the small wage Garner Is the last one
to get back his job, and that the
needy family 10 the last to feel the
BENEFITS Of tho revival OF industry.
Evening star., 1922-03-10
SHOALS NEGOTIATIONS
DETAILED AT HEARING
Col. Joyes Tells Of Dealings Be-
tween Power Company and
War Department.

Negotiations between the War De-
partment and the Alabama Power
Company with respect to the Muscle
Shoals. Ala, properties were detailed
to the House military affairs COM
mittee today by Col. John Joyes of
the ordnance bureau of the depart
ment. The negotiations began in No
vember. 1917. and were terminated in
November. 1918. with the execution of
a contract for extending the Warrior
steam plant facilities. owned by the
power company, to provide power for
the operation of nitrate plant No. 2
at Muscle Shoals.
The contract was carefully analyzed
by the witness because of the pro-
vision it contains giving the power
company an option to purchase the
governments interest in the plant ex-
tension and which now threatens to
block the possible acceptance by Con-
gress of Henry Ford's offer for pur-
chase and lease of the Warrior plant
as part Of the Muscle Shoals prop
critics.
Thomas w. Martin. president of the
power company. whose attorneys have
notified the committee that his COM
pany will execute the option and con-
test in the courts any action which
tended to dispossess it Of the plant. in
the event Congress accepted the Ford
proposal, attended today's hearing.
Evening star., 1922-03-10
M0NCURE EVIDENCE
ENDEDAT HEARING
Judge Failed to Note How
Many Times Mrs. Baggett
Was Divorce Witness.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

special Dispatch to The Star.
ALEXANDRIA,. Va. March 10
Judge Robinson Moncure OF the cor
poration court this morning COM
pleted his testimony in the divorce
probe. He was afterward questioned
by Attorney J. Randall Cation.
member of the committee of the bar
association engaged in the inquiry,
relative to the number OF persons llv-
ing at the residence Of Mrs. Mary L:
Raggett. rooming-house keeper. and
also regarding his activity in politics.
Mr. Cation declared that the record
showed for eight months in the year
1919 an average of twenty-four per-
sons were living at Mrs. Baggetts,
these being clients of Judge Moncure
before he became judge of the court
While the judge admitted he had
number of divorce cases. he declared
that the examination of titles was
his biggest business when he was en-
gagged in the practice of law. He also
told the committee that he did not
particularly notice the number of
cases in which Mrs. Baggett testified.
The judge admitted few people
seeking divorces were brought to his
office by Mrs. Baggett, but majority
came directly to his office.
Attorney Frank Stuart took the
stand in rebuttal. He opened by de-
originated the divorce probe here.
and stated that he hoped the COM
mittee would understand his position.
One of his charges. he said is laxness
in enforcing the divorce laws.
It is expected that the committee
will complete it's investigation late
this afternoon, and 1t will be ready to
submit it's report to the bar associa-
tion of the city for action early next
week.
Evening star., 1922-03-10
DELAY FOR TREATY
FOUGHT BY LODGE
Democratic Leader Under
wood Tomorrow Will Urge
4-PoWer Pact Ratification.

Request to lay aside temporarily
the four-power Pacific treaty in the
Senate today was blocked for the time
being by administration leaders, who
insisted that the ratification debate
continue and that the 'irreconcili-
ables" opposing the treaty present
their case or else allow voting to be-
gin on proposed reservations.
Several senators on both sides OF
the chamber had prepared addresses
on a bill to reorganize the Federal
judiciary, but Senator Lodge of Mas
sachusetts, the republican leader, de-
clined to let the bill have right of
way.
Awaiting Underwood Speech.
The "irreconcilables' indicated that
they were not anxious to keep up the
active offensive they began yester-
day. several of them saying they pre-
ferred to postpone further discussion
until they had heard the speech in
support of the treaty to be made to-
morrow by Senator Underwood of
Alabama. the democratic leader.
MIA, is expected to reply to him on
Monday.
Although the treaty remained the
actual business before the Senate, dis
cussion at the beginning of today's
session took little cognizance Of it,
from Muscle Shoals to postmasters'
nominations.
Charges BY Opponents.
Charging that the four-power Pa
cific treaty resulted from a Japanese
British plan to offset the embarrassing
effect of the Anglo-Japanese alliance,
opponents of the pact sought with
out success in the Senate Yesterday
to learn exactly by whom the orig
ina1 draff of the 6ocument was Dre.
pared.
Both of the Senate's representatives
on the arms conference delegation,
Senators Lodge of Massachusetts and
Underwood of Alabama. declared in
reply to direct questions that the
delegation head, Secretary Hughes,
had conducted most of the negotia-
tions leading up to the treaty. Mr..
Lodge said many hands had helped
in the drafting and redrafting and
that he did not know who made the
first suggestion. Mr.. Underwood as
serted that the first draft he saw was
the final one, laid before him by Sec
retary Hughes.
Reply to Robinson Queries.
The statements of the two Senate
leaders were made in reply to series
of questions by Senator Robinson.
democrat, Arkansas. who told the Sem
ate when the crosS-questioning was
over that although we don't know
and will never find out from any
authentic source who wrote the first
draft" he was inclined to believe that
the finished product resulted from the
joint labors of Arthur ]. Balfour for
Great Britain and Prince Tokugawa
for Japan He assailed the treaty as
an alliance" and predicted it would
do more harm than good.
Senator Underwood plans to take
the floor with a prepared address ex-
planning the purposes and results OF
the pact tomorrow.
Evening star., 1922-03-10
HAYNES GIVES WARNING
AGAINST "WET" VESSEL
Commissioner Declares if Present
Laws Are Inadequate He Will
Ask Legislation.

Prospects for the operation of
"wet ship on the Atlantic, about
twenty minutes voyage from a new
York dock, just across the three e-mile
liant to dark and cloudy today. when
Prohibition Commissioner R. A.
Haynes came out with an announce
ment that the proposed recreation"
vessel, which was to be anchored
there, will be protested against with
The whole thing started with neat
little letter from James v. Martin of the
Recreation Ticket Corporation of New
York city. announcing the plans for
the establishment of a recreation
yesser' outside the three-mile limit.
we're not yet considered as the pri-
mary recreational attraction, but
stated that in event consideration re-
suited in the decision to make drinks
one of the attractions, the corpora
ton would guarantees the prohibition
would be taken to prevent infringe
ment of the prohibition law in allow
ing alcoholic beverages to reach the
coast.
Mr.. Haynes wrote a very definite
reply to Mr.. Martin, which was made
public today.
In his first paragraph he announced
that he noted that the ''booze" ships
primary attention would not be de-
voted to liquor.
Next he politely informed Mr..
Martin that the prohibition Office
feels that it cannot do otherwise than
oppose the operation of such vessel,
with intoxicants served on board. by
all lawful means.
He followed up with the statement
that if the bureau did not have suf-
ficient authority under the present
To hn he
case. he would Immediately apply to
Congress for legislation to cover it.
His closing words were something
like the following:
"This office vigorously protests
against any such mercenary attempts
to evade and violate the spirit of the
law in this country, and takes this
occasion to go on record as intending
to do every thing which it lawfully
can to frustrate such efforts"
Evening star., 1922-03-10
JURY ACCUSES THREE
OF 1ST-DEGREE MURDER
Indicts Joseph Parker, William
Frederick and ]. A. Frye.
Other True Bills Found.

Indictments charging murder in the
first degree were reported today by
the grand jury against Joseph Par
ker, William Frederick and James A.
Frye, all colored.
Frye is alleged to have shot and
killed DR.. Robert Wade Brown at the
physicians home, 1897 11th street
northwest, November 2S. 1920. Fred
erick. twenty years old. is said to
have instantly killed Benjamin F.
Brown. a special policeman, February
last. Parker is charged with the
death of Wesley King. November 23
last. All the victims were colored.
Two charges Of sending objection
able matter through the mails are
made by the grand jury against Miss
Alice Lee Robertson. former clerk
of the Shipping Board. 1t is charged
that after Miss Robertson had lost
her position she wrote letters in Oc-
tober and November last to two Of
ficials Of the board containing sour
rilous matter.
Others indicted and the charges
against them are: Charles Emery and
Philip Bundy, housebreaking and
larceny: William H. Degges, John F.
Riondel De Pauperon, Earl ]. Ennis.
Earl C. Higdon, Fred jackson,
Samuel Harvey. John Smith and
Avoid Jackson, non-support
Evening star., 1922-03-10
RUSSIAN PARENTS GIVE
AWAY ROYAL CHILDREN
FOR FOREIGN ADOPTION

MOSCOW, March 10.-Little princes
and princesses by the score are val
liable in Russia for adoption by
wealthy foreigners. The parents,
where there are any, are willing,
and. even anxious. to let their chill
dren go because of their own pow
erty and inability properly to care
for and educate them.
The mother of little Chat Khan,
Prince Kadjar, near pretender to
the throne Of Persia, is one of the
many who are willing to part with
their sons. Prince Kadjars great
grandfather was one of two brothers
who disputed the Persian throne.
When he failed he fled to Russia,
where the family became of some
political consequence.
The correspondent has been told
by many such mothers that, unless
they find some means Of getting their
children abroad, the careers Of the
little ones will be ruined. If ever
private property is returned to the
original owners these children will
recover vast estates.
Evening star., 1922-03-10
GEN. S[0AT DIES
OF AUTO INJURIES
Was Finance Officer at u. S.
Patent Office for Twenty
Nine Years.

Gen. Frank d. Sloat, civil war vet
eran and finance officer of the United
States patent office for twenty-nine
years. died this morning shortly after
& o'clock at Emergency Hospital
from a fractured skull. He was in
jured March when struck by an au-
tomobile at 18th and l. streets. and
since that time has been in a state of
coma and has been fed through a
tube. He was eighty-six years old.
Frank O'Hara, 1901 Monroe street
northeast, a professor at Catholic
University, operator of the machine
which is said to have struck the war
veteran, was notified by the police
today to appear at the second pre-
cinct station. O'Hara was arrested a
the time of the accident, but was re-
leased on his own recogniZance. He
will be held pending the outcome OF
the coronerS inquest this afternoon
at o'clock.
Born mt Peekskill.
Gen. Sloat was born September 2s.
1885, at Peekskill, \. Y. He later
moved to Connecticut and at the out
break Of the war in 1861 was com
missioned captain in the New Haven
Grays. He served throughout the war
in the ajority of the campigns. and
was confined for a long time in Libby
prison. Following the war he was
made controller of the state of Con-
necticut and also was made one OF
the original commissioners OF the
Gettysburg battlefield.
Later he was appointed adjutant
general of the state and served on
the staff Of three different governors
in that capacity. He came to Wash
ington thirty years ago and received
an appointment as finance officer of
the patent Office. He served there
for twenty-nine years and was re
tired August "a, 1920.
Member Of Loyal Legion.
He resided since that time at 1914
L street northwest. He was a member
of the Loyal Legion and at the time
Of his death was the oldest living cap
tain Of the New Haven Grays. He was
a past commander of a Grand ARM
post in Connecticut and was promi-
nent in the Masonic Order. being a
knight Templar. Upon his arrival
here he kept up his interest in Ma
sonic activities and joined Almas
Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
He leaves no immediate relatives.
his wife and children having died
many years ago. Funeral services
will be held tomorrow afternoon at
5 o'clock at Speare's undertaking
establishment following which the
body will be taken to Croton Fails,
n. ", for interment.
Evening star., 1922-03-10
THESP|ANS
SEE BAN LIFTING
Spring Plays May Be Given in
Auditoriums Following To-
days Conference.

The spring plays of the high school
students probably will be held IN
the high school auditoriums. 1t was
Indicated today following a confer
ence between the Commissioners and
the board of education at the Dis
trict building.
Engineer Commissioner Keller stat
ed following the meeting that the
extent to which the school aadito-
RUINS should be used pen1tng the
the fire regulations has not been
He stated that after an inspection
by himself, the municipal architect
and the fire marshal, he saw no rea-
son why any school activities should
to mean that the dramatic entertain
ments scheduled for the next few
weeks could be held in the schools.
E. c. Graham of the board OF edu-
cation said when he left the con-
ference that satisfactory progress
Commissioners the question OF the
use of the auditoriums.
Municipal Architect Harris attended
the meeting with a report. which he
compiled, showing the results OF the
inspection made of all school audi
| TSPoII al NC W
the Franklin School in time for a
meeting of the board of education
scheduled for $3.50 o'clock. at which
the board will go into the school
auditorium question.
Col. Keller stated before the con-
ference that no serious conditions
were found in the auditoriums and
that he had no desire to place any
unnecessary restrictions on their use.
After the school board had departed
Col. keller conferred in his office with
Mai. Brown, in charge of school con-
struction work. and Architect Harris.
Evening star., 1922-03-10
INJUNCTION GIVEN
IN SCHOOL CASE
Bonds Required of Three
CompIainants Against
Building for TubercuIar.

Justice Bailey Of the District Su-
preme Court today granted a tenn
porary Injunction against the Dis
triot Commissioners from proceeding
with their plan to erect a school
building for tubercular pupils at 14,h
and Upshur streets. Tho injunction
ties the hands of the municipal au-
thorities until a final hearing Of the
case. Bond OF $1,000 was required
Of Charles E. Hunt. Sallie E. Shock
and Clarence I. Gessford, property
owners in the vicinity. who brought
the injunction proceedings for them-
selves and their neighbors. who OBJ
1ected to the location of the hospital.
Through Attorneys Darr, Whiteford
e. Darr, the citizens claimed tha.
the Commissioners had no authority
of law for erecting the school on the
Upshur street site and pointed out
that Congress had specifically named
the portions of the site for a tuber-
cular hospital and for a junior high
school, bat had made no designation
of any portion of the tract when pro-
Viding for the school for tubercular
children. They claimed the Commits
sioners were about to expend s15O,OOO
to locate the school on an unauthoriz-
ed site. The claim was also made
that the placing of the school there
would injure seriously the property
OF the plaintiffs and other members
OF the Piney Branch Citizens Associa-
ton.
The Commissioners through Cor
poration Counsel Stephens and AS
sistant Corporation Counsel Williams
denied that they were proceeding
without warrant of law and that the
location of the school would injure
surrounding property. If it should
be conducted SO as to constitute a
nuisance, they said. the owners of
property had their remedy at law.
The Commissioners claim the Site
is ideal for the purpose, and that
there is no other available site owned
by the District on which the school
may be located with the exception of
the grounds about the Jail and asy-
lum hospital.
Evening star., 1922-03-10
IMMERSED IN CLAY,
CLOTHES ruined
{
Women Risk Broken Bones,
| Also, as They Wade Over
T Slippery CrossWalks.

Many dollars worth of wearing ap-
parel of women has been spoiled on
account Of the serious condition OF
the streets in the vicinity of the new
Eastern High School, at 17th and East
Capitol streets. it was learned by The
Star man who has been making an
investigation of the bad streets.
This section Of the city is well built
up. and there are many apartments
there, but the women have found it
almost impossible to cross the streets
without risking a broken bone. on ac-
count of the slippery. dangerous con-
dition Of the mud. Many Of those who
have risked wading through the clay
have fallen and have ruined their
clothes. it was asserted by people who
live In that section.
The streets there are even difficult
for vehicular traffic to negotiate. Fol-
lowing a number of protests to the
District authorities regarding the
conditions there, several truck loads
OF clnderS were sent out to be placed
on the street crossings.
Taken by wsrkmen.
However. when they came in sight,
the men working on the new Eastern
High School directed the drivers to
dump them in a. roadway leading up
to the school in an effort to prevent
trucks bringing materials from be-
coming mired. Now the citizens are
making further efforts to get Just
cinder crosswalks there.
But as the conditions are becoming
worse on account Of the recent heavy
rains, several citizens there have
gathered up bricks for squares
around and have laid them at the
crosswalks.
The bad condition of streets and
roadways in the District even Affects
the cost of construction OF buildings,
according to Col. Keller, Engineer
Commissioner of the District
Raises Bids for Schools.
"Over in the Benning section" Col.
Keller told Congress. the deficiency
bill last year gave US an appropria-
tion for the construction of four
room school building to replace the
Smothers School. We had a larre
number of proposals for that school
and then were forced to reject them
because they were too high. One
reason they were high is that the
roadways in that neishborhood were
very rough. Now. a small amount of
grading over there would reflect it.
self Immediately in the ultimate cost
of that school,
This condition. it has been found,
is not peculiar to the cost of school
buildings. for many merchants have
abandoned deliveries in certain Sec
tions of the city where bad streets
are found, because it is too expensive
to tie up their trucks for many hours
and saddle themselves with the heavy
cost of getting them out of the mud.
Evening star., 1922-03-10
YALE ATHLETE WEDS CHORUS GIRL
WHO WON RACE ON POGO STICK

stick race in the show she was
then playing in," he said. "She
won the race, I was enthusiastic.
Friends introduced her and l was
at the show next time. Geneva
lost the race this time. but
didn't weaken. This was last fall"
Savage was at Yale at the time.
captaining the foot ball team of
ineligible freshmen, and playing
fullback. He Is at Milford School
now. for he was unable success
fully to mix studies and athletics
at Yale. so dropped out to catch up
in his classes. 1t Is to Milford he
intends to return if the maternal
blessing is forthcoming.
He intends to. play base ball at
Milford this spring. provided there
is anything left Of the team. for
he is the fourth of a quartet of
Milford roommates to have been
married recently. all of them
valuable base ball assets. Savage
comes from football family. A
brother, Edward, was fullback on
Ted Coy's famous Yale team, and
William d. Savage played quarter
back on another Yale varsity.
MY brothers have agreed this
was all right" Savage said. speak,
ing of his marriage. but I'm wait
ing to hear from mother now"