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v,7 A CAROLINA HO"E fOTSPAPER CF CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS, CLEAri :;3 V.:ir :LE IN NEWS SERVICE, AND A PROMOTER OF SOUTHERN RESOURCES ' f1' f. ' FOUNDED 1869.: . cHARkoirrn, rcc; Saturday, morning, july, 23, t?2i. PRICE HVE CENTS. DAILY-SEVEN CENTS. SUNDAY I' 4 o Filipinos IPEIlffi ! Wood and Forbes Think" Time . Is Not Yet Fully Ripe.' GREAT STRIDESv MADE ut , ' Harding's. ; Commission Finds Lack "Vf Progress In , Other, Important Directions. BY WILLIAM pbthjpisimms. - I Written Expreasly lor Oe Jfewspa- per Enterprise Association. . MAMLA: July 22.-Immed.ate In- J dependence for the Philippine will ; nnot be th outcome of th Wood- Forbes commlMion to the Island. The emissaries of president Hard v Ing, now touring the archipelago to obtain first-hand knowledge of eon- dlton"and report tac to the Prel f denL M "point with pride" to the i wrest strides mad by Filipino In am linear hut at the tarn 'time w.H "view with alarm" tbo lack of progres beereved In certain otbtr i eejuaiiy important airocuena. i .The roault f the investigation will I bo testimony ' which will warrant I President Harding . recommending I Congres to bold on to tbo Philips pines for some utno to come. Summed up. aacb . I tbo feeling I nnrl WnnA ( nnt reMnclble i for thl impression. Neither i ex , Ciavmor Forbes. -, Tbo general ' is itoo good a aoldter, and the former "coventor general of the Philippine 1 100 experienced a diplomat, to opUl the inatttar beans before they report j to their chief. - ' . , In auto and on horse, afoot and afloat, early and late the two men ; are working 5 live beavter 'digging I p the facte upon which they wlH I base their report. ' And fhey 'art I sarins tittle of what they think. . . But ohrver who bate , talked i w th American old-timer hero, and i with the Filipinos., and Who bare , had ample opportunity to and i beer much of what the commission 1 ta seeing and hearing, Invariably are I led to the. above conclusion. ; j I . Bound Vp With Aito.f-:. " Foremoat araonf the f otori which ,! nuit Influence tbt commlmion. many I hero eonetderea the general intr . aatlonal aituation In the far eatt. ' , ,$ The Philippine they inttst, cannot ro treatea e a ee'sraie.proojmi, Sn their opinion lib futurrW.e 74tnns wtnextncanjy oouna up wu ; 4 the future of sAala ' And the Orient ' 'generaUy.::i ...a,:'.:;'- ' - AU Americans in -the Islands are, i not rstentlonists, but I have yet to i talk with any really repreeentaUve member of the community who does not think that : to turn the - Philip ' plnea loose-at this Juncture, without first obtaining showdown from the - crest powers with regard to the far ' astern situation, would be natlon- el disgrace. ' x1."" 1 ' r " J Furthermore the most ardent Pat ' rick Henrys among the- Fillplnoe themselvee confess they see no ob ' jectlon to ; waiting for their Inde ; pendence until the present storm Lilouds roll by. ; ' Death. Knell of Trade. -It has been put up to the Wood 1 Forbes commission that diploma tio ' ally end . nrUltarlly speaking, com- piste Independence for the'Phlllp- pines will spell the finish of Amer , lean prestige 'and power not only In , Asia but In the , far eaatern . world generally. , t " - .'(- Similarly President Harding's In- vestlgatora have been told that ' f ' America clears out. of the islands 5 rtow she Vlll lose for- good and all t her share, of trad In the Orient at the very time1 when every other pow 1 er la struggling, with no holds barr 'led. to get a footlnf there. I . ."It la not oneatlon of lust get- I ting out. of th Phliippines, one of meet " influential Amertcsns in Manlla'told me, "but question of ' scuttling from China and this whole nart of the globe." Th's American save the commission the benefit of 4 Filipinos Answer. " Meanwhile the Filipinos are not Idle. , They are meeting such argu ments with consummate skill.' .. "We realise 4 here Is some truth ( In ail these things," they answer, s "But we are v not demanding that you clear out of the Islands com Dletely." I "Any honorable . concession the t. TTnltp4 Rtaiea mav ask." Uanuel Ia. Queson. president of the Filipino tenste. declared.- "wilt willingly be granted rln-exchange for our inde pendence."' ;, :;;;,''-' i If - AmerJen. wishes a "Hongkong of her own tar the far east, the Phll- Innlnea will nladlr provide It, Flllpl nos say. along wlth -whatever e:e the united Stafs may. need tn the (eBtianad ea tage Tw. , - 1 fiml;iy. ?t .to f:U It. loee 1 1 hsinjOJO SAYSgKf f 1 .... -' " ' '.' : .; ,. ! '' : 4' : ' '4 ... FRANCE INSISTS UPON SENDING. tfORE TROOPS - INTO (UPPER? SILESIA . PARIS, ulr M-(By the Av, oclaied Preaa.) - The French rovernmcnt late tW evening re qneeted' Cutonei ; Ie ' fitaaUtre. Vrtpzh ambennedcw to Greet Brit In, fgaln to InHet het tbo Brit lab government oonnent v to - toe ending' of : retaforoemeau into Upper KUesia end to a jneetlng of sxperta to oooalder tbi TJpper 81 (el aituatioa before the eaaem Ung of the Buprane 'eounciL , The Brltlah reply to the Uteet formej . note of - Premier Briaad had not been received vp to la'je hoar tonight and the French gov emmertt'e action Is declared to be baaed on juofncial, '; though, no Ihentlo, reporta that the reply uf the Brttitb premier would he re ' affirmation of hie poiriUon that the dispatch of tardier troopa to Up per Blleela to '-- niineoMaary, and that meeting of the enpreme eounett to acoM t- the ' SOealan probleat should be called In the atatnrevV;.;-'-';':, ..r OPlLllfflOIIS , . , . U. S Government Is Awaiting Final Word From Joklo. f vr Washington Official Expected to Proceed Perfecting Plant for - Disarmament Conference. LOXBOIf- lalv SJfBr the As- eortateeV Tret.) A 'sneetwg of the eomtnton pmniers was called nur rledlr tfaie eternooe to evtMider, H U amterstood. a replr reretved from Washington today to reprcaenatloaa by the Brltbib government retattve to Boetnonlna the disarmament and Pactfti mnference1 to oome later date than -h'ovesaber II.1 vTbe ''.nneeting wae private and there has been no HHiKstton or tne aatareoi toe ington reply.; i ,,WA8HINOTON. July un less checked by unexpected devel opments at Toklo. the Unite j States emvmmeirt.' tt '.wad . !!'" teOy, rJlVSir sUbeiiL' tjw .. ei time ia - perfecting U la -for a conference of the principal powers on limitation of armament and far eastern subjects. Tbs extent to which Japan la willing to. partlci oate In the diacuseions la under stood to be under consideraUon at meeting , of the advisory- council and there ' appeared to be reason to believe that the Japanese states men would reach a decision -favor able to a discussion of questions arising out of the orient aunougn, perhaps, with certain reservations. Until tne position or VPn amm been more clearly defined, it ap peared Improbable, ' , however, that the formal invitations wouia oe sent to the various governmenta It la known that the propoeed con ference was mentioned at the cabi net 'Jaeetlng-but It Is understood not to have been discussed to great extent, :" '.; ,;i ' J:s; " The- Informal confereneea be tween Secretary Hughes and : Am bassador Shldehara are . known to have cone far towards convincing the administration that the Japan ese government Will - agree to en terirtg ,the V conference without ma terial reservations ana ma iw general' questions at Issue will be approached frankly and freely by all participants. ' :.;'"' - Insistent suggestions that Bel gium should be given a seat at the conference have not served to alter the Opinion of the United' States txovernment ' that the discussions should be limited to the principal allied - and associated powers as aenerally accepted. It was explain ed that to open the doora to Bel gium would make it necessary to permit the entrance of any , other government making epplicatlon. The reiteration of the suggestion that a. preliminary conferenca be held at London , salso , failed to cauee a favorable reaction here. It was v Indicated clearly ' that ' the United States believes that such preliminary discussion as may be necessary should take p'sce her as an incident .to the formal conven ing of the conferees. . ASHEVILLE INVITES .DISARMAMENT MEETING Grove Park Inn Has Been Placed at Disposal of Presi- dent Harding. . , . , . vrj- w t ' - 'tr-' ABHEVIIXE, July Z2 An Invi tation has been extended to Presi dent. Warren a Harding to con vene the, international naval disar mament., conference in Asheville. With agreement by England, Franoe, Italy, Japan and China to Join the United Staea in a discus sion of ' Proposed naval . disarma ment., military disarmament and questions pertaining to the far east, the invitation from Asheville la the first to reach Washington. Tender of the use orGrove Park Inn for the conference, which will brinir together diplomats and rep resentative! from t the allies and China, has been made to the chief executive of the United Btates. Pro. vlding the "invitation is accepted, the entire facilities of the famous resort hotel will be placed at the disposal and for the exclusive use of the 'conference. tr .J 'rtAlI.BOAD WAGES DISCUSSED. ; ASHEVILLE, N. C, July 22. Wages of clerks and employes in the various departments of railroads were discussed at the Annual meet lng of the executive committee of the Southeastern Demurrage Bureau 1xt today with 10 railroad officials i.' the koii.Sc .i-il in atti.'n'.n e 11016 TO SMf lid Rssume' .Work Jl,, Sufiiclent .Dumber f Employes Apply. SAME BiSl$, fAS JUNE ;. Same ' Proposal as Recently Madefy Chadwick-Hoskins. , , McMahon .Cone Nortfu ' ,' Th Hnrhiand 'Perk Mi ls 'com pany," Including Highland Prk ,NcY 1 and I, In Kor'th. Charlotte. Sios 9. at Bovk Hill, 8. C, and the Anchor mill, at HutttereVllle, wtlT resume op eritlons on the same basis of wage and hours of work 's . when they closed June 1, If a u (Helen t number of the employee eirojfy , their' desire to return to work- ' : . . . . - This announcement waa made uat night by J. Leake Spencer, treasurer of thacompanjv and le practically In line with the announcement made about two weeks ago by the Chad- wtcsHosktns company -with refer ence to: its employes. - The two Highland Park mills in North Charlotte employ about 700 operatives, the Highland Park mill at v Rock Hill about f 0 and the Anchor mill In Hunersvflle about 70S employee, 'making a total la this system oi anou i,z. employes.- No announcement wae made by - r. Spencer- as to the manner of application for returning to work. bis; ataument : having been that the employee would he. considered ina vlduauv or colieetlyelv. vor . in anv ether manner, Just so they gave in-1 clinatlotr of actual desire to return te their work. ' - Chad wlt-k-Hosklna, 'Also. Notices, were posted on the door of tnf Chsdwtck-Hosklna system of mills itf .Charlotte,; Inrludlng the Chad wick,, Hosklna, Loniae anr Cat-, vine .mills, about two rweeks ago In . which . the announcement was made that the' milk would 'resume operations as aoon as-s - suflictenfl number of employes aignined their willingness to return to worn. on tne same basis' on whle hthey went out on June 1. ' - ',- ... " Officials of the .Chadwick-Hoskins mills couJd-not be located' late last flight and It wae impossible to . And out it this proportion lg t!U open It : !4 presumed however,.' tnat't tuKoe mills, since lko' bnuounctuifeui Of 'the withdrawal 'of the offer; Jhaa. iip.uv. . ... . 1 . h r. I While It could pot be lamed whether the same kind of a proporsaj would be made by the Job neon Man ufacturing company. ae ne of the officials could be located, It '. was thought probable by mill men- that ttls mill would -consider making the; same proposition. !'! M. L. Jackson, ' president of the Mecklenburg Mills' company, was not in Charlotte last night. Whether jr ot he would -consider reopening his , mill under. a like arrangement ec u Id not be aecetralned. Thai mtll employs about 200 workers. ' " , The Highland Park and Chadwick Hoskins mills systems employ In the neighborhood of nine-tenths of all o the workers In the mills around Charlotte, . at which strikes were called on June .1, It is estimated. - Just how the workers will -consider this new proposal of the Highland Park mill sis not known, nor could It be a acertained whether any appli cations were made to the Chadwick Hoskins mills after the proposal of two weeks ,ago.;. --,v'.. Confereneea between representa tives of the employes of mills with the mi!l owners Thursday are re ported to. have been encouraging, al though no definite result are said to hare been developed. Rumor hare been circulated that mill owners told employee at these conference that If the mills open again It would be at a still further reduction of wages. This, however. wae denied by mill ""owners last nlxht. - - ;-'--.a ... ? Thomas F. McMahon, acting pree ldent-of the United Textile Worker of -America, who ha been In the city for the past several days, left last night tor JNew xora, announcing that he had sneaking engagements and conferences at other places that demanded his presence. He left the situation here in the hands of local organiser. '; ;.:"..,'-?;?. From other source, however, in close touch with the situation came the statement that he went north to try to obtain fund fpr the relief of the idle operatives, . numbers of whom are declared to be suffering for lack of provisions, on account of the scant supply rurjiistiea by tne textile workera' organization. DEPUTY ' SHERIFF PATE ' SHOT IN CUMBERLAND ttaMcM te' The Okaerven . ' FAYKTT U VILLE, July 31. Al 3, Pate, oldest deputy sheriff In Cum berland county, was shot from am bush and instantly killed this af ternoon. following a raid upon' an Illicit distillery four Dtflea from thoJ city. The officer was wanning on the running board of a car on which the captured still was being loaded, when there was a sadden fusllnie of tohot from the bushes, one of which entered his back , and pene trated, hi heart. v, Pate Is the seventh deputy to he hot In Cumberland In recent year. Of these four were killed.., Fate him self had breninv many dtflteultlcs during his career as an Officer, and had hlmnt'lf killed two men while In the ; discharge of Us official du ties.. .... . V: .- The attack on the raiding party today came nnexpectedly,, as there was no sljrns of life at tlie still when the ollicers raided it. An old model army ' rifle was found, bow ever, with one 'cartridxe Jammed, which loads to the belief that an at tempt bad been made to fire on the oiiieers r Hiey approached. - .Deputy lte was fifty years of ace, and leaves a family, one of wtiom, a ctii. ....liter, : was - recently marrl'Hl, and M now ou lucr l:5-y-nsoon. : ' . snir?i:js;EC;.D'.r':-:3 five:URCEste:.: :::r3 ' JfEW YORK. July JCrivq of the largest and inert aw ': tn ' the United Btatea mere! -t marine.' which had been C . r td to the United , States4 1" 1 swamahlp'compaity.' were I 1 tonight by representatives r f f- United State shipping tui 1 caase of an alleged violclli-a t.1 contrect. t i '' " : The aetoed vessel, all form r German liners, are : the Oeor;e Washington, " America,' -; Susque hanna, President Grant, .and Act menofC,'' 'r "s ; ' ' Failure of tbe''erKaiAahlp- com pany to pay rentals which tn the iggregateap to, the time of the leizurea, would 'amount to about four hundred thousand doCare, was given as the principal reason for the board's action by tamer Schleeinger, ltd general counsel. ," " ludse Webb Returns, Par-CIc ance Suit to- Union County' Hot Sure as to iuri$ictlon of Case, However, In CUte Danks : Vs. federal pys't2m.; : .The noted tease of the ISO sute banks in North Carolina against the federal reserve "bank of Richmond to tanse the federal bank 'to honor state checks ,n which exchange has beea collected, an Injunction ttro ceedlng emanating in Union county, has been sent back by Judge )3. 'T. Webb, of the federal t'ourt,y, to -the sUU court, where testimony will t taken on an-Issue to;.make perma aent the temporary restrain mg or der issued by Judge W. F. l'rff In Mecklenburg atrperlor covr t. . After, the .temporary "oi ' granted In the State courts Ray ruled that the state Jurisdiction,, an appeal was the federal rserv4bank ere! court and the hulng t tn Charlotte -Ajnot.ih, S, JaAge B.-,:Tate- Webb.?. , J Wel4, -'in hia d " ue p" 1 V" 're ge - has i by fed- rlace .tfore on ot be "I, honestly In doubt about the matter,- and anally aenes. the "whole affair back to the stats courts for a hrinr oir the oennsjiency of the miunction. now- umporary. that wag granted oy m nsn-nwiw. , Whatever tne outcome ox in nw in an making the In Junction per manent the -losing aide will appeal, first. It waaaald. by attorneys, to in state supreme court and then to the United 8tates supreme court for final adjudication. i ' The state banks demanded that the federal" reserve . bank of Rich mond be enjoined. trom carrymg out Its threat to-refuse -to accept ex change drawn ,by the plaintiff a en hu Mum deoosita In payment of checks presented and to return such checks to the drawer" a dishonored because plaintiffs tendered' the ex change allowed by the laws of JJortb Carolina: . - -. 'Judge. Webb points out that the point to be determined by him was whether or -not tn miiw , "0y tCeattaasd"' 'ge Tw.)' BOUNTIFUL AND VARIED MENU FOR READERS OF THE SUNDAY OBSERVER k itern lasnefl sUnd ahead of prospect of dtaarmament; dent- -j ocratto ana unpenai poimca win meet bead-on In great eWRference over Paciflo ; problem These are- eoyne :- of the conclusions reached by Eugene J. young, ex perud analyst of world politics, In another of hi illuminating and thought-provoking articles to ap pear In The Sunday Observer to morrow, a very timely article in view of the movement for a con ference on N limitation of arma menta, 3 ' . ... v Other feature . for tomorrow include Potash and Pertanntter, In a discussion of lawyer, - by Montagne Glass) another of those Sherlock Holme mystery master piece by Sir Arthur COnan Doyle; another article by Roger W. Bab ion' on "Making Good m Bnsl nes,, which Is proving Intereat Ing and valuable to buslneas nen and their . employee r "Forward Observation Post," by Capt. A. h. Fletcher, a department tK.oUU to the ; Interest of former, ewvlce men and national guardsmen; Fraternal Order new and viewu, by W. B. Stuart, himself a mem ber of dozen orders; "Memories of the Old South," historic and romantic sketches by Mrs. - Ida Briggs Henderson; 'Echoes from Clubdom," by Mrs. Gordon Fin gers "Holding a Husband." the new phuar of Adcle Garrison's "Revelations of a Wife." and several page of society new from Carolina towns and cities. : .Beside these and other fea tures The Sunday . Observer car-, riea a four-page colored comic section. Including a full page of 'Bringing Up Father," believed to be the most popular of all oomlc pages; several pagett of newa and view of Carolina manufacturer and wholesalers, and the news of the city, the state and the world, Including social, - market and jports, gathered by The .Obser ver's own lorjtl s'aiT, Its corps of, 3orre."ondenf8, Including (hose In Its V. ..'"fton nl lUilelh bu reni , b - I f n f u.l wrvlce of The As m un 1 . 1 ret, the greatest 4i- r i' "oncy ..In the ( .crvcr Is the I . ' I r'-s J uiulay i r j 1U(" ilotte. M. CPDELl FLATLY Declares V.n. Ecrgdoll Paid Him No Money to Aid Grover. SENT FROM LEXINGTON, KT. Cays Not a , Penny! of $6,500 s1le Placed; In -Wall Street ! Came From' fiergdollsV, ' 'rVASHINOTOX,1 July .M. Major Bruce B. CampUii. of, the United State army, told a house inveaigat- 'Ing 'committee today that net a sin- i . - w. . - - r; . & gi. penirr. "of the: f l.soo .Pd, oy him wlm a wail utreev nrm xor stock market trading last- year was received from the "Bergdoll -family. ' Flatly denying the charge of Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, of Philadelphia, that he had been paid 11.000 to aid in obtaining freedom for Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, her draft dodger oh. Malar Camnbell declared that the sum sent to the broker was hie own money, hidden by his wife - at her home since the earlydays of the war. V.Vs-fc i ' v. Tne major, called' here hurriedly wit out opportunity to examine the charge arainst htm, first declined to J test y at thl time as to the- eource committee, related la detail how a ISO 1 investment, placed wttn tne la 'liiton Young, iof Lexington, 1 j bfore the WaV. Brew to f (.000 117. It was this name sum, he !. that was hidden away and later d to Wall Street and tost. - " .resalng. Ignorance as to how foung investment had tncreae . a jot Campbell said that It had i turned back tff-him by, a man, I ivinr. but whose name he de cline 1 at the-moment to give. Then in i: e midst of a sharp exchange with r committeemen. .' Campbell broke' in, decUdng. vOh, heH. It was hit f Ler!'r ',i The committee decided to call the father, William R. Campbell, of i-exir .ton,' who wa asked;ttf come ere at once. . ' ' ' v 1 E,"m',. reluctant to touch up. n fa Char' that t; ne r ' , f ;alrs to dear him of the i, I ajor ; Campbell . declared t 4-1 been bis purpose to ask .t he might be. able to cor- tu"v evry 'word of'hla t -r ,vi1( r . "Tt, clone a4 af hu eviuunce kiiui ue Lt& been allowed time to submit proof In denial of the aeeusatloaa, y-:t ;Sr Z The major asserted that a.Mfrtght fur injustioo bad been done him by the committee In permitting Mr,, Bergdoll and a representative of the broker to teatif y when, he was not preeent. . He 'protested vigorously that an agent of the army loteUl gence service; la Inspecting hi bank account at New - York, had not shown at a prior date he had more than S&.009 on deposit. . , At variou times Major Campbell declared he and hi wife had 1 17, 000 en deposit, not . Counting the sum lost on the market, but he de clined to mention the . names of bank until he could ger hold of his papers, en route with hi household effect from Governor' Island to Uttle Rock.' Arkansas. f x There were moment when- the major wa unable to control 'his feelings when referring to his wife and his father and he banged the table in anger as he denounced what he said waa the attempt of the BergdoUs to blacken his name. A military counsel for the elacker he never received a dollar, he declared.. The only thing, they ever gave me, he aald, were three little cambric handkerchief, bouht at a sol dier fair on the Island, a trinkets for hi bable.'-- - - SHEPPARD BILL PASSED BY SENATE BY 83 TO 7" AFTER SHARP CLASHES Provides for 'Co-Operation Be tween Federal and State Governments in Protection of Maternity and Infancy WASHINGTON. July ' J3.--The 8beppard bill providing for. co-operation between , the federal govern ment and the states in "protection of -maternity and Infancy" was pass ed ' today by the senate and sent to the house. v s.; -.'vi?-,.;--;i The Vote on passage was 3 to 7, after sharp clashes between- advo cates ana opponents. The former declared the legislation wa a great humanitarian step, denying that it contemplated Interference ' In the home; the latter asserted that It wa "socialistic, paternalistic wtnd bol shevistic." The federal - children's.', bureau would administer the act. . The -bill carries .initial anniopratlon of St.. sso.uvv,, .wnicn. tne states wouia oe required to match. - . -. . Senator .Reed, Missouri, declared that ''spinsters" of : the -children's bureau would "dictate" to American mothers end offered an amendment to change the title to "a bill to or ganise a board of spinsters to teach mothers how to raise, babies." The amendment was rejected .amid broad smiles, without a roll call.. . Benator 'Kenyon, Iowa, in charge of the bill, deplored : sarcastic ref erence to "spinster'' management, while ; Benator Sheppard. democrat, Texas,- author ot the - measure,- de clared there would be no compul sion 'in the Activities of federal agents and no "Invasion of the home." WINS PRIZE AS WRITEU. CHESTER, 8. C.. July 12. Se ondx place In The Columbia State's short story contest was won by Dr. Robert 0. Lee. pastor -of the First Baptist church, of Chester, with his story, "Flames and - Cinders." Dr. Lee's prixe was 1100. Dr. Lee's story. "A Jug of Wine." and "A Dol lar :,:rk," by Mrs. E.'-MoC. Smith, of. Bascomvllle, - received honorable mention. DEIS Np Hope of Reduction in Amount of N Many Changes. Proposed in Hope of '- Readjusting Burden, However, Fordney Says Four XHlfons to Be ' ' ' Raised by taxation. ' , WASHINGTON, " July . :J. The house ways and means, committee will set about tax revision with the Idea of raising "$4.600,eo,oeo 'In revenue exclusive of postal receipts in the next year, Chairman Fordney said 'tonight after he, with other re-' publican members of the commit tee, had conferred at length with Secretary Mellon on the general subject of taxation. The amount required is the same as has been raised ' by the present law and shows no hope; therefore of a reduction in the gross amount needed. ' The government's ; requirements wilt be met. however, in a slightly different manner than - under the preasnt law, the chairman said, many changer are proposed in the hope of .readjusting the burden in a way that will encourage commerce and Industry, and thereby- Increase the revenues, according to Mr. Fordney.- , .-. -i-r::.-,i:-.KV i Although the conference with the treasury head was said to have pro vided a basis upon which the com mittee may begin work Tuesday, Mr. Fordney probably wilt take up the subject with President Harding be fore proceeding. From Mr. Fordney's remarks it appeared that majority members were areed on abolition. of the ex cess profit tax and the substitution for It of some levy on corporations pronaniy around it percent. Re duction In thej higher sur-taxes on JAP EXGLUSIQULIOOSE GATHER State' Department Asked for fr Details ' of Agreement; ' House Committee Advised That Hawaii Is Eeinj Flooded V ;,;;',by:Pane-so:.: . ' -J t'VAd WAPir VGTON, Jilyi 22. The out In Congres again 'today. i In formed -. that - Hawaii - was ' being flooded wIMr Japanese, the house Immigration committee asked ' the state department to furnish details of the "gentlemen's agreement" of If OS with respect to Japanese con trol of emigration to the United States, . Diplomatic .correspondence 1 lead ing to the Understanding,' which the public and the committee decided to im-estigate. --. ' , f V Despite contentions of some mem bers that discussion of the matter at thl time might Impede plana for In ternational conference on disarma ment and Paciflo questions, the com mittee decided to go into. the II yeariold Immigration arrangement after It had heard J; V..A, McMur ray, " chief of the division of far eastern affaire of the state depart ment, and had "received a telegram from V. S. McClatchy, Sacramento, California, publisher,, dealing with the general subject ot Japanese Im migration. : t .-S r The committee had under consid eration a resolution which would authorised the President to lift, the Immigration -ban in Hawaii to meet seasonal requirements .tor labor, by importing Chinese and thus, to aid the Insular territory to get ever the rough economic spota The resolu tion was immediately subordinated to the broader question. - . Mr. McMurray told the commit tee that Japan had never regarded the. agreement as applying to Ha waii and added Incidentally that. Inasmuch as It was a voluntary proposition from Japan,' thl coun try -was, diplomatically bound until the other party- to the understand lng should withdraw. - His statement concerning Hawaii brought from Chairman Johnson the exclamation that the time had ar rived tore declaration that. Ha wall Is a part of the United Btates with respect to Japan and all others, f Mr. McMurray said that the Jap anese government had regulated the number of laborers to whom pass port to Hawaii were Issued through an informal arrangement worked out with the sugar planter of the Islands by the Japanese consular of ficer who was informed each season of the number required. Mr. John son interrupted to- lay that he un derstood the number allowed to go to Hawaii each year waa-really be low the requirements, a . position taken by Japan, In order to prevent a break In wagea',---:- -: - The statement concerning ' the agreement between the employers and the Japanese government waa Immediately denied by Royal D. Mead, special labor agent of the planters' organization. " y . From that point, every angle of the exclusion question was touched on Jn some form or other and mem bers of the committee freely ex pressed dissatisfaction ' with loop holes which they said . apparently were left in the agreement. They denounced the practice of permit ting "picture brides" to enter this country which Chairman Johnson said continued despite the diplo matic understanding. WATERMELONS SELLING WELL. FORT MILL, 8. C., July 12. A number of wagon and truck loads of fine watermelons and cantaloupes have come to Fort Mill during this week from the farms of the commu nity and are selling readily at good prices. , Federal Taxes Incomes also.' seemed assured since they are regarded at the treasury, a driving capital Into tax exempt se curities and as a discouragement to Investment of a nature which pro duce federal revenue. - ' i Jhe new .tax bill probably wilt be made retroactive ever the calendar year of lfzt on Incomes and other form of taxes baaed on the calen dar year, , As to other taxes .- Mr. Fordney said hs hoped to make most of them applicable immediately up on passage of the bill. i ' ' Transportation taxes would be re. pealed under Mr. Fordney's plan but be said It might not be possible to do so. Many of the special war time taxea described recently .by Mr. Mellon as "nuisances,' are cer tain to be eliminated under the pro gram to be advocated, by the com mittee chairman. - v v 1 , As for a reduction In the taxes on normal Incomes or the raising of the personal ' income ; exemptions,, air, Fnrdnev held out llttla hone. TT. I . V. . M new Source of revenue can be tap i ped to offset the losses anticipated through abolition ef the ; excess profit and reduction of the higher eurtaxeg on Income the personal Income exemptions ' will get some consideration, as will the rates on the normal 1neMh& ?V--. 'n'- w'-.A Chairman Fordney would not say that a general tax reduction was gossible, but emphasised that the urden - could , be made - lighter through, redistribution of $he levieayf jL -, , ; -. ' i Almost EverV N : C. County Represented at Ceremonial. Annual ConventiorTof Tar Heel Legion ; to Initiate Many Candidates Today ; ;: , ' : - i e " . , fcsw'-i The r- .ULM'.- y :,. membere pr from r'auc every county, ipthe sutte.' th an nual convenfidn and ceremonial-, of Tar Heel legion. No. 111. local Or der of Moose,. opened here this eve ning with an initial session open to the public. .-..'', ..-J .'- Burt S. Selfridge, of Greensboro, chief officer. .' The feature address was delivered by Congressman T." C. ! Brantley, of Orangeburg, S - C. commander of the Palmetto legion. The addresa of welcome for ; the city was made by Woodus Kellum, prominent-attorney, as substitute for Mayor James H. Cowan. V. C. Bol lard, of FayetteviHe, ; responded. " , Mr.- Brantley atreased.the princi pal of the order a being that of the carrying out of the golden rule In the relationship between Moose and Moose, to care for the penniless children of deceased brother and jto see that no more shall live a de pendent old age. : That the pr&etice of the golden rule pays, the speaker contended, i shown by the growth ot the order, which' 10 year g had 240 members and no treasury! today, over 100,009 members and about 123,000,000 in the treasury . in addition t othe greatest asset of any order, Mooaeheart, 111. v-4.Vv,-.w The legion 1 the second degree of the Order of Moose, .and between II and 100 aspirants tonight await the ceremonial, which takes 'place tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. The street pageant held by the le gion band and patrol will start at 1:30 o'clock, the ceremonial fol lowing Immediately afterward. A business session, when the next meeting place will be selected will preced the final event ot the gather ing, an elaborate Jwnquet. . , i - . COUPLE UNDER .ARREST CHARGED WITH CAR THEFT Bryson and ; His "Wife Have Been Taken Into -. Custody in South Carolina Town. - gpaelal t The Oh mt. LEXINGTON, July 2 1. Russel H. Bryson and his wife, Mrs. Lettle Bryson, are. In jail at Columbia, 8. C, and an automobile belonging to J. B. Evans, of this city, is in cus tody, according to a message re ceived from Columbia officers today. The automobile . was , stolen here Tuesday- night from a ' neighbor garage while the owner was In a hos pital at High paint, and its theft was not discovered until late Wednesday. ... r i-i ' u.iu,v and as soon as these are received from the governor's ofllce ofllcen will go for the couple. . Bryson and wife and a child about four years old spent several days here with rela tives and disappeared on the night of the theft, according to local of ficers. On the night the Evans car was stolen a machine belonging to another man wa taken from the tarage and abandoned. Hair pin ere. found around this car next morning-. : V RELIEF LEGISLATURE . FOR AGRICULTURISTS BV H. FC BRYANT. - WASHINGTON. July 23. Much ha already been accomplished to ward liberalizing credits, and much- remains to be done, Senator Sim mons said today, following confer ences with Senators and high gov ernment officials. He feels confi dent that lrgiHlation will pas at an early date "which will afford f-eit relief not only to the farm-is l.t ti the banks In the sirrh-n'.! ;- 1 , trlcts. Th ''agricultural f 1 .1 aroused the adnilnhitratiiin." r rm rn nnnvr mi SATISFIED V.1T i tl r i I. 1 Textile tti:!3 and Fewer Cc-r.- pany Fits Exceptions. v pell .v speaks fui::ly Mills Ask Revision of AH Ratss Fixed by Schedules tubmittci by Power Company., 1 . . Cfcarlette Obtrw Burma, - t . r' 'Tsrbftrrash HotL , , BTR.E. POWELL. ' . RALEIOH, July 21. Co-incldsnt with the filing here today of II ex ception by cotton mill to the rate Increase recently . granted to - the Southern' Power company, It became known that the-power company will also except to the order Of the cor- poration commission. -"":."-v'-'V;''''j--'.- Judge J. Crawford Biggs Bled the exceptions for the mills, the names . of practically All, the attorneys in the case heretofore appearing on the doctrment registered today. Former Congressman . Clyde R. Hoeyr s of Shelby, has notified the commission that the : mills represented by his firm will not except to the order. Revision Is aeked ot all the rates fixed by schedules submitted with the power company's petition, Ex- rentfAR Ik IsVah Ika f a the aammnii 1 tlon of Jurisdiction by the commia- sion, and this question will get tne first try out In the courts. If the. exception are overruled, a mt- -bar of the commission have su they will be, the appeal to the coir i will be primarily to settle the c-. -tlon of whether or. not the comi- slon has the right to fix power r for the corporation, operating b- -In North and South Carolina, r v Right to Fix r On -this quesTTon 5 pelf,; .who .wrote' tns j part of the order, epo' - v , . ly. He pointed out t. at t vendor and buyer of powf e deAt of North Carolina, t -mttted, In the or '-r, r-.. decisions s .;': ' ' t : t of Jurisdiction i r ,' Thej Cotton . v courts to t piny Is d s -4 th, ,u. - - ulaiinn. - , rth Card i r.iir-- - .- r l.vor. . psai wa t j i ... y toe. Squti ra; l ower though Meaera Robinson a...i to-. ., were here in conference with me ru ber ot th commission. . News that' the company, -too, would except be came known after the formal fii"7 of the exception by the mills. I.. secretary to the commission state.1 tonight that attorneys for the power company would be here again . to morrow, which 1 the expiration of the time" limit for noting ar H is expected that the cou ... i Will consume but little time li posing of the exception overru . r them. To contemplate the revt.- sought by both side would nece? i tate re-opening the case from . tne beginning, and another long hearln-. The commission Is In no frame of mind to do this, "si . , Decision WhhlnVeek. a Within a week the decision of the' commission on the exceptions ought to be available and the case on its way to the courts Both side filing exception simultaneously hastens the disposal of the case, for other wise the petitioning company would have ten day to file answer to the exception of the mtlla. Expressed ' dissatisfaction with the order by both .. sides eliminates a formality that otherwise would take up ten days. - It 1 evident that there will be no final determination of the power rate insue until it reaches the United State court,' Th mill manifest greateat concern, over the Implied abrogation of contract . aet out tn -the order 'of the commission. The commission .Insist that It ' took no cognisance of existing contract, but attorney for the mills counter Wttn the : assertion that, the ..fixation of . rates for all power automatically ter minates any agreement now exist ing. 1 , h" , ' ', They would go hack to th legis lative fight, but they have hopes of expediting .matter through the courta. . .-' , n JURY FINDS TULSA, CKLA. , POLICE CHIEF- GUILTY TULSA. OKLA-Jaly S3. John A. Gufstafson, snepended chief of po lk, tonight waa found guilty tr a Jury of having failed la Uke pror,,r precautions for psiMlo safety on t ie 1 night and day ot the recent rare ri.it here, and also guilty on ano. ,rr count of conspiracy to free, auto1 -bile thieve and collect reward 1 - Jury deliberated tx houra. - appealing neec3 a - . of citiis tc:ay ... Unices . te uodmi ei;'" oan be.msteiT4 It t e pr-t teachings of tlw T , t. cn It I t only a qoe-tln of te r ,t 1 1 -whole fi"1 1 mnst.be s'"eni;-i iy the Chuin h. , . . 'i e f end shaping force ef moiiPra I . the airwppaper - perbap . t among --..tltem.-.- emanate from the cities. : . . Mm pwacliers re aft' " the t f CiUca. wucJi tsve u -of Mk!iwi-tYj tie r'"i were eon-, f trt 1 i t towns. ... To be rf J f In a r v, t ' ns; H- rul Uv!'v, h an aw"- 1 ir t e r' - 1 1 (Hi . ; Ml I : r,- I i t y Ci'v--- ' t mill tn n BIB 11:1111 II
The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.)
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